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Sarksnt : ; .prngresa-Argu© Volume 104 Number 25 Butts County Recreatic II Commission Resigns June 8 By Dale Whiten On June 8 the Butts County Recreation Authority Com mission resigned “in its entirety,” and in a letter to the Progress-Argus the members stated they felt they “cannot function pro perly under the present operating conditions as set forth by the present City and County officials.” The resignation of the Recreation Commission members apparently cen tered around the Recreation Commission’s budget sub mitted for fiscal 1977-78 to the County Board of Commis sioners and the City Council. The budget called for about $44,000.00 in expenditures. Among the parts of the budget originally objected to by the Commissioners was the request for anew director for the Recreation Commis sion. The former director, Hollis Griggs, resigned in April of this year. Joe Brown, a former member of the Recreation Commission, said the Com missioners informed them (the Recreation Commission members) there would be no director during this fiscal year. “They also rejected the part of the budget which included money for repairs on a bus and trimmed from SI,BOO to SI,OOO a request for money for maintenance work to be done on all the ball fields,” Brown added. Brown said the County received a $50,000 matching grant for recreation from the State which meant the County and City would have to raise $25,000 in matching funds with the State paying the remainder. According to Brown, the City approved its part of the matching funds ($12,500), but before the Commissioners would approve the grant they said they wanted to see the figures on the cost of lighting the ball parks, the cost of which would be covered by the grant. “When the budget was submitted with provisions for anew director, it was rejected,” Brown said, “but what the Commissioners don’t realize is that to receive this State money, we must have a director for the Recreation Commission.” Brown noted that the summer recreation pro grams are being operated as scheduled. “I hope they (the Commissioners) continue to keep the program going, but they’re going to have to come up with a director, and if they want recreation, they’re going to have to pay for it,” Brown said. Another former member of the Recreation Commission, Freddie Dodson, expressed some of the same sentiments as Brown about the circum stances under which the Recreation Commission re signed. “It seemed like everything we did the Commissioners rejected. We turned in what we thought was a reasonable budget for the County, but it was rejected and so we felt like we didn’t need a Recreation Commission if the County Commissioners were going to run it,” Dodson said. He continued, “Recreation is really important to our County in terms of attracting industry and so forth, and if we don’t have a good recreation program, I think we’ll all suffer in the long run.” Regarding the rejection of the budget, County Commis sioners William Mitchell and E D. Briscoe disclaimed the charge that the budget was rejected and stated that the budget was approved as submitted by the Recreation Commission. “We accepted their budget just as it is; if they want a director, they can hire one,” Mitchell stated. Mitchell explained that when the budget was first submitted, the Commission ers suggested that a director not be hired. “When they threatened to resign, we backed down and approved the budget as they had it,” he added. As stated previously, the budget amounted to about $44,000.00. Half of this amount was to be funded by the County and Mitchell and Briscoe pointed out that, in fact, more than half was appropriated by the County— -524,427.00. The City is responsible for funding the other half. Mitchell said that when the Recreation Commission went to the City to request its half, the Council responded by tabling the request. Councilman Allen Byars said the Council reviewed the budget and did table it until the Commissioners met with them concerning their ap proval or rejection of the budget, but he added, “This never happened—they never met with us.” “Right now it’s at a standstill though the City has proved in the past it is more willing to cooperate