ifarksun Progress-Argus
VOL. 99—NO. 13
Fishing Rodeo On Again Wi,,,
Attractive Prizes Offered
This is the time of the year
when it pays to go fishing. This
could mean only one thing and
that is that the Butts County
Sportsmen’s Club is again spon
soring its annual fishing rodeo
this year. It began March 29th
and extends through April Bth,
closing at 6 p. m. on the latter
date.
Cash prizes and fishing tackle
will be offered in three catego
ries—largest bass, largest bream,
largest crappie. First prize in
each division will be $25 in cash
while second prize will be sls
in fishing tackle, with third prize
winners awarded $lO in fishing
tackle.
The rodeo is a youth supported
project with 50% of the proceeds
going to the Butts County 4-H
Club and 50% to the sponsoring
agency’s youth scholarship fund.
Rules of the contest are as
follows:
1) Fish must be caught with
fishhook, artificial or live bait.
2) Must have ticket before fish
is caught.
3) Must be caught on inclusive
dates above.
4) Tickets must be presented
to weighing station when weigh
ing entry, weighing station will
sign your ticket on back and en
ter your name, address and phone
number, date caught, kind of
fish and weight. This ticket must
be turned in to the Sportsmen’s
Club when claiming prizes.
5) Fish must be caught locally.
Weighing stations are listed
below:
Duke’s Store (Hwy. 36), Lee
Maddox’s Store (High Falls
Lake), Wilson’s Store (High
Falls Lake), Old River Station
and Bait Shop (Hwy. 16), Ker
sey’s Boat Dock (Jackson Lake),
Big Dam Store, McMichael Trad
ing Post, Cawthon Bait Shop and
Troy’s Place (Hwy. 16).
Prizes will be awarded at
statue on courthouse square in
Jackson at 7:30 p. m. April Bth.
DAVID HAISTEN NAMED
ON HONORS LIST
DAHLONEGA, Ga.—A North
Georgia College junior from
Jackson, Ga., has been named to
the Honors List for academic
achievement winter quarter.
David Marlin Haisten, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Hais
ten, Jackson, achieved a “B”
average or better with a full aca
demic load of 15 quarter hours.
SUHRISE SERVICES 1
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 b e 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.
Hoxie Circus Performances
To Visit Jackson April 11
The annual appearance of
Hoxie Brothers Circus will be
staged in Jackson Tuesday, April
11, for two performances at the
fairgrounds, according to local
Jaycee sponsors who announced
the sale of advance tickets from
club members or downtown mer
chants.
Jaycee President Darrell Pip
pin said that the show had been
rated “one of the best” by news
paper and magazine critics
throughout the nation. He des
cribed the three-ring circus as
follows:
John Hall, manager of Hoxie
Bros. Circus, spent two months
last winter visiting the top cir
cuses around the world, and
brought back with him 21 new
acts that have never been seen
in America before.
Unbelievable balancing is dem
onstrated by Arturo Marquez, the
man who stands on one finger.
Misako Sen, anew import from
the Phillippines, juggles high in
the big top while hanging only
by her hair. The Flying Fernan
dez Troupe breathlessly fly from
trapeze to trapeze. The Amazon
Prince, Janier offers a spine
tingling performance on the high
wire.
Prince Bogino of South Africa
appears in the steel arena with
a group of 9 jungle-bred lions.
The Evy Karoly Family of bare
back riders, John Herriott and
tix performing baby elephants,
Mary Ruth’s Poodle and Pony
Circus, and Capt. Tom Arm
strong’s five huge performing
elephants will delight youngsters
of all ages.
Hoxie Bros Circus presents
more horses and ponies than all
other tent circuses combined. The
largest herd of baby elephants in
the world and America’s only herd
of rare African elephants are two
of the educational features in
Hoxie Bros, huge traveling men
agerie.
The biggest Clown Alley ever,
will include funsters from three
foreign countries as well as the
United States. King Charles Cir
cus Band presents a concert be
fore each performance, so come
early, enjoy cotton candy, visit
the animals, and see what’s new
in Hoxie Bros. Kingdom of Fun,
the Jaycee president urges.
The famous Hoxie Bros. 3-Ring
Circus will appear in Jackson on
Tuesday, April 11, with 6 and
8 p. m. performances at the fair
grounds. Advance tickets at
greatly reduced prices are being
sold now by the Butts County
Jaycees and local merchants, he
added.
Garbage, Trash
Be Separated,
City Decrees
Tht Mayor and Council of the
City of Jackson, in order to com
ply with state regulations on solid
waste collection and disposal,
have asked city residents to sep
arate garbage from trash.
