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Volume 100 Number 48
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CONSTRUCTION WAS BEGUN November 19th at 348 Mulberry Street
on Jackson’s Branch office of Griffin Federal Savings and Loan Association.
Executive Vice President Bill Ramsey confirmed the fact that the Jackson office
will have all of the facilities and services offered in the Griffin office, i.e., long
term home loans and savings accounts paying the highest rates allowed by the
federal government, presently ranging from 5.25 percent to 7.5 percent.
Completion of the modern brick veneer building at an estimated cost of
$65,000 is expected sometime in February.
In the photo above are, left to right, Alyn Jones, president, Jones
Construction Cos., contractor; Bobby Mackey, Jackson mayor; Bill Ramsey,
executive vice-president, Griffin Federal Savings and Loan Association; Bobby
Taylor, Butts County Commissioner; M. L. Powell, city clerk, Jackson; W. A.
Cook, Piedmont Realty.
Jaycees Ask Help In
Empty Stocking Fund
In announcing the Jaycees
sponsorship of the Empty
Stocking Fund, Larry Pickett,
president of the Jaycees,
encourages everyone to clean
out their children’s toy boxes
and donate as many useable
toys as possible to the Empty
Stocking Fund.
Mr. Pickett indicated the
number of children receiving
assistance through the Empty
Stocking Fund has grown
considerably during the past
few years. He disclosed that
last year the fund supplied
Christmas to approximately 80
underprivileged children in
Butts County.
Those having toys to donate
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Harold Standard Is
Named SCS Supervisor
Mr. Harold Standard, a well
known Butts County farmer,
was recently elected by the
State Soil and Water Conserva
tion Committee to serve as a
local supervisor for the
Towaliga Soil Conservation
District. This group of super
visors, representing the seven
counties in the Towaliga
District, are the legal repre
sentatives for all conservation
work in the district.
Mr. Standard has devoted
most of his life to farming, first
being a row crop farmer, then
switching to dairy farming,
and now to beef cattle farming.
In each of his farming
may leave them either at Biles
Standard Oil Station on West
Third Street or Parrish Drug
Cos. on the west side of the
square. They will be picked up
by the Jaycees.
According to Mr. Pickett,
applications for the Empty
Stocking Fund will be taken
between the hours of 9 and 12
o'clock on Saturday, December
Ist, and on Saturday, Decem
ber Bth, in the courtroom of the
Butts County Courthouse. No
applications will be accepted
after December Bth, Mr.
Pickett explained, and only
children between the ages of 1
and 12 are eligible.
operations, he has been
conscious of the fact that once
the soil is gone, it isn't easily
replaced For his efforts in
doing an outstanding job of
conserving our soil, he was
named the “Outstanding
Farmer’’ in the Towaliga
District when the district won
the Goodyear Award in 1966
for being the outstanding
district in Georgia. He was
given a trip to the Goodyear
farm in Phoenix, Arizona, to
see some of the most modern
farming in the world.
The Towaliga District is
proud to havc a man of Mr.
Standard's caliber on its
board
5 Candidates
At Jenkinsburg
Five candidates have quali
fied for the city election in
Jenkinsburg on Saturday,
December Ist, with the race for
mayor shaping up as a two
man contest between D. T.
Ford, incumbent, and C. W.
Haley,retired Jackson barber.
In the race for council, three
have qualified, including B. C.
Brooks, James Whitaker and
H. G. Harris. Neither incum
bent councilmen, H. M. Hooten
and Marvin Farrar, chose to
offer for re-election.
Mrs. T. H. Price, City Clerk,
announces that polls will be
open election day from noon to
6 pm.
Lighting Contest Cancelled
Because of Energy Crisis
The Christmas Lighting
Contest, sponsored annually by
the Garden Club Council of
Jackson and the Jackson
Progress-Argus, has been
officially cancelled for this
year due to the energy crisis,
according to a joint announce
ment Monday by Mrs. Jane B.
