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VOL. 98 —NO. 4
Sen. Russell
Buried Sunday
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SEN. RICHARD RUSSELL
Final riles for the late Senator
Richard Brevard Russell were
held at the Russell Memorial
Park in Winder at two o’clock
Sunday afternoon, January 24th.
Senator Russell died Thursday
afternoon, January 21st, at Wal
ter Reed Army Medical Center in
Washington from a respiratory
infection complicated by emphy
sema.
In accordance with the late
Senator’s wishes, his body lay in
state in the Rotunda of the
Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta
for a period of approximately 24
hours on Friday and Saturday.
Interment was in the Russell
Family Cemetery following the
Sunday service.
The principal eulogy was de
livered by Sen. John Stennis of
Mississippi. Among other partici
pants in the service were Gov.
Jimmy Carter, Sen. Mike Mans
field, Sen. Herman Talmadge,
Cong. Phil Landrum, the Rev.
■Edward L. R: Elson, Chaplain of
the Senate, Rev. Henry Edward
Russell of Memphis, a brother of
the late Senator, and Rev. Hoke
Sewell of the First United Meth
odist Church of Winder.
Nephews of the late Senator
served as pallbearers.
The family requested contribu
tions to the Thornwell Orphange
at Clinton, South Carolina in lieu
of flowers.
An offer was made to the
Russell family by the Congres
sional leaders to introduce a reso
lution to accord Senator Russell
the honor of lying in state in the
Rotunda of th e U. S. Capitol in
Washington. This offer was de
clined.
Joseph Gawler’s and Sons, Inc.
of Washington and Wise Funeral
Home of Winder were in charge
of arrangements.
Senator Russell is survived by
four sisters, Mrs. Raymond L.
Nelson of Thomson, Mrs. S.
Gordon Green of Winder, Mrs.
J. K. Stacy of Atlanta and Win
der, Mrs. Hugh Peterson, Sr. of
Ailey; five brothers, Dr. Fielding
D. Russell, Sr. of Statesboro, Col.
Walte r B. Russell, Sr. of Decatur,
Dr. Henry E. Russell of Memphis,
Tenn., Dr. Alexander B. Russell
of Winder, Hon. William J. Rus
sell of Winder; one sister-in-law,
Mrs. Robert L. Russell of Winder.
Flynt Again
Asks Quotas
WASHINGTON —Rep. John J.
Flynt, Jr., of Griffin today intro
duced anew trade bill that would
provide some protection of the
textile industry from Japanese
imports.
Mr. Flynt said it was essen
tially the same legislation which
passed the House last year but
didn’t complete its trip through
the Senate.
He introduced the 1971 version
of the trade bill with Rep. Wil
bur Mills of Arkansas and Phil
Landrum of Georgia.
It may be House Bill Number
one, Mr. Flynt said.
Mr. Flynt has just returned
from a trip to the Pacific during
which he went to Japan to get
first hand information on the
textile industry there.
Heart Deaths
In County
Show Decline
Figures released this week by
the Georgia Heart Association
show that an estimated 21,000
Georgians will die due to heart
disease in 1971, more than 52
percent of the total deaths ex
pected.
Figures for Butts County for
1969 disclosed that of 103 deaths
in the county during the past
year 45 or 43.68% were attri
butable to heart diseases. This
however was a reduction from the
55.7% of deaths by heart dis
eases recorded in the county dur
ing 1968.
This is an increase of two per
cent over the figures for 1969,
the last year for which actual
statistics are available. Of the 41,-
183 deaths in Georgia in 1969,
20,855 were caused by heart dis
ease.
“This projected increase of two
percent more deaths due to heart
disease for this year,” said Dr.
Dan Burge, President of Geor
gia Heart Association, “makes
us painfully aware of the great
strides we must take to fight this
number one killer.
“The fight cannot be left to
the physicians,” said Burge. “Ev
ery citizen must be responsible
for educating himself about the
risk factors involved with heart
disease, and pledge his full sup
port to the many efforts being
made in Georgia to curb this hor
rible annual death toll.”
