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VOL. 95 —NO. 48
Blessings Thanksgiving Add Up To
Turkey, Football, Holiday Quiet
Though few formal observances
are scheduled, Butts countians
will greet Thanksgiving with rev
erent mien and heads bowed to
offer thanks and praise to God
for His bountiful blessings.
One of the programs on the
Thanksgiving agenda was the
Union service Wednesday night
i at the Jackson United Methodist
’ Church with Father Jim Anderson
of St. Mary’s Catholic Church
bringing the sermon. Ministers of
the county took part in the union
service which was widely attend
ed.
Thanksgiving afternoon will
find several hundred boys and
girls of the community and adults
as well at the annual Scottish
Rite Shrine game at Grant Field
with the freshmen teams of Tech
and Georgia locked in combat on
the gridiron that “weak legs may
walk.” The Van Deventer Memo
rial Scout Foundation is playing
host at the game for several hun
dred boys and girls who participa
ted in the various atheltic pro
grams during the year, as well as
coaches, sponsors, cheerleaders,
parents, adult leaders, and invi
ted guests. The Baby Jackets
have a record of 1-3-0, compared
to the Bullpups 1-2-1 mark, but
the Tech freshmen reign a slight
favorite due to the home field
advantage and the presence of
Charles Dudish, sensational super
star quarterback recruit.
As usual, hunting and eating
are two of Thanksgiving’s favor
ite pasttimes with both expected
to be indulged in heavily locally.
Many nimrods will take to the
field during the holiday, while
others will be more concerned
about putting their feet under
festive boards that will be groan
ing with turkey and dressing, and
all the trimmings ala an old
fashioned Thanksgiving repast.
Business in the community will
come to a standstill for the day
with mail at the county post of
fices to be dispatched on a holiday
schedule.
On the grim side of the holiday
, scene is the prediction by the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety that 26 persons will be
killed and 453 injured in auto
mobile accidents over the state in
the period from 6 p. m. Wednes
day, November 27th, through
midnight Sunday, December Ist.
However, traffic through Jackson
is expected to be considerably
reduced since the Forsyth to Mc-
Donough link on 1-75 was opened
on November 18th, shunting a
great percentage of the traffic
that formerly flowed through
Jackson onto the new interstate
link.
If the weather is cold and in
clement, for those who like foot
ball, armchair style, television
will be serving up several prem
iere attractions, both collegiate
and professional, with the Phila
delphia Eagles meeting the De
troit Lions at 12:15; the Houston
Oilers taking on the Kansas City
Chiefs at 1:30; Texas keeping its
Cotton Bowl hopes alive against
Texas A&M at 3 p. m. in the
feature game of the day; and in
he grid nightcap the Washington
Redskins meet the Dallas Cow
boys at 6 p. m.
While it is true that many eyes
ill be focused on Grant Field
; nanksgiving afternoon, the ma
or item of interest for the holi
day season will be the game Sat
: day in Athens between the Su
ar Bowl bound Bulldogs of the
-niversity of Georgia and the
ellow Jackets of Georgia Tech,
rho have been riddled for the
“cond consecutive year with in
ries of such magnitude that
hey have affected the play and
ord of the spirited Jackets. A
iowd of over 60,000, with stan
ces on the bridge and trestle, is
expected to jam pack every
square foot of Sanford Stadium
space.
The Scoreboard
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Jimmy Waters
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Rev. James W. (Jimmy) Wat
ers, pastor of the Mabel White
Baptist Church in Macon, will be
the speaker at the Kimbell Bap
tist Association’s M-Night at the
First Baptist Church of Jackson
on December 2nd at 7:30 o’clock.
A large representation from
churches in the association is ex
pected to be on hand to hear the
renowned speaker and Baptist
minister.
A native of Gwinnett County,
Mr. Waters was graduated from
Mercer University in 1949 and
was ordained to preach in 1945.
He bcame affiliated with Mabel
White Baptist Church in Decem
ber 1945 while attending Mercer
University.
While pastor of Mabel White
Baptist Church, the membership
grew from 800 members to more
than 3800 with the value of
church property increasing from
$55,000 to more than $1 million.
