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llacksnu Progress-Argus
VOL. 99—NO. 39
Environmental Survey Jackson
Lake Will Begin On October Ist
Dr. Edward S. Vanderhoof,
West District Health Director,
Georgia Department of Human
Resources, announced today that
an intensive shoreline study of
Lake Jackson’s permanent and
seasonal homes, weekend cottages
and commercial establishments
will begin on October 2. The sur
vey, which involves three polit
ical jurisdictions—Butts, Jasper,
and Newton Counties, will relate
primarily to water supply origin,
sewage disposal, and solid waste
collection and disposal, Dr. Van
derhoof revealed.
State, district, and county en
vironmental health personnel will
be employed in making the study,
the public health official reveal
ed.
Dr.Vanderhoof issued a special
appeal to property owners around
Lake Jackson to cooperate with
the surveyors. “Lake Jackson has
some very real water supply and
sewage disposal problems,” he
pointed out, “but until we know
exactly what the situation is, in
rather minute detail, we may not
be able to appreciably improve
the environment for these people,
some of whom have a consider
able investment in their proper
ty.”
“If the community, itself, will
cooperate in this survey effort,
some real progress will be real
ized. We’re sending our team in
to do the job; we hope owners
will understand their purpose and
support their work,” the district
health director concluded.
Butts County Health Depart
ment will be the central point for
the survey group while working
in the Butts County area.
Dr. J. C. Howell, Chairman of
the Board of Health, stated, “I
wholeheartedly support this En
vironmental Study of Lake Jack
son.” The entire County Board
of Health voted in a recent meet
ing to sanction the study.
Dan Fears, Chairman of the
Butts County Board of Commis
sioners also stated that the Board
of Commissioners approve of this
worthwhile project, “Which will
help in the long arduous fight
ahead to save Lake Jackson.”
Donald Bristol, Sanitarian for
Butts County, stated that, “This
survey will be a real help in de
veloping future sanitation needs
of the County in the Lake Jack
son area. Over 900 cabins and
homes, out of a total of over
1800 cabins and homes surround
ing the lake, are found in Butts
County. Out of this survey will
come the identification of un
sanitary conditions existing which
are contributing to the degrad
ation of the lake.”
Legal Action
Planned To
Curb Pollution
A meeting of the Coalition for
Pollution Control, Inc. was held
on Saturday evening in the audi
torium of Jackson High School.
The meeting was well attended
and very spirited.
It was recognized that the con
struction of adequate facilities
for the treatment of wastewater
is complex, costly, and requires
time.
It was also recognized that the
counties and cities polluting the
South River should be granted
whatever time is required to con
struct these facilities, but that
the South River and Lake Jack
son should be protected in the
meantime.
The recommendation of the
Coalition Board of Directors was
that action be taken through the
courts to stop building permits
in certain portions of the South
River Basin and also that pres
ent treatment plants discharging
into the South River provide in
creased chemical treatment as
necessary to improve the water in
South River.
The Board felt that this action
is reasonable and moral and that
it will be upheld by the courts.
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CENTER PLANS FIGHT ON DRUGS—
Leaders in the Diagnostic Center’s drug control
program are, left to right, Mickey Braswell, Earl
Spears, inmate and former drug addict, and Duane
Davis, head of the drug program at the Diag
nostic Center.
Give At Home
To UF Urged
By Chairman
Butts County can derive no
benefit from United Fund contri
butions pledged by local residents
at their places of business out
side of the county according to
Mr. John A. Chiappetta, chair
man of the UF drive.
“This is a serious mistake,”
Mr. Chiappetta said, “and a most
unfortunate one.”
Many people pledge a contri
bution where they work forget
ting, or not realizing, that the
home county will receive nothing
from such a pledge.
“We are urging men and wom
en who work at military instal
lations or businesses in the en
virons of Atlanta to remember
Butts County,” Mr. Chiappetta
stated.
“Our goal is $15,000,” he add
ed, “and we need all the help
we can get from our own people.”
“A contribution made at home
stays at home. Help us help
Butts County,” Mr. Chiappetta
concluded.
October is the month for the
United Fund drive. People will be
asked to contribute a fair share,
or one hour’s pay per month.
Macedonia
To Host
Crusade
An evangelistic crusade will
be held at the Macedonia Bap
tist Church on October 1-8. Ser
vices will begin nightly at 7:30
p. m.
Rev. James A. McKeithen will
be the visiting evangelist. Rever
end McKeithen is a graduate of
Southwestern Baptist Seminary,
Fort Worth, Texas, and has serv
ed churches in Georgia, Texas
and Florida. He is now in his
sixth year as full-time evange
list. He resides in Lakeland, Fla.
