The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, January 14, 1971, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3f atk&tm VOL. 98 —NO. 2 Open House At New Southern Bell Facility Be Held Friday Southern Bell Telephone Com pany has scheduled a public open house, primarily for citizens of Jackson and Butts County, on Friday, January 15th, from 5 to 7 p. m. at its new building on College Street to allow the public an opportunity to inspect the new $1,114,000 facility. Ray V. Reece, of Covington, manager of the Jackson office, extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend this open house and to take a guided tour of the new phone system which was cut in on Sunday morning, December 27th. Mr. Reece also said that re freshments will be served and it is hoped that a large contingent of citizens will tour the facility. Farmers Asked To Meet On Monday Night A public meeting for all farm ers of the county has been sched uled fo r Monday night, January 18th, at seven o’clock in the Butts County Court House at which time explanation will be made and questions answered concerning the 1970 Agriculture Act. The meeting has been called by the Butts County ASC Office, Marion D. Todd, manager, who urges all farmers to attend as programs for 1971, ’72 and ’73 crop years will be discussed. Mr. Todd said “we will explain the ways in which you may receive program payments and protect your allotment and/or feed grain base.’’ Saddle Club Has Named '7l Officers During the last meeting of the Ocmulgee Saddle Club, Inc., the 1971 Officers and Board of Di rectors were elected by the mem bers. George Gilmore was elected to serve his second term as presi dent with other officers being as follows: Vice-President, Luke Weaver; Secretary, Ann Frank lin; Treasurer, H. A. Norton. Board of Director members were increased from three to sev en which include Allen Lewis, Otis Barnes, Johnny Rivers, Billy Franklin, Ray Raynor, Dr. W. G. Smith and Gordon Cook. All of the members of the club are looking forward to an even better year of horse shows, dances and get-togethers than last year. * JuKSSmifk jgßlt jjnJflKj!-, - t,JeSKT’ If n JjHBT ■ j$ "tiwjßffir IB ?Wr*- Pi " '* " ]Hk . Jr 4 1 .?j^S :,, .i- i! '" J2^wStf/ JtJ fX 81 1 * / < ‘W Kalft ' s' ./ V W m Pmfi . r* ~ jump™ : ilf; -..., n ; / Hfß I I'm 1 . iJ j : SI jjiiPiMhkM rl7 Jmm KT.-T-JPEr ’■■. *"%&k Sßrnmmm js jsßfl % , ||&. _. g.; DIGNITARIES AT OPEN HOUSE—Southern Bell held an open house for civic, business and governmental leaders on January 8. Som e of those in attendance were, left to right, Ray Reece, South ern Bell Manager; Judge Hugh Sosebee, Superior Court Judge from Flint Circuit; Georgia Public service Commission Chairman Ben Wiggins; C. B. Brown, Jr., Jackson Mayor and Benson Ham, State Representative, District 33, Monroe and Butts County. Macon Woman Arrested On Murder Charge A young Negro woman from Macon, identified by Butts Coun ty Sheriff’s officials as Cynthia Ann McClenton, 20, was arrested Saturday night in Jackson at the home of O. C. Stodghill, a friend, on Cemetery Street. Sheriff Hugh C. Folk said that she was not armed and gave up without re sistance. Jones County Sheriff Holmes Hawkins told the Butts County Sheriff’s Department that the young woman is being held by the Jones County Sheriff’s of fice on suspicion of robbery and murder in connection with the slaying of a Macon taxi cab driver on a little-traveled Jones County road Friday. Sheriff Hawkins said that the body of John E. Davenport, 67, of Macon was found in his cab Friday afternoon by a school bus driver. Sheriff Hawkins said that Davenport had been shot three times in the head and neck. He said that Davenport’s empty bill fold was found on the ground be side his cab. She has been placed in Jones County jail pending a coroner’s inquest. Sheriff Polk said that Stodghill told them that he had been to Macon with Miss McClenton and that he had put her out upon their arrival in Macon. Jones County officials called the Butts County Sheriff’s Office to noti fy them that she might be at Stodghill’s residence. Rev. Westbury Off To Africa For 2 Months Rev. S. J. Westbury, builder and owner of the Westbury Med ical Care Homes in Jenkinsburg and Conyers, left Tuesday, Jan uary 12th, on his eighth trip to East Africa. Mr. Westbury has as one of hi- principal objectives on this trip two training courses, one where he and others will teach the native pastors over a 200 mile radius, as well as conducting a two week’s course at Congo. Mr. Westbury is going to Kam pala in East Africa and then will be spending a few days in Nai robi. Books from the Bible that Mr. Westbury will be teaching will include Hebrews and Romans. He will be gone about eight weeks or two months. Stockholders Of C&S To Meet Jan. 25 The Citizens and Southern Bank of Jackson will hold its an nual