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-THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, November 7, 1969
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I Herman Talmadge ;
’ REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
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THE NATION CONTINUES to be caught in the grip of a r
crime wave that increases month by month. People grow more s
and more fearful for their lives and safety, in their homes, busi- J
nesses, and on the streets. 1
In many of our large cities, the nation’s Capital included, women '
chain their doors and shopkeepers and filling station operators
carry sidearms. One Washington restaurant installed a 5 cents
“crime surcharge’’ on all checks to help make up some of the ।
money it has lost in robberies. Armed robbery in the District of )
Columbia rose 46 per cent in just the first six months of this year. ]
The crime record last year and during the past decade reveals 1
a sorry situation. Serious crime in 1968 increased 17 per cent over 1
the year before. The risk of becoming a victim went up 16 per cent. 1
Since 1960, while the nation’s population increased Only 11 per
cent, serious crime rose 122 per cent, with crimes of violence
accounting for a 106 per cent increase.
We all know that these are more than just cold statistics. They
represent an immeasurable toll in human tragedy and great losses i
in property and life. It is no wonder that people are afraid.
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THERE IS MOUNTING CONCERN in the Congress and
throughout law enforcement agencies about the part played by
the U. S. Supreme Court in recent years in connection with this
problem.
It is significant to look back at the record of the Court during
this same period of time that crime has risen so astronomically.
Since 1960, the Supreme Court has reviewed 112 federal criminal
cases and 144 state cases in which it has handed down written
decisions.
The Court reversed 60 per cent of the federal convictions and
80 per cent of the state convictions. It has specifically set aside or
ignored 25 of its own precedents. In many of these cases, the Court
has been split 5-to-4. Dissenting justices have often issued vitriolic
denunciations of the majority opinion.
In some instances, the Court has substantially changed long
standing Constitutional doctrine. In others, it has literally made
new law. In so doing, it has helped to create an atmosphere of
permissiveness and indulgence.
All this, in my judgment, is reflected by the increasing crime
and lawlessness that we have in the United States today.
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To Improve The Journal So It
Will Be Second To None In News
For some time we have realized that we were short
in the small items about who come and went, the kids
birthdays, the family reunions, and many other items that
means much to the County Weekly Newspaper, that
should carry all the little items about our home town
people, that mean so much to all our people. People,
little, big and old like to see their names in the home town
newspaper and we are going to make improvements in
this department.
To start with for a long time we have been handi
capped for help, first Mrs. Miller suffered a stroke and
has never recovered sufficiently to go to the office and
help us, and she was a great help, then we had a young
lady, Mrs. Nancy Bazemore, who looked as if she was
the answer to our troubles, but things went wrong, sick
ness etc., until she was away from us from some time
in July until last week. She has returned for at least
Monday and Tuesday, and that is when we needed her
so bad, and we have hired a charming little lady, Mrs.
Aloha Starling, who recently married into the Carl Star
ling family and wanted to work in newspaper work, well
she has been with us a week and we know that “happy
days are here again” for the Editor of the Journal.
Mrs. Starling will be at the office to serve your every
need five days a week, and we are sure that it will not
be long before this pair of beautiful, courteous young
ladies will do much to make a better paper out of the
Journal.
If you have a homecoming, a children’s party, call
one of these young ladies to come out and get the story,
make a picture, as they have a brand new Polaroid be
tween them for this purpose.
If you have suggestions of something we should do,
tell us about it, and the chances we will put it in effect
and give it a fair trial.
Now to stop Ye Editor is on the mend, after having
spent all of last Thursday in the laboratory of Dr. J. C.
Metts, Jr., and we will return to Candler’Hospital this
Tuesday morning to complete our schedule of tests which
we have gone through and so far we have been given
encouraging infomration, and who knows “the old man
may be here for a long time yet.
11 GAL NOTICeT^I
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
•STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF BRYAN
In Re: Estate of Mrs. Perry
Parrish, also known as Belle
Parish, deceased
All creditors of the estate of
Mrs. Perry Parrish, also known
as Belle Parrish, deceased, late
of said county, are hereby noti
fied to render their demands
to the undersigned according to
law, and all persons indebted to
said estate are required to make
immediate payment to us.
This the 27th day of October,
1969.
(s) Perry Kyle Parrish,
Co-executor of the Estate
of Mrs. Perry Parrish, also
known as Belle Parrish,
Deceased.
(s) Jack Waldo Parrish
Co-executor of the Estate
of Mrs. Perry Parrish,
also known as Belle Par
rish, Deceased.
Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 13, 20.
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF BRYAN
In the Court of Ordinary of said
State and County:
In Re: Petition to Probate in
Solemn Form the Last Will and
Testament of Calvin Williams,
Deceased.
