The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, October 02, 1969, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIfarksmt VOL. 96 —NO. 40 Mclntosh Planning Commission Takes Lead in Henry Airport Fight The Mclntosh Trail Area Plan ning and Development Commis sion is spearheading an effort to attract the Atlanta Airport to Henry County. Included among the efforts is a 24-page brochure which rolled off the press this week detailing advantages of moving the air fa cility south of Atlanta. The book’s front cover is re al ded as the piece de resistance, depicting the crowded sky in lo cations other than Henry Coun ty. The cover was designed and prepared by a famous Atlanta artist. Dale McLaren, Planning Di rector of the Mclntosh Trail Com mission, says, “I think we have as good a chance as any, maybe bet ter. You know two months ago, Site A (the northernmost site) was favored but I feel confident that has changed. There is just every reason in the world to be lieve they will locate this thing in Henry County.” The brochure cites innumerable advantages of Henry County, most notable cost. Still another advantage is weather, citing a letter from Henry R. McQueen, Meteorologist in charge of the United States Weather Bureau at the Atlanta Airport. The letter read in part: “There is little question but that airports located to the North of Atlanta Airport would be sub ject to greater periods of reduced visibility than occurs at the At lanta Airport, and that such con ditions when occurred would be of a more prolonged and persist ent nature. On the other hand, airports located 25 to 50 miles South of the Atlanta Airport would enjoy less frequent restric tions to visibility than does the Atlanta Airport. These facts have Tiger Taming Devils Vent Fury On Undefeated Stockbridge 30-14 The undefeated Jackson High Red Devils proved quite adept at Tiger taming Friday night on The Hill, sending a cocky and confi dent team of Stockbridge Tigers back home a soundly defeated and harassed band of frustrated felines in an awesome display of defensive ball and clutch scoring plays that had the undefeated Tigers reeling at game’s end. A large contingent of Stock bridge fans who boasted before the game that their two speed merchants, Johnny Dabney and Charlie Brock, had never been tackled, could in no wise make the same statement at the final whistle for the. Tigers were vic tims of as savage and ferocious YARDSTICK Jackion (30) Stockbridge (14) Fii-t Downs 7_9 ‘ ar ds Rushing 154 139 ' ards Passing 89 80 Passes Attempted 10 17 Passes Completed 2 4 Passes Intercepted 5 2 rumbles Lost 3 1 Penalties 35 52 ‘■‘ckling as has even been seen The Hill, with the Tigers also • Iting in some good licks of their ’■' n - In fact, Dabney and Brock u e marked men with Jackson -efenders keying on them almost every play. Dabney was injured the fi rs t time he carried the ball, a on which he gained four jaids. Brock could manage only 24 yards in ten carried but did score a touchdown on a tricky i.ea flicker pass from Quarter back Jerry Jones to End Robert Stockley, who lateraled to the speedy Brock. The play covered 18 yards and put Stockbridge into 3 14-8 halftime lead. Stockbridge scored first on a sustained march across the one r *rd line from which point John* Bond cracked across the bauble stripes. Mike Ford added the first of two placements he not been measured directly, but are the results of information re ceived from pilots when flying over these areas. “Under Item two “Glaze Con ditions” again we have no defi nite statistics, but there is defi nite knowledge that glaze condi tions such as ice, snow or sleet will increase rather markedly in an area 25 to 50 miles North of Atlanta. This is a well known fact that can easily be verified by contacting the State High way Department. Many times, sleet or ice occurs in the northern area while it will not be present from Atlanta southward. I would expect that the frequency and intensity could easily be seven to ten times as great at the northern locations as compared to Atlanta and those airports South of At lanta.” Organizations which this week endorsed Henry County in writ ten memorandums include: The West Griffin High PTA, The Fayette County Jaycees, Ringgold Community Club, Barnesville Jaycees, PINTA Lodge No. 88 F & AM, The Mayor and Council of the City of Jackson, Griffin Shrine Club, Lamar County Commissioners, Technical Action Panel from La mar County, Gordon Military College, Barnesville Chamber of Commerce, City Council of Barnesville, Barnesville Loyal Order of Moose, Griffin Aidmore Auxiliary, Kiwanis Club of Grif fin, Business and Professional Women’s Club of Griffin, Butts County Lions Club, Exchange Club of Jackson, The City Com mission of Griffin, The Bank of Griffin, Griffin Rotary Club, Ex change Club of Griffin, Rotary Club of Earnesville, Griffin Board of Realtors, Butts County Chamber of Commerce. contributed during the game. Bruce Hicks returned the en suing