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Kacksoti Pragr^ss-Argxts
Volume 104 No. 8
SI,OOO WINNER Willie F. Smith of 412 Mallet Street, Jackson, won SI,OOO last week
playing “Bingo Bucks,” a contest sponsored by Giant Mart Discount Foods of Jackson.
Presenting the check to Smith are store managers Tommy Raney (left) and Robbie
Britton (right).
Local Pastor
Ends Training
In Nashville
Don Folsom, pastor of
Jackson’s First Baptist
Church has recently com
pleted a Personal and
Professional Growth Course
at the Southern Baptist
Sunday School Board in
Nashville, Tenn.
Folsom is the second
Georgia pastor to complete
the special 12-day course,
which is conducted by the
pastoral section of the
Sunday School Board’s
church administration de
partment.
The in-depth sessions,
which deal with such topics
as leadership skills, pastoral
care, preaching, ministry
priorities and family life, are
specifically designed for
BUTTS COUNTY
BOOSTERS TO MEET
The Butts County Athletic
Booster’s Club will meet
Thursday, February 24th, at
7:30 p .m. at the Jackson High
School Auditorium.
MCINTOSH TRAIL
HAS MEETING
The next regular meeting
of the Board of Directors of
the Mclntosh Trail Area
Planning and Development
Commission will be held on
Thursday, February 24th, at
2:30 p.m. in the offices of the
Commission, located in the
Childers Building in Griffin.
The public is cordially
invited to attend this meeting
and all others of the area
planning group.
By
Dale Whiten
For over a year, Jack
Burns of Jackson has been
caring for, feeding and
providing housing and medi
cal care for four dogs which
“appeared” at his place of
business, City Shoe Shop, and
of which the owners have
never been determined.
Burns built a relatively
good house for the dogs out
back of his shop and lined it
with straw for protection
from the cold weather.
He has taken the dogs for
all of the necessary shots.
Recently when one, a
Yorkshire terrier, was shot
rather mysteriously. Burns
immediately took him for
proper treatment, and the
dog recovered.
Burns says all of the dogs
are gentle, affectionate and
are favorites of many of the
people who work in the area
of his shop.
However, city officials
recently informed Burns he
Punch’n Judy
Are Coming To
Jackson High
Atlanta Children’s Theatre
presents the musical farce
PUNCH AND JUDY at the
Jackson High School Audi
torium on February 28 and
promises jokes, surprises,
song, dance and riotous
slapstick fun. Performances
pastors with at least five
years of experience.
Folsom, who has been at
First Baptist Church for
more than eight years, has
served on several major
boards and agencies of the
Southern Baptist Convention
and the Georgia Baptist
Convention. He is currently a
member of the President’s
Council at Tift College,
Forsyth.
Flovilla Council Accepts Bid
On City's. New Post Office
The City of Flovilla is to get
anew post office, with
construction expected to
begin within two weeks on a
site at the corner of Heard
and Lee Streets.
Maxwell M. Sacks, of
Levittown, New York, was
successful bidder on the
project and announced this
week that the John Cox
Building Company, of For
syth, will be employed in
construction of the facility.
The Flovilla City Council
has elected Charles W. Floyd
to fill the two-year unexpired
term on the Council which
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must get rid of his pets
because one of them sup
posedly scratched a child
who was passing by the shop.
And because he has several
dogs at home. Burns says it’s
impossible for him to take
the dogs home with him, so
he is trying to find them a
good home within 10 days,
Georgia 30233, Thursday, February 24, 1977
are scheduled for 10 AM and
1:30 PM. Admission will be
SI.OO.
Mark Young and Nancy
Jane Clay as Punch and Judy
head up an all-star cast in
this fast-paced production.
Ray Stephens plays Toby, the
singing dog, and Eric Price
and Rob Zapple combine
their talents as the front and
back of Hector, the dancing
horse.
John Dance is the very
funny and very confused
doctor; William Colquitt is
the scary hangman; and
Patricia Landon is the
professor who completely
loses her head. Zapple also
plays a zany policeman and
Price plays the devil who
enters the story in several
disguises-one that sounds a
lot like Mae West.
