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Volume 67, Number 24—The Pembroke Journal, Pembroke, Georgia 31321
Criminal Docket Clean — 25 Civil Cases
Settled At March Term Superior Court
Bryan County Grand Jury
Returns Their Presentments
March Term, 1969
We, the Grand Jury, chosen
and sworn to serve at the March
Term, 1969 of the Bryan Su
perior Court, submit the fol
lowing recommendations and
presentments:
1.
We assembled in the Court
Room, where prayer was led by
J. W. Brewton. After retiring
to the Grand Jury Room we
elected the following: W. S.
Downs, Foreman; Robert Fen
nell, Clerk and R. L. Jackson,
Bailiff.
2.
After the Jury was sworn in
by Hon. J. Max Cheney, Dis
trict Attorney, the Honorable
Paul E. Caswell, Judge of Bry
an Superior Court charged the
jury in regards to its duties and
responsibilities. He spoke on
the importance of qualified peo
ple serving on the jury. He also
noted, that at present, to his
knowledge, there are no gamb
ling establishments in Bryan
County. He also spoke of the
importance of having the Courts
to uphold the law. We commend
Judge Caswell on the able
charge given to the Grand Judy,
much of which is not recorded
here.
3.
The following comnu'ttes were
appointed by the Foreman and
they reported as follows:
A. COUNTY BUILDING
AND EQUIPMENT COMMIT
TEE: A. V. Anderson, P. B.
Findley and J. H. Mock. They
reported as follows: We find
that shelves need to be built in
the Ordinary’s Office to hold
more books, etc. The vault needs
painting. Windows need to be
replaced in the jail. The Sher
iff’s Office needs filing cabin
ets. The Court Room needs
painting and general repair, as
recommended by the November
1968 Grand Jury. Due to the
County Commissioner’s Office
being moved, we passed up in
spection.
B. BOOKS AND RECORDS:
John L. Lewis, Hughlyn Page
and Dalton Griner. They report
ed as follows: We find the
books to be in good condition
in the Office of the Ordinary;
Sheriff’s Department; Jail Rec
ord Book; Clerk of the Court;
County Commissioners; Tax
Commissioners; Treasurers;
Welfare Department and Board
of Education. The 19th G.M.
District Justice of the Peace
books are up to date. The 20th
and 1380th G.M. District Books
were not present. We also find
no elected Justice of the Peace
from the 20th District. We find
that 92% of 1968 taxes have
been collected to this date.
C. ROADS AND BRIDGES
COMMITTEE: W. I. Kennedy,
F. L. Hendry and Doy Gill.
They reported as follows: We
find the roads and bridges to
be in fair condition.
D. SCHOOL OPERATIONS,
GROUNDS AND EQUIP
MENT: Wade S. Martin, O. F.
Lanier and J. C. Tucker. They
reported as follows: We first
visited the County School Su
perintendent. He reported that,
in general, the schools were in
fair shape. Over crowded condi
tions and some repairs of exist
ing structures seemed to be the
largest problem at present. We
found roof leaks and broken
windows at all schools and gym
nasiums. There is a slight elec
trical leak on the water line at
the Bryan County Wood Shop.
While the condition may be
slight, we recommend that this
condition be checked and source
of electrical leak isolated and
corrected. We also recommend
that the road in front, or be
tween the school complex at
Bryan County High School be
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closed to the general public and
detoured around on other public
roads. The reason for this rec
ommendation is for the safety
of the children changing classes.
Soil erosion in front of Bryan
County School Gym has result
ed in a deplorable condition
that could be corrected by a
culvert and dirt fill. We, there
fore, recommend that general
roof, doors and windows repairs
be given attention as soon as
possible. Other than above
mentioned, all is in fair condi
tion.
4.
We recommend that the Dis
trict Attorney start processing
papers in padlocking the place
of business known as “The
Barn,” located one mile south of
Richmond Hill on Highway 17.
5.
We recommend that Item
Four in the November 1968
Term, to-wit:
We recommend that all beer,
wine, and liquor licenses for the
year 1969, to be issued by the
Board of Commissioners of Bry
an County and the municipali
ties of Bryan County, make a
■ part of their license a closing
: hour of 12:00 o’clock midnight
to 6:00 a.m., and all day Sun
day, and that if said places of
’ business operate after that hour
' that said licenses be suspended
or revoked,
' continue to be enforced by the
■ law officials of Bryan County.
