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Editorials
Can Fall Be Far Behind?
With Camp Meeting opening
tonight, the' earth soaked again
from recent rains and the first
exhibition football games already
appearing on the boob tube-, surely
a cautious declaration that the
worst of summer is over might be
in order.
Although the calendar says
there are still almost six full weeks
of summer left, there is always the
hope that its early arrival will be
followed by an early departure.
With the back of the worst
drought in the past 25 years broken
by cooling rains, the spirits of the
people have lifted and summer has
become a time for relaxation and
fun, instead of the constant
exercise in cloud watching that
marked its worst days of searing
heat and swirling dust.
Those gardens that were not
victims of the drought have been
Cultural Enrichment
Out of the welter of state and
federal programs, many of which
seem to serve little purpose other
than to provide employment for
their staff, it is refreshing to see
one that can stir the imaginations
and raise the aspirations of our
young people.
Butts County recently termi
nated a six-week summer program
known as Cultural Enrichment. It
was offered to 30 young boys who
came from culturally and econo
mically deprived backgrounds.
It was designed to open their
eyes to some of the beauties of life,
to challenge their minds with new
thoughts and to open the vistas of
their poverty-imprisoned lives to a
world that they might otherwise
never discover.
The difficulty of middle-class
Americans relating to children
from such backgrounds is appa
rent. One can’t envision poverty, or
smell it, or sense it, or experience
its physical or mental debilitation,
unless one has been trapped in it.
A stomach that is filled three
times a day, or more, has a
tendency to believe that all
stomachs everywhere are full. A
child enjoying a room full of toys at
Small Town Radio at Its Best
In only a few weeks, Dallas
Tarkenton, the new owner of
Jackson’s Radio Station WJGA,
has transformed the station into a
model that all small towns in
America would do well to copy.
Listeners and advertisers are
being offered an enlarged format
with emphasis on community
projects, while extensive remodel
ing and repairs have changed the
Station’s exterior and interior
appearance.
A dedicated family man, a
proven radio executive, a demon
strated community builder, the son
of a late Methodist preacher,
Dallas Tarkenton brings to
Jackson radio the type of
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revived by the rains and harvesting
goes on at a slower and more
leisurely pace. Soon the seeds of
fall and winter will be sown in
garden and field, and thoughts will
begin to turn from how to keep cool
to how to keep warm.
Summer’s early heat waves
have left the season almost
prostrate and, although on certain
days the sun’s rays may still be
uncomfortably warm, the tides of
time and seasonal changes are
already taking their toll.
Before you can dismiss the
thought from your mind, it will be
back to school and football season
again, as the glory of the growing
season fades into its dormant
stage. Let’s hear three cheers for
fall, with all of its fun and laughter,
for surely it can’t be far behind
some cooling breeze already
forming in the far reaches of the
north.
Christmas must believe that all
children everywhere are similarly
blessed.
But we know that such
fantasies are unreal. That there
exists, right at our doorstep,
poverty and human misery and
heartache that would bring the
most affluent and influential of us
to our knees were it given to us to
have to experience it.
Lifting these children, who
through no fault of their own wear
the blinders of poverty, out of their
world into our world for six weeks
may be the catalyst they need to
launch them into meaningful lives.
If only a few can escape their
environmental prisons, then the
program must be deemed a
success and those who work in it
must know the joy of seeing lives
rescued by their efforts.
Cultural enrichment. To those
who have a taste of the better life,
perhaps the words have little
meaning. But to the many who
have little joy in the present, and
small hope for the future, the words
must speak volumes of discovered
hopes and recovered dreams. We
commend the program as worthy
of our support and encouragement.
concerned ownership that few
small town radio stations have to
offer.
An enlarged listening audience
will be good for the station and for
Butts County, as local shoppers are
encouraged to shop at home and
out-of-towners are lured to our
shopping districts. The type of
station the new owner envisions,
and is pledged to build, will be a
business and community builder
that will benefit our entire
populace.
We wish Dallas Tarkenton well
in his new venture. And we only
hope that Butts County can
continue to attract more men of his
caliber in the future.
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA THURSDAY. AUGUST 11, WJ
The Last
Straw
BY
VINCENT JONES
Before you retire tonight,
whatever your political per
suasion, it might be a good
idea for you to say a prayer
for President Jimmy Carter.
For, in a real sense, he might
just be the last great hope of
this nation.
