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Hacksaw Progress-Argus
Volume 104 Number 16
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CLOWNS CLOWNS CLOWNS The Big-top will soon be filled with merriment as
the circus fun-makers go through their zany antics with the Hagan-Wallace and Sells-Gray
Combined Circus when the big show comes to Jackson on Saturday, April 23rd at the
Fairgrounds sponsored by the Butts County Jaycees. Performances will be at 4:30 and
8:00 P.M.
Saturday Is Circus Time At
The Jackson Fairgrounds
Circus time will soon be
here! The Hagan-Wallace
and Sells-Gray Combined
Circus is coming to Jackson.
The big circus will be set up
at the Fairgrounds with
performances scheduled for
4:30 and 8:00 p.m. on
Saturday, April 23rd.
The Butts County Jaycees
are sponsoring the circus
with the proceeds to be
devoted to the civic and
charitable activities of the
organization. An advance
sale of tickets at reduced
prices is now being conduct
ed throughout the area by
Jaycee members.
Kick-Off Meet
Of BCA6C Set
For April 28
The public is invited to
attend the 1977 Kick-Off
meeting of the Butts County
Association of Beautification
Through Conservation on
Thursday, April 28th, at 7:30
at The Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corpo
ration Auditorium.
Guest speaker will be Mr.
J. Gibson Johnston, Jr. from
WINNERS Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hopkins of Route 2, Jackson, receive a
$1,000.00 check they won this week in the Bingo Bucks contest sponsored by Giant Mart
I hscoont Food store of Jackson. Presenting the check to Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are store
managers Tommy Raney (right) and Robbie Britton (left). —Photo by Dale Whiten.
Hagan and Wallace Circus
and Sells and Gray Circus,
long established as indi
vidual shows have now been
combined into one larger
circus. Many new arena
attractions have been added
to the outstanding line-up of
features from the two shows
making a stellar perform
ance for this inaugural tour
of America’s new big circus.
Included in the many
circus stars to be seen with
this edition of the show will
be the Karolys, top bare-back
riding (roupe; the Estrada
Family, teeter-board artists;
the Antonio Trio, amazing
the Department of Natural
Resources.
Mrs. Carol Weaver, Chair
man of the BCABC, urges
every citizen of Butts County
to attend this event and bring
new ideas for the beautifica
tion of Butts County. This
program is designed to
promote goals for 1977.
The committee wishes to
bring all facets of the
community, county govern
ment, religious and educa
tional aspects together with
one goal in mind: To Create a
More Beautiful Butts
County!
feats high atop a balancing
pole: the Great Sampian,
outstanding dexterity in the
art of juggling: Miss Mimi
Zorbini. queen of the high
trapeze: Evy and Mark with
their educated high school
horses: Marie France and
her canine revue and Bonnie
and Clyde with someting
very unusual for music
lovers.
Other features are many
beautiful girls in an aerial
ballet high in the billowing
big-top; Capt. Helmut Meier
with his Military Precision
performing Elephants and
the merry antics of the circus
funny folks, the Clowns.
GRIFFIN GIN SHOW
TO BE AT ARMORY
APRIL 23 & 24
The Griffin Gun Show,
sponsored by Griffin Gun
Club, is scheduled for April
23rd and 24th. at the National
Guard Armory, U. S. 19 South
Highway at the City Limits.
The public is invited to
come and swap, buy or sell
guns, coins, knives and
related items as long as it is
legal and in good taste.
Show hours are 9 a.m. till
10 p.m. on Saturday and 9
a.m. till -3 p.m. on Sunday.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, April 21, 1977
DA YLIGHT SAVING TIME
BEGINS SUNDAY
If you don’t want to be late for
Sunday School and church on
Sunday, or for that golf game or
fishing trip, you had best run your
clock forward one hour before
retiring on Saturday night.
Daylight Saving Time will begin
at 12:00 midnight on Saturday,
April 23rd and will be in effect until
October.
Bike-A-Thon
Yields Pledges
Of $3,500.00
.s^Sfen
STRONG LEGS PEDAL
The strong legs of Mike
Pierce, of Radio Station
WJGA. pedalled two miles in
the recent Bike-A-Thon to
raise funds for the relief of
cystic fibrosis victims and
research into a possible cure
or prevention of the disease.
Mrs. Lether McCord,
chairman, reports that the
Bike-A-Thon held April 2nd to
raise funds for the research
and treatment of cystic
fibrosis was a smashing
success financially, with
over $3,500 being pledged
towards a County goal of
$1,500.
Mrs. McCord wishes to
especially thank the CB’ers,
the CYAE Club under the
direction of Darrell Pippin,
the City of Jackson's police
department and the mer
chants who donated prizes,
as well as those volunteers
who organized the ride and
helped sell refreshments.
Mike Pierce, of WJGA, also
rendered invaluable help in
the project.
More than 100 boys, girls,
men and women began the
ride at 10 a.m. At 1:00 p.m. a
cake auction was held with
Larry Messer being the high
bidder. Tony Thurston won a
telephone amplifier in a
drawing at 2:00 p.m.
Mike Pierce, of Radio
Station WJGA, rode a
tricycle the first two miles,
as did Shane McCord,
11-month-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. William McCord and a
cystic fibrosis victim.
Cystic tibrosis is a disease
that attacks primarily young
children and all funds raised
through the local Bike-A-
Thon will go into research
and treatment of the disease.
Couple Wins $1,000.00 at
Giant Mart Food Store
Giant Mart Discount Foods
of Jackson announced this
week that Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hopkins of Route 2.
