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Butts Superior C Iff sTo
Convene on Monday, Aug. 15
The August term of the
Butts County Superior Court
will convene Monday, August
15th, at 9:30 a.m. when both
grand jurors and members of
the traverse jury to hear civil
cases will report for duty.
Matters on the civil docket
will occupy the Court’s
attention during the first
week of the session, while
pending criminal cases will
be disposed of during the
second week, which will
convene on Tuesday, August
23rd, at 9:30 a.m.
Superior Court Clerk David
Ridgeway reports only mod
erately heavy dockets for the
two-week session.
Members of the grand and
traverse juries who will
serve for the August term are
as follows:
GRANDJURY
August Term
August 15,1977
9:30 A.M.
Harold L. Duke, Mrs. Cecil
Scarbrough, Marion Britton,
Carl E. Waits, John H.
Moore, James B. White, Jr.,
James L. Robertson, C. B.
Morgan, Robert H. Rooks,
Sam Folds, D. Richard
Ballard, Russell Cawthon,
Miss Elizabeth Finley, L. H.
Cawthon, Mrs. Myrtle L.
Head,
Luke P. Weaver, James
Edward Smith, Charlie Jor
dan, Eulos Paul Barlow,
Henry P. Hall, James M.
Perkins, Mrs. Susan B.
Parham, Eugene Ball, Ro
bert W. Taylor, R. A.
O’Quinn, Willard C. Harri
son, Jr., James E. Cornell,
Jr., John G. Bearden, Mrs.
Hugh Polk, Miss Sara K.
Bond.
TRAVERSE JURY
First Week
August 15,1977
9:30 A.M.
Mrs. Ruby Marie Woodard,
Ulysses Knight, Edwin M.
Ford. Mrs. C. D. Edward,
Jr., Mrs. Barbara C. Moffett,
Vincent Jones, Mrs. Pauline
R. Garr, Mrs. Essie Mae
Foster, Mrs. Oteal Davis,
Millard Daniel, Jr., H. L.
Lunsford, Mrs. Gail C.
Burford, John E. Scott, Jr.,
William Mack Davis, Mrs.
Miller B. Moelchert,
Henry Crawford, Mrs.
Mary Ann Stevenson, Mrs. C.
E. Mackey, Charles W.
Harper, Mrs. Katie Ruth
Johnson, Mrs. Jessie Lou
Woodard, J. A. Evans,
Charles W. Carter, Mrs.
Donnell Freeman, Harvey
Hall, Sam Grier, Miss Lema
Ingram, James Woodard,
George W. Washington, Mrs.
William E. Pelt,
Raymond Price, Mrs. M.
L. Powell, Renee Smith,
Robert Paul Goodrum, Tho
mas F. Peek, James A.
Jones, Artis Knowles, Mrs.
Dorothy S. McMichael, Mrs.
Jan R. Maddox, Arthur W.
Gilmore, Sims Crawford,
B&PW MEETING—Senator Peter Banks of Barnes
ville was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the
Jackson Business and Professional Women’s Club held at
the Elder Hotel in Indian Springs. Banks’ speech primarily
concerned the Equal Rights Amendment and ad valorem
tax relief.
William Lamar McMichael,
Mrs. Rosa Bell Barlow, Mrs.
Preston Bridges,
Miss Nancy Ann Robison,
Carl Finney, W. H. Gordon,
Mrs. Jan R. Grant, Morgan
Collins, Mrs. Carol Shapard,
Mrs. Juanita Carmichael,
Thomas C. Wall, Mrs. Peggy
J. Norton, Jack A. Bentley,
Jr., Mrs. Anne G. O’Neal,
Mrs. Emily W. Collins, W. L.
Bunch, Mrs. W. P. James,
Wilhelm Essich, Robert L.
Smith.
TRAVERSEJURY
Second Week
August 23, 1977
9:30 A.M.
Hollis Duke, Mrs. James
E. Jones, Victor M. Black,
Mrs. Mary E. Daniel,
Thomas M. Freeman, Tom
Taylor, Robert L. Williams,
Jr., Ralph F. Cook, Mrs.
Susie Mae Clark, Charles
Clark, Mrs. A. W. Gilmore,
Mrs. Robert L. Smith, Mrs.
Elizabeth Powell, Timothy
W. Skinner, Hiram Patrick
Franklin,
Mrs. Frank Peek, Jr.,
Steve Sammy Harkness,
Melvin Jenkins, Curtis L.
