Area Jaycees set campaign for members

Mayor James F. Hope and Governor Mills E. Godwin, in conjunction with United States Jaycee President David L. Hale,

head of Virginia Jaycees Bill Shanahan and Suffolk Jaycee President Gary Williams have declared the month of January as Pride In America Membership month.

Pride in America Membership month is designed to attract 35,000 young men into the Jaycee movement throughout the United States. Virginia’s goal is 1,000 new members.

A &uot;Jaycee in Action&uot; to gauge the progress of the local membership drive will be placed at the mayor’s office to indicate the progress of recruitment.

In 1974, Jaycees throughout the United States conducted more than 900,000 community involvement projects in over 7,000 communities.

Emphasis of activity of Jaycee chapters across the nation include venereal disease control, alcohol education, environmental improvement, family life, non-profit housing and youth activities.

Rescue Squad launches annual fund campaign

The Rescue Squad today kicked off its 13th annual fund-raising campaign.

This year’s budget will be $47,500, up about $5,000 from last year, according to Ralph Hobbs, captain.

Letters went out today to business organizations throughout the city, Hobbs said, and squadsmen will be on the streets all four Saturdays next month.

The squad, established in Nov. 1960, now has two full-time employees, a part-time paid high school student and 47 volunteers each of whom puts in a minimum of two stints monthly.

Last year, the squad answered 4,134 calls, an average of 11.3 calls a day. This wan an increase of slightly more than a call a day over the previous year.

Squad vehicles drove 64,283 miles nearly three times around the world at the equator and its ambulances and special vehicular equipment consumed a total of 8,245 gallons of gasoline. Squadsmen put in a total of 25,568 work manhours, or an average of 54 hours for each volunteer.

Officers of the Rescue Squad, in addition to Hobbs, are Wayne Willis, president; Robert Hundley, vice president; David Holt, secretary; and Douglas Ward, treasurer.

Teenagers and illegitimacy

