Ziutkson JJrugr^ss-Argus
VOL. 97—NO. 11
Central Georgia EMC Gets Loan
Of $1,350,000 For Improvements
Announcement was received in
iackson last weekend from Sen
ator Herman E. Talmadge and
Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr.
of the Department of Agricul
ture’s approval of a loan in the
amount of $1,350,000 for the
Central Georgia Electric Member
ship Corporation.
The text of the telegram, phone
call, and letter, all materially the
same, indicated that the funds
will be used to finance 93 miles
of distribution line to serve 1400
new consumers; finance extensive
system improvements including
four miles of new tie line and
conversion of 14 miles of existing
line and related facilities; finance
the installation of facilities for
two new points of wholesale
power delivery; and construct a
new headquarters building in
Jackson.
James E. Peck
President Babe
Ruth League
James E. "Peck of Jackson was
elected president of the Van De
venter Babe Ruth League at its
annual meeting at the Van De
venter Youth Center on March
4th. Clyde Herbert, of Jackson,
was elected vice president, and
Harold (Doc) McMichael, of
Jackson, was elected secretary.
Managers for the teams in the
league will serve as directors of
the league.
Managers for the 1970 season
are Harold Smith, manager, and
Joe Moncrief, coach, VFW Post
5374; Bennie Fletcher, manager,
and Danny Blue, coach, Exchange
Club of Jackson; Ronald Cope
land, Zebulon; Jerry Smith and
Larry Ayers, McDonough; Charles
McCarter, Locust Grove; Eugene
Seda, Barnesville.
Joe Harris was elected head
umpire of the two teams that
represent Jackson. The season
will begin in May with all six
teams in the league playing in
Jackson on the same day.
The following representatives
attended the meeting: Bennie
Fletcher, Danny Blue, Harold
Smith, Joe Moncrief, Frank Mc-
Michael, James E. Peck, Joe Har
ris, and Mack Davis from Jack
son; Charles McCarter of Locust
Grove; Richard Craig, Jerry
Smith and Larry Ayers, from Mc-
Donough; Chuck Miller and Eu
gene Seda from Barnesville.
KIWANIS PANCAKE
SUPPER IS SET
FOR APRIL 7th
The first call is sounded for the
Kiwanis pancake supper in the
school lunchroom on Tuesday,
April 7th.
Denny O’Neal, Kiwanis presi
dent, in announcing the always
popular eating extravaganza, says
that pancakes, sausage, syrup
and all the trimmings will be
served from five to eight o’clock
on an “all you can eat basis.”
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4 -H DRESS REVUE PARTICIPANTS —Among the 4-H
' iub girls taking part in the 1970 Dress Revue were, left to
igh t , first row: Toree Ray, Beverly Raynor, Ann Barnes,
jartha McDowell; left to right, second row, Maria Todd, Mary
Goodman, Maralyn Ridgeway, Saralyn Ridgeway, Charlene
Brownlee.
Dr. Pinera Has
Taken Post
At The Center
DR. ANTONIO C. PINERA
Dr. Antonio C. Pinera, 28-
year-old native of Havana, Cuba,
but a United States citizen since
August 1960, has recently ac
cepted a position as physician
with the Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center near Jack
son.
With a medical background on
both sides of his family, Dr.
Pinera’s father, Dr. Antonio
Pinera, is Chief of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation at
the Veterans Administration Hos
pital in Dublin. His father-in-law,
Dr. Surgio Gonzalez Galbon, is a
medical doctor and engaged in
general surgery in Havana, Cuba.
Dr. Pinera attended elementary
and high school in Havana,
Cuba. Coming to the United
States in August 1960, he attend
ed Little Rock University and
Midwestern University in Texas
where he received a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Medicine. He
attended and graduated from the
University of Nebraska Medical
School and his clinical years were
spent at the University of San
tiago de Comportela Medical
School where he graduated in
1969. He has served on the staff
of Immanuel Hospital, Omaha,
Nebraska and at the Florida State
Hospital in Hollywood. He was
house physician at the Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital in Miami and
presently is employed at the
Georgia Diagnostic and Classifi
cation Center in Butts County.
Dr. Pinera is a member of Phi
Rho Sigma fraternity, a student
of American Medical Association
and General Practician Associ
ation. He served with the U. S.
Army in 1962, later receiving an
honorable discharge.
Dr. Pinera is married to Sylvia
Gonzalez and they have two
daughters, Sylvia Beatriz, 5 years
old, and Ayleen Anna, 8 months
old.
