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—THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL. Thursday, July 10, 1969
•JOURNAL
Published In The City of Pembroke Every Thursday
PRANK O. MILLER Editor
MRS. FRANK O MILLER Local Editor
Bubacription Rates M OO a year, sent anywhere in the world.,
Advertising Rates Upon Application.
Our Friend "Lyndon Johnson" Sure
Played Hell With Borrowing Os
Money Or Buying Things On Credit
For some time we have heard of the new law that
was going into effect controlling the lending of money,
and the selling of merchandise. of time payments etc.
But we never imagined that “sensible” people would
ever bring out the set of rules, regulations and etc., con
trolling the borrowing of money, either with land as
collateral or just on a plain note, or with the credit busi
ness as we have been told is the case.
Georgia has not got half enough lawyers to keep
the “poor devils” out of jail who are trying to help
just ordinary human beings. Some of them are trying
to do business with a “make shift” answer to what they
think they must have in order to do any business at
all.
We have been told that in the past the “little peo
ple”, who could not ordinarily get a loan at any bank
many have made themselves a record of repaying their
loans and have been able to go in the average small
town bank and “negotiate” a loan of $25 in a few minutes.
But not any more, first there is a charge of about $7 on
one of these loans, in addition to interest, and a waiting
period of at least three days on all loans.
Everyone that is trying to carry on^ realize that
they are “flirting” with trouble, when they try to do
business before things actually get straightened out, and
may wind up in court with many claims and charges
to answer to.
If the little credit business is like we have been
told it is, any merchant that operates a small credit
business is asking for a great deal of trouble and we are
sine that he will get it.
Yes, if the powers that be ever messed up a situation,
it has been done with the loan business of banks and
the credit business of little merchants that have tried
to help their friends.
We have always been a “died in the wool Democrat”,
and was a great admirer of President Lyndon Johnson,
and we just hope that time will prove to use that the blame
should be put somewhere else besides our friend Demo
cratic President Lyndon Johnson.
Lester Maddox Has More Sense Than
Many Give Him Credit For, Although
He Has His Faults-But He Is Boss
Whether you agree with everything or just a part
of the things our well known Governor does, it has got
to be admitted that he is still the “boss” and has two
years to go yet.
We have been a great admirer of Governor Maddox,
and while like all other Governors he has done things
that we did not especially like, still he is Governor and
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is doing the job just like we would be, if we were ever
to get the job, we would run things like we thought it
should be run, realizing all the time that many of your
friends are not going to like what you do, and practically
none of your enemies is going to like anything he does,
even if it was good.
Now we all must realize that the Georgia Legislature
is the bunch that made Lester Maddox Governor of
Georgia, and now that they have learned that they are
not able to push him around, and have him jump every
time one of the “big wigs” of the Legislature tries to
take over, most of the blame should lie on the members
of the Georgia Legislature.
We know just “the hell” that Lester Maddox is going
through in a small way, for in the past years, (not now),
we have had to deal with Councilmen that wanted to'
run things and push the Mayor around, and it caused us
a great deal of worry, torture and upset our apple cart
many times, but we like Lester Maddox refused to let the
little fellow take over and run things the way they
wanted it, regardless of whether he likes it or not, Gov
ernor stand your ground and look these so called “big
wigs” in the face to go to hell, when they try to take over
the Governor’s job.
Be a man, be Governor just as you think you should
for this could be the last time you ever will have the
chance to run the show. So while you have the power,
the authority, stand up for your rights, and even many
of your enemies will admire you far having done so.
We believe if the “little (BIG) fellows” would leave
him alone that things would not be and would not get
in the ‘“mess” that many would have you to believe.
Yes, Governor this could be your chance, so make the
best of it as you see it, and we for one feel like the State
of Georgia will ‘survive” and go on to greater things
in the future.
We do not think for a minute that things are half
as bed as some would have you believe.
F. O. M.
Interstate Timetable
Set Back By "Freezes’
ATLANTA (PRN) - The
U.S. Department of
Transportation has released
$25.1 million in fiscal year
1970 funds for obligation on
Georgia road projects during
July, August and September,
but has simultaneously cut off
some sl4 'A million in
unobligated funds made
available during fiscal year
1969.
The net result is that
Georgia can now anticipate
some SIOO million in federal
funds for road projects during
the 1970 fiscal year rather
than some sll4'A million as
earlier anticipated. This will
set back the State’s overall
Interstate timetable by about
two months.
