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ilarkson Progress-Argus
VOL. 95 —NO. 42
Jackson Downs
Monticello For
Second Victory
One can’t blame the Jackson
High Red Devils for still being on
Cloud Nine after Friday night.
. h-y're still on Mount Olympus
(lining on nectar with the gods.
Lady Luck, one of the more
fj L K ie goddesses, smiled on the
Devils the past two Friday nights
and has brought them sweet vic
tories over Henry County by the
baseball score of 6-4 October 4th
and a clear-cut 13-7 decision over
Monticello here Friday night.
These were heady victories over
ancient rivals, especially for a
team that had dropped four
straight because the gods of
chance frowned on the Devils’ en
deavors. They should not be cen
sured too greatly if their feet do
not touch ground before the Gor
don kickoff Friday night in
Barnesville.
Jackson, more potent than a
spiked drink at a church social
and causing no less consterna
tion, ripped the favored Hurri
canes from pillar to post and long
before the game’s end was in
complete charge. It was a great
effort by a gutty band of Devils
who took the lead, saw it re
linquished before the half by one
point, stormed back in the third
quarter to tally the winning
touchdown and then defensively
played Monticello off their feet
the remainder of the game. It
was a terrific team effort, one
that brought smiles to Head
Coach Loy Hutcheson and As
sistants Wilson Lush and Hyrum
Pierce.
Lee Fambro, ace running back,
pass snatcher and defender,
scored both Devil touchdowns but
he had able assistance from eager
beaver, head hunting teammates.
Fambro, late in the first period,
took a punt near midfield, raced
toward the near sideline, cut
back against the flow, and
zoomed to the 8 yard line where
a desperate tackle felled him. He
moved it to the two and on the
next play bolted across for the
score. Tommy Turner’s kick was
under the goal as bedlam reigned
in the Jackson stands.
The lead stood up until less
than two minutes of the half
when the Hurricane connected on
a fourth down pass from the 26
with quarterback Buster Benton
finding Bill Ezell unescorted in
the end zone. The extra point
gave Monticello the lead, but the
fireworks were far from over.
Jackson took the kickoff,
stormed down the field, missing
a score by virtue of a great
tackle on Fambro. With the ball
about midfield, Tim Hardy hit
Fambro on a screen pass in the
open with at least three blockers
ahead to convoy him to the prom
ised land, but Fambro learned
what a lot of footballers have
learned before him and others
will learn later, to wit, that the
football needs catching before
you begin running. On the next
play, Hardy, a clever operator
from his QB post, called the same
play, with Fambro legging the
ball to about the Monticello 15.
With the seconds in the half peril,
ously close to ticking into obliv
ion, Turner tried a field goal
that was blocked.
The Red Devils returned after
intermission and were quick to
assert their superiority. About
niid-way the third quarter Tom
my Glidewell fielded a punt about
his 48 yard line and behind good
blocking and by dent of clever
running stormed to inside the
one yard line. A sneak moved the
ball several inches away. A Hardy
keeper lost three and on fourth
and goal from the four Fambro
lammed across with a great sec
ond effort. Turner was true on
his conversion that wrote the fin
al 13-7 score.
I DAYLIGHT
Ravings
Mrs. Webb Was
Winner Of
Flower Show
Mrs. L. Candler Webb of the
Cherokee Garden Club received
the sweepstakes ribbon for win
ning the most points in the flow
er show last week at the Butts
County Fair.
Edue ribons were awarded Mrs.
Jack Moore, Mrs. William Sasser,
Mrs. Webb, and Mrs. J. W. Car
ter, all of the Cherokee Garden
Club; Mrs. L. W. May, Miss Geor
gie Watkins, and Mrs. Carl Brack,
all of the Mimosa Garden Club.
Exhibitors awarded red rib
bons were Mrs. J. J. Harris, Mrs.
J. Blackman Settle, Mrs. S. L.
Austin, Mrs. W. G. Hicks, and
Mrs. N. A. Powell, all of the Mi
mosa Garden Club; Mrs. William
Sasser of the Cherokee Club;
Mrs. Smith Settle of the Jackson
Garden Club, and Mrs. R. O. Set
tle of the Hawthorn Garden Club.
