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WEEKEND
July 16, 2005
Volume 135, Number 396
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Happy BIRTHDAY!
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Happy ANNIVERSARY!
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Area DEATHS
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L/.S. Army veteran Claud Walker holds a picture taken during the World War II era that show’s Walker in his dress
uniform. Walker served as a mechanic with the 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the western theatre, seeing
action in North Africa, Italy, and France.
One soldier’s story
Perryan compares today’s war with that of ‘greatest generation’
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
In the summer of 1941, Claud
Walker spent his days working on a
farm in Kansas. Less than five years
later, he had seen the world.
More than 60 years later, Walker,
who lives in Perry, is one of the many
veterans of World War 11, the men and
women NBC’s Tom Brokaw called
“the greatest generation.” Drafted
into the U.S. Army in February 1942,
Walker served as a mechanic with the
636th Tank Destroyer Battalion, see
ing action across the western theatre
of the war in North Africa, Italy and
France.
Walker was born and raised in west-
Injured Perry officer soon to return to duty
Details emerge about July 2 Oldfield neighborhood block party gone bad
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
A Perry police officer who suf
fered a concussion during a
scuffle at a July 2 block party
that grew out of control is
expected to return to light duty
as early as Tuesday.
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Vice president, former instructor of year to succeed Edenfield
By TIM HOSKINS
HHJ Student Writer
The Georgia Department of
Technical and Adult Education
(DTAE) announced Friday that Dr.
Ivan Allen will become the next presi
dent of Middle Georgia Technical
College in Warner Robins.
Allen is currently the vice president
of Instructional Services at MGTC, and
will take his new position on Aug. 1.
“I have great faith in Dr. Allen’s abil
ity to build upon the standard of excel
lence that exists at Middle Georgia
Tech,” said DTAE Commissioner
Michael Vollmer, who selected Allen
AN HHJ PROFILE
ern Kansas. Walker was right in the
middle of a wheat harvest when the
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on
Dec. 7, 1941. But Walker said he knew
the U.S. would be involved in the war
even before then.
“We already knew the Germans
were invading everything in Europe,”
he said. “It was just a matter of time.”
Walker made his way to Kansas City
to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps
shortly after the attack, but recruiters
had other ideas.
“They wanted me to be a Marine,”
Walker laughed. “I knew I’d be right
Patrolman John Kessler was
knocked unconscious while
attempting to arrest a Perry
man during an unauthorized
block party in the Oldfield sub
division.
Perry Police Chief George
Potter said Kessler may have
from a list of candidates chosen by a
13-person committee. “He has
impressed me with his passion for edu
cation.”
Originally from Macon, Allen first
gained an interest in education while
in college. He received a bachelor’s
degree in English from Morehouse
College in Atlanta, a master’s of public
administration from Georgia College
and State University in Milledgeville,
and in 2004 he earned his doctor of
education degree from Nova
Southeastern University in Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla.
“I am extremely excited being able to
over in the Pacific, so I went home and
stayed for quite a while.
“I knew I was number 1790 in the
county, so I figured that my draft
number would come up.”
Africa and Italy
Walker was drafted by the U.S.
Army in February 1942, and the 22-
year-old was sent to Camp Bowie,
Texas, to train with the 636th, part of
the 36th Infantry Division. The divi
sion relocated to Florida, where
Walker continued training. In April
1943, Walker’s battalion left Staten
Island, N.Y., headed for North Africa,
part of a massive effort to chase Erwin
See WALKER, page 12A
been caught in the wires of a
Taser that had been shot, and
been knocked to the ground. He
was taken to the Medical Center
of Central Georgia in Macon,
where doctors determined that
Kessler had suffered a concus
sion and light bruising to the
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help Georgians go to work,” said Allen.
Allen began his teaching career as an
instructor at Fort Valley State
University, and came to MGTC in
1997. In 2000, he was recognized as
the DTAE instructor of the year with
the Rick Perkins Award. He had held
the positions of director of
Accreditation, director of Instruction,
and division chair at MGTC. At 34,
Allen is one of the youngest technical
college presidents ever in the state.
Allen lives in Centerville with
Danyel, his wife of almost six years,
and their two children Rayjay, 4, and
See ALLEN, page 3A
brain. He was treated in neuro
logical intensive care and was
released from the hospital July
8.
Kessler said he hopes to
return to full-time duty by
September.
See PERRY, page 64
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Perryan
accused
of rape
Man allegedly
lured elderly
woman into
his apartment
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
A Perry man was arrested
Thursday after allegedly
luring a 66-year-old woman
into his Kings Chapel Road
apartment, overpowering
her, then raping and sodom
izing her.
Joel Avery Fullwood Jr.,
21, of 1980 Kings Chapel
Road Apt. 11, Perry, was
arrested by detectives
around 6:30 p.m. Thursday
outside his
apartment.
He was
charged
with bat
tery, kid
napping,
rape and
aggravated
sodomy, and
remains in
the Houston
FULLWOOD
County Detention Center.
An arrest report released by
the Perry Police
Department revealed that
the man also goes by the
alias “Loon.”
Capt. Bill Phelps of the
Perry PD said that the inci
dent happened at around 3
p.m. Thursday. Phelps said
that the man, who is black,
lured the victim, who is
white, into his apartment by
claiming that he needed
help with a problem inside.
Phelps said that Perry
detectives recognized
Fullwood from prior arrests.
Detectives Brian Emmons,
Ken Ezell, Leyon Roberts
and Chris Sutcliff assisted
in the arrest and processing
of the crime scene.
See RAPE, page 6A
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