The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, March 29, 1973, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextWant Ads HOUSE FOR SALE: Large lot, 8 bedrooms, 2 baths. Own er will finance. 775-7678. 3/22/4tc. HELP WANTED: Waitres ses A. M. and P. M. shifts. Ap ply in person. Holiday Inn, Locust Grove, Ga. 3/22/2tc. FOR SALE: Brick House. Large Lot, 4 Bedrooms, 2 baths. Call 775-7416. 3/22/6tp. LOSE weight with New Shape Tablets and Hydrex Water Pills. Parrish Drug Cos. 3/l/6tp. FOR RENT: Three fur nished rooms, private entran ces; to nice couple only. Call 775-7917. 3/1/tfc. STARCRAFT Boats and Campers. Evinrude Motors. We sell ’em for fun. May and Carter. 5/4/tfc. FRONT END LOADER work, sand, gravel, dirt. Call Roy C. Letson and Son, 227- 4794, 228-4705; day or night. 3/15/12tp. Black Spoke To BPW On Walk Mankind David Black, pastor of the Jackson and Fellowship Pres byterian Churches, was speak er at the 21st birthday celebration of the Jackson Business and Professional Women’s Chib Monday evening at the Jackson Clubhouse and told members and guests of Project Concern, Inc., an international non-profit med ical and dental program, that aids low income families over the world. In September 1969 a group of Santa Rosa, California citizens staged the first Walk For Mankind. The idea caught on fast, according to Mr. Black, who said that more than 200 Walks for Mankind, with some 100,000 walkers taking part, were held throughout the United States last year. The speaker told of a planned Walk For Mankind in Jackson on May 19th and invites those who will to participate in the walk from Jackson to High Falls, to Indian Springs, and back to Jackson, or to sponsor a walker at 10 cents per mile. Mr. Black revealed that of revenues made 60 percent will go to Project Concern and 40 percent will remain in Butts County. He told the interested audience of projects that have been and are currently being carried on in Appalachia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Mexico, and Navajoland. The speaker was presented by Miss Elizabeth McMichael, chairman of the Personal Development Committee, with flowers and decorations fur nished and arranged by Misses Georgie and Delia Watkins. Out of town guests included Hester Handley, past state president, Rubye Alster, Mil dred Burnette, Annie Louise Poteet, Mary Clenner Newton, all of Griffin; Dorothy Thomas, Lorene Lindsey, Gladys Lev erette, Ida L. Elliott, Grace Craig, Sara Pitts, Geraldine Allgood, all of McDonough; Ann Hamilton, Ann Lewallen, Lillian Bussey, Bea Finch, Willa G. Ward, all of Forest Park. National Heroin Hot Line Bust-a-Pusher Call 800-368-5363 Furnished Courtesy Jackson Kiwanis Club Mrs. King Buried T uesday Mrs. Georgia Estelle Mad dox King, 78, of Route 2, East Jackson, died about 11:30 o’clock Sunday night, March 25th, in Jasper Memorial Hospital after being a patient there for a week. Born June 22,1894 in Newton County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. John Maddox and Mrs. Lucy Berry Maddox. She was the widow of Mr. Fred King of Jackson and was a member of the Second Baptist Church. Funeral services for Mrs. King were conducted Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock from the Second Baptist Church with Rev. A. L. Price of Second Baptist Church and Rev. Larry Youngblood, pastor erf West side Baptist Church, officiat ing. Interment was in Pepper ton Cemetery with Sherrell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. King is survived by three sons, Walter L. King, Farris H. King and Robert King, all of Jackson; one daughter, Mrs. Lillie Mae Willard of Jackson; 15 grand children; several great-grand children. Veterans Comer EDITOR’S NOTE: Veterans and their families are asking thousands of questions con cerning the benefits their Government provides for them through the Veterans Admini stration. Below are some representative queries. Addi tional information may be obtained at any VA office or your local veterans service organization representative. Q - How do veterans stack up as credit risks under the G.I. Bill home loan program? A- America’s veterans have been, and are continuing to be, good credit risks. Almost one-half (3.9 million) of the eight million VA guaranteed home loans have been repaid in full, and the number of defaults and claims in 1972 continued at the same (3.2 percent) levels as 1971 and 1970 which were the lowest experienced by VA since the late 1950’5. Q - I read where the Veterans Administration oper ates 168 hospitals. Just how many veterans do they treat? A- A record high of about one million veterans will receive VA hospital care in Fiscal Year 1973, the greatest number in history, and 150,000 more than the record number treated in Fiscal 1972. Out patient medical care will go up from 9-Vfe