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' —THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, May 22, 1969
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JOURNAL
Published In The City of Pembroke Every Thursday
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Foster Homes Must Be Found
For Children With Special Needs
(Editor’s Note: Third In Series)
by NANCY BAZEMORE
The need for foster parents in Bryan County to care
for infants and young children who have the potential to
develop into intelligent, well-mannered, and stable young
sters with a normal adjustment to their surroundings has
been discussed in some detail in this series of articles.
However, there are two groups of children among the
many in need of foster homes who need special care and
who will only be accepted by those who are truly blessed
with an unselfish spirit of giving.
THE TEENAGE CHILD
A teenage child is sometimes called a “hard-to-place’
child because in some circumstances the youngsters have
built up a reservoir of bitterness and rebellioness as a result
of his environment. Coping with the older child is often
more difficult because he is better able to understand the
reasons for his separation from his parents than is the
toddler or pre-teen child. Having been subjected to con
stant embarrassment due to his parents actions, having re
ceived unnecessary physical abuse as punishment, having to
compensate for his lack of material possessions in undesirable
ways, and having received no love and understanding in his
own home, the older child is often resentful and unresponsive
to those who wish to help.
However, this very reaction indicates the great need
the teenage children have for a home in which they may
receive proper guidance, love and approval, and discipline
administered in away which will meet the needs of each
particular child. Those who open their homes to these
children must have an extra degree of patience, for they
must earn the child’s cooperation by winning the trust, re
spect, and admiration of a child who has never seen these
qualities exemplified in the adults he has previously dealt
with.
NEED FOR GUIDANCE
These youngsters, on the brink of adulthood, are in the
process of forming the opinions, values, and habits which will
affect their actions throughout their lives. The need of
foster homes for the older child is severely critical, as the
need must be met immediately if the child is to develop into
an individual capable of dealing with the stress of every-day
life and conflicting emotions.
"You hold in your hand my destiny.
You determine, largely, whether I shall succeed or fail.
Train me I beg you, that I may be a blessing to the world.
What am, the world of tomorrow will be.”
These lines from Mammie Gene Cole’s poem, "I Am
The Child,” are especially fitting to the teenage child.
THE HANDICAPPED
Another group of children who are, if possible in even
greater need of a home where love, understanding and sec
urity abounds, are the children who are physically handi
capped or mentally retarded. These children pose a parti
cularly poignant problem, for their chance for a normal life
is so bleak.
They are not often adoptable, but they have the same
need for a stable relationship and loving environment that
do the children who are perfectly healthy and normal. In
most cases the handicap or retardation is not severe, but
does require that the adult responsible for their care is
capable of giving the special attention necessary to the child’s
well-being.
Those who are interested in discussing the boarding of
children with special needs or those who are not handicapped
in any way should contact the Bryan County Family and
Children Services, 653-4521.
Marthasville Takes Form
Beneath Atlanta Streets
Marthasville, ga.
(PRN) Like the Phoenix
bird, symbolizing rebirth from
the ashes of ruin, this
forgotten and sluggish little
city is awake again and now
raises her head proudly to
demonstrate the good old days
of Atlanta’s beginning.
The original downtown
area of Marthasville, better
known today as Atlanta,
which lies under the Atlanta
generally known, has been
cleaned and polished to her
former lustre where visitors
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may live again that glorious
era of Atlanta’s history’
Here are the cobblestones,
the saloons, gracious dining,
banjos, keystone arches and
iron all caught up in the charm
of flickering gas light. This is
where it was. And this is
where nostalgia reins.
In this four-block area,
almost completely covered
with viaducts, built to
overcome the congestion of
rail traffic, is the downtown
place to be to escape the
congested downtown just
overhead
This quaint and historic
City Beneath the Streets
features entertainment,
including the famous satire of
Wits End players and the
furious music of Ruby Red’s
Warehouse banjos; Tine food,
like Salvatore’s Sorrento
aromas and famous Red Barn
beef at the Hearth and
Pendulum; and shopping at
the DuPah Tree or the
Wooden Onion or the Wick
and Tallow.
Those and many other
places offer family-oriented
displays and exhibits, nearly
forgotten handcraft skills -and
even a period newspaper.
