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Ilarksmt Progress-Argus
VOL. 97 —NO. 40
Heavy Vote
Expected In
City Primary
A large number of voters is
expected to go to the polls to
morrow, October 2nd, to nomi
nate a mayor and city councilman
from the Second Ward to serve
the City of Jackson for two-year
terms, beginning January 1, 1971.
In the race for Mayor, voters
will choose between C. B. Brown
Jr., incumbent mayor, and Harold
Martin, incumbent councilman,
from the First Ward. In the race
for the Second Ward seat, voters
will choose between C. M. Daniel
Jr., incumbent councilman, and
Mrs. Sara M. Collins, retired
Jackson business woman.
W. 0. Ball, incumbent council
man from the third ward, will be
nominated without opposition.
Voter registration closed
Thursday, September 24th, with
approximately 1600 having regis
tered, according to M. L. Powell,
city clerk. Mr. Powell said many
newcomers and other citizens reg
istered in the past several weeks
to bring the present total to the
highest in the city’s history. With
interest in the two races at a
high level, many feel that the
voter turn-out in the city pri
mary will exceed 1,000.
Polls will open at Jackson City
Hall at 7 o’clock and will remain
open until 7 p. m. A provision
made by the City Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee permits ballots
to be taken to cars parked in
front of City Hall for the con
venience of registered voters who
are too incapacitated to come in
to the City Hall. Levi Ball, chair
man of the City Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, said this is a
practice of many years standing,
done as a courtesy to the elderly
of the community or those inca
pacitated in any way. Mr. Ball
also said that no ballots will be
taken to a person’s home under
any circumstances.
Mr. Ball said that counting of
the ballots will begin as promptly
as possible after the polls close
at 7 o’clock and that the out
come of the two races should be
known on or before 8:30. Mem
bers of the Democratic Executive
Committee will meet Saturday
morning at City Hall at 10 o’-
clock to consolidate returns and
publish the official results.
Members of the City of Jack
son Democratic Executive Com
mittee will also be elected in the
same primary.
Chairman Ball said no write
in votes will be -considered in the
primary as the time for write-in
votes is in general elections.
Flower Show
Is Feature
Of The Fair
The Flower Show at the Butts
County Fair, an outstanding fea
ture, will be open to the public
Wednesday afternoon, October 7,
at 3:30 o’clock, continuing to 9:30
that night. The hours on Thurs
day and Friday are 10 a. m. to
9:30 p. m.
The Flower Show will be pre
sented by the Butts County Gar
den Club Council, Miss Elizabeth
McMichael, president. Chairman
of the show is Mrs. Elena Carter.
Hostesses from the garden clubs
will be on duty at the flower
show, Wednesday through Friday.
Members of garden clubs ser
ving as chairmen include: Artistic
division, Mrs. Lou Moelchert;
horticulture division, Miss Geor
gie Watkins; decoration of booth,
Mrs. E. D. Briscoe; tabulation of
ribbons, Mrs. Claude Maddox;
hostesses, Mrs. Flora Price; pub
licity, Miss Georgie Watkins;
property and clean-up, Mrs.
Gladys 'Wilson; judges, Mrs. Flo
ra Price.
Games Of The Week
Oct. 2—Jackson v*. Headland
in Atlanta.
Oct. 3 —Tech vi. Clemton in
Atlanta.
Punt Return
Wins For
Woodward
A fighting band of Jackson
High Red Devls exploded a myth
of invincibility that surrounds At
lanta area teams, forcing an out
played Woodward Academy team
to fight for its very life to sus
tain a 6-0 victory Friday in the
home opening game, gained in the
first quarter on a brilliant 76
yard punt return by the War
Eagles’ Bill Steele. Once this
scoring foray was over the re
mainder of the game was domi
nated wholly and completely by
Jackson with the vaunted visitors
making only three first downs,
one by rushing, one by passing
and one on a penalty.
With about 9:45 remaining in
the first quarter Steele fielded
Jeff English’s first punt at the
Woodward 25 and behind devas
tating blocking raced down the
north sideline virtually untouched
for the sole score of the game.
The extra point attempt was
wide.
