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Ifairkson Progress-Argils
VOL. 97 —NO. 9
Spread Of Communism Alarming ,
Speaker Tells B&PW Members
Mrs. J. Arthur (Thelma) Mad
dox, of Savannah, state chairman
of the World Affairs Committee,
Georgia Federation of B&PW
Clubs, told members of the Jack
son B&PW Club Monday night at
the February dinner meeting that
Communism is spreading so rapid
ly in Latin America that many
in America do not realize the
seriousness of the situation there.
The program was arranged by the
World Affairs committee, Mrs.
Ruth Watkins, chairman, who
presented the speaker.
Mrs. Maddox said that the
spread of communist propaganda
over the world is one of the prin
cipal dangers facing the free na
tions today. She told how Latin
American students are taught to
take part in air highjacking with
the words of Castro in training
school in Cuba being “Highjack a
plane for me.” She said that
travelers returning from recent
tours of the Caribbean, Central
and South America have person
ally witnessed wanton destruc
tion and damage caused by
guerilla warfare by terrorists in
Santo Domingo, Brazil, Peru and
other Latin American countries.
The speaker said that Castro is
known as the Abraham Lincoln
of Cuba and that he has a train
ing program that is spreading
communist propaganda not only
in Latin America but in the
United States as well. She re
minded that the missile bases are
still in Cuba today and that
training schools in techniques on
rioting are taught by highly
trained Red agents. These young
men are taught how to aggravate
the police, photographing only
the police trying to protect them
selves when they subdue the riot
ers and then they yell, “Police
brutality,” a familiar sound of
late.
The speaker cautioned that it
could happen here and told three
things to do in America: (1)
Open your mouths; (2) If you
have a gripe, type in just a few
sentences and send a copy to the
president of the United States,
vice president of the United
States, every congressman, chief
of police and every governor in
the United States, senators, city
fathers, news media, etc.; (3)
Learn more facts concerning the
chaos that threatens both the
U. S. and Latin America.
Mrs. Maddox closed with these
words of wisdom from Abraham
Lincoln, one of our wisest presi
dents:
“You cannot strengthen the
weak by weakening the
strong.
You cannot help small men by
tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by
destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earn
er by pulling down the wage
payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble
by spending more than your
income.
You cannot further the broth
erhood of man by inciting
class hatreds.
You cannot establish security
on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and
courage by taking away a
man’s initiative and inde
pendence.
You cannot help men perman
ently by doing for them
what they could and should
do themselves.”
Mrs. Robert C. Edwards, presi
dent of the local club, who has
been hospitalized for several
weeks, was able to leave the hos
pital in order to attend the meet
ing. Miss Elizabeth McMichael,
vice president, announced the
business meeting for March 3rd
at the home of Mrs. S. L. Austin.
Mrs. Jewellene Polk announced
that the March birthday dinner
meeting would be on March 30th,
rather than March 23rd, the
change being made to accommo
date the guest speaker, Hal Suit,
candidate for governor and for
mer WSB-TV announcer.
A short business meeting was
held at the conclusion of the reg
ular meeting with several matters
of business taken up.
Engineer To
Be Speaker
For Jaycees
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W. E. McNEELY
W. E. McNeely, traffic survey
engineer for the State Highway
Department in Thomaston, will
address the Butts County Jaycees
at their regular meeting Thurs
day, February 26th, at 7:30 p. m.
at Tomlins.
A registered land surveyor,
Mr. McNeely has been with the
department for more than 14
years, the last four in the Traf
fic and Safety Department.
He was educated in the Univer
sity System of Georgia and is ac
tive in civic affairs. He is a char
ter member and past president
of the Thomaston Lions Club.
Mr. McNeely is expected to dis
cuss the improved safety of Geor
gia’s interstate highways and
their impact upon urban areas.
Jackson FFA
Chapter Wins
Highest Award
The Jackson High Chapter of
Future Farmers of America has
been awarded a Superior Rating
by the National FFA Foundation
for its accomplishments during
the 1969-1970 school year. This
is the highest award that can be
given to a chapter on the state
level.
Sammy Smith, president of the
Jackson High FFA Chapter, sta
ted that “this high honor is made
possible only by the hard work
and wholehearted cooperation of
every one of our 83 members
that make up our local chapter.”
Requirements for such an
award include: preparing a pro
gram of work early in the school
year; paying dues to the state
and national organizations on
time; holding regular, well plan
ned meetings using official para
phernalia, official ceremonies
and adhering to correct parlia
mentary procedure; adopting a
chapter budget and earning suf
ficient money to adequately fi
nance its activities.
Chapter Rating on the State
level in order of importance is
as follows: Standard Chapter
Rating and Superior Chapter Rat
ing. Chapters rated Nationally
in order of importance is as fol
lows: Eronze Emblem, Silver Em
blem, and Gold Emblem.
