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It’s This Way
By Doyle Jones Jr.
Jest of the Week: The Lord gave man two
ends —One to sit on, the other to think with. His success
depends on which end he uses most. Heads he wins tails
he loses.
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THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE
Jackson has another budding and incipient artist in
the person of Homer (Chip) Moelchert, younger son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lou Moelchert. Homer had the rare distinction of
one so young in his profession of having 20 of his plant
drawings displayed last week at the Greenhouse lobby at
Callaway Gardens. He is a magna cum laude graduate from
the University of Georgia Honors College and only recently
has revealed a great talent for drawing botanical,
horticultural and floral cultural specimens. Jackson has two
other distinguished artists in Scott Coleman and Elizabeth
Carmichael Jones. Perhaps the most talented artist of all,
however, is Jerry McLaurin, but more of him anon. We share
pride in Chip with Lou and Miller, parents .... Few
things in my civic life have given me greater pleasure than in
presenting the Man of the Year award to David Ridgeway, Sr.
last Tuesday night on behalf of the Jackson Kiwanis Club.
Certainly David is one of the more popular choices the club
has made and I could not help but observe that the great
majority of the large crowd present came by to extend
congratulations to the latest recipient. It goes without saying
that David was taken completely by surprise and that is what
it's all about. It would not be much fun and no surprise if the
recipient and everyone else knew who was to receive the
award. David had been invited to say a few remarks
concerning a blood donor and his being tapped had him
almost speechless, but not for long .... We also
applaud Herman Waits, chairman of the Public and Business
Affairs Committee, for the masterful job he did in emceeing
the event. He got off two good jokes on three former Men of
the Year, Pliny Weaver, Maurice Carmichael and Doyle
Jones, Jr., that kept the large audience in
guffaws .... An unwelcome visitor anytime but
certainly at the Christmas season is the flu bug that has
forced the closing of at least one school system, Polk, where
1,500 cases were reported and where it has made serious
inroads in Cobb County with 6,700 school absentees reported.
A survey of the Butts schools by The Progress-Argus
indicates a few absentees but the full fury of the flu virus has
obviously and happily not struck full force locally. Doctors
say the flu strain is more virulent than some in the past and
that it strikes the young and the old with telling affect. We
trust it won’t be as bad as the Hong Kong strain that laid low
18 of 20 Butts countians who visited the Sugar Bowl in January
1969. Georgia’s loss to Arkansas was depressing enough but
the flu about did us in ... . One must give the
Weatherman an A for effort but the snow flurries that fell
Tuesday, December 17th, were too little and too early for a
white Christmas. Snow clouds drifted across central Georgia
Tuesday afternoon from the Appalachians and a few flakes
fell intermittently the remainder of the day and into the night.
North of Atlanta, the fall was heavier and coated the ground
briefly. Weather systems appear to be on the move and with
cold weather lurking nearby, maybe that one in 10 chance for
a white Christmas will become a reality .... Paul John
Knowles lived by the gun and died by the gun. Perhaps it was
fitting that his career ended Wednesday in a burst of gunfire
as he allegedly attempted to escape from two law officers who
were ostensibly carrying him to Henry County where he was
expected to lead them to the gun used in the execution of a
Florida trooper and a Delaware businessman. The attempted
escape occurred near Douglasville on 1-20 when the accused
murderer freed one hand from his manacles and sought to
wrestle the gun of Sheriff Earl Lee from its holster. GBI
Inspector Ronnie Angel and Sheriff Lee both fired, striking
Knowles and inflicting fatal wounds. It is said that Knowles
boasted of having killed more than 35 persons and reportedly
stated he wanted to become as infamous as the Boston
Strangler, John Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde. Quite
naturally Knowles’ lawyers have cried “set up” and “Police
execution,” but the facts evidently bear out no such charges.
Had Knowles been successful in his lunge for the sheriff’s
gun, he would have killed the two men with no more
compunction than a man gunning down a rabid dog. Perhaps
the tapes reportedly made by Knowles and left in the custody
of his lawyer will do much to shed light on his criminal career
and perhaps lead to the location of his victim’s bodies. It will
be a long time before finis can be marked to Knowles’ myriad
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
THE WORD IS INTEGRITY
(Part Two Clip and Save)
Integrity also means believing in something good and
pure and noble and right and true and being willing to
sacrifice for it. Martin Luther did that when he placed his 95
theses on the church door at Wittenberg. He believed
something, believed it was better than that which he opposed,
and was willing to risk his life for it. And all the power of
Rome could not force him to recant.
