The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, December 16, 1971, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textifnrksmt Progr^ss-Argus VOL. 98—NO. 50 Judges To View Lighted Homes In Trip Over City December 20 Final preparations have been made for the judging of Jackson’s attractively decorated and lighted homes in the annual Christmas Lighting Contest on Monday, December 20th. The contest is sponsored by the Garden Club Council and The Jackson Prog ress-Argus. Judges for the 1971 Lighting Contest were announced this week by Mrs. Jane B. Powell, Garden Club Council president. These include Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Stehle, Mr. and Mrs. John Chastain, Dr. and Mrs. Lee Lokey of Atlanta. The women are home econo mists for Georgia Power Compa ny from the metropolitan Atlan ta area and are accredited and skilled judges for the enormous task confronting them in deciding on the city’s eight most attract ively decorated homes. The judges will be entertained at dinner at the home of Mrs. J. W. Carter on West Third Street with the Cherokee Garden Club, Jackson Garden Club and Mag nolia Garden Club to be hosts at the dinner and to entertain and fete the judges. Members of the Mimosa and Hawthorn Garden Clubs will furnish transportation and drive the judges about the city as they undertake the diffi cult task assigned them. According to Mrs. Powell the judges will probably render their decision on the business district before the dinner date time at Mrs. Carter’s with judging of the city, divided as customary into east and west divisions, to take place following the meal. Both Mrs. Powell and Doyle Jones Jr., publisher of the Prog ress-Argus, complimented the city on its festive appearance in past years and issued the following joint statement, “We realize that many new families have moved into the city during the past few months and we particularly in vite them to participate in the contest along with the hundreds of other home owners who an nually join into making our com munity more festive at Christ mas.” Both Mrs. Powell and Mr. Jones made it clear that all dec orated homes within the City of Jackson and encompassed by the boundaries defined by the Garden Club Council will be observed and considered in the judges de cisions. Both emphasized that no formal entry has to be made and stressed the fact that if a house is decorated it will be judged. Prizes in the amount of $12.- 50, $lO, $7.50 and $5 will be awarded to first, second, third and fourth place winners respec tively in the home category and prizes of $lO, $7.50 and $5.00 in the business district. Six honor able mentions will be named in the residential areas, four in the business area. The Garden Club Council es tablishes the rules and regula tions under which the contest is conducted with the paper fur nishing the prizes. All homes in Jackson will be judged as well as those on the Griffin Road as far as the W. A. Cook residence. Homes will be included beyond the city limits on Brookwood Avenue, those on the Monticello highway to the C. E. Washington home, and those on Buttrill Road. First place winners in the Christmas Decorating Contest in 1970 are not eligible for prizes this year. Those include homes of Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Parrish on Robin Drive and Mrs. Charles Barber on Brookwood Avenue. , Jackson City Hall was the first place winner in the business divi sion. TOYS FOR NEEDY ARE BEING REPAIRED The New Horizon Investor’s Club is repairing old bicycles to help make Christmas merrier for needy children. If you have a bicycle, in any condition, to do nate, you are asked to please take it by the Horizon Gulf Ser vice Station at Mimosa and West Third Streets, or call 775-9043 and it will be picked up • Van Deventer Yule Party Much Enjoyed The Van Deventer Memorial Scout Foundation exhibited its accustomed red carpet treatment to its more than 200 guests at the annual appreciation night banquet December 9th at the group Camp at Indian Springs State Park. Hampton L. Daughtry, Atlanta philanthropist and financier, orig inator of the foundation, was host at the Yule party with the 17th anniversary of the Van Deventer