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County's First Reported Ripe
Tomatoes Are on Bryan Farm
Everyone remembers the
bitterly cold winter of
1976-77—how the subfreezing
days of Winter dragged into
weeks and Spring seemed
months away. From Novem
ber to March, weather was a
primary subject of conversa
tion, and gardening, a real
sign of Spring, was merely
talk and anticipation.
However, one family in
Butts County didn’t let the
Winter weather stop them
from planning their Spring
gardening and getting the
soil ready, and in March,
when temperatures still fell
below freezing and frost was
still a hazard to plants, Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin E. Bryan
went ahead with their
planting and last week they
gathered the first tomatoes
from their garden, reported
ly the first ripe tomatoes in
the County this year.
In addition, by this week
the Bryans, who moved to
Butts County two years ago
from Atlanta, are expecting
to be gathering other
vegetables from their gar
den—the Brussels sprouts
are almost ready to eat, the
squash are blooming and
they’ve already been eating
fresh cauliflower.
The Bryans also have
broccoli, onions, eggplant,
butterbeans, asparagus, po
tatoes, corn and many other
vegetables in their one-half
acre garden, many of which
are practically ready to eat.
Mrs. Bryan, who is a native
of Butts County, proudly
displayed the tiny Brussels
sprouts that literally covered
the plants and commented,
“Brussels sprouts are a cool
weather crop—we even had a
freeze after we planted them,
but they’re a hardy plant so
they made it.”
She added that they used
hay as mulch around the
plants which keeps the soil
moist and “if the weather got
cold or there Was a chance of
frost, we would pull the hay
up close around the plants
and cover them lightly with
the hay to protect them.”
Mrs. Bryan said when they
were ready to plant this
year’s garden, they got a
wash tub full of carrots when
they pulled the old plants up.
She added they planted the
carrots and beets last
summer, covered them with
hay late in the season and ate
them all winter.
“Our garden last year
yielded so many vegetables
we gave neighbors tomatoes
and squash by the bushels
and we’re still eating
vegetables we froze last
year,” she said.
In addition to the vegetable
garden, the Bryans, this
year, have started a fruit
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FRESH FROM THE VINE—Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Bryan, who live on Lower Giles Ferry Road in Butts
County, last week gathered the first tomatOtl,from their
garden. These were the first reported ripe totfnftoes in the
County. The Bryans have a variety of other Vegetables in
their garden including Brussels sprouts, asparagus,
cauliflower, squash, beans and com.—Photo by Dale
Whiten.
garden with grapes, nectar
ines, English walnuts, apri
cots, blueberries and cher
ries.
But their ambitiousness
and self-reliance have not
been stopped with gardening
and they are currently
getting 12-15 eggs a day from
their 25 hens. They also have
50 fryer size chickens which
Mrs. Bryan said she is
planning to dress and freeze.
“We only have to go to the
grocery store for staples,
such as flour and sugar,” she
remarked.
The farm which Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan have put so much
time, work and investment
into sits on 40 acres just off
the Lower Giles Ferry Road.
“It was like a wilderness out
here when we started work
on the house about three
years ago,” Mrs. Bryan
asserted.
She continued, “We built
the barn first and made it
livable enough so we could
stay in it until we could get
our house built and we also
made temporary living quar
ters in our Winnebago mobile
home until we moved in our
new house in November,
1975.”
Their new house sits on top
of a hill overlooking the
vegetable and fruit gardens,
the chicken pens and a large
fish pond which Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan’s children like to fish
in but Mrs. Bryan said she’d
rather just “sit and feed the
fish and watch them.”
Mrs. Bryan noted she
personally designed their
new house. She said she
talked with several archi
tects about what she wanted
and studied several blue
prints but was not really
pleased with any particular
one —so she directed the
layout herself.
And Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
were actively involved in
building the house. “The man
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would ask me how wide I
wanted a particular room
and I would tell him just to
start walking and than I
would tell him when to stop
because I knew how big I
wanted the room,” she
remarked.
The Bryan’s home has
three fireplaces and the one
in the kitchen-family room
has a mantel that was
originally a railroad crosstie.
The use of the crosstie has a
special meaning for Mr.
Bryan who retired in 1974
after 35 years with the
railroad, 20 of those years
with the L & N. Originally
from Alexandria, Virginia,
his family came to the South
with the railroad when he
was a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have
two sons, Stephen and
Kenneth, both of whom live
in Butts County. Stephen and
his wife Denise have one son,
Scott, and Kenneth and his
wife have a son named
Jeremy.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO USE CAUTION
Hill Construction Company
of Thomaston, Georgia has
been engaged to patch, level,
and resurface the “Old
Bethel Road” from Lanes
Crossing to State Route 36 at
Four Points, and the High
Falls Road from Jenkinsburg
to State Route 16 at Englands
Chapel Church.
This work will take
approximately two
complete and motorists tra
veling these two roads are
asked to keep this in mind
and reduce their speed to
minimize the danger to the
workers.
HUHOWHW
Monticello, Ga.