The remainder of the game saw
Jackson frustrated in its efforts
to score with two fumbles blunt
ing touchdown drives inside the
five yard line. One fumble was
made by quarterback A1 Gilbert,
the other by halfback Bruce
Hicks on a tackle so savage
that Bruce was shaken by the
ferociousness of the play.
Save for the first quarter
punt return Woodward never
threatened, totally unable to
mount a drive against the superb
Jackson defense.
Statistics heavily favored Jack
son with ten first downs to three,
84 yards rushing to 57, 66 yards
passing to 33 for a net total of
fense for the Red Devils of 150
yards compared to 90 for Wood
ward. Jackson ran 54 offensive
plays to 30 for the visitors. A1
Gilbert completed 4 of 9 passes
for 66 yds. including a 15 yd. re
ception by Bruce Hicks, one of
equal distance to Robert Grif
fin and two passes to Nathaniel
Thurman of 17 and 19 yards.
Quarterback Steve Belin comple
ted two of five passes, one for
23 yards to David Brumby and
one for ten yaj-ds to Louis Mar
tin. Steve Fletcher, Jackson wing
back, made two great intercep
tions of Belin.
On the ground Bruce Hicks
garnered 83 yards in 17 carries,
Janies Brown 12 yards in 7 at
tempts, A1 Gilbert broke even
with 13 yards on 13 carries, plus
smaller yardage by three other
Jackson backs. For Woodward,
David Brumby gained 22 yards
on five carries to pace the visi
tor’s attack.
On defense the entire Jackson
team played brilliantly with the
tackles being spread over more
players than is customary. Tom
my Fletcher was credited with
four individual tackles and three
assists to lead the defenders.
Steve Fletcher had 3 and 0, Billy
Glidewell 2 and 2, Calvin White
2 and 1, Steve Bennett 2 and 0,
and James Brown 2 and 1. A
number of players were credited
with single individual tackles.
Woodward Academy was heav
ily favored but Red Devil fans
came away from the opening
game singing the praises of Jack
son’s hard hitting and hard run
ning backs and the superb play
of Jackson’s mobile defenders.
But for the fumbles there can
be little doubt that Jackson
would have scored one of its
greatest gridiron victories in
modern times.
The Woodward Academy band
accompanied the team along with
a large number of spectators with
the band performing notably at
half time. The Jackson High
Band, under the direction of An
drew Buggs, more than held their
own with the Atlanta area band
and drew much applause for their
half time renditions.
With three games under its
belt the Red Devils stand 2-1-0
with victories over Harris County
and Fayette County and a loss
Friday night to Woodward Acad
emy. Headland looms large on the
horizon Friday night with Coach
Loy Hutcheson last week ex
pressing his opinion that Head
Harry W. Ball
Buried Monday
At Arlington
Harry Willingham Ball, 47,
prominent Atlanta insurance ex
ecutive and a native of Jackson,
died about 3:40 o’clock Saturday
afternoon at his home at 4387
Wieuca Road, N. E., Atlanta, fol
lowing an illness of several
months.
Mr. Ball was born May 17,
1923 in Jackson, the son of the
late Mr. Henry Otis Ball and
Mrs. Saralu Harden Ball. Mr.
Ball completed his high school
education in Jackson and attend
ed Darlington School and River
side Military College in Gaines
ville where he was Cadet Colonel.
Upon graduation from Riverside,
Mr. Ball enrolled in the Officer
Candidate School at Fort Ben
ning where he was commissioned
a lieutenant. He served overseas
in the European Theater during
World War II and received the
Purple Heart. Upon discharge
from service Mr. Ball was instru
mental in re-forming Company A
of the Georgia National Guard
and served as Company Com
mander for several years!
Shortly after his return from
military service, Mr. Ball was
employed at Jackson National
Eank for a short time before
working for a number of years
at Pepperton Cotton Mills, a tex
tile plant owned and managed by
his father and brothers. A short
time later Mr. Ball joined Hud
son Peacock in the operation of a
funeral home in Jackson which
was known as Peacock & Ball.
During the year before he moved
to Atlanta in 1957 Mr. Ball be
came affiliated with Aetna, which
affiliation eventually necessitated
moving his residence to Atlanta.
