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Wayne County High School Student: Wesley J. Peebles • Teacher: Mrs. Melinda Chancey Actual photograph Russell Bates l, Wayne Morgan With online security and data breaches being the top stories in the news over the past 18 months, it isn’t surprising that banks and credit card companies are taking action to protect their customers. One local institution, Waycross Bank & Trust, knew that offering this security to their customers wasn’t a matter of if, it was a matter of when. Their path to do so, however, is one that dates back to founding values of the bank. Russell Bates, President and CEO of Waycross Bank & Trust, elaborates, “We’ve planned for some time to transition customers to the more-secure chip debit cards. When we started talking about what those cards would actually look like, the idea was proposed that we support a local artist. As a community bank founded to support neighbors and local businesses, it aligns perfectly with our mission.” The bank approached photographer Wayne Morgan, an area icon when it comes to capturing picturesque scenes of the Okefeno- kee region. Morgan’s photographs have hung in the state capital and have been purchased by dignitaries such as Jimmy Carter and Sonny Perdue. He was the winner of the Judge Ben Smith photography competition in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and has released five books: Satilla Solitude, Kase for the Environment, Satilla Solitude 2nd edition, Okefenokee Swamp - Wild and Natural, and Zirkle to Alaska, which just hit shelves earlier this year. Morgan has countless breathtaking pictures of the area, and WB&T worked with him to identify one unique to the area. The end re- sult are new debit cards which feature a beautiful still shot of the Okefenokee Swamp taken by Morgan the spring of 2013. Customers of WB&T will begin using the new technology this week. Debit cards with chip technology offer a greater level of protection than traditional magnetic strip cards because each time a chip transaction takes place, a unique, one-time code is created and the transaction information is encrypted. This makes it harder for cardholder information to be stolen. “We have a commitment to our customers to protect their information, and offering debit cards with chip technology is one more way we follow through on that promise. Being able to support a local artist in the process makes it even better,” said Bates. For more information on debit cards with chip technology, or how you can further protect your sensitive information, please visit the website at WaycrossBankandTrust.com, call (912) 283-0001 or stop by 501 Tebeau Street. Morgan’s books can be purchased at the Okefenokee Heritage Center, Plant Café in downtown Waycross, Jerry J’s in Nahunta, or on his website at WayneMorganArtistry.com. By Katie Stewart, Retail Marketing Manager | WB&T Bankshares, Inc.

Wayne Morgan’s Artistry If interested in contacting Wayne, his email is [email protected], his website is www. WayneMorganArtistry.com and his phone number is 912 288- 0810. Turpentine Lane Okefenokee Heritage Ctr.

1 Barry Nobles

Barry Nobles was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is a 7th or 8th generation working in woods, Cutting timber or logging, saw milling, or stumping. Barry’s family began working in the woods in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisana, Texas, and Florida.One of Barry’s hobbies is collecting items related to pine trees. He stumps with his father, Johnny Nobles. They stump the following counties, Bacon, Jeff Davis, Coffee, and Atkinson. They harvest the stumps with excavators with shear heads so they can cut the brace roots off and the tap roots. These stumps are loaded onto semi-truck trailers and shipped to Pinova Inc. in Brunswick Georgia for processing which removes the Rosin from the stumps. The Rosin from the stumps is used in many different products such as women’s makeup and soft drinks. The caramel color- ing comes from the darker Rosin. The sticky tape used on baby diapers is made from the clear Rosin. Products from the stumps are used in more ways than he knows.

