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Volume 103 Number 3
Hospital Auxiliary Establishes
Doyle Jones, Jr. Memorial Fund
The Sylvan Grove Hospital
Auxiliary has established a
memorial fund in the name of
James Doyle Jones, Jr., in
recognition of his service on
the Hospital Board and for
his efforts in establishing this
medical facility in Jackson.
Proceeds from the fund
will be used to purchase a
synchronizer, which will be
an extremely important
addition to the hospital’s new
cardiac unit. The synchro
nizer will be presented to the
Hospital by the Auxiliary in
memory of the late Jackson
editor.
Those wishing to make
memorial gifts to the Doyle
Jones, Jr. memorial fund, or
Perry Stancil Named
DeKalb Cos. Assessor
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PERRY STANCIL
Perry Stancil, former
resident of Jackson, has been
appointed to a six-year-term
on the DeKalb Board of Tax
Flovilla Held First '76
City Council Meeting
Two recently elected mem
bers of the Flovilla City
Council were sworn in at the
first meeting of 1976 Thurs
day night, January 8. David
Burford, incumbent council
man, and Emily Burns began
three year terms on the
council. Mr. Burford was
re-elected by the council to
the post of vice-mayor.
Richard W. Watkins was
appointed by Mayor Charles
Huggins to another one-year
term as city attorney, and
was re-elected by the council
to the post of city judge.
Henry Tyus
Found Dead
On Tractor
Henry Tyus, 55-year-old
Butts County resident of
Route 3, Jackson was found
dead on his tractor at 7:15
p.m. Monday evening.
According to Mrs. Tyus, he
left his house around 3:00
p.m. Monday afternoon on
his tractor with a cutter
behind it. He was to do some
work in a pasture on property
belonging to Mrs. Hamp
Daughtry located on Georgia
Highway 36 west, just
accross the highway from the
entrance to the Georgia
Diagnostic Center.
Mrs. Tyus became con
cerned for her husband as the
day grew dark and she sent
her son to look for him. Her
son found Tyus slumped over
the tractor pinned between a
huge tree limb and the
tractor at about 7:15 p.m.
Apparently Tyus had run
into the tree while on his
tractor and became trapped,
and unable to free himself
died from loss of blood from a
,in memory of others, may
send them care of Mrs.
Georgia Schroeder to the
Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxi
liary, Jackson, Georgia,
30233.
The Sylvan Grove Hospital
Auxiliary was chartered
nearly 15 years ago for the
purpose of assisting the
hospital administration in
providing its patients with
the best possible care,
comfort and pleasant sur
roundings.
The Auxiliary has over the
years presented the hospital
with many items of medical
equipment, such as patient
life, hydroculators, X-Ray
equipment, steam packs and
Assessors and has been
named vice chairman of the
Board.
The Stancil family resided
on Indian Springs Street in
Jackson during the 1930’s
when Perry’s father owned
and operated the Jackson
theater.
The new tax assessor is
married to the former Mary
Dean Jinks, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Jinks, of Jackson.
Mr. Stancil was appointed
to the Board of Tax Assessors
by the DeKalb County Board
of County Commissioners
several weeks ago, was
sworn in on December 23 and
assumed office on January 2.
“My plans are to be as fair
Committee chairmen were
appointed for 1976 as follows:
Streets and Cemetery Com
mittee, C. A. Anthony; Police
and Fire Committees, Mal
colm Smith; Treasurer, C. A.
Anthony; Water Depart
ment, Charles Huggins; Tax
Committee, Emily Burns;
Finance Committee, David
Burford; Facilities Commit
tee, W. P. James, Jr.
The $50.00 per month
salary for head of the Water
Department, in effect for a
number of years, was
cancelled. Mr. Jack Martin
severe cut just above his
ankle and shock just 600
yards from his home.
The Butts County Sheriff’s
Department investigated the
accident. Sherrell Ambu
lance Service transported the
body to Sylvan Grove
Hospital where county
coroner John Sherrell an
nounced him dead on arrival.
The death of Henry Tyus
marks the first accidental
death in Butts County of 1976.
Jackson
Kiwanians
Seek Tags
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
along with Reynolds Alumi
num Company are actively
seeking old tags. The
Kiwanis Tag Reclamation
drive is underway and for
every old tag that the
Kiwanis Club can beg,
borrow or steal, the Reynolds
Aluminum Company is pay
ing money. The tags will be
used as salvage and the
money that Kiwanis Inter
national collects will be used
for scholarships for Key Club
neck collars.
