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Volume 67. Number 17— T h«* Pembroke Journal. Pembroke, Georgia 31321
Rising Welfare
Costs In Nation
Hit By Talmadge
ATLANTA, (GPS)—Voicing
strong concern about spiraling
welfare costs, U. S. Sen. Her
man E. Talmadge has called for
federal penalties against run
away fathers who leave their
fatnilies behind for the govern
ment to support.
The Georgia senator, a rank
ing member of the Senate Fi
nance Committee, urged a fed
eral crackdown on welfare abuse
in an exchange with Robert H.
Finch prior to the Nixon ap
pointee being sworn in as Sec
retary of the U. S. Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare.
During committee question
ing of the incoming Cabinet
members, Sen. Talmadge quiz
zed Finch about making it a
federal crime for a man to
abandon his children with the
intent of securing welfare pay
ments for his wife.
“Do you not think it is high
time we looked into the possibil
ity of having a federal law
making it a federal crime for a
man to abandon his children in
order to draw welfare bene
fits?” the senator said.
"I think we are going to have
to come to that,” Talmadge told
Finch. “I am all in favor of
helping those who cannot help
themselves. But I am not in
favor of giving tax money to
families that deliberately cir
cumvent the law when the fath
er abandons his children and
prefers to let the government
support them.”
Sen. Talmadge commented
that the welfare situation in
this country has gotten “com
pletely out of hand.” He point
ed out, for example, that aid to
dependent children payments
have risen 22 per cent in the
past year alone.
“It is more attractive finan
cially for some men to abandon
their homes than it is to stay
there,” Talmadge asserted, de
claring that “as long as it is
more profitable not to work
than it is to work, some people
are not going to work."
Also assailing proposals for
providing a guaranteed annual
income, Sen. Talmadge noted
that such a program “would
put a premium on not working
instead of working,” Mr. Finch
agreed it would have that con
sequence.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Waymon Ha
gan of Pembroke, announce
the birth of a son, Terry Ash
ley, born Jan. 25, at the Bul
loch County Hospital in States
boro. The infant weighed 6
lbs., 3 ozs.
Maternal grandmother is
Mrs. Inez Burris and paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Hagan, all of Pembroke.
Mrs. Hagan will be remem
bered as the former Miss Lat
relle Burris. The couple has
one other child, a daughter,
Pam.
Hugh Lanier
In Hospital
Hugh Lanier, son of Mrs.
Remer Lanier, after spending
four weeks in Evans Memorial
Hospital in Claxton has been
moved to the Forest Hills Vet
erans Hospital in Augusta. He
has been in the Augusta Hos
pital for three weeks and at
present is doing fairly well.
However, Mr. Lanier’s fam
ily expects him to be at For
est Hills for some time as
he is suffering from a diabetic
condition.
Mrs. George Davis and Mrs.
Harmon Jones visited Mrs.
Davis’ son, Thomas Davis and
his wife in Athens over the
weekend.
A GEORGIA'S LEAIINO WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
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Burt Ussery with Tawachie, a pair that led all other riders
in the ‘Jack Benny’ class for 1968.
Burt Ussery
Named Top Rider
Burt Ussery was honored as
the top rider for 1968 in his
competitive class at the annual
awards dinner-meeting of the
Coastal Empire Horseman’s
Association. The trophy was
presented last Saturday evening
at the Wagon Wheel in Sa
vannah.
This award is all the more
rewarding since this past year
was Ussery’s first full year in
competition. Mrs. Helen Mikell,
secretary of the Association,
commented that it was “great”
that Burt won; and that he did
it against some of the toughest
competition seen in Association
events for some time.
Burt’s class is known as the
‘Jack Benny’s’, and comprises
all riders over 39. This trophy
was the highlight of a great
riding year for Burt, which in
cluded not only a large number
of blue and other color ribbons,
but also a ribbon awarded for
a fifth place finish in statewide
competition.
Needless to say, Burt and his
fellow members of the Georgia
Wranglers are looking forward
to even more and greater things
this year!
Party Honors
Lou Ann Daniel
Mrs. Charles Daniel enter
tained her daughter, Lou Ann,
on her ninth birthday with a
Valentine Party at the social
hall of the First Baptist
Church.
