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Engagement of Judy Kaye
Smith, Timothy Wesley
Skinner Is Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith
of Flovilla announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Judy
Kaye Smith, to Timothy Wesley
Skinner, son of Mrs. C. Wesley
Skinner and the late Mr. Skinner
of Wilson, North Carolina.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Zelmer Burford
and the late Mr. Uurford and
Mrs. Ernest Smith and the late
Mr. Smith.
Miss Smith, a 1967 graduate of
Jackson High School, is a senior
at Tift College where she is ma
joring in English.
The future groom was a 1966
graduate of Ralph L. Fike High
School in Wilson, North Carolina
and has recently completed four
years of service in the U. S. Navy.
He is presently employed by the
Georgia Power Company in At
lanta.
Mr. Skinner is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Murray and
the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Skinner, Wilson, North Carolina.
The wedding will take place at
half-past-three on August 29th
at the Flovilla Baptist Church
with the reception to follow at
the home of the bride’s parents.
WORTHVILLE OES
TO MEET JULY 2nd
The Worthville Chapter No.
516 O.E.S. will be open for the
summer. The first meeting for
the summer will he Thursday
night. July 2nd, at Worthville Ma
sonic Hall at 8 p. m.
PERSONAL
I>r. and Mrs. J. W. Watkins
and sons, Jimmy and Johnny,
of Decatur, have just returned
from an enjoyable 12 day cruise
to Nassau. Jimmy and Johnny
had as their guest, Bill Winsore,
also of Decatur.
Mrs. Franklin Cawthon and lit
tle daughter, Lisa, and Mrs. Car
rie Nelson visited Monday with
Mr. and Mrs. Eska O’Neal of
Morrow. They also visited Mrs.
Dan Chambers and Mrs. J. K.
Harris in Chamblee and Mr. Dan
Chambers at V.A. Hospital in At
lanta.
Mrs. Elwyn V. Patrick of Car
rollton visited last Friday and
Saturday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.O. Minter.
Mrs. J. Frank Hardy and Miss
Christine Hardy of Atlanta at
tended funeral services Tuesday
morning: for Miss Annie Lou Mc-
Cord at Haisten’s Chapel.
Col. and Mrs. J. O. Futral of
Griffin attended funeral services
Tuesday morning for Miss Annie
Lou McCord at Haisten’s Chapel.
SP 4 Marshall O. Baker is at
home from Homestead, Florida
for a 15-day leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Baker,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ves Lunsford and
family have been spending the
past week at Jacksonville Beach,
Florida.
NEW ARRIVALS
VIA
MASTER LUCAS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lucas
of Marietta announce the birth
of a son, Mark Daniel, on Mon
day, June 29, at Kennestone Hos
pital. Mrs. Lucas will be remem
bered as the former Miss Mary
Saunders of Jackson. Grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Saun
ders of Jackson and Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Lucas of Monessen, Pa.
CHAMBERS REUNION AT
WORTHVILLE JULY sth
All relatives and interested
friends are invited to attend the
W. M. Chambers reunion at the
Masonic Lodge in Worthville on
Sunday, July sth, beginning at
10 a. m.
BILES-STEWART REUNION
IS SET FOR JULY sth
The Biles and Stewart reunion
will be held at the J. H. Stewart
home on Sunday, July sth. Fam
ilies are asked to please bring a
picnic lunch which will be spread
at the noon hour.
PERSONAL
Miss Shirley Ingram has re
turned home from Newton Coun
ty Hospital after undergoing
surgery on June 12th. She is re
cuperating at her home on Fin
cherville Road.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dowd of
Atlanta spent the weekend with
their mother, Mrs. H. H. Cald
well. They were joined by Mrs.
W. H. Mallet Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. B. H. Thompson, Mrs.
Dottie Thompson, lisa and Ken
dra of Ft. Pierce, Fla. were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Ham
mond for several days last week.
While here they visited friends
and relatives.
Miss Dorner Carmichael and
Candee Carmichael are spending
the Summer in Athens. Dorner is
attending Summer School at the
University of Georgia, while
, Candee is employed at a well
: known steak house.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sapp and
| children of Warner Robins visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
j Smith, last weekend. Gary Sapp
I remained for an extended visit
with his grandparents.
O’Neal Reports
On Kiwanis
Convention
Kiwanis President Denny O’-
Neal gave the club a report Tues
day night on the Kiwanis Inter
national Convention which he
and Lt. Gov. Frank Forehand of
the 12 th Division recently at
tended in Detroit, Michigan.
