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CARDOF THANKS
We, the family 0 f Doyle
Jackson Bennett, would like
to thank all of you who were
so kind to us in our recent
sorrow. All the food, flowers
and prayers you sent will
never be forgotten. We would
like to thank the staff of
Sylvan Grove Hospital for
their kindness and a special
thanks to John Sherrell and
Delinquent Taxes Due Butts County
CONTINUED
Rose, R. L. 1976 33.93
Rose, R. L. 1975 2 .85
Rosser, Terry 1976 27.30
Saunders, Harold D. 1975 69.07
Saunders, Harold D. 1974 71 86
Schafer, Nancy 1975 57.57
Scheibe, Orville 1976 34.07
Scheibe, Orville 1975 47.22
Scott, Howard 1975 2.39
Scott, Oscar 1976 4.54
Scott, Oscar 1975 4.52
Seymour, Stewart & Lillian 1976 2.33
Schafer, Nancy E. 1975 32.74
Shannon, Anna 1976 11.75
Sharp, Carolyn M. 1974 90.59
Shaw, Charles 1976 11.94
Shaw, Charles 1975 11.68
Sheffield, Mrs. W. B. 1976 31.00
Shivers, Willie Morris 1975 61.62
Shubert, Shelby 1976 73.67
Simmons, M. R. 1976 48.35
Simmons, M. R. 1975 47,14
Sims, Charlie W. 1976 33.64
Smith, Albert 1976 2.64
Smith, Albert J. 1975 5.88
Smith, Albert J. 1976 6.03
Smith, Albert J. 1974 7.80
Smith, Albert J. 1973 6.37
Smith, Albert J. 1972 6.31
Smith, Albert J. 1971 6.25
Smith, James 1975 57.10
Smith, J. B. 1975 12.94
Smith, J. B. 1976 13.26
Smith, Johnnie Lee 1976 54.90
Smith, Julia 1976 13.50
Smith, Thomas S. 1976 32.31
Snipes, Floyd C. 1 on
Snipes, Floyd C. ££ ! J
Spellberger, Larry &S. A. Lewis 1975 381.23
Spivey, Eugene 1976 38,45
Stephens, Roy E. & Warren E. 1976 343.42
Steptoe, Johnnie 1975 56 72
Steward, Charlie Lee 1976 102.75
Stewart, Isiah 1976 60'50
Stewart, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. 1976 102.10
Stewart, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. 1975 103.88
Stewart, Willie H. & Elnora 1976 10 95
Stewart, Willie H. & Elnora 1975 14 25
Stewart, Willie Lee 1974 112 65
Stewart, Willie Thomas 1976 544
Stew'art, Willie Thomas 1975 531
Stodghill, Gertrude 1974 2 1 .62
Stodghill, Gertrude 1973 12 66
Stone, Harriett & Sarah Vance 1976 103 96
Stone, Harriett & Sarah Vance 1976 159 23
Strickland, F. N. 1976 4 37
Strickland, Morgan 1976 38
Strickland, W. H. 1976 9 4 . 07
Suburban Land Brokers 1976 84.41
Swanson, W. E. 1976 43 .60
Swanson, W. E. 1975 42 47
Swanson, W. E. 1974 g 2 47
Taft, Henry 1975 53.56
Taft, Henry 1976 54.97
Taylor, Albert 1976 127.48
Taylor, Albert Allen 1975 128.89
Taylor; Albert Allen 1974 73.05
Taylor, Bobby Warren 1976 44.74
Taylor, Bobby Warren 1975 43.60
Taylor, David J. 1976 71.53
Taylor, Duffie Lee 1975 12.35
Taylor, Merritt 1976 63.95
Taylor, Norman & Sara K. 1976 45.48
The Music Cos. 1976 29.24
Thomas, Alton 1976 5.66
Thomas, Alton 1975 5.52
Thomas, Frank 1973 15.51
Thomason, Donald & Earl Smith 4975 38 95
Thomason, Donald & Earl Smith 4974 93 74
Thomason, Donald & Earl Smith 1 973 76 42
Thompson, Harley A. Etal 4976 543.88
Thompson, Harley A. Etal 1976 537.23
Thornton, John H. 1976 197.08
Tippens, John G. 1976 33.64
Towery, Alvin J. 1976 61.91
Trimier, Berry D. 1976 6.24
Turner Dorsey 1976 12.06
Turner, Dorsey 1975 16.74
Tuten, Edward F. 1976 19.44
Tuten, Edward F. 1975 25.29
Vaughn, Charlie 1976 5.00
Waldron, Harrell & Katherine 1976 57.19
Walker, Cecil H. 1976 31.48
Walker, Cecil H. 1975 43.60
Walker, Jimmy Lee &Earline 1976 .44
Wallen, S. D. Jr. 1976 5.25
Wallen, S. D. Jr. 1975 5.11
Walker, Rev. Roland 1976 41.18
Warren, James R. 1975 46.55
Warren, James R. 1974 67.31
Washington. Mrs. Lorell 1976 41.65
Watkins, Charles 1976 44.05
Watkins, Charles 1975 60.98
Watkins, Ms. Lilia 1976 444.07
Watkins, Ms. Lilia 1974 343.66
Watkins, Ms. Lilia 1973 280.18
Watkins, Ms. Lilia 1972 278.18
Watkins, Ms. Lilia 1971 275.00
Watkins, Ms. Lilia 1975 474.00
ROCK ARTISTS TO
APPEAR AT MACON
The Graham Central Sta
tion, featuring Larry Gra
ham, and The Brothers
Johnson, will appear at the
Macon Coliseum on Friday,
August sth, at 8:00 p.m.