It has also done extensive
landscaping and major main
tenance of the hospital
grounds and supplied drap
eries, linens, hospital gowns,
paint and other necessary
items.
The Auxiliary also awards
two S2OO scholarships each
year to Butts County seniors
who may use them towards
their tuition costs at any
accredited medical or nusing
school.
Funding of these varied
projects comes from me
morial contributions, adver
tising in and sale of the
popular Auxiliary cookbooks
and the rental of television
sets to patients.
to everyone in DeKalb
County as possible,” com
mented Mr. Stancil after the
swearing-in ceremony. “I
want the taxpayers to be
aware of that fact.”
There was controversy
surrounding the Board of Tax
Assessors in DeKalb County
in 1975, with many taxpayers
filing v ;otests with the
assessors and the county
commission over huge in
creases in their property tax
assessments and bills.
Mr. Stancil said the size of
some of the increases were
due to property being
appraised for the first time in
several years.
He said he hopes DeKalb’s
plans to turn to a compute
rized program in 1976 or 1977
will permit annual reassess
ments on most property and
eliminate the possibility of
huge “surprise” increases in
tax bills.
was hired as an assistant to
Water Superintendent Bal
lard Perdue.
A motion was made and
passed unanimously to
exempt churches from pay
ing fees for building permits,
although continuing to re
quire permits and inspec
tions.
The Council decided to join
the Small Towns Institute of
Ellensburg, Washington, in
order to share ideas on what
other small towns are doing
for self-improvement.
Minutes of the meeting and
financial reports are on the
bulletin board in City Hall.
The next regular meeting of
the council will be on
February 12, 1976, at 7:30
p.m.
and Circle K members as
well as for other worthy
causes.
It has been estimated that
there are approximately
$50,000 worth of salvagable
old tags in Georgia and
Kiwanians are after them all.
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
is asking that all members of
the community bring their
old tags by one of the
following tag-collection
points: Carter Motor Com
pany, Mclntosh State Bank,
C&S Bank of Jackson or
Jackson Office Supply.
Harry Lewis of Carter
Motor Company, has
promised to mount new tags
for anyone who will donate
their old tag.
City Property
Taxes for 75
Are Now Due
Although statements have
not been mailed to property
owners in the City, payment
of ad valorem taxes for 1975
is due and may be made at
the City Hall during regular
office hours.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, January 15, 1976
Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr.
appointed members of the
City Council to assignments
on committees for 1976 at a
meeting of the City Council
on Monday, January 6th.
These appointments are as
follows:
Police: John L.Coleman,
Chm., Roy Goff, Dawson
Bryant and John R. Pulliam.
Fire: John L. Coleman,
Chm., Roy Goff, Allen Byars
and John R. Pulliam.
Planning and Develop
ment: Roy Goff, Chm.,
Dawson Bryant, John L.
Coleman and John R.
Pulliam.
Finance: Roy Goff, Chm.,
Allen Byars, John L. Cole
man and John R. Pulliam.
Electric: Roy Goff, Chm.,
Allen Byars, Dawson Bryant
and John L. Coleman.
Industrial: Roy Goff,
Chm., John L. Coleman,
Dawson Bryant, John R.
Pulliam and Allen Byars.
Sanitary: John R. Pulliam,
Chm., Allen Byars, Dawson
Bryant and John L. Coleman.
Building: Dawson Bryant,
Richard Milam
Opens Own
Law Office
Richard Gary Milam,
Jackson attorney, formerly
associated with A. Dan Fears
in the practice of law, has
opened his own law office.
Located at 316 West Third
Street in Jackson in the same
building with Piedmont
Realty, Mr. Milam is
practicing general law.
Mr. Milam, a graduate of
the University of Georgia
School of law, began his
association with Dan Fears
in June, 1974 and remained
there until December. 1975.
He is a 1966 graduate of
Griffin High School, and
received his Bachelor of Arts
degree from West Georgia
College in 1970.
Mr. Milam is married to
the former Eilene Findley,
Butts County Extension
Home Economist.
Dawson To
Speak At
BCABC Meet
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CHARLES DAWSON
Charles Dawson, public
relations director, Jackson
County Electric Membership
Tips From City
To Citizens
The State of Georgia has passed anew law
which should discourage drunk driving throughout
the state. Any person charged with DUI will have
his license taken away. Chief Watson Vaughn of
the Jackson City Police Department has stated
that the new law will be strictly enforced in
Jackson.
