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.Volume 100 Number 36
School Enrollment Up
SI ightly Over 1972
Total enrollment in the Butts
County School System as of
September 6th stood at 2,617, a
slight increase over the 2,612
pupils registered last year at
the end of the first month of
school.
Broken down by schools,
Supt. William B. (Bill) Jones,
released the enrollment figures
as follows:
Jackson Primary 650
Henderson Elemn. 740
Henderson Jr. Hi. 464
Jackson Hi. 763
TOTAL 2,617
Mr. Jones said that the
system picked up 57 students
the first week of school and
feels that more will be added in
the next few weeks.
The school superintendent
appears particularly proud of
the option the Butts County
Board of Education obtained
on the building formerly
occupied by the Central
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation on North Mulberry
Raid Wednesday Nets One
Arrest And Marijuana
A T.I.P. line call paid off
handsomely for the Jackson
Police Department when they
raided a house at 326
Brookwood Avenue Wednesday
night, September sth, and
confiscated some 16 bags of
suspected marijuana.
Lt. W.L. (Cotton) Vaughn of
the Jackson Police Depart
ment said that the call was
received about nine o’clock
over the T.I.P. line. The next
few minutes were obtained in
securing a search warrant and
according to Mr. Vaughn it was
about ten o’clock when he, Sgt.
Fred Moore and Cpl. Robert
Johnson arrived at the above
address.
Lt. Vaughn said they
knocked on the door with
someone inside asking who it
was. The answer was “the
police.” Mr. Vaughn said a
lady asked them to wait a
minute as she was not dressed.
Approximately 30 seconds
later a young man, identified
GIVE!
Mike Bames Medical Fund
GIVE!
On August 7th Mike Barnes was a normal,
happy, 19-year-old teenager with his life rosy-hued
and excitingly before him.
On August Bth, the bright picture grimly
changed and now Mike is fighting for his life at
Northside Hospital in Atlanta.
On the morning of August Bth, Mike was
returning home when his car overturned on Ridgway
Road, throwing him from the vehicle and inflicting
critical head and internal injuries. He lay there
perhaps an hour or more before the lights from his
car shining in the window of a nearby home roused
the sleeping family who immediately summoned
assistance. Mike has remained unconscious since the
accident and his prognosis is far from bright.
In the meantime, the enormously expensive
medical and hospital bills and nurses fees have
depleted the financial reserves of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Barnes, of Rt. 3, Jackson. The fees
for the around the clock nurses alone run more than
SI,OOO per week.
It is believed that many people would like to
contribute financial help to the family upon learning
of its plight. Those wishing to make such
contributions may do so by leaving their check or
cash with Joe B. Taylor, executive vice-president of
Mclntosh State Bank, at the banking house. Checks
may be made payable to ‘ Mike Barnes Medical
Fund,” and donations in any denomination will be
greatly appreciated by the Barnes family and their
friends.
Street. This much needed
space will enable the school to
enlarge its kindergarten pro
gram for those children five
years old.
Mr. Jones said that when
total registration is completed
he expects between 150-160
children in the kindergarten, a
figure of considerable import
ance when one considers that
the kindergarten is competing
against several private schools
in the Butts County area. Mr.
Jones announced that registra
tion will be held on September
15th at the primary school. He
further stated that the kinder
garten already has an enroll
ment of 70. This will mean an
addition of seven classes with
one teacher and aide per class.
Mr. Jones said three special
education programs have been
added with two teachers
employed in behavorial dis
order and one additional
teacher for the EMR program.
by police as David Moreland
26, opened the door. Lt. Vaughn
said he was advised that the
police had a search warrant
and he was given a copy of the
warrant as the search was
begun.
Approximately 15 minutes
later Lt. Vaughn said he
discovered 16 bags of suspect
ed marijuana under a bed in a
back bedroom. Sgt. Moore
advised Mr. Moreland that he
was under arrest, Lt. Vaughn
said, and instructed him on his
constitutional rights. Mr.
Moreland was brought to the
City Jail where he was lodged.
Lt. Vaughn said that five
capsules of an undetermined
type were also found and that
one had been sent to the State
Crime Lab to have its contents
analyzed.
