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LOW CLEARANCE This bridge being constructed on Barnetts Bridge Road near
Kersey’s Marina has created concern and criticism from some residents of Jackson Lake
who say there is not enough clearance under the bridge to allow passage of large boats
such as pontoons. However, engineers with the Highway Department say the new bridge is
at least one foot higher than the previous bridge which also had created clearance prob
lems.
New Bridge on Lake Causes
Concern For Some Residents
A bridge which is now
under construction by the
State Transportation Depart
ment on Barnetts Bridge
Road where Tussahaw Creek
runs into the Ocmulgee River
has created some criticism
from some residents of
Jackson Lake who say the
clearance under the new
bridge is not enough to allow
passage of some boats.
Van Keresy, owner of
Kersey’s Boat Service locat
ed near the construction site,
estimated that the actual
clearance is about nine feet
at the present time but he
said that during the summer
the lake level is usually about
10 inches higher.
Kersey added that boats
such as pontoons which have
a base sitting about two feet
off the water plus the top
covering probably will not
have enough room to clear
the bridge.
Kersey said that when the
Transportation Department
officials began work on the
bridge, they indicated there
would be more clearance
than there is and more than
there was under the previous
bridge.
Jack Youngblood, a resi
dent of Jackson Lake, said an
engineer with the State
Highway Department in
spected the bridge Friday
and reported that it is
actually one foot higher than
the previous bridge but that
the clearance looks deceiving
because of the way the bridge
is constructed.
Youngblood said that, after
the inspection and the report
that the bridge is one foot
higher than it appears, he
thinks boats such as pontoons
or cabin cruisers will
probably be able to get under
if the water level stays down.
Mrs. Martha Heege, an
other resident, agreed if the
water level stays down, that
big boats can “squeeze”
under but that it will be “a
tight squeeze and especially
dangerous for skiers.”
She said she can get her
17-foot Volunteer under the
bridge only be slowing down
to a creep and that she can’t
get her pontoon under at all
because it doesn’t have a top
that is adjustable.
Mrs. Heege added, “It
looks like they (the State
Transportation Department)
would have looked into it
further and made sure there
would be more clearance
before they constructed the
bridge the way it is.”
COUNTY LINE TO
HOLD SONG SERVICE
A singing wi l be held at the
County Line Baptist Church
al Jenkinsburg on Saturday
evening, May 7th, at 8:00
F.M.
The Crusaders Quartet of
Macon will be the guest
singers. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Christian
Church Opens
Here in May
On Sunday, May 15th., at 11
A M. anew church will open
its doors. The name of the
church will be Jackson
Christain Church. Jackson
Christian Church is being
sponsored by the Georgia
Christian Evangelizing As
sociation.
This volunteer organiza
tion is composed of individ
uals and churches seeking to
start new churches through
out Georgia. It has no control
over its churches, but only
seeks to help organize and
finance them. At present
there are 144 Christain
Churches in the state of
Georgia. In the last 20 years
they have been instrumental
in starting 86 of these
churches.
New Testament Christian
Churches are all independent
self governing churches.
There are about 6,000
Christian Churches found
throughout the United States
and others spread across the
world. The objectve of the
Christian Church is to restore
New Testament Christianity.
It is not trying to restore Ist.
century culture, but to
restore the Christian faith
found in the New Testament.
The members feel that as
Christians they are obligated
to look into the orgin of the
Christian faith if they expect
to understand its nature. By
looking into its origin, the
members feel they can find
the true purpose and mini
stry of the Christian faith.
With this in mind Jackson
Christian Church seeks to
establish itself in the Jackson
area.
At present there are a
number of families already
committed to the new church
work. There have been two
planning sessions in Jackson
and a religious survey has
been taken in the area.
Thomas A. Brennan will be
the minister, and will be
leading both services on their
first meeting day.
There has been a commit
tee formed to locate and buy
property for the new church.
A building program will
immediately get under way.
The Georgia Christian
Kvanglelizing Association
has already planned a
Church Builders Call that
will ert'ect funds from
churches across the state to
be given to the church for the
purchase of property and the
construction of its building.
This call has helped in the
building of 35 church build
ings across the state. The
organization has also
pledged to help in providing
the minister's salary. The
Christian Churches in Geor
gia range in size from
smaller new congregations
up to about 5.000 members.
New Testament Churches
began across the world
unaware of each other’s
existence. They all began by
trying to pattern themselves
after the teachings of the
New Testament. Before the
Communist take over, even
Russia had over 2 million
Christians devoted to the
same goals of restoring New
Testament Christianity.
At the first service Ned and
Jo Benton will be bringing a
music special. Ned Benton is
director of ACTS (Audio
Christian Teaching Ser
vices). a cassette tape
ministry to those who cannot
read. Both Ned and .Jo
Benton are blind, and worjcjn
helping the blind have access
to teaching literature.
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It is mellowed and soft as an apple’s
cheek
That has ripened and lain in the sun.
There are tiny, fine furrows weaving
across
Where the seaming of life has been
done.