Chuck McCrackin for their
thoughtfulness and consider
ation.—The Family of Doyle
J. Bennett
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, CEORCIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1977
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients at Sylvan Grove
Hospital during the period
July 26 - August 2 include:
Mary Mote, Peggy Cook,
Mattie Morris, Cheryl Hollo
way, Ludell Tyus and baby
girl, Lucile Willard, Ray
mond Wilson, Frances Car
ter, Betty Hubert.
Louchis Roberts, Martile
Watson, Charlie Clifford 1976 52.49
Watson, Geraldine 1976 23.10
Watson, Geraldine M. 1975 32.02
Watts, John T. 1975 20.61
Watts, John T. 1974 30.64
Watts, Robert & Helen 1976 46.67
Watts, Robert & Helen 1975 55.33
Watts, Robert & Helen 1974 \2.12
Watts, Willie Thomas 1976 25.16
Watts, Willie Thomas 1975 34.87
Weaver, Willie & Velma 1976 .38
Webb, John W. 1975 28.50
W ebb. Velma 1976 58.37
Webb. Wilmer 1975 u 4 q
Whitaker, Mrs. Leroy 1975 1.85
White, Homer E. 1976 6.28
Whitehead, Gladys 1975 26.41
Whitehead, Henry 1976 272.49
W hitehead. Henry 1975 388.78
W hitehead, Robert Jr. 1976 .31
Whitted, J. B. 1976 5.35
Whitted. J.B. 1975 5 70
Wilkes, Fellman E. & Betty 1976 43.86
Wilkes. Fellman E. & Betty 1975 42.75
Wilkes. John E. 1976 33.57
Wilkes, Mathew & Willie 1976 8.39
Williams, MackS. 1976 60.82
W ; ilson, Annie Mae 1976 5.20
Wilson, Annie Mae 1975 6.77
Wilson. Annie Mae 1974 9.05
Wilson, Arlandus Est. 1976 245.08
Wilson, Grady Jr. 1976 31.34
Wilson. Grady Jr. 1975 45.50
Wise. Arthur Will 1976 65.55
Wise. Arthur Will 1975 69.40
Wise. Thomas 1976 15.59
Wise, W. M. 1975 4.75
Wood. Charles E. 1976 67.18
Wood. Charles E. 1975 65.45
Wood, Charles E. 1974 82.40
Woodall. G. O. 1976 9.65
Woodard. Margaret 1975 94.90
Wise. Monroe 1975 339.90
Wise. Monroe 1976 239.38
Wright. Randy C. 1975 53.53
Yarbrough. William 1976 13.95
Yarbrough, William 1975 13.58
Yaughn. Jewell F. 1975 188.10
Total 41.549.31
Published Totals 41.468.12
1970 5.82
1971 389.07
1972 460.34
1973 947.43
1974 5,530.20
1975 12,681.42
1976 21,453.84
Totals 41,468.12
Non-Published Totals 45,047.31
1970 0
1971 53.79
1972 126.81
1973 771.60
1974 1,854.43
1975 19,987.17
1976 22,253.51
Totals 45,047.31
Combined Totals 86,515.43
1970 5.82
1971 442.86
1972 587.15
1973 1,719.03
1974 7,384.63
1975 32,668.59
1976 43,707.35
Totals 86,515.43
Total Number of Bills Published 583
Total Number of Bills Not Published 199
Total Number of Delinquent Tax Bills 782
Williams, Donald Moore,
Wilson Lamar Evans, Howell
McMichael, Elizabeth
Hearn, Eliza Johnson, Ho
mer Williams, Evelyn
Barnes, Mary Meredith,
Ruby Pope, Delia Watkins.
