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Volume 103 Number 10
Morrow Man Killed Friday
When Boat Crashes Dock
Jackson Lake claimed its
first victim of the 1976 season
Friday night about 8:30 when
Max A. Dunn, 42, of Morrow,
was killed in a boating
accident in Lake Zone 35 near
Barnett’s bridge.
The accident occurred
when a boat piloted by Dunn
crashed head-on in the
darkness into a private dock
said to be owned by Cecil H.
Walker of Forsyth.
A spokesman for the Butts
County Sheriff’s Department
said that several people on
shore heard the boat ap
proaching the land about half
speed and that it never
slowed until it slammed into
the dock.
Dunn’s body was recover
ed about 10:40 p.m. by a team
of civil defense workers,
wildlife rangers and sheriff’s
deputies who had been
dragging the lake near the
JHS Devilettes Lose
In Quarter-Finals
The Jackson Red Devilettes lost a heartbreaker
last Tuesday night when they were eliminated in
the quarter-finals of the State Class A Girls
Basketball Tournament at the Macon Coliseum by
Irwin County. The final score was a close 57-61.
The Jackson girls deserve much credit for their
efforts. They advanced further this year them ever
in recent years. They worked their way to eighth
place in Class A when they defeated Lamar
County in the first round of the tournament
Monday night.
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FLOVILLA COLORS ITS
WATER TANK AMERICAN
The City of Flovilla water tank, located
at the intersection of State Routes 42 and 87, has
donned the patriotic colors so in vogue for the
nation’s bicentennial celebration.
Painted a bright blue on top sprinkled
with white stars, the tank’s sides are painted
white with broad red stripes and its
undercarriage is painted solid white.
It is a visible reminder of our nation’s
heritage, and one that is worth a trip to that
area for viewing.
accident site for about two
hours. His body was brought
to Sylvan Grove Hospital
where it was determined
death was due to massive
head injuries rather than
drowning.
Two companions in the
boat with Dunn received only
minor injuries. Richard
Thompson of Riverdale was
treated at Sylvan Grove
Hospital for facial injuries
and released. Wayne Frank
lin Clark, of Forest Park,
was thrown from the boat at
the time of impact and
escaped injury.
It is understood that all
three occupants of the boat
were employed by Union
Camp Corporation of Forest
Park.
The boat, a 15-foot Catalina
with 65 hp motor, was
severely damaged in the
mishap.
Services for Mr. Dunn
were held at 2 p.m. Monday
in the chapel of Parkway
Gardens Funeral Directors
in Forest Park.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Geraldine Dunn of
Morrow; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Dunn of
Missouri; three sons, Charle
A., Max R. and James E.
Dunn, of Morrow; two
sisters, Mrs. Elaine Tallchief
and Mrs. Evelyn Cochran;
both of Wichita, Kan., a
brother, Leon Dunn of
Everton, Missouri.
Gerald Kersey, Butts
County Conservation Officer,
reports that the accident
Friday is the first fatal
boating accident on Jackson
Lake since April, 1971.
LOCAL LEGION POST
BACKS CANCER DRIVE
The Finley-Gray Post No.
102, The American Legion,
has adopted a resolution
supporting the program of
the American Cancer Society
and has polled its members
for contributions.
Frank Fountain, Com
mander of the local Post, has
mailed each member a copy
of the resolution and request
ed financial support for the
work of the Cancer Society.
Blatant Crime
Spreads To Butts
Crime, for whatever rea
son, has definitely spread
into the suburbs and rural
areas of Georgia. A prime
example of this is the
blatant armed robbery that
19 year old Randy Hamlin
experience Saturday night.
In a statement to the
Jackson Progress-Argus,
Randy said that he was
headed west on Georgia
Highway 16 west about 7:15
approaching the cattle sale
barn when he saw a white
1963 Chevrolet pickup truck
standing dead still in the
middle of the highway,
facing east with its bright
lights on.
The truck was blocking
both the east and west bound
lanes. Randy slowed to stop
when suddenly he heard
shots. Two bullets shattered
through his windshield. He
hurriedly stopped his car,
opened the door and crouch
ed behind it for cover.
The next instant, a large
man whose face was covered
with a nylon stocking
grabbed him, and took his
billfold and car keys while a
second man whose face was
also covered with a stocking,
held a small caliber handgun
on him. After taking his
wallet and keys they ordered
Randy to lie on the ground
and to stay there.
Randy got down and heard
Rabid Coon No. 7
Found On Saturday
Dr. William Mitchell, local
veterinarian, reported the
sighting and killing of the
seventh rabid coon in Butts
County recently. Mrs. D. J.
Lewis spotted the strangely
behaving coon Saturday
evening around 5:30 p.m.
near her home on the Old
Mclntosh Road. The Lewis’
dog attacked the coon just
before D J. Lewis shot and
killed it.
