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TO OPEN SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH— For the 72nd
consecutive year the famed Elder Hotel at Indian Springs will
open its doors for the summer season. It is Georgia’s premier
resort hotel and one of the few remaining over the state. This
season it will be operated by Jimmy and Mabel Cornell and
Monticello Man Drowns
In Ocmulgee on Sunday
A prominent Monticello
man, L. K. Jordan, super
intendent of streets, drowned
Sunday afternoon, June Ist,
in the Ocmulgee River when
the canoe he was paddling
capsized.
Jordan and his canoe
partner, A1 Sorenson, also of
Monticello, were not con
testants in the first annual
Monticello-Jasper Jaycee
Canoe and Raft Race but
were “just going down the
river for a lark,” when the
tragedy occurred.
The two canoeists had
entered the Ocmulgee River
about 30 minutes before the
contest began when the
canoe capsized about one
o’clock in the vicinity of the
location where Wise Creek
empties into the Ocmulgee.
Sorenson escaped un
injured from the mishap and
thought Jordan had also
survived when he last saw
him waving while being
swept down the river,
although kept afloat by a life
preserver. Jordan’s body
was pulled from the river by
TWO AD SERIES DISCONTINUED
Two regular features in The Progress-Argus
will be missing for a while. The contract for the
Shop-at-Home and Drug Alert promotion expired at
the end of May. It may be renewed.
The Church Page which the paper has carried
for more than 25 years will be discontinued presently.
Anew and larger series may be instigated later.
The paper wishes to thank the sponsors and
advertisers for their cooperation, loyalty and
patronage in making these series possible.
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YOUNG DAIRYMEN OF BUTTS COUNTY - June is dairy month. Young dairymen of
Butts County shown above are, left to right, Billy Ridgeway, Bub Ridgeway, Sammy Smith and
Jed Jinks at the Ridgeway farm. Junior Lowe, also a young dairyman, was not available for
the photo. -- Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
officers of the State Game
and Fish Commission.
The race, sponsored by the
Monticello-Jasper Jaycees,
was held between Jackson
arid Monticello with boats
entered at the Route 16
bridge and floating down
stream to the finish of the
race at the bridge on
Highway 83, the Forsyth-
Monticello Road.
State Game and Fish
officials said the river,
swollen by earlier rains, was
up but not excessively
dangerous.
After the fatal accident,
Sorenson said the canoe had
capsized twice earlier in the
day but each time the men
had been able to right it and
continue on their way.
The third canoe capsized in
rocky and swift shoals,
Sorenson said, and Jordan,
although wearing a life
preserver, was pulled under
by the strong currents.
Sorenson said he was able
to reach Jordan with a canoe
paddle and the two men
clung to it until their strength
already reservations are heavier than usual according to Mr.
Cornell. The peace, quiet and dignity of the hotel is classically
captured in this front and side view of the famed building by
Jerry McLaurin, photographer.
gave out and that treach
erous currents pulled them
apart. He said Jordan was
swept down stream but
waved that he was all right.
It was the last time he was
seen alive.
Sorenson was able to reach
the bank where he was
picked up by another boat.
Officials were notified of the
incident and a search was
begun for the missing man.
Game and Fish Commission
officers discovered Jordan’s
body, kept afloat by the life
jacket.
Jordan was a member of
the Masons and the Monti
cello Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Margaret Jordan; a
son, L. K. Jordan, Jr., and a
daughter, Mrs. Kay Jordan
Sachs; and six grand
children.
This was the second
drowning in the Ocmulgee
River within less than a
month, a Fayetteville youth,
Nicky Roberts, having
drowned on Sunday, May 4th.
SCOTT COLEMAN ON
GEORGIA ART COUNCIL
R. Scott Coleman of
Jackson, widely known artist
and illustrator, was one of 23
persons named to the
Georgia Council for the Arts
last week by Gov. George
Busbee.
Mr. Coleman is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Coleman of 407 Woodland
Way, Jackson.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, June 5, 1975
Students
Aid In
Drug Fight
School children, aware of
the danger and prevalence of
drugs among local teen
agers, have enthusiastically
endorsed and are partici
pating in the “Stop Drugs at
the Source” campaign by
asking prominent local
citizens to sign petitions after
an extensive letter writing
campaign on their part.
Many letters were written
by local students to Mayor C.
B. Brown, Jr., Sheriff Barney
L. Wilder, William B. (Bill)
Jones, County School Super
intendent; Atlanta Mayor
Maynard Jackson, Gov.
George Busbee, Flovilla
Mayor Charles T. Huggins
Jr., Reginald Eaves, and
President Gerald Ford.
