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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1969
Henderson
Defeats
Jeffersonville
BY ALFRED WATKINS
aND STEVE BALL
The Henderson High Tigers de
feated Jeffersonville on Friday
afternoon, October 10, by a score
f 14 _6. it was the second
straight" victory for the Tigers
who bring their seasonal record
to 3-2-1.
The Henderson running game
was played without the services of
two of its most experienced run
ning backs, Seniors Theodore
Thurman and Tyrone Horne.
Thurman suffered a fractured
leg bone and will be out for the
remainder of the season. Tyrone
injured a knee and missed the
entire game. Because of lack of
experienced running backs, Coach
joe Davis went with some re
serves, Robert Griffin was the
leading ground gainer with 62
yards in 10 carries. The second
leading ball carrier was rookie
Robert Henderson with 37 yards
in 4 carries. Next was Senior
Ricky Lee White with 33 yards
in 4 carries. Quarterback Clar
ence Norris ran for 32 yards in
2 carries including a touchdown.
Sophomore Jerry Respress hus
tled for 33 yards in 7 carries. All
and all the Tiger’s running game
performed well amassing 197
yards.
The passing game was very dis
appointing. Quarterback Clarence
Norris completed one pass in 7
attempts for 22 yards. Sophomore
Curtis Taylor completed one pass
in 4 attempts for 13 yards.
Neither quarterbacks suffered an
interception. Ends George Akins
and J. W. Jefferson haulted in
passes of 22 and 13 yards.
The Henderson defense was
very stingy in the early going
allowing only 17 yards rushing.
The alert linemen caused numer
ous fumbles. One was very costly
for Jeffersonville. Captain Ollie
Woodard, who served as quarter
back earlier this season, picked
up a Jeffersonville fumble and
ran 24 yards into the end zone
for a touchdown. The extra point
attempt failed. The score was
6-0.
Later in the first Henderson
struck again. After a Jefferson
ville punt was partially blocked
the Tigers went to work. Robert
Griffin gained 3 yards. Then Co
captain and Quarterback Clarence
Norris used great agility and bal
ance to scamper 28 yards for
Henderson’s second touchdown in
less than 2 minutes. Rookie sen
sation Robert Henderson scored
the conversion on a run. It was
the first points scored by Robert
this season. The score was then
14-0.
Jeffersonville scored on a fum
ble recovery. The largest man on
the field picked up the Hender
son fumble and lumbered 46
yards for the touchdown. The ex
tra point attempt was no good.
Henderson had another golden
opportunity to score when late
in the third quarter Henderson
received the ball on their own
17 yard line. Robert Griffin ran
for 15 to the 32, and again, Grif-
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Cherokee and
Mimosa Clubs
Place First
The Cherokee Garden Club
scored the most points in the Ar
tistic Division of the Butts Coun
ty Flower Show at the Fair last
week with the Mimosa Garden
Club amassing the most points
on horticultural exhibits. Mrs. J.
W. Carter, Cherokee Garden
Club, won the Best in Show rib
bons in artistic, with Mrs. H. M.
Fletcher carrying off similar hon
ors in horticulture. Most points
in the overall show went to the
Mimosa Club.
Mrs. Carter was flower show
chairman with the show attracting
many interested spectators.
Judges were from Thomaston
and included Mrs. Charlie Short,
Mrs. Louis Mathews, and Mrs.
Mayne Edwards, who were enter
tained at a luncheon by the Mi
mosa and Hawthorn Clubs on
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
L. M. Spencer. Assisting Mrs.
Spencer were Mrs. Artis Wilson,
Mrs. Paul Maddox, Mrs. Lee Roy
O’Neal, Mrs. W. J. O’Neal and
Mrs. Wayne Barnes.
Winners in the Artistic Divis
ion include the following:
Class I —Jewels of The Gar
den: Mrs. J. W. Carter, Ist; Mrs.
David Settle and Mrs. Wayne
Barnes, tied for 2nd; Mrs. Paul
Maddox, 3rd.
Class ll—Autumn Opalescence:
fin ran 10 more to the 42. Jerry
Respress ran for 7 to the 49.
Robert Henderson ran for 20 to
the 39 in Jeffersonville territory.
Griffin used good balance to drive
to the 30. Jerry Respress ran for
11 to the 19. Thus far in this
drive only sophomores had han
dled the ball. Two penalties of
15 and 5 yards stalled the drive
momentarily but Senior QB
Clarence Norris hit End George
Akins to the 27 yard line. Half
back Ricky Lee White ran to
the 18. Moments later a fumble
stopped the drive.