Dr. and Mrs. Pinera and family
are presently residing in Jenkins
burg but expect to move to Jack
son at an early date. They are
being cordially welcomed as new
residents of the community.
Mr. O’Neal said that tickets
will soon be available from all
Kiwanis members at a price of
SI.OO for adults and 50c for
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1970
Dress Revue
Saw Styles
High Fashion
The 1970 Butts County 4-H
Dress Revue was held March sth
at 7 o’clock in the Jackson High
School Library, this being an an
nual event in which 4-H girls
model garments they have made.
Winners in each division will com
pete for district honors at District
Project Achievement at Rock
Eagle 4-H Center.
The Cloverleaf DPA will be
held June 5 and 6 with Junior
and Senior DPA to be held June
18-20.
In the Cloverleaf Apron Di
vision, first place was won by
Beverly Raynor, who wore a
peach and white print apron; sec
ond place was accorded Toree
Ray with a pink and floral apron
with triangle patch pockets; third
place went to Martha McDowell,
who showed a white apron with a
striped patch pocket; fourth place
was awarded to Bobbie Eidson
with an apron of gray, white and
red print.
In the Cloverleaf Skirt Divis
ion, Ann Barnes won first place
with a gathered green denim
skirt with patch pockets; second
place, Mary Goodman, with a
light purple skirt.
Maria Told was awarded first
place in the Junior Cotton Dress
Division with a brown, gold print
cotton dress which had a ruffle
of the same fabric down the front
and puff sleeves.
The senior girls made anything
they liked with Charlene Brown
lee winning first place with an
aqua and white washable acrylic
dress. Saralyn Ridgeway won a
second place with a white bonded
wool dress; Maralyn Ridgeway
modeled a navy blue crepe dress.
KIWANIS CLUB
SECOND IN
ATTENDANCE
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
moved into a second place tie
with Morrow in the percentage
of attendance for January among
Kiwanis Clubs of Georgia.
Jackson and Morrow were tied
for second among the top ten
with 98.8, both trailing Fulton
Industrial Area with a perfect
attendance.
Rounding out the top ten were
Saint Marys 97.4; . Cairo 97.0,
Perry 96.8, Rockmart 95.9,
Dougherty Cos. 95.1, Decatur 95.0,
Henry County 95.0, Sylvester
95.0, Thomas County 94.4, Col
lege Park 94.0, Smyrna 94.0
President Denny O’ Ne a 1
praised the Kiwanians for their
excellent attendance during Jan
uary and urged them to continue
their good work.
BRYAN HOWELL
IS LICENSED
STOCK BROKER
Bryan Howell, son of Dr. J. C.
Howell of Jackson, was recently
licensed as a stock broker by the
National Association Security
Dealers.
Bryan, who is a senior at the
University of Georgia, is asso
ciated with the William Jennings
& Cos., Inc., a world-wide stock
brokerage firm. After his grad
uation in June he will be working
with this firm in their Athens of
fice on a full-time basis and will
be dealing in stocks, mutual
funds, bonds, life insurance, and
financial planning.
CHICKEN STEW AT NORTH
BUTTS ON MARCH 19th
A chicken stew is scheduled
for Thursday night, March 19th,
at the North Butts Clubhouse
with serving to begin at 6 o’clock.
Proceeds will be used for upkeep
of the clubhouse. Everyone is in
vited.
A1 Hatcher Be
Jaycee Speaker
At Meet Tonight
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Former Deputy Insurance Com
missioner A1 Hatcher will ad
dress the Butts County Jaycees
tonight at their regular meeting,
Bresident Herman Waits said this
week. The meeting will be held
at Tomlin’s Restaurant at 7:30
o’clock with the occasion being
ladies night.
Mr. Hatcher, who resigned as
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
last December to seek the office
of comptroller general, is filling
speaking engagements across the
state. The Dublin native served as
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
for three years under Comptroller
General James L. Bentley, the
man whom he hopes to succeed.
Bentley is expected to be a can
didate for governor.
Mr. Hatcher was a graduate of
the University of Georgia School
of Law, served in the U. S. Army
as a combat training instructor
during the Korean conflict, and
was an insurance adjuster for six
years before entering public life.
He is a member of the Bhi
Delta Phi legal fraternity, Sigma
Nu and the Gridiron Secret So
ciety. Mr. Hatcher is married to
the former Gay Ritts and they
have four children.
Southern Bell
Spent Record
Sum in 1969
Southern Beil Telephone Com
pany built $485 million in new
facilities in 1969, according to
figures released today in the
company’s Annual Report.
