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VOL. 84—NO. 2
Church Thieves
Are Caught In
Pike County
A man and woman robbery team,
specializing exclusively in burglar
izing churches, has been caught in
Pike County and warrants charging
them with the recent burglary at
County Line Baptist Church have
been issued.
Butts County Sheriff V. H. Ham
identified the pair as Paul Lawson,
approximately 40, a native of Ohio,
and Miss Dorothy O’Shields of an
Atlanta address.
The robber duo was apprehended
Saturday near Zebulon by the Pike
county sheriff, when their car devel
obed mechanical trouble.
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From headquarters in a farm
house in Spalding county, the pair
had robbed community churches in
Butts, Henry, Lamar, Pike and
Spalding counties, Sheriff Ham said.
Most of the property stolen from
the churches was found in their base
of operation and the property taken
from County Line Baptist Church in
Butts county has been recovered,
Sheriff Ham added.
Most of the robberies occurred dur
ing December and GBI agent Howard
Bray, as well as the sheriffs of the
five counties involved, had been
working on the case.
Sheriff Ham said the pair would
stand trial first in Pfke County, with
the trial in Butts county scheduled
to follow.
Supt. Spencer
Tells Kiwanians
School Problems
Butts County School Superinten
dent D. V. Spencer, in a speech to
the Jackson Kiwanis Club Tuesday
night, outlined many of the school
problems facing Georgia’s school ad
ministrators.
The local school head listed four
of the most pressing school problems
confronting educational leaders in
the state as 1) teacher shortage, 2)
number of charity drives in schools.
These have been banned locally, 3)
excessive number of athletic contests
permitted weekly, and 4) high cost of
operating schools.
In the 1955-56 school year, it cost
$355,299.87 to operate the schools of
Butts county, he said, with the state
paying $291,599.45 and the county
$63,700.42. Of the county’s total,
over $14,000 was derived from the
sale of school property.
An audit should be required of
every school’s athletic department,
along with the compulsory audit of
the school superintendent’s office,
Spencer added. Program chairman
H. M. Moore presented the county’s
new school administrator.
Capt. R. W. Carr Jr. was welcomed
as a visitor.
SOCIAL SECURITY AGENT '
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BE IN JACKSON JAN. 14
A representative from the Social
Security Administration office at
Macon will be in Jackson, Grand
Jury Room, Courthouse, at 9.30 a. m.
on January 14, 1957, and anyone
desiring information about the Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance pro
gram should call on this representa
tive of the Social Security office.
If you have reached retirement age
and have worked in employment cov
ered by the Social Security Act, if
you are the nearest relative of a de
ceased worker who worked under
Social Security, it may be to your
advantage to see the representative.
He will be glad to answer any ques
tions about Social Security benefits.
Legislators To
Make Changes j
In City Charter
At least three changes in Jackson’s
city charter will be made at the 1957
session of the General Assembly, ac
cording to Mayor W. M. Redman.
The changes have been submitted
to Representative B. H. Hodges who
will introduce bills enacting them
into law. Senator Bailey Woodward
is expected to go along with the
changes and no legislative opposition
is expected to develop to them.
The registration deadline for all
general and special elections will be
September 30 under one proposed
change, instead of 60 days prior to
the election under the old charter.
Another change will see the SSO
limit on business licenses deleted,
with no substitute clause to be inser
ted.
The maximum remuneration for
councilmen, now $250, will be raised
to SSOO and for mayor from the pres
ent SSOO to SI,OOO in another pro
posed change.
This does not mean the salaries of
the Mayor and Councilmen will be
raised. Jackson’s Mayor and Council
set their own salaries one year ahead.
Their present salary is fixed at $240
annually for Councilmen and S4BO
for Mayor.
Local Court
Teams Trounce
Lithonia Twice
Starting the New Year off on the
right foot, Jackson High’s court
teams gave Lithonia a double pasting
here Monday night, the Jackson girls
winning easily 54-32, while the Red
Devils coasted to a 69-51 victory.
