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BY DOYLE JONES JR. 3
Jest of the Week: A wealthy New Yorker took to himself a
ravishing but not too brainy blonde nightclub dancer as a bride,
and they drove to Gettysburg for their honeymoon. At the top of one
of the town’s rolling hills he said to her: “One of the Confederacy’s
finest and bravest regiments stormed this hill but only a handful of
the gallant lads reached the summit.”
“Well, no wonder,” the blonde responded sympathetically. “All
those darn monuments.”—G. G. Crabtree in the American Legion
Magazine.
• • •
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
New cars are much in evidence with scores of interested folks
giving Detroit’s 1972 creations the once over at the three Jackson
auto dealers the past weekend. While most were looking some came
to buy and drove out with shiny, new gasoline “buggies.” They are
beautiful but expensive despite the kickback on the “freeze” . . .
About this time of the year in days of yore on Saturday and Sunday
a bunch of us boys, enjoying the weekend vacation from school,
would get together for a muscadine forage and take to the woods
and swamps looking for the wild, succulent black grapes. We soon
got to know every good bearing vine within a radius of several miles
and we’d eat those muscadines until it seemed our small tummies
would pop. Many of us would take along a can and when we’d eaten
our fill, we’d shake a few more vines, pick them up, fill our pails
and tuke them home for future eating or present them to our par
ents. When we found a tree that defied our best efforts to dislodge
the grapes from the ground by tugging at the vine, we always dele
gated one or two of our best climbers to go shinning up the tree to
get at the muscadines first hand. This was in the days before the
refrigerator, so we used to put the muscadines into a bowl and
place them in the old fashioned ice box to chill them which made
them doubly delicious. The point is this: most boys nowadays don’t
know the difference between a muscadine and an egg plant and
care less. They came along too late for one of boyhood’s finest
adventures—muscadining . . . The Jackson Exchange Club is seeking
nominations for its "Woman of the Year” award made annually
on the opening night (Monday) of the Butts County Agricultural
Fair. They may be made by mailing a resume of your nominee to
Harold Brooks or Marion Todd. If you have a favorite “candidate”
enshrine her on paper and let the Exchangeites know about her . . .
We note with much interest that Mayor Barron Gumming of Griffin
has announced that he will not seek re-election to the board of
city commissioners. Mr. Gumming, 80, is an attorney and a wonderful
ly brilliant young man of the highest integrity and character. Griffin
can ill afford to give up such a man of his caliber in public office
but he has made his decision and the city will be the poorer for his
retirement . . . Even old married folks go off on wild goose chases,
believe it or not. 1 can prove it! Last Monday night week, Martha
had retired first and was asleep. I was listening to WSB radio at
about 10:55 when I heard an announcement that a barium rocket
would be fired from Wallace Island, off Virginia, and that it would
likely explode in the skies southeast of Atlanta between 11:05
and 11:20, and be visible over most of the Southeast, much brighter
than the moon. Now I have seen barium rockets on several Occasions,
but always when they were fading after having been dissipated by
the air currents. This was the time to see the whole show. 1 walked
over to the bedroom, turned on the light and asked Martha if she’d
like to see the rocket. Certainly not keen, but wanting to please, she
slipped a negligee over her gown while 1 backed out the car. It was
a cloudy night with a threat of rain and since we could not see the
heavens from the yard because of the large pines, we thought we’d
ride up on the hill beyond Milt Daniel’s Ford place on the Paul
Maddox Road. We hurried to be able to park and view the antici
pated explosion. I do not know what happened to that rocket, but
we sat there till 11:30 until common sense replaced the exhilaration
of the moment. We cranked up and went home to bed, wiser and
probably no worse off for the 30 minutes of sleep we squandered.
I said wiser, but you know we’d probably do it again. After all
not many people have been stood up by a rocket . . . October 3-9
is National Fire Prevention Week. It has been so proclaimed in
Georgia by Gov. Carter and in Jackson by Mayor C. B. Brown Jr.
Firemen are often forgotten in the scheme of things or at least
taken for granted until they are needed. Then they become mighty
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BUTTS COUNTY AND
CITY OF JACKSON
Guest Editorial
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
POLICY ON PRISONS
Authorities in Georgia wisely lost little time in
spelling out clearly, for all to see, a list of policies the
state will follow in case of an uprising at a state-run
prison.