Powell, president of the
Garden Club Council, and
Doyle Jones, Jr., editor-pub
lisher of the Progress-Argus.
The decision to cancel this
year’s contest was made
Monday by Mrs. Powell and
Mr. Jones following Presi
dent Nixon's address to the
nation Sunday night on the
energy crisis and consultation
Monday with Jackson Mayor
Robert F. Mackey. Mayor
Mackey told Mr. Jones that the
city had hoped to black out the
downtown area, but Monday
night decided to turn on
Christmas lights two hours a
night, from 7-9 p.m.
Although an announcement
was made in the Progress -
Argus of November 22nd that
the Christmas Lighting Contest
would be held Mrs Powell and
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, November 29, 1973
Shapard To
Head Griffin
Chamber
W. H. (Billy) Shapard,
Jackson and Griffin industri
alist, was elected president of
the Griffin and Spalding
County Chamber of Commerce
for 1974 at a director’s meeting
November 19th.
Mr. Shapard will succeed
Bob Scroggins, Dundee Mills
executive.
Mr. Shapard and his family
operate textile mills in Jackson
and Griffin. He is also
president of Mclntosh State
Bank and is a member of the
Butts County Chamber of
Commerce.
Scott Searcy, Griffin real
estate man and city commis
sioner, was elected vice-presi
dent. P. A. Bond, Coca-Cola
executive, was elected trea
surer.
Mr. Shapard and other
officers will assume their new
duties in January.
The annual Chamber ban
quet will be held January 17th
at Spalding Junior High II
cafeteria. Marilyn VanDerber,
Miss America of 1958, will be
the featured speaker.
Minutemen
Meet On
Dec. 6th
Sen. London practices law in
Cleveland and was first elected
to the Georgia State Senate in
1966 and in 1974 will be serving
his eighth session.
He is a graduate of the
University of Georgia and is
married to the former Miss
Bobbie Berrong. They have
two children, Lea 4, and Paula
3.
Sen. London’s topic will
pertain to legislation for the
upcoming year.
The Minutemen and Minute
women of the Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corpora
tion will hold their Minuteman
dinner meeting at the Co-op
building in Jackson on Thurs
day, December 6th, at seven
o’clock.
The Hon. May lon London,
State Senator from District 50.
will be the guest speaker for
the evening with special guests
being legislators of the district.
Mr. Jones felt to sponsor the
contest this year would go
“against the grain” of popular
opinion, particularly so follow
ing Jackson’s decision to
curtail their Christmas lighting
this year.
Both Mrs. Powell and Mr.
Jones desire to make it clear
tha t the decision to cancel this
year’s lighting contest was
made in a desire to cooperate
on the national, state and local
levels to conserve energy with
both emphasizing that once the
energy crisis is resolved the
lighting contest will be resum
ed at the next Christmas
season.
The two co-chairmen both
wish to thank the Garden Clubs
for their assistance in planning
the contest for this year. Mrs.
Elizabeth Watkins of the
Cherokee Garden Club was in
charge of obtaining judges and
these would have been an
nounced either this or next
week The Jackson and
Magnolia Garden Clubs had
joined with the Cherokee Club
in obtaining and entertaining
the judges The Hawthorn,
Electric Rates in City
To Increase About 30%
Mayor Robert F. Mackey
announced Monday the City
will be forced to up its power
rates, because Georgia Power
Cos. has increased the amount
it charges Jackson for whole
sale electricity.
The increase in the wholesale
rate of approximately 30
percent is effective December
12. The hike will be passed on
to the City’s power customers
on December bills mailed
December 31st.
Asa member of the Georgia
Municipal Association’s
(GMA) Power Section, which
consists of 50 Georgia cities
that own their own electrical
distribution systems, Jackson
was successful in winning a 5
month delay (July 12 thru
December 12) in the rate hike,
which saved the city -and its
customers -some $20,680.00.
