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Volume 102 Number 5
Jackson Kiwanians Honor
Memory of Former Editor
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KIWANIS HONORS FORMER EDITOR Vincent
Jones, brother of the late Doyle Jones, Jr., is pictured above
accepting a plaque for the family from Kiwanis President
Jack Little. During the ceremonies held January 20, Doyle
Jones, Jr. was made a Memorial Fellow of Kiwanis
International Foundation. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
Freeman Announces
Candidacy for D. A.
W. Franklin Freeman, Jr.,
Forsyth attorney, announced
Monday his intention of
qualifying as a candidate for
Flint Judicial Circuit District
Attorney. Freeman is the
first announced candidate for
the position. The Flint
Judicial Circuit is composed
of Monroe, Henry, Butts and
Lamar Counties.
In announcing his inten
tions, Freeman commented,
“I want to serve as District
Attorney for the Flint
Judicial Circuit and I feel
that this office is important
to the effective administra
tion of justice and halting the
spread of crime.”
Attorney Freeman has
practiced law in Forsyth
since July of 1968 and is a
native of Monroe County. He
presently serves as Judge of
the City of Jackson Re
corder’s Court and has
served as Judge for the City
of Forsyth.
A graduate of the Univer
sity of Georgia Law School,
he was captain of the
University Debate Team and
a member of Gridiron, Blue
Key and ODK.
Presently a member of the
Young Man
Of The Year
Names Needed
For the next two weeks the
Butts County Jaycees are
seeking nominations for
Young Man of the Year. Any
one in Butts County may
nominate someone between
the ages of 18 and 35 that has
done outstanding work in the
community or county. This is
one of the awards given at
the STAR Student banquet
which will be held Tuesday,
February 17th, at the
Jackson High lunchroom.
Applicants or nominees
may be sent to: Butts County
Jaycees, P. O. Box 3875,
Jackson, Ga. 30233.
The Jaycees and many
W. FRANKLIN
FREEMAN, JR.
Board of Governors of the
Georgia Bar Association, he
has served as Secretary and
Treasurer of the Monroe
County Chamber of Com
merce, Secretary and Treas
urer of the Monroe County
Jaycees and as President of
the Forsyth-Monroe Kiwanis
Club of which he is a charter
member.
Qualifying opens in the
Democratic Primary May 26
and closes June 9. The post is
presently held by incumbent
Edward E. McGarity.
school officials are busy at
this time getting everything
in readiness for the STAR
Student banquet at which
Newt Gingrich, candidate in
the race for U.S. Congress
from the Sixth District in the
1974 campaign, will be guest
speaker. He is also a college
professor at West Georgia
College, Carrollton.
Those involved are expect
ing support from the entire
county.
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The memory of Doyle
Jones, Jr. has been per
petually enshrined as a
Memorial Fellow of Kiwanis
International Foundation by
members of the Jackson
Kiwanis Club.
President Jack Little an
nounced the award at
Tuesday night’s annual
Founders Day program and
presented to Vincent Jones,
who accepted for family, a
handsome engraved plaque.
In making the presenta
tion, President Little paid
tribute to the over 30 years of
service rendered Kiwanis by
the former editor, who
served as president of the
local club in 1955.
The recipient’s father, the
late J. Doyle Jones, Sr., was
a charter member of the
Jackson Kiwanis Club when
it received its charter on
January 17, 1922, and served
as its president in 1926.
The late editor’s brother,
Vincent, was active in the
Jackson Club for many
years, serving as its presi
dent in 1948.
Dean Kilby
Injured In
Auto Crash
Dean Kilby, 18-year-old son
of Neal and Katie Kilby of
Butts County, was seriously
injured in an automobile
accident Sunday, January
18th, around 5:00 p.m. in
Lamar County.
Dean was alone and
headed west on Georgia
Highway 36 toward Barnes
ville when he collided
head-on with a car traveling
east. Drivers of both cars
were charged with driving
too close to the center of the
highway.
Laura Wright of Barnes
ville, one of eight passengers
in the east bound auto and
who was pregnant, lost her
baby in the accident and
suffered a broken leg.
Funeral services for the baby
were held at Liberty Baptist
Church in Butts County,
Wednesday morning, Jan
uary 21, at 11:00 a.m. Mrs.
Wright is the former Laura
Walker of Griffin.
In the accident, Dean
suffered injuries about his
head including eye and ear
injuries. He also suffered a
crushed elbow, arm and leg.
The 18-year-old Dean has
undergone plastic surgery at
the Macon Medical Center
where he is resting in
traction now, waiting for a
decision by the doctors
concerning surgery on his
crushed elbow and arm. All
that he is certain of at this
time is that surgery on his
eye has been completed and
that he will be in traction at
the Medical Center for at
least six weeks.
