The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, December 31, 1970, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUacksmt pnwjr^ss-jVrjjus VOL. 97 — NO. 53 Caldwell Sees Growth At Butts Cos. Center A new man occupies the high backed leather chair in the War den and Superintendent’s office at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center at Jackson. E. B. (Jack) Caldwell, sitting behind a large walnut desk in a blue-green suit, looks as if he has always headed the state’s newest addition to the prison system. “I can see in the very near fu ture that we will be the nerve center for all the prisons in Geor gia,” Warden Caldwell stressed. Coming to Jackson from his post as warden at Alto, Caldwell replaces Richard Ballard as direc tor of the institution. “My first concern is to speed up our processing to at least handle the flow from the courts,” he added. Within two weeks of his arriv al, Caldwell had raised the cen ter’s rate from 12 to 25 prison ers a day who had been com pletely processed. “We hope eventually to be able to rotate those prisoners who al ready are assigned within the system back through here for classification during the months that the courts go on vacation,” the Warden said. Born in Taylor County, Cald well was raised on a farm in Up son County and attended R. E. Lee Institute in Thomaston and Woodrow Wilson Law School in Atlanta. “When I was offered this job, I have to admit that I was a bit hesitant to leave Alto because we had just got some really good programs under way there,” he explained. Alto is Georgia’s prison for young men, many of whom are considered too hardened to be sent to youth development cen ters. “This state is already ahead of most of its neighbors and many of the northern states as well as far as prison reforms are con cerned, although we don’t always get credit To r it,” Caldwell point ed out. When asked how much Gover nor Lester Maddox’s interest had helped Georgia’s prison upgrade, he answered from his personal experience with the chief execu tive. “Once, at Alto, during a long dry summer, our dam broke and left us critically short of water, so I went to the Governor and asked him for help because we didn’t have any funds for drilling wells, and by that night we were drilling them with money from Mr. Maddox’s emergency funds,” Mr. Caldwell said. Caldwell has served as a spe cial agent with the state alcohol and tobacco tax division, Police Chief of Upson County, member of the Patrol Board, Chief In stitutional Parole Officer at Georgia State Prison as well as NF.W WARDEN ASSUMES DUTIES Elbert B. “Jack" Caldwell, left. -ho Georsri. Diatnostic and Classification Center in late November, h,s duties „ aarden ol w „s„ PtMdf E , Holland a. they plan for the Georgia’s newest prison comply in Batts Conn., - Photo courtesy Griffin Daily News. warden of Alto before coming to Jackson. “We have filled all our va cancies that we have funds for, but I feel sure that ou r future will be one of rapid growth,” he added. He forsees the possibilities of a training center for institutional officers and pistol range as im mediate additions, with long range changes including the con struction of 1,000 additional cells as the state’s maximum security prison. “There is no safer prison any where in the state and possibly the whole south and already we have the ground fenced,” Cald well explained. “Jack” met his wife Martha in her home of Thomaston and they were married in 1945. Their children are: Johnnie, 23, an At lanta Police Detective who was recently drafted, Lynda, 19, who lives in Atlanta and is employed at a department store, and Mike, 10, who lives at home and attends the fifth grade.—The Griffin Daily News, December 23rd. 1971 Tags Go On Sale January 4th The 1971 auto license plates will go on sale Monday, January 4th, at the office of Mrs. Mary Will Hearn, Butts County Tax Collector, in the Butts County Courthouse. Mrs. Hearn said that the ’7l tag will be a five year license plate and the price of the tag will be 50c less than it was in 1970. She said that the tax on a vehicle will be based on the cur rent millage rate and the value of the vehicle, which is set by the State Revenue Department. Mrs. Hearn stated that the tags for autos will have three letters and three numbers and no num ber smaller than 101 with some starting as high as 501. Tags for trucks will have two letters and four numbers. The tags are beige with blue letters and have reflec torized