WSCSTo Host
World Day
Of Prayer
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service will host the World
Day of Prayer Celebration at
the Jackson United Methodist
Church on Friday, March 6th, at
2:30 o’clock. Rev. Ray Dunahoo,
pastor, will bring the message.
The World Day of Prayer
theme is “Take Courage.” It
takes quiet courage to pray in
these times; it takes open courage
to commit your life and resour
ces; let each help a neighbor and
say “Take Courage.” The nation
wide offering taken on this day
makes a world-wide witness.
THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1970
Dream Castle'
Is Real To
Local Family
In the January 22nd edition of
the Progress-Argus a picture of
“Dream Castles” was used on
Keister’s award-winning church
page. Several days later the pa
per was in receipt of a letter
from Lieutenant Colonel Robert
A. (Bobby) Hammond from Obe
rammergau, Germany stating that
they had observed the picture of
the castle and that the real castle,
known as King Ludwig’s Dream
Castle and one of the most fam
ous in the world, is only 20 miles
from Oberammergau.
Col. Hammond wrote that “we
have visited the castle many times
during the past three years and in
fact, it is always one of the high
points of interest to all our
friends who have visited us.”
Col. Hammond continues by
saying, “Perhaps most Americans
associate the Neuschwanstein
Castle with Disneyland. There is
a replica of the castle made by
Walt Disney. Pictures of Neu
schwanstein are also displayed on
some airline calendars.”
The letter concluded, “Just
wanted you to know that we no
ticed the picture. The castle is
very real and we wish everyone
back home could visit it.”
Col. Hammond, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Hammond of Jackson,
and family live in Oberammergau
where he is stationed at the
NATO Weapon Systems Depart
ment (SHAPE), United States
Army School, Europe. His address
is APO New York 09172.
Girl Scout
Cookie Sale
Begins Soon
The annual Girl Scout Cookie
Sale begins this year on February
27th. Cookies will again be on
sale for 50c a box with Mrs.
Rosena O’Hearn acting as Girl
Scout Cookie Chairman for
Butts County.
This year anew cookie will be
sold. It is called Pecanettes and
is a delicious cookie with pecans
and chocolate chips in it. Other
cookies on sale will be Peanut
Butter, Mint, Butter Flavored
and Assorted Sandwich.
Help support the Girl Scouts
by buying a box of cookies.
The following recipe was sub
mitted by the Girl Scouts for
Cookie Souffle: 1 cup scalded
milk, 12 cookies—broken (use
Butter Flavored Shorties), 4 egg
yolks, Vz tsp. vanilla, 4 egg
whites, pinch of salt. Pour milk
over cookies, add well beaten
yolks and cook in a double boiler
until thick. Cool. Add vanilla and
stiffly beaten whites and salt.
Put in a pudding dish in pan of
warm water to bake for 35 min
utes at 325 degrees. May be
served with chocolate sauce.
Traffic Deaths
Drop Sharply
In First Month
ATLANTA,—(GPS) The State
Patrol’s January report of traf
fic deaths in Georgia contained
encouraging signs when compared
with a year ago.
For example, total state-wide
deaths decreased by 21, or 16
per cent, dropping from 131 to
110.
Rural fatalities dropped by 31,
or 31 per cent, from 100 to 89.
There were 10 fewer urban
area deaths, 21 compared with
31, a 32 per cent decline.
“We only hope this is the be
ginning of a downward swing in
Georga’s traffic death toll,” com
mented Col. R. H. Burson, state
safety director.
Register For
Tumbling On
February 27
The Van Deventer Youth Cen
ter will offer tumbling classes
again this year for girls in the
first through the eighth grades,
it was announced this week by
William Mack Davis, Youth Di
rector of the Van Deventer
Foundation.
All girls interested in enrolling
in this year’s program are asked
to meet at the National Guard
Armory on Franklin Street on
Friday, February 27th, at 7:30
p. m. Mr. Davis requests that
each girl bring a parent or
guardian with them to sign the
parent release form. This form
is mandatory before a girl will
be allowed to participate in the
classes.
Mr. Davis said that insurance
will be available for those girls
who desire it for $2.50 for one
year. There is no other fee re
quired for the program with the
insurance offered for those who
feel they do not have enough ac
cident coverage.
The classes will be held two
nights per week and will extend
over a period of five weeks. All
students in the classes will pre
sent a program during the sixth
week.
Mr. Davis reminds again that
the sign up date for the classes
is February 27th at the National
Guard Armory at 7:30.
Dr. Newman To
Speak On
‘Drug Alert’
Dr. Jack Newman will speak to
the Jackson Kiwanis Club next
Tuesday night on “Operation
Drug Alert” with the address ex
pected to be one of the most in
teresting of recent date.
