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New Employees Hired
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County Gets Drug
Grant Os $79,183
Hunter Hurst, Jr., executive
director of the Houston County
Drug Abuse Commission, last
Thursday announced that
Houston County had received
a $79,183 grant from the
National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) to expand its
staff and drug treatment
centers The grant had been
expected lor about seven
months, hut had to be passed
by Congress, then lunded by
the nation's legislators.
It It Cleveland, deputy
director of the Drug Abuse
Services section of the
Georgia Department of
Human Kesources, informed
Hurst of the grant’s approval
last Wednesday Twenty (20)
percent ol the federal grant
will be matched locally
through donations and local
government coni ri but ions.
■The Houston County Drug
Action Council (HODAC) will
match the grant with money
lunded through the Houston
County Commission In ad
diljon.lhe United Givers Fund
(UGF) drive currently under
way makes available some
lunds lor the county's two
Drug Crisis Centers, Another
source ol matching funds will
nime through donations of
individuals and local civic
clulis The Sogadera Club of
ferry, lor instance, lias made
“St. Nick ”Due Here
For Christmas Parade
Toney Haffield, chairman of the
Perry Christmas Parade, said plans
are progressing for the parade set for
Saturday, November 16, at 4 P.M. The
parade will originate at Grant Plaza
and go through downtown Perry
ending in the Blastgate Shopping
Center. It is a joint effort between all
the merchants in Perry.
Raffield said a number of bands
have already responded to be in the
parade and that other floats and units
are being lined up each day. He said
the City of Perry will sponsor the
Santa Claus float which will officially
bring the jolly old gentleman to
Perry.
There will be cash prizes awarded
to the civic clubs, organizations or
businesses that build and enter
“home-made" floats. Raffield also
Queen To Be Crowned
Hornets Homecoming
This Friday Night
The Westfield Schools will
celebrate their third annual
Homecoming this Friday.
October 25, All activities will
revolve around the game with
Jonesco Academy of Gray and
the theme for all events will be
“Magical Moments". A
bonfire on the campus is
scheduled lor Thursday night
at 7:15 to "conjure up" a great
winning spirit for the "Mean
Green"
Banners made by each
grade (7 through 12) will be
displayed in the pregame
parade The banners will
two large donations to the
HODAC effort in the past six
months, the latest coming last
week.
The County Commission
about a month ago approved
$14,967 in funds for the
Houston County Drug Abuse
Commission, although not
until the county’s fiscal year
had been begun for four
months An appearance at the
County Commission by
Sherrill Stafford, Drug Abuse
Commission Chairman, and
by Dr David Harvey, HODAC
head, along with Hurst,
resulted in the county ap
propriating the full amount of
the $14,967 local budget.
Previously the County
Commissioners had wished to
set up a county contribution of
only fifty (50) percent of the
almost $15,000 budget,
figuring that the county
municipalities should fund the
remaining portion.
Hurst told the Home Journal
that a former part-time
employee of the Perry Drug
Crisis Center, located in Perry
Plaza Shopping Center, Mrs.
Wanda Cur lee, had now been
designated as a full-time
employee Mrs. Curlee has a
master's degree in Guidance
and Family Counseling and is
experienced in both fields,
according to Hurst.
Nov. 16
feature Alladin's lamp,
Genies, magical lophats-all
predicting the expected
Hornet victory that is the
tradition for Homecoming
Football sponsor is Ruth
Evans.
Hie Homecoming court will
be introduced at halftime. The
court members will be
escorted onto the field by their
father. This year's court
members are: Kathy Meyer
and Amy Thomson
representing the Freshman
class; Cathy Cawthon and
Jeannie Hum representing the
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Mrs. Virginia Welherington
was named full-time coun
selor at the Warner Robins
Drug Crisis Center, located on
Duke Avenue, according to
Hurst, She has been working
as a volunteer counselor and
co-ordinator with HODAC for
16 months.
