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Babe Ruth League Ends 1977 Season The Van Deventer Babe Ruth League has completed its season and post season play with the league partici pating in the state 14 and 15 year old Babe Ruth Tourna ment in Columbus and the state 13 year old tournament in Newnan. The league, composed of three teams from Jackson and three from Barnesville, was led this year by the Jackson Exchange Club team, managed by Freddie Dodson and coached by James Biles and Gerald Kersey. The VFW team was managed by Doug Brooks and coached by Richard Brooks, and the Butts County Lions Club team was under the management of Victor James and the coaching of James Ethridge. The league’s officers are Wayne Cook, president; Edd Taylor, vice president; Mack Davis, secretary; Kenny Smith, head umpire; Mrs. James Biles and Mary Ruth Kersey, score keepers. Wilma Bridges is the Ladies Auxiliary president and the league treasurer is Mrs. Donald Bristol, both of whom the teams and officers would like to thank for “their hard work in the concession stand.” In addition, the teams expressed appreciation to Bob Long Chevrolet, Dr. William Mitchell, Giant Mart and Red and White of Jackson for their contribu tion to the tournament teams. The league also expressed appreciation to the sponsors —the Jackson Exchange Club, VFW Post 5374 and the Butts County Lions Club— who have sponsored the Babe Ruth teams in Jackson for many years, and to the Jackson-Butts County Re creation Department for “maintaining the fields in such an excellent way this year and for assisting in signing up the boys and helping to get the uniforms returned." State Rangers Crack Down On Fish Baskets Two arrests of persons fishing illegal baskets in the Ocmulgee River have been made by Conservation Ran gers Gerald Kersey, John Pettis and Roy Morris, all of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. A month of surveillance by the Law Enforcement offic ers was climaxed when the two local persons were caught in the act of pulling the illegal fish baskets into the boat and putting the fish in a tub. The fish baskets and fish were confiscated by the Rangers. The illegally caught fish, which filled a large washtub, were released back into the Ocmulgee River by the Rangers. The illegal baskets were used in the Ocmulgee River between the Georgia 16 Highway Bridge area and the Thomas Ferry area. The arrests were made in the Giles Ferry Area. Further dragging of the river in that area by the Conservation Rangers pro duced 9 illegal baskets which were confiscated and the fish released into the river. Charges against the two persons arrested are fishing with illegal baskets and fishing with baskets in a flowing stream. Kersey ex plained that “the baskets being used were illegal because they had splits in them instead of a trap door, and it is illegal to fish with any king of a basket in a flowing stream.” The case is pending trial. CARD OF THANKS Many thanks to the kind people of Peters Trailer Park for their loving gifts of food and flowers after the death of my father, Doyle J. Bennett. God bless you.—Mrs. Run nel l Harris. 87th Annual Camp Meeting Indian Springs Holiness Camp Ground FLOVILLA, GEORGIA August 11-21 EVANGELISTS FOR 1977 Dr. J. Harold Loman Maj. Paul Rader Rev. John Brackman Song Leader... Rev. John Lindsey Bible Teacher... Dr. Russell V. Delong Youth Program ... Rev. Ted Holley Dr. Al Coppedge Greg Wilson Preaching Daily at 11 a. m., 3 & 8 p. m. You Are Invited! No Gate Fees! THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1977 PRESIDENT FRANK HARRIS EVANGELIST DR. .1. HAROLD LOMAN EVANGELIST Ct i iij!| fy & MAJ. PAI L RADER EVANGELIST • '-lil. '- ..- ’ -‘sg.s&fi ' . 4. REV. JOHN BRACKMAN