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VOL. 97—NO. 3
MISS GARLINGTON, MR. BROWNLEE
RETIRE FROM CENTRAL GA. EMC
MISS GRACE GARLINGTON
Miss Grace Garlington, Senior
Bookkeeper, and Charles Brown
lee, Staking Engineer, retired
from the Central Georgia Electric
Membership Jack
son, as of December 31, 1969.
Miss Garlington completed 32
years of service and Mr. Brown
lee, 24 years.
Miss Garlington was the first
office employee being hired in
December 1937, by the first co
op manager, the late M. 0. Mc-
Cord. She also served under the
second manager, E. I. Carruthers,
who was killed in World War 11,
and the present manager, R. F.
Armstrong. She has seen the co
operative grow from 169 miles,
329 consumers in March 1938 to
1,917 miles, 9,665 consumers for
November 1969.
Although Miss Garlington per
formed all of the office work
in the beginning, her main job
through the years has been Senior
Bookkeeper in the Bookkeeping
Department. She has served well
and diligently. Whatever tasks
she undertook, she did well and
everyone felt that if Miss Grace
did it, it was done right. She put
the Cooperative first and always
worked toward its best interest.
She was gracious to share her
knowledge of the co-op with fel
low employees and to assist them
as the occasion arose. She is suc
ceeded by Mrs. Richard Burford
who has worked closely with Miss
Garlington for 28 years.
Miss Garlington is very active
in the Jackson United Methodist
Church where she sings in the
choir, is a member of the Victory
Sunday School Class and. treas
urer of the Wesleyan Service
Guild, a position she has held
for 30 years.
She has been most helpful to
others through the years, always
willing to share her worldly pos
sessions with those about her.
She has never been too busy to
see about others and has done
what she could to help those less
fortunate than herself.
Charles Brownlee began his
employment with the co-op as a
coordinator (obtaining rights of
way) in September 1945. He, too,
has served well during his tenure
of service. Having prepared the
material for the original mapping
of the cooperative, he perhaps has
the best over-all knowledge of the
general service area covered by
the cooperative of any employee.
His courteous and accommoda
ting nature has been an outstand
ing attribute. He was never too
busy to stop and help a fellow
employee or anyone else with a
task, minor though it might be.
Always conscientious about his
work, he never missed an oppor
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CHARLES BROWNLEE
tunity to be of service. Jesse
Barnes, who has been in the Stak
ing Department for a number of
years, has succeeded Mr. Brown
lee.
Mr. Brownlee is a deacon in
the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
in Butts County and serves as
secretary of the Sunday School.
He is also a member and past
president of the Exchange Club
of Jackson.
He resides at Route 2, Jackson,
with his wife, Rema, and their
three children, Antionette, Char
lene and Larry.
Although retired from the Co
operative, Mr. Brownlee expects
to work parttime with an elec
trical contractor and an engineer
ing firm.
The Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation is a ser
vice organization, and these two
employees will be remembered
for their service to the organiza
tion. Both will be greatly missed
by their fellow employees.
Natural Cause
Ruled In Death
Of Negro Boy
A two-year-old Negro boy,
listed by John Sherrell, Butts
County Coroner, as Earnest
Gooden of Indian Springs, was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Sylvan Grove Hospital about 3:15
Sunday afternoon by the physi
cian on duty at that time.
According to Coroner Sherrell
the young child was brought to
the Sylvan Grove Hospital
Sunday morning suffering from a
gastric disorder and when
brought to the hospital Sunday
afternoon was pronounced dead
on arrival. The examining physi
cian indicated that death was due
to natural causes, probably from
suffocation or strangulation due
to nausea.
Coroner Sherrell said that the
child had been left at home
alone by his parents and was
discovered when they returned
home. His mother was listed by
Mr. Sherrell as the former Mat
tie Jean Benton.
Members of the Butts County
Sheriff’s Department and Coroner
Sherrell investigated the death of
the young boy Monday and con
curred on the findings of the
physician, Dr. Wendell Phillips
of Macon, who was on weekend
duty at Sylvan Grove Hospital.
Coroner Sherrell said that no in
quest will be held.
Jurors Drawn
For February
Term Court
The February term of Butts
Superior Court will convene Mon
day, February 2nd, at ten o’clock
with the jurors, both grand and
traverse, assembling to hear the
charge by Judge Hugh D. Sose
bee of Forsyth. District attorney
Edward McGarity of McDonough
will present cases for the state
during criminal week.