Jackson have won $1,000.00 in
the Bingo Bucks contest
which is sponsored by a
group of 25 stores throughout
north and central Georgia
This was the second
$1,000.00 winner for the
Jackson store within the past
two months according to
Rev. Ed Hoard
To Preach At
Home Church
The Indian Springs Baptist
Church will hold a series of
community revival services
at 8 p.m. nightly, beginning
Monday, April 25th and
extending through Wednes
day. April 27th
Leading the revival will be
the Rev. Ed Hoard, pastor of
the Sandtowm Baptist
Church, of Atlanta. A native
ol Indian Springs, Rev.
Hoard is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Hoard and the
brother of Danny Hoard, of
Jackson. He is a graduate of
Jackson High School,
Southern Technical Institute
and Florida Bible College.
Allen Byars will direct the
music for the revival
services, assisted by Ava
■Sfßwth. who win serve as
pianist and sofoist.
The congregation of the
Indian Spring Baptist Church
extends a cordial invitation
to the public to worship with
them during this revival
period.
JHS Senior
Awarded Art
Scholarship
A senior at Jackson High
School, Willie Mann, was
recently awarded a SI,OOO
scholarship for placing first
in the Gordon Junior College
Art Scholarship contest.
Mann, who is planning to
attend Gordon this fall, has
taken art all four years of
high school and has had his
work displayed in school art
shows and at meetings of the
Butts County Board.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Mann of Flovilla.
store managers Tommy
Raney and Robbie Britton
When asked how they felt
when they realized they had
the winning number. Mr. and
Mrs. Hopkins said they
couldn't quite believe it at
first and skeptically thought
some mistake had been
made.
Hopkins added that he’s
going to pay “a whole lot of
bills " with the $1.000.00 prize.
LOCAL DEV ELOPERS Members of the Development Authority of Butts County,
recently appointed by the Butts County Commissioners, include, left to right, Charles
Carter. Pete Malone. Hugh Glidewell. Jr., secretary-treasurer, Vincent Jones, chairman.
Frank Barnes, vice chairman, and Larry Deraney. Charlie Frank Thurman, another
member of the seven-man Authority, was absent when this picture was taken. —Photo by
Dale Whiten
Local Development Authority
Held First Meeting Friday
At a meeting Friday
morning in the C&S Bank, the
Development Authority of
Butts County, created by a
resolution passed at the 1977
General Assembly, was
officially constituted.
Chairman Mac Collins and
Dr William Mitchell from
the Butts County Commis
sion welcomed the members
and charged them with their
official duties as spelled out
in the enabling legislation.
Named by the Butts County
Commission for initial terms
on the Development Author
ity were Charlie Frank
Thurman and Vincent Jones,
two year terms Frank
Barnes ar 1 Ciidewell,
Jr., four year terms, and
Charles Carter. Larry De
raney and Pete Malone, six
year terms.
The seven-man develop
ment team charged with the
economic development of the
County thus has two bankers,
two builders. a retail
merchant, an attorney and
an editor.
FORMER JACKSONIAN
HEADS GRIFFIN DRIVE
Albert Thrasher. Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Thrasher.
Sr., of Jackson, has been
elected president of the
Board of Directors of the
Griffin-Spalding County
United Fund.
Mr. Thrasher and other
officers for 1977 were elected
this week at a meeting of the
United Fund Board of
Directors.
BE.U'TIFI’L BLOOMER This lovely white clematis,
which has engulfed a lamp post at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Phillips on Watkins Street, was caught by the
camera of Carole Lawrence.
At the organizational meet
ing the members elected
Vincent Jones as chairman,
Frank Barnes as vice-chair
man and Hugh GlidewelL Jr.
as secretary-treasurer.
During the business ses
sion that followed, it was
agreed to invite all indus
trialists of the County to a
meeting Thursday, April
2lst. at 10:30 a.m. to discuss
their physical facility needs
and to acquaint the members
with strengths and weak
nesses of the County’s
present industrial base, with
City and County officials
invited to attend.
Further meetings of a
fact finding nature are f o be
scheduled with the Mclntosh
Trail AP&DC staff and
various private, state and
federal development groups
to enlist their assistance and
support of certain develop
ment projects.
Pete Malone gave a report
on assistance received from
the Georgia Tech Industrial
Development Branch and the
Rev. Bowen
To Conduct
Revival Here
The Rev. W. C. Bowen,
pastor of the First United
Methodist Church. Thomas
ton. will be the guest minister
for the revival services at the
15c Per Copy
Economic Development Ad
ministration on the selection
and development of suitable
sites for industry.
Chairman Jones pointed
out the timeliness of the
City's sale of its natural gas
distribution system to At
lanta Gas Light Company,
alleviating a situation that
was threatening to stymie
the City's residential, com
mercial and industrial de
velopment for lack of
natural gas.
Dr. Mitchell expressed the
desire that the Authority
consider the matter of
constructing a much-needed
building to house the pro
gram for mentally retarded
as the first phase of a
multi-purpose County build
ing complex.
The general tone of the
meeting was one of enthu
siasm. determination and
dedication and Commission
Chairman Mac Collins said
he was "well pleased" with
the initial meeting of the
Authority.
Jenkinsburg United Metho
dist Church.
Services will begin each
evening at 7:30 o’clock,
Monday. April 25th, through
Friday. April 29th. Special
music will be presented each
evening.
Mr. Bowen received a
degree from the University
of Georgia and also gradu
ated from Candler School of
Theology at Emory Univer
sity. He was a very popular
minister in Butts County,
serving the Jenkinsburg
United Methodist Charge for
four years. He has served
many churches since leaving
Jenkinsburg as well as being
a District Superintendent in
the North Georgia Con
ference.
The public is cordially
invited to attend any or all of
the services.
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
■ ff
it seems that responsibility
always flows to those who
cannot, or will not, flee from