6.
We recommend that the Coun
-1 ty Commissioners salary be in
-1 creased to a minimum of $25.00
' per month.
1 7.
’ We recommend that the Fore
’ man and Clerk of this Body be
’ paid an additional days pay.
1 8.
’ We recommend that the Ord
inary obtain a favorable investi
‘ gation from the Sheriff’s De
! partment prior to issuance of
any pistol toter’s license.
9.
We recommend that the
: County Commissioners give
' favorable consideration to com
! pensation to the secretary of
1 the Sheriff’s Office.
: 10.
We recommend the following
■ for the Board of Registrars:
: 20th District: E. V. Rushing,
i J. K. Spell.
' 19th District: Dalton Griner,
■ Ed Meekins
' 1380th District: G. C. Martin,
1 Mrs. J. I. Stubbs.
5 11.
' This Body favorably adopts
all committee reports contain
। ed herein.
: 12.
We wish to thank the Honor
’ able Paul E. Caswell, for his
> able and instructive charge to
■ us in regard to our duties as
! Grand Jurors. We appreciate
* his interest and concern in our
County affairs.
, 13.
We wish to express our ap
• preciation to the Honorable J.
’ Max Chaney, District Attorney,
■ for his assistance and advice
■ during this term.
- 14.
1 We wish to commend the
■ Honorable Harry Williamson,
■ Sheriff of Bryan County, for
! the capable and efficient man
! ner in carrying out his duties
1 and responsibilities at this term
• of Court.
15.
- We recommend that these
• presentments be published in
! the Pembroke Journal and that
1 the usual fee be paid for publi
■ cation of same.
I This 17th day of March, 1969.
I W. S. Downs,
Foreman.
Robert Fennell,
! Clerk.
Not A Case Left On
Bryan County Criminal Docket
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Shown above is the Clerk of Superior Court showing the
‘Clean Docket” for the Court.
STATE OF GEORGIA
1 ORDER
The above, within and fore
! going presentments and recom
■ mendations being presented and
read in Open Court, it is order
■ ed that they be spread upon the
minutes of this Court, that they
1 be published as recommended,
and that the Foreman and Clerk
of this body be paid as recom
mended.
' This 17th day of March, 1969.
Paul E. Caswell,
Judge
Bryan Superior Court
p Blitchton Baptist
Gospel Sing Set
Mr. James A. Stewart, pub
licity chairman of the Blitchton
Baptist Church, announces that
a Gospel Sing will be held at
the church on fourth Saturday
night, March 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Those on program will be a
’ number of quartets including
“The Aldrich Family” of Sa
’ vannah, “The Eastside Church
of God” qartet of Savannah,
’ “The O’Brian’s Quartet” of
Richmond Hill, “The Country
Gospel Singers” of Blitchton,
’ “The Friendly Five” of Blitch
ton and another quartet from
Swainsboro.
Church members and the pub
lic is invited to attend and join
in the singing and hear the
music of these quartets.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to take this op
portunity to express our ap
preciation to each and everyone
for any act of kindness shown
during our recent hours of deep
est sorrow. For flowers, cards,
letters, telephone calls, and
; visits, we are most grateful.
May God bless each of you.
Mrs. Frances J. Curry,
Mrs. Belle J. Downs
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1 Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jones and
children of Waycross spent the
week-end with Mrs. Jones’ par
? ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Star
-1 ling of Pembroke. The Jones’,
t the Starling’s, and Joseph Star
’ ling, all joined other relatives
to attend a surprise birthday
• supper in honor of Ted Starling,
given by his wife Joan in their
beautiful new home on Highway
119 in Bulloch County.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1969
New Officials
Help Clean Up
The "Log Jam"
It is good news to the citizens
of Bryan County to know that
the Criminal Docket of Superi
or Court was cleaned off on
Monday, when the last case that
had been disposed of. We heard
Carlos M. Jones a former Dep
uty Sheriff for 23 years say
that this was the first time it
had ever happened to his knowl
edge during that time.
And the civil docket is small
er than it has been in years. In
fact about twenty-five civil
cases was disposed of at this
session of court without a jury.