numbers. Mrs. Hearn said that tag buyers will be issued a decal showing the county name and pointed out that it is a mis demeanor not to have the county decal showing on your tag. Mrs. Hearn reminded purchasers to be sure to bring their 1970 tag re ceipt. She also said that beginning in 1972 a person will follow the same procedure in buying a tag and paying taxes as in previous years, except that the purchaser will be issued a decal showing the year to be placed on the tag that was bought in 1971. Snow Flurries Fail In White Christmas Try You can’t fault the weather man. Heaven knows, he tried hard enough to bring us a white Christmas but had very little co operation from the Number One Weatherman with Christ mas Morning crisp and cold. However, by Friday afternoon some clouds had moved into the Georgia area with a few fitful snow flurries re ported in the Jackson area be tween 8:30 and 9 o’clock Christ mas night. Farther north the flurries were heavier with snow reported in Marietta, Conyers and generally northward to the Tennessee and North Carolina lines. Brasstown Bald had snow late Christmas afternoon with bone chilling winds sending the mercury skid ding. Christmas night the winds be came brisk from the northwest with gusts to 20 miles pe r hour. Saturday morning thermometers in the Jackson area registered in the high teens or the low 20’s. It snowed slightly in Atlanta on Christmas Day, the first time in 17 years and the National Weather Service reported the snow as a “trace” of precipita tion. But to the disappointed kid dies and the young at heart who love snow, take heart. Winter is only a few days old but the of ficial forecast calls for a severe winter in the Southeast with cold er than usual temperatures. So that the snow we missed Christ ina is probably on its way! BPW Members Enjoy Gala Yule Party The Jackson Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club enjoyed their Christmas party Monday night, December 21st, at the Jackson Clubhouse. Thirty mem bers were present with Miss Ruth Phinazee as a visitor and Mrs. Madgia Godsey was welcomed back following an absence of some time. Christmas holly and glowing candles decorated the tables with a delicious meal served by The Bonnie Restaurant. Mrs, Mary Will Hearn gave the invocation and played a rec ord which her daughter, Norma Deen, made when she was several years old. Mrs. Flora Price read the Christmas Story and the music committee, Mrs. Julia Lewis and Mrs. Lucile Ridgeway, led the group in singing many Christmas carols. Miss Elizabeth McMichael, president, announced the business meeting to be held January sth at Mclntosh State Bank. THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1970 Special Term Court Called For Jan. 4th A special session of Butts Su perior Court has been called to convene Monday, January 4th, at nine o’clock by Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of Forsyth. According to David P. Ridge way, Clerk of Butts Superior Court, a demand fo r trial has been filed with the court and sin ce this case was unable to be heard at the November term of court a special session was called by Judge Sosebee. Traverse jurors for the Jan uary term of court were drawn last week by Judge Sosebee with the list of jurors released this week by Superior Court Clerk Ridgeway. They are as follows: Clyde W. Norris, Robert H. Lane, Lewis W. Washington, Mrs. Johnny O. Colwell, R. C. Riley, Jr., Beatrice Akins, Sandra Crowder Brooks, Mattie L. Clark, Katherine Weaver, U Iys se s Knight, Home r L. Williams, G. G. Washington, Rachel Shannon, Emma Lois Head, Jesse L. Hardy, Mrs. M. L. Hodges, Jr., Marion Wayne Cook, Frank G. Forehand, Prentice Cash, Edward A. Man ley. H. M. Hooten, Mrs. A. V. Mad dox, Mrs. Doris Lummus, Charles R. Bennett, Edgar B. Duke, G. Wayne Smith, Mrs. Kenneth J. Welch, James Woodard, Alice Head, Mrs. W. T. Fletcher, Thel ma Jester Stokes, Betty E. Mc- Dowell, W. T. Collins, Mrs. G. H. Standard, C. W. Greer, Tom my Taylor, Jr., James F. Trim ble, Joe Hopper, Mrs. Ruth Ker sey, Seaborn W. Maddox, Jr., Mary Deloach Watts, Ida Ruth Taylor. Raymond Price; Mrs. Sara M. Collins, Albert Lummus, Jesse Barnes, Jr., Raymond T. Plymel, L. H. Cawthon, Lucy Mae Grier, Edna K. Stewart, Curtis Kelley, Ocie Moore, Riley Cleveland Norsworthy, Herbert Barnes, K. K. Williams, Roxie Jane Taylor, Lilia Maude Watts, Robert W. Britton, Elbert L. Hunter, Gene va Beck Powell. T. W. Leverett, Charles E. Mackey, Juanita G. Biles, G. C. Moore, Henry