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YARD OF THE WEEK —The residence of Wayne King located in Flovilla was chosen by the BCABC as Yard of the Week
for the way that it is kept finely manicured and the artful manner in which the plants and trees have been placed. Photo by
Jerry McLaurin.
J. M. L. Comer
To Offer For
School Supt.
J. M. L. Comer announced
this week that he will be a
candidate for Coupty School
Superintendent.
Comer has served thirty
one years with the Butts
County Schools. He was
teacher of Vocational Agri
culture for 15% years in the
Jackson High School and was
principal of the elementary
school for 15% years. His
tenure as principal was split,
between the Jackson Campus
and the Henderson Campus.
He taught one year in
Woodbury, Georgia, before
going into service during
World War II where he
served for three years. He
was a B-17 bomber pilot with
the rank First Lieutenant.
He was stationed in England
and flew thirty-five missions
over Germany.
Comer is a native of Jones
County, Georgia. He attend
ed Abraham Baldwin Agri
cultural College for two
years and graduated from
the University of Georgia
with a BSA Degree. Later he
received his Master of
Education in School Admini
stration Degree from the
University of Georgia.
He supervised the con
struction of school buildings
which included the audito
rium, gymnasium, English
building, library building,
lunchroom addition and two
other classroom additions.
He was Director of
Head-Start for three sum
mers.
He was selected as
“Teacher of the Year” for
the 1956-57 school term. He is
a member of the Jackson
United Methodist Church, a
former Kiwanian, a member
of the American Legion, and
has been ‘‘Little League
Player Agent” since its
beginning in Butts County.
He served one year as
councilman and clerk in
Jenkinsburg.
Comer is married to the
former LaVerne Mackin of
Lawrenceville, Georgia, who
holds a BSE Degree from the
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS
There will be a meeting concerning
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, Wednesday,
June 2,12:30 p.m., at the Jackson Clubhouse. This
is a luncheon meeting, courtesy of the Butts Cos.
Chamber of Commerce. All merchants and
storeowners in Jackson are invited to attend.
Hugh Polk Is
To Offer For
Sheriff Post
Hugh C. Polk, 56, former
Sheriff of Butts County,
announced Tuesday that he
will be a candidate for that
office when entries are
opened Wednesday for the
Democratic general primary
to be held on August 10th
Polk has been actively
engaged in law enforcement
work since 1957. He has
served as a policeman and
assistant police chief for the
City of Jackson, as Deputy
Sheriff, Butts County, as
Sheriff, Butts County, and is
presently foreman of
security for McDonough
Power of McDonough, Geor
gia.
He is a graduate of the
Butts County Public Schools
and Macon Vocational School
and holds membership in
First Baptist Church of
Jackson, American Legion,
VFW, St. John Lodge No. 45
F & AM, Peace Officers
Association of Georgia and
American Security Council of
Washington, D. C.
In 1971 he was presented a
Distinguished Service Award
by Kiwanis International; in
1973 a Distinguished Service
Award by Ga. Sheriff’s
Assoc, and in 1976 he was
named an Outstanding
American by the Georgia
Bicentennial Committee.
He is married to the former
Jewellene Cawthon and they
have two daughters, Mrs.
Melba P. Byrd, Atlanta and
Mrs. Brenda Goodwin of
Conyers.
University of Georgia. She is
a former teacher with
twenty-five years service in
Butts County. They have two
sons: Reginald Comer, Assis
tant Professor of French at
Georgia Southwestern Col
lege in Americus, and Bruce
Comer, General Manager of
an oil company in Griffin.
Dr. Manley To
Enter Race For
Superintendent
Dr. Jo Ann Manley,
Director of Curriculum for
the Butts County School
System, announced this week
that she will be a candidate
for Butts County School
Superintendent in the August
10 Democratic Party.
Dr. Manley has served in
the field of education for the
last 25 years. She has been in
a supervisory capacity in her
field since 1958.
On the local level, Mrs.
Manley is the initiator of
team teaching and open
classrooms, the institutor of
the program for preparation
of paraprofessionals (teach
ers’ aides), the implementor
of a program for exceptional
children, and implementor'
and former director for Butts
County’s program for Early
Childhood Education.
Mrs. Manley is almost
solely responsible for the fine
dramatics and arts program
brought into the Butts County
School System and she is the
founder of the Jackson
Theatre Guild, of which she
serves as president.
Having received her doc
torate degree in education
from the University of
Georgia, Dr. Manley has
done additional study at the
University of Illinois and
Columbia University. She
has spoken at local and
national conferences on
Preparation and Utilization
of Paraprofessionals and has
attended numerous state and
national conferences in
Language Arts, Mathematics
and Curriculum Develop
ment.