The hall was decorated with
red and white balloons and
red and white hearts. The
serving table, covered in a
white cloth outlined in red
hearts, contained a large
white birthday cake in a heart
shape. The cake was decor
ated with nine red candles and
tiny cinnaman hearts.
Guests at the party were
Lisa Lane, Traci Jordan, Pam
Kennedy, Liz Strickland, Lee
Ann Golden, Nancy DeLoach,
Donna and Pam Wadsworth,
Cathy Floyd, Diane Moss,
Wendy Carruthers, Angela
Burke, Ann Blanton, Charlene
Fiveash, and Marty Daniel.
The children enjoyed a num
ber of games and were served
refreshments of cup cakes, ice
cream, and cokes. Each child
received a small box of candy
hearts as a favor from their
young hostess.
Others coming by to wish
Lou Ann a happy birthday
were her grandmother, Mrs.
George Brewton of Claxton,
two cousins, Miss Dru Nagle
and Mrs. Benny Level of At
lanta, her music teacher, Mrs.
H. M. Sanders, and her third
grade teacher, Mrs. Mary
Blanton.
Mrs. DaHas Cason and Mrs.
Lynn Jordan assisted with the
party.
NOTICE
I wiH keep children for
working mothers. Phone 653-
2369, Mrs. James L. Burke.
•JOURNAL
Local Riding Club
Collects Ribbons
By JIM HITE
Last Sunday the Georgia
Wrangler’s Riding Club again
took to the road and returned
to Pembroke with a large num
ber of ribbons. This time the
Horse Frolic was held in
Springfield, by the Runs Creek
Trail Riders, benefitting the
March of Dimes.
Weather was perfect, and
most of the Wrangler’s horses
ran the same way—perfectly!
Members present included Mr.
and Mrs. Carlton Harvey and
family, Mrs. Ronald Harvey
and family, Gerald Cowart with
Delores and David, Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Butler and Her
man Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hite
and Jody, Ray Harrison, Way
mon Hagan, Pratt Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Buckner
and several grandchildren, and
the Coastal Empire Horseman’s
Association top rider in the
‘Jack Benny’ class, Burt Ussery.
The local riding club is in its
last few days of preparation for
this Sunday’s Horse Frolic
which will benefit the Bryan
County March of Dimes. Events
begin with jackpot races at 11
a.m., classed events follow the
grand entry at noon.
All Bryan Countians are in
vited; you’re promised a day of
excitement and enjoyment, and
you will help the March of
Dimes. Y’all come!
Local JayceeS'
Jaycettes Meet
The Jaycees and Jaycettes
met Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the
social hall of the fire station
for their regular monthly
meeting at which a covered
dish supper was served.
Following the meal the Jay
cees and Jaycettes separated
for their business sessions.
The Jaycettes enjoyed a pro
gram entitled “Home Safety”
presented by Marjorie Jones,
Bryan County Extension Home
Economist. Jaycette business
included tenative plans to at
tend the winter Jaycee-Jay
cette Board Meeting at the
DeSoto Hilton in Savannah,
Feb. 21-23. They also dis
cussed the renting of a cot
tage at Jekyll Island for the
State Jaycee Convention, May
8-11.
Jaycee business included a
discussion of the annual BCHS
Beauty Revue sponsored by
the organization.
Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Starl
ing motored to Waycross Wed
nesday for a short visit with
Mr. and Mrs. L. Dan Jones
and family, returning home
Thursday. Returning to Pem
broke with the Starlings were
their daughter Glenda and
hildren Shearred, Trey, Sab
rina. Mr. Jones joined them
in Pembroke Friday night for
the weekend and they return
ed to Waycross Sunday after
noon.
Arias again becomes Presi
dent of Panama.
and BRYAN COUNTIAN Cnniolidatrd UecHmher ?9. 1967
nrririv nwr.A^ RRYAN CObYTY and THE CITY OF PEMBROKE
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY, 30, 1960
Richmond Hill
Wins Third
The debating team won third
place at the regional meet
which was held at Georgia
Southern College. Students
who participated in this event
were:
Affirmatives, Isaiah Boles,
Rosalyn Smith.
Alternate, Phillip Scott.
