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Volume 102 Number 44
New Industry Locates Here
The Butts County Chamber
of Commerce, Dick O’Hara,
president, and the Butts
County Development Au
thority, Maurice W. Carmic
hael, chairman, announced
this week the completion of
negotiations between Polo
ron, a former mobile home
manufacturing plant located
on Jackson’s and Butts
County’s industrial park, and
Fabral Corporation of Lan
caster, Pa. for the purchase
of the Poloron property.
Fabral Corporation, an
Barnett's Bridge Contract
May Be Let in December
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
HIGHWAY DIVISION THOMASTON
DISTRICT OFFICE
Mr. D. W. Bailey, Chairman
Butts County Commissioners
Butts County Courthouse
Jackson, Georgia 30233
Dear Mr. Bailey:
This is to inform you that the suspension of
RS-0763 (1) Butts, Bridge over Lake Jackson on
the Barnett Bridge Road, has been withdrawn and
it is tentatively scheduled to be in the December
19, 1975 Letting.
If you have any questions concerning this,
please advise.
Yours very truly,
R. W. Brogdon, P. E.
District Engineer
Jurors Drawn
November
Term Court
The November term of
Butts Superior Court will
convene Monday, November
3rd, at 9:30 a.m. in the Butts
County Courtroom.
Jurors for the November
term were drawn recently by
Judge Hugh D. Sosebee of the
Flint Judicial Circuit. The
jurors are as follows:
Grand Jurors
Jimmy Earl Hurst, Eulos
Paul Barlow, Lamar P.
Jinks, Richard L. Brown,
William W. Foster, Robert L.
Williams, Jr., O. L. Weaver,
Jr., Mrs. Georgia Schroeder,
James Trimble, Miss Char
lotte Colwell, Charlie Hunter,
Nathaniel Barlow, Mrs.
Edna E. Miller, Ennis S.
O’Neal, John 0. McDaniel,
Mrs. Lucille Berry, Mrs.
Daisy B. Glover.
Frank C. Hearn, Jr.,
Leonard Fitch, Alben Lee
Watts, Billy G. Biles,
Frederick W. West, Thomas
F. Peek, Ralph W. Carr, Jr.,
Mrs. Mervyn T. Pope, Ben F.
Wright, Grover C. McKibben
Jr., M. L. Powell, Larry C.
Drake, Edward H. Wise.
Traverse Jurors
Mrs. Mammie Norris, Mrs.
Betty Jean Reaves, Mrs.
Barbara Maddox, Charles
Sibley, Charlie Andrew Jack
son, John David Walker,
Clarence Fears, Mrs. Lucy
Ann Garrett, Darwin Camp
bell, Miss Elizabeth Haley,
James R. Bedsole, Bobby W.
Ivey, Randall E. James,
Mrs. Mary Lucile Holder,
Harold L. Elliott, David R.
Black, Emmett Ball.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Jenkins,
William T. Webb, Mrs.
Georgia Lee Curry, Mrs.
Susanne Earnhart, Arthur
W. Gilmore, Francis E.
Holland, Andrew Buggs,
Mrs. Susie Mae Clark,
Dennis T. Grant, Donald C.
Bristol, Mrs. Edith Spruill,
H. M. Hooten, James E.
Cornell, Jr., Mrs. Mary Ann
affiliate of Alcan Aluminum
Corporation, is in the process
of taking over the buildings
on the property and renova
ting them for their use, which
is to be the manufacture of
metal roofing and siding used
principally in the farming
industry.
Tom Zimmerman, vice
president of Fabral, inform
ed Messrs. Carmichael and
O’Hara that this company
hopes to start production
soon after the first of the year
employing approximately
Hugh Bond
Passes
Bar Exam
Hugh Thomas Bond, 25, of
6640 Akers Mill Road,
Atlanta, and a native of
Jackson, has passed his
Georgia Bar Exam and has
been sworn in as a practicing
attorney.
Mr. Bond, son of Mrs.
Lamar Jinks and Tom Bond,
both of Jackson, was born
September 21st, 1950. He
graduated from Jackson
High School in the class of
’6B; graduated from Middle
Georgia College at Cochran
in June 1970 with an
Associate in Arts degree;
graduated from the Univer
sity of Georgia in August 1971
with a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree; and
graduated from Atlanta Law
Broadus, Mrs. Bernice Fore
hand, Mrs. Phillip Bunch,
Johnny A. Kinard.
