Katksmt Argus
Volume 103 Number 8
Plans Are Being Made For
County's Sesqui-Centennial
The most ambitious under
taking for Butts bounty since
the centennial of 1925 when
Butts County celebrated its
100th birthday is currently
being planned for June 30 to
July 5 as Butts County
observes its 150th birthday
this year.
Butts County was char
tered on December 24, 1825,
the county being presented to
Governor George Troup as a
Christmas present. It was in
the fall of 1925 that Butts
County celebrated its first
100 years with a week long
observance that was by far
the most elaborate in the
county’s history. The centen
nial drew statewide publicity
and large numbers of
out-of-town visitors from
adjoining counties swelled
the overflow crowds that
witnessed the impressive
events and pageantry.
The Butts County Chamber
of Commerce, Inc., Dick
O’Hara, president, is spear
heading the planned celebra
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Wins District
Oratorical
Lee Duffey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nevin Duffey of
Jackson, won the American
Legion Sixth District oratori
cal contest at Post 51 in
Atlanta last Saturday. Lee
competed with students from
Griffin, McDonough and
Capital View.
Lee used the topic “Justice
Under the Constitution of the
United States” for his
prepared speech; and for his
extemporaneous remarks
the topic drawn was Article
VI “ln all criminal pro
secutiqn, the accused shall
enjoy the right to a speedy
and public trial by an
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DELTA TANK GROUNDS LANDSCAPED Jackson’s newest industry is Delta
Tank Corporation located on the City’s Industrial Park near Land’s Crossing. Members of the
Landscape Class of Jackson High and CVAE boys teamed to landscape the office building
with shrubs and plants. Pictured above, left to right, are Winfred Head, a soph; Charles
Stewart, a frosh; Robert Baker, a senior, kneeling; Richard Ledford, horticulture teacher;
and Lynn Hudgins, a junior. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
tion this year and urgently
requests that all persons who
wish to help and serve on any
of the numerous committees
to be formed, to please
contact him at 775-5423 and
volunteer their services.
In a statement to the
Progress-Argus, Mr. O’Hara
said, “We need participation
from civic clubs, church
groups, individuals, in fact,
anyone who would be willing
to help in this worthwhile
event. We do hope they will
call.”
President O’Hara stated
the entertainment already
planned includes fireworks
and sky-divers, both very
popular features in the July
4th celebration last year,
with plans currently under
way for a songfest of popular,
spiritual, and religious mu
sic. Bands and chorus
groups, however, are needed
to compliment these events.
Mr. O’Hara pointed out
that though the heart of the
celebration is the first week
impartial jury of the state
and district wherein the
crime shall have been
committed, which district
shall have been previously
ascertained by law, and to be
informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation; to be
confronted with witnesses
against him; to have com
pulsory process for obtaining
witnesses in his favor, and to
have the assistance of
counsel for his defense.”
Next competition is Sunday
at 2:30, Post 574, in Atlanta,
where Lee meets the winners
of District 1 and 8, for the
opportunity to represent
Area 1 on March Ist. The
Department of Georgia con
test competition will be
March 15.
The Georgia winner meets
other southwestern state
competitors in South Caroli
na in mid April, the Sectional
April 21 and National finals
in Albany, April 25th.
Location of Regional and
Sectional will be announced
later.
United Appeal
Will Meet
Feb. 27th
Butts County United Ap
peal will meet on Thursday,
February 27th, at 7:30 p.m.
at the C&S Bank Board
Room.
New trustees and officers
will be elected.
This is an open meeting
and anyone interested in
United Appeal is invited to
attend. Your support is
needed.
of July, things will be
happening all year through
out the county to commemo
rate the county’s birthday.
“We hope all the men will do
their share by growing a
beard or moustache to add a
bit of nostalgia to the
occasion, and that the ladies,
taking into consideration
their sewing skills, will start
preparing their period cos
tumes early.” Prizes will be
awarded for the best costume
and beards.
Again Jackson merchants
will be asked to volunteer
their services to make the
event a success. A town-wide
sidewalk sale is needed for
one day, preferably Wednes
day, with merchandise to be
displayed on the Square.
President O’Hara issued a
request for any ideas,
suggestions, or observations
from citizens that will help
make the celebration more
meaningful and again urged
public support from local
clubs and organizations.
Thomaston
Woman Is
BPW Speaker
Mrs. Margaret B. Johnson
of Thomaston will be guest
speaker for International
Business Week at the dinner
meeting of the Jackson
B&PW Club on Monday
evening, February 24, at the
Jackson Clubhouse. She will
be presented by Mrs. Robert
C. Edwards, chairman of the
International Business Week
committee.
Mrs. Johnson is a past
president of the Georgia
Federation of Business and
Professional Women’s Clubs,
Inc. and the Thomaston BPW
Club. She has served as
president of the Thomaston
GEA Unit and of the
Thomaston-Upson County
Association of Educators.