Negatives, Lance Weaver,
William Martin.
Alternate, Elane Ellis.
Mrs. Francis Meeks, sponsor.
Another group of students
presented the play “Parole,”
written by Robert Brome, for
competition in the literary
events that were held in
Statesboro on January 16,
1969.
The participants 'were as
follows, Launa Floyd, Lance
Weaver, Lloyd Murray, La-
Wanda Rushing, Lea Brown,
Jimmy Horne, Kathy Hansel,
Wanda Calloway, Gary Bash
lor, Stephen Moore and Suz
zanne Foster. This group not
only did the acting, but the
make-up as well. The group
won third place in the liter
ary events of Region 3C. The
play was also presented as
the program for the Richmond
Hill P.T.A. meeting held on
January 20, 1969.
Mrs. Gladys Heilman, spon
sor.
Notice
B. F. Stewart, Coordinate),
of Adult Education for the Sa
vannah Area Vocational-Tech
nical School, announces that
registration for a front end
alignment and brake service
course will be held at the
school’s Cynthia Street Branch,
Tuesday, February 4, at 6:30
p.m.
The course will cover such
areas as alignment, balancing
of tires, turning brake drums,
installation of lining, power
brakes, and others. The course
will be taught by Bert Biezen
bos, instructor for the school.
Charges for the course will be
$lO.
For further information, con
tact Mr. Stewart at 964-4389 or
Mr. E. P. Ike at 236-7863.
Card Os Thanks
We wish to express our
thanks to all who remember
ed us with their expressions
of sympathy, kindnesses, and
concern at the loss of our
loved one. The many offer
ings of flowers, food, c- ds,
and other help will always
be remembered with deepest
gratitude. May God bless each
and every one of you is our
sincere prayer.
Mrs. W. R. Pilkington
and Family
CARD OF THANKb
We wish to express our sin
cere appreciation to everyone
who was so thoughtful of me
during my stay in the hospital
and since I came home.
For the prayers, visits, flow
ers and cards we shall always
be grateful and will remember
each of you.
Mrs. R. L. Morgan
and Family.
announcement
Bryan County 4-H Awards
Night will be held February
10 at the American Legion
Home at 8:00 P.M. 4-H’ers
receiving awards and their
parents are invited to attend.
4-H’ers receiving awards will
receive a notice from the
county Extension office.
Most Honduran nurses are
aides with only a 6th grade
education, no formal instruc
tion. CARE-MEDICO team
nurses at the Hospital de Oc
cidente, in Santa Rosa, con
duct a school for auxiliary
nurses and helped develop a
training course that will be
used throughout Honduras.
Mistletoe State
Park Slated For
New Facilities
ATLANTA, (GPS) — Con
tract has been let for develop
ment of Mistletoe State Park
in Columbia County and the
new facilities are expected to be
completed by late this summer,
it was announced by State
Parks Director John L. Gordon.
Construction work will begin
immediately.
Improvements include tent
campsites with water and elec
trical facilities, parking areas
and drives, bathing beach and
bathhouse, rest stations, tackle
box concession stand, and com
fort stations.
The 1,920-acre park, easily
accessible via U. S. Highway
221 and Georgia 150, and also
byway of 1-20 west out of
South Carolina, is located about
10 miles from Appling on the
shores of 78,000-acre Clark Hill
Reservoir.
“Before too long now,” ob
served the parks director, “ang
lers will be able to combine the
pleasure to a visit to Mistletoe
with that of hooking large
mouth black bass, bream, crap
pie, rainbow trout or channel
catfish from the well-stocked
reservoir.”
Further information about
the park and its new facilities
may be obtained from Park
Superintendent Roger Bennetti
Route 1, Appling, Ga., 30523.
Friends and relatives of Mr.
and Mrs. Nolan Geiger and
their nine year old son, Keith,
who has been hospitalized since
Jan. 16, will be glad to learn
that Keith is on the improve
ment list. The family reports
that he may be able to come
home this week. Keith under
went surgery at the Bulloch
County Hospital Jan. 25.