in the area of recreation,” Byars said. Commenting on the rela tionship of the Recreation Commission with the new County Commission, Mitch ell said, “A lot of the things they wanted from us, we would do and then they would say we were interfering with them...they felt our assis tance was interference.” He conceded that the Recreation Commission did “buckle down on spending and the members got the department straightened out —that’s why I couldn’t believe they quit.” Mitchell added that a lot of people have got “scared” there’s not going to be a recreation program in the County, but he refuted this claim. However, he said the Commissioners can’t run it by themselves. “We need the cooperation and support of the people of Butts County to operate the Recreation De partment with the money available,” he said. Concerning the $50,000 grant, Briscoe said the grant will come through and that the County has approved its share of the $25,000 in “in-kind” services. Briscoe said that with the resignation of most of the members of the Recreation Commission, he would like to assure the people of Butts County that “even though definite plans for the admin istration of the Department are incomplete at this time, we will continue to have a Recreation Department, and it is continuing to function uninterrupted.” He also stated that he hopes that some of those members who “hastily re signed would reconsider and help carry on a complete and well rounded program.” Jackson Boy Wins Avondale Scholarship B 9) jL IL® W Jj " Jr : / ■ Ronald Norsworthy, a 1977 graduate of Jackson High School, has been presented an Avondale Mills’ Textile Scholarship to Georgia Tech. Ronald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Norsworthy of Jackson. He was born in Toccoa, Georgia and he attended Jackson Elementa ry and Henderson Junior High Schools. In high school he was a member of the Key Club, the honor society and of Co-Ed-Y. He is a member of the Second Baptist Church in Jackson. He enjoys baseball, golf, hockey, skiing, reading and cars as hobbies. Avondale Mills awarded twelve major scholarships this year including two nursing scholarships. Com menting on the scholarship winners Donald Comer, Jr., Chairman of Avondale, said, “These young people have an excellent scholastic record, but in addition have all displayed strong traits of character and leadership.” He added that the scholar ship in no way ties the student to Avondale, “They are free to go where they wish after graduation. We hope, as in the past, that many will make their careers at Avondale.” The initial scholarship program was started by the Avondale Foundation in 1954, when five four-year scholar ships at Auburn University Textile School were made available to outstanding students in those Alabama communities in which Avon dale operates manufacturing facilities. In 1960, the Cowikee Trust joined the program with the addition of one four-year scholarship. Presently Avondale awards six scholarships, which re ceive SI,OOO a year each for four years. Similar scholar ships are offered at Georgia Tech and North Carolina University for students from the area of Avondale’s Indian Springs plant in Jackson, Georgia and the knitting plants in North Carolina. The winners of all scholar ships are selected by school officials based on their outstanding academic work. Each recipient not only has a high scholastic standing, but has been very active in campus, church and com munity affairs. BUTTS CO. CB CLUB TO HAVE COVERED DISH SUPPER The Butts County CB Club of Jackson will hold a covered dish supper Satur day, June 25, at 7 p.m. at the Jackson Club House, with the regular business meeting to follow. All members are urged to attend as details will have to be completed for participation in Butts Countv Week. ckson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, June 23, 1977 Education Board Asks Citizens Group To Study School Needs Responding to the recom mendation of a Butts County grand jury and to an appeal from concerned citizens, the Butts County Board of Education at its June meeting appointed a Citizens Study Committee to deter mine the buildings and facilities needed by the Butts County School system. This committee Svill make