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By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week: We like these two short gems of wisdom,
particularly the one about the boy and his kitchen flavored
Mommy.
While leaning down to kiss her 6-year-old-son, a mother asked
how he liked her new perfume. He replied quickly, “Oh, Mommy, I
like you better when you’re kitchen flavored.” - Quote.
A long-winded lecturer had been holding forth for more than an
hour, pausing briefly from time to time to gulp a hasty sip of water.
Finally, during one such break, a man in the audience leaned
toward his neighbor and announced, in a loud whisper, “First time
I ever saw a windmill run by water!” - Grit.
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
The white Christmas that we sing about and about which the
young in heart dream will not likely occur in this area of Georgia,
barring a meteorological miracle, weather forecasters explain
with callous indifference. Geographically speaking, a white
Christmas for central Georgia is nothing short of a miracle. We are
too far South for snow this early in the Winter. I can remember only
two Christmases when we had snow flurries either on Christmas
Eve or Christmas Day. I can also remember that in 1936 and in 1940
we had heavy snows only a day or two after Christmas. In ’361 was
a senior at the University of Georgia and I returned to Athens by
way of Atlanta via bus and it took most of the day to fight the slushy
roads and heavy drifts. We had some monumental snow battles
down at Brown Hall for the snow stayed on the ground for almost a
week and was four to six inches deep. Don’t give up hope, however;
the weathermen are notoriously inaccurate in their predictions,
and it doesn’t hurt to pray and dream. . . .Avery shy and timid
young bridegroom was purchasing a wispy and filmy gown for his
wife at the lingerie counter of a large Atlanta department store and
it was getting the better of him. Self conscious in the extreme and
blushing a pretty scarlet, he turned to a fellow sufferer and
exclaimed, “Before I go through with this again, she’ll have to
sleep naked.”.. .There is no finer and more enduring gift at Christ
mas than a pet. A cat or dog, a puppy or kitten soon becomes “one
of the family” and gives unending enjoyment, 365 days a year, long
after a shirt or slip is worn out or a tie or earrings discarded. Pets
need not be expensive, and in most cases are free. The Atlanta Hu
mane Society on Howell Mill Road is full of cats and dogs of all ages
and sizes that will make ideal pets. They can be claimed by paying
a nominal fee, and all will have had their shots and have been
checked by a veterinarian. We understand that Dr. William
Mitchell has some cats and dogs that can be had for pets at this
Yule season. Please check with him. Those cats and dogs, puppies
and kittens not claimed will have to be humanely put to death, and
your selection of a pet saves his life and creates anew dimension
for you. Our Christmas will be vastly brighter with Doll, Boots and
Frisky. And whether you believe it or not, those three cats have the
Christmas spirit in great big doses. . . .Another nice gift for
Christmas that is often overlooked is a plant. It was the Christmas
of 1946 that Sue and Vincent gave me my first camellia. They
purchased it from Frank Childs and it launched me on my career in
camellias. I now have several hundred plants of many varieties
and they have afforded me great pleasures, especially since I
learned how to propagate them by grafting. Camellias and azaleas
make wonderful gifts since once the plants become established
they can grow into specimens that will thrill you if you have a
“green thumb” heritage. Dogwoods make nice gifts also. Roses are
fine but they are so perishable by nature they last only a few
seasons at best. Camellias, azaleas and dogwoods my live to be
large trees or shrubs and last for an almost indefinite period. Nice
plants can be obtained locally. . . .Second guessers have dissected
the Falcons-49’ers game to small pieces and one must admit that
the Falcons must be either one of the unluckiest or sorriest teams
on record - or both. Van Brocklin called the plays with the
astuteness of a drunk playing blind man’s bluff and could not
survive the fumbles of Malone and Hampton, the kicking (?) of
Bell, and the options of Berry. The best thing that can be said about
the game from an Atlanta viewpoint is that it mercifully ended with
the 49’ers only 20 points up. It could have been another 20 had the
comedy carnage been prolonged. . . .One of the most attractively
lighted and decorated places in the city is the Courthouse. The
pretty wreaths on the doors, highlighted by the spots, the lighted
Christmas tree in the center corridor all contribute to make the
Courthouse one of the town’s beauty spots. We congratulate the
Commissioners for having the Courthouse so attractively
decorated... .Congratulations are in order for the entire town this
Christmas season, and especially for the winners of the Lighting
Contest, the M. E. Wades, Robert Rooks, and Joe Taylor and his
staff at Mclntosh State Bank for their winning efforts that caught
the judges eyes as first p.'ace winners in their respectively
categories - West, East and business. The Atlanta-area judges fell
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Guest Editorial
THOMASTON FREE PRESS
Moral Clean-Up
Atlanta has become “Sin City, South” and now that great city is
about to pay the debts of a sinner with a gutter fight over crime
which is certain to result in a national airing of the city’s dirty
linen.
The trend in Atlanta has been noted in these quarters for several
years. In fact, we called attention more than three years ago to the
degeneration of entertainment in that city and two years deplored
the permissiveness allowed in the Tenth Street area.
