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Harkson progress-Argus
Volume 104 *— Number 17
Lynne Duke, Rhondaiijitcheson
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Are In State Tennis i lals
In the regional 3-A tennis
tournament played at Avon
dale Park Thursday, April
21, Lynne Duke and Rhonda
Hutcheson advanced to the
state finals by defeating
Cochran 6-2 and 6-2 in the
girls’ doubles semi-finals.
However, in the finals they
lost to Pike County 9-7 and 8-6
but will be seated as the
number two team from this
region in the state tourna
ment to be held in Macon
Friday and Saturday,
Tennis coach Iwana Mc-
Gee said Misses Duke and
Hutcheson, who are both
juniors, are the first tennis
players from Jackson High
ever to win in the subregional
tournament, go to the finals
in regional play as runner-up
and then advance to the state
tournament.
Earlier in the week, Misses
Duke and Hutcheson defeat
ed Mary Persons 6-2 and 6-2
and Manchester 7-5 and 6-4 in
subregional play. These
victories put them in the
subregional finals against
Pike County which they
defeated 6-2 and 6-2, assuring
themselves a spot in regional
play.
In other subregional
matches, Connie Betts lost to
Pike County 6-0 and 6-3 in
girls’ singles, and Melanie
Celebration Committee Offers
Commemorative Belt Buckles
According to Dick O’Hara,
chairman of the Butts County
Celebration Committee, the
Committe is taking orders
for a limited number of
pewter belt buckles which
have an inscription on them
denoting the establishment of
Butts County.
The buckles are $7.50 each
and may be obtained by
filling out the order blank
contained in an advertise
ment elsewhere in this
edition of the paper.
O’Hara said that only 500 of
the buckles will be available
and that all proceeds will be
used for the fourth annual
Fourth of July Celebration
during the week of July 3-9.
Jackson Band Appears in Rose Parade
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The 60-member Jackson
High School marching band
was among approximately 80
bands from five states
participating in the 56th
Annual Rose Festival
Parade, Friday, April 22, in
Thomasville, Georgia.
The parade, which annual
ly attracts over 75,000
visitors to Thomasville, will
be shown over Channel 8,
WGTV, Athens, on Saturday,
April 30 from 3:00 until 5:00
p.m.
The Jackson band, direct
ed by E. W. Moore, is
comprised of the following
members:
Eddie Savage, Todd Fost
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TENNIS CHAMPS Lynne Duke (left) and Rhonda
Hutcheson advanced to the state finals in last week’s
Regional 3-A Tournament and will be seated as the number
two team from their region because of their loss to Pike
County in the finals on Thursday. In the regional
semi-finals. Misses Duke and Hutcheson defeated Cochran
6-2 and 6-2. The state tournament will be held in Macon
April 29 and 30.
Tomlin defeated Taylor
County 6-2 and 6-1 but then
lost to Mary Persons 6-0 and
6-2.
In boys’ action Cedric
Evans and Mark Taylor
advanced to the semi-finals
in the subregional tourna
ment by defeating Lamar
County 6-2 and 6-3 in boys’
doubles on Tuesday April 19.
However, they lost to Pike
County 6-1 and 6-2 in the
The selling of the buckles is
sponsored by the Butts
County Chamber of Com
merce and the Celebration
Committee which is a
non-profit organization of
local people to help bring the
Community closer together,
O’Hara said.
Other members of the
Celebration Committee are
Charlie Brown, vice chair
man; Perry Ridgeway, fi
nance and vice chairman;
Harry Lewis, parade chair
man; Gigi Leveretteand Ava
Smith, parade; Melba Price,
arts and crafts; Lynne Duke,
material and publicity;
Sandra Barnes, entertain
ment and Tommy Raney,
community participation.
er, Willie Wilkes, Vincent
Lawrence, Larry Deraney,
Janan Cook, John May,
Willie Mays, Eric Jacl.son,
Steve Bridges, Doug Bristol,
Gary Cook, David Thomas,
Timmy Kersey, Ed Pinck
ney, Dennis Hart, Jeff Gay,
Mallory Worley;
Michael Lawrence, Tom
my Powell, James Butler,
Michael Butler, Dwayne
Bridges, Melinda Portis,
Foster Fears, David Taylor,
I). D. Stevenson, Tony
Benton, Anthony Taylor,
Karla Ca vender, Ester
O’Dell, Chris Jenkins, Dana
Steverscn, Audrey Battle;
Andre Rodriguez, Dwayne
semi-finals.
Also in boys’ doubles,
Kenny Morris and Van
Fletcher lost to Pike County
6-4 and 6-1 in subregional
play.
