Pansy Planting ।
Time
By Frances Meeks
It seems lately, there’s been
more writing than planting
around our house.
The pansy plants have just ■
been set though, and that’s a
major accomplishment. Using
well-marked soil and well-rot
ted manure, they are sure to
get a good start with plants be
ing watered after they are set
to settle roots and remove any
possible air pockets.
We try to remember, too,
where we plant things; as
plants like children, don’t thrive
on good intentions. •
Pansies are the most re
warding annual to grow. Plants
set after the weather turns cool
begin to bloom by Christmas,
usually, and continue to bloom,
getting more bountiful and
beautiful if kept picked, until
hot weather does in the last one
in late May—possibly June.
When pansies fade, replant
beds with zinnias and mari
golds. With a little care the
latter will bloom until pansy
planting time comes again.
Pansies aren’t really as deli
cate as they seem. The pansy
is Anchorage, Alaska’s adopted
city flower, and even a short
stay there reveals why. Al
though not native to Alaska,
once planted, they reseed them
selves. Each May the little
pansy seedlings come up so
thick they must compete for
light by climbing each other.
Anchorage gardeners hardly
ever devoted a planned bed to
just pansies, but stuck them in
as fillers among other plants to
help achieve a more petal-to
petal affect.
While out planting pansies,
try sprinkling a package of the
new twinkle phlox on the soil.
Not much soil preparation is
needed. Just clear a spot and
scatter the seed. Even if you
forget where you planted them,
come spring, they’ll remind you.
Besides, they'll reseed them
selves for years to come.
It’s time to plant so many
different seeds. Plant sweet
peas, bachelor buttons, shirley
poppies, California poppies and
larkspur before it’s too late.
Wildcat Spirit
Soars At
RHHS Rally
It was a deafening, thunder
ous roar! School spirit soared
to new peaks, as was evident
Tuesday afternoon at the pep
rally staged by cheerleaders,
teams and students of Rich
mond Hill High School.
Well planned and executed,
the rally included introductions
of students, cheerleaders, team
members and coaches, plus a
skit and a mock protest against
Ludowici’s Blue Tide.
School spirit carried over
through gametime when Rich
mond Hill basketball teams
played Ludowici before one of
the largest crowds of mostly
Richmond Hill folks seen as
sembled in a long time.
Both teams lost in score by
small margins, but the name
of the real game was sports
manship and Richmond Hill and
Ludowici as well displayed it
in good and wholesome amounts.
R. H. Students
Choose Class
Representatives
last week members of each
respective high schol clas elect
ed their class representatives.
Nominations were made by fac
ulty members from students
meeting qualifications of good
personality, good scholastic
standing and good citizenship.
Elected Mr. and Mrs. Eighth
Grade were Karen Haymans
and Tony Kicklighter.
Miss Ninth Grade is Karen
Boles and Mr. Ninth Grade is
Steven Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Tenth Grade are
Lynda Jones and Dennis Rush
ing.
The Junior Class elected
Randy Murray and Cindy Sims.
Mr. and Miss High School
Senior are Gary Bashlor and
Elaine Ellis.
Baptist Honors
Rev. & Mrs. Byrd
A reception honoring Rev. &
Mrs. Glenn Byrd, and to wel
come them to the Richmond Hill
community was held Sunday
afternoon from 3:00-5:00 in the
social hall of the Richmond Hill
Baptist Church.
A large crowd attended and
welcomed the new pastor and
his family.
Creative Writing 1
Stressed At
R. H. School
Recently, eighth grade stu
dents of Mrs. Frances Meeks 1
completed interesting creative ’
writing assignments. The first 1
part of the writing experiment 1
was to write a dream each pupil 1
had actually experienced. This '
accomplished, the next assign
ment was to write a poem tell
ing the same dream in free
verse style.
The students had a great deal
of fun with their learning ex
perience, and in a recent dis
cussion on American Education
Week decided to try to get
samples of their work publish
ed.
The first selection is a story
by Tony Kicklighter, followed
by a poem in free verse style
by Albert Anderson. Both se
lections were chosen by the Bth
grade classmates of these two
youngsters.
MY DREAM
By Tony Kicklighter, Grade 8
One night I dreamed I was an
aquanaut in an underwater ex
periment. We were on the Ben
Franklin, a nuclear sub, cap
able of reaching a depth of ten
miles or more, when I was
aroused by an alarm of danger
—a strange being was present.
In a flash I jumped in my
scuba gear and was vaulting
out of the door. My attention
was focused around the kelp
beds. I saw two gleaming blobs
' peering at me!
