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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017
THE JACKSON HERALD
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JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY. 3OS40
Brothers Back From Vietnam
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# * * March 26.
April » »nd hi.
J Edwards, ar
^Lifturtday Kenneth
* dr V™ and E J. in
1 Sr> Both had been
l Act a year
F TJ m ««*• tosether
L W **» fir5t “ mr ln
W — * mint* out a sis-
MayavUIr
Another brother. Larry,
only completed his three
years with the IS Army last
Christmas. He did not serve
in Vietnam but did spend a
year in Thailand, another
Southeastern Asia country.
(In the meantime, an unde.
Johnny DavU. i* stall m Asia,
fervtnif in the UA Navy in
the Japanese area )
There are seven children in
the Eduard* family—the three
<«n*. Mrs Cochran. Betty.
M area ret and Donnette
Mr* Edwards suffered a
stroke last Christmas and hav
By Akers Motor Lines
Truck Terminal
Being Built Here
fhn Meter Lines lac. is con I
*J I IWoor. $125,000 ter
« a diht acre site at the
Czn of 1-85 and the Dry
Bttnr- is expected about
'*!• 0. Robinson, super-
BJ of buildings and prop-
l Gtttrnli. N C-, said to-
Is headquarters
f fcn. which is one of the
1 *» the Southeast
be known as
Commerce Terrain-
Tte dmm and three of
^ will be located there
k*®** pointed out that
J 5 **> never served this
fjjj*nvaxest terminal
tn Atlanta Com
Man Elected For
JCHS Declines;
Search Continues
The man named by the Jackson
County Board of Education to
head Jackson County llijih School
for the coming year has decided
not to accept, County School Supt.
M. L Holliman said this week
Dean Myers, principal of River
Bend Elementary School. Hall
County, had been elected by the
school board.
Supt. Holliman said ho is d«-
tf ik I f^irig the post with two or three
facility in Jackson ; r.ther persons but he has nothing
J **ver, will provide I definite to announce at this time.
i The superintendent says he ex
poet* to hire a person who hold*
v state administrator's professional
certificate in order that the school
may be relumed to an accredited
•tutus. It lost this status thia year
because of the presrnt principal’*
Lick in this respect.
he rated.
ki
yan
"b First
4te In State
» ..
.Bryan Elementary
,■*** B»nd received
Cl«v B music at
. Band Festival
^ v ‘»*y State Col-
t u B** only one In
tip. tbe highest *■
• (YnY** 4 craduate of
Term,
there ha* been notirahlc im
provement since her sons
came home, says her daugh
ter
Kennelh was shot in the
right leg. in the thigh area,
by a machine gun Although
it remains "a little stiff." as
he describes it. and ho limps
*ome. Kenneth think* It'll
eventually be "good as new."
The 21 year old soldier U
reticent about discussing hi*
service in Vietnam but did
comment on the good medical
care given He al*o *aid
morale of the men is good
but that anti war demonstra
lions "hurt”.
The soldier left Vietnam
April 20 and during a flight
stopover in Washington, call
ed his folk* They visited
him at the Fort Cordon hos
pital shortly after his arrival
there.
Kenneth is a 1965 graduate
of Jefferson High School,
where he was in the Future
Farmers of America, lie
drove a truck with Jackson
Ready Mix Concrete before
being drafted in November,
1965 He took training at
Fort Bcnning and Fort Gor
don before going overseas last
May.
The soldier will return to
the Fori Gordon hospital Fri
day.
In the meantime, he Is en
joying being home again and
is catching upon some fish
ing.
United Fund
toe per co?r
Wcdncaday, May IQ,
BEER STACKED HIGH AT JAIlT
AFTER MASSIVE WEEKEND RAIDS
Jackson County was the scene last week-end
of one of Northeast Georgia's largest beer and liquor
raids in recent years.
Fourteen person* were arrest
ed, 12 place* were raided and
about 2,400 cases of beer. 31 cases
nf laxpaid liquor and less than
a gallon of moonshine were con
fiscated.
Clove to 40 officers participated
in the weekend raids, including
Sheriff L. G. Perry, and his de
puties. Sol. Gen. Floyd Hoard, and
sumo 35 GUI and State Revenue
Agent*.
