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Bryan County Rips
Country Day, 84-72
Bryan County’s sizzling Red
skins rode a hot second half to
an 84-72 Region 3-C basketball
victory over Savannah Country
Day at the Hornets’ gym Fri
day night.
The Hornets will host Mar
vin Pittman tonight at 8:15.
The SCD junior varsity will
play Pittman’s ‘B’ team at 7.
Earlier this season Bryan
County whipped the taller Hor
nets in Pembroke.
Coach Bill Saunders’ Hornets
own a 10-2 record. Both loses
were to Bryan County.
The Hornets grabbed a 20-19
first period lead and held a
slim 39-38 halftime margin.
However, Bryan County out
scored the Hornets 19-10 in
the third period,to take a 57-
49 lead.
The loss of Bob Reagan and
Steve Ramee via the foul route
in the second half virtually
eliminated any hopes of victory
for the Hornets. Ramee, the
Hornets’ key rebounder, fouled
out in the thired period and Re
agan departed in the final stan
za.
Bryan County put five men in
double figures—Johnny Miller
(31), Mike Butler (14), Danny
Bragg (14), Andrew Collins (10)
and Doug DeLoach (11). Joe
Kent led SCD's scorin’ with 28
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points, followed by Butch Gol
denstar (14) and Reagan (13).
The SCD girls won the open
er, 51-49. Alice Lee (24), Merri
Artley (17) and Sarah Phillips
(8) led the Hornet attack. Betty
Hughes (22) and Linda William
son (21) led t'. e losers.
Each year about 125 medical
and surgical specialists go
overseas for CARE-MEDICO,
at their own expense, on
month-long visits to practice
and teach their specialties.
LOT OF NOURISHMENT
To run its school and pre
school feeding programs for
25 million undernourished chil
dren in hungry countries,
CARE must obtain, ship, store
and deliver an average 26,000 i
tons of food a month. Every
dollar sent to CARE Food .
Crusade, New York 10016, can
help feed a child for 3 months.
LIFE SAVERS
Americans helped win a race
with death for a teen-age
girl critically ill at Avicenna
Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan.
A CARE-MEDICO team doc
tor diagnosed the infection on
her heart valve, then cabled
the agency to fly the antibiotic
that cured her. Such help is
provided by contributions to
MEDICO, a service of CARE,
New York 10016.
Gorman economy showing a
sharp upswing.
Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin is congratulated
by Governor Lester Maddox following swearing in ceremonies
at the State Capitol.
Irvin Succeeds
Phil Campbell
As Commissioner
ATLANTA — Thomas T.
Irvin, a former north Georgia
farm boy who started with only
S2OO and became a successful
business man before offering
for local political office in rural
Habersham County just 12
years ago, last week was sworn
in as Georgia’s Commissioner
of Agriculture.
Irvin, who succeeds Phil
Campbell, was sworn in by Gov
ernor Lester Maddox before a
packed crowd of agricultural
leaders, legislators, friends and
well wishers in the House
chamber of the General Assem
bly.
Irvin’s move from the office
. of Executive Secretary to the
, Governor to head one of the
; major departments of state
, government climaxed 12 short
years of service in public office 1
that saw him move from his <
first elected position on the 1
Habersham County school board 1
to four terms in the General
Assembly, the governor’s office
and then the top agricultural
job in the state.
Following the swearing - in
ceremony, the new Commission
er promised he would work for
all the people of Georgia, con
sumers and farmers. He said he
had been assured of the back
ing of all state agricultural
leaders and would be out in the
state getting to know the peo
ple and their problems as soon
as he could get settled in his
new office.
Extremely active in the field
of public education, Commis
sioner Irvin is presently serv
ing as president of the Georgia
School Boards Association and
has served as a delegate to the
National School Boards Asso
ciation on four different occa
sions. A former state director
of the Georgia Junior Chamber
of Commerce, he was named
Jaycee of the Year from Hab
ersham County in 1964. He is
Past Master of his local Mason
ic Lodge, Past High Priest of
Royal Arch Masons and pres-,
ently holds district offices in
both of these organizations.
