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VOL. 96 —NO. 4
Manchester
Rites For
Miss Smith
Miss Willie Ferguson Smith,
73, widely known Flovilla resi
dent and Meriwether County edu
cator, died early Friday morn
ing, January 17, at the Jesse
Parker Williams Hospital in At
lanta. She had been in ill health
for some time and was admitted
to the. hospital on Christmas Eve.
Born September 18, 1895 at
Flovilla, Miss Smith was the
daughter of Captain W. F. Smith,
an officer in the Confederate
Army, and Mrs. Pattie Mitchell
Smith. Upon completing school at
Flovilla she entered the old A&M
College in Barnesville and grad
uated from the University of
Georgia with a Bachelor of Sci
ence degree in Education. During
her long years as an educator,
she studied at Columbia Univer
sity and the University of Vir
ginia, as well as several smaller
schools for teachers and educa
tors. Her first teaching assign
ment, one year, was at Culloden
which was followed by 43 years
in Manchester where she served
as principal of the Callaway
Schools. In 1956 Miss Smith was
voted the Teacher of the Year
for Meriwether County and at
the time of her retirement in
1960 she was a member of the
Meriwether Education Associ
ation, the G.E.A., and the N.E.A.
Interested in all civic and re
ligious affairs, Miss Smith was a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Manchester and served
as superintendent of the Primary
Department for over 20 years,
also taking active roles in the
Sunday School and Training
Union. During World War II she
served as secretary of the Calla
way Armed Forces Center, one of
her tasks being to write all boys,
who where formerly employees
of Callaway Mills, who entered
service.
Upon returning to Flovilla aft
er her retirement, Miss Smith be
came a member of the Flovilla
Baptist Church and was extreme
ly active in the affairs of William
Mclntosh Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, a for
mer member of the Eastern Star,
and served for many years on the
Woman’s Club of Manchester.
Unselfish in the extreme, Miss
Smith was a tireless worker in
the church and community. She
gave of her time and talents
without reservation and was re
sponsible for much charity work
that was known but to her.
Funeral services for Miss Smith
were conducted Saturday after
noon at three o’clock from the
First Baptist Church of Manches
ter with the Rev. P. M. Newton,
assisted by Rev. Bill O’Connor,
officiating. Interment was in the
Manchester Cemetery with Rob
ertson Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Miss Smith is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. R. B. Thompson and
Miss Jewel Smith, both of Flo
villa; a large number of nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers were Jack Smith
of Manchester, Frank Linch of
McDonough, Fred Thomas, Mel
vin Rhodes and J. M. Jarrell, all
of Atlanta; Dr. W. E. Smith of
Knoxville, Tenn.
LOCUST GROVE GIRLS
ON TIFT DEAN’S LIST
FORSYTH—A total of 77 stu
dents were named to the Dean’s
List for the fall quarter at Tift
College, it was announced by
Dean Gordon S. Miller.
The Dean’s List requires that a
student have a scholastic average
of 2.25 for the current quarter
ln 10 or more hours of work and
have an all-college average of
2.00 out of a possible grading
scale of 3.00.
Students named to Dean’s List
include Sue Ann Bunn and Cyn
this Amelia McClendon, both of
Locust Grove.
4-H Dress Revue
Was Event of
Thursday Night
Butts County 4-H girls held
'their first county dress revue
Thursday night, January 16, at
the Jackson High Home Econom
ics Department. Over 25 girls
participated in this event.
In the four categories the
county winners were as follows:
Fifth grade apron: Julia Ann
Ridgeway; 6th grade skirt: Patty
O’Neal; Jr. dress: Maria Todd;
and Senior garment: Saralyn
Ridgeway. These girls will rep
resent the county at District
Project Achievement this coming
summer.
The girls made and modeled
their garments. The 4-H girls in
the fifth grade could model an
apron, sixth grade girls modeled a
skirt, seventh and eighth grade
junior girls modeled a skirt and
blouse or a simple dress. The
high school girls could model a
play, school or party outfit.
Those girls from the fifth
grade were: Julia Ann Ridgeway,
first; Sherri Oliver, second; Anne
Barnes, third; Sheila Goff, Mary
Goodman, Sandra Head, Janet
Johnson, Anita Latham, Lizzie
Mae Scott, Debbie Stodghill,
Wanda Strickland, Patricia Wash
ington, Janice Watkins, Lucia
Ann Williams.