Tyus, B. C. Ridg way, Mrs. Betty Jane Brittain, F. L. McCoy, Clarence E. Daniel, Judith B. Hodges, O. J. Morgan, J. D. Jones, Jr., J. Donald Wash ington, LaNelle Perdue, Lillie Al lene Hammond, Dickie Moore, Willie Avery Cook, Robert Green, Jr., Marion D. Todd, Murray Moncrief. Pneumonia Ruled In Death Girl The body of an eight month old Negro girl, Jackie Marie Col lier, of Route 4, Jackson, was dis covered in bed Saturday morn ing, December 26th, about 9:30 o’clock by her parents, Bennie James Collier and Lillie Mae Col lier. John Sherrell, Butts County Coroner, who investigated the death along with the Butts Coun ty Sheriff's Department, said that no suspicion of foul play was in volved but that an autopsy was performed by a physician at Syl van Grove Hospital where it was determined that pneumonia was likely the cause of death. The parents in a statement to investigating officers said that they had put Jackie Marie to bed Christmas night and found her dead the next morning. It is be lieved that she had been dead a few hours when her body was discovered. MODERN HOMEMAKERS TO MEET JAN. 4th The Modern Homemakers Club will hold their first meeting of the year Monday night, January 4th, at the REA building. The program will be presented by Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins who will demonstrate small electrical appliances, featuring the Fondue pot and blender. JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Kiwanians Honor Forehand The Jackson Kiwanis Club, aided and abetted by interclub delegations from six neighboring towns, paid tribute to the immedi ate past Lieutenant Governor, Frank Forehand, and saw and heard a tour of Spain which was wonderfully photographed and explicitly narrated by Bob Mc- Fanand of the Downtown Atlanta Kiwanis Club. The program was arranged by Tom O’Dell, chair man of the International Rela tions Committee. Delegations were present from the Griffin, Barnesville, Coving ton, Hampton, Henry County and the Downtown Atlanta Kiwanis Clubs, forming perhaps the larg est interclub delegation to ever attend a regula r meeting of the local Kiwanis Club. Twelfth Di vision Lieutenant Governor Thel don Ellis of Barnesville lauded Mr. Forehand on his successful and fruitful year as lieutenant governor and presented Charles Lambdin of the Barnesville Club who presented a silver chafing dish to Mr. and Mrs. Forehand on behalf of the clubs in the twelfth division. Mrs. Forehand was an hono r guest. Mr. Forehand in his response, praised all clubs for their cooperation and locally cited his wife for her understanding, patience and cooperation and Ki wnians Joe Hopper and Francis Holland for their cooperation to the success of his tenure. President Ralph Carr intro duced Mr. McFarland who brought the program on behalf of the Downtown Atlanta Ki wanis Club. Mr. McF’arland was so explicit in his narration with the scenes described being so su perlatively photographed that the large audience was enthralled by the travelogue. Hugh Glidewell was saluted musically on his natal date during the week. Georgia Power Ad Wins National Award A Georga Power newspaper ad vertisement has been named “Ad of the Week” by a national pub lication. Headlined “One Size Fits All When Christmas Presents are Electric,” the ad was given top honors by Utility Spotlight, an executive service publication of Corporate Intelligence, Inc., New York City. The advertisement was selected from among approximately 200 electric, gas, telephone and water utility advertisements published in the nation. It appeared in 230 weekly and daily Georgia newspa pers. | * V jjlpf' J NEW SYSTEM CUT-IN—Mayor Brown listen ng to David Adams, switchman, explain how tele phone service is handled in the event of an emergency. “During an emergency,” he explained to the Mayor and Southern Bell Manager Ray Reece, “this Line Load Control board goes into service. This means that only such numbers as the Mayor’s, Police’s, etc. can place a call; however, all numbers could receive calls.” Body Missing Man Found Wednesday The search continues in the Woodward Road area of Butts County for the missing compan ion of a Tampa, Florida man who was shot, stabbed, beaten and dumped in Butts County late Monday night. Hospitalized in the Griffin- Spalding County Hospital and re ported Wednesday as in “fair to serious” condition is Donald Scott, reported to be in his early twenties of 1514 West Hinwatha Street, Tampa, Florida. Accord ing to the