The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, August 07, 1975, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textifacksmt Ifrogreaß-Argus Volume 102 Number 32 Dr. James Lentz To Open 85th Camp Meeting Tonight Dr. James C. Lentz, widely known evangelist from Marion, Indiana, will open the 85th annual session of Indian Springs Camp Meet ing Thursday night, August 7th, at 8 o’clock. The camp will continue through Sunday night, August 17th. * A large number of cottage owners is already at the camp ground, third largest in the United States and largest in the southeast. All indica tions point to an excellent attendance, according to President Frank Harris of Cartersville. Rev. Joe Crouse of Wil more, Kentucky is the music director and will be present Thursday night for the opening session. The other two evangelists are Dr. Morton W. Dorsey of Houghton, N. Y. and Rev. Charles Williams of Parkers burg, West Virginia. The 1975 preaching sched ule is as follows: Thursday, August 7, 8:00 p.m. Dr. James C. Lentz Friday, August 8, 11:00 a.m. Rev. Charles Williams; 3:00 p.m. Dr. Lentz; 8:00 p.m. Dr. Morton W. Dorsey. Saturday, August 9, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Lentz; 3:00 p.m. Rev. Williams; 8:00 p.m. Dr. Dorsey. Taxpayers Form Association; Elect Briscoe as Chairman A Tax Payers Protective Association of Butts County was formally organized Thursday night, July 31st, at a public meeting in the Butts County Courtroom which was attended by some 300 persons. E. D. Briscoe, widely know Jackson busi nessman, was elected chair man of the association which was formed to seek by whatever means possible an adjustment downward of tax assessments which had been sharply raised, oftentimes three, four or five times, by the local board. Other officers elected were Lovett Fletcher, vice-chair man; Mrs. Jewellene Polk, secretary-treasurer; Joe Brown, Sr. and Howard Greer, directors; Hiram Franklin and Dean Patrick, alternate directors. The meetng was called by the Tax Payers Protective Association and was widely publicized with the result that a standing room Anuual Meeting Central Georgia EMC Will Be Held on August 13th Wednesday, August 13, is the date set for the 38th annual meeting of The Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation. The festivities will be held at Indian Springs State Park with registration beginning at 9 o’clock and the program at 10 o’clock a.m. The first 800 members to register will received a free bag of light bulbs. Featured speaker for the occasion will be Mr. David A. Hamil, REA Administrator, U. S. Department of Agri culture, Washington, D. C. Three directors will be elected, one to serve a 3-year term for Henry County, one to serve a 3-year term for Spalding, Lamar and Pike Counties; and one to serve a Hr 'r ran ; DR. JAMES C. LENTZ Sunday, August 10, 11:00 a.m. Rev. Williams; 3:00 p.m. Bishop William R. Cannon; 8:00 p.m. Dr. Lentz. Monday, August 11, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Dorsey; 3:00 p.m. Dr. Lentz; 8:00 p.m. Rev. Williams. Tuesday, August 12, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Lentz; 3:00 p.m. Rev. Williams; 8:00 p.m. Dr. Dorsey. Wednesday, August 13, 11:00 a.m. Rev. Williams; 3:00 p.m. Dr. Dorsey; 8:00 p.m. Dr. Lentz. Thursday, August 14,11:00 a.m. Dr. Dorsey; 3:00 p.m. Missionary Day; 8:00 p.m. Rev. Williams. Friday, August 15, 11:00 audience crowded into the courtroom to hear the tax assessment problem discus sed. Chairman Briscoe asked those citizens who wished to speak to stand, introduce themselves, and make what ever remarks they chose. Most of the comments were brief and most reflected displeasure to downright anger at the action of the Tax Assessors in raising assess ments so drastically. Chairman Briscoe pledged to the large crowd that a meeting of the officers and directors would be called within the next several days and legal assistance obtained as to the best course to pursue in hopefully influenc ing the Tax Assessors to reconsider and lower the assessments. Membership application blanks in the Tax Payers Protection Association of Butts County were handed out to those attending. Those who join would be expected to pay $lO with the 3-year term for Jasper, Jones and Newton Counties. Pre sent incumbents include R. L. Minter, D. A. Robinson, 111, and J. B. Wild, respectively. According to R. F. Arm strong, Co-op General Man ager, the Central Georgia EMC furnishes electricity for 12,658 consumers in a service area of 2,294 miles of line that extends into a portion of 14 counties. Quimby Melton, Jr., editor of the Griffin Daily News, will serve as master of ceremonies. Denny O’Neal of Jackson will lead the group singing and Mrs. Gervin