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Page 10A The Red and Black. Wednesday, September 18. 1974
Woman on commission
Photo b\ .JOHN BASSKTT
RKSTORKI) ATHENS IIOMK. PART OK NKW HISTORY Mi l \(.l
Multipurpose complex will open Sept. 25
ATHENS HISTORY VILLAGE
Complex opens Sept. 25
A $3 million motel-restaurant-entertain-
ment-office-shopping complex intended to
reflect 1820’s Athens will open by Sept. 25.
according to manager Dave Hall
Athens History Village, designed by Heery
and Heery. occupies 4.5 acres of the down
town business district at the corner of
Dougherty and Madison It is the first of
several such projects which History Villages
of America, Inc plans to build across the
country, Hall said.
As the focal point of the project, restora
tion work has transformed the Hoyt House,
one of Athens' oldest homes, into a replica
of an antebellum country inn featuring
old-style Southern cooking according to
Hall
Also restored were the old Brick Foundry
and Stone Warehouse buildings and the old
Athens Steam Company building
“We tried to keep as much of the old
buildings as possible to fit what we need,"
Hall said.
The foundry and warehouse buildings,
adjacent to the village, have been turned
into an arcade of specialty shops with
exteriors in keeping with the overall design.
Athens’ famous double-barrelled Civil War
cannon, traditionally located on the court
house lawn, will be moved into the shopping
arcade, according to Hall
The steam company building will retain
its name and house a live entertainment and
restaurant center, drawing much of its
talent from University music students. Hall
explained.
The Barn, a replica of an 1820’s livery
stable, will serve as the main conference
and banquet hall.
A museum will be located in the Salt Box
House, so named because of its 19th century
New England architecture. The museum
will contain a period living room and an
authentic scale model of Athens in 1820.
augmented by a continuous automated
narrative program, according to Hall.
Surrounding these buildings in a U-shaped
enclosure, a two-story 116-room motel
maintains the exterior of early Athens row
houses. Each room has balcony or patio
entrances, since the motel has no inside
corridors.
To enhance the History Village's antebel
lum atmosphere, waiters, maids, shopkeep
ers and other staff members will dress in
period costumes. Hall said.
By I I) KIMBLE
City editor
On Jan 1. 1975. Jewel John
will officially become the first
woman to hold the office of
commissioner in Clarke
County.
' I don’t think that’s all that
important. I think the work of
the commission has nothing to
do with biology." she said
She added however that her
“experiences which are due to
my being a woman’’ might
have some bearing on the way
she approaches certain situa
tions
“I’m particularly interested
in the social services aspect of
our funding." John said
“Originally, I thought,
revenue sharing was designed
to permit social services to be
funded and controlled at the
local level. When the revenue
sharing funding was passed,
they also cut considerably the
federal funds for social ser
vices. This 1 thought, was
great and I was in favor of it
"As it turned out. though,
revenue sharing has turned
into something different. The
money is being used to buy
Caterpillars and build bridges
and make capital improve
ments rather than go to social
services," she said.
“Revenue sharing,’* John
continued, "has become a
catch all. which I object to. I
think it could be used in a
more useful way. Oh, it’s
convenient to have that reserve
of money whenever you need
it. but it’s really kind of short
sighted to use it that way."
John is interested in not only
solving the problems that
Clarke County faces at present,
such as the jail problems and
the controversy between th»
Sheriff’s department and the
! county police force, but he is
! also interested in building for
| the future of Clarke County.
She said she has a list two or
three pages long of things
"that 1 am interested in doing
something about. That doesn't
mean I'll achieve all of them
but I’d like to."
Some of the things she would
like to see the Board of
Commissioners achieve are a
unified police and a unified fire
department "possibly even un
der one department of public
safety." She would also like to
see the county develop a
personnel board similar to the
one which Athens has at
present
Consolidation seems to be an
important word in much of
John's proposals.
"I’ve always been in favor of
it. And all the people I know
are in favor of it. The sticking
place the first time it came up
I think was a matter of person
ality. The second time people
seemed to be displeased with
as efficient. But, consolidation
will come about because it is a
necessitv." she added.
John explained that Clarke
County is the smallest county
in the state geographically, but
it is the 12th largest in popula
tion.
"So many of our services are
overlapping," she said.
John won the race for com
missioner after defeating Tom
Revenue sharing has become a catch
all, which I object to. I think it could be
used in a more useful way ."
