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STARK NEWS
By Mrs. B. A. Williamson
Mrs. Dewey White Sr., of
Birmingham, Ala., is the
j,uest of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
White. She was accompanied
by her son Dr. Grover White
and Mrs. White, of Gastonia,
N C. They arrived Saturday
and Dr. and Mrs. White
returned to their home
Sunday while Mrs. Dewey
White will remain for a visit
of several days.
Mrs. Lena Bunch visited
her sister Mrs. Roy Barnett
in Covington last weekend.
She was met there by her
brother and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Walker, of
Washington. On Tuesday a
nephew of Mrs. Bunch Lloyd
Brown, visited with her. He
had been to Washington and
was enroute back to his
home in Lawton, Okla.
Friends sympathize with
Mrs. C. L. Bradley in the
death of her sister, Mrs. Cora
Bell Berryman, which oc
curred in Griffin Hospital
Monday, February 16. Mrs.
Berryman’s home was in
Decatur but she had been a
patient in the Living Center
Nursing Home in Griffin
since Thanksgiving. Funeral
services were held in the
chapel of A. S. Turner
Funeral Home in Decatur,
with interment in the
Decatur cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bradley
attended the funeral of Mrs.
Berryman ana visited with
relatives in Decatur until
Thursday.
Senior Pals
Announce
Openings
The Upper Ocmulgee
Senior Pals Club announced
this week that they have
openings at their center for
people 60 years old and
above. The center provides a
hot lunch, excercise, handi
crafts and entertainment for
its members. Trips to the
park, shopping centers and
fishing trips are popular
events on the center’s
schedule. For information
call Margaret Dukes, Site
Coordinator at 775-5545. The
center provides transporta
tion for those without, for all
activities.
According to an old Lapp
proverb, “Love comes after
the wedding.”
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Mrs. Alberta Brady of
Macon spent Thursday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.
H. Morgan. Visiting Mr. ana
Mrs. Morgan on Thursday,
also, were Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Tyler, of Monticello.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Allen on Sunday were Mr.
Allen’s sister, Mrs. Ethel
Kitchens and his brother-in
law, Mr. Charlie Bowden,
both of Covington.
Bill Saunders, of Atlanta,
spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Saunders.
Mrs. Annie Mae Cook of
Jackson and Mrs. Robert
Cook of Four Points spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Annie
Taylor. Mrs. Copeland
James of Jackson was the
guest of Mrs. Taylor on
Saturday and Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Harris of
Atlanta visited Mrs. Taylor
on Wednesday and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Mayhue and
Chuck, of Gray, were her
guests on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barnett,
of Covington, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Lena Bunch.
Mrs. Claire Brown has
returned home after having
had major surgery and being
a patient in Griffin Hospital
for several weeks.
Friends here extend heart
felt sympathy to Mrs. G. W.
Owen of McDonough in the
death of Mr. Owen which
occurred at their home in
BUTTS COUNTY
RETIRED TEACHERS
MEET IN FORSYTH
The Butts County Retired
Teachers Association will
hold its Spring meeting at the
Ramada Inn in Forsyth on
Thursday, February 26, at 12
noon.
Mrs. Ruth Aultman, Sixth
District Director, will be
guest speaker.
Should any member need a
ride, please contact Mrs. Roy
Posser or Mrs. W. F.
Caldwell.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to thank all of
my dear friends and loved
ones for every act of love and
kindness shown me during
my stay in Middle Georgia
Hospital and since returning
home. Every gift, visit, card,
phone call and prayer has
been a great consolation to
me. Thank you again.
Rufus Kitchens.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
McDonough last week. Mrs.
Owen is the former Miss
Marteal Kimbell, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Kimbell, a niece of Mrs.
Lyndon Jinks also niece of
Mrs. Lloyd White. She is a
native of this community and
has many friends here who
are grieved by the loss of her
husband.
Visiting on Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Bradley was
Mrs. Frank Donaldson, of
Conyers. On Saturday Mrs.
