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Volume 100 Number 34
Devils Open Season Here
Friday Against Rockdale
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The Jackson High Red Devils
return to the 1973 gridiron wars
Friday night on the Hill against
a strong Rockdale County
team, smarting for revenge
from their 7-19 upset last year
at the hands of Jackson.
Kick-off time will be at 8:30
o’clock and a large crowd is
anticipated for the Devils’
debut.
Head Coach Ron Wade and
his staff have spent this week
polishing up the Devils, both
offensively and defensively, for
their tough opening assign
ment. Coach Wade said that
the week’s camp at Gordon
Junior College was most
successful and that the team
had returned home without
serious injuries and the
squad, 35 players strong, is up
to full strength now.
As the opening whistle nears,
Coach Wade and staff have
singled out tackle Darrell
Summers and tailback Andy
Crumbley as the stalwarts they
are expecting to be super stars
this year. Summers is a 202
pound senior tackle of whom
great things are expected while
Crumbley, a 190 pound tail
back, is gifted on both offense
and defense, playing lineback
Grand Jury Presentments
Of August Term Court
TO: HONORABLE HUGH D.
SOSEBEE, JUDGE
BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT
FLINT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
We the Grand Jury sworn
and empanelled for the August
Term, 1973, Butts Superior
Court, make the following
presentments in Open Court.
The Grand Jury, in organi
zing, elected Mr. L. W.
Moelchert, Foreman, Mrs.
Marie M. Holland, Clerk, and
Mr. Carter Moore, Bailiff.
We wish to express our
appreciation to the Rev. J. C.
Parham for leading the prayer
in the opening session of court.
The Grand Jury wishes to
thank the Honorable Hugh D.
Sosebee. Judge of the Flint
Judicial Circuit, for his most
able charge and for the
dignified and orderly manner
in which judicial matters are
handled in court.
We further wish to thank our
District Attorney, the Honor
able Edward E. McGarity and
his staff for their most able
assistance to this Grand Jury.
We also desire to thank Mr,
Carter Moore, our Bailiff, for
his cooperation and competent
service.
The Grand Jury returned 45
True Bills and 4 No Bills 3
er when the opponents have the
ball. Crumbley will also do the
punting while Summers will be
used as the kick-off specialist.
Coach Wade is quick to
confess that the position of
principal concern is quarter
back where Soph John Morgan
brings inexperience to that
post and as he develops, or fails
to, so will go the team. Without
putting undue pressure on
Morgan, Coach Wade said
Monday “we’ll open with
him and if he can come up with
a pretty good performance now
and later, we’ll have a good
team.”
Coach Wade stated
Rockdale Is extremely strong
and has almost unlimited
manpower, though much of it is
untested. “You can bet they
will be out to atone for last
year’s defeat and they’ll be a
good opening test for our
team.”
Coach Wade indicated that
he will start four seniors on
offense and four seniors on
defense but expressed some
concern over the rather small
squad, 35 in number. “I expect
us to be real quick with better
than average speed and with a
little luck we hope to give the
carried forward.
We wish to commend the
County Commissioners for the
remodeling and rearrange
ment of the Grand Jury Room.
The new arrangement whereby
all jurors are facing the
foreman, clerk, and person
testifying has enabled the
Grand Jury to operate more
efficiently. Also, the signal
system between the Grand
Jury Room and the District
Attorney’s Office has greatly
improved the expediency of the
presentments.
We extend our appreciation
to Honorable Hugh D. Sosebee,
the Butts County Sheriff,
Jackson City Police Depart
ment for the continuing efforts
in trying to curb the drug
traffic in Butts County.
SPECIAL PRESENTMENTS
(1) We recommend that the
County Commissioners estab
lish a set of rules and
regulations governing the
establishment of any business
in Butts County
(2) We concur with the
February Grand Jury and
recommend that the commit
tees appointed by that body to
visit the Georgia Diagnostic
and Classification Center be
continued in its original
Jackson fans something to see
Friday night.”
Rounding out the Jackson
High coaching staff, in addition
to Ron Wade as head coach and
athletic director, are Danny
Blue, defensive coach, Univer
sity of Chattanooga; Bill
Shotwell, offensive coach, West
Georgia College and Robert
Carroll, ninth grade coach,
Kansas State Teacher’s Col
lege. Wade is from the
University of Chattanooga.
