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Jackson progress-Argus
Volume 102 No. 3
Retail Sales in County
Show Increase of 6Vi%
Retail sales, that accurate
little barometer of a commu
nity’s economic life, in
creased by 6.5 percent in
Butts County during the third
quarter of 1974.
Sales for the third quarter
in 1973 in Butts County
totaled $7,044,000 as com
pared to $7,505,000 for the
same quarter in 1974.
Retail sales in Georgia
totaled $4,366,791,000 during
the third quarter of 1974 as
compared with $4,003,632,000
during the same period of
1973 according to a survey by
the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce.
This represents an in
Banks To Show Gains At
Meeting of Stockholders
Jackson’s two banks will
both hold stockholders’ meet
ings within the next eight
days with shareholders ex
pected to hear reports of
substantial growth and solid
financial progress from both
banks.
Stockholders of Mclntosh
State Bank will meet
Thursday afternoon, Janua
ry 16th, at 3:30 o’clock at the
banking house with Presi
dent William H. Shapard and
Executive Vice President
Hoe B. Taylor pointing to a
solid year of accomplishment
as the bank observed its
tenth anniversary of service
to citizens of the community.
Mr. Taylor pointed to the
addition to the bank building
which was completed in the
Fall and the modernization of
banking procedures as pro
gress “of which we can all be
proud.”
In the financial statement
of condition as of December
31,1974, Mclntosh State Bank
showed deposits of
$6,244,784.57 and total assets
of $7,373,928.12.
Officers of Mclntosh State
Bank include H. Wayne
Barnes, chairman; Mr. Sha
pard, president; Mr. Taylor,
executive vice president and
cashier; W. Ronald Wells,
assistant cashier; and W. D.
Durrett 111, Assistant
Cashier.
Directors include Rufus
Adams, M. W. Carmichael,
G. W. Caston, Doyle Jones,
Mrs. Howell
Died In
Her Sleep
Mrs. Helen Carmichael
Howell, 78, one of Jackson’s
most widely known and
greatly beloved women, died
in her sleep at her residence,
619 West Third Street, Friday
morning following a period of
declining health.
A friend had stopped by
Mrs. Howell’s home to take
her to Atlanta to her doctor
for treatment and when there
was no response to her
knocks and rings, the friend
went next door to the office of
Mrs. Howell’s son, Dr. James
C. Howell, to inform him. Dr.
Howell used his key to enter
his mother’s home and
discovered her body in bed. A
Jackson physician said Mrs.
Howell had been dead for
several hours.
Mrs. Howell, widow of Dr.
0. B. Howell, former Jackson
doctor and a Butts County
Commissioner, was born
February 11, 1896 in Butts
County, daughter of the late
Mr. James Harkness Carmi
chael and the late Mrs. T.
Maggie McCollum Carmi
chael.
Mrs. Howell was a lifelong
resident of Jackson and
crease of 9.1 percent over the
1973 period.
Retail sales for counties
adjacent to Butts include the
following: Henry-$14,807,000
in 1973 compared to
$16,111,000 in 1974, an
increase of 8.8 percent;
Jasper, $2,500,000 compared
to $2,591,000 a gain of 3.6
percent; Lamar, $5,175,000
compared to $5,607,000, a
gain of 8.3 percent; Monroe,
$8,139,000 compared to
$7,771,000, a loss of 4.5
percent; Newton, $16,834,000
compared to $17,089,000, a
gain of 1.5 percent; Spalding,
$31,805,000 compared to
$34,351,000 a gain of 8.0
percent.
Jr., E. M McCord, L. C.
Webb, and Messrs. Barnes,
Shapard, and Taylor.
The shareholders of C&S
Bank of Jackson will meet
Tuesday afternoon, January
28th, at 2:30 o’clock at the
banking house. President J.
Frank Barnes will point with
justifiable pride to the
addition of three modern
drive-in windows as well as
the inclusion of new paved
parking areas which adds
much to the convenience of
the bank’s patrons.
In C&S’s year ending
report dated December 31,
1974, President Barnes will
point to deposits of
$12,983,704.00 and total assets
of $15,345,202.00.
Officers of the C&S Bank of
Jackson, in addition to Mr.