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2 4 A Historical Context of the Turpentine (Naval Stores) Industry in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida Contributors include Brian K. Greer, Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF, S. Dwight Kirkland, Southeastern Horizons, Inc., and Martin Healey, LG2 Environmental Solutions, Inc. aval Stores production is among the oldest industries in for the purpose at hand. Shortly after Europeans arrived in the the world. Ancient Egyptians used pitch (evaporated resin New World, they readily recognized the possibility of naval stores Nor gum) to produce an age-enduring varnish for the production. Europeans brought with them the knowledge and preservation of mummies (Dyer 1963:1). Noah was commanded skills required to prepare tar and pitch, developed over centuries by God in the book of Genesis to “Make thee an ark of gopher in northern Europe. One of the first descriptions of naval stores wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark and shalt pitch it within production in North America is that associated with the explo- and without with pitch” (Genesis 6:14). ration of the Gulf Coastal Florida by the Spaniard, Panifilo de Among the earliest accounts of tar and pitch production is that Narvaez in 1528. Narvaez landed near present-day St. Peters- of Theophrastus (372-287 B.C.), a Greek scholar, who recorded burg with an army of about 300 men seeking gold and other various ways of obtaining and processing resin (gum) in his day. riches. After battling the Indians and having no success at finding No one knows for sure when pine resin (gum) was first used in riches, he ordered his men to construct four rafts (sometimes re- what is now the Southeastern United States. Archeological evi- ferred to as boats) to use in a downriver voyage to the sea from dence indicates Native Americans recognized the usefulness of the interior of Florida. They made tar and pitch from the pine raw pine gum and the tar and pitch resulting from its burning (in- knots and dead trees to waterproof the ropes, sails, and caulk- advertent distillation). These products were used to help secure ing. They soaked saw palmetto fibers with the tar and used this stone and/or bone tools to wooden hafts, attach fletchen to arrow as caulking between the timbers. It is the first record of the actual shafts, and waterproof cordage, baskets, or fabrics. production of naval stores by Europeans in what would become Evidence of such has been found in archaeological contexts the United States. as early as 11,000 years ago during the late Paleoindian Period. However, it was not until over a century later that the first true It was also perhaps used as an ingredient in potions or medi- naval stores industry was established in North America. There cines, and pine knots were used as torches to light the way in are indications that, in 1606, French settlers in Nova Scotia were darkness. It is probable that gum was intentionally heated in the first to produce significant quantities of naval stores. It is be- small batches to produce tar or pitch. While these people cer- lieved they formulated these products from red pine (Pinus tainly knew about and exploited pine gum, tar, and pitch in a vari- resinosa) or jack pine (Pinus banksiana) growing in the area, but ety of ways, there is no evidence that particular individuals or there is no evidence they produced enough for export. It is as- groups of Native people specialized in gathering and/or trading sumed they were used for domestic and medicinal purposes in this commodity. It was simply gathered as needed and used only. Two years later, in 1608, a group of six Polish settlers, skilled olinians moved to the Georgia pine belt and began distilling pine in the Old World techniques of producing pitch, tar, soap, and gum into turpentine and rosin. Production began in northern other products, came to the English colony of Jamestown. They Florida shortly after that, and Georgia and Florida became the were brought to Jamestown after it had nearly failed following the leading producers of naval stores by the turn of the twentieth leadership of the Poles, the Jamestown settlers cleared the land, century. While naval stores products would also be made in Ala- built a small factory, and began producing naval stores. The bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and eastern Texas, none of the colony not only survived but was able to fill a ship with naval production in these states would reach the levels in Georgia and stores for the return to England. This marked the first export of Florida. Gum naval stores reached its highest level in 1908-09 naval stores from the New World. In the most rudimentary proce- when approximately 750,000 barrels of turpentine and 2,000,000 dure, the Jamestown settlers cut a blaze on a pine tree from barrels of rosin were produced. which the gum flowed. After a time this was scraped from the In the early part of the twentieth century (1910-1920) several tree. Another process involved collecting pine gum by boring researchers made discoveries that increased the production of holes in trees and catching the gum in a container. Kettles were gum. Eloise Gerry, of the U.S. Forest Service, discovered that the then used to heat pine gum until most of the volatiles evaporated resin ducts responsible for exuding the gum were more numer- away. The resulting mass, referred to as tar or pitch depending ous at shallower depths in the wood than were being cut into the on the viscosity, was cleaned by filtering or straining and used to trees. Before that time, the deep chipping removed this valuable caulk the joints, cracks, and crevasses in wooden ships. In some high gum producing tissue. Others also learned that shallow instances, trees were set ablaze which resulted in the exudation chipping and narrower streaks could almost double the life of the of resin and carbonization on the tree trunk. The carbonized tree and greatly reduce the mortality caused by deep chipping. In resin or tar was then scraped from the tree and used. Serious tar 1936, the Southern Forest Experiment Station, of the U.S. Forest production began shortly after 1620, in New England. The New Service, began to test the effectiveness of various chemicals in England pine wood used to extract the resin was largely from stimulating gum flow. Over the course of several years, these in- pitch pine (Pinus rigida). These were inferior gum producers vestigations led to the conclusion that a 50 percent solution by when compared to the longleaf (Pinus palustrus) and slash weight of sulfuric acid was the best agent. The practice of spray- (Pinus elliottii) pines that nine would later be tapped further ing fresh scrapes with this solution began just after World War II. south in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Still, the wood ex- Eventually, only the bark was removed during chipping, leav- traction method was popular and lucrative. ing the wood of the tree undamaged and in good growing condi- As early as 1650, restrictions were placed on some New Eng- tion. By 1963, more than 90 percent of the growers were land settlements in the gathering and burning of fat wood to pro- spraying acid on freshly-cut bark streaks. duce tar. As dead wood became increasingly scarce, people Uses of Naval Stores Products slowly turned to the living tree for raw materials. This was done Pitch by making a large blaze on the tree (wounding) and returning From ancient times until the advent of iron/steel-hulled ships, later to scrape off the exuded gum. By 1715, a law was passed the bulk of naval stores products were used for waterproofing the in Massachusetts to oppose the forest depletion. This law came hulls and accouterments of sailing ships. Oakum (old twisted largely too late in New England since the bulk of the tar industry rope) was driven into seams, cracks, and/or crevasses in the had already begun to move south to the new colony of Carolina. decks and hulls of ships using specialized tools. The oakum was As Virginia’s settlement progressed and the Province of Carolina then covered with melted pitch poured from pitch ladles. A ship’s was established in 1629, the concentration of naval stores pro- rigging and ropes were also pitch treated to waterproof them and duction began moving southward. While this was largely due to retard rotting. This treatment was usually done in the filament the loss of most of the pine forests, the better gum production of stage before the strands were formed into a rope. the longleaf and slash pines of the mid-Atlantic, southern At- Tar lantic, and Gulf Coastal Plains was also a factor. Once naval The primary use of tar during the sailing period was for rigging stores production was established in Carolina, a bustling indus- and waterproofing. Terrestrially tar was used as a medicine to re- try developed. When Carolina was separated into northern and lieve the sore hooves of mules, to cover plow lines, to coat the southern colonies in 1729, most of the naval stores production bottoms of fence post to retard rotting, like axle grease for wag- was centered in South Carolina. However, as settlers moved up ons, and as an ingredient in composition roofing. Tar was used the Cape Fear River, the industry spread rapidly into North Car- as medicine for eczema and psoriasis. Mixed with honey, it was olina. North Carolina became the major producer and exporter of claimed to be a cure for the common cold and prevent pneumo- naval stores by the 1770s. While kiln production of tar and pitch nia. from fatwood was prominent from the early 1700s until about Turpentine 1850, it lasted to a lesser extent into the twentieth century. The primary use for turpentine was as a solvent for paint and About 1875, serious naval stores production began in Geor- varnish. It was heavily used as such by the automotive, railroad, gia. Industrialization was expanding worldwide and this lead to and building trades and by the rubber industry. It was also used an increased market for naval stores products. Many North Car- by the general consumer for paint thinner and household uses. The use of turpentine in the pharmaceutical industry was rela- tively small. It was used in disinfectants, liniments, medicated soaps, and salves. Turpentine was also used in shoe polish, furni- ture polish, cement, cleaning agents, stain removers, drawing crayons, printing inks, indelible marking ink and to waterproof cloth, tents, and covers for wagons; it also acted as an insecti- cide. One of the earliest uses was as an illuminant. It was mixed with castor oil to produce a fluid used in lamps. Rosin Almost 85 to 90 percent of the rosin produced was used in paper products, primarily as paper sizing. It was also a compo- nent in soap or varnish, from 1930 to 1932. By the 1940s, the major consumers of rosin were pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Rosin was used as a paper coating in a treatment re- Turpentine Still ferred to as “sizing” which prevented the paper from acting as a blotter and allowing the bleeding of inks. Another major use was to produce varnish. From 1922 to 1932, rosin oils, greases, and printing inks accounted for about 5 to 25 percent of the resin con- sumption. The complete project story can be found on the web at https://denix.osd.mil/cr/upload/A-Historical-Context-of-the-Tur- pentine-Naval-Stores-Industry-in-the-Atlantic-and-Gulf-Coastal- Plains-of-Georgia-South-Carolina-and-Florida.pdf. There are over one hundred pages that describe Naval Stores in this project. We just did not have the room to print it all.

Key to Pictures #1 Barry with large stump, 5 tins, 3 cups, alu- Processing Turpentine minium, metal and galvanized cups #2 L-R back items 1st, 2 wooden tree calliper (this measures the diameter of the tree) cup cover, wood hack, dip iron, bark hack, wood hack, and 2 long items are pullers Wiltronics #3 Stump with chop box and dip iron and dip bucket #4 Tar cups, ax in the picture was used to Guitars • Amplifiers • Accessories • We design, sell, & install sound chop the box in the stump in picture #3 and it systems for churches, stadiums, is called a box ax. The next tool is black smith racetracks, & go cart tracks. made and it is used to trim the bevel of the in- • We take PRIDE in the side of a wooden barrel. It is a type of drawing products we sell! Since 1972 knife. 2500 Valdosta Road • Waycross #5 Tar cups 912-283-9459 #6 Sled with 2 tar barrels, a dip bucket in the top of one barell. A cat face with a tin and a tar cup and at end of picture is a scrape box.