Coach Powers’ girls, outclassing
their rivals badly, led 29-4 at half
time and could have named the score,
but for frequent substitutions in the
last half. Faye Mitchell paced the
forwards with 22 points, with Peggy
McElheney garnering 18. For Litho
nia, Cook led with 14. The victory
upped the girl’s mark to 5-2 for the
season.
JACKSON (54) LITHONIA (32)
F—McElheney (18) Cook (14)
F—Mitchell (22) Maloney (2)
F—Smith (4) WiUon (13)
G—Cawthon Bone
G—Carter Mangham
G—Railey Sheppard
Substitutions: Jackson—F a rrar
(2) Watkins (2), Dodson (6), Caw
thon, Blue, Cowan, Thurston, Smith,
F.
Substitutions: Lithonia —W i Ison
(3) Conley, Sheppard, Pierce.
Coach Slappey’s Red Devils, who
dragged their feet in the first half,
opened up in the third quarter and
salted away their third victory of the
season against four defeats. Charles
Herring displayed unerring accuracy
from all corners to net 27 points,
while Donnie Caston had 18. Barry
Jones had only four but set up most
of the Jackson scores with deft
passes and hand-offs. Denny O’Neal
missed the game with a sore knee
that may shelve him for the season.
Bryant led the losers with 17 points.
JACKSON (69) LITHONIA (51)
F—Herring (27) Chewning (9)
F—Thurston (6) Bryant (17)
C—Caston (18) Swords (16)
G —Jones (4) Abbott (2)
G—Caldwell (10) Cameron (6)
Substitutions: Jackson—T i Hery
(2), Jackson (2), Cawthon, Kelly,'
Whidby.
Substitutions: Lithonia—Withers
(I).
JA Ss'N, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 10, 1957
*|jrg!ars Strike .
Edwards Store
Again Sunday
The Flovilla store of E. R. Ed
wards was entered again Saturday
night by burglars who made off with
approximately SIOO in merchandise.
This makes the second time within
a month the store was robbed, bur
glars having entered it in early De
cember and taken merchandise val
ued at S2OO.
Butts County Sheriff V. H. Ham
list'ed the items stolen Sunday as two
shotguns, suit of clothes, 10 boxes of
rifle cartridges and six cigarette
lighters.
GEI Agent Howard Bray has been
called into the case and is assisting
in the investigation, Ham said.
In addition to the previous theft
from Edwards’ store, the store of
Doyle Johnson near Sandy Creek
Church was entered in mid-December
and groceries valued at S3OO-S4OO
were taken.
Butts Women
Seek To Lose
2,500 Pounds
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Two hundred and fifty Butts coun
ty Home Demonstration Club mem
bers are pledged to lose a ton and
a quarter of weight, an average of
10 pounds per member, in a program
for 1957 that emphasizes health, ac
cording to Mrs. Cynthia W. Davis,
Butts County Home Demonstration
Agent.
Under this novel plan each mem
ber will weigh in on January 15,
with individual charts kept. At a
designated date in December the en
tire membership will weigh again,
with hoped for loss showing on the
scales. Some of the more portly ma
trons plan rigid diets.
Officers of the Butts Home Dem
onstration Council are Mrs. Fred
Hammond, president; Mrs. H. G.
Harris, vice president; Mrs. Joe In
gram, treasurer; and Miss Mary Lou
Morgan, secretary. These same of
ficers served in 1956 and so popular
and successful was their tenure that
they were unanimously elected to an
unprecedented second term.
Also coming in for considerable
emphasis this year will be checks
on water supplies, proper screening
and control of rodents. This will en
tail much work on the part of Butts
County Sanitarian Walter Patillo,
who is mapping plans for cooperation
with this group.
The unsightly practices of dump
ing trash along the roadside will be
fought against by these militant wo
men with the help of Eutts County
Commissioners and the local law en
forcement officers, led by Sheriff V.
H. Ham. Landowners threaten prose
cution to offenders caught.
The Council has adopted a strong
platform in favor of continued driver
education, already being taught in
Jackson High School.
A study of nutrition, with county
wide cook book to be distributed
later in the year, is a primary Coun
cil objective.