Lewis will accompany. The grand prize will be a 15.8 cubic foot freezer given by Polk Tire Company of a.m. Dr. Lentz; 3:00 p.m. Rev. Williams; 8:00 p.m. Dr. Dorsey. Saturday, August 16, 11:00 a.m. Rev. Williams; 3:00 p.m. Dr. Dorsey; 8:00 p.m. Dr. Lentz. Sunday, August 17, 11:00 a.m. Dr. Dorsey; 3:00 p.m. Dr. Lentz; 8:00 p.m. Rev. Williams. The Young Peoples Pro gram will have Rev. Steve Harper of Roby, Texas as youth minister, Dr. John Oswalt of Wilmore, Ky. as youth Bible Teacher, and Robert T. (Bud) Bedle of Maitland, Fla. as director of Youth Tabernacle music. Rev. J. O. Fuller of Faceville will be in charge of the Bible Study each morning from 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 13, will be observed as Thanksgiving Day. The contributions of Butts County and its citizens will be recognized Thursday evening, August 14, at 8 o’clock when Butts County .Recognition Day will be observed. The Missionary Program of the Oriental Missionary Society will be held on August 14th at three o’clock. Next year’s workers have been announced as Dr. John R. Church, Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, and Rev. Billy Key. application with checks be ing made to the Tax Payers Protective Association of Butts County and mailed to P.O. Box 3858, Jackson, Ga. 30233. Mr. Briscoe said that those not at the meeting who are interested in joining the association may obtain blanks at his office at ABW Chevrolet Company on East Third Street. Mr. Briscoe explains that many property owners in the county have more than five parcels of land, but that no tax payer would be expected to pay more than S2O per parcel on more than five parcels, or not to exceed more than SIOO.OO. Members of the Board of Tax Assessors are S. A. Washington, chairman; Byron Britt and Roy Staples. Bennie Dover is the ap praiser. According to Billy Sutton, Commission clerk, Jim Wallace works as aide to the Board, has passed his appraiser apprenticeship, but is not employed at present as an appraiser. Jackson, and General Elec tric Company in cooperation with The Central Georgia EMC. Special prizes will be given to the oldest man present, the oldest woman present, the youngest person present, the couple married the longest, and the couple married the shortest length of time. In addition to the grand and special prizes, many other prizes will be presented during the meeting to the lucky ticket holders. .^AijaKr Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, August 7, 1975 13-Year-01d Boy Drowns In Farm Pond A 13-year-old Negro boy, Ray Dar Mayfield, of 252 Carter Avenue, Jackson, drowned about five o’clock Saturday afternoon when he stepped into deep water in a small farm pond off Brown lee Road about a mile from the city limits. According to Sheriff Bar ney Wilder and John Sher rell, Butts County Coroner, Mayfield had gone to the lake with two companions for an afternoon of swimming and wading, although the victim was a non-swimmer. Coroner Sherrell said that reports indicated Mayfield waded into water about 15 to 20 feet deep near the dam and went under immediately. Rescue operations were begun at once with the Butts County Civil Defense, the State Game and Fish Department and a boat from Indian Springs State Park joining in search efforts for the body. It was recovered about 7:15 p.m. by Virgil Pace and Buster Duke, CD members. The body was brought to Sherrell Funeral Home. It was later transferred to Trimier Funeral Home which funeral home will be in charge of arrangements. The youthful victim is the son of Mrs. Maggie Mayfield. Funeral plans are to be announced later. Deer Trail Club Tourney August 13th Members of Deer Trail Golf Club will have an opportunity to find out who the really superlative golfers are Wednesday, August 13th, in a members only 27-hole tourney at match play. Club owner and pro Lori Mangham said trophies will be awarded the winners in the three flights. There will, he said, be eight players in each flight. It will cost each player $5 to enter. Mr. Mangham announced that the Deer Trail Invita tional will be held on Sunday, September 14th. Many of the area’s better golfers are expected to enter this popular event. Chickenque At Floviila On Aug. 9th All chicken eaters, and they are legion, are invited to attend a chickenque Satur day, August 9th, beginning at 12 noon at the Floviila Clubhouse, the event being sponsored by the Floviila Fire Department with money raised to be used to purchase equipment. The delicious chicken, with all the trimmings, will be served at $2.00 a plate. Tickets may be purchased from any volunteer Floviila Fire Department member or at the Jackson Branch of Griffin Federal Savings & Loan Association on South Mulberry