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PICTURE OF IRON SPRINGS SCHOOL WAS TAKEN IN SPRING
OF 1902 This picture was sent by J. Lee Andrews from Florida. His
notations are as follows:
“Picture Iron Springs School taken in the spring of 1902. From left to
right in far left next to top row - Lee Waldrop. Above him- Hope Maddox.
Next to him to the right is Tom Giles’ son. Next Bryant Maddox. Across on
top row beside County School Commissioner C. S. Maddox is Bessie
Jaycees Start Empty
Stocking Fund in High
The Butts County Jaycees
are busily planning and
implementing the Empty
Stocking Fund for the
underprivileged children of
Butts County.
Mike Hosey, chairman of
the project, estimates for this
year, with so many people
out of work and inflation
playing havoc with budgets,
the budget will be over $1,400.
In order for the Jaycees to
meet this budget a lot of
people will have to contribute
to the fund.
Donnie Thaxton, president
of the Jaycees, said the
Jaycees have had three
money-making projects thus
far for the fund. They have
sold tickets on a side of beef,
cut and wrapped. A dance
will be held at the Armory on
November 22nd at eight
o’clock at which tickets are
being sold for $lO per couple,
and two road blocks will be
conducted in downtown Jack
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients at Sylvan Grove
Hospital during the period
November 4-11 include:
Bobbie Jenkins and baby
boy, Mary Bedsole, Arlene
Harper, Florine Andrews,
Eugene Singley, Henry
Boggs, Annie Brannon, Lut
her Turner, Mrs. Tennella
McMichael.
Virginia Jester and baby
girl, Marion Smith, Rev.
Walter James, Rome Var
ner. Virgil Childers.
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GEMC-G ACDS BEAUTIFICATION THROUGH CONSERVATION CONTEST JUDGES MEET
BUTTS COUNTY Beautification contest judges arrived in Butts County Wednesday,
November 5. Enjoying a luncheon at the CGEMC building are clockwise from left foreground,
the three judges: DeWitt Harrell, Assistant State Leader for Community Development,
Cooperative Extension Service; Kathy Allgood, Home Economist with Oconee EMC in Dudley
and Dr. Jim Box, Director of the Southern Piedmont Conservation Research Center, ARS. Also
shown are William E. Essich, Butts County Sanitarian (guest); Frank Stancil, Executive
Director of the Georgia State Soil and Water Conservation Committee (sponsor); J. B. Polhill,
111, Director of Legislative Affairs, Georgia EMC (sponsor); Mrs. M. W. luhlin, Chairman of
the Beautification Contest and Mary Will Hearn, President of the Jackson B&PW Club (guest).
Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
son the first part of Decem
ber.
Mr. Hosey says that money
for the budget today is about
$550 and if anyone is
interested in sending a
tax-free donation it can be
sent to the Butts County
Jaycees, P. O. Box 3875,
Jackson, Ga. 30233.
Both Thaxton and Hosey
state that toys can be
renewed and repaired and
that many children will find
happiness in a repaired toy.
Dropping points for toys are
Biles Services Station and
Maddox-Phillips Texaco Sta
tion at the same corner.
Mr. Thaxton pointed out
Henderson
Edges Oconee
County 7-0
Henderson Junior High
beat Oconee County by a
score of 7-0 in the first round
of the Region playoffs last
Saturday night.
Henderson scored its lone
touchdown on its first
possession of the ball game in
the first quarter and held on
for the win. Oconee County’s
most serious threat came
late in the fourth quarter
when Oconee drove the ball
Maddox. In back row in the door is Bessie Waldrop, teacher. In front of the
door back of the fellow in dark is me. Head barely showing. To the right is
my sister, Julia. To the far right in top row is Bud Farrar. He owned and
lived at the Van White place. His son is to his left in middle row.
“C. S. Maddox was the father of John and the late Barney Maddox.
As far as I know only Fleetie Cook, Byrd Maddox, Herd, and Olin Greer,
and Paul Maddox are the only ones living.”
the Jaycees are still involved
with a petiton to bring a
medical school to Macon.
This would be an extension of
Mercer University and would
train only para-medics and
general practitioners. This
would step up the flow of
doctors in the middle
Georgia area and would be
beneficial to Butts County.
Mr. Thaxton said the
legislature has appropriated
$5 million for the start of the
school but of late the
legislature has threatened to
take away the money
because of he tight fiscal
situation in Georgia.
to Henderson’s 20. That drive
was stalled when Oconee was
assessed a five yard penalty
and the Tigers took over on
downs and proceeded to run
out the clock.