Gaye, L. G. Maddox, James
H. Kelly, Lewis Douglas
Brown, Miss Elizabeth Mc-
Michael, Mrs. Peggy M.
Wise, Mrs. Sarah Lou Taylor,
Joe Marchman, Francis E.
Holland, Richard H. Britton,
Mrs. Brenda Elaine Head, R.
C. Norsworthy, Ivey C.
Bridges,
John David Dover, Robert
T. Raney, Mrs. Emory C.
Spencer, Mrs. Betty J. Goff,
Lewis Frank Carson, J. Tom
Bond, George Henderson,
Jr., Mrs. Geneva S. Bennett,
Mrs. Sandra H. Thurston,
Rev. John L. Freeman, John
Robert Maddox, Donald R.
Willard, Mrs. Sara Mae
Smith, Mrs. Shelby Jean
Henderson, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hodges, Mrs. Mary W.
Elliott,
J. M. Stallings, Mrs.
Clementine Thomas, Larry
Whitaker, Nathaniel Thur
man, Oscar Watkins, Mrs.
Barbara Gaye, Mrs. Ruby
Mae Lawson, Mrs. Alma A.
Thurman, Mrs. Thelma J.
Stokes, Mrs. Alma Bearden,
Frank McMichael, W. H.
Leverrett, Johnny A. Kinard,
Mrs. Faye S. King, Mrs.
Doris Lummus,
Mrs. Willie Ruth Childs,
Herman F. Waits, Preston
Benton, Lester O. Barnes,
Mrs. Rita Mangham, Joseph
H. Brown, Wynsol G. Smith,
Mrs. Doris C. Barnes, Mrs.
Roy Prosser, Mrs. Joan S.
Oxenford, Tommy M. Turn
er. Arthur Randall Freeman,
Mrs. W. R. Presley,
Mrs. Sara Collins, Carlton
Thompson, Mrs. Lurlene
Head, Mrs. Willie Mae
Roddy, Mrs. Marie M.
Britton, Colin Reeves, Mrs.
Brenda Johnson, Mrs. Bar
bara Ann Duke, Wilbur T.
Thaxton, William R. Pope,
William J. James, George P.
Saunders, Mrs. Shirley Ki
nard, Mrs. John F. Morris.
PACAA Ends
Its Week With
A Banquet
The Piedmont Area Com
munity Action Agency cli
maxed its week long activi
ties with its second annual
banquet on Thursday night.
William “Sonny” Walker,
Regional Director of the
Community Services Admin
istration was the guest
speaker. Speaking to a
capacity crowd, Mr. Walker
stated, “For the first time in
my 5% years as regional
director, I can say to a
community action agency
that I have cause to be
optimistic about the future of
C.A.A.’s. We are not out of
the woods yet, but we do have
a President and an adminis
tration that appears willing
to let the Community
Services Administration and
its grantees become once
again what they are capable
of becoming.”
He cited examples of his
optimism: The selection by
President Carter of Dr.
Graciela Olivarez and Bill
Allison to head up the
national office of Community
Services Administration.
Other reasons for optimism
cited were: the assurance of
new legislation, potential
small budget increase and
President Carter’s genuine
commitment to the poor.
Speaking on welfare re
form, Mr. Walker stated,
“While providing a mainten
ance income for those who
cannot make it on their own,
greater efforts will be made
to find jobs primarily in the
private sector for those who
might be able to ‘make it’ if
given the opportunity. I note
with great interest that the
Piedmont Area C.A.A. has
been given the responsibility
for CETA (manpower) pro
grams totalling nearly one
million dollars, covering the
eight Mclntosh Trail APDC
counties.”
Regional Director Walker,
who spoke at the agency’s
banquet last year, had praise
for the progress that the
Piedmont Area C.A.A. has
made during the last two
years; citing particular
progress in the area agency
image and community sup
port.
Other interesting aspects
of the banquet program
included: an informative
narrated slide presentation
and an agency flag presenta
tion. Two board members:
Mrs. Annie L. Brown and Mr.
Lee Roy O’Neal were
presented plaques for perfect
board attendance for the past
year; Milton English, fiscal
officer and Andrew Fellers,
CETA Director both received
plaques for “Employee of the
Year”. Edluie Walker, Exe
cutive Director of the agency
was awarded a plaque for
“Outstanding Performance
in Administrative Leader
ship”.
