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NEW AMBULANCE EMT Jack Reeves is shown with the recently purchased
ambulance which is now operating out of Sylvan Grove Hospital. An additional ambulance
is to'be purchased at a later date. „ , ,
Photo by Carole Lawrence
City of Jackson Gets $117,000
Grant For Sanitation System
U.S. Representative Jack
Flynt, Sixth District of
Georgia, is pleased to
announce today a $117,000
Grant by the Economic
Development Administration
to the City of Jackson. The
funds, which will be applied
toward the improvement of
the sewage system, were
authorized by Title I of the
Local Public Works Capital
Development and Invest
ment Act of 1976.
According to the Economic
Development Administra
tion, the goal of the local
public works program is to
create jobs in building trades
and related industries
through the expeditious con
Kiwanis Club
Off To Good
Start in 77
i
The guest speaker at the
regular meeting of Kiwanis,
February 1, was Frank
Craven, secretary-treasurer
of the Georgia District of
Kiwanis.
Craven, who was a forest
ranger in Butts County
during the mid 19505,
presented an interesting and
informative program on the
forest industry in Georgia.
He was presented by Lamar
Long, vice president and
program chairman.
The Kiwanis Club would
like to wish a speedy
recovery to Bird O’Neal and
T. E. Robison, Sr. Club
officials and members said
these two charter members
are missed when they are
unable to be with the group.
The Club has extended a
welcome to Vincent Jones,
M. L. Powell, J. R.
Carmicael and Bobby Wat
kins as new members.
Doug Durrett, president of
the Jackson Kiwanis, has
said that out of the seven
clubs in Division 12, the
Jackson Club was number
one for the month of January.
“This an is an achievement
we are very proud of and
hope to maintain in the
months ahead and with the
hard-working committees
and their chairmen, it is
certainly an attainable
goal,” Durrett stated.
In addition to Durrett,
other club officers are Ricky.
Ballard, vice president;
Lamar Long, vice president;
Sandy Sanvidge, secretary
and Lou Moelchert,
treasurer.
The Jackson Kiwanis has
announced a first in its
division for this year-the
formation and charter of the
Indian Springs Academy Key
Club.
Durrett said he would
like to thank Mike Oglesby,
Headmaster at ISA; Luke
Weaver, chairman of the
Board of Directors of ISA and
struction of useful projects
that could not have been built
at this time without Federal
financial assistance.
In announcing this Grant,
Congressman Flynt stated
that “the Economic Develop
ment Administration Grant
will enable the City of
Jackson to replace old sewer
lines within the City limits.
The funds will also provide
for the installation of sewer
lines to the industrial area
between Jackson and Monti
cello.”
Congressman Flynt went
on to say that “the
designated funds will provide
100 per cent of the construc
tion cost, .of which 31.25 per
REPORT FROM
GRIFFIN STATE
PATROL POST
Sergeant Hugh Taylor of
the Griffin State Patrol Post
announced today that his
post has investigated four
traffic accidents, made 319
arrests and issued 203
warnings in Butts County
jduring January.
Commenting further Sgt.
Taylor said two persons were
injured in the four accidents.
Estimated property dam
age amounted to $3,525.
Also the post commander
said a total of 28 pending
traffic cases were disposed in
the courts with the following
dispositions: three guilty
pleas, 21 bond forfeitures,
two dismissed, and two nolo
contendere pleas.
Also Sgt. Taylor pointed
out that fines and forfeitures
amounted to $790.00 which
were paid to the courts of
Butts County.
member of the Jackson
Kiwanis Club; Harry Lewis,
Kiwanis Youth Service Com
mittee chairman; Kenny
Smith, Kiwanis Key Club
coordinator and all the young
men at Indian Springs
Academy who are charter
members of the Key Club for
the time and effort involved
in the formation of this latest
addition to the K-family.
Key Club officers are
Charlie Thornton, president;
George Barber, vice presi
dent; Greg Miller, secretary
and Clark Burg, treasurer.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Feb. 10-Division Rally in
Covington, hosted by Divi
sion 12, Lt. Governor Ed
Hunt’s home club.
