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ifairkson progress-Argus
VOL. 97.—NO. 4
Commissioners Seek Grants To
Strengthen Law Enforcement
The Butts County Commission
ers at a recent called meeting
discussed the possibility of ob
taining funds for improvement
of law enforcement in Butts
County. The meeting was pre
sided over by Dan Fears, chair
man of the Board of Commis
sioners, with Dave W. Bailey and
Hammond Barnes, commissioners,
being present.
Mr. Fears made a motion that
the commissioners write the Mc-
Intosh Trail Area Planning and
Development Commission to re
quest. their assistance in obtain
ing all possible funds for the
establishment of a County Police
Department, including a Law En
forcement Building. This depart
ment, as envisioned by the com
missioners, would function under
the supervision of the sheriff.
A motion was also made to re
quest the Mclntosh Trail APDC
to secure funds, if available, un
der the Omnibus Crime Bill to
increase the salaries of county
law enforcement officials; funds
for stamping out juvenile delin
quency and juvenile problems; to
obtain grants for the employment
of a crime investigator to be at
tached to the office of the Dis
trict Attorney; to obtain grants
for a Juvenile Detention Center
to be staffed by competent per
sonnel with the salaries of said
personnel to be paid out of the
same grant; to secure grants for
the purchase of office equipment;
automobiles, com m u nications
equipment, riot control equip
ment and other tools and equip
ment needed for better law en
forcement. This motion was sec
onded by Mr. Bailey with the
vote being unanimous.
Mr. Barnes moved that the
Board write Gov. Lester Maddox
to request that he set up a legal
training school at the Georgia
Diagnostic and Classification
Center for law enforcement offi
cers in this area with competent
instructors and with classes to be
held one night a week. This mo
tion was seconded by Mr. Fears
with the vote again being unani
mous.
Mr. Barnes was appointed to
serve as representative of the
Commissioners on the Butts
County United Appeal following
a request for representation by
Rev. J. Ray Dunahoo, United Ap
peal president.
The Board also voted to have
a 400 watt mercury vapor light
installed in the yard at the Coun
ty Maintenance Barn at a cost of
$5.50 per month. The Board vo
ted to have the liability insurance
policy renewed on the Sheriff’s
Department car, the cost of the
insurance being $3lO per year.
STANLEY A. COOK ON
WGC DEAN’S LIST
CARROLLTON, Ga. Three
hundred and thirteen students at
West Georgia College have been
named to the Dean’s List for the
Fall Quarter just completed. Full
time students making a grade ra
tio of 3.5 qualify for the honor
listing.
The current group includes:
Stanley A. Cook, Jackson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Cook.
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Trustees Are
Named For
United Appeal
The annual meeting of the
Butts County United Appeal was
held January 12th in the Com
munity Room of the Citizens and
Southern Bank of Jackson.
Organizations represented were
the American Legion, Kiwanis
Club, Lions Club, Butts County
Civic Club, Mimosa Garden Club,
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club, Ministerial Association
of Butts County, Butts County
Chamber of Commerce, Mclntosh
State Bank, the Citizens and
Southern Bank of Jackson, Amer
ican Mills and Fashion Pillows.
Trustees elected to serve for
the next two years are Hal A.
Summers, Frank Forehand, Char
lie Thurman, J. Frank Barnes,
Hugh M. Glidewell, John L. Free
man, Frank A. Fountain, W. L.
Miller, Miss Georgie Watkins,
Lou W. Moelchert, Herbert Shap
ard, Henry L. Asbury.
Other Trustees who have an
other year to serve in their term
are: J. D. Zachary, C. L. San
vidge, Rev. Donald L. Folsom,
Mrs. J. L. Whidby, Francis Hol
land, David P. Ridgeway, Rufus
Adams, Grover Arline, P. H.
Weaver, Fred G. Raney, J. Har
ry Ridgeway, Rev. J. Ray Duna
hoo.
A nominating committee was
appointed to prepare a slate of
officers to be presented at the
next meeting the second Mon
day in February at 7:00 p. m. in
the Community Room of the
Citizens and Southern Bank of
Jackson.
Missionary To
Be Speaker At
BPW Meeting
Rev. Joseph Andrew Jimmer
son, a missionary to Hong Kong,
will be the speaker at the Jan
uary dinner meeting of the Jack
son Business and Professional
Women’s Club Monday night,
January 26th, at the Jackson
Clubhouse. The program is being
arranged by the Legislative Com
mittee, Mrs. Jane Powell and Mrs.
