The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, November 07, 1974, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textaiaxfesxm Progress-Jcrgtxs J. D. JONES PUBLISHER (1908-1955) DOYLE JONES JR.—Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at 129 South Mulberry Street, Jackson, Georgia 30233 by The Progress-Argus Printing - Cos., Inc. Second Class Postage paid at Jackson, Georgia 30233. Address notice of undeliverable copies and other correspondence to The Jackson Progress-Argus, P. O. Box 249, Jackson, Georgia 30233. MEMBER TELEPHONE 775-3107 MAWDNAL OFFICIAL ORGAN IWEIVWPAtPEH BUTTS COUNTY AND Association - Founded 1885 CITY OF JACKSON Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: One Year $6.18 School Year $5.15 Six Months $3.87 Single Copy lsc It’s This Way By Doyle Jones Jr. ITS THIS WAY Jest of the Week: KNOWS HER SON: The neighborhood gossip approached Mrs. Brown just bursting with excitement. “You’ll never guess whom I saw at the beach yesterday,” she began. “Well, whom did you see?” queried Mrs. Brown, knowing that this was what she was expected to say. “Your 17-year-old son, Jack,” declared the gossipy woman triumphantly, “and he was cavorting with a blonde in a bikini!” “Huh!” retorted Mrs. Brown. “What did you expect at his age —a pail and shovel?” xxxxxxxxxx THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE In this imperfect world of ours, there are many who cannot help themselves. This is true of both individuals and organizations. One sees corruption, graft, greed, excesses of all kinds in high places, waste and duplication of tax money, inefficiency and malfeasance.by elected officials. There are manv on the food stamp program who should not be, yet to others it is a matter of survival and subsistence. Our welfare rolls are loaded with deadbeats and chiselers, yet to others the meager pittance keeps body and soul together. This is in preamble to saying that the United Appeal locally is in deep trouble. Scarcely more than half of the $15,000 quota has been reached. General Chairman Dick O’Hara and Drive Chairman Byrd Garland have worked hard as have the division chairmen, yet without some miracle, the drive is likely to be badly undersubscribed. This would be a tragedy of the first magnitude as the financial goals for each organization are barely minimal. If you have not been solicited, please pick up the phone and call Dick or Byrd and ask them to pick up your contribution. If you’ve given, count your blessings and reach for the checkbook another time. A great Man who understood the needs of others more than we will ever be given to know, once said, “in as much as ye have done it to the least of these, my brothers . Sanford Stadium was a sea of color Saturday afternoon as a crowd of nearly 50,000 sat in shirt sleeve weather to watch a great offensive battle between Georgia and Houston which the Cougars won 31 to 24. It was a perfect Indian Summer afternoon, the sky azure with some haze, the temperature in the high 70’s, and a light breeze rustling the fast dying leaves in the trees behind the stadium. Georgia had fought back from a 14-0 deficit to tie the score minutes before the half and were in command of the game when a tragic fumble after a pass interception at the Georgia 7 gave Houston the ball for the go ahead score only seconds before the half. The courageous Bulldogs never overcame that stroke of ill fortune with both teams scoring 10 points in the second half. Houston was the best team I’ve seen play this year, including Notre Dame and Pittsburgh against Tech, and Georgia should go into her last three games against Florida, Auburn and Tech at least an even choice .... In my peregrinations about the confines of Sanford Field before the game my most interesting encounter was with Shasta 111, the Houston mascot. Now Shasta is a sleek, powerful and very beautiful cougar, the very epitome of grace. Shasta rides onto the field in a red wagon and once the sidelines are reached, a blanket is spread for the mascot. A handler slips a second collar around Shasta’s neck and slips is the word, for it is done gingerly and quickly. One of the cheerleaders poked a small football at Shasta and a chilling snarl ensued with his powerfully strong teeth being winsomely displayed. While I was watching and talking with one of the trainers, a tray of about half a dozen chicken legs and backs were laid before the mascot, but he only sniffed disinterestedly and passed up his meal for the nonce. I gained the definite impression that the temperature and humidity affected the beautiful cat and that he longed for the air controlled comfort of his familiar Astrodome. The thought ran through my mind while viewing the sleek net that UGA would be no match for the powerful savagery of this feline and that perhaps that would be true of the two-legged Bulldogs. Unfortunately, it was! . . .As usual there were the customary thousands setting astride the railroad trestle at the East end of Sanford Field. I dare say there is not another stadium in the country that affords a better view for fans without a ticket. The price is patience alone, the better vantage points accruing to the early comers. In games of yesteryears when sellouts filled every nook and cranny of the stadium for such foes as Auburn, Tfech, Alabama and |||& w , jHiT THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA DEALING WITH EMOTIONAL DEPRESSION (Part Three Clip And Save) In dealing with emotional depression, it helps to have a trusted friend with whom we can confide. Perhaps you are familiar with the old adage: “What the average woman wants is not a doctor, but an audience.” That brings to mind something a friend told me recently, and he quoted Scripture to prove his point. He said there wouldn’t be any women in heaven, and the Scripture he quoted was Revelations 8:1. It reads like this: “When the lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.” Now, you don’t want to tell your problems to everybody, and you don’t want to tell them to just anybody. But a trusted friend who will listen and make helpful suggestions while maintaining trust in confidence can often prove to be a big help. You would probably be surprised to learn that it does wonders sometimes just to have someone y/e can trust