Under the new ordinance all
garbage, paper, pasteboard, cans,
bottles and other kitchen waste
must go into a covered garbage
container to be picked up by the
Sanitation Department. Accord
ing to M. L. Powell, City Clerk,
this will be carried to the county
city landfill off Brownlee Road.
All wood, leaves, metal, trees,
appliances, rocks and limbs will
be carried to the Flovilla dump
by other trucks with the above
items to be separated from those
listed In the above paragraph.
Mr. Powell said that duo to
lack of time and help, the city
is urgently requesting that these
regulations be strictly adhered to
and that the cooperation of all
citizens will be appreciated.
Pleasant Grove
Plans Revival
The public is cordially invited
to attend revival services at
Pleasant Grove Congregational
Methodist Church on the Monti
cello Road during the week of
April 10-16 at 7:30 o’clock each
evening.
Rev. M. J. Wood of Ft. Valley
will fill the pulpit. Rev. Wood
is widely known in this area and
is president of two campgrounds,
the Taylor County Campground
at Butler and the Gaskin Springs
Campground near Douglas. The
guest evangelist has traveled ex
tensively during his ministry and
has recently returned from a tour
of the Holy Land.
Rev. Jimmy Landrum, pastor,
and church members extend the
public an invitation to attend
these services and hear the inspir
ed preaching of Mr. Wood.
Negro Woman
Shot In Face
Mrs. Sara Ann Jester was ad
mitted to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital Saturday after
noon, suffering from a gunshot
wound in the side of her face, in
flicted, according to Jackson Po
lice, by Howell Foster Jr.
The shooting occurred about
3:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon
on Byars Street on the porch of
a house. According to Police
Chief Watson Vaughn, Foster
was charged with aggravated as
sault.
The injured woman was treat
ed at Sylvan Grove Hospital and
transferred to Griffin where she
was reported in good condition
the first of the week. No motive
for the shooting was ascribed by
the Jackson Police.
tSDAY, MARCH 30, 1972 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
BPW Club Has
Gala Party on
20th Birthday
Miss Anise Troth, past state
president of the Georgia Federa
tion of Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs, reminisced with
the Jackson B&PW Club at their
20th anniversary banquet Mon
day evening at the Jackson Club
house. Miss Troth was instru
mental in the formation of the
Jackson Club and was present
when the Jackson Club was pre
sented its charter on March 27,
1952. The speaker was presented
by Mrs. Helen Spencer with the
program being arranged by the
Personal Development Commit
tee, Mrs. Jane Powell, chairman.
Miss Troth began her talk with
“I remember” when. She stated
that the Jackson Club has fur
nished leadership to the state
federation, attended conventions
in various towns and states, and
especially remembered when all
clubs were asked to pay $2.00
per member for gold brick for
the National Headquarters build
ing in Washington with a goal of
$275,000 to be achieved in two
years. She also remembered that
the Jackson club was active in
passage of the bill for jury ser
vice for women and that Jackson
furnished one of the best treasu
rers of the State Federation in
Gladys Wilson. Jackson contrib
uted in 1963 and ‘64 when Geor
gia won first place at the conven
tion in Savannah for the best
program in the state. Many hap
py memories were recalled dur
ing her period of reminiscing
over the past 20 years.
\
Miss Troth, in getting every
body involved, asked charter
members to remember some high
lights of achievement during the
past 20 years. This brought many
favorable comments from the au
dience.
In closing the speaker, who is
chairman of the Atlanta Women’s
Chamber of Commerce, invited
everyone to the Dogwood Festi
val which begins in Atlanta on
April Bth.
The president, Mrs. Ruth Wat
kins, welcomed the out of town
guests with clubs represented
from Griffin, Forest Park, Henry
County, Morgan County, and sev
eral others. Mrs. Harrell White
of Douglas was guest of her
mother, Mrs. Bessie O’Brien.
A musical program proved most
enjoyable as did a skit with local
members taking part.
The lovely flowers gracing the
tables were grown by Mrs. Dora
Maddox.
The delicious meal, including a
beautifully decorated birthday
cake, was served buffet style by
Miss Amelia Fletcher.
Retail Sales
Here Show
Nice Gain
Retail sales in Butts County
for the fourth quarter, 1971,
showed a healthy increase over
the fourth quarter of a year ago
according to figures released by T
a survey issued by the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce.
In 1971 sales in Butts County
during the above mentioned quar
ter were $5,414,000 as compared
to $4,566,000 a year ago.
Total 1971 retail sales in Butts
County were $19,691,000 as com
pared to $17,419,000 for 1970.
Retail sales in Georgia during
1971 totaled $12,012,294,000 as
compared to $10,646,323,000 dur
ing 1970, according to the Geor
gia Chamber of Commerce.