Street, or at Floyd’s Garage in Floviila. Father of Dr. Newman Died Mr. Clyde Newman of Dawson, father of Dr. Jack R. Newman of Jackson, died early Tuesday morning in an Albany hospital. It was Commissioners Ask for Election On 1% Local Retail Sales and Use Tax Butts County Ordinary Luther J. Washington, at the request of the Butts County Commissioners, issued a call Monday, August 4th, for an election to be held on Tuesday, September 16th, to determine if Butts voters desire to approve a l percent retail sales and use tax for the county. Judge Washington said the commissioners authorized the election call on Monday and under Georgia law the election date shall not be less than 30 nor more than 45 days after the issuance of the call. According to Mr. Washing Butts County School System To Offer Kindergarten Program Again The Butts County School System will again offer during the 1975-76 school year a kindergarten program for all children living in Butts County who are five years of age at the beginning of the school year or who will have their fifth birthday by December 31,1975, according to an announcement made by Bill Jones, Butts County School Superintendent. Jurors Are Drawn For August Term of Court The August term of Butts Superior Court will convene on Monday, August 18, with a moderately heavy docket facing the jurors, according to Clerk of Court David P. Ridgeway, Sr. Jurors for the August term were drawn last week by Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of Forsyth. Grand jurors and traverse jurors for the first week are asked to report at 9:30 o’clock Monday morning, August 18th. Jurors for the second week are to report at the same hour on Tuesday, August 26th. Names of the jurors drawn are as follows: Grand Jury Mrs. Janet Marsh, Harold M. Morgan, Raymond A. O’Quinn, Raymond ' Price, Mrs. Lucile Hunter, George Crawford, Daniel G. Oxen ford, Clyde Herbert, William V. Crider. J. D. Jones, Jr., Carl E. Waits, Robert K. Thurston, Phillip W. Bunch, Robert L. Smith, William R. Presley. Grover L. Kitchens, Mrs. Frank Peek, Jr., Cyrus Broadus, Elmo P. Colwell, Jr., Melvin Jenkins, Joseph E Sims, Robert Lee Worley. Joseph Davis, Rochelle Croc kett, Mrs. Evelyn F. Fitch. Paul Yancey, Mrs. Katie Ruth Johnson, Mrs. Peggy C. Garner, Anthony M. Grant, L.H. Cawthon. Traverse Jury First Week Fred T. White, Mrs. Mary V. Taylor, R. A. Allen, Mrs. understood here that Mr. Newman had suffered a recent heart attack. It was also reported that funeral services were scheduled to be held Wednes day afternoon from the DawSon United Methodist Church with interment in that city. ton, the date and purpose of the election shall be publish- 1 ed once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date thereof in the official organ of said county, and the ballot shall have written or printed thereon the follow ing: Shall Butts County levy a retail sales and use tax of l percent? ( ) Yes ( ) No The measure is referred to as “local option” tax because the final decision belongs to the voters through a referen dum. Adoption of the local Mr. Jones stated that although the Butts County School System’s original early childhood state grant funds had been cut by approximately two thirds of its original amount, the system had been able to put together other federal and state grant funds in order to offset the cut in kindergarten appropriations made by the State legislature in its special Rebecca Wise, Mrs. Mar garet Thurman, Howard L. Jones, Jr., H. Waynes Barnes, T. L. Stevenson, Mrs. W. T. Fletcher, Tal madge Moore, Mrs. David R. Black. Manual R. Cook. C. E. Tucker, David J. Grier, Mrs. Marie Campbell. Joseph Richard Beau champ. Mrs. G. H. Standard. F. A. Moncrief, Mrs. Carolyn P. Franklin. Russell L. Richardson, Lewis Jor dan, Mrs. Doris Lummus. Lamar Norris, Mrs. Mattie Lou Tvus, Frank G. Fore hand, Mrs. H. R. Cochran, Luther Lewis Ball, Jr.. Mrs. Marie Louise Evans. Lou W. Moelchert. Billy H. O’Neal. Mrs. Woodrow Turner, E. D. Briscoe, Charlie Frank Thur man, Mrs. Mervin T. Pope. Gary Daniel, Fred Cavender, Charles Kelly, Leonard Car ter, C. N. Maddox, Lamar Phillips, Mrs. Pauline Jester. Walter Barron, George Lamar Weaver, Julian Ray Kimbell. Mrs. Daisy B. Glover, Mrs. Ella F. Mills, Mrs. Corene Clark. W. M. Mangham, Mrs. Lane Carr Johnson, Lemuel M. Johnson, Willie H. Robinson, Mrs. Deborah Ann Halstead, George R. Wood all, Mrs. Paulette H. Wash ington, Mrs. Pearl Robinson, Sidney G. Strickland. Paul James Collins, James Ed ward Smith, Aubrey D. Maddox, Jr., Mrs. Virginia B. Wyatt, Frank Lofton. Traverse Jurors Second Week C. b. Morgan, Albert Dupree, R. C. Noisworthy, Mrs. Mary Ann Carter, J. Donald Washington, Andrew Moore, Curtis L. Gave. William