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laxfesmt Trogress-Jtrgjis J. D. Jones Publisher (1908 1955) Doyle Jones Jr. ~ Editor and Publisher (1955-1975) MRS. MARTHA G. JONES PUBLISHER VINCENT JONES EDITOR OFFICIAL ORGAN BUTTS COUNTY AND CITY OF JACKSON Published every Thursday at 129 South Mulberry Street, Jackson, Georgia 30233 by The Progress-Argus Printing Cos., Inc. Second Class Postage paid at Jackson, Georgia 30233. Address notice of undeliverable copies and other correspondence to The Jackson Progress-Argus, P.O. Box 249, Jackson, Georgia 30233 XSjmmSaryy One Year, in Georgia $6.24 Si \ Mounts, in Georgia $3.91 Editorials Who Will Chain the Giant? William Cullen Bryant, in writing about the free spirit of mankind, once asked the question, “Who shall place a limit to the giant’s unchained strength, or curb his swiftness in the forward race?” The question has relevance today to a giant growing in our own midst, a veritable colossus of education which, like the phoenix of old, has arisen from the ashes of its own destruction. Like most things lasting and worthwhile, Gordon Junior College has matured slowly after ridding itself of the shackles of an antedated method of education. Gordon was once known for its military curriculum, for the spit and polish of its cadets who distinguished themselves on fields of valor around the world. Coeds then were just frosting on the cake, rah-rah girls who led the cheers and kept the boys from having to dance with themselves at home comings. But the agony of Vietnam changed the character of the school and the thrust of its educational pursuits. Blue jeans have replaced the gray uniforms and coeds now outnumber the boys to the delight of both. The transition of Gordon from a private, military-oriented college to membership in Georgia’s University System was not accomplished without full public airings and a publicity campaign designed to inform the populace of the change. However beneficial the effect of changing the college from a private to a publicly-supported institution might have been, still such a dramatic turnaround cannot account for the dynamic growth of the past few years. A college, like a nation or a business, is but an extension of the shadow cast by its president. The influence a president has on a college may not be visible to observers off campus, but the None But the Brave So often in life we see the race won by the swift and the brave and the beautiful. Not so, in war. Wars are won by the brave and, as all good soldiers know, the very best soldiers are the ones who sleep under foreign soil. Monday is Memorial Day. A busy country will pause for just a few hours to remember those whose bravery insured the unsure world we live in today. The defeat in Vietnam casts a pall over the celebration of the day. And the cowardice of those who refused to serve there throws a shadow across the land and places in doubt the resolve of the present generation to fight a real war, popular or unpopular though it may Advance Subscription Rates, Tax Included: TELEPHONE 775-3107 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER macuTioN Fm ire' FniPnis g| NNA SUSTAINING =* MEMBER-1977 On*- Year, Out-of-State ~.57.28 v Months. Out-of-State $4,16 teaching faculty can sense its subtleties, the students respond to its warmth and understanding and the entire state listens to a president obviously dedicated to building a program marked by the academic excellence and moral stamina of its students. Dr. Jerry Williamson has already built Gordon Junior College into the intellectual giant of the 33-unit University System. Over 85 per cent of Gordon’s students passed the Regents’ Test in the Spring Quarter of 1977. The average of the entire University System was only 63 per cent on the same test. No other unit in the System had as many as 80 per cent of their students pass the test. In answer to Mr. Bryant’s query, no one will be able to chain this giant, not so long as Dr. Williamson is charting the course. His infectious enthusiasm, his attention to detail-even to knowing the name, home town and parentage of every student-, his Christian character and inspira tional quality give him a charisma and adulation that is unmatched by any college president in the country. Mark the name well, Gordon Junior College, especially if you are approaching college age or the parent of a teenager who soon must make a choice from the many fine institutions of higher learning in our state. But don’t let the name be indelibly ingrained on your memory. For it will change someday, in the not