For never in its history has
this country witnessed such
pervasive moral decay in its
highest government officials.
Such moral decadence cuts
across party lines. Republi
cans and Democrats alike
are wallowing in the muck
and mire of power, greed and
lust and the hearts of the
populace thirst for the sight
of an honest man or woman
in the political realm.
Our history is fraught with
examples of those whose
personal moral codes were
corrupted by politics. But
they were isolated cases, an
occasional rotten egg at the
bottom of the barrel. The
good apples rose to the top
and saved the country by
their patriotism, integrity
and courage. But now the
whole barrel is beginning to
smell and the stench is
enough to affront the
conscience of the most
seasoned follower of the art
politic.
One-fourth of the members
of Congress stand accused of
peddling their influence for
South Korean dollars (which
probably came originally
from our tax dollars). An
ex-president, Lyndon John
son, is accused of stealing an
election in Texas in a
successful bid for the U. S.
Senate.
Ex-president Richard Nix
on. already shamed, humili
ated and mortified by his
sorry performance to cover
up his illegal acts, is now
further charged with accept
ing a one-million dollar cash
payoff from the Teamsters in
payment for his pardon
decision that would nof
permit the missing, and
presumed dead, Jimmy
Hoffa from seeking a
Teamster office.
Roll back the clock further
and witness the sad and
pathetic examples of moral
conduct the presidents of this
nation have set as an
example for the past 45
years.
John F. Kennedy, idolized
by the young and feared by
many, is portrayed by recent
disclosures as a womanizer
who conducted much of his
official business, despite a
war-injured back, on White
House sofas.
Ike Eisenhower, a wartime
hero and a caretaker type of
president, had his image
tarnished by a book written
by his former girl chauffeur
who pictures the former
president as a willing, but
wanting, partner in what
could have been an adulte
rous relationship.
Harry Truman, profane
and tough, who emerges as
the most moral president in
the last five decades along
with Gerald Ford, in spite of
his tendency to use some
rather strong expletives
when he felt the occasion
demanded.
F’ranklin D. Roosevelt, the
most charismatic of the lot,
hailed as the healer of a
nation’s wounds when its
wounds were deep and
serious. By his, and his wife’s
admission, a dedicated lover
of his secretary and confi
dante, for whose company he
practically abandoned the
less attractive mother of his
children and the motive force
that launfched his political
A Str*ll Dunn
Memory Lane
NEWS OF 10 YEARS AGO
Miss Brenda Elizabeth
Allen, daughter of Mrs.
Robert Allen Sr., of Jenkins
burg, is now a stewardess
with Eastern Air Lines.
County School Superinten
dent Lee Roy O’Neal says
that Newton Coal and
Lumber Company, of Griffin,
is the low bidder at $216,000
for five classrooms and a
new library at Jackson High
School.
A Jackson physician, Dr.
Jack R. Newman, is credited
with saving the life of a
young Indiana girl who was
injured in an auto accident on
1-75 south of Macon. Dr.
Newman kept the child’s
breathing passages open
until she was in the Macon
Hospital, where emergency
surgery proved successful.
Mrs. Bernice L. Terry,
Registered Nurse, has been
selected as the celebrity of
the month in “The Bellring
er," publication of Westbury
Home, Inc., of Jenkinsburg.
EMI Lynwood Thurston,
son of Mrs. T. P. Thurston,
and Seaman Sanford Powell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S.
Powell, were among the
10.000 sailors forming a
living flag in recent ceremo
nies at Soldiers Field in
Chicago.
Henry Asbury has been
recently elected a director of
the Van Deventer Founda
tion.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs. Levi J. Ball, 51;
Garland Guy Wallace, 73.
NEW S OF 20 YEARS AGO
Butts County Schools will
open Friday, August 30th,
according to Supt. D. V.
Spencer who also announced
the election of Mrs. R. C.
career.
It is not a pretty picture of
the moral decadence that has
infiltrated the nation’s high
est office. Multiply it ten
times 10,000 times and you
might get a glimpse of some
of the political shenanigans
going on across the nation.
Into this sordid picture
steps a young Georgian stout
of heart and sure of purpose,
a Christian gentleman who
knows w'hat he believes and
says he will not depart from
it. Upon his inauguration,
some of the stench that
constantly hangs over the
Potomac lifted, and the
grait-gFabbers and wheeler
dealers began heading back
to the wide open country.