While in Atlanta Mr. Ball had
the honor and distinction of be
ing the first Aetna representative
named tp the Million Dollar
Round Table, which sales he
reached 11 times. Extremely ac
tive in religious and civic affairs,
he was a past president of the
Buckhead Kiwanis Club, was a
member and chairman of the
Board of Deacons of the Wieuca
Road Baptist Church, and while
in Jackson was president of the
Jackson Kiwanis Club and a mem
ber of the First Baptist Church.
Mr. Ball was also a Mason.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3:30 from
the Wieuca Road Baptist Church
with Dr. William L. Self and Dr.
Harry V. Smith Sr. officiating.
Interment was in Arlington Cem
etery with H. M. Patterson &
Son, Oglethorpe Hill, in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Ball is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Anita Stephens Ball of
Atlanta; two daughters, Miss
Louisa Ball and Miss Sally Ball,
both of Atlanta; two sons, Steph
en Ball and Scott Ball, both stu
dents at Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida; two broth
ers, William Otis Ball and Levi J.
Ball, both of Jackson.
Pallbearers were Robert W.
Butler, Willard C. Byrd, J. B.
Thompson Jr., Henry A. Maddox,
Dr. William W. Moore, Dr. R. P.
Cunningham, John B. Moore, C.
G. Norsworthy, Jack F. Estes, and
E. Andrews. Deacons of the Wie
uca Road Baptist Church served
as escort. In lieu of flowers con
tributions may be made to Wie
uca Road Baptist Church Build
ing Fund.
M. L. Hodges
Wins Trip
To Jamaica
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hodges,
Jr. returned September 23rd
from a 5-day all-expense paid
trip to Jamaica for Mr. Hodges’
outstanding sales record of Hot
point appliances.
Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, repre
senting Hodges Hardware & Fur
niture, left Atlanta Saturday
land may well prove to be the
Red Devils toughest opponent of
the ’7O season.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1970 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Carter And
Caldwell
Win Big
Jimmy Carter and Johnnie
Caldwell scored victories of land
slide proportions in Butts County
September 23rd in the run off
primary against Carl Sanders and
Mac Barber in their races for
governor and comptroller gener
al, respectively.
Official returns in the county
as certified by Luther J. Wash
ington, Butts County Ordinary,
showed that Carter carried the
county 1,726 votes to 842 for
Sanders, thus becoming the Dem
ocratic party nominee in the Gen
eral Election of Tuesday, Novem
ber 3rd. Carter will face the Re
publican nominee, Hal Suit, wide
ly known former TV news direc
tor in the General Election.
Carter also crushed Sanders
over the state registering 504,292
votes for 59.4% to Sanders’ 344,-
046 votes for 40.6%.
In the race for Comptroller
General in Butts County Johnnie
Caldwell, veteran legislator and
Thomaston attorney, polled 1,-
676 votes to 799 for Mac Barber,
another veteran legislator.
However, the race for Comp
troller General statewide was
much closer with Caldwell receiv
ing 413,799 votes for 53.3% to
Barbers’ 362,587 for 46.7%.
These figures were from 1,996
of 2,047 precincts.
Carter’s victory was so over
whelming that former Governor
Sanders carried only 10 counties
in the state, although he lost
others by narrow margins. Those
counties in the i Sanders column
included Burke, I Columbia, Fan
nin, Fulton, Gilmer, Greene,
Richmond, Taliaferro, Treutlen
and Twiggs.
Caldwell will be opposed in the
November 3rd general election by
Republican nominee W. Lewis
Johnson.
Mr. Washington is awaiting
receipt of the official general
election ballot and as soon as it
is received it will be placed in the
hands of printers so that absentee
ballots can be furnished the reg
istrars at the earliest possible
moment.
Indications, both locally and
statewide, point to a large turn
out of voters on November 3rd.
Grading, Paving
Contracts Are
Let By County
The Butts County Commission
ers at their regular meeting Mon
day signed a contract for the
grading and paving of Shiloh
Road which connects Georgia
Highways 16 and 42 at Jenkins
burg.
The commissioners also an
nounced negotiations are under
way for a contract for the pav
ing and grading of the Mae Hig
gins Road which connects Hwy.
