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MA BELL HAS A BIRTHDAY Wednesday, March 10, was the 100th birthday of the
telephone. The local office of Southern Bell Telephone Company celebrated the occasion with
cake and punch throughout the day. Present for the cake cutting ceremony were (1-r)
Councilman Roy Goff; Mrs. Sue Blue and Mrs. Juanita Mixon of the local office, Charles
Rogers. Griffin Group Manager for Southern Bell, and Mr. Vincent Jones of the Jackson
Progress-Argus.
NEWS FROM
WORTHVILLE
By Mrs. W. G. Avery
Following Sunday worship
Rev. and Mrs. Clarage
Tucker joined their son
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Tucker of Union City
for lunch and during the
afternoon they attended the
dedication of the new
sanctuary of New Hope
Baptist Church in Fayette
ville, which was their former
church before they moved to
Worthville.
Miss Debbie Cochran,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Cochran, is home
after spending three years in
the U. S. Navy, where she
was stationed in the Baha
mas and then at the Naval
Base in Pensacola, Fla.
We are happy that Mr. B.
F. Hamlin is home from
Sylvan Grove Hospital and
his friends wish for him
continued improvement.
Mrs. Forest Cook of
Milledgeville visited her
father Mr. B. F. Hamlin on
Friday and again on Sunday.
Mrs. W. S. White had as
guests Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Lewis White and Myron
of Covington and another
guest last week was her
daughter Mrs. E. M. McCart
of Covington.
Mrs. Nellie Cochran had as
weekend guests Mrs. David
Burford and Carin of
Flovilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Rebon
Maddox together with Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Tribble and
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Howard
attended an Eastern Star
meeting in Covington. Thurs
day night they honored Mrs.
Annie Sue Stokes, who has
been the secretary of the
Covington Chapter for many
years.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ireland
had as a spend the day guest
last Thursday Mrs. Preston
Bridges of Jackson and other
guests during the week were
Mr. and Mrs. Vess Lunsford
of Jackson and Rev. Lamar
Guyton, pastor of Pleasant
Grove C M. Church. We are
happy to report that Mr.
Ireland is better.
Mrs. J. H. Pope has
returned home after spend
ing ten days with her
daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Wilson and
Bobby of Decatur and her
many friends are happy that
she is much improved from a
sinus infection and cold.
Guests of Mrs. Minnie Lee
Hodges on Saturday were her
daughter and husband Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Collins of
Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Avery
had as supper guests
Saturday evening their
daughter Mrs. Tom Bell, Mr.
Bell and Don of Atlanta to
celebrate Mrs. Bell’s birth
day.
Friends of Mr. Harmon
Edwards are happy to know
that he returned home from
Sylvan Grove Hospital last
Friday and we wish him a
speedy recovery.
Miss Cathye Cochran of
Craig Air Force Base, Ala.
spent the weekend with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Cochran and other guests of
the Cochrans on Saturday
afternoon were another
daughter Mrs. David Burford
and Carin of Flovilla.
Miss Cynthia White return
ed home Saturday after
spending several weeks in
Leaksville, Miss, where she
visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Smith and family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
Washington had as a dinner
guest Sunday at David Bros.
Cafeteria in McDonough Mr.
Tim Humphries of Hapeville,
who is Minister of Music at
Worthville Baptist Church.
Miss June Maddox of
Georgia College in Milledge
ville visited her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Rebon Maddox
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Washington had as a spend
the day guest last Tuesday
their daughter, Miss Janet
Washington of Atlanta.
Guests of Mrs. Jake Mason
Friday afternoon were her
sister Mrs. Franklin Strawn
and Mr. Strawn of Jackson
Lake and Mrs. Helen Welch
of the Fincherville Com
munity.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Avery
had as guests Sunday
afternoon their sisters Mrs.
Annie Sue Stokes and Mrs.
Sara Kirkland both of
Covington.