Nominated to the WSB
Teacher Hall of Fame and
chosen as one of three
Outstanding Young Educa
tors in Georgia in 1966, Dr.
Manley was selected by the
Southeastern Regional Com
mission of HEW to serve as a
Review Panelist for Region
IV of the Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare. She was a nominee for
the Distinguished Service
Award in Supervision in
Georgia in 1975.
The mother of five chil
dren, Molly, Myra, George,
Tommy, and Bruce, Mrs.
Manley and her family enjoy
active membership in the
Jackson Presbyterian
Church and in many varied
community activities.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, May 27, 1976
Sheriff Wilder
Is To Offer
For Reelection
Butts County Sheriff Bar
ney L. Wilder, a 49-year-old
native Butts Countian, an
nounced his candidacy for
re-election to the office of
Sheriff in the Democratic
primary of August 10.
Wilder has been active in
law enforcement since 1965,
and is presently serving on
numerous committees in the
Georgia Sheriff’s Association
as well as being on the Board
of Directors and Treasurer of
the Georgia Sheriff’s Boys
Ranch and Cherokee Estate.
Sheriff Wilder is a member
of the First Baptist Church,
Indian Springs Masonic
Lodge, Jackson Lions Club,
VFW and American Legion.
He is married to the former
Florence Walker and they
have three children, Kenneth
Wilder, a detective for the
North Little Rock Police
Department, North Little
Rock, Ark., two daughters,
Donna Turner, supervisor of
the Pathology Lab at
Crawford Long Hospital in
Atlanta and Sandra James, a
nurse in Macon.
Wilder is completing his
first four-year term as
Sheriff of Butts County.
Supt. Jones
Will Not Run
For Reelection
Butts County School Super
intendent Bill Jones an
nounced Friday that he will
not be a candidate to succeed
himself in the August 10
general primary.
Jones, who is a practicing
attorney and president of the
Flint Bar Association, said
he announced the decision
with regrets but that he was
forced to make a decision
between the two careers.
While not announcing his
political intentions, Jones
said he was taking a long look
at the Georgia House of
Representatives post now
held by J. R. Smith, of
Barnesville.
First named school super
intendent in 1968, Jones was
reelected in 1972.
He said he would definitely
serve out his present term,
which expires Dec. 31. 1976.
In his eight-year tenure,
Jones gained renown as a
fair and able administrator.
He is a graduate of the
University of Georgia and a
former teacher at Jackson
High School.
Former Supt.
Candidate For
School Head
Lee Roy O’Neal, Director
of Vocational Education with
the Griffin Cooperative Edu
cation Service Agency, has
announced his candidacy for
Butts County School Super
intendent.
His total of 24 years
experience in the field of
education has included work
from the elementary level
through high school as
teacher, principal and super
intendent.
In his present position he
has been responsible for
coordinating the vocational
programs in the seven school
systems served by C.E.S.A.,
working with superinten
dents, school personnel, and
the State Department of
Education. He assisted with
securing funds, planning,
building, equipping and staff
ing new comprehensive high
schools in the counties of
Lamar, Henry and Fayette.
While superintendent of the
Butts County Schools, the
county passed a $250,000 bond
issue for the auditorium on
the Jackson campus and the
gymnasium at Henderson.
Money was secured from the
state to complete two
classroom additions at Hen
derson and classroom addi
tions at Jackson High and
Elementary Schools. At the
time he left office, money
had been secured and
preliminary plans drawn for
the lunchroom extension and
additional classrooms at
Jackson High.
In addition to being
familiar with all phases of
education in this county, he
has gained experience in
working with the administra
tors of Butts and the six
neighboring counties giving
him a broad understanding of
the problems of education.
O’Neal holds a B.S.A.
Degree, a Master of Educa
tion Degree in School
Administration and a Six
year Certificate in School
Administration from the
University of Georgia.
Before becoming principal
of Jackson Elementary
School in 1956, he taught for
four years in Gordon County
and at Jackson High School.
After serving four and one
half years as principal, he
was elected to two terms as
Butts County School Super
intendent.
Born in Butts County, he is
the son of John R. O’Neal and
the late Mrs. O’Neal. He and
his wife, the former Eliza
beth Sitton Barnes, also a
native of this county, reside
in Jackson. They have one
daughter, Beth Barnes Selby
of Athens.
Rep. Flynt
Qualifies For
House Seat
Sixth District Congress
man John J. Flynt, Jr.,
kicked off his campaign for
re-election at a Wednesday
morning breakfast at Holi
day Inn in Hapeville.