The cut off funds were
largely Interstate funds,
including $7 million being
held in reserve for
construction on Interstate 485
and the Stone Mountain
freeway in Atlanta and $4
million for a 7.8-mile segment
of Interstate 16 in Twiggs and
Bleckley counties.
These funds are not
permanently lost to Georgia,
but will not be available for
use during the current fiscal
year. The projects for which
they were being reserved can,
and will, be financed out of
new money.
The Highway Department,
which received news of the
impending cut off on Monday
morning, is not yet certain :
exactly how much money is I
involved.
“As soon as we learned of
the cut off we tried to obligate "
as much as possible during the
remainder of the work day
Monday. The local office of
the Department of
Transportation was most
helpful in this, but we still
haven’t gotten all of Monday’s
submissions back from them
and won’t know to the penny
how much the cut off will
total until we do.” Executive
Assistant Director Emory 1
Parrish said.
Parrish commented that cut ।
offs are nothing new; the s
current one is only a new form
of an art evolved in 1967 and r
1968. t
“We were still recovering c
from the effects of these c
earlier ‘cutbacks’ or ‘freezes’, '
and that’s why we had this *
unobligated money on hand. 1
We were cut $9 million in a
January 1968 and all ‘
obligations were suspended ,
from early September until t
December.
“When the fund freeze j
thawed we got considerably (
more for the first six months (
of calendar year 1969 than we j
normally would get and are ,
geared to spend. Our t
operations were further ;
complicated by new t
regulations on public hearings '
and relocation assistance
required by the 1968 Highway '
Act.
“Federal law requires that ’
funds be withdrawn if not (
obligated within three years k
after apportionment. And we t
have always sought to change ‘
our desired schedules (
whenever it was clear that a <
project for which we were s
holding funds would be <
delayed for any length of
time. '
“But with the obvious
desirability of, and public *
support for, firm scheduling of “
the road program, we’re tried s
to hold to our schedule when j
faced with a relatively short ,
delay. The time allowed t
property owners to vacate on (
the Twiggs-Bleckley Interstate <
job, for example, meant only a
maximum of 90 days. And
since Federal law requires this,
we didn’t expect to be «
penalized for the delay I
involved in granting it.
“We saw no reason to
switch to another project until
Monday morning. And you
can’t always come up with an
alternative to a $4 million
construction job in 4 or 5
hours’.” Parrish said.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Owens
and .children, Leigh Ann and i
Don are spending a few days at .
Hilton Head, South Carolina.
1
Miss Ann Parrish and moth
er, visited in Americus, Ga. over
the 4th of July week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Parrish and
family.
। Herman Talmadge
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THERE HAS BEEN NO CEILING on death or injury in Viet
nam. I do not believe the people of this nation want the Congress
to place a ceiling on the compassion our country has for its veter
ans, and the agency which must look after them.
As Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee
on Veterans’ Legislation, I recently secured passage by the Senate
of Legislation which would prevent federal spending cuts or limi
tations from being placed on veterans' medical services and hos
pital programs.
I amended a supplemental appropriation bill which would have
exempted only veterans’ pension, compensation and insurance pro
grams. My amendment also includes exemption of the essential
services directly required for the administration of all veterans'
programs for the fiscal year 1970.
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THERE ARE CURRENTLY more than 460.000 veterans in
Georgia, and the Vietnam war is producing around 75,000 new
ones nationwide each month.
This puts a tremendous strain, on the Veterans’ Administration.
■ Demands on every major program are up. with the medical pro
• gram alone showing a 14,000 increase in the first nine months of
1 fiscal 1969.
. • Also, among other major services, outpatient visits to VA hos
pitals are up by more than 285,000, while compensation and pen
• sion claims have increased by more than 225.000. Moreover, the
VA's hospital system is treating all Vietnam casualties with 5,000
fewer employees than it had in 1 966, and with no new hospitals.
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IN VIEW OF THE SACRIFICES these courageous men have
made. I do not see how we can cut or limit the funds necessary to
provide them with the finest medical care possible.
Vietnam may be termed a “police action,” but to the men serv
ing there, it is nothing short of a bloody and tragic war. And cer
tainly the gallantry and heroism of our soldiers, many of them from
Georgia, have been unsurpassed.
Our brave young veterans are entitled to the full range of bene
fits already granted by Congress. They have earned it, and they
must receive proper service for their future needs. I for one intend
to see that the nation’s commitment to all its veterans is fulfilled to
the fullest possible extent.
