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Karksmt 'Jragress-Argus Volume 103 Number 39 JpMMMMM ( J aB 3 'lf MKKKHLp* a~-l | - ***&■ 1 v, -. _'_ - ffiß Vy ,V?“ *'" ;’ r -v.%-’ 1 ,._ FASHION PILLOWS WINS AGAIN-For the fifth consecutive year, Fashion Pillows, of Jackson, has won the Sears Symbol of Excellence Award. Mr. Roy R. Kristofferson, Sears national buyer from Chicago, presented the award at a recent ceremony. Shown in this Fashion Pillows Wins Fifth Consecutive Sears Award A Jackson industry has won the coveted Sears Symbol of Excellence Award for the fifth consecutive year. Fashion Pillows, of Jack son, has been chosen again by Sears officials for this signal honor. Only 479 suppliers out of 12,000 firms which supply Sears received the Sears Symbol of Excel lence Award. Only 38 of these 479 firms have received the award five years in succes sion. Presenting the Sears a ward at a ceremony held in the Fashion Pillows plant was Mr. Roy Kristofferson, Sears national buyer from Chicago. Accepting the Award on behalf of all employees of Fashion Pillows was Mrs. Lamar (Jean) King, who has been employed by Fashion Pillows for 17 years. FRIENDSHIP BAPTISTS SLATE CAMP MEETING The Youth Department of Friendship Baptist Church will observe its third annual old-fashioned camp meeting on Sunday, September 26th, at 3 p.m. Several Butts County mi nisters, including Phil De- More, J. B. Green, A. L. Eusery, F. L. Harris and Grady Head, will appear on the program. Dinner will be served on the grounds. City Voters To Elect Three ; Second Ward Seat Contested The battle lines have been drawn for the Jackson City primary of Tuesday, October sth, and the only contested race of the three offices to be filled will see J. K. (Red) Godwin facing incumbent Councilman Allen Byars for the Second Ward seat. Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr. was unopposed in his re-election bid, as was Councilman Roy Goff of the Third Ward. City Administrator Lewis Freeman reports that, after a purge of the voter list and a concerted effort to re register those voters who had lost their qualification, ap proximately 1,450 registrants will be eligible to vote in the Booster’s Club To Sponsor Golf Tourney The Butts County Athletic Booster’s Club will sponsor its annual best ball golf tournament at Deer Trail Golf Club on Wednesday, September 29th. Play in the 18-hole tourna ment will begin at 1 p.m. from a shotgun start. Entrance fee will be SIO.OO, and the tournament will be open to all golfers who wish to participate. Those golfers wishing to participate in the September 29th tournament are asked to contact either Freddie Dod son or Bailey Crockarell for further information. LOCUST GROVE GET ITS PHYSICIAN Dr. Jose Namer, 52, has opened an office in Locust Grove for the general practice of medicine, ending a lengthy search the towns people of that town had made for a physician. Namer, a Cuban exile, will practice initially on a part time basis until his practice is established, according to a story in the McDonough Weekly-Advertiser. October sth primary. Registration books at the Jackson City Hall will close at 5 p.m. Friday, September 24th, for the October sth primary election. Those residents of Jackson who are not now registered to vote in a city election may register at any time during regular working hours at the City Hall before the September 24th deadline. In addition to the mayor and council seats, voters will also choose members of the Executive Committee, Democratic Party, for the City of Jackson. Present members include Levi J. Ball, chairman; Hugh Glide photo are executive personnel of the Jackson industry, including, left to right, Maurice Sears, W. H. Dupree, W. H. Shepard, Mr. Kristofferson, Walter E. Jones, Jack Little, Mrs. Lamar (Jean) King, Cecil Aaron and Walter McKemie. Rev. Burleson To Speak At Flovilla Meet Revival services at the Flovilla Baptist Church be gan Sunday, September 19th, and will continue through Friday, September 24th. Services begin each evening at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. James Burleson, pastor, Union Hill Baptist Church, of Cochran, and pleasantly remembered by many during his pastorate in Butts County, is delivering the series of evangelistic