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Volume 100 Number 13
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William Presley Is New (Jroup
VP of Atlanta First National
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Seven group vice presidents
have been elected by directors
of The First National Bank of
Atlanta. They are Moncure G.
Crowder, Charles F. Huff,
Allan D. Nichols, William R.
Presley, Benjamin W. Raw
lins, Jr., Hal L. Watts and
Krist Attempts Escape
The Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center’s most
illustrious alumnus, Gary
Steven Krist, convicted mas
ter-mind of the Barbara
Mackle kidnapping, attempted
to escape in a pile of trash
Thursday afternoon, March
22nd, but when he was dumped
head first into the sanitary
landfill about 100 yards outside
the prison compound, he found
a large number of the Center’s
security guards waiting for
him.
Dr. Allen Ault, Superinten
dent at the Center in Butts
County, said Krist was hauled
out of the pile of trash,
pretending unconsciousness,
was quickly returned to prison
where he was x-rayed thor
oughly from head to foot with
no indications found that he
was unconscious or under the
influence of drugs.
Supt. Ault said that Krist, 27,
was transferred to the Diag
nostic Center September 26,
1972 after serving two years of
a life sentence for kidnapping
the Florida heiress. He will be
eligible for parole considera
tion after serving seven years.
Supt. Ault explained that
Krist is one of the 126 inmates
assigned to the prison per
manently and that he worked
in the medical section, assist
ing the optometrist.
Presently, the center in Butts
County houses about 850
inmates and last year pro
cessed more than 4,400 of the
inmates for the state prison
system, Supt. Ault disclosed.
He said Krist made his
escape attempt while enroute
Marshall J. Wellborn, Jr.
Mr. Presley, whose home is
in Jackson, attended the
University of Georgia and
completed the L.S.U. School of
Banking. He has been associ
ated with First National for
almost 20 years and is
from work to the cell block
where all the permanent
inmates are housed.
Mr. Ault said that Lewis
Weldon, assistant superinten
dent in charge of security, had
been “on top of the escape
attempt for about three
weeks.” “Wedidn’tknow when
or where it was going to
happen,” he said. “We just
knew he was up to something.”
Krist was convicted for the
1969 kidnapping of the Emory
University coed who was held
for ransom in a coffin-like box
buried in some Gwinnett
County woods for more than
three days.
Supt. Ault said of Krist’s
escape attempt that “he
attempted to ride out in a trash
barrel with his head down and
his behind up.” “He’d covered
himself with trash.”
Mr. Ault revealed that the
security guard detail for the
trash dumping operation had
been tripled since prison
authorities had been alerted
about three weeks ago that
Krist would try to escape.
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manager of the West End
bra nch a nd Sou th Fulton Group
branches. He is active in
several West End area civic
organiza tions.
He is married to the former
Miss Ruth Hodges of Jackson
and they have two sons.
Round Up Day
Saturday At
IS Academy
The Indian Springs Academy
will conduct a “first grade
roundup” Saturday morning,
March 31st, at the academy
campus on Brownlee Road
between the hours of 9-11:30
a.m.
All families and newcomers
entering children in the school
for the first time are earnestly
requested to enroll children in
the first grade, at this roundup
for the next school year.
The Indian Springs Academy
has grades Kindergarten
through twelfth and all
teachers are Georgia certified
with all classes restricted to 25
or under.
This year there will be 14
Seniors in the graduating class.
The Academy is presently
completing its third year.
Refreshments will be served
at the roundup Saturday.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, March 29, 1973
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Jack Hays
New Scout
Executive
Jack Hays has been named
as Scout Executive of the Flint
River Council, Boy Scouts of
America, according to the
Council President Billy Sha
pard. Mr. Hays comes to his
new district from Balboa,
Ca na 1 Zone, w here he served as
Scout Executive since 1968. He
was District Executive and
Field Director in Greenville,
South Carolina from June 1955
to July 1968.
