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Two Jackson High Students
To Attend Girls State, June 5-11
Lani Van Dusen and
Rhonda Hutcheson have been
selected by the American
Legion Auxiliary Post 102 to
attend Girls State at Middle
Georgia College, Cochran,
from June sth to 11th.
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Lani is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Art Van Dusen of
Indian Springs. A junior at
Jackson High School, she is
president of Honor Society,
Captain of the Flag Corps,
majorette, Math competition
and oratorical winner - both
local American Legion Post
102 and Fourth District
winner; other oratorical
competition, and an aca
demic Honor student. She
attends and participates in
all activities of the Baptist
Church at Indian Springs.
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Rhonda, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Loy P. Hutcheson,
is a junior at Jackson High
School, member and trea
Program For
Handicapped
Be Reviewed
The Butts County Board of
Education has completed its
proposed Annual Program
Plan under the Education of
the Handicapped Act, as
amended by Public Law
94-142, The Education For all
Handicapped Children Act of
1975. It is a requirement of
the law to submit a Program
Plan on a yearly basis to the
State Department of Educa
tion and to the U. S. Office of
Education.
The purpose of this law is
to assure that all handicapp
ed children have available to
them by September 1, 1978 a
free appropriate public edu
cation which emphasizes
special education and related
services designed to meet
their unique needs, to assure
that the rights of handicapp
ed children and their parents
or guardians are protected,
to assist states and localities
to provide for the education
of all handicapped children,
and to assess and assure the
effectiveness of efforts to
educate handicapped child
ren.
A public hearing will be
conducted at the Butts
County Board of Education
Building, 181 N. Mulberry, on
Tuesday, May 31, at 8
o’clock, in order to afford
interested parties reasonable
opportunity to participate.
Parties interested in review
ing the plan should contact
Mr. J. M. L. Comer,
superintendent. Appropriate
changes or modification
where feasible will be made
to the Plan, based on
comments received.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to thank
everyone for the flowers,
cards and monetary gifts
sent me while I was in the
Sylvan Grove Hospital.
—Clyde Wise.
Population
The world’s population
is increasing at the rate of
80 million a year—more peo
ple than live west of the
Mississippi in the United
States.
surer of the Honor Society,
Student Council treasurer,
Future Business Leaders of
America, Fellowship of
Christian Athletes, Chaplain
of Co-Ed-Y, Community
Projects chairman, captain
of the Varsity Football
cheerleaders, member of
First Baptist Church choir,
Butts County. Celebration
committee, and Jackson
High School Tennis Team.
The objective of Girls State
is to educate youth in the
duties, privileges, rights and
responsibilities of American
Citizenship. The Constitution
and the Statutes of Georgia
are patterns for which Girls
State has been developed and
is a mythical state where
girls learn by practical
application of the rules and
duties of all the various
offices of local and state
government.
The girls have been invited
to a Girls State tea on
Sunday, May 22, to be hosted
by the American Legion
Auxiliary, Unit No. 264, of
Mableton. Accompanying the
girls will be Mrs. Gladys
Wilson, Girls State chair
man, and Mrs. Mary Patter
son, local American Legion
Auxiliary unit president.
CARD OF THANKS
To my many friends and
loved ones, I want to say
“Thank you,” for remember
ing me during my stay at
Sylvan Grove Hospital with
the lovely cards, gifts,
prayers, visits and calls. A
special “thank you” to Dr.
Jim Howell and Rev. Lanny
Smith and the LOVELY
STAFF at the hospital. May
God bless each and everyone
of you.—Mrs. Sessions
Weaver.
Kiwanis Hears
Program On
Child Abuse
Jackson Kiwanians at their
May 10th meeting heard two
speakers from the Butts
County Dept, of Family and
Children Services outline
some of their problem areas,
particularly as they relate to
child welfare.
Mrs. Virginia Wyatt re
viewed the Foster Home
program in which 90 children
currently are enrolled and
stressed the urgent need for
additional foster homes and
foster parents at the present
time.
A film on the abuse and
neglect of children was
shown and a FACS staff
members, Steve Williams,
spoke on this continuing
problem and the steps his
agency has taken to protect
the children who are victim
ized by either abuse or
neglect.
Key Club members who
were guests of the Club
included Donnie Norsworthy
and Charlie Robison, of the
Jackson High Key Club, and
Eddie Burden and Alan
Whitaker, of the Indian
Springs Academy Key Club.
Committee assignments
were given out for the Club’s
annual Walk for Mankind
project and the first commit
tee meeting was set for
Thursday night.
The Club’s annual election
of officers and directors was
to be held Tuesday, May 17th.
DEMOCRATS LAUNCH
DRIVE FOR MEMBERS
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A statewide membership
drive is being launched by
the Democratic Party of
Georgia.
Gene Baker of Forest
Park, named by the Party
Chairman Marge Thurman
to spearhead the drive, said
the effort is aimed at giving
more Georgians an oppor
tunity to become involved in
political activities within the
state.
Frances Wall, of Forest
Park, will head up the
membership drive for the
Sixth District.
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846 E. Third St. Phone 775-7893
Jackson, Georgia
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1577
Operation I.D. To Be Held
By Jaycees On May 20th
“Operation I. D.,” a
program to engrave one’s
property, will begin May 20
when the Butts County
Jaycees will begin taking
appointments for the en
graving.
The program, in conjunc
tion with the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation (GBI) pro
gram ACT (Against Crime
Together), involves the Jay
cees coming to a person’s
home and engraving any
thing he might want en
graved.
