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Newspaper Page Textprogress-iVrgti© Volume 101 Number 21 ISA Graduation Set May 30th; Tift President Will Be Speaker Commencement exercises for the Indian Springs Academy will be held Thursday evening, May 30th, at eight o’clock from the Macedonia Baptist Church in the Stark Community. Cynthia Kaye Mangham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. Mangham of Hall’s Bridge Road, Jackson, has been named Valedictorian and will deliver the valedict ory address. She was born July 12, 1957 in Griffin and is the proud winner of threp awards, Freshman Scholarship, Eng lish, and Journalism. In addition, she received the Academic Achievement A ward at the STAR Student banquet. Cynthia plans to attend Gordon Junior College dur ing the Summer and will enroll at Georgia Tech in September where she will study Civil Environmental Engineering. Sallye Rose Martin, daugh ter of Harold E. Martin of Brownlee Road, Jackson, and Mrs. Iris B. Martin, 366 Covington Street, Jackson, will deliver the Salutatory address. Sallye was born December 4,1957 in Macon and attended Stratford Academy for her first three years. When her family moved to Jackson she attended Jackson Elemen tary School for four years. She became a student at Indian Springs Academy in S Mm bBEb Barnesville These students represented Gordon Junior College at the recent Phi Beta Lambda convention. They are: (1-r) Lisa Browning, Jackson; Walter Estes, Greenville, S.C.; Debbie Sterzik, Barnesville; George Weldon. Milner; Diane Wells. Jackson; Cindy Johnson, Jackson. Miss Ridgeway Is Honored At ABAC Hn| Wf TIFTON ~ Maralyn Ridgeway, a sophomore at Abraham Baldwin Agricul tural College in Tifton. has been honored as a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society mem ber. Maralyn was recently honored during the annual Honors Day Program on the VALEDICTORIAN - ,--%!■ ■ j|k M CYNTHIA KAY MANGHAM its first year and is on the War Cry staff, Talisman staff, and Honor Society. She had the distinction of scoring llip on her college board. Sallye plans to attend Emory at Oxford for two years, enrolling in June. She plans to follow in the footsteps of her father, a Jackson attorney, and study law. Other graduates will be Frances Dianne Cook, Bon nie Gail Craig, Jenny Lucille Saunders, and Hazel Virginia Watkins. Dr. Robert W. Jackson, president of Tift College, Forsyth, will deliver the commencement address. A native of Atlanta, Dr. Jackson graduated from Boys High School, holds junior college campus. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David P. Ridgeway, Sr., Maralyn is a Pre-Vet major at the Tifton junior college. To be selected for member ship, a student must attain an overall 3.5 average after two quarters of full-time studies, and must keep above a 3.2 average. Qualities of leader ship and citizenship are also considered in all applicants. Membership in this national honor society is lifetime. A graduate of Jackson High School, Maralyn was Honor Society President, Editor-in-Chief of the Year book Staff, Reporter for FBLA, on the Honor Roll for 4 years. Outstanding Teen ager of America, Who’s Who Among American High School Students. While at ABAC, in addition to being active in Phi Theta Kappa. Maralyn served as secretary at the WABR-FM Radio Station on campus, and also as Vice-President of the Baptist Student Union. SALUTATORIAN wKmk ' % m -“T Mm ■jL •*** M f' SALLYE MARTIN three degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary, and a DD degree from Mercer in 1967. He held pastorates in Frankfort, Ky. and Green ville, S.C. before becoming pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dalton from 1954-5969. Dr. Jackson is a former president of the Dalton Rotary Club and a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, a former trustee of Shorter College, and has held numerous positions with the Georgia Baptist Convention. The noted educator is married to the former Miss Jean Barron of Thomaston and they have two sons, David and Bobby. Henry Cos. Liquor Defeated Henry County voters went to the polls Thursday, May 16th, to vote on legal liquor sales and rejected the referendum by a 742 vote margin. A total of 3,012 persons voted against the proposal and 2,270 voted for it. The referendum was called after petitions calling for it were circulated in Henry County. In making the presentation to Maralyn, Dean Loyal V. Norman, Academic Dean at ABAC commented. ‘‘Phi Theta Kappa exemplifies leadership, academic a chievement, and citizenship and we are delighted to make this presentation to Mara lyn. 1 ' Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, May 23, 1974 May Term Court Is Adjourned The criminal week of Butts Superior Court completed its business Thursday night and adjourned for the May term with a number of cases disposed of, some by pleas and others by jury. Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of Forsyth presided over the sessions with District Attor ney Edward E. McGarity of McDonough presenting the state’s evidence. The court calendar is hereby reproduced as pre pared by David P. Ridgeway, Clerk of Butts Superior Court. Willie Morris Head, Simple Battery, Plea of Guilty, 6 months or pay fine of SIOO.OO. Mildred Hobbs, Burglary, Plea of Guilty, 7 years, to serve 3 years with remaining 4 years on probation. Brenda Bates, Burglary, Plea of Guilty, 12 years. Larry Watkins, Burglary, Plea of Guilty, 7 years, to serve 3 years with remaining 4 years on probation. Frank Blanchard, Burgla ry, Plea of Guilty, 12 years. Jimmy Fish, Burglary, Plea of Guilty, 7 years, to serve 3 years with remaining 4 years on probation. Ronnie Morris, Kidnap ping, Verdict of Not Guilty. William D. Dunevent, Burglary, Verdict of Guilty, one year. Glenn Edward Aaron, Burglary, Plea of Guilty, 7 years, to serve 3 years with remaining 4 years on probation. Mark Maddox, Violation of the Georgia Drug Abuse Control Act and Violation of the Georgia Dangerous Drug Act, Verdict of Not Guilty. Dollie Ann Sims, Simple Battery, Verdict of Not Guilty. Willie Howard Miller, Aggravated Assault, Verdict of Guilty, 2 years. Willie Stewart, Theft by Taking, Verdict of Guilty, 12 months probated on payment of fine of $500.00 and making restitution in the amount of $70.00. Eddie Lee Barlow, Aggra vated Assault, Verdict of Guilty, One year. Joe Weaver, Aggravated Assault, Verdict of Not Guilty. Mankind Walk Is Reported The final report was given Kiwanians on Walk for Mankind Tuesday night. May 14th. by Randy Hudgins, chairman. Principal guest was Ralph Jones, Auburn track star from Griffin and son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Jones, who ran the course in two hours and 22 minutes. Other guests included Don Ander son, Bob Browning, May nette Smith, Robbie Foster, Daisy Coleman, Patricia Washington, and Lisa Wel don, the top money per mile walkers. George Tate, principal of Henderson Junior High School, was presented a plaque in recognition of his school having the largest percentage of student walk ers. Mr. Hudgins announced this plaque will be presented annually to the school with the most students participat ing. Chairman Hudgins report ed more than $4,000 was pledged toward the Walk for Mankind. High Speed Atlanta-Macon Rail Link Is Under Study Will high speed trains race through Jackson in the next 10 to 15 years along the Atlanta-Macon corridor that could move thousands of passengers daily between the State Capitol and one of Georgia’s principal cities? Could be! At least a study of its feasibility is being made with a report expected within 90 days, according to Downing Musgrove, trans portation commissioner of the Department of Transpor tation. If such a rail system is approved, the 140 mile per hour trains would allow people to travel between Atlanta and Macon in less than an hour. It is believed that if the feasibility study is reported favorable, construc tion could be begun in a period of from five to seven years. Mr. Musgrove said trains like those used in Japan and Joe Ingram To Receive Kiwanis Connelly Medal Joseph (Joe) Ingram, 17, of Route 1, Jackson, will receive the famed Kiwanis International Robert P. Con nelly Medal for heroism at a special Kiwanis meeting on July 23. at 7:00 at the Jackson High School cafeteria. The medal for Ingram will be presented by Mark Smith, of Decatur, an International Trustee of Kiwanis Interna tional. The Governor of the Georgia District of Kiwanis will also be present. The Robert P. Connelly Medal was awarded to Joe Ingram for his heroic action on January 18, 1974, when he pulled a 3-year-old girl from a burning plane that had crashed about 5 miles from Jackson in the Four Points Community. The small plane containing 4 people had attempted to make an emergency landing and upon impact, burst into flames. Joe, without fear of danger for his own life, pulled the little girl from the plane and then attempted to rescue the father of the girl. The Connelly Medal is awarded to persons who risk their lives or physical harm on behalf of others when they "might just as well have passed along the way.” The medal is named after a Antique Cars Will Visit Elder Hotel Antique cars will be chugging through Jackson Saturday morning. May 25th, which means, among other things, that the Elder Hotel at Indian Springs is a week away from opening for the 1974 Summer season. For a number of years the convention of the Antique Automobile Club of America. Southeastern Region, has met at the Elder Hotel on the week prior to the hotel’s opening. The antique car buffs always arrive for the noon meal on Saturday and will remain through the noon meal on Sunday, leaving for home early Sunday after noon. James E Cornell, Jr., co-owner and operator of the famed resort hotel with his father. J. E Cornell, Sr., said this week that it is the 21st year for the club to meet at the Elder. France, which travel over 100 miles per hour, are being considered. He also disclosed the study would consider the possibility of using buses which would run on “their own corridors’’ either beside the roadway or along rail lines. A gas turbine train which would do about 140 miles per hour is being considered. Mr. Musgrove said that possible routes for the Atlanta-Macon system would include either the Southern or Central of Georgia Railway lines, a route along U. S. 71, or old U. S. 41. The Southern Line which connects Atlanta with Macon has always been considered the most direct route and runs through McDonough, Locust Grove, Jackson, Flo villa, Juliette, Dames Ferry and on into Macon. The Central of Georgia route, over which the Nancy Hanks young Chicago suburbanite, Robert Connelly, who lost his life in 1966 attempting to rescue a crippled woman who had fallen in the path of an onrushing passenger train. The Kiwanis International Board of Trustees, in tribute to Connelly, established the Robert P. Connelly Medal “for service beyond the call