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New* of 10 Year* Ago
Two of Butts County’s promi
nent civic leaders will head the
1960 Easter Seal Campaign.
James Payne of Jackson will
serve as county chairman with
James E. Cornell, Jr. of Indian
Springs to serve as county treas
urer.
Harvey (Butch) Bohannon,
one of the most talented pian
ists ever produced at the local
school, was recenlty awarded a
four year music scholarship to the
University of Georgia.
It took only two days for
March to deliver a knockout
punch to central and north Geor
gia last Wednesday and Thurs
day and a paralizing blanket of
ice that ran roughly from Macon
norftiward that spread destruc
tion to utilities and property in
the uncounted millions of dollars.
Dr. Albert O. Linch, prominent
Atlanta doctor and native of Flo
villa, was buried at Arlington
Cemetery Sunday afternoon, his
death resulting form a heart ail
ment with which he had suffered
for several weeks.
Snowbound families of North
Georgia, suffering from the
worst March snow, ice and sleet
storm in history received a
helping hand from two compon
ents of the local National Guard
units who left last Friday to lend
assistance to the hard pressed
families.
News of 20 Years Ago
Mrs. Mary Will Sherrill has
been advised by the government
that the body of her son, Lt.
Robert C. Reynolds, lost in action
over Austria May 18, 1944, is en
route to the states.
Vandals Tuesday night broke
into both the grammar and high
school buildings of the Jaakson
schools, an effort netting them
approximately $2.00 in the ele
mentary school and an undis
closed amount in the high school.
The Jackson Exchange Club
has been lauded for sponsoring
the Jackson High School Band
with the business men of the
community also praised for their
financial support.
S. L. Nelson, mayor of Flo
villa, has called a special meet
ing of the citizens of Flovilla and
community to be held in the City
Hall Saturday to formulate plans
to complete the Jackson short
route.
Ralph W. Carr Jr. of Jackson
has been appointed county census
supervisor, Richard W. Watkins
Jr., district census supervisor,
announces.
New* of 30 Year* Ago
Henry Merritt Fletcher, prom
inent member of the Jackson Bar,
former mayor of Jackson, former
state senator from the 26th dis
trict and one of the county’s
leading citizens, died at his home
on the Griffin Road Tuesday
morning after a critical illness of
several days.
In the fifth annual retail mar
keting contest, sponsored by the
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, Miriam Maddox, member
of the Towaliga 4-H Club, placed
second in the state and has been
awarded a cash prize of S2O.
Invitations have been received
in Jackson to the graduation
piano recital to be given by Miss
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j Vera Edwards at Brenau College
on Friday, March 15th.
Announcement is made that
Mrs. J. I. Leverett has been
named postmaster at Jenkinsburg
to succeed Mrs. Tom Merritt, who
previous to her death a few weeks
ago, held the office for several
years.
At a meeting of the Jackson
Woman’s Club held Friday after
noon the following slate of offi
cers were elected: Mrs. 0. A.
Pound, president; Mrs. W. E.
Watkins, vice president; Mrs. E.
J. Williams, recording secretary;
Mrs. N. A. Powell, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. W. B. Thompson,
treasurer.
News of 40 Year* Ago
I)r. Guy H. Wells, president of
the South Georgia Teachers
College, Statesboro, will be the
principal speaker at the monthly
meeting of the Butts County
teachers to be held at the Pep
perton School Friday afternoon.
It will be of interest to pa
trons of the Jackson Public
Schools to know that Prof. D. V.
Spencer has been re-elected for
another year by the Board of
Education as superintendent of
the Jackson School System.
Mr. F. G. Varner, a grandson
of the late Mr. Edward Varner,
pioneer and prominent resident of
Indian Springs, has some inter
esting records of long ago. One
of these is a payment of passage
over the Macon Bridge the date
of November 6, 1832. Mr. Varner
who operates a stage coach, paid
the sum of $1.50 for passage
over the Macon Bridge for a
period of three months.
