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Arbor Day
Proclaimed By
Gov. Busbee
JACKSON, GA. A
bicentennial project for
churches, clubs, schools and
individuals that will be long
lasting and also help beautify
homes and public property is
being suggested by the
Georgia Forestry Commis
sion.
According to Ray Shirley,
director of the Commission,
on February 20th, proclaim
ed by Gov. George Busbee as
Arbor Day, there will be
special bicentennial seedling
packets on sale on the
Courthouse Square from 9
a.m. until sold out. The
packages will contain seven
one year old seedlings
identified with a paper band
and will sell for one dollar
per package. The seven
species in the package will be
White Pine, Loblolly Pine,
Virginia Pine, Catalpa, Yel
low Poplar, Red Cedar, and
Sawtooth Oak. Planting
instructions will also be
available at this time,
Shirley said.
Henderson
Junior High
Open House
Open House activities at
Henderson Junior High were
held on Sunday, February 8,
1976. An estimated crowd of
600 parents and friends
participated in the two hour
program which included,
performances by the Chorus
and Band, attending classes,
visiting the Social Science
Fair exhibits, and partaking
of refreshments prepared by
the Henderson Home Eco
nomics Department. “The
faculty and I would like to
thank all those participating
for making the 1976 Open
House a most successful
event,” stated Principal Bill
Shotwell.
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NEWS from your J
.PHARMACIST /
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Hoard
Medical authorities and
law enforcement officials are
alarmed over the increasing
use of “goof balls” and “pep
pills" by teen-agers. Authori
ties have good reason for
concern since the unpre
scribed use of these drugs
can lead to drug addiction.
Goof balls are barbitu
rates and pep pills are
amphetamines. Both are
available through legal chan
nels only upon prescription
from a physician. However,
these drugs are being
obtained by criminals
through illegal means and
are sold to teen-agers who
take them for “kicks”.
The compounding and
dispensing of drugs is our
business—a very serious
business. We follow your
doctor’s prescription to the
letter and you should take
only the prescribed dosages.
Allow us to safely compound
your prescriptions.
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JACKSON, GA.
HINT FOR THE HOME: A
temporary remedy for
scratches on your car is to
use a crayon, the color of
your car, then dab with clear
fingernail polish.
Gigi Lever ette
Keeping Door
AI The Senate
ATLANTA (UPI( When
Lt. Gov. Zell Miller asked
Gigi Leverette if she’d like to
be one of the first women
doorkeepers of the Georgia
Senate, she jumped at the
chance.
The petite blond had
developed an interest in
politics when she was 10 and
her father ran for sheriff of
Butts County.
He lost, but Gigi got a thrill
out of passing out campaign
literature on street corners,
attending campaign func
tions and just meeting people
and asking them to vote.
“Who would listen to a
10-year-old girl saying vote
for somebody?” she ex
claimed. “But that’s what I
did.”
Since those early cam
paign days, Gigi, a bubbling
19-year-old, has been active
ly pursuing a life in politics.
Last year, she became the
youngest member of the
state Democratic Executive
Committee and was named
to Who’s Who in American
Politics. She had worked the
previous year as a volunteer
in Miller’s campaign for
lieutenant governor.
“I thought he had a lot of
good ideas about what ought
to be done in government,”
she said.
This year, she and Ad
rienne Jones, a Clark College
student, became the first
women named as assistant
Senate doorkeepers.
Before the legislative ses
sion convened, Miller an
nounced a plan to name th 6
president of the Georgia
Jaycees as doorkeeper in
order to keep political
favoritism out of the appoint
ment. His announcement
stirred protests from women
who complained Miller’s
plan was discriminatory
because the Jaycees did not
admit women.
When the session started,
the state had two women
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Riley
Thaxton, Bill and Tim
Thaxton, and Johnny Gallo
way of Anniston, Ala., Miss
Joni Thaxton and Steven
Eussery of Macon spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Mercer Hodges and Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Pope.
Lions Club 1976
Birthday Calendars
For Sale
•••
If you have not received your
calendar, or if you want one,
please come by Deraney’s Depart
ment Store and see Larry Deraney.
Calendars $2.50 each
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
doorkeepers.
“I think its great being the
first. I think more women
should be in jobs like this,”
said Gigi.
She said Miller, the
Senate’s presiding officer,
was attending a banquet in
her hometown of Jackson
last year when he approach
ed her about the door
keeper’s position, which pays
$27 a day.
“I’d do it volunteer,” she
said. “If he had said it’s a
volunteer job, I’d have
grabbed it.”
When she got the job, Gigi
had decided to skip a
semester or two at Tift
College in Forsyth. Now she
says, “it will be a surprise to
me if I go back.” The school
doesn’t offer a major in
political science, and that is
what she wants.