Spalding Native Killed
By Argentinian Terrorists
A prominent Spalding
County native and member of
one of Middle Georgia’s most
prominent families, John A.
Swint, 56, general manager of
Ford subsidiary Transax, was
assassinated along with three
of his body guards near his
home on Thanksgiving Day in
♦he industrial city of Cordoba
near Buenos Aires.
The gang of gunmen, in two
cars and two trucks, surround
ed Swint’s auto and another
vehicle carrying his body
guards, and then opened up
with intense machine gun fire.
A spokesman for Ford in
Buenos Aires said "they didn’t
give them a chance.’’
Mr. Swint was the son of the
late Albert Swint, prominent
Spalding County business man
and civic leader, and Mrs. A.
G. Sw’int of Orchard Hill. He
graduated from Spalding
County High School in 1934 and
from Georgia Tech in 1939. Mr.
Swint served in the Army
during World War 11. He was in
the second year of a three year
assignment in Argentina for
Mimosa and Azalea Garden
Clubs were in charge of
transportation of the judges,
placing the ribbons, and other
chores. Dr. Jo Ann Manley of
the Magnolia Garden Club had
made arrangements to enter
tain the judges at her home on
Covington Street.
Mrs Powell and Mr. Jones
last week had announced new
areas for the contest that would
have included the five homes
on But trill Road, the new
Baker Subdivision off Brown
lee Road and the new homes on
McCaskill Drive and Arrow
head. The same prizes would
have been awarded the four
winning homes in each division
of the city. east and west. They
would have been $12.50 first;
$lO for second; $7.50 for third
and $5 for fourth First prize
for the best business house
would have been $lO.
First place winners in last
year’s contest were the home
of Mr and Mrs M E. Wade on
Brookwood Avenue, west , and
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Rooks on Kay Street.
However, it now seems
electricity will cost the
consumer more money.
Mayor Mackey said Georgia
Power, within the last three
years, has filed two requests
(WR-6and WR-7) for wholesale
electric rate increases with the
Federal Power Commission.
While the Federal Power
Commission has not acted on
the rate proposals, their
regulations allow Georgia
Power to begin collecting the
proposed rate increase.
Therefore, Jackson experi
enced approximately a 32
percent increase from Georgia
Power for WR-6 in 1971, and,
effective December 12, Geor
gia Power, by law. will be
allowed to collect another
approximately 30 percent
increase, requested under
WR-7.
Ford.
Officials conceded they have
no idea of the motive for the
killing. Some felt it was an
outright murder on the
surface, but others believe
Swint might have been killed
during an attempted kidnap
ping.
More than 160 persons,
including three Americans and
six other foreigners, have been
kidnapped this year, forcing
worried executives to walk the
streets with shot-gun carrying
body guards.
Mr. Swint s wife, the former
Helen Catherine Sherman, was
reportedly visiting in Michigan
with the couple's two sons for
the Thanksgiving holidays.
Mr. Swint is survived, in
addition to his mother and
widow, by a brother. Herman
Swint. of Orchard Hill; a sister.
Mrs. Lillian Murphy, of
Griffin; and two other bro
thers. James Swint of Hay
ward, Calif, and George Swint
of Cordele.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Swint
and Mrs. Murphy have many
east. Last year's winner in the
business district was Mclntosh
State Bank.
In summation. Mr. Jones
said, "We could not in good
conscience ask home ow ners to
light and decorate their homes
when they might be torn
between an emotion to do so
and another to actively
cooperate with the nation-wide
campaign to conserve energy.
The posture of the City on its 2
hour lighting was a positive
factor in the decision to cancel
the contest. We fully realize
that many local residents will
still put up. decorate and light
their own Christmas trees, but
this will be a personal dictate
and not influenced by a
city-wide lighting contest. The
first Christmas the energy ban
is lifted, and we hope it will be
the next one, the contest will be
resumed, bigger and better
than ever with probably some
new innovations Mrs Powell
and 1 join in an expression of
appreciation for the work
already done and wish each of
you a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year
$5.00 Per Year In Advance
GMA Power Section cities
intervened in both rate hike
cases, presenting a full case on
behalf of the municipal
wholesale customers and their
consumers, in an effort to hold
rate increases to a minimum.