Judge Sosebee was in Jackson
recently and drew jurors for ser
vice at the February term of
court. Members of the grand jury
and traverse jury first week are
asked to meet Monday, February
2nd, at ten o’clock while traverse
jurors, second week, shall meet
Tuesday, February 10th, at ten
o’clock. A list of jurors as drawn
by Judge Sosebee and presented
the paper by David P. Ridgeway,
Clerk of Butts Superior Court,
are as follows:
Grand Jury
Mrs. E. D. Briscoe, Mrs. Wil
liam Sasser, James E. Peck, Mari
on D. Todd, Luther Wilkins,
Booker T. Stokes, Mrs. S. L.
Austin, Wayne King, B. K.
Hodges, Jr., Mrs. Martha P. Dan
iel, Lewis W. Washington, H. L.
Jones Sr., M. L. Powell, R. A.
O’Quinn, E. P. Colwell Jr.
H. M. Fletcher, R. J. Bridges,
W. Clint Adams, T. R. Sims, T.
W. Leverette, J. Dawson Bryant,
Rufus Kitchens, M. A. Price, Mrs.
H. W. Barnes, Virgil Smith,
George N. Martin Jr., G. R.
Lewis, Mrs. Ruth Ash, Marvin B.
Mangham, Joseph H. Brown.
Traverse Jury, First Week
Howell L. Cook, Lewis M. Free
man, Danny Blue, Mrs. Kathleen
R. Cartwright, Victor M. Brown,
Guy Thompson, Mrs. Elena L.
Carter, Clemmie Ward, Harold
E. Waldron, James L. Whidby,
Donald R. Willard, Mrs. Alma
Mae Conley, M. R. Cook, Robert
F. Burpee, Robert L. Williams
Jr., Walter R. Henry, Mrs. Clyde
Herbert, Wilburn T. Gregg, K. K.
Williams, Kenneth Campbell.
George N. Etheredge, W. L.
Bunch, R. Cleveland Norsworthy,
Larry Pickett, Don Earnhart,
Robert W. Taylor Jr., James Bed
sole, Donnie Benton, W. C. Brad
ley Jr., Francis E. Holland, Dave
Taylor, Julian F. Marsh, A. L.
Weaver, Russell L. Price, Carl
Brack, Mrs. A. C. Freeman Jr.,
Mrs. W. T. Fletcher, Edwin R.
O’Neal, Mrs. Hugh C. Polk, Mrs.
J. Harry Ridgeway.
Harold Elliott, Reginald H. Pul
liam, Billy Pelt, Wynsol Smith, W.
O. Knowles, C. D. Edwards Jr.,
James R. Pitts, Arthur W. Gil
more, Harvey B. Whitehead, Cur
tis T. Kelley, Kenneth Thurston,
Julian W. Fletcher, Mrs. Julia B.
Fletcher, G. G. Washington, Lon
nie Lloyd, Mrs. Gwen M. Pickel,
Mrs. Jewell Tomlin Johnson, John
Wise, Eugene Mitchell, Gary L.
Pecht.
Traverie Jury, Second Week
Porter Cawthon, Mrs. Caliie M.
Lunsford, Robert Rooks, Charles
W. Mosteller, Marion B. Cook,
Mrs. Betty J. Dover, Woodrow
Turner, Eugene Ball, J. Andy
Kinard, Mrs. Beth Hearn, B. R.
Lane, Ralph E. Evans, C. E.
Washington, B. E. Carter,
Charles R. Butler, William Mack
Davis, E. A. Deaver Jr., George
E. McGahee, Floyd Moore, Vir
ginia Kelley.
Charles R. Kersey, Lamar Mc-
Michael, J. D. Zachery Jr., An
drew R. Kimbell, Mrs. Hugh M.
Glidewell, R. C. Riley Jr., W. T.
Collins, C. J. Harper, Jimmy B.
Hardy, Richard B. Burford, G. A.
Tharpe Jr., Carlton Williams, Mrs.
Elizabeth L. Baker, H. E. Moore,
Curtis Gaye, C. W. Greer, Jackie
Bedsole, John W. Browning Jr.,
Tyrone Williamson, Steve M.
