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Volume 103 Number 14
BEAUTY SPOT The home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Glaze of 565 Kay Street in Jackson
was chosen by members of the BCABC for the floral beauty pictured above. In addition to the
flowers pictured, azaleas in full bloom adorn the yard. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
Arbitration May Resolve
Butts County Tax Dispute
After a conference with
Judge Hugh D. Sosebee
Wednesday morning at Jack
son, attorneys for the county
assessors and the tax protest
group announced that they
have negotiated a method of
settling the tax litigation that
threatens massive court cost
and expenses if an accept
able alternative is not agreed
on.
The proposal will be
recommended to the county
tax authorities and to the
county taxpayers association
and if accepted by both
groups, the problems related
to the 1975 county tax digest
will be on the way to a
prompt solution.
Counsel are to report to the
court during the week of
April 5, 1976 whether the
proposal is to be implement
ed, and it is believed that the
cases can be completed by
the middle of May.
In the meantime, Judge
Sosebee will study legal
briefs presented on behalf of
both sides and will therefore
be in a position to rule on the
legal issues remaining short
ly after April 16, 1976 when
the court will again meet
with counsel in conference to
decide issues set for hearing
and submitted to the court on
Wednesday March 24, 1976.
Judge Sosebee may have
the responsibility of deter
mining how many appeals
cases will be tried, whether
the legality of the entire 1975
digest will be an issue, and
whether the cases will be
tried in Butts County or some
other county. It is hoped that
the settlement proposal will
be accepted in order to avoid
costly litigation.
TELEPHONE LINES
VICTIM OF AUTO
Long distance telephone
lines to and from Jackson
were knocked out of service
temporarily last Wednesday
due to an automobile
accident south of McDon
ough.
Quick reaction by Manager
Jim Lewis, of the Griffin
Southern Bell office, Charles
Rogers and their crew
restored service after an
interruption of only three or
four hours.
MRS. CINDY BROWN
TO BE COLUMNIST
Readers of the Progress-
Argus will be glad to learn
that Mrs. Cindy Brown will
once again be writing her
Local Board Passes Grooming,
Dress Code For JHS Students
DRESS CODE POLICY
The Butts County Board of
Education, at a called
meeting Tuesday evening,
March 23, adopted a code on
dress and personal groom
ing, the content of which as
released by Butts School
Superintendent W. B. Jones
is as follows:
DRESS CODE POLICY
A student shall not dress,
groom, or wear or use
emblems, insignias, badges,
or other symbols where the
effect thereof is to distract
unreasonably the attention of
other students or otherwise
to cause disruption or
interference with the opera
tion of the school. The
principal or other duly
authorized school official
shall determine whether any
particular mode of dress,
apparel, grooming or use of
emblems, insignias, badges
or other symbols results in
such interference or disrup
tion as to violate this rule,
and shall give notice of such
interference or disruption
and its cause, to all students
by announcement or posting
at the school.
DRESS CODE RULES
Restrictions on student
personal appearance and
manner of dressing will be
governed by school staff
personnel when it is deter
mined that such appearance,
or manner of dress, presents
a clear and present danger to
the students health and
safety, cause an interference
with work or create class
room or school disorder. The
following are set forth as
guidelines of appearance and
or manner of dress for
interesting column, “Pot
pourri”, each week.
Mrs. Brown is an accom
plished columnist, having
written for the Progress-
Argus previously.
students at Jackson high
school:
1. Shirts, blouses, or other
upper garments which per
mits clear visibility of
covered skin area is prohi
bited.
2. Clothing which permits
the mid-riff section of the
body to be exposed are
prohibited.
3. Shirts are not permitted
during school hours, except
where appropriate for class
room work, i.e., Physical
Education.
4. Clothing with vulgar, or
suggestive writing or sym
bols, are prohibited, except
when approved in Physical
Education classes.
5. Bare feet are prohibited,
except when approved in
Physical Education classes.
6. Various hair styles are
permissible except when the
hairstyle presents a problem
Three Qualify in Post No. 3
Commission Race on April 13
When the entries closed
Monday afternoon, three
candidates had qualified for
Post No. 3 on the Butts
County Commission in the
special election of April 13,
1975.
Mrs. Walter J. Bennett, of
Indian Springs, was the last
of. the candidates to qualify.
She is an expert on income
tax matters and has assisted
many Butts countians in this
She also becomes one of the
very few women to ever seek
a seat on the Butts County
Commission.
Archie G. Ross, prominent
ackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, April 1, 1976
Danny Blue
Takes Post in
Rockdale Cos.
Jackson High School’s
athletic fortunes, which had
risen to unprecedented
heights the past few years,
received a body blow this
week with the announcement
by Athletic Director Danny
Blue that he has accepted a
position with the Heritage
High School of Rockdale
County for the 1976 fall term.