The announcement by Gov. Jimmy Carter of
policies approved by him and state corrections Direc
tor Ellis MacDougall followed closely the bloody
clash between prisoners and authorities at Attica
State Prison in New York. More than 40 persons have
died there, including prisoners and some of their
hostages.
The Georgia policy calls for “constant maximum
communications with prisoners” and “immediate
assessment of problems when trouble brews at an in
stitution.”
The point of most current in
terest, though, is the third. This
rule provides for an immediate
move by authorities into prison
cells to crush disorders if hos
tages are taken by prisoners.
In other words, prisoners’ use
of human lives as bargaining tools
will not be tolerated. Prisoners,
through announcement of the
policies have been given advance
notice that they have nothing to
gain through the taking of hos
tages. On the contrary, they have
much to lose, since superior for
ces of armed law enforcement
officers will immediately move in
to crush the uprising.
Governor Carter explained that
such a policy will prevent “step
ladder demands” by rioting pri
soners; that is, constantly in
creasing demands linked to the
safety of the hostages.
Georgia’s prison system, under
the leadership of MacDougall,
is on the upswing. Prisoners are
receiving more humane and help
ful consideration. They are being
listened to, and even this is now
formalized in policy.
Just the other day, MacDou
gall created anew position in the
Department of Corrections spe
cifically to improve communica
tions between inmates and admin
istration. Named to fill the job of
executive assistant for personnel
inmate relations was Walter Bry
son.
MacDougall said the position
will give prisoners “a direct line
to the director . . . Many past
problems could have been avoid
ed with an individual responsible
important. Jackson has as fine a corps of volunteer firemen as any
town in Georgia—or elsewhere for that matter—and The Progress-
Argus would like to take this opportunity to salute and give praise
to these unsung heroes. The Honor Roll of Volunteer Firemen in
clude the following men, our friends and neighbors, who deserve
a pat on the back during Fire Prevention Week: W. L. (Cotton)
Vaughn, Chief; Joe Brown Sr., Assistant Chief; Denny O’Neal,
Captain; Jim Robertson, Lieutenant; and members Billy Leverette,
Jimmy Saunders, Bill Mitchell, Sam Smith, Russell Price, Emory
Spencer, Stanley Maddox, Buster Duke, Eddie James Berry, Bill
Taylor, Harold (Doc) McMichael, Leslie Hamlin, Bill Hoard, Freddie
Dodson, Julian Marsh, Terry Kituhens, Ernest Biles. These men are
at your beck and call 24 hours a day. Let’s remember them and
honor them during their week.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
for opening new communication
channels as well as assessing and
making recommendations for the
improvement of inmate morale.”
Hopefully, there will never be
an occasion to use the last stage
of the plan announced by the
governor. But if there is, the
prisoners involved will have been
forewarned.
FARM ACCIDENTS
Farm accidents, according to
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford
M. Hardin, don’t just happen—
they are caused. He says they
are caused by unsafe conditions,
unsafe acts, inadequate protec
tion, human error or incapability,
or defective conditions. Hardin
believes these accidents can be
prevented, but there is a long
way to go. In terms of hazardous
occupations, agriculture ranks
third behind only mining and the
construction industries.
INSECT WORLD
There are mofe insects in the
world than all other living things
put together. Entomologists esti
mate there are over 1.5 million
different kinds, and they say
nearly 1 million of these have
been identified and given names.
Consequently, entomology is a
popular 4-H Club project. Tommy
L. Walton, 4-H leader with the
Cooperative Extension Service,
says nearly 56,000 American
boys and girls—-4,588 of them in
Georgia “know their bugs”
through this program.
'Whatsoever Things' j
BY DONALD E. WILDMON j
AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE
We were on our way home from Nashville.
H % Our car had been giving us some trouble and
’dP'BPVtajßs it was getting worse. In the middle of a small
town the motor went completely dead. Traffic
began to snarl up behind us. We were pulling a
trailer that was heavily loaded and going up a hill,
j pondered what to do.
NHMK7' MH Started Again
After a few seconds, I tried the motor again. It started. We
decided to hunt us a garage. We asked a service station attendant
and he gave us directions to one about a mile down the road from
where we were. We headed toward it.
As I pulled in the garage and began to tell the foreman our
problems, I noticed something which was extremely odd to me. I
noticed a Negro man, in his early twenties, doing manual labor.
