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Five Candidates In Race
For Clerk’s Post May 9
Five candidates have
entered the race few Clerk of
the State Court of Houston
County in the election to be
held May 9 to fill the post
vacated by the death of
former Clerk William
Holloway. They include two
law enforcement officers, a
civil service employee, an
insurance agent, and owner
of a dry cleaning establish
ment. All five candidates
live in Warner Robins, where
the State Court is located.
Paul F. Clements of 135
Evergreen Street, Warner
Robins, has qualified as a
candidate for the post of
clerk of the State Court of
Houston County. He
qualified at 9 a.m. April 6 at
the office of Ordinary Clinton
K. Watson at the courthouse
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Perry Junior High School’s 9th grade science
classes held a Science Fair and awarded prizes
for student projects. Shown are the top winners.
Salley Funk, center, was Grand Prize Winner.
in Perry.
Although he was born and
reared in Americus,
Clements has lived in
Warner Robins since 1947.
He is presently on leave from
a Civil Service position.
“When I am elected to the
post of clerk of the State
Court, I will retire from my
civil service job and devote
my full time to the office of
clerk," Clements said. “I
have been in administrative
work for the past 17 years
and feel that I am well
qualified to do the work of
clerk of the State Court."
Clements has a junior
college diploma from
Georgia Southwestern
College in Americus with a
major in business ad
ministration and economics.
He is a member and past
state commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars;
member of the American
legion, Forty and Eight;
member of the Military
Order of the Cootie, the
honor degree of the VFW; is
a Veterans Administration
Volunteer Service worker at
the Dublin VA center in
Dublin, Ga., and member of
the First Baptist Church of
Warner Robins.
He is married to the for
mer Miss Henrietta Wer
nicki of Buffalo, New York.
Their daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, lives in Athens,
Ga. and is married to Joe
Montgomery, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Montgomery of
Davis Drive Warner Robins
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James Cannon
Clements is also a first
cousin of J. L. “Shorty”
Pennington of Perry.
“When I am elected, I will
improve the office of the
clerk of the State Court,
utilizing the same number of
people presently employed,”
Clements stated. “I intend
to fully work and cooperate
with the judge and the
district attorney to better the
office of clerk.”
Tommy Wright, Houston
County Police Chief and
County Civil Defense
Director, has entered the
race for the office of Clerk of
the State Court of Houston
County.
Wright has lived in
Houston County since early
childhood. The son of Capt,
Ted Wright of the Houston
County Juvenile Dept, and
Mrs. Wright, he is a 1962
graduate of Warner Robins
High School. He received an
honorable discharge from
the U.S. Navy in 1967.
Before taking over his
present position, he worked
with the Houston County
Sheriff’s Department.
During the past year he
served as Second Vice
President of the l.aw En
forcement Advisory Board of
the Middle Georgia Area
Planning Commission. I.ast
November he was elected
Second Vice President of the
Georgia State Civil Defense
Assn.
He is a member of the
Georgia Peace Officers
Assn, and the U.S. Civil
Defense Council. He served
as a member of the
Executive Board during the
Houston County
Sesquicentennial
Celebration in 1971.
Wright is married to the
former Linda Green and
they have a son, Brian,
almost three years old. They
live in Warner Robins.
“If the people of Houston
County elect me to this of
fice,” Wright said, “I will
devote full time to working
for the good of all of the
people in the county.”
Collins P. Garrison, of 118
Jay Drive in Warner Robins,
has qualified as a candidate
for clerk of the State Court of
Houston County.
A Houston County native,
Garrison attended schools in
the county and is a graduate
of the old Bonaire High
School, He attended Mercer
University for two years,
studying economics, basic
law, accounting and other
general subjects he felt
would be helpful in the
business world.
He served in the U.S.
Army Air Corps during
World War 11. For the past 15
years he has been a field
underwriter with Mutual of
New York. He is a member
of Tyrian I/xlge 111, F and
A.M., Warner Robins; a
member of Central Baptist
Church there: and for the
past 15 years has served on
Susan Arnold, left, won first prize in Life Science,
and Tony Tyson, right, won first prize in Physical
Science. Mrs. Louise Mullis and Mrs. Delores
Brown are their instructors.
the board of directors of the
American Cancer Society in
Houston County.
“If elected to this office,”
Garrison stated, “I will run
the office with honesty and
integrity, the way it should
be run.”