Trainers are Ronnie Dodson
and David Wyatt.
Coach Wade selected his
tentative starting lineup Mon
day and said that if the Red
Devils received he would field
a team of John Morgan, 175
pound sophomore at quarter
back; Ricky Smith, 160 pound
sophomore in the backfield;
James Morgan, 180 pound
senior at fullback; Norman
Alexander, 165 pound senior at
wingback; Andy Crumbley, 190
pound senior at tailback;
Larry Jester, 205 pound junior
at center; Jimmy Clemmons,
170 pound sophomore at guard;
Jeff Patterson, 165 pound
sophomore at guard; Darrell
Summers, 202 pound senior at
tackle; Bobby Askin, 211 pound
membership and duties.
(3) We recommend that the
County Commissioners adopt
recognized building, plumbing
and electrical codes.
We further recommend they
employ qualified personnel to
enforce compliance with these
codes. It is suggested that the
county’ investigate the possibil
ities of a joint venture between
the county ana the ineorpor
rated municipalities of the
county to make this recomen
economically feasible.
The Grand Jury commends
the Butts County Commis
sioners for their consideration
of the problem of pollution on
Lake Jackson and their action
to stop it. The Jury further
urges the Commissioners to
remain informed of the
conditions of the lake and to
seek opportunities to prevent
further deterioration of this
valuable but threatened body
of water.
We recommend that these
presentments be published in
our local county newspaper
and the usual fee be paid for
this service.
Respectfully submitted.
1. W Mwlchert . Foreman
Marie M Holland, t lerk
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, August 30. 1973
senior at tackle and James
Clark, 179 pound junior at end.
On defense, the Red Devils
would lineup as follows,
according to Coach Wade:
James Morgan, safety; Ber
nard Mayfield, 170 pound
junior at halfback; Norman
Alexander at halfback; Andy
Crumbley, linebacker; Larry
Jester, tackle; Dale White, 165
pound sophomore at guard;
Jimmy Clemmons, guard;
Darrell Summers, lineback;
Marvin Banks, 191 pound
senior, guard; Bobby Askin,
tackle; James Clark, end.
The Rockdale County Bull
dogs are coached by a staff
composed of Phil Knight, Bill
McCord, Tom Jones, Jeff
Eckard, John Sprague, Bill
Kerlin and Larry Ballard.
There are 59 players on the
squad with 20 seniors forming
the nucleus of the strong
invading team.
Jackson High’s cheerleaders
will be captained this year by
Janice Fletcher with Janet
Robison as co-captain. Others
include Rita Smith, Maxine
King, Kathy Maddox, Reba
Kelly, Kim Schroeder, Debra
Dawson and sponsor, Carol
Ridgeway.
Retail Sales
In County
Up 19.2 %
Butts County’s retail sales
showed a healthy 19.2 percent
increase from the first quarter
of 1973 over the first quarter of
1972.
Figures as released by the
Georgia Chamber of Com
merce indicate that retail sales
in 1973 in Butts toataled
$6,097,000 as compared to
$5,113,000 in the first quarter of
’72.
Retail sales in Georgia
totaled $3,449,542,000.00 during
the first quarter of 1973 as
compared with $3,047,886,000-
00 during the same period of
1972.
Other counties in this area
showed less percentage in
crease than did Butts, the
statistics as follows: Monroe
17.9 percent; Newton 10.4
percent . Spalding 7.47 percent;
Lamar 18.9 percent; Pike 9.4
percent and Henry 26.7
percent.
Received in Open Court and
ordered filed and published
This the 21st day of August
1973.
Hugh!) Sosbee,Judge
Butts Superior Court
Flint Judicial Circuit
Filed in Open Court, this the
21st Day ol August 1973.
Da\id P Ridgeway.Clerk
Bulls Superior Court
October 12 Is Date
For City Primary
Friday, October 12th, is the
date set for the City Primary at
which time Councilmen from
the First, Fourth, and Fifth
Wards will be nominated. They
will serve the city for the years
1974 and 1975.