He was fixing a flat. Now there is nothing unusual in that. But what
caught my attention was this—the young man was quite obviously
a victim of muscular dystrophy!
It was the first time in my life
that I had seen a victim of mus
cular dystrophy doing manual la
bor. I just had never thought that
anyone with the disease would be
able to do any manual labor. I
was quite anxious to know the
reason why the young man was
hired to work in the garage. It
wasn’t long until I got my answer.
“About two years ago he
couldn’t do anything,” the fore
man said. “His parents had so
protected him that he was slim
and underweight and didn’t have
a muscle in his body. He couldn’t
pick up his own shadow. When I
hired him I put him to work. His
first day here I told him to fix
a flat. He struggled with that tire
for hours. I thought many times
he was going to give up. But ihe
stayed with it. I never gave him
any special privileges,” he con
tinued. “I didn’t think he wanted
any. Slowly, little by little, he
got to where he could do any job
asked of him. Many people have
cussed me because of the way I
worked him. One lady came in
and saw him working hard one
day and cussed me for everything
I was worth. She called me just
about every name in the book.
But look at him now. He is as
strong as a mule.”
Lesson Of Life
There was a lesson of life—a
very valuable one—for me in the
incident. A young man, handi
capped and over-protected, was
finally allowed to prove himself.
What appeared to be hardness on
the part of the foreman turned
out to be nothing but a genuine
expression of love. He gave the
young man something no one else
had ever given him. He gave him
a chance to prove himself.
Giving someone everything
they want, protecting them from
the hard realities of life, is never
MEN NEEDED
in this area to train as
LIVESTOCK
BUYERS
LEARN TO BUY CATTLE,
HOGS AND SHEEP
at sale barns, teed lots and
ranches. We prefer to train men
21 to 55 with livestock experience.
For local interview, write age,
phone, address and background
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a clear expression of love. But ac
cepting a person with his limita
tions and working with him to
overcome those limitations is.
When difficulty comes our way
the Creator is giving us an op
portunity to prove ourselves. I
would rather have that than pro
tection—anyday!—FlVE STAR
(There is still time! Tour the
Holy Land with Mr. Wildmon on
his third annual tour. Rome in
cluded. $664. Nov. 23-Dec. 3.
Write Box 1368, Tupelo, Missis
sippi 38801 for info.)
STORING NUTS
Yes, you should keep nuts in
the refrigerator, in airtight con
tainers. You may even want to
put them in the freezer. USDA
home economists point out that,
due to their high fat content,
nuts require refrigeration to de
lay development of rancidity.
Experience
Is The Key
HAROLD MARTIN
Has It!
The price of everything
has gone up. Right?
Wrong.
The price of almost everything has gone up. But there’s
one important exception: your electric service.
Since 1960, the national cost of living has risen
more than 3h percent. In the same period, our average
res.dent.al price per kilowatt-hour has dropped almost
16 percent.
And electricity gives you full value for the price you
P3 n , cn ample ' jUSt tW ° Cents ’ worth of electricity
will brew 50 cups of coffee. Or toast 100 slices of bread.
NVash eight loads of laundry or shave a face every day
for two years. That’s getting your two cents’ worth and
more. Much more.
Now wouldn’t you agree that electricity is the big
gest bargain in your family budget? S
Right.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve ®
THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1971
Westside To
Have Revival,
Homecoming
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JOHN E. JACKSON, Evangelist
Revival services at the West
side Baptist Church will begin
Monday, October 4, and extend
through Sunday, October 10th
with services at 7:30 o’clock
nightly. Evangelist John E. Jack
son will be the guest evangelist.
In conjunction with the revival
a homecoming service will be held
on October 10th with Brother
Mike Bagwell of the Grace Bap
tist Church in Doraville and
Brother Ray Gosdin, evangelist,
to be the homecoming guest
speakers.
Rev. Larry Youngblood, West
side pastor, announces that spec
ial singing will be a nightly event
and invites the public to attend
any or all of these services.
WARNER ROBINS COIN
SHOW MEETS 16-17th
The Warner Robins Coin Club
is holding its Bth Annual Show
at the Warner Robins Recreation
Center, Warner Robins, Georgia,
on 16 and 17 October. Admis
sion is free.
Knowledgeable collectors from
throughout the eastern United
States will be there to appraise
your old coins and currency. Sev
eral collections of old coins and
paper currency will be exhibited.