A boy has two jobs. One is
just being a boy. The other is
growing up to be a
man —Herbert Hoover.
FlovUla’s Era of Growth Ends with Fire
By Dale Whiten
iED NOTE: This is the
second part of a two-part
story about Flovilla. The first
part concerned the town’s
beginning and how the town
grew rapidly with the coming
of the railroad. However the
growth ended suddenly with
a disastrous fire in 1923. The
story follows.)
The day dawned without
any unusualness about it and
the town aw'akened drowsily
to what promised to be
another ordinary day. R was
Thursday, January 11, 1923.
Meet Virginia White, na
tive of Flovilla, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. A. F. White.
She got up early, dressed
and went to open her father’s
drug store. Her father and
mother were out in the
country on call and Virginia
knew business would be good
that day.
As she approached the
business district, Virginia
unconsciously surveyed the
familiar sights not realizing
the changes already blowing
in the wind. And the wind was
blowing strong. A brisk
westerly wind.
Just ahead she could see
the stores and businesses the
town pointed to with pride—
the mercantile stores, de
partment stores, the banks,
drug stores, warehouses,
gins, city offices and up
ahead the 23-room Millen
Hotel—a business district in
the making only about 50
years.
Virginia let herself in and
she and the clerk Mr.
.Maddox busily began pre
paring for the customers that
would soon come calling.
The morning went smooth
ly enough—folks came for
across-the-counter medi
cines. soda pop. ice cream
and those items only drug
stores seem to sell.
Lunchtime was approach
ing. and Virginia was pleased
with her responsible han
dling of the morning busi
ness. Then suddenly the
acrid smell of smoke and
fire.
Virginia raced from the
store. Duffey’s Blacksmith
Shop, at the back of the drug
store, was in flames. The
w ind was fanning the flames
making them leap out like
giant arms eager to smother
anything in their path.
There was not much time
even to think about what to
do and any success at
salvaging anything from the
store would indeed be heroic.
The flames were erratic
and suddenly sprang from
the blacksmith shop away
from Dr. White’s store to
neighboring businesses.
Virginia and Mr. Maddox
couldn't believe their eyes or
good fortune —how could the
store possibly be spared.
Then as if the store was as
dear as Tara to Scarlett, they
thought of nothing but
fighting against what could
have been overwhelming
odds.
The showcases in the store
were heavy but they man
aged to half drag, half carry
them up to the town’s little
well out of reach of the fire.
They ran tirelessly back and
forth emptying the store of
its contents only half aware
of the ultimate damage that
would be done to the town.
All around it seemed like
pandemonium as the fire
raged on like a holocaust.
People were yelling and
crying for help. Businesses
were being consumed as if
they were boxes of matches.
The incomes of many
farmers went up in flames as
the scorching smell of
burning cotton in the ware
houses told the story.
Heroic efforts to contain
the fire were underway
everywhere. A brigade of
town citizens was dousing the
flames with buckets of water,
and when Mr. Dozier saw the
fire heading toward his bank,
he locked up the money and
books and stationed in the
bank an old black man who
so thoroughly kept the walls
saturated that only the roof
and front door were burned
away.
Yes. the efforts to save
were heroic but they were
small in comparison to the
losses.
FLOVILLA TODAY—Some of the buildings which survived the fire are (1-r) Dr. A. F
White’s drug store, currently the post office; the old post office and the building which was
originally Dr. W. J. Waits’ drug store. Incidentally, Mrs. Virginia Williams, city hall clerk,
says Greyhound Bus Lines makes regular stops in Flovilla coming through twice daily.
—Thnto Bv Dale Whiten
|[l
NEW POST OFFICE—Work will be completed soon on Flovilla's new post office
located next to the city hall. Construction on the post office began last spring and many
residents feel its being built is a sign Flovilla is in anew stage of growth.
—Photo Bv Dale Whiten
And the losses became
more and more evident as
the afternoon wore on—lß
buildings destroyed, proper
ty damage estimated from
S6O-80 thousand
Late in the afternoon
things began to quiet down a
little Soon Virginia's mother
and father came home,
shocked by the changes only
a few hours can make, but
proud of the responsibility
and courage their daughter
had shown.
Finally, dusk began to
creep in marking the end of a
day Virginia White says she
will never forget.
She says she can still see
vividly the smoke and blaze
as they blew across the little
town.
She remembers, right in
the midst of the worst part of
the fire, a Southern train
passing through with disbe
lieving faces of passengers
pressed against the windows,
on their way to Macon where
they would relate the
horrible scene they had
witnessed and where the
news would be dispatched
across the state.