In addition to his duties as
athletic director, Blue served
as head coach of both the
Jackson High football and
baseball teams.
The Jackson High Red
Devil football team was
rated the sixth best team in
Class A for the 1975 season,
losing only to Carrollton,
which cost them a District
championship.
Jackson High’s 1975 base
ball squad won the District
title, but lost in the state
finals.
Blue, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Blue of Jackson,
was a star quarterback for
the Red Devils, graduating
with the class of 1963.
He attended the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga
on a football grant-in-aid and
was a star player as a
defensive cornerback and
substitute quarterback for
his team.
He came to Jackson High
in 1971 and the athletic
fortunes of his alma mater
began to rise with his arrival.
Heritage High is anew
high school in Rockdale
County, near Conyers, which
is opening in 1976 for its first
term. It will be rated as a
Class AAA school, and Blue
will be its first head football
coach.
within classrooms, or when
proper grooming habits (i.e.,
cleanliness) are not prac
ticed by the student. Ap
proved hair styles will also
be determined by the type of
classes which the student is
scheduled for, for safety
purposes.
7. Items of clothing worn as
part of undergarments are
not to be worn as outer
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garmets.
8. Hats are not to be worn
while students are inside
school buildings, in class
rooms, the cafeteria, and-or
during assembly programs.
9. All items of clothing
which will create a disrup
tion in the classroom are
prohibited.
10. A profused growth of
hair on the chin, below the
lower lip and below each
earlobe, which is not neatly
trimmed, is prohibited.
Negro leader and painting
contractor from Indian
Springs, was the second to
qualify.
The first candidate to
qualify for the County
Commission post was
Michael A. (Mac) Collins,
young Jackson businessman
and operator of a ready-mix
concrete plant and trucking
business.
Probate Judge Luther J.
Washington, who is in charge
of the election, called the
special election to fill the
vacancy in Post No. 3 caused
Collect Back Taxes , Correct
Records , Grand Jury Requests
In supplemental presentments re
turned Wednesday, March 24, in Butts
County Superior Court, the grand jury
empanelled for the February term
recommended fi.fas. be issued for any
uncollected taxes and that county
officers holding funds and-or records
account for them immediately.
The complete text of the supple
mental presentments, which contain
ed only mild censure of publicly-elect
ed officials, is as follows:
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
BUTTS COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT
FEBRUARY TERM 1976
We. the Grand Jury empanelled and
sworn for the February Term, 1976,
Butts Superior Court, make the
following Supplemental Presentments
in Open Court.
We, the Grand Jury, recommend
that any funds due the Tax
Commissioner of Butts County from
the County or due the County from the
Tax Commissioner as reported in the
audit dated February 2, 1976, Page 2
thereof, be paid at the earliest
possible date.
We recommend that the Tax
Commissioner issue fi. fa.s to be
recorded in the Office of the Clerk of
BICENTENNIAL EVENT
BOOKS AT LIBRARY
Miss Mina Torbett, libra
rian at Hawkes Library,
announced this week that
three volumes listing the
major Bicentennial events
throughout the United States
have been placed in the
library by the Butts County
Bicentennial Committee.
These references will be a
help to anyone planning a
trip close to home, or to any
other state,
All students are encour
aged to practice good dress,
grooming, and health habits
while enrolled at Jackson
High School.
The interpretation of viola
tions of this code will be left
to the final discretion of
teachers and school admini
strators. It is further
emphasized that the primary
purpose of the above Code of
Appearance is to set forth
those Standards of Dress and
Appearance which are
generally acceptable within
the community of the school
district. Failure to comply,
after necessary due process
procedures, can result in the
maximum penalty of expul
sion from school for a period
of time to be determined by
the local school Board of
Education.
by the resignation of Bobby
Taylor.
Should a run-off be
necessary to determine the
winner of the special
election, it will be held on
Tuesday, May 4, in conjunc
tion with the state’s presi
dential preferential primary.
The winning candidate in
the April 13th primary, or
May 4th run-off, will serve
for the rest of a calendar
year 1976, but must offer
again in the August 10th
general primary should they
desire a full four-year term.
the Superior Court on all non-paid
taxes after six (6) months of the due
date.
We the Grand Jury recommend that
the Tax Commissioner invest any
funds that cannot be disbursed in an
interest-bearing savings account.
We the Grand Jury recommend that
an inventory control be set up and
maintained on all county-owned
furniture, fixtures, road machinery
and vehicles presently owned or
purchased in the future with a cost of
$250.00 or more.
