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Congressman Flynt Leads The
Fight Against Saccharin Ban
Washington, D.C. U.S.
Representative Jack Flynt,
Sixth District of Georgia,
announced today that the
House of Representatives
has taken action to stop the
proposed ban by the Food
and Drug Administration
(FDA) on the use of
saccharin.
This action came in the
form of an amendment to the
Agriculture Appropriations
bill for the Fiscal Year 1978.
The amendment prohibits
the use of any FDA funds for
the promulgation or enforce
ment of any prohibition on
the continued use of sac
charin as a food additive
from the time the bill is
signed into law until Septem
ber 30, 1978.
In commenting on the
adoption of the amendment,
Congressman Flynt express
ed his pleasure that his
colleagues joined him in
supporting the first positive
action taken by the full House
to stop the saccharin ban.
“From the first announce
ment of the proposed
saccharin ban, I have stated
my total opposition. Too
many lives would be adverse
ly affected by this ban which,
in my opinion, was based on
inappropriate evidence.
Further studies need to be
made by the United States
and the Congress needs time
to hold hearings to determine
if normal consumption of
saccharin is unsafe.
“I am hopeful that the
Senate will join the House in
enacting legislation contain
ing this amendment and by
this means let the Food and
Drug Administration know
that they cannot exceed the
regulatory process by impos
ing this ban.” Congressman
Flynt further commented,
“By the amount of letters,
telegrams, and telephone
calls I have received on this
issue, I know that millions of
Americans are concerned
about the saccharin ban and I
want to assure the people of
the Sixth District that I shall
continue my determined
efforts to halt this ban.”
Earlier this year, the FDA
proposed a ban saccharin
from all food, beverages,
ingested cosmetics, and
drugs. According to their
proposed regulations, sac
charin could be sold in
powder, tablet or liquid form
and only if it carried a cancer
warning on the label and if
manufacturers could show it
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Jenkinsburg News
By Mrs. T. H. Price
Miss Ruby Lane and Mrs.
Mary Rodgers of Monroe
were guests of Miss Pauline
Hardman of Covington for
dinner at the Elder Hotel,
Indian Springs, Monday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
Caston and Mrs. M. B.
Farrar, and Mrs. J. W.
Childs of McDonough spent a
long weekend at Hiawassee,
going on up into North
Carolina and returning by
Gatlinburg, Tennessee. They
report that this area has had
plenty of rainfall and
gardens look good.
Rev. and Mrs. Harry
Shepherd and Mark were
Sunday luncheon guests of
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Price.
Mrs. H. G. Harris will
enter Georgia Baptist Hos
pital on Thursday and is
scheduled for eye surgery on
Friday, her many friends
will be interested to know.
Our prayers will be with her.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Whitaker returned home
Thursday evening from
Miami after a week’s
vacation with their son, Dr.
William R. Whitaker, Mrs.
Whitaker and children. They
spent part of the time at
Ocala and lovely Cypress
Gardens.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Ford
will return Friday from a
week’s trip to visit relatives
in Fort Worth, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Whitaker and Jim visited the
J. C. Fish family at
Monticello on Saturday.
Commencement exercises
were held at Jenkinsburg
was medically useful.
Congressman Flynt co
sponsored a resolution (H.
Res. 400) in March of this
year expressing the sense of
the House that the proposed
ban on saccharin should not
go into effect without prior
Congressional approval. A
week later Congressman
Flynt introduced a bill (H. R.
5346) to amend the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act, under which the FDA
proposed to ban saccharin.
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The South’s Standard Newspaper
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Baptist Church Sunday night
after a very happy and
successful week of V. b. S.
From all the evidence the
fifty seven boys and girls and
the faculty enjoyed a lot of
Bible study, mission study,
games, crafts and refresh
ments. A goodly number of
parents attended Sunday
night to enjoy the program
presented by the boys and
girls. Refreshments were
served at the conclusion of
the program.