Lt. Vaughn said Mr. More
land was very cooperative
during the raid and search. The
Jackson police officer stated
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CIRCLE K SWEETHEART Ready for the hop
Jackson’s Gloria Morgan readies for Gordon dance. Do you
ever long for the days when girls wore ponytails and saddle
shoes and the boys slicked back their hair into a swooping
ducktail? And remember when couples chomped on bubble
gum while bopping to rock ’n roll sounds of the 1950’5? Now is
your chance to relive the past in a spectacular “1950’s Hop”
sponsored by the Circle K Club at Gordon Junior College.
Students will swing to the music of Atlanta’s “Ray Croft and
the Village Sons.” The hop, a special party for students to get
acquainted after the first day of class, begins at 8 p.m. in the
Gordon gym on Sept. 18. So pick up your chick, coast on up in
your ’55 Chevy and bop at the hop. It’s going to be cool, man.
3 Car Crash
Injures
Several
Several persons were injured
in a three car collision Sunday
afternoon at the intersection of
High Falls Road and Highway
36 when one vehicle failed to
stop at a stop sign.
The injured, all taken to the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal, according to a report filed
by the Georgia State Patrol
who investigated the accident,
were identified as Franklin
Eugene Hendrix, 20, and
Pamela Hendrix, 18, of Stone
Mountain, passengers in one
car. Their vehicle was travel
ing east on High Falls Road.
According to troopers, the
driver failed to stop at the
intersection.
Passengers in the second car
were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Earl Johnson and children of
Swansea, S. C. Their vehicle
was headed in the direction of
Barnesville at the time of the
accident. The third car, also
preceeding in the direction of
Barnesville and following the
Johnson vehicle, was occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Forrest A.
Marshall of Birmingham, Ala.
All the Johnsons, Robert
Earl, 3, Wanda, 22, Jason
Wayne one month old. and
Clarence Earl Johnson, were
injured. The victims of the
accident were rushed to the
Griffin-Spalding County Hospi
tal by a Jackson ambulance.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were
visiting their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Bearden, in Jackson
and were enroute home when
the collision took place. Their
injuries were minor.
that a scale believed used in
weighing the suspected mari
juana was also confiscated. He
said it was a druggist type
scale with a maximum weight
of two pounds Lt. Vaughn said
that the 16 bags of suspected
marijuana would bring an
estimated S2O per bag on the
local market
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, September 13,1973
United Appeal
Drive Begins
On October Ist
United Appeal ’73 will have
its official kick-off date on
October 1, drive President
Dick O’Hara emphasized this
week.
“Many people in the com
munity are left wondering just
what a United Appeal drive
is,” Mr. O’Hara said.
He briefly explained that the
drive is a means which offers a
community a practical ap
proach to the solution of the
problem of multiple cam
paigns.
The United Giving concept
was first developed in Denver
in 1887 The idea spread to
many other cities and was
further developed in Cleve
land, where the first Commun
ity Chest was formed in 1913.
In subsequent years the idea
continued to spread, but the
formation of many new
agencies, during the post W’W
II years, led to the creation of
the United Fund concept in
Detroit in 1949.
Voluntary health and welfare
services are a vital part of
American life, enjoying wide
spread community support
These services, however, can
be effective only if they are
adequately financed. “United
Appeal offers a way to
accomplish this goal in the
most efficient and effective
manner yet developed,’’ Mr.
O'Hara stated
He concluded by saying that
the United Appeal should be
considered as a method rather
than a specific organization. It
is a method which can be
adopted by communities of all
sizes where there is a desire to
raise funds for many agencies
in one campaign.
Moneys collected through the
United Appeal will be distri
buted where they can be most
effectively throughout Butts
County
4 Qualify For Three
City Council Posts
Four candidates for three
City of Jackson council seats,
including all the incumbents,
had qualified as of Tuesday
noon, September 11th, with
Richard W. Watkins, secretary
of the City of Jackson
Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
Qualifying last week with
Mr. Watkins were John Robert
Pulliam, incumbent from the
fifth ward, Dawson Bryant,
incumbent from the first ward
and John L. Coleman, incum
bent from the fourth ward.