Mrs. Sandra B. Holland,
Mrs. Alma Mae Conley, D. G.
Johnston, John Wayne Hut
chins, John E. Morgan, Sr.,
Richard H. Britton, Mrs.
Acie M. Smith, Mrs. Martha
Wilma Allen, J. Glynn
Mangham, John C. Lueken,
Mrs. Eileen F. Milam,
Robert F. Burpee, Emmett
B. Mason, Mrs. Bobby W.
Ivey, Mrs. H. P. Bailey, Ocie
Moore, Felton D. Thompson,
Tyrus L. Grant.
William Robert Harkness,
Mrs. Ruth Jeannette Price,
Thomas Jester, James Wood,
Jr., J. T. Bearden, Victor C.
Sanvidge, Mrs. M. W. Juhlin,
Banks A. Weaver.
twenty persons, including
office staff. Mr. Zimmerman
did indicate that four or five
personnel would move to
Jackson from Fabral’s Lan
caster operation.
Mr. O’Hara said the Fabral
operation is completely auto
mated with the roll steel
being put in and comes out
corrugated and cut to length.
Both Mr. O’Hara and Mr.
Carmichael, on behalf of the
organizations they represent
as well as the citizens of the
county as a whole, wish to
Beautification Judges Named
Judges in the GEMC
GACDS Beautification A
wards Program will be in
Butts County on Wednesday,
November sth, and have
been named in a letter from
Frank E. Stancil, Executive
Director, to Mrs. M. W.
Juhlin, chairman of the local
beautification contest.
The judges will be Mrs.
Kathy Allgood, home econo
mist with the Oconee EMC in
Dudley; Dr. Jim Box,
director of the Southern
Piedmont Conservation Re
search Center, ARS; and
DeWitt Harrell, assistant
state leader for Community
Development, Cooperative
Extension Service.
Also to be present in.
Jackson on the sth will be Mr.
Stancil and Bill Blankenship
representing the Georgia
Electric Membership Corp.
Mr. Stancil has also invited
the representative of the
State Soil and Water Conser
vation Committee to be
present if his schedule
permits.
In his letter to Mrs. Juhlin,
Mr. Stancil wrote, “I would
JP Election
November 13
Residents of Jackson Dis
trict 612 will go to the polls
Thursday, November 13th, to
cast their ballots in a special
election for Justice of the
Peace to fill the unexpired
term of Donald B. Mont
gomery, resigned.
The election was called on
Monday, October 20th, by
Judge Luther J. Washington,
Butts County Ordinary and
Judge of the Probate Court.
To date, four candidates
have qualified for the
unexpired term of Donald B.
Montgomery, the being John
H. Moore, Lamar Long,
Terry Kitchens, and Jim
Trimble. Qualifying deadline
was four o’clock Wednesday,
October 29th, at the office of
Judge Washington.
Judge Washington also
further ruled that 4 run-off
election, if one is needed,
would be held 21 days after
the date of the special
election of November 13th.
The candidate receiving
the highest number of votes,
providing a majority of votes
is received, will be declared
the winner. However, if no
candidate receives a majori
ty of the votes the two highest
will engage in the run-off,
according to Judge Washing
ton.
School in May 1975 with a
Juris Doctor degree.
Mr. Bond has been em
ployed by the Georgia Power
Company since December
1971 in Atlanta and Rome.
Having completed the com
pany’s Accounting Mange
ment Training Program, he
is presently employed in the
Atlanta Division, Executive
Park office as Customer
Service Supervisor.
Mr. Bond is a member of
the Jackson United Metho
dist Church.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, October 30, 1975
welcome Fabral to the
community and request the
cooperation of all concerned
in making their most
welcome industry an in
stant success.
Negotiations have been
underway for the location of
the jDlant here for some time.
The establishment of the
Fabral plant here gives
Jackson and Butts County
one of the most varied
industrial complexes in the
entire state, a fact eagerly
noted by other industrialists
seeking new locations.
like to take this opportunity
to extend my heartfelt
congratualtions for having
your county selected “Group
Winner” in the GEMC
GACDS Beautification A
wards Program. I am fully
aware of the tremendous
amount of time and effort
spent by you and Butts
County citizens to achieve
this recognition.”
Mr. Stancil said the
procedure followed by the
judges will begin with a
meeting at the local SCS
office at 9:30 a.m. and end
with departure no later than
three o’clock.
