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VOL- 95 —NO. 46
Van Deventer Foundation To Host
Souths at Tech-Georgia Frosh Game
The Van Deventer Foundation
will again play Santa Claus to
approximately 300 men and
women,, boys and girls from Jack
son who will be their guests at
the annual Georgia-Georgia Tech
Freshman Shrine game at Grant
Field.
William Mack Davis, Van De
venter Youth Director, said this
week that all players in the Van
Deventer Football League, and
in the Henderson Football League
have been invited to make the
trip and will attend the game
completely free of charge. Mr.
Davis also added that all cheer
leaders, coaches, league officials
and invited guests will be guests
of the Foundation for the game.
Those making the trip are asked
to assemble at the Y r outh Center
shortly before 10 o’clock Thurs
day morning for the trip to At
lanta with departure time set for
10 o’clock Thanksgiving Day.
The annual Tech-Georgia
freshman game is considered the
foremost frosh classic in the na
tion and usually draws an attend
ance of 40,000 and above. The
Eaby Jackets with their heralded
quarterback sensation, Charles
Dudish, will rate the favorites
position over the Bullpups.
Invention Wins
Army Award For
Orville Ruff
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT—
Orville H. Ruff, Rt. 4, Jackson,
has received an award at the At
lanta Army Depot for a work
improvement suggestion.
Mr. Ruff designed and built
a monometer for use on Army
aircraft. This device has been
adopted for use and will mean
considerable monetary savings to
the Government.
A native of Shelbyville, 111., he
served four years in the Air
Force and has been employed at
the depot five years. He is affili
ated with Towaliga Baptist
Church. His children are Kim
Clayton, a student at Jackson
High School; Ed, Sacilda, and
Janet, who attend Jackson Ele
mentary School; and David, 2.
PLAYERS ARE ASKED TO
TURN IN GRID UNIFORMS
All football players are asked
to please turn their uniforms in
at the Van Deventer Youth Cen
ter as soon as possible. William
Mack Davis, Van Deventer Youth
director, states that boys may
buy their game jerseys for $2. He
also added that names will be
checked off as uniforms are
turned in.
STARK club to sponsor
stew NOVEMBER 15TH
The Stark Club will sponsor
a stew Friday night, November
loth, at the club house. Serving
will begin at 6 o’clock with pro
ceeds to go toward the upkeep
°f the club house. Everyone is
cordially invited.
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DRIVER EDUCATION CAR —Pictured above with the 1969
Plymouth, furnished by Carter Motor Company J[or use in the
Driver Education class at Jackson High School, are, from left
t 0 right, Lee Roy O’Neal, Butts County School Superintendent;
Gervin R. Lewis, owner of Carter Motor Cos.; Hyrum Pierce,
Driver Education instructor, and Donald Sams, principal of
■Jackson High School.
1-75 WILL OPEN LAST
LINK ON MONDAY
Traffic will be opened on
1-75 from Forsyth to Mc-
Donough on Monday, No
vember 18th, according to
an announcement this week
from the State Highway
Department.
$42,399.20
Is Divided At
Avondale Mills
Avondale Mills, J. Craig Smith,
president and treasurer, recently
announced that Avondale would
divide over $2 millon in profits.
Bringing this figure much
closer home is announcement this
week from Hal Summers, plant
superintendent of Indian Springs
Plant of Avondale Mills, that
profit sharing locally will total
$42,393.20. According to Mr.
Summers, 204 employees are to
receive checks under this plan.
Mr. Summers also added that this
amount does not include salaried
people.
Driver Education
Is Popular At
Jackson High
Many Jackson High students
are learning to drive more safely
through the Driver Education
course offered this year in the
local school through the courtesy
and cooperation of Carter Motor
Company, Gervin R. Lewis, own
er, who has made available a
1969 Plymouth Satellite 4 Door
Sedan for instruction use in the
course.
Donald Sams, Jackson High
School principal, said this week
that the car is furnished all year
long for specific use in Driver
Education, a course approved by
the State Department of Educa
tion, where students earn credit
for successfully completing the
course. Mr. Sams said that Hy
rum Pierce, assistant coach of the
Jackson High football team, is in.
structor in the course and is fully
certified by the state.
Mr. Sams said 33 students are
enrolled in Driver Education each
semester with a total of 66 com
pleting the course this year. One
half the time is spent in class
room and one-half in actual driv
ing experience.
