The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, February 06, 1975, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextJ-aT'JEJuic^cM-iEsuits, . , Jins A All classified advertising 8c a word, cash in advance unless regular account is main tained with The Progress-Argus. Mini mum charge for an ad is $1.75. Phone 775- 3107. Deadline is Tuesday noon. CLEANINGEST carpet you ever used, so easy too. Get Blue Lustre. Rent electric shampooer sl. Jack son Hardware. 2-6-ltc WANTED: Children to keep. 3 months to 6 years. Phone 775-3069. 470 Lyons St. 2-6-ltp “The Annual Meeting of the Members of Blue Shield of Georgia-Columbus, Inc. will be held at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, February 22, 1975, at the Martinique Motor Hotel, Columbus, Georgia, to nominate and elect members to the Board of Directors and to transact any other business which shall come before the Members.” 2-6-ltc JAMES TAXI BUSINESS FOR SALE Phone 775-3711 or see Marvin- James. 2-6-2tc FOR YOUR CERAMIC TILE needs —new installa tion and repairs call O. G. Emory, 775-7435. 2-6-Btp WATER HEATERS Jackson True Value Hardware l-10-tfc. FOR RENT: One and two bedroom apartments, fur nished or unfurnished, air conditioned and carpeted bedrooms. Call Jack Evans at 775-4084. 2-6-tfc FOR SALE: Luxurious, new, 3-story lake home, spiral staircase, central vacuum, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, marble vanities, ce dar, redwood and cypress woods throughout. Large deck, two stories glass, steam room, imported Eng lish carpet, microwave oven. $67,000.00. Phone 468-6919. 2-6-ltc FOR SALE: Chevrolet % ton, 4 wheel drive. Phone 468-6919. 2-6-ltc SEE US for your paint needs. Custom colors our specialty. Carter Builders Supply. 2-22-tfc DO YOU NEED AN ELECTRICIAN? Call a qualified, experienced electri cian at Richards Electric. Residential, Commercial, Industrial. New or Old Work 775-5775 R. A. COBB Licensed by the State of Georgia WONDER MUFFLER Lifetime Guarantee on Mufflers, Pip e & Labor. Mufflers $19.50 Installed Custom Pipe Bending Dual Exhaust Installed on Trucks and Cars Moss Independent Service Station Rt - 2 McDonough, Ga. (957-9385) WANTED: Organist or pianist two Sundays a month at Jackson Presbyterian Church. Dates and fees negotiable. Phone 775-7660. 2-6-2tc LET US TRUE & BA LANCE your tires for smoother riding and longer wear. Polk Tire Cos., Jackson, Ph. 775-7331. 7-30-tfc JOE BENNETT Indian Springs, Ga. Home repair and remode ling. 775-7759 or 775-5121. 1-2-tfc WINDOW GLASS CUT JACKSON HDWE. FOR RENT: Two houses, one furnished and one unfurnished. Phone 775-5701 or 775-3439. 1-16-tfc Barnes Chain Link Fence Cos. FREE ESTIMATES Ph. 775-7888, Jackson, Ga. 1- REMOVE carpet paths and spots; fluff beaten down nap with Blue Lustre. Rent shampooer sl. Western Auto. 2- HOUSE FOR SALErßrick, 3 bedroom, l bath, large family room, acre lot, Phone 775-5155 after 12 noon. 2-6-tfc A ONE BEDROOM apart ment for rent. Stoves and refrigerators furnished, car peted and air conditioning. Call Frank Miller at 775-7645. 11-7-tfc ATTENTION For expert wheel align ment see or call Polk Tire Cos. All work guaranteed. Polk Tire Cos., phone 775-7331. 3-22-tfc Well Drilling. Water Pumps repaired. Deep and shallow well pumps, submersibles. Water treatment systems. Larry Strickland 228-8942 3-28-tfc TIRED of high prices on paint and body work? Guaranteed savings 20 to 25 percent. Call Lee at 775-3783. 