Jones, Lewis O’Hearn, Harold E.
McMichael.
E. M. McCord, J. 0. Harrison,
H. M. Hooten, James E. Cornell
Jr., Mrs. Mary F. Couglar, Her
bert Shapard, Fred P. Cook, Wil
liam C. Darsey, Charlie Alex
ander, Fred M. Hoard, Mrs. E.
R. Nash, Felton D. Thompson,
Marion Wayne Cook, Herman F.
Waits, Mrs. A. F. Hammond, W.
R. Singleton, Robert B. Hamlin,
Fannie Ruth Ball, Jackie Dunn,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1970 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Zero Cold, Rain, Sleet, Ice and
Snow Visit County In Frigid Week
Kiwanians
Honor Past
Presidents
The Jackson Kiwanis Club ob
served its 48th birthday Tuesday
night by honoring the club’s past
presidents, calling on each to
briefly summarize the highlights
of his year in office. The Jackson
Kiwanis Club was chartered on
January 22 nd, 1922 and Tues
day night also recognized the
four still active charter members,
R. P. Newton, Sr., J. W. O’Neal
Sr., D. P. Settle, and T. E. Robi
son Sr.
The program was arranged by
the Education and Attendance
Committee of which Richard Wat
kins is chairman, but in his ab
sence Lewis Freeman presided.
Among the presidents recognized
and making brief statements were
R. P. Newton, who served as pres
ident in 1927, and who was given
a standing ovation on his 32 years
of perfect attendance, believed
to be tops in the state.
Following Mr. Newton were J.
W. O’Neal, 1932; N. F. Land,
1934; P. H. Weaver, 1937; M. L.
Powell, 1939; Lou Moelchert,
1945; Roy Prosser, 1951; Doyle
Jones Jr., 1955; Rogers Starr,
1960; R. H. Pinckney, 1961; Lee
Roy O’Neal, 1965; Henry L. As
bury, 1966; Lewis Freeman,
1967; Frank Forehand, 1968.
Special guests were Billy Jones
and Vance Ray.
President Denny O’Neal an
nounced that thte program for
next week will be a talk by Dr.
Jack Newman on “Operation
Drug Elect,” a subject of wide
and vital interest at this time as
the drug traffic pertains to young
people.
Counci Imen
Elected At
Flovilla
Five men were elected to the
City of Flovilla council at an
election Saturday, January 10th.
Those honored by their fellow
citizens were E. R. Edwards Jr.,
C. A. Anthony, Wayne King,
Adel Moncrief, Charles “Wimp”
Floyd.
Messrs. Edwards, King and
Moncrief were incumbent coun
cilmen and were re-elected in
Saturday’s balloting.
Kenneth Thurston is mayor of
Flovilla.
Harold G. Spruill.
C. V. Ford, D. Edgar Barfield,
Joe Marchman, Mrs. G. H. Stand
ard, Harold Smith, R. L. Glaze,
Frank C. Hammond, Mrs. Evelyn
S. Hurst, Charles N. Roberts, O.
L. Weaver,. Mrs. A. E. O’Neal,
Lamar Thurston, William Ball,
Roy H. Bell, Mrs. L. G. Maddox,
W. C. Williamson, Bennie Fletch
er, F. W. Washington, J. F.
Whitaker, W. J. Greer, Thomas
L. Duke, Mrs. L. J. Ball, Mrs.
Sue Blue.
Forehand, Sanvidge, Jones
Promoted By American Mills
Billy Shapard, Vice President
of American Mills, Inc., an
nounced recently the promotion
of Frank Forehand and C. L. San
vidge, both of Jackson, and Billy
Jones of Griffin.
Mr. Forehand will assume
duties of General Manager, of
American Mills, Inc. with plants
in Griffin and Jackson. He will
maintain offices in Griffin and
Jackson with most of his time
spent in Griffin.
Mr. Sanvidge will be moved
from his post of Assistant Plant
Band Boosters
Will Present
Marionettes
The children of Jackson will
be taken on a fun-filled tour
through a Wonderland of mario
nette magic, on Thursday, Jan. 22,
when the World Famous Nicolo
Marionettes perform their new
action-packed musical version of
Alice in Wonderland at Jackson
Elementary School.
