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Hacksaw Progress-Aunts
Volume 100 Number 5
Over 50 Years
Standard Oil - Elwood Robison
Form A Winning Combination
A good businessman and
good products make a winning
team! Around several Middle
Georgia counties the name
Standard Oil and T. E.
Robison, Sr. are thought of
synonomously, much as ham
and eggs and grits and gravy.
And well they might for on
January 25th Mr. Robison was
recognized at an impressive
luncheon at the Marriott Motor
Hotel in Atlanta for his 50 years
of service as a Standard Oil
agent, the longest continuous
tenure of any agent in Georgia.
Mr. Robison was presented a
Silver Service for his half
century affiliation with Stan
dard Oil and was presented a
pin at a later ceremony in
which a large assemblage paid
him the honor of a standing
ovation which was obviously
done with warmth and heart
felt gratitude for his dedicated
loyalty over the 50 year period.
On January 8, 1919, Mr.
Robison was discharged from
the Armed Forces. Two days
later, he and his boyhood
friend, the late D. P. Settle,
became partners. They pooled
their capital of $750.00 and
went to work.
Their early accomplish
ments included agencies in the
automotive and industrial
fields.
In December 1922 they were
given the Standard Oil Agency
for Butts County with the
agency in Mr. Robison’s name.
In recalling those early days,
Mr. Robison remarked that
there were no paved roads in
this section of Georgia and that
the only available roads were
so muddy that trucks fre
quently slid into ditches. He
said that many times the
trucks remained in a ditch
overnight waiting to be pulled
out by mules the next morning.
In spite of these hardships,
this agency delivered 8,343
gallons of kerosene and 1,820
gallons of gasoline in their first
month’s operation - an
amazing feat.
Mr. Robison is particularly
proud of the fact that in over 50
years the agency has never
failed to show a regular
periodic business increase.
Mr. Robison recalled that
Henry County and a part of
Clayton County was added in
1939 with the Jasper County
dealership obtained in 1941. He
stated that Standard Oil has
four outlets on 1-75 in “my
county.”
Mr. Robison was born and
reared in Butts County, the son
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of the late Mr. E. C. Robison
and Mrs. Florence Hammond
Robison. He graduated from
the local schools and attended
the University of Georgia
before beginning his ultra
successful business career.
Mr. Robison credits his
business success to Standard
Oil’s high quality products, the
people with whom he has
worked, and the sincere trust
in his fellow man.
A member and officer of the
Jackson United Methodist
Church, Mr. Robison is a
charter member of the Jackson
Kiwanis Club, one of the two
remaining, and he and J. W.
O’Neal, Sr., the other charter
member, were given a rousing
standing ovation at the 51st
anniversary party of the
Jackson Kiwanis Club on
January 16th.
Married to the former Miss
Annie Mae Saunders, the
Robisons have one son, T. E.
Robison, Jr., and three
grandchildren, Janet, Tom,
and Charlie Robison.
The central theme of Mr.
Robison’s recognition at the
Atlanta meeting was the
Standard Oil Company ex
tended congratulations for a
job well done. Mr. Robison
makes it clear that he is still on
the job, still the Standard Oil
Agent, and is beginning his 51st
year in grand style. He is
accepting congratulations of
his many friends upon his long
years of service and upon the
recognition which Standard Oil
tendered his so recently.
SYLVAN GROVE HOSPITAL
TO HAVE DIET WORKSHOP
Sylvan Grove Hospital is
pleased to announce that a
Weight Control Diet Clinic
Workshop will be conducted by
our Dietary Consultants, Judy
Ford Stokes and Associates,
Inc., on February 16, 1973 at
1:30p.m. in the hospital Dining
Room.
Collision
Injures
Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Caw
thon of Route 1, Jackson, were
injured late Tuesday after
noon, Mrs. Cawthon seriously
and Mr. Cawthon painfully,
when the car Mr. Cawthon was
driving collided with a truck at
Four Points Intersection.
The accident was invest
igated by the Georgia State
Patrol. Evidence indicates that
Mr. Cawthon, driving in the
direction from Stark to
Jenkinsburg, arrived at the
intersection and stopped, and
then pulled into the path of a
northbound truck. Mr. Caw
thon is said to have remarked
that the sun was in his eyes and
temporarily blinded him, and
he pulled into the intersection
without seeing the truck. The
truck driver, however, had
observed the Cawthon auto
mobile and had slowed to some
extent, else the couple might
have been killed or suffered
more critical injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Cawthon were
taken by ambulance to Sylvan
Grove Hospital and treated
with both later being trans
ferred to Coliseum Park
Hospital in Macon. Mrs.
Cawthon suffered fractured
ribs, a punctured lung, possible
internal injuries and several
cuts and lacerations. She was
admitted to the hospital and is
reported slowly improving.
Mr. Cawthon was treated for
contusions and lacerations and
was released from Coliseum
Park Hospital.
Heart Fund
Kickoff Drive
On Feb. 11th
To mark the beginning of
Georgia Heart Month, Butts
County will kickoff the local
drive meeting on February
11th, announced Jack Cook,
Chairman of the local Heart
Fund Drive.
