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Volume 104 Number 21
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Georgia Baseball Crown
Jackson High’s Red Devils
staked their claim as
Georgia’s Class A baseball
champions for 1977 by
sweeping a twin bill from
Harlem Tuesday afternoon,
May 17th at Wallace Field
and becoming the South
Georgia Class A champions.
Before one of the largest
crowds to ever witness a
baseball game in Jackson,
the Red Devils took an 8-7
cliff hanger in the first game
and outslugged the visitors
7-4 in the second game.
Coming on the heels of a
clean sweep of Leesburg in
the Class A quarter-finals,
the victories put Jackson in
the Class A finals against
Peppered. Jackson’s two
victories against Leesburg
came with comparative base
by scores of 10-4 and 17-11.
Andy Waldrop hurled the
opening victory, scattering
11 hits and three bases-on
balls in earning the win.
Ronnie Tankersley was the
losing pitcher for Harlem as
Jackson touched him for 12
hits, five free passes and his
teammates made five errors
to help the Red Devil cause.
Harlem left six batters
stranded and Jackson five.
The summary by innings,
showing hits and runs only, is
as follows:
Harlem - First Inning-
Camp and Ramsey single. No
runs.
Jackson-First Inning-
Brown walks, steals second.
No runs.
Harlem-Second inning—
Morris doubles. K. Morris
walks. Kuhn hit by pitch.
Campbell singles, scoring
Morris. Camp triples, scor
ing three. Four runs, three
hits.
Jackson-Second inning—
Patterson singles. No runs.
Harlem-Third inning—
Tankersley walked, stole
second. No runs.
Jackson-Third inning—
Robison walks, thrown out
trying to steal. No runs.
Harlem-Fourth inning-No
hits or runs.
Jackson-Fourth inning—
Brown singles, picked off
first. Roberts singles, out
trying to stretch it into
double. No runs.
Harlem-Fifth inning—
Hamilton singles, goes to
third on error, called out for
not tagging second. Fulcher
hit home run. One run.
Jackson-Fifth inning—
Patterson singles, goes to
second on error. Loftin
singles. Anderson singles,
scoring Patterson. Nelson
singles to load bases.
Robison singles, scoring
Loftin. Colwell reaches on
error, scoring Anderson.
Samples replaces Tanker
sley on the mound for
Harlem. Brown reaches on
error, scoring Robison. Ro
berts singles, scoring Col
well. Fears lined to the
pitcher, who threw to second,
on to first for a rare Triple
Play. Six runs, six hits.
Harlem-Sixth inning—
Morris singles. Douglas
walked. No runs.
Jackson-Sixth inning-
No hits or runs.
Harlem-Seventh inning—
Ramsey singles. Tankersley
triples, scoring Ramsey. J.
Ramsey reaches on error,
scoring Tankersley. Douglas
singles. Two runs, three hits.
Jackson-Seventh inning—
Robison reaches on error.
Colwell singles. Brown
singles to load bases. Roberts
singles, scoring Robison and
Colwell. Two runs, three hits.
Scoring by Innings
Jackson 000 (Mid 2-8
Harlem 040 010 2 -7
David Brown hurled a
HE’S SAFE—Red Devil Stan Nelson makes it to home plate safely during an action
packed fifth inning of the Jackson-Harlem game for the South Georgia baseball
championship, May 18. Behind 4-0 at the end of four innings, the Red Devils exDloded in the
fifth for six runs and went on to post an 8-7 victory. Jackson also won the second game
against Harlem 7-4. Photo by Dale Whiten.
gutsy second game, in
control all the way, and
limited the visitors to eight
hits, while walking only
three. Harlem went ahead 2-0
in the first, but Brown settled
down and the Red Devils got
him three runs in the, second
and were never headed.
The complete summary by
innings is as follows:
Harlem-First inning—
Camp singles. Dees singles.
Fulcher singles, scoring
Camp and Dees on a Jackson
error. Two runs, three hits.
Jackson-First inning-
No hits or runs.
Harlem-Second inning-
No hits or runs.
Jackson-Second inning—
Roberts hits home run. Fears
walks. Patterson singles,
scoring Fears on error by left
fielder, Patterson going to
third. Kersey sacrifices
Patterson home. Three runs,
two hits.
Harlem-Third inning—
Camp singles. No runs, one
hit.