Jimmy Hodges of Lake City,
Fla., will be the music evange
list. He is a former jazz band
leader, and state winner as a
tenor soloist and drum demon
stration artist. Mr. Hodges has
performed at programs and drum
demonstrations on high school
and college campuses across the
United States. He is a graduate
of Oklahoma Baptist University,
and is a recording artist for
Epistle Records, and also com
poses gospel music.
The pastor, Rev. R. W. Jenk
ins, extends a cordial invitation
for everyone to attend this
evangelistic crusade.
* URSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1972 JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Prison, Gordon
Set Drug
Abuse Meeting
Gordon Junior College in
Barnesville and The Jackson
Diagnostic Center in Jackson
have announced plans to host a
Drug Abuse Conference on the
Barnesville campus. The confer
ence will be held on October 13
and 14.
The day and a half conference
will be the first of a series of
planned conferences to be held
jointly by the two institutions.
Faculty and staff of both the
Corrections Department and The
University System of Georgia will
be used to conduct the confer
ence.
The conference will focus on
several aspects of the drug abuse
problem including medical, legal,
and community oriented solu
tions. An introduction to Human
Relations Training will conclude
the program. A barbecue supper
will be served on Friday evening.
One highlight of the confer
ence will be a presentation of an
addict’s viewpoint of the prob
lem by an inmate at the Diag
nostic Center. Earl Spears, pres
ently serving time for drug
addiction, is a graduate of How
ard University with a degree in
philosophy. He will lead one of
the sessions at the conference.
According to Mickey Braswell,
Coordinator of Inmate Services,
and Duane Davis, Counselor at
the Center, Spears has been a
key factor in the successful re
habilitation of other inmates.
Once out of prison, Spears plans
to pursue a career in drug coun
seling. He taugh at Tuskeegee In
stitute before entering prison.
Stephen Edwards, Director of
Community Services at Gordon,
has stated that Gordon will be
granting a Continuing Education
Unit of credit for the course. The
CEU is a reflection of the grow
ing importance of continuing
education. The Corrections De
partment will also be granting
in-service credit to its employees.
Inquiries regarding the con
ference should be directed to
Stephen Edwards at Gordon Jun
ior College or Mickey Braswell
at the Diagnostic Center in Jack
son.
JACKSON KIWANIS
CLUB RANKS 2nd
IN ATTENDANCE
The Jackson Kiwanis Club con
tinues to maintain its high stand
ing in attendance for the month
of July, ranking second with a
percentage of 97.3, topped only
by St. Mary’s with a 98.3 mark.
Other clubs in the top ten in
clude Fulton Industrial 97.0;
Thomaston Area 96.9; Barnes
ville 96.0%; Rockmart 95.0%;
Cedartown 93.0%; Sylvester 93.-
0%.
Cong. Flynt
Speaker At
"Boss" Night
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Sixth District Congressman
John J. (Jagk> Flynt Jr., of Grif
fin addressed -the Bosses Night
banquet of the Jackson Business
and Professional Women’s Club
at the Jackson Clubhouse Monday
evening and spoke from the heart
in explaining his personal and
political philosophy to a large
gathering which included Gladys
Denton, State B&PW president
of Atlanta and Dr. Richard
Fenns, head of the Political
Science Department at the Uni
versity of Rochester and an au
thor of note, who was house
guest of the Flynts. Mrs. Flynt
also accompanied her husband.
Mr. Flynt said that he gained
renewed mental and emotional
sustenance and faith as well when
he had occatfnn to visit places
like Jackson and Griffin —places
that “ I love and consider holy
ground.” Mr. Flynt explained
that before he> votes on an issue
he asks himself “is the position
I am about to take or the vote I
am about to cast one which will
have the long range effect to
cause our country to grow from
greater strength and never de
teriorate from strength to
weakness.”
Mr. Flynt said that what is
popular today might be unpopular
tomorrow but what is right today
will be right tomorrow, the next
year and a thousand years from
now.
The congressman explained
that the only promise he ever
made in a political campaign is
that “I’ll do my dead-level best
and do the best job of which I am
capable. I can’t do more. I hope
I shall never do less.”
The progran; was arranged by
the Civic Participation Commit
tee, Miss Sarah Bond, chairman,
with Mr. Flyntj introduced by
Mrs. Robert Swearingen who sub
stituted for her mother, Mrs.
Mary Will Heai'n, who extended
the invitation to the congressman.
Mrs. Hearn returned home Tues
day from Sylvan Grove Hospital.
Several patriotic songs were
sung with Mrs. Pat Hall and Mrs.
G. R. Lewis in charge.
Mrs. Imogene Leverette, presi
dent, welcomed the large gather
ing which included bosses, hus
bands and friends.
Landrum New
President of
Minister Group
Rev. Jimmy Landrum, pastor
of Pleasant Grove Congregation
al Methodist Church, was elected
President of the Butts County
Ministerial Assosciation at a re
cent meeting. Other leaders chos
en by the association include Rev.
