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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.