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Does Butts County Need A
Community Canning Plant?
Now that the beans have begun
to shoot out their tendrils and a few
white blossoms foretell a future
harvest, the tomato plants are
laden with fruit silver-dollar size
and the corn is already knee-high in
the bottoms, it is time to think
about what shall we do with
nature’s promised bounty.
Home freezing provides part of
the answer, but not a complete one.
Certain fruits and vegetables lend
themselves nicely to this method of
preservation, others do not.
For many years, the County
owned and operated a community
canning plant, with minimal fees
charged for use of the facilities and
cans sold to the canner at
Free Is A Word That Has
Lost Its Meaning
Are we raising a generation of
Americans who literally believe
that when the word “free” is used
that there are no costs involved? It
would appear that we are, or
indeed, already have.
On every hand, we use the
word free loosely. Free school
room lunches, free lunches for the
oldsters, free transportation to
medical care and nutrition centers,
free eyeglasses and on and on ad
infinitum.
Small wonder, then, that those
accepting such aid have come to
believe that such gifts are indeed
“free”, provided by a beneficent
government to those in need, or
Congress Pours Foreign
Oil on Troubled Waters
While members of Congress
are concerning themselves with the
boudoir antics of one of their
members, the 1973-74 oil crisis
which is still with us to an even
greater degree remains unsolved,
or even unchallenged.
Is the public’s memory so short
that the long lines at the fuel pumps
of three years ago have been
.forgotten?
Does the public know, or care,
that in 1975, for the first time in the
nation’s history, the United States
imported more than 50 percent of
its oil requirements from Eastern
Hemisphere countries?
If the present trend towards
dependence on foreign oil con
tinues, it will not be long before this
country is importing two-thirds of
its oil supply.
' Just imagine what would happen
if the OPEC nations could get
together and really enforce a total
oil embargo against the United
States. The horse and buggy age
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With home gardens more
prevalent now than any time since
World War 11, there certainly
would be no shortage of foodstuffs
to be processed.
The extent to which such a
facility would be utilized could be
determined by a questionnaire and
the costs-use ratio then could be
evaluated by the County Commis
sion.
With electric energy costs
constantly rising, community can
ning might well offer to gardeners
and farmers of Butts County the
cheapest and most palatable
method of food preservation.
claiming to be in need.
We are not belittling such
generosity. The aged, the infirm,
the blind, the lame, the indigent are
worthy of all our love, concern and
financial support.
But we do feel that all
Americans, welfare recipients or
not, should awaken to the fact that
there is nothing “free” in this
country. That whenever someone
gets something for nothing, that
someone else had to earn money to
pay for it.
Maybe “gift” would be a better
term than “free” to describe most
of our human-help endeavors.
would return in a hurry and, at
least, our mode of transportation
would not be subject to the whims
of the oil sheiks.
But, more importantly, is this
nation ready to forfeit, or
endanger, victory in another war
because its oil and gas supplies are
not adequate to sustain its fighting
machine in a prolonged conflict?
Within a year, the flow of
Alaskan oil will help the situation,
but it will still leave the country
perilously short of the ultimate
goal of energy independence.
Congress and the presidency
just haven’t come to grips with this
issue. They are victims of the
self-complacency induced by the
ready access of foreign oil and
lulled by the steady hum of the
endless lines of autos on the
freeways
Let us hope that when they
awaken from their hypnotic trance
of myopia and apathy, it will not be
too late.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1976
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT IONES
For many years, back
when the country was more
naive and less sophisticated
in such matters, a great deal
of the wayside inns and
tourist homes throughout the
hinterlands used the old
gimmick, “George Washing
ton slept here,” to attract the
more gullible of the hero
worshippers.
The recent effusion of
scandals surrounding the
sex-life of official Washing
ton would call for a more
explicit up-date of the tourist
come-on to read, “President
so-and-son slept here with
Miss, Mrs. or Ms. so-and-so.”
Congress, who has spent
taxpayer’s money to re
search everything from the
sex life of the tetse fly to the
range of the Arctic white
whale, is now spending
taxpayer’s money to deter
mine if a secretary could
really sec after all.
