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Volume 103 Number 46
Democrats Win Big in County;
Amendments Also Approved
In the general election on
November 2, over 3900 voters
in Butts County helped to
elect Jimmy Carter to the
Presidency and returned
John Flynt to the U.S.
Congress from the sixth
district.
This number represented
66 per cent of the 5953
registered voters in the
county.
The Democratic ticket,
headed by Jimmy Carter and
Senator Walter Mondale,
easily carried all precincts in
the county, and the interpre
tation to be drawn from the
tabulated totals was that a
pattern of straight-party
voting for the head of the
ticket obviously pulled in
many votes for those listed in
the same column.
Flynt carried Butts County
without any real challenge
from his Republican oppo
nent, Newt Gingrich. How
ever, Gingrich ran much
stronger in other counties of
the district, so strong in fact
that the final results showed
that Flynt won by little more
than three percentage points.
And in the race for state
Postal Service Takes Option
On Flovilla Post Office Site
The U.S. Postal Service
has acquired an option to buy
a site for anew post office
building at Flovilla, Post
master I. C. Bankston of
Flovilla said.
The site is located on the
corner of Heard and Lee
Streets. The tract of land
contains 9,150 sq. ft. owned
by the City of Flovilla.
The Postal Service will
soon ask for construction
bids to build and lease anew
post office building contain
ing 1,067 sq. ft. of interior
floor space. The building will
be built with private funds
and leased to the Postal
Service for a basic period of
ten years with renewal
options of 20 additional
years.
The option to buy the site
will be assigned to the
successful bidder.
VISITORS* DAY
AT TIFT COLLEGE
ON NOVEMBER 13
Forsyth, Ga. - Fall Visit
ors' Day will be held at Tift
College on Saturday, Nov. 13.
Prospective students and
their parents will have the
opportunity to meet with
faculty members and tour
the campus.
Registration begins at 10
a.m. in the lobby of the new
classroom - administration
building.
Information on scholar
ships and financial aid will be
available, according to Web
ster Bailey, Jr., director of
admissions.
Lunch will be served in
Rutland Student Center at 12
noon.
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PRESIDENT
CARTER-MONDALE (DEM.) 50 20 112 1884 106 262 162 214 88 2898
FORD-DOLE (REP.) 30 7 51 490 44 69 39 51 38 819
CONGRESS oth DIST.
JOHNFLYNT, JR. (DEM.) 57 18 102 1610 103 225 154 180 85 2534
NEWTGINGRICH (REP.) 18 6 61 494 41 58 44 47 41 810
REPRESENTATIVE 73rd. DIST.
RAY TUCKER (DEM.) 81 191 11 283
ED WALLACE (REP.) 5 21 0 26 ‘
representative from the 73rd
District the Democrat Ray
Tucker handily defeated the
challenger Ed Wallace.
In this election the voters
were asked for their decision
on 28 amendments to the
Georgia consititution.
By a wide margin, county
voters approved all 28 of the
amendments.
One of the amendments
which caused a great deal of
interest amone the voters of
the county was No. 20 which
called for making bingo
games by non-profit organi
zations legal in Georgia. By a
vote of 1711-1261 this amend
ment carried in Butts
County.
Other amendments which
appeared to create the most
interest on a local and
statewide basis were Amend
ments one and two.
Number one proposed that
anew constitution be ratified
for the state of Georgia, and
number two asked that the
state constitution be amend
ed so that a governor could
succeed himself for one
four-year term.
Both amendments passed
Methodists
Set Bazaar
For Nov. 17
The Jackson United Metho
dist Church is holding a
bazaar on Wednesday, No
vember 17th, beginning at
2:00 p.m.
Features of the bazaar will
be home made gifts of all
kinds, home canned food,
homemade cakes, pies and
other delicacies.
The day will be topped off
with a spaghetti supper from
5 to 7 p.m.
Browsers are welcome and
the public is cordially invited
to bring their shopping lists
for food and gifts to the
Church next Wednesday.
REHEARSAL TO BE
HELD AT GORDON
A rehearsal for the
production of the “Messiah”
will be held November 14 at
Gordon Junior College.
