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Engagement Virginia Jane
Mann, David Prentice
Ridgeway Jr. Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elder
Mann, Sr. of Mcßae, Georgia
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Virginia Jane
Mann, to David Prentice
Ridgeway, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Prentice Ridge
way, Sr. of Jackson Georgia.
Miss Mann is the grand
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hall Culverhouse,
Jr. of Knoxville, Georgia, and
Mrs. Frank Rambo Mann, Sr.,
and the late Doctor Mann, Sr.,
a beloved physician in Telfair
County for fifty years.
Mr. Ridgeway is the grand
son of Mrs. Augustus P.
Churchwell and the late Mr.
Churchwell of Macon, and the
late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Prentice Ridgeway of Jackson.
Mr. Ridgeway attended
Abraham Baldwin College and
the University of Georgia,
Specialist 5 in the National
Guard, and is a dairyman in
Jackson.
The bride-elect attended
Georgia College, is a graduate
from the Atlanta College of
Medical and Dental Assistants,
member-elect of AMT, and is
presently employed with the
Sylvan Grove Hospital in
Jackson.
The wedding is planned for
eleven o’clock, Saturday, July
28th, in the Mcßae United
Methodist Church, College
Street, Mcßae, Georgia. All
friends and relatives are
invited.
ROSSER REUNION WAS
ENJOYABLE EVENT
OF SUNDAY, JUNE 3
The children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren of
Mrs. Ophelia Rawls Rosser
met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Rosser Sunday,
June 3rd. All enjoyed the day
and a bountiful lunch was
spread at noon.
Those present for the
occasion were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Rosser, Mr. and Mrs.
Ricky Rosser, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Bedsole, Mrs. Mattie
Lou Grant, Mr. and Mrs.
Jackie Bedsole, Mr. and Mrs.
Terry Rosserand Mr. and Mrs.
Eulee Rosser, Perry and
Wayne Rosser, Mark Fincher.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Evans,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Evans, Mr.
and Mrs. Donnie Phillips and
Devens.allof Jackson, Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Lassiter, Ronnie,
Tina and Leighann Lassiter of
Flovilla, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Grant and Andy Grant of
McDonough.
Mrs. Rose Collum, Rhonda
and Joey Collum and Joe Jones
of Conyers, Mrs. Mary Posey
and Cheryle, Jay, Carey,
Diane, Kenny Posey and
Ronnie and Tim Kirby of
Warner Robins.
Happy
Birthday
The Progress-Argus extends
a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
the following:
June 8 -- Willis McElheney,
Mrs. Lois Byrd, Mrs. Frank
Polk, Euel Wade, Jr., Shirley
Ingram, Anne Adams, Jean
Pope, Marian Maddox, Robert
M. King, Alton Hugh Coleman,’
111., William Culpepper,
Rhonda Thomas, Rev. Larry
Youngblood, Mrs. Lewis E.
Shiver.
June 9 -- Mrs. Elsie Singley,
Mrs. Frank Childs, Frank
Childs, Edna Plunkett, Mrs. W.
L. Martin, Jr., Mrs. Eulee
Rosser, Bobby Gilbert, Sheila
Rose O’Neal, Keith Pope, Mrs.
Billy Franklin, Ralph Smith.
June 10 -- Vance Hall Duke,
Roland Rape, Marcus Taylor,
Mrs. Edward Washington,
Thornwell McLees, Mrs. C. L.
Wells, Mrs. Clayton Tillery,
Herbert Ogletree, Kerry
Browning, Ralph Eberhardt,
Freddy Code, Mina Torbett,
Douglas Cawthon, Roland
Pope, Roy Cook, Jim Vaughn.
June 11 - J. C. Newton, Jr.,
Adelaide Smith, W. 0. Ball,
Jack Taylor, Nevin Lee
Duffey, Franklin Singley,
Carol Fletcher, Mrs. Helen L.
Chestnut, Wayne Sproggins,
Winnie Taylor, Jack Dozier,
Terry Moody, Kelly Gray,
Dwayne Treadwell.
