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Sacks o*/ p r ogress-Arnus Volume 103 Number 44 —=Sei, ( Gerald It. Ford ) tV A Which Will It Be? Voters To Choose Tuesday Butts County voters will go to the polls Tuesday, Novem ber 2nd, to state their preferences for President and Sixth District Congress man, elect nominees for county and state offices and wade through a passel of proposed amendments to the State constitution. At the upper right-hand corner of the large ballot will be printed three columns, Democratic, Republican or Write-In. Voters will have their choice of checking the Democratic box if they wish to elect electors pledged to Jimmy Carter, the Republi can box if they prefer electors pledged to President Gerald Ford, or they have the option of writing in the name of other candidates not appearing on the ticket, such as, Lester Maddox or Eugene McCarthy or Joe, the Hobo. The ballot must be marked by the voter in one of the three boxes if their prefer ence for president is to be made known. Butts Superior Court Convenes Monday For November Term Grand and traverse jurors to serve during the Novem ver session of the Butts Superior Court have been chosen and court officials are hoping to dispose of a number of cases during the two-week session. Court will convene on Monday, November 1, at 9:30 a.m. The list of jurors as furnished by Superior Court Clerk David Ridgeway is as follows: GRANDJURY Fred P. Cook, David Lewis Taylor, James H. Kelly, G. H. Standard, Mrs. Willie Mae Roddy, George W. Washing ton, Robert C. Evans, John D. Rooks, Mrs. Doris Lummus, Ray E. Merritt, George Henderson, Jr., Wal ter Barnes, Roland V. Lee, Ralph E. Evans, B. E. Carter. Prinest Jester, John Wise, Harold G. Lewis, Mrs. Mary M. Carr, L. A. Brooks, Jr., Robert H. Lane, Nesbit Moss, Nesby Watson, Rufus Tyus, J. B. White, Jr., James M. Perkins, Mrs. Ruth Estella Holder, Robert H. Rooks, Steve M. Jones, Miss Elizabeth Finley. TRAVERSEJURY FIRST WEEK Mrs. Gloria Jean Hunter, Carlton H. Waits, Mrs. W. F. Caldwell, Harry R. Cook, G. Appearing on the left side of the long ballot will be the names of Democratic nomi nees who won the August primaries. Some of the nominees are for state-wide positions, others local, such as sheriff, tax commissioner, probate judge, county com missioner, etc. A person wishing to vote a straight Democratic ticket would check the Democratic boxes for both the president and the state and-or local nominees. The only name appearing in the Republican column on most Butts County ballots will be that of Newt Gingrich, who is opposing incumbent John J. Flynt, Jr. for the Sixth District Congressional seat. , The exception to this rule will be in the Worthville and part of the Jackson District where the name of Ed Wallace wili appear as the Republican candidate for the 73rd Georgia House seat now filled by Ray Tucker. R. Lewis, Carlton Thompson, Eugene A. Potter, Luther Byars, L. P. Hurst, Mrs. Barbara Duke, Mrs. Mildred E. Fears, Marvin F. Walker, Charlie Johnson, Benjami^ F. Hamlin, Harold M. Morgan, Mrs. Maggie Lee Stodghill. Mrs. James A. Nutt, Wayne E. Byars, Melvin Findley, H. L. Bankston, Jr., T. J. Enlow, Millard Daniel, Jr., Joe Lewis Allen, George P. Saunders, Guy H. Howard, Robert K. Thurston, Robert N. Reese, Mrs. Georgia Schroeder, Stanley H. Vaughn, Stanley A. McCart, Mrs. Willie Ruth Jones, Rolfe H. Burford. Jackie L. Cook, James E. Mixon, Samuel Coleman, Sam A. Smith, R. C. Riley, Jr., Mrs. Emory Spencer, O. J. Morgan, John D. Dover, Thomas G. Saunders, Mrs. Marion L. Britton, Ellis Maddox, W. Clint Adams, William H. Leverette, M. R. Parker, Mrs. Beatrice M. Briscoe. M. L. Powell, Mrs. Grace Capps, Mrs. Bertha Mae Tyus, Mrs. Elzuma Allen, Mrs. Willie Florence Fears Keith, Miss. Linda Jean Taylor, Emory W. Waits, Sr., William Lamar McMichael, W. R. Presley, J. A. Evans, Mrs. Annie Myrtis High tower, Mrs. Miriam D. Duffey, E. Joseph Moncrief, lister E. Maddox, Mrs. Ruth F. Wilson, James W. Cook, Mrs. Glenda H. Gambill, I James E C arter | t ,g =S —. J Write-in votes will be permitted, and a column provided, for anyone wishing to cast a vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot as either a Democratic or Republican nominee. Cross-voting will be per mitted ; that is, a voter may check the Republican block for President and then vote the Democratic ticket for state and local nominees. Or another voter may wish to cast a ballot for a Democrat for president and then vote for Republican Gingrich in the Congressional race. But the voter must state his preferences clearly by mak ing both choices; he must vote one of the blocks provided for president and he must vote one of the blocks provided for state and local officers, if he wishes to express an opinion in both cases. At the right of the ballot will appear a list of 28 proposed amendments to the Mrs. Velma Weaver. TRAVERSEJURY SECOND WEEK J. P. McClelland, Jimmy V. Walker, William A. Parker, Charles E. Rooks, Jr., David Ronald Washing ton, Wilbert W. Taylor, Mrs. Ruth Ash, Mrs. Clara Barlow, Howell L. Cook, Charles W. Harper, Charles M. Maddox, Mrs. Charlotte M. Battle, Ollie Lee Ray, Raymon C. Fenner, Stanley R. Maddox. Mrs. Alma A. Thurmond, Joseph H. Brown, Harold G. Spruell, Robert P. Friddell, Robert L. Williams, Jr., Mrs. Evelyn F. Fitch, Stacer W. Washington, William M. Davis, Thomas Frank Peek, Jr., C. Lamar Long, Mrs. Sarah Hunter, Thomas F. Peek, Alfonza Fears, Mrs. Lucille Fletcher, Mrs. Betty M. Brown. John B. Yawn, Mrs. Rosa Ann Fears, Lonnie Loyd, Maurice L. Cook, Joseph E. James, Mrs. M. L. Hodges, Jr., W. G. Spencer, E. H. Cook, George Crawford, Kerry B. Hardy, Rufus Adams, Mrs. Ellen C. Brewer, Mrs. Vera Allen, Donald L. Folsom, C. W. Greer. Stanley Washington, Carl E. Waits, Dennis C. Wise, Alton Patterson, Aubrey 0. Washington, E. T. Foster, Grover L. Kitchens, J. R. Kimbell, Mrs. Carol Trimble, Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, October 28, 1976 Georgia constitution. A list of these amendments appeared in last week’s issue of the Progress-Argus to better inform its readers of the constitutional matters to be resolved. A voter may vote for one, four, ten, or none of these amendments if it so desires. In addition to the large ballot, each voter will receive a small ballot containing only the name of George T. Smith, Democra tic nominee for a Georgia Court of Appeals seat. This special ballot was neces sitated by a quirk in the election laws which did not cover Smith’s election as it appears on the regular general election ballot. Local election officials are anticipating a moderately heavy turn-out on Tuesday, when the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. It is not felt, however, that the record vote of 4,036 set in the August 31st run-off this year will be endangered. BUSINESS EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT GSU The third annual Business Education Update confer ence will be held at Georgia State University in Atlanta on November 6th. Governor George Busbee will give the keynote address during the opening session. Topics to be discussed include: “Job Opportunities for High School and Junior College Graduates,” “Are Your Students in Lock step?”, and “What Employ ers Expect of New Office Workers.” For registration informa tion call the GSU division of public service at (404) 658-3466. Glenn Potts, Alfred Frank Eusery, John R. Ramson, Marion L. Britton, Gerald L. Hamlin, Mrs. Bessie Lou Wise. Albert W. Hencely, Ben Hill Dover, Mrs. Lillian Q. Patterson, Eulos Paul Bar low, Jesse Victor James, Danny E. Blue, F. S. Powell, Malcolm R. Smith, Mrs. Anne S. Parrish, Richard Lewis, Mrs. Clara Lee Bridges, Mrs. Rosa Lee Hendricks, J. D. Patrick, Mrs. Laßue Turner, Charles W. Carter. James E. Woodard, Miss Aleene Duke, William V. Crider, Victor M. Black, Mrs. Irene Holland, Troy B. Allen, Mrs. Dorothy Price, S. A. Washington, Steve Mills Jones, D. J. Lewis, Mrs. Maxine R. Thaxton. John 0. Colwell, Timothy W. Skinner, Mrs. Emily E. Hamlin. Butts County In Finals Of Beautification Contest Butts County is in a state of readiness for the invasion of the judges in the finals of a statewide beautification contest, and its citizens are about as jittery anticipating the November 4th