February is Heart Month in
Georgia and 40,000 Heart Vol
unteers will begin an intensive
educational program throughout
the state to alert people to the
warning symptoms of heart attack
and inform them about the urg
ent steps necessary for immediate
medical attention.
“It is vital” said Burge, “that
the research, education and com
munity service programs of
the Georgia Heart Association
have the full support of each
person in this state if we are
to conquer heart disease.”
T. L Moody
Resigns
Pastorate
Rev. Thomas L. Moody, pastor
of the Second Baptist Church of
Jackson, has informed his con
gregation that he will resign Feb
ruary Ist to accept the pastorate
of the Houston Heights Baptist
Church in Macon.
In a letter to the editor of the
Progress-Argus Rev. and Mrs.
Moody wrote “We have a word
we feel we must make known to
our many new found friends and
neighbors of Jackson as we pre
pare to depart this area.
“We are indeed proud to have
been a ‘part’ of this fine town
ship and its gracious and loving
people, even for such a short
time.
“Thank you for your open
doors and open hearts as we’ve
served in your community with
you. We have found Jackson to
be truly a town of friendly peo
ple and the people at Second
Baptist Church some of the fin
est.”
Mrs. Redman
Injured In
City Mishap
Mrs. Max Redman of the Stark
Community was painfully injured
Monday in the collision of the car
in which she was riding with her
daughter, Mrs. Maxine Redman
Thaxton, and another vehicle in
Atlanta. Mrs. Thaxton was unin
jured.
Mrs. Redman was carried to St.
Joseph’s Hospital where she w r as
reported Tuesday morning suffer
ing from seven broken ribs and
a bruised lung. Details of the ac
cident were not available Tuesday
as members of the family were
with Mrs. Redman at her bedside.
Rev. Jenkins
Heart Fund
Chairman
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REV. R. W. JENKINS
Appointment of Rev. R. W.
Jenkins, pastor of the Macedonia
Baptist Church, as chairman of
the 1971 Heart Fund Campaign
of Butts County, was announced
here this week by Dr. Dan Burge,
president of the Georgia Heart
Association. The campaign will be
conducted locally and throughout
Georgia by over 40,000 volun
teers during February.
Mr. Jenkins announced that
Sunday, February 21st, has been
designated as Heart Sunday on
which date a door-to-door can
vass will be made over the coun
ty.
Other chairmen will be named
at a later date for various areas
of Butts County, according to
Rev. Jenkins. Chairman Jenkins
announced that the local quota
is $1,318 while the national quota
is $900,000.
Shotgun Blast
Saturday
Wounds Man
Joe Holloway, 38, of Route 1,
Flovilla, was shot and seriously
wounded by his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Linda Holloway, Saturday after
noon at their residence at Cork
near Sandy Creek Church.
According to Butts County
Sheriff Hugh Polk, the shooting
occurred after an argument and
happened at the edge of the yard
judging from blood stains found
at the scene. Mr. Holloway was
shot in the left shoulder, just
above the heart, with a 12 gauge
shotgun. He was treated at Syl
van Grove Hospital and trans
ferred to Macon Hospital.
The Butts County Sheriff said
that the participants involved in
the shooting lived next door to
each other. Mrs. Holloway is the
widow of Frank Holloway who
drowned last year after falling
from a boat in the Ocmulgee
River. Sheriff Polk said that Mrs.
Holloway was charged with ag
gravated assault and public
drunkenness and if her brother
in-law dies the charge will be
changed to murder. Mr. Holloway
is in serious condition at the Ma
con Hospital while Mrs. Holloway
is lodged in the county jail.
Need Help?
Call 775-2464
For Assistance
The Upper Ocmulgee Economic
Opportunity Commisssion Office
has announced its operation
“Lend A Hand” campaign to help
those in need of emergency food,
clothing and other assistance.
