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Volume 103 Number 20
BEAUTY SPOT Almost hidden in the trees and foliage just off the High Falls Road, the home of Charlie and Margaret
Gardner basks in the pine-filtered sunlight. This BCABC Beauty Spot is tastefully trimmed with shrubs and other plants and is a
refreshing sight among the towering pines. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
Grand Jury Names Kitchens
Judge , Small Claims Court
Members of the Grand
Jury serving at the May term
of Butts Superior Court have
appointed Terry Kitchens as
Judge of the Butts County
Small Claims Court and
appointed Robert F. Burpee
as Justice of the Peace for
the 614th G.M. District to fill
the unexpired term of
William H. Roberts, Jr., who
resigned on May 3rd.
In hearing evidence pre
sented them by District
Attorney E. Byron Smith and
his assistants, the grand jury
returned 14 true bills, 12 no
bills and carried one case
over to the August term of
the grand jury.
The complete text of the
grand jury’s presentments,
as returned May 4th in open
court, is as follows:
Grand Jury Presentments
Butts County Superior Court
May Term 1976
We, the Grand Jury sworn
and empanelled for the May
Term 1976, Butts Superior
Court, make the following
presentments in open court.
In organizing, the Grand
Jury elected J. Harry
Ridgeway, Foreman; Sea
born W. Maddox, Clerk; T.
E. Robison, Jr., Assistant
Clerk and Carter Moore,
Bailiff.
We express our apprecia
tion to the Honorable Sam L.
Whitmire, District Attorney
E. Byron Smith and Assis
tant District Attorneys Hal
Craig and Kenneth Waldrep
for their assistance to this
Grand Jury and for the
competent manner in which
the courts are conducted.
The Grand Jury returned
fourteen (14) true bills and
twelve (12) no bills, one (1)
carried over to August Term
Grand Jury, one (1) handled
by accusation.
We recommend and res
pectively request that the
next Grand Jury read the
presentments of this Grand
Jury as their first order of
business after the election of
officers and determine what
action has been taken.
In compliance with Act
Number 997 (H. B. No. 1946)
an act approved by the
Governor on March 24, 1976
establishing a Small Claims
Court for Butts County, we,
the Grand Jury do hereby
appoint Terry Kitchens,
Judge of said Small Claims
Court for the period begin
ning May 4, 1976 until the Ist
day of January, 1977.
Thereafter, the Grand Jury
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Westbury Has
Open House
On May 9-16
National nursing home
week is being observed this
week, May 9-16, by Westbury
Medical Care Home, Inc., of
Jenkinsburg. The theme of
the observance this year is
Years Make Us Special.
The Butts County health
care facility joins the
American Health Care Asso
ciation and the Georgia
Nursing Home Association in
inviting every citizen to visit
a nursing home during this
special week.
The owners of Westbury
issued this invitation to all
Butts Countians, “We believe
a visit will demonstrate to
everyone what nursing
homes do year-round for the
elderly, chronically ill and
convalescent of all ages.
Indeed, we owe it to
ourselves and to the com
munity to visit and talk with
the older members of Butts
County who have been a vital
part of our heritage.”
A full schedule of activities
has been prepared for all
visitors, who will be given an
opportunity to observe the
wide variety of services
being offered locally in the
health care field.
COLONIAL BAKERY HAS
OPEN HOUSE MAY 16
The public is cordially
invited to attend an open
house reception on Sunday,
May 16, at the Colonial
Baking Company on 2743
Montpelier Ave. in Macon,
between the hours of 1 and 5
p.m.
Bakery tours will be
conducted, door prizes a
warded and visitors will
receive favors and refresh
ments. A western band will
provide entertainment and
clowns will be on hand to
greet children.
Senior Class
Play Set For May 13-14
Annie Get Your Gun, senior class play of Jackson
High School, will be presented tonight and
tomorrow evening, Thursday and Friday, at 8
p.m., JHS auditorium. Tickets available at the
door
Mrs. Huggins
To Lead BPW
Club in 1976
On April 26th the Jackson
B&PW Club installed their
new slate of officers for the
1976-77 year.
Among the officers are
three of its newest members,
Mrs. Tommie Huggins, presi
dent; Mrs. Joy Long,
recording secretary; and
Mrs. Martha Maddox, treas
urer. The other officers for
the 1976-77 year are Mrs.
Lynda Ballard, Ist vice
president; Mrs. Mary Alice
Vickers, 2nd vice president;
and Mrs. Jewellene Polk,
corresponding secretary.
The installation of officers
was performed by Mrs.
Odone Hill, president-elect of
the Georgia Federation of
B&PW Clubs. She is from
Hawkinsville where she has
compiled a long list of
outstanding activites.
This year the club has
many activities planned.
They will have a booth on the
square for the 4th of July
celebration. There are also
many committees in the
planning stages.
SENATOR BANKS IS
ON CODE STUDY PANEL
Senator Peter L. Banks, of
Barnesville, has been named
to a special joint research
panel to study the feasibility
of compiling all of Georgia’s
laws into one official code.
