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Gordon To Graduate 118 In
Exercises Sunday , June 12
Graduation exercises will
be held at Gordon Junior
College on Sunday, June 12th,
at 4:00 p.m. with George H.
Hightower, president of
Thomaston Mills and also
president of the Gordon
Foundation, as commence
ment speaker. Gordon Presi
dent Jerry Williamson will
award the Associate in Arts
degree to the 118 candidates
for graduation.
Mr. Hightower, a graduate
of Georgia Institute of
Technology, is a Trustee of
the Georgia Tech Founda
tion, past president and
director of the Georgia
Textile Manufacturers Asso
ciation and the Textile
Education Foundation, Inc.,
director of the American
Textile Manufacturers Insti
tute;
Director of the C & S Bank
of Thomaston, member of the
Official Board of the First
United Methodist Church,
and a Kiwanian. He has been
connected with Thomaston
Mills during his entire
business career with the
exception of five years on
active duty in the U. S. Navy
in World War 11, from which
he retired with the rank of
Commander.
Among the candidates for
graduation from Butts Coun
ty are:
Summa Cum Laude —Mary
Patricia O’Neal, of Jackson.
Magna Cum Laude—David
L. Cawthon and Carl M.
Kiwanis Club
Hears Report
From Sheriff
Butts County Sheriff Billy
Leverette gave Kiwanians
last Tuesday night a report of
his first five months in office,
marked by an absence of
homicides and deaths on the
County’s highways.
Leverette said there have
been four drownings on
Jackson Lake this year, two
on the Butts County side but
added that he, together with
the sheriffs of Jasper and
Newton Counties, are re
questing the assignment of a
full-time ranger to Jackson
Lake. An extra law enforce
ment official on the lake
would cut down on boating
accidents, drownings and
burglaries, he believes.
Better equipment has
helped law enforcement in
the County, Sheriff Leverette
said. He reports inheriting
five worn-out cars, which
have been replaced by two
new patrol cars, with a third
one expected soon. The
Sheriff’s Department now
has seven full-time deputies,
three full-time radio opera
tors and one relief operator.
During the first five
months of 1977, a total of 660
cases were made in the
County and fines deposited in
the amount of $46,325.00. His
department should receive a
total income from fines in
1977 of about SIOO,OOO, the
Sheriff said.
The value of identifying
personal items by means of
engraving or recording serial
numbers cannot be over
stressed, Leverette said, in
endorsing a Kiwanis Club
project of awarding engrav
ing tools to the other civic
clubs in the County. Mrs.
Jewellene Polk, of the
Jackson B&PW Club, was a
guest Tuesday and was
awarded the first set of tools.
The Sheriff’s appearance
was arranged by Luke
Weaver, chairman of the
Club’s committee on safe
guards against crime.
Floyd Wissing was wel
comed as a visitor, as were
three members of the Indian
Springs Academy Key Club,
Clark Burge, Eddie Burden
and Greg Miller.
BUMPER STICKERS
GOOD SPORTS MUST
Llose TO PROVE IT.
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JHHn,
George H. Hightower
Gregg, both of Jackson.
Cum Laude —Cora Sue
Cheves, Ossie G. Lawson,
Cynthia Kaye Mangham,
Lisa Kathleen Moore, Janet
E. Ogletree Morris, Johnny
Morris, Kim Clayton Buff,
Lamar Wiley Smith, Nancy
Beef Growers
To Have Voice
In Program
WASHINGTON, May 13-
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) today
announced June 6 as the
beginning of a two-week
registration period for the
Beef Research and Informa
tion Order referendum and
issued rules for the referen
dum.
Anyone who was a cattle
producer during 1976 can
register to vote, either in
person or by mail, at local
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
(ASCS) offices between June
6 and June 17. A list of those
who register will be posted
daily at ASCS offices and a
final listing will be posted
five days after registration
closes. Those registered can
vote between July 5 and July
15 at their ASCS office. For
approval of the Beef Re
search and Information
Order, at least 50 percent of
those registered must vote,
and two-thirds of them must
favor it.
The Order that producers
will consider in the upcoming
referendum would authorize
a research and information
program administered by a
Beef Board of up to 68
producers. Board members
would be appointed by the
Secretary of Agriculture
from nominations submitted
by producer organizations.
Each state or geographic
area would be represented in
proportion to its cattle
production.
The Beef Board could
initiate a broad spectrum of
projects to improve beef
production, distribution, and
marketing. Such a program
could include consumer
education and information,
and research.