The meeting will be held at
Mclntosh State Bank beginning
at 3:00 p.m. Guest speaker will
be J. Mark Braswell from
the Georgia Heart Association.
Mr. Cook reported that local
Heart Fund goal this year is
SI6OO. “Heart and blood vessel
diseases kill more than a
million Americans a year,” he
said. “The toll is greater than
all other causes of death
combined. Your Georgia Heart
Association needs your help. It
is estimated that more than
23,000 Georgians will die this
year due to this one cause.
More research, education and
community programs are
needed to help reduce this
terrible loss of lives.”
The Heart Fund Drive runs
throughout February, which
has been designated Heart
Month by an Act of Congress,
and will culminate on Heart
Sunday, February 25, when
volunteers here and across the
nation will visit friends and
neighbors to distribute heart
saving information about the
early warning signs of heart
attack and receive contribu
tions to continue the fight
against the epidemic which
afflicts one-eighth of the
population.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 1. 1973
Summers Is
Honored By
OYM Choice
Darrell Summers, Junior at
Jackson High School, has been
selected as Outstanding Young
Man of the Year by the
Exchange Club of Jackson at
its meeting Tuesday night,
January 23rd. Darrell is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Summers of Jackson, his
father being the Plant Mana
ger of Avondale Mills, Indian
Springs Plant.
Darrell is president of the
Junior Class at Jackson High
School, a member of the
Student Council, treasurer of
the Key Club and vice
president of the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. He is also a
member of the Hi-Y Club, a
former member of the School
Quartet and as an outstanding
athlete has played on the
varsity football and basketball
teams.
Darrell is a very active
member of the First Baptist
Church where he takes part in
the Sunday School, Church
Training, Youth Choir and is a
member of the Senior High
Youth Council.
President Wilmer Greer
presented Darrell an $18.75
Savings Bond at the meeting
Tuesday night.
The Exchange Club com
bined two programs on the 23rd
with James T. (Jimmy) O’Neal
giving an interesting talk on
“Promoting Vocational Educa
tion.” Mr. O’Neal ennum
erated the needs for vocational
schools in Butts County and
showed color slides on student
activities. The speaker also
pointed out the variety of
training in vocational educa
tion and explained that
teaching a boy a trade prevents
school dropouts and will make
a taxpaying citizen of him
rather than a drain on the
community. Mr. O’Neal said
there is some trouble in
securing enough qualified and
dedicated instructors.
Cookie Coffee
Held At
C&S Bank
A cookie coffee for troop
cookie chairmen was held at
the C&S Bank on January 31st
at 5:00 o’clock. Mrs. R. F. Ash
presided.
At this meeting plans were
made for the local sale which
will run February 9-24.
Pine Valley Girl Scouts are
selling cookies to raise money
for maintenance and develop
ment of their beautiful and
much used camp sites. Camp
Pine Valley, Meansville, Geor
gia, Camp Cecil Jackson in
Spalding County and Camp
Welcome in Coweta County.
These sites are used year
round for resident camping,
day camping, troop camping
and for training events for girls
and adult scouts.
Cookies this year will be the
time tested favorites: mint,
butter flavored shorties, pea
nut butter, assorted sandwich
and chocolate chip. Buy
several of each - eat some now
and freeze some for later.
Cookies of this quality for the
modest price are available
only once a year - at Girl Scout
"Cookie Time”.
Zoning
Hearing
Feb. 3rd
Perhaps one of the most
important meetings ever held
in Butts County is the public
hearing scheduled for the main
courtroom of the Butts County
Courthouse in Jackson at two
o’clock Saturday afternoon,
February 3rd, at which time
those who attend will have
explained to them the proposed
comprehensive zoning plan,
including the map, for the
unincorporated areas of Butts
County.
Richard W. Watkins, Jr.,
chairman of the Jackson-Butts
County Planning Board, said
that the Board and the
Mclntosh Trail Area Planning
and Development Commission
have spent many hours
working on the proposed zoning
plan for Butts County, utilizing
the most modern and latest
techniques and ideas for zoning
in a county that is expected
soon to be caught up in a
considerable population expan
sion. Mr. Watkins explained
that members of the Mclntosh
Trail AP&DC staff who did the
long and extensive work on
preparing the map will be on
hand to explain the proposed
zoning plan and to answer
questions.
Mr. Watkins stated that “I
expect criticisms, both sug
gestive and objective, will be
voiced and we hope to have all
members of the planning board
complimented by the staff
members of Mclntosh Trail
who did the actual work on
hand to answer questions as
best we can.”
Members of the Jackson-
Butts County Zoning Board
include five members from the
City of Jackson appointed by
the Mayor and Council and five
members from Butts County
appointed by the Butts County
Commissioners. The board is
headed by Richard W. Wat
kins, Jr., Jackson attorney, as
chairman, and Mrs. Mary Lee
Martin, as secretary. Other
members representing the city
include Bob Jackson, Grover
Arline and Doyle Jones, Jr.
while the county is represented
by B. B. Campbell. Hugh
Glidewell, Sr., Claude Maddox,
H. G. Harris of Jenkinsburg
and Robert Smith of Flovilla.