James Doolittle did the same thing in another area,
the area of air science. He was ridiculed for what he believed
best, was called a fool because of it and even
court-martialed. But hei held fast through it all.
In the Old Testament there is the story of three Jews
whose names have become household words for many
people Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedinego. Their story is
told in the third chapter of Daniel. They were told that unless
they worshipped a god which they knew to be false, they
would be put into a burning furnace. Their reply: “Our God
will deliver us, but even if he doesn’t, we still will not serve
your gods or worship the golden image . . .” They stood
for that which they believed to be best, even when it meant
they might have to pay the ultimate price of their lives.
Vance Havner, the Baptist preacher, once said:
“America was built not by politicians running for something,
but by statesmen standing for something.” In other words, by
men of integrity. There is an old proverb which goes like this:
“The man who doesn’t stand for something will probably fall
for anything.” And there is a lot of truth in the statement.
Integrity. That is the word. It was something Pilate
lacked when he allowed an innocent Christ to be crucified. It
was something missing in King Darius when he allowed
Daniel to be put into a den of lions for worshipping his God.
“Tell Bill the word is integrity.”
Integrity means doing some things you don’t
necessarily want to do, but you know you must do. Jesus
didn't want to be crucified. Anyone who thinks He did is both
ignorant and foolish. No, he didn’t want to. But He knew He
had to face the cross. He had integrity.
Socrates, with certain death staring him in the face,
was offered an opportunity to escape from the Greek jail. But
he refused the opportunity. To have taken it would have
meant that all he had taught would have been false. So he
drank the deadly hemlock, not because he wanted to, but
because he knew he had to. You see, he was a man of
integrity.
A person of integrity will not say what people want to
hear, but what they need to hear. It is the demagogue, the
person who cares only for himself, who will speak what the
people wish to hear. It is the man of integrity who speaks what
they need to hear. It is his desire to be true, not popular.
It isn’t easy for a person to be a person of integrity. It
never has been and never will be. To stand for what one
believes to be right in the face of public opinion has never
been an easy thing to do. It requires strength, inner strength.
Integrity comes only at a high cost. “Tell Bill the word is
integrity.” FIVE STAR (Part Three Next Week)
When Leif Ericson landed in America in A.D. 1000, he was
so struck by the abundance of wild grapes that he called
the land Vinland, “Wine land.”
crimes, but by his death a start can be made .... Our
Cindy Brown has been in communication with Santa Claus
and a letter from old Saint Nick was published in last week’s
Progress-Argus on the front page. It seems that some of the
youthful Santa worshippers could not understand why he
could not reply to their letters. In his conversation with Mrs.
Brown, Santa made it clear that he is much too busy to
answer letters but that he will do his absolute best to fill the
requests of his admirers. The week before Christmas, Santa
is at his busiest and through Mrs. Brown he wishes to let the
children know their letters have been received, read and
cataloged and that he is bringing extra large packs this year
as the number of children around the world have increased
tremendously. Have faith in Santa! He sends his love to all the
children in Butts County .... Robert Franklin came in
last Tuesday to renew his subscription and memories of
Christmases past came flooding back. Robert and I are
life-long friends, having been born virtually across the street
from one another on Indian Springs Street. Vincent and I
could barely contain ourselves after opening and inspecting
our own presents before securing parental permission to go
over to see what Santa left Hiram and Robert at the Franklin
home. They, in turn, visited us to see what Saint Nick had left.
The remainder of the day would be spent playing with our
toys, games, bikes, trains, etc. Then before it was scarcely
dark, most of the boys in the neighborhood would hurry up to
the Franklins for the shooting of the firecrackers. Santa
invariably left them (Hiram and Robert) more firecrackers
than perhaps all the rest of us put together and the two boys
were generous enough to allow us to share in shooting them.
