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VOL. 96 —NO. 51
All in Readiness For Judging
Yule Lighting Contest Tonight
Judges for the Christmas Deco
ration Contest will arrive in Jack
son at the City Hall at six o’-
clock tonight and will immedi
ately begin judging the downtown
area for the three most attrac
tively decorated and lighted busi
nesses. Following this, they will
be entertained at dinner at the
home of Mrs. Richard W. Wat
kins, Jr. and then will begin their
long and arduous task of selec
ting the six most attractively
decorated homes in the city, three
from an area east of Mulberry
and three west of Mulberry
Street.
The contest this year is spon
sored by the Garden Club Council
and the Jackson Progress-Argus,
co-sponsors of the lighting and
decoration contest for the past
several years. The judges, ob
tained by Mrs. Watkins of the
Cherokee Garden Club and an
nounced by her, include Mr. and
Mrs. Cornelius Lumsden, Mrs.
Herschel Dickens, Mrs. Sara Per
kins, Mrs. Lußay Carpenter, and
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Fowler,
all experienced in lighting and
from the Atlanta area.
The judges will be entertained
at dinner at the home of Mrs.
Richard W. Watkins Jr. with the
Cherokee Garden Club and the
Jackson Garden Club responsible
jointly for the hospitality accord
ed to the judges. The judges are
expected to arrive at 6 o’clock
at City Hall.
Miss Elizabeth McMichael of
the Cherokee Garden Club is gen
eral chairman of the Garden Club
Council.
Standards to give judges some
thing to work toward include the
following:
1. The over-all design and ar
tistic effect.
a. Good proportion and
scale.
2. Lighting effectiveness.
a. Manner of placement of
lights for over-all effect.
b. Concealing wiring, me
chanics and lights.
3. Color.
a. Suitability to setting:
color harmony, over-all de
sign.
The Jackson newspaper offers
prizes of SIO.OO, first; $7.50, sec
ond; and $5.00, third; for the
homes adjudged most appropri
ately decorated in keeping with
the architecture of the individual
home. Miss McMichael points out
that the city will again be divided
into two areas, East and West,
with Mulberry Street serving as
a dividing line, with three win
ners in each area to be selected
by the judges. One group of
judges will view the homes East
of Mulberry Street, while another
group considers those homes on
Mulberry Street and West of it.
Doyle Jones Jr., editor-publish
er of The Progress-Argus, states
that in addition to prizes for the
most attractively lighted homes,
the newspaper is also offering
prizes in the same denomination
to the most attractively decorated
business establishments around
the square and those streets ad
jacent to and leading into the
business district. Miss McMichael
reminds citizens that no formal
entry need be made for partici
pation in the contest and that
every lighted and decorated
home within the city will be view
ed by the judges and considered
in making their decisions.
The four garden clubs of Jack
son, the Jackson Garden Club,
the Mimosa Garden Club, Haw
thorn Garden Club, and Cherokee
Garden Club, have cooperated
with the lighting contest since its
inception with the president of
each club serving on the Garden
Club Council and other members
appointed to the Interclub Com
mittee. The council obtains and
entertains the judges and estab
lishes rules for the contest. This
year, according to rules of the
sponsoring agencies, all homes in
Jackson will be included as well
as those on the Griffin Road to
the Willie Avery Cook residence,
homes beyond the city limits on
J. O. Minter
Retires As
Bank Director
Mr. J. O. Minter, one of this
area’s most widely known citi
zens and a resident of Jenkins
burg, retired Friday, December
12th, as a director of the Farm
ers Bank in Locust Grove after
serving since 1924, a period of
45 years.
Mr. Minter, a prominent mer
chant and Baptist layman, be
came associated with the bank
while it was in Jenkinsburg. The
Farmers Bank was moved to Lo
cust Grove in 1933.
M. M. Brown, president of the
bank, and Julian Brown, executive
vice president and director, said
this week they wished to publicly
express their appreciation to Mr.
Minter for his 45 years of faith
fulness, for his honesty and in
tegrity and for what he has
meant to the bank. During this
period Mr. Brown said that Mr.
Minter had missed only one direc
tors meeting. Mr. Brown also
pointed out that Mr. O. M. Huie
of Locust Grove was elected by
nomination of Mr. Minter to fill
his vacancy. Mr. Huie was secre
tary and treasurer of Yancey
Brothers in Atlanta, having been
affiliated with that widely known
Atlanta firm for 37 years.
Officers and Directors of the
Farmers Bank include M. M.
Brown, president and director,
Julian Brown, executive vice
president and director; S- H.
Gardner Jr., Locust Grove, S. T.
Ellis, McDonough and O. M.
Huie, directors.
