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VOL. 98 —NO. 7
4-H Members
Honored With
Annual Awards
The Butts County Honor Club
presented the 4th Annual 4-H
Awards Program last week in the
Jackson High Auditorium. A
total of 52 members received
medals and certificates for out
standing 4-H project work.
Those receiving awards were:
Maria Todd, Charlene Brownlee,
Ellen Pinckney, Newton Maddox,
Kathy Maddox, Scott Washing
ton, Susan Norton, Joe Norton,
Jennifer English, Toree Ray,
Anne Earnes, Wenda Goodman,
Lee Duffey, James Ross, Bobby
Browing, Daisy Coleman, Tony
Trimble, Bobby Thornton, Kenny
Smith, William Henry, Scott
Hoard, John Deptula, Joseph Dep
tula, Bobby Pinckney, David
Rice, Faith Letson, Rita Smith,
Monica Thurman, Julia Ann
Ridgeway, Patty O’Neal, Rozlyn
Davis, Joyce Morris, Jenny Saun
ders, Phillip Todd, Dennis Cook,
Tim Todd, Tommy Eidson, Mara
lyn Ridgeway, Perry Ridgeway,
Ronnie Duke, Karen Newman,
Ricky Long, Beverly Raynor,
Tony Duke, Vickie Eidson, Sara
lyn Ridgeway, Toni Barlow,
Jiimmy Tingle, Janice Cook,
Virgie Mangham, and Henry
Kitchens.
Several special awards were
also presented. The following
4-H’ers received plaques for be
ing district winners in their pro
jects: Janice Cook, Perry Ridge
way, Tim Todd, Ricky Long,
Scott Hoard, and Henry Kitchens.
Tim Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Todd, received a special
award for placing third in the
State Sweet Potato Project.
For local leaders received rec
ognition for outstanding 4-H
Leadership. They were Mrs.
Saralyn Ridgeway, Mrs. Kath
leen Pinckney, Mrs. Rema Brown
lee, and Mr. David Ridgeway.
Also certificates of appreciation
were given to the following or
ganizations whose financial sup
port made these awards possible.
They were Jackson Kiwanis Club,
Butts County Exchange Club,
Butts County Lions Club, Central
Georgia EMC, Snapping Shoals
EMC, Butts County Farm Bureau,
Butts County Sportsmen Club,
Iron Springs Homemakers Club
and Towaliga Homemakers Club.
The featured speaker was Mr.
Tal C. DuVall, District Agent-
Chairman, Cooperative Extension
Service of the University of Geor
gia. He gave a very interesting
and inspiring presentation to the
entire audience.
Stewardesses
To Talk At
BPW Meet
The World Affairs Committee
of the Jackson Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club have
scheduled a program for the din
ner meeting on Monday night,
February 22nd, that should be of
special interest locally.
Miss Shirley Price and Mrs.
Van Dyche, the former Pat Jones,
both of Jackson, together with
Miss Jane Maddox of McDonough,
will speak on their impressions
of some of the countries they
have visited during their years
with the airlines, with special em
phasis on their impression of the
women of the countries they have
visited.
Miss Price, with Eastern Air
Lines, will center he r talk around
Spain and Europe. She should
be an authority on her subject,
having made twelve trips there,
one lasting five months.
Miss Maddox, with Scandana
vian Air Lines, will focus espe
cially on Norway which is one
of her favorite countries while
Mrs. Dyche, with Maylasia-Singa
pore Airlines, will give the mem
bers a glimpse of Oriental life as
she has found it in the exotic
Orient.
The club is looking forward
with enthusiasm to this world
view through the eyes of youth.
3,993 Phones
In Jackson,
Harrell Says
Somewhere in the South —it
could have been in Jackson —a
rather special Southern Bell
telephone was installed last week
as the Company reached seven
million telephones in service in
its four-state area.
“At the time the Company
reached seven million, there were
over 2,040,000 telephones in
Georgia and 3,993 in Jackson,”
said Albert Harrell, Manager,
Jackson, Georgia.