It has a staff of 5 trained men
and women ready to be of service
to the elderly, unemployed, un
deremployed, and those tempo
rarily in need because of illness
or other emergencies.
It is the aim of the Upper Oc
mulgee Economic Opportunity
Commission, Inc., that no one in
Butts County be without food or
clothing in emergency situations.
If you or someone you know
needs assistance please call an
Outreach Worker at 775-2464.
THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1971
Tri-Hi-Y
Observing
YMCA Week
The week of January 24-jll is
YMCA week in Georgia. The
Jackson High School Tri-Hi-Y
Club is recognizing this week and
would like to take this time to
tell the public a little about the
YMCA organization.
The purpose of the State
YMCA of Georgia is to create,
maintain, and extend high stand
ards of Christian character,
throughout the home, school, and
community. Its platform is four
fold, promoting Clean sportsman
ship, clean scholarship, clean
speech and clean living.
The YMCA is not a church,
neither is it a religious organiza
tion in the ordinary sense. It is a
many sided association seeking to
bring Christian jnsights and re
sources to bear oh every program
and relationship. It provides a set
ting where Christians can live and
work and play alongside friends
of other faiths or none, helping
them to take a stand on social
issues and to make their influ
ence felt constructively for social
change.
The “Y” clubs in the school
are active and seek to involve
each member. The projects they
plan involve the community,
church and school.
In observance of Y. M. C. A.
week, the Tri-Hi-Y members at
tended church services in a group
January 24th, going to the morn
ing service at the St. Mary’s
Catholic Church and the evening
service at the First Baptist
Church. They plan to attend the
Towaliga Baptist Church January
31st.
Dogwood And
Redbud Be
Given Feb. 6
The Butts County .Lions Club
met Tuesday, January 26th, at
noon and completed plans for the
free Dogwood and Redbud trees
that will be given away on Sat
urday, February 6th, in the C&S
Bank parknig lot. These trees
will be given to the general pub
lic with two of each species to
each family as long as they last.
Ten o’clock Saturday morning is
the hour set for the trees to be
given away.
Lion Stanley Maddox, acting
program chairman in the absence
of Lion Jim Robertson, presented
Lion Raymond O’Quinn who pre
sented a film entitled, “Tell The
Nation The Truth,” narrated by
Chet Huntley. The film stressed
the importance of the rural elec
tric cooperatives in the United
States and showed their import
ance to National Defense, the na
tion’s health and their economic
impact on America.
Mr. O’Quinn, assistant man
ager of the Central Georgia EMC,
told members that the local co
operative has 10,203 customers in
14 counties. He cited figures to
demonstrate the impact on the
local economic picture of the
Central Georgia EMC.
The club welcomed Lion Rob
ert Bowles as anew member, Mr.
Bowles transferring from the
Thomaston Lions Club, and Aub
rey Maddox as a visitor.
COUPONS NEEDED FOR
KIDNEY MACHINE
Mrs. R. T. Plymel of Route 2,
Box 358, Jackson, is interested in
collecting Betty Crocker Coupons
until May to send to a friend in
Ardmore, Okla. to apply on the
purchase of a kidney machine for
a hospital there.
Mrs. Plymel said she un
derstands that outdated coupons
can also be applied on purchase
of this machine and if any one
has either current or outdated
coupons they do not plan to use,
she will be glad to receive them.
Mrs. Plymel said that they can
be mailed to her at the above
address or if not convenient to
mail, she will pick them up if
those having them will call her
at 775-2656.
JACKSON. GEORGIA 30233
Zoning Need Is Critical,
Pierce Tells B&PW Club
Train-Car
Crash Kills
Geo. Waites
Mr. George Mack Waites, 45,
of Monroe, a native of Butts
County, was killed in an automo
bile-train accident near Elberton
about ten o’clock Saturday night.
In addition to Mr. Waites two
other occupants were killed in
the collision just outside the El
berton City Limits. Other vicitins
were Tharn Douglas Smith, 53, of
Monroe and J. T. Simmons, 61,
of Elberton.
