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HEART FUND DRIVE VOLUNTEERS A group of
volunteers working in the Heart Fund Drive in Butts County
include: Front row, left to right, Zella Mae Taylor, Betty
Collier, Rev. R. W. Jenkins, Tina Cochran, Poster Child;
Paul Anderson, Joan Cochran, Charlotte Barber. Back row,
Commissioners Vote to Give
Aid To Day Care Center
At a specially called
meeting Monday, the Butts
County Board of Commis
sioners passed a motion to
pay the Jackson-Butts
County Child Development
Center $500.00 for the
remaining balance of the
Center’s 1976 budget which
the previous Commission had
not paid.
The motion stated that the
Commissioners will possibly
visit the Center and make a
definite decision on further
aid at the Commission’s
monthly meeting, March 7.
The director of the Child
Development Center, Mrs.
Mary Salter, submitted the
Center’s 1977 budget which
calls for appropriations total
ling $55,000.
Ninety percent of this
amount will be paid by the
state and federal govern
ments with the remaining
amount raised locally.
Mrs. Salter told the
Commissioners the Center is
practically without any
money. In making their
decision, the Commissioners
noted that unless the County
paid the overdue $500.00, plus
matching funds for the 1977
budget, the federal and state
funds would not be available.
Commissioner William
Mitchell voted against the
motion saying that he
thought the Board should, in
Mrs. Shivers
Is The Top
Money Raiser
In the recent drive to raise
contributions for installing a
heating system for the Lizzie
Berry Church, Mrs Leila F.
Shivers, pictured above,
raised the most money.
First runner-up was De-
Vicki Kaye Powell; second
runner-up, Mrs. Willie Ruth
Shivers, and third runner-up,
Mrs. Missdid Ponder.
The members of the Lizzie
Berry Baptist Church wish to
thank everyone for their
cooperation and contribu
tions to be applied to anew
heating system.
addition to paying the
$500.00, make a commitment
on aid to the Center because
“it provides a worthwhile
and necessary function for
the county.”
In his proposed motion,
Mitchell stated that the
County should provide
$300.00 a month to the Center
with the city paying the
remainder. The motion died
for lack of a second.
The Day-Care Center,
located on McKibben Street,
currently has 36 students,
ages three to five, enrolled
and employs a staff of eight.
In other business, the
Commissioners accepted a
bid by Carter Motor Com
pany to purchase three dump
trucks for the County at a
total cost of slightly more
than $27,000.00.
Commission Chairman
Mac Collins, stressing the
need to get the trucks “so we
can get soil on the roads that
need it,” also stated that
anyone with available soil
(which could be used on the
roads) should contact the
Commissioners’ Office.
Collins announced that the
second ambulance for the
County will be delivered
today and that it should be
ready for service by March 1,
pending installation of re
quired radio and medical
equipment and passing of
inspection by the State.
Trucks Pay
Dear To Use
County Roads
Figures recently released
by the state show Butts
County and its municipalities
received a combined total of
$79,791 in state grants for
capital improvements, pri
marily streets and roads,
during fiscal 1975-76.
According to TRUX Maga
zine, state highway use taxes
on trucks supplied approxi
mately $25,000 of the total.
Each year, from its motor
fuel tax revenues, Georgia
apportions approximately
$25.5 million to each of the
state’s 159 counties. A
similar amount is granted to
“eligible and qualified’-’
municipalities.
The truck portion is
computed by applying the
percentage of total motor
fuel taxes paid in Georgia by
trucks against each alloca
tion.
Although trucks comprise
only 18.5 percent of the
privately owned motor ve
hicles in Georgia, they pay
31.5 percent of all state
highway use taxes, or $87.3
million
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 17, 1977
left to right, Pam Cook, Mary Jo English, Maureen
Mangham, Marge Smith, Mildred Smith. Not shown in
photo are Gladys Wilson, Jackie Cook, Flora Price,
Paulette Washington, Jane Washington, and Lee Curtis
McMichael Photo by Carole Lawrence.
City’s Banks,
S&L Resume
Normal Hours
In a joint announcement
Friday, the City’s three
banking institutions an
nounced that effective Mon
day, February 14th, they
would resume their normal
banking hours.