too distant future, to Gordon College. Any college with such splendid programs in math and the sciences, in the arts and literature, whose students can outshine and outperform those from four-year schools, is deserving to be ranked as a senior college. The giant is awakening. The colossus is emerging. And no one shall chain his strength or curb his swiftness in the race for academic preeminence. be. But perhaps no generation shows its real mettle until the chips are down, the threat is real and the stakes are unmistakable. Valor is worthy of remembrance and respect. The poppies still blow on Flander’s Field, the blood at Gettysburg still hallows the soil, soft Pacific swells still wash Tarawa’s beaches, Omaha Beach hasn’t forgotten the cannonade of D-Day and the shot heard around the world still echoes through Concord’s valleys. Our freedom was bought by the blood, and lives, of brave American men and women, patriots all. Remembering them can make Memorial Day more memorable. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA The Last Straw BY VINCENT JONES One of the most common and embarrassing failings of man is his susceptibility to the foot-in-the-mouth dis ease. Although seldom fatal, this disorder can sometimes produce alarming symptoms and shocking after effects. Any male opportunist can catch the disease in an unguarded moment when his conversation is faster than his brain action. Here are just a few examples that may or may not, have happened to you or me: “That’s a right nice pass you toss there, podner. Pretty good for just a youngster. Here, throw me one over there near the pond and I’ll show you how a real end used to grab the old pigskin. Lead me plenty, now, so I’ll have to really jump. That’s it—kersplash.” “No need to get an electrician to remove that piece of extension cord stuck in the outlet. You underrate the old master at times like these. See just a few prods with my trusty Scout knife and zzzzzzzzzzzz.” "I know I’m not a watch repairman but there’s nothing complicated about this mechanism. To demon strate my lecture and allay your fears. I'll begin by removing this one tiny screw, and then I'll ” -Jr. “Why don’t you buy a model 872 bomber, son, the one that has 8,486 moving parts, so that you and your brother will have plenty, to do on these cold winter eve nings?" r V "Sure, I can handle another sack of groceries. Here, give me the one that’s too full of those nice juicy oranges, will you?” "Yes, I trained him myself. How do you like the way he’s covering that weed field? Just wait until he strikes birds and you’ll see how stanch and sure he is. Safe as money in the bank, I always say. What’s that I heard? Sounds like quail. Hey, wait, come back here you mangy hound.” “I just don’t savvy this modern art. Take that piece of slapstick canvas and paint that someone assembled over the mantle there. Now who in the world would ever, oh. your wife?” “Sure, dearie, I’ll hold the tomato stake while you step on the bench and drive it with the axe. That’s right, Easy now. 0.K., here we g0...0h... 0h...0h.” “You’ve never tasted tea, I say, until you’ve added some of this tangy tangerine juice. Aw, don’t be stingy. Here, dump the whole can in. Now, wrap your lips around that. Did you ever taste such ” “Gee, but your children are all so handsome. How in the world did two such....oh, well, it’s a strange world, isn’t it?” “You gotta be tough, Joe, don’t ever let her get the upper hand or your life will be miserable. Rule or be ruled, I always say. Right off I let mine know who was gonna boss this family. Ouch. All right, dear, I’m coming, just take it easy on that ear.” “It’s tight, but it’ll make it. Take an old piano mover’s word for it. I’ll take the two corners while you all get the back and push. Thai way, I’ll steer it through the door. Okay, here we ” A Stroll Down I ;v *.i | Memory Lane News of 10 Years Ago A. L. Burrell, representa tive of the American Nation al Insurance Company, has won a trip to Las Vegas for his sales record during the past year. Anew Girl Scout Brownie Troop is being organized here, with Miss Pat Minton as leader and Mrs. Elwood Robison, Jr. and Mrs. Robert Fincher as assistants. Thomas R. Cochran re ports he has a Christmas cactus in full bloom in late May. Four outstanding 4-H Club members brought the Ki wanis Club’s program Tues day night. They were Miss Ellen Pinckney, Miss Patsy Maddox, Benjie Parrish and Paul Rice. Ronnie Howard, of Or chard Hill, has been appoint ed Wildlife Ranger for Butts County. The Elder Hotel at Indian Springs has announced that it will