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VOL. 97 —NO. 43
Red Devils
Even Record
In 21-2 Win
A football victory and home
coming makes for as nearly per
fect an occasion as mortals can
achieve, and such was the case
Friday night when the Jackson
High Red Devils blasted the Hen
ry County War Hawks 21-2 in
the homecoming game on Red
Devil Hill, with Charlene Brown
lee being crowned as Miss Home
coming during halftime proceed
ings.
The alert Devils proved to be
opportunists as they took advant
age of errors by the visitors to
fashion their satisfying win in
what was strictly a defensive
game all the way. In fact, during
the grueling encounter Jackson
managed only two earned first
downs while the War Hawks could
amass only five earned, all on
the ground for the visitors failed
to complete a single pass and
Jackson only one.
With 8:41 remaining in the
first quarter, Billy Glidewell
charged through to block a punt
by Eddie Wise with Tim Wood
scooping up the bouncing pig
skin to race 55 yards untouched
across the goal. Steve Barnes
added the first of three perfect
placements as the Devils went
ahead by 7-0.
Late in the third quarter with
the game stalemated, Bruce
Hicks, senior running back, once
again proved why he is one of
the state’s best, by taking a hand
off from quarterback A1 Gilbert
on a reverse and racing 55 yards
around end for the second Jack
son tally. On this play Bruce
simply outran three defenders
with no blocking whatsoever once
he was past the line of scrim
mage. Steve Barnes made it 14-0
on his placement.
With 9:24 remaining in the
third quarter, Bruce Hicks took a
pitch-out from Gilbert and veered
13 torturous yards around his
right end into the end zone, pul
ling away from several would-be
tacklers enroute. Barnes again
was perfect on his kick with the
scoreboard reading Jackson 21-
Henry County 0.
Henry County put its two
points on the board on the last
play of the third quarter when
onrushing linemen tackled a Jack
son back in the end zone, the ball
being on the 1 foot line.
Jackson had three first downs,
one each by rushing and passing,
and one by penalty. Henry Coun
ty had five, all coming in the
second half by rushing and three
by penalty for a total of eight.
Jackson had a total of 43 of
fensive plays that gained a net
total of 147 yards. Henry County
had 61 plays that netted 164
yards, via rushing. Jackson had
one pass completion and six at
tempts, a toss from Gilbert to Nat
Thurman for eight yards. Jack
son rushed for 139 yards. There
were no pass interceptions with
the Red Devils losing one fumble.
The War Hawks fumbled twice
but recovered both. Jackson was
penalized 100 yards, Henry Coun
ty 65.
Bruce Hicks gained 101 yards
in 18 sorties; Jeff English ran
4 times for 12 yards; Robert
Griffin, 4 for 11; James Brown
6 for 8; A1 Gilbert 4 for a minus
s;'and Charlie Howell, 1 for 2.
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Revival And
Dedication
At Pepperton
REV. THOMAS L. MOODY
A’ week of evangelistic services
at the Pepperton Baptist Church
will be “kicked off” Sunday, Oc
tober 25th, with a dedication ser
vice of the new church building
during the morning worship hour.
This will be followed by a basket
lunch at noon.
Rev. Thomas L. Moody, the
new pastor will be evangelist for
the revival scheduled for October
25-30 with services each morn
ing at ten a. m. and each eve
ning at 7:30 p. m.
Rev. Clarence Cox, association
missionary of Rehoboth Associ
ation, will be the guest song lead
er. He will lead in congregational
singing each night with the 30
voice choir to bring special mes
sages in music. Mr. Cox is a for
mer minister of music at Chero
kee Heights Baptist Church in
Macon and the First Baptist
Church in Cordele.
Mrs. Ralph Cook will be at the
piano with Mrs. Dottie McMichael
and Mrs. Ava Smith alternating
at the organ. Allen Byars, church
choir director, will be assisting in
choir numbers.
A nursery will be provided and
a hearty welcome is extended to
all.