stockholders meeting at the banking house in Jackson on Monday, January 25th, at two o’- clock for the purpose of electing directors and to transact any and all other business which may law fully come before the meeting. Stockholders are expected to hear a report of substantial progress from J. Frank Barnes, president. In the letter to stockholders from Mr. Barnes, the president pointed out that the number of shaies of common stock outstand ing and entitled to vote at the annual meeting is 30,000. Only those stockholders on record at the close of business on Decem ber 31st sTiall be entitled to vote. Eleven directors will be nomi nated to serve until the 1972 annual meeting and those in clude: L. J. Ball, W. O. Ball, J. Frank Barnes, E. D. Briscoe, Hugh M. Glidewell, R. P. Newton, J. W. O’Neal, Sr., T. E. Robison, Sr., T. E. Robison, Jr., James T. Vann and Richard W. Watkins, Jr. Flynt Is On Textile Tour Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr. is on a fact-finding tour of the competitive East Asian textile countries in preparation of intro ducing and pushing for passage of new textile import quota leg islation in the 92nd Congress. The Sixth District Georgia Congressman is visiting Japan and three other Asian countries where he is meeting with Govern ment officials, textile executives and looking firsthand at the plants providing so much com petition to American textiles. Taking advantage of the Con gressional recess, Congressman Flynt left Washington on Jan uary Ist and will return prior to the convening of the 92nd Con gress. As first order of business for Congressman Flynt in the 90th Congress and the 91st Congress, he has introduced textile import quota legislation. But he said, “All my facts on foreign com petition have always been pro vided me or were the result of personal research. I want the added advantage of first-hand in formation on the competition when I re-introduce legislation to restrict textile imports. I will do this immediately upon con vening of the 92nd Congress.” THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1971 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 LTC Coleman Earns More Decorations Lt. Col. Alton H. Coleman re turned recently from a twelve month tour of duty in Vietnam and came home one of Butts County’s most widely decorated soldiers. Col. Coleman’s first half tour in Vietnam was spent as Division Liaison Officer with the XXIV U. S. Army Corps. His last six months was spent as a Battalion Commander, 2d Bn, Ist Inf. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Clus ters, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnamese Cross -of Gallantry. Col. Coleman was recently as signed to the U. S. Army Field Operating Cost Agency at Alex andria, Va. His address is LTC Alton H. Coleman, 13109 Memory Lane, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. Col. and Mrs. Coleman and children recently completed a 30 day visit with his mother, Mrs. Lois J. Coleman, and departed on January 9th for his new assign ment in Alexandria. Mclntosh State Bank To Hear Of Growth Stockholders of the Mclntosh State Bank will meet in annual session on Thursday, January 21st, at the banking house and are expected to hear a glowing report of progress from William 11. Shapard, president. In a letter to stockholders from Mr. Shapard, he pointed out that “this was another record breaking year for Mclntosh State Eank. During the year 1970 your bank had its total resources grow to more than five million dollars. At the same time the earnings of this bank continues to grow in line with our over all growth.” The election of directors will be one of the principal items of interest at the meeting. Present officers and directors of Mcln tosh State Bank include H. Wayne Barnes, chairman; W. H. Shapard, president; J. B. Taylor, executive vice president; G. Alton Colwell, vice president and cash ier; W. Ronald Wells, assistant cahier. Directors are Rufus Ad ams, H. Wayne Barnes, M. W. Carmichael, G. W. Caston, Doyle Jones, Jr., E. M. McCord, William H. Shapard, Joe B. Taylor, and L. C. Webb. Millard Daniel Told Lions Of School’s Growth The Butts County Lions Club met Tuesday, January 12, for its regular meeting with Lion Millard Daniel as program chair man. Lion Daniel presented an in teresting program on the growth as well as some of the problems of the University of Georgia. It was pointed out that the faculty of the University has increased from 910 in 1965 to 1,686 in 1970. Some of the highest awards presented in the United States in the educational and science fields were made to the faculty mem bers of the University of Geor gia. Some of the buildings on the campus in Athens today are lo cated on what were a few years ago sites of chicken houses and barren lands. Lion Daniel brought out the fact that of all crime committed on the campus in