The defensive unit has not
yielded a point in two games. The
unit was led by the play of Sopho
more Calvin White and Senior
Ollie Woodard. White had 10 un
assisted tackles and 6 assists from
his end position. White gets spe
cial recognition because the Jef
fersonville attack turned and ran
to the other side. Captain Wood
ard played a brilliant game also
having 10 unassisted tackles and
6 assists on his tackle position.
George Akins, 7 and 2, and John
ny Varner, 6 and 5, also played
well defensively. In the defensive
backfield, first year man Steve
Jones played well making. 5 un
assisted tackles and 6 assists. He
also broke up 6 passes and inter
cepted a pass. Rounding out this
fine defensive unit were Eugene
Myricks, 4 and 5, Kenneth White,
3 and 5, Gerry Respress, 4 and 1,
Luther Morgan, 3 and 2, and
Robert Griffin, 4 and 1.
Coach Davis was pleased with
the play of his boys. He hopes
the Tigers can continue their win
ning ways when they play For
syth next Friday, October 17, at
eight o’clock on Tiger Field.
Mrs. N. A. Powell, Ist; Mrs. T.
H. Price, 2nd; Miss Elizabeth
McMichael, 3rd.
Class lll—Gems of Jade: Mrs.
J. W. Carter, Ist; Mrs. Lewis
Freeman, 2nd; Mrs. Doyle Jones
Jr., 3rd.
Class IV—Spun Gold: Mrs. Bill
Sasser, Ist; Mrs. Roy Prosser,
2nd; Mrs. S. L. Austin, 3rd.
Class V—Rustic Treasures:
Mrs. L. W. Moelchert, Ist; Mrs.
Charles Sibley, 2nd; Miss Delia
Watkins, 3rd.
Class Vl—Miniatures: Mrs.
Jack Newman, Ist; Mrs. E. M.
McCord, 2nd; Mrs. Joe Edwards,
3rd.
Class Vll—Small Arrange
ments: Mrs. Mack Davis, Ist;
Mrs. M. L. Powell, 2nd; Mrs.
Robert Williams, 3rd.
Winners in horticulture were:
Division A—Pot Plants—Class
I—a. African Violet, Single Flow
ered: Mrs. Roy Prosser, 3rd; b.
African Violet, Double Flowered:
Mrs. L. Candler Webb, Ist.
Class ll—Flowering Plant in
Bloom; Mrs. Gladys Wilson, 2nd.
Class lll—Specimen Foliage
Plant: Mrs. J. 0. Minter, Ist;
Mrs. R. O. Settle, 2nd.
Class V—Planters-Combination
of Plants: Mrs. Bill Sasser, Ist;
Mrs. George Swan, 2nd.
Class Vl—Fern; Mrs. Bill Sas
ser, Ist; Mrs. J. O. Minter and
Mrs. W. W. Wright, tied for 2nd;
Mrs. Alton Coleman, 3rd.
Division B—Roses
Class I—Hybrid Tea, a. Red,
Mrs. Bob Armstrong, 3rd; b.
Pink, Miss Georgie Watkins, Ist;
c. Yellow, Mrs. S. L. Austin, Ist;
and. White, Mrs. J. W. Schroeder,
2nd; e. Orange, Mrs. J. W. Car
ter, 2nd; Miss Delia Watkins,
3rd.
Class II Floribunda—b. Pink,
Mrs. J. W. Carter, 2nd.
Division C Annuals and
Perennials
Class I—Dahlias, Miss Georgie
Watkins, Ist; Miss Delia Watkins,
2nd; Mrs. S. L. Austin, 3rd.
Class lll—Three Stems of
Perennials, Miss Georgie Watkins,
2nd.
Class IV Chrysanthemums,
a. One Specimen: Mrs. J. W.
Schroeder, 2nd; Miss Georgie
Watkins, 3rd. b. Spray type: Mrs.
John Schroeder, Ist; Miss Delia
Watkins, 2nd; Mrs. S. L. Austin,
3rd.
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Col. Fletcher
Died Of
Knife Wound
Additional details concerning
the death of Col. Henry Merritt
Fletcher, Jr., 48, a native of Jack
son, have been brought to light
with a statement issued to the
Progress-Argus by Col. Fletcher’s
mother, Mrs. Dollie S. Bailey, re
garding his death in a Washing
ton, D. C. hospital on Friday
night, October 3rd.
