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Harksmt Jfrugrtss-Argus
VOL. 92 —NO. 16
Jurors Drawn
For May Term
Superior Court
The May term of Butts Su
perior Court will convene in Jack
son on Monday, May 3, at 9 a. m.
with the Hon. Hugh D. Sosebee,
Judge of the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, presiding. Solicitor General
Edward McGarity of McDonough
is prosecuting attorney for the
state.
The traditional two week term
will be held with civil cases to
be heard the first week and
criminal matters coming in for
attention the second week. Court
sessions will begin at 9 o’clock
each morning.
Jurors for the May term were
drawn recently by Judge Sose
bee, the names of which are re
leased this week by David P.
Ridgeway, Butts County Clerk of
Superior Court.
Grand Jurors
G. L. Morgan, L. C. Webb,
James E. Payne, Mrs. S. L. Aus
tin, Lewis Freeman, Foster Lev
errett, C. W. McGough, T. 0.
Bell, Acie M. Smith, Gerald Davis,
N. A. Powell, Miss Ruby Lane, S.
A. Washington, J. Dawson Bry
ant, H. M. Fletcher, E. A. God
sey, R. B. Kitchens, S. L. Gray,
James L. Robertson, Joe Moore,
Frank P. Moore, Stacer W. Wash
ington, Dorothy Thomas, H. H.
Vaughn, J. C. Drake, L. G. Mad
dox, W. H. Roberts, Jr., T. E.
Robison, Sr., Clyde Norris, A. W.
Newton.
Traverse Jury, Ist Week
S. W. Maddox, Jr., Guy How
ard, Wilbur T. Gregg, Miss Geor
gie Watkins, George Ingram, J.
R. Pulliam, Howard Goins, Tal
madge Moore, Eugene Wells,
Riley Hay, S. V. Lunsford, Jim
my Evans, Ruth P. Sellers, Wil
mer Greer, W. R. Singleton, E.
J. Goggins, E. M. McCord, D. B.
Wise, 0. P. Stephens, Bobby
Moore, J. A. Knowles, Cecil
Brooks, James E. Kersey.
George Swan, Joel Fincher,
Randolph Long, Harvey Hodges,
W. H. Leverrett, Hugh Glidewell,
Paul Pruitt, James M. Phurrough,
Garland Cook, C. E. Daniel, Lem
Watkins, G. C. Moore, Thomas
Lee James, Johnny Loyd, H. W.
Barnes, Fleet Duffey, Ralph
Evans, Andrew J. Long, Paul
Pickett, Oscar Young, Richard C.
Hall, Glenn L. Potts, Robert L.
Smith, Roy Goff, E. A. Deaver,
Jr., Andy Kinard, B. Y. Lunsford,
Edward Cleveland.
Nancy Ann Robison, Frank D.
Moore, Carl E. Waits, Curtis B.
Johnson, Dan Hoard, Doyle Jones
Jr., Fred P. Cook, W. T. Evans,
Reginald Bunch, Jerry Burford,
Bailey Jones, Mrs. Dock Boyd,
John P. Hunt, Harold Dooley,
Roy Prosser, Lewis O’Hearn,
Dickie Moore, Russell Crumbley,
Walter Bedsole, Ellis P. Cook,
Spencer Johnson, N. F. Land, C.
B. Brown, Jr., A. G. Cowan.
Traver*e Jury, 2nd Week
R. E. McMichael, D. P. Settle,
M. N. Maddox, Banks Weaver,
George D. Barnes, Robert Wor
ley, Frank McMichael, Charles E.
Rooks, Jr., James L. Etheridge,
Mrs. J. B. White, Marion W.
Cook, A. D. Maddox, W. M. Man
gham, Jack Nelson, John W.
Webb, Fred Hammond, B. Hay
wood Hodges, Mike D. Allen,
Lovett Fletcher, Levi J. Ball, W.
D. Pope, Fred Raney, Farris L.
McCoy, Aubrey Hamlin, Emory
Waits, H. J. Greer, John A. Mc-
Lees.