The pictures on this page courtesy of the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village at ABAC. The cold Georgia night’s to take over the sandbar. Calling softly to the gyp and Silas, he The sleepy silence was broken by the moved quietly back until he was within the young trees. He care- sound of two excited hounds as fully placed a small group of three larger trees against his back. they struck a fresh hot scent. It He now kept his eyes on the far bank. The two dogs stood, one Night was a sound which always on each side. seemed to make the night Silas, standing on his left, seemed to be clearly watching Hunter hunter’s heart warm on the cold- something across the river and continuously emitted a low growl est of nights. Slowly, Ole Stan which Stan was sure carried its way across the quiet waters. The rose to his feet. He stepped a by Clint Bowman only sounds other than the dogs were the slight ripples in the short distance away from the small fire river of some passing catfish or gar. “Likely a big gar,” muttered burning next to the old half buried log. It had taken the two Stan as he waited, now down on one knee. The gyp whined qui- hounds a good long half hour or more to strike a trail. etly. The scream of the distant big cat drifted down the river. Silas Beholden Stanley Williams had been wondering what the never wavered, kept his focus across the river. “Yep,” muttered the delay was. It wasn’t normal for the old male and his little gyp night hunter, “One thing at a time, old boy, and one thing at a companion to be so slow in hitting on a trail, as raccoons were time.” The hoot of the barred owl sounded again from far off more than plentiful along the Satilla. Known simply as Ole Stan across the river. by his friends and others around the region, he had been named Which came first, Stan was never sure. Whether it was the Beholden by a grateful frontier mother after too many failures in suddenly loud snarling growl of a bark which exploded from Silas trying to birth a son. Her thankfulness to the Good Lord had sad- or the unnerving appearance of three men emerging from the dled her son with a name which, more than once, led to im- river where none had been before, Silas could never figure out. promptu exchanges of knuckle sandwiches out behind the local All three were clearly seen in the moonlight as they now ran meeting house. It seemed that most of the local boys after a few across the white sands in the moonlit night! One carried a spear of these Sunday experiences decided to call Beholden Stanley a and was on the left of the three. The others carried either knives shorter, friendly name. or hatchets; Stan wasn’t sure. He also never could remember Ole Stan now listened carefully. His eyes searched the sky how his rifle came to be cradled in his left armpit, and his knife here and there as his nose tested the wind. “Don’t seem like the appeared in his right hand, it just happened. clouds are going to build up yet,” he muttered. “Ahroooo, yip, yip, The sharp crack of the rifle and the explosion of sparks ahroo…” the two hounds were getting excited. The night hunter seemed to announce to the world that once again two cultures picked up his rifle and checked to see that his firing cap was in were in disagreement. The middle Indian simply fell, face down place. The dogs quieted. The sound of a barred owl drifted into the sand and lay still. Silas, with a loud snarling growl, through the woods on the night’s slow breeze. In the far distance, launched himself on a curving run to the left as he attempted to the distinct snarl of a large night hunting cat sounded. “Wonder attack one of the warriors by biting his lower leg. The spear-car- what’s happened to them two?” he muttered to himself. “This ain’t rying warrior leaped the last few feet as he thrust his spear at the right,” he thought. hunter! The gyp barked a scream of fear, turned and ran into the The sudden sound of splashing in the river opposite his sand- night. bar fire startled Ole Stan. He gripped his rifle tightly and Without thinking, with years of frontier survival experience crouched, ready to fight if need be. Then the light danced off the coming into play, Stan swung his rifle around and crashed it into eyes of the two hounds as they swam the short distance to the the spear knocking its tip aside! Thrusting forward with his long sandbar and scurried quickly up to the fire’s warmth. The hunter, knife, the leaping Indian provided a lot of the power with which now completely surprised, watched them come. Both dogs had the long knife now ripped into his upper arm. Badly cut, the man their tails down and kept glancing back across the river. The little twisted trying to get away from the knife. Landing, his feet tan- gyp was obviously afraid. The old male, Silas, was growling low gled and slid in the mix of mud and sand in this border area of and soft as if to say, “Watch out boss, troubles over there!” the sandbar, and he fell backward away from the night hunter’s It was when Silas moved around to his master’s left side, and slashing knife. his growling took on a louder, and more vicious sound did the Stan, slashing towards the falling Indian warrior, didn’t stop night hunter realize that there was a movement now in the pal- moving but spun around to face the last one. The one Silas had metto bushes on the far bank. The newly risen moon was provid- gone for. Silas had paid a price for his devotion. His head gashed ing a good bit of light this night; though over there the bushes open by the man’s knife, the old hound still gamely tried to catch were in shadow and only dark shapes at best. Slowly he the moving brave’s leg. The brave swung a wooden club at the crouched and tightened his grip on his rifle. His right hand slid to dog but missed. The man’s attention distracted, he never saw the check on the availability of his long knife safely waiting in its long barrel of the rifle as it crashed into the top of his head. He sheath. Slowly, Ole Stan began to back away from the fire and fell with only the sound of his body hitting the ground to be heard. into the shadows offered by the young sweetgum and tulip trees Stan, remembering the fallen warrior to his right swung his knife and eyes which were attempting to grow their way slowly out from the bank quickly that way, ducking his head and crouching expecting a blow to come. There was no need. The man, wise in the ways of frontier fighting, knew when to withdraw. His arm is badly injured; he was retreating down the sandbar holding a clump of Spanish moss grabbed from a low hanging tree limb against his badly bleeding arm. His dangling injured arm still carried his spear, but the fight was lost. Stan straight- ened up and watched him go. Suddenly, realizing his left side hurt, he looked down to see an arrow dangling from his buckskin shirt! His side felt wet. Suddenly another arrow landed at his feet, where he now saw three others standing with their tips buried in the sand. Looking across the river, he saw two dim figures on the far bank. They now turned and walked back into the darkness, the dim motion of palmettos moving marked their passage. Stan quickly began reloading his rifle. Silas walked over and lay down on the white sands nearby and quietly whim- pered. In the distance, the owl’s hooting call was finally an- swered from upriver. A week or so later, three older frontiersmen sat on the front steps of the Kettle Creek meeting house. They listened as Ole Stan stood in the late evening shade of an old oak and talked to a small group of new comers to the community. He held a length of rope loosely in his hand which was tied about the neck of the little gyp. “Now this here dog is a first class hunter. She will trail anything, especially coons. Yep, first class. Never backs down no matter what, she…..”, on he went as the old men now chuckled and elbowed each other as they lit their pipes. In the distance, an owl hooted a greeting to the new evening. And far off down the creek came the sound of an old dog as he announced the finding of a raccoon’s scent. Ole Stan glanced that way, handed the rope to a young man nearby and said,” Yep. Top notch, she is. Just give me one of the pups when she brings a litter. Now, I’ve got to go.” Grabbing up his rifle which had been leaning against the oak, he checked his long knife and walked off quickly towards the sound of a very excited hound… with a happy smile, a warm heart…. and a ripple of quiet laughter from the old frontiersmen. “Hang on, boy, I’m coming!” he quietly said, lengthening his stride. From the nearby oaks shading the meeting house, an owl called into the night. Clint Bowman teaches Social Studies at Waycross Middle School. He lived in Africa for 17 years as a Baptist mission- ary working as a teacher, coach, and trainer. He grew up on the northern edge of the great Okefenokee Swamp and roamed parts of its edges and along the Satilla River as a young man. He has been married to his wife, Harriet Willis Bowman, for 38 years and they have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. 2016 Inductees • Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