Jackson-Third inning—
Colwell walks. Brown
doubles. Roberts walks,
loading bases. Fears walks,
scoring Colwell. Patterson
w'alks, scoring Brown. An
derson grounds out, scoring
Roberts. Three runs. One
hit.
Harlem-Fourth inning-
No hits or runs.
Jackson-Fourth inning-
No hits or runs.
Harlem-Fifth inning—Dees
doubles, but is out when he
overruns base. One hit, no
runs.
Jackson-Fifth inning—
Roberts singles, Fears and
Patterson walk. Anderson
reaches on error, scoring
Roberts. One run, one hit.
Harlem-Sixth inning-
No hits or runs.
Jackson-Sixth inning— No
hits or runs.
Harlem-Seventh inning—
Morris walks. Kuhn singles.
Camp doubles, scoring Mor
ris and Kuhn. Two runs, 2
hits.
The linescore showed Jack
son with seven runs, four
hits, four errors and five left
on base. Harlem had four
runs/ eight hits, four errors
and six left on base.
Score by Innings
Jackson 033 010 X - 7
Harlem 200 000 2 - 4
The Progress Argus is
indebted to sportscaster
Charlie Brown for furnishing
the inning by-inning sum
maries of the play-off games
with Harlem.
Celebration Committee Makes
Plans for July 4 Celebration
The Butts County Celebra
tion Committee is going into
its final six weeks of planning
for the fourth week-long July
4 celebration to be held July
3-9.
A parade is planned with
participants and floats from
Butts County and surround
ing areas. Other activities
returning from last year will
include arts and crafts
exhibits on the square, old
folks dances, street dances,
fireworks and many other
activities.
One new event this year
well be a beauty contest.
Girls and women from
different age groups will
compete and the winners will
reign throughout the week of
the festivities.
For a lasting memento of
this year’s events, a belt
buckle may be purchased.
The buckle depicts Chief
Mclntosh and the Treaty of
Indian Springs and will be
officially recorded in the
Clerk of Superior Court office
and become a permanent
record in Butts County
history.
In addition to the belt
buckles, T-shirts, halter tops
and hats are currently on
sale and will be on sale
throughout the activities.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
IS RAINED OUT
The twin bill between
Jackson High and Pepperell
for the State Class A
championship, scheduled for
Tuesday in Jackson, was
rained out. The two games
were to be played Wednesday
at 1:30 and 4:30 p.m.,
weather permitting. If not,
they will be played here on
Saturday.
BEAUTY SPOT—The home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bearden of James Moore Drive in
Jackson was chosen by the Butts County beautification committee as the beauty spot of the
week for the floral arrangement of roses, pansies, and shrubbery.—Photo by Dale Whiten.
n, Georgia 30233, Thursday, May 26, 1977
Miss Williamson
Wins Georgia
EMC Contest
Cindy Williamson, an 11th
grader at Indian Springs
Academy is the winner of the
Georgia EMC Employee
Essay Contest, which entitles
her to attend the Youth Tour
of Washington, D. C. The tour
begins June 15th.
Cindy’s essay was titled
“What America Really
Needs - A National Energy
Policy”. The essay was the
winning entry in the state
wide EMC Employee's essay
contest.
Cindy is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby William
son of Jackson. Her mother is
employed by The Central
Georgia EMC as Service
Order Department Supervi
sor.
Clubs and offices Cindy
participates in are the Honor
Society: Student Council
vice-predident; and cheer
leading. She is active in the
Macedonia Baptist Church
and enjoys swimming, skiing
and piano. Cindy wishes to
Butts Countians Walk
For Mankind Saturday
Everything is in readiness
for Butts County’s annual
Walk for Mankind, which will
begm Saturday morning
from the Jackson High
School at 7.00 a.m. Walkers
may register and leave the
starting post for the 18-mile
walk anytime between 7:00
and 9:30 a m.
The walk route this year
will carry the walkers to
Indian Springs, onto Mount
Vernon Road to Brownlee
Road and back to the starting
point.
for Mankind is
sponsored locally by the
Jackson Kiwanis Club and
Pete Malone is chairman of
the Walk for Mankind
committee that is putting
together the myriad of
details involved in such a
project.
“The goal this year is to
enlist 1.000 walkers who will
walk enough miles to raise
$15,000. so that Walk for
Mankind clinics can provide
adequate care for the
needy,” Malone said
Although teen agers are
expected to dominate the
walk, a liberal sprinkling of
Post Office,
Banks Close
Memorial Day
With few exceptions, it will
be business as usual in Butts
County on Monday, May 30th,
when the nation observes
Memorial Day.
