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Sarkanu j f Jrngreaa-Argua Volume 104 Number 18 , o' ° *rj r o* £> Q f i ' v \!:" >'y/ss.. s ’ ■ Hhmt f ' ■ ■■' ■ r,^/" , * * ."• ->I”? -/••• "* - • , 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. Kf' % I*. "jfjr ' ' 7 -s' 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. ©ld Fare 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 15c Per Copy 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. JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ: $ Most of us in searching leave far more behind than we will ever find.