Never before has Wonderland
been so joyously brought to the
stage as it is in Nicolo’s bright
adaption of Lewis Carroll’s one
hundred year old children’s clas
sic. The entire Nicolo staff of
professional experts in the fields
of puppetry, stage design, play
writing and music have combined
their efforts to produce a show
which proves conclusive that Car
roll must have had marionettes
in mind when he first wrote his
masterpiece. No other entertain
ment medium has been able to
bring the fantastic creatures of
Wonderland so vividly to life.
Audiences will thrill and howl
with laughter as Alice, played by
a puppet when she’s small and
by a live girl, when she’s big,
sings and dances with her mario
nette friends. Together they take
part in such famous Wonderland
events as The Mad Tea Party, the
Un-Birthday Ball, and the Mock
Trial. The White Rabbit, the
Smoking Caterpillar, and the
mysterious Disappearing Cheshire
Cat help Alice search for the
stolen tarts. The problem is . . .
will she find them in time to es
cape the wrath of the sinister
Queen of Hearts?
All of it takes place on a mario
nette stage, in breathtakingly
beautiful stage settings by Broad
way designer, William B. Pitkin.
There is scintillating original mu
sic that will keep the children
humming long after the final cur
tain has fallen.
Remember the date, Thursday,
Jan. 22. Performance time is
4:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. at Jack
son Elementary School. Tickets
priced at 75c can be purchased
from any band member. Mrs. Ed
ward Manley is in charge for the
Band Boosters. Phone home 776-
7646, office 775-3140 for de
tailed information.
Jenkinsburg
Officers
Are Sworn In
Anew slate of officers in the
City of Jenkinsburg for 1970
were sworn in January 3rd in the
Jenkinsburg City Hall by David
P. Ridgeway, Butts County Clerk
of Court.
Officials to serve Jenkinsburg
during the upcoming year and
sworn in at the recent ceremony
include D. T. Ford, Mayor, and
Councilmen—H. M. Hooten, M.
B. Farrar, James Whitaker, Mrs.
T. H. Price and W. T. Collins.
Mrs. Price is city clerk.
Superintendent at Jackson to
Plant Superintendent in Griffin.
Mr. Jones will assume the du
ties of Plant Superintendent in
Jackson to fill the post vacated
by Mr. Forehand.
Mr. Shapard stated that this
would not only strengthen the
over-all supervisory base of
American Mills, but also gives
the company an opportunity to
reward the efforts of these men
who have proven their leader
ship abilities in business and com
munity projects.
Winter flung its arsenal of mis
erable weather—zero cold, rain,
ice, freezing rain, snow, and
sleet—at Butts County and Geor
gia during a frigid week, Monday
through Monday, that residents
of this area will not soon forget
nor hope will be soon repeated.
During the week, two major
storm systems, a rain and snow
producing system out of the
Gulf, and the invasion of a polar
air mass from the north, com
bined to bring weather made mis
erable by the intensity of the
cold and the duration of below
freezing temperatures for more
than five days. The Gulf low
moved across the southeast Mon
day night and Tuesday morning,
January sth ahd 6th, bringing
rain to this section, snow and ice
to North Georgia. Tuesday night
there-was clearing as a massive
cold front, spawned in Arctic
regions, moved across the nation
southward on brisk winds to
bring sub-freezing temperatures
Wednesday deep into the south
land.
The bitter and biting winds by
Thursday morning had plummet
ed the thermometers to around
eight degrees locally and below
zero in the mountains of North
Georgia. Friday was even colder
with an official reading of two
degrees at the Atlanta Airport,
with many thermometers in Butts
County recording an even zero.
In Blairsville Friday morning it
was an unofficial 12 below. Sat
urday dawned fair and clear with
the mercury at the six degree
mark locally and again below
zero in the mountains.
A second low front from the
Gulf brought clouds over our area
Saturday night with Sunday be
ing one of the all-time bad days
weatherwise, the front bringing
with it a mixture of rain, sleet,
ice, and freezing rain with haz
ardous driving conditions report
ed over many areas of western
and northern Georgia several
hours before noon Sunday. A
mixture of sleet and rain, mixed
with occasional light snow flur
ries, fell in the Jackson area Sun
day morning with driving condi
tions dangerous before noon.
Travel warnings were issued for
Columbus, LaGrange, Atlanta,
and areas north and westward
with some roads closed.
