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VOL. 99—NO. 18
Admission Policy At
Sylvan Grove Hospital
At the request of the Butts County Grand Jury, May
term of Superior Court, Mr. James Chandler Shaw, hospital
administrator at Sylvan Grove Hospital, and Miss Georgie
Watkins, vice chairman of the Butts County Hospital Au
thority, were asked to appear before the Grand Jury and
answer questions concerning the operation of Sylvan Grove
Hospital. They were also asked to explain the procedure
a person must follow in order to be admitted to the hospital.
Members of the Grand Jury suggested that more publicity
be given to policies of the hospital and because of this
request the following statement is made jointly by Mr.
Shaw and Miss Watkins, speaking for the hospital authority.
The procedures for admission to the hospital are as
follows with regard to “General Policy”:
(1) The very first step in this procedure is a simple re
quest by either a “Written Order” or “Verbal Order”
from the individual’s doctor, requesting that the patient
be admitted to the hospital.
(2) The hospital or its employees cannot render service to
anyone at any time without the “written” or “verbal”
order of a qualified “Physician”. This applies to all
categories of patients such as “Inpatients, Outpatients,
and/or Emergency Room Patients.”
(3) At the time the necessary request for service is made
by the patient’s physician, then the “Requirements for
Admission” by the hospital are to be satisfied and they
are requirements of the following nature:
a) Financial Arrangements—as to advance “Cash De
posits” when no insurance coverage is available.
b) Insurance Coverage—Verification of payment that
may be expected from patient’s insurance, any balance
due above insurance coverage. Necessary forms for
obtaining these benefits from insurance company.
c) Medicare & Medicaid Program—Obtain the necessary
information for processing the claim for services
rendered, verification of deductibles due under the
program, and also for services not covered by the
program.
Phi Delta Theta Walkers
Be in Jackson on May 6th
Georgia’s champion walkers
will be coming through Butts
County on May 5 and 6 when a
number of Phi Delta Theta broth
ers from Georgia Southern Col
lege in Statesboro make their an
nual 220 mile trek from States
boro to Atlanta.
As one brother explains it,
“that’s about 40 minutes by plane,
four hours by car, five hours by
train and four days on foot.”
The fraternity brothers will
cover th e 220 miles to the cap
ital city in a four day “charity”
walk to collect funds for the men
tally retarded in Milledgeville
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and Gracewood Children’s Hos
pitals. This year’s walk will mark
the third such effort.
The collegiate walkers plan to
spend the night of May sth at
Indian Springs, and on May 6th
will leave Indian Springs for
Jackson where, according to some
of the brothers, “we received
our greatest support in 1970.”
The walkers stressed that “we
are not getting any monetary re
ward from this project. We just
want Georgians to remember its
disadvantaged individuals in the
state hospitals and show their
support.”
THt°S'AY, may 4, 1972
Buffs Dri§°r
Killed In
Truck Mishap
Jimmy Dale Mealey, 37, of the
Stark Community, was killed
Tuesday night about 11:30 in a
truck accident near Warner Rob
ins. Details of the accident were
extremely sketchy Wednesday
morning but it is believed that
another truck was involved.
Mr. Mealey was reported to be
a passenger in a truck driven by
Slim Rutherford of Atlanta, who
was admitted to the Houston
County Hospital with critical in
juries. The accident happened on
1-475 with the truck reported en
route to Orlando, Fla.
Mr. Mealey was born March 6,
1935 in Baughn, West Virginia
and had lived in Butts County
approximately three years, resi
ding in the Stark Community. He
had been employed by the Owens-
Illinois Company for 16 years
and had been a road driver of
an Owens-Illinois truck for four
years.
Memorial services will be con
ducted Thursday at Jonesboro
with Rev. R; W. Jenkins, pastor
of Macedonia Baptist Church, in
charge. The body of Mr. Mealey
will be flown to Belle, West Vir
ginia for burial.
Mr. Mealey is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Karen Sue Mealey;
three daughters, Melinda, Kath
ryn, and Deborah Mealey; a son,
Jimmy Mealey Jr., a foster son,
Kurtis Bloss all of Jackson;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Mealey of Riverdale.
Col. Watkins
Was Law
Day Speaker
Col. Richard W. Watkins Jr.,
widely known Jackson attorney,
addressed the Jackson Kiwanis
Club Tuesday night on “Law
Day”, which was observed May
Ist. The speaker was introduced
by David Black, program chair
man. Mrs. Watkins accompanied
her husband.
Mr. Watkins emphasized that
law is a system of rules imposed
and accepted by society for the
sake of law and order and safety
to its members. He conceded that
law has grown in complexity at
the same rate that society has
grown in complexity.
