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'larkamt Progress-Argus
VOL- 96 —NO. 52
Howell and Shapard Homes Win
Firsts in Yule Lighting Contest
After several hours spent view
ing- Jackson’s attractively deco
rated homes, a panel of judges,
all experts and qualified in the
lighting field, adjudged the city’s
most attractively decorated homes
to be those of Dr. and Mrs. J.
C. Howell, West, and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Shapard, East.
Second place winners were Mr.
and Mrs. Harold McMichael,
West, and Miss Elizabeth Finley,
East. Third places were awarded
to Mrs. J. W. Carter, West, and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Watkins
Jr., East.
Honorable mentions, West,
were accorded Mrs. J. B. Harri
son, Mrs. Charles Barber, Mr.
and Mrs. David Settle, Mr. and
Mrs. E .D. Briscoe, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Gaye, and Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Watkins. Honorable men
tions, East, went to Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Turner, Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Saunders, Mrs. Helen
Ham, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rooks,
Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor, Jr.,
and Mr. and Mrs. George Tate.
In the business division the
judges accorded first place to Mc-
Intosh State Bank, second to the
Brookwood Beauty Salon; and
third to The Princess Shop. Hon
orable mentions went to Brown’s,
Cook’s Clothing Shop, Western
Auto Associate Store, and The
Cambridge Shop.
Under provisions of the con
test, sponsored jointly by the
Garden Club Council and the
Jackson Progress-Argus, the
newspaper makes available prizes
of SIO.OO for first place, $7.50
for second, and $5.00 for third
in all categories, East, West, and
business.
The judges, all with Georgia
Power Company from the Atlanta
area and obtained by Mrs. Eliz
abeth Watkins, were Mrs. Karrie
Dickens, Customer Service Rep
resentative, Jonesboro; Mrs. Lu
ray Carpenter, Home Economist,
Jonesboro; Mrs. Jo Lumsden,
Home Economist, Atlanta; Mr.
Cornelius Lumsden, Rural Sales
Supervisor, Atlanta; Mrs. Sara
Perkins, Home Economist, At
lanta; Miss Lillian Pace, Assistant
Home Service Director, Atlanta.
The judges were met at City
Hall about six o’clock Thursday,
December 18th, date of the judg
ing, by Miss Elizabeth McMichael,
Garden Club Council president,
and a committee. They left im
mediately to judge the business
district before returning to the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins
for dinner which was provided
through the cooperation of the
Cherokee Garden Club and the
Jackson Garden Club. Assisting in
entertaining and serving were
Mrs. Rogers Starr, Mrs. W. W.
Wright, ad Mrs. Levi J. Ball.
The judges praised the beauty
of the decorated homes, feeling
that much had been gained in
quality of the decorations, with
nothing sacrificed in quantity
with perhaps as many homes as
ever decorated. They were im
pressed by the large Christmas
tree at Pepperton which they said
was well decorated, the lights
spaced well, good color, etc. Be
coming more technical, the judges
said too many spot lights were
left uncovered and the wrong
type spots were used in many
instances, with blue-white spots
needed in many instances to
heighten and highlight the effec
tiveness of the doorway or the
decorations.
Accompanying the judges on
their tour of the homes were
Mesdames Ennis O’Neal, Carl
Brack, Wayne Barnes, Noah
Powell, and Mrs. Gladys Wilson,
who assisted in entertaining and
greeting the judges at City Hall.
The aforementioned ladeis were
from the Mimosa Garden Club
and the Hawthorn Garden Club.
Doyle Jones, Jr., editor-publish
er of the Jackson Progress-Argus,
wishes to express appreciation to
the Garden Club Council, all
those who participated actively in
the contest, and to those man>
homeowners who decorated so at
tractively, thus making the con
test a success and making the
town and county more attractive
for the Christmas Season.
Butts Negro
Killed In
1-75 Mishap
A Butts County Negro, Bobby
J. Henderson, 29, died of injuries
suffered in an accident on 1-75
Thursday morning, December
18th, about three o’clock about
five miles north of McDonough.
According to information re
ceived here from relatives, Hen
derson and a cousin were travel
ing south on 1-75, enroute to Ma
con to visit Henderson’s children,
when they stopped their car. A
large truck struck their vehicle
from the rear inflicting fatal in
juries on Henderson and seriously
injuring a passenger in the car, a
cousin of Henderson. The injured
men were rushed to Grady Hos
pital in Atlanta where Henderson
died a short time afterwards.
Henderson was born in Butts
County, but presently lived in
Atlanta, and was the son of Mrs.
Ruth Sidney of Route 1, Flovilla.
Among his survivors are his wife,
Mary Bell Shannon Henderson,
and seven children.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Sunday afternoon from
China Grove Baptist Church in
Butts County with Abe Trimier
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1969
Jackson Plays
In Tournament
At Stockhridge
The Jackson High School boys
and girls basketball teams, each
boasting identical 5-2 records,
will participate in the Stock
bridge Christmas Toui-nament be
ginning Monday, December 29th,
and extending through Tuesday,
December 30th.
Teams taking part in the tourn
ament include Stockhridge, Fay
ette County, Henry County, and
Jackson.
The Jackson girls meet Henry
County, designated as the home
team, at 5 o’clock December 29th
in the Stockhridge gym. Henry
County goes into the tournament
with a 4-3 record. The winner of
this game will meet the winner
of the Stockbridge-Fayette Coun
ty tilt Tuesday at 7 o’clock.
Stockhridge boasts a 7-0 record
while Fayette County is 2-2.
In the boys division, Jackson
meets Fayette County at 6:30
Decemebr 29th. Fayette County
has been designated as the home
team and has a 1-3 record. The
winner will meet the winner of
the Stockbridge-Henry County
game at 8:30 December 30th.