“People say I should go on
and finish school,” Gigi said
of her decision to drop out
temporarily. “But I’d much
rather be doing this than be
in a schoolroom. And I like to
be around people all the
time.”
Besides, she said, she
completed high school a year
early by going to summer
school each years, so she
didn’t feel compelled to zip
through college.
Gigi has had no problems
so far in the traditionally
male position, and she’s not
anticipating any.
She describes the job of
doorkeeper - making sure
only authorized persons
enter the Senate chamber
as a challenge “because it’s
something I’ve never done
before.”
Gigi doesn’t know yet what
route she’ll take in pursuit of
a political career, but she
thinks the Senate job will
help her decide. Right now,
however, she’s very sure of
one thing she wants to
come back next year.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Caldwell of Forest Park and
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Caldwell,
Jr. and children of Bremen
visited Mrs. G. G. Wallace on
Wednesday of last week.
Miss Beatrice Wood and
Mrs. E. A. Parrish were
dinner guests Tuesday of last
week of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Freeman in Monticello.
Report From
Indian
Springs
By
MRS. CLYDE HOARD
Miss Blannie Stallworth
had as her recent guests
Misses Hazel Huffman, Kath
leen Moon, Emily Green,
Annie Laurie Turner and
Louise Burch, of Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grier,
Sr. were dinner guests
Friday night of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Grier, Jr. in Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy
Stephens had as , their
weekend guests Mr. Ste
phens’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
V. R. Stephens of Hogans
ville.
Mrs. Louis Taylor and
Randy Taylor spent Satur
day with Mrs. Taylor’s
father, Mr. Reuben Jones, of
Crawfordville.
Mrs. Margaret McDonald
of Albany is spending a few
days with her sister, Mrs.
Lynda Rastello.
Miss Winnie Taylor visited
Miss Joni Thaxton in Macon
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Sandra Stephens
attended a shower Saturday
afternoon in Jenkinsburg in
honor of Miss Kay Awtry.
Mrs. Lucile Johnson and
Mrs. Dan Hoard were
visitors in Macon on Monday.
Mr. Asa Maddox made a
business trip to Miami,
Florida last week.
Alan Williams spent the
weekend with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Williams.
Mrs. W. T. Roach of Dublin
spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Hoard.
Mr. Stan Hogan spent
Wednesday and Thursday of
last week in Dublin with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lamar
Hogan, and his brother, Clay
Hogan.
Mrs. Asa Maddox spent
last week in Savannah with
Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
McCollum.
Mrs. Margaret Greer of
Dublin spent the weekend at
her home here.
Mr. Dawson Stallworth of
Westminster, S. C. spent the
weekend with his sister, Miss
Blannie Stallworth.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Holloway
spent Sunday with Dr. and
Mrs. Alan Batchelor and
family in Bremen.
Brad and Page Earnhart of
Jackson spent the weekend
with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Asa Maddox.
Mrs. Cecil Adams spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Hoard.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1976
Miss Watts
Wins First
With Speech
Jacquelyn Watts, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watts
of Indian Springs, received
S3O as first prize in the
American Legion Oratorical
Contest at Jackson High
School last Tuesday evening.
She competed with four other
students of Jackson High
including Lee Duffey, last
year’s Fourth District win
ner. Others were Charlie
Robison, Mac Browning and
Merrill Folsom; all of the
students showed much pro
mise for the years ahead.
Several Jackson High stu
dents, Mrs. Nancy Houghta
ling, and Post 102 Officers
and the Ladies Auxiliary
assisted with the contest.
Jackie also represented
Post 102 in the Fourth
District contest last Saturday
in Atlanta at Post 51 in East
Point.
At Atlanta, Post 102 was
invited to attend the Depart
ment contest in Griffin at
11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb
ruary 28, in the Speech
Department at Griffin High
School. Those interested in
this oratorical contest on the
Constitution of the United
States, should call Mr.
Patterson at 775-2468. He will
arrange transportation.
Judges for the local contest
were Curtis Gave and L. L.
Jones, both from Jackson
High School; Mac Davis, Van
Deventer Youth Center;
James McCormick, Hender
son Junior High School, and
Charlie Brown, local insu
rance agent.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Robert F. Armstrong,
who suffered a heart attack
February 4th while on a trip
to Anaheim, California, re
mains in critical condition at
the Good Samaritan Hospital
there.
Friends of Mrs. D. W. Ham
of Jackson and Mrs. J. A.
Padgett of Flovilla sympa
thize with them in the death
of their niece, Mrs. W. H.
