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Dick O’Hara NamedJlan of Year
By Jackson Kiwanians for 1975
The Jackson Kiwanis
Club’s Man of the Year
Award, traditionally reserv
ed for one of the local genre,
went to a relatively new
comer Tuesday night and
judging from the applause at
the announcement, the se
lection could not possibly
have been a more popular
one.
Dick O’Hara, who came to
Jackson in 1972 and literally
worked his way into the
hearts of his adopted
countrymen, was named
Kiwanians Man of the Year
for 1975 at the annual ladies
night meeting, held at the
Karkaoit progress-Argus
Volume 102 Number 4
Mike Allen Died
On January 14th
Funeral services for Davis
Michael Allen, 60, retired
Jackson business executive,
were held Friday afternoon,
January 16, from the chapel
of Haisten Funeral Home.
Ministers of the Jackson
Baptist and Methodist
Churches, the Rev. Don
Folsom and the Rev. Phil
DeMore, officiated. Inter
ment followed in the Jackson
City Cemetery under the
direction of Haisten Funeral
Home.
While he was apparently
recuperating in his home at
545 Woodland Way from a
serious operation performed
two weeks previously, he was
stricken Sunday afternoon
and rushed to the Medical
Center of Central Georgia in
Macon where a second
operation occurred Monday
afternoon, with death follow
ing early Wednesday after
noon.
The son of the late Homer
L. Allen, Sr. and the late
Anice Little Allen, he was
born in Butts County on
September 23, 1915. For
years his parents owned and
Butts County Week
1976 Meet Jan. 27
The Butts County Chamber
of Commerce will hold an
open meeting at the C&S
Bank of Jackson, Tuesday
night beginning at 5:15 p.m.
Topic of the meeting will be
“Butts County Week —1976.”
The meeting will be open to
the public and especially for
Fire Destroys
Home Of
Butts Native
Fire dealt a blow of
tragedy to Mrs. Ethel C.
Plank, Friday, January 9.
Mrs. Plank, born in Butts
County, now living just over
the county line in Spalding
County on Wallace Road,
suffered the loss of her home
to the flames of a fire caused
by faulty wiring.
Units of the Dundee Fire
commodious Fellowship Hall
of the First Baptist Church in
Jackson.
For years the Jackson
Kiwanis Club, one of the
oldest civic organizations in
this area, having been
chartered January 17, 1922,
has recognized an outstand
ing civic leader for meritor
ious service to the com
munity. The Man of the Year
Award was conceived by the
Public and Business Affairs
Committee of the club, Doyle
Jones, Jr., chairman, in 1969.
Kiwanis President Jack
Little, in making the an
nouncement of O’Hara’s
MIKE ALLEN
operated Allen’s Home-Ond
Food Store, Inc. in Jackson
and he operated the business
following their deaths with a
high degree of success.
Possessor of a winning,
outgoing personality, he
numbered his friends and
patrons in the hundreds and
his store became one of the
most successful business
ventures in recent Jackson
history.
A graduate of Jackson
High School where he was an
outstanding athlete, he at
tended Georgia Institute of
anyone in the county inte
rested in helping or partici
pating in the week long
celebration.
President of the Butts
County Chamber of Com
merce Dick O’Hara has
announced that Butts County
Department and the Georgia
Forestry Unit answered the
call to the fire at 9:30 p.m.,
Friday, but by the time they
could reach the fire the home
was destroyed.
Mrs. Plank escaped the
flames with only her night
clothes losing all her posses
sions including a pet dog.
Narrowly escaping death,
she suffered second and third
degree burns about her head,
face and hands.
Mrs. Plank was transport
ed to the Griffin-Spalding
County HosDital emergency
room whei a she received
selection, cited numerous
contributions made by the
nominee during his years of
residence and especially
during 1975.
Little gave a detailed
biography of the Man of the
Year and paid him this
personal tribute, “The
leadership shown by Dick for
his seemingly tireless efforts
during the Sesqui-Centennial
celebration for Butts County
in 1975 was an unselfish act
by a dedicated man who was
more than willing to do his
share and a little more.”
In recognizing his accom
plishments, Little pointed out
Technology in Atlanta.
