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Volume 67, Number 31, The Pembroke Journal, Pembroke, Ga., 31321
Bryan Superior
Court Meets On
Monday Nov. 3
What looks to be one of the
biggest terms of Superior
Court in a long time will con
vene in the Bryan County
Court House with Judge Paul
Caswell presiding and Solici
tor General Max Cheney as
prosecutor.
The Grand Jury drawn and
are as follows.
W. W. Speir, A. A. Martin,
L. Carlton Gill, Robert Shaw,
Eugene Sanders, B. G. Brew
ton, J. K. Morrison, J. C.
Mikell, J. H. Lewis, J. V. Mur
phy, F. O. Miller, E. L. Meek
ins, B. M. Smith, E. B. Miles,
Carlos L. Lane, Harley Sur
rency, E. J. Wilson, Mrs. C. E.
Dasher, J. P. Rushing, E. V.
Rushing, Mrs. J. T. Stubbs, H.
J. Jones, L. M. Anderson, C.
N. Baylor, Dorothy Warnell,
W. W. Bashlor, Sr., L. C. Lane,
Edward Murchison, C. L.
Cross, Sr., J. D. Cason, W. L.
Humphries.
The triel jurors are as fol
lows:
Daniel Moody, G. H. Rush
ing, G. W. Foxworth, L. F.
Sanders, R. D. Davis, Mrs. W.
J. Minor, Julian Buckner,
James E. O’Bryan, H. G. Van-
Brackle, Merrill E. Bacon, N.
M. Jones, George Bush Clar
ence W. Cook, Sr., J. E. Wil
son, Jack W. Shuman, Alex
Lee, Enoch Calloway, F. L.
Hendry, Hugh Miner, P. L.
Ellis, Jr., Mrs. Willie Mae But
ler, Charles F. Warnell, J. F.
Jarrell, Robert Williamson,
Mrs. Christine Butler, S. Kelly
Davis, Wade Carter, Herbert
H. Owens, Sr., Cecil Rahn,
Mrs. B. G. Brewton, L. C.
Gill, Johnnie Cowart, H. C.
Floyd, C. M. -Williams, J. K.
McClelland, Charles Daniels,
W. C. Shuman, Donald John
son, Harold Bacon. Danny W
Warnell, R. C. DeLoach, War
ren Miller, J. M. Fountain,
Cleveland Strickland, Harry
Parrish, Alton Elrick, James
Garrison, W. O. Newman, W.
K. Miller, Bobby J. Pecenka,
C. C. Spinks, Tom Hutchinson,
Wallace Dowd. W. F. Apple
by, Thomas V. Miller. Ellis
Croft, A. H. Jones, G. D. Hen
drix, R. L. Morgan, Hubert H.
Lee, H. H. Hagan, Robert Mc-
Coy B. L. Kennedy, Mrs. C.
W. Tidwell, Hardie Jones.
J. Paul Holmes, Jr.
Named State
ASCS Director
Ross P. Bowen, Chairman of
the Georgia State Agricultural
Stabilization and Conserva
tion Committee, has announ
ced the appointment of J. Paul
Holmes, Jr. to the position of
State Executive Director. The
appointment was effective
October 13.
A native of Goldsboro, N. C.,
Holmes graduated from North
side High School, Atlanta, in
1958, At Northside he was
president of his senior class
and an all-state football selec
tion.
Holmes is a 1963 graduate
of the University of Georgia
with .a degree in business ad
ministration. He was award
ed a grant-in-aid football
scholarship and played three
years of varsity football as a
tackle at the University. In
1962 he received the Wally
Butts Award for most com
petitive athlete and was voted
the most valuable lineman in
1962 in the North-South All
Star game.
From 1963 to 1965 Holmes
served as sales representative
for the Shell Oil Company in
South Carolina. In 1965 he
moved to Farrar, Ga., and
entered the dairy business. He
later became active in all
phases of the dairy industry.
During this time he served as
vice president of the Farm
Bureau, vice president of the
Jaycees, president of the Foot
ball Boosters Club, and Jas
per County commissioner.
He is married to the former
Susan Dykes, and they have
two sons and one daughter.
IxJSla A OEOB6IA ' S LEADINB * EE w newspaper" I
•JOURNAL
Capt. Strickland
On Duty In
Western Pacific
WITH U. S. COMBAT AIR
FORCES IN THE WESTERN
PACIFIC — Captain James O.
Strickland, son of Mrs. J. O.