It all came about when
Rep. Wayne Hays, a 65-year
old Democrat from Ohio who
is too old to be engaged in
research on the male-female
relationship, was alleged to
have hired a $14,000-a-year
playmate named Elizabeth
Ray, who acknowledges to
27, to engage in some private
research on the improper
relationship between 65 and
27-year-old parties of the
opposite sex.
Both Rep. Hays and Miss
Ray say the research was
successful, that the end
result was accomplished. But
Miss Ray also says that was
all that was accomplished,
that she cannot type, file, or
even answer the phone in a
proper manner.
Now Hays’ staff has come
to his defense, proclaiming
loudly that Miss Ray is
indeed competent in areas
other than the one in which
the Congressman pro
nounced her a smashing
success.
It will surely cost the
sorely-beset American tax
payers several million
dollars to determine if Miss
Ray is a qualified secretary
and accomplished worth
while work for the Congres
sional committee which
employed her.
The feeling here is that if a
Congresman wants to do
some tomcatting, let him do
it at his own expense, and not
ask the American taxpayer
to bear the cost of a sordid,
adulterous spectacle.
It would seem that Miss
Ray may have some
emotional and psychological
problems, although physical
ly she seems to be
functioning fine, as witness
ed by the fact that Playboy
magazine is rumored to have
some close-ups of her
physical attributes prepared
for publication.
The whole volatile ball of
wax is to fall into the lap of
Congressman John Flynt,
Jr., who is chairman of the
House Ethics Committee.
Quite rightly, he has refused
to comment on the issue as
his committee will hear
evidence introduced by the
two contending parties.
Rep. Hays says he is
worried about his career and
his marriage, he having
recently taken a bride, while
Miss Ray was giving him
bedroom lectures about how
she could not function as a
proper secretary. He says
nothing about losing his
honor, evidently being more
worried about being elected
than being worthy of elec
tion.
There must have been
terror on the Potomac this
Spring as the cherry blos
soms bloomed. Almost daily,
anew kiss-and-tell confes
sion comes forth frpm some
unexpected source, involving
presidents, cabinet mem
bers, congressman and other
Washington dignitaries.
Bragging on whom you slept
with seems to be the latest
fad among the play-girl set.
Some Americans will cry
out for Hays’ resignation.
Others, jealous, will say he
was doing only what others
were doing and just got
caught. Others will demand
not only his resignation, but
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A Stroll Down
Memory Lane
News of 10 Years Ago
George Weaver, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lamar Weaver, has
been named valedictorian of
the 1966 Jackson High
graduating class and Miss
Emily McKibben, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
McKibben, Jr., was named
salutatorian.
Cadet S-Sgt. David L.
Potts, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn L. Potts, has been
named the outstanding mem
ber of the Honor Guard at
Gordon Military College in
Barnesville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry
Ridgeway announced the
engagement of their daugh
ter, Janie Diane Ridgeway,
to Thomas Aldine Car
michael, Jr.
ABW Chevrolet Cos. an
nounced the grand opening
June 9 of their new facility on
East Third Street.
Two Jackson girls, Miss
Julia E. Evans and Miss
Nora Linda Harrison were
graduated from Wesleyan
College at recent cere
monies. Miss Harrison was
graduated cum laude.
Deaths during the week:
Charles R. Brown, 46, and
Chesney Warren Scar
brough.
News of 20 Years Ago
The straw ballot held in the
City of Jackson to determine
the voter’s sentiments on the
matter of parking meters
resulted in a 58-58 tie, leaving
the entire question still in a
quandary.
Billy Leverette was named
president of the Butts County
Jaycees for the 1956-57 year.
David Ridgeway was named
vice president, Marion
Whiten, secretary and Billy
Sutton, secretary.
Miss Jane McMichael,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. McMichael, has been
named winner of the 1956
achievement award offered
by the Jackson B&PW Club.
Mrs. J. E. Carmichael was
the winner of S6O in
Saturday’s Appreciation Day
program. The trade-day
event, now almost a year old,
has 27 of the 42 original
merchants still participa
ting.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Lena Coleman Tram
mell, 69; J. K. Sitton, 75, and
Mrs. Lucile Hodges Manley.
59.
News of 30 Years Ago
Benjamin B. Garland,
Jackson attorney and
veteran of the Italian
campaign, will represent
Butts County in the Georgia
House of Representatives,
having recieved no opposi
tion in his first political race.
