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V olume 67, Number 18—The Pembroke Journal. Pembroke. Georgia 31321
City of Pembroke Given Grant of $449,400 For Seweraqe
Mayor Miller And His Council
Again Brings Home The Bacon
To Pembroke-Sewerage Etc.
As Mayor of the City of Pembroke, we wish to say
that we have had the able and complete cooperation of
our City Clerk J. Dixie Harn, and the five members of
the City Council in everything that we have been able
to do for the City of Pembroke. This has been true all
the years that we have been Mayor, and especially since
1950, when we were asked to again run for Mayor by
our good friend J. Dixie Harn, who at that time was
Mayor. He asked us to run and run on a proposition that
we would run on a promise to issue Revenue Certificates
and give the people of Pembroke ample water, and Fire
Protection, as he had been hampered in getting it done,
that he would support us, we ran and was elected.
We were “hell-hacked” and “hampered” in our ef
forts to carry out our promise, but we won out in our
efforts, although we were forced to fight an injunction
which was signed by eleven people trying to stop us,
but it never changed the situation at all, as we put down
the pipe even while the injunction was pending.
We carried out this promise and 95 percent of our
people were happy.
Before we did this there was a large number of
white people who could not get city water and “doggone
few negroes” had any. When we got through everyone,
white or colored that wanted water got it, we even ran
two lines outside of the city.
Your present Mayor was the Mayor that put the
Police in uniform in Pembroke.
We bought the first trash truck the city ever nad, and
every one they have ever had since.
We bought the first fire truck the City ever had.
When we were elected Mayor we had a two wheel hose
cart that the firemen would pull and run to a fire with,
which had a small amount of hose on it. We bought
an old LaFrance from the City of Savannah and finally
two fire engines were secured as surplus from the Army.
We built the little Police Station which has been in
continuous use for many years.
We built the first fire station, a small one which was
located on the site of the present Fire Station and Recrea
tion Center now used by so many of our people and the
fire engines and firemen.
Your present Mayor has always aided every worthy
project in the City of Pembroke. Only two years ago
we aided the Garden Club in restoring the Community
House and spent about one thousand dollars in doing
so. We have helped develop the Northside Cemetery
until today it is one of the nicest in any little City
in the State and we are going to continue looking after
Northside Cemetery.
We want the people to know that this year, in 1969
that there will be more than a million and a half dollars
spent in Pembroke, that was brought here by the united
efforts of all of us, that never cost the city a dime. Some
thing that no other little city can boast of.
J. R. Deloach
A Patient At
Memorial Hosp.
The many friends of J. R. De,
Loach will regret to learn that
he is again a patient at Me
morial Hospital where he went
last Saturday. His present trou
bles are not a recurrence of
his heart condition but was
done at the suggestion of his
Doctor in order that some tests
could be made and some other
minor troubles could be taken
care of.
It is expected that Mr. De-
Loach will return to his home
in a few days.
Birth
Sp/4 and Mrs. Howard E.
Hodge announce the birth of a
daughter, Rebecca Gay, born
Jan. 30 in the Candler Telfair
Hospital in Savannah. The in
fant weighed 7 lbs. 9 ozs.
Matera! grandparents are
Mrs. Jean Gay of Pembroke and
the late Perry Gay.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hodge
of Ravenna, Ohio.
Mrs. Hodge is the former
Gail Gay of Pembroke.
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•JOURNAL
Handsome New
Home Built By
J. H. Futch
Mr. J. H. Futch has just com
pleted a modern home on High
way 119 South, about two
blocks from the center of the
city. This home was built for
rent, and we understand has al
ready been rented and has
brought a new family to the
city.
Mr. Futch plans on more
building as he has some lots
that he can develop, and with
the demand for houses here he
feels that they will return a
good investment.
As Mayor, we have inquiries
daily for houses, lots that can
be bought and many times for
some acreage nearby the city,
for people who wisn to come
out, retire and enjoy Jife in
Pembroke, where they can also
enjoy everything that a city
has within a few minutes ride
from Pembroke.
Visiting in Pembroke over
week-end with their parents, ।
Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Starling, ]
were Raymon and Margie Star- ।
ling and young son Curtis, of :
Albany. They returned home ,
late Sunday. <
PEMBROKE RESIDENT RECEIVES APPOINTMENT TO WARRANT OFFICER
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Former Master Sergeant Stephen J. Garday, Jr., received his appointment to Warran
°/“ C "J""* 1 17" 7 231 1969 ’ 35 Maj ° r HE ’ Hornbeck officially swore him in at ceremonies hek
at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Mayor Hornbeck and Mrs. Garday “pinned” Mr Garday’s bar
on. Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the Fort Stewart Officer's Club.
