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VOL. 94—NO. 32
Judge Sosebee
Draws Jurors
For Aug. Term
The August term of Butts
Superior Court will convene Mon
day, August 21st, for its accus
tomed two weeks’ session with a
moderately heavy criminal docket
to face the court the second
week, according to David P.
Ridgeway, Clerk of Superior
Court.
Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of the
Flint Judicial Circuit will pre
side at this term of court with
Solicitor General Edward E. Mc-
Garity of McDonough to present
the state’s cases. The Forsyth
jurist was in Jackson last week
and drew the names of the jurors
to serve during August. These
jurors, as listed by Mr. Ridgeway,
are as follows:
Grand Jury
F. H. Morgan, C. A. Anthony,
S. W. Maddox, George H. Brooks,
John R. Pulliam, Sam J. Ireland,
Emerson Burford, H. J. Greer,
Mrs. Sarah H. Buchanan, M. L.
Powell, John P. Hunt, Mrs. R. L.
Glaze, C. L. Ridgway, W. O.
Knowles, B. Y. Lunceford, G. H.
Standard, Kenneth Thurston, H.
W. Barnes.
William T. Nelson, Mrs. Julia
Fletcher, Nesbit Moss, Mike Al
len, Gerald E. Davis, Artis C.
Knowles, Tom Taylor, E. R. Mad
dox, M. W. Carmichael, W. C.
Williamson, Lamar T. English,
James E. Cornell.
Traverse Jury, First Week
N. A. Powell, Charles E. Bar
ber, J. S. Ball, Wayne Reeves,
Robert E. Smith, R. C. Riley Jr.,
George L. Collins, B. C. Ridgway,
Charlie Hunter Jr., B. K. Hod
ges Sr., Emmett Bell, Otis P.
Weaver, George B. Collins, J.
Ray Lowery, Clyde L. Parker,
Robert Whitehead, G. L. Potts,
Julian Fletcher, Clifford Johnson,
Mrs. Mary T. Sasser, J. Dawson
Bryant, Harold Smith, S. A.
Washington, Harvey J. William
son, Kyle S. McMichael, Harold
Fitzgerald.
L. R. Washington, Allen T.
Byars, William Bell Sr., F. C.
Rossey Jr., W. T. Pelt, John Wes
ley Cook, J. Albert Maddox,
Glynn J. Mangham, Miss Ruby
Lane, Toy D. Roach Jr., W. S.
Weaver, R. B. Wyatt, Rogers F.
Starr, Warren Gaddy, B. R. Lane,
Jackie Bedsole, J. T. Beckham,
Jr., James C. Blankenship, Hugh
C. Polk, W. L. Jones, Clyde Nor
ris, Curtis B. Johnson, G. G.
Washington, Garland Cook, Mrs.
W. M. Thaxton. ,
Sam F. McClendon, James E.
Jones, James W. Hoard, Marvin
Farrar, J. O. King, D. P. Settle,
Grover L. Kitchens, George Hen
derson Sr., Reginald Bunch.
Traverse Jury, 2nd Week
Mrs. Fred Hammond, Jesse L.
Barnes, James L. Robertson, W.
P. Brooks, George L. Swan, Wil
lie J. Jones, W. H. Roberts Jr.,
Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, T. F. Peek,
Charles Clark, Hal Summers,
Riley Hay, Carl E. Brack, T. H.
Price, Wiley Crowder, Maurice
L. Cook, Charles E. Rooks 111,
W. D. Hunt, H. L. Jones Sr.
Henry L. Asbury, Talmadge
Moore, George P. Saunders,
George Taylor, Benjamin S. An
derson, J. R. Kimbell, Carlton
Morris, Wayne Phillips, Walter
Barnes, A. M. Davis, Eddie James
Berry, C. E. Washington, J. Har
ry Ridgeway, J. D. Jones Jr., R.
A. Vaughn, Mrs. Ruth P. Sellers,
Ben Hill Dover, Johnny L. King,
Oscar Young, Fred G. Raney,
Clint Adams, George Henderson,
Robert Hardy.
W. C. Norsw’orthy, T. E. Robi
son, Jr., William Sasser, Charles
Kelley, D. G. Payne, Ray Thax
ton, Elmer Cawthon, T. R. Sims,
Edwin R. O’Neal, N. F. Land, Os
car Watkins, Edward R. McMich
ael, John B. Barnes, Mrs. E. D.
Briscoe, George R. Woodall, O.
