Newspaper Page Text
■J*
v
DENNIS WISE
Tech, simply because they
have the best ball team.
STARK NEWS
By Mrs. B. A. Williamson
The death of Mr. Dewey
White of Birmingham, Ala
bama on Tuesday night, Nov.
18, brought sadness to the
hearts of many people here.
Mr. White was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. (Cap) White
and the brother of Mr. Lloyd
White. He was a native of
Stark community and is well
remembered by the long
time residents of Stark. Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd White and
Mrs. Louis Banks, sister-in
law of the deceased, and Mr.
Banks of Barnesville went
over to Birmingham Wednes
day morning and remained
for the funeral service in
Birmingham at 9:30 on
Thursday morning. The body
of Mr. White was brought
back to Macedonia Church
cemetery for burial in the
family lot, the funeral
procession arriving here
about 4 o’clock p.m. The
graveside service was con
ducted by Rev. R. W. Jenkins
and a large number of
friends attended. Mrs. Fred
Collins, niece of Mr. White,
flew from her home in
Arlington Heights, Illinois,
to attend the rites, also a
number of relatives from
Atlanta and friends and
relatives from Birmingham
were present, altogether
about 30 friends and relatives
made the trip from Birming
ham. The family has the
sympathy of the entire
community in their bereave
ment.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McMic
hael, Mrs. Jimmie O’Neal,
and Mrs. Madge Pickett and
Mrs. Eva O’Neal of Jackson
attended the United Metho
dist District Conference at
the First Methodist Church in
Griffin, Sunay afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Cawthon
of Atlanta visited Mrs. Ira
Cawthom on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Allen
visited Mr. Allen's sister,
Mrs. Mamie Bowden, at
Covington Hospital Sunday
afternoon. Mrs. Bowden is
critically ill and Mr. Allen
has visited her frequently
during the past week.
Patty O’Neal will leave on
Friday, Nov. 28, for Chicago
where she will attend the
National 4-H Club Con
ference next week. Patty won
the trip by being Ist place
winner in the State competi
tion, her subject and demon
stration being “Housing and
Equipment.” She has worked
hard to achieve this distinc
tion and deserves all the
honor given her. We wish for
her a wonderful, never-to-be
forgotten trip and all the
pleasure that the next week
affords.
Mrs. Carolyn Morgan and
Mrs. Mae Cawthon were
shopping in Covington on
Saturday.
Miss Lunette Kitchens
spent several days last week
with her sister, Mrs. Madge
Holifield.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McMic
hael and Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Washington of Worthville
drove up to the Davis House
in McDonough for dinner on
Friday night. They cele
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
Who will win fhe Tech-Georgia game?
■' ' 3r ’
M ’ v "/
I
ED BRISCOE
Georgia, they need the win
to overcome last year’s loss
and to enter the Cotton Bowl
with optimism.
brated their wedding anni
versaries, having been mar
ried in a double ceremony.
Mr. Robert Taylor has
again been admitted to
Griffin Hospital. Friends
hope his condition will soon
be improved.
The Stark Women’s
Friendship Club met for the
monthly session at the
community house on Tues
day afternoon, Nov. 18. The
usual order of business was
disposed of and the annual
PERSONALS
Mr. Nelson Andrews of
Center Hill, Florida arrived
the first of the week for a
visit with friends and
relatives in Butts County and
surrounding towns. He was
an overnight guest Monday
of Mr. Kib White.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cook
visited Mr. and Mrs. Howell
Maddox, Kenneth and Bar
bara of Lithonia on Sunday.
Mayc” C. B. Brown, Jr.
was admitted Sunday to
Middle Georgia Hospital for
tests and observation,
friends will regret to learn.
Mr. and Mrs. John Frazier
and family of Mt. Pleasant,
S. C. spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Kersey.
Dr. and Mrs. William F.
Marrs, Billy and Benji, of
Glasgow, Ky. spent several
days recently with Mrs. F. A.
Holston and Mrs. Elizabeth
Thaxton.
Let’s Be Thankful
As we approach this Thanksgiving Season, I’m
sure we all have many things to be thankful for.
