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By Jerry McLaurin
Dutchess, a seven month
old great Dane is relatively
new in the household of
James and Jerri Clendinen
on College Street in Jackson.
Jerri got Dutchess from a
Mr. Bell in Griffin. Bell, who
owns Dutchess’ mother had
decided to keep two puppies
from her last litter but when
his wife broke the news to
him about the coming
addition to his family
(human type) Mr Bell
decided that he had
better make room and that
meant finding another home
for Dutchess.
So, four weeks ago Jerri
picked Dutchess up and the
two of them have been
growing closer to one another
each day since.
At the beginning of her
stay with the Clendinens,
Dutchess was a bit confused
and timid about the entire
Butts County Sanitarian Is A Busy
Man With Great Variety of Duties
William E. (Bill) Essich as
Butts County Sanitarian is
one of the busiest men in the
community, having a myriad
of duties to perform, out
lining many of them in an
interesting and informative
talk to the Jackson Kiwanis
Club Tuesday night, July
22nd. The speaker was
introudced by Randy Hud
gins, Kiwanis president.
At the beginning of his
address, Mr. Essich stated
that he wished to cover some
of the programs in Butts
County which fall under the
jurisdiction of the Public
Health Sanitarian. Mention
ing rabies control first, Mr.
Essich said that there are
probably more than 8,000
dogs in the county with only a
very few vaccinated against
rabies. He pointed' to the
three cases of rabid raccoons
discovered in the county
within past weeks and. asked
the cooperation of the public
in having their dogs inocu
lated against rabies and
confining them in the
immediate areas where the
rabid coons were discovered.
Mr. Essich expressed regret
that the construction of the
proposed animal shelter will
have to be delayed because of
financial exigencies in the
county.
In the food sanitation
program, Mr. Essich ex
plained there are 33 eating
JERRI CLENDINEN AND DUTCHESS
proposition but it didn’t take
her long to warm up to Jerri.
Now she sleeps on the floor
close to Jerri’s bed and is
constantly at her side. In
general, she is learning to
trust most of the folks that
frequent the Clendinen
house. Men are a different
story though; she still
hesititates to take a shine to a
strange male.
Dutchess consumes about
a pound of dry dogfood each
day and presently weighs
from 110 to 120 pounds. At
maturity she’ll weigh 150
pounds. It’s a real blessing to
have a house dog that size
and that hungry house
broken. Jerri says that she
just seemed to take to the
idea naturally; needless to
say Jerri is grateful for
Dutchess’ naturally good
tastes and sensitivities.
Anyone that has ever
played tennis on the old
courts behind the Van
Deventer Youth Center has
at one time or another hit the
establishments in Butts
County that must be inspect
ed at regular intervals to
insure compliance with the
food rules and regulations.
He explained that his office
must issue a permit for all
food service establishments
and also has the responsi
bility of issuing employees
food handler health cards.
Another important pro
gram on the sanitarian’s
agenda is that of individual
water and sewage disposal
systems. Among Mr.
Essich’s duties in this field
are the collection of water
samples to be sent to the
State Water Laboratory for
analysis as well as advising
individuals on proper pro
tection and chlorination of
wells. Mr. Essich told of a
recent incident when a
county family, particularly a
mother and her children,
became real sick from
causes unknown, but be
lieved to be an infected water
supply. Mr. Essich said he
visited the family and during
a routine inspection looked
into the pump house which he
found literally over run with
crickets. These insects were
dying and falling into the
water, thus causing the
family’s illness. A spraying
made short work of the
crickets which caused the
health of the family to
improve almost in direct
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
ball over the fence, across
Mulberry Street and into the
Clendenin backyard. Since
Dutchess has taken up at the
Clendenin’s a strange phe
nomenon has occurred; it
seems that the tennis
“hackers” of Butts County
have improved their games
practically over night. Jerri
says that before Dutchess
arrived on the scene, she
could count on finding two or
three tennis balls in her
backyard each morning, but
since Dutchess arrived there
has been an unprecedented
scarceness of them there. It
just goes to show what a little
terror can do for an
individual’s tennis game.
Jerri plans to train
Dutchess to be a watchdog
when she matures and if her
influence on the tennis
players and their mastery of
the game is any indication of
her kinetic abilities as a
watchdog, she should make a
watchdog of the first water,
at least!
proportion to the death of the
crickets.
Mr. Essich also explained
that the sanitarian has the
responsibility for issuing
permits for the construction
and repair of sewage
disposal systems as well as
the inspection of the site for
the sewage system and a
final inspection before the
cover is applied to the
installed system.
In the field of institutional
sanitation, Mr. Essich in
spects day care centers,
adoptive and foster homes,
prisons, nursing homes, and
schools. He also inspects
public water supplies at
trailer parks, service sta
tions, tourist accommoda
tions, sub-stations, and in
dustries when not on city
water.
Mr. Essich also has the
responsibility of solid waste
management on advising
communities and individuals
in the proper handling and
disposal of garbage and solid
waste.
In the field of tourism, Mr.
Essich inspects motels, over
night trailer parks, and other
tourist type establishments.
Chuck McCrackin, affili
ated with Sherrell Funeral
Home, was welcomed as a
new member and will be
inducted at a later date. Slim
Williams of Jefferson was a
visitor.
REPORT FROM
INDIAN SPRINGS
By Mrs. Clyde Hoard
Mr. Ricky McDougall of
Alabama is spending several
days with his aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mc-
Dougall.
Mrs. Lynda Rastello had as
her guests last week Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Spangler and son,
Steven, of Ormond Beach,
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Taylor
were called to an Augusta
hospital last week due to the
illness of Mr. Taylor’s father.
Mrs. Joe Scanio, Mrs. Joan
Vega and Mrs. Arna Carlisle
spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Holloway.
Miss Rita Bennett of
Athens visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bennett,
the past weekend.
Mr. Steve Jett of Atlanta,
former music director of
First Baptist Church, was
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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 197S
guest Friday night of our
summer missionaries in the
park. Steve rendered an hour
of spiritual music, and the
women of the Jackson
Baptist Church served re
freshments.
Mrs. Evelyn Howell visited
friends here Wednesday.
Miss Winnie Taylor of
Macon spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Holloway
were visiting in Atlanta on
Sunday.
Mr. J. T. Bearden spent a
few days last week with
friends and relatives in South
Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mullis,
Nickel and Spence of Dublin
visited relatives here last
Sunday and attended the
Crane reunion.
Macon Mall
The beautiful way to shop.
Mrs. Margaret Greer re
turned home Friday after a
month’s visit with friends in
Maryland and Delaware.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
McKinley of Lakeland, Fla.
visited Friday with Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Hoard.
Mr. Victor Goetz spent
Monday and Tuesday in
Warner Robins with his
parents.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Norsworthy entertained
family and friends at a Fish
fry at their home last Friday.
The King Mackerel were
caught on a recent fishing
trip to Panama City, Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Weaver
Imagine a vast indoor, two-level mall that's
actually cozy, almost village-like, with fountains
and skylights. And recessed seating and a 3rd
level observation area (reached by a unique bub
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traffic flow
If you're hungry, we have restaurants, from
gourmet to just plain good. If you need to lay
your burden down, we ve got plenty of lockers.
And if you need any kind of assistance at all.
and Miss Willene Weaver Mrs. Durward Holloway in
visited Sunday with Mr. and Thomaston.
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