The word had gone out that the
officials of our court, including
our new sheriff, Harry William
son had' said they were going
to clean the docket, and the
jurors were on hand to do just
that, when the pleas began to
pour in.
1 The Grand Jury Presentments
• complimented our sheriff, which
was appreciated by his friends,
as many realize that he is try
> ing his best to make Bryan
County a good sheriff and is
1 getting results.
We realize that we have those
that would not like anything the
1 present officials did, “even if
‘ it was good,” but all fair mind
ed citizens of the county seem
to appreciate his eforts.
We know that things are
much better in the Court House
■ than they have been in a long
time, and we have been very
' close to the operation of the
1 Court House for the past 42
■ years, as running a newspaper
. puts you in touch with the coun
-1 ty officials.
Card Os Thanks
We are grateful to our many
| friends and neighbors for their
, kind expressions of sympathy
. cards, flowers and food which
. was brought to our home during
oi>r recent bereavement of our
. husband and father.
. May God bless each of you is
, our prayer.
George B. Graham
r Family.
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an identity.
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Gardeners Invited
To Associated
Club Meeting
The memberships of the Pem
broke and Richmond Hill Gar
den Club have been invited to
attend the spring meeting of
the Associated Garden Clubs of
Southeast Georgia in Claxton
on Thursday, April 10.
The meeting will be held in
fellowship hall of the First
Methodist Church with Mrs. El
ton Warren of Metter, the pres
ident, presiding.
Registration and the coffee
hour will begin at 9:30 o’clock.
The meeting will open prompt
ly at 10:20 with the installa
tion of new officers.
The retiring president, Mrs.
Warren will present a program
on the culture of roses and will
make arrangements of roses,
which will be given as door
prizes.
The Claxton Garden Club will
serve the luncheon at the close
of the program. The cost will
be $2.00.
Horticulture specimen must
be received by 10:00 a.m.
RICHMOND HILL GARDEN
CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS
The Richmond Hill Garden
Club held the March meeting at
the home of Mrs. W. W. Speir.
Mrs..C. L. Rahn and Mrs. R. L.
Hansel were co-hostesses.
The hostesses greeted the
members and invited them to
the spacious dining room where
an arrangement of giant yellow
chrysanthemums graced the
diningtable enhanced by silver
candelabra with burning white
tapers. The guests were served
a delicious course of apple crisp,
toasted nuts and candy mints.
Mrs. R. L. Hansel poured cof
fee.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mrs. L.
N. Smith. Mrs. Glenn Trout
led the club collect.
The corresponding secretary,
Mrs. R. F. Sharpe, read an in
vitation to the membership to
attend the spring meeting of
the Associated Garden Clubs of
Southeast Georgia in Claxton
on Thursday, April 10.
The president reminded mem
bers about the state convention
to be held in Savannah, April
15, 16, 17. The club voted to
send the new president, Mrs. L.
C. Gill, as an official delegate.
Mrs. Smith received the annu
al report of accomplishments
compiled for submission to
State Headquarters and to the
Associated Garden Club.
Mrs Walter Meeks, Sr. read
the horticulture totals for the
year.
Mrs. J. E. Wilson was ap
pointed to contact the speakers
for the April meeting.
The president, Mrs. L. N.
Smith, presented Mrs. W. W.
Meeks, Jr., the club’s charter
president, who recognized and
installed the new officers for
the year 1969-70. At the close
of the ceremony the member
ship rose in appreciation of the
loyal service of the outgoing
officers, and in welcome to the
new officers.
Mrs. L. C. Gill, program
chairman, presented Mrs. Wal
ter Meeks, Jr., who displayed a
collection of handicraft made by
natives of Kusaie Island, one
of the Caroline Islands of the
U. S. Trust Terirtory of the
Pacific. Mrs. Meeks told of her
husband’s visit to this island
through his work with Army
Map Service and gave a brief
history of these Islanders since
World War 11. Among the
many handicrafts displayed
were trays, fans, purses, carv
ings, placemats, headbands,
bowels, belts & jewelry, each
made of native materials. These
items were gifts presented to
Mr. Meeks at a feast in his
honor just before he began his
journey home.
Mrs. James Gill, Mrs. W. W.
