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COVINGTON GETS ON MAP Dr. W. L. (Bill) Dobbs, center, Mayor of Covington;
Jasper Dorsey, right, vice president and chief executive officer for Southern Bell’s
Georgia operations; and Don Daves, vice president of Southern Bell’s Georgia operations
outside of the Atlanta area, look at the new 1976 AT&T annual report. The report, which
features the townsquare of Covington, Georgia, is going to over 4.2 million shareowners in
125 countries.
State Labor Department Says
Economic Upswing Is Underway
Remaining almost un
changed for two straight
months, the state’s unem
ployment rate is staying in a
high holding pattern
apparently as an aftermath
of winter weather and the
energy shortage.
The Georgia Department
of Labor today reported a 7.4
per cent rate for February,
the latest month for which
official figures are available.
Thus, the rate is a small
increase from January’s
initial listing of 7.3 (later
adjusted to 7.2 per cent).
"We believe it to be
disturbing, of course, to have
had a 7.4 per cent rate for
February,” declared Labor
Commissioner Sam Cald
well. “But we believe it to be
a bit deceiving as to the true
condition of the economy.
“The distortion comes,”
Caldwell said, “when you
consider the basic momen
tum the economy owned
dating to back before
Christmas. We believe the
momentum is still there. The
economy recovered in Febru
ary from its January slide,
indicating that the softness
was weather-related and not
a sign of developing weak
ness in business. But the cold
figure of 7.4 should remind
all of us of the mini-crunch
caused by winter and energy
- particularly the shortage
natural gas.”
Caldwell said that the
present rate of unemploy
ment was probably down.
“Right now in early April
we are looking at growing
increases in retail trade,” he
said. “Today four big chains
reported sales at 13 per cent
higher than a year ago this
month -with one showing a
22.9 per cent jump for the five
weeks ending March 30.
Auto sales continue to
improve, and there is a
middling to strong showing in
building - in both housing
and heavy construction.”
Caldwell said the following
points to increasing momen
tum in the economy:
Consumer credit ex
panded by $2.02 billion in
February, the second largest
monthly increase on record.
The only monthly increase
that was larger than Febru
ary’s came exactly four
years ago - February 1973 -
when consumers increased
their debts by $2.09 billion.
Consumer credit ad
vanced $1.92 billion in
January, increased by $1.82
billion in December, and
showed an increase of $1.24
billion in November.
Auto sales in March
pushed past the one million
mark for the first time in
nearly four years. Total sales
ol i.ohj.om* new cars deliver-
ed by dealers were up 15 per
cent from 195,277 a year ago.
Economists at the
National Association of
Home Builders predict that
housing starts will gain about
19 per cent this year, topping
1.8 million units (some
predict above 1.9 million).
Single-family houses will hit
an all-time high.
ln Augusta, as an
example of increased con
struction, both heavy and
housing starts for January
and February totaled $7,963.
996 in Richmond County
alone - this compared to
$3,177,335 for the first two
months of 1976.
The state’s net revenue
collections for March were
$128.5 million, compared to
$113.3 million for March 1976,
an increase of $15.1 million,
or 13.4 per cent. (Caldwell
noted again that for every 1
per cent carved off the
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unemployment rate, the
state realizes some 15 per
cent in added tax revenue.)
The Georgia Depart
ment of Labor, for the week
April 2. paid out $3.7 million
in jobless benefits, compared
to $5.6 million for the same
week a year ago. Thus far
this year, $61,909,168 has
been paid out in unemploy
ment insurance, compared to
$87,229,012 for the same
period in 1976.
“We should also remember
that February’s 7.4 per cent
rate is just about one per cent
below the nation’s rate of
unemployment,” Caldwell
said. “And we are also
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Jenkinsburg News
By Mrs. T. H. Price
Miss Ruby Lane and Mrs.
M. B. Farrar accompanied
the members of AARP on
their bus trip to Plains, Ga.
last Monday and reported a
very enjoyable day.
Deepest sympathy is ex
tended the children and other
members of the family of
Mrs. John 0. Minter in her
death which occurred last
Tuesday night after a lengthy
illness. She was a long time
resident of Jenkinsburg, was
active in all church and
community activities and
will be sadly missed by all
her many friends.