Annual Reunion
Jackson Rifles
To Be June 18
The annual reunion of the
Jackson Rifles will be held at
the National Guard Armory
on June 18th, beginning at
5:30 o’clock in the afternoon.
The meal will be served
promptly at 6:30 p.m.
The Board of Directors
desire your attendance and
would like for you to express
your opinion as to what
Butts Commissioners’ Statement
COMMISSIONERS STATEMENT
TREASURER’S GENERAL FUND
APRIL, 1977
4-4 488 Sheriff, Butts County, Sheriff $1,114.00
489 U. S. Postal Service, Gen. Govt 150.00
489 U. S. Postal Service, Tax Comm 350.00
4-8 490 Georgia Power Cos., Road 4.57
491 City of Jackson, Pub. Bldg 604.55
492 Central Georgia EMC, Pub. Bldg 74.84
493 Payroll Account, Payroll 7,719.81
494 VOID
4-11 495 B& C Farm Supply, Inc., Road 7.35
496 Bearden Auto Parts, Road 324.83
496 Bearden Auto Parts, Sheriff 37.80
497 Butts County Dept. FACS, Health &
Welfare 453.75
498 Butts County Health Dept.,
Health & Welfare 3,851.42
499 Capital Ford Truck Sales, Inc., Road 73.16
500 Cherokee Culvert Cos., Inc., Road 1,301.46
501 David Ridgeway, Cl. Sup. Ct., Sup. Ct 62.50
502 Jim Clyburn, Inc., Sup. Ct 497.73
503 Coleman’s Garage, Road 61.00
503 Coleman’s Garage, Fire 188.87
503 Coleman’s Garage, Sheriff 126.83
504 Colonial Insurance Cos., A. &L. Ins 209.30
505 Cook’s Machine & Lock Service, Road 18.00
506 Criminal Justice Council of Ga., Sup. Ct. .. 164.30
507 Custom Installation, Sheriff 78.50
508 Daniel Ford Sales, Inc., Sheriff 42.87
508 Daniel Ford Sales, Inc., Road 32.12
509 Dept, of Human Resources, Health
& Welfare , 746.66
510 Dixie Lime & Stone Cos., Road 1,694.97
511 Dixie Truck & Parts Cos., Inc., Road 520.00
512 Ed’s Carburetor & Ignition Serv., Sheriff . 247.35
513 VOID
514 Georgia Forestry Comm., Fire Protection 822.00
515 Hugh M. Glidewell, Jr., Sup. Ct 50.00
516 Gulf Oil Products, Road 951.77
516 Gulf Oil Products, Sheriff : 651.31
517 Barnes Lumber Cos., Publ Bldg 1.032.74
518 Hall, Bloch, Garland, & Meyer, Gen. Govt. 225.00
519 Emily E. Hamlin, Health & Welfare 15.50
520 The Harrison Cos., Sup. Ct 52.00
520 The Harrison Cos., Pro. Judge 52.00
521 Hodges Auto Parts, Road 9.66
522 Hodges Hardware & Furn., Inc., Road 202.48
523 Interstate Ford Sales, Inc., Road 138.75
524 Jackson Automotive Supply, Sheriff 84.06
524 Jackson Automotive Supply, Road 43.20
525 Jackson-Butts County Rescue Sq.,
Resque Squad 100.00
526 W. L. Vaughn, Fire Chief, Fire Pro 160.00
527 Jackson Hardware Cos., Road 33.79
527 Jackson Hardware Cos., Sheriff 5.49
527 Jackson Hardware Cos., Pub. Bldg 2.49
528 Jackson Library Assoc., Publ Bldg 428.39
529 Jackson Office Supply, Tax Office 17.48
529 Jackson Office Supply, Sheriff 111.16
529 Jackson Office Supply, Gen. Govt 93.04
529 Jackson Office Supply, Sup. Ct 25.50
530 W. B. Jones, Attorney at Law, Gen. Govt. . 75.00
531 Lloyds Upholstery Shop, Road 45.00
532 MacDougald Warren, Inc., Road 2,622.83
533 Marshall & Bruce Cos., Pro. Ct 57.05
533 Marshall & Bruce Cos., Sup. Ct 94.20
533 Marshall & Bruce Cos., Sheriff 21.90
534 May & Carter Oil Cos., Sheriff 141.84
534 May & Carter Oil Cos., Road 631.20
535 Haywood Banks, Road 14.40
536 Parrish Drug Cos., Sheriff 2.49
537 Pitney Bowes, Tax. Comm 62.00
538 Polk’s Tire & Serv. Cos., Sheriff 5.00
539 Powell & Company Insurance, Gen. Govt. 2,696.66
540 Redman Seed Cos., Road 23.50
541 Rental Uniform Service, Road 87.20
542 Road Machinery, Road 897.60
4-11 543 T. E. Robison, Jr. Appl. Cos., Sheriff 11.00
543 T. E. Robison, Jr., Appl. Cos., Road 122.40
544 Southern Bell Tel. Cos., Pub. Bldg 508.48
545 Southern Safety Supply Cos., Sheriff 47.80
545 Southern Safety Supply Cos., Road 158.95
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1977
REPORT FROM
GRIFFIN STATE
PATROL POST
Sergeant Hugh Taylor of
the Griffin State Patrol Post
announced today that his
post has investigated 13
traffic accidents, made 414
arrests and issued 285
warnings in Butts County
during April.
