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VOL. 98— NO. 43
City To Hold Open House
Sunday For New Building
The City of Jackson will hold
open house at the new police and
fire building on Sunday, Octo
ber 26i between the hours of
thr ee" and six o’clock in the after
noon The public is cordially m
vited with the invitation being
extended by Mayor C. B. Brown
Jr an d members of the City
Council including J. Dawson Bry
ant) c. M. Daniel, Jr., W. 0.
Ball, John L. Coleman, and John
Robert Pulliam.
The new building boasts the
n.ost modern facilities of any po
:ice department in the state. The
building contains a police High
Band Racio on the same frequen
cy as all other police departments
in the State of Georgia; enabling
the Jackson Pcdice Department to
keep in touch with all surround
ing city police departments.
Also contained in the new
building is a telephone, case rec
ord department, chief of police
an d police department office,
fire chief and fire department
headquarters, and intoximeter
lab. Mayor Brown said that the
fire chief and fire headquarters
would be used in case firemen
have to stand by all day or night
under severe weather conditions,
a riot, or a national emergency.
Councilman John L. Coleman
is chairman of the building com
mittee, and received the able as
sistance of C. M. Daniel Jr., po
lice chairman, and J. Dawson
Bryant, fire chairman.
Mayor Brown said that the
new building adjoins the city
court room and the additional
cells that were added to the jail
a few years ago. Mr. Brown
pointed with some pride to the
fact that the City of Jackson
saved a considerable amount of
money on the building by having
the Electrical Department do
some of the electrical work and
also some of the other work.
M. L. Powell, city clerk, said
“the city has been striving for
years to offer 24-hour service at
the jail and fire departments. We
now have someone around the
clock to answer any emergency
calls.”
North Butts
Carnival Set
For Oct. 30th
A Halloween carnival will be
held at the North Butts Commu
nity Club House on Thursday
night, October 30th, at 6:30 p. m.
The carnival will be under the
sponsorship of the North Butts
Woman’s Club. They will be sel
ling hamburgers, hot dogs, cold
drinks and homemade candy.
Among the events scheduled to
be held are a country store, a
fish pond, a cake walk and a cos
tume contest for the pre-school,
the 6-12 ages and 13 years and
up. The costumes will be judged
at 8:00 p. m.
All age groups are invited to
attend.
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NEW LIONS CLUB MEMBERS—New members of the
Butts County Lions Club were inducted recently by Carl
Brack, president. These include, front row, left to right, E.
L. Houghtaling, Ronnie Wells, Steve Jett, George McGahee,
Wayne King, and Lamar McMichael. In the back row, left
to right, are David Ridgeway, Don Folsom, Ed Parker, and
Hal Summers.
B. B. Campbell
Is County’s
Farmer of Year
B. B. Campbell, former county
agent in Butts county and widely
known cattle farmer, was named
Conservation Farmer of the Year
from Butts County at the Tow
aliga Soil and Water Conserva
tion District banquet October 14
at the Experiment Station Audi
torium in Griffin.
An outstanding cooperator
from each of the seven counties
in the district was presented a
certificate. The program was
made possible through the coope
ration of the district supervisor
and banks within the district, in
cluding the C&S Bank of Jack
son and Mclntosh State Bank.
Charles Fraser of Hilton Head,
South Carolina, made the princi
pal address. Tom G. Scott, Dis
trict Supervisor from Monroe
County, presided at the meeting
with the Rev. J. Ray Dunahoo,
District Chaplain, Jackson, giv
ing the invocation.
Mr. Campbell was graduated
from Georgia Tech with a degree
in Commerce in 1933 and has
a degree in Agriculture from the
University of Georgia, Class of
’3B. Mr. Campbell came to Butts
County as county agent in 1945
and rendered outstanding service
until his retirement in 1966.
He puchased his farm in 1949
and added acreage in 1955 and
1962 and now has a beef cattle
operation of registered Polled
Herefords. His farm consists of
135 acres of woodlands which he
cuts on a select improvement
basis and 140 acres of improved
permanent pasture. Mr. Campbell
also follows soil sample recom
mendations and has his hay an
alyzed. He also works out a bal
anced food program for his beef
cattle.
Since coming to Butts County
Mr. Campbell has been a leader
in farming activities and civic af
fairs. He is married to the for
mer Miss Bonnie Mae McPhear
son and they have three sons.