Now entertainment offers
every perversion apparently
known to man and openly so
with the amusement pages'
spelling it all out.
There is an open fight over the
control of the skin-show night
clubs and apparently over other
fast-buck, morals -be-damed
business in that city.
Drugs make it one of the
major targets of federal drug
fighters because it got down to
such a low level without proper
local control. And even then,
there had to be media spotlights
put on the government’s foot
dragging on accepting federal
crime-fighting funds.
All this is taking place while
the dynamic Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce launches an
international advertising cam
paign hailing Atlanta as “the
next great city of the world.”
11118 is not considered
meddling on our part, because
we feel all of Georgia helps to
make Atlanta a great city and
we, therefore, feel there is a
right inherent to all Georgians
to speak their piece about our
capitol city.
And right now we wish the
city could be given a moral
spring cleaning.
PERSONAL
Brewton - Parker student
James Reasor is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Reasor, at Jenkinsburg during
the Yultide season.
Calvin White is the guest of
relatives in the county during
the Christmas season. He is a
student at Morris Brown
College.
in love with our town and were lavish in their praise of the
decorated homes, done despite the beastly weather that was
climaxed by a thunderstorm last Thursday night that practically
rained out the Chamber of Commerce meeting. The sponsors of the
annual Lighting Contest, the Garden Club Council, and The
Progress-Argus, jointly thank each home owner for having
decorated their home so prettily, all of which contributed to
Jackson’s festive look. We appreciate it. . . .In the waning days
before Christmas don’t forget to help the Empty Stocking Fund or
other charitable endeavor aid in making Christmas brighter for
those in need in the county. There are many families who need
assistance and in the personal hustle and bustle of getting ready for
Christmas it is all too easy to overlook the plight of the less
fortunate. It is of deep concern to me that some child in the county
will be unremembered on Christmas. None wants this to happen
and many persons and several agencies are working hard to see
this does not occur. As the natal date of our Lord and Saviour nears,
there is one gift that we all can share with our fellowman. It costs
us nothing, nay, cannot be purchased at any store in the land, but is
the greatest of all gifts. We can give ourselves in the gift of love -
warm, compassionate, enduring. If we will do this then the Spirit of
Christmas may live in our hearts 365 days a year. Love is the
bedrock of Christmas. “For God so loved that he gave...” May you
have a truly merry, happy and significant Christmas!
Reach for your
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Charge the things you want for the people you love.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
DR. PINCKNEY
REGISTERED FOR
OPTOMETRY MEET
Dr. R. H. Pinckney of Jackson
is among those registered for
the 50th Annual Southern
(formerly Southeastern) Con
gress of Optometry. February
2-0, 1973, at the Mariott Motor
Hotel in Atlanta.
Dr. Pinckney will have the
opportunity of selecting from a
total of 106 lecture hours to be
presented on the program,
including such topics as contact
lenses, practice management,
visual training, and care of
children’s vision.
Special occasions and gala
festivities are being arranged
for the Congress’ “Golden
Jubilee” anniversary. More
than 2,500 registrants from 40
states are expected to attend.
The Congress is sponsored by
the Southern Council of Op
tometrists which consists of
members in 12 states, two thirds
of which require educational
courses for annual license
renewal by optometrists.
Peggy Glass, student at the
Medical College of Georgia is
spending the Christmas season
with her mother, Mrs. Ernes
tine Glass.
Miss Donnell Stodghill, stu
dent at West Georgia College, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Lelia
M. Stodghill, during the
Christmas season.
A CHRISTMAS LETTER
Several years ago I wrote an open Christmas letter. While I am
departing from my usual form a little and my column will be
shorter than normal, I would like to share the letter with you. For I
feel a responsibility toward you despite the fact that we may never
have met. Here is the letter.
Dear Friends: As we draw near to this Christmas day, those of us
in the Wildmon family would like to take this method of wishing you
and yours a Christmas season filled with love and happiness. We
wish the very best for you in all that comes. But there are some
special gifts we hope you will have this Christmas.
First, we hope you will have enough, but not too much. This is our
wish for you because often when we get too much we forget where it
all comes from and we aren’t very grateful for what we have.
Next, we hope you will be happy, but not quite satisfied. We need
to remember that there are others less fortunate than we are.
Sometimes we get so concerned in satisfying our own desires, we
forget others who need our love and concern.
We hope you will get your shares of toys, also. Too many times we
make toys out of the things that are most precious in life. And if
there are enough toys, maybe we will be a little more serious with
the sacred things in life.
It is our desire that you get plenty to eat, but that you will not get
quite enough. Perhaps if our stomachs hurt a little we could
remember the undernourished a little easier and do more to help
feed our fellowman in need.
We know that you will be visiting with and visited by family and
friends. We hope you see all but one, and that missing that one will
remind you that there are some who do not have family or friends
to share Christmas with. Maybe it would help us be a little more
friendlier and kind to everyone.
It is our wish that your Christmas tree will have lots of packages
under it. And that in the exchanging of gifts you will remember the
grandest Gift ever given - the birth of the Christ Child in little
Bethlehem.