million visits to nearly 11 million, compared to about 7 million visits in 1969. Q - Seems to me even the small-town VA hospitals have young medical trainees around, these days, and they sure brighten up the place. Are all the VA hospitals helping train health workers? A ~ Yes. All of the 168 hospitals are now affiliated with colleges and universities for training purposes. About 62,000 medical and allied health trainees will receive clinical experience in VA hospitals this year. THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA Mrs. Denham Buried Friday Mrs. Velma Abie Cleveland Denham of Route 1, Old Atlanta Road, Griffin, died Thursday morning, March 22nd, at the Living Center of Griffin. A native of Henry County, Mrs. Denham had lived in Griffin for 40 years. She was a member of the Vineyard Baptist Church. Funeral services were con ducted Friday afternoon at three o’clock in the Vineyard Baptist Church with the Rev. Wiley Virden and Rev. Mike Dearing officiating. Burial was in Griffin Memorial Gardens with McDonald Chapel in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Denham is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Smith of Griffin and Mrs. Vera Merritt of Warner Robins; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Lou Davis and Mrs. Margaret Rosser, both of Atlanta, and Mrs. Elizabeth Williams of Jackson; four brothers, B. O. Cleveland and W. W. Cleve land, both of Locust Grove, Lonnie Cleveland of Avondale Estates and George Cleveland of Columbus; nine grand children, five great-grand children and several nieces and nephews. Social Security News by Kate M. McLaurin Griffin Social Security Office Starting in 1973, people who are working while getting social security benefits can earn more but never lose more than $1 in benefits for each $2 earned, according to Miss Kate McLaurin, social security manager in Griffin, Georgia. ‘The more you earn, the higher your total income will be,” she said. “Under the new social security law, social security payments will be reduced by $1 for every $2 earned over S2IOO in a year.” Previously, monthly pay ments were reduced by $1 in benefits for every $2 earned between SI6BO and S2BBO in a year -and by $1 for every $1 earned over S2BBO. “People 72 and over will continue to get their full social security benefits regardless of earnings,” Miss McLaurin said. Under the new law, people under 72 can earn as much as S2IOO in a year and get their full social security benefits. Different rules apply to people getting social security disability benefits if they work. In addition, starting in 1973, full benefits can be paid for any month in which an employee’s wages are not more than $175 - or he didn’t perform sub stantial services in self- RESLfSffINGS TOP BARGAINS INI USED OARS 1967 Ford 4 Dr., Air, Real Nice 1967 Ford 2 Dr. Hardtop, V 8, Straight Shift, Real Nice 1971 Vega, Auto., Real Nice 1968 Chevelle, 2 Dr. Hardtop, Air, Extra Nice 1968 Impala 2 Dr. Hardtop, Extra Nice 1968 (Two) Impala 4 Dr., Real Clean ABW CHEVROLET C 9 /CHEVROLET 7 <—t ■' FAST THIRD ST PHONf 77 5 1 893 IACKSON. GA Talmadge Blasts Welfare WASHINGTON, DC., March 27,1973 -- United States Senator Herman E. Talmadge, severe ly criticizing the “welfare mess,” Tuesday said nothing frustrates the American tax payer more than “able-bodied people who could but won’t work.” The Georgia Senator, a ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee which handles welfare reform legis lation, said the only “reform” legislation adopted by Con gress so far was his Work Incentive Amendment last year. ‘There is nothing in this country that our people are so dissatisfied with as the welfare mess,” Senator Talmadge said. He added that the Federal Government was spending S3O billion a year to help poor people through programs that are “duplicative, a disin centive to work, and in many instances some poor people get more than their share and others get nothing. No one objects to helping our needy aged, our totally and per manently disabled, our blind, a nd the children who can’t help themselves. What they do object to is able-bodied people who could but won’t work. Nothing so frustrates the American taxpayer as that.” In an interview taped for broadcast over some 100 radio stations throughout Georgia, Senator Talmadge said “his Work Incentive Amendment provides that people who are capable of work must register for work or job training, or lose the welfare benefits. If the Government will implement that program I think it will do the job.” employment. Previously, the monthly limit was $l4O. “Also, starting in 1973, only your earnings in the months before you reach 72willbeused to figure what benefits are due you for those months,” Miss McLaurin said. “Before, earn ings in the entire year you reached 72 were counted in figuring benefits due you for months before you were 72.” “Another feature of the new law assures that the earnings exemption for people getting social security payments will go up automatically in future years as earnings levels increase, she said. The first year there can be an automatic increase is 1975. Social security pays monthly benefits to eligible retired and disabled workers and their families -and to families of deceased workers who were insured under social security. 