The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, April 27, 1972, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHarkaan Jlrngrpas-Argus VOL. 99—NO. 17 Public Hearing in Griffin May 18 on New 1-75 Connector The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced plans for a Location Public Hear ing on the Griffin-I-75 Connector Georgia Route 16. The hearing will be held on Thursday, May 18th, in the Spald ing County Courthouse in Grif fin, at 7:30 p. m. The Connector will extend from U. S. 41 in Griffin and ex tend westward to Ga. 16-1-76 in terchange in Butts County. This project, designated F-022- 1 (4), will involve the construc tion of anew urban major street and improvement of a two lane rural type facility, part on anew location. The purpose of this project is to improve the flow of traffic and safety conditions. Pertinent information on this project is available for public in spection and copying at the De partment of Transportation High way Division No. 3 Office, located on U. S. 19 in Griffin, until the public hearing. Written statements in addition to, or in place of, oral statements at the public hearing will be ac cepted by the Department until June 1, 1972. They should be sent to: Mr. Leland S. Veal, State Highway Planning Engineer, Highway Di vision, Department of Transpor tation, No. 2 Capitol Square, At lanta, Ga. 30334. An opportunity will be given any person or group to be heard in connection with the project. Relocation Assistance Programs will be discussed at the hearing. DAVID RICE NAMED HEAD FFA CHAPTER At a recent meeting of the Jackson Chapter of FFA officers for the coming year were elected. It was also decided at the meet ing to have a Father-Son Ban quet at Indian Springs on May 18 th. Officers for the next year in clude David Rice, president; Bowman Pace, vice-president; La mar Smith, secretary; William Henry, reporter; Tommy Eidson, treasurer; and Sentinel, Timmy Smith. —William Henry, reporter. '•I !■,;! ''■ '• If *i'^ ; ■'— •• ml -"ji;- -f ''i : J,;|~: UKtf'ifliilflMtS;!■■’•', *ti"6lfi 4 t ; Il^li!i*'l ':i ,, !l?!mr ,^^BPSMßKfß|jßfl S j" : OUTSTANDING STAFFER— EIIen Pinckney, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pinckney of Jackson, was named the most out standing staff member for 1971-72 of “The Georgia Agriculturist,” student magazine of the University of Georgia College of Agricul ture, at the school’s annual Ag hill recognition banquet. Miss Pinck ney, a home economics major, is new editor of the “Agriculturist.” She accepted the award from Jimmy Rich of Collins, retiring editor of the publication. Larry Brownlee Chosen As GHP Finalist Larry Brownlee, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Brownlee and a sophomore at Jackson High School, was announced as a final ist in the 1972 Governor’s Honors Program April 17th by Miss Mar garet C. Bynum, Director of tne Governor’s Honors Program. Larry was originally chosen as an alternate after 400 finalists were announced March 28th. He joins Kerry Browning, who was selected as one of the first 400 finalists, as Jackson High School’s representative in the Governor’s Honors Program 1972. The GHP finalists will be par ticipating in an eight week inde pendent study program on the campus of Wesleyan College in Macon from June 12 to August 3. At Wesleyan each student will concentrate his studies in his fav orite subject area. Larry will be working in the field of mathemat ics. During the GHP session this summer, the students will have a three hour, uninterrupted morning session to do work in their main field of interest and a two hour, afternoon session for work in a secondary field. MRS. HOUGHTALING TO SERVE AS NCTE JUDGE The National Council of-Teach es of English announce the ap pointment of Mrs. Nancy Hough taling, Jackson High’ School, as a regional judge in the NCTE Achievement Awards Program for 1972. This nationally recog nized competition, now in its fifteenth year, cites high school seniors for excellence in English and recommends them to colleges and universities for admission and financial aid. Approximately 7200 students are candidates for Achievement Awards in 1972. The NCTE also honors teachers and schools that have participated in the training of these young men and women. TH' V. o-AY, APRIL 27, 1972 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 Two Membeii Resign From Hospital Board Two members of the Butts County Hospital Authority, Chair man J. T. Beckham, Jackson businessman and civic leader, and R. F. Armstrong, also active civic leader and manager of The Cen tral Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, resigned within the past two weeks, each citing in creased business pressures and responsibilities as the cause for their resignations. The Butts County Hospital Au