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VOL 96 —NO - 44
Manchester
Shrods Red
Devils 50-14
inspired band of Manches
ter Bine Devils Friday night
turned a close game into a rout
with four second half touchdowns
that 8 tired and battered Red
Devil team could not come close
,o matching, thereby handing
Jackson its second region defeat
of the year and bringing their
season mark to 5-3 with two
games remaining.
Manchester lost little time in
asserting its superiority, scoring
on the third play of the game
after Stan Cartwright zoomed 63
yards to the Jackson 4 and then
proceeded to crack across on the
next play for the first down. Jim
my Parrott added his first of six
conversions.
Jackson accepted the challenge,
capping a nice drive with a 33
yard scoring toss from Bill Nel
son to Dale Rosser. An attempt
for two points was foiled with
Jackson trailing the visitors by
one point.
Early in the second period
Jackson forged ahead on a 43
yard pass from Nelson to Luns
ford that carried to the 8 yard
line from which point Bruce
Hicks sped off tackle for the
score. Bill Nelson added the two
points on his run, making the
score 14-7, with the Red Devils
having the game well under con
trol at this point, but misfortune
was to strike soon.
Soon afterwards Jackson was
forced to kick from deep into
their territory when a bad snap
went over the kicker’s head and
was retrieved in the end zone by
Jackson for a safety, which made
the score 14-9.
THE YARDSTICK
Jackson (14) Manchester (50)
First Downs 14 10
Yards Rushing 168 277
Yards Passing 169 11
Total Yards 337 288
Passes Attempted 28 6
Passes Completed 7 1
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Penalties 30 30
From this point on the momen
tum of the game definitely was
in Manchester’s favor with the
Blue Devils adding their second
touchdown on a one yard run by
Keith Hunter. Parrott’s kick
made it 16-14 with the Blue
Devils reserving their peace de
resistance until the clock showed
only nine seconds in the half. The
touchdown that broke Jackson’s
back, both literally and figura
tively, was a 25 yard return of an
intercepted pass that Nelson had
angled to his left flat that John
Blair literally took off the finger
tips of the receiver, racing un
touched into the end zone. The
kick failed with the Blue Devils
holding a 22-14 halftime lead.
In the second half the situation
became desperate for Jackson
with the Red Devils attempting
to play catch up football with
their own mistakes adding fuel
to Manchester’s flame. Late in
the third quarter Buddy Barr
broke the game open, nailing the
!id on Jackson’s coffin with a 48
yard scoring sprint off tackle
that put the game beyond recall.
Hunter, a fine quarterback,
added another Blue Devil tally in
the fourth with 8:36 remaining
with a 7 yard burst up the middle,
making the score at this juncture
36-14.
Scarcely more than a minute
later. Hunter made one of the
most sensational plays ever seen
on The Hill when he gathered in
a Nelson pass on the Jackson one
yard line and raced 99 yards for
the longest run with an intercep
ted pass ever witnessed locally, or
possibly in the state for that mat
ter.
The scoring was mercifully
concluded with 59 seconds re
maining in the, game on Buddy
Barr’s 25 yard run, following an
other interception.
Jackson can take scant comfort
in that statistics were in their fa
vor, for most of the game the
Blue Devils were more concerned
vdth scoring points than first
downs, the Red Devils having 14
Luke Freeman
Purchases
Textile Outlet
The Textile Outlet, a popular
soft goods outlet on West Third
Street in Jackson, was purchased
this week by Luke Freeman,
widely known Jackson resident.
The Textile Outlet was estab
lished in 1966 by Fashion In
dustries, Inc. of Jackson and
has been operated by them until
its purchase this week.
According to the new owner,
The Outlet will continue to of
fer exceptional buys in firsts, sec
onds, and irregular spreads,
drapes, decorative pillows, towels,
and many other basic soft goods
necessities.
Mr. Freeman, a native of At
lanta, moved to Jackson shortly
after World War 11. He is the
son of Mrs. Emily McWhorter
Freeman and the late Mr. James
L. Freeman. During World War
II Mr. Freeman served in the Air
Force as a Ist Lieutenant, being
stationed at Langley Field in
Texas.
Upon moving to Jackson Mr.
Freeman was employed by Pep
perton Cotton Mills and subse
quently by Avondale Mills for 17
years, and by Fashion Pillows
for the last six years.
Mr. Freeman is married to the
former Miss Sara Godsey of
Jackson and they have three chil
dren, Lewis M. Freeman, Jr.,
Douglas Freeman, and Miss Elisa
beth Freeman.