Mr. Garday was previously non-commissioned officer in charge of Personnel Manage
, ment Branch since coming to Fort Stewart 19 months ago. After only 12 years in the ser
vice Mr Garday attained the rank of master sergeant. Now, four months later he i<
appointed to Warrant Officer. ’
Mr Garday, his wife (the former Miss Gloria Dußois), and their seven year old. daugh
ter make their home in Pembroke, Georgia. Upon appointment to Warrant Officer Mr
Garday will leave in May for a two week course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After com
pletion of the course, he will proceed on an overseas tour to Vietnam.
Past assignments of Mr. Garday, other thaa Fort Stewart, include two tours in France
Fort Benning, C<>NUS aSS ‘ gnmentS ‘° F ° rt KnoX ' Kentucky. Fort Gordon and
Husband Os
Bryan Woman
Recognized
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.
C.—Segreant Larry F. Brown,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Brown of R.D. 1, Mechanics
town, Ohio, has been recogniz
ed for helping his unit earn the
U. S. Air Force Outstanding
Unit Award.
Sergeant Brown, a vehicle
operator in the 437th Military
Airlift Wing at Charleston
AFB, S. C., will wear the dis
tinctive service ribbon as a per
manent decoration.
The 437th was cited for ex
ceptionally meritorious service
during its combat and resupply
airlift operations around the
world from Jujy 1967 to July
1968.
This marks she third time in
four years the wing has been
honored as an outstanding air
lift unit.
The sergeant is a graduate
of Carrollton (Ohio) High
School.
His wife, Barbara, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
H. Bacon of R.D. 1, Pembroke,
Ga.
Mrs. Keijo Meekins and
seven-week-old Karin, who have
been residing with Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Meekins of Pembroke re
cently, left Tuesday morning
for a two weeks visit in Lau
rens, S. Caro. Mrs. Meekins
and the infant were accompani
ed by Mrs. Meekins’ mother,
Mrs. Betty Williamson, who ar
rived from Laurens last Sunday
to assist her daughter and
grandchild on the trip to South
Carolina.
Mrs. Donald Johnson is a
patient in the Bulloch County
Hospital. She was admitted last
Monday suffering with a seri
ous case of virus. She is some
better but x-rays and tests are
still being made. Her many ,
friends and relatives hope she
will be much better in a few
days and can return home.
and BRYAN COENTIAV Ciinsolldaled December 39, 1967
firm Al ORRAM RRYAN CQVXn and THE CITY OF PEMBROKE
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1969
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JUDGE WALTON USHER
Judge Usher
Suffers Heart
Attack-Dies
Last Friday while holding
court in Sylvania, Judge Wal
ton Usher suffered a severe
heart attack and was rushed
to the Screven County Hospital
where he died on Saturday.
He was Judge of the Ogee
chee Circuit and was well
known in Bryan County.
He was a frequent visitor
to our courts here.
Funeral services were held
on Monday in Guyton, his
home town, and a large num
ber of the lawyers, judges, and
business people of a large sec
tion of Georgia was there to
pay their respects to this well
known Judge of Superior
Courts.
NOTE OF THANKS
We, the members of the
Beaulah Baptist Church wish to
express our thanks and appre
ciation to the members of the
First Baptist Church of Pem
broke for the use of the bap- 1
tistry on Sunday afternoon, <
February 2.
Members of the
Beaulah Baptist Church 1
COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEA9INB WEEKLY IfWFAFHrI
7 -IKED BY MANY • CUSSH BY SOME • REAI BY THEM ALL I
Henry Sellars In
Memorial In
Serious Condition
Henry L. Sellars an employee
of the Bryan County Depart
ment of Education, and one of
Bryan Countys most respected
colored people is in Memorial
Hospital in Savannah in a crit
ical condition as the result of a
wreck he was in on Saturday
night at Groveland, when his
car that he was driving was
run into by a soldier from Fort
Stewart.
He was first carried to the
Claxton Hospital, and then
rushed from there to Memorial
Hospital in Savannah.
Forest Fire
Season Here
The forest fire season is here
again, and the forestry unit
would like for you to remember
that you should exercise cau
tion when burning trash, brush
piles, fields and when control
burning woods. A person doing
such burning should first notify
the county forestry unit, and
be sure he has the proper tools
and necessary equipment be
fore starting the fire.
