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Grand Jury Presentments
For August Term Court
GRANDJURY
PRESENTMENTS
AUGUST TERM 1975
BUTTS COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
TO: HONORABLE HUGH D.
SOSEBEE, JUDGE
BUTTS COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
FLINT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
We, members of the
August Term, 1975, Grand
Jury, make the following
presentments in open court.
In organizing, the Grand
Jury elected Doyle Jones,
Jr., Foreman; Raymond
O’Quinn, Clerk; and Howard
J. Greer, Bailiff.
It is the feeling of this
Grand Jury that in the person
of Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of
the Flint Judicial Circuit,
this court possesses one of
the outstanding jurists in the
state. His record for fairness,
impartiality, and the de
corum in which he conducts
both this court and those in
the other counties over which
he presides is well known and
considered a model for other
judges to emulate. We
express our appreciation to
Judge Sosebee and welcome
to the Flint Circuit our
second Judge, the Honorable
Sam Whitmire of Barnes
ville.
At the same time, we
extend a welcome to the
Honorable A. J. Welch, Jr., of
McDonough, Juvenile Judge
of the Flint Circuit.
The Grand Jury’s work has
been made easier by the
excellent cooperation of
Honorable Edward E. Mc-
Garity, District Attorney,
and Honorable Hal Craig,
Assistant District Attorney.
We especially appreciate the
assistance and cooperation of
these two men.
We wish to thank Mr.
Howard Greer, Bailiff, for
his competent service.
We also express apprecia
tion to David Ridgeway,
Clerk of the Butts Superior
Court, for his cooperation
and assistance to the Grand
Jury.
The Grand Jury returned
40 True Bills, 8 No Bills, and
one bill by accusation.
We recommend that the
next Grand Jury read the
presentments of the past
three Grand Juries as their
first order of business
following election of officers
and determine what action
has been taken.
We concur with the
February Term, 1975, Grand
Jury in urgently requesting
the Board of Education to
clean up and maintain the
premises of the four schools
in the Butts System and that
adequate lighting be install
ed in classrooms where
inadequate facilities now
might exist.
We commend Sheriff Bar
ney L. Wilder, his deputies
and staff for their efforts in
controlling crime in our
county. We note with
satisfaction the improved
conditions at the jail.
This Grand Jury is gravely
concerned with the high and
TO MY PATIENTS
Again I take this opportunity to thank
you all for your trust and friendship. If
you need a copy of your records sent to
another physician after August 30th, please
contact Sylvan Grove Hospital. There will
be a SI.OO charge made by the hospital for
this service.
GERALD ROSS, M.D.
unfair tax assessments re
cently made by the Tax
Assessors. We also deplore
the attitude of the County
Commissioners in refusing to
negotiate with the Taxpayers
Protective Association in a
broad review of the property
assessments, possibly using
the 1974 tax base for this
year’s tax purposes. Tax
payers are in near revolt at
the unfair and inequitable
assessments, particularly on
farm lands, and this body
feels the County Commis
sioners should grant immed
iate relief for the overtaxed
property owners.
We recommend that, be
ginning immediately, a lead
ing property owner in each
militia district be appointed
to serve as a member of a
newly created Tax Advisory
Board. This board would
consult with the Tax Ap
praiser which would result in
a fairer and more equitable
tax assessment. We insist
this board be appointed
immediately, including a
representative from Jackson
Lake, and that the appointees
be approved by the next
grand jury. We suggest these
members be paid a per diem
of $15.00 per day.
We feel that ad valorum
taxes are at the saturation
point and that the County
Commissioners investigate
any means at their command
to reduce these outrageous
taxes. We also recommend
that the Commissioners
reduce county expenditures
to the bone in an effort to
hold down county spending.
We recommend that more
privacy be afforded in the
ladies’ rest room by what
ever means the Commis
sioners deem appropriate.
We respectfully ask the
Butts County Sanitarian, W.
E. Essich, to check more
often the lunch rooms in the
County that serve food to our
students so that strict
cleanliness and sanitary
conditions can be adhered to.
