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Sfatkaott progress-Argus
VOL- 97 —NO. 52
Spirit Of Christmas
tncompasses Community
If this year is no exception,
about midnight Thursday, De
ceniber 24th, radar at U. S. in
stallations in Northern Alaska is
expected to monitor a suspicious
looking craft that annually ap
pears first in the Northern skies
0 n Christmas Eve with the un
identified flying objects invari
ably being recognized as Santa
and his reindeer making his
world-wide trip from his head
quarters at the North Pole. His
visit will gladden the hearts of
millions of children the world
over and gives countless Mothers
and Fathers a youthful outlook
as they enjoy Christmas with
their children.
As might be expected, Santa’s
visit here is eagerly anticipated
with many small fry making
plans, unbeknown to their par
ents, to sneak a look at the Jolly
Old Fellow coming down the
chimney with his pack on his
back.
For adults, the true meaning of
Christmas is allied with the birth
of our Saviour nineteen hundred
and seventy years ago in a Beth
lehem mange r in surroundings so
humble that many fail to realize
the significance of the circum
stances of Jesus’ birth. There will
be no union service planned by
the Butts County Ministerial As
sociation, but individual churches
have had Christmas programs,
cantatas, special music, choirs
caroling and the like during the
Yule Season.
At this season family ties are
traditionally strengthened with
relatives and friends assembling
together again to enjoy the
warmth and glow of Christmas.
Many family reunions and Christ
mas trees are planned for Christ
mas Eve, with Christmas dinners
an annual feature of the day.
Local merchants view the holi
day shopping season with mixed
emotions, some complaining about
a “slight recession” or “business
is off a little bit,” while others
report brisk sales and new rec
ords attained. In the main, how
ever, business locally appeared
to be as good as usual, if not bet
ter.
With Christmas coming on Fri
day, most retail stores will close
on Saturday but as it is an in
dividual matter some stores will
be open. Since Jackson has no
merchants association, the matter
of closing or not remains the de
cision of the individual store and
owner.
All agencies involved in law
enforcement, the City of Jackson
Police Department, the Butts
County Sheriff’s Department, the
Georgia State Patrol, are brac
ing for a heavy influx of traffic
through the county during the
holiday period with the volume
on 1-75 expected to hit a peak
high for the year. The Department
of Public Safety has predicted
49 traffic deaths in the state
during the Yule and New Year’s
New Southern Bell Building
period with 816 persons estimated
to suffer injuries. The reporting
period for the Christmas holidays
is from 6 p. m. December 24th
to midnight Sunday, December
27th. The count for the New
Year’s holiday period begins at
6 p. m. December 31st and ends
at midnight Sunday, January 3rd.
The Christmas Season locally
has been made brighter and mer
rier by the presence of several
hundred college students who are
at home for the holidays with
their families and friends.
The annual and traditional
Christmas Lighting Contest help
ed add a festive spirit to the city
with judging Friday night, De
cember 18, when six out ol town
judges selected the six homes and
the three businesses in the city
that they considered the most at
tractively decorated and lighted.
Winners in these categories were:
Jackson, East, Ist, the home of
Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Parrish on
Robin Drive; 2nd, the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kelly on James
Moore Drive; and 3rd, the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Moelchert
on Covington Street Extension.
In the West section of the city,
prizes were awarded as follows:
Ist, the home of Mrs. Charles
Barber on the Atlanta Highway;
2nd, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Barnes on Griffin Road;
third, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Daniel, Jr. on McDonough
Road.
Winners in the business divis
ion were: Ist, City Hall on South
Mulberry Street; 2nd, Jackson
Hardware on Second Street; and
3rd, Etheridge-Smith Company
on West Third Street.
Post offices in Butts County
will be closed both on Christmas
Day and on Saturday, December
26th. Mail will be received and
dispatched on holiday schedules,
with box holders in the various
post offices the only persons to
receive incoming mail.
Members of the Butts County
Jaycees, their wives, friends, and
other volunteer workers, are
busily engaged in seeing that no
needy family known to them will
be without a semblance of Christ
mas on tomorrow morning. The
Jaycees, through their Empty
Stocking Fund, annually help
scores of Butts County families
have a meaningful Christmas with
gifts of food, clothing, and toys
for the children. Other agencies
and organizations, particularly
church groups, are engaged in
various charitable endeavors to
provide Christmas cheer for the
less fortunate of the community.
Several of the Butts County
industries have closed or will
close for the Christmas holidays
while skeleton crews remain on
duty at some plants. Several of
the industries have also held fes
tive Christmas parties for their
employees, with some employees
receiving a bonus check a
token .of esteem and good will at
the Christmas season.
The local schools closed for the
Yule holidays on Friday, Decem
ber 18th, and will reopen on Mon
day, January 4th, thus affording
the pupils and teachers the op
portunity of spending the holidays
unfettered by classes and school
routine.
Wind, Rain
Damage
Gateway
The building and contents of
Gateway Luggage of Georgia,
inc., were extensively damaged
Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning by the high winds and
more than three inches of rain
fall that struck Putts County and
the middle Georgia area, break
ing the long dry spell that cre
ated such a menace to Georgia
woodlands that serious thought
was given to curtailing the hunt
ing season.
