The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, April 06, 1972, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3 at ksntt I Progrrss-Argus VOL. 99—NO. 14 Patrolman Hurt In Car Chase Trooper Ray Edge of the Grif fin State Patrol Post is improv ing this week from serious injur ies he suffered Wednesday night, March 29th, when the patrol car he was driving wrecked in a high speed chase on the Macon Short Route near Gilbert’s Store in Flo- Villa. Trooper Edge suffered a frac tured vertebra in his neck, a con cussion, cuts and bruises and was admitted to the Griffin- Spalding County Hospital Wed nesday night after being treated at Sylvan Grove Hospital. Mr. Edge, 29, lives in Sunny Side. A deputy in the Butts County Sheriff’s office said that Trooper Edge spotted a black and white Oldsmobile traveling at a high rate of speed with one tail light out. He gave chase and when he arrived at Flovilla was in the process of stopping the car when a pickup truck pulled out in front of the patrol car. To avoid hit ting the truck Mr. Edge left the road, hit a culvert and ran out of control for several hundred feet before skidding down an em bankment in front of the store. The impact threw him into the back seat. As an aftermath of the case Luther Jones, 43, of Flovilla was charged with assaulting a law of cer and has been released on a $2,000 bond. According to a statement by Griffin Patrol Post Commander A. W. Murphy, wit nesses who assisted in pulling the injured trooper from the car said that Jones, who had been in a pick up truck, began to strike the injured trooper about the face as he lay on the ground. Jones admitted hitting Edge but ex plained that he was trying to arouse the injured man from un consciousness. A second suspect, identified by Commander Murphy as Leonard Watts, 22, of Juliette, was ques tioned in connection with the high speed chase. Watts was released on a bond of SSOO with both cases expected to go before the Grand Jury at the May term of Butts Superior Court. The accident was investigated by the Butts County Sheriff’s Department, the GBI and the State Patrol. 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 th e 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 six performing baby elephants, Mary Ruth’s Poodle and Pony Circus, and Capt. Tom Arm strong’s five huge performing elephants will delight youngsters Fishing Rodeo Now Underway 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. CEDAR ROCK TO HOST SINGING CONVENTION The Butts County Singing Con vention will be held at Cedar Rock Congregational Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, April 9th, from two to four o’clock. All persons are invited to come. 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 Clow r n 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. BUTTS COUNTY BPW WILL OBSERVE FOUNDER’S DAY The Second Annual Founder’s Day of the Butts County Business and Professional Women’s Club will be observed Sunday, April 9th, at Friendship Baptist Church at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs. J. P. Morris, English in structor in the Griffin-Spalding School System, will be guest speaker. The public is invited to attend. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1972 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Garbif% 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. Brownie Troop Is Organized Brownie Troop 283 was recent ly organized in Jackson with Mrs. Ruth Ash as troop leader and Mrs. Mary Day as assistant troop leader. The troop has grown from 17 girls to 24 girls under the guidance of the troop leaders. Three different meeting sites have been used because of the club’s growth and the need to seek larger quarters, beginning its growth at the National Guard Armory, continuing at the Hen derson Youth Center and its present meeting site, the Butts County Neighborhood Services Center. Asa part of their activities the troop recently celebrated Girl Scout week by giving fruits and flowers to two of the communi ty’s elderly ladies, Mrs. Annie Kate Smith and Mrs. Ward. They also did their part to make the Jackson Primary School more at tractive by cleaning the area around the building. Their annual cookie sale was a success with 336 boxes being sold. They also enjoyed a hike last week at the Meredith Farm near Indian Springs. Plans are being made for a Brownie Day Camp in June with information concerning this to be announced later. The troop is presently meeting on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30 in the Butts County Neighborhood Services Center on Main Street in Jackson. Houghtaling Resigns OEO Post Edward L. Houghtaling has re signed his position as Executive Director of the Upper Ocmulgee Office of Economic Opportunity. His resignation was effective as of noon Saturday, April Ist. Mr. Houghtaling will be asso ciated with the Mclntosh Trail Area Planning and Development Commission with headquarters in Griffin. JOHN W. BROWNING JR. NAMED ON DEAN’S LIST Milledgeville—Dr. Ralph W. Hemphill Jr., Assistant Dean of the College at Georgia College, has announced that 268 students have been named to the winter quarter Dean’s List. To be named to the Dean’s List, a Georgia College student must earn an average of 3.2 out of a possible 4.0 for 15 quarter hours of academic work, and must have an all-out college av erage of at least 2.5. The Dean’s List includes John W. Browning Jr. of Jackson. 