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Karksun Brogress-Argits
VOL. 98 —NO. 47
Christmas Decor Contest
Announced By Co-Sponsors
Glowing lights and hearty Yule
displays will encircle Jackson
next month during the annual
Christmas Decorating Contest
which will bring newer and big
ger prizes to select winners in
three areas of competition within
the city, it has been announced
by co-sponsors, the Garden Club
Council and the Jackson Pro
gress-Argus.
Garden Club Council Chairman
Mrs. N. A. Powell announces final
judging for December 20 in areas
east, west and downtown in Jack
son. She said that judges for the
contest will be announced later.
First prize for well decorated
homes in judging areas east and
west of the city has been in
creased to $12.50 this year with
a fourth prize of $5 added. Sec
ond prize will be $lO, and third
pjrize $7.50, according to the
Progress-Argus which originally
founded the contest. First prize
for decorations in the business
district will remain $lO. Two
other awards will be presented to
well-dressed business interests
downtown.
As usual the city will be di
vided into residential areas east
and west of Mulberry Street al
though residents as far out as
American Mills on the Barnesville
Highway and a short distance out
Buttrill Road will be included for
the first time this year. All com
mercial competition will be
judged as a group no matter
where located in the city, Garden
Club co-sponsors designated.
In additional rules set by the
sponsoring agencies, all homes in
Jackson will be included in the
Christmas decorating contest as
well as those on the Griffin Road
to the W. A. Cook residence.
Home will be judged beyond the
city limits on Brookwood Avenue
Vfianksgiving
And, once the day is over, let us continue
throughout the year with our feelings of thank
fulness by remembering the words of an unknown
author who wrote the following Thanksgiving
Soliloquy”:
“I’ve heard it said the world’s a dismal place.
But I know better . . •
for I have seen the dawn, and walked in the splendor
of a morning’s sun . . . blinked at the brilliance of
the dew, and beheld the gold and crimson of an
autumn landscape.
“I’ve heard it said the world is sad. I can t
Yhave heard the cheerful songs of feathered mas
ters . • heard the low laughter of the leaves, and
the everlasting chuckle of a mountain brook.
“I’ve heard it said the world’s a musty, sordid
thing. It can’t be true . . .
i watched it fosthe the
for I have seen the ram . . • watcnea
earth, the very .ir . . - •* ■ ■ ““ h ” **
newly scrubbed and spotless, blue from end to end
and I’ve watched the winter’s snow drape tie
and bush, to look like Nature’s freshly laundered linen
hung to dry.
“Ive heard it said the world is evil. Bu, they are
wrong ... , .
, -to nponle . watched them die to
for I have known its people .
save a freedom, bleed to save a life . . . spend
themselves to stem disaster, of their wealth to ease
labot . . . watched then, hope, dream, and pray,
“JYarflhem say .hose hin g s. But . would
disagree • • • w , have Eee „ a hundred
because for every note> r „ heard
rays of light . ■ • • eW pennyweight of bad,
, symphony Of joy ■ . good jn Xatore , i„
.n ■-— 1 — *
and those on the Monticello High- j
way to the C. E. Washington
home.
First place winners in the
Christmas Decorating Contest in
1970 are not eligible to compete
for prizes this year. Those in
clude the homes of Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Parrish and Mrs. Charles
Barber. City Hall was first place
winner last year in the business
division.
Drug Abuse
Film Shown
Kiwanians
Jackson Kiwanians, emphasiz
ing as one of its objectives “Ope
ration Drug Alert,” viewed a col
or film Tuesday night, brought
by the Vocational Guidance Com
mittee, Lee Roy O’Neal, chair
man, that showed how a male
teen-ager became emeshed in the
world of drugs and how, through
his own will power and the won
derful cooperation and under
standing of his family, was able
to kick the drug habit.
The film was shown by Billy
Crum, assistant Scout Master and
Sergeant with the local National
Guard Unit.
Invited for the program were
several selected students includ
ing Sharon Bankston, Janice
Cochran, Kerry Browning, David
England, Julie Ann Ridgeway,
Dale White, Van Fletcher, and
Bruce Harper. Another guest was
Irwin Webb, guest of P. H. Weav
er.
President Francis Holland re
minded Kiwanians of Pancake
Day on Saturday, December 4th,
and the importance of the fi
nancial success of this project.
THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1971 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
H Users
Nabbed
in Theft
Two admitted heroin addicts —
one a former Butts County resi
dent recently released from a
three year prison term for burg
lary—and a third partner have
been charged with the attempted
theft of more than $1,500 in of
fice equipment from Cawthon
Brothers Gas Company Sunday
night.