According to Hank Clayman of
Gateway Lugage, the winds dam
aged the roof of the Gateway
building, situated on Jackson’s in
dustrial complex East of the city
on the Monticello Highway, with
the result that rain penetrated
through the roof to such an ex
tent that Wednesday morning
Mr. Clayman stated “it looked
like it was raining inside.”
There was extensive damage to
all portions of the building with
much finished luggage being
water logged and with damage
also suffered to materials used in
the manufacture of luggage.
The effect of the rain and wind
halted production, according to
Mr. Clayman, who pointed out
that the primary job facing his
company was cleaning up opera
tions after insurance adjusters
viewed the damage by the wind
and rain storm. As of the week
end no estimate of the loss was
available, according to Mr. Clay
man.
ATLANTA ACCIDENT
INJURES MRS. ROOKS
Mrs. Jackie Rooks of Jackson
was injured about nine o’clock
Saturday night in the collision
of the car in which she was a
passenger, driven by her husband,
with another vehicle on Cleve
land Avenue in Atlanta.
Mrs. Rooks, the former Miss
Patsy Cameron of Jackson, suf
fered internal injuries and was
admitted to South Fulton Hos
pital where her injuries were be
ing closely watched by doctors
over the weekend with possibility
that surgery might be required.
According to information re
ceived here, the ca r driven by Mr.
Rooks was pulling into the street
from a store parking lot when
his vehicle was struck in the side
by another car.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 THURSDAY, DEC. 24, 1970
Airlines
Study With
"Open Mind"
Atlanta officials have submit
ted an airport feasibility study
report to major airlines serving
the city and received assurance
the material will be reviewed with
an “open mind,” although Delta’s
Paul Pate is quoted as “obviously
reserving judgment.”
Nonetheless, Mayor Sam Mas
sell termed his meeting with the
seven leading carriers serving At
lanta, as “cordial and produc
tive.” The Mayor was advised
that an answe r would be forth
coming by Feb. 9.
The report prepared by the
City of Atlanta calls for landing
fields and related facilities in
Henry County with a transporta
tion center South of the present
airport.
A spokesman for the South
Metro Airport Committee (SM
AC), comprised of Henry Coun
tians seeking location of the air
port in Henry County, stated:
“We believe that everyone is in
accord including the airlines.
They want time to look the re
port over, of course, but the air
port is closer to Henry County
now than ever.
“This thing about building only
a landing field here is just talk.
Regardless of what they (The
Atlanta Aviation Aldermanic
Board) say, the City will buy all
the land at once and there will
be seven runways, the terminal
and everything right here.”
The Atlanta Constitution was
quoted as stating “That passen
ger processing facilities at the
Henry County site would be lim
ited to arrival-departure lounges
with accompanying concessions.
There would be limited on-site
automobile parking and baggage
processing.”
According to the City’s report,
a single runway would be built
in Henry County with others to
be added later. The plans were
said to be quite desirable be
cause of lending itself to staged
development, plus utilizing all im
provements at the existing air
port.—Henry County Advertiser,
Dec. 17, 1970.
Jackson Woman
Wins WSB Prize
Mrs. Ben Wright, wife of the
Chaplain at the Georgia Diag
nostic and Classification Center,
entered WSB’s “How to Curb In
flation Contest” last week by
sending in a postal card giving
her idea of how to curb infla
tion.
Her reason was evidently well
received by the judges who
awarded her a $lO.OO prize on
Friday. A different card is chosen
each day.
Mrs. Wright said she wrote
“Try impressing your friends by
giving them your love, time and
attention rather than trying to
impress them with materialistic
things you can accumulate.”
Barber And Parrish Homes
Are Adjudged Best Lighted
New Phone
System Cut
In Dec. 27
Beginning Sunday, December
27, it will be necessary to dial
all seven digits of a telephone
number when a local telephone
call is made in Jackson. This
change from dialing five digits
for a local call will coincide with
the cut-over of anew Central
Office in Jackson.
“With this new equipment,”
said Ray Reece, Southern Bell
Manager, “we will be able to
handle calls much faster than be
fore.
“Also, when this $1,114,000 in
stallation goes into service other
service changes will take place.
One and two-party subscribers
will no longer have to give the
telephone number from which
they are calling when placing a
long distance call direct, since
their number will automatically
be identified by the new equip
ment.
“The customer will notice a
change in the dial tone,” Reece
said, “so he shouldn’t hang-up or
call Repair Service when he hears
it. Actually, the dial tone is more
melodious than the present one.”
Other changes according to
the telephone manager concern
the numbers for Information and
Repair Service. The new number
for Information is “411” and for
Repair Service, “611”. To call
a party on their own line a sub
scriber should dial “611” for in
structions. “Speaking of Repair
Service,” said Reece, “we repair
telephone equipment for no ad
ditional cost and this includes
parts and labor. Our company
in unique in this respect.”
The new Jackson building is
located on College Street and
contains 7,474 square feet. A
plant department work center,
containing 950 square feet is also
located there.