The new Commissioner is a
member of the Board of Deac
ons of his local Baptist church
and a director of the Haber
sham Bank in Clarksville, Ga %
He and Mrs. Irvin, the former
Edna Bernice Frady, have five
children.
Only 39 years of age, Com-
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 30, 1869-
missioner Irvin has wide inter
ests in virtually all phases of
timber land production and real
estate.
Savannah Camellia
Show Set For
February 8-9
The 29th Annual Savannah
Camellia Show sponsored by the
Men’s Garden Club will be held
Saturday, February 8 and Sun
day, February 9, in the De-
Soto Hilton Office of the C &
S Bank, Bull and Liberty Sts.
More than 3,000 blossoms
grown by Savannah area gard
eners will be exhibited.
Camellias in Coastal Georgia
have been slow to open due to
this year’s Unusually cold temp
eratures, but should be at their
peak by the second week of
February. Blooms grown under
glass will be featured at the
show if outdoor blooms are
damaged by a hard freeze.
The show will be open to the
public from 3:00 until 9:00
p.m. Saturday, February 8 and
from noon until 6:00 p.m. Sun
day, February 9. Dr. John.
Zirkle, president of the sponsor
ing Men’s Garden Club is Gen
eral Chairman of the 1969 Ca
mellia Show.
Amateur gardeners are urg
ed to enter flowers regardless
of whether they have one ca
mellia bush or numerous varie
ties. Blossoms treated with gib
berellic acid will not be separ
ated from untreated blooms.
Flowers grown in greenhouses
will be judged separately.
Blooms may be entered between
8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Saturday,
February 8. There is no entry
fee.
Ribbons will be awarded for
the best flowers of each variety.
Sixteen silver goblets and trays
will be presented for the out?
standing blossoms on the Table;
of Honor. Entry tags can be se
cured now at the DeSoto Hilton
Office of C & S Bank, at Sears
Garden Shop, and at Marlins.
Camellias in artistic arrange
ments will be featured in a
special section of the show stag
ed by the Savannah Area Coun
cil of Garden Clubs under the
direction of Mrs. Robert Lov
ett. Arrangements in the spirit
of Williamsburg, Virginia;
oriental designs honoring Jap
an’s contribution to camellia
culture, and arrangements re
flecting the elegance of 18th
Century France will be featur
ed. A special class called
WANTED: PROGRAM DEVELOPER for five county
Coastal Georgia Area Community Action Authority, Inc.
Will work out of Area Office located in Brunswick. Must
have completed at least 2 years of college and have 2
years experience in working with OEO Programs or
similar experience or a degree from college with a major
in Social Services or have any equivilent combination of
the above.
No person who serves as a voting member of any Govern
ing Body of the Coastal Georgia Area Community Action
Authority, Inc., of a county Community Action Commit
tee, or other major policy-making body of the Coastal
Georgia Area Community Action Authority, Inc. may be
employed by said agency or any of its delegate agencies.
All replies should be made to P. O. Box 1814, Brunswick
Georgia no later than February 7, 1969.
Salary commensurate with experience. We are an equal
opportunity employer.
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“Charleston’s Old Charm” will
salute the early gardens of the
South.
PEMBROKE SOLDIER
AT KEESLER AFB
BILOXI, Miss. — Sergeant
Thomas Shuman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles J. Shuman,
Rt. 1, Pembroke, Ga., has ar
rived for duty at Keesler AFB,
Thailand.
The sergeant is a 1966 grad
uate of Pembroke High School.
His wife, Willie, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dur
ant, Rt. 1, Pembroke.
To educate children, in 1968
CARE donors provided mate
rials to help build schools for
21,000 primary students; desks
and chairs for 75,000; writing
supplies for 760,000 pupils to
do their class and home work