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The annual “Toya For Tots”
program of the Bryan County
Jaycees is now underway, ac
cording to project chairman,
Edward Williamson.
Monday night the Jaycees
completed and erected a “Toys
For Tots” structure located di
rectly next to the Pembroke
Police Station. Williamson ex
plained that the structure feat
ures a hinged door through
which toy contributions may be
dropped.
The “Toys for Tots” program
is an annual affair sponsored
by the Jaycees each Christmas
Season. Discarded, outgrown,
and slightly damaged toys are
collected, cleaned, and repaired
by the Jaycees and Jaycettes.
On Christmas Eve the toys are
delivered to the homes of un
derprivileged children whose
Christmas morning might
otherwise be bleak and unful
filled.
Ray Harrison, Jaycee presi
dent, commented that the “Toys
for Tots” program has been
very successful during the last
few years because of the gen
erosity and support of local
citizens.
“We are hoping” Harrison
said “that the added conveni
ence of the Toys for Tots pick
up point beside the police sta
tion will encourage the people
of our community to be even
more generous this year.”
“Although the Toys for Tots
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campaign will be underway
from now until Christmas, we
wish to encourage interested
parties to contribute as early
as possible/ In this way, the
Jaycees and Jaycettes may now
begin work on toys in need of
repair,” explained campaign
chairman Ed Williamson.
Don’t Take My
Word For It
By
ALOHA STARLING
Friends of Mr. E. W. Miles
will be glad to hear that he
returned home Thursday from
the Memorial hospital in Savan
nah and is improving nicely.
Mr. Johnny McFall, BCHS
Ag. teacher, David Warnell,
William Lane, and Brooks
Warnell attended the Georgia
. Auburn-Alabama football game
i in Athens this week-end.
i
t Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Askew
. of Savannah visited Mr. and
1 Mrs. Dexter McGahee of Pem
broke Sunday afternoon.
1
Mr. and Mrs. Nugent Griffin
c and Bill Warnell visited their
. daughter Mr. and Mrs. Billy
e Mock in Moultrie, Ga. over the
n week-end.
s Visiting Mrs. Helen Graham
on Sunday was her daughter,
and granddaughter, Mrs. Jim
my Sands and Melissa of Clax
ton, Ga. Also visiting Mrs.
Graham was her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
F. H. Shearouse of Springfield,
Ga. They attended the Court
House opening Sunday.
Mr. Jack Edwards of Ella
bell, Ga. underwent surgery
Tuesday morning in. the Tal
madge Memorial Hospital in
Augusta, Ga. and is doing nice
ly.
Mr. Gene Scott is in the
Candler General Hospital in
Savannah, where he underwent
surgery, and is doing nicely.
Dinner guests of Mrs. Helen
Hughes Friday were Mrs. Ruby
Thompson and her father, Mr.
J. A. Thompson of Blooming
dale, Ga.
Mrs. Clyde Strickland of
Meldrim, sister of Mrs. John
Murry is a patient in the Me
morial Hospital in Savannah,
Ga.
Mr. James H. Cook was ad
mitted to the Memorial Hos
pital in Savannah Sunday,
where he will undergo surgery.
Mrs. Louise Lee of Ellabell,
Ga., is visiting her sister’s fam
ily Miss Ethel Kemsey, and Mr.
Bob Kemsey of Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Claude Crow was admit
ted to the Bulloch Sounty Hos
pital Thursday where he will
undergo test and x-rays.
Mrs. Catherine Hughes has
returned to Florida because of
illness of her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Howard Hughes.
Mrs. Ivy Kennedy and Mrs.
Joe Brewton spent a few days
visiting with their sister, Mrs.
■ Don Martin of Lawrenceville,
Ga.
THE PEMBROKE
JOURNAL
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, Cussed By Some
Read By Them
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Town Topics
By
NANCY BAZEMORE
MISS CARTER HARN of
the Pembroke Methodist Chureh
MYF announces that a YOUTH
REVIVAL will be sponsored at
the church by the MYF Nov.
27-29 and will feature Lynwood
Roberts and Allen Slentz as
guest speakers.
Carter explained that these
two young men who are college
students preparing for the
ministry were in Pembroke
during the summer working
with the Methodist Church.
“They did a great job and we
are really pleased to have
them back” she commented.
Services will be held at 7:30
p.m. on Thursday and Friday,
and at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
“There will be a recreation
hour before the Saturday serv
ice and youth and adults in the
community are INVITED!
PLEASE COME!” Carter ex
claimed.
MR. ROBERT BOWERS,
BCHS and Grammar School
Principal, recently attended the
State Executive Committee
Meeting of the Georgia High
School Association for Region
3C of which he is a committee
member. The purpose of the
annual meeting held in Thom
aston, Georgia was to set
classifications for all extra-cur
ricular activities of the schools
for the next two years.
THE METHODIST MEN’S'
CLUB will sponsor a breakfast
to be held Sunday, Nov. 30, in
the Social Hall of the Pembroke
Methodist Church. Breakfast
will be served at 7:30 a.m. and
all men of the community are
invited to attend.
