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VOL. 97—NO. 46
Jackson
Mauls
Lamar Cos.
The Jackson High Red Devils
closed out their home season with
a crushing 47-8 rout of outclassed
Lamar County and with one game
remaining, against Russell, Friday
night, boasted their best record
in several years with six victories
against three losses. The large
contingent of fans who saw the
Red Devils in action on The Hill
for the last time this season wit
nessed an awesome display of
offensive might and a tenacious
defense that has helped fashion
their winning season.
Jackson scored first early in
the initial period when Billy
Glidewell recovered a fumble at
the Lamar County 23 yard line.
With 8:55 remaining in the first
quarter, Bruce Hicks exploded 10
yards into the end zone. Steve
Baines’ placement was wide.
With 1:49 left in the quarter
Baines attempted a field goal
which missed the mark.
Midway the second quarter, A1
Gilbert passed 21 yards to Robert
Griffin for the Devil’s second
score. A short time later Bruce
Hicks fumbled at the 49 with the
ball picked up by Tyrone Wheel
er who raced to the Jackson 8.
Two plays later Ronnie Jacobs
scored for Lamar County and
when the two point conversion
was good, Jackson’s lead was re
duced to a 12-8 margin. It did
not stay that way long, however,
when with 3:13 remaining Jerry
Respress took the Lamar kick-off
on his 30-yard line and sped 70
yards for the tally. Gilbert made
good on a 2 point conversion with
a pass to Wally Jenkins. The
half ended with Jackson 20-8.
In the third quarter James
Brown climaxed a 59 yard drive
in seven plays by plunging over
from the one. Gilbert fashioned
another 2 point conversion on a
pass to Fletcher. In the same
quarter with 4:27 remaining,
Bruce Hicks crashed across from
the two yard line for his second
score. The extra point attempt
was no good.
In the fourth quarter with
3:56 remaining, Randy Freeman
tallied from 4 yards out with
Steve Barnes adding the extra
point. With seven seconds remain
ing in the game, A1 Gilbert com
pleted the scoring with a 30 yard
toss to Nat Thurman, making the
final score 47-8.
Jackson amassed 18 first
downs to three for the visitors.
The Devils logged 15 rushing,
one passing and two by penalty.
The visitors had one each by
rushing, passing and penalty.
Bruce Hicks carried the ball
22 times for a total of 163 yards
and two touchdowns. With one
game remaining, Bruce has car
ried 161 times for 930 yards,
scored 72 points and averaged
5.8 yards per carry. James Brown
added 63 yards on 12 carries;
Randy Freeman had 49 yards in
4, Robert Griffin 50 in 6, A1 Gil
bert 20 in 6, and Charlie Howell
5 yards in l carry. Jackson ran
58 offensive plays that gained
a total of 435 yards compared
to .34 for the visitors that gained
a total of 84 yards. The Red
Devils amassed 350 yards on the
ground and 85 yards via Gilbert’s
arm in seven attempts. Robert
Griffin caught three passes for
2, 21 and 34 yards. Nat Thurman
had one reception for a 30 yard
TD.
Jackson did not have to punt
during the entire game. The
Devils were penalized 45 yards
and fumbled three times, losing
a*; three, else the score might
ave been more astronomical.
: ommy Fletcher intercepted one
Lamar County pass and Billy
'' idewell recovered one of three
tumbles by the visitors.
Defensively, Jackson was led
,v Tim Wood who had 7 individ
ual tackles and 2 assists. He was
followed by Calvin White with
and 4, Eugene Myrick 4 and 1,
Tommy Herbert 3 and 3, Steve
etcher 3 and 3, and Steve Ben-
n ett 2 and 3. Other tackles were
well divided among the Red Dev-
Coach Loy Hutcheson said this
Democrats
Sweep
Butts Cos.
Complete and official returns
for Butts County in the General
Election of November 3rd indi
cate that the Democratic party
scored sweeping victories over
Republican candidates with Jim
my Carter and Lester Maddox
scoring triumphs of landside
proportions.
The election was held under
the jurisdiction of Luther J.
Washington, Butts County Or
dinary, who reported the tallying
of the long and involved ballots
completed Wednesday with the
consolidations made Thursday.
Results from Butts County
show that Jimmy Carter received
2,062 votes to 731 for Hal Suit.
In the race for Lieutenant Gover
nor, Gov, Lester Maddox polled
2,286 votes to 416 for Frank G.
