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lenry County
psets Devils
McDonough
he first loss always hurts,
doubly so when it’s to the
j en Tornadoes of Henry
nt y and an upset as well.
< so ‘n suffered its first defeat
the season in a non-region
,e Friday night in McDonough
the larger Tornadoes who
ted the injury riddled Devils
12 after overcoming a 12-0
c it from two quick Jackson
touchdowns in the first quarter.
Upsets at the hands of Henry
County are nothing new, for
Jackson fans will not likely soon
forget the invasion of 1962 when
Jackson was rated the No. 1
team in Class B and saw a long
iundefeated skein severed 12-7 in
a game in which everything
seemed to go wrong for the
Devils. The year before, Jackson
destroyed the Tornadoes on The
Hill by a 62-0 drubbing.
In a most unusual game last
| year Jackson defeated Henry
! County 6-4, making one touch-
I down stand up while the visitors
had to settle for two safeties in
the baseball type score.
YARDSTICK
Jackson (12) Henry Cos. (33)
First Downs 15 11
Yards Rushing 63 166
Yards Passing 159 81
Passes Attempted 19 8
Passes Completed 10 4
Passes Intercepted 0 2
Penalties 48 5
There can be little doubt that
Jackson was at a low ebb physi
cally for the much larger and
stronger Tornadoes who probably
outweighed the visitors 20 pounds
per man. In fact, the Red Devil
list of walking wounded before
the game read like a Confederate
casualty list at Shiloh and after
the game it might be likened to
the Confederate defeat at Gettys
burg. At game’s end Coach Loy
Hutcheson was utilizing boys
simply because there were no
more experienced players to re
place those injured and Henry
County was strong enough to
capitalize on every mistake caused
by the inexperienced.
Jackson posted two quick
scores early in the first quarter
on runs by Forrest Rossey of
seven yards and Dale Rosser of
four yards and at this juncture
it appeared that the Devils had
a rout in the making. However,
Henry County had other ideas
and by intermission had forged
ahead 13-12 on a one yard run
by Eddie Smith and a 38 yard
pass interception by Ricky Brown.
Doug Tanner added a point on a
placement. Henry County added
another score in the third quarter
on a touchdown by Doug Tanner
from the one yard line. Despite
this, Jackson fought back well
and had a sure touchdown spoijed
when David Lunsford took a pass
from Bill Nelson and unfortun
ately ran into and tripped over an
official who was out of position
on the play. Even the most
partisan Henry County fan would
have to concede that a touchdown
would have ensued since Luns
ford was 10 or 12 yards behind
the nearest Tornado defender and
had an open field save the un
timely presence of the official.
The Tornadoes added 14 points
in the final period to ice the
victory on a 10 yard pass from
Nazarenes Honored
FACS OFFICE TO BE
CLOSED OCTOBER 13th
The office of the local Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services will be closed October
13th for Columbus Day, a public
and legal holiday in Georgia
which falls on Sunday, October
12th. Mrs. N. A. Powell, FACS
director, announces that the local
offices will therefore be closed
from the close of business on
Friday, October 10th, until Tues
day morning, October 14th.
Dickie Bass to Danny Morris and
a 32 yard pass from Bass to Bill
Hightower. The last two scores
were made against a secondary
of inexperienced players who
were in the game because of in
juries to the regulars and their
reserves.
Despite the score, Jackson
garnered 15 first down to 11,
rushed for 63 yards compared to
166 for the Tornado, and passed
for 159 yards to 81 for the home
team. The Devils had total yards
gained of 222 compared to 247
for Henry County. Bruce Hicks
ran 12 times for 44 yards, Dale
Rosser three times for four yards
and one TD, Forrest Rossey
eight times for 38 yards and one
touchdown.
Bill Nelson, enjoying another
good night passing, hit on nine
of 18 with A1 Gilbert throwing
once and completing it. On the
receiving end, Dale Rosser had
one catch for eight yards, Steve
Fletcher one for 20, David Luns
ford five for 71, Bruce Hicks two
for 22, and Nathaniel Thurman
one for 25. Henry County inter
cepted two passes and recovered
two Devil fumbles.