John McClendon, a former
Jackson resident who served a
three year sentence in 1966 for
burglary of The Kym Company
here, and John Edward Outler,
Atlanta, were found to be on
heroin when arrested near the
gas company after police startled
them during their alleged burg
lary attempt. Billy Joe Sullivan
was also arrested during the
11:30 melee involving city and
county lawmen and bloodhounds.
According to reports, Ptl. Bill
Barnes • and Ptl. Barney Wilder
sighted the trio moving equip
ment in the local gas company’s
well-lit office. In an attempt to
stop the late night entry, officers
forced Outler to drive his car into
the side of the building causing
$1,500 damage to the structure,
Manager Porter Cawthon said.
The other two fled on foot. Ron
nie Howard and Red Bankston
with members of the sheriff de
partment discovered McClendon
and Sullivan shortly afterward
hidden in brush near the break
in.
Bond has been set at $2,500
for each participant ifl the
burglary charge since the hear
ing Monday afternoon and all will
appear before the February ses
sion of Butts Superior Court. It
is indefinite whether or not nar
cotics charges will be brought
against the men, according to
court sources. All goods carried
outside the building were recov
ered by officers, Mr. Cawthon
said.
AREA ESCAPES
MAJOR ICE
STORM NARROWLY
A white Christmas? Who
knows, since Christmas is exactly
a month away. But the local area
missed a white Thanksgiving by
a day and the skin of its teeth.
County residents awoke Wed
nesday morning to find a thin
sheath of ice covering trees and
wires with the thermometer at the
33 degree mark. Precipitation in
the form of sleet, snow and freez
ing rain fell over the Butts Coun
ty area Tuesday night and Wed
nesday morning causing the thin
ice glaze. Highways in the area
were passable and generally in
good condition with icing re
ported on bridges and expressway
ramps in the Clayton and Cobb
County areas.
Light snow and sleet fell inter
mittently Tuesday from Atlanta
northward as a cold front moved
in from the northeast and settled
over the state. The precipitation
was triggered by a warm front
from the Gulf that moved over
the colder air. Some power fail
ures were reported in the Atlanta
area and northward, where the
ice was heavier, when tree limbs
broke and fell across power lines.
There can be little doubt that
had the temperature dropped one
or two degrees the middle Geor
gia area would have been struck
by a devastating ice storm.
MANY CASES
HEARD DURING
LAST COURT
A number of cases were dis
posed of in the Criminal Week of
Butts Superior Court at the No
vember term. Several jury cases
were heard while Judge Hugh D.
Sosebee of Forsyth accepted pleas
of guilty from other defendants.
District Attorney Edward E.
McGarity of McDonough repre
sented the state in the criminal
proceedings. The court calendar
for the November term as re
leased by Butts Superior Court
Clerk David P. Ridgeway is as fol
lows:
Willie Walter King, Non Sup
port, Plea of Guilty, 12 months
suspended on payment of fine
of $50.00 and payment of SIO.OO
per week per child for child sup
port.
Eddie Stewart Jr., Driving Un
der Influence, Plea of Guilty, 12
months.
Matthew Toles, Driving Under
Influence, Plea of Guilty, 12
months or pay fine of $200.00.
Driver’s license revoked for peri
od of 30 days.
Joseph Benton, Non Support,
Plea of Guilty, 12 months sus
pended on payment of fine of
$50.00 and pay child support of
SIO.OO per week.
Willie Lee Clemmons, Posses
sing Non Tax Paid Liquor, Plea
of Guilty, 12 months probated on
payment of fine of $750.00.
Dana Sidney, Simple Battery,
Plea of Guilty, 12 months pro
bated on payment of fine of
$150.00.
Aubrey James, Non Support,
Plea of Guilty, 12 months sus
pended on payment of fine of
$50.00 and paying $35.00 per
week child support for 25 weeks
and then $25.00 per week there
after for child support
Jessie Hunt, Simple Battery,
Verdict of Guilty, 12 months.
Robert Watts, Manufacturing
Liquor, Verdict of Guilty, I year.
Robert Louis Swain, Speeding,
Plea of Guilty, 12 months pro
bated on payment of fine of
$150.00.
Robert Louis Swain, Driving
Without a Driver’s License, Plea
of Guilty, 12 months probated on
payment of fine of $50.00. Sen
tence to be consecutive.
James Berry, Manufacturing
Liquor, Plea of Guilty, 3 years.
Tony Williams, Driving on Re
voked License and Public Drunk,
Plea of Guilty, 12 months con
secutive probated on payment of
fine of $150.00.
Tony Williams, Criminal Tres
pass, Plea of Guilty, 12 months
probated on payment of fine of
$150.00 and making restitution
of $25.00.