Eddie Smi.h had 71 yards in
14 attempts for the visitors with
Dwight Jackson contributing 63
yards in 23 carries. Henry Mc-
Kibben had 14 yards in four at
tempts.
Jeff English again had a good
night punting, averaging 40 yards
on four kicks.
Defensively, Tommy Fletcher
was outstanding, credited with 8
individual tackles and three as
sists. He was followed by Joe
Tyus, 6-6; Tommy Herbert, 5-6;
Tim Wood, 5-5; Calvin White,
5-5; Steve Jones, 5-4; Wally
Jenkins, 3-5; Billy Glidewell,
3-3; Steve Fletcher, 3-2; with
other tackles being divided among
Charlie Howell, Curtis Taylor,
Jeff English, James Brown, Bruce
Hicks, Randy Freeman, Hosie
Folds, Kenny Smith, Johnny
Varner, Bill Woodard, Jerry
Respress and Eugene Myricks.
The decisive win evened Jack
son’s record at 3-3-0 with vic
tories over Harris County, Fay
ette County, and Henry County
and losses to Woodward Acad
emy, Headland, and Briarwood.
The Red Devils journey to Madi
son Friday night for a game with
Morgan County with kick-off
scheduled for 8 o’clock.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1970
First Frost
Hits County
On Saturday
The first frost of the season
descended on the county Satur
day morning with temperatures
plunging to 34 degrees at Indian
Springs, Butts County’s “ice
box.” Several reported seeing
light scattered frosts about the
county in low places and felt that
it would have been much heavier
but for winds out of the north
west that did not abate much
Friday night.
A cold front moved across
Dixie during the day Friday,
wedging out a high pressure sys
tem that had kept temperatures
in the Southeast eight to 10 de
grees above normal for the last
several weeks. Winds Friday
shifted from the east to west and
north and by nightfall the first
distinct chill of the Fall season
was unmistakably evident. Sweat
ers, jackets, coats and wraps of
various kinds were much in evi
dence Friday night as the chill
air heightened the zest of grid
fans at the Jackson-Henry Coun
ty Homecoming game in Jackson.
Coffee sales at the concession
stands were brisk and many a fan
was heard to mutter that “my
feet are cold,” “my ears are
cold,” or “that wind is really
ohilly.” The Red Devils warmed
the hearts of their followers, if
not their feet, with a command
ing 21-2 victory over the War
Hawks to even their record at
3-3-0.
Jim Davidson, editor of the
Cleveland Courier, and his weath
er prognosticating cohorts, pre
dict that this winter will be a
stem winder, at least up in White
County and probably here too.
The mountain seers, remarkably
accurate on their predictions, say
the winter will be unusually cold
and hard, basing their forecast
on the thickness of the corn
shucks, the heavy coats on ani
mals, and the fact that hornets
can’t be fooled and have built
their nests unusually close to the
ground, an infallible sign to the
mountain men.
Down in central Georgia, we
can only hope that what’s true
for the mountains may not hap
pen here, and get out the long
handles early. With the long
styles coming back, the LJ’s may
be fashionable again. Neverthe
less they are mighty darn prac
tical—and WARM.
Flovilla To
Elect City
Officers
Residents of Flovilla will go
to the polls Saturday, October
24th, to elect a mayor and five
councilmen in the City Primary
to be held on that date.
Two candidates have qualified
for the mayor’s post and these
include Curtis Gilbert and J. D.
Long.
Six candidates have qualified
for the five council seats and
these include C. A. Anthony, E.
R. (Buddy) Edwards, Jr., Byron
Haynes, Luther (Luke) Jones,
Dennis MeMichael and Adel Mon
crief.
The polls at Flovilla will be
open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. with
the balloting to be done at City
Hall. The new officials will take
office on January 1, 1971.
BRUCE HICKS
NAMED ON
PREP PARADE
Bruce Hicks, scintillating sen
ior running back of the Jackson
High Red Devils, once again
made the Constitution’s Prep
Honor Roll for his sparkling per
formance against Henry County
in Jackson Friday night when he
scored touchdowns on runs of 55
and 13 yards.
