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Memorial to the first trans-continental telephone call at Jekyll
Island. Jekyll was part of hookup on January 25, 1915 call.
TOUR
GEORGIA
JEKYLL ISLAND, Georgia
(PRN) — Its fame as the
one-time millionaries’
hideaway and currently as
Georgia’s noted public beach
resort have eclipsed Jekyll
Island’s role in one of the
nation’s early communica
tion’s achievements -- the first
transcontinental telephone
call.
In this era of rapid
communications around the
world and even from the
moon, few remember that
historic January 25, 1915,
when the nation was linked
coast to coast by telephone.
Standing primly on the
greensward in what was the
millionaries’ village of Jekyll’s
hideaway days and looking a
bit like an out-of-the-way pay
phone is the memorial to the
first transcontinental
telephone call. Inside the solid
plexi-glass housing is a wall
phone of the 1915 era.
The unusual marker was
erected in 1965 on the 50th
anniversary of the historic
phone call between Alexander
Graham Bell, inventor of the
telephone, at AT&T’s office in
New York, and Thomas A.
Watson, his former assistant in
the San Francisco office of the
Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company. The
3,400-mile telephone
conversation was a milestone
in the second decade of the
20th century.
Participating in the east
coast part of the
multi-transcontinental call
were the White House in
Washington, D. C., and Jekyll
Island, where Thomas Vail,
president of AT&T was
recuperating from a fall. In the
multiple-hookup, President
Woodrow Wilson talked with
Dr. Bell and Mr. Watson and
then conveyed his
congratulations to Mr. Vail at
Jekyll. The AT&T president
listened to the telephone calls
from his Jekyll residence and
then talked directly to San
Francisco, a distance of 4,500
miles.
Work on the transcontinen
tal line began in August, 1913,
with initial surveys, and by
June 1914, the construction
work was completed despite
nigged physical handicaps. To
guarantee the success of the
January 25, 1915, test, 1,500
men were deployed at
strategic locations where they
could reach a trouble spot
within less than two hours.
Boston joined the
transcontinental network the
same day, and on January 26,
the service was made available
to the public. Service between
Philadelphia and San
Francisco was begun in
February, 1915, and in May
Los Angeles and New York
were linked. Thus, the nation
was tied together by
telephone.
In the next year, hundreds
of demonstrations were staged
including the famous one from
Atlanta to San Francisco
during which the famous
opera star Enrico Caruso sang
to the members of the San
Francisco Press Club via the
new national wire.
A little more than half a
century later, Americans think
nothing of world wide and
moon communications, but in
1915, the historic feat was
telephoning from coast to
coast, a milestone in history
despite later 20th century
co mmunications
developments.
VA PENSIONERS MUST
REPORT INCOME
Only two weeks remain for
over 50 thousand Georgia veter
ans, widows and dependents on
the Veterans Administration’s
pension rolls to report their 1969
income, State Veterans Director
Pete Wheeler reminded today.
“January 15th is the deadline
to notify the VA of income. The
VA must have the income fig
ures in order to determine the
amounts of pension for the com
ing year. Failure to complete
and return the questionnaire
could result in suspension of
payments or the necessity of
repayment of some benefits to
the VA.” Mr. Wheeler said.
The questionnaires were
mailed on November Ist this
year so they could be completed
and returned to the VA earlier
than usual. Veterans and widows
receiving compensation for ser
vice-connected disabilities do not
have to report their income.
Anyone needing information
or assistance with the income
questionnaires are urged to con
tact the nearest office of the
Georgia Department of Veterans
Service.
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ZIMMI
Confucius Might Have Said...
It might have been said by the ancient
philosopher that ‘he who travels half-way
around the world isn’t necessarily sepa
rated from the folks back home.’ Con
fucius probably never said such a thing,
but it’s true in the case of two Uni
versity of Georgia students anyway. Dr.
Chiu Yuan Chien, working on post-
Smith Urges Continued
Law, Order Enforcement
ATLANTA (PRN) -
Lieutenant Governor George
T. Smith has labeled the small
but disruptive group of
“bearded, long-haired
activists” as a dangerous force
in America that has already
succeeded in weakening the
nation’s moral and physical
strength.
In prepared remarks to the
Baxley Lions Club, the.
Lieutenant
Governor
gave notice
to the law
less that
“Georgia is
a law
abiding
state and
neither its
people, its
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LT. GOV. SMITH
officials nor its law
enforcement officers will
condone open violations of
the law”.
Gov. Smith attributed the
cause of the spreading protest
to a fear of war and a lack of
understanding as to what
America really is.
“They fail to understand
that this nation is not just a
piece of property ... but an
ideal, a state of mind,” he
said.