In the boys’ singles Jeff
Cook lost to Harris county 6-1
and 6-2 and Allen McCaleb
was defeated by Pike County
6-1 and 6-3. Both of these
matches were in the sub
regional tournament.
Commissioners and Former Tax
Official Discuss Settlement
At a called meeting of the
Board of Commissioners
Wednesday, April 20, former
Butts County Tax Commis
sioner, Mrs. Mary Will
Hearn, told the Board she
will accept the current audit
of County tax records, though
not entirely agreeing with all
parts of the audit, and
maintained her claim that
she is due $4,500.00 in
commissions.
Commission chairman
Mac Collins stated that,
based on the records only
$185.99 is due Mrs. Hearn in
commissions and that if she
has evidence to support her
claim that she is due
Treadwell, Rene Wright,
Sheila Ash, Dan Puckett,
Jackie Jones, Grover Fears,
Bruce Taylor, Tammie
Franks and Donnell
Daughtery,
Members of the color
guard are Debbie Eidson,
Yvonne Puckett, Marie Ross
and Lynette Bowen. The
band majorette is Karen
Cavender, and the banner
girls are Christi Brannon and
Renee Kinard.
Members of the band who
carry flags are Sherry
Brownlee, Cathy Utter, Lani
Van Dusen. Lynn Bryant,
Ginger Palmer, Theresa
Patterson. Caroline Head,
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, April 28, 1977
Kick-Off Meet Of BCABC
Is Set For April 28
A “kick-off” meeting of the
Butts County Association for
Beautification through Con
servation (BCABC) will be
held tonight at 7:30 at the
Central Georgia EMC audi
torium with the primary
purpose being to establish a
logo and theme for the 1977
beautification projects.
The public is invited to
attend and to present ideas
for the new theme and logo.
The speaker for the
program will be J. Gisbon
Johnston, Jr. from the
Department of Natural Re
sources (DNR).
A native of Statesboro,
Georgia, Johnston is head of
the Informational Services
Unit of the Public Relations
and Information Services,
DNR.
Those attending the meet
ing tonight will be divided
into five groups for discus
sion. Selected to lead the
group discussion are Pete
Malone, Harold McMichael,
Bill Essich, Millard Daniel
and Buster Duke.
According the Mrs. Eliza
beth Watkins, BCABC mem
ber, a nursery will be
provided for young children
and refreshments will be
served.
In other BCABC news, a
meeting was held Tuesday,
April 19, with committee
members discussing beauty
$4,500.00, this amount would
be refunded to her.
Collins added that other
wise the Board would have no
choice but to deduct the
$4,500.00 from commissions
due on the 1976 Tax Digest.
Mrs. Hearn responded that
she would not accept the
$185.99 as a settlement of
commissions due.
In other business a
Piedmont Area Community
Action Agency (PACAA)
representative advised the
Board that the summer work
program for high school and
college students will be
available again this summer.
Under the Comprehensive
Caroline Miller, and Missy
Young.
Chaperones accompanying
the band to the Rose Parade
were Mrs. Jackie Cavender,
Mrs. Jo Puckett, Mrs. Ida
Taylor, Mrs. Lillian Portis,
Mrs. Helen Kersey. Mr. and
Mrs Wayne Cook, Mrs. Faye
Steverson, Leonard Fitch,
Eddie Good rum, Lee Helms
and Rev. and Mrs. G. C.
Rainwater.
Band director Moore said
the Jackson band will be
playing in Barnesville on
May 1 when Gordon Junior
College holds open house
from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m. in
celebration of the College’s
125th anniversary.
spots in the County, the
possibility of planting trees
on Third Street, beautifica
tion through industrializa
tion, sanitation and youth
involvment with BCABC
Pete Malone reported to
the group the Chamber of
Commerce activities which
include industry and city
projects. He also suggested
goals the BCABC should
consider.
In other discussion it was
decided that committee
chairman Carol Weaver will
speak to the County Commis
sioners about trash on
County roads, road signs and
the benches on the Court
house porches.
The committee members
also decided the BCABC will
not ask for donations this
year from clubs and other
organizations in the County.
In addition to Malone and
Mrs. Weaver, those attend
ing the meeting were Thelma
Prosser, Susannah Deaver,
Bill Essich. Patricia Smith,
Marion Todd, Tom Woods,
Louise Powell, Millard
Daniel, Elizabeth Watkins
and Rachael Browning.
Following the meeting, a
luncheon was served at Mrs.
Watkins’ home for the
committee members and
other active people working
with the BCABC program in
Butts County.
Employment Training Act
(CETA) program. high
school students may work a
maximum of 25 hours a week
and college students as many
as 40 hours.
