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Volume 104 Number 14
rSUNRISE services!
Indian Springs State Park Pavilion
April 10,1977 7:00 A.M.
The Call to Worship -- “He Lives” A. Ackley
Mr. Gary Cook, Trumpet
Welcome Rev. E. Ray Savage
Pastor, Jackson Church of the Nazarene
Hymn, “Christ Arose” Robert Lowry
Hymn, “When I Survey” Isaac Watts
Prayer Rev. Clarage Tucker,
Pastor, Worthville Baptist
Hymn “The Old Rugged Cross”
George Bennard
Offertory Prayer Rev. Phil DeMore
Pastor, Jackson United Methodist
Vocal Solo Mr. Don Thurman
Minister of Music, Macedonia Baptist
Sermon, “Sunset and Sunrise”
Rev. David Beville,
Pastor, Jackson Presbyterian
Benediction Rev. Archie G. Ross,
Asst. Pastor, St. Paul, A.M.E.
Sponsored By The
JACKSON-BUTTS COUNTY
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
The Enlightenment of This Holy Holiday Lifts
Up Our Hearts With the Promise of Peace for All
Rejoice. Be glad. It’s Easter.
The dawn of anew begin
ning ... anew awakening of all
of life’s most precious gifts.
His message of the season in
spires us all with renewed
spirit of brotherhood and love.
Showing us the pathway to inner
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St Here Thunderstorm Causes
DJLnage In Parts Of County
The weather front which
passed through Georgia last
week causing flooding and
other extensive damage also
left its mark on Butts County
when what might possibly
have been a tornado touched
down in the area of the Stark
community and in the
western part of the County
around 1:30 p.m. March 30.
Though never officially
confirmed as a tornado, the
extremely strong and gusty
winds did not cause any
reported personal injury, or
damage to homes, but
several large trees in these
areas were uprooted by the
storm.
Probably the most exten
sive damage was done at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Lamar Weaver on the High
Falls Road where the roof of
their garage was completely
lifted off its foundation and
deposited a few feet from the
rear of the garage,
Mrs. Weaver said she
didn’t actually see a funnel
cloud but that she heard a
tremendous roaring sound
and a few minutes later
noticed the garage roof had
been ripped off.
She added that their car,
parked in the garage, did not
have “a scratch, dent or
anything wrong with it.”
peace and contentment... filling
our hearts with renewed hope.
Let’s share the experience of
Christ’s resurrection in rev
erent prayer and joyous triumph.
Sing praise ... and give praise,
for all the blessings of this truly
special time of year.
Jackson, Georgia 30233 , Thursday, April 7,1977
In addition to the garage,
the Weavers also had two
pecan trees uprooted and a
small greenhouse at the back
of the garage was damaged
slightly.
About a mile from the
Weaver house, the storm
once again touched down
uprooting about 10 trees at
the home of Luke Weaver on
the Barnesville Highway.
A short distance further
ahd a few minutes later Ed
Washington was returning
home and found that several
pine trees had been uprooted
blocking the entrance to his
house and across the road for
a distance of about a
quarter-mile the storm cut a
strip estimated at 150 feet
wide through the forest
uprooting or twisting in
hall huge pine trees.
And across the County on
the Big Dam Road, Cecil
Beal also reported hearing
an extremely loud, roaring
wind. Beal said all of the
trees in his yard were bent
“almost even with the
ground” and several of the
trees were uprooted, tem
porarily blocking traffic on
Big Dam Road.
Beal said no damage was
done to his house but that his
television antenna was blown
down.
Ms. Westbury
To Be Named
On Monday
Nine young-at-heart resi
dents of the Westbury
Nursing Home in Jenkins
burg, will vie for the title MS.
WESTBURY on Monday,
April 11.
The Westbury contest is
part of the Ms. Georgia
Nursing Home Pageant spon
sored by the Jackson
Kiwanis Club in conjunction
with the Georgia Health Care
Association.
Ms. Westbury will vie with
other nursing home contest
winners from around the
state for the Ms. Georgia
Nursing Home Title Wednes
day, May 11, in Atlanta,
during National Nursing
Home Week.
Contestants will be judged
on several criteria, including
personality and participation
in nursing home activities.
Judges for the Westbury
Pageant will be: Mrs.