The Jackson County jail houses
most of the beer, with cases
stacked almost to the ceiling on
the porch Some of the beer
stored In two trucks and covered
with tarpaulins got wet and has
been placed in undisclosed ware
houses for safekeeping, Sheriff
Perry said today.
The hulk of the beer belonged
to Cliff Parks of Pendergrass, the
only one of the 14 persons arrest
ed who was ordered to post a
"professional' bond, according to
the .sheriff. Ronds for all were
set at $500 and all havr posted
bonds, according to the sheriff.
A total of 53 cases were made
against the 15 men and one wo
man. Mrs. Jim Gee nf Pender
grass. Others arrested were:
George Byrd. Arnold Smith and
Albert Funderburk, all of Pender
grass; A. J. Reynolds. Iloscbton;
Stanley Williamson. Nicholson:
Poole (Negro). Jefferson; Champ
A United Fund for Commerce In
1968 was discussed at a called
meeting of the Commerce Retail
Merchants Assn Tuesday at the
Piedmont Cafeteria.
The idea was given unanimous
approval by the 27 persons at
tending and plans were made to
present tbr subject at a meeting
of the city * industrial leaders in
the near future.
Bob Teaslcy and the Rev. Neil
Segrest. both of wham have lived
In areas where United Fund was
in u*e. spoke Jack Makemson.
chairman of the board of Roper
Industries, was unablo to attend
and speak as scheduled.
Lauren McDonald Jr., president
of the Merchants’ Association,
noted in announcing the meeting
for Tuesday that a large number
of drives is held in Commerce
each year and that a United Fund
might be suitable for the com
munity.
He suggested that groups wish
ing to solicit funds during the
year 1968 could perhaps submit
•heir requests by September of
this year and then by October
goal* could be established and
other plans made.
Because of a lack of time,
plans to discus* the second an
nual sales promotion of the mer
chant*' group were delayed Mr.
.McDonald said a directors' meet
ing probably will be held next
week.
Martin. Hoy (Hootie) Howington
and Eddie Gathwright (Negro),
all of Commerce.
The raid* began at 10 p.m Fri
day and the raiding and hauling
continued until late Saturday af
ternoon.
Officer* returned to the Yellow
House, run by Funderburk at Pen
dergrass. Sunday and arrested
1nm again, confiscating aomc 30
cases nf beer and a small amount
of taxpald liquor, the sheriff
said
The bulk of the beer was found
in warehouses some three miles
from Pendergrass and it was
charged to Parka. Mr. Perry add
ed
Vaughn, 0*car
Eyed In Commerce “ W ‘ IW ~
What is to bacoma of all
that boor?
Sheriff L. G. Porry point*
out that the defendants hav*
10 day* in which to filo *
claim for the return of their
boor. Dopondin? on tho ra-
sults of this, ho said, officer*
will make a decision on tho
matter.
The sheriff said he expect*
to know something about tho
disposition in time for an an
nouncement in next week’s
Herald.
BEER AND MORE BEER
, on jail porch with Sheriff L. G. Perry
Ttie raid* climaxed several
week* of undercover work by the
sheriff'* department, solicitor gen
Haynes. Howard]grafs office, GZ3JL and State Rcve-
’line Dept., the sheriff said.
•nd t bo rut will
i I""'* 1 -p-ira coo-
(S t,*- M,y
O w Hi*
I'O*" -II b. 75
, so „„„
*'• door. Patron
Festival in Buford ln April.
The Boon High Chorus, also dl
rcctcd by Mr Backey, received an j
"Excellent" rating ot the State j
Choral Festival In Macon in
March, and had won a "Superior"
rating at the District 4 FeMlvaL
The liand U composed of only
31 students who have been play
ing together only one and one-
half years, point* out Principal
L- W Jay.
"These students come from var
ious parts of Jackson County and
range from the 4th to the 12th
grade*," notes Mr Jay In spite of
insufficient equipment and the
need for more student participa
tion. Mr Backcy has done a tre-
mr minus Job of developing such
outstanding group* within the two
two years that he haa been in
Jackson County.
1 »i.
Blood Quota Short
The Jefferson community fell
far short of Its blood quota Mon
day.