One of the more tangible bene
fits of the course, according to
Mr. Sams, is that insurance is
much cheaper for students who
have had this course. Mr. Sams
expressed appreciation to Mr.
Lewis for making available the
automobile being used in the
course this year.
THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1968 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Death Claims
Hit and Run
Victim Friday
Zollie McKissick, 67, of Route
4, Jackson, succumbed Friday
night, November Bth, at Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital to in
juries received November Ist
when struck by a hit and run
driver at the scene of an accident
involving his car and another ve
hicle about two miles north of
Jackson on Route 42.
The widely known and highly
respected Negro man died as re
sult of head injuries and brain
damage suffered when he stepped
into the path of a southbound
car, beleived to be a red and
black Barracuda. According to
Butts County Sheriff J. D. (Bud)
Pope, the car in which the victim
was driving homeward was in
collision with another car as he
prepared to turn off highway 42.
He was walking around his car
to assay the damage when he was
struck by the hit and run auto
which stopped momentarily be
fore speeding off. Although sev
eral persons witnessed the two
related accidents, in the excite
ment and in the gathering dark
ness no one was able to ascertain
the license number of the car
that struck and fatally injured
McKissick.
Funeral services for McKissick,
who had been employed at Red
man Seed Company for a long
number of years, were held Tues
day afternoon at two o’clock
from the Rising Star Baptist
Church with interment in the
Cabiness Cemetery in Monroe
County with Trimier Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Sheriff Pope said that efforts
are being intensified to discover
the hit and run auto but admit
ted that clues are meager.
Danny Letson
Bags Two Deer
Within Minutes
Danny Letson, 16, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. “Shorty” Letson,
got his deer hunting over with in
a hurry on Saturday, November
2nd, the first day of the season.
While hunting in Monroe
County, Danny, who is the son of
Park Superintendent at High
Falls State Park, killed two deer
within minutes with an episode
that would make Bob Ripley’s
“Believe It Or Not” column with
out trouble. According to Dan
ny, he came upon two bucks
fighting in the woods with antlers
locked. Danny shot one, downing
him immediately, and when the
other freed himself and started
to run, he shot the other deer,
thus ending his hunting season
in a few brief minutes.
HUNTING MISHAP
INJURED LEG
OF KENT TAB
A hunting accident last Mon-
I day afternoon near Worthville
\ almost cost Kent Tabb his leg
j when he stumbled while crossing
a fence with his gun going off,
striking him in the leg.
The gun blast tore out
muscles and severed an artery
but the young hunter had pres
ence of mind to use his boot lace
as a tourniquet to control the
bleeding. Another hunter, a Mr.
Davis, who was first to reach
Kent, took him to Sylvan Grove
Hospital where he was trans
ferred by ambulance to Macon
Hospital and an operation per
formed to save his leg.
Latest word is that he is still
in Macon Hospital and able to
be up on crutches, but doctors do
not wish to dismiss him until his
leg has healed more.
First Snow
Of Season
Came Monday
The earliest November snow
storm to hit Georgia in 55 years
blanketed most of Georgia from
Jackson northward Monday with
two to four inches in some North
Georgia counties and six inches
and above on higher elevations
and mountain peaks.
Actually the season’s first flur
ries of consequence hit North
Georgia Saturday morning as a
cold front moved southward from
the Plains. It brought heavy
rains to most of Georgia and tor
rential downpours to northern
Florida as many Jacksonians who
were in Jacksonville for the
Georgia-Florida game can testify.
Dillard, in northeast Georgia, re
ported an inch or more of snow.
The early season snow here was
triggered by a weather system
moving from the Gulf of Mexico
across the colder air already es
tablished over the Southeast with
enough moisture to precipitate
snow, rain, sleet and drizzle over
wide areas. The early winter
storm moved up the Atlantic
coast and buffeted New England
Monday night and Tuesday with
heavy snow and winds above 100
miles per hour.
Rain began falling in Jackson
soon after eight o’clock Monday
morning, light at times accom
panied with sleet and freezing
rain. Snow began about 1:30 and
continued into the early evening.
The flakes were the largest ever
seen here and snow, beautiful
and fleecy, brought delight to
children and the young at heart.
Despite the intermittent rain
which accompanied the snow, it
began covering autos, trees, the
ground and buildings before
night, lending a Christmas card
beauty to local landscapes.
According to weather bureau
records the last measurable snow
fall to fall in Atlanta this early
in November occurred in 1913,
or 55 years ago. While older resi
dents here remembered having
seen flurries in October none
seemed to recall so heavy a fall
as early as November 11th.