Dorothy Westbury, William
F. Hindley, and Dale Whiten.
The Ms. Georgia Nursing
Home Pageant was initiated
for the Kiw-anis Club’s 1976
“Greater Years-Younger
Years” Program which
fosters communication be
tween the elderly and the
young.
Contestants for the Ms.
Westbury Pageant are: Jean
Combs. Mavbell Lifsey, Effie
Fish, Dora Bryant, Ella
A oung, Edna MacArthur,
Bernice Reagan, Louise
O'Neal, Katherine Moore.
Members of the Jackson
Kiwanis Club who will
present the contestants are
Doug Durrett, Lamar Long
and J. R. Carmichael.
Jackson Bank
Awards Prizes
In Contest
The judges have rendered
their decision and winners
have been selected in the
Easter Coloring Contest
sponsored by the Mclntosh
State Bank for children in the
4-to-10 year age group.
Executive Vice President
Pete Malone announced the
following winners in the
three age categories:
8-9-10 Age Group: Missy
Rutledge (Age 10)-lst; Julie
Dennard (10)-2nd; Albert J.
Colbert (9>-3rd.
6-7 Age Group; Audrey
Dodson (Age 6>-lst; Holly
Wright (7)-2nd: Terri jean
Edmondson (6)-3rd.
4-5 Age Group; Amy Leigh
Ann Saunders (Age 5)-lst;
Carlton Wright (5)-2nd;
Racheal Collins (5)-3rd.
Prizes of $25. sls and $5.00
savings accounts were
awarded Ist, 2nd and 3rd
place winners, respectively.
1976 Children
Get Special
Certificate
All of the 80,(XK) children
born in Georgia in 1976 are
eligible for a special, free,
commemorative Bicenten
nial Birth Certificate accord
ing to the Georgia Depart
ment of Human Resources.
The parents of any child
born in Georgia in 1976 may
order a certificate (one per
child' by sending the child's
full name, date and place of
birth, and the father’s full
name and a large, stamped,
self-addressed envelope (The
certificate is B's by 11 inches.
Postage is 24 cents.) to: 1976
Bicentennial Birth Certifi-
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RESULT OF STORM At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Weaver (left) on the
High Falls Road, the high winds from last week's tornado-like storm completely stripped
their garage of its roof but did no damage to their car parked in the garage. In addition,
tw o pecan trees were uprooted at the Weaver residence. _ photo bv Carole Lawrence
Local Tax Revenues Decline
As January Sales Show Dip
Revenue from the one cent
optional sales tax in Butts
County dropped drastically
for the month of January, a
treaditionally slow month for
retail sales.
From the 817,689.00 the
County realized from the
retail sales tax in December,
when Christmas sales
swelled the total. January
revenue dropped 84,677.21 to
513.011.79.
Butts County began levy
ing the one cent retail sales
tax in April. 1976 to obtain
Honor Rolls Indian Springs Academy Holds
Released For Registration on April 25th
Jackson High
Jackson High students
named to the two honor rolls
during the winter quarter, as
released Monday by school
authorities, include:
Top Honor Roll-All A's
Seniors David Brown,
Bobbie Eidson. Melissa
Gave. Renee Kersey, Lisa
Landers. Ricky Long, Micky
Mask. Debbie Merritt. Mi
randa Price, Charlie Robi
son, Sandra Taylor.
Juniors Wesley Baker.
Lynne Duke. Rhonda Hutche
son.
Sophomores Randall
Morgan. Karen Wolf.
Freshmen Chip Daniel,
Alan Folsom, Marie Ross.
Over-All “A” Average
Honor Roll
Maurice Ball. Janice Ber
ry, Denise Brooks, Tim
Colwell. Dennis Cook, Lee
Duffey. Van Fletcher. Thom
as Head. Angelia Henderson,
Robin Holloway, Pebbles
King. Lindy Mackey. Willie
Mann**Donnie Norsworthv.
Joey Patterson. Bobby
Pinckney. Richael Radzik.
Loretta Richards. James
Smith.
Derrick Alexander. Ellen
Bankston. Wayne Battle.
