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Miss Robison's Engagement To
Mr. Donald McKibben Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Elwood Robison, Jr. of
Jackson announce the en
gagement and forthcoming
marriage of their daughter,
Janet, to Mr. Donald Colwell
McKibben, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Cleveland Mc-
Kibben, also of Jackson.
The bride-elect is a 1975
graduate of Jackson High
School and is presently
PITTMAN FAMILY
ANNUAL REUNION
BE HELD JULY 17
The Pittman family re
union will be held at the
air-conditioned Veterans
Club in Commerce on July
17th. The club house will open
at 10:30 a.m.
Everyone is asked to
please bring a picnic lunch
and drinks to be enjoyed at
1:00 p.m. Ice, tableware and
napkins will be provided.
Sixteen persons attended
last year for the first time.
Brief summaries of branches
of the Pittman Family since
1726 will be presented. Please
plan to share your own
family’s record. Group pic
tures will be taken and new
officers elected, according to
Mrs. Lona Mcßee Elrod,
corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. Eugene Murray,
secretary-treasurer.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. George Black
of Aiken, S. C. visited a
couple of days last week with
Mrs. J. E. Bond, mother of
Mrs. Black.
Butts County
VFW Post 5374
Regular Meeting Nights
THIRD FRIDAY
in each month.
Youth Center 7:00
JOSEPH R. CRANE
Catering Service
Weddinngs, Socidl Events or Club
meetings - Let us plan your rehearsal
supper or receptions.
Small or Large Groups
Reference Furnished
For Information Call:
775-4170 or
775-2030
attending Mercer University.
The groom-elect was grad
uated from Jackson High
School in 1973 and received
the Bachelor of Science
Degree in Civil Engineering
from Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1977. He is
employed by Southern Rail
way Systems.
The wedding is planned for
August 6th at the Jackson
United Methodist Church.
CLASS OF 1952
CELEBRATED 25TH
ANNIVERSARY
The Jackson High School
Class of 1952 held its
twenty-fifth anniversary re
union Sunday, June 29th.
Twenty-two members, along
with their families, met at
Indian Springs State Park
where a delicious picnic
lunch was enjoyed, followed
by a period of fun and
fellowship.
Teachers present were
Mrs. Beth Hearn of Jackson
and Miss Ruby Rumsey of
Athens. Members attending
were:
Martha Barnes Colwell,
Stanley Bedsole, Helen Ben
nett Cook and Ellis “Pete”
Cook, Russell Blankenship,
Barbara Byars Duke, Angie
Caston Jones, Nancy Duffey
Third, Olin Fuqua, Jerome
Hardy, Joyce Holston Rose,
Joyce Lunsford Snook, Char
lotte McCrary Peloquin, Lee
Curtis Roebuck McMichael
and Frank McMichael, Hugh
Lee O’Neal, Winfred Perdue,
Elsie Powers Grant, Winona
Rawls Cook, Ray Thaxton,
Marquita Thomason Gil
christ, and JoAnne Waits
Gable.
PERSONAL
Master Patrick Ronald
Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Ronald Horton of
Atlanta, returned home Sun
day after spending several
weeks in Jackson with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Head, Sr.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Happy
Birthdays
The Progress-Argus ex
tends a very HAPPY
BIRTHDAY to the following:
July 15: N. B. Pettigrew,
Jr., A. F. Hammond, Ruth
Cook, Mrs. E. R. Harper,
Mrs. John Lewis Weldon,
Betty Jane Smith, Nancy
James, Mrs. Luther Davis,
Martha S. Jones, Dr. J.
W. Watkins, Jr., Mary Ruth
Watson, Mrs. Eddie Bond, E.
D. Briscoe, Jr., Mrs. Oscar
Cook, Steve Jeffery Jones,
Mrs. R. W. Grier, Teri Lynn
Thompson, Roger W. Den
nington, Chester Evans,
Marie Michelle Morgan, C.
E. Tucker, Billy A. Glover,
R. G. Richmond, Cherece
Nutt, Kaye Loftin, R. E.
Whigham, Christopher Bry
an Jones.
July 16: Betty Jane Childs,
Ross Rainer, Mrs. Ezra
Reeves, Billy Childs, Mrs.
Maude Watkins, Mrs. Harold
Smith, Peggie Pulliam, John
Long, Mrs. Jane Prine, Mrs.
Mary Whitlatch, Wayne
Nelson, Mrs. Kathleen Wal
drop.
July 17: W. C. Williamson,
Larry Franklin Cawthon,
Mrs. Franklin Bohannon, J.
M. Maddox, Carolyn Jane
Faulkner, William Harris,
Bobby Rogers, Mrs. Robert
E. McCrary, Jr., Mrs.
Virginia Wyatt, William
Nicky Norsworthy, Lisa
Elizabeth Whitesides, Carol
Bond Ridgeway, Mrs.
Charles McLendon, Tina
Marie Glover, Richard Rich
mond, Mrs. W. P. Goodwin,
Ronnie Phillip Preston.
July 18: Mrs. John Hunt,
Bill Stewart, Jan Elaine
Henderson, Mrs. A. D,
Rogers, Charles Douglas
Cook, Brenda Lou White, E.
