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Depression Locally
Is Not Anticipated
(Special to the
Progress-Argus)
New York, Oct. 26 As
in other parts of the country,
inflation has become the
number one problem in Butts
County.
Local residents are watch
ing apprehensively as their
cost of living keeps rising and
it becomes harder and
harder to make both ends
meet.
That the nation is suffering
from a slump in business
activity, some call it a
recession, is generally ac
knowledged by most econo
mists. The larger question is
whether it is headed for a
depression, which is a much
more serious situation.
Not since the 1930’s has
there been a real depression
in the United States. Most of
the present population has no
conception of what it was
like. They were not around at
Jenkinsburg News
By Mrs. T. H. Price
Mrs. Tommy Spencer and
son, Jacky, of Clarkesville
visited Mr. and Mrs. James
Whitaker and Jim on
Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. S. J.
Westbury, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Westbury and family of
Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Hunt and family of Griffin,
and Mr. Philip Westbury and
Phyllis of Conyers all spent
last week in Honolulu,
Hawaii and attended the
National Nursing Home
Convention.
Miss June Farrar of
College Park spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
M. B. Farrar. Sunday dinner
guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Mangham and Susan of
McDonough.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Price
have returned from several
days visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Price and family
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just as much as people need us.
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the time.
No more than one out of
every three people now living
in Butts County knows about
it first hand. The others were
born later or were too young
then to remember.
As noted recently by U.S.
News and World Report, it
was a time when the national
product plunged nearly 33
percent in four years. Stock
market prices also collapsed,
falling 89 percent in three
years. Masses of people lost
their jobs.
However, a recurrence of
these and other drastic
happenings is considered
most unlikely.
For the 1930 depression to
repeat itself today, the
unemployment rate in Butts
County would have to zoom to
more than four times its
present rate. At that time it
reached 25 percent.
Families were poverty
stricken. Able-bodied men
in Arlington, Texas. They
went via Eastern Airlines.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Brown
and children, Jeff and Angie
of Dalton, and Mrs. Jan
Brown, Cathy Coogler, and
Taft Brown of Smyrna were
luncheon guests of Mr. and
Mrs. James Whitaker on
Saturday.
Friends of Aubrey Burford
will be sorry to note that he
suffered the misfortune of a
broken arm while playing in
the last football game of the
season Saturday.
On Sunday afternoon Mr.
and Mrs. James Whitaker
visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Dillard of Locust
Grove.
Mr. and Mfs. Leo Clark of
Adrian, Mich, spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs.
Emerson Burford and fami
ly-
Friends of Mike Maddox,
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Our Members look to us for
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and we meet their needs
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
stood on street corners
peddling apples. Restaurants
offered “all-you-can-eat”
meals for 65 cents.
It was a time when
personal income dropped 28
percent in four years. By way
of contrast, net income per
family has risen 41 percent in
Butts County in the past four
years.
Although living costs are
continuing to rise and
interest rates are at an
all-time high, the country is
considered to be far from any
such disaster as the 1930
depression.
Safeguards, such as were
not present then, exist now.
Workers are protected by
unemployment insurance, by
minimum wage laws and by
Social Security. Their sav
ings bank accounts are
insured by the Federal
government and their home
loans are stretched out over a
longer period.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers F.
Starr spent the weekend in
Wrightsville with Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Lassiter.
Last Thursday, Dr. and
Mrs. C. F. Sessions spent the
day visiting his sisters,
Misses Jessie Sessions and
Mary Sessions.
Mrs. Julian Berry of
Forest Park, and Misses
Jessie and Mary Sessions
spent the first part of last
week visiting their brother,
W. W. Sessions in Sanders
ville.
Ronnie Acree. a freshman
at Auburn University, spent
the weekend visiting his aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Daniel. Jr.
who recently moved to
Jackson from Jenkinsburg,
will be sorry to note that he is
a patient at Griffin Hospital
after undergoing surgery for
ruptured appendix Sunday.
We wish for him a speedy
recovery.
owners, we need them as
much as they need us.
When it comes to something
as vital as electricity, we
figure that's about the best
distribution of power there
is.
We keep people in power.
H. 0. Smith
Buried
In Jackson
Mr. Harvey Odell Smith,
85. of Route 3. Jackson, one of
Bulls County’s most widely
known residents, died early
Monday afternoon at the
Monroe County Hospital in
Forsyth where he had been a
patient since October 25th.
