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ilnrksmi Progress-Argus
VOL. 96 —NO. 49
Holidays
Rough On
Hunters
Despite relatively heavy travel
through the county during the
holiday period, the roads were
relatively safe with only two
minor accidents reported but it
was a weekend rough on deer
hunters, one of whom suffered a
fatal heart seizure just over the
line in Monroe County Saturday
afternoon and another who suf
fered a gunshot wound in the
upper right leg late Friday after
noon in the rough below Indian
Springs.
According to the Butts County
Sheriff’s Department two cars
driven by Walter James Sands of
Route 1, Flovilla and Frank
Greer, Route 1, Jackson, collided
on a country road intersection
behind the C. E. Washington
house on the Monticello Highway
with damage estimated at about
S3OO. The Sheriff’s Department
said that Greer had the right of
way with Sands being charged
for failure to yield the -right of
way.
About one o’clock Thanksgiv
ing afternoon a northbound
freight struck a car occupied by
Thomas Waldrep, 54, of Porter
dale at the Sandy Creek Church
crossing near Cork. The Sheriff’s
Department reported no personal
injuries and slight damage, prob
ably SIOO, to the old model car.
The driver, according to the
She rif f’s Department, was
charged with DUI.
Late Friday afternoon Marion
Len Williams, 26, of Smyrna was
walking along a deer path in the
area south of Indian Springs
known as “The Rough” when he
was shot in the right upper leg
by Larry Wayne Paris, 1741
Roswell Road, Smyrna. Members
of the Butts County Sheriff’s De
partment said that Mr. Paris told
them that he heard a noise and
shot at Mr. Williams, mistaking
him for a deer. The bullet from
the 308 Winchester deer rifle
penetrated the victim’s upper
right leg causing a serious wound.
He was treated at Sylvan Grove
Hospital by a Jackson physician
and transferred to Kennestone
Hospital in Marietta.
Another deer hunter from the
same general area, Luke Hubert
Fields Sr., 65, of 250 Oakhearst
Drive, Marietta, suffered a fatal
heart seizure late Saturday after
noon while hunting along Watson
Road, just off Highway 87, in
Monroe County. An ambulance
was summoned to the scene and
rushed the stricken hunter to
Sylvan Grove Hospital where he
was pronounced dead on arrival
by a staff physician. The scene
of the fatal attack was only a
slight distance across the Butts
County line into Monroe County
along Highway 87.
About 500 youthful fans and
their chaperones were at Grant
Field Thanksgiving afternoon to
watch the Bullpups of the Uni
versity of Georgia upset the fa
vored Baby Jackets 28 to 20.
The boys and girls were guests of
the Van Deventer Memorial
Scout Foundation at the Frosh
classic.
The joy of Georgia fans was
short lived, however, as the En
gineers of Georgia Tech upset
the favored Bulldogs 6 to 0 Sat
urday at Grant Field to register
their first victory in six years.
On the home front a great
number of church goers banded
together Wednesday night for
the annual Union Thanksgiving
Service held this year at the First
Baptist Church with ministers of
the county taking part in the in
terdenominational service.
As usual, the turkeys got it
in the neck and furnished the
piece de resistance on many
tables of the county. Family
gatherings were wide spread and
those who did not stay at home
to receive company became com
pany by visiting friends and rel
atives over the state and else
where.
Jerry James
Promoted By
Hampton Firm
H. JERRY JAMES
H. Jerry James was recently
promoted to Central Regional
Manager for Southern States,
Inc., of Hampton, a division of
Gulton Industries.
Mr. James is a longtime South
ern States employee, having be
gun as a draftsman in 1957. His
career with the company has
taken him through engineering
and sales and has given him a
deep background in the com
pany’s products and market. He
will represent Southern States
through their agents, carrying a
full line of switches, fuses, con
nectors, etc., and other trans
missions and distribution equip
ment.
Mr. James is the son of Mrs.
Frances James of Jackson and
the late Mr. Grady James. He
was a 1957 graduate of Jackson
High School and attended South
ern Tech for two years. He was
an outstanding baseball pitcher,
in both high school and college.
He served two years in the Army
where he won Letters of Com
mendation and Letters of Appre
ciation from his commanding of
ficers for distinguished service.
He is a former member of the
Butts County Jaycees and a mem
ber of the Jenkinsburg United
Methodist Church. Mr. James is
married to the former Miss Janet
Bartko of Pittsburgh, Pa., and
they now reside at College Park.
Senior Citizens
To Be Feted At
Party Saturday
Senior citizens will be honor
guests at a party to be held Sat
urday afternoon at three o’clock
in the recreation room of the
Jackson United Methodist Church.
An annual event, sponsored by
the Jackson Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club, it is for
all Butts County citizens retired
or 65 years of age and older.