We appoint the following:
Joseph Davis, Robert L.
Williams, Jr. to fill unexpired
terms of C. B. Brown, Jr. and
Millard Daniel, Jr., from this
date, expiring December 31,
1975, to serve on Butts County
Board of Tax Equalization.
We also reappoint Milton
Daniel, Jr. to serve on the
Tax Equalization Board from
this date through December
31, 1975.
MAILING LIST CORRECTED;
PLEASE CHECK YOUR LABEL
After many weeks of hard work, the mailing
list was corrected as of August 14, 1975.
Please check your label NOW. If the label
reads on or before August 14,1975, prompt renewal
of your paper is indicated.
Postal regulations prohibit carrying any
subscriber over six months in arrears.
Consequently, some subscribers will have to be
terminated unless prompt payment is forthcoming
immediately.
Again, please check your label.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
We appoint the following
alternates on the Butts
County Board of Tax Equali
zation to serve from this date
through December 31, 1975:
Cecil L. Scarborough, O. L.
Weaver, Jr. and R. A. Allen.
We appoint Cecil L.
Scarborough, 0. L. Weaver,
Jr., and R. A. Allen to serve
on the Board of Tax
Equalization for the calendar
year of 1976.
As alternates, we appoint
Joseph Davis, Malcolm R.
Smith and Harold Standard
to serve for the calendar year
of 1976, on the Board of Tax
Equalization.
We recommend that these
presentments be published in
the Jackson Progress-Argus,
official organ of Butts
County, and the usual fee be
paid for publication.
This the 19th day of August,
1975.
Respectfully submitted,
Doyle Jones, Jr., Foreman
Raymond O’Quinn, Clerk
Received in Open Court
and ordered filed and
published as requested. This
the 19th day of August, 1975.
Hugh D. Sosebee, Judge
Butts County Superior Court
Flint Judicial Circuit
Filed in Open Court, this
the 19th day of August, 1975.
David P. Ridgeway, Clerk
Butts County Superior Court
Dove Season
Begins On
September 6
Georgia seasons for the
hunting of doves, rails and
woodcocks have been set by
the Board of Natural Re
sources and announced by
Joe D. Tanner, Commission
er of Natural Resources.
This year there will be a
statewide early season for
doves from September 6
through October 4, and a
statewide late season for
doves beginning December 6
and continuing through Jan
uary 15, 1976. There will not
be zones for dove seasons as
last year.
Register And
Vote Urged
By Cocke
ATLANTA, (GPS) The
United States should make
“Register and Vote” a
rallying cry as the nation
celebrates its 200th anniver
sary in 1976, declared Erie
Cocke, Jr., past national
commander of the American
Legion.
His remarks came in a
speech at the annual state
convention of the Legion’s
Georgia Department at
Jekyll Island recently.
“There were no bystanders
in 1776 . . . There can be
none now if we want to
preserve our hard-won free
dom,” Cocke declared. “Par
ticipation in the political
process is our greatest
guarantee of survival into
our third century.”
“A stalemated government
bogged down in partisan
wrangling is the inevitable
result of a majority of U.S.
voters sleeping through the
1974 Congressional election,”
said the Dawson native and
now a Washington manage
ment consultant, who com
pleted special assignments
from President Truman,
Eisenhower, Kennedy and
Johnson. He added:
‘The new members of the
94th Congress are the choice
of the 32 per cent of the
electorate who bothered to go
to the polls last November.”
Cocke warned against
“permitting the balance of
legislative power to fall into
the hands of radical political
minorities by default.”
“We can best assure the
continuation of the noble
experiment in self-govern
ment begun on these shores
199 years ago-
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 197S
Flovilla Happenings
By Mrs. S. A. Elliott
Visiting the Smith sisters
Saturday were Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Scott of Hendersonville,
N. C., Mrs. Betty Gibbs of
Forsyth, and Miss Ethel
Smith of Iron Springs
Community.
Rev. and Mrs. Lamar
Guyton and Kelly were
luncheon guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Gip Washing
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Long
and children, and Mr. and
Mrs. Randy Long attended a
family reunion at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Cobb and
children near Griffin on
Sunday.