Of him, the Constitution said,
“Bruce Hicks, Jackson—runner
went 13 and 55 yards for scores
as the Red Devils beat Henry
County, 21-2.”
Bruce is the son of Mrs. Wright
j G. Hicks and the late Dr. Hicks.
Kiwanians
Learn Of
OEO Aims
Mr. Edward Houghtaling, di
rector of the local OEO (Upper
Ocmulgee Economic Opportunity
Commission, Inc.), spoke to the
Jackson Kiwanis Club Tuesday
night and explained to members
and guests the purpose of the
commission which might be sum
med up as helping alleviate pov
erty. The program was arranged
and the speaker presented by
Luke Weaver, chairman of the
Interclub Committee.
Mr. Houghtaling said the pro
gram is designed to help the pov
erty stricken help themselves and
that the program must have the
support of the whole community
if it is to succeed. The speaker
also pointed out that a person
must be willing to help himself
before the OEO can help him and
observed that the majority of the
poor need assistance.
Outlining some of the pro
grams, Mr. Houghtaling said that
the commission offers assistance
in family planning, 364 partici
pated in 1969; maternal and child
health care and in disseminating
birth control information. Other
areas in which the commission
helps is in the neighborhood ser
vice program in which on
poverty is taken into the neigh
borhood of the poor; emergency
food and medical programs; and
the full year head start program
which is concerned with the de
velopment of the total child.
Mr. Houghtaling surprised his
audience when he stated that
there are 4,600 poor people in
Butts County, defining “poor” as
a family of four with an income
of less than $3,600 per year. A
question and answer session fol
lowed Mr. Houghtaling’s inform
ative talk.
President Ralph Carr called at
tention to the Billy Graham
movie, “For Pete’s Sake,” which
will be shown October 28th and
29th at the Jackson School Audi
torium at 7:30 p. m. Tickets are
available at local drug stores ac
cording to an announcement by
Richard Watkins, chairman for
the film’s local showing.
President Carr announced that
the next Kiwanis pancake supper
will be held on November 17th
at the school lunchroom with
Francis Holland and Freddie
Dodson named as co-chairmen.
Richard Watkins, Jr. was appoint
ed ticket sales chairman.
Rogers Starr inducted Joe Tay
los, executive vice president of
Mclntosh State Bank, as anew
member. Visitors were Malcolm
Brenner and Key Club members
Darrell Potts and Steve Peck.
Daniel Resigns
Mclntosh Trail
Chairmanship
C. M. Daniel, Jr., Jackson auto
mobile dealer and incumbent
councilman from the second
ward, resigned his position as
chairman of the Mclntosh Trail
Area Planning and Development
Commission at the regular meet
ing of the commission on Thurs
day night at the Crescent House
in Barnesville. Mr. Daniel not
only resigned chairmanship of the
commission but also resigned as
representative of Jackson on the
commission, citing business and
personal reasons for his resigna
tion.
The commission elected Ralph
Barron of Barnesville as acting
chairman. Mr. Barron will serve
until the end of the year at which
time a permanent chairman and
vice chairman will be named.
Wade Pierce was recently
chosen executive director of the
commission.
EASTERN STAR WILL
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Jephtha Chapter No. 252,
Order of Eastern Star, will hold
their regular meeting on Friday
night, October 23rd, at 8 o’clock
and will have Friends Night. All
members are asked to please at
tend.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Light Vote
Seen In
City Election
The General Election for the
City of Jackson will be held Wed
nesday, November 4th, at the City
Hall at which time a consider
ably smaller number of voters
than the record number who cast
ballots in the City Primary of Oc
tober 2nd are expected to go to
the polls to elect the nominees
of the recent primary.
These nominees include C. B.
Brown, Jr., incumbent mayor; C.