David Cowles,
vice-president of Underground
Atlanta, Inc., the developing
company which re discovered
old Marthasville, says the idea
Gov. Uster Maddox
Reports To The People
ATLANTA (PRN) In the
United States, today, as well,
as in many other parts of the
world, many citizens have
ceased to exercise their
God given ability to reason.
They seek the protection of
our society’s laws, and, yet
they refuse to accept their
responsibilities to obey the
laws of the system which they
would have protect them.
T h e i
survival of I
the system
demands
that such
persons be
pun ished,
re gardless
of who
they are,
where they
are or why
they are violating the law.
Our society cannot tolerate
head-bashers to run loose on
our streets, in public buildings
or on university campuses.
This is not a novel idea, it is
as old as civilization.
And, yet, when our
President and key members of
his Administration announced
recently that they would
adhere to this philosophy,
their statements made news.'
When the Attorney General of
the United Slates announced
that laws would be enforced
on college campuses, his
statement made headlines.
When I predicted some ten
or fifteen years ago that our
official policies relating to
criminal activities traveling
under the guise of legitimate
protests would eventually
cause a breakdown in law and
order, I was labeled a racist, a
bigot, a demagogue, a redneck
I was called about
everything in the book. One
man even called me a
Constitution reporter . . .
It is comforting to know,
now, that mine is not a lone
voice in the wilderness calling
for the restoration and
preservation of commonsense
and constitutional
government.
It has been demonstrated
that forceful measures are
necessary to bring about a
return of peace and
tranquillity on our streets and
on our college campuses. 1 am
thankful for the hope that
positive action will finally be
taken. But, I am also
distressed by the possible
consequences of over-reacting
to the violence which has
swept our nation’s centers of
learning.
Academic communities
was “a unique closed-mall
complex in the form of an
1880 time cell -an area of
good specialty restaurants and
lounges; of interesting and
exciting shops of the small and.
intimate variety; and places of
entertainment and exhibits,
with display techniques^
exploiting the intrinsic factors'
present in wonderful old
Atlanta, and above all, an area
of cleanly honest environment
with fun, interest and
nostalgia for nearly everyone.”
The City Beneath the
Streets will have its own police
force, dressed in the uniforms
of the period immediately
following the War Between the
States. There will be street
hawkers, selling their
wares---vegetables and
flowers-boiled peanuts (in‘
season).
cannot exclude themselves
from the basic laws of our
society at large, but, if
mankind is to continue to
progress and to find better
solutions for problems which
face us, then a large degree of
academic freedom must be
preserved.
Creativity can flourish only
in an atmosphere of freedom.
Every gun that is brought
onto a campus, whether by a
militant student or an officer
of the law, serves to stunt the
growth of our civilization.
But, unless college
administrators, and students,
themselves, accept their
responsibilities to the society
which created, and which
finances, their institutions,
then society must protect
itself with guns, tanks, gas or
whatever it takes to maintain
order.
And you will suffer for it.
I will suffer for it.
And mankind will suffer
for it.
We have enough problems
in this world without creating
more. People are hungry, and
they need to be fed. People
are ignorant, and they need to
be taught. People are sick, and
they need to be cured.
Not one child, black or
white has ever been fed by the
tossing of a Molotov cocktail.
Not one person has ever
been educated through the
occupation of an
administration building.
Not one man has ever been
made well by the marching of
bandoliered militants.
I recognize, as others do,
that students have legitimate
complaints; this is true in
many areas of our society.
But, all of our society’s
systems and institutions
provide for orderly changes —
within the system.
University rules can be
changed. Laws can be
changed. Even our
Constitution, which is the law
of the land, can be amended,
within the system.
But, when university rules
are changed under duress,
when laws are ignored, and
when our Constitution is
butchered by misguided
interpretations, then the entire
governmental structures are
weakened.
Those who go outside the
law to change the law court
disaster. They leave themselves
unprotected.
And they leave the rest of
us naked in a jungle filled with
fear, confusion and primitive
emotions.
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ALWORTH SIGNS LEASE
Lance Alworth, seated, signs a licensing agreement with John
Hopwood, president of 60 Minute System Inc. (PRN)
Former A lb American
Is Business Powerhouse
ATLANTA (PRN) From
a thirteen dollar a week
teenager paper boy, to a
highly successful career as a
professional football
player... to the head of a
rapidly expanding business
enterprise, Lance Alworth has
proved to be a strong
competitor and an astute
businessman.
