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CENTRAL GEORGIA EMC RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD A national award was
recently presented to The Central Georgia EMC in recognition of work done in their Member
Services program. The award was presented by John R. Dolinger, President of the National
Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, at the NRECA Convention in Anaheim, California,
February 3rd. Receiving the award for CGEMC was Mrs. Elizabeth H. Watkins, Member
Services Director.
An annual Member Services contest is sponsored by the NRECA. Central Georgia EMC
was one of 225 co-ops entering the contest in the Women’s Programs category, and was honored
to receive the first place award in this category.
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News of 10 Years Ago
A violent windstorm lashed
Butts County about 5 a.m.
Sunday, smashing windows
at Polk Tire Company,
Coleman’s Garage and the
Heart of Jackson Motel,
uprooting trees and unroof
ing several barns, as well as
dumping three inches of rain
in a period Of a few hours.
The Butts County Lions
Club will receive its charter
at a ceremony Saturday
evening, with Rep. Harold E.
Clark of Forsyth as guest
speaker.
Tommy Beckham, Jr. has
been elected worshipful
master of St. Johns Lodge
No. 45, F.&A.M.
Joyce Morgan was one of
the seniors at West Georgia
College saluted by the
school’s annual, The Chief
tain.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Gertrude Maddox Mc-
Michael, 78; Mrs. Katie
Thompson Cook Lumsden,
89; C. Clifford Rucker, 69,
brother of Mrs. Ira Cawthon.
News of 20 Years Ago
Miss Annie Lou McCord,
completing her 53rd year as a
classroom instructor, has
been named Butts County’s
Teacher of the Year for 1955.
She has taught first grade
students in the Jackson
Grammar School for the past
43 years.
At Saturday’s Appreciation
Day program, Dorene Trim
ble won $33. Clarence
Coggins served as emcee of
the program.
Miss Marilyn May was
crowned Sweetheart of Jack
son High for 1956 at the Beta
Club’s annual beauty
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VAIL AWARD Tony Wehunt, center, receives the Vail Award trom Southern Bell Vice
President Jasper Dorsey, as Wehunt’s wife, Wanda, holds the check which accompanied the
award.
pageant.
Jackson High’s boys junior
basketball team won the
Juliette Invitational tourna
ment last week, defeating
Roberta 50-32 in the finals.
Jackson was led to victory by
Kenneth Thurston with 17,
Denny O’Neal 15, Barry
Jones 8 and Leslie Caldwell
with 7 points.
H. Wayne Barnes, Butts
County’s two-term Tax Col
lector, has announced that he
will not be a candidate to
succeed himself in the April
primary.
News of 30 Years Ago
J. E. Payne, native of
Hartwell and graduate of the
University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture, has been
appointed soil technician in
Butts County to succeed Lou
Moelchert, who recently
resigned to enter business in
Jackson.
The grand jury for the
February term of Butts
Superior Court has appointed
G. H. Standard, R. B.
Fletcher and F. L. Maddox to
terms on the Butts County
Board of Education.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J.
Teetor of Cadillac, Michigan,
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Sally, to
Lieutenant Benjamin Stuart
Head, United States Navy, of
Jackson.
Jackson students making
the honor roll at Wesleyan
College include Misses Vir
ginia Ball and Emily and
Jane Ann Mallet.
News of 40 Years Ago
Steps have been taken
looking to the operation of the
community canning plant in
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
PREVENTION OF
CRIME PROGRAM
GIVEN AT HJHS
Henderson Junior High
students enjoyed an assem
bly program the eleventh of
February in the Henderson
Gymnasium. The program
was presented by the
Jackson Exchange Club in
conjunction with the National
Crime Prevention Week.
Guest speaker for the
program was Mr. James
Bodenhamer from the Geor
gia Diagnostic Center in
Butts County.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Ina Cawthon returned
home Tuesday following a
visit of two weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. W. B.
McDaniel, Mr. McDaniel and
family in Atlanta.
Jackson again this season.
The new cream station
opened for business in
Jackson on Saturday, with
Otho Morgan as tester.
Deaths during the week:
Joseph Osborn, 28, and
Thomas Harkness Buttrill,
61.
Uncle Dan Slaughter, an
87-year-old Negro who had
lived with the G. W. and J.
P. Ray families for 68 years
since 1868, died Saturday.
With the students: Park
Newman, of the University of
Georgia, spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. W. F.
Newman; Richard Watkins,
of Gordon Junior College,
was over for the weekend;
Miss Helen Head was at
home from Shorter College
for the weekend.
Wilfred Thurston, junior at
Duke University, was recent
ly elected vice president of
Phi Kappa national frater
nity.
Kiwanis Pancake Supper
Slated For February 24th
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
has scheduled another Pan
cake Supper for Tuesday
evening, February 24th, in
the Jackson Primary School
Cafeteria. The famous pan
cakes and sausage will be
served from 5 to 8 o'clock on
an “all you can eat” basis as
in the past.