B. Perdue, Mrs. Alton P.
Long, James C. Lynch,
Balarie Martin, Mrs. E. F.
Bledsoe, Pamela Walker,
Renee Babcock, Christi Law
ton, Melanie Stodghill, David
Beville, Jackie Whiten.
July 19: Lee McLendon,
Carolyn Clark, H. L. Moss,
Mrs. B. E. Chambers, Roy
Thrasher, Grace Parker,
Herman Richardson, Joe
McClelland, Mrs. Clyde
Herbert, Gail Carter Mc-
Laurin, Mrs. C. P. Freeman,
Nancy Lehmann, Sue Ker
sey, Denise Strickland, Car
roll Harper, Donnie Gay, Jr.
July 20: Robert Franklin,
111, Joe Giles, Mrs. W. J.
Saunders, Eugene Briggs,
Barry Lynn Hardy, Ruth
Bohannon, Bob Watkins,
Mrs. Jimmy Long, Lance
Austin Williamson, Rev. Bill
Thomas, Jim Bevis, Scott
Fletcher, Michelle Barabas,
Mrs. Laura F. Harper.
July 21: Lynn Thaxton,
Hiram Franklin, Nellie Pa
trick, Mrs. Callie Patrick,
Mrs. Walter Norsworthy,
Mrs. Alice Osborne, Carolyn
Jarrell, Juanita Cardin, Mrs.
Billy Cook, Pamela Jo
English, Lonzie Woods, Lew
is Jefferson Colwell, Mrs.
Kathy T. Leo, Ann Ethe
ridge, James Brown, Ed
ward F. Cardell, Belinda
Gail White.
U.S. ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO APPEAR
ON ETV
U. S. Attorney General
Griffin Bell will appear with
U. S. Senator Sam Nunn on
this month’s “A Dialogue
With Sam Nunn,” a half hour
television interview on the
Georgia ETV network.
Bell is the first Georgian to
serve as the nations’s top law
enforcement official.
The “Dialogue” program
will be aired at 6:30 p.m.,
Friday, July 22nd, on the
ETV network.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Betty Lawrence of
Columbia, S. C. is visiting her
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Hurt, Sr.
JULY MEETING OF
AARP CANCELLED
There will be no meeting of
AARP for July. Meetings will
be resumed on schedule in
August All contributions to
the bake sale and lemonade
stand for the celebration on
Saturday were most wel
comed.
Several new members
were welcomed to the club
this summer. These include:
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Bland
of High Falls, Mr. and Mrs.
Lem Watkins of Jackson and
Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Schwemberger, also of Jack
son.
BILES REUNION
ASSEMBLED 150
SUNDAY, JULY 3
The reunion of the descend
ants of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Biles assembled
about 150 people including
children, grandchildren,
great - grandchildren and
friends, on Sunday, July 3.
The Biles homestead, now
owned and occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Horace (Pete)
Stewart, was the scene for
the gathering. All families
brought an abundance of food
and at the noon hour tables
were placed in the shade of
the pecan trees in the back
yard. Just about any item of
food the appetite desired was
available on the heavily
laden tables.
Mr. and Mrs. Biles were
the parents of twelve
children, six of whom
survive. They are Raymond
Biles of Atlanta, Frank Biles
of Stockbridge, C. B. Biles
and Luther (Pete) Biles of
Butts County, Mrs. Bessie
Duke of Jackson and Mrs.
Sara Stewart, all of whom
were present. Mr. Raymond
Biles was the oldest person
attending; the youngest was
the baby of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmie Biles.
The afternoon was filled
with conversation concern
ing everything from “politics
to weather,” memories of
by-gone and childhood days,
as well as current events.
The children enjoyed play
while their elders talked.
The reunion is held
annually on the first Sunday
in July at the home place
(Mr. and Mrs. Stewart), and
it is eagerly anticipated,
each year, by both young and
old.
When time came to leave
everyone promised to be
back next year to enjoy the
family love, fellowship and
the good food.
DAUGHTER OF
BILLY GRAHAM
GRIFFIN SPEAKER
Billy Graham’s daughter,
Anne Lotz, will be the
speaker at the July luncheon
meeting of the Fellowship of
Christian Women in Griffin
July 15th from 12:00 to 2:00
p.m. at the Griffin Moose
Club.
Soloist for the occasion will
be talented Nancy Seeger of
Forest Park.
Tickets are $3.00 and may
be purchased before Thurs
day, July 14, at the Christian
Book Center in Griffin’s
College Hills Shopping Plaza.
Women of all denomina
tions are welcome to attend.
There will be a free
nursery at Calvary Assembly
of God, located a short
distance from the Moose
Club on Zebulon Road.
Reservations for the nursery
must be made in advance by
calling Ann Ponder at
227-0577.
Bring your Bible!
PERSONAL
Mrs. Betty Lawrence and
Mrs. Cecil Adams drove to
Fort Myers, Fla. to attend
the wedding of their cousin,
Miss Becky Whatley, to Mr.
Michael Bartos. The grand
mother of the bride, Mrs.