Only 31 pints of blood were
given against a 90 pint quota
There were six rejects.
Braselton
Robbery
Still Mystery
No new developments have been
reported in the Braselton Bank
ing Company robbery of April 23
Some $2,400 was taken when
II. F. Braselton, president of the
firm, surprised two men at work
using an acetylene torch to get
into the vault. Mr. Braxelton's
life wax threatened* and he was
tied up.
Classes To
End May 26
Classes in Jackson, Jeffer
son and Commerce public
schools will end on Friday,
May 2G.
Teachers in all three sys
tems will remain a few days
extra for the post-planning
work.
CHS Baseballers
Win Sub-region
Commerce High School's base
ball team has won the aub-regiun
crown and will vie for the Region
4 A title Tuesday.
The nine will take on Wcstmin :
atcr at 4.30 p.m. Tuesday in
Athens. The winner of that one
will face Central Gwinnett on Moy
19 at a place yet to be selected.
S-C-T Expansion
Depends On
Economy-Murray
II the textile Industry holds up
as it now is. Standard-Coosa-That
cher Inc plans to expand Its
Barlow Plant at Jefferson, Jim
Murray, an executive of the firm,
told Jefferson Rotarians Tuesday.
Mr. Murray, who was transfer
red to Jefferson from Chatta
nooga. Tenn. in March, is train
ing supervisor for the Barlow
Plant which is now nearing com
pletion.
He said no time hat been set
for the proposed expansion.
Mr. Murray noted that 40 per
cent of the total production ma
chinery for the Barlow Plant is
in and said full operations ore ex
pected to begin by this fall. One
line may be opened by June 1
for training purposes, he noted.
Some 150 employe* will be at
work when the plant U tn full
production and there will bo three
shift*, six days a week. Mr.
Murruy wild.
In the meantime, the firm is
still inking job applications at
the office in Jefferson.
JHS Honors
Night Slated
Special wards in all areas of
school activtics will be presented
at the Jefferson High School Hon
ore Night. program- at -8 p.m. Kri
da>. May '19.
The event will be held at Me
moriai Stadium. (In the event
of rain. It will be held at the
high school auditorium)
Bobby Ray. Student Council
president, will give the welcome
and Pam Wage* will lead the ln
vocation. The band will have
charge of the flag ceremony and
itim Carter will give the bene
diction. Steve Sauls. new presi
dent of the Student Council, will
introduce the other officer* for
1907-68.
Perfect attendance, band, agri
culture. physical education, math,
Spanish, homemaking. English,
commercial, social studies, science,
scholastic, library and other a-
wards will be made.
At Jefferson
Ga. Track Meet
Slated Fri., Sat.
Jefferson will be the scene Fri
day and Saturday of the Georgia
Class B and C championship
track meet.
Representatives from 112 Geor
gia schools will be on hand for
the event
Field events will begin at 9:30
am. Friday and running events
will atari at 1.30 pun. Friday.
Running finals will begin at 10
a.m. Saturday.
The B and C schools will com
pete In separate events
The top two finishers in each
region event will be competing
Win Free Heralds
A Commerce man and a
Jefferson man won free sub
scriptions to The Herald last
week. They are R. J. Dowdy
and David Chatham.
All they did was find their
names In Herald display edt
and call o*.
More free subscriptions will
be offered this week. If you
find your name In one call
347-5234 and you'll receive
your county newspaper a solid
year at no costl
In Commerce
New Bank Building
To Be Opened Soon
The handsome new* bom
ti yti( .hr Commerce First National Bonk
“Wc a»T community should Ik will be presented to the public
richt
proud to know that* we have such
talent and ability tn our own com
munity, and we should try as best
^vnt by receiv- as we can to keep this talent
* "Excellent’’ in|jxkaon County fur as long
concluded Mr. Jay.
an uprn house on Wednesday,
May 24. U was announced today
The open house hour* will be
10 ajn f*> * P- m
In tho meantime, the firm will
upon fur busman In |t«
of J quarter* on Monday, May 22
The festive opening will feat
door priie*. favor* and refresh
ments A 9100 saving* certificate
will be among thr prise* given.
