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VOL. 93—NO. 36
Stubborn Blaze Monday Morning Badly
Damages Westbury Medical Care Home
Fire, believed to have started
from severe lightning in the area
between 8:30 and 9 o’clock Sun
day night, smouldered for several
hours and burst into flame about
12:30 Monday morning, seriously
damaging the attic and second
floor at the central building at
Westbury Medical Care Home,
Inc. at Jenkinsburg.
According to Mr. S. J. West
bury, owner of the sprawling
nursing home complex, their elec
tronic fire detection system light
ed up between the time previous
ly mentioned Sunday night and
although a thorough check of the
premises was made no blaze was
noticed at the time. It is the opin
ion of Mr. Westbury that light
ning probably struck a metal gut
ter at the corner and rear of the
central building probably ignit
ing the fire in the attic’s interior
which smouldered for several
hours before bursting into flame.
It was noted Monday morning
that a clock in one of the hall
ways had stopped at 12:32 Mon
day morning.
The stubborn blaze was fought
first by employees of the home
with assistance quickly sum
moned from the Jackson Volun
teer Fire Department and from
the McDonough and Locust
Grove Fire Departments.
Philip Westbury, a son of Rev.
and Mrs. S. J. Westbury and an
executive of the large middle
Georgia medical care home, at
tributed the splendid work of the
Jackson Fire Department, under
the direction of Billy Leverette,
as doing much in containing the
blaze to the single building.
During the fire it was neces
sary to evacuate between 40 and
50 patients, all of whom were
moved out of the burning struc
ture within 15 minutes with no
injuries whatsoever. Because of
the emergency, the ousted pa
tients were billeted on pallets in
other portions of the home for
the remainder of the night.
Mr. Westbury said Monday
morning that extent of the dam
age had not been determined, but
it appears extensive with severe
burning in the attic and water
damage to the second and main
floors in certain areas.
In a taped interview over an
Atlanta radio station late Mon
day, Mr. Westbury estimated
damages as approximately $lO,-
000 and stated that the fire was
fought for about an hour before
being brought under control.
Grand Winners
Are Named In
Fishing Contest
Jackson Hardware Company’s
fishing contest closed September
Ist with the grand prize winners
in three divisions—Bream, Bass
and Crappie—announced this
week by the sponsoring firm.
They include John Wesley Cook,
Route 2, Jackson, with a 1 lb.
6 oz. bream caught on a cricket
in a private lake in Butts County;
H. E. Freeman, Jackson, 8 lb.
4 oz. large mouth bass caught
m High Falls Lake with a Big
Daddy black fliptail; Timmy Kel
ley, Jackson, 1 lb. 8 oz. crappie
in private lake on a live minnow.
Each of the three above men
tioned winners received a $12.95
Zebco Spinning Reel, a $7.95
Zebco 6 ft. Rod, a $4.95 case, and
$2.00 extra Zebco line—a total
value of $27.85.
Winning honorable mention in
the fishing contest that extended
from April to September were the
following, as cited by the spon
sors:
Bream: P. H. Weaver, Bennie
Dover, David R. Cook, Cotton
Vaughn, Wilbur Singley, Robert
Maddox, Frank Coffee, J. A.
Wheeler, C. C. Clifton, Troy
Norsworthy.
Bass: A. H. Edwards, W. G.
Gilbert, Johnny Kinard, Clyde
Herbert, Horace Cawthon, Billy
Hoard, Colonel Lester, Curry
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Address All Mail (Subscription Change of Address Form 3679) to P. O. Box 249, Ga. 30 233
Harold McCart,
Butts Native,
Dies in Atlanta
In the death Wednesday, Aug
ust 31, of Mr. Harold F. McCart,
Butts County lost one of its most
prominent native sons and Fulton
County and Atlanta a widely
known county commissioner and
businessman and civic leader. Mr.
McCart died early Wednesday
morning at St. Joseph Infirmary
following a brief illness.
Born in Butts County on March
14, 1908 near Barnett’s Bridge,
Mr. McCart was the son of the
late Mr. W. G. McCart and Mrs.
Lily Leverett McCart. He was a
great grandson of the late Col.
and Mrs. John L. Barnett. Mr.
McCart moved from Butts County
in his early youth and was grad
uated from high school in Monte
zuma. He was also graduated
from Mercer University.