It is because of His love that all of us wish all of you a merry
Christmas. God bless you and remember the Christ Child this
Christmas
Merry Christmas from Don, Lynda, Timmy, Angela, Donna and
Mark - The Wildmons. - FIVE STAR.
Man Of The Year
Our friend and fellow editor Doyle Jones, Jr., of the Jackson
Progress-Argus has been named “Man of the Year” in Jackson.
We listed his numerous endeavors and accomplishments in a
news story the other day and will not repeat them here, but since he
is too modest to praise himself editorially in his own paper, his
friends in Griffin hereby do so with pleasure.
Doyle and his wife Martha have many friends in Griffin, which
they visit often, and all of them are delighted with this
well-deserved recognition in his own home town which is a mighty
fine place itself. - Quimby Melton, Jr. in The Griffin Daily News.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.
Taylor, Sr. spent the weekend in
Atlanta with their children, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Taylor, and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Whiten will
have as their Christmas Day
guests Mr. and Mrs. E. 0.
Whiting of Gainsville, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Whiten and son,
Trae, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Whiten, A1 and Marion Jo.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Phillips of
West Point, Ga. were weekend
guests of Mrs. H. H. Caldwell.
North Georgia College stu
dent Miss Elaine Todd is
spending the Yule holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Todd, and family.
THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1972
‘Whatsoever
Things'
By Donald E. Wildmon
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hauser
have as their guest during the
Christmas season Miss Mary
Lou Hauser, student at Georgia
Southwestern.
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Letters To
The Editor
Congratulations upon being
named "Butts County Man of
the Year”. From the bio
graphical sketch given in the
Macon Telegraph, I learn that
you and I have had some
similar experiences, such as,
service in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; local Chamber of
Commerce; Trustee in local
hospital; Elder in the Presby
terian Church and a subscriber
to the Presbyterian Journal.
I wish for you and the Jackson
Progress-Argus a larger mea
sure of success in the future.
Harvey J. Powell
I was very pleased to read in
both the MACON TELEGRAPH
and one of the Atlanta papers of
your selection as Butts County’s
“Man of the Year” for 1972. I
congratulate you on this honor
and think it is fully deserved.
Tyus Butler
Director Alumni Relations
As the most successful year in
our Scouting history comes to a
close, we wish to express thanks
to you for the support you have
given us.
Your willingness to promote
Scouting and to get it before the
people has made it a driving
force for character building,
citizenship training and per
sonal fitness in each com
munity.
You have played a great part
in molding our country as you
bring much needed information
to the public.
In behalf of Scouting family of
over six million in our nation,
and hundreds in your com
munity we say, Thank you.
Elbert Stutts
Scout Executive
Dear Editor:
It is with much regret that I
hear a proposal being made or
having been made to abolish a
rural route in Butts County.
Having been in the rural service
in the County for over 23% years
I feel that I know a few of the
facts.
Apparently this proposed
change would put some of the
patrons now being served by a
Jackson Route by a Carrier out
of Locust Grove, Ga. I
understand that this probably
would be done by changing
some of the addresses from
Jackson to Jenkinsburg. It is
true that I picked up mail at the
Jenkinsburg Office and de
livered to some of these
persons, but at the same time
there were some that used the
Jackson, Ga. address.
There is no doubt that there
needs to be some adjustments in
the routes to more equally
distribute the work load, but I
feel sure that if a present mail
count were made there would be
enough volume on the present
Butts County Routes (4 in
Jackson and 1 in Flovilla) to
evaluate by the Postal Services
own method over 40 hours per
week on each of the five routes.
Now I will be the first to admit
that several years ago my route
could be worked in approxi
mately 30 hours per week. This
was route 4 and was the lighest
route of the four in Jackson.
When I retired on June 30 it was
taking at least 36 hours to work
this same Route. RFD 2 is now
evaluated at approximately 61
per week.
One of the Jackson routes has
4 mobile home parks on it, one
of these has 150 spaces with 64
families being served in this
park at the present time. It is
easy to predict that this will
serve 150 families within 12 to 18
months.
In 1972 there were two new
industrial plants opened in
Jackson and are presently
employing approximately 130
people. The old plants have no
doubt increased their employ
ment, Butts County is growing
every day and people are
moving in as fast as housing can
be completed. Is it feasible to
eliminate a rural route in a
County that is definitely
growing, where the carriers
work load if equalized would be
over 40 hours per week?
I Certainly hope the
people will be made aware of
this situation and will let their
voices be heard. There are a lot
of us that have put in many
hours work in getting this
growth started in our county,
and we certainly hate to see
Postal Services curtailed in our
County.
M. W. Carmichael
PERSONAL
Howard University student
Jimmy McCormick is expected
to spend the Christmas holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James E. McCormick, and
family.
Dennis Smith of Abraham
Baldwin College, Tifton, is
spending the Yule season with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Smith.
Lees-Mcßae student Steve
Bennett is expected to arrive
next week to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bennett.
