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THURSDAY. APRIL 28. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A
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From April 24, 1997
Local author published in Guidepost
Magazine
Susan Perry Timms of Ranger has
written an article entitled “What
Prayer Can Do” which appears in the
May 1997 issue of Guidepost Maga
zine (page 19). Susan tells of an inci
dent when she and her husband were building their new
home. While drilling their well, they ran out of money at
300 feet. All they could do was pray. The results provide a
powerful testimony to prayer. Guidepost is an interfaith,
non-profit monthly magazine with a paid circulation of
over 4.2 million and a readership of 16 million. It is sold
only by subscription and accepts no advertising. The sto
ries, which contain life-changing experiences of real people
in all walks of life, are presented to help readers find
courage, strength and faith. The magazine was founded
more than 50 years ago by the late Dr. Norman Vincent
Peale.
PCMS golfers win region
The Pickens County Middle School golf team finished
their season Friday, April 18 at the Elks Lodge in Calhoun
by winning their regional tournament and defeating Cal
houn, Cartersville, Coosahatchee and Darlington. Coach
Jody Dowda fielded a team of eight players with five 8th
graders: Matt Cagle, Derek Dunn, Brandon Lathem, Sean
McNeal, and Will Pickett; one 7th grader, Phillip Collins,
and two 6th graders, Justin Denson and Luke List. The
PCMS team finished with four top 10 medalist with Matt
Cagle posting the lowest score of 35 (one under par for nine
holes), Derek Dunn 40, Phillip Collins 40 and Luke List
41. The team completed their season with a 4-1 record with
South Forsyth, Cartersville and Calhoun, and on loss to
Cartersville at their home course.
SO
YEARS
From April 27, 1972
Glen Head Mills expanding Jasper
plant
Senator Talmadge and Gam-
brell have announced that the Small
Business Administration has approved
a loan of 4202,500 for purchase of
land and a $12,500 loan for the purchase of equipment to
Associated Developers of Jasper, Inc., to assist Glen Head
Mills of Georgia, Inc. in their expansion program. The loan
is part of $650,000 expansion. This is the first SBA loan
made in Pickens County. The carpet manufacturing indus
try is anew business in Pickens County and during the
months that Glen Head has been located here the success
has been extremely good and business looks fantastic, ac
cording to President Edward Negola. The proposed expan
sion calls for tripling the size of the building and new
equipment which will enable the mill to process its own
yam and manufacture its own broadlooms. It is expected
that at least forty-seven new jobs will be created. The com
pletion of the program is expected to be in early fall. Mr.
Negola praised the employees now at Glen Head and he
believes a principle reason that the mill is able to grow is
because of the caliber of the people. The traits he finds most
impressive are the enthusiasm of the employees, their loy
alty, and their ability to produce. Glen Head Mills is located
on Sanders Drive in the building formerly housing Jasper
Manufacturing Co.
From April 24, 1947
FFA boys win $150 in prizes
The FFA chapter of the Pickens
County High School had one of the
most successful pig shows in its his
tory. Two hundred spectators tried the
placing contest Friday of the six pigs
that were shown. The winner in the correct placing was J.T.
Griffeth of Whitestone, a second year FFA member. The
pig show is sponsored each year by Sears Roebuck Com
pany, and they give five purebred gilts and one boar to the
chapter. The next year the members who receive the pigs
give one back to be placed with another member. Each boy
who receives a pig also gets a prize. The two winners of
the chapter pig show get to enter their gilts at Rome pig
show, and to about 36 entries in this show is given 10 pure
bred dairy heifers. The winners in the chapter contest were
as follows: Eugene Dowdy, free trip to enter in Rome show;
Frank Bunch, free entry in Rome show; Charles Mullinax,
$15 worth of purebred baby chicks; Emory Stewart, $10
worth of purebred baby chicks; Harold Garland, $10 worth
of purebred baby chicks. The Rome pig show winners and
prizes were: Eugene Dowda, first prize, a $75 purebred
dairy heifer; Frank Bunch, second prize, a $25 purebred
boar; Rembert Stewart, third prize, $15 worth of New
Hamshire Red baby chicks.
An excerpt from the Application for Charter
The petition of T.J. Durrett Jr., C.T. Love, W.B. Tate Jr.,
Sam T. Buchanan, Ed Eubanks, and Rowland Bryce, all
residents of Tate, Ga., respectfully shows to the court: Pe
titioners desire for themselves, their successors and assigns,
to obtain a charter for a non-profit corporation which is not
organized for pecuniary gain or profit, and without capital
stock, under the name and style of TATE COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION, INC.
WHEREFORE, petitioners pray that they may be incor
porated under the aforesaid name, and in the aforemen
tioned particulars, with all the rights, powers privileges or
immunities now, or hereafter allowed to corporations of
like character under the laws of said state.
PICKENS SUPERIOR COURT ORDER GRANTING
CHARTER: The foregoing application to obtain a charter
for a non-profit corporation under the name of Tate Com
munity Association, Inc. has been presented to and exam
ined by me. It appears that the application is legitimately
within the purview and intent of the laws of this state. It
further appears from the certificate of the Secretary of
State, that the name of the proposed corporation is not the
name of any other existing corporation registered in the
records of the Secretary of State.