Stockbridge kickoff to the Jackson 19 yard line when on the second play of the second quar ter Quarterback Bill Nelson rifled one of his patented touchdown tosses to End David Lunsford, who made a sensational grab near midfield, literally taking the ball away from a Tiger defender, to speed unmolested across the goal. The play covered 81 yards and was one of the longest touchdown passes in Jackson High annals. Nelson faked a pass on the extra point attempt and raced across the goal line at the flag for two points. Shortly afterwards the action became hot and heavy with Dab ney intercepting a Jackson pass, followed by David Lunsford in tercepting a Stockbridge pass on the very next play, with Stock bridge recovering a. Jackson fumble near the 20 yard line, a turn over of the ball three times on three consecutive plays, a most unusual sequence. Then followed the perfectly executed flea flick er pass from Bobby Jones to Rob ert Stokely and the lateral to Brock which completely fooled the Jackson defenders who con verged on Stockley and didn’t see the trailing back until too late. Jackson regained the lead in the third quarter when the Devils took over on the Tiger 31 yard line after a fourth down play failed. Nelson swung wide on an option play and behind notable blocking, raced 21 yards to the one yard line where Forrest Ros sey punched over on the next play with the clock showing 4:51 in the third quarter. Rossey barged up the middle for the two point conversion, putting the Red Devils ahead to stay. In the fourth quarter, Jackson began to dominate the game to such an extent, adding two more touchdowns in the final period, that the issue was resolved long before the third touchdown was posted. Devils Face Henry Cos. In McDonough The Jackson High Red Devils, undefeated in four games and one of the surprise teams in Class B ball over the state, journey to McDonough Friday night to en gage the strong Henry County Golden Tornadoes, a large and powerful team that will out weigh the light Devils an average of 18 to 20 pounds per man. Head Coach Loy Hutcheson ad mits that defeating the Tornadoes on their home field is a tough as signment, but expresses confi dence that the Devils will be able to notch their fifth victory. Coach Hutcheson lavished words of praise on Dickie Bass, Henry County quarterback, who has been winning rave notices from scouts over his exceptional run ning ability and pinpoint passing. The Jackson coach said that Dickie would undoubtedly be the finest quarterback Jackson has faced to date and possibly the rest of the season with the pos sible exception of Mary Persons’ fine quarterback. “The weight ad vantage will certainly be a fac tor,” commented Coach Hutche son, “but we feel that the Red Devils will be a shade faster and can out-quick their more heavier opponents.” Coach Hutcheson was thankful that the players emerged from the hard hitting game with Stock bridge with few injuries, none of them believed incapacitating for the Henry County game Friday night. The next Jackson tally was set up when Steve Bennett claimed a fumble at the Stockbridge 25 yard line with Bruce Hicks slash ing off tackle for 12 yards and the score. The extra point at tempt failed but Jackson had a commanding 22-14 lead. Jackson recorded its last touch down late in the fourth quarter after Nelson intercepted a pass from the Stockbridge 38 yard line. The Devils moved the ball to the nine yard line where Ros sey scored his second touchdown on a determined nine yard run. Bill Nelson bucked across between two defenders for the two point conversion and was shaken up on the play. The convincing victory left Jackson with a 4-0 record and was the first defeat for the visi tors. Statistics were much closer than the score with Stockbridge registering nine first downs to seven for Jackson. The Tigers gained 130 yards on the ground in 41 carries, while Jackson amassed 154 yards on 28 at tempts. Stockbridge attempted 17 passes, completing four to Tiger receivers and five to Jackson de fenders, David Lunsford inter cepting two, Dale Rosser one, Randy Freeman one, and Bruce Hicks one. Bill Nelson passed 10 times, completed two, both to Da vid Lunsford, for a total of 89 yards, one being the 81 yard bomb. The Tigers intercepted Nelson twice, the steals being made by Brack and Rickie Ghol son. Jackson fumbled three times and lost the ball each time. Nel son punted five times for an aver age of 32 yards with Johnny Bond punting four times with one punt blocked by Steve Ben nett. Stockbridge had 219 total yards compared to Jackson’s 243. On defense, Tommy Fletcher roamed the field with a venge ance, making nine individual tack les and ten assists Other Red Dev- CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1969 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Beautification Campaign Is In High Gear Many civic club members par ticipated in the Jackson-Butts County Clean-Up Day on Wednes day, September 24th, according to Robert