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Athletic Awards Presented At
Boosters Club Banquet May 31
Charlie Robison, a senior
at Jackson High, won four
awards, including the Andy
Crumbley Award, at the
Butts County Boosters Club
athletic banquet Tuesday,
May 31, at the high school
cafeteria.
Robison was named the
best overall football player,
the best offensive basketball
player, and in baseball, he
received an award for the
most stolen bases.
In addition, Robison and
Jean Earnhart were award
ed SIOO.OO scholarships from
the Boosters Club for having
the highest academic aver
age among Jackson High
athletes.
In boys’ and girls’ varsity
basketball, Reggie Hender
son and Sylvia Sims were
named the most valuable
players, and in tennis, Lynne
Duke and Rhonda Hutcheson
received the Most Valuable
Player award and Robert
Patrick was voted the most
valuable player in boys’
tennis.
Receiving the award for
best overall track perfor
mance was Randolph White
and Dan Wright was present
ed the Most Outstanding
award in the Cross Country.
Following is a listing of
other awards which were
presented at the banquet:
Football: Offensive Line
man—Robert Anderson, Of
fensive Back—Willie Ward,
Defensive Lineman —Curtis
Henderson, Defensive Back
—Reggie Henderson, Defen
sive Hustle—Maurice Ball,
Offensive Hustle —Merrill
County Is Primed For Another
Gala Butts County Week
Tentative plans were an
nounced this week for the
celebration of Butts County
Week on July 3-9, by Dick
O’Hara, chairman of the
Butts County Celebration
committee.
For the fourth successive
year, Butts Countians will
again engage in a week-long
celebration of the nation’s
birthday, with a variety of
entertainment and amuse
ments planned for all age
groups.
The sesqui-centennial cele
bration of the County’s
birthday in 1975 and the
nation’s bi-centennial birth
day in 1976 were the two most
successful and widely
attended events in Butts
County history.
A tentative schedule of
events for Butts County
Week, with many other items
still to be added, includes:
July 3—Church Day.
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20 YEAR PLAQUE—Fred Raney, manager of the Jackson Western Auto Store, was
presented a plaque for 20 years of service with the company last week during a
merchandise show in Gastonia, North Carolina. Freddie Dodson, assistant manager, also
attended the merchandise show with Raney.
Folsom and Best Overall—
Charlie Robison.
B-Team Football: Best
Offensive Player—Ronnie
Dodson, Best Defensive
Player—Barry Brooks.
Wrestling: Most Improved
—Merrill Folsom, Best Re
cord—Anthony Stewart.
Cross Country: Most Out
standing-Dan Wright.
Track: Best Sprinter—
Randolph White, Best Field
Events—Leon Smith, Best
Middle Distance Runner—
Tony Head, Best Distance
Runner—Ernest Lawrence,
Best Relay—Charles Stewart
and Best Overall Track
Man—Randolph White.
Baseball: Most Stolen
Bases—Charlie Robison,
Best Batting Average—Ed
die Roberts, Best Earned
Run Average—Andy Wal
drop, Most Runs Batted
In—Bill Fears and the
Leadership Award went to
David Brown.
Basketball (Boys’ Varsi
ty) : Best Offensive Player—
Charlie Robison, Best Defen
sive Player—Randolph
White, Hustle Award—Jim
my Akins, and Most Valuable
Player—Reggie Henderson.
Junior Varsity Basketball
(Boys): Best Offensive Play
er—Kenneth Grier, Best
Defensive Player—Cedric
Evans.
Basketball (Girls’ Varsi
ty): Best Offensive Player—
Jackie Andrews, Best Defen
sive Player—Frances App
ling, Most Valuable Player—
Sylvia Sims, Hustle Award—
Annie Sims and Most
Improved—Lynn Stodghill.
July 4 —Recreation day at
recreation park, beauty
contest for three different
age groups, fireworks in
evening, and rock dance.
July s—To be announced.
July 6 —Merchant’s side
walk sale after 12 p.m.
Concert by U. S. Marine
Corps band from Albany on
square.
July 7—-Golden Oldies
disco dance at old Pepperton
church, with Johnnie Smolka
spinning the discs and
admission free to all 50 or
over.
July B—Dance at Armory,
featuring the Cottonwoods,
for all age groups.
July 9—Parade, barbecue,
arts and crafts, rides,
entertainment, refresh
ments, booths, street dance
at night.
Junior Varsity Basketball
(Girls’): Best Offensive
Player—Deidre Crowder,
Best Defensive Player—Dee
Storey.
Golf: Most Improved—
Donnie Norsworthy, Low
Medalist—David Brown.
