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Volume 67, Number 20—The Pembroke Journal, Pembroke, Georgia 31321
Richmond Hill
Gardeners Meet
The Richmond Hill Garden
Club held its February meeting
at the home of Mrs. Roger Jes
sup. Mrs. Herbert Schwabe was
the assisting hostess.
The focal point of the spaci
ous dining area of the Jessup
home was a large floral com
position of red and white glad
iola, interspersed with red che
nille hearts. The hostesses serv
ed delicious macaroon pie with
whipped cream topping, salted
nuts and coffee. Red and white
napkins designed with a valen
tine motif added to the holiday
theme.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mrs. L.
N. Smith.
Mrs. Robert Sharpe led the
group in the prayer collect.
Reports were given by sev
eral chairmen of standing com
mittee. The book committee
chairman, Mrs. John Heilman,
reported that six new books on
gardening have been selected to
add to the club library.
Mrs. Walter Meeks, Sr. in her
horticulture report asked that
all members have their annual
lists of accomplishments turned
in before March Ist, making it
possible for officers to meet
deadlines.
Mrs. W. W. Speir shared with
the club the arrangement she
entered in the Camellia Show
in Savannah recently on behalf
of the club. The co position
featured one large varigated
Betty Burgess camellia blossom
of outstanding quality. It was
grown by Mr, Francis Brewton
at his Rabbit Hill Nursery, lo
cated near Richmond Hill. In
terpreting the title “Gratitude”
Mrs. Speir used Jerusalem oak
and wisteria vine for artistic
lines of expression. For green
ery loquat and aspidistra
leaves were used near an oval
base of wood. Her composition
was the winner of a second
place award in the show.
Mrs. Neill Baylor, chairman
of the nominating committee,
reported on the committee’s
choice for a slate of officers
for the coming years. The club
accepted the slate by unanimous
acclaim. President for the 1969-
70 year will be Mrs. L. C. Gill;
vice - president, Mrs. Glenn
Trout; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. Emmett Wilson; corre
sponding secretary, Mrs. Robert
Sharpe; treasurer, Mrs. Harry
Gill, Jr.; parliamentarian, Mrs.
John Heilman.
The door prize was drawn by
Mrs. John Heilman. It was a
zery unusual African violet
with green and white varigated
foliage with pale lavender blos
soms.
The program was presented
by two of the club’s ablest
members, Mrs. Herbert Schwabe
and Mrs. Cecil Rahn. Both hav
ing served on the clubs’ library
committee this year, they gave
most interesting reviews on re
cent volumes added to the club
library.
After reviews of “A Com
plete Book on Bulbs” by Mrs.
Rahn and “A Complete Book of
Chrysanthemums” by Mrs.
Schwabe; Mrs. L. C. Gill, pro
gram chairman, ended the pro
gram with an arranger’s quiz.
Mrs. Walter Meeks, Jr., in
troduced her guest and new
neighbor Mrs. Gerald Alexan
der. Members also enjoyed as
their guest, Mrs. Marjorie
Jones, of Pembroke.
Birth
Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Glen
C. Allen announce the birth of
a girl, Margaret Frances, born
on January 31st, 1969, weighing
6 pounds. Staff Sergeant Allen
is serving in the U. S. Army in
Stuttgart, Germany. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
L. E. Wolfe of Route 1, Pem
broke, Ga., Paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Hunt H.
Allen of Route 6, Chatham,
Virginia. Mrs. Allen is the for
mer Miss Phylis Wolfe. The Al
lens have one other daughter,
Barbara Ann.
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Games This Week
The Bryan County Redskin Girls continue on the tournament trail this week, beginning
Thursday at 7:00 P.M. in Claxton against Toombs Central. The other game that evening
will be St. Pius boys against Broxton. On Friday, it’s Ludowici and Adrian girls at 7:00
P.M. and at 8:30, Toombs Central and Savannah Country Day boys. The finals are sched
uled for the winners on Saturday, with the girls game at 7:00 P.M., and the boys at 8:30.
Richmond Hill
School Observes
Georgia Day
Two assemblies were held to
commemorate the birthday of
the State of Georgia last week
at the Richmond Hill School.
At 9:00 a.m. the elementary
division of the school gathered
in the school auditorium. To be
gin their commemoration the
students pledged allegiance to
the country’s flag, and then en
joyed singing patriotic songs
such as “America” and “Amer
ica the Beautiful.”