8-22-tfc THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1975 LIFETIME BATTERY ,1 f"' ■ 'IA d> nu^Esr $38.50 Jackson Hardware CAN YOU WORK WITHOUT SUPERVISION We need man or woman to sell full line of Advertising Specialties, Calendars and Gifts in the Jackson Area. Must be able to plan own time and work with a minimum of supervision. All accounts are protected. Repeat orders are protected. High Commissions payable when orders are passed for credit. The Advertising Specialty Line is the most extensive in the industry. Calendars are manufactured at our Red Oak Plant. Write Bob McKenzie, Sales Manager, The Thos. D. Murphy Company, 110 So. Second Street, Red Oak, lowa 51566. 2-6-ltp FOR RENT —3 Mo. FREE TRAILER SPACE in Rol ling Green Mobile Home Park. Paved Streets, City Gas & Water, Swimming Pool, Shaded Lots from $25.00 a Month. Call 775-5528 or 786-6183 Collect l-23-3tp NOTICE For the best buy in used ap pliances and televisions, check our used merchandise department. Polk Tire Com pany, phone 775-7331. 3-22-tfc FOR SALE: Two-bedroom house and 1 acre of land in city. Call 775-2454 after 5 p.m. 12-12-tfc NOTICE: I am affiliated with Thomaston Vault, Bu rial & Monument Cos., Thomaston. When in need of anything, please call Mrs. Bertha (Howard) Perdue, 775-7179. LOSE WEIGHT safely & fast with X-ll Diet Plan $3.00. REDUCE Excess Fluids with X-Pel $3.00. City Pharmacy. l-23-15tc CARPETS Wall to wall or room size carpeting. Priced to meet your budget. Cleveland Car pets, Jenkinsburg, Ga. Ph. 775-5502; night 775-2322. 9-27-tfc FOR SALE BY OWNER: 3-Bedroom, 2 bath house in city. Built-in kitchen, includ ing dishwasher and grill. 775-7795. 1-23-tfc FREE ESTIMATES on room additions, remodeling, painting, kitchen cabinets, roofing, gutters, and fencing. 994-9546. 10-3-tfc The Ceramic House 775-5736 Tues. Nite 7-10 Wed. Afternoon 1-5 Thurs. Morning 9-12 Thurs. Nite 7-10 Sat. Afternoon .... 1-5 Sun. Afternoon 2-5 Paulette Washington FOR ELECTRICAL Repairs Troubleshooting Additions Estimates CALL Bill Campbell Jackson Electric Service 775-7108 1-30-tfc FOR SALE: 1974 GMC Sierra Custom 1500-V-8, Automatic Power Brakes, Power Steering. Call 775-9070; after 5 call Griffin 228-4547. 1-9-tfc FOR SALE: 5 acres of land. City of Flovilla. All or part, SI,OOO an acre. Ap proved for mobile homes subject to sanitation code. Contact Charles Floyd, 775-5296. 1-9-tfc PLEXIGLASS Cut to Size Jackson True Value Hardware FOR RENT: Vacant build ing on Second St., formerly Thurston's Garage, available immediately. Phone 775-7182 or 775-7812. 2-6-ltc HOME FOR SALE: 2 miles east on Hwy. 16 brick, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, on nice lot. Very reasonably priced. Call after 5 p.m. 775-7938. 12-5-tfc HELP WANTED MALE AND FEMALE REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY We seek a licensed, ener getic and bondable person to represent our Company in the Jackson area. Turn your real estate li cense into the key to excel lent earnings in this excit ing field. Training, forms, signs, and all advertising fur nished. INTERESTED? C. R. Short, Broker Write; Strout Realty, Inc. P. O. Box 533-B Hartwell, Ga. 30643 2/6/2tc. Notes Patients at Sylvan Grove Hospital during the period January 29th through Febru ary 4th included: Connie Pritchett, Edward Connell, Jo Ann Ball, Horace Berry, Emma Lee Grier, Mae Parker, Velma Davis, Charlie Fears, Cherry Lou Barnes, Jessie Freeman, Ruth Kirkland, Mary Shan 7 non, Ruby Kate Barlow, Miles J. Freeman, Sharon Upchurch and baby girl, Albert Smith. Progress-Argus Honor Roll New & Renewed Subscription* Of The P*t Few Day* Mrs. Van Fletcher, Jack son Mrs. John P. Hunt, Jackson Wright Watkins, Jackson Mrs. W. M. Reeves, Hapeville Charles S. O’Kelly, Jack son Butts County School News JUNIOR HIGH NEWS The library of Henderson Junior High has anew look, thanks to the work of Mrs. Edna Miller, librarian, and her assistants. Working during and after school, and during the Christmas vacation, Mrs. Miller’s group painted