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Hacksj 0 1 progress-Argus to n Volume 104 Number 23 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. ■■■ Ii • ' '"' 1 "I 1 I ■■ , '■■nil . . . . 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 15c Per Copy 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: x W \m§ ‘CV / j,. It has been said a trillion times, but it's still good advice for graduates—win ners never quit and quitters never w in.