Winning third place ribbons
were Mrs. J. W. Carter, Mrs. V.
H. Ham, Mrs. William Sasser,
Mrs. W. O. Ball, all of the Cher
okee Club; Miss Delia Watkins,
Mrs. T. E. Robison Sr., and Mrs.
D. P. Settle, all of the Jackson
Garden Club; and Mrs. J. M.
Nutt of the Hawthorn Club.
An innovation this year was
the judging of entries by popu
lar vote of those attending the
flower show on Tuesday.
A display of dahlias grown by
Mr. and Mrs. Marion D. Todd
was a feature of the horticultural
show with their specimens being
entered on a non-competitive ba
sis.
Oct. 20-26 Is
National
B&PWWeek
The week of October 20-26 has
been proclaimed by Mayor C. B.
Brown Jr. as Business Women’s
Week in conjunction with Na
tional Business Women’s Week,
an annual affair.
The Jackson Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club will be
gin National Business Women’s
Week with an emblem breakfast
on Sunday, October 20th, at The
Bonnie Restaurant.
Other events during the week
to which all clubs are invited
will be a banquet in Thomaston
at which Margaret Johnson, state
president will speak, and a meet
ing in Atlanta on Saturday, Oc
tober 26th, in the House of Rep
resentatives with all interested
civic clubs invited. This meeting
is from 10 to 1 o’clock with
“Crime and Crime Prevention”
to be discussed.
Jackson Drug
Maintains Lead
In Midget Play
Jackson Drug Company con
tinues on its unbeaten way in
leading the Pee Wee League with
a record of six wins, no losses
and one tie with two games re
maining before the title is sewed
up.
In the games Monday night
Jackson Drug defeated Cook’s
Clothing 36-0 with Blane Duna
hoo scoring four touchdowns and
Gay McMichael two. The winners
tallied twice in the first quarter,
twice in the second and fourth
quarters.
In the other game, Etheridge-
Smith Company defeated the
Jackson Progress-Argus 18-6.
Charlie Robison tallied one touch
down and Ronald Darsey two in
the victory. Terry Duke scored
fcr the Progress-Argus.
The two remaining games will
be played on October 21st and
October 28th with game time set
at 6:30 for the first and 7:45
for the second.
Standings October 14th:
W L T
Jackson Drug Cos. 6 0 1
Etheridge-Smith Cos. 5 11
Progress-Argus 15 0
Cook’s Clothing Shop 0 6 0
Dr. E. B. Elder,
Butts Native,
Buried in Miami
Butts County friends regret to
learn of the death Friday of Dr.
Eugene B. Elder of Daytona
Beach, Florida, one of the most
widely known doctors in the
Southeast.
Born and reared at Indian
Springs where his parents owned
and operated the Calumet Hotel,
Dr. Elder was the son of Mr. Wil
liam Elder, Jr. and Mrs. Jennie
Sanders Elder. He attended
school at Flovilla and after at
taining a medical degree em
barked on a career that carried
him into some of the most famous
hospitals in the south. He was af
filiated for a short time with Ma
con Hospital and spent many
years in Chattanooga, Tenn.
where he was Chief of Staff
of the Baroness Erlanger Hos
pital. Upon moving to Florida,
he became Chief of Staff of the
Flagler Hospital at St. Augus
tine.
Though he had traveled exten
sively, one of his greatest joys
was returning to scenes of his
childhood at Indian Springs and
in Butts County. Dr. Elder al
ways maintained deep interest in
affairs of his native county.
Funeral services for Dr. El
der were held at Daytona Beach
with interment in Miami.
Dr. Elder is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Frances Williams El
der; two sisters, Mrs. A. F.
White Sr. of Flovilla and St.
Augustine, Fla., and Mrs. J. D.
Renfroe of Atlanta; several nieces
and nephews, among whom are
A. F. White Jr., of Flovilla, and
Miss Virginia White of Flovilla
and St. Augustine.
