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Hacksaiji progress- Argus
Volume 101 Number 23
VAN DEVENTER FOUNDATION PRESENTS
CHECK to give a financial boost to the new football stadium
and all-weather track now unddr construction. William
Mack Davis, right, is shown above presenting a check for
$2,500 to Ron Wade, athletic director at Jackson High
School, who is coordinating work on the project which
includes assistance from the city and county governments,
the Board of Education, the Van Deventer Foundation and
the local unit of the National Guard.— Photo by Jerry
McLaurin.
Airport Talk
Is Revived
The news releases were
significant to residents of
Henry County only in that the
area had been revived in
Atlanta Airport discussions.
Henry County proponents
of the Airport, South Metro
Airport Committee (SMAC),
contend Atlanta’s interest is
much greater than the news
releases indicate.
SMAC spokeman state that
Mayor Maynard Jackson
unequivocally wants the
airport in Henry County.
A news release Saturday in
the Atlanta Journal stated
“Atlanta is taking anew look
at Henry County as a place to
put its second airport and has
initiated talks with its
leaders there.”
J. W. Lemon, Chairman of
SMAC, says Maynard Jack
son and other city officials
will come to Henry County
soon “to see if what we have
to offer is what we say it is.
We plan to roll out the red
carpet for them.”
City officials met Friday
with SMAC members in
which City Administrator
Jules Sugarman termed
“nothing more than an effort
to gather information.”
Mr. Sugarman stressed
BCABC Appoints Three
New Area Chairmen
Members of the Butts
County Association for Beau
tification through Conserva
tion (BCABC) met on May
28th at the Central Georgia
EMC to announce appoint
ment of three area chairmen
and to review progress of
current projects.
\
Appointment to chair a
committee of Community
Clubs concerned with ridding
the county of unsightly and
sometimes illegal garbage
dumps was Miss Eilene
Findley. This committee,
with the aid of city and
county officials, will attempt
to place garbage receptacles
at convenient locations
around Butts County and will
publish instructions for their
use.
County 4-H Club Advisor
Millard Daniel announced a
project through which club
that feelers extended to
Henry County leaders in no
way imply the city is
disenchanted with Paulding
and Polk County sites, where
the City of Atlanta has
options of large blocks
of land.
Sugarman said it was
apparent the Paulding-Polk
site is the first choice of
major airlines. The airlines
contend passengers will not
pass one airport to reach
another. They cite cases in
point at Washington and
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas.
Mr. Sugarman did admit
Mayor Jackson had stated
“both publicly and privately
that he has not foreclosed his
options.”
It is this context that Henry
County has again been
revived as a possible
location.
Reports emanating from
the city point to the fact the
meetings with Henry County
are for information purposes
only. SMAC leaders say
Atlanta is very interested
and ready to make a move.
Developments within the
next several weeks could
shed much enlightenment on
the matter.
members will locate junk
cars throughout the county
and secure permission for
their demolition - free of
charge to the owner. Cash
awards will be made to the
boy and girl responsible for
the demolition of the most
junk cars.
Mrs. Roy Prosser was
appointed Scrapbook chair
man, a required position in
this statewide competition.
Charlie Huggins of Flovilla
was appointed Publicity
Coordinator for BCABC. His
job will be to coordinate
efforts of all BCABC commit
tee publicity chairmen to
obtain widest community
response to county projects.
Mrs. M. W. Juhlin, BCABC
chairman, reported on var
ious community organiza
tions in this effort to make
Butty County the most
beautiful in the stale.
New Football Stadium/ All Weather
Track May Be Ready by September
The long time dream of an
all-weather track and anew
football field for the Butts
County School System is a
giant step nearer reality with
work already having begun
on the new fields through the
cooperation of the Van
Deventer Youth Foundation,
the Butts County Commis
sioners, the Mayor and
Council of the City of
Jackson, the Butts County
Board of Education, with the
assistance of the local unit of
the Georgia National Guard.
Ron Wade, athletic director
and head football coach of
Jackson High School, is
coordinating work on this
ambitious project.
Friday afternoon at the
Youth Center, the Van
Deventer Foundation pre
sented Mr. Wade with a
check for $2,500 which funds
will be used to install an
irrigation system on the
football field and to purchase
Bermuda grass for the sod.