Col. Watkins cited five areas
where progress had been made
in Georgia as congestion in
courts, judicial selection, legal
services for indigents, continuing
legal education for lawyers and
public education on the principles
of law and its functions.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Emergency Room Staffed
Daily Until 11:30 P. M.
Hospital Offers 7-Day Coverage
Through Use of 5 Atlanta Doctors
Open House
At Hospital
On Sunday
Sylvan Grove Hospital will join
some 200 other Georgia commu
nity, general and special hospitals
in observing National Hospital
Week May 7-13. Gov. Jimmy Car
ter has officially proclaimed this
week as National Hospital Week
in Georgia.
In Jackson, Sylvan Grove Hos
pital will observe the event with
open house Sunday, May 7th,
from two to four o’clock to which
the public is most cordially invi
ted. >
Chandler Shaw, hospital admin
istrator, said that guided tours
of the hospital will be conducted
during the two hours of open
house. Mrs. Gladys Wilson of the
Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxiliary
states that refreshments will be
served Sunday afternoon. The
Pink Ladies will be on duty to
assist with the serving and en
tertaining. Members of the Syl
van Grove Hospital staff, inclu
ding doctors and technicians, are
expected to be on hand to answer
questions that might be asked by
the visitors.
Mr. Shaw said that the theme
for hospital week is “We Want
You in the Picture of Health.”
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO SPONSOR GIRL
STATE DELEGATE
The American Legion Auxilary
met Friday, April 22nd, for the
regular business and program
meeting.
A decision was reached to
sponsor a girl from the Junior
class of Jackson High School to
Girls State in Athens. For the
past 20 years the auxiliary has
sponsored one or more girls for
the training received at Girls
State which is practical appli
cation of government at local,
state and national levels.
A delegate, Mrs. Mervyn Pope,
was elected to attend the Do*
partment Convention at Jekyll
Island in July.
A nominating committee com
posed of Mrs. Mary Patterson.
Mrs. Florence Harris and Mrs.
Clyde Hodges was appointed to
present names of officers to be
elected at the May meeting.—
Gladys Wilson.
Louis Taylor
Named Top
Superintendent
Recognition of a state-wide
nature came to Louis Taylor,
superintendent of Indian Springs
State Park, who was signally
honored at the Sixteenth Annual
In-Service Training Conference
at Jekyll Island April 23-26. Mr.
Taylor was named Superintend
ent of the Year in Class IV which
covers the larger state parks in
Georgia.
The plaque was presented Mr.
Taylor by the Georgia Depart
ment of State Parks. Mr. Taylor
said the Class IV determination
of a park is based on many dif
ferent categories including rev
enue, attendance, park mainten
ance, etc.
Mr. Taylor has been superin
tendent at Indian Springs four
years. He and Mrs. Taylor have
four children, Randy, Winnie,
Carolyn, and Lisa, all of school
age.
Stark Revival
Begins Sunday
The Stark United Methodist
Church has scheduled a revival
beginning Sunday, May 7th, and
extending nightly through May
12th. Services will begin at eight
o’clock.
Rev. Donald Gray, pastor of
j the Jackson United Methodist
Church, will be the guest evangel
I ist. Nevin Duffey will be in
I charge of music.
Rev. Gordon Fincher, pastor,
j joins the congregation in extend
ing an invitation to the public to
attend.
MINI-SCIENCE FAIR ON
DISPLAY ON MAY 10-12
The public is invited to see the
Mini-Science Fair on display in
the Library extension room at
Jackson Primary School on May
10-11-12. It will be open from
9 a. m. to 3 p. m. each day and
will be open for a few minutes
after the PTO meeting Thursday
night, May 11th.
J. B. Kitchens
Wins Trip To
Disney World
J. B. Kitchens, General Tech
nician, Spinning, for Avondale
Mills, Indian Springs plant, since
March 1942, joined 21 other
Zero Defects Corporate Award
winners for a most enjoyable fly
ing trip to Walt Disney World
r.ear Orlando, Fla.
The group left Birmingham on
| April 25th and returned to that
city on April 27th. Avondale
; President Donald Comer, Jr. said
I nothing was spared to see that
i these special people had a won
! derful time. The award winners
stopped at the Contemporary Re
sort Hotel at Walt Disney World,
which facility was seen and en
joyed to its fullest. A trip to
| Cypress Gardens was also includ
’ ed.
Mr. Kitchens’ wife, Mary Eliz
abeth, is also employed at Indian
Springs as an instructor in the
Twisting and Winding Depart
ment. They have two sons, Den
nis, 28, and Wayne, 25. Mr. and
Mrs. Kitchens are members of
Macedonia Baptist Church and
reside in their own home in the
Cedar Rock Community. Mr. Kit
chens listed his chief avocations
as fishing and hunting.