8 Students On Tift Dean's List Forsyth—Eight students from the Jackson area were named to the Dean’s List at Tift College The Dean’s List requires that for the Winter quarter, 1971-72. a student achieve a scholastic av erage of 3.25 for the current quarter on ten or more hours of work and have an over-all aver age of 3.00 out of a possible 4.00 grading scale. Named to the Dean’s List from this area were: Miss Pamela Anderson, daugh ter of Mrs. S. C. Smith; Mrs. Glynda Gail Bagby, wife of Hen ry F. Bagby; Miss Catherine Dale Evans, daughter of Mrs. Norma D. Evans; Mrs. Laura Landrum, wife of Rev. Jimmy Landrum; Miss Carole Leverette, daughter of Mrs. Duane A. Lev erette; Mrs. June Sheffield, wife of John D. Sheffield; Miss Syl via Cawthon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cawthon; and Miss Donna Harpe of Jackson. | There Are 105 Businesses, D&B Reveals There are 105 businesses in the Jackson area, according to sta tistics released today by G. F. Hurayt, Regional Vice President in the Atlanta, Georgia Office of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. The tally, Mr. Hurayt explained, is based on a count of businesses listed in the January edition of ! the D&B Reference Book. The current tally, Mr. Hurayt pointed out, includes firms that qualify for D&B’s new top rat ing (SAI) which stands for a financial strength of over SSO million with a “high” credit ap praisal. Nationally, there are ap proximately 1,400 companies with SAI ratings. Griffin Tech Holds Open House On 13th Griffin Tech will hold an open house on Thursday, April 13, from 7:00 p. m. until 9:00 p. m. The entire school staff and fa culty will be available to answer questions and provide tours of the facilities. All interested per sons are invited to attend. Door prizes will be given away during the open house. Griffin Tech is one of the network of 25 area vocational technical schools in Georgia. The school is a public, tax-supported institution under the supervision of the State Department of Edu cation. Butts County is one of nine counties served by Griffin Tech. Applicants must be at least 16 years of age. High school grad uation is preferred, but not re quired for admission. There is no tuition, however, students pay for books and supplies. The school offers full-time day J programs, evening classes and in- j plant training. DIANE KIMBELL NAMED TO DIRECTOR’S LIST Miss Diane Kimbell, senior at Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, was named to the Director’s List for the Winter Quarter, according to informa tion received from the school by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kimbell. In order to be placed on the Director's List, a student must complete the quarter with at least a 4.0 grade point average out of a possible 5.0. Jones Calls For Stronger Vo-Ed Program In Schools Jenkinsburg Collision Hurts Four Four persons were injured early Friday afternoon in the collision of two cars at the inter section of High Falls Road with Georgia 42 at Cleveland’s Store at Jenkinsburg. Jack Jolly and his son, Wayne Jolly, of Jenkinsburg, were tra veling North on 42 when a car driven by James MeCants of Route 4, Thomaston, pulled into his path from the paved road leading to Westbury Nursing Home. Mr. Jolly, 65, and his son, Wayne, 35, were treated at Syl van Grove Hospital and admitted with multiple contusions and lacerations. MeCants, 74, suffer ed a possible shoulder dislocation and was taken to Thomaston as was his cousin, Arabelle MeCants, 77, who suffered rib fractures. Both were treated by their pri vate physician at Thomaston. The accident was investigated by the Butts County Sheriff’s De partment and the State Patrol. MeCants was charged with fail ure to grant right of way. Butts Chamber Will Enter Stay & See The Butts County Chamber of Commerce with J. Frank Barnes of the C&S Bank of Jackson as President will participate in the 1972 STAY & SEE GEORGIA Program, sponsored statewide by the Travel Council of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. The an nouncement was made this week by Joel M. Cox, Vice President, First National Bank, Newnan, and Sixth District STAY & SEE GEORGIA Chairman. STAY & SEE GEORGIA is a statewide program designed to help communities promote and develop their tourist industry. Through local STAY & SEE Hometown Programs, citizens can work together to make their com munities better places to visit and in turn make their commu nities better places to live. As their major contributions to the STAY & SEE GEORGIA Program this year the Butts Cos. Chamber of Commerce will con tinue to operate their 24 hour Welcome Center for visitors on the Square in Jackson, will spon sor the annual “Clean-up and Beautification” campaign, and will promote and distribute bro chures on the “Points of Inter est” in the area. Dr. Budd To Preach Stark Dr. W. Candler Budd, Execu tive Secretary, Board of Pen sions, North Georgia United Methodist Conference, will fill the pulpit at Stark United Meth odist Church Sunday. April 9th, at 11 o’clock. Dr. Budd is a well known pas tor in the Methodist Church, hav ing served in many conference offices including district super intendent and program director. Missions and Evangelism. His pastoral appointments have inclu ded Hardwick, Warrenton, Eat onton, Hapeville, Glenn Memorial and Northside. Rev. Gordon Fincher, pastor, invites the public to attend this service. Local Family Pays $2lO On National Debt (Special to the Progress-Argus) NEW YORK, April s—What5 —What is it that Butts County residents pay three times as much for, via their Federal taxes, than aid to education? What is it that takes a bigger piece out of their U. S. tax dollar than Federal spending for pollu tion control, aid to housing, price support for agriculture, manpow er training and the space pro gram, all combined? Interest on the national debt, that’s what! Because