Harry Fletcher, Paul Sikes,
Woodrow Turner, E. T. Foster,
Clarence Shellnut, Edward Waits,
F. A. Moncrief, John Wesley
Cook, Claude Fendley, W. S.
Weaver, Gerald L. Hamlin, Cur
tis Kelley, D. G. Payne, Allan
Brittain, W. B. Cameron, Ulysses
Knight, Willard J. Dunn, J. F.
Wilkerson, Robert Franklin, Bob
by Mackey, W. J. Greer, Annie
Wise, W. R. Presley, Joe Gilmore,
C. L. Ridgeway.
C. M. Daniel, Jr., Johnny Col
well, Harold L. Cook, Mrs. Char
lene Starr, Mrs. Helen Spencer,
George H. Brooks, Alvin E. Long,
A. A. Mills, Ray Edwin O’Neal,
Perry O’Neal, Exie Randlen, W.
T. Nelson, Mrs. Sara Buchanan,
Mrs. W. T. Fletcher, Walter C.
Norsworthy, Pearl Barber, G. R.
Lewis, Aubrey W. James.
s - J. Westbury, L. P. Hurst,
Harold Clarke
Seeks Post of
Representative
Harold Clarke of Forsyth has
announced that he is a candidate
for Representative from the 45th
District.
Under the re-apportionment
plan, this District is composed of
Butts and Monroe Counties. The
primary is scheduled for May 5.
A Forsyth attorney, Clarke is
at present serving his third term
as a member of the House. Dur
ing the period from 1961 he has
risen to a position of leadership
in that body. At the present time
he is chairman of the House In
dustry Committee. He has pre
viously served as chairman of the
Auditing committee of the House.
During the past term Clarke
was one of the principal authors
of the Home Rule bills for the
counties and municipalities. He
said he felt these measures are of
vital importance because they will
allow local problems to be solved
on a local level.
As secretary of the Highway
Planning Committee in 1962,
Clarke wrote the first draft of
the re-organization plan for the
State Highway Department. That
same year he originated a plan
which would have provided one
representative from each county.
This plan was adopted by the
1962 re-apportionment commit
tee but was later sidetracked be
cause of changes in the Federal
court rulings.
Clarke is a life-long resident of
Forsyth, where he has served in
numerous positions of leadership.
He is an elder in the Presbyter
ian Church, a former Scoutmast
er, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, past president of the
Lions Club and the Flint Bar As
sociation. For the past year he
has been a member of the seven
man committee of the State Bar
on Law revision which acts as a
clearing house for all proposed
laws recommended by that group.
He is also a veteran, having
served with the rank of staff
sergeant as managing editor of
the Pacific Stars and Stripes.
In making his announcement,
Clarke said, “I look forward to
the opportunity of serving the
people of Butts County. Through
out my life I have been devoted
to the cause of the well being and
growth of our section. I will not
abandon this cause.
“You can be assured,” he con
tinued, “that the people of Butts
County will be foremost in my
mind and that I will make every
effort to give you responsive and
effective representation.”
Hilda James
Cut As Car,
Truck Collide
Mrs. Aubrey James of Jackson
received cuts Friday afternoon
when the car she was driving
and a truck owned by Benton
Brothers Film Express of Atlanta
were involved in a collision.
According to Policeman Max
Polk who investigated the acci
dent along with Jackson Police
Chief Watson Vaughn, the car
driven by Mrs. James suffered
considerable damage with minor
damage being done to the truck.
Some property damage was done
to the yard at the home of Mrs.
A. H. Coleman when the auto
mobile was knocked into the yard.
The accident occurred about
5:20 p. m. on Brookwood Avenue
in front of the Brookwood
Beauty Salon.
Mrs. James was admitted to
Sylvan Grove Hospital overnight
for observation.
Robert Lane, Larry Cawthon,
Lester Bankston, E. L. Burford,
Charles Shields, Willis McClure,
Charles Clark, David L. Wise,
Richard V. Meredith, 0. A.