4-H’ERS ARE SELLING
FISHING RODEO TICKETS
The Butts County Honor Club
has taken as a project to sell
tickets for the Butts County
Sportsmen’s Club Fishing Rodeo.
The proceeds from this project
helps support the Butts County 4-
H Program and the Sportsmen’s
Club Youth Scholarship Fund.
Local Taxpayers To Ante
Up Over $2,636,000 For 71
Achievement
Winners In
4-H Chosen
The Butts County 4-H Clubs
held a very successful Project
Achievement Contest on March
18, at Jackson High School.
Eighty-eight 4-H’ers competed in
their prospective projects and
age groups for the honor of rep
resenting Butts County at the
Northwest District Project Achi
evement in June.
On hand for judging the event
were ten local 4-H supporters.
The judges included Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Jones, Ethel Ault, Lou Ellen
Henry, Peggy Rice, Kathleen
Pinckney Herbert Shapard, Mrs.
James T. O’Neal, Ellen Pinckney
and Rita Smith. Maria Todd as
sisted with adding up scores and
filling out award cards.
The first place winners were:
CLOVERLEAF: Debra Ault,
Lynne Duke, Martha Henry, Lee
Ann Harris, Carey Rivenbark,
Melissa Gaye, Cecelia Deptula,
Sylvia Taylor, Jimmy Lawson,
Michelle Deptula, Hal Latham,
Rhonda Hutcheson, Carey Mad
dox, Frankie Maddox, Danny
Trimble, Melinda Ault, Wayne
Hoard, Chuck Williams, Gary
Washington Cedric Evans, Ricky
Cook, Doug Bristol.
JUNIOR: Anne Barnes, Jen
nifer English, Daisy Coleman,
Jacqueline Watts, Tony Trimble,
Lee Duffey, Ricky Long, Henry
Kitchens, Phillip Todd, Vickie
Eidson, Joy Morris, James Ross,
; Jeff Harper,. Robert Low T ery,
■ Denise Brooks, Bobbie Eidson,
Julia Ann Ridgeway John Dep
tula, Bobby Pinckney, Joey Ply
mel, Debbie Eidson.
SENIOR: Maria Todd, Patty
O’Neal, Saralyn Ridgeway, Jo
seph Deptula, Scott Hoard, Roz
lyn Davis, Bobby Browning,
Maralyn Ridgeway, Jenny Saun
ders, W’illiam Henry, W’enda
Goodman, Rita Smith, and Tim
Todd.
JHS Students
Win Honors At
Literary Meet
First place awards went to three
groups from Jackson High in the
annual literary meet held at
Woodward Academy March 24th.
Kerry Browning won first in
extemporaneous speaking; Kathy
Freeman won first in typing for
girls, and th e boys quartet won
first place in vocal music. The
boys quartet is composed of A1
Gilbert, Glen Maddox, Darrell
Summers, and Ronnie Stephens.
These students will compete in
the state meet April 7th.
Taking second place honors
were Jeff English, boys essay:
Julian Lewis, boys typing; and
Diane Wells, shorthand.
Third places went to Glen Mad
dox, interpretative reading; Lau
rie Summers, vocal solo; and
Davis Wells, boys spelling.
Students participating in the
music portion of the meet were
coached by Steve Jett. Mrs. Ger
aldine Wright was the literary
meet coordinator.
HIGH FALLS STATE PARK
SITE FOR EASTER SERVICE
High Falls State Park will be
the site for an Easter Sunrise
Service at which Rev. J. C. Par
ham, pastor of the Towaliga Bap
tist Church, will bring the Easter
morning message. Special music
■will be provided by Towaliga
Baptist Church.
The service will begin at 6:15
o’clock Easter morning. The pub
lic is invited.
Missionary To
Appear At
Nazarene Church
A V
MISS MARY MEIGHAN
Miss Mary Meighan, missionary
to the Republic of South Africa,
is now on furlough and is con
ducting services among Nazarene
Churches. This is her first fur
lough since being sent to the
mission field in 1967.
Miss Meighan will be guest
speaker in a special missionary
meeting at the Jackson Church
of the Nazarene Saturday, April
Ist, at 7:30 p. m. The public is
invited.
Miss Meighan’s work has been
with the Ethel Lucas Memorial
; Hospital at Aeornhoek, Eastern
| Transvaal. She has been vitally
interested and energetically in
volved in personal evangelism
among the Bantu (Bantu) wom
en and children.
The missionary services will in
clude oral presentation and slide
pictures of that evangelistic work
in the bush.