We are glad to report that
Mr. T. R. Sims returned
home from Georgia Baptist
Hospital last Wednesday and
is recuperating nicely at
home.
Jenkinsburg Methodist
church is in revival this
week, with Rev. W. C.
Bowen, a former pastor, who
is now Pastor of First United
Methodist of Thomaston as
guest minister.
Miss Ruby Lane was honor
guest for dinner of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Caston celebrat
ing her birthday last Wednes
day night at Falls View
Restaurant. When they ar
rived, the following friends
were there to surprise her
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Mangham,
Mrs. T. R. Sims, Mrs. M. B.
bolstered by the fact that
February shows a growth in
jobs from a year ago of
25.000.”
The Georgia rate for
unemployment is not adjust
ed for seasonal factors.
Georgia’s January rate of 7.3
per cent was identical to the
nation’s 7.3 - except that the
U. S. rate was not seasonally
adjusted, standing at 8.3 per
cent unadjusted.
The most significant in
crease in jobs growth came
in government, services, and
manufacturing, with in
creases of 12,900, 5,500, and
4.500. respectively. Con
struction and mining showed
increases of 1,500 and 600.
Farrar, Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Price. Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Harris, Rev. and Mrs. Dan
Brown and Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Allen.
Mrs. R. S. Letson, Mrs. R.
A. Allen and Mrs. T. H. Price
accompanied a group from
First Baptist Church of
Jackson, on the church bus,
to attend the Commissioning
Service, by the Foreign
Mission Board,, of eighteen
missionaries to foreign
lands, which was held at the
Omni in Atlanta last Tuesday
night. Approximately 15,000
persons attended and a
thousand voice choir furnish
ed the music.
Revival services will begin
at Jenkinsburg Baptist
Church next Sunday, May
Ist, at the morning worship
hour. Rev. H. B. Shepherd,
brother of Rev. Harry
Shepherd, who is Pastor of
First Baptist church of
Fairhope, Ala., will be guest
minister. Services will con
tinue each night through
Friday at seven thirty.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend. Special music will
be featured at each service.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1977
Mrs. Minter’s
Rites Were
Held April 20
Mrs. Rosa Thompson Min
ter, 81, lifelong resident of
Butts County and widow of
Mr. John O Minter, passed
away Tuesday night, April
19th, at the Westbury
Medical Care Home in
Jenkinsburg following a long
period of declining health.
The beloved matron was a
member of the Jenkinsburg
Baptist Church, the Jackson
High School Class of 1915,
and a charter member of the
Jenkinsburg Garden Club.
Born in Butts County, she
was daughter of the late
William M. Thompson and
the late Elizabeth Kimbell
Thompson.
Mrs. Minter is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Lucy
Patrick of Carrollton, Mrs.
John Walker of Cairo, and
Mrs. Rebecca Watkins of
Stone Mountain; seven
grandchildren; nine great
grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Vertie Perdue of
Golden, Colorado; several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were
conducted Wednesday after
noon, April 20, at four o’clock
from the Jenkinsburg Baptist
Church with the Rev. Harry
Shepherd officiating. Burial
was in Jenkinsburg Ceme
tery.
‘ Pallbearers were Harold
Standard, D. T. Ford, Harry
Ridgeway, Adel Allen, H. M.
Hooten, Wilson Caston.
Sherrell Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments.
Lots of Land
The Department of Ag
riculture’s Forest Service
manages about 187 million
acres an area equivalent
to the land covered by West
Virginia, Virginia, Penn
sylvania, New York, Ohio,
Kentucky and North Car
olina.
from HISTORY’S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
April 29, 1862 New Orleans, gateway to the
Mississippi and once a stronghold of the Confederacy, fails
to Union forces.
April 30, 1803 The United States more than doubles
its physical area by purchasing from Napoleon Bonaparte
all of the French Territory west of the Mississippi River
(the Louisiana Purchase).
May 1,1964 President Lyndon Johnson predicts that
the day will come when a women will serve as President of
the United States.
May 2,1960 After 12 years in prison and eight stays
of-execution, Caryl Chessman is executed in San Quentin
Prison, California.
May 3, 1919 Airplane passenger service is in
augurated.
May 4,1932 AI Capone, Public Enemy Number One,
is jailed for income tax invasion.
May 5, 1847 The American Medical Association is
organized in Philadelphia.
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