President Frank M. Malone
said this was the biggest-ever
construction program in the four
state area which includes Geor
gia, Florida, South Carolina and
North Carolina. “The company
added 499,320 telephones during
1969 to bring the total number
of phones in service to 6,468,358
at year’s end,” Malone said.
Nearly two million of these are in
Georgia alone.
He added that the company
had to install about four tele
phones for every one it gained
during the year. “This is due to
the increased mobility of our cus
tomers as well as the increased
numbers,” Malone said.
The company recorded numer
ous gains in its 90th year accord
ing to the Annual Report which
was distributed today in Jackson,
Georgia. The report is dedicated
to the 10 employees in Jackson
and the remainder of Southern
Bell’s work force of 56,698 peo
ple.
The report pointed out that in
addition to its record investment,
Southern Bell put $439 million
into employees’ salaries, wages
and benefits, and it paid federal,
state and local taxes of $217 mil
lion. Georgia salaries and bene
fits were $l4O million while the
taxes paid totaled $60.3 million.
President Malone, noting that
heavy demand continues, said he
expects Southern Bell’s 1970 fa
cilities construction to reach
$565 million; a 16.6 per cent in
crease over the 1969 figure.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
112 Pint Quota Needed In
Visit Bloodmobile Monday
126 Businesses
Listed By D&B
In Butts Cos.
The growth and industrial de
velopment of Butts County is re
flected in statistics released this
week by George F. Hurayt, re
gional vice president of Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc., Atlanta, which
covers this area. Basing his facts
on a physical count of the Jan
uary, 1970 edition of the Dun
& Bradstreet Reference Book,
Mr. Hurayt reported that in 1969
112 businesses were listed in
Butts County and today there are
126 listed including six in Flo
ville, three in Indian Springs,
113 in Jackson and four in Jenk
insburg.
Mr. Hurayt noted that each
,year business concerns in all
parts of the United States are
asked by Dun & Bradstreet for
copies of their financial state
ments. This year requests are be
ing sent to nearly three million
business concerns—to the corner
grocery store, worth a few thou
sand dollars, as well as to busi
nesses worth millions.
The Dun & Bradstreet Refer
ence Book lists those manufac
turers, wholesalers, and retailers
who seek or grant commercial
credit, but it does not include
some of the service and profes
sional businesses such as beauty
and barber shops, security dealers
and real estate brokers. There
fore, the figures for total busi
nesses in the United States would
be higher than the three million
quoted above.
When the owner or officer of
a business enterprise, or his ac
countant, fills in and mails his
financial statement to Dun &
Bradstreet, it becomes a part of
the credit report on his business
and a factor in determining the
credit rating of his business.
Back of each listing of a busi
ness in the Reference Book is a
Dun & Bradstreet credit report.
The report includes the follow
ing: a record of how the business
is paying its bills; a history of the
business (who owns it, who runs
it, and how long it has been ope
rating) ; a description of what
the business does and how it does
it; a financial section which us
ually includes the latest financial
statement.
Elementary
School Sets
Book Fair
The Jackson Elementary School
will sponsor a student book fair
March 16 to March 20. Students
will be able to browse and pur
chase books. The book fair will
be open during the hours of 8:30-
3:15. Books will be on display in
the library.
The book fair committee in
vites all students, parents and
visitors to attend the fair. The
fair will not only help spur stu
dent interst in reading and build
ing home libraries, but will also
contribute to a worthwhile pro
ject. The school earns 20% of
all sales and profits will be used
for improving library materials
and library activities.
The book fair display will in
clude attractive new books from
many publishers in all popular
price ranges. All reading areas
of interest to students will be
represented, including classics,
fiction, biographies, adventure
stories, science, nature, crafts,
mystery and reference books.
These are wonderful books to
read or to give as gifts. The com
mittee is working with Education
al Reading Service, a professional
book fair company, to furnish an
individual selection of books for
the fair.
Gene Bowman
To Preach
Revival Here
REV. GENE BOWMAN
Revival services will begin at
the First Baptist Church on Sun
day night, March 15th, with Rev.
Gene Bowman, an evangelist
from Martinez, Georgia as the
guest minister. Music will be
under the direction of Steve Jett,
minister of music and youth.
Services will begin each evening
at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Bowman is a native of
Augusta and a graduate of
Richmond Academy. Before en
tering the ministry he was an
employee of Southern Bell for
three and one-half years. During
his service in Korea in the U. S.