messages. A nursery will be provided Arbitration Hearings For Butts Tax Cases to Continue At an open hearing Thursday afternoon in the Butts County courtroom, agreement was reached to continue arbitration of seven additional tax cases arising from the 1975 Butts County tax digest. Tax assessments of the property of three members of the Butts County Taxpayers Protective Association have been submitted to arbitration and hearings completed. Neither the TPA or the County Commissioners were willing to accept the verdict in the three cases without hearing additional suits well, Jr., secretary; Mrs. Mary Lee Martin, treasurer; A. V. Maddox, J. 0. King and Vincent Jones. According to rules adopted by the Executive Committee, disabled voters may be carried ballots by a poll manager if parked in front of the polling place at City Hall. No ballots will be taken to a voter’s home.. Absentee ballots will be provided and may be obtained from the election manager at City Hall. No write in votes will be counted in the City primary election. Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, September 23, 1976 tommy McDowell HAS BIG CATCH In a fishing trip Sunday afternoon. Tommy McDowell of Jackson hit the jackpot, landing two catfish with a combined weight total of 35 1 2 pounds. McDowell was fishing on a private lake in Jasper County with liver for bait when he landed the two giants, one measuring over two feet in length. and special song services will be a feature of each of the evening meetings. Robert Smith will be in charge of the music. before arriving at a con sensus verdict. The original agreement between the taxpayers group and the County Commis sioners called for not more than ten cases to go to arbitration, with the con sensus verdict then being applied to the 1975 digest. Superior Court Judge Hugh D. Sosebee Thursday re quested both parties to get on 11, l^m^r' j^ms,^isissssssssssssiSsSiilll^^^^^^^^^^,> iii Inf ■■ It |) | ) %> - ***■ *“ *^L, TRAIN - TRUCK CRASH-A dry cement tank truck rounded a curve and nosedived into a convoy of 117 freight train cars, derailing 27 of them. The driver of the truck was pinned in the wreckage of his cab for nearly two hours until Annual Butts Cos. Fair Opens On October 4th The 1976 Butts County Agricultural Fair will open Monday, October 4th, for a week’s run at the Jackson Fairgrounds. The sponsoring organization for this year’s fair, as for many years past, will be the Jackson Ex change Club. Fair Week in Butts County annually attracts thousands of viewers from Butts and surrounding counties to view the exhibits and participate in the rides, shows and games that make the fair a fall fun festival. John Moore is president of the Exchange Club fair association, Charles Rooks, vice-president, Newt Ether edge, fair manager and treasurer and Larry Morgan, secretary. One of the highlights of fair week will be the announce ment Monday night at 8 p.m. of the winner of the coveted Woman of the Year Award. J. T. Beckham is chairman of the Woman of the Year W. J. BENNETT AT KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE SAN ANTONIO-Airman Walter L. Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Bennett of Indian Springs, Ga., has been assigned to Keesler AFB, Miss., after completing Air Force basic training. During the six weeks training at Lackland AFB. Tex., the airman studied the Air Force mission, organiza tion and customs and received special instruction in human relations. Airman Bennett will now receive specialized training in the administrative field. with the proceedings in order that the final arbitration verdict will be reached as guickly as possible. A suit challenging the 1975 Butts County tax digest has been filed in Henry County by members of the Butts County Taxpayer's Ass’n. which could conceivably overturn the entire 1975 County tax digest. committee, with Herbert Moore and Dale Land assisting. Those wishing to nominate candidates for the Woman of the Year Award are asked to submit their nominations to J. T. Beckham, at P. 0. Box 104, Jackson, Ga. 30233 as soon as possible, in order that the judges may have suf ficient time to weigh the qualifications of the various nominees. A schedule of events for the October fair shows Monday as Entry