The rules and regulations
under which the City Primary
will be conducted were adopted
Friday afternoon, August 24th,
at a meeting of the City of
Jackson Democratic Execu
tive Committee at the City
Hall. The meeting was presid
ed over by Levi J. Ball,
Ricketts Is
New Warden
At Prison
Dr. James G. Ricketts has
assumed his duties as Warden
of the Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center, succeed
ing Dr. Allen Ault in that
important post.
A native of Ohio, Dr.
Ricketts, 33, holds a Bachelor
of Science degree from Ohio
Northern University and a
Master of Education degree
from Bowling Green State
University and a Ph.D degree
from Ohio State University in
1971 with his major in physical
education, health and recrea
aipnk
dr
tion. Dr. Ricketts’ wife, Vickey
Lee Krock Ricketts, also holds
Bachelor of Science and a
Master of Education degrees
from Bowling Green Univer
sity. She is a reading specialist
with seven years experience.
The Ricketts have three
children, Robin Lynn 10,
Daniel Scott 7, and Kimberly
Rae 5.
A former teacher and coach.
Dr. Ricketts was in the
Mohawk High School system.
Sycamore, Ohio, from 1960-64,
was teacher and coach at
Groveport High School, Colum
bus, Ohio, 1964-65, and was
instructor. Men's Department
of Physical Education, Ohio
State University, 1965-1966.
From 1966-68 Dr. Ricketts
served as head of the Women’s
Department of Physical Edu
cation at Hanover College, in
Hanover, Indiana. In 1968-1970
he was chairman of the Health,
Physical Education Depart
ment and Athletic Director at
Bluffton College in Ohio.
In 1972 Dr. Ricketts served
as acting director of the
Research and Planning Divi
sion of the State Board of
Corrections He was State
Director of Correctional Re
creation Programs for the
State Board of Corrections
until June 15, 1972 and
immediately before coming to
hi* post at the d.agnustic
center he was warden of
Walker Correctional Institute,
Rock Springs. Ga.. until
August 15. 1973
In 1966-67 and in '67-'6B, Dr
Ricketts was Coach of the Year
in Golf in the Hoosier
Conference.
chairman.
Incumbent councilmen, all of
whom are expected to qualify
and run for re-election, are J.
Dawson Bryant, First Ward;
John L. Coleman, Fourth
Ward; and John Robert
Pulliam, Fifth Ward.
The executive committee set
the fee of $60.00 for candidates
for council, the same assess
ment as last year. The
executive committee voted to
begin qualifying on September
4th, 1973 and close qualifying
on September 21st, 1973 with
Dr. Newman
To Practice
Here Again
Much community wide in
terest was engendered in the
announcement last week by
Dr. Jack R. Newman that he
will resume the private
practice of medicine in
Jackson at an early date. He
will be located in the office on
North Oak Street formerly
occupied by Dr. Robert L.
Culpepper.
A native of Bristol, Tennes
see . Dr. Newman was reared in
Albany and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde J. Newman of
Dawson. He was graduated
from Albany High School. Dr.
Newman attended Tulane
University after which he
served in the Marine Corps for
four years.
Dr. Newman received his M.
D. degree from the School of
Medicine of Tulane University
in 1960. He served his
internship and a year of
surgery residency at Macon
Hospital. He began practice in
Jackson in June 1962 when he
joined the staff of Sylvan Grove
Hospital, composed at that
time of Dr. Wright G. Hicks,
Chief. Dr. James C. Howell,
Dr. Frances M. Holston, Dr. J.
W. Watkins. Jr., Dr. George W.
Brown, Dr. Charles F. Les
cher. the latter three from
Griffin, and Dr. C. H. Johnson.
DDS.
Dr. Newman is married to
the former Miss Hazel Britton.
They have four children.
Dr. Newman resigned from
the staff of Sylvan Grove
Hospital in January 1969 to
accept a position as doctor at
the Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center. He re
signed this post in August 1973
and announces himself as
ready to resume private
practice here as soon as his
office can be equipped
L. R. Washington, Retired
Mail Carrier, Died Thursday
Mr Lewis Rupert Washing
ton. 83. of Route 1, Jackson, a
retired mail carrier and one of
Butts County's most widely
known citizens, died at 10:30
o'clock Thursday morning.
