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Funds Granted For
Title I Project In Bryan County
Mr. J. R. DeLoach, Superin
tendent of Bryan County
Schools announces that for the
fourth year Title 1 funds have
been approved for a regular
year project in the amount of
$68,500.00. The funds will be
used to finance the application
that was made for Special
Educational Needs of Educa
tionally Deprived Children in
Bryan County, for a period of
nine (9) months during the
regular school year. Certain
Special Educational Needs
would not be possible if it
were not for the funds pro
vided by Title 1, PL 89-10.
The Title 1 Project for the
regular school year includes,
17 Teacher’s Aides in the area
of reading, math and business
education, 2 part-time librar
ians, 2 part time attendance
officers, 1 county wide lunch-
Social Security
Squibs
Every man desires to live long
But no man would be old;
So you may need social
security
Before your tale is told.
Everyone recognizes the
value of carrying insurance —
on your life, on your health,
on your car or on your house.
The payment of a small
amount regularly to help cover
the cost of solving problems
which the future may bring
strikes most everyone as a
good investment. You don’t
pay it because you want or
hope to collect it, but in case
you need the protection, it is
nice to know it is there. So
it is with Social Security Re
tirement, Disability, Survivors
and Health Insurance. By
paying in to earn a certain
number of quarters, you are
insuring yourself against loss
of income if you become dis
abled, die or get too old to
work — and after 65, get sick.
You may never live to collect
it, but it’s good to know it is
there if you need it.
The best way to make sure
you have enough Social Se
curity is to compare your So
cial Security number with the
one your employer puts on
your withholding tax sta^-
mens at the e&d of the ye dr.
If there is a mistake,*let him
know what your number is.
If you are in business for
yourself, make sure you file
income tax returns and report
your business income for social
security taxes as a self em
ployed person. You only have
to make a profit of $400.00 to
Black Creek P.T.O. To Meet
And Have “Open House”
The Black Creek Parent-Teacher Organization will hold
their first meeting on Thursday evening, October 30, at 7:3C
in the school cafeteria.
There will be a short business meeting presided over
by the new president, Mrs. Jack S. Gardner, Sr.
Following the business meeting, there will be “Open
House” in order that the parents may visit with the teachers.
All parents are urged to attend this meeting.
Publicity Chairman
Mrs. Kenneth Shuman
NOTICE TO MY BRYAN COUNTY FRIENDS
I have just opened a modern Barber Shop in
my Home in Harvey Subdivision. Will be open
all day each
THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Other Days By Appointment
Telephone 653-4792
DAVID A. PAIGE
Special Offer While It Lasts
20,000 S&H GREEN STAMPS
With Each Home Purchased
FOR BEST PRICES AND SERVICE
IN MOBILE HOME BUYING.
See CECIL E. KENNEDY, JR.
Route 2, U. 8. 301 North
STATESBORO, GA. 30458
Telephone 764-5895
room consultant, 1 instruc
tional center manager, 1 part
time maintenance aide and an
evaluator.
Other services provided by
Title I include, funds for con
sumable materials, and equip
ment, 150 Title 1 lunches daily,
and consultants for the in
service program which will
be provided for teachers and
the aides.
829 children from econom
ically deprived families in
Bryan County will benefit
from the provisions made pos
sible by Title 1 activities.
The Title 1 Project has pro
vided 18 full time jobs and
11 part time jobs for citizens
of Bryan County. These jobs
could not be financed if it
were not for Public Law 89-
10 Title 1.
earn a full year’s social se
curity credit. But make sure
the return has the right social
security number on it. If you
fear a mistake has been made
in the past, let the Social Se
curity office know. The rep
resentative, Miss Kaufman,
will be at the courthouse in
Pembroke, Ga. on Monday,
November 10 from 9:30 to
10:30 A.M.
Ellabell M.Y.F.
Trick Or Treat
For UNICEF
The M.Y.F. of the Ellabell
Methodist Church will trick or
treat for UNICEF Friday
night with a hay ride in the
Ellabell Community. They plan
to leave the church at 7:30 p.m.
After the ride they will return
to the church for refreshments.
Chaperones for the occasion
will be Mr. and Mrs. George
Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
। lyn Page. Give generously to
this worthy cause.
DRIGGERS-BLAND
WEDDING
Mrs. Laura Driggers, of
Groveland and Mr Carlos
, Bland of Groveland were mar
ried Saturday, October 18,
1969. ^r. and M^s, Bland will
ma^esthejj homo’ inf Groveland
.-iMovy Jr
Friends of Mr. Newman
Bazemore will be interested
. in learning he has returned
home after a short stay in
Candler General Hospital. He
. was in for a checkup and his
, family reports his condition
, is fine.
More Financial Aid Especially From The
Georgia Scholarship Commission Would
Alleviate Georgias Nursing Shortage
ATLANTA — More finan
cial aid, especially from the
Georgia Scholarship Commis
sion, would help alleviate
Georgia’s current nursing
shortage by increasing nurs
ing school enrollment, a Gen
eral Assembly leader in edu
cation affairs told the Geor
gia Educational Improvement
Council at a meeting in At
lanta in September.
