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Crum And Bishop
Celebrated Nuptials
Miss Lynn Crum of
Jackson became the bride of
Mr. Freddy Bishop of
Barnesville in a ceremony
performed in 1975 at the
Jackson Nazarene Church.
The Reverend Ray Savage
officiated.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William L.
Crum of Jackson.
Mr. Bishop’s parents are
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bishop of
Barnesville.
Wedding music was ren
dered by Mrs. Polly Garr.
Jerry Crum, brother of the
bride, sang Color My World
and A Time For Us.
Mrs. Linda Jones of Griffin
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Celebrated by the R.A. Jenkins
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Alton Jenkins of Flovilla
celebrated their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary on Sunday,
December 28th, 1975.
The Jenkins were honored
by their children and
grandchildren with an open
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The Progress-Argus ex
tends a very HAPPY
BIRTHDAY to the following:
January 16: Mrs. Clyde
Wright and Mrs. Emma
Edstrom (twins), L. H. Hurt,
Frank Townsend, Mrs. W. T.
Plymel. Patricia Ruth Whid
by, Ruth Johnson, Mrs. Lula
Willard, James Harry Ridge
way, Robert Fletcher,
Richard V. Meredith, Janice
Cochran, Bill Wood, Charles
S. O’Kelly, Riley Johnson,
Kenneth Williamson, Dean
Powell. Jerrell Cleveland, L.
A. Galt.
January 17: Sadie Frances
Glass, Jared White, Emma
Jo Chasteen, Mrs. J. P.
Pickett, Mrs. J. H. O’Neal,
Mrs. Danny Hoard, Carol
Ann Crump, Ronnie Reeves,
Penney Newman, Frank
Forehand, W. Donald Gray,
Mrs. Brenda Baker, Mrs.
served as matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Miss
Sheila Crum, sister of the
bride, and Petty Holt of
Smyrna.
Bill Bishop, brother of the
groom, served as best man.
Ushers were Jerry Crum and
Danny Maxwell.
Serving at the reception
were Beth Greathouse of
Nashville, Tennessee, Joyce
and Anita Little of Atlanta,
Betty Jean Bishop of Barnes
ville. Rose Campbell kept the
bride’s book.
Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are
now making their home in
Forsyth.
house at the Flovilla United
Methodist Church fellowship
hall. Guests called between
the hours of 2:30 and five
o’clock to congratulate this
beloved couple and to wish
them many more years of
happiness.
Mildred Reboulet, Lydia
Folmar, Johnny Hodges,
Mrs. Horace Cawthon, Mrs.
Becky Harper.
January 18: Edward Stodg
hill, J. W. Shadrix, Charles
Eugene Wells, Mrs. Billy
Redman, Jan Jackson, Van
A. Duke, Mrs. Ronald Wells,
James Wise, Donald Wash
ington, Mrs. Elbert Mullis,
Mrs. Francis Holston, David
Gene Whitaker, Mrs. Shirley
Brooks, Mrs. James E.
Mixon, Mrs. A. O. Miller, Sr.
January 19: Foster Lever
rett, Mrs. Marvin Rich,
Carrilene Powell, Margaret
Pelt, Harriet Rebecca Pope,
Mrs. Lem Watkins, Mary
Alice Vickers, Mrs. Ray
mond Barnes, Larry W.
Letson. Linda Welch, Wanda
Ray Thompson, Lafayette
Jones, Betty Cawthon, L. H.
Cawthon, Mrs R. A. Cook
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
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VIKWS SLIDES
ON KN(iI.AM)
The Cherokee Garden Club
held its monthly meeting on
January Bth at The Central
Georgia EMC building.
Hostesses for the meeting
were Mrs. Mary Frances
Daniel. MiSs Elizabeth Mc-
Michael, and Mrs. Charlene
Starr.
A short business meeting
was presided over by Mrs.
Daniel, president.
Miss Sarah Bond, who was
introduced by Mrs. Daniel,
showed interesting slides of
her travels in Southern
England. Miss Bond, who has
traveled in 22 countries, told
many interesting facts of the
origin of the Methodist
Church.
Following the program,
delicious ice cream pie and
coffee were served by
the hostesses.
MITt HELL-BATES
The marriage of Sheryl
Lynn Mitchell and Anthony
Craig Bates was performed
January Ist at three o’clock
by the Rev. T. J. Thaxton.
The ceremony was at the
home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mitchell
with friends and relatives in
attendance.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe C. Bates of
Mansfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Bates are
making their home in
Jackson.
IN MEMORIAL
In loving memory of our
dear wife and mother, Mrs.
Ovella F. Hamlin, who
passed away three years ago,
January 19, 1973.