A petition having been filed
by Delmus H. Williams, as ex
ecutor, to probate in solemn
form the last will and testa
ment of Calvin Williams, late
of said state and county, the
same to be heard by the court
of ordinary of said state and
county on the Ist day of De
cember. 1969, at 10:00 a.m., an
order of service by publication
having been granted by the
court on the 4th day of No
vember. 1969, notice of said
proceedings is hereby given to:
Brenden Collier, 3013 Depaul
Court, Charlotte, N. C.. Age 6,
Granddaughter and to all and
singular the heirs of the said
Calvin Williams, deceased,
known, unknown, and whose
’egal residence is in doubt.
You, and each of you, are
hereby commanded to be and
appear on the first day of De
cember, 1969, at 10:00 a.m. be
fore this court, to file objec
tions if any you have in said
matter, otherwise said will will
be admitted to record as prayed.
WITNESS the Honorable
Florine M. Elrick. Ordinary of
said Court, this 4th day of No
vember, 1969.
(s) Florene M. Elrick,
Ordinary of
Bryan County, Ga.
Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF BRYAN
In Re: Estate of Henry Sellers,
Deceased.
All creditors of the estate of
Henry Sellers, deceased, late of
said county, are hereby notified
to render their demands to the
undersigned according to law,
•and all persons indebted to said
estate are required to make
immediate payment to me.
This the 27th day of October,
1969.
(s) Leo S. Sheppard
Executor of the
Estate of
Henry Sellers,
Deceased.
Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 13, 20
Projectiles For
Army Made By
Georgia Firm
ATLANTA — (GPS) Geor
gia’s U. S. Senators Herman
E. Talmadge and Richard B.
Russell announced from Wash
ington that a Macon elec
tronics firm has received a
$1.6-million Army contract to
manufacture 300,000 artillery
projectiles. Maxson Elec
tronics Corporation will pro
duce the 60MM. illuminating
shells, they said.
The Georgia senators also
announced that an Atlanta
Regional Metropolitan Plan
ning Commission housing
study has been awarded a
grant of $40,100. The Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development award brings to
$103,100 the total received by
ARMPC for study.
Fellowship Primitive
Baptist Church News
Deacon Spencer Moore of
Pembroke, Georgia, was lic
ensed to the full gospel min
istry on Thursday evening,
October 30 at Fellowship
Primitive Baptist Church dur
ing conference.
Visiting relatives and fam
ily in Pembroke this week is
Mrs. Joyce Quattlebaum of
Albany.
Grand Jury Presentments
Bryan Superior Court
November Term, 1969
We, the Grand Jury, chosen
and sworn to serve the Novem
ber term, 1969, of the Bryan
Superior Court, submit the fol
lowing recommendations and
presentments:
1.
We assembled in the Court
Room where prayer was led by
B. G. Brewton. After retiring to
the Grand Jury Room we elect
ed the following: W. L. Hum
phries, Foreman; W. W. Speir,
Deputy Foreman; B. G. Brew
ton, Clerk and R. L. Jackson,
Bailiff.
2.
After the Jury was sworn in
by the Honorable J. Max
Cheney, District Attorney, the
Honorable Paul E. Caswell,
Judge of Bryan Superior Court
charged the jury in regards to
its duties and responsibilities.
We commend Judge Caswell on
the able charge given to the
Grand Jury, much of which is
not recorded here.
3.
The following commit tees
were appointed by the Foreman
and they reported as follows:
A. County Buildings and
Equipment Committee: E. L.
Meekins, C. N. Baylor, Edward
Murchison. They reported as
follows: We find the County
Equipment Garage to be in a
poor state of house keeping.
Policing up of the area is im
perative. It is further agreed
b ythe committee that all ve
hicle bodies, pieces of machin
ery not serviceable, empty con
tainers and items generally
categorized as “trash” be re
moved. Most of these items
have salvage value —a good
source of county revenue. There
are four old frame sheds that
either need structural improve
ments or razing.
The offices in the new annex
were found to be in good shape.
The heating situation is in the
process of reconstitution and
should be adequate when cold
weather arrives. The walls and
ceiling in the State Highway
Department Office are in dire
need of scraping and repaint
ing. The Clerk’s Office needs
additional space and could in
corporate the vacated treasur
er’s office. In general, all the
offices in the main courthouse
eould stand refinishing, parti
cularly painting and floor work.
The general condition of the
jail was found to be good, save
one lavoratorv which needs re
placing in the women’s cell
block. The Sheriff informed us
a new lavoratory has already
been purchased. We heartily
recommend additional personnel
for the Sheriff’s Department,
when such funds can be expend
ed.
We recommend that the tele
phone in City Court Judges Of
fice be paid for by the County,
rather than Judge Drexel, per
sonally.
