1965
Primary
election heating up
Fred Hays, William Hershel
Taylor, Amon Jackson and Dennis Tincher were all running for "High
Sheriff."
Hays promised to get the county a shortwave radio system in the sheriff's
office, buy uniforms for himself and his deputies and pay his deputies well.
Taylor pointed out that he had a wife and six children and said he would
"do all in my power to stop the flow of whiskey and beer in our county,
which is destroying our boys and girls." He also promise to use only sober,
level-headed men as his deputies, but said nothing about uniforms.
Dennis Tincher said he was for uniforms and promised to stay on the ballot until
the primary, while Amon Jackson simply announced that he was a candidate, saying
he would greatly appreciate help and support in the race.
John F. Marcum and J.W. (Bill) Gabbard were also runnig for sheriff. Earl
Gabbard, Ernest (Frosty) Gabbard, Bee Young, Conley Neeley, Gilbert Maggard,
Green Flannery and Cornelius (Neil) Tillery were running for Jailer.
Earl Gabbard urged the voter to "Vote for a man who believes in cleanliness
and sanitation, also respect and courtesy to all."
Tillery pointed out that he was the son of Coleman Tillery and had been raised
to work and be honest. He also said that his wife knew how to cook. He said the
two of them would "work had to make the best servant you ever had."
Maggard gauranteed to "Treat your boys nice and kind and give them three
warm meals a day." He also promised to keep everything nice and clean.
Frosty Gabbard said he had nothing to say against his opponents. He wanted to
beat them if he could, but he didn't beleive in mud slinging. "If they do
let them sling it."
Green Flannery, son of William and Emma Bowles Flannery, promised fair and
courteous treatment to all and to work peacably with all elected officials.
School
Notes
By Otis Johnson
Once again the time has come that we begin to
think about school time again. School this year will start officially,
Friday Aug. 13, 1965 for the teachers and the children will start Monday
August 16.
Classes will begin at 9 o'clock a.m. that day and all buses will be
running their regular routes beginning Monday morning. All beginning
children shall have their physical and shots before they will be
enrolled. This is a State Law.
This can be done by your private physician or at the County Health
Department at the appropriate time. The board purchased four more new
buses this year. They are all 54 passenger buses and will be used to
replace old buses. We are looking forward to a great school year and it
is unfortunate that we can not get into them new Jackson county High
School until the school year beginning Aug. 1966.
We are very happy with the two federal programs we have had this summer,
the Headstart Program and our Work Study Program. These programs have
helped many children. Plans are being made to continue these programs.
The Work Study Program has been approved by the Washington Office for
the 1965-1966 school year. Plans are in the making for a preschool
program for the 1965-1966 school year. We hope that the Washington
Office will also approve this program.
New electric water system in the news -
Jackson County RECC was offering its customers a $30 rebate for
putting water in the house, with the following ad:
Is this
trip necessary ?
Not when you consider that the typical rural family carries over 70
tons of water a year and walks nearly 70 miles between the pump and the
house !
Yet for only pennies a day, an electric water system brings water into
your home... all the water you need... right where you want it !
running water helps make many household chores a breeze. It encourages
proper bathing and personal hygeine. An electric water system is so
inexpensive yet it means so much to your family's comfort and happiness.
ELECTRIC WATER SYSTEM
This may make you wish it was
still 1965, but here goes :
John D. Gay was selling chicken for 23 cents a pound at his McKee IGA
Super Market.
Bananas were only a dime a pound and biscuits were a nickel a can.
Gays also had frozen orange juice for five cans for a dollar, and
Jello pudding was selling for a dime a box.
Over at Harry's Food Store the chicken was a quarter, but they had
cherry pies for three for a dollar and steak for 89 cent a pound. Their
instant coffee was only 59 cents for a big six ounce jar.
The Hill Top Drive-In on Pigeon Roost was showing four new movies a
week, and nobody had cable TV.
Waneta Church Of God was planning a homecoming and fellowship
meeting with Hisel Carpenter and the Rhythm Aires for special music ;
and Grace Missionary Baptist Church was starting a revival Wm. R. Boyce
from Richmond as the special speaker.
The County Fair then as now was scheduled for Labor Day weekend, but
the event were different -
There were horse and pony shows on both Thursday and Friday nights and a
street dance on Saturday night. Other events included a county-wide
Little League championship tournament, a livestock show, a tractor
pulling contest, a mule pulling contest and a greased pig contest on
Friday.
On Saturday there was a school fair, a parade, a baby show and a group
singing too.
Submitted by Sarah Thompson -
Granted permission by Tammy Spurlock, General Manager to re-post
"Out Of The Past" as reprinted in The Jackson County Sun ( Formerly The Laurel
County Sun )
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