The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, February 27, 1975, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textllarksmi f'/rngrsss-Argus Volume 103 Number 9 ■ CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN on the new Avondale Park in Jackson. Perry Manolis is pictured giving grading instructions to Tommy Saunders and tractor driver James Brown at the park site where the tennis courts and three diamonds for baseball and softball will be located. Auditions For Kiwanis Kapers Are Scheduled For March Ist The talent show of the year in Jackson, the Kiwanis Kapers, is in the planning stages now, according to Tom Webb, Kiwanis Kapers publicity chairman. “We are now accepting applications for the Kapers, to be held on March 15, and we don’t have as many at this time as expected,” Mr. Webb said. Applications are available at the principal’s office in each local school, the Van Deventer Center, the Butts County Recreation Center, and the Henderson Youth Center, Mr. Webb said. Compleled applications may be turned in to Mr. Webb at the Post Office or at Mr. Shotwell’s office at Hender son Junior High. Higher Electric Bills Bring Most Complaints, Goff States “Increasing electric bills are perhaps responsible for the greatest number of complaints that the City of Jackson receives nowadays. And these complaints are, to a degree, justifiable.” This was the opening statement made by Roy Goff, Council man and Chairman of the Electric Department of the City of Jackson, as he shared with Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr. the “State of the City” program before the Kiwanis Club Tuesday evening, Feb ruary 18th. Councilman Goff stated that the reason for the steady increase in the electric bills is due to the Fuel Adjustment Charge (FAC) that is added on to the regular electric rates each month by Georgia Power Company and other Griffin-l-75 Connector Seen Constructed by 1980 The proposed connector highway from Griffin to 1-75 will likely no! be completed before 1980, the State Highway Department re vealed last week at a meeting with Griffin and Spalding County commissioners. The Department of Trans portation engineers said that the state will begin acquiring rights of way in September, 1975. Construction is expec ted to start during the summer of 1977 with the completion date expected Applications must be made in order for the entrant to attend tryouts, scheduled for this Saturday, March Ist, at 2:00 p.m. at the Van Deventer Center. The Kapers will be Saturday, March 15th, at 7:30 p.m. at Jackson High School Auditorium. “We will award trophies for the winner, first runner up, and second runner-up,” Mr. Webb said, “and the winners will then be eligible for regional competition.” The three classes are: Class A (10th through 12th grades), Classß (7th through 9th grades), and Class C (Ist through 6th grades). Technical assistance will be provided by the Jackson Theatre Guild. Mrs. James McCormick, president of the producers of electricity. The FAC is an “add-on” charge granted temporarily by con trolling government agencies and is based upon the additional cost of generating electricity caused by any increase in the base cost of fuel. A chart was prepared and shown to those attending which illustrated the month by-month increase in the FAC from January 1974 through January 1975. To the surprise of most, this FAC had increased from 85 cents per 1000 Kilowatt hours in January 1974 to $4.85 per 1000 Kilowatt hours in December 1974. Goff also warned that the February 1975 Fuel Adjustment Charge would be $6.10 per 1000 Kilowatt Hours used. “The City of Jackson is about two and a half years from then. The proposed route begins off Memorial Drive, south of Blake Building Supply Cos. It would then run north through the Blake property across Wilson Road, span the railroad tracks and Orchard Hill Road with a large bridge, then to Rehoboth, then to Barrow Road, and on to 1-75. The highway from Memo rial Drive to Barrow Road will be four lanes. From Guild, asked that applicants bring to tryouts whatever musical accompaniment they would need, in order that a master tape may be made for the program itself. “We hope that we have the best turnout ever for tryouts this year,” Mrs. McCormick said. “We especially hope that parents of students active in our Theatre Guild classes will encourage their children to apply.” Tickets for this year’s Kapers will be priced at 50 cents for students and SI.OO for adults. They may be obtained from any member of the Jackson Kiwanis Club or the Jackson Theatre Guild. only ‘passing on” to its consumers this additional charge without adding a profit,” Goff stated. “If this charge was passed on the same percentage basis as the city is being billed by its supplier of electricity,” Goff continued, “then this would mean that a customer who had a $50.00 electric bill excluding the FAC in January 1974 and used the same kilowatt hours in January 1975, then with the added FAC they would have received a bill for $89.96 for the month of January of this year.” Goff closed by stating that he had some reservations about the methods used by the power companies in computing the Fuel Adjust ment Charges. there it will become two lanes to the interstate, as present traffic does not justify four lanes all the way. There will be free access to all parts, except that running through Blake property, which the owners hope will be used as an industrial park. The proposed South Gate Industrial park affects some 240 acres bounded by old U.S. 41 south, Hudson Road, Wilson Road and property facing Hamilton Boulevard. Ja Pa,- m, Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 27, 1975 February Court Calendar The criminal week of Butts Superior Court adjourned Friday, February 14th, with several cases disposed of both by pleas of guilty and by jury verdicts. Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of Forsyth presided. The February court calen dar, as prepared by David P. Ridgeway, Sr., Clerk of Butts Superior Court, is as follows: A1 Bennett, Violation of Jackson-Butts County Plan ning Commission Ordinance, Verdict of Not Guilty. Wendell Grier, Simple Battery, Verdict of not guilty. Herman Goodrum, Non- Support, Verdict of not guilty. Luther Ball, Driving Under Influence, Verdict of guilty, 12 months probated on payment of fine of $250.00. Kenneth Green, Non-Sup port, Plea of Guilty, 12 months supended on pay ment of $12.50 child support and pay fine of $52.00. Kenneth Brown and Mar gie Brown, Violation of Jackson-Butts County Plan ning Commission Ordinance, Verdict of not guilty. Edward Lee Maynor, Pos session of Deadly Weapon in Prison, Verdict of guilty, 4 years. Jarvis Jerome Carter, Possession of Deadly Wea pon in Prison, Verdict of guilty, 4 years. Eddie Lamar Faulk, For gery in the First Degree, Plea of guilty, 3 years probated on payment of fine of SIOO.OO. Morris Lee Tyson, Burgla ry, Plea of guilty, 3 years. Thomas L. Crowder, Bur glary, Plea of guilty, 4 years probated on payment of fine of $250.00. Danney Tony Taylor, For gery in the First Degree, Plea of guilty. 5 years probated on payment of fine of $150.00. Danney Tony Taylor, Ter roristic Threats and Acts, Plea of guilty, 5 years probation. Steve Allen Patrick and Ronnie Eugene Parr, Viola tion of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, Verdict of not guilty. Alvin J. L. Towery, Violation of the Georgia Dangerous Drug Act, Mis trial. Donald Lee Harris, Theft by Taking, Plea of guilty, 4 years. Guns Taken In Cawthon Robbery Five guns, two shotguns and three rifles, were taken from Cawthon's Bait and Tackle Shop at Land's Crossing in a robbery which occurred between ll p.m. and 4:30 a.m. Sunday, February 23rd. Franklin Cawthon, owner and operator of the popular .bait shop between the intersection of Highway 36 and the Stark post road, valued the missing weapons at SI,OOO. The imaginative burglar knocked out a glass window in front of the store and. using some type of hooking device, pulled the guns through the window, never gaining actual access to the building. Mr. Cawthon said there were no clues and that the Butts County Sheriff’s De partment is busily engaged in investigating the theft. All Not Bleak in City's Status, Mayor Brown Tells Kiwanians Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr. gave a subdued “State of the City address to the Jackson Kiwanis Club Tuesday night, February 18th, pointing to a $91,402.85 deficit experienced by the city at the close of the year. Herman Waits, chairman of the Business and Public Affairs Committee, presen ted Mr. Brown. Early in his address the Mayor pointed out that the unaudited income of the city in ’74 was $1,259,239.12 as compared to expenses of $1,350,641.97, leaving the deficit reported above. Mayor Brown said that on the side of good news the Gas System indebtedness was paid off, that a peak shaving plant was constructed, sewer lines weie finished, water lines out Highway 36 had been laid to 1-75, and that a joint City-County Recreation Editor Was Panelist at Institute Doyle Jones, Jr., publisher of the Jackson Progress- Argus and member of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation Board of Gover nors, attended the Friday session of the Georgia Press Institute in Athens and served as a panelist on the Student Rap Session held at Studio I of the Journalism building on the University of Georgia campus. Don Car ter. executive editor of the Macon Telegraph and News, served as moderator. Other panelists included Harold Davis, Georgia State University; Howard H. Hays, Jr.. Riverside (Calif.) Press Enterprise; A1 Hester, Uni versity of Georgia; Durwood McAlister, managing editor, The Atlanta Journal; Mrs. Adelaide Ponder, editor. The Madisonian; Ralph Squire, Gannett Newspaper Founda tion, Inc., Rochester, New York. Seven student panelists, all prominently associated with collegiate publications, also took part in the discussion. Mr. Jones, chairman of the Georgia Press Association Journalism Education Com mittee, also attended the Board of Governors break fast meeting at eight o’clock Friday morning at the Georgia Center for Continu ing Education. Watkins Is Member Of Library Board Officers for the Flint River Regional Library for 1975 were elected at the Board's quarterly meeting. Paul Kurtz, representing Griffin and Spalding County, was elected Chairman, Mrs. L. S. Terrell (Clayton County) was elected Vice-Chairman. D. B. Christie (Spalding County) was elected Treasurer. Wal ter Murphy (Regional Libra ry Director) was elected Secretary. Members of the Board also include: Richard W. Wat kins. Jr. (Butts County), Claude Goza (Fayette Coun ty). Miss Julia Elliott (Henry County), Dr. J Holland Jackson, Jr. (Lamar Coun ty), Richard Truitt (Monroe County) and Paul Oxford (Pike Countv). Park had been started. Some of these projects were begun under the administration of Mayor Robert F. Mackey, Mr. Brown pointed out. Mayor Brown stated that the city borrowed $1,300,000 for water and sewer projects and was making payments of approximately SII,OOO per month. The Mayor pointed with pride to two new industries Delta Tank Corporation and Holcomb Armature Company, that decided to locate here during the past 18 months or so. He cited as another positive accom plishment within recent months the activation of the Civil Defense program in the city and county with John Chiappetta as director. Mayor Brown took little comfort that Jackson was in no better or worse economic condition than