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Children’s Theater To Present
Play Here on November 25-26
The internationally ac
claimed Atlanta Chidlren’s
Theatre will present their
production of “Reynard the
Fox” at Jackson Primary
School auditorium Nov. 25
and 26 at 10:00 a.m. and 1:30
p.m.
In the domain of current
literature for young people,
“Reynard th'e Fox” stands
apart, very much as Reynard
himself stands apart from his
friends in the animal
kingdom. Both the character
and the play are unconven
tional in the contexts of their
societies. This unconven
tionality this individuali
ty is the strength of both.
Reynard’s subtle charm,
his wise way, his lack of
pretention and unalloyed
honesty about himself
his “joie de vivre,” tempered
with his realistic approach to
life render him without
peer in his society and place
his services in demand.
By the same token, the
unusual qualities of the script
render it a departure from
most plays for young people
and point to a possible new
direction in children’s thea
tre.
Avondale Shared Over $lO
Million With Its Employees
Avondale Mills president
and treasurer Donald Comer,
Jr. announced this week that
Avondale Mills employees
shared $10,278,014 over and
above the going wage for the
fiscal year ended Aug. 31,
1974 under the company’s
profit-sharing plan.
Check Your Label
The mailing list of The Progress-Argus was
corrected as of Friday, October 25th. Please look
now at your label on the front page. If it reads on or
before Oct. 25th, renewal is indicated. We solicit
your cooperation in keeping subscriptions current.
With the rising cost of paper production, it is
imperative that expired subscriptions be renewed
at once! Regrettably, we have had to delete some
delinquent accounts. Subscription rates are $6.18
per year in advance. Please check your label.
“Reynard the Fox” by
Arthur Fauquez fulfills the
necessary requirements of a
script for young people in
that it tells an entertaining
story. Its colorful animal
characters and their comic
actons are mingled with
dramatic suspense. The
theme of the play wittily
comments upon the good and
the bad in everyone, and the
hypocrisy of those who would
judge others. The animal
characterizations in “Rey
nard” are as subtle and as
complex as those of real
people. In its comment on the
human counterparts of ani
mal characters, it plays on
many levels of meanings.
The cast of “Reynard the
Fox” features seven Atlanta
actors: Philip Pleasants, Ben
Jones, E. Wade Benson,
Nancy Oliver, Stephan W.
Scates. Danny Tucker, and
Scott Oliver. Charles L.
Doughty is directing the
production, with sets and
costumes by Ruth Ann
Maddux.
Since its first full season of
production in 1969-70 the
Atlanta Children’s Theatre
A cash payment of
$4,421,651 was made to
employees and $5,133,161 was
placed in the individual
employees accounts in Avon
dale's Retirement Trust.
Forfeitures of individuals
leaving the company and
income from the Trust
has grown from an atten
dance of 43,000 to a projected
audience of over 200,000 for
the coming season. These
figures make the Atlanta
Children’s Theatre one of the
largest theatrical operations
in the United States. In June
1972 the Children’s Theatre
was named one of the five
outstanding organizations
performing for youth in
America. Asa result, the
company was selected to
perform for the International
Congress of Theatre For
Children and Young People
in Albany, N.Y. The panel of
judges visited theatre com
panies throughout the coun-.
try before making its final
choices.
In addition to “Reynard
the Fox,” the Atlanta
Children’s Theatre season
will also present "Treasure
Island” and the world
premier of an original
melodrama, “Don’t Wear
Long Red Underwear Unless
You Want to be a Hero.”
Tickets for “Reynard the
Fox” are available for SI.OO
each. Ticket information can
be obtained from Dr. Jo Ann
Manley at 775-3127.
amounted to $723,203.
The cashfpayment made to
employees at the Indian
Springs plant was $143,480.44.
Avondale’s profit-sharing
program has been in effect
since 1941. Since that time
$74,144,064 has been paid to
employees in cash and
deferred profit-sharing. The
program divides Sny profits
of the company half and half
between the company and its
eligible employees, after
reserving five percent on the
stockholders’ investment.
The trustees allocate the
amount to be shared accord
ing to units, wun each
individual having one unit for
each year of service and one
unit for each SIOO of earnings
during the year.
Gash units distributed this
year have a value of $10.69
each. The deferred units
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday November 7, 1974
Final UA Report Nov. 21st
United Appeal Drive President Dick O’Hara
announced this week that final report of the United
Appeal Drive would be made by November 21. All
division chairmen are asked to turn in final returns
as soon as possible.
Field Trials Be Held
Here on November 16-17
The Old Atlanta Field Trial
Club will hold its fall field
trial on Saturday and
Sunday, November 16 and 17,
on land belonging to Hamp
ton L. Daughtery or O. L.
Weaver, Jr. off Highway 36.
According to Luke Weaver,
widely known Butts County
dog-fancier and bird hunter,
the success of the trials will
depend greatly on the
weather and harvesting of
crops.