Strickland Jr. of Pembroke, Ga.,
is now on temporary duty with
the 4133rd Bomb Wing at a
forward base in the Western
Pacific.
Captain Strickland, a Stra
tegic Air Command navigator
bombardier, flies almost daily
B-52 Stratofortress bombing
missions against Viet Cong
targets in South Vietnam.
He is permanently assigned
to the 306th Bomb Wing at Mc-
Coy AFB, Fla.
The captain, a graduate of
ißryan County High School, re
ceived his BS degree in mathe
matics in 1965 from Florida
Southern College. He was com
missioned through the aviation
cadet program.
His wife, Patricia, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thad
0. Farr of 604 Wilson Dam
Ave., Sheffield, Ala.
Folk Dances
Charm Eleni.
School
Friday afternoon, Charlie
Cribbs welcomed grades 1-7 to
the sixth grade assembly pro
gram, the first one of the
school year at Richmond Hill.
The program began with an
inspirational reading by Cindy
Kinard.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Walter Garner, elementary
physical education instructor,
the sixth grade pupils present
ed ‘Folk Dances from Around
the World.’
The children danced Pantz
Tanz, a Jewish wedding dance;
La Raspa, Mexican; Green
sleeves, Circassian Circle, and
Road to the Isles, all English;
Korobushka, Russian and
Hopak, a Jewish folk dance.
Ray Brown ended the pro
gram with a poetic parting
word.
The young people applauded
enthusiastically, and reports
reaching the community were
thta they thoroughly enjoyed
the culmination of the sixth
’ grades’ six weeks unit in folk
dancing at Richmond Hill
school.
Holds Annual
Family Reunion
l The decendants of Mary
Bacon Burnsed and Henry M.
Burnsed held their annual re
union Sunday, October 26, 1969
। at the American Legion Hall in
Pembroke. Approximately 125
। persons attended this year.
Everyone enjoyed good fellow
ship and a wonderful dinner. A
permanent date was set for the
reunion.
This will be the second Sun
। day in October. Officers elect
ed for the coming year were
President, Lester Burnsed, Sec.
and Treas., Mrs. Joyce Burnsed
Smith, and reporter, Mrs. La
wanda Burnsed Floyd.
■ Margaret Lanier of Pem
broke spent last week-end with
her sister Mrs. Grace Coffee.
She also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Carver. On her return
home she was accompanied by
Grace for a short visit.
Newlyweds Are
Entertained At
Dinner Party
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Bacon
were honored with a dinner
party at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Bacon on Tuesday evening,
October 14, 1969 at seven
o’clock.
The dinner table was over
laid with an imported linen
and lace embroidered cloth
and centered with an arrange
ment of pink chrysanthemums,
daisies, white mums and fern
in a pink satin glass epergne,
on either side were silver
candelabra holding pink
candles.
The food was arranged on
a long table and served buffet
style, this consisting of baked
turkey and dressing, baked
ham, crab casserole, chicken
salad and a variety of salads
and vegetables casseroles,
cakes, and pies prepared as a
specialty from each home rep
resented.
During the evening a gen
eral family gathering was en
joyed, wedding presents were
opened and the new daughter
was graciously welcomed into
the family. Among those ore
sent were Mr. and Mrs. Fer
man Kent; Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Gill, Jr. of Fleming; Mrs.
M. F. Clark Jr. and Debbie;
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smiley
of Hinesville: Mr. and Mrs.
Hoke Martin; Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Norris and Lynn of Rich
mond Hill; Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Youmans and Ann; Mr. and
Mrs, Charlie Sutlive and Mary
of Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. L.
D. Bacon and Luther of Sa
vannah; Mi. and Mrs. Jim W.
Morgan, Madlyn and Lori of
Midway: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Smith of Jesup; Margaret
Lanier of Pembroke; Mr. and
Mrs. C. O. Bacon, Summer
ville, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Cavender and John of
Claxton; Miss Judy Lynn
Bacon of Atlanta, the honored
guest Dr. and Mrs. Philip
Bacon; Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Bacon, Bea and Flo.
For the evening the bride
wore a navy sleeveless wool
dress with matching acces
sories.
New Dam Slated
For State Park
By Next Summer
ATLANTA, (GPS) — With
the letting recently of a $766,-
619.98 contract to rebuild the
dam at Reed Bingham State
Park, located between Moultrie
and Adel, State Parks Director
John L. Gordon expressed con
fidence that an adequate dam
to serve the park soon will be
come a reality.
