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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 3A
50 Years Ago
Derated r» the Proxrr.** of Jnrhtnn County
The Jackson Herald
; '
August *-•
1967
YEAR—Th*»* m young- b*«*ert. Connie Moore, older •«rls; Linde
tt»e honor of boing Robinson, younger girls; Joe Crumley,
Yeer" for the 1947 Jef- younger boys; end Clarke Rainwater, older
They are (left to right) boys.
Ronald Brecewell, little
rr, FORRESTAL FIRE CLAIMS
Rainwater. On the back row
.Son and Clarke
ts. Ot, il.ft .. ei*h.l Cir-r
tk. Ir»<tt [l»*t tt> ngM) 0,»idu»n. Rob App ob».
Rcbinun, Br>.n Conn* >Aoot. .od C..I Jorrott.
hewingtoo. David William-
. Wokh loodor ht ,h * l-HfU
I SWIM—A highlight ot M.n JotMt • fgllo- dottwotlt-l-
Comp I or Lull, Boo—r* Boo-ort, "! c
h. l„„. ihird .. -hot h. ho.
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Jefferson
Day
Camp
Finale
Jury To Meet
Traverse jurors were drawn
for the August term of Jack-
son Superior Court last week.
Of the 195 drawn. 22 were
women.
Those named for the first
week, beginning Aug 7. were
S R Holbrook. Arthur H.
Wilson. J W Ash. L Coy WU
liamson. Ralph Hardy. Dover
D Gooch. T. Dickson Storey.
Max Martin. Arthur II Palm
er. Dennis L. Edwards. Jinx T
Nunn and Mrs Jewell Maddox.
Walter L Petering. W. 11
Porter. Lester C Mauldin Sr.
Mis> Barbara Ann Head W M.
Fitzpatrick. Olin Minlsh. Mrs
Otis Anderson. Cody Fowler.
Shelby L. Massey Sr. J. A
(Continued on Page 4)
Grand Jurors
COUNTIAN; OTHERS SAFE
Announced
Grand jurors drawn to aerve
for the August term of Jack
:cn Superior Court are as fol
lows:
Hal M Nix William Wright.
P J. Roberts Jr . Ezra Hiland.
John M. Johnson. Harold G
Ward law. Forrest L. Hagan.
Morgan Adams. Quillian Smith.
Allen S Phillips and S. R
Ulackstock
Verncr Seabolt. John Q
White. Arthur W Riddle. W.
W Daniel. Grady Smith. Paul
Hogan. Gus Johnson. Hoyt Har
bin. L P. Bright. Bill N.
White and Hoyt PurcelL
Hoyt Fleming. S. M. Shan-
klc. Joseph O Waters Sr.
Jack J. Ward. Garnett L Mar
tin. J A. Barnett. J. S El
lington. Elmon Farmer. Jos
hua F. Pirkle. John R. House.
J D. Wilson. J Walter Shields
and Thad P Pirkle.
V J
Jack Morris Carlan
One Jackson County man
died on the LSS Forrestal last
week.
But at least two others with
Jackson County ties came
through the devastating fire
safely
Dead is Jack Morris Carlan.
21. of Commerce.
Safe arc Johnny Pritchett
of Commerce and Warren
Baxley Jr., formerly of Jef
ferson Unconfirmed reports
•aid that a Bridges youth from
the Commerce area also was
safe and that a Holloway
youth, at first believed to
have been on the ship, was
instead still in Norfolk. Va
Young Carlan was an avia
tion fire control technician
aboard the ship which was off
Vietnam when the fire occurr
ed. He had been in the U.S.
Navy sioce May 21. \9CA-
Carlan was the son of Jack
V. and Nell Watkins Carlan
of Andy Court Commerce,
and the husband of Mrs Mar
(Continued on Pag* 4)
GOV MADDOX AT TALMO—Go* Letter meeting «t the home ol R H M<E*er (lef’i
Meddoi it flanked by two McE**r» on Frr at Talmo. Joe M<E*er. ton of the Utter, it
day avaning jutf before he tpoke to the «t the right
Middle Oconee River Waterthed Attn.
-MTRATfO—Joe Crumley and Rendy
demon**ration by *He
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One Family Gets Good News|
It wat good news, at last.
Warren Baxley Jr., grand ton of Mrs. F. P. Holder of
Jefferson, wat aboard the ill-feted Forrestal lest week
when many men lost their lives in a tragic fire.
Members of hit family — his parents of Blakely, his
wife of Athens and his grandmother of Jefferson — waited
anxiously at Jefferson for some word.
And it finally came . . . about 11:30 ajn. Monday.
Lt. (|.g.) Baxley celled from tha Philippines to reessurp
his family. He was not hurt In anyway, young Baxley, a
pilot, said. He was asleep at the time, he said. No one
in his squadron was hurt, he addod. However, ha knew
some of the pilots who wore killed.
