The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, October 07, 1976, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHacks on progr^ss-Atgns Volume 103—Number 41 Harris Pope Named Director Regional Civil Defense Agency ■HPnL llPr**li ; Vl' ./' '4aßranHßilH PP ■ .; y| 1 **** HP 5 -' mr ' John E. Davis, Director of the Defense Civil Prepared ness agency, today announc ed the appointment of Harris M. Pope as Director of Region Three with his headquarters in Thomas ville, Georgia. Mr. Pope, a Civil Service career employee, has served as Deputy Director of the Region since 1963, and was Acting Director for a period of 17 months during 1970 and 1971. He will be responsible for administering Federal Civil Preparedness pro grams in the Southeastern area of the United States, comprising, the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and the Canal Zone. Commenting on his appointment, DCPA Director Davis said: “I have selected Harris Pope on the basis of his invaluable experience in working with governmental leaders at state and local levels. I am sure he enjoys their trust and confidence and this fact will help us through a period of transition and continue to strengthen Civil Defense in the South eastern part of our country.” Mr. Pope joined the civil preparedness program in January 1961 to become Director of Administration at Region Three Office of Civil Defense, a predecessor agen cy to DCPA. The new Regional Director was born in Jackson, Georgia Butts Cos. Retail Sales Boom; Lead Entire Area Retail sales in Butts County for the second quarter of 1976 far outstripp ed those of surrounding counties and ran 8.2 percent above the overall gain for the State as a whole. Figures just released by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce show Butts Coun ty retail sales for the April through June period of $9,168,000, up 21.4 percent from the $7,555,000 recorded for the same period in 1975. Retail sales for the State of Geogria totaled $4,9%,077,000 during the second quarter of 1976, as compared with $4,415,243,000 for 1975’s second quarter, or an increase of 13.2 percent. Most of the adjoining > counties recorded sales in creases in the second quarter over last year, but none so dramatic as those recorded locally. Retail sales figures for the contiguous counties with 1976 second quarter on March 9, 1920. He was called to active duty with the Georgia National Guard in 1940. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant after attending Officer Candidate School in 1943 and served during World War II with the Sixth Infantry Division. During the Korean War, Mr. Pope served as an Infantry Battalion Com mander in the Ninth Infantry Regiment. For his Korean service, he received the Silver Star and three Bronze Stars, and was wounded in action. During the military service he attended the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Armed Forces Institute and studied political science at Oglethorpe Uni versity. Mr. Pope retired as a Lt. Colonel of Infantry in 1960. Active in community af fairs, Mr. Pope served for two consecutive years as Chairman of the Community Chest Drive for Thomasville, and initiated the first Indian Guide Program in the Thomasville Y.M.C.A. He is a member of Rotary, Elks, the American Legion, V. F. W. He teaches Sunday School at the First United Methodist Church where he also serves as a member of the Administrative Board. Mr. Pope is married to the former Esther Sitton of Easley, South Carolina. They have three children. sales listed first, 1975 sales from the same period, and the percentage of increase or decline are as follows: Henry County--$19,018,000- $16,338,000-16.4 percent. Jasper County~s2,96l,ooo - 29.6 per cent. Lamar County-$6,337,000- $5,300,000-19.6 percent. Monroe County-$10,409,000 -$8,622,000-20.7 percent. Spalding County s37,ol6,ooo-$33,296,000-11.2 percent. Taxable sales in Georgia counties are estimated by calendar quarters of busi ness and are based on Georgia Department of Kev nue data for adjusted gross tax amounts. These figures exclude out-of-state purchases, which relate to use tax amounts, and indicate place of sale rather than consumer buying power by place of residence. Exchange Club Names Woman Of The Year '% MRS. BAILEY JONES (In announcing the winner of the Woman of the Year award Monday night at the Butts County Fair, John Moore, president of the Jackson Exchange Club, paid the following tribute to this year’s nominee): This year’s “Woman of the Year” was born and reared in Butts County and educated in the Butts County Schools. She