The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, March 23, 1972, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextKarfeson |Jrflor£oo- Argus VOL. 99—NO. 12 Ground Broken For New Christian Academy Bldg. Students at Jackson Christian Academy will move to new quar ters on Brownlee Road this win ter when completion of a 15,- 000 square foot complex is ex pected, it was announced by school board members during ground breaking ceremones at the site earlier this month. Ground was broken for the sheet metal facility on a 10 acre site one mile outside of Jackson on Brownlee Road early this month by board members D. E. McClendon, Sanford Elliott, Dawt son Bryant and George Woodall. Classes are expected to open at the new building in late fall or early winter of this year. Kin dergarten through grade 10 will be held at the school, officials said. Jackson Christian Academy opened in 1969 in the education al building of Westside Baptist Church where it will remain until the new complex is completed on Brownlee Road. The faculty, which originally accommodated grades 1-4, has now expaned to the capacity of kindergarten - grade 9. Enrollment is now at 147 students, board members re vealed. They said that registration for next year’s school term is now open. Parents of prospective stu dents for the 1972-73 term should write Jackson Christian Academy, box 3929, Jackson, phone 775-- 2621. EVANGELIST REV. J. O. REED Towaliga Revival . March 26-31 Revival services will begin at Towaliga Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Services will be held each night, Monday through Friday, at 7:30. Services Sunday, March 26th, will begin at 6:45 p. m. Rev. J. O. Reed, pastor of Mo dello Baptist Church, Homestead, Florida, is the evangelist. Model lo Baptist Church ranked 7th in baptisms last year in the Miami Association, composed of 87 churches. The church has exper ienced phenomenal growth in all respects under Rev. Reed’s lead ership for the last six years. Edcel Cole, music director at Towaliga, is in charge of the mu sic. Special musical numbers will be provided each night. A nursery will also be provided. The public is invited. SONG LEADER EDSEL COLE Retired Persons Seek To Form Chapter Here All retired persons, including all who are over 55 years of age, retired or not, are invited to a fellowship meeting at the First Baptist Church at 3 p. m. Mon day, March 27th. The purpose of this fellowship meeting will be to see how many persons would like to become charter members of a local chap ter of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in Butts County. It will be a won derful movement for the county’s senior citizens. The national or ganization of the AARP has over 3,000,000 members and is grow ing every day in numbers and interest. Also, retired teachers who are members of the NRTA are invi ted to this meeting, too. Mr. Robert C. Orr, State Di rector of the American Associa ion of Retired Persons, will be guest speaker. He will explain the work of a local chapter and help get the program started in the county. The meeting is for all senior citizens of Butts County. Any one needing transportation to the church may call the church of fice or Rev. S. H. Odom. Refresh ments will be served after the meeting. Baseball Registration Explained The Saturdays of March 25th and April Ist between 9 a. m. and noon will be the only two days for all boys and girls ages six through 15 years old to sign up for basball leagues, according to Van Deventer Youth Director William M. Davis. A parent must accompany any child who wishes to sign up for baseball and in some cases a birth cer tificate is required, he said. The two Saturdays will be the only days during which a person can be signed up for the five baseball leagues. Anyone not signed up on the two dates will be ineligible to play this year, Mr. Davis said. Parents or legal guardians must register boys or girls wish ing to play baseball because reg istration forms will not be given out to youths wishing to take them home for completion and return them at a later date. At the same time, all young players just entering anew league must bring a copy of their birth cer ificate. New Little League Players are required to bring their gloves to a try out April 7 at 4 p. m. or April 8 at 1 p. m. at the James H. Wallace Park. A youth cannot be placed on one of the Little League teams unless a try out is completed. However, play ers on the LL team last year do not have to attend try outs, the youth director explained. A donation is expected from parents signing up each child of the following amounts. Pee Wee League $2; Ty Cobb $7.50 for the first child and $5 for each additional child in the family; Little League $lO and $5 for each additional child per family; Babe Ruth $lO and Girl’s Soft ball $5. If a family feels they cannot afford to make this donation they should make this fact known to Stanley Maddox, Little League president, or one of the other league officials and if this reason is found valid, no donation will be expected. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1972 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 No intension Tag Deadline, Carter Says Governor Jimmy Carter an nounced this week that, “there will not be an extension of the April 1, deadline for the pur chase of 1972 motor vehicle li cense tag validation decals.” The Governor noted that re ports from courthouses through out the state indicate that sales of the tag renewal decals are lagging. With only a few days left before the April 1, deadline, the Governor added that, “it would be unfair to those who have purchased their 1972 renew al decals to extend the deadline to accommodate those, who for whatever reason, do not purchase the decals on time.” He urged all vehicle owners to make their tag renewal pur chase as soon as possible to avoid long lines at the courthouse as well as to avoid the monetary penalties that accrue to tags pur chased afer the April 1, dead line. The law does not provide an automatic time extension when the deadline falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Since April 1, this year, falls on Saturday, others should check to determine if their local tax office will be open that date, and if open, the clos ing time for tag purchases. “This is the second year of the five year license plate. The ’72 re newal validation decal must be placed in the upper right hand corner of the plate. It is our recommendation that the decal be affixed to the license plate im mediately upon receipt to avoid loss of the decal. If lost, dup licate decals must be purchased at a cost of $2.00 each,” stated Revenue Commissioner John Blackmon. For tag renewal purchases after the deadline of April 1, vehicle owners must pay a penal ty of 25 per cent of the tag price plus SI.OO, and 10 per cent or SI.OO, whichever is greater, of the ad valorem taxes due on the vehicle. "Arrestee” Returns To Visit Town Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Berry of lowa City, lowa, spent Wednes day night in Room No. 10 at the Heart of Jackson Motel. It was one of the rooms occupied in 1969 when he and his sister, Mrs. Leon Stiegel of Miami, were re turning to lowa following the re cent death of her husband. They had been unable to get accommo dations at three places before their “arrest” on Interstate 75. They were brought to town as guests of the Jackson B&PW Club’s Stay and See Butts Coun ty Committet. Dr. Berry said he drove furi ously to get to Jackson in time to show his wife, Jean, where he and his sister had received the “red carpet” treatment, hoping to meet some of the B&PW mem bers. He praised this group’s gracious Southern hospitality and the delicious picnic meal served them at Indian Springs State Park. Due to their late hour of arrival, Mrs. D. W. Ham was the only member he could reach. She had a brief fellowship with them at the Bonnie Restau rant. Dr. Berry expressed gratitude to the “arresting” officers, the group who went on ,tour with them for every kindness shown them. He praised the people of Butts County for their hospitality and said, “We plan to return again for a visit.” He had attended a business meeting at The Cloister at Sea Is lam and later visited his sister in Miami and picked up his wife for the return to lowa. Vocational Conference Scheduled Jackson High School will host a vocational conference Wednes day, March 29, from 1 to 3. Thirty different work areas will be represented, from agri culture and barbering through so cial work and vocational office training. Consultants from each of the 30 fields will address students in four half hour sessions. They will describe the vocation as well as give its requirements, present supply and demand, and rewards, both financial and personal. The afternoon conference will open with a general assembly. Mr. W. B. Jones, Superintendent, and Mr. M. C. Paget, Principal of Jackson High, will welcome the group. “We feel our students will de rive real benefit from actual in vestigation of various fields,” Mr. Paget said. Mr. L. L. Jones, counselor, ar ranged the conference. Consultants participating in the seminar will be Donald B. Mont gomery, Mrs. Catherine