State Sen. Paul Broun of
Athens, chairman of the Sen
ate University System of Geor
gia committee, made this
statement in reference to a
new study, “Nursing Educa
tion in Georgia,” just publish
ed by the Council, a state
agency for research and plan
ning in all levels of educa
tion.
Sen. Brown chaired the com
mittee responsible for the
study which was financed by
a $50,000 grant from Gov.
Maddox’s emergency fund.
The comprehensive report,
18 months in the making, is
a compilation of four to five
million pieces of data on the
state’s registered and licensed
practical nurses — their cur
rent occupations, training,
problems and aspirations. The
study will go to state legis
lators, Board of Regents mem
bers, State Board of Educa
tion members, schools of nurs
ing, high school superinten
dents, and to school librarians
for use by students and school
counselors.
‘“The young women aren’t
getting the financial aid they
need. Their families don’t
have the money to see them
through nursing school so they
end up in secretarial school,”
Sen. Broun told the group of
state legislators, educators and
laymen who compose the
Council.
Sen. Broun said that the
Georgia Scholarship Commis
sion needs “a great deal more
money — perhaps double” the
$750,000 annual budget, which
covers all Georgia college stu
dents. The Commission also
needs to continue to give top
priority to nursing students.
State Rep. Mac Barber of
Commerce, new chairman of
the Council and head of the
House Education Committee,
noted that the lack of good
nursing care facing Georgians
in the near future “if we don’t
take immediate action” is
shocking.
“Georgia is lacking one
third the number of nurses
needed for minimum safe
care,” Rep. Barber quoted the
study. This figure is based
on a nationally recommended
minimum of 300 R.N.’s to
100,000 population. Georgia’s
current 9000 R.N.’s in active
practice place the state in the
category of roughly 200 R.N.’s
to 100,000 people, a sizeable
one-third shortage.
“And we’re getting further
behind each year,” Rep Bar
ber continued. Nursing school
enrollments have dropped
more than 50 percent in the
1960’5. Seven percent of
Georgia’s female high school
graduates entered schools of
nursing in 1950 to only three
percent in 1967, the study
shows.
Further complicating the
shortage is the concentration
of Georgia’s short supply of
nurses in metropolitan areas,
68 percent of the R.N.’s serv
ing 46 percent of the state’s
population. This leaves 54
percent of the state’s people
with less than one-third of
the nurses.
“While there will probably
always be a concentration of
R.N.’s in urban areas, the
state needs a sufficient num
ber to allow for this concen
tration and still have safe
nurse - population ratios
throughout the state,” the re
port points out.
The Council not only pin
points the nursing care and
training problem in Georgia
but offers definite recommen
dations to solve it. “And these
are feasible recommendations
that we can do and do now,’’
Rep. Barber said.
In the recruitment area they
are:
1. That the recently-organ
ized Health Careers Council
of Georgia assume major re
sponsibility for general re
cruitment.
2. That recruitment efforts
be directed toward older
women to attract this untap
ped resource into the field of
nursing.
3. That recruitment efforts
be directed toward academ
ically-deprived students, as-
sisting them in admissions
with remedial and tutorial
services.
4. That scholarship funds of
the State Scholarship Com
mission be increased and that
all other financial aid re
sources be sought.
In the field of schools of
nursing, the study recommend
ed:
1. That the State Depart
ment of Education and Board
of Regents assume primary
responsibility for providing
nursing education programs
necessary to the state, reliev
ing hospitals of this growing
financial burden.
2. That the “appropriate
unit” of the University Sys
tem of Georgia take leader
ship in planning a faculty
sharing program among Geor
gia schools of nursing, to help
alleviate a current faculty
shortage.
3. That vocational school
instructions of practical nurs
ing be required to take nurs
ing education to qualify as
teachers.
4. That the two State Ex
amining Boards for nurses be
given sufficient budget to ex
pand the planning and con
sultative services they pro
vide to schools of nursing.
5. That the state be pro
vided a total of at least six
baccalaureate nursing pro
grams within the next five
years, up from the present
four programs with a fifth
being planned.
6. That long-range planning
and attention be given to ex
panding graduate programs
in nursing.
In the area of continuing
education, the study recom
mends:
1. That the Georgia Regional
Medical Program be given
“substantial responsibility” in
providing continuing educa
tion for nurses, partic
ularly in the fast changing
fields of heart, cancer and
stroke.
2. That the Georgia State
Nurses’ Association and Geor
gia State League for Nursing
continue programs in continu
ing education.
3. That the University of
Georgia or one of its units in
itiate a statewide system of
continuing education for
nurses.
4. That nurses be financially
rewarded for completing
courses in continuing educa
tion.
5. That all health institu
tions and agencies develop
programs in orientation and
inservice education.
General recommendations
of the study were:
1. That the Georgia prac
tice of licensing undergradu
ate nurses (L.U.N.’s) be dis-
Herman Talmadge
THERE HAS BEEN GROWING support of my bill to expand
and improve the National School Lunch program. Hearings have
been completed in the Agriculture Committee, and I am hopeful
for Senate action at the earliest possible moment.
