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Kacksoii progress-Argus
Volume 102 Number 40
Valerie ThompsorTHecipient of
Smith-Adams Gordon Scholarship
Rep. J. R. Smith of BarnesviUe presents Miss Valerie Thompson of Butts County with a Smith-Adams
Scholarship.
BARNESVILLE Four
Gordon Junior College fresh
men from Butts, Lamar,
Pike and Upson Counties
have received the Smith-
Adams Scholarship for the
1975-76 academic year.
Miss Valerie K. Thompson
from Butts, Wayne A. Bush
from Lamar, Miss Cindy
Yerkes from Pike, and Miss
Debra A. Adams from Upson
will each receive a S3OO
tuition scholarship. The
Smith-Adams Scholarship is
presented annually to the
Gordon Junior College
Foundation by State Repre
sentatives J. R. Smith of
BarnesviUe and Marvin
City Primary Will Be An
Event of Friday, Oct. 3rd
Jackson voters in probably
predictably small numbers
will visit the polls Friday,
October 3rd, at the City Hall
to nominate three incumbent
councilmen, all of whom are
unopposed in the City
Primary.
To be re-nominated in
Friday’s primary will be J.
Dawson Bryant of the First
Ward, John L. Coleman of
the Fourth Ward, and John
Robert Pulliam of the Fifth
Ward.
These councilmen will be
Another Rabid Coon Is
Found in North Butts
A fourth rabid coon was
discovered in the North Butts
Community on the Fincher
ville Road Friday, Septem
ber 19th, according to a
report by William E. Essich,
Butts County sanitarian.
Mr. Essich said the head of
a coon killed by dogs
belonging to Mr. and Mrs. M.
W. Juhlin and family on the
Fincherville Road was sent
to Atlanta for examination
with the results being
confirmed positive on Tues
day, September 23rd.
Emily Hamlin
Is New
Registrar
A change in State Vital
Records Registrar for Butts
County was announced this
week by C. Clayton Turner,
Director, Vital Records Unit,
Adams of Thomaston for
deserving students from
Butts, Lamar, Pike, and
Upson. Recipients are select
ed by the respective school
superintendents and Gor
don’s Scholarship Committee
on the basis of their
scholastic ability, character,
citizenship, service, and
financial need.
Miss Thompson is a 1975
graduate of Jackson High
and the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy A. Thompson. She
plans to major in criminal
justice at Gordon. Bush, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Bush, is a 1975 graduate of
Lamar County High and a
nominated for two-year
terms beginning on January
1, 1976. As Democratic party
nominees their names will
appear on the General
Election ballot on November
5 th.
Also to be nominated in the
same primary are members
of the City of Jackson
Democratic Executive Com
mittee. These will include
Levi J. Ball, City at Large;
Mrs. Mary Lee Martin, First
Ward; Doyle Jones, Jr.,
Second Ward; A. V. Maddox,
Mr. Essich said the two
German Shepherd dogs in
volved with the coon and
belonging to the Juhlin
family had been inoculated
against rabies, but that they
will be required to take a
booster shot.
Mr. Essich said that as far
as is known no human has
been bitten by the four rabid
coons discovered in diver
gent areas of Butts County.
Within recent weeks rabid
coons have been discovered
in the Towaliga Community,
Georgia Department of
Human Resources, Atlanta.
Mrs. Emily Eugenia K.
Hamlin has been officially
commissioned as Local
Registrar of Vital Records.
This appointment was ef
fective as of September 22,
1975. Mrs. Hamlin may be
reached at the Butts County
Health Department, 206
political science major at
Gordon.
A 1975 graduate of Pike
County High, Miss Yerkes is
a home economics major this
year and the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Yerkes. Miss
Adams is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Adams and
a 1975 graduate of Upson
County High. She plans to
major in accounting at
Gordon.
Representatives Smith and
Adams are both members of
the Gordon Junior College
Foundation and actively
support higher education
through key legislative
positions. Adams is a
Third Ward; James W.
Browning, Jr., Fourth Ward;
and J. 0. King, Fifth Ward.
These party officials will be
nominated for one-year
terms beginning January 1,
1976.
Polls in the City Primary
will open at 7 o’clock and will
close at 7 p.m. Members of
the Democratic Executive
Committee will meet Satur
day morning, October 4th, to
consolidate the returns and
publish the results which is a
mere formality since the
nomination of the incum
bents is assured.
off Buttrill Road, off Shiloh
Road, and the most recent on
Fincherville Road.