Thomas, Joe Shields, C. V. Mc-
Michael, James C. Blankenship,
T. E. Robison, Jr., J. Avon Gas
ton, Randolph Hardy, Frank
Childs, Elmer Cawthon, Rolfe
Burford, Wayne King, Richard
Johnson, S. J. Ireland, Tom
Andrews, Sr.
Senior Class
First To Use
New Auditorium
The senior class at Jackson
High School had the honor of
being the first group to use the
new auditorium under construc
tion for the past year. They had
permission from the builder to
use it for practice on Monday
night, April 19, for their senior
play.
The Senior Play will be staged
on Thursday evening, April 29,
at which time the auditorium will
be opened to the public.
According to Butts School
Superintendent Lee Roy O’Neal,
the structure is not completely
finished with some wiring in
stallation and several other inci
dentals needing attention. He
said that plans for an Open
House are indefinite at present.
Mr. O’Neal also pointed out
that the Butts County Board of
Education has set a fee for the
use of the auditorium for any
thing not connected with school
affairs.
The fees as set forth by Mr.
O’Neal will be SIOO for an out
side group not connected with a
local school, civic or religious
group.
A SSO charge will be made to
local civic or religious groups
sponsoring an outside group.
Civic, fraternal or religious
groups meeting in the auditorium
will be charged $25.00.
Kindergarten and dance groups
will be charged $20.00.
Mr. O’Neal said that this
charge did not include practice
nights or days prior to the actual
event. A charge will be made for
utilities and janitorial services
for practice held in the building.
The superintendent stated that
the Board felt that the charges
were necessary to maintain the
building, including the cleaning
and paying of utilities.
He pointed out that under
Georgia law the Board is not sup
posed to spend money for any
thing except the education of
children and maintaining the
building for public use could not
be included under education.
The structure was built with
funds approved by Butts County
voters on March 1, 1963 when
they voted by a large majority
for a $250,000 bond issue. The
money raised through the issue
was used to build the Jackson
auditorium and a gymnasium
auditorium for Henderson High
and Elementary School.
Mrs. Sibley Is
Installed As
PTA President
The Butts County PTA met in
short session Thursday night for
the installation of officers.
Mrs. M. L. Powell acted as the
installing officer with Mrs. Julie
Sibley installed as president; Mrs.
Jimmy O’Neal, vice president;
Mrs. Hazel Washington, secre
tary and Mrs. Dan Hoard, treas
urer.
A beautiful silver coffee ser
vice was presented to Mrs. Gussie
Cawthon, outgoing president, in
appreciation of her devoted work
to the PTA. Mrs. Powell also
read a poem written for Mr3.
Cawthon by Mrs. J. L. Garr.
Members of the third year
class of the Jackson Elementary
School entertained with a selec
tion of musical numbers most of
which dealt with the Easter
theme. Jerry Crum gave a read
ing in connection with the class
entertainment.
Mrs. J. O. Beauchamp won the
room count by having more par
ents present for the meeting than
any other teacher.
Y. A. WRIGHT CHAPTER
TO CONFER DEGREES
Y. A. Wright Chapter 122 of
Worthville, with the assistance
and cooperation of Jackson Chap
ter RAM, will confer all four de
grees of the Chapter Saturday,
April 24th, beginning at four
o’clock. All qualified companions
are invited.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1965
Track Team
Fares Well In
Meets To Date
Jackson High’s thinclads are
rejoicing over completion of their
new regulation track with the
first meet on the oval to be a tri
angular affair April 28 with Jack
son hosting Mary Persons and
Pike County. The meet will begin
at four o’clock and the public is
invited.
Coach Porter Gilbert expressed
satisfaction with his boys to date
and is proud of the excellent
showing made in two three-way
meets against AAA and AA
schools. On April 9th Jackson
competed against Newnan and
Henry County in Newnan with
Jackson placing second with 50
points to 58 for Newnan and 48
for Henry County. Placing first,
second and third in this meet
were the following Red Devils:
Jimmy Autry, Ist in 220; Allen
Byars and Larry Mathis, tie for
first in high jump; Ricky Johnson
and Albert Smith, tie for first in
pole vault; Tommy Cauthen and
Kenny Duke, first and second in
mile, and second and third in the
two mile run.
