Anderson Independent-Mail from Anderson, South Carolina • 2

Ga Edition i Including Elbert Franklin Habersham Hart and Stephens counties Jdfesoim Ciifcy amsied By Baft OBI hearing Is scheduled Tuesday morning at the Jackson County Courthouse Mr Bruce and Mr Victrum also were charged with violation of their oaths and tampering with evidence and a simple battery charge was lodged against Westmoreland said Jefferson Police Sgt Nathaniel Phillips Mr Phillips said after he answered a report that Ms Westmoreland was being beaten Mr Bruce and Mr Victrum arrived at the scene and ordered him to leave Ms Westmoreland was taken to the police station where the mayor and police chief then allegedly seized photographs Mr Phillips had taken of Ms Westmoreland's injuries Mr Phillips said they ordered him to withhold the report from Ms Westmoreland's mother fearing that ThtAnooUtadPrtM JEFFERSON The mayor and police chief of the dfy of Jefferson have been arrested on charges that they tried to suppress a complaint In which a former police chiefs granddaughter accused him of beating ner Mayor Byrd Bruce Jefferson Chief of Police Otis Victrum and former Chief of Police Albeit Westmoreland all were charged with obstructing justice in connection with a May 21 police report filed by Westmoreland's granddaughter Dorothy Westmoreland 18 The three were freed on their own recognizance after being taken Thursday to the Jackson Counfy Jail A she would try to take out a warrant against Mr Westmoreland "The chief of police ordered us to bring our Incident reports to his residence which is a direct violation of the law" Mr Phillips said "We seen then there was a conspiracy and if we followed through with all of our directions by the chief we would be named as co-conspirators" Ms Westmoreland lives in Alabama but was visiting her grandparents in Jefferson when the alleged beating occurred Mr Phillips said Mr Phillips has requested that the GBI be brought in to investigate the case Officials in both the city and the county nave refused to comment on the incident Over-easy does it Purple Martin-Flag Day will feature a live Charalo bull fl live Charalo bull only one in the world" la will be featured at the 17th annual Purple A il Martin-Flu Day on June 9 at "Martin home of John ana Betty Brown on Highway 17 about three miles north of Elberton Ga Spivey bred it from a bison (buffalo) and Charolais said Mr Brown who is founder and chairman of the board of the Elbert County Purple Martin Association a group which seeks to protect Sand propagate these birds because they keep the flying "insect population under control (Even Texas nudists "are erecting purple martin houses to reduce the Jmosquito plague in the wake of recent flooding) fj Mr Spivey an Elberton cattleman got the idea of combining genetically the meat of the Charolais with the "superior survival of the J'bison The Charolo are meat cattle and non-selective heaters which means lower feed costs While the bovine will be caged under a shade tree on the grounds the main speaker US Rep Douglas Barnard who has represented the Tenth District for foe past 12 years will speak from a flag-bedecked beginning at 11:15 am A barbecue lunch prepared by Beefy Eaves whose name is a household word in Elbert Counfy will be 1 served Proceeds from the meal go to the VFW Auxiliary John" Brown and Jim Boyd the association president both granite industry men invariably stage a -gala event which is free to the public Other activities include an air show from Atlanta the Elbert County Cloggers and the Broad River Cloggers Peggy andtne Southern Country Band and a National Guard display T-shirts county tags caps and flags will be on ysale Additional yet brief speakers will be State Rep Lauren McDonald a candidate for governor (Hon George Berry Commissioner of Industry and -(Trade and Hon Harold Clarice Chief Justice of the Supreme Court It is anticipated that none of the speakers will make jthe gaffe that US Sen Wyche Fowler made last year when he called the purple martin a starling! a Four community-minded organizations are jointly sponsoring a fishing rodeo from 7 am to 1 pm June 9 at the Singing Pines Recreation Area on Lake Hartwell An egg aquiahea through Tommy Baker's hands when he ended up on the wrong end of the toes during field day competition at An-denon'e Youth Treatment Center Friday Haney nnanld IndapandMt-Uifl Jeff Childa keeps his eye on the egg as he tries to ties About 15 adolescents participated In such ac-delicately catch ft during the egg toes competition tivities as wheel barrow runs sack races