recommendations to a state comprehensive survey com mittee and to the local Board of Education. The initial meeting of the committee will be held Wednesday, June 29th, at the Board of Education building at 8:00 p.m. The following citizens were named to the Citizens Study Committee: Claude Maddox, Frank Hearn, Jimmy White, Mrs. Stanley Maddox, Patsy P. Smith. Edith Hall, Robert Williams, Rudy Wyatt, Fred die Dodson, Larry Morgan, Ernest Battle, Pauline Jes ter, Joe Lewis Jester, Corrine Clark, Vera Douglas, John George Stewart, Early L. Watkins. Charlie Frank Thurman, Larry Smith, Sandra Brooks and Thomas Wise. The resolution adopted by the Board of Education provided for the appointment of the committee to study the system's needs, give the committee authority to make Blood mobile* Visit Monday Brought Out 165 Donors The blood of Butts Counti ans flowed freely Monday afternoon at the National Guard Armory as 143 pints were donated to the Red Cross blood program, ex ceeding the County’s goal of 135 pints established for the Bloodmobile’s visit. A total of 165 citizens offered to donate a pint of blood to keep the County’s blood bank program in good standing, with 22 being rejected for medical or health reasons. With Mrs. Cheryl P. Long and Billy Crum serving as co-chairmen of the blood recruitment drive, it was the most impressive showing the County has made in years in meeting the requirements of the Red Cross for a free blood program for its citizens. Among the list of volunteer workers who handled the administrative and recruit ment details were the following: David Ridgeway, Sr., Doc McMiehael, Laura Wright, Catherine Allen, Carolyn Morgan, Grace Fuqua, Fran ces Horton, Mervyn Pope, Imogene Leverette, Kathryn Haisten, Clyde Hodges, Per ry Freeman, Mary Carr, Jan Thaxton, Linda Ballard, Margaret Maddox, Jimmy Akins, Thomas Tippens, Julia Ann Ridgeway and David Ridgeway, Jr. The Red Cross Bloodmo bile program is a vital part of. and supported by, the United Appeal. Among the donors Monday were: Patsy Lynn McCaleb, Lanier Burford, Harris A. McCaleb. W. Herman Caw thon, James W. Norsworthy, Clementine V. Thomas, Ce ressa McGruder, David P. Ridgeway, Richard H. Brit ton, Roy Staples, James H. Wallace, Harold B. Wells, James W. Barnes, Thomas M. Glidewell, Janice Leigh Thaxton, Ronald Tingle. Valray J. Hauser, Martha Ann Cochran, Melinda Jill Cook Pleasant Hill Revival Begins On June 23rd Pleasant Hill United Me thodist Church at the comer of Hwy. 36 and High Falls road will be holding a series of revival meetings begin ning June 23rd and extending through June 26th at the morning worship service. Services will begin at 7:30 p.m. nightly with special themes on Friday, the 24th (Youth Night), and Satur day, the2sth (Family Night). The final service will be at 11 a.m. on June 26th. Congregational singing will be each night with The Messenger Trio featured on June 24th. Rev. Jim Jenson, pastor of the Centenary- United Methodist Church in Macon, will be the evange list. Drawing from a varied work background and fifteen years of ministry, he makes you know God’s got good news for you. recommendations to the State Comprehensive Survey Committee and to carry out the final recommendations made to the State Commit tee. Joel Alan Kelso. D. Walter Barnes, Fred Raney, Merrell Price, Ronald K. Parker, Richard Watkins, Gordon A. Terrell, Stanley Maddox, Christine G. Price, Sarah Snow O’Neal, John Emerson Heil. W. J. Horton. Dan N. Hoard, Porter H. Cawthon, Douglas R. Brooks, Carl M. Gregg, Lucile J. Smith, Hugh M. Glidewell. Jr., Phillip D. DeMore, Mary Elizabeth Duke. Arthur L. Lawson, Judy E. Thompson, Robert M. Jack son, Janet F. Godwin, Terry R Dodson, David L. Burford, Frank A. Fountain, Henry F. Bagby, Doris W. Singley, William D. Fountain, Celeste F. Lawrence, Bonnie C. Cook, Linda B. Johnson, Vivian E. Patterson, Lucille Tyson, Danny H. Harrison, Mary Ruth Roberts, Vickie W. Johnston, Mary Lee Cleveland. Julia Ann Ridgeway, Bar bara Gay, Jarvis J. Jones, Mary T. Davis, Charlene B. Wise, Mary Sue H. Fountain, James Lee Cook, James A. Trimble, Jerome Bridges, Windford E. Head, J. Richard Beauchamp. Charlie Edward Adams, Norma D. Evans, Sherry Lynn Barnes, Ann Moore Kelly, J. Frank