Kiwanis Club
Again With
State's Elite
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
moved back again among the
state’s top 10 in attendance for
the month of August with a per
centage of 99.5, good for fourth
place. East DeKalb, East Point
and St. Marys tied for first with
100%.
Rounding out the top 10, in
order, were Eatonton, Rockmart,
Greenville, White, Sandy Springs,
Morrow, South DeKalb, Sylvester.
President Frank Forehand con
gratulated club members on their
excellent August attendance and
urges 100 percent attendance dur.
ing the remaining months of the
year so that the Jackson club can
finish on or near the top in the
state percentage wise. Jackson
boasted perfect attendance for
the first five months of the year
before the 100 percent mark was
broken.
MOTORCADE TO
GO WITH DEVILS
TO BARNESVILLE
A mammoth motorcade is being
planned by Red Devil boosters to
accompany the football team to
Barnesville Friday night where
Jackson meets the strong Gordon
High Bulldogs.
Present plans call for the
motorcade to leave from in front
of Jackson High School about
6:30 Friday evening on the 25
mile trip to Barnesville. All who
plan to attend the game and wish
to travel in the motorcade are
asked to please do so in order for
the motorcade to be as large as
possible.
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
Absentee ballots for the
General Election on Novem
ber sth have been received
from the printers and de
livered to the Board of
Registrars in the court
house. Applications for ab
sentee ballots may be made
with the Registrars with
several already received.
THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1968
Butts Teachers |
To Preview
Instruction Aids
Thursday, October 17, between
1:30 and 4:30 p. m. the Jackson
lunchroom will be filled with non
book instructional materials for
teachers to evaluate. Approxi
mately 20 of the major national
publishing companies will exhibit
records, filmstrips, maps and
transparencies which could be
used as instructional aids in So
cial Studies, Language Arts,
Health and Physical Education,
Mathematics, Business Education,
Science and Vocational Educa
tion including Home Economics
and Agriculture.
This exhibit has been arranged
by the school librarians and Cur
riculum Director. These persons
will be available to assist teach
ers in their evaluation and to dis
cuss purchase of instructional
materials to be circulated through
the school libraries. During the
1968-69 school year Butts County
librarians budget will be approxi
mately $5,725.00 in local, state
and federal funds of this amount,
10% will be spent for non-book
library materials. Butts County
librarians are following the rec
ommendation of Miss Grace High,
tower, Chief Library Consultant
of the Georgia Department of
Education in their budgeting, se
lection, circulation and utiliza
tion of materials from the central
library.
The exhibit on Thursday is the
first of this type to be held in
Butts County Schools.
Macedonia Will
Have Training
Class
Dr. Garnie A. Brand, director
of the Baptist State Training De
partment, and three of his work
ers will be at Macedonia Baptist
Church Friday and Saturday, Oc
tober 18 and 19, to conduct a
training emphasis class.
According to Rev. R. W. Jenk
ins, Macedonia pastor, Dr. Brand
will be leading the general of
ficers in the church. Mr. Julian
Snyder will lead the adults and
young people with experienced
workers leading teachers in the
other departments.
The sessions will begin at 7
o’clock on Friday night, 4 o’clock
on Saturday afternoon, and 7 o’-
clock on Saturday night. A cov
ered dish supper will be served
at 6 o’clock Saturday.
Reverend Mr. Jenkins extends
a cordial invitation to those who
are interested in the training pro
gram to attend. A nursery will be
provided.
Rufus Adams
Chairman Ag
Council Here
Rufus Adams of Adams-Bris
coe Seed Company in Jackson has
been appointed county member
ship chairman of the Georgia
Agribusiness Council for Butts
County, it was announced by
Ralph Eubanks of Macon, mem
bership co-chairman for the Sixth
Congressional District.
In announcing the appointment
Eubanks, who is executive vice
president of the Citizens and
Southern National Bank of Ma
con, said that the Council, the
first of its kind in the nation,
is currently seeking members
among the 6,500 agribusinesses
in Georgia. The Council is a pri
vate, non-profitt corporation
made up of agriculturally-related
business firms whose goal is to
increase Georgia’s agribusiness
income $250 million a year by
the end of 1070.