Mr. Weaver said judges for
the two-day event will be Bob
Herrington of Waynesboro
and Larry Jones of Swains
boro. Both men are profes
sional bird dog trainers and
very knowledgeable field
trial judges, according to Mr.
Weaver.
There will be bird dogs
entered in the trials from
Methodist Women To
Sponsor Pancake Supper
The United Methodist
Church Women of Griffin will
sponsor a bazaar and
pancake supper Wednesday,
November 13, from 2 to 7
p.m. in the fellowship hall of
the church on Maple Drive in
Griffin.
The bazaar will feature a
Christmas shop, a green
thumb shop, and a home
made and handmade shop
offering pickles, relishes.
Jenkinsburg
To Elect
Councilmen
An election to name three
councilmen for the City of
Jenkinsburg will be held on
Saturday, December 7th,
according to an announce
ment this week by Mrs. T. H.
Price, City Clerk.
Mrs. Price said candidates
must qualify on or before
midnight November 22nd and
will be required to pay a
qualifying tee of SI.OO.
Mrs. Price said the Dolls
will open at 12 noon and will
close at six o’clock on
election day.
SHOP NOWI
have a value of $11.79 each.
Last year these values were
so 75 and $10.64 respectively.
Company sales and earn
ings were the highest in its
history for the fiscal year
just ended.
Net earnings after taxes
were $8,859,844, an increase
of 10 percent over last year’s
figure of $8,144,206. The
current year's contribution
to profit-sharing of $9,554,811
increased by 23 percent over
last year and exceeded the
company’s net earnings after
taxes by $594,967. Net sales
were $204,884.0%, m> 17
percent from the previous
high of $174,707,199 esta
blished in 1973. Earnings per
common share after allowing
for the preferred dividend
were $4.33 compared with
$3.93 adjusted to the present
Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Tennessee, and South Caroli
na and will comprise some of
the very best dogs in the
South. Mr. Weaver said the
stakes will be Puppy, Derby
and Shooting dog.
Mr. Weaver suggests those
persons having a horse to
come ride with those at the
trial or if not, persons can
watch from a car. The public
is cordially invited.
Mr. Weaver reminds that
lunch will be served each day
on the grounds. If those
persons having a dog wish to
enter please call Luke
Weaver at 775-3205.
The trials held last year
drew a large attendance and
it is hoped that those to be
held two weeks from now will
hopefully attract even more
field trial fans.
baked goods, and handmade
items.
The men of the church will
serve a pancake supper from
5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are SI.OO
for children under six and
$1.50 for adults. All proceeds
from the supper and bazaar
go to church missions.
Co-chairmen for the ba
zaar are Mrs. Beegie Searcy
and Mrs. Annella Duffes.
WOMAN FALLS FROM
A MOVING CAR
A Butts County resident.
Miss Shirley Beeland of 230
East Third Street. Jackson,
was treated at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital
yesterday for injuries she
suffered when she fell from a
moving car.
The driver, William A.
Craig of Flovilla. told
Spalding Sheriff's officers
the car door was not fastened
well and when he realized
Miss Beeland was falling out,
he braked the car.
She suffered minor inju
ries. The Griffin Daily
News, Friday, Nov. Ist.
number of shares outstand
ing.
Avondale's profit-sharing
plan provides that if an
employee remains with the
comapny for 10 years of
continuous service, 50 per
cent of the amount then in the
employee's account becomes
vested. An additional five
percent each year is vested
and at the end of 20 years 100
percent becomes vested.
In announcing the record
year Avondale president
Donald Comer, Jr. said he
felt that the profit-sharing
plan was the inspiration for
the company to continue to
make substantial profits,
giving the Avondale wage
earner the highest income of
any textile worker in the
world.
Th ree Hunters Hurt In
Fall From Trees Saturday
Deer were not the only ones
suffering casualties in the
opening day of Deer Season
on Saturday, November 2nd,
as at least three persons
were injured in falls from
trees in Butts County, while
another Jackson hunter was
wounded in the leg in a
hunting accident in Jasper
county on the Piedmont
Refuge.
According to reports of
Sherrell Ambulance Service,
Sylvan Grove Hospital, and
the Butts County Sheriff’s
Department, the injured
included George Jordan, 56,
of 1190 Clay Road, Mableton,
who was treated at Sylvan
Grove Hospital at 10:15 a.m.
Saturday for injuries to his
left shoulder and to a
puncture wound on arm
below the shoulder. He was
transferred to the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
About 10:50 Saturday
morning. Bill E. Hale. 30, of
1326 South Lee Street.
Griffin, fell from a tree near
Mt. Vernon Church and
suffered a fracture of his
400-500 Attend Mclntosh
Bank's Anniversary Party
Between four and five
hundred people attended
open house Sunday afternoon
at Mclntosh State Bank
between the hours of two and
five o’clock in observance of
the bank's tenth anniversary.
Mclntosh State Bank o
pened its doors for business
on September 15. 1964 and
would have observed its 10th
anniversary on that date but
because of expansion of the
bank building, it was decided
to forego the calendar
observance of its anniver
sary until the new addition
was complete and furnished.