L. Weaver Jr., W. R. Presley,
Howell Lunsford, John R. Pope.
John L. Coleman, Stanley R.
Maddox, T. A. Carmichael, E. A.
Deaver Jr., Wilbur T. Thaxton,
Guy H. Howard, J. L. Garr, Tom
my Presley, James H. Kelley,
William Ball, T. J. Welch, Mrs.
Charlene B. Starr, Henry Jar-
Mrs. Levi J. Ball
Passes After
A Long Illness
Mrs. Levi J. Ball, 51, of Jack
son, died Sunday afternoon about
two o’clock at Pineworth Nursing
Home near Macon from the re
sults of a lengthy illness. Mrs.
Ball had been a patient at the
sanitarium for several years.
Mrs. Ball, the former Miss
Eleanor Walker of Griffin, was
the daughter of the late Mr. J.
Henry Walker Jr. and Mrs. Ethel
Stallings Walker of Griffin.
As an undergraduate at the
University of Georgia, Mrs. Ball
received her AB degree in 1936,
returning later for her Masters
Degree in Education from Geor
gia. Possessed of a brilliant mind
Mrs. Ball was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa at the University and
was an exchange student for one
year at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Extremely active in extra-cur
ricular affairs at the University,
Mrs. Ball, in addition to holding
membership in Phi Beta Kappa,
highest scholastic honor fraterni
ty, was a member of Phi Kappa
Phi, Pioneer Inner Circle, Zodiac,
and a member of the Intercollegi
ate Debating team, and vice
president of Student Government
Supreme Council. She was presi
dent of the Parthenian, a member
of W.A.A., Sophomore Council
and Sophomore Queen’s Court,
Glee Club, and the president of
Lucy Cobb ’36. She also was in
the upper five percent of her
class from ’33-’35.
As long as health permitted
she was a faithful member of the
Jackson Methodist Church and
was a member of the Jackson
Garden Club. Before her marri
age to Mr. Ball she worked on
the editorial staff of the Griffin
Daily News.
Graveside services were con
ducted Monday afternoon at 4:30
o’clock at the Jackson City Ceme
tery with the Rev. Ray Dunahoo,
pastor of the Jackson Methodist
Church, and Rev. Ralph Goodwin,
pastor of the Jackson Nazarene
Church, officiating.
Mrs. Ball is survived by her
husband, Levi J. Ball of Jackson;
mother, Mrs. J. H. Walker Jr., of
Griffin; one brother, J. H. Wal
ker 111 of Griffin; several nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers were Col. J. L.
Persons, Arthur Copeland, Steve
Ball, Henry Ball, Marlin Spencer,
Ben Garland, Lewis Freeman.
Haisten Funeral Home of Jack
son was in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs, Terry Is
Westbury’s
Aug. Celebrity
Mrs. Bernice L. Terry, Regis
tered Nurse, has been selected
as the celebrity of the month in
“The Bellringer,” publication of
Westbury Home, Inc., Jenkins
burg.
Nominated by Dr. R. D. Bran
don, staff physican at the Medi
cal Care Home, Mrs. Terry was
cited for her unselfish service
and devotion to duty.
Writing in the paper, Dr.
Brandon said “I have been as
sociated with Mrs. Terry for
slightly more than a year and
have found her to be truly a most
unforgettable person. Everyone
here considers her a per
sonal friend. She takes her work
most seriously and serves the
home in every capacity. When a
nurse is sick she often ‘pulls a
double,’ working two shifts in
succession, as supervisor and
floor nurse. She also handles
many administrative duties. She
is always helping me with my
duties but never assumes my re
sponsibilities. Then, completely
aside from her role as nurse, she
plays the organ or piano for our
religious services. Yes, I think
Mrs. Terry is the keystone of this
Home.”
rell, Max I. Perdue, Russell L.
Price, Marvin Harris, John W.
Webb, Charlie Alexander, A. H.
Thurmond Jr., Dulane F. Maddox,
Clarence Shellnut, Olin Singley.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1967
Brenda Allen
Is Stewardess
For Eastern
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MISS BRENDA ALLEN
Miss Brenda Elizabeth Allen,
daughter of Mr. Robert Allen Sr.
of Jenkinsburg, has started her
career as an Eastern Airlines
stewardess.
She graduated from Eastern’s
In-Flight Training Center at Mi
ami, Fla., where her schooling in
cluded grooming, makeup and the
gracious presentation of dining
services in addition to other
flight crew duties.
