Jackson Progress-Argus (Newspaper) - February 10, 1972, Jackson, Georgia FEB. 10, GEORGIA 30233 S. OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Civic Leader MRS. S t AUSTIN Mrs. Lucile Watkins one of Jackson's most widely 5 N known and greatly beloved died Monday Febr u a r y 7th, in the c a re u n i t of Piedmont Hospital in where she was carried January 29th following a heart attack at her McDonough Road home on J a n u a r y 20th. Mrs. Austin a patient at Hospital from the time of her attack until her transfer to Atlanta on the 29th. T h e prominent community leader was stricken with a heart seizure Thursday u a r y and shortly after noon on that date was admitted to Sylvan Grove A condition and emphysema - aggravated her Though she rallied her condition most of the time a t Sylvan Grove Hospital and Piedmont termed succumbed Monday at Piedmont to a cardiac Mrs. Austin was born Lucile Watkins OTI F e b r u a r y 28th, 1890 in the daughter of MTS Delia Wright Watkins a n d Mr. George Isham Her parents made their home in Butts County for a number of years they were widely known and highly Mrs. Austin sta the widow of Mr. S. L. Austin of Texas who died February 2nd, 1947. ' Graduating with honors with a B. A. degree from Texas State University for Women in D Mrs. Austin received a Master of A r t s degree from Columbia University in New York A most able and competent she devoted a great portion of h r life to the teaching having taught in Paris High Texas State College for and Texas State University for Women in After moving to Atlanta with her Mrs. Austin taught for a number of years at Girls High School in Upon the death of her Mrs. together with her Miss Myrtis Delia Watkins and Miss. Georgie maintained the homeplace at Indian Springs until 1961 when the three sisters moved into their handsome and furnished home on McDonough Becoming quickly involved in community Mi- Austin a member of the Jackson Business & Professional Women's William Mcintosh Daughters of The having ved as secret a r y 8 member of t h e Mimosa the Sylvan the American Association of University the International Flower a Minute Woman of the Central Georgia Electric Membership and on the of Directors of the Jackson Club serving on the House ' Mrs. Austin was a devoted and most faithful member of the Jackson Presbyterian Church where she sewed as an She was a past president and current t r e a s u r e r of the Presbyterian Women of the Funeral services were Miss Lawton Is y A Jackson High student will competition in the B e t t y Crocier Homemaker of T. for 1972 contest since winning local honors If successful in the vie for state she will receive a $ 1,500 according to General Mills Miss Diane a a t Jackson and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lawton of has been recently named the school's Betty Crocker winner On the basis of her score in j - and a t t i t u d e ' The test was completed by all senior girls last Miss Lawton will receive a specially designed award charm General Mills for her n g score and will at the same time become eligible for state and a $ 1,500 scholarship first If she is successful in her vie for first Jackson High will receive a complete set of Encyclopaedia A scholarship of $ 500 will be awarded to the second place according to company Also on tap for state winners is a tour of Colonial Va. and D. C. in the company of a Jackson faculty Results of the s t a t e contest will be made public during the first week of sponsors Jackson Police Grt $ 450 1^^ Jackson Police Department was recipient pf a $ 450 check from Mcintosh Trail Area Planning and Development Commission last week for the purchase of a mobile radio unit used in local law according to Executive Director Wade E. Pierce and Criminal Justice Planner Robert C. The purchase of the radio is linked with a continuing effort on the p a r t of communities in the Mcintosh Trail Area to implement a new and improved police communications the joint Financial assistance to local government is being provided by the Law Enforcement Assistance of the Federal Department of ted Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock from the Jackson Presbyt e r i an Church with the Rev. David R. P e r body lay in state at the church thirty prior to the leral Interment was in Jackson City Cemetery in the family plot with Haisten Funeral Home in charge of Mrs. Austin is survived by two R. Wright Watkins of Jackson and Ben E. Watkins of El two Myrtis Delia Watkins and Georgie of Dr. Hugh C. Huckett of Long New two Richard W. J r of Jackson and Robert Bryans Watkins of seven great nieces and two great all members of the Presbyterian Church with most officers or former were L o v e 11 Rogesrs John W. Vincent S. and Doyle J r. Members of several organizations to which Austin be- as well as nurses who cared for Mrs. Austin during her illness in Sylvan Grove sat in groups in reserved sections of the Members of the family requested t h a t in - lieu of flowers contributions be made in the memory of Mrs. Austin to the Memorial Sylvan Grove Hospital art Fund Volunteers Two dedicated volunteers in Butts County have been saluted by the Georgia Heart Association for the work they will be throughput this month to t the programs aimed at reducing the tragic loss of lives due to heart Local Heart Fund Chairman Rev. Waldrep Jenkins and Treasurer Mrs. Libby Pippin have been thanked by the Heart association for the drive and collection endeavors they will be conducting during art - Fund The two will not only be receiving contributions iov the Which makes possible education and community services which benefit us but will also be distributing lifesaving information