Those in the sixth grade were:
Patty O’Neal, first; Wenda Good
rum, second; Sara Miller, third.
The Junior entries were Maria
Todd, first; Trude Tharpe, sec
ond; Bessie Banks, third; Vivian
Miller, Donish Scott.
The Senior participants were:
Saralyn Ridgeway, first; Char
lene Brownlee, second; Ellen
Pinckney, third; Marian Good
man.
Miss Yvonne Scott, Butts Coun
ty Extension Home Economist
compliments each girl for an out
standing job.
Hamp Daughtry
Grid League
Is Organized
The initial meeting of the
Hampton Daughtry F o o t b a 1 1
League was held Tuesday night
at the Van Deventer Youth Cen
ter with Dr. Joe Hopper, psychi
atrist at the Georgia Diagnostic
and Classification Center, being
elected president. Other officers
named at the meeting include Ed
Peck, vice president; Gene Blue,
secretary-treasurer; Dr. Bailey
Crockarell, player agent.
Tre newly formed league will
consist of four teams made up
of boys 11 years old though the
7th grade and will absorb the
Green Hornet team which had a
95 lb. weight limit.
It was decided that the new
league will have no weight limit
but will include all boys too old
for the Pee Wee League and pro
vide them a team to play on until
they are in the Bth grade, at
which time the school teams pro
vide football coverage.
It is hoped that enough boys
will sign up to staff the four
teams since there will be no out
of town games and no weight
limit, but every boy given an op
portunity to play.
SHORTCOURSE ON
PASTURES BE
HELD JAN. 27th
Would you like to know how to
produce a pasture for year-round
grazing? If you are in the cattle
business you should be interested.
The Butts County Extension Of
fice will present such a program
on Pasture Planning for Year-
Round Grazing. It will be held
at Jackson National Bank on
January 27, at 7:30 p. m.
Ralph Johnson, Head of the
Extension Agronomy Department,
conducts the program. All inter
ested persons in Butts County are
invited to attend this meeting.
THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1969 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Heart Disease
Causes 56.1%
Local Deaths
Special to the Progress-Argu*
NEW YORK, Jan. 18—-What
is the extent of the heart disease
problem in Butts County? How
does it compare with the situation
in other communities? What pro
gress is being made in coping with
the disease?
The questions come to the fore
at this time with the approach
of National Heart Month, in Feb
ruary.
According to the latest figures
released by the U. S. Public
Health Service, based upon data
gathered from all parts of the
country, heart disease continues
to hold its position as the nation’s
number one killer. This is so de
spite definite, advances made by
medical science in recent years
in controlling it.
The toll it takes is greater
than that due to cancer, pneu
monia, accidents and most other
causes of deaths combined.
In Butts County, approximate
ly 56.1 percent of all deaths are
attributed to diseases of the car
diovascular system, generally
lumped together under the name
of heart disease.
The proportion is somewhat
higher than that reported for the
United States as a whole, 54.8
percent. It is also above the ratio
in the South Atlantic States, 53.3
percent.
The mortality rate varies con
siderably from one area of the
country to another. Suggested ex
planations include local eating
habits, hereditary background,
type of occupation, physical
characteristics and the like.
The general conception that
people with a great drive to reach
the top in business_ or in other
pursuits do so at a heavy price
—possible heart attacks—is re
futed in a five-year study of
270,000 people employed by the
nation’s telephone companies.
The conclusion reached is that
tension is not a major factor—
that body build, hereditary and
smoking and eating habits are
more important.
The current report lists 64
deaths from heart disease among
residents of Butts County, out of
a total of 114. This is exclusive
of death locally of non-residents.
Despite the heavy toll, definite
progress is being made, according
to the American Heart Associ
ation. New electronic devices,
open heart surgery and other ad
vances have produced encourag
ing results, it states.
Harold Clarke
To Speak At
B&PW Meeting
Harold Clarke of Forsyth, Rep
resentative from Butts and Mon
roe Counties in the General As
sembly, will 'be speaker at the
meeting of the Jackson Business
and Professional Women’s Club
Monday night, January 27th, at
7 o’clock. Mrs. Mervyn Pope,
chairman of the Legislative Com
mittee, will be in charge of the
program.