He was a staunch member
and supporter of the First
Baptist Church in Jackson
and his liberality helped
provide the Church with
some of its most treasured
memorials.
He was a member of the
Griffin Elks Lodge No. 1207
and Griffin Lodge No. 1503,
Order of the Moose. He was a
member and past master of
St. John’s Lodge No. 45 F. &
A.M. of Jackson.
Survivors include his wife,
Catherine, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
McMichael, of Jackson;
three nephews, Robert M.
Jackson of Jackson, Major
Edgar Jackson of Langley
AFB, Virginia and Dr. James
M. Allen of Valdosta; one
niece, Mrs. Tyler Garrett of
Richmond, Virginia and one
sister-in-law, Mrs. Homer
Allen of Bainbridge, Georgia.
Active pallbearers were
Paul Pruitt, Milton Daniel,
Parks Newman, Raymond
Kelly, E. M. McCord, John
Lueken and Otis Stephens.
Week will be celebrated this
year beginning July 4 and
continuing through July 10.
Those interested in helping
with the celebration are
urged to attend the meeting
January 27 or to phone Dick
O’Hara at 775-5423.
Britt Retires,
Dover Begins
On Tax Board
Byron Britt retired as of
January 1, from the Butts
County Board of Tax Asses
treatment for the burns. She
is now living with Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Dempsey who
live on Wallace Road in
Griffin. Mrs. Plank is
making a slow recovery.
that O’Hara served as fund
chairman of the local United
Appeal effort for two
consecutive years and is now
serving his third term as
president of the Butts County
Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Dick O’Hara came to
Jackson on January 1,1972 to
organize the Jackson division
of the Addison-Rudesal Com
pany. His first service was as
plant manager and he has
been subsequently named
general manager.
In addition to the surprise
of receiving this signal civic
honor, the nominee was read
several congratulatory tele-
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, January 22, 1976
Insurance Locally,
$22,500 Per Family
Special to the
Progress-Argus
NEW YORK, Jan. 17
Compared with people in
many other sections of the
country, residents of Butts
County are relatively well
protected, financially,
through their life insurance
holdings.
Families in the local area
are more amply covered
than ever before, the
figures indicate, despite the
fact that the life insurance
industry had its worst sales
slump in 25 years in 1975.
They have been protecting
themselves in other direc
tions as well by maintaining
their health insurance,
household insurance, acci
dent insurance and other
safeguards at a high level.
Of special note, however, is
the extent to which they have
been adding to their life
insurance in recent years.
That trend has boosted the
amount held by Butts County
residents, as of the beginning
of 1975, to an estimated
$74,257,000.
The facts and figures on
the number of policyholders
and the amount of insurance
in force are given for each of
the states and for the United
States as a whole by the
Department of Commerce
and the Institute of Life
Insurance.
They show that the overall
holdings of life insurance in
the nation are huge
amounting to more than $2
trillion (yes, trillion).
The total in force in the
State of Georgia alone is
listed at $47,789 million. This
compares with $16,788
million ten years earlier.
In most families, it is
found, the amount of in
surance a family carries is
directly proportional to its
income. The total held by the
average family in the state is
sors. Benny Dover, tax
appraiser since November.
1973, will take Britt’s place
on the board.
According to Georgia state
law, a county may employ a
tax appraiser as one of its tax
assessors provided that he or
she is 25-years-old or over. In
January of 1975, Benny
Dover was not 25-years-old so
Byron Britt agreed to serve
one year on the board until
Dover turned 25.
Benny Dover is serving
along with Roy Staples and S.
A. Washington on the board
of tax assessors.
grams, and was personally
congratulated by Tom Addi
son, president of Addison-
Rudesal, and his parents
from Marietta.
Past winners of Man of the
Year Awards, instituted by
the Jackson Kiwanis Club in
1969, were: Hampton L.
Daughtry, 1969; Robert Park
Newton, 1970; Pliny H.
Weaver, 1971; Doyle Jones,
Jr., 1972; Maurice W.
Carmichael, 1973; David P.
Ridgeway, Sr., 1974.
Past presidents of the
Jackson Club were also
honored at the Tuesday night
meeting as part of the
Founders Day program,
which is held annually.