Stockhridge sports a gaudy 6-1
record while Henry County is 0-7.
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HRKTINSS
The calm and quiet reaches every corner of this
snow-covered landscape to remind us of the
beautiful peace that is ours to share at Christmas time. And so
we greet you and yours with best wishes for a wonderful holi
day season . . . and heartfelt thanks to our dear friends and
neighbors for your continued patronage, loyal trust, support.
THE STAFF OF THE
JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Santa Comes
Early With
Tax Gifts
The Georgia Power Company
this week presented to the City
of Jackson, The City of Flovilla,
the City of Jenkinsburg and Butts
County checks totaling $59,522.-
11, representing the utility’s local
property taxes for 1969.
Of the total, Butts County re
ceived $59,149.53; the City of
Jackson $216.32, the City of Flo
villa $73.46 and the City of Jenk
insburg $82.80.
In presenting the tax payments,
H. D. Laster, District Manager,
said this was part of approximate
ly $13,900,000 in property taxes
that will be paid by the company
for the year 1969 to state, mu
nicipal and county governments
throughout Georgia.
Earlier in the year, municipal
partnership tax payments total
ing more than $5,250,000 were
made by the company to the 400
cities, towns and communities
with which its partnership fran
chise agreement was in effect.
Under this agreement, the com
pany pays each municipality in
which it operates a percentage
of its gross revenue derived from
the sale of electricity for resi
dential and commercial uses.
These municipal partnership tax
payments are in addition to pro
perty taxes.
The company’s total tax bill
for 1969, including federal, state,
county and municipal payments,
will exceed $64,000,000.
Henry Site Recommended
For New Atlanta Airport
Fireworks
Banned
In City
Jackson Mayor C. B. Brown,
Jr. announced this week that
there is a city ordinance prohib
iting the shooting of fireworks of
any kind within the city limits
of Jackson with Jackson Police
Chief Watson Vaughn stating
that the ban against the shooting
of fireworks will be strictly en
forced.
Mayor Brown said that anyone
caught violating the fireworks
ban will be punished to the full
extent of the law. The Jackson
mayor cited both the danger of
personal injury to those who use
the firecrackers as well as the
danger of fire.
At this time of the year it is
not uncommon to read about chil
dren being blinded and maimed
from the careless use of fire
crackers.
Chief Vaughn said that the
Jackson Police Department will
be especially vigilant against
those who would break the ban
against shooting fireworks within
the city limits.
WATCH NIGHT
SERVICE AT
WESTSIDE
Westside Baptist Church will
begin its Watch-Night services at
8:00 o’clock December 31st with
guest preachers and visitors in a
service of Praise, Prayer and
Preaching.
“We are passing through one
of the most crucial periods this
nation has ever faced. Principles
which have been the guiding
force, and served as the basis for
our laws are being destroyed. It
is time that God’s people took
their stand for God and country.
Join us in prayer,” stated Rev.
Wiley Cameron, pastor of West
side Baptist Church.
COUNTY OFFICES
BE CLOSED DEC.
23RD TO DEC. 29
County offices in the Butts
County Courthouse, with the ex
ception of the Sheriff’s office,
will be closed from 4 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, December
23rd, until 8 o’clock Monday
morning, Dec. 29th. Announce
ment was made this week by
Billy Sutton, Butts County Treas
urer and Clerk of the Butts Coun
ty Commissioners.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A 14,500 acre site in Henry
County was recommended Mon
day by a consulting firm as the
best of four proposed locations
for Atlanta’s second big airport
with the second recommendation
that work there should begin “ex
peditiously.”
The consultants, R. Dixon
Speas Associates, Inc., estimated
that if City Hall and the airlines
that serve Atlanta concurred by
January 1, anew airport might
be in business by mid-1976.
However, Atlanta city officials
indicated at the meeting Monday
that the nine concerned airlines,
who will ultimately pay the major
portion of the bill for the second
airport, will not make up their
minds until January or February.
Also recommended and includ
ed in the 71-page report, made
for the City of Atlanta Aviation
Department, was an air center
which would incorporate airline
passenger parking and processing
complex and a rapid transit line
linking the center with the Henry
County site. Estimated cost would
be $583 million.
Alderman Richard Freeman,
chairman of the airport commit
tee, slid his committee probably
would not make a recommenda
tion to the full board until the
new administration of Mayor Sam
Massell takes over in January.
Mr. Speas said that the air
terminal concept would be the
first of its type in the world and
would connect the new airport
with the present facility with 100
miles per hour monorails. The
terminal which would be located
away from the new airport would
provide space for some 60,000
cars.
United -Appeal
Trustees Held
Report Meeting
The United Appeal Trustees of
Butts County met last week to
receive the report of the recent
fund drive for operating the par
ticipating agencies in 1970.
The treasurer, J. Frank Barnes,
reported that $10,191.52 had
been pledged to date and $4,614.-
27 had been collected.
Anyone who has not made a
pledge may do so by contacting
Mr. Barnes.
The trustees expressed appreci
ation of the leadership given by
Stanley Maddox, Fund Drive
chairman, and of the volunteers
throughout the county who so
licited contributions to the fund.
The next meeting of the trus
tees will be held the second Mon
day evening in January for the
election of trustees to replace
those whose term expires.
City Hall
Be Closed
Three Days
The Jackson City Hall will be
closed Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, December 29-30-31,
according to an announcement
this week by M. L. Powell, City
Clerk.
Mr. Powell said that the audi
tors have requested that the
books be closed as of December
31st, and to accomplish this the
office staff needs quiet and pri
vacy. However, in event of an
emergency, Mr. Powell states that
a call to the City Hall or to the
department involved will bring a
quick response.
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