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OLD JACKSON POST OFFICE This picture of the Jackson Post Office in 1907,
located in the building now occupied by Southern Bell’s business office, was submitted by
Mrs. W. T. Cawthon, of Atlanta. Among those identified are, far left, Sid Watkins, Rt. 1
carrier; the lady is Mrs. J. G. McDonald and to her left is her husband, the postmaster; to
Mr. McDonald’s left is Tom Cawthon, Rt. 2 carrier, and the late husband of Mrs. W. T.
Cawthon.
Some South American Indians believe that eclipses are
caused by a huge jaguar attacking the sun and the moon.
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FOR SEVERAL YEARS now the B-l bomber has been the
subject of a great deal of controversy. At present it is being
developed by the U.S. Air Force to initially supplement and
eventually replace the B-52 aircraft.
The B-52, combined with the land-based Intercontinental
Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) and the Submarine Launched Bal
listic Missiles (SLBMs), form the triad of our nation’s strategic
forces.
Even before the B-52 series became airborne in 1958, the Air
Force had begun planning for the development of an advanced
supersonic replacement. The B-l is the second attempt to pro
duce a replacement for the B-52.
The B-l bomber has both advantages and disadvantages. For
example, although the B-l is only two-thirds the size of the
B-52, it carries nearly twice the payload, carrying both con
ventional and nuclear weapons. It can travel at much higher
speeds at treetop level and at altitudes above 50,000 feet. Yet,
it can take off from shorter runways than those required of
the B-52.
Also, proponents of the B-l say that the manned bomber is
the only element of the strategic defense system that has been
proven under combat conditions, and that it would add a great
deal of flexibility and mobility.
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HOWEVER, THE COST of the B-l is a major bone of con
tention. Each aircraft costs somewhere in the neighborhood of
$86.6 million, thus putting a price tag on the overall program
of" $21.6 billion. This does not include operation and mainte
nance, and other related expenses. Opponents of the B-l also
contend that the manned bomber is vulnerable to the existing
Soviet defense, and that this would negate any flexibility ad
vantages.
Personally, I advocate the construction and implementation
of the B-l bomber into our nation’s defense system. The B-52,
the only effective bomber we have, is now close to 20 years
old, and I feel that it is an out-moded aircraft. I am simply
unwilling to see this country become a second-rate military
power. If I am to err on national defense, I want to err on the
side of national security, not the lack of it.
However, I do feel that the postponement of the debate on
the B-l until the November elections are over and the new
Congress is in session is a good idea.
I don t feel that it should be a major issue in the upcoming
Presidential election. Also, this postponement will allow more
time for study and a more complete evaluation of the aircraft.
In the final analysis, though, the decision should be made on the
basis of military strategy and our nation’s security, not political
convenience.
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JACKSON SEAFOOD
Is Now Open
Under New Management
Wednesday, August 4
12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
10a.m. toßp.m.
We will continue to offier
the finest, freshest in seafoods at
reasonable prices. Give us a
chance to make you one of our
satisfied customers.
Jackson Seafood
G. W. (Boot) Roberts, Owner
Herman Talmadge
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
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I am Van Kersey. I am running for Post No.
3, Butts County Commissioner. I'm the son of
the late Ammon L. Kersey and Kelly Viola
Bennett Kersey. I'm married to the former
Frankie Duke. We have three children. Our
eldest daughter, Pat, is married to Aubrey
Hamlin; our youngest daughter, Pebbles, is
married to Glenn Smith. Our son, Eddie, is at
home. We have four grandchildren, Chris,
Tammy, Melissa and Dawn.
I was born and raised in the Stark
Community and have lived there all my life. I
have owned and operated Kersey's Boat
Service on Jackson Lake for the past 21 years.
There are a lot of changes I would like to see
made or things improved in our county and just
to mention a few:
First, from talking to various people over
the county our tax situation seems to be No. 1.
Well, I won't be one to say I think it's high but I
don t have a solution to it and I don't believe any
man running has. It's something the
commissioners and the people will have to work
out that will be equal to all land owners to the
best of their ability.
Second, with the equipment Butts County
has I don't believe our county's dirt roads and
Robert Lawton
Rites Were
Held Sunday
Funeral services for
Robert Lee Lawton, 76, of
Route One, Jackson, were
conducted Sunday afternoon
at three o’clock from the
chapel of Haisten Funeral
Home. The Rev. A. L. Price
and Rev. E. R. Savage
officiated. Interment was in
the Pepperton Cemetery.