During the first three years
of operation, the Board could
collect assessments of up to
three-tenths of one percent of
the value of all cattle sold.
After that, the rate of
assessment could be changed
but could not exceed five
tenths of one percent—the
maximum amount permitted
under the Beef Research and
Information Act. Producers
not wishing to participate in
the program could have their
assessment refunded.
The rules for conducting
the referendum are sche
duled to be published in the
May 17 Federal Register.
Copies will be available from
Program Operations Divi
sion, ASCS, U. S. Department
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Ann Webb, all of Jackson.
A number of Butts County
parents and friends of the
graduates are expected to
attend the commencement
exercises. Vincent Jones of
Jackson, is a member of the
Gordon Junior College
Foundation.
TUESDAY, JUNE 14,
IS FLAG DAY
Tuesday is the day to
unfurl those flags and put
them out to catch the
mid-June breezes.
Tuesday, June 14th, is
national flag day and the day
when all citizens, as well as
state, city and county
governments, are urged to
show their colors and fly the
American flag.
GRIFFIN FELLOWSHIP
INTERNATIONAL
TO MEET
The Greater Griffin Chap
ter of the Full Gospel
Business Men’s Fellowship
International will meet Sa
turday, June 18th, at the
Holiday Inn of Griffin, with
buffet dinner being served at
6:30 p.m.
The Rev. Don Pye, pastor
of the Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church of McDonough, will
be the guest speaker. Special
music will be offered by the
Hanleiters. Reservations for
the meal may be made by
phoning 228-6700.
of Agriculture, P. O. Box
2415. Washington, D. C. 20013.
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1 Sat., June 11 -10 A.M.-5 P.M.
Join the fun, refreshments &
Door Prizes
Special Sale-A-Bration
Come by and see farm update “77”. We have a large in
ventory of Lawn & Garden equipment from 10 H.P. to 180
H.P. Tractors. See one of the largest 2 wheel drive trac
tors made today. All equipment will have a special Sell-A-
Bration Price. You’ll have to see to believe it.
Come By
WESLEY MACHINERY
1325-41 By-Pass South
Griffin, Ga. Phone 227-3530
County Roads And City
Streets To Be Resurfaced
Butts County and the City
of Jackson have been notified
by the State Department of
Transportation (DOT) that
certain roads and streets in
the County and City are to be
included in the July 29 letting
by DOT for resurfacing.
The roads will be resur
faced under the Local
Assistance Roads Program
(LARP) and those in the
County include three and
one-half miles of the Jenkins
burg-High Falls road be
tween Highways 36 and 16,
3.6 miles of the road
beginning at Four Points
store and going to Halls
Bridge Road in Stark and
three miles of Wolf Creek
NEWS
from
Worthville
By Mrs. L. C. Tribble
Mrs. J. H. Pope is spending
several days this week in
Decatur with Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wilson and Bobby.
Mrs. S. J. Ireland attended
Sardis WMU Saturday after
noon at the home of Mrs.
Hugh Lunsford.
Mrs. Nellie Cochran, Mrs.
Minnie Lee Hodges and Mrs.
J. H Pope spent Tuesday in
Decatur visiting Mrs. Tom
Collins and Mrs. Robert
Wilson.
Mrs. Nellie Cochran had as
guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
David Burford, Carin and
April of Jackson, Mrs. Edna
Wilkerson of Atlanta and Mr.
and Mrs. Mike McKinney of
Morrow.
Mrs. F. B. Mason had as
guests during the week Mrs.
Dorcas Strawn and grand
daughters and Mrs. Martha
Cook and granddaughter, of
Jackson.
Mrs. Minnie Lee Hodges
visited Mr. John O’Neal of
Cedar Rock Community
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. David Smith, Miss
Tina Sealey and Gary Smith
spent the weekend in
Charleston, S. C. with Mr.
and Mrs. Dwayne Booth and
baby. Gary Smith will
remain with the Booths for
several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sealey
of Griffin spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sealey
and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Sealey.
Congratulations to Miss
Diane Duke and Mr. William
Yancy upon their graduation
from high school.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Tribble
visited Mr. and Mrs. Alton
Crumbley of McDonough
Friday night.
Mrs. W. S. White had as
guests during the week Mr.
Lewis White and Mrs. E. M.
McCart of Covington, Mrs.
Lewis Smith, Jennifer and
David of Leakesville, Miss.,
Mrs. Phillip Green and Mrs.
Grady Wilson of Decatur.
Road beginning at Lane’s
Crossing and going to the
Henry County line.
