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Karksmt Progress-Argus
VOL. 98—NO. 13
Vincent Jones Joins Georgia
Staff Savings Bonds Division
RETURNS TO GEORGIA —Marvin L. Summers (right)
State Director for Georgia U. S. Savings Bonds Division,
swears in Vincent S. Jones as a Deputy Director of the U. S.
Savings Bonds Division for Georgia.
The Georgia Savings Bonds Of
fice is happy to announce that
Vincent S. Jones has joined the
Savings Bonds Division as a
Deputy Director covering a por
tion of Eastern Georgia. Vince
was sworn in as a member of
the Georgia Staff on Friday,
March 19, by Marvin L. Summers,
State Director of Georgia. Vince
is now in Washington, D. C. for
a three week training program.
He comes to the Division from
the U. S. Department of Com
merce where he served as a Tech
nical Assistant since 1967.
Vince attended the University
of Georgia in Athens where he
received his degree in Journalism.
He is a World War II Veteran,
serving in the U. S. Army Air
Force.
His many friends will remem
ber him as the editor of the week
ly newspaper in his home town of
Jackson, Georgia. Also, as a mem
ber as the Georgia State Senate
and as Assistant Director of the
Georgia Department of Industry
and Trade for a number of years.
Vince has been most active
in his home town. He has served
as President of both the Kiwanis,
Butts County Chamber of Com
merce, and as Adjutant of the
Local American Legion Post. He
resides at 333 Woodland Way,
Jackson, with his wife, Susan.
They have two sons, Vincent
Barrett Jones, Athens and Alan
Jones, Atlanta. They are mem
bers of the Jackson Presbtyerian
Church where Vince serves as an
Elder.
1003 in Butts
Now Using
Food Stamps
ATLANTA, Ga.—There were
1003 needy people in Butts coun
ty who received assistance
through the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s food stamp program
in January as compared to 1019
in December, Russell H. James,
Southeast regional director of
USDA’s Food and Nutrition Ser
vice, reports.
At the same time, James re
vealed that the number of peo
ple in Georgia on USD A food
programs was up 2,066 in Jan
uary over the previous month.
In January there were 361,761
receiving aid as compared to
359,695 in December.
James attributed the steady
growth in participation to the ef
forts of concerned community
leaders to see that everyone in
need receives assistance.
The increase occurred in the
food stamp program now in ope
ration in 114 Georgia counties.
In January 226,024 low-income
people were issued over $5.4
million in food coupons. Of this
amount, over $3 million was in
the form of free bonus stamps.
This represented an increase of
2,400 people over the 223,624 on
the program in December.
There were 135,737 needy
persons who received aid through
the direct distribution of USDA
donated foods in Georgia’s other
45 counties. They were given
nearly 4 million pounds of food
valued at nearly $2 million.
Sunrise Service
At Auditorium
On Easter Morn
A county wide Easter Sunrise
Service will be held at the Jack
son School Auditorium Easter
morning at 6:30 o’clock with
Christians of all faiths and de
nominations expected to join to
gether in worshiping the risen
Christ.
The Easter Sunrise Service, an
annual event for many years, is
sponsored by the Butts County
Ministerial Association of which
Rev. R. W. Jenkins, pastor of the
Macedonia Baptist Church, is
president. Rev. Billy Ring, pastor
of the Jackson Church of the
Nazarene, will bring the Easter
message with Steve Jett, Minis
ter of Youth and Music, First
Baptist Church, to direct the con
gregational singing. Th e Carol
Choir of the First Baptist Church
will bring special music during
the service.
Mr. Jenkins said the decision to
hold the services indoors this year
is based on the fact that cold
and inclement weather in past
years had held attendance to a
minimum while it is beleived that
more persons will turn out this
year since it is being held at the
auditorium.
Jack Caldwell
New Warden
At Reidsville
Elbert B. “Jack” Caldwell,
warden only a few months at the
Georgia Diagnostic and Classifi
cation Center in Butts County,
was elevated as warden of the
state’s largest prison, Georgia
State Prison at Reidsville, by
State Corrections Director Ellis
McDougall on Tuesday.
Mr. Caldwell met Mr. Mc-
Dougall and Governor Jimmy
Carter at the Griffin Airport
Wednesday morning for a trip
by plane to Reidsville where he
assumed his new duties. Mrs.
Caldwell and son, Mike, were to
join Mr. Caldwell in Reidsville
later in the week.
Mr. Caldwell succeeds Reids
ville Warden Lamont Smith who
was moved to Assistant Director
for Prisons in the Southern re
gion.
Mr. McDougall gives credit to
Mr. Caldwell for cleaning up the
prison for youthful offenders at
Alto and said Tuesday that Alto
is one of the top youthful of
fenders’ prisons in the nation.