Youth Center being observed. The delicious meal was catered by Mrs. James Moore and was served buffet style. The Red Coat Orchestra of Forsyth furnished nostalgic music that was popular with the audience. William Mack Davis, Van De venter Youth Director, welcomed the guests and introduced those at the head table. Messrs. Daughtry and P. H. Weaver, an original trustee of the Van Deventer Foundation, joined in making many awards and presentations. The following new sponsors received the Community Builder Award from Mr. Weaver: The Slax Shoppe, Middle Georgia Livestock Sales Company, Cook’s Hood Oil Comapny, Weaver In surance Agency and Edwards Department Store. Mr. Weaver presented the fol lowing individuals the Builders Award for 1971: loline Cook, Bill Nelson, Sr., Betty James, Charles Roberts, Virginia Wyatt, Millard Daniel, Ryland Smith, Alex Martin, Ray Thaxton, Bobby Dawson, Ann Dawson, Pat Smith, Rev. Donald Folsom, Danny Hoard. John Chiappetta, Johnny Col well, Raymond Waits, Gwen Juh lin, James Mixon, Claudette Har per, Ethel Ault, Ann Kelly, Liz Hudgins, Sandra Moore, Carole Leverette, B. Y. Lunceford, Wayne Smith and Johnny Hol land. Twelve sponsors received the Five Star Award for having sponsored athletic teams five or more years. These included: Polk Tire Company, City Pharmacy, VFW Post 5374, American Mills, Avondale Mills, The Kym Com pany. Jackson Drug Company, Jack son Hardware Cos., Etheridge- Smith Cos., The Jackson Progress- Argus, The Exchange Club of Jackson and Byars Ltd. More than a score of individ uals received the Five Star Award for volunteer service in the youth program for five or more years. These include: Joe Brown Sr., Ernest Biles, Harold E. McMichael, Tony Grant, Den ny O’Neal, Farris King, Dennis Wise, Harry Ridgeway, William A. Duke, Bill Hoard, James Biles, Clyde Herbert, Georgie Watkins, Thelma Prosser. R. C. Norsworthy, Priscilla Wells, Bennie Fletcher, Freddie Dodson, Mrs. Frank McMichael, Ava Smith, E. D. Briscoe, Terry Kitchens, Luke Weaver, Harold Smith, Robin James, Dr. Bailey Crockarell, Frank McMichael and Danny Blue. ROBERT NASH, CHINA EXPERT, NOW AT SHIELDS Mr. Robert Nash of Atlanta, district manager of the South eastern Division for Royal Wou cester, is again assisting Mrs. C. W. Shields at her jewelry store during the Christmas season. An authority on china and crystal, Mr. Nash will be glad to assist you in any way possible. We invite you to come by, meet and consult with Mr. Nash at your earliest convenience. Drunks Pose Greatest Danger To Drivers Here The most fearful law offender during the holidays has been cited by Butts County Sheriff officers as the person driving under the influence of alcohol and special attention will be placed on pos sible offenders during overtime patrols for the remainder of the month, Sheriff Hugh Polk has announced. Sheriff Polk and Deputies Bill Taylor, Billy Leverette and Glenn Smith will be working additional hours during Christmas and New Year celebrations in cooperation with the Georgia State Patrol and city police in an effort to protect local drivers in dense holiday traffic. During a discussion at the courthouse yesterday Deputies Taylor and Leverette pointed out the tremendous risks of drunken driving as they accented the department’s intentions of constant patrol during the forth coming weeks of seasonal amuse ment. “We catch DUl’s in spells in Butts County and you can nev er tell when a rash may break out. We may not run into a single drunken driver during Christmas or we may arrest a rec ord number—you never can tell,” they remarked^ The sheriff’s department had rather make no arrests for drunk en driving at any time of the year, especially at Christmas, not because of the inconvenience of officers or citizens but because of the general safety of Butts County roads and innocent driv ers, according to the deputies. “We’ve seen drunks drive over the center line and hit other cars headon even after we’d been trying to catch them for several miles. Driving under the influ ence of alcohol is by far the worst crime on the road today.” Sheriff Polk urges all citizens to drive with utmost care during the holidays. Miss Hearn To Compete In Beauty Show Miss