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Who Gives Who Our School
In the present crisis we are facing locally on school financing,
there is heard in almost every discussion one comment we could
do without ever hearing again. It is a bit of misinformation, to
brand It kindly, that is actually an untruth that through repetl-
tion has evidently come to be believed, proving
1 Hitler was right in his axiom that if you repeat
a He often enough it will be accepted as truth.
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i The remark runs something like this: We have
given our Negroes better schools than we have.
They don't pay any taxes, and I’m tired of seeing
all our tax money go to give them fine schools,
welfare and feed and house them.
A lot of that tired feeling could be saved, my friends, by learn
ing a bit more about how our schools are financed and who nays
the taxes for them. Actually all but a very small percent of our
school financing comes from the Georgia State sales tax and every
Negro, worker or welfare recipient, pays it, even as you and I,
according to his ability to pay . . . through whatever his ability
if to buy the necessities or luxuries he can afford. No one can be
faulted, under the laws of man or God, in the accounting for what
they do not have, but only for the "talents,” be they money or
ability, they do have.
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That principle was the underlying one in adoption of the sales
tax as the fairest means of equalizing the tax load when it was
chosen by our state government for school financing. Under the
Minimum Foundation Program, further equalization of educa
tional opportunity for all, rich and poor counties, was assured by
the method of re-distributing the sales tax receipts statewide.
It is as fair, therefore, for the cities, whence the greatest re
ceipts of sales taxes are derived, to say they are giving you and
me our schools as for us to say we are giving the Negroes their
schools. Even the new school buildings built since the consolida
tions began under the Minimum Foundation plan, are actually
being paid for from sales taxes, for a big portion of our annual
school allotments from the state never reach our local school
boards. They are withheld to pay interest and retire the bonds on
the School Building Authority-financed new school buildings
built here since the first increment was received in 1952.
Only the school gyms were built by a local bond issue and finan
ced locally.
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It is small comfort to remember that while we are looking down
our nosesand sneering at the Negroes for their inability to pay,
the cities are constantly looking down their noses at us and calling
us their poor country cousins for being one of the rural coun
ties that gets back more than it pays in. Or to remember, too,
that the cities themselves — even the proud Atlanta — are doubt
less looked down on by the rest of the country as the “Poor
South.” For all of Georgia gets back far more in federal tax
monies for federal programs In the state than all of Georgia
pays into the federal treasury from all sources. And Atlanta’s
Mayor Allen, proudly citing Atlanta’s great progress, especially
in race relations, to the Georgia Press Association at its Ath
ens Institute session, scored rural legislators for their incon
sideration of Atlanta’s problems and admitted that without
millions in federal grants and assistance, his city could never
have managed at all.
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.So let’s be wary of saying who is giving who what. We are all
in the same boat, and it is the greatest Ship of State ever conceiv
ed by man. We are in it together, give or take. None of us is paying
too big a fare for the berth we have in it, be it first class, second
class, the bottom of the deck — or below it.
Lodge No. 469
F&AM Notice
To All Members of Pembroke
Lodge No. 469 F&AM:
One of our members has con
tributed funds to pay for a new
suspended ceiling for the lodge
hall. The labor is to be furn
ished by the members. You are
requested to be at the lodge at
8 a.m. Saturday, June 21.
Please bring a step ladder if
you have one and a few tools.
Eastern Star will prepare and
serve lunch in the kitchen.
Brother David Smith, J.W. will
be in charge of the job.
We are very grateful to this
brother for buying this ceiling
for us. We can show our ap-
Keep It Beautiful
If America hired people for the job, it would take the
largest sort of army to keep our country free of litter.
But there’s no need to hire anyone. It's a job we can
do for ourselves. All of us. Every family that spreads a
picnic lunch. Every boatman who cruises the lakes and
waterways. Every motorist who uses our roads and
highways.
It is the pleasure of the U. S. Brewers Association
each year to give its fullest support to the Keep America
Beautiful Campaign. Remember: Every Litter Bit Hurt'
This is our land. Let's treat it right.
UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
1655 TULLIE CIRCLE. N E . ATLANTA GEORGIA 30329
CITY DAIRY CO
Serving Pembrolre
with Hom* Dtlivory of
jrad^ ’A’ Dairy Products
LET US SERVE YOU
PASTEURIZED . HOMOGENIZED MILK
Phono 764-6131 Statogborp, Ga.
preciation by turning out and
getting the job done. You need
not be a carpenter or mechanic;
just be there willing to help.