We take time our from our political campaign
that we’re now engaged in to thank Goa for all the
things He has given us; for our families, our fine
community, and the privilege to live in a free country.
As we sit down on Thanksgiving Day and give
thanks to God, let’s also remember those in this world
who are less fortunate.
Happy Thanksgiving
TERRY KITCHENS
Candidate for
Justice of the Peace
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
S 5
MpHB . *2 JWjr
mm r-ty, |V
TOMMY CARMICHAEL
Tech, because of a superior
offense and Georgia’s lack of
a passing attack.
Christmas party was planned
for Dec. 16, with a covered
dish lunch at 12:30 -then the
exchange of gifts and
Christmas entertainment fol
lowing. Every woman
brought to the meeting
something she had made and
many beautiful items were
displayed. Mrs. Roberta
Harris, Mrs. Hilda Harris
and Mrs. McDonald were
hostesses and served pie.
tater puffs, salted nuts,
mints, tea and coffee.
Mesdames Marion Mears
and Ann McNair of Atlanta
and many other relatives of
Mrs. Gordon Bankston will
be with her on Thanksgiving
to help her celebrate the day.
Mrs. Ralph Watson, Jr.
and Leonora, and Ralph
Watson of Monroe were last
weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Burford.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith
were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Smith and
girls of Macon.
Life Major Medical
Hospitalization
BROWN INSURANCE AGENCY
CJmutll* Brown C. B. Brown, Jr.
Office 776-7544 Office 776-7644
Home 776-3196 Home 776-717&
Cancer L&A.t Disability
JmJ j’ P|M
jHsK l|§
IS
CHARLES CARTER
The outcome of the game is
really unpredictable, but my
guess is Georgia by one
point.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Harris will celebrate their
45th wedding anniversary on
Thanksgiving Day, Novem
ber 27th, and will have lunch
with Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Harris at Holiday Inn in
Griffin and dinner that
evening with Mr. and Mrs. C.
T. Burress and family.
Mike Howell of Charleston,
West Virginia will be guest of
Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Howell and
family over the Thanks
giving holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith
were Saturday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Mann.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick O’Hara
celebrated their first wed
ding anniversary over the
weekend in Atlanta and were
spend the night guests of Mr.
and Mrs. William Tumlin.
Bill Lockhart of Atlanta
was a weekend guest of his
sister, Miss Sue Lockhart.
Mr. Roy Prosser returned
Wednesday from a fishing
trip to Florida with a group of
friends from Newnan.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Jordan,
Jennifer and Robert of
Monticello will be Thanks
giving guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Ball.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1975
Mr. Robert Merritt was
spend the night guest
Saturday night of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Naamon York.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ball of
Atlanta visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Ball and
with his grandmother, Mrs.
W. H. Maddox.
WE DOCTOR SHOES,
ATTEND THEIR DYEING,
AND SAVE THEIR SOLES.
Are Your Shoes Sick?
CITY SHOE SHOP
It’s Money Saving Time In Griffin!
Griffin Merchants’
City-Wide THANKSGIVING SALE
2 BIG DAYS - NOV. 28th and 29th
COME TO
GRIFFIN
DEC. 4th
6:30 P.M.
SEE
THE BIG
PRE
XMAS
SANTA
PARADE!
"GIVE GRIFFIN A TRY AND YOU’LL BUY!”
Dewey White
Buried Here
Thursday
Mr. Dewey Anderson
White, 78, prominent and
influential resident of Bir
mingham, Alabama, died
Tuesday, November 18th, in
Birmingham.
A native of Butts County,
he was the son of the late W.
A. (Cap) White of Butts
County and the late Mrs.
Clara Mae Hardy White of
Jasper County. He was born
September 7, 1897.
Mr. White was a member
of the South Highland
Presbyterian Church in Bir
mingham. He was affiliated
with Okonite Company for
forty years.