Of the original charter
members, only two members
remain who have held
continuous membership for
the Club’s 54 years of civic
service, J. W. O’Neal, Sr. and
Elwood Robison, Sr.
equivalent to 25.8 months of
income, after taxes.
Related to Butts County
and to the average net
income in the area, life
insurance locally comes to
approximately $22,550 per
family.
, It is about double the
amount that most families
had ten years before and is
more than the average in
many communities.
Of the total holdings of the
local population as a whole,
$74,257,000, the major part is
in the form of ordinary life
insurance. In second place is
group insurance, which is
chiefly job-connected.
Carol Weaver Named
Chairman Of BCABC
Mrs. Carol Weaver, the
1976 chairman for the Butts
County Association of Beauti
fication through Conserva
tion, extends a cordial
invitation to all interested
citizens to attend this year’s
initial meeting on January
22nd from 7 o'clock until 8;30
p.m. at the Central Georgia
EMC building.
The theme for the BCABC
in 1975 was Pride in Butts
County; Mrs. Thelma Pros
ser, scrapbook chairman,
.
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BCABC OFFICERS MEET Butts County Association for Beautification Through Conservation officers met recently to
plan their 1976 campaign. BCABC officers shown above are left to right on the back side of the table: Doc McMichael, Thelma
Prosser. Elizabeth Watkins, Gwen Juhlin and Carol Weaver 1 1976 BCABC Chairman). On the front side of the table are: Bill
Essich, Sarah S. O'Neal, Eilene Milam and Christine Hardy. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
Dick O'Hara: Man of the Year 1975
Truck Mishap Takes
Life Of Local Child
The twin specters of death
and tragedy, which have
stalked the County with
dogged persistence the past
few weeks, claimed another
victim Friday afternoon
when little Calvin Lanier
Ridgway 111, 28 months old,
died under the wheels of a
heavy truck.
The tragic accident oc
curred at Pete Ridgway’s
dairy farm about 5:15 p m.
when the child got into the
path of a two-ton truck driven
by an employee. Butts
County Coroner John Sher
rell pronounced the child
asks that the community help
in deciding on an appropriate
theme for this Bicentennial
year.
Mrs. Weaver, who has a BS
degree in education, is an
active member of the
Towaliga Baptist Church,
where she has served as
Bible School director and has
also been on various nomi
nating committees. She is a
member of the Young
Women's Missionary
Society.
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
dead at the scene.
Deputy Bill Nelson of the
Sheriff's Department investi
gated the accident and
termed it “tragic but
unavoidable.” The tragedy
was witnessed by several
persons and no charges have
been brought against the
driver.
Funeral sendees were held
Saturday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock from the chapel of
Haisten Funeral Home with
the Rev. Joe Parham
officiating. Interment was in
the Fellowship Presbyterian
Church cemetery with Hais-
The Weaver family con
sists of Lisa, nine: Laura,
six; Carol and husband Luke.
Mrs. Weaver is a grade
mother and member of the
Boosters Club at Indian
Springs Academy, where the
children attend school.
Playing bridge and being a
member of the Mimosa
Garden Club are two of Mrs.
Weaver’s favorite hobbies.
She is a former member and
past president of the Modern
Homemakers Club. As far as
other community activities
go. Mrs. Weaver is member
ship chairman for the Butts
County Cancer Society.
ten Funeral Home in charge.
The child is survived by his
parents, Calvin Lanier
Ridgway. Jr. and Mrs. Carol
Bond Ridgway; one sister.
Miss Stacey Ridgway of
Jackson: grandparents. Mr
and Mrs. C. L. iPetei
Ridgway, Sr.. Mrs. Lamar
Jinks and Tom Bond, of
Jackson; great grand
mothers. Mrs. O. J. Bond and
Mrs. H G. Morris, of
Jackson.
Pallbearers were Vick
Sanvidge. Bert Sanvidge,
Marlin Fletcher and John
Bolton.
Mrs Weaver, when asked
about the 1976 BCABC
program, offered this state
ment: “I’m really looking
forward to being chairman of
this committee and know
that each of the other
members will work with me
to the fullest. Together we
hope to make 1976 our best
year to improve Butts County
in the beautification con
test."