Kiwanis International, as well
as the local club, is emphasizing
the growing menace of drug use
by teenagers and is making the
fight against drug use one of its
major projects for 1970.
Five students from Jackson
High School last weekend attend
ed a 2-day conference in Atlanta
at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel on
“Operation Drug Alert,” with
addresses being made by many
prominent Georgians as well as
by a member of the Apollo astro
nauts. Attending from Jackson
were Bill Nelson, Harry Lewis,
Douglas Briscoe, Ann Watkins,
and Susan Maddox. Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Morgan served as cha
perones for the group.
Tuesday night’s program on
“Brotherhood” failed to material
ize with the club being adjourned
early by President Denny O’Neal.
Guests were Malcolm Brenner of
Atlanta, Lloyd Hester of East
Moline, 111. and Key Club mem
bers Bill Nelson and Bill Glide
well.
Hugh Glidewell
President Of
Auburn Frat
Hugh Morris Glidewell, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Glide
well, Sr. of Jackson, has been
signally honored by being elec
ted president of Epsilon Alpha
Chapter, Delta Tau Delta Fra
ternity at Auburn University. He
has assumed leadership of the fra
ternity for the coming year.
Hugh is a junior this year, ma
joring in Political Science in the
Pre-Law Department. He is en
rolled in the Advanced Army
ROTC program as well as being
a representative of Delta Tau
Delta on the Auburn Interfrater
nity Council, which is the govern
ing body of the fraternity.
Hugh said that it might be in
teresting to note that T. K. Mat
tingly, a member of the next
scheduled Apollo flight to the
moon, is a former president of
Epsilon Alpha Chapter at Auburn
University.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
STAR Student-Teacher Banquet
Will Be An Event March 3rd
John Evans Jr.
To Speak On
Home Missions
REV. JOHN N. EVANS JR.
March Ist is the date that em
phasis will be placed on Home
Missions at the First Baptist
Church. This service will climax
a series of study on home mis
sions which was held last Wed
nesday night on a church wide
basis.
Principal speaker for the day
will be Rev. John Nicksons Evans,
Jr., Secretary of the Department
of Metropolitan Missions of the
Southern Baptist Home Mission
Board. Mr. Evans is a native of
Knoxville and is a graduate of
Carson-Newman College and has
a Th. M. Degree from Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Kentucky. He also at
tended the University of Ten
nessee and Yale University.
He has held pastorates through
out the south and came to the
Home Mission Board from Mary
land where he served as secre
tary of the Department of Mis
sions and Stewardship. He is
married to the former Miss Jose
phine Turner and they have two
sons.
FFA Boys
Win Prizes
For Clean-up
Tommy Herbert, Kim Ruff,
and Randy Jarrell, members of
the Jackson High FFA Chapter,
have been awarded money prizes
as being finalists in the FFA and
4-H Clean-up Contests sponsored
by the Butts County-Jackson
Stay and See Georgia Contest
Committee.
First was Tommy Herbert, sls,
second was Kim Ruff, $7.60, and
third was Randy Jarrell with
$2.50.
In order to participate in the
contest each boy must have par
ticipated in carrying out clean-up
activities which earned him
points. The boy with the highest
number of points was declared
winner.
Girls
Blitz
Gordon
BY PATRICE MARCHMAN
The Devilettes entered their
first tournament game of the sea
son and were able to defeat the
Gordon Bulldogs by a score of
67-39. Inice Dennard seemed to
be unable to miss and totaled
31 points. Denise Davis scored
19, Carole Lawrence 10 and Dale
Patrick 7.
The guards played by Doris
Green, Andrea Holston and Pa
trice Marehman didn’t start off
too good but were able to do bet
ter themselves as the game pro
gressed. All the girls on the team
were able to play.
GEMC Shows
Remarkable
Expansion
The rural electrics in Georgia
have realized their greatest
growth during the past decade of
any in its 35 year history, accord
ing to Theo M. Parkerson, Presi
dent of the Georgia Electric Mem
bership Corp., and Walter Har
rison, Executive Manager of
GEMC.
Mr. Parkerson stated that from
the year 1960 to 1970, the 41
electric cooperatives that make
up the Georgia Electric Member
ship Corp. have increased the
number of meters served from
275,600 in 1960 to 405,000 in
1970. This reflects a 47 percent
growth in meters over the ten
year period.
In addition to this growth in
consumers, the cooperatives had
56,700 miles of line energized in
1960 compared to 75,400 in 1970,
or a 31 percent increase.
In comparing the two items,
number of meters to miles of line,
the co-ops averaged 4.8 members
per mile of line in 1960 compared
to 6.4 in 1970.