Most letters were written
in the same vein and most
asked help and cooperation
in fighting drug abuse by
stopping it at the source.
According to J. M. L.
Comer, principal of Hender
son Elementary School, each
student was to take three
steps in their fight against
drugs: (1) sign a petition; (2)
get three others to sign; and
(3) write a letter to a VIP of
his choice asking him or her
to help get petitions signed.
Copies of the VIP letters
were to be presented to local
newspapers for their use.
Patty O’Neal
Has Gordon
Scholarship
BARNESVILLE A Jack
son High School senior has
been selected to receive the
“1000" Club Scholarship
Award to Gordon Junior
College.
Mary Patricia O’Neal of
Rt. 1, Jackson, will receive a
SIOO grant covering one
quarter’s tuition and fees at
Gordon. The scholarship is
awarded to the first 30
students who are accepted
for admission as beginning
freshmen for the fall quarter
1975 and who present
Scholastic Aptitude Test
combined scores of 1000 or
higher.
Miss O’Neal is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James T.
O’Neal. She will enter
Gordon in the fall as a home
economics major.
Juvenile Apprehended As
School Bomb Threat Caller
Wednesday, May 28th, a
Butts County youth was
charged with violation of the
Georgia Terroristic Threat
and Act Law after making
several bomb threat phone
calls to Jackson High School
and Henderson Junior High
School over a period of five
days.
The first call came on
Friday, May 23, during the
noon lunch hour at Jackson
High School. The caller
stated that a bomb was set to
go off at 12:25 p.m. and then
hung up. The buildings at the
high school were evacuated
Awards Made Friday At
Jackson High Graduation
A record crowd watched
Butts County School Superin
tendent W. B. Jones present
diplomas to the Jackson High
School graduates of the Class
of 1975.
Dark clouds cleared sever
al hours before the 7:30 p.m.
ceremonies began, leaving
nothing but blue skies for the
group assembled for the
event at the football stadium.
After Rev. Don Folsom
offered the invocation, Patty
O’Neal gave the salutatorian
address, recalling major
events that had taken place
during the high school career
of the graduates.
The individual awards
were next presented. Recipi
ent of the Elks Award was
Patty O’Neal.
Bobby Long received the
Fashion Pillows award.
Bobby plans to attend
Gordon Junior College in the
fall.
Dr. Jerry Williamson,
President of Gordon Junior
College, presented full and
partial scholarships to the
following students: Janet
Robison, Kenny Norsworthy,
Karen Newman, Dianne
Jordan, and Patty O’Neal.
Mrs. Mary Will Hearn
awarded the Jackson Busi
ness and Professional
Women’s award to Dianne
Jordan while Kym Com
pany’s dual awards went to
Terry Duke and Larry
Jester.
Rev. Neil Windom pre
sented the Methodist Scho
larship to Kathy Maddox who
Six Dairy Farms
Remain in County
BY MILLIARD DANIEL
June is dairy month in
Georgia and appropriately a
time to take a closer look at
dairying in Butts County.
At one time dairying was
the major farm enterprise in
the county. In the last ten
years, the total number of
dairy farms has declined, but
dairying in Butts County is
still big business.
Today there are six dairies
in the county; owners
include: Bub and Billy
Ridgeway, Sammy Smith,
Junior Lowe, Joe Dickins and
George Martin.
There are approximately
700 heads of dairy cattle in
the county. The six dairymen
own, operate and maintain
into production around 1,075
acres of land. Most of the
dairy cattle feed is raised by
and after a thorough search
by the Jackson City Police
Department, a full day of
classes was completed but
not without two additional
bomb threat calls that same
day from the same caller.
After the first call the
Southern Bell Telephone Cos.
was notified in hopes that in
the event of another call the
caller might be located.
The following Monday
morning at 9:12 a.m. a fourth
bomb threat was phoned to
Jackson High School and
classes were disrupted as the
buildings were evacuated
plans to attend Crawford
Long Nursing School in the
fall.
Timothy Evans received
the W. L. Miller Award. Tim
plans to attend Morehouse in
September.
The Parent-Teacher Or
ganization gave two awards,
one to Arvis McCormick
who will attend Tuskegee,
and one to Lamar Smith, who
will enroll at Gordon.
Flora Grier won the award
from the Student Action for
Georgia Education, a camp
us club for prospective
teachers.
Winners of the two awards
from the Sylvan Grove
Hospital Auxiliary were
Dianne Jordan and Karon
Lunsford, both of whom plan
to enter a college program in
nursing.
Susan Williams received
the Danny Thomason Award.
She also plans to enter the
nursing profession.