open the 1967 season on Saturday, May 27th. Deaths during the week: Ray Edw'in O’Neal, 35; Samuel Prentice Ridgeway, 78. News of 20 Years Ago Butts County was the first county in the state to meet its Mental Health Drive quota. Mrs. H. M. Fletcher, Jr. was chairman and the County donated $575.00 to the cause. Mrs. Gladys K. Wilson was elected treasurer of the State Federation of B&PW Clubs at the Savannah convention. Nancy Power suffered a freak accident during the senior's visit to Washington when a piece of luggage slipped from a bus rack and struck her on the head. Mrs. A. R. Kimbell has been named Sweepstakes winner in the Butts County Dress Revue and will represent Butts County in the state competition. The Jackson B&PW Club won the top award for service at the recent convention in Savannah. Mrs. Maymie Coggins was the 56-57 president and Miss Elizabeth McMichael, program coor dinator for the local club. Carol Adams and Diane Bearden have been named the best 4-H bakers of muffins and biscuits in the 4-H contest held here recently. News of 30 Years Ago A group of Kiwanians from Jackson, Macon, and Mc- Donough called on Governor Thompson in the interest of building the Macon Short Route. The Indian Springs State Park has been given $5,843 to provide hot water for mineral baths, outside light ing, 25 swings and new mowers. Dawnie Ruth Edwards, daughter of Mrs. Robert C. Edwards, and a freshman at Bessie Tift College, has been elected president of Alpha Gamma Beta. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brooks observed their golden wedding anniversary on May 30th. The Mimosa Garden Club met at -the home of Miss Hattie Buttrill with Mrs. W. H. Wilson, Mrs. George Mallet and Miss Pauline Mallet as cohostesses. Mrs. George Coleman and Miss Daisy Harris gave a dance Friday night at the Foy Hotel in compliment to Miss Alice Coleman, a member of the Jackson High senior class. THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1977 News of 40 Years Ago Col. B. B. Garland has been appointed chairman of the committee seeking to raise Butts County’s quota of $272 for the Warm Springs Foundation. Lightning destroyed a barn on the W. L. Wilder farm and Mr. Wilder, a former Butts County Commissioner, says the hail was the heaviest he has ever witnessed. Named to the City of Jackson Tax Assessor’s Board w.ere J. M. Currie, J. B. Guthrie and Walter D. Pope. Dedication of Jackson’s new post office and agricul tural building has been set for July 3rd. The Thornton Furniture Company has accepted the agency in this section for the new Easy washers and ironers. The Jenkinsburg Garden Club met with Mrs. Marvin Farrar, with Mrs. Carrie L. Price, program chairman, presiding. Deaths during the week: Charles H. Jones, 41, in an auto accident involving three teenagers; R. Van Smith, 97, the County’s oldest citizen. Mr. Smith was born August 6, 1840 and was a lieutenant in Colquitt's Bridgade during the Civil War. News of 50 Years Ago The Sunday Schools of the three Jackson churches will have a union picnic at Indian Springs on Friday afternoon. A Bar Association for the Flint Judicial Circuit has been organized, with Col. E. O. Dobbs, of Barnesville, as president and Col. W. E. Watkins, of Jackson, as secretary. Frank S. Carmichael has been elected president of the Georgia Wholesale Com pany, operating grocery stores in Jackson and a number of mid-Georgia cuties. cities. He succeeds J. H. Carmichael, whose death occurred recently. Members of the four primary grades of Jackson public schools presented the operetta, Kay and Gerda, on Friday evening. Directing the production were Mrs. R. L. Smith, Miss Annie Lou McCord and Miss Sue Cowan. Mrs. C. M. Compton and her Sunday School class gave a delightful party Wednesday evening at her home compli menting Miss Mary Carmi chael and Miss Susannah Foster, members of her class and of the Jackson High graduating class. The Southern Railway System has installed anew non-stop Atlanta-to-Macon passenger train that can make the run in less than two hours. Deaths during the week: Miss Matilda Heath, 80; Levin Clayton Matthews, 60; Troy A. Saunders, 53; Mrs. Lucy Jones, 85, the widow of Gus Jones who was killed in the Civil War. BUMPER STICKERS j A HUNCH IS AN IDEA THAT YOU'RE IS WRONG. Editor s Quote Book The great source o/ pleasure is variety. Samuel Johnson ruth at random By Rufh Bryant THEN AND NOW I used to think when I was young And never ill at ease It seemed I had a rabbit foot So always I could please! But now that I am getting old My rabbit foot has gone And though I can’t