In November 1970, Southern
Bell achieved two significant
milestones in Georgia, according
to Mr. Harrell. “We installed our
two-millionth telephone in the
state,” he said, “and we marked
our billion dolla r investment mile
stone in Georgia. By 1975, the
Company will reach the three
million mark in Georgia. South
ern Bell is currently engaged in
a $530 million construction pro
gram to be carried out statewide
over the next three years.”
In addition to Georgia, the
company also serves Florida,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina.
“Telephone growth has greatly
accelerated in recent years,” Mr.
Harrell pointed out. Southern
Bell reached the seven millionth
milestone just two years and
a few days after installation of
its six millionth telephone on
January 28, 1969. In contrast, it
required nearly 68 years—from
is founding in December, 1879, to
July, 1947—f0r Southern Bell to
have its first million telephones
in service in the four states.
“Additional telephones are
symbolic of the growth of this
region, whether they serve in
dividual or business needs,” Mr.
Harrell said. “Moreover, they are
important not only to the persons
immediately involved but also to
those who already have tele
phones and can now call or be
called by more friends or custom
ers. We hope these telephones
will add greater convenience to
everyone’s daily living.”
According to Mr. Harrell,
Southern Bell handles over 13,-
160,000 local calls per day in
Georgia. This is almost a 100%
increase in the number of local
calls handled daily in the state
over ten years ago.
Heart Sunday
Workers Call
On Feb. 21st
Sunday, February 21st, has
been designated as Heart Sunday
in Butts County with a volun
teer army expected to canvass
almost literally every house in
the county, according to heart
fund chairman, Rev. R. W. Jenk
ins, pasto r of the Macedonia Bap
tist Church.
Mr. Jenkins said that the soli
citation Sunday will augment the
total already collected in the first
half of the month long campaign
being conducted to expand re
search, education and community
service programs of the Georgia
Heart Association.
Mr. Jenkins explained that
the state association is an affili
ate of the American Heart As
sociation, the only national volun
teer heart agency devoted ex
clusively to combat the diseases
of the heart and blood vessels.
The local chairman said that
each volunteer will call at the
home of between 15 and 25
neighbors and will distribute
helpful information about heart
diseases while receiving contribu
tions for the heart fund. If fam
ilies are away from home the
workers will leave addressed en
velopes in which contributions
may be conveniently sent to the
local heart fund.
Mr. Jenkins pointed out that
heart disease is responsible for
more than 53 per cent of all
deaths. The heart fund helps
fight them all, the chairman
stated, including heart attacks,
strokes, hardening of the arteries,
high blood pressure, rheumatic
fever and inborn heart defects.
Snow Sneaks
Into Area
Saturday
Butts County’s first measurable
snow of the winter, unpredicted
and unexpected, covered this area
with a thin mantle Saturday
morning much to the delight of
the young at heart and to the
consternation of the weather
forecasters who missed the snow
system crossing Georgia com
pletely. Accumulation here was
less than an inch.
Early Saturday morning there
were only scant traces of snow
that had fallen during the night
to be seen locally, but shortly
after eight o’clock Saturday
morning a blowing type snow
began that was borne southward
on fierce winds that blew stead
ily at 15 to 25 miles per hour
and gusted to 30 miles pe r hour.
Early risers in Atlanta and north
ward were greeted Saturday
morning by from one to four
inches of snow with drifts deeper
in the higher elevations of the
Georgia mountains. As the day
progressed the snow moved over
Central Georgia and into South
ern and Eastern Georgia with
snow during the day reported at
Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Al
bany and as far south as Valdos
ta. Hazardous driving warnings
were reported early Saturday for
North and Northwest Georgia.
Temperatures Saturday were
originally predicted to rise to 44
degrees but as the bristling winds
grew in intensity as the day wore
on the mercury reached a high
of 26 degrees early Saturday
morning in Atlanta and by noon
was at 24 degrees and by three
o’clock at a frigid 22 with the
wind chill factor marking the
temperature appear about zero.