Miss Meighan studied at the
University of Tennessee, and
earned her B. A. degree at Tre
vecca Nazarene College, Nash
ville, Tennessee. She earned her
R. N. degree in the same city at
the Mid State Baptist School of
Nursing.
Miss Meighan was born in the
state of New York. She makes
her home in Miami, Florida dur
ing the furlough year.
Methodists
Active In
Holy Week
In observance of Holy Week,
the following services and activ
ities were announced by the
Jack so n United Methodist
Church.
Maundy Thursday', March 30,
7 p. m., Family Night (covered
dish supper! followed by Com
munion. The Senior YF will help
conduct the communion with mu
sic performed by the Chancel
Choir from the cantata “The
Thorn-Crowned King” by Fred
B. Holton.
Good Friday, March 31, 2 p.
m.. the Junior and Senior Y'F's
will meet to prepare Easter eggs
for the Kindergarten and Che
rub Choir egg hunts. The church
will be opened for quiet prayer
and meditation.
Saturday, April 1, 11:30 a. m.,
Pre-School Easter Egg Hunt at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jack
Newman. Lunch will be served.
Parents are to bring children to
the church at 11:30 and pick
them up at 2 p. m.
4 p. m., Easter Egg Hunt for
Cherub Choir at home of Merritt
Taylors on E. 3rd St. Supper
will be served. Parents bring
children at 4 and pick them up
at 6 p. m.
Easter, April 2, 11 a. m., the
morning worship service. All
choirs will sing. Easter sermon
b,v Rev. Donald Gray. There will
be no YF, supper or evening
worship service on Easter.
$5 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
(Special to the Progress-Argus)
NEW’ YORK, March 25—How
much will Uncle Sam be collect
ing from Butts County residents
in income taxes on or before
April 17th, which is the day of
reckoning this year?
According to the government’s
calculations, it will be slightly
more than was received from the
: local area a year ago, when it
amounted to $2,627,000.
That is the estimate of what
was turned in locally, as deter
mined by a breakdown of the
overall returns received through
out the State of Georgia.
The statewide total was sl,-
642,000,000, the Treasury De
partment reports. Included in the
amount is the portion of the tax
collected via the withholding pro
cess.
Despite the sluggishness of the
economy during the past year,
the budget makers in Washington
expect the receipts this year to
be slightly higher than last year’s.
The reasoning is that, despite
the unusually high unempolyment
rate, the great mass of the work
ing population was fully employ
ed in 1971 and, for the most part,
had bigger earnings than in 1970.
Consequently, they will have
larger taxes to pay. For the
others, who did not have steady
employment, the taxes will be
lower.
On the basis of the figures, it
is calculated that residents of
Butts County have been contri
buting approximately 0.16 per
cent of the personal income taxes
collected in the state.
Just how much mor e the Ad
■ ministration counts on receiving
i this year is indicated in the bud
j get submitted to Congress in Jan
uary. Nationally, it expects 386.5
billion in such revenues, or only
about S3OO million more than was
collected in the past fiscal year.
Taxpayers in the local area will
be bearing their portion of this
increase. Their payments next
month will be close to $2,636,000,
it is estimated.
The new budget presented by
the Administration, projecting
income and expense figures for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1973, calls for individual income
taxes of $93.9 billion, which is
$7.4 billion more than this year.
If Butts County taxpayers are
to produce their share of this
rise and maintain their present
standard of living, total income
in the area will have to go up
by about 8.6 percent during this
fiscal year.
Eggstravaganza
Drew Over 100
Exciting ways to prepare eggs
for every meal in the day was
demonstrated by Mildred Huff,
Home Economist for The Georgia
Egg Commission. The meeting
was sponsored by The Central
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation at their auditorium
on Tuesday, March 21, with
about 100 people attending.
Miss Huff gave important and
interesting information on the
food value of an egg. She brought
out the fact that eggs are low in
calories with only 80 calories per
egg. Interesting is the fact that
eggs have sex appeal in that they
furnish all the proteins, miner
als and vitamins that the body
requires with the exception of
Vitamin C.,
Mrs. Lindsey Futral, Woman’s
Task Force Chairman for the
co-op, presided at the meeting.
The meeting was followed by
a delicious covered dish lunch.
Among those from Butts Cos.
attending were Mrs. Fred Ham
mon. Mrs. Howard Greer, Mrs.
T. T. Patrick, Mrs. Betty Jen
kins, Mrs. Laura Wright, Mrs. E.
D. Briscoe, Mrs. P. H. Weaver,
Mrs. Virginia Ruff, Mrs. Lucy
Williamson, Mrs. W. J. O’Neal,
Mrs. Bob Jackson, Mrs. David
Black, Mrs. Howard Jolly, and
Mrs. Roxie Davis.