The two banks and the
branch office of a savings
and loan association all have
alternate sources of heat and
will not be using the City’s
natural gas, which is still in
scarce supply.
The regular hours of the
three members of the City’s
financial community, as
released by an official of
each, are as follows:
C&S Bank of Jackson-
Monday, Tuesday & Thurs
day-8 :30-5 P.M.; Wednesday
-8:30-12:00 Noon; Fridav
-8:30-6:00 P .M.; Closed Satur
day.
The Mclntosh State Bank-
Monday, Tuesday & Thurs
day-9:00-3:00 P.M.; Friday
-9:00-5:00 P.M.; Saturday
-9:00-12:00 P.M.; Closed
Wednesday. Drive-in window
open until 4:00 P.M. on
Monday. Tuesday and Thurs
day.
Griffin Federal Savings &
Loan Association. Jackson
Braneh-Moiiday, Tuesday &
Thursday - 9:00-4:00 P.M.;
Wednesday & Saturday-9:00-
12:30P.M.; Friday-9:00-5:30
P.M.
BUTTS COUNTY
BOOSTERS TO MEET
The Butts County Athletic
Booster’s Club will meet
Thursday, February 24th, at
7:30p.m. at the Jackson High
School Auditorium.
President Rudy Wyatt
encourages all members of
the Club and others inter
ested in the athletic en
deavors of Jackson High to
attend this meeting as
important decisions concern
ing the Club’s finances are to
be made.
NATIONAL FORESTS
OFFER FIREWOOD
Free firewood is available
at both the Chattahoochee
and Oconee National Forests
in Georgia. To obtain
firewood, persons must go to
a District office for a free
permit and directions to the
wood cutting area.
U S Forest Service offices
are open in both Monticello
and Greensboro every week
day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to
issue permits and give
directions.
Indian Springs
Girl Is Top
Legion Orator
Miss Lonnie Van Deusen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur E. Van Deusen, of
Indian Springs, and an
llth-grade student at Jack
son High School, was
declared winner of the local
American Legion oratorical
contest Thursday night in the
Central- Georgia EMC audi
torium.
Lonnie’s victory was worth
S3O in cash and was one step
along the way to the SB,OOO
scholarship to be awarded
the national winner this
summer.
Competing with three boys,
Lonnie’s presentation was
voted the most outstanding
by the judges. Runners-up
were Bobby Pinckney, S2O;
Mac Browning, $lO, and Greg
O'Neal, $lO.
Judges were Father Peter
J. Washington, of St. Mary’s,
Jackson; Rev. Phillip De-
More, of Jackson’s United
Methodist Church, Rev.
David Beville, Jackson Pres
byterian Church and Dr.
JoAnn Manley, of Jackson.
Miss Van Deusen will
compete Saturday at the
East Point American Legion
Post No. 51 for the Fourth
District title against orators
from Griffin, Atlanta and
other representatives of
District Legion posts.
The contest locally was
sponsored by Post No. 102 of
The American Legion.
Jackson High
Girls Defeat
Mary Persons
By defeating the girls'
basketball team from Mary
Persons Monday night, the
Jackson Red Devilettes have
moved into third place for the
subregional tournament
which began at Lamar
County High School yester
day.
The Jackson girls, who are
currently 9-10 on the season,
defeated Mary Persons 58-36.
They were scheduled to play
East Coweta Tuesday night
in the last of the regular
season games.
In the boys' game, the
Jackson Red Devils were
defeated 58-51 by Mary
Persons. The Red Devils led
throughout most of the game
and with three minutes to go
were seven points ahead, but
due to costly turnovers lost
the game.
Butts Grand Jury Makes Appointments;
Suggests Creation of Building Authority
Members of the Butts
County grand jury, meeting
last week at the February
term of Butts Superior Court,
elected James E. Payne as
foreman, made several
appointments and recom
mended the creation of a
county development
authority to construct public
buildings.
The complete text of their
presentments is as follows:
GRANDJURY
PRESENTMENTS
FEBRUARY TERM. 1977
BUTTSSUPERIOR COURT
TO: Honorable Sam L.