It is brown and weathered and wrinkled
and scarred,
But it's beautiful—somehow or
other.
A dear old face,
A rare old face:
The face of somebody’s mother!
There are eyes of blue-as pale, dim
stars.
That peer from the years behind
them.
Where treasures of wisdom lie buried
deep
-11 you only know how to find them.
There is wholesome counsel and wise
advice
That gentleness can not cover,
In the mild old eyes.
The kind old eyes:
The eyes of somebody’s mother!
ckson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, May 5, 1977
BCABC Holds
Discuss Goals
Approximately 60 persons
attended the kick-off meeting
of the 1977 Butts County
Association for Beautifica
tion through Conservation
(BCABC) April 28 at the
Central Georgia EMC audi
torium and presented ideas
for the BCABC’s goals for
1977 along with suggestions
for the theme and logo for
this year’s projects.
A committee will select the
theme from among the 14
final suggestions at a
meeting this morning at
10:00 at the EMC building.
At the April 28 meeting the
guest speaker, J. Gibson
Johnston from the Depart
ment of Natural Resources,
showed slides of old homes
which have been restored
and discussed the Heritage
Trust program which seeks
to preserve homes of historic
value.
April Issue Atlanta Magazine
Features Jackson-Butts County
The eight-county Mclntosh
Trail Area Planning and
Development Commission is
featured in a 15-page spread
in the April issue of Atlanta
Magazine and the center
spread, in color, belongs to
Jackson and Butts County.
The two-page color spread
on Jackson and Butts County
is illustrated with four
photographs of an industrial
park, a pastoral scene, the J.
R. Carmichael home and a
water scene. Sponsors of this
advertisement are the City of
Jackson, Butts County Com
mission. Butts Cos. Chamber
of Commerce, the C&S Bank
of Jackson, Griffin Federal
Savings & Loan, and Mcln
tosh State Bank.
Other photographs featur
ing Butts County scenes in
Meeting To
For 1977
Gibson was introduced by
78th District Representative
Bill Jones.
County Commission Chair
man Mac Collins reported on
the work the County Commis
sion is doing in conjunction
with the BCABC mainly in
trying to keep trash picked
up around the county
garbage dumpsters and
keeping the right of ways
clipped along county roads.
Collins said he’s glad to see
the BCABC add the promo
tion of industry to its list of
goals and that the Commis
sion will continue to coop
erate with the BCABC.
Some of the other goals
suggested at the meeting
were new gymnasium -
public school; downtown
revitalization, dogwood and
other trees on Third Street,
promotion of tourism, and
setting aside time for
everyone to clean yards.
the attractively designed and
reproduced section entitled
"The Mclntosh Trail: Our
Golden Triangle" include the
Mclntosh House at Indian
Springs and a scene at the
Fashion Pillows. Inc. plant in
Jackson.
Also featured in the special
section are full-page color
advertisements for Coving
ton. Thomaston. Peachtree
City. Griffin and Barnesville.
The Mclntosh Trail Area
PlTni,A I .g and Development
Commission, headquartered
in Griffin, serves city and
county governments in Butts,
Henry, Spalding. Lamar.
Newt bn, Fayette. Pike and
Epson Counties.
Copies of the Atlanta
Magazine, at $1.25, are
available at newstands.
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By
Francessa Falk Miller
There's a smile of peace on the
tremulous lips
From the memory of kisses long
gathered.
A smile that is sweetened by tears
she has shed
And the storms of life she has
weathered.
There's a stamp of pain on each scar
ot time.
But courage has softened all other.
On the sweet old lips.
The sensitive lips'
The lips of somebody’s mother!
I call it a treat to sit by her side
And bask in the beauty she lends me.
A beauty fined down to the spirit
ot things
Which there in her presence attends
me
For in her calm face all the problems
ot lite
Seem forgotton—somehow or other.
The fine old face.
That beautiful face:
The taco of somebody's mother!
Board Discusses Possibility of
New Welfare Dept. Building
At the monthly meeting of
the Board of Commissioners
Monday, the director of the
Family and Children Ser
vices. John Hall saying that
the department has com
pletely outgrown the present
building, requested that the
Board consider leasing an
additional 1300 square feet
for his department's offices.
The Board decided to give
the present owner of the
Family and Children Ser
vices building a chance to
expand. If the accommoda
tion cannot be made, the
Commissioners agreed they
will have to make a decision
to make sure an adequate
building can be provided.
Hall said a local contract
or, Lamar Long, Inc., has
agreed to build the new
building to house the depart
ment offices and that the new
site discussed is on Benton
Street.
In asking for the additional
square footage. Hall noted
that the state pays the rent on
the Department of Family
and Children Services build
ing but that the County must
sign the lease for the
building.
He said that if the State
does not provide the funds for
the building, the lease is
cancelled and the County is
not liable. Hall said the lease
on the present building
expires June 30.
Though not disagreeing
with the possibility of a new
building for the Department
of Family and Children
Services. Commission Chair
man Mac Collins said he
thinks a training center for
the mentally retarded is the
greatest need for the County,
in the area of providing
welfare assistance.