Helen Spencer, co-chairmen.
A native of Thomaston, Mr.
Jimmerson served in the U. S.
Navy for three years before grad
uating from the University of
Georgia with a Business Admin
istration degree. In 1955 he re
ceived his Divinity degree from
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary. After serving pastor
ates in Texas and in Columbus,
Ga., he was appointed by the
Foreign Mission Board to serve
as a missionary to Indonesia from
1961 to 1966. In ‘66 he went to
Hong Kong and served until 1969.
He is now on furlough and living
in Columbus.
Mr. Jimmerson will bring with
him anew color film on Hong
Kong and will discuss Communism
as he saw it firsthand.
THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 1970
Milton Daniel
Is Vice Chairman
Mclntosh APDC
C. M. Daniel Jr., a member of
the Jackson City Council and
prominent in the city’s business
and religious life, was elected vice
chairman of the Mclntosh Trail
Area Planning and Development
Commission at a recent meeting.
His election is for the year 1970.
James Arp of Fayetteville was re
elected chairman.
The purpose of the Mclntosh
Trail APDC, which was organized
in 1969, is to assist the cities and
counties in the five county area
including Fayette, Spalding, Hen
ry, Butts, and Lamar in planning
and development of land and
water resources, recreation, hous
ing and most facets of govern
mental functions in their area.
The competent professional
staff of the Mclntosh Trail APDC
is headquartered in Griffin and
stands ready to assist in every
way the cities and counties in
its area. Much work is already be
ing done in the basic studies of
population, water, sewage, rec
reation and in the effort to lo
cate the second Atlanta airport
in Henry County.
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 Jhe 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 775-
7646, office 775-3140 for de
tailed information.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Business
Project New
4-H Activity
By Andy St. John
The Jackson Senior 4-H Club
has adopted anew project, the
Business Project.
It has attracted in its first
year four members. The partici
pants visited three cooperatives
and three non-cooperatives learn
ing the functions of each. The 4-
H’ers will also do a summary on
each organization visited.
Other activities that may be
carried out in the project are:
1) Business transactions with co
operatives and non-cooperatives;
2) Demonstrations on talks on
projects; 3) Radio talks and
news articles; 4) Story on “How
My Experiences in the Business
Project have Contributed to my
Education”; 5) Make a record
book on the project.
The club members will be com
peting against others in the coun
ty and District. A boy and girl
district winner will win a trip to
the annual meeting of the Amer
ican Institute of Cooperation as
a top prize.
The state boy and girl winner
will receive a medal and expense
paid trip to the AIC annual meet
ing. They will be eligible for
Master 4-H Club members if they
have been a 4-H Club member for
3 years.
The highest scoring 4-H club
member in the state will receive
a S6O scholarship check, a trip
to the AIC annual meeting and an
expense paid trip to State 4-H
Congress.
Kiwanians
Heard
Reports
Kiwanians who attended the
Mid-Winter Conference at Rock
Eagle January 10 and 11 gave re
ports to the club at its Tuesday
night meeting with President
Denny O’Neal stating that “a lot
was learned and the fellowship
with members from other clubs
was most enjoyable.”
Among those attending from
Jackson were Denny O’Neal,
Ralph Carr Jr., Lou Moelchert,
J. D. Zackary, Joe Hopper, Fran
cis Holland, and Pete Land.
Among those giving brief re
ports were Kiwanians Holland,
Zachary, Carr, Hopper, and
O’Neal. Mr. Holland said that
the Jackson Club’s bulletin was
commented on most favorably
and cited as one of the state’s
best, with no recommendations
given for improving it. Mr. Hol
land said that of 127 clubs in the
Georgia District, only 43 pub
lish bulletins regularly and send
copies to the State Bulletin Chair
man.
President O’Neal reminded Ki
wanians of the 12th Division
Rally in Jackson on February 3rd
which will honor Governor Mark
Smith on his official visit to the
12th Division.
Dr. Jack Newman was origin
ally scheduled to speak Tuesday
night to the club on “Operation
Drug Alert’’ but his appearance
had to be canceled and the pro
gram re-scheduled at a later date.
Harry Lewis, a member of JHS
Key Club, was the sole visitor.