The Commissioners voted
to request the following
workers for the CETA
program: one janitor s as
sistant at the Courthouse, one
assistant to the mechanic at
the Department of Transpor
tation (DOT), two persons to
maintain garbage dumpsters
and two for maintenance
work at the County recrea
tion park and two persons to
cut and clean brush from the
right of way along County
roads.
In addition, the Board
unanimously passed a mo
tion accepting a resolution
from DOT regulating speed
zones in three areas of the
County.
BSI CHOIR OF
GA. SOUTHERN
TO PERFORM HERE
The BSL’ Choir of Georgia
Southern College will per
form at Mt. Vernon Baptist
Church on Sunday, May Ist,
at 11 A.M.
A cordial invitation is
extended the public to attend
this service of praise and
song.
PUBLIC MEETING
HJH SCHOOL TONIGHT
A public meeting will be
held Thursday, May sth. at
6:30 o'clock at Henderson
Junior High School for the
purpose of selecting parents
to serve on Title I Parents’
Advisory Councils for the
1977-78 school year.
TIFT COLLEGE SETS
MAY DAY PROGRAM
The 50th annual May Day
celebration will be held at
Tift College on Saturday,
April 30th, when the
Women’s Athletic Associa
tion presents, "The Hands of
Time," on the front campus.
Dances popular in the 20's,
30’s, 40's, 50’s. 60 sand 70’s
will recall May Days of the
past. The program concludes
with the traditional plaiting
of the May Pole
May Term of Butts Superior
Court To Convene on Monday
The May term of Butts
Superior Court will convene
Monday, May 2nd, at 9:30
a.m. for a two-week session.
Superior Court Clerk David
P Ridgeway said that
dockets for both the civil and
criminal weeks were “fairly
heavy.”
Grand jurors and petit
jurors for the civil term will
report to the courtroom on
Monday, May 2nd, at 9:30,
with jurors for the criminal
term reporting one week
later, on May 9th, at the
same hour.
The complete list of jurors
called to service during the
May term is as follows:
GRANDJURY
BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT
May Term 1977
May 2,1977
9:30 A.M.
George Mayfield. Jr..
Charles M. Daniel, Jr.,
Henry L. Hilderbrand 111.
Frank G. Forehand, L. A.
Brooks. Jr.. Charles Noble.
Sr.. Mrs. Edna E. Miller,
David P. Ridgeway. Jr.. Lee
H. Greer. Mrs. Barbara Ann
Phillips.
Mrs. Sara Beth Crockarell.
Mrs. Julie Sibley. Joseph E.
Sims. Joel S. Cawthon. Paul
Yancey, Mrs. Tommie Hud
gins. Bradley E. Freeman.
Davie J. Grier. Clemmie
Ward. Thomas Standard.
E. M. McCord. John D.
Walker. D. T. Ford. L. M.
Freeman. Mrs. Elizabeth V.
Cawthon. George A. Evans,
Mrs. Herman Cawthon. Ben
nie Fletcher. Ernest Battle.
TRAVERSEJURY
BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT
First Week
May Term 1977
May 2.1977
9:30A.M.
Miss Elaine Stewart.
Elmer Glenn Buckner. Wil
liam T. Webb, Robert Lee
Waldrep. Ben H. Dover. Jr..
Gary Lanev Mason. Mrs.
Nellie G. Norsworthy, Glenn
Staples, Kenny Lee Smith. J.
Edwin James.
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BIG CATCH Cotton Vaughn of Jackson proudly
displays two striptxf bass he caught in the Ocmulgee River
last week Vaughn said the fish weighed 12 1 -and 11 pounds
and were caught in the river up close to the dam with the
uno ot a doll fly
Mrs. Addie Joe Nutt, Mrs.
Naomi C. Stodghill, Paul S.
Palmer. James E. Cornell,
Jr.. Mrs. Lula Mae Johnson,
Donald W. Thaxton, Ronnie
L. Roberts. Mrs. Jane M.
Saunders, William T. Nelson,
Jr.. Julian Ray Kimbell.
James Irving Williamson,
Mrs Russell Cawthon, Stan
ley A. Washington. Clyde
Herbert. Robert B. Betts. Jr.,
Ray B. Kinard. Loy T.
Hutcheson. Robert B. Ham
lin, George L. Morgan. Jr.,
Charlie Hunter.
Harold G. Lewis, William
Jack Reeves. Mrs. Lillie
Banks. Thomas J. O’Quinn,
Jackie E. Rooks. Mrs.
Maggie Lee Stodghill. Mrs.
LaTrelle G Mullis, Mrs.
Dolly Ann Dooley, Mrs.
Nancy L. Hall. Eugene Ball.
James F. Saunders, M. A.