Newest Sports Hall of Fame members l-r, Fred King (representing his brother, Arias Davis), Martha Williams Silas (representing her late husband, Benjamin Silas), Donnie Miller, Richard Young, Edwin Lastinger and Craig Barnes. The Hall’s History A telephone conversation between two long time friends (Coot Cribb and Paul Robinson) in early 1985 led to a meeting at the YMCA with others of like mind which resulted in organizing what is known today as the Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame. Those two, with a combined total of eight decades of sporting experience, called a meeting for June 20, 1985 to discuss their plans and the organization was formed. A constitution and by-laws were adopted along with a method of electing inductees and for securing nominees that included a call for public submission of names. Of the first 11 directors chosen, nine are deceased. They are, Oscar Moody, E. L. “Coot” Cribb, George Bowen, Paul Robinson, Vernon Willis, Fleming Tyre, Bill Green, Jimmie Lee Dowling, and Robert Nabers. The first induction banquet was held in 1986 with 15 former local athletic greats becoming charter inductees in the Hall of Fame. The Hall was also granted tax ex- empt status, making contributions tax deductible. At the 1987 banquet, 10 more former stars were inducted. The 1988 ceremony saw five more inductees admitted. The Hall also began to recognize a male and female student-athlete from each local high school that year. Each succeeding year five new inductees and the student-athletes have been honored. The total number of people enshrined is 166.

The Micky Rigsby Scholar Athlete winners are Kobe Manders and Lexi Price. Photos by Gary Griffin 5:00 pm show

This is Center Stage Studio’s presentation of Circus, Circus. Ann Combs is the Artistic Director for Center Stage Studio located in downtown Waycross. The show features participants ranging in ages from 3 to 20, they representing talent from five surrounding counties. The show is not about how the children’s performance, it is about learning discipline. It does not matter they forget their rou- tines, or take a fall or drop their batons or forget their lines. It is about building character and learning to think on their feet, knowing how to do team work. It is about learning life’s lesson that one must work hard, try to do your best and life goes on no matter what happens. The instructors at Center Stage are Maisie Stewart, Lisa Clarson, Kim Moore; Courtney Anderson, Dde Jordan, and Van Jackson. The assistant instructors Cassady Todd, Caitlyn Kenney, Sarah Jamie Johnson, Julianna Johnson, Emily McDermott and Caitlyn Wil- son. The office staff includes Cyndee Kenney and Tabitha Thomas. The sound engineer for the show is Terry Kenney. We thank the Center Stage Dance Company officers and parents Trina Dill, Becky Murray, and Tracy Johnson. The not-for-profit competitive Dance Team won five first places at the “ENCORE” Dance Competition at Georgia Southern University in March. The group was also invited to perform at Universal Studios in April and participated in the Dance is Universal seminal to enhance their dance education. 8:00 pm show FaMiLy

Granddaughter Kathryn as she prepares for the Science Olympiad. Her dad, J. W. just got back from a mission trip to Honduras. Her brother Jackson participated with his church youth group as they assisted families in need. Vacation Bible School at 1st Baptist in Blackshear included Jones, Natalie, Allison, Jenna, Caroline, and Kathryn. A Submerged experience was enjoyed.

Annie, Sarah, Tripp, and Nicholas enjoying time on the water at the Bluff. David at the TPC. David coaches soccer, baseball and softball at the McIntosh Rec Dept.

Brian enjoying time at the beach. In his spare time he coaches football, basketball, softball, and baseball at the Pierce County Rec Dept. Jones Herrin just hit his first home run in Blackshear. Congratulations! ormer members of the Waycross Hairdresser’s Association met recently to review news arti- Fcles and memorabilia found in a collection of scrapbooks donated to the CPTC Library on the Waycross campus. The scrapbooks, compiled by area cosmetologists and members of the Association, were presented to the college library in hopes that students who are motivated to accelerate their careers will read about the various activities to learn ways to promote their talents, advertise their business, and build a clientele. Current CPTC students and local cosmetologists, especially those who were active in the local hairdressers affiliate, are invited to visit the CPTC Library to enjoy the books. The scrapbooks are also available to the general public.

Pictured back row l-r, Onecia Lanier Selph with grandson Carson Goss, Jerrell Bednar, Janice Summerall, Annise Proctor, Becky Williams Blount. Front Row l-r, Arlene Dixon, Nona McLeod, Sarah McClelland, and Leigh Barnard. SAS Director Terry Anderson Honored for Years of Service

Years ago, Waycross’ Terry Anderson was working as a regis- tered nurse in the hospital emergency room when she encountered her first sexual assault victim. She recalls, “That situation will always remain burned into my memory.’’ That encounter sparked a “compassionate fire’’ for her. Today she is “famously’’ known as director of Satilla Advocacy Services, which assists victims of sexual assault and child abuse in a six-county area. For “her dedicated service as director of SAS for 25 years,’’ Mrs. Anderson was honored by Mayo Clinic Health System with a 25- year Certificate of Service/Appreciation, calling attention to her caring and professional compassion for hundreds of victims. The presentation was made to her by Natasha Boatright, Operations Manager, who is Anderson’s immediate supervisor. In accepting the honor certificate, Mrs. Anderson pointed out that “I have said it before and will say it again. I am blessed to live in a community that continues to work to help victims in our community. I so appreciate all who support SAS and Mayo Clinic Terry Anderson, Dedicated “Helper’’ of Sexually Abused Health System. Through the years, I have encountered many vic- Women and Children, As Director of Satilla Advocacy Serv- tims in all types of abuse. God opened many doors to help open ices, Honored with 25 Years of Service Certificate by Opera- the advocacy center to help the victims in a six-county area. I have tions Manager, Natasha Boatright, Mayo Clinic Health System. had the privilege to work with community leaders that have organ- Story and Photo By Nickie Carter, SAS Board Member ized an agency that supports victims and families.’’ Mrs. Anderson commented, “It has been an honor to work at SAS since its beginning, supported by our local hospital. Deep appreciation goes to so many wonderful people who make SAS work to help so many victims.’’ Mrs. Anderson and husband Shan are parents to two children, Corey Beverly and Blake Beverly. She began her nursing career as a nursing assistant in 1972 at the local hospital. She graduated in 1975 with a nursing degree from South Georgia College and then began working in the emergency room of the hospital. Satilla Advocacy Services, part of Mayo Clinic Health System is the local rape crisis center and Child Advocacy Center, providing extensive services to victims and their loved ones. SAS provides a 24-hour crisis line, counseling services, forensic interviews, forensic exams, volunteer advocates, court accompaniment and prevention education. In a six-county area, SAS sponsors Stewards of Children’s programs, an intense teaching on how to detect child abuse and re- port it, taught by prevention education coordinator, Zina Ponsell, another dedicated SAS associate. She works in the Waycross Ju- dicial Circuit providing multiple programs to help bring awareness and prevent child abuse. According to Director Anderson, “We began working on the SAS project in 1996 with task forces to see what was needed. We opened our doors of SAS in 1999.’’ For more information about Satilla Advocacy Services, its crisis line, or the Child Advocacy Center, contact SAS at 285-7355 The Start!