Athens only 30% was committed by students at the University. The remaining 70% was committed by outsiders or non-college related individuals. Welcomed as guests were Lion Glenn Staples of the McDonough Lions Club and Lion Robert Bowles of the Thomaston Lions Club. Jackson Officer Seeks To Help POW's Held By Cong Rogers Starr Talks On Newspapers Former Lt. Governor Rogers F. Starr, Sr., one of the Jackson Club’s most gifted speakers, talked to the Kiwanis Club Tues day night on “Newspapers and News Media” and asserted that despite the many faults “Amer ican news media is the best in the world.” The program was ar ranged by Joe Taylor, chairman of the Public Relations Commit tee with the speaker presented by Doyle Jones, Jr. The program was originally scheduled for Na tional Newspaper Week in Oc tober but had to be postponed until January. Mr. Starr began his talk by stating that the news media de serves a great deal of praise and traced the early origin of news papers to a daily fact sheet that was published and distributed at the Forum in Rome as early as 60 BC. There was a newspaper in China established in 500 AD which continued publication until 1935. A newspaper in Strasburg, Germany began operation in 1609. The first weekly newspaper as far as Mr. Starr could deter mine was established in 1621 in England. The speaker emphasized that freedom of the press is the ma jor foundation for our nation’s freedom today and said that un der no circumstances must we al low governmental controj of our newspapers as this is the first step to tyranny and dictatorship. By the same token, Mr. Starr pointed out that newspapers have a tremendous responsibility to the public to uphold the public interest and to present news fac tually, fairly, and objectively. Mr. Starr decried the tendency of newspapers in cities to become under one control and to become monopolies by owning the same papers, television and radio sta tions in the same city. He cited Atlanta as a classic example. The speaker’s chief criticism of the news media, both printed and spoken, is that of “managed” news which usually presents only one side of a story. In conclusion Mr. Starr stated that the “free dom of the press con only be destroyed by the press” and hopefully wished that this might never occur. Vice President Francis Holland presided in the absence of Presi dent Ralph Carr, Jr. who was in Macon Hospital fo r tests and ob servation. Mr. Car r was expected to return home Thursday or Fri day, it was announced. Happy Birthdays were sung to Vance Ray and Frank Forehand on recent natal dates. Terry Moore of the Key Club was a visitor. Randy Hudgins, manager of the new Southern Bell office here, will be program chairman for January 19th. Southern Pays County Over $28,000 Taxes Southern Railway System has paid the tax collector of Butts County, Ga., a total of $28,600 for 1970 ad valorem taxes for it self and an affiliated company, the Citico Realty Company. For 1969, Southern’s total tax payments to the State of Georgia were $4,805,672. Operating 2,- 802 miles of road in the state, Southern employed 7,713 Geor gians, paying them over $59,913,- 734 in wages. The railroads’s total 1969 purchases and other payments in the state amounted to $8,551,279. Ben Wiggins Spoke At Phone Dinner Georgia Public Service Com mission Chairman Ben Wiggins and local business and civic lead ers were taken on a tour last Fri day night of the new $1,114,000 Southern Bell Central Office Building on College Street in Jackson, following a dinner at which Mr. Wiggins was the prin cipal speaker. The new telephone facility, which provides many telephone advantages to Jackson subscribers, went into service at 2:00 a. m. on Sunday, December 27. An open house for the general public will be held Friday, Jan uary 15, from 5 :00 to 7:00 p. m. Tours will be conducted of both the 7474 square feet central of fice building and the 960 square feet Plant Department Work Center behind it. “The change from the old step-by-step central office to the new #5 crossbar central office is significant progress indeed,” :aid Mr. Wiggins. “This new equipment will provide better service for the telephone users and the new building is an at tractive addition to the communi ty. “I understand you now have over 10,000 people in Butts County which is an increase of 16% during th e last ten years. Interstate 75 is nearby which will bring future growth to the area.” The Georgia PSC Chairman said that telephone service in the Jackson exchange has paralleled the city’s economic growth and its population growth. “I am told,” he said, “that in 1906 when Southern Bell obtained the Jack son exchange there were 200 manual telephones. In 1939, there were 256 telephones when the manual equipment was converted to dial and in 1960, there were 1873 telephones. During the past ten years, the number of