Towaliga District Supervisors
are L. J. Washington, Chairman
of Butts County; Graham Burch
from Fayette County; Dr. Jack
G. Tuttle of Lamar County; Tom
G. Scott and John L. Duncan
from Monroe County; C. R. Gwyn
Jr. of Pike County; P. W. Hamil
and David P. Elder from Spald
ing County and Bobby C. Smith
of Upson County.
DRIVER UNINJURED
AS DEER HITS CAR
A Jackson youth escaped in
jury Sunday morning when his
car struck and killed a deer 11
miles east of Griffin on the
State Route 16.
Ronald Paul Westbury, 16, of
Route Four, Jackson, told patrol
men the deer ran into the path
of his car.
There was approximately S2OO
damage to his automobile.
November
Court Begins
On The 3rd
The November term of Butts
Superior Court will convene Mon
dy, November 3rd, at 10 o’clock
with both Grand Jurors and Tra
verse Jurors having been drawn
recently by Judge Hugh D. Sose
bee of the Flint Judicial Circuit.
According to David P. Ridge
way, Clerk of Court, Grand
Jurors and Traverse Jurors for
the first week will assemble in
the court room at 10 o’clock No
vember 3rd to hear the charge
by Judge Sosebee and to go into
further business of the court.
The second week Traverse
Jurors will meet on Tuesday
morning, November 11th, at 10
o’clock.
Names of the jurors for the
November term of court, as re
leased by Mr. Ridgeway, are as
follows:
Grand Jury
James F. Trimble, H. L. Jones
Sr., Nathaniel Thurman, Glenn
Whitaker, W. Herman Cawthon,
Willie Avery Cook, J. L. Garr,
A. F. Hammond, Russell Cawthon,
Thomas E. Robison Jr., R. E.
Mabry, O. J. Morgan, William F.
Miller, Marvin Harris, William L.
Barnes, James L. Biles, Robert N.
Reese, S- L. Gray, W. H. McClure,
George L. Morgan, Eugene A.
Parrish, Bobby J. Williamson,
E. H. Cook, Warren F. Smith,
Ennis S. O’Neal, George May
field Jr., A. F. Maddox, Charles
W. Harper, Johnny King, Ulysses
Knight.
First Week Traverse Jury
William Carey Grant, S. W.
Maddox, Lamar P. Jinks, Charles
Clark, Wayne Reeves, C. E.
Washington, Marion D. Todd,
Wiley Crowder, Charles Kelley,
Willie J. Jones, J. S. Ball, Fred
Hamlin, Mrs. S. L. Austin, M.
W. Carmichael, Sam Folds, W. H.
Presley, Otis P. Weaver, Olin
Sims, Robert W. Whitaker, Wal
ter S. Harper.
Rogers F. Starr, Alton P.
Long, B. C. Ridgway, John B.
King, Oscar Watkins, Jesse R.
Taylor, William Foster, Aaron
Sims, R. D. Lawrence, Robert
T. Mackey, Frank G. Forehand,
A. D. Maddox, Joel Fincher,
Stanley R. Maddox, Clyde Her
bert, Perry O’Neal, George In
gram Sr., Randolph Hardy, Mrs.
Elizabeth Webb, Floyd Moore.
M. L. Hodges Jr., W. L. Thomp
son, G. L. Potts, Jeptha Smith,
H. W. Barnes, W. T. Collins,
George R. Woodall, Aubrey Ham
lin, W. H. Wise, James W. Eng
lish, Larry Washington, H. C.
Riley, Hollis Duke, Billy H. O’-
Neal, James L. Etheridge, L. H.
Hurt, H. M. Hooten, Walter
Barnes, R. B. Wyatt, Charles N.
Roberts.
Second Week Travere Jury
Hiram L. Smith, Luther Byars,
Charles Barbee, Charles E. Rooks
111, W. T. Pelt, Willie Wells, Mrs.
Bonnie Caston, Thomas B. Fletch
er, James C. Blankenship, E. R.
Nash, Riley Hay, B. T. Kitchens,
Oscar Taylor, George Hender
son, Fred G. Raney, Emory
Waits, Marvin Walker, L. C.
Tribble, Ellis P. Cook, J. M.
McMichael.
Mrs. Rolfe Burford, S. V.
Lunsford, James L. Rice, Gerald
L. Hamlin, Jack Nelson, T. R.
Sims, Robert Lee Fincher, Ken
neth J. Welch, Edward E. Waits,
Eddie J. Berry, W. H. Roberts
Jr., Byron D. Haynes, R. A.
Vaughn, Toy D. Roach, Jr., Hen
ry Jarrell, Paul C. Erwin, Mrs.