Anyone enrolled in
Oratorio Workshop 114 at
Gordon should attend this
meeting according to school
officials. Class members
should meet at 2:30 p.m. in
the Gordon gymnasium.
If a choir member has not
received a copy of the
“Messiah” by November 8,
he should call Gene Love,
director of community serv
ice, at 358-1700.
easily, the first 1969-891, and
amendment No. 2 was
approved by a vote of 2402 to
805.
Amendment No. 3 asked
for a provision to remove
disabled Executive Officers.
This amendment passed
2068-603. Amendment No. 5
called for the governing
authority of any county or
municipality to be authorized
to exempt from ad valorem
taxation “certain tangible
personal property held in
certain inventories.” This
amendment also passed
1427-1140.
Amendments No. 14 and 21
also received considerable
voter interest. Number 14
called for the requirement
that the voters in a political
subdivision must authorize
the issuance of “revenue
certificates to buy, construct,
...and maintain gas or
electric generating and dis
tribution systems” be delet
ed from the constitution. This
amendment also carried by a
vote of 1467-942.
Amendment No. 21 called
for the creation of a State
Properties Commission, and
it passed 1137-1076.
DHR OFFICES
TO OBSERVE
VETERANS* DAY
In compliance with a
proclamation issued by
Governor George Busbee, all
offices of the Department of
Human Resources will be
closed on Thursday, Novem
ber 11. Butts County offices
to be closed are the
Department of Family and
Children Services, the Health
Department and the Day
Care and Training Center.
VOTER CENSUS BE
CONDUCTED HERE
Voter activity in the 1976
national election by persons
18 years of age or older will
be sampled during the week
of November 15-20 in a voter
census to be conducted
locally.
The interviewer who will
visit households in this area
is Ms. Sherri R. Smith.
November Grand Jury Makes
A Number of Appointments
Members of the grand jury
empanelled for the Novem
ber term of Butts Superior
Court named a Justice of the
Peace for Buttrill District,
appointed anew Board of
Equalization and chose Jack
son attorney Hugh Glidewell,
Jr., Judge of the Small
Claims Court of Butts County
for a two-year term.
In addition to exercising
their appointive powers, the
grand jury returned 36 true
bills, fixed jury pay at the
same level, and set compen
sation for Bailiffs at the
minimum wage.
Joseph G. Bargeron, Jr.
was appointed Notary Pub-
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, November 11, 1976
Mac Collins Is Named Chairman
Butts County Commissioners
Mac Collins, winner of Post
No. 1 on the Butts County
Commission in the Democra
tic run-off primary of August
31st, has been elected
chairman of the Commission
for a four-year term begin
ning in January, 1977.
In the general election of
Tuesday, November 2nd,
Collins received 3,051 votes,
E. D. Briscoe, 3,043 and Dr.
William Mitchell, 3,040.
The law governing the
selection of the County
Commission chairman pro
vides that the candidate
receiving the most votes in
the election shall be declared
County Population Increases;
Rate of Growth Ranked 11th
According to the latest
population estimates by the
State Office of Planning and
Budget, Butts County is the
11th fastest growing county
in the state.
The 1975 population of the
county was estimated at
12.700, an increase of 20.27
per cent from the 1970 census
which listed the population as
10,560. Butts was ranked 84th
among the 159 counties in
Georgia according to the
report.
Accordingly, the Mclntosh
Trail Area, of which Butts
County is a part, also
registered a substantial
increase in population as a
whole. The growth rate for
the eight counties in the Trail
Area was 11.5 per cent.
Fayette County led the
Trail Area with an increase
of 36.40 per cent in
population. In the five-year
period (1970-75), Fayette
County had grown from
11.364 to 15,500 to be rated as
the fourth fastest-growing
county in the state.
All of the other six counties
also registered gains in
population since 1970. Spald
ing County (Griffin) contin
ues to be the largest county in
the Trail Area with a current
estimated population of al
most 42,000.
The estimated population
of the other counties in the
lic. Ex Officio, Justice of the
Peace for the 615th (Buttrill)
Militia District, upon recom
mendation by the Mayor and
Council of the City of
Jenkinsburg.
Named to the Butts County
Board of Equalization were
Lewis Cawthon, Roxilu
Bohrer and Larry Smith.