Accompanist on the piano
and celeste is Paul Ford.
has been vacant since
January, when David Bur
ford resigned to assume the
office of mayor. Mr. Floyd
will assume his duties at the
March meeting of the
Council.
The City Council made the
following committee appoint
ments for 1977:
Streets, Cemetery and
Park - David Floyd, chair
man; C. A. Anthony, Harvey
Whitehead.
Police and Fire - David
Burford, chairman; all coun
cil members.
Tax - Harvey Whitehead,
the length of time he has
requested that he be allowed
to keep the dogs in order to
try to find someone to take
them.
Burns thinks the dogs are
good pets-that they are quite
affectionate with children
and that the reported
incident of the child’s being
Bradley Thomason Chosen As
Top Support Service Employee
Bradley A. Thomason,
Maintenance Engineer 111 at
the Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center (GD &
CC), Jackson, has been
named Support Services
Employee of the Year for
1976. Thomason was selected
by a committee made up of
four members of the State
Board of Offender Rehabili
tation.
In citing Thomason for the
award, Department of Of
fender Rehabilitation
(DOOR) officials noted the
dedication and willingness to
work beyond the call of duty.
Specific mention was made
of the construction of three
security dormitories in the
latter part of 1975. Because of
severe prison overcrowding,
the project had a construc
tion deadline of 90 days. Mr.
Thomason provided superior
workmanship and completed
the project within 60 days. In
1976, he was responsible for
the completion of the
multi-purpose building. In
addition, Mr. Thomason has
the daily responsibility of
maintenance and upkeep at
the third largest state
correctional institution,
which includes a floor space
of 271,000 feet, a $750,000
Powerhouse, employee hous
ing, and waste water plant.
He also supervises the
preventative maintenance
and repair of 25 vehicles and
farm equipment. Mr.
Thomason has provided
emergency assistance to
other correctional institu
tions throughout the state.
Thomason joined DOOR in
August, 1968, as a Main
tenace Mechanic Foreman.
chairman; David Floyd, C.
W. Floyd. •
Finance - Charles W.
Floyd, chairman; C. A.
Anthony, W. P. James, Jr.
Facilities - W. P. James,
Jr. chairman; all council
members.
Water - David Burford,
chairman; all council mem
bers.
Treasurer - C. A. Anthony
Recorder - Virginia Wil
liams.
Minutes of the meetings
and financial reports are
posted on bulletin board at
City Hall. The next meeting
of the Flovilla City Council
with be March 10th.
scratched may have been
due to the child’s merely
playing with or teasing the
dogs.
It anyone is interested in
taking these dogs, he should
get in touch with Burns at the
City Shot* Shop on Oak Street.
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He was elevated to Main
tenance Engineer II in 1972
and earned his present post
in 1975.
Prior to his employment
with DOOR, he served for
eight years with the Standard
Telephone Company in
Cornelia, Georgia.
Thomason, 40 years of age,
has completed numerous
electrical and mechanical
training programs which
included aircraft mainten
ance technical school, auto
mechanics, Stromberg
Carlson Electric Corpora
tion. International Corre
spondence School of Elec
tronics and Georgia Water
and Pollution Control, Class
“C” operator.
The 1976 Support Services
Employee of the Year Award
was presented to Mr.
Thomason on February 21
during a dinner meeting
with members of the Board
of Offender Rehabilitation.
Heart Sunday
Visits To Be
Made Feb. 27
Rev. R. W. Jenkins, local
HEART FUND chairman,
will be in charge of the
approximately 60 local volun
teers who will visit their
friends and neighbors on
Heart Sunday, February 27.
The volunteers will provide
information on the warning
signals of heart attack and
receive contributions for the
fight against heart disease.
“The purpose of Heart
Sunday is to give every
family in Butts County a
chance to help support the
many Georgia Heart Asso
ciation programs which
benefit our community,”
Rev. Jenkins said.