Avery congenial group,
the local sewing club, (which
might be called the “Meet
and Eat” Club) held their
June meeting at the Elder
Hotel Wednesday night and
enjoyed a most delicious
dinner. Those present were
Mrs. Dewitt Price of For
syth, Mrs. Olin Pettigrew,
Mrs. Margaret Beauchamp,
Mrs. Sarah Caldwell, Miss
Tommie Higgins, Mrs. Mary
Lynn Goggans, all of Jack
son; Mrs. T. T. Patrick, Mrs.
W. J. Saunders, Mrs. T. H.
Price, Mrs. T. R. Sims, Mrs.
M. B. Farrar, Mrs. R. A.
Allen, Mrs. Otis Mangham,
Mrs. H. G. Harris and Miss
Ruby Lane, and one visitor,
Mrs. Lois Goggans from
Maryland.
Among Butts Countians
attending the G.I.C. - A&M
reunion at Indian Springs
State Park on Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. James Whit
aker.
Mrs. T. H. Price attended a
luncheon at the home of Mrs.
Alice Murdock in Morrow on
Monday.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to thank
everyone for the cards,
flowers, and prayers I
received while hospitalized
at Sylvan Grove Hospital and
the Macon Coliseum. I would
also like to thank Dr.
Newman and the nurses at
Sylvan Grove Hospital for
their kindness. I am now
residing with my daughter,
Mrs. My rtle Hoard, at 15 Mill
Street, Jackson. Thanks,
again, to all. -- Mrs. Eliza K.
Johnson.
Interior Of Jackson’s City
Hall Is Undergoing Renovation
Jackson’s City Hall is
undergoing its first major
renovation since its con
struction in 1958.
In announcing the renova
tion project, Jackson Mayor
C. B. Brown pointed out that
it is being accomplished with
federal funds at no cost to
City taxpayers.
Among the changes being
made is a complete restruc
turing of the counter area to
make payment of City utility
bills easier for both the
customers and the staff.
The billing and accounting
machines, formerly housed
in the Council room, are
COUNTY’S CB CLUB
MAKES FOURTH PLANS
The Butts County CB Club
of Jackson had a covered
dish supper at the Jackson
Clubhouse, followed by a
business meeting at which
plans were made for the
Club’s participation in the
Butts County Week celebra
tion.
The Club voted to give
away a CB radio during the
week.
The Club will again assist
this weekend on “Rush
Monitor—Channel 9.”
Charles Elliott was voted
into the CB Club as anew
member.
—Possom Lady
GEORGIA WOMAN
GETS FEDERAL POST
Ms. Henrietta Duncan
McArthur, former assistant
vice president of Citizens and
Southern National Bank in
Atlanta, has been named
deputy assistant secretary of
agriculture for rural develop
ment.
She will serve as deputy to
Assistant Secretary Alex P.
Mercure, who directs the
operations of the Farmers
Home Administration, Rural
Development Service, Rural
Electrification Administra
tion, and Rural Telephone
Bank.
Born in Vidalia, Ga., Jan.
17, 1945, Ms. McArthur is a
1967 graduate of the Univer
sity of Georgia.
Big Saving
Some observers estimate
that the equivalent of 500,000
barrels of oil could be saved
daily if all homes in the
United States were properly
insulated.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1977
being moved to the City
Administrator’s office. The
City Administrator is moving
into the office formerly
occupied by the Mayor.
The Council Room is being
reduced in size and parti
tioned into a Committee
Room, which will house the
Mayor’s office and also be
available to small groups
who might need a private
office to conduct public
business.
Ultimate goal of the
renovation is to make the
City Hall more functional in
order to serve the public
better and to more effective
ly utilize the space available,
the Mayor said.
AVONDALE HEAD LEADS
NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK
Donald Comer, Jr., chair
man and chief executive
officer of Avondale Mills,
Sylacauga, Ala., has been
named associate chairman
for the 37th interfaith
National Bible Week, No
vember 20-27, it was an
nounced today by Donald V.
Seibert, National chairman.
Comer, a Methodist and
native of Birmingham, has
been with Avondale Mills
since 1932, becoming Presi
dent in 1970 and elected to his
present position in 1975.