Janies I. DeLoach., W.M.
Most often, fine china and
crystal stemware patterns are
chosen before the wedding in
order to receive items (often
too expensive for a young mar
- ried budget) as gifts from fam
: ily and friends. However, this
same bride will return in many
• cases, to choose a less expens
ive set of bone china and crys
। tai stemware, casual china and
glassware, or choose both cate
’ gories.
The “after-wedding” bridal
couple is more likely to choose
' dinnerware and glassware in
complete sets or services.
Local Soldier
Completes Basic
AFB Training
WBIF
SAN ANTONIO — Airman
Ricky A. McCorkel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray M. McCorkel, Rt.
2, Pembroke, Ga., has complet
ed basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex. He has been assign
ed to Port Hueneme, Calif., for
training as a construction
equipment operator. Airman
McCorkel, a 1967 graduate of
Southeast Bulloch High School,
Brooklet, Ga., attended Swains
boro (Ga.) Technical College.
Verross Receives
National Award
SEATTLE, WASH.—William
J. Verross, Jr., general manag
er of Interstate Paper Corp’s,
new kraft linerboard mill at
Riceboro, Ga., today received
the Paper Industry Manage
ment Association (PIMA) Na
tional Community Service
Award.
The annual award recognizes
outstanding work in community
development and in civic and
public affairs by a member of
the paper industry.
Verross received the award,
an engraved wall plaque, at the
PIMA national meeting in Se
attle June 10-12.
To qualify for the award, an
individual must voluntarily
have participated in community
development, politics, govern
ment or business climate im
provement.
Since moving to Interstate’s
Liberty County mill, Verross
has assumed a strong leader
ship role within the community.
He is president of the Liberty
County Chamber of Commerce;
chairman of the Liberty County
Republican Party; a member of
the 1969 Georgia State Cham
ber of Commerce Industrial De
velopment Council, and a mem
ber of the Liberty County Hos
pital Authority. He was Lib
erty County’s 1968 delegate to
the State Republican Conven
tion.
Before moving to Riceboro,
he was chairman of the Cov
ington, Va. Planning and Zon
ing Commission; member and
vice chairman of the Coving
ton, Va. school board; member
of the Covington, Va. Kiwanis
Club; chairman of the Ward 13
Republican Party, Charleston,
S. C.; second vice chairman of
the Charleston County, S. C.
Republican Part y, and vice
chairman of the Charleston
County, S. C. Parent-Youth As
sociation.
A veteran of the pulp and
paper industry, Verross receiv
ed a bachelor of chemical en
gineering degree from Ohio
State University in 1943. In
1947, he helped start up West
vaco’s experimental pulpmill
in Covington, Va., became as
sistant pulp mill superintendent
in 1956; and in 1960 transfer
red to Westvaco’s kraft divi
sion in Charleston, S. C. as di
vision production manager. He
left Westvaco in 1966 to become
genera) manager of Interstate’s
Riceboro’s Mill.
County Agent
News
By D. E. Meddera
RESEARCH RECORD OF
TIFTON STATION
TERMTD IMPRESSIVE
The cumulative results of re
search conducted at Georgia’s
Coastal Plain Experiment Sta
tion at Tifton during the past
50 years are quite impressive in
their contribution to agricul
ture and a better way of life
for Georgians and people be
yond Georgia.
Dr. Frank P. King, Director
of the Station, states that the
50th anniversary programs on
June 17-18 will note its 50 years
of research accomplishments. It
is one of three major stations
of the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture Experi
ment Stations. Dr. John H.
Owen is overall director of
these stations.
Birthplace in 1937 of the hy
brid Coastal Bermudagrass —
now grown for pasture, silage
and hay on more than six mil
lion acres in the Southeast and
Southwest — the Station con
tinues to make outtsanding con
tributions in forage research.
In late May, Station animal
scientists and agronomists won
the 1969 Sears-Roebuck Foun
dation Research Award for nu
tritional research with Coast
cross I, a new hybrid Bermuda
grass released in 1967.
