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The Pwnhrok* State Bank Big Enough To Strv. You Small Enough To Know You Momh«* F-D.l-C. Volume 67, Number 22—The Pembroke Journal, Pembroke, Georgia 31321 Carlos Jones Resigns Deputy Job In Bryan The news of the resignation of Carlos Jones as Deputy Sher iff of Bryan County came like a bombshell to his many friends throughout Bryan County, as for the past 23 years he has been the Deputy in the 20th District, first under Sheriff E. W. Miles, then under Sheriff Kyle D. Smith and for the past year serving under the present Sheriff Harry Williamson who told us on Monday afternoon, that the resignation of Deputy Jones caused him more worry than anything that he has had to happen during his time as Sheriff of Bryan County, but that he understood just the rea son for the resignation of Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones, Mr. Billy Speir and Mr. C. E. Kicklighter are partners in three places in Sa vannah featuring special pre pared chicken, which we are told is out of this world and his partners insisted on him becom ing active at one of the places. The financial picture was brighter for Mr. Jones, but even at that he was reluctant to quit. He is in Florida taking a two weeks course learning the fine points of operating this busi ness, and then will take charge of one of the places in Savan nah. He will continue to live at Richmond Hill, and we are told that Sheriff Williamson insisted that he remain a Dep uty Sheriff, on leave with all the powers that he ever had. Mr. Jones was always praised very highly by every Sheriff that he served under, and the Editor of The Pembroke Journ al, who has known Mr. Jones all the years that he has been a deputy sheriff, feels like he is one of the best officers that Bryan County has ever had. In fact at one time we tried to bring him to Pembroke as Chief of Police. When we asked Sheriff Wil liamson about his resigning, we were told, that he considered this one of the worst things that had happened to him since becoming Sheriff, and that while he knew his place would be hard to fill, his best wishes went with Mr. Jones, and that if perchance he ever decided to come back that he would find a place for him. W'hile we know that Carlos Jones has left the Sheriffs force to enter a business of which he is a partner, he will still be a citizen of Richmond Hill and Bryan County, ’live in his home and be a part of every movement that means well for Bryan. He is one of the most active members of the Lions Club, which has meant so much to the people of Richmond Hill and the 20th Districts, as they are real “go-getters” and are behind the things that are good for our county. Mrs. Wendt Wins Race To Serve As Turner Co. Court Clerk A former resident of Rich mond Hill, Mrs. Dorothy Lane W’endt, sister of Mrs. Walter Meeks, Jr., was elected Clerk of Superior Court of Turner Coun ty in a special election there Tuesday. Mrs. Weqdt, a native of Re becca, Turner County, and the daughter of Joseph M. Lane and the late Mrs. La n e, won a majority of the votes cast for the three candidates in the race, avoiding a run-over. The final tabulation showed that Mrs. Wendt received a large majority of votes over candidates John N. Coker and Reginald McCorvey. Variety shows gaining popu larity on TV. East and West clash at U.N. over Bonn role. Aa a 'ml tiiiM's luiiii mi imm' I •JOURNAL ■nd BRYAN COUNTIAY CauMllditd December 39. 1967 _ Hmcm MRU ARYAN dIVNTY and THE CITY OF PFMBROKE CAPT. MESZAR Killed in Action Meszar's Son Killed In Vietnam Capt. Frank Meszar 111, 25, son of Brig. Gen. Frank Mesz ar, former commanding general of the Ft. Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Complex, was killed by enemy fire in Vietnam Satur day. Gen. Meszar, now serving in Vietnam, will accompany the body home for burial in Arling ton National Cemetery. Capt. Meszar, of Co. A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, First Calvary Division, last visited Savannah during Christmas. He was a graduate of West Point. Surviving besides his father are his mother, Mrs. Frank Meszar, who lives at Hunter; and a sister, Miss Sarah Mesz ar, a student at Purdue Univer sity. Harry Gill, Jr. Again A Deputy Sheriff Os Bryan On Monday Sheriff Harry Williamson swore in Harry Gill, Jr., of