87 and Hwy. 16 East, the 16
exit being adjacent to the home
of the late Mrs. Higgins from
whom the road derives its name.
Th e county is also playing a
prominent part in improvements
at Indian Springs State Park with
the grading and paving of several
dirt roads in the camping area
and in the area adjacent to the
lake. When these roads are com
pleted they will permit easier
and all-weather access to the
cabins and mobile homes which
are located at the park for the
convenience of visitors and camp
ers.
morning, September 19th, via
plane for the trip to Jamaica.
They traveled by Eastern Air
Line jet chartered plane from At
lanta and made the trip in two
hours and 15 minutes. The trip
was a reward for outstanding
dealers in the Atlanta, New Or
leans, Alabama and Tennessee
Division of Hotpoint.
The Jackson couple reported
a wonderful vacation with deep
sea fishing, golfing, sailing, and
tours of the Island planned for
the guests. Headquarters were at
the Jamaica Hilton.
BUTTS COUNTY FAIR
WILL OPEN OCT. sth
EAGLE SCOUTS
RICHARD BROOKS
Brooks and Parrish
Are Made Eagle Scouts
"Bosses" Are
Guests Of
BPW Club
Rev. Robert T. Baggolt, Jr.,
pas.or of (he First Baplist Church
of Newnan and gifted speaker
and raconteur, kept members of
the Jackson Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club in giggles
and the “bosses” and guests in
broad smiles at the annual ob
servance of Bosses Night Monday
at the Jackson Clubhouse. The
7 p. m. dinner meeting was wide
ly attended.
The program was arranged by
the Civic Participation Commit
tee, Mrs. Winnie Moore and Miss
Anne Grant, co-chairmen, with
Miss Elizabeth McMichael, B&PW
president, welcoming the guests
and bosses.
Rev. Donald Folsom, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Jack
son, presented the speaker who
kept the audience captivated and
tittering with one amusing anec
dote after the other. In a more
serious vein, Mr. Baggott said
that he “liked enthusiastic peo
ple,” and stated that we need
more people with more enthusi
asm. “When a man loses his en
thusiasm and zest for life, he is
bankrupt,” the speaker added.
Mr. Baggott said that it is very
important to learn to plan but
that the plans must be flexible
to allow for the interruptions of
life and the adversaries. We
should have a philosophy of life
to live by and one to die by,
Mr. Baggott said. He concluded
by saying that the philosophy that
has changed his life is the promise
of eternal life—“A Faith in
Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Four bosses present, T. E.
Robison, Sr., D. P. Settle, L. M.
Spencer, and L. W. May, have
perfect attendance for the 13
years the club has observed
Bosses Night. An interesting fea
ture of the program was the
dance numbers rendered by sev
eral pupils of the Nancy Robison
School of Dance.
Mike Morgan sang “Hail Amer
ica” and was accompanied by
Mrs. Julia Lewis, pianist.
The president welcomed Mrs.
Mildred Ballenger into active
membership of the club and called
attention to the business meet
ing scheduled for Tuesday night,
October 6th, in the lobby of Mc-
Intosh State Bank at 7:30 o’-
clock. Tables were decorated in
keeping with Constitution Week
with the flags donated by Gulf
Oil Corporation.
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BENJIE PARRISH
Two Boy Scouts from Troop
80, Richard Brooks and Benjie
Parrish, were presented the high
ly coveted Eagle Scout Award
Thursday evening, September
24th, at ceremonies at the Jack
son Presbyterian Church.
Richard is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Brooks of Jackson,
Benjie is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
B. F. Parrish of Jackson
During his two and a half year
climb to Eagle status Richard
has served two years as Assistant
Senior Patrol Leader, led a Cub
pack as den chief, has been selec
ted for membership in the Order
of the Arrow, and completed 21
merit badges including first aid,
safety and lifesaving.
Richard represented Boy Scout
Troop 80 at the National Jambo
ree in Idaho. His Scoutmasters
have been David Black and Billy
Crum.
Benjie, during his two and a
half year climb to the Eagle
award, has served as Senior Pa
trol leader, Scout instructor and
Cub pack den chief. His service
projects have included visiting in
Sylvan Grove Hospital and two
years participation in the Stay
and See Georgia Clean-up and
Beautification campaign.
