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DEEDS OF TRUE BULLDOGS
We’ve sat in the hedges, we’ve traveled afar
We’ve been known to hitch when we hadn’t a car.
We’ve begged for our tickets, we’ve saved all our dough:
Anything was Kosher just so we could go!
We’ve sat in the hedges through snow and through rain
Uncle Sam’s mailmen ain’t half as insane.
We’ve drunk enough coffee to dye the Tide brown,
We’ve consumed enough hot dogs to chase ‘Cats out of town.
We’ve screamed loud enough to outdo the War Eagle
And if that ain’t enough, well the rest just ain’t legal.
We’ve cheered for old Stanfield, Jake Scott and Vince Dooley
We’ve even looked Gators in the eye and said, “Phooie.”
We’ve learned to bowl and bowl with the best
Whoever they were, we’ve laid them to rest.
Of course there’ve been bad times, but who thinks of that?
We’re not here to WAIL, just to chew fat.
We’ll be there in September to rejoice and sing GLORY.
In seventy-four, we’ll tell anew story.
But whatever may happen or what comes to pass
Us Bulldogs is Bulldogs right down to the last!
CINDY S. BROWN
NEWS FROM
WORTHVILLE
By Mrs. W. G. Avery
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Mason
had as recent guests Mr. and
Mrs. Hollis Maddox of
Atlanta, Mrs. Clyde Parker
of Jackson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Strawn of Hamp
ton. Mrs. Strawn is the
former Mrs. Dorcas Britt of
the Stark Community. We
congratulate Mr. and Mrs.
Strawn on their recent
marriage and wish for them
happiness and good health.
Mrs. W. S. White, who is
living with Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Tribble since recent eye
surgery, spent Thursday and
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Friday at her home and
entertained her daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Chafin
and Rhonda Gay of Rich
mond, Va. On Friday evening
they were joined by other
family members for supper.
Those attending were Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Wilson and
Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Green and Mark, all of
Decatur, Mrs. E. M. McCart,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis White
and Myron, and Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Green, all of Covington;
Miss Cynthia White of
Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. L.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
The Henry County Weekly-Advertiser, Thursday, September 5, 1974
Frank Linch Purchased
Newspaper 40 Years Ago
This week 40 years ago,
Frank J. Linch came to
McDonough to take over
possession of the McDonough
Advertiser, a linotype-set
weekly newspaper located in
the building presently occu
pied by McDonough Flower
Shop on Griffin Street.
A month later he com
pleted transactions for pur
chase of the Henry County
Weekly, just across the
street. The two were merged
into The Weekly-Advertiser,
a newspaper that has
continued in the Linch
family.
The McDonough Adverti
ser was owned by Wiley
Clements and leased to the
Brewster family. The Adver
tiser was established in 1921.
The Henry County Weekly,
a newspaper hand set into
C. Tribble.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yancey
and sons attended the Mobil
Chemical picnics at Six
Flags in Atlanta Labor Day
and had a wonderful time.
Mrs. Emma Yancey and
Charles visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Harris in Covington
during their absence from
home.
Recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Ireland were Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Davis of
Forsyth, Mrs. Larry Young
blood, Mrs. Dwayne Smith
and Sue, Mrs. E’Dalgo, all of
Jackson, Mrs. John Stever
son and daughters, Donna,
Deedee, and Deidra and
Mrs. Elon Taylor of Locust
Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Blankenship and Robin, Mr.
and Mr. Don Cole of
Stockbridge, and Mrs. Bob
Woodall of Stark Commun
ity-
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Avery
joined their daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Bell and Don
of Atlanta, and all attended
the Avery reunion at Rocky
Plains in Newton County on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Duke
returned home Sunday from
Savannah where they spent a
very pleasant week visiting
their uncle, Mr. and Mrs. W.
type, had been in operation
since 1875 when it was
started in Hampton. The
newspaper was located in the
structure presently occupied
by Bearden Auto Parts.