The statement by Mrs. Bailey
is as follows:
“On the evening of September
22nd at about 9 p. m., Col. Henry
M. Fletcher was admitted to De-
Witt Army Hospital with a seri
ous knife wound in his abdomen,
allegedly inflicted by his wife,
Rebecca Cook Fletcher of Orange
burg, S. C. His condition became
progressively worse, complicated
by pneumonia. He died about 7
p. m. Friday, the 3rd of October.”
Funeral services for Col.
Fletcher were held October 7th
at the Fort Myer, Virginia Chapel
with burial in Arlington National
Cemetery with full military hon
ors.
Col. Fletcher was the son of
Mrs. Dollie S. Bailey and the late
Col. Henry M. Fletcher Sr., prom
inent Jackson attorney. He was
a 1943 graduate of the United
States Military Academy and
served with disinction in both
World War II and the Korean
War. Col. Fletcher did post grad
uate work at Stanford University
and was graduated from the
Army War College at Carlisle
Barracks, Pa. He had recently re
tired from active Army service
about the midde of September
Division D—Shrubs: Class II
Camellia Japonica—Semi-double,
a. Pink, Mrs. H. M. Fletcher, Ist;
c. White, Mrs. H. M. Fletcher,
Ist.
Class lll—Camellia Japonica
—Double, a. Pink, Mrs. H. M.
Fletcher, Ist.
Division E—Class I —Any other
specimen or annual or perennial
not listed: Mrs. Bill Sasser, Ist;
Mrs. Frank Barnes, 2nd; Mrs.
Bob Armstrong, 3rd.
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NEWS
COMPLETION DATE NEARS
FOR 1969 ACP PRACTICES
All soil and water conserva
tion measures being installed by
farmers under the 1969 Agri
cultural Conservation Program
(ACP) must be substantially com
pleted by the end of the year,
according to R. 11. Burford,
Chairman of the Butts County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) Committee.
He urged farmers to complete
their conservation work as soon
as possible. “Sometimes a man
will plan to get the work done
in November or December, and
then bad weather holds him up.
First thing you know it’s New
and there was some speculation
that he would return to his home
town of Jackson to begin a busi
ness career.
Col. Fletcher is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Rebecca Cook Fletch
er; three children, Henry M.
Fletcher 111, Washington, D. C.,
Mrs. M. D. Parrish, Lancaster,
S. C., James Oliver Fletcher,
Alexandria, Va., mother, Mrs.
Dollie S. Bailey of Jackson; a
sister, Mrs. W. I. Dickson, Stone
Mountain.
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PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Ball have
just returned from a trip through
New England and Canada. They
visited Philadelphia, Boston, Que
bec, and Montreal.
Col. and Mrs. J. P. Persons and
Mrs. Copeland White of Atlanta
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Ball.
Mrs. Doyle Bennett returned
home last Friday from Sylvan
Grove Hospital.
Year’s Day, the ACP work isn’t
finished, and the ASC Committee
can’t approve the Federal share
of the cost,” Chairman Burford
said.
He also reminded farmers that
whenever a request for cost
share under the ACP is approved,
the ASC Committee sets a comple
tion date for the practice. If a
farmer is unable to report the
conservation practice completed
by the date set, he should re
quest a time extension and ex
plain why it is needed.
In any case, said Mr. Burford,
the ASC County Committee can
not extend the time allowed for
completion beyond December 31
for requests approved under the
1969 ACP.
Under the ACP, the Federal
government shares with farmers
and ranchers the costs of conser
vation practices needed in the
public interest. Farmer requests
for cost-sharing are administered
by the ASC County Committee.
A. F. WHITE
BAGS BUCK
WITH CAR
A. F. White learned Monday
morning, like many before him,
that a car is not the proper equip
ment to engage in a deer hunt
with as he came out the distinct
loser in an encounter with an
extremely large buck on Highway
87 while enroute to work at
Warner Robins about 6 o’clock.
Mr. White said that he had seen
the buck many times before just
below the White Top Service Sta
tion but Monday the large animal
darted into the side of his car,
before he could stop, inflicting
five or six hundred dollars in
damage to his automobile with
the deer suffering fatal injuries.
Mr. White said the deer
was so large, estimated at about
250 pounds, that he and the game
warden had to secure additional
manpower to lift the animal into
a truck. Mr. White said that about
all he would get out of the deer
car encounter would be some ex
pensive venison steaks and a bill
of more than SSOO.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sark,
Amy and Gregg, of Orlando,
Florida visited their mother, Mrs.
Jessie Mackey, and sister, Miss
Gloria Williamson, over the
weekend.