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10 Years Ago
David Boswell Evans, 55,
prominent Butts County farm
er and member of the Butts
County Board of Registrars,
succumbed to a heart attack
about nine o’clock Sunday
evening at the Griff in-Spalding
County Hospital.
Funeral services for Miss
Margaret L. Giles, retired
public health nurse, were held
at 10:30 o’clock Friday
morning at Spring Hill,
Atlanta, with the Rev. Arnold
Smith officiating. Interment
was in the Flovilla Cemetery.
Drivers whose cars have
loud mufflers are being
stopped by the Jackson City
Police and warned to install a
conventional type muffler
within ten days or be fined,
Chief Watson Vaughn said
Tuesday.
Hiking was the order of the
afternoon Saturday when a
group of 19 set out from
Fellowship Presbyterian
Church on foot with High Falls
Lake their destination. The
hike totaled BVi miles for the 16
who completed it.
20 Years Ago
With Dr. Franklin C.
Talmadge, Superintendent of
Home Missions in the Atlanta
Presbytery, officiating an
installation service will be held
at the Jackson Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning. Al
dine Carmichael will be
installed as elder.
One of the richest hauls
made by a trapper in recent
months -- possible in the
history of the fox control
program in Butts County - was
that by W. J. Hill, residing in
the lower portion of the county,
who brought in 22 fox ears
Saturday and got a bounty of
SBB.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughlon Price
of Jenkinsburg entertained a
group of friends at a delightful
buffet supper Saturday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thaxton
were hosts to Mrs. Troy
McClure and family at a
surprise birthday dinner for
their mother on Sunday at their
home.
30 Years Ago
William Morris Redman, Jr.
and Baxter Watkins, Jr. are
among the Jackson boys who
were graduated from the high
school department of the
Georgia Military College at
Milledgeville Thursday.
Beginning Monday people of
Jackson are asked to pause at
12 o’clock noon each day to
offer a minute of prayer for
victory of the United States and
the allies in the present global
war.
Announcement is made this
week of the purchase by Dr. H.
T. Strickland of the old water
mill at Indian Springs from the
estate of Walter D. Lamar.
Friends of R. P. Newton, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Newton, Sr. of Jackson, are
delighted at the fine tribute
paid him as general manager
of the Wannamaker Chemical
Company of Orangeburg, S. C.,
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when that concern was
recently given the “E” award
by the Army & Navy for war
production goals.
40 Years Ago
It was announced Tuesday
by the United States Treasury
department that banks are
opening throughout the country
at the rate of 100 per day.
The Jenkinsburg school and
community will present a
pageant Friday night in the
interest of the Georgia Bicen
tennial.
Mrs. Walter B. King, 44
years of age, died at her home
in Indian Springs Tuesday
night at 8:45.
At the monthly meetings of
the Butts County Board of
Education Tuesday, all mem
bers being present, the
resignation of Prof. T. J.
Dempsey, Jr., as county school
superintendent, was accepted.
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 - Is the Veterans
Administration cutting back
the number of people operating
its hospitals?
A- On the contrary, by the
end of fiscal year 1973 (June
30), VA will have increased
personnel in its hospital and
medical care program to a
record 154,000 - nearly 10,000
more than last fiscal year, and
20,000 above the fiscal year
1971 level.
Q - Can a veteran get VA
help in dealing with his family
and job problems even though
he isn’t sick?
A- Yes. Some of VA’s
veterans assistance centers
are staffed with social workers
(now called community ser
vice specialists) to help meet
the veteran’s total counseling
needs. Specialists are on duty
in Boston, New York, Chicago,
St. Louis, Detroit and other
principal cities, and VA plans
eventually to place them in all
centers.
Q - Are husbands of female
veterans eligible for the same
Veterans Administration bene
fits as widows of male
veterans?
A- Yes. Under PL 92-540
(Oct. 24,1972), the term “wife”
for purposes of benefits,
includes the husband of a
female veteran and “widow”
includes the widower of a
female veteran.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Gordon Brings
Classes To
Prisoners
Just listening to, or looking
at, the small cluster of men
sitting in the classroom one
would think it a typical college
seminar, or even a Sunday
School class. The men are
involved in Human Relations
Training, like many modern
day managers, salesmen, or
executives. The only real
difference is that all these men
are prisoners.
The class, made up of
inmates from the Jackson
Diagnostic Center, are in
volved in only one of the many
‘courses’ offered at the
institution. In fact, the educa
tional program at the Center is
organized on the quarter
system, similar to colleges and
schools on the ‘outside.’ Each
quarter the inmates may
choose from a variety of
courses, most of them focusing
on improving human behavior
and understanding. The class
es are taught by various
members of the Inmate
Service staff.