He is married to the for
mer Edna Huff of East
Point. They have one son,
David, of Warner Robins,
married to the former Sue
Thompson of that city, and
one grandson, Paul, age 11
months.
James F. Cannon, age 37,
is a candidate for the post of
Clerk of the State Court of
Houston County. A resident
of Houston County since 1959,
he has served as Clerk of
Recorders Court for the City
of Warner Robins for the
past 11 years.
Cannon is presently a
Captain with the Warner
Robins Public Safety
Department. He is a
member of the Loyal Order
of Moose of Warner Robins,
and he and his family attend
the First United Methodist
Church there.
Cannon and his wife,
Marjorie, have two children,
Jimmy, age 6, and Angela,
age 11.
“The people of this great
county have been good to me
and my family,” Cannon
said, “and if elected to the
office of the Clerk of State
Court I hope to do something
in return for the good people
of Houston County. I will
serve you, the People, to the
best of my ability.
Ray Bliss of Warner
Robins has qualified as a
candidate for the office of
Clerk of the State Court of
Houston County. The elec
tion will be held May 9.
Bliss is presently serving
as chairman of the Warner
Robins unit of the Cancer
Crusade and is on the board
of directors for the Chamber
of Commerce. He is on the
Citizens Advisory Council
and the Mayor’s Advisory
Staff.
He is past president of the
Warner Robins Chamber of
Commerce and past
president of the Warner
Robins Rotary Club. He has
served as vice president of
the Houston County
Association for Exceptional
Children and past exalted
ruler of 8.P.0.E.
Bliss and his wife, Mary,
reside at 215 Sunset. They
have one daughter, Unda.
He has operated a business
in Warner Robins for 21
years,
“1 will bring to the office of
State Court Clerk wide ex
perience in business ad
ministration and a strong
background of community
service to people in all walks
of life,' ‘Bliss stated. “I will
serve as clerk of the State
Court with dignity, integrity
and complete honesty, and
always be sensitive to the
needs of the court and the
people we serve.”
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Mrs. Carmen Smyth is shown presenting
awards to the U.D.C. essay contest winners at
Westfield School. Essays were sent to out-of-town
judges who did not know any of the students. Mrs.
Smyth pins the sixth grade first-place award on
Councilman Roughton Waves
Women’s Lib Banner Again
Councilman D. K.
Roughton made another
pitch at the Council meeting
Tuesday night for women’s
liberation. He said he wanted
an explanation as to why the
City’s full time police
woman, Mrs. Jean Baxley,
doesn’t receive equal pay to
the male officers on the
force. He said he had heard
that she doesn’t carry a gun
and other reasons but that he
is not convinced that is
sufficient reason for her to
be paid so much less than the
Walker Acquitted
A Houston Superior Court
jury acquitted Warner
Robins Mayor Homer J.
Walker, Jr., Councilman
Archie L. Campbell and
Willie Frank Bellman, an
employee of the City,
Tuesday of charges of
conspiring to defraud the
City of Warner Robins of
$3,642.
It took one hour and 15
minutes for the 12-man jury
POLICE REPORI
Howard Johnson’s
reported to the Perry Police
Department that someone
went into their cracker
machines with a key.
Police arrested Jimmy
Ryan, age 17, on a charge of
car theft. A juvenile was also
arrested on the same charge.
Bill Sexton reported that
his wife had lost a diamond
wrist watch valued at $950. A
reward of SIOO was offered
for its return.
It was reported that the
rear glass was broken out of
a Volkswagen owned by
Eddie Griffin, Route 1,
Kathleen,by a rock at Perry
High School.
Lasseter Furniture
Company reported the theft
of a tape player.
W. L. Jones, 1308 Rogers
Street, reported that his
son’s bicycle was missing. It
was black and white, with
banana seat and
speedometer.
Police reported that
someone tried to take the
glass out of a liquor store on
Commerce Street.
Cpl. Eddie Findley and
Ptl. Gene Langston in
vestigated an accident on
Highway 341 north at Valley
Drive April 29. Edward Lee
Miller. 3044 Alfred Drive,
Macon, was driving a 1971
Ford bread truck, making a
wide left turn from the south
on 341 over to the northbound
lane of 341, when a 1964 Ford
driven by Earl Felder, Jr. of
Perry came skidding into it.
Felder told investigating
officers he thought the truck
was going to make a right
turn.
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other officers. He said he
wanted a full explanation of
her duties.
Police chairman Frank
Leonard said he and
Roughton were supposed to
have met with Chief Den
nard since the last meeting
to discuss the matter but
they have not done so.
