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IT’S THIS WAY
By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week: The Main Attraction First - A man was
being shown a farm that was for sale by the real estate agent.
Coming to a strip of bottom land that bordered a stream, the man
noticed a tree with dried mud extending some six feet up the trunk,
and he said, “Does the stream overflow on this land?”
“No, never,” the agent hastily proclaimed.
“Then, how did the mud get on that tree?” the man asked.
The agent hesitated, and then said, “From the hogs rubbing
themselves against it. And now,” he went on hurriedly, “I’ll show
you the rest of the farm.”
“Right now,” the man returned, “I’d rather you show me
those hogs.” - Jay Andrews in The American Legion Magazine.
THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
We returned Sunday from the Georgia-Florida game, the
event that some wag has characterized with more accuracy than
humor as the “world’s largest outdoor cocktail party.” It is a
festive occasion and although the game was regionally telecast the
Gator Bowl was packed with nearly 71,000 screaming fans who
went wild with delirium or stood crestfallen with grief at the
denouement of the game in its last frantic four minutes. Georgia
has every reason to believe it is snake bitten. The Bulldogs played
not only well enough to win but one of their best games of the
season, yet the Gators pulled out a spectacular victory on the
brilliance of their young sophomore Negro quarterback Don
Gaffney. Thrice on fourth down plays on the great 80-yard march,
he kept the drive alive by his ability to get the job done, namely
short passed to move the sticks. His touchdown pass and PAT
attempt were classics of beauty. The catches by McGriff and
Foldberg were equally sensational. Both were caught with
Bulldogs literally draped all over them. It was a cruel way to lose,
but only the week before Georgia had administered the coup de
grace to powerful Tennessee in Knoxville. Football is not only to
the strong, the swift and the bond, but to the lucky as well. Florida
in the last half of the fourth quarter was not only a good team but a
lucky one as well. And therein lay the demise of Georgia. The
Bulldogs saw Lady Luck flee with the game in her perfidious
clutches and there was nothing she could do about it. Auburn and
Tech bar the way to a winning season for the snakebit Dogs. If
Lady Luck beckons the Dogs could be in clover .... The
body of a young white woman, believed dead two to four weeks and
the victim of foul play, was discovered Saturday afternoon near
Locust Grove just off the Locust Grove-Hampton Road and a long
stone’s throw from 1-75. It appears another case of “body
dumping”, a malady that in the last few years has beset Henry,
Butts and Monroe Counties. The skeletal remains offered few
clues. Doctors guess she was between 18 and 25, five three to five
seven. She was modishly dressed from deductions made from
clothes found near the scene. She is not believed to be from Henry
or Butts counties, according to a story this week in The Weekly
Advertiser, McDonough. If and when developments occur, we will
keep you posted .... There was much interest elicted in
this area over the announcement made this week by Peter Banks
that he will be a candidate for the Senate seat now held by Senator
Bethel Salter of Thomaston. Banks is a 35 year old attorney from
Barnesville and is prominently identified with the civic, cultural
and business growth of his home town and county. Peter is the son
of Louis Banks, influential Barnesville businessman and auto
dealer, and the stepson of Mrs. Mary Lois W. Banks, formerly of
Jackson. That he will run a strong race in Butts is a foregone
conclusion. It should be a lively summer, for Bethel Salter is no
pushover for anyone and Peter has his work cut out for
him .... The good news of another local industry was
made last week with the announcement and groundbreaking held
simultaneously for Holcombe Armature Cos. The plant will employ
20-25 persons at the outset and can go much higher when peak
production is reached. We welcome the Holcombes. They will be
fine additions to Jackson and Butts County .... Dick
O’Hara, he of the King Arthurian moustache and the chief honcho
at Addison-Rudesal, says the United Appeal Fund is about $2,000
short of the $15,000 quota. Tonight at Tomlin’s there will be a final
report and a Dutch treat meal. All workers are asked to turn in
their pledge cards and make final reports. We join with Dick in the
hope that these late reports will put us over the top. Win, lose, or
draw, Dick has done a wonderful job and is to be
commended .... Hurrah and three cheers for all you
wonderful blood donors. Butts went over the top again with a
whopping 144 pints collected on November sth. That’s the third
straight time we’ve exceeded the quota. Thanks again to the hard
working 4-H’ers for their valued assistance .... The
energy crisis is real. Talk now is of gas rationing soon after the
first of the year. Gas and fuel oil can pose serious problems here
soon. There was a rumor making the rounds over the weekend that
the schools here would close for the month of December and
remain open during June for the make-up. School Superintendent
Bill Jones put that one to rest quickly. Bill says that as long as
there is a supply of natural gas and gas for buses schools will
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Guest Editorial
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
Instant Conservation
It sort of does the old heart
good to see how Americans
respond en masse (well, en
more or less of a masse) to a
crisis.
