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Newspaper Page TextHarksott |;rngreaa-Argus Volume 102 Number 31 REA Administrator To Speak At The Central Georgia EMC Meeting Aug. 13th David A. Hamil, Admini strator of the Rural Electrifi cation Administration, will be guest speaker at The Central Georgia EMC An nual Meeting at Indian Springs State Park, Wednes day, August 13, at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Hamil has the unique distinction of serving under three presidents with a total of 10 years service. He was first appointed by Eisen hower in 1956 and served until February 3, 1961.' President Nixon called Mr. Hamil back as Administrator in 1969. Mr. Hamil has been active in the REA program since 1939 when he helped organize the B-section of the Highline Electric Association, Holyok, Colorado. He served as a director of the association for five years. He was elected to the Westbury Nursing Home At McDonough To Add 62 Beds Philip Westbury, admini strator of the Westbury Nursing Home at 198 Hamp ton Street, McDonough, announced that a plan has been submitted to the Georgia Department of Hu man Resources calling for the addition of 62 beds to the existing 119-bed home. The application was re ceived by DHR on July 3rd, 1975, according to Walter Ford of the Plans and Construction Unit, Facilities and Instructions Section. Mr. Westbury said that the approximate date of completion has been set for January 1976 at an estimated cost of $287,000. W. L. Carter To Offer As Henry Commissioner W. L. Carter, Locust Grove trucking executive and pro minent Henry County businessman, has stated he will be a candidate for the Henry County Board of Commissioners in the 1976 Democratic Primary. In a statement last week to Robert O. Linch, president, Henry County Newspapers, Mr. Carter said, “I have no criticism of any of the people presently in office. I’m not throwing any stones, but just want a chance to see what I can do in the office. I’d like to try my hand at it for four years.” Mr. Carter continued, “I’ve had a good many folks come and talk to me about running, and that helped me make up my mind.” In 1972 Mr. Carter was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, losing to imcumbent Jimmy Glass in a run-off regarded by many as the most vigorously contested in the history of Henry County. Mr. Carter would be a candidate from the Locust Grove district, the office presently served by W. W. Cleveland, now completing his first term. A civic and business leader in Henry County for some two decades, Mr. Carter is serving his 18th year on the Locust Grove City Council, and his 17th year as Chief of Police. He had the highest Br ■ Jfw * - / DAVID A. HAMIL House of Representatives of the Colorado General As sembly in 1938. He was a member of the Joint Budget Committee for six years and its Chairman for four. He was serving as Speaker of the House when he resigned to The nursing home admini strator stated that construc tion will begin immediately after receiving approval from the Department of Human Resources. Mr. West bury said approval is expected immediately after a hearing in August. “Any nursing home seek ing to expand now must first apply with DHR for appro val,” Mr. Westbury explain ed. “A need for expansion must first be determined before an addition can be built.” Mr. Westbury told The Weekly Advertiser in Mc- Donough that since the nursing home there had a jj iSlPmSfn fflnrr riff W. L. CARTER vote total of any candidate in the last city election. Notably successful in the business world, he is the chief executive officer of Carter Industries, a con glomerate of trucking and transportation facilities. Mr. Carter is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Farmers Bank of Locust Grove. He is a member of the Locust Grove Baptist Church and a former Sunday School teacher. He is past president of the Griffin Shrine Club and captain of the Motor Court. He is on the Appointed Divan of the Yaarab Temple and candidate for recorder of the Yaarab Temple. Mr. Carter is a past president of the Henry accept the appointment as REA Administrator in 1956. Mr. Hamil was born on a ranch near Proctor, Col orado. He graduated cum laude from Hastings College in 1930. He and his brother, Daniel, are ranchers in Logan County. Colorado, where their principal business is fattening of cattle. They also produce sugar beets, alfalfa and corn. Mr. Hamil is the recipient of many outstanding awards, namely the 1968 Merit Award from the alumni of Colorado State University in recogni tion of his continued support of higher education, and of the university. In 1971 Secretary Hardin presented him with the Department of Agriculture’s Distinguished Service Award “for excep tional leadership and vision waiting list of over 100, he expects no problems in gaining the approval for the additional units. This will bring the McDonough facility to a total of 181 beds, and increase employees by 30, bringing the home’s working force to a total of 110, according to Mr. Westbury. Part of the addition will include a chapel that will double as an activity room, Mr. Westbury reported. The new rooms will be built on the side nearest the railroad tracks, and will stop 60 to 70 feet from Simpson Street, which borders the property. Cemetery Clean Up Scheduled Jackson Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr. and members of the City Council, J. Dawson Byrant, Allen Byars, John L. Coleman, Roy Goff, and John Robert Pulliam, are seeking to enlist the