The Pembroke journal. (Pembroke, Ga.) 1969-1976, September 10, 1970, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE PEMBROKE STATE BANK “Big Enough to Serve You Small Enough to Know You" 5% Automatic Rantwing s'/ 2 % I Y«r 5%% 2 YEARS ON TIME DEPOSITS Member FDIC Vol. 68 Number 47 P.O. Box 308 Pembroke, Georgia 31321 Title 1 Funds for $78,786 for Bryan Schools Disadvantaged school children in Bryan Co unty will benefit from seven special programs under Title 1, ESEA, during the fiscal year 1970, according to State School Superintendent Jack P. Nixt Jr. R. De- Loach is Bryan County School Superintendent. Funds of $78,786 will finance projects in bus iness education, rea ding, and mathematics activities as well as projects in attendance, food and library ser vices and a new curri- 70 Arrests, 57 Warnings Issued During August Sergeant W.R. Rober tson, of the Savannah State Patrol Post an-, nounced today that his post has investigated 1 traffic accidents, made 70 arrests and issued 57 warnings in Bryan County during August Groveland Director in Offices Mr. Frank Moore, re cently named Executive Director of the Grove land Lake Development Authority, announced this week that the Au thority is currently in the process of setting up offices in Claxton, and the operation will be underway on a full time basis shortly. The Authority is hea dquartered at 2 N. Du val St., in the build ing formerly known as’ the Rush Inn, and will occupy the front two rooms. According to Mr. J. Dixie Harn, Chairman of the Authority, the pr imary responsibility of the new Director is to oversee development of the Groveland Lake, a 23,000 acre reservoir to be located in Bryan, Bulloch, Candler and Evans Counties. Mr. Moore said that he is working now on a six-month projected pl an of action for the pr oject, and expects to see positive progress in the months ahead. Mr. Moore’s wife, the former Nancy Wofford of Gainesville, Ga., and their three children, El izabeth, age 4, Courtney age 3, and Henry, age 1 will be joining him in Claxton. • BE SURE TO VOTE • • SEPTEMBER 9’ • The PtMb/uke •JOURNAL culum materials center. Title 1 funds under the Elementary and Se condary Education Act are distributed locally on the basis of the num ber of school age chil dren in the school sys tem from .families with less than $2,000 annual income. School leaders plan their own projects to fill locally determin ed needs then submit them to the Georgia De partment of Education Title Coordinator R.C. Beemon for approval. 1970. Commenting further Sgt. Robertson said no persons were injured in the 1 accident and none killed. Estimated property damage amounted to $400.00. Special Course Being Offered The Savannah Area Vocational — Technical School is offering a sp ecial course in child growth and development This course is designed for those who are work ing in kindergarten or child care centers who need to be licensed by the State. The Basic I, 60 hours, course will start September 15, 1970, 6:30 p.m. at the Cynthia Street Branch. The class will meet each Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Cost of the course is $5.00 plus books. Mrs. Pam Gilmore will be the instructor. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Barnard announce the birth of a daughter, Jen ifer Lynn, on August 31st at Candler-Telfair hospital in Savannah. The baby weighed 6 lbs. 13 1/2 ozs. Mrs. Bar nard is the former Pa tsy Strickland. Maternal grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Eddie P. Strick land; maternal great grandfather is Mr. Moss Strickland. Mrs. B.Z. Cowart is maternal gr eat-grandmother. Paternal grand mother is Mrs. Janie , Barnard. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard • have a son, David, 3 j years of age. Home Economics Club Members Make Ditty Bags *'l I I _ ---y or --4 » y I 1 : ■ .;' A L aw -TP Kv' i Members of the Carrie Bell Home Economics Cl^b filling the ditty bags are left to right, seated, Mrs. Jewel Owens, and Mrs. Dot Waters, (standing, left to right) Mrs. Marjorie Jones, County Extension Home Economist, Mrs. Elvie Owens, and Mrs. Geroline Gpldin. The Carrie Bell Home Economics Club mem bers have made ditty bags for Bryan County patients at Southwestern Supper Honors Rhoden’s Mr. A.I. Rhoden, was guest of hon—- or. with his wife at a supper on August 28, given by the men’s Bible Classes of First Baptist Church. The other adult classes joined in this affair to give the Rho dens a parting send-off. More than 50 persons gathered around a var iety of well prepared dishes served by ladies of the church in the fellowship hall. Mr. Ben Brewton ser ved as master of cere monies as he voiced the appreciation of the class members and the church for Mr. Rhoden’s faith fulness to the church during the past many years. He spoke of him as a one man chamber of commerce, faithful visitor and spreader of good-will for the ch urch. Mr. Brewton conclu ded his remarks by pre senting the departing member a beautifully gift wrapped Bible. Four Names Added to Plaque Mrs. Robert Neal, Memorial Chairman of Bryan County Cancer Unit, announces that four names have been added to the Memorial Plaque which hangs in the lobby of the Pem broke State Bank. The four names which were added in the month of August are Evelyn Shave Miles, Mamie Rahn Speir, Mary H. Spinks, Norman L. Ham. During the year that the Plaque has been in the Bank, a total of twenty names have been added. Thursday, September 10, 1970 Hospital in Thomas ville, Georgia and Gra cewood State Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. The ditty bags contain toys, Bryan County High Enrollment Short According to princi pal Robert Bowers of Bi-yan County High Sc hool, enrollment thus, for this year is less than at this same period last year. According to pri ncipal Bowers’s enroll ment for the year 1970- 1971 thus far is approx imately 575 compared New B.C.H.S. Teachers bv Debra Alford JU * Miss Faye White Faye White is a new comer both to Bryan County High School and to the teaching profes sion. A 1967 graduate of Vienna High School, Vi enna, Georgia, she re ceived a Bachelor of Science degree in Edu cation from Georgia Southern College this year. Miss White is a ninth grade Homeroom teach er, and teaches ninth grade Geography/ and American History to the eleventh graders. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. White, live in Vienna, Georgia. She has two older bro thers, Wesley and Grady. Her plans for the fu ture are to get married and work towards her master’s degree, and probably in that order. ’COASTAL GEOH6IAS LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER'] LIKED IY MANY ■ CUSIEB DY SOME ■ DEAD BY THEM AU U— . I toilet articles and candy for the children. Mrs. Jewel Owens, President, is sending the bags to the hospital. to an enrollment last year of approximately 630. But Bowers says this period of adjust ment usually comes af ter about one to two months after the start of school and he feels this will be overcome by that time. Mrs. Bonnie Gibbs Bonnie Gibbs brings a French outlook to Br yan County High School, having studied in Fr ance during the summer of 1969. A native of Monticello Georgia, her parents are Mr. and Mrs. N.R. Carnes. She has one ol der sister, Peggy, one younger sister, Susie, and two younger bro thers, Reid and Timmy. Mrs. Gibbs gradua ted from Monticello Hi gh School in 1965, att ended Georgia Southern College for two years and went on to graduate from the University of Georgia in 1969 with a Bachelor of Art degree in French. She taught last year in Milledgeville. She and her husband, Lloyd, moved to Pem broke last weekend. Lloyd will commute to 3748 Are Registered to Vote in Primary Bryan County has 3748 voters registered to participate in the 1970 General Primary on Wednesday. The polls in the three voting districts will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election managers will meet at the county courthouse at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, the day after the elec tion, for the official con solidation of the vote, according to Airs. Mar garet L Pelham, ordi nary. Dr. David Duck is Preacher for Methodist Revival Preparations are complete for Pembroke Methodist revival, sc heduled for September 13 through 18. Dr. David Duck of Moultrie, will begin the revival on Su nday evening at 7:30. Dr. Duck is a distin guished pastor and pr eacher. He is the Pre sident of the Southeas- g tern