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Money Is Sef Asibe
For 1-75 Connector
Good news emanated from
Griffin last week with the
publication of a story in the
Griffin Daily News that Gov.
Jimmy Carter had notified the
Griffin area Chamber of
Commerce that funds have
been allocated for the rights of
way to construct the connector
between Griffin and 1-75.
Gov. Carter said the Depart
ment of Transportation has
allocated funds for the first
step in getting the right of way
for the route. The governor,
however, did not say how much
money had been set aside.
He did state that obtaining
the right of way would begin in
1974 with construction of the
route to take place in 1975.
Eventually the route will be
four lanes but two will be
constructed in the first phase.
The proposed route will leave
Griffin just south of the Blake
Builders Supply Building on
south U. S. 41. It will extend
toward Jackson and connect
with 1-75 at the present
Highway 16 interchange.
The Griffin Chamber of
Commerce, working with lead
ers there and in Spalding
County, have been pushing for
the connector for several
years.
The Department of Trans
portation announced earlier
that the route had been
selected. It said that the
project would go to the Design
Division of DOT where
specifics would be worked out.
POLICE AVERT MAJOR
FIRE MONDAY MORNING
Quick and alert work by the
City of Jackson Police Depart
ment averted a major fire
early Monday at the residence
of Gervis Norris at the
intersection of West Third
Street and Harkness Street.
Policemen Wendell Cook and
James Douglas were driving
by about 1:45 o’clock when they
saw smoke. They ran into the
house to awaken the occupants
and called the Jackson
Volunteer Fire Department.
The fire was confined to one
room and is believed to have
started from an electric
blanket. Damage was minor
with a bed burned and some
damage to a wall. There were
no injuries.
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Skip Butler was one of the recent participants in the
celebration of General John B. Gordon Day at Gordon Junior
College. The bike race was the final event in the day long
celebration in honor of the man for whom the college was
named. Skip is a graduate of Jackson High School.
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CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
The Progress-Argus nominates and salutes as its Citizens of
Tomorrow Charles (Chas.) Goff, 4, left, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles I. Goff, and the children of Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Thurston,
Route 2, Jackson, left to right, Melanie 4, Marla 2, and Michael 2
months.
Daughter Is
Charged In
Death Father
An 18-year-old Negro girl,
Diane Dumas, of Route 2,
Jackson, was in Butts County
Jail Monday charged with
voluntary manslaughter in the
butcher knife stabbing and
cutting death of her father,
Charlie Dumas, 47, early
Saturday morning, February
17th, according to Butts County
Sheriff Barney L. Wilder.
Sheriff Wilder said that the
incident stemmed from a
family argument at Dumas’
home off the Monticello Road,
at Route 2, Jackson, in the
Freeman subdivision about
8:55 o’clock. Sheriff Wilder
said that the argument and
stabbing occurred in the
presence of several witnesses
and that the case is still under
investigation.
Butts County Coroner John
Sherrell reported that the dead
man was cut on the head, the
back, and stabbed in the chest
with the knife severing the
aorta which led to his death in a
very few minutes. Sheriff
Wilder also stated that Dumas
was cut and stabbed about his
body with the penetration of
the knife in the area of the
heart believed to have been the
fatal wound.
A Jackson doctor pro
nounced Dumas dead on
arrival at Sylvan Grove
Hospital.
March Dimes
Campaign
Successful
The Association for the Butts
County March of Dimes wants
to convey its thanks for making
this year’s drive a big success,
according to Mrs. Allen Ault,
March of Dimes chairman.
A special thank you goes to
the following people who took
time out from their busy
schedules to collect for this
worthy drive:
Mesdames Carol White, Julie
Sibley, Floyd Moore, Dianne
Long, Janice Weldon, Becky
Cawthon, Myra Folsom, Fran
ces Barnes, Charlotte Barber,
Rogers Starr, Loy Hutcheson,
R. Williams, Fay O’Neal,
Juanita Carmichael, Susannah
Deaver, Rudy Wyatt.
Mesdames J. W. Schroeder,
Ann Parrish, Mary Parrish,
Myrtle Head, Joan Wise, Mary
Goodrum, Ruth Ridgway and
Elizabeth Howell.
Not only did the adults give
their time but the following
teenagers, under the guidance
of Coach Ron Wade, held a
road block on January 21st.
James Brown, Darrell Sum
mers, Darrell Kitchens, New
ton Maddox, Kenny Smith,
Carey Thurman, Johnny Mor
ris, David Mathis, Dale White,
Dan Fears, Jr., Tony Trimble
and Jimmy Fogg. Mike Peters
collected at the basketball
game.