Friends of Mrs. G. T. Fossett
will be saddened to learn of her
death, which occurred early
Monday morning at her home on
Indian Springs Street.
Members of the Men’s Bible
Class of the Jackson Methodist
Sunday School will go up to At
lanta Sunday morning to hear
Judge H. Warner Hill lecture to
Library
Schedule .
This is the Spring schedule
for bookmobile stops in Butts
County.
Wednesday, March 18; April
1, 15, 29; May 13, 27:
12:15, Jenkinsburg Miller
Apts.
Thursday, March 12, 26; April
2, 23; May 7, 21:
11:15, Washington Home
11:45, Flovilla - Smith Home
12:15, Flovilla Post Office
PERSONAL
Guests this week of Miss Blan
nie Stallworth and Miss Eleanor
Moncrief are Mrs. Edgar Wise
and Larry Wise of Gainesville,
Fla., and Jim Wise of Duke Uni
versity.
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Newman,
Karen, Penny, Clyde and Allen
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Newman in Dawson.
Mr. and Mis. A. A. Thrasher
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mi's. John Cochrane and John Jr.
in Athens.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Van Deventer
Sign Up Days
Are Announced
Sign up dates for those boys
and girls who wish to play base
i ball and softball have been an
nounced as April 1,2, 3, by Wil
! Ham Mack Davis, program direc
j tor for the Van Deventer Foun
dation.
In a letter to parents and play
j ers Mr. Davis wrote that all boys
j and girls who plan to play base
ball or softball during the sum
mer of 1970 must do the follow
ing things to be eligible:
Pee Wee Team, six years and
in school the past year, have
one parent or guardian sign up
on one of the days listed below.
Ty Cobb League, ages 7,8, and
9, sign up on dates listed below.
Little League, nine through 12,
sign up on listed dates, this in
cludes all boys even though you
were on a team last year.
Babe Ruth, 13 through 15, all
boys who want to play sign on
above listed dates but a parent
or guardian must sign the form.
Girls softball, 9 through 15,
a parent or guardian must sign
on one of the dates listed below.
Mr. Davis said that other pro
cedures must be followed and
these include bringing a copy of
their birth certificate to be filed
at the Youth Center; Little
League and Babe Ruth players
should bring $3.50 for cap and
insurance, other boys and girls
SI.OO for cap. Insurance will be
available for girl softball players
for $2.50 but is not required for
softball; a picture of your team
may be ordered on sign up day
for SI.OO.
Mr. Davis said that all Ty Cobb
and Pee Wee players are insured
through the Little League pro
gram at no charge to the players.
Mr. Davis said that all boys who
have not played Little League
baseball before in Jackson must
try out on April 6th or 7th to be
eligible for selection on one of
the teams. The hours are from 5
p. m. to 6:30 p. m. He empha
sized that all players must have
a parent or guardian sign for
them on the dates listed above.
Mr. Davis further emphasized
that no boy or girl can play on
any team unless they are proper
ly signed up on one of the four
days listed above. If this is not
possible, sign ups can be made at
the Youth Center before April
Ist.
Mr. Davis said that August Ist
would be the date for determin
ing age, for example, a boy born
July 31, 1957 will play the 1970
season as a 13 'year old. For any
questions Mr. Davis said call 775-
7360 or 775-2427.
Patrol Arrests
Up 13 Per Cent
During ’69 Year
ATLANTA, (GPS) Despite
the fact that innumerable state
troopers were relieved of their
highway patrolling duties during
1969 in order to maintain law
and order at racially-inspired
trouble areas over Georgia, the
State Patrol managed to establish
a good record in traffic enforce
ment.
Evidence of this is seen in the
Accident Reporting Division’s
1969 annual report released by
Col. R. H. Burson, state public
safety director.
During the past year state pa
trolmen made 135,434 arrests for
traffic law violations, an increase
of 15,723, or 13 per cent, over
1968. At the same time, the pa
trolmen, under orders to deal
strictly with flagrant violators,
issued 6,690 fewer warning
tickets than in the previous year.