all the tables and chairs in shades of green and yellow. Mrs. Miller hopes the freshly painted furniture will make the library a more pleasant place for students and faculty. The teachers from HJH attended a Title 111 Workshop in Columbus, January 27-29. Mrs. Nancy Hall, director of chorus, and Bill Moore, band director, accompanied Mrs. Mary Carr, federal coordina tor, to the workshop which included visits to various' schools in the Columbus area. Teachers from around the state saw how Columbus schools are using federal Students Place Well In Olympics Butts County Public Schools and Training Center students placed well in Special Olympics Bowling Competition held January 22nd at Griffin Lanes, competing against students of similar experience and abilities from the area. Competitors were grouped according to age and levels of ability, male and female. Ribbons representing first, second, and third place awards were given out at the Butts County Training Cen ter on Thursday, January 30th, in a surprise ceremony. Winners in the competition were as follows: Girls: Ages 18-19: Division IV, Ist place, Dora Berry; 2nd place, Gloria Mills; both of Butts County Training Cen ter. Ages 20-29: Division IV, Ist place. Celeste Lawrence; 3rd place, Pat Brown; Division VII, Ist place, Cynthia Holland; all of the Training Center. Ages 30 and over: Division IV, Ist place, Devosia Clark, Training Center. Boys: Ages 12-13: Division 111, Ist place, Curtis Banks; 2nd place, Jerry Mayfield; both of the Butts County Schools team. Ages 16-17: Division V, 2nd place, Larry English, Butts County Schools; Division VII, 2nd place, Marvis Holland, Butts County Schools; Division IV, 4th place, John Babcock; Division VII, 4th place, Charles Turner; Ist place, Eugene Myrick; Divi sion IV, Ist place, Robert James Taylor; Division V, 3rd place, Wesley Adams; Division VII, Ist place, Andrew Thomas; Division VIII, Ist place, Melvin Carter. All of the above were from the Training Center. Training Center Students are continuing to practice for the Special Olympics, set for March 22nd, an annual project of the Jaycees. “We hope to have a band and a torch parade and make it as much like the real Olympics as we can,” said Juan Lopez, Training Center curriculum director. funds to provide for teaching music to all students grades 1-6. All students meet with music teachers at least twice a week and learn the fundamentals of vocal and instrumental music. The local teachers were particularly impressed that every child learns to play the violin, the chromatic bells, the flutaphone, the guitar and the piano. Plans are now beginning to see if such a program could be feasible in Butts County. H.J..H. Tigers met Pike County Pirates on Monday, January 27, at the Henderson gym. Both Tiger teams won, the boys by a score of 42 to 25 and the girls by 24 to 11. On Friday, January 31, the teams traveled to Stock bridge. The girls continued their winning ways by easily defeating the Stockbridge girls 32 to 5. Henderson boys, however, were beaten 53 to 24. The players, cheerleaders Weekly Devotional Rev. Frank Smith, Pastor Pleasant Grove Congregational Methodist Genesis 3:9 The Lord God called unto Adam and said unto him, where art thou? This is a very good question to you and me today in this' troubled world. Where are we as far as the Lord is concerned? So many are as the Prodigal son was down in the hog pen of sin, eating the scraps of satan, when God wants us to feast at His table. Jesus said unto his disciples: come and dine; oh, he says today to the hungry come and eat, to the thirsty come and drink, to the heavy laden come unto me and rest; bring me every burden; bring me every care. If you really think you’re