Mrs. Walter Meeks, Jr.,
teacher of Georgia history at
the school, then taught the
Georgia State Song to the
youngsters and followed with
a story about the birth of the
state.
For the high school assembly
at .2:00 p.m. the outline of the
program was much the same
with one exception. Mrs. Meeks
substituted the story hour with
an address to the students en
titled “A Week of History.” In
her speech she paralleled the
lives of Alexander H. Stephens
and Frederick Douglas and end
ed with a descriptive oration of
the times and people that led
to the permanent settlement of
the colony of Georgia.
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Richmond Hill
Marine Completes
2 Weeks School
DANANG, VIETNAM (FHT
NC)—Marine Private First
Class Larry D. Turner, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Turner of
Richmond Hill, Ga., and hus
band of the former Miss Elaine
Wells of 108 Stafford St.,
Hinesville, Ga., completed Com
bined Action Group School at
Danang, Vietnam.
The two week course, con
ducted by the Third Marine Am
phibious Force, is designed to
prepare Marines and Navy hos
pital corpsmen for assignment
to Combined Action Platoons
throughout South Vietnam’s
five northernmost provinces.
Each ( Combined Action Pla
toon, made of 15 Marines, stays
in a local village or hamlet to
protect it from the enemy while
at the same time, working with
local villagers to establish good
relations.
Friends and relatives of Mr.
Newman Bazemore will be glad
to learn that his family reports
he is somewhat improved and
is recovering nicely from his
recent surgery. Mi*. Bazemore
underwent surgery on Tuesday,
Feb. 11, at the Candler General
Hospital in Savannah. The
hopes of his many friends are
that he will continue to improve
and soon be able to return
home.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1969
Work Starts On
Housing Project
On Monday a huge bull
dozer began clearing the site
for the new housing project
in Pembroke, and Mr. Hilton
who has already moved in to
supervise the construction of
these houses tells us that from
now on things will hum down
on the site.
We are carrying a plot of
the way the Housing Project
will look when it is complet
ed, shows how new streets
will be built, and how the
houses will be located, also it
shows a large area for play
grounds.
This project is scheduled
for completion by December
6, barring bad weather that
would call for an extension
of time.
It contains about 11’/ 2 acres
and goes from 119 which was
formerly known as 67 across
to the old Clyde Road which
is also known as the County
Work Camp Street.
Mayor Miller has had many
to talk to him about getting
one of these homes, but for
some time yet there can be no
plans for anyone to get a
home in this project. It will
have to get further along the
way to completion before any
thought will be given to just
who will and will not be
given one of these homes.
Riot damage claims pass $2
million in New York.
'COASTAL GEORGIAS LEASING WEEKLY NEWSFAPER'
UKI >Y MANY - CUSSEB IT 80ME • Hill BY THEM MI
Lawrence Church
Honors Their
Pastor Sunday j
Sunday was “John Joyner $
Day” at Lawrence Baptist I
Church, as they were paying j
tribute to their pastor on his :
6th Anniversary as their pastor. |
The day started with services *
in the church and a delightful '
dinner served in the social hall. I
There was a good crowd pres- ,
ent for the affair, and among >
them were Mrs. N. L. Ham of I
Pembroke and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank 0. Miller.
The church has made rapid |
progress during the past six :
years, which Rev. Joyner has I
been their pastor. We are tak- '
ing the liberty of publishing the
Anniversary Letter which was I
in their Bulletin on Sunday and
which tells of the progress of
the Church, and was signed by
Rev. Joyner. More than $12,000
has been spent on the church,
and today it is free of debt and
has plans for many more im
provements in the months
ahead.
The letter was as follows:
Anniversary Letter
Dear Friends:
I have been pastor of the
Lawrence Baptist Church six
years today. The Lord has bless
ed our ministry together. The
church has grown numerically,
financially, and spiritually. We
have preached the gospel every
Sunday and many souls have
been saved.
The inside of the church has
been completely renovated —
hardwood floors, new walls, sus
pended acoustical ceiling tile,
new lighting fixtures, new pews
and pulpit furniture, new choir,
chairs and choir robes, fiberglas
baptistry, picture over baptis
try and new heating and cool
ing system. On the outside we
have installed a new roof, new
church front and vapor light.