J. W. Holloway, Public Drunk,
Plea of Guilty, 12 months pro
bated on payment of fine of
SIOO.OO.
Willie Howard Miller, Non
Support, Plea of Guilty, 12
months suspended on payment
of SIO.OO per week child support
and pay fine of $50.00.
Wendell Grier, Simple Battery,
Verdict of Not Guilty.
Yule Lights
Electrified At
Thanksgiving
Christmas lights on and around
Jackson square will burst into
electric living color at dusk
Thanksgiving Day as a signal to
Yuletide shoppers that the sea
son is in full swing here.
Placement of the red, green
and silver fixtures has been a bit
delayed this year although May
or C. B. Brown Jr. says they will
all be in place for the lighting
ceremony well before Thanksgiv
ing Day. No significant additions
have been made to the decora
tions since last year, he added.
The Christmas forms and their
collage of light have been praised
by visitors and local residents
alike for their attractiveness.
Jackson is known as one of the
most well-decorated small towns
in the entire state during the
Christmas season.
Football And Turkey Parts
Of Thanksgiving Observance
TWO KILLED
WHEN CAR
OVERTURNS
Two young men, Jerry Preston
Evans, 20, of 680 Indian Springs
St., Jackson, and Perry Holder,
Locust Grove, were killed about
midnight Friday when the car
believed driven by Mr. Evans
overturned several times and left
the road about a quarter of a
mile north of the Wolf Creek
County Line Baptist Church on
the Phillipi Church Road just
over the Butts-Henry Cos. line in
Henry County.
Both men were hurled from
the car with Mr. Evans pro
nounced dead on arrival at Clay
ton County General Hospital in
Jonesboro. Mr. Holder succumbed
to his injuries a short time later.
The accident was investigated by
the Georgia State Patrol and the
Henry County Sheriff’s Depart
ment.
Mr. Evans was born February
12, 1951 in Henry County, the
son of Mr. Horace Evans of Ola
and Mrs. Tommie Lou Holder
Evans of Warm Springs. He was
an employee of Beaudry Ford
Company in Atlanta.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Sunday afternoon at Sardis
Baptist Church in Henry County
with the Rev. Don Clark and Rev.
John Waller officiating. Inter
ment was in the Flovilla Cemetery
with Sherrell Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Evans is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Roberts
Evans of Jackson; mother, Mrs.
Tommie Lou Holder Evans of
Warm Springs; father, Horace
Evans of Ola; sister, Mrs. Joan
Fuller of Warm Springs; a step
daughter, Miss Cindy Moncrief of
Jackson; a nephew.
Active pallbearers were Stacy
MeCart, Sammy McCart, Stanley
and Tommy Allen, Eddie Cardell,
Wayne Nelson.
Honorary pallbearers were Ed
die Matthews, Reginald Allen,
Charles Pope, Steven McCart,
Steve Willard, Danny Lunsford.
YULE MUSIC
PLANS TOLD
The Music Department of the
Jackson United Methodist Church
announces its plans for Decem
ber. The Youth Choir will sing on
December sth at the morning
worship service. The morning
service on December 12th will
feature the Chancel Choir. At the
evening service at 5:30 o’clock
on December 12th, all six of the
choirs will sing at a special carol
service.
December 19th will be a very
special Sunday at the church.
The 11 o’clock service will con
sist of the cantata, “The Music
of Christmas,” which will be per
formed by the Chancel Choir. At
8 p. m. the Cherub and Carol
Choirs will present the cantata
“Christ Is Born,” and a Christ
mas dramatization.
Special activities during the
month of December will abound.
Caroling to the shut-ins and
nursing home residents will be
included.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all worship services at
the Jackson United Methodist
Church. The Rev. Donald Gray is
the pastor. Michael Morgan is
director of adult music, and Mar
ian H. Howell Jr. is director of
children’s and youth music.
FACS OFFICE BE
CLOSED TWO DAYS
The Department of Family and
Children Services office will be
closed both Thursday and Friday,
November 25 and 26, for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Weldon Named
Security Head
At State Prison
Dr. Ault (left) and Lewis Weldon
Lewis Weldon, Rt. 3, Jackson,
has taken the post of major, the
top guard security position, at
Georgia Diagnostic and Classifi
cation Center near here. In the
supervisory post Mr. Weldon will
be departmental head of all uni
formed guards at the prison.
A brief ceremony led by
Warden Dr. Allen Ault officially
pluced Major Weldon in his new
role at noon Friday after three
yeais previous service in the cen
ter. He was hired as Correctional
Officer 1 and was promoted to
major from his lieutenant rank
ing after what Warden Ault
termed “excellent service to the
center.”*
Major Weldon replaces Robert
Luzier who left six months ago
for a position as warden of
Wayne Correctional Institute in
South Georgia.