The contract was awarded to
the Farrell Construction Com
pany of Memphis, Tenn. Speci
fications for the new dam,
which will straddle the Cook-
Colquitt County line, call for a
1,000-foot spillway. Under
terms of the contract, Far
rell will have 270 calendar days
to compete the project.
The original dam, a tumbling
type of 2,000-feet in length,
was completed early in 1962 to
create a 425-acre lake along
Little River between Colquitt
and Cook Counties, which had
purchased and deeded more
than 1,600 acres to the State
Parks Department in 1958.
The clay-core dam gave trou
ble intermittently, and during
heavy rains a 75-foot segment
blew out on July 1, 1967, empty
ing the lake. Gov. Lester G.
Maddox viewed the lake disas
ter a few days later, and prom
ised that it would be restored.
Gordon said the Farrell firm
“has built a number of dams
and we hope this plan and type
of construction will do it.” He
said the contractor has inform
ed him that work will begin im
mediately to get the project
started.
Mrs. G. R. Darsey of Pem
broke is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Daniels of Claxton.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1969
Felts Joins BCHS Faculty
As New Redskin Coach
Among the new teachers at Bryan County High School
this year is the Athletic Department's Head Coach James
C. Felts.
Coach Felts is a 1969 graduate of Georgia Southern College
and holds a B.S. Degree in Education with a major in Physical
Education.
Originally from Lakeland, Ga., Felts graduated from the
Lanier County High School in 1965, leaving an impressive
sports record. Felts served as captain of the Lakeland Bull
dogs Basketball team, captain of the baseball team, and was
active in track, running the 100 yard dash, the 220 yard
dash, and throwing the shot put. Felts was also a member
of the Georgia Southern College Baseball team.
Coach Felts and his wife, the former Carolyn Abbott of
Statesboro, are residing in Pembroke. Mrs. Felts is attend
ing Georgia Southern College where she is majoring in
business education.
In reference to the Redskins Coach Felts said, “The boys
team this year will depend on balance and depth.” Doug
DeLoach and Danny Bragg are the only two boys returning
from last year’s starting line-up, the coach explained.
“The girls team is more experienced than the boys as
far as the number of returning players are concerned,”
Coach Felts remarked.
Aside from coaching the basketball teams and track team
Felts is teaching a number of classes in physical education
and history. The “B” Team is being coached by Mr. Johnny
McFall, who will assist Coach Felts throughout the year.
Mr. McFall is the Bryan County High School Agriculture
teacher and FFA sponsor.
Coach Felts released the following Bryan County High
School 1969-70 Basketball Schedule.
NOVEMBER
14 Portal ... Home
18 Richmond Hill Home
21 Reidsville Home
25 Bluffton Home
DECEMBER
2 Portal Away
5 Darien Away
9 Richmond Hill Away
12 Southeast Bulloch Home
16 Reidsville Away
JANUARY
9 Southeast Bulloch .Away
13 Savannah Country Day .... Home
16 Claxton .. Away
17 Metter Home
20 Bradwell Institute .... Home
23 Savannah Country Day Away
30 Darien Home
FEBRUARY
3 Brad well Institute Away
6 Claxton Home
10 Metter Away
13 Bluffton . Away
Peterson-Bacon
Votes Exchanged
Doctor Carol Peterson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas C. Peterson, of Bloom
ing Prairie, Minnesota, be
came the bride of Doctor Mer
rill Philip Bacon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill E. Bacon of
Pembroke, Ga. at 1:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 12 at Red Oak
Grove Lutheran Church,
Blooming Prairie.
The Rev. Leland Evenson
performed the double ring
ceremony before an altar
adorned with gold candelabra
and twin arrangements of
purple and white chrysanthe
mums. Candles were lighted
by Tom and John Peterson,
brothers of the bride. Mrs.
Maurice Basners was organist.
“O Perfect Love” was sung
by Rev. and Mrs. Leland Even
son. Given in marriage by
her father the bride was at
tired in a floor length gown
of white crepe with softly
gathered skirt and empire
waist accented with self ma
terial braid interwoven in with
pearls and floor length
streamers extending from the
back waistline over a modified
train. The standing collar
and cuffs of the long full
sleeves were embelished with
hand sewn pearls and pearl
loops. Her long veil of silk
illusion was attached to a
bandeau style headpiece of
pearl edged organze leaves
and extended into a chapel
train. She carried a tradi
tional cascade bouquet of
stephanots and white roses
centered with a single white
cattleys orchid. Attending the
bride as matron of honor was
her sister, Doctor Patricia
Trueing, Professor of Psycho
logy at New York University,
and Lehman’s College in New
York City. Her floor length
gown of purple crepe was
styled similarly to the gown
of the bride. It featured an
empire waistline accented with
self material braid forming
streamers at the center back,
standing collar, and long full
sleeves with fitted cuffs. She
carried a cascade bouquet of
purple chrysanthemums and
white carnations and wore a
matching floral headpiece. At
tending the groom as best man
was Doctor John Hardman of
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Min
nesota.
