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Newspaper Page TextTHE PEMBROKE STATE BANK “Big Enough to Serve You Small Enough to Know You" 5% ON TIME DEPOSITS Member FDIC Vol. 68, Number 15—The Pembroke Journal. Pembroke. Ga. Pembroke Journal Under New Management The Pembroke Journal will be under new management ef fective February 1, 1970. The new owner is Mr. Merrill E. Bacon of Pembroke. The Pembroke Journal has been published for many years by the late Frank O. Miller un til his death on December 18, 1969. Members of the Miller family have maintained the publication through this issue, but continued operation was not possible due to the terms of an agreement between Mr. Miller and Mr. Bacon, made several years ago. Under the terms of this agreement, Mr. Bacon had an option to buy the paper on Jan uary 1, 1974. With this agree ment pending, no member of the Miller family felt that they could devote full time to its operation. We believe that under the cir cumstances, the sale of the pap er to Mr. Bacon, the former editor and publisher of the Bry an Countian was the best solu tion for the family, for the paper, for Pembroke, and for Bryan County. It is our sincere wish that Mr. Bacon receive the same support for the Pembroke Journal that it has had in the past. We believe the newspap er is an asset to the county, to its readers, and to its advertis ers. The family of Frank O. Mill er regrets the necessity of this sale, and for the end of the Miller name in the Bryan Coun ty newspaper business. BCHS Beta Club Meets The Bryan County High School Beta Club met Mon day, January 12, in the room of the club sponsor, Mrs. V. L. Mitchell, with president Glynn Miles presiding. The main topic of business was the discussion of the an nual Homecoming Dance which is sponsored by the Beta Club. It was decided that the club would not hold a dance this year, according to Beta reporters Anne Burn sed. Donna Scott and Hoynes Bacon. Also discussed was the Nat ional Beta Club Convention which will be held in Atlanta March 6-7. Arrangements were discussed for members planning to attend, after which the meeting was ad journed. F. G. Hendricks Gives Camellia Demonstration Special guest speaker at the January meeting of the Pem broke Garden Club at the home of Mrs. R. B. Reed of Pembroke was Mr. Frank Hendricks who presented an informative and instructive lecture on grafting camellias. Mr. Hendricks gave a detail ed demonstration of the graft ing procedure on a plant pre sented to him for demonstra tion purposed by Mr. Floyd Meeks of Pembroke. The ca mellia plant served as the door prize and was won by Miss Betty Bashlor. Delicious refreshments were served to the guests as they assembled by Mrs. Reed and co hostesses Mrs. Purvis Brannen and Mrs. W. W. Pickett. Business included welcoming Mrs. Charles Strickland into the club as a new member, and an nouncing Yard Plaque Winners of the month. Mrs. J. E. Pevey received the plaque with Mrs. A. I. Rhoden placing second and Mrs. Evan Page placing third. Mrs. H. B. Brewton was awarded the trophy of the Sa vannah Area Council of Garden Clubs for the Christmas Decor ations Contest. All en d ing the interesting meeting were Mrs. V. P. Stubbs, Miss Lula McGahee, Mrs. A. I. Rhoden, Mrs. J. E. Lanier, Mrs. L. M. Anderson, Mrs. Purvis Brannen, Mrs. Charles Strickland, Miss Betty Bashlor, Mrs. Marjorie Jones, and Mrs. R. B. Reed. /X BBt £> > z . kwws leaiims weekly iwapt U MAMI ■ CUHH BY HU • HEAP BY THEM Alt ■JOURNAL Bryan Jaycees And Jaycettes Schedule Meet The Claxton Jaycees will host the Bryan County Jaycees and Jaycettes at a Region 10 meet ing Saturday night, January 31, according to Bryan County Jay cee President Ray Harrison. Using the facilities of the new Claxton Veterans Com munity Center on Highway 280 West in Claxton, the meeting will get under way at 7:30 p.m. with a banquet for all Region 10 Jaycees and their wives. At the conclusion of the meal the Jaycees and Jaycettes will ad journ to separate rooms for their respective business meet ings. A special feature of the function will be a five piece band provided by tbe Claxton Jayceeslwhich will furnish music for dancing from the conclu sion of the business meetings until. Registration will be $3.50 per person or $7.00 per couple, which includes all functions. Members of the Claxton Jay cees recently visited a regular meeting of the Bryan County chapter to invite all memebrs to attend this important meet ing. Bryan County President Harrison urges all Bryan Coun ty Jaycees and Jaycettes to make plans now to attend so that Bryan County will be well represented at this regular