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BASKETBALL STAR Janis Ward, number 20,
outstanding Jackson High School basketball star broke her
own scoring record at the game Friday night, February 6th, •
against the Manchester Blue Devils by scoring 51 points.
Janis has scored a total of 1,763 points in her career at
Jackson High School. This season she has scored 507 points
and still has the tournament to play.
Janis, the daughter of Mrs. Jeanette Crowder and Mr.
Climmie Ward, has lettered four years in basketball at J.H.S.
She was chosen best offensive player of 1973, 1974, and 1975.
Roy Patterson
Buried Friday
In Griffin
Mr. Roy Theodore Patter
son, Jr., 54, of 232 West
Avenue, Jackson, died
Thursday morning, Feb
ruary 12, at the Georgia
Baptist Hospital in Atlanta
where he had been admitted
on Saturday, February 7th.
Born in Spalding County
August 31, 1921, he was the
son of the late Roy T.
Patterson, Sr. and Mrs. Ruby
Mitchell Patterson.
Mr. Patterson was employ
ed at the McDonough Power
Equipment Company as a
press operator. He was a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Jackson.
During World War II Mr.
Patterson served in the U. S.
Air Force as a Tail Gunner in
the European Theatre.
Mr. Patterson is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Peek
Patterson of Jackson; a
daughter, Mrs. Winona (Ted)
Evans of Watkinsville; a son,
Thomas Quinn, of Fort
Worth, Texas; mother, Mrs.
Ruby Mitchell Patterson, of
Griffin; brother, Phil Patter
son, of Griffin; two sisters,
Mrs. J. P. Futral of Griffin
and Mrs. Frances McLaurin
of Chicago, 111.
Graveside services were
conducted Friday afternoon,
February 13, at four o’clock
in Oak Hill Cemetery ini
Griffin old section. The Rev.
Lamar Cherry officiated.
Haisten Funeral Home of
Jackson was in charge of
plans.
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CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mr. Festus
(Jake) Mason wishes to
express our sincere thanks to
our many friends, neighbors
and relatives for the many
deeds of kindness, food,
flowers, cards and most of all
your prayers in our recent
sorrow and grief. We
especially want to thank Dr.
Howell and the Staff at
Sylvan Grove Hospital, Rev.
Clarence Tucker, Haisten’s
Funeral Home and the York
Lodge of Worthville for the
services they rendered. May
God’s richest blessings be
with you all is our prayer.
Mrs. Lena Mason, Mr. and
Mrs. Forest Mason, and Mr.
and Mrs. Lanny Mason.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Jenkinsburg News
B.y Mrs. T. H. Price
Visiting Mrs. W. M.
Gallman Sunday afternoon
were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Edwards of Porterdale and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cook of
Jackson.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John 0. Minter Tuesday
night and Wednesday were
Mrs. E. V. Patrick of
Carrollton and Mrs. John W.
Walker of Cairo.
Mr. Ray E. Minter of
McDonough and his pastor
from Bethany Church visited
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Minter
Wednesday afternoon.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. T.
H. Morgan for dinner Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Morgan and Tom. Visiting
them in the afternoon were
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boss of
Decatur and Mr. and Mrs.
Rowland Bower of Coving
ton.
Mr. Marquis Childs had as
guests Sunday Mrs. Betty
Safarty of Decatur. Visiting
in the afternoon were Mr.
Jack Childs, Mrs. Ruby Ox
ford, Mrs. Jane Davis and
Mrs. Emily Marchman, all of
Forsyth.
Mr. Charles Brooks of
Dunwoody visited his father.
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Saturday.
Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Price
were Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Price and family of Lake
Spivey and Miss Shirley
Price of Atlanta. Miss Price
leaves on Friday for a
vacation in Tahiti.
Friends and neighbors will
be interested to know that
Mrs. W. G. Preston has
returned home after being a
patient in Sylvan Grove
Hospital for over a week. We
wish for her a very speedy
recovery.
Miss Pamela Price of San
Francisco, Calif, returned
home Monday via Delta
airlines after spending five
day with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Price.