His wife, Carolyn is em
ployed by the Canal Zone
Schools where she teaches
Home Economics. He has two
sons, Bill, now residing in
LaGrange,Ga.,Edwhoisa 9th
grade student, and a daughter,
Harriet who is living in
Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays are
members of the Balboa Union
Methodist Church. He is past
chairman of Commission of
Social Concerns, a member of
the Commission of Education
and a member erf the Hiram
Lodge No. 68 F&AM.
He is originally from
Mansfield, Georgia where he
was a Boy Scout and Assistant
Scoutmaster.
While Scout Executive of the
Canal Zone Council, he
obtained a larger scout service
center and anew camp was
built.
According to Mr. Shapard
the council is fortunate in
obtaining a man of Mr. Hays
experience and background to
be Scout Executive. Mr. Hays
moved to Griffin on March 15.
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Chuck Tindel
Is New
Sanitarian
Chuck Tindel, a 1972 grad
uate of Auburn University with
a Bachelor of Science degree,
has assumed the duties as
County Sanitarian, beginning
work on March sth. He
replaces Donald Bristol who
accepted a promotion in the
same field in Spalding County.
Mr. Tindel has lived all of his
life in Ashford, Ala. and prior
to being employed by the
Health Department he was
affiliated with his father.
Mr. Tindel said his duties
will primarily be sanitary
inspection and approval of
sewage systems, rabies con
trol, public relations work, etc.
He is single and is a
Methodist.
Blood Program at Stake Monday
With 138 Pint Goal A Necessity
Butts countians, like Caesar,
will cross its Rubicon Monday,
April 2nd, when the visit of the
Regional Bloodmobile will
determine the future of the free
whole blood program now
presently enjoyed by Butts
County residents.
The quota is 138 desperately
needed pints to offset a 26 pint
deficit incurred at the Novem
ber, 1972, visit of the blood
mobile. John Billy Long, Blood
Recruitment Chairman, states
that a failure to meet the quota
would probably result in the
county being placed on proba
tion or being placed on a credit
card system which provides
coverage for only the immedi
ate family of a donor.
Headquarters, as usual, will
be at the National Guard
Armory on Franklin Street
with hours of collection
between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30
p.m.
Chairman Long said that
members of the Jackson
Business & Professional Wo
men’s Club as well as other
volunteer workers will staff the
visit, furnishing volunteer help
in the canteen and for clerical
work. At the same time Mr.
Long requests those local
registered nurses who can and
will to report for duty at the
Armory during the above hours
to aid in the medical portion of
the examination.
Chairman Long pointed out
tha t people between the ages of
18-65 a re qualified to give blood
and that young people 18-21,
who previously needed parent
al consent, can donate blood
without such consent.
Mr. Long was quick to
emphasize, however, that to
achieve the 138 pint quota, one
cf the county’s highest, every
person, club, organization,
church, etc. will need to
cooperate to the fullest in
publicizing the day and time of
the visit and in seeing that
members of whatever in
terested group can and will
Milledgeville
Will Host
Art Festival
Milledgeville will be host
April 14th and 15th to the Old
Capitol Arts Festival with
hours for April 14th being from
9a.m.-6p.m. and on April 15th
from 12:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
The festival is sponsored by
Georgia Military College in
cooperation with Milledgeville-
Baldwin County Chamber of
Commerce, Milledgeville His
torical Society, Milledgeville
Arts Association, Milledge
ville-Baldwin County Recrea
tional Department.
The festival will feature
work by local artists and
craftsmen as well as those
from other states. Proceeds
from the festival will be used to
improve and preserve the
beautiful grounds and build
ings of the college. The
college’s main administration
building served as the State
Capitol building from 1807-1868.
Georgia Military College was
founded in 1879 and is one of the
only five military junior
colleges in the entire nation.