Dickie Bass, the principal ar
chitect of the Tornado upset, ran
19 times for 100 yards and com
pleted four of eight passes for
81 yards. For the first time in
any games this season, Jackson
did not intercept a pass, a large
factor in the outcome of the
game.
Defensively, Tommy Herbert
was outstanding with eight
tackles and five assists, followed
by Billy Glidewell with 6-5, Tom
my Fletcher 5-2, David Lunsford
4-0, Bruce Hicks 3-3, Steve
Fletcher 2-1, Nathaniel Thurman
2-3, Butch Atkinson 2-2, Bill
Nelson 2-1, Dale Rosser 2-0,
Janies Brown, 1-3, Ted McMich
ael 1-2; Jim Wood, 1-0, Rodney
Singley and Steve Bennett 0-1.
The Red Devils are still un
defeated in their region and are
expected to give Mary Persons a
run for the region title with the
outcome of their game in Forsyth
on November 7th perhaps de
ciding the eventual region win
ner.
Jackson journeys to Monticello
Friday night to take on a Purple
Hurricane team who have been
taking their lumps this year and
not accorded as strong as former
Monticello teams of the past sev
erl years. As Coach Loy Hutche
son put it, “if we can get our in
jured boys back ready to play,
we should be able to give the
Hurricanes an interesting game,
although they are difficult to. de
feat on their home field.”
Jackson 12 0 0 o—l 2
Henry Cos. 0 13 6 14 33
Jackson Scoring: Touchdowns:
Rossey (run, 7), Rosser, (run, 4).
Henry County Scoring: Touch
downs—Eddie Smith (run, 1),
Ricky Brown (38, pass intercep
tion), Doug Tanner (1, run),
Danny Morris, (pass, 10, from
Dicky Bass), Bill Hightower
(pass 32, from Bass.) PATs—
Tanner (kick), Morris (pass).
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969
Press Freedom
Is Essential,
Chapman Says
Emphasizing to Kiwanians that
preservation of freedom of the
press is essential to survival of
our Democratic form of govern
ment, Jim Chapman, managing
editor of The Macon Telegraph,
said that a good newspaper be
comes the public conscience of
the area it serves. Mr. Chapman
was speaker at the Kiwanis ob
servance of National Newspaper
Week, October 5-11, and de
livered a thought provoking ad
dress. The program was arranged
and the speaker introduced by
Doyle Jones, Jr., editor-publisher
of the Jackson Progress-Argus.
Mr. Chapman is a native of
Atlanta and attended schools in
Jacksonville, Florida where he
was reared. He is graduate of
Emory University with an AB
in Journalism and also did grad
uate work at Columbia Univer
sity. Before joining The Tele
graph in 1950 as a reported, he
was associated with the Jackson
ville Journal and the Associated
Press. Mr. Chapman was named
managing editor of The Telegraph
in 1957 after serving as wire
editor and city editor. He is pres
ently serving as president of the
Associated Press in Georgia and
is vice president of the Christian
Churches of Georgia. Mr. Chap
man is married and has four
children.
Mr. Chapman pointed out that
newspapers should act responsive
ly and with restraint in the pres
entation of news and a good re
porter having a sense of respon
sibility to the reader in being able
to ascertain the difference be
tween news and truth. He said
a good newspaper prints only the
important news and that a paper
in its editorial columns should
present informed opinions. A
good reporter, he emphasized, has
a primary concern for truth and
human decency and will avoid
the sensational, colored news
story and trivia. A good news
paper, he said, will exert maxi
mum effort to print the truth
with truth being the sole defense
against libel.
Incoming President Denny O’-
Neal presided for the first time.
Tom O’Dell was unanimously elec
ted a director by acclamation.
Rev. Billy Ring was inducted
as anew member by Lt. Gov.
Frank Forehand of the 12th Di
vision. R. P. Newton, chairman
of the Birthday Committee and
with a perfect attendance of more
than two decades, was wished a
musical Happy Birthday on his
recent natal date.