The annual county style revue is
scheduled for April. A visit in July
to the State Health Department in
Atlanta and a picnic at Grant Park
is a summer feature.
One of the year’s highlights will be
a trip to the Hiawasee Fair in late
August .
Two fund raising projects, when
cakes will be resold, are set for April
and November.
Local Family
Gets $38,340 In
Federal Rail Suit
A compromise settlement of $38,-
340 has been reached in a $500,000
damage suit brought by a Jackson
girl against the Southern Railway.
The suit was filed in the U. S. Dis
trict Court in April, 1955, by Jackson
attorney B. B. Garland.
William Berry filed the suit on be
half of his minor daughter, Brenda
Ann, who was permanently crippled
when struck by a train inside the
Jackson city limits on July 14, 1954.
The suit asked $400,000 for the
minor plaintiff and SIOO,OOO for her
father. The compromise settlement
awarded the child $25,000, the father
$12,500, with SB4O for cost.
Asa result of the accident, the
child now lives with her aunt, Mrs.
Bessie Thompson, on Watkins Street
in Jackson. Her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Berry, now reside in
Henry county.
The settlement was one of the
largest ever made to a Butts coun
tian for personal damage.
W. M. Redman Is
New Clerk Of
County Commission
At an organization meeting Mon
day, members of the Butts County
Commission for Roads and Revenue
elected W. M- Redman as their clerk.
Redman will succeed W. H. Wil
son, who has served as clerk of the
County t Commission for the past
several
Mrs. W. H. Wilson, who has assist
ed her husband during the past few
months, will be retained on a part
time basis, Redman announced.
Van M. Freeman is the new chair
man of the Board, A. F. Maddox is j
anew member, while T. W. Nelson,
the former chairman, rounds out the .
three-man Board.
Cleon E. Moore
Is New County
FHA Supervisor
R. L. Vansant, state director of
the Farmers Home Administration,
announced this week the appoint
ment of Cleon E. Moore as County
Supervisor of the FHA in McDon
ough. He will succeed Madison P.
Smith who is retiring due to a recent
illness. The McDonough office serves
both Henry and Butts counties.
A 1949 graduate of the University
of Georgia, Moore received his BS
degree in Agriculture. He is a vet
eran of World War II and a Mason.
He is married to the former Miss
Grace Dillard of Tifton and they
have one daughter, Pam.
Vernon P. Mitcham is Area Super
visor of the Farmers Home Admin
istration.
County’s Christmas
Seal Sale Falls
SIOO Short of Goal
• A report from Mrs. N. F. Land,
chairman of the Butts County Tu
berculosis Committee, reveals that
the 1956 Christmas Seal drive fell
SIOO short of the 1955 total.
Those who did not contribute to
the 1956 drive may still do so, Mrs.
Land said, as the drive has not been
closed out aS yet.
Mrs. Land wishes to extend the
heartiest thanks of the entice com
mittee to all who made donations or
helped in any way with the 1956
Christmas Seals campaign.
Youth, Experience
Blend in County’s
Legislative Team
Butts county is sending a political
veteran and a newcomer to the 40-
day session of the General As
sembly, convening at the State Capi
tol on Monday, January 14.
Rep. B. H. Hodges is the veteran,
with over 30 years of political ex
perience on his record. He has served
several terms as a member of the
Georgia House of Representative,
one term as State Senator, and for
several years as a member of the
Butts County Commission for Roads
and Revenues. He was nominated and
elected without opposition.
State Senator Bailey Woodward,
representing the Twenty-Second Sen
atorial District of Butts, Monroe and
Lamar counties, is the" newcomer. He
led a field of four candidates in the
county primary to win a run-off
place in the state primary. On Sept.
12, he defeated B. B. Garland to win
his first race for a Legislative seat.
Previously, he had served part of an
unexpired term as County Commis
sioner.
Senator Woodward has received
his committee assignments from Lt.
Gov. Ernest Vandiver and has been
named to the Highway, and Rural
Roads, Defense, Veterans Affairs
and Senate Administrative Affairs
committees.
