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Kay Pinckney, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Pinckney of Jackson, is employed at the
Georgia State Capitol as a tour guide. Here she is pictured (at the far right) with (seated) State Sen.
Max Cleland of DeKalb County, and (L-R) Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Mathews of Louisville, Kentucky
and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. Kay led Sen. Cleland and his friends on a tour of the Capitol.-
Photo by Bill Birdsong.
Social Security Checks
Up $136,000 Locally
(Special to the
Progress Argus)
NEW YORK, July 28 - For
residents of Butts County who
are receiving social security
checks each month, how much
bigger will their payments be
as a result of the rate increase
voted by Congress last month?
What will be the average
amount paid to local benefici
aries, compared with what it is
now? >
On the basis of the latest
official figures, it is estimated
that the new levels of
retirement and disability pay
ments will add approximately
$136,000 a year to the total
going to the local area.
The estimate is based upon
statistics for each county in the
United States, contained in the
latest annual report of the
Social Security Administra
tion. It lists the number of
retired workers on the pension
rolls as well as their
dependents and the amounts
going to them.
All will benefit under the new
legislation. The retired single
worker, who has been getting
$1,932 a year, on average, will
be collecting $2,040.
The average for a former
worker and his wife, which has
been $3,324, will go to $3,516.
The minimum benefit paid will
rise from the present $1,014 a
year to $1,072.
For the 30 million people in
the United States who are
getting social security benefits,
the new schedule, which gives
them an adjustment of about
5.9 percent to compensate for
the increase in living costs, will
involve some $3.2 billion per
year.
Pension payments to Butts
County residents have been at
the annual rate of $1,350 per
recipient in the past year, it is
estimated from the latest
figures.
They will go up to $1,430 a
year when the new rates
Real Estate
Cottage located in Cherokee Lake Es
tates, Jackson Lake. Living room and kit
chen combination, 2 bedrooms, bath with
shower, on nice lot fronting on paved road.
All this and furnished also. $6,350.00
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We need listings bad on large or small
acreage. Call us and let us know what you
have.
BURNETTE REALTY
Phone 358-0162 Barnesville, Ga.
become effective next July.
Total payments throughout
the local area, based upon the
number on the pension rolls,
will add up to nearly $2,560,000
a year, it is calculated. This
compares with an annual total
of approximately $2,424,000
under the current rates.
To meet the added cost,
social security taxes will be
raised. Beginning in January,
taxes will be levied on incomes
up to $12,600. The maximum
wage base at present is SIO,BOO.
The increase will not affect
those earning less than SIO,BOO.
Butts Gets
$3,445 In
Title I Funds
The Butts County school
system has received $3,455 in
additional funds under Part C
of Title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act for
fiscal year 1973. These funds
are to be used for supplemen
tary educational programs for
educationally deprived chil
dren residing in eligible
attendance areas with the
highest concentration of chil
dren ages 5-17 from low -income
families.
The total grant to be
administered by the Georgia
Department of Education is
$1,023,382, reports Jack P. Nix,
state superintendent of
schools. Although the grant is
fiscal year 1973 money, school
systems will be able to utilize
these funds as carry-over
mo.iey in a fiscal year 1974
project.
These funds must be used
first in the early childhood and
elementary grade levels. If all
the needs at these levels have
been satisfied, then a school
system may utilize these funds
in the junior high - middle
school and high school levels.
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Threatt
and family were recent guests
of his mother, Mrs. John Brinie
Threatt, of Rockhill, S. C. She
is recuperating nicely from a
broken hip and is now able to
walk about some.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Patterson and family returned
early Friday morning from
Charleston, S. C. where they
visited their children, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Howard
have returned from a trip to
Nashville, Tennessee where
they attended the Civil Air
Patrol Southeastern Regional
Conference.
Friends of Mrs. Ira Cawthon
sympathize with her in the
death of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Clifford C. Rucker, at an
Augusta Nursing Home Tues
day, July 24th. Funeral
services for Mrs. Rucker were
conducted Wednesday in Au
gusta.
