The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, February 27, 1975, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textlaxk&cm Troxrress-Jirgus 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. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FurtH lUi' Fret Press gj NNA SUSTAINING lu * MEMBER-1975 Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: One Year $6.18 School Year $5.15 Six Months $3.87 Single Copy 15c It's This Way By Doyle Jones Jr. Jest of the Week: NOT TO WORRY: Just as they arrived at a party, a man whispered to his wife, “Your left stocking seam looks crooked.” Quickly she made the necessary adjustments while they stood at the edge of the crowd. Then she whispered to him, “What about the right stocking?” “Don’t worry about the right one,” he said. “It’s seamless.” LANE OLINGHOUSE in The American Legion Magazine. xxxxxxxxxx THIS AND THAT ABOUT THESE AND THOSE Victory gardens are back in vogue. They were popular during World War II when canned vegetables were in short supply, and high as they are again now. The gardens enabled many families to make it through the difficult war years without direct suffering with fresh vegetables on the table and most often a chicken in every pot. The gardens are beginning to reappear with many families using them to augment their larder during this period of inflation. My father was one of the first Georgia editors to realize the value of diversified farming and coined the phrase, “The cow, the sow and the hen, keeping the money coming in.” Anything a family can produce to eat at home is certainly a big plus in today’s supermarkets. We imagine Butts County will have its share of Victory Gardens, circa 1975 Georgians are prayerfully thankful that Fort Valley was spared many casualties in the destructive tornado that struck the downtown area last week. Viewing photographically the extensive damage done the business area, it was nothing short of miraculous that only one person was killed in the storm. An elderly man was found crushed to death in his home on the city’s outskirts. The death of another man was attributed to a heart attack. Tornadoes appear to be occurring unusually early this year which may portend a disastrous season .... There are many reasons advocated for the increase of rural crime over the state in the past few months. Some advance the theory that with heat put on the criminal element in the state’s major cities, crime is spreading to the rural areas where there are fewer law officers and those not as well trained. Elbert County in the past few months has had six murders. An Alvaton grocer and his wife were shot and killed last week in wanton disregard for their lives. This type of robbery-murder is almost in epidemic stage the length and breadth of our state. Citizens are angry and frustrated. Too often life sentences mean only eight or ten years. There are veiled mutterings of vigilante action and calls for public hangings on courthouse squares. Still others vehemently argue for restoration of the death penalty and say dust off the electric chair. The judiciary of our nation, from the Supreme Court on down, must bear more responsibility for the crime wave that engulfs our country. We must stop glamorizing crime and the criminal, particularly through the medium of television, and reestablish the old adage that crime does not pay. There is nothing glamorous or heroic about murder and crime and unless the television industry will exercise some self control and censor itself we may be in for greater crime orgies. Children are fed a steady diet on the tube and if they wish to emulate some hood or gangster they’re off to a good start thanks to the TV expertise. But if I know rural Georgians as well as I think I do, the crime spree will be stopped by whatever means necessary to put it down legally Congratulations to Mrs. Judy Smith Skinner upon being named Young Educator at the STAR Student banquet. Unfortunately Mrs. Skinner was not readily available when the photograph of the other superlatives was made. Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith of Flovilla. She has her Bachelor’s Degree from Tift College and is doing graduate work at Mercer. Judy is a member of the Flovilla Baptist Church. She is married to Timothy Skinner and they have a daughter, Lori. We feel Mrs. Skinner richly deserves this honor and that if her nomination is an indication of the ability of young educators over the state, then our education system is in good hands .... Flovilla will miss Luther Jones as its mayor and fire chief but when a man’s health is at stake there really can be but one decision. Being a chief executive of any town, large or small, is demanding and when a person is beset by health problems, decisions become more difficult to make. Luther has served his town well and he will be missed .... The Masters is a scant month away and tickets must be the most carefully guarded treasure in the sports realm. I’d gladly swap any two tickets to any Georgia TELEPHONE 775-3107 OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUNTY AND CITY OF JACKSON 4 JS& THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA By Mrs. Cindy Brown CLOSING OUT I am one of those folks who believes in going out in style, but not in saying goodbye! This is my last Potpourri for The Progress-Argus and if nothing else, my column has been that. Webster defines Potpourri as a “musical or literary med ley.” And a medley, folks, is a miscellaneous collection of things. Whereas you may not always have agreed with me, at least you read what I wrote. Let me say thank you for reading. Of course a special thank you is reserved for those of you who did agree! Moving right along, I want to thank all the concerned and dedicated citizens of Butts County, the Crippled Childrens Service which has so helped the children here and throughout the state, the many clubs and organiza tions which play such a valuable part in community life and finally, but definitely not last in effort, my coworkers here at the paper. I owe a special debt to the many lovely ladies in my Working Gal columns. They were all gracious and a delight to meet and get to know. I’ll still be around you know, working here in town to do my part whatever it may be. I have rewritten this / v' V V..-V Zky'X'i’ GOD LOVES YOU There are approximately three and one-half billion people on this earth. And yet, the God who made the earth knows each one of these persons better than the individual knows himself. When we feel that God has forgotten us, which we do at times, we need to remember what Jesus said about God. “Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not a single one of them is forgotten by God. Even the hairs of your head all have been numbered . So do not be afraid: you are worth much more than many sparrows.” Now when you consider that the average person who isn’t bald has about 1000 hairs per square inch on his head (according to my barber), you begin to get a small taste of the infinite wisdom of God. For if I have figured correctly, there is somewhere in the neighborhood of one hundred and fifty trillion hairs which God has numbered. He even knows that this morning while combing I lost hair number 1019! Seriously, the New Testament is quite clear in its teaching of a God who has a relationship to the individual, of a personal God, of a God who knows you and loves you. Not only does God love you, but His love for you is so great that it is beyond measure. His love for you is greater than the sky is high. The love God has for you is best expressed in the person of Jesus, who died that you could receive forgiveness of sins. Now it is conceivable that someone would die for a good person. But for a good man to die for a sinful person is nearly incomprehensible. And yet the New Testament says: “This is how much He loves us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” When we weren’t worth dying for, ,He died for us. We wonder sometimes why God lets a sorry, mean, cruel person go on living. Well, the answer is that that person, too, is God’s child. Not a very good child, certainly not an obedient child, but nevertheless still God’s child. And God loves him. If I could use every breath from now until I die trying to describe fully God’s love for you, I still could not adequately describe it. God’s love for you is beyond description and comprehension. Frederick W. Faber said it beautifully in his poem: The love of God is broader Than the measure of man’s mind; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. While a student in Atlanta, I heard Dr. Roy McClain, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Atlanta at that time, preach. Dr. McClain tells the story of a Godly woman who was married to a worthless, mean drunk. Dr. McClain’s mother once asked the woman why she didn’t leave the man. The reply was a classic: “Well, Mrs. McClain, it is like this. I love him.” She loved him. He wasn’t worth loving, it seemed, but she still loved him. Even when he wasn’t lovable, she loved him. God loves us even when we aren’t lovable. We may break His heart, but we can never destroy His love. “God is love,” said John, “God is love.” Even when we aren’t won loving, God never stops loving us. We can never move beyond the sphere of God’s love. Never. We say it so often that sometimes it seems trite. But still it is true. God loves you. home games in the next ten years but there would be no takers so I can hold onto my ducats. The only sports event in Georgia at which tickets were more difficult to obtain was the Georgia-Auburn game in 1971 when the Bulldogs and Tigers met undefeated in Sanford Field. Those tickets that