Richmond Hill to Ld the place of Deputy Carlos M. Jones, who resigned in order to give his time to a business in Savannah of which he is a part ner, and which demanded that he become an active partner in the business. Deputy Gill has served Bryan County before, and it was grati fying to Sheriff Williamson that he received so many re guest that he give the job to Mr. Gill, after it was learned that Mr. Jones was leaving the force. The new deputy lives at Rich mond Hill and he and his wife are at Gills Grill, which is oper ated by the combined families of Harry Gill and wife, Sr., and Harry Gill and wife, Jr. The Journal editor has been a friend of the Gills for nigh onto fifty years, and we rec ognize them as being of the best kind of folks that live in our county, We congratulate Sheriff Williamson on giving the job to a local citizen, one that has had the experience and the background to make us one of the best officers serving any county. METHODIST MEN TO MEET AT CHURCH THURSDAY NIGHT Pembroke Methodist Men will meet this Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. in the Methodist Church social hall. The topic of discussion will be civic projects and plans in Pembroke. The men of the community are in vited to attend. Rex Smith is president of Methodist Men, Dixie Harn, vice-president, Ted Rich, Secretary and Gordon Smith, treasurer. The club meets monthly on first Thursday night. Bryan Superior Court To Meet Monday, Mar 17 The March term of Bryan Superior Court will meet on the third Monday in March which is the 17th. Both the Grand Jury and Traverse Jurors will be on hand to take care of the courts needs. Judge Paul Caswell will preside and the states interest will be looked after by Solicitor General Max Chaney. There will be a big docket awaiting court and some old cases that have hung fire for some time will be cleared up at this court. The following are the Jurors that have been selected to be on hand at the March term of court: Jury List GRAND JURORS W. I. Kennedy, Robert Fen nell, Nugent Griffin, Wade S. Martin, A. V. Anderson, C. W. Tidwell, Doy W. Gill, J. C. Tucker, 0. F. Lanier, J. K. Spell, W. R. Rahn, Charles Daniel, W. C. Harvey, W. S. Downs, F. L. Hendry, John L. Lewis, A. J. Walbert, James Davis, Dalton Griner, Aden Hattaway, Hugh lyn Page, A. M. Baker, J. H. Lewis, D. E. Miller, Sr., T. B. Darieng, George Bush, P. B. Findley, J. H. Mock, J. W. Brewton, Roland Lee. TRIAL JURORS Robert W’illiamson, A. A. Martin, E. T. Bath, Mrs. Estelle Floyd, Lewis Durden, W. L. Humphries, M. L. Warren, W'. R. Pilkington, Mrs. Pearl Car penter, C. J. Eagerton, O. B. Haymans, Alton Elrick, B. M. Smith, Harry Owens, Eugene Boyd, O. S. Butler, L. C. Lane, George C. Martin, Hardy B. Jones, Caldwell Morrison, Claud Rushing, H. G. Ukkeberg, Gor <’m Harn, R. R. Parker, P. E. Brannen, Gordon Knight. Bennie Sharp, Jesse New man, Freddie Glisson, N. L. Ham, E. L. Meekins, Bobby E. e Purcell, Herbert Schwabe, Jesse Keleher, Sr., H. J. Foster, Odell , Moore, Jim E. Lantz, James H. , Carter, David Blitch, W. M. Porterfield, Ellis Butler, James j Estes, J. O. Wilson, Sam Brad q ley, W. W. Shuman, Clinton J. Scruggs, G. N. Davis, Jesse , Keleher, Jr., W. W. Bashlor Sr., Mrs. C. E. Dasher, Lloyd 1 L. Collins, D. T. Ellis, A. S Butler, Richard Smith, Guy , Webster, Ralph Owens, Warren । Miller, Cecil Webster, Mrs. A. ; H. Croom, Terrel E. Owens, Herbert Harris, Boyd Harvey, Francis Bashlor. , S. C. Hilliard, Luther Hen nessee, Eugene Mock, Robert , Hughes, A. B. Clanton, Etna । Hines, C. E. Kicklighter, John W. Scott, C. L. Cross, Sr., Troy ) Moore, C. L. Strickland, Jr., , Mrs. J. T. Stubbs, J. W. Taylor. Attention To Whom It May Concern: A Special Called Meeting at •the Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church on Sunday, March 9th at 3:00 p.m. There are so many who have moved away that have lots here and have loved-ones buried here at the Bryan Neck Presbyteri an Church Cemetery. Unfortu nately the church has lost con l tact with many family connec t tions. ; It is very important that all f concerned families be repre i sented at this important meet > ing. Your presence will be ap . predated. i Refreshments will be served! Wrong Enemy "You should love your ene mies," the preucher told the Indian. "I do. I love rum, whisky, to bacco and women,” grinned the crafty red man. PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6. 