About two and one-half
miles of City streets will be
resurfaced under the pro
gram and they include
Mallet, MeCaskill, Fay, Joy,
Franklin and Nelson Streets,
Alabama Avenue and James
Moore Drive.
Jackson Mayor C. B.
Brown noted that projects
such as this one are getting
underway all over the State
and that there is no way of
knowing when the construc
tion here will actually begin.
Brown said the resurfacing is
not scheduled to be complet
ed until July 1, 1978.
Fire Destroys
Jones House
On Biles Road
According to Jackson fire
chief W. L. Vaughn, no one
was injured in the early
morning fire which de
stroyed the residence of
Mozelle Jones on Biles Road
Monday.
Vaughn said the fire
apparently started in the
bathroom and that the Jones
family and firemen were
unable to recover anything
from the house.
Vaughn also reported a fire
at the residence of O. C.
Spann, 169 Mimosa Lane,
Saturday night. No one was
injured in the fire.
The fire started in a front
room of the house destroying
all the furniture in that room
according to Vaughn. He said
there was also extensive
smoke damage to other
rooms in the house.
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HARDWARE STORESJ^^
planned
for our vacation and paid for it
in advance
-. savings
account
You can, too!
GRIFFIN FEDERAL
SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
10th & Taylor St. South Mulberry St.
Griffin Jackson
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1977
President Of
State Bar Has
Jackson Ties
Wilton D. Harrington, an
Eastman attorney and bro
ther of Mrs. Lovett Fletcher
of Jackson, was elected
president of the State Bar of
Georgia last week at its
annual meeting in Savannah.
The new president suc
ceeds Harold G. Clarke, of
Forsyth.
Harrington was born in
North Carolina and lived
there for six months before
moving in January, 1927 to
Eastman, where he is a
member of the law firm of
Smith and Harrington.
He is a graduate of Middle
Georgia College and the
University of Georgia with
an LL.B. Degree. Married to
the former Betty Hardin, of
Eastman, the Harringtons
have three sons and one
daughter.
Active in the civic and
religious life of his communi
ty, the new bar president is
an Elder in The First
Presbyterian Church of East
man, a past Sunday School
superintendent, past presi
dent of the Eastman Rotary
Club, past president of the
Eastman Jaycees, former
Cub Scout master and a
Captain in the U. S. Army
Reserve and Georgia Nation
al Guard (discharged).
First Baptist Honors
Its Golden Members
At the morning worship
hour on June sth, the First
Baptist Church recognized
and paid tribute to the
members who have been
members of First Baptist for
fifty years or more. They
came to the front of the
church and were presented a
red carnation by the pastor,
Donald L. Folsom.
The members who were
recognized were: Mrs. Ho
mer Caldwell, Mrs. Fannie
Callaway, Mr. Hampton
Daughtry, Mrs. Robert C.
Edwards, Mrs. D. W. Ham,
Mr. John Lockhart, Miss Sue
Lockhart, Mr. Herbert
Moore;
Miss Mae Moss, Miss Mary
Newton, Mrs. J. H. O’Neal,
Mrs. Bertha Perdue, Mrs. J.
T. Pittman, Mr. Dick Pope,
Mrs. Howard Rooks, Mr.
Ervin Ross, Miss Helen
Thornton, Mrs. L. C. Webb,
Mrs. Gladys Wilson and Joe
Fuqua.
All of these were not able to
attend the service but those
who were greeted the
congregation following the
service in the foyer of the
church.
Another highlight of the
day was the celebration of
the 90th birthday of Mrs.
India Bailey. Mrs. Bailey
was presented a corsage at
the morning service and
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congratulated on her 90th
birthday. She is an active
member of the church and
rarely misses Sunday School
and church.
Mrs. Bailey, and the
members in the “Golden
Years” were the guests of
honor at a covered dish
luncheon in the fellowship
hall following the service.
Hershey Foods To
Sponsor Track
Meets For Youth
Details were to be released
today at an Atlanta press
conference on Hershey’s Hall
of Fame Track and Field
Youth Program.
More than 250,000 boys and
girls, ages 10-15, from 10
southern states will partici
pate in regional track and
field meets to qualify for the
Southern district finals to be
held in Huntington, West
Virginia on August 6th.
Hershey Foods Corpora
tion is sponsoring the
ten-state track and field
competition and the Southern
district finals in cooperation
with the President’s Council
on Physical Fitness and
Sports.
The purpose of the pro
gram is to stimulate interest
in track and field and general
physical fitness in children.