Katie Kilby, Dean’s
mother, is an English
teacher at Indian Springs
Academy in Jackson; Dean’s
father, Neal, is a DCT
teacher in the Lamar County
School System.
Jurors Drawn
For February
Term of Court
The February term of
Butts Superior Court will
convene Monday, February
2nd, at 9:30 a.m. in the Butts
County Courtroom.
Jurors for the February
term were drawn Wednes-
Jac Georgia 30233, Thursday, January 29, 1976
New Barnett's Bridge Promising
After one and one-half
years of “on again, off
again” planning, Butts
Countains have reason to feel
fairly sure that the dream of
anew Barnett’s Bridge will
become a reality. The feeling
of surety comes from a
statement made by Tom
Moreland, Commissioner of
the Department of Transpor
tation, before three members
of the Georgia legislature:
Senator Peter Banks of the
17th Senatorial District,
Representative J. R. Smith
of the 78th District and
Representative Ray Tucker
Seven Fires Hit Over Weekend
A rash of fires took unwary
Butts Countains by surprise
during the past weekend.
Freezing temperatures
which killed grass and weeds
throughout the county and
dry windy weather which
preceded the weekend, set
the stage for seven grass
and wood fires in Butts.
Friday at 10:38 a .m., a fire
on Georgia Highway 36,
behind the Church of Christ
was reported. Workers had
been burning trash in a 55
gallon drum and apparently
Miss Heart of Georgia
Contest Slated Feb 21
The Butts County Chamber
of Commerce and the Butts
County Lions Club are jointly
sponsoring the Miss Heart of
Georgia Beauty Contest this
year as they did last year.
Scheduled for February 21,
1976, this year’s contest
promises to top last year’s
with an emphasis on talent
(the beauty will also be
abundant).
Pretty Kathy Payton, Miss
Heart of Georgia in 1975, will
act as hostess of the affair.
Her experience and poise will
inevitably add charm and
sparkle to the event. Kathy is
currently attending classes
at Tift College.
Butts County United
Appeal Exceeds Goal
Tom Webb, Drive Chair
man. today announced that
the Board of Trustees for the
Butts County United Appeal,
met Thursday night, January
15, to approve the 1976
Budget and hear the final
report on the 1976 Fund Drive
which officially ended on
November 30, 1975.
Mr. Webb reported that the
drive was one of the most
successful ever and that the
goal of $12,000.00 was
exceeded by almost 25
percent. Pledges and cash
contributions totaled
$14,976.35. This news was
especially welcomed by the
Board of Trustees, who had
feared that the 1976 Budget
might have to be cut even
below the $12,000.00 goal due
to a 1975 deficit of $2,000.00.
On the strength of the
day, January 21, by Judge
Sam L. Whitmire of the Flint
Judicial Circuit. A list of
jurors follows:
Grand Jurors
James L. Robertson, Wil-
Continued on Page 8
of the 73rd District, along
with three Butts County
Commissioners David
Bailey, Bob Taylor and
Buster Duke and Butts
County Commission Clerk
Billy Sutton.
In his statement last
Thursday, Moreland said
that the structure design for
anew bridge had been
accepted and that a contract
would be let in July, 1976 for
completion later during that
year.
Moreland said that he had
visited the bridge site
sparks from the drum spread
the fire to the grass.
Approximately 300 square
feet of pasture belonging to
T. M. Washington, according
to the Jackson Fire Depart
ment. burned before the
blazes were extinguished.
A second fire was reported
the same day at 12:34 p.m.
on Georgia Highway 16 east
of Jackson. The fire started
behind apartments at Oak
Ridge Subdivision and
spread across land belonging
The beauty contest will be
presented in the Jackson
High School Auditorium.
Admission for adults will be
$1.50 and for students, 75
cent.
Contestants will be select
ed from Butts and surround
ing counties including:
Lamar, Henry, Jasper and
Monroe Counties.
Winner of the contest will
receive a scholarship to the
college of her choice and the
honor of competing in the
Miss Georgia Contest.
For entry information, call
775-5423 or 775-3188 or write:
Dick O’Hara, 1139 E. 3rd St.,
Jackson, Georgia 30233.
encouraging report, the
Board proceeded with ap
proval of a 1976 Budget
totaling $12,400.00 which
included the addition of the
Butts County Training Cen
ter as a separate agency and
the replacement of the
Traveler’s Aid Agency with a
Transit Aid Fund to be
administered by the Butts
County Ministerial Associa
tion.
“The Board of Trustees
and everyone connected with
the Butts County United
Appeal join me in expressing
heartfelt thanks to all who
have given and-or pledged to
give.” said Mr. Webb.