Wayne Cook, an employee of
77% Local Residents
Now Drive To Work
Where do Butts County
residents work, where do they
live relative to their places of
employment and how do they
travel to their jobs?
That is the subject of
surveys, covering the entire
country, undertaken by the
Commerce Department and
others as part of an overall
study of the nation’s transpor
tation problem.
Involved, in that connection,
if the question of the rate at
which our road building
program should be pursued,
the need to conserve gas and
the matter of automobile
pollution.
In Butts County, the figures
show, a considerable propor
tion of the working population,
58.4 percent, are employed
within the county.
DAR Chapter To Observe
Constitution Week
“On May 25,1787 the colonies
met at Independence Hall,
Philadelphia to draw up a plan
of government which would
bind the colonies together in a
strong union. Their efforts
culminated in the signing of the
Constitution on September 17,
1787. On July 23, 1966 a
resolution was adopted and
signed into law (Public Law
No. 915) August 2, 1956
designating September 17
through September 23 as
Constitution Week, inviting
people of the United States to
observe such week with
appropriate ceremonies and
activities.”
The William Mclntosh Chap
ter. Daughters of the American
Revolution, will observe Con
stitution Week September 17
Dr. Newman
Begins
Practice
Dr. Jack R. Newman opened
his office at 135 N. Oak Street
Monday for the practice of
medicine. The good news was
received with much enthus
iasm by his many friends and
former patients of this area
Dr. Newman formerly prac
ticed in Jackson, leaving the
private practice of medicine to
become affiliated as a doctor at
the Georgia Diagnostic &
Classification Center He re
cently resigned his post there
and re-entered the private
practice of medicine, opening
his office Monday
Dr. Newman is a graduate of
Tulane University and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J.
Newman of Dawson
General Motors in Atlanta,
qualified as a candidate from
the fourth ward and will oppose
Mr. Coleman, a veteran of the
Jackson political scene.
If there are any further
undecided candidates, they
have until Friday, September
21st, to make up their minds,
according to Mr. Watkins. The
deadline will close at five
o’clock the 21st.
Levi J. Ball, chairman of the
Jackson Democratic Execu
tive Committee, announces
that polls will open for the city
primary from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
That is more than in some
parts of the country and less
than in others. The nature of
each section, whether it is
largely rural, urban, industrial
or agricultural, and whether it
is in close proximity to such
counties, goes to determine
where people work in relation
to where they live.
Nationally, the government’s
figures indicate, the proportion
of people who live and work in
the same county is 74.8
percent. In the South Atlantic
States it is 70.2 percent and, in
the State of Georgia. 67.2
percent.
As for the means used in
getting to work, the type of
area is a major factor in
determing the kind of trans
portation used.
In the compact, highly-ur
September 23rd.
Mayor Robert F. Mackey has
issued a Proclamation pro
claiming this week as Consti
tution Week in Jackson.
Letters have been sent to
schools, local churches and
civic groups urging them to
mention this week in their
meetings and will urge all
citizens to fly the United States
Flag during the week and
especially on September 17th.
♦
"When we fly this flag we
salute the blessings we enjoy in
our great Nation and demon
strate that we are proud of our
American heritage,” states
Mrs. Ennis O'Neal, chairman
of the Constitution Week
Committee of the William
Mclntosh Chapter, DAR.
Sportsmen's
Club Meets
On Friday
The Butts County Sportmen's
Club of Jackson will hold a
pre-hunting and business meet
ing at Tomlin's Restaurant,
Monticello Highway, on Fri
day. September 14th. at 7:30
o'clock.
In a letter from Thomas J
O'Quinn, president, members
are informed that the club will
pay for the meal which is
ordered from the menu.
Mr O'Quinn also pointed out
that hunting permits, maps,
rules and regulations for the
hunting area will be available
to members at this meeting
President O’Quinn said this is
the first meeting this year for
all regular members and they
are urged to attend.
$5.00 Per Year In Advance
All voting will be done in the
City Hall. Mr. Ball stated that
the vote will be consolidated
and the returns published at an
official meeting of the execu
tive committee at ten o’clock
on Saturday, October 13th. The
candidate receiving a majority
of votes cast will be declared
the nominee.