“What a crowd! What dedicated runners and volunteers. My deepest grati- tude for all those showing up and making this a successful way of bringing awareness to prevention of child abuse and sexual assault,’’ said Mitzi Tyre, run coordinator/nurse practitioner and Terry Anderson, director of Satilla Advocacy Services, the agency which provides services for sexual assault survivors in Ware, Pierce and surrounding counties. The Ware County Fire Department “Heroes” ran in their full gear to make a point: “Stop Child Abuse!’’ Notes furnished by Nickie Carter

Nurse Practitioner AliceTaylor (left) and SAS DirectorTerry Anderson stand amidst a field of flowers. Each flower represent 2014 sexual Ware County Fire Fighters assault survivors.

Jessica Moore, Kendall Moore and Bailey Moore sang the National Anthem.

Chief Tony Tanner Nickie Carter and Heather Hall

Gomie the Clown with Mason and Elizabeth Grantham. The Bald Eagles Return by Doug Walker

Balladeer John Denver got it right when he penned the lyrics to Rocky Moun- tain High. “I knew he’d been a poorer man if he never saw and eagle fly,” Denver wrote back in the early 1970s. The bald eagle has made a comeback which Georgia game biologists have called remarkable, going from one known nest on St. Catherine’s Island in late 1970 to more than 200 known nests in 2016. The shrieks of joy when children see a bald eagle in the wild are enough to understand how their experiences in the wild are much richer than John Denver could have imagined 40 years ago. Some of the raptors, particularly the pair who have nested on the Berry College campus in Rome for the past five years are easily visible to the public. It’s not uncommon on a pretty winter weekend day to see 30-50 people gather behind the Berry College indoor athletic center to watch the eagle soaring over the campus.

Historically, bald eagles were commonly observed along the Georgia coast and in the Okefenokee Swamp a century ago. The symbol of American independence, strength and pride were only rarely seen elsewhere across the state. The Okefenokee Swamp remains ideal habitat for bald eagles, but it’s a massive area to cover when you’re looking out for a pad- dle and looking for nests. Greg Nelms, a wildlife biologist with the DNR in Waycross, said that if there have been nests in the swamp in recent years, there is a chance they could have been lost during big wildfires that torched thousands of acres in 2007 and again in 2011. Nelms did say he gets occasional reports from people in the Waycross area who have spotted bald eagles. “They’re usually see sitting in a big pine tree next to somebody’s pond,” Nelms said. Bob Sargent, director of the Nongame Conservation Section of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said aerial surveys earlier this year did not reveal any nests in Ware County, but the state doesn’t have the budget to scour the state hunting for nests. They simply survey the nests that have been reported to their regional offices or the Nongame Conservation office in Forsyth. In the years following World War Two, when DDT became a part of the ag-ricultural the eagle population experienced a rapid decline. The DDT washed off the crops, got into the waterways and ingested by the fish that were a primary food source for the eagles. When eagles laid eggs, the shells were so thin that they broke when the eagles were incubating their young. They were unable to reproduce and as the mature birds died off, so the entire species did. Almost. Like other states across the country, but the late 1970s Geor- gia started a project on Sapelo Island to reintroduce the bald eagle to Georgia. The idea was to raise captive bred young eagles in a “hacking” tower. Eagles tend to return to the general area of where they learned to fly when they mature and begin the process of raising their young. Mind you, if an eagle nest was found near the entrance to the Okefenokee Swamp Park just southeast of Waycross, that doesn’t mean it’s young would come right back to that spot. “General area” for an eagle could be anywhere from 60 to 600 miles, Several years ago the talons of a dead eagle were recovered near a nest on Carters Lake in Northwest Georgia. One of the talons had a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tag indicating the bird had been released as a captive eaglet near Williamsburg, VA.

After Georgia started releasing baby eagles on Sapelo Island in 1979, the hacking program was expanded to Butler Island, then to Lake Allatoona in Northwest Georgia. In 2005, there were 82 known nests in Georgia. In most cases, it takes a stroke of luck for someone to stumble across a nest. Hence, biologists believe there are more nests across the state than are actually “known.” Two years later, in 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the list of federally endangered wildlife. However, the bald eagle is still considered as a threatened species in Georgia. The 2016 surveys conducted by Wildlife Biologist Todd Schnei- der and Bob Sargent, the new head of the Nongame Conserva- tion Section of the Georgia DNR revealed 201 active nests across the state. Chatham County, surrounding Savannah, was home to 22 nests, the largest concentration of bald eagles in Georgia. Decatur County, surrounding Lake Seminole in South- west Georgia had 19 nests this year. 13 nests in Camden County, and ten were recorded in Glynn County. Statewide, the nests spread across more than 60 Georgia counties, have pro-duced at least 240 young eagles. 16 of the nests still had incubating adults during the last survey on April 8, so the chances for Georgians from the Okefenokee Swamp on the Florida line to the Cohutta Wilderness on the Tennessee line get greater and greater every year. Doug Walker is Associate Editor of the Rome News-Tribune in Rome, GA. Rome is in northwest Georgia and hometown to the late Jim Pin- son of Waycross Journal-Herald and Willie Character. Doug lives in Adairsville, GA, and his hometown is Falls Church, VA. He is a graduate of Auburn. You may remember him as Doug Cook, News Director at AM 1230 WAYX and FM 102.5 Young eagles on a nest overlooking WLTE in the late seventies and early eighties. the Etowah River. Doug provided news reports mornings on the Lou and Dave Show, noontime, and afternoon drive. He is very professional, and I am glad to call him my friend. His full name is Douglas Cook Walker, and since we already had a Doug Walker business- man in town, we settled on him using his middle name for an air name. Doug is married, has two stepchildren and five grandkids. We are grateful Doug has shared one of his A nest behind LaFayette High School in Walker passions with us. County. Doug Walker

Dr. Robert T. Bussey

The renaming of Victory Drive that runs past the high school to Dr. Robert T. Bussey Parkway. In honor of Dr. Bussey, who lived his life in the field of education to help the youth of our community grow and prosper. This honor is well deserved.