Reading Tip
To help your child associ
ate words with objects, try
taping name cards to things
around the house. Start with
simple objects like chairs,
tables, doors, and beds. And
leave him written messages at
every opportunity.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Wildmon To
Host Tour
Of Holy Land
Donald E. Wildmon, whose
column “Whatsoever
Things’’ appears in the Jack
son Progress-Argus, will
host his tenth tour to the Holy
Land departing November 8,
1976. The eleven day tour will
include four days in Switzer
land.
Wildmon’s tours of the
Holy Land have won wide
spread recognition as being
among the best available.
Since he began writing
“Whatsoever Things” in the
Progress-Argus several
years ago, he has authored 15
books with nearly one-half
million copies in print. His
book Leaves Of Silver is
about sites in the Holy Land
made famous by Jesus and
visited on his tour. His most
recent book, Stand Up To
Life!, which was published
by Abingdon Press in
Nashville, was a Bonus Book
selection of the Christian
Herald Family Bookshelf
Book Club.
The tour will visit the
historical sites in the Holy
Land and will tour Switzer
land from Geneva to Zurich.
Included in the tour will be
nightly sessions led by
Wildmon pointing out the
significance of sites visited.
Anyone desiring more
information concerning the
tour should write Mr. Wild
mon at Box 1368 in Tupelo,
Mississippi 38801.
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Lee Duffey Attends
Education Conference
The 1976 Bicentennial
Governor’s Conference on
Education sponsored by the
Georgia School Board Asso
ciation was held Monday,
March 15 at the Sheraton-
Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta. At
the conference, representa
tives from each school
district in Georgia met to set
education goals for the
coming 1976-77 school year.
Lee Duffey, Jackson High
School junior and son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nevin Duffey of
Jackson, was one of six or
seven high school students at
the conference representing
their school districts. All of
the high school students
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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1976
there were former Gover
nor’s Honor Program parti
cipants. The remaining
people in attendance at the
conference were education
professionals from school
districts over the state.
As Butts County’s Chair
man of Special Goals in
Education, Lee has been
charged with the responsi
bilities of evaluating Butts
County’s school sytem and
reporting his findings next
year when the Governor’s
Conference on Education will
meet once again. Lee’s task
as a member of the
conference is to help set up
new education goals for
students and to make
education more satisfying
and enjoyable to students
from first through twelfth
grades.
Speakers at the conference
in Atlanta which bore the
theme “Children - The
Heart of America,” included
Governor George Busbee,
former governor Carl Sand
ers, Conference Chairman
Guy Fleming, State Super
intendent of Schools Jack
Avery, former U. S., Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk,
State Star Student Brent
Laminack and “Susan” of
Sesame Street, Dr. Loretta
Long.
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ago, hogs were fatter and
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Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
W. E. Waits. Flovilla
Jane Waits, Jackson
Helen Watkins, Jackson
Mrs. Jewel Stephens, Jack
son
Mrs. Duane Leverette,
Jackson
Mrs. C. M. Coggins,
Atlanta
Mrs. John D. Rooks,
Jackson
Sam F. McClendon, Griffin
Mrs. J. W. Gilbert, Jackson
W. H. Wise, Jackson
Mrs. Henry Barnes, Jack
son
Mrs. Sara F. Hamil, Stone
Mountain
Barbara Wilkes, Forsyth
Mrs. Fleddie Hardy, W.
Palm Beach, Fla.
Lance N. DeLoach,
Thomaston
T. H. Ridgeway, Salisbury,
N. C.
Louis Taylor, Indian
Springs
Hal A. Summers, Steven
son, Ala.
A. H. Waldrep, Flovilla
Mrs. Minnie Hoard, Jack
son
Mr. & Mrs. Woodson Cox.
Sr.. Jackson
Lovett Fletcher, Jackson
W. H. Strickland. Jackson
Mrs. Johnny Kinard, Jack
son
Luther W'ilkins, Jackson
Mrs. Estelle Ham, Jackson
Cecil M. Beal, Jackson
W. A. Thaxton, Jackson