The festival will feature a
tour of some of Milledgeville’s
oldest homes most of which
will be made by foot, though
busses will be available; a
concert by Georgia Military
College Band; drill team
performance by Georgia Mili
tary College Cadets; exhibit of
museum items; a country store
of all hand made items.
report to the blood collection
agency at the Armory. “I am
at a loss to explain the
apparent disinterest in the
blood program here,” Mr.
Long said. “With ever increas
ing demands for whole blood
locally, Butts County must do
its part or we will certainly be
removed from the eligible
list.”
Mr. Long is hoping for
enthusiastic support from the
schools and from the churches
cf the community, both
institutions, over the years,
having supported the blood
program well and favorably.
Mr. Long stated that he has
asked the pastors of every
church in Butts County to
announce the visit of the
bloodmobile on Monday, April
2nd, and has contacted local
industries and local chibs and
organizations enlisting their
support and cooperation.
In summation, Chairman
Long stated simply, “If we
don’t succeed Monday, I do not
know where we will turn or
what will happen to us but I
doubt seriously if the blood
mobile will continue to call
here if we cannot reach our
quota. I ask the help of each
individual to help make the
blood visit here Monday a
success.”
Little League
Try Outs
Saturday
Try outs for all new Little
Leaguers will be held March
30that 4p.m.and March3lst at
10 a.m. at the James Wallace
Memorial Park on Highway 16
west.
All boys playing Van
Deventer Little League ball for
the first time must try out
before they will be drafted on a
team. In the event the above
dates are rained out, try outs
will be held April 2nd.
First Baptist Revival
Will Begin On April Ist
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CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
The Progress-Argus proudly salutes as its Citizens of
Tomorrow, left, David Jenkins, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Jenkins of Route 2, Jackson, and Todd Dunn, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Dunn of Route 1, Jackson.
City Now
Replacing
Old Meters
The City of Jackson is in the
process of replacing worn out
parking meters, according to
Councilman John L. Coleman,
chairman of the Police
Committee under whose juris
diction the work is being done.
Some of the meters being
replaced are probably 12 or 13
years old, according to Mr.
Coleman, who reported that in
many instances the old heads
were slipped off and replaced
with the new ones.
Red meters are for 15 minute
parking. Mr. Coleman pointed
out. All meters on inside of the
square have been replaced.
RICHARD BALLARD
RESIDENT MANAGER
Richard Ballard has been
appointed Resident Manager of
Ha is ten Funeral Home in
Jackson at a recent meeting of
the stockholders of Haisten
Brothers, Incorporated, Fun
eral Directors who own and
operate funeral homes in
Jackson, Griffin and Barnes
ville.
The promotion of Mr.
Ballard was occasioned by the
recent death of Ben M.
Haisten, Vice President and
Resident Manager in Jackson
since 1949.
Terry Moody was appointed
AssistantManagerat the same
time. Messrs. Ballard and
Moody will be in complete
charge of Haisten Funeral
Home and they pledge the
organization’s same efficient
and dignified service it has
rendered since coming to
Jackson.
Rev. John M. Carpenter, a
Southern Baptist Missionary to
Liberia, will be the evangelist
and guest speaker at Spring
revival services beginning
Sunday, April Ist, at the First
Baptist Church of Jackson. The
revival continues through
Sunday, April Bth.
Rev. Don Folsom, pastor,
announces that services will be
held each weekday morning at
7:25 a.m. for 30 minutes.
Services are scheduled each
evening, except Saturday, at
7:30 p.m.
Steve Jett, Minister of Youth
and Music, will have charge of
choirs and will lead singing.
The Carol Choir will sing on
Tuesday, the Cherub Choir on
Wednesday and the Youth
Choirs, both Junior and Senior,
on Thursday. Wednesday will
be Family Night.
Prior to appointment to the
missionary field, Mr. Carpen
ter pastored churches in
Oakland, Ky., Sylvania, Ho
gans ville, Ellaville, Gaines
ville and Tennille. He is a
native of Toccoa and attended
North Georgia College, Truett-
McConnell Junior College,
graduated from Mercer Uni
versity and received his
divinity degree from Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.