Ruth P. Sellers, Mrs. Helen S.
Spencer, B. B. Campbell, W. R.
Singleton, Henry A. Phillips,
Marion Parker, Charlie B. Stew
art, G. C. Moore.
James W. Hoard, Mrs. Mar
garet B. Etheredge, Frank Mc-
Michael, Ben Hill Dover, J. Ray
Lowery, Darwin Campbell, Banks
A. Weaver, Freddie Dodson, Hol
lis Etheridge, John P. Hunt.
Julian Fletcher, Emmett Bell,
Clyde L. Parker, Mrs. Sarah H.
Buchanan, Arthur A. Kirkland,
Raymond Waits, Clomer L. Kit
chens, Charlie Hunter Jr., Willie
Barkley.
Henry McElheney, Robert G.
McGinnis, Steve M. Jones, Robert
Goodrum, Charles W. Mosteller,
L. C. Webb, Lindsey Tingle,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1969 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Bulldogs
Blast
Red Devils
The name of the game in foot
ball is ball control with the
Cadets of Gordon Military High
School playing it perfectly Fri
day night on The Hill to throw
a 26-6 damper on Homecoming
activities at JHS.
So completely did the visitors
dominate the game that they ran
68 plays on offense to 37 for
Jackson, amassing 18 first downs
to 8 for Jackson. The Cadets
recorded 17 first downs by means
of their punishing ground attack
featuring the hard running of
Frank Abbott and Warren Hub
bard. Abbott carried 22 times for
101 net yards, while Hubbard
gained 77 yards on 22 carries.
By comparison, Bruce Hicks
gained only 40 yards in 10 car
ries for Jackson with Quarter
back Bill Nelson registering 53
yards on nine carries. Jackson’s
downfall was attributed to the
collapse of its passing, Nelson
only able to hit six of 12 for
64 yards with two costly inter
ceptions. So powerful and suc
cessful was the Cadets ground
gain they attempted only five
passes, completing one for 8
yards. Jackson fumbled three
times and lost possession on each
occasion, another factor con
tributing to their defeat.
Frank Abbott capped a long
drive by plunging over from the
one yard line early in the first
quarter. In the second quarter
Basil Gore contributed field
goals of 32 and 16 yards to make
the score 12-0 at the half.
YARDSTICK
Jackson (6) Gordon (26)
First Downs 8 18
Yards Rushing 122 242
Yards Passing 64 8
Total Yards 186 250
Passes Attempted 12 5
Passes Completed 6 1
Passes Intercepted 1 2
Fumbles Lost 3 0
Punting 2/25 2/44
Penalties 45 40
Midway the third quarter Flip
Leach zoomed nine yards off
tackle into the end zone for the
Cadets’ second touchdown. War
ren Hubbard lighted the score
board again in the fourth quar
ter with 6:08 remaining on the
clock when he plunged across
from the one yard line. Don
Neuner added both conversions.
The visitors ground out 242
yards on the ground in 63 car
ries, added eight through the air
for a 250 yard total yards gained.
Jackson’s infantry managed 122
yards on 25 carries, adding 64
via air arm for a total of 186
yards.
Forrest Rossey had 17 yards
in five carries and David Luns
ford 12 yards on an end-around.
Bruce Hicks caught one pass for
five yards, Lunsford 4 for 51,
and Jeff English one for 8 yards.
Bill Nelson punted twice for a
25 yard average with Ricky De
raney registering an excellent 44
yards on two kicks, one for 52
yards.
Jackson’s lone touchdown came
on a beautifully executed 22
yard burst around left end by
Bill Nelson behind excellent
blocking.
Defensively, Bill Nelson
shone brightly with 8 individual
tackles and 4 assists, followed by
David Green 8-2, Steve Bennett
7-2, Tim Wood, 6-5, David
Lunsford 6-0, Dale Rosser 5-6,
Billy Glidewell 5-5, Steve Fletch
er 5-5, Tommy Herbert 5-4, Tom
my Fletcher 5-4, Rodney Sing
ley, 4-2, Bruce Hicks 3-2, Jim
Brown 1-0, Jiff English and Ted
McMichael, both 0-2.
This was the first region loss
for Jackson. The Pacelli defeat
of Mary Persons Friday night al
lows the Red Devils to keep pace
with the highly rated Bulldogs
with the winner of the Jackson-
Mary Persons game in Forsyth on
November 7th to likely be the
Larry Deraney, George P. Saun
ders, George Crawford, Ira Lee
Butler, John W. Webb, H. J.