thority was created on September 18th, 1959 with its seven mem bers, all of whom serve without compensation, being appointed by Butts County Commissioners Paul Maddox, chairman; A. F. Mad dox, and T. W. Nelson. At a call ed meeting on Friday afternoon, September 18, 1959 Mr. Beckham was elected chairman of the Au thority, Miss Georgie Watkins, vice chairman; and W. A. Hols ton, secretary and treasurer. Other members of the Authority appointed since its inception, in addition to those above listed, were C. B. Brown Jr., P. H. | Weaver, R. F. Armstrong, and Doyle Jones Jr. Lawrence Mor-1 gan, widely known farmer of the Stark Community, replaced Mr. Holston when he moved from the city. Mr. Beckham tendered his oral resignation at the regular meet ing of the Hospital Authority on | Thursday, April 13, 1972, stating I that he had always promised him self that when he reached the time of retirement he would do just that. Mr. Beckham reminded that he had served as chairman of the Hospital Authority 13 years and despite a plea for re consideration by his colleagues he emphasized that he had given the matter mqch thought and that the meeting on the 13th would be his last. Mr. Armstrong, in a letter da ted April 17, 1972 and addressed to the Butts County Hospital Authority, tendered his resigna tion, writing “I hereby submit my resignation as a member of the Board of Directors of the Butts County Hospital Authority, effec tive this date, due to other press ing business matters. At this time, I do not feel that I am in a position to give adequate time to the job that I feel it needs. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my association with the other board members, and I shall miss both this activity, which I consider a very important job for anyone who fills it, and my personal re lationship with you. “My best wishes and thoughts will continue in your behalf, and If I can be of service in the fu ture, please do not hesitate to j call on me.” Miss Georgie Watkins, vice chairman, expressed regrets of the board members upon the res ignations of these two able and dedicated men, both of whom served sacrificially on the au thority since its inception 13 years ago. According to Miss Watkins, the two vacancies will be filled well within the sixty days allotted by the by-laws of the Butts Coun ty Hospital Authority. BONNIE BAILEY MAKES PERFECT 4.0 SCORE STATESBORO Bonnie S. Bailey, a Georgia Southern Col lege senior from Jackson, Geor gia, has been named to the 1972 winter quarter dean’s list with a 4.00 grade point average. To be eligible for the Dean’s List a student must have at least a 3.33 grade point average for the quarter. Dr. Pope A. Duncan, president of Georgia Southern College, saluted the GSC Dean’t List stu dents for their outstanding achi evement. Additionally the busi nessmen of Statesboro are recog nizing these students for their winter quarter’s work through a merchant’s discount program. Mrs. Leverette Installed As BPW President Mrs. Imogene Leverette was installed Monday night as presi dent of the Jackson Business and Professional Women’s Club with Mrs. Jane B. Powell doing the installing honors. Other officers to serve with the new president include Mrs. Nancy Houghtaling, Ist vice president; Mrs. Mary Ann Stevenson, 2nd vice presi dent; Mrs. Beverly Stewart, re cording secretary; Mrs. Maurine Shields, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. Mary Will Hearn, treas urer. Mrs. Winnie Moore, chair man of the Public Relations Com mittee, was in charge of the pro gram and furnished white snow ball flowers for the head table along with beautiful red roses donated by Mrs. Josephine Wood ward of The Jackson Flower Shop. Special guests of the club were four of the five Jackson High girls who attended the March 11- 12 meeting at Rock Eagle. These girls, Phyllis Barnes, Connie Brown, Angela Goff, and Regina Hudson, told what they learned at the conference, the objective of which was leadership, and of the interesting programs. They also thanked the Jackson B&PW Club for allowing them to go. Ruth Tatum was unable to be present at the meeting. Mrs. Houghtaling was thanked for se lecting the girls to make the trip. Another special guest, a mem ber of long standing with this being the first time she had been present in eight years, was Mrs. Ruth Bryant, of Bainbridge. Mrs. Ruth Watkins, outgoing president, was presented a beau tiful hand-painted cake plate from the club with Mrs. Jewel lene Polk making the presenta tion for her dedicated service to the club the past year. Mrs. Wat kins, in turn, thanked members for their cooperation during her tenure of office and asked for continued support of the new slate of officers. The attractive plaque of the American Flag, given the club by John Sherrell upon the occas ion