Wlien our loved one went
on ahead of us it was so hard
to say goodbye and in our
grief and sorrow we were
tempted to ask why; but she
has found the peace and joy
this world can never give, for
in God’s heavenly home
we know she truly lives. B.
F. Hamlin and family.
LIBERTY CHURCH
ANNOUNCES
SINGING DATES
Liberty Baptist Church will
begin their regular monthly
singings Saturday night,
January 17th. Featured will
be The Samaritans from
Macon.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
Robert E. McCrary, 111,
Angela Renee Robertson,
Jeannie O’Quinn, Kimberly
Zuber, Robert Luzier, Bell
Bradley, Duane Hauser, W.
L. Jones, Sr., Keith Ken
drick, Rev. Gene Maddox.
January 20: Mrs. Herman
Shuman, Mrs. Dick Ponder,
Joseph W. Sellers, 111,
Richard B. Sasnett, Jr.,
James Larry Landers,
Franklin Weaver, Mrs. J. G.
Bearden, Theodore B. Terry,
H. A. Norton, C. L. Bradley,
Jackie Norsworthy, Mrs.
Jerry Watkins, Margaret
Sheehan, Randy James.
January 21: James Fred
rick, C. N. Brownlee, Grady
Smith Francis E. Willard,
Jerry Burford, Cynthia
Elaine Welch, John B. Jack
son, Debra Ann Brown,
Larry Whitaker, Fred King,
Mrs. V. H. Ham, Harold
Joseph Pope, Billy Craig,
Roger Lee, Johnny Colwell,
Marvin Lindy James, W. T.
Collins, M. R. Towner,
Charles Herbert, Tech Wells.
January 22: Mrs. Charles
Rape, Jimmy Preston, Mrs.
Huston Morgan, J. J.
English, Mrs. Joel Crane,
Mrs. H. J. Castellaw, Rankin
Cook, E. J. Reeves, Mrs.
Doyle Coker, Louis Hester,
Lynda Joyce Harrison, Holly
Batchelor, Mrs. L. W. Pullin,
Mrs. Linda Batchelor, Mrs.
Deborah J. Johnson and Mrs.
Diane J. Gaines (twins),
Carin Burford, Sheri Bolton.
Mrs. Harkness, Butts
Nativf, Is 100
MRS-'cEORGE HARKNESS^
By Jerry McLaurin
One hundred years of
world history is but a
moment of eternity, but one
hundred years of a woman’s
life is an eternity of
moments.
Januray 1,1976 marked the
100th birthday of Mrs.
George C. Harkness.
Born Mary Elizabeth
Thaxton, she is the last
surviving member of one of
the true pioneering families
of Butts County. They lived in
a time that historians and
writers of the south paint
with sympathy and emotion.
The home of Dr. John T.
Thaxton and Mattie Fears
Thaxton had been destroyed
by a torrent of blazes set by
Sherman’s troops on their
murderous “march to the
sea.’” Mattie Fears Thaxton,
ripe with child, gave birth to
a daughter in the feed house
that once housed the horses
and other animals of the
Thaxton homestead, but that
was before. The feed house
stood only a short walk from
the charred ruins of the
Thaxton home.
Shortly after the birth of
Mary Elizabeth, Mattie
Fears, weak and exhausted,
died. Mary Elizabeth, an
infant of only a few days and
youngest of five sisters and a
brother, survived on cow’s
milk warmed over a smutted
Minters To Have
58th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Minter
of Jenkinsburg will celebrate
their fifty eighth wedding
anniversary on Friday,
January 16th, in a quiet
manner at their home.
In the words of Mr. Minter,
"Our life together has been
built upon love, devotion and
respect for one another.”
The Minters have three
daughters, Mrs. Lucy Pat
rick of Carrollton, Mrs.
Marion Walker of Cairo, and
Mrs. Rebecca Watkins of
Stone Mountain; seven
grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
SARALYN RIDGEWAY
ON DEAN'S LIST
ATHENS, GA. The
University of Georgia’s
School of Home Economics
has named 125 students to its
Fall quarter Dean’s List.
Nomination to the Dean’s
List means the student has
earned a 3.6 grade point
average or better out of a
possible 4.0.
Among those cited for
excellence from Jackson is
Saralyn Laverne Ridgeway.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1916
kerosene lantern and fed to
her by spoon.
A product of times like
those, Mrs. Harkness has
always been among the first
to adapt to changes, no
matter how severe. She
smooths the wrinkles of
complexity with a common
reasoning that would stir the
envy of Job.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robison
(her daughter) tells the story
of the letter that she received
from President Ford on her
tooth birthday. Her only
comment was, “I wonder
why he wrote me; he doesn’t
know me."