lives daily by the . Golden Rule and her faith in God. To know her is to love her. She visits and ministers to the needs of the sick and is a regular visitor of Westbury Nursing Home. She is a wonderful grandmother and neighbor. She is an active member of the Macedonia Baptist Church and Sunday School. She also holds membership in the Iron Springs Sunshine Club and has served as its president during which time the club enjoyed the fruits of her diligent efforts. She is a member and officer of the Order of Eastern Star, a member of the Hawthorne Garden Club, and is vice president of the local chapter County's Unemployment Rate Drops ; Still High for Area Butts County’s unemploy ment rate, decreasing steadi ly from the 1976 high of 12.5 percent in January, reached a year’s low of 9.6 percent for the month of August. Unemployment rates for the eight-county Mclntosh Trail Area Planning and Development Commission were released Tuesday by Jerry Buffington, office If the second quarter sales can be taken as typical, then Butts County’s retail sales for 1976 can be projected at the 36-to-$37,000,000 range. Based on a projected sales volume of this magnitude, Butts County and its munici palities would share in about $370,000 of revenue derived from the imposition of the local one-cent sales tax. Original estimates of the amount of revenue to accrue from the local one-cent levy were at the $250,000 level. Under the law governing the imposition of local option sales taxes, both County and City governments will be required to lower property taxes for calendar year 1977. STATE PECAN CROP The smallest pecan crop in Georgia since 1972 is expect ed this year, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service in Athens. A total of only 50 million pounds is Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, October 7,1976 Butts Prisoner Dies in Cell From Hanging The body of Cecil Pait eruint, 56, of Bainbridge, was discovered in his cell at the Butts County Diagnostic Center on Sunday morning about 2:30 a.m. by a member of the correctional staff. The prisoner was found hanging by a bed sheet in his cell and death was caused by strangulation, according to a preliminary report from the State Crime Lab. Pending an inquest, the death has been ruled an apparent suicide. Mr. Paiteruint’s remains were sent to the Parker- Bramblett Funeral Home in Camilla for interment. FLOVILLA ALUMINUM PICK-UP CONTINUES The drive to collect aluminum cans, and other objects made of the light metal, for recycling contin ues in Flovilla where the Reynolds truch will be at the corner of Lee and Heard Streets on October 13th and 27th between the hours of l p.m. to 2:30 p.m. of the American Association of Retired People. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mills, she was married on May 15, 1927 to Bailey Jones, and from this union five children were born. The first child being lost at birth, her other children include Betty Dover, Barbara Crumbly,’ Steve Jones and Bill Jones She has 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. By her family and friends, she is affectionately known as “Floss”. It is a great pleasure to present the “Woman of the Year” award to Mrs. Bailey (Martha) Jones. manager of the Griffin Employment Service. While local unemployment has been in a steady downward trend, it still far outstrips the unemployment rate of the other seven Mclntosh Trail counties, as the eight counties averaged 6.6 percent which was the same overall average as the State of Georgia. BEVERLY RAYNOR WINS GORDON SCHOLARSHIP The 1976 Valedictorian at Indian Springs Academy in Jackson has received the Valedictorian Scholarship to Gordon Junior College for the 1976-77 academic year. Miss Beverly Raynor, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ray Raynor, was awarded a full-tuition scholarship spon sored by the Gordon Founda tion. The freshman pre pharmacy major began classes at Gordon in Septem ber. BE SMALL THIS YEAR estimated. Dry weather and a light set on the Stuart variety were responsible for the produc tion drop, the service said. Judge Sosebee's Ruling Settles Most Tax Cases The lengthy hassle over 1975 ad valorem taxes in Butts County has come to an end for the large majority of those contesting the assess ments made by the Board of Tax Assessors for the 1975 calendar year. An agreement between members of the Butts County Taxpayers Protective As sociation, approximately 225 in number, and the Butts County Board of Commis sioners, to abide by the average adjustment of 10 cases being submitted to arbitration, has