Benjie also represented Boy
Scout Troop 80 at the National
Jamboree in Idaho, the trip for
both being co-sponsored by the
Jackson Kiwanis Club and the
Van Deventer Memorial Scout
Foundation. His Scoutmasters
have also been David Black and
Billy Crum.
The two Eagle Scouts are re
ceiving congratulations from
their many friends upon their
latest Scouting achievement.
Water Use
Restricted
In Jackson
Because of low rainfall locally
during the past several weeks,
the use of water in the City of
Jackson has been restricted to
normal household utilization fol
lowing a ban Friday by the May
or and Council on watering lawns,
shrubbery, flowers and car wash
ing.
However, the ban on commer
cial use of water by laundries,
garages, service stations, etc. was
lifted Monday with normal use
again permitted.
At the same time property
owners are asked to cooperate
with conserving water by not
watering lawns and shrubbery.
The dearth of rainfall during
the past six weeks has caused
Yellow Water Creek, from which
the city obtains its water supply,
to fall to dangerously low levels,
thereby necessitating the request
for water conservation by the
city government.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Everything appears in readi
ness for the opening of the Butts
County Fair on Monday, October
sth, thanks to the hard work and
excellent planning of the Jackson
Exchange Club, annual sponsors
of the fair. The fair will continue
through Saturday night, October
10th.
According to Marion Todd,
general manager of the fair, the
1970 edition is foreseen as the
largest and most successful to
date, particularly if the weather
man blesses the fair with good
weather. Mr. Todd said that com
mittees and members of the Ex
change Club have worked long
and arduous hours in striving to
make this year’s fair the best
ever held.
A highlight of the fair will
occur Monday night with the
Kindergarten-Nursery night, a
new feature, with kindergarten
and nursery pupils presenting en
tertainment. Mr. Todd also an
nounced that free rides will be
provided for all contestants. The
naming of the “Woman of the
Year” is traditionally an event of
opening night with the recipient
of this coveted honor to be an
nounced Monday evening.
On Tuesday the First School
Day will be held with the church
choirs to present a program Tues
day night that is certain to be of
interest to the entire community.
The Flower Show, an annual
highlight of the fair, will open
Wednesday with the Second
School Day to be held on this
date. However, it is believed that
the lack of rain during the past
several weeks will detract from
the quality of horticultural exhib
its, both in number and beauty
of specimens. As usual, garden
clubs of the county will vie in
spirited competition in various
classes of arrangements. Rules
and regulations for the flower
show are generally the same as
last year and can be found in the
Butts County Fair premium book.
Anew feature expected to
prove popular will be held Wed
nesday night. It will be known
as Jackson High School Night
with performances by the Glee
Club, the band, and a talent show
to please and entertain patrons.
Livestock Day, as usual, will
be held on Thursday with judging
and the show scheduled for 7 p.
m.
String Bands from this area
will provide string music Friday
night and compete for prizes.
Becky Goddard and the Classics
will be the premier attraction of
the evening.
Saturday is Bake Day and also
the day on which premiums are
awarded with the latter event to
take place at 9 o’clock in the eve
ning.
Mr. Todd pointed out that ad
mission to the fair continues at
the same price, 50c and 25c, with
parking inside the fair grounds
increased from 25c to 50c. All
children and teachers will be ad
mitted to the fair free of charge
on school days, Mr. Todd ex
plained.
BOND SALES
IN COUNTY
INCH AHEAD
Butts County citizens purchas
ed $3,442 in E Bonds and $5 in
notes to bring the county’s
United States Savings Bonds to
tal to $34,869 or 67.1% of the
county’s goal of $52,000. These
figures were released this week
by Mrs. Elizabeth H. Watkins,
Savings Bonds chairman for the
county.
Other counties in the sixth dis
trict through August stand as
follows; Henry $208,282 or 66.1
%; Lamar $131,891 or 65.9%;
Monroe $20,946 or 38.1%; Pike
$12,931 or 51.7%; Spalding $97,-
468 or 65.0%; Fayette $12,929
or 71.8%. Heard County has
gone over the top with sales of
$16,829 or 140.2%. Their county
quota was $12,000.