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Sacksan Progress-Argus
Volume 99 Number 52
18 Deaths Predicted In
State During New Years
Eighteen traffic deaths are
predicted over the state for the
78 hour New Year’s holiday
beginning Friday night, Decem
ber 29th, at six o’clock and
ending at midnight Monday,
January Ist.
Public Safety Commissioner
Col. Ray Pope said the State
Pa trol will be out in full force to
keep the death toll down. The
Department cf Public Safety
predicts 370 injuries in 900
accidents over Georgia during
the New Year’s holiday.
Col. Pope emphasized that
partygoers during the holiday
should keep in mind the stiff
NAZARENE SINGERS
WENT A CAROLING
A group of young adults and
teens from the Jackson Church
of the Nazarene went caroling
Sunday evening, December
24th, following a candelight
communion service at the
church.
A number of familiar Christ
for Sqclcq
rst is our fervent prayer that
love, hope and peace fill your hearts
and minds as the New Year
unfolds. May peace be with you always.
Jackson Progress-Argus
penalties for convicuuu ot
driving under the influence.
Convicted first offenders have
to give up their licenses for a
minimum of six months. Second
offenders face a year’s loss of
driving privileges.
Colonel Pope urged the use of
seatbelts in holiday travels. He
said this would be a good time to
prove the value of seat belts in
traffic safety particularly in
view of widespread recent
publicity about proposals for a
mandatory seat belt law and the
fact that seat belts do save
lives.
mas carols were sung by the
group and included such
favorites as “Silent Night”,
“Hark The Herald Angels
Sing”, “Away In A Manger”
and many others. Several
homes in the area were visited
with the carolers also singing to
patients at Silvan Grove
Hospital and Westbury Medical
Care Home in Jenkinsburg.
Thieves Get
5 TV Sets
From School
One or more burglars and
possibly as many as five helped
themselves to five older model
television sets and one record
player from the Jackson
Primary School Monday night,
December 18th.
Mrs. Margaret McCormick,
Jackson Primary Principal,
said that all items were taken
from the first wing of the school
and removed through a back
entrance, probably carried
down the hill and into a
get-a-way vehicle parked on the
Fairground Road between the
residential section and the
school. Mrs. McCormick said
that the televisions had been
used extensively the last
several years by teachers in the
educational programs on T. V.
Mrs. McCormick revealed
that ten record players were
taken about six weeks ago with
school officials deciding against
making the theft public in an
effort to discover the culprits.
Mrs. McCormick said there
were no clues and that a
Department of Investigation
agent came to Jackson during
the investigation and dusted for
finger prints. The missing
televisions were discovered by
Mte Lena Witcher, a teacher,
who arrived about 7:55 o’clock
Tuesday morning. She reported
the one in her room missing to
Mrs. McCormick who im
mediately checked on the other
sets. Mrs. McCormick re
minded that local merchants
can help by reporting if anyone
tries to sell a television or
record player since they have
serial numbers that are
recorded and can be traced.
Mrs. McCormick feels that
someone could have trapped the
door before school was out or
while a dancing class was in
session after school. She also
gave as her opinion that there
were probably three to five
persons involved because the
television sets were quite
heavy.
The Jackson Police Depart
ment and the DOI are
continuing an investigation into
the theft.
New Church
To Begin
In Jackson
A prayer meeting begun in a
Jackson home will likely lead to
the establishment of anew
Assembly of God Church in
Jackson.
A prayer meeting in the home
of Donald Sheffield at 142
Watkins Street has caused the
25 members to initiate proceed
ings toward the establishment
of a church in Jackson. Prayer
services are held each week on
Thursday night and for services
Sunday members travel to
McDonough, Barnesville and
Griffin.
The proposed new church is
being directly sponsored by
Faith Temple Assembly of God
in Griffin under the approval of
the Georgia District Home
Mission Board. The services
have been held for approxi
mately five weeks.
Persons interested in attend
ing or desiring additional
information can call Mr. and
Mrs. Sheffield at 775-2785.
Jackson, Georgia 30233. Thursday, December 28, 1972
"Joy Seeing"
Winners
Announced
‘The Joy of Seeing”, a
nationwide children’s art con
test sponsored as a public
service by the American
Optometric Association has 102
Butts county boys and girls
participating. Winners for the
county were announced this
week by the Fourth District
Optometric Society, sponsor of
local awards.
The activity was open to all
boys and girls, ages 6 through
12. Fourth District Optometric
Society offered prizes for Butts
county in two categories,
grades 1 through 4 and grades 5
through 7. Prizes in each group
were $lO, $6 and $3.
In grades 1-4, first place
winner was Scott Ault, 3rd
grade son of Dr. and Mrs. Allen
Ault. Second Place went to
Laurie Carter, 3rd grade
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Carter. Talbot Jones,
second grade son of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Jones, was
awarded third. Honorable men
tions went to Tom Morgan and
Marilyn Joan Cate, 4th grad
ers’, Lisa Smith, Sonja Newby
and Wendy Lowery, 2nd
graders and Susan Moody, a
first year student.