apparently ended the dispute. Flint Superior Court Judge Hugh D. Sosebee announced on Monday that those cases going to arbitration has resulted in an average reduction of 38.4 percent from the original assess ment. Judge Sosebee ordered that the final assessed values of properties owned by members of the Butts County Taxpayers Protective As sociation will be assessed at 61.6 percent of their original assessments for the 1975 tax year. The Judge further ruled that the costs of the third arbitrator and the court costs - should be paid one-half by the County and one-half by the TP A members in an equal amount, to be paid on or before taxes are paid. The complete text of Judge Sosebee’s order is as follows: “The arbitration agree ment of the parties having been complied with, and the average adjustment made in the cases submitted for arbitration having been computed as being a reduc- Unemployment rates for other counties in the Mcln tosh Trail Area for the month of August were as follows: Henry-8.8; Fayette-7.4; Newton, Pike and Spalding -6.2; Lamar-5.0, and-Upson -4.5. Georgia Labor Commis sioner Sam Caldwell report ed that the 6.6 percent rate for the State was the second lowest monthly unemploy ment rate in almost two years. “The pattern of the recovery is still solid,” said Caldwell, “but we seem to be in a period of settling down-settling to a growth rate that’s more durable.” The national rate of unemployment for the same period was 7.8 percent, Caldwell reported. Caldwell reported an an nual gain of 53,000 jobs in non-agricultural employ ment, with 35,500 recorded in manufacturing. Textiles con tinued to lead the recovery, up 19,100 jobs in a year's time. Textiles now employ 116,100 Georgians, apparel, and garment manufacture another 68.700 for a total of 184,800 jobs, or 10.5 percent of the State's total manufactur ing employment. Among the "positives" cited by Caldwell was the opening of Southlake Mall to provide approximately 3,000 new jobs and anew plant in Rockdale County manufac turing citizen’s band radios that will employ 300 initially and 1,500 eventually. tion of 38.4 percent in the assessment as originally made by the Board of Assessors in relation to property of said appellants shown and listed on the 1975 Butts County ad valorem tax digest. Therefore, pursuant to the arbitration agreement pre viously approved by the Court in relation to those taxpayers shown and listed on Exhibit “A” attached hereto and made a part hereof, it is ordered and adjudged that the ad valorem tax liability for each of said taxpayers for 1975 to Butts County and the State of Georgia shall be computed by the Tax Commissioner of Butts County as follows: The assessed values of the property of each of aid taxpayers as shown and listed on the 1975 Butts County ad valorem tax digest shall be reduced by 38.4 percent; so that the final assessed values shall be 61.6 percent of the original assessments made by the Board of Tax Assessors for 1975. Swine Flu Shots Be Given Here on Sunday , October 17 The Butts county Jaycees will sponsor “Swine Flu Day” in Jackson with flu shots available free. Flu shots will be given at the Armory and at Henderson School on Sunday, October 17th, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. This article will describe briefly the history' and reasoning behind the “Great Swine Flu" program of 1976. Last February 4th a young military recruit died while on a march at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Laboratory studies showed that this soldier was infected with an influenza virus. The virus was similar to the virus which caused the 1918 world wide pandemic, which killed more than 500.000 people in the U. S. This virus had virtually disappeared from the human population in 1929, and was thought to have infected many swine since then. Further laboratory studies at Fort Dix revealed that several hundred other soldiers had been infected and 12 had developed influenza. The USPHS Advisory Com mittee on immunization practices recommended that vaccine should be produced and administered. The fol lowing facts contributed to the decision. Influenza had been a recurring risk each year, primarily because influenza virus constantly undergoes minor changes. This often means that previously pre pared vaccines lost some, or all. of their effectiveness. Major changes in influenza virus occurred in 1957 and 1968. and epidemics resulted. This is the first time that a virus with major antigenic changes has been identified early enough to produce a vaccine in time for the flu season. Therefore, the Gov