I wheeled to retreat and
1 found great stinging tenacles
wrapped around my leg. The
monster and I were locked in
’ the fury of battle.
Weakened and tired from my
■ underwater struggle, I became
1 very still. Mustering energy for
' one final blow, however, I man
-1 aged to cut off one of the
• streamy arms.
Again, I struck savagely and
gouged out one of his fiery
eyes.
He sank his teeth deeply into
• my leg. The water turned a
' noxious red and tasted extreme
' ly bitter.
In the end I was so badly
mangled that I could barely
swim away!
In my last desperate kick I
loosened rocks which fell on
him.
I barely escaped death, but
the area was ridded of at least
one monstrous devil-fish.
DEATH RIDE
By Albert Anderson, Grade 8
One night, while tossing and
turning, I had a dream.
My dream began with me as a
man with the whole world
at my command!
I was sitting at the gears of a
rail.
“Lord, please, don’t let my ma
chine fail.”
I decided, to run two laps before
the race, and started
At a steady pace, then I be
gan to climb.
I desperately needed a little
more time!
Now the race was about to
start,
And I had to get there and do
my part!
The light went green, and you
could see a thick smoke
screen.
My hands began to itch, and I
felt my wheels as
They dug a ditch.
My ears were aware of sounds
behind me.
I could hear the crowd yelling
for me to win.
A car started ahead of my
dragster, when suddenly,
I had to do it—l had to go
faster!
Instantly, I realized I could not
see.
I thought the crowd was cheer
ing for me.
I felt my car begin to lift and
I felt my life
As it started to drift.
When I could open my eyes, to
my surprise,
I saw a wall, and I heard the
crowd’s cries!
Then it happened to me, I hit
the wall!
I tried to get up, but couldn’t
even crawl.
Most of my body felt as light
as my head.
I thought but four words —
“I KNOW I’m dead!”
For Sale
Harley Davidson Motorcycle
M-SD) SIOO.OO. Electric Guitar
and Amplifer $25.00 All in
good condition. Contact Dennis
Hughes, Rt. 1, Pembroke, Ga.,
Phone 842-2278.
Andrew Johnson was the
nation’s only ex-President to
be elected to the Senate.
R. H. Plans
American
Education Week
Alease M. Boles, third grade
teacher and chairman of the
Richmond Hill School com
mittee responsible for plan
ning ways to promote and
commemorate American Edu
cation Week, has announced
her committee’s plans.
Roger W. Jessup, school
principal, explained that
American Education Week, an
nually held the second week
in November, is designed to
focus the attention of the
American public on the Na
tion's schools and the busi
ness the schools, our most im
portant industry, are all about.
“The committee proposes,”
says committee member Mrs.
Pearl Cook, "to bring to the
attention of the public that,
whether or not you have chil
dren in school, America’s edu
cational system is of great im
portance to you, for a nation
can only progress as her peo
ple progress educationally.”
Miss Launa Floyd, teacher
aide, a talented artist and
committee member, contribu
ted three original, attention
getting, bulletin board dis
plays in the school’s hallways
promoting education.
On Monday each student re
ceived a newsletter for their
parents giving information
concerning events planned for
local commemoration of Amer
ican Education Week.
On Tuesday the committee
distributed commemora
tive bookmarks to all students.
Two special events took
place Wednesday. First, an
art show in each classroom,
judged by Mrs. Genie Garner
, and a guest artist from Arm
• strong College, was held. The
. winning exhibits from each
> class are on display in the
school lunchroom. Plan to
I see them when you visit the
r school tomorrow.
At 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, a
> program was presented at a
i special assembly of elemen
tary pupils by second and
third grades and their teach
i' ers Mrs. Pearl Cook, Mrs. G.
Maxwell, Miss Elizabeth
Sepion and Mrs. Alease Boles.
The playlets were the culmin
ation of Social study units and
were focused on highlights of
the history of the American
educationnal system.
At a special high school as
sembly, Thursday, the Future
Teachers of America and the
organization’s sponsor, Mrs.
Frances Meeks, presented two
speakers, Mr. Jim Nix, state
biologist and superintendent of
Bryan County Schools, Mr. J.
R. DeLoach, each speaking on
timely topics.
Mr. DeLoach addressed the
students on budgets and fin
ancing problems of public
schools.
Mr. Nix showed an interest
ing and educational film on
pollution problems facing
America and spoke an con
servation measures needed,
and some being undertaken to
correct these problems of
grave national as well as local
concern.