CAKES AND PIES ON SALE
HERE SATURDAY, MAY 13TH
Mother's Day cakes and pies
will be on sale Saturday, May
13th. at the Tourist Information
Booth in Jackson between the
hours of nine and 12 o’clock. Held
under the auspices of the Little
League Auxiliary, proceeds re
ceived from the sale will go tow
ard the indebtedness of the James
H. Wallace Memorial Park.
HI-LIGHTER TO SPONSOR
SALE OF DOUGHNUTS
The Hi-Lighter, the Jackson
High School newspaper, will
sponsor a doughnut sale May 6th
on the courthouse square. The
doughnuts will be selling for 65c
a dozen with proceeds going tow
ard the indebteness of the paper.
Public Meet
Here May 11
On Connector
In response to requests by
concerned citizens of Butts Coun
ty and the County Commission,
the Georgia Department of
Transportation has scheduled a
Town Hall Meeting on the pro
posed Griffin Connector, Project
F-022-1 (4).
The meeting will be held on
Thursday, May 11, 1972 at 2 P.
M. in the Towaliga J. P. Court
house. The Courthouse is located
between Georgia Route 16 and
1-75, on Kinard’s Mill Road, at
Thaxton’s Store.
The purpose of this meeting is
to discuss this project, and an
swer any questions.
The Connector will extend
from U. S. 41 in Griffin and ex
tend westward to the Ga. Route
16-1-75 interchange in Butts
County.
This project will involve the
construction of anew urban ma
jor street and improvement of
two lane rural type facility, part
on anew location.
The purpose of this project is
to improve the flow of traffic
and safety conditions.
$5 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Butts County Hospital
Authority approved an agreement
Monday, May Ist, with five At
lanta doctors to provide coverage
for the emergency room at Syl
van Grove Hospital seven days a
week from 5:30 p. m. to 11:30
p. m. Monday through Friday,
and from 2 p. m. Saturday until
12 o’clock midnight on Sunday.
This new coverage will begin on
Monday, May Bth, at 5:30 p. m.
Announcement of this impor
nt added coverage was made
by James Chandler Shaw, hospi
tal administrator, and was veri
fied by Miss Georgie Watkins,
vice chairman of the Butts Coun
ty Hospital Authority, who fore
sees the staffing of the emergen
cy room seven nights a week as
a “boon to the community.”
The doctors who will provide
the nightly coverage are all res
idents at Georgia Baptist Hospi
tal and include Dr. Kay Lynn,
; Dr. Bill Donaldson, Dr. Richard
j Schmidt, Dr. Kevin Thomas, and
Dr. Katherine Savage.
Dr. Savage came to Jackson
Monday afternoon to meet with
the Butts Hospital Authority and
the hospital administrator with
negotiations for the services of
the Atlanta doctors finalized at
the meeting.
Administrator Shaw disclosed
| that the doctors will be paid a
: fee of §20.00 per hour which does
not include transportation. The
doctors will log in at the hospital
upon arrival and check out at the
11:30 hour or as soon thereafter
when the last patient is seen.
| Several of the doctors are in
their third and fourth year resi
| dency, according to Mr. Shaw,
j who emphasized that all are res
i ident physicians and have li
censes to practice medicine.
Mr. Shaw explained that Syl
van Grove Hospital’s two local
staff physicians, Dr. James C.
Howell and Dr. Gerald Ross, will
continue to furnish emergency
room service during the hours
before 5:30 p. m. and stressed
the fact that the Atlanta doctors
were employed by the hospital
authority to give more adequate
medical coverage to the citizens
of this area and to provide much
needed assistance and relief for
the over-worked local doctors.
Mr. Shaw pointed out that pa
tients using the services of the
emergency room during the hours
of its coverage by the Atlanta
doctors wall pay for services ren
dered by the hospital. To enable
the hospital to provide this pro
gram it will be necessary that
these accounts for sendees ren
dered be paid at the time of
treatment, the administrator con
cluded.
Registration
May 13 For
IS Academy
First grade registration at In
dian Springs Academy is sched
uled for Saturday, May 13th,
from 9:30 a. m. until eleven o’-
clock.
Mrs. Della Threatt, headmist
ress, emphasized the importance
of first grade registration so that
the academy can plan accordingly
to better care for its pupils. She
also cited the importance of giv
ing parents an opportunity to see
the school facilities and reminded
parents to bring the children’s
birth certificate and a certificate
of immunization.
A readiness test will be given
to all children.
In fact, Mrs. Threatt explained,
it is hoped that all students in
all grades will register during the
summer round up on May 13.
Registration will take place in the
first grade room.