He also added that al
though the formal drive
ended on November 30th,
anyone who hasn't given or
pledged may still do so by
sending contributions or
pledge to the Butts County
United Appeal, P. O. Box 233,
Jackson, Georgia 30233
Mr. Webb closed by saying,
“Remember, because of you,
it works, right here at
home.”
For more information,
contact: Tom Webb at
775-2449.
himself and had determined
that there was a need for a
new bridge and that what
there was of the old Barnett’s
Bridge would not justify
repairing. Therefore plans
for anew bridge had to be
drawn up.
Reconstruction of the
bridge was first promised by
DOT to begin in January of
1975 before the program
encountered funding pro
blems. A lack of sufficient
funds to finance the plans for
anew bridge caused a delay
in the construction. A change
to A. C. Freeman estate.
The Jackson Fire Depart
ment. the Georgia Forestry
Unit and the Flovilla Fire
Department answered the
call. Before the fire could be
brought under control, high
winds spread the blazes
rapidly and three old tenant
houses where hay was being
stored were destroyed. The
flames also reached an old
house used to store corn
which belongs to Wilmer
White, but were extinguished
before major damage was
done. In all. the three fire
units fought the fire for 14
hours before bringing it
under control.
Simultaneously, fire broke
out near Jenkinsburg on High
Falls Road between Georgia
23 and 42. Four fire
departments answered the
call including the Locust
Grove Fire Department, the
Jenkinsburg Fire Depart
ment, the Jackson Fire
Department and the Georgia
Forestry Unit.
The fire burned grass and
woods in a 30 acre area on
land belonging to Jim
Westbury. T. H. Price and W.
J. Saunders. Many volun
teers fought the fire along
with the firemen for 24
GIVE
UNITED APPEAL DRIVE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER Tom Webb, Drive Chairman,
is shown above, after having recorded the final figure on the United Appeal tally board,
indicating the fine showing. With a goal of $12,000, the U.A. drive netted $14,976.35. Photo
by Jerry McLaurin.
$6,18 Per Year In Advance
in the design of the bridge
plans plus a secondary
source of funding enabled
Moreland to finally give the
go ahead on the contract
letting for construction of the
bridge.
The Department of Trans
portation. Highway Division.
Thomaston District Office,
ruled the bridge unsafe in
June of 1974 and asked Butts
County Commissioners to
close the bridge due to
damage caused by weather
ing and repeated overstress
ing of the structural mem
hours before extinguishing
the blazes.
A fourth fire was reported
at 2:31 p.m., Friday, off Keys
Ferry Road in front of the
Worthville Baptist Church on
the land of Mrs. H. L.
Hodges. The fire apparently
started on the side of the road
and spread toward the
woods. The fire burned one
quarter of an acre before the
blazes were brought under
control.
Fire number five was
reported at 4:34 p.m.,
Friday, at the home of Joe
Brown. Jr., located off the
High Falls Road between
Georgia Highways 36 and 16.
The fire reportedly started
when the heating unit located
outside of the house ignited
and set tall grass which was
growing around the heating
unit, on fire. The blazes
burned grass surrounding
the house on three sides and
did very minor damage to the
house itself.
On Saturday, at 4:15 p.m..
the Jackson Fire Depart
ment received a report of fire
on Georgia Highway 42.
north of Jackson, across the
highway from Newt Ethe
redge’s home. The fire
started on the shoulder of the
bers of the truss by heavy
loads.
Barnett’s Bridge crosses
Tussehaw Creek channel on
Jackson Lake and is on what
used to be a widely traveled
road that connected the Keys
Ferry Road to the Old
Jackson Lake Inn - Stark
Road. While the bridge has
been closed, it has caused
some inconvenience with
detours necessary by Stark
and the Keys Ferry Road to
reach areas of the lake that
would formerly have been
accessible by passage over
Barnett's Bridge.
road and spread to the
nearby railroad track, burn
ing a strip approximately 25
yards by 100 yards.
Yet another fire was
reported at 12:43 a.m.,
Sunday morning on Orchard
Street in Jackson. The fire,
spotted by a patrol car
driver, spread from the
shoulder of the road and
burned approximately 100
square feet toward the home
of Mrs. John Hunt on
McDonough Road.
Many volunteers helped to
fight each of the fires. The
firemen and especially the
property owners express
their gratitude to those who
volunteered their services.
Property owners are espe
cially grateful to the firmen
of all the departments for
their excellent service to the
communities.
Chief Vaughn of the
Jackson Fire Department
urges all citizens to be
extremely careful when
burning trash and to refrain
from tossing cigarettes from
car window-s. Freezing condi
tions accompanied by arid
winds are ideal conditions for
fires. The coming months are
fire danger months —be
aware and prevent fires.