One unique thing about this
particular course, however, is
that inmates who complete the
course will receive recognition
from Gordon Junior College in
nearby Barnesville. Each
student, who is certified as
completing the course, by the
instructor, will receive two
continuing education units
through the Office of Com
munity Services. These units
can ultimately be used to
receive college credit.
The continuing education
unit is currently under study by
the University System. It is one
of many ways that colleges are
recognizing that learning can
take place other than on the
traditional college campus.
The national trend is that ten
continuing education units will
count for one regular hour of
college credit. Some educators
speculate that degrees will
soon be earned through
combinations of on-campus
work, continuing education
units, and self-directed study.
For the inmates at Jackson,
this is a way of at least building
a kind of ‘educational nest
egg.’ For some, who hope to
continue a formal education, it
will provide a headstart for
when they can actually begin
regular college courses.
Jim Granade, a correctional
psychologist at the center, first
offered the human relations
course. It was designed to help
inmates “really hear what
other people were saying.”
Through role playing and
similar exercises, the inmates
learn how to respond to
comments from other people in
a positive and reinforcing way.
For those who successfully
complete the course, there is
also the prospect for a change
D form. This is a way of get
ting some positve comments
into an Inmate’s folder. When
he comes up for parole it may
mean the difference between
getting out and staying in.
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Timely Tips
For Farm And
Home Owners
By
" 'somi MILLARD
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Extension
WATCH THAT WATER
Would you believe that over
watering kills more house
plants than all other reasons
combined? The problem of
over watering house plants is
complicated by the fact the
symptoms for over watering
are the same as those for under
watering. The only way to tell
is by placing a finger down into
the pot a t least one inch deep. If
it’s wet at all, don’t water the
house plant. Some people have
asked about misting plants. It
is recommended that every
interior gardener get a spray
bottle and daily use it on their
house plants. Daily misting of
the plants is needed to improve
the moisture content of the
plant.
Plants in metal or plastic
pots need watering about
one-third as often as those in
clay pots, and it is advisable
that all house plants be placed
in the same kind of pots so
watering can be done on a
regular schedule.
TREES DETECT
AIR POLLUTION
A build-up of certain air
pollutants can be detected by
some trees. One of the tree
species which is most sensitive
to a wide range of pollutants is
the eastern white pine. In some
areas, white pine is actually
used to monitor pollution
buildup.
Some other trees that are
sensitive to many pollutants
are boxelder, apple, and pear.
The indications of pollution
damage on these trees are
discoloration of foliage or the
burning of leaf margins on tips, *
Usually the newer tender
foliage is damaged first.
So perhaps you have your
own air pollution monitoring
system. You do, if you have
eastern white pine and perhaps
the boxelder, apple and pear
trees.
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Nine miles of white sand beaches are the pride of Jekyll Island,
one of Georgia’s famed Golden Isles. (PRN)
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GEORGIA
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ATLANTA (PRN) - The
island chain tracing Georgia’s
coast has for nearly four
centuries been alive with
romantic history. The colors
of many countries have flown
over this area in its
tempestuous past.
Here the French and
Englisn plotted with the
Indians to dispel the Spanish,
who had established missions
predating California’s by 200
years. Here lurked picturesque
pirates of the Spanish Main in
the lusty days of high
adventure aboard treasure
galleons. The infamous
Blackbeard, it is said, buried
his ill-gotten gains in these
storied isles; timbers for “Old
Ironsides” were cut from their
ancient moss-hung oaks; the
country’s richest man escaped
the rigors of Wall Street here.
Today a number of these
islands are still privately
owned and accessible only by
boat along the intra-coastal
waterway. But the best known
of the Golden Isles - St.
Simons Island, Sea Island,
Jekyll Island - combine to
create a vacation paradise of
sun, sea and sand. Separated
from the mainland at
Brunswick by the fabled
Marshes of Glynn
immortalized by poet Sidney
Lanier, these islands are
reached in a matter of minutes
over causeways threading
seaward across the expansive,
undulating marshes.
State-owned Jekyll boasts
nine miles of broad white
beaches, 45 holes of
championship golf, some 800
modern motel units, campsites
and a variety of sports.