could be column at least twice already, trying to say in the shortest measure possible all that I want and need to. I finally decided to stick with simplicity and list a few people who work so diligent ly: Mrs. Carole Trimble for her work in public health; Mr. Ronnie Wells and Mr. Larry Morgan, who both work long and hard in many community endeavors; Mr. Johnny Smolka, for his kind cooperation with public ser vice broadcasting at WJGA; Mrs. Wilma Bridges and Mr. Perry Manolis, for all the aid they have given me; Dr. Jo Ann Manley, for her con tinued and solid work with our young people, and finally all those people who have suffered so kindly through the endless interviews and phone calls! It’s difficult for a person when he reaches a certain point in life to change his daily routine and I sincerely hope that mine won’t be changed so much as to miss seeing all y’all. I humbly ask if there is any way I can be of help to any involved people here, they’ll just be kind enough to let me know. So y’all keep the faith, wear a smile and be strong enough to stand up and be counted, whatever your viewpoint. A “Potpourri” of best wishes to all. ‘Whatsoever Things' By Donald E. Wildmon THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1975 c j'cttm tldifoi/ LIVING FOR JESUS I was privileged to attend Ihe services for Mr. Harold Mclntyre of Sonaraville, nine miles from Calhoun, last Thursday. It was a glorious experience. He had been a devout witness for his Lord for eleven years. He died as he was preaching to the prisoners at the jail in Calhoun. Mr. Mclntyre had told his wife he hoped when his time came he could be preaching. His last words were “Ye must be born again” and it may be that some of those prisoners may meet him in heaven because of those words spoken to them. The Calhoun police were escorts and the ministers honorary escorts. I wondered to myself why he had to be taken at so early an age, 46, when he was doing such a wonderful job for the Lord, but as I looked over the hundreds of people hearing God’s word read and how this man’s life had fulfilled those words that could reach more souls than he could have in a lifetime. One minister said Calhoun was a better place because of this man. As they were going to the cemetery near his home, the school turned out and the highway was lined with people, faculty and all, as the procession passed. It was a wonderful experience and I pray many would be saved because of this man’s faithfulness to his Lord. He did no more than we all must do —be faithful to the death. (Mr. Mclntyre was a brother of Mrs. George Woodall of Jackson, Rt. 1). Mrs. S. A. Elliott Jackson Men Attend Tappan Course Stephen Gray and Gary Thompson of State Supply Company, Jackson, are at tending a series of intensive training courses sponsored by the Tappan Company. Objective of the training courses, said a Tappan spokesman, is to upgrade customer satisfaction with Tappan products by sharpen ing the knowledge and skills of dealers who install and service them. The course series includes studies of Electricity for Heating and Cooling, Heating Technology, Summer Air Conditioning, Air Systems Design, Electric Heat and Reverse Cycles and Air Conditioning with Existing Ductwork. They just com pleted the course on Electri city for the Heating and Cooling Technician and Elec tric Heat and Reverse Cycle. Each dealer or dealer serviceman taking the cour ses, on a voluntary basis, will attend classes several times this year, after which his new skills will be certified by Tappan Air Conditioning Division. Marbut Company of Macon is hosting the school sessions in this area. All Tappan dealers are welcome to participate, the company said. CARD OF THANKS Many thanks to all those friends and relatives who remembered us with food, flowers and other kindnesses upon the passing of our loved one, Mr. T. C. Heath. Special thanks to the nurses and doctors for their kind services. Every deed of love and friendship was appre ciated by all of us. Wife and Children. purchased were going for 50 to 100 dollars apiece, depending upon location, and few were available even at that price. An estimated 85 to 100 thousand persons were on hand of which some 75,000 plus saw the game. About 8,000 persons crammed into every square inch of space on the trestle while fans were seated in the aisles of the sta’dium and other thousands watched from the bridge. Pat Sullivan and Cos. destroyed a good Georgia team that beautiful November day and if Bulldog fans could have foretold the outcome, literally thousands of tickets would have been readily available. If anybody can help with tickets for the Masters, please call me. SOUTHERN f™? —7p chivalry LIVES ( ASSEMBLY BPW Helps Promotes IBW Year (Editor’s Note: This series of articles is being carried during the month of Februa ry as a public information