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3arkso t Progress-Argus
Volume 104 No. 9
School Calendar Is Revised to
Make Up Days Missed in Jan.
Butts County School Super
intendent J. M. L. Comer has
announced a revised school
calendar for the remainder
of this school year in order to
make up for the 10 days lost
to snow and the natural gas
shortage during January.
According to the announce
ment, four days will be made
up by using the two teacher
in-service days in early
March and the two spring
holdiays in April.
Three days will be made up
by lengthening the school day
one hour for 18 days. From
March 30 - April 22 students
will be required to report to
school 30 minutes earlier
(7:55) dnd will be released
from school 30 minutes later
(3:40).
Comer noted that April 22,
the last school day extended
in length, coincides with the
day before day-light saving
time goes into effect.
An additional three days
will be made up in June with
the last student day being on
June 2. Teachers will
complete post planning days
on June 8.
Students and teachers will
Jackson Hospital Has Modem
Equipment For Cardiac Care
By
Dale Whiten
Though Sylvan Grove
Hospital does not have a
coronary care unit, the
hospital does have the
necessary equipment and
registered personnel to cope
with the initial problems
confronting a heart attack
patient.
One system which is used
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EMERGENCY CARDIAC EQUIPMENT The
emergency cardiac room at Sylvan Grove Hospital has all
the necessary equipment to give emergency cardiac care to
patients. Part of the equipment includes an EKG printout
machine (upper left), a cardiac monitor scope (right) and
an external defibrillator which is used to restimulate the
heart. —Photo by Carole Lawrence.
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COMPUTERIZED EKG Sylvan Grove Hospital has
been using this computerized electrocardiograph for about
seven years to read and diagnose treatment for a cardiac
patient. Connected to a computer base in Chicago, this
machine transmits a description of the patient’s condition
and the computer base returns an interpretation of the
readings and recommended treatment. —Photo by Carole
Lawrence.
be in school every day until
the end of school. According
to Comer, no days will be
made up on Saturday.
However, teachers will have
an in-service day on Satur
day, March 19.
In the announcement,
Comer expressed his appre
ciation for the “fine coopera
tion from parents and
students during the natural
gas crisis.”
BAND BOOSTERS
TO SELL DONUTS
MARCH 12 & 19
The Butts County Band
Boosters Club will meet
Monday, March 21st, at 7:30
o’clock with the meeting
place to be announced later.
The Club will sell Krispy
Creme Doughnuts on March
12th and 19th on the
Courthouse Square.
The Club is collecting
aluminum cans, pans and
Coca-Cola bottles. A green
truck will be parked on the
Courthouse Square for the
public to place these items in
on March 19 and 21st.
quite frequently in diagnos
ing patients with cardiac
problems is the compu
terized electrocardiograph
system (EKG) which has
been in operation at the
hospital for about seven
years and which was one of
the first EKG transmission
systems to be instituted.
Hospital Administrator
Jim Shaw said the machine
Dr. Fred Cook
Leads Seminar
On Energy
Dr. Fred L. Cook, assistant
professor in the School of
Textile Engineering at Geor
gia Tech and a native Butts
countian, will co-chair a
seminar on energy conserva
tion at Clemson University
on March Bth.
The workshop will focus on
sources of alternate fuels
and methods to decrease fuel
consumption in the textile
industry, which was particu
larly hard hit by the recent
natural gas shortage.
In addition to his duties as
co-chairman of the confer
ence, Dr. Cook will deliver a
paper on Energy Programs
at Georgia Tech.
Dr. Cook is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred P. Cook, of
Jackson.
itself is really a transmitter
for a base computer located
in Chicago.
He explained that a
cardiac patient’s signs are
indexed into the EKG and
that this reading is transmit
ted over a private telephone
line to a computer base in
Chicago.
There me computer inter
prets the reading and sends
back a diagnosis and
recommendations for
courses to follow. These
messages are sent back via a
teletype machine located in a
different part of the hospital.
Shaw said it takes about five
minutes to receive a reply.
Shaw also stated there is a
cardiologist on constant duty
at the computer base to
overread EKG transmissions
when necessary, such as
times when weather condi
tions are bad and the
transmission appears to be
out of the ordinary.
Shaw said that at the
computer base in Chicago
there is also a computer bank
which stores a patient’s
readings and when an
additional reading of a
certain patient is trans
mitted, comparison studies
of previous EKGs are made
and retransmitted along with
the new information.
In addition to the EKG
transmission system, Sylvan
Grove also has an emergency
cardiac room complete with
“everything you need for an
(emergency) cardiac
arrest,” Shaw said.
When a heart attack victim
is brought in the emergency
cardiac room, his heartbeat
is immediately monitored on
the cardiac monitor scope
and a machine called an
“externa! defibrillator” is
applied to attempt reacti
vation of the heart.