Tennis (Boys): Most Valu
able Player—Robert Pa
trick, Hustle Award—Mark
Taylor and Cedric Evans and
Most Improved—Van Fletch
er.
Tennis (Girls): Most Valu
able Players—Lynne Duke
and Rhonda Hutcheson, and
Hustle Awards went to
Connie Betts and Melanie
Tomlin.
Tennis Coach Iwana Mc-
Gee said she would like to
thank the tennis team
members for the plaque
expressing their apprecia
tion to her and would also like
to thank Carol Shapard,
Jackie Hutcheson and Buster
Duke for the contribution and
support they gave the tennis
team.
Cheerleaders: Varsity
Football Outstanding Cheer
leader—Terri Dodson, Varsi
ty Basketball Outstanding
Cheerleader—Debbie Varner
and Junior Varsity Cheer
leader—Kibbie Carr.
Jackson High athletic
director Tommy Carmichael
presented plaques to Dan
Fears, Danny Hoard, Rudy
Wyatt and Charlie Brown for
their help and support of the
school’s athletic program
last year.
Wyatt, president of the
Boosters Club, welcomed the
athletes, their parents and
guests. Brown served as
master of ceremonies.
Lamar County
Youth Drowns
May 31st
A Lamar County youth,
MacArthur Myers, 15, of 430
Railroad Avenue, Barnes
ville, drowned in Jackson
Lake Tuesday, May 31, the
fourth person to drown this
year in the popular recrea
tional lake.
Butts County Sheriff Billy
Leverette said the Lamar
County High School student
drowned in about five feet of
water during an outing with
12 other students and four
adults at a cottage of one of
the teachers.
Sylvan Grove Hospital
EMTs were called to the
scene, but efforts to revive
Myers there and at Sylvan
Grove Hospital proved futile.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, June 9,1977
Citizens Asked To Help
In Electricity Shortage
Jackson Mayor C. B. Brown, Jr. and members
of the City Council are requesting the cooperation
of users of the City’s electrical power in reducing
consumption of electricity during the current
emergency.
The announcement made Monday by the
Mayor was as follows:
“Due to the unseasonably hot weather and
some technical difficulties at two of the generating
plants supplying the City of Jackson, the City asks
that until further notice everyone voluntarily
reduce your electrical requirements in order to
avoid a possible serious shortage of electricity and
possibly mandatory restrictions.
Please set your air condition thermostat at 80
degrees and avoid any unnecessary use of
electricity until 10 p.m.
Your cooperation in this matter will be greatly
appreciated.”
Jackson Youths Injured
In Two-Vehicle Collision
A two-vehicle collision on
the High Falls Road, seven
miles West of Jackson,
Tuesday, May 31, resulted in
the injury of Calvin McKib
ben of 814 Chestnut Drive,
Jackson and Dennie Cash of
3% Mallet Street, Jackson,
according to Butts County
Sheriff’s Deputy Russell
Crumbley.
McKibben, who was
thrown from the 1973
Plymouth driven by Cash,
suffered injuries to the
shoulder and lower back. He
was treated at Sylvan Grove
Hospital and then trans
ferred to Griffin-Spalding
Hospital. Cash was admitted
to Sylvan Grove Hospital in
fair condition.
The other vehicle involved
in the collision was a 1972
Ford pickup truck driven by
Esca Pace of 340 Watson
Street, Jackson who was
treated at Sylvan Grove
Hospital and released.
Pace’s companions in the
truck, Kirk Welch and John
Weldon, were not injured in
the accident.
Crumbley said the accident
occurred when the car driven
by Cash rounded a curve
striking Pace’s truck. He
said the Cash car then went
out of control, striking a
telephone pole and overturn
ing.
Commission Approves Budget
For Fiscal Year 1977—78
On June 2 the Butts County
Board of Commissioners
approved a $1,060,655.77
budget for fiscal 1977-78, a
reduction of $111,000.00 from
the previous budget.
Commission Chairman
Mac Collins noted that even
with the decrease, there were
no reductions in services and
that all County employes, not
elected officials, received
salary increases.
The Road Department
received the largest alloca
tion of funds, $290,366.84,
followed by the Sheriff’s
Department with $176,114.75
and General Government
expenses with $91,083.28.
Budgeted funds for Superi
or Court totaled $84,592.61;
Health and Welfare, $66.
315.72; ambulance service,
$60,000.00; garbage, $57.
170.00; public buildings,
$42,425.05 and hospital, S4O,
000.00.