ernment contracted for in fluenza vaccine to be produced for administration to all of the adult population. As in past years, we are most concerned about people with chronic heart, lung, kidney and metabolic di seases (diabetes) and those over 65 wars. A vaccine for $6.24 Per Year In Advance The Tax Commissioner shall apply homestead or other exemptions that said taxpayers may be entitled to receive, and shall then apply the 1975 tax millage as heretofore made and approv ed by the Board of Commissioners of Butts County and the State of Georgia to the net taxable property assessment of each of said taxpayers. The Tax Commissioner shall then notify each of the taxpayers listed on Exhibit “A” attached hereto, by ordinary mail, of the amount of his liability for 1975 ad valorem taxes. Each of said taxpayers shall be authorized to pay said 1975 taxes within ten (10) days after said notice is mailed without the addition of penalty or interest. After expiration of said ten (10) day period, statutory penalty and interest shall be effect ive. The County and the taxpayers and the attorneys for each party agreed to the arbitration method to resolve the valuation of the tax payers’ property. this group, containing both swine influenza virus, and last years A-Victoria virus will be available in mid October and November. Vaccine containing only swine virus for others over 18 vrs. will be available at the same time. Tests show fewer than 5 percent will develop a slight transient fever. These vaccines will be available through the Health Department to all private physicians and institutions. The Health Department will hoid mass immunization clinics in this County at a time and date to be announced. The shots will be for anyone wishing it who is not allergic to eggs. Finally, no one should be in a panic with rememberance of the "dread 1918 pandem mic". If an outbreak occurs, it will probably be no worse than the "1968 Hong Kong Flu". The elderly and those with chronic disease should especially protect them selves. It is a good vaccine with low incidence of side effects. Why shouldn’t we all practice preventive medi cine? Booster’s Club Chickenque Set Oct. 15th The Butts County Athletic Booster’s Club will hold its annual Chickenque on Fri day. October 15th, at the high school baseball field on Franklin Street. One-half charcoal-barbe qued chicken will be served from 11 a m. until 7:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale at $2.25 each from any Booster Club member. Those planning to attend are asked to purchase their tickets in advance, as only a limited number will be available on the day of the game. The arbitration agreement is silent as to who should pay the cost of the third arbitrator and to how the court costs should be paid. There is no clear cut provision of law to guide the Court in providing how these costs may be paid and in the absence of an agreement and any law being cited to the Court to show otherwise, it is the conclusion of the Court that the costs of the third arbitratior and the Court costs should be paid one-half by the County and one-half to be paid by the taxpayers in an equal amount, this is to be paid on or before taxes are paid. This 4th day of October. 1976.” Although the ruling Mon day will resolve the tax status of the majority of Taxpayer Protective Associ ation members, there are still two cases pending in Henry County Superior Court contesting the legality of the 1975 Butts County tax digest and several other cases on file with the Butts County Clerk of the Superior Court. Presbyterians To Celebrate 150th Birthday Members of the Jackson Presbyterian Church will celebrate the Church’s 150 years of service with a special program on Sunday, October 10th. The Sesqui-centennial cele bration stems from church records which show that in 1826 the Rev. Remembrance Chamberlain formed a Pres byterian society in Jackson. The following year. 1827, the Church was granted two acres of land by the county authorities. The morning worship ser vice will feature brief addresses by several laymen with the pastor, the Rev. David Beville, coordinating the program. Following the morning worship, dinner on the grounds will be served at 12:30 p.m. All former members and pastors of the Church have been invited to attend the Sesqui-centennial celebra tion, and many have indicat ed their acceptance. JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ: > w i ~ 7 -o. ■flmj-t -If i \ 1 ;t - v One reason we value'horse sense so much is that none of us ever saw a horse with little enough sense to bet on a horse race.