Annual offerings have increased
from $15,000 to more than $275,.
000.
Mr. Waters has twice served as
former vice president of the
Georgia Baptist Convention and
is religious director for WMAZ
radio and television where he
has done daily programs since
1948. Mr. Waters is chaplain of
the Peace Officers of Georgia
and chaplain of the Police and
Fire Departments of Macon. In
June 1963 he received the Al
genon Sydney Sullivan award
from Mercer University for out
standing leadership in civic and
Christian affairs.
Mr. Waters is a member of the
Macon Exchange Club and is a
32nd degree Mason. Married to
the former Miss Annette Burton,
they have four children, three
girls and a boy.
THE CLINT ADAMS
ENJOY VACATION
IN BERMUDA
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Adams
joined a party of other John
Deere dealers and salesmen for a
five day vacation in Bermuda as
a reward for exceeding sales
quota during 1968.
The group was honored at a
dinner party and spent the night
November 23 at the Regency
Hyatt House in Atlanta before
departing the next day via TWA
chartered jet. The Adams’ vaca
tion was spent at the Princess
Hotel, Hamilton, Bermuda.
The winners from Georgia,
with their wives, were among
NEWSPAPER OFFICE
CLOSED TWO DAYS
The Progress-Argus will
be closed Thursday and Fri
day, November 28 and 29th,
for the Thanksgiving holi
days. The office will open
Saturday morning at 8 o’-
clock. Papers will be on sale
at the office all day 'Wed
nesday.
THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1968
Chamber Banquet
Dec. 5 With Dr.
Ozment Speaker
The annual banquet of the
Butts County Chamber of Com
merce, Inc. will be held Thursday
night, December sth, at 7 o’clock
at the Jackson Clubhouse with
Dr. Robert V. Ozment, pastor of
the First Methodist Church of
Atlanta, as guest speaker.
Hugh Glidewell, president of
the Butts County Chamber, said
that one order of business would
be the election of two directors
from nominees Henry L. Asbury,
Ralph Carr, Jr., Milton Daniel,
and David Ridgeway. Nomina
tions were made by a nominating
committee composed of Lou Moel
chert, Lewis Freeman, Alton
Cowan, Fred Raney and Roy
Goff.
President Glidewell said there
are presently 73 members of the
Butts County Chamber of Com
merce, Inc., with guests swelling
the total expected to hear Dr.
Ozment to near the hundred
mark.
In addition to Mr. Glidewell as
president, Frank Forehand is
vice president; Miss Elizabeth
McMichael, secretary; and Rich
ard W. Watkins, Jr., treasurer.
Directors include Lewis May,
Frank Barnes, Hal Summers, P.
H. Weaver, E. D. Briscoe, and
Messrs. Glidewell and Forehand.
Nazarene Revival
To Begin Friday
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MR. AND MRS. WARD
Lloyd and Gertrude Ward, na
tionally known evangelists, will
conduct evangelistic services at
the Jackson Church of the Naz
arene November 29th through
December Bth. Rev. Ralph Good
win, pastor, issues an invitation
to the public to attend these ser
vices. Services will begin at 7:15
each evening.
Mrs. Ward is considered a dy
namic, forceful and spirit-filled
preacher of unusual ability. Al
though a victim of polio and un
able to stand, she has been tra
veling and preaching from her
wheel chair since 1931. An ac
complished musician, she plays
the accordion and a specially de
signed organ.
Mr. Ward is an outstanding
chalk artist who has won praise
for the speed and precision of
his work. According to Rev.
Goodwin, his portraits of Christ
are beautiful. His pictures are
highlighted with fluorescent chalk
and a black light, along with
colored illumination, which makes
them unique, realistic, and ap
pealing. Mr. Ward is also a song
evangelist. Their evangelistic
works have taken Mr. and Mrs.
Ward into Canada, Mexico, and
Cuba.