Some few roads in North Geor
gia were closed with hazardous
driving warnings issued in and
about the Atlanta area. A rash
of accidents on the expressways
slowed traffic to a crawl.
Tuesday was cold and cloudy
with still a few snowflakes seen
infrequently. Temperatures Wed
nesday morning were forecast at
24-26 with a slow warming trend.
Harry Stephens
Is Bell Manager
Albany Office
A former Jacksonian, Harry
R. Stephens, of Albany, has re
cently been appointed manager
of the Southern Bell office in
Albany, according to an an
nouncement by E. M. Henshall,
district manager.
Mr. Stephens will succeed R.
D. Patterson who has been ap
pointed manager of Midtown, At
lanta.
A native of Lutts County, Mr.
Stephens began his telephone
career 17 years ago in the plant
department in Atlanta and brings
a wide background of telephone
experience to his assignment. Mr.
Stephens, prior to his promotion,
has worked in marketing and
commercial departments in Al
bany and in 1967 he was appoint
ed training supervisor for the
Albany District.
Mr. Stephens is married to the
former Miss Betty Sue Tomlin
of Jackson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Tomlin of Route 1,
Monticello. They have two sons,
Mark and Andy, and attended the
Sherwood Batpist Church in Al
bany where they have lived since
1960. Mr. Stephens takes an ac
tice part in youth programs in
Albany, particularly Lit t 1 e
League Baseball and Midget foot
ball. He is also a member of the
PTA.
Central Georgia EMC Gets
Loan of $1,288,000.00
Wallace Takes
County In
Nov. 5 Voting
George Wallace, as expected,
carried Butts County by an al
most two to one majority over
Hubert H. Humphrey and Rich
ard M. Nixon in the General
Election of Tuesday, November
sth.
According to official figures
released Tuesday by Butts Coun
ty Ordinary Luther J. Washing
ton, under whose jurisdiction the
election was held, it was revealed
that Wallace polled 1490 votes
to 959 for Humphrey and 584 for
Nixon. Mr. Washington said there
were 3117 voters casting ballots
in the election which was a sub
stantial vote.
Willis McElheney received 59
write in votes for Butts County
Surveyor. Mr. McElheney had
formally announced his intention
of being a write in candidate.
The extremely large ballot,
made more difficult by the Con
stitutional Amendments appear
ing on it, made counting tedious
and slow with several days elaps
ing before the tallying was com
pleted.
In all the amendments Butts
County fared well except three
which were rejected by the vot
ers, these being amendments 12,
13 and 14.
The vote for amendments in
Butts County is as follows:
Yes No
1 1812 415
2 1813 223
3 1139 672
4 1881 373
5 1430 404
6 1217 606
7 1327 565
8 1239 609
9 1690 229
10 1382 461.
11 1736 266
12 854 1010
13 767 994
14 685 1145
15 974 795
16 1107 663
17 986 773
18 1283 775
19 1389 598
20 1017 702
21 1146 615
22 1319 537
23 1022 660
30 1355 607
PAUL RICE HAS
ANKLE BROKEN
BY PISTOL SHOT
Paul Rice, outstanding 4-H
Club leader in Butts County,
suffered a painful pistol wound
to his right ankle Monday when
the pistol with which he had been
target practicing in the woods
near his home went off as he was
placing it in the holster, the bul
let hitting him in the leg and
fracturing his ankle.
The mishap was believed to
have been caused when his hand
struck the trigger while attempt
ing to holster the gun.
Paul’s many friends will be
interested to know that he is re
covering satisfactorily from the
injury but that he will have to
wear a cast on his ankle for sev
eral weeks. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Rice and had
his injury administered to by a
Griffin borie specialist.
VIET NAM BOXES WILL
BE PACKED SATURDAY
The Christmas boxes to be sent
to the service men and women in
Viet Nam will be packed at the
home of Mrs. Robert C. Edwards
on Saturday, November 16th, be
ginning at 2 p. m. All B&PW
members who can are asked to
please meet at Mrs. Edwards’
home to help with this worthwhile
project, sponsored by the Jackson
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club.
Van Deventer
Cage League
Is Formed
The Van Deventer Basketball
league has been formed for the
1968-69 basketball season. The
following league officials have
been elected; Seal) Maddox,
President; Carolyn Robison, Vice
President; Billie Jo Smith, Secre
tary-Treasurer.