Mr. Freeman is a member of
the Jackson United Methodist
Church and a member of the
Jackson Kiwanis Club, having
served as president of the latter.
SADDLE CLUB TO
SPONSOR DANCE
AND HAM SUPPER
The Ocmulgee Saddle Club will
sponsor a combination square
dance and ham supper at the
Towaliga Club House Saturday
night, November Ist. The dance
will feature “The Country Cous
ins.”
Plans call for the supper to be
served from 7 o’clock to 8:30
with the dance to begin at 9
o’clock and continue until mid
night.
Tickets are 75 cents for chil
dren under 12 and $1.50 for
adults.
to 10 for the visitors. Again
Bruce Hicks was Jackson’s lead
ing rusher with 114 yards in 17
carries. Bill Nelson gained 29 on
9 attempts. Team-wise, Jackson
rushed 35 times for 168 yards.
Jackson attempted 28 passes,
completing 7, with three intercep
tions, two going for touchdowns.
Nelson hit Dale Rosser with two
for 48 yards, David Lunsford
three for 99 yards, and Jeff Eng
lish one for 22. Jackson had 169
yards passing to 11 for Manches
ter. The Blue Devils passed six
time and completed only one.
However, the speedy Manches
ter backs carried 45 times for
277 yards with Cartwright amas
sing a whopping 148 yards on 19
carries and Barr registering 97
on 15 attempts. Hunter had 32
yards on 11 carries. In total of
fense, Jackson outgained the visi
tors 337 yards to 288.
Defensively, David Lunsford
played one of his finest games,
making 8 individual tackles and
one assist. Others defensively
registered the following marks:
Billy Glidewell 5-7, Tim Wood
3- Bruce Hicks 2-1, Steve
Fletcher 5-2, Tommy Fletcher
4- Dale Rosser 1-0, Bill Nelson
4-1, David Green 6-2, Butch At
kinson 1-0, Ted McMichael 2-2,
Nat Thurman 1-3, Randy Free
man 4-3, Jim Browning 1-0,
Steve Barnes 1-0, Steve Bennett
1-4, Jeff English 1-0, Forrest
Rossey 1-1.
Jackson journeys to Hogans
ville Friday night to face the im
proved Greenies. Again the out
come of the game will depend in
large measure on whether or not
many of Jackson’s injured play
ers can play at all and whether
others can play at or near peak
efficiency.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1969 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
India Is Land
Of Great Need,
Speaker States
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MRS. EARL CARTER
Mrs. Earl Carter of Plains,
mother of ex-gubernatorial can
didate Jimmy Carter, and widely
known in her own right, spoke to
the Jackson Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club Monday
night at the October dinner meet
ing at the Jackson Clubhouse.
The program was arranged by
the World Affairs Committee,
Mrs. Ruth Watkins, chairman,
who introduced the speaker.
Mrs. Carter, who served with
the Peace Corps in India for two
years, told of her experiences and
opinions about this storied land
where death by starvation and
famine is the rule and not the
exception.
The entertaining speaker, who
said she was fisherwoman, baby
sitter, and bridge player, told how
she came to join the Peace Corps
after watching a television pro
gram that flashed the message,
“Join the Peace Corps—Age is
no Barrier.” A housemother for
the KA fraternity at Auburn, she
mused, “if you can live with over
100 boys and never get angry,
you can do most anything.” She
filed application with the Peace
Corps and after exhaustive tests
and months of training she was
sent to India along with 79
others, most young boys and girls
right out of college with Ph D or
Masters degrees.
She told of being sent to New
Delhi where her group was shown
the beauties of the country and
of being entertained by Mrs.
Ghandi. She recalled how her
contingent arrived a day early
and they were not ready for
them, with the group having to
spent the first night in a hostel.
Mrs. Carter recalled that her
cot was in a room with 12 others
and that she did not go to bed
as she saw bugs crawling over
the bed. She emphasized that all
people in India are hungry and
most are naked, and that distend
ed bellies, brought on by starva
tion, are common sights. People
sleep on the streets in Bombay
where it is estimated that one
million people sleep nightly in the
streets because they have no
other place to go. There is little
or no rain except for the mon
soon season at which time three
crops of rice are planted.