This all cost $12,500.00 and it is
all paid for. The indebtedness
on the educational building has
also been paid in full. The
church is free of debt.
• Our future plans call for put
ting a steeple on the church,
painting or brick veenering the
building, carpeting the sanctu
ary and landscaping the
grounds.
1 want to take this oppor
tunity to thank all of our mem
bers and friends for helping us.
“This is the Lord’s doing; it is
marvelous in our eyes.”
May we have many more
happy years together.
Your pastor,
John R. Joyner.
Guests Visit
Local Jaycettes
The Bryan. County Jaycettes
were hostess to four members
of the Statesboro Jaycette Or
ganization at their meeting
Tuesday night, Feb. 18, in the
social hall of the Pembroke
Fire Station.
Guests were Mrs. Patti Anne
Powell, Mrs. Dee Pruitt, Mrs.
Claire Gould, and Mrs. Rebe
Newsom. The purpose of their
visit was to obtain “Girl Mile
age” and “visitation hours”
which will give them credit to
ward being recognized for state
awards.
The Bryan Jaycettes made
plans to attend the State Jay
ette Winter Board meeting at
the DeSoto Hilton in Savannah,
Feb. 21-23. Other business in
cluded the announcement of the
date for the BCHS Beauty Re
view, which will be held April
12. The Jaycettes will assist the
Bryan County Jaycees in spon
soring this event.
The door prize was won by
Mrs. Richard Van Brunt.
Refreshments o^ ca ke lady
fingers, and coffee were served'
by Mrs. Nell Daniel and Mrs.
Gwen Turner.
Atom is explored as engin
eering tool.
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Mayor Miller First to Enjoy Natural Gas Service Here
Mayor Frank O. Miller and Paul Gilder, and Engineer for Robert
P. Gray shown while the first customer of new Natural Gas Line
gets tied into the system. Mayor Miller was active in helping
secure Natural Gas for Pembroke.
Superintendents ।
Against 90-10
Proposal
Georgia’s school system su
perintendents are against
changing the ratio of state-local
support from 82-8 to 90-10 in
financing the Minimum Foun
lation Program for Education,
a change proposed by a bill in
troduced in the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly.
The Georgia Association of
School Superintendents in ses
sion at the Sheraton-Biltmore
in Atlanta this week unani
mously approved a resolution
condemning the movement ini
tiated in the General Assembly.
At the same time, the superin
tendents endorsed a proposal of
State Superintendent of
Schools Jack P. Nix which
would provide for continuation
of local support for education
at 18 percent of the cost of the
Foundation Program to insure
the maintaining of the equaliza
tion factor in the Foundation
Law.
Dr. Nix’s recommendation
also provides for an equaliza
tion fund to cushion the effects
of increases in required local
effort. In the school superin
tendents' meeting, Dr. Nix
showed how under his proposal
most school systems would fare
better financially than under
the plan suggested by the pro
ponents of the 90-10 ratio of
state-local support.
His figures, prepared by the
Georgia Department of Educa
tion, show that the Bryan
School System would receive
$50,332 of additional state funds
under his proposal as compared
with $34,896 of additional funds
under the proposal to reduce
local contribution to 10 percent
in financing the Minimum
Foundation items.
Colored Home
Burned On
Thursday
Wednesday afternoon the
home of Will Smokes was dis
covered to be on fire, and
when the fire department got
there it was practically burn
ed up. The house was just
, about a total loss, and much
of the contents.
The home was up next to
the colored Baptist Church,
and the family was one of
the most substantial colored
, families in our little city. The
Journal joins their other
, friends in sympathizing with
them in the loss of their home
and -most of its contents.
White House urges flexible
law on trade.
More Houses Are
Planned For The
City Os Pembroke
Plans are being made to
bring at least 25 more homes
to Pembroke in the near fu
ture, which will add to our
little city. Details of this
plan cannot be given to the
public at this time, but Mayor
Miller has been advising and
negotiating to get the project
underway and today it looks
as if it is a sure thing.,
There are several new homes
now under construction, and
others will be as soon as con
tractors and carpenters can
take hold of other contracts.
Dr. Bedingfield will build a
fine home out on the new
subdivision that is getting
ready to be put on the market
by Danny Warnell. Lee Wil
liamson is planning on build
ing a fine home out on the
Harry Hagan tract of land.