Barnes as president, include
Stanley Maddox, vice presi
dent; Levi Ball, vice presi
dent; Henry L. Hilderbrand,
cashier ; Mrs. Janice Weldon,
operational officer; Larry
Morgan, assistant banking
officer.
Directors of the bank are
L. J. Ball, W. O. Ball, J.
Frank Barnes, E. D. Briscoe,
Hugh M. Glidewell, J. W.
O’Neal, Sr., T. E. Robison,
Sr., T. E. Robison, Jr.,
Richard W. Watkins, Jr.
One of the principal orders
of business at the stock
holders meeting of both
banks will be the election of
directors.
attended Tift College where
she was a Cum Laude
graduate. Extremely active
in the affairs of the First
Baptist Church of which she
was a member, Mrs. Howell
served as church organist for
more than fifty years.
She was a past president of
the Women’s Missionary
Union and was a Sunday
School teacher for many
years in the First Baptist
Church.
Funeral services were
conducted Sunday afternoon
at three o’clock from the
First Baptist Church of
Jackson with the pastor,
Rev. Don L. Folsom, officia
ting. Interment was in
Jackson City Cemetery with
Haisten • Funeral Home in
charge .of arrangements.
Mrs. Howell is survived by
a son, Dr. James C. Howell of
Jackson; a brother, Joe
Carmichael of Macon; six
grandchildren, James C.
Howell, Jr. of Parkersburg,
West Virginia; Olin Bryan
Howell II and Charles
Edward Howell, both of
Athens; George Sherrod
Howell of Atlanta, Christo
pher Daniel Howell and Amy
Rose Howell, both of Jack
son; two great grandchil
dren; several nieces and
nephews.
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A HALF-DOZEN GLAMOUR-ICERS Pictured in a scene from the rousing
finale, “Saturday Night, U.S.A.”, are six of the lovely young women who enhance the
world-famous precision skating chorus. Holiday on Ice of 1975 comes to Macon from
Wednesday, Jan. 22nd thru Sunday, Jan. 26th, at the Macon Coliseum.
City Committee Appointments
Are Made by Mayor Brown
Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr.,
assigned members of the
City Council to assignments
on committees for 1975 at a
meeting of the City Council
on Monday, January 6th.
These appointments are as
follows:
Police: John L. Coleman,
Chr., Allen Byars, Dawson
Bryant, John R. Pulliam.
Fire: John L. Coleman,
Chr.. Roy Goff, Allen Byars,
John R. Pulliam.
Planning and Develop
ment: Roy Goff, Chr.,
Dawson Bryant, John L.
Coleman, John R. Pulliam.
Finance: Roy Goff, Chr.,
Allen Byars, John 1,. Cole
man, John R. Pulliam.
Electric: Roy Goff, Chr..
Allen Byars, Dawson Bryant,
Gigi Leverette Is Blonde And
Beautiful And Youngest Delegate
By Jane Oppy
Gigi Leverette is 18 years
old. blonde, beautiful, and
looks as though she should be
modeling fashions on the
cover of Mademoiselle’s
College Issue.
Instead, Gigi abandoned
the campus this last fall and
joined the political band
wagon, commuting to Atlan
ta every day to work in Zell
Miller’s successful campaign
for the lieutenant governor
ship. The next thing she
knew, she had gotten herself
elected the youngest member
of the State Democratic
Executive Committee.
Five candidates ran for
places on the Committee in
Barnesville on November
9th. Though a complete
political novice (“I didn't
even know to take anybody
along to vote for me”) Miss
Leverette defeated one other
new candidate, joining Jack
son attorney Richard W.
Watkins, Jr., Barnesville
feed and seed dealer Lamar
Akins, and Fred J. Jordan,
Jr., of Talbotton, to serve on
the Committee for the
coming year.
Gigi, despite her age, is no
stranger to politics. As the
daughter of Billy Leverette,
candidate for sheriff of Butts
County in 1968, she already
had a taste of campaigning.
“I wasn’t old enough to
vote then," she said. “But I
would go with Daddy to call
Weaver, Hal Summers, B.
Y. Lunceford, W. A. Duke,
Jr., W. D. Pope, Jr., Ben
Garland, Dr. Roy Goff, and
Merrill Price.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, January 16, 1975
John L. Coleman.
