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Refreshment Time
S. Tom Ellis, left, and Henry County Representative Ray M. Tucker enjoy the
refreshments during Open House of The Farmers Bank of Locust Grove. Barely
identifiable in the left background is Jim Henderson, Director of the Bank of
Hampton.
Bank
Open
House
Hundreds of people
attended Open House
Sunday at the
beautiful new Farm
ers Bank of Locust
Grove. During the
four hours, the Bank
staff, officers and
Board of Directors
entertained with re
freshments and tours
of the new structure.
The Farmers Bank
of Locust Grove has
not closed its doors
since it was charter
ed in 1910 except for
legal holidays and
weekends.
. The building of
Hampton - Locust
Grove Road is set on
a rise amid hard
woods. The bank has
opened for business.
Photos courtesy The Weekly Advertiser, McDonough
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President of The Farmers Bank, of Locust
Grove, Julian Brown welcomes Open House guests.
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W. L. Carter, president of Carter Industries, Inc.
and a Director of The Farmers Bank, greets
visitors.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Idle or Non-Productive
Acres in Butts Cos.
By Harold McMichael
Soil Conservation
Service
Have you traveled the
roads in Butts County in the
pasl few months? It probably
won’i be necessary to make a
special trip, but the next time
you have an occasion to
travel over any portion of the
county, give special attention
to the idle or non-productive
acres of land. Some of this
land may be closer home
than you might think. It could
be your own land.
I realize that a portion of
this land was made idle by
some of the government
programs to help control the
supply of certain farm
products, but these acres are
not the acres allowed to grow
up in unsightly weeds, scrub
trees, etc. In fact, most of the
land that was in these
programs has been out for
several years and for the
land which still remains in
the program, the land owner
is paid a reasonable fee for
allowing this land to remain
idle and required to mow it as
often as necessary to prevent
it from growing up in
non-productive plants.
Another portion of this land
that is growing up in these
very unsightly plants is the
Flovilla Happenings
By Mrs S. A. Elliott
Mr. Judson Hilley and
sister, Mrs. Jeanette Martin
of Hampton, visited Miss
Fredna Hilley Sunday eve
ning.
Mrs. Juanita Martin and
Mrs. Alice Rutledge of
Covington spent Tuesday
with Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Elliott.
Mr. Willie Wells and his
mother, Mrs. Myrtice Wells
of Jenkinsburg, visited Mrs.
Carrie Nelson and also
visited Miss Fredna Hilley.
Friends of Mr. Wayne
Hilley will be interested to
know he is at Westbury
Nursing Home, and his
condition remains about the
same.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Elliott
visited Saturday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Morgan at Jenkinsburg.
Also, Mrs. Bertha Mae
Thompson of Jonesboro
spent the weekend with her
sister. Mrs. Morgan, and Mr.
Morgan.
Rev. and Mrs. Wayne
Nabors spent last week in
Anniston, Ala., and had
services in Ragland and
Weaver, Ala. On last Wed
nesday night they were at
Edgewood C.M. Church, and
the pastor had a dedication
service for the van they had
helped so much in getting for
MOBILE HOME LOTS
Now Available
INDIAN SPRINGS ACRES
Located >% mi. off #42, near State
Park in City Limits of Flovilla, City
Water, Fire Protection, Telephones.
Heavily wooded. Approved for Septic
Tanks.
1y 2 TO 2% ACRE TRACTS
Only $50.0.00 down. Balance in
monthly payments as low as $61.50,
including Principal and Interest. BUY
NOW FIRST PAYMENT NOT
DUE UNTIL 3-1-75.
Owner or C&S Bank financing
available.
See or phone Chas. Floyd (Flovilla)
775-5296 for Plat, Prices and Details.
Suburban Land Brokers
3600 1-85 NE (404) 457-1112
Atlanta, Ga. 30340
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1975
so-called pastureland Yes, it
has a fence around it and is
being grazed, but it is
infested with a plant com
monly known as broom sage
Another portion of this land
that is growing up in these
very unsightly plants is the
so-called pastureland. Yes, it
has a fence around it and is
being grazed, but it is
infested with a plant com
monly known as broom sedge
and other non-productive
plants. Broom sedge is
probably the most difficult
plant to control and grows
best on land that is very acid
which is created by a lack of
lime. The high cost of lime,
fertilizer, and nitrogen and
the low prices of cattle make
this a very difficult problem
to solve.
The last portion of land
involved in this article is that
land which is just idle. Since
the cost of owning property is
increasing every year
through higher taxes, you
would think the landowner
would make some effort to
arrive at some type of
income from this property
rather than allowing it to
become infested with these
unsightly plants and trees.
By this time, I hope you are
asking yourself how can I
the Nabors to have in
Mexico. We all praise the
Lord for this van. It will be
used to carry people to
services there in Mexico.
Rev. Nabors’ home church
raised more than $3,000 for
the van.
We extend sympathy to the
family of Mrs. Leroy Ball.
Site was the daughter-in-law
of Mrs. Agnes Ball. Mrs.
Ball's funeral was held at
Calvary Baptist Church, and
interment was in Greenwood
Gardens in Barnesville. Mr.
Ball and his mother, Mrs.
Agnes Ball, wish to thank
their friends of Flovilla for
the flowers.
You never know what a
news item may bring about.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cook of
Ashland, Mo., saw in the
Jackson Progress-Argus
where Mrs. Mildred Ballen
ger was in the cancer
research hospital in Kansas
City. They visited her, and
did they have a good time
talking about the old school
days at Iron Springs, where
Copeland and Mildred at
tended. Of course, Mrs. Cook
couldn’t be in on that, as she
was from Missouri, but she
enjoyed having a part of it,
anyway.
Mrs. Frances Kitchens and
mother. Mrs Margie Baxter
help solve this problem. I
have a few suggestions that
you might consider. For
those acres that remain in
pastureland, a simple mow
ing once a year will help,
until the price of cattle and
felilizer become more com
parable and then the land
owner can afford to renovate
his pasture and continue a
balanced liming and fertili
zing program. For those
acres not planned for
pasture, you actually have
four alternatives: (1) Plant it
in trees, (2) cultivate it
yourself. (3) rent or lease it
to someone for cultivation, or
(4) maintain it by mowing it
at least once annually. If you
decide to cultivate it, plan a
conservation system that will
save the topsoil and at the
same time save you time and
money. If you need assis
tance in developing a
conservation system, contact
your local Soil Conservation
Service.
I challenge each property
owner who is guilty of having
any of these idle or
non-productive acres to
make an effort to improve
them. After all, it will make
mine and your county a
better and more beautiful
place to live.
visited Mrs. Joe Waits last
Sunday. Also, Mr. Henry
G>llins visited with Mrs.
Waits and family on Satur
day.
We all extend sympathy to
the family of Mr. Jimmy
Williams, who passed last
Tuesday morning.
We are glad to report Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Thrasher
are about back to normal
after having flu.
Miss Jean Dodson of
Homerville spent several
days recently with her
mother.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Swint of
Atlanta were in Jackson
Sunday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. O. B. Howell.
Mrs. Sammy Webb had as
luncheon guest on Sunday,
her brother, Ed Skinner, of
College Park.
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