5,498 people in the United States
and Canada who will be vacation
ing in Bermuda between Novem
ber 1 and December 9, as a re
sult of exceeding their John
Deere sales quota.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Hoop League
To Open
Play Dec. 2
December 2nd and December
sth are the dates set for the
opening of the Van Deventer
Basketball League for boys and
girls, respectively, with four
teams to participate in each divis
ion.
The roster of the teams and
the schedules were announced
this week by William Mack Da
vis, Van Deventer youth director,
as follows:
Handy Andy
Cathye Mask, Kay Grant, Gail
Grant, Linda Heath, Nita Cook,
Janice Fletcher, Lisa Browning,
Donna Heath, Debra Biles.
Coaches: Priscilla Cook and Mar
lene Peck.
WJGA
Paula Erwin, Tamie Smith,
Karen Newman, Deana McClel
land, Becky Waits, Kim Schroe
der, Karen Bradberry, Ann
Ridgeway, Wanda Hayes.
Coaches: Mildred Shapard and
Linda Hoard.
Daniel Ford
Cathy Long, Kathy Maddox,
Rhonda Nolan, Janet Robison,
Phyllis Barnes, Joyce Adams,
Pamela Adams, Jackie Burford,
Cathye Adams. Coaches: Ruth
Reasor and Barbara Maddox.
Carter Motor Cos.
Sherry Oliver, Sherry Barnes,
Tandy Williamson, Dianne Cook,
Cheryl Biles, Teena Norsworthy,
Kathy Asbury, Rene Babcock,
Nancy Leverett, Debra McGla
shin. Coaches: Virginia Storey
and Sandra O’Neal.
ABW Chevrolet Cos.
Darrell Summers, Jerry Greer,
Bill Reasor, Timniy Smith, Harry
Reeves, Darrell Kitchens, Randy
Hamlin, Bill Asbury. Coaches;
Harold Smith and Cecil Reasor.
Cawthon Bros.
Joody Marchman, Mark Mad
dox, Andy Crumbley, John Mor
ris, Auze Dover, Stephen Sams,
Aubry Burford, Ken Sanvidge,
David Evans. Coaches: Jimmy
Hardy and Ed Galloway.
Parrish Drug Cos.
Carey Biles, Mike Peck, Gay
McMichael, Perry Crowder, Ted
McMichael, Billy Duke, David
Cawthon, and Benjie Parrish.
Coaches: Ernest Biles and Frank
McMichael.
Western Auto
Keith Daniel, Ronnie Acree,
Joe Norton, Terry Moore, Neil
Rosser, William Barnes, Victor
Page, Stevie Page, Lester Peek,
James Ross. Coaches: Freddie
Dodson and Bailey Crockarell.
The girls schedule is as follows:
1. Handy Andy
2. Carter Motor Cos.
3. Daniel Ford Sales
4. WJGA
Dec. 5—7:00, 1 at 2; 8:00, 3
at 4.
Dec. 12—7, 4at 1; 8,3 at 2.
Dec. 19—7, 1 at 3; 8, 2 at 4.
Jan. 9—7, 2 at 1; 8, 4 at 3.
Jan. 16—7, 3 at 1; 8, 4 at 2.
Jan. 23—7, 1 at 4; 8, 2 at 3.
Jan. 30—7, lat 2; 8,3 at 4.
Feb. 6—7, 4 at 1; 8,3 at 2.
Feb. 13—7, 1 at 3; 8, 2 at 4.
Feb. 20—7, 2 at 1; 8, 4 at 3.
Feb. 27—7, 3 at 1; 8, 4 at 2.
Mar. 6—7, 1 at 4; 8, 2 at 3.
Schedule for the boys is as
follows:
1. Cawthon Bros. Gas Cos.
2. Western Auto Store.
3. ABW Chevrolet Cos.
4. Parrish Drug Cos.
Dec. 2—7:00, 1 at 2; 8:00, 3
at 4.
Dec. 9—7, 1 at 3; 8, 2 at 4.
Dec. 16—7, 4at 1; 8,3 at 2.
Jan. 6—7, 2 at 1; 8, 4 at 3.
Jan. 13—7, 3 at 1; 8, 4 at 2.
Jan. 20—7, 1 at 4; 8, 2 at 3.