Winter is the time that fire strikes most
often. Cold weather brings on many home fires
costing lives and property and most of them are
due largely to carelessness. The Jackson Fire
Department urges all residents to be especially
careful during the coming cold months. Observe
fire prevention practices and save your life and
property.
Mayor Makes City Council
Committee Appointments
Chm., Allen Byars, John R.
Pulliam and John L. Cole
man.
Personnel: Roy Goff,
Chm., Allen Byars, Dawson
Bryant and John R. Pulliam.
Civil Defense: Allen Byars,
Chm., John L. Coleman, John
R. Pulliam and Roy Goff.
Printing: Dawson Bryant,
Chm., Allen Byars, John L.
Coleman and John R.
Pulliam.
Library: Allen Byars,
Chm., Dawson Bryant, John
L. Coleman and John R.
Pulliam.
Streets: John R. Pulliam,
Chm., John L. Coleman,
Allen Byars and Roy Goff.
Cemetery: John R. Pul
liam, Chm., John L. Colem
man, Dawson Bryant and
Allen Byars.
Gas and Water: Dawson
Sherrell Continues Ambulance
Service For Butts County
Butts County Commis
sioners have completed ne
gotiations with Sherrell Am
bulance Service and awarded
them anew contract to
continue to provide ambu
lance service to Butts County
during the year 1976.
The new contract will cost
the county $52,800. Sherrell
Ambulance Service began
providing ambulance service
to the county on a contract
Trio Of Fires Strikes
Butts During Weekend
A trio of devastating fires
struck Jackson and Butts
County last weekend hitting
on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday successively.
The building which houses
the Upper Ocmulgee Econo
mic Opportunity Commission
offices located on the corner
of Second Street and Coving
ton Road was the first struck
with blazes causing minimal
damage (estimated at a
round $400) to the floor and
office equipment.
Friday morning around 7
a.m., Dorsey Jefferson,
maintenance man at the EOC
offices, arrived for work and
discovered smoke. Jefferson
immediately drove to the
Jackson Fire Department
and reported the fire.
Twenty minutes later the
blazes were extinguished
Corporation, will be featured
speaker for the 1976 kick-off
meeting of the Butts County-
Association of Beautification
Through Conservation. The
Bryant, Chm., Roy Goff,
John L. Coleman and Allen
Byars.
Ordinances: Dawson
Bryant, Chm., Allen Byars,
Roy Goff and John L.
Coleman.
Recreational Authority:
Allen Byars, Chm., Dawson
Bryant, Roy Goff and John L.
Coleman.
Water Plants: Allen Byars,
Chm., Roy Goff, John L.
Coleman and Dawson
Bryant.
Sewer: Allen Byars, Chm.,
Roy Goff, John L. Coleman
and Dawson Bryant.
Also during the meeting,
John L. Coleman was elected
Mayor pro tern.
Asa footnote to the
appointments the mayor in
conjunction with members of
the City Council wished to
basis in 1974 at a cost to the
county of $48,000. Sherrell
continued to provide the
service in 1975 without a
change in their original fee.
The cost of the new contract
represents a 10 percent raise
over last year’s.
In a statement to the
Jackson Progress-Argus,
county commission Clerk
Billy Sutton said. "The
commissioners felt the in
after the spread of the fire to
the under structure of the
floor required fire fighters to
chop a hole into the floor to
get at and put out the flames.
Heaters left burning during
the freezing night and a
frozen regulator were de
termined to be the causes of
the fire. A propane gas tank
which fuels the heaters is
located outside the building.
During sub-freezing tem
peratures of Thursday night
and Friday morning the
regulator, located on the
tank, froze in the “on”
position (a phenomena which
rarely occurs, according to
the Jackson Fire Depart
ment) and the surge of
propane gas to the free
standing heaters caused
flames to shoot into the
rooms. One of the heaters
meeting, which is open to
the public, will be held
Thursday evening. January
22nd. from 7:00 to 8:30
o'clock at the Central
Georgia EMC building.
Mr. Dawson has a BA
degree in Journalism from
the University of Georgia,
where he was a member of
the Dixie Redcoat Band. He
has been employed by WJJC
Radio, The Athens Banner-
Herald. The Savannah Morn
ing News, and prior to joining
the Jackson EMC was editor
of The Commerce News. In
the early 1960 s he was a
specialist in advertising and
public relations with the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
An active member of his
community, Mr. Dawson has
served on the board of the
Jackson County Association
of the Retarded. Inc. and
serves on various advisory
committees of the Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, and 4-H
Club. This dedicated com
munity leader has also
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emphasis and clarify their
actions on city taxes.
