The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, February 04, 1971, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVatkßan 11*001*000- Arijuo VOL. 98 —NO. 5 Jackson Girls In Contention For 3AA Title BY ELLEN PINCKNEY, Scorekeeper The ul.imate goal at the begin ning of the 70-71 season for the girls basketball team was to bet ter their last year’s record of 14 wins and 10 losses, and the sub region title. They have not reached this goal yet but are well on their way as they have thus fa r compiled a 11 win and 4 loss record with 7 games yet to play. The Devilettes are 5-2 in region play. Eecause there are 14 teams in region 3 AA we aren’t playing but one game with each team, and there are no second chances until tournament time when all 14 teams will meet to determine the Ist and 2nd place teams by pro cess of elimination. Starters back from last year’s team are Denise Davis, Inice Dennard, Andrea Holston, and Doris Green. Starting for the first time are Sherry Barnes at guard and Dale Patrick at for ward. Both had som e experience from last year and are doing a real fine job at their new po sitions. Coach Loy Hutcheson com mented “that our strength thus fa r has been our ability to play defense. Our girls really have a lot of pride in their defense, as shown by some of our most recent games.” Already the Devilettes have shown their ability unde r fire as they brought home the first place trophy in the Rockdale Cos. Invitational Tourney. We had to defeat Newton Cos. in the first round and Henry Cos. for the championship. In the scoring column we have scored 567 points, while allowing our opponents a total of 477 points. Individual scoring statis tics "show that Denise Davis has compiled 254 points, Inice Den nard 134, Doris Green 81, Dale Patrick 62, Andrea Holston 30, Regina Lawrence 12, Sherry Barnes 2 and Linda Head 2. The following is a schedule of games played thus far with op ponents and scores, and the re mainder of this season’s schedule. We Opponent They 59 Mary Persons 24 18 Henry County 34 24 Newton County 45 41 Pike County 37 43 Lama r County 30 50 Pike County 39 44 Russell 48 36 Harris County 38 30 College Park 29 58 Briarwood 34 Rockdale Cos. invitational Tourney 33 Newton County 24 35 Henry County 32 C 40 Woodward Academy 20 37 Headland 15 30 Henry County 28 Rockdale County Morrow Mary Persons Lakeshore North Clayton Lamar County Campbell/Fairburn Tournaments 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. Family Leaps For Life As Fire Rages Three occupants, two Negro men and a woman, jumped from a burning frame house on Kinard Mill Road about 5:15 Monday morning and escaped with their lives but not before the woman, Edna Horton, and Charlie Robert Evans, another occupant of the house along with her husband, Walter C. Horton, were treated at the Sylvan Grove Hospital for cuts on her arm while leaping through the window and burns on (he arm of Evans. Once the fire was discovered the three occupants had only time o escape through the window with what they had on and a few quilts. The temperature Monday morning was in the high teens with some of the coldest weather of the winter borne southward Sunday by gusty winds of more than 20 miles per hour. The Jack son Police Department respond ed to the call but the fire de partment was not called since the house was about consumed by the flames when they arrived. Smoking in bed was believed to have been the cause of the 5:15 a. m. blaze. Another fire occurred early Sunday morning on the Monticel lo Highway about five miles east of Jackson when an unoccupied house reported as belonging to Jimmy Tomlin was completely destroyed by flames. The cause of the fire was unknown and no other information is available ac cording to Denny O’Neal of the Jackson Volunteer Fire Depart ment. Mclntosh Trail Gets Grant For Law Enforcement The Mclntosh Trail Area Plan ning and Development Commis sion has received word from the Bureau of State Planning and Community Affairs that its law enforcement program has been approved for federal funds in the amount of $89,411 to assist in im provement of the law enforce ment and criminal justice in Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar and Spalding Counties. According to Wade E. Pierce, executive director of Mclntosh Trail APDC, the funds will be used for additional law enforce ment personnel, the purchase of equipment, and the improvement of criminal courts, probation, and parole systems. At the