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VOL, 102 NO. 21 County Faces Ambulance Service Funeral Homes No Longer Able To Provide Service Ambulance service will be discontinued in Houston County by three funeral homes after December 1, county commissioners were told Monday night. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home of Perry and Mc- Cullough Funeral Home and Christopher Funeral Home in Warner Robins, have signed an agreement to discontinue ambulance service spokesmen for the feneral homes told com missioners. These three are white funeral homes, and no representatives of the four black funeral homes in the county were represented. Where ’s The Fire? PERKY FIRE DEPT. Fire Chief Sirah Lawhorn reported that the city fire department made no calls during the past week. HAYNEVILLE-GROVANIA Members of the Hayneville-Grovania Volunteer Fire Dept, an swered a call to a mobile home fire at midnight Sunday at Cheyenne Trailer Park on U.S. Highway 341. The mobile home was the residence of a Mr. Coverhouse. CENTERVILLE The Centerville Volunteer Fire Dept, answered one call during the past week, to an unoccupied residence on Corder Road. BONAIRE-KATHLEEN The Bonaire-Kathleen Volunteer Fire Department did not make any calls during the past week. State Gets $697,000,000 Houston Gets $9,775,000 In Federal Government Funds To what extent is Houston County sharing in the billions of dollars of Federal funds that are being distributed by the government annually in the form of grants-in-aid? Os the $29 billion handed out by Washington in the past fiscal year, how much reached the local area? Based upon Treasury Department figures and a state-by-state analysis of them made by the Tax Foundation, a non-profit organization that keeps track of government taxation and spending, Houston County’s share was relatively large. An estimated $9,775,000 went to the local area under a variety of community aid programs. The grants made throughout the State of Georgia as a whole totaled $697,000,000, the Tax Foundation reports. They were for such purposes as urban renewal, welfare and public assistance, highways, food stamps, job training, health, education and many others. The figures take into account only grants-in-aid to states and their communities, it is noted, and do not include other expenditures made by the The Houston Home Journal The Perry Area's Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years Riley Hunt, Perry funeral director, said that his move was made necessary because of legislation passed in the last General Assembly. Costs to funeral homes of complying with standards set by this new law would be prohibitive, Hunt said. Under this legislation, ambulance drivers and attendants are required to have extensive training. In addition, the present vehicles now operated by the funeral homes become ob solete, and the funeral homes would be forced to maintain two different type fleets of vehicles, the funeral directors said. They no longer find ambulance service profitable and want to get out of the business. All funeral homes in the county tried to get out of the ambulance business two years ago, but changed their minds and continued. Now, according to the agreement reached by all white funeral directors, the effective date of midnight December 1, 1972 “is not subject to postponement or change in any way.” Their decision is final. All agreed to continue to furnish ambulance service until the date indicated to give the county ample time to make other arrangements for such service Going over a list of specifications issued by the Georgia Department of Public Health for vehicles and personnel acceptable for ambulance service, Hunt said they immediately made every vehicle Watson-Hunt Funeral Home owned ob solete, and probably all ownedby every funeral home in the county obsolete. He also said it would not be feasible for funeral homes to attempt to keep all personnel qualified under the new regulations. “Look at these specifications,” Hunt said, “they call for a minimum of 54-inch headroom, which we don’t have, and a minimum of 100 inches from partition to rear doors, which we don’t have. And the list of measurements and equip ment seems endless. Why, we’d have to hitch a U-Haul- It to the back of one of our ambulances just to haul all of that stuff.” The specifications covered four typewritten pages. They were compiled to meet or exceed recommended specifications by the National Academy of Engineering, the National Presbyterians To Honor Rev . Gutzke The congregation of the Perry Presbyterian Church will honor the Rev. and Mrs. Mark E. Gutzke and their family at a reception in the Fellowship Hall Sunday, May 28, following the evening services. Rev. Gutzke has accepted a call to the North Shore Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, Florida ef fective the first of June. He has served the local church for the past six years, coming here immediately upon graduation from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur. The Gutzkes have four children, Mrs Pat Carlson, of Springfield, 111.; Miss Elaine Gutzke, student at Emory University Hospital; Miss Ruth Gutzke student at Perry Junior High; Walter Gutzke, student at Perry High School. government in local areas for goods and services. As to the cost of these benefits, it comes out of Federal income and excise taxes that are allocated to the grants-in-aid programs. Houston County’s share of these costs amounted to approximately $7,429,000 last year, it is estimated from a breakdown of the Tax Foun dation’s figures. The statewide contribution is listed as $529,000,000. This is exclusive of the amount that must be paid in matching funds. In some states, the costs involved exceed the benefits received. In others the reverse is true. There is no intention of striking a balance in that regard. The awards are intended to be made on the basis of local requirements and needs. Many communities are not getting as much as they might from the grants program because they are unaware of what is available and therefore have not submitted applications. In fact, according to Senator William Roth of Delaware, there is no one in Washington itself that is aware of