County Chairman Adams says
that the Council’s goal would in
crease agribusiness income in
Butts County 25% over the next
three years.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Judges Coming Saturday To
Make Stay and See Decision
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Otho J. Morgan
Is Conservation
Man of the Year
Otho J. Morgan, an employee
of the United States Post Office
Department and a part time
farmer, was selected as Conser
vation Man of the Year for 1968
from Butts County. Presentation
was made at the Ninth Annual
Man of the Year in Conservation
program at the Georgia Experi
ment Station auditorium Tuesday
night. The annual banquet is
sponsored by banks within the
Towaliga Soil and Water Conser
vation District with Jackson Na
tional Bank and Mclntosh State
Bank taking part in the observ
ance.
Mr. Morgan purchased his 120
acre farm in the Stark Commu
nity in 1936 and in 1938 he was
a row crop farmer growing cot
ton, corn, pimiento pepper, and
peavine hay. Realizing that he
was washing his farm away by
row cropping, he sought the ad
vice and help of the conservation
service with the result that a soil
and water conservation plan was
developed, changing his farm to a
beef cattle and hay operation.
Mr. Morgan today has some of
the outstading pasture land in
Butts County.
His pasture consists of 30 acres
of Fescue and Clover, 25 acres
of Dallis grass and some Ber
muda, and 35 acres of Coastal
Bermuda grass. Mr. Morgan fer
tilizes and limes his pastures and
hayland, according to recommen
dations made from soil testing.
Mr. Morgan has 40 brood cows
and each year sells around 35
calves at weaning time. He an
nually produces about 85 tons
of Coastal Bermuda hay of which
he sells 45 tons.
Mr. Morgan is a leader in his
community and in county relig
ious affairs.
A member of the Macedonia
Baptist Church, he is a Sunday
School teacher and deacon. Mr.
Morgan is married to the former
Miss Thelma Speir arid they have
two married daughters.
A number of farmers and busi
nessmen attended the banquet in
Griffin Tuesday at which J. W.
Fanning, vice president, Univer
sity of Georgia, made the princi
pal address.
Kay Pinckney
Will Attend
UN Seminar
A Jackson Methodist Youth
Fellowship member, Kay Pinck
ney, will be one of 22 young
people from the North Georgia
Conference of the .United Meth
odist Church attending a UN
Seminar, October 20-27.
The Seminar is under the di
rection of the Rev. Nat Long Jr.
and is supported by the local
church. The group will spend
Monday and Tuesday in Washing
ton, with a briefing at the State
Department. The remainder of
the week will be in New York
with actual attendance at UN ses
sions.
Seven travel editors will arrive
in Jackson Saturday to deter
mine whether Jackson or Toccoa
will receive first place in the
STAY & SEE GEORGIA contest,
Class I (Newcomers).
The state champion and other
top award winners will be selec
ted by Terry Elsberry, Travel
Editor, BETTER HOMES AND
GARDENS Speciul Interest Pub
lications; Miss Kathleen Ineman,
Associate Editor, THE PLY
MOUTH TRAVELER, Chicago;
Robert E. Lawrence, Editor,
KODAK ERY, Rochester, New
York; Joseph L. Ratke, Auto
mobile Club of Michigan, Detroit;
John R. Roberson, Senior Editor,
HOLIDAY Magazine, New
York; and Theodore C. Standish,
Travel Marketing Manager, BET
TER HOMES AND GARDENS,
New York. They will be accom
panied by Bill Dawson, Georgia
Chamber Travel Council Chair
man, and Director Public Rela
tions, Six Flags Over Georgia;
Mrs. Mozelle Christian, Manager,
Travel Council, Georgia Chamber
of Commerce; and Harry Thomp
son and Ross Pittman, field rep
resentatives for the Georgia
Chamber. The judging ends Sat
urday in Atlanta.
