The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, November 25, 1971, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1971 County Faces Placement On Blood Credit Although official word has not been received from regional headquarters, it is believed by John Billy Long, blood recruit ment chairman, that in all likeli hood Butts County will be placed on a credit card system for its failure to meet its quota of 132 pints of blood in the visit of the Bloodmobile here Monday, No vember 22nd. Mr. Long said that 94 pints of blood were collected, leaving the county a deficit of 38 pints of blood on this visit. The blood recruitment chair man stated that if and when the official word is received the credit card system means that those donors holding Red Cross blood cards will be eligible for free whole blood, as will their immediate families, under the blood program set up by the American Red Cross, which agen cy is used to handle and collect blood from donors in participat ing counties. Unfortunately, Mr. Long point ed out, it also means that those persons needing whole blood who do not qualify under the above mentioned provisions, must pur chase blood from private sources and will not be eligible for free whole blood. On the brighter side, however, Mr. Long said that he feels if the county meets its 112 pint basic quota at the next visit, the county might be returned to good stand ing. However, he emphasized this is only an opinion and that the county quota at tne next visit will be a whopping 150 pints with the 38 pint deficit of Monday being added to the regular 112 pint quota. Among those offering blood Monday were the following: Henry Lee Gilbert, Robert W. Britton, Richard V. Meredith, Doyle Jones Jr., Marion Wayne Cook, Sylvia Louise Gilbert, J. W. Cook, Jack Newman, Donald C. Bristol, Wayne King, Brita Moore, Charles A. Barbee, Frank Fountain, Mary Rose Thurman, Nancy Houghtaling, Patricia Ann Crawford, Wendell K. Washing ton, Cornelious W. Williams, J. Glenn Mangham, Sanders H. Thompson, Jiles T. Young, Pat Peek, Imogene Leverette, Wm. B. Jones, Joel W. Fincher, Douglas R. Brooks, Robin James, Dennis A. O’Neal, Barbara P. Kilgo, Samuel Y. Coleman, David Duf fey, C. M. Daniel 111, Vicki L. Washington, Charles E. Rooks, Curtis L. Gaye, James W. Nors worthy, Lawrence Johnson, Fred Raney, Fred L. Moore, Rudy Wyatt, Virgie G. Raney, Robert M. Jackson, Marguerite Young, Maurine K. Shields, Gerald E. Davis, Jean E. Summers, Peggy H. Tingle, Arthur L. Lawson, Robert C. Bowles Jr., Florigene Moore, Perry Ridgeway, David P. Ridgeway, Ellis P. Cook, Rob ert C. Evans. Charles T. Moody, Robert Lee Fincher, James C. Long, Alva J. Colbert, Ronald Tingle, Corine S. Clark, Doris Singley, Donald DRESS UP YOUR HOME FOR SANTA’S APPEARANCE WITH . . . Wall To Wall Carpeting Shag • Indoor and Outdoor # Nylon • Commercial • Polyester See our famous lines that include Salem, Sequoyah and Barwick. We Install G. H. Barnes Lumber Cos. Barnesville Road „ Phone 775-7888 Jackson, t-*a. M-Day Gifts Sought By Motorcaders Jackson civic organizations or individuals who wish to send gifts to Central State Hospital in Mil ledgeville via the annual Mayor’s Motorcale should have their bun dles shipped either to the state hospital or to the Mayor’s office in Atlanta and Macon by Decem ber 15, according to Georgia Mu nicipal Association spokesmen who are sponsoring the event. Communities throughout the state gather gifts for patients at .he hospital each year which are carried by mayors and other city personnel for distribution. Gov. Jimmy Carter will lead the motor cade to the hospital Dec. 15 and participate in the ensuing Christ mas party in Milledgeville. According to Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr., the gifts should be wrapped and labeled on the out side. Clothing items should be marked as to size and whether it is for a man of woman. He also said that any gift, new or used, of any type can be used by the thousands of patients receiving the Christmas goods. For Jackson contributors who cannot reach Macon or Atlanta drop-off points, the Griffin Chamber of Comerce will be glad to accept gifts until the morning of the 15 th, it has been an nounced by Chamber Vice Presi dent Dewitt Simonton. Knight, John Billy Long, John Wesley Cook, Wayne Byars, Por ter H. Cawthon, Stanley Maddox, Roy R. Henderson, Wm. E. Pelt, Clara M. Moore, Lee Rosa Thur man, Clifford Johnson, Ruben L. Marshall, C. L. Sandvidge, Diane Cook, Robert M. Proctor, Claude Maddox, Ryland Smith, Anna L. Cawthon, Donald Folsom, Artis C. Knowles, Brenda M. Parker, Beverly M. Stewart, Terry Kitch ens, Marcus P. Browning, Daft ner S. Fincher, John Wm. Brown ing, Nina Mae Holley, Mary T. Davis, Anthony M. Grant, Bailey Crockarell, J. Hulett Kelly, Hal Summers, Edward Houghtaling, Millard Daniel, Rachel L. White, Cola Weaver, Glenn Hobbs, Car olyn Cook, James O’Neal, Lelia Smith, Dorothy Price, Lewis Jor dan, Deborah Daniel, Harry Fletcher, Winona Cook, Dan N. Hoard. Many volunteers assisted at the visit of the Bloodmobile with the Jackson B&PW Club furnish ing several of the workers. Among the volunteers were: Mrs. Clyde Hodges, Mrs. J. W. Wat kins Sr., Mercer Hodges, Mrs. Laura Wright, Bill Thaxton, Mrs. Dan Fears, Mrs. Frank Barnes, Mrs. Bertha Mae Stewart, Mrs. Carol Trimble, Mrs. Charles S. Bailey, Mrs. Martha Morton, Mrs. T. H. Price, Joye Letson, Mrs. Van Freeman, Mrs. Bertha Perdue, Mrs. Asa O’Neal, Miss Chloe Hearn, Mrs. Levi Ball, Mrs. Malvern Edwards, Mrs. Bes sie O’Brien, Mrs. Frances Kitch ens, Miss Tommie Higgins, De lores Cook, and Nancy Leverette. Retardation Foundation Laid Here Groundwork for a mental re tardation training center may well have been laid last Wednes day night during a meeting of 73 interested Butts Countians, state and regional officials who pondered the financial assets and quality training a proposed facil ity could offer here. The discussion, organized by the Inter-Agency Council, probed the two-thirds reduction in cost to families with mentally retarded children presently in state insti tutions and the improved reflexes of children who train in a native environment rather than in a foreign hospital complex. Inter-Agency President Millard Daniel introduced Spalding Coun ty Retardation Center Director Mrs. Mary Fitzhugh and Webb Spratt, executive director of the Georgia Association for Retarded Children, who summarized the possibilities of a training center for the retarded here, pointing out that support of retarded children from the pocketbook of the parents would be permanently ended. “The present annual cost of $6,000 per institutionalized child would be reduced to $2,000 each year in state and federal funds through inauguration of a train ing center in Jackson and Butts County,” Mrs. Fitzhugh explain ed. Mr. Spratt further remarked that 20 severely and profoundly retarded persons from childhood to adult ages could participate in a training center here and that the number could easily jump above 30 after its establishment. Federal and state funds will pay more than 87 percent of the total $2,000 cost per child with only $250 or 12 per cent coming from local sources each year, he said. Proposed monies would be gained from Butts County gov ernment bodies, civic organiza tions and individual endowments which could be assured from year to year and would not threaten the life of a training center if established, the speakers agreed. “If we don’t act now we can lose the funds by the July dead line,” Mr. Daniel warned, “and Butts may in turn lose one of the best chances ever to ensure a quality living standard for its people.” PERSONAL Mi's. Bert K. Carmichael Sr. of Atlanta was the guest Sunday through Wednesday of Mrs. Mar garet Carmichael, Miss Kiki Car michael, and Mrs. Dorothy Ann Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Silver of Calhoun spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rooks Sr., and were guests Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rooks. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA Flash To Sing Thanksgiving Prison Festival The Alabama Flash, Country- Western Singer Jimmy Robert son, will entertain 800 inmates at Georgia Diagnostic & Classifi cation Center Thanksgiving night as part of an annual observance, according to Warden Dr. Allen L. Ault and Administrative Assistant Michael P. Statham. Mr. Robertson, formerly of the Grand Ole Opry and the Big D Jamboree, will perform at the nearby center from 8-9:30 p. m. in a Thanksgiving night celebra tion for inmates, Mr. Statham said. Latest recordings of the coun try-western specialist include “So Long, I’m Gone” and “I Need Someone.” The Alabama native has also worked with the Louisi ana Hayride and hosted his own television show in Texas called the Country Picnic. He has worked with the Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Kitty Wells, Wanda Jackson and Marty Robbins and many others during his 15 years of professional performances. The closed show is expected to be one of the highlights of the year for both inmates and staff at the diagnostic center, accord ing to Mr. Statham. AT THE HOSPITAL Patients at Sylvan Grove Hos pital the week of November 17th 24th include: Gerry Hoard, Riley Haye, Lilly Roberts, Gordon Bankston, N. F. Land, George Martin, Forest Maddox, Catherine Cohens, Ralph Fogg, Clarence Mayfield and Car rie Lois Dupree and baby girl. PERSONAL Friends of Newt Etheredge will be glad to learn he returned home Monday from Emory Hospital and is doing much better. MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MP jjj&\ Knit Sport Coats $3381 and up V? ~\ b Long Sleeve ress Shirts $5.46 and up Slacks $12.44 and up ip : 100% polyester Ties $3.50 v 't Belts $3.75 y ; ' Casual Jeans $7.00 mm 1151 Double Knit Socks 97 c * Ijjlff 1 short sleeve shirt FREE with each $25.00 purchase! Limit 2 Per Customer The S/ox Shoppe 1-75 at Jackson-Barnesville Exit • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • DeKalb Rapped For Pollution Of South River The Georgia Water Quality Control Board has ordered rep resentatives of the DeKalb Coun ty Commissioners to appear at a December 17 public hearing to show cause why the county should not be fined for pollution of Indian Creek, a tributary of nearby South