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News of 10 Years Ago
Mr. William Henry Madden, 53,
resident of Butts County for the
past several years was found dead
in his bed from natural causes
at his Jackson Lake Cottage Mon
day afternoon.
F. M. (Mack) Ridgeway was
elected president of the Butts
County Farm Bureau at a recent
meeting.
The Post Office Department
has accepted the bid of Henry R.
Edwards Jr. of Flovilla to provide
post office quarters on a monthly
rental basis, it has been an
nounced by Postmaster General ,
Arthur E. Summerfield.
The home of Mrs. W. 0. Ball
on East Third Street was ad
judged Jackson’s prettiest in the
annual Yule Doorway Lighting
Contest held here Monday eve
ning. Mrs. Jack Moore was
awarded second place and Mrs.
R. P. Harrison third.
Historic old Fellowship Pres
byterian Church, Butts County
landmark of almost a century
and a quarter, was totally de
stroyed by fire of undetermined
origin on Christmas Eve.
New* of 20 Year* Ago
Alfred D. Fears, well known
young Jackson attorney, for the '
second consecutive year will head \
the March of Dimes Campaign in
Butts County. Last Spring, under !
his dynamic leadership the county \
loyalty is greatly appreciated.
LUKE WEAVER
State Farm Mutual Agent
/ Let Santa
he likes ... but the
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old-fashioned, still.
%jyi‘ * jsk^V Warm greetings and thanks
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Neva’s Beauty Shop
CLOSED FROM DEC. 25 THRU DEC. 29TH
As joy and laughter fill the air during the
Christmas season, we wish to take a
moment to add our best wishes and thanks.
Tastee - Freez
Julian and Annette Fletcher and Family
set anew record for the amount
collected to fight polio.
In keeping with their way of
life was the simplicity of the
occasion of the Golden Wedding
Anniversary observance of Mr.
and Mrs. 0. E. Smith Sunday aft
ernoon at their home in Jackson.
M. E. Wade, Jackson insurance
man, was elected Worshipful Mas
ter of St. John’s Lodge No. 45,
F&AM, Monday night at the an
nual meeting.
Junior Greer, 14 year old
Negro youth, was killed instantly
on Christmas Eve morning about
eleven o’clock when he ran into
;he highway in front of a car on
State Route 42.
Ralph Carr Sr. will be induc
ted as president of the Jackson
Kiawnis Club to succeed Thomas
Collins at the meeting in January.
News of 30 Year* Ago
After a short illness of pneu-
j monia and a period of declining
health extending over several
years, Hampton Lamar Daughtry,
Sr., 80 years of age, died Monday
night at Hotel Buchanan.
Mr. and Mrs. David Obe Wood
ward of Jackson announces the
engagement of their daughter,
Mary Lois, to James Bartholomew
White, of Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Knowles,
esteemed Jackson residents are
observing their 59th wedding an
niversary December 29th. They
have been married since that
date in 1880.
Friends of his boyhood home
were saddened at the death of
Dr. John Wiley Ham, 57 years of
age, widely known Baptist min
ister, evangelist and religious
leader, which occurred Saturday
evening in Atlanta.
Frank Willis, a Negro man
about 25 years of age, was shot
and fatally wounded Saturday
night on College Street with a
Negro employee of the City of
Jackson charged with the shoot
ing.
New* of 40 Year* Ago
A bill to appropriate SIOO,OOO
for a post office building in Jack
son has been introduced by Con
gressman Sam Rutherford of
Forsyth.
Dr. O. B. Howell, well known
Jackson physician, will probably
be a candidate for the primary
of Butts County Board of Com
missioners in the primary next
year.
Prior to December Ist, Butts
County had ginned 5,500 bales of
cotton compared to 5,434 bales
on the same date in 1938.
The Kiwanis Club of Jackson
at its meeting Tuesday night
honored Mr. and Mrs. W. A. New
ton, prominent and beloved resi
dents of Jackson, who celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
Tuesday.
Up to December 20th, when the
tax books close according to
Georgia Law, more than $60,000
in state, county and school taxes
had been collected according to
Boyd McMichael, Tax Collector
for Butts County.