President Nixon made it
official last week. We don’t
have enough fuel to meet the
demand. Result: less heat in
homes, less gas for cars and
trucks, less power, less of a lot
of other things that have come
to be thought of as vital
necessities.
The President’s image had
barely faded from the televi
sion screens before governors,
like our own Jimmy Carter,
began turning out lights around
state capitols, mayors like our
own Sam Massell began
turning back thermostats, and
ordinary people everywhere
began slowing down to 50 miles
an hour instead of 65 or 70 on
the superhighways.
All of this instant conserva
tion may ease the problem a
bit, but it won’t cure it. Nobody
believes it will. Maybe the
important thing about these
gestures is not the overall
effect but the symbolic effect.
You’ll conserve some fuel
turning back the thermostat
from 72 to 68, but more
importantly you will signify
your willingness to work
together towards solving the
nation’s energy problem.
The President’s message
was studded with specific and
worthy proposals, but the most
important part was the
Man of Year Nominations
The Jackson Kiwanis Club is asking for
nominations for Man of the Year which award will be
made Tuesday night, December 11th, at a Ladies
Night and Christmas meeting.
Nominations should be made in writing,
enumerating the person’s areas of civic service to his
community, and mailed to Doyle Jones, Jr.,
chairman, P. O. Box 249, Jackson. The club welcomes
nominations from any individual or group, but only
written nominations will be considered.
Since the inception of the program in 1969 four
men have been honored, these being Hampton L.
Daughtry, the late R. P. Newton, Sr., P. H. Weaver
and Doyle Jones, Jr.
remain open. Supt. Jones reports enough gas to last until
December 19th when schools will close for the Yule holidays. That
makes sense to me. School in June would require air conditioning.
School in December heating. It’s about six of one and a half dozen
of the other. Bill Jones appears to be on top of the job and knows
what he is doing. He can be depended on to serve the best interests
of the school children of Butts County.
MEMBER TDIC
challenge for Americans to
achieve self-sufficiency in our
energy sources by 1980 instead
of depending, as we increas
ingly have been, on others -
especially such volatile others
as the Arab oil sheikdoms..
Americans like challenge -
and have a way of responding
triumphantly. World War II
and the nuclear age was an
example. The Russian Sputnik
was a cold war challenge
overwhelmingly answered
when we put a man on the
moon while the Russians were
still joyriding around the earth.
The President wants to put
energy - the life pulse of any
modern industrial nation - into
the same categories.
Right now oil and coal are
prime sources of energy. The
energy industry is working
hard to tap new sources.
Meanwhile, nuclear energy
supplies only about one per
cent of the nation’s needs, and
sources like solar energy are
still in the dreaming stage.
A considerable amount of
verbal energy is expended in
the heated debates about who
is to blame for the current
shortages. Government
blames industry, industry
blames government, and the
people blame both. Maybe the
verbal thermostats need to be
turned down a few degrees if
we are to solve our energy
problems instead of spending
all our effort in talking about
them.
AC&S CHARGE CARD
CAN HELP A LOT AT CHRISTMAS.
The Citizens and Southern Bank of Jackson
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POLITICS—THE CHRISTIAN'S RESPONSIBILITY^
Politics—the Christian’s responsibility. It is a subject
that has been ignored long and often. Because, you see, the
Christian does have some political responsibility.
To begin with, the Christian has a responsioility not to
accept the common belief that politics is a crooked business
without doing something to correct it. Too long we have
accepted politics as being inherently evil. For years I have
been informed that politics was a crooked business, and that
its crookedness was to be accepted.
Politics does not have to be crooked. It is not crooked
even by nature. Whatever is crooked about politics is so
partly because we have allowed it to be so. As Christians
we have a responsibility to make government as honest and
as fair and as efficient as it can be.
Not only that, but the Christian has a responsibility of
recognizing elected officials as humans and thus capable of
making mistakes. No person is infallible. And simply be
cause an official makes a mistake, or even more than one
mistake, doesn’t automatically make him a “crooked poli
tician.” And remember that no person, or group of persons,
can solve everybody’s problems.
Still another responsibility of the Christian is to be
involved in the political process. “All that is necessary for
the triumph of evil,” wrote Edmund Burke, “is for good
men to do nothing.” In many elections, if not in most elec
tions, less than 50 per cent of the qualified voters even
bother to vote.
Too often we have divorced Christian committment from
social, political responsibility. Separation of church and state
does not mean separation of Christian faith and civic respon
sibility. “God so loved the world ...” Not just the Church,
but the world!
As Christians, it is our responsibility not to be concerned
with “What’s best for me,” but “What is best for our
city, state, or nation.” We have an obligation to support
principles rather than prejudices.
Many times we have criticized without contributing.