Mr. Clarke, widely known in
Butts County, is a former editor
of the Monroe County Advertiser.
He is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Georgia Law School and
has been a practicing attorney
in Forsyth for several years.
Mr. Clarke is expected to talk
on upcoming legislation which
will affect his constituents as
well as the state as a whole and
on the status of women.
CHALLENGE OF THE CROSS
BE PRESENTED SUNDAY
The Challenge of The Cross
will be presented at the First
Baptist Church Sunday evening,
January 26th, at 7 o’clock by the
YWA’s and the GA’s of the
Worthville Baptist Church. The
Worthville choir will also assist
in this presentation. t
The public is cordially invited
to attend this very moving drama.
Kiwanians
Observe
Natal Date
Members of the Jackson Ki
wanis Club observed their 47th
anniversary Tuesday night and
fittingly enough members of the
Atlanta Downtown Kiwanis Club,
sponsors of the Jackson Club
which was chartered on January
17, 1922, presented the program
with Charles S. Dudley as speak
er. Luke Freeman was program
chairman with Hampton Daugh
try of Atlanta and Jackson mak
ing actual arrangements for the
appearance of the Atlanta delega
tion.
Mr. Dudley, who has been
active in Kiwanis for more than
half his life, gave interesting
facts about the formative days
of Kiwanis and how it was
changed to a true service club
at the Birmingham Convention.
Mr. Dudley said the youth of to
day hold the future of our na
tion in their hands and challenged
Kiwanians to direct their train of
thought along productive and
constructive lines. He called the
Constitution of the United States
“our passport to liberty” and said
that all of us are stockholders in
the United States, but probably
not very effectively as few sel
dom take the time even to write
our Congressmen concerning im
portant matters facing our state
and nation.
Among those attending from
the Atlanta Downtown Club, in
addition to the speaker, were Mr.
and Mrs. Hampton Daughtry,
General and jlrs. William R.
Woodward, Mr. |ind Mrs. James
H. Joiner, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Carmichael, and ; Elliott R. Jack
son. Special guests of General
and Mrs. Woodward were Judge
and Mrs. Charles W. Woodward
of Rockville, Maryland, who are
visiting relatives in Winder. Lo
cal guests include Rev. Ben
Wright, Chaplain at the Georgia
Diagnostic and Classification
Center, and Mesdames Ralph
Carr Jr., Luke Freeman, and P.
H. Weaver, Mrs. Weaver serving
as pianist in the absence of Mrs.
J. W. O’Neal Sr.
The four charter members of
the Jackson Club still active were
recognized and given warm ap
plause. These include Bird O’-
Richard Watkins
Had Role In
Securing Borman
For the sixth consecutive year,
Richard W. Watkins Jr., Jackson
attorney and vice-chairman of
the Military Law Section of the
State Bar of Georgia, will appear
on the program of the annual
Southeastern Seminar on Govern
ment Contracts and Procurement
Law. The seminar will be held
February 6-8 at the Marriott
Motor Hotel in Atlanta. Mr. Wat
kins will preside over the program
Friday morning, February 7th,
from 9 a. m. until 10:30 a. m.
The featured speaker at lunch
eon February 7th will be Col.
Frank Borman, United States Air
Force, who was Commander of
the Apollo 8 Moon Flight. Mr.
Watkins was on the program
planning committee which suc
ceeded in obtaining Col. Borman
as the featured speaker for the
Friday luncheon.
The annual Southeastern Sem
inar on Government Contracts
and Procurement Law was started
six years ago under the primary
sponsorship of the Military Law
Section of the Georgia Bar As
sociation, with the help of the
Military Law Sections of the
State Bar Associations of the
other southeastern states. It has
grown until its speakers and pan
elist are leaders in their special
ties from across the nation. Some
50,000 copies of the program of
the annual seminars are mailed
out nationwide each year in an
nouncing the programs.