please anyone I still must linger on! And now I pray for strength and love To please my precious Lord As earnestly I seek His will And read His Holy word! ffS jSS MANY ROADS One of the joys of professional writing is the correspondence that comes your way. I used to try to answer it all. Now, with no staff but myself, I have decided that that was an impossible task. I can remember a year or so ago a fellow called me long distance to simply tell me how much my weekly column meant to him. He said he used it quite often with a class of teenage boys that he taught in church. And one day a church school teacher said she used the column with a class of sixth graders. I think that is one of the highest compliments I have ever received. Sixth graders can understand what I write. That is a compliment! And some few months back I got a letter from a young soldier down at Fort Polk. I guess that letter meant about as much to me as any I have received. I laid it on my desk, fully intending to answer it and tell that young soldier how much his few lines had lifted my spirits. He was from Monticello, Mississippi. But I lost the letter and never could find it to answer it. So I wrote in my column that if he was still reading to please accept my thanks and apologies. One of the amazing things about the bulk of the letters I receive is the number of different denominations represented. They run the whole gamut of the various groups, from one end to the other. And most of them feel as though I’m one of them. And, personally, I kinda appreciate it. For all of us who follow the Carpenter of Galilee are brothers, regardless of our minor differences. Quite often I get kinda put-out with some of my brethren in the ministry. For too often the emphasis in their message is division - separation. God knows there is enough division among us already. What we need is not one who will further divide us but one who can make us see our kindship with each other. If God is our Father, then we are brothers. All of us. One central theme you will find running throughout the whole of that New Testament is this: the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of mankind. If we could look at it this way, perhaps we could do a lot to heal the hurt and mend the wound that is in the world. It’s kinda hard for most of us to hate our brother. Rather, we feel a responsibility toward him and wish.to help him. I like to think that I am a brother of any man who calls God his Father. To be sure, we aren’t going to see eye to eye on theology. No two people see eye to eye on anything. But despite our differences, can’t we strive to work together for the cause of the Carpenter? Being a Mississippian, I have watched many times in my life the cotton farmers bringing their cotton to the gin during the fall of the year. Some would come over gravel-covered roads from the east, their wagons full of cotton. Others would travel over paved roads from the north, bringing their cotton. Some came from the west, traveling on superhighways. And still others came from the south, coming on good two-lane highways. When they all got to the gin, the ginner never asked them which road they took to get to the gin. Rather, he only asked them how good was their cotton. And I feel that is the question the Galilean is going to ask us. ! i SEEDS FROM I ££\ VTHE SOWER JM I I By Michael A. Guido, Metter, Georgia “No husbands allowed in the delivery room,” barked a nurse to a young man. “But I’m going in with my wife,” boasted David Shultz. Just before she was taken in, David handcuffed himself to her. Beamed Bernice, “I knew you wouldn’t leave me.” A bond stronger than hand cuffs links the Lord to His own, and one sang in Psalm 9:10, “Thou hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.” He does not forsake His own in danger. One evening a terrible storm arose. High waves beat into the boat. It was about to sink. Frantically, the disciples asked the Lord, “Don’t You care that we are about to drown?” He rebuked ‘Whatsoever Things' By Donald E. Wildmon the wind and said to the sea, “Quiet down!” And there was a great calm. He does not forsake His own in duty. He said to Joshua, “Lead My people into the Promised Land.” But how could he, without a military organization, cross the river and defeat the armed forces of a superior enemy? The Lord said, “I will be with . you.” He kept His word and enabled His people to take the Promised Land. Is there any help for us in dur dangers and duties? Yes, the Lord Jesus. He promised, “I will never fail you nor torsake you.” And He keeps His word!