Winter Region meeting. Region 10 is comprised of chapters from Bryan County, Hinesville, Statesboro, Claxton, Glenville, Reidsville, Metter, Lyons and Vidalia. A Lanier-Martin Vows Exchanged Mrs. Louise B. Martin of Stilson announces the mar miage of her daughter, Vir ginia, to Robert Alvin Lanier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moncess Lanier of Pembroke. The marriage took place January 2, 1970, in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Mrs. Lanier attended South east Bulloch High School in Bulloch County. Mr. Lanier is a student at Southeast Bul loch. The couple will reside near the home of the groom’s par ents on Rt. 1, Pembroke, Ga. Shower Honors Mrs. E. V. Page Mrs. Evan Page of Pembroke was honored with a baby show er Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Pembroke Fire Station from 3 to 5 p.m., by Mrs. Ben Brewton Jr., Mrs. William Edwards, and Mrs. W. K. (Buddy) Polk. Mrs. “Brewton greeted the guests as they entered where they were also welcomed by Mrs. Page, whose lovely outfit was complimented by a chry santhemum corsage enhanced by a tiny baby rattler. Visitors were served cake, punch, mints, and nuts by Miss Patti Page and Misses Linda and Gail Page from a serving table covered in white featuring a pink border design. The gift table covered in a cloth of white with a blue bord er trim held a lovely arrange ment of flowers in the blue and white color scheme, arranged in a milk glass container. After a number of “Baby Shower” games directed by Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Page opened the many lovely gifts for her newborn son, Van Elliot. BCHS One-Act Play Cast Wins First Place In State Competition xr • * z Am . MY# <*l. LT'' v* ■ i L teat. w T J U "i'S X ' w' KJW r I Wfr abv W GC A Left to right above are BCHS student Cathy Strickland, Lee, Carter Harn, and Jan Martin displaying the State One- Act Play Trophy they received at University of Georgia for their excellent performance of the play, “To Burn A Witch” directed by Mrs. W. W. Curl. Jr. Grant To Aid Bryan County A grant of $62,850 to benefit Bryan County and five other Coastal Empire Counties has been awarded by the Economic Development Admission to the Coastal Area Planning and De velopment Commission. Other than Bryan, the grant will aid the counties of Liberty, Long, Mclntosh, Camden and Glynn in continued planning for economic growth. Based on a 70% federal, 30% local plan, the money will be used to em ploy additional staff members '1 on the Coastal Area Planning and Development Commission which will aid the CAP&DC in assisting the economic growth of the six counties, CAP&DC Chairman A. A. Alaimo ex plained. New staff members will include a project director, a human resources developer, an industrial specialist, a rec reation specialist and a secre tary. According to U. S. Rep. G. Elliot Hagan, Bryan and Long counties are designated as re development areas by the EDA because of their high unem ployment rate. The aim of the Economic Development Admin istration’s district program is to encourage counties to pool their talent and resources to solve common economic pro grams. Channeling loans and grants from the federal and state gov ernments to the counties, coor dination among local govern ments, and establishing numer ous planning activities such as law enforcement, health, hous ing, land use, and human re source development were among the services and programs Alaimo listed as CAP&DC aids. Bryan County members of the Coastal Area Planning and Development Commission J. Dixie Harn, N. L. Ham, and I. C. Casey commented that Aliamo and his organization have been extremely helpful in aiding Bryan in plans for sew erage, water, and numerous other county improvement pro grams now in the planning , stages. Brotherhood To Sponsor Forum Rev. Gordon Hunter announc ed Monday that the Brother hood of the First Baptist Church, with Mr. Robert Quat tlebaum as president, is plan ning a Forum discussion of the importance of making a will. The discussion will be led by Mr. John Harvey, Attorney-at- Law; Mr. Billy Miles, President of the Pembroke State Bank, and Mr. Charles Duncan, Geor gia Baptist Foundation. Each of these men will speak from the standpoint of their experience in their particular fields. The men of the church think that this program is of such importance that they are invit ing their wives to attend. The time of the Forum will be on Tuesday evening, February 3, at 7:30. There will be a fellow ship period and refreshments following the meeting. PEMBROKE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. .January 29. 