SI
KL J THE LADY WRITES;
"YOU SOUTHERNER, YOU"
JOHN J. SYNON
The lady writes to ask why I
“have to be so Southern, all the
time”.
She objects to my point of
view, charging me with failure to
be “dispassionate” that I ' don't
see the other side”
Lady, I see the other side, all
right, and that is the short answer
to your question I am what you
call Southern (and I call Ameri
can) because the point of political
view 1 express is right according
to my lights. Consequently, since
that other side would change me
and my people from what we are
and want to be. into something
entirely different, 1 oppose it all
the time ain't nobody goin’ to
turn me 'round, l ady
Make no mistake about it. that
is what is being attempted. The
power structure of this nation,
today, as for the past 35 years,
is seeking to whelm all Southern
people people generally until
their noses and their outstretched
palms point as one to Washing
ton. They would abolish regional
ism, and thus make us all alike.
That I am a Southern person
who objects to this gives my ob
jections, 1 confess a Southern
cast True enough But in similar
manner, can Midwesterners who
object to the very same thing be
classified as Southerners because
they similarly object ’ I doubt it
So, it isn't my “Southerness” you
despise. Lady It is my dogged
determination to maintain Con
stitutionalgovernment and you
call it “Southern” because you
and yours have made that noble
word into a smear
Historically, we have had re
gions with their distinct beliefs
and customs. We have been a di
versified nation and in this diver
sification has lam our strength,
each area contributing to the
whole its cultural and economic
bits and pieces And. in the name
of "harmony”. Lady, you would
destroy that diversity
Well, it won’t work People are
as God made them and you had
best let them rest. so. Some like
spinach, some don’t. Some are
aristocrats yes. aristocrats
and some are hewers of wood.
Whatever we are. baker, barber,
Indian chief, we do believe we
can govern our own affairs to our
own individual liking and benefit
better than can some faceless,
simpering Federal bureaucrat
hitched to a guide-line machine.
That’s the way Southern people
feel, Lady, and Northern people,
and Western people, most people.
That's my argument the
Southern argument, if you will.
*****
Here on the second page of
your letter you write. "Listen to
me . . .
Well, M’am, 1 have been listen
ing; my ears are cauliflowered and
my eyeballs callused from listen
ing to and reading the bombast
and hogwash you people put out
So, for a moment, you listen to
me weigh on the merits the
Southern point of view.
Ah. but I know you won't. The
Southern point of view is not to
be mulled over. Our view and
I use another word of yours is
beyond the Liberal "pale”. You
don’t want to listen. You want
to ram your collectivist ideas and
beliefs down Southern throats,
make us over in your Left-Wing
mold And I won’t accept that
Not now. Not tomorrow Not
ever. Never.
Even so. I worry about you.
Lady, about the St. Vitus Left.
Let me tell you why 1 do; you
have eyes to read, if no ears. It
isn't the likes of Hubird-the-
Hump-to-dump that gives me con
cern precious few votes he will
get in Dixie. Nor. yet. the likes of
that snide magazine. Time, nor
yet the slanted views of The New
York Times, nor even the super
cilious smirking of the effete,
seats-out intelligentsia We con
servatives have the likes of them
catalogued and flagged.
Rather, the ones who give me
pause. Lady, are the traitors in our
midst, the latter-day scalawags,
those who sit at the throttles of
Southern communications media
They are all part of your alien
outfit. I refer specifically to news
editors of Southern radio and TV
stations, and to the despicable,
insidious editor-publishers of
many Southern metropolitan
dailies. These and the carpet
bagging professors now dug in as
leeches throughout the South’s
educational system. These are
the ones who effectively throttle
our logic, who lie to Southern
people, who hold up to sophisti
cated ridicule every Southern
leader who dares enunciate be
liefs and tenets that are older
than this nation, rights clearly
written into our Constitution. It
is these Southern traitors, these
masquers who give me concern
That's you, too. Lady - I see
you live in Atlanta and teach at
a woman’s college there.
It is true, sometimes my con
cern lest you succeed in your
effort to debauch the most noble’
element of American society,
sometimes my concern touches
on the hysterical -1 become a
bit shrill.
And for that I apologize. But
for my Southern accent. Madam,
1 offer no apology. And you and
the other bought Judases can
like it or lump it.
