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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1970
This Side
Of Town
by BRENDA WILLIAMSON
We are getting a bad case of
Miring Fever with the weather
being so pretty. Makes us want
t 0 ge t out and work in the yard.
We most heartily welcome
t he services of Dr. Ernest White
Abernathy, Jr. to Jackson. We
understand he is well qualified to
fill the position of surgeon and
hope he finds Jackson and Butts
County all he expects it to be.
... Overheard a young man
make the comment that the fast
est methods of communication
we > e telephone, telegraph and
tell-a-woman The eclipse
of the sun Saturday was a once
in a lifetime experience for most
people with many traveling a dis
tance of several miles to view this
spectacle With the Blood
mobile upon us we hope that each
and everyone will make an effort
to go and give blood, a vital ne
cessity of life Easter
will soon be here with children
and grownups alike parading in
their finery and waiting for the
Easter Bunny to bring baskets on
Sunday morning. We hope,
though, that people will not for-
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Monday, March 16, 1970
National Guard Armory Jackson, Ga. l-6 P. M.
CENTRAL GEORGIA ELECTRIC
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TYPING CLASS
GRADS LISTED
FROM HENDERSON
The following people graduated
from the adult typing class at
Henderson High School in Jack
son.
Odessa Wilson, Lurlene Thur
man, Barbara Mayfield, Janice
White, Dorothy Price, Ozinnia
Outland, Josephine Jones, Veont
Myricks, Regina Taylor, Lucy
Mae Grier, Thelma Terrell, Ber
nice Williams.
get the purpose and true meaning
of Easter Glad to learn
that Jimmy Herbert is now at
Fort Gordon in Augusta and is
doing nicely from injuries suf
fered in Vietnam Many
men are getting golf fever since
the weather has warmed up.
Guess we should say men and
women since b6th our ‘bosses’
play every chance they get . . .
. . . Gardeners are making things
ready for planting in order to
have fresh fruits and vegetables
this summer. I know Mrs. Jones
can hardly wait for the tomatoes
to come in, since I believe there
is nothing she loves any better,
unless it’s her cats Glad
that President Nixon postponed
the railroad strike since it would
have affected a countless number
of people had it gone through.
Plans Made
For Little
League Year
The annual Spring meeting of
Georgia District Four Little
League was held last week in
Griffin. Bill Beck, 111, District
Director, and Hubert Chappell,
Assistant District Director, pre
sided. Nineteen out of 20
leagues in the District were rep
resented. A total of 51 attended.
The Sub-District tournaments
will be played July 21-23 at Pike
County, Morrow-Lake City, Fay
ette County and Newnan.
Leagues playing in Pike County
(Sub-District 1) will be Thomas
ton, Barnesville, Griffin Amer
ican, Griffin National, and Pike
County.
Morrow-Lake City will host the
Sub-District 2 Tournament with
teams from Jonesboro, Riverdale,
Mountain View, South Fulton
(Fairburn) and Morrow-Lake
City participating.
The Sub-District 3 Tournament
at Brooks (Fayette County) will
have teams from Henry County,
East Coweta (Senoia), Jackson,
Palmetto, and Fayette County.
Playing in the Sub-District 4
Tournament at Newnan will be
teams from LaGrange American,
LaGrange National, Moreland-
Grantville, West Coweta (Sar
gent), and Newnan.
The four winners will play in
the District Tournament in La-
Grange on July 27-28.
In the Sub-District 3 tourna
ment at Brooks (Fayette Coun
ty), Palmetto plays Fayette
County on Tuesday, July 21, at
7:30 p. m. Two games will be
played on Wednesday, July 22.
The first game at 6 p. m. will
have Henry County playing East
Coweta while the Palmetto-Fay
ette County winner plays Jack
son at 8 p. m. The Champion
ship Game will be played on
Thursday, July 23, at 8 p. m. with
the Consolation Game at 6 p. m.
The District Tournament, to be
played in LaGrange, will be a two
day affair on Monday and Tues
day, July 27-28. The first game
on July 27 at 6 p. m. will have
the Sub-District 2 winner going
against the Sub-District 1 winner.
The second game will have the
Sub-District 3 winner playing the
Sub-District 4 winner. The Dis
trict Championship will be played
on Tuesday, July 28, at 8 p. m.
with a consolation game at 6
p. m.
District 4 will hold three Um
pire-Manager Schools in March
with Mr. Robert Barton, District
Umpire Consultant, of Fairburn,
in charge. The Schools will be
held in Jonesboro on Monday,
March 9, at the Community Cen-
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
CARD OF THANKS
To all those relatives and
friends for your thoughtfulness
and kindness shown during my
stay in the hospital, I wish to
express my warmest appreciation.
The kindness you showed with
food, flowers, cards, and prayers
brought me great comfort.—
Theresa Crowell.
ter; in Barnesville on Tuesday,
March 17, at the Alumni Memo
rial Hall (Gordon Military Col
lege new gym); and in Newnan
on Thursday, March 26. All
schools begin at 7:30.
Bill Beck, 111, was re-elected
the District Director for the fifth
consecutive three year term.
Beck will begin his 13th year as
head of the District on January
1, 1971. He has been in the Lit
tle League program since 1954.
Beck has been the State Little
League Secretary since February
of 1967.
Ready to parade on the bunny trail or in the Easter Parade .... Easter clothes for
all members of the family. See our dress-up selection of coats, suits, dresses, and acces
sories, now.
Deraney s Dept. Store
The Cambridge Shop
Taxpayers
Here Deduct
$1,400 Avg.
(Special to the Progress-Argus)
NEW YORK, Feb. 13—How
large are the tax deductions
claimed by Butts County resi
dents in their Federal income tax
reports, compared with those
taken by people in other parts of
the country?
What are the normal deduc
tions, at each income level, for
contributions, taxes, medical ex
penses and interest payments?
These questions, of importance
to taxpayers who are putting such
figures together for the 1969 re
ports, are answered in a study
made by the Commerce Clearing
House, specialist in taxes and
business law, on the basis of
data obtained from the Treasury
Department.
It shows that, in general, fam
ilies throughout the United States
that have incomes equal to the
Butts County average list deduc
tions of about $1,400, equivalent
to 20 percent of their total earn
ings.
The percentages vary with in
come, it is found. They range
from 14 percent to 22 percent.
The deductions taken by low-in
come families represent a bigger
proportion of their earnings than
is the case in high-income fam
ilies.
For Butts County families with
incomes above or below the lo
cal average, the deductions will
vary accordingly.
Those who are in the $9,000
class, for example, wlil be de
ducting approximately $1,720 if
they have had normal outlays.
For those at the $5,500 level the
deductions will be about $1,210.
A breakdown of the deductions
ordinarily taken by families with
incomes equal to the Butts Coun
ty average shows that $220 rep
resents contributions, $484 is for
interest on installments and other
debts, $427 for state and local
taxes and $269 for medical ex
penses.
As for contributions, because
the government picks up part of
the tab via deductions, the net
cost of such donations is reduced
considerably, the study shows. For
an individual with a taxable in
come of SIB,OOO, for instance,
each dollar contributed costs him
only 50 cents.
The Custom Clearing House
points out that the figures are
only a guide to what most people
are listing as tax deductions and
that proper records must be avail
able to back up all claims.