and vari-at the Youth Treatment Center's field day activi- ous other field events the Regional Briefing The Awodatad Prase Workshop gives Atlanta parents hope for project future State Rep Lorenzo Benn dies ATLANTA Funeral arrangements were pending Sunday for state Rep Lorenzo Benn of Atlanta a 10-year veteran of the House of Representatives who died after a bout with cancer Mr Benn 70 died Saturday while en route to Southwest Community Hospital said his sister Grace Jenkins He had undergone surgery in March and was recuperating at home at the time of his death Mr Benn a Democrat was elected in 1980 to represent House District 38 which covers southwest Atlanta in Fulton Counfy He was secretary of the House Special Judiciary Committee and also served oh the Banks and Banking Interstate Cooperation and Rules committees Fulton Benn also was chairman of also teach them to be a critical Mr Young said Blalock like other schools catering to Atlanta's housing projects has low attendance ana poor test scores While Mr Young said it's too early to tell whether scores will rise because of his program attendance for standardized testing in March reached 90 percent for the first time Blalock Principal Robert Lone said the first phase of the program was had parents so excited that he expects 100 to enroll next year said we couldn't do he said want to show everybody our children our parents are as good or better than anybody anywhere" The second phase will begin this summer when he works with children who will enter kindergarten in the fall Many of Blalock's incoming kinderyartners are considered disruptive by teachers because they don't know how to behave in a group how to follow directions or even know some of the alphabet is it that some children can team and uthen Mr Young asked because of their surroundings rt going to give these kids a head start I bet you my test dollar these kids will do well" ward for her work in the program said Langston poem Negro explains best why she sought the program's help put a dream like steel in my she recited proudly my children I'm reaching my want them to team and Ms Lee said want them Mr Young has worked with inner-city buck youths for 12 years piloting programs to lower teen-age pregnancy and raise school attendance and traveling the nation to lecture about his successes Blalock FIRST Funds for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teachers is his first project with elementary school students Started in January the first phase of the project focused on teaching mothers how to help their children in school a parent you do what's appropriate to prepare your child fur school but these parents have not had those kinds of resources" he said kids had never seen a book (before school)" The 16-week program had mothers meet for three hours each week for lessons in math reading and family counseling By Lauran Neergaard TheAnociatedPiaai ATLANTA Jim Young says he's in a life-and-death struggle to help young blacks in one toughest housing projects -and thanks to mothers he thinks he's winning are struggling for the survival of the black he said want this chance for their children They want their kids out of the project They can do it I stake my reputation on Mr Young has also staked a three-year 230000 US Department of Education grant on his the-ore that a family literacy project at Blalock Elementary School mill help black children succeed in school and break out of the Bank-head Courts housing project Delores Lee a mother of five is one of his success stories Ms Lee knows algebra trigonometry and geometry She can solve complicated mathematical in her head but she quit school six months before graduating because she felt she wasn't being challenged She doesn't want her children to feel that way Mi Lee to whom Mr Young presented a book of poeuy as a re Mr Bonn was known for sponsoring legislation that resulted in the state's first regulation of the touring Industry said Rep Tyrone Brooke D-At-lanta longtime friend Mr Brooke called Mr Benn low-key but hardworking legislator who behind the scenes in hie own quiet way for the people of Atlanta end the people of Georgia" Marine Resources Department and the Fraternal Order of Police Anderson Counfy Lodge No 10 are to be congratulated for staging tnis family fun event for all youngsters through age 15 Not only will fishing tackle and bait be provided but there will he a free lunch and refreshments entertainment for participants and awards for the most fish and the largest fish caught by an individual in each age group Age groups consist