President O’Neal told of his
four days in Detroit, the trip be
ing made by 95 Kiwanians on a
charter flight from Atlanta to the
convention city. He reported that
over 400 Georgians attended the
convention which was attended
by over 4,300 official delegates
with families swelling the attend
ance total to over 10,000.
The president described the
arena in which the convention
was held which seats over 20,-
000. He reported one of the high
lights of the convention was a
talk by Arthur Godfrey on “En
vironmental Pollution,’’ which
also touched on the population
boom. Mr. O’Neal said that the
Thomaston club donated SI,OOO
in memory of Mark Smith, Sr.,
a former president of Kiwanis
International. Mr. O’Neal also re
ported that one charter member
of the first Kiwanis club, found
ed in Detroit, was present at the
convention.
Mr. O’Neal said Kiwanis Inter
national is emphasizing three
major projects this year, these
being Operation Drug Alert, Per
sonal Involvement in Community
Activities, and Improving One’s
Environment.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital during the week of June 24-
July 1 include:
Brenda Todd, Jasper F. Pick
ett, Willis McElheney, Lynn Opp,
Florence Whitehurst, Dennis
Agee, Jim Robertson, Bennie
Mathis, Thelma Godwin, Edna
Singley, Maude Britton.
Sue Ledford, Sally Massey,
Baby Boy Ledford, Van Kersey,
Ola Mae Lawton, David Taylor,
Will Wright.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Couch of
Macon went camping at High
Falls State Park last week during
their vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Smith,
Mickey and Troy had as their
guests Sunday for Mrs. W. T.
Pelt’s birthday dinner Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Pelt, Mr. and Mrs.
Willis McElheney and Cathy, Mr.
and Mrs. 0. P. Stephens, and
Ronnie, Mrs. A. R. Kimbell, Mr.
and Mrs. Artis Knowles, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry McElheney and baby,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Maddox and
Stan, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Kim
bell, all of Jackson, Mr. and Mrs.
Sammy Pelt, Kip and Van, of
Barnesville and Mr. Olin McEl
heney of Warner Robins. An en
joyable lunch was spread under
shade trees with everyone hav
ing a delightful time.
Taft Ring and Gary Cook were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. O.
Williamson Sunday night and
Monday.
Debbie Williams of Thomaston
is visiting her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Williams, this
week.
Mrs. J. D. Anthony and grand
daughter, Pam Studstill. of At
lanta. and Mrs. Wesley Leverette
of Covington were weekend visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook
and family.
Lan Cook of LaGrange spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim
McMichael.
Mrs. Carl McMichael and Mrs.
Eddie Bond spent last Thursday
with Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Mc-
Michael.
Miss Susan Brisk of Chicago
and M iss Mary Faulkner of Mi
ami, Fla. are spending a week
with Mrs. Margaret Stevens and
M iss Kiki Carmichael.
Rev. and Mrs. Bert Carmichael
and Michele will arrive Thursday
for a month’s visit with his moth
er, Mrs. Margaret Stevens, and
Miss Kiki Carmichael.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Rites Today
For Mrs. Chas.
L. Cochran
Mrs. Mildred Evelyn Alexander
Cochran, GO, of Route 2, Jackson,
died Tuesday morning, June 30th,
at the Living Center of Griffin
following a lengthy illness.
She was the wife of Charles
Lee Cochran, Jackson business
man and jeweler who operated
a jewelry store on Keys Ferry
Road and who himself is a patient
at the same nursing home in Grif
fin in which his wife died.
Mrs. Cochran was the daugh
ter of Mr. Jesse Alexander and
Mrs. Sally Foster Alexander of
Pike County.
Funeral services for Mrs. Coch
ran will be held Thursday morn
ing at 11 o’clock from Haisten’s
Chapel in Jackson with the Rev.
Grady H. Pitts officiating. In
terment will be in Westview
Cemetery in Atlanta.
Mrs. Cochran was a member of
the Jackson Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband,
Charles Lee Cochran of Jackson;
a sister-in-law, Mrs. Beulah M.
Cochran, Decatur; a brother-in
law, Frank H. Cochran, West
Palm Beach, Fla.; several nieces,
nephews, and other relatives.
Presbyterian
Camp at Conyers
Opens July 27th
Conyers—The Smyrna Presby
terian Church will hold its 143rd
Annual Camp Meeting beginning
July 27th and continue through
August 7th.