M. Daniel, Jr., incumbent council
man from the second ward; and
W. O. Ball, incumbent councilman
from the third ward, who was
nominated without opposition. In
the City Primary of October 2nd,
Mayor Brown defeated Harold
Martin by a vote of 672 to 432
and Mr. Daniel defeated Mrs.
Sara M. Collins with 636 votes
to 449.
Members of the City Demo
cratic Executive Committee were
both nominated and elected in
the primary of October 2nd and
include Levi J. Ball, chairman,
city at large; Frank Forehand,
secretary, first ward; Doyle
Jones, Jr., second ward; R. P.
Newton, third ward; Richard W.
Watkins, Jr., fourth ward; and
J. O. King, fifth ward.
Since the 20-day period, which
under Georgia law is granted for
a write-in candidate to give no
tification of his intent to run,
has expired, there will in all prob
ability be a light turn-out of
voter's for the general election.
Since no person has declared him
self a write-in candidate, any
write-in votes will not be counted
by poll holders. The election will
be held under the jurisdiction of
'.he City of Jackson with the polls
to open at 7 a. m. and to close
at 7 p. m. A total of 1,115 reg
istered voters cast their ballots
in the City Primary. According
to M. L. Powell, city clerk, there
are between 1550 and 1600 vot
ers eligible to cast ballots in the
General Election.
Morgan Cos.
Is Next For
Red Devils
Jackson journeys to Madison
Friday night to meet Morgan
County with both teams putting
identical 3-3-0 records on the
line with the winner being in
excellent striking distance for a
winning season.
Speaking of his next adversary,
Coach Loy Hutcheson said that
Morgan County has a strong
running team paced by a 6’2”,
210 lb. fullback who has literally
been ripping lines to shreds.
Coach Hutcheson also reports
that Morgan County has an ex
ceptionally fine blocking team
that possesses better than aver
age speed although it is not par
ticularly large.
Though this is not a region
game Coach Hutcheson said that
it means much to the Red Devils
as they seek to keep above the
500 mark. Morgan County has
lost games to Jones County,
Winder-Barrow, and Monroe
Area. Jackson has suffered de
feats at the hands of Woodward
Academy, Headland, and Briar
wood.
Coach Hutcheson said that the
Devils emerged from the Henry
County game in reasonably good
condition save for an injury to
Calvin White who may possibly
have incurred a broken toe on
his right foot. X-rays were made
Tuesday to determine the' extent
of the injury. Coach Hutcheson
expressed hope that the fine de
fensive lineman would be able
to see some action even though
slowed by the sore toe. Coach
Hutcheson said that Bruc.e Hicks
suffered a pulled hamstring in
practice Monday and is slowed
considerably but it is believed
that he will be able to play at
his usual speed by Friday night.
Charlene Brownlee Is
Chosen "Miss Homecoming
Major Caldwell
Is Awarded
DFC Decoration
Major Homer H. Caldwell, son
of Mrs. H. H. Caldwell of Jack
son and the late Mr. Caldwell,
was presented the Distinguished
Flying Cross, one of the Air
Force’s most prominent awards,
in ceremonies held at the Of
fier’s Open Mess recently..
Major Caldwell, presently at
tached to the 1840th Air Force
wing and presently residing at
8110 East 81st Street, Raytown,
Mo., with his wife and four chil
dren, was awarded the coveted
DFC for meritorious service in
photographing enemy anti-air
craft gun installations along the
Ho Chi Minh Trail.
In recounting some of his mis
sions, Major Caldwell said, “Sev
eral aircraft had been recently
lost in this area and a number of
them were being damaged by in
tense ground fire from heavily
camouflaged gun locations.
“To remedy the situation our
home base would send out two
RF4C, Phanthom 11, jets. Their
mission would be to fly over a
part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at
low altitude and high speed to
press the Vietcong into removing
their camouflage und expose their
guns.
“Then we would fly the RB 57,
Canberra, at low altitude and re
duced speed to photograph the
gun installations.