This will be the first public
office that John has held,
though she has been active in
.civic affairs all he life. Until
last March, when she was
president of the Athens League
of Women Voters.
She has lived in Athens for
nine years Originally from
Milwaukee, Wis., she moved
from there after World War II
when she married Dr. Robert
John, professor of music al the
University. They moved to
Athens after living in Durham,
N.C., for 15 years while her
husband taught at Duke Uni
versity.
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the charter,” John explained.
“I’m not really anticipating
any real drive toward consoli
dation in the near future. From
what I see. people are more
interested in a piecemeal kind
of consolidation which is npt
nearly as efficient. But. con
solidation which is not nearly
JEWEL JOHN
Butier in the Sept. 3 run-off
election. She had 6,144 votes to
5,474 for Butler. During the
Aug. 13 primary election. John
polled 3,364 votes to Butler’s
3,445. A third candidate, A
Nathan Williams got 2,376
votes.
John will be without Republi
can opposition in the general
election. She commented on
the lack of candidates who
qualified for election this year,
"This shows a stagnation and
an apathy on the part of the
voters The whole government
depends on the caliber of
people who run for office. The
fewer people who run. the less
choice you have,” she added.
John indicated that she
would not serve more than two
terms. "As soon as you are
elected, you begin the process
of becoming they instead of
we. I think that elected offici
als should serve no more than
two terms in office; those who
serve two-year terms should
serve no more than three. At
the end of that time you need
some fresh approaches," she
said.
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County enforcement agencies
may cost taxpayers $1 million
Ity ED KIMBLE
City editor
If Clarke County Sheriff
Tommy Huff and Clarke
County Superior Court Judge
James Barrow have their way,
the taxpayers of Clarke County
may be paying nearly $1
million for county law enforce
ment this year
Huff, in an effort to maintain
his position as the "chief law
enforcement officer in the
county" has taken the Clarke
County Board of Commission
ers to court twice in the last
year to challenge their hand
ling of the newly formed
county police force
If the commissioners lose
their most recent appeal of
cases which have been decided
in the sheriff's favor, county
taxpayers may have to face a
$9:15,000 law enforcement
budget, if not more.
In August 1973, the Board of
Com ssioners made plans to
aboil-., the sheriff's depart
ment and invest its duties in a
county police force Huff, who
has served as sheriff of Clarke
County for the past 25 years,
took the commissioners to
court over that plan and won
with Judge James Barrow
declaring the act in violation of
the Georgia Constitution
The commissioners, claiming
that Huff was costing the
taxpayers more and more
though failing to provide them
with proper protection, decided
,on an alternate plan They
decided to cut back on the
staff and funding of the
sh .'iff'* department and go
a- cad with their plans to es
tablish a county police force
The commissioners proceed
ed to make plans for the
development of the Clarke
County Police Department, al
locating the 35-man county
force $409,751 for the 1974-75
fiscal year The county police
force was given most of the
county law enforcement duties.
To Huff, the commissioners
granted 17 men. less than half
of what he requested, and
$150,260. a mere fraction of his
, record budget request of
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Huff. Hu* commissioners in
dicated. would now be respon
sible for manning the county
jail and serving the courts
Huff, this spring, took the
commissioners to court again,
claiming that they were not
budgeting him with enough
money to carry out his duties.
, Barrow, on Aug H, ruled,
"required and commanded
(the commissioners) to adopt a
budget for the Clarke County
Sheriff’s Department for the
remainder of the fiscal year
beginning July 1. 1974. making
reasonable and adequate pro
vision" for Huff to meet his
duties
The commissioners met in
an informal session on Aug 12
to consider the judges
decision. On Aug 15 they
submitted their appeal to
Georgia Supreme Court to
overrule Barrow's decision.
According to County Attor
ney Ray Nicholson, the state’s
high court should hear the case
sometime in October
Meanwhile, the commission
ers have been forced to in
crease the sheriff's budget by
$32,000. On Aug. 23, U S Dis
trict Court Judge Wilbur
Owens, in answer to a suit filed
by the Community Law' Pro
ject. ordered the commission
ers to have a two man staff on
jail duty at all times, including
a female jailer if women are
confined.
In order to meet the judge's
requirements, the board of
commissioners voted 3-1. Sept.
10. to allow Huff to hire five
additional deputies, thus in
creasing his staff to 22.
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