Butts County Sheriff’s Department, who is in vestigating the case along with Howard Bray of the Georgia Bu reau of Investigation, the young man told officers that he was allegedly kidnapped in Atlanta and driven to Butts County where he and a companion whom he identified only as “George” were dumped from a car. Scott told Butts County officials that he is afraid that “George” is dead and that he left him to obtain help, despite his serious wound. The story unfolded Monday night. when the injured man knocked on the side of a house of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson on Woodward Road, a paved road that connects Highways 16 and 42 with the junctures at Dean Pat rick’s store and just above the County Line Road North of Jenk insburg. In an interview Tuesday morning, Mrs. Anderson said that she, her daughter, Kay Ander son, and sister Mrs. Laverne At kinson, were at home alone since her husband was a patient at the Griffin-Spalding County Hospital. Kay Anderson said that she was listening to the eleven o’clock news Monday evening over an At lanta television station when at about 1 1:05 the pounding on the ide of the house was first no ticed. Mrs. Anderson said that the wounded man made his way onto the porch and knocked on the door and asked for help say ing “I’ve been shot.” Mrs. An derson told the injured starnger that she would not open the door but that if he would sit down on the porch she would call for as sistance. This he did and Mrs. Anderson called the sheriff’s de partment, an ambulance and a neighbor. A soon as the neighbor arrived she opened the door and found the young man attired only •in his pants with a bullet wound in his chest, a stab wound in his abdomen and a terrific lick on his head. Mrs. Anderson and others of the household secured blankets and covers to warm the injured youth against the chilling 40 degree temperatures. Soon afterwards the deputy sheriff ar rived as did John Sherrell, Butts County Coroner. The injured man was taken to the Grif fin-Spalding 55.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE County Hospital where surgery was performed. In the meantime three men in an out-of-state car were appre hended in Henry County. It is reported that as officers closed in for the arrest the subjects in the car were seen to throw an object out of the car window. The Butts County Sheriff’s Depart ment said that a 25 caliber auto matic was retrieved and also re ported that according to a ballis tics test it was identified as the gun that fired the shot that wounded the young Tampa man. Bulletin The body of a young white male, tentatively identified a Bruce Gwynn, 23, of Tampa, Florida, was discovered about 10 o'clock Wedneaday morning in a aedge and pine thicket on Wood ward Road on land belonging to Lovett Fletcher. The body of the hippie type young man bore a bullet wound in the left cheat, a atab wound in the atomach near the navel and a wound on the top of his head. It waa believed he waa ahot at the acene aa apent shell* from a 25 caliber automatic were found on the ahoulder of the paved road. The body waa up ® ateep clay bank on the edge of a aedge field with pinea and a plum grove nearby. There waa no effort made, however, to bide the body aa it waa about 25 yarda from the road. It ia reasonably certain that this ia the body of the companion mentioned by Donald Scott. There appears now a definite tie-in with the violence that occurred Tues day in the hippie district in At lanta. Investigation continues in the case. The search for the missing companion was begun early Tues day morning during the darkness and despite a cold, steady rain that would have probably oblite rated most clues if any could have been found. The search con tinued all day Tuesday during the same cold, intermittent rain and continued into Wednesday. A Butts County deputy sheriff said, “There are so many loose ends to this case that we hardly know where to begin. There is some evidence that links the dumping of Scott in Butts Coun ty to the shotgun slaying of an Atlanta hippie on Fourteenth Street Tuesday. The deputy sher iff cited the story in Wednesday morning’s Atlanta Constitution that said the Atlanta Police were looking for Scott and a compan ion identified as Bruce Gwynn, also of Tampa.” As the mystery broadens the question of “Where is George?” continues to be the focal point of the investigation as officers await the final verdict in Scott’s battle for his life in the Griffin Hospital.