"It was the first that wa really knew.' said his wife.
'I had talked to soma friends of ours In Norfolk and they
told me our men were all safe. And I felt like he was all
the time - - " ..
Lt. Baxley seid he did not know how long his snip
would be in Subic Bey at the Philippines but noted that
she was severely damaged. He is attached to Squadron _
VAW-123 end it pilot of a turbo prop E2A.
Bexley's father is a doctor at Blakely end his wife,
now a student at the University of Georgia, it a Blakely
girl. He lived In Jefferson during World War II while his
father was In service.
The lieutenant left Norfolk. Va. June 4 for tha Pacific.
He has been In service since June. 1044.
Thousands Turn
Out For Race
Beautiful wralher. a .ratify
tut croud and an eaciunt race
rot Jackwn County’* new
Jefco Speedway off to a pood
It »rt Sunday.
“Tiger Tom" °<
Charlene. NC. dm mi a 1904
Ford. Car No M>. «<* < h '
•Tiler 100." thr tnauiural lea-
tore of the NASCAK-unction
IjOwc of A.hvlllc.
NC. in a IBB* ChoreUc.-Nw
55. ... second- Tiny Umd of
Clot5 SC. had the hllhett
time — Z1 40 accondt around
the track.
The famed CurlU Turner led
for about 30 1*1“ >" T
tura race llowerer. he *11
behind and durtnl «*•*“*
Una If waa a aeeaaw battle
between Piatone. Ch J^“ S '°^
(No M> and bo*' wm
acme 30 antriea in the rate
There wea only oh* b * d
Flood Control
Work Underway
In Oconee Area
Four flood control dams arc
under construction In the
Middle Oconeo Walnut Crock
Watershed, it »ai announced
at the annual meeting of the
watershed association Friday
right
In addition, nearly 25 miles
of stream channel work arc
underway and surveys are be
ing made on some of the oth
er dam sites.
J. W Harwell. Gainesville,
area conservationist. Sotl Con
servation Service, made the
disclosures.
He noted that 232 ease
menu have been signed and
he urged the continued co
operation of the public.
Mr Harwell highly praised
the Jackson County farm for
its conservation program. The
farm was named the county's
most ouutanding farm from a
conservation point last year.
In his reference to the farm.
Mr Harwell said:
-And here. Governor Mad
dox. I want to mention the
Jackson County Farm. The
County Commissioners, and
Warden Hendnx have done a
f.ne job of good land use and
management on the County
farm. They are following a
conservation plan. I hope that
in your very busy schedule
you will soon have time to
»ce this farm and the good
job they have done
it is the kind of conserva
tion job that thousands of land
owners are doing in North
Georgia And that % why it's,
such a beautiful place today.'
A 100-acre reservoir will be
creatrd on the Jackson llall
line northeast of Talmo and
east of Belmont a* part of the
watershed project It will be
the largest of the lakes, and
Hundreds Hear
Gov. At Talmo
•Sn-e 19TV Corrmursts
Ihrrvhojt the w?rld ha e
«T’*t l ; 't s***nt ~ r 'ey to
tr»-‘.r u rr *Mr~ V ro~ v * i*v
Ict ; 1 strfe - a t*.e swa r
t’.? *vey»e t*" ? t' : * r t* do
*•— et’*~; * it. t'*c bet
le * - e '* ’vili 'e"
F* r i* Co LrHT "—"ax
yt '*5 , -vg Fi *»• r’.-'-t
r'-' l' i'e ree*--* rob. I’e
- t'* *!• v lc r cc*
Asrc'"at o" a-3 its
“I ee"
e^-t'-e-*.
“A borrower is a man whe
tries to live within your
means."
it will be planned for mu
nicipal water storage to prn
vide the necessary water for
new Industry.
The 25 miles cf stream im
provement runs from the lake
rite to a point southwest of
Arcade. It is a channel de
signed to handle a large vol
umc of water under controlled
conditions.
One of the dams is near
White Plains church south
west of Pendergrass on Do*
ter’s Creek The next two will
he on Opossum Creek near
Cave Springs Church.
Also nearing the construe
tion stage are a dam on Ups
comb Creek near the Holl>
Springs Church northeast of
Prndersra** and a dam be
tween Talmo and Pendergrass
near North Jackson Elemen
tary School.
—' isc-in‘fv“-*'t f"d
[. e**V* t*3n*
v y c.—trib-te to wrest hut
I . -- Q“C —OT'fe'Tci c .*out
suTX* nJ^,i,ci?1 ca-x.es of r ots
- a *- nt* al poverty and just
p-- r foclth ?ct on inspired
.. • n r |--td by the com-
rz ~ sts"
t'-\. '*;«idnx declared that
a new ncrality w .ch says.