B. Books and Records Comit
tee: Eugene Sanders, Mrs. J.
T. Stubbs and A. A. Martin.
They reported as follows: We
find the books to be in good
condition in the office of the
Ordinary; Sheriff’s Depart
ment; Jail Record Book; Clerk
of Court; County Commission
ers; Tax Commissioner’s Office;
and the Welfare Department.
All records has been properly
audited by various government
agencies. Justice of the Peace
books were up to date for 19th,
20th and 1380th G.M. Districts.
Due to late hour we were un
able to investigate records in
the Treasurer's Department and
Board of Education.
C. Roads and Bridges Com
mittee: J. P. Rushing, Robert
Shaw and J. D. Cason. They
reported as follows: We find
that the Clark Town Road, Ar
thur Parker Road, the Canal
from L. C. Gills to Mill Creek,
Cecil Websters Road to Carroll
Crossing, Beulah Church Roads
all need repairs at once. The
rest of the roads are in fair
condition.
D. School Operations,
Grounds and Equipment: Doro
thy Warnell, J. V. Murphy and
H. J. Jones. They reported as
follows: We examined the
school properties and found
both buildings and grounds well
kept and find that the authori
ties seem to be doing an excep
tional job.
Since the State Board of
Education has approved appli
cation for capital outlay funds
for Bryan County High School
and Richmond Hill High School
and since Georgia School Build
ing Authority has sold bonds
and money is available, this
additional construction is being
delayed pending sew’erage. The
Committee recommends that
the City of Pembroke and the
City of Richmond Hill expedite
plans for installation of sewer-
age.
For the safety of your chil
dren the committee further rec
ommends that legal steps be
taken by the City Council of
Pembroke immeditaely to close
road separating the Bryan
County High School and Bryan
County Elementary School
(known as the Ash Branch
Road) for approximately 400
feet from Mondays through
Fridays between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
4.
We fix the pay for the Cal
endar Year 1970 for Grand
Jurors, Petite Jurors, Superior
Court and City Court, at the
rate of SIO.OO per day and for
the bailiff at SIO.OO per day.
5.
We re-elect Charles F. War
nell to the Board of Education
of Bryan County for the four
(4) year term, beginning No
vember 2, 1969.
6.
This body favorable adopts
all committee reports contained
herein as a report of the body.
7.
Mr. J. Dixie Harn appeared
before the Grand Jury with a
very informative report on the
progress of the Bryan County
Industrial Development Author
ity.
8.
We recommend that the Fore
man and Clerk of this Body be
given an additional day’s pay
for their work.
9.
We recommend that a finan
cial statement of Bryan County
Commissioners be published in
the Pembroke Journal on a
quarterly basis, beginning Jan
uary 1, 1970.
10.
We wish to commend the
County Commissioners for the
improvements, renovations and
additions to the County build
ings.
11.
We recommend that the
County Commissioners consider
establishing dumping areas for
trash and for garbage to elim
inate dumping along highways
and/or private property.
12.
We wish to thank the Honor
able Judge, Paul E. Caswell, for
his able and instructive charge
to us in regard to our duties as
Grand Jurors. We appreciate
his interest and concern in our
County affairs.
13.
We wish to express our ap
preciation to the Honorable J.
Max Cheney, District Attorney,
for his assistance and advice
during this term.
14.
We wish to commend the
Honorable Harry Williamson,
Sheriff of Bryan County, for
the capable and efficient man
ner in carrying out his duties
and responsibilities at this
term of Court.
15.
We recommend that the pre
sentments be published in The
Pembroke Journal and that the
usual fee be paid for publica
tion of same.
This 3rd day of November,
1969.
W. L. Humphries,
Foreman
B. G. Brewton,
Clerk
GEORGIA, BRYAN COUNTY.
The above, within and fore
going presentments and recom
mendations being presented and
read in Open Court, it is ord
ered that they be spread upon
the minutes of this Court, that
they be published as recom
mended, and that the Foreman
and Clerk of this Body be paid
as specified.
This 3rd day of November,
1969.
Paul E. Caswell,
Judge
Bryan Superior Court
Card Os Thanks
The pastor and members of
the Mill Creek Baptist Church
would like to thank all of the
friends, both white and Negro,
who contributed so much to the
church building fund by their
generous donations which made
the project that ended on Sun
day, October 26, 1969 a big suc
cess. ,
Mrs. Valerie Moore,
Sponsor
Rev. Samuel Gordon,
Pastor
Week-end guest of Cathy
Shuman was Miss Cathy Page
of Savannah Christian School.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Morgan
of Pembroke visited Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Morgan and family
in Savannah for a few days.