Miller.
For Secretary of State, Ben
W. Fortson, Jr. received 2,350
votes to 251 for Robert D. Car
ney. Tommy Irvin polled 2,318
votes for Commissioner of Ag
riculture to 245 for W. A.
(Shorty) Maddox, Jr. Johnnie L.
Caldwell swamped W. Lewis
Johnson in the race for Comp
troller General, receiving 2,340
votes to 219. William H. (Bill)
Burson polled 2,085 votes to 443
for Rep. Jack B. Ray in the race
for State Treasurer. Sam Cald
well’s vote was 2,189 to 358 for
Ben T. Huiet for Commissioner
of Labor. In the race of Bublic
Service Cmmissioner, Bobby Paf
ford received 2,053 votes to 379
for Alpha A. Fowler, Jr.
Unopposed candidates and
their vote totals in the county
were as follows:
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney
General, 2,269.
Jack B. Nix, State School Su
perintendent, 2,270.
Walter R. McDonald, Public
Service Commissioner, 2,216.
Bond Almand, Associate Jus
tice, Supreme Court of Georgia,
2,223.
Jule Wimberly Felton, Sr., As
sociate Justice, Supreme Court of
Georgia, 2,255.
Peyton S. Hawes, Associate
Justice, Supreme Court of Geor
gia, 2,218. •
Hiram K. Undercofler, Associ
ate Justice, Supreme Court of
Georgia, 2,187.
Randall Evans, Jr., Judge,
Court of Appeals, 2,218.
Charles A. Panned, Judge,
Court of Appeals, 2,182.
J. Kelley Quillian, Judge Court
of Appeals, 2,189.
John J. Flynt, Jr., U. S. Rep
resentative, Sixth District, 2,265.
Robert H. Smalley, Jr., State
Senator, 28th District, 2,226.
Phillip Benson Ham, Repre
sentative, 33rd District, 2,254.
Hugh D. Sosebee, Judge, Su
perior Court, Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, 2,292.
In the 15 statewide constitu
tional amendments voted on in
the General Election, the vote in
Butts County was as follows:
No. I—yes 1089; no 313.
No. 2—yes 540; no 868.
No. 3—yes 1133, no 413.
No. 4—yes 1146; no 370.
No. s—yes 847; no 653.
No. 6—yes 672; no 801.
No. 7—yes 815; no 605.
No. B—yes 749; no 733.
No. 9—yes 729; no 683.
No. 10—yes 608; no 781.
No. 11—yfis 606; no 760.
No. 12—yes 984; no 484.
No. 13—yes 398; no 1011.
No. 14—yes 483; no 821.
No. 15—yes 575; no 698.
WEST BUTTS TO HAVE
DINNER MEETING
The West Butts Community
Club will hold their monthly din
ner meeting Friday night, No
vember 20th, at 7:30 o’clock.
A covered dish meal will be
served with business meeting to
follow. All members and friends
are urged to attend.
week that Russell, Jackson’s last
foe of the season, is “big, strong
and tough, and playing them at
home can’t help any.”
Deer Hunter
Killed In
Newton Mishap
A 28-year-old deer hunter from
Rex, William Calvin Powell, was
shot and instantly killed about
7:30 o’clock Saturday morning in
Newton County and was believed
to be the first deer hunting fa
tility of thp state for the 1970
season.
According to Mr. Sam Cowan,
Newton County Coroner, a 15-
year-old Lithonia boy, listed by
the Newton County Sheriff’s De
partment as Kenneth Lee Rogers,
fired the fatal shot with the bul
let striking Powell in the right
chest, probably causing instan
taneous death. Mr. Cowan said
that the bullet was fired from
a rifle and that the deceased
hunter was walking along a trail,
holding his stand in his hand
when the tragedy occurred with
the young hunter evidently mis
taking the human target for a
deer. Mr. Cowan also said that
there was no evidence that the
hunters knew each other nor were
they in the same party.
Mr. Powell was married to the
former Debbie Barnes of Butts
County, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Hugh Barnes of the
Old Bethel Community.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Monday afternoon at three
o’clock from the Rex Methodist
Church with the Rev. Norman
Williams, Elder W. S. Kelley and
Rev. Osborne officiating. Inter
ment was in Tara Memorial Gar
dens on Fairview Road with Pope-
Dickson and Sons of Morrow in
charge of arrangements.
In addition to his wife Mr.