Mr. Parkerson also stated that
GEMC underwent many improve
ments other than growth during
the 19605. Probably the most
important of which was the or
ganization of a co-op bank called
the Cooperative Finance Corp.
The bank, established by and
for rural electrics all over the
nation and spearheaded by the
National Rural Electric Coope
rative Association, is designed to
provide the electric cooperatives
an additional source of financing.
The Rural Electric Administra
tion (REA), a division of the
Department of Agriculture set up
with the original rural electric
bill, has in the past, provided the
needed financing at a reasonable
interest. Increased demands on
the federal budget for other
needs and the increased require
ments of the electric co-ops were
the influencing factors for tne
establishment of CFC.
“We look for the 1970s to pro
vide just as many interesting and
challenging opportunities as the
19605,” Mr. Parkerson said.
MASTER'S DEGREE NEXT FALL
CAN MEAN SCHOOL ACCREDITATION
Butts County School Superin
tendent W. B. (Bill) Jones is in
receipt of a recent letter from J.
Everette DeVaughn which states
that Butts County schools will
likely attain accreditation again
once Mr. Jones receives his Mas
ter’s Degree in Administration
next fall. Mr. DeVaughn sug
gested that the local schools can
apply and be eligible for admis
sion at the annual meeting in
December.
Reproduced in its entirety is
the letter of Mr. DeVaughn to
Mr. Jones:
“This letter is to confirm the
content of our telephone conver
sation this week. You raised the
question as to whether schools
in your district could be accredit
ed next fall if they were clear
of major deficiencies or were in
the status they were in this past
fall if the superintendent at time
of filing application held a mas
ter’s degree in administration or
a master’s degree plus fifteen
semester hours in administration
and supervision. The answer is
definitely in the affirmative.
Henderson High would have been
accredited at the annual meeting
as having no deficiencies and
Jackson High would have re
mained on the accredited list
with one deficiency had it not
been for the requirements under
Principal E, Standard 1, under
discussion.
“We are pleased to know that
you will have your master’s de
gree in administration next fall
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Butts County Jaycees will
hold their annual Awards Night
banquet on Tuesday, March 3rd,
with the focal point being on the
STAR Student-Teacher selections,
according to a statement this
week by Herman Waits, Jaycee
president.
Mr. Waits said that the ban
quet will be held in the Jackson
School lunchroom beginning at
7:30 o’clock with tickets now on
sale by Jaycee members at $1.50
per plate.
In addition to the STAR Stu
dent-Teacher Awards, the Jaycees
will also name a Young Man of
the Year and a Young Farmer of
the Year. Mr. Waits will preside
at the banquet.
Pamela Kay Anderson has al
ready been announced as the
1970 STAR student in the Butts
School System and will make
known the name of the teacher
who has contributed most to her
education at Tuesday’s banquet.
The featured speaker at the
banquet will be Oscar H. Joiner,
assistant State Superintendent of
Schools, School Administrative
Service.
Mr. Joiner is a native of Met
ter. He attended public school
in Vidalia and has received the
following degrees; BS from Geor
gia Southern College; Masters
from Duke University; and has
done post-graduate work at Pea
body College.
During his period as educator,
Mr. Joiner served as school prin
cipal at Alston, Jesup and Clax
ton. He was City School Superin
tendent at Elberton and for 19
years was area representative of
the State Department of Educa
tion in southeastern Georgia with
headquarters in Statesboro.
In July 1961 through October
1967 he served as director of Di
vision of Financial Services in the
State Department. He became as
sociate State Superintendent of
Schools in December 1969 and is
presently assistant State Superin
tendent of Schools, School Ad
ministrative Service.
Mr. Joiner is author of sev
eral educational books and is
married to the former Blanche
Anderson of Statesboro. They
have a daughter who is a student
at Emory University. Mr. Joiner
resides at 1761 Arrowhead Trail,
N. E. in Atlanta.
and that your schools will apply
and be eligible for admission at
the annual meeting in December.
“Enclosed you will find re
funds of fees for Jackson High
($126.00) and Henderson High
(100.00). We regret that a major
violation made it impossible for
the Georgia Committee to recom
mend favorably last fall.
“If we can be of assistance,
please call us.”
Mr. DeVaughn is secretary of
the Georgia Committee, the Com
mission on Secondary Schools of
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools. His address is
Georgia State College, 33 Gilmer
Street, S. E., Atlanta, Georgia
30303.
Open House
Sunday At
Pastorium
On Sunday, March 1, from
2 :30 to 4:30 p. m. the First Bap
tist Church will hold Open House
at the new pastorium on Wesley
Drive. The home has just recently
been completed and is now oc
cupied by Pastor and Mrs. Donald
L. Folsom and family.
All members of the Church,
their friends and friends of the
church are invited to call be
tween these hours.