Tat Patillo of Dallas, Texas,
Mrs. Harold Mobley of
Tampa, Fla. and Mrs. Sam
Brown of Atlanta were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, also
on Saturday Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Bradley and Shara
Kay of Atlanta visited the
Bradleys, bringing with them
the little great granddaugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley,
little Michelle Still.
Members of the Mary Lee
Jones Sunday School Class of
Macedonia Church and their
husbands drove over to the
Country Kitchen near
Barnesville on Tuesday
night, February 17th, for a
class supper meeting. The
good food and fellowship was
enjoyed by everyone. About
20 people made the trip on the
church bus.
Mrs. Ina Cawthon had as
guests on Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Buford and
Alan of Warner Robins.
Interested In
Business Course?
Call 775-2526
Griffin Tech has an
nounced that a business
course can be offered in the
Jackson area this spring if
enough interest is shown.
Two courses are under
consideration, Shorthand
Principals and Office Ma
chines. A course must have a
minimum enrollment of 15
students. Shorthand Princi
pals would emphasize the
Gregg shorthand theory with
some time devoted to
dictation.
Office Machines would
introduce students to the
10-key adding machine touch
method, fluid duplication,
and mimeograph. Students
who have had typing would
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Kiwanis Walk
For Mankind
To Be April 3
The Butts County annual
Walk for Mankind will take
place on Saturday, April 3rd.
A committee headed by
Frank Forehand, walk direc
tor, is organizing the tradi
tional trek to raise funds for
24 international medical aid
programs, under the spon
sorship of The Kiwanis Club
of Jackson. The walk
headquarters will be at
American Mills. Telephone
775-7842.
Working with Frank on
preliminary arrangements
for the 20 mile Walk for
Mankind will be Joe Brown,
Jr., walker recruiter chair
man, and C. L. (Sandy)
Sanvidge, operations of the
day chairman.
“On April 3rd, Butts
Countians will be asked to
put their hearts into their feet
and their pocketbooks,”
Frank announced. “Through
the Walk for Mankind, we
can give life-giving medical
aid to impoverished children
and families in the depres
sion-ridden Appalachian
mountains and the Navajo
desert areas outside the
public health reach. The
health programs assisted
through the Walk For
Mankind in our country and
abroad concern us all.”
Again this year, all ages
are invited to participate in
the walk. (Last year we had
65 year old participants.)
Also group sharing will be
available, such as Boy and
Girl Scouts, Church groups
and clubs from the schools.
This will be the fourth Walk
For Mankind in Butts
County. Last year 525
individuals with great love in
their hearts walked the 20
miles.
also have an opportunity to
work with transcribing
equipment.
There will be no tutition
charge, but students will
have to pay a small
materials fee to cover
textbook and some supplies.
The courses offered will
meet two nights weekly for
eight to 10 weeks.
If you are interested in one
of the above courses, please
call the Business Education
Department at Jackson High
School, 775-2526, to indicate
your choice so an organiza
tional meeting can be
scheduled.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1976
News of 10 Years Ago
Hal A. Summers has
assumed his duties as plant
superintendent for the Indian
Springs Plant of Avondale
Mills.
The West Georgian, stu
dent newspaper at West
Georgia College edited by
Miss Joyce Morgan of
Jackson, has been named an
all-American college news
paper by the Associated
Collegiate Press.
A few flakes of snow fell in
Jackson early Wednesday
morning, apparently catch
ing the weatherman by
surprise.
The forthcoming marriage
of Miss Patricia M. Evans,
daughter of Mrs. David
Evans and the late David B.
Evans, to Mr. T. Frank Peek,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom F.
Peek, has been announced.
David N. Meredith, 91, of 48
Main Street, Pepperton, died
Thursday morning at West
bury Medical Care Home in
Jenkinsburg.
News of 20 Years Ago
A fighting Jackson High
basketball team battled its
way into the Fourth District
finals Friday night at
Manchester, only to lose 74-62
to Harris County in the
championship game. Donnie
Caston’s 20 points led all
scorers atiu Toni Grant also
hit 14 for the losers.