River which flows into Jackson Lake. The notice of hearing alleges that twice during October the county-owned incinerator adja cent to Interstate 285 dis charged large quantities of solid waste materials into the creek in violation of board rules. Under a 1971 amendment to the Georgia Water Quality Control Act the county could be liable to a pen alty of SI,OOO for each violation, WCQB spokesmen said. The notice of hearing asserts that the solid wastes discharges from the incinerator diffused over a “lengthy portion” of In dian Creek, a tributary to the South River via Snapfinger Creek. The amounts discharged were described as being “suffi cient to produce turbidity, color and other objectionable condi tions which interfere with legiti mate water uses.” Other assertions in the notice are that DeKalb County failed to notify the Board of the dis charge and that on each occasion solid waste material was dis charged without prior treatment on “other corrective action” in violation of board rules. The action against DeKalb marks the fourth time this year the Board has invoked the new civil penalty provision of its law in a pollution case. LIME PECANS Now’s the time pecan growers should have their soil tested to determine mineral and lime needs, advises R. L. Livingston, head of the Extension Service horiticulture department. Accord ing to Livingston, the soil pH in pecan groves should be near 6.0. PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. Lem Johnson will epend Thunksgiving holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Johnson and family of Waycross. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Harrison and family of Brunswick will be visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Yawn during the Thanksgiving holi days. Mrs. Winnie Moore, Mrs. J. W. Carter, Mrs. Sarah Collins, and Mrs. Bertha Perdue motored to Greenville Saturday for the tour of homes there. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Leverette, who recently moved into their new home in Greenville. Mrs. H. M. Vaughn is visiting in Atlanta with her son, W. E. Vaughn, Mrs. Vaughn, and fam ily- Mrs. Rosebud Washington Gibbs of Los Angeles, Calif, spent sev eral days last week with Mrs. Ruby Singley and Miss Doris Singley. Mr. and Mrs. Hal A. Summers, Miss Laurie Summers and Darrell Summers were among those from Jackson going up to Atlanta Mondny night for the Falcon- Packers game at Atlanta Stadi um. Mrs. Ben Wright and Mrs. Roy Prosser attended the Georgia Mathematics Conference at Rock Eagle Friday and Saturday. Mr. Alton Colwell of Toccoa was a visitor to Jackson Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Spoon spent Saturday in Macon and en route visited Mrs. Albert Schwamlein in Forsyth. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Summers, Miss Laurie Summers and Dar rell Summers spent Saturday and Sunday in Leesburg, Fla. where they attended the marriage of Dennis Dorr, a nephew of Mr. Summers, to Miss Linda Hester Saturday evening at the First Baptist Church in Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. H. 11. Proffitt Jr. and son, Douglas, Mrs. Grace Burgan of Roanoke, Va. will spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Mrs. Imogene Leverette and family. “If lime is needed,” he says, “it is best to apply it in November or early December rather than waiting until spring.” Children Write To Santa Claus Dear Santa Claus: My name is Patricia Anita. I have one sister, Belinda Cherrell and one brother, Charlie Frank, Jr. We want some toys and clothes for Christmas.— Merry Christmas. PATRICIA ANITA THURMAN Dear Santa: Please bring me some toys for me and my brother. RICHARD WEBB AND DENISE WEBB PERSONAL Mrs. Malcolm Ainsworth of Hattiesburg, Miss, was the guest the first of the week of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pittman. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rooks of Panama City, Fla. ar e spending Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rooks Sr. They will also visit their brother, Mr. C. E. Rooks Jr., and Mrs. Rooks. Friends of Mrs. David Settle are encouraged to learn of im provement in her condition at Georgia 'Baptist Hospital where she has been a patient since No vember 13th with a broken pel vis sustained in an automobile accident in Jackson. Mr. Gibbs Lyons of Stamford, Conn, arrived Sunday for a visit of several days with friends and relatives in Jackson and Butt3 County. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ellis Jr. of Cropwell, Ala. and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Reinhardt of Bir mingham are Thanksgiving Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Sum mers, Laurie and Darrell, and of Mrs. A. M. Ellis Sr. of Jackson. Monday night guests of M*. and Mrs. Kermit K. Williams and Keith were Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Williamson. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Post at tended the funeral of Mr. Collie B. Whitaker in Atlanta Monday. Miss Peggy Evans had as her weekend guest Miss Pam Pursley of Griffin. MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS • MERRY CHRISTMAS