The forestry unit may be con
tacted by calling 653-4411 dur
ing the day, or calling Ben
Brewton, Jr. at 653-4616, or L.
F. Sanders at 653-4449 at ngiht
to report forest fire, or control
burning.
Landowner’s needing fire
breaks, should give the unit a
call, and arrange for this serv
ice at a cost of $7.50 per mile.
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FOR SALE i
House for sale — five room j
house and bath on lot, with ]
running water; deep well and ।
electric pump; located in Har
vey subdivision about 3% miles i
from Pembroke. See or call 653- ,
2458 for further information. r
' Pembroke City Officials Notified By Both Senators
And Cong. G. Elliott Who Aided Our Efforts
I Building Supt
Low Rent Project
Arrives Here
< On Monday Mr. and Mrs. W.
Hilton of Alina was in Pem
broke seeking a location for
their house trailer, as they ex
pect to be in Pembroke about a
■ year building the low rent Gov
ernment Housing Project for
| Pembroke.
1 Mr. Hilton called on Mayor
j Miller and it was not long be
-1 fore the Mayor suggested to
I the Hiltons that they move
| their trailer in his property ad-
| joining his home, where he had
1 all the facilities needed for a
trailer. They said that they
would move the trailer in
Thursday or Friday and would
| be citizens of Pembroke for a
year.
He is the man that will be
in charge of all the activities
s os the Piedmont Construction
Company, who has the contract.
‘He comes here from Alma,
. where he was an active deacon
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‘ in the Baptist Church there and
intends to be an active citizen
of Pembroke.
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Work will begin Monday on
the project and soon it will be
a hub of activity until the job
is completed. Mr. Hilton has
been with this company for
many years and has been in
charge of many projects that
they have built throughout sev
eral states. We are sure that
they will find a warm welcome
to our little city.
Bryan County
High School
Honor Roll
12th Grade: Billy Downs,
Greg Harvey, Frank Miles,
Dwight Newman, J. 0. Wilson,
Marie Baker, Clara Carter
Patricia Cowart, Janell Lewis,
Marjorie Nolan, Carolyn War
nell.
11th Grade: Glynn Miles, Bil
ly Conley, David Blitch, Ren
ard Davis, Linda Bacon, Elaine
Barnard, Debbie Raulerson,
Miriam Morris.
10th Grade: Shirley Bacon,
Diane Thompson, Allen Greene,
Judy Drew, Hoynes Bacon,
Levon Findley, Brenda Cowart,
Jade Jordan, Donna Scott, Di
ane Smith, Barbara Wilson,
Anne Burnsed.
9th Grade: Joyce Cowart,
Patti Page, Melanie Speir/Lynn
DeLoach, Charlene Futch, Betty
Underwood, Debra Alford, Evon
Newman, Henry Murchinson.
Bth Grade: Pamela Odom,
Donna Jordan, Maxine Shuman,
Linda Blitch, Annie Gillard,
Shelby Hester, Becky Lane,
Angie Newman, Debra Roberts,
Curtis Carter, Patty Baxter,
Dale Callaway, Jack Gardner,
Flo Bacon, Brenda Douglas, Ed
gene Wiggins, Steven Newman,,
James McClelland, Ferra Lane.
7th Grade: Michelle Bush,
Nancy Alford, Connie Bowers,
Russ Shuman, Don Owens, Joey, i
Jarriel. .
6th Grade: Diane Cowart, Jo ■
Anne Speir, Lisa Williamson.
Patty Mock, Grady Hughes.
sth Grade: Janet Burke,
Cindy Carruthers, Ferri Jiveash,
Renee Gillar, Ruth Lanier, Mar
lene Odom, Richi Shuman,
Kenny Sikes, Elaine Stewart,
Beth Blitch, Jimmie Lantz,
Penny NeSmith, Marcia Owens,
Bob Williamson.
4th Grades: Teressa Cowart, 1
Vicki Cribbs, Darlene Lanier,
Elizabeth Strickland, Marlene 1
Threatt. i
On Wednesday afternoon Mayor Frank O. Miller be
gan receiving telephone calls from Washington telling us
the good news that the Economic Development Admini
stration had approved a Grant of $449,400.00 to add to
our water system and to construct a new sewerage sys
tem, all to be done at an estimated cost of $642. Which
means that the City of Pembroke has got to furnish $192,-
600.00 to complete the job.
