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Kacfeaoti progress-Argus
Volume 103 No. 9
Young Man, Farmer and Educator of the Year
The annual awards ban
quet, sponsored by the Butts
County Jaycees, was held
Tuesday night, February 17,
at the Jackson High School
lunchroom.
Civic leaders, club mem
bers, relatives, friends and
admirers were on hand to
honor the Outstanding Young
Man of the Year, Young
Educator of the Year, Young
Farmer of the Year and
STAR Student and Teacher
of the Year as well as
academically outstanding
Jackson High School seniors.
Donald Thaxton, president
of the Butts County Jaycees,
welcomed guests at the
banquet and introduced the
speaker, Newt Gingrich,
assistant professor of history
at West Georgia College and
Republican candidate for the
Sixth District congressional
seat in 1974.
After Gingrich charged
Jackson High School seniors
with the duties and responsi
bilities that the future would
bring them, the awards
winners were announced.
Bill Jones, Butts County
School Superintendent, an
nounced Rebecca W. Waters,
Young Educator of the Year.
Augusta Opera Company
Here Saturday Evening
Citizens of Jackson and the
surrounding area are ex
citedly awaiting the arrival
of the Augusta Opera
Company on Saturday night.
The opera company will
present Donizetti’s “Elixir of
Love” at the Jackson High
School Auditorium at 8:00
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28.
This is a comic opera in a
“Gone with the Wind”
setting, and it will be sung in
English. The costumes and
sets are so beautiful and the
opera is so entertaining that
even a small child will enjoy
it. All tickets are $3.00 with
no reserved seats. Buy your
tickets in advance by calling
Jim Brewer (775-2384) or
Charlotte Battle (775-7620),
or buy them at the door on
Saturday night.
The opera company is
being warmly received by
Jacksonians. On Monday,
Feb. 23, Col. and Mrs. Robert
Owens visited the Jackson
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OPERA PAGES Donizetti’s opera, “Elixir of Love”, appearing at the Jackson High
School Auditorium, February 28 and presented by the Augusta Opera Company, will be paged
by the Jackson High School students above. Left to right they are, back row: Myra Manley,
Vanessa Benton, Steve Bridges, De-Vicki Powell, Debbie Varner and Wayne Battle; front row:
Todd Foster, Kibbie Carr, Janice Watkins, Monica Thurman and Kathy Crockarell. Not shown
in the photo but also a page is Valerie Benton. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
Rebecca was born in Savan
nah in June of 1949. She
attended schools there and
graduated from Savannah
High School. She is a
graduate of Armstrong State
College in Savannah and is
working on her Masters
Degree in reading at the
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REBECCA WATERS
University of Georgia.
She taught reading for two
years in Savannah and
worked three summers there
in a Title I kindergarten
program before moving to
Jackson three years ago. She
is the first teacher at
Henderson Elementary
School to work in the
schools and showed slides
and talked about the opera.
Members of the Magnolia
and Cherokee Garden Clubs
entertained Col. and Mrs.
Owens at a luncheon at the
Central Georgia Electric
Memership Corporation
building.
This weekend the following
Jackson citizens are keeping
members of the opera in
their homes: Mrs. Nora
Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Senate Honors
Liz Carmichael
Jones For Art
A native Jackson artist,
Mrs. Liz Carmichael Jones,
has been honored by the
Georgia Senate for her
outstanding accomplish-
“Special” program. The first
year at Henderson, she
taught reading in the Title I
program and then moved
into the ESAA program
where she has worked for two
years.
Becky, as she is called, has
done a very creditable job in
working with students who
are a year or more behind in
their school work. Many of
these students have made
tremendous strides in over
coming their problems in
reading. She has done an
outstanding job in working
with teachers in in-service
and on an individual basis.
She is coordinator of the
“Right to Read” program at
the Henderson Elementary
School.
She is a member of the
International Reading Asso
ciation, the Association of
Childhood Educators Inter
national, the National Asso
ciation for Education of
Young Children as well as
BAE, GAE, and NEA. Her
hobbies include cooking and
sewing.
According to her peers,
who voted her Young
Educator of the Year, she
has a pleasing personality
Deraney, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
O’Neal, Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Carmichael, Mr. and
Mrs. Pliny Weaver, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Fears, Mr. Harold
Grant, Dr. and Mrs. Tom
O’Dell, Mr. and Mrs. Byrd
Garland, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Brewer, Mrs. Kathryn Hais
ten, Mr. Scott Coleman, Mr.
and Mrs. Hollis Griggs, and
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Glide
well.
ments in the field of graphic
arts and for her nature and
wildlife paintings.
The resolution praising
Mrs. Jones for her contribu
tions in these fields was
introduced by Senator Lester
of Augusta and was adopted
by a unanimous vote.
Citing a paper, the first
ever by a woman, given by
Mrs. Jones at a national
meeting in St. Louis last fall
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 26. 1976
which enables her to work
smoothly with teachers and
pupils alike. She is well
deserving of the honor.
Becky is married to J.