Margaret Perry, returned
with Mrs. Lawrence and
Mrs. Adams to visit her
sister, Mrs. L. H. Hurt, Sr.,
for several weeks.
Mrs. Charlene Reynolds of
Frankfort, Ky. returned
home Tuesday of last week
via plane following a visit
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Weaver. Miss
Willene Weaver returned
home with her for a visit.
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1977,
New Arrivals
Via
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Atkinson of Jackson an
nounce the birth of a
daughter, Farra Lynn, July
6th, at Griffin-Spalding Coun
ty Hospital. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Singley of Jackson and Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Atkinson of
Jonesboro.
MASTER SINGLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
Singley of Jackson announce
the birth of a son, Matthew
Oliver, July 4th, in Coliseum
Park Hospital, Macon.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Singley of
Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Norsworthy, also of
Jackson.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Asa E. O’Neal was
guest of honor at a birthday
dinner last evening at her
home. Thirteen members of
her family joined in wishing
her “Happy Birthday” and
many more.
Mrs. M. E. Wade attended
Mr. Ray’s Hair Revival
Caravan in Atlanta last
Thursday and appeared as a
model, afterwards having
lunch with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones
and Mr. Joey Collum of
Conyers, Mrs. Mattie Lou
Grant of Jackson spent ten
days touring Florida and
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Grant and family for two
days.
WEIGHT WATCHERS
10th Anniversary
in Georgia
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September, 1977, will mark Weight Watchers 10th successful year in Georgia Birthdays
mean gifts and this birthday will be no exception. We are planning a number oj surprises.
Not for us —but for you!
- First, there will be a series of Open Meetings for two weeks, starting Monday, M . j 16 thru
Saturday May 28th. We welcome you all to attend our classes without obligation, (ome and
meet our lecturers and learn all about the exciting new Weight Watchers Program everyone is
talking about.
Second, you may join Weight Watchers for an initial fee of just $7.00 (a savings of $3.00 to
you), during these two weeks of Open Meetings only.
Third, a book of coupons valued at SIO.OO (which you may use toward regular meeting
fees) will be distributed free to all regular members of Weight Watchers, in class during the
week of May 30th.
As we begin our second decade, we renew our commitment to continue to bring to you the
most scientifically advanced weight control program in the world. One which extends dignity
to every person who enters our classrooms. One which not only teaches how to lose weight
successfully on a nutritionally balanced food program, but one which also bridges the span to
maintenance. We promise you that Weight Watchers will always stand for ‘Progress you can
depend on.'
Sincerely,
classes meet: Anne & Harry Friedman
JACKSON Co-Directors '
Jackson-Butts County Recreation Center
Tuesday evenings 6:30 PM
For More Information Dial FREE 1-800-282-4565
"WEIGHT WATCHERS" ANCARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL. IHC , MANHASSF M v
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GOLDEN OLDIES DISCO—Mrs. Dorothy Redman and Raymond Waites share the
limelight at the Golden Oldies Disco Party July 7 which featured recordings from the 1920s
to the 19605. The disco party was held in conjunction with Butts County Week and was
hosted by Johnny Smolka.
Mrs. Helms Is
Buried On
July Fourth
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lee Ann Helms, of Atlanta,
were conducted Monday,
July 4th, at 11 o’clock from
McDonald Chapel in Griffin.
The Rev. Everett Moore and
the Rev. Roy Vaughn
officiated and burial was in
Liberty Baptist Church ce
metery.
Mrs. Helms had lived in
Spalding County all of her life
add was a member of the
Orchard Hill Baptist Church.
She is survived by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Helms, of Jackson; two
sisters, Miss Elecia Helms,
of Jackson, and Miss Loretta
Helms of Atlanta; a brother,
Richard Helms, of Jackson;
a son, Edgar Shane Helms, of
Atlanta.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to express my
sincere thanks to all who
remembered me with cards,
flowers, visits and many
other kindnesses while I was
at Ga. Baptist Hospital as
well as since returning home.
Every remembrance was
appreciated more than words
can express.—Tenella C.
Maddox.
* PERSONALS *
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Shelby, along with Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Davis of Fairburn,
have just returned from a
week’s vacation at Nassau,
Bahamas. Little Jamin Shel
by, 8-month-old son of Don
and Nancy Shelby, stayed
with Mr. and Mrs. Ricky
Stewart and family while his
parents were on vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard
O’Neal of St. Petersburg,
Florida returned home Tues
day of last week following a
visit with J. W. (Bird)
WALTON INSULATION CO.
“Let Us Save You Money On Heating”
Alcovy Road, Jersey, Ga.
Phone 464-3617
LOOKING FOR LOCKS?
Sold, Serviced and Installed
by
Cook's Machine & Lock Service
124 W. 2nd St.
775-424 U
O’Neal, brother of Mr.
Howard O’Neal.
Trey Davis of Jackson is
attending Camp Chimney
Rock, Chimney Rock, N. C.
for the 1977 season. He is
participating in activities
which include horseback,
sailing, etc.
Speaker of the House
‘‘Few women have any
knowledge of parliamentary
law.” ‘‘You don’t know my
wife. She’s been speaker of
the house for 25 years. ’ ’