“Despite the fact that in
our country there are wide
differences of opinion on the
course our government should
take, no better method has yet
been devised to settle such
SOME THINGS REALLY
TO “MEOW” ABOUT!
Would you like to prove to
your pet cat or kitten how
“purr-fectly” delightful you
think they aie?
Then enter him or her in the
1970 All American Glamour
Kitty Contest to be held from
January 1, 1970 to April 30,
1970, with the finals at the Ho
tel Fontainebleau, Miami Beach
in July.
AH housecats are eligible. No
pedigrees are required. All a
kitty needs is a bona fide own
er and “cat-appeal”.
You should send a picture of
your pet, no smaller than 3 by
3 inches, plus an essay of 100
words or less telling why your
cat should be the All American
Glamour Kitty. Entry blanks
and the rules of the contest are
printed on bags of Kitty Pan
Cat Litter which bear the con
test shield and a picture of
doctoral projects at the University, was
surprised recently when Miss Dien-Sie
Chang showed up to work on her degree
at Georgia. Miss Chang had been Dr.
Chien's student at the National Taiwan
University. Both are studying plant path
ology at the University of Georgia.
differences than through the
electoral process,” Gov. Smith
added.
The Lieutenant Governor
warned that “nothing can
hasten the downfall of our
nation and our society quicker
than a breakdown in law and
order. He emphasized that
without laws or without
enforcement of those laws,
“there can be no justice or
freedom or liberty”.
He called on the federal
government to follow
Georgia’s example to “protect
the God-fearing, law-abiding
citizens.” He also called for a
reversal of current thinking in
national councils "that
Southerners are unfit to hold
key positions in our national
government, citing the defeat
of the recent nominee for the
Supreme Court as a prime
example.
“Time after time, we have
been told that a Southerner
cannot be nominated or
elected President of the
United States,” he said, adding
his conviction that “our own
revered Senator Richard B.
Russell might have been
President had he had not been
a Southerner -a Georgian.”
“I hope the day will come
when we can prove to one and
all . . .if that’s what it
takes ... that our region and
our State produces more
capable and dedicated public
servants than all the others put
together,” Smith concluded.
CINDY, the 1969 winner.
Fifty regional winners will
receive specially designed
award certificates, jewelry and
a six-month supply of Kitty
Pan Cat Litter. The 16 semi
finalists get engraved silver
award trophies, portable TV
sets and gold cat collars in
scribed with the individual win
ner’s name.
The eight Finalists will be
flown to. Miami, via Eastern
Airlines, for a week’s holiday
pageant which will include
press parties, radio and TV ap
pearances, competitive events
and a coronation ceremony and
show in the world famous La
Ronde Room at the Fontaine
bleau.
The new Glamour Kitty will
receive a Crown Imperial Jade
designed crown and gold collar,
a mink-trimmed cat cape, a
special silver trophy and a
hand-painted oil portrait.
DRIVERS NEEDED
Train NOW to drive semi
truck, local and over the road.
You can over $4.00 per hour,
after short training. For in
terview and application, call
904—388-4607, or write Safety
Dept., Nationwide Systems,
Inc., % Mercury Motor Ex
press Term. Bldg., 1716 Mc-
Duff Ave. N., Jacksonville,
Fla. 32205.
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ATLANTA (PRN) - Well,
how about it? How much time
have you, as a sportsman spent
this year on the Georgia coast
pursuing your favorite sport?
And just how valuable to you
is this vast, ultra-rich resource?
Sure, there are lots of
Georgia sportsmen who rarely
or even never visit the coast.
But a lot more do. And those
who don’t can only blame
themselves from missing out
on a happy hunting-and
fishing-ground.
Missing what? Well, right
now at this season, you could
be sitting in a marshland duck
blind, enjoying the best duck
hunting the states has to offer.
Or you could be fishing the
tidal streams for trout or
channel bass (redfish).
Actually, when you start
talking about fishing, you
certainly aren’t limiting
yourself to any time of the
year on Georgia’s coast. It’s
good all year long, depending
of course, on current
conditions day to day.
Nor is the hunting by any
means limited to just ducks
during the waterfowl season.
This year, for example, this
writer tried hunting marsh
hens for the first time, in early
September, and found it to be
a challenging and interesting
sport. And there is snipe
hunting available, too.
Even those who don’t visit
the coast for their sport, or
those who don’t even hunt
and fish, have a stake in our
marvelous marshes, for nearly
everyone enjoys eating
oysters, shrimp, crabs, and
other seafoods produced
there.