other munici Walk for Mankind To Be An Event of Saturday, April sth The Butts County Walk for Mankind, coordinated by the Jackson Kiwanis Club, will be held on Saturday, April sth. at Henderson High beginning at 8:00 a.m. The walk route this year will begin at Henderson High, go up Mulberry Street to the Western Auto Store, out Third Street to Macon Road through Indian Springs to Mt. Vernon Church Road, down Mt. Vernon Church Road to Brownlee Road and Tax Deductions Average About $2,580 Locally (Special to the Progress-Argus) New York. Feb. 22 How closely do the tax deductions claimed by Butts County residents, in filing their Federal income tax reports, compare with those taken by people in other parts of the country? What do tax deductions amount to normally, at each income level, for charitable contributions, local taxes, medical costs and interest payments? Such information, useful to taxpayers who are compiling their income and expense figures for the April 15th deadline, is supplied in a study made by the Com merce Clearing House, spe cialist in taxes and business law, on the basis of data obtained from the Treasury Department. It shows that, in general, families throughout the coun try that have earnings equal to the Butts County average have been listing deductions of about $2,580. which is equivalent to 27 percent of their adjusted gross income. Among families whose earnings are lower than the local average, the amounts that are deductible represent a larger percentage of their income. For those in higher brackets, on the other hand, the deductions are lower, percentagewise. The range is from 39 percent of gross income, for those with very small earnings, to 18 percent for those at the upper end. Families in the local area $6.18 Per Year In Advance palities of like size and said that inflation is hitting cities like everyone else and that unfortunately “there’s not a lot anyone can do.” The Jackson Mayor em phasized that he and the City- Council are attempting to put the city on a businesslike basis and operate this way in spite of inflation and an unstable economy. Mayor Brown told Kiwa nians that the 1975 budget had been cut between $150,000 to $175,000 but indicated this does not count expenditures made in ’74 that w-ill not be made in ’75. The Mayor said payroll cuts totaled approximately $70,000. with more cuts to come. The Mayor commented on anew state law that calls for any offender charged for DUI. public drunkeness, disorderly conduct, curfew back to Henderson High. Again this year there will be rest stops placed along the walk for the walkers con venience. The club will also have the cooperation of the Jackson Police Department, the Butts County Sheriffs Department, and the local Civil Defense Unit to help maintain a safe walk route. As before the success of this walk depends entirely on the enthusiasm and partici pation of the young people. with incomes of SIO,OOO. for example, will have deduc tions of about $2,550 if they conform with the norm. Those at the $15,000 level will have $3,100 to deduct and those earning SB,OOO. ap proximately $2,350. accord ing to the Commerce Clearing House report. A breakdown of the deductions ordinarily taken by families with incomes equal to the Butts County average are: for contribu tions, $324, for interest on loans and instalment debt. $9lB. for local taxes. $872. and for medical and dental expenses. $466. These figures are merely a guide to what most people FUN AND FRIVOLITY was the order of the day during the watermelon seed spitting contest last July during the July 4th celebration in Jackson. With the assistance of Butts citizens this can be repeated on a larger scale during the county's 150th birthday this year. Those who wish to volunteer may do so by calling Dick O’Hara, president of the Butts County Chamber of Commerce, Inc., at 775-5423. The aid of many volunteers will be necessary to make our sesqui-centennial a success. Photo by Jerry McLaurin. laws, run-aw-ays, and all major crimes to be finger printed and photographed with such data to be sent to the state and FBI files for classification. Mr. Brown spoke a word of commendation for M. L. Powell, who is retiring as of March Ist, as a “dedicated man w-ho has done a good job.” Dr. Roy Goff, chairman of the City Electric Committee and new councilman from the Third Ward, also talked to the Kiwanians, giving them more detailed informa tion on the rising cost of electricity and the fuel adjustment charge. Members of the City Council, in addition to Mr. Brown as Mayor and Mr. Goff as Third Ward Council man, include Dawson Bry ant, First Ward; Allen Byars, Second Ward; John L. Coleman. Fourth Ward; and John Robert Pulliam. Fifth Ward. Without their help Kiwanians cannot have a walk for mankind, much less one highly successful. So, all you kids, and older folks too. need to be limbering up those leg muscles and recapping those worn out tennis shoes. More details will be released later as visits are made explaining the walk and answering questions. Prepare now for the walk on Saturday, April sth. are listing as tax deductions, notes the CCH. and are not automatically accepted by the Internal Revenue Ser vice. Some families may have legitimate deductions far in excess of the average. In all instances, the taxpayer must be able to substantiate them with proper records. CINDY COOK IS NAMED SWEETHEART Miss Cindy Cook, a student at Georgia Southern College, was recently chosen as Sweetheart of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at its annual Sweetheart Ball, held at Jekyll Island. She is also a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and serves as secretary of the Panhellenic Council. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Cook.