of duty.” The medal was presented to Connelly’s wid ow 7 at the Kiwanis Interna tional Convention in Houston in 1967. Asa further tribute to Connelly, the Kiwanis Board set up a program whereby a Connelly Medal could be aw arded to others w hose acts of heroism were in keeping with Connelly’s own exam ple. The Medal, according to Y. C. Hudson, President of the Kiwanis Club of Jackson, is held in reverence and high esteem by Kiwanis Interna tional. “It is a dramatiza tion," he said, “of the organization’s most che rished bit of underlying philosophy the assump tion of individual responsibi lity.” To date, only four such medals have been presented, he said. Public Asked To Report Beauty Spots The Beauty Spot group for the Beautification Through Conservation Program met Wednesday morning. May 15th. at ten o’clock at the home of Mrs Lou Moelchert with Mrs. David Burford, Mrs. Levi Ball. Mrs T. H. Price, Mrs. M W Juhlin. Mrs. Glenn Meredith, and Mrs. Richard Watkins, Jr present. Another member. Mrs. Lamar Weaver, was unable to be present. The group would like to know of any beauty spots in the town or county and you may call Mrs. Moelchert at 775-7323 to report such spots. The next meeting of the Beauty Spot group is sche duled for Wednesday, May 22nd. at Mrs. Moelchert’s home. $6.18 Per Year In Advance traveled for so many years, runs through Forsyth, Barnesville, Griffin and into Atlanta but is considerably longer. The distance between Atlanta and Macon is approximately 100 miles. A recent survey of traffic over 1-75 revealed that over 47.000 cars used this tho roughfare daily and that it is perhaps the most popular route of Bibb Countians who travel to Atlanta. Mr. Musgrove said that since the Atlanta-Macon study is being made, some people in Northwest Georgia have mentioned they would like to develop the possibiity of a transit tie between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The Atlanta-Macon corri dor already has a population of over two million persons and its growth before 1990 is expected to be simply fantastic. Some planners envision the corridor to be comparable to that between Andy Comes Home! Andy Crumbley came home Monday night to a heartwarming ovation from classmates and friends who met his specially chartered ambulance plane at 6:30 o'clock at the Griffin Airport. He flew in from Craig Rehabilitation Center. Englewood, Colorado Andy, senior at Jackson High and bound for All-State gridiron honors, was critically injured and paralyzed from his neck down last October 6th in an automobile accident on 1-75 near Central Avenue when some freight from a transport truck fell into the path of the car in which he was riding. An ambulance from Sherrell Ambulance Service met the plane Andy was escorted to the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Crumbley, on Hall’s Bridge Road by some 30 to 35 cars of well-wishers. A specially built room that simulates hospital surroundings has been erected onto his parents' home. Andy was reported "glad to be back and all smiles" as he touched once again the “green, green grass of home." Morgan Promoted At C&S George Lawrence (Larry) Morgan, Jr. has been elevated to the position of Assistant Banking Officer at the C&S Bank of Jackson, it was announced this week by J. Frank Barnes. President. His promotion took place at the regular board meeting on May 14th. Mr Morgan joined the C&S organization in June 1972 in Macon and came to the C&S Bank of Jackson in June 1973. Mr. Barnes said that Mr. Morgan’s responsibilities will include both lending and collecting. In announcing the promo tion. Mr. Barnes said. "We are very pleased with the rapid progress he has made with the bank and are very proud to have a man of Larry’s caliber associated with us.” Mr. Morgan is married to New York City and Rich mond, Va. Planners pointed out that such a commuter train as envisioned between Atlanta and Macon would have to have schedules and speed convenient enough to cause a commuter to travel by train rather than take his car. All point out that the train service w'ould have to be competitive. Savannah Mayor John Rousakis reported tremen dous interest in restoring some kind of line between Savannah and Atlanta, possi bly with a faster train of the Nancy Hanks type. Transportation Depart ment Planner Peter Ward said the Atlanta-Macon sys tem could be operating within five to 15 years. He predicted all the state’s urban centers would be joined by high speed transit systems possibly within 50 years. Hudgins Is Kiwanis President Randy Hudgins. Southern Bell Telephone Company executive and in charge of the company 's College Street Plant, was elected president of the Jackson Kiwanis Club for the 1974-75 year at the meeting May 14th. Other officers elected include Jack Little. Ist vice president; Doug Durrett, 2nd vice president; Lou Moel chert. treasurer; Sandy Sanvidge. secretary. The seven directors elected include Richard Ballard, Charles Campbell. Hugh Glidewell. Henry Hilder brand. Herman Waits. P. H. W’eaver. and Tom Webb. BAPTIST TABERNACLE TO HAVE SINGING There will be a singing Saturday night. May 25th. at the Baptist Tabernacle on Indian Springs Street. Jack son. Three outstanding groups will be there to sing for you. Singing will begin at 7:45 p.m with W. B Ashely in charge. The public is cordially invited. Come early! the former Kathy Mohr of Johnstow’n, Pennsylvania. He is the son of the late G. Lawrence Morgan and Mrs. Carolyn Morgan of Jackson.