197(1 1 Shower Honors Mrs. Alexander Mrs. Charles Alexander of Jacksonville, Fla. was honored Saturday, Jan. 24, with a mis cellaneous bridal shower given by Mrs. Terrell Owens and Mrs. Audrey Owens of Pembroke. Mrs. Alexander greeted her guests, lovely in an A-line dress of gold complimented by a cymbidian orchid presented to her by the hostesses. Miss Wanda Gaines registered the guests. Visitors were served punch, assorted cookies, candy, mixed nuts and chips by Miss Connie Bowers who presided over the serving table which was cover ed in a cloth of red linen over layed in white laA*. Two tall white candles flanked the punch bowl which was surrounded by gold blossoms entwined with ivy. Other decorations included a large arrangement of flow ers in hues of orange and gold. Approximately twenty visit ors dropped by during the aft ernoon, presenting the bride with many lovely gifts. Mrs. Alexander is the former Miss Delia Lane of Pembroke. Sunbeam Band Enjoys Program The Sunbeams of the First Baptist Church of Pembroke met Tuesday afternoon, Janu ary 20, at 4:15 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Purvis Brannen. The Sunbeams began their program by singing several songs after which a most in teresting story was given by Mrs. Brannen. The program closed by individual prayers be ing given by the children. The meeting was dismissed after delicious refreshments were served. Those attending were: Clark Bowers, Marty Daniels, Ronn Shuman, Anne Blanton, Allison Lantz, Leigh Ann Goldin, Per ry Lynn Boggess, Delane Speir, Andrea Brannen and Vickie Ba con. The Sunbeams meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month under the leadership of Mrs. Brannen and Mrs. Melvin Speir. Town & Country Officers Named The Town and Country Home Economics Club met Monday, Jan. 26. at 3:30 p.m. with Mrs. L. M. Anderson serving as hostess for the meeting. Mrs. W. T. Hughes announ ced that the following officers were elected: Mrs. Charles Warnell, Health and Safety Chairman; Mrs. L. M. Ander son. Culture-Art Chairman: Mrs. R. E. Lee, Citizenship Chairman; also selected were hostesses for the coming year. Mrs. Marjorie Jones. Bryan, County Home Extension Econ omist presented an interest ing program on cancer educa tion, after which delicious re freshments were served by Mrs. Anderson. Cast members of the BCHS One Act Play and their direc tor, Mrs. W. W. Curl, Jr. re turned victorious from Athens Sunday after having been named State First Place Win ners in Class C play competi tion. Carter Harn, Glennis Lee. Jan Martin, and Cathy Strick land presented their produc tion, “To Burn A Witch” at the University of Georgia’s Fine Arts Building Labora tory Theater at 3:55 p.m. Jan. 24. At 9:20 p.m. after the many plays had been viewed and scored by the judges, the Bryan County High School cast and director were pre sented with the state one-act play trophy for Class 3 schools. Judge Joe Boyd, Director of the University of Georgia Summer Drama Workshop, ex tended a personal invitation to the young ladies to attend the workshop scheduled for this summer and compliment ed Mrs. Curl on the excellent performance of the cast and the superb high school play production. Other winners in the Class C competition were Monticello High School, Monticello, Ga., with their 2nd place winning “Cinderella Married”, Wheeler County High School, Alamo, Ga. with their third place winning “The Sand Box,” and Talbot County High School with their fourth place win ning “Once Upon A Play ground." Brooks County High School eearned top honors in class B with their production of “Once Upon A Playground” and Fitzgerald High School earned the first place award in Class A with a play entitled “The Odd Couple.” The four member play cast and Mrs. Curl, accompanied to Athens by BCHS students Debbie Raulerson, Glynn Miles, and David Warnell, and by Mrs. W. S. Downs, Mrs. Cleveland Strickland, Mrs. George Martin and Mrs. Hu bert Lee. The group enjoyed a night at the Holiday Inn near the UGA Campus and left Athens at 11:00 a.m. Sun day. The young ladies who de voted so much time, energy, and talent in winning the state title for Bryan County High School are active in numerous other capacities in addition to the one-act play. Senior Cathy Strickland, age 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Strickland of Pem broke was the only member of the cast with previous act ing experience. Her efforts in last year’s Regional First Place Winning Play earned her the title of Best Actress of Region 3C, as did her talent portrayal of the character Ruth Hannah Smith this year. Cathy is editor of the BCHS Yearbook, “The