About The Islander. (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 1972-current | View Entire Issue (July 21, 2008)
THE ISLANDER, JULY 21, 2008, PAGE 5 Election results Continued from Page 1 Election, Ms. Calloway will take office on January 1, 2009. Republican Tom Sublett ran totally unopposed for the county commis sion’s Dist. 2 seat, which includes the majority of St. Simons Island, so he too will take office on January 1. Incumbent Democrat Jerome Clark defeated challenger Tommie Herrington by 61% to 39% in the race for the Dist. 5 county commission seat, which includes the Brunswick city limits. Clark will face Republican Kath ryn Kasper, who ran unopposed last week, for Dist. 5 in November. The final county commission ballot was a three-way Republican race for the At Large Post 2 seat, which will go to an August 5 runoff between Bob Coleman, the top vote getter at 44% and Richard Strickland, who came in second with 38% of the votes. St. Simons resident Jerry ‘Crash’ Wilcoxon finished last for the At Large post with 17% of the vote. With no Democratic opposition for this At Large county post, the winner of the runoff will take office on Janu- Mariners' Memorial Park Continued from Page 1 Risley High School with my G.E.D," he said. Col. Fuller, who served his country and distinguished himself in the Army, said, "The best move I ever made after my travels around the world was to move back home (to Brunswick)." Nanelle Surrency Bacon from Ware County was a 21 year old school teach er when she went to work at the Brunswick ship yard. "Today we are standing on sacred ground," she said. "My father was a labor foreman and the only opening was in the welding school. I became a tacker, a welder then a certified welder. I also went out on the ships for trial runs." "I had the privilege of replacing the welds that did not pass inspection after the trial runs," she said. Mrs. Bacon worked in the ship yard from the spring of 1943 through May of 1945. "We built the first ship in 305 days. We built the 64th ship in 45 days; the 74th ship in 34 days; and the 99th ship in 166 days," she said. "It was a wonderful, patriotic feel ing to work there. We were just as important as the fighting men. On Christmas Day 1944 the company (J.A. Jones) was in the red and we didn't know if we would get paid." "J.A. Jones wrote special checks for Christmas day. We signed them and turned the money back to the compa ny and they stayed afloat," she said. "My sisters (Carobeth Surrency Highsmith and Lauree Surrency Hires) and I have spoken to hundreds of school children about working in the ship yard and how we gave an honest day's work for an honest day's pay." The newly created 1.85-acre Mari ners’ Memorial Park at Liberty Har bor commemorates the individuals who built and launched 85 Liberty Ships there diming WW II and the heroic Merchant Marines who served on those ships delivering precious their cargo of supplies and equipment ary 1. In the Glynn County Board of Edu cation (BOE) race, incumbent Repub lican Ray Snow held his Dist. 1 seat with 55% of the vote over challenger Robert Strickland who pulled 45%. Republican newcomer John Mada- la squeaked past Garret Meader, another newcomer, 51% to 49% in the BOE’s Dist. 3 Republican race. Madala will face Democratic con tender Rebecca Edwards in the fall. Edwards ran unopposed in the pri mary. Like Tom Sublett, incumbent Dem ocrat Venus Holmes ran totally unop posed for the BOE Dist. 5 seat and will return to office on January 1. Another incumbent who was unseated was BOE member Lance Turpin, who ran for the At Large Post 2 seat instead of the Dist. 3 seat he currently holds. Turpin, who pulled 47% of the vote, was bested by challenger Jerry Man- cil, who collected 53% of the ballots. U.S. House of Representatives Georgia Dist. 1 incumbent Jack Kingston will face Democratic opposi tion from Bill Gillispie in November. Both ran unopposed in the General that were vital to the Alied victory. Portions of the 14 'slipways' used to launch the ships are being preserved in perpetuity as part of Mariners’ Memo rial Park at Liberty Harbor. Ml of the slipways are being pre served because their concrete portions have become part of the Liberty Har bor project. "We separated the rebar from the concrete and used