A former Arkansas
All-American, Alworth has
been named AFL All-League
flanker-back every year since
1963. The San Diego Charger
is the only player in the
league’s history to gain more
than 1,000 yards in pass
receptions for six consecutive
years.
The men who know
football talent best, the
coaches and the players
themselves, generally agree
that Alworth may be
professional football’s finest
receiver.
Lance Alworth has come a
long way from his humble
beginnings in Brookhaven,
Mississippi, where, when h,e
finished high school he was a
prime recruiting target for
both his football and baseball
abilities. Upon graduation as a
three year honor man and
All-American football choice
at Arkansas, he was offered
lucrative contracts by
baseball’s New York Yankees
and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Alworth was also number one
draft choice of football’s San
Francisco 19’ers and number
two choice of the San Diego
Chargers. He chose his first
love, football, and has been
with the San Diego Chargers
ever since.
Head Charger coach, Sid
Gilliam says of Alworth, “In
my book he is an all-time
pro.” Professional football
scribes have tagged him “The
Stan Musial of Football.”
Both light and small for a pro
ball player, at six feet and 185
pounds, Alworth’s speed and
deception has consistently
confounded defensive
opponents. As one rival coach
remarked after watching
Alworth demolish his team's
defenses, “Little Red Riding
Hood just ate the wolf!”
While Lance Alworth is
unquestionably an all-time
great in pro football, he has
also become one of the sport’s
most successful businessmen.
The same drive and
determination that has made
him a star athlete has also
developed a discerning
businessman. Through his
company, Lance Alworth,
Limited, he has parlayed a
respectable football income
into a dynamic corporation
with multiple interests,
including motels, roast beef
and fried chicken and. most
recently, dry’ cleaning.
Recently Alworth has
signed a licensing agreement
Apparel Industry Is
Georgia’s 2nd Largest
(Editor’s Note: The
Georgia Chamifer of
Commerce has proclaimed
May 1- June 15 for a “Salute
to Georgia Industry.” The.
following article recognizes
the contributions made by our
tremendous apparel industry.)
with 60 Minute Systems of
Melbourne, Florida,
franchisors of the rapidly
expanding 60 Minute Dry
Cleaning plants in seven
Western states over the next
ten years.
In Atlanta last week to help
mark the expansion of 60
Minute System’s Atlanta
offices, and the establishment
of an additional regional 60
Minute office in St. Louis later
this month, Alworth said,
“We’ve already established
I^ince Alworth, Limited as a
solid diversified business, but
our agreement with 60 Minute
Systems is by far the most
ambitious undertaking to date.
Since our affiliation with 60
Minute Systems was
announced we have been
flooded with inquiries from all
over the West Coast. We
expect to experience a
fantastic growth over the next
few months.
Alworth’s establishment of
1,500 60 Minute Dry Cleaning
plants will amount to an
equity investment of some
sixty million dollars not
counting land and buildings
over a ten year period, and an
annual gross business in excess
of a hundred million dollars.
“ I'he rapidly growing trend
for the average American to
seek out convenience and fast
service makes 60 Minute
Cleaners an extremely
attractive investment for our
company. I’he fact that 60
Minute Systems offers a
history of success,
management know-how, solid
training and complete support
to the franchisee virtually
eliminates the possibility of
failure of any single 60 Minute
plant. I've associated with pros
for several years now, and I
am convinced that the
management of 60 Minute
Systems is professional from
top to bottom''
John L. Hopw oo d,
president of 60 Minute
Systems said the arrangement
will provide for “the orderly
development of the new
territory using company tested
policies and procedures. Our
experience, coupled with
Lance Alworth’s proven
business -ability, is sure to
produce a winning
combination.”
Alworth’s partners in the
60 Minute licensing program
are: William L. Haskins,
former Vice President of
Minnie Pearl Chicken Systems.
Inc.; and Don Augustine,
attorney for the AFL Player's
Association. Lance Alworth’s
60 Minute Cleaner's, Inc. has
been licensed to cover a seven
state area including:
California. Oregon,
Washington. Arizona,
Colorado, Nevada and New
Mexico. The company’s
offices have recently been
expanded and moved to La
Jolla, California.