The zero temperatures Friday
caused the closing of the Butts
County Schools due in the main
to low gas pressure which was
experienced here and over many
other Georgia cities because of
the increased consumption jn the
bitter cold. Also on Monday the
Butts County Schools were again
closed principally because of the
extremely dangerous road condi
tions, although travel with cau
tion was possible. Furnace trouble
also added to the school’s woes.
Services Sunday at several
churches were canceled because
of the hazardous driving and the
danger afoot as well. Hospitals
in Atlanta were crowded during
the weekend with pedestrians who
had slipped and fallen on the icy
streets and sidewalks, many suf
fering broken boneS. Stores in At
lanta were closed early and many
industries canceled work sched
ules for the day Sunday and Mon
day.
Despite the hazardous driving
conditions only one or two minor
accidents were reported locally,
one of these being an accident on
Covington Street when a driver
lost control of his car and slid
off the road. Jackson policemen
said the two most accident prone
sites in the city were Covington
Street and McDonough Road for
cars traveling in the direction of
Jackson.
There were many reports of
families in the county being with
out water as pumps were frozen
or pipes ruptured by the extreme
cold. There were equally as many
reports of bursted pipes in the
city with some families being
without water several days. There
were repeated requests made by
the city during the cold spell for
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
gas consumers to cut back ther
mostats to conserve as much fuel
as possible during the critical
days. The hazardous driving Sun
day afternoon and night gave
Jackson the appearance of a de
serted town as most families
stayed close to the fireside and
traveled only when necessary.
Even traffic on 1-75 was reduced
both in volume and in speed with
the great majority of driving ex
ercising the utmost caution and
driving in the 30 to 40 miles per
hour bracket. Several accidents
were reported Sunday and Mon
day in the area covered by the
Griffin State Patrol, but none
were believed in Butts County.
Some older residents said they
could not recall a period of cold
weather when the mercury stayed
below freezing as long as it did
in the cold snap of last week.
Generally speaking, the mercury
dropped below 32 degrees early
Wednesday afternoon and did not
rise above the freezing mark un
til Monday afternoon, although
it possibly reached the 32 degree
mark Sunday afternoon when a
slight thawing set in.
One of the unusual aspects of
the zero weather was the freezing
over of rivers and coves at Jack
son Lake with many venturing
out onto the ice simply to say
they had walked on Jackson
Lake when it was frozen over.
Three youths, Jane Jenkins and
Buster Jenkins of Jackson, and
Tony Caldwell of Atlanta,
brought by the office color Pola
roid pictures made Saturday
morning on Tussahaw Creek of
the threesome on the creek in
chairs, lounge, and a boat. When
told that a black and white photo
could be used for the paper, they
returned to take additional photos:
but had trouble as the film was
believed too cold. Jane and
Buster, who live on Jackson Lake,
and Tony, estimated the thickness
of the ice to be at least 2Vz inches
in the Tussahaw area and also
reported that the ice was thicker
Friday than Saturday. However,
other residents of Jackson Lake
report ice still on the lake as late
as Monday afternoon. As might
be expected, smaller lakes and
farm ponds over the county and
area were frozen over probably
to a much greater depth than the
ice on Jackson Lake.
All agree that the weatherman
dished out a large dose of misery,
and all are equally as emphatic
in hoping that we don’t have a
repeat this Winter or any other
real soon. As one cold matron
quipped, “once every five years
is ENOUGH!”
Tenant House
Burns In
Bitter Cold
A tenant house occupied by
Raleigh and Lillie Banks on land
belonging to Fred Hammond was
totally destroyed by fire Wednes
day afternoon about 3:30 o’clock
in freezing weather with the mer
cury below the 20 degree mark.
The esteemed couple, Raleigh
being a dairy milker for Mr.
Hammond, had resided in the
house for a number of years. Ac
cording to Mrs. Hammond the
house was completely burned
down with little of value saved.
Cne or two small items were re
moved before the flames en
gulfed the house but in the main
all contents were destroyed. The
house was located just off the
High Falls Road below Liberty
Church.
Mrs. Hammond said that it is
believed the fire started from a
defective flue in the kitchen and
that the family used wood and
coal and first noticed the fire
in the roof. Mrs. Hammond called
the Volunteer Jackson Fire De
partment. Mrs. Hammond said
that there were no children, with
friends and neighbors caring for
the burned out couple during the
bitter cold night.