Mr. Waites was a brick mason
and a veteran of World War 11,
having served in the United
States Marines. He was born
April 25, 1925 to Mr. William
Waites of Butts County and Mrs.
Nancy Tillman Waites of Jasper
County. He had lived in Monroe
for a long number of years.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at three
o’clock at the Stark Methodist
Church with Rev. Francis Ford,
pastor, officiating. Interment was
in the church yard cemetery with
Haisten Funeral Home of Jackson
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Waites is survived by four
sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Redman of
Jackson, Mrs. Annie Kate Coch
ran of Decatur, Mrs. Mary
Deese of Lancaster, S. C., Mrs.
James Maddox of Jackson; four
brothers, Will Waites of Augus
ta, W. A. Waites of Lancaster,
S. C., Raymond Waites of Jack
son and Josh Waites of Lan
caster, S. C.; several nieces and
nephews.
Heart Attack
Ruled In Death
Of Teacher
The body of Kenneth R. Cole
man, 49, science and math teach
er at Henderson Junior High
at Jackson, was discovered about
5:30 Monday afternoon in his
trailer at the Lunsford Trailer
Park northwest of Jenkinsburg,
just off Woodward Road.
Butts County Sheriff Hugh
Polk and Deputy Sheriff Wen
dell Cook were called to the
scene as was Butts County Coro
ner John Sherrell. Evidence in
dicated that death was attributed
to a heart seizure which had oc
curred some hours earlier. Mr.
Coleman had called the school to
notify authorities that he was
sick Monday morning and his
death was ruled from natural
causes.
Mr. Coleman was born in Cer
ro Gordon, N. C. and was a mem
ber of the First Christian Church
in Eastman. He was a member
of the Georgia Teachers Asso
ciation and was an Army veteran
of World War 11. Mr. Coleman
had taught elsewhere in the state
for 15 years.
Funeral services for the de
ceased teacher were held Wednes
day afternoon at three o’clock
in Resthaven Memorial Gardens
with Horis A. Ward, Inc. in
charge of arrangements. Rev.
Jack H. Ballard officiated at the
graveside services.
A memorial service was held
Wednesday afternoon at Hender
son Jr. High with students and
faculty taking part.
Mr. Coleman is survived by
three brothers, Wallace M.
Coleman of Miami, Fla., Horace
R. Coleman of Winston Salem,
N. C., Charles H. Coleman of De
catur; four sisters, Mrs. James
O. Ogburn of Dublin, Miss Doro
thy Coleman of Augusta, Miss
Marie Coleman of Decatur, Mrs.
Malcolm E. Brown of Mobile,
Ala.; several nieces and nephews.
Miss Thompson
Good Citizen
Of The DAR
WANDA KAY THOMPSON
Miss Wanda Kay Thompson, a
senior at Jackson High School,
has been chosen by the William
Mclntosh Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution to re
ceive the DAR Good Citizen
Award for 1971.
Miss Thompson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Thompson
of Route 2, Jackson and is the
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Oren Gunn and Mrs. H. R.
Thompson and the late Mr.
Thompson, all of Jackson.
Wanda Kay is a member of
the Honor Society and is presi
dent of the Future Homemakers
of America, Jackson chapter.
Each year the William Mcln
tosh Chapter selects one senior
gill fo r this award with the cri
teria for the award based on de
pendability, service, leadership
and patriotism. Congratulations
are being extended to Wanda
Kay for being selected as the
DAR’s “good citizen.”
Butts Towns
Get $59,722 in
State Grants
Governor Jimmy Carter has
proposed in his budget for fiscal
year 1971-72 state grants to mu
nicipalities totaling $27.8 million
dollars. Municipalities in Butts
county will receive approximately
the following amounts; Flovilla,
$4,975.47; Jackson, $48,358.24;
Jenkinsburg, $6,388.38, for a
total of $59,722.09.