of each individual year fromlive through 15 Children four years and under are grouped together Fishing hours are from 7 to 1 1 am Lunch will be served from 11 am to 12:30 pm and awards will be given out at 12:30 Registration that day is from 7 to 8:30 am or you may pre-register before June 1 For further information contact the Hartwell Lake Resource Management Center at 404-376-4788 or 803-255-3832 The dedication service for the new stained glass memorial windows at Sharon Presbyterian Church in Reed Creek Hart Counfy had to bepostponed from June 3 to some time in September Tne windows as reported in an earlier column where designed by Hank Comstock of Hart County who penned the following poem: Rose Windows and Rainbows Eight silent minutes from the sun Their planetary oumcy done Light waves paint pictures as they pass Through stonc-encompasscd tinted glass But while we wonder at the skill Of those who mastered light at will By fusing pigments sand and lime I To fashion Images sublime Consider earthVGREAT ARCHITECT Whose method far less circumspect Provides a spectnim-wlde assist To rainbows with no more than mist i i Shirley Kaufhold of Hartwell founder and president of the Savannah Rim Valley Genealogical Society with 1 150 members in 15 states each month publishes a newsletter packed with information of use to history buffi The hems caught my attention If you want to pie serve old photos there is a pamphlet distributed by the Georgia Department of Archives entitled Your Family Photographs" It gives hints mi identifying old photos and what to do and what not to do when handling historic photographs You can write them at 330 Capital A ve SL Atlanta Ga 30334 1 Also Mrs kaufhold writes the Army's goal is to hate a likeness of every Qtil War soldier to be cate- logued and available for researchers If you loan them yours they will send a free S-inch-by-ltHnch copy to you- Include name rank unit dates of birth and death The sokfier must be in uniform Before sending your I photo first write for a Trailing label to send photo and tree posteee to Michael Wmcy Curator Dept of Army L'l Military History Institute Carlisle Bar-- neks Pa 17013 Innocent plea entered for suspect in Atlanta hotel slaying Archbishop may be hospitalized ATLANTA Atlanta Roman Catholic Archbishop Eugene A Manna the country's top black Catholic official is suffering from physical end psychological stress end may have to be hospitalized according to a spokesmen The Rev Peter Dora said Archdiocese officials are optimistic that Mr Manna who temporarily relinquished his duties ten month after having chen pains will recover But he said it is "in the realm of possibility" that Mr Manno may step down permanently Mr Marino's blood pressure continues to be very high but hie chest perns have abated Mr Dora said Mr Manno wu in New York for meetings test month when the puis began He remains at a center there under doefors' cere Doctors "feel they ere makmg progress in identifying the underlying causes of his physical condition" Mr Don said "They ere saying he is suffering from physical end psychological stresses possibly retetmg to cardiovascular functions" Mr Don said he doesat knew Mr Manao's psychological syrjRoms Ur Manno became the highest-ranking of the nation 1 3 mifeoa black Cathcfics when he was mstiCedm May 1983 WhisnanL 33 of Shelby who was found dead under his hotel bed Mr Whisnant was in Atlanta to attend a seminar Atlanta Public Defender Harry Gardner entered the plea for Mr Hodges in Atlanta Municipal Court but Mr Hodges interrupted "Hold on hold on marO Mr Hodges said Mr Hodges and Mr Gardner then had a brief confer met but the hearing was rescheduled before Mr Gardner could address the judge again because otv Solicitor Johnnie Ssory said he had Tfc AMaca-Jd Pwa ATLANTA An admitted homosexual prostitute pleaded innocent to murder charges in the death of a North Carolina man kilted in an Adanta hotel A nublic defender entered the plea for Henry Eugene Hodges during a preliminary bearing Saturday but Mr llodgn agitatedly inter rupted causing the hearing to be rescheduled Mr Hodges a accused of the May 16 steymg of Michael not had time to rev iew the use or interview' witnesses Mr Gardner obccled to the delay saying prosecutors were wait-mk for Mr Hodges to be indicted when he would lose his right to a preliminary heanng during which the sate has to show enough evidence to send the case to Fulton County Superior Court Fulton County District Attorney Lews Slaton said he wifi probably seek a murder cidiecrcnt again Mr Hodges as eariy as Tuesday a.