W. G. Reeves has been
appointed police officer at
the Indian Springs State
Park.
Pepperton lost a 12-inning
game to Yellow Cab of
Atlanta 1-0, in what many
feel was the finest baseball
game ever played in Butts
County. Homer Capps gave
up only two hits until the 12th
when two singles and a
sacrifice scored the winning
run. Charles King, Pepperton
manager and catcher, had
four hits for the losers.
Miss Viola Slaughter pre
sented a group of piano
students in a recital Saturday
afternoon. Appearing oi) the
program were Eugenia Ball,
Judy Fletcher, June Kitc
hens, Margaret Rawls,
Winona Rawls, Mary Rawls,
Lynwood Thurston and Mar
lin Wise.
Miss Virginia Ball, daugh
restitution of public funds
misspent for fraudulent, im
moral purposes.
But most of us will just
wonder, How Many More?
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ball,
Sr., received an A.B. degree
from Wesleyan.
News of 40 Years Ago
Mrs. E. H. Pace won first
prize in The Progress-Argus’
circulation contests, with
Mrs. Ruth Lane Redman,
second; Miss Mary Newton,
third; Miss Virginia Craw
ford, fourth; and R. D.
Bankston, fifth. First prize
was the choice of anew
Chevrolet or Ford, SSOO in
cash or a trip to Europe.
Dr. 0. B. Howell, chairman
of the Butts County Commis
sion, will deliver an address
over WSB radio outlining the
issues involved in the present
gubernatorial campaign.
The marriage of Miss
Rebecca Britton to John L.
Coleman was announced
during the week, as was the
engagement of Effie Reece
McMurray to Asa H. Mad
dox.
At the Princess Theater for
Thursday, Frank Morgan in
“The Perfect Genteman”,
plus a special screen test for
Butts County girls.
Victor Carmichael, post
master, announced that the
property on South Mulberry
St. and Byars Avenue, must
be vacated by June 20. Anew
federal building and post
office will be erected on
property now occupied by
Carter stables.
News of 50 Years Ago
Fire destroyed the Juliette
Grist Mill, the largest of the
old-fashioned water power
■ plants in the South on May 27.
Loss was put at $150,000.
“The Egg Show held in
connection with the Poultry
Show in Jackson January 19
and 20 was the best in the
state,” according to Frank
Mitchell, field agent in
Poultry Extension of the
Georgia State College of
Agriculture.
Miss Lucile Aiken, who
taught in the Middlese, N. C.
schools the past year, has
accepted a position in the
Gray, Ga. system for the
1926-27 school year.
The 71 Confederate pen
sioners in the County have
been paid for the second
quarter. A check for $3,500
was recently received by
Judge J. H. Ham, or about
SSO for each pensioner.
Two tracts of land were
placed on sale, but bids
rejected on Tuesday. T. B.
Conner bid $775 for 12 acres
and an 8-room house on the
Mack Watkins, Sr. home
place. The bid of $64.58 per
acre was rejected and the
property will probably be
offered again later in the
year.
To all candidates for
political office in 1976.
You should look at the
discrimination against the
mobile home owners and
residents who are required to
buy 10 or more acres of land
to set his mobile home on his
own land. But he can buy one
acre of land and build a house'
on his land.
This discriminates against
the mobile home owner and
residents. Our elected offi
cials should review and
adjust this discrimination.
The mobile home residents
and-or owners pay state,
county, city, sales, gasoline,
fedeal excise and income
taxes. There are community
development projects in
states,'counties and cities
organized to keep the mobile
flmrr
By Mrs. Cindy Brown
"WHATCAN IDO
NOW, MAMA?”
When I was a little girl, I
spent many afternoons play
ing mother to my make
believe children. I had a
special place, as most all
children do, where I could
play and play, letting my
imagination run wild. There
was a group of Cherry Laurel
trees in our back yard that
were ideally suited for a little
girl’s playhouse.
My kids don’t know how to
play unless they have at least
twenty dollars worth of toys
to help them. 1 am sick and
tired of G. I. Joes, Tonka
trucks and other toys, some
having at least a million
parts, which generally end
up in the vacuum cleaner
bag.