I’m reminded of the man I visited once who told me every
thing that was wrong with the Church. The only problem
was that he had not been inside a church building in twenty
years! Sometimes we are that way with politicians. In the
past two years, how many of us have contributed one dollar
or one hour to a good cause or candidate? How many of
us even bothered to vote in th e last election?
The Church has been terribly slow to recognize the
responsibility of individual Christians to be involved in the
political process. If anything, the emphasis has been for
the Christian to stay clear of the “crooked world of politics.”
The Christian has a responsibility to use his Christian
committment for social good. How? Well, for one thing,
by encouraging and supporting good candidates. In order to
have better officials we must have better candidates.
I remember hearing a lecturer say once that a person’s
private morel life did not affect his ability to serv e a public
office. As I listened, I wanted to tell him that he was stupid,
but I knew I could never convince him of the fact. However,
we are beginning to see now, quite clearly, that personal
moral standards do affect a person’s ability to service in
public office.
As Christians, we do have responsibilities in the area
of politics. How well we fulfill those responsibilities will
determine the type of government we will have—from the
local precinct to the national level.—FlVE STAR
THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 1973
‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
LETTERS™™ EDITOR/
Oct. 31,1973
To Whom It May Concern:
We, the people on Lake Zone
35, would like to say, “Thank
You” for the dumpsters that
were put there by Georgia
Power Cos. We would also like
for the people who abuse the
use of it by scattering their
garbage everywhere just to
think how they would like to
have this condition in their own
yards.
We would like very much for
these same people to grant us
the same respect. I am sure
this condition is not caused by
the people on Arrow Point
road. - Sincerely,
TENA BEDFORD
Dear Editor:
I was pleasantly surprised
when, at my parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Brae Hodges, Sr., I picked
up your paper and saw the
picture and article about
Holcombe Armature-Company
locating a plant in Jackson.
My husband and I have been
acquainted with Jim and his
lovely wife, Elizabeth, for
many years in East Point and
they are wonderful people.
Anyone who has had any
dealings with Jim knows that
he is honest and fair. They are
both good Christians and are
always doing kind things for
their fellow man.
We are not as well
acquainted with Earl, his
brother, but we know he must
be of the same caliber or Jim
would not be in business with
him.
They would be a great asset
to any community and I am
proud they picked my “old
home town.”
Mrs. Nancy (Hodges) Sanders
10 Nov. 1973
BOYS IN SERVICE
MINOT, N. D.- U. S. Air
Force Sergeant William F.
Stodghill, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur E. Stodghill, Jr., Rt. 1,
Jackson, Ga., has arrived for
duty at Minot AFB, N. D.
Sergeant Stodghill, a jet
engine mechanic, is assigned
to a unit of the Strategic Air
Command. He previously
served at Lakenheath RAF
Station, England.
A 1969 graduate of Jackson
High School, he attended
Middle Georgia College.
Sergeant Stodghill’s wife,
Beverly, is the daughter of
Mrs. John H. Moore, Jackson.
Thank you for saying what I
have been thinking about the
curve at Benny Lane’s Store on
Route 42.
I have enclosed your article
along with a note to the
Department of Transportation
(Highway Department).
Perhaps some of your
interested readers would like
to do likewise.
Sincerely,
Barbara Wise
Mrs. Ogletree,
94, Died
On Friday
Mrs. Annie Florence Guinn
Ogletree, 94, of Locust Grove,
formerly of Route 2 Jackson,
died about four o’clock Friday
morning, November 9th, at
Brightmoor Nursing Home in
Griffin following a period of
declining health.
Born July 8,1879 in Rockdale
County, Mrs. Ogletree was the
daughter of the late Mr. John
Guinn and Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Acock Guinn. She was a
member of the Methodist
Church and the widow of Mr.
Otis Eugene Ogletree.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday afternoon at
two o’clock from the Worthville
Baptist Church with Rev.
Charles L. Moody of Covington
officiating. Interment was in
Worthville Baptist Church
Cemetery with Haisten Funer
al Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Ogletree is survived by
four daughters, Mrs. I. G.
Kersey of Atlanta, Mrs. R. E.
Vaughn of Forsyth, Mrs. Sam
Williamson of Griffin and Mrs.
J E. Price of Stockbridge;
three sons, Ben Ogletree of
Covington, Eugene Ogletree of
Jackson, Bill Ogletree of Dade
City, Florida; 26 grand
children; several great-grand
children and great-great
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Junior
Vaughn, Dock Williamson,
William East, Larry Vaughn,
Mike Price and Bobby Price.
BOYS IN SERVICE
PARRIS ISLAND, S. C.
(FHTNC) Nov. 2 - Marine Pvt.
Benny L. Dupree, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Dupree of
Route 2, Jackson, Ga. grad
uated from basic training at
the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot here.
A 1973 graduate of Jackson
High School, he is scheduled to
report to Memphis, Tenn.