Donald Folsom, pastor of First
Baptist Church, Vice President;
and Rev. Billy Floyd, pastor of
Worthville Baptist Church, Secre
tary-Treasurer.
As their first order of busi
ness the new officers began plan
ning for the annual community
wide Thanksgiving Service. The
service will be held Wednesday
evening, Nov. 22, at the First
Baptist Church.
Butts Grads
Finish
Griffin Tech
Graduation exercises for Grif
fin Tech were held Tuesday, Sep
tember 26th, at 8 p. m. in the
Spalding Junior High Auditorium,
Unit I, Varsity Road, Griffin. j
Mr. Edwin V. Langford, Sr.,
Director, presented the graduates,
and Mr. Russell M. Smith, Chair
man of the Board of Education
for Griffin Tech awarded the di
plomas. Two hundred and six
students graduated.
The Rev. Don H. Pye, pastor
of Mount Carmel Road Baptist
Butts County Fair
To Open October 9
Prison Guard
Is Shot
And Beaten
A Griffin man, Gary Harrison,
24, 217 S. Hill Street, a guard
at the Georgia Diagnostic Center
in Butts County, was beaten and
shot Thursday night by three men
who suspected he was an under
cover narcotics agent.
Griffin Police arrested. Mark
Myers, 21, Phillip C. Statum, 20,
and William Howard Folds, 22,
all of Griffin, and charged them
with aggravated assault. They
were transferred to the jail in
Pike County where the alleged
attack took place.
Harrison said the three ac
quaintances came to his home
Thursday night and asked him
to take a ride with them. They
drove to a rural road in Pike
County, he said, where one man
began cutting off his hair with a
knife. In the struggle, he
was knocked from the car with
a length of pipe. Harrison re
ported that the trio tied his hands
behind his back and threw him
off a bridge into a creek. He
was hit with one shotgun blast in
the shoulder as he fled into the
marsh and was struck in the hip
with more pellets as they fol
lowed.
Harrison stated that he lay
down in some bushes and played
dead while they hunted for him,
remaining in the swamp during
the night.
When daylight came Harrison
said he staggered to a road and
flagged a car, calling for help
from a rural store.
The inujred man, who w r as
treated at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital, was not admit
ted and told police that the three
men believed he was responsible
for the arrest of a friend on
narcotics charges.
Flovilla To
Elect Two
Councilmen
Voters in the City of Flovilla
will go to the polls on Wednes
day, October 18th, to elect two
councilmen to serve the city for
the ensuing year. Incumbent
councilmen whose terms w’ill ex
pire are Byron Haynes and Lu
ther Jones.
Those who wish to qualify to
run in the election have until
October 7th to make formal reg
istration as a candidate w'ith Mrs.
Virginia Williams, City Clerk. A
$5.00 qualifying fee will be as
sessed each candidate.
Adel Moncrief is Mayor of
Flovilla with other councilmen
being C. A. Anthony, Wayne
King and E. R. (Buddy) Edwards
Jr.
Church in Henry County and a
former instructor at Griffin Tech
was guest speaker.
Students graduating from Butts
County were James Riggs, Auto
mobile Mechanics; Eddie M.
White, Brick Masonry; Deborah
Ann Crowder, Business Educa
tion, Accounting; Shiela Diane
Blankenship, Brenda E. Bridges,
Susan Hardy, Clerical; Virginia
Elizabeth Haley, Secretarial;
Douglas A. Kitchens, Drafting.
Earl A. Bender, Jr., Paul E.
Nail, Heating, Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration; Henry D. Ros
ser, Mechanical Technology;
Brenda A. Duffey, Power Sew
ing; Rosemary Cook, Practical
Nursing; Henry Edward Hender
son Jr., Joseph Alphonso Stokes,
Radio and Television Service;
Harry L. Drake, Welding.
Man Killed
Saturday in
Fiery Crash
I
A 20 year old Jenkinsburg
man, John Franklin Moore, was
killed early Saturday morning
when the car he was driving
south on State Route 42 left the
road about a quarter mile north
of the Butts-Henry County line in
Henry County, overturned and
burst into flames, trapping the
driver under the vehicle.
Mary Alice Moore, 18, his
wife, also of Jenkinsburg, was a
passenger in the car but was
thrown from the vehicle, suffer
ing abrasions of the right fore
arm and knee. She was treated at
Sylvan Grove Hospital and re
leased.
The accident was investigated
by the Georgia State Patrol from
the Griffin Barracks. Evidence
points that the car in which the
two Jenkinsburg residents were
riding was traveling at a high
rate of speed when it left the
road on a curve, climbed a slight
embankment, turning over sev
eral times and eventually coming
to rest in a field opposite the
intersection of Woodward Road.