PUBLIC MEETING ON PRIVATE
SCHOOL BE HELD JANUARY 31
Robt. Williams
Is Chairman Of
Stay And See
Robert L. Williams, administra
tive assistant, Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation,
has been named chairman of the
Butts County STAY AND SEE
GEORGIA program for 1969. The
Chamber of Commerce appointed
him to head the project in Butts
County on January 13th and he
notified Henry L. Asbury, presi
dent, of his acceptance on Friday.
Mr. Asbury cited Mr. Williams
for the outstanding job he did
last year as chairman of the ag
ricultural committee and ex
pressed certainty that he will do
an excellent job as chairman this
year.
Mr. Asbury said that Jackson
will be competing in Class II of
Stay and See Georgia and will
have five areas in which to
choose.
Jackson was declared first
place winner in Division I, new
comers, in the 1968 Stay and See
Georgia contest with the an
nouncement being made in late
November. Mr. Asbury was chair
man of Jackson’s first entry into
the contest and had the splendid
cooperation of able chairmen,
community leaders, and all civic
clubs.
Mr. Asbury said that the people
of Jackson and Butts County will
want to rally around Mr. Wil
liams and give him the same type
of support to make Jackson re
peat as the first place winner in
the 1969 contest.
Perry Ridgeway
Is President of
4-H Officers
4-H officers from all the clubs
in Butts County met January 15,
at 3:30 p. m. in the Civic Room
of Jackson National Bank.
This was an exciting meeting
for the Senior 4-H members for
from this group of able 4-H’ers
would come the 1969 County
Council officers. The meeting
was called to order and presided
over by the former County
Council Secretary-treasurer, El
len Pinckney. All members said
the pledges to the American and
4-H flags. The qualifications for
the officers were given. The elec
tion presented this new slate of
officers: President, Perry Ridge
way; Girls’ Vice-President, Ellen
Pinckney; Boy’s Vice-President;
Paul Rice; Secretary-Treasurer,
Patsy Maddox; Reporter, Antoin
ette Brownlee and Parliamen
tarian, Marion Reeves.
Carl Brack, County Agent, pre
sented one item of business of
great importance. The members
voted to help the state of Georgia
give their fair share to the Na
tional 4-H Center and Rock Eagle
4-H Center of around $450 over
a three year period. The meeting
was adjourned with congratula
tions to all the new officers.—
Antoinette Brownlee, Reporter.
HAROLD E. MARTIN TO
RECEIVE EMORY DEGREE
ATLANTA —Ninety-one Em
ory students completed the re
quirements for degrees at the end
of the fall quarter, President
Sanford S. Atwood has an
nounced. The degrees will be
awarded formally at commence
ment exercises in June.
Among the students receiving
degrees will be Harold Edward
Martin, 366 Covington Street,
Jackson, B. A. degree, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Martin.
Neal, Park Newton, T. E. Robi
son Sr., and David Settle. Ralph
Carr Jr. read a message from
Harold M. Heimbaugh, president
of Kiwanis International.
Nancy McGinnis,
Tift Registrar,
Wins High Honor
Mrs. Nancy Singley McGinnis,
Tift College registrar, has been
named to “Outstanding Young
Women of America” as one of
Georgia’s top professional wom
en for the year 1968.
Each year, 50 young women
are selected, one from each of the
50 states. The award is made to
recognize achievements of young
women between the ages of 21
and 35.
Mrs. McGinnis is a 1961 magna
cum laude graduate of Tift Col
lege, and has been working tow
ard a Master’s in English at
Georgia Southern College. She
was named to “Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities” and
received the Samuel A. Martin
Award for her paper on an Amer
ican Literature topic while a stu
dent at Tift College where she
was consistently on the Dean’s
List for superior academic per
formance.
At the time Mrs. McGinnis ac
cepted the position of registrar at
Tift College, she was one of the
youngest persons in the United
States to hold this position.
She is a member of the Amer
ican and Georgia Associations of
College Registrars and Admis
sions Officers, a past national of
ficer in the Tift College Alumnae
Association, and is a Sunday
School teacher.
Mrs. McGinnis is the daughter
of Mrs. Emily N. Singley and
the late Mr. L. D. Singley of
Jackson, and is the wife of Bob
McGinnis of Jackson.
Dr. Holston
Has Returned
For Practice
Dr. and Mrs. Francis M. Hol
ston and family returned to Jack
son on Saturday from Bogalusa,
La. and it is expected that Dr.
