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VOL. 90—NO. 25
Family Dispute
Results in Death
Of Wilson Heath
A smouldering domestic tension
erupted into violence Wednesday
night, June 12th, resulting in the
death of Jarrell Wilson Heath,
52, at the hands of his son, Van
Heath, about 19, at their home on
the Griffin Highway.
Climax of the family argument
came when young Mr. Heath
shot his father to death with one
blast from a 12 gauge shotgun.
He was rushed to Sylvan Grove
Hospital where he was pronoun
ced dead on arrival.
At the hearing Thursday .'n
Justice of the Peace Court, John
M. Hutcheson, J. P., exonerated
the youth in the shotgun slaying
of his father, leaving the matter
at the discretion of the next
grand jury.
Mrs. Wilson Heath, wife of the
deceased, testified at the hearing
that her husband had threatened
her life and that of the family
about 18 months before and that
on the “morning of the 12th he
(the deceased) beat me and the
13-year-old daughter and again
said I am going to kill the whole
family tonight and then kill my
self.” Mrs. Heath exhibited
bruises to the court that she testi
fied were inflicted by her hus
band.
Miss Mary Nell Heath, daugh
ter of the deceased, testified
that “Daddy beat us all on num
erous occasions and on the 12th he
beat Mama and my younger sister
early that morning after I had
gone to work, so I was told when
I returned home.”
Deputy Sheriff Curtis Kelley
took the stand and told where he
found the body when he arrived
between 10:30 and 10:45 p. m.
J. W. Heath Jr., known as
“Peewee,” testified that his fa
ther had threatened to kill the
family. When asked by Hon.
Hugh D. Sosebee, Solicitor Gen
eral of the Flint Circuit, “if you
knew this why didn’t you do some
thing about it?” Mr. Heath re
plied that he had gone to Butts
Sheriff V. H. Ham for advice and
he advised me “to take out either
a peace warrant or a lunacy war
rant.” Mr. Heath testified that
“I drove by the Justice of the
Peace house slow, but did not see
him, and neither could I find the
Ordinary to take out a lunacy
warrant.”
Levie Heath, brother of the de
ceased, said on the stand that he
considered the relationship be
tween himself and his brother’s
children as good and that they
( the children) often came to him
for advice and counsel. Mr. Heath
testified that he last saw his
brother about 11 a. m. at the cow
barn where he paid him $20.09
on a cow.
E. L. Crum, second witness at
the hearing, testified that he sold
the deceased the land on which
he lived at the time of his death.
Curfew in City
Reinstated To
Curb Loitering
A strict curfew to curb teen
age loitering has been placed on
the city’s youth, it was announced
this week by Jackson Police Chief
Watson Vaughn who emphasized
that the ordinance will be strictly
enforced.
Under this ordinance, Chief
Vaughn pointed out, no person
under the age of 16 years will
be allowed to loiter on the streets
of Jackson after 10:30 p. m., with
parents responsible for persons
under 16.
The ordinance, enacted by the
Mayor and Council on April 26,
1956 and vigorously reinstated
by the present Mayor and Coun
cil, also provides, Chief Vaughn
said, that no person over the age
of 16 would be allowed to loiter on
Jackson streets after 12 o’clock
p. m. without valid business
reasons. Violations will be sub
ject to punishment, the police
chief stated. The curfew is ef
fective immediately, Chief
Vaughn said.
Sanders Givcp
5-Month Report
To Ga. Editors
ATLANTA,— (GPS) Making
his first formal report to Georgia
editors since taking office last
January, Gov. Carl E. Sanders
told the 77th annual convention
of the Georgia Press Association,
just concluded at Jekyll Island,
that “the state of the State of
Georgia remains excellent.” And
he added that the outlook for the
future “is rosy.”
Recalling the promises he made
on Inauguration Day five months
ago that “Georgia would have
honest government, good govern
ment, a government mindful of
economy, a government dedicated
to efficiency,” the 38-year-old
chief executive said “I can report
to you that those promises have
been kept.”
By way of proving his point,
the Governor continued:
“Here, in a thumbnail form, is
where we stand: The economy is
at an all-time high. Employment
is at its peak in Georgia, and un
employment is ebbing constantly.
We no longer suffer from ‘tight’
money policies. Buying power is
increasing each quarter.
“New emphasis has been placed
on long-needed prison reform.
Our roads and highways are be
ing built according to need, not
politics. Concerted efforts have
been initiated to rewrite the
patch-work Constitution of our
state. Our election laws are being
studied, with the aim of drafting
new and fair statutes.