Powell is survived by a son,
Bryant Christopher Powell; par
ents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Powell;
a brother, Larry Powell, all of
Rex.
Pallbearers were Dean Wil
liamson, Wade Duffey, Jerry
Smith, Calvin Knight, Bobby
Brown, Donald Powell.
Honorary pallbearers were em
ployees of Rex Furniture Com
pany.
PTO Group
Will Meet
Nov. 19th
The Butts County Parent
Teacher Organization will hold its
regularly scheduled monthly
meeting on Thursday, November
19, at 7:30 in the Jackson High
School Auditorium.
Steve Jett, Minister of Music
at the First Baptist Church, will
be in charge of the program. Also
to be distributed at the meeting
will be the Stuckey candy which
will be the PTO’s first money
making project.
All parents and concerned citi
zens are invited to attend the
meeting. The quality of education
in Butts County is dependent on
a co-operative relationship be
tween the parents and teachers.
Television
Sale To Aid
Wallace Park
Members of the Pee Wee and
Hamp Daughtry Football teams
as well as the cheerleaders are
selling tickets on a 23 inch Zen
ith color television, donated •by
Brown’s Furniture Company of
Jackson, to be given away the
night of the All-Star game for
the two leagues mentioned above.
According to William Mack Da
vis, Van Deventer youth director,
proceeds from the sale of tickets
for the television will be used to
help defray construction costs at
the James 11. Wallace Memorial
Park.
According to Mr. Davis the
games have been scheduled for
Saturday, November 21st, at the
Wallace Memorial Park.
THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 1970
Kiwanians
Observed
Vet s Day
The Jackson Kiwanis Club ob
served Veteran’s Day Tuesday
night with talks on “Patriotism”
by Mrs. Edward L. Houghtaling
and Miss Ellen Pinckney. The
program was arranged by the
Public and Business Affairs Com
mittee, Doyle Jones Jr., chairman,
who presented Mrs. Houghtaling.
Miss Pinckney, winner of an
oiatorical contest sponsored by
the local VFW Post, spoke first
on “Freedom—Our Heritage.”
Mrs. Houghtaling chose as her
subject, “America, The Glories
Of her Past, The Grandeur Of
Her Future.” She recounted the
well known story of the “man
without a country” and told how
his dying request for news of his
country was granted. Mrs.
Houghtaling told of an experience
in Frankfurt, Germany where she
was teaching a group of children,
primarily from American service
personnel stationed there, and
how their favorite pasttime was
looking at pictures of the United
States with someone always ready
to point out that that picture was
made near my home and of the
intense love of their country dis
played by young students.
Mrs. Houghtaling cited our na
tion as having had five great
presidents: George Washington,
termed by his friend Thomas Jef
ferson as a man of great pru
dence and tremendous bravery;
Thomas Jefferson, our second
president, who realized the value
of new lands and authorized the
purchase of the Louisiana terri
tory; Abraham Lincoln, a man
destined to live in a bitter period
of our history and who has had
more biographies written about
him than any other American;
Woodrow Wilson, an idealist who
introduced polish and gentility
to the presidency; and Franklin
D. Roosevelt who was said to be
for the people yet not of the
people.
Mrs. Houghtaling emphasized
that America will never die “if
you and I believe in it” and that
our nation must grow and prosper
with our young people. Mrs.
Houghtaling closed her interes
ting address with these lines from
Shakespeare’s King Richard II
“God protect this blessed plot,
this earth, this rule, this America.
Long may she live!”
Mr. Jones reminded Kiwanians
and others that nominations for
the Man of the Year will be re
ceived until the deadline of five
p. m. Tuesday, November 17th,
and urged that those interested
in submitting nominations please
do so in writing at once.
President Ralph Carr an
nounced three new members,
Lewis Weldon, Anderson Nutt
and Dr. E. Gonzalez, who will
be inducted into the club at an
early date.
Visitors Tuesday night included
an interclub delegation from
Griffin composed of Tommy
Fletcher, Guy Woodruff, Bill Ott,
Ronald Lane and Ivan Taylor.
Joe Hopper was welcomed back
into active membership from a
leave of absence.
743 Voted
In City
Election
C. B. Brown, Jr., C. M. Daniel,
Jr., and W. O. Ball, all incum
bents, were elected to serve the
City of Jackson as Mayor, Coun
cilman from the second ward, and
Councilman from the third ward,
respectively, in the City Election
of Wednesday, November 4th.