The brides mother wore a
blue knit coat dress with beige
accessories and a corsage of
white roses. The brides ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs. Ed
ward Basnees wore a navy
blue knit dress with matching
accessories, and a corsage of
white roses. Following the
ceremony, a reception was
held at the home of the brides
parents. For travel the bride
wore a navy blue wool dress
and matching accessories and
the orchid from her bridal
bouquet. They traveled by
air to Atlanta.
A dinner party was held
Tuesday evening at the home
of the groom’s parents, in Pem
broke, Ga.
The couple are now at home
in Pasadena, California. The
bride is a resident in Pedia
trics and the groom is a resi
dent in Pathology a LACUSC
Medical Center in Los Angeles.
M.Y.F. To
Sponsor
Hay Ride
The M.Y.F. of the Pembroke
Methodist Church will spon
sor a Hay Ride for UNICEF
Saturday night, November Ist.
The wagon will leave the
church about 6 P.M. All
M.Y.F. members and dates
will participate. Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Cowart will act as
chaperones. They will be call
ing from door to door and
will be wearing special badges
to identify themselves. M.Y.F.
members and their councilors
ask that citizens of Pembroke
give generously to this worthy
cause.
Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Bryan County High’s New Coach
** J
Coach Janies C. Felts
Mrs. Anderson 1
Wins Twelve
Bine Ribbons
Mrs. L. M. Anderson of Pem
broke was awarded the
“Sweepstakes” prize of $5.00
at the Ogeechee Fair Flower
Show two weeks ago.
Mrs. Anderson received the
Sweepstakes Award as a re
sult of having won 12 first
place blue ribbons for her en
tries in the flower show. The
report in the Journal last week
accredited Mrs. Anderson with
only two blue ribbons, and
we wish to correct this error
of printing, especially as the
sweepstakes award was pre
sented to the person winning
the most blue ribbons of the
six counties competing.
Mrs. Anderson collected a
total of $31.00 for her win
ning entries, $2.00 each for
the 12 blue ribbons, $5.00 for
the sweepstakes, and SI.OO
each for two red ribbons
awarded for second place.
Wonder Wbo
One of our readers in Bul
loch County who will be cele
brating her anniversary this
week will receive a free sham
poo and set at Helen’s Beauty
Shop if she can identify herself
from these hints.
This lady and her husband
are well known in Bulloch and
Bryan Counties. Her husband is
a well known farmer in their
community. They have three
married children and one child
at home. She and her husband
have already celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary.
This lady has one sister living
in Bryan County.
If you think the above de
scription fits you, call Helen’s
Beauty Shop and see if you are
this weeks lucky winner.
Be sure to watch for next
weeks “Wonder Who.” Who
knows, it might be you!
Pbil Odom Wins
Council Office
At GSC Dorm
STATESBORO — Kenneth P.
Odom, a freshman business
major at Georgia Southern Col
lege, has been elected secretary
of the Eton Hall House Coun
cil for the year 1969-70. The
House Councils are the govern
ing bodies of the campus dorm
itories.
Kenneth, a 1969 graduate of
Bryan County High School, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Odom, of Ellabell.
Little Rodney Morse of Sa
vannah, is visiting his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carrol
Parr, of Ellabell.
Groveland Lake
Endorsed
William T. Greer, Executive
Director of the Georgia South- ,
ern Area Planning and Devel
opment Commission, announced
today that he had received a
resolution that was passed by
the State Game and Fish Com
mission of Georgia at their Sep
tember meeting on endorsing
the Groveland Lake Project.