Mr. Caldwell is a native of Upson
County and former chief insti
tutional parole officer for the
Georgia Board of Pardons and
Paroles.
Mr. Caldwell was a member of
the Jackson Kiwanis Club and
he and his family were members
of the Jackson Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Caldwell’s successor
at Jackson will be announced la
ter by Mr. McDougall.
Family Needs
Help After
Fire Friday
A Negro family, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Smith and five children, of
Flovilla, are in desperate need
of bedclothes, beds, and items of
clothing following a fire about
8:30 o’clock Friday night, March
26th, which completely destroyed
the six room frame house in
which the family was living.
They are presently residing in
an old house that was located
behind the house that burned
until they can build.
The cause of the fire was the
explosion of a kerosene heater
that blew up in Mrs. Smith’s face
while she was attempting to light
it. She suffered burns about
the face and knees but was not
hospitalized and was able to save
herself and the children. Mr.
Smith was not at home at the
time.
The house was completely de
stroyed with a total loss of all
contents. The Flovilla Fire De
partment answered the alarm
but the house had already fell in
when they arrived but were able
to keep the fire from spreading
to the house in which the Smith
family moved.
There are five children rang
ing in age from one year to 17
years, three girls and two boys.
Friends and people in the Flo
villa community, as well as other
Butts countians, have responded
generously in providing clothes
for the family but more are still
needed with a critical need for
bedclothes and beds. Persons de
siring to donate any items for
the family’s welfare may do so
by leaving their packages at the
garage of Luther Jones in Flo
villa.
Flovilla To
Vote On Beer
On April 3rd
All registered voters in the
City of Flovilla are qualified to
vote and most are expected to do
so Saturday, April 3rd, in the
referendum on the question of
legalizing the sale of package
beer within the city. Polls will
open at 7 a. m. and will close at
7 p. m.
Curtis Gilbert, Mayor of Flo
villa, said this week that if the
sale of beer is approved, revenues
from this sale will be used by the
city for additional street paving,
better lighting, cleaner streets,
and for sidewalks, as well as
other improvements. The City
Council of Flovilla includes Adel
Moncrief, Luther Jones, Byron
Haynes, C. A. Anthony, and E.
R. Edwards Jr.
The mayor and council stress
that revenue from the beer sales
will go for full time police and
fire protection and will be instru
mental in keeping taxes from in
creasing.
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NAMED ON HONORS PRO
GRAM—GIen Maddox, junior at
Jackson High School, has been
accepted on the Governor’s Hon
ors Program held each Summer
in Macon. Glen is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. N. (Bill) Maddox of
Jackson and is active in many
school organizations.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1971 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Federal Tax
Bite Here Is
$2,216,000
(Special to the Progress-Argus)
NEW YORK, Mar. 27—Taxes
are again in the spotlight in
Butts County, what with the day
of reckoning, April 15th, just
around the corner.
Uncle Sam will be present that
day, hand extended, to receive
all offerings in the form of per
sonal income taxes based upon
1970 earnings.
The big question in each tax
payer’s mind,'as he struggles with
the various forms and schedules
he must fill out, is how big the
bite will be this time.
Last year, approximately $2,-
271,000 in personal income taxes
left the local area, bound for
Washington.
This time, based upon Govern
ment estimates, the overall
amount is expected to be some
what less. This is so due to the
favorable factor of a smaller sur
tax, 2% percent, and despite the
fact that many people earned
more money in 1970 than in the
previous year. The reason is that
there were many more people
than usual who were unemployed.
Asa result, the Government
expects to collect $88.3 billion in
personal taxes, or $1.9 billion
less than last April.
Butts County’s share of the tax
load was determined by an un
official breakdown of the pay
ments received from the State of
Georgia as a whole, which totaled
$1,622,000,000.
Local residents contributed
close to .14 percent of that
amount, or about $2,271,000.
This year; in line with the
changed economic situation and
with the revised figures contained
in the budget that was recently
submitted to. pongress, the per
sonal tax returns from the local
area will be around $2,216,000, it
is estimated.
Large as this amount is, it
may be the smallest sum they
will be called upon to pay, on
an annual basis, for some time
to come.
The expectations for the next
fiscal year, beginning July 1,
1971, run considerably higher.
The budget counts on personal
income taxes reaching $93.7 bil
lion, which is $5.4 billion more
than at present.
For Butts County residents to
be able to carry their current
share of that tax load and, at
the same time, maintain their
present standard of living, their
1971 incomes will have to be
about 6.1 percent higher than
they were in 1970.
Negro Boy
Hurt When
Hit By Car
A six-year-old Negro boy, listed
by Jackson Police as Terrence
Watts, of 206 Valley Road, was
struck and painfully injured Sat
urday afternoon at 1 :39 o’clock
when he ran into the path of a
car at the intersection of Third
and Oak Streets in downtown
Jackson. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alben Watts of the same
address.