Fletcher, Darrell Pippin, Pliny Weaver, Dan Fears, Mrs. E. S, Miller, Rufus Adams, Henry Bagby, Mrs. Martha Staples, Roger Bolton, Loy Hutcheson, Curtis Hollinger, Rev. David Black, Miss Susie Spencer, Arthur Lawson, Dr. R. J. Cartwright, Coy Hodges,. Wil liam T. Barnen, Clyde Herbert, Dr. Bailey Crockarell, Miss Ann Champion, Velon H. Gray, Mrs. Geraldine Wright, M. Davis, Dr. Jack Newman, Robert Holmes, Abe Trimier. Jamboree To Climax Grid Work By BRIAN WAITS Progress-Argus Sports Writer The 1972 Jackson Red Devils football Spring training draws to a close this week as it is climaxed by the annual Football Jamboree in Jackson. The players have been put through many hours of hard wetrkouts and scrimmages as Head Coach Ron Wade and his staff looked for players to fill empty starting spots for the 1972 fobtball season. With the loss of 18 seniors from the ’7l squad, special em phasis w r as put on finding players to fill vacancies in the offensive and defensive backfield and de fensive line. The Football Jamboree will be played in Jackson on Friday night at 8:00. Jones County, Mary Persons, and Monticello will be participating along w r ith the Red Devils. Each team will play a different team every quar ter as coaches get a chance to look at upcoming opponents and new players in action. Baseball also comes onto the scene at Jackson High with the first game of the season in Grif fin on Saturday afternoon with Jackson taking on Griffin. First home game is Monday afternoon with Headland as the opposition. Game time for both games is 4:- 15. ■^KLJxQIXA N |y aGG DISORDGRSX SEALS IIN 1970 TOTALED / F Police Funds Received By City Officials More than SI,OOO for the pur chase of additional city police personnel and filing equipment was received last week by city officials from Mclntosh Trail Area Planning and Development Commission, Griffin, which is en deavoring to build stronger and more effective law enforcement agencies within its eight-county boundaries. A check for $1,033 was accept ed last Thursday by Mayor C. B. Brown, Police Chief Watson Vaughn and City Clerk M. L. Powell who is also the city’s rep resentative to the Mclntosh Trail APDC. The sum came as a reim bursement from funds previously distributed to law agencies in Butts and the seven surrounding counties by the commission’s Criminal Justice Division, the city officials explained. APDC Director Wade E. Pierce said that the commission’s crim inal division had been work ing for the past two years with city and county lawmen here and in surrounding areas in an at tempt to upgrade enforcement manpower and equipment. He feels monies recently poured into the county for enforcement pur poses, including the reimburse ment last week, have effectively strengthened enforcement agen cies which were poorly equipped and staffed at th e onset of the APDC project. Mclntosh Trail Area Planning and Development Commission conducts studies, draws plans and applies for federal funds by which community projects includ iny water system, housing, rec reational enforcement and indus trial programs are developed. Jackson and Butts County are in the commission with Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Newton, Pike, Spalding and Upson Counties. Young Girls Appear In Atlanta Play Five young girls from Jackson, Lindy Mackey, Kay Mackey, Kib bie Carr, Alice Potts and Kathy Crockarell, will perform in the Children’s Civic Theater presen tation of the 24th annual produc tion “Rip Van Winkle,” March 24, 25, 26 and April 1 at the Community Playhouse, 1150 Peachtree St., N. E., Atlanta. Friday night’s opening curtain is at 8 p. m. Children in the au dience are invited by the cast to join with them for an opening night party of punch and cookies after the production. There will be two shows on Saturday, March 25, at 11 a. m. and 3 p. m., a mat inee on Sunday, March 26, at 2:30, and Saturday. April 1, a Memorial Performance at 3 p. m. “Rip Van Winkle” is performed entirely by children, combining both dramatic and dancing to tell a story for children in theater form. It is produced by Carolyn Fleetwood. Advance tickets may be obtain ed by contacting Mrs. Peggy Mackey of Jackson. All tickets are for general admission. SUNRISE SERVICES 6:30 A. M. April 2, 1972 Prelude “King of Kings” Marion H. Howell Call to Worship Second Baptist Church Choir Invocation Rev. Gordon Fincher Hymn No. 113 “He Arose” Responsive Reading No. 89 Rev. Don Gray Hymn No. 279 “He Lives” Welcome and Announcements Rev. R. W. Jenkins Offertory “Open the Gates” Offertory Prayer Rev. Don Folsom Solo “The Holy City” Mrs. Helen Ham Easter