“Mama, what can I do
now?” “I’m tired of riding
my SBO.OO multi-use bicycle.”
And have you ever noticed
that children are allergic to
sunshine? Mine are. On a
pretty day, all the little
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EIGHT GREAT WORDS
Have you heard about the little boy who said to his
teacher, “I ain’t got no pencil.” Being an English teacher, she
corrected him at once in strong language, very loud. “It’s ‘I
don’t have a pencil.’ ‘You don’t have a pencil.’ ‘We don’t have
any pencils.’ ‘They don’t have any pencils.’ Is that clear?”
“No,” said the bewildered child. “What happened to all them
pencils?”
Well, language can sometimes be an amusing thing.
But it can equally as well be an effective thing. Our topic is
“Eight Great Words.” It has to do with language. It also has
to do with life. In fact, if you will learn to use these eight great
words I can assure you that life will be not only more effective
but also more enjoyable for you.
These eight great words are words which should be
spoken by and to all people regardless of rank or station in
life. You do not have to be rich nor educated to speak them.
These eight great words are verbal proof of a very noble
person—the person who uses them. They are words which will
open doors for you which otherwise would be forever closed.
These eight great words verbalize the Golden Rule. They are
words you would like to have spoken to you. They are a guide
by which you can “speak unto others as you would have them
speak unto you.” These eight great words aren’t deep
theological term. They are very simple words. And, after all,
beauty is most often found in simplicity. What are these
words?
One great word is “Please.” That is a very simple
word, isn’t it? Nothing complicated about it. It isn’t a deep"
theological term. No, please is a simple word.
Please is the politeness which should accompany a
request. When you request something and you add the word
please, it shows you have kindness in your request. And
kindness can melt the coldest heart.
Please turns a command into a request. Please shows
you respect the other person and take into consideration his
feelings. Which is better: “Would you open the door?” or
“Would you open the door, please?” Which would you prefer
to be spoken to you?
Using the work please indicates that you are a
courteous person. Its use says something about your nature
and character, Its absence speaks in strong language a defect
in your makeup.
One definition of the word please is this: “To give
pleasure or satisfaction to.” When you use this word you give
the other person the pleasure and satisfaction of knowing that
he has replied to a request of yours. You didn’t make a
command on him, but you requested a favor. And the other
person would prefer a request than a command. In face, none
of us desire to be commanded. But each of us appreciates a
request because it gives us a chance to help.
It is a great word, this word please. It can make great
people of those who continually use it. It is the first of eight
great words. -(To Be Continued)
home resident out of their
areas. But the cities,
counties and states make
applications for federal
grants for all kinds of
developments and projects.
Some utility companies
discriminate in some of these
areas against the mobile
home owners and residents.
To benefit low and mode
rate and fixed income
groups, this discrimination
should be adjusted and
stopped, so that the mobile
home resident could buy a
small acreage of one or two
acres to set his mobile home
on, to help out with his or her
income by growing his or her
own vegetables.
This discrimination should
be stopped.
This discrimination we can
angels want to do is stay
inside, but let the rain come
and all I hear is “Mama,
mama, why can’t I go
outside?”
One day soon, I shall
confiscate all the toys in our
house and then I shall see
what happens. I have even
thought about hacking the
T.V. set into a jillion parts.
Woe be unto me, if and when
I do that. I’m not 100 percent
sure what would happen, but
I’m betting that the world
might just come to an end.
Why, the idea of a house
that is TV-less would send
my little folks into a state of
shock. No more Land of the
Lost; no more Bionic
Woman; no more Sesame
Street. If my youngsters
were not allowed TV and
toys, Mission Impossible
tactics would have to be
employed. I might even have
to call Steve Austin in to
straighten things out.
It’s funny how make
believe babies were so easy
to raise!
‘Whatsoever
Things’
By Donald E. Wildmon
adjust and fix if we vote in
1976.
By the Country Boy
Guy E. Gray
Rt. 2 Box 337-E
Jackson, Ga. 30233
I would like to take this
opportunity to commend our
county sanitarian, Mr. Bill
Essich, for the efficient
manner in which he performs
his duties.
From personal experience
I have always found him to
be calm, efficient, dedicated
and persistent. Thank you for
the chance to express my
feelings in this manner.
Jimmy B. Hardy