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VOL. 98 —NO. 3
Grand Jurors
Chosen For
Next Court
Members of the Grand Jury for
the February term of Butts Su
perior Court have been drawn by
Flint Circuit Judge Hugh D.
Sosebee with the Grand Jury to
convene at nine o’clock Monday
morning, February Ist.
According to David P. Ridge
way, clerk of Butts Superior
Court, civil week has few cases
on the docket with court business
expected to be “light.” A Tra
verse Jury, however, is expected
to be drawn for the criminal
term of court which will begin
a week later on Monday, Feb
ruary Bth, according to Mr.
Ridgeway.
At a hearing in the Butts Coun
ty Grand Jury Room at the court
house Friday afternoon the three
defendants charged with the mur
der of George Bruce Gwynn on
Woodward Road in late December
were bound over to Superior
Court by Justice of the Peace
Don Montgomery and these cases
will likely be heard by the Feb
ruary Grand Jury. If an indict
ment is returned the cases will
likely be tried during criminal
week of court.
Names of the grand jurors for
the February term of court are
as follows:
Mrs. E. D. Briscoe, Alton Col
well, Alton Patterson, Clyde Her
bert, Monroe Myrick, William L.
Taylor, Jr., Donald L. Folsom,
Francis Holland, E. M. McCord,
Harold E. Cook, Joel Stokes, A.
L. Weaver, Fred P. Cook, Jesse
Emmett Akins, Marion D. Head,
Ralph W. Carr, Jr., J. T. Beck
ham, Bradley E. Freeman, Paul
C. Erwin, John F. Morris, Charles
M. Daniel, Jr., Booke r T. Stokes,
James W. Cook, Arthur W. Gil
more, John Doyle McMullen, L.
W. May, Homer Capps, Jesse L.
Hardy, William M. Davis, Walker
Thurman.
Henderson
Roster Is
Listed
The coaches and players rosters
of the foil* teams in the Hender
son Youth Center Basketball
League have been announced with
the first game being played on
Wednesday, January 13th. The
teams are WJGA, Handy Andy,
Carter Motor Company and Dan
iel Ford Sales.
The rosters of the teams are
as follows:
Daniel Ford Sales
Coaches, C. Williams and G.
Tate. Players: Bob Johnson, Sam
Grier, Dennis Grier, Steve Brown,
Jerome Bridges, Kenneth Grier,
Perry Freeman, Adrian Evans,
Timothy Johnson, Robert Allen,
Horce Goggins, Fredrick Gibson,
Harvey Stodghill, Bobby Goggins,
Cedric Evans and Ricky John
son.
Carter Motor Company
Coaches, C. Gaye and Leon
Webb. Players; Jerry Webb, Wil
lie Fears, Calvin Smith, Tilden
Webb, Derrick Alexander,
Charles Roberts, Dennis Johnson,
Alvin Head, Lawrence Moore,
Richard Webb, Julius Fears, Den
nis Stewart, Buddy Smith and
Normal Usher.
WJGA
Coaches, E. Battle and Alton
Stewart. Players: Oscar Spann,
Bruce Battle, Wayne Battle,
Johnny McGrude, Anthony
Smith, Elmer Lawrence, Thomas
Head, Randy Trimble, Charles
Brooks, Michael Stodghill, Regin
ald Henderson, Willie Crowder,
Paul McClendon and Charles
Price.
Handy Andy
Coaches, C. McElhaney and Ed
die Goodrum. Players: Randolph
Tyson, Linnie Ward, James
Johnson, Vincent Smith, Wesley
Lawrence, Lonnie Appling, Win
ton Wilson, Tony McCoy, Dennis
Strickland, Ernest McDowell and
Eddie W’ard.'
Ralph Barron
Is Mclntosh
APDC Head
The Mclntosh Trail Area Plan
ning and Development Commis
sion Board of Directors held its
Annual Election of Officers at
the regular meeting at the Holi
day Inn, McDonough. Mr. Ralph
S. Barron, representative for the
City of Barnesville, was elected
Chairman of the Board. Mr.
Walker McGarity, representative
for Henry County, was elected
Vice-Chairman, and Mrs. Wanda
L. Hillesheim, Commission Staff
membdr, Secretary/Tl-easurer.
These new officers will be in
stalled at the Commission’s reg
ular monthly meeting February
9.