Coach Brumley was not
especially pleased with his
team’s performance. “We
didn’t use the fundamentals
of the game’, stated Brum
ley, “Overall it was our worst
game of the season. We
controlled the ball the second
half but could not put the ball
in the end zone.” “With this
game out of our system I feel
we are ready to put a good
game together against J. P.
Carr.”
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1975 HOMECOMING
QUEEN
Hunting
Accidents
Kill Three
Three fatal hunting acci
dents and nine other acci
dents have thus far been
recorded in Georgia in the
current hunting season,
according to Jack Crockford,
Director of the Game and
Fish Division, Department of
Natural Resources.
The report brought a
renewed plea for all hunters
to double their caution while
hunting and to abide by all
game laws and regulations.
“Especially important,’’said
Bob Baker, Coordinator of
Special Services, “is the
wearing of fluorescent
orange while hunting deer
during firearms deer season.
The law requires that any
person hunting deer during
the firearms deer season
must wear outer clothing of
international fluorescent
orange and there must be at
least 500 square inches of
such orange above the
waistline of the hunter. And
in addition to the wearing of
the fluorescent orange
above the waist, we strongly
urge that all hunters wear an
orange or bright red cap.”
The fatal accidents occur
red to two persons hunting
deer and one person hunting
squirrel. In Charlton County,
a deer hunter, not wearing
orange, was mistaken for
game by another hunter. In
Stewart County, a squirrel
hunter was killed when
handling his own defective
weapon. In Paulding County,
a deer hunter was killed
when he a loaded
gun when climbing from a
DEBORAH DAWSON
tree stand.
Of the nine non-fatal
injuries, six were incurred by
dove hunters, and one bv a
squirrel hunter, and two by
deer hunters. Three of these
were self-inflicted and five
were by other hunters. One
hunter in Wilkinson County
shot his own foot. In Stewart
County a dove hunter
stumbled and fell and his gun
discharged. In Cobb County a
deer hunter was mistaken for
game and shot by another
hunter. The injured hunter
was not wearing fluorescent
orange. In Quitman County,
a dove hunter engaged in
handling a gun wounded
another hunter.
JP Election
On Thursday
Voters in the 612th District,
Justice of the Peace, will go
to the polls Thursday,
November 13th, to cast
ballots in the Special Elec
tion called by Judge Luther
J. Washington to fill the
unexpired term of Judge
Donald B. Montgomery,
resigned.
Four widely known busi
nessmen are offering for the
unexpired term and include
Terry Kitchens, Lamar
Long, John H. Moore, and
Jim Trimble.
Polls open in Butts County
at 7 a m. and will close at 7
p.m.
If no candidate receives a
ma jority of the vote, a run-off
wili be held 21 days following
the date of the special
election with the two highest
candidates to face each other
in the run-off.
A moderate to heavy vote
is anticipated.
Famed Field Trials in
County Nov. 14 to 16th
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WEAVER'S JUMPING JILL
A large number of dogs,
owners and trainers will
gather in Butts County
Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, November 14th-16th, for
the Old Atlanta Field Dog
Club Trials just off Paul
Maddox Road about one-half
mile west of Daniel Ford
Sales.
Luke Weaver, Jackson
insurance executive and
president of the club, said
that about 100 dogs, many
sectional and national win
ners, will participate in the
3-day event which will
Grand Jury Presentments
November Term of Court
GRAND JURY
PRESENTMENT
NOVEMBER TERM 1975
BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT.
TO: Honorable Sam Whit
mire. Judge. Butts Superior
Court. Flint Judicial Circuit.
We. the Grand Jury, sworn
and empanelled for the
November Term, 1975. Butts
S-.perior Court, make the
following presentments in
Open Court:
In organizing, the Grand
Jury elected Robert L. Wil
liams, Jr. Foreman; Ben F.
Wright. Clerk: James Trim
ble, Assistant Clerk; and.
Carter Moore. Bailiff.
We express appreciation to
the Honorable Sam W’hitmire
for his competent handling of
the Courts in this circuit and
in other counties..
The Grand Jury returned
fifteen (15) true bills and
seven (7) no bills. Two (2)
bills were carried forward.
We recommend to the City
of Jackson, Butts County
Commissioners and the
Board of Education as a
cooperative effort to fill
ravine near the entrance of
Henderson Jr. High and
Elementary School complex
and provide an adequate
sidewalk on the right side of
Mulberry- Street preceding
the school entrance. It is also
recommended that a covered
walkway be built from the
main Junior High Building to
the Gym.