Presbyterian clinical
chaplain David E. Swindal!
Vote “Info”
Next Week
The Home Journal will publish information next
week on the 16 proposed general amendments to
the Georgia Constitution which will be voted on in
the General Election on November 5. Information
and explanations on the much discussed and
controversial “Common Day of Rest Act” will
also be published.
State Representative Larry Walker of Perry
has provided The Home Journal with an analysis
of each proposed amendment and information and
background of the “Common Day of Rest Act”.
All (his information, plus more on the General
Election, will be carried in next Thursday’s Home
Journal. Don’t miss it.
said that businesses wanting to rent a
professional float can do so by con
tacting him at 987-2194. He also urged
anyone wanting to enter a float or unit
in the parade to contact him at the
same number as soon as possible.
“We look for this to be one of the
biggest and best Christmas parades
yet,” Haffield said, “and we hope all
the clubs and other organizations in
Perry will enter floats or units in the
parade.”
Nationally famous cartoon
character, Gaylord Giddeyup, will
serve as one of the grand marshalls in
the parade. He is a horse and the
cartoon figure for Hardee’s
Restaurants.
More details will follow in next
week's Home Journal.
Sophomore class; Wanda
Farr and Kathy Stafford
representing the Junior Class
and Ginger Lane, Beth Davis,
Teresa Ransom and Melanie
Rogers representing the
Senior Class. The
Homecoming Queen, elected
by the entire student body and
always a Senior girl, will be
announced at halftime
The band, KUDZU, will
provide the music for the
dance in the Hornet's Nest. All
alumni and students of
Westfield arc cordially invited
to attend all the festivities of
this special event
will juin the HODAC staff on
November 1 as director of
counseling services. He
recently completed two years
of training at the Central State
Hospital in Milledgeville.
Phyllis Bynum of Perry has
been added to the Perry
Community Crisis Center’s
staff as a counselor aide,
Hurst announced.
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Who Will
It Be?
Two Hours Os Debate
Noted Lawyers Argue
Suit Against County
The case of Brewster, et al.,
against Houston County State
Court, was heard last Friday
in Houston County Superior
Court at the Courthouse in
Ferry. Defending Houston
County in the hearing were
Stale Court Solicitor Jack
Kemp. County Attorney
Walker Burke, and associate
counsel Harold Sheats of East
Point.
The defense sought to
establish that placement of
the State Court in Warner
Robins did not constitute a
violation of Georgia law. They
contended that the court in
Warner Robins was not in
violation of the state con
stitution, and was in fact,
legally set up.
Solicitor Kemp was first to
speak. He said that “all
plaintiffs had full knowledge”
of the extablishment of the
Slate Court in 1965 and that
their “delay” in filing a legal
suit constituted reason to deny
relief. He said to “categorize
their action as recent is pure
fiction.”
Kemp cited several cases
that he said supported the
“legality” of the court being
established in Warner Robins,
and staying in Warner Robins.
One concerned the Wilcox
County Courthouse in 1903
where according to Kemp, a
delay of six months was
considered 100 long, and said
the courts “do not extend
relief to those who are
asleep.”
Kemp said, “Going to the
heart of the matter, a
legislature has the authority
to set up courts other than
those established by the state
constitution.” He added,
“They can call it whatever
they like.”
Kemp cited more cases he
fell supported the county’s
position. County Attorney
Walker Burke sought to
establish that the State Court
was not a “city court”, and it
was commonly accepted by
both plaintiffs and defense
that setting up a city court
outside the county seat is
illegal.
Burke cited the case of
Barlow versus Story
(referring to 117 Ga. Appeals
records) which he said clearly
said that the State Court of
Houston County WAS NOT a
city court. He said, “this case
determined that it was a valid
stale court."
Judge Paul Armitage, who
presides over the State Court,
himself offered a few words.
He said that “all statutes have
to be looked at together.”