Feb. 17-Visit of Kiwanis
International President
Stanley E. Lehneider to the
Georgia District. He will be
coming to Atlanta.
Also coming up in April or
May is the annual Walk-for-
Mankind and club members
have urged all walkers to
“get their tennis shoes
retreaded."
cent will be used to pay for
labor.”
On-site employment will be
under way within 90 days on
the project, with full scale
construction starting as soon
as weather permits.
City Clerk Lewis Freeman
said Jackson was one of only
two cities in the Mclntosh
Trail Area to be awarded an
EDA grant out of. approxi
mately 350 applications. The
other city was Fayetteville.
Freeman said that work
will begin within 90 days on
the sewage lines. Keck and
Wood of Atlanta are the
engineers in charge of the
project.
City Permits
Partial Pay
01 Utilities
Members of Jackson’s City
Council at their meeting
Monday night voted to allow
City utility customers until
March 31st to pay their
January utility bills.
This action was taken
because of the unusually high
gas and electric bills render
ed by the City on February
Ist as an outgrowth of the
unprecedented cold weather
experienced during the
month of January and late
December.
Customers will be allowed
to make partial payments
and these payments will be
credited to the gross amount
due on their January billings.
This decision does not alter
the City’s “cut-off” policy for
non-payment of utility bills
that were due prior to the
January billings.
Students
Suspended on
Drug Charges
According to Butts County
School Superintendent J. M.
L. Comer, three Jackson
High School students were
suspended from school Feb
ruary 3 for allegedly having
in their possession a drug
suspected to be marijuana.
Jackson police detective
Denny O’Neal said that less
than an ounce of the drug was
found and that it has been
sent to the state crime lab to
determine if the drug is
marijuana.
O’Neal said the students
were released in the custody
of their parents.
NATIONAL FHA WEEK
OBSERVED AT HENDERSOf
The week of February 6-12
is National FHA Week. The
theme is “Building the Skills
of America.” Several activi
ties have been planned for
the week by the Henderson
Junior High FHA.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 10, 1977
Butts Jaycees
To Sponsor
Citizen Awards
The Butts County Jaycees
are again sponsoring the
Outstanding Young Man,
Outstanding Young Educator
and Outstanding Young
Farmer for Butts County.
The individuals chosen for
these awards will be honored
in conjunction with the
county’s STAR student at a
banquet on March Ist at the
Jackson High School Cafe
teria.
Nominations for these
three awards should be sent
to Donnie Phillips, P.O. Box
3875, Jackson. Nominations
may be made by anyone in
the county and must be
received by Mr. Phillips no
later than February 21, 1977.
The Outstanding Young
Man should be a Butts
County resident who is under
36 years of age. He should
have made outstanding con
tributions to his community
within the past year. The
Outstanding Young Educator
should be under 36 years of
age, currently employed by a
school in Butts County and
have made outstanding con
tributions to his school in the
past year. The Outstanding
Young Farmer should be
under 36 years of age and
engaged in farming on a full
time basis.
Nominations for any of the
above awards should include
the reasons the person is
being nominated, a listing of
his community activities and
a brief personal background.
Individuals wishing to attend
the banquet March 1, should
contact Donnie Phillips or
John Hall at 775-7405.
Famed Jazz
Band To Play
At Gordon JC
The world-famous Preser
vation Hall Jazz Band will
perform at Gordon Junior
College on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.
in Alumni Memorial Hall.
The band is renowned for
its New Orleans jazz style, a
combination of marches,
quadrilles, blues, spirituals
and ragtime.
The Gordon concert is one
of the first since the band
performed in Washington,
D.C. on Jan. 22 during the
presidential inaugural pro
ceedings.
Although most of the
musicians are over sixty,
their music is bright, young,
filled with spirit and played
with technical excellence.