Norma Dean Hearn has been selected by the Phi Sigma Sophomore Honor Society at Georgia College at Milledgeville to compete for “Miss Georgia College” January 14th and 15th. Miss Hearn, daughter of Mrs. Mary Will Hearn, 201 Brook wood Avenue, will vie with other college beauties in Russell Audi torium at Georgia College be ginning at 7:30 o’clock. She will also be among contestants fea tured on the Del Ward Show on WMAZ-TV, channel 13, Macon, during the weekend competition. There will be many other events in this pageant in which Miss Hearn will participate. JOHNNY RIVERS NEW HEAD OF SADDLE CLUB The Ocmulgee Saddle Club met at their regular meeting dur ing the weekend for the election of officers for the coming year. New officers of the club for 1972 include Johnny Rivers, president; Ralph Weaver, vice president; Alice Rivers, secreta ry; Carolyn Cook, treasurer. Other business discussed inclu ded a square dance on Saturday night and the horse shows to be held at the club arena in the spring and summer. THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1971 I Douglas Bryant [ls Named Missionary The Rev. and Mrs. Douglas A. Bryant of Moreland, Ga., were among 10 missionaries appointed by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board on Dec. 14 in Richmond, Va. Bryant, pastor of Moreland Baptist Church for 314 years, expects to do evangelistic work in Ghana. The Bryants are natives of Georgia. He is from Jackson, the son of J. Dawson Bryant, and she is the former Ann Bagley of Buford. Both attended Truett McConnell College, Cleveland, Ga., and were graduated from Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn. He holds the master of theology degree from New Orleans Bap tist Theological Seminary. As an undergraduate he was a summer missionary in California for the Southern Baptist Mission Board and in Ghana for the Bap tist Student Union. Mrs. Bryant served as a BSU summer mission ary in New Orleans. After their marriage and grad uation from Belmont, they taught for a year in Buford before he entered seminary in New Orleans. She taught for two years in a Baptist school there and for one year in a Baton Rouge high school. During Bryant’s last year in seminary he was pastor of Fairfields Baptist Church, Baton Rouge. The Bryant’s son, Paul, is near ly a year old. Womanless Weddirig Is Hilarious The Butts County Jaycees will present a “womanless wedding” Friday night, December 17th, at the Jackson School Auditorium at eight o’clock with the proceeds earmarked for the Empty Stock ing Fund, sponsored annually by the Jaycees. The production will begin with a courtroom scene to decide whether Mr. Ronnie Howard will have to marry Miss Don Mont gomery. Naturally the verdict is in favor of marriage with the hilarious ceremony to follow. Some of the characters are Don Montgomery as the bride; Ronnie Howard as the groom; Darrell Pippin as the bride’s mother; Bub Ridgway, bride’s sister; Tony Thurston, judge and preacher; Danny Hoard, bride’s father; Ron Wade, groom’s sister; Tom Burton, flower girl; Danny Blue and Ben Richie, bridesmaids; Tom Webb, ring bearer. The Butts County Jaycess in vite the public to what they term “the social event of the century,” the wedding of Miss Don Montgomery to Mr. Ronnie Howard. VFW POST TOOK FRUIT TRAYS TO WESTBURY The VFW Post 5374 and the Ladies Auxiliary carried between 130 and 135 trays of fruit to Westbury Nursing Home Sunday afternoon with the appreciation of the patients so joyously etched on most faces that VFW Com mander Richard Crane and Faye Crane, president of the Ladies Auxiliary, stated that “this is one of the most rewarding pro jects ever undertaken by the VFW.” The trays contained grapefruit, apples, oranges, grapes, tange rines and candy. The trays were prepared by VFW members and the Ladies Auxiliary. At Westbury, Miss Ethel Smith helped present trays to the pati ents who were lavish in their ap preciation for being remembered. Sylvan Grove Hospital was not forgotten either as 16 trays were presented Sunday afternoon. JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 P. H. Weaver Chosen As County's "Man Of Year'' Industry Tells Yule Holiday Closing Dates All six major Jackson indus