All three men will serve for
two year endorsement terms, be
ginning January 1, 1971.
M. L. Powell, City Clerk, said
that 143 voters went to the polls
November 4th to cast their bal
lots in the General Election.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Grand Jury Presentments
For November Term Court
Regulations
On Dress Set
By School
The following regulations were
passed by the Butts County Board
of Education concerning dress
regulations for the school system.
Parents are encouraged to care
fully read the regulations and to
help school officials maintain
them.
The following regulations con
cern male students:
1. Beards will not be worn by
students. Cultivated beards are
definitely forbidden. Determina
tion of the status of facial ado
lescent hair will be at the discre
tion of the school officials.
2. Students will be allowed to
wear mustaches provided they do
not extend beyond the corner of
the mouth.
3. Students will be allowed to
wear side burns provided they
do not extend beyond the ear
lobe.
These regulations concern fe
male students:
1. Blue jeans or dungarees are
not permitted.
2. Modest looking pants that
are not form fitting are permit
ted. These should be loose enough
not to see body crevices. One
should be able to gather one inch
on one side of the pants to in
sure sitting room.
3. Ensembles (pants, blouses,
vests, etc.) or pant suits are per
mitted. Slacks and shirts or
blouses alone are not permitted.
4. Pants with torn legs are not
permitted.
5. Faded, tie dyed, or bleach
streaked pants are not permit
ted.
6. Pants must be ankle length.
7. No shorts, pedal pushers,
scooter skirts, jump suits are per
mitted.
8. See through blouses are not
permitted unless body suit or
camisoles are worn over bra and
underneath blouse.
9. Shirts are to be worn in
side pants unless designed for
outside wear.
10. Sweaters or slacks with
writing on them are not permit
ted.
11. Form fitting sweaters are
not permitted.
Again the Board asks for your
cooperation. If there are any
questions, they may be directed
to the superintendent’s office.
Clothes Closet
To Aid Needy
The Clothes Closet, sponsored
by the Jackson Kiwanis Club,
opened Monday, November 9th,
to furnish good warm clothes to
those in need to help ward off
the winter’s cold, according to an
announcement this week Ralph
W. Carr, Jr., Kiwanis president.
Especially needed, it was re
vealed Wednesday morning, are
clothes for men and boys in the
age range from 10 to 13 years
old.
For the past several years the
collection of new and used clothes
has been a principal project of
the Jackson Kiwanis Club with
much useable clothing having
been donated during this period
of time. The project is continu
ing. Those persons in need of
clothes may call by the Clothes
Closet at the Pepperton Baptist
Church building on Main Street
Monday through Friday of each
week from 9:00 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Anyone with any clothing to
donate may contact any member
of the Jackson Kiwanis Club and
it will be picked up or it can be
deposited in the clothing hamper
in front of the Jackson Clubhouse
where the Kiwanis Club meets
each Tuesday night.
We, the Grand Jury, sworn and
enpanelled for the November
Term 1970, Butts Superior Court,
make the following presentments
in open court. •
The Grand Jury, in organizing,
elected Mr. Dennis A. O’Neal,
Foreman; Mr. C. N. Maddox,
Clerk, and Mr. Johnny O. Col
well, Assistant Clerk, and Mr.
Carter Moore, Bailiff.
We wish to express our special
word of appreciation to the Rev.
Donald Gray, pastor of the Jack
son United Methodist Church, for
his inspiring opening prayer.
We wish to thank The Honor
able Hugh D. Sosebee, Judge, for
his able charge and for the dig
nified and orderly manner in
which he conducts our Superior
Court.
We further wish to thank our
District Attorney, The Honorable
Edward E. McGarity, and his
staff for his counsel and assist
ance.
We also wish to thank Mr. Car
tel' Moore, our Bailiff, and other
court officials for their compet
ent services.
We wish to commend the Butts
County Commissioners for their
able operation of the county gov
ernment.
We also wish to commend the
Sheriff’s Department for their
diligence of duty in the enforce
ment of the law in our county.
We recommend that the Sher
iff’s Department make diligent
effort to enforce the laws per
taining to the carrying of con
cealed weapons and to ths nar
cotic and drug abuse laws!
We recommend that the Coun
ty Commissioners, in conjunction
with the City of Jackson, look in
to the feasibility of a retirement
pension plan for their employees.