O. Leveretlc. R M. Byrd, Donald R. Willard, John A. McLees, Michael W. Hosey. Miss Sarah Bond, James Irvin Williamson, Miss Elizabeth Finley. Mrs. Sue A. Lewis, Milton $6.18 Per Year In Advance option tax is an exercise of home rule. Mr. Washington explained that if more than one-half of the votes cast on the above question are in favor of levying such tax, then such tax may be levied in accordance with the provi sions of this section, other wise such tax may not be levied and the question of imposition of such tax may not again be submitted to the voters of Butts County within 24 months immediately fol lowing the month in which said election was held. session this summer. Mr. Jones reminded parents of children in the eligible age bracket who have not already done so and wish to have their children attend this program to go by the Board of Education Building at 181 N. Mulberry- Street and register their children during any weekday in order that the school personnel might make the E. Johnson, Sims Crawford. Thomas C. Webb. Jr. Leßoy Jerome Mayfield. Mrs. Gwendolyn Weaver, Arthur D. Fambro, Ben Hill Dover. Jr., Harvey B. Whitehead, Mrs. Eleanor Jean Morgan. Mrs. Ruth Folds. W. T Collins, Mrs. Willie Ruth Green. Mrs. H. Wayne Barnes, Joe H. Brown. Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Head, Mrs. Carolyn C. Cook, Mrs. Oma Gwendolyn Smith. James Edwin Williams, Edwin R. O’Neal, J. C. Drake. Mrs. Mary Ann Fendley. James Holland. Joe Bell Patrick. Lewis Sims, A. Carl Whit aker. Ronnie Wells, Thomas W. W’right, Ray Thaxton. Arthur Randall Freeman. Mrs. Thelma C. Crawford. Nesby Watson, Mrs. J. Vi. Carter, Bryon Douglas Haynes. Bennie Fletcher. Willie Lee Thompson, Mrs. Mary T. Davis, T. E. Robison, Jr., Bradley E. Freeman, H. E. Kimbrell, Thomas J. O'Quinn, Russell Cawthon, Ronald Lamar Cook, Mrs. Emma Lois McCoy, Mrs. Lvdia K. Essich. Mrs. Lucia C. Fletcher. Wilbur T. Thaxton, Mrs. Patricia Y. Johnson, W. E. Blue, Mrs. Mildred Price, Mrs. Dorothy M. Duke, Joel W. Fincher, Freddie R. Dodson, Aubrey Kersey. John Thomas Harkness, Harold E. Cook, Mrs. Ruth Estelia Holder, John L. Whitaker, Ernest Biles, Robert W. Clark. James L. Biles, Sanford A. Elliott, Charles R. Williams, Jr., Mrs. Walter Barnes, Mrs. Pearl Remington, Mrs. Paula Torbett, Mrs. Jane R. Dodson, David Cleveland, Mrs. Willie Ruth Childs, Donald J. Stansell. Jesse Hardy, Robert A. Watkins, Rufus Tyus, Ennis O’Neal, Charles R. Kinney. Mrs. Ray Thaxton, Davis M. Allen, Mis. Bonnie Jean Bostick, Mrs. Annette D. Fletcher, Julian F. Marsh. Proponents of the 1 percent sales tax increase point to the property tax relief aspect as one of the issues best selling points. In North Carolina for example, taxpayers in some counties have realized a 25 percent reduction in their property tax. At the public meeting at the courthouse Thursday night of the Tax Payers Protection Associa tion, Commissioner W. A‘. (Buster) Duke, Jr. stated publicly that he felt a 25 percent reduction could be realized in Butts County if the local option sales tax is approved. necessary preparations for those registered. A birth certificate will be required to verify the age of all enrollees. Mr. Jones stated that further correspondence con cerning this program will be made through letters to those parents who register their children: therefore it is important for all parents who expect to enroll their children to do so as soon as possible. 4-H’ers Will Stage Genuine Rock-A-Thon The Butts County 4-H club has a list of many special events for the summer. At the top of the list is a Rock-A-Thon . . . that’s right, a Rock-A-Thon, and it’s not the kind where you dance all night. It’s the kind with real, live, honest-to goodness. old fashioned rock ing chairs. At the Van Deventer Youth Center on August 12, as the town clock strikes nine, some 20 4-H'ers will rock their way to stardom. The reason for this shenanigan? To raise money. The 4-H club hopes to raise money for a badly needed flag set. Twenty 4-H’ers are asking for sponsors. If you haven’t been asked to be a sponsor, and would like to sponsor someone or donate food to the "rockers”, contact Saralyn Ridgeway at 775-2601. “What other way to raise money?” It is simple, have a Rock-A-Thon. This may have been meant as a joke, but the 4-H’ers took it seriously. So be on the look-out for a “4-H’ers at work” in his or her rocking chair on August 12, and watch them “rock around the clock.” Henderson Jr. High To Begin Grid Practice Fall football practice at Henderson Junior High will begin Monday, August 11th, according to Coach Ken Brumley. Practice will begin at 7:30 p.m. All boys in the 7th and Bth grades wishing to play should bring shorts and tennis shoes, Brumley an nounced.