The head of the coon was
sent to Atlanta for examina
tion; confirmation of rabies
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, March 4, 1976
Babe Ruthers
To Sign Up
March 13-20
The Van Deventer Babe
Ruth baseball league held an
organizational meeting Mon
day night and re-elected
Herman Cawthon as presi
dent to serve during the 1976
season.
Other officers named were
Wayne Cook, vice president;
William Mac Davis, secre
tary; Waneta Bristol, treas
urer and Kenny Smith, chief
umpire. Juanita Biles and
Karen Sneed were named
official scorekeepers.
Doug Brooks will manage
the VFW team with Jerry
Smith and Richard Brooks as
coaches. The Exchange Club
team will be managed by
Freddie Dodson and coached
by Russ Crumbley, Skeeter
Biles and Gerald Kersey.
Marlin Fletcher will manage
the Lions Club team.
Jimmy Wesley and Emory
Cooper will manage and
coach the Pike County team.
Two teams from Barnesville
will complete the six-team
league.
All boys, age 13-15, desiring
to play Babe Ruth baseball
must have a parent or
guardian accompany them to
the Van Deventer Youth
Center on March 13-20 to sign
up for play. The registration
fee will be $lO for the first boy
in each family and $5 for
each additional boy.
A 12-game schedule will be
played beginning May 15th.
them take money (about $80)
from his wallet and then toss
the wallet into the woods
beside the road. Then the
robbers got into their truck
and fled the scene via a dirt
road beside the cattle sale
barn taking Randy’s keys
with them.
Randy, a little shaken,
remembered the spare keys
that he kept in his billfold and
went to search for it. After
searching for about ten
minutes, he found his keys
and immediately drove to the
Jackson Police Department
to report the robbery. The
police reported the robbery
to the Sheriff’s Department
who investigated the crime.
So far the robbers have not
been found, however, accord
ing to Randy, the authorities
believe that they are still in
the county.
Randy Hamlin is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hamlin
of 388 East Freeman Street of
Jackson.
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soon followed. The Lewis’
dog is being held in
quarantine for observation.
Within recent months rabid
coons have been found in the
Towaliga Community, off
Buttrill Road, off Shiloh
Road, on Finchervile Road
and off Farrar Road. As far
as is known, no human has
been bitten by the seven
rabid coons.
The spread of rabid coons
has also been noted in areas
of Lamar, Spalding, Newton
and Henry Counties.
Butts Countians To Walk
For Mankind on April 3
The Butts County annual
Walk for Mankind project,
sponsored this year jointly by
the Jackson Kiwanis Club
and Radio Station WJGA,
will take place on Saturday,
April 3rd.
Frank Forehand has been
named director of the fund
raising effort for this year
and will coordinate all
activities for the 20-mile
walk. Walk headquarters will
be at American Mills and all
interested parties or those
with questions may contact
Mr. Forehand at 775-7842.
Working with Frank on
preliminary arrangements
for the 20-mile Walk for
Mankind will be Joe Brown,
Butts Lions
Club Observes
Anniversary
The Butts County Lions
Club met February 26 to
celebrate their Tenth Anni
versary. At the meeting “10
Year” charter members
received special recognition.
Those honored were: Luther
Washington, Charles Carter,
Jim Robertson, David Ridge
way and Larry Deraney.
Past presidents were also
honored at the meeting. In
order as they presided, they
are: Bill Windsor, Jim
Robertson, Hal Summers,
Frank Barnes, Stanley Mad
dox, Carl Brack, Millard
Daniel, George McGahee,
David Ridgeway, Larry
Deraney and present presi
dent, Don Folsom.
In the past ten years, the
Lions Club has provided
many civic services.
Through the Georgia Light
house for the Blind, hundreds
of pairs of eye glasses were
made available to those that
needed them and eye
examinations were given.
Assistance was provided to
the “Willing of the Eyes”
program. The sale of brooms
and mops (usually held
during the month of April
just in time for spring
cleaning) made birthday and
anniversary calendars avail
able to the community.
In addition to all this, last
year a scholarship beauty
contest titled “Miss Heart of
Georgia” was started and
will continue through this
year The winner of the
“Miss Heart of Georgia”
contest, with a little luck,
could go as far as the “Miss
America” contest. The Lions
Club also participates in the
“Beautification Project”
through various activities
such as “Dogwood Day.”
Besides the regularly
scheduled activities, the
Lions Club is often called
upon to assist in community
projects either financially or
physipally and it always
responds generously.
Notice To Subscribers
The mailing list of The Progress-
Argus was corrected as of Thursday,
February 19th, Please check your
label on the front page. If it reads
on or before February 19, 1976 re
newal is due. We solicit your co
operation in keeping subscriptions
current. With the rising cost of paper
production and postal rates, it is im
perative that we ask you to keep
your paper paid promptly. Subscrip
tion rate is $6.18 per year, payable
in advance. Please check your label.
Jr., walker recruiter chair
man, and C. L. (Sandy)
Sanvidge, operations of the
day chairman.