Redskin, vice-president of the Beta Club, a member of the FTA, and a cheerleader for the Bryan Redskins. She is the alto member of the BCHS Girls Trio and a member of the First Baptist Church of Pembroke where she sings in the adult choir and serves as pianist in a Sunday School class. Sixteen year old Carter Harn, daughter of Mrs. Aileen Harn of Pembroke is a junior at BCHS. A social editor of the “Redskin Review” she is an active member of the school paper staff. Carter is a cheerleader, a member of the FTA, and sings second soprano in the BCHS Girls Trio. A member of the Pem broke Methodist Church, Car ter is president of the Meth odist Youth Fellowship and participates in other church programs including the adult choir. Glennis Lee of Ellabell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Lee. a BCHS junior, and 16 years old. She is a mem ber of the program committee of the FHA and received the junior and chapter Home making Degrees of that club last year. A member of the FTA, Glennis is also the social editor of the school paper and class editor of the “Redskin” annual. Active in the Ellabell Methodist Church, she is “My Fund” Chairman of the Meth odist Youth Fellowship organ ization. Glennis also assists the church pianist when need ed and sings in the adult choir of the church. Jan Martin, senior, age 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Martin of Ellabell. She is treasurer of the Beta Club, the official girls soloist for BCHS, and captain of the Redskin cheer leaders. Jan is assistant edi tor of the “Redskin” annual, the soprano member of the BCHS Girls trio, and has served as secretary of the FTA. A member of the Ella bell Methodist Church, Jan has served as MYF president and is now chairman of the “Faith” Committee of the MYF sub-district. Mrs. W. W. Curl Leads Students To State Victory Mrs. Margaret Curl As director of the Bryan County High School One-Act Play, Mrs. Margaret Curl led four BCHS students to victory in state play competition at the University of Georgia on Sat urday, Jan. 24. Giving the talented young ladies of the production, “To Burn A Witch” credit for bring ing home the state trophy, Mrs. Curl commented that the event was one of the highlights of her career as a one-act play director. “I thoroughly enjoyed work ing with these girls” Mrs. Curl stated, “As they were one of the most co-operative and en thusiastic groups I have been privileged to coach.” As the eighteenth play that Mrs. Curl has directed for BCHS over the years, this was the second cast of characters to win the high honor of first place on the state competition level. Her production of “Mon calf Mugford” in 1959 also won state trophy. Although Mrs. Curl has had no formal training in dramatics, her excellent directorship and unique ability to inspire stu dents to give the very best of themselves is shown by her past record of award winning easts. Mrs. Curl has a total of seven first place regional winners and has never taken a cast of char acters to the contests who fail ed to place since her first entry in 1954 earned first place regi onal honors and the Best Actor Award. Ten BCHS actors and three actresses coached by Mrs. Carl have received best actor and best actress awards on dif ferent occasions in regional competition. A native of Emanuel County, Mrs. Curl came to Bryan in 1950 and began her teaching career here in 1951. In the last 19 years she has taught classes in English, French, and Span ish. The recipient of the Star Teacher Award on two differ ent occasions, Mrs. Curl has also been named Teacher of the Year. She is a past presi dent of the Bryan County Unit of the Georgia Educational As sociation, and for a number of years has sponsored the BCHS yearbook, coached declamation and essay contestants for regi onal competition, and served as Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembrok Cancer Society Volunteers Hang Local Memorial Plaque ■■■■■■■■■■■Hl 11 g ( \ Ki l i ■ I .' s RtJiHulhb kJ Jim senior class sponsor. She is currently involved in the new ly organized American Cancer Society Bryan County Unit of which she is president. A graduate of Georgia Col lege at Milledgeville, Mrs. Curl has an AB degree in French and English, with minors in Spanish and library science. She has done graduate work at Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn. Although directing the one ^ct play requires a great deal of time and energy, Mrs. Curl explained she welcomes this re sponsibility because, “The re wards of seeing the students learn and develop from the ex perience of participating in the play are great. (loverleaf County Fl inn