In the sth through 7th grades,
the judges felt the 3 top
drawings should be a tie,
therefore prize money was split
3ways. Sharing top honors were
Mitchell Young, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Young; Willie Roy
Mayes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Clifford Mayes and
Raymond Yancey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Yancey, all sth
graders. Honorable mentions
went to Paul Price and Jim
Jones.
All of the 102 drawings will be
submitted in state competition.
Possible state and national
awards include savings bonds,
bicycles and trips to Disney
World. Other students entering
are Carol Pope, Shirley Childs,
Samuel Ball, Willie Charles
Driskell, Eddie Freeman,
Ricky Lane Norris, Timothy
Godwin, Shirley Ann Hardy,
Frederick Burns, Tammy Lynn
Mayes, Sherry Lynn Bennett,
Michael Holcombe, Eleanor
Teresa McDaniel, Barbara Ann
Head, Christine Noble, Lakeeta
Turner, Derrick Bridges, Gary
Coffey, Robby Dean Young
blood, Brian Suppe, Gregory
Thurman, Jon Ross, Ed
Pinckney, Billy Joe Watts,
Kenneth Lummus, Bobby Seal
ey, Aaron Smith, Glenn Hamlin,
Tommy Manley, Adrienne
Colbert, Bill King, Sheila
Thomas, Dickie Meredith, Gin
ger Lynn Moss, Candy Long,
Roger McDaniel, Kelly John
son, Elizabeth Duke, Shenitha
Ann Collier, Steven Cobb, Alan
Folsom, Betsy Collier, Johnny
Crawford, Denise Whitehead,
Kevin Jones, Willie Wise, Jeff
Cammon, Charlie Lee Roberts,
Jeff Hurst, Marie Ross, Jeffery
Cook, Renee Robertson, Darla
Young, Jed Wall, Kenneth
Barkley, Fathia Wise, Pamela
Pye, Frederick Richardson,
Wanda Kay Godwin, Beverley
Denise Sims, Sonja Lynn
Douglas, Nathan Wilson, Lisa
Wilson, Joan Elaine McDaniel,
David Dahlin, Dan Wright,
Mark Burpee, Theresa Patter
son, J. D. Mealey, Lisa Long,
Elizabeth Watkins, Ron Las
siter, Wesley James, Demetries
McMichael, Marcia Ash, Jeff
Lawson, Bobby Stodghill, John
Yarborough, Jonathan Oliver,
La Touche Ann Shivers, Joseph
Floyd, Debbie James, Kirk
Seckinger, Becky Lee, George
Green, Lisa Green, Louis
Williams.
New Faces Are In City
And County Governments
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Illinois Trio In Sacred
Music Concert Dec. 30th
Two widely known Nazarene
gospel singers, Dale and Elnora
Owen, and their pianist, Edith
Fromm, of Kankakee, 111., will
present a sacred concert of
music at the Jackson Church of
the Nazarene on Saturday
evening, December 30th. begin
ning at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen are both
public school teachers, Mr.
Owen teaching high school
mathematics and coaching
varsity football while his wife
teaches third grade. Miss
Fromm graduated from Olivet
Nazarene College in May and is
working for the college at the
present time. The Owens have
two children, Scott 13 and Lori
Christmas Passes Quietly;
Monroe Accident Kills Two
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“FIREBALL” 4-H CLUB - The Fireball 4-H Club proved to be
just that as they collected three large size boxes erf useable toys
and presented them to the Butts County Jaycees for distribution
in their Empty Stocking Fund program. Pictured above, left to
right, are Darrell Pippin, Jaycee president; Alan Folsom,
reporter; Dan Wright, president; Ronnie Dodson, vice president;
Roger McDaniel, secretary, and Steve Cobb, vice president.
The Fireball” 4-H Club of
the Henderson Elementary
School wanted to make this a
Merry Christmas for under
privileged boys and girls in
Butts County. So under the
leadership of their president,
Dan Wright, and the other
officers of the club, they
collected toys, games, etc., and
gave them to the Butts County
Jaycees Empty Stocking Fund.
Approximately 75 toys and
In a letter to Rev. Lon
Hadwin, pastor of the Jackson
Church of the Nazarene, Mr.
Owen writes that “we have
served for many years in the
music program of our church.
For the past year we have been
traveling on a regular basis
singing in weekend meetings,
regular services and concerts.
In addition to being the
president of our Adult Choir, I
a m also the director of our Teen
Choir.”
Rev. Hadwin announces that
the trio will be present for both
wore hip services on Sunday and
extends a cordial invitation to
the public.
games were collected.
This was their tirst com
munity service project and
needless to say, it was highly
successful. Millard Daniel,
Extension County Agent, stated
that these boys should be highly
commended for their unselfish
efforts in making this a Merry
Christmas for those boys and
girls less fortunate than they.
$5.00 Per Year In Advance
When January l, 1973 rolls
around in a very few days there
will be several new faces on the
governing bodies of both Butts
County and the City of Jackson.