Mr. Stancil reminded Mrs.
Juhlin that local leaders may
present their story in any
way or manner they wish.
“You will probably wish to
meet with the judges at some
location for a brief introduc
tory and orientation period
The judges will be presented
at this time to the local
people.”
Among the counties Butts
will be competing against
will be Jackson, Gordon,
Glynn, and Colquitt.
Election In
City Be
Held Nov. 5
Recent winners in the City
of Jackson Primary on
Friday, October 3rd, will be
ratified by city voters in the
City of Jackson General
Election to be held on
Wednesday, November sth.
The names of John L.
Coleman, J. Dawson Bryant,
and John Robert Pulliam, all
incumbent and all winners in
the Primary without opposi
tion, will appear on the
ballot. They will be elected
for two year terms to succeed
themselves on January l,
1976.
Because of the fact all
incumbents are unopposed, it
is expected there will be a
light turn-out of voters. The
election will be held under
the jurisdiction of the City of
Jackson. Polls will open at 7
a.m. and close at 7 p.m. No
absentee ballots will be
provided.
Millard Daniel
Aces No. 7
At Deer Trail
Lightning does strike twice
and holes in one are
repeated, at least for Millard
Daniel, one of this section’s
finest left-handed golfers.
Millard was playing last
week at Deer Trail with Doc
McMichael of Jackson and
Graham Lyles of Milledge
ville when he sank his
pitching wedge shot on No. 7,
more familiarly known as the
lake hole.
Millard said his shot hit
about >8 inches from the hole
and bounced one time into
the cup. Perhaps more
remarkable, it was his
second hole in one on No. 7.
First Baptists To Dedicate
New Building on Nov. 2nd
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A dream became a reality
for members of the First
Baptist Church of Jackson
when on July 27th the
congregation worshipped for
the first time in its new,
beautiful, and spacious
$1,400,000 building on the
Griffin Highway.
Now, according to Rev.
Donald L. Folsom, pastor,
“the moving is complete, the
building is furnished, and the
dedication service is planned
for Sunday, November 2nd.”
Ten years ago, Mr. Folsom
pointed out, the Baptist
Church bought from E. D.
Briscoe 15 acres of land upon
which to build the edifice.
Through the years, the
congregation has prayed,
Sosebee Issues Second Order
E. D. BRISCOE, ET AL
PLAINTIFFS VS. BUTTS
COUNTY, GEORGIA, ET AL
DEFENDANTS
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2659
SUPERIOR COURT OF
BUTTS COUNTY.
GEORGIA
AMENDMENT TO ORDER
OF OCTOBER 13,1975
The Court wishes to clarify
a statement made in its
earlier order on page 7 (see
attached) regarding pay
ment of taxes based on 1974
valuations pending a final
determination of the 1975
Legislators Painted Grim
Picture At BPW Meeting
Three area legislators.
Senator Peter Banks of
Barnesville, Representative
J. R. Smith of Barnesville.
and Representative Ray
Tucker of McDonough,
painted rather gloomy pic
tures of the state’s fiscal
affairs to members of the
Jackson Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club
Monday night at the October
meeting at the Jackson
Clubhouse. The program was
arranged by Mrs. Mary Will
Hearn, Mrs. Mary Ann
Stevenson, Mrs. Anita Tay
lor, Mrs. Martha G. Jones,
and Mrs. Jewellene Polk.
Mrs. Hearn presented the
speakers and welcomed the
guests and members.
Senator Banks, of the 17th
Senatorial District, spoke
first and stated as an elected
official he strove at all times
planned, and worked, with
dedication plans now com
plete.
The program for the
dedication service will begin
at 9:45 Sunday morning with
Sunday School at which time
a former pastor. Rev. Robert
Thompson, will bring the
morning message. Steve
Jett, the first full-time
minister of music and youth
and a great favorite here,
will sing at the morning
service.
Jack Harwell, editor of the
Christian Index, will bring
greetings from the Baptists
of Georgia at the morning
service.
Dinner will be served on
the grounds at noon and. as
Digest. It was and is the
order of this Court that the
parties plaintiff shall pay to
the County 1975 taxes based
on 1975 millage rate using a
1974 valuation only on the
real estate in question. When
all issues are settled as to the
valuation to be placed on the
real estate of the parties
plaintiff, an adjustment of
the taxes due Butts County
shall be made at that time in
accordance with whatever
amount may be determined
to be due.