August 23rd, following a long
period of declining health
Born in Butts County on
March 12, 1890, he was the son
of the late Mr George Lewis
Washington and Mrs Jennie
Grant Washington, both also of
Butts County Mr. Washington
was a retired farmer and for
many years was a rural mail
carrier from the Jackson Post
Office. A lifelong resident of
the Worthville Community, he
was a member of the
Worthville Baptist Church
w here he served on the Board
of Deacons and was secretary
treasurer of the church for a
long period of time
$5.00 Per Year In Advance
those candidates desiring to
run to register with Richard W.
Watkins. Jr., secretary, or with
Mrs. Mary Lee Martin,
assistant secretary, between
the hours of 9 A M. and 5 P.M.
Members of the City Demo
cratic Executive Committee
will also be nominated for one
year terms and these include
Levi J. Ball, City at Large:
Mrs. Mary Lee Martin, First
Ward; Doyle Jones, Jr.,
Second Ward: A. V. Maddox.
Third Ward; Richard W.
W'atkins, Jr., Fourth Ward;
Lester Maddox To Speak
In Jackson September 4
HI
Lester Maddox, Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia and
famed conservative politician,
will address the Jackson
Kiwanis Club on Tuesday
night, September 4th. at a
ladies night meeting. The
appearance erf Mr Maddox has
been arranged by Francis
Holland, program chairman.
Mr. Maddox was bean in
Atlanta September 30.1915 and
was educated in the public
schools of that city. Energetic
and independent at an early
age. Mr. Maddox began selling
newspapers at the age of 12, his
first job paying him $4 a week
and while he was still a boy he
started his first business with a
total capital outlay erf $4
Mr. Washington was a
member of the Butts County
Board of Education for over 20
years and was a loyal and
dedicated member of Ancient
York Lodge No. 127 of Masons,
having served as secretary for
33 years, from 1935-1968 and
was Worshipful Master for 12
years. 1922-1934 Mr. Washing
ton had the distinction of
serving as Worshipful Master
of the Sixth Masonic District of
Georgia in 1937.
A World War 1 veteran, Mr.
Washington served in the
United States Navy He was a
member of the Royal .Arch
Chapter No, 122 and the Order
of the Eastern Star No 516.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday afternoon at
three o'clock from the Worth
\ lie Baptist Church with Rev
Argin Floyd and Rev Billy
and J. O. King. Fifth Ward.
Polls will be open in City Hall
on the day of the primary from
7 A.M. to 7 P.M. The vote will
be consolidated and the returns
published at a meeting of the
Executive Committee at 10
o’clock on Saturday, October
13th. The candidate receiving a
majority of votes cast will be
declared the nominee.
In the event of a run-off, this
will be held on Friday. October
26th. or exactly two weeks
following the primary.
In 1944 the Lieutenant
Governor and his wife,
Virginia. opened their first
restaurant known as Lester’s
Grill, and in 1947 he opened his
Pickrick Restaurant. The
restaurant proved so popular
that there were nine expan
sions in eight years and
became one erf the most widely
known eating places in
Georgia.
In 1966 Mr Maddox, unaided
by state or national leaders of
either major party, ran for and
won election to Georgia’s
highest office.
A maximum attendance of 96
persons are expected to be on
hand to hear Lt. Gov. Maddox
in his address on September
4th.
Floyd, officiating.
Interment was in the church
cemetery with a Masonic
graveside service. Haisten
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Survivors of Mr Washington
include his wife. Mrs. Ermine
Kitchens Washington, a patient
at Hilltop Nursing Home in
Monroe County , three daugh
ters. Mrs Rebon Maddox of
Jackson, Mrs Bob Webb of
Atlanta and Mrs Lavar Elmer
of Stockbridge; one son. Stacer
W Washington of Jackson; two
sisters. Mrs Lola Wingate of
Social Circle and Mrs. Bernice
Cook of Atlanta; three bro
thers. L L. Washington and
Luther J Washington, both of
Jackson. H L Washington of
Morrow; tl grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Rufus
Kitchens. Earl Hurst. Virgil
Smith, Otis Stephens, Bill
Barnes, and Clyde Parker.