Local Banks
List Holiday
Closing Dates
Announcement of holiday bank
ing hours was made this week by
J. Frank Barnes of the C&S Bank
of Jackson, and Henry L. Asbury
of Mclntosh State Bank.
In a joint announcement, the
public was informed that both
banks will be open Wednesday,
December 24th, until 3 p. m. to
serve customers and the public on
Christmas Eve.
Messrs. Asbury and Barnes an
nounce that both banks will be
closed Thursday, December 25th,
and will be open on Friday, De
cember 26th, from 9 a. m. to 12
noon.
Both banks will be closed on
Saturday, December 27th, and on
Thursday, January Ist.
Messrs. Barnes and Asbury
respectfully ask their customers
and the public to take note of the
holiday banking schedule so that
as little inconvenience as possible
will be caused those needing to do
banking business.
Brookwood Avenue, and those on
the Monticello Highway to the
C. E. Washington home.
First place winners in the
Christmas decoration contest last
year are not eligible to compete
for prizes this year. These include
the homes of the T. E. Robisons
on Dempsey Avenue, the Wayne
Barnes on Griffin Road. In the
business division Etheridge-Smith
Company was first place winner.
“Sk DECWTEYOOR.
Presbyterians
Complete
Institute
A Personal Evangelistic Insti
tute, conducted by members of
the Jackson Presbyterian Church,
was concluded Friday night with
visitations being made by selec
ted teams to families in Jackson
and Butts County with several
souls being won for Jesus Christ.
The institute was conducted by
Rev. Arnie Maves, Evangelist,
of the Presbyterian Evangelistic
Fellowship, of Hopewell, Virginia.
Mr. Maves, however, resides in
Pensacola, Florida and, with
other evangelists, travels exten
sively over the Southeastern
United States. Mr. Maves was
assisted in the institute by Paul
Dimitry, also of Pensacola, as
song leader and as a leader of
one of the evangelistic teams.
The institute was enthusias
tically endorsed by most mem
bers of the church and had
the splendid cooperation of Rev.
David Black, pastor. Local mem
bers were joined December 10th
by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. L. Sibley
of Union, South Carolina, widely
known lay leaders in their state,
who spent three nights in Jack
son and captained two of the
evangelistic teams, with Mrs. Sib
ley taking a prominent role.
The institute was termed high
ly successful and fruitful by
members of the Jackson Presby
terian Church who are prepared
to carry it forward during the
coming year.
Burglers
Strike At
Cowan's
Burglars gained entry to Cow
an’s Super Market on Indian
Springs Highway by breaking out
a window in the front door on
Sunday morning, December 7th,
and making off with between $25
and S3O in change that was on
hand.
According to Jimmy Long,
manager, the burglary is believed
to have happened between one
and four o’clock Sunday morning.
He also reported that nothing else
was missing and that clues were
meager. The Butts County Sher
iff’s Department is investigating
the robbery
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 (oys 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.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1969
In Four Weeks!
Corps of Engineers To Provide
Five-County Regional Water Study
Fire Tuesday
Destroys
Moss House
Fire of undetermined origin,
but believed to have possibly
started from a faulty stove, com
pletely destroyed the new brick
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moss
and family on State Route 1(5 in
the Iron Springs Community
Tuesday afternoon shortly after
5 o’clock.
Mr. Moss and family had only
moved into the new house about
30 days prior to the fire and were
still engaged in some interior
finishing work on his new home
when the fire occurred.
Mr. Moss had reported having
trouble with a stove and feels
that the fire might have started
from this source. Nobody was at
home when the blaze was first
detected by passersby. The new
truck of the Jackson Volunteer
Fire Department hurried to the
scene and was able to save the
trailer, in which the Moss fam
ily lived while constructing the
dwelling, at the rear of the house.
The trailer suffered some dam
age from heat.
Those first on the scene were
able to save only a few articles
from the house with it being a
total loss.
City Will
Close For
Holidays
All departments of the City
of Jackson, save the Fire and
Police Departments, will be closed
from noon Wednesday, Decem
ber 24th, until Monday morning,
December 29th, it was announ
ced this week by M. L. Powell,
City Clerk. Mr. Powell reminds
Jackson residents that if services
are needed Tuesday and Wednes
day, December 23rd and 24th,
that a call to City Hall will bring
prompt attention.
Mr. Powell also emphasized
that the Fire Department and
Police Department will be on duty
during the holidays on a 24-hour
basis and that if emergency ser
vices are required skeleton crews
will be on a standby basis for im
mediate duty.
Commandery To
Assemble On
Christmas Morn
Members and visitors of Alex
ius Commandery No. 22, Knights
Templar, will assemble at the Ma
sonic Hall on Christmas morning
for the traditional annual Christ
mas observance.