The Jackson post office
will observe Sunday hours on
Memorial Day with mail
being received and dis
patched on the Sunday
schedule. Box holders at the
Jackson post office will have
their mail delivered but there
will be no city or rural
delivery on Memorial Day.
All three Jackson financial
institutions, the C & S Bank of
Jackson, Mclntosh State
Bank and the Jackson branch
of Griffin Federal Savings &
Loan, will be closed all day
on Memorial Day.
City, county and State
offices will be open for
business as usual on Me
morial Day, which was
designed, and is still observ
ed. primarily as a federal
holiday.
continue her education by
attending college or techni
cal school after graduation.
Joining Cindy on the
Washington D. C. Youth Tour
will be Cary Maddox and
Donna Cook, of Jackson, both
of whom were w inners of the
essay contest sponsored by
The Central Georgia EMC.
adults and elementary school
students are expected to
join in the fun this year.
Walkers secure sponsors
for their walk, based on 10
cents a mile or more, and
every walker can sign up as
many sponsors as desired to
make their walk more
productive financially.
Walk for Mankind, based in
San Diego, California, is a
fund raising organization
which provides the necessary
financial support to staff and
operate nearly 40 clinics and
hospitals for needy people in
rural America and around
the world. It was initiated in
1969 as a means of getting
young people more deeply
involved in helping others.
Domestic facilities funded
by the Walk for Mankind
include a unique mobile
dental program in Appala
chia and medical clinics
situated in remote mountain
communities to serve the
impoverished hill people
Overseas operations are
conducted in Hong Kong,
Ethiopia. Indonesia and
Guatemala.
139 Jackson High Seniors To
Receive Diplomas On June 2
On June 2, 139 seniors will
receive diplomas from Jack
son High as the Class of 1977
holds its Commencement
Exercises at 8:00 p.m.
Commencement Exercises
will be held on the football
field. In case of inclement
w eather, the program will be
held in the school auditori
um.
Baccalaureate sendees
will be held in the school
auditorium Sunday. May 29.
at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Don Harp,
of Northwoods United Meth
odist Church in Doraville.
will be the speaker.
Honor graduate Debbie
Merritt Sanvidge will give
the invocation and honor
graduate David Brown will
give the benediction to
conclude the services for the
graduates.
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Rev. Harp is a native of
Fayette County and a
graduate of Young Harris
College and Candler School
of Theology He previously
served in Jenkinsburg and
Carrollton. Married to the
former Mary Ellen Dendy of
Montgomery, the popular
speaker and his wife have
two children- Allen and
Robin.
The Class of 1977 is made
up of the following seniors:
Jimmy Akins. James Robert
Anderson, Gregory Andrews.
Patricia Appling, Maurice
Ball, Harry Donell Barkley,
James D. Barlow. Bruce V.
Battle. Janice D. Berry,
James Albert Boyd. Donna
Jean Bridges;
Fannie Bridges. Wanda
Gail Briscoe, Veronica De
nise Brooks, David Byron
Brown, James O. Butler. Jr.,
Gwendolyn Carson, Dennis
“On Saturday, May 28th,
we are asking Butts Coun
tians to put their hearts into
either their feet or their
wallets,” Chairman Malone
said, “so that adequate
medical care may be given to
those who would otherwise be
unable to obtain it.”
“Last year over 600
walkers negotiated the 20-
mile course in Butts County
and raised over SB,OOO for the
Walk for Mankind and we'll
have to put our best feet
forward to beat that this
year,” Malone said.
Although the Jackson Ki
wanis Club is the official
sponsoring agency, every
civic group in the County will
join in the effort to make it a
truly county-wide project,
Malone said.
Garden clubs and ladies’
organizations will help pro
vide sandwiches for the
walkers' lunches and other
male civic groups w-ill assist
in directing traffic, picking
up tired walkers and operat
ing the communications
system.
Checkpoints and refresh
ment stands will be provided
Cash. Lucy Childs. Pearlie
M. Brinkley, Donna Julene
Steverson, Errett Price,
James H. Cochran, Philip J.
Cochrane, Jr.,;
Samuel Mathis Colwell.
Timothy J. Colwell. Dennis S.
Cook. Bailey Morris Crocka
rell. Jr.. Elsie Lee Daugher
ty, David Michael Ditto,
Terri Rhonda Dodson, Nevin
Lee Duffey. Jr.. Debbie Dora
Duke. Jannifer Deiois Du
pree, Leslie Jean Eamhart.