NOW, THEREFORE, the said applications is hereby
granted and the applicants, their associates, successors and
assigns, are hereby incorporated as prayed for in said peti
tion, and a charter for a non-profit corporation organized
excusively for charitable, educational or recreational pur
poses is hereby granted to TATE COMMUNITY ASSOCI
ATION, INC. This 10 day of April, 1947.
J.H. Hawkins, Judge Superior Court, Pickens County
Filed in this office April 12, 1947 R.S. Turner, Clerk.
Report from the Capitol
By State Representatiue Rick Jasperse
Constitutional Carry
bill explained
In the last few weeks after
the legislative session ends,
I’m always surprised how
busy we are. Besides trying
to catch up on emails and
calls we may have missed
during the busy last two to
three weeks of session, we
have bill signings with the
governor that go on across
Georgia.
Also, people want to you
come speak to their groups
about what we did or didn’t
do during the legislative ses
sion. So that is why I laugh
when folks say, “Are you get
ting some rest after the ses
sion?”!
One of the bill signings I
went to was when Governor
Kemp signed the Constitu
tional Carry bill SB 319 in
Douglasville. This is an issue
Governor Kemp ran on dur
ing the election a few years
ago. The Constitutional
Carry issue myself and Rep
resentative Mandi Ballinger
from Canton have worked on
for years, also. It’s important
for us to be able to protect
ourselves. This is another
tool in the toolbox for you to
be able to do that.
We maintain that good
Georgians are not lawbreak
ers and will follow the rides
that are set forth in the law.
We are always worried about
Atlanta
airport
once again
world's
busiest
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - Hartsfield-
Jackson Atlanta International
Airport has regained its posi
tion as the world's busiest air
port, Airports Council
International World (ACI)
announced Monday.
The Atlanta airport served
75.7 million passengers last
year, a 76.4% increase over
pandemic-plagued 2020,
vaulting it back to the No.-l
spot. Atlanta was surpassed
in 2020 by Guangzhou
Baiyun International Airport
in China, ending a 22-year
run at the top.
Atlanta also led the world
in 2021 in aircraft move
ments, with 707,661 opera
tions, up 29.1% over the
previous year.
“These numbers speak to
the resiliency and spirit of At
lanta and Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Air
port,” Atlanta Mayor Andre
Dickens said. “We thank our
airport employees and pas
sengers who continued to
stand with us as we worked
through the unprecedented
challenges ofCOVID-19.”
“As the aviation industry
continues to rebound from
the pandemic, we are excited
to welcome passengers back
to the skies," added Balram
"B" Bheodari, the airport's
general manager. "Our effi
ciency and brand of excel
lence could not be achieved
without our employees, busi
ness partners, stakeholders
and our community.”
Hartsfield-Jackson is
about to launch a multi-year
project to replace its aging
parking decks, starting with
the South Deck. Besides re
placing the North and South
decks, the airport will add a
new West deck.
This story is available
through a news partnership with
Capitol Beat News Service, a
project of the Georgia Press Ed
ucational Foundation.
Article
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those who want do you harm.
Those criminals don’t follow
the rules nor do they care and
will do whatever they want to
get what they want. We know
that all the laws in the world
do not stop the law-breaker
who wants to harm you. So
that’s why we worked hard
on this bill to get it passed
and signed by Governor
Kemp.
What this does simply is
allow a Georgian who is
qualified to get a Georgia
Weapons License to carry
without one, if they choose
to. The requirements for eli
gibility are in the GA Code
and are pretty common sense.
Felons, those who have been
involuntarily committed for
mental health issues, those
who the court has determined
to be ineligible to carry and a
few others cannot carry, still.
It changes nothing about
any of that. You just don’t
have to go to the Probate
Judge’s office and purchase a
license unless you choose to.
Now you may want to get a
Georgia Weapons License for
two reasons. One, since your
background has been
checked, you can buy a
weapon in one of our gun
stores and take it with you
that very day. Without the li
cense you may have to wait 2
to 3 days. Also, carrying in
other states, what we call rec
iprocity: Having a license al
lows you to follow the laws
in other states to carry ac
cording to their laws.
You need to check the
rides in each state where you
travel. This is very important
to those who travel exten
sively and choose to carry
their weapon with them. We
also passed an NRA-backed
bill this year that works to
ward national reciprocity.
This was a brief descrip
tion of what we did, and if
you have questions about this
or any other work we did,
please reach out to me.
Sometimes it’s easier to an
swer your specific question
by phone or email;
whichever you choose is fine
with me; my priority is to
help my constituents.
Over the next month I will
go over other bills we passed
to keep you up to date on
what we did.
You can reach my Capitol
office at 404-656-7153, or
you can email me directly at
rick.jasperse@house.ga.gov,
or in the grocery store when
you see me.
As always, thank you for
allowing me to serve as your
State Representative and leg
islative voice here at the
Capitol.
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In-Person Voting
Mon-Fri, May 2 nd -20 th
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
&
Saturday, May 7 th & 14 th
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Recreation Center
1329 Camp Road
Jasper, GA30143
For questions or concerns,
please contact the Pickens County
Board of Elections at 706-253-8781
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