Mr. McCart was running un
opposed for re-election to the
Fulton County Commission at the
time of his death, having served
five years after being named to
the commission in 1961 to suc
ceed Commissioner Carlyle Fra
ser.
The 58 year old insurance
company president was scheduled
to be chairman of the commission
in January. During the past year
he served as vice chairman.
Mr. McCart was instrumental
in the building of Atlanta Stadi
um, and represented the county
government on the Atlanta-Ful
ton Recreation Authority which
oversees operation of the stadi
um.
Mr. McCart was vice president
and member of the executive com
mittee of Security Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association, found
er and president of Johnson-Mc-
Cart Insurance Agency and
founder and vice president of
Engineered Machinery, Inc.
Mr. McCart was a Mason,
Shriner, Elk, and past president
of the Georgia Fraternal Con
gress. In addition he was an or
ganizer and director of the Up
town Association, a member of
the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce, the Kiwanis Club, and
past president of the Mercer
Alumni Association. He was a
member of the Ansley Golf Club,
Capital City Club, and Commerce
Club.
He is survived by his wife; a
son, Harold Jr., and a daughter,
Caroline.
Funeral services were held at
two p. m. Thursday at the Peach
tree Methodist Church. Offici
ating were Dr. Thomas Whiting,
Dr. Nat G. Long and Chaplain
John Esaias. Interment was in
Westview Cemetery. Arrange
ments were handled by H. M. Pat
terson & Son, Spring Street, At
lanta.
GIANT MOTORCADE
PLANNED FOR
MONTICELLO GAME
Those supporters of the Jack
son High Red Devils who plan to
motor over to Monticello Friday
night for the Jackson-Monticello
fotball game, are asked to join
the hoped for large motorcade
that will leave the school at seven
o’clock sharp.
Sponsors of the motorcade be
lieve that several score cars will
take part in the ’cade which will
have an escort over. Those who
wish to travel in this fashion are
asked to report to the school area
well before seven so that places
can be assigned and it can leave
on time.
Cawthon, J. A. Jones, W. G. Gil
bert, Roy Prosser, Charlie El
liott, Allen Kemper, Charles Ellis,
C. E. Washington.
Crappie: Darrell Kitchens, J.
R. Crane, Cotton Vaughn, R. C.
Norsworthy.
Series Accidents
Gave Officers
Busy Weekend
A series of traffic accidents
over the Labor Day weekend kept
Sheriff J. D. (Bud) Pope and
Deputy Sheriff Russell Crumbley
busy over the last long Summer
holiday.
On Friday night three Negro
men were injured in an accident
near the Yellow Water Creek
bridge on Georgia 16 East when
the car driven by Fulton Greer
struck a tree to avoid a head-on
crash while attempting to pass
another vehicle. According to
Deputy Crumbley, Willie Wise, a
passenger in the car, suffered
deep lacerations to his face and
a fractured arm. After emergen
cy care at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital, he was trensferred to Grady
Hospital in Atlanta. The accident
occurred about 8 p. m.
Shortly afterwards Mrs. Jose
phine Stallings of Eatonton hit a
cow on Route 16 West just be
yond the city limits about 8:30.
There were no injuries to the
passengers.
Some 45 minutes later, about
9:15 p. m., Mrs. Doris G. Harris
of Griffin hit a cow on Route 16
near the sales barn, killing the
cow, according to Deputy Crumb
ley.
Miss Marcia Morgan of Flovilla
was shaken up about 10 o’clock
Suaday morning in a two car col
lision at a Flovilla intersection on
Highway 87. According to Deputy
Crumbley, she was making a left
turn off 87 when an Atlanta
motorist struck her in the rear
while both were proceeding
South.
Another mishap occurred about
6:15 Sunday evening at the inter
section of Highway 42 and Nel
son Street when James W. God
win, 17, of Jackson, suffered leg
injuries when the motor scooter
he was riding struck a car in the
rear which had slowed for a left
turn into Nelson Street, accord
ing to Deputy Crumbley.
Woman Killed In
Worthville Mishap
As Car Overturns
Mrs. Deelie Kent, 40, of Route
2, Jackson, was believed instant
ly killed in an automobile acci
dent Tuesday night at Worth
ville.
According to Butts County
Sheriff J. D. (Bud) Pope the ac
cident happened about seven o’-
clock Tuesday night near the
Worthville Baptist Church on old
Highway 36 when the car driven
by the victim’s husband, Albert
Kent, left the road on a curve
and overturned, throwing Mrs.
