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NEWLY ORGANIZED TEEN CLUB OFFICERS Officers to
head the newly organized Teen Club of the Jackson-Butts County Recreation
Department are, left to right, Asst. Secretary-Treasurer Larry Jester,
Secretary-Treasurer Terri Dodson; President Miranda Price; Vice President
Bill Fears; Sergeant at Arms Dale White. These young people make a fine
nucleus of a successful teen club, according to Perry Manolis.
Thank You, Sam Nunn" Day
In Dublin on February Ist
Dublin Sen. Robert C.
Byrd, one of Washington’s
mosl influential men, will
grab his fiddle and strike up
a good ole West Virginia
mounlain melody when he
and a list of slate and
national readers join Geor
gians in saying “Thank You,
Sam Nunn” Saturday, Fe
bruary 1, in Dublin.
The West Virginia demo
crat will head the list of
dignitaries at the special
event of appreciation for Sen.
Nunn which will begin with a
barbecue supper at 6 p.m. at
West Laurens High School.
Sen. Byrd, majority whip
of the U.S. Senate, is known
for his fiddling talents and is
expected to depart from the
program for a few senatorial
renditions of foot-stomping
hill music.
Sen. Byrd’s folksy contri
bution to the appreciation
program may charm the
crowd of Georgians from
across the Peach State, but to
do so he will have to upstage
one of the South’s most
legendary of all story tellers,
former Georgia governor
Marvin Griffin.
Griffin, governor from 1955
to 1959, will open the
speeches with a talk he has
tilled, "An Auspicious Occa
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HEART FUND KICK OFF The Butts County Heart Fund Drive, Mrs.
Charlotte Barber, chairman, held its initial meeting Sunday afternoon at Mclntosh State
Bank. Among those attending were, left to right, Mrs. Luther Jones, Mrs. Dan Hoard, Mrs.
Charles Barber, chairman, Mrs. Tom Taylor, Mrs. Mary Howe, Field Representative,
Arthur Lawson, R. W. Jenkins, Jack Cook, co-chairman, Mrs. Jane Washington, Mrs. Sam
Smith.
sion.” He is a long time
friend and supporter of Sen.
Nunn.
Also on the program will be
Gov. George Busbee and Sen.
Herman Talmadge who will
speak on his Senate expe
rience with Sen. Nunn.
Dublin Mayor Robert E.
Cochran has set aside the day
as “Sam Nunn Day” in
Dublin and will make the
proclamation during the
program.
A special added attraction
will be the appearance of the
Atlanta Concert Band, a
group of professional and
amateur musicians from the
Atlanta area whose varied
selections include many of
America's favorite tunes.
Silting on the platform will
be Lt. Gov. Zell Miller,
several former governors,
and former Congressman
Carl Vinson, Sen. Nunn’s
uncle.
The entire Georgia con
gressional delegation has
been invited, as well as
members of the Georgia
General Assembly and other
state officials.
Jim Hammock of Dublin,
chairman of the event, said
the appreciation program
comes at an appropriate time
during Sen. Nunn’s senate
term.
“We believe it is the right
time to recognize and
appreciate his integrity,
sincerity and good service,”
Hammock stated.
Sen. Nunn is beginning his
third year in Washington this
month.
Tickets for the event will
be on sale at the door. The $5
price includes the barbecue
supper. Also, tickets are
available at several middle
Georgia banks, or by writing
“Thank You, Sam Nunn,”
P.O. Box 988, Dublin,
Georgia 31021.
West Laurens High School
is located off 1-16 near U.S.
441 in Laurens Cos.
Members of the “Thank
You, Sam Nunn” committee
are Hammock, Malcolm
Reese and J. M. Tolleson of
Perry; Charles Adams of
Macon; and Marvin Shoob
and Ed Sieb of Atlanta.
Teen Club
Organized
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The Jackson-Butts County
Recreation Department held
a teen club organizational
meeting at Jackson High
Georgia 30233 Thursday, January 30, 1975
Heart Fund
Kickoff
Was Sunday
The Butts County 1975
Heart-Fund Kick-Off was
held Sunday afternoon, Jan
uary 26, at the Mclntosh
State Bank.
Mrs. Charles Barber, Butts
County Heart Chairman
introduced Mrs. Mary Howe,
field program consultant,
who explained to those
present the vast work of the
Georgia Heart Association,
what each contribution is
used for, and the significance
of the literature which was
given to the community
chairmen at the conclusion of
her informative talk.