State Representative Wil
liam “Bill” Jones, of
Jackson, introduced Mr.
Walker.
STARK METHODISTS
TO HAVE YARD SALE
The Wildwood Fellowship
Men’s Group of the Stark
United Methodist Church will
hold a yard sale at the church
on Saturday, August 6th,
beginning at 9 a.m.
A little bit of everything
will be offered for sale and
those wishing to make
donations of items to be sold
may contact Harold Spruell.
Jackson, Georgia 30233, Thursday, A ugusi 4, 1977
ASCS Requires
Grab Acreage
Reports Now
Butts County farmers are
urged to report their 1977
acreage of barley, corn,
grain sorghum, and wheat to
the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service.
“The importance of correctly
reporting acreages cannot be
overemphasized,” Marion D.
Todd, CED of the local ASCS
office said. Crops should be
reported on a field-by-field
basis.
He explained that the
information may be needed
to determine eligibility for
participation in 1978 pro
grams. If a set-aside is
required for 1978, proposed
farm legislation provides
that it may be based on a
specific percentage of the
acreage planted in 1977.
“It is anticipated that the
1978 programs will apply to
all producers, those without
allotments as well as those
with allotments,” Mr. Todd
said. “All 1977 grain pro
ducers should report their
acres,, even if they have not
had cause to do so in the past
because they had no allot
ment.”
ASCS previously asked for
crop acreages before har
vest. However, barley and
wheat farmers have not been
able to comply in many
cases. “Farmers who have
harvested barley or wheat
should report the acreage as
soon as possible, while
evidence of the crop is still
apparent,” Mr. Todd said.
Applicants for all ASCS
programs will be given
consideration w ithout regard
to race, color, sex, creed, or
national origin.
Home Repair
Workshop Be
Held Aug. 11
“Fix It Up. Dress It Up.
Make It Do” is a SIMPLE
home repair work shop to be
sponsored by the Butts
County Extension Service.
Patricia Smith and Millard
Daniel will present the
program on Thursday, Au
gust 11, at the Central Ga.
EMC Auditorium. The pro
gram will be presented
twice—once at 1:30 p.m. and
again at 7:00 p.m.
The program will be VERY
BASIC, and should interest
both women and men. The
program is designed to teach
anyone, especially women,
how to do basic jobs such as
repairing sticking windows,
repairing shades, replacing
window panes, using caulk
ing, using small hand tools,
and working with hanging
devices. This could be your
chance to learn to do some of
these SMALL ODD jobs
yourself, so plan to attend
either the 1:30 p.m. or the
Local Farms, Businesses Are
Eligible for SBA Drought Aid
Clarence B. Barnes, acting
district director of the U. S.
Small Business Administra
tion in Atlanta, announced
today that the SBA Adminis
trator has declared 127
Georgia counties, including
Butts, and adjacent counties
a disaster area, because of
physical damage caused by
severe crop losses due to
drought during the 1977 crop
year.
Farmers will be eligible for
long-term financing tup to 30
years) from SBA covering
the cost of planting during
this crop year. In addition,
economic injury loans are
available to businesses that
have sustained substantial
87 th Annual Session Camp
Meeting To Open Aug. 11th
The 87th annual camp
meeting at Indian Springs
Holiness Camp Ground at
Flovilla, largest in Georgia
and the third largest in the
nation, will convene on
Thursday, August 11th, and
continue through Sunday,
August 21st.
President Frank G. Harris,
of Cartersville, reports that
preparations have been com
pleted to handle the influx of
cottage owners and visitors,
which number in the thou
sands for certain services.
Three nationally-known
evangelists will direct the
thrice-daily worship ser
vices. They include Dr. J.
Harold Loman, of Salisbury,
N. C.; Major Paul Rader, of
Seoul, Korea, and Rev. John
Brackman, of Eustis, Flo
rida.
President Harris points out
that “since 1890 Indian
Springs Holiness Camp
Jackson Man
Arrested For
Shoplifting
According to Jackson po
liceman Rusty Cook, a
Jackson man, Morris Tyson
of 266 Mallet Street, was
arrested and charged with
shoplifting at a local grocery
store Saturday afternoon.