Roughton said he wanted
to make motion that the
Chief be at the next Council
meeting to discuss the
matter. Mayor Dan Britton
said a motion was not
to reach a verdict.
After the trial Mayor
Walker said, “Now it’s two
down and one to go, and I
remain confident that I well
be fully cleared when I have
my day in court on the
remaining charges.
"I’m deeply appreciative
of the vindication given me
by a jury of my peers. Their
action and the rapidity with
which it was returned shows
again that these charges
were absolutely unfounded.”
Defense council Denmark
Groover told the jury in his
closing argument that “This
case had its genesis in
politics” and was an effort
by political enemies of the
mayor and councilmen to
“put them (the officials) out
of office.”
FOLLOW THE WEST
FIELD HORNETS THIS
SEASON IN THE HOUSTON
HOME JOURNAL.
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FROM THE HOME JOURNAL FILES
5 \EARS AGO ■ The new County
Agricultural Building in downtown
Perry will be dedicated today (May 4,
1967)... The Houston County Hospital
Authority received a bid of $1,077,762
yesterday on the new Perry Hospital
but delayed awarding a contract
because the bid was about SIOO,OOO
higher than the estimate ... Houston
County Commissioners Tuesday
authorized cities in the county to
exercise zoning and planning control
over properties adjacent to city
limits...
10 lEARS AGO- So many farm
families from Ohio have moved to
Houston County that they have
organized the “Ohio, Georgia
Agrarian Club” and elected Bert
Brumbaugh president... Houston
Lake Baptist Church will launch a
campaign to sell church bonds for a
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1972
Eddie Wilson. Other winners from left are Susan
Evans, second place, sixth grade; Clare Smyth,
first place, eighth grade; Nancy Shelton, first
place, seventh grade; and Richilynn Talton,
second place, seventh grade.
necessary that all that
needed to be done was to ask
the Chief to be at the meeting
and he would be there.
Roughton said he has done
that before and it did not
work. So a motion was
passed for the Chief of police
to attend the next Council
meeting to discuss women’s
liberation in the case of
officer Jean Baxley.
Roughton said he wanted
to set the record • straight
from the last Council
meeting. He said at the last
meeting he had brought up
the fact that the City does not
have the authority to issue
funds to the Chamber of
Commerce without it being
voted on by Council. He read
a portion of the City Charter
that he says shows he is
right.
Westfield Banquet Set
For Friday May 12th
The Westfield Academics and Athletics Banquet
will be held May 12th at 7:30 P.M. in the Westfield
Gymnasium.
This is the first Honors Banquet at Westfield
combining both Athletics and Academics and an
outstanding program has been planned. The
speaker for the occasion is Butch Clifton, former
Mercer basketball great and presently Assistant
. Basketball Coach at Georgia Tech. Among many
other awards, there will be an Outstanding
Booster Award presented. A steak supper will be
served. Tickets are $3.00 each and may be pur
chased at Edwards Harper Company and The
Swank Shop in Perry, from Margaret Gay in Ft.
Valley, and from Dozier Blackstock or Fred
Langston in Henderson.
Roughton said, “I just
wanted it to be in the record
that I am right on this
matter. That’s all.”
In other action, Coun
cilman James McKinley
asked the City Attorney to
draw an ordinance requiring
all motercycle riders in the
City to have their headlight
burning at all times, day or
night.
McKinley also asked that
the charge for gas grills
purchased from the City on
the time payment plan be
increased from $2 a month to
$4 a month and that only 24
months be allowed interest
free. He said under the
present policy a person can
buy a gas grill over several
years at no interest. The
motion passed to change the
policy beginning June 1.
building campaign with a supper at
the church at 6 p.m. today. Rev.
Jimmy Waters, pastor of Mabel
White Baptist Church in Macon will
be the guest speaker ... Only four men
have announced for 10 positions to be
filled in county offices, with
qualifying deadline May 12.
20 YEARS AGO- Tom Mobley has
purchased the cotton gin from Mayo
Davis, owner of the Davis Warehouse
Company ... W. B. Harrison of Athens
has been hired by the Houston County
Commissioners to be county
sanitarian in the health department >
... An Indiana woman who spends her
winters in Perry has sent a donation
to the Perry Public Library ... On the
stage of the Muse Theater in person,
Don “Red” Barry and his Hollywood
Show. Admission prices 25 cents and
50 cents.