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Volume 100 Number 11
Hal Summers " Discovers ' Lost
English Family After 29 Years
Twenty nine years is a long
period in time and distance
from Paignton, England to*
Jackson, Georgia but for a
former Jackson G. 1., Hal
Summers, the re-establish
ment of a friendship begun in
England during the grim war
years has ended most satis
factorily.
Three servicemen, Vic Esk
ridge, Bob Drake and Hal
Summers, found themselves in
Paignton, England in January
1944 assigned to the Army
Combat Engineers where they
were undergoing dress re
hearsals for the invasion of
Fortress Europa which occur
red on June 6,1944 in a military
action more commonly known
by the terminology of D-Day.
In recalling those grim days
Mr. Summers said he didn’t
see any part of England except
Paignton and its moors.
Early in 1944 the three G.l.s,
Mr. Summers has lost contact
with the other two and would
like to get in touch, found
themselves befriended by a
family named Pike with Mrs.
Pike operating a butcher’s
shop with living quarters over
the shop at 43 Torbay Road,
Paignton.
The memories of the family’s
many kindnesses to him
caused Mr. Summers to write
recently to the Paignton
Chamber of Trade with the
T /.
Leah Adcs
Leah Ades
Is Merit
Finalist
Marcia Leah Ades, an
outstanding senior at Deßidder
(La.) High School, has been
selected as one of the finalist in
the 1973 National Merit
Scholarship program, Princi
pal J. R. Haley announced.
Miss Ades is the daughter of
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Leßoy P.
Ades, her mother being the
former Miss Marcia Mallet of
Jackson. Miss Ades is the
granddaughter of Mrs. Hugh
Mallet, Sr. of Jackson.
Active in many school
affairs, Miss Ades is a member
of the band, DHS Flag Corps,
French Club and Beta Club.
She is presently president of
the United Methodist Youth
and is an accompanist for
Church School classes and
children’s choir.
Miss Ades plans to attend
Newcomb College in New
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letter being passed on to the
Paignton News which was
successful in locating the
“lost” family for Mr. Summers
in. far away America after a
viin attempt by the local
Chamber of Trade.
Mr. Summers said that one
of the principal things he
remembers about the Paignton
family was that they were
“just overly unselfish.” ‘They
would save rations for the
three of us and buy candy for
us, a hard item to come by. One
member of the family even
saved rations for clothing and
sent Mr. Summers’ mother a
real pretty handkerchief.” Mr.
Summers recalled that the
family, particularly Mrs. Pike,
found out “what we liked and
would try to provide it
whenever possible. She dis
covered we liked apple pie with
cheese and would have this
sometimes when we came off
maneuvers. She also would fix
us ham and eggs when the two
commodities were available
and after returning from the
field she would have sweets
saved for us.”
Mr. Summers recalled that
Mrs. Pike had a married
daughter, Betty Lowe, in her
twenties at the time living with
her while her husband was in
service. He also remembers
another daughter, Mary, a
“cute little girl” of about six. A
Sgt. Fred Moore Wants To
Put Drug Training In Use
I have just returned from a
two week Drug Abuse Educa
tion Seminar in Miami,
Florida, sponsored by the
United States Department of
Education in association with
the University of Miami School
of Medicine.
It dealt with drug abuse
prevention and how to combat
the problems facing us in this
area. The other team members
and I feel as though this
training will help us immense
ly in our efforts to deal with the
drug problem, but we cannot
do it without the help of our
community. We hope that in
the near future, we will be able
to familiarize everyone with
the new ideas we have learned.
I would like to thank all of the
City Officials and other
persons who gave me the
opportunity .to attend this
Seminar. I feel that I have
gained a greater insight into
one of our biggest problems.
Sgt. Fred L. Moore
Jackson Police Dept.
Orleans and major in Math or
Science.
Another honor befell Miss
Ades recently when she was
awarded one of the LSU
Alumni Federation’s prized
“Top 100” Freshman Scholar
ships for 1973. Miss Ades was
selected for this honor by
virtue of her high school
grades, test grades, class rank
and recommendation of teach
ers and administrators. She
recently visited the Baton
Rouge campus for three days
with other honorees.
son, Dick Pike, was in service.
Mr. Pike told the Paignton
News that his mother used to
run a butcher shop in Torbay
Road which has now become
part of Perretts, the outfitters.
Mr. Pike works in a butcher
shop at 35 Torbay Road and
lives at 116 Blatchcombe Road,
Paignton.
His mother, Mrs. Lily Pike,
about 74 or 76 according to the
best reckoning of Mr. Sum
mers, lives at 6 Fernicombe
Road. Her husband died four
years ago.