The snow continued in the Jack
son area until neai-ly four o’-
clock when it tapered off as
clearing skies made their appear
ance. The thermometer, tugged
downward by the icy blasts, reg
istered 10 to 14 degrees in the
county Sunday morning with the
frigid winds equating zero or be
low.
The actual snow Saturday
covered the county with a thin
blanket, affording a real treat
for the youngsters who played in
it only briefly not being able to
withstand the tremendously cold,
penetrating winds. By Sunday
afternoon, under clear skies, most
of the snow had dissipated save
for a few spots protected from
the sun. Most residents generally
agreed that Saturday was prob
ably the most “miserable” day of
the winter with the polar winds
and the driven snow making it a
day neither fit for man nor beast.
Lions To Give
Free Trees
On Saturday
Another consignment of dog
wood and redbud trees, 750 of
each, have been obtained by the
Butts County Lions Club and they
will be given away Saturday,
February 20th, beginning at 10
o’clock at the C&S Bank parking
lot in Jackson.
The Lions gave away 1,500
trees of the same variety on Feb
ruary 6th and so great was the
demand that the supply was ex
hausted in a short time. Two
trees each, dogwood and rose
bud, will be given away Saturday
as long as they last.
PTO MEETS TONIGHT
AND WILL HEAR BAND
The Butts County Parent
Teacher Organization will
meet Thursday night, Feb
ruary 18th, at 7:30 in the
Jackson High School audi
torium. The Jackson High
Band, under the direction
of Mr. A. J. Buggs, will
present the program.
All parents and concerned
citizens are invited to at
tend.
THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1971
New Equipment
For Babies At
Local Hospital
Almost $4,000 worth of much
needed specialized medical equip
ment for better care of newborn
babies and children has been
added recently at Sylvan Grove
Hospital according to an an
nouncement by Mr. E. F. C. Fisk,
Administrator. Mr. Fisk said that
the equipment was made available
by a generous gift from the Butts
County Chapter, the National
Foundation, March of Dimes, C.
B. BrOwn, Jr., treasurer.
Included in this equipment, ac
cording to Mr. Fisk, is the Iso
lette Infant Incubator which en
joys international clinical accept
ance and is generally regarded
as the standard in its field. The
Isolette Incubator offers true
isolation and precise control of
all atmospheric conditions to in
sure each infant maximal pro
tection and best possible chance
for survival. Along with a Servo
Controller attachment, it pro
vides a means of electronically
controlling the infant’s body tem
perature and maintaining it at a
predetermined level.
The following were also fur
nished:
Infant warmers for both the
Delivery Room and the General
Nursery to provide a controlled
heat source for the newborn in
those important minutes follow
ing delivery.
A Bennett Respiration Unit,
Model PR-1, for use in the treat
ment of all types of respiratory
conditions as well as a Respirator
for those patients rendered un
able to breathe because of acci
dents.
An EN/143 Electronic Nebu
lizer complete with castered
stand. This unit can be used with
all types of tents and incubators
or used with face tents or mouth
pieces. It is Ideal for tracheotomjr
cases and sputum induction and
post operative work. It can also
be adapted to IPPB Units and
respirators and almost any other
special breathing systems. All in
all, it can fulfill almost any hos
pital aresol need.
A manual Ambu Infant Resus
citator for the newborn nursery
and a mechanical Resuscitator
with Aspirator for the delivery
room.
Kiwanians
Build Home
In Peru
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
through its international relations
committee and the extraordinarily
fine work of Tom O’Dell, chair
man, have made it possible for
the sum of $l5O for a family in
Peru to have anew home.
Chairman O’Dell learned of
this program which is imple
mented by the above stipulated
gift through CARE’s “Self Help”
program where victims of the
recent earthquake in Peru can
have anew home fo r the modest
sum of $l5O.
In explaining the program, Mr.
O’Dell says that the man of the
family makes the bricks, fur
nishes the poles for the roof and
does all the work. The govern
ment of Peru furnishes the plans
and oversees the work. The
money is used to furnish roofing,
cement, and hardware.