Also in the past few weeks
the spread of rabid coons has
been noted in areas of
Lamar, Spalding, Newton
and Henry counties.
Mr. Essich emphasizes the
importance of dog owners
having their pets inoculated
against rabies and if a rabid
coon is discovered in a
certain area, the importance
of pinning and quarantining
as many dogs as possible
to help alleviate the possible
spread of the dread disease.
South Mulberry, Jackson,
Georgia, 30233, telephone
number 404-775-3145.
rcIICSMPERS
Spirit of
FREEDOm
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, October 2, 1975
member of the House
University System Commit
tee and Smith is active on the
House Appropriations Com
mittee.
“Representatives Smith
and Adams have always
supported Gordon’s educa
tional endeavors financially
and through the legislature.
We greatly appreciate these
scholarships which have
recognized for the past two
years the academic achieve
ments of students within the
community,” Dr. Jerry
Williamson, president of
Gordon, said.
A
Miss Watts On
School's
Director's List
Miss Patricia Ann Watts,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert L. Watts, Jackson,
has been named to the
Director’s List of the Georgia
Baptist Hospital School of
Nursing for the summer
quarter, 1975. Students
having a 2.400 quality credit
ratio (maximum 3.00) are
eligible for the Director’s
List.
Flovilla City
Election Be
Held Oct. 15th
Two council seats will be
filled in the Flovilla City
Election of Wednesday,
October 15th, with the two
incumbents, David Burford
and C. W. Floyd, having
already qualified for re
election.
According to Mrs. Virginia
Williams, City Clerk, candi
dates have until 5 o’clock
Friday, October 3rd, to
qualify.
In addition to the two
incumbents, Ira Brown and
Mrs. Emily Burns have quali
fied and will seek the council
seats.
Other officers of the City of
Flovilla include Charles T.
Huggins, Jr., Mayor, and
Growth
State Guesses Butts To Have
21,200 People By Year 2,000
Butts County may have a population of 21,200 by the
year 2000. according to some projections by some Georgia
officials.
The state study was prepared by the State Data Center
of the State Office of Planning and Budget. Thomas Wagner
and Ronald Crowe compiled the data.
The estimate is based on present trends. But since
trends are subject to change, the projections are educated
guesses at best.
Spalding County is projected to have 43,000 people by
the year 1980. By the year 2000 Spalding will have an
estimated population of 51,200.
Fayette County figures to have 68,600 people by the
year 2000. The projection for that county by 1980 is 28,000 and
five years later 38,300. In five more years it is expected to
jump to 48,900.
Lamar County figures to lose population based on
present trends. But people who made the study said this trend
could change and change the projections.
With 10,700 people now Lamar figures to go to 9,600 by
1980. Estimates show a 9,300 figure by 1985 and 9,000 by 1990.
By the year 2000, the county may have a population of
8,100.
Pike County will remain steady, according to the study,
reaching 8,000 by 2000, the population now was estimated to be
7,500.
Henry County with 37,700 now figures to go 68,600 by the
year 2000.
Upson with 24,700 today can expect to reach 30,400 by
the year 2000.
Flovilla Gets Grant
For New Mini-Park
One of the few grants
awarded in the State of
Georgia by the American
Revolution Bicentennial
Administration will go to the
City of Flovilla, Georgia, it
was learned on Monday,
September 22.
In a letter to Mayor
Charles Huggins dated Sep
tember 19, 1975, Mr. A. K.
Johnson, Jr., Executive
Director of the Georgia
Commission for the National
Bicentennial Celebration
said, in part, “we are pleased
to inform you that your
application for a Bicenten
nial grant for the develop
ment of a Bicentennial
Mini-Park in Flovilla has
been aproved by the Ameri
can Revolution Bicentennial
Administration (ARBA) as of
September 1, 1975... A
check for this grant should be
forthcoming in a few days,
and the funds will be
forwarded to you as soon as
we receive them.”
Mr. Johnson had informed
the City on June 30 that the
State Commission had ap
proved the application, but
Boosters Club To Sponsor
Golf Tourney October Bth
The Jackson High School
Booster Club will host an 18
hole Golf Tournament on
Wednesday, October 8, at the
Deer Trail Golf Club, Tee
time for all participants will
be 1 p.m.
There will be five flights
with a first, second and third
place prize awarded for each
flight. A “shotgun” start will
be used to insure contestants
will have time to finish the 18
holes. At precisely 1 p.m.
play will begin on all 9 holes
on the course.
