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Inmates At Alto Are
Screened For Defects
(Editor’s note: at the time
this story took place, there
were four inmates at Alto
from Butts County who
participated in speech and
hearing screening provided
by the Department of Human
Resources.)
It all started because Sam
Richwine’s wife went to
Clarkesville to take a course
in patient rehabilitation.
When it ended, the Depart
ments of Human Resources
and Offender Rehabilitation
had done something that had
never before been done in
Georgia.
Mrs. Richwine, a nurse,
was taking a short course to
learn how to help patients
regain their independence.
Her teacher was a young
woman named T. C. Davis, a
speech pathologist from the
Department of Human Re
sources (DHR).
One day, Mrs. Richwine
told her husband about Ms.
Davis and her work testing
people for speech and
hearing defects. Her hus
band, Sam Richwine, is a
DHR vocational rehabilita
tion counselor for the
Georgia Industrial Institute
at Alto, where youthful
offenders serve prison sen
tences.
“I knew we had a lot of
inmates with speech and
hearing problems, but there
was no regular screening
program for all inmates,”
Richwine said. “After my
wife told me about T. C., I
called the director of the VR
Center, J. H. Scarbrough. He
immediately called the top
officials at Alto and T. C. to
get the ball rolling.”
Mrs. Davis reported the
situation to her superiors in
Atlanta and offered to
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coordinate screening of the
inmates. When she got the go
ahead she made the ar
rangements with officials at
Alto.
Then one day in August, a
team of eleven health
specialists arrived in Alto,
ready to check all 1150
inmates.
In addition to Ms. Davis
and others from DHR, and
Richwine, the team included
Habersham County Public
Health Nurse Elizabeth
Strait and several volun
teers.
Each inmate put on
headsets and listened to
tones to test hearing. Then
each inmate read a short
standard passage designed to
detect speech problems.
More than 600 inmates
showed signs of hearing or
speech problems, and were
scheduled for retesting later.
If the inmates actually have
a serious problem speaking
or hearing, Richwine will try
to arrange for vocational
rehabilitation to pay for
correction of the defect.
“Some of them had an
easily correctable problem
like dried blood or wax in
their ears,” said Mr. Davis.
“But some others, a small
percentage, have tumors,
deformed ear canals or other
problems that must be
corrected by surgery.”
Speech defect testing
turned up problems such as
lisping, talking too low to be
understood, stuttering and
others. One Chinese inmate
could barely speak English
and he may be eligible for
help in learning how.
Richwine said he first
realized what a serious
handicap speech or hearing
defects can be when he was
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GUINEA BEAN GROWN
BY JULIUS SPOON
Have you ever seen a
Guinea bean?
Probably most would an
swer negatively. Julius
Spoon of Indian Springs
brought one by the Progress
Argus office Thursday that
was 40 inches long and
weighed two pounds. It
resembled a gourd, is
inedible, with the seed
coming from New Guinea.
Mr. Spoon displayed it
around town with much
curiosity aroused by the
strange looking bean.
Vote For
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CITY COUNCIL
THIRD WARD
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
trying to get job training for
a young man with a
tracheotomy; “I thought to
myself, "Gosh, he can’t talk.
How can he communicate?”
Then after researching the
problem he found out that
two or three times more
inmates have speech and
hearing defects than the
general population.
D. E. England, superin
tendent of the Georgia
Industrial Institute, said,
“We feel sure that the high
percentage of inmates in
Georgia and other states who
have hearing and speech
defects means there probab
ly is a connection between
the defects and their crimes.
“It’s easy to see how a
person who can’t hear or
communicate could become
frustrated and angry and this
could tend to lead them to
commit criminal acts.”
England said the results of
the first screening have
shown beyond a doubt the
need for continuing the
speech and hearing tests for
inmates. Now the Depart
ment of Offender Rehabilita
tion is investigating the
possibility of making the
tests routine for all prisoners
in state institutions.
But for Sam Richwine, the
reward was more immedi
ate. “We found inmates with
problems that can be
corrected. Now our staff of 11
vocational rehabilitation
counselors is trying to help
them. After that maybe we’ll
be able to get these young
men into job training and
jobs that’s what voca
tional rehabilitation is all
about.”
BEAUTICIANS ATTEND
ATLANTA SHOW
Going up to Atlanta for the
Wynn Beauty Show, Atlanta,
September 7-8 at Stouffer’s
Inn were Rita Mangham,
Faye Mills, and Jane
Whitehead of Rita’s Beaute
Rama.
The beauticians learned
the latest fashions in hair
styles for men and women.
Public Invited To
Attend Open Meetings
Two years ago, in all truth and sincerity, I promised
if elected to city council to try and get the water rates
reduced. I failed in this endeavor, my friends, but I did
try!
I am a candidate for councilman of the Second Ward
and have an outstanding young man as my opponent.
So you have a choice. But please realize that neither he
nor I will be able to reduce the utility rates due to the
energy situation. In all likelihood they will continue to
increase despite any undertakings on his part, or mine.