The senior citizens who will
attend are requested to bring
hand work or craft items to dis
play at the party. Refreshments
will be served and a program
of entertainment and humor is
planned.
Special music will be featured
with Mr. and Mrs. Steve Jett
bringing a comical number. Mr.
Jett is Minister of Youth-Music
at the First Baptist Church, Jack
son. Mrs. Julia Lewis and Mrs.
Lucile Ridgeway will render sa
cred music numbers and will also
lead group singing. Rev. Don Fol
som, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will bring the devotional
which will incorporate wit and
humor.
KIWANIANS TO NAME
“MAN OF THE YEAR”
The Jackson Kiwanis
Club will name its “MAN
OF THE YEAR” for the
first time at the Ladies
Night program on Tuesday,
December 9th, at 6:30 o’-
clock. An engraved plaque
will be presented to the re
cipient with the event to be
an annual affair.
Van Deventer
Yule Party
Set Dec. 11th
The Van Deventer Foundation
will have its annual Christmas
party Thursday night, December
11th, at the Group Camp Dining
Hall at Indian Springs State
Park.
William Mack Davis, Founda
tion Youth Director, said that all
sponsors and volunteer workers
of all youth programs have been
invited to the party at which
they will be honored for the
many hours of work and support
they have given to the youth of
Butts County.
The party will be the largest
the foundation has ever hosted
with more than 250 sponsors and
volunteer workers. Mr. Davis said
every effort has been made to
contact all the men and women
involved in the foundation’s ac
tivities and it is sincerely hoped
that no one has been missed in
sending out invitations. Mr. Da
vis said that in event any one was
not sent an invitation that should
have been, his apology is in ord
er.
The activities of the foundation
have tripled in the last three
years and there are four times
the number of workers engaged
now than three years ago. Mr.
Davis said that the men and wom
en over the county can feel proud
of their achievements over the
past years with the programs
they have provided for the youth
of Butts County.
Mr. Davis pointed out that the
34 businesses in Jackson and the
216 volunteer workers had made
all of this possible with the
Christmas party given in their
honor for their outstanding ef
forts during the past year.
The reception will begin
promptly at seven o’clock with
dinner to be served at 7:30.
JHS Christian
Athlete Named At
Banquet Dec. Bth
The Brotherhood of the First
Baptist Church will sponsor the
first annual Christian Athlete of
the Year award banquet Monday
night, December Bth, at 7 o’clock
at the Jackson school lunchroom.
Featured speaker will be Paul
Anderson, billed as the world’s
strongest man. Mr. Anderson will
demonstrate his tre me n dous
strength.
Christian Athlete of the Year
is selected from the varsity by
secret ballot of his teammates.
He will be named the night of
the banquet and awarded a tro
phy. His name will also be en
graved on a permanent trophy
which will be on display at the
school at all times. Tickets are on
sale at $1.75 per person.
Mr. Anderson, a native of
Toccoa, has appeared in Jackson
on more than one occasion. He
and his wife, Linda, operate the
Paul Anderson Youth Home in
Vidalia where they attempt to
develop good citizens through
spiritual guidance, education and
physical fitness. Mr. Anderson
speaks about 500 times a year in
churches, schools, military bases,
banquests and other groups. He
is an active member of the Fel
lowship of Christian Athletes.
DR. PINCKNEY ATTENDS
CHATTANOOGA SEMINAR
Dr. R. H. Pinckney, Jackson
Optometrist, recently attended a
three day seminar in Chattanoo
ga, Tennessee. The seminar was
conducted by Drs. Leland D.
Michael and James W. King, both
recognized authorities in the field
of Children’s Vision.
The seminar was designed to
expand the help Optometry can
give to the child with reading
problems associated with poor
binocular coordination, poor vis
ual-auditory integration and poor
visual memory.
THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1969
Missionary
To Close
Week Prayer
REV. JOS. A. JIMMERSON
Climaxing the Week of Prayer
for Foreign Missions which is ob
served by all Baptist churches
in the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, November 30-December 7,
the First Baptist Church of Jack
son will have as featured speaker
for Sunday, December 7th, the
Rev. Joseph Andrew Jimmerson,
missionary to Hong Kong.
A native of Thomaston, he
served in the U. S. Navy for
three years before graduating
from the University of Georgia
with a Business Administration
degree. In 1955 he received his
Divinity degree from Southwest
ern Baptist Theological Seminary
and after serving as pastor of
churches in Terrell and Larue,
Texas, Eastern Baptist Church
and Wynnton Baptist in Colum
bus, he was appointed by the
Foreign Mission Board to serve
as a missionary to Indonesia from
1961 to 1966. In ’66 he went to
Hong Kong and served until
1969. He is now on furlough and
living in Columbus.