Maurice Sears, chairman
of the Pancake Supper,
invites the public to join
Kiwanians on the 24th for the
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and high quality, come see for yourself
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Dukes or Baraa
Mayonnaise
Qt. Jar
78c
Coronet 4 Roll Pack
Tissue
58c
Happyvale 5 Lb. Bag
Corn Meal Mix 62c
Kraft 18 Oz.
Bar-B-Q Sauce 49c
Del Monte 14 Oz.
Catsup 3 for 99c
Stonemnt. Cut
Green Beans 4 for 99c
Sunshine Turnips and (No. 303)
Greens 5 for 99c
PRODUCE DEPT.
White 10 Lb. Bag
Potatoes $1.09
Pepples 3 Lb. Bag
Red Rome 49c
Temple
Oranges doz. 59c
Fresh
Tomatoes lb. 29c
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best pancake supper avail
able anywhere. Tickets will
be $1.50 and may be
purchased from any member
of the Kiwanis Club.
Jack Little, president of
the Kiwanis Club, states that
the funds derived from the
pancake supper will be used
for youth service projects
such as Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, and other worthwhile
projects, so you will not only
be enjoying a good meal but
MEAT DEPT.
U.S.D.A. CHOICE
l Round Steak (Fuii-cut, Bone in) lb. $1.09 1
J Jiffy Cube Steak lb. $1.49 I
f Fresh Whole Fryers lb. 49c
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Whole Sirloin Tip s -10 Lbs. lb. $1.19
Whole Rib Eye 8 - io Lb., lb. $2.29
tSave on these Boneless Cuii)
Armour Star Bologna, Ilb pack 99c
Oscar Mayer Variety Packpkg. z 'sl.39
Fresh Pork Spare Ribs lb. 99c
Chitterlings Pork -10 Lb. Bucket $4.29
DAIRY DEPT.
Pillsbury Buttermilk
Biscuits 3 for 99c
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Margarine Z-ojC
Chefway 2 Lb.
Cheeseloaf $1.39
Elf Solid (1 Lb.)
Oleo 3 for 87c
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1976
will be helping the Kiwanis
Club to carry on their many
varied projects.
Join the Kiwanis Club at
the Jackson Primary School
Cafeteria on February 24th
and enjoy an evening of fun
and fellowship and a good
meal as well.
A Canadian thought he
could stamp out disease
by cutting the bottoms off
all his socks to let his
feet breathe.
Sunnyland 4 Lb. Box
Pure Lard SL2B
Pride of Illinois Golden
Whole Kernel
Com 5 for 99c
Golden Flake (4 Oz. Pack)
Potato Chips
Buy One Get One rKfcfc
Hormel 15 Oz.
Chili with Beans 2 -99 c
Louisiana
Hot Sauce 5 for 99c
NEW STORE HOURS
Sunday Open 9:00 A.M. Close 6:00 P.M.
Monday Open 8:00 AM. Close 10:00 P.M.
Tuesday Open 8:00 A.M. Close 10:00 P.M.
Wednesday Open 8:00 A.M. Close 10:00 P.M.
Thursday Open 8:00 A.M. Close 12:00 P.M.
Friday Open 8:00 A.M. Close 12:00 P.M.
Saturday Open 8:00 A.M. Close 12:00 P.M.
Mrs. Dick Pope will go to
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Thursday, February 19, for
treatment of a spinal injury.
Mr. W. F. Miley of Cecil
was guest several days this
week of Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Loyd and Miss Sylvia Loyd.
Mrs. Lavonne Merritt was
spend the day guest Friday of
her mother, Mrs. Rosa York.
FROZEN FOOD
Flavorite 6 Oz.
av• i a
Urange Juice l!fc
Old South
Cobblers 89c
Man Pleaser
T.V. Dinners 89c
PERSONAL
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Shortening
3 Lb. Can
Hollyhock 5 Lb. Bag
FLOUR
64c
Martha White
Self-Rising
FLOUR
10 Lb. Cloth Bag
$1.68
Nabisco 4 ct. pack
Toastettes 39c
Hunters Choice 25 Lb. Bag
Dog Ration $2.98
Nine Lives
Cat Food 5 for 99c
Wesson Oil & oz. 99c
Elf Salt 26 oz. Box 8c
Colonial or Sunbeam,
Lge. Loaf Bread
3 for SI.OO
Non Food Dept.
Macleans Fluoride
Toothpaste
1.5 Oz. IJr
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32 oz. Returnable
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Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Harris have returned home
from a vacation trip to
Daytona, Florida where they
visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hinton. While there Mrs.
Harris developed phlebitis
due to her recent surgery and
is confined to bed at home.
Mrs. J. P. Pickett spent a
few days this week with Mrs.
R. O. Sanders in Macon.