She is a teacher in the
Thomaston Public Schools
and has been appointed to
serve a three year term on
the Georgia Teacher Educa
tion Council. Mrs. Johnson is
a member of the Delta Kappa
Gamma Society, the Rose
bud McCormick Foundation,
The Sharman of Upson
Chapter of United Daughters
of the Confederacy and
Trinity Baptist Church. She
serves on the Georgia
Committee of the National
Council on Crime and
Delinquency, and has been
issued invitations for mem
bership in the International
Platform Association and the
Dictionary of International
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 20, 1975
Bowers To
Speak At
ISA Dinner
Harley Bowers, widely
known sports editor and
columnist of The Macon
Telegraph, will be the guest
speaker at the Loyalty
Dinner of the Indian Springs
Academy, the event to be
held on Saturday, March 1, at
8 o’clock at the group camp
at Indian Springs State Park.
Mr. Bowers is one of the
better known sports writers
of the southeast and has his
stories quoted often in papers
over the nation.
A native of Moreland, Mr.
Bowers graduated from
Newnan High School and
from the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism, Uni
versity of Georgia. During
his underclass days at the
University, he was editor of
the Red and Black, president
of Sigma Delta Chi, vice-pre
sident of Demosthenian Lite
rary Society, and was a
member of the Blue Key,
ODK, and Gridiron honorary
socities.
Mr. Bowers has been the
winner of several Associated
Press writing awards. He is a
member of the Macon-Bibb
Recreation Commission,
serving one term as chair
man and is vice-president of
the Georgia Athletic Hall of
Fame.
Mr. Bowers is an elder in
the First Presbyterian
Church of Macon and has
been previously vice-chair
man of the Board of Deacons,
Sunday School teacher, and
Sunday School class presi
dent. During World War 11,
Mr. Bowers served in the Air
Force for almost four years.
Mr. Bowers is married and
he and his wife have three
children.
Biography.
Mrs. Jane B. Powell, who
has just returned from an
international meeting in
Mexico City, will give a very
brief report of her meeting
there.
Luther Jones
Resigns As
FloviUa Mayor
At the monthly meeting of
the Flovilla City Council
Thursday night, Feb. 13,
Mayor Luther Jones both
surprised and saddened the
members of the council with
the announcement of his
resignation.
Mayor Jones, a very active
leader in the community,
announced that he has
decided to give up all
unnecessary responsibilities
for health reasons.
In accordance with the city
charter, Councilman Charles
Huggins was elected by the
other members of the council
to serve Mayor Jones’s
unexpired term. W. P.
(Sonny) James. Jr. was
elected by the council to fill
Huggins's council seat.
In other action, Council
man David Burford was
elected Mayor Pro-tem, and
Councilman Malcolm Smith
was appointed head of the
Fire Committee. William
Parker, Assistant Fire Chief
Smith, Chiappetta Honored
Kenny Norsworthy, STAR Student,
Chooses Mrs. Wright as Teacher
Kenny Norsworthy, Mrs.
Geraldine Wright, Mrs. Judy
Skinner, Glen Smith, and
John Chiappetta shared
honors last week at the
Jaycee STAR Student Ban
quet as STAR Student, Star
Teacher, Outstanding Young
Educator of the Year,
Outstanding Young Farmer
of the Year, and Outstanding
Young Man of the year
respectively.
Kenny Norsworthy was
introduced by Assistant
Principal Ron Wade. Kenny,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Norsworthy, has received
many honors throughout his
high school years. Vice
president of the Honor
Society and the Key Club,
young Norsworthy holds one
of the leads in the senior
class play and is a member of
the school golf team.
Kenny introduced his Star
Teacher, Mrs. Geraldine
Wright. Mrs. Wright, pre
viously selected as Outstand
ing Teacher of Butts County
this year, is chairman of the
Mathematics Department at
Jackson.
Mrs. Wright holds a
Bachelor’s degree from
Georgia State University, a
Master’s degree from Geor
gia College, and a Specialist
in Education degree from
Emory. A member of many
professional organizations,
Mrs. Wright is sponsor of the
Key Club at JHS. Married to
Rev. Ben Wright, Mrs.
Wright is the mother of tw r o
children. Rev. Wright gave
the invocation at the ban
quet.
The award for outstanding
young educator went to Mrs.
Judy Skinner, currently
teaching English at Hender
son Junior High School. Mrs.
Skinner, a graduate of the
Jackson schools, received
her Bachelor's degree from
Mercer. She is currently
doing graduate work.
Extention agent Millard
Daniel introduced Glenn
Smith as Outstanding Young
Nazarene
Revival
Feb. 25th
Rev. James Hubbard of
Lebanon, Tennessee will be
guest evangelist at revival
services to begin at The
Jackson Church of the
Nazarene February 25th and
extend through March 2nd.
The Tuesday through Satur
day services will begin each
evening at 7:30 o’clock and
on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6
p.m.
Rev. Hubbard has only
recently left the Georgia
District and is widely known
in Georgia, particularly in
the work of the Sunday
School. He served as District
Church Schools chairman for
a number of years prior to his
leaving Georgia and was,
active in other areas of
church work. Rev. Hubbard
is a firm believer in the
preaching of Holiness as
taught in God’s word and all
under Mayor Jones, was
selected to replace Jones as
Fire Chief.