Walk for Mankind is a
national fund raising effort to
support the international
medical aid program of
Project Concern, comprising
24 medical and dental clinics
and hospitals in the United
States (serving Appalachia
and the Navajo reservation),
Mexico, Guatemala, Hong
Kong, Vietnam, Bali and
Ethiopia.
Volunteer walkers hike a
20-mile route established by
the local walk committee.
Friends, neighbors and other
contributors sponsor them,
JHS Devilettes Win
First Round Finals
In the first round of the
state girls basketball finals,
being held at the Macon
Coliseum, the Jackson High
Red Devilettes defeated
Lamar County by a score of
42-38. The victory over
Lamar County was sweeten
ed by the fact that during
regular season play Lamar
County had defeated JHS in
their two meetings by four
points. Monday night the
Red Devilettes reaped their
revenge beating Lamar
County by four points.
In play, the Jackson team
gathered 28 rebounds, eight
steals and suffered only six
turnovers. Sylvia Sims was
the leading scorer of the
game with 16 points. Janis
Ward followed with 13points:
Charlotte W’hite bagged two
points; Ruby Roberts netted
two; Ruby Brown scored
two; Danita Crowder bagged
two; Frances Appling got
two and Shirley Patterson
scored two. Every Jackson
girl that played Monday
night scored at least two
points.
The point spread on the
Lamar County team was
fairly even with two of the
players scoring 10 and one
with eight.
Coach Iwana McGee had
the following comments
about the game. “It was a
close game. The Lamar
County girls are much bigger
than ours. They have one girl
at six feet, another at five
feet, eleven inches and
another at five feet, ten
inches. Our tallest girl is five
feet, eight inches. I feel that
the turning point of the game
was the third quarter when
we scored 15 points and held
them to eight. Our superior
defense and playing control
led ball determined the
outcome of the game. We
made five out of six free
throws during the last
quarter." Two of those free
throws were made by Sylvia
Sims; two by Rubv Brown
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
agreeing to donate a pre
determined sum for each
mile of the route covered by
the walker.
Each walker is permitted
to assign 40 percent of the
amount he raises to a local
charity or cause of his
choosing. Some share the
money in this way, others
contribute the entire sum of
the 24 clinics and hospitals
supported by the Walk for
Mankind.
Last year’s Walk for
Mankind in Butts County
covered 20 miles, attracted
525 participants and raised
$4,100 for Project Concern
and 15 local sharing organi
zations.
and one was made by
Charlotte White.
The first quarter of play
ended w-ith Jackson leading
Lamar County by a score of
10-8. During the second
quarter. Lamar County gain
ed ground by scoring 14
points and bringing their
total to 22 against Jackson’s
18 at the end of the first half
of play. Jackson's big
quarter was the third. The
girls returned for the
beginning of the second half
and scored 15 points holding
Lamar County to only eight
bringing the score to 30-33.
During the fourth quarter,
the Jackson girls had only to
hold their lead but added a
point for insurance scoring
nine points to Lamar
County’s eight. The final
score Jackson 42. Lamar
County 38.
Winning this first round of
playoffs put the Jackson Red
Devilettes in the top eight
teams of the state and
matched Jackson with Irwin
County on Tuesday night.
Three years ago, the
Jackson High School girls
basketball team fought their
way to the state finals for the
first time in eighteen years
and then lost the first game
of the playoffs. This year the
girls have fought their w-ay
one step further toward the
state championship.
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CHARTER MEMBERS —The Butts County Lions Club
honored its “10 Year” charter members during its Tenth
Anniversary celebration last week. Members honored are
pictured above; left to right they are: Larrv Deraney and
David Ridgeway. Lions Club President Don Folsom (right) is
shown making the presentation of “10 Year Chevrons” to the
honorees. Charles Carter, Luther Washington and Jim
Robinson were also presented with the chevrons. Photo by
Jerry McLaurin
Among the local organiza
tions sharing part of the
funds raised last year were
the Baptist Youth Choir,
Henderson Grammar and
Junior High Schools, Jackson
High School. Indian Springs
Academy, Methodist MYF,
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Jackson Christian Academy,
American Legion Auxiliary,
Senior Pals Club and the
Jackson High Key Club.
“This year’s Walk for
Mankind on Saturday, April
3, will give all Butts
Countians a chance to put
their hearts into their feet
and pocketbooks.” the chair
man advised.
TAX OFFICE OPEN
SATURDAY MORNINGS
DURING MARCH
The Tax Coihmissioner’s
Office will be open on
Saturday mornings during
the month of March, it was
announced this week by
Mary Will Hearn. Tax
Commissioner.
March Is
Youth Art
Month
The Butts County Schools
are making plans to cele
brate Youth Art Month
during the month of March.
Students from Butts County
will participate in Georgia
Youth Art Month and will
have their work exhibited at
Colony Square in Atlanta the
last week of March.
The climax of the local
school activities will feature
an exhibit of all forms of
students’ art work to be
displayed for the public to
enjoy at the Van Deventer
Youth Center from March
25th through March 28th.