Cook said Tyson allegedly
stole some meat from the
Thriftown supermarket on
East Third Street and that
after warrants were issued
for his arrest, Tyson was
turned over to the sheriff’s
department.
CITY OF ALBANY TO
BE ON TODAY SHOW
On Thursday, August 4th.
from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m., one of
Georgia's fastest growing
cities will be spotlighted
coast to coast as NBC’s
Today show will spotlight
scenes taken in the City of
Albany.
Featured in the Albany
segment of the show w’ill be
scenes showing the bustling
city streets, peaceful pecan
orchards, irrigated peanut
fields, the old Nilo plantation
and nearby Radium Springs
home of the largest natural
spring in the State.
7:00 p.m. demonstration.
There is no admission charge
and everyone is invited to
attend. The Cooperative
Extension Service, Univer
sity of Georgia College of
Agriculture offers educa
tional programs, assistance
and materials to all people,
without regard to race, color,
or national origin.
economic injury and furnish
evidence as to the extent of
such injury.
The interest rate of these
loans will be 6 ; v percent, and
the maximum amount of
each loan w ill be $500,000.00.
Loan applications for physi
cal damage may be filed
directly with SBA from now
through September 23, 1977.
Applications for economic
injury may be filed until
April 24. 1978.
Mr. Barnes stated that this
is the first time in the history
ot SBA that the Agency has
been called upon to make
direct physical disaster loans
to farmers. “We at SBA
intend to respond to this
Ground has held before the
world the high claims of God
in Jesus Christ. Standing
firmly upon the doctrine of
‘holiness in heart and life’
she has sounded the call each
August for eighty-six years.
Her influence today circles
the globe and her message is
as relevant to the needs of
human life as ever before.”
In addition to the evange
lists, other members of the
staff will include Rev. John
Lindsey, music director, of
Hapeville; Rev. Ted Holley,
youth minister, of Marietta;
Dr. A1 Coppedge, youth Bible
teacher, of Boston, Mass.,
and Greg Wilson, director
youth tabernacle music, of
Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Russell
V. DeLong, of St. Petersburg,
Fla., will conduct the
morning Bible study and
Rev. J. O. Fuller and Rev.
Paul Barrett will conduct a
people's meeting daily at
Commissioners Discuss Plans
For Mental Retardation Center
li\ Dale Whiten
The Board of Commission
ers decided Monday to
abandon trying to get a loan
from the Economic Develop
ment Administration (EDA)
to build a mental retardation
center and to apply instead to
EDA for assistance in
resurfacing some roads in
the county.
At the regular monthly
meeting, chairman Mac
Collins said the reason for the
change was the Board felt a
lot of money would be
“wasted or lost by going
through EDA guidelines for
grants.”
However, Collins asserted
that the building of the center
will be pursued, and Vincent
Jones, chairman of the Butts
County Development Author
ity, told the Board the
Development Authority will
discuss the possibility of the
Authority locating and secur
ing the money for the center
at a meeting today.
All of the Commissioners
reaffirmed their support for
the building of the mental
retardation center which will
be located near Avondale
Park on land donated by
Avondale Mills.
Dave Dixon from Interna
tional Systems, a consulting
firm that assists in making
applications for federal
grants, met with the Board to
discuss applications for
grants for either the mental
retardation center or resur
facing of roads.
In other business. Commis
sioners E. D. Briscoe and
drought disaster in such a
way that will be most helpful
to farmers and the busi
nesses that have been hurt by
recent drought conditions.”
he said.
On Wednesday, July 27th,
six temporary disaster field
offices were opened at
Albany. Athens, Baxley,
Perry. Statesboro and
Waynesboro. The Athens
office is located in the Athens
Area Chamber of Commerce
at 155 East Washington
Street.
The Atlanta Office of the
Small Business Administra
tion is located at 1720
Peachtree Rd., N. W„ Suite
600.
9:30 a.m.
Special observances this
year will include a Healing
Service on Monday, August
15th, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.;
Thanksgiving Day on Wed
nesday, August 17th; Butts
County Recognition Day on
Thursday. August 18th, at the
8:00 p.m. service, and a
Missionary Program on
Thursday, August 18th, at
3:00 p.m.
Preaching services, open
to the public, will be held
three times each day in the
tabernacle at 11:00 a.m., 3:00
p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Officers of the Indian
Springs Holiness Camp
Ground, in addition to
President Harris, are Rev. J.