At that time messages from the
Grand Master of the United
States, John L. Crofts, will be
read as will the response by
Grand Commander Thomas J.
Jones, Athens, Grand Commander
of the State of Georgia.
Alexius Commandery No. 22
was chartered May 9, 1907 with
these observances having been
held on Chrismas Day since that
time.
All qualified Knights Templars
are invited to this meeting.
CHRISTMAS TREE-SUPPER
AT IRON SPRINGS DEC. 20th
There will be a Christmas sup
per and tree at Iron Springs
Clubhouse Saturday, December
20th. Supper will begin at 6:00
p. m. with the Christmas program
and tree to follow.
Each one is requested to bring
a covered dish and a gift suitable
for the tree.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Sen. Smalley
Was Speaker at
Kiwanis Club
Senator Robert 11. Smalley, Jr.,
of Griffin, spoke to the Jackson
Kiwanis Club Tuesday night and
told of major bills that he expects
to be introduced in the General
Assembly in the upcoming 1970
session in January. Sen. Smalley
was introduced by President Den
ny O’Neal, who was also program
chairman.
Mr. Smalley commented on
Gov. Maddox’s suit to succeed
himself and predicted that it
would fail, giving as his opinion
that it should have been intro
duced in Federal Court where an
appeal could have been taken di
rectly to the United States Su
preme Court instead of being
filed in state court as was the
case.
Sen. Smalley said that more
money would be spent on educa
tion and called attention to the
fact that the maintenance and im
proved school facilities have come
a long way in recent years and
will require additional funds,
with teachers also expected to re
ceive raises in the years ahead.
Speaking of taxes, Sen. Smalley
gave as his opinion that tax in
creases, if any, would be few
since this is an election year with
no one desiring to saddle addi
ditional taxes on Georgia citizens.
Guests Tuesday night included
Mrs. Roy Prosser, Malcolm Bren
ner, Dr. Robert E. Flanders of
Griffin, ahd Key Club members
Steve Peck and Randy Freeman.
President O’Neal announced
that a regular meeting of the
club Will be held on December
23rd with the Griffin Kiwanis
Club to present a Christmas pro
gram.
Gordon Hosts
Band Festival
On Jan. 31st
Gordon Military College will
host the First Annual Georgia
Stage Band Festival on its campus
in Barnesville. The event is sched
uled for January 31, 1970, in
Alumni Memorial Hall. The Fes
tival, which bears the approval
of the Georgia High School Asso
ciation, will feature the newest
faction of music education in the
public high school, that being the
stage band music.
All Georgia High School Stage
Bands are eligible for participa
tion in the Festival and to be
judged by a panel of three out
of state judges. Bands will be
rated on the following basis: I
superior, II excellent, 111 good,
IV fair, V poor. Each band will
also receive trophies or plaques
according to their ratings.
The Festival will be open to the
public to see and hear the per
formances of the bands. The jud
ging is scheduled to start at noon
on the 31st. An admission will be
charged to spectators.
METHODISTS
PLAN CHARGE
WIDE SERVICE
Rev. Francis Ford, pastor of
the Jenkinsburg United Methodist
Charge, announces that there will
be a charge-wide Christmas ser
vice Sunday night, December
21st, at 7:30 o’clock at the Stark
United Methodist Church.
This will be a candle lighting
service with members of the four
churches of the charge, as well as
the public, invited. Member
churches in the Jenkinsburg
Charge include the host church,
Jenkinsburg, Flovilla, and Eng
land Chapel.
Band, Chorus
Presents Yule
Concert Tonight
The Jackson Concert Band
and the Mixed Chorus with the
help of the Eighth Grade Chorus
will present a joint Christmas
Concert tonight in the school
auditorium at 8:00 p. m. These
organizations under the direction
of Miss Nancy Long will perform
such numbers as “Christmas
March”, “Greensleeves,” “Santa
Claus is Coming to Town,” “Carol
of the Bells,” “Do You Hear
What 1 Hear?” and several fa
miliar Christmas carols.
There will be no admission
charge and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Members of the organizations
performing are: Band: Larry
Brownlee, Ricky Cleveland, Jerry
Crum, Keith Daniel, Becky Ed-
Wards, Ronnie Fendley, Dennis
Morgan, Mike Moss, Shelia Moss,
Ramey Pace, Steve Page, Benjie
Parrish, Vicky Patrum, Mike
Peck, Julie Sibley, Trude Tharpe,
Maria Todd, Harvey Whitehead,
Vun Zachary, Parry O’Neal, Mol
ly Manley, Phil Plymel, David
Cawthon, Charles Sibley, Ricky
Whitaker, Rankin Cook, Mike
Reeves, Toy Williamson, and Vic
Ring.