Eggeellent Ideas §36
GEORGIA EGG COMMISSION DEO
MISS MILDRED HUFF, HOME ECONOMIST
The White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health
brought out many astonishing facts. One in particular struck me
as being especially appropriate during this spirited season of
parties and celebrations.
Did you know that 10-20% of the average adult’s calories
come from alcoholic beverages?!! That’s a lot of calories. But
what’s worse is that many of these drinks are consumed in place
of food, just as children want dessert instead of dinner.
Distilled alcohols like bourbon, vodka, and gin have no food
value; nor do mixers like soda and gingerale. Furthermore, it’s
against the law to fortify them with vitamins and minerals.
To make drinking less detrimental to health, one of the
conference delegates suggested that everyone switch to beer or
ale since they contain some vitamin 8..
An even more nutritious suggestion was to use lemonade,
grapefruit, orange and tomatoe juices as mixers instead of water
or soda. These would provide vitamins A and C.
However, the best idea of all is to drink eggnog! It’s a meal in
a glass with or without the alcohol. Egg drinks contain high
quality protein and practically every nutrient needed by man.
So this year resolve to help stamp out malnutrition by
serving (or ordering) nutritious drinks.
HOLIDAY EGGNOG
6 eggs separated
% teaspoon salt
•A cup sugar
6 cup milk
1 cup brandy, rum, whiskey
(or 2 teaspoons rum, brandy
or almond flavoring)
Beat yolks, salt and sugar. Add milk. Beat egg whites until
stiff; fold into mixture. Chill. Add flavorings or spirits when
ready to serve. Top with nutmeg. Makes 18 4 ounce servings.
CHERRY FLIP
6 eggs
1 quart Danish cherry wine
(or Burgundy, port or sherry)
% cup sugar
'A cup lemon juice
Blend well with beater or blender.
Pour into punchbowl filled with
cracked ice.
Makes 12 4 ounce drinks.
If served individually, add ice to blender when mixing.
CHAMPECHE (for 2)
'A cup canned or sugared, frozen peaches
10 ounce chilled champagne
cracked ice
Use blender to whirl peaches into a liquid. Pour into crystal
goblets. Add cracked ice and champagne.
NEW YEAR FIZZ
4 jiggers rum (or gin or vodka)
'A cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon sugar
2 egg whites or 1 whole egg
2 tablespoon crushed pineapple
2 cups cracked ice
Blend a few seconds in blender. Leave ice in. Serve.
If you have recipes you’d like to share, or a question you’d
like answered; write; EGGCELLENT IDEAS; 1687 Tullie Circle;
Suite 118; Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
BY DEAN WOHLGEMUTH
Georgia Game and
Fish Commission
If Marshes Are Lost
You Are The Loser
So, though you might not
be acutely aware of it at the
moment, if the marshes are
lost, you’ll be the loser. Last
year, conservationists won a
tentative battle in the
protection of marshlands
against destruction and filling.
This victory, however, was
nowhere near decisive. The
war is not over. And the stage
is getting set on the battlefield
again, for another showdown
in the State Legislature. Rep.
Reid Harris of Brunswick is
sponsoring once again, his
House Bill 212, Coastal
Wetlands Protection Act. This
bill failed to past last year, but
if our marshes are to have
lasting protection, some form
of this bill must be passed.
Just any old form of the
bill will not do, however. The
original version of the bill
would have been the best, but
in hopes of getting more
support it was watered down.
Still a good bill, it could help
tremendously.
Whatever bill may be
passed, if it is to be a strong
deterrent to destruction of our
marshes, the Game and Fish
Commission feels that the bill
must give the Commission the
authority to enforce the bill
and to hold a strong vote on
whether or not to approve any
proposed changes in the
marshes.
After all, the valuable
Georgia marshes now, one of
the world’s richest such
resources, is a natural resource
of the type that the Game and
Fish Commission is charged
with protecting. Without
authority to protect, how can
protection be given?
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Tuhrsday, January L. 1970
“Don’t Take My
Word For It”
Mr. and Mrs. John Stubbs of
Lanier attended the annual
Christmas Dinner-Dance of the
Kaiser Chemical Agriculture
Company of Savannah at the
Knights of Columbus Hall, Sat
urday, Dec. 20. On Sunday
night, Dec. 21, Mr. and Mrs.
Stubbs and daughter Amy were
dinner guests of Miss Fran
Henry of Savannah.
Guests of Rev. and Mrs. Gor
don Hunter and daughters of
Pembroke during the Christmas
holidays were their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Wallis of Greenville, S.