Kent from the vehicle. Sheriff
Pope said Wednesday morning
that Mr. Kent is in jail charged
with manslaughter, driving too
fast for conditions, and driving
under the influence.
Mrs. Kent was pronounced
dead upon arrival at Sylvan
Grove Hospital. Sheriff Pope said
that the family moved to Butts
County about eight months ago
and that Mr. Kent was employed
in a Newton County industry.
ST. JOHN’S LODGE SETS
COMMUNICATION SEPT. 10
St. John’s Lodge will have a
called communication Saturday
night, September 10th, for the
purpose of conferring the Mas
ter’s degree on four candidates.
The meeting will begin at 6:30
with a barbecue to be served
dutch treat by C. M. Tomlin of
Riverside Barbecue.
The Lodge will open at 7:30
with the Fellowcraft Club of
Hapeville Lodge No. 590, F&AM,
conferring and dramatizing the
degree work. All qualified breth
ren are invited to attend this
meeting.
Rogers Starr To
Be Lt. Governor
Of 12th Division
Mayor C. B. Brown Jr., speak
ing to the Jackson Kiwanis Club
Tuesday night, made a strong
plea for all citizens to vote in
the September 14th primary and
the city primary of October 14th,
and challenged Kiwanians to ac
tively participate in politics. The
program was arranged by J. W.
O’Neal, Sr., who introduced
Mayor Brown.
Mayor Brown said that the
State Highway Department is
working on South Mulberry
Street, a fact that could scarcely
go without notice, cutting down
trees and tearing up sidewalks in
an effort to widen two blocks of
this heavily traveled artery.
The speaker stated that citi
zens should let public officials
know they want good government
and facetiously recounted bene
fits of the office of Mayor as
receiving calls at two o’clock in
the morning, trying good friends
and customers in City Court, and
being right only 50 percent of
the time, plus very few thanks
from people for any job done.
Mayor Brown emphasized that
voting is a privilege which should
be exercised at every opportun
ity and that each citizen should
think seriously on which candi
date is best qualified to lead the
community, state and nation in
the years ahead.
At a meeting following the
regular program, the Jackson Ki
wanis Club placed in nomination
before a delegation of visiting
Kiwanians the name of Rogers
F. Starr Sr. for the office of
Lieutenant-Governor, 12th Di
vision, Georgia District, at the
State Kiwanis Convention in Au
gusta on September 25-27. Mr.
Starr, a past president of the
Jackson Club in 1960, was born
in Savannah and was graduated
from Thomasville High School.
He attended Georgia Tech where
he was a member of Kappa Alpha
fraternity. He entered military
service in 1941, rising to the rank
of Lieutenant Colonel at his re
tirement in 1960. Mr. Starr is
secretary and treasurer of Cash
and Carry, Inc., and is an elder
in the Jackson Presbyterian
Church.
Clubs represented from the
12th Division at the meeting
Tuesday were Barnesville, Cov
ington, Hampton, Mountain View,
Griffin, Morrow. Forest Park,
and McDonough.
Lt. Gov. Woodrow Light of
Barnesville presented achieve
ment awards to several of the
visiting clubs with Jackson re
ceiving one for leading the dis
trict in attendance.
Football Contest
Be Held Again;
Begins Sept. 17
Cash prizes will again be award
ed weekly to those football fans
who can best prognosticate the
winners and scores in ten top na
tional grid contests. The contest,
which has been conducted annu
ally for the past several years
with hundreds of grid fans enter
ing each week, will be sponsored
this year by City Pharmacy,
Allen’s Hom-Ond Food Store,
Western Auto Associate Store,
and Econ-O-Way of Jackson.
The contest will begin with col
lege games of September 17th and
will continue for ten weeks with
cash prizes of SIO.OO for first
place and $5.00 for second place
given by the sponsors.
Entry blanks may be obtained
from the sponsors or from the ad
vertisement in the paper and
when filled out must be deposited
in boxes at the sponsoring firms
on or before noon on the Satur
day the games are to be played.
Not only shall a team be indicated
as the winner but the score must
be listed as well. Only one entry
is permitted per person, and those
under 12 years of age are not
eligible.
Flovilla Receives Loan And Grant of
$166,500.00 For Water System
October 14 Is
Date Set For
City Primary
Friday, October 14, is the date
set for the city primary by mem
bers of the Jackson Democratic
Executive Committee, J. Avon
Gaston, chairman, at the meet
ing at the City Hall Thursday,
September 1.