Greer.
Stay and See Judges Visit
County Tuesday Afternoon
Despite Loss,
Homecoming
Was Gala Time
Despite an unexpected 26-6
set-back at the hands of the Gor
don Bulldogs Friday night, home
coming activities were in general
a gala affair with Susie Fletcher
of Indian Springs being crowned
Homecoming Queen at halftime
festivities.
Homecoming events were spon
sored by the Honor Society at
Jackson High, Miss Antoinette
Brownlee, president, and Mrs.
David Dover, advisor.
The three candidates for Home
coming Queen were Miss Fletch
er, Debbie Fears and Kiki Car
michael. Mrs. Dover said the sen
iors annually nominate three can
didates with the entire student
body voting on the nominees.
Representing the various
classes on the Homecoming
Queen’s Court were Charlene
Brownlee and Janet Washington
from the 11th grade; June Mad
dox and Kim Culberson from the
10th grade; Connie Brown and
Susan Freeman from the 9th
grade. Mrs. Dover said each class
selects two representatives.
Miss Fletcher was crowned by
last year’s queen, Miss Pam Caw
thon.
Escorts who accompanied the
beauties from their cars to the
pre-arranged places on the field
included Terry Moore, Perry
Crowder, David Baggett, Glen
Maddox, Mike Hudgens, Travis
Harper, Don Cook, Clayton Em
ory and Douglas Briscoe.
A much heralded event was the
parade through downtown Jack
son Friday afternoon that fea
tured the bands from Jackson
and Henderson schools. There
were 26 entries, according to
Mrs. Dover, with the theme of
the parade being “It’s Your
Thing.” In the clever floats which
attracted much attention and
praise for their originality and
ingenuity, the Junior Class was
awarded first place and a cash
prize, with the Senior Class being
adjudged second place winner.
Another event was the poster
competition between each home
room with Mrs. Lovett Fletcher’s
class voted as having the best
poster which was displayed dur
ing the parade.
The Jackson High Key Club
came up with a novel way to
make money before the game and
after the parade when it brought
its float—a wecked car with
names of principals, teachers, stu
dents, players, and the like in
scribed on it. For 25c each per
son who wished could take two
sledge hammer blows at the car
or the names thereon, with the
project proving popular among
the students who vented their
wrath upon unsuspecting teach
ers, principals, and fellow stu
dents.
Another homecoming event was
the spaghetti supper sponsored
by the Band Booster Club in the
lunchroom before the game. It
was termed an “unqualified suc
cess.”
Climax of the festivities was
the after the game dance with
“The System” from Athens fur
nishing the rock and roll music.
Over 300 people attended the
dance and enjoyed the music by
the Athens Combo.
sub-region winner.
Jackson faces the always tough
Manchester Blue Devils in Jack
son Friday night and although
the Blue Devils aren’t up to for
mer years, Coach Loy Hutcheson
is expecting a close and hard
fought game, needing desperate
ly for some of his battered and
bruised warriors to recover so
they might play more effectively
against the Blue Devils.
Butts County/Jackson lay its
case on the line Tuesday after
noon at a luncheon before six
out of state judges in the STAY
& SEE GEORGIA contest and
after presenting oral arguments
of local color took the judges
and other visiting dignitaries on
a tour of Jackson-Butts County
which enabled them to see for
themselves scenic sites of interest
and work that had been done un
der the clean-up and beautifica
tion program. The luncheon was
hosted by the Butts County
Chamber of Commerce, Inc.,
Henry L. Asbury, president.
Among the out of town judges
who came, listened, and saw were
Miss Anne H. Addington, Edi
torial Research Department, The
Reader’s Digest, New York, N. Y.
10017; Mrs. Charlotte Brunk,
Travel Editor, The Register and
Tribune , Des Monies, lowa
50304; Miss Kathy Cole, Asso
ciate Travel Editor, The Tele
gram, Toronto, 135, Canada; Mrs.
Deane Fons Heller, Author and
Travel Writer, 1502 Vernon
Avenue, Key West, Florida
33040; Larry Gaffney, Director
of Public Information, U. S.
Travel Service, Department of
Commerce, Washington, D. C.
20230; Jerry Reedy, Editor, Odys
sey Magazine, Gulf Oil Travel
Club, Suite 1449, 20. N. Wacker,
Chicago, Illinois 60606.