Mr. Watkins pointed out that
copies of the zoning text and
map and accompanying plan
ning maps will be available in
the County Commissioner’s
Office for inspection by the
public during normal working
hours from January 18th to the
time of the public hearing. Mr.
Watkins said that he wished to
make it clear that the public,
every citizen who will, is
invited to attend and learn all
they can about the new zoning
plan which, once approved by
the Butts County Commis
sioners, will become the
instrument under which Butts
County will be zoned in the
immediate future.
Chairman Watkins called
attention to a resolution
unanimously adopted by the
Butts County Commissioners
at their meeting of January Ist
that a general zoning ordi
nance for Butts County be
approved and put into effect as
soon as the necessary public
hearings are held.
MRS. PIRO NAMED TO
SCHOOL DEAN’S LIST
Mrs. Mary Alice Patrick
Piro has been placed on the
Dean’s List at Georgia College
at Milledgeville for high
scholastic achievement during
the past quarter, according to a
release from W. C. Simpson,
Dean of the college.
Mrs. Piro is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Duvall Patrick.
Coordinated Raid Sunday
Nets Sophisticated Still
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Officers are shown above examining cache of 2,101
gallons of moonshine discovered in a raid Sunday morning at a
still on Yellow Water Creek near the bridge on Route 16, east.
A portion of the equipment found in the stillhouse.
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Officers are shown pouring out part of the more than
2,000 gallons of moonshine found in the Sunday morning raid.
Colonial
Store
Has Closed
The Colonial Store in
Jackson, integral part of the
business and economic life of
Jackson for approximately 40
years, closed permanently
Saturday, January 27th.
Although no reasons are
given for the closing by
executives of the large chain
food store, it is deemed
significant that the Colonial
Store in McDonough closed the
same day, plus the fact that a
new Big Star opened Wednes
day, January 31st, in Mc-
Donough at Highway 42 and
Racetrack Road in anew
shopping center.
In a mimeographed letter to
customers, H. B. Smith,
manager of the Jackson store,
wrote “for myself, as well as
for Colonial, I would like to
express sincere appreciation
for your patronage.”
In another paragraph Mr.
Smith calls attention to the
opening of the Big Star and
invites local Colonial custom
ers to “shop regularly” in the
new store at McDonough.
STILL SCENES
BOYS IN SERVICE
PARIS ISLAND, S. C.
(FHTNC) Jan. 22 - Marine
Pvt. Malcom D. Bell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Bell, Sr.
of 129 Elder St., Jackson, Ga..
graduated from basic training
at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot at Parris Island, S. C.
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The Progress-Argus salutes as its Citizens of Tomorrow this
week, left. Paul Daniel. 15 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard
Daniel of 684 Hillcrest Drive, Jackson, and Judy Ann Davis, 3ta,
and Patty Lee Davis, 13 months, daughters of Mrs. Patricia L.
Davis. 29 Main Street. Route 2, Jackson.
$5.00 Per Year In Advance
A modern, sophisticated,
total electric illicit distillery,
capable of making about 1,500
gallons of moonshine per week,
was raided and dismantled
Sunday morning in a co
ordinated raid by Federal,
State and officers from the
Butts County Sheriff’s Depart
ment.
The big still, one of the
largest to be discovered in
Butts County in recent years,
was located about 200 yards
north of the Yellow Water
Creek bridge on Route 16, the
Monticello Road, with the two
buildings visible from the
highway. According to Butts
County Sheriff Barney L.
Wilder, the still had been under
surveillance for some time.
Raiding officers destroyed
10,000 gallons of mash, poured
out 2,101 gallons of white
lightning, arrested three Daw
sonville men and confiscated
two vehicles in the early
morning foray Sunday.
Sheriff Wilder identified the
three men who were appre
hended as George Earl Gaddis,
John Erwin Ashe and Robert
V. Ashe, all of Dawsonville. A
Volkswagen and a Ford
Econoline panel truck, contain
ing 450 gallons of moonshine,
were confiscated.
Sheriff Wilder said that the
stillhouse was made of plywood
and pasteboard and was
constructed on the bank of
Yellow Water Creek about
50-75 yards from a residence in
which the basement was used
for bottling the shine, it being
pumped to the house by an
electric pump at the stillhouse.
Sheriff Wilder said that some
officers who viewed the still
described it as “modem and
well built with great expertise
used in its design.” The still
consisted of an upright boiler
with diesel fuel used for
heating with four electric
pumps used to facilitate
manufacture of the whisky. A
pump was used to bring the
beer to the cooker to pump the
shine from the stillhouse to the
residence and to pump the
water from Yellow Water
Creek.
Sheriff Wilder said that the
joint raid was directed by
Chester Bryant of Macon for
the Federal agents. Bobby
Imes of Griffin for the State
and with him conducting the
local officers in the raid.
Once news of the still’s
discovery was learned, many
persons visited the scene
despite muddy roads to view
the all electric distillery.
Sheriff Wilder stated Mon
day that investigation is still
continuing in the case.
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