Mr. Clair J. Hardman, a grad
uate student in the School of City
Planning at the Georgia Institute
of Technology, has joined the
staff as a part-time employee as
sisting in the preparation of plan
ning studies and project presen
tations. Immediately, he will be
assisting with the preparation of
the Barnesville Comprehensive
Plan and the Fayette and Henry
County Zoning Ordinance Pro
posals. Mr. Hardman will prob
ably join the staff as a full-time
planner after graduation in June.
His duties will be to prepare the
planning studies requested in our
701 Federal Assistance Applica
tion.
In other business, the Commis
sion approved entering into a
contract with the Institute of In
dustrial Development of Georgia
Institute of Technology. The In
stitute will provide economic re
search data, site selection assist
ance, and educational assistance
to local industrial solicitation
groups such as Chambers of Com
merce, and elected officials.'
The Board of Directors adopt
ed a resolution requesting that
Governor Carter reappoint Sher
iff Dwayne Gilbert of Spalding
County to the State Planning
Board on Crime and Juvenile De
linquency. Sheriff Gilbert has
served on this Board since its
creation and has served both the
Mclntosh Trail APDC and the
State tirelessly promoting the im
provement of law enforcement.
Jr. Beta Club .
Organized Here
A local chapter of the Nation
al Junior Beta Club, a leader
ship-service organization for Jun
ior High school students of Amer
ica, was established recently at
Henderson Junior High School ac
cording to Mr. George Tate.
The National Beta Club, with
over 3600 local chapters in the
Junior and Senio r Divisions and
approximately 131,976 members
in high schools of 21 states is
now in its 37th year. The Junior
Division, established in 1961, now
has a membership of 33,056 in
1004 chapters in 18 states.
Objectives of this non-secret,
leadership - service organization
are: to encourage effort, to pro
mote character, to stimulate
achievement among its members,
and to encourage students to con
tinue thei r education after high
school graduation.
Mr. W. Eugene McWhorter,
teacher of English, was appoint
ed as faculty sponsor for the
local chapter.
Permanent officers for this
year are: Janet Robison, presi
dent; Larry Smith, vice president;
Denise McMichael, secretary;
Kenneth Norsworthy, treasurer;
Tandi Williamson, parliamen
tarian and reporter, Patty O’-
Neal.
The local organization is com
posed of the following students
who have filled the requirements
necessary for membership in the
National Junior Beta Club: Bob
by Browning, Janet Robison, Ka
ren Newman, Patty O’Neal, Ron
ald Thomas, Rosalyn Davis, Sari-
Ida Ruff, Kyle Culberson, Bobby
Long, Charles Sibley, Kenney
Norsworthy, Denise McMichael
and Lamar Smith.
Garbage Fee
Is Raised
For The City
At the regular meeting of the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Jackson Monday night, it was de
cided by unanimous vote that the
fee for the collection of garbage
would be raised to help meet an
increase in the operational costs
and to help meet the added ex
pense of complying with the new
state regulation on the disposal
of solid waste.
Harold E. Martin, chairman of
the City Sanitation Committee, in
making the announcement said
that garbage collection fees for
residents have been increased to
$2.00 from SI.OO with the col
lection fees for businesses raised
from $2 to $4 and $5. Mr. Martin
added that in certain stores about
the city where garbage collection
is unusually heavy a special bil
ling is made.
Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr. joined
Mr. Martin in stating that the
garbage fee collection increases
are a necessity and cited the raise
in garbage collection fees by
many towns and cities over the
state in recent months.
Mr. Martin pointed out that
the adjustment in the garbage
collection fee will appear on cus
tomer utility bills that they will
receive on February Ist.
The Mayor and Council ex
pressed confidence that the citi
zens of Jackson will understand
that the adjustment is necessary
so that they may receive the ser
vice they have a right to expect.
Sgt. Maddox
To Aid Apollo
14 Recovery
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—With
a “head start” on the Apollo 14
astronauts, Staff Sergeant Mari
on C. Maddox is scheduled to de
ploy with his Air Weather Service
unit at McClelland AFB, Calif.,
the end of January to provide
data upon which the launch and
recovery of the manned space
craft will largely depend.
Sergeant Maddox, son of Mrs.
Janie P. Maddox of 9 School St.,
Jackson, Ga., is an aircraft elec
trical repairman with the 55th
Weather Reconnaissance Squad
ron.