“Education is being given the
top priority in government. And
Georgia is making her move to
win a rightful place in America’s
Space Age complex. In short, the
outlook is rosy indeed.”
Gov. Sanders cautioned against
what he described as “run-away
spending programs which could
deplete the treasury of our state,
and which, unbridled, could work
hardships on all Georgians for
years to come.”
Sanders said he recently has
made allocations in areas which
fell in the category of need. He
said he allotted $2.5 million to
the Department of Corrections
for construction of capital im
provements in the prison system;
specified amounts for the eleva
tion of Augusta College and Arm
strong Junior College in Savan
nah to four-year institutions, and
$300,000 to the Board of Regents
for construction of anew elec
tronics research building at Geor
gia Tech.
Speaking further on public ed
ucation, which he said will receive
56.1 per cent of the total state
expenditures during the next two
fiscal years, the Governor said:
“I want to point out again the
abject failure of local effort :n
sharing the cost of our public
school system. Local effort in
Georgia ranks 41st among the
50 states, while state support of
education ranks 7th in the na
tion.”
He called on Georgia editors
and publishers to lend their assist
ance ‘‘in this effort to inform
our people of this discrepancy,
and of the need for corrective
action at the local level.” Sanders
also called on the press to sup
port the movement of consolida
ting certain county services
across county lines, which he
contends “is neither fictional nor
utopian” but rather “is a neces
sity.” Said he:
“The newspapers of Georgia—
who have nothing to fear from
such consolidation, and indeed
have much to gain—should sup
port this idea fully. I challenge
you, the editors and publishers, to
your full effort to this move
ment, both in the interest of your
state and of your county.”
CLASS OF ’4® TO
REUNITE JUNE 23
All members of the Jackson
High School Class of 1948 are re
minded that the 15th anniversary
reunion will be held June 23 at
Indian Springs State Park.
Members should meet at the
picnic area at one o’clock. Bring
the family and a picnic lunch.
Class of ‘33 To
Hold Reunion
Sunday, June 30
Beloved faces of long ago
classmates will be recognized
Sunday, June 30, when the 1933
class of Jackson High School
meet together again. The last re
union was held in 1958.
The group will meet at “Mica”,
the lakeside cottage of Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Allen on Jackson Lake.
Registration will begin at 11:30
with a picnic lunch to be spread
at one o’clock. Everyone is urged
to attend and bring their family.
Friends and teachers are also in
vited.
Members of the class and their
last known address are: Mike Al
len, Maurice Carmichael, Bernard
Carter, Ralph Evans, Doyle Jones
Jr., Wilmer White, Mrs. Willis
McClure (Sara Hodges), George
Ridgeway, Mrs. George Black
(Helen Bond), Mrs. Froest Powell
(Carrielene Tingle), Oscar Weav
er, Mrs. Ralph Eberhart (Trellis
Grant), Jackson; Marshall Allen,
Flovilla; Mrs. W. L. Holloway
(Margaret Hoard), Indian
Springs; Mrs. Margaret Grier
(Margaret McMichael), Smyrna,
Del.; Mrs. W. O. Dorough (Gladys
Bond), Albany; Mrs. Donald C.
Blair (Martha Bond), Orrick,
Mo.; James Finley, Red Bank, N.
J.; Earl Maddox, Griffin; Mrs. A.
C. Adams Jr. (Margaret Hurt),
College Park; Mrs. Perry Stancil
(Mary Dean Jenks), Mrs. S. J.
Meacham (Sarah Mills), Park
Newman, Mrs. John E. Pinson
(Frances Biles), Mrs. Iler Welch
(Annie Lou Jenks), David John
son, Mrs. M. F. Wellborn (Sara
Tolleson), all of Atlanta; Mrs.
W. W. Ware (Ann Lester), Walk
ers, Va.; Mrs. R. J. Camp (Kath
ryn Madden), Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Bob Barnett (Lucy Eve
lyn Merritt), Alpharetta; Edmond
Merritt, Duluth; Mrs. Haschel
Purifoy (Alice Moncrief), Monti
cello; Mrs. Danny Forsythe (Ruth
Reynolds), Key West, Fla; Dr.
Elwyn Patrick, Carrollton; Mr:.
Claude Lumly (Ruth Smith),
Wrightsville; Wilfred Thornton,
Macon; Henry Turner Jr., Gads
den, Ala.; Mrs. Clifton James
(Marion Bartlett), Mrs. Fletcher
Compton, (Elmina Leverette),
both of Locust Grove; L. P. Mc-
Kibben Jr., Mrs. Cap Welch (Cola
Pope), McDonough.
James Frederick, Aiken, S. C.;
Benjamin Fuqua, Commerce; Mrs.