“The Jackson installation,”
said Reece, “ is part of a half
billion dollars Southern Bell is
spending on constuction for Geor
gia for the next three years. Act
ually, during November Southern
Bell reached a billion-dollar in
vestment in the state of Georgia
and installed its two-millionth
telephone in the state. We added
a million telephones in the state
during the last ten years and
we expect to reach the three mil
lion mark by 1975. We are pre
dicting as much telephone in
crease in the next ten years as
in the last 20.”
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MAYOR TO DO CUT-IN HONORS— Jackson Mayor C. B. Brown Jr. gets set to pull the switch
to cut-in the new telephone equipment on College Street. The cutover will occur at 2:01 a. m. Sunday,
December 27.
The homes of Mrs. Charles
Barber and Dr. and Mrs. B. F.
Parrish were adjudged the city’s
most attractively decorated and
lighted in the Christmas Light
ing Contest, sponsored by the
Garden Club Council and the
Jackson Progress-Argus.
Judging was conducted Friday
night, December 18th, with six
out of town judges viewing and
considering all lighted and deco
rated homes within the city. The
judges were lavish in their praise
on the beauty of the entire town
and deliberated at some length
before reaching their decisions.
For the contest, Jackson is di
vided into East and West, with
Mulberry Street the dividing line.
Three judges viewed the homes in
both sections. In the Eastern
section, in addition to Dr. and
Mrs. Parrish as first place win
ners, second place was voted to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
C. Kelly on James Moore Drive,
with third place being awarded
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. Moelchert on Covington
Street Extension. Honorable men
tions in the East went to the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Wise on Nelson Street, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Allen on Woodland
Way, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Summers
on McCaskill Drive, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Polk on Kay Street,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Earnhart on
Joy Street, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Freeman on Franklin Street, Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent Jones on Wood
land Way, the Live Nativity
Scene at the Jackson Church of
the Nazarene parsonage on In
dian Springs Street, Mr. and Mrs.
David L. Taylor Jr. on Benton
Street, and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
James Berry on Mallet Street.
Winners in the West, in addi
tion to Mrs. Barber, include sec
ond, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Barnes on the Griffin
Road; third, the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Daniel Jr. on McDon
ough Road. Honorable mentions
were made to the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. M. E. Wade, Brookwood
Avenue, Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Whidby on Griffin Road, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Robertson on Wesley
Drive, Mr. and Mrs. Asa O’Neal
on McDonough Road, Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmie Kitchens on Brook
wood Avenue, Mr. and Mrs. Os
car Watkins on Slaughter Ave.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Folds on
Hancock Street.
Adjudged the most'attractively
decorated in the business division
was City Hall on South Mulberry
Street, with Jackson Hardware on
Second Street winning second
place, and Etheridge-Smith Com
pany on West Third Street being
the third place winner. Honorable
mentions in this category went
to City Jail, Cleveland Furniture
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Company, Deraney’s Department
Store, and The Princess Shop.
Checks in the amount of $lO.-
00, $7.50, and $5.00 were pre
sented the first, second, and third
place winners in each category
by the Progress-Argus, which an
nually makes the prizes possible.
The judges for the lighting
contest were Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
M. Steele, both of Atlanta; and
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Scott of
Macon. The judges were enter
tained by the Garden Club Coun
cil at an enjoyable buffet din
ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Schroeder, Jr. on East
Third Street. Hostesses fo r the
dinner were the Mimosa and
Hawthorn Garden Clubs. Mem
bers of the Jackson and Cherokee
Garden Clubs drove the judges
on their tour of the city. Among
those riding with the judges and
placing the ribbons after tlie de
cisions were announced were Mrs.
J. W. Carter, Mrs. Charles Car
ter, Mrs. W. W. Wright and Mrs.
James 11. Buchanan. Those pres
ent at the dinner, in addition to
the judges, were Mr. and Mrs.
Schroeder, hosts, Mrs. Gladys
Wilson, Mrs. Lou Moelchert, Mrs.
N. A. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Jones Jr.
The judges were so impressed
with the attractive appearance of
the city’s decorated homes that all
expressed the desire to come back
and visit the town in the day time
and to see the “other half” at
night since the judges were divid
ed into two teams of three each,
not permitting all to view the en
tire town. The judges were pre
sented lovely Christmas arrange
ments by the Garden Club Coun
cil as tokens of appreciation for
their services.
First place winners in the con
test of 1969, under rules and reg
ulations adopted by the Garden
Club Council, were not eligible to
compete for prizes this year and
these included the homes of Dr.
and Mrs. J. C. Howell on Cedar
Street and Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Shapard on Joy Street. In
the business division, Mclntosh
State Bank on South Oak Street
was first place winner last year.
UNION RIDGE
CHURCH GAVE
YULE PROGRAM
Union Ridge Christian Church
was the scene December 20th, of
a special Christmas program
which was presented by the teen
age class of the church with a
large group of members, friends
and relatives present fo r the pro
gram and a delicious meal at
the noon hour. Rev. Marion Felts
of Mableton is pastor.
A beautiful Christms tree was
gaily decorated and the opening
of gifts afforded much pleasure.