Jurisdictional Bo- I ard of Evangelism of the I United Methodist Chu- I. rch and headed the So- I uth Georgia Conference I delegation to General I Conference, the law making body of the whole United Methodist Chu rch, in 1968 and 1970. His former pastorates in South Georgia inclu de Robert Mclntire ch- , urch Savannah, Dawson, and Cherokee Heights, Macon. He served suc cessively as Superinte ndent of the Waycross and Americus Districts before taking his pre sent pastorate in June. As part of the fellow ship activities, the peo ple of the church and community are invited to come by the church Statesboro to attend cl asses at Georgia Sou thern College where he is a junior majoring in criminal justice. Mrs. Gibbs teaches Literature to eighth gr aders and English I to ninth graders, plus be ing ninth grade home room teacher. Mrs. Ethel R. Sellers Ethel R. Sellers is not a newcomer to Pem broke since she has tau ght two years at Pern- Official Organ of Bryan County and City of Pembroke Voting machines will be used for the first time in the county. The 19th (Pembroke) district has four machines; (El labell) and (Richmond Hill) the 1380th and 20th districts, each have thr ree machines. The General Primary will include both par ties. All voters will cho ose one party or the other —it will not be po ssible to vote for some candidates of one party and some candidates of the other in the primary. / \ Li Dr. David Duck for coffee and sweet rolls at 7:00 a.m. each day to breakfast with the preachers before the morning service. There will be a covered-dish supper at the church each evening at 7:00 p.m. The MYF will have a weiner roast following the Friday night ser vice. Mrs. J. Dixie Harn is the Area Chairman of Evangelism for Pem broke United Methodist Church, and has been in charge of the planning for the revival. broke High School, but this is her first year teaching at Bryan Cou nty High. A 1959 graduate of Tattnall County High Sc hool, Mrs. Sellers gra duated from Savannah State College in 1963, with a degree in General Science. Coming from a large family of seven sisters and three brothers, she is married to Jefferson Sellers. They have no children. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Theo Rose, of Glennville,Ge orgia. Mrs. Sellers special izes in ninth graders, as she is their Home room teacher and tea ches them Physical Sc ience and Geography. This is a series of articles prepared by Debra Alford for her FHA State Degree. The purpose is to acquaint parents with teachers. The American Legion home, located on High way 280, west of Pem broke is the new site for the General Primary election on Wednesday, Sept. 9th. This will be the official voting place for all voters in the 19th district. People of the 1380th and 20th dis tricts will use their usual polling place in each district. A great turn-out is expected in this elec tion. Choose the candi - date of your choice and vote on September 9th. Poll Workers Feted by County Commissiners Approximately 30 persons, including ma nagers of polls and poll workers from the three districts in the county, commissioners and th eir wives, Mrs. Mar garet Pelham, ordinary and attorney John Har vey and Mrs. Harvey attended a supper in the “Green Room” of the City Case Thursday ev ening. Among the guests was Lee O. Dry of Cordele the state distributor for Shoub Voting Machines, who later in the evening instructed a class for the workers on the use of the machines. Mason’s Will Meet Saturday Regular Communica tion of Pembroke Lodge #467 F & A.M. will be held Saturday, Sep tember 11, at 8:00 p.m. at the lodge hall. E.A. degrees will be confer ed. All members are urged to attend. Qua lified visiting Brethern are welcome. Robert Smith W.M., L.F. Rogers, Sect. Youth Return to Shellman Several youth of the Pembroke Christian Church returned this weekend to Shellman Bluff Christian Camp, at Townsend, Ga. They, and many other young people from chu rches throughout the district gathered once . again to enjoy a week end of fellowship before the close of the summer season. On Sunday mo rning, the worship ser vice was conducted by the youth. Leaving early Satur : day morning, the group : is expected to return , home Monday afternoon.