On April 15th Jackson engaged
R. E. Lee and Yatesville in Thom
aston and emerged second with
63 points. The Rebels of Lee won
with 68 points. Yatesville scored
33. Coach Gilbert noted that the
team showed a marked improve
ment in this meet over the first.
Scoring first and second places in
the Thomaston meet were:
Albert Smith and Ricky John
son, tie for first in pole vault;
Allen Byars, 2nd in high jump;
Gary Whitaker, 2nd in shotput;
Larry Mathis, 2nd in high hur
dles; David Polk, 2nd in low hur
dles; David Polk, Ricky Johnson,
Jimmy Autry and Allen Byars,
2nd in 440 reliny; Kenny Duke,
Ist in mile run; Tommy Cauthen,
2nd in mile; Kenny Duke, Ist in
two mile; Tommy Cauthen, 2nd in
two mile; Allen Byars, David
Polk, Jimmy Herbert, Keith Rog
ers, Ist in mile relay; Albert
Smith, Larry Mathis, Wright
Hicks, Walter Carmichael, 2nd in
mile relay.
Coach Gilbert believes Duke
and Cauthen are good bets in the
state meet in the mile and two
mile runs. He reports both boys
improved and working hard for
the honor of making the state
meet.
Two other boys Coach Gilbert
feels have a real chance in the
state are Jimmy Herbert in the
440 and Jimmy Patrick in the
880.
Senior Play
Be Presented
On April 29
Jackson’s new auditorium will
be christened with its first ac
tivity of the year when the Sen
ior Class of Jackson High School
presents three entertaining plays
on Thursday, April 29. The plays
will begin at 8:00 p. m.
“Early Frost,” a spine tingling
melodrama, will be presented
with the following cast: Beth
Barnes, Becky Glidewell, Candice
Kimbell, Tweenie Pace, and Gail
Herbert.
“Antic Spring,” a light comedy
about the antics of teenagers on
a picnic, will also be presented.
The cast is: Mack Cawthon, Ka
ren Garr, Homer Lewis, Martha
Saunders, Priscilla Collins, Ricky
Rosser.
To top off the evening “Moun
tain Madness,” a hilarious hill
billy farce, will be presented. The
cast of this play is: Wicky Bunch,
Nancy Beckham, Carole Bond,
Mary Ellen Stephens, Kenneth
Batchelor, Allen Byars, Ellen
Caston, Sarah Jo Burford, Byrd
Garland, Jimmy Redman, Anita
Waldrep, Barbara Peek, Donny
Phillips, Terry Kitchens.
The public is cordially invited.
Admission will be 25 cents for
students and 50 cents for adults.
Horse Show On
May 5 Be First
Held in County
What is expected to be one
of the largest and best Horse
Shows ever to be seen in this
area will be held on May 5 at
the Butts County Fairgrounds.
The show is sponsored by the
Jackson Exchange Club with Al
Holt of Atlanta acting as man
ager.
According to R. F. Armstrong,
a co-chairman of the Horse Show,
inquiries have come in from the
best known stables in this section
and indications are that this will
be the top and best show of the
area.
The club is preparing for an
estimated 3,000 spectators for the
gala event. Horses have already
been entered from throughout
Georgia and the surrounding
states. Many local entries are
also signed up for competition.
Prize money amounting to sl,-
884.00 will be given to winners
in the 33 different classes out
lined on the program. Each of
the top championship classes will
receive $210.00 in prize money.
For other classes, prizes range
from trophies to $116.00.
Beginning at 4 o’clock in the
afternoon and extending until 10
that night, the show will include
a delicious barbecue chicken sup
per. Advance tickets for the sup
per are on sale for SI.OO. They
will be $1.25 at the gate. Tickets
for the show are SI.OO for adults
and 60 cents for children. Box
seats may be obtained to seat
six for SIO.OO.