We recommend that all
jurors pay remain the same
and the Bailiff’s pay scale be
based on minimum wages at
$2.10 an hour.
We recommend that the
Juvenile Judge position be
continued. After hearing
competent evidence, we
recognize the value of such
position to be an asset to this
County.
We have interviewed rep
resentatives and investigat
ed the office of the County,
with the exception of the
Justice of the Peace office of
the 612 District of which
records were unavailable,
and found that duties of said
office are being performed in
a competent manner. (Cop
ies of these investigations are
made a oart of the November
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
include Open Puppy Stake,
Open Derby, and Open
Shooting Dog. Mr. Weaver
explained the events will
begin at 8 a.m. each
morning, Friday through
Sunday, with the Amateur
Puppy Stake, Amateur Der
by, and Amateur Shooting
Dog events to balance off the
open events.
Mr. Weaver said the dog
that won the Dixie Puppy
Classic will be present as will
Georgia’s Rebel Man. owned
by Mike Brickner of Fort
Benning. The dog that won
lerm Presentments.)
We, the Grand Jury’,
recommend that the books
and all files related to the
operation of the office of
Justice of the Peace be
presented to the subsequent
ly elected Justice of the
Peace in special election held
November 13, 1975.
We recommend to the
District Attorney that all
pending indictments be nol
processed or expedited for
trial. In our investigation, we
found 328 for nol process and
83 for trial.
We. the Grand Jury,
deplore the action taken by
the Board of Pardon and
Paroles of the State of
Georgia in ordering the
sentences of certain inmates
now serving in the Georgia
State Prison System be
reduced by one year, it is our
opinion that this order is
harmful to the Court judicial
system of the State and the
rehabilitation of violators of
the law. We further feel that
this act will increase the
criminal activity in the State
of Georgia. We urge the
Fulton County Grand Jury to
carry out Judge Elmer Holt’s
charge to them in making a
thorough investigation of this
order including the alleged
basis of said order.
We recommend a copy of
the Grand Jury Presentment
be sent to the Fulton County
Grand Jury investigating
this matter.
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 sth day of
November, 1975.
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert L. Williams, Jr.,
Foreman
Ben F. Wright, Clerk
Received in Open Court
and ordered filed and
published as requested. This
the sth day of November,
1975.
Sam Whitmire, Judge
Butts County Superior
Court
Flint Judicial Circuit.
Filed in Open Court, this
the sth day of November,
1975.
David P. Ridgewav.
third place in the National
Pheasant Futurity from
Baldwinville, N. Y. will also
be present as will Little John
Boy, owned by Miley Kimbell
of Conyers.
Mr. Weaver said some of
the better known dog
professional trainers to be
present would include Gary
Miller of Thomaston, Freddy
Epp of Selma, Alabama, Bob
Lamb of Concord, Jesse
Dunwoody of Baxley, Eddie
Rayle of Fitzgerald, Ga.
A large number of visitors
is expected to be on hand for
the Field Trials, according to
Mr. Weaver.
Mr. Weaver said that dogs
in the Open Competition are
assessed $25.00 per entry
while dogs in the Open
Shooting Dog are assessed
$30.00 each.
Fifty percent of entry fees
is divided into SSO, S3O, and
S2O for dogs in the first three
and awarded to the winners.
Clerk
Butts County Superior
Court.
“Journey Into
Blackness” Be
Presented
Appearing at the Jackson
High School Auditorium,
November 21 at 7:30 p.m.,
will be the Voices' student
production of “Journey Into
Blackness”.
Voices, Inc. of the Black
Musical Theatre has per
formed two musicals off-
Broadway including “The
Believers.” of the 1968-69
season and “Harlem Hey
day” a vaudeville show. For
its performances. Voices,
Inc. has received excellent
reviews including the follow
ing portion of a letter to
Voices. Inc. from Robert B.
Browne of Yale University
School of Music:
“Watching and hearing
Voices was more than a
pleasure, it was a privilege.
How it is possible to have so
much talent vocal,
dramatic, musical on one
stage is beyond my conjec
ture. But you did it.”
“Journey Into Blackness”
is a study of the history of the
black American from his
African heritage through the
slavery era to today.
At the finale, the cast
forms a solid line of unity and
the performance ends with
an appeal from black
Americans to understand the
black experience as a
positive factor in our
National life.
This presentation ot “Jour
ney Into Blackness” is
sponsored by the Georgia
Council for the Arts, Butts
County Schools, Jackson
Theatre Guild and donations
from civic clubs, local
business and private citizens.
The performance is open to
the public at no charge.