Mistletoe Was Once
Symbol of Evil
The mistletoe, once a sym
bol of death, later became to
be considered as a magical
medicine, is now a universal
symbol of love and peace.
A mistletow arrow, accord
ing to Norse mythology, that
Loki killed Balder, the sun
god, after Balder’s mother had
obtained a promise from all
living things, other than the
mistletoe, that they would not
harm him. Balder was restored
to life and it was ruled by the
gods that the mistletoe would
never again be used to do
harm.
Ancient Europeans con
sidered the mistletoe a magical
medicine. They carried it about
with them for health and luck,
and believed it a cure for ulcers
and epilepsy as well as charm
promoting fertility.
The custom today of giving
a kiss of love or peace beneath
the mistletoe, although a rel
atively modern one, is derived
from the fact that down
through the centuries the
mistletoe has been recognized
throughout the whole world as
a symbol of lasting peace.
Christmas Carols
From Many Lands
A part of the Christmas cele
bration in America is the sing
ing of yuletide carols. We hear
them from groups of carolers
outside our doors, from choir
lofts in our churches as well
as radio and television. The
Christmas season is enriched
by favorite carols.
Early settlers from Europe
an lands brought us three of
our favorite carols. "Away in
a Manger” from Germany; God
Rest You Merry Gentlemen*
from England and "Cantique
do Noel” from France. "Adcste
Fideles” belongs to no country,
however, it has been translated
into 119 different languages
and dialects.
"It Came Upon A Midnight
Clear” was composed by Ed
mund H. Sears, an American,
in 1849. In 1859 Dr. John
Henry Hopkins Jr. composed
"We Three Kings Of Orient
Are”. Dr. Hopkins was an
American and the writer of "O
Little Town Of Bethlehem” in
18(38, Phillips Brooks, was an
American too.
THE WAITS
An important part of ear
ly English Christinas was the
group known as the "waits”.
At first they were minstrels
who sang and played at the
court; afterward, watchmen,
ustxl to guard the streets.
Finally the word was ap
plied to the people who went
from home to home singing
Christmas carols; for their
efforts they received small
gifts or their suppers.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Homemaker's
Corner
BY PEGGY HOLLAND
County Extension Home
Economist
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The Christ
m a s Season
and the High
Hol id ays of
H an n u kkah
bring us all to
a fresh aware
ness of giving.
Charlie
Greetings
C~f\ llow us this moment, to send our sincere and hearty thanks
and best wishes to all our friends and neighbors, whom we have served with
pleasure and pride throughout the year. May the best of holidays be yours.
THE CITY OF JACKSON
WATER & LIGHT DEPARTMENT
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IMLay the peace and joy which radiates from the heart of the
Holy Child, fill you and yours with the wonder and splendor of this
Blessed Season. And may the miracle of His coming be an inspiration
and comfort to you always. Best wishes for a joyous Christmas.
Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation
Brown of Peanuts’ fame laments
the commercialism of Christmas
and many of us join in silent
chorus, but we let it go at that.
What can we do to put more
“giving” into the gift?
Some of the ready replies
would be Plan ahead, select care
fully and thoughtfully, stress
quality over quantity. And these
are helpful pointers that will cer
tainly put us on the track to joy
ful gift giving.
But perhaps there is a deeper
element of lasting meaning. The
special sparkle of hidden beauty
that is not gaudy or showy tinsel
comes from sacrifice.
Yes, that’s what I said,
“Sparkle—from sacrifice.” And
that sparkle comes from a special
inner glow known first to you,
and then slowly brought to full
bloom as your gift “speaks” to
someone close to you. It quietly
whispers that you cared enough
to give—of yourself!
And sacrifice comes in many
varieties and colors and shapes.
For some it may be a financial
burden carried in love, forgoing
something for yourself in order
to give to another.
For others it may be an act of
self-discipline to choose one spe
cial, very meaningful gift rather
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than several smaller ones.
For another it may be the
ly gift of time—the time it takes
to make the selection yourself
and wrap it in a way that only
you would dream of.
Or perhaps the gift of time and
talent combined in a gift Vou
make.
All of theoe can be costly f ol
it would mean sacrifice, givin:'
of yourself!
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