Mimosa Garden
Club Presents
Tree Expert
■btfl
HERMAN S. PORTER
The Mimosa Garden Club has
scheduled an open meeting next
Thursday, December 11th, at 3
o’clock at the Jackson Clubhouse.
An illustrated lecture on “Trees
and Their Care” will be presented
by Mr. Herman S. Porter, spe
cialist with Bartlett Tree Re
search Laboratories with head
quarters in Stamford, Connecti
cut.
Mr. Poster has extensive back
ground in Botany, Plant Pathol
ogy and Entomobogy. His prac
tical experience in diagnosing tree
care covers 40 years. He had ex
perience with rare plants in the
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant
Introduction and at Bartlett Ex
perimental Grounds at Pineville,
N. C.
At Pineville, near Charlotte,
N. C., the Bartlett Research Lab
oratories has established an ar
boretum with well over 1300 spe
cies and varieties of trees and
shrubs.
The Mimosa Garden Club cor
dially invites every person, who
is interested in learning more
about identification and care of
trees, to attend.
The lecture which will be il
lustrated with slides will begin
at 3:30 p. m. and last for one
hour.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Judging in Christmas Lighting
Contest Will Be Done Dec. 18th
No Clues In
Brutal Barnes
Murder Friday
Homicide detectives in Atlanta
announced this week that there
are no significant developments
in the investigation of the execu
tion style killing of Mr. and Mrs.
John Barnes at their home at 357
Seconl Avenue, SE, Friday morn
ing, November 28th.
Particular interest is centered
locally on the brutal murder since
Mrs. Barnes, the former Miss
Nina Farrar, formerly resided at
Jenkinsburg where she had many
friends. She was born on Septem
ber 9, 1909 in Henry County, the
daughter of Mr. Harvey Farrar
and Mrs. Arie Mayo Farrar. She
attended school at Jenkinsburg
and resided there with her fam
ily for a number of years before
moving to Atlanta. She is a first
cousin of Mrs. A. R. Rosser, Mr.
Marvin Farrar and Mr. Bankston
Farrar, all of Jenkinsburg.
Mrs. Rosser said that she re
membered the murder victim as
a “lovely girl” and remembered
that she was the baby of the fam
ily with six sisters and one broth
er, all of whom are still living.
Police theorize that Mr. and
Mrs. Barnes were slain when they
interrupted a burglary at their
home when they returned from a
shopping trip. Groceries were
found on the back seat of the
family car and Mrs. Barnes still
clutched the front door key when
police found the bodies in the
basement of their home. Police
said both apparently had been
forced to kneel on the basement
floor before being shot once in
the head from behind.
Mr. Barnes was a widely known
insurance executive and member
of a prominent Atlanta golfing
family. His brother, Tommy
Barnes, prominent Atlanta golfer,
Sunday night offered a “substan
tial reward” for the arrest and
conviction of the person or per
sons responsible for the murder
of his brother and sister-in-law.
The amount of the reward was
not revealed.
Authorities said that the screen
on the rear porch window had
been torn and the window bro
ken. They also said a basement
window near the bodies was open
and automobile tracks were evi
dent in the yard outside.
Nativity Scene
Be Lighted
Saturday
The lighting of the Nativity
Scene, which has become a tra
ditional part of the observance
of the Yule Season locally, will
be an event of Saturday night,
December 6th, at 6:30 o’clock
with the program being arranged
by the Butts County Ministerial
Association, sponsors of the Na
tivity Scene lighting, Rev. David
Black, pastor of the Jackson and
Fellowship Presbyterian
Churches, president.
A special program of Christmas
music and carols will be brought
by the Junior, Youth and Adult
Choirs of the First Baptist Church
under the direction of Steve Jett,
Minister of Music-Youth.
In recent years past the light
ing has coincided with inclement
weather which materially reduced
the number of persons present.
In light of these experiences, Rev.
Black announces that the pro
gram will not be unduly long and
invites the people of the com
munity to attend.
The Nativity Scene will again
be placed on the property of Mrs.
O. B. Howell at the intersection
of West Third Street and Hark
ness Street.
Bill Turner's
Berlin Bears
Are Red Hot
BILLY TURNER
Billy Turner, Butts County
bred All Southern defensive back
at Furman University during his
collegiate days, may well be the
win n ingest service-connected
football coach in the world today.
Certainly he has no peers in the
European theater where in the
last three years he has coached
the Berlin Bears to winning sea
sons that led them to be com
pared to the Ohio State Buckeyes
back home.
So completely have Coach Tur
ner’s Bears dominated the Euro
pean theater that they have
devastated every foe and in 12
games to date the ’69 Bears 1 ave
scored 658 points to 90 for the
opposition.
