The Pembroke journal. (Pembroke, Ga.) 1969-1976, June 25, 1970, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE PEMBROKE STATE BANK “Bié Enough to Serve You Small Enough to Know You” 5% Automatic Renewing 5%% 1 Yeor 5%% 2 YEARS ON TIMEprPOSITS FDIC * Vol. 68, Number 36 *‘t\«z& . €y 2 . & F \‘s\;:"'\;;”:‘ ’ \__ #4oX -e ; ; i o A5 - ‘.’\jv‘r«‘:' 9‘\‘& oy / ﬁ.-«»v;i% 3 \£ " 2 i 3 b "BB o g i L B LR % i, e .B L E T ; P LB RV W 4 % , . ;% b g@“ gym% ) = | : & g"R AR ] i I a I u & ‘ LR iy ¥ i 3 § Ll Reading from L to R are back row: Mr, D.E. Medders, Mrs, Marjorie Jones; front row L to R are Kathy Bacon, Kenny Meekins, and Lesley Curry. | ’ : \ ryan 4-H'ers Join i 1 Para d e Os Wi Bryan County 4-H’ers marched in the parade of winners at the 1970 Southeast District Pro ject Achievement meet ing held at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center last week., Local 4-H’ers re turned home with 3 district winners, ac cording to Mrs. Mar jorie Jones, Extension home economist and D.E. Medders, County Agent. These district winners were spotlight ed during the traditional 4-H parade of winners at the climax of the three-day event. Bryan County boys and girls joined Four- H champions from some 25 area counties forthe 1970 achievement meet ing. The theme of the event was ‘‘Soar into the ‘7o’°s with 4-H"’, District winners from Bryan County include: Kenny Meekins, Wood “4-H’s To Attend Rock Eagle Meet Four Bryan County 4-H’ers have been se lected to attend the 37th annual 4-H Council Meeting at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center, June 22-24. They will help carry out the Council theme: ‘“A New Decade: Choice, Challenge, Ch ange.’) Diane Kennedy, Don nie McCullough, and George Hagin will be Bryan County’s dele gates to the leadership citizenship conference, According to D.E. Medders, Bryan County Extension agent, and Marjorie Jones, Bryan County Extension Home r S "COASYAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER” he Muke LIKED BY MANY - CUSSED BY SOME - READ BY THEM ALL P.O, Box 308 Pembroke, Georgia 31321 working: Kathy Bacon, Entomology; Lesley Curry, Recreation. Mrs. Jones and Mr, Medders pointed out that the local 4-H winners are juniors, and a dis trict title is as high as they can go. In addition to the three first place winners, Bryan County came home with five second and third place honors. Second place district winners and their pro jects are: Russ Shuman, Landscaping; Don Ow ens, Home Furnishing and Art; Beretha Ann Davis, Frozen Foods. Coming in third at Rock Eagle were: Jim my Saxon, Dog Care; and Michelle Bush, Health. Mrs. Jones and Mr, Medders said all the local 4-H’ers consider themselves winners, regardless of whether they took top honors in Economist, the 3 day event will bring together nearly 1,000 boys and girls representing e very county in Georgia. Program features in clude a national citizen ship test, college scho larships, a workshop on drug abuse, the United States Third Army Sol diers’ show, a citizen ship ceremony for 18- year-old delegates and the election of 1971 State 4-H Council Officers. Speakers for the oc casion include, L.W, Eberhardt Jr., director of the Cooperative Ex tension Service; Mrs. Florrie Fisher, lec their projects. Others 4-H’ers participating were: JoAnn Robinson, Dog Care; Nancy Alford, Biscuits; Maria Myers, Teen Fare; Diane Ken nedy, Sr. Dress Revue; Debbie White, Jr,Dress Revue; Bessie Kelly, Health; Carol Ann Curry, Recreation; Su san Hunter, Clothing Demonstration; Ashley Shuman, Petroleum Po wer; Ronnie William son, Horse; Dennis Hen dry, Photography; Geo rge Hagin, Wildlife; Assembly programs, vesper services, group discussions, new fri ends and recreation ac tivities were also fea tures of the district program. Local 4-Hleaders ac~ companying the Bryan County 4-H’ers to Rock Eagle include: Mrs, Mary (H. 0. Bacon, Mrs. E.C. Robinson, and Mrs. Jewel Owens, turer, Miami, ¥la; Paul Anderson, olympic we ight lifting champion; David Schwartz, pro fessor, Georgia State University, and Bill Curry, Baltimore Colts football player. Diane, George, and Donnie are voting dele gates and will