The Bussey Family at the dedication and unveiling of the new sign. WAYCROSS seen

The annual Holy Week Service/Luncheon series was a great blessing and success in 2016 at First Baptist. Many people from different churches attended. The Kitchen Committee and volunteers served over 500 meals this year. These dedicated members labored sacrificially to provide some of the best meals in the rich history of this event. The committee l-r, Carolyn Tanzer, Gloria Thomas, Joan Walden, Leland Eldridge, Carolyn Peavy, Marjorie Rew, Beth McClelland, Jennifer Stewart, Ruthie Conner, Susan Welch, Becky Dell, Gayle Everett, Teresa Ganas, Ed Brown and Ann Eldridge. Not pictured is Lisa Durrence, Paula Day, Evelyn Murphy, and Frances Dye. We congratulate you all on a job well done. The church services each day were outstanding. Many local ministers took part. Holy Week in Waycross Barbara Chase, Bookeeper Church Secretary

The choirs of First United Methodist and Trinity United Methodist combined to present a Christian concert My Savior’ Love with Mary McDomald who is a free-lance Thanks to Serrell Zeigler, FUMC, (l) composer/arranger of Christian choral and keyboard Mary McDonald, and David White, music. She lives in Tennessee. The choirs were TUMC, for helping to make the concert outstanding. so good. P_rn_ll Ro\_rts M_mori[l P[rk

Pam McComb-Podmostko, (l) Sandra Moultie and Lisa Nobumoto all participated in the program. Sandra is the Waycross lady that has spearheaded the park’s bame change. Lisa sang and has a beautiful voice, and we have a story written by Pam in this issue.

Mayor John Knox (l) and Rev. David White of Trinity United Methodist Church. David gave the invoca- tion.

This is Vivien Brown on the left who came all the way from Scotland to attend the Pernell Roberts Memorial Park Dedication. Shown with Vivian is Sandra Moultrie. This is a permanent display at our Okefenokee Regional Libray. A meal at Pernell Roberts Memorial Park Reﬂecting on my friendship with Pernell by Pam McComb-Podmostko Landover Hills, MD

We all have friendships in our lives. Some are short-lived; some are for a season, and some leave their fingerprint on your heart forever, even after the person is gone. My friendship with Pernell was one of the later; he left his fingerprint on my heart, and he will always be with me. I first “met” Pernell when I was just 8, the first time I watched Bonanza. I was immediately drawn to him that Sun- day evening so very long ago. It would be another ten years before I would meet him in person. That Tuesday afternoon when I went around with him visiting Viet Nam vets in the Bethesda Navy Hospital in Maryland, he introduced me to several people by saying; “This is my friend, Pam.” The first time he said it I wondered if I’d heard him correctly (his “friend”?), the second time he said it, I knew I had. It touched my 18-year-old heart, and I determined that very day that Pernell would be MY friend for the rest of my life. And so he was. Living 3,000 miles apart we had limited connect through most of the years, but the last ten years of his life we were in regular contact, through letters, phone conversations, and visits I made to Los Angeles. We talked about many things through the years; he shared memories of Waycross with me, we talked about his work sometimes, we talked about spiritual things, and we talked about our lives as people do in a friendship. We did not always agree on everything, but we agreed to disagree, and it never affected the friendship in a negative way. We shared some similarities; we both had strong opinions about certain things, we both had things in our lives we were passionate about, we both felt like life was often unfair, and we both felt there needed to be more humanity in the world. We laughed together and on two occa- sions we shed tears together. I wear my heart on my sleeve; he was very protective of his emotions most of the time, but we trusted one another. Every year I would call him on his birthday and sing Happy Birthday to him, and he would chuckle, and sometimes I would call him on my birthday to tell him I was calling so he could wish me a Happy Birthday. We always had a good laugh about that. My two fondest memories of him were towards the end of his life. I flew out to see him a few months after he’d had surgery for pancreatic cancer. Before going, I made a DVD for him of clips of various roles he’s played, still photos of his various characters, and photos I had taken of him through the years. I Pam & Pernell 1972 added music, and it was a “This is your life” kind of DVD. We were in his living room; I was sitting on a chair, and he was on the couch. Right before it started playing he patted the couch and asked me to sit next to him so we could watch it together. Watching it with him, and seeing his reaction and emotions as he watched it is something I will never forget. It was a precious snippet of time; both of our hearts were touched that afternoon. Sharing that intimate, private time together and the conversation we had as some tears were shed was nothing short of an unbelievable blessing from God. The other memory of our times together that will always remain the most precious was our last visit (July 13, 2009) just six months before he passed away. It was a beautiful afternoon, and we sat on his deck as we reminisced about our friendship. We both knew it would be our last visit given the distance between where he and I lived and how sick he was at that point. Even though he was very sick, he looked remarkably well. He had shaved his beard and in all the years I’d known him, I’d never seen him without his beard when we were together. He had on a nice pair of jeans and a denim shirt; if I hadn’t known how sick he was, I would have thought he was the picture of health. One of the most important things I will share about that visit was that he was at peace. He was a man that was not always at peace, not with the world, not with himself and not with the Lord. But, that day, he was at peace. Life was coming full circle for him in a short time; he knew it, and I knew it, as did others that loved him. We shared our thoughts and feelings about several things that afternoon, we held hands much of the time we talked and though neither of us spoke the words, we didn’t want the visit to end. But all good things must come to an end and a few hours after I’d gotten there that day, it was time to leave. We had a routine that we always followed when we would part, and this last visit would not deviate from that, except for one thing. He always walked me to my car, we would hug, I’d kiss his check and say “I love you Pernell and God does too.” He would pat my back as the hug ended and said: “I like you too kid.” This time, he walked me to my car, we hugged, I kissed his cheek and said: “I love you Pernell, and God loves you too.” He was silent, and he didn’t end the hug. He softly said, “I love you too.” We both knew it was our last goodbye, and it was heartbreaking. I didn’t want him to see me cry so I got in my car and slowly pulled Pam & Pernell 2009 away. My tears were heavily flowing at that point, and as I looked in the rear view mirror, there he was, in the middle of the street, waving goodbye until I went around the corner. I’ll never forget it. I wondered if I’d ever see him again, in this life (I knew I wouldn’t) or in eternity (I could only hope at that point). Though I suspected it, it wouldn’t be until six months after he died, that I found out that he had indeed made the most important decision he’d ever made and I now know I will see him again, when my life here on earth comes to an end. Some friendships are short-lived, some are for a season, and some leave their fingerprint on your heart. Thank you for leaving your fingerprint on my heart Pernell; until we meet my friend again… F[n Not_s

Hi, thanks for covering the Pernell Roberts Park Dedication. I understand you might want 'some words' from us. I didn't know if you wanted to include this, we weren't all in the same place at the same time for the blessing at Lydia's. Blessing that would have been read by Rev. Fred Roberts, a distant Roberts cousin, at the post-Pernell Park Dedication Luncheon God of us all, we thank You for this day, and for gathering us together on the four winds. As we celebrate the life and service of others, may this food and fellowship enable each of us to serve. In Your name, Amen. B. B. Roberts

Pernell Roberts stood up for what he believed in, even though it cost him in many ways. Pernell held to his beliefs and was not afraid to show it or say it publicly. Pernell Roberts earned my respect as a humanitarian, actor and man by not only his words but his actions. NANCY THUNHERST, PARK FOREST, IL

I have never seen Pernell Roberts in a role that I did not love watching, but Pernell, the man, warms my heart. He became disillusioned as a young man while teaching Sunday School in Waycross, but he determined to make changes. He marched in Alabama in 1965, and he fought for minorities against studio bosses, both ideas were unpopular at the time, but he "an- swered the call." Many fans love him, and he is remembered as an honorable man. I thank Waycross for giving his name to the park in which he played as a child. Etta Massingale, Newport, KY