Message Rev. A. L. Price Hymn No. 95 “Glory To His Name” Benediction Postlude “Hallelujah Chorus” The community Easter Sunrise Service, sponsored by the Butts County Ministerial Association, will be held this year on the James H. Wallace Memorial Park Field. The congregational singing will be led by the Choir of the Second Baptist Church under the direction of Mr. Allen Byars. Various ministers will share the leadership of the worship, and all the citizens of Butts County are invited to attend. Bearden Speaks To Kiwanis Of Gideon Bible Endeavor The endeavors and principles of the Gideons International were presented to Butts County Kiwa nians last Tuesday night by local Bible solicitor Guy Bearden. Churches here and throughout the world can be sure that each donated penny is spent only on Bibles for use by people of al most every language on earth, Mr. Bearden stated. The speaker told Kiwanians that Gideons are business and professional men who believe in the Bible as the inspired word of God and in Jesus as the eternal son of God and who have accept ed Christ as their personal Sav iour. Prospect Gideons must be recommended by their pastors in order to take positions as person al witnesses and distributors of the Bible into all streams of life. Gideon Bibles are placed in motels, hotels, doctor’s offices, planes, hospitals, prisons and oth er places where people gather. Bibles are also given to each fifth grade student each year in schools throughout the nation. According to Gideon Bearden, 70 percent of the organization's funds for purchasing Bibles comes from church contributions during a service held in each lo cal church every year. He said LT. CARMICHAEL WINS SKI MEDAL Lt. Tommy Carmichael, Janie and Betsy, far away from Jack son’s budding dogwoods, bloom ing azaleas and camellias, spent last week in Austria on one of Europe’s most exciting and beau iful ski slopes. The Jackson lieutenant has be come proficient enough to win a bronze medal among 80 contes tants in a giant slalom event. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Al dine Carmichael of Jackson, Lt. Carmichael and his family are stationed in Heimsbach, Germa ny, and they will return to the L T nited States on May 23rd when j he will be released from Army ! duties upon his return. VFW DANCE SET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT A VFW dance is scheduled for Saturday night with couples only to be admitted. Music from 9 to 12 will be furnished by “The Sounds.” Admission price is $3.00 per couple with men wearing ties. You do not have to be a member to attend the dance. $5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE every penny given goes for the purchase of the great books be cause Gideons pay their own ex penses and are personally assess ed for dues yearly to support the organization’s clerical staff. The Gideons began with three members in 1899 and today have more than 35,000 members in 90 countries of the world. Anew Gideon camp is being opened in this area called Indian Springs Camp and designed to serve Butts, Jasper, Monroe and Jones Counties with Bibles , and testa ments. Headquarters for the camp will be in Forsyth, he added. He further remarked that anew program has been inaugurated in the Jackson area by which peo ple can place Bibles in memory of loved ones in various public places simply by seeking the aid of local funeral directors. “Each Bible,” he concluded, “has the opportunity to witness to 3,000 people in its seven years o- life. After the seventh year it is then sent to prisons where it remains the rest of its life as a guidebook for inmates.” Mr. Bearden was introduced by Kiwanis President Frances Hol land. Sandy Sanvidge was pro gram chairman. Club guests were Harvey Hal! and two Key Club members. First Baptist Revival Continues ! The inspired preaching of j Evangelist O. M. Cates has meant 1 much to members of the First Bapist Church during the revival this week which continues through Sunday morning, Rev. Don Fol som, pastor, stated. Mr. Cates, secretary to the De partment of Evangelism for the Georgia Baptist Convention, is ‘bringing conviction to the hearts | of church members as he shares ! the truths of God’s word,” Mr. Folsom said. Clarence Jett, associate pastor of the Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church, East Point, is in charge of music during the week and is doing a superb job, according to Rev. Mr. Folsom. Choirs have rendered a special each night and tonight the youth choir will sing. Mr. Folsom said that early morning services have been well attended, averaging over 100.