June 12 -- Bert Kinard
Carmichael, Jr., Mrs. L. R.
Washington, Marian Washing
ton, Johnny Pope, Sue Smith,
Tommy Collins, Ezra Thomas,
Mrs. J. G. Batchelor, Brenda
Ann Blanchard, John Fred
erick Deptula, Bill Phillips,
Mrs. James H. Boothe, Kelley
Sheehan, Mrs. Jack Rupe, Rev.
Billy Floyd.
June 13 -- Mrs. W. E. O'Neal,
W. C. Morton, Jr., Mrs. A. G.
Potts, Julian Ray Kimbell,
Connie Beal, Terrell Turner.
June 14 -- J. W. Browning,
Mrs. Keith Adams, John Ried
Gaston, Mrs. B. B. Campbell,
Christine Mitchell, Mrs. J. W.
Copeland, Mrs. Carl Mitchell,
Joe Holston, Mrs. C. A.
Colbert, Mike Cook, John
Robert Hoard.
THOMAS REUNION BE
HELD ON JUNE 10th
The annual J. B. Thomas
Family Reunion will be an
event of Sunday, June 10th, at
the Indian Springs State Park.
It is anticipated that there will
be good attendance and all
family members are invited to
attend.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
BONNIE FAV JAMES IS
BRIDE MR. DANIELS, JR.
The marriage erf Bonnie Fay
James and Arnold Lawrence
Daniels, Jr. was solemnized
May 23rd at 7:30 o’clock in the
evening at the home of Rev. T.
J. Thaxton. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Thaxton in
the presence of friends.
The bride is the daughter erf
Mr. and Mrs. E. James of
Jackson.
Mr. Grant’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. H. Grant of
McDonough.
The couple will make their
home in Jackson.
PARTY HONORS MRS.
J. D. BANKSTON, SR.
UPON HER RETIREMENT
Mrs. J. D. Bankston, Sr., was
honored by the faculty and
staff of Henderson Junior High
School at a party in the school
library on May 28th.
Mrs. Bankston is retiring this
year after teaching for 35
years, 29 of them in Butts
County. Originally from Jas
per, Georgia, she has one son,
J. D. Bankston, Jr., who
resides in Brunswick, and a
thirteen-year-old grandson,
Donnie Bankston, 111.
Mrs. Bankston is planning to
enjoy her retirement by doing
a lot of traveling with her
husband, who is also retired.
She is a member of Macedonia
Church.
PRICE-MAYHUE NUPTIALS
PERFORMED ON MAY 22nd
The marriage of Carolyn
Marie Price and James
Mayhue was performed May
22nd at the home of Rev. T. J.
Thaxton, who officiated in the
presence of friends.
The bride’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Crumbley of
Flippen.
Mr. Mayhue is the son of
Mrs. Nellie Mayhue of Locust
Grove.
The couple will make their
home at Jenkinsburg.
Cherokee Garden Club Plants
Marigolds Around Monument
The Cherokee Garden Club
has done it again! Marigolds
have been planted around the
monument on the Courthouse
Square to beautify this spot
again.
Many remarks were made
regarding the flowers planted
last year and some thought
they were the prettiest yet.
Billie Moore of Moore’s
Nursery has again donated the
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present rates:
Cancer will strike in approx
imately 2 out of 3 Ameri
can homes.
This year about 1 million
Americans will be under
medical care for cancer.
More than 52 million Amer
icans now living will eventu
ally have cancer.
Statistics source: “'72 CANCER FACTS & FIGURES," Ameri
can Cancer Society, Page 3.
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Jackson Garden dub To
Sponsor Tour Of Famed
Carmichael House June 28
Members of the Jackson
Garden Chib, organized in
April 1925, will sponsor a tour
of the J. R. Carmichael house
on McDonough Road on
Thursday, June 28th, during
the hours of 3-6 o’clock and
from 7-9 o’clock. Admission
will be J 1.50 per person with
proceeds earmarked for the
Garden Club Council.
The Jackson Garden Club
was organized at the home of
Mrs. G. D. Head and was the
outgrowth from a “sewing
chib” which was organized in
1920.
