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Harkson ►“3 Volume 104 No. 7 ' |HMnp / * - -- JBBSH IliE - • M - ~ JHB iMMIi a .. , ww -4m S .A"-'*. > - V M /•> rri:'/--^ its: fl ÜBE^II ' • '-■* ••*♦•■ . ** BHk Bbß & - v -y : i fl 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 ■r 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: •( 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?