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Class of '57
Held Reunion
At Armory
An enjoyable class reunion of
the Class of 1957 of Jackson High
School was held Sunday at the
National Guard Armory. Thirty
three members and their families
out of 52 class members were
present for the occasion.
Don Earnhart served as mas
ter of ceremonies for the affair
and Ed Ridgway presented sev
eral of the members gag gifts.
The class prophecy was read af
ter which the members told what
had happened since school days
and how much of the prophecy
came true. The class placed flow
ers on the grave of the only de
ceased member, Aubrey Banks
ton, in his memory.
Special guest for the occasion
was Mrs. R. D. Lawrence, a form
er teacher.
Class members present inclu
ded Hammond Barnes, Charles
Brooks, Claire Bryant Redman,
Nancy Carter Williams, Donnie
Caston, Gwen Cawthon Smith,
Larry Cawthon, Betty Cleveland
Hall, Douglas Coleman, Elizabeth
Coleman James, Madelyn Cowan
King, Eugene Darnell, Don Earn
hart, Audrey Gray Jordan.
Fred Hamlin, Earl Hurst, Dean
Lane, Joanne Lunsford Moss, Du
lane Maddox, Rachael Martin
Rooks, Martha Mays Ford, Peg
gy McElheney Knowles, Lamar
McMichael, Ann Moore Kelly,
Nancy Power Dean, Douglas Pul
liam, Ed Ridgway, Roscoe Smith,
Hueace Spencer Etheridge, Bob
by Stephens.
Sylvia Thaxton Coleman, Mary
Waters Bledsoe and Homer Wil
liams.
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New and Renewal Subscriptions
Of The Past Few Days
Miss Eloise Beauchamp, Jack
son
L. J. Brown, Jackson
S. L. Letson, Jackson
Mrs. H. 0. Smith, Jackson
Mary Sims, Jackson
Mrs. Edith Britton, Flovilla
Mrs. D. W. Bailey, Jackson
J. W. Wingate, Flovilla
Doyle McMullen, In di an
Springs
Mrs. Naomi Dial, Jackson
S. T. Hocker, Jr., Jackson
Mrs. W. F. Duke, Cocoa, Fla.
Mrs. Hoke East, Jackso n
Raymond Hammond, Jackson
Max Perdue, Flovilla
LCDR J. M. Evans, Glenn
Dale, Md.
D. D’. Estes, Jackson
Mrs. L. C. Coleman, Conyers
George Seay, Jackson
Mrs. Paul Maddox, Jackson
D. P. Zuber, Jackson
W. 0. Ball, Jackson
W. J. Saunders, Jackson 1
Ronnie McMullen, Jackson
John H. May, Jackson
Howell Lunsford, Locust
Grove
David Smith, Jenkinsburg
Robert Stuart, Jackson
L. H. Duke, Jackson
Mrs. Billie Jinks, Jackson
J. M. McMichael, Jackson
Mrs. C. E. Barber, Jackson
B. C. Singley, Locust Grove
Mrs. Jess Henley, Locust
Grove
JACKSON
DRIVE-IN
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
June 15, 16 and 17
From Nashville
With Music
PLUS
Country Music
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
June 18, 19 and 20
The Class Of 74
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New* of 10 Year* Ago
Pointing to Jackson as a town
of 5,000 population or more with
in thirteen years, W. Andy Hol
ston, City Gas Engineer, traced
the city’s industrial growth of
recent years and cited the new
demands and new opportunities
which increased growth will im
pose in an address to the Jack
son Kiwanis Club Tuesday eve
ning.
A community meeting, county
wide in scope, at which all as
pects of the proposed field house
will be discussed, will be held
Tuesday at eight o’clock in the
school auditorium.
The bodies of John Jernigan,
prominent Covington attorney,
and pilot Pete Elliott, of Augusta,
were found in the wreckage of
their single engine plane Monday
morning by a Negro fisherman
in the Ocmulgee River swamp of
Jones County near Dames Ferry.
Four of Jackson’s most attrac
tive homes will be opened May
16th in a Tour of Homes, spon
sored by the Garden Clubs of
Butts County with Sylvan Grove
Hospital to be the recipient of
net proceeds.
News of 20 Year* Ago
Capt. John Quincy Boyd of
the United States Air Force, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Doek Boyd of
Jackson, was one of 15 killed and
two injured in the crash of a
giant B-36 at Fairchild AFB at
Spokane, Wash, early Tuesday.
Jackson High’s track team,
Class “B” champions of the
Fourth District, will lay their
title on the line Friday morning
at 9:30 when the fourth district
track and field events begin on
the Griffin High School athletic
field.