Mclntosh State Bank
Your Home Owned Bank
Member F.D.I.C.
Carter Builders Supply, Inc.
Alabama St. 775-3266
Jackson, Ga.
Parrish Drug Cos.
Walgreen Agency
Phone 776-7424 Night: 776-7204
776-7380
Cawthon Brothers, Inc.
Covington Road Jackson, Ga.
Jackson Highway Covington, Ga.
Collins Ready Mix Concrete
Concrete and Septic Tanks
776-3691 775-3299
Middle Ga. Livestock Sales Cos
Livestock Auction Sale
Each Wednesday
Jackson, Ga.
Polk Tire & Service Cos., Inc.
237 South Mulberry 776-7331
Our Young People Are Our Salvation
Avondale Mills,
Indian Springs Plant
Weaver Insurance Agency
6 Byars St. 775-2626
We Are Interested In Our Youth
Jackson City Cleaners
138 E. Second St. 775-7816
“An Aid To Smart Appearance”
THIS SERIES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THESE FIRMS & MEN WHO BELIEVE OUR NATION WORTH SAVING!
3 Players On
Babe Ruth
Champions
Three Jackson Senior Babe
Ruth All-Stars are represent
ing Jackson on the Towaliga
Senior Babe Ruth League team
that won the Georgia champ
ionship for players 16 to 18
years old.
The players are Greg Allen,
pitcher; Andy Crumbley, Utili
ty; and Tommy Stewart,
Shortstop.
The three players are
members of the team compos
ed principally of Griffin
players. 11, and a Griffin
manager and coach. The
Senior Babe Ruth team is
presently in Nashville, Tenne
ssee for the Southeastern
Tournament and got off to an
auspicious start Saturday
when they blanked Mississippi
3-0 in the opening game. It is a
double elimination tournament
with the Towaliga team having
met Nashville Monday night at
6:15 o’clock. The results of this
game were not readily avail
able. Joe McGee, a 16-year-old
pitcher, hurled a two-hit
shutout against Mississippi.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Sams Harrison
of Montgomery, Alabama
spent the weekend with his
mother, Mrs. J. B. Harrison,
and Miss Leila Sams.
Mrs. Arthur Van Meeveren
of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. visited
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Ball over the
weekend while enroute to her
cabin at Lake Chatuge. Joining
them for supper Saturday
evening were Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Jordan, Jennifer and
Robert of Monticello.
Friends of Mrs. L. W. May
are glad to learn she has
returned home after being
hospitalized in Piedmont Hos
pital.
Friends of Mrs. Franklin
Maddox are delighted to learn
she returned home Saturday
from Emory University Hospi
tal and are interested to know
she is “doing nicely” at her
residence.
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COPYRIGHT > 1973 COMMUNITY
Summer
Grads Get
Degrees
ATHENS, Ga. - Dr. Jack
Nix, state superintendent of
schools, will address more than
2,600 graduates at the Univer
sity of Georgia’s summer
commencement exercises here
August 15.
Registrar’s figures show that
326 doctoral degrees, 56
professional degrees and 1,200
advanced degrees will be
presented at the ceremonies,
which begin at 10:30a.m. in the
university’s Coliseum. About
1,000 students will receive
bachelor’s degrees.
Malcolm Augustus Smith IV
of Stateboro has been named
top honor student from among
baccalaureate graduates. He
will receive the Bachelor of
Science degree with general
honors in biochemistry.
A list of students from
Jackson include:
Michael Calvin Braswell,
EDS; Thelma Terrell Craw
ford, MED; Homer Miller
Moelchert, BSA.
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Researchers are putting: together sleep
data that is dispelling old notions and helping
doctors to guide patients with sleep difficul
ties. Studies of sleeping subjects and analysis
of their brain wave patterns show that there
are gray periods of many shades between be
ing fully awake and deeply asleep.