SNOW FLURRIES
FELL BRIEFLY
HERE TUESDAY
Brief snow flurries fell in
Jackson Tuesday morning as a
new cold front moved from the
mid-west into the southeast. The
flurries were light and did not
stick as the temperature was at
34 or 35 degrees, but Atlanta re
ceived enough snow to cover the
ground briefly until it melted in
rising temperatures.
The mercury Wednesday morn
ing in Jackson registerd 14 de
grees under the impetus of anew
cold air mass with the weather
man promising temperatures as
cold or colder Thursday morning.
Mass Immunization Jan. 28
Aimed At German Measles
Mclntosh State
Bank Reports
Year Progress
The stockholders of Mclntosh
State Bank met at the banking
house Thursday afternoon, Jan
uary 15th, for their annual meet
ing and heard an excellent report
of progress and growth from Wil
liam H. Shapard, president, and
Henry L. Asbux-y, executive vice
president.
Mr. Shapard said that total
assets of the five-year-old bank
were $4,604,179.33. Asa result
of a good income year the direc
tors declared a fifty cent divi
dend to all stockholders as of
record January 12th, with the
dividend to be paid February Ist.
Mr. Asbury pointed out that
total deposits as of December
31st, 1969 stood at $3,711,689.60
and cited a gain of $600,000.00
during the last twelve months.
The same Board of Directors
was re-elected and these include
William H. Shapard, H. Wayne
Barnes, Henry L. Asbury, Rufus
Adams, G. W. Caston, E. M. Mc-
Cord, L. C. Webb, M. W. Car
michael, and Doyle Jones, Jr.
The directors re-elected the
same officers for 1970, these be
ing Mr. Shapard, president; Mr.
Barnes, chairman of the board;
Mr. Asbury, executive vice-presi
dent; Mr. Jones, treasurer; G.
Alton Colwell, cashier, and W.
Ronnie Wells, assistant cashier.
The directors also voted to in
crease the size of the parking
area to accommodate 39 or 40
cars and to provide an additional
two exits for customer conven
ience.
Butts Receives
$7,465 Taxes
From CGEMC
Total tax payments to Butts
County from The Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
amounted to $7,465.48 for 1969.
Total ad valorem taxes paid
in counties and cities where The
Central Georgia Electric Member
ship Corporation owns property
amounted to $41,579.99, accord
ing to an announcement made by
R. F. Armstrong, general man
ager of the member-owned elec
tric system.
The Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation pays
property taxes, state and coun
ty, and all other taxes required
by law. It does not pay income
tax since it is a non-profit or
ganization.
The Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation covers
1,922 miles in parts of 14 coun
ties and serves 9,645 members as
of December 31, 1969.
Rt. 16, East-
West, To Be
Resurfaced
The State Highway Department
has called for bids to re-surface
the Griffin-Jackson-Monticello
Highway, Route 16, at an esti
mated cost of $296,674.
The project will cover 26.48
miles with the resurfacing to be
gin in Griffin and extend easter
ly to the Ocmulgee River, ex
cepting interchange at 1-75 and
portion of existing pavement in
Jackson.
Bids will be opened February
6th at the State Highway Office
in Atlanta.
Burglars
Busy Over
Weekend
Burglars were active on wide
fronts over the weekend with at
least five places of business be
ing burglarized between Saturday
night and Monday morning.
One of the heaviest hauls was
made at the Waits and James
Service Station at the I-75-Route
36 Interchange where bold bur
glars drove a truck into the wash
rack and made away with 60 new
Gulf tires, a battery charger,
power tools, several sets of new
luggage, two radios, five bat
teries, 10 to 12 cartons of cig
arettes, between 150 and 200
dollars in change and cash and
other small items. The Butts
County Sheriff’s Department said
that entry was gained by break
ing out a light in the wash rack
and then opening the door. It is
believed the burglary occurred
between 10 p. m. Saturday and
6:30 a. m. Sunday morning.
Cawthon’s Bait Shop at the in
tersection of Covington Road and
the Stark Post Road, was a target
for burglars the same night with
$l5O in change being taken after
entry was gained by forcing the
front door.
Howell Freeman’s Service Sta
tion on State Route 42 South
drew the attention of burglars
some time between Sunday night
and Monday morning with four
cases of drinks, chewing gum, and
other items being taken. The
front door was forced open.
The same night Gunter’s Gro
cery at Flovilla was burglarized
with several pocket watches and
butane cigarette lighters be
ing taken. Entry was also gained
by forcing open the back door.