This is an effort to hold down
wholesale power costs that
wholesale cities would have to
pass on to their consumers.
However, Mayor Mackey
said, until a rate decision is
made, power charges must be
hiked to meet the higher
charges by Georgia Power.
The Mayor pledged that if
the Federal Power Commis
sion reduces the Georgia
Power request, the City will
reduce power rates according
ly.
Asked when the Federal
Power Commission might act.
friends in Jackson and Butts
County who are grieved to
learn of the tragic death of
their brother.
Jacksonians
Pass
Bar Exams
Two widely known young
Jackson natives received the
good news last week that they
were among the 537 candidates
who passed the Bar Exam.
Seven hundred and twenty
seven persons took the July
exam.
Those from Jackson who
were admitted to the practice
erf law were John Byrd
Garland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. B. Garland, a graduate of
Mercer University Law
School; and James Duvall
Patrick. Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Duvall Patrick. Sr., a
graduate of the University of
Georgia Law School, now
residing in Columbus
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DR. NEWMAN HONORED - Ralph W Carr. Jr., left,
chairman of the Support of Churches Committee of the Jackson
Kiwanis Club, is shown above at the meeting of November 20th as
he presented Dr. Jack R. Newman the Kiwanis Layman's Award
for his outstanding service to the Jackson United Methodist
Church. - Photo by Jack Little.
Dr Jack R Newman,
Jackson physician and active
worker in the Jackson United
Methodist Church, was pre
sented a Layman's Award for
his dedication to God and
outstanding contributions to
the community at the Tuesday,
November 20th, meeting of the
Jackson Kiwanis Club. The
award was made by Ralph
Carr, Jr., chairman of the
Support of Churches Com
mittee.
hi making the presentation.
Chairman Carr said of Dr
Newman that “he loves the
Lord and his fellow man" and
cited his main vears of
the Mayor said under present
conditions in Washington, it is
difficult to predict a decision.
Asked what the consumer
could do to keep electric costs
low. the Mayor suggested, as
Governor Carter and President
Nixon have advised, reduced
use of electricity. This can be
accomplished in the following
ways:
1. Keep all unneccessary
light turned off.
2. Reduce the temperature
setting on your water heater.
3. Do not let hot water run
unneccessarily.
4. Reduce temperature of
home where electrically heat
ed.
5. Use smaller watt bulbs.
Van Deventer
Sets Dinner
On Dec. 3rd
The Van Deventer Founda
tion will host a dinner on
December 3. 1973. at 7:00 p.m
at Falls View Restaurant for
the members and spouses of
the City Council. Butts County-
Board of Commissioners. The
Butts County School Board.
The Jackson-Butts County-
Recreation Commission.
Board of Trustees of the Van
Deventer Foundation. The Van
Deventer Advisory Board.
Youth project leaders and
other guests for the purpose of
explaining the role of the Van
Deventer Foundation in the
City-County’ youth programs
for the coming year.
The Jackson-Butts County
Recreation has discussed the
possibility erf hosting a dinner
for all of the volunteer w orkers
and sponsors of the youth
programs at a later date.
Invitations will be mailed to
those individuals that are
members of the organizations
listed very soon. Those
receiving invitations are asked
to call 773-7360 or 775-3997 to
confirm their reservations.
devoted service at the Metho
dist church here among which
were three years as lay leader,
chairman of the official board
and a Sunday School teacher
for seven years
A native of Bristol, Tenn.,
Dr Newman is a graduate of
Tulane University He entered
practice in Jackson in 1962 and
recently resumed his practice
after serving several years as
a' physician at the Georgia
Diagnostic and Classification
Center in Butts County.
Mrs Newman was a guest of
the club fur the presentation of
the award to her husband