Led by Quarterback Kyle Pat
terson and touchdown twins, Brad
Baker and George Caller, Berlin
has averaged 421.2 yards per
game in total offense. Turner
also coached the ’69 USAREUR
Champs and readily concedes that
this year’s team is better than
last year’s.
Coach Turner spends endless
days in June and July diagram
ing plays, plotting coming strate
gy, filling out requests for equip
ment, and wondering just how
good his prospective team will be.
Quite often Turner pushes his
proteges hard, seeing if they can
absorb punishment and also to
sort out those who “want to
play.” On the field, Coach Tur
ner barks out instructions and
demonstrates to the struggling
athlete the proper and most ef
ficient method of blocking,
tackling, running, or even just
warming the bench.
Coach Turner, whose success
as a young coach is perhaps un
equaled in all service ball around
the globe, is an arbitrator, stra
tegist, public relations man, psy
chologist, amateur medicine man,
and a mother-protector.
In games to date the Berlin
Bears scored a season high of
76 points against Rheinland-
Pfalz and 71 points against The
Second Brigade. Lowest points
scored were 27 against Zwei
brueeken. The most points the
Bear defense has surrendered this
year was 24 against Karlsruhe
but the offense managed 54.
Billy Turner was one of Jack
son High’s most versatile athletes
where he excelled in football,
baseball, basketball, and track.
He accepted a scholarship to Fur
man University and his senior
year was one of the outstanding
defensive players in the South
ern Conference, winning all-star
honors and serving as captain of
his team.
This is Billy’s third year in the
coaching ranks and it is rumored
that he would like nothing better
than to return to the United
States and accept a coaching po
sition on a certain SEC team
which is well known for its youth
ful staff and progressive out
look. Billy is the son of Mrs.
Laßue Turner of Jackson and the
late Mr. William Turner.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Thursday night, December
18th, is the date set for the judg
ing in the annual Christmas
Lighting Contest being sponsored
again this year by the Garden
Club Council and the Jackson
I’rogress-Argus.
The Jackson Garden Club, Mi
mosa Garden Club, Hawthorn
Garden Club and Cherokee Gar
den Club comprise the Garden
Club Council and are cooperating
in the contest this year. The
Cherokee Garden Club will en
tertain the judges at dinner at
a time and place to be announced
later.
Miss Elizabeth 11. Waatkins,
Educational Director of the Cen
tral Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation, has obtained the
judges, who will be announced
next week.
The lighting contest, conceived
by the Progress-Argus and co
sponsored by the Garden Club
Council, has done much over the
years to add a festive glow to
Jackson during the Yule season.
The paper offers prizes of $lO,
first, $7.50 second and $5 third
for the homes adjudged most ap
propriately decorated in keeping
with the architecture of the in
dividual home.
As usual the city will again be
divided into two areas, East and
West, with Mulberry Street serv
ing as the dividing lino. Three
winners are to be selected by the
judges in each area. It is expected
that one group of judges will
view the homes East of Mulberry
Street, while another group con
siders those homes on Mulberry
Street and West of it.
In addition, prizes in the same
denomination will be offered to
the most decorative business es
tablishments which will include
the square and those streets
adjacent to and leading to the
business district.
In rules set by the sponsoring
agencies, all homes in Jackson
will be included as well as those
on the Griffin Road to the W. A.
Cook residence. Homes will be
judged beyond the city limits on
Brookwood Avenue and those on
the Monticello Highway to the
C. E. Washington home.
First place winners in the
Christmas Decoration Contest in
1068 are not eligible to compete
for prizes this year. Those include
the homes of the Wayne Barnes’
on Griffin Road and the T. E.
Robison Sr’s, on Dempsey Avenue.
In the business division Ether
idge-Smith Company was first
place winner.
Miss Elizabeth McMichael,
chairman of the Garden Club
Council, emphasizes that every
house in Jackson that is deco
rated and lighted will be judged
and stresses that there are no for
mal entries to be made, blanks to
be signed, or the like. “With this
in mind, we are looking for the
greatest number of homes to be
decorated since the contest be
gan 10 or 12 years ago.” Miss
McMichael stated, “We trust that
interest in the contest will be
one of the motivating factors in
causing Jackson to be one of the
better lighted and decorated
small towns in the entire state.”
Jaycees, Wives
Will Collect
Usable Toys
Again it’s Christmas and there
are children who will receive no
toys. The Butts County Jaycees
and Butts County Jaycee Wives
Club will be working around to
gather any toys that might be
available for these children.
The Jaycees ask that anyone
who might have toys to please
contact any member of the club
or call Pat Barnes after five at
775-3228, Pat Montgomery at
775-6521 or 775-3128 or Mildred
Shapard at 775-2607. They will
be glad to pick up these toys for
you. The YWA’s of the First Bap
tist Church will make clothes for
the dolls.