Miss Allen graduated from
Jackson High School and attend
ed Mercer University, in Macon
and Georgia State College, in At
lanta. Prior to becoming a stew
ardess, Miss Allen worked in
Eastern’s reservations in Atlanta.
Upon completion of the train
ing course, Miss Allen reported
to Atlanta, where she will be
based. From there she will fly to
many of the 113 cities Eastern
serves in 26 states, the District
of Columbia, Canada, Mexico,
Puerto Rico, Bermuda and the
Bahamas.
TENNIS COURTS
NOW IN USE
The two new tennis courts at
the Youth Center are ready for
play since the fence was installed
last week. William Mack Davis,
Van Deventer Foundation Direc
tor, states that members of the
Youth Center may play every day
and at night from 6 to 9 except
on Wednesdays, which time the
courts are reserved for adults.
However, Mr. Davis reminds
adults that they must register for
membership cards which may be
obtained at the Youth Center in
order to be eligible for play.
HOME ECONOMICS PICNIC
BE HELD AUGUST 16th
The annual Butts County Home
Economics picnic is slated for
Wednesday, August 16, at Indian
Springs State Park. The picnic
will begin at 12:00 noon. All
members of the Home Economics
Clubs and their families are in
vited. Each member should bring
a covered dish and tea or other
beverages. A large number is ex
pected.
Butts County Schools Schedule 1967-68
Pre-Planning ....... . Aug. 29-30-31
First Day of School % Sept. 1
Holiday Labor Day Sept. 4
First Month Ends Sept. 29
District Teachers Meeting Q ne p ay
Second Month Ends .. ._ _ Qct 30
Thanksgiving Holidays jsj ov . 23-24
Third Month Ends j^ ov 29
In-Service Training jj ec j
Last Day School Before Christmas Holidays Dec. 20
First Day School After Holidays J a n. 2
Fourth Month Ends _ j an 9
In-Service Training j an _ 26
Fifth Month Ends Feb. 7
Sixth Month Ends . March 6
In-Service Training March 8
State Teachers Meeting One Day
Seventh Month Ends April 5
Spring Holidays April 15
In-Service Training . April 19
Eighth Month Ends May 6
Ninth Month Ends June 3
Post Planning June 4-5-6
Golf Tourney
Sunday Draws
Top Talent
i
Top golfers from the Middle
Georgia area will converge on
Jackson’s Deer Trail Golf Course
Sunday, August 13th, for the 27
hole best ball tournament at the
new nine hole course.
According to Lorie Mangham,
local pro and owner, 40 teams of
two golfers each are expected to
tee off at 8 a. m. with the cham
pionship flight taking to the
course at 9. a. m.
Among the better golfers
from Griffin, Barnesville, Thom
aston, Monticello, McDonough,
Eatonton, Forsyth, and Athens
to compete in the tournament will
be Bethel Ingram and Doug Head
of Thomaston; Ralph Barnes of
Atlanta and Milton Daniel of
Jackson. Messrs. Head and In
gram will team up as will Mr.
Barnes and Mr. Daniel.
Mr. Mangham said there will
be five flights with the best
matches of the day probably oc
curring between three and six
o’clock Sunday afternoon. First
prize to the winning team will be
a set of Spalding Top-Flite
woods with a bag to be awarded
for second place.
Mr. Mangham extends a cor
dial invitation to the public to at
tend and watch the matches
which will also afford an oppor
tunity for many to see the course
for the first time.
Many local golfers have en
tered the competition with the
tournament limited to the first
80 players which will comprise
the 40 teams.
Griffin Firm
To Build New
Class Rooms
Bids were opened July 25th in
the school superintendent’s office
for construction of five class
rooms and anew library at Jack
son High School. According to
Lee Roy O’Neal, Butts County
School Superintendent, the low
bidder was Newton Coal and
Lumber Company of Griffin at
a bid of $216,882.
Mr. O’Neal said that six bids
were received and opened for
construction of two regular class
rooms, two science rooms, a home
economics room, and anew libra
ry. He stated that the new addi
tions would be between the Little
League field and the high school,
and that construction is expected
to start the latter part of Aug
ust or around the first of Sep
tember.
JEPHTHA CHAPTER HOLDS
ANNUAL PICNIC AUG. 11TH
Jephtha Chapter No. 252, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will have
their annual picnic at Indian
Springs August 11th at seven
o’clock. All members and their
families are invited. A picnic
lunch will be served.