Marine Corps, he surrendered to
God’s call to the ministry.
He attended Truett-McCon
nell College and completed his
university training at Mercer. His
seminary work was at the New
Orleans Baptist Theological Sem
inary where he received the
Bachelor of Divinity Degree. He
pastored five churches before go
ing into full time evangelistic
work.
Rev. Donald L. Folsom, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, said
of Mr. Bowman, “He is commit
ted to the task of bringing the
message of the Saviour. His mes
sages are firmly grounded in the
Bible and made relevant to the
specific needs of people today.”
Special emphasis will be given
during the revival as follows:
Monday night, Sunday School
Night; Tuesday night, Adult
Pack A Pew Night; Wednesday
night, Junior Night. The Junior
Choir of 61 members will sing
at this service. Thursday night
the Youth Choir of 37 members
will sing. Friday night, Family
Night.
Another feature of the reviv
al will be the morning services
at 7:30 o’clock followed by a
light breakfast which will be in
time for school.
Mrs. Brittain
To Head 70
Census Here
Appointment of crew leaders
for the 1970 Census of Popula
tion and Housing in this area was
announced this week by manager
David O. Brown of the Census
Bureau’s temporary census office
in the Old Post Office building,
Macon.
Mrs. Betty J. Brittain of Jack
son was announced as crew lead
er for Butts County by Mr.
15 to 20 enumerators in the big
Brown.
Each crew leader will supervise
nation wide census that begins
April 1. Crew leader training is
now underway, Mr. Brown said,
with topics being considered in
cluding training, canvassing pre
paration and submission of re
ports, and supervision of enume
rators to issue a complete and ac
curate count.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Butts County residents are
seeking to raise the county quota
of 112 pints at the visit of the
Regional Bloodmobile here Mon
day, March 16th.
The bloodmobile will be located
at the National Guard Armory on
Franklin Street with the hours of
collection from one p. m. to six
p. m. Members of the Jackson
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club will staff the visit with
the assistance of other volunteer
workers. Local merchants are
contributing items of food for
the canteen.
John Billy Long, blood recruit
ment chairman, said that the
county is currently in good
standing on the blood program
with the quota being exceeded
on the last visit of the bloodmo
bile on November 24th. Mr. Long
reminded that the blood program
locally has the endorsement of
the Butts County Ministerial As
sociation, the staff of Sylvan
Grove Hospital and of all local
civic and service organizations,
business and civic leaders, and
the general public as a whole.
Chairman Long said that the
Red Cross is having to send a
lot of blood overseas for service
men wounded in Viet Nam and
that this causes a heavy drain on
blood reserves.
Mr. Long called attention to
the fact that several Butts coun
tians have been recipients of
many pints of blood recently with
the families accepting the moral
obligation to replace this blood
by having members of the family
and friends report to the blood
mobile to make contributions of
a pint of blood apiece. Mr. Long
said that those wishing to help
such persons may give their blood
in the donors name by stipulating
upon their card at the time of
registration.
Young persons between the
ages of 18 and 21 who are not
married or in the Armed Services
must have a parental release form
signed by a parent or guardian if
they wish to give blood on the
16th, Mr. Long stated. He said
that he will make these forms
available to the schools where
they may be picked up, taken
home, signed and returned the
day of the bloodmobile visit. Mr.
Long said that posters announc
ing the visit of the bloodmobile
will be put up over the county
during the next week.
Pfc. Allen Is
Awarded The
Air Medal
PFC Samuel C. Allen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Troy B. Allen of
Jackson, was recently awarded
the Air Medal for meritorious
service. The Jackson soldier is
serving with Trp. D (Air) Ist
Inf., 4th Cav., Ist Sqdn., in Phu
Loi, Vietnam.
The citation, as received in a
letter from PFC Allen to his par
ents, reads as follows:
“Private First Class, Samuel
C. Allen, 258-78-8116, who dis
tinguished himself by meritorious
achievement, while participating
in sustained aerial flight, in sup
port of combat ground forces in
the Republic of Vietnam, during
the period 31 Dec. 1969 to sth
January 1970, he actively parti
cipated in more than twenty-five
aerial missions over hostile terri
tory in support of counter-insurg
ency operation. During all of
these flights, he displayed the
highest order of air discipline and
acted in accordance with the best
traditions of the service. By his
determination to accomplish his
mission, in spite of the hazards
inherent in repeated aerial flights
of hostile territory, and by his
outstanding degree of profession
alism and devotion to duty, he
has brought credit upon himself,
his organization and the United
States Army.”