Executive Vice-President
Joe B. Taylor pointed out
that the new addition added
approximately 1.700 square
feet to the existing bank. This
new space. 28 ft. by 48 ft.
wide, has added a directors'
room which w ill also be used
for a community room, a
loan discount department, as
well as office and storage
space. Mr. Taylor estimated
the cost of the expanded
portion of the bank at
approximaately $30,000 with
another SIO,OOO spent to
furnish the offices and the
directors' room.
Customers and friends of
the bank began arriving at
the two o’clock hour and
continued in a steady stream
DRAWINGS OF A PARK PRESENTED Members of the community
involved in recreation planning were presented color drawings last Friday of proposed
plans for the new city park by Tom Tinkerton of Moore Robinson and Associates. Shown
are: Left to Right. Perry Manolis, Recreation Director; Hal Summers of Avondale Mills;
Mack Davis, Van Deventer Foundation Director; Mayor Robert Mackey; Tom Tinkerton of
Moore Robinson and Associates; Buster Duke, member of Butts County Commission and
Denny O’Neal, Chairman of Jackson-Butts County Recreation Commission.
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
upper left leg. He was treated
at Sylvan Grove Hospital and
transferred to the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital.
Shortly before noon, Betty
J Parrish. 34, of 7445 Pine
Road, Riverdale, fell from a
stand while hunting in Butts
County and suffered abra
sions to her left forearm and
other cuts and bruises. She
was treated at the Sylvan
Grove Hospital emergency
room and dismissed.
A Butts County hunter.
Onree O. Kitchens of 24 Main
St., Jackson, suffered a
bullet wound in the fleshy
part of his right leg while
hunting Saturday on the
Piedmont Reservation in
Jasper County.
A member of Mr. Kitchens'
family reported that he was
standing near a dogwood tree
in a small valley when four or
five hunters above him
opened fire on a buck that
strode into the glen. Mr.
Kitchens said he fejt a sting
in his right leg and saw the
bullet holes in his pants leg.
He was brought to the office
until the closing hour of five
o'clock was reached. Bank
personnel, officers and direc
tors greeted the customers
and friends and escorted
them on a tour of the bank
which had been refurbished
inside with completely new
carpeting and draperies.
Refreshments of punch,
sandwiches, cookies, mints,
nuts and cake were served
during the afternoon by Mrs.
Ruth Emory, cateress. assis
ted by Mrs. Nellie Sawyer
and Mrs. Edith Morris. A
white and green embossed
anniversary cake held the
figure 10.
Among those who sent
flowers or green plants for
the anniversary observance
were First National Bank of
Atlanta. Bank of Griffin.
Commercial Bank and Trust
Cos.. Jackson Flower Shop.
National Bank of Georgia.
Atlanta: Fulton National
Bank. Atlanta: Paces Flow er
Shop. Cawthon Bros.. Cleve
land Carpets, Rufus Adams
E. D. Briscoe. Jackson
Progress-Argus. Deraney's
Department Store, Ethe
ridge-Smith Cos., Hodges
Hardware & Furniture.
Brown's Furniture & Ap
pliance. and Anonymous.
Cash prizes were awarded
the following lucky winners
of a Jackson physician where
over 50 stitches were
required to close the wound
in his leg. The bullet entered
and exited cleanly, but left a
gaping wound.
A spokesman for the
family said that Mr. Kitchens
believes if he had been sitting
the bullet would have struck
him in a vital part of his
body.
The deer season in Georgia
opened Saturday amid ex
tremely dry conditions, with
fire from a careless hunter a
very real danger. There were
rumors, considered well
founded, that if the drought
continues for another week
or so, the hunting season
might be cancelled until
rains were general over the
state.
The first hunting casualty
of the new season occurred
Saturday when a 12-year-old
Clarke County boy tripped
while hunting, with the shot
striking him in the neck and
inflicting almost instanta
neous death.
who registered during the
afternoon: Two 5 percent
Pass Book Savings ($5.00)
went to Rankin Cook and
Mrs. Lillie Mae Aycock of
Atlanta. Four 4 1 2 percent
i $10) Golden Investors Sav
ings Accounts were pre
sented to Mrs. Evelyn
Saunders. Mrs. Laßue Turn
er. Mrs. Eloise Edwards, and
Linda Burford. Two $25.00 6
percent One year Certifi
cates were won by Virginia
R. Cook and Sally Ann
Fletcher.
Useful and attractive sou
venirs of glasses, measuring
cups, mirrors, key chains,
pencils, and matches were
presented to visitors.
Among the out of town
guests calling during the
afternon were Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Asbury of Jefferson,
first executive vice president
of Mclntosh State Bank; Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Aycock.
Department of Banking.
State of Georgia: Curtis
Summerlin. Fulton National
Bank. Atlanta: Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Brooks, First Natio
nal Bank, Griffin; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B. Wynne.
Commercial Bank & Trust
Cos.. Griffin; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lusk, Fort Ogle
thorpe State Bank.