Dr. Cecil Thompson, pastor of
the McComb Presbyterian Church,
McComb, Mississippi, will be
preaching each evening at 8
o’clock and Sunday at 11 o’clock.
Rev. Lowell Sykes, pastor of
the Lakemont Presbyterian
Church in Augusta, will teach a
Bible course each morning at 11
o’clock.
t
Rev. Richard Curnow, Jr., pas
tor of Ingleside Presbyterian
Church in Scottdale, will be the
song leader.
The dining hall will be open for
all meals. Smyrna Campground is
located four (4) miles West of
Conyers, Georgia at the intersec
tion of Georgia Highway 138 and
212. Sunday, August 2, will be
observed as Homecoming Day.
Dr. Richard M. Thompson, pas
tor of the Indian Creek Baptist
Church, Stone Mountain, will
preach at 3 o’clock.
FUNDS SOUGHT TO CLEAN
BEERSHEBA CEMETERY
Since the cost of labor has ad
vanced, it is necessary to ask the
people having loved ones buried
at Beersheba Primitive Church in
Henry County to help in the
cleaning of the cemetery. Please
send contributions to Mrs. Jean
ette McLendon, Clerk, Locust
Grove, Ga.
Register To Vote
DEADLINE JULY 20TH
Registrar’s Office in Butts
County Courthouse Open
8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday
S a. m. to 12 Noon, Wednesday and
Saturday
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
PHILUP BENSON HAM
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT 33
BUTTS AND MONROE COUNTIES
Henderson YC
To Offer
Swim Classes
Swimming classes will be of
fered by the Henderson Youth
Center again this year with all
boys and girls interested in the
classes to sign up at the center
by July 10th. Enrollment will be
between the hours of 9 a. m. and
12 noon.
The classes will be held at In
dian Springs State Park each
morning from nine o’clock till ten
o’clock beginning July 20th
through July 25th.
A bus will leave the center at
8:30 each morning and will re
turn about 10:15. All boys and
girls who plan to ride the bus
should be at the center by 8:30.
A registration fee of SI.OO per
student will be charged to help
defray the expenses of the
classes.
Any adult who can help with
these classes may volunteer their
services by calling 775-7229.
Mrs. Harris,
Cartersville,
Died Sunday
Mrs. Lemma Hice Harris of
Cartersville, mother of Frank G.
Harris, president of the Indian
Springs Holiness Campground As
sociation, died Sunday in Carters
ville.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at eleven o’-
clock from the Faith United
Methodist Church in Cartersville
with the Rev. Roy A. Neal offi
ciating. Interment was in the
Rock Creek Cemetery, Ellijay.
Mrs. Harris is survived by
three sons, Frank G. Harris, Car
tersville; Freeman Harris, Rock
mart; Thurston K. Harris, Akron,
Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Brad
ford, Dahlonega, eight grandchil
dren; 11 great-grandchildren.
PERSONAL
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Newman
spent last week at Ocean City,
Md. and were joined there by
Mrs. Newman’s sister, Mrs. R.
E. Brown, Mr. Brown, Richard
and Steve of Cockeysville, Md.
Clyde and Allen Newman spent
the week with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Britton, in
Perry.
A. L. Kersey entered Macon
Hospital on Monday for surgery.
He expects to return home this
week.
Rev. James H. Langley of Los
Angeles is visiting for a couple
of weeks in Jackson with Mrs.
Inez Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sherrell, and Mr. and Mrs. Lon
nie Rawls.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian F. Marsh
and Alison spent their vacation
at St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
While there they visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Mallory and Teri at
Tampa.
Ben Wright
Talked On
Mental Health
Chaplain Ben Wright of the
Georgia Diagnostic and Classifi
cation Center talked to the Jack
son Kiwanis Club on Tuesday
night, June 23rd, about the prob
lem of mental retardation and
voiced his opinion that there were
approximately 30,0 persons in
Butts County that are mentally
retarded and stated that 30 or
40 of these people have been
identified and are ready for
some form of treatment and
therapy.
Chaplain Wright was intro
duced by Rogers Starr. Mr.
Wright is a member of the Butts
County Commission on Mental
Retardation and explained its
impact on the nation today. The
speaker described one mentally
retarded as “children and adults
who are limited in their ability to
learn. They are generally socially
immature and inadequate, and
they are sometimes further handi
capped by emotional and physical
disabilities.” Mr. Wright said
that those with an IQ of 50 or
above are capable of being edu
cated for a relatively independ
ent life. He stressed the import
ance of treatment beginning in
the earliest years.