"We need to put it down on
paper just how much such a
center will probably cost and
then work with the local
Develpment Authority and
use local funds to build the
center,” Collins said.
On another matter, Hall
said his department now has
in operation two Home
Services Aid workers to work
with people who otherwise
would be institutionalized or
to work with parents who
may be neglecting their
children.
In other buiness the Board
voted unanimously to hire
another deputy for the
Sheriff's Department at the
request of Sheriff Billy
Leverette. Leverette also
requested pay raises for the
present six deputies after all
of them have become
certified He said he felt that
due to the revenue his
department has brought in, a
raise for the deputies would
be warranted.
Rev. Donald Melton, direc
tor of the nutrition program
with PACAA. presented the
agency's budget to be
included in the County's total
budget by June 10.
The Commissioners said
they would take the budget
into consideration with the
other budgets submitted to
the Board.
In addition, the Board
voted unanimously to ap
prove the recommendations
made at the April 25 meeting
of the Appeals Board relative
to requests for placement of
mobile homes at certain
locations in the County.
At a called meeting of the
County Commission. Friday.
April 29. the Board members
called the cost of operation of
the County ambulance ser
vice during March "out
rageous" and Commission
Chairman Mac Collins said
"something is definitely
going to have to be done
about it (the rising cost).”
Collins added. "We’re just
going to have to see that the
ambulance service is oper
ated the way we (the Board
of Commissioners) originally
suggested.”
The operating costs of the
ambulance service for
March totaled 59.893.23.
A large part of this figure
was for emergency medical
technicians' (EMT) salaries
w hich was a basic part the
Board objected to. The Board
members contended that too
many EMTs are on duty at
the same time
Commissioner William
Mitchell suggested the fol
lowing guidelines for EMT
service: six full-time EMTs
would be employed with two
on duty, two off duty and two
on call at all times. The shifts
would be rotated with two
EMTS on duty 24 hours and
off 48 hours. Convalescent
calls would be prearranged
and paid for in advance. All
of the Board members
agreed with these proposals.
In a 2-1 motion made by
Commissioner E. D. Briscoe,
the Board voted to pay the
$9,893.23 for the ambulance
service plus a $5,000.00
payment to Sylvan Grove
Hospital to subsidize the
hospital operations loss.
The motion, seconded by
Dr. Mitchell, stipulated that
the $5,000.00 would be paid
within the next 10-15 days.
Rufus Adams, chairman of
the Hospital Authority, made
the request for the ambu
lance bill and the $5,000.00
subsidy.
Collins disagreed with the
motion because he said he is
opposed to paying the
$5,000.00 appropriations. He
noted that this Board has not
made a commitment to make
the payment and that the
previous Foard's commit
ment of $5,000.00 expired
when its term of office did in
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December. 1976.
In another meeting Wed
nesday, Aprif 27. the Com
missioners discussed the
matter of locating mobile
homes in Butts County and
determined that the County
is having to absorb a
considerable amount of the
cost involved in granting a
person a permit to locate a
mobile home anywhere other
than a park or subdivision.
Briscoe made a motion
that the fee for holding a
public hearing to locate
mobile home in the County be
increased to SIOO.OO, plus
advertising charges, to bring
the fee in line with the actual
cost of holding the hearings.
The motion carried unani
mously and the change in the
fee was effective May 1,1977.
City Councilman Roy Goff
discussed the feasibility of
the city adopting the County
building, heating and air
conditioning, plumbing and
electrical codes and having a
joint department to admin
ister these regulations.
Collins proposed to Goff
that the County include the
area inside the Jackson city
limits in its present plan at no
cost to the City except that
they will no longer issue
permits or contractors and
subcontractors licenses. All
of this would be done by the
County Department
Dr Mitchell voiced oppo
sition to this proposal and
said he did not think the
County was ready to assume
this duty at the present time.
Goff requested time to think
the matter over.
Police Report
Two Pedestrian
Accidents
According to Jackson po
lice officer Mary Bolton,
Eddie Cowan of 595 East
College Street, Jackson, was
not seriously injured when he
w as struck by a car driven bv
Vickie Lynn Mason of Route
1. Jackson. April 26 as he was
crossing Third Street.
Cowan was taken to Sylvan
Grove Hospital w here he was
treated and released. Sgt.
Bolton said the accident was
termed as unavoidable.
In another accident involv
ing a pedestrian, Glenda Mae
Hardy of 216 Park Avenue
was struck by a car driven by-
Mrs. Bonnie Caston as Mrs.
Caston was driving west on
Highway 16. April 28. Miss
Hardy was given medical
treatment but received no
apparent injuries according
to Sgt. Bolton.
According to Jackon fire
man Terry King, an apart
ment belonging to Jessie
Akins on Watkins Road was
destroyed by fire April 28 but
that no one was injured in the
fire.
According to King, Akins
said he went into the house
and that the kitchen on the
south end of the apartment
was in flames. King said the
fire apparently started in the
kitchen.
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