Appointed as alternates were
Arthur Freeman, Tom
Taylor and Mary Jo Brooks.
Hugh Glidewell, Jr. was
named Judge of the Small
Claims Court of Butts County
for a two-year period,
beginning January 1, 1977.
Officers elected to serve
the Grand Jury for the
November term included
Ralph Evans, foreman;
Roland Lee, clerk; Henry
Lewis, assistant clerk, and
Joe Norris, bailiff.
The complete text of the
presentments returned by
the grand jury in open court
is as follows;
GRANDJURY
PRESENTMENTS
NOVEMBER TERM. 1976
BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT
We. the Grand Jury, sworn
and empanelled for the
November Term. 1976, Butts
Superior Court, make the
following presentments in
open Court:
In organizing, the Grand
Jury elected Ralph Evans,
the chairman.
Pre-election publicity fail
ed to pick up details of the
rather obscure law and, as a
consequence, most Butts
Countians voted for all three
County Commissioners with
out making a distinction as to
their choice for the chair
man.
Collins, a successful Jack
son businessman, received
2.044 votes in winning Post.
No. l in the August primary.
E D. Briscoe received 2,072
votes in taking the Post No. 2
contest and R. William
Mitchell had 2,138 votes in his
successful bid for Post No. 3.
Local Election
Attracts Few
Voters in City
Following a heavy turnout
for the federal and congres
sional election last week,
voters in the city of Jackson
went to the polls in much
smaller numbers on Wednes
day to cast their ballots for
races in which there was no
opposition.
Out of approxiately 1400
registered voters in Jackson,
only 113 voted in the city
election
In the race for mayor, C. B.
'Brown. Jr. received 106
votes, and in the two city
council races Allen Byars
and Roy Goff each received
103 votes.
The Jackson Democratic
Executive Committee mem
bers which were confirmed
in the election were Levi
Ball. Mary Lee Martin. Hugh
Glidewell, Jr., Adeal Mad
dox, Vincent Jones, and J. O.
King.
area is as follows:
Newton-29.100
Henry-27,900
Upson-25,200
Lamar-10,700
Pike-7,316
Foreman; Roland Lee,
Clerk; and Joe Norris, Bailiff.
We express our apprecia
tion to the Honorable Sam
Whitmire, District Attorney,
E. Byron Smith and his staff
for their assistance to this
Grand Jury and for the
competent manner in which
the courts are conducted.
The Grand Jury returned
thirty-six (36) True Bills and
forty (40) No Bills, one (1)
dismissed by Justice of the
Peace, one (1) handled by
Probate Judge and three
cases carried forward.
We recommend and re
spectfully 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.
We recommend that all
Jurors pay remain the same,
and the Bailiffs pay scale be
based on minimum wages at
$2 30 per hour.
We. the Grand Jury, do
hereby appoint Joseph G.
Bargeron, Jr. as a Notary
Public-ExOfficio, Justice of
the Peace for the 615th
(Buttrill) Militia District as
recommended by the Mayor
and Council of the City of
Jenkinsburg located in said
District.
Continued on back page
State Judges Attend County
Beautification Program at EMC
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HOSTS AND JUDGES Butts County leaders in the BCABC project are shown with
the state judges in this photograph taken November 4th when the County's beautification
efforts were appraised. From left to right are George Lightfoot, Millard Daniel, Harold
McMichael, Lucy Smithurst, Tom Woods, Vicki Crowley, Frank Craven, Carol Weaver
ami Dennis Hooper. Photograph by Carole Lawrence.
The awards program for
the Butts County Beautifica
tion through Conservation
project was held November 4
at the Electric Membership
Corporation (EMC) audi
torium in Jackson.
The program was held to
present to the state judges
description of various pro
jects undertaken by com
munity groups and indi
viduals during the year as
the county participated in the
state-wide beautification
contest.
The other counties compet
ing for the top award are
Oconee and Crisp, and the
decision of the judges will be
announced at the Georgia
Association of Conservation
District Supervisors meeting
November 22 in Albany.
The November 4 program
was hosted by the BCABC
Committee. Carole Weaver,
chairman. Mrs. Weaver
described how the commun
ity projects were organized
and carried out.