William Mack Davis, Van
Deventer Youth director,
presented Coach Wade the
check on behalf of the Van
Deventer Foundation.
Butts County School Supt.
William B. (Bill) Jones said
Monday that the new fields
were the culmination of
many talks between the city
J. E. Cornell,
Hotel Owner,
Died Monday
Mr. James Edward Cor
nell, Sr., 81, of Indian
Springs, a former owner of
the Elder Hotel, one of the
few remaining resort hotels
in the state, died about 12:15
o’clock Monday morning at
Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta
following a brief illness, but a
longer period of declining
health.
Mr. Cornell was admitted
to the hospital Thursday,
May 30th. It is believed that
the widely known hotel
operator suffered an injury
in a recent fall.
Mr. Cornell was born in
Bibb County on June 21st,
1892, the son of the late Mr.
George Percivall Cornell and
Mrs. Lucine Elder Cornell.
For a long number of years
Mr. Cornell and his late wife,
Mrs. Grace Ham Cornell,
owned and operated the
Elder Hotel at Indian
Springs, dating back to the
time when Indian Springs
was one of the South’s most
famous watering places and
health spas, persons from the
entire southeast being drawn
to Indian Springs famed
hotels because of the medici
nal properties of the spa’s
sulphur-tasting waters.
In latter years, Mr. Cornell
was assisted in operation of
the hotel by his §on, James
Edward Cornell, Jr., present
owner. The Cornells took
personal interest in all their
guests and offered a service
not often found in modern
day hostelries.
The Elder Hotel was
particularly noted for its
cuisine and the leisurely
manner in which the meals
were served in the spacious
dining room. It was not
uncommon for a few individ
uals to register at the
opening of the hotel, usually
in May or June, and to
remain throughout the entire
season until it closed in
September. Because of this
personal service and atten
tion guests received, Mr.
Cornell was widely known by
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, June 6, 1974
and county governments and
the school board, and praised
the cooperation of Mayor
Robert F. (Bobby) Mackey
and the City Council, and
Commissioners Dave W.
Bailey, Bobby Taylor, and W.
A. (Buster) Duke in coordi
nating efforts leading to the
construction of the new
athletic fields.
Mr. Jones said that several
months ago the City-County
pledged support and soon
afterwards Tommy Carmi
chael, Butts County survey
or, surveyed the site,
prepared a topographical
map, and placed the stakes.
As the project firmed up,
the county began grading
and hauled in many loads of
top soil for the new gridiron.
Supt. Jones said the city
provided pipe for the
drainage system. The county
ordered blocks and has
constructed a wall dividing
the track from the spectators
where portable bleachers
will be erected. According to
Mr. Jones, the county has
agreed to light the field,
probably using some poles
already on hand. The school
board has agreed to fence the
field and build a combination
press box-concession stand,
similar to the one at James
H. Wallace Memorial Park,
Two JHS Coeds Will
Attend Girls State
JACKIE BURFORD
Two coeds from Jackson
High School will leave
Sunday, June 9th, for Girls
State at the University of
Georgia, Athens.
These young ladies, Jackie
Burford and Arvis McCor
mick, will study state and
local governments for a
week. They are sponsored by
the Ladies Auxiliary of
American Legion Post 102 in
Jackson.
Jackie is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson
Burford of Jenkinsburg and
is a member of the
Jenkinsburg Baptist Church
and choir. She attends
Jackson High School and is a
member of SAGE (Student
Action for Georgia Educa
tion), the Student Council,
and was recently 1974-75
his clientele that extended
the length and breadth of
Georgia, including regular
guests from other states.
Graveside services for Mr.
Cornell were held Tuesday
afternoon at two o’clock from
the Jackson City Cemetery
with Dr. I. W. Bowen
officiating. Interment was in
the city cemetery with
Haisten Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cornell is survived by
a son, James E. Cornell, Jr.
of Indian Springs; three
nieces, Mrs Harold Watkins
of Albany, Mrs. Curtis Rand
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Emily
Drake of Birmingham. Ala
bama; one nephew, George
Cornell of Miami, Florida.
Pallbearers were W. L.