Those first on the scene sum
moned ambulances and law of
ficials from both Butts and Henry
[ Counties. The body of Mr.
j Moore was discovered under the
\ ".aming vehicle but could not
jbe recovered until the fire had
run its course.
Mr. Moore was reported to be
an employee at United Whole
| sale Druggist in East Point and
had only lived at the Miller
Apartments in Jenkinsburg about
three weeks, coming there from
McDonough. Funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon at
Ola.
Falling Tree
Kills Negro
Pulp Worker
A self-employed Griffin pulp
wood worker, George Washington
Dickerson, 68, of Route B, Grif
fin, was killed when a tree fell
on him Thursday afternoon in
Butts County.
Dickerson operated a pulpwood
business. Other workers in his
crew were with him when the ac
cident occurred.
Butts County Coroner John
Sherrell investigated the acci
dent along with Spalding County
Coroner Emmett Chappell.
Mr. Sherrell said that Dicker
son was struck across the head
by a falling tree and suffered a
broken neck while working on
Foster Road in Butts County.
Dickerson was pronounced
DOA at the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital at 12:44 p. m.
September 21st.
Spalding Undertaking Cos. of
Griffin was in charge of arrange
ments.
Star Student
Banquet Set
For Jan. 30
The Butts County Jaycees have
set January 30 as the date of the
annual Star Student Banquet.
Harold Davis, Vice President
of Georgia State University and
former editor of the Atlanta
Journal, will be the guest speak
er.
This is a program to honor the
outstanding students of our com
munity.
$5 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The annual Butts County Fair,
larger and with an anticipated
higher attendance, will open
Monday, October 9th, and ex
tend through Saturday night, Oc
tober 14th, with a few changes
and innovations expected to make
the fair “better than ever.”
Wilmer Greer, president of the
Jackson Exchange Club- and also
president of the Exchange Club
Fair Association, said this week
that activities will be basically
the same as last year with a ma
jor emphasis placed on booths
with the prize money having
been greatly increased this year,
i The best booth award this year
| will bring something over SIOO in
j prize money.
Mr. Greer said that Kindergar
ten and Nursery Night, always a
popular feature, will be observ
ed Monday; all church choirs will
be featured on Tuesday; Wednes
day remains open, with the Live
stock Show set for Thursday.
String music will be a feature of
Friday’s entertainment.
President Greer pointed out
that school children will be in
terested in the fact that admis-
I sion will be free and rides at a
: reduced price on Thursday after
| noon and Thursday night. This
I applies to all school children and
j the reduced prices on rides in
cludes all save one new ride.
Georgia Amusement Company
will furnish the midway this year
as they have done in the past
several years.
Mrs. David Black is chairman
of the flower show. The show is
sponsored by the Butts County
Garden Club Council and will be
open to the public on Wednesday,
October 11th at 3:30 p. m. and
October 12th and 13th from 10
a. m. to 9:30 P- m.
Rules and regulations pertain
ing to the flower show' were
presented recently in the Pro
gress-Argus and Mrs. Black re
fers those interested in entering
exhibits to the general rules and
regualtions contained in the pre
mium list already mailed to many
fair patrons and advertisers.
The popular wildlife exhibit
will not be held this year due
to recent laws governing the cag
ing of live wild animals, although
Mr. Greer expresses hope that a
large mounted wildlife exhibit
can be obtained.
In addition to Mr. Greer as
president, other Exchange Club
officers, sponsors of the fair, in
clude Don Montgomery, vice
president and Robert Williams,
secretary.
Other Exchange Club Fair As
sociation officers include Marion
Todd, manager; Henry Bagby, as
sistant manager; Robert Wil
liams, secretary and treasurer;
Herbert E. Moore, chairman of
grounds; John Moore, chairman
of tickets.
Chairman of other fair com
mittees are as follows: Youth
booths, girls, FHA and 4-H Club,
Rachel Torrance, chairman, as
sisted by Brenda Hopkins, Ann
L. Champion and Mary Louis
Freeman.
FHA and 4-H boys: adult sec
tion, Millard Daniel, chairman,
assisted by Joe Lineberger, Ger
ald Wilson and James McCor
mick.
Livestock: R. H. Burford,
chairman, assisted by Jimmy
Maddox, O. L. Weaver, Jr., Da
vid Ridgeway, Ralph Evans,
George Martin, Doug Walker,
Jesse J. Nutt.
Fields and Horticultural crops:
L. J. Washington, chairman, as
sisted by Robert Fletcher, E. H.
Cook, Leon Smith and Tom Tay
lor.
Arts and Craft Show: Mrs. Al
bert Maddox, chairman; assisted
by Mrs. Fred Hammond, Mrs.
Howard Greer and Mrs. Jane
Westmoreland.
“Woman of the Year” commit
te: J. T. Beckham, chairman; as
sisted by M. L. Hodges, Jr. and
Don Montgomery.