Speir, Mrs. W. W. Meeks, Sr.
and Mrs. W. W'. Meeks, Jr., pre
sented the final portion of the
program in the lovely family
9 Year Old
Wins Honors 1
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DICK DONNELLY
Little Dilck Donnelly, 9
years old, 3rd grade at the
Virginia Heard Elementary
School, Savannah wins Certi
ficate of Award by the First
District Science Division of
the Georgia Education Asso
ciation for “Superior Quality
Science Project” on the sub
ject of “National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
There were 700 entries and
20 such Certificates awarded
in the First Congressional Dis
trict Science Fair sponsored
by the Exchange Club Fair
Association of -Savannah.
Dick is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Donnelly (former
Rose Marie Martin) and the
eldest grandson of Mr. and
Mrs Aimar Martin and great
grandson of Mrs. Nona Martin.
Dick has also been chosen
by the Grand Marshal of St.
Patrick’s Parade to ride with
his grandson. Dick says the
only reason he can figure is
because of his. Copper hair,
Green eyes and freckles on
his nose. That’s the first time
it’s paid off. Dick is also a
member of First Presby
Church of Savannah and a
very active Cub Scout.
room of the hostess home. Table
services, including breakfast,
lunch, and dinner settings and
an invalid’s tray, were shown.
Each setting displayed inter
esting and unusual combina
tions of china, silver, crystal
and linens with complimenting
, floral arrangements.
Many horticulture specimens
were displayed in spite of the
untimely freezing weather. Out
( standing specimens were Mrs.
L. C. Gill’s depe purple beard
ed iris and Mrs. Walter Meeks,
। Sr.’s collection of large pansy
blossoms.
Letters We Like
March 13, 1969
■ Frank. Miller, Editor
Pembroke Journal
Pembroke, Georgia
Dear Frank:
Please renew our subscrip
tion to the Journal. After be
ing gone from Pembroke for
! nine years, we still enjoy get
s ting the news from Bryan Co
: unty through the Pembroke
Journal.
Hope you and the wife are
fine.
Sincerely
J. O. Hurst
P.S. Enclosed is a check for
- $4.00.
Unlike fish which are hatch
ed from eggs, the dolphin is
born a fledging mammal
weighing from 25 to 30 pounds
at birth. The baby dolphin,
or porpoise, a breast-fed by its
mother for a year before it
is weaned to a diet of fish,
according to marine scientists
at the Gulfarium, sea-life
center at Fort Walton Beach
Fla.
The dolphin, or porpoise, of
all sea and land animals comes
closet to man in intelligence,
according to marine biologists
at the' Gulfarium, a center
where the living sea may be
observed at Fort Walton
Beach, Fla.
MmiUt
Ye Editor Is Planning On Having
A Golden Wedding-Second To None
On Sunday, May 4 Plans Are Big
For many years Ye Editor has made it a practice
that if he wanted to do something or go somewhere, that
if he could not do it “first class”, and go first class, we
just did not do it. And that is our plans for our Golden
Wedding Celebration to one of the finest little ladies
that any man was ever fortunate to get, much less keep
for fifty years, all his own.
We married on a Sunday afternoon May 4th in Savan
nah, Georgia 50 years ago. and at that time we had just
gotten back from France where we were one of a “million
that went over there and made the world safe for
Democracy, and of course we had very little except a
desire to get married, which we lost no time doing upon
our return from France.
The past fifty years have been more or less “hectic”,
but never a time did the little lady that we took charge
of on May 4th, 1919 ever cause us any worry or trouble,
always “putting up with us and our “misdeeds”, but to-,
day the two of us are enjoying life a great deal more’
than we did to start with. However both of us are hav
ing to work, but we enjoy our work and look forward
to a long time ahead which we are going to enjoy more
than any we ever had in the past.
We have arranged with one of the finest little ladies
to assist us in our affair, Mrs. Luther Bacon has taken
the job to put “the show over” and do all that is neces
sary for it to be a big success. We have arranged with
Mrs. Annette Butler to make the wife a wedding dress,
which we hope will be second to none, and we know
that Mrs. Butler will do a fine job. We wanted her to
have a bridal gown, because she had never had one.