Holloway, John Webb, Doyle
Jones. Jr., W O. Baker,
Richard W Watkins, Jr . and
Mike Allen.
and to erect rest rooms at the
new facility. Mr. Jones said
labor in the school system
would be used during the
summer.
Mr. Jones was reluctant to
guess at a completion date,
but states that every effort is
being made to have the
football field ready by Fall.
Mr. Jones said the all-wea
ther track will be of crushed
gravel construction and
believes the new facility will
enable the local school
system to host important
track meets in the future
beeaue of the central location
of Jackson. Ample seating
space is expected to be
provided for track specta
tors.
Coach Wade, who is
enthused over the new
building project, said this
week that the football
stadium would have an 8-lane
track, an underground
sprinkler system, a drainage
system, a perimeter fence,
asphalt runways and jump
ing areas, ample restroom
space, a modern concession
area, and a press box. Mr.
Wade said the construction
deadline was hopefully for
late August or early Septem
ber but conceded that in
order to meet this deadline,
work must be speeded up.
ARVIS McCORMICK
president of the Jackson
chapter of the Future
Business Leaders of Ameri
ca.
Arvis is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James E.
McCormick, Sr. of 723 N. Oak
Street, Jackson.
She is vice president of the
Jackson High Chapter of
FHA, a member of the Zion
Baptist Church and youth
choir. She is presently the
assistant secretary of the
Sunday School and secretary
of the Zion Youth Choir.
A Jackson High student,
she is a member of the Les
Belles Club and is a member
of the Jackson Rockettes, a
dance team of five girls who
won first place in a recent
Kiwanis Kapers.
Local Students
Receive Award
ATHENS. Ga - More than
3,000 Georgia high school
juniors have been named as
recipients of 1974 Certificates
of Merit awarded annually
by the University of Georgia
and the state.
Nominated in their respec
tive high schools, the
students represent the top
five percent of their classes.
The awards were presented
at 15 statewide conferences
conducted this spring.
Among the award winners
from Jackson High School
and Indian Springs Academy
in Jackson are:
David L. Cawthon, Carolyn
S. Moore, Bobby Browning.
Terry Duke, Kathy Maddox.
Karen Newman, Kenneth
Norsworthy, Patricia O'-
Neal, Janet Robison, and
Lamar Smith.
Butts Residents Spent Over
$2 Million For Health Care
(Special to the
progress-Argus)
NEW YORK, May 11
Compared with people in
other areas of the country,
how much are Butts County
residents paying per year for
health care?
How large are their
personal out-of-pocket ex
penditures for medical, den
tal, hospital and other health
services, over and above the
portion of their bills covered
by insurance?
Because the cost of
medical care is a matter of
major concern, a special
study was conducted by the
National Center for Health
Statistics to determine how
big a burden it represents for
families in various sections
of the nation.
The only other full scale
study of this kind that it has
Jacksonians
To Receive
Ga. Degrees
ATHENS, Ga. - More than
5,000 students will receive
degrees during University of
Georgia's 171st annual com
mencement exercises June
12.
Dr. Anne Firor Scott,
professor of history at Duke
University and an alumna of
the University of Georgia,
will address the graduates at
9 a.m. in Sanford Stadium.
Kim Bruce Yancey of
Atlanta has been named top
honor graduate. He will
receive a BS degree in
psychology and will enter the
Medical College of Georgia
this fall.
Elementary Education
Major Joan S. Chamberlain
of Athens and Journalism
Major Elisabeth M. Johnston
of Dalton are second and
third honor students, respect
ively.
According to registrar’s
figures, 176 doctoral degrees.
377 professional degrees and
1,256 advanced degrees will
be presented. About 3,200
students will receive bach
elor degrees.
Graduates from Butts
County include Margaret
Emily Carr, Bachelor of
Science in Education;
Deborah Jean Fears, Bach
elor of Fine Arts. William
Lovett Fletcher, Jr.. Bach
elor of Science in Agricul
ture; James William Head,
Bachelor of Arts; James
Clyde Herbert. Bachelor of
Science in Education; Nancy
Hicks Houghtaling. Master of
Education; James Eugene
Waters, Master of Arts.
SEAMAN TERRY CLINE
COMPLETES TRAINING
(GHTNO May 24--Navy
Seaman Recruit Terry L.