support of property owners at Jackson City Cemetery to remove old flower pots, old wreaths, and containers on or before August 11th, the date set for a “Clean The Cemetery” pro ject. Mr. Brown observed that “in an effort to clean up our city, we are also going to have to put the appearance of our cemetery in better condition. It is our observa tion that a lot of citizens have a great number of old flower pots and containers in the city cemetery. Therefore, we are requesting anyone who has the above mentioned items on their lots, as well as old wreaths, who wish to keep them, to please remove them between now and August 11th. County Farm Bureau, a past president of the Locust Grove PTA, a past president of the Locust Grove Lions Club, vice chairman of the Henry County Planning Commis sion, vice president of the Henry County Development Authority, and Past Charter Governor of the Henry County Moose Lodge. Ja^ o - n, Georgia 30233, Thursday, July 31st, 1975 in administering the rural electrification program.” In 1973 he was presented the Pacesetter Award, its high est honor, by the United State Independent Telephone As sociation. He is active in all phases of community life in his home town of Sterling, Colorado. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Rotary Club, a Mason and Shriner. He is one of six Coloradans to have received the National 4-H Alumni Award. He served as Colorado State Chairman for the successful SSO million fund drive conducted nationally by the Presbyterian Church in 1965. Mr. Hamil is married to the former Miss Genevieve Robinson of Denver. They have three children. “We are happy about the new addition,” Mr. Westbury said. “We have calls every day inquiring about our facilities. Right now we can’t help these people at all since our waiting list is so long. The additional facilities will better help us serve Henry County,” he continued, say ing that first priority will be given to Henry County residents. Westbury Medical Care Homes, Inc. operates nursing homes at Jenkinsburg and Conyers, the first and largest being established in Jenkins burg, the second in Conyers, and the third in McDonough. Inmate Hangs Self At Prison A 37-year-old Negro inmate at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center was discovered hanging in his cell about five o’clock Thursday afternoon, July 24th, according to Butts County Coroner John Sherrell. Mr. Sherrell, who also operates Sherrell Ambulance Service and Sherrell Funeral Home, said the dead inmate was identified as Rudolph Heard and that a Morrow funeral home called for his body. Corner Sherrell said that Heard had tied a sheet around his neck and fixed it to a light fixture in his cell. A Jackson physician who examined the body said he believed death resulted both from a broken neck and from asphyxiation, according to Mr. Sherrell. The Butts County Coroner reported that Heard’s body was cut down and taken to the prison dispensary where efforts at resuscitation were made but proved futile. His body was brought to Sherrell Funeral Home where it was examined by a Jackson doctor. Heard was sentenced from Clayton County to serve a life sentence for murder. He was from Morrow and authorities said he had attempted suicide previously. 85th Annual Session Camp Meeting To Open Aug. 7th Last minute work details are being taken care of by grounds keepers and care takers at the Indian Springs Camp Ground in preparation for the opening of the 85th Annual Camp Meeting oir Thursday night, August 7th. The camp meeting will extend for ten days, through Sunday evening, August 17th. Dr. James C. Lentz, evangelist from Marion, Indiana, will open the camp at 8 o’clock on August 7th. Other evangelists will be Dr. Morton W. Dorsey of Hough ton, N.Y. and Rev. Charles Williams of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Rev. Joe Crouse of Wilmore, Kentucky is music director. The Indian Springs Holi ness Camp Ground was founded in 1890 and “holds before the world the high claims of God in Jesus Chirst.” “Standing firmly upon the doctrine of ‘holiness in heart and life’ she has sounded the call each August for 84 years. To her altars have come young and old, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, to ‘drink freely of the fountain of life.’ Her influence today circles the globe and her message is as relevant to the needs of human life as ever before.” The daily schedule at the camp meeting is as follows: 7 a.m. Prayer Service in Tabernacle. 8 a.m. Breakfast. 8:45-9:25 a.m. Bible Study in Tabernacle. 9:00-10:30 a.m. Pre- Teens’ Meeting in Glenn Tabernacle. 9:30-10:30 a.m. People’s Meeting in Tabernacle; Young People’s Study in Youth Tabernacle. 11:00 a.m. Preaching in Tabernacle; Children’s Meeting in Glenn Taber nacle. V.4.~ ? *; . / * s |^b| * w '^SHoi V\ w- •|p|||pS?,- , . . .> M / - ' Lee Duffey Is Home From GHP Lee Duffey, Jackson High School junior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Nevin Duffey of Jackson, recently returned from Wesleyan College in Macon where he attended the 1975 Governor’s Honors Pro gram; Lee was the only student from Jackson High School chosen to attend the program this year. Lee, along with 399 other talented Georgia high school students, spent six weeks of his summer in Macon studying 12 hours a day, six days a week. He attended the program in the science field. While there he made three field trips, one each to the Nuclear Power Plant at Baxley, the Ocmulgee National Monu ment and the Okefenokee Swamp. Georgia began its honors program for gifted young sters in 1964. and is one of * at, Jr DR. JAMES C. LENTZ 12:30 p.m. Lunch. 