Price. Mrs. Thelma Ruth
Ash, Glenn J. Mangham,
George N. Martin. Jr., Larry
C. Cook. Mrs. Max I. Perdue.
T. L. Stevenson. Dan Gary
Williams. William E. Pelt.
Phillip W. Bunch. Ed
Deaver. Jr., Fred G. Raney,
Mrs. Janie S. Carter, Robert
Usher. Jr.. Mrs. Cecil L.
Scarborough. Mrs. Bessie L.
Griffin. Carl L. Kelley.
Marion Britton. Joseph Til
ler.
T. W. Leverrette. Mrs.
Jacqueline Eidson. Willie
Lee Thompson. Mrs. Maxine
Benton. Mrs. Mary Evans
Phillips.
TRAVERSEJURY
BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT
Second M eek
May Term 1977
May 9. 1977
9:30A.M.
Mrs. Mildred Taylor. Mrs.
Shirley E Watts. Lou W.
Moelchert. Mrs. Mildred E
Fears. Phil DeMore. Mrs.
Carol Trimble. Mrs Glenda
Gail Bagby. L. H Cawthon.
Mrs. Shirley K Beeland.
William Ball.
Thomas F. Peek. Jr.. Mrs.
Marie Daugherty, Cecil L.
Scarborough. John Yawn.
James L. Abbott. Mrs.
Wanda K. Patrick. Robert
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Watts. Timothy W Gregg,
Thomas Wise. Wayne
Dooley.
William V. Crider, Mrs.
Gwendolyn N. Meredith,
Mrs. Martha T Bender,
Arthur L. Lawson, Mrs.
Laurette Grier. Mrs. Mary
R. McCrackin. Billy G. Biles,
Mrs. Clara Lee Bridges, Joe
Lewis Allen. William Henry
Freeman.
Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Ham
lin. Mrs. Leila McClelland,
Gerald E Davis, Tommie
Joe Jester. Mrs. Dianne R.
Lewis. Donis Lawson, Mrs.
Joan M. Fletcher. Arthur D.
Fambro, Max I. Perdue.
Emerson L. Burford.
Mrs. Mattie L. Clark. Mrs.
Judy B Kelly, C. B Morgan.
William L. Singley, Mrs.
Mary Ann Broadus. James C.
Lawson. Jr.. Mrs. William L.
Singley. Mrs. Ann K. Abbott.
Mrs. Mattie Lee Gave. Mrs.
Susan H. Bystricky.
Joe H. Brown. Jr.. Mrs.
Catherine Barbee, Mrs.
Doris Ann Hunter, Mrs.
Virginia L. Kelly. Mrs.
Paulette Washington. Mrs.
Maxine B Lamb. Mrs.
Jackie Hutcheson. Mrs. Ann
Allen. William T. Nelson.
Charles E. Rooks 111. Larry
F Cawthon. Mrs. Sandra
Haisten. Robert H. Rooks.
Mrs. Annie Ree McDowell,
J P McClelland. W R.
Presley. Joseph Moncrief,
Charles E Rooks. Jr.. Mrs.
Mary Franees Daniel. James
W Cook 'Forestry).
Marvin Ray Miller. Stan
ley Harold Allen. Gene D.
Potts. Mrs. J Frank Barnes.
Mrs. Jane R. Dodson. Mrs.
Oma Gwendolyn Smith. Mrs.
Wilburn Gregg. John
Thomas Harkness. T. J.
Enlow,Jimmy Virgil Walker.
Mrs. Susan W McCart. Joe
A Norton
Maurice W Carmichael
Jr.. Lamar C. Long, Mrs.
Jackie L. Cook. Roland V.
Lee. Mrs. Ruby Lee McMi
chael. James E McCormick.
Jackie Cook. Mrs. Clara Mae
Moore. Samuel Coleman. H.
L Bankston, Jr.. D. J. Lewis,
Rufus Adams. Miss Debbie
Jean Dover. Howell L. Cook.
John G. Bearden.
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
SPONSORED BY UMW
PLEASANT HILL
The U.M.W of Pleasant
Hill Methodist Church is
sponsoring a spaghetti din
ner Saturday. April 30th.
from 5:00 to 8:00 P M. at the
church located on Highway
36 and High Falls Road. $2.00
per plate.
GRIFFIN CARRUTH TO
BE ON STATION WJGA
Griffin Carruth, of Atlanta,
will bring his Chapter and
Verse program to Radio
Station WJGA. both AM and
FM, on Sunday. May Ist.
from 9:30 to 9:45 a.m.
The broadcast Sunday will
be the first of 13 Sunday
messages dealing with the
subject of Healing For The
Body.
JOK. THE HOBO, SEZ:
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There is some wisdom to be
found in the most foolish and
some foolishness is evident
even in the most wise.