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—THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 30, 1969
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And BRYAN COUNTIAN
(Paper* Merged December 29, 1967)
PublUhed in The City of Pembroke Every Thursday
Frank O. Miller Editor, Owner and Publisher
Mhk Frank O. Miller - Asst. Editor
Official Organ of Brqan County and The City of Pembroke
Low Rent Housing-A Reolity
For nearly three years we have been telling the
people of Pembroke that we were going to have a low
rent housing project in Pembroke. In fact many times
we have told them that it was just around the corner,
when in fact it was a long time off.
But last Friday the contract for the construction of
these low rent houses in Pembroke was signed, and the
contract calls for work to begin by February 10th and
to be completed by December 6, 1969.
This is one of the most important moves forward that
our little city has ever made. It means that 38 families
can live in a modern home and enjoy the good things
of life, even if they are very poor and have very little
income, that is what these houses are being built for, to
alleviate the acute shortage of homes for our elderly
people, who are among that number that never accum
ulated money enough to have a home of their own, and
many are forced to live in a “shack”, and pay high rent
for what they get, and many are cold on cold days, and
located where they have to depend on some one to get
their groceries, drugs and other needs and bring them
to them.
This new housing project is located near the main
part of the city, will extend from one street to the other,
will be located on a large tract of land, and playground
facilities will be included. These homes will have sewer
age and will be all electric homes. They will be equipped
with electric heat, and electric fixtures in the kitchen,
will have sewerage, and the water will be furnished.
It means that the City of Pembroke will get 38 new
water customers, 38 customers for their sewerage sys
tem, and that all of this will be paid for out of the
Housing Project funds.
It will be available to both white and colored, and
those getting a home in this project will have to be good
citizens and behave themselves, otherwise they will be
moved out. It will be landscaped and the grounds will
be looked after and kept pretty at all times.
Yes, it was a dream of Pembroke’s Mayor who was
the leader in securing this for our little city, and has
never let up, even after it had been announced that the
funds had been assigned for the job. It looked as if we
were “bedeviled” by everything that one could have to
contend with, but we stayed at it, and now it is a
fact and we rejoice about it.
The Georgia —
Alegisletter
L "■ “ ’By Glenn McCullough
ATLANTA (PRN) - The
House and Senate
appropriations committees
met in joint session as the
two-week budget review recess
began this week, a first in the
history of Georgia.
Representative James
(Sloppy) Floyd of Irion, and
Senator Lamar Plunkett of
Bowdon, the respective
chairmen, laid down rigid
ground rules for state agencies
scheduled to make
appearances. Department
heads will be required to
submit, 48 hours in advance,
of his appearance, a written
synopsis of his proposed
budget and justification
thereof.
Floyd and Plunkett said
they would consider only
requests which could be
supported by anticipated
revenue from current sources,
despite the fact that Governor
Maddox’s budget hinges on a
proposed $214.5 million tax
increase.
The House Ways and Means
committee, headed by
representative Quimby Melton
of Griffin last week passed one
tax measure, first one of the
session, which proved to be
something of a shocker, at
least to highway chairman Jim
Gillis. The requested 1.5 cents
increase in gasoline tax was
ut to a cent.
The first bill to be enacted
o law was Senator Font
nks proposal to observe
T Holidays always on
lay instead of the dates
which they normally
passed the Senate with
dissenting vote and
tative Jones Lanes of
Ya, managing the bill
\use, claimed an easy
r the measure The
was scheduled to
. ill into law at a
A ,'eremony in his
■ ittended by a
‘i i representing the
’ Btry. Georgia thus
k ! third state in the
bdopt the federal
W igislation changing
▼ iesignations.
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? filing of pension
it bills a host of
titroduced amid so
usion over their
at some sponsors
I said quite candidly
H dn’t know exactly
measures were
to accomplish.
Z) o julian Webb of
^Zs / lle - promised that
»tee would give a
thorough study to them all.
While administration
leaders pleaded the case of the
budget before the Ways and
Means committee, of the
House, they found little or no
room for adjusting or
compromising. The Governor
has taken a protective attitude
over his budget and wants it
left unchanged in all areas.
The administration, said
one knowledgeable legislator,
can count on less than 100
votes in the House on his
budget, and added, “he’s not
expected to make any
significant concessions.” His
implications is that the budget
request will fail.
It is expected that one or
more tax measures will be
approved which would provide
relief on the local level. The
increase to 4 cents in the sales
tax also is expected to pass.
Representative Walstein
Parker of Sylvania introduced
a bill in the House calling for
inclusion of advertising
services under the sales tax,
which would cover advertising
on radio, television, billboards,
newspapers and cinema film
footage in Georgia. It would
not apply to novelty
advertising, car cards, or other
forms of advertising, nor
would it apply to advertising
originating outside the state
but circulated or broadcast
into the state.
Such a tax, of course, adds
to unemployment and
inflation and because it is a
tax on tax and in other ways
discriminatory, many question
the constitutionality of such a
proposal. Few were willing to
give it much chance of serious
consideration.