The report further showed that
in 1969 a total of 78,372 patrols
(up 6 per cent) spent a total of
627.698 hours (up 8 per cent)
patrolling 12,789.183 miles (up 3
per cent).
The patrol’s accelerated en
forcement activity likewise was
reflected in court actions. For
example, of the 129,380 cases
disposed of in 1969, which was
12 per cent more than in the pre
vious year, 113,838 resulted in
convictions, an increase of 14 per
cent over 1968.
Family & Group
Shelter Opens
At High Falls
Anew Family and Group Shel
: ter is now available at High Falls
State Park which is located mid
! way between Atlanta and Macon,
about eight or nine miles South-
I west of Jackson,
j The new structure, which can
I accommodate 175 persons, is
j ideal for family reunions and for
| church or school picnics, and may
j be reserved for a fee of $25 a
j day.
The structure is screened and
has a barbecue grill, electric
stove, drinking fountain, sink
with hot and cold water, a soft
drink machine, and private rest
room facilities. During winter
months, it can be heated, so
weather need never cancel the
plans of any organized group for
an outing.
In addition to High Falls,
there are ten other Georgia State
Parks with a similar facility.
These parks, which are conven
ient to every seciton of Georgia,
are: Chehaw at Albany, Elijah
Clark near Lincolnton on Clark
Hill Lake, Georgia Veterans near
Cordele on Lake Blackshear,
Hard Labor Creek at Rutledge,
Kolomoki Mounds at Blakely,
Laura S. Walker at Waycross,
Magnolia Springs at Millen, Red
Top Mountain at Cartersville on
Lake Allatoona, Reed Bingham
at Adel and Yam Grandy at
Swainsboro.
All reservation requests should
be sent directly to the park su
perintendent.
On The Farm
Production
Front
BY CARL BRACK
BnttK County Agent
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Butts Coun
ty 4-H’ers en
joyed a rainy,
but interesting
week end at
Rock Eagle
March 20 and
21. This meet
ing was an
overnight 4-H Rally, the first
ever held in Georgia.
Those attending from Butts
County were: Charlene Brownlee,
Janice Cook, Ellen Pinckney,
Auze Dover, Robert Riddle, Ken
ny Smith, and Andy St. John.
4-H’ers and Sportsmen Club
members are sponsoring a Fish
ing Rodeo April 5-12. Tickets
sell for SI.OO. The proceeds
from this event will go to the
4-H Club and the Scholarship
fund of the Sportsmen Club.
Friday, March 27, is County
Achievement for those 4-H’ers
who won in Community Achieve
ment, The boys Achievement will
be held in the Extension Office
and Girls Achievement will be
in the Jackson High Home Eco
nomics Dept.
Fertilize Fish Ponds
At the start make three appli
cations at the rate of two 40
pounds of 20-20-5 per acre at
one week intervals, or until a
good color develops in the pond.
Place the fertilizer in water less
than six feet deep.
Make additional applications
of one bag of fertilizer per acre
every three to four weeks, or
when the water clears so that
you can see deeper than 15
inches into the water. This pro
gram should continue until Oc
tober or November.
If a pond has been properly
fertilized for the past five years,
and if there is no concentration
of weeds, fertilize in the future
with phosphate only. The rate is
40 pounds of superphosphate per
acre per application. The first
three applications should be made
two weeks apart, and thereafter,
at three or four week intervals.
If you do not have a pond
dip stick, you may pick up one
at this office.
Feed Additives
During the past few years a
large number of hormones, tran
quilizers. antibiotics, enzymes
and other drugs have been used
in an attempt to improve the
performance of beef cattle. Ac
cording to our Extension animal
scientists, the synthetic hormone
diethylstilbestrol is about the only
additive that has consistently in-
Revival At
Towaliga
Begins 29th
Revival services at Towaliga
Baptist Church will begin Sun
day, March 29th, and will extend
through Sunday, April sth. Ser
vices will be held each evening
at 7:30 o’clock except Easter
Sunday when they will be at
seven o’clock. There will be no
service on Saturday, April 4th.