To be nominated in the pri
mary will be a mayor, and a
councilman from the 2nd and 3rd
wards. Mayor C. B. Brown Jr.
and Councilmen C. M. Daniel Jr.
and W. O Ball, from the 2nd
and 3rd wards respectively, are
expected to offer for re-election.
According to ttie rules and reg
ulations adopted by the City
Democratic Executive Committee
those persons desiring to become
a candidate in the October 14 pri
mary shall register his name with
L. M. Spencer, secretary of the
committee, on or before 12:00
noon on Saturday, September 24,
and a candidate for mayor pay
an assessment of $70.00 and one
of $35.00 for a candidate for
councilman.
At the same time members of
the City Executive Committee,
one from each of the five wards
and one from the city at large,
will be nominated for the year
1967.
According to the rules the polls
at the City Hall will open at 7
o’clock in the morning and will
close at 7 p. m. with the candi
date to be nominated by a ma
jority vote. In event of a run-off
the date has been set for Friday,
October 21, exactly one week fol
lowing the primary.
Members of the executive com
mittee will meet on Saturday
morning, October 15, to consoli
date the results and publish the
names of the nominees. All city
residents who registered on or
before the registration deadline
of September 23 will be eligible
to cast a ballot in the city pri
mary.
According to Chairman Gaston
no provisions are made for ab
sentee ballots in a city primary.
Negro Boy Held
In 3 Burglaries
A 16-year-old Negro boy,
whose name under Georgia law
cannot be published, is being held
in the City Jail as a prime sus
pect in the burglary of three
Jackson business establishments
Tuesday night, according to Jack
son Police Chief Watson Vaughn.
According to Chief Vaughn,
entry was gained into Jinks Cash
Store by the breaking of a rear
window and the lifting of a bar
to the door. A pair of shoes and
a trench coat are believed to be
the only items missing, with the
thief leaving his pair of shoes.
Jackson Building Supply on
North Oak Street was entered
through a back door but a quick
check Wednesday morning dis
closed nothing missing as far as
could be ascertained.
Leaving the square, Chief
Vaughn theorized that the same
person or persons, moved down
to Second Street where they en
tered Redman’s Seed Company
where some pennies and quarters
were reported missing.
It is felt by the Jackson Pplice
Department that the burglaries
were committed by the same
party or parties.
Games of Week
Sept. 9 —Jacluon va. Monticello
in Monticello.
Sept. 9 —Henry Cos. va. Milton
in McDonough.
Sept. 11—Falcon* va. Rama in
Atlanta.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1966
Many Pleas Made
At August Term
Superior Court
Many pleas of guilty were
heard at the August term of
Butts Superior Court by Judge
Hugh D. Sosebee of the Flint
Judicial Circuit. At the same ses
sion six cases requiring juries
were tried. Sentences, and ver
dicts in the jury trials are listed
below from a list supplied by Da
vid P. Ridgeway, Clerk of Court.
Gene Heath, Burglary, 3 years.
Gene Heath, Burglary, 3 years.
Gene Heath, Burglary, 3 years.
David Lee Wilson, Driving Un
der Influence, 12 months or fine
of $150.00.
James Edward Walker, Driv
ing Under Influence, 12 months
or fine of $150.00.
Tommy Lee Taylor, Larceny,
12 months probated upon pay
ment of fine of SIOO.OO and mak
ing restitution.
Tommy Lee Taylor, Larceny
from House, 12 months consec
utive probated upon payment of
fine of SIOO.OO and making resti
tution.
Tommy Lee Taylor, Larceny,
12 months consecutive probated
upon payment of fine of SIOO.OO
and making restitution.
Joe Louis Bland, Driving on
Revoked License, 6 months.
Eugene Epps, Driving Under
Influence, 12 months probated
upon payment of fine of $200.00.
Eugene Epps, Driving Without
License, 6 months probated upon
payment of fine of $60.00.
Albert Head, Selling Beer, 12
months probated upon payment
of fine of $300.00.
Frank Allen, Disturbing the
Peace, 6 months or fine of $50.-
00.
C. H. Benefield, Shooting at
Another, 12 months probated p
on payment of fine of $160.00.
Jessie Lee Evans, Driving Un
der Influence, 12 months or fine
of $150.00.
Edward Willie Ballard, Driving
Under Influence, 12 months or
fine of $160.00.