service on behalf of the International Business Week Committee of Jackson BPW Club, Annadawn Edwards, chairman, as part of their observance of International Women’s Year.) Women have been active in United Nations work since its inception. The organization, with its unique combination of idealism and committee work, and its changing social scene, is considered a world particularly suited to wo men’s talents. Women serve on most of the important U.N. commit tees, and influence many of that world body’s important decisions. Most of the women in the U.N. are career diplomats who compete directly with men in the difficult world of diplomacy. For lack of space we will list only a few of the women delegates. Mrs. Eugenia Anderson, the highest ranking woman in the United States delega tion in 1968, was later appointed Ambassador to Bulgaria. Shirley Temple Black was appointed to the United States delegation to the United Nations in 1969. Golda Meir, we can claim partly as our own, came to Milwaukee with her parents from Russia when she was eight years old. She received her public school and college education in Milwaukee. In 1921 she and her husband moved to Palestine where she assumes more and more leadership. In 1953 she became a delegate to the U.N. From that time on she has been a world renowned figure. Vijaya Pandit of India was the first woman president of the U.N. Eleanor Roosevelt needs no introduction to people throughout the world. She was called “The First Lady of the World.” She was very active in U.N. work until her death. We could not leave this subject of women associated with the U.N. without mentioning Pauline Frede rick whom we all know so well through TV broadcasts. She is not employed by the U.N. but is a reporter and news analyst the only woman to achieve success in this particular area. These are only a few of the women throughout the world who have used their talents to help the world in general. These women come from many countries and have served loyally and well alongside their male col leagues. Surely Equal Rights for all is needed throughout the world today. Information Needed For Butts County History Asa part of our Bicenten nial Celebration the local DAR Chapter has been requested to compile a history of Butts County for publication. It is hoped that this will be an accurate account and contain all pertinent facts concerning our history. If any person has information relating to any of the following topics, please contact the chairman of that committee. 1. Formation of Butts County and its Politics, Miss Lois McMichael. 2. Old Homes, Mrs. D. V. Spencer and-or Miss Eloise Beauchamp. 3. Towns and Communi ties, Mrs. A. L. Weaver. 4. Banks and Newspapers, Mrs. Charlotte Barber. 5. Transportation, Mrs. Lee Roy O’Neal. 6. Biographies, Mrs. George Head. PERSONAL Jackson friends of Miss Marguerite Fletcher will be interested to know she has been a patient at Good Will Nursing Home in Macon since January 24th and is slowly improving. She was formerly a patient at Hilltop Nursing Home in Monroe County. Going over to Griffin on Tuesday evening for the 28th birthday dinner of the Griffin BPW Club were Mesdames Annadawn Edwards, Flora Price, Ruth Watkins and Jane Powell. The banquet was held at the Griffin Country Club. JAMES SPUR STATION Indian Springs Road Jackson, Ga. NOW OPEN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Hours: 7 A. M. - 10 P. M. Groceries, Gas, Oil GOOD USED TIRES FOR SALE NOTICE Beginning this Saturday and every Saturday we will be open all day. Also during the noon hour each day. We have plenty field seed, every kind of garden seed and plenty fertilizer, nitrogen and lime. Register for Free Snapper Mower to be given away each month. Adams-Briscoe Seed Cos. 7. Black History, Mrs. R. H. Pinckney and-or Tom Taylor. 8. Schools, Miss Ruth Phinazee 9. Churches, Mrs. Beth Hearn. 10. Military, Mrs. G. N. Etheredge 11. Organizations, Mrs. Gladys Wilson. 12. Business and Industry, Miss Delia Watkins. The biographies are to include pioneer families settling in Butts County before or from 1825 to 1850 using 1830 census as criteria. Information needed would be name of pioneer, date he came to county, his parents, what he contributed to county, his children, whom they married, and grand children, if known. This shall not exceed two typewritten pages but additional space may be purchased if desired. David Estes of Decatur spent Sunday as a guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Estes, at their home on Oak Street. Dr. Bailey Crockarell attended a Dental Seminar on Nitrous Oxide at Colum bus on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. M. L. Watters had as weekend guests her daughter Mrs. W. C. Chandler and Mr. Chandler of Duluth. Weekend guests of Mrs. W. W. Wright were her grand children, Capt. and Mrs. C. B. Guest, of Lithonia.