Exchangite Glenn Potts is
acting as chairman, with Marion
Todd and Mr. Armstrong serv
ing as co-chairmen. Jimmy Stew
art and John Moore are co-chair
men of the chicken supper.
Guy H. Howard
Commander Of
Knights Templar
Alexius Commandery No. 22,
Knights Templar, elected Guy H.
Howard as Eminent Commander
for a second term at the meeting
on April 16th. Yearly reports
were also given. A financial re
port by Recorder and Treasurer
A. W. Newton revealed that the
Commandery is in sound financial
condition with a membership of
93 from Butts, Henry and Jasper
Counties.
The Commandery was char
tered May 9, 1907. Meeting dates
are the first and third Fridays
in each month.
Other officers elected include
Carlton T. Williams, Generalissi
mo; Charles E. Rooks, Captain
General; J. T. Beckham Jr., Sen
ior Warden; Carter Moore, Junior
Warden; Clyde Norris, Prelate;
A. W. Newton, Recorder and
Treasurer; Artis C. Knowles,
Standard Bearer; Wendell G.
Spencer, Sword Bearer; Harold
L. Duke, Warder; and N. A.
Powell, Sentinel. Appointed as
Guards were Richard Burford,
first; Billy Sutton, second; E. D.
Briscoe, third. J. W. O’Neal Sr.
was appointed chairman of the
Finance Committee and serving
with him will be R. P. Newton
and H. M. Moore.
WORKERS URGED
TO CLOSE OUT
RED CROSS DRIVE
Workers for the Butts County
Red Cross Fund Campaign were
urged to finalize their returns
this week and to get the returns
in to their co-chairmen Roy Goff
or Bailey Crockarell.
Dr. Goff pointed out that the
drive was extended due to the
bad weather and the great inci
dent of illness during the March
drive.
Dr. Goff stated that thus far
the goal has fallen short of the
$1,850 in donations that was
aimed for. The campaign has
netted around $l,lOO, he said.
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James Mcßay
To Speak At
First Baptist
The Rev. James Mcßay, pastor
of the Lakewood Baptist Church,
Gainesville, will be leading re
vival services at the First Baptist
Church beginning Sunday, May
2. Mr. Mcßay has pastored the
Lakewood church since 1956.
Both he and Mrs. Mcßay are na
tives of Rome.
Since coming to Georgia in
1948, Mr. Mcßay has held a
variety of places of responsibil
ity. He has served as vice presi
dent of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention; two terms on the Execu
tive Committee of the Conven
tion; as chairman of the Budget
Committee of the Convention. He
has also served as the Moderator
of the Chattahoochee Baptist As
sociation for two terms. For the
past nine years Mr. Mcßay has
served as Chaplain of Riverside
Military Academy in Gainesville.
This is the largest privately ope
rated military academy this side
of West Point. In civic matters
the guest minister is a member
of the Board of Registrars of
City of Gainesville and is also
active in the American Cancer
Society and the Tuberculosis As
sociation.
Services will begin Sunday,
May 2, and continue twice daily
through Friday, May 7, at 7:30
a. m. and p. m. Nursery facilities
will be provided as well as di
rected activities for four and five
year olds.
Philip Westbury
Is Regional
Jaycee Head
The Butts County Jaycees
brought home the honors from
the Regional Meeting in Monroe
last Saturday.
Their local president, Philip
Westbury, was elected president
of the region following a long
hard campaign. Mr. Westbury
was also named Outstanding Lo
cal President of the region and
Key Man of the Region.
The Butts County Club won
the membership award by having
the largest increase in member
ship.
Mr. Westbury succeeds Jack
Landers of Monroe as president.
He will take office in June for
a year’s tenure. While president
his duties will include a minimum
of three visits to each of the 16
chapters in his region. The new
president is automatically a state
vice president and will serve on
the executive committee for the
state.