1969 Richmond Hill History Classes Enjoy Tour Recently the Georgia History classes at Richmond Hill school enjoyed an educational tour of Fort McAllister. Located on the south bank of the Great Ogeechee River on Genesis Point, Fort McAllister is an outstanding example of the earthwork fortifications of the Confederacy and very im portant in Bryan County as an historical landmark. By examining the earthwork and learning of the Fort’s suc cessful resistance to attacks by monitor-type vessels of the Union Navy in 1863, the pupils saw how earthern fortifications could stand up against the heaviest naval ordnance em ployed up to that time in our history. In addition, they learned that Fort McAllister played an im portant role in General Sher man’s seige of Savannah in 1864, following his devastating march through Georgia. Its cap ture in Dec. 13, 1864, enabled the Union Army to commiuni cate with their Navy and obtain much-needed supplies. In their study the pupils gleaned much information con cerning the fall of Fort McAl lister and the restoration. During the late 1930’s Henry Ford, who owned the Fort Mc- Allister site, undertook exten sive restoration. Today, under the administration of the Geor gia Historical Commission, the earthworks and bombproofs have been restored to a condi tion closely approximating that of 1963-64. The Museum, which contains many mementoes of Fort McAllister and of the Nashville, was completed in 1963, one hundred years after the great bombardments by the Union ironclads. Mrs. Walter Meeks, Jr., Geor gia history teacher, accompani ed the classes and helped to conduct the morning tours. As sisting Mrs. Meeks was Mrs. Maude Smith and Mrs. Alease Boles. B.CH-S. Beta Club Attends Convention Twenty-eight members of the Bryan County High School Beta Club and their sponsor Mrs. V. L. Mitchell will leave Friday morning March 9th by charter ed bus to attend the State Beta Convention in Atlanta. Those who will attend the convention are: Darlene Butler, Patricia Cowart, Donna Jones, Janell Lewis, Margie Nolan, Carolyn Warnell, Billy Downs, Greg Harvey, Frank Miles, Dwight Newman, J. O. Wilson, Jan Martin, Debbie Raule rso n, Cathy Strickland, David Blitch, Billy Conley, Glynn Miles, Allen Greene, Linda Williamson, Hoynes Bacon, Debbie Miller,, Donna Scott, Diane Smith, Bar bara Wilson, Susan Lane, Doug DeLoach, Kay Bazemore, and David Warnell. While in Atlanta the Beta members will attend the talent program, the installation of state officers, the political campaigns, and semi - formal dance. W’e will return to Pem broke on Sunday, March 9th. Birth Mr, and Mrs. W. Calvin Smith, Chapel Hill, North Car olina announce the birth ot a daughter, Kimberly Louise, born February 21, 1969. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston, Elber ton, Georgia and Mrs. Kyi' D. Smith and the late Sheriff Kyle D. Smith,, Pembroke. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Head On Collision Results In Two Deaths ’Wc-' My... - THE CLAXTON FORD Last Saturday morning about 7:30, two automobiles ran into each other head on, and killed 2 people, and sent two to the hospital in a serious condition. The accident happened on U. S. 280 at a point just west of the site of the former location of the Newman Lumber Company. It seems that tthe Ford car which was from Claxton and was driven by a colored woman, Clency Lightfoot, who had two childreen in the car with her, was attempting to pass the car of Victor Floyd, of Pembroke when she met the Bonneville Pontiac from Lanier “head on”, demolishing both cars, driving the engines of each back into the car. The woman and one of her children was killed, the other child is in Memorial Hospital in a serious condition, the Pontiac was from near Lanier and was being driven by John Holmes, he too is in Memorial Hospital in a .serious condition. Both cars were total wrecks. Bryan County High School Selects STARS For The 1969 Season Star Student- W ' \ FRANK MILES 1968-69 Akins' To Discuss Holy Land Travels At Lawrence Dr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Akins of Brooklet will be the guest speakers at the Lawrence Bap tist Church near Pembroke Sunday, March 9 at the 7:30 p.m. services. The Akins have just