3:00 p.m. Preaching in Tabernacle. 5:00 p.m. Dinner. 6:30 p.m. Veranda Prayer Meetings. 6:30 p.m. Young People’s Vespers in Youth Tabernacle. 8:00 p.m. Preaching in Tabernacle. The Young People’s pro gram will be under the able leadership of Rev. Steve Harper, Youth Minister, of Roby, Texas; Dr. John Oswalt, Youth Bible teacher, of Wilmore Kentucky: and Robert T. (Bud) Bedle, Director Youth Tabernacle Music, of Maitland Florida. Frank Harris of Carters ville is president of the Indian Springs Camp Ground Association and foresees a very successful year. Other officers of the board include Rev. J. O. Fuller, vice president; Rev. R. O. Edenfield, secretary; and Hoved Davis, treasurer. Members of the Board of Trustees include Rev. J. Paul Barrett, Columbus; Giles G. Batchelor, Stone Mountain; Indian Springs and High Falls Escape Financial Budget Cut Butts County, unique in that it is the only county* in the state having two state parks wholly or partially within its boundaries, has both Indian Springs State Park, believed to be the oldest state park in the nation, and High Falls State Park, one of the Georgia’s most scenic and popular, unscathed by the financial axe that has cut down 17 parks and historic sites that had to be closed as an economy measure by the Department of Natural Re sources. DNR Commissioner Joe Tanner announced the park and historic sites to be closed Friday and said “they are substandard and in my opinion should never have been designated as state sites in the first place.” The shut-down will be effective August 15th. Among the parks to be closed are Bainbridge State Park in Decatur County. Baldwin State Park in several states that has such a program. Each year 1,758 pupils are nominated by their high schools. Then the State Department of Education sends in teams to interview each pupil. After a careful screening of submitted cre dentials and probing inter views 400 students are selected to attend the program. $6.18 Per Year In Advance jp* yam DR. MORTON W. DORSEY Rev. Emory R. Brackman. Calhoun; David Crouse, Wilmore, Kentucky; Hoyed Davis, Albany; Rev. R. O. Edenfield, Brunswick; Rev. J. O. Fuller. Faceville; Frank G. Harris, Carters ville; Dr. J. C. Lester. Atlanta; Rev. John Lindsey, Hapeville; Joseph P. Luce, Ft. V'alley; Roy L, Sims. Orlando; Rev. Orman P. Sloat, Savannah; Fredic A. Harris. Cartersville: Rev. J. David Aycock, Sr., Colquitt; Rev. W. Glen Smith, Jr., Punta Gorda. Fla.; J. Norris McKinsey, Ft. Valley; Albert G. Smith. Gainesville. Ralph R. Smith. Cartersville. Emeritus Trustees are T. W’. Mobley, Girard: Dr. Z. T. Johnson, Wilmore; R. F. Lee, Social Circle; Walton Peabody. Sr.; St. Simons. A popular feature of the camp each day is People's Meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. under the direc tion of Rev. J. O. Fuller, leader, and Rev. Paul Barrett. President Harris suggests persons interested in hotel reservations to write Giles Baldwin County, Blytne Island State Park in Glynn County. Fairchild State Park in Bartow County, Jeff Davis State Park in Irwin County, Keg Creek State Park in Columbia County, Lake Chatuge State Park in Towns County. Lincoln State Park in Jenkins County, Nancy Hart State Park in Elbert County, Chehaw State Park in Dougherty County*. The historic sites include Crawford W Long Museum in Jackson County, the Eagle Tavern Historic Site in Oconee County, Mackey House Historic Site in Richmond County, the Old Rock House Historic Site in Taxpayers To Meet Thursday Might Many Butts citizens, upset and angry over the sharp increase in their tax assessments, are expected to fill the Butts courtroom to overflowing at a public, county-wide Town Hall type meeting Thursday night, July 31st, at 7 o’clock. The meeting has been arranged by the Taxpayers Protective Association and a thorough and comprehensive discussion of the tax situation will be heard. Officers of the association will be elected and future action will be decided upon. All citizens of the county are invited. 8 REV. CHARLES WILLIAMS Batchelor. 5309 Essex Farms Place, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083. For light housekeeping apartments. Rev. Orman P. Sloat should be contacted at 3704 Bull St.. Savannah. Ga. 31405. Special observances during the 1975 camp will include the appearance of Bishop William R. Cannon, Resident Bishop. Georgia area. United Methodist Church on Sunday, August 10th. at three p.m.; Thanks giving Day on Wednesday. August 13th; Butts County Recognition Day on Thurs day, August 14th. at eight o’clock; and the Missionary- Program on August 14th at three p.m. For those interested in camp trailer and tent reservations, wTite or call Ernest (Red' Rogers. P.O. 177 Cartersville. Ga. 30120. 1404 ' 382-6376. Mr. Harris announced next year’s workers as Dr. John R. Church, probably the most popular evangelist to ever appear at Indian Springs. Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, and Rev. Billy Key. McDuffie County, and the Ty Cobb Baseball Memorial in Franklin County. When the parks close approximately 32 state jobs will be lost in the process. YBSSCHEDULED AT SECOND BAPTIST Second Baptist Church will be having its Vacation Bible School August 4th thru Bth each evening at 7:00 p.m. Preparation Day will be Saturday morning, August 2nd, at 10 a.m. for pre-regis tering and followed by games and a picnic lunch. All children, ages 3 thru 17, are invited to attend.