Banks was one of five
senators named by Lt.
Governor Zell Miller to the
Code Revision Study Com
mittee. Five members were
also named from the House
of Representatives and five
from the State Bar.
The panel’s first meeting
will be held Wenesday, May
19 at 10 o’clock.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, May 13, 1976
Needlework
Art Be Seen
Barnesville
An Americana Needlwork
Show will be held in the
Barnesville depot Saturday,
May 15, and Sunday, May 16,
from 1 to 6 p.m. The
Barnesville Historical
Society and the Aldora
Homemaker’s Club will be
co-sponsors.
Admission is 50 cents and
many nice door prizes will be
given. Entries will be
welcomed from surrounding
counties.
Categories will include
needlepoint, crewel, em
broidery, crocheted and
knitted items, and any other
needlwork. There will be
divisions for pictures, pil
lows, pillowcases, spreads,
tablecloths, afghans,
sweaters and any other
handmade needlework.
Anyone can enter in any
category, but only one entry
in each category will be
accepted.
Judging will be held
Saturday morning, and en
tries must be in on Friday
night or no later than 9 a.m.
on Saturday, May 15.
Security guards will be on
duty at all times.
Outstanding features of the
show will be articles made by
such prominent women as
Mrs. Sam Nunn and Mrs.
Herman Talmadge. Also
featured will be some very
special articles made by
Mrs. George (Lucy) Lykins
of Barnesville.
Presbyterians
Extend Call To
Rev. Beville
At a congregational meet
ing, members of the Jackson
Presbyterian Church voted
to extend a call to the Rev.
David Beville, associate
pastor of the First Presby
terian Church of Valdosta.
Rev. Beville and his wife.
Margaret, are expected to
move to Jackson in mid-June
to assume the pastorate of
the Jackson Presbyterian
Church.
Rev. Beville succeeds the
Rev. David Black as pastor
of the Jackson church. Rev.
Black and his family moved
to Fayetteville in April where
he assumed the pastorate of
the Fayetteville Presby
terian Church.
In addition to taking action
on the pastoral call, the
congregation voted to fi
nance extensive repairs to
the church’s manse, located
on 157 Ball Street.
Mrs . Bennett Wins Commission
Seat ; Carter Bandwagon Rolls
About 45 percent of Butts
County’s registered voters
went to the polls Tuesday,
May 4, to elect the first woman
County Commissioner in the
county’s history, and give
whopping endorsements to the
candidacies of Republican
Ronald Reagan and Democrat
Jimmy Carter.
Mrs. Walter J. Bennett,
who operates an accounting
and tax consulting business at
Indian Springs, defeated Mac
Collins, Jackson businessman,
in the special run-off election
for a county commission seat
by 311 votes.
Mrs. Bennett carried six
of the county’s eight precincts,
with Collins winning in Coody
and Towaliga. Complete and
official returns show Mrs.
Bennett with 1,299 votes to 988
for Collins.
Republican candidate
Ronald Reagan led in all of
the county’s precincts, with
the exception of Dublin where
the candidates tied, in
sweeping to a decisive 248 to 81
vote margin over incumbent
President Gerald Ford.
The victory of the former
California governor over the
incumbent president was not
unexpected, but the 3-to-l
margin was surprising to
OFFICIAL
RESULTS
MAY 4. 1976
ELECTION
BENNETT 83 45 140 40 13 46 96 807 29 1299
COLLINS 47 60 79 17 5 58 64 636 22 988
REBUPLICAN
FORD 3 2 18 3 2 1 5 45 2 81
REAGAN 17 13 30 14 2 13 12 143 4 248
DEMOCRAT
CARTER 82 67 154 29 11 58 125 1042 41 1609
WALLACE 27 16 18 11 4 28 21 462 5 592
First Baptist
To “Roast”
Steve Jett
In order to help finance
their choir tour in June the
First Baptist Church Youth
Choir will “roast” their
former Minister of Music and
Youth, Steve Jett, Saturday
evening. May 15 at 8:00.
The dinner and the “roast ”
will be held in the Fellowship
Hall of First Baptist with a
distinguished panel of past
and present Jacksonians
assembled. The panel will
include former youth choir
members. Ramey Pace.
Larry Duke, and A1 Gilbert.
Former Jacksonian Hal
Summers and present resi
dents, Jack Little. Virginia
Wyatt, Bill Whitlatch and
possibly some “surprise
guests" will also be a part of
the panel
A chicken dinner will be
served at 8:00. Tickets for the
dinner are $3.00 for adults
and $1.50 for children and
must be purchased in
advance. Tickets are avail
able from youth choir
members and their parents.
There will be a 50 cents per
person charge at the door for
those who wish to see the
"roast" but do not wish to
eat.
Steve Jett was Minister of
Music and Youth at First
Baptist from 1969 to 1974. He
presently is Minister of
Music at the Jefferson
-Avenue Baptist Church of
East Point.