Dr. Lawrence Hicks To Open
Camp Meeting Tonight At 8
Jackson Doctor
Saves Life Of
Accident Victim
A Jackson physician, Dr. Jack
R. Newman, is generally credited
with saving the life of a young
Indiana girl, seriously injured in
a traffic accident on 1-75 south
of Macon, Wednesday afternoon,
August 2nd.
Dr. Newman was enroute to
Perry to return his two daughters
home from a visit when he hap
pened upon the accident near the
Hartley Bridge by-pass on 1-75.
He stopped to render assistance
and discovered the most seriously
injured to be a young girl, ad
judged to be 10 or 11 years old,
suffering from a ruptured tra
chea. Sizing up the situation
quickly and accurately, Dr. New
man used a syringe to remove
blood from her throat, thereby
keeping open the vital passage
for air. The Jackson doctor ad
ministered to her until arrival of
an ambulance which rushed the
victim to Macon Hospital with
Dr. Newman accompanying her,
and on at least two occasions
having to administer mouth to
mouth resuscitation to keep her
alive.
Upon arrival at Macon Hospi
tal, Dr. Newman reported that a
fast tracheotomy was performed
to allow for better breathing. Dr.
Newman was returned to his car
by a Bibb County deputy and
proceeded to Perry to pick up
his daughters, Karen and Penney.
According to sketchy and un
verified information the Indiana
family, consisting of parents,
three sons and the badly injured
young daughter, were enroute to
Florida when the accident occur
red. Dr. Newman said Monday
that he had had no further word
on the girl’s condition nor did he
know the names of the persons
involved. However, from reports
reaching Jackson from various
sources, there can be little doubt
that the quick action of Dr. New
man was responsible for saving
the accident victim’s life.
Information from the Macon
Hospital late Tuesday on the pa
tient’s life saved by Dr. Newman
indicated that she is Vickie Lynn
Morgua, 11, of 4823 Leon Drive,
Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
B. Morgua and, according to the
hospital, her condition Tuesday
was listed as fair. She is under
going plastic and orthopedic surg
ery for injuries sustained in the
accident.
Public Hearing
Rezoning Request
Be Held Aug. 14
There will be a public hearing
on two requests for rezoning at
the City Hall on August 14 at
7 p. m., it is announced this
week by M. L. Powell, chairman
of the Jackson-Butts County
Planning Commission.
In announcing the hearing,
Chairman Powell extends an in
vitation for all interested citizens
to attend and express their views
on the rezoning request.
The first request deals with
that tract of land on West Third
Street known as the Pallie Wat
kins home. It is requested of the
planning commission that this
property be changed from R-1
and R-2 to C-l, or from resi
dential to commercial.
The second request concerns
that tract of land fronting south
on Lyons Street which adjoins
the land of Farmers Service, Inc.
The commission is being asked
to rezone this property from R-1
to 1-1, or from residential to
industry.
OPENS CAMP TONIGHT
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DR. LAWRENCE HICKS
MIDGET FOOTBALL
LEAGUE BE FORMED
AT MEET TONIGHT
William Mack Davis, director
of the Van Deventer Foundation,
announced this week that a meet
ing will be held tonight at 7:30
o’clock at The Ranch House to
discuss possible formation of a
Pee Wee Football League for
Jackson and Butts County.
Mr. Davis said that hopes are
for a 4-league team with players
to be selected from an uge group
yet to be determined with 12
years probably the maximum age.
Mr. Davis said that men in
terested as serving as coaches,
managers, etc. are invited to the
meeting. He also stated that it
is his desire to elect league of
ficials, coaches, managers, and
sponsors at the meeting.
Sign up date for the 100 boys
needed for the four teams will
begin August 12th from 9 to 12
at the Youth Center and during
the week registration will be
from 9 to 5:30 daily and from 9
to 12 on August 19th and Aug
ust 26th. Mr. Davis said that
boys through 10, not exceeding
75 pounds in weight, can sign for
the midget teums. Also boys. 10
to 12, 75 to 95 pounds, and boys
from 95 to 115 pounds in the
same age group, may register for
one team each in each weight
division.
Ben F. Stone To
Preach Revival
At Worthville
REV. BEN F. STONE
Rev. Ben F. Stone, pastor of
the Worthville Baptist Church,
will be evangelist at revival ser
vices at the Worthville Baptist
Church beginning Sunday, Aug
ust 13th, and extending through
Sunday, August 20th.