Industrial: Roy Goff, Chr.,
John 1,. Coleman, Dawson
Bryant, John R. Pulliam,
Allen Byars.
Sanitary: John R. Pulliam,
Chr., Allen Byars, Dawson
Bryant, John L. Coleman.
Building: Dawson Bryant,
Chr., John L. Coleman, Allen
Byars, John R. Pulliam.
Personnel: Roy Goff, Chr.,
Allen Byars, Dawson Bryant,
John R. Pulliam.
Civil Defense: Allen Byars,
Chr.. John 1,. Coleman, John
R. Pulliam. Roy Goff.
Printing: Dawson Bryant.
Chr., Allen Byars, John 1,.
Coleman, John R. Pulliam.
Library: Allen Byars,
Chr., Dawson Bryant, John
L. Coleman, John R. Pul
on people and help him hand
out literature sometimes. We
would go to the campaign
barbeques together, and he
would talk to the people.”
Gigi speaks with an
enthusiasm that suggests she
could be persuasive. In the
Zell Miller campaign, she
said she was called upon to
defend her position occasio
nally. But the questions came
mostly from people who
could not believe she was
working for nothing.
“I volunteered to work for
Zell Miller because I was out
of school that quarter, and I
wanted to make use of my
time,” said Miss Leverette,
who was recruited for the
campaign by Miller’s locally
based manager, Francis
Holland. She rode to Atlanta
each day for the quarter with
Mr. and Mrs. Holland and
“did a little bit of every
thing" from answering
the phone and typing to
street-corner campaigning.
"I really enjoyed it,” she
said. “I really like to find out
what people think But some
people just don’t believe that
you will do something for
nothing just because you
want to.”
“They wanted to know if he
(Miller) had offered me
money," she said. “I told
them if he had, I wouldn’t
have taken it.” *
Locally, Miss Leverette
said she was frequently
asked if her father was
supporting Miller’s cam
paign. “They would say, 'if
your dad is backing him, then
he must be a good man,”’ she
said.
ham.
Streets: John R. Pulliam,
Chr., John L. Coleman, Allen
Byars, Roy Goff.
Cemetery: John R. Pul
liam, Chr.. John 1,. Coleman,
Dawson Bryant, Allen Byars.
Gas and Water: Dawson
Bryant Roy Goff, John
L.*<J(ieman, Alien Byars.
Ordinances: Dawson Bry
ant, Chr.. Allen Byars, Roy
Goff. John L. Coleman.
Recreational Authority:
Allen Byars. Chr., Dawson
Bryant, Roy Goff, John 1,.
Coleman.
Water Plants: Allen Byars,
Chr., Roy Goff, John 1..
Coleman, Dawson Bryant.
Sewer: Allen Byars, Chr..
Roy Goff, John L. Coleman,
Dawson Bryant.
Miss Leverette said that
although she was warmly
received by the party
regulars at the electoral
meeting in Barnesville. she
was aware of her limitations.
"I decided not to go to the
national Rules Committee
Meeting in Kansas City,
because I didn’t feel I would
know what questions to ask,”
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MINUTEMAN SPEAKER— Franklin Rogers, a rate consultant for an engineering firm, shown above at the
podium, was speaker at the Minuteman meeting Thursday night, January 9th, at the Central Georgia EMC auditorium in
Jackson. Pictured above, left to right, is D. A. Robinson. 111, secretary and treasurer, Spalding Cos. ; T. F. Freeman.
Co-op president; W. C. Futral, vice president, and R. F. Armstrong, general manager of CGEMC. Photo bv Jerrv
McLaurin.
Mayor and Council
Are Economy Minded
At a recent meeting of the
City Council, Jackson Mayor
C. B. Brown, Jr ~ on behalf of
the City Council and himself,
stressed that the Mayor and
Council are seeking all ways
possible to cut the expenses
of the city government and
that some of the policies
agreed upon would go in
effect immediately. The
Mayor and Council issued a
.news release dated January
10th which reads as follows
and in the main is self-expla
natory. The verbatim release
states:
“At a meeting of the City
Council recently, the Mayor
and Council met with all
Department Heads and city
employees. At this meeting,
it was announced that due to
the general economic condi
tion, various ways to cut the
expenses of our City would go
into effect immediately. Also
much to the Mayor and
Florida Woman Killed In
Head-On Crash Saturday
A Florida family, reported
iy enroute to Montieello to
visit relatives, was involved
in a grinding, head-on
collision shortly after mid
night Saturday morning.