All those who plan to con
tribute used, outgrown, or
slightly damaged toys to the
Jaycees “Toys For Tots” cam
paign are asked to drop the
items in the small house be
side the police station. Early
contributions will be appreciat
ed as Jaycee-Jaycette members
are anxious to begin cleaning
and repairing the toys.
For Sale
One upright piano sells for
$75.00. One complete Hollywood
twin bed sells for $20.00. Call
653-4584.
Manager
FARM COMMODITY
LEGISLATION DISCUSSED
Farm commodity legislation
is now entering a crucial de
velopent period, according to
Carroll G. Brunthaver, Associ
ate Administrator of the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service (ASCS) of
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
Farm programs are sought
which will help farmers share
more equitably in the fruits of
advancing technology and the
benefits of the farmer's own
efficiency. At the same time,
the ASCS official said, “it is
just about essential that pro
gram costs be checked, in order
to be acceptable to Congress.”
Farm programs for the
1970’s are expected to be at
tuned to markets, both foreign
and domestic, in promoting
sales of farm crops and making
commodity production adjust
ments.
Mr. Brunthaver said, “We
must avoid decisions that
ignore market opportunities
and result in the loss of the
farmer’s markets to synthetic
and foreign competition. The
U. S. has the most modern and
efficient marketing system the
world has known, but if we are
not careful, we will continue
to limit the effectiveness of
this system to seek out and
expand demand for what the
farmer wants to produce.”
He cited the general recom
mendations Secretary of Agri
culture Clifford M. Hardin
made when he appeared before
the House Agriculture Commit
tee. Mr. Brunthaver urged that
the statement be read in detail.
He pointed out that the Secre
tary’s approaches to farm pro
grams would give participating
farmers more freedom of choice
than they have now and would
not penalize farmers who chose
to stay out of Federal farm pro
grams entirely.
The ASCS official concluded:
“We are dealing with national
policy in a time of great
change, not only in agriculture,
but in American society. Amer-
icans have become an urban
people in just a very few dec
ades, and we are feeling the
pressures. The minority re
maining in agriculture—slight
ly over 5 percent — find that
their lives are drastically alter
ed by changes in technology,
communication, and the struc
ture and organization of farm
ing itself.
“Yet any new age must be
dealt with in terms of the prob
lems and circumstances it pre
sents —not in terms of devotion
to some traditional but outworn
system. We must deal with
the world asit really is. And
this is what we are trying to do
in the development of farm and
food policies for the 1970’5.”
FOOD PRICES AND FARM
PRODUCTIVITY
Food prices would be consid
erably higher than they are now
except for the productivity and
efficiency of the American
farmer, reported J. Phil Camp
bell, Under Secretary of Agri
culture, when he spoke at a na
tional conference of newspaper
food editors.
“As a matter of fact, the
farmers efficiency has probably
done more for the consumer
than it has for him. He’s had
to run that fast just to stay in
place,” said Mr. Campbell.
Local farmers and consumers
would be interested in the facts
cited, said Ross P. Bowen,
Chairman of the Georgia State
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) Commit
tee.
Noting that food prices have
gone up, Mr. Campbell pointed
out that the increase has trail
ed the rise in the cost of living
rather than leading it.
The farmer is caught in the
squeeze between high produc
tion costs and low returns for
farm products. The Agriculture
Under Secretary said, “Far too
many people in our towns and
cities think that the American
farmer is a ward of the govern
ment. That just isn’t so. The
farmer is in the free enterprise,
capitalistic system. No single
producer of industrial goods
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, Nov. 20, 1969-1
Retired FACS. Director Receives
District Appointment
MRS. ALETHIA BREWTUN
Mrs. Alethia C. Brewton who retired from her position
as Director of the Bryan County Department of Family and
Children’s Services on November 1 has been selected to
serve as a member of the District Advisory Committee in
District One for the Georgia Dept, of FACS. Mrs. Brewton
received this appointment from State FACS Director, Wil
liam Burson.
In honor of her retirement from the local office Mrs.
Brewton was presented with a Silver Tea Service which was
on display in the FACS Dept, at the Courthouse Open House
on Sunday.
The beautiful Service was a gift to Mrs. Brewton as a
token of appreciation for her 32 years of service as Director
of the FACS Dept, in Bryan County from the FACS Board
members and staff, the Bryan County Commissioners, and
Courthouse personnel.
Unlike many who enjoy a leisurely retirement, Mrs.
Brewton will continue with a full schedule of activities
which include volunteer FACS work, civic and church re
sponsibilities, and social activities. She plans to devote more
time to her hobbies of gardening and oil painting. Plans
for the future also include a possible trip abroad.
has as many competitors as the
farmer has.
“The farmer isn’t getting
rich. Farm family incomes are
still only about 75 percent of
non-farm family incomes, and
many farm people have to do
some off-farm work to bring
their earnings that high.
He also commented that
while food prices have gone up
consumers actually will spend
a smaller percentage of their
disposable income on food at
home. Disposable income is pro-
jected to rise 6 to 7 percent
this year, while food prices go
up perhaps 4.5 percent.
Last year Americans spent
only 16.8 percent of their dis
posable income for food and the
percentage will be even lower
this year. They will spend less
on food proportionate to their
income than they have ever ~
spent, and less than any other
people have ever spent any
where in the history of the
world.
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