Chairman Ball also explain
ed that in the event of a run-off
it will be held on Friday,
October 26th, or two weeks
following the October 12th
primary.
Members erf the City Demo-
banized communities, it is
noted, there are considerably
more public transporation
facilities available than in
suburban or rural areas.
In Butts County, an estimat
ed 77 percent of the working
population travel to their jobs
by car, either alone or with
others.
Another 17 percent work at
home or are near enough to
their places of employment to
walk there.
Elsewhere in the United
States, an average of 77.7
percent get to work by car.
Of the others, 7.4 percent
walk, 5.5 percent use buses of
streetcars, 3.5 percent work at
home and 3.4 percent go by
railroad, subway or taxi. The
remaining 2.3 pecent are
unaccounted for.
Frosh Class
At Gordon
Is Largest
BARNESVILLE - Gordon
Junior College, the fastest
growing college in Georgia,
will register the college's
largest freshman class Mon
day, Sept. 17. Classes begin the
following day with 29 degree
programs offered at the
school.
During the summer. Gordon
established career programs in
ornamental horticulture, nurs
ing, secretarial studies, recre
ation and computer science.
Criminal Justice was estab
lished as a career program and
a degree transfer program.
Many of the entering
freshman will take part in one
of the additions to Gordon’s list
of programs. The freshmen
will also enjoy a year of
cultural and social events.
New students from this area
include:
Terry Bruce Moore, Lisa
Rese Browning, Patsey Ann
Barkley, Eddie James John
son. Frederick Mark Maddox.
Alfred Daniel Fears, Jr.,
Edward Thomas Ruff, Rachel
Diane Wells. David Ronald
Rice. Donald Carter Philips,
Randy Louise Taylor. Terrell
Eugene Turner.
Tommy Lee Stewart, Ken
neth Jerrell Welch, Kathryn
Anne Freeman. Mitchell Har
old Wesley, James Enoch
Fogg. Kenneth Gerald Parrish,
John Lewis Weldon, Maria
Annette Todd, Susan Parker
James. Jack Willis Ayers.
Theresa Yvette Mixon, Owen
Terry Myrick. Janice B.
Weldon. Gregory Marshall
Carlisle.
era tic Executive Committee
will also be nominated for one
year terms. The present
members of this committee is
composed erf Mr. Ball, City at
Large, Mrs. Mary Lee Martin,
First Ward; Doyle Jones, Jr.,
Second Ward; A. V. Maddox,
Third Ward; Richard W.
Wakins, Jr., Fourth Ward and
J. O. King, Fifth Ward.
Candidates for the city
council posts are assessed a fee
of S6O. the same fee as last
year. Candidates began quali
fying after 9 a.m. on Tuesday,
September 4th.
Bryan HoweD
Advances In
Broker Field
Olin Bryan Howell 11, of
Athens, has been named a
representative of Western
Reserve Financial Services
Corporation, a national broker
dealer organization, it was
announced today.
Western Reserve Financial
Services is a subsidiary of
Pioneer Western Corporation,
a national company which also
owns W’estem Reserve Life
Assurance Company and the
management company for the
Pioneer group of mutual funds.
Howell has an extensive
background in both life
insurance and mutual funds.
His firm. Howell & Associates,
is in the Executive Park
building, 2500 Atlanta High
way.
He is the son of Dr. James C.
Howell of Jackson and Mrs.
Evelyn A. Howell of Decatur.
Jackson Lake
Cabin Burns
Sunday Night
A small cabin on Jackson
Lake was completely destroy
ed Sunday night by a fire of
unknown origin, according to
Jackson Fire Chief W. L.
(Cotton) Vaughn.
The cottage was owned by
George N. Pierce of 1754
Meadow Glades Drive, Deca
tur. and was located in Zone 15
near Kersey’s Marina and
Barnett’s Bridge.
Chief Vaughn said that when
the one truck reached the scene
the cabin was completely afire
and fell in about the time the
truck arrived. Mr. Vaughn said
that nothing was saved as far
as he knew and that the cause
of the blaze is undertermined.
It was discovered by people in
surrounding cabins. The fire
department’s principal work
was involved in keeping the
blaze from other nearby cabins
and the woods.