Hootenville covered bridge across Auchumpkee Creek, Upson
County. (Ga. Department of Industry and Trade) (PRN)
TOUR
GEORGIA
ATLANTA, Georgia (PRN)
— Bustling, booming Atlanta
with its skyscrapers is a sharp
contrast with the rustic
surroundings with the 19th
century. Yet, within 65 miles
of the city there are eleven
counties with picturesque
covered bridges still standing.
In a leisurely Sunday drive,
you can visit one or more of
the twelve relics of the road
no matter what direction you
drive. Oddly, as the scenic
reminders of a more peaceful
era dwindle, they are
exercising an increasing
fascination on today s Space
Age dwellers.
Two of the ren nders of
the less hectic 191 h century
are virtually on Atlanta’s
doorstep in DeKalb and Cobb
counties. At Historic Stone
Mountain, in DeKalb, is one of
the two covered bridges
boasting careers in two
locations. Spanning a little
creek is the former Athens
covered bridge. Built in the
1880’s, it saw service there
until the 1950’s when it was
dismantled, moved and
reassembled and restored at
Stone Mountain.
On the opposite side of
Atlanta, almost within sight of
the state capital, is Cobb
County’s only remaining
covered bridge, still in use,
spanning Nickajack Creek near
Smyrna. It’s located on
Concord Road.
In nearby Bartow County
near the little community of
Euharlee is the still active
Lowery covered bridge across
Euharlee Creek, one of the
most picturesque reminders of
the vanishing era. It is
particularly colorful in the
early spring, and again when
Jack Frost wields his brush.
Northeast of Atlanta are
two more counties with
covered bridges - Dawson and
Forsyth. Both bridges are still
in use on back country roads.
Dawson’s Steele’s bridge spans
Amicalola Creek, while the
Smith Urges Innovation,
Imagination In Education
ALBANY, GA. (PRN) -
Lieutenant Governor George
T. Smith has called upon State
educators to improve
Georgia’s education
opportunities by “courageous
experiment . . . trying the
untried . . ."and seeking the
impossible.”
In an address to the Second
District Association of
Classroom Teachers, Gov.
Smith said
that ob
viously
money,
more and
better tea
chers, good
physical
facilities UT GO v. smith
and equip-
ment, and long range planning
are basic requisites for quality
education.
He urged educators to seek
new solutions to old problems,
“since we seem to be making
the same mistakes year after
year.”
The Lieutenant Governor
suggested that the effect of
reducing the number of grades
in elementary and high schools
be explored.
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Pool bridge in Forsyth crosses
colorfully named Sitting
Down Creek. It’s not apparent
from the name who did the
sitting, nor is the creek a
languid, rocking chair variety
at times.
There are five covered
bridges to the southwest of
Atlanta in Troup, Harris,
Meriwether and Upson
counties. Troup’s relic of the
road spans Whitewater Creek
near LaGrange. Another
Troup covered bridge now
stands at Callaway Gardens in
Harris County near Pine
Mountain. It was preserved by
moving to the Gardens several
years ago.
Meriwether County has two
spans still standing. One near
Alvaton, known as the
Alvaton covered bridge,
crosses white Oak Creek. The
other, near the community of
Imlac, spans Big Red Oak
Creek. Both still serve, little
traveled, back country, dirt
roads.
Upson County’s entry in
the covered bridge list in the
colorful span - protected by
steel bars -- spanning
Auchumpkee Creek near the
little community of
Hootenville. It, too, serves a
back country, dirt road.
To the east of Atlanta, in
addition to DeKalb, are two
other counties featuring
covered spans -- Oconee and
Walton. The Oconee covered
bridge called Rose Creek
crosses the creek of the same
name south of Watkinsville.
Walton has another of the
state’s picturesque spans in the
Bethlehem covered bridge
crossing Apalachee Creek.
Atlanta undoubtedly is
zipping with the Space Age,
but you still can find
reminders of the early 19th
century within easy driving
distance of the Georgia
capital. They are fun to find,
and picturesque to
photograph, particularly in the
spring and fall.
“We cling tenaciously to a
system of seven years of
elementary and five years of
high school for every
student,” he observed, “even
though there is evidence
showing that neither is
necessary for every student.”
“I believe we should
carefully study the possibility
of compressing these 12 years
into less . . . perhaps nine or
ten ... as one step toward a
better educational program in
Georgia, as well as one
solution to the rising costs of
education.” he said.
He also suggested an
earnest exploration of the
12-month school year, and the
restructuring of the guidance
and counselling programs to
help students make career
decisions earlier.
Lt. Gov. Smith strongly
advocated reducing the
teacher-pupil ratio to l-to-20
in the first and second grades.
This would require 3,108
additional teachers at an
additional cost of
$21,756,000 spread over a
three-year period as “one
expenditure which is certain
to pay dividends.”