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THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1970
This Side
Of Town
BY BRENDA WILLIAMSON
Voters have only a few more
days to decide upon whom they
will elect to head the state’s
highest offices since the State
Primary is coming up September
9th. But the question remains as
to how many Butts County and
Georgia citizens will take advant
age of voicing their opinion on
matters that concern them or sit
idly by and refuse to take time
to go to the polls and vote. This
is one of our greatest freedoms
and should we ignore it, we may
live to regret the fact that we
didn’t make the effort to go.
Our forefathers struggled to get
us these freedoms and worked
hard to keep them but the now
generation doesn’t even seem con
cerned that someday we may not
enjoy all the privileges we now
have. Whatever your choice on
election day, by all means go and
express your choice by casting
your ballot at your designated
poll Young people that
leave home to go to college now
adays leave looking like respect
able young men and women but
after some time at the college
of their choice many come home
looking like anything from hip
pies to members of the sex op
posite to what they are. We know
of one such instance in partic
ular. We saw a young man re
cently and hardly recognized him
because his looks had changed so
much. Not calling any names,
we are sure it was him because
underneath it all one could rec
ognize the same features that
were so prominent before he left.
We often wonder what they see in
looking as sloppy as they do but
we had our fads and fancies when
we were growing up so we guess
this is to be expected. At least
let’s hope its only a fad
Schools have opened across the
state, most without incident, this
being anew year for everyone
concerned. Total integration took
place for the first time with most
students getting along well to
gether. It will take effort on ev
eryone’s part to make this com
ing year one to remember, not as
one of strife and confusion, but
of learning and getting along well
with fellow students and parents.
It will take patience on the part
of teachers, pupils, bus drivers,
parents and everyone connected
in any way to the school system
to make this year a year of
achievement and recognition
rather than a year of
disgr ac e and humiliation.
Let’s all work together and
see what can be accomplished
for Jackson and Butts County.
Congratulations to Mrs. S.
K. Smith of Flovilla on her 100th
natal date last Saturday. She has
reached an age that many never
even get close to and her pic
tures belie her many years. She
is well known in Flovilla and
Cork, having lived there all of her
life. We wonder what she thinks
of present trends and the mode
of dress and styles for both men
and women Football sea
son is almost upon us and men
all around Jackson are so excited
they can hardly wait. Soon will
be the time that wives will sec
retely wonder just why they mar
ried this football maniac who will
not even leave the television to
eat. A battle often ensues when
the little woman meekly suggests
that he pay some attention to
her or the children with you know
who coming out the winner.
From now till February the fe
male spouse just as well resign
herself to the fact that she likes
football or else find something
other than her husband to oc
cupy her time. You know the old
saying “If you can’t lick em
join ’em.”
EASY MEALS
Oven meals can be easy meals.
Home economists with the Uni
versity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service say oven meals
do not require constant watch
ing, stirring and turning. Less
dish washing is needed, as you
can cook and serve in the same
dish. Food stays at serving tem
peratures longer, too.
PREVENT HOME FIRES
Home economists with the Uni
versity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service offer these
suggestions on how to help pre
vent falls at home. Keep stair
ways free of clutter. Repair
broken steps. Always use the
handrail on stairways.
40,972 Library
Cards in Flint
Region District
Library card holders with the
Flint River Regional Library now
number 40,572. During the past
year, 11,512 new cards were is
sued while 6,936 were withdrawn
due to expiration.
Library records revealed that
1,494 residents have valid cards
which were received from the
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Hawkes Library in Jackson. In ad
dition 11,016 residents have reg
istered for cards either on the
bookmobile or at the Hawkes
Library in Griffin. Borrowers who
have registered for library cards
with other agencies of the Flint
River Regional Library are as
follows: Forest Park 12,899;
Jonesboro 7,916; Riverdale 4,-
181; Forsyth 1,292; Fayetteville
425; and McDonough 1,749. The
figure for Fayetteville includes
only borrowers who have regis
tered since the library joined
the regional system last year.
The "What Can We Do For You?" Bank
(and how it got that way)
Some people think every bank is just a bank: a lot of brick and
mortar and tellers' cages and a sturdy vault and some stuffy people.
If you've seen one bank—they say—you've seen them all.
But, funny how these people always change their minds when
they start doing business with us. Citizens and Southern.
And that's not really a boast, it's a promise.
We think you feel it the moment our operator answers your call
by saying: "C&S—what can we do for you?"
You see, the "you" is why we re in business and the "doing for
you" is how we stay in business.
At last count, we had over a hundred C&S banks all over
Georgia. If it will make life easier, more convenient for you, we II open
a hundred more.
At last count, we offered 132 separate banking services at C&S.
If it will make your money life better, we'll give you 132 more.
But, here at C&S, we know that you use just one bank, one
service at a time. And so each of us does his darndest to make the
"What-can-we-do-for-you?" spirit work harder for you and
your money.
Tomorrow, if you're planning to walk into just any bank—don't.
Try C&S instead. We guarantee to do more—and that's a money
back guarantee.
C&S What can we do for you?
CgS The Citizens & Southern Banks in Georgia Members fdic
BOND SALES
IN COUNTY
AT 60.4%
Butts countians purchased $4,-
979 in E Bonds and sl9 in Notes
during July to bring the Savings
Cards are valid for a three
year period. They are issued free
of charge to all residents in the
7-county region. One cards is all
that is required to borrow library
materials from any of the public
libraries affiliated with the sys
tem.
Bonds purchases to $31,422 or
60.4% of the 1970 quota of $52,-
000. These figures were released
this week by Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Watkins, Butts County chairman
of the U. S. Savings Bond di
vision.
Other counties in the sixth dis
trict through July stood as fol
lows: Henry $181,713 or 67.7%;
Lamar $117,383 or 58.7%; Mon
roe $19,141 or 34.8%; Spalding
$81,957 or 54.6%; Meriwether
$51,565 or 47.3%; Pike $11,683
or 46.7%.
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New and Renewal Subscription*
Of The Past. Few Days
Thos. A. Williamson, Forest
Park
Mrs. A. A. Thrasher, Flovilla
Roy A. Cook, Jenkinsburg
Charles Faulkner, Monticello
W. B. Jones, Jackson
MacArthur Whitaker, Ft. Lee
AFS, Va.
Lamar Whitaker, Ft. Worth,
Texas
Richard Lewis, Jackson
L. J. Ball, Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Jordan,
Monticello
Bobby Harrison, Atlanta
Mrs. Frank Hawkins, Bergen
field, New Jersey
S/Sgt. Andy W. Long, Eglin
AF Base, Florida
Mrs. J. H. Pope, Jackson
Melvin Jenkins, Flovilla
S. T. Hocker, Jackson
Griffin Federal Savings &
Loan Ass’n., Griffin