When a family contributes,
it helps provide for on-going
programs such as high blood
pressure detection and con
trol ; cardiopulmonary resus
citation <CPR) training; risk
factor education; heart
clinics for indigent patients;
and cardiovascular re
search.
"Public contributions
make it possible for us to
receive health benefits and
knowledge that we wouldn’t
have otherwise,” Rev. Jenk
ins reminded.
“We want our 1977 cam
paign total to reflect the
interest and awareness of
this county and its willing
ness to help solve the
problem of heart disease.
Heart Sunday is a vital part
of this effort.” Rev. Jenkins
said.
Rev. Jenkins listed the
following volunteer area
chairmen who are enlisting
others to canvass on Heart
Sunday.
The area chairman are:
Gladys Wilson-Jackson.
Betty Collier-Stark. Mary
Joe English-Towaliga, Mil
dred Smith-Flovilla, Zella
Mae Taylor-Black Com
munity, Margie Smith-Cork,
Flora Priee-Jenkinsburg.
Paulette WashingtomWorth
ville, Maureen Mangham-
Coody, Jane Washington-
Iron Springs and Mrs. Frank
McMichael-Indian Springs.
Jackson Theatre Guild Is Busy
Planning For March 12 Opera
The Jackson Theatre
Guild’s Opera Committee,
appointed by President Jo
Ann Manley, consisting of
Scott Coleman, Harold Grant
and Sharon Woody, has
completed arrangements for
bringing the Augusta Opera
Company back to Jackson.
This year the production
will be “The Italian Girl in
Algiers.” The contract has
been signed and obligates the
Jackson Theatre Guild to pay
the Augusta Opera Company
$3,500.00, including the
additional cost for the
orchestra. A grant of SI,OOO
has been made by The
Georgia Council for the Arts.
The remaining $2,500 will be
raised by the sale of tickets
and by contributors. Many
pledges have already been
received from local indi
viduals and businesses. Con
tributions are tax deductible.
If you would like to be
included as a supporter of
opera, please contact any
member of the Finance
Committee.
In addition to the fee paid
Local Girl
Wins Legion
District Honor
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Miss Lani Van Dusen,
already crowned the
County's champion orator in
the American Legion spon
sored contest, added another
title and some more cash to
her winner's list last Satur
day at the Fourth District
competition in Atlanta.
Acclaimed the top orator in
the American Legion's
Fourth District competition.
Lani walked off stage with
the SSO first prize and a
medal signifying her
supremacy. She had pre
viously won S3O in the local
contest sponsored by Post
No. 102, The American
Legion.
Lani’s next competition
will come in Area competi
tion against District Five and
District Seven winners at the
St. Pius High School in
Atlanta on Friday, March 4.
at 7:30 p.m.
Miss Van. Dusen is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur E. Van Dusen, of
Indian Springs.
WJGA SPONSORS
ROLL-A-THON FOR
HEART FUND
A 20-hour “roll-a-thon", to
raise money for the Butts
County Heart Fund Drive,
will be held at Joel’s Roller
Rink from 10:30 p.m.
Saturday until 6:30 p.m.
Sunday evening.
The event will be sponsor
ed by Jackson radio station
WJGA.
A CORRECTION
In last week's Progress-
Argus, an error occurred in
listing the winners of the
Bingo Bucks’ contest in the
advertisement of Giant Mart
foods.
The name of the winner of
a SIOO prize should have been
listed as Michael D. Garvey,
of Monticello. The name
appeared incorrectly as
Michael D. Cravey.
to The Augusta Opera
Company, The Jackson
Theatre Guild is further
obligated by contract to
house and feed the opera
company. This was accom
plished last year through the
gracious hospitality of pri
vate homes in Jackson and a
reception following the per
formance which included the
opera cast, the committee
workers and the opera
supporters. The contract
further calls for supplying
one acceptably tuned piano,
with the Guild to pay any
expense connected with
auditorium rental, provide
men to assist in the loading in
and out of properties, and the
cost of program printing.