Better Law Enforce ment Advisory Committee meet ing held Wednesday, January 27th, at the Ponderosa Inn in Barnesville, Mr. Eric Moran, the new Law Enforcement Planner for the Mclntosh Trail Area Plan ning and Development Commis sion was introduced. Mr. Moran is' a native of Marietta and a graduate of Georgia State Uni versity, where he majored in Criminal Justice. His first day with the Commission was Febru ary 1, 1971. The Advisory Committee also held their election of new officers for 1971. The new officers are B. H. Usery, Chief of Barnesville Police Department, Chairman; Leo Blackwell, Chief of Griffin Police Department, Vice-Chair man; and Eric Moran, Law En forcement Planner, Secretary. BOOSTER CLUB MEETS TONIGHT The Athletic Booster Club will meet tonight, February 4th, at Jackson High School at eight o’- clock. All members are urged to attend and parents of the basketball players are es pecially invited to come. Cash Box Is Taken With Over $1,300 Jackson Police have no leads in the theft of a cash box from Bill Maddox’s Service Station on West Third Street Thursday night, January 28th, between 7:30 and eight o’clock. The cash box, a metal tackle type box, contained about sl,- 300 in cash and checks, accord ing to a final count by Mr. Mad dox. From statements by investi gating officers and Mr. Maddox it was determined that Mr. Mad dox was preparing to close his station for the night and had taken the money box to his truck that was parked between his sta tion and Carter Motor Company. Mr. Maddox recalled that his truck was parked farther down the side of the building than usual because he had moved it in order that a gasoline tanke r truck might pull in. Mr. Maddox had put the box on the seat of the truck when he noticed a light on in the station and left the truck and the box to return to the sta tion to turn off the light. W'hen he returned, in about three min utes estimated by Mr. Maddox, the money was gone. Most of the money was in cash with some being in checks. It is believed by investigating officials that the theft was made by a person on foot. He had per haps noticed Mr. Maddox deposit his money box on the seat of the truck and then leave. Mr. Mad dox told police that he saw no one around the area at the time. Investigation into the baffling theft continues. Car Stolen Last Week A 1970 Galaxie 500 Ford be longing to Harold Duke of 120 Forrest Avenue was stolen about midnight Wednesday with the actual theft not discovered un til Thursday morning about 6:30 when Mr. Duke was preparing to leave for work at the McDon ough Power Equipment Company. Mr. Duke had had the car about a. month and neither he nor his family have any clues or ideas as to who might have stolen the car. A neighbor told the Dukes that she heard a door close lightly after midnight but didn’t pay any attention to it. the car was parked in the drive way. Mr. Duke said that they let their German Shepherd dog in the house because of the sub freezing temperatures but that the dog became uneasy and whined to get out. They believe the dog knew someone was out side but when they let the dog out the ear apparently had al ready been taken. The Jackson City Police an swered the call and are investi gating the theft. Eastern Star Banquet Honors Worthy Matron The Worthy Grand Matron of Georgia, Order Eastern Star, Mrs. Florence E. Roberts, of Bon Aire will pay an official visit to Jephtha Chapter, OES, Friday night, February 12th, with a ban quet at the Jackson Clubhouse at 6:30 o’clock to be the highlight of heh visit. Mrs. Loretta Browning, Worthy Matron of Jephtha Chapter, said that many present and past grand officers from over the state are expected to attend the meeting in Jackson. In addition, Mrs. Rob erts will pay a visit to other chapters in District No. 26 which has its headquarters in Jackson. She will visit the chapter in Thomaston on February 9th; chapters in Griffin and Liberty Hill on February 10th; in Barnes ville and Forsyth on February 11th and in Jackson and Worth ville on the 12th. THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1971 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Capt. Towles Is Awarded Army Medal Capt. William M. Towles, Jr. was discharged from the Medical Service Corps of th e U. S. Army on January 4th and at the time of his release was awarded the Army Commendation Medal by the Secretary of the Army. The citation which accom panied the presentation of the medal reads as follows: “Captain