We are going to invite all of our relatives, “rich
and poor”, and also send invitations to all those that we
consider our friends, and who we think would like to
come to our affair. The affair will be at “Needmore
Farm”, on Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 May 4th, and
we are expecting several “big dawgs and their wives
with us at Needmore Farm for this occasion.” When the
wife sees this in the paper we are sure that she will tell
us that we should not have put it in the paper, but be
lieving this to be the biggest afair we have ever had, and
knowing that The Pembroke Journal is ours, we are put
ing it in. We want all our friends to keep Sunday after
noon, May 4th open for their coming to our party.
J. W. Sikes, Sr.
Died Thurs. In
Nursing Home
James Wesley Sikes, Sr., 75,
died Thursday in the Pulaski
Nursing Home.
The native of Evans County
was a member of the Pem
broke Baptist Church and a
retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife,
Estelle Barber Sikes of Pem
broke; four sons, Floyd, Aus
tin, James W. Sikes, Jr. of
Pembroke, and Harry Sikes of
: Savannah; four daughters Mrs.
Elaine Kitchens of Savannah,
i Mrs. Ruby Hill of Pembroke,
■ Mrs. Mary Fleming of Guyton
and Mrs. Irene Fennel of
. Bloomingdale; two brothers,
George Sikes of Savannah and
, Gordon Sikes of Hinesville; a
• sister Mrs. Janie Babbit of
Pembroke; 35 grandchildren
and 38 great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr,
Sikes were held at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday in the First Baptist
Church of Pembroke. Con
ducted by Rev. John R. Joy
ner and Rev. L. M. Butler.
Active pallbearers were
Jimmy Morris, Carl Sikes,
Robert Sikes, Billy Bar
row, Larry Roundtree, and
. Bobby Sikes. Honorary pall
bearers were Merrill Bacon,
U. J. Bacon, C. C. Spinks, R.
, L. Lane, Jr., H. L. Speir, Sr.
Melvin Speir, R. L. Jackson,
, Henry Lewis, John Coursey.
Burial was in Northside Ceme
tery. Morrison Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Revival Services
At Midway First
Baptist Church
Revival services start at Mid
way First Baptist Church,
March 30th at 7:30 p.m. The
fy:v. Ralph Cope of Wilder Me
morial of Savannah will be the
guest speaker. Bro. Cope is
known throughout the states of
Georgia and South Carolina as
a revival favorite. There will be
special singing eevry night.
Rev. Grady Selph the pastor in
vites eevryone to come and en
joy the gospel preaching and
singing.
Official Organ City of Pembroke
inanKs ror
The Response
The called meeting of the
Bryan Neck Presbyterian
Church on March 9th received
a supreme response. Over 40
representatives were present.
Coffee and delicious home
made cake was served by the
ladies of the church.
After a very enjoyable social
hour, the delegation appointed
a temporary moderator and
secretary, Mr. Aimar Martin
and Mrs. Eldrid Hodges re
spectively. The meeting was
opened and closed in prayer.
There was an open discus
sion at length as to how tc
handle our problem — new
fence and maintenance of the
Community Cemetery, which
up to the present time depend
ed solely by volunteers inter
ests and the men of the
church. A committee named
the Cemetery Committee was
appointed to look into this
matter and investigate esti
mates on replacing the fence
and to find a suitable man to
maintain the cemetery. Mr.
Robert Carpenter and The
Rev. Ivey Spence are chair
men of this committee. A re
port from this committee will
be submitted at the next meet
ing, Sunday, March 30th, 3:00
P.M. All families represented
will have an equal right to
offer their opinions and be
heard. Thanks again for the
great interest in this matter.
Your presence at this next
meeting will be very import
ant and appreciated.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas
Davis of Athens, Ga., announce
the birth of a daughter, Jenni
fer Lynn, born March 7, in the
Athens Hospital. The infant
weighed 6 lbs., 12 ozs.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. James Cobb, of
Worcester, Mass.
Paternal grandmother is Mrs.
George Davis of Pembroke.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jenson
> of Lantana, Fla., arrived last
• Thursday to viist a few days
■ with Mrs. Jensens sisters, Mrs.
Grover Denmark and Mrs.
Carlos Lane. The Jensens were
I on their way to their summer
home in Fontana, Wisconsin •