Those present in addition
to Mrs. Howe and Mrs.
Barber were: Jack Cook,
Butts County co-chairman;
Mrs. Tom Taylor and Arthur
Lawson, co-chairmen of the
Black Community of the
county; Mrs. Luther Jones,
Flovilla; Mrs. Margie Smith,
Cork; Mr. R. W. Jenkins,
Stark; Mrs. Gip Washington,
Iron Springs; and Mrs. Dan
Hoard, Indian Springs.
Those who have accepted
community chairmanships,
but were unable to attend
were: Mrs. Charles Carter,
Mrs. Edwin Vickers, Mrs. J.
B. Gaston, Mrs. Artis Wilson
and Mr. Terry Kitchens,
Jackson; Mrs. T. H. Price,
Jenkinsburg; Mrs. Lamar
English, Towaliga; and
Fincherville, Mrs. Leon
Smith. Jack Cook will also
solicit the Worthville district.
Assisting Mrs. Barber and
Mr. Cook in the Business and
Industry of the county will be
Frank Hearn, Harold McMi
chael, Danny Hoard, Ronnie
Wells, and Ricky Beau
champ.
The goal for Butts County
is $2,295. This figure is
established by the Georgia
Heart Association annually
and is a reflection of the
economic conditions of the
county and is a fair
proportionate share of the
state goal of $1,200,000.
Mrs. Barber stated that
she hopes we can attain our
goal, and even exceed it,
during the month of Februa
ry when a heart volunteer
will call on each home in
Butts County.
School on January 22nd at
3:15 o’clock. Two club
officers were elected to start
the teen club off to a good
start.
Officers elected were Mi
randa Price, president; Bill
Fears, vice president; Terri
Dodson, secretary-treasu
rer; Larry Jester, assistant
secretary-treasurer; Dale
White, Sergeant at Arms.
Director Perry Manolis
stated that the teen members
will run and operate their
club, organizing dances and
many other projects so badly
needed in this community
and take their own initiative
in promoting these programs
and conducting meetings.
This club will help in
making and developing re
sponsibility that is so
important in preparing
young citizens who will some
day be leaders in our
community of the future.
DORNER CARMICHAEL
IS ON DEAN’S LIST
Miss Dorner Carmichael,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice W. Carmichael of
Jackson, has been named to
the Dean's List at the
Medical College of Georgia
for the fall quarter.
Miss Carmichael, a student
in the School of Allied Health
Sciences, was notified of her
appointment for academic
excellence by Dean Ray
mond C. Bard of the Allied
Health Sciences School.
City Now Using One Million
Gallons of Water Per Day
Jackson is growing. The
signs are all around us.
One of the ways to measure
a city’s growth is the amount
of water it uses. According to
Gerald Stewart, superinten
dent of the City of Jackson’s
new water treatment plant
on the Kinard Mill Road, the
city is now using one million
gallons a day.
The new plant, which has
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New water processing tanks and recently-completed
plant.
been in operation since
December 3rd, stands on a
hill overlooking the Towaliga
River immediately behind
the Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center.
The land for the facility
was donated to the City of
Jackson by the State Board
of Corrections. The city ran a
line to the Classification
Center for their use, and will
charge the Center for
whatever supply is used.
Stewart, who holds a Class
II slate license as a surface
Southside sewage plant being built off McCaskill
Drive.
plant operator, has been
overseeing the city water
supply since July of 1973. He
said the old water plant on
the North side near Box
Factory Hill, could never
hope to meet the needs of
today’s Jackson.
“When they first built that
plant out there, the city
probably wasn’t using 50,000
gallons of water a day,” he
said. “Most people had wells
then." Many industries also
had not been built at that
time.”
The new facility, operated
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Gerald Stewart, water plant superintendent, and
Theodore Patterson.
on a 24-hour-a-day basis by
Stewart and his staff i Theo
dore Patterson, John Allen,
Travis Harper, and Wright
Hicks), pumps water from
•he Towaliga River into a
settling pond. The pond
serves as a reservoir when
rains have been heavy and
the river is too muddy to use.
The water is then pumped
into tanks, where chlorine is
added to kill bacteria. Lime
and alum, coagulants which
pull the particles of mud in
the water into sticky lumps,
are added next. Then the
water is filtered through
layers of anthracite, sand.
and gravel to remove the
lumps. The last step is the
addition of fluoride to
prevent tooth decay.