of the club’s 20th birthday, was displayed on the wall of the clubhouse. OES Officers Installed On Sunday Jephtha Chapter No. 252, Or der Eastern Star, held an open installation of officers Sunday afternoon, April 23rd, at 3 o’- clock. Miss Ernestine Adams, Past Grand Matron of Thomaston, was installing grand officer, assisted by Mr. Farnum Wright, Past Pa tron of Griffin; Mrs. Lois Grubbs of BarnesviTle, Grand Chaplain; Mrs. Christine Hubbard of Bar nesville, Grand Marshal; Mrs. Edith Spruell of Worthville, Grand Organist; Mrs. Lucille Greer of McDonough, Grand Sec retary; Mrs. Edith Spruell and Mrs. Callie Lunsford, Grand So loist; Miss Joy Morris and Miss Natalie Lunsford, registration and programs. The following officers were in stalled to serve the chapter: Mrs. Rozelle Lunsford, Worthy Ma tron; Howard Greer, Worthy Pa tron; Mrs. Betty Mitchell, Asso ciate Matron; Bill Browning Jr., Associate Patron; Mrs. Madge Pickett, Secretary; Mrs. Imogene Leverette, Treasurer; Mrs. Mar tha Morton, Conductress; Mrs. Audrey Wilkin, Associate Con ductress; Mrs. Callie Lunsford, Chaplain; Mrs. Lillian Burns, Marshal; Mrs. Margaret Morris, Organist; Mrs. Willie Mae Kitch ens, Adah; Mrs. Mollie Garland, Ruth; Mrs. Ruby Singley, Esther; Mrs. Ruth Greer, Martha; Mrs. Ruth Faulkner, Electa; Mrs. Bet ty White, Warder; Luther Wil kins, Sentinel. Miss Doris Singley and Mrs. Rose Crenshaw were ap pointed to serve as General Pro tems; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown ing Jr. as Mother and Dad of the Chickenque and Baseball Be Big News of Opening Saturday Grand Opening Is Termed "Overwhelming" M. L. Hodges Jr. said this week I the public’s response to the Grand Opening of Hodges Ace Home Center last Thursday, Fri day and Saturday was “simply overwhelming” with over 300 people in the store at the time of the drawing for the door prizes although they did not have to be present to win. Mr. Hodges said his parking lot was completely overflowing. He expressed appreciation to the local merchants and friends who sent many arrangements of beau tiful flowers for the Grand Open ing. He also said that during the three-day event the store gave away 64 RCA Portable Transitor Radios, one each hour on the hour. Lucky winners of the Grand Prizes and Door Prizes, as listed ;by Mr. Hodges, were: Grand Prize, Home Entertain ment Dept., RCA Color Console TV, Roscoe L. Deal, Jackson. 2nd Grand Prize, Appliance Dept., 18 Cu. Ft. Hotpoint No Frost Double Door Refrigerator, Millard Daniel, Jackson . 3rd Grand Prize, Furniture Dept., Serta Box Springs and Mattress Combination, Mrs. Ray mond C. Jones, Forest Park (Jackson Lake). 4th Grand Prize, Sporting Dept., Girls 26” Deluxe English Bicycle, Mrs. W. L. Brown, Col lege Park (High Falls Lake). sth Grand Price, Lawn & Gar den Dept., 20” B&G 3 HP Lawn Mower, Mrs. Roscoe L. Deal, Jackson. Door Prize, Houseware Dept., Hamilton Beach Mixmaster, Mrs. E. M. Foster, Jackson. Door Prize, Lawn & Garden Dept., 50 Ft. 5/8 Ace Garden hose, nylon reinforced, Mrs. Ruby Bennett, Jackson. Door Prize, Hunting & Fishing Dept., Mitchell 300 Rod and Reel Combination, Sara Lou Taylor, Jackson. Door Prize, Hardware Dept., V* Black & Decker Electric drill, R. C. Norsworthy, Jackson. Door Prize, Plumbing Dept., 1 Set Kitchen Sink Faucets, L. B. Rawls, Jackson. Door Prize, Electric Dept, 3 Bedroom Light Fixtures, Bobby Elrod, Indian Springs. Door Prize, Gift Shop, 1 Ma- Leck Wood Cage & Candle, Geo. W. Nelson, Indian Springs. Door Prize, Paint Dept., 2 Gals. Minnesota Paint, Troy Norswor thy, Jackson. CAROLE LAWRENCE HAS ART WORK DISPLAYED MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.—Stu dents from two art classes at Georgia College have their works on display in The Gallery in Por ter Fine Arts Building on GC’s campus. On display is sculpture done by Jerry 'Witmeyer, Manheim, Pa.; Donna Collins Dean, Macon; and Betty Baugh and Dorrie Neligan, Milledgeville. Their work was done last quarter in the class of Dean R. Hokanson. Also in The Gallery for the public’s enjoyment are drawings by Judy Floyd, Cochran; Susan Dudley, Winterille; Mary Haney, Arlin Little, and Lisa Neal, Ma con; Dot Josey, Dublin; Carole Lawrence, Jackson; and Michael Underwood, Milledgeville. These students worked under the in struction of Jo Anne Nix. Chapter; Laurie Norman, Sweet heart, and Chris Hamlin, Mascot. Following the presentation of gifts to the Junior Past Matron and Patron, including the Past Matrons and Past Patrons jewels, gifts were also presented to the installing officers and others who had a part in the installation. A social hour fololwed with refresh ments and fellowship enjoyed. $5 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Norma Hearn Wins Coveted Scholarship Friends of Miss Norma Dean Hearn, daughter of Mrs. Mary