about the Warning signs of heart attack and the emergency steps to follow should it strike someone you I George E. President of J. M. Tull Industries and GHA chairman of the has said of these They are the unsung heroes in our conflict to the Number One To all of them thanks of the public is They are as essential as the scientist in the the surgeon in the operating room and the physician in the They are bringing the facts about heart disease to the people in raising the dollars to sustain the fight against it and providing continuity to our Nominations Tickets are how o n sale for the a n n u a l Student Banquet in the Jackson Hign Schobl Cafet e r i a Feb. 29, to president of the J a y c e e Darrell He also urges any Jackson or Butts County citizen t o submit recommendations for Outstanding Young Man of the Community prior to Feb. 28th. be purchased for t h e event from any Jaycee Mr. Pippin The 7 m. banquet will recognize STAR student and teacher and 10 other academically outstanding He also said that nominations for GYM are badly Any suggestions should be sent to P. O. Box 3875, Silver Arrow Slated Here Authentic Indian chants and regalia will the Atlanta Children's Theater's Johnny Moonbeam t h e Silver on ' 22, in the Jackson High School according to school Opening hour for the first performance on Tuesday at 1: 30 p. m. in the Shows will also be performed at 10 a. m. and 1: 30 p. m. oh February 23. A donation of $ 1 will be charged for the much acclaimed broadway A number of nationally and internationally known will appear in the play in which Johnny battles e Gods to win his silver The performance of Johnny takes the audience into a of legend directors have The entire play is done in a with For futher information all interested persons are urged to call 775- 3140. Make Dramatic Stop At Jackson Mr. land Mrs. J. D. formerly of made an overnight stop during heavy t r a f f i c last month at ah 1- 75 t r a i l e r park near and haven't left Nor do they t o according to Mr. who said he loved the surrounding countryside and local I t ' s a small town thinly many pretty and a lot of good he remarked referring to his new Jackson His proof is a new mobile home he recently purchased i n order tOT him and his wife to set up permanent housekeeping in the trailer We were on our way to Fla. after our home in and we had considered relocating But a lot of people were on the road to Disney World in Orlando and the t r a f f i c was so heavy that We pulled into the trailer park and a few later decided to stay h e r e ' ' he Mr. Keehn and his have lived most of e 40 years of their married lif ( J in Inc. where he was a machinist supervisor at Gill They have Mrs. Mary Jean who lives with her in and Mrs. Sally 28, who lives with her husband in the family's Indiana The seem to be enjoying rural life since their recent to stay in Jackr he We've never had so much A d M In Butts County The Upper Economic Opportunity announces t h e appointment of Allen J McGill to the position of p r o g r am operations Mr. McGill is a native of where he graduated with honors from high After a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Mr. McGill began graduate in which he is still actively After recently moving to he and his wife are residing on First Having been employed in many related the latest being Model Mr. McGill has an excellent background for his new As ram director he will be directly over all programs involved with the EOC in and Newton according to EOC 2 Runaways La Former Butts Physician Aids Peru Plane Crash Survivor Maddox And S Promotion Stanley R. Maddox and Dennis A. O'Neal have been elected Assistant Vice Presidents for The Citizens & Southern Bank of The announcement was m a d e by - President J. Frank Barties following a meeting of the bank's Board of Directors February 8th. Mr. 28, is a native of He has had nine years banking experience and has worked in several areas of the bank since S in 1962. He was elected Assistant Banking in 1969 and is presently Assistant Manager of the Installment Loan b e p a r t m e n t Mt. Maddox is president of the Butts County Lions Club and a director of United An active youth he also serves Demo Leader To Address Kiwanians Z E L L MILLER The executive director of the a. of tno Van Deventer j Democratic Party of Georgia and Little f the State He is married to the former of Zell Andrea Kimbell of and speaker at the have one Dennis A. 30, began his banking career at the S Bank of Jackson in 1960 after spending 18 months with S ly Kiwanis dinner meeting here xt Feb. 15, according to Program Chairman Lewis Mr. voiced expectation in Atlanta during 1965 and 1966. atic leader He returned here and was elect ed cashier in 196". Mr. has gained banking experience in areas ranging from sales finance and installment lending to A native of he is a past president of the Jackson Kiwanis Club and a member of the First Methodist He is treasurer of the Butts County Club and an advisory board member of the Van Devent e r Memorial Scout He is married to the former Sandra Smith Of Jacson and they have three will share a number of timely thoughts with local Kiwanians during the course of the meeting as he speaks from a broad political background which encompasses a varied professional as He has taught at the University of Georgia and Young Harris College and has filled a number of state governmental positions since 1960 until his present position as state demo Tax Offices To Merge Next Year A 17- old runaway and his juvenile both from have been shipped to their hometown after a brief detainment by Butts County Sheriff's according to a report last Steve 17, and his 16_ old were discovered