Other appropriations in the
1977-78 budget for the County
were Tax Commissioner,
$34,604.25; Tax Assessors
(six months), $25,703.06;
Recreation Department, $24,
427.63; Probate Judge, $22,
508 %; Planning and Zoning,
$18,210.04; fire protection,
$10,000.00; Home Demonstra
tion and Agriculture,
$7,658.80; Registrar and
Red Cross
Meeting Set
For Monday
A meeting to reorganize
the Butts County Red Cross
chapter and to discuss
changes in the Red Cross
blood program will be held
Monday, June 13th, at 8:00
p.m. in the Community Room
of the C & S Bank of Jackson.
The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Stanley Maddox, chairman
of the Butts County Red
Cross, points out the signifi
cance of the meeting and
especially the changes in the
Red Cross blood program
which will be explained in
detail by a representative
from the Atlanta office.
The Red Cross changed its
blood program in November,
1976, Maddox pointed out,
and it is essential that the
people of Butts County be
aware of the new program
and the effect it can have on
the County’s continuing to
share in the free whole blood
offered under the program.
Chairman Maddox asks all
who are interested in or have
benefitted from the Red
Cross blood program to
please attend the Monday
night meeting.
Elections, $5,587.75; forestry,
$3,288.00 and rescue. $600.00.
At the regular monthly
meeting Monday, the Board,
with Commissioner William
Mitchell absent, announced
that the operating expenses
for the ambulance service for
May were $4,853.33, once
again a considerable de
crease from the previous
month.
The operating expenses for
the ambulance service has
steadily declined since
March when it cost almost
$9,900.00 to operate the
service for that month. The
Commissioners immediately
imposed guidelines to keep
the service within the limits
of the budget and in April the
cost had dropped to $6,922.19
In May the ambulance
service answered 47 emer
gency calls and 11 non-emer
gency calls.
In other business, the
Board reappointed Marion
Todd to a three year term
with the Water Authority,
and Claude Maddox was
appointed to a full five-year
term on the Appeals Board.
In addition, the Board
accepted the resignation of
Joe Brown from the Recrea
tion Commission.
A motion was passed to
accept bids for one new car
Jackson High Seniors Receive
Diplomas , Awards on Thursday
Amid all of the pomp and
circumstance the procession
al foretold, Jackson High’s
1977 capped and gowned
seniors received their diplo
mas at ceremonies Thursday
evening on the football field.
Before a large audience of
parents and friends, the
seniors got not only their
degrees but many of them
shared in a number of
scholarship awards.
Following the procession
al, Angelia Henderson o
pened the ceremony with the
invocation. Charlie Robison
then delivered the salutatory
address, after which scholar
ships and awards were
presented.
Bob Betts awarded the
Avondale scholarship to
Ronnie Norsworthy.
The Jackson High School
Booster Club awards were
presented by Rudy Wyatt to
Charlie Robison and Jean
Earnhart.
Rev. Phil DeMore an
nounced that the Crawford
Long Hospital scholarship
had been won by Frankie
Maddox.
George Tate presented the
Fashion Pillows aw ; ard to
Kim Harper.
A representative of Fort
Valley State College present
ed two scholarships from
that institution to Miranda
Price and Melissa Gaye.
Dr. Fred Cook, of Georgia
Institute of Technology,
presented scholarships from
the Georgia Textile Educa-
CLEANUP BEGINS AT
CEMETERY MONDAY
Jackson Mayor C. B.
Brown, Jr. has announced
that the City’s work force will
begin a cleanup campaign
Monday. June 13th, in the
Jackson City Cemetery.
Those having dead flowers,
or containers of a non-perma
nent type that they may wish
to keep, are asked to remove
them before the cleanup
begins. Otherwise, they will
be discarded by the cleanup
crews. Permanent-type con
tainers will not be destroyed,
the Mayor said.
for the Sheriff’s Department
with delivery specified for
next month.
Stating they both favor
getting voting machines for
Butts County, Commission
ers Collins and E. D. Briscoe
told a representative from
International Election Sy
stems (IES). suppliers of the
machines, they want to study
the proposal further and
suggested July of next year
as a possible date for
reconsideration to buy voting
machines.
Lee Dryer, the IES
representative, told the Com
missioners the basic advan
tages of voting machines are
making the voting process
easier for the voter and the
poll workers and eliminating
a large percentage of the
workers after the polls have
closed.
Dryer conceded that the
number of poll workers
during voting hours would
hardly be affected since state
law specifies a certain
number of workers must be
on duty during those hours.
However, Dryer said with
the money saved for printing
the ballots and paying
workers to count the votes,
the machines, which cost
about $2,300 each, would pay
for themselves in eight to 10
election years.
tional Foundation to Esca
Pace and Tim Colwell.