In addition to streamlining the entire school lunch program, my
hill would greatly increase federal funding and bring about in
creased state participation. The bill would:
—Raise federal appropriations and establish a new matching
fund formula for the states.
—Provide funds to poorly-equipped schools for the purchase
of lunchroom facilities and equipment.
—Allow “the lunch to follow the child.” Needy families liv
ing in a prosperous school district would not be penalized
because their neighbors could afford to buy lunches and
they could not.
Throughout the hearings. I was extremely pleased that the State
of Georgia, which has one of the highest rates of participation in
the school lunch program of any state, was repeatedly held up as
a model for others to follow.
* *
INCREASING PUBLIC CONCERN about poverty and hunger
in the nation has resulted in several meaningful steps toward the
alleviation of these problems. However, in my judgment, special
attention must be focused on the needs of hungry children.
There are some 6 million school age children in families that
earn less than $2,000 a year or which receive welfare payments.
Yet of this number only about 2 million receive free or reduced
price lunches under the school lunch program.
In some instances, this is due to a shortage of funds needed to
provide an adequate lunch program. In others, it is because there
is no program at all. At the minimum, we must insure that no
school child misses a lunch at school because he cannot afford it.
This is an investment we cannot afford not to make. If we are
Over going to break the poverty cycle, the best place to start is
with needy children. They must be given every opportunity to go
to school, stay in school, and to get nourishing food in order that
they can learn.
continued, while allowing all
present L.U.N.’s to retain their
status as long as they main
tain current licenses.
2. That mandatory nurse
practice legislation be sup
ported when an acceptable
proposal is presented to the
State Legislature.
3. That nurses be given
“economic rewards and fringe
benefits comparable to those
in other fields requiring simi
lar educational levels and re
sponsibilities.”
4. And that an advisory com
mittee continue to study and
plan in this field through
Georgia Educational Improve
ment Council auspices.
Mrs. Pat Malone was the
Council staff member respon
sible for compiling the study.
Council members on the study
committee included: Sen.
Broun, McGrath Keen of Dub
lin and Thomas T. Irvin, State
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Jones Asks
Income Hike
ATHENS, GA. (PRN) - If
the annual income of every
Georgian could be increased
an average of SIOO it would
boost the state's economy
by a half billion dollars.
This fact was cited in a
speech to the Athens Rotary
Club by State Rep. Charles M.
Jones of Hinesville, majority
whip of the Georgia House of
Representa
tives.
With 4>A
million
Georgians,
Jones
pointed out
that a SIOO
per person
average
income
increase
REP. JONES
amount to $450,000,000.
“This would be the same as
adding new income to the
pocketbooks of Georgians
almost equal to the entire
annua) payroll of the textile
industry,” Jones said.
Textile manufacturing is
Georgia’s largest industry,
employing 116,700 persons
with an average annual payroll
of $510,000,000.
Pointing out that Georgia
now lags $640 behind the
national average in per capital
income, Jones said the state
should set as an immediate
goal “the narrowing of the
income gap by at least $100.”
“Even this is not enough,”
he said. “I think wb ought to
resolve that in the decade
ahead Georgia will match and
move ahead of the national
average.”
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
7:30 P.M. Black Creek PTO Meeting and Open House —Black Creek Cafe
teria—Children may attend with parents.
4:00 P.M. Junior Choir Practice—Pembroke Methodist Church—Mrs. Bill
McClellan
Happy Birthday Amanda Findley
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
4 to 6 P.M. BCHS and Grammar School Halloween Carnival—Grammar
School Campus.
Happy Spooking for all the kiddies.
Happy Birthday Terri Amanda Thompson, Fred Wesley Wilson,
and Billy Conley.
7:30 P.M. Trick or Treat for UNlCEF—Ellabell Methodist MYF—Ellabell
Community.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
1:00 P.M. Eastern Star Rummage Sale—Depot Platform
6:00 P.M. Trick or Treat for UNlCEF—Pembroke Methodist Church MYF
Members—Pembroke
Happy Birthday Gail Page, John Morgan Tiner
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE
11:00 A.M. Homecoming Church Service—Advent Christian Church
Happy Birthday Frank Wilson
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
3:30 P.M. Girls Auxiliary
8:00 P.M. Lingerfelt Bible Study Group—Mrs. Charles Daniel
8:00 P.M. Westside Home Economics Club—Mrs. Julian Buckner
8:00 P.M. Order of the Eastern Star No. 401—Masonic Hall
Happy Birthday Cindy Seckinger, Lillian Conner
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Keller Home Economics Club—Richmond Hill—Mrs. Wade
Martin, Mrs. Nona Martin.
Happy Birthday Martha Jones, Richard Polk.
Please send announcements for Who, What, When, Where to Nancy
Bazemore, Pembroke, Journal, or call 653-2213. Include name or organiza
tion, time and place of meeting.
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL. Thursday, October 3C, 1969-
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