living without Jesus, you should try living with Him. He came that we would have life and life more abundant ly. A group of hippies went to the funeral of one of their buddies, who requested to be buried in a Cadillac, as they lowered it in the grave, one hippie remarked, “Boy, that’s living.” How ridicu lous can you get? Really, where are you? Progress-Argus Honor Roll New & Renewal Subscriptions Of T*lie -Past Few Days W. Lloyd White, Jackson Mrs. J. F. Collins, Arling ton Hts., Illinois J. H. Bryant, Jackson Clomer L. Kitchens, Jack son Titus Green, Gastonia, N.C. A. H. Caldwell, Griffin 2nd Lt. and Mrs. John A. Moore, APO New York S. Erskihe Guest, Atlanta Mrs. Robert Stewart, St. Petersburg, Fla. Jim R. Lyons, New Matamoras, Ohio Mrs. Olan Baker, Macon Mrs. B. J. Smith, Jackson Duane Colwell, Griffin Mrs. H. L. Bankston, Flovilla Judy Colwell, Blytheville, Ark. T. J. Thaxton, Jackson Elizabeth Nasworthy, Jackson and coaches especially ap preciated the work of the Henderson Booster Club in providing hot dogs, Cokes and potato chips on the recent trip to Stockbridge. Congratulations to the following Junior High pupils for having won a first place trophy in the Social Science Fair: Political Science Tru dy Lau; Economics Wanda Coe and Marie Turner; Anthropology Shannon Black and Diane Gilbert; Geography Chip Daniels; History Ear nestine Dondey; Sociology Sylvia Taylor. Henderson Elementary Science Fair First place winners: Economics Tommy Manley, Blake Swanson, Dennis Hart, Miss. Mary Gantt, teacher. “Oil fbr the World” Anthropology Cindy Trailblazers And Stars Post Wins Two games played Thurs day, January 23rd, saw the Stars beat the Kym Company team 58 Jo 41 in the Men’s Adult Basketball League. High scorers for the Stars were Charles McElhaney with 23 points and Wayne Baxter with 13 points. For the Kym Company, Tommy Glidewell had 12 points and Billy DukeTiad 10 points. In the second game that went into two exciting overtimes, the Trailblazers beat Sam’s 58 to 56. High scorers for the Trailblazers (Jhml/a£u^) VJJ/IROWAfIE STORES BARGAIN of die MOUTH flßjjl *Taylor ■ Indoor/Outdoor H THERMOMETER ■ SPECIAL/ I V 4 m_ iyp i JSL i |H Regular MO 695 Place sensing device outside your*window ther mometer ms'de; read both scales at a glance so you black nphhlo dS (or .y° u . rself ) properly. Decorative black pebble-grain finish, silvery trim. 9%" x 714" case, 5-ft. lead for sensor. Jackson Hardware Cos. Cammon, Mrs. Henrietta Jordan, teacher. “The Eski mo and his Culture.” . Sociology Jeffrey Smith, Eddie Stewart, Don ald Stodghill, Miss Mary Gantt, teacher. “Drugs in Society.” Political Science Tra cy Williams, Lynn Waldrep, Mrs. Celeste Lawrence, teacher. “Georgia’s State Government.” History Diane Tingle, Mrs. Henrietta Jordan, tea cher. “Documents of Free dom.” Geography Terry Tanner. Mrs. Henrietta Jor dan, teacher. “Tour of U.S.A.” 122 projects involving 205 students and 24 teachers. The first over-all winners will take their projects to Columbus for district compe tition in the Spring. This is the first Social Science Fair at Hendersor Elem. were Bobby Askin with 19 points and James Morgan with 14 points. For Sam’s, Tony Byars had 12 points, and Terry Charles had 10 points. Monday night, January 27th, the Stars played the Trailblazers and won, 50 to 27. High scorers for the Stars were Percy Mayfield with 13 points and Ralph Alexander with nine points. For the Trailblazers, Bobby Askin had 10 points and Danny Taylor 15 points. In the second game of the evening, Parrish Drug beat the Kym Company, 48 to 43. Alan Byars scored eight points for Parrish, and Perry Crowder scored eight also. For the Kym Company, Calvin White scored 15 points and Billy Duke scored 12.