tries will close at least one day before this year’s Saturday Christmas and most will reopen the following Monday morning, plant superintendents have said. Two mills will offer definite New Year benefits and all offer paid holidays, according to re ports. Supt. Frank Forehand, Amer ican Mills, said that his plant would close Thursday, Dec. 23, and would reopen Monday the 27th after the paid holiday. Avondale Mills will close at the end of its third shift at 6 a. m., Dec. 24, and reopen at 6 a. m. the following Monday. The plant will close at 10 p. m. Friday, Dec. 31, at the end of the second shift for New Year and reopen Sunday night, Jan. 2, at 10 p. m., according to Supt. Hal Sum mers. He said all retirement trust members will receive paid holi days. Fashion Pillows Vice President Walter Jones reported that his factory would close Thursday, Dec. 23, and reopen the next Monday in observance of the paid Christmas holiday. The Kym Company will fold up routine work on Wednesday, Dec. 22, have their annual Christ mas party, and return to the plant Jan. 3 after New Year cele brations—part of a yearly Christ mas paid vacation, it was an nounced by Supt. Mark Kapiloff. Plantation Fashions Supt. Murry Moncrief said that his plant will close Thursday, Dec. 23rd, and reopen for work Mon day after a brief paid holiday break. Poloron Mobile Homes, Jack son’s newest industry, will remain open shortly during the 24th in order to accept job applications and will reopen the next Monday morning, General Manager Mike Sheehan said. Live Nativity Scene Planned By Nazarenes The NYPS Department of the Jackson Church of the Nazarene will again stage a Live Nativity Scene depicting the birth of Je sus, Mary and Joseph, Wise Men and Shepherds beginning Mon day, December 20th, and contin uing each evening through Fri day, December 24th. The public is extended a cor dial inviation to view the impres sive scene on the lawn of the Nazarene Parsonage at 361 In dian Springs Street between the hours of 7 and 9 o’clock. The scene has proven quite popular in past years and was recipient of an honorable men tion from judges of last year's Christmas Decorating Contest. SAVINGS BONDS SALES IN BUTTS AT 87.4% MARK The sale of U. S. Savings Bonds in Butts County during the month of October brought the county to 87.4% of its 1971 goal of $50,000, according to figures released this week by Mrs. Eliza beth H. Watkins, Savings Bonds chairman. Sales during the month amounted to $3,912 with a total of $43,698 being sold to date. October sales for other coun ties in the Sixth District and their percentages include: Henry $27,612 or 86.7%; Monroe $5,- 854 or 100.3%; Spalding sll,- 682 or 114.9%; Lamar $15,637 or 87.7%; Troup $75,433 or 69.- 3%; Heard $5,818 or 97.2%. Pliny H. Weaver, prominent Jackson insurance executive and community leader for more than four decades, was honored Tues day night by being chosen Butts County’s “Man of the Year for 1971,” an award made annually by the Jackson Kiwanis Club. Mr. Weaver was presented a handsomely engraved plaque at the ladies night meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the clubhouse Tuesday night by Doyle Jones, Jr., chairman of the Business and Public Affairs Committee, spon sors of the award presentation. Mr. Weaver is the third recipi ent of the award, the program be ing originated in 1969 with Hampton L. Daughtry as the first recipient. In 1970 the late Rob ert Park Newton Sr. was honored as the Man of the Year. Mr. Weaver was born August 5, 1899 in Butts County, the son of Mr. Oscar Weaver and Mrs. Alberta Thaxton Weaver. He at tended school at Sandy Plains in a one-room school and later grad uated from Jackson High School after which he attended Georgia Tech for a brief period. Mr. Weaver and his brother, Oscar Weaver Jr., own and ope rate a farm and dairy in the Coody District. For a short time Mr. Weaver taught school at San dy Plains and then worked for several years at Jackson National Bank, but early in life turned to life insurance as his forte. He has been an ultra successful agent for the New York Life Insurance Company for many years and has won many outstanding trips. Mr. Weaver bought his present agen cy from