Mrs. Newt Etheredge enter
tained the members of her Sun
day School Class of the Jackson
Presbyterian Church at an en
joyable Easter hike Friday aft
ernoon at her home on the At
lanta highway.
An early morning fire at 7:35
Monday, the origin of which has
not been traced, burned the home
of Charlie Barnes on Mays
Street.
News of 30 Years Ago
The Butts County Board of
Commissioners have re-appointed
R. E. Evans as a member of the
Board of Tax Equalizers for a
six year term dating from Jan
uary 1, 1942.
Featured by a large attend
ance, an interesting sermon by
the pastor and good papers by
the members, the program at the
First Baptist Church Sunday
morning for 4-H Club members
and their parents proved one of
rare interest.
His family has been advised by
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the War Department that Gus
Gray, United States Navy, is re
ported as missing and it is
feared that he went down with
his ship, the Peary, sunk in the
Java Sea near Darwin, Australia,
by the Japanese.
Sheriff J. D. Pope and Police
man G. W. Brooks report the
capture of a large still outfit
in Towaliga District.
New* of 40 Year* Ago
At a meeting of City Council
Monday night an election was
called for Wednesday, June Bth,
to permit voters of Jackson to
pass on the question of abolishing
the present independent school
sysem and entering the county
unit system.
Pinned beneath an automobile,
which overturned while running
at a high rate of speed, Mr.
Walter Wooten, 20 years of age,
was almost instantly killed Sun
day afternoon about five o’clock
on the Iron Springs-Hall’s Bridge
Road, near the McClure place.
The week of April 24-May 1
will be observed as Health Pro
motion Week and Sunday, May
Ist, will be known as Child
Health Day.
In a raid o n a distillery near
Smith’s Ferry Wednesday morn
ing, county policemen Ike Wilson
and A. A. Howell report finding
three 500 gallon vats of beer,
which was poured out.
PERSONAL
Dr. and Mrs. B. Frank Parrish,
Benjie and Debbie returned home
Friday from an enjoyable vaca
tion at Panama City, Florida.
Mrs. Jim Bishop and children
of Asheville, N. C., are visiting
this week with Mrs. Lynwood
Thurston and family.
Mrs. W. M. Redman, who was
a patient at Sylvan Grove Hospi
tal about three weeks, returned
home Saturday, her many friends
will be interested to know.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Standard
and Phyllis, Mrs. Eloise Standard
and Miss Ina Mae Thurston vis
ited Mrs. Louise Thrurston and
family Sunday.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
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MRS. T. H. PRICE
Mrs. W. T. Collins has return
ed from a visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Townsend of
Stark, Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Jee Edwards and
family of Douglasville were week
end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Allen.
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John
O. Minter Saturday were Mrs.
E. V. Patrick of Carrollton, Mrs.
Keith Phelps and children, Shawn
John Walker of Cairo and Mrs.
and Kristen, of Tallahassee, Fla.
Rev. and Mrs. Elbert Moore
and Mary Anne were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Crumbley and family of Locust
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Starr
have just returned from a vaca
tion trip to Miami, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brooks
of Dunwoody visited his father,
Mr. B. C. Brooks, Sunday. The
children, David and Cheryl, were
left with granddad while Mr. and
Mrs. Brooks attended their class
reunion of Jackson High.
Mr. Jim Morrow and Leslie of
Pineallas Park, Fla. visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis Huff and Lynn
last weekend. Miss Cheryl Mor
row, who has been living with her
uncle and aunt for several
months and attending school
here, returned to Florida with
her father to spend the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Huff and
Lynn enjoyed several days of
camping at High Falls last week.
Spend the day guests of Mrs.
R. A. Allen last Friday were
Mrs. Lillian Craven of Powder
Springs, Mrs. Violet Mangham
and Gail of Mableton, Mrs. J. B.
Bell of Atlanta and Mr. and Mrs.
Butts County
VFW Post 5374
Regular Meeting Nights
THIRD FRIDAY
in each month.
Youth Center —i.- 7:30
JOSEPH R. CRANE
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Elliott
and girls had as their guests
Monday night S/Sgt. and Mrs.
David Elliott and Vonda of
Charleston, S. C. Tuesday they
returned to their Charleston home
and carried their son, Chris, home
after an extended visit with his
grandparents and other relatives.
Martin* Ridgeway, student at
Georgia Tech, arrived home Mon
day to spend the summer with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Har
ry Ridgeway, and Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Carmichael and Betsy.
Sam Posey of Stone Mountain.