To a nation more imperiled
by its own moral decay than
the force of arms any enemy
can bring against it, Presi
dent Jimmy Carter repre
sents a clean breath of air, a
fresh hope for a people
sickened by the smell of
corruption in high places.
If he can keep his ideals, if
he can clean up government
and keep it clean, if he can
ruthlessly expose the graft
ers and the exploiters and
hasten their defeat, then our
democracy will prevail. We
think his task is worthy of
your concern and prayers.
Edw'ards as a science
teacher in Jackson High
School.
Willie Avery Cook, Jackson
agent for the Life Insurance
Company of Georgia, has
been appointed Staff Manag
er attached to the Griffin
office of his firm.
Miss Ruth Phinazee and
Mrs. N. A. Powell are in
Athens attending a state
wide celebration on the 20th
anniversary of the public
welfare system in Georgia.
Scott Candler, secretary of
the Georgia Department of
Commerce, has cited Jack
son for aggressiveness in the
field of industrial develop
ment.
Dr. John R. Church,
general evangelist of the
Methodist Church, from
Winston-Salem, N.’ C., will
open the 67th session of the
Indian Springs Holiness
Camp Meeting tonight at 8
o'clock.
Bailey Woodward, a mem
ber of the Georgia Senate
from Jackson, has been
appointed dealer in the
middle Georgia area for the
St. Regis Paper Company.
Deaths during the week:
Augustus Anderson White,
67.
NEWS OF 30 YEARS AGO
Gov. M. E. Thompson has
recently named four Butts
County political and business
leaders as lieutenant colonels
on his staff. Those so honored
include B. H. Hodges, R. P.
Etheridge, W. M. Redman
and C. T. Gibson.
Paul Tyler, for 30 years a
Jackson grocer, has been
elected manager of the Butts
County Freezer Locker Cos.,
Inc.
L. J. Washington has been
elected president of the Butts
County Farm Bureau; Lovett
Fletcher, vice president, and
Avon Gaston, secretary and
treasurer.
Bobby Hammond, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ham
mond, is spending this week
at Camp Wahsega near
Dahlonega as an officer in
the Georgia 4-H Club Council.
T. G. Willis announces the
sale of his farm, consisting of
137 acres and located in the
northwestern part of the
county, known as the Tom
Greer place, to Jesse Nutt
and son.
The first open boll of cotton
of the 1947 season was
reported by B. H. Hodges on
July 30th.
Deaths during the week:
Robert Newton Etheridge,
79.
NEW S OF 10 YEARS AGO
Six 4-H Club boys and girls
and adult workers are
attending Camp Wilkins this
week. Making.the trip were
Benjamin Mays, Tommie
Ridgeway, Louise Smith,
Nelle Lane, Mrs. Charles
Fletcher and Hazel Ridge
way.
The gins of Nutt & Bond,
Inc. and Robison, Settle &
Robison, Inc. are being
readied for the ginning
season, expected to begin
shortly. In 1936 the County
ginned its first bale on
August 15th. August 6th is the
earliest date recorded here
for the first bale.
Half-holiday closings in
Jackson, which began in
May, will end Wednesday,
August 18th by agreement of
Jackson business firms.
Burglars who entered the
home of Mrs. C. J. Greer on
Friday of last week made off
with a 1936 model RCA Victor
radio, a man’s suit, several
women’s coats and dresses,
hats and other wearing
apparel.
Miss Roslyn Redman and
jTj: ‘Whatsoever
|Hll; Things'
f| By Donald E * Wildmon
IF YOU CAN’T SING, WHISTLE!
He was a lad in the town of Cremona, Italy, in the middle
of the 17th century. Cremona was a musical town and great
acclaim was given to those who could sing or play. Wanting
to be accepted and given some recognition for his musical
talents, he tried singing. His friends called him “squeaky
voice” and he soon realized that his singing would never be
anything special.
The young lad then tried to learn to play, but his success
wasn’t much better than his singing. So he was a dejected lad
as he walked through the streets of Cremona with his friends
and listened to their beautiful voices. About the only thing the
lad could do was to whittle on a block of wood with his knife.
One day he was sitting on the edge of the street whittling
as three of his friends played and sang beautiful songs for the
people passing by. Appreciating the musical ability of his
friends, many people dropped some coins into their hands to
reward their efforts. One gentleman stopped longer than
many of the others and even asked the friends to sing a song
again. After they finished he dropped a coin into the hand of
the singer. The he moved on down the street.