Plant breeders working with
agronomic crops at the Station
also have developed a number
of outstanding turf grasses. Al
so originating there are new
millet varieties which show
great promise for improving
yields of millet in India and
elsewhere in the world where
millet is an important source
of human food.
Research by agricultural en
gineers, agronomists and plant
pathologists at the Station has
revolutionized peanut produc
tion practices in Georgia. Since
1945, peanut yields per acre
have almost tripled and the
peanut is now Georgia’s No. 1
field crop.
Station scientists also pio
neered in the development of
hybrids corns, Dixie 18 being
the best known variety. The
strong fibered Atlas cotton va
rieties also were developed at
this Station.
Closely related to its research
program with forage crops is
the Station’s research with beef
cattle and dairy cattle. The Sta
tion maintains one of the three
oldest Hereford herds for which
complete performance records
are available in the nation. The
Station has furnished six Poll
ed Hereford bulls and one An
gus bull to the American Breed
ers Service. In March, the Sta
tion held its 11th auction of
performance tested beef bulls.
Station scientists also have
conducted long-range breeding
research with dairy cattle. In
1963 the Station shipped two
purebred Jersey bulls to
Uganda to help upgrade dairy
cattle in that country.
The Station also conducts a
performance testing program
for boar hogs. Its scientists
have accomplished outstanding
results in swine nutrition and
internal parasite control.
Dr. King said that Station
scientists also have achieved
exceptional accomplishments in
research with horticultural
crops. Georgia Red, the major
sweet potato variety grown in
Georgia, was developed at the
Station. The quality and yield
per acre of turnip greens in
Georgia have been greatly im
proved by research at the Sta
tion. Horticulturists now are
getting promising results in
production of cantaloupes for
the early season market.
Station horticulturists have
pioneered in the development of
blueberry varieties. Three new
varieties were released this
year. Research at the station
also has contributed to produc
tion of muscadines and peaches
in South Georgia.
Research in horticulture at
the Station also has contributed
to development of improved
ornamental plants. More than
500 different varieties of ca
mellias are grown in the Sta
tion’s camellia variety trials
garden.
Director King pointed out
that much of the research at
the University of Georgia’s
Coastal Plain Station is con
ducted in cooperation with the
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. Its faculty now includes
forty University scientists and
49 USDA scientists who are en
gaged full time in some form
of agricultural research.
Hard work is the soundest
Investment. It provides a neat
security for your wife’s next
husband.
TOS THEATRE
PEMBROKE
SHOW TIME:
—Beginning Jun* 4, thaafr* will
b* open each night except Sun
day Night*.
—Only One Complete Shew Each
Night Starting at I: IS P. M.
—Saturday Continuous Shewing
from 2:M p.m.
June 20-21 Frl. 4 Sat.
(DOUBLE FEATURE)
Head
(In Technicolor)
The Monkees
BUSKSKIN
(In Technicolor)
Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield
June 23-24, Mon. 4 Tues.
THE VISCOUNT
(In Technicolor)
Kerwin Matthews, Jane Fleming
June 25-24, Wed. & Thurs
THE GREEN SLIME
(In Metrocolor)
The Invaders from beyond the
stars are here
J. C Lewis Tractor Company
2407 Bay Street — Savannah, Georgia
Announces The Appointment
of
REX L WATERS
as
MANAGER
And invites all of
Rex’s friends to come see
him for all their
TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS
BUDGET
FOR
BRYAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
JULY 1, 1969 - JUNE 30, 1970
Anticipated Receipts:
Taxes 125,000.00
Other Local Sources 75 qq
State Sources 599,736.66
Federal Sources 8 050*00
Anticipated Beginning of Fiscal Year Balances:
Committed 31,870.24
Operating Reserve 4,468.95
Total Balances 3^ 339 19
Total Receipts and Beginning Balances 769,200.85
Anticipated Payments:
Administration ™ qni nn
Instruction 555 ,’386 *46
Pupil Transportation 66 032 04
Operation and Maintenance of Plant 68 160 00
Fixed Charges 14 ’293^00
Food Services 21*435*45
Capital Outlay *6oo*oo
Transfers 6,059.31
Anticipated End of Fiscal Year Balances:
Committed 12,500.00
Operating Reserve 3 830.59
Total Ending Balances 15 339 59
Total Payments and Ending Balances 769,200.85
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, June 19, 1969—
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