all of them. With much difficulty, he states, he has been able to compile a list of 1,350 grant possibilities. PAGE 1-A, PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1972 Research Council, and the American College of Surgeons. “Actually, the public will benefit immensely by all ambulance services having to meet these specifications,” Hunt said, “I know I would rather know that the equipment is the best and the attendants well qualified if I needed am bulance service. We’re not kicking the new rules, we just can't afford to meet these new specifications while operating a funeral home.” The new law is effective January 1, 1973. County Commission Chairman Robert Byrd said this is a problem that the county must face, that of providing ambulance ser vice. He said commissioners will meet with the county hospital authority next Monday night and discuss the problem. Friends are invited to join the members of the congregation in a farewell tribute to the pastor and his family. Dr. Mark Gutzke JSm*- EJ JJ Jr* m ... - Judge Alton Rainey shows the GET WELL card he circulated around the courthouse in Perry for signatures to mail to injured Alabama Governor Methodists Honor Dr. Cochran On His Retirement Here June 4 Hy Kuby C. Hodges The United Methodist Church of Perry is making plans to honor their pastor, Dr. Ijeonard H. Cochran, on Sunday, June 4, Dr. Cochran is retiring from the active ministry in June after nearly 43 years of service in the South Georgia Conference. Invitations have been sent to a number of Dr. Cochran’s friends in his former pastorates asking them to be guests of the Perry church on this special occasion, June 4. Special music is being arranged by George Francis Nunn, choir director. Guest vocalist will be Sam Tim berlake of Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, who will be ac companied by Crockett Odom, organist, of Macon, Ga. Following the worship services, dinner will be served at noon in the Fellowship Hall. Benches and chairs will be provided on the church grounds. Every family in the Perry United Methodist Church has been requested to bring a basket dinner with sufficient food for the invited guests. The highlight of the morning worship services at nine and eleven o’clock will be Dr. Cochran’s sermon. Recognized as an eloquent and forceful speaker, Dr. Cochran will no doubt bring a masterful message to / ft J mm Dr. Leonard Cochran climax the termination of his four years as pastor of the Perry church and his nearly 43 years as a minister of the gospel. Dr. Cochran’s Career In addition to serving some of the largest churches in the South Georgia Conference, Dr. Cochran served on the Board of Education, as chairman of the Board of Evangelism, as conference Missionary Secretary and as representative on the general Board of Missions. His services to the Methodist Church at large included membership on the jurisdictional Study Com mission, a delegate to the North American Missionary Conference, a delegate to the Ecumenical Conference, and membership on the Southeastern Jurisdictional Council. Dr. Cochran was elected to represent the South Georgia Conference at Jurisdictional and General Conferences in 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964, His evangelistic skill and fervor made his services in great demand not only in South Georgia but elsewhere. Dr. Cochran preached several years at the ocean Grove Camp Meeting in New Jersey and also at the Candler Camp Meeting at lake Junaluska, N.C. For 20 years, Dr. Cochran preached at the Indian Springs Camp Meeting in Georgia, which he also served as president for several years. The peak of his evangelical work as a pastor came in Methodism’s Year of Evangelism in 1946 when 252 persons were received into the church on one Sunday by Dr. Cochran at Valdosta. Characterized by great preaching, progressive leadership, and able ad ministration, Dr. Cochran’s ministry will go down in history as one of the out standing and most fruitful of the South Georgia Con ference. His record as a George Wallace. With Rainey are Deputy Sheriff Jane Chapman, left, and Brenda Greer, employee in the Sheriff’s office. church statesman, peerless pulpiteer, effective evangelist, and Christian gentleman will be hard to surpass. Pastorates served by Dr. Cochran include l,ake Park, Pearson, Sylvania, Asbury in Savannah. Valdosta First, St. Luke in Columbus, Mulberry Street in Macon, and Albany First. Among those invited to help honor Dr. Cochran on Sunday, June 4, are Dr. H. W. Scoates, superintendent of the Americas District, and Dr. Koss Freeman, superintendent of the Macon District. Uev. J. B. Smith, associate pastor, will preside at the morning services. Richard Johnson, chair man of the Administrative Hoard of the Perry church is general chairman of arrangements for this special day. Mr. Johnson will be assisted by Dan Britton Attention Candidates! The Home Journal is happy to offer all of you an excellent medium for reaching the voters of the Perry area and Houston County. As a matter of fact there is absolutely no better way to reach the voters in the southern portion of Houston County than The Home Journal. As a matter of long-standing policy to all can didates, all advertising of a political nature will be strictly cash in advance. There will be no ex ceptions. IMPORTANT DEADLINE: Any political ad vertising must be received in The Home Journal office not later than 2 p.m. on Mondays to appear in Wednesday night’s paper. We wish all candidates the best of luck and our staff stands ready to assist you with your ad vertising through the long, hot months of cam paigning ahead. -8.8. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TWO SECTIONS and Jim Worrall. Mrs. Walter Gray, Jr. is promotional chairman and Mrs. Richard Talton is in charge of the dinner. letters have been sent to the membership of the United Methodist Church of Perry requesting their co operation in making Sunday, June 4, a memorable oc casion. Honor Grads Left Out By Error Because of an error last week, on the part of Perry High School, two of the honor graduates were not listed in the newspaper. The names of Deborah Murphy and Patricia JVlullis were left out by mistake. 28 PAGES