One new face will appear in
the person of Robert W. (Bob)
Taylor on the three man Board
cf Commissioners which board
governs Butts County during
the next four years. Mr. Taylor
supplants incumbent commis
sioner Hammond Barnes who
was defeated for re-election in
the fall primaries. Mr. Taylor
will join Dan Fears, County
Commissioner Chairman, and
D. W. (Dave) Bailey, veteran
commissioner, in formulating
policies for Butts County during
their four year terms. At a
recent meeting of the commis
sioners Mr. Fears was again
elected chairman of the board.
Another important change in
the county law enforcement
structure will be the replace
ment of incumbent Sheriff Hugh
C. Polk by Barney L. Wilder,
incumbent she riff-elect on the
first cf the year. In a head-on
confrontation in a run-off
primary, Mr. Wilder defeated
Sheriff Polk by eight votes, 1519
for Wilder to 1511 for Polk.
At the conclusion of counting
on Tuesday night, August 29th,
Wilder’s margin over Polk was
12 votes, 1521 to 1509with Sheriff
Polk immediately filing a
request for a recount with
Ordinary and Election Manager
lather J. Washington. The
recount was held August 30th in
DAVID HAISTEN ON
NG HONOR’S LIST
DAHLONEGA - David Mar
lin Ha is ten, son cf Ben Ha is ten,
McDonough Road, Jackson, has
been named to North Georgia
College ’fc fall quarter Honors
list.
Ha is ten, a senior, accounting
major, achieved a “B” average
or better with a full academic
load of 15 hours.
Christmas was observed
quietly in Jackson and Butts
County with no serious acci
dents or incidents to mar the
tranquility of the season.
Jackson City Police report the
holidays relatively quiet with a
lumber of arrests for such
minor charges as scratching
off, DUI, drunk and disorderly,
etc. Police Chief Watson
Vaughn said that there were
some fire works shot illegally
but police were unable to locate
the offenders or makeanarrest.
A veteran state patrolman
reported traffic on 1-75 during
the holidays as “heavy as I’ve
ever seen it.” During the
holiday period from Friday
night at 6 p.m. until Monday
midnight the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Safety predicted
21 highway deaths with Geor
gians coming close to living up
to expectations with 19 being
killed on the state’s roads.
One of the worst accidents
during the Christmas holidays
occurred Saturday morning
about five o’clock south of
Forsyth on Interstate-75 when
Elizabeth Lawson, 8, and her
brother, Mark, 15, of Hercu
laneum, Mo. were killed in an
accident that involved 22
vehicles and tied up traffic on
the heavily traveled interstate
for over seven hours. The
the Grand Jury Room and when
it was completed Wilder was
declared the Democratic Party
nominee by eight votes over
Polk by Mr. Washington.
Incumbent Butts County
officer holders who will be
sworn in for another four year
term early in the year include
L. J. Washington, Ordinary;
David P. Ridgeway, Clerk ol
Court; W. B. (Bill) Jones,
County School Superintendent;
Mrs. Mary Will Hearn,Tax
Commissioner; Billy Sutton,
County Treasurer; John
Sherrell, County Coroner; T. A.
Carmichael, County Surveyor;
Don Montgomery, Justice of the
Peace for 612th District.
In the City of Jackson veteran
Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr. was
supplanted in the October City
Primary by Bobby Mackey, a
political newcomer. He de
feated Mayor Brown by a
narrow margin. Mr. Mackey
will take office January Ist for a
two year term.
W. D. (Dick) Pope will be
taking a seat on the city council
from the Second Ward, having
defeated veteran councilman
and Mayor Pro Tern C. M.
Daniel, Jr. in the October
primary. Mr. Pope is a retired
employee of Georgia Power
Company,
Holdover councilmen include
J. Dawson Bryant, First Ward;
W. O. Ball,Third Ward; John L.
Coleman, Fourth Ward and
John Robert Pulliam, Fifth
Ward.
JOE TAYLOR TO FILL
PULPIT ON SUNDAY
Joe Taylor, Executive Vice
President of Mclntosh State
Bank and recently ordained and
ire tailed as a Ruling Elder in
the Jackson Presbyterian
Church, will fill the pulpit at the
December 31st morning wor
ship service at the Jackson
Presbyterian Church. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
children were asleep in a
camper being driven by their
mother when the vehicle
swerved to escape a rapidly
braking car in front, causing
another vehicle to smash into
the rear of the camper. Before
the chain reaction type accident
was over 22 assorted cars,
trucks, etc. were involved in the
wreck, with several hours
necessary to unscramble the
scene of havoc.
Santa Claus paid his usual
Christmas Eve visit and
gladdened the hearts of children
the world over before returning
to his domicile at the North
Pole. Family reunions, Christ
mas parties and company were
the order of the holidays.
Jackson merchants reported
brisk sales during the pre-
Christmas period with business
generally reported as good.
The Empty Stocking Fund
sponsored annually by the Butts
County Jaycees, helped make
Christmas more enjoyable for
many needy families in the
community. Several churches
and other charitable organiza
tions delivered gifts and baskets
to families in need as well as to
invalids and shut-ins during the
Christmas season, visiting area
nursing homes and at the
Sylvan Grove Hospital in
Jackson.