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AUG’69 Form 102
EVEN SWABBING DOWN THE DECKS can be fun, in this pert and perfect outfit. The
box pleat skirt plays up to the poet shirt and the back belt sweater vest. Nylon knee
socks, and knit beret pull the look together beautifully. All in wonderful, coordinating
colors. A great back-to campus outfit from Emily M.
values, visuals + facts: new 5
look in home economics courses
The instruction of home eco
nomics has come a long way
from the old-fashioned cooking
and sew’ing classes often con
ducted in the school basement.
Today, emphasis on subjects
is not only different but the
method of teaching is different
and the approach to the student
has markedly changed. Con
centration on critical thinking,
concepts, and generalizations
is adding dimension to these
courses so important to the
future homemaker. Now, the
student learns to discover the
real values of life through the
visual excitement of overhead
projectors.
“We recognize the dual role
the woman plays in the con
temporary home,” says Ruth
A'oung, former Home Econom
ics teacher. “The young bride
must now be both a home
maker and a manager; there
fore the vital things she needs
to know include family man
agement, planning, housing,
rational decision processes and
human development — in addi
tion to the time-honored bas
ics.” Miss Young, editor of the
3M Company’s home economics
visual instruction programs, is
responsible for developing the
new’ “values and visuals” ap
proach to the training of future
homemakers.
The teaching of concepts, in
stead of facts, with classroom
overhead projectors and teach
er-aid texts is aimed at giving
students tools that will be of
use the rest of their life. The
visual approach to training in
HOW TO HELP CLOSE
THAT GENERATION GAP
Have you ever watched your
fourteen-year-old study her
history, curl her hair with one
hand, apply a medicated clean
er to her face with the other,
while grooving in on the TV at
the same time ?
But there you have it — the
key to what turns on today’s
generation.
The age of everything-at
the-same-time is here. This ex
plains why the two step has
twisted out to all-body motion
going on at once . . . why the
novel (one word at a time) is
rapidly being flicked out by the
movie ... why the average stu
dent of today receives part of
his education via TV (every
one’s message at the same
time). If you can remember
how one style was the thing
yesterday, and you’re looking
for only one today, then you’re
not with it. Every style is part
of today’s generation.
Despite the generation gap
between you and your teen
aged children, and the changes
in life-styles, odds are that at
their age you had a problem*
they have today. A recent
study noting the disadvantages
of acne stated that 70 percent
of those students queried about
awkwardness blamed it on skin
blemishes. If ever there was a
all areas of home economics
includes five unit-courses cov
ering 44 subjects with 20 over
head projector visuals per unit,
or 880 visuals with accompany
ing teaching texts. Personal
hygiene, grooming, clothing
and textiles, foods and nutri
tion, attributes of character,
furniture and architectural
styles, dollar-stretching prac
tices, credit understanding,
evaluation of advertising, man
agement in relation to values,
child safety — are but a few
of the many areas covered in
these 44 units. In each case, the
approach is one of teaching for
comprehension.
For instance, in the food pre
paration training, the principle
behind the creation of a white
sauce is emphasized rather
than a straight listing, step-by
step of how-to-do.
Facts are important, Miss
Young adds, but their presenta
tion to enlighten principles are
more so. By projecting infor
mation and principles on a
screen, the teacher is able to
set a mood and capture indivi
dual student’s involvement far
greater than with a piece of
chalk and blackboard.
“To keep in tune with the
time,” Miss Young sums up,
“our materials are designed to
help teachers teach the stu
dents, rather than just teach
ing courses. And our aim, in the
final analysis, is to teach stu
dents to. know what motivates
them and to give each one
something that will be of per
manent value for the future.”
time to tactfully help your
children, the teen-age years are
it. Independent research done
by Cooper Laboratories, a cos
metic firm, and GAF Corpora
tion, a cosmetic chemical sup
plier, backs up the old wives’
remedy of using oatmeal in
cleansing bars for complexions
young and old. Many physi
cians recommend a non-pre
scription medication like Acna
veen, a gentle, soothing cleans
er based on colloidal oatmeal
for problem skin.
Encourage and guide your
teen-ager to think. Today’s
students concern themselves
with everything — from reli
gion to ban the blemish, from'
civil rights to dress styles.
They may express themselves
differently (do you recall when
Pig Latin was your “in-talk” 1),
but they are better informed
and have a more varied and
critical approach to today’s
problems than you did at their
age. And,, though it may not
seem like if to-you, they really
want your thoughts and advice
on these subjects.
Or, for real communication,
why don’t you try some music
appreciation? You don’t have
to memorize your teen-ager’s
Top 10 to keep up. But it would
be a good idea to try to appre
ciate your teen-ager’s music.