judging day as they were watching for Sherman’s legions sweep ing through on the way to the sea. Brunches and lunches are being prepared, neighbor hood chairmen have been appointed and the County is receiving its most critical going-over in its history. The program, designed to encourage individual home owners, communities and counties to enhance their natural assets while protect ing the environment as well, is sponsored on a state-wide basis by the Georgia Electric Membership Corp. and the Georgia Association of Con servation District Super visors. Among the judges who will visit Butts County on November 4th are: Miss Vickie Crowley, Home Ser vice Advisor and Member Services Representative for the Cobb EMC; Mr. Cecil R. Phillips, Executive Director of the Georgia Conservancy; HELP JHS BAND BY SAVING HALF GAL. CARTON TOPS All band members, Booster jCjub members, members friends of the Jackson High School Marching Band are asked to please support the band by saving Meadow Gold Supreme Ice Cream half-gallon carton tops. For each half-gallon carton top Meadow Gold Supreme Ice Cream will pay the band 10 cents each from October Ist through November 10th. The tops may be turned in at Red & White, Handy Andy and Jones Brothers on Stark Road. Nancy Steinmann To Appear In Concert at Towaliga Church The Towaliga Baptist Church is proud to present Miss Nancy Steinmann in concert on Saturday, Novem ber 6. at 7:30 p.m. Miss Steinmann, of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, is a vocalist whose recent album of sacred and patriotic songs has won her wide acclaim. In addition to her beautiful voice. Miss Steinmann’s attractive appearance and vivacious personality are added tools with which she captivates her audience. Among her credits are and Mr. Frank Craven, Chief of Forestry Education for the Georgia Forestry Commis sion. Others in the visiting party will include Mr. George Lightfoot, representing the Georgia Electric Member ship Corporation, and Mr. Dennis E. Hopper, Assistant Executive Director of the Georgia State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Members of the local beautification committee are busy putting together plans for their presentation to the judges and planning a luncheon, with a county-wide slate of invitees. Mrs. Weaver pointed out that the County’s success in the beautification program to date has been the result of a cooperative, coordinated effort with splendid partici pation from all individual and groups who have been asked, or volunteered, to serve. The public is cordially invited to attend a “covered dish” luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Central Georgia EMC auditorium. A kick-off brunch will be held at the EMC building at 9:30 for the purpose of greeting the United Fund Drive Begins Here With Goal of $15,000 Jackson Postmaster Tom Webb, who heads the 1976 United Appeal Fund Drive for Butts County, reports the organizational structure for this year’s drive has been completed and that solicita tion of funds will begin immediately and continue through November 15th. The LTnited Appeal Drive in Butts County annually sup- performances with the Atlan ta Opera Company, Summer "pops” concerts in Chastain Park, and a recent concert appearance with the Metro politan Opera Guild of Atlanta. She is now in full-time concert ministry at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, where she is a member. Rev. Lannie W. Smith, pastor of the Towaliga Baptist Church, and his congregation invite the pub lic to hear Miss Steinmann in her first Butts County appearance. $6.24 Per Year In Advance judges and other guests. Butts County finds itself in final competition with only two other counties, Crisp and Oconee, for the coveted state winner’s title. Among the neighborhood chairmen named to spear head clean-up campaigns in their immediate neighbor hoods are: Mrs. Tom Webb, Mrs. Robert Williams, Mrs. Polly Garr, Mrs. Ruth Greer, Mrs. David Burford, Miss Rachael Watkins, Miss Virginia Wat kins. Mrs. Rosena O’Hearn, Mrs. Bertha Perdue, Mrs. Mercer Hodges, Sr., Mrs. Cliett Redman, Mrs. Julian Fletcher, Mrs. Ivey Bridges, Miss Sarah Bond, Mrs. Doris Lummus, Mrs. Bertha White, Mrs. Mary Helen Solomon. Mrs. Mattie Gaye, Mrs. R. H. Burford, Mrs. Eilene Milam, Mrs. Asa O’Neal, Mrs. Winnie Moore, Mrs. Kathleen Pinck ney, W. A. Patterson, Eugenia Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Battle. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Taylor. Street Chairmen named by Mrs. Charlotte Barber in clude Mrs. Hugh Glidewell, Jr., Mrs. Gladys Wilson, Mrs. Phyllis Smith, Mrs. J. ports most of the organiza tions engaged in charitable work, eliminating much duplication of effort in this regard. Local organizations receiving support from the United Appeal fund include: American Red Cross, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, Y.M.C.A., Mental Health Association of Georgia. Butts County Association for Re tarded Children, U. 5.0., Jackson-Butts County Child Development Center, Butts County Ministerial Associa tion (for traveler’s aid). Chairman Webb stressed the desirability of local residents who work outside the County giving at home, rather than where they work. “In cases where their employer has requested they give at work in order to reach a participation goal, they can still help the local drive by splitting their gift, such as giving half at work and half at the local drive. This would allow part of their gift to be used here at home,” Webb pointed out. Volunteer workers have been assigned and accepted responsibility in the follow ing areas. Webb said: Industry-Lamar Long and Dick O'Hara. Business-Harry Lewis. Professional - Rufus Adams, David Ridgeway and Hugh Glidewell, Jr. Schoois-Margaret Mc- Cormick and George Tate. Churches-Rev. Don Fol som and Mrs. Tom Taylor. Residential (City) -Henry Hilderbrand, Mac Davis, George McGahee and Betty Bearden. Residential (Rural )-Luke Weaver, Edward Wise and Joe Lewis Allen. Clubs-Mrs. Ben Haisten and Alan Byars. Special Gifts-Miss Georgie Watkins. With a $15,000 goal set for the 1976 United Fund drive locally, Webb stressed the importance of citizen partici pation in the fund-raising effort, which is bound to succeed if the Fair Share concept is followed, he said. W. Carter, Mrs. W.O. Bail. Mrs. Mac Collins, Mrs. B. Y. Lunceford and Mac Davis. State roads on the judges’ intinerary include Hwy. 16 (toward Barnesville), Hwy. 42 (from Waldrop’s store to intersection of Hwy. 87), Hwy. 87 to Gilbert’s Store. Hwy. 16 (Monticello Raod) from By-Pass Road town, Hwy. 42 (Atlanta Hwy j from city limits sign, Hwy. 16 (Griffin Road) out to the Baptist Church. Among the City of Jackson streets to be traveled by the judges are: East and West Third. Franklin, Freeman. Co-Op, Mulberry. Covington, Second, Nelson, along with John Moore Road. McCaskill Drive. Alabama Blvd., Old McDonough Road and Arrowhead Drive. County roads involved in the judges’ tour will include High Fall Road, part of Brownlee Road (from John Moore Road to Mulberry Street), Lee Maddox Road. Mount Vernon Road and New by-pass Road (Flovilla to Hwy. 16). Jimmy Carter Invites Public To Celebration The public is invited to Jimmy Carter's election night celebration Nov. 2 at the World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta, the cam paign headquarters an nounced today. The celebration will start at 8 p.m. and Gov. Carter plans to attend later in the evening The World Congress Center is located at 285 Magnolia St., N.W., in the Omni complex. “We decided on the World Congress Center so everyone would be able to come.” said Richard Harden, who is coordinating the evening's events. “Now we are busy working out all the details.” Among the arrangements already confirmed are: food concessions throughout the center’s main level, cash bars, large video-beam TV screens throughout the hall to monitor the election returns from around the country, and live music and entertainment. Because of limited parking in the area of the World Congress Center, a shuttle bus service will be provided to and from parking lots around Atlanta. JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ: The country appears strong enough to outlive its current crop of politicians.