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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1970
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News of 10 Years Ago
Funeral services for Mr. Ed
ward D. (Dink) O’Neal, Sr., 89,
o died early Monday morning
Emory University Hospital
were held Tuesday afternoon
f ro m the Stark Methodist Church.
Sara Jo Burford, 12, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Bur
ford of Route 1, Jackson, was
winner last week of the Atlanta
Journal sponsored spelling con
test and will represent Butts
County in the District Spelling
Bee in Newnan.
Announcement was made this
week of the appointment of
Marion D. Todd as manager of
Butts County ASC Office.
Graveside services for Miss
May Woodward, 84, member of a
prominent Butts County family
and widely known in Georgia
Education Circles, were held
Monday morning at Oak Hill
Cemetery in Griffin. Miss Wood
ward died Friday night at the
Presbyterian Home in Quitman.
R. A. Cook, Merrell A. Price,
and Willie Avery Cook, agency
representatives for Life Insur
| ance Company of Georgia, have
been designated to attend their
company’s convention in New
York City April 10-13.
News of 20 Years Ago
The Jackson High School band
placed second at the fourth dis
trict music festival held Satur
day in Griffin High School.
Purebred Jersey calves were
to arrive from Canada this week
and be distributed among 4-H
Club members who wish to im
prove their dairy herds. County
agent B. B. Campbell said that
several applications have been re
ceived for the three calves.
In a beauty contest Tuesday
night sponsored by the Jackson
Beta Club, Betty Hammond was
crowned Sweetheart of Jackson
High by a group of out of town
judges.
Quimby Melton Sr., publisher
of the Griffin Daily News and
widely known as a writer and
civic leader, spoke to the Jackson
PTA Thursday night in the Jack
son School Auditorium.
Col. Alfred D. Fears, Jackson
attorney who has heen teaching
in the Atlanta division of the
University of Georgia, has been
commended by George N. Sparks,
Dean, for his efficient work as
an instructor.
News of 30 Years Ago
A total of 2,148 voters are
qualified to vote in the Butts
County primary of April sth, ac
cording to a list by the board of
registrars.
To permit a free, frank and
honest expression of persons re
garding the kind of time Jackson
is to observe this summer, the
city council at its meeting Mon
day night decided to allow all
residents of 21 years of age to
vote on the matter.
A 17 year old Decatur student,
Lanier Bullard, was drowned in
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boat in which he was fishing
overturned in deep water. The
body was recovered three hours
after the accident.
Dr. R. A. Franklin returned
Friday from Baltimore where for
two weeks he took a post grad
uate course at the University of
Maryland Dental College, oldest
institution of its kind in the
world. He also attended a reunion
of the class of 1900, in which
year he was graduated.
Butts County and the City of
Jackson will receive valuable
publicity when Mrs. M. L. Powell
of Jackson will speak over WSB
and will tell the story of Jack
son and Butts County.
News of 40 Years Ago
Friends sympathize with Mr.
and Mrs. Troy Hardy in the de
struction of their home by fire
on March 13th with the building
and all contents lost.
A lovely affair of the week
was the beautiful bridge party
with which Mrs. Hugh Mallet
complimented Mrs. Joel Mallet,
an attractive recent bride, and
Miss Elizabeth Currie whose mar
riage to Mr. Thomas Ashley of
Valdosta will be an interest
ing event of April.
Major George E. Mallet, of
Jackson was elected president of
the Georgia Milk Producers Con
federation at its organizational
meeting in Atlanta Tuesday. Over
225 dairymen attended.
Pepperton is now enjoying the
comfort and convenience of street
and resident lights from power
furnished by Butts County’s own
plant on the Ocmulgee River.
Butts County produced 5,941
bales of cotton in 1929 as com
pared with 5,635 in 1928, accord
ing to the report of the Census
Bureau.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wilson
of Barnesville spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Terrell and
Carlene, Grace and Carl Bryan,
of Riverdale, visited Indian
Springs State Park several days
during the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Dunn and
Teri were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Freeman on East
er Sunday at High Falls State
Park.
Easter weekend guests of Mrs.
J. B. Harrison were Miss Leila
Sams of Atlanta, Mrs. Miriam S'.
Butler of Columbus, Mrs. L. T.
Christian of Richmond, Va., a
niece of Mrs. Harrison, and
Mrs. Christian’s son, Walter Lee
Christian, a student at Georgia
Tech.
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Ga. State Patrol
Tells Public Of
Danger of Drugs
ATLANTA,—(GPS) The State
Patrol’s Safety Education Divis
ion, whose primary function has
been to educate Georgians in mat
ters relating to highway safety,
has expanded its program in the
area of drugs and narcotics.
This was revealed in the divis
ion’s annual report released by
Col. R. H. Burson, director of
the Georgia Department of Public
Safety. The 1969 annual report,
submitted by Capt. George Brad
ley, division supervisor, said:
“The Safety Education Divis
ion, in an effort to educate the
citizens of Georgia in the dangers
of drug abuse and especially to
discourage young people from ex
perimentation with drugs and
narcotics, has initiated a program
to train the members of the di
vision to lecture on this growing
problem.
“To aid in this program films
were purchased, pamphlets ob
tained and dangerous drug classes
conducted by and information ob
tained from pharmacists, Georgia
Bureau of Investigation, Federal
Bureau of Narcotics and State
Crime Laboratory personnel and
other people qualified in this
field.”
This new program, the report
pointed out, is “very much in de
mand by schools, civic clubs, Par
ent-Teacher Associations and
other groups.”
