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NEW RESIDENT FOR BUTTS Gerald Kersey,
Butts County Conservation Officer, is shown above releasing
one of the many turkeys from south Georgia which were
located in Butts County as a part of a turkey restoration
project of the Game Management Section of the Department
of Natural Resources of Georgia.
Turkey Gobblers
Alive And Well
In Butts County
Don’t be surprised if you
hear the gobbling of a love
sick turkey gobbler in the
woodlands of Butts County
this Spring. You might not be
hearing things.
The wild turkey has been
reintroduced in the county as
part of a turkey restoration
project being conducted by
the Game Management Sec
tion of the Department of
Natural Resources. These
new Butts County residents
were trapped in other parts
of Georgia and released
during early February of
1975. Eight hens and four
gobblers comprised this
stocking. All birds were
banded and marked with
colored wing streamers to
aid in their identification.
Turkey release sites are
not randomly selected. All
possible stocking sites are
carefully evaluated by game
biologists long before a
stocking is ever made. To be
selected, a site must meet a
stringent set of criteria. In
fact, most sites examined fail
to measure up.
The ultimate success of
any wild turkey stocking
attempt rests in the hands of
the local resident of the
county where the stocking
JENKINSBURG
NEWS
BY MRS. T. H. PRICE
Friday spend the day
guests of Mrs. Cora Wells
were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Windom and Lee Cole of
Griffin. Sunday afternoon
guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Nolen Glass also of Griffin.
Sunday dinner guest of Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Harris was
Mrs. Sara Ruth Peek of
Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor
and Miss Elizabeth Haley
went down to Alta Monte
Springs, Fla. to spend the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Haley.
Miss June Farrar of
Clarkston was weekend guest
of her mother Mrs. M. B.
Farrar. Saturday night din
ner guests of Mrs. Farrar
and June were Mr. and Mrs.
Jackie Mangham of McDon
ough and Mr. and Mrs. Tim
Bond of Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. R A. Allen
were guests for dinner
Saturday night of Mrs. Mary
Hardy and Miss Christine
Hardy of Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Haley
were Saturday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Bobby Haley,
Vickie and Jerome in
Marietta.
Mrs. T. H. Price accom
panied seven other Kimbell
Associational officers to
attend the Associational'
Officers Conference, spon
sored by the Georgia Baptist
Convention at Norman Park
Baptist Assembly Thursday
and Friday.
Mrs. R. A. Allen was
hostess to her sewing club
Wednesday. Members pre
sent were Mrs. Bell Petti
grew, Mrs. Margaret Beau
champ, Mrs. Mary Lynn
Goggans, Mrs. Sarah Cald
well of Jackson, Mrs. Floy
Price of Forsyth, Mrs.
Gladys Patrick, Mrs. Corrie
Saunders, Mrs. Flora Price,
takes place. Anyone sighting
a turkey or having know
ledge of a poaching incident
should contact the local
Conservation Ranger,
Gerald Kersey. Such reports
aid game management per
sonnel in evaluating the
success of stocking effort.
County residents concern
ed about crop damage as a
result of the turkeys have no
reason to be concerned.
Turkeys pose no threat to
crops; in fact, they are
beneficial to the farmer
because 90 percent of their
diet is insects.
With the support of
citizens, the wild turkey
population of Butts County
will continue to grow and
prosper. In the not too
distant future, Georgia’s
largest game bird will once
again be legally hunted in the
county.
Conservation Officer,
Gerald Kersey reports that
over thirty wild turkeys have
been seen in Butts County
already since the stocking.
He asked that anyone in the
county who sights a turkey
report the sighting to him at
775-3623 giving the location
and the color of tag that the
turkey was wearing if
possible.
Mrs. Majorie Sims, Mrs.
Ruby Mangham, Mrs. Julia
Harris, Mrs. Louise Farrar
and Mrs. Lucy Sims from
Griffin as a visitor. Two
members were absent.
Rev. and Mrs. Harry
Shepherd, Jan and Mark
were Sunday luncheon guests
of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Allen.
Christian sympathy is
extended to the family of
Mrs. R. F. Armstrong.
Friends were saddended
Saturday at the news of her
passing in Anaheim, Calif.
Friends of Mrs. Marvin
Rich will be sorry to know
that she suffered a broken
wrist caused by a fall in her
home last week.
Mrs. Dot Infinger of
Charleston, S. C. visited Mr.
and Mrs. T. R. Sims Monday.