Georgia Chamber Represent
atives: Mrs. Mozelle Christian,
Manager, Travel Council, Atlanta,
Georgia; Ross Pittman, South
Georgia Representative, Tifton,
Georgia; and Rogers Wade, North
Georgia Representative, Atlanta,
Georgia; and Sixth District Chair
man Lynn Thompson and Mrs.
Thompson, of Griffin.
Announcement was made last
week that Jackson is a semi
finalist in the STAY & SEE
GEORGIA contest, competing
again against Toccoa in Class II
(one year participants). Jackson
last year was adjudged the No.
1 town in Class I (newcomers).
Before the sumptuous buffet at
the Jackson Clubhouse, Henry
Asbury, who presided, called on
Rev. Don Folsom for the invoca
tion.
The clubhouse was appropriate
ly decorated for the occasion.
Small arrangements of fall chrys
anthemums graced the individual
tables, with larger arrangements
on the buffet and speaker’s
Jimmy Carter
Will Speak
To Baptists
JIMMY CARTER
Jimmy Carter, widely known
Georgia political figure and for
mer candidate for governor, will
be guest speaker at a joint meet
ing of the Kimbell Baptist Asso
ciational Brotherhood and the
WMU at the First Baptist Church
Monday night, October 27th, at
7:30 o’clock.
Those who attend can enjoy a
Tomlin’s barbecue dutch supper
which will be served at 6:30 to
7:30 p. no.
Mr. Carter, a native of Plains,
is a graduate of that high school
and the U. S. Naval Academy at
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
tables. Soft music was rendered
during the luncheon by Mrs.
Rudy Wyatt. An enjoyable event
during the luncheon was the ap
pearance of the Youth Choir of
the First Baptist Church. They
rendered two numbers and were
directed by Steve Jett.
Following the luncheon Mr. As
bury presented Mayor C. B.
Brown, Jr., who welcomed the
guests. Mr. Asbury then intro
duced Robert L. Williams, chair
man of the Butts County/Jackson
STAY & SEE program, who gave
his report and then called upon
Stanley Maddox, chairman of the
Courtesy and Hospitality Com
mittee; Mrs. Helen Ham, chair
man of the Clean Up and Beauti
fication Committee; and Alton
Colwell, chairman of the Points
of Interest Committee, who fa
miliarized the judges with accom
plishments during the past year
in the program here.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing at the clubhouse, the judges
were taken on a tour of Jackson
and Butts County that included
Indian Springs State Park, High
Falls State Park, and the Georgia
Diagnostic and Classification Cen
ter, the party arriving back in
Jackson about five o’clock where
the group left for Callaway Gar
dens to spend the night.
Among the points most strongly
emphasized by the various speak
ers was the fact that 1,467 indi
viduals cooperated in the clean
up and beautification campaign;
that over S6OO was raised by do
nations from clubs and individ
uals, and that all work done on
all programs was by volunteers
with no paid Chamber of Com
merce employees. Several of the
speakers also emphasized that
many of the projects undertaken
are of continuing nature from
which the county and community
will benefit in the years ahead.
Both Mr. Asbury and Mr. Wil
liams thanked the public for its
support of the STAY & SEE
GEORGIA program locally and
expressed appreciation for the
many hours of hard work given
freely by many volunteers.
The judges listened attentively
to the presentation made at the
clubhouse and were obviously im
pressed by what they saw and
heard, though unable at this time
to make any definite statement
concerning Butts County/Jack
son’s chance of repeating as a
first place winner.
Annapolis. He also attended Geor
gia Tech where he did graduate
work in nuclear physics. Mr. Car
ter served two years on battle
ships and five years in subma
rines, being qualified to command
a submarine. He was senior of
ficer of the atomic submarine
Sea Wolf under Admiral Hyman
Kickover.
Mr. Carter is a former chair
man of the Sumter County Board
of Education and was State Sen
ator from the 14th District for
four years. He was an organizer
and first chairman of the West
Central Georgia Planning and De
velopment Commission and was
the first president of the Georgia
Planning Association. He is gov
ernor of District 18-C of Lions
International and is a 1969 Geor
gia state chairman, March of
Dimes. Mr. Carter is a member
of the Baptist Church where he
serves as a deacon and Bible
teacher in his home church.
He is married to the former
Miss Rosalynn Smith and they
have three sons and an infant
daughter.
JAYCEES WIVES ARE
SELLING CANDY
The Jaycee Wives Club is now
selling Halloween candy with
money derived to be used for
community projects.
For advance orders call Mrs.
Herbert Shapard 775-2607, Mrs.
Roy Beeland 775-7332, Mrs. Rob
in James 775-2158.