Tommy Spencer (LaFon Hooten),
Clarkesville; Mrs. R. H. Hender
son (Polly Linkous), Norfolk, Va.;
Carolyn Lummus, New York
City; Mrs. B. J. Haskins (Sara
Mote), Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Burnice Parkerson (Mar
garet Pace), Eastman; Mrs. Ezra
Hayes (Grace Singley), Porter
dale; Mrs. Clarence Gay, (Ruth
Taylor), Cochran Field.
Lamar H. Thaxton, Los Ange
les, Calif.; Mrs. J. D. Medley,
(Ruby Wells), Warner Robins;
Mrs. Glenn Avery (Geraldine
Washington), Greenville, Tenn.;
Mrs. Billie Childs (Anna Frank
Woodward), Forest Park; W.
Stokely Garner, Union, S. C.;
Mrs. Harold Lifsey (Laßue
Hooten), Thomaston.
THOMAS MORTON TO SERVE
AS SUMMER MISSIONARY
MACON, Ga. —Fifteen Mercer
University students have been
designated as summer mission
aries for service in this country.
Fourteen have been selected to
serve under the direction of the
Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, and
one, Joseph Snow of Atlanta, will
serve as a summer missionary in
Hawaii under auspices of the
Georgia Baptist Student Union.
Mercer students to serve under
the direction of the Home Mission
Board include Thomas Morton,
Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Morton. He will serve in Ohio.
CLASS ’49 REUNION
BE HELD ON JUNE 23
The Jackson High School class
of 1949 will hold its annual re
union at Indian Springs State
Park on Sunday, June 23rd. The
president, James Biles, urges
everyone to attend and bring a
picnic lunch. Lunch will be
spread at one o’clock.
JACKSON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963
Despite Growing Pains
Financial Statement Shows City is
Operating Under Sound Fiscal Policy
City Pharmacy
Dominates Play
In Little League
The City Pharmacy Little
League team has set out to win
the championship and the second
half of the series has been domi
nated by them.
Tuesday night, June 11, the
City Pharmacy team, coached by
Ernest Biles defeated Pepperton
Mills in a thrilling extra inning
game. David Lunsford of City
Pharmacy blasted a home run
with Gary Daniel on second to
complete the seventh inning two
runs ahead of Pepperton Mills.
Joe Brown was the winning
pitcher. Final score was 8 to 6.
Leading hitters for City Phar
macy were home run hitter, Joe
Brown, who got his eighth homer,
2 for 3; David Lunsford, 2 for 3,
which included the winning four
bagger.
Tommy Glidewell was the pit
cher for the Pepperton Mills
team. Their best hitters were
Tony Parker, 2 for 4; Hugh Bond,
1 for 4. Denny O’Neal is the Pep
perton Mill coach.
Standard Oil walloped the first
place Polk Tire Cos. team by a
score of 16 to 0. The losing team,
beset by injuries and illness, felt
the loss ol Charles Fountain, out
because of illness, and Billy
Ridgeway, who is out for the seas
on because of a shattered thumb.
Donnie Joiner. Dale .Rosser and
Randy Freeman collaborated on
the mound for a no hitter.
Tim Hardy was the leading hit
ter with 3 for 4 for Standard Oil.
Their coach is Stanley Maddox.
Ronnie Cook was the Polk Tire
Cos. pitcher. Harry Ridgeway is
the Polk Tire coach.
In a game Friday night, June
14, City Pharmacy gained sweet
revenge by pasting a 26 to 9 lick
ing on Polk Tire Cos.
Joe Brown who is establishing
a record for his prowess at bat
was 3 for 3 and made each time
at plate count by hitting two
doubles and a single. Gary Daniel
was 2 for 3 and David Lunsford,
3 for 5. Forrest Rossey was the
winning pitcher.
The Polk Tire Cos. team stayed
in the game while breaking in two
players called up from the minor
leagues. Dennis Fincher, one of
the new players, was 1 for 1 and
walked twice in his first Little
League game. Billy Craig, also
called up, was 1 for 2. Ronald
Cook, a veteran batter, was 2 for
3. Chris Smith was the pitcher.
In the nightcap game Pepper
ton Mills defeated Standard Oil
4 to 3, in a cliff hanger. The
winning pitcher was Butch Bell
who gave up only two hits in six
innings. He was also 2 for 3 at
bat. Tommy Glidewell was 1 for
3.
Donnie Joiner and Tim Hardy
teamed on the mound to give up
only three hits for the losing
Standard Oil team.
Best batters for Standard Oil
were Tim Hardy, 1 for 3; David
Riley, 1 for 3; Randy Moncrief,
1 for 3.