Miss Ruby Lane, popular
first grade teacher at
Porterdale, and a native of
Butts County, has been
chosen “Teacher of the
Year” for her school.
Brigadier General William
Rogers Woodward will as
sume command of the
Advance Section Communi
cations Zone for NATO and
be stationed in Verdun.
France. He is the first career
general that Butts County
has produced.
From “It’s This Way”
column of Doyle Jones, Jr.,
“A six-year old Jackson girl,
seeking to display her first
grade erudition, amazed her
parents with this spelling of
“dog’s supper.” D-O-G
catastrophe S.”
Euel Wade, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. E. Wade of
Jackson, has been awarded a
principal appointment to the
United States Military A
cademy at West Point, N.Y.
News of 30 Years Ago
Dr. W. E. Barfield, former
Jackson physician who
served in the medical corps
of the U. S. Army as
lieutenant colonel, will re
sume the practice of medi
cine here within the next few
days.
State Senator B. H.
Hodges, Pratt Smith, chair
man, and E. D. Patrick,
member of the Butts County
commission, and W. M.
Redman, mayor of Jackson,
conferred with state highway
officials in Atlanta Monday
relative to the paving of State
Route 36 from Jackson to the
Newton County line.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe H.
Burford announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Mary Lee Burford, to Chief
Petty Officer George N.
Martin, Jr., USN. of Dublin,
Georgia.
E. Lee Smith, 75 years of
age, for more than fifty years
active in the business affairs
of Jackson and Butts County,
died Wednesday at the
Macon Hospital where he had
been critically ill for several
days. Survivors include a
daughter, Mrs. Vera Smith
Kinard of Macon; four
grandchildren, Stevie and
Marilee Kinard, of Macon;
John McEachern 111, a
paratrooper with the U. S.
Marine Corps in Japan, and
Rankin Smith of Atlanta.
News of 40 Years Ago
The old Jackson Banking
Company building, destroyed
by fire on December 29. is
being restored and will be
occupied by Morris &
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AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients at Sylvan Grove
Hospital during the period of
February 17-24 include:
Fannie Sue Ward, Martha
Blackburn, Alortza Appling,
Henry C. Morgan, Albert
Askin, Isabel Mains, Rhodda
Goodrum.
Bamie Cook, Willie Frank
Stephens, James Copeland,
Gail Utter, Linda Diane
Duke, Will Thornton, Willene
Denson and baby l?oy, Judy
Ann Washington.
Standard, grocers. The front
of the Paul Tyler & Company
building, damaged severely
by a recent windstorm, is
being replaced.
Automobile tags may be
bought for $3.00 any time
during the month of Feb
ruary, according to an
extension granted by Gover
nor Eugene Talmadge.
Miss Olga Hammond en
tertained sixteen boys and
girls of the high school set at
a lovely party Saturday
evening in celebration of her
fifteenth birthday.
At the Princess Theater,
Pat O’Brien and Jean Muir in
“Stars Over Broadway”;
Robert Young and Evelyn
Venable in “Vagabond
Lady” and John Wayne in
“The Oregon Trail” with Ann
Rutherford.
Don’t let INCOME
TAXES get you
down. Professional
service with over
eight years experi
ence. In Jackson
Lake Area.
Phone 775-4164
BOYS IN SERVICE
Mainz, Germany (AHTNC)
Jan. 28 Army Private
James W. Cantrell, son of
Mrs. Bessie M. McKin,
Jenkinsburg, Ga., was as
signed Jan. 22 as a helicopter
repairman with the 205th
Aviation Company of the 4th
Transportation Brigade in
Mainz, Germany.
Pvt. Cantrell entered the
Army in April 1975, com
pleted basic training at Ft.
Jackson, S. C., and was last
stationed at Ft. Eustis, Va.
A 1975 graduate of Jackson
(Ga.) High School, the
17-year-old solider was em
ployed as a stock clerk by A
and P Grocery Store,
Jackson.
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