recently returned from a trip to Israel where they toured the Holy Land with their daughter and son-in-law. Dr. and Mrs. Akins will show slides Sunday night and hold a discussion on their travels and expereinces in the Holy Land. Dr. Akins is the owner and operator of the City Drug Co. in Brooklet. He and Mrs. Akins are members of the First Bap tist Church of Brooklet where they have both been active in all phases of church life for many years. Dr. Akins is a Dea con of his church. Lawrence Baptist Church pastor, John K. Joyner, invites the public to come and enjoy the services at the church Sun day night at 7:30. Mr. D. H. Porterfield who has been seriously ill and spent sev eral weeks in the Evans Coun ty Memorial Hospital in Clax ton and the Memorial Me'dical Center in Savannah returned home last Saturday and is do ing fine. Head of men’s wear stresses professionalism. STAR Student And Teacher Named Frank Miles has been named I STAR Student of Bryan Coun ; ty High School and also the : STAR Student of the entire . Bryan County High School Sys- I tern. Frank Miles has been named i STAR Student of Bryan County | High School and has chosen Mr. Fred Warren, science instruc । tor, as the BCHS STAR Teach- I er, the Bryan County Jaycees I announced recently. Frank earned the honor of I being the STAR Student of the I entire Bryan County High I School System as well as of I BCHS. Frank received the STAR Student title as the re sult of being in the top 10'/ of his class and having made the highest SAI’ score of any BCHS student or any other stu dent, in the county. A Debate Team and Beta Club Member for the past four years, Frank is now president of the Beta Club. Along with membership in the Future Teachers of America and the Future Farmers of America, he is a member of the BCHS Quar tet which will represent the high school at the region 3C lit erary competition in the quartet division. Th son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Miles, Frank is a member of the First Baptist Church of Pem broke wnere he is active in the youth organizations and sings in the choir. The STAR Teacher of the year, Mr. Fred Warren, was chosen by the STAR Student as the teacher who contributes the most to the students high school career. Mr. Warren is a graduate of the University of Georgia, holds a B.S. in chemistry, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Warren joined the BCHS teach ing staff in midterm of last year, and this 1968-69 school year will be his first complete term of teaching. Though Mr. Warren resides in Statesboro, he has contri buted his time and accepted the responsibility of sponsoring the BCHS Chapter of Future Teachers of America. FOR RENT Two furnished house trailers for rent, will be available Feb. 1. Also for rent, trailer park space at end of 1-16. Call Mrs. W. C. Burnsed, 653-2568. - • ■! ★ I THE LANIER PONTIAC Star Teacher MR, FRED WARREN Arrives From Hawaii For Visit t A- - MR. AND MRS. RAY J. MORRIS 1 Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Morris arrived in Savannah Tuesday morning, March 4th from Hawaii for a visit with Mrs. Morris’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Paige. They kre enroute to Little Rock AFB,_ Ark. They were accompanied by three fine children, Rogina, Sabrina and Richard. ’ Editor and Mrs. Miller were invited to dine with them • and their visitors from Hawaii and such a dinner have ever c enjoyed before. Mr. and Mrs. Paige have a lovely home in the Oscar Harvey subdivision. jwl BCHS To Host State Tournament Saturday night at 8 p.m. St. Pius X of Savannah, Georgia, will play Crawford County in the Bryan County High School Gym, in a championship game. This game will be the first stage of the state tournament. St. Pius X is rated as the 4th team in the state and Crawford County is in the top ten. This game will be basketball at its best. Admission is SI.OO for everyone. It is an honor to Pembroke to have been selected as the site for this portion of the tour nament, so lets show them we deserve the honor by filling the gym with spectators. Visiting Atlanta this week | end to attend the Open House I of the Atlanta College of Med- I ical and Dental Assistants were | Miss Carol Duggar of Pem broke, Miss Gail Glisson and Mrs. Freddie Glisson of Eldora, and Mrs. Joe Waters of States boro.