Day: Monday night-Licensed Nursery and Kindergarten Night, Woman of the Year Award (8:00 p.m.), Jack’s -n- Jill’s Demonstration Dance, West ern square dancing (8:30 p.m. ’til), Tuesday, the ever popular Flower Show and general exhibit judging will be held. Tuesday night the Youth Dog Show will be held beginning at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday will be Bake Day and Wednesday night Savings Bonds Are Popular In County Butts County’s sales of U. S. Savings Bonds for the first six months of 1976 are running ahead of all counties in the immediate area, as well as the entire state, according to a report just released by Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins, local volunteer chairman for the Savings Bonds program. Six months sales of the popular Series E Savings Bonds in Butts County were $96,268. or 57 percent of the County's 1976 goal of $169,000. State wide. Savings Bonds sales for six months totaled 51.8 million on a quota of 103.4 million, or 50 percent of the state's goal for the current calender year. Surrounding counties re port the following six-month sales figures: Newton. $192,000 or 54 percent of goal; Henry. $284,000 or 51 percent; Lamar $158,000 or 54 per cent; Monroe, $20,000 or 29 percent: Spalding. $146,000 or 44 percent; Jasper. $36,000 or 57 percent. rescue workers with the aid of a crane cleared him. He entered the hospital in critical condition Thursday and died Saturday. The collision occurred on Georgia 83 east of Georgia 87 north of Juliette. $6.24 Per Year In Advance the ever-popular Beauty Contest will be held at 8:00 p.m. Thursday night will be devoted to the schools, being designated as School Night. Friday night there will be String Music, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night premium awards will be made at 9:00 p.m. All exhibits must be on the ground by 5 p.m. on Monday, October 4th. The Fair gates will be open from 5:30 to 12:00 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and from 5:00 to 12:00 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Admis sion will be 50 cents and parking 50 cents. Miss Patricia Ann Smith. Butts County home econom ist. will be in charge of the Youth Groups, Girls. FHA and 4-H Club exhibits, assisted by Ann Champion and Deborah Stewart, home economics teachers. Miss Smith will also be general chairman for all the 1 WS3m Sess'Sz:. _< jjpllljfl l JIiSP - § ‘ *** ' ROCKING CHIEF-Jackson Fire Chief Cotton Vaughn relaxes in anew rocking chair furnished by the Butts County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Dick O’Hara, president of the local trade group, said that the chair was a gift for the role the fire department played in getting fire insurance rates lowered for Jackson property owners. WRESTLERS TO VISIT MONTICELLO ON 23rd. Professional wrestling will Women’s Department ex hibits, assisted by these chairmen, Mrs. T. H. Price, flow r er show: Mrs. Jimmy O’Neal, canning; Mrs. Ma rion Todd, clothing, and Mrs. Barbara Stamples. handi crafts. Milliard Daniel. Butts County farm agent, will be general chairman for the FFA and 4-H Boy’s Youth Section, with James McCor mick and Willie Colvin, vocational agriculture teach ers. assisting. O. L. Weaver. Jr. is chairman and Bill Fletcher, co-chairman, of the Field and Horticultural Crops exhibits, with Tom Taylor and Tobe Davis assisting. Millard Daniel will be in charge of the committee to obtain qualified judges and Mrs. T. H. Price will assist. Cash prizes for Community School and Youth booths will be $50.00. first; $35.00. second; 525.00, third and Best Fair Booth. $25.00. According to the 1976 premium list, each school or youth group having a creditable exhibit will receive $25.00. come to the Monticello High School gymnasium on Thurs day. September 23rd. when four matches will be held, a men's tag team, two men s mam events and one ladies’ main event. The matches will begin at 8:30 p.m. and admission is $3.00 at the gate. Some of the wrestlers featured will include The Masked Spoiler. Mike Seigler. Buddy’ Atlas. Tony Ramano, Shelia Vaschon and Tina Graham. JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ: . i? It isn’t exactly kindly of us to swear our politicians into office, and cuss them out afterwards.