The Georgia Municipal Assoei
alion endorsed Governor Carter’s
proposals for cities at the Associ
ation’s board meeting and May
ors’ Day Conference in Atlanta,
January 17-18.
Jack Leßoy, Mayor of Ailey
and President of the Municipal
Association, said “The governor’s
proposals for cities are to be es
pecially admired, since they are
to be accomplished without a
full-scale tax increase. The As
sociation intends to support these
proposals and work strongly for
their passage.”
The Governor’s budget propos
als will be paid for in part by
eliminating certain sales tax ex
emptions, revising the state in
come tax to bring it more in line
with federal income taxes, and
increasing the tax on cigarettes
Iwo cents per pack.
Grants to municipalities will
be achieved by continuing the
current $13.5 million to be dis
tributed under present distribu
tion formulas and appropriating
an additional $14.3 million to be
distributed under a per capita
formula.
Of this money $9.3 million can
be used by cities for any capital
improvement project. The rest
can be used for any public pur
pose except paying salaries.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Citing zoning as a critical need
and the airport as our greatest
problem, Wade E. Pierce, of
Griffin, executive director of the
Mclntosh Trail Area Planning and
Development Commission, told
members of the Jackson Business
and Professional Women Club
and guests Monday night at the
January dinner meeting that ap
proximately 15,000 employees
will be engaged in the construc
tion of Atlanta’s second airport
in Henry County and that an
urgent zoning ordinance must be
advanced at once fo r the five
county area.
Mr. Pierce was presented by
Marion D. Todd, manager of the
ASCS Office and a member of
the Mclntosh APDC Aviation
Committee. The speaker explain
ed the purpose of the area plan
ning and development commis
sion and stated that there are
presently 19 commissions over
the state which incorporate all
but four counties. He said that
each county and city appoints
one person to the Board of Di
rectors and that there are 10
members of the Mclntosh Trail
Board of Directors, two each
from the five counties.
Mr. Pierce cited the airport as
the greatest and most pressing
problem in this area and said
that much serious thought must
be given to the role of Mclntosh
APDC in planning for this gi
gantic construction and engineer
ing project which will employ
over 15,000 people. Mr. Pierce
said that every effort will be
made to work with the courl'ty
commissioners in the five counties;
in an attempt to formulate a zon
ing ordinance as quickly as pos
sible that could be used in all
five counties.
The speaker pointed out that
the school system will receive a
tremendous impact from the air
port expansion and will never be
the same, and that now is the
time to consider where to locate
new subdivisions, new homes,
new shopping centers, schools,
apartment complexes, and the
like. Mr. Piarce predicted' there
will be definite changes in our in
terstate system and that we can
expect some type of interstate
to come around Locust Grove to
be naerer the actual airport
site. He said that Mclntosh is
hard at work on an area-wide
plan that will include all five
counties in the commission and
said the reason for this is to plan
collectively so that these five
counties don’t have the same
hodge podge that exists in some
areas.
Mr. Pierce was optimistic over
the growth of this area, predic
ting that in 10 or 15 years, once
the airport is established, more
than 150,000 people would pop
ulate this area with the greatest
influx being in Henry and Butts
Counties and predicted that this
area would outgrow Griffin in
ten years.
The speaker said that Mclntosh
will certainly become involved in
the future in pollution and that
one environmental problem has
already arisen—how to protect
Jackson Lake. Mr. Pierce foresees
a tremendous problem with Jack
son Lake and said it will have
to be determined how much it
will cost to fight pollution there.
The commission is presently en
gaged in housing studies to off
set the housing shortage in the
five-county area.
Miss Elizabeth McMichael, presi
dent, welcomed several members
who had been absent for some
time as well as regular members
and guests. She announced the
business meeting for Tuesday
night, February 2nd, at Mcln
tosh State Bank.
Tables were attractively deco
rated with arrangements from
the home of Mrs. J. W. Carter.