The most spectacular the sky rockets and the Roman
candles were saved for last and often the adults would
also gather to watch us light up the Christmas sky with their
intransigent beauty. Vincent and I would join Robert and
Hiram, along with Sam Compton, James Andrews, Charles
and Tom Thurston, Vera Jones Edwards, Catherine
McMichael, Wilson and Alton Wood, Bert and Bob
Carmichael and sometimes our Covington Street friends,
James Finley, Wilfred Thornton, and Park Newman, would
drop by for the festivities. Heaven knows, time flies. It seems
like only yesterday. Robert said, “Doyle, I’d like to talk half a
day.” I agreed. Perhaps philosophically Thomas Wolfe was
correct, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” The Franklin house in
which we enjoyed so many Christmases no longer stands. The
house in which Vincent and I were born is intact but no longer
in the family, sold soon after mother’s death. But if we cannot
go back in the flesh we can relive these moments of great joy
in our memories and perhaps this is the best way after all.
Although this paper is dated December 26th, most will read it
before Christmas. With this thought in mind, I wish you the
joys of Christmas with your memories, like mine, drifting
back over the years to those Christmases made most
memorable by whatever circumstances, keeping ever
foremost in mind that the Babe in Bethlethem’s manger is
always the central and overriding figure in Christmas and
that without Him in our hearts Christmas is a vain, gaudy,
dead, pagan observance. let us keep Christ in our hearts and
in Christmas!
‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1974
Mrs. Daley
Buried
At Tyrone
Mrs. Floyd W. Daley, 79
died Monday, December 9th,
at her residence at 430
Techwood Drive, Atlanta.
Mrs. Daley was a resident
of Jackson from 1934 to 1952
and was a member of the
Jackson United Methodist
Church.
Burial was in Hopewell
United Methodist Church
Cemetery at Tyrone on
Thursday, December 12th.
Mrs. Daley is survived by
two sons, T. W. Tyson of
Conley; R. A. Tyson of
Brooklet; three daughters,
Mrs. Willie Mae Kelly
Konikoff, Warner Robins;
Mrs. Zimmie Summers of
Tennille; Mrs. Rubye War
ren of Millen; eight grand
children and 22 great-grand
children.
PERSONAL
Friends of W. O. Ball are
delighted to know that he
returned home Monday,
December 16th, from Pied
mont Hospital where he
underwent recent surgery.
Mr. Wright Watkins, who
suffered a light stroke on
December 14th, is showing
improvement at his home on
Indian Springs Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis
Willard and Donald Willard
left Monday for Albany to
spend the Christmas holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Couch and children, Traci
and Chris.
Mr. and Mrs. G. N.
Etheredge returned home
last Thursday from a visit
with Dr. and Mrs. W. C.
Pierson and infant son,
Willard Cresse Pierson 111, in
Raleigh, N.C., and with Dr.
and Mrs. G. N. Etheredge,
Jr. and family in Charlotte,
N.C. Mrs. Etheredge spent
ten days with her daughter
and family, going especially
to be with them upon the
arrival of Master Pierson.
Mr. Etheredge joined her for
a visit there and returned her
home.
Friends of Miss Marie
Land regret to learn she
suffered a broken left hip in a
fall at her home on Tuesday,
December 17th. She was
treated at Sylvan Grove
Hospital and transferred to
Clayton General Hospital,
where she is reported as
resting comfortably and
recuperating nicely.
Mrs. G. D. Head will have
as guests during the Christ
mas holidays Mr. and Mrs.
George Head of Macon and
Mrs. M. B. Williams of
Bainbridge.
Jackson Electronics
Hwy. 16 Phone 775-2642
We have opened our electronic service
department and would like the public
to call on us when we can be of service.
We service and repair Radios, Tele
visions, Stereos, Tape Players, etc.
We do factory warranty work for:
GE ADMIRAL SLYVANIA
MORSE
We serve Butts County and sur
rounding areas.
Bob Burpee Troy Whitehead
Owners
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\ A NEW SUN'S
Mr NEW YEAR!
Some people think that croc
odiles weep with grief over
those they devour. From this
comes the expression “croc
odile tears.”
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Friddell will have Mrs.
Catherine Duyos and her son,
Tress, of Key Largo, Fla.;
Mr. and Mrs. George
Friddell of Atlanta, and Mr.
and Mrs. Rodney Gray of
Jackson as guests for
Christmas.
Mrs. John Hunt and Miss
Lois Colwell plan to spend
Christmas Day with Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Malcolm and
Peggy and Miss Mary Ann
Hunt of Atlanta. Miss Hunt
will return to Jackson to
spend three days here with
her mother and her aunt.