The next day Mrs. Carter was
taken to her work site which was
a factory owned by three multi
millionaire brothers, who owned
a dispensary, school, and housing
units, with a high wall surround
ing the factory and the factory
guarded by armed sentries. Her
first job was to talk' about fam
ily planning, a difficulty when
one takes into consideration that
a woman has a baby about every
year, with transportation and
communication meager. She said
that sex was used as a medium to
relieve boredom with no means
of birth control practiced what
soever. The people are all vege
tarians, she pointed out, with
their diet consisting of rice and
a few vegetables, with fish and
chicken being served occasionally.
She said the only people in India
who had milk were children who
went to school.
After three months, Mrs. Car
ter said she realized she was walk
ing herself to death and working
herself to death and she prayed
that she would be sent some
where where her work would be
more effective. She was sent to a
Ties, Upsets
Bring Moans
To Prophets
Ties and upsets played havoc
last week with grid prognostica
tors generally within the football
guessing contest, sponsored by
Allen’s Hom-Ond Food Store,
Jackson Hardware, Wise Stand
ard Station, and City Pharmacy,
with eight contestants missing
three games each, all missing ties,
to tie for first place until the
scores were tabulated. Mrs.
Ernestine Glass proved to be the
best forecaster of grid happenings
with 125 points to 128 for Randy
Moncrief. For their superior pro
phecying, Mrs. Glass received
SIO.OO and Randy $5.00 in cash
from the sponsors.
Others in the three game cate
gory and their point totals were
Robert Jones, Atlanta, 145; John
Herby, Atlanta, 152; Andy
Crumbley, Jackson, 152; Jane
Nail, Barnesville, 174; Billy Jo
Smith, Jackson, 187; Charlie
Smith, Jackson, 190.
Missing only four games, a
good accomplishment under the
circumstances, were Charles N.
Anderson, Mrs. Edith Lummus,
Betty Grant of Milner, Mike
Peck, Joseph Moncrief, Mary Jo
Brooks, Mrs. Zodie Cash, Tom
Robison, Mary Rawls, Mrs. T. A.
Carmichael, Faye Moncrief, Bus
ter Duke, Peggy Glass, Mrs. Jul
ius Batchelor, T. E. Robison Sr.,
W. E. Blue, Clint Herby of At
lanta, Debbie Singley of Locust
Grove, Jane Jenkins, Sue Blue,
Grace Pace, Leon Smith, Ernest
Dodson, Virgil Pace, Butch Lum
mus, Mike Batchelor, Roy Kit
chens.
The 25-25 deadlock between
Duke and North Carolina State
and the 20-20 tie between UCLA
and Stanford brought grief to all
the pickers sake one, Steven
Gray, who was the sole contestant
to predict the Duke-North Caro
lina State tie. His guess was 14-
14.
Other games giving contestants
the most trouble were Mississippi-
Houston, Navy-Virginia, and Tex
as Tech-SMU. Most favored the
Rebels of Ole Miss who were bad
ly mauled by the Cougars of
Houston 25-11. Virginia was a
two touchdown choice over Navy
yet the IVfldshipmen blanked the
Cavaliers 10-0.
Many new entries were noted
in last week’s contest with the
number of contestants increasing
each week. The sponsors remind
those wishing to enter that blanks
may be obtained at their places
of business. The judges also ad
monish all contestants to sign
their names as one of two entries
each week have been unsigned.
Contestants may place their se
lections in boxes provided at the
sponsoring firms by noon Satur
day at which time they are picked
up for judging.
doctor’s office where she worked
in a dispensary and was taught by
the doctor. She often gave 75 to
150 injections a day with the doc
tor seeing several hundred pa
tients a day. She recalled a high
incidence of tuberculosis with
many cases of leprosy seen and
treated. She concluded by saying
that all the world should know
about conditions in India and re
marked that when asked why “I
went to India,” she replied, “be
cause I wanted to go.”
The Music Committee presen
ted Norma Dean Hearn in a
Spanish Tap and German Ballet,
accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Mary Zane Swearingen.
The president, Mrs. Robert C.
Edwards, welcomed the guests
who were present, including Mrs.
Jimmy Carter of Plains, Mrs.
Nancy Houghtaling, Mrs. Robert
Grier, Mrs. Paul Cawthon, Mrs.
Lorene Lindsey of the McDon
ough Club, Miss Hearn and Mrs.
Swearingen.
Mrs. Edwards called attention
to the business meeting sched
uled for Tuesday night, Novem
ber 4th, at the home of Mrs. S.
L. Austin ahd urged members
to be present.