Chorus: Rita Bennett, Jeresa
Dailey, Cheryl Franks, Deborah
g tts jdy, Melba Price, Elizabeth
Haley, Judy Pritchett, Jessica
Wise, Brenda Lowery, Carol
Mathis, Lizzie Scott, Vanessa
Singley, Dorothy Tanner, Patti
Watson, Dianne Parker, Polly
Hobbs, Patsy Cameron, Bubba
Baxter, Jack Bucklsnd, Ronnie
Threatt, Charles Watts and Jud
Zachary.
Eighth Grade: Ronnie Acree,
Diane Adams, Kay Anderson,
Sharon Bankston, Diane Cook,
Karen Cook, Glenda Day, Paula
Erwin, Lynn Freeman, Tracy
Horton, Robin Jordan, Joye Let
son, Johnny Morris, Bowman
Pace, Scott Perdue, Cathy Reeves,
Mary Lois St. John, Lou Ann
Smith, Turner Taylor, Wanda
Thomas, Junior Waits, Gary
Thurman, Lorraine Gilbert, Marie
Devore.
Yule Dinner
At Springs
Drew 185
The annual Van Deventer
Christmas Dinner was held Thurs
day night, December 11th, at In
dian Springs State Park.
The festive banquet was at
tended by 185 workers and spon
sors in the Van Deventer Founda
tion. Out of town guests attend
ing the affair were Mrs. James
Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Shapard, of Griffin, Mr. John
Henson, President of the Metro-
Atlanta Boy’s Clubs, Mr. Herman
Guinn, Executive Director of
Metro-Atlanta Boy’s Clubs and
Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Koch, he be
ing Doctor of Sports Medicine -
World Olympic Committee in
Germany.
The Community Bui Ide r’s
award was presented to each of
the 34 businesses in Jackson that
sponsor the athletic teams. The
Builder’s Award was presented to
all men and women who have
served as volunteer workers in the
past year.
The door prize, a set of lug
gage given by Gateway Luggage
of Jackson, was won by Bub Ridg
way.
Entertainment, during the din
ner and after the program, was
provided by James K. Frazier
and the Red Coat Band from For
syth.
$5.00 P£R YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Army Corps of Engineers
will make a water resource de
velopment study for the 5-county
Mclntosh Trail Area Planning &
Development Commission, it was
announced by Dale McLaren,
planning director of MTAPD. The
survey is expected to begin im
mediately and be completed with
in four weeks. The Army is giv
ing it top priority.
Mr. McLaren called the study
a major step in area water re
source development.
McLaren said L. F. Johnson,
Chief of the South Atlantic Di
vision of the Corps of Engineers,
had put top priority on the Mc-
Intosh study.
Mr. McLaren said:
“The Army Corps of Engineers
assistance will be the first step
toward the development of sev
eral water reservoirs in our five
county area. The study will show
every potential impoundment
site and stream flow rates. We’ll
be able to devise an inter and
intra county system of treatment
plants and water mains.”
“Normally, it takes several
years for such a study to be com
pleted. However, our request was
given priority over all other re
quests for the Southern States.”
He said the study was only the
first step in creating the water
reservoirs.
Th Army’s data will be used by
an engineering consultant. The
consultant will devise a multi
county water main system which
will serve future residential,
commercial and industrial devel
opment, McLaren added.
“We do not anticipate any
problems for obtaining federal
state help in building the dams
and water systems. We believe
that the water resources can be
completed without any local fi
nancial assistance being involved.
We anticipate that half of the
costs will be paid in the form
of a direct grant-in-aid with the
remaining half being repaid
through general revenue certifi
cates. The certificates would be
amorized through the payment for
the water by the users themselves.
This approach would not involve
a local tax increase,” Mr. Mc-
Laren concluded.
Pentecostal
Church To
Raise Funds
The United Pentecostal Church
announced today their participa
tion in the annual Christmas For
Christ fund-raising drive of the
United Pentecostal Churches in
the United States and Canada.
Sponsored by the Home Missions
Department of the Church, the
drive annually supports the build
ing of new churches where need
ed.
Each family in the church is
challenged to contribute all or
a major part of the money they
would normally spend on gifts,
trees, ornaments, and decorations.
The Home Missions Department is
hoping to establish new churches
in at least twenty large cities
through the offerings received
this year.
The success of the program can
be measured by the accomplish
ment of the first three years.
Seventy-two missionaries, includ
ing wives, have been appointed
to thirty-six cities in the U. S. and
Canada. Over $380,000.00 has
been contributed to Christmas
For Christ toward establishing of
the thirty-six new assemblies.
According to Rev. James L.
Baxter, the goal for the United
Pentecostal Church is $50.00. The
offering will be received at the
local church on the evening of
Sunday, December 21st.