Jan. 27 —7, lat 2; 8,3 at 4.
Feb. 3—7, 4 at 1; 8,3 at 2.
Feb. 10—7, 1 at 3; 8, 2 at 4.
Feb. 17—7, 2 at 1; 8, 4 at 3.
Feb. 24—7, 3 at 1; 8, 4 at 2.
Mar. 3—7, 1 at 4; 8, 2 at 3.
FACS OFFICE TO BE
CLOSED NOV. 28-29
Mrs. N. A. Powell announced
this week that the Family and
Childrens Service office will be
closed on Thursday, November
28, and Friday, November 29, for
the Thanksgiving holidays.
December 19th is Date Set For
Judging in Yule Lighting Contest
Public Hearing
On Rezoning Set
Dec. 2nd & 3rd
Two important public hearings
are scheduled before the Jackson-
Butts County Planning Commis
sion on December 2nd and De
vember 3rd with Richard W.
Watkins, Jr. chairman of the
planning commission, inviting
citizens of the town and county
to attend and give the commission
the benefit of their opinions,
either pro or con, on the zoning
request.
The first of these, Chairman
Watkins pointed out, will be held
Monday night, December 2nd, at
7 o’clock at the community room
of Jackson National Bank at
which time an amendment to
“Article VII, Use Provisions,
Section 71, R-l Low-Density Resi
dential District” will be consid
ered to allow a professional phar
macy to be included in a profes
sional building which Dr. Roy
Goff proposes to erect on Mc-
Donough Road.
The second public hearing will
be scheduled Tuesday night, De
cember 3rd, at Jackson City Hall
at 8 o’clock at which time a re
quest by Dr. James C. Howell
will be considered to change a
R-] (Low-Density Residential
District) to C-l Zone (Central
Business District.) The request of
Dr. Howell asks that all proper
ty South of West Third Street
from the western boundary line
of the property of Mrs. James
Buchanan west to the east side
of Harkness St. and between said
boundaries from the south side of
West Third Street south to the
north side of Cedar Street be re
zoned for commercial use, plus
an additional proposal to add the
use to the C-l Zone of “Multi-
Family Dwellings.”
Chairman Watkins explained
that the Jackson-Butts County
Planning Commission serves in
an advisory capacity with the
commission making recommenda
tions to the Mayor and Council
of the City of Jackson with the
ultimate decision to be made by
the city officials. Mr. Watkins
pointed out that it is important
that citizens attend these hear
ings and express opinions on the
rezoning requests so that the
commission will have a basis of
opinion from the expression of
those present to help formulate
their recommendation.
WESTSIDE BAPTIST
TO HAVE SPECIAL
WEEKEND SERVICES
The Westside Baptist Church
will have a special Thanksgiv
ing service this weekend, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. The
preachers for the services will be
Rev. Don Pye of Locust Grove,
Rev. Guy C. Rainwater, pastor
of the East Side Baptist Church
of Atlanta, and Evangelist Bill
Henderson, formerly of Texas,
now with the Roloff Evangelis
tic Enterprises.
The services will begin each
evening at 7:30. The public is in
vited to come and worship at
these services.
MAN INJURED FRIDAY IN
TRAIN-CAR COLLISION
Larry Wayne Pepper, of Route
I, Bishop, was injured late Fri
day afternoon when the car he
was driving was struck by a train
at a crossing near Berner about
10 miles north of Forsyth.
The injured man was rushed by
a Jackson ambulance to Macon
Hospital for treatment of in
juries. A state trooper from the
Griffin office said that his in
juries were not believed to be
serious.
Damage to Pepper’s car was
estimated at SBOO.OO.
Franklin Weaver
Wins Promotion
With Dairy Firm
Franklin Weaver of Decatur, a
native of Butts County, has re
cently been promoted to opera
tions manager for the Southeast
ern Division of House of Laird,
Inc. House of Laird, Inc. is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of In
ternational Dairy Queens, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minn. His duties will
be to manage the distribution of
specialty food products for the
Fast Food drive-in chains in the
Southeast.