County Commissioner
Buster Duke said that the
local citizens have a prize
possession in the beautifica
tion of both Jackson and
Butts County.
"We have a very much
improved, new look." Duke
added.
He referred to new roads
which have been erected, the
removal of unauthorized
dumps, and the placing of
garbage dumpsters through
Butts County Asks $1 Million
For Social Service Buildings
Butts County has filed an
application with the Econ
omic Development Admini
stration of the U.S. Depart
ment of Commerce for a
5948.945 grant to construct a
multi-service complex to
house all social services in
the county.
Among the facilities to be
housed in the multi-service
complex are Day Care and
Training for Retarded Citi
zens. Public Health. Youth
Services, Mental Health.
Piedmont Area Community-
Action Agency, Dept. Family
and Children Services.
Social Security, Vocational
Rehabilitation, Dept, of
Labor and Gov. Indigents
Legal Services.
The complex, consisting of
several buildings, with a
total floor area of 28,632 sq.
ft., will be constructed on an
eight-acre site recently do
nated to the County by-
Avondale Mills.
Assisting in preparing the
detailed application for the
grant was the Mclntosh Trail
Area Planning and Develop
ment Commission, head
quartered in Griffin and
$£.24 Per Year In Advance
out the county.
County School Superinten
dent Bill Jones, who is the
new state representative
from this district, discussed
how young people were
involved in general grounds
keeping projects.
The new park which is
being developed on 30 acres
donated by Avondale Mills
w as obviously one of the most
energetic projects.
The chairman of the
Jackson-Butts County Recre
ation Commission, Frank
Hearn, said that tennis
courts and baseball and
football fields have already
been constructed at the park.
Additional expansion of the
park will be made possible by
a $50,000 grant from federal,
state, and local revenue
according to beautification
project directors.
A slide presentation by the
project photographer Tom
Woods recounted the tremen
dous efforts by those involv
ed which have gone into the
planning and carrying out of
this improvement project
and which resulted in the
county's placing among the
finalists.
The slide presentation
graphically showed how
homes and yards had been
improved, how businesses
had taken on anew look
through paint and-or renova
tion jobs, and how the bigger
improvements were embel
lished with the planting of
REPORT FROM
GRIFFIN STATE
PATROL POST
Sergeant Hugh Taylor of
the Griffin State Patrol Post
announced today that his
post has investigated seven
representing Butts and seven
other central Georgia
counties.
Butts County qualifies for
the EDA grant by virtue of its
high unemployment rate,
now- 9.1 percent. which was in
double digit figures earlier in
the year. The County’s per
capita income figures earlier
qualify it for the federally
funded program.
The Economic Develop
ment Administration makes
grants and-or loans for public
works projects and private
developments that will stim
ulate employment in both the
long and short run.
With the high priority
given the County by virtue of
its unemployment rate, local
officials are most hopeful of
an early approval of the
grant request.
flowers, shrubs, and land
scaping.
This presentation focused
attention on the assets of the
county which touch the lives
of practically everyone, such
as the churches, the schools,
the industries, the media,
and the coitmty's main
resource-water, used for
electricity and recreation.
The director of the Pied
mont Area Community-
Action Agency. Eld Walker,
told the judges and guests
how this agency has provided
part-time employment to
low-income students through
undertakings coordinated
with the beautification con
test.
A scrapbook depicting the
many beautification
endeavors has been as
sembled by Mrs. Thelma
Prosser and was on display
at the program. The theme of
the book is “Celebration
through Beautification,”
another expression of the
nation's becentennial obser
vances.
Reverend Phil Demore of
the Jackson United Metho
dist Church welcomed the
guests and judges who were
Lucy Smithurst from
Georiga Conservancy, Inc..
Vicki Crowley from the Cobb
County EMC, and Frank
Craven representing the
Georgia Forestry- Commis
sion.
Carol Weaver has express
ed her appreciation to
everyone in the county who
has helped in this project.
traffic accidents, made 215
arrests and issued 148
warnings in Butts County
during October.
Commenting further Sgt.
Taylor said six persons were
injured in the seven acci
dents.
Estimated property dam
age amounted to $3,910.00.
JOE. THEttOBO. SEZ:
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About one more hard frost
and it will be time to set out
my rabbit boxes again.