Other agenda items in
cluded consideration of a
plan for life and accident
insurance for members of the
Volunteer Fire Department
and city employees, and a
presentation by Curtis Gil
bert, elected spokesman of
the firemen, for improve
ments in the Department.
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SUPERLATIVE WINNERS Award winners at the STAR Student banquet
Tuesday night, February 11th, were, left to right, Mrs. Ben Wright, STAR Teacher. Kenny
Norsworthy, STAR Student; John Chiappetta, Young Man of the Year; and Glenn Smith.
Young Farmer of the Year. The annual banquet is sponsored by the Butts County Jaycees.
Farmer of the Year. Mr.
Smith is a native of Butts
County and began his
farming career at the age of
15 w hen he went into business
with his father, who was a
very successful farmer. Mr.
Smith farms approximately
300 acres of land and grows
such crops as soybeans, corn,
wheat, and small grains. He
is in the process of
converting his entire opera
tion to a commercial beef
cattle operation.
Mr. Smith is a member of
the Worthville Baptist
Church and two of his
principle hobbies are hunting
and fishing. He is married to
the former Miss Pebbles
Kersey and they have two
children.
Jaycee President Donnie
Phillips introduced the Out
standing Young Man of the
CoL Hammond
Receives
Service Medal
Valparaiso, Fla. The
second award of the Merito
rious Service Medal has been
awarded to Lieutenant Colo-
who attend will receive a
blessing from his ministry.
Music will be provided by
talent in the church and will
be directed by Mr. and Mrs.
Darwin L. Campbell of
Jackson.
Rev. Lon Hadwin, pastor,
invites the Butts County
Community and surrounding
areas to attend the services
and go away richer for
having heard Rev. Hub
bard’s preaching of the
Gospel.
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
Year, John Chiappetta. Mr.
Chiappetta, a native of
Macon, is Director of the
Civil Defense unit of Butts
County. Chairman of the
United Appeal drive in 1971
and 1972. Mr. Chiappetta is
married and the father of
three children. He is em
ployed at Fashion Pillows.
Speaker for the annual
event was Dr. Jerry William
son, president of Gordon
Junior College. Dr. William
son. a native of Tennessee,
holds a Ph.D. degree from
Florida State University and
was previously vice presi
dent of Clayton Junior
College.
A member of numerous
honorary societies. Dr. Wil
liamson has published arti
cles on Mark Twain and
Robert Penn Warren.
Dr. Williamson spoke to
the young guests on the
Two Butts Families
Urgently Need Help
Right here in Butts County
there are two families much
in need of financial help.
Little Leslie Joe Johnson,
two and one-half year old of
Flovilla, has brain cancer.
The father, Mr. Leslie
Johnson has not been
working regularly and week
ly trips to doctors, some
times both in Augusta and
Griffin are adding up. A fund
has been established for this
family at the C&S Bank of
Jackson The Leslie Joe
Johnson Fund —with Lar
ry Morgan as treasurer. This
family is in need of every'
kind of help, from money to
food for the table.
nel Robert A. Hammond, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A.
Hammond of Rt. 5, Jackson,
Ga.. at Hurlburt Field, Fla.
Colonel Hammond was
cited for his outstanding duty
performance as an air
operations staff officer with
Headquarters. Thirteenth
Air Force Advanced Eche
lon. Udorn Royal Thai AFB.
Thailand.
He now serves at Hurlburt
Field as director of acade
mics, USAF Air Ground
Operations School.
importance of making deci
sions throughout life. He said
they would face challenges in
the years ahead, challenges
in every phase of life, but
they would be able to cope
with them if they remained
individuals who cared to
exert the effort to do, to
perform better.
Dr. Williamson closed with
Robert Frost’s famous poem.
“The Road Not Taken,"
“Two roads diverged in a
woods and I, I took the one
less traveled by. And that has
made all the difference.”
Other seniors in the
Jackson area honored at the
banquet, in addition to
Kenny, were Bobby Brown
ing, David Cawthon. Terry
Duke. William Henry, Di
anne Jordan. Kathy Maddox,
Karen Newman, Patty
O'Neal, Janet Robison,
Charles Sibley, and Lamar
Smith.
The second child is little
Tina Cochran, two and
one-half year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Cochran of Flovilla. She was
born with two holes in her
heart along with artery
complications and is to
undergo open heart surgery
next week at the Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, Minnesota.
This family, too, is in need of
help. The parents of little
Tina have flown to Rochester
to be with their daughter,
thus incurring other expense.
Contributions may be made
at the Mclntosh State Bank,
to Ronnie Wells, treasurer.
INFORMATION NEEDED
ON FAMILY OR
FIELD CEMETERIES
Will any person who knows
of a family or field cemetery
of citizens in Butts County
please notify Mrs. A L.
Weaver, Route 3, Box 458,
Jackson, Ga. 30233, giving
the exact location.
A complete listing of all
cemeteries and graves there
in is to be included in the
Butts County History which
is being compiled for
publication.