The imaginary insomniac for instance,
arises in the morning with the sensation of
not having slept at all and is very tired. Now,
it is possible for the physician to show this im
aginary insomniac that he spent a night punc
tuated by frequent periods of light sleep on
the border of waking.
“A GREAT MANY PEOPLE ENTRUST US
with their prescriptions, health needs and other
pharmacy products. We consider this trust a
privilege and a duty. May we be your personal
family pharmacy?”
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Parrish Drug Cos.
A Symbol of Savings and Service
Phone: 775-7424
Bearden Auto Parts, Inc.
124 W. Second. 775-7886
Jackson, Ga.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1973
CARD OF THANKS
It is difficult to express in
words my appreciation to those
who remembered me while I
was in the hospital in Florida;
after my return to our son’s
home, and since coming home.
First of all, I am thankful for
the presence, power, and
influence of Jesus Christ.
Thanks for all the cards,
letters, phone calls, and
personal visits. Two of my
neighbors and the Victory
Class of the Jackson United
Methodist Church school made
provisions for flowers each
day, for which I am grateful.
Thanks to the First United
Methodist Church in Mel
bourne for the flowers, the
visits from the pastor, Rev.
Padgett, and assistant pastor,
Rev. Brown, and the lay visits
from the church there.
To our neighbors and friends
for food brought in since
coming home, our thanks.
Last, but not least, to my
wife, children and grandchil
dren for standing by so
faithfully. Thanks to all and
may God richly reward each of
you. -- J. Avon Gaston.
THE IMAGINARY
INSOMNIAC
The Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
PERSONAL
Mrs. J. M. Strawn of
Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Dawkins of Covington, and Mr.
and Mrs. Milford Hamby of
Blairsville visited Mr. Calvin
Strawn in the Providence
Nursing Home in Thomaston
last Saturday.
Job Opportunities Available
at
McDonough Power
Equipment, Inc.
Manufacturer of quality Snapper Lawn
Products has opportunities available for
quality-minded individuals. You earn
$104.00 per week starting pay without ex
perience. You may progress to:
ASSEMBLERS, PRESS OPERATORS,
MACHINE TOOL OPERATORS,
PRODUCTION WELDER,
OR MAINTENANCE.
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Our skilled Toolmakers earn up to $177.-
00 per week without overtime. The Com-;?
pany will help finance Employee Tech
nical Training to improve skill and earn
ings. Overtime is often available to all
employees. The Company pays for 7 y 2
holidays, up to three weeks vacation, health
and insurance program, and a fine retire
ment program. We are a growing company
with excellent opportunities for advance
ment. Our employees have earned increases
of over 7 percent in annual compensation
for many years.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE OPEN
FROM 9:00 A. M. TO 12 NOON
ON SATURDAY.
McDonough Power
Equipment, Inc.
McDonough, Georgia
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Wesfbury Medical Care Home
776-7832
Jenkinsburg, Ga.
Tomlin's Restaurant
Monticello Hwy. 776-7611
Jackson Progress-Argus
(Always Pulling For Butts County)
Jackson, Ga.
Daniel Ford Sales, Inc.
1327 Brookwood Ave. 776-7872
Support Your Local Police
State Supply Cos.
LP Gas - Tanks - Appliances
775-3137
The Kym Cos
Jackson, Ga.
Stephens Grocery
18 Second St. 775-2595
On The Square
Griffin Federal Savings
& Loan Association
W. Taylor at 10th St, Griffin, Ga.
Telephone 404-228-2786
Coleman's Garage
151 First St. 775-3184
Complete Automotive Service
B&C Farm Supply, Inc.
118 Brookwood Ave. 776-2663
Farm Equipment Sales & Service
PERSONAL
Mrs. J. E. Parker returned to
her Rockmart home Friday
after a visit with her children,
Rev. and Mrs. Donald Gray.
She was caring for the Gray
household while Mrs. Gray was
recuperating from recent sur
gery.