Young and old audiences
alike will enjoy this irresist
ible music. Tickets for the
Gordon performance are
$2.50 and will be on sale at the
door.
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DOT CLEAN-CP DAY Saturday, February sth, was the date set by the Georgia
Department of Transportation for its big clean-up day, after a week's postponement due to
the weather. Members of the Third Division maintenance staff, including Nevin Duffey,
superintendent, are shown participating in the drive to remove litter from the State’s
highways. Photo by Carole Lawrence.
Weather Warms But City's Gas
Outlook Still Remains Cold
Despite the recent warm
ing trend, the City of
Jackson’s gas shortage re
mains critical and the City is
presently authorized to serve
only Priority 1 customers
(residential and small com
mercial), according to an
announcement Monday by
Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr.
The Jackson Mayor re
ceived Monday a telegram
from Peter G. Smith,
President of Southern
Natural Gas Company,
which pointed out the
continued critical shortage of
natural gas supplies. In the
telegram, Smith warned:
“If we should have another
protracted cold snap, our gas
supply situation would be
just as precarious as it was in
the latter part of January.
City Business
Licenses Are
Being Renewed
The City of Jackson is now
in the process of renewing
business licenses for 1977.
All persons, firms or
corporations doing business
within the City limits of
Jackson are required by law
to have their business
registered and renew their
business license each year.
Business licenses are re
newable on January Ist of
each year and are considered
delinquent on April Ist.
Failure to renew a business
license by March 31st will
subject the owner to a
penalty of 20 per cent of the
amount of the license.
JEWELRY SHOP IS
NEWEST BUSINESS
Jackson's business district
welcomed anew member
this week, when Corine Clark
opened her jewelry store on
26 Third Street, next door to
Rita's Beaute Rama.
Clark’s Jewelry is having a
grand opening on Saturday,
February 12th, complete
with prizes, to which the
public is cordially invited.
CHRISTIAN WOMEN
SET GRIFFIN MEET
The Fellowship of Chris
tian Women of Griffin are
inviting all women of the
area to a dutch luncheon on
Friday. February 18th, at the
Griffin Moose Club from
12-to-2 p.m.
Barbara Fain, of Atlanta,
will be the guest speaker.
Tickets are available
through the Christian Book
Center-College Hill Plaza in
Griffin.
The fact that we have
procured some embergency
gas supplies does not
mitigate the basic problem.
Receipt of this gas is
conditioned on our serving
only Priority 1.
Therefore, I urge you as
strongly as possible to
continue to restrict your
system’s gas sales to no more
than Priority 1 users (resi
dential and small com
merical under 50 MCF per
day).
Any recommencement of
gas supplied by Southern
Natural Gas Company to
priorities lower than Priority
1 could seriously jeopardize
our ability to provide you
with enough gas in any
subsequent cold snap this
winter to meet Priority 1
County's Local Sales Tax
Income Shows Slight Drop
Income from Butts Coun
ty's one-cent optional sales
tax dropped $649.00 in
November, when the Coun
ty's check from the State
Revenue Department totaled
$12,655.03. For the month of
October the County received
513.304.03 from the local sales
tax.
Since the local tax was first
levied in April of 1976, when
the County’s share w-as
512.440.39. receipts have gone
up about Si,ooo a month,
reaching a 1976 high in
August when they topped at
slightly over $16,000.00.
The sales tax is collected
Weather Wins
Case Against
Butts Court
The February term of
Butts County Superior Court
has been postponed until
better weather, in so far as
jury trials are concerned.
Jurors selected to serve for
both the civil and criminal
terms have been excused,
according to David Ridge
wav. Clerk of Butts County
Superior Court.
Arraignment hearings will
be held Monday, but there
will be no contested cases.
Both the civil and criminal
dockets are relatively light
and pending cases will be
disposed of within the next
few weeks when the post
poned terms are reconvened,
Ridgeway said.
The grand jury was in
session on Monday and
Tuesday but was expected to
complete its work by
mid-week.
requirements.’’