Attending the breakfast
were supporters and well
wishers from throughout the
Sixth District.
Immediately following the
meal. Representative Flynt
and friends went to the State
Capitol where the incumbent
Congressman formally quali
fied for the re-election bid.
The Griffin Congressman
w ill be seeking his 13th term
in the House of Representa
tives. Should he be success
ful, he would become the
dean of the Georgia delega
tion, Rep. Phil Landrum
having announced his retire
ment.
Jackson Graduation Exercises
Set For Sunday and Monday
At graduation exercises
Monday, May 31, at 8:00 p.m.
on the football field, 134
Jackson High seniors will
receive their diplomas and
bid adieu to the hallowed
halls of learning.
Julia Ann Ridgeway,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Ridgeway, all
scholars as of
the 1976 class and Robert
Douglas Merritt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Merritt,
was the second best scholar
in the class and named
salutatorian.
In addition to the two
top students, Jeffery Leo
Patterson was also an
academic honor graduate, or
a student who obtained extra
credits in English and the
sciences.
Named as honor graduates
were Barbara Ann Barnes,
Wanda Grant, Reba Lynn
Kelly, Virgia Gertrude
Mangham, Margaret Eliza
beth Patterson and Linda
Denise Pulliam. The top nine
graduates are all from
Jackson, with the exception
of Miss Patterson, who is
from Jenkinsburg.
The baccalaureate service
will be held Sunday evening.
May 30, in the school
auditorum at 7:30 p.m. The
Rev. Alvin Hudson, pastor of
the Tremont Temple Baptist
Church, of Macon, will
deliver the baccalaureate
sermon.
Members of the 1976
Jackson High School grad
uating class include:
Teresa Constella Adams,
Robert Allen, Lonnie
Appling, Ricky Askin, Eu
gene Banks, Kenneth Lee
Indian Springs Academy Holds
Graduation Exercise Tonight
Graduation exercises at
Indian Springs Academy will
be held Thursday evening,
May 27th, at 8 p.m. in the new
gymnasium. Guest speaker
will be Dr. Jerry Williamson,
president of Gordon Junior
College. Dr. W’illiamson is
well known to Butts
Countians as an outstanding
speaker and educator.
Steve Jett, formerly of
Jackson and now minister of
music at Jefferson Avenue
Baptist Church in East Point,
will deliver the invocation
and render special music.
Beverly Sue Raynor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Raynor of Route 3, is the
1976 Valedictorian of Indian
Springs Academy. She has
maintained an “A” average
througout her school career.
Beverly has been in the
Honor Society four years,
serving as treasurer one year
and secretary one year. In
the 1975-76 school year, she
was senior representative on
EUSERY CHILD HURT
IN AUTO MISHAP
Lynell Eusery, 7, of
Jenkinsburg, was seriously
injured last Thursday after
noon when he darted across
Mulberry Street into the path
of an automobile driven by-
James Douglas Barlow. The
impact broke the child's leg,
and caused severe lacera
tions and bruises about the
head. He was taken to Sylvan
Grove Hospital and trans
ferred to Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital.
According to Jackson
police who investigated the
incident, which occurred just
south of the Mulberry-Col
lege Street intersection, no
charges were brought
against Barlow as the
accident was termed un
avoidable.
$6.24 Per Year In Advance
Bankston, Debra Denise
Barlow, June Barlow,
Ronald Keith Barlow, Bar
bara Anne Barnes, Daniel
Walter Barnes, Larry Bar
ron, Angelia Bell, Vanessa
Cherika Benton, Douglas
Bevard, Kelly Black, Tina
Boggs, Clifton Jason Bond,
Alma Brewer, Linda Lee
Brewer, Stanley Bridges,
Sandra Brown, Shirley Car
son, Mark Edward Cawthon,
Darlene Childs, Jimmy
Clemons, Scott A. Cobb,
Russell Cochran, Marvin J.
Coleman, Sandra Irene Cook,
Deborah Dawson, Michael T.
Dahlin, Martin Ditto, Brenda
Ann Dupree, Jerry Wayne
East, Susan Valeria Eidson,
James Alton Elliott, Winifred
Noreen Elliott, David Dennis
Evans, Sandra Evans, Cindy
Jean Fincher, Cynthia
Dianne Fish, Henry Free
man, John Ellis Giddens,
Brenda Lucille Goodman,
Wanda Grant, Brenda La
vonne Grier, Eric LeDon
Grier, Rose Marie Grier,
Michael Barron Hamlin,
Dorothy Melinda Harper,
Sharon Annette Head, Donny
Hosey, Stephanie Lynn Hud
gins, Clem James, Jr.,
Lurlene Jefferson, Diane
Jester, Mary Yvette Jester.