The Laymen’s National
Bible Committee has spon
sored the interfaith observ
ance since 1941 when its
inaugural radio program was
interrupted with the news
that Pearl Harbor had been
bombed.
HOME IMPROVEMENT
SURVEY BE MADE
Householders in the County
may be interviewed during
the July l-15th period on their
spending plans for the
improvement and upkeep of
residential properties.
Mrs. Sherri Smith is the
Census Bureau interviewer
who will conduct the survey
locally.
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New Location. 336 Frobel Street
Butts Farmers Are Eligible
For Emergency Disaster Loans
U.S. Representative Jack
Flynt, Sixth District of
Georgia, has been informed
by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture that
Georgia farmers, who suf
fered severe crop losses due
to drought during the 1976
crop year and continuing into
the 1977 crop year, are
eligible for emergency loans
through the Farmers Home
Administration (FmHA).
According to Congressman
Flynt, “Butts County, Carroll
County, Clayton County,
Coweta County, Douglas
County, Fayette County,
Fulton County, Heard Coun
ty, Jasper County, Lamar
County, Pike County, and
Spalding County are eligible
for emergency loans due to
drought. Furthermore, other
natural disasters that affect
ed crops also made farmers
eligible for emergency loan
assistance. For example,
Carroll, Coweta, Douglas,
and Fulton Counties are
eligible for emergency loan
assistance because of below
normal temperatures includ
ing extreme cold weather
and-or freezing weather at
different periods during the
last of 1976 and early 1977.”
Emergency loans are
made to farmers to cover
losses resulting from desig
nated natural disasters.
Loans based on actual losses
are repayable in their
entirety with five percent
interest. Additional loans are
available at higher rates for
restoration of farm produc
tion to pre-disaster condi
tions. All loan applicants
must be unable to get
sufficient credit from local
commercial sources.
Applicants for emergency
loan assistance may be filed
in the FmHA county offices.
Check the local telephone
directory listing under U.S.
Government (USDA) to find
the exact location of the
FmHA office serving your
county. Applications for
physical losses are author
ized until August 19,1977, and
for production losses until
March 20, 1978.
For information on other
agricultural programs in
quire at the Agricultural
Service Centers which are
also listed in local telephone
directories under U.S.
Government (USDA).
IN APPRECIATION
Words are inadequate to
express our appreciation to
all those wonderful people
who have been so good to us
since we lost all our
possessions by fire. We only
saved the pajamas we were
wearing. It is so good to have
friends in time of need and
we are truly thankful for
every kindness shown us.
May you be richly rewarded
for your generosity.
Millard and Mozelle Jones.
Skid Row
The name “skid row”
(originally “skid road”) ap
plied to a steep slope along
the waterfront in Seattle,
Washington where logs once
were skidded to waiting
ships—and where bars
did a roaring business.
THE BIG GULF
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Under New Management
We have many services to offer the
motoring public including full service
on VW’s from tune ups to engine jobs.
We have Mag Wheels, Quaker State
Oil and Castrol Oil ; also new and used
Tires.
SEE ANDY JONES FOR
VW SERVICE
All Work Guaranteed
TOWN OF JENKINSBURG
TO HOLD PUBLIC MEET
JULY BTH, 7:30 P.M.
The Town of Jenkinsburg
will hold a public meeting for
residents of the town on
Friday night, July Bth, at 7:30
P.M. at the Club House.
Purpose of the meeting is to
discuss the need for an
additional well for the water
system of Jenkinsburg.
Residents of Jenkinsburg
are urged to be present for
this important meeting at
which the Mayor and Council
will be present to answer any
questions regarding the
matter.
CARDOF THANKS
We wish to thank all of our
friends and relatives who
were so thoughtful in
remembering Buddy and me
during my hospitalization
with your prayers, cards,
visits, telephone calls,
flowers, and all gifts of your
love and concern. We will
always be grateful to you for
your many kind deeds.
Sincerely, Mrs. Frank C.
(Allene) Hammond.