The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, June 19, 1969, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextjlarUsmi -jjJrngrpss-Argus VOL. 96 NO. 25 Fate Of Blood Program At Stake July 21st ; 142 Pint Quota Set Butta countians have over a month to ponder the fate of the fre e whole blood program locally, but the grim fact remains that unless 142 pints of blood are contributed on the July 21 visit f the Regional Bloodmobile here the county may well be removed from participation- on the blood mobile program or placed on the credit card system. These somber circumstances were voiced this week by John B. hong, bloodmobile recruitment chairman, who reminds citizens that the 112 pint quota must be augmented by 30 pints, a deficit from the last visit, which makes a total of 142 pints for the July visit of the bloodmobile. Chairman Long said that “We are publicly publicizing the visit of the bloodmobile early to em phasize to every citizen of the county the importance of meet ing or exceeding the quota on July 21. The credit card system would work hardships on many families who would be'forced to purchase whole blood at current prices rather than receive it free as is now the case.” Mr. Long said that the blood mobile will be at the National Guard Armory on Franklin Street in Jackson on Monday, July 21, between the hours of one and six p. m. As is customary, mem bers of the Jackson B&PW Club will staff the visit. ATLANTA MAN INJURED IN 1-75 ACCIDENT An Atlanta man, John Weis ner, 63, of 428 Wickersham Drive, N. W., suffered lacerations to his scalp and contusions to his chest in an accident nine miles west of Jackson on 1-75 Wednes day afternoon. Mr. Weisner was admitted to the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital for treatment. *® 4S|K BBj JMk iSjllt >, r</ ' 'Wf \ AL AND IVY WALSH Macedonia To Present Al And Ivy Walsh 1 Macedonia Baptist Church, -■ Jackson, will present Al •' M alsh in Sacred Concert ° r - unda y, June 22nd, at 8:00 T his personable husband e team, baritone and are a perfect blending , a ' and spiritual harmony thrilling to hear and in *° see in performance, ty will be the keynote of f tram which will consist of songs from the classics ’ r h music to the simple devotion. They will sing i duet numbers accom y Mrs. Lawrence Morgan rgan, and at times by Mrs. Local Guard Unit Is At Fort Stewart FORT STEWART, GA.—Sum mer Field Training is under way for some 4000 members of Geor gia’s Army National Guard, com manded by Major General George J. Hearn, Adjutant General of Georgia. The Guardsmen arrived at Fort Stewart Sunday to start their two weeks annual field training. Composed of 51 units from 33 Georgia communities, the Guards men, who moved by truck convoy to Fort Stewart, will return to their home stations June 29. Three major commands of the Georgia Army National Guard are represented at this encamp ment. They are the Georgia Emerg ency Operation Headquarters, De catur, commanded: by Brigadier General Andrew W. McKenna; the 265th Engineer Group, At lanta, commanded by Colonel Clarence B. Irwin; and the 118th Artillery Group, Savannah, com manded by Colonel John E. Mc- Gowan of Milledgeville. Among those participating in the field training exercises from this area, are Guardsmen of the Cos. “D” (part) 878th Engr Bn from Jackson, Ga. commanded by Cpt. Wesley J. Miller. Training will be aimed at in creasing the Guard’s proficiency in its various military assign ments. The Guardsmen will pass in re view on Saturday, June 21, dur ing Governor’s Day ceremonies, to be attended by Governor Les ter Maddox, and military and ci vilian dignitaries. Awards for outstanding units and individual guardsmen will be presented. Walsh at the piano or her famous Dallape Maestro Accordion. The quality of their singing is reflec ted in invitations to sing for the thousands who attend the South ern Baptist Convention and Evangelistic Conferences, and the demands for their services in evangelistic crusades throughout the country, in which they are booked year-round. Prior to devoting their lives to full time Christian service they gained their initial popularity as entertainers and concert artists. Upon Mr. Walsh’s return from military service, the two worked together entertaining the vet erans in hospitals across the na tion. While in this work, they felt led to a more dedicated and God-directed use of their talents. Both Mr. and Mrs. Welsh are na tives of Canada, but are now naturalized American citizens re siding in the suburbs of Atlanta. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1969 Ellen Pinckney Is District 4-H Club President ELLEN PINCKNEY June 11 was a day Miss Ellen Pinckney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pinckney of Jackson, will long remember. Ellen re ceived double 4-H Honors that make her one of the most out standing 4-H members in the state of Georgia. She was pro nounced district winner in the Food Preservation project Frozen Foods. She won this honor for her outstanding work and leadership in the Food Preservation project. On the same evening, Miss Pinck ney was announced as the newly elected 1969-70 President of the Northwest 4-H District, bringing honor to herself and Butts Coun ty. Miss Pinckney has had a long and exciting 4-H career. Ellen’s ambitions and goals were set in her Cloverleaf years. In Ellen’s 4-H story she explains her feel ings on her ambitions. This ex cerpt from her story illustrates her feelings: “Looking back I can see myself as a wiggling Cloverleaf, sitting through the Parade of Winners, during my first trip to DAP, and saying, ‘Someday I’ll do that too,’ and I did. I remember seeing a slide talk of the Citizenship Short course as a wide-eyed Junior and saying, ‘Someday I’ll do that too,’ and I did. I remember being helped along the way by older hands and saying, ‘Someday I’ll do that too,’ and I have. I re member watching in admiration district officers and state winners and Rock Eagle counselors and saying, ‘Someday I’ll do that too.’ And maybe someday I will, for it is said that success comes in ‘cans’ and through 4-H I can!” AND SHE HAS! Ellen’s leadership activities have included seven local offi ces, three county council offi ces, and now will include dis trict president. She has served on 21 local committees, 31 county committees, five district commit tes, and one national committee. Her Junior leadership activities include assisting Junior and Cloverleaf members with record books and project work. In 1969 she organized a Junior Club called the Clover Kids with which she gave invaluable assistance on their project work. She has led in 15 local activities, 12 county activities, nine district activities, and two state activites. In 1968 Ellen was selected as one of 36 4-H’ers in the state of Georgia to attend the National Citizenship Shortcourse in Wash ington, D. C. This honor was based on leadership and citizen ship requirements. Other activi ties in leadership have included 32 talks, three radio programs, four TV appearances, 12 news paper articles, and 54 demonstra tions. Ellen has been active in pro ject work since 1964. She has been county winner in Frozen Foods five years, Between Meal Snacks one year; Better Break fast, one year; Public Speaking, two years; and Recreation one year. In Ellen’s six trips to District Project Achievement, she has Weekly Wage Buys More in Butts County (Special to the Progress-Argus) NEW YORK, June 9—How is the average working man in Butts County making out these days? Is he better off than he was ten or twenty years ago? His income has been going up steadily, year by year, and from that standpoint, he is in better shape. However, his living costs have also been moving upward. Rent, medical care, apparel, food, ser vices and taxes are all consid erably higher than they were in the “good old days.” Taking into consideration both the plus and the minus factors, where does he stand today? According to dati compiled by the National Industrial Confer ence, the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics and others, he is well ahead of the game. He is able to buy more goods and services, with the amount that he earns for a day’s work, than he ever could. The reason is that his pay scale has moved up faster than his liv ing costs. Income per household in the general area is no less than 62 percent higher, on aver age, than it was ten years ago. By way of comparison, costs are only about 20 percent higher. Asa result, the average work ing man in the local area is now able to buy a pound of coffee, for example after, after putting in about 17 minutes on the job. It would have taken nearly twice as long ten years ago. A pound of round steak, best grade, or two dozen eggs, grade A large, can be bought with 27 minutes of working time, and an automobile tire, size 7.50 by 15, with approximately 10*4 hours. The tire, which retails for around $29, would have cost the Butts County worker only $24 or so in 1959. But it