M. L. Powell, city clerk
and treasurer, explained why
the Towaliga was the logical
water supply for the city.
“This river has never been
low enough so that we would
not be able to get enough
water to supply us." he said.
He explained that the holding
pond contains a three-day
supply of water. Indicators at
the plant show from minute
to minute how many gallons
are being pumped in and out
and how much water is in the
storage tank at the depot in
town.
Continuous testing is a
vital part of the process. “We
test the chlorine level and the
PH (acidity) of the water
every two hours, and we send
four samples a month to the
state water testing lab to
check on the bacteria level.”
said Stewart.
Many people don’t realize,
according to Powell, that
Jackson had been dumping
raw sewage for years into the
small creeks in the county.
“The EPA has been fussing
at us for several years to do
something about this,” he
said. “In 1972. when W. 0.
Ball was on the city council.
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
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New sewage treatment plant under construction off
Alabama Avenue.
we applied for a grant from
H.U.D. We already had some
savings set aside. Then
Nixon trimmed the funds for
H.U.D.. and we had to float a
bond issue. " Some $800,000.00
in bonds were issued.
“Some people are going to
fuss about Jackson spending
this much money to get these
new plants,’’ said Powell,
“but EPA required us to do
something about this. When
we got a 75 percent grant
from EPA. all the city had to
do was raise 25 percent of the
funds."
Two plants. one off
McCaskill Drive on the south
side and the other off
Alabama Blvd. on the north
side, are scheduled for
completion by the end of 1975.
Mr Stewart will supervise
these plants also, and is now
training his staff to operate
them. "When we get through
treating the water at these
plants, it will be chemically
pure." he said. The treat
ment process is similar to
Women's Month
Proclaimed
WHEREAS. International
Women's Year has been
declared by the United
Nations.
WHEREAS. Governor
Jimmy Carter has declared
International Women's Year
for the State of Georgia.
NOW. THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED, that I. C. B
Brown. Jr., do hereby
Eulogy To Mrs. Howell
Mrs. Helen Carmichael (O. B.' Howell died
in her sleep at her home at 619 West Third Street on
Friday morning, January 10th. She was beyond
doubt one of the most widely known and greatly
beloved women ever to live in Jackson.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon. January 12th, at the First Baptist Church
of which she had been organist, teacher, leader and
benefactor for over 50 years.
One of the most loving tributes to this
Christian woman was the eulogy in song composed
and sung by her grandson. Charlie Howell, who
accompanied himself on the guitar. Long before this
accolade to his beloved grandmother was finished,
there was not a dry eye in the vast audience. The
musical tribute is as follows:
The Lord He giveth, The Lord taketh away
I wish He'd given her one more day
And then I’d see her one more time
I know I’ll see her when I die. when I die.
She gave us so much, especially love
She told me of Him. the man above
Helped change my life, set me free
She means so much to me, to me.
You left so many behind, heads hung low and crying
What w ill it take for us to see, she’s living in eternity
So hold your heads up please don’t cry
she's standing by God’s side
And you can be there too. It's only up to you
What will you do? What will you do?
I'm going to see her. Gave God my life
You can come with me, if you like
And we can be there by her side
Cause she will be there by His side.
Charlie Howell
that used to treat the city's
drinking water, although the
water does not have to meet
the same standards as those
for drinking water.
Mr. Powell explained that
the location of the city on a
hill necessitated building two
sewer treatment plants in
stead of one. “Right now, we
are pumping sewage from
the south side up to Third
Street and then north to be
treated," he stated. “When
we have our new plants, we
can do away with the present
pumping station, and it will
flow by gravity to the north
and south plants."
The water treatment plant
was built by Scottdale
Contractors of Scottdale.
Ga., with the new line
extending from 1-75 to the
city limits laid by Patterson
and Wilder of Birmingham,
Ala. The sewage plants are
being built by Patterson and
Wilder, also; with lines
installed by the firm of Rast,
Gregory, and Neen.
declare and decree that the
month of February be known
as International Women’s
Month, and that this event is
being sponsored in Jackson.
Georgia by the Business and
Professional Women's Club
of Jackson.
We encourage all of our
citizens to support the
Business and Professional
Women’s Club of Jackson in
their endeavors during In
ternational Women's Month.