Squadron aircrews and support
personnel will be strategically
positioned aound the world to
obtain pre-flight weather data
for the coming moon-landing
mission. The 56th, which ope
rates WC-130 Hercules and WC
-135 Stratolifters equipped with
sophisticated weather gear, was
cited by Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird for a similar role
in the successful recovery of
Apollo 13 after the-nearly dis
astrous space flight last year.
Sergeant Maddox has comple
ted a tour of duty in Vietnam.
The sergeant, whose wife is
the former Nancy A. Wolmack, is
a 1953 graduate of Jackson High
School.
Kiwanis Club
Keeps High
Attendance
The Jackson Kiwanis Club con
tinues to rank high among clubs
of the state in attendance, rank
ing sixth in attendance percent
age for the month of November
according to the January Ist is
sue of the Georgia Kiwanian.
Ranking above Jackson were
four clubs with perfect attend
ance, Elberton, Fulton Industrial
Area, Kennesaw and Mountain
View, and Greenville with 99.0
Next comes Jackson with 98.3,
followed by Rockmart 97.7, Meigs
96.6, Dougherty County 96.4,
Marietta 95.0, Sylvester 95.0,
Thomasville 95.0, West End, At
lanta 94.7, Smyrna 94.3, Forest
Park 94.0.
THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1971
Bryan Howell
Wins Trip
To Hawaii
Olin Bryan Howell 11, 22, of
Athens, is rapidly establishing an
enviable record as an insurance
salesman and executive with the
Western Reserve Insurance Com
pany of Ohio. Mr. Howell, a rep
resentative of the William Jen
nings and Company in Athens, re
cently won a week’s all expense
paid trip to Hawaii for his sales
manship record.
A native of Jackson, Bryan is
the son of Dr. J. C. Howell of
Jackson and Mrs. Evelyn A. How
ell of Atlanta. He graduated from
the University of Georgia in June,
1970 and began work almost im
mediately with the William Jen
nings and Company. Bryan left
fo r Hawaii on January 3rd and
returned on January 10th. There
were 90 people from the United
States who were guests of the in
surance company.
In addition Bryan was present
ed three awards in Hawaii. He
was named the Agent of the Year,
receiving a handsome plaque. He
was awarded another plaque for
the Most Personally Produced
Premium, 1970 and received yet
another plaque fo r being named
to the Trail Blazer Club for
1970.
Bryan is the grandson of Mrs.
O. B. Howell of Jackson and of
the late Dr. Howell. He is receiv
ing congratulations from his
many friends on his success in the
insurance field.
Griffin Man
Is Babe Ruth
Director
TRENTON, N. J.—Henry W.
Smith of Griffin, Ga., has been
appointed Georgia State Director
for the 13-15 division of Interna-
I tional Babe Ruth Baseball, which
has its headquarters in this Capi
tal City of New Jersey.
Smith, who has been affiliated
as a volunteer in Babe Ruth
Baseball for the past five years,
in employed a a foreman with
Delta Airlines in Atlanta and re
sides at 1418 Beatty St., Grif
fin.
In announcing the appoint
ment of Smith to the one-year
term, Babe Ruth Baseball De
velopment Director Ronald Tel
lefsen praised the work of Smith
over the past years of association
with the world’s largest regula
tion teenage baseball program,
now in its 20th season.
In his new poition, Smith will
oversee the operation of the 13-
15 Babe Ruth program in Geor
gia.
Southern Bell
Forsees
Many Changes
George Gray, of College Park,
State Public Relations Director
for Southern Bell, told Kiwanians
Tuesday night of changes that
will soon take place in the com
munications field and was can
did enough to admit that some
“the public will not like.” The
program was arranged by Randy
Hudgins, local Bell manager, who
presented Ray Reece of Coving
ton, District Manager, who in
turn introduced Mr. Gray.
The speaker said that Southern
Bell helped pioneer one of the
first computers in 1923 and that
the new facility here is using
equipment and technical knowl
edge gained from the experimen
tation 48 years ago.
The Jackson Kiwanis Club ob
served its 49th birthday, the club
having been chartered on Jan
uary 17, 1922.
An interclub delegation from
Barnesville was present with Lt.
Gov. Theldon Ellis of the twelfth
division being one of the guests.
The Jackson Key Club was rep
resented by two members.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Natural Cause
Ruled In Death
Of Carl Duff
The body of Mr. Carl A. R.