Funeral services were held
Thursday morning, Novem
ber 20th, at 9:30 o’clock at the
Ridout Valley Chapel in
Birmingham. The body was
brought to Jackson where
graveside services were held
Thursday afternoon at four
o’clock at the family lot in the
Macedonia Baptist Church
cemetery with Rev. R. W.
Jenkins „:ficiating. Haisten
Funeral home was in charge
of local arrangements.
Mr. White is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Watts
White of Birmingham, Ala.;
two sons, Dr. Dewey A.
White, Jr. of Birmingham,
and Dr. Grover W. W’hite of
Gastonia, N. C.; eight
grandchildren; one great
grandchild; one brother, Mr.
W. Lloyd White, of Jackson;
sister-in-law, Mrs. Louis
Banks of Barnesville.
PARTICIPATING
MERCHANTS:
Rhodes Furniture Cos.
The Furniture Shop
Sigman Buick-Opel, Inc.
Cain’s
Maxwell Home Furnishings
Jim Pridgen Hardware Cos.
Southern States Printing Cos.
Cartledge Furniture Cos.
Hill’s Tire Store
Beaty Auto Parts
Whitmire Jewelry
Cronic Chevrolet, Inc.
K-Mart
Eleanor Shops, Inc.
Hensley’s Office Equipment
Jones-Harrison Furniture Cos.
Akins Feed & Seed Cos., Inc.
Tonkin Casuals
Morrow-Powell Clothing
Buy-Rite
Ralph’s Take Home
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Smith-Roberts Cos.
Sears
Batton & Jackson Quick Tire
Saul’s
The Gentry Shop
Bishop’s Clothing
Carpets of Griffin
Man of Year
Award
In January
Present indictions point to
the fact that the Kiwanis Man
of the Year program will be
held in January rather than
in December as formerly
with the nominees to be
decided on at an early date.
The deadline of November
14th has passed for nomina
tions to be made and soon
committees from the Jack
son Kiwanis Club will be
meeting to consider the
nominees.
Hermain Waits is chair
man of the Business and
Public Affairs Committee
which committee instigated
the program in 1969. The
Man of the Year awards
night will likely be before the
middle of January.
The committee had hoped
and originally intended to
hold the program in Decem
ber but Kiwanis President
Jack Little opted for the
January date which seemed
FOR SALE
CORN FED STEERS
Ready For The Home Freezer
These steers have been on com for
six months. Free delivery to processing
plant. Available in halves if desired,
pound dressed weight.
75*
Cawthon Bros., Inc.
PHONE 775-7801 JACKSON, GA.
Claxton’s Pharmacy
Cole’s Drugs
Wynne’s Jewelers
Goode-Nichols Furniture Cos.
Easterwood’s Shoes
O’Kelley’s Furniture Cos.
Fashion Shops
Jerrie & Don’s
Collin’s Men’s & Boy’s Wear
The Bonnie Shop
Rose’s - Spalding Square
Randall & Blakely, Inc.
Carden Furniture Cos.
Crouch’s
Griffin Sales & Service
Fisher Hardware Cos.
Leonard’s
Godard Clothing Cos.
FIRMS COOPERATING:
The Griffin Daily News
First Federal Savings
& Loan Assn.
Griffin Federal Savings
& Loan Assn.
The Bank of Griffin
Commercial Bank & Trust Cos.
First National Bank of Griffin
WHIE
WGRI
WKEU AM & FM Stereo
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to thank all
those friends and relatives
who rememberd me with
cards, flowers, visits, and
other kind deeds during my
stay in the hospital and since
returning home. Your many
kindnesses were appreciated
by me and my family and we
shall always be grateful to
you. Eugene Singley.
Dried Arrangements
Collecting wild plants for
dried arrangements. Exten
sion home economists point
out that a clear plastic spray
will keep cattails, bittersweet,
and poke berries looking
natural for years.
to make for a different
format.
Since the Man of the Year
program was begun awards
have been made to Hampton
L. Daughtry in 1969, Robert
Park Newton, Sr. in 1979, P.
H. Weaver in 1971, Doyle
Jones, Jr. in 1972, Maurice
W. Carmichael in 1973, and
David P. Ridgeway, Sr. in
1974.