Rev. Paul Camp, pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, Jonesboro,
will be the evangelist with Wal
ter (Bud) Yancey to lead the
singing.
Rev. Camp had wide experience
as a business man before enter
ing the ministry full time. After
answering the call to preach he
was pastor of the Antioch and
Armuchee Baptist Churches near
Rome. Upon graduation from
Southern Seminary, he became
pastor of Mt. Zion Church in
1967.
Mr. Yancey is former music
director of the Stockbridge First
Baptist Church and of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church. He lives in Clay
ton County and is a deacon of
Mt. Zion Church.
LIONS BROOM
AND MOP SALE
BEGINS 24th
Members of the Butts County
Lions Club will be ringing door
bells beginning Tuesday night,
March 24th, on their annual
Broom and Mop Sale which which
will continue through the re
mainder of the week.
Carl Brack, president, in an
nouncing the sale said that mops
sell for $1.25 while brooms are
sold for $1.50. Mr. Brack said
Raymond O’Quinn is chairman of
the Broom and Mop Committee
and that solicitations will be made
after 5:30 p. m.
Mr. Brack said that the brooms
and mops are made by the blind
at plants in Atlanta and Griffin
and that profits from the sale
will be used by the local Lions
Club for community projects.
creased efficiency of beef pro
duction.
They say this is one of the
simplest, easiest and most inex
pensive ways of improving the
efficiency of production in a fin
ishing operation. Still, very few
feeders in Georgia are using
stilbestrol.
Here are several points con
cerning the use of stilbestrol.
#
Average daily gain on feedlot
steers can be increased by
around 15 percent through the
use of stilbestrol.
Feed efficiency is increased by
around ten percent. That is, it
takes about ten percent less feed
to produce a pound of grain on a
steer using stilbestrol than when
not using it.
Carcass grade and composition
are not adversely affected by the
use of stilbestrol when it is used
according to recommendations.
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“DADDY IS EASTER SEAL COACH” . . . (L-R) Denise Dooley,
5, Daniel, 6, and Deanna, age 8, listen intently as their father,
Vince Dooley, head football coach at the University of Georgia,
tells his youngsters about the crippled children he has met over
the years. Coach Dooley is serving his fifth consecutive year as
State Campaign Chairman for the annual Easter Seal Appeal slated
for the month of March. Dooley is now a member of the State
Board of Directors of the Georgia Easter Seal Society foi Crippled
Children and Adults, and a National Sponsor.
JAYCEE WIVES SPONSOR
CAKE SALE MARCH 28th
The Butts County Jaycee wives
will have a cake sale Saturday,
March 28th. The cakes, which
will be for advance orders only,
will be featured from Rich’s.
Anyone desiring to place ad
vance orders may call Mrs. Nan
cy Waits at 775-3683 or 775-
7812, or Mrs. Pat Barnes after
5 p. m. at 775-3228, or Mrs. Pat
Montgomery at 775-3128 or 775-
3840.
MARTIN TAX SERVICE
I welcome an opportunity to serve you at any
time, please come by my office or call.
Your C&S Charge Card and BankAmericard
may be used to cover the cost of preparing your
returns.
Harold E. Martin
MARTIN TAX SERVICE
113 NORTH OAK STREET
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1970
Symptoms of Distress Arising from
STOMACH ULCERS
UETO EXCESS ACID
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WILL A RD TREATMENT have been sold
lot rebel ol symptoms of distress arising from
Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers due to Ei
cess Acid—Poor Digestion. Sour or Upset
Stomach, Gassiness, Heartburn, Sleep
lessness. etc., due to Excess Acid. Ask for
“Willard’s Message” which fully explains
this home treatment— free —at
Parrish Drug Company
City Rexall Pharmacy
Jackson Drug Company