Duff, 63, of Route 1, Flovilla,
was discovered about seven o’-
clock Monday night in his home
by a fellow employee and Deputy
Sheriff Wendell Cook who went
to his house to inquire of his ab
sence from work for a period of
several days.
Butts County Coroner John
Sherrell and the Butts County
Sheriff’s Department were called
to the scene where it was ruled
that death was due to natural
causes, Mr. Duff having had a
history of heart trouble and high
blood pressure. According to
Coroner Sherrell, dea,th was at
tributed to a heart attack and it
is believed that Mr. Duff had
been dead for several days before
his body was discovered in the
unheated kitchen of the house in
which he lived alone on the Giles
Ferry Road.
Mr. Duff is believed a native
of Virginia. He was employed
by the Butts-Henry County
Forestry Unit and was reported
last seen Thursday night, January
14th, when it was said that he
was ill. His mother, Mrs. A. L.
Duff, lived with him for a num
ber of years but died in October,
1953 with her body being shipped
to Danville, Va. for burial by an
Atlanta mortuary.
Coroner Sherrell is experien
cing some difficulty in obtaining
the names and addresses of Mr.
Duff’s relatives with the body be
ing held at Sherrell Funeral
Home until relatives can be con
tacted for funeral plans.
Social Security
Meeting Here
On Jan. 28th
The social security office is in
terested in helping citizens of
Butts County get acceptable
proof of age. It has been found
that many Butts County social
security checks are delayed be
cause the older person does not
have a birth certificate. It is most
important that acceptable evi
dence be presented to the Social
Security Administration when a
social security claim is filed.
Representatives of the Griffin
social security office will hold a
night meeting on January 28,
1971 at the Butts County Court
House at 7 o’clock for the pur
pose of helping anyone age 65
or over establish his age. If you
do not have a birth certificate
please plan to attend this meet
ing. It could save you valuable
time and effort when you need to
apply fo r social security checks.
JHS Key Club
Leads Division
With High Mark
The Jackson High School Key
Club held its monthly meeting on
Wednesday, July 13th, at the
Fall’s View Resturant.
Frank Cole, Lt. Governor for
the 12th Division, was guest
speaker. He related several in
teresting highlights of his trip to
the international conference. He
also commended the Jackson Club
for its continued work and im
provement.
The following points were
given for the clubs during the
month of November:
Jackson, 102; Newton County,
58.6; Griffin, 33.1; Gordon Mili
tary, 20.3; Henry County, no re
port.
Also attending the meeting
were seventeen students from the
Griffin High Key Club and sev
eral presidents of local organiza
tions at Jackson High. Freddie
Dodson, Joe Hopper, and Bailey
Crockarell represented the local
Kiwanis Club.
Charles Brown, president of
the local club, encouraged stu
dents to help in promoting school
spirit and to help keep the school
campus clean.
Stolen Tires
Were Cached
In Spalding
A cache of tires and batteries
stolen from the Gulf and Texaco
service stations at the 1-76 In
terchange at State Route 36 in
Butts County were discovered by
two Spalding game wardens in
woods off the old Thomaston
Road in East Spalding County
Thursday afternoon, January
14th.
Game wardens Clinton Weldon
and Jimmy Morgan found a pile
of 29 new tires and several bat
teries. They also saw where there
had been a second pile of tires
which had been moved.
Carl Waits, manager of the
Gulf Service Station, said that
burglars broke a window at his
station Sunday night, January
10th, and stood on a 50 gallon
barrel to climb into th e building.
They took 44 tires and six bat
teries, valued $1,350. Ten tires
were recovered.
Gary Tisdale, owne r of the
Texaco Station, said that around
60 tires and six batteries, valued
between $1,600 and $1,700, were
taken from his station Wednes
day. The batteries and 19 tires
were recovered.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert of
Spalding County said that the
woods where the cache was found
is about six miles from the ser
vice stations.
Authorities said that both sta
tions and the near-by Slax Shoppe
have been plagued with break-ins
in the past several months. Each
station has been hit four times
recently. During the last three
weeks four burglaries have oc
curred at the interchange, in
cluding two at the Slax Shoppe
and those at the stations. Thous
ands of dollars worth of merchan
dise were taken.
Central Ga.
Taxes Total
Over $47,000
R. F. Armstrong, General Man
ager of The Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation,
announced this week that the co
op paid $47,638.03 in ad valorem
taxes for 1970.