Dr. Jerry Williamson,
president of Gordon Junior
College, awarded scholar
ships to his school to Robert
Anderson, Bill Fears, Charlie
Robison, Donnie Norswor
thy, Willie Mann, Lindy
Mackey, Joey Patterson and
David Brown.
Mrs. Jewellene Polk, of the
Jackson Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club,
gave the annual award from
her Club to Joy Morris.
Roland Lee presented the
William B. Jones award to
James Smith.
Kenny Smith gave the
Kiwanis-Key Club scholar
ship to Ricky Long.
George Tate announced
that winners of the Kym
Company award were Lee
Duffey and James Smith.
James Lawson presented
the W. L. Miller award to
Angelia Henderson.
Van Fletcher and Bobby
Pinckney were named recipi
ents of the National Honor
Society award by Mrs. Linda
Arthur.
Debbie Duke was given the
Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxi
liary award by Mrs. Kath
leen Knight.
George Tate presented the
Danny Thomason award to
Diane Duke.
Roland Lee announced that
Andy Waldrop was the
winner of a SI,OOO baseball
scholarship from an anony
mous donor.
Joy Morris
Wins B&PW
Club Award
Joy Morris, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Morris
of Jackson, has been named
the winner of the coveted
Jackson Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club
award for 1977.
Miss Morris was presented
the award at graduation
exercises Thursday evening
by Mrs. Jewellene Polk,
president of the Jackson
B&PW Club
Miss Morris' list of wards
and activities for her four
years of high school covers
almost the whole gamut of
extra-curricular opportuni
ties afforded by the school
system.
In her freshman year, she
won an academic letter for
making the honor roll, was a
winner of the National
Educational Development
Tests Certificate, and a
member of the Drama Club,
the Tri Sigma Chi. and the
Youth Choir. First Baptist
Church.
During her sophomore
year, she made the honor
roll, attended the Christian
Life Conference and the
Youth Assembly, was vice
president of Tri Sigma Chi.
named to Student Action for
Georgia Education and was a
member of the Y'outh Choir
of the Mount Vernon Baptist
Church.
In her junior year, she was
named the National Rural
Electric Cooperatives Asso
ciation Washington Youth
Tour Winner, attended the
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George Tate then present
ed a number of departmental
awards as follows:
Agriculture - William Yan
cy
Art - Willie Mann
Band - James Butler
Drama - Bobby Pinckney
Speech - Lee Duffey
English - Ricky Long
Math - Morris Crockarell,
Ronnie Norsworthy, Bobby
Pinckney
Science - Morris Crockarell
Social Studies - Maurice
Ball, Melissa Gaye
French - Janice Berry
Drafting - Henry Kitchens
Food Service - Judith
Smith, Connie Steward
Business - Lindy Mackey
V.O.T. - Sandra Taylor
Vocational Award - Shirley
McDowell
Good Citizenship Award -
Christine Stewart
George Tate presented the
Atlanta Journal Cup to Ricky-
Long.
The valedictory address
was then given by Ricky-
Long.
J. M. L. Comer, superin
tendent of the Butts County-
Schools. presented the gra
duating seniors their diplom
as.
Graduates and the audi
ence joined in singing the
JHSalma mater, after which
Lee Duffey pronounced the
benediction. The ceremonies
were concluded with the
Jackson High School band’s
playing of the .coronation
march.
B&PW Leadership Confer
ence. won the University of
Georgia Certificate of Merit,
was named to the Who's Who
Among American High
School Students, was a
member of Co-Ed-Y\ the
Honor Society and the Y'outh
Choir of the First Baptist
Church
Asa senior, she won third
place in the Future Business
Leaders of America district
competition in business com
munications, won the Senior
Production Typing award,
attended the FBLA State
Leadership Conference, w-as
an honor graduate, a
member of Star Student 1000
Club. Co-Ed-Y'. Honor Socie
ty, Future Business Leaders
of America, was jointly-en
rolled at JHS and Gordon
Junior College, in the cast of
the senior class play and a
member of the Y'outh Choir
of the First Baptist Church.
BURGLARS HIT BILES
SERVICE STATION
The Jackson Police De
partment has reported a
burglary which took place
Friday night at Biles
Standard Station on 3rd
Street.
Policeman Rusty Cook said
two CB radios and an
antenna w ere taken when the
burglars entered the station
by breaking a window on the
McDonough Road side of the
station. Cook said no arrests
have been made and that the
investigation is continuing.
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
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It has been said a trillion
times, but it's still good
advice for graduates—win
ners never quit and quitters
never w in.