The resolution reads:
A RESOLUTION BY THE
STATE GAME & FISH
COMMISSION OF
GEORGIA
WHEREAS, one of the
greatest needs in our State to
day is recreational facilities
for our citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Georgia
Southern Area Planning and
Development Commission has
seen the need for these facili
ties and has taken action to
make such facilities available;
and
WHEREAS, as a result of
the work of this planning
Commission, the Groveland
Lake Development Authority
has been formed to steer this
project to a successful conclu
sion; and
WHEREAS, the Groveland ;
Lake Development Authority is
now making plans for the con
struction of a 22,000 acre reser- (
voir on the Canoochee River in
Bryan, Bulloch, Candler and
Evans counties; and
WHEREAS, this facility will
furnish over three million user
days of recreation annually to
the one-half million Georgians
who reside within one hour’s
drive of the proposed reservoir,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that the State
Game & Fish Commission of
Georgia does hereby express its
appreciation and good wishes
to the Georgia Southern Area
Planning and Development
Commission, the Groveland
Lake Development Authority
and to the county governments
in the eighteen counties who
are participating in this pro
ject.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLV
ED that the State Game & Fish
Commission of Georgia offer
its cooperation to the Groveland
Lake Development Authority to
. assist this Authority in the
; prompt and successful comple
tion of this project.
Done in the City of Atlanta
by the State Game & Fish
■ Commission in meeting assem
bled on the 11th day of Sep
■ tember, 1969.
Mr. Greer said that this ac
tion is indicative of the inter
est and support not only in the
: eighteen county impact area,
but throughout the State of
Georgia for Groveland Lake.
Mrs. Debbie Wilson had as
dinner guests last Sunday,
Mrs. Catherine Hughes.
Pembroke
Garden Club
Meets
The October meeting of the
Pembroke Garden Club was
held at the community house
Thursday, October 23, at 4
p.m. Mrs. H. B. Brewton, Mrs.
W. R. Deal and Mrs. Helen
Graham hostesses, received
each member.
A lovely floral arrangement
of lavendar and yellow cen
tered the antique table beside
the open fire. Mrs. Harry
Owens read the scripture from
Philippians, followed by
prayer for the Inspirational.
Mrs. Marjorie Jones, Presi
dent, presided. She gave a
report on the Oleander Dis
trict Meeting she attended in
Statesboro October third.
Mrs. Jones announced that,
the Savannah Area Council
of Garden Clubs will present
Julian Bridges in two lectures
demonstration at 10:30 A.M.
and 1:30 P.M. November third
at the Savannah Inn and Coun
try Club. Fresh, dried and
permanent materials will be
used. Arrangements will in
clude Fall, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas designs for all
rooms as well as the front
door. The program “A Slide
Presentation of Spring Flower
ing Bulbs” was presented by
Mrs. Jones. Her talk was il
lustrated with color slides, and
she supplied detailed infor
mation on bulb culture. Mr.
and Mrs. John Stubbs placed
first in awards for the yard
of the month plaque. Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Golden, second,
and Mr. and Mrs. Lewell
Turner third. The door prize
was won by Mrs. R. B. Reed.
Delicious refreshments of coke,
coffee, and mints were served
by the hostesses during the
social hour.
The members attending in
cluded Mesdames Marjorie
Jones, Mrs. H. B. Brew
ton, Mrs. W. R. Deal, Mrs.
Helen Graham, Mrs. U.
J. Bacon Mrs. V. P. Stubbs,
Mrs. Harry Owens, Mrs. R. B.
Reed, Mrs. W. W Pickett, Mrs.
Purvis Brannen, Mrs. Grover
Denmark, Mrs. J. E. Pevey,
and Miss Betty Bashelor.
BCHS Juniors
Earn Award
A Special Community Ser
vice Award was recently pre
sented to Bryan County High
School Junior Class of Pem
broke, Georgia 31321 in rec
ognition of the meritorious
civic and community service
performed by this organiza
tion. The award cited the
group for 5 years of outstand
ing community service in
creating good-will and friend
ship by annually sponsoring
the Community Birthday
Calendar.
Yearly calendar distribu
tion has been a popular means
for this local group to raise
funds to promote its services
in the community. The com
munity birthday calendar lists
the birthdays and anniversary
dates of local residents plus
meeting dates and other acti
vities of schools, civic and
fraternal groups and churches.
The award certificate was
presented by the publisher of
the Community Birthday Cal
endar, Gordon Bernard Com
pany, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio
45213.
James Cason
Pledges CSC
Sigma Nu’s
STATESBORO — James Ca
son, a sophomore business maj
or from Pembroke was installed
as a pledger into Sigma Nu Fra
ternity during the formal rush
' for fall quarter at Georgia
Southern College.
James is a 1968 graduate of
Bryan County High School and
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Cason.