Mr. O’Dell, echoing the senti
ments of many, said that “it is
difficult for folks here in Jackson
to believe that this money spent
in the way outlined above will
provide an earthquake proof
home for five to six people.” Mr.
O’Dell said that the Jackson Ki
wanis Club has also learned that
many towns and cities in this
country are providing money to
build homes through this pro
gram.
Kiwanians are generally agreed
that this is one of the most worth
while contributions the club has
ever made and are commending
Chairman O’Dell for his spon
sorship of the program.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
City Services To Cost More,
Mayor Brown Tells Kiwanians
Fire Destroys
House With All
Contents Lost
Fire of unknown origin, but
believed to have started from a
heater, completely destroyed a
once pretentious white frame
house known as the old Bob Mc-
Michael homeplace on the Jack
Maddox Bridge Road late Satur
day afternoon. The home was oc
cupied by the family of Annie
Maude Myricks with all contents
lost.
The house reportedly belonged
to E. H. Cook and was off high
way 36 toward Covington on a
dirt road. No one was at home
at the time of the fir e but a
member of the family, Terry My
ricks, came home while the house
was burning and discovered the
blaze. A call was answered by the
Jackson Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and the Butts-Henry For
estry Unit, but with the fire far
advanced nothing could be done
to save the large frame house.
A barn, however, was left stand
ing.
The fire occurred on one of
the coldest days of the winter
with the thermometer at about
22 degrees with frigid winds mak
ing the temperature appear much
lower.
In addition to Annie Maude
Myricks, there are two sons, 18
and 16, and a daughter, 14.
Clothing and other necessities are
badly needed by the family and
4bese persons who wish to do
nate clothes or other items may
leave them with Mrs. Myricks’
mother, Mrs. Eldora Brown, at
509 North Oak Street, or call
775-3516 and they will be picked
up.
Biker Trial
Now Set For
March Ist
Another postponement has
been granted in the murder trial
of three bikers with the new
trial date now set by Judge Hugh
D. Sosebee of the Flint Circuit
for Monday, March Ist.
The latest delay was caused by
the inability of Dr. Larry How
ard of the Georgia Crime Lab to
be in Jackson on February 22nd
as he was scheduled for appear
ance in another court on that
date.
Butts County Sheriff Hugh C.
Polk reminds all jurors chosen
for the February term of court
on February Bth to report to the
Butts County Courthouse at 9
o’clock Monday morning, March
Ist, for service during the con
tinued portion of the February
term.
The three bikers, Frank Link,
28; Joe Sorsby, 22; and Richard
L. Jones, 22, were bound over
by a Butts County Grand Jury
on murder charges against
George Bruce Gwynn and ag
gravated assault charges against
Donald Scott. The assault against
Scott occurred in Butts County
on Woodward Road on Monday
night, December 28t’n, with the
body of George Bruce Gwynn dis
covered Wednesday morning, De
cember 30th, a short distance
away from the house where the
wounded Scott sought assistance.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
TO MEET FEB. 23rd
The regular business meeting
of the Sylvan Grove Hospital
Auxiliary will be held Tuesday
night, February 23rd, at 7:30 o’-
clock in the hospital dining r oom.
All members are urged to be pres
ent.
In his annual “State of the
City” address to the Jackson Ki
wanis Club Tuesday night, Mayor
C. B. Brown Jr. pointed with
pride to the fact that Jackson
is probably one of the few cities
in the United States that ope
rates on a cash basis, but despite
this Mayor Brown said that garb
age fees have been raised, a sew
er tax will soon be imposed,
with the water rates also to be
hiked and a raise in electric rates
as of July, as Georgia Power
Company has increased its rates.
The Mayor told Kiwanians and
guests, which included Council
men John L. Coleman, Harold
Martin, and John Robert Pulliam,
that the Federal Government has
given Jackson a two-year dead
line to upgrade and enlarge the
city’s sewer system and that this
will necessitate a sewer tax. May
or Brown reiterated his position
of not raising property taxes and
cited the most unusual fact that
the city lowered its tax rate 2%
mills in 1968.