The Post Office at Flovilla was
entered Sunday night or Monday
morning by a burglar or burglars
who broke the glass on the front
door to gain access. Some mail
was opened and one package of
stereo records was taken. There
was evidence efforts were made
to gain entrance to the safe but
the attempt was futile. The Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation was
called in on the case with the in
vestigation continuing both by the
Federal agents and the Butts
County Sheriff’s Department.
Public Meet On
Private School
Set For Monday
All parents and interested cit
izens of Butts County are invited
to attend a mass meeting Monday
night, January 26th, at 8 o’clock
at the Indian Springs Group
Camp at which time discussion
will be heard on the possibility of
forming a.private school in Butts
County to provide a quality ed
ucation for those children who
might wish to attend.
Parents and interested persons
are urgently requested to attend
this meeting and to express open
ly their feeling, both pro and con,
concerning a private school in
the county.
TWO CARS COLLIDE
ON SUNDAY NIGHT
Two cars collided Sunday night
about 7:45 o’clock on the Stark
Post Road about one half mile
below the intersection with Route
36. According to the Butts Coun
ty Sheriff’s Department the cars
were driven by J. W. Ward and
James Douglas of Jackson. There
were no injuries with property
damage estimated to be about
$350 to each vehicle.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A Mass Immunization Cam
paign designed to “End Geimian
Measles” in Butts County will be
undertaken January 28. Immuni
zation teams will visit elementary
schools in the county to immunize
all susceptible children in the first
second, third, fourth and fifth
grades and susceptible girls in the
sixth grade who have not reached
12th birthday. The program is
part of a statewide effort to
eradicate. “German” or “three
day” Measles in Georgia, an
nounced earlier this year by the
Georgia Department of Public
Health.
German, three-day Measles is
not the same as the “big-red,”
“bad”, seven-day measles. Chil
dren need a shot for both kinds
of measles. The German Measles
(three-day measles or Rebulla)
shot has never been given in the
school before 'this year. The big
red, seven-day measles shot has
been given before in Georgia
schools.
Children who have had “three
day” or German Measles, or who
have already had the vaccine are
not susceptible. However, if there
is doubt as to whether or not a
child has had the disease or vac
cine, parents are advised to con
tact their private physician or
have the child immunized, as a
second immunization is not harm
ful. Prior to the clinic, permission
slips will be sent home to parents,
and no child will be vaccinated
without the parent’s or guardian’s
consent.
Administered with the modern
jet injector which is virtually
painless, and which permits rapid
immunization of large numbers
of children, the vaccine offers
probably life time protection
against German Measles.
The disease, once considered a
harmless experience of life, can
have serious complications. Dur
ing the 1964 German Measles
epidemic in the United States,
over 247,000 expectant women
caught the disease resulting in as
many as 30,000 miscarriages and
20,000 children born with heart
defects; deafness; glaucoma; cat
aracts and other eye defects; de
formed arms and legs; and mental
retardation. Another epidemic is
possible in 1970, ’7l or ’72 when
in a single year over 1,000 ex
pectant mothers in Georgia and
their unborn infants could be af
fected by German Measles.
This Immunization Campaign
is sponsored by the Butts County
Board of Health with the as
sistance and approval of the Med
ical Association of Georgia, the
Georgia Chapter of American
Academy of Pediatrics, the
Georgia Department of Public
Health, and the Butts County
School System.
Cancer Leaders
Will Meet In
Griffin Tonight
American Cancer Society vol
unteer leaders from ten counties
will meet in Griffin Thursday,
January 22, to begin planning for
the 1970 EDUCATION-Funds
Crusade against cancer.
The meeting will be from 7:30
p. m. through 9:30 p. m. at the
Commercial Bank and Trust Cos.
Volunteers from the following
counties will attend: Spalding,.
Upson, Lamar, Pike, Butts, Cow
eta, Clayton, Henry, Fayette, and
Newton.
Presiding at the meeting will
be James E. Coffey, Regional
Crusade Chairman. Mr. Coffey is
Manager of Allied Plants for the
Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Cos.
Other program participants will
include: Grady Duke, M. D.; Wil
liam F. Myers; Mrs. Elizabeth
Cheatham; Harvey Mathis of At
lanta; and Dan McCook of Bruns
wick, 1970 State EDUCATION-
Funds Crusade Chairman.