First prize will be a $45.00
golf bag, 2nd place a $30.00
value pair of shoes, and
Third place a dozen Wilson
staff golf balls.
In addition to the finish
prizes, the club will award f*
golf bag to the one golfer
getting closest to the pin on
number 7 and a pair of golf
Councilmen C. A. Anthony,
W. P. James, Jr., and
Malcolm Smith.
approval by ARBA was
necessary for the awarding
of the grant.
In its application the City
described its ideas for the
park thusly:
“The Flovilla Bicentennial
Mini-Park will be the only
facility of its kind in the city.
At present there are no
playground or picnic facili
ties for this small communi
ty, into which more and more
young families . . . are
moving . . . The project re
lates to the Horizons ’76
Bicentennial Theme”.
The mini-park will be
constructed oi) a triangular
piece of property already
belonging to the City,
bordered by Smith and
McGee Streets and Old
Highway 87. Plans for
utilization of the small space
were drawn by architect and •
City Councilman W. P.
James, Jr.
Construction should be
completed by early Spring,
and appropriate Bicentennial
dedication activities are
planned upon completion of
the project.
shoes and a dozen balls to the
one golfer getting the closest
to the pin on number 3.
Concessions will be pro
vided on the golf course. All
proceeds will go to support
the Jackson High School
Booster Club.
Chickenque
October 31st
Members of the Jackson
High School Booster’s Club
are now selling tickets for
their delicious chicken-que.
The chicken que will be held
on Friday, October 31st,
Homecoming at Jackson
High.
The Boosters will import a
magnificent crew of chefs to
prepare the tasty morsels,
special sauce, and all the
trimmings. Head Chef will be
the famous Rudy, direct
from Utopia.
Tickets are $2.00.
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LIONS SERVICE DAY PROCLAIMED - Mayor C.
B. Brown Jr., left, is shown looking over the document he
signed proclaiming October Bth as Lions Service Day. Rev.
Donald L. Folsom. Lions president and pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Jackson, is looking on with interest.
Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
October Bth
Is Lions
Service Day
October 8. 1975, was
designated World Lions Ser
vice Day by C. B. Brown.
Mayor, in an official procla
mation made during recent
ceremonies at City Hall. On
this date, more than one
million Lions all over the
world will unite in a single
purpose: to serve the needy
and the lonely. Twenty-seven
thousand Lions Clubs will
gather in their home com
munities in order to perform
a special act of service to the
Gordon Will Stage
Bicentennial Salute
BARNESVILLE Gordon
Junior Gollege will stage a
bicentennial salute to the
Presidency during Decem
ber.
“Hail to the Chief" is both
a serious and humorous
musical review covering all
38 United States Presidents.
One of Gordon's projects as
an official bicentennial col
lege, the two-act play is
currently being written by
Gordon faculty and members
and will be performed
December 11-13.
Steve Edwards, Mrs.
Christine Ellington, Lanny
McAlister, and Dr. Jim
Richards have researched
material on the presidents
and compiled an historically
accurate script. Eight major
productions will convey
humourous and light scenes
in the lives of eight of
America's most popular
Presidents.
“Hail to the Chief” will be
produced by the Gordon
Singers at evening and
citizens of their locale.
In recognition of their
dedication to the community
of Jackson & Butts Cos. and in
observance of the global
service effort of Lionism. the
Butts Cos. Lions Club will visit
the Westbury Nursing Home
at Jenkinsburg and carry
magazines to them. Anyone
having magazines to con
tribute, take them to
Deranev’s Store anytime
between now and Oct. 8.
As part of his official
proclamation. Mayor Brown
has urged all local citizens to
mark this occasion as a
special observance in recog
nition of the numerous
services provided by the
Butts Cos. Lions Club to the
community.
matinee performances. The
Singers are popular in the
area for performing in last
year's “South Pacific” and
the 1973 production of
“Marne.”
Gordon was recognized in
July as an official bicenten
nial college by the American
Revolution Bicentennial
Administration. Dr. Jim
Richards from Thomaston is
the chairman of Gordon's
Bicentennial Committee.
Library Opens
On Oct. sth
The new Flint River
Regional Library will be
dedicated and an open house
held at the library, 800
Memorial Drive, Griffin, on
Sunday afternoon. October
sth, at three o’clock.
Library patrons and those
interested in the arts are
invited to attend.