Commenting further Sgt.
Taylor said nine persons
changes can and should be
made to improve the reunion
and its attendance.
were injured in the 13
accidents.
Estimated property dam
age amounted to $19,825.00.
Also the post commander
said a total of 350 pending
traffic cases were disposed of
in the courts with the
following dispositions: 49
guilty pleas, 295 bond
forfeitures, five dismissed,
and one nolo contendere plea.
Also Sgt. Taylor pointed
out that fines and forfeitures
amounted to $11,117.00 which
were paid to the courts of
Butts County.
546 Southern States Printing Cos., Sheriff 32.90
546 Southern States Printing Cos., Pro. Ct 4.85
546 Southern States Printing Cos., Sup. Ct 11.90
546 Southern States Printing Cos., Gen. Govt. .. 41.68
546 Southern States Printing Cos.,
Tax Assessors 48.00
547 Standard Oil Cos., Sheriff 22.08
547 Standard Oil Cos., Road 177.10
548 State Supply Cos., Road 45.00
549 Stephens Grocery, Pub. Bldg 3.90
550 Superior Cleaners, Sheriff 11.25
551 TANARUS& S Hardwoods, Inc., Road 803.75
552 Taylor Radiator Shop, Road 109.90
553 Time Insurance Cos., Gen. Govt 2,289.72
554 Tri State Tractor Cos., Road 444.30
555 Unit Fund Cos. D, Pub. Bldg 100.00
556 Weaver Insurance Agency, Gen. Govt 3,247.00
557 Welding Supply & Serv. Cos., Road 34.15
558 Xerox Corp., Sheriff 65.00
4-12 559 U. S. Postal Service, Tax Comm 350.00
4-13 560 Employees Retirement System (FICA),
Gen. Govt 8,287.47
4-15 561 U. S. Postal Service, Tax Comm 350.00
4-18 562 State of Georgia, Income Tax Unit,
Withholding 1,334.31
4-20 563 Department of Human Resources,
Health & Welfare , 300.00
4-22 564 Payroll Account, Payroll 8,201.17
565 The C. &S. Bank of Jackson, Withholding . 2,281.00
566 Henry Kitchens, Pub. Bldg 65.00
4-29 567 Ellis Roberts, Zoning 200.00
568 Cooperative Extension Service,
H. D. & Agri 53.61
569 Payroll Account, Payroll 5,128.09
570 The C. &S. Bank of Jackson, Withholding . 636.90
571 Sylvan Grove Hospital, Ambulance Serv. . 4,893.23
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS 73,966.11
DISBURSEMENTS BY DEPARTMENTS
Road Department $18,560.88
Sheriff’s Department 10,412.71
Superior Court 3,038.88
Probate Judge 1,573.90
Health & Welfare 6,220.33
Public Buildings 3,776.79
Home Demonstration & Agriculture 512.31
General Government 19,045.57
Tax Assessors 1,976.30
Tax Commissioner 3,427.31
Registrars & Elections 80.00
Garbage Service 147.20
Planning, Zoning, & Inspection 520.00
Forestry Service 822.00
Hospital 4,893.23
Fire Protection 348.87
Rescue Squad 100.00
Less Withholding Credits (1,490.17)
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
BY DEPARTMENTS $73,966.11
COMMISSIONERS STATEMENT
TREASURER’S GENERAL FUND
APRIL, 1977
RECEIPTS OTHER THAN AD VALOREM TAXES:
Sheriff’s Miscellaneous Fees $795.76
Probate Judge:
Traffic Account 7667.00
Non-Traffic Account 477.20
State of Georgia
Fuel Oil Tax 1538.56
Mileage Appropriation 1500.94
Department of Revenue (Sales Tax) 13,419.92
Department of Labor (CETA) 2,400.61
Department of Labor (WIN) 2,767.20
Planning, Zoning, and Inspection 785.00
Beer and Wine Tax 4,333.52
U S. Treasury (Anti-Recession Funds) 5,041.00
Miscellaneous Receipts 1,942.79
TOTAL RECEIPTS $42,669.50
COMi. BRINKLEY
TO SPEAK AT TIFT
US. Representative Jack
T. Brinkley, Congressman
from Georgia’s Third Dis
trict, will speak at Tift
College Commencement
exercises on Sunday, June 5,
at 3 P.M. in Roberts
Memorial Chapel.
Brinkley, who is serving
his sixth term in the House of
Representatives, is a mem
ber of the House Committee
on Armed Services and the
House Committee of Vet
erans Affairs.
SENATOR BANKS TO
CHAIR COMMITTEE
Georgia State Senator
Peter Banks, of Barnesville,
has been appointed to two
additional special legislative
study panels, including the
chairmanship of a select
committee which will study
the increased costs of
product liability insurance in
Georgia.
Banks was named Chair
man of the Senate Product
Liability Study Committee
and a member of the Code
Revision Commission