An identification number
such as a social security
number, CB call letters or
any number which can be
associated with a person’s
name will be engraved.
In addition, a warning
decal will be issued to place
on the window or door so as to
Jasper County
Jubilee Set
For May 21st
Come celebrate a rich
heritage as you elimpse
scenes of yesterday on
Saturday, May 21, during the
third annual Jasper County
Jubilee.
Sponsored by the Jasper
County Historical Founda
tion of Monticello, this year’s
Jubilee will feature a tour of
six homes. The homes to be
opened for the tour were
selected for their architec
tural styles or for their
unique furnishings. The
featured homes represent
diverse architectural styles
including Victorian, Italian
Renaissance, French, Eng
lish, and rural cottage.
A miniature model of
Monticello as it was around
the turn of the century will be
on display along with arts
and craft exhibits on the
main floor at the old
elementary school on College
Street.
The tour begins at 10:00
A M. and concludes at 3:30
P.M Tickets for the event
are $4.00 and may be
purchased at the old elemen
tary school the day of the
tour or advance tickets are
available by mailing stamp
ed self-addressed envelope
with your check to: Ms.
Marsha Carnes. Roberts Dr.,
Monticello, Ga. 31064. or
John P Harvey, Rt. 1,
Monticello. Ga. 31064. Furt
her information is available
bv calling 1-404-468-6325
Local Students
Get Awards
From U. Ga.
ATHENS. Ga. More thn
3.400 Georgia high school
juniors have been named as
recipients of 1977 Certificates
of Merit awarded annually
by the University of Georgia
and the state.
Nominated in their re
spective high schools, the
students represent the top
five percent of their classes.
The awards were presented
at 11 statewide conferences
conducted this spring.
Among the award winners
are:
Indian Springs Academy:
Beverly A O'Neal.
Jackson High School:
Derrick Alexander, Kathy
Crockarell, Lynne Duke.
Reginald Henderson, Avis
Hendricks. Rhonda Hutche
son, Hal Lathem, and Danny
Patterson.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
OPENS IN JACKSON
The Jackson Christian
Church, meeting in the
Women's Clubhouse opened
its doors Sunday and had 60
people attending the morning
service.
The morning message was
brought by Rev. Thomas A.
Brennan and the evening
message by Don Daum of the
Georgia Evangelizing As
sociation. Services will be
held each Sunday at the
temporary location in the
Clubhouse on Mulberry
Street.
discourage a potential bur
glar. An inventory sheet will
also be given so the person
can record a description and
serial number of his personal
property. The recording of
such numbers can aid in
recovering property which
might have been stolen.
The local chapter of the
Jaycees has said it would like
to remind anyone who is
going on vacation or going to
be away from his house for
long periods of time, he will
feel much safer about his
property if he participates in
the program.
Anyone wanting additional
information about the pro
gram may call Donald
Thaxton at 775-5362 between
the hours of 6 and 9 p.m. on
weekdays or write him at
Route 1, Box 320-A, Jackson.
4-H’ers Win
Honors As
Dairy Judges
The 14th Annual Spring
Dairy Show and the 31st
Annual Dairy Day were held
recently at the University of
Georgia Coliseum. The two
day event was held under the
direction and leadership of
the Dairy Department at the
University. The schedule
included a show, sale, and
judging contest. Both 4-H
Club members and FFA
members from throughout
the state competed in the
judging event.
Butts County had seven 4-H
Club members to participate
in the judging contest and the
4-H’ers were well rewarded
for their efforts. Karla
Cavender. Janet English,
and Laura Thaxton com
posed one team. James
Thurston represented Butts
County in the individual
competition and Duncan
Hansford. Anthony Benton,
and Roger McDaniel com
posed the second Butts
County team.
The team of Hansford.
Benton and McDaniel won
first place as the high scoring
4-H team. Each of the three
team members received a
trophy. They also won a
plaque to be placed in the
County Extension Office and
a plaque to be given to
Patricia Smith, the Exten
sion Agent assisting the
team.
In preparation for the
contest, the 4-H’ers visited
Rexdale Farm in Forsyth.
The owner. Mr. Jimmy Pace,
trained the young people for
the competition. Mrs. Fred
Cavender and Miss Patricia
Smith accompanied the
group to the contest in
Athens.
Asa reward for their
outstanding work, the Butts
County Farm Bureau
directors entertained the
4-H ers at a dinner at Falls
View Restaurant on Tues
day, May 10. .After the meal
the 4-H’ers were introduced
and Mr. Pace and Miss Smith
presented the trophies to the
members of the winning
team.
JOHNNY SMOLKA HAS
ADVICE FOR GOLFERS
Johnny Smolka. weather
man, philosopher and chief
honcho at Deer Trail Golf
Club, has this advice for
golfers during the current
dry spell:
“With Deer Trail Golf Club
course as dry as a cowboy
ridin’ the range for a few
weeks, all the duffers are
trying to hit low line drives
and watch it roll and roll.
Take Mae Davis, for
instance, he pulverized one
on the initial hole last week
and, you know, Mac scored
an eagle on number one. So,
fellas, until the moisture hits,
hit ’em ldw and watch ’em
roll.”
Newfoundland Joins
Newfoundland, joining
with mainland Labrador,
became Canada's youngest
province in 1949. Until then
she was a separate dominion
and issued her own stamps
commemorating her histo
ry, resources and rulers.