The present Mayor and Council, with the able as
sistance of our City Clerk, Hon. J. Dixie Harn has been
hard at work on this project for a long time, and it cer
tainly was good news for us to get the good news from
Washington.
Os course we know that it takes time to get things
rolling even after you have received approval of your ap
plication, but as soon as we got the news we got in touch
with our Engineers, Sewell Associates in Savannah and
told them of the grant, and asked that they get busy
bringing everything up to date so that there would not
be any delay caused by us on getting this much needed
project under way. We were told that they would get
busy immediately and that they felt sure that they would
be ready with complete plans and that advertisement for
bids could be run within 90 days. It may take a little
longer, but we are going to stay behind this project and
get same started as soon as possible.
There will be a large water tank constructed, as well
as some additional water mains, which will complete our
water system. It is truly a happy day for the people of
Pembroke.
Garden Club
To Meet
The Pembroke Garden Club
will meet Thursday, Feb. 13, at
7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
N. L. Ham. Co-Hostesses will
be Mrs. V. P. Stubbs and Mrs.
Danny Warnell.
The inspirational will be pre
sented by Mrs. A. I. Rhoden
and members will answer to'
the roll call by paying a com
pliment to the person seated
beside her. Mrs. Marjorie Jones
will be in charge of the pro
gram, which will include show
ing slides of roses.
Miss Ann Parrish will be in
charge of the Garden Hints.
Members will be shown an ar
rangement featuring forced
flowering shrubs. Members are
asked to bring a horticulture
specimen.
Mrs. H. B. Brewton, Mrs. W.
R. Deal, and Mrs. Purvis Bran
nen have been appointed to the
nominating committee to secure
officers for next year.
RIDING CLUB'S
"MARCH OF DIMES"
FROLIC SUCCESSFUL
Members of the local Georgia
Wranglers Riding Club, who
sponsored a Horse Frolic to
benelit the March of Dimes
Sunday, Feb. 3, at the Pem
broke Riding Arena, report a
very successful frolic.
The frolic was held from 11
a.m. until 5 p.m., with riders
throughout the Southeast Geor
gia area attending and parti
cipating in riding event. The
exact amount of proceeds from
the frolic will not be known
until after this week’s meet
ing of the Wranglers club.
All members wish to thank
those who gave of their time
and efforts to make the frolic
such a success.
Wedding Plans
Announced
The wedding of Miss Brenda
Futch and Mr. Herbert Ander
son will take place Friday, Feb
ruary 14, at 7 p.m. in the Pem
broke Christian Church.
No invitations are being sent,
but all friends and relatives are
invited to attend.
It PAS II
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SMiplKaf
Beta's Sponsor
Homecoming
5 Bryan County High School
t Homecoming festivities began
. Friday night, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m.
1 when the BCHS girls met Dari
. en. The final score, in favor of
Bryan was 51 to 23. The ex
- citing boys game also gave the
i homecoming a lift with final
r score of 72 to 60, favoring
BCHS.
I During the game’s halftime
i period, seven young ladies were
escorted across the court to vie
for the title Homecoming
Queen. Contestants were Miss
Janiee Butler, sponsored by the
. FHA and escorted by Roger
Futch; Miss Judy Drew, spon
sored by the FFA and escorted
by Wilson Pickett; Miss Bar
bara Wilson, sponsored by the
Beta Club and escorted by
Glynn Miles; Miss Carol Dug
gar, sponsored by the senior
class and escorted by Greg Har
vey; Miss Pam Cowart, spon
sored by the junior class and
escorted by Billy Conley; Miss
Linda Williamson, sponsored by
the sophomore class and escort
ed by Hoynes Bacon; and Miss
Phyllis Odom, sponsored by the
freshman class and escorted by
Ray Bazemore.
Miss Carol Duggar, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dug
gar, was elected Homecoming
Queen.
Following the two basketball
victories students, parents, and
teachers attended the Home
coming Dance held in the BCHS
Cafeteria. The theme for the
dance was the Mardi Gras and
the Beta Club had decorated
the cafeteria beautifully with
balloons, streamers, fish nets,
and masks. The total effect of
the artistic decorations was
atmospheric and realistic.
Music was provided by the
Melody Makers of South Caro.
Those attending report a very
successful homecoming, and
give credit to the hard working
Betas, their parents, and their
sponsor, Mrs. V. L. Mitchell.
VOTER ESTIMATION
The Census Bureau has esti
mated about 74 million Ameri
cans will cast votes in the next
presidential election if the
same percentage of the voting
agepopulation goes to the polls
as they did in the last election.