Chaplain Wright, in his inform
ative talk, covered the whole
spectrum on mental retardation
and urged the support of the pub
pic in forming an active chapter
in Butts County to assist the
mentally retarded.
An interclub delegation from
Covington was present at the
meeting.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Powell and
Misses Antoinette and Charlene
Brownlee returned Monday from
a week’s trip to the West. They
visited New Orleans, La., Gal
veston, Houston and Dallas, Tex
as and many other points of in
terest. The trip was a graduation
present to Antoinette, a 1970
graduate, and Charlene, who will
be a 1971 graduate.
Mrs. Earl Williams and Susan
of Conyers are spending several
days this week with Mrs. J. W.
Carter while Mr. Williams is at
tending a meeting at Jekyll Is
land after which he will stop for
a visit with his mother, Mrs. Ern
est Williams, at Blackshear and
return his daughter, Melissa, to
Jackson.
Notice of Public Hearing
The Jackson-Butts County Planning Commis
sion will hold a public hearing at the City Hall
of the City of Jackson at 8:00 o’clock p. m. on
July 20, 1970 upon a request dated June 24,
1970 of Fickling and Walker Development
Company, of 2841 Pio Nono Ave., Macon, Ga.,
to rezone from R-l zoning classification to R-2
zoning classification the following-described
property in the City of Jackson, to wit:
Beginning at a point on the Westerly side of
the end of the right of way line of Oakland
Circle, said point being N 66 degrees 00’ E,
160 feet from the Northwest corner of the exist
ing, Jackson Low Rent Housing Authority, as
shown on Survey by J. Wayne Proctor, Survey
or, dated May 20, 1969; Running thence N 66
degrees 15’ E along the end of Oakland Circle
and along other property 190 feet to a point;
thence S 24 degrees 00’ E 79 feet to a point;
thence N 64 degrees 37’ E 865.95 feet to a point;
then N 24 degrees 00’ W 430 feet to a point;
thence S 64 degrees 37’ W 1055.95 feet to a
point; thence S 24 degrees 00’ E 351 feet to the
point of beginning.
The purpose of the requested rezoning is sta
ted to be to permit the construction upon sub
ject property of approximately 10.8 apartments
per acre.
The public is invited to said hearing to ex
press thereat your views upon the requested
rezoning.
This the Ist day of July, 1970.
Jackson-Butts County
Planning Commission
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1970
County 4-H’ ers
Attended
Council Meet
The 37th Annual Georgia l-H
Council meeting was held at R ( , k
Eagle 4-H Center, Eatonton,
from June 22 to 24. The theme
of the council meeting was—“A
New Decade: Choice, Challenge,
Change.”
The three day meeting was
filled with special events, guest
speakers, and live entertainment.
Monday evening Dr. David
Schwartz, Georgia State Univer
sity, spoke to the group of ap
proximately 1,000 4-H’ers and
leaders. Dr. Schwartz’s subject
dealt with the power of positive
thinking in relationship with the
decisions and choices young peo
ple make today. On Tuesday, Mr.
Paul Anderson, Olympic weight
lifting champion, and Mrs. Flor
rie Fisher from Miami, Florida,
and a drug addict spoke to the
council.
Tuesday night saw the Third
United States Army Soldier Show-
Production presenting “Gettin’
It Together . . . Right Now.” La
ter that evening “The Group”
provided music for dancing.
Wednesday was the climax of the
elections of the new 1971 State
4-H Council officers. Also on
Wednesday, Mr. Bill Curry, sports
announcer for WAGA-TV, Atlan
ta, and All-Pro Center for the
Baltimore Colts professional foot
ball team, spoke on Citizenship,
challenging the audience to be
come better citizens.
Those 4-H’ers from Butts
County attending the meeting
were: Janice Cook, Rita Smith,
Kenny Smith, Auze Dover, and
Ellen Pinckney, Northwest Dist
rict 4-H President, who ran for
the office of state president.
PERSONAL
Davis Wilson, enroute to his
home in Lawrenceburg, Ky.,
spent Monday night with his
aunt, Mrs. F. C. Hearn.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Seck
inger and Kirk had as their
guests for the weekend Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Bailey of Savannah.
Rickey Lewis returned Friday
from Fort Bragg, N. C. Joe Pike
of Mount Airy, N. C., a fellow
trainee, spent the night with him
enroute home.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Prosser
of Greenville, S. C. spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Prosser.