“Part of our mission,” Major
Caldwell said, “was to look for
trail activity to see what routes
were most heavily traveled, this
would aid in determining which
gun locations were actually in use
and which were decoys.”
The major recently arrived at
Richards-Gebaur and is now work
ing as 1840th Air Base Wing
life support officer, part of ope
rations and training.
Life support maintains all per
sonal equipment and survival
gear for the aircraft crews on
base.
Women’s Status
Be Probed At
BPW Meeting
A symposium on The Status of
Women in some of the countries
of the world today will be pre
sented by several members of
the World Affairs Committee of
the Jackson Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club at the reg
ular dinner meeting at 7 o’clock
at the clubhouse on Monday
night, October 26ih. China, Rus
sia, Japan, and Africa will be
among the countries presented.
It is hoped that every member
of the club will be present to
hear these topics discussed.
The World Affairs Committee
has taken as its current project
sending packages of books and
magazines to individuals in for
eign countries whose names are
furnished by the International
Book Project, Inc. This is not a
costly project since 1 1 pounds of
books can be sent to the pro
ject sponsored address for one
dollar. Three packages were sent
the past week to Brazil, Kenya
and Republique of Congo. Others
are being packed for Fiji, Mexico,
India and Spain. Don’t you want
to share books and magazines
you’ve finished using with those
less fortunate? Come join us!
Dag%&b
Saving
Twie,
OCT. 25
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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CHARLENE BROWNLEE
Miss Chiylene Brownlee, pul
chritudinous senior at Jackson
High School, was crowned “Miss
Homecoming” amid much pomp
and pageantry Friday night dur
ing half-time festivities of the
Jackson-Henry County Homecom
ing game. The Red Devils made
the occasion an especial notble
one with a sound 21-2 trouncing
of the War Hawks.
Charlene is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Brown
lee of Route 2, Jackson and is
active in school affairs where she
served as vice president of the
4-H Club, president of the Honor
Society and a member of the
Drama Club, Paper Staff and of
the Keyettes. Asa junior she was
treasurer of the class and has
been in the homecoming court
for four years. Charlene is a
member of the Mt. Vernon Bap
tist Church and of the youth
choir. Present plans call for her
to enroll at Georgia Southern
upon graduation from high school.
Members of the Homecoming
Court from the Senior Class in
cluded, in addition to Charlene,
who was escorted by Darrell
Potts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene
D. Potts, Janet Washington,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Washington and her escort, Mike
Hodges, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Brae Hodges; Gloria Head,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Barlow, escorted by Fred Head,
son of Mrs. Myrtle Head; Lau
rette Denson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. C. Denson, and her
escort, Tommy Etheredge, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Denson.
Members of the Junior Class
represented on the Homecoming
Court were June Maddox, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rebon Mad
dox, who was escorted by Glen
Maddox, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.
N. (Bill) Maddox; Ruby Moore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
R. Moore, escorted by Thomas
Jester, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Jester.
> Sophomore Class represent
atives were Connie Brown, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Brown,
who was escorted by Malcolm
Dahlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. War
ren E. Dahlin; Susan Freeman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
C. Freeman, escorted by Mark
Maddox, son of Seaborn W. Mad
dox, Jr.
The Freshman Class was rep
resented by Lynn Freeman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
M. Freeman, who was escorted
by Timmy Moss, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Moss; Janice
Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and
and Mrs. Julian W. Fletcher, es
corted by Scott Taylor, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt S. Taylor.
A highlight of the homecom
ing festivities was the traditional
Homecoming Parade through
downtown Jackson Friday after
noon with the high stepping Jack
son Red Devil marching band,
under the direction of Andrew
J. Buggs, Jr., leading the parade.
Several school organizations en
tered floats in the parade with
the judges voting the winners as
follows: Junior Class, first; DCT,
second; and Senior Class, third.
Games Of The Week
Oct. 23—Jackson vs. Morgan
County in Madison.
Oct. 24 —Tech vs. Tulane in
Atlanta.