Witnesses reported that the
young boy stepped off the curb
on the Parrish Drug Company
side and darted into the path
of a car driven by Willis Arthur
Godowns of 1012 Adrian Street,
Augusta. The boy was knocked
down by the impact with the car
stopping astride his body. A jack
was quickly obtained from Bob
Taylor’s BP Service Station and
used to jack up the car whereby
the injured youth could be pulled
from underneath.
An ambulance was summoned
with the victim being rushed to
Sylvan Grove Hospital and later
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital where examination dis
closed that he suffered cuts and
bruises but no broken bones.
The accident was termed unavoid
able with no charges being made
against the driver.
Debbie Cochran
First In DCT
Speech Contest
DEBBIE COCHRAN
Miss Debbie Cochran, Jackson
High School senior and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Coch
ran of Jackson, won first place
last week in the DCT Club’s An
nual Area Elimination Contest
which was held at Newton County
Trade School. Loy Hutcheson is
advisor of the local club.
Debbie entered the Speech
Contest and chose the topic “I
Believe in Education.” She ably
represented the local school by
winning first place and will com
pete against other area winners
at the State Leadership Contest
on April 29th and 30th in At
lanta.
Russ Crumbley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Crumbley of
Jackson, entered the Job Inter
view Contest held at the same
time and did an outstanding job
in his area, receiving an excel
lent rating, which is one of the
best Jackson has ever had.
There were 15 area schools en
tered in the various contests
which were held and these includ
ed Griffin, Rockdale County,
Newton County, Hart County,
Madison County, Morgan County,
Jackson " ifigh, Elbert,
Franklin County, East Hall, Hen
ry County, Stephens County,
Winder-Barrow and Clark Cen
tral.
Jaycees Win
Cage Tourney
The Butts County Jaycee Bas
ketball Team, boasting a fine 9-1
record, entered and won the 18th
Region Jaycee Tournament by
defeating Monroe County 70-55
in the championship game.
The Jaycees were coached by
Danny Hoard and their roster of
many former cage stars at Jack
son High School includes, in ad
dition to Danny, Mike Wise, Jim
my Freeman, Seabie Maddox,
Charles Daniel, Herman Waits,
Charles Dreyer, Tommy Webb,
Allen Byars and David Lunsford.
During the season Jackson’s
record was as follows: 60-37 over
Bibb County; 99-74 over McDon
ough; a 60-74 loss to Henderson,
their sole setback of the year;
78-32 over Jones County; 82-40
over Jones County; 68-47 over
Monroe County; 48-46 over Ma
con County; 62-45 over Jones
County; 68-55 over Macon Coun-,
ty; and 70-55 victory over Mon
roe County in their last regular
game.
During the regular season
games the scoring by- the Butts
County Jaycees was as follows:
Hoard 97; Wise 128; Freeman
107; Maddox 130; Daniel 99;
Waits 11; Webb 14; Dreyer 25;
Byars 51; Lunsford 33.
EASTER SUNRISE
SERVICE SLATED
BY TOWALIGA
The Towaliga Baptist Church
will hold an Easter Sunrise Ser
vice on Easter morning at 6:30
o’clock. High Falls State Park
will be the meeting site.
Rev. Joe Parham, pastor of the
Towaliga Baptist Church, in an
nouncing the service, said that
all citizens are cordially invited
to come and worship with friends
and neighbors at this service.
Spring Storm
Spreads Ice
Into Georgia
An early Spring storm that ex
tended icy tentacles over the
Northern one-third of the state
Thursday and Friday, March 25th
and 26th, immobilizing many
areas of North Georgia and in
terms of devastation in the At
lanta metropolitan area was
called the most destructive ice
storm of the last decade, costing
Georgia Power Company alone
more than an estimated one mil
lion dollars for repairs that were
not completed totally until the
first of this week.
The sneaky storm caught the
National Weather Service fore
casters by surprise as it did the
laymen. The ice and snow system
was caused when a low pressure
areq from the Gulf moved over
colder air that had over spread
the South much more rapidly than
expected. It began sleeting in
the Jackson area about the mid
dle of the morning Thursday and
continued intermittently for sev
eral hours, with the sleet mixed
with a light drizzle. Early Thurs
day afternoon a thin sheath of
ice began forming on trees and
wires in Butts County with the
deposits of ice noticeably heavy
ir. the area of Jenkinsburg North.
From mid-afternoon trees were
well coated in the Locust Grove-
McDonough areas while snow was
reported as far South as Stock
bridge. Snow continued most of
day in Atlanta with the heaviest
falls recorded in Cornelia, Clay
ton, and Toccoa where from sev
en to 14 inches blanketed the
ground by Friday morning.