The new bank building Is lo
cated on North Elm Street, where
as tho old facility Is on State
•f
Jefferson Wins
Region 4-B
Track Meet Here
By a lunr point. Jtffmaa Hi*
School's track team raptured the
Region 4-B champtotufiip here
Friday and Saturday.
The team nosed oid favored
St. Joseph High School of Atlanta
by a score of 127 128
™ L1 . .... LithonU and Roswell
h'J ' h JIX lh '" 1 *"» fourth ri
|»on the Rcsjon 5 D m«t hen- „ A ^ JJJjJ Jnd
' .r * , , . . by our boy* was the difference.
Jctfrrson hoy, nvohrd ,nJ»o Hjd ^ ^
sure mow will include Krnny to-
Robot. Sou.h Brysn. Juno, Pin- °«<
ion. Dennis Burtty. l-.nl McCreery. ""™chJT™d“
«f. K - J "' ™-" ■>“*' *" d ™ ». .hr P*
" ^,ll, * ,nK,0 ■ vault with a nr* rrp* **
school record of 11’10“-
Boon won the sbo* F ul *
new region and school record of
45*11". James Pinion
triple jump and placed third J®
both the high Jump
hurdle*. James triple JwJP
42' was a new region and *h®“*
rcccrd and was only 1/2
from the Georgia State
record. Dennu Beatty •vfl
high hurdle*, placed second * £
low hurdle*, and fourth W
ion, Jump Pat
placed third in the
new school record cf . .
also placed fourth in ‘ h J “JET
Jump and sixth in the 1«*
Mike Burnt*it placed * Jith
ICnllmm* — h***
Maysville PO
Seeks Bids
Bid* are being sought for im
proved Fust Office facilities at
MgyavlUc
They must be submitted by
June 3. a ccording to Mr*. Kath
leen W. Voylc*. Postmistress
A contract will be awarded to
the bidder who designate* a bluld
ing suitable to the Post Office'a
need* and agree* to improve it
or provide a new building, ac
cording to departmental specifi
cation*. and then rent It to the
Post Office Depa* m<,nt The
baric rental period would be five
years, with three five year renew I
J m,"n the plan Uln, tenrr HoflOf GrfldUDf®*
ally' used by the Port Office De- ^ ^ osmed
part merit in providing new postal
JCHS Names
Jerri MrNral
aledictortan of the I ~Y rfBa w a g
School P ,,J
^lutalorun
RESPONDS TO SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE—Jam#* M©era (rlpht)
ra*pand*<i to tha tuppartlen af Roy La* Wall* (•#♦♦) Jackson
County Jaycaa. that ha lubtcriba to Tho Jackton Herald throuflh
tha Jaycaa* and thus help Knanco thalr various community
project*. Tha regular subscription prices prevail and SI vf
each subscription peas Inta tha Jaycaa treasury.
facilities The building remain*
undrr private ownership with the
owner paying h** 1 ,cal r *tate
tier* and the government paying
rent.
Bidding document* may be ob-
rained ‘from V*, n Troul. Rr»l
JM.tr Officer. Room 302. John In order to t» ® ....
Hancock Building. PO. Box 4788. 'ate. a student 1n,u * thrt«
Atlanta, Owrttn 30302. The Real, aje of 00 tr
Krtat, Officer will aupply Nddins atrl. wore the non Bt|
I form., .purification., rant wo- me »"cti - >«rait<
J vinous ami other Information. J ea
County High
claw.
Nano Bad*'* <’ 'I"' w onc ,
•nd Cathy Cro'by H"' 1 '
graduate. Principal Re.
ha* announced ^ cr *, u
Old Pendergrass sidewalk project nears completion
By Ben Munro
The long-delayed completion of a fed
erally-funded sidewalk along Old Pend
ergrass Road may soon draw to a close.
Jefferson public works director Jeff
Killip told city council members on
Monday that crews working for the
Georgia Department of Transportation
have now finished all concrete work on
the project.
“I saw people using the sidewalks, so
that’s fine,” Killip said.
Killip said crews still must perform
cleanup around the project. He’ll also
ask the DOT to have the contractor cut
the grass that has grown up in the area.
