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THURSDAY. AUGUST 18. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7A
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From August 14, 1997
Dept, heads report at commis
sioner’s meeting
911 center tells about radio troubles
At Friday’s commissioner’s
meeting, 911 director Gaylon Math
ews reported the emergency commu
nication department is running “fairly
well” in the face of rapidly increasing growth and a problem
requiring an expensive technical solution.
Mathews said in certain areas of the county, some radios
aren’t able to contact the central dispatch office, leaving
emergency personnel without any communications. The ra
dios used by some volunteer fire departments aren’t pow
erful enough to transmit over the higher elevations between
Jasper and the western borders of Pickens County.
YEARS
v From August 17, 1972
(/ Marble company strikers return to
jobs, no settlement made of dispute
1 £-i Jv O A wildcat strike which began at
the headstone department at the Tate
plant of the Georgia Marble Company
and spread to the plants at Nelson and
Marble Hill ended this week when the
courts ordered the employees back to work while the dispute
is heard by arbitrators.
The hearing was held in the U. S. District Court concern
ing the dispute and Judge Richard C. Freeman ordered an
end to the strike and directed that all employees return to
work. He has ordered the dispute to be settled by arbitration.
While awaiting the results of arbitration, Judge Freeman or
dered that the headstone department be operated as it was
prior to the dispute.
YEARS
A*- From August 21, 1947
/ Highway concreted from Jasper to
* Cherokee County
Pickens County now has a con
crete highway from Jasper to Nelson.
The road is 22 feet wide with a lot of
the curves having been eliminated. In
side the town of Jasper it is 40 feet wide
with curbs and storm sewerage. It is certainly a fine road
and we are very proud of it.
Contest winner “brands” his prize
A pioneer of the auto industry hunted throughout the na
tion in a contest to discover the oldest Chevrolet truck in
America, which turned up, appropriately, in the possession
of a Montana homesteader.
The venerable vehicle, vintage of 1918, was still serving
Rancher Leslie A. Storey, of Jordan, Mont., whose ranch
lies 18 miles from a typical “last frontier” town. The award
for owning the oldest licensed and operating truck was a
new Chevrolet “advance design” model, which Storey
“brands” here with his distinctive Circle-Heart brand.
This vehicle was one of 384 built by the truck division in
1918, it’s first year of truck production.
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Obituaries
David Emmett Wells was
born December 2, 1941 to
Emmett and Illah Wells in
Ohio. He was the youngest
of four boys and fifth of
seven children. Leaving his
home in Cardington, Ohio,
he joined the United States Navy and at age 19, while sta
tioned in Keflavik, Iceland, he fell in love and married Bjorg.
Theirs was a love that lasted over 51 years and produced three
children and a journey that ultimately led them to the foothills
of northern Georgia. Three years ago and after the passing of
Bjorg, David found love again and married the lovely Joy
Seay.
David is survived by Joy, Lora, Lovena and David, Lewis,
Jordan, Erik, Jayne, Alex, and Mark.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his
honor to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at 501 St. Jude
Place; Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m., Sunday, August 14,
2022 in the Chapel of Roper Funeral Home. Interment fol
lowed at Lake Forest Memorial Park in Jasper.
Arrangements are entrusted to the staff of Roper Funeral
Home and Crematory.
Paul Lubke
Paul Martin Lubke, 71, of Jasper, Georgia passed away
Sunday, August 14, 2022 at his home. He was bom March
23, 1951 to Louis and Loraine Lubke in Cook County, Illi
nois.
Paul is survived by his wife, Leslie Lubke of Jasper; son
and daughter-in-law, Jim and Kristy Lubke of Talking Rock;
grandchildren, Faith and Bradley Roden of Ranger, Kayla
Lubke of Talking Rock, James Lubke of Talking Rock,
Hunter Bames of Talking Rock, Brook Bames of Talking
Rock; brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Dawn Lubke of Illi
nois; sister, Janet of Illinois. Numerous nephews, nieces, and
other relatives also survive.
Mr. Lubke is being cremated.
Arrangements are entrusted to the staff of Roper Funeral
Home and Crematory.
Thomas Bugg
Thomas Julian Bugg, 70, of Jasper, GA passed away Mon
day, August 15, 2022.
Survivors include his wife, Jacquelyn Merback Bugg of
Jasper; daughter, Hannah Rose Bugg of Jasper; sisters Cheryl
and George Bell of Auburn, AL; Laurie and Marshall Norris
of Townsend, TN; Lisa and Byron Brown of Waynesboro,
GA; many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Thomas was
proceeded in death by his parents Thomas and Beulah Bugg
and brother, Richard Bugg.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, August
19th at Darby Funeral Home in Canton. Family will receive
friends and family at Darby Funeral Home from 12-2 p.m.
on August 19th.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in the
honor of Thomas be made to the National Deer Federation at
deerassociation.com.
The caring staff of Darby Funeral Home is honored to
serve the Bugg family.
Sharyne Ray
Sharyne Amanda Ray, 55,
of Jasper, Georgia passed
away Saturday, August 6,
2022.
Mrs. Ray was preceded in
death by her brother Allen
Howard. Sharyne is survived
by her husband Randy Ray;
son Les Brinson and his wife
Teddi, of Chocowinity,
North Carolina; daughter
Hannah Bennett and her hus
band Allan, of Bethlehem,
Georgia; mother Sue Howard, of Jasper, Georgia; father Billy
Howard, of Jasper, Georgia; sister Stacy Howard, of Jasper,
Georgia; grandchildren Luxi, Thea, Lena, Braelyn and Brax
ton. Cousins, nieces and nephews survive. The family had
a funeral service Sunday, August 14, 2022 and was interred
at Lake Forest Memorial Park. Care and trust placed with In
Their Honor of Jasper, 481 Noah Drive, Jasper, Georgia
30143
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Amateur radio
club welcomes
those interested
in learning
The Jasper Amateur Radio
Club meets on the second
Thursday of each month at 7
p.m. at the Cornerstone
Church Auxiliary building,
145 Cornerstone Drive (off
Camp Road just east of the
Pickens County Community
Center).
All visitors are welcome
to attend. Each meeting has a
free presentation and discus
sion of Amateur Radio events
or operating modes, includ
ing Emergency Communica
tions.
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