The Paignton News writes
that Mrs. Betty Lowe lives at
11A Orient Road and May Lowe
also lives in Paignton.
Dick Pike said that he
remembers Mr. Summers
well, “we got on very well” he
said.
The association with the Pike
family and the three G.l.s
began one day when Dick met
the Americans in a club and
invited the three newfound
friends to his home. After
wards they became frequent
visitors with the Pikes.
Mr. Summers says that he
and his family hope to go to
England in the near future to
visit Mrs. Pike and her family,
hopefully while Mrs. Pike is
still alive. He expressed much
pleasure in being able to
establish correspondence
again with his “lost” English
family and eagerly anticipates
seeing them in person soon.
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Dr. K.T. Morris
Dr. Morris
New Dean
At Tift
FORSYTH, Ga. - Dr.
Kenneth T. Morris, head of the
Department of Mathematics
and Science at Tift College, will
assume the office of academic
dean in June, according to Tift
President Robert W. Jackson.
Dr. Morris received the 8.5.,
M.S., and D. Ed. from the
University of Georgia. A native
of Hartwell, he taught in the
Hart County Schools and on the
faculty of the University before
coming to Tift in 1962.
Active in Forsyth com
munity affairs, Dr. Morris has
served as president of the
Kiwanis Club, president and
state director of the Jaycees
and president of the Monroe
County Mental Health Associa
tion.
He was named Outstanding
Jaycee of the Year in 1964 and
is listed in Outstanding Young
Men of America, Outstanding
Young Educator and Person
alities of the Couth.
Dr. Morris will succeed
Gordon S. Miller, present
academic dean, who has been
appointed assistant to the
president.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, March 15, 1973
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First Baptist Church of Jackson is now involved in preparation for a bond
sales campaign to finance the construction of their new facilities to be built on
their property on the Griffin Road. Sunday, March 18, will be launch day in the
church with a Bond Rally scheduled for the members on that day. Reservations
for bonds will begin on Monday as teams from the church move out into the
community in an effort to sell $500,000.00 worth of bonds. Anyone interested in the
David Settle Bequeaths $200,000
To Van Deventer Scout Foundation
It has been said that the
success of a man is measured
by what he leaves for posterity.
The statement is probably
more indicative than most
realize and by this criteria thr
late David Paschael Settle wa
one of the most successful men
whowas born, reared and lived
his lifespan in Butts County.
It has only been recently
revealed and never publicly
announced that Mr. Settle in
his will, probated last fall after
his death at Piedmont Hospital
September 17, 1972, bequeath
ed $200,000 to the Van Deventer
Memorial Scout Foundation
which sum was turned over to
the Foundation early in
January.
The munificent gift stems in
part from Mr. Settle’s long
standing affection and regard
for the youth of Butts County
and his desire to be of service
to them plus the added fact of
his close friendship and the
high esteem in which he held
Hampton L. Daughtry, origin
ator of the Van Deventer
Memorial Scout Foundation.
Mr. Settle, 77, ultra-success
ful Jackson business man, was
born, reared, and lived in
Jackson, the son of the late Mr.
John Battle Settle and Mrs.
Willie Morrison Settle. Mr.
Settle was admitted to Pied
mont Hospital September 6th
when he was stricken with a
ruptured blood vessel in his
abdomen. He underwent major
surgery twice within a few
days but failed to rally from
the extensive operations and
died early Sunday night,
September 17th.
When asked for a statement
concerning the large gift, his
widow, Mrs. Thelma Newton
Settle, said, “David Settle was
tremendously interested in
Youth. He realized that the
future of the county, the state
and the nation -- yes, the world,
depends upon the youth of
today.
“He was proud of the fine
work which the Van Deventer
Foundation is doing for and
with the youth of our county,
often expressing his feeling
that no organization in this
section, perhaps in the state,
equals it.
“In appreciation of the
splendid work the Foundation
has done and is doing, it was
his desire to contribute to its
continued building of character
in the youth of our com
Proposed New First Baptist Church
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D P. Settle
munity.”
Mr. Daughtry and Mr. Settle
had been close friends since
1906, a fact that led Mr.
Daughtry to make the follow
ing statement about Mr. Settle
and his most generous bequest
to the Van Deventer Founda
tion.
“Nineteen Hundred and Six
was a rather eventful year for
me. Among other things I
started to school- went to
work in the Jackson Mercantile
Company and began to know
David Settle. Our Dads were
partners in the “Star Store” as
it was generally known, and
both believed in work for every
male member of their respec
tive families. David was ten
and I was six. Due to the great
difference in our ages I looked
on him as my chief source of
information. Thus began the
formation of my great admira
tion for one of the finest
individuals it has been my
privilege to know.
