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Samuels, from 4A
business, and a stage p'cscncc and
styling second to none
She always said her style came
from listening to horn players like
Charlie "Bird" Parker and "Dizzy”
Gillespie, two jazz legends with
whom she worked in the early
1940 s when she was with Billy
Eckslinc's band.
The names arc really flowing
now.
Billy Eckstinc, Ray Ebcrlc,
Duke Ellington, "Satchmo," Count
Basic, Larry and Lcs Elgart, Lcs
Brown and his Band of Renown,
Glenn Miller even Phil Spitalny
and His All-Girl Orchestra -- they're
all gone now, as far as I know, and
the world will never see the likes of
them again.
Nor will there ever be another
Sarah Vaughn.
About the last of the great Big
Band singers left still making gold
records is 01* Blue Eyes, Frank
Sinatra, and it’s just a matter of
time before he'll be gone, too.
It makes me sad when artists
like Sarah Vaughn leave the stage
of life, but her music will remain
for future generations and that will
have to suffice.
I’ve changed my mind, Ray
Whitney: slop by the Home Journal
office and I've got a twcnty-dollar
bill for the Cancer Society.
I give it in memory of John and
Sarah.
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I got a notice from Georgia
Secretary of Slate Max Clcland
Friday officially selling the
qualifying period for this year's
state and federal primary elections,
and I'm really puzzled.
Whatever happened to the
concept of citizen-legislators?
When did holding office become
fulltime, big business?
And when did public service slip
from being an opportunity for every
citizen from the most humble to
the most high, to the province of
the rich man?
If you want to run for United
States Senator in the state of
Georgia, you've got to pony up a
filing fee of $2,952.
Congress is apparently a less
desirable or enriching job, because
you only have to pay $2,898 to get
on the ballot.
Then comes the $2,666.16 fee
required to run for governor and the
$1,688.79 lieutenant governor
hopefuls must fork over.
Who sets these amounts? Where
did they come up with the odd 160
and 790?
Why should anyone have to pay
to run for office?
And what's worse, the money is
paid to the regular political parties'
executive committees if you want
to run as a Republican or
Democrat., and they get to keep 75
percent of iL
Theoretically you could be
running in the primary against an
incumbent supported by the party
apparatus and they would be
spending your money against you.
Some would say the financial
part of filing for office limits the
field to serious candidates only, but
that reasoning doesn't fly with me.
Other states require a certain
number of signatures on a
candidate's petition before he or she
can get on the ballot, and that
seems to me to be a good way to
weed out the serious from the
frivolous.
Has anyone ever gone to court
to test the constitutionality of
having to pay to run for office?
I called Cleland's press secretary
in Atlanta, Bill Crane, to ask these
questions, and these were his
answer.
The fee is set by law as 3
percent of the salary each job pays.
And you can file what's called a
"pauper's" affidavit saying you're
too poor to pay the fee, Crane said,
but added "that’s how you'll be
labeled in the media - as a pauper -
every time your name is used."
Crane also said the fees were
"miniscule when you compare them
to the amount of money it takes to
run a campaign."
"It's estimated a congressional
seat costs $1 million now," Crane
said. It's astronomical by the time
you buy radio and television."
Crane said both he and his boss,
Cleland, think the amount of
money political campaigns cost is
"ludicrous."
At least we all agree on
something.
Crane said he'd check for me
with Mike Bowers, Georgia's
attorney general, to see if there are
provisions in the law for petitions
in lieu of the cash payment.
He also said he'd check and see if
the filing fees had ever been
challenged in (he courts.
He didn't gel the answer to the
court case question Bowers was
in a meeting - but he did say no
alternative existed to paying the
fees other than the "pauper's
affidavit"
More on this topic next week -
perhaps I'll file a "pauper's
affidavit" and run for governor as a
Democrat.
I can sec my campaign slogan
now.
"Paupers For Samuels. It's lime
for change - spare change."
Now there's a catchy bit of
marketing.
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Remember when , from 4A
citizenship and sportsman; Mike
Franklin, scholar and traveller;
Mike Steiner, athlete; and Bobby
Taylor, WEBELOS's colors.
The closing ceremony was held
by Den 5 and Mrs. Martha
Swearingen was the Den Mother.
♦ ♦ *
Molly Richardson of Perry was
recently inducted into Hcllcnas, a
campus honorary society at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Thursday, April 3, 1980
Beth Beckham was crowned the
1980 Miss Westfield during the
first annual Miss Westfield Pageant
held last Thursday night at the
school gymnasium.
The 17 year old junior is a
varsity cheerleader, a member of the
track team, one act plays, and the
annual staff.
* * ♦
An exhibit featuring the works
of Perry artist Mrs. Evelyn Rogers
opened March 31 and will remain
on display through April 18 in the
H. Terry Parker Library Gallery on
the Brcwton-Parker campus.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Don Gardner and
children Tracey and Scott of Athens
were the weekend guests of her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Moody
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Mrs. Waller Evans honored her
granddaughter, Ansley Green of
Dublin, with an Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday afternoon. The prize egg
was found by Tracey Bloodworth.
Highlight of the afternoon was a
visit to the ghost in the attic
conducted by Miss Martha Cooper.
Guests were Pamela Boyette,
Tracey Bloodworth, Ann Fincher,
Ashley Clayton, Geoffrey Branch,
and Stewart Bloodworth,
♦ * ♦
Mrs. Sonjia Dean was honored
with a birthday dinner at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Julius King 1117
Broad St. in Perry. Helping to
celebrate Mrs. Dean's birthday was
her husband, Joe, their children
Travis, Tony, JaMall and Josh
along with Mrs. Dean’s mother,
Mr.a nd Mrs. Miller Dixon 11, and
Mrs. Gertrude Miller.
♦ * *
The winner of the SIOO grocery
shopping spree, which was
sponsored by the Perry Jaycccs, was
Mrs. Stephanie Bryant of Perry.
The Jaycecs plan to use the
monies contributed from this
contest for community service work
and charitable organizations.
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