tele phones has more than doubled for a total of 3964. Telephone fore casters predict that the number of telephones will more than double again in the next ten years.” Jasper Dorsey, Southern Bell Vice President, and other tele phone officials hosted the open house. “As Ben Wiggins said, this new facility cost over one million dol lars,” Dorsey said. “In addition, we plan to spend another million dollars in the Jackson exchange in the next three years for cable, conduit, telephones and related equipment. “Just recently, we installed our two millionth telephone in Geor gia. We have added a million phones just in the last ten years. Right now, we have a billion dollar investment in the state of Georgia—with half a billion con struction budget for the next three years alone. But we are not aiming at sheer growth alone. We are interested in building a quality system you can depend on, a system that meets modern communication needs with new services.” Dorsey said that the number of Southern Bell employees in Georgia has doubled over the past ten years to more than 18,- 000. MRS. IVEY SCORES HIGH ON NURSING EXAMINATION Word was received this week from Mrs. Thelma T. Leaders, director of the School of Prac tical Nursing at Griffin Tech, that Mrs. Mozelle B. (Bobby) Ivey, of Indian Springs, had re ceived the highest score of a class of 24 practical nursing graduates of Griffin Tech who took the state board examination, given by the National League of Nurs ing. 55.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE A widely known young Jackson Air Force officer, Captain Edgar Allen Jackson, has interested him self in the plight of American service men held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam and else where and in a letter last week to the editor of the Progress- Argus explained his views and re quested understanding and assist ance of his many Jackson friends in alleviating through a letter writing campaign the woeful plight of these prisoners. His letter in its entirety is re produced as follows: “Sometime ago I noticed that Jackson had named a particular week in remembrance of our POW’s. Nothing further was mentioned but this and very little information was given. I don’t know how much infor mation is available locally or if any one person or group has par ticipated in a letter writing pro ject. If not I would appreciate it if you would use your influence to interest some organization such as the VFW or Jaycees to take on the POW - MIA issue as a project. Many people and groups across the nation are participating in letter writing projects and the effects are already visible. Just last month the North Vietnamese government released a more com plete list of POW’s than ever before. More letters have been re ceived from our POW’s in the last few months than in the pre vious years. The North Viet namese Government is responsive to the pressure applied by an aroused public. Many families still have no knowledge of the fate of their sons, husbands or fathers. Only by continuing a massive letter writing campaign can we hope to pressure the North Vietnamese government into releasing more information and granting better treatment to our POW’s. Several of my friends have been POW’s for five years now and their families have received very little information from or about them. On the last POW list released by North Vietnam an other friend was confirmed as a POW after having been listed as missing for three years. During the year my wife, Alfie, spent in California, she met many wives whose husbands had been missing for as long as four or five years. They have no idea whether their husbands have been killed or are being held as a POW. Enclosed is some literature which you might find interesting. I would appreciate it if you could get some organization interested in supporting a letter writing project. On the bumper sticker is the address of one national group. If any of the clubs are interested in this project I will be glad to send some more information or they can write directly to the na tional organization. I am not asking that anyone support the war either directly or indirectly. What I am asking for is help for those families with loved ones missing or captured.” Sincerely, ALLEN JACKSON Capt. Edgar A. Jackson ( MR Box 8141, 36TFS APO San Francisco 96328 Capt. Jackson is the son of Mrs. Edna Allen Jackson and Jack Jackson. He is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and is well known here. Any interested persons desiring to see the in formation concerning prisoners of war may peruse it at the Progress-Argus. It is too volum inous to print as booklets and brochures are enclosed. TOPS CLUB MEETS WEEKLY IN GRIFFIN The Tops Club meets in Grif fin each Thursday night at 7:45 o’clock at the office of Dr. Ellis. Anyone interested may attend the meetings of this club.