Later The Weekly-Advertiser
moved into that same
location and remained until
moving to its present location
in January 1, 1959.
The new owner of the
combined newspapers,
Frank J. Linch, moved to
McDonough in 1934 and was
active through December 31,
1969. His son, Robert O.
Linch, has edited the
newspaper since January 1,
1970.
Though retired from active
management of the news
paper, Frank Linch contin
ues residing on Decatur Road
in McDonough. In the last
H. Reaves.
. Mr. and Mrs. Stacer
Washington, Mr. and Mrs.
Eddy Johnston, Kip Wash
ington, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Sealey, Mr. Jimmy Sealey
and Kenneth visited Mrs.
Claudia Washington in Mid
dle Georgia Hospital Sunday
afternoon. They report
Claudia in better spirits and
making slow progress. We
are all pulling for you,
Claudia and hope that you
will soon be well.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.
J. Washington Sunday after
noon were Mr. and Mrs. Jim
McMichael of the Stark
Community.
Miss Cynthia White, a
student nurse at Crawford
Long Hospital in Atlanta,
spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Tribble.
Friends of Mrs. Hiram
Smith are sorry to learn that
she is a patient in Sylvan
Grove Hospital for muscle
spasms of the chest and
bronchitis. We wish her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Minnie Lee Hodges
and Mrs. Nellie Cochran
vistied Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Collins and family in Decatur
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Martha Sealey is.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1974
year he has experienced very
poor health, and is virtually
confined to the house,
making only occasional trips
to the newspaper office.
Before coming to Henry
County, Frank Linch was
proprietor of the Advocate
Democrat in Crawfordville,
Georgia.
In 1934 Henry County was
cotton country with 18 to 20
thousand bales of cotton per
year produced. The econo
mic fortunes rose and fell
with the rainfall on cotton
and the infestation of boll
weevils.
For almost 50 years from
the turn of the century, the
county experienced virtually
zero growth, but then late in
the 1960’s things began to
happen and by 1972 develop-
spending a few days with her
son, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Sealey, and Jeff in Griffin.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Yancey and boys, Mrs.
Emma Yancey and Charles
recently were Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cunard of Jasper
County.
Mr. and Mrs. Rebon
Maddox, together with Mrs.
Madge Pickett of Jackson
and Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Avery, attended an Eastern
Star meeting in Griffin
Tuesday evening. Mr. and
Mrs. Maddox also attended
the Eastern Star Chapter in
Barnesville Monday evening.
Worthville Baptist Church
surprised Mrs. Claudia
Washington, a patient in
Middle Georgia Hospital in
Macon, with a gift of a money
tree Sunday afternoon. It was
graciously accepted by the
recipient.
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE
ELECT
Ben Garland
MAYOR
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The 40 years of ownership
by the Linch family is a
record for the newspaper. No
other owners have held the
publication for such an
extended period.
The Linch philosophy is the
biggest and best is still in the
future and there are enthusi
astic plans for more sophisti
cated dissemination of the
printed word in Henry-
County.
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Revival
Revival services at Worth
ville Baptist Church will
begin Sunday, September
15th. and extend through
Friday night, September 20th
with Rev. Kenneth Moon of
Martin, Ga. as the guest
evangelist.
Rev. Clarage Tucker,
pastor of the Worthville
Baptist Church, announced
that preaching services will
be held nightly at 7:45
o'clock. Music will be led by
William (Bill) Thomason of
Fayetteville.
Mr. Tucker explained that
a nursery will be provided
and extends a cordial
welcome to the public.
Football
Tickets
On Sale
Ticket prices for Jackson
High School home games
were announced this week by
Ron Wade, Athletic Director
and Head Football Coach.
Advanced student tickets,
on sale at all schools, are
$1.25 per ticket.
Advanced adult tickets, on
sale at Jackson High School,
City Pharmacy and Mcln
tosh State Bank, are $1.75 per
ticket.
All gate tickets will be
$2.00.
No season tickets will be
available, according to Mr.
Wade.