SEWING CLASSES WILL BE
TAUGHT DURING SUMMER
An adult sewing class will be
taught by Miss Carolyn Hardi
gree, home economics teacher,
during the Summer with the first
meeting to begin Tuesday, June
25, at 7:30 o’clock at the Jack
son High School.
Seven 2-hour classes, free to
the public, will be included in the
course, which will be taught on
Tuesdays and Thursdays of the
following dates: June 25, 27,
July 2, 16, 23, 25 and 30.
For additional information
please call Miss Hardigree at
7947 (home), or 7175 (school).
Bond Sale Will
Finance Addition
Worthville Church
Rev. Argin Floyd, pastor of the
Worthville Baptist Church an
nounced this week that his church
will sell church bonds to build
anew auditorium. The bond sale
is being handled by the Provi
dence Church Plan, Inc., of At
lanta, with Mr. J. C. Johnson,
vice president acting as advisor.
A kick-off supper will be held
Tuesday, June 25, at 7:30 to
launch the beginning of the sale.
Bonds will be in denominations
of SIOO, $250, SSOO and SI,OOO.
They pay 6% interest every six
months with maturity from six
months to 13 and a half years,
the pastor said.
Proceeds from the sale cf these
bonds will be used to build a brick
colonial church, featuring white
columns and steeple, to replace
the frame church built in 1889.
It is hoped, Rev. Floyd said, that
actual construction of the church
will begin by the middle of Aug
ust.
According to Rev. Floyd, the
picnic type supper will begin the
bond drive. All bonds will be sold
on a first come, first serve basis.
Everyone who is interested in the
bonds is invited to attend. Fur
ther information may be obtained
from Mr. O. P. Stephens, Phone
6651 in day or at night 4961. Mrs.
Argin Floyd, phone 4126, can also
give anyone interested further in
formation.
Burglars Made
Big Haul At
Maddox Home
The home of Levie Maddox in
the Stark Community was bur
glarized Wednesday afternoon,
June 12, while the family was
away. Three men in an old model
green car are wanted for ques
tioning, according to Stanley
Maddox, son of Mr. Maddox.
According to Stanley, the
theft was discovered when he no
ticed on returning home that his
class ring and some change taken
from his pockets was missing.
The screen on a back jalousie
door had ben cut for entry, Mr.
Maddox stated. The missing
items included a 16 gauge shot
gun, a 410 gauge shotgun, 22
automatic pistol, army rifle, 38
pistol, four scout knives and a
pocket knife, a class ring, small
amount of money and a steam
and dry iron. The stolen goods
were located in different rooms
of the house. A brand new shot
gun was left in the house, Mr.
Maddox revealed.
According to Mr. Maddox, a
nearby resident noticed the green
car driving back and forth with
only one occupant and later with
three men in it. Tracks, he said,
showed where someone walked
from the road, into the woods
and across a field to get into the
back part of the house unseen.
The loss was partially covered
by insurance.
PLEASANT GROVE REVIVAL
WILL BEGIN JUNE 21ST
Revival services will begin Fri
day, June 21st, at the Pleasant
Grove Congregational Methodist
Church, with preaching each eve
ning at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev.
Charles Hartsfield of Tehuacana,
Texas, former pastor at Pleasant
Grove, will bring the massage
each evening. Singing will be led
by the pastor, Mr. W. A. Holston.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services which will
extend through Friday, June
28th.
New Appointees
Made For Local
Office of FACS
Announcement was made this
week by Mrs. Bruce Schaefer, di
rector of the State Department
of Family and Children Services,
of the appointment of anew five
member Butts County Board of
Family and Children Services. It
will act as an advisory board to
the local office of FACS.
The appointments were made
and approved by the Butts Coun
ty Commissioners and include re
appointment of P. H. Weaver who
has served with faithful duty on
the old Welfare Board since its
organization in 1937.
According to Mrs. Jane Powell,
director of the Butts County of
fice of FACS, Mr. Weaver was
the sole active board member be
fore the recent appointments.
The new board will become ef
fective July 1. Mr. Weaver’s ap
pointment was for one year.
Other members are E. D. Bris
coe, well known Jackson business
man, who is active in all church
and community work. His term is
for two years.
Mrs. Ruth Burford, an out
standing community leader, who
does a great deal of work in
church and civic affairs, is an
other member. She is a member
of the Jackson B&PW Club and
president of the Jackson Home
Demonstration Club. Her appoint
ment was for three years.
Levi Ball, retired textile exec
utive, was appointed for a four
year term. He is active in both
church and civic affairs.