Mrs. W. C. Dailey and Miss
Mary Downs plan to spend
Christmas Day with Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Dailey and
family of McDonough.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Moel
chert and Mrs. India Bailey
will have as weekend guests
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Moel
chert and children of
Charlotte, N.C. They will
visit Dothan and return to
Jackson for Christmas Day.
Also visiting his parents for
the holidays is Homer
Moelchert, a graduate stu
dent at the University of
Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C.
Kelly have as a holiday guest
Mrs. Ina Mae Phillips of Bell
Alton. Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Marc
Gustafson of Allentown, Pa.,
will be visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Watkins, Jr. from
December 24th to December
29th. Mrs. Gustafson is the
former Margaret Ann Wat
kins of Jackson. Also visiting
the Watkins family will be
their daughter, Rachel, who
is attending Brenau College
in Gainesville.
ftaraußßi
By Mrs. Cindy Brown
The New Year will soon be
upon us and we’re all hoping
it will be somewhat calmer
than its predecessor.
Where else but in America
could the top two offices of
the land be held by two
un-elected, un-appointed
men? And where else but
here could a flambuoyant
stripper damage a man’s
career so severely by diving
into one of the nation’s
historic water pools? You
know how it goes, folks
home of the brave, land of the
free!
As if all this were not
enough, Jimmy Carter has
announced his candidacy for
president. Goodness knows,
he hasn’t run Georgia too
well and I hesitate to think
what would happen if,
against all odds, he were to
be nominated and elected.
The nation wasn’t ready for
Watergate, but lived through
it; the nation wasn’t ready
for inflation, but is survi
ving; the nation isn’t ready
for Jimmy Carter and may
all the peanuts in the land
tumble down upon my
typewriter if he is our next
leader. Now, I might consi
der voting for him as
vice-president as a last
resort, but vice-presidents
keep becoming presidents as
of late and I can’t see my way
clear to make the governor
president.
If our recession doesn’t
become a depression next
year, I’ll be a thankful soul:
I’ve been living in a
depression so long now,
I doubt I’d even notice if the
de turned to re. One thing’s
still for sure, the rich are
getting richer, but how the
poor can get much poorer is
beyond me. I guess the next
thing that’ll happen will be
that there’ll be a cover
charge for walking through
local grocery store doors. Ma
Bell will soon be charging for
information calls, I hear.
Now. that’s carrying things a
little too far. Let’s bring back
NOW OPEN
Lewis' Western
and Sports Wear
Phone 775-4468
Hwy. 42 at Jenkinsburg
(Bldg, formerly occupied by
Cleveland Carpets)
We carry Wrangler Jeans and Coats,
Bailey Hats, Acme and Dan Post Boots,
Christopher Street Druses.
Reduced prices on Factory Outlet
Dresses and Suits, and Children’s
Clothes also.
Come in and browse around. You’ll
be welcome.
Watch for our Grand Opening!
Store Hours: 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Friday 9 to 8
the good old days of
“Number, please,” instead
of today’s “Money, please.”
While I’m on that subject,
let me just blow off some
steam by saying how very
much I despise phone calls
when I’m answered by a
recorder.
“Good morning. Mr. Mo
neybags is not in. At the
sound of the tone, would yoii
please leave your un-listened
to message and Mr. Money
bags will call you when he
comes back from Europe.”
BEEP!
I think I’ll connect a
recorder to my phone: “Good
evening. Mrs. Brown is too
busy to talk with you now.
She is simultaneously cook
ing supper, feeding the baby,
listening to her kids and
balancing her checkbook. If
you’re lucky, she’ll return
your call later. At the sound
of the car horn, please leave
your message. HONK!”
CLEANING UP AFTER
CHRISTMAS
The food’s all eaten, the tree
is dried out.
When the cleaning’s all done,
I’ll give a loud shout.
The wrappings are burned,
the turkey is finished.
All the excitement and noise
have diminished.
There’s a tablecloth to wash
and silver to dry.
Toys to be put up and more
food to buy.
Thank yous to be written and
money to be spent,
As the season would have it, I
have not a cent!
BOYS IN SERVICE
(FHTNC) Dec. 4 Ma
rine Pvt. Willie J. Roberts,
son of Rev. and Mrs. J. L.
Freeman of 652 Chestnut
Drive, Jackson, Ga., has
reported for duty at the
Marine Corps Air Station,
Cherry Point, N.C.