Mr. Weaver, prior to his pro
motion, had been division comp
troller and office manager for
the Southeastern Division of
Dairy Queen Corporation.
Mr. Weaver graduated from
Jackson High School in 1956. He
graduated from Mairsh-Draughn
Business College, attended Geor
gia Tech and is now a senior at
Georgia State College.
He is married to the former
Miss Margaret Camp of La-
Grange and they have two chil
dren, Hugh, 5, and Pamela, 2 Vi.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Weaver, Route 3, Jackson.
Mr. Weaver is a member of
Chapel Heights Baptist Church
of Decatur, where he is active in
Sunday School and church work.
Jaycees Request
Useable Toys For
Stocking Fund
Butts County Jaycees are re
questing good useable toys for
their Empty Stocking Fund and
President James Yeomans is
asking those persons with such
toys to please leave them at Par
rish Drug Company, Leverette
Service Station, or Montgomery
Insurance Agency. If this is not
convenient, Dr. Yeomans said
that any Jaycee member can be
contacted and the toys will be
picked up.
President Yeomans also an.
nouneed that registration for
persons wishing to avail them
selves of the Empty Stocking
Fund will be held on Saturday,
December 7th, and Saturday, De
cember 14th, at the Courthouse
with many families expected to
register and allow the Jaycees to
give Santa an assist with their
Christmas.
Notice To Subscribers
The mailing list of The Progress-Argus was
corrected and brought up to date as of Novem
ber 15th. We ask that each subscriber please
check his label, keeping in mind that the paper
is presently $4.00 per year payable in advance.
If the label reads prior to Nov. 15, 1968, it
means your paper is in arrears and prompt re
newal is indicated. Your cooperation in keep
ing your subscription current will be appreci
ated.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Thursday, December 19th, is
the date set for homes to be
judged in the the annual Christ
mas Decoration Contest which
will be sponsored again this year
by the Garden Club Council and
the Jackson Progress-Argus.
The date for the judging was
announced this week by Miss
Elizabeth McMichael, chairman
of the Garden Club Council, who
stated that judges will be ob
tained within r. few days and
their names announced in the
near future.
For the past several years the
contest, which was conceived by
the Progress-Argus and held in
close conjunction with the garden
clubs of the city through the
Garden Club Council, has seen
the newspaper offering prizes of
SIO.OO, first; $7.50, second; and
$5.00, third, for the homes ad
judged most appropriately deco
rated in keeping with the archi
tecture of the individual home.
The city will again be divided
into two areas, East and West,
with Mulberry Street serving as a
dividing line with three winners
to be selected by the judges in
each area. It is proposed that one
group of judges will view the
homes east of Mulberry Street,
while another group considers
those homes on Mulberry Street
and west of it.
In addition to the prizes for
the most attractively decorated
homes, the newspaper is also of
fering prizes in the same denomi
nations to the most attractively
decorated business establishments
which will include the square and
those streets adjacent to and
leading into the business district.
In rules set by the sponsoring
agencies, all homes in Jackson
will be included as well as those
on the Griffin Road to the W. A.
Cook residence; homes beyond
the city limits on Brookwood
Avenue on the Atlanta Highway,
and those on the Monticello
Highway to the C. E. Washing
ton home.
First place winners in the
Christmas Decoration Contest last
year are not eligible to compete
for prizes this year. These include
the home of the David Settles on
West Third Street, the Lou Moel
cherts on East College Street,
and Mclntosh State Bank.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
IN CITY TURNED
ON THANKSGIVING
Christmas decorations are be
ing placed this week in the busi
ness district of Jackson and will
be turned on Thanksgiving after
noon to officially signal the ad
vent of the Christmas season in
Jackson.
According to Mayor C. B.
Brown, Jr., the decorations, prin
cipally those of last year with
few additions, will be used again.
However, local citizens and tour
ists alike were quick to acclaim
Jackson as one of the most pret
tily decorated small towns in the
entire state.
Though no time has been set
for the actual turning on of the
lights, it is anticipated they will
be energized about dusk Thanks
giving or earlier if the day is
cloudy and dark.