Willie Clark, Possessing Stolen
Goods, 12 months probated upon
payment of fine of SIOO.OO.
Rufus Lee Adams, Col., As
sault and Battery, 12 months pro-,
bated upon payment of fine of
$75.00.
The Above Were Guilty Plea*
Following Are Jury Verdict*:
Mary Julia Respress alias Mary
Julia Lummus, Charged with Mur
der, Verdict of Involuntary Man
slaughter with sentence set at 6
years.
William Guy Gilbert Jr., As
sault and Battery, 12 months.
Robert Lee White, Peeping
Tom, 12 months.
Robert Lee White, Burglary,
Not Guilty.
Robert Lee White, Burglary,
Not Guilty.
Mrs. Joe Holloway, Selling
Beer, Mistrial.
MRS. GUSSIE CAWTHON HAS
TE/ CHER SCHOLARSHIP
Forsyth—State Teachers Schol
arships have been awarded to 22
Tift College young women who
have maintained high academic
standards and plan to teach in
Georgia. The recipients of these
special scholarships must main
tain at least a B average and
must teach in Georgia following
the completion of their degree
programs.
Among the scholarship recip
ients was Mrs. Gussie Cawthon,
wife of James Russell Cawthon,
of Route 1, Jackson.
The Scoreboard
Fayette Cos. 12—Jackson 7
Mary Persons 7 —Monticello 0
Northside 13—Gordon Mil. 13
Monroe 31—Henry Cos. 0
Griffin 33 —Decatur 20
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The City of Flovilla received
notification last week that the
proposed water system which will
furnish water and fire protection
to Flovilla, Indian Springs and
the Indian Springs Holiness
Camp Ground has been approved
for a combination loan and grant
in the amount of $166,500.
Word was first received here
in a call from the office of Sixth
District Congressman John J.
Flynt Jr. to the Progress-Argus
telling of the loan in the sum of
$120,000, and the grant in the
amount of $46,500. Shortly aft
erwards a telegram containing
the same general information was
received from Senators Richard
B. Russell and Herman E. Tal
madge.
The funds, announced and
made through the Farmers Home
Administration of the Depart
ment of Agriculture will be used
to assist Flovilla in constructing
a modern town water system to
serve 174 families in Flovilla, In
dian Springs and at the Indian
Springs Holiness Camp Ground.
Congressman Flynt said that
the City of Flovilla will receive
a direct grant amounting to $46,-
600 while the loan amounts to
$120,000 and may be repaid over
a 40 year period at four percent
interest.
“This program,” Congressman
Flynt stated, “is based on a plan
which, when followed, will pro
vide enough income to enable Flo
villa to improve standards while
making payments when due on its
debt.”
Congressman Flynt indicated
that the project will be admini
stered by local members of the
Farmers Home Administration
and Flovilla City officials.
Officials at Flovilla were elated
at the good news and believe that
work can be begun on the water
system at an early date. The
large capacity tank will be located
on a hill across from the old In
dian Springs school building and
will be of ample size to furnish
water needs for the three com
munities involved for the present.
Richard W. Watkins Jr., at
torney for the City of Flovilla,
stated that the approval is sub
ject to the meeting of certain
technical requirements of Farm
ers Home Administration, includ
ing satisfactory participation by
the Jackson-Butts County Plan
ning Committee in a county-wide
water and sewer plan.
The Kym Cos.
To Hike Wages
10 Per Cent
Mark Kapiloff, vice president
of the Kym Company, announced
this week that employees at Kym
Company will receive a 10 per
cent wage increase, which he
states is a two step affair which
began on Labor Day with the
entire plant to receive the 10
per cent hike within 90 days.
Mr. Kapiloff said that the wage
increase is a reward for the fine
efforts of the employees coupled
with the management’s desire to
share in the cost of living. Mr.
Kapiloff pointed out that it has
always been the intentions of the
Kym Company to be a pace setter
for wage levels in the area.
“The quality of workmanship
we have been able to put out
over the past several years has
put us in a stronger market po
sition which helped us to achieve
levels of production and greater
efficiency that enables us to pass
our savings on to our employees,”
Mr. Kapiloff said.
The vice president foresees a
bright period of future growth for
the company and said that at the
present the demand for produc
tion far exceeds our ability to
produce. “Over the next two
years we anticipate the creation
of an additional 100 jobs to ful
fill this demand,” Mr. Kapiloff
stated.