And she remembers dark
ness settling in on Flovilla
that night like a veil over the
gaunt remains and smoulder
ing ruins of a town that was.
"The real life of the town
was gone in the fire—the
walls—some of them still
standing today— attest to the
fact, however, the good part
was that there were no
(human) casualties." she
says.
She concludes, "The times
—the coming of the Great
Depression—probably kept
Flovilla from making a fresh
start. It seems like the little
town has had one setback
after another and never any
comeback "
POST SCRIPT
Miss White's brother, A. F.
White, agrees with the
assessment that for many
years after the fire Flovilla
went through an extended
recession.
How ever, now he thinks the
town seems to be making "a
forward drive," and he gives
several reasons why.
A public water system for
Flovilla. Indian Springs and
the camp ground was
installed in 1966.
Anew city hall and fire
station with two fire trucks
were built recently. The new
post office w ill be completed
soon.
Incidentally, the city hall is
in the building which was
formerly the Dozier Bank.
Mother Of
Mrs. Shields
Died Thursday
Mrs. J. W. iLucile)
Keliehor. of Enid. Oklahoma,
mother of Mrs. Maurine
Shields of Jackson, passed
away Thursday. July 28th.
following a period of declin
ing health which extended
over a year.
Graveside services were
conducted Saturday. July
30th. at 10:00 o'clock in Enid
Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Keliehor. with her
late husband, had made her
home in Enid for the past
fifty years. She had visited in
Jackson on several occasions
and friends here were
saddened to learn of her
death.
Her two daughters. Mrs.
Shields of Jackson and Mrs.
Harry Mauldin of Brooks,
had recently visited their
mother, having returned to
Georgia on Monday. July
25th.
Survivors include two sons.
Joe Keliehor of Stockton.
California, and Bill Keliehor
of Tokyo, Japan; two
daughters. Mrs. Harry
Mauldin of Brooks, Ga.. and
Mrs. C. \V. Shields of
Jackson; four grandchildren
i\ MEMORIAM
In loving memory of W.
Troy Pelt, who passed away
two years ago. August 9.1975.
God gave me strength to'
take it.
Courage to bear the blow .
What it means to lose you.
Daddy,
No one w ill ever know .
My heart still aches with
sadness,
I still shed many tears.
Only God knows how I miss
you
At the end of two long
years.
—Wife and Children.
Everything is funny as long
as it is happening to
somebody else—Will Ro
gers.
The bank vault, with its
elaborately designed door, is
still in the building and is
list'd today for storage.
Mr. White also notes that
about 35-40 new homes have
been built in Flovilla within
the last several years.
All of this he believes is
evidence that Flovilla is
indeed in a "stage of
comeback."
NEWS
from
Worthville
By Mrs. L. C. TribSle
Mr. and Mrs. Lanier
Faulkner of Eatonton were
dinner guests Sunday of Mrs.
Nellie Cochran.
Mr. and Mrs Mike
McKinney of Morrow visited
Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
Nellie Cochran
Mr. L. H. Duke entered
Coliseum Hospital Thursday
night and underwent surgery
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. S. A. Washington
entered Georgia Baptist
Hospital on Sunday and was
scheduled to undergo sur
gery Monday.
Mrs. F. B. Mason had as
guests Tuesday afternoon
Mrs Clyde Smith of Atlanta
and Mrs Felton Smith of
Jackson Lake. .
Mr Roland Pope and Mrs.
Vernita Pope of Jackson
visited Mrs. F B Mason
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Martha Cook and
granddaughter of Jackson
visited Mrs. F B. Mason
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Tom Collins of
Decatur spent the day
Wednesday with Mrs. Minnie
Lee Hodges.
Mr and Mrs. Joe March
man of Flovilla visited
Monday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Ireland.
Mrs. J. H. Pope had as
guest from Thursday until
Saturday Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard O'Neal of Atlanta.
Mr. Tim Humphries and
Miss Marsha Humphries of
Hapeville attended church at
Worthville Sunday and en
joyed lunch at the Fellowship
Hall.
Mrs. Oarage Tucker spent
the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Williams in
Greer. S. C. and attended
their family reunion.
Mrs. W. S. White had as
guest Sunday Mrs. W. G.
McCart and Jason of Coving
ton. Mrs. Lewis Smith.
Jennifer and David of
Leakesville. Miss., and Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Wilson of
Decatur.
Mr and Mrs. L. C. Tribble
visited Thursday evening
with Mr. and M Otis
Faulkner of Henry County.