Five charter members are
still living and active and these
include Mrs. G. D. (Julia)
Head, Mrs. J. B. (Margaret)
Harrison, Mrs. E. S. (Ruth)’
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Adams
attended the Georgia State
University graduation exer
cises Sunday at the Georgia
Stateauditoriumatwhich time
their daughter, Miss Anne
Adams, received her Master’s
degree in Elementary Educa
tion.
Rev. and Mrs. Donald Gray
were dinner guests Saturday
night, May 25th, of Larry
Wilson in Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lueken,
Joseph and John have had as
their guests for a visit of
several days Mr. Lueken’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Lueken, of Helena, Arkansas.
Master Ben Garland of
Macon is visiting several days
this week with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Adams.
Mrs. Donald Gray spent
several days last week in
Fayetteville with her grand
children, Phil, Warren, Mar
garet and John, while their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Gray were away on a trip.
plants and Rufus Adams of
Ada ms-Briscoe Seed Company
will furnish the mulch. The
club is indebted to these two
men for their contribution in
helping to beautify the square.
Several members of the
Cherokee Garden Club did the
planting and members will see
tha t the plants are watered and
kept clean during the Summer
months.
Settle, Mrs. T. E. (Annie Mae)
Robison, Sr., all of Jackson,
and Mrs. W. M. (Eva Key)
Settle of Greensboro.
The Jackson Garden Chib
was the first garden club
organized in Butts County.
Mrs. Head said this week that
the chib hopes to celebrate its
golden anniversary in 1975 and
is looking forward to the event
with keen anticipation.
The historic and widely
knojwn Carmichael House was
restored last year by its
present owners, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Carmichael, of Atlanta
and Jackson. A history and
many photographs of the
widely known house will be
used in a later edition of the
Progress-Argus.
Friends of Mrs. Brae K.
Hodges, Sr. are delighted to
learn she returned home
Monday of last week from
Coliseum Park Hospital in
Macon where she was hospital
ized with a broken hip. She is
resting comfortably at her
home, friends are glad to know.
Miss Peggy Evans arrived
Friday to spend the summer
months with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Evans. She has
just completed her Freshman
year at Georgia Southern
College in Statesboro.
Russell's Restaurant
in
Locust Grove At Interchange
OPEN DAILY
Good Food Today and Every Day
Open until 10 P. M. Daily
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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1973
WHITE REUNION AT
WORTHVILLE JUNE 10
The families and relatives of
George W. and Lucy Matt
Weaver White will hold their
annual reunion Sunday, June
10th, at the Masonic Hall at
Worthville. A basket lunch will
be spread at noon.
Those attending are asked to
remember the crafts, hobby
and handwork display of old
and new articles. A special
table for handmade Christmas
gifts and bazaar items will be
featured this year.
SPENCER REUNION BE
HELD JUNE 10th AT
INDIAN SPRINGS PARK
All relatives of the late
George Spencer and family are
invited to attend the annual
reunion to be held at Indian
Springs State Park Sunday,
June 10th, beginning at noon.
All who plan to attend are
invited to bring a picnic lunch
to spread during the lunch
hour.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Durrett
of Titusville, Fla. have been
spending several days with
their son, Doug Durrett, Mrs.
Durrett and family.
Mrs. Robert Yarbrough
returned Sunday of last week
from an enjoyable visit with
her mother, Mrs. Freda Kelly,
in Yuba City, California.
Recent weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tucker
were their children, Mr. and
Mrs. Angie Devino, Angle and
Amy of Lakeland and Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Dobbs, Kenny
Lynn, Katrina and Matt of
Norcross.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our
sincere appreciation to our
many friends who remem
bered our mother in any way
during her illness and your
kind expressions of sympathy
at her death. - The Family of
Mrs. Paul J. Evans.
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CARD OF THANKS
The Family of Leonard
Dodson acknowledges with
grateful appreciation the kind
expressions of sympathy and
deeds of thoughtfulness ex
tended to us during our
bereavement and during his
lengthy illness.