Mr. Weldon is a member of
the Jackson Kiwanis Club and is
serving on the Board of Direc
tors and is editor of the Kiwanis
Bulletin.
30 Fatalities
Expected On
State Roads
With Thanksgiving approach
ing, the Georgia State F’atrol is
bracing itself for another grim
holiday weekend. The Patrol pre
dicts that thirty persons will lose
their lives on Georgia highways
during the long, 102 hour holi
day, which begins at 6:00 p. m.
Wednesday, November 24th, and
ends at midnight Sunday, Novem
ber 28th, and that another 450
persons will be injured in some
1200 traffic accidents across the
State.
According to Commanding Of
ficer Major J. H. Gofer, in pre
paration for the heavy traffic
flow, all leaves and pass days for
uniformed men have been can
celled and every available State
Trooper will be placed on extra
duty in an effort to reduce this
needless carnage on Georgia’s
roads and highways.
Last year over the Thanksgiv
ing holiday weekend, 22 persons
were killed in traffic accidents in
Georgia.
METHODIST YOUTH TO
CONDUCT BAKE SALE
A Bake Sale will be conducted
on the square in front of Byars,
Ltd. Saturday, November 27, be
ginning at 10:00 a. m. by the
Junior and Senior Youth Fellow
ships of the Jackson United Meth
odist Church.
Contributions will be appreci
ated - Cakes, Pies, Cookies,
Candy, or Cash. For pick-up
please contact the Church Office
at 775-7238 or Marion Howell
at 775-5760.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Butts countians observed
Thanksgiving quietly and sober
ly, pausing to give thanks to God
for their many blessings with no
formal observances of the season
save for the Union Thanksgiving
Service Wednesday night at the
Macedonia Baptist Church at
Stark.
Rev. Don Folson, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Jackson,
delivered the Thanksgiving ser
mon with all denominations and
most churches of the county
joining in th e Union service. Min
isters of the county took part on
the program which assembled a
goodly number of Butts citizens
to express their praises to a
Providential Father for His boun
tiful blessings.
Football, food and fun, though
not necessarily in that order,
brought pleasure to many county
residents Thursday. As custom
ary, football played an important
part in the celebration with
many score fans journeying to
Atlanta Thanksgiving afternoon
for the annual Georgia-Tech
freshman game at Grant Field,
played each year for the benefit
of the crippled children at Scot
tish Rite Hospital. It is the prem
ier game of its kind in the na
tion and usually attracts upwards
of 40,000 fans.
Georgia and Tech varsity teams
will clash on the same field on
Thanksgiving night with the game
to be aired on national television.
Tech, with a 6-4 record going in
to the final game, has been in
vited as the home team in the
Peach Bowl, opposing the Rebels
of Ole Miss. Georgia carries a
fine 9-1 record into its last game
and has been invited to meet
North Carolina in the Gator Bowl
at Jacksonville on December 31st.
Both the freshman and varsity
games are rated near toss-ups
with the Jackets accorded an ex
cellent chance to upset the Bull
dogs for the third straight year.
As customary, eating will be
one of Thanksgiving’s favorite
pastimes with turkey and all the
trimmings appearing on many
local tables. Family reunions will
be widespread during the holidays
with many local families enter
taining guests while others will
be out of town visiting relatives
and friends.
Business in the community will
come to a virtual standstill on
Thanksgiving Day with county
post offices closed and mail be
ing dispatched on a holiday sched
ule. Most business houses will be
open for business on Friday fol
lowing Thanksgiving, the day
that traditionally signals the
opening of the Christmas shop
ping season.
The wily buck will attract the
attention of many Nimrods with
the hunting having been reported
excellent in the county to date.
The holiday will be sadly re
membered by many families as
30 highway deaths have been
predicted for Georgia over the
Thanksgiving holidays w h ich
counting period extends from 6
p. m. Wednesday, November
24th, through Sunday midnight,
November 28th. Traffic through
Jackson is expected to be reas
onably heavy for the holidays
with an extremely heavy volume
anticipated on 1-75.
SANTA LETTERS WILL
BE PUBLISHED AGAIN
If there was any doubt that
Chrstmas is fast approaching
it was dispelled last week with
the receipt of the first letters
to Santa Claus. As has been
the policy for more than a
generation, The Progress-
Argus will publish these letters
to Santa without charge, ask
ing the young writers to keep
them as brief as possible as a
means of aiding Santa Claus
in his enormous task on Christ
mas Eve.