The ex parte restraining
order against the Tax
Commissioners is vacated,
and she may transmit the
Digest to the State Revenue
to be responsive to the needs
of his constituents. He
thanked those present for
support given him in his
race.
Senator Banks expressed
disappointment in Georgia's
high illiteracy rate and said
that the educational system
is one of his top priorities. He
closed his remarks with the
statement that public in
volvement is the key to
success and better govern
ment.
Representative Smith of
the 78th District expressed
fear that more drastic cuts
may be forthcoming in
January when the legislature
re-convenes. He pointed out
that the State of Georgia,
under its Constitution, is not
permitted to operate on a
deficit budget and expressed
hope that economic condi-
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
customary, this will be one of
the highlights of the obser
vance.
The memorial gifts will be
dedicated at an afternoon
service with the Rev. Sidney
Waterhouse, another former
pastor, to bring the afternoon
message. Dr. Julian Pipkin
of the Georgia Baptist
Convention will bring greet
ings. The day will be
homecoming for many form
er members.
In telling of the dedication
and making plans for it Rev.
Folsom stated recently in a
message to the congregation,
“We must not bow down to
wood and stone in the shape
of a church building ... to
put it bluntly, we must
Commissioner as provided
by law, and it is the direction
of this Court that the State
Revenue Commissioner act
on the Digest disregarding
the “five per cent” rule
leaving open for a final
determination by the Court
the valuation to be placed
upon the real estate in
litigation in Butts County
concerning the 1975 Digest.
The ruling herein made, as
well as that of the original
order, is of such importance
to the case as it applies to
each party (Plaintiffs or
Defendants), a certificate of
immediate review is hereby
granted to each party.
This 21st day of October,
tions may improve so that
further reductions will not be
necessary. Mr. Smith has
been a member of the Motor
Vehicle Committee for 16
years and cited the sale of
7.850 tags in Butts County in
1974 compared to 5,156 tags
purchased in Butts County in
1969.
Representative Tucker,
who represents the 73rd
District of which only the
Worthville precinct is in
cluded. said that our country
is in a tremendous economic
slump and fears the next
session will be “somewhat
hectic.” Rep. Tucker pro
phesied the session will not
be productive as far as
programs to be enacted
because the money simply
isn’t going to be there. He
predicted that most legisla
tors will not vote for tax
increases.
Mr. Tucker said he places
our educational system at a
top priority but expressed
doubt that the teachers' pay
raise can be restored at this
remember the church itself
is not God and it is so easy to
confuse the means with the
end. If the building is
anything except a means to
lead people into the kingdom
of God then it becomes an
idol. We must not worship the
church . . . the gospel
continues to be the good
news, the good news that God
sent us an immaculate image
of Himself in the babe of
Bethlehem w'ho is our
Saviour. We expect to share
this with the people in
Jackson and Butts County as
we reach out to share the
gospel . . . the building is
only a tool in our hands to be
used for His*Glory.”
1975.
Hugh D. Sosebee
Judge. Superior Court
Flint Judicial Circuit
(See attached) - Excerpts
from page 7 -
“The Court, realizing that
the County needs funds to
operate the County business;
therefore, pending a final
determination of the legality
of the 1975 Butts County Tax
Digest, it is ordered that the
owners of real estate pay to
the Tax Commissioner of
Butts County their taxes
based on the 1974 valuation
and when the validity of the
1975 Digest is settled, an
adjustment of the taxes can
be made at such time, in
accordance with whatever
amount may be determined
to be due.”
time. Mr. Tucker concluded
by saying "I am going to take
a hard and serious look at all
programs.”
Following the brief ad
dresses of the three legisla
tors, the meeting was thrown
open to a question and
answer session.
The committee in charge
was responsible for the
decorations and tables. Ivy
and chrysanthemums graced
the banquet tables with a
large arrangement of bronze
and yellow mums and daises
at the head table.
The music committee,.
Mrs. Lucile Hall and Mrs.
Julia Lewis, arranged a
mqsical program in keeping
with the National Business
Women's Week theme.
The delicious meal was
prepared by Mrs. Eva
O’Neal and her committee.
Mrs. Hearn called atten
tion to a business meeting
Thursday night at 7 o’clock at
the C&S Bank civic room.