doesn’t take as long to' make $29 today as it did to make $24 at that time. The Tax Foundation, in a spe cial analysis, has figured out how much time the typical American worker has to spend on the job to pay his various bills. Out of an 8-hour day, it finds, 2 hours and 34 minutes are need ed to meet his tax obligations and about 1 hour for housing and household expenses. Another 56 minutes are need ed for food, tobacco and alcoholic beverages, 40 minutes for trans portation, 25 for apparel, 21 for medical, 18 for recreation and 1 hour and 46 minutes for miscel laneous. Recipes Are Needed For Cook Book Co-chairmen of the Cook Book committee of the Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxiliary are in need of recipes to be included in the new books which will contain 250 or more favorite recipes from wom en in Butts County and neighbor ing communities. Letters were recently sent out by Mrs. Maurine Shields and Mrs. Kathleen Knight to a number of ladies requesting several of their favorite recipes, preferably in different food categories, from which one will be selected for use in the book. In addition to recipes, the book will contain a section of special ly selected, authentic, up-to-date basic cooking information on ways to use leftovers, how to carve, time tables for meat cook ery, quantity recipes for 100 peo been district winner in Frozen Foods in her Cloverleaf, Junior, and Senior years; second place in Public Speaking one year; second place twice in Frozen Foods. This is a remarkable, almost unbelievable, record for a 4-H club member and further illus trates her outstanding abilities. She has truly lived up to the 4-H motto: “To make the best better.” JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Butts 4-H'ers Reap First Place Harvest As Five Win M. C. Paget Is New Principal M. C. Paget, newly elected principal of Jackson High School, comes to his new post highly rec ommended according to a recent story in the Bremen Gateway. Mr. Paget was principal at Bre men sev&n years, coming there from Jonesboro High School. Mr. Paget was recently elected principal by the Butts County Board of Education with an nouncement officially made this week by William B. Jones, Butts county school superintendent. During the seven years of Mr. Paget’s administration at Bre men High School great strides were made. The academic pro gram was strengthened by the ad dition of new courses in Speech, Business Math, General Math, Contemporary Affairs, Human Biology, French 111 and Family Living. Physical education was added to the school curriculum and is now taken by all students from grades 7-12 when it can be scheduled. Experimental courses in Art were added at Bremen this year and the music offerings have been increased to include approximately one out of every three students. New concepts of teaching were inaugurated with team teaching in the social studies, English, and family living having been very successful. Perhaps more progress was made in the literary area than in any other. Seven years ago no literary activities were offered at Bremen High School. Today Bre men is known throughout the state for its excellent program in drama, debate, music, and the fine arts. In state competition Bremen has scored first in drama three out of four years. For the second straight year Bremen has placed second in state competi tion in all literary fields com bined. The Fine Arts Festival presented by Bremen students and faculty is one of the few of its kind in the entire south. Mr. and Mrs. Paget and then son, Mike, all teach Sunday School classes in the Bremen First Baptist Church. Mr. Paget has been a member of the Bre men Rotary Club for seven years. Mrs. Paget is a member and past president of the Sorosis Club and is a member of the Garden Club. She has been teaching fifth grade in the College Street School in Carrollton this year. PRIVATE SCHOOL REGISTRATION ON SATURDAY Student registration for. en rollment in the Jackson Christian Academy will be held Saturday, June 21st, between 1 and 4 p. m. at the house adjacent to the old Pepperton Baptist Church at Pepperton. Dawson Bryant, chairman of the board, announces that a $l2 registration fee will be charged, plus a $25.00 deposit on tuition, with the balance for tuition to be paid weekly, monthly or at the convenience of parents. Mr. Bryant requests prompt enrollment so that records may be processed well in advance of the approximate opening date of September Ist. pie, suggestions on what