In 2011 at a Bonanza Convention, I had the pleasure of sitting at the dinner table with Pernell's wife, Eleanor Criswell; Eleanor is a very gracious and kind lady. It was a dream come true, as I had followed Pernell's career through my life. Having never met Pernell, meeting Eleanor was the next best thing. My husband and I attended the dedication of the Pernell Roberts Memorial Park in Waycross, GA. It was a well-deserved tribute honoring Pernell's life. I will always respect Pernell for his acting and singing talents, as well as the issues he supported. Becky Dennis, Roanoke, VA

I came from Texas for the Pernell Roberts Memorial Park Dedication. Waycross is the friendliest town I have ever visited. I have been to every state in America (except Alaska) and never have I met people who were more welcoming. From the people at the hotel, restaurants, retailers, city officials and everyday citizens, they went above and beyond to be helpful and kind. The editor at the local newspaper gave my friend and I a personally guided tour. The mayor personally welcomed us and was willing even to take a "selfie" with us. It's no wonder that Pernell was proud of his hometown. I hope that someday I will be able to return for another visit. Thank you to the entire city of Waycross!! Cheryl Joseph

My name is Kim Simon, architect, 57 years old. I live in Gary, Indiana, and I'm a Pernell Roberts fan. I was a little kid when I started watching Bonanza, and Pernell Roberts became my hero. The first I saw Pernell Roberts I was eight years old, his presence in my life was very significant, and He influenced a lot in my education. He did not let opinions lead himself, fame or money, choosing to do what he liked and felt right, and helped many people. He was and is a true example of ethics in a human being, always concerned with human rights. Our memory is clear, your serious face, and your sweet smile. Echoes his sensible words, rational words, .and at other times funny words. With his secure voice, some phrases have become strong and unforgettable. At times a gentle, polite and in- telligent and at other times, a simple and humble man, with a big heart concerned about everyone around. A human being is so rare and special. Kim Simon, Gary, Indiana

I would like to thank the people of Waycross for making the park dedication successful. The Quality Inn where we stayed was so gracious in helping meet our every need as we began planning the event. I plan to send a letter thanking them, as everyone was so nice. Diane Posey F[n Not_s

My fondest memory of Pernell Roberts is when I was eight years old, and Bonanza came to Sunday nights at nine p.m. I loved the Cartwright family, but Adam stood out because of his black clothes but most of all he was the best big brother ever on television. He was always taking care of Hoss or Joe. The number of episodes that you saw it is too numerous to mention. But the dynamic presence he brought to that role in the family structure had such impact that once he was gone the show was never the same because the family dynamic was not there and no one could fill his shoes. Sharon Young. Lake Charles, LA

My fondest memories of Pernell Roberts began with Adam Cartwright. Loved him in “The Crucible” and singing ‘Endless Road.’ Brilliant as Doctor John McIntyre in “A Fall to Grace.” Would have loved to joined Gonzo and him top of Titanic. Mostly wanted to be an actress in “Doctors and Other Strangers.” Hezekiah Horn had me both crying and ap- plauding. As Sam Boone his acting was second to none. Recall as teenager thrill of hearing DJ on radio play “Mariah.” Pernell’s reading of “Desiderata” and Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” just some memories that will stay with me forever. Maggie Joesbury, Walsall West Midlands, England. UK

Fondest memory, becoming a fan and seeing ‘Bonanza,’ and ‘Trapper John, MD,’ for the 1st time in reruns, while also seeing Pernell on a new show, ‘F.B.I.-The Untold Stories.’ In the years since, hearing about the ‘real,’ Pernell and while not only was he a talented man but what a humanitarian he was! When I think of Pernell, I think of Waycross, too and what a wonderful place it must be to have a man like him as a native and representing such a wonderful city! Kimberly Waites, Chandler, AZ

I had the honor of being at the dedication/renaming of the park for our beloved Pernell Roberts. I have been a fan of his for many years, and I jumped at the chance to be there to participate in honoring this lovely man. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to meet Pernell in person like other lucky ones who were there, but he meant so much to not only myself but to the world. All the time I was sitting at the dedication, I had tears running down my face, but not all sad tears, but tears of joy as well. As I sat there, luckily in the front row, with all my new friends surrounding me, I just felt that somehow, Pernell was also there. If anyone could have figured out a way to come down from above and join us in that more- than-happy occasion, he could have done it; I know he was there somehow, and he felt and received the love we had and always will have for him... He had a lot of love for people in general, especially the people who needed help and support for a better way of life. I think in my heart, that was the best thing I ever did, to go to Waycross and meet all the wonderful people who live there and, of course, who used to live there. I have never been so overwhelmed by the love and friendship shown to all of us by the gracious and loving people of Waycross... I will always have love in my heart for your city. I cried all the way back to Iowa... and it has crossed my mind since I have been back here to pull up roots possibly and make Waycross my home.....it is a distinct possibility as I am not happy here....It is a choice between Waycross and one other place, much farther away, but the opportunity exists for both places in my heart. Thank you, again, Waycross and His Honor, Mayor Knox and all the friends I made there. I am sending my love to all. Andrea Cartwright, Iowa On]_ C[ll_^ @^[m by Robert L. Hurst