Mrs. Lucy Sims of Griffin
was weekend guest of Mr.
and Mrs. T. R. Sims.
Jenkinsburg Neighbors
welcome into the community
Mr. and Mrs. Hightower and
daughter who moved here
from Conyers. They pur
chased the former home of
Mr. and Mrs. Reece and they
moved to Conyers.
Friends were glad to see
Mr. Martin Ridgeway who is
working in Greenville, S. C.
at Church Sunday. He was
spending the weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Ridgeway. Sunday
dinner guests of the Ridge
ways were Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Carmichael and
children of Jackson.
Friends are hoping Mr. B.
R. Hay will soon be able to be
out again as he is still shut in
after several weeks illness.
Thursday night dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Mangham were Mr. and Mrs.
Jackie Mangham of McDon
ough and Mrs. M. B. Farrar.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Allen Friday were Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Posey of Stone
Mountain. They had dinner
at Falls View Restaurant.
Residents of Jenkinsburg
might be interested to know
that the telephone number at
the City Hall where the police
could be reached is 775-4850.
Jenkinsburg Baptist
Church welcomed a very
young little newcomer last
Sunday at the worship
service - little Free Webb
who is only a few weeks old.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1976
Jackson-Butts County
Recreation News
Barbara Gregory, noted
Atlanta teacher of Mid-
Eastern Dance, will begin a
series of lessons in the
Jackson-Butts County area
under the direction of the
Jackson-Butts County Recre
ation Department.
Mid-Eastern Dancing, also
known as belly dancing, has
become very popular be
cause it is not only fun but
also is an excellent way to
exercise the entire body,
re-distribute weight and
improve body tone.
Barbara has studied Mid-
Eastern Dancing for many
years under noted New York,
Chicago and Atlanta profes
sionals. Her instructors have
included Dalena, Kira, A-
Thena, Ebraham and
Farina. This varied experi
ence enables her to teach the
dance of all the Mid-Eastern
cultures Turkish, Leba
nese, Greek, and Egyptian
combining these techniques
to create an interesting and
beautiful Mid-Eastern dance
series.
She has been teaching
through the recreation cen
ters, colleges, as well as
private facilities throughout
a six county area surround
ing Atlanta. Her students
have gone on to become
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Contact the Jackson-Butts
County Recreation Depart
ment regarding the details of
this series.
Classes are scheduled to
begin on Thursday, March
4th, at 7:00 p.m. here at the
Recreation Department.
BASKETBALL NEWS
Jackson will be represent
ed in the 6th District
G.R.P.S. Tournaments to be
held in the upcoming weeks.
The teams in the men’s
league and church league are
undecided at his time but will
be chosen after this week’s
scheduled games.
The youth teams, coached
by Dr. William Mitchell and
Billy Duke, will play Coving
ton this week and next week
in order to get ready for the
tournament at Robins
A.F.8., Feb. 27-28.
Tournament schedules are
as follows: Men’s Open
Tournament, March 9-13 at
the Decatur Recreation De
partment.
Men’s church tournament,
March 6,8, and 9 at the
Rockdale Recreation Depart
ment.
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Last Rites For
W. F. Coleman
Held Sunday
Mr. William Franklin
Coleman, 73, of 318 South 9th
Street, Griffin, died Friday
at St. Joseph Hospital,
Atlanta, where he had been a
patient for the past nine
weeks.
Born in Monroe County
September 3, 1902, Mr.
Coleman was son of the late
Hugh Y. Coleman and the
late Elizabeth Jones Cole
man. Mr. Coleman had lived
in Miami, Florida for many
years before moving to
Griffin several years ago.
Funeral services were
conducted Sunday at three
o’clock in the chapel of
Haisten Funeral Home in
Jackson with the Rev. Don
Folsom, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment was in Jackson
City Cemetery.
Mr. Coleman is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Mae Turner
Coleman, Griffin; one
brother, John L. Coleman of
Jackson; one sister, Mrs.
John W. Berry of Corbin,
Kentucky; several nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers were Douglas
Coleman, Alfred Coleman,
Sammy Coleman, Emory
Spencer, Wendell Spencer,
and Johnny Pope.