Eugene Waters who teaches
sociology, psychology and
criminology at Gordon
Junior College in Barnes
ville. Rebecca and Eugene
Waters are members of the
First Baptist Church of
Jackson.
Millard Daniel, Butts
County Agricultural Exten
sion Agent, introduced and
presented the Young Farmer
of the Year award to William
L. Fletcher. Bill is a Butts
County native. He began
farming at the early age of
nine when he purchased his
first cow and calf through the
Van Deventer program.
Bill attended the public
schools of Butts County and
is a graduate of Jackson High
School. He attended North
Georgia College for two
years and is a graduate of the
University of Georgia with a
Bachelor’s Degree in a
division of agricultural en
ginering.
While in college, he served
on the Ag Hill Council and
was the first vice-president
Robert W. (Bob) Taylor,
Butts County Commissioner
fillling Post No. 3, has
submitted a letter of resigna
tion to Governor Busbee
making his resignation from
the Butts County Board of
Commissioners effective
February 20, 1976.
A portion of the letter
wherein his reason for
resigning is given reads as
follows: “The pressure of
owning two businesses and
trying to serve you to the
very best of my ability as one
of your County Commis
sioners has been a tremen
dous burden. Now, that
burden has become just too
much to bear.”
of wildlife illustrators, the
resolution also commended
her for outstanding art work
in the publication, Outdoors
in Georgia, and for her
display of wildlife paintings
shown last fall at Saint
Simons Island.
Mrs. Jones is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Carmichael of Jackson and is
married to Robert Jones. The
Joneses reside in Atlanta,
where Mrs. Jones is employ
ed as unit chief in charge of
artists and photographers for
the Georgia Division of
Natural Resources.
Her father was present at
the Senate ceremony honor
ing her, as was her aunt,
Mrs. M. W. Carmichael of
Jackson.
Kiwanis
Kapers
March 13
The Jackson Kiwanis
Club’s third annual Kiwanis
Kapers is scheduled to be
held Saturday, March 13, at
7:30p.m. at the Jackson High
School Auditorium. The
talent show for the youth of
Butts County is co-sponsored
this year by the Jackson
Kiwanis Club and the
of Alpha Gamma Rho
professional fraternity. He
also served two years as
treasurer of Alpha Gamma
Rho.
Bill has been farming on
his own for two years. He
owns some land but leases
approximately 550 acres of
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land that he works. He is
farming 350 acres of soy
beans, 250 acres of corn and
150 acres of wheat. Bill does
most of the work himself but
occasionally he talks his
brother, Van, into helping
him.
The oldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lovett Fletcher, Bill is
Bob Taylor Resigns As Commissioner
Tuesday Rites
Held For Mrs.
Armstrong
Funeral services for Mrs.
Beulah Lane Armstrong, 65,
of 313 Woodland Way,
Jackson, were held Tuesday
afternoon at two o’clock from
the chapel of Haisten
Jackson Theatre Guild.
Talented young people will
compete for recognition and
trophies according to their
ages. The groups will be
broken down into three age
categories: 1-6 grade, 7-9
grade and 10-12 grade.
The senior division winner
will be eligible for competing
at the district and state
levels. Tryouts will be held
Saturday, February 28, at the
Van Deventer Youth Center
at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets for the event are
available from any’ Key Club
member at a cost of 50 cents
each.
Talent applications will be
available at all of the
principals’ offices in all of the
schools in the county.
Completed applications
should be handed in at the
window at the Jackson Post
Office no later than 2:00
p.m., February 28.
24 years old and a member of
the Jackson Presbyterian
Church, where he serves as a
deacon. He is a member of
the Young Farmers Associa
tion and the National
Agricultural Engineer’s
Society and serves as the
vice-president of the Local
Chapter of the Farm Bureau.
John W. Browning, Jr.
introduced and announced
Charles Huggins, Outstand
ing Young Man of the Year.
Charlie was born in Atlanta
in October of 1942. He
attended public schools in
Hapeville and graduated
from Hapeville High School
in 1960 where he lettered in
football and basketball, was
a member of the Beta Club,
Battalion Commander of his
school’s ROTC Unit and was
valedictorian of his class.
He attended college at
Georgia State University in
Atlanta where he graduated
in 1964. While at Georgia
State he was a member of
Blue Key National Honor
Fraternity and Psi Chi
National Honor Society in
Psychology; he lettered in
tennis and was president of
the Glee Club. He was
president of his senior class
As of Tuesday morning,
February 24, Butts County
officials were waiting for
orders from the governor’s
office before taking action to
fill the vacancy created by
the resignation.
Billy Sutton, Clerk of the
Butts County Board of
Commissioners, stated that
until the governor has
declared the office vacant
and the Butts County Probate
Judge has received word
from the governor concern
ing the vacancy, the county
cannot act on the situation.
What will happen when the
resignation is made official
by the governor? According
to the Butts County Attorney,
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Phil DeMore. pastor of the
Jackson United Methodist
Church, officiating.
Interment services were
held Wednesday afternoon at
four o’clock in the Arm
strong-Lane Cemetery in
Rogersville, Tennessee.