William M. Towles, Jr., 258-64-9644, Medical Service Corps, United States Army, dis tinguished himself through out standing and meritorious service during the period March 1968 through December 1970 as a sen ior programmer/analyst with the Systems Development Branch, ADPS Division, Office of the Comptroller, Office of the Sur geon General. Through his extraordinary com petence in the fields of finan cial accounting and automatic data processing and his ability to quickly analyze given situ ations he independently main- tained the Civilian Pay and Leave Accounting System to include the rigorous task of implementing the system at five of the seven class II hospitals and medical centers. By expertly applying his programming skills he superbly designed and implemented a sav ings allotment feature and an ad justment and correction program which greatly enhanced the speed and accuracy with which ihe sys tem operates. For a period of six months Captain Towles concur rently performed as de facto chief of the Finance and Ac counting Systems Team giving unstintingly of his personal time and working many long hours to bring to fulfillment the ever-in creasing responsibilities of that position. Captain Towles has contributed immeasurably to the overall mis sion of the Army Medical Depart ment Data Processing effort and his outstanding performance of du y represents achievement in keeping with the most cherished traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the Army Medical De partment and the United States Army.” Capt. Towles is the son of Mrs. Nora V. Towles of Jackson and the late Mr. William M. Towles, Sr. Since his discharge Mr. Towles has accepted a position as Finan cial Analyst for the Data Trans mission Company, Vienna, Vir ginia. 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. Trial Expected Monday Grand Jury Indicts Three Men On Murder And Assault Charges Jaycees Seek "Young Man" Nominations The Butts County Jaycees are seeking nominations for their “Young Man of the Year” which award will be presented at the STAR Student-Teacher night, the event being tentatively set for the first week in March, according to Wayne Phillips, Jaycee president. Mr. Phillips is asking all civic and service clubs, as well as in dividuals, to make a nomination for this coveted award which an nually goes to a young person between 21 and 36 years of age who has distinguished himself by leadership and service in the com munity. Mr. Phillips asked that letters of nomination contain a resume of the nominees personal history and a sketch of his com munity service. These may be mailed to the Butts County Jay cees, P. O. Box 3875, Jackson, Georgia 30233. Mr. Phillips said it is hoped that several nominations will be received within the next two weeks so that a committee can screen the nomina.ions and select the person to be chosen as the Young Man of the Year. M. W. CARMICHAELS ATTENDED BANQUET Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Carmich ael of the Carmichael Insurance Agency in Jackson were guests of the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company at a recep tion and banquet Tuesday, Jan uary 26, at the Marrio.t Motor Hotel in Atlanta. The occasion was in commemo ration of the company’s Golden Anniversary. The featured speaker for the banquet was Dr. Noah Langdale, President of Georgia State Uni versity, speaking on the subject, “Solving the Human Equation.” Samford University A Cappella Choir . mPmSUi II II 1111 l jlnj s 11111 m 4 v aU" jit imTvmt T M-WiffWl. A *../ Ri -faJH - SHIS uTiiiitiiHHi- 1 iiw Samford Choir Will Appear Here Feb. sth The famed Samford University A Cappella Choir, directed by L. Gene Black, will appear in con cert at the First Baptist Church on Feb. 5, at 7:30 p. m. The Samford A Cappella Choir added new laurels to its inter national reputation this past summer during a 28,000 mile concert-mission tour to Japan and Southeast Asia. Samford Uni versity’s A Cappella Choir was the only collegiate singing group A Butts County Grand Jury at the February term of Butts Su perior Court indicted three bikers, Richard Lawrence Jones, 224 Howard St., Decatur; Joe Sorsby, 648 Avers St., Atlanta; and Frank Link Jr., 9127 Redwood Ave., Portage, Indiana, on a charge of murder in the death of George Bruce Gwynn and aggravated as sault against the person of Don ald Scott. The body of Gwynn was dis covered off Woodward Road in Butts County on Wednesday morning, December 30th, while critically