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Magnificient Macon Mall To
Open Wednesday, July 30th
Macon Mall, the 1.2 million
square feet shopping center,
housing Sear’s, J. C. Penny,
Davison’s, Belk-Matthews
and 110 other stores will open
on Wednesday, July 30. The
largest enclosed mall in
Georgia lists operating hours
as 10:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.,
Monday - Saturday.
Outlying buildings such as
Sears Auto Center and J. C.
Penny Auto Center will
maintain opening hours of
8:30 a.m., but will close at
9:30 p.m. These auto facili
ties carry the latest in
automotive repair equip
ment, plus, the availability of
up to 24 repair bays.
Macon Mall is open
Sundays, but only certain
food operations, such as
Morrison’s Cafeteria and
Grand Central Station, will
serve the public. Normal
retail business will not be
conducted other than certain
food outlets. The common
mall areas are open to the
public so that the favorite
pasttime of “window-shop
ping” can be carried on.
Several Macon Mall mer
chants will open later than
the 9:30 p.m. normal mall
closing. For example, Mc-
Donald’s, Shoney’s, Farrell’s
Ice Cream, and Grand
Central Station are among
those stores that will main
tain later hours than normal.
However, the rest of the mall
is closed to the public beyond
9:30 p.m.
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MACON MALL OPENED JULY 301 H
Macon Mall is regional
mall designed to serve
600,000 people of a 31 county
area. With its four major
department stores and 110
other specialty stores, Macon
Mall represents the “best of
everything” as Ray Barber,
Macon Mall manager des
cribes it. Total cost of all
facilities will be over 100
An interior view of Macon Mall
million dollars.
It is the second largest
employer in Middle Georgia,
second only to the U.S. Air
Force at Warner Robins.
Fully operating, the Macon
Mall expects 4,500 full and
part-time employees ap
proaching 30 million dollars
in annual payrolls. Accord
ing to Chamber of Commerce
figures, such a payroll will
turnover in a local economy
2>/ 2 to 7 times which gives
upwards of 210 million
dollars generated by em
ployee payrolls alone.
Before a single tenant
contractor began work, the
general contractor, F. R.
Hoar of Birmingham, Ala
bama, was pumping a 350,000
dollars payroll per week into
the Macon-Middle Georgia
economy. Since that time 85
additional contractors are
working feverishly to finish
individual shops by July 30,
1975. Their added payrolls
make a total of $600,000 a
week cash flow. Employment
workers during the construc
tion period has ranged from
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
200 through 3,000 on any one
day. Besides easing unem
ployment woes, the giant
shopping complex poured
dollars into a sagging
economy. First year’s retail
sales estimates are 80 million
dollars, gained from a total
of 636 million dollars spend
able income in the 31 county
area. Sales tax revenues
alone total 2.4 million dollars
into the state coffers, while
business and product taxes
add millions more. Property
taxes on the 100 acre tract at
the intersection of Bloom
field Road and Eisenhower
Parkway will mushroom to
more than $30,000 a year
which directly pays for local
and state governments.
Specific advertising and
operating budgets of 100
retail outlets on an annual
basis is projected to spread
another 8 million dollars into
Middle Georgia media, main
tenance, and repair facilities
plus the service industries.
What one may easily
overlook is the increase in
dollars spent in and around
the Macon Mall market,
strictly from more people
traveling to and from a
regional shopping center.
Restaurants, movies, motels,
and other retail outlets will
have a greater public from
which to draw their custo
mers. Consequently, in
creased traffic movement
increases the flow of dollars
to all segments of the
economy.
First Baptist To Have
Inner Church Revival
Beginning August 3rd an
“Inner Church Revival” will
be held at First Baptist, and
continue through August 8.
Services will begin each
evening at 8:00 o’clock.
An Inner Church Revival in
some ways is very similar to
what Baptist refer to as a
“traditional revival”,
preaching, music, prayer
and invitation, but in many
ways it is vastly different.
Sermons will be directed to
the heart of the Church, the
Sunday School, Church
Training, W.M.U. and Broth
erhood organizations. We
invite other churches in our
area to attend and benefit
from the teachings and
preachings of Bill Baird who
will be leading the revival.
Mr. Baird, evangelist, is a
native North Carolinian. He
makes his home in Greens
boro with his wife and
daughter.
His aggressive athletic
career earned recognition for
him in Ashboro High School
and at Guilford College
where his skill won him a try
out with the Minnesota
Vikings professional football
team. He is 6 ft. 5 inches tall
and weighs 265 lbs.
The decisive turning point
in the young man’s life came
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Starr
Sr. had as their guests for a
week recently their grand
children, Stacey and Michael
Starr, of Manchester, Ten
nessee and a niece, Miss
Robin Bray of Wrightsville.
Mrs. Starr returned Miss
Bray to her home Wednesday
of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J.
Washington and Messrs.
David P. Ridgeway Sr. and
Doyle Jones Jr. were guests
Friday noon at the annual
barbecue tendered by the
Snapping Shoals EMC at
Salem Camp Ground in
Newton County. Mr. Wash
ington is a director of the
electric cooperative while
Messrs Ridgeway and Jones
were invited guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Jones
attended the preview party of
the Macon Mall for central
Georgia news media on
Wednesday evening, July
23rd, at the Macon Mall
offices. Later Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Champion, publisher of
the Dublin Courier-Herald
and president of the Georgia
Press Association, were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jones at a Macon restaurant.
Those who attended were
given an impressive first
look at the beautiful new
Macon Mall which opened on
Wednesday, July 30th.
Friends of Bob Carmichael
of Columbus, native Jack
sonian and former resident,
are delighted to know he has
returned home from St.
Frances Hospital and is
recovering from a recent
illness.
THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1975
during a crusade conducted
by Bob Harrington, known
as chaplain of Bourbon
Street. Bill has said, “I have
been in church all my life but
when Harrington preached I
knew I was not a Chiristian.”
After conversion. Bill tried to
squeeze preaching in with
other interests but soon found
that he would have to
surrender himself to full time
evangelism.
In meetings Bill is boldly
aggressively evangelistic.
He hits hard and speaks
plainly. He has a natural
endowment for humour and a
quick wit and winning
personality. All of this
reflects the genuine warmth,
love and concern Bill Baird
has for people and in
reaching them for Chirst.
Mr. Folsom extends a
cordial invitation to all to
hear this outstanding man.
Preceding the services
each evening, Mr. Baird will
teach a Seminar on “How To
Be Successful.” This semi
nar is to inspire, instill and
motivate the leaders of the
church to realize their own
potential. Anyone interested
may attend this seminar but
it is especially designed for
all church workers.
Doyle Jones, Jr. made a
business trip to Athens last
Thursday and stopped by for
a visit with Mrs. L. F.
Griffeth and family before
returning to Jackson.
Mrs. Tommy Webb and
daughter, Margaret, spent
several days last week in
Montgomery, Alabama, as
the guests of Mrs. Webb’s
aunt, Mrs. J. Sams Harrison,
and Mr. Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest York
of Locust Grove were Sunday
afternoon guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Naamon York.
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