We recommend that the Coun
ty Commissioners call a referen
dum giving the voters of Butts
County an opportunity to ex
press themselves on the sale of
beer and wine in Butts County
and, also, a referendum on the
sale of spirituous whiskey.
We request that our Senator,
Robert Smalley, and our Repre
sentative, Benson Ham, introduce
Russell Game
Friday Last
Of Season
The Jackson High Red Devils
journey to East Point Friday
night to meet Russell High, a
team with a brilliant 8-1 record
and termed by Coach Hutcheson
as the “strongest team we will
face this year.”
Russell’s only loss was a 10-8
decision at the bands of Wood
ward Academy. Jackson also lost
to Woodward Academy 6-0 in a
game in which they soundly out
played their College Park foes
and but fo r two fumbles inside
the five yard line Jackson would
have defeated the visitors.
Coach Hutcheson said that Rus
sell has both “speed and size”
and will be our toughest game.
On the bright side Coach Hut
cheson said that all players will
be available for duty with the
Red Devils emerging from their
47-8 shellacking of Lamar Coun
ty in good physical condition.
“There is no doubt,” Coach Hut
cheson stated, “that the team will
be up for this game and judging
from their spirit and morale an
upset is by no means impossible.”
The kick-off is at 8 o’clock in
East Point.
OES CHAPTER WILL MEET
FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT
Jephtha Chapter No. 252
O.E.S. will meet Friday night,
November 13th, at 8:00 o’clock
and will honor the District Grand
Dupties of District No. 26. All
members are invited to attend.
55.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
and secure the enactment of the
necessary legislation to change
the now-existing law that re
quires the unanimous vote of the
County Commissioners to a ma
jority rule.
We also request that our Sen
ator and Representative intro
duce and secure enactment of
legislation on the consolidation
of the Tax Receiver’s Office and
Tax Collector’s Office into one,
which will be Tax Commissioner.
We recommend that our Coun
ty Commissioners implement the
present zoning plan for our coun
ty as drawn up by the Butts
County Zoning and Planning
Commission.
We recommend that the Coun
ty Commissioners discontinue the
burning of trash at the county
dump and work towards a solid
waste disposal system.
We recommend that our legis
lators present a bill to the legis
lature in effect to bus school
students that live IM> miles, or
less, to the public schools.
We examined the records, of
fices and facilities of all county
officials and properties and find
them to be in good condition
and state of repair. We would
like to—commend all county offi
cers and officials for their dedi
cation of duty.
We recommend that per diem
pay for jurors and bailiffs for
the ensuing year remain un
changed, namely: $7.50 except
that the Foreman, Clerk and As
sistant Clerk of the Grand Jury
shall receive SIO.OO per day.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in ou r lo
c’al( county newspaper.
Respectfully submitted,
DENNIS A. O’NEAL
Foreman
C. N. MADDOX, Clerk
Received in Open Court and
ordered filed and published. This
the 4th day of November, 1970.
HUGH D. SOSEBEE, Judge
Butts Superior Court
Flint Judicial Circuit
Filed in Open Court this the
4th day of November, 1970.
DAVID P. RIDGEWAY,
Clerk, Butts Superior Court
Butts Negro
Killed In
Henry Accident
Two persons were killed includ
ing a Negro man from Jackson
in a headon crash involving three
cars Monday morning in Henry
Couty about 11 miles north of
McDonough. In addition to the
two killed, three were injured,
one critically.
Killed in the grinding crash
were Mrs. Sarah Christian, 59, of
Covington, and John Ellis Grier,
48, of Jackson.
The State Patrol investigated
the accident and according to
Trooper Edge of the Griffin
barracks, the mishap occurred at
7:27 o’clock Monday morning on
Highway 155. According to Mr.
Edge, Stephen Bell pulled out of
his drive onto 155 with the left
front of his vehicle going across
the center line and into the path
of a car being driven north by
Joe Lummus of Jackson. Lummus
swerved to avoid the collision and
in so doing his left front tire
blew out, causing him to lose con
trol of his car with it going di
rectly into the path of a south
bound vehicle driven by Mrs.
Christian.
Mrs. Christian was killed in
stantly with the Jackson Negro
man succumbing to his injuries
as he was being placed on an
ambulance stretcher.
Joe Lummus is in Grady Hos
pital with critical injuries. Other
passengers in his car and less se
riouly hurt were Kenneth L.
White and David J. Grier, all of
Jackson.