The 1977 Committees have
been appointed and are hard
at work to make Opera ’77
even more successful than
last year. The committees
are:
Finance: Doris Lummus,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Carmichael. Mrs. Charles
Sibley, Walter Carmichael,
Margaret Carmichael and
James Clendenin Is Named
Correctional Officer of Year
James A. Clendenin. Cor
rectional Lieutenant at the
Georgia Diagnostic and
Classification Center (GD &
CC), Jackson, has been
named Correctional Officer
of the Year for 1976.
Clenderun was selected by a
committee made up of four
members of the State Board
of Offender Rehabilitation.
In citing Clendenin for the
award. Department of Of
fender Rehabilitation
iDOOR> officials noted the
progress made in the
maximum security unit at
GD & CC. In March, 1976. Lt.
Clendenin was assigned to
the maximum security unit,
which houses up to 99
inmates who have not
adjusted within other correc
tional institutions statewide.
Through his efforts, many
rehabilitation programs
have been provided to the
inmates within the maxi
mum security unit. At the
same time. Lt. Clendenin has
maintained tight security
and discipline.
Dr. James G. Ricketts.
Superintendent at GD & CC,
said. “Lt. Clendenin has
disproved the myth that
treatment and security staff
cannot work closely together
toward common goals. He
has developed close working
relationships with the staff,
and at the same time,
demonstrated positive and
effective leadership
qualities."
Clendenin joined DOOR in
1970 as a correctional officer
II at GD & CC. He was
elevated to his present post in
1972. Prior to his employ
ment with DOOR, he worked
for four years with the
Kentucky Department of
Corrections as a correctional
officer at the Kentucky
State Penitentary.
A native ot Ossian.
Indiana, Lt. Clendenin at
tended Michigan Tech at
Houghton, Michigan, and
served as a cadet for one
year. For some 26 years, Lt.
Clendenin served in the U.S.
Air Force and retired as a
Senior Master Sergeant in
1965 During his service
career, he received two
presidential unit citations -
The Bronze Star and the
Good Conduct Medal for 20
years of distinguished ser
vice. In 1961. he was chosen
non-commissioned officer of
the year at Abilene. Texas.
Lt Clendenin is a member
of the Peace Officers
15c Per Copy
Susannah Deaver.
Ticket Printing: Jim Brew
er.
Publicity: Wilma Bridges,
Ellen Brewer and Mary
Frances Daniel.
Ushers Phyllis Davis and
Willadean Powell.
Ticket Sales: Georgia
Schroeder and Doris Lum
mus.
House Arrangements:
Mack Davis, Harold Grant
and Walter Carmichael.
Programs: Scott Coleman
Food: Elizabeth Watkins.
Doris Lummus, Scott Cole
man. Wilma Bridges and Jo
Ann Manley.
Housing: Jo Ann Manley
“The Italian Girl in
Algiers” will have one
performance on Saturday,
March 12. at the High School
auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets
are on sale now at $3.00 and
may be purchased at
Deraney's Dept. Store, C&S
Bank of Jackson. Mclntosh
State Bank, Georgia Schroe
der, and any member of the
Jackson Theatre Guild.
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.Association of Georgia. The
Georgia Correctional Of
ficers Association. The
.American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The 1976 Correctional Of
ficer of the Year Award was
presented to Lt. Clendenin
on February 21 during a
dinner meeting with mem
bers of the Board of Offender
Rehabilitation.
ALUMINUM FLOWS INTO
FLOYILLA OUTLET
.Aluminum collectors in the
Flovilla area brought in a
record 8.938 pounds of the
lightweight metal for re
cycling during 1976 and were
paid more than $1,340 by the
Reynolds Aluminum Re
cycling Company.
The Reynolds truck w'ill be
at the corner of Lee and
Heard Streets on March 2,16
and 30 from l to 2:30 p.m. to
pick up aluminum from local
recyclers. The metal is
weighed and collectors are
paid 17 cents a pound on the
spot.
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
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in that every man should
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