Meanwhile, representative
Johnnie Caldwell of
Thomaston, resigned as
administration assistant floor
leader, and announced he
would seek the office of
comptroller general in next
year's elections. And Tommy
Erwin, the Governor’s
executive secretary, was sworn
in as commissioner of
agriculture, replacing Phil
Campbell who was named
Under Secretary of the United
States Department of
Agriculture.
The powerful house
democratic caucus committee
were showing signs of getting
into the main stream of party
matters. While this group has
exercised leadership in the
House, it has shown little
interest, collectively, in party
machinery. But all that is
Rescued Rangers:'Calm Saved Ils'
By JAMES 0. MIZELL
Evening Press Staff Writer
“The only reason we are
here now is that the weather
was calm,” Ronald Harvey of
Bryan County said this morn
ing after being rescued 12
miles off the Georgia coast.
Harvey, 38, and Walter
Taylor, 24, of the Dean Forest
Road in Chatham County, had
drifted around in the Atlantic
Ocean in a 17-foot Georgia
Game and Fish Commission
patrol boat for about 28 hours
before they were spotted yes
terday by a helicopter crew
from the Coast Guard Air
Station at Hunter Army Air
field.
Other than suffering from
exposure in near-freezing
weather, neither man was in
jured, Harvey said.
The two Game and Fish
Commission rangers began
drifting shortly after 12:30
p.m. Tuesday, when the
electrical power in their 17-
so o t inboard-outboard boat
failed at the mouth of St.
Catherine’s Sound, Harvey
said.
They were spotted about
4:20 p.m. yesterday by the
Coast Guard helicopter crew
approximately 12 miles out in
the ocean east of Sapelo Is
land, about 15 miles south of
St. Catherine’s Island.
“Other than a strong east
wind and being real cold, the
weather was calm. If it had
been rough water, wc
wouldn’t be here now,” Harv
ey said.
“When the chopper picked
us up, we were two proud fel
lows,” Harvey added.
“The east wind kept us
about to change. Nobody
questions the need for some
reorganization within the
democratic party and the
House group can do that job.
As one veteran of the group
observed, “just like that,”
snapping his fingers.
Elects Officers
The Sunday School of the
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church,
elected officers for 1969. Supt.,
Dea. Robert (Bobbie) Stewart.
Asst. Supt., Mrs. Clara Garri
son; Sec., Miss Michelle Bush;
Asst. Sec., Mrs. Judy Bacon;
Treas., Mrs. Lillie Turner;
Teachers” Class No. 1, Mrs.
Albertha Smokes; Asst. Mrs.
Lettie Stewart; Class No. 2,
Mrs. Eula M. Jones, Asst., Mrs.
Lula Garrison; Class No. 3,
Mrs. Mary E. Henry, Asst.
Kevin Lanier; Class No. 4
Mrs. Annie M. Gillard, Asst.
Mrs. Sylvia L. Lee.
Sunday School every Sun
day morning at 10:00, the pub
lic is invited.
County Agent
News
D. E. Medders, County Agent
Sales Tax Exemption
Our farmers got some good
news at the beginning of this
year. Those primarily engag
ed in producing field crops for
sale will not have to pay sales
tax on the purchase of rub
ber-tired farm tractors and at
tachments or equipment which
will be used exclusively for
planting, cultivating and har
vesting such crops within a
12-month period. This be
came effective January 1.
The bill providing for this
Sales tax exemption was pass
ed by the last session of the
Georgia ’ Legislature. It was
written and introduced by
Representative Paul NesSmith,
Bulloch County, and signed
by more than 130 lawmakers
from farm areas.
The exemption does not ap
ply to repair or replacement
parts, tractor attachments de
signed for use other than crop
production, or to motor veh
icles or other equipment for
use on highways.
To qualify for the exemp
tion. the farmer must fill out
a special “Certificate of Ex
emption” (Form ST-FMI) at
the time of purchase. These
forms are provided by the
State Department of Revenue,
and farm equipment dealers
should have a supply on hand.
Only farmers producing
field crops for sale within a
12-month period may receive
this sale tax exemption on
equipment used in the pro
duction of each crops. The
exemption does not apply to
farmers producing feed crops
primarily for their own use,
or to producers of orchard
forest or ornamental crops.
Value of U.S. bases abr.bao
is questioned.
headed into the swells. If we
had been in the troughs we
would have capsized,” he
said.
“It had started drizzling
when they picked us up. After
the weatner had changed, I
was scared of a northeaster..
If it hao started blowing
northeast, we wouldn’t have
been afloat an hour,” Harvey
said.
The green and white boat in
which tire two had started pa
trolling around the Ossabaw
Island area was spotted by
the helicopter and later taken
in tow by the 95-foot Coast
Guard cutter Cape Current
from here.
“We thought the search was
over for the day because of
the weather. I had just laid
down and he (Taylor) was
s t a r t i n g to when he yelled
‘here it comes’,” after spot
ting the helicopter, Harvey
said.