Upon looking, the boys discovered that it was a gold coin!
It was quite a piece of money to give a street singer. But the
man who gave it could afford to do so. “Who was he?” asked
the lad who whittled. “It was Amati,” his friend with the
beautiful voice replied. “Amati who?” asked the lad. “Nicolo
Amati,” the friend replied. “He is the greatest violin maker
in all Italy!”
That evening at home the lad thought about the man
named Nicolo Amati. He was a man who succeeded in the
musical field. But he neither sang nor played! The more he
thought about the violin maker, the more he became
convinced that he wanted to become a violin maker. He
wanted to become the best violin maker in Italy!
Early the next morning the lad hurried off to the home of
Nicolo Amati. Inquiring about the way, he sat on the
doorsteps after arriving and waited for the great violin
maker to come out. When Amati came out, the lad told him
that he wanted to become a violin maker and asked Amati if
he would teach him to make violins. He explained to Amati
that he couldn’t sing or play, but that he could whittle. And,
more than anything else, he wanted to make violins.
Amati accepted the young lad as a pupil. Day after day,
week after week, month after month, year after year the
young man studied from the master. In due time his work
became known in Cremona, then Italy, and finally
throughout the whole world.
We may not have the talent to do some things as well as
other people. But God has given us all a very special talent
which, if we develop, can help us help others. Antonio
Stradivari found this to be true. Even to this very day men
still make music with his violins. And they pay upwards of
SIOO,OOO to do so!
Just because you can’t sing or play doesn’t mean you
can’t make music.
(Join Mr. Wildmon on his 11th tour of the Holy Land,
Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium. 11 days. Departs Nov.
8, Write Box 68, Southaven, Miss. 38671)
ruth at random
By Ruth Bryant
MY FLOWERS AND MY POEM
I set out to paint some green leaves
And some flowers to adorn them.
I painted nice pink roses
With luscious leaves around them.
Then I sketched a pink bouquet
To adorn my tall green vase.
And though it is not perfect
This poem saves my face!
Add Nutt, Jr. entertained the
members of the school set at
a delightful swimming party,
picnic and dance at Indian
Springs on Thursday eve
ning, complimenting Miss
Elaine Daniel, of Moftow,
guest of Miss Redman, and
Misses Margie Weems and
Mary Walker, of Macon,
guests of Miss Irma King.
About 20 guests enjoyed this
gala occasion.
Mr. J. F. Cook of the Stark
community displayed last
week a mammoth pimiento
pepper, measuring 11 inches
in circumference and 3'/ 2
inches in diameter.
Deaths during the week: C
W. Buchanan, 76.
NEWS OF 50 YEARS AGO
Messrs. Fred and Wade
Hammond hit the jackpot
last week when their live
stock herd increased by 29 in
one day last week. Three
brood sows gave birth to 27
pigs while two calves were
also born on the same day..
Mrs. I . A. Roberts and Miss
Frances Harkness have
purchased the J. W. Carter
residence on the Griffin
Road. The home will by
occupied by the family of Mr.
W M. Harkness.
Mr. Gordon H. Thompson,
his son Don. Mr. B. T. M.
Cauthen, of Milner, and Mr.
George H. White will leave
Friday by motor to attend the
national convention of the
National Rural Letter Car
riers’ Association in Okla
homa City, Okla.
The White Five and Ten
Cent Store, George H. White,
proprietor, moved this week
to the building formerly
occupied by the Georgia
Grocery Company on the
west side of the courthouse
square.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Crawford are chaperoning a
party of young people this
week at the Varner Cottage
at Indian Springs. On the
guest list are Misses Mollie
Watkins, Virginia Crawford,
Elizabeth Watts, Marion
Nutt, Levi and Otis Ball, Jr.,
Frank Harper, Robert
Franklin and Ike Woodruff.
Misses Ruth Maddox and
Annie Watkins were guests at
the party on Tuesday.
Mrs. George Head compli
mented her attrr -five
guests. Miss Margaret d
nett and Miss Theod \
Beckham, of Atlanta, with a
delightful bridge party Fri
das afternoon at her home on
McDonough Road.
Deaths during the week:
Mrs Eliza Jane Wooten