Will Hearn, will be interested in knowing she has been awarded a §1,600.00 scholarship to attend The University of Dance, Jacobs Pillow Festivals, during the Sum mer. The university is located in Lee, Massachusetts during the Summer and in Eustis, Florida during the Winter. Miss Hearn will be in Massachusetts during the Summer. It is quite an honor to receive such a scholarship. She will be associated with the Major Ballet and Modern Companies in Europe and the United States. Miss Hearn will leave Jackson June 15th and return August 31st. Miss Hearn is a junior at Geor gia College, Milledgeville, Ga., majoring in Special Education. Essay Winners Heard At CGEMC Meet It was “Youth Night” for The Central Georgia EMC’s Minute men and Women Thursday night, April 20th, at a dinner meeting at the co-op auditorium in Jack son. Essay winners from the high schools in the co-op area graph ically portrayed many facets of the Rural Electrification pro gram. Leona Meriwether of Mor gan County opened the session as she spoke on “EMC Linemen.” The next speakers were Jeanne Bynum of Monroe County, Susan Lawrence of Jasper, and Pam Chalkley of Griffin whose subject was “The Rural Electrification Program.” Lisa Browning of Jackson brought out the impor tance of the co-op moving ahead in the area of financing, technol ogy and the securing of adequate electric power. Leigh Lambert of ! Morgan County concluded the i program with a spirited talk en titled “Hurrah! Hurrah! For REA.” Parents, teachers and princi pals of the first, second and third place winners from each of the high schools w-ere special guests. Director W. C. Futral opened the meeting and presented Char les Neel Jr. who presided. R. F. Armstrong, co-op mana ger, welcomed those attending. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Watkins, Mem ber Services Director, introduced the guests. Those attending from Butts County were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Browning Jr. and Lisa, Herbert Shapard, Rachel Torrance. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Briscoe, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Olin Pettigrew, Mr. and Mrs. James Biles, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Beckham, Mrs. M. N. Maddox and Glen, Laurie Summers, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Perrins, Regina Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Houghtaling. Mr. and Mrs. Hamp ton Daughtry. If you are down around James H. Wallace Memorial Park Satur day, April 29th, and whiff the appetizing aroma of chicken be ing barbecued it can mean only one thing and that is that the umpires chant of “play ball” will be heard for the 1972 opening of the Little League and Ty Cobb baseball season. Little League President Stan ley Maddox said this week that the chickenque will begin at 11:30 o’clock Saturday morning with the serving of the delicious bar becued chicken to continue until approximately eight o’clock or until all the chicken has been sold, whichever occcurs first. Tickets for the chickencue are on sale at $1.50 from members of any of the league teams or from President Maddox or Joe Brown Sr. Mr. Maddox said that proceeds from the sale will go toward the James H. Wallace Memorial Park indebtedness. He also announced that a concession stand will be open during the festivities with the stand operated under the aus pieces of the Ladies Auxiliary. As for baseball the season will begin at one o’clock Saturday afternoon when Beckham’s will lock horns with Superior Clean ers. At 2:30 American Mills will play City Pharmacy with a four o’clock game scheduled between Jackson Style Shoppe and Motor Valet. Polk Tire Company will meet Avondale Mills in the last game of the day at 5:30 p. m. Mrs. Andrews President Butts PTO The Butts County PTO met Thursday night, April 20th, and |at the election of officers chose j Mrs. Tommy Andrews as presi dent for the school term of 1972- i 73 ‘ Other officers elected include j Mrs. Anna Williams, vice presi dent; Mrs. Charlotte Battle, sec ! retary; Mrs. Barbara Gaye, ; treasurer. A steering committee was also elected for each of the schools. These include: Primary—Mrs. Faye O’Dell, chairman; Mrs. Vera Douglas, Mrs. Peggy Wise and Joe Lewis Allen. Elementary Mrs. Peggy Mackey, chairman; Miss Mattie Clark, Dr. Allen Ault and Mrs. Lucile Berry. Junior High—Mrs. Joyce Har ris, chairman; Ernest Battle, Mrs. Barbara Maddox and Mrs. Paul ine Jester. Senior High—Dr. Jack New man, chairman; Mrs. Mildred Alexander. Mrs. Gwendolyn Juh iin and George Mayfield. The PTO meeting for the month of May will be held the second week in May. The elected officers wil be installed on Thurs day night, May 11, at 7:30. A NOTE TO SLEEPY-HEADS Daylight Saving Time be gins on Sunday morning, April 30th, at 2 a. m.