Mr. Smith had been in poor
health for several years and
had resided at Hilltop
Nursing Home in Monroe
County for some time.
Born in Butts County on
December 15, 1889, Mr.
Smith was the son of the late
Mr. Aaron Smith and the late
Mrs. Vivian Eugenia Maddox
Smith. He was a retired
farmer and a gunsmith of
section-wide renown.
Mr. Smith was a member
of Worthville Baptist Church
and of the Ancient York
Lodge of Masons at Worth
ville.
Funeral services were
conducted Wednesday after
noon at two o’clock from the
chapel of Haisten Funeral
Home in Jackson with the
Rev. Clarage Tucker, pastor
of Worthville Baptist Church,
and Rev. A. L. Spinks
officiating. Interment was in
Jackson City Cemetery with
Haisten Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Smith is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Rosa Mae
Perdue Smith; three daugh
ters. Mrs. Ralph Evans, Mrs.
Odell Cook. Mrs. Shorty
Letson. all of Jackson; three
sons, Asa M. Smith and
Virgil A. Smith, both of
Jackson, and J. 0. Smith of
Marietta; five sisters, Mrs.
Ben Moss. Mrs. Jake Mason,
and Mrs. Franklin Strawn.
all of Jackson. Mrs. Onree
Mackey of Waynesboro.
Miss.. Mrs. Clyde Norton of
Hapevilie; a brother, Wil
liam Smith of Blakely; ,18
grandchildren; ll great
grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Pallbearers were Freddie
Cook, Roy Cook. Wayne
Smith, Dennis Smith, Larry
Letson. and Danny Letson.
Honorary pallbearers were
Don Smith, Steve Smith.
Bryan Smith; and Scott
Smith.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1974
A Better Understanding
Of Your Electric Bill
SUSAN MILLSAP
Home Economist
Georgia Power Company
Electric bills which change
from one month to another
even though the same
number of kilowatt-hours
were used may cause you to
wonder why. One reason, this
month, is the change from
the summer rate to the lower
winter rate. Another is fuel
adjustment. The fuel ad
justment cost which appears
on the bill reflects the
increase or the decrease in
the cost of fuel to the
company.
In Georgia, as in most
states, the price the power
company must pay for fuel is
figured into a customer’s bill
on a per kilowatt-hour basis.
The fuel adjustment for
each month is based on a
three-month rolling average.
The fuel adjustment for
November bills, for example,
is based on the average fuel
cost for the preceding July,
August and September.
There is always a one-month
lag because of the time
needed for computation.
In addition to this one
month delay, the use of a
three-month average in
computing the fuel adjust
ment means that as long as
prices continue to rise, the
adjustment never catches up
with the true cost of fuel.
Figuring how much you’re
paying for fuel adjustment is
simple. Look at your electric
bill under the heading “Fuel
adjustment 1000th c KWH.”
If the figure is 567, for
example, you multiply the
number of kilowatt-hours you
used that month by $.00567. If
you were billed for 1000
kilowatt-hours with a fuel
adjustment of 567, your fuel
adjustment cost would be
$5.67. Actually, the average
monthly consumption for
Georgia Power’s residential
customers is less than 1000
kwh (840 kwh), so at the
Steady and Systematic
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$.00567 rate the fuel adjust
ment cost for the average
residential customer would
be less than $5.67.
Monthly electric bills can
be kept in line with the family
budget by exercising care in
the use of electricity.
Information on the wise
use of energy in the home is
available at local Georgia
Power offices.
PERSONAL
Mrs. D. D. Estes reported
that her son, David Estes has
been visiting with her for a
week and left last Monday to
return to his home in
Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Whidby and Mrs. Lois Byrd
spent Sunday in Griffin
visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Coy Whidby.
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PERSONAL
Billy Glidewell and a
friend. Sam Hicks, both
students at Furman, spent
the weekend with his
parents. Mr and Mrs. Hugh
Glidewell.
Friends of Miss Becky
Glidewell will be interested
to know she has - returned
home from a visit with her
sister. Mr. and Mrs. Jurgen
Lenter. and daughter, Ste
phanie. in Stuttgart. Germa
ny.
Miss Catherine Harris, a
student at Auburn, spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Glidewell.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cargile
and daughter, Mitzi. had a
short visit with Mr. and Mrs.
James Cargile and children,
Elaine and Teresa, on their
way to Savannah
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