7^6^771 v;pe>TgeAN\ <7 ' NEWS FROM WORTHVILLE By Mrs. W. G. Avery In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Billy Floyd, the pulpit at Worthville Baptist Church was filled Sunday morning by Mr. Clif Bailew of Griffin, a member of the Gideons, and on Sunday night Rev. Thomas Morton, pastor of Agateville Baptist Seminary, brought the message. Both services were very good. We are rejoicing with Mr. S. J. Ireland in the wonderful news he received from his doctor last week. He was found tohavealmo6tperfect vision in the eye which was blind before surgery. He must be careful for several months, however. Mrs. Martha Sealey returned home Friday after a week’s visit with two sisters in Griffin. Mrs. Robert Landers, Mr. Landers and family, Mrs. G. I. Butler, Mr. Butler and family. While there she attended a bridal shower for her niece, Miss Connie Butler. Sheree Butler spent last weekend with Penney Woodlee of Conyers. Linda Hearn of Hampton spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Stanley Washing ton, and Mr. Washington, returning home Sunday after noon. Another sister, Christie Hearn returned home with the Washingtons for a few days visit. Supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butler and family Sunday evening were his brother, Mr. Loyd Butler, Jr., Mrs. Butler and Debbie of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Butler, Sr. also called during the evening. Mrs. Minnie Lee Hodges and Mrs. Nellie Cochran visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Collins and family in Decatur Tuesday. Miss Janet Washington, a student nurse at Georgia Baptist Hospital, is spending her spring holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Jim McMichael of the Stark Community visited Mr.and Mrs. L. R. Washington Sunday afternoon. They also made a brief call on Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Avery. Mrs. J. H. Pope spent Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Wilson, Mr. Wilson and Bobby of Decatur. Cindy and Mark Jones attended a birthday party for their cousin, Glenn Grant, in Forest Park Saturday. Mrs. Harmon Edwards and Barbara were spend the day guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Bryan in Forest Park Satur day. Mrs. Exie Bohannon of Newton County visited Mrs. Emma Yancey, Charles, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yancey and boys Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ireland had as supper guests Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hughes of Fayetteville. Supper guests of Mrs. Pearl THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1973 White last Tuesday evening were Mrs. Lewis Smith and Jennifer of Leaksville, Miss, and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McCart of Newton County. Rev. Billy Floyd, together with Rev. R. W. Jenkins, left Thursday for Toccoa where they attended a Baptist Church meeting, returning home Sat urday. Mr. L. L. Washington, who has been a patient in DeKalb General Hospital for three weeks, is expected to be released later this week and will be at his home recuperat ing. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Williams and two young sons, formerly cf Jackson, have moved into the Hiram Smith house. The whole community joins us in a hearty welcome to you! Get Ready For Easter / . \ r I got my \// Easter Dress / /O \\j / (/ and Shoes at { ! N\_y iSUSANNE’sI / \ |j | j Susanne’s can outfit the Children and Mom in the lastest Fashions .Jrlt 3 1 for Easter. Dresses for Mom by: ( / \ / Jones Girl, Teena Paige, aUM Distraction, and other / j \ \ name brands. / / \ \ Boys Clothes to Size 16. Shoes for Everyone by Cover Girl, Charm Stop, Cedar Crest and others. SUSANNE'S Carter Builders Supply PHONE 775-3266 JACKSON, GA. DAVID HAISTEN NAMED ON NG HONORS LIST DAHLONEGA - David Mar lin Haisten, son of Mrs. Ben M. Haisten, McDonough Road, Add the Luxury Hardwood Paneling To Your Home Today Unpaid City Tax ’k Few 1972 City Taxes still outstanding. Interest is accumulating since December 20, 1972. This should be paid at once to save Fi Fa and interest Mayor And Council Jackson, has been named to the winter quarter Honors List at North Georgia College. Ha is ten, a senior, accounting major, achieved a “B” average or better with a full academic load of 15 hours.