Barbara Eidson:
Deborah Eidson, Venetia
Elaine Elliott, Eddie Joe
Etheridge, Ronnie Lamar
Etheridge. Daphne Aliscia
Fambro. Ronald Clarence
Fears, Jr.. William .Andrews
Fears. Van McLeod Fletch
er, Mary Pamela Freeman,
Melissa Renee Gaye, Julius
E. Fears. Lir fa Diane Duke,
Robin Lynn \ vlloway;
Pebbles Leanne King.
Callie Renee Kersey, Gail
Elaine Jones. Jeffery Mitch
ell Loftin. Henry Anderson
Kitchens. Lisa Ann Landers.
Kimberly Harper, Phillip
Lawson. Karen Denise Lof
ton. Curtis Henderson. Jarvis
Jacob Jones, Thomas Ran
dall Head;
Janet Camilla Johnson.
Ricky Johnson. Linda Renee
Grier. Angelia Maria Hen
derson. Jerry Jerome John
son. Roger Ronnie Grier,
Gayla Dianne Towery. An
gelia Juanita Head, Ricky
Scott Long. Sheila McCoy,
Martha Lois McDowell.
Shirley Lee McDowell, Ce
ressa McGruder;
Melinda Ann Mackey,
Frances Ruth Maddox. Willie
Junior Mann. Micky Faye
Mask. Janice Lynn Meredith,
Deborah Lavonne Merritt.
Michael J. Mixon, Sylvia
Moore, Joy Elaine Morris,
Rena Frances Nasworthv,
Donald Norsworthy, Ronald
Norsworthy, Tanzie Lei
Norsworthy;
Esca Howard Pace, De
borah Sue Parrish, John R.
Patrick, Jr., Joseph Carmon
Patterson, Shirley Ann Pat
terson, Ricky Scott, Christine
Stewart, Sandra Taylor,
Gary Lewis Varner, William
Andrew Waldrop, Cynthia
Lee Washington, Elaine
Watson;
15c Per Copy
every three or four miles on
the 18-mile route and walkers
will have an opportunity to
stop and refresh themselves
several times during the day.
The State Patrol, city and
county law officials and
members of the National
Guard will assist with traffic
movement and be available
for any emergencies.
The Jackson Kiwanis Club
has fully insured all walkers
and assistants against any
possible kind of mishap,
Malone pointed out.
The walk will begin earlier
this year, in order that many
may complete the course
before the heat becomes
extreme. Walkers may leave
the course at any checkpoint
and their sponsors will be
responsible only for the
actual miles walked.
Parents of young children
are advised to dress them
practicably in comfortable
shoes and with outer clothing
suitable for the temperatures
expected on walk day.
Kiwanians have already
distributed literature and
forms to solicit sponsors to
all public and private schools
in the County. Both Jackson
banks will have an additional
supply of these forms for
adults
Gwendolyn Watts, Sandra
Gwennette Watts. Douglas
Preston Webb, Andrew Kirk
Welch. John Lewis Weldon.
Jr., Brenda White. Marvin
Randolph White. Victor L.
Whitehead, Tabitha Layne
Williamson. Irene Willis,
Shelby Jean Willis. Debora
Wise. William Keith Wood.
Jackie Lee Worley, William
George Yancy. Kevin Wesley
Young. Debbie Varner;
Valerie Kaye Smith, Rubve
Nell Roberts. Miranda Gail
Price. Christine Shannon.
Michael Wayne Radzik,
James E. Smith. Jr.. Lurlene
Smith. Cindy Marcelene
Reynolds. Charles Elwood
Robison. Tammy L. Rosier.
Connie Steward. Judith
Smith. Christal Shield;
Anthony Smith, Eddie
James Roberts. Robert Howe
Pinckney, Jr.. Vickie Renee
Smith. Charles Michael
Price. Loretta Richards,
Chris Eleanor Roberts, Alvin
Lewis Robinson. Vickie Re
nee Smith and Kelvin Noel
Reese
BL TTS COUNTY DFCS
BE CLOSED MAY 30TH
The Butts County Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services will be closed on
Monday, May 30, in observ
ance of Memorial Day, and
also on Friday. June 3, in
observance of Jefferson
Davis' birthday.
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Rain is one of those things
in life that you always seem
to have too much or too little
of