help se lect the new council of ficers. Current officers or the Georgia 4-H Council include: Jim Davis, Bul loch County, president; Jinger Jones, Franklin County, and Eddie Mills, Clay County, vice pre sidents* Thursday, June 25, 1970 | Name of Pembroke City Court Changed Effective July 1 By an Act of the General Assembly ap proved by Governor Lester Maddox on the 24th day of March, 1970, and to become ef fective on the lst day of July, 1970, the City Court of Pembroke’s name is to be changed to the State Court of Bryan County. The provisions of the Act apply to and govern all courts in the State of Georgia that are be low the level of Superior Courts and eR (T § & e LP B b y R L oeme L1 oo 1 ‘ (e & e g Y& L ‘ 0 il 3&-lAT ) T o —-W ) N '' S L = 3 ¥ i B 700, 46 L gﬁ £ Vel M gty 3 o < " P ey i L : o -\ 4 o «45"\\,‘ Q,;'\. 4 } Chief Warrant Officer Two Otis K. Hodges, son of Mr. Harvey H. Hodges of Pembroke, Georgia, was presented the Army Commendation Medal in a ceremony held at Ft, Jackson on June 12, 1970. The award was presented by Lieutenant Colonel Manuel George Adjutant General, Ft. Jackson. The 14 year Army veteran received the award for his exceptionally meretorious service while serving as Chief of the officer’s Military Personnel Division at Ft. Jackson. Hodges plans on attending the University of Nebraska after his retirement from the Army to complete his studies toward a degree in Business Administration. 39,104 Provides Bryan Title 1 For Fourth Year Title 1, PL 89-10 Pro vides Funds for Bryan County for the Fourth year. Supt. J.R, De- Loach and the Bryan County Board of Edu cation announces that again this summer a grant in the amount of $39,000 has beengran ted to the Bryan County Board of Education, to finance a Summer Pro gram in the area of remedial reading and physical education for 275 students of low in come families, The program provide for 100 eligible students in the Richmond Hill area, 75 students in the Black Creek area and 100 students in the Bryan County. The students are di vided into two (2) daily daily sessions for 2 1/2 hours each daywithem phasis on remedial reading and physical education, All students in atten dance are provided =2 have concurrent juris diction with Superior Courts to try mis demeanor cases by a jury trial or have juris diction unlimited in an amount and concurrent with the Superior Courts in all matters, except those matters which are vested exclusively in the Superior Court or have both of the above juris dictions. In cases in volving injury to the person and reputation, such court shall have concurrent jurisdiction daily snack, The school Center Di rectors are: Mr, Robert Bowers, Bryan County Elem, School; Mr., Al bert Odum, Black Creek School and Mr, Roger Jessup, Richmond Hill Sehool, Thirty five profes sional and non-profes sional persons are em ployed as a part of this program. The program is being coordinated by Leon Dingle who is em ployed as the County Coordinator. The summer project began on June 15 and will end on July 27 for the students., Teachers, and Aides will be employed until July 30th to eval uate and future plan. ‘An invitation is ex tended to all parents or other interested pa trons to visit either of the summer centers du ring' the summer., The hours are from 8:00 a.m, to 2:00 p.m, daily. At the beginning of with the Superior Court provided the original Act creating said court and the Amendments thereto have vested such jurisdiction in said courts. So, after July 1, 1970, all misdemeanor cases being tried in Bryan County will now be tried in the State Court of Bryan County with the Honorable F.C. Drexel presiding as Judge, and the Honorable John R. Harvey as Solicitor. the project all profes sional and non-profes sional persons were en gaged in County wide In-Service training., All expenses involved in the project are being provided by the Elemen-~ tary and Secondary School Act, Title 1, PL 89-10, through the office of Mr. John A. Robin son, area Title 1, con sultant for the Georgia State Dept. of Education. Mr. Robinson has given valuable service to the Bryan County Board of Education. Receives Award Army Specialist Four Gary H. Crosby, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Crosby, Route 2, Pem broke, Ga., recently was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for me ritorious service while serving as a refrigera tion mechanic in the 379th Transportation Company near Long Binh, Vietnam. Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke Jaycees Install New Officers Dr. Lindsy Morgan of Claxton, Region 10 Jay cee President, visited the Bryan County Jay cees Monday night, June 22, at their Officer In stallation Banquet held at the City Case Green Room. Serving as installa tion officer, Morgan ad ministered the oaths of office to Ben Brewton secretary; Ed Bacon, external vice president; and Randall Bazemore president. Having been formally installed, Ba zemore expressed his appreciation to his fel low Jaycees for having honored him with the presidency of the or ganization, and assured them that with the help and cooperation of his fellow officers and members, he would put forth his best efforts tc make this a truly outstanding year for the Bryan County Jay cees, “ Prior to the installa WCLA Radio Paige Elected Gets Honors 19th Dist. JP. WCLA in Claxton was honored this past week at the annual Georgia Association of Broad casters convention in Pine Mountain. The station was awarded first place in the 60 second spot announce- - ment contest by the ""Hire the Handicapped’’ Campaign—-this spot was written and record ed by Jim Hite of Pem broke, Program Direc tor of WCLA. The station also was a warded a certificate of excellence in ‘‘Promo tion of the Year’’ comni petition in the G.A.B. This was for the station’s efforts in a ‘‘register to vote’’ and ‘““‘set out and vote” campaign in Claxton, done in conjunction with the Claxton J.C.’s. The Campaign added over 230 voters, and brought out 89% of the registered voters in the Mayoral election of 1969. Jim Hite was the station’s representative with the J.C.!s in this drive. It’sreportedthat WCLA was the only station to receive more than one award at the GAB Convention other than WSB of Atlanta, Barbecue Set For Saturday The Men’s Club of the Pembroke Metho dist Church is sponsor ing a barbecue chicken dinner this Saturday night, ‘ Tickets are on sale— so contact a member of the Men’s Club for your tickets. tion service, dJaycees and their wives enjoyed a baked chicken and dressing dinner after which regional pre sident Morgan made numerous inspiringco mments on the purpose of the organization, Emphasizing leader ship training, Morgan chose as his theme “Time Is Your Enemy’’, Included in his speech was the history of the writing of the Jaycee Creed and an explana tion of the deep mean ing these lines held for the author and Jaycee members alike, Presiding over the program was past Pre sident Ray Harrison who commented on activities of the Bryan County Jay cees during the past year. Harrison also chose the Jaycee Creed as a topic subject, ex plaining each line in relation to his own ex _periences of growth since having become a Georgia Jaycee. In the special elec~ tion held last Thursday to fill the unexpired term of the late G.B. Williams, David A, Paige was elected to the position, Paige had no opposition for the post. City Officials Return Home Poturning from the thirty-seventh annual Georgia Municipal as sociation = Convention, Mayor Owens and Clerk Harn report a very fine Convention and that several important con tacts were made in the interest of Pembroke and that the Convention itself was the besfever, Attending meetings of this nature are impor tant to the city as well as the county officials as many important con tacts are made and to be able to accomplish anything for your city and county you certainly have to meet and know the people that are in position to beé of help to you. VISIT THE SANDER’S SUN. Spending Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Marion ~ Sanders at Richmond Hill, were Mr, and Mrs, L.M. Anderson; Mr, and - Mrs. H.M. Sanders and ~ Jimmy. The two fathers, their wives and' Jimmy - were treated to a ‘““Fa ' thers day’’ luncheon at '~ Gills Grill by Mr, and Mrs. Sanders. o