His testimony was short and to the point: “I loved my childhood. I was happy in Waycross. The people there are wonderful. …” Mrs. P.E. Roberts, speaking of her son, Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr., pointed out that, together with his hometown, his love –perhaps his pas- sion –centered on acting. He agreed in a letter to me before the publishing of my This Magic Wilderness: Part II that his interest in drama began with “a rather gratuitous encounter with Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet that was required reading in Waycross High School.” Born Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr., on May 18, 1928, in Waycross, Georgia, he would die of pancreatic cancer in Malibu, California, on January 24, 2010, at the age of 81. His publicity VITA lists his active years from 1949 to 2001. And, according to those who knew him, this period was filled with his being involved in some of the best theatrical performances in the era in which he lived. In 1949, four years after his being graduated from Waycross High School in 1945, Roberts made his first professional stage debut with Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle in The Man Who Came to Dinner, according to Wikipedia Encyclopedia. Of special mention during this 52-year period are the lives he gave “Adam Cartwright” on Bonanza (1959 -1965) and “Dr. John McIntyre” on Trapper John, M.D. (1979 – 1986). In May 2016, the name of Waycross’ historic Mary Street Park became “Pernell Roberts Memorial Park,” honoring this native son who followed his dream to be recognized internationally for his acting ability that began in the Waycross School System and spanned into television, motion pictures, Broadway and the recording industry. Though he brought criticism on himself because of his stand on segregation and his marching with Dr. Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s, he was also praised for this lifelong active work for human rights’ causes. Beginning a serious studying of the dramatic arts, following a tour of duty in the U.S. Marines in which he played the tuba and horn in the Marine Corps Band, Roberts enrolled at the University of Mary- land to advance his work in the theater; it was at UM that he gained his first classical theatre exposure in the productions of Othello and Antigone. This move eventually took him to Washington, D.C., & the new Arena Stage. Two years later (and 18 plays), he received, in 1952, that call all actors desire. New York meant Broadway, but first … Next, he was contracted for a series of jobs with the American Lyric Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village, the Actor’s Equity Library Theatre, the Shakespearewright’s Company at the Jan Hus House and the Port Players in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. He, then, moved to Broadway for two plays that had short runs: Tonight in Samarkand starring Louis Jordan and The Lovers with another Georgian, Joanne Woodward (Mrs. Paul Newman). It would be in 1956 that Pernell made his television debut in Shadow of Suspicion for Kraft Television Theater followed closely by other guest appearances. Pernell underscores that his introduction to the dramatic arts came through the works of William Shakespeare; he now returned to one of the Bard’s play as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. He worked under the talented John Houseman at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut, in a limited engagement of Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing and The Duchess of Malfi. His devotion to Shakespeare’s works and many of the classics placed him at odds with many of his contemporaries, but, in most cases, he and his opponents reached agreements. Back to New York at the Phoenix Theatre, following another Broadway play, A Clearing in the Woods, in which he starred with Kim Stanley and Robert Culp, he gained further recognition for his acting talents. “During this engagement, I was hired by Paramount Stu- dios to come to Hollywood to play Tony Perkins’ older brother in Desire under the Elms, which also starred Burl Ives and Sophia Loren,” he revealed. Now the publicists, pushing for that international recognition, grabbed those descriptive phrases for the Waycrossan: “glowering like Heathcliff” and “a Gable-esque appearance.” Roberts, however, remained Roberts, and his success would come (and be based) on interpretation, not on imitation. “Three years and many television appearances later, I was offered a continuing role as `Adam Cartwright’ in NBC’s long-running Western series Bonanza. Six years later, I left the show to seek new horizons,” tells Roberts, adding that he felt it was time to “shake the dust off his cowboy hat and jeans” and to return to the musical theatre. In 1973, he originated the role of `Rhett Butler’ in the American premier of the musical version of Gone with the Wind at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera and San Francisco’s Curran Theatre. “After thirteen years of guest starring on television, some movies in Europe, another couple of Broadway shows, I found myself in an economic environment that was changing dramatically. In 1978, I told my agent to seek another television series because I could see hard times ahead for the free-lance actor. We succeeded in winning the title role of Trapper John, M.D. for CBS in 1979,” wrote Pernell for Hurst in 1981. “It has been, so far in 1981, a very successful show. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.” The medical drama got a prime time slot and allowed Pernell Roberts to win an Emmy nomination for “Best Male Actor in a Drama Series.” Even will all the accolades, Pernell Roberts was still a “Waycross boy,” and Pernell’s late aunt, Mrs. W.R. Culpepper, points out that he “was just like a lot of other little boys. He played a lot of baseball.” Pernell himself, in his remembrances to Hurst, tells that his dad, a Dr. Pepper salesman, allowed him “to work for him on Saturdays and during summer vacations. It was great exercise loading and unloading 30 – to 40-pound cases of soft drinks all day long. …” He stressed how his youth was balanced between his father and mother: “Being with my dad in those short periods and with my mother in regular day-to-day times of school and after school offered a rare balance of knowing them equally. It was the foundation for my own sense of self-esteem that has served me well in a world of insecurity,” Pernell relates. Listing his hometown activities during his boyhood, the actor tells that being a bugler and scribe in the Kettle Creek-sponsored Boy Scout, Troop 7, under the leadership of Dr. Charles M. Blanton offered many opportunities, such as having a great pride of accom- plishment when his write-ups of the troop’s activities appeared in the Waycross Journal-Herald. “This newspaper also provided em- ployment for me and several of my peer group,” he adds. There were those plays in high school and the glee club, church choirs (depending on which girl he was dating at the time) and the Waycross High School Band under the direction of Guyton McLen- don. Pernell Roberts’ friend and co-star, Gregory Harrison, released a statement concerning Pernell as an actor and friend to Wikipedia shortly after the actor’s death; it, perhaps, sums up this man from Waycross, Georgia: “Pernell was a wonderful man, a good friend and a big part of my life, especially when I was just beginning as an actor. He was a true inspiration to me, as he was to many actors over the years. I was so lucky to have shared the screen with him for nearly eight seasons and am deeply saddened by his passing. Fortunately, he lives on in the memories of his fans, and in the hearts of the lucky people … that he touched personally. I’ll be forever grateful to him.”

Photo Credits: Pernell Roberts as “Petruchio” from Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, Waycross Journal-Herald, July 18, 1951 Pernell Roberts as “Dr. John McIntyre” for Trapper John, M.D., CBS Studios, 1979 Pernell Roberts on a visit to Waycross, the 1980s(?), Photo by Robert Latimer Hurst New Location! Suntrust Bank to Ware County Board of Elections • 408 Tebeau St The Board of Elec- tions is in their new location. To find out more you can call 912-287-4363. The Codes Dept also shares part of the building.

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Cecil, congratulations! Cecil is shown with family CECIL BROWN DAY and friends at a recent meeting of the Ware WHEREAS, Cecil Brown began his coaching career the first year that the Recreation Department was County Commission. Photo by Carlos Nelson. organized in 1948; and WHEREAS, Cecil Brown is known as a "Legend" in youth recreation because he has touched thousands of lives as a volunteer coach, community leader and role model; and

WHEREAS, in 1975, he coached one of the greatest area recreation football teams of all time that scored 423 points while holding their opponents scoreless for the season. The players from that 1975 team went on to win the 1981 Georgia High School Association Class AAA State Championship under the direction of Head Coach Dale Williams; and

WHEREAS, Cecil Brown has set an impeccable example for the children of Waycross and Ware County and taught them values which will remain with them throughout their lives; and

WHEREAS, Cecil Brown has served in numerous capacities with the Ware County Recreation Depart- ment as Coach, Volunteer, Assistant Director, Consultant and later in his career as the gym supervisor at Trembling Earth Complex, and

WHEREAS, in honor of his dedicated service, he threw out the first pitch christening Trembling Earth Recreation Complex during the Opening Day Ceremony when the park was first opened, March 15, 2003; and

WHEREAS, in honor of his retirement from the Ware County Recreation and Parks Department, the Ware County Board of Commissioners voted May 9, 2016 to re-name the road leading into the Trembling Earth Recreation Complex from Recreation Road to Cecil Brown Drive to remind everyone who visits the complex of his lifetime of commitment to recreation in Ware County and the surrounding areas;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY BROWN, Chairman of the Ware County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim today, July 16, 2016 as “Cecil Brown Day” in Ware County, Georgia and encourage all citizens to join us in honoring Cecil for his lifetime of commitment to Waycross and Ware County. During this time, I urge all citizens of Waycross and Ware County to join us in reaching out and supporting our recreational programs, volunteer coaches, parents and participants as we strive to give our youth the foundation they need to develop self-confidence, sportsmanship, self-esteem and character.

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