Both Rep. Hodges and Senator
Woodward attended a pre-session
briefing conference in Atlanta on
Monday and Tuesday, during which
several legislative matters were dis
cussed.
Most political observers foresee a
I harmonious session of the Legisla
ture, adhering to Gov. , Griff in’s plea
to “hold the line on expenditures, on
taxes and on tax reductions.”
Mayor Redman
Names Council
Committees for ’57
Committee assignments for mem
bers of the Jackson City Council
have been announced by Mayor W.
M. Redman;
Assigned to the Council’s 12 com
mittees, with the first named as
chairman are:
Building: Newton, Bankston,
Oneal.
Cemetery: Spencer, O’Neal, New
ton.
Gas: Newton, Bankston, O’Neal.
Police: O’Neal, Bankston, Newton.
Ordinances: Bankston, O’Neal,
Newton.
Streets: O’Neal, Newton, Banks
ton.
Finance: Newton, O’Neal, Banks
ton.
Fire: Spencer, Newton, Bankston.
Library: Spencer, Newton, O’Neal.
Printing: Spencer, Bankston,
O’Neal.
Sanitary: O’Neal, Spencer, Banks
ton.
Water and Lights: Bankston,
O’Neal, Newton.
TAG SALES MOVED
SLOWLY IN FIRST WEEK
Mrs. J. Harry Ridgeway, Butts
county tag agent, reported Monday
that in the first three-and-one-half
days a tqtal of 192 tags were sold
from her office. In the corresponding
period last year, with one extra day,
a total of 259 tags were sold.
But,ts county received 2,314 of the
1957 license plates, which have con
trasting white numerals on a dark
green barkground. Each county is
designated by an identifying number
which indicates its relative rank in
population. Butts county’s number i?
107.
$3.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
City Enters New
Year With Same
Officers, Employees
Jackson’s City administration slip
ped into the new year without a
single change being made in an elec
tive or appointive office.
Voters i last October named Mayor ’
W. M. Redman, second ward coun
cilman A. Whit Newton and third
ward councilman Gordon Bankston
to another two-year term. Holdover
council members include Mrs. Helen
Spencer, first ward, and J. Horace
O’Neal, fourth ward.
The full list of City employees,
named recently by the Council to
serve during 1957, includes:
Mrs. W. H. Mallet, city clerk and
treasurer, with Miss Mary Downs as
assistant.
Mrs. Lucile J. Patrick, clerk, gas
department.
J. H. Rooks, superintendent of
utilities.
Andy Holston, gas engineer.
Ballard Perdue, engineer at water
works and sewer treatment plant.
Clem Thaxton, chief of police, and
M. E. Wade, T. R. Bennett and Wat
son Vaughn, policemen.
Members of the bond commission
are Park Newton, chairman, W. O.
Ball and Vincent Jones.
The City’s only bonded indebted
ness is $105,000 general obligation
bonds issued in 1965 for the con
struction of a modern sewer treat
ment plant. These bonds are general
obligation against the City and will
be retired in 20 years. $41,000 of the
issue bears 2Vs% interest and $64,-
000 begrs 2 % % interest.
Principal will be retired in the fol
lowing manner:
$3,000 each year from 1956 to 19-
58 inclusive.
$4,000 each year from 1859 to 19-
61 inclusive.
$6,000 each year from 1967 to 19-
70 inclusive.
$7,000 each year from 1971 to 19-
75 inclusive.
Interest on‘the bonds is payable
semi-annually, on January first and
July first. ,
FORMER SHERIFF IS
RENAMED TO STATE BOARD
Butts county’s former sheriff J. D.
f
Pope has been appointed to succeed
himself for another term on the
Georgia State Game and Fish Com
mission.
Pope’s re-appointment was one of
many announced Saturday by Gover
nor Marvin Griffin. Pope also served
on the Game and Fish Commission
under Governor Herman Talmadge.
Photo Sara Bond
NEW PRESIDENT—C. Edward
Washington, farm implement dealer
here, is 1957 president of the Jack
son Exchange Club. This year will
mark the organization’s 10th year
of service.
Mat Courtesy Atlanta Constitution