I believe concerned aware citizens and the news media
to be “watchdogs” over government. However, reflec
ting over the past twenty plus months, I recall seeing
only one interested observer present to see his city gov
ernment in action. Had the news media been present
throughout city meetings, total issues could have been
presented to all the people of Jackson, thereby revealing
the reasons for our decisions, successes and-or failures.
Regardless of who is elected on October 4th, please
make a conscientious effort to attend these meetings and
see decisions concerning your city’s interests made. Urge
“on the spot” news media participation. This is in itself
a remarkable privilege of a free government.
Thank you very much for allowing me to serve you
these two years. They have been for me an education
and a blessing.
I will appreciate your vote and support on October 4th.
DICK POPE
NEWS FROM
WORTHVILLE
By Mrs. W. G. Avery
Recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Spruell were
their son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Spruell, Stacy and
Amy of Tunnel Hill.
Mrs. L. R. Worley has
returned home after several
weeks of visiting with
relatives in Baltimore, Mary
land. While there, Mrs.
Worley toured the state and
visited many points of
interest.
Miss Debbie Cochran, who
is stationed with the U.S.
Navy in the Bahamas, is
spending a few weeks with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Cochran and sister,
Kathy Cochran.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Cook
of Milledgeville were spend
the day guests of her father,
Mr. B. F. Hamlin and
brothers, Messrs. Melvin,
Lamar and Virgil Hamlin
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Tribble
and Cynthia spent the
weekend with Mr. Tribble’s
brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Whaley Tribble of Carlton.
Mrs. W. S. White is
spending a few days with her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Green and family in
Decatur.
Friends of Mrs. Claudia
Washington, who was para
lyzed from the waist down
and was in a Macon hospital,
are rejoicing with her in her
good news. She has regained
use of her feet and legs and is
home now. We wish for her
continued improvement and
a complete recovery.
Mrs. Tom Collins of
Decatur visited her mother,
Mrs. Minnie Lee Hodges last
Wednesday, and together
they visited Mrs. Hiram
Smith and Mr. L. R. Worley
in Sylvan Grove Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Washington had as a guest
Wednesday afternoon, her
sister, Mrs. Walter Burnham
of Ola in Henry County.
Other guests during the week
were Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Washington of Morrow and
Mrs. Lois Smith of the
Fincherville community.
It was good to see Mrs.
Hiram Smith in church
Sunday after a week’s stay in
Sylvan Grove Hospital. We
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1974
hope she has no more
trouble.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. S.
J. Ireland for supper Friday
evening were Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Stroud of Henry
County.
We are happy to report that
Mr. L. R. Worley, who is a
patient in Sylvan Grove
Hospital and being treated
for stomach ulcers, is much
improved and is expected
home soon. We wish for him a
complete recovery.
Mrs. L. R. Worley has as a
houseguest, Mrs. Nora Barr
of the Stark Community,
while Mr. Worley is in the
hospital.
Mrs. Robert Wilson of
Decatur returned her mo
ther, Mrs. J. H. Pope, to her
home here, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Pope had spent a few
days with the Wilson family.
Mrs. Minnie Lee Hodges
had as guests Saturday
evening, her brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton O’Neal of
Alcovy Shores. Sunday af
ternoon guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Emerson McMichael
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wilkerson, all of Stark
community.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Butler and family had as
guest Sunday, their brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Butler,
Jr. and Debbie of Decatur.
Mrs. Nellie Cochran spent
Tuesday night and Wednes
day with her brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Faulkner in
Barnesville.
Mrs. Stacer Washington
and Mr. L. H. Duke are on
our sick list this week. We
wish for each a speedy
recovery.
Guest of Rev. and Mrs.
Clarage Tucker for dinner
Sunday, were Rev. Kenneth
Moon of Martin and Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Thomason of
"^Fayetteville.
A wonderful revival is in
progress at Worthville Bap
tist Church. If we don’t
attend, we’ll miss a blessing.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ireland
were spend the day guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hughes in
Fayetteville recently.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sineath
and Mrs. Tommy Tharpe of
Macon visited Mrs. Tharpe’s
husband at Sylvan Grove
Hospital last Thursday. Mr.
Tharpe was painfully injured
Wednesday afternoon when
he was struck in the face by a
gate at the sales barn on the
Griffin highway. He was
admitted to the hospital and
discharged Friday morning.
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First Baptist Church
and
Macedonia Baptist Church
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Farmer
of Columbus joined Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hearn Saturday
for the trip to Athens where
they attended the Georgia-
Oregon State game at
Sanford Stadium.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Adams,
Jr. are spending their
vacation at Panama City,
Florida, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. James
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
McCorvey, all of Sibley, La.
left Tuesday for their homes
after spending six days
visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
James, Mrs. George Ingram
and family in Jackson and
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Singley in
Locust Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Hank
Hildebrand were among
those from Jackson going
over to Athens Saturday for
the Georgia-Oregon State
game.
EQUAL HOUSING
LENDER