wounded Scott aroused occupants of a home on Wood ward Road about 11 o’clock Mon day night, December 28th, to re port that he had been shot and that a companion had been left in the woods and he feared he was dead. Search for the missing Gwynn was instigated that night and culminated in discovery of his body on Wednesday morning. If present plans are carried through, the trial of the three men will be called Monday morn ing, February Bth, shortly after 9 o’clock when the criminal week of Butts Superior Court begins. Jurors were drawn this week by Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of the Flint Circuit, who will preside at the trial. District Attorney Ed ward McGarity of McDonough will present the state’s evidence against the three bikers. The Grand Jury for the Feb ruary term of court convened Monday, February Ist, at 9 o’- clock in the courtroom. Twenty three Grand Jurors were selected and re’ired to the Grand Jury room where Ralph Carr Jr. was elected foreman, Milton Daniel Jr., clerk; and Alton Colwell, as sistant clerk. Carter Moore as Bailiff completed the formation of the jury. Other members of the Grand Jury, in addi ion to the above officers, include: Mrs. E. D. Briscoe, Clyde Herbert, Monroe Myrick, William L. Tay lor, Jr., Donald L. Folsom, Fran cis Holland, E. M. McCord, Har old E. Cook, Joel Stokes, A. L. Weaver, Jesse Emmett Akins, J. to be featured on the program of the 12th Baptist World Con gress held at Tokyo’s noted Budo kan. Another first for the A Cap pella Choir from Samford was a command performance at Expo 70’s Christian Pavilion in Osaka for Prince Mikasa, bro he r of Ja pan’s Emperor Hirohito. L. Gene Black, director of the Samford A Capella Choir fo r the past six years, commented that “Wher ever he A Cappella Choir toured in Japan a real impact was made upon the highly receptive oriental audiences. Frequently the emo tions of the Japanese people were stirred deeply. I. was not uncom mon to observe Japanese listeners weeping openly.” $5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE T. Beckham, Bradley E. Freeman, Paul C. Erwin, John F. Morris, Booker T. Stokes, Arthur W. Gil more, John Doyle McMullen, Homer Capps. Traverse Jurors for the second week of court, as drawn by Judge Sosebee and released by David P. Ridgeway, Clerk of Butts County Superior Court, include: Glenn J. Whitaker, Marvin F. Walker, J. Dawson Bryant, Rolfe H. Burford, Dennis L. Wise, Jackie Dunn, Mrs. Mary Ann Stevenson, Tommie McDaniel, M. L. Hodges, Jr., Allen Byars, Ha zel D. Washington, Gennelle Mc- Clendon, David L. Taylor, Mattie Pearl Childers, L. M. Freeman, Sam Folds, Arthur D. Fambro, Gary L. Knight, Mrs. T. H. Price, Mrs. Laßue Turner, John O. McDaniel, Jr., Bennie Frank Crawford, Robin James, Mrs. J. S. Robison, Valdora Douglas. Mrs. Annie Lee Whidby, Ralph F. Cook, Jamie C. Robertson, Mattie Lou Tyus, Archie Powell, George A. Evans, Clarence F. Smith, Nesbit Moss, Harvey B. Whitehead, John P. Hunt, Myra Green, Daisy Mae Head, Martha Watts Harris, George N. Martin, Jr., William V. Crider, Daisy Lee Eushery, S. A. Washington, Sal lie Ruth Mclntyre. Julian W. Fletcher, Mrs. Bon nie Caston, Lewis O’Hearn, 0. L. Weaver, Jr., Leroy Strickland, Catherine Norris, Corene Clark, C. J. Kimbell, Janie Ruth Cash, Edward Cleveland, Georgia Lee Curry, Mary Lee Clark, Bennie Jesse Brooks, Mrs. Grace Capps, Helen Barlow, Marion L. Britton, Charlene Odessa Watts, Mary Lou Walker, Clemmie Ward, Al ma Mae Conley, Charles F. For sythe, W. A. Williams, R. A. Threatt. Thomas Duke, Frank Grier, Jr., Edward 11. Wise, Danny P. Rob ers, Peggy H. Rice, Robert P. Strickland, Charlie Frank Thur man, Thelma T. Williamson, Alma Eugenia Head, Kathleen R. Cart wright, Mrs. Julia B. Fletcher, Annie D. Powell, Mrs. Fred G. Raney, Charles E. Rooks, Jr., R. E. Mabry, Darwin Campbell, Mary F. Coogler, Mrs. Miller B. Moelchert, T. R. Sims. The choir’s reputation has been established not only through their extensive touring, but also through numerous television, ap pearances, and was selected for a nationwide Christmas program over the ABC radio network. The choir has also appeared re con'ly with ;he Birmingham Sym phony Orchestra, performing such works as Mozart’s Requiem and Kodaly’s Psalmus Hungari cus. A special feature of the con cert will be an arrangement of “Blessed Redeemer” sung in Jap anese. This number was sung by the Samford choral group for .he opening session of the Bap tist World Congress in Tokyo.