“He volunteered for the
Army when the First World
War started, and later was
commissioned from the ranks,
without going to Officer
Training School. After the war
was over we both came home. I
in my Buck Privates Uniform
and David with leather puttees,
Sam Brown belt, an officer's
cap and Gold Bars on his
shoulders. He was proud of his
uniform and I was proud of
him.
“Our paths followed diver
gent courses for the next thirty
years or so and little did I see of
him on my infrequent visits
back home. Fortunately my
farm has meant much to me in
Jackson for a number of
reasons; one erf which was my
renewed contact with David.
His analytical mind was
always a challenge and
although on many occasions we
purchase of bonds may call the church office at 775-3102 for information, and
someone from the church will be glad to contact them.
Plans for the new church are now in the ha nos of contractors and bids will
be opened on March 28. It is hoped that ground breaking will take place in
mid-spring.
had lengthy discussions; when
a decision was made it was
final. Regardless of the
outcome it was never referred
to again.
“Although he was never
lavish in his expressions on
most subjects, he did take a
deep interest in the Youth
Program and looked on it with
much favor. Never did I realize
to just what extent until I was
informed erf his most Bountiful
Generosity in contributing to
the Capital Structure erf the
Van Deventer Foundation. It is
a great tribute to the people erf
Jackson and Butts County and
will be reflected in future
generations down through the
years.
“We all have hopes that in
some way we may ‘Leave our
Foot Prints on the Sands of
Time,’ when the ‘One Great
Sewer comes to write beside
our name.’ This he has done in
full measure. Jackson has lost
a Great Citizen with the
passing of David Settle.”
Spelling
Bee Time
In Schools
It’s Spelling Bee time! Each
year the Georgia Association of
Educators sponsors a spelling
bee program for grades 4-8.
For the last several weeks
individual classrooms at Hen
derson Elementary School
have been spelling to select
their best.
On March 9th. two winners
from each classroom competed
on grade levels. The winners on
grade level will battle on
March 16th for the school title.
Champions for the sixth
grade were Ist., Cary Maddox;
2nd., Levonia Thomas; 3rd.,
Eddie Head; 4th., Deborah
Kendrick; sth., Penny New
man.
Leading the fifth grade were
Chip Daniel, Ist.; Kathy
Mealey, 2nd.; Sharon White,
3rd; Bradley Floyd, 4th.. and
Deidre Crowder, sth.
Sheila Rooks came in first in
the fourth grade with John
Hall, 2nd. Ruby Rawls was 3rd,
Dennis Hart, 4th and Tina
Petty, sth.
Locally the Spelling Bee is
sponsored by Shields Jewelry
and the Jackson Kiwanis Club.
$5.00 Per Year In Advance
Wes Jeffries
Wes Jeffries
Is New
Bell Manager
Wes Jeffries has been
appointed manager of South
ern Bell’s Covington office,
succeeding Ray Reece who has
been appointed company man
ager in Augusta, according to
Southern Bell District Man
ager Dixie Walker.
A native of Washington,
D.C., Jeffries is a 1969
graduate of the University of
Georgia with a BS degree in
economics. After serving with
the U.S. Marine Corps, he
started to work in January,
1970 with Southern Bell as a
management assistant in the
company’s Atlanta Brookwood
office. He was promoted to
manager in September, 1970
and was named commercial
supervisor in the Georgia
headquarters office of South-
CitifyetU *lomowuuu
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The Progress-Argus salutes as its Citizens of Tomorrow for
this week, left, Adam Grant, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis T.
Grant of Indian Springs and Shawn Hall, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Hall of Route 4, Jackson.
ern Bell in September, 1972, the
position he held before coming
to Covington.
Jeffries has been active in
Junior Achievement and the
Atlanta Jaycees, having
served on the board of
directors of the Atlanta
Jaycees. He is married to the
former Marilyn Anne Hopper
of New Smyrna Beach,
Florida.
McMichael
Inks College
Grant-in-Aid
Ted McMichael, an offensive
guard and place kicker for
Monroe Academy in Forsyth,
has signed a football grant with
Samford University in Birm
ingham, Alabama, Monroe
Coach Edgar Hatcher an
nounced Monday.
Ted, an outstanding athlete
at 5’10” and 206 pounds was
team captain of the football
team the past season and is
also an excellent performer in
baseball, basketball and track.
He has attended Monroe
Academy for four years,
beginning with the eighth
grade and will soon complete
the 12th grade.
Ted is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McMichael of
Indian Springs. He is the fourth
Mustang to sign a college
football grant this season and
the third with Samford.
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