Whitmire, Judge
Butts Superior Court
Flint Judicial Circuit
We the Grand Jury, sworn
and empanelled for the
February Term, 1977, Butts
Superior Court, make the
following presentments in
open court:
Butts County
Girls Injured
In Accident
Two Butts County teen
agers. Judy Garnto and Rita
Pittman, both of Route 2.
Jackson, were injured in an
automobile accident Satur
day night on Jackson Lake
Road.
Also injured in the accident
were the driver of the car,
Steven Ledbetter of Monti -
cello, Warren Pittman of
Stockbridge and Jerry Phil
lips of Hillsboro. Ga.
All five people were given
emergency treatment at
Sylvan Grove Hospital and
then transferred to a Macon
hospital.
According to the Griffin
Post of the Highway Patrol,
the car. driven by Ledbetter,
ran off the road, hit a culvert
and a mailbox and then
overturned. Highway Patrol
officer D. G. Duke investi
gated the accident. He was
assisted in the investigation
by the Butts County Sheriffs
Department.
The Highway Patrol also
reported an accident which
happened Saturday on High
way 42. According to the
report, John Mann of Route
1, Flovilla, apparently lost
control of his automobile
which ran off the road into an
embankment.
Mann, who was not injured
seriously, was taken to the
Monroe County hospital for
treatment.
Jackson police detective
Denny O’Neal reported a
burglary at Henderson Ele
mentary and Junior High
School Monday night.
O'Neal said that several
rooms had been broken into
but that nothing appeared to
be missing at the time of the
investigation which is contin
uing.
AIRMAN ALEXANDER
IS ON DUTY AT
HARK AIR BASE
ANGELES CITY. Philip
pines U. S. Air Force
Airman First Class Norman
Y Alexander, son of Mrs.
Mildred G. Alexander of
Jackson. Ga.. has arrived for
duty at Clark AB. Philip
pines.
Airman Alexander, an
administrative specialist
with a unit of the Military
Airlift Command, previously
served at Richards-Gebaur
A KB. Mo.
The airman is a 1974
graduate of Jackson High
School
In organizing, the Grand
Jury elected James E.
Payne. Foreman; M. L.
Hodges, Jr., Clerk; Virginia
Wyatt. Assistant Clerk; and
Joe Norris, Bailiff.
We express our apprecia
tion to the Honorable Sam L.
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
14 True Bills, and 2 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. the Grand Jury, do
hereby reappoint Rufus
Adams to the Butts County-
Board of Education,
We. the Grand Jury, do
hereby reappoint Mayor C.
Dr. Braswell
Writes Book
On Prisons
A former employee of the
Jackson Diagnostic and
Classification Center, and
the husband of a Jackson
girl, has recently authored a
book on prison life.
Dr Michael Braswell, of
the Department of Social
Services, of East Tennessee
State University, is the
author of a book. Thoughts
From Prison, just released
by Fox Press of Hattiesburg.
Miss.
Dr. Braswell is married to
the former Susan Powell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
Local Theater Guild Presents
Comic Opera Here March 23
EDWARD RRADBERRY
The Jackson Theatre Guild
proudly announces that plans
have been finalized for Opera
1977. This year's production
will be "The Italian Girl in
Algiers", a comic opera in
two acts, music by Gioac
chino Rossini; Libretto by
Angelo Anelli. in the English
version by Ruth and Thomas
Martin.
The opera will be present
ed by The Augusta Opera
Company under the direction
of Edward Bradbury and
performed with orchestra
conducted by Norma John
son .
Mr. Bradberry celebrates
his seventh season with the
Augusta Opera Company.
Educated as a pianist at
Indiana and Boston Univer
sities. in 1973 he was
appointed artistic admini
strator of the Company.
Since the creation of the
Augusta Opera Theatre in
1974, he has been artistic
director for the touring
productions of The Old Maid
and The Thief, Trouble In
Tahiti. The Marriage Con
tract, and The Elixir of Love,
B. Brown to the Butts County
Board of Health.
We, the Grand Jury,
hereby submit the following
names to Judge Whitmire for
the appointment of 3 to the
Board of Registrars:
A. L Weaver, L. J Ball, M.
L. Powell, James Payne,
Zella Mae Taylor. Addie Joe
Nutt.