January llth, which left Mrs.
John England. 35. of 2034
Sprinkle Drive, Jacksonville,
Florida, dead of massive
head injuries and five
occupants of the van in which
she was a passenger injured,
as well as the driver of the
second car involved in the
crash.
The accident happened
only minutes after midnight
on Route 16 West almost
directly in front of the J.
Harry Ridgeway residence.
The tragic collision was
investigated by the Butts
County Sheriff's Department
and the Georgia State Patrol.
Investigation points to the
second vehicle being driven
westerly by Charles Baxter.
Jr. of Jackson colliding with
the eastbound van driven by
John England.
Mr. England's legs were
pinned in the mangled
wreckage of the van. It took
members of the Butts County
Rescue Unit, law officers,
and many volunteers over an
hour to extricate the injured
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
Council’s regret, it was
announced that several em
ployees’ services would be
terminated as of January 17,
1975. This was done with the
hope that the economic
conditions will improve and
the Mayor and Council can
soon call some of these
people back. A lot of plans
were discussed with the
Department Heads and city
employees about our City for
the year 1975. At this
meeting. Mr. M. L. Powell,
City Clerk and Treasurer,
City of Jackson, presented
the following letter to the
Mayor and Council:
“Jackson, Ga., January
Bth. 1975
“To the Honorable Mayor
and Council, City of Jackson:
“I would like to take this
opportunity to announce my
retirement as City Clerk and
Treasurer effective March
Ist, 1975.
man from his vehicle.
Eventually a wrecker was
hooked to the front of the
crumpled hood while another
wrecker was attached to the
rear of the van and by pulling
in opposite directions, the
wreckage was moved enough
to allow rescuers to free his
legs and remove him through
the window on the driver’s
side.
Upon being released, Mr
England was rushed to the
Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital where it was
determined he had leg
fractures as well as other
injuries.
Mr. Baxter was also taken
by ambulance to the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital
where it was reported he
suffered a compound frac
ture of his left leg as well as
other injuries.
Less seriously hurt were
David England, two: Becky
.Ann England, five; Lisa
England. 15: and Beverly
Sechrest. 15, all passengers
in the van. Becky Ann. Lisa
and Beverly were all
admitted to the Sylvan Grove
Hospital overnight for obser
vation. Relatives in Montieel
lo picked up the slightly
injured children later Satur
“It has been a pleasure
serving you and the citizens
of our community for the
past six years and I am
grateful to you for having
had this privilege.
“I wish for you a very
successful administration
and am confident that it will
be.
“Mr. M. L. Powell.
“Mr. M. L. Powell’s
request was accepted with
regret by the Mayor and
Council and we would also
like to thank Mr. Powell for
his six years service to our
City and its people and wish
for him every success in his
endeavors. The Mayor and
Council would like to say at
this time that we will try our
best to keep our people
informed as to the business of
their City.”
According to Mayor
Brown, Jackson Attorneys
A. Dan Fears and Richard
Milam were appointed as
city attorneys.
day
Mrs. England was treated
in the emergency room of
Sylvan Grove Hospital and
because of the severity of her
head injuries, she was
transferred to Clayton Gene
ral Hospital where it was
reported that she expired
enroute. being pronounced
dead on arrival at Clayton
General.
It was Butts County's first
traffic death of 1975 and
hopefully in no way portends
the rash of deaths by violence
that visited Butts County
during 1974.
TIFT NAMES THOSE
ON DEAN’S LIST
Forsyth, Ga. Tift Col
lege has named students to
the Dean's List for Fall
quarter.
The Dean’s List requires
that a student have a
scholastic average of 3.25 for
the current quarter on ten or
more hours work and have an
all-college average of 3.00 out
of a possible grading scale of
4.00.
On the Dean's List from
Jackson are Linday Wyatt
Dobbs. Regina Thompson
Moody, and Lynn Freeman
Smith.