ATLANTA (PRN) - “It’s
almost that I have to work so
that I can farm,” chuckled
Howell Towler, who is typical
of thousands of Georgians
who have found industrial
employment in the state’s
apparel plants in order to live
in the country.
“I’ve farmed a little all my
life,” Mr. Towler said. “And
to tell the truth, I like it better
than anything but there’s just
not enough money in farming
today. I don’t want to give it
up but I need to live.”
Mr. Towler’s solution to
this problem was to take a job
in the Monroe slacks plant of
the Oxford Manufacturing Co.
some eight years ago. His wife,
Carolyn, is in charge of the
plant’s personnel office and
training center, and Mr.
Towler now is head machinist
there.
And most every afternoon,
Mr. Towler drives to his farm
home about five miles from
the plant to put many of his
off-hours tilling the soil. He
and his father-in-law raise
cotton on their 60 acres.
Mr. Towler recalled that
when he was first married,
they moved into Monroe. But
they found they didn’t like
city life, even in a town the
size of Monroe.
But now Mr. Towler has
the best of two worlds:
industrial wages and rural
living.
The establishment of
Oxford Manufacturing’s plant
in Monroe is typical of
Georgia’s apparel industry. In
the post-World War II period
of agricultural mechanization,
thousands of farm workers
were displaced by machines
and were forced to move to
the cities for employment.
“Fortunately, hundreds of
apparel firms established
plants in Georgia’s rural or
semi-rural areas during this
period after finding Georgians
were willing workers and
readily trainable for an
industrial job,” noted A. W.
Holloway, president of the
Georgia Chamber of
Commerce.
“This industrial movement
kept thousands of Georgians
from either starving to death
on a nonproductive farm or
moving to a slum in a
metropolitan area and going
on welfare.”
Today, Georgia has more
than 450 apparel plants,
located in more than 120 of
the state’s 159 counties,
making the industry a major
source of employment in all
areas of Georgia but the
heaviest concentration is in
the northern half.
These plants employ more
than 67,000 workers - making
it the second largest industrial
group in the state - and their
annual payroll was more than
$252.4 million last year.
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Sure,
we make house calls!
Refrigerator got the punies? Disposal
swallow a tablespoon? Washer have that
washed-out sound? Iron gone a bit flat?
Waffle-maker making awful waffles?
Make sure they’re fixed right. Quick. Call
our appliance doctors.
Georgia Power Company
While much of the output
’ of Georgia’s apparel industry
I is manufactured for labeling
’ by other firms, many
nationally-known clothing
I firms have operations in the
state.
Among them are the
1 Lovable Co., founded by
1 Georgians; Callaway Mills,
another native firm; the Arrow
Co. division of Cluett,
Peabody and Co., the
Carwood Manufacturing Co.
division of Chadbourn-
Gotham Inc.; the Manhattan
Shirt Co., the Thomson Co.
division of Salant & Salant
Inc.; White Stag
Manufacturing Co. division of
Warner Brothers C 0.,; Puritan
Fashions Corp.; Phillips-Van
Heusen Corp., Blue Bell Inc.,
Levi Strauss & Co., Shirley of
Atlanta Inc., and Sewell
Manufacturing Co.
“The apparel industry is a
tremendous industry for
Georgia,” Mr. Holloway
noted. “And it is remarkable
that its success hangs by a
thread -a shopping decision
that won’t be made by a
consumer for months after a
garment is made.”
POSITION OPEN
Applications are now being
accepted for a clerk-typist for
the position of Center Aide in
the Bryan County Community
Service Center.
Qualifications: High school
graduate. Excellent typist.
Must be able to assume leader
ship and work with different
types of groups coming into the
Service Center. Must be con
versant and have the ability to
work with low income people.
This is a equal opportunity em
ployer.
Application forms can be ob
tained from the Bryan County
Community Service Center,
Pembroke, Georgia No applica
tions will be accepted aft e i
.June sth.
CLERK-TYPIST
Opening for a clerk-typist in
the Neighborhood Youth Corp
Office in Brunswick. Must be
an excellent typist with apti
tude for figures, and willing to
learn general office procedures.
Experience preferred. Equal
opportunity employer. Applica
tions can be obtained at the
Bryan County Community
Service Center in Pembroke,
Georgia. No application will be
accepted after May 28th, 1969.