Barnes, Joseph H. Brown, Jr., Marvin W. Singley, George N. Martin. Ruth Ford Ash, Donald L. Cook. Lewis H. Cawthon, J. Russell Crumbley, Jr., Stan ley A. Washington, Sr., Robert J. Head, Charles F Sibley, Jr.. John Wesley Potts, Marvin B. Mangham, Wesley E. Cook, Leila P Smith, David P. Ridgeway, Jr . G. Diane Waites, Jimmy L Akins. Thomas N. Tippins. Jill T. Williamson, Mary M. Carr, Patsy Y. Johnson. Mary J. Moore, James L. Biles. Juanita J. Smith, Donald L. Folsom, D. Richard Ballard, R. Chester Evans, Frances J. Bowen, John A. Sherrell, Dorothy R Price, Harold E. McMiehael, Ida Ruth H Taylor, Rosemary Butts County Week Features New and Old Crowd Pleasers With the goal of Communi ty Spirit as its theme, the County’s fourth celebration of Butts County Week is rapidly taking shape, accord ing to Chairman Dick O’Hara. With enthusiasm running high, and participation in creasing daily, O’Hara is still busy putting together the final format for the week long festival. Among the events already scheduled, with the complete slate to be released next week, a r e these: July 3—Church Day July 4—Recreation Day. Among the events scheduled to be held at the Avondale Park recreation field are a beauty contest and a sky diving demonstration by the Green County Sports Para chute Center of Jenkinsburg. A fireworks display will be held after dark about 9:30 p.m. at the high school ball field, followed by a dance featuring the “Free Spirit” at the Two-Bits Game Room in the old Carter Building Supply building. Admission will be $2.00 each. July 5 —A boating safety demonstration will be held at 1 p.m. at the Avondale pond on Hwy. 16 by the Georgia Game and Fish Department. A fishing derby, sponsored by Hodges Hardware, will be M. Leverette, James O. Browning, Henry A. Kitch ens. Robert N. Reese, William E. Craig, Charlene E Cochran, Rudy B Wyatt, Ruby Solomon, Vera Louise Douglas. Carolyn W. Morgan. Fred rick J. Head, Kenny L. Smith. Stephen M. Williams, Virginia M. Ridgeway, Carl M. Finney, Joanne S. Oxenford, Miriam D. Duffey, Donnie L. Gay, Charles W. Carter, Perry E Ridgeway, Walter F. Mangham. Artis C. Knowles, Patricia G. Jack son, Riley Sanford Powell, Ethryn F. Thaxton, Anthony M. Grant, Joseph Tiller, Donald W. Thaxton, Jackie L. Burford. Richard G. Brooks. Corene Sims Clark, Lou Ellen Henry. Ellaree Allen, John L. Hall, John B. Barnes, Margaret Hicks Maddox. Dr. Jack Riley, Allison S. Brown, Patricia R. Polk, Elaine Watson. Andrea K. Maddox, David P Hood. Mary W. Reeves. Harvey B. WTiite head. Effie Jewel Coleman, Willard A. Patterson. Sam A. Smith, Franklin Davis, Jr., Mamie Ruth Crawford, Irene S. Blan chard, F. Mark Maddox, Claudia S. Washington, Blanche C. Waits, Rosena L. O'Hearn. Shelia L. Tingle. Loretta Richards, Asa M. Thurman, Byrd Garland, Geraldine P Wright. MS. DORN A TICE WINS ACADEMIC HONORS Ms. Dorna Carmichael Tice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Carmichael, of Jackson, has graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Medical College of Augusta with a degree as a Physician’s Assistant. In a letter to Ms. Tice, Dean Raymond Bard wrote: “This academic achieve ment augurs happily for your success in the professional career you will enter. You have brought honor upon yourself, your family, and our institution. We extend warmest best wishes to you.” held in the same location from 2:00 until 6:00 p.m. Troop 80, Boy Scouts of America, will hold an open house encampment in the Avondale Scout camp area from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., with the Order of the Arrow Indian dance team perform ing at 8:00 p.m. July 6—A side walk sale on the square in Jackson, beginning at 12:00 p.m. sponsored by participating merchants. A 4-H Bicycle Rodeo, sponsored by the C&S Bank of Jackson, will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the C&S parking lot. At 2:00 p.m. the U. S. Marine Corps band from Albany will appear in concert. July 7—Golden Oldies Disco Party at the Recrea tion Department Hall (Old Pepperton Baptist Church), with prizes and free refresh ments. Admission is free to all over 50, and SI.OO for those under. Johnny Smolka will be the disc jockey and will play music popular from the '2o’s to the ’4o's. July B—Dance at the National Guard Armory, featuring "Cottonwood'' from 8 p.m. 