Debra Benton. Juanita
Evans, Merrill Folsom. Pam
Gordon. Reginald Hender
son, Avis Hendricks Caroline
Jester. Hal Latham. Grady
McMichael. Danny Patter
son. Vickie Price, Lani Van
Dusen. Hilliard Ward. Denise
Webb. Donna Wyatt.
Mack Browning. Ernestine
Dowdy. A1 Duke. Martha
Henry, Pearl Holder. Mike
James, John Kimbell. Cary
Maddox, Dee Dee Steverson,
Joy Thomas. Chuck Wil
liams. Glenn Williams. Keith
Williams, David Wyatt.
Paul Freeman. Susan
Henry. Jeff Hurst, Roger
McDaniel. Shirley Taylor,
Dan Wright.
cate. Vital Records Section
Room 217-H. Georgia Depart
ment of Human Resources,
47 Trinity Avenue SW.
Atlanta. Georgia. 30334.
Allow eight to ten weeks for
delivery of these certificates.
some relief from property
taxes and. since that date,
according to Commission
Clerk Billy Sutton the County
has realized revenues of
8145.931.85 from the source.
It was originally antici
pated that the County could
expect a minimum of $150,000
per year from the levy,
which local voters approved
in a referendum in the fall of
1975.
In addition to the County,
the municipalities of Jack
son. Flovilla and Jenkins
Indian Springs Academy,
of Jackson, will register
students for its first grade for
the 1977-78 school year on
Monday evening. .April 25,
between the hours of 7:00 and
9:00 p.m.
A short readiness test of
about 15 minutes will be
given all pre-first graders.
Parents of prospective stu
dents are invited to inspect
the schools facilities, teach
ing materials, and meet the
first and second grade staff
members on that date.
Luke Weaver, chairman of
the Academy's Board of
Directors, said the Indian
Springs Academy offers a
full 12-year educational pro
gram with a board curricu
lum which includes both
college preparatory and
vocational training.
R. Fletcher
Is Promoted
At Reliance
Effective April 1. Richard
Fletcher was promoted to
assistant auditor. Motor and
Control Plant, of Reliance
Electric Company in Athens.
Richard is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lovett Fletcher and
the grandson of Mrs Van
Fletcher, of Jackson. His
wife, the former Mary Carol
Cook, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs M R Cook, of
Jenkinsburg. He was an
honor student at Jackson
High School.
In his new position, he will
be responsible for imple
menting training procedures,
troubleshooting, and coordi
nating all input to the 5230
data collection timekeeping
system.
Mr. Fletcher joined Reli
ance in July, 1973 and worked
in the winding department.
He completed his studies in
December. 1976 at the
University of Georgia and
graduated with a BBA in
accounting
Mr and Mrs. Fletcher live
in Athens with their two
daughters Evey and Mary
Aline
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burg share an amount equal
to that received by the
County, which is pro rated on
a population basis.
To partially offset the
revenue loss from the sales
tax drop, Sutton reported
that the beer and wine tax
brought in $2,486.80 in
February, up $388.87 from
the $2,097.93 realized during
the month of January, when
bitterly cold weather evi
dently reduced the consump
tion of these beverages
locallv.
"We provide quality educa
tion with a low teacher-pupil
ratio,” Mr. Weaver stated.
“All of our teachers are
certified by the State of
Georgia in their respective
fields. We have a fine sports
program including basket
ball. softball, baseball, golf
and tennis. We have a
modern gymnasium com
plete with anew lunchroom
and music room. Hot lunches
are served daily,” Mr.
Weaver said.
Mr. Oglesbee. headmaster,
said. “We re proud of our
school and feel that our
educational standards are
excellent. Our school is air
conditioned and well equip
ped with modern teaching
aides."
Indian Springs Academy is
located on Brownlee Road,
several blocks from Jack
son's business district.
TIFT ALUMNAE TO
MEET APRIL 15-16
An address by Dr. Frances
Tarlton (Sissy) Farenthold.
president of Wells College.
Aurora. N.Y.. will highlight
Tift College Alumnae Week
end on April 15-16.
Dr. Farenthold will speak
at 11 a m. on Saturday. April
16. in Rutland Student
Center. She is a graduate of
Yassar College and of the
University of Texas law
school.
JOE. THE HORO. SEZ:
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Of all the troubles that face
us great or small, the
greatest ones are those that
never happen at all.