O. Fuller, vice-president;
Rev. R. 0. Edenfield.
secretary, and Mr. Hoyed
Davis, treasurer.
Trustees of the Camp
Ground are Don E. Andrews.
William Mitchell voted to
increase from SIOO.OO to
$150.00 the amount paid per
month to the Jackson-Butts
County Child Development
Center until November 30.
1977.
Mrs. Mary Salter, director
of the Child Development
Center, requested $565.00 per
month until December but
this request was denied with
Briscoe noting that the
increase they approved
would mean more money
than the center received last
year.
Mitchell, an outspoken
supporter of the Child
Development Center, pro
posed an increase of $250-
300.00 per month before the
compromise of $150.00 was
reached.
Collins voted against the
increase saying "as repre
sentatives of all the taxpay
ers in the county, I think
we've done our fair share by
agreeing to allocate SIOO.OO
per month earlier this year.”
Mitchell countered with the
statement that because of
past financial difficulties at
the center, it was obvious the
school would have to have
more support from the
county.
“If we don't support the
Child Development Center,
we re going to lose a lot of job
opportunities and revenue
which are generated by
federal and state money
available to the center and
which in turn is spent in the
county,” Mitchell said.
The Child Development
SARDIS BAPTIST
CHURCH TO HAVE
HOMECOMING
Sardis Baptist Church,
Keys Ferry Road, McDo
nough. organized in 1823 will
observe Homecoming on
Sunday. August 7. This will
be a very special day—not
only the opportunity to
worship God. renew old
friendships, join in an old
fashion hymn singing follow
ing dinner on the grounds;
but what is of greater
importance, it will give many
of you the first opportunity to
see a dream coming true—
the building of anew
sancturary to the glory of
God.
Rev Jack Ayers, Superin
tendent of Missions for the
Kimbell Association, will be
preaching at the worship
service.
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Macon; Rev. J. David
Aycock, Sr., Colquitt; Rev. J.
Paul Barrett, Columbus;
Giles G. Batchelor, Stone
Mountain; Rev. Emory R.
Brackman, Calhoun; David
Crouse, Wilmore, Ky.; Rev.
R. O. Edenfield. Brunswick;
Hoyed Davis, Albany; Rev.
J. O. Fuller. Faceville;
Frank G. Harris, Carters
ville; Fredric A. Harris,
Cartersville; Dr. Hiram
Johnson, Tuscaloosa, Ala.;
Dr. J. C. Lester, Atlanta;
Rev John A. Lindsey.
Hapeville; Joseph P. Luce.
Ft. Valley; J. Norris McKin
ney, Ft. Valley: Roy L. Sims.
Orlando. Fla.; Albert G.
Smart, Gainesville. Ralph R.
Smith. Cartersville and Rev.
W. Glen Smith. Jr., of Punta
Gorda. Fla.
Emeritus Trustees are Dr.
Z. T. Johnson, Wilmore, Kv.;
T. W. Mobley. Girard, Ga.;
R. F. Lee, Social Circle and
Walton Peabody, Sr., St.
Simons Island.
Center operates on an annual
budget of about 569.000.00.
nine percent of which must
be matched by the county
and city or raised by other
means.
So far this year, the county
has provided $1,566.00. the
city 5i.500.00 and 52.000.00
has been raised by the center
which sponsored events such
as luncheons.
Collins announced that two
positions on the board of tax
assessors need to be filled
and that the commissioners
are currently taking applica
tions. Any eligible person
wishing to apply should
contact the commissioners’
office.
The vacancies were cre
ated with the resignation of
Roy Staples about a month
ago and with the expiration
of S. A. Washington's term
last December 31.
BASEBALL UNIFORMS
TO BE RETURNED
BY AUGUST 20TH
All boys who played
baseball in The Ty Cobb,
Little League. Babe Ruth
League are asked to please
return uniforms to the
Jackson-Butts County Recre
ation Department on Main
Street in East Jackson or to
the Daughtry Foundation
Building on College Street
between the hours of 9 A.M.
and 5 P.M.. Monday through
Friday.
Players who do not return
their uniforms by August 19
will be billed for the cost of
replacement uniform.
JOE. THE HOBO. SEZ:
;'r
No wonder the criminals
laugh at the law. It has now
come out that Ramsey Clark,
the former U. S. Attorney
General, doesn’t believe in
prisons as the proper place
tor law breakers.