C.; their son and daughter-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt
er of Blairsville; Mrs. Hunter’s
mother, Mrs. J. M. Dupree of
Americus; and Miss Mada Nail
of Waynesville. Returning
home with Mr. and Mrs. James
Hunter to Blairsville were his
two young sisters, Susan and
Penny, for a week’s visit.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. I.
Rhoden during the Christmas
holidays were their daughters
and families, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Osborne of Jacksonville, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clark and
Paul and Wanda of Jackson
ville. Visiting the Rhodens
throughout this week is their
nine year old granddaughter,
Wanda.
Out of town guests over the
holidays of Mrs. Stephen Gar
day and Mrs. C. H. Dußois
were: Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Du
bois, Jr. and family, of North
Tazewell, Virginia; Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Dubois and family of
Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
U. Dußois and family of Tuck
er, Ga.; and Rev. and Mrs.
Wendell K. Dußois and family
of Mustoe, Va.
Attending the annual Dinner-
Dance of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen of District 3
in Savannah, Dec. 27 were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Daniel of
Pembroke. The elaborate event
was held at the Alee Temple
Saturday night with a delicious
dinner and the excellent band
of Russ Peacock.
Card of Thanks
To Patrons of Pembroke
Post Office:
■ The clerks, rural carriers and
all postal employees wish to
thank the patrons of this of
fice, local and rural, for your
splendid cooperation in zip cod
ing, mailing early and other
wise complying with Post Os-
1 fice Department requests, all of
which helped to make our work
load run smoothly.
The month before Christmas
is a hectic time for postal em
ployees and we had as much
work this year as ever before,
but through your cooperation
we were able to spread the
workload and better organize it
for faster and more efficient
handling. It has been one of
the best and smoothest working
Christmas Season any of us
can remember and all of us
want to thank all of you and
to pledge our best efforts to
better serve you throughout the
coming years.
—Post Office Personnel.
Gardner's Grocery
BUTCHTON, GEORGIA
Whore 80 and 280 Join
Dixie Day Liquid
DETERGENT 29<
Green Giant
CORN Whole Kernel &
WelcKs Grape 20 oz.
JELLY 39i
Beef Flavor 3 f Or
RICE-A-RONI SI.OO
Tetley 48 bags
TEA BAGS 55*
Giant Size
BREEZE 79 C
“wr FOODS at LOWEST PRICES"
— Con w« Hoy It
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Lane,
Mrs. Joe Green, and Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Sanders and Beth,
all of Pembroke, visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Douglas Jr. of
Jacksonville, Fla. during the
holidays. They were joined
there by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Alexander.
During the Christmas holi
days Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ben
ton and children of Pembroke
visited Mrs. Benton’s aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Brunan, of Brunswick. Joining
the family for Christmas Din
ner was Mrs. Benton’s mother,
Mrs. J. F. Mock, her great
great grandmother, Mrs. Till
Thompson, and her daughter,
Mrs. Stony Glover. The Ben
tons rseport an enjoyable holi
day reunion.
Visiting their grandmother
in Claxton, Mrs. George L.
Brewton for a few days after
Christmas were young Lou Ann
and Marty Daniel. The young
sters are the children of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Daniel of
Pembroke.
Advent Christian
Church Presents
Christmas Story
Children of the Sunday
School Department of the Ad
vent Christian Church of Pem
broke presented the Christmas
Story in the form of a play.
“The Birth of Christ’’ Thurs
day night, December 18.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Stephen Garday and Mrs. Har
old Alford, teachers of the
primary and junior classes, the
youth of the church presented
the Christmas Story with
Christmas Carols being sung
before the program began.
Children participating in the
program included Nancy and
Debra Alford, Barbara and
Ricky Calhoun, Joe and Dar
leen Sikes, Sherry Garday,
George Lanier, and David
Morris. Mrs. Garday served
as narrator.
Following the program re
freshments were served by
Mrs. Garday and Mrs. Alford.
All attending report a very
effective program and enjoy
able fellowship hour.
ft^UIZMEE
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If you are the first to submit a
question which Dr. Quizmee, our
information specialist, answers in
this column, we will present to you,
free, the complete, illustrated, 25-
volume set of Funk & Wagnalls
Standard Reference Encyclopedia.
Mail your ques
tions to Dr.Quiz
mee in care of
this newspaper.
This week, the
encyclopedia sets
were won by:
Mrs. Kenneth
Canavan whose
son, Timothy,
wants to know:
“What is a gamma ray?”
Gamma rays arc one of ihe com
ponents of radioactive radiation.
Unlike the alpha particles, which
are positively charged, and the beta
particles, which are negatively
charged, gamma rays are uncharged.
Gammas consist of electromagnetic
radiation, similar to X-rays but of
considerably greater energy.
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