The Senior Scouts, Toni
Barlow, Wenda Goodman,
Arvis McCormick, Elaine
Brown, Joann McElhaney,
under the direction of Miss
Vivian Street, walked many
blocks for the campaign.
Mrs. Ault stated this week
that, last year’s total was
matched and gone over by
several hundred dollars and
that some money is still
coming in for the drive.
9 STUDENTS TOUR
FOOD FACILITIES
MILLEDGEVILLE - Nine
students from Jackson High
School recently toured the food
service facilities at the Georgia
College cafeteria and the new
Maxwell College Union at the
college.
Those in the touring group
were Sandra Daugherty, Feli
cia Fears, Loraine Gilbert,
Beverly Greer, Phyllis Gaston,
Jeanell Henderson, Janice
McDowell, Carrie Taylor, and
Patti Watson.
The students were taken to
Milledgeville by Brenda Hop
kins.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 22, 1973
State Search Continues For Bandits
Who Hit Mclntosh State Bank Friday
Prisoners
Begin Pilot
Project
A pilot project that hopefully
may lead to others of a similar
nature was begun Thursday
when two inmates of the
Georgia Diagnostic & Class
ification Center began working
for the Six Star Manufacturing
Cos. in Locust Grove to earn and
save money for the Jaycee
organization at the Center, the
money being used to help
needy people.
In announcing the pilot
project, Wayne McMickels of
Six Star Mobile Homes, said
this week that “I would hope it
will be a project that could be
utilized in other areas and give
these men an opportunity to
earn money so it can be
donated to worthwhile causes
or civic clubs. In this way, the
prisoners can learn by doing,
the program will benefit civic
organizations, and hopefully
will prove to be a definite step
toward rehabilitation.”
Robert Zahradnick of the
Diagnostic Center has been the
liaison between Mr. McMickels
and the prisoners. Mr. Zahrad
nick said that the inmates will
be making Jiffy Jacks which
are concrete jacks adaptable to
being placed under mobile
homes rather than usih|
concrete blocks. He also
explained that money made
while on the job is donated to
worthwhile causes through
their Jaycee organization.
Mr. Zahradnick said that the
project will begin with two
prisoners who are considered
trustworthy and dependable.
They will work on days that
weather permits and how
many days depends on how
much supervision is needed.
Mr. Zahradnick is co-sponsor
of their internal organization of
the Jaycees with the organiza
tion called Jaycee Chapter of
the Georgia Diagnostic &
Classification Center. Only
those inmates who belong to
the Jaycee organization and
who have demonstrated an
attempt to rehabilitate them
selves will be allowed to
participate in the pilot project.
Mr. Zahradnick said that
Jaycee funds are used for
charity work and that this past
Christmas members pur
chased gifts of food for needy
families. There are approxi
mately 20 members of the
Jaycee organization at the
Center.
"Walk For
Mankind"
Explained
Ellis McNeal of the Decatur
Kiwanis Club was guest
speaker at the Jackson
Kiwanis Club on Tuesday
night, February 13th, and told
local Kiwanians how their
“Walk for Mankind” raised
over $68,000 during 1972 with
the participation of 5,000 young
people who walked 20 miles.
The program was arranged by
Denny O’Neal who introduced
the speaker. Mr. O’Neal is
chairman of the local Walk for
Mankind Committee.
Basically Mr. McNeal ex
plained to the Jackson club
what the walk is and how to go
about organizing it. He related
how the Decatur Club started
its walk and what has been
done since its inception. The
speaker said that a percentage
Many Cases
Heard At
Butts Court
Several cases of interest
were disposed of at the
February term of Butts
Superior Court which con
cluded Criminal Week about
7:30 o’clock Thursday evening,
February 15th.
The Hon. Hugh D. Sosebee, of
Forsyth, judge of the Flint
Judicial Circuit, presided at
the February term of court
with the Hon. Edward E.
McGarity, of McDonough,
District Attorney, presenting
evidence for the state.
David P. Ridgeway, Clerk of
Butts Superior Court, released
the February term court
calendar which contains the
disposition of the following
cases:
FEBRUARY TERM 1973
Eugene Smith, Possessing
Unstamped Liquor, Plea of
Guilty, 12 months on probation
on payment of fine of $500.00.
Jon Scott Clay, Burglary,
Plea of Guilty, 5 years con
secutive to 3 year sentence in
Newton County, Georgia, and 5
year sentence in Henry County,
Georgia.