Tomorrow, Friday, Novem
ber 14, the public is invited
to an Open House at Rich
mond Hill School from 1:30-
3:00 p.m. Visit the school and
get a glimpse of education in
action.
The school wishes to thank
local businessmen, Mr. E. C.
Robinson and Mayor I. C.
Casey, for their cooperation in
helping to promote American
Education Week on the tall
Holiday Inn sign on Highway
17, south of Richmond Hill.
R.H. Methodists
Slate Annual
Barbeque
Mrs. John Heilman, president
of the W.S.C.S. Woman’s Auxil
iary of the United Methodist
Church, announces the annual
church barbeque to be held Sat
urday, November 15, at the_
Curry Annex from 5:30-8:30
p.m.
Donations are $1.50 for adults
and SI.OO for children.
Take-outs are available at
noon.
Local Boy
In Vietnam
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) — Army Specialist
Four John H. Brown, 21, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown,
Route 1, Richmond Hill, Ga.,
was assigned as a gunner with
the 25th Infantry Division in
Vietnam, October 13.
Tax Revision Unit
Reverses Its Stand
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Hie
Georgia Tax Revision Com
mission, unsure of what affect
some of its proposals would
have, backtracked on two of
them Monday and relegated
one to the trash bin and the
other to a subcommittee.
It voted not to try and tie
Georgia’s income tax system
to that of the federal govern
ment.
It had voted to reconsider
an earlier recommendation
that the 3 per cent state sales
tax be removed from food
and prescription drugs.
Instead, the commission ap
pointed a subcommittee to
study ways of giving tax re
lief to those with low incomes
and how to make up resulting
loss in revenue.
Exempting food and medi
cine from die sales tax—cou
pled with a one-half per cent
increase in the tax on other
items—was designed to ease
the burden on poorer fami
lies.
However, the commission
found it did not know how
much money would be lost by
the exemptions and how
much would be gained with
the increase.
The commission was charged
with finding ways to improve
Georgia’s tax system without
either decreasing or increas
ing state revenues.
Estimates were given to the
commission earlier that the
exemption proposal and the
one-half per cent increase
would balance out. But Rep.
Howard Atherton told the
commission Monday that the
changes would leave the state
with a loss of $8.5 million.
He said additional money
also would be required to em
ploy 50 additional auditors to
keep up with the food and
drug exemptions.
Rep. Al Holloway of Al
bany, chairman of the com
mission, told the group he
was confused.
“I’ve had three sets of fig
ures in the last seven days,’’
he said. “How are we going
to travel on that kind of esti
mate?”
He agreed that a subcom
mittee should be formed to
study the Question "in view of
the complexities that have
been thrust into the subject.”
The committee at first was
charged with looking into
whether tax credits for low
income groups on their food
and drug sales taxes would
be a better method of easing
their tax load. However, at
'the suggestion of Atlanta
businessman Jim Macobs, the
subcommittee’s work was
broadened to studying many
matters of accomplishing the
same purpose.
The commission gave up on
the income tax question after
months of fruitless work. It
had wanted to fie the state in
come tax to that of the feder
al government to simplify
things both for the revenue
department and the taxpayer.
A side issue was help-middle
income taxpayers with fami--
lies without increasing anyone
else’s taxes too much.
But experts said the matter
in which the commission pro
posed to accomplish its pur
pose would increase the tax
in some brackets by more
than 30 per cent.
The commission recently
asked the revenue department
to come up with a method
that would work without an
increase at any level. Depart
ment experts said Monday
they had been unable to ac
complish the task.
The vote to make no recom
mendation on the income tax
problem was unanimous. The
commission recessed until Nov.
24.
Pfc Lanier
In Vietnam
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) — Army Private
First Class Dennis L. Lanier,
22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam E. Lanier, Sr., Route 1
Pembroke, Ga., was assigned
October 12 to the American
Division in Vietnam as a radio
repairman.
Jumbo, the most famous
circus elephant, was brought
to America in 1882 by P. T.
Barnum, and its stuffed hide
is still on exhibit at Tufts Col
lege near Boston.
Social Security
Squibs
Have more than thou Showest
Speak less than thou knowest
Lend less than thou owest
So wisdom will growest.
Growing in wisdom is one
of the advantages that can,
but does not always, come
with increasing age. Some
say that the very young seek
to know it all, the younger
adults assume they know it
all and the truly wise know
they will never know it all.