Henderson
Tied By
Barnesville
BY ALFRED WATKINS
AND STEVE BALL
For the first time in 13 years,
the Henderson Tigers failed to
take the Booker High Tigers of
Barnesville when the two teams
tied 12 to 12 Saturday in Barnes
ville. The Booker team was very
much improved and had strong
momentum, this being their
homecoming game. In the end
the game seemed to be based on
who could come through with a
PAT or a two point conversion.
If either team had come through
with a conversion, they would
have been the winner.
The Henderson Tigers broke on
top in the first quarter when
rookie sensation Robert Hender
son burst through for the touch
down from 30 yards out. The ex
tra point attempt was no good.
With the score 6 to 0, the Booker
High Tigers roared back to score
the first time they got the ball.
Their conversion attempt was also
unsuccessful. The halftime score
was 6 to 6.
The halftime show by the
Booker High Tiger Band was sim
ply magnificent. They played
such hit tunes as Hawaii Five-O,
Yesterday and A Taste of Honey.
Neither team scored in the
third quarter, but in the fourth
quarter, Booker again got on the
scoreboard when their halfback
slipped behind Henderson corner
back Steve Jones and caught a
72 yard touchdown pass. The
Henderson Tigers came right
back and scored. After crossing
the 50 yard line, Tyrone Horne
caught a 45 yard pass to put the
ball on the Booker two yard line.
Then on the quarterback sneak,
Clarence Norris found his way
across for the final TD of the
game. The conversion attempt
was to no avail. The game end
ed at a 12 to 12 tie.
Statistic wise, this was by far
Henderson’s most productive
game in passing. Quarterbacks
Clarence Norris and Curtis Tay
lor on 11 attempts completed 6
for 127 yards. Their longest was
a strike to Tyrone Horne. Also
receiving passes were George
Akins, 1 for 21 yards, Calvin
Akins, 1 for 7 yards, and J. W.
Jefferson, 3 for 59 yards.
The Tigers ground out 166
yards rushing with the leading
rusher for the second straight
week being Robert Henderson
with 76 yards on 6 carries. Ty
rone Horne on 2 carries had 37
yards. Robert Griffin had 38
yards on 6 carries. Clarence Nor
ris had 5 yards on 2 carries and
Alfonza Sims had 10 yards on
two carries.
The defensive unit was led by
Calvin White, who has thus far
dominated every Tiger game this
season. Calvin had 11 individual
tackles and 7 assists. Calvin
played some great defense. Com
pleting the defense Eugene My
ric-ks, 7 and 4, Johnny Warner,
5 and 5, Kenneth White, 4 and 2,
Steve Jones, 4 and 4, J. W. Jef
ferson, 4 and 1, Ollie Woodard,
5 and 6, Luther Morgan, ,3 and 2,
Hozie Folds, 1 and 0, Jerry Res
press, 3 and 1, George Akins, 3
and .3, Robert Griffin, 1 and 0,
and Clarence Norris, 1 and 0. The
only interception was by Steve
Jones who returned the ball back
45 yards. Had Steve broke one
more tackle, he would have gone
all the way.
YARDSTICK
Henderson (12) Booker (12)
First Downs 13 11
Rushing Yards 166 102
Passing 6-11-127-0 10-18-215-1
Punts 3/41.5 5/30
Yards Penalized 55 30
Return Yardage 130 119
Saturday, November Ist, is the
Tigers Homecoming Game and
they certainly hope to win when
they play Westside High of Mc-
Donough. Westside will come to
play the Tigers after taking a
brutal beating given to them by
East Depot by a score of 52-14.
The Tigers seasonal record stands
at a 4-2-2 mark.
Kiwanians To Name "Man
of Year December 2nd
Light Vote
Feared In
Election
An expected light turnout is
generally predicted for the City
of Jackson general election on
Wednesday, November sth. At
this time the three nominees for
seats on the City Council will be
elected and these include Harold
Martin from the First Ward, John
L. Coleman from the Fourth
ward and John Robert Pulliam
from the Fifth ward.
The election will be held under
the jurisdiction of the City of
Jackson with city officials making
all arrangements for the election.
The city primary of October 10th
was held under the jurisdiction of
the City of Jackson Democratic
Executive Committee at which the
winning candidates were nomi
nated with their names certified
by the committee to appear on
the general election ballot on
November sth.
According to an announcement
from M. L. Powell, City Clerk,
polls will be open from 7 a. m.
until 7 p. m. with these hours
affording every voter an oppor
tunity to cast his ballot. In the
primary 896 citizens voted for
one of the heaviest votes on rec
ord locally.