The amount of tax the co-op
pays is determined by the State
Taxing Authority pertaining to
utilities and according to the
amount of property owned in
each county. The county and ad
valorem property and school
taxes in Butts County was sll,-
801.89, not including franchise
taxes paid to the incorporated
towns in the county in which it
serves.
The Central Georgia Electric
membership Corporation pays
franchise tax to incorporated
towns served by the co-op. This
tax is 4% of the revenue received
from residential and small com
mercial members located in these
towns.
Mayor Brown
To Address
PTO Tonight
The Butts County Parent
Teacher Organization will hold
its monthly meeting Thursday
night, January 21st, at the Jack
son High School auditorium at
7:30.
Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr., will
present the program, “Know
Your City Government.”
Mrs. Joyce Harris, president,
announces that a movie will be
shown January 30th in the audi
torium to raise money for the
PTO. Admission will be 50c.
Also planned is a basketball
game between the Jaycees and
the Henderson alumni. This event
is scheduled for February 20th at
the Henderson Junior High gym
at 7:30. All parents and con
cerned citizens are invited to at
tend.
55.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Bikers Were
Bound Over
At Hearing
Three members of a motorcycle
gang accused of killing a Manas
sas, Virginia man and assaulting
his companion were ordered held
for trial on first degree murder
and aggravated assault charges
by Justice of the Peace Don
Montgomery at a hearing Friday
afternoon in the Grand Jury
room of the Butts County Court
house.
Judge Montgomery bound the
three over for trial by the Su
perior Court of Butts County and
set $20,000 bond each on the ag
gravated assault charges.
The bikers, Frank Link, 28,
Joe Sorsby, 22, and Richard L.
Jones, 22, were arrested Decem
ber 28th in Henry County in con
nection with the killing of George
Bruce Gwynn, 23, of Virginia and
the critical wounding by shoot
ing and stabbing of Donald
Scott, 25, of Tampa, Fla.
The state’s evidence at the
hearing was presented by Solicitor
General Edward E. McGarity of
McDonough who called the fol
lowing to testify in the 'case:
Butts County Coroner John Sher
rell, Mrs. Ben Anderson at whose
home on Woodward Road the
wounded Scott sought help on
the night of December 28th;
Deputy Sheriff Russell Crumb
ley, Deputy Sheriff Wendell
Cook, Henry County Policemen
Harvey Bowen and Charles Tom
linson and Howard Bray, Georgia
Bureau of Investigation agent
who assisted in the case. The de
fendants were represented by two
attorneys from Houston, Texas-
The Henry County policemen
told at the hearing of spotting
a car traveling along Highway
42 near McDonough and as it
weaved over the road someone
threw out an object. Upon shin
ing a light on the automobile the
two policemen said another ob
ject was seen coming from the
vehicle. The Henry County po
licemen said they searched the
area and found an automatic
pistol, a clip and a knife. Testi
mony from Mr. Bray disclosed
that ballistics tests made on the
bullets taken from the bodies of
Gwynn and Scott indicated they
had been fired from the auto
matic pistol retrieved by I)he
Henry County policemen.
Scott was a patient in the Grif
fin-Spalding County Hospital for
several days where his condition
was listed as critical but it was
understood that he had improved
enough to be moved to an un
known location at this time.
The body of Gwynn was found
dead off Woodward Road on
Wednesday, December 30th. Of
ficials had searched since Mon
day night, December 28th, when
the case unfolded when Scott
stumbled onto the porch at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben An
derson and sought assistance,
stating that “I’ve been shot.”
The injured man told officers
of a companion whom he felt was
dead in the woods but because of
shock and loss of direction could
not direct them to Gwynn’s body
immediately.
The trial is scheduled for Feb
ruary Bth unless for some reason
it is postponed or delayed.
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WORTHVILLE OES
WILL MEET TONIGHT
Worthville Chapter No. 516,
OES, will hold their regular
monthly meeting Thursday night,
January 21st, at eight o’clock at
the chapter hall at Worthville.
The program will include honor
ing the Mother Chapter, celebra
tion of the chapter’s third birth
day and to honor the mother and
dad of the chapter.
Christian Academy
Collecting Bottles
Jackson Christian Academy has
chosen the month of January as
the time for their Soft Drink
Bottle Drive and are collecting
all types of returnable bottles
from every available source
around Jackson.