Jekyll visitors may now
tour a number of restored
retreats of the famed
Millionaires’ Club, which
flourished here from 1886 to
1915. Owners of the often
luxurious “cottages” bore
such legendary names as
Rockefeller, Pulitzer, Gould,
Morgan, Vanderbilt. Also open
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1973
for tours are the 25-room
Rockefeller Cottage, which
serves as the Jekyll Museum;
Jekyll Island Clubhouse,
where members once met for
elaborate evening meals, now
functioning as a hotel; Faith
Chapel, a tiny English-style
chapel possessing a luminous
Tiffany window, said to be
one of five personally installed
by the master of stained glass.
Jekyll also thrives as a
convention center, with a
million-dollar expansion to the
present Aquarama now under
way. The new facility, to be
connected to the Aquarama
by a mall, will increase
accommodations for large
gatherings. Other projections
include an amphitheater, sea
circus, expanded motel
facilities.
Nearby St. Simons, largest
of the Golden Isles, offers a
wealth of historic shrines
along with modern lodgings,
pleasant beaches, golf courses
and other sports facilities.
Visitors here should see Ft.
Frederica National Monument,
built by General James
Edward Oglethorpe in 1736 to
serve as military headquarters
for the defense of British
colonies against the Spanish in
Florida; Christ Church,
founded in 1736 by John and
Charles Wesley; Bloody Marsh,
site of a memorable battle in
1742 in which the Spanish lost
their chances of ousting the
British, and lost Georgia
forever.
Sea Island is famed as a
honeymoon retreat as well as
an elegant enclave of private
homes, many of them
showplaces. Miles of beautiful
beaches provide excellent
swimming and surf Fishing.
The 27-hole Sea Island golf
course occupies what was once
historic Retreat Plantation.
For further information on
Georgia’s Golden Isles, write:
Department of Industry and
Trade, Tourist Division, P.O.
Box 38097, Atlanta, Georgia
30334.
Social
Security
News
by
Kate M. McLaurin
Griffin Social Security Office
If you’re getting Social
Security checks, and you’re
under 72 years old, there’s a
limit on how much you can
earn in a year and still get
checks.
The new Social Security Law
allows you to earn up to S2IOO in
a year from work you do
without losing any Social
Security payments. It’s effec
tive with earnings in 1973.
During 1972 you were still
under the old SI6BO in-a-year
rule.
If you earn over S2IOO in 1973,
you lose your social security
money on a $1 for $2 basis. For
every $2 earned over S2IOO, you
give up $1 of the social security
money you would normally
receive for the year.
For example, suppose you
would normally collect a social
security check amounting to
$l5O per month. This would
mean that as long as you don’t
earn over S2IOO in 1973 you’ll
collect SIBOO from Social
Security. If your earned
income amounts to S3OOO in
1973, you’ll forfeit $450.00 of the
Social Security due you. If your
earned income amounts to
SSOOO you’ll give up $1450 of
your Social Security.
But, no matter how much you
make in 1973, you’re entitled to
your Social Security check for
any month you don’t earn over
$175.00.
If you’re nearing your 72nd
birthday, anew rule affects
you. Beginning with 1973, your
earnings in and after the month
you reach 72 are not counted in
determining how much you’ve
earned in the year. If your 72nd
birthday, for instance, comes
in April, you could earn up to a
combined total of S2IOO for
January, February, and March
and still get Social Security
checks for the entire year, even
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Butts Native
Passes
In Griffin
Funeral services for Mr.
Robert Andrew Beeland of 1237
North Ninth Street, Griffin,
were conducted Tuesday after
noon at two o’clock in the First
Wesleyan Church in Griffin.
Rev. Lawrence Keever, Rev.
Gary Hately and Rev. Wayman
Merritt officiated with inter
ment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
McDonald Chapel erf Griffin
was in charge of arrange
ments.
A native of Butts County, Mr.
Beeland had made his home in
Griffin all of his life. Mr.
Beeland died Sunday afternoon
at the Griff in-Spalding County
Hospital. He was a member of
the First Wesleyan Church and
was employed by Thomaston
Mills, Griffin Division..
Surviving Mr. Beeland are
his wife, Mrs. Mattie Mae
Partridge Beeland; a daugh
ter, Mrs. JoAnne Bradley erf
Griffin; two sisters, Mrs. Sara
Moore and Mrs. Dorothy Scott,
both of Griffin; several nieces
and nephews.
though you continued to work
at $700.00 per month after you
are 72.
Your local Social Security
Office will be glad to answer
questions about how earnings
affect your right to retirement
checks. The telephone number
is 227-0183 in Griffin.
at
Daniel Ford Sales
Jackson, Ga.
Phone 775-7872