Little Miss Michelle Baze
more, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Randall Bazemore, joined her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvester Parrish of Brooklet,
in a week-end trip to North
Carolina. Michelle and her
grandparents visited the Par
rish’s daughter, son-in-law, and
three grandsons in Chadbourne
N. C.
Bryan Gy.
Takes Two
PEMBROKE — Bryan County
took both games of a basketball
doubleheader here Tuesday
night against Richmond Hill.
The boys won theirs 92-89 (over
time), and the girls won theirs
68-52.
The Bryan Co. boys were led
by Doug Deloach (31), John
Miller (26), Mike Butler (16),
and Danny Bragg (12). The los
ers were paced by Isaiah Boles
(29), Whitney Jackson (27),
and Lloyd Murray (15).
The girls were paced by Bet
ty Hughes (36), and Linda Wil
liamson (24). The Richmond
Hill girls were led by Brenda
Davis (18), Yvonne Holland
(17). and Pat Hurst (17).
Statesboro Wins
Four Cage Games
STATESBORO — Statesboro
downed Screven County in a
basketball doubleheader here
Friday night. The girls won 43-
29 and the boys took a 43-33
win.
Dennis Dill (14) and Donald
Williams (11) led the Statesboro
attack and Van Davis (17) and
Tim Cowart (10) sparked Screv
en County.
Lillian Moore hit 21 for the
Statesboro girls. Cora Hom had
12 and Janet Spivey had 10.
Godbee had 11 for Screven.
Contract For Erection Os Low Rent
Housing Project In Pembroke
Signed Friday, Work Start Feb. 10
WILL COST $509,750 AND BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 6, 1969-
LOW BIDDER WAS PIEDMONT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
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Contractor signing contract for low rent housing project in
Pembroke.
Robert Jefferson I
McGahee I
Robert Jefferson McGahee,
65, died at Portsmouth, Va.,
Friday, Jan. 24, at the Ports
mouth General Hospital.
The native of Montgomery
County, Ga., resided in Ports
mouth, Va. for the last 35
years. A retired special agent
for the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, he was a Mason, a
Shrine, and member of the
Park View Methodist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Birdie Rustin McGahee; one
daughter, Mrs. Betty Eley; a
forster daughter, Mrs. Margie
Dorsey Twilly, all of Ports
mouth; six sisters, Mrs. E. L.
Mayo of Decatur, Ga.; Mrs.
Robert Witherington, of Dex
ter, Ga.; Mrs. Leona Under
wood, Mrs. Lula McGahee,
Mrs. W. T. Hughes and Mrs.
G. R. Darsey of Pembroke;
three brothers, James Mc-
Gahee of Atlanta, Ga.; D. C.
McGahee of Pembroke; and
David McGahee of Mcßae; two
grandchildren, Donna and Ray
Eley of Portsmouth; two fos
ter grandchildren, Diane
Twilly and Mrs. Barbara As
ton of Portsmouth; one great
grandchild, Jeff Aston.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan 26, at
the Perk View Methodist
Church. Interment was in the
Portsmouth Cemetery. Snell
ing Funeral Home was in
charge.
Cowarts Named
Mys Counselors
MYF members of the Pem
broke Methodist Church wel
comed their new counselors,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cowart,
Sunday night at their week
ly MYF meeting at the church.
The Cowarts are replacing
Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Owens
who have been the counselors
for several months. Taking
up new duties along with Mr.
and Mrs. Cowart is Miss Lynn
Quattlebaum, who was elect
ed MYF vice-president on
Sunday night.
Following an interesting
program given by Miss Kay
Bazemore a business session
was held. New business in
cluded the MYF accepting the
responsibility of getting out
the church bulletin each week,
and tentative plans for a
Valentine Party to be held
Friday, February 14.
Refreshments were served
by Mrs. W. R. Deal and Mrs.
Blanche Lanier.
All CARE donors are noti
fied how their money is used.
Improvements
For Pembroke In
Near Future
After having spent four days
, in Atlanta during the past two
weeks, and visiting various offi
. cials of the state that has the
power to do things for our lit
’ tie city, Pembroke’s Mayor
came back full of enthusiasm of
, what was in store for our little
city, some of which has just
been launched, with the signing
, of the contract for the building
of our new housing project.
, This will be the biggest single
thing that has ever happened in
Pembroke, and we have the
promise of more homes during
the construction of these.