Williams, chairman of the Stay and See Georgia com mittee. Part of the group collected trash from residents of the city and county while others cleaned off the brush on the bank at the football field. This was part of the activities which the committee has done this year in relation to the Stay and See Georgia contest. Among those participating, ac cording to Mr. Williams, were David Ridgeway Sr., Don Folsom, Lamar McMichael, Carl Brack, Ernest Biles, David Black, and Robert Williams. Mr. Williams pointed out that in the last few weeks many civic club members and private citi zens have been engaged in clean ing up and beautifying their pro perty with the cutting of weeds on vacant lots one of the pri mary projects. Mr. Williams com plimented the city and county officials for the role they have played in the clean up campaign with the city furnishing equip ment and manpower during the last several days with the county engaged in cleaning right-of ways. E. B. Perdue Cited For Long Service E. B. PERDUE Mr. E. B. Perdue, superintend ent of the Water and Waste Plants for the City of Jackson since 1948, was featured in an “Operation Recognition’’ column in the September issue of The Georgia Operator. Prior to becoming superintend ent of the water works Mr. Per due worked as a lineman for the City of Jackson for six years. He operates both plants seven days a week with the assistance of one man. It is interesting to note that the two plants are only 1,300 feet apart as the crow flies but they are 2V 2 miles apart by road the way Mr. Perdue has to tra vel. Mr. Perdue said that his most unusual experience during his 21 years of service was when al2 lb. carp became lodged in a 6’’ but ter-fly valve and stopped the flow of raw water into the treat ment plant. Mr. Perdue was born in Jasper County and moved to Jackson at the age of three months. He is married to the former Catheryne Washington of Jackson, a direct decendant of the family of the first President of the United States. They have four children, all married, two sons and two daughters and six grandchildren. One son serves as Mr. Perdue’s relief when he takes time off to attend short schools. Mr. Perdue has recently been personally responsible for paint ing the water treatment plant throughout as well as reworking the filters, reparing the settling basins and installing new equip ment. Mr. Perdue is to be com mended for initiating these pro jects as well as serving faithfully for more than 21 years. Butts County Fair Will Open on October 6th Funderburk Promoted By Ga. Power aS* flaaßUi jr J !||!||L ffa J. CARL FUNDERBURK JR. J. Carl Funderburk Jr., super intendent of the Georgia Power Company’s Macon district, has been named assistant superintend ent of the utility’s Atlanta divis ion. Now a DeKalb resident, he resides at 3201 Embry Hills Dr. A native of Flovillu, Mr. Fun derburk was graduated from Jackson High School and received a bachelor of electrical engineer ing degree from Georgia Tech. He also has participated in the Public Utility Executive Training Course at Georgia Tech and the Westinghouse graduate training program. During World War 11, he served with the U. S. Army Sig nal Corps in the South Pacific. Mr. Funderburk joined the power company in 1047 as a stu dent engineer in Macon and later served as field engineer and dis trict engineer before being pro moted to district superintendent in 1961, The new assistant division su perintendent has been vice presi dent and a director of the Macon Jaycees, chairman of the Macon Board of Electrical Examiners, president of Middle Georgia’s Georgia Tech Alumni Club, a di rector of the Macon-Bibb County Tuberculosis Assn, and a member of the manufacturers bureau and the contact club of the Macon Chamber of Commerce. He is the son of Mrs. J. Carl Funderburk Sr. of Flovilla and the late Mr. Funderburk. Tight Races Shape Up In City Primary The lines are drawn for a tight and taunt race for three council seats in the city primary of Friday, October 10th. The deadline of Thursday noon, Sep tember 25th, passed with no fur ther qualifications which means that six candidates will contest for three council posts from the first, fourth, and fifth wards. From the first ward the race will he between Dawson Bryant, incumbent, and Harold E. Mar tin. in the fourth ward John L. Coleman, incumbent, will be op posed by Charles E. Rooks Jr. In the fifth ward John Robert I'ulliam, incumbent, is being chal lenged by Davis Willard. I.evi J. Ball, chairman of the City Democratic Executive Com mittee said that the polls will open at City Hall at 7 a. m. and will remain open until 7 p. m. The threat of a runoff, which had originally been set for October 24th, was removed since there are only two candidates in each race. The Butts County Fair, billed as the largest and most impres sive in recent years, will open Oc tober 6th and will extend through Saturday, October 11th. The Georgia Amusement Company will furnish the midway attrac tions. The fair is operated annually by the Jackson Exchange Club with Marion Todd, fair manager. Mr. Todd reports much interest in this year’s fair with a great deal of work being put into the fair by club and individual citi zens as they prepare livestock and horticultural exhibits. Fair rules under which the fair will be operated as set forth by the Exchange Club are as follows: 1. The Butts County Fair will open Monday, October 6, through Saturday, October 11, 1969. 