Atlanta Pastor
To Preach At
Nazarene Church
The Jackson Church of the
Nazarene will be conducting its
Fall Revival November 3rd
through November 9th. The visi
ting evangelist is Rev. Jack Hin
ton of Atlanta.
Rev. Hinton was born and
reared a Roman Catholic in one
of the largest and wealthiest
Catholic parishes in America,
Long Island, New York. He
served in the United States Navy
in the latter part of World War
11. Upon moving southward after
the war Mr. Hinton came upon
the Nnzarenes in Florida. He was
converted in a Nazarene camp
meeting at White Springs, Flori
da.
Mr. Hinton served as a layman
in the church until his call into
the ministry. He is a graduate of
Trevecca Nazarene College, Nash
ville, Tennessee. He has pastored
churches in the East Tennessee
district, West Tennessee district
and the Georgia district. He is
presently pastor of the Brook
haven Church of the Nazarene,
Atlanta.
The services will begin each
evening at 7:30. Special singers
will be featured each evening
and a nursery will be provided
for the children.
Mrs. Spencer
Is BPW Club
Woman of Year
At the Jackson Business and
Professional Women’s Club
breakfast on Sunday morning, as
their part in observance of Na
tional Business Women’s Week,
Mrs. L. M. Spencer was desig
nated as Club Woman of the Year
and presented with a lovely cor
sage. She was also presented a
hand-painted Bavarian China
plate in recognition of and in
appreciation for her years of ser
vice in the local club.
Mrs. Spencer was the club’s
first president and was instru
mental in the club being organ
ized here. She is a charter mem
ber of the Jackson B&PW Club
and has long been active in civic
affairs in the community, having
the distinction of being the first
and only female member ever to
serve on the Jackson City Coun
cil.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Jackson Kiwanis Club will
name its “Man of the Year” at a
Ladies Night meeting on Tuesday,
December 2nd. Announcement of
this award, first time to be made
by the Kiwanis Club, with the
event to be an annual feature,
was made by Denny O’Neal, pres
ident, and Doyle Jones Jr., chair
man of the Public and Business
Affairs committee, which com
mittee is planning the program.
Mr. O’Neal said that he felt
the selection of a Man of the
Year on a county-wide basis with
no age limitations would fill a
much needed void in the com
munity since no other civic club
has ever undertaken such a pro
ject. President O’Neal pointed to
the Woman of the Year, chosen
annually by the Jackson Ex
change Club during the Butts
County Fair, the Young Man of
the Year, chosen annually by the
Butts County Jaycees, and the
Young Farmer of the Year selec
ted by the same club.
Mr. Jones said that nomina
tions for the honor may be made
by any club, organization, or in
dividual with the nominations to
be in writing and mailed to him
at Box 249, Jackson, Ga. 30233.
The nominees will be screened by
a committee appointed by Presi
dent O’Neal with the award to be
made on December 2nd, with the
nominee’s name to remain a se
cret as circumstances will allow.
The deadline for nominations is
November 22nd.
Chairman Jones said that “the
Kiwanis Club is seeking to honor
the man in whose opinion the
committee feels has rendered out
standing service to his town and
community over the past years.”
Mr. Jones pointed out that the
nominee does not have to be a
Kiwanian and expressed hope that
many deserving men will be nomi
nated for this cbveted honor. A
special plaque will be presented
the recipient at the December
program with suitable inscription
to be put on it at a later date.
Pancake Supper
No Place For
Calorie Count
The frost is on the pumpkin
with a distinct chill in the air,
all of which means that it’s time
for another Kiwanis Club pan
cake extravaganza. The date for
the next syrup slurpin’ is Tues
day, November 18th, from five to
eight p. m. in the school lunch
room with the traditional hot
cakes being served with tasty
sausage, butter and syrup with
coffee or tea, and best of all,
all of this is an all you con eat
basis.
Tickets are now on sale by
Kiwanis members at the price of
SI.OO for adults and 50c for
children. During the pancake
madness Kiwanians tujn procur
ers, cooks, ticket salesmen, ticket
takers, waiters, dish washers, and
general flunkeys and usually
serve the delicious cakes to an
average of between four and
fi\e hundred patrons.
President Denny O’Neal said
that that he and Frances Holland
were general chairmen of the
pancake supper with Ralph Carr
Jr. and Joe Hopper serving as
chairmen of ticket sales. Mr. O’-
Neal pointed out that local mer
chants are again donating prod
ucts for use in the supper. Presi
dent O’Neal thanked the mer
chants for their generosity both
now and for their help in past
years. The public is invited to the
supper and a large crowd is an
ticipated.
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