Two Nazarene
Church Members
Were Honored
Recognition Day was held Sun
day at the Jackson Church of the
Nazarene on Indian Springs
Street with two well known Jack
son men being honored for their
faithfulness and service to the
church.
Honored, preceding the morn
ing worship service, were M. B.
(Buck) Cook and Hollis Duke,
who have served the church a
combined total of 48 years.
At the impressive service Mr.
Cook was awarded a bronze
plaque for having served the
church for 25 years as a Sunday
School Superintendent. He joined
the Jackson Church of the Naz
arene in January of 1938.
Mr. Duke was also awarded
a bronze plaque for serving the
church as Treasurer for 23 years.
In presenting the plaque to Mr.
Duke the pastor spoke of how
difficult the treasurer’s job is
and commended Mr. Duke for the
fine job he has done in the past.
Following the worship service
everyone extended words of ap
preciation and congratulations to
these two men.
Shown left to right in the pic
ture are Hollis Duke, Rev. Billy
H. Ring, newly appointed pastor
of the Church of the Nazarene,
and Marion B. Cook.
HENRY AIRPORT SITE WOULD
COST MANY MILLIONS LESS
Arlington
Burial For
Col. Fletcher
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COL. H. M. FLETCHER JR.
Full military honors and an Ar
lington burial were accorded
Colonel Henry Merritt Fletcher,
Jr., 48, at funeral services Tues
day afternoon at four o’clock in
the Fort Myer, Virginia, Chapel.
Col. Fletcher, a native of Jack
son who had achieved an illus
trious military career, died Fri
day night, October 3rd, in a
Washington, D. C. hospital from
a cardiac arrest.
Born April 7, 1921, Colonel
Fletcher was the son of Mrs.
Dollie S. Bailey and the late
Colonel Henry Merritt Fletcher,
Sr., widely known Jackson at
torney. Colonel Fletcher comple
ted his high school education in
Jackson and, evidencing an in
terest in the military, secured an
appointment to the United States
Military Academy, West Point,
New York, where he graduated
in the class of 1943 with a dis
tinguished record. Caught up in
the maelstrom of World War 11,
Mr. Fletcher served with a fighter
squadron in the South Pacific and
later, during the Korean War,
commanded a unit of fighter air
craft that flew daily sorties over
North Korea.
Upon his return to the states,
Colonel Fletcher did post grad
uate work at Stanford University
and was graduated from the Army
War College at Carlisle Barracks,
Pennsylvania.
Colonel Fletcher retired from
active Army service about the
middle of September amid specu
lation that he would return to his
home town and begin a business
career.
Interment was in Arlington
Cemetery Tuesday afternoon fol
lowing services held in the Fort
Myer Chapel at four o’clock.
Colonel Fletcher is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Cook
Fletcher, a native of Orangeburg,
S. C.; three children, Henry M.
Fletcher, 111, Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. M. D. Parrish, Lancaster, S.
C.; James Oliver Fletcher, Alex
andria, Va.; mother, Mrs. Dollie
S. Bailey of Jackson; a sister,
Mrs. W. I. Dickson, Stone Moun
tain.
Colonel Fletcher and his fam
ily resided at 3117 Waterside
Lane, Alexandria, Virginia 22309,
and has a host of friends here
who regret to learn of his untime
ly passing.
ARTHUR FREEMAN KILLS
6’6” COACHWHIP SNAKE
Arthur L. Freeman forged
ahead of all competition in the
snake killing derby by virtue of
the 6’6” coach whip that he
killed Thursday in some oak
woods in a pasture.
Mr. Freeman said that he spot
ted the monster snake in some un
derbrush and secured a heavy
stick to kill it. The snake was
displayed uptown Friday and
those who viewed it said that it
was one of the largest of the
species they had ever seen.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Heavy Vote
Seen For
Primary
With more than 1,350 regis
tered voters in the City of Jack
son, between 900 and 1,000 are
expected to cast ballots in the
City Primary of Friday, October
10th, to nominate three council
men in the First, Fourth and
Fifth Wards.
