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Robin Loretta Johnson To Wed
Lewis Frank Carson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D.
Johnson of Jackson, Georgia
request the presence of all
relatives and friends at the
forthcoming marriage of
their daughter, Robin
Loretta, to Frank Carson,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Frank Carson, Sr. of
Jackson, Georgia.
The bride-elect is the
granddaughter of Mrs. Eliza
Johnson and the late Mr C. D.
Johnson of Jackson and Mrs.
The Central Georgia EMC To Have
Womans Day Program on May 11th
The Central Georgia EMC
Annual Woman’s Day Pro
gram is planned for Wednes
day, May 11, at 10:00 A.M. at
the CGEMC auditorium in
Jackson.
Miss Beverly Hutto, In
terior Designer from Cobb
Center Rich’s, will help
homemakers and working
women with energy wise
home decorating.
Terry Kay, Public Inform
ation Director, Oglethorpe
Electric, will discuss how the
energy problem today affects
everyone. With Mr. Kay will
be a “Power Use” demon
stration.
Mrs. Myrtle Spradling
from Oster Company will
present an up-to-date demon
stration with the lastest
energy saving appliance
items from Oster.
THE SINGING DRUM IS
THEATRE PRODUCTION
The Academy Children’s
Theatre is now performing
The Singing Drum Monday
through Friday mornings at
10:00 a.m. and Saturday
afternoons at 2:00 p.m. The
Singing Drum, by Edward
Lee and the company, is an
audience-participation play,
with music and dance,
suitable for children from
grade levels kindergarten
through seven.
Performances continue
through May 28, with the
week of May 23rd set aside
for a residency at Clark
College.
Teachers may attend a
weekday or Saturday per
formance free of charge to
preview the play, although
reservations are required.
The Academy Theatre is
located at 3213 Roswell Road,
N.E., Atlanta.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
James returned recently
from a month’s vacation in
Clearwater, Florida. En
route they stopped by the
Sheriff’s Boys Ranch in
Hahira and had lunch with
them.
Violet R. Scott of Stock
bridge, Georgia. She is a 1975
graduate of Jackson Christ
ian Academy.
Mr Carson is the grandson
of Mrs. Evy Carson and the
late Mr. W. F. Carson of
Austell, Georgia. He is a 1974
graduate of Jackson High
School.
The wedding will take
place May 21st at seven
o'clock in the evening at
Second Baptist Church of
Jackson.
Bill Pagel, senior salesman
from Dow Chemcial U.S.A.,
will instruct consumers
about Dow’s newest sheeting
product for energy saving
home construction.
New Home Owners, Build
ers, and Building Contract
ors are Especially Urged to
Attend This Important and
Very Informative Meeting!
Everyone is invited to
attend the program. Those
attending are asked to bring
a covered dish for the
luncheon that is to be served
at noon. Reservations are
necessary so that ample ar
rangements can be made for
the luncheon. Please make
reservations by Wednesday,
May 4th. Call The Central
Georgia EMC at 775-7857,
Member Services Depart
ment.
OPEN HOUSE
ATTENDED BY
THE HARRISES
Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Harris motored to Douglas
ville on Saturday to attend
Fellowship Open House at
the school which their
grandson, Michael Harris,
attends.
In the morning there were
father and son games with
competition in all sorts of
outdoor games. Michael and
his father won the “shot put”
throwing contest; then a
delicious picnic dinner was
enjoyed by all. This was
followed by the presentation
of a play in the amphitheater
at the school, which re
enacted the annual visit to
Mexico each summer made
by the senior boys.
Awards were presented for
achievements. Michael was
one of fourteen boys in the
school receiving the Presi
dent’s Physical Fitness
award given for excelling in
eight categories. An out
standing emphasis during
the day was the Christian
motivated type of activities
throughout the school and
between teacher and pupil.
The meeting was an inspira
tion to all who attended.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Happy
Birthdays
The Progress-Argus ex
tends a very HAPPY
BIRTHDAY to the following:
May 6: Billy Stodghill, Roy
Patrick, Mrs. John Folds,
Mrs. B. F. Mitchell, Conner
Dodson, James Lawton,
Albert Cleveland Smith, W.