Departmental awards in
the academics went to the
following students: Karen
Newman, English Dept.;
Janet Robison. Math Dept.;
Social Studies Dept.. Patty
O’Neal; Timothy Evans,
Science Dept.; and Tandi
Williamson. Business Educa
tion Dept.
Patty O’Neal was awarded
the Atlanta Journal Cup. In
presenting the cup, Mr.
George Tate, JHS principal,
said. “This award is made
not just on scholastic
records, not on extra
curricular activities, but on
each dairyman on his own
land.
Dairying may be small in
numbers in the county, but
the total impact it has on the
local agricultural economy is
around one million dollars in
gross receipts each year.
All of the dairymen in the
county are members of
Dairymen Incorporated.
Most of the dairymen are on
some type of testing system
with Joe Dickins and George
Martin actively participating
in the Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association testing
program. Recently George
Martin and Joe Dickins were
elected directors of the
American Dairy Association.
Dairying is hard work and
a full seven day per week job.
Increased production costs,
labor, taxes, and etc. have
forced many dairy farms out
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
once again. At this time the
Georgia Bureau of Investi
gation and the Butts County
Sheriff’s Department were
brought in on the case.
Between Friday, May 23,
and the following Tuesday,
approximately six bomb
threats were phoned to
Henderson Junior High
School and four to Jackson
High School.
On Tuesday individuals
whose names were withheld,
contacted Bill Jones, Super
intendent of the Butts County
School System, with infor
mation leading to identity
the basis of the best all-round
excellent student who puts
the school before oneself. The
winner is voted on by the
senior faculty members. I
am happy to present the cup
tonight to a young lady who
has fulfilled all those
qualifications—Miss Mary
Patricia O’Neal.”
Valedictorian Janet Robi
son then spoke, charging the
class that as they lived in the
present, to remember they
were guardians of the future,
ecologically and economi
cally.
Mr. Tate presented the
graudates to Mr. Jones who
gave the diplomas. Rev. C. F.
Thurman gave the benedic
tion. and ceremonies con
cluded with the graduates
singing the Alma Mater.
Earlier last week a senior
luncheon was given for the
class by Mrs. Catherine
Fletcher and her staff. Large
bouquets were on the tables.
Each year. Mrs. Fletcher
said, friends and relatives of
the graduates grow roses for
this special occasion.
During practice Mr. Tate
presented honor roll certifi
cates to many of the students
as well as special citations
from Congressman Flynt.
Inadvertently the name of
one of the graduates was
omitted from the list pub
lished in the paper last week:
Darrell Barlow was a
member of the graduating
class and also received his
diploma May 30 with his
classmates.
of business. There is only a
small number of dairies left
in the nation, let alone in the
county, and they are faced
with the task of providing
milk for an ever increasing
population.
June is dairy month —a
good time to personally
thank the dairymen of your
county for the hard work and
dedication that is necessary
to continue to provide you
with the chance to enjoy a
good, cold glass of milk,
"nature’s most perfect
food.”
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of the bomb threat caller.
Subsequently the Butts
County Sheriff’s Department
picked up the youth for
questioning.
After intense interrogation
Tuesday afternoon and Wed
nesday morning the youth
admitted to making the
phone calls.
Violation of the Georgia
Terroristic Threats and Acts
Law is a felony. The youth
will be processed through the
juvenile courts.
Chuck McCrackin
Chaplain At
Gupton-Jones
Chuck McCrackin of Jack
son has been named chaplain
of the Gupton-Jones College
of Mortuary Science in
Atlanta for the Spring class
75-76.
Allen Bollman is dean of
the college and announced
that Mr. McCrackin was also
named to the Dean’s List for
the first quarter.
Mr. McCrackin is as
sociated with Sherrell Fune
ral Home in Jackson where
he has been employed for the
past three years.
Jackson Man
Badly Hurt
In Fall
A 21 year-old construction
worker. Rick Murphree, of
Route 1, Jackson, was
critically injured about noon
Tuesday, May 27th, when he
fell through the roof of a
large warehouse under con
struction in Morrow, striking
the concrete floor about 40
feet below.
Mr. Murphree, an em
ployee of Continental Roof
ing Company, suffered two
broken arms, both fractured
in two places, a fractured
right leg, broken in two
places, a fractured jaw bone,
and numerous crushed facial
bones. There were no
internal injuries nor damage
to his spine and after
undergoing five hours of
surgery at Clayton General
Hospital the young worker
was placed in intensive care
and is expected to recover
barring complications.
Mr. Murphree has been
making his home at Route 1
with his aunt, Miss Elizabeth
McMichael. His mother and
sister arrived May 28th from
Falls Church, Virginia, with
his father expected to visit
him at the hospital at a later
date.