The 1968 semi-finalists, selec
ted from Achievement Records
submitted, carried out projects
in five areas: "Clean-up and
Beautification,” “Courtesy and
Hospitality,” “Points of Inter
est,” “Accommodations and Facil
ities,” and “New Attractions.”
They are competing in the fol
lowing classifications for further
STAY and SEE Awards: Class 1
(newcomers) Jackson and Toc
coa; Class II (I year partici
pants) Darien and Jesup; Class
111 (2 year participants) Gaines
ville and Statesboro; Class IV
(3 year and over participants,
from which the state winner will
be chosen) Athens, Waycross,
and Winfield; and Class V
(“Winners Circle,” for former
State Champions) Brunswick and
Columbus; and Convention and
Tourist Bureaus, Savannah.
The top STAY & SEE GEOR
GIA newcomer, top 1 year par
ticipant, and top 2 year partici
pant will be announced October
29th. The 1968 STAY & SEE
GEORGIA State Champion and
“Winners Circle” champion will
be announced on Friday, Novem
ber Bth, at the STAY & SEE
GEORGIA “Carnival of Awards”
banquet and ball, Savannah Inn
and Country Club, Savannah, in
conjunction with the eighth an
nual Governor’s Conference on
Tourism.
The judges and their party are
expected to arrive in Jackson
around noon Saturday and will
remain here until 3 P- m. during
which time they will be honor
guests at a luncheon at the Jack
son Clubhouse. At the sarr*e time,
| reports will be presented by Hen
;ry L. Asbury, chairman of the
Jackson STAY & SEE GEORGIA
contest; Robert Williams, Frank
Barnes, Hugh Glidewell, and
Frank Forehand. Mayor C. B.
Brown, Jr., on behalf of the city,
will welcome the judges.
A tour of Indian Springs State
Park and High Falls State Park,
as well as other scenes of his
torical interest in the county, is
planned with a person yet to be
selected to narrate interesting
facts about the sites to be visited.
Even though the time is short,
Chairman Asbury has issued a
last minute appeal to property
and business owners over the en
tire city to clean up their premi
es in anticipation of the tour of
inspection by the judges early
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Asbury
pointed out that although much
work has been done, much remains
to be done in asking for the co
operation of the public. “If every
citizen will do his part in clean
ing, mowing, and placing his pro
perty in readiness for the inspec
tion Saturday, Jackson can win
first place,” Mr. Asbury asserted-
Members of several youth
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
groups, including the Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Key Club and FFA
members, will join in an inten
sive campaign after school on
Thursday and Friday afternoons
to pick up paper, bottles, cans,
and other trash from alongside
streets, both in the city and resi
dential areas, in an effort to have
the town immaculately groomed
for the visit of the judges on Sat
urday. The City of Jackson is
also cooperating in a clean-up
drive and is furnishing equipment
and workers to collect and haul
off unsightly trash.
Several business and civic
leaders will join with committee
chairmen in greeting the judges
and their party Saturday and will
be luncheon guests at the club
house.
Colonial Stores
Boasts Two
SIOO Winners
B. Y. LUNCEFORD
Colonial Stores of Jackson has
had the distinction of furnishing
two SIOO winners within the last
few days, according to Bobby
Taylor, store manager.
The first lucky winner was
Bessie Jefferson who held a
lucky “Let’s Go To The Races”
card.
The latest winner was B. Y.
Lunceford of Jackson who was
presented his SIOO winnings Mon.
day by Mr. Taylor.
MRS. SETTLE
BREAKS SHOULDER
IN HORSE FALL
Friends of Mrs. J. Blackman
Settle regret to learn that she
suffered a broken and dislocated
righ shoulder in a fall from a
sorse she was riding Monday
evening.
The mishap occurred when Mrs.
Settle, the former Jane Ann Mal
let, fell from her mount in the
pasture behind the home of her
mother-in-law, Mrs. E. S. Settle.
It is believed that a broken girth
caused the freak accident.
Mrs. Settle was taken by am
bulance to Griffin-Spalding Coun.
ty Hospital where she was placed
under the care of a bone special
ist.
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