nations The sth and 6th grade 4- H’ers competed in projects by giving demonstrations Satur day, January 24. The elimina tions" were held at the Bryan County High Home Economics building and the County Agent’s Office at 10:00 A.M. The winners and their pro ject were: Danny Page, Agron omy; Guy Goss, Recreation; Kenneth Sikes, Entomology; Mack Hagin, Gardening; John Dowd, Poultry; Benjamin Scriv en, Engineering-Electr on i c s ; Michael Blige, Health; Marsha Owens, Frozen Foods; Becky Newlin, Clothing Demonstra- । tion; Ruth Lanier, Between Meal Snacks; Gwendolyn Ba con, Dress Revue—Skirt; Penny Hunter, Home Furnishings and Art; Teresa Bacon, Dog Care; Vicki Cribbs, Dress Revue— Apron; Diane Miller and Beth Blitch tied for first place in Dairy Foods. Second place winners were: Iris Lee and Terri Barnard tied for second in Between Meal Snacks; Retha Mae Coppock, Clothing Demonstration; Cyn thia Blige, Dress Revue—Skirt; Joannah White, Dog Care; Rob in Manning, Dress Revue — Apron. All winners will have a chance to give their demonstra tions at District Project Achievement in April. Beta Club Scholastic Eligibility List SECOND SEMESTER 1970 Debra Alford, Darlene Bras well, Caroil Ann Curry, Debbie Miller, Dianne Kennedy, Betty Underwood, Skip Ellison, David Floyd, Henry Murchison, War ren Miller, Lynn DeLoach, Phyl is Odum, Patti Page, Melanie Speir, Allen Greene, Roger Futch, Anne Burnsed, Brenda Cowart, Jade Jordan, Donna Scott, Dianne Smith, Dianne Thomson, Linda Williamson, Barbara Wilson, Glynn Miles, David Blitch, Billy Conley, Renard Davis, Doug DeLoach, Wendel) Glisson, Anthony Lee, Herbert Warnell, Jan Martin, Cathy Strickland, Linda Bacon, Brenda Bacon, Elaine Barnard, Pam Cowart. Mary Dowd, Sheryl Roberts, Susan Lane, Debbie Raulerson, Miriam Mor ris. Wanda Gaines. ORDINARY’S OFFICE PEMBROKE, GA. 31321 Grouped beside the Mem orial Plaque on permanent dis play in the Pembroke State Bank is from left to right, Mrs. W. W. Curl. Jr., Mrs. Lewell Turner and Mrs. Rob ert Neal. The Plaque, which currently bears only the name of the late W. W. Curl, Jr., was presented to the Bryan County Unit of the American Cancer Society by the Ameri can Cancer Society. The small plaque bearing Mr. Curl’s name signifies that at his death contributions were sent to the American Cancer Soc iety in his memory. Additional plaques bearing individual names may be add ed to the Memorial in the fu ture in the event that a total donation of SIOO is made to the American Cancer Society in memory of the deceased person. Names of loved ones who have died in the past from cancer or other causes may be added to the Mem orial Plaque. All funds contributed to the American Cancer Society will be used to extend the research being made to combat this deadly disease, and in many cases to save lives. Informa tion and details of contribut ing donations to the Memorial Fund may be obtained from Mrs. Robert Neal, 653-2546, local Memorial Funds Chair man. A new organization, the Bryan County Unit of the American Cancer Society is fortunate in having Mrs. Wil liam W. Curl, Jr. as its first president. Serving with her is Mrs. Lewell Turner, Early Treatment Education Chair man and Mrs. Robert Neal, Memorial Programs Chairman. Numerous other chairmen have been appointed with some already functioning in their new capacities. A com plete list of the volunteer chairmen will be released when persons have been sec ured to serve in all positions. Previously, the Society’s major source of funds has been its annual Cancer Cru sade in April, during which Bryan County has made worthy contributions. “However,” Mrs. Curl ex plained with an organization operating on a year round basis we can endeavor to make people aware of cancer’s early warning signs and to stress the importance of regular visits to the doctor.” Plans are now being form ulated for the Crusade in April when each Bryan citi zen will be given an opport unity to contribute with Mrs. Curl and Mrs. Turner head ing the drive this year. “Perhaps the over riding argument for the Crusade is the Society’s persistent con cern with education,” Mrs. Curl commented. “Until science finds a cure, the pub lic’s best protection from can cer is prevention or early diag nosis, which could save some ninety thousand more lives annually.” “The door-to-door Crusade each year is the focus of this , intensive and extensive edu cational effort”. Early treat ment Education Chairman . Gwen Turner remarked. “The , spread of information by Cru , saders produces more dollars , for research; the increased , funds, in turn, produce more knowledge — and saves more lives!” she concluded.