Anew league constitution has
been approved by those attend
ing the meeting with the follow
ing rules adopted by the league
members. The league shall be for
boys and girls, ten through
thirteen years of age, with No
vember 15 in the given year of
play as the cut off date for de
termining league age. The league
shall consist of four boys teams
and four girls teams. The teams
will not play any out of town
games. Brothers and sisters will
play on the same respective boys
or girls team. New players will
be chosen at a player selection
draft. The last place team from
last year will have first choice
in each age group. No team will
practice after 8:30 p. m. and will
be under the supervision of an
adult at all times.
The coaches of the four girls
teams are Prissy Cook, Mildred
Shapard, Marlene Peck, Linda
Hoard, Virginia Storey, Boonie
O’Neal, Ruth Reasor and Barbara
Maddox. The coaches of the four
boys teams are Jimmy Hardy,
Ed Galloway, Ernest Biles,
Frank McMichael, Harold Smith,
Cecil Reasor, Freddie Dodson and
Bailey Crockarell.
The elected game officials are
Doc McMichael, Anthony Larson,
Denny O’Neal, Harold Dooley,
Ray Thaxton, Ed Galloway, Ern
est Biles, Frank McMichael and
Jimmy Hardy.
The season will start the last
week in November and will con
sist of 12 games, with the boys
playing on Monday night and the
girts teams playing on Thursday
nights. The games will begin at
7:00 p. m. at the National Guard
Armory.
All girls and boys, 10-13, who
are interested in playing in the
Van Deventer basketball league
may sign up at the Van Deventer
Youth Center any afternoon after
school and on Saturday, through
November 16. A parent or
guardian may sign up for the
boy or girl without the boy or
girl being present.
The sponsors for both the Van
Deventer and Henderson Basket
ball Leagues are Handy Andy,
Carter Motor Company, ABW
Chevrolet, Daniel Ford Sales,
WJGA, Parrish Drug Company,
Cawthon Brothers Gas Company
and Western Auto.
The Scoreboard
Mary Persona 34—Jackson 6
Hogansville 28 —-Gordon 13
Stockbridge 34- —-Henry Cos. 7
Navy 35 —Tech 15
Georgia 51 —Florida O
DAN RIVERS, left; PAUL RICE
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Cenral Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation, R. F.
Armstrong, project manager, was
notified over the weekend that
it has received a $1,288,000.00
loan to be used to finance 90
miles of distribution lines to
serve 1,075 new consumers and
for extensive system improve
ments.
Mr. Armstrong sard Friday that
this is the largest loan The Cen
tral Georgia EMC has received.
Word of the loan was received
last week by the Progress-Argus
in a telegram from Senators
Richard B. Russell and Herman
E. Talnuulge. The telegram reads
as follows:
“Pleased to announce Rural
Electrification Ad m inistration
has approved the following loans
in Georgia: (1) $i,228,000 loan
to the Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation in Jack
son. Loan will be used to finance
90 miles of distribution line to
service 1,075 new consumers, and
extensive system improvement.
(2) $1,180,000 loan to Amic-
Lola Electric Membership Corpo
ration in Jasper. Loan will be
used to finance 80 miles of distri
bution line to serve 530 new con
sumers and extensive system im
provements.”
IRON SPRINGS TO HAVE
CHICKEN STEW NOV. 23
There will be a chicken stew,
cake walk and country store, plus
entertainment for the children,
Saturday night, November 23rd,
at the Iron Springs Community
House. Festivities will begin at
6 o'colck.
Rice and Rivers
Place High In
Achievements
Two members of the Jackson
High Chapter Future Farmers of
America have won high awards
for achievement in contests spon
sored by the State FFA Associ
ation on the area and state basis.
Paul Rice won first place in
the State Individual Livestock
Judging Contest and Dan Rivers,
first place in the Area IV Paint
ing Contest.
Paul, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Rice of Jackson, won a
SIBO.OO scholarship to the Uni
versity of Georgia by correctly
placing five classes of breeding
animals in the FFA Judging Con
test which was held at the South
eastern Fair in Atlanta.
Dan, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Rivers of Jackson, won
SIOO and a trip to the National
FFA Convention in Kansas City
October 14-18. Winners in this
contest were selected on the ba
sis of quality, quantity, and
knowledge of painting. Dan has
painted one house inside and out,
two tractors, farm machinery,
and several pieces of furniture.
Both FFA’ers are outstanding
in other areas of FFA leadership
and participation. Paul is current
ly serving as president of the
local chapter and Dan is serving
as vice-president.