Cathey L. Whitmeyer also
known as Cathey L. Mendes,
Burglary, Plea of Guilty, 5
years consecutive to 3 year
sentence in Newton County,
Georgia, and 5 year sentence in
Henry County, Georgia.
Jimmy Lee Jester, Aggra
vated Assault, Verdict of
Guilty, 4 years.
Jimmy Lee Jester, Driving
Under Influence, Verdict of
Guilty, 12 months consecuti e
to sentence in Case No. 4927.
Daniel Lamar Thorn,
diet of Guilty of Voluntary
Manslaughter, 10 years.
Ronnie Phillip Preston, Ver
dict of Guilty of Voluntary
Manslaughter, 10 years.
Daniel Lamar Thorn, Aggra
vated Assault, Plea of Guilty,
10 years concurrent with
sentence in case No. 4952.
Ronnie Phillip Preston, Ag
gravated Assault, Plea of
Guilty, 10 years concurrent
with sentence in case No. 4952.
Ivey Burkett, Jr., Aggra
vated Assault, Verdict of Not
Guilty.
Tommy Jones, Jr., Simple
Assault, Verdict of Guilty, 12
months consecutive to sen
tence now serving.
Grady Arnold, Jr., Simple
Assualt, Mistrial.
of the money stays home while
another is going out toward
medical care of people in many
countries as well as the Indian
population in our own United
States.
Vice president Y. C. Hudson
presided in the absence of
President David Black. A
pancake supper is an upcoming
event, with the date to be
announced later.
Jack Little of Clearwater.
Fla. was the guest of Mr.
Hudson.
MISS PEGGY EVANS
PLEDGES PHI MU
STATESBORO - Miss Peggy
Evans, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph E. Evans, of
Jackson, was formally initi
ated into the Kappa Mu
Chapter of Phi Mu Sorority on
January 20th at Georgia
Southern College. She is a
freshman majoring in Physical
Therapy. Miss Evans was also
appointed reporter by her
sorority mates.
No new leads are reported in
the state-wide search for two
Negro men - bold, brazen and
well briefed - who robbed
Mclntosh State Bank at gun
point of an undetermined
amount Friday morning when
they forced an employee to
write the combination to the
vault, another to open it and
escape with two bags of
currency.
The grim circumstances of
the robbery began to unfold
Friday morning shortly after
eight o’clock when Ronnie
Wells, cashier, and first
employee at work on this
particular day, prepared to
open the door of the bank on the
parking lot side. As he reached
for his keys to open the door
one of the armed robbers
approached Mr. Wells from the
rear and poked a .25 caliber
pistol in his back, at the same
time ordering him to open the
door. Mr. Wells complied and
he and the robber entered the
bank where he asked several
pertinent questions concerning
bank employees and bank
procedures, all the time
holding the gun on Mr. Wells.
The second employee to
arrive was Mrs. Mary Ann
Stevenson, head teller. At this
juncture a second armed
bandit joined his comrade in
the bank and as the bank
employees arrived for work
they were herded into the
lounge with all of the male
employees being frisked.
The bandits, one dressed as a
woman with a reddish skirt and
a pair of open sandals,
although bearded, and the
other using a white plastic
mask, asserted themselves at
the outset and cowed the now
thoroughly frightened em
ployees with threats of death if
anything “went wrong.” Both
were believed in their mid-20’s.
By questions asked it was
readily apparent that the two
men had cased the bank well,
probably for about a month,
and knew its inter workings,
habits of employees, time of
Three JHS
Students Aim
At GH Program
Governor’s Honors nominees
from Jackson High School went
to Macon Junior College
February 17 for an individual
interview with program direct
ors.
Students selected as semi
finalists in the program are
Sharon Bankston in mathe
matics. Karen Newman in art,
and Kenny Norsworthy in
social studies.
Each high school is allowed
one semifinalist for every 120
students of the Average Daily
Attendance in the 10th and 11th
grades.
Nominations must come
from teachers in that subject
area. Semifinalists were sel
ected by a committee com
posed of Mrs. Kathleen
Pinckney, coordinator of pro
gram for the gifted, Curtis
Gaye, Mrs. Nancy Hough
taling, Roland Lee, and Mrs.
Thelma Prosser.
Program finalists will be
announced late in March.
The Governor’s Honors Pro
gram was established in 1964
by Carl Sanders in answer to a
bill introduced by then-Senator
Jimmy Carter.
The program of study is held
in Macon from June 14 to
August 10. Young people have
the opportunity to pursue study
$5.00 Per Year In Advance
arrival of employees, security
systems, alarms, and the like.