J. James, Harold Cook, Mrs.
Rudolph Hodges, Mrs. John
Cochrane, Harry Allen
Reeves, William Dawson
Heath, Mrs. Fred Raney, Jr.,
Jeff Coleman, Eddie Jones,
David Elwood McClendon,
Jr.
May 7: James Maddox,
Mrs. J. R. Pulliam, Mrs.
Combs Taylor, Mrs. J. M.
Kitchens, Eugene Prosser,
Mrs. Charles Kemp, Jr.,
Mrs. Lawrence Morgan,
Edythe Lynette Godsey,
Joyce Causey, Terri Lynn
Hoard, Michael Patrick
Long, Mrs. Glenn Smith,
Mrs. Millard Daniel, Mrs. C.
M. Nash, Calvin Pinder,
Charles H. Price, Mrs. Fred
Mangham.
May 8: Coy Whidby, David
Lloul Elliott. Mrs. W. J.
Kitchens, Shirley Lunsford,
Mrs. R. A. Vaughn, Mrs.
Bobby Whitaker, Lloyd Jen
kins, Lee Perkins, Kimberly
Darlene Enright, David
Whitlatch, David Berry.
May 9: Arthur S. Maddox,
Charles Franklin Barnwell,
Charles Stewart, Eugene
Latham, Mrs. Patricia W.
Sark, Danny Mangham, Mrs.
George S. Hatcher, Phillip
Michael Redman, Mrs. Peg
gy Fentress, R. C. Yancey,
Joseph Patterson, Dennis
Mangham, Nancy Johnson,
Mrs. Henry S. Thayer, Mrs.
Charles H. Smith, Edward
Storey, Herbert Hopkins, Joe
Hayes.
May 10: Miss Viola
Slaughter, Mrs. V. W. Cole,
Nellie Rae Thaxton, Mrs.
Grady Smith, Billy Boyd,
Mrs. Virginia B. Kelly,
Fannie Sue Smith, A. E.
Rush, Sr., Eugene Wells, Tim
Gregg, Dot Conger, Mrs.
Pete Peters, Jeff Butter
worth, Susan Henry, John
Terrell, Jeffrey Richardson,
Derek Lunsford, Michelle
Lee Carmichael.
May 11: Mrs Dempsey
Thurston, Mrs. Edward C.
Taylor, Margaret Lummus,
Mrs. G. W. Wise, Mrs. Henry
F. Grady, Minnie Gail
Spencer. Harriett Hender
son, Neal Rozelle, Katherine
Smith, Thomas Gray Saun
ders, F. S. Powell, Mrs.
Calvin L. Johnson, Timothy
Lee Cook, Rev. John Hug
gins, Stephen Adams, Mitch
Young, Susan F. Nodine.
May 12: Mrs. L. S. Rape,
Julia Taylor, Mrs. L. A.
Brooks, Jr., Alvin Eugene
Duke. Tabitha Couch, Peggy
Goff Jackson, Richard Hunt
Burford, Ruby Kay Mackey,
W. A. Duke, 111, Frank
Childs. Kathy Lucile Mc-
Elheney, Marshall Barnette,
Daniel Dahlin, Jimmy E.
Fogg, Robert Baker, John
Kelley, Mrs. A. G. Brown,
Mrs. Howard Nix, Mrs.
Maude Bevard, William J.
James, Charles Walden,
Mrs. Howard Goens, Mrs.
Gerald Hamlin, Jeremiah
Stallings.
LITTLE LEAGUE
AUXILIARY TO SELL
LIGHT BULBS
The Little League Ladies
Auxiliary have as their
project this year the sale of
light bulbs. The Auxiliary
has been able to obtain a
supply of Westinghouse light
bulbs at a discount and
purchasers may have them
delivered to their home by
placing their orders with any
Pee Wee, Ty Cobb or Little
League player.
Bulbs will be ottered in a
variety of sizes, including
3-way and outdoor flood
lights.
Miss Mary Newton Celebrated
Her 95th Birthday on Sunday
Miss Mary Newton was
born in Butts County,
Georgia on May 1, 1882. She
is the daughter of the late
William Aris Newton and
Mary Elizabeth Carmichael
Newton, life long residents of
Butts County. Miss Mary had
one sister and seven broth
ers. Three brothers are
living.