it to fill in the roads in Liberty Harbor," said Gary Waxman, Chairman and Presi dent of Liberty Harbor LLC. The morning event also recognized the creation and donation of The Lib erty Harbor Collection to the Coastal Georgia Historical Society (CGHS). The Collection is a compilation of photographs, news clippings and other artifacts as well as interviews with people who build the Liberty Ships, Merchant Mariners who sailed from the port of Brunswick and those who lived in and around Brunswick diming WWII. □ Primary. Georgia incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss ran unopposed in the General Primary but will face Democratic opposition in November from the winner of a runoff between Vernon Jones, who had 40% of the vote and Jim Martin who had 34%. The numbers on Jones and Martin were still unofficial at press time. With 60% of the local vote, incum bent Republican State Senator for Dist. 3 Jeff Chapman held off a chal lenge by Terry Carter who pulled 40% of the Glynn County vote. The overall Dist. 3 Senate race numbers were Chapman 54% over Carter's 46%, which was a margin of almost 1,400 votes (as of Tuesday, July 15). In the State House race for Dist. 167, Republican incumbent Roger Lane won big in Glynn with 76% of the vote over challenger David Dowdy, who had 24%. The overall Dist. 167 House race numbers were Lane 78% to Dowdy's 22%, a margin of just over 2,600 votes (as of Tuesday, July 15). State House Dist. 179 incumbent Jerry Keen ran unopposed but will face Democrat Leroy Dumas in November. Dumas also ran unopposed. Cecily Hill, the incumbent Repub lican holder of the State House Dist. 180 seat ran totally unopposed and will return to office on January 1. Ml of Glynn County's incumbent constitutional officers ran unopposed except for Coroner. Republican incumbent Jimmy Durden retained his Coroner's seat with 69% of the vote, beating Jeff Guest. Durden also faces no Demo- Turn to Page 7 Election results The Name You Trust... And Prices You’ll Love! Tommy Bahama, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Kline, Jones & York, Johnston & Murphy, Florsheim, and Mezlan 100 Mall Blvd. Suite D-6 • Brunswick 265-4050 • www.gqmenswear200.com EARN UP TO 8.00% ra The Money Tree Inc. *Series A Variable Rate Subordinated Debentures- Maturity date in four years subject to automatic extension for one additional four-year period. Interest rate varies depending on the interest adjustment period selected. Redemption without penalty only at the end of each adjustment period. *Subordinated Demand Notes- Interest rate varies depending upon the daily average balance held. Payable or redeemable at any time. Interest paid at the time of redemption. Investments by Prospectus Only FOR GEORGIA AND LOUISIANA RESIDENTS ONLY 145 Altama Connector Brunswick, GA 31525 www.themoneytreeinc.com Toll Free 1-877-468-7878 SERIES A VARIABLE RATE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES INTEREST ADJUSTMENT TERM ANNUAL EFFECTIVE YIELD * ANNUAL INTEREST RATE MINIMUM AMOUNT 1 Year 5.13 5.00 $500.00 2 Years 5.65 5.50 $500.00 4 Years 8.00 7.70 $500.00 Debentures: These are fixed rates for these terms. SUBORDINATED DEMAND NOTES | DAILY BALANCE $ 1.00 to $ 9,999 $ 10,000 to $ 49,999 $ 50,000 to $ 99.999 $100,000 ANb OVER ANNUAL EFFECTIVE YIELD * 3.05 3.30 3.82 4.08 ANNUAL INTEREST RATE 3.00 3.25 3.75 4.00 Subordinated Demand Note rates listed are current rates and are subject to change at anytime over the life of an investment at the Company’s option. * Compounded daily based on a 365 day year THE MONEY TREE INC. 114 S. Broad St. Bainbridge, GA 39817 THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO SELL NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. AN OFFER MAY ONLY BE MADE BY PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 24, 2008 AND THE RELATED PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENTS. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THESE SECURITIES. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THESE SECURITIES ARE NOT CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT OR SIMILAR OBLIGATIONS OR GUARANTEED BY ANY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION, AND THEY ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL OR PRIVATE FUND OR ENTITY.