A special event during the re
vival will be homecoming on Aug
ust 20th to which members, for
mer members and friends of the
church are invited to attend. A
dinner on the ground will be a
feature of the day’s observance.
Singing will be enjoyed in the
afternoon.
Special music is being planned
for each evening with Mrs. Ben
F. Stone as director.
A nursery will be provided at
each service.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Dr. Lawrence Hicks, pastor of
the First Nazarene Church of
Ashland, Ky. and widely known
evangelist, will open the 77th an
nual session of Indian Springs
Holiness Camp Ground tonight at
eight o’clock. Camp meeting will
extend through Sunday, August
20th.
Sharing importance with the
camp meeting itself is the good
news that the water system at
the camp ground has been acti
vated with an ample supply of
water and fire protection afford
ed for the first time in the
camp’s 77 year history. Accord
ing to C. E. Rooks Sr., caretaker
at the camp ground, the water
was turned on early last week.
When the water system is com
pleted both Flovilla and Indian
Springs will share the same sys
tem now furnishing water to the
camp ground exclusively.
Other evangelists at the 1967
session will include Dr. B. C.
Gamble of Atlanta, a life-long
friend of Indian Springs and a
board member, and Dr. Harold
K. Sheets, Marion, Ind., general
superintendent of the Wesleyan
Methodist Church.
Dr. Z. T. Johnson, retired
president of Asbury College, will
again direct the morning Bible
study from 8:45 to 9:30. Clay
Milby of Valdosta is back at In
dian Springs as general song
evangelist.
The people’s meeting, one of
the more popular features of the
assembly, will be held each day
from 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m.
with Rev. J. O. Fuller, leader,
assisted by Rev. Paul Barrett.
Rev. Don Rollings and Rev.
Frank Washburn will be in charge
of the young people’s services.
Special observances are Butts
County Recognition Day and
Thanksgiving Day, both sched
uled for Thursday, August 17,
and the Missionary Program on
Friday, August 18. Rev. Billy Da
vis, missionary to the Belgian
Congo from the Methodist Board
of Missions, will be the speaker.
Next year’s workers have been
announced by Frank Harris, of
CartersviUe, president of the In
dian Springs Camp Ground As
sociation, as Dr. John R. Church,
Dr. H. M. Couchenour, and Rev.
Charles Williams.
The preaching schedule for
1967 is as follows:
Thursday, August 10—8 p. m.,
Dr. Lawrence Hicks.
Friday, August 11—11 a. m.,
Dr. B. C. Gamble; 3 p. m. Dr.
Hicks; 8 p. m., Dr. Harold K.
Sheets.
Saturday, August 12—11 a. m.,
Dr. Hicks; 3 p. m., Dr. Sheets; 8
p. m., Dr. Gamble.
Sunday, August 13—11 a. m.,
Dr. Sheets; 3 p. m. Dr. Gamble;
8 p. m., Dr. Hicks.
Monday, August 14—11 a. m.,
Dr. Gamble; 3 p. m., Dr. Hicks;
8 p. m., Dr. Sheets.
Tuesday, August 15—11 a. m.,
Dr. Hicks; 3 p. m., Dr. Sheets; 8
p. m., Dr. Gamble.
Wednesday, August 16—11 a.
m., Dr. Sheets; 3 p. m., Dr. Gam
ble; 8 p. m., Dr. Hicks,
Thursday, August 17—11 a.
m., Dr. Gamble; 3 p. m., Dr.
Hicks; 8 p. m. Dr. Sheets.
Friday, August 18—11 a. m.,
Dr. Hicks; 3 p. m., Missionary
Speaker; 8 p. m., Dr. Gamble.
Saturday, August 19—11 a. m.,
Dr. Sheets; 3 p. m., Dr. Gamble;
8 p. m., Dr. Hicks.
Sunday, August 20—11 a. m.,
Dr. Gamble; 3 p. m., Dr. Hicks;
8 p. m., Dr. Sheets.
HENRY ASBURY IS
NEW DIRECTOR VAN
DEVENTER FDN.
With the Van Deventer Foun
dation much in the news of late,
it will probably be of interest to
list trustees of the foundation.
They include Hampton L. Daugh
try, chairman; P. H. Weaver,
vice chairman; R. P. Newton,
treasurer; Henry L. Asbury, sec
retary; and Mrs. H. L. Daughtry.