Henry Block has
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Butts County
CB Club Met
February 21st
At the Butts County CB
Club meeting, held February
21, the following persons
were elected to serve as
officers for the 1976 term:
Joe Harris, president; James
Moore, vice-president; Joyce
Harris, secretary; Ronnie
Wells, treasurer, and Dianne
Lewis and Bill Heath,
sergeant at arms. By-laws of
the club were approved
before the election was held.
It was announced that the
club has a total membership
of 122 persons.
The next meeting will be
March 6 at 7:30 p.m., at the
Senior Citizens Lunchroom
on Carter Avenue in Jackson.
Those wishing to join the club
are asked to please see the
president for an application.
David Elliott
Assigned AB
In Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany
The son of a Flovilla, Ga.,
couple has been assigned to
Rhein-Main AB, Germany,
for duty with a unit of the
U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
Staff Sergeant David L.
Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold L. Elliott of Rt. l, is
an aircraft loadmaster. He
previously served at Pope
AFB, N.C.
The sergeant is a 1965
graduate of Jackson (Ga.)
High School. His wife, Janet,
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert J. Vest of 1201
Lakeshore Drive, Lake
Stevens, Wash. (USAF
HOME TOWN NEWS CEN
TER)
Four Place
In District
School Fair
Six students from Hender
son Elementary School exhi
bited projects in the Social
Science Fair in Columbus
with four of the students
placing.
According to J. M. L.
Comer, Principal of Hender
son Elementary School, the
students placed as follows:
Scott Thurston - Second
Place in Political Science;
Carey Johnson - Second
Place in Economics; Quint
Anderson - Second Place in
Geography; Darlene Rodda -
Third Place in Sociology.
Other students exhibiting
but not placing were: Jerome
Ball in History and Mary
Boan in Anthropology.
These sixth grade students
were in competition with
sixth and seventh grade
students from a wide area,
including Henderson Junior
High. Considering the two
Henderson Junior High stu
dents that placed in the fair,
the Henderson School cap
tured six of the eighteen
places.
District Contest
Entered by Local
FBLA Members
The FBLA district contests
were held Saturday, Feb
ruary 21st, at DeKalb
College. Attending were 12
FBLA members from Jack
son High School.
Elaine Elliott, Alma
Brewer, and Lindy Mackey
entered the spelling competi
tion. Beth Patterson entered
the Miss VOT competition.
Miss FBLA was challenged
by Mindy Harper. Donna
Steverson competed for
Junior Stenographer; Anne
Barnes and Eydie Smith
entered the Junior and Senior
Clerk Typist comptition,
respectively.
Lee Ann Harris, chapter
reporter, and Deborah Daw
son, chapter president, ac
companied the group.
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1976
Babe Ruth
League Meet
March Ist
The Van Deventer Babe
Ruth Baseball League will
have a general organiza
tional meeting at 7:30 p.m.,
Monday, March l, in the Van
Deventer Youth Center.
The purpose of the meeting
is to elect officers and
managers for the coming
year and to set up the
schedule.
All parents and anyone else
interested in helping with the
league this year are asked to
attend the meeting and to
take part in the planning.
Mrs. Sandra Brooks, chap
ter advisor, and Mrs. Joe
Harris were chaperones.
Fletcher Named President
Ga. Vegetable Growers Assn.
Georgia Vegetable Grow
ers, now boasting 170,000
acres of production annually,
have decided to organize a
state Vegetable Growers
Association.
More than 95 growers
voted to organize the Georgia
Vegetable Growers Associa
tion following a recent
production meeting in Tifton.
“The growers felt that by
organizing they could help
improve the state’s $75
million vegetable industry by
encouraging education and
research into all facets of the
industry,” said James Bar
ber, a Cooperative Extension
horticulturist.
Specifically the group will
promote, through appro
priate educational methods,
the efficient production,
packing, handling, storing,
processing and marketing of
vegetables.
They also will support
research for the purpose of
discovering and developing
improved varieties, methods
of production, packing, hand
ling, storing, processing,
marketing and pest control.
“In the past there has been
wide variation in the quality
of vegetables packaged, and
a wide variety of package
types used in Georgia,” said
Shaw Fletcher of Americus,
newly elected president of
the association.
“The Association hopes it
will be instrumental in
helping to improve both
grade quality and packaging,
thus improving the image of,
Georgia vegetables.”
Officers of the association
and their home towns include
Shaw Fletcher of Americus,
president; Vernon Biggers of
Ocilla, vice president; and
Don Turner of Pavo, secre
tary.
Fletcher is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert B. Fletcher
of Butts County.