The primary will be held under
rules and regulations of the City
of Jackson Democratic Executive
Committee, Levi J. Ball, chair
man, who announces that polls
will open at 7 a. m. in the City
Hall and will close at 7 p. m.,
thus allowing those who are em
ployed out of the city time to
vote either before they leave for
work or upon returning home.
The three races between the
six candidates are creating much
interest and a heavy vote is an
ticipated if granted fair weather.
Each incumbent in the three
wards is facing opposition with
the races shaping up as follows:
In the First Ward J. Dawson
Bryant, incumbent, is opposed by
Harold E. Martin; in the Fourth
Ward John L. Coleman, incum
bent, is opposed by Charles E.
Rooks, Jr.; in the Fifth Ward
John Robert Pulliam, incumbent,
is opposed by Davis Willard.
Nominees in the City Primary
will be named for a two-year
term of office beginning January
1, 1970.
Also to be nominated at the
same time are members of the
City Democratic Executive Com
mittee. These members are Levi
J. Ball, chairman, City at Large;
Frank Forehand, First Ward;
Doyle Jones, Jr., Second Ward;
R. P. Newton, Third Ward; Rich
ard W. Watkins, Jr., Fourth
Ward; and J. O. King, Fifth
Ward.
Members of the executive
committee will begin tallying the
ballots immediately after the
polls close at 7 p. m. and will
consolidate the returns on Sat
urday morning, October 11th, at
10 o’clock at the City Hall.
Stanley Maddox
Chairman Of
UA Fund Drive
The trustees of the United Ap
peal of Butts County met Tues
day evening, October 7th, to com
plete plans for the annual fund
drive.
Stanley Maddox was elected
chairman of the Fund Drive with
John L. Freeman serving as co
chairman.
Members of the finance com
mittee re-elected were Rufus Ad
ams, Hugh Glidewell, Henry As
bury, J. Frank Barnes, and Ray
Dunahoo.
The Fund Drive will start Oc
tober 17th with a kick-off break
fast for workers.
The treasurer, Mr. Barnes, re
ported that the third quarter
checks were mailed September
.'iOth to participating organiza
tions.
Youth Fellowship
Will Meet Here
On October 18th
A non-denominational Chris
tian fellowship will be held Sat
urday, October 18th, at the Jack
son Clubhouse, beginning at
eight o’clock. All area youths be
tween the ages of 15 and 22 are
cordially invited.
A music program is planned
with the Tony Pritchett Quartet
from Athens performing along
with local talent.
Dwight D. Long, of Atlanta,
will be the guest speaker and will
address the fellowship on topics
of particular interest to teenagers
and young people.
Miss Anne Grant
Is “Woman
Of the Year”
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MISS ANNE GRANT
Miss Anne Grant, Director of
Nurses at Sylvan Grove Hospital,
was chosen Butts County’s Wom
an of the Year for 1969 by the
Jackson Exchange Club, sponsors
of the event, with the announce
ment being made Monday night
at the Butts County Fair. Miss
Grant, a registered nurse with a
wide range of experience and an
untiring worker who has en
deared herself to the staff and
patients at Sylvan Grove Hospital
since coming here in February
1963, was announced as the cov
eted winner by Dorsey Turner,
Exchange Club president. Miss
Dorothy Thomas, 1968 Woman
of the Year, presented Miss Grant
with a corsage and a silver fruit
bowl.
A native of Cedartown, Miss
Grant has demonstrated skill and
ability in the smooth and effi
cient operation of the nursing
staff at Sylvan Grove Hospital
and since March Ist, 1968 has
worked extra duty three or four
nights each week to help main
tain accreditation of the local
hospital, said accreditation re
quiring a registered nurse on duty
24 hours a day. On her own time
and without remuneration, last
year Miss Grant taught a nurses
aide course t.o a class of 16 peo
ple. She is a member of the Sev
enth District Georgia Nurses As
sociation, the American Nurses
Association, the American Red
Cross Nurses Association, and the
Fourth District Director of
Nurses Association.
Before coming to Jackson,
Miss Grant held the position of
Surgical Supervisor and Director
of Nurses and anesthetist at the
Floyd County Hospital in Rome.