Sheats said that the court was
valid due to a 1968 amendment
that spelled out the name
"Slate Court". (Originally the
court was named “the city
court" of Warner Robins.)
Groover
Speaks Out
Denmark Groover of Gray,
attorney for the five Perryans
who tiled a legal suit against
Houston County's State Court,
Friday offered almost an
Friday night is Homecoming for Westfield
School as the Hornets battle the Jonesco Academy
Colts at the Hornets Nest in Perry. Game time is
8:00 P.M.. and at halftime , a Homecoming Queen
will be crowned. Pictured above are Homecoming
Court Representatives from the high school’s
hour’s oral argument citing
reasons he felt the operation of
the State Court in Warner
Robins was in violation of the
state constitution.
Responding to defense’s
argument that the plaintiffs
had waited too long to file,
Groover said that “delay is
immaterial”. He said the
doctrine of delay does not
apply to the case. He said,
“There can be no delay of
constitutional protection.”
Futher. Groover said that the
“delay doctrine” usually only
applied in cases between two
private parties, and not in
cases involving govern
mssm* I ap f *
Perry Mayor James McKinley (R) in a discussion with Houston County
Commission Chairman Frank Rozar at last Friday’s hearing in Houston
Superior Court in Perry, were two of many interested spectators at the
history-making hearing, Friday’s two hour long hearing was concerned only
with the operation of the State Court in Warner Robins. The State Court Judge
(Paul Armitage), Sheriff (Cullen Talton) and the County Commission are
being sued by five Perryans in an attempt to halt allegedly illegal operation of
the three offices outside the county seat of Perry.
Trio Goes To Atlanta '|p
D.O.T. Aid On
Way For Perry?
Slate Representative Larry
Walker, Perry City Coun
cilman D.K. (Dot) Roughton
and City Street Supt, Edward
Warren met with officials of
the Georgia Dept, of Tran
sportation in Atlanta last
Wednesday concerning a
number of drainage and street
problems in Perry.
The local officials said they
hope to receive some aid from
the state in assisting to “clear
up" some of the problems.
mental actions. He argued,
"They cannot continue to
expend money if there is no
valid existence.”
Groover contended that a
1965 act creating the court
called it a “city court”. He
further alleged that a 1967 act
amended the name to “State
Court of Houston County” but
retained the same functions.
In fact, Groover stipulated,
the legislature said, “the
intent of said court shall
continue as a constitutional
city court”. “That was a firm
declaration of intent,” said
Groover,
The flamboyant attorney
Drainage and ditch
problems discussed at last
week’s meeting include: The
intersection of 1-75 and U.S.
Highway 41 and the ditch
along Highway 41 and
Springdale Road.
The local officials requested
a turn lane at the intersection
of Highway 41 South and
Spring Street and D.O.T.
officials are now preparing a
survey of that request.
Curbing was requested on
classes. Left to right are: Amy Thomson, Jeanie
Hunt, Wanda Farr, Melanie Rogers, Tresa
Ransom, Beth Davis, Ginger Lane, Cathy
Cawthon, and Kathy Meyer. At far right is Ruth
Evans, football sponsor. Absent from the picture
is Kathy Stafford.
charged, “The people wanted
a court in Warner Robins, they
couldn’t have a constitutional
city court there, so they got a
constitutional amendment
that just changed the name.”
He added, “They gave it no
more powers. You cannot by
inference re-enact a statute.”
The attorney followed much
the same pattern as did the
defense, citing numerous laws
that he said supported his
position. He summed up,
“This court (the State Court)
is of the same grade and class
as all other city courts except
that it is outside the county
seat!”
U.S. 341 South and Houston
Lake Road and on 341 South
and Houston Lake Drive. They
also asked for curbing and
gutters at the intersections of
State Route 127 and Houston
Lake Road, North Davis
Drive, Davis Drive, Lucille
Street and Jackson Lane.
A drainage problem on the
Elko Road was also
with the Perry officials as well
as County officials and the
state is preparing to look into
that situation also.