to have for dinner, substitute ingredients, spice charts and much more. The completed book will sell for $2.00 each with proceeds to be used for the purchase of drap eries at Sylvan Grove Hospital. The co-chairmen suggest that recipes be sent in at the earliest possible time so that they can be typed and gotten ready for the printer. Doyle Lawson To Preach At Westside WT\ ■Mr m m m I. i|p - H|. M ♦ | .... jS DOYLE LAWSON Westside Baptist Church will begin revival services June 23 at 7:30. Missionary Evangelist Doyle C. Lawson will be the guest preacher. Evangelist Lawson is at present working in Mexico preaching and training native pastors for new churches. Morning services will begin on Tuesday morning, the 24th, at 10:00 o’clock and continue through Friday. The evening ser vices will continue through Sun day night, the 29th. Special music will be featured at every service. United Appeal Make Plans For Fall Drive The trustees of the Butts County United Appeal met last week to make pla.ns for the fund drive to be held in the fall. A nominating committee con sisting of C. L. Sanvidge, Hugh Glidewell and David Ridgeway, was appointed to prepare a slate of officers. Letters of appreciation were read from some of the partici pating organizations, the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Mental Health, and Development of Re tarded Children. SIXTH DISTRICT A&M REUNION SET SUNDAY The annual reunion of the old Sixth District A&M and G.1.C., at Barnesville, will be held Sun day, June 22, at Indian Springs. All former students are urged to attend. Picnic lunch will be served at 12:30 o’clock. SMILING WlNNEßS —Success is plainly evident in the broad smiles of the first place winners from Butts County in the North west Georgia District Project Achievement contest last week at Rock Eagle 4-H Club Camp. The five firsts established anew high for the county in Junior-Senior competition. From left to right are Carl Brack, county agent, Janice Cook, Kenny Smith, Ellen Pinckney, Perry Ridgeway, Rita Smith, and Miss Yvonne Scott, home economist. $4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Butts County 4-H’ers have made history in their 4-H project work. Perry Ridgeway, Kenny Smith, Janice Cook, Rita Smith, and El len Pinckney returned to Butts County having won first place honors in their respective 4-H projects. This is no easy task as any 4-H’er knows. Record books were submitted in May and judged for 40% of their total score. Then June 10 county winners traveled to Rock Eagle to compete with other Northwest District county win ders. They received 60% of total ■ core on the demonstrations given here. When totals were received utts County 4-H’ers were beam ing and rightfully so. Five had received first place, three sec ond place, one third place, and two fourth places to set anew record for the county. Seniors receiving first place and a trip to State 4-H Club Con gress in Atlanta were Janice Cook, Money is a Tool; Ellen Pinckney, Frozen Foods; Perry Ridgeway, Crop and Weed Study. Junior first place winners were: Rita Smith, Canning; Ken ny Smith, Dog Care and Train ing. Second place honors went to: Maralyn Ridgeway, Senior Vet. Science; Maria Todd, Junior Landscaping; David Rice, Junior Dairying. Third place honors went to: Newton Maddox, Junior Poultry. Fourth place honors went to: Charlene Brownlee, Senior Clothing Demonstration; and Scott Perdue, Junior Electric. Others attending from Butts County were Cissie Haisten, Senior Photography; Saralyn Ridgeway, Senior Dress Revue; Antoinette Brownlee, Senior Teen Fare; Linda Heath, Junior Foods and Nutrition—Corn Meal Muf fins; Becky Edwards, Junior Fro zen Foods; Trude Tharpe, Junior Housing and Equipment; Cynthia White, Junior Recereation; Mari on Reeves, Senior Beef; David Haisten, Senior Recreation; Char lie Smith, Senior Wildlife; Andy Crumbley, Junior Safety; Auze Dover, Junior Swine. TOMMY CARMICHAEL HAS TECH DEGREE ATLANTA, GA —Approximate- ly 1000 undergraduate and grad uate degrees were conferred by the Georgia Institute of Tech nology in the fields of engineer ing, science, architecture, and management on Saturday morn ing, June 14, in the Fox Theatre. The commencement address was delivered by Dr. Glenn T. Sea borg, Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commis sion, Washington, D. C. A graduate from Jackson was Thomas A. Carmichael Jr., 502 E. College St., B.S. Industrial Management. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Carmichael Sr.