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—THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, July 31, 1969
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Published In The City of Pembroke Every Thursday
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Bryan Friends Feel That Johnnie
Cowart Has Been Mistreated
Many of our people including the Editor of
this paper, who has known Johnnie Cowart for
forty years feel that he has been mistreated by
being fired for various inconsistencies, many of
which will not stand up under a fair, impartial
investigation.
We know that it is true that Mr. Cowart
operated a small concrete business at his home
about 9 miles east of Pembroke, using it for a
place to make a few dollars on his off days, and
supplement his income to better take care of his
family. For we all know that a highway work
er is underpaid, more so than any other state
employee.
It is the result of a report of a “disgruntled” em
ployee who had been fired by Cowart, and we
believe that when the investigation is over that
John Cowart will be given his job back, this is
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important for he was looking forward to retire
ment after many hard years with the State.
We have no criticism of anyone in the state
set up, but we do ask that all of them from the
Governor on down give Mr. Cowart a fair deal
and get something to travel on besides a disgrunt
led employee who had been fired by Cowart for
continued drinking on and off the job.
John Wesley
Monument To
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Be Dedicated
Dedication ceremonies for
the newly erected John Wesley
Monument will be held in the
City of Savannah on Sunday
afternoon, August 3rd, at 4:00
o’clock ,in downtown Reynolds
Square,
The occasion will include the
unveiling of a nine-foot bronze
likeness of Wesley, great eigh
teenth century religious leader
who founded The Methodist
Church. The statue rests upon
a stone base of royal pearl
granite which bears inscriptions
about the life of Wesley and
quotations from him. It is sur
rounded by a rectangular brick
patio with a granite bench in
each of the four corners.
Bishop John Owen Smith,
presiding officer of the United
Methodist Church in Georgia,
and Bishop Albert R. Stuart,
head of the Episcopal Diocese
of Georgia, will assist in the
dedication, Others who will take
part will be Marshall Daugh
erty, sculptor for the project,
and various members of the
John Wesley Monument Com
mittee, a statewide organiza
tion formed about four years
ago. Judge Alex A. Lawrence
of the U, 8. District Court in
Savannah city officials will also
appear on the program.
Reynolds Square, location of
the monument, is on Abercorn
Street near the Savannah River.
It is directly adjacent to the
spot where John Wesley had his
‘house and garden, after he
came to America in 1736 with
General James Oglethorpe,
founder of the Colony of Geor
gia, Wesley, an Anglican min
ister, served the parish of Sa
vannah, and in the years follow
ing his return to England in
1987 founded the Methodist
denomination.
Leadership in creating the
monument and in raising funds
for it was provided by members
of the United Methodist Church
in Georgia, who sponsored two
statewide offerings for this
purpose. Contributions were
also received from members of
several Episcopal churches,
some of whose leaders had a
major part in the work of the
monument committee. In addi
tion, various historical groups
~and many individual citizens in
the Savannah area made gifts
toward the final cost of appro
ximately $60,000,
The bronze statue, main feat
ure of the memorial, depicts
John Wesley at the age of
about thirty-three years, as he
was when he came to Georgia.
The likeness was modeled after
early portraits of Wesley, one
of which was purchased for this
purpose by Bishop John Owen
Smith in a visit to London,
England,
Marshall Daugherty, the
sculptar, who is head of the Art
Department at Mercer Univer
sity, fashioned the figure of
Wesley in a preaching pose. He
said of his work, “I have shown
him as youthful, tentative, and
earnest. He looks up from his
Bible toward the congregation.
He holds out his right hand in
love, invitation, and exhorta
tion; in contrast, the hand
holding the Bible is intense and
powerful—the point of contact
with the Almighty.”
According to committee lead
ers, the desire to see a monu
ment erected in Georgia in hon
or of Wesley has been express
ed by many individuals over a
period of years. The idea never
began to achieve practical ful
fillment, however, until a small
group of ministers and laymen
met in Savannah in 1965 to
discuss it. Following their rec
ommendations, the South Geor
gia Conference of The Method
ist Church voted in June, 1966
to approve the project. Later
they were joined in the enter
prise by the North Georgia
Conference, which compose the
other Methodist units in the
state, Offerings in the three
conferences in May of 1967 and
in February of 1968 contributed
the major portion of the total
funds raised. Following the re
quest of the churches, the may
or and the city council of Sa
vannah, and leaders of the Park
and Tree Commission and of the
Monument Commission, lent
their cooperation and made
Reynolds Square available as
the site.
The John Wesley Monument
Committee has consisted of
Malcolm Bell, Jr,, Alex A. Law
rence, Dr. Tom P, Watson, the
Rev. H. W. Scoates, Jr., Ray
Zoucks, Frank Cheatham Sr.,
Mrs. W. T. Knight, Jr.,, Mrs.
E. E. Torrance, Miss Robertine
McLendon, the Rev. P. Harold
Gray, the Rev. C. E. Steele, the
Rev. Robert Stovall, Dr. H. T.
Freeman, Kirby Tyler, Jr., the
Rev. V. L. Daugherty, Mrs. J.
H. Smith, the Rev. Frank Gil
more, and the Rev. James R.
Webb, Jr.,, who has served as’
general chairman. The Rev,
Ernest L, Veal also served on
the committee as the chairman
of the Methodist Historical So
ciety in the South Georgia Con
ference. Dr., Roland Walker,
pastor of First Methodist
Church in Chamblee, Georgia,
gave leadership in North Geor
gia as president of the Meth
odist Historical Society in that
area, with. a committee of ad-
visers consisting of the Rev.
Frank Prince, Dr. Charles
Boleyn, and Dr. Tom A. Whit
ing. The latter minister was
«pastor in Savannah in 1965 and
was among those who first con
ceived the monument project.
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Mrs. A. C. Turner had visit
ors for Sunday dinner. Coming
from Savannah were her niece
Mr. and Mrs. Charles NeSmith
and son Tony. Mr. and Mrs.
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Michael Cassidy and Pam, Mr.
and Mzs, Joey Giles and son
Bryan. All had a nice get-to
gether.