Descended from two prom
inent Butts County families,
Miss Mary tells of hearing
her father and grandfather
tell of Sherman’s visit during
the Civil War. She said her
grandfather Newton had only
one cow left after that
infamous visit. Her grand
father Harkness was able to
secure most of his valuables
which were guarded by a
trusted slave, who, when he
was told he was free after the
war refused to leave. Grand
father Harkness was able to
help lots of people get started
again after the war.
“Miss Mary,” a petite,
charming lady, remembers
Jackson when “there was not
much here.” Most every
thing was located at Indian
Springs, Cork and Flovilla.
She remembers that her
father furnished the sand
from a creek on his place to
go into the mortar when the
courthouse, the Methodist
Church and the first Baptist
Church were built. In fact, all
the old buildings had sand in
the mortar from the old
Newton homeplace. Mr.
Newton operated a hardware
store but Miss Mary never
worked in the store. Her
brothers did that. She didn’t
work outside the home and
“didn’t work much at home”
because they were fortunate
to have faithful servants who
did most of the house work,
so she “didn’t do too much
work.”
In a very modest, charm
ing way, she told how her
family grew up, looking to a
much-loved and respected
father to make decisions and
knowing “that he could do
anything” they never wor
ried about the future. She
went to school in Butts
County until she finished high
school and then on to Cox
College. After college days
she returned to Jackson and
has been here ever since.
She never married...her
reason...“ Didn’t see any
reason to. I had a good time
and was happy.” She is
thankful now that she was
able to stay with her parents
when they became old and to
help look after their needs
until they died. She felt that
they needed her.
Miss Mary has always
attended First Baptist
Church. She accepted Christ
as Saviour at about thirteen
and joined the church. She
has seldom missed Sunday
School and Worship Services
in her life. She has never
taught a Sunday School
Class. “I couldn’t teach,” she
said, ’’some can do one thing,
others can do other things, I
couldn’t teach. I knew this
and I didn’t. I have seen
some who think they can and
they can’t. I knew I couldn’t
and I didn’t.” She has
watched the progress and the
changes in her beloved
church with an interested
optimistic attitude. She saw
the church outgrow the old
building and begin and finish
the new one. She misses
going “across the street” as
she could walk to church and
did not have to depend on
anyone. She is a very
independent lady and does
not like to be dependent on
anyone to take her to church.
She enjoyed watching what
was going on at church. The
new building is nice, but she
misses the old one. Her
grandfather was one of the
charter members of First
Baptist.
Spring is Miss Mary’s
favorite time of year and she
is up and outside in her yard
sweeping the walk and
looking at flowers and
enjoying the beauty of God’s
world during this season of
the year. She does not like
cold weather and doesn’t
care for the fall. Spring is her
time of year. She walks to
town and goes to the grocery
store when she feels up to
it.
Thankful to be living
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977
another birthday, Miss Mary
smiles as she recalls the days
of her youth and young
adulthood. She remembers
the names of many well
known Butts countians in her
reminiscing. Still enjoying
people, she stops to chat with
friends and neighbors as she
walks around Jackson, as she
is known and loved by all.
She enjoys going to Indian
Springs as that “is like
home.” Her favorite past
time is “resting.” “I do get
tired,” she said. Television is
good company even if some
of the shows aren’t worth
watching. Reading was a
favorite past time but her
eyes are getting “tired,”
now.
“Oh, I’ve had a happy
life,” she said and smiled. “I
don’t want to be a burden to
anyone. That is why I liked
the church across the street.
Someone has to pick me up
now and I remember
something a relative of mine
once said. ‘lf you ever have
to be picked up it is worse
than picking up.’ Now, I
waste a lot of time because I
get ready too soon and just
watch for the one who is to
pick me up. I just ask that I
be able to continue to see
after myself and not be a
burden on anyone.
Sharp and alert, Miss Mary
declared that she did not
think Jimmy Carter would
be elected President. She
said she went to Plains once
to a tea and was terribly
troubled when she learned
that Jimmy Carter was run
ning for president. “I did not
think he knew enough about
international problems to be
president, but, he knows a lot
more than I thought he did.
He does have a good
education and he seems to be
doing a good job, but oh, he
has a silly smile.” “But,” she
went on, “He is better than
the one we had. I just
couldn’t believe what Nixon
did. He really shocked me.