Miranda Ann Jester, Shirley
Patricia Jester, Henry John
son, Hershel Lee Johnson,
111, James L. Johnson,
Charles Bernard Jones, Reba
Lynn Kelly, Beverly Joyce
King, Stanley Doyle Kirk
land, Anita Lynn Latham,
Elmer Lawrence, W’esley
Lawrence, Vemice Lawson,
George M. Long, James R.
Lowery. Larry Lunsford,
Robert A. Lusk, Timothy
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BEVERLY SUE RAYNOR
Student Council and Home
coming Court. Asa fresh
man, she received an award
for being the most outstand
ing Biology student.
During her high school
years, Beverly played soft
ball for three years and
basketball for two years. She
was a cheerleader for two
years in which she served as
co-captain and captain. She
also served two years on the
June 5 Date
For Jasper
Cos. Jubilee
The second annual Jasper
Jubilee, featuring a bus tour
of seven homes, will be held
Saturday, June 5. The event
is sponsored by the Jasper
County Historical Founda
tion.
Homes to be opened for the
tour were selected for their
architectural styles or
unique furnishings. Featured
homes include such diverse
styles as Victorian, Italian
renaissance, Greek revival,
Italian villa and rural
collage.
The tour begins at 10 a.m.
and concludes at 3:30 p.m.
Michael Maddox, Virgia
Gertrude Mangham, Cathy
A. Mann, Inez McClendon,
Paul McClendon, Greta S.
McKibben Dorsey, Ricky
Walter McMichael, Robert
Douglas Merritt, Pamela F.
Mills, Bertha Elaine Moore,
Franklin Scott Moore, Sherri
Oliver, Theodore O’Neal,
Jane Patrick Washington,
Jeffery Leo Patterson, Ken
neth Gerald Parrish, Jr.,
Margaret Elizabeth Patter
son, Michael F. Peters, Ruth
Renee Peters, Charles S.
Price, Linda Denise Pulliam,
Julia Annette Ridgeway,
Clinton Ray Robinson,
Deborah Dianne Robertson,
Perry Alan Rosser, Nancy
Almeda Shaw, Vivian Sims,
Valita Singiey, Eydie Gorme
Smith, Ronnie L. Smith,
Vincent Delaney Smith,
Warren F. Smith, Jr.,
Cynthia D. Stewart, Dianne
Stewart. Janet Renee Ste
wart. Wanda LaNell Strick
land, Deborah Stodghill,
Cherry Biles Sweatman,
Janice Leigh Thaxton, Judy
Estelle Thompson, Barbara
Ann Thurman, Monica Faye
Thurman, James Anthony
Trimble, Rosa Vanessa
Usher, Yvonne Tanner, Ray
Thomas, Edward Scott
Waits. Jannis Felecia Ward,
Janice Anita Watkins,
Robert L. Watts. Patricia
Elaine Washington, Jerry
Webb, Cassandra Delynn
White. Charlotte Ann White,
Dale Maurice White, Jerry
Jerome White, Imogene
White. Charlie Willis. Ada
Varno Wyatt.
annual staff and one year on
the paper staff. She is a
member of the First Baptist
Church and sings with the
Youth Choir.
Beverly plans to attend
Gordon Junior College in
Barnesville continuing from
there to major in the field of
Medical Technology.
Friends and relatives of
the graduates are invited to
attend graduation exercises.
Members of the 1976
graduating class include
Sherman Glenn Baggarley,
Jr.. Rebecca Jane Cawthon,
Steven Lee Cawthon. Dolores
Elizabeth Cook, Charles
Bryan Knight, Randolph
Lester Long, Carol Annette
Long. Kathy Elaine Lowe,
Beverly Sue Raynor and
David Eugene Wease.
Steven Lee Cawthon is
president of Student Govern
ment and Dolores Elizabeth
Cook is editor of The
Talisman for 1976.
Reunion 121st
Infantry Be
Held June 12
The annual reunion of
Company "A”, 121st Infan
try, will be held at the
National Guard Armory on
June 12th.
The meeting will begin at
5:30 p.m. and supper will be
served promptly at 6:30
o'clock with members and
former members invited to
be present.
Tickets for the event are
$4.00 and may be purchased
on the square the day of the
tour or in advance from John
P. Harvey or Ms. Elaine
Mobley, Monticello, Ga.
31064.