*-IV> as you olease." is also
r , ry-siVe for the unrest. He
iz'A t*vo wrone* don't make a
rirht
T:e governor continued:
“Here Georcia we are r.°~
ir.C to protect lives and oro-
perty We arc rratefu! that
we e«caped the thunder-
In-, unrest of ether areas. With
the siren rth and resovr-cs we
► v e I feel that we will eon-
t'—e to v a e a peaceful, pros-
reco- s Ccorcia."
pvj! rirpWl, comr~ ssioner
of 2—■'■u’r-r? for Ceorgii. in
f r *- 0 -.- e rror State
Fen Robert F Andre- of
Gaines'iFe gave a ir.-onse to
the address.
5— : jV| B' c! r .es was reflected
r r es:iett of the -rtershed
f - • ,i Tirs KarT'Stoc’ c-as re-
elected vice president and
James Isbell was reelected
Kt-rrt'r; trra vre-. O-le
of Tair a and Bill Ward *“d
Andrew Mabree. both of
Gainesville, are new directors.
q |» McEver Sr. of Talmo.
a rf-re*-tor. Lust to the
meeting and barbecue at his
v-i-v. other directors rrc:
•‘re. Ca’I porter of Je'ef-
t.*. Chartes Adams and Ota
Cito. hoth cf Gainesville; and
( > > ir «il| Vorjirn. Talmo.
C V/. Chapman of Athens.
*?aI" center.at.onivt. and J.
w Harwell. Cr-iesville. area
conservationist were guest*.
wreck and no one was hurt in
It. A car jumped the guard
rail at one point-
Quentin Freeman, vice presi
dent and general manager of
the new half mile paved track.
Mid Monday he wa* wrll
pleased with the race and the
turnout He said it was one
of the largest crowds ever
assembled in Jackson County
Mr Freeman said the next
race i« set for August 27. and
will also have a 200 lap fea
ture.
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High schools score
above state average
High schools in Jackson County scored above the state average in nearly all subjects
on last year's Georgia Milestones.
The Georgia Department of Education released the 2016-17 results in July. End of
course tests are given to high school students in a variety of subjects. Students are scored
as beginning, developing, proficient or distinguished learners.
Jackson County's high schools had fewer “beginning learners” than the state in nearly
all subjects. The exception was ninth grade literature at Commerce High School and East
Jackson Comprehensive High School and geometry at CHS.
See percentages of “beginning learners” below:
2016-17 END OF COURSE
SCORES IN THE BOTTOM CATEGORY
Commerce
Jefferson
EJCHS
JCCHS
State
9th Grade Lit
18.9
3
17
12.9
16
Algebra
17.6
-
23.6
22
29
American Lit
17.1
1.6
11.4
5.1
19
Analytic Geometry
-
6.3
-
-
32
Biology
0
11
4
21
30
Coord. Algebra
-
8.5
-
-
30
Economics
26.1
10.4
14.8
12.3
28
Geometry
32.1
-
4.6
20.3
26
Physical Science
-
-
17.3
31.9
33
U.S. History
20.8
7
20.4
8.7
25
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Teen killed in Jackson Co. crash
A Homer teenager was killed in a
crash in Jackson County last week.
Tommy Gilbert, 19. died in the two-ve-
hicle wreck on the 1-85 North entrance
ramp off SR 82 on July 26. Gilbert
reportedly attempted to turn left onto
the entrance ramp in front of a trac
tor-trailer driven by Paul Clevenger, 28,
of Maryville. Tenn. Clevenger's vehicle
struck Gilbert’s Chevy Impala on the
passenger’s side of the vehicle in the
intersection.
Gilbert died on the scene. He was
not wearing a seatbelt, according to the
Georgia State Patrol.
Clevenger didn't request medical treat
ment.
No charges are expected.
Developments ease
shrinking residential space
By Alex Pace
Recent growth in Braselton subdivisions
has eased the shrinking residential space
available in the town’s portion of Jackson
County.
At the Braselton Town Council’s retreat
earlier this year, town manager Jennifer
Scott noted that with the current growth,
Braselton’s developed residential property
in Jackson County would be used up within
a few years. That estimation has changed,
though, due to two developments.
“Since the time of the council retreat,
newly developed residential phases have
been completed and platted which will
add to the inventory of buildable lots in the
Jackson County portion of Braselton,” said
planning and development director Kevin
Keller.
Those projects include the first phase of
Broadmoor and Creekside at Mulberry, he
said. Keller also noted there are several
possible future residential developments
including: the undeveloped parts of the
Reserve at Liberty Park, Liberty Crossing
and Bakers Farm.
At least two new developments have
also been proposed for Braselton (Jackson
County).
Tommy Slappey previously requested
rezoning land around the water towers on
Hwy. 124 for a mixed use (commercial
and residential). That request was denied
by the council, but renewed efforts are
planned.
Mike and Robin Embry also recently
presented a project to bring townhomes
and single-family units to downtown. That
request would also require rezoning and
annexation.