to listen to our concerns. Some of the finest counseling done is about 95 per cent listening. Another help in dealing with emotional depression is not to try to carry the weight of the whole world on your back. When I was a boy growing up, people who were mentally unbalanced were often referred to as having a monkey on their back. Well, we have shifted the monkey off and replaced it with the weight of the world. But none of us is a Hercules, capable of carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders. Learn to know the limit of your responsibilities. You aren’t the General Manager of the universe, so don’t try to assume the responsibility which that job carries. There is enough bad news in a single morning newspaper to depress the best of us if we let it. You aren’t responsible for the worries of the whole world. So learn to do the best you can, and then leave the rest to someone else. One of the finest moves we can make to maintain our mental health is to learn to accept the things you can’t change. One man said the way he maintained his mental stability was that he learned to cooperate with the inevitable. That is good advice. You can make the best of a bad situation even if you can’t make it what you would desire it to be. So try to learn to accept those things you can’t change. There is a little prayer which goes something like this: Lord, give me the strength to change the things I can, The courage to accept the things I can’t, And the wisdom to know the difference. William Carey once, said: “I will go down, but remember that you must hold the ropes.” In other words, he would take care of that which he was responsible, but others had responsibilities also. Any person who attempts to carry the weight of the whole world on his back will soon find himself crushed mentally. FIVE STAR (Part Four next week) . Ftroairai By Mrs. Cindy Brown DIFFERENT STROKES Learning to live with another person is not always the easiest thing to do. When the time comes for a young couple to be married, they are usually so starstruck, that they fail to see the other’s faults. The shock comes when the honeymoon is over and the beginning of ordinary day-to-dayness takes over. There’s that shocking moment when she realizes that he squeezes the tooth paste tube fn the middle instead of at the base and he discovers that she puts starch into clothing that he’s never before had starched. (Isn’t it funny how little things can develop into monsters which raise their ugly heads in the midst of common arguments?) All people have their own peculiar way of doing things husbands and wives especially. Bennie has to win the national award for neatniks: he lines his shoes oh so neatly on the floor, Tennessee, the wealthy joined their more penurious cousins atop the trestle where mink stoles and virgin wool rubbed elbows with denim and gingham. During the course of most games at least one train edges across the trestle at a snail’s pace with horn tooting and the train crew getting an eyeful of the action on the greensward. Saturday, the engineer got a bonus, too, as one convivial soul, probably a Georgia fan grovelling in anguish, climbed aboard the slow moving engine to offer a drink to one of the train’s crew. This was a first for me, but no doubt it has happened before. An enginner tooting that crowd out of the way certainly deserves a drink . . . . The Tech shutout came as a distinct surprise, not at the Duke victory, but that they should be the first team since 1964 to whitewash the Jackets. The last shut out was in 1964, Vince Dooley’s first year at Georgia. Hie Bulldogs gave the Engineers a classic rawhiding, winning 7-0 and going on to defeat Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl. Duke contained the Tech offense like no one else this season and must have played a near perfect defensive game .... However, the big news in the South and across the nation came from Gainesville, Florida, where the Florida Gators downed Auburn in convincing fashion. I refrain from saying upset because Florida was the choice in many circles. Auburn’s defense became suspect after the Tech game when ‘Whatsoever Things’ By Donald E. Wildmon places the dishes and silverware into absolutely the same place every time, and knows where any and everything is all the time. Then there is me. My lingerie drawer is the kind that I hope to have in better condition soon, be cause if I were suddenly to need a suitcase packed, whoever did the honors, would probably throw their hands up in dismay at the prospect of finding anything. I don’t advocate filth, friends, I just don’t believe that Army-like organization is necessary. On one occasion I left some refrigerated fruit in a plastic container in the frig too long. The goodies molded. My hubby, upon finding the green remains, stated that opening the refrigerator door almost always provided him with new discoveries as he never knew what to expect. Now, all of us know that these things will happen every now and then, all of us except the ones we’re married to. Isn’t it funny how perfect the THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1974 deltas to- the Oiit/fy By the time this appears, the judges will have been to Butts County to evaluate how much we love our communi ty, how much we individually and collectively have been willing to do to make Butts County and Jackson a beautiful, clean, healthy place in which to live. Many people have done much and to each I say “thank you.” But the purpose of this letter is to give credit where credit is due. The guiding hand behind all this activity has been a volunteer who has given hours and days to planning, visualizing, con tacting community mem bers, following through, making pictures, constantly smiling and asking. Most of us perhaps have not been aware of how much she has given of herself. Few of us would be willing or have the stamina to stay daily behind such a tremendous undertak ing. Win or no in the eyes of the judges, we definitely have won in the efforts of all who have participated. And for guiding all this energy into constructive results our hats are off to you Gwen Juhlin. Kathleen Pinckney Georgia History Buffs To Have "Ramble" Georgians interested in inspecting historically signi ficant homes, churches, grist and textile