'til 12:00 p.m. Admission will be $3.00 each. Music will be three hours of rock and one hour of medlies from the 'so’s and '6o’s. July 9—Arts and craft GD&CC Group Rufus Adams Backs MDA Heads State Fund Campaign ASC Group The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center Jaycees today pledged their support to the Muscular Dystrophy Association's (MDA) 1977 fund-raising efforts. The action was taken in conjunction with the recent endorsement of MDA by the United States Jaycees and the Georgia Jaycees, according to Ray Vann, President of the GD&CC Jaycees “One of our major efforts will be to mobilize communi ty support and institutional support for MDA,” Vann said. The Jaycees' fund-raising efforts will culminate with the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. Representatives of the L T . S. Jaycees will appear in Las Vegas with Jerry Lewis to report on the organization’s nationwide fund-raising totals, while Jaycees from GD&CC and other chapters will appear on local segments of the telethon, or their representa tive. and help answer pledge telephones. MDA funds a network of 178 clinics throughout the United States where victims of muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular disor ders receive diagnosis, treat ment, therapy, counseling, and orthopedic appliances— all free of charge. The Association also sponsors an extensive summer and win ter camping program and funds a world wide research effort seeking the causes for muscle disorder. McINTOSH TRAIL TO MEET THURSDAY The next regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Mclntosh Trail Area Planning and Development Commission will be held Thursday. June 23rd, at 2:30 p.m. in the offices of the Commission, located in the Childers Building in Griffin. The public is always invited, and welcomed to these meetings. 15c Per Copy- displays, fun and game booths, refreshments, pa rade and dance. Local groups that will have booths include the C.B. Club, N.A.A.C.P., Westbury Medical Care Home, Brownie Troop No. 290, William Mclntosh Chap ter, DA R. at their club house. Butts County Jaycees, Butts County Chapter of A.A.R.P., Iron Springs Sun shine Club, Jenkinsburg Garden Club. Order of the Eastern Star. In the Arts and Crafts section, displays will be shown by Livia O’Hara—Ma crame; James Miller—Cop per; Doug Bennett—Lea ther. Candy Carmichael— Craft Works; Patrick Par rish Hooten —Jute. Painting, Jewelry; Mr. and Mrs Ralph Weaver—Macrame and Cro chet: Mary Lynn Palmer— Macrame: Miss Eloise Dor sey—Art: Hugh Patrick— Woodwork . Scott Coleman- Art: Gail Parnell—Art. The parade Saturday will begin at 11:05 am. At 12:00. a barbecue chicken dinner will be served by the Butts County Jaycees. From 1:00 p.m. until 5:00p.m. there will be entertainment by singers, dancers and musicians The week-long celebration will end with a street dance from 8:30 to 12:00 p.m.. featuring Dennis Dykes and The Country Gentlemen. A Jackson business and civic leader. Rufus Adams, has been appointed Chair man of the Georgia Agricul tural Stabilization and Con servation (ASC) Committee. The announcement was made today by Sixth District Congressman Jack Flynt upon the advice of Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland. Adams. 62. farms in Butts and Monroe Counties and operates a number of farm and garden supply stores. Chairman of the Georgia State ASC committee from 1961 to 1969. he also served as assistant state executive director of the Georgia State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service tASCS) office and as a member of the National Commodity Credit Corpora tion Advisory Board. The new chairman, a graduate of Abraham Bald win Agricultural College, is a member of the Butts County Farm Bureau, chairman of the Butts County Board of Education, chairman of the Sylvan Grove Hospital Au thority. a director of Mcln tosh State Bank and chair man of the finance commit tee of Jackson United Methodist Church. JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ: 4T • A > Its# N if You can tell that Jimmy Carter is making a good President by the howls and complaints that are coming from the liberals.