We. the Grand Jury,
recommend that the county
commissioners establish a
county development author
ity as an example, for the
construction of doctors
offices in conjunction with
the hospital and a building
for the Butts County Day-
Care and Training Center.
We, the Grand Jury,
commend the services ren
dered of our Bailiff. Joe
Norris and our Sheriff, Billy
Leverette, during our Febru
ary session of the Grand
Jury.
We commend Mr. Shaw
and the Hospital Authority
for assuming the ambulance
L. Powell, of Jackson, and
was formerly a correctional
psychologist at the Georgia
Diagnostic and Correctional
Center.
The book is composed of
inmate writings which Dr.
Braswell collected while
employed at the Butts County
prison.
All author's royalties from
sale of the book will be
donated to a non-profit
Inmate Publication Fund in
the Georgia Department of
Corrections.
Copies of Thoughts From
Prison may be ordered from
Fox Press. P.O. Box 1467,
2415 W. Fourth Street.
Hattiesburg. Miss. 39401 at
$4.95 per copy.
Ur
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f-Wm
NORMAN JOHNSON
as well as last spring’s
American double-bill of The
Medium and A Hand of
Bridge. Mr. Bradberry was
honored as a 1976 recipient of
the Governor’s Award in the
Arts.
Mr. Johnson is Director of
Opera at the North Carolina
School of the .Arts. As Artistic
Director of the Denver Lyric
Opera, he conducted the
world premiere of Pulitzer
Prize winner Dominick
Argento’s COLONEL JON
ATHAN THE SAINT. A
graduate of Juilliard, he
spent seven seasons on the
conducting staff of the
Central City Opera Festival
and was guest conductor of
the Cincinnati Summer
Opera Mr Johnson recently
conducted the Charlotte
Symphony’s production of
NUTCRACKER and two
programs of the Winston-
Salem Symphony.
There will be one perform
ance on Saturday, March
12th, at Bp.m. at the Jackson
High School Auditorium
Admission will be $3.00.
15c Per Copy
service in Jackson and Butts
County for the fine spirit in
which they accepted this
responsibility.
We recommend that these
presentments be published in
the Jackson Progress-Argus,
official organ of Butts
County, and the usual fee be
paid for publication.
This the Bth day of
February, 1977.
Respectfully submitted,
James E. Payne, Foreman
M L. Hodges. Jr., Clerk
Virginia Wyatt, Assistance
Clerk
Received in Open Court
and ordered filed and
published as requested. This
the Bth day of February, 1977.
Sam L. Whitmire, Judge
Butts County Superior Court
Flint Judicial Circuit.
Filed in Open Court, this
the Bth day of February, 1977.
David P. Ridgeway. Clerk
Butts County Superior Court
Congregation'Of
Macedonia Church
Honors Pastor
Rev and Mrs. R. W.
Jenkins were honored at a
farewell party Sunday night.
February 13. following the
evening worship service.
Rev. Jenkins has accepted a
position as Associate Di
rector of the Education
Extension Program of the
Georgia Baptist Convention.
His field of work will cover
an area from Jackson to the
Florida line. He will work out
of Norman Park.
Delicious refreshments
were served by the ladies of
the church. A red and white
Valentine theme was carried
out in the decorations, the
punch and a lovely cake
decorated with red roses and
Bible verses.
The congregation present
ed Rev. and Mrs. Jenkins
with a color TV in love and
appreciation for the services
they have rendered during
the past eight and one half
years.
Many friends from other
churches in the Butts County
area. Rev. and Mrs. Ross
Phillips from Sharon Baptist
Church in Henry County, and
Rev Jack Ayers. Area
Missionary from Macon
came by to wish Rev. and
Mrs. Jenkins well in their
new work.
SHORT SENTENCES
ARE MOST EFFECTIVE
Here are a few- of the
sweetest to prove it: 1 I love
you: 2. Dinner is served; 3,
All is forgiven; 4. Sleep till
noon: 5. Keep the change; 6
Here's that five; 7. It won't
cost a cent; 8. You’re
elected: 9. You wonderful
man; 10. We won; 11. You
beautiful thing; 12. You
certainly don't look your age.
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
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Wonder how many Cong
ressmen, elected to their job
at a lesser salary, will turn
down the $12,900-a-year raise
that Presidents Ford and
Carter gave them?