the ceiling on the na tional debt, $430 billion, is about to be reached, the Nixon admin istration, faced with a massive deficit in the next fiscal year, has requested a multi-billion boost in the legal debt limit. Since $430 billion is a sum too I colossal to grasp, it is broken down for better understanding. If it had to be paid off at this | time and if everyone in Butts i County and in the rest of the | country had to chip in an equal ! share to liquidate it, it would re quire $2,160 from every man, woman and child, or more than 1 SB,OOO per family. Since there is. of course, no I plan to pay off the debt, it pre- I sents no immediate problem. | What is of concern, however, is i the huge amount of interest that ; must be paid on it annually. It will total no less than $21.2 i billion during the next fiscal ; year, second only to the cost of j national defense, the new budget shows. Residents of Butts County will ! be paying approximately $636,- 000 toward these interest char ges, in line with their normal share of the overall tax load. Per local family, it amounts to some $2lO. Since 1941, when Congress moved to put a limit on Federal spending, during Franklin Roose velt’s presidency, by placing a ceiling on the national debt, there have been many changes in the ceiling. Congress has raised the legal limit 23 times in the subsequent years, as Federal spending con tinued to mount. Asa result, the ceiling is now many times as large as it was initially. The annual interest charges have grown proportionately. Since 1960 alone. they have climbed from $9.2 billion a year to the current rate of $21.2 bil lion. Eatonton's Kiwanis Follies Feature Many Local Dancers The Eatonton Kiwanis Follies of 1972 is being termed the ‘‘best show” of the past decade and they will have a distinct Jackson flavor with a coterie of dance students from the Nancy Robison School of Dance fea tured in the production slated for Thursday night, April 13th, in Talmadge Auditorium at Rock Eagle State Park. The dancers have rehearsed for several weeks under the per sonal direction of Mrs. Claudia Potts Moncrief. a talented teach er in the Nancy Robison School of Dance. She is working hard to have “The Rockets” in fine form and in step as they attempt to emulate the famed Rockettes for the Putnam audience. Another group will appear in an act, “Dreams in Dreamland,” while still other dancers will perform a “Seven Dwarfs” rou $5 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Butts County School Superin j tendent William B. (Bill) Jones told members of the Jackson Ki wanis Club Tuesday night that emphasis in the local school will be placed toward 'moving into a program that will offer all stu ; dents engaged in vocational ed ucation the opportunity of being taught a trade or occupation that will enable them to earn a live j lihood upon graduation. The | speaker w-as introduced by Bob Pinckney, program chairman. The school superintendent em phasized that the vocational pro j gram will be pushed heavily in | the years ahead and that anew ' vocational wing for the high i school holds high priority in the ] next building program. Mr. Jones j explained that in the past em ■ phasis has been placed, and right ly so, on academics and that in | the future the vocational program will be beefed up and brought to the fore while by no means watering down the academic part ; of the overall school program. Supt. Jones told Kiwanians j that anew gymnasium is urgently J needed and will rate high on the i next building program. Mr. Jones | also pointed out the need for a : countywide Kindergarten pro i gram and explained that the \ Butts County Board of Education ! has applied for a pilot program that will be placed in schools | around the state and expressed ; optimism that Butts County has | an excellent chance for being in- I eluded in the new Kindergarten program. Referring again to the voca tional curriculum. Mr. Jones said that a comprehensive program is . needed whereby the local school could set up a true to life voca tional curriculum that would hopefully equip students for a job when they complete school. A proposed new building would include industrial arts, drafting rooms, various types of work shops, electrical workshops, etc. ito equip students to learn more occupations and trades. On the need for anew gym, Mr. Jones commented that the present gym is outmoded and "worn out.” The Kindergarten program as j envisioned by Supt. Jones and state school officials would be countywide for all children five years of age. Speaking on the non-graded programs, Mr. Jones pointed out that they give individual instruc tion to the children that allows them to progress at their own level of growth. The program provided a scheme of grouping on achievement and ability levels with the program flexible enough to allow for a child to progress beyond normal expectations. There was an interclub dele gation from the Covington Ki wanis Club. i tine to music from Walt Disney’s “Snow White.” The girls in “The Rockets” who ! will charm you with their good looks and vivacity are Cindy Gregory, Jackie Griffin, Vikki Lundy, Beverly Bishop, Cindy Brittain, Kim Schroeder, Lindy Mackey, Catherine Stinson, Bev erly Raynor and Rhonda Hutch eson. The “Seven Dwarf” dancers will include Susan Gregory, Mary Parks, Roxanne Mapp, Pam Rock er, Alice Potts, Penny Newman and Kathy Kersey. One of th e highlights of the show will be Mrs. Moncrief’s ap pearance in an eye catching solo, “Rinkie Tink Rag,” a modernized version of the French “Can-Can.” A number of Jackson parents and friends of the youthful dan cers is expected to attend the Kiwanis Follies.