mills not opened on regular tours may join a “ramble” sponsored by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation at Crawford on Saturday, No vember 9th. Mrs. Patricia Cooper, of Athens, Rambles Chairman, has planned the trip to include an 1815 fine brick country home, a rare late-antebellum “slender-co lumn house,” a log cabin built about 1810, a “planta tion plain house,” an 1820 town house in Lexington and a walking tour of the city. There is no fee for joining the “ramble” which will assemble in Crawford on U.S. 78 at the railroad station at 10:30 a.m. Crawford is 15 miles east of Athens. Membership is not required opposite sex is? (Or maybe what’s really amusing is how perfect they think they are!) I’m one of those people who should live to be one hundred. I’m that worry free about the little messes in life I save all worries for bigger problems such as how to make last month’s budget cover this month’s bills and whether to reheat Tuesday’s spaghetti or Wednesday’s chicken for Friday’s dinner. My mother once told me (when I was contemplating marriage at 13), that I had no idea of what life would be like when I wouldn’t even be able to afford a tube of toothpaste. I laughed and laughed and thought, “Oh my, the lady has finally gone looney.” Then came that fateful day when I knew what she had been trying to tell me. Why, I couldn’t afford the tooth brush, much less the paste. Aren't mothers the most intelligent people? My kids look at me in disbelief nowadays: they tell me, “But mother, we had breakfast for supper last the Engineers rent them asunder but lost a close game. Florida’s defense is one of the best in the SEC and their offense has come of age. Coach Bill Dickey has a genuine conference contender this year and victories over Georgia and Kentucky will place the Gators near the top of the throne. But Georgia and the Wildcats are most formidable opponents and victories will not come easy. The Bulldogs journey to Jacksonville Saturday for a make or break game for both teams. Each one has a conference loss. For the last several years the underdog has won in the Gator Bowl and Georgia will certainly go into the game a seven point underdog. Kentucky must be faced in Lexington and this will test the Gators severely. The Wildcats literally destroyed a good Tulane team Saturday night and if Florida lets down the SEC title will go agleaming. Every SEC team save Alabama has lost at least once and unless Auburn can derail the Tide express, Bear’s boys will grab all the marbles. And although the local Tiger fans will disagree, an Auburn win is extremely unlikely. The SEC gonfalon is up for grabs. Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Georgia are still in the race. Tennessee, LSU and Mississippi State are out of it. Kentucky and Vandy are cast in the role of spoilers. But unless someone can stop the Crimson Tide, the jig is up and the big scramble will be for second place. iflL v PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Stevenson and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Jones will leave Friday afternoon for Jacksonville, Florida where they will attend the Georgia-Florida game Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville’s Gator Bowl. Messrs. Benson Ham and Frank Freeman of Forsyth were business visitors in Jackson on Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hearn will attend the Georgia-Flo rida game in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday. Mr. Hearn will also attend a class reunion of his St. Augustine High School class in St. Augustine, Fla. to participate. Those attend ing should provide their own food and beverage for a “dinner on the lawn.” Participants are urged to share cars since parking space is limited. The “rambles” will be held quarterly by The Trust, a non-profit group, organized to preserve, acquire and operate historical properties, 'to disseminate knowledge, aid research and to foster an appreciation and under standing of early Georgians. Membership in the group now exceeds 1,000 and The Trust has opened offices in the First National Bank building in Decatur. night!” Bennie quickly quietens them, in his orga nized way, by explaining that eggs are an excellent substitute for meat and that chickens will have hurt feelings if we don’t oblige them. Next week, I’ll try to serve meals with more variety and organization. On Monday, I’ll serve an omelet; on Tuesday, ham and eggs; on Wednes day, egg salad . . . FACTS AND FIGURES Facts and figures never lie. $2.00 hot dogs make me cry. $30.00 dresses and $20.00 shoes Give me “wish I had money” blues. Guess I could be thankful For the little things I’ve got And quit worrying about those that I have not. I’ll go on wishing though Sinful as it must be For just one mink or diamond ring That could belong to me. Guest Editorial Waycross Journal-Herald The Bedsheet Ballot There are 79 proposed amendments to the Georgia Constitution to be voted on Nov. 5. We’ve lost track but since 1945, the state’s basic document has been amended around 700 times. Although state officials vow that every effort is made to avoid it, there are always situations in which the vote of the entire state electorate is required on matters of local import. And, as'bad if hot worse, is the fact that the people of the city of Waycross can’t even establish a downtown development authority with the merchants and property owners footing the bill without amending the state constitution. We are aware that the amending process constitutes something of a safeguard against special interests legislation and ill-considered programs but most of the proposals would go before the people concerned via referendums anyway. Apparently Georgians, most of whom are admittedly simply confused and a bit weary of the constitutional changes each general election, will have to put up with the archaic process for the foreseeable future. No constitutional revision plan appears in the mill currently and home rule continues to be merely a conversation piece. Hopefully, some day we will come up with a common sense way to do things at a local level without the cumbersome and confusing constitutional amending process and the bedsheet ballots every other year. 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