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ifacfesmt IJrogrtfss-Argns 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. 'X, C£ (J OFFK'IAI RESULTS X i * NOVEMBER ? 5 '< = H GENERAL ELECTION £ £ x = > £ , mhMem - 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 | Spjjjj fjjgg 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: y-.ab ,-4lg About one more hard frost and it will be time to set out my rabbit boxes again.