When one of the newer
employees, Mrs. Gloria Per
kins, arrived, she screamed as
the bandit stepped from behind
a wall. Upon screaming, he
acted with the quickness of a
cat in clamping his hand over
her mouth, placing his gun
against her head and warning
her in no unmistakable terms
that if she screamed again
“you’re dead.”
When Joe B. Taylor, Execu
tive Vice President of Mcln
tosh, arrived, he was frisked
and under duress of a gun, was
forced to write the combination
of the vault on at least two
different pieces of paper on two
occasions. Mr. Wells was made
to open the vault at gun point
with the two robbers helping
themselves to a considerable
sum in currency which they
removed from the bank in two
bags.
The robbery began at
approximately 8:03 and was
over at about 8:50.
Before the bandits left they
forced all employees into the
bank's vault and locked them
in for about 15 minutes. Last of
the employees to arrive for
work was Mrs. Martha C.
Pulliam, who immediately
realized something was amiss
and called the Jackson Police
Department with W. L.
(Cotton) Vaughn coming at
once. He and Mrs. Pulliam
unlocked the vault to release
the 12 prisoners who were
confined for a short time but
for them a seeming eternity.
Soon after the robbery
became known the City of
Jackson Police, the Butts
County Sheriff’s Department
and the FBI assembled on the
scene to direct the manhunt for
the two bold robbers.
It was soon learned that the
Negro men came to Jackson in
a ’69 Pontiac that was reported
stolen Thursday night at a
Conyers used car lot.
Chief Watson Vaughn said he
was told that the men
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in a chosen area of interest
under ideal learning condi
tions.
“We wish our nominees the
best of luck,” Principal Paget
said, “and we’ll be waiting
news of final selection as
anxiously as Sharon, Karen,
and Kenny.”
Homecoming
At JCA Was
Successful
The first annual home
coming for the Jackson
Christian Academy was a
great success. The day began
with a very spirit-filled chapel
program featuring the “Jett
set” from the First Baptist
Church of Jackson, then a soul
stirring message from the
Word of God by Dr. Walton L.
McMillan, Vice-President and
approached a dealer at the car
lot for a demonstration ride in
the Pontiac and when they
returned it they kept a key,
returning during the night to
steal the car. The abandoned
Pontiac was discovered on the
old Griffin road which runs
parallel to Route 16 with the old
road entering 16 at the Middle
Georgia Livestock Sales Cos.
Employees at a Jackson
manufacturing firm told police
that they had noticed the
Pontiac parked on the old
Griffin Road while enroute to
work. Yet employees coming
later reported seeing a yellow
Volkswagen in the same
vicinity which was believed to
have been the car the robbers
exchanged for the Pontiac and
in which they made their
escape.
While deploring the loss of
the money, which was covered
by insurance, both Mr. Taylor,
executive officer of the bank,
and W. H. (Billy) Shapard,
president of Mclntosh, were
gratified that the robbery was
accomplished without any
death or serious injury to bank
personnel or law officers. It
was reported during the time of
the holdup that several people
called Mclntosh with the phone
going unanswered which a
roused suspicion. It is almost a
foregone conclusion that had
someone called the police and
they had rushed to the bank
without prior knowledge of the
robbery someone, and proba
bly several persons, might
have been killed or seriously
injured.
Mr. Taylor said that he
personally and on behalf of the
Board of Directors wished to
thank the employees for their
courage and fortitude during
the trying 45 minutes of their
ordeal and for their wonderful
attitude after it was over
despite the fact that all were
visibly shaken by the terrifying
events. Mr. Taylor concluded
his statement with “it was
something that we will never
forget nor that I hope none of us
will ever experience again.”
NORSWORTHY
Academic Dean of Antioch
Baptist College and Seminary
of Marietta.
The day was concluded with
the “Sweetheart Basketball
Game” between the Mace
donia Christian Academy and
the Jackson Christian Acad
emy. At the game Mr. and Miss
Jr. Varsity, Mr. and Miss
Varsity Royal and the Sweet
heart of JCA were announced.
Jeffery Kuhn was named Mr.
Jr. Varsity. Cindy Collins was
named Miss Jr. Varsity. Randy
Snow and Tempie Collins were
named Mr. and Miss Varsity
Royal. The honor of being the
Sweetheart of JCA went to
Gay la James.
We are very proud of all the
students here at the Academy
for each one has to work hard
this year and in the work every
student has shown the true
spirit that makes JCA the best
school in the state.
BANKSTON