Mrs. Helen Spencer is the fifth
member of the board and was ap
pointed for five years. She is a
former director of the local Wel
fare Department, as it was called
during the years of 1937 to
1943 when she was employed.
Since then she has worked in the
department for several years.
Mrs. Pcwell expressed pleasure
at the appointment of the five
outstanding citizens to the county
board and stated that she knew
they would be interested in meet
ing the needs of the people.
“I’m sure”, she said, “they will
learn what need the Family and
Children Services are trying to
meet and take an active part in
suggesting and making decisions.”
Exchange Club
Represented At
State Meeting
The Jackson Exchange Club
was well represented at the 38th
Convention of the Georgia State
Exchange Clubs held June 13-15
at the Hilton Inn in Hapeville.
President Glenn Potts and Mrs.
Potts, Mr. and Mrs. George
Ridgeway, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Shields and Wilmer Greer attend
ed portions of the convention.
During the meeting, “It’s Up
To Me In ’63” was the theme. A
new president was elected by the
delegates. He is Charles C. Fos
ter of Albany, an associate of
Warren Brimberry Insur an c e
Agency, Inc., Albany. Mr. Fos
ter served on the State Board of
Controls from 1958 to 1962. He
was State Vice President during
the past year.
The new president is husband
of the former Miss Rebecca Mc-
Donald of Jackson.
President Potts, expressed his
sincere thanks to the local manu
facturers who donated gifts to be
given as door prizes at the con
vention. Those who made presen
tations were the Pepperton Mills,
Gateway Luggage of Georgia,
Inc., The Kym Company and
Fashion Pillows.
S4.CO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A financial statement for the
City of Jackson for the year 1962
reveals that the city is being op
erated on sound fiscal policies
with no increase in taxes believed
necessary in the immediate fu
ture, despite a steady growth in
population and city-furnished ser
vices.
This statement, covering the
period January 1, 1962 through
December 31, 1962, was made by
the Mayor and Council, C. M.
Daniel Jr., chairman of the Fi
nance Committee. The detailed
statement is published in this is
sue and Mr. Daniel calls it to the
attention of every citizen for
careful study and analysis.
During 1962 receipts totaled
$97,267.59, of which advalorem
taxes, including interest, account
ed for $38,264.01, or only 39 per
cent of the total receipts for the
year. Chairman Daniel pointed to
the remaining 61 percent of re
ceipts as derived from business
licenses, fines and forfeitures,
garbage fees, parking meters, and
contributions from the gas and
electric departments.
On the other hand, Mr. Daniel
disclosed, it costs $96,699.61 to
operate the City Government dur
ing ‘62 with the Sanitary and
Street Departments and the Po
lice Department requiring $73,-
465.29 for the year’s operation.
Robert F. Rosser, CPA, of Atlan
ta, was listed as the City’s auditor
by Mr. Daniel
Principal City expansions and
expenditures last year, according
to Mr. Daniel, included four sub
divisions,‘extension of city limits,
new vapor lights for many sec
tions. Mr. Daniel cited figures to
show that the corporate area of
Jackson had expanded from 1.580
square miles in 1969 to 2.238
square miles in 1963, an increase
of 42 percent. Since January Ist
to the present, permits have been
issued for the construction of 26
new dwellings which, with permits
for remodeling, total nearly one
quarter million dollars, Mr. Daniel
pointed out.
Jackson’s population has in
creased at least 10 percent since
the 1960 census, Mr. Daniel re
vealed. He cited as a striking sta
tistic of Jackson’s growth that
from the period of January ‘55 to
October ‘6B eight houses per year
were constructed, while at the
present rate over 50 houses will
be built this year, an increase of
over 400 percent.
High Falls Lot
Is Cleaned By
Local Sportsmen
A lovely and rustic lot has been
leased by the Butts County
Sportsmen’s Club at High Falls
Lake for the use of its members,
their families and friends, Ray
mond O’Quinn, president of the
club, announced recently.
The lot, a point with approxi
mately 700 feet of water front
age, is located on the east side
of the lake several miles up
stream from the dam.
Members worked one Saturday
clearing the area and a picnic
shelter has been built. It is wired
with electricity and has several
tables, Mr. O’Quinn said.
The tree shaded area is open
also to any organization who
wishes to use the facilities for
picnics, fishing and camping, the
president stated. A fishing boat
was donated by Mr. Ellis Roberts
and will be kept at the area.
The recreational facility is
leased from the property of O. L.
and P. H. Weaver. To reach it
from Jackson, take Highway 36
to Lee Maddox’s store and turn
left there. It is about a mile and
a half from the store, Mr.
O’Quinn said.