Our sewerage is moving along
satisfactorily, and should be
ready to be announced as a fact
; early in March.
We look forward to getting a
great many streets paved dur-
I ing 1969.
i We know of at least two
£irms that are getting ready to
mwe into Pembroke, and will
■ furnish labor for our people,
both men and women.
Dannie Warnell is opening up
a 38 acre division of lots, that
will have streets, water, and
gas. Already one home is to
be built soon, Mr. Nelson Bed
ingfield who owns and operates
the drug store in ^mbroke has
plans to build a twenty thou
sand dollar home in this new
subdivision.
Others have bought and sev
eral are planning to buy and
build on this new subdivision,
which is part of the Payne
lands, and fronts on the exten
sion of Camelia Drive.
Yes 1969 should be a big year
for Pembroke.
Helen Graham
To Build Home
On Camelia Drive
Mrs. Helen Graham, an em
ployee of the Pembroke Post
Office, has bought a lot of land
on Camelia Drive just beyond
the Methodist Parsonage and
will build a home there. When
completed Mrs. Graham and her
mother, Mrs. I. G. Lanier will
•move to town. Mrs. Lanier is
reaching a ripe old age and de
mands much of Mrs. Grahams
time in looking after her, aqd
she will be better able to do
so when they move into Pem
broke.
It is located in a fine section
and many of our better homes
are being erected,in that sec
tion.
dsplM^i
Ou Friday the Piedmont Con
struction Company of Vidalia
was awarded the contract for
the building of the Low Rent
Housing Project, that Ye Edi
tor has been writing about for
so long a time. But “believe it
or not,” the contract has been
accepted and signed and the
Mayor was present on Friday
when Mr. H. K. Rushton, of the
Piedmont Construction Com
pany of Vidalia signed the con
tract in the office of the Clax
ton Housing Authority who is
handling this project.
When Pembroke went after
this project, we were “skepti
cal” of some things, and
thought it best to start in busi
ness under the leadership and
guidance of an authority that
‘ had years of experience with
the various problems, and we
approached our friends in Clax
ton and they agreed to work
with us, and if we later wished
to set up our own authority,
that they would be glad to help
us get it set up and in business
at any time.
This project will be but the
beginning of things for Pem
broke, we hope, as we anticipate
getting more houses allotted to
Pembroke, for the Housing Au
thorities realize that we need
many times more than we are
starting out with to fill the
need for low income housing
for our people.
The picture above shows the
contractor signing the contract
for the erection of these houses,
and there was a “wagon load”
of plans etc., that he had to
sign and take with him that
will show the smallest degree
just how each and every one,
and every part of it is to be
built.
The Mayor of Pembroke is
glad that the firm in Vidalia
got this contract, as we know
them through our relatives in
. Vidalia and they bear the repu
i tation of being first class con
, tractors, fine people to do busi
ness with and we have been as
> sured that we will get a first
C class job.
Mrs. Myrtice
Hughes Died Fri.
In Bulloch Hosp.
Mrs. Myrtice Dickerson
Hughes, 75, died Friday in the
Bulloch County Hospital.
She was a native of Bulloch
County and was a member of
the Ash Branch Primitive Bap
tist Church.
Survivors are two sons, Den
nis Hughes of Pembroke, and
J. Q. Hughes of Thunderbolt,
two daughters, Mrs. L. R. Lani
er and Mrs. J. C. Beasley of
Savannah, a brother, El. B. Dick
erson of Ellabell, two sisters,
Mrs. Floyd Strickland of Pem
broke and Mrs. L. L. Neal of
Port Wentworth, 11 grandchil
dren and 17 great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held at
3:00 p.m. from the Ash Branch
Primitive Baptist Church, with
Rev. John R. Joyner officiating.
Active pallbearers were Wil
liam R. Hughes, L. A. Lanier,
J. C. Beasley, Jr., Kenneth
Cook, Thomas Futch and Lloyd
Hodges. Interment was in the
Ash Branch Church Cemetery.
Morrison Funeral Home was
charge of arrangements.
CARE has started service tp
Lesotho and Kenya, Africa,
with emphasis on self-help
aid to develop rural resources-