Butts County was providential
ly spared a majo r ice storm by
two factors, the thermometer not
falling beyond the critical 32-
degree mark plus the fact that
the* rain. Thursday night was too
heavy and too constant to freeze.
Actually there was more ice on
trees here Thursday night than
Friday morning when most of it
was gone.
M. L. Powell, Jackson City
Clerk, reported no damage in the
city and said “w e were real for
tunate not to have any.” Al
though there was no damage re
reported in the Butts County area
by the Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation, the
Griffin and Hampton areas were
hard hit where lines were broken
by falling limbs. CGEMC crews
were busy Thursday night and
Friday in Griffin and Hampton
and also in Monroe and Jasper
Counties where there were some
outages caused by downed wires.
Damage was particularly heavy
in the Atlanta area where power
had not been restored to all
homes by Sunday night. Friday
morning many schools in the At
lanta and North Georgia area
were closed because of the weath
er conditions, with hazardous
driving warnings issued for
Northeast Georgia with 1-80 re
ported as completely closed for
many hours.
The ice storm locally was ac
companied by two to three inches
of rain amid lightning and thun
der. March’s total of rainfall is
probably nearly double the nor
mal average for the month.
In the main, however, Butts
countians Friday morning were
nearly unanimous in thanking a
kind Providence from suffering a
major disaster which a crippling
ice storm always brings.
THREE COUNTY STUDENTS
ON WEST GA. DEAN’S LIST
CARROLLTON—Four hundred
and twenty-three students at
West Georgia College have been
named to the Dean’s List for the
Winter Quarter just completed.
Full-time students making a
grade ratio of 3.5 qualify for
the honor listing. The current
group includes:
Constance Thurman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Thur
man, 150 Hancock St., Jackson;
Antoinette Brownlee, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brownlee,
Route 2, Jackson; and David A.
Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Cook of Jenkinsburg.
55.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Tim Kelly
Killed In
Cycle Mishap
TIMOTHY KELLY
Sgt. Timothy Caston Kelly, 23,
son of Mrs. Edna Caston Daniel,
508 Franklin Street, Jackson, was
apparently instantly killed Sunday
night near Atwater, California
when the privately owned motor
cycle he was driving struck a
truck when it was attempting to
make a left turn. He was pro
nounced dead at the scene by the
Merced County Coroner.
News of Sgt. Kelly’s death was
received here in a telegram to his
mother from Major General R. G.
Dupont, Military Personnel Cen
ter, Hqs., United States Air
Force. The telegram to Mrs. Dan
iel reads as follows: ”It is with
deep regret that I officially in
form you of the death of your
son, Staff Sergeant Timothy C.
Kelly. He died in California on
28 March 1971 as result of in
juries received in a motorcycle
accident. He was driving a pri
vately owned motorcycle on South
Applegate Road, South of At
water, California when he struck
a truck which was attempting to
make a left turn. He was pro
nounced dead at the scene by
the Merced County Coroner.
Death was appparently instan
taneous. Your son’s Commander
is writing you a letter which will
contain all the known circum
stances concerning his death. If
you have questions you may call
Castle Air Force Base, California
at Area Code 209, 726-2507.
Please accept my sincere sym
pathy.”
The young airman was born
June 10, 1947 in San Francisco,
Calif., the son of Mrs, Edna Cas
ton Daniel and the late Mr. Carl
Kelly. He was reared in Jackson
where he attended school, grad
uating from Jackson High in
1965 and embarking soon after
wards on a military career of
some three years and three
months duration. Stationed at
Castle Air Force Base near
Merced, Calif., Sgt. Kelly had
seen overseas duty in Europe,
France and Germany with duty
in Thailand his last overseas as
signment. He returned to the
States duiing June or July 1970.
The body of the deceased service
man arrived in Atlanta Tuesday
afternoon about 3:30 o’clock, ac
cording to John Sherrell, Butts
County Coroner and owner of
Sherrell Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Sgt. Kelly
were held Wednesday afternoon
at two o’clock at the Second Bap
tist Church, of which he was a
member, with the Rev. Donald
Folsom, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Jackson, and a
Military Chaplain conducting the
rites. Interment was in Jackson
City Cemetery with Sherrell Fu
neral Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Mr. Kelly is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Edna Caston Daniel,
and step-father, C. E. Daniel Sr.,
both of Jackson; four brothers,
Carey Kelly, Norcross, Pat Kelly,
Joseph Daniel, Chip Daniel, all
of Jackson; grandmothers, Mrs.
Bonnie Caston and Mrs. Johnny
Kelly, both of Jackson; several
uncles and aunts.
Full military honors were ac
corded Sgt. Kelly at rites at
the Jackson City Cemetery Wed
nesday afternoon.