Holston will resume the practice
of medicine at his office on East
Third Street by the weekend or
by the first of the week.
The Holstons are in the process
of moving into the completely
renovated and remodeled home
formerly occupied by Mr. G. C.
Maddox at 366 East College
Street.
Dr. Holston, v/ho practiced
medicine several years here with
Dr. Jack Newman before leaving
for Bogalusa, La. about a year
ago, said Tuesday that he expects
to perhaps “see a few patients by
Friday or will be able to resume
practice at my office on Mon
day.”
The return of Dr. Holston to j
medical practice has given the
community a tremendous boost
and Dr. and Mrs. Holston and
family are being cordially wel
comed upon their return to their j
“hometown.”
Alton Colwell
Is President
Exchange Club
At the regular meeting of the
Jackson Exchange Club held
Tuesday night, Alton Colwell,
Cashier of Mclntosh State Bank,
was elected as president to serve
for 1969.
Other officers elected for 1969
were John W. Browning, Vice
President; Frank D. Moore, Sec
retary; and Billy Pelt, Treasurer.
Members of the Board of Di
rectors are Harold Brooks, Newt
Etheredge, Joe Lineberger, John
H. Moore, Marion Todd, and
Thomas D. Turner.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A public meeting has been
called by the Steering Committee
for the Private Christian School
in Jackson on Friday night, Jan
uary 31st, at 7:30 o’clock in the
community room of Jackson Na
tional Bank. All persons who are
interested in the school or desire
to become better informed con
cerning its proposed operation
are urged to attend this import
ant meeting.
A statement from the steering
committee to the citzens of Butts
County is hereby reproduced in
its entirety. It is as follows:
“No one would deny the fact
that our world is undergoing a
time of unusual turmoil. Rising
crime rates, increasing use of
narcotics and hallucinogenic
agents, pornagraphy and lawless
ness are all evidences of a moral
breakdown which is frightening
in its extent. It has been esti
mated that 50% of the students
in many of our high schools have
experimented with some type of
drug.
“But immorality is not the
most dangerous aspect of public
school instruction. The forces of
Satan have a much more subtle
approach to our young people. It
is one which is much more effec
tive in turning them against the
“faith of their fathers.” This is
the approach of intellectualism,
the scholarly approach to learning
which refuses to teach that man
has a responsibility to God.
“Students are taught history,
but not with any recognition of
God’s plan of the ages being
worked out through the nations of
the world. Science is not taught
as the study of God’s handiwork,
nor is art presented as the devel
opment and enjoyment of a God
given capacity to enjoy beauty
and design. Add to these John
Dewey’s “permessiveness,” the
breakdown of discipline in the
school room and the threat of
Socialistic ideas in many modern
text books and you have a pro
gram which will erase the con
cepts of God and American tra
ditions from the face of the
earth.
“It is our conviction that the
answer to the problem in our
public school chaos is the Private
Christian School. High academic
standards insure that students are
given the basic framework of
knowledge they need to face life.
A Christ-Centered education,
based upon' the Bible as the Word
of God, gives young people the
proper orientation for their life.
An appreciation for our American
heritage and for the American
way of life prepares them to be
useful citizens. When these em
phases are coupled with the lead
ership training, character-build
ing discipline, and individual at
tention which students receive in
Private Christian Schools our
young people will be prepared to
face life.”
S. D. Cochran
Is National VFW
Aide-de-Camp
Kansas City, Mo. (Special)
Richard W. Homan, Sugar Grove,
West Virginia, Commander-in
Chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States, has
announced the appointment of
S. D. Cochran of Rt. 4, Jackson,
Georgia, as National Aide-de-
Camp, V.F.W.
Commenting on the appoint
ment, Commander-in-Chief Ho
man said, “All of us serving at
the national level are proud of
the stature of the V. F. W., and
all of us recognize tjiat none of
this would be so were it not for
the great work being done at the
local level. The continued success
of our organization depends on
the foundation we have built with
qualified and dedicated leader
ship, such as that shown by Mr.
Cochran. I know I can count on a
job well done whenever he is
called upon to serve the Veterans
of Foreign Wars.”