Republican stalwarts.
On the Democratic ticket,
former Georgia governor
Jimmy Carter, seemingly
unstoppable in his bid for the
Democratic nomination, car
ried all eight precincts in
amassing 1,609 votes to 592 for
Alabama governor George
Wallace, his closest competi
tor.
Other Democratic hope
fuls recorded only a handful of
votes; Jackson. 12; Udall, 25;
Church, 2; Shriver, 3; and
Ahern, 4.
Delegates pledged to
support Carter’s nomination
rode their favorite’s coattail
to overwhelming victories. In
Post No. 1, James A. Mankin,
pledged to Carter, defeated
two unpledged delegates with
ease. Mankin had 1,446 votes
to 157 for Caudelle and 158 for
Williams.
In Post No. 2. Carter
supporter Connie Plunkett
received 1,404 votes to 253 for
Walter A. Foster, who was
pledged to Wallace.
Raymond Head. Jr., a
Carter nominee, swept the
Post No. 3 race with 1,403
votes to 267 for Wesley W 7.
Lord, a Wallace supporter.
Complete but unofficial
returns of the balloting in
BUTTRILL
COODY
INDIAN
SPRINGS
IRON
SPRINGS
DUBLIN
TOWALIGA
WORTIIVILLE
JACKSON
ABSENTEES
TOTAL
Central Georgia EMC Holds
Microwave School on May 18
Would you like to know
more about microwave cook
ing? You may already have a
micorwave oven but do not
know how to get the most use
from it. You may be
considering buying a micro
wave oven but do not know
what features to consider
before buying.
You will now’ have an
opportunity to learn, since
five different models of
microwave ovens will be
used in a workshop to be held
at the Central Georgia EMC
DRIVER IS CHARGED
IN FATAL ACCIDENT
Butts County Sheriff Bar
ney Wilder reports that a
speeding charge has been
brought by the State Patrol'
against Oscar Young, driver
of the pickup truck involved
in the death of Donovan
Wayne Sullivan of Jackson.
Sheriff Wilder reports that
Young was charged with
going 44 miles an hour in a
35-mile-per-hour speed zone.
Probate Judge Luther J.
Washington has the speeding
case, which may be disposed
of in his court, or go to a
higher court if contested.
$6.18 Per Year In Advance
auditorium on Tuesday. May
18, at 10:00 a m.
The workshop will be
conducted by Mrs. Peggy
Fov and Mrs. Susan Millsap.
Georgia Power Home Eco
nomists. and Mrs. Elizabeth
Watkins, Member Services
Director, CGEMC.
Reservations should be
made by May 14 by calling
the CGEMC Member Ser
vices Department. 775-7857.
Reservations will be taken on
a first come, first served
basis, as the workshop can
accommodate onlv 30 people.
Candidates Qualify
From May 26-June 9
Those candidates wishing
to qualify for county offices
to be filled in the Tuesday.
August 10, general primary
may begin qualifying at 9
a m on W’ednesday. May 26.
Candidates will have from
that time until Wednesday,
June 9, at 12 p.m. when the
entries close to officially
qualify for the office they
wish to seek.
All elective county offices
will be filled at the August 10
general primary, as well as
some at the state level.
Several unannounced can
Georgia show Jimmy Carter
with 411,616 votes, or 84
percent of the total, with all 50
delegates; George Wallace,
56,485 votes, or 12 percent,
with no delegates; Morris
Udall with 9,489 votes, or two
percent, no delegates; Robert
Byrd, 3,461 votes, one percent;
and Henry Jackson, with 3,256
votes, or one percent of the
total.
Ronald Reagan gave
President Ford a susbstantial
licking in Georgia, getting
127,629 votes, 68 percent of the
total, and all of the State’s 48
Republican delegates. Presi
dent Ford had 58.902 votes, 32
percent of the total, with no
delegates.
Winning in Georgia, Ala
bama and Indiana on the same
day, Reagan found himself the
leader in the Republican
contest, with about 35 more
delegates than President
Ford.
Carter’s delegate strength
swelled to over 550. about 40
percent of the number
required to win the Demo
cratic nomination for presi
dent. although his total grows
daily as uncommitted dele
gates join the Carter band
wagon .
The class will be divided
into groups with each group
cooking recipes which will be
served for lunch. Menu will
include: turkey, roast beef,
beef stroganoff. corn-on-the
cob, broccoli deluxe, one step
macaroni and cheese, zucchi
ni lazagna, steamed cauli
flower, glazed carrots, scal
loped potatoes, coconut pie,
fresh apple dessert casse
role. and crunchy toffee bars.
There will be a charge of
$3.00 to cover cost of the food
cooked for lunch.
didates have been preening
themselves for political
races this summer*
LIBERTY BAPTIST TO
HAVE GOSPEL SING
There will be gospel
singing at the Liberty Baptist
Church on Saturday evening,
May 15th.
The Christian Heralds
from Macon will be the
featured group.
The public is cordially
invited to attend and partici
pate in this service.