In light of the above,
Mayor Brown renewed his
plea to all gas users to
conserve gas by cutting
thermostats down to 65
degrees in the day time and
55 degrees at night.
The Mayor requested con
tinued cooperation from
businesses, churches and
civic groups in restricting
their activities to minimum
levels until the gas supply
returns to normal.
Jackson s gas supply is
now- running at about
one-half of its normal
allotment of 2,050 MCF per
day, the Mayor said. At the
peak of the shortage, the City
was receiving only 850 MCF
per day. whereas on Monday
it was only slightly above
by local merchants, remitted
to the State Revenue Depart
ment and then sent back to
the County and the three
municipalities of Jackson,
Flovilla and Jenkinsburg.
Butts County receives 57.8
per cent of the tax collected,
the City of Jackson. 35.7 per
cent, Jenkinsburg. 3.6 per
cent and Flovilla. 2.7 per
cent.
The local sales tax was
levied under legislation
which permits local govern
ments to assess the tax upon
ratification by its citizenry in
a special referendum.
Monies collected from the
Taxpayers Over 62 May Qualify
For School Tax Exemption
The Butts County Board of
Tax Assessors would like to
remind those eligible tax
payers that the Special
School Tax Exemption must
be applied for each year.
This exemption is not
automatic and must be
applied for between January
1 and April Ist.
In order to qualify for this
exemption you must be 62
years or older on January
1. your gross income cannot
exceed $6,000 per annum for
the immediately preceding
year. Income shall mean
gross income from all
sources including all family
members residing in said
Homestead--no source of
income is excepted.
You must be eligible for
Homestead Exemption in
order to qualify for the
special school exemption.
The term Homestead as
used in this context means
real property owned by the
applicant who is in posses
sion thereof and a residence
thereon and the land im
mediately surrounding said
residence to w hich ownership
is claimed.
GKOI NDHOG PREDICTS
MORE WINTER WEATHER
The famous old Punxsu
tawney. Pennsylvania
groundhog took a p>eek out of
his den on Gobbler's Knob on
Wednesday, February 2nd.
and saw his shadow, which
traditionally means six more
weeks of miserable winter
weather.
Had the day been cloudy
and the groundhog not seen
his shadow, then Spring
would have been just around
the corner to the delight of
everyone.
15c Per Copy
1.000 MCF. Of this amount,
about one-fifth, or approxi
mately 200 MCF, is used by
the schools each day.
The City’s propane facility,
which is used to supplement
the natural gas supply in
event of emergencies, has a
storage capacity of 30,000
gallons and is now about half
full. Propane can be pumped
into the City's gas system
where it is mixed with
natural gas but the mixture
has to be restricted to less
than 50 per cent.
Mayor Brown said he
wishes to express his
appreciation to the citizens of
Jackson for the wholehearted
support given the City
administration in its efforts
to conserve enough gas to
keep homes and businesses
warm.
sales tax are to be applied by
both city and county govern
ments towards a reduction of
advalorem taxes in amounts
equal to the sum collected
from this source.
It was estimated originaily
that Butts County- would
derive approximately
$150,000 per year through
levying of the local tax. and
collections to date indicate
that figure will probably be
surpassed.
With local retail sales in
December at a high level.
County officials expect that
month's sales tax take to far
exceed that of November.
Barney Wilder
Heads County
Road Staff
Barney Wilder, former
Butts County Sheriff, has
been hired as superintendent
of the Butts County road
department, effective Jan
uary 31st.
The popular ex-sheriff will
head a crew of 8 employees
at the road deportment's
facility on Brownleo Road.
Upon the mass resignation
of the department's em
ployees late last month, the
Commissioner's office w-as
deluged with applicants for
the jobs, a spokesman said.
The road department’s
crews have been working
from dawn to dusk and on
week-ends in an attempt to
gravel as many county roads
as possible. Extremely cold
weather, and the resultant
thaws, have left many county
roads virtually impassable.
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
We'd all be better off if
prices would just fall as fast
as the thermometer has this
winter.