However, Shaw empha
sized that even though the
cardiac emergency room has
the necessary equipment to
give emergency treatment, if
a person has a serious heart
attack, the doctor’s main
concern is to stabilize the
patient and then transfer
him to a hospital with a
coronary care unit.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, March 3, 1977
Former Resident Operates Top
San Francisco Photo Gallery
The photographic gallery
of a former Jackson resident,
Ms. Helen Head Johnston,
has achieved signal success
in San Francisco where the
Focus Gallery recently cele
brated its tenth anniversary.
In commenting on the
Tenth Anniversary Exhibi
tion at the Focus Gallery, the
February issue of Popular
Photography had this to say
about the exhibit and Ms.
Johnston’s success:
“Other photographic gal
leries opened their doors
prior to the Focus Gallery in
San Francisco, but none is
surviving today whose open
ing date precedes the Focus.
The gallery opened Novem
ber, 1966 at the same Union
Street address it still
occupies and has maintained
a regular five-days-a-week
schedule since its inception.
The Focus Gallery cele
brated its first decade of
operation with a handsome
exhibition of the work of
photographers whose one
person shows were con
sidered highlights in the
gallery’s past history. These
were Ansel Adams, Paul
Caponigro, Van Deren Coke,
Imogene Cunningham, Ralph
Gibson, Robert Heinecken,
Les Krims, Aaron Siskind,
Peter Stackpole, Jerry
Uelsmann, and Edward
Weston.
Local EMC
Ranks High In
Member Aids
The Central Georgia EMC
has placed high in two
categories of the National
Member Relations Contest
sponsored by the National
Rural Electric Cooperative
Association in Washington,
D. C.
The local electric coopera
tive tied for third place in the
Audio Visual Presentation
and won fourth place in the
Area Development competi
tion.
In a letter to Mrs.
Elizabeth Watkins, the mem
ber relations and communi
cations consultant, Patty
Comstock of the NRECA
wrote, “congratulations on
some well-done projects.”
Bloodmobile
To Visit
Here Monday
The Red Cross Blood
mobile will visit Butts County
on Monday, March 7th, A
total of 110 pints will be
needed to meet the quota.
Blood donors may visit the
National Guard Armory
between the hours of 1:00 and
5:30 p.m. with the staff and
volunteers ready to process
af' donors.
The county failed to meet
the quota in the December
1976 visit with only 92 pints
contributed. It is the hope of
officials that at this March
visit the 110 pints will be
collected.
Jackson To Get Indoor
Theatre This Spring
That center of a small
town's culture, the indoor
picture show, missing from
the Jackson scene for many
years, is on its way back to
town.
Two young Jackson
businessmen, Harry Lewis
and Dick O'Hara, announced
today the purchase of the
building located on Carolina
The selection for the show
was made by Helen Head
Johnston, curator and owner
of the gallery. It has been her
single-minded determined
ness that has kept the gallery
functioning for a decade.
The importance of this
exhibition was that it
commemorated the fore
sightedness of Ms. Johnston
in maintaining a quality
gallery during a decade when
photography has been reach
ing a zenith of public interest.
Many more pretentious gal
leries than the Focus opened
their doors only to fail.
Public interest has far too
often not turned into support
of photography galleries
through purchase of prints
and books, the lifeblood of
any gallery.
There is a lesson to be
learned from this last fact.
The public that acclaims the
Focus Gallery should also
consider the gallery’s needs
as well as the art com
munity’s as the gallery
enters its second decade.
The Focus Gallery main
tains a permanent showcase
of new and master photo
graphers’ prints, as well as
the largest selection of
photography books on the
W’est Coast.”
Ms. Johnston will be
pleasantly remembered by a
host of friends as the former
Miss Helen Head, of Jackson.
Jackson Hit
By Burglars
During Week
The residence of David
Lunsford of Valley Road in
Jackson and Jackson Pri
mary School on Woodland
W’ay were both burglarized
during the past week
according to Jackson police
detective Denny O’Neal.
O’Neal reported that on
February 23 the Lunsford
residence was “ransacked”
with approximately $650.00
worth of various items being
taken. The stolen merchan
dise included a stereo, clock
radios and various smaller
items.
The burglary at Jackson
Primary School occurred
February 24 when it was
discovered that the office of
the school principal, Mrs.
Margaret McCormick, had
been broken into. However,
O'Neal said that nothing
appeared to be missing.
O'Neal also reported the
theft of a motorcycle
belonging to Robert H. Rooks
of 570 Kay Street. The
motorcycle is a Honda 350
and was stolen from Rooks’
carport the night of February
25.
The two burglaries and the
case involving the motor
cycle are still under investi
gation by the Jackson Police
Department. No arrests have
been made.
O’Neal said that due to the
fact that quite a few forged
personalized checks have
been appearing in the area,
he would like to caution local
Avenue, formerly occupied
by Carter Builders Supply,
Inc., for the purpose of
renovating it into a 275-seat
indoor theatre.