Elected to serve with him were
Walt Wilson of Athens, first vice
president, and Malone Cunard of
Monticello, second vice president.
Mac Collins of Jackson was ap
pointed by Mr. Westbury to serve
as secretary and treasurer of the
region.
WESTSIDE BAPTISTS TO USE
NEW BUILDING ON SUNDAY
The Westside Baptist Church
will hold services in their new
building located at 413 Brook
wood Avenue on Sunday, April
25.
The dedication services for the
new building will be announced
at a later date.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all to attend this “going church
for a coming Saviour.”
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Action Deferred
On Amendment
For Apothecary
No decision was reached by
City Council Monday night at the
public hearing at City Hall at
which citizens appeared to voice
their opposition to or speak in
support of the amendment recom
mended by the City-County Plan
ning Board that would enable Dr.
Roy Goff to construct a profes
sional building with an apothe
cary on a McDonough Road lot
adjacent to Sylvan Grove Hos
pital.
Mayor C. B. Brown Jr. said
Tuesday morning that the Coun
cil has asked the Planning Board
to meet with them in a private
session Thursday night at which
the preponderance of objections
voiced Monday night will be
transmitted to the Board.
Under existing land use plans,
clinics are already provided for
in R-l Low Density Residential
Districts. At a meeting several
weeks ago to which the public
was excluded, the City-County
Planning Board recommended to
the City Council that Section 71
be amended to read as follows:
“71.14 Apothecary shops pro
vided they are located in hospitals
or clinics as are provided for in
sub-section 71.4 of Article VII
of said plan.” Dr. Goff has an
option from Mrs. R. C. Edwards
for land to construct the proposed
professional building and apothe
cary.
Several citizens expressed con
cern that if the recommended
amendment is approved by Coun
cil, it will let the floodgates down
over the encroachment of com
mercial businesses in prime resi
dential areas. It was brought out
in unanswerable logic that if a
permit is granted one druggist,
then the petitions of others for
similar buildings could not in
good conscience be turned down
by the Planning Board or the
Council.
One citizen made the point, in
which Mayor Brown and the
councilmen present, John L. Cole
man, W. O. Ball and Bill Sasser,
apparently unanimously con
curred, that the hearing should
have been before the Planning
Board instead of the Council. It
was discussed that the best in
terests of the town can be served
by having hearings before the
Planning Board, allowing citizens
to express themselves pro and
con, before such important de
cisions be reached. Mayor Brown
gave virtual assent that in the
future such hearings will be held,
stating it is incumbent upon the
Board to ascertain the feeling of
the public before decisions are
made.
A Jackson attorney present,
representing the Butts County
Commissioners, Robert W. Cook,
chairman, expressed strenuous
objection to the proposed apothe
cary on behalf of the Commis
sioners.
It was brought out by several
members of the Butts County
Hospital Authority, three of
whom were present, that Sylvan
Grove Hospital is currently ope
rating near capacity and that ad
ditional land must be secured for
anticipated expansion at an early
date. Without fail every person
at the meeting who spoke ex
pressed concern that the hos
pital’s expansion and growth in
no way be constricted by any
building.
Dr. Goff said the clinic and
apothecary would enable doctors
to better serve patients at the
hospital by its close proximity,
saving drives across town, and
that patients feeling too badly to
travel to Jackson might obtain
prescriptions at the shop. The
apothecary would stock only
pharmaceuticals and would be
concerned primarily with pre
scription service.
Those present at the hearing
were Mayor Brown, who presided,
Councilmen Sasser, Coleman and
Ball, Mrs. Mary Jo Brooks, City
Clerk; Col. B. B. Garland, City
Attorney; Dr. and Mrs. Roy Goff,
Mrs. R. C. Edwards, Miss Georgie
Watkins, Mrs. Ben Haisten, Mr.
and Mrs. Doyle Jones Jr., Mrs.
S. L. Austin, Dr. W. G. Smith,
Col. A. Dan Fears, Dr. Randolph
Long.