Mrs. Armstrong died early
Saturday morning at the
Good Samaritan Hospital in
Anaheim, California where
she had been a patient since
suffering a heart attack more
than two weeks previously.
She and her husband,
Robert F. Armstrong,
manager of the Central
Georgia Electric Member
ship. Corp., were attending a
national meeting of rural
electric cooperatives in Cali
fornia when she was
stricken.
A native of Hawkins
County, Tenn., she was the
daughter of the late Samuel
Smith Lane and Catherine
Snapp Lane. She attended
East Tennessee State College
in Johnson City, Tenn. and
was a graduate of Tift
College in Forsyth.
For many years, she was a
popular teacher in the Butts
County School system, and
had retired only last year.
She was a member of the
Jackson United Methodist
Church, the Jephtha Chapter
252 Order of the Eastern Star
in 1964 and was listed in
“Who’s Who Among Students
in American College and
Universities.”
In 1964, he was commis
sioned as an officer in the U.
S. Navy where he flew
mulit-engined anti-sub
marine aircraft. While
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CHARLES HUGGINS
serving in the Navy, he was
awarded the Air Medal. RVN
Campaign Medal and VN
Service Medal with seven
stars. He resigned from
active duty in the Navy in
1970 as a lieutenant.
Shortly after his tour in the
Navy, he began his current
employment with Eastern
the governor usually sends
orders to the county on what
procedures to follow along
with the declaration of the
vacancy in these instances.
In the county attorney’s
opinion there will be an
election. According to state
law', if the term of office
remaining to be served
amounts to more than six
months, an election must be
called; if less than six
months remain an appoint
ment must be made to fill the
office. Bob Taylor’s term as
county commissioner does
not expire until January 1,
1977.
In this case the election
would be handled as a
McCrakin Gets
Diploma From
Gupton-Jones
Charles E. (Chuck) Mc-
Crackin of Jackson was
among the 64 graduates
receiving diplomas from the
Gupton-Jones College of
Mortuary Science on Friday,
February 20th, at com
mencment exercises held at
the First Baptist Church in
Hapeville.
Lon Thurmer, Manager of
SCI. Funeral Service Firms
in Florida, gave the com
mencement address, "The
Image of a Leader’’. Presen
tation of awards was made
by Russell M. Millison, and
W. H. Pierce presented the
and the Cherokee Garden
Club.
Survivors include her hus
band. Robert F. Armstrong;
one son. Tommy Armstrong,
and a granddaughter, Miss
Charlotte Elaine Armstrong,
of Allentown, N. J.; five
sisters, Mrs. R. H. Brown of
Gate City, Va., Mrs. C. C.
Alley, Bristol. Va.. Miss
Margaret Lane. Rogersville,
Tenn.; Mrs. Herbert Han
cock. Baltimore, Md.; Miss
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“special election” and must
be called by the probate
judge after he has received
word on the matter from the
governor. According to the
Georgia Election Code, the
election cannot be held
before 29 days have elapsed
following the day that the
election is officially “called”
by the probate judge.
In essence, provided the
governor does declare a
vacancy on the Butts County
Board of Commissioners
soon, a special election will
be called sometime within
the next few days and an
election will be held after the
required 29 days have
elapsed to fill the vacancy.
Airlines as a flight engineer.
A resident of Butts County
for little more than two
years, Charles Huggins is a
Lay Leader of the Jackson
United Methodist Church
where he sings in the choir, a
member of the Board of
Directors of the Butts County
Child Development Founda
tion, Inc., a member of Butts
County Chamber of Com
merce, vice-president of the
Jackson Exchange Club also
serving as Program Com
mittee Chairman and Publi
city Chariman and a team
coach in Pee Wee football. He
is currently serving as
Mayor of the City of Flovilla.
As announced and detailed
in the February 19 edition of
the Jackson Progress-Argus,
Robert Merritt was awarded
STAR Student and Howard
Janke was named STAR
Teacher of the Year. Nine
Jackson High School Seniors
were honored for outstanding
academic achievements:
Anne Barnes. Virgia Mang
ham, Beth Patterson, Jeff
Patterson, Julia Ann Ridge
way, Mark Cawthon, Linda
Pulliam, Ronnie Smith and
James Anthony Trimble.
diplomas. Chaplain Mc-
Crackin gave the benedic
tion.
Mr. McCrackin is employ
ed by Sherrell Funeral Home
in Jackson.
Among those going to
Hapeville for commence
ment excercises were Mr.
and Mrs. John Sherrell. Mr.
and Mrs. Troy Welch, Miss
Mary Rawls, all of Jackson;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
McCrackin. parents of Mr.
McCrackin, of Barnesville.
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Lee Lane, Rogersville,
Tenn.; one brother, Robert S.
Lane, Rogersville, Tenn.;
three sisters-in-law, Mrs. H.
C. Lane of Marshall, Va.,
Mrs. Albert K. Lane and Mrs.
James K. Lane, both of
Baltimore, Md.; several
nieces and nephews.
Those desiring may make
contributions to the Butts
County Chapter, Georgia
Heart Association, or the
Sylvan Grove Hospital
Memorial Fund.