the late T. A. Nutt Sr., to whom he gives credit for much of his success. Mr. Weaver’s insurance busi ness is operated with the aid of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Charlotte Weaver, and his nephew, Luke Weaver, a partner in the busi ness. Always active in civic affairs and feeling a keen responsibility, Mr. Weaver is a former member of the Butts County Board of Education, served for many years on the Selective Service Board, and at one time was Mayor of Jackson. For many years Mr. Weaver served on the Butts County Welfare Committee and is presently a member of the Butts County Hospital Authority. A long time supporter of Scout ing, he served many years as scoutmaster and on one occasion carried eight local Scouts to the National Jamboree in Washing ton, D. C. for which he received the Silver Beaver award, one of the first given in the Flint River Council and one of his most treas- Baptist Choirs Present Yule Program Sunday On Sunday, December 19th, at 6:30 p. m. the choirs of the First Baptist Church will present its annual “Choirs at Christmas” program. The eight choirs and instrumental ensemble will be performing. The service will be by candle light and the music centering around the story of Christ’s birth as told in the oßok of Luke. Over 200 children and adults will be singing, with the adult Church Choir singing selections from Handel’s Messiah. The pub lic is cordially invited to be pres ent for the annual choral pro gram. OCMULGEE SADDLE CLUB WILL SPONSOR DANCE The Ocmulgee Saddle Club is sponsoring a square dance Sat urday night, December 18th, from 9 to 12 midnight at the Towaliga Clubhouse. A country music band, The Georgia Sounds, $5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE naif JBSL. P. H. WEAVER ured possessions. Mr. Weaver is a past president of the Kiwanis Club and has served as director on many occasions as well as a leader on many of its committee projects. Mr. Weaver has played an important part in locating new industry in Jackson and Butts County and is a member of the Butts County Development Corp. He is an original trustee of the Van Deventer Memorial Scout Foundation and has aided the Foundation’s originator, Hamp ton L. Daughtry, immeasurably in bringing the Foundation to its present scope where slightly less than 1,000 boys and girls partici pate in its year-round athletic programs. A tower of strength at the First Baptist Church, Mr. Weav er has served as Sunday School Superintendent, chairman of its Deacon Board, moderator of the Kimbell Association, and a trus tee of Tift College. Mr. Weaver is the oldest of five children, his brothers being Lamar and Oscar Weaver, Jr., both of Jackson; his sisters, Mrs. T. T. Patrick of Jackson and Mrs. Ray Siewert of Clayton. Following the presentation of the plaque Mr. Weaver was warmly congratulated by his many friends for the signal honor which was bestowed upon him. A Christmas dinner, prepared by Mrs. Ruth Emory and staff, was enjoyed by the members and guests. The tables were attrac tively decorated by Mesdames Frances Holland, David Black, Rogers Starr and Randy Hudgins. President Francis Holland wel comed members, ladies, and spe cial guests of the club including Mr. and Mrs. Hampton L. Daugh try of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Os car L. Weaver Jr., and Dr. and Mrs. Allen Ault. Other guests in vited were Mrs. S. L. Austin and Miss Delia Watkins. Road Signs Are Being Checked State Highway officials last week began an inventory of road signs which are illegal in the Jackson area. They said they would concen trate on the 1-76 stretch through this area first. Then other signs would be checked. The officials said they would check with the sign owners first, then property owners and ask that the illegal signs be removed. They said they would work in a spirit of cooperation in helping to See that federal and state laws are met. The officials will be working in the Butts, Henry, Spalding, and Lamar areas at first, they said. will be featured. The concession stand will serve hot dogs and other refreshments. Admission will be $1.50 for adults with children under 12 ad mitteed free. The public is cor dially invited to attend.