A Spring opening of tile
cinema is being planned by
the new owners. In addition
to the theatre, the complex
will contain small business
and office space in a
Favorite Opera Stars Return
To Jackson on March 12
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Joseph Amaya Michael Harrison
Two favorites of Jackson opera fans are Joseph Amaya, who appeared as Dr. Dulcarara
in The Elixir of Love here last year and Michael Harrison, who appeared as Nemorino in
the same presentation.
The two will appear here again in “The Italian Girl in Algiers” at the Jackson High
School auditorium on Saturday. March 12th. at 8 p.m.. when the Jackson Theatre Guild
once again brings opera to Jackson.
Tickets are on sale now at $3.00 each at Deraney’s, the C&S Bank of Jackson. Mclntosh
State Bank. Mrs. Georgia Schroeder and from any member of the Jackson Theatre Guild.
City ot Jackson Invites Bids
On $117,000 Sewerage Project
The City of Jackson is
advertising this week for
sealed bids on the construc
tion of improvements to its
sewerage system. The pro
jected cost of SI 17.000 is to be
borne by the federally
funded Economic Develop
ment Administration under
Title I of the Local Public
Works Capital Development
and Investment Act of 1976.
Bids will be received at the
office of the City Clerk until 3
p.m. on Tuesday, March
22nd.
Among the items being bid
upon are the construction of
approximately 1 ! 2 miles of
8-inch and 12-inch diameter
sewers and installation of
flow measuring and chlorina
tion systems at the Yellow
Water Creek wastewater
treatment plant.
The goal of the local public
works program of the
Economic Development Ad
ministration is to create jobs
in building trades and related
industries through the
expeditious construction of
useful projects that could not
have been built at this time
without Federal financial
assistance.
At least 31.25 per cent of
the $117,000 project must
be used to pay for labor
generated by the contract.
On-site employment is
expected to be underway
shortly after awarding of the
contract, weather permit
ting.
Jackson and Fayetteville
were the only two cities in the
eight-county Mclntosh Trail
Area to be awarded EDA
grants out of more than 350
applications, according to
City Clerk Lewis Freeman.
merchants about accepting
personal checks unless the
person is known or has
proper identification.
park-style atmosphere.
The new owners feel the
location is a prime one for a
theatre, due to its central
location in the hub of
Jackson's expanding
business sector.
It has been some 10 or 15
years since Jackson last had
an indoor theatre
FISHING LOCALLY
SHOULD BE BETTER
According to Ben Gunn, of
the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, fishing
prospects are looking up
locally.
For the week of February
-27 - March sth. Gunn says
Jackson Lake will be down
and clear, with fishing good
for crappie using doll flies,
hai flies and minnows: good
for bass and fair for bream.
During the same period High
Falls will be normal and
clear, with fishing fair to
slow for crappie and slow for
others.
Dr. Maddox
Opens His
Practice Here
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Dr. Joseph S. Maddox. Jr.
announces the opening of his
office at 356 E. Third Street
in Jackson for the practice
chiropractic medicine.
An open house will be held
Sunday. March 6th, from 2
until 5 p.m.. to which the
public is cordially invited.
Dr. Maddox graduated
Cum Laude in October from
Palmer College of Chiro
practic at Davenport, lowa.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe S Maddox. Sr., of
McDonough. Dr. Maddox is a
graduate of Sanford Naval
Academy. Sanford. Florida,
and has a B.S. degree in
Chemistry from West
Georgia College.
Dr Maddox's wife. Marty,
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. Tascar Williams, Jr.,
of Griffin.
Dr Maddox, his wife and
son, Joshua, plan to make
their residence in Jackson.
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Red Devils To
Meet Heritage
Here Saturday
Jackson High's spring
football practice will come to
an end Saturday. March sth.
when both the Red Devils
B-team and varsity will face
teams from Heritage High
School in Conyers.
The B-team game will
begin at 5 p.m., with the
varsity game slated for 8
p.m. Admission will be $2.00
for each of the two games.
There is a natural rivalry
between the two schools as
Danny Blue, former Jackson
High grid mentor, is head
football coach at Heritage
High.
Tommy Carmichael, Jack
son High athletic director,
says prospects are promising
for the Red Devils in 1977,
with several boys standing
out in the spring drills. He
said the Jackson coaches
are reserving judgment until
the squad is tested under
actual field conditions.
BAND MEMBERS
REQUESTED TO
RETURN ARTICLES
All former and present
Henderson Junior and Jack
son High Band members are
requested by Bill Moore.
Band Director, to return the
following articles to the
school before March 21st.
1. A red coat; 2, blue pants
with red stripe: 3. a big white
hat: and 4. a small silver
hat.
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
If that TV movie Roots had
been shown in October, I
expect the people of Georgia
would have had to wait
another 100 years for their
first president.