Draughon, 46, of Chatta
nooga, Tenn. Mrs. Draughon
died Saturday, February
14th, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday in Chattanooga. She
was daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Head of Perry.
Local Men
Attended
Cancer Meet
Education-Funds Crusader
Chairman Larry Morgan and
Mass Media Chairman
Charles Huggins of the Butts
County Unit of the American
Cancer Society attended the
Region 5 kickoff meeting in
Griffin on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 10.
Presiding at the meeting
was Region Five Chairman
Col. James Boodie (USAF
Retired), of LaGrange. Prin
cipal speaker was Georgia
Division Chairman Ted
Ridlehuber of Athens, who
spoke on the “WHAT, WHY
AND WHO” of the 1976
educational and fund raising
crusade. Mr. Ridlehuber
stated that the 1976 goal of
the Georgia Division is
$2,636,00. Butts County’s 1975
goal was $3,780, and will be
$4,368 in 1976.
Different aspects of moti
vation and planrting for a
successful crusade were
presented by officers of
Region 5, which includes
Butts, Troup, Carroll, Spald
ing, Coweta, Lamar, Pike,
Upson, Monroe, Heard,
Douglas, Meriwether, Tal
bot, Haralson, and Paulding
Counties.
Volunteer workers for the
1976 crusade are asked to call
Mr. Larry Morgan at
775-3178. Speakers are avail
able for civic clubs and other
engagements by calling the
same number.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jed Jinks of
Dublin visited relatives and
friends in Jackson the past
weekend,
Mrs. W. E. Vaughn
returned home last Thursday
from a visit of ten days in
Smithville, Missouri with her
son, Walter Vaughn, and
family.
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City-County Fire
Truck Destroyed
The three year old city
county owned fire truck of
Jackson was for all practical
purposes destroyed last
Saturday in an accident
involving only the fire truck.
At 5:20 p.m., February 14,
the Jackson Eire Depart
ment received a call about an
auto fire located on Georgia
Highway 42 south, near the
Monroe-Butts County line.
The city-county fire truck
was dispatched to answer the
call.
Volunteer fireman John
Chiappetta, driver of the
truck, headed for the fire
alone. As he approached the
curve just past the old VFW
Club building on Georgia
Highway 42, headed toward
Indian Springs, the water in
the 1,250 gallon tank on the
truck shifted, according to
the accident report, due to
excessive speed. As the
water shifted the truck went
out of control.
The truck traveled appro
ximately 615 feet before it
came to rest. It was reported
to have turned over three
times before stopping. John
Chiappetta was taken to
Sylvan Grove Hospital and
was later released after
treatment for minor injuries.
A representative of the
Charles S. McLardy Com
pany of Atlanta, the company
from which the wrecked fire
truck was purchased, was in
Jackson Tuesday morning to
determine the salvage value
of the fire truck. Butts
County Commissioners re
ported that the Charles S.
MRS. CLAUDIE KING
FETED BY RELATIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Butler and Lisa of Manches
ter and Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Butler, Robbie and Ira of
Griffin entertained Mrs.
Claudie King Sunday, Feb
ruary 15th, in honor of her
birthday.
The lovely affair was given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. •
Bennie Hilley at Williamson.
McLardy Company has
agreed to loan the city and
county another fire truck
until the details of replacing
the damaged truck can be
settled.
Concerning the replace
ment of the truck, Mayor of
Jackson C. B. Brown, Jr.
stated to the Progress-Argus
Tuesday morning that, “The
city is going to go with what
fire protection we’ve got. If
the county offers to replace
the truck under the same
conditions as the other truck
we will be willing to discuss
it. It’s up to the county to
instigate it.”
Until the county can
replace the fire fighting
equipment, the Flovilla Fire
Department will be answer
ing fire calls in the county. To
report a fire outside of the
Jackson City Limits call: Mr.
Burford at 775-2759, or
775-5511, Mr. Parker at
775-5576, Mr. Smith at
775-2172 or Mr. Haynes at
775-5284.
Calling the Jackson Fire
Department to report a fire
outside of the city limits will
only delay response to the
fire.
In case of a forest fire call
775-2530 for the Butts-Henry
County Forestry Unit.
Fires inside the Jackson
City Limits may be reported
to the Jackson Fire Depart
ment as before.
Volunteers of the Jackson
Fire Department will assist
the Flovilla Fire Department
in fighting fires in the county,
outside of the Jackson City
Limits.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all those
who helped in any way with
the chicken stew Saturday
night, February 7th. It was a
complete success with the
proceeds going to Mr. and
Mrs. Jackie Cook. We
appreciate those who patro
nized as well as those who
gave their time and efforts,
as well as new news media,
the Radio Station and the
Jackson Progress-Argus.
Flovilla Community.