Visitors on Sunday afternoon
were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burrell
of Stockbridge.
Sunday guests of Mr. Marquis
Childs were Mrs. Miriam Dobbs
and daughter, Marian, and grand
daughter, Kim Brown, all of
Rome.
Monday luncheon guests of
Miss Ruby Lane were Miss Lucy
Robinson and Mrs. Sally Mae
Cook of Covington and Mrs. Ju
lia Harris.
Mr. H. G. Harris spent several
days last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Harris and family of
Cartersville. Mr. Mike Harris of
Cartersville spent last week with
his grandparents, with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Har
ris, coming for the day Sunday
and returning Mike home.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Sims vis
ited their daughter, Mrs. Charles
Rape, and family in Decatur Sun
day. Mrs. Rape is undergoing
treatment for a period of time
and will face surgery some time
in the future.
Visiting their grandparents for
several days this week are Kim,
Jeff and Phillip Price of Lake
Spivey, Jonesboro.
An Open Letter To The
Citizens of Butts County
Dear Friends,
Last week I announced that I was a candidate for re-election
as Sheriff of our county. Before you honored me with this
office, I promised to work for an office open to the people
equipped to serve the people the way you are entitled to be
served. This I have done professionally, ethically and courte
ously. All our cases are documented and handled according
to the laws that regulate us. It has been my policy to release
no names unduly or engage in street-comer or coffee-table
discussions of the affairs of you the people.
Having been born and reared here and worked here
among you all my life, I have not found it necessary to wear
a uniform or side-arm to obtain respect or cooperation; but
this is purely a matter of personal preference.
Law Enforcement is not and should not be a money mak
ing project, but being a firm believer in being no burden to
the tax-payers of Butts County, I offer the following verified
information as to revenues paid into the general fund and other
funds according to the records of the County Ordinary.
May 1, 1969-May 31, 1972 January 1,1966, April 31 1969
$128,344.40 $88,228.50
This shows an increase of 31.25%. Of this $l2B 344 40-
$1,816.00 went into Law Library Fund and $10,185.00 for Court
house Improvements, and other than amount allocated to Peace
Officers Retirement fund the balance goes into the General
Fund of the County.
I have asked for and received two raises for my deputies
to make their salaries more in line with the cost of living have
had commendations from numerous Grand Juries and r’ecom
mendations for two more deputies; this to be granted after
January 1, 1973.
Our local population is approximately 11,000 and durum
holidays and summer we have an influx of from 3 000 to 4 onn
tourists, so with my busy schedule it may not be possible to con
tact each voter but I shall make every effort to do so Manv
of my friends have already offered their services for which T
am very grateful. - 11 1
Thank you for your trust and ask for your vote and con
tinued support. cun '
Hugh C. Polk
CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION AS SHERIFF
OF BUTTS COUNTY
"A Man To Whom Everyone Is Someone"
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. David Deraney,
Christopher, Larry Jr. and Yvon
ne Deraney returned home last
Thursday afternoon from an en
joyable vacation at Panama City,
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Ridge
way will attend the State Georgia
R.L.C. Association at Jekyll Is
land June 12-21. They will retain
one day early for Mrs. Ridgeway
to enter Northside Hospital, At
lanta, on Wednesday to undergo
surgery Thursday.
Mrs. Nell R. Carmichael was
admitted to Sylvan Grove Hos
pital Sunday afternoon, her many
friends will regret to learn.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Smith,
Carol, Sue and Tommy were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Weaver and Miss Wil
lene Weaver.
We have
the job that’s
right for you ...
now.
Choose your skill and learn it while you
serve your country. Benefits include:
guaranteed promotion, 30 days’ paid va
cation, free travel, job security, and free
medical care. Earn good pay while you
learn in the Air Force.
Contact your Air Force Recruiter. Call
Sgt. Blankensopp, 743-8743, Old P. 0.
Bldg., Third & Mulberry Street, Macon
THURSDAY, JUNE IS, 1972
PERSONAL
Friends of Mrs. David P. Settle
regret to learn that she suffered
the misfortune of breaking her
right wrist in a fall at her home
Saturday afternoon about 5 o’-
clock She received emergency
treatment at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital and was carried to Georgia
Baptist Hospial where her arm
was set by an orthopedic sur
geon She returned to Jackson
about one o’clock Sunday morn
ing and is reported resting com
fortably.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank friends for
their kind thoughts, cards, and
prayers and the doctor and
nurses in the Monticello Hospital.
Thanks also to the Broom Memo
rial Class and the people at the
Nazarene Church. —W. N. Stod
ghill.