A retired Butts County
farmer, Mr. Lawton died
Friday morning at Westbury
Nursing Home.
Born in McCormick
County. S.C., July 23,1900, he
was the son of the late Martin
Luther Lawton and the late
Mary Elizabeth Trullis. He
was married to the late Ole
Mae Maddox.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs., Horace
Watkins and Mrs. James
Bedsole, of Jackson; four
VOTE FOR
VAN KERSEY
POST NO. 3
BUTTS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
IYDUR LIFE
INSURANCE
ilift
Q. Make hay while the sun
shines-that’s what I say. But
not my husband. But I’m
sujw you 11 approve of what
he wants to make: plans about
death. In a world that’s filled
with beautiful places to visit,
and though it won’t be many
years before we’re both ova
sons. John Lawton, Flovilla;
James Lawton, Forsyth;
William Lawton, Sandusky,
Ohio, and Charles Lawton,
Tolio, Ohio.
Pallbearers were J. W.
' Pulliam, Frank Rosser, A. G.
Cook, Ervin Maddox, Marion
Maddox, and Jimmy Audry.
Haisten Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
TO THE VOTERS
OF
BUTTS COUNTY
THURSDAY, AUGUST S, 1976
35, he sinks every spare nickel
into savings and insurance.
When is enough enough?
A. One of the most beautiful
places in the world, many a
widow finds, is her own home.
Some recently widowed wom
en get to keep their homes.
Others have to move out.
They lose their homes and
often get the perils of a city
apartment in return. Insur
ance makes the difference.
Your insurance program is
adequate if it provides enough
funds so that you can: (1)
keep your home; (2) raise the
children through school with
out extreme deprivation; (3)
have funds to pay last-illness
expenses, death taxes, charge
accounts and the like; (4)
have some income coming in
for you after the children are
grown; and (5) do whatever
you want your insurance pro
gram to do (if anything) about
providing retirement funds.
An insurance program isn’t
a plan about death; it’s a plan
about how to survive if some
one does die-and often how
to retire if one doesn’t pre
maturely die. The amount of
money required can be con
siderable. That ain’t hay.
bridges are being kept like they could. It seems
to me the more roads we get paved or black
topped the less attention our dirt roads get and
that doesn't make sense to me. I lived on a dirt,
muddy, rough, dusty road for about 30 years so
I know as well as anybody what it's like.
Third, I think if the county has a piece of
equipment, may it be a motor grader or any
other piece of machinery, around a person's
house that needs a little job done, do it. You can
do more work in five minutes with a motor
grader than a man can do with a pick and shovel
in a half a day. I believe the people deserve
more for their tax dollars.
I would like to say I have nothing against
any of my opponents in this commissioner's
race. They are all personal friends and, win or
lose, they will be when it's all over.
Butts County is a small county comparing it
with some of the others but there are a lot of
people in it and it's going to be hard to see all the
voters, so to the ones I miss, don't think for a
minute I wouldn't appreciate your vote.
Vote for a man who believes in an honest
day's work. A man who likes progress. A man
who will work with the other County
Commissioners. A man who has lived in the
county all his life. A man who will stand in his
shoes.
Burial Rites
Held Thursday
For Mrs. Price
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Emma Farrell Price,
of Orchard Hill, were held
Thursday, July 29, at three
o'clock from McDonald
Chapel in Griffin. The Rev.
Alfred Perdue officiated and
interment was in the
Pepperton Cemetery in Jack
son .
Mrs. Price, for many years
a resident of Jackson and the
widow of the late John Henry
Price, died Wednesday
morning, July 28, at the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital.
She had made her home in
Griffin for the past 30 years
and was a member of the
Outreach of Christ Pente
costal Church.
Survivors include six
daughters, Mrs. Molly Ruth
Durden of Social Circle; Mrs.
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Health & Beauty Briefs
A physician reporting at a
symposium on obesity sug
gested that if a patient is
asked to eat more slowly,
take smaller bites, and learn
how to enjoy his food more
by savoring it, he may cut
down on his food intake.
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Hair dye to cover the gray
should not be used more
often than once every thrive
weeks, unless care is taken to
dye only new growth. Tem
porary rinses, shampoos, or
color sticks help conceal new
growth of gray hair between
dyeings.
Marguerite Pitts, Mrs. Helen
Giles, Mrs. Marrex Manley,
Mrs. Elizabeth Koch, all of
Griffin, and Mrs. Minnie Lee
Taylor of Texas; a step
daughter, Mrs. Mamie Lou i
Walker of New York; 22
grandchildren; 34 great
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