The speaker said that the City
Electric System presently serves
1,230 customers and that Jack
son boasts the lowest electric
rates in Georgia although they
will be increased in July because
of the recent raise in rates by
Georgia Power Company from
whom the city purchases its elec
tricity. The Water Department
serves 1,140 customers and the
Gas Department 1,061, according
to Mayor Brown.
The city payroll for 1970 was
$255,000 the Mayor revealed. In
1960 total income for the city
was $315,000 which grew to
$861,000 in 1970. Over $36,000
of the revenues was derived- from
the sale of beer, Mayor Brown
disclosed. Further citing the
growth of the city, the Mayor
stated that building permits in
1965 totaled $363,000 while in
1970 they were $1,443,227. In
1965, he revealed the tax digest
was s2*4 million while in 1970
it was over $5 million. In 1960
the population of Jackson was
officially listed at 2,545 while in
1970 it was 3,774, with most of
the increase having come in the
last three or four years.
Mayor Erown said that drugs
have been found in the city and
told of two recent cases, and pre
dicted that its use might become
more widespread although law en
forcement officers are vigilant in
trying to track the drugs to their
source.
Mayor Brown told of the use
of special policemen and of the
volunteer firemen who staff the
Jackson Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, and praised the volunteers
Please Check Your Label!
Papers Be Mailed Earlier
The mailing list of The Progress-Argus was
corrected as of February 5, 1971. Please check
your label. If the date reads prior to Feb sth
it indicates that your paper is in arrears and
prompt renewal is called for. Because of the
rising prices of newspaper production costs we
respectfully ask your cooperation in keeping
your paper current so that we can maintain the
present subscription rate of $5 per year, pay
able in advance, as long as possible.
Also in an effort to get the paper into the
hands of all subscribers earlier, beginning this
week all papers in Butts County will be mailed
late Wednesday which means that all subscrib
ers in the county will have their papers on
Thursday morning. This includes the City of
Jackson, the four routes, and county papers to
Jenkinsburg, Indian Springs and Flovilla, both
the city and route 1. Papers will be on sale at
the office Thursday morning.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
of both groups who stand ready
to risk their lives in times of
crises on an unpaid basis. Mr.
Brown said the Police Depart
ment made 454 cases in 1970
of which 169 were DUI and that
135 cases were tried in city court.
The Mayor thanked the Ki
wanis Club for their program
last Tuesday night which paid
tribute to the Law Enforcement
Officers and told of the many
favorable remarks that he had
heard from the policemen and
others who attended the meeting.
He said the Jackson Police De
partment is one of the best equip
ped and best trained of any city
of comparable size in the state, a
fact that was stated last week
by the Law Enforcement appre
ciation speaker, Lt. Lamar Polk
of the Georgia State Patrol.
Mr. Brown closed by asking
the help of the Kiwanis Club in
forming a welcoming committee
to greet newcomers and make
them feel more at home and
asked the cooperation of all civic
clubs in promoting Indian Springs
and High Falls, two natural
beauty spots of which Mayor
Brown said “if they were in
Florida, folks would be coming
from abroad to visit them.”
Other guests were Don Mc-
Kibben and James Brown of the
Key Club and an interclub dele
gation from Griffin composed of
Red Head, Weyman Hudson, Jack
Smith and Leonard Lokey. W. A.
(Pat) Patterson was wished a
musical salute on his birthday
during the week. President Ralph
Carr Jr. reminded Kiwanians of
the pancake supper on March
16th and of the Atlanta Falcons-
Jackson All Star basketball game
on March 12th.
Pentecostal
Church Sets
Revival Dates
A Youth Revival is under way
at the United Pentecostal Church
at the Jackson Clubhouse with
the revival having begun on
Sunday, February 14th, and will
extend through Saturday, Febru
ary 20th.
Services will be held nightly at
7:30 o’clock with preaching this
week to be done by Birk Warn
ken and Gary Linville, both from
the Pentecostal Bible Institute
of Tupelo, Mississippi.
While this is predominately a
youth revival, people of all ages
are invited and will be welcome,
according to the two young guest
speakers.