Cline, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Napier Jr. of
Route 2, Jackson, Ga..
graduated from recruit train
ing at the Naval Training
Center. Orlando. Fla.
He received nine weeks of
intensive instruction in sea
manship. small arms train
ing, fire fighting, close order
drill, first aid and Naval
history.
He will now report to a
formal school for specialty
training or to a ship or shore
station for on-the-job train
ing
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
made was in 1962. Since that
time, it finds, an increasing
proportion of these expenses
are being paid through
insurance benefits, through
medicare and through other
government programs.
Despite this, however,
because medical costs have
zoomed in recent years, the
consumer is left with bigger
bills to pay than ever before.
In Butts County’s regional
area, the figures show, some
13.4 percent of the population
incurred no medical expense
at all in the year. Of the
others, 38.0 percent had no
more than SIOO to pay.
The out-of-pocket costs for
the area as a whole came to
$lB2 per capita. Included in
this amount were insurance
premiums paid.
Elsewhere in the United
States, the expenditures
were a little higher. $lB3 per
Perry Manolis Is Named
Butts Reaeation Director
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NEW RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR Pern Mano
lis, left, has been named Director of Recreation for the
Jackson-Butts County Recreation Commission. Denny
O'Neal, chairman of the local commission, welcomes Mr.
Manolis to Jackson.
Perry Manolis. program
director for the Griffin-
Spalding Recreation Depart
ment for the past five years,
has been named Recreation
al Director by the Butts
County-Jaekson Recreation
Commission. Mr. Manolis
assumed his duties Monday.
June 3rd.
Mr Manolis resigned his
position in Griffin last week.
Larry Neill. Griffin-Spald
ing Recreational Director,
called Mr. Manolis "a very
dedicated person. We hate to
see him leave. He did a good
job here and I know he will do
a good job in Jackson.” Mr
Neill said
Mr. Manolis is a native of
Chicago and has lived in
Griffin for the past 18 years.
He said he planned to use the
same recreational format in
Jackson that he used so
successfully in Griffin.
‘‘We will have programs
for the non-athletes as well as
the athletes. Although the
program will be youth
oriented, we will offer
programs for adults also.”
Mr Manolis stated While in
Griffin. Mr. Manolis estab
lished the special Olympic
program for retarded child
ren. coordinated the ceram
ics program, swimming pool
operations and all athletic
programs.
In a statement to the
IVogress-Argus on his Pro
jected Recreation Programs,
Mr. Manolis said:
“In taking on the position
as Director of Recreation,
my projected plans are to
capita.
It broke down to $47 for
doctors. $29 for dentists, $27
for prescription medicines,
s2l for hospital care, $lO for
optical expenses and the rest
for miscellaneous health
services, equipment and
premiums.
The cost per individual
ranged from considerably
less than the average to
considerably more. It varied
from area to area and from
family to family.
Age was an important
factor. In the local area, for
example, the cost was only
sll3 for those under 17 but
rose to S3OO for people over
65.
The total out-of-pocket
outlay, for every man,
woman and child in Butts
County, came to approxi
mately $2,002,000 in the year,
it is estimated.
reach out to as many people
in the community as we can.
offering athletic and non-ath
letic programs to all citizens
in every age group. My
future plans are to organize
and develop youth baseball,
youth football, youth basket
ball. and a ceramics pro
gram that will offer flower
arranging, ceramics, arts
and crafts, and art courses. I
will organize programs in
adult softball and basketball
leagues for both men and
women. All my plans will be
under the G.R.P.S. i Georgia
Recreation and Parks Soci
ety). so that we will be able to
compete in all Fourth
Distriek competition, on
local and state levels. When
facilities are available. I
would like to organize adult
men and women's health
classes, beginners and inter
mediate bridge courses and
knitting classes. I have many
more plans, but 1 must first
get the ball rolling in these
fields '
PROVIDENCE TO
HOLD REVIV AL
The Providence Congre
gational Methodist Church
will have a revival beginning
June 9th and extending
through June 14th, with
services at 7:30 o'clock each
evening.
Guest evangelist will be
Forest Buchanan. Smitty
Driscoll will lead the singing
each evening with the public
invited.