Many JacksoniaiiS are
perplexed by recent hikes in
evaluations and cuts in
millage rates. The city
millage rate has not been
changed. It remains the
same for 1975 as it was for
1974. The tax base has
changed as the result of the
county’s recent re-evaluation
program.
In the city the total 40
percent tax base figure for
1974 was $10,372,937; in 1975
(after the county’s re-evalua
tion) the figure is set at
$11,382,206. According to
state law, the city must
administer its taxes in
accordance with the county’s
tax base.
For the year 1974, total city
revenues from city taxes
crease was a reasonable
amount to compensate Sher
rel Ambulance Service for
their inflated costs in the
maintenance and operation
of the ambulance service.”
He said that the strict
regulations set forth by the
Georgia Department of
Human Resources for such
services demand a quality
which can become expensive
to maintain.
The Department of Human
was blown two feet from its
original position by the force
of the surge of burning gas.
Firefighters at the scene
said that had it not been for
the metal floor covers upon
which the heaters were
standing that the building
would have burned to the
ground.
Saturday at 2:15 p.m. fire
struck a more serious blow at
the home of Roy Lee Stewart
located on Keys Ferry Road.
The fire at the wood frame
house owned by Essie Pope
and rented to Stewart was
reported to the Jackson Fire
Department by an unidenti
fied neighbor.
No one was at home at the
time of the fire which burned
the house and everything in it
to the ground before the fire
department could reach it.
Mercury Kisses
10 In Coldest
Snap of Winter
A major winter storm that
came barreling out of the
mid-West on the heels of
frigid Arctic blasts sent
thermometers in Butts
County to their lowest levels
of the winter last week.
With rapidly-falling tem
peratures predicted and the
midweek rain still lingering,
there was a brief threat of
snow or ice on Thursday
sisting of Jo-Anne. wife and
mother. Mr. Dawson and son,
Charles, are active members
of the Presbyterian Church.
The BCABC extends a
cordial invitation for the
interested public to attend
the kick-off meeting. Mr.
Dawson, a well qualified
speaker, will provide Butts
County an excellent begin
ning for this year's program.
came to $103,729.37. For the
year 1975, the city should
collect $113,822.06 —a
difference of $10,092.69 which
because of inflation will be,
for all practical purposes,
negated. In essence, when
compared with costs, the city
revenues will amount to
approximately the same for
1975 as for 1974.
Once again, the millage
rate for the city was not
changed; any change in city
taxes was due to a raise in
the tax base as the result of
re-evaluation of properties.
City tax notices have not
been mailed yet, however,
anyone wishing to pay their
city taxes may find out what
they owe by calling City Hall
at 775-7535 or by going by the
City Hall office.
Resources has estimated
that on a state-wide basis, the
average cost of such a
service is close to $50,000 per
vehicle each year. The
county requires that two
emergency vehicles be avai
lable for the service. In
addition to the two required
vehicles. Sherrell also main
tains two backup vehicles for
the service. “In light of this;
what we are paying isn’t
bad," Sutton said.
Probable cause of the fire
was a shortage in the fuse
box.
The following day, Sunday
morning at approximately
4:35 am. several people
traveling along Georgia
Highway 16 from Monticello
noticed a glow off the
highway and in the woods.
Instinctively they investi
gated and found a flaming
brick house, the home of
Jimmy Tomlin who was
away with his family in
Florida.
The unidentified travelers
woke a neighbor who
reflexively phoned the Jack
son Fire Department at 4:50
a.m. The fire had apparently
been burning for some 15 - 20
minutes before it was spotted
the first time because by the
time that the Jackson Fire
Department reached the
scene some 5-10 minutes
after receiving the call, the
roof of the Tomlin house was
falling in amid the blazes.
morning, but skies cleared
under bone-chilling winds.
In Atlanta, the official low
Friday morning was nine
degrees and readings of 10
and 12 degrees were common
in Jackson and other parts of
the county. In the mountain
areas of the state, the
temperature flirted with the
zero mark.
Saturday found tempera
tures moderating, although
still chilly by normal
standards and, on Sunday, a
light rain began to fall as the
thermometer moved on up
into the ‘so’s.
worked with his local PTA,
the Jackson County Mental
Health Program and is
concluding his second term
as president of the Jackson
County Chamber of Com
merce.
Also a state leader, Mr.
Dawson serves as the
program coordinator of the
Georgia Olympics.
The Dawson family, con-