last Wednesday illegally hitchhiking along 1- 75 just south of the highway 16 according to Forsyth State ' Troopers Connoly and At the time of t h e i r the youths themselves runaways and were further detained at the local sheriff's troopers Butts County Sheriff Hugh C. Polk said that no charges were the They were returned to their Ohio homeplace by plane last Thursday The county departments of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver will be combined into the Office of Tax Commissioner next Jan j uary pending passage of a introduced into the state General Assembly by Rep. Benson The will provide for the two offices pf collector and held since the first county charter by separate to be merged into one under the elective office of Tax Rep. Ham He voiced a staunch opinion that the would be passed and become effective January 3, 1973. Until that date present county tax officials will continue under the present An election later this year will determine who will fill the proposed he The move has been made in a number of Georgia counties already in an attempt to simplify t a x records and create more efficiency in that section of local the legislator Mr. Miller was graduated from j Young Harris During the Korean he left college to enlist in the Marine Mr. Miller later returned to I the University of Georgia and completed work on A. B. and M. A. By this he and his wife Shirley had two He supported his family by tutoring football cooking in a and later teaching in the History Department at the He returned to Young Harris College in 1959 and taught for five years as a professor of History and Political The state party leader was elected Mayor of Young Harris the year he was In 1960 he was elected to the State Senate from the 40th District in 196' 2 after he was reelected from the new Senatorial From 1965 to 1966 he was of the State Board of and in 1967, he was named Director of the Department ( of In J a n u a r y 1969 he was appointed by Governor ster Maddox as his Executive He worked with Lester Maddox until he resigned in June 1971 to become Executive Director of the Democratic Party of VISIT NEWSPAPER OFFICE A number of Boy Scouts from Troop 80 of Henderson r y accompanied by two visited the Argus office Tuesday afternoon to watch some of the newspaper's 1 of the Troop the visit were Gregory vis Jerome Donald Todd D - Vicki and teachers Elizabeth Foster and Free Dogwoods To lions Club The Butts County Lions Club regrets to announce that they were unable to obtain the dogwoods that they planned to give away February 12th. I So those of you that were planning to pick up dogwood trei i Saturday will just have to tho Lions Club will bo able to get the dogwoods next Haggard and sickly who stumbled mto a deserted to on Peru's winding Sheboya days after surviving a plane crash which killed 91 p e r s o n s h a s received full medical care from the skilled hands of a former Jackson at Dr. Francis who here for 10 years moving to the isolated Peruvian settlement a year and a half ago as a medical t r e a t ed the 17- old crash i- for mosquito a broken lar and maggot infections during the course of the internationally publicized According to his letter to the Miss Koepcke and her ill rest in the settlement with Dr. his wife and a sparse number of American missionaries until the youth's strength re- Dr. and Mrs. Holston were the first to extensively treat the young girl after she was dis- covered in the to nine days and ten miles from the scene t of the Christmas Eve wreck which killed 91 other including her ornithologist Dr. Holston said Miss Koepcke was suffering from extreme thousands of m o s q u i to I bites from having slept exposed for a long nd maggots in her minor cuts caused from laying i- He wrote that he other missionaries at had I resorted to mass prayers for any survivors of the crash as seach i ing parties failed day after day to locate debris in the thick ical Despite aerial and ground efforts no sign of - the plane was evident and hope had almost diminished when hunters brought the girl into an outpost even deeper in the from where she was flown to the more developed ' Her instructions led search parties to the exact location the plane the day after her arrival at he Wreckage was visible only in the early morning sun I and from an angle which made 1 the discovery almost impossible without the girl's 1 The former Jacksonian put the i a native so that she might heal I and not be emotionally upset by a flock of newsmen who swarmed j into the area shortly after she was His efforts according to the but not until she was well rested and I free of the worst Dr. Han a visiting t professor at the University of I Hamburg who was conducting botanical studies in Peru and ' father of the crash re- ' fused to believe his daughter was j alive when told the Dr. I Holston The possibility him the morning after he was alerted and he traveled to where both were the letter The international attention which has been attached to the and ensuing freak survival of Miss Koepcke has not daunted t h e tasks of the r y from Butts He expects the to remain as his house guests for several more weeks during which time he will make them as comfortable as possible in their sorrow over the Dr. and Mrs. Holston left a profitable Jackson practice and moved to Peru under the auspices Of the Wycliffe Bible His move in August of 1970 j following studies in tropical medicine in Alabama has been beneficiar t o the people of t h e ' P e r u v i a n he He is a native of Jackson and here for 10 He is to Mrs. Pran Holston from S. C. Their present mission in has him throughout the Peruvian t r e a t i n g hundreds of sick or injured