Asked how it felt to be 100
years old she answered, “I
feel no different; I’m the
same now as before.”
Mrs. Harkness has always
been a gregarious person.
People are the only thing that
she has never managed to
do without. Her house has
always been the meeting
place the spot where
crowds naturally congre
gate. Even now, she insists
on having someone with her
always.
Gardening, flowers, quilt
ing and all kinds of
needlework are things that
she enjoys. Roses and
African voilets are her
favorite flowers while Baden
burg is her favorite type of
needle work.
Most of all, she is a
DON’T MISS IT!
7TH ANNUAL MIDDLE GEORGIA
Boat & Camping Show!
JAN. 22-25
MACON COLISEUM
OPEN NOON TILL 10 P. M.
ALL THAT’S NEW IN
BOATS! CAMPERS!
ACCESSORIES!
Register Daily For
Free Grand Prize!
• Marquis 155 Runabout
• 35 HP Chrysler Motor
• Murray Trailer
No Purchase Necessary!
EVINRUDE MOTORS
Free Bass Fishing Clinics!
FREE TROUT FISHING FOR THE KIDS!
SEE THE FABULOUS BEAUTY CONTEST!
Admission: Adults $1.50 Children 75c
religious woman. In her
younger days the summers
always found a student
preacher staying at the
Harkness house usually until
the first of fall. Jebb Russell
and Gene Daniel (widely
known Presbyterian preach
ers) were among her many
summer visitors. Mrs. Hark
ness is a member of the
Fellowship Presbyterian
Church.
Her advice to those of us a
little younger and less
seasoned “. . . live a
Christian life and love one
another.”
Mrs. Harkness is the
mother of one son, George
Harkness and one daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth Robison. She
has one granddaughter,
Nancy Ann Robison.
Mrs. Harkness, Butts
County salutes you on this,
your 100th anniversary of
living.
William Mclntosh
DAR Meet Jan 17
The William Mclntosh
Chapter of the DAR will meet
at the Jackson DAR Club
house Saturday, January 17
at 3:00 p.m.
Miss Ruth Phinazee will be
in charge of the program.
The topic of the program will
be national defense.
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MASTER McLAURIN
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
McLaurin announce the birth
of a son, John Coleman,
January 7th at Piedmont
Hospital in Atlanta. Grand
parents are Mrs. J. W. Carter
of Jackson and Mr. and Mrs.
John Coleman McLaurin of
Griffin.
LITTLE MISS COLEMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Coleman of Lafayette, Ga.
announce the birth of a
daughter, Marti Rebecca,
January Ist, in a hospital in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Gandparents include Mr. and
Chicago Tribune, Sunday, December 21, 1975
Pin a medal 7
on a friendly T
hardware man
By Al Carrell
A WORKMAN is only as good as his tools, and the
two best “tools” you can have are a good hardware
man and a good paint store man. They’re not easy to
find. If you shop around, you’ll find the guy who will
take the time to tell you what you need in the way of
tools and materials to get your project done right
even if it’s a project where he’ll only sell you a 50-cent
part. He’ll also tell you what pitfalls you may encoun
ter. Like any good “tool,” you have to take care of
this one. First of all, buy all your goods from him.
Next, tell all your friends about him. And last, try to
time your visit for information at times when the store
isn’t loaded with other customers. _
C oMfc To
Education .. .
an investment that
never stops paying
dividends.
Children are Georgia’s most
precious commodity. They
need the help and concern
of every citizen as they
develop into community
leaders.
Today, they look to their
schools for guidance.
Tomorrow, they’ll build our
society.
Promise Georgia a sound
future by supporting
education today.
we all share the responsibility
for good schools
Georgia Association of Educators
Mrs. John L. Coleman of
Jackson and Mrs. Elizabeth
Thaxton, also of Jackson.
MASTER BARGERON
Mr. and Mrs. Joey Bar
geron of Jenkinsburg an
nounce the birth of a son,
Joseph Bryan, on December
6th at Crawford W. Long
Hospital. Mrs. Bargeron is
the former Miss Carol
Saunders of Jenkinsburg.
Grandparents are .Mr. and
Mrs. William Troy Saunders
of Jenkinsburg and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Bargeron, Sr. of
Stone Mountain.
MASTER WEBB
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Webb
of Jenkinsburg announce the
birth of a son, Clayton
Freedom, on January sth at
Griffin Spalding Hospital.
Mrs. Webb is the former Miss
Jenny Saunders of Jenkins
burg. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Clay Saunders of
Jenkinsburg and Mrs. Betty
Hartney of Cullman, Ala.;
and Mr. Harold Webb of
Jackson.