During 1969, the division con
tacted more than 790,000 persons
in speaking to schools at all lev
els, civic clubs, commercial and
fleet drivers, military, PTA’s and
other groups interested in safety
and law enforcement, the report
showed. Safety films were shown
to a total of 278,451 persons.
PERSONAL
Messrs. Hampton Daughtry and
Thomas W. Clifton of Atlanta
were visitors to Jackson Monday,
coming down for the luncheon
meeting of the Van Deventer
Foundation.
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Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New and Renewal Subscriptions
Of The Past Few Days
Robert Foster, Griffin
Jack Norsworthy, Smyrna
W. H. Torbett, Forsyth
J. H. Moore, Smithville, Texas
Earn Watkins, Jackson
Sam F. McClendon, Griffin
Mrs. L. D. Singley, Jackson
Jesse Nutt, Jackson
A. T. Presley, Jackson
Mrs. J. B. Hardwick, Lakeland,
Fla.
E. R. Nash, Jackson
Mrs. J. J. Compton, Jackson
Ronald B. Compton, Marietta
Mrs. C. A. McKibhen, Hogans
ville
E. R. Maddox, Jackson
J. B. Settle, New York, N. Y.
Lt. Col. L. F. Weaver, Atlanta
T. H. Ridgeway, Salisbury, N.
C.
Exie Randlen, Indian Springs
Rogers H. Bennett, Appling
Mrs. Marvin Bennett, Jackson
Otis Hammond, Jackson
Mrs. Edna A. Jackson, Jackson
Robert M. Jackson, Jackson
Anderson Williams, Jackson
W. P. Henderson, Griffin
Chas. Edward Nelson, Jackson
Miss Nellie Singley, Jackson
Joe Shields, Flovilla
Lille Mae Wright, Jackson
C. H. Smith, Jackson
Mrs. J. W. Copeland, Locust
Grove
S. M. Ridgeway, Jenkinsburg
Mitchell Lawson, Jackson
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Frank W. Childs, Jenkinsburg
Josephine Jones, Atlanta
Mrs. Lucile Hutcheson, Jack
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Mrs. J. W. Gilbert, Jackson
Frankie Kersey, Jackson
Mrs. W. A. Duke Sr., Jackson
Mrs. Stella Terrell, Jenkins
burg
Mrs. F. J. Bearden, Madeira
Beach, Florida
Mrs. A. L. Floyd, Jackson
Hugh Gilbert, Flovilla
Mrs. Copeland James, Jackson
Mrs. Tommie Lee Cook, Jack
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Eugene Jester, Jackson
Mrs. Oren Gunn, Jackson
Mrs. Norma J. Jacobs, Jackson
Mrs. John D'. Rooks, Jackson
Harold Brooks, Jackson
Levie Maddox, Jackson
L. P. Jinks, Jackson
Mrs. W. J. Moss, Jackson
Lillie Morgan, Jackson
W. A. Newton Jr., Clemson, S.
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Mrs. W. W. Pope, Decatur
H. C. Wilson, Decatur
Johnny Colwell, Jackson
Mrs. J. O. Maddox, Locust
Grove
J. W. Lawson, Warner Robins
Rev. J. M. Etheredge, Hold
rege, Nebraska
W. Lake Clark, Jackson
Capt. E. A. Jackson, APO San
Francisco, Calif.
Dickie Moore, Jackson
Mrs. G. W. Lunsford, Locust
Grove
N. L. Duffey, Jackson
Ruby Grier, Locust Grove
J. C. Preston, Griffin
Mrs. E. C. Ruff, Savannah
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Butts County
Has Lower
Divorce Rate
(Special to the Progres#-Argu)
NEW YORK, Feb. 21—What
is Butts County’s record with re
spect to divorce? How does it
compare with the record in other
communities?
In the local area, it is found,
fewer marraiges have been end
ing in divorce or separation than
elsewhere throughout the United
States.
Asa consequence, the amount
of family dislocation, and the
many social problems that follow
in its wake, are somewhat smaller
than average.
The extent of these breakups,
which are considered to be a con
tributing factor in the existing
insecurity among the young, is
brought out in government fig
ures.
They show that about 4,400,-
000 Americans were married last
year and that, in the same peri
od, 1,300,000 ended their mar
riages. It amounted to one dis
solution for every 3.4 marriages.
The divorce rate in most parts
of the country is on the increase,
based upon figures compiled by
the Department of Commerce
through a nationwide sampling,
and according to reports from the
Population Reference Bureau and
others.
In Butts County, the number
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of men and women who are di
vorced or separated is now esti
mated at 290, as compared with
the 1960 total of 240.
In terms of local population, it
means that 44 out of every 1,000
residents over the age of 14 are
either divorced or separated.
The rate is lower than that
reported for most parts of the
United States, where the average
is 47 per 1,000. It is also below
the 53 per 1,000 in the South
Atlantic States.
The trend in many sections of
the country is in the direction of
easier divorces. A number of
states have liberalized their di
vorce laws in the last few years.
As of January Ist, for example,
Californians need only tell a
judge that “irreconcilable differ
ences” exist between them and a
divorce degree may be issued.
In New York State, which was
once the toughest state in this
respect, adultery being the only
recognized ground, all that has
to be proved now is that the
couple has been living apart for
two years or more by mutual
agreement.
The ruling is that “it is socially
and morally undesirable to com
pel a couple whose marriage is
dead to remain subject to its
bonds.”
PERSONAL
Ricky Pierce, student at M.T.-
S.U. at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
: pent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Harrison.
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