“We haq taken some gas
from the tank in an bottle
and I poured it on the water.
After it got away from the
boat I threw a piece of light
ed paper in it and set the gas
on fire and the smoke attract
ed the helicopter,” Harvey
said.
Harvey said he and Taylor
left Kilkenny Creek landing
on routine patrol about noon
Tuesday and as they reached
the mouth of Bear River and
St. Catherine’s Sound, about
five miles from the landing,
he slowed down to turn the
boat around.
“When I slowed down to
turn around it-(the boat mo
tor) shut off and the battery
was completely dead. With
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the battery dead we lost the
use of our radio,” Harvey
said.
“The drift carried us out.
We threw out the anchor'and
the time ii caught the rope
popped and we went riding,”
he said.
“We saw the choppers and
search party working the first
night. We took one of the boat
seats, poured gas on it, put it
in the water and set it afire
and let it burn out. But the
wind and tide had carried us
too far oct and they didn’t
see us,” he said. “They
(searchers) didn’t come out
there because they didn’t ex
pect us to be so far out,” he
added.
Harvey estimated that he
and Taylor had drifted about
35 miles out to sea and had
come back in about 15 miles
before they were spotted.
During the night they hud
dled together under some
plastic sheeting and boat
seats for what little warmth
they could get, Harvey said.
“When we got u>p at day
break, we were so stiff we
could hardly move,” he add
ed.
“We survived the night bet
ter than I expected to. I knew
that if we had to make anoth
er night, we probably
wouldn’t come through,”
Harvey said.
For every dollar donatej by
Americans in 1968, CARE de
livered $6.52 in aid to the
worlds needy people. To mul
tiply the public contributions,
the U.S. donates farm* abun
dance and local governments
share the operating costs of
CARE’s food, self-help and
medical programs.
Maddox Keeps Up
Battle For His
Forward Program
ATLANTA, (GPS)—Even as
members of the General Assem
bly debate the merits of his
proposed tax revision program,
Gov. Lester G. Maddox con
tinues to take his case to the
people at every opportunity.
For example, in three Atlanta
speeches, delivered within a 48-
hour period, the governor drove
home the point that his pro
posal is vital to the future
growth and prosperity of Geor
gia.
After speaking along these
lines at the Georgia Municipal
Association’s annual Mayors’
Day banquet and at a Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce
“Eggs and Issues,” breakfast,
Gov. Maddox summed up his
case in an address to the Geor
gia Milk Producers Associa
tion’s 18th annual banquet. Said
he:
“During the past several
weeks, there have been quite a
few people who have, figura
tively speaking, jumped over
the moon when I proposed in
,creasing the sales tax by one
cent. Some of them are still in
orbit.
“When they come back to
earth I think they will acknowl
edge, along with most Georgi
ans, that my proposal concern
ing taxes is a sound investment
in Georgia’s future.
“I have recommended the al
location of an amount equal to
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one-half of one cent of the state
sales tax to counties and to
county and independent school
systems, and one-half cent to
cities. I proposed that these
funds be returned to counties
and cities on a per capita basis,
and to schools on the basis of
average daily attendance.
“This will be no more than
implementing, on the state
level, the present philosophy of
government of helping those
who need help. We have done
this for other people and their
governments across the world.
It is not sound fiscal policy,
and we will not be putting first
things first, if we continue to
fail to meet the needs of our
own state and our own people.”
At another point Gov. Mad
dox declared: “What I am ask
ing the General Assembly to
do in this area is to compen
sate for a quarter century of
failure and neglect of state gov
ernment during the era of
transition from an agriculture
to an agri-business economy
which has discouraged industry
from moving into our smaller
counties and has created an
exodus of people from the
farms to the large cities."
In closing, the governor said:
“Georgia is a first-class state,
and it is my earnest desire that
the people of Georgia, through
their elected representatives in
the General Assembly, will put
the staying power behind the
great things already started by
increasing the Georgia sales tax
by one cent and the gasoline
tax one and one-half cent.”
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the American people.
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Bentley Says
Youth Group
Is Needed
ATLANTA, GA., (PRN) -
In a speech Friday to the
Georgia State College Young
Republican Club, Comptroller
General James L. Bentley said
that state government should
solicit the advice of young
people, and called on the
governor to organize a “youth
advisory commission” for this
purpose.
Mr. Bentley started a
student intern program in the
comptroller general’s
department when he took
office in 1963. He said the
program has been of mutual
benefit to the students, and
his office. “The energy and
creativeness of these young
Georgians,” Bentley added, “is
phenomenal. We have been
able to use quite a few of the
ideas generated by these
students each summer.”
The comptroller general
said a youth commission,
made up of young people
from various state
organizations could offer
advice to state government not
only concerning youth
programs, but also in other
areas. He said there is a
definite need for a youth
council since many of the
voters in Georgia are under 25,
and are interested in helping in
government.
Bentley said that the
commission would also stir the
interest of young people
throughout the state, and in
many cases would inspire
them to pursue careers in state
government.
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