There is a big demand for
houses in Pembroke today
that is not being met. We
have many people wanting to
come to Pembroke to live, but
there are no vacant homes for
them.
Dr. Curtis Hames
Presents Lecture
Dr. Curtis G. Hames of Clax
ton, a cardiologist of world re
, nown, was introduced by Mr.
Eugene Mock to a crowd of
1 Pembroke citizens at the social
, hall above the city Fire Station
. Wednesday night, Feb. 12.
। Assisting Dr. Hames in
( showing the films .on cardiac
; research was Mrs. Henrietta
t Mason, who is associated with
] the Georgia Heart Association.
Dr. Hames addressed the group
concerning heart research and
ways to prevent heart attacks.
Following his discussion Dt.
Hames answered questions from
the floor.
Dr. Hames has received inter
national recognition for his in
vestigations in the National
Heart Research Program in
Evans County, concerning the
causes of heart disease and
hypertension. Also Dr. Hames
is now Visiting Associate Clin
ical Professor at the Medical
College of Georgia and the
School of Public Health, Depart
ment of Epidemeology, Univer
sity of North Carolina.
In the, fall of 1967 Dr. Hames
presented his findings behind
the Iron Curtain at the Uni
versity of Wroclaw, Wroclaw
Poland, as guest of the Presi
dent of the Polish Society of
Internal Medicine.
Mrs. Eugene Mock and Mrs.
Ronnie Speir served refresh
ments of coffee, sandwiches,
mints, nuts and cookies, after
the meeting.
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Brantley Tells
People About
Educational Bill
Elsewhere in this paper is a
paid advertisement of Repre
sentative Hines L. Brantley in
which he tells the folks back
home something about his high
ly controversial Education Bill,
which is being opposed vigor
ously by some of the larger
counties, because as Represen
tative Brantley puts it, that it
helps the smaller educational of
the state do more for their peo
ple.
We compliment Representa
tive Brantley on giving the
facts to the folks back at home,
and ordinarily would have car
ried the story for FREE, but
the little country papers have
no way to make enough money
to meet the bills of today, ex
cept in selling our space, and
our representative wanted his
people back home to be familiar
with the bill, and wanted it
published in a large space, even
if he had to pay for it. Well
friend Hines, here it is in the
paper, and we wish you all the
success in the world, but as said
before Ye Editor has a “hell
uva” time making the grade at
the best.
Heart Sunday
Plans Announced
Eugene Mock will head the
1969 Heart Fund Drive in
Bryan County, it was an
nounced recently by Dr. C. G.
Hames of Claxton.
The annual campaign for
support of research, education
and community service activi
ties of the Georgia Heart As
sociation will be this month,
as February is designated
Heart Month.
Accepting the appointment,
Mr. Mock said, “I invite every
person in this community to
join in the most important
civic endeavor.”
“The Georgia Heart Asso
ciation” Mr. Mock explained,
“is the only organization in
in the state devoting full time
to the fight against heart and
blood vessel diseases. GHA
sponsors a system of clinics
for indigent patients in Geor
gia, supports its own program
of research in Georgia institu
tions, and conducts numerous
programs of public and pro
fessional education.”
All Georgia Heart Associa
tion programs depend on the
annual Heart Fund Drive for
support.
The 1969 Heart Fund drive
• will reach the high point this
. weekend when county resi
: dents will form a Heart Sun-
I day volunteer army to carry
i the fight against heart dis
eases to the threshold of every
i home in this community.
Local chairman of the Heart
i Sunday canvass Eugene Mock,
i pointed out that each volun
. teer will call at the homes of
> 15 to 25 neighbors, distribut-
I ing helpful information about
, heart diseases and receiving
. contributions for the Heart
! Fund.
Where families are away
. from home, Heart Volunteers
. will leave addressed envelopes
1 in which contributions may
, conveniently be sent to the
j local Heart Fund.
j Funds contributed will help
5 fight diseases responsible for
. more than 54 percent of £ll
। deaths. They include heart
, attack, stroke, and other com
plications of hardening of the
_ arteries, high blood pressure,
rheumatic fever, and inborn
5 heart defects. The HEART
। FUND helps fight them all.
’ Mr. and Mrs. George Durner
and daughters, Cathy and
f Beth of Ashville, N. C. spent
last weekend with relatives in
this section.
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