Councilman Steve Quinn asked if the
city would compile a punch list for the
DOT “before they walk away.” Killip
said the DOT will invite city officials on
a walk-through to create that list.
“We’ll be doing one beforehand as
well,” Killip said. “I want to let them
finish first.”
In February, the council — fed up
with delay — sent a letter to the DOT to
air its grievances with the handling of
the sidewalk project.
CITIZEN PUZZLED OVER
PROPRETY TAX SPIKE
Ron Aiello, president of the Jeffer
son Shores Homeowners Association,
voiced concerns to council members on
Monday regarding property taxes which
he claims had jumped between 20 and
71 percent for some houses in the neigh
borhood.
“I feel that there’s a grave injustice
here,” he said.
Aiello said he was told at the tax asses
sor’s office that the increase stemmed
from both the houses bought and sold in
the neighborhood and the lake located
within Jefferson Shores.
Aiello said that similar subdivisions,
including ones in which some coun
cil members live, did not see similar
increases.
“We are not accusing you of any foul
play, however, in the eyes of the public
this doesn’t look good,” Aiello said.
Aiello asked the council to look into
the issue “and solve it the subsequent
year.”
Mayor Roy Plott suggested Aiel
lo bring the issue before the Jackson
County Board of Commissioners since
the board of assessors works for the
county.
Councilman Mark Mobley offered to
help Aiello investigate the issue, but
said that property tax assessment is “not
under our purview.”
NOISE ISSUE DISCUSSED
Keith Jenkins, who lives on Shore
line Drive, again addressed the issue
of noise from McClure Industrial Park
disrupting nearby residential areas.
Jenkins, who has spoken to the coun
cil at length about the topic over the
past several months, asked Jefferson
leaders to enforce ordinances specific to
the industrial park rather than draft new
ordinances for noise mitigation.
“It all comes down to code enforce
ment,” Jenkins said.
He reiterated that additional condi
tions that Pattillo Industrial Real Estate,
which owns McClure, agreed to in 1995
prohibit businesses from using disrup
tive back-up alarm beepers and require
them to create visual screens.
Jenkins contended that the city coun
cil adopted those requirements, an issue
upon which he and Plott have disagreed.
Plott said the agreement between the
residents and Pattillo was not a condition
the city council passed back in 1995.
Jenkins said conditions established in
the 1995 document were appended to
the city council minutes.
Jenkins also said the decibels gener
ated from McClure violated a city noise
ordinance.
“The solution, yet again, is for the city
to enforce the current code and regula
tions,” he said.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business, the Jefferson City
Council:
•heard a request to modify home
occupation requirements to allow for a
sign shop on Winder Highway.
•heard a variance request to increase
the maximum parking spaces for a
warehouse and office on Hog Moun
tain Road from 703 to 753. The appli
cant also seeks a variance to landscape
island requirements within a parking
lot. Since most of the parking spaces
will be located in a truck court, the
applicant asked to plant trees along Hog
Mountain Road instead.
•heard a variance request to reduce the
minimum lot size for self-storage facili
ties from two acres to one acre for a cli
mate-controlled self-storage building on
Storey Lane. Attorney Rob Alexander, on
behalf of Jackson Land Properties (owned
by Alexander’s mother and uncle), spoke
in opposition of the request, saying a deed
restriction exists that mandates the proper
ty only be used for an office building.
•was presented with a proposed ordi
nance to address demolition by neglect
issues in historic districts. Demolition by
neglect is a method used by property
owners to get rid of historic structures that
are prohibited from being razed. “It’s a
strategy on the part of property owners to
let it sit without maintenance until it liter
ally falls down upon itself,” city planner
Jerry Weitz said. If property owners do
not remedy a situation in which neglect
is determined, the city could eventually
negotiate to acquire neglected property,
or place a lien on that property to assume
maintenance.
•reviewed proposal to adopt a new land
scape planting list.
•reviewed budget adjustments to put
SPLOST money toward remodeling a bed
room in the downtown fire station and to
allot money earned through the fire depart
ment’s surplus sales into the department’s
small equipment budget.
•heard from citizen Rock Leeman, who
discussed the need for a traffic light at the
intersection of the Highway 129 bypass
and Old Swimming Pool Road.