We the Grand Jury recommend that
the next Grand Jury, before
concurring with this Grand Jury in its
recommendation to abolish the office
of Juvenile Judge, make a thorough
and complete investigation to deter
mine that the welfare of juveniles
coming before the Juvenile Court will
not be jeopardized or neglected.
We recommend that Sheriff Barney
L. Wilder and David P. Ridgeway turn
over to Mr. Terry Kitchens, the
present Justice of the Peace, all
books, records, supplies, etc., that
were previously removed from the
office of the former Justice of the
Peace, and that Mr. Kitchens make a
determination as to whether any
records are missing or if any
Earl Nightingale s Changing
World Be Aired by Local Bank
Beginning April Ist Mcln
tosh State Bank brings Earl
Nightingale’s “OUR
CHANGING WORLD” to
radio listeners in the greater
Butts Cos. area. This unique,
daily series is the most
widely broadcast feature in
the world heard and
viewed by millions over
nearly 1,000 radio and TV
stations in every part of the
U.S., Canada and 10 other
countries.
Now broadcast every Mon
day through Friday at 12:50
p.m. WJGA AM-FM “OUR
CHANGING WORLD" is a
helpful, informative com
mentary often centered on
how to live a more rewarding
life.
Pete Malone, Executive
Vice President of Mclntosh
State Bank, says that
Nightingale, author and
narrator of the series, has
spent years of study and
research determining why
some people succeed while
others do not. He has found
that certain philosophies and
attitudes enable one to excel
in any endeavor.
These philosophies and
attitudes helped Nightingale
achieve in his own muti
faceted career. Once he
found the “whys” of success,
he put them to work.
During World War 11, he
was one of the few survivors
from the Marine detachment
on the battleship Arizona.
Following separation from
the Corps he became a highly
paid radio commentator on
major networks and subse
quently created his own
program on WGN, Chicago.
Orginally a fifteen
minute daily broadcast, this
program grew to an hour and
a half on radio and a half
hour on television and
became one of the most
heavily sponsored programs
in America.
In 1956 Nightingale pro
duced “The Strangest
Secret”, a 30-minute record
ing outlining his plan for
success in life. With more
than a million copies sold,
this became the most popular
“talk record” of all time.
Nightingale joined forces
with Uoyd Conant to found
Nightingale-Conant Corpora
tion, which now markets
recordings, tapes, audio and
visual aids worldwide.
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
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EARL NIGHTINGALE
Butts Youth
Get Summer
Job Chance
The Mclntosh Trail Em
ployment & Training Council
has announced that it will
again provide a Summer
Youth Jobs Program. Funds
are provided through the
Comprehensive Employment
& Training Act to furnish
jobs for economically dis
advantaged high school and
college students.
The Piedmont Area Com
munity Action Agency, Inc.
will provide program opera
tion and will serve the eight
county Mclntosh Trail Area.
Applications are being
accepted now for the pro
gram which will begin in
June. Anyone interested in
applying should contact their
local high school counselor;
The Georgia State Employ
ment Security Agency, 22 E.
Poplar St., Griffin, Georgia;
or the Piedmont Area
Community Action Agency,
Inc., P. O. Box 133, Jackson,
Georgia 30233.
discrepancies exist. If so, we
recommend that Mr. Kitchens bring
these to the attention of the District
Attorney’s office.
We, the Grand Jury, recommend
that all Grand Juries hereafter
appoint a 3-member committee to
meet with the succeeding Grand Jury
to advise what was done by the
preceding Grand Jury.
We recommend that these supple
mental presentments be published in
the Jackson Progress-Argus, official
organ of Butts County, and the usual
fee be paid for publication.
This the 24th day of March, 1976.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. W. Carmichael, Foreman
James L. Robertson, Clerk
Stanley Maddox, Asst. Clerk
Received in Open Court and ordered
filed and published as requested. This
the 24th day of March, 1976.
Hugh D. Sosebee
Filed for record this 24th day of
March 1976.
David P. Ridgeway
Clerk Superior Court
Butts County, Georgia
April 2 Last
Day for Voter
Registration
All Georgians planning to
vote in the May 4 presidential
primary must be registered
by April 2, according to
Frances Duncan, director of
the State Elections Division.
As Georgia election laws
require each voter to have
been registered 30 days
before an upcoming election,
those persons who have not
registered to vote should do
so at the County Board of
Registrars' Office in the
County Courthouse.
Information regarding ab
sentee ballots may also be
obtained by contacting the
Voter Registrars’ Office.
BOOSTERS CLUB
AT ISA TO MEET
The Indian Springs
Academy Boosters Club will
meet Monday night, April
sth. at 7 o’clock at the school.
Since this is a very important
meeting, all parents are
urged to be present.