However, I believe he has a
good wife and I don’t think
she knew any more than we
did. I think she was as
shocked as we were.”
All in all, Miss Mary has a
happy, interesting life at
ninety-five. She says that
everyone is so good to her.
Her beloved “Fidelis” Sun
day School class means so
much to her. She rarely
misses Sunday School or
worship services. She is an
active member of a Mission
Action Group and takes part
in all its activities. She loves
her Lord, her pastor and the
church and appreciates so
much all that people do for
her
Truly old age and its dread
has passed her by and she
remains young only five
years from a hundred.
RENEE SMITH
RECEIVES DISTRICT
MERIT AWARD
Miss Renee Smith, a clerk
in the Spalding County
Health Department, was one
of only two recipients
selected recently from al
(most 700 eligible Human
Resources employees in
District Four to receive a
Certificate of Merit.
Each month, a selection
committee made up of
elected representatives of
stall and the major admini
strators of Human Re
sources. select deserving
employees throughout the
District to receive a Certifi
cate ot Merit.
The certificate is given in
recognition of “a particular
ly high level of dedication, a
high quality of achievement,
and an outstanding spirit of
cooperation to which all in
the Department of Human
Resources might aspire."
Miss Smith was recognized
because of her outstanding
work in all areas, particular
ly her efforts in support of the
Early Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis and Treatment
Program in Spalding County.
Miss Smith is the daughter
ol Mrs. Robert E. Smith of
Route 3, Jackson.
New Arrivals
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LITTLE MISS SKINNER
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W.
Skinner of Flovilla announce
the birth of a daughter, Alicia
Beth, April 29th, at Coliseum
Park Hospital in Macon.
Mrs. Skinner is the former
Judy Smith. Grandparents
are Mrs. Kathleen Skinner of
Wilson, N. C. and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Smith of
Flovilla.
LITTLE MISS THAXTON
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W.
Thaxton announce the birth
of a daughter, Tiffany Nicole,
April 28th at Georgia Baptist
Hospital. The mother is the
former Maxine Redman of
Jackson. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Max Redman
and Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Thaxton.
GEORGIA NURSING
HOMES OBSERVE
NATIONAL WEEK
Nursing Homes throughout
Georgia and thousands of
other long term Care
Facilities across the nation
will observe National Nurs
ing Home Week, beginning
Mother's Day. May Bth. The
theme is “Old Friends Make
the Best New Friends.”
As one of 50 Affiliated State
Associations, “we are joining
with the 7,800 member homes
of the American Health Care
Association in this annual
program to draw attention to
the needs of the convales
cent, elderly and chronically
ill that reside in nursing
homes,” said Troy Athon,
executive vice president of
the Georgia Association.
"Most nursing homes in the
Georgia Association will be
conducting special activities,
our member homes welcome
visitors at any time.” The
Georgia Association, founded
in 1953, is an organization of
270 proprietary and non
proprietary long term care
facilities, caring for spproxi
mately 24.000 patients.
Special activities are plan
ned for the Westburv Medical
Care Home in Jenkinsburg
for the week, such as: “The
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FRESH
Ground Beef lb. 69c
FRESH PORK
Backbones lb. 49c
U. S. CHOICE
Chuck Roast lb. 69c
NECK BONES OR
Pig Feet lb. 39c
MILK gal. $1.39
Register For Free Vacation To Be
Given Away Saturday, July 2nd
COWAN’S GROCERY
HWY. 42 SOUTH
Motes Family” from Ken
nesaw will be singing at 3
P M. Mother’s Day. Several
residents will go to Fort
Yargo State Park May 9th,
several will be attending the
Ms. Nursing Home Pageant
in Atlanta on May 11, a
Bowling Tournament will
Dangles,
Hoops
and Loops
By Imperial’
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FRESH FIRM
Tomatoes lb. 39c
Collard
Sprouts lb. 29c
YELLOW OR WHITE
Corn ear 10c
FRESH
English Peas lb. 29c
Fresh Squash lb. 29c
FRESH GREEN
Cabbage lb. 12c
take place in McDonough
with residents from all three
Westbury Homes participat
ing. May 14th, there will be
an annual picnic for all
residen*s and their families
with special entertainment
with Rhett and Shirley
Glover from Griffin.