2. Where any conflict appears between these general rules and special rules governing the dif ferent department, the special rules will take precedence. The Exchange Club reserves the right to construe its own rules and regulations and to determine all matters and differences in regard thereto, including amusements. 3. The Exchange Club fur nishes guards who remain guard ing buildings day and night, and the city maintains a force of policemen. While every reason able precaution will be taken for safeguarding exhibits, it should be understood that the exhibits are entered in competition for prizes and that the owner as sumes all responsibility for any accident, loss, or damage that may occur. Neither the Exchange Club, its offioers, nor agents, will be responsible for any such ac cident, loss or damage. 4. All exhibits must be on the ground by 5 p. m. Monday, Octo ber 6. 5. First prize will not be award ed in any one case if less than three exhibits are entered. In order for an exhibitor to win first place it must be a creditable ex hibit regardless of compeition. However, blue ribbons will be awarded if in the opinion of judges the exhibit is worthy of blue ribbon. a. Each exhibitor will decorate his own booth. 6. All farm products must be produced on the farm making ex hibit. 7. All specimen displayed for prizes must be the handiwork of the exhibitor. 8. Exhibit of Livestock. a. Exhibitor will furnish all feed and care for exhibit. b. All livestock must be in place by 5 p. m. Tuesday, October 7. c. All livestock may be removed after 10:00 am., October 10 and must be removed by not later than 1:00 p. m. October 11. and. All livestock must have cur rent health certificate (not more ' Jl- Jf i % OPERATION CLEAN-UP— Wednesday, September 24th, was Clean-Up Day in Jackson and Butts County, designated by Robert Williams, general chairman, and Mrs. Helen Ham, beautification chairman, of the Stay and See Georgia program in which Jackson is entered this year. Pictured above doing their clean-up chores last week are, left to right, David Ridge way, Ernest Biles, Rev. Don Folsom, and Robert Williams. In the rear holding a shovel is Lamar McMichael. This was only a portion of the many workers who volunteered for the clean-up campaign during the last several weeks.—Photo by Carl Brack. $5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE than 30 days since testing). 9. Exhibits in all departments except livestock must be left in place until 10:00 p. m. Saturday night, October 11. Any article re moved from exhibit grounds be fore the specified time in these rules forfeits any premium on articles removed. This will be enforced. 10. All livestock must be owned by exhibitor. 11. Premium checks will be awarded at 9:00 p. m. Saturday, October 11. 12. Check with County Agent about Dept, of Agriculture Rules and Regulations pertaining to ex hibiting any livestock. 13. The Exchange Club Fair Association reserves the right to accept or reject any item or animal to be exhibited. (Special Rule*) Pertaining to Livestock: Be sure to include only class on each entry blank. Entry blanks may be found in fair cata log: extra blanks can be fur nished upon request. These must be filed with Mr. Carl Brack, County Agent, not later than Saturday morning, October 4, so that he can ullocate the necessary space for your exhibit. Those not registering with Mr. Brack by Saturday will have to take what ever space is left available. 14. All FFA and 4-H field crops exhibits must have project record book displayed with ex hibit. Monday is Entry Day with Monday evening reserved for the Kiddies Doll and Hobby Show and announcing the Woman of the Year. Tuesday is Henderson School Day and general exhibit judging with the Henderson Talent and Beauty Contest Tuesday evening expected to draw one of the fair’s largest crowds. Wednesday is Jackson School Day, Bake Day, general exhibit judging and opening of the Flow er Show. Wednesday night is the date for the Jackson High School Beauty Contest. Thursday will be Livestock Day with two events slated that night, Livestock Judging and Show and Teenie Weenie Grown-Up Con test. Friday night is the occasion for the String Music Festival, another crowd pleaser. Saturday is Junior and Senior Girls Bake Day with premiums to be awarded Saturday night at nine o’clock. Games of the Week Oct. 3—Jackson v*. Henry Cos. in McDonough, Oct. 3 —Henderson vs. Monti cello in Jackson. Oct. 4 Tech vs. Clemson in Atlanta. Oct. 4 Georgia vs. South Carolina in Athens'.