Thus women begin to ask, as
they grow older, what ad
vantage is there for them to
build up their own social se
curity protection since they
can count on collecting from
their husband’s work. There
really are some advantages —
one big advantage is the fact
you will not have to wait until
your husband retires to begin
collecting benefits. You can
take your retirement as soon
as you are 62 if you are so
minded. And it will continue
even though your husband
doesn’t quit, or quits for a
while and then goes back to
work. Then too, you have
protection against loss of in
come if you get disabled be
fore you’re 62, and your fam
ily can count on help if you
die. Your children can qualify
for monthly payments on your
account, even though their
father is working and finan
cially able to support them.
Since no one knows what to
morrow will bring insurance
is a good thing to have —
and social security insurance
is one of the best. The social
security representative comes
to the Courthouse in Pem
broke, Ga. on Monday, De
cember 8, 1969. She’ll be
there from 9:30 to 10:30 A.M.
if you have any questions
you’d like to have answered.
Hearing Slated
ROME (AP) - A hearing
has been scheduled tentative
ly ior Tuesday on a suit seek
ing to force Gov. Lester Mad
dox to allow anti-Vietnam
war protestors to use the
state Capitol grounds Nov 13.
The suit was filed last Fri
day by ihe Atlanta Vietnam
Moratorium Committee and
was transferred to Rome be
cause U.S. District Court
Judge Sidney 0. Smith was
the only judge available to
hear it.
Maddox had told the protes
tors he would permit them to
use the Capitol for their de
monstation if they would
pledge allegiance to the Unit
ed States flag and declare
their support of U.S. policy in
Vietnam.
Funds Approved
ATLANTA (UPI) - Federal
funds were approved Monday
for job training projects in
Columbus, Cordele, Gaines
ville and Tifton.
Money totaling $258,974 in
cluded under the Manpower
Development and Training
Act will be used to provide
classroom-type training for
some 90 underemployed or
jobless Georgians.
At Columbus, 20 persons
will be trained as licensed
practical nurses, and another
30 persons will be trained as
licensed practical nurses at
Cordele.
• Abraham Baldwin College
in Tifton will train 20 persons
in a 48-week course in auto
mechanips.
RHHS Bov
And Girl Os
The Month
The staff of “The Wildcat
Spirit,” Richmond Hill High’s
schol newspaper, chooses for
each publication the boy and
girl of the month.
For November the girl of the
month is Karen Boles, a ninth
grader. Karen is a good stu
dent, a considerate, kind and
thoughtful person, and certain
, ly worthy of this honor.
Boy of the month is Gary
Bashlor. Gary is a senior and
a varsity basketball player. He
enjoys hunting, fishing and
skiing. He says government is
his favorite subject and Mrs.
Heilman his favorite teacher.
Students like Gary and Karen
leave ho generation gap.
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, November 13, 1969—1
Big Field
Qualified
For Race
LUDOWICI—A field of 13
candidates have qualified for
the five seats on the city
council in the Dec. 3 city el
ection here. Two others will
seek the position of mayor.
All five commission seats
will be vacated and a new
slate of officials will be seat
ed in January.
Clyde Gordon, a barbershop
owner and an outgoing city
councilman, will be a candi
date to succeed Mayor Jake
Godfrey, who has served as
local mayor for over 20
years. Godfrey has declined
to seek re-election.
Opposing Gordon will be
Jack Horne, an employe of
ITT Rayonier in Jesup. Horne
ran unsuccessfully for the
Long County Commission last
year.
Seeking city council seats
are Deputy Sheriff E. S.
McGowan; W. M. (Brown)
Jones, a sheriff here for 20
years and now a farmer; A.
A. Billings, a fireman at Ft.
Stewart; Kenneth Wilkes, an
employe of Page Aircraft at
Ft. Stewart and a local busi
nessman; and A. W. Graham,
owner of a local nursing
home.
Also Tommy Wingate and
Tommy Howard, both employ
ees at ITT Rayonier: Dean
Horton, a bakery salesman;
Willie Fred Johnson, a Page
Aircraft employe; Roy Lee
Miller and Gerald Nobles,
both Ft. Stewart civilian
workers; Marlin Brown, own
er of a general store; and
David Osborne, a fireman at
Ft. Stewart.
The five top vote receivers
will be elected and will serve
for four years. There arc
some 900 qualified voters in
the city.
Outgoing council members,
besides Mayor Godfrey and
Gordon, are Robert Milton, A.
G. Pinkston, D. C. Combs and
Tyrone Shaw.
Monrovia, the capital and
chief port of the African na
tion of Liberia, is named for
United States President James
Monroe.
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Card of Thanks
I would like to thank my
friends, relatives, neighbors,
and everyone for being so
kind to me by sending cards,
visiting me, and calling while
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