Visiting Mrs. Joe Waits
and Catherine Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Koch,
Mrs. Bill Collins, Mrs.
Jimmy Kitchens, Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis Cochran. Also
Miss Fredna Hilley and Mrs.
S. A. Elliott visited Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Joyce Haynes and
sons of Jacksonville, Fla.
visited her aunt, Mrs. D. T.
Long, and the J. D. Long
family Saturday. Also Mr.
and Mrs. Alford Goens of
Detroit, Michigan visited the
Long family Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Gilbert, Diane, Johnny and
Missie spent several days
last week at Gatlinburg,
Tenn. and Cherokee. N. C.
They report an enjoyable
trip.
Mrs. Roy Moon is expect
ing her son, Clarence, and
Vacation
family Tuesday. We are glad
he is able to visit his mother
and other relatives after
having an accident and two
major operations.
Mr. Ed Williams, Glenn
and Andy, went on a fishing
trip to Lake Walter George
on Friday and came back
Saturday with a cooler full of
fish. How lucky some people
are!
We all want to thank the
boys who did such a
wonderful job picking up the
trash from the streets
Sept. 10-10 AM
Flly" 11*31 fLy*i 4j Griffin, Georgia
All properties sell at 40 acre tract on Birdie Rd. Turn off
U. S, 41 2.y> miles North of Griffin city limits.
9 VALUABLE PROPERTIES
1. 40 ACRES on Birdie Rd., off U.S.
41. Lots and tracts with all utilities
(Sale Site).
2. 61 ACRES on N. Hill St.
Extension. Big frontage, gas. water
and R. R. siding.
3. 26.7 WOODED ACRES located at
the end of a cul-de-sac just off E.
Mclntosh Rd. Nice stream, 8 acre
lakesite. Can be purchased in 2 tracts
or as a whole.
4. 1,000 FT. ON KING’S LANE RD.
Turn off U.S. 41 at Malier Rd., go 1.6
mi. to auction sign. Electricity to the
property.
5. commercial corner lot
fronts 164 ft. on W. Taylor and W. Wall
Sts. Adjoins Bus Station.
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And if your place needs fixing up, we have the
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We can give you an answer in 60 minutes or
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Which is another reason to switch to C&.S.
The switch is on.
Saturday. The boys were Roy
Gilbert, Ron Smith and Mack
Long. Boys, it sure made the
town look better.
Miss Jean Dodson of
Homerville spent her two
weeks vacation with her
mother, Mrs. Lois Dodson,
and attended camp meeting.
A group from Pleasant
Grove Church went to Six
Flags Monday. I am sure
they had a good trip.
Miss Susan Barnes of
Griffin spent last Tuesday
with her grandmother, Mrs.
6.17 RESIDENTIAL LOTS in choice
subdivision. Take Parkview St. to
Briarcliff and sign. All utilities, paved
streets.
7. 4 ACRES on U.S. and 19 and Bth
St. S.E. One block from hospital,
zoned for doctors’ offices and
apartments. All utilities.
8. 26.8 ACRES on Ethridge Mill Rd.
1 mi. South of Spalding Square
Shopping Center. Ideal homesites.
9. 105 ACRES TIMBER LAND
Between Zebulon and Barnesvilie
1,000 ft. off GA. 18 at the Pike County
line.
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Carrie Nelson. Mrs. Patsy
Cawthon and children, Lisa
and Michael, visited in the
afternoon.
Rev. Wayne Nabors left
last Tuesday for Eagle Pass,
Texas. He spent Tuesday
night with Rev. and Mrs.
Kenneth Partain, Phil and
Cathy in Jackson, Miss. Mrs.
Nabors leaves this Wednes
day for Anniston to see her
doctor and from there she
will fly on to San Antonio
where her husband will meet
her there. Linda is doing fine
and they will be back on the
field in Mexico.
Mr. M. B. Cook and Miss
Fredna Hilley visited Mr.
Wayne Hilley at Westbury
last Saturday morning and
found him feeling some
better.