She was also anesthetist at the
Rockmart-Aragon Hospital.
Although a major portion of
her time is devoted to the nurs
ing profession, she participates in
local civic and church activities,
being a member of the Jackson
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club, the Jackson United
Methodist Church, and the Wes
leyan Service Guild.
A skilled nurse with a keen
sense of humor and a charitable
attitude toward mankind, she,
while on a pleasure trip in 1967,
waded through muck and mire at
the scene of an automobile ac
cident to save a dying vic;im.
Her efforts were directly respon
sible for saving the man’s life
and later when the recovered vic
tim and his family wanted to
honor hei for her deed of mercy,
she declined, stating “that was
just something in my line of
duty.”
On another occasion she came
to the assistance of a Jackson
woman and friend who had
wrecked her car just outside
Griffin on the ice covered pave
ment. Despite the adverse weath
er conditions, Miss Grant rode
back to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital in the ambulance
to give her neighbor a sense of
reassurance at a time when help
was sorely needed.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Atlanta could save from $76-
million to $ 144-million in land
costs alone if it picks Henry
County for the location of a sec
ond airport.
This was one of more than ten
key selling points the Mclntosh
Trail Area Planning and Devel
opment Commission presented to
the Atlanta aldermanic commit
tee Wednesday, October Ist, at
a meeting at the Atlanta airport.
The Mclntosh group met with
the committee in Atlanta to go
over the reasons it believes the
proposed new airport should be
located in Henry County.
Other sites under consideration
are north of Atlanta near Alpha
retta, Duluth and Lawrenceville.
The Mclntosh group spelled
out its arguments in a 20-page
booklet. The booklet contained
maps, charts and other data
gathered during a comprehensive
study of the sites.
Earth moving estimates for
construction run between S4O
-and SBO-million less at the
Henry County site than the other
three, the study said.
An airport connector to the
Henry site would cost $3-million
to $ 19-million less than from the
other sites.
The study went on:
It would be almost impossible
to transfer the estimated 24-mil
lion passengers (year 2,000) be
tween the current Atlanta air
port and an airport north of the
city. A coordinated transporta
tion system including vertical and
short take-off landing aircraft,
helicopters, rapid transit and an
exclusive expressway might be
more economically developed be
tween downtown Atlanta, the
current Atlanta airport and the
Henry County site.
Air freight is expected to in
crease by more than a third be
tween now and 1985. Most of At
lanta’s truck terminals are in the
southeast Atlanta area and are
convenient to the existing airport
and the Henry site.
The site near McDonough ap
pears to have less airspace con
flicts than any of the proposed
sites.
Aircraft noise may result in
lawsuits if the north site is
chosen. This would not be such
a problem if the south site is
picked.
Poor weather conditions north
of Atlanta would reduce air traf
fic more than the southern site.
According to the U. S. Weather
Bureau, the frequency and inten
sity of runway glaze conditions
(ice, snow, sleet) could be easily
seven to ten times greater at a
north Atlanta site airport.
Water and sewer facilities
capable of serving a major air
port already are being construc
ted in Henry County.
These and other arguments in
favor of the southern site were
detailed in the presentation.
The report was written by Dale
McLaren of Mclntosh Trail. The
! commission is made up of Spald
ing, Butts, Fayette, Henry, and
Lamar Counties and several cities
in these counties.
The Aviation Committee of the
commission prepared the study.
Marvin Goldstein of Griffin is
chairman of the committee. Mari
on Todd of Butts County is vice
chairman. Other members are:
Maurice Brown of Fayette, Wind
son Daniel of Henry, Homer Da
vis of Griffin, Bob Gardner of
Henry, Guy Howard of Butts,
Ben L. Moore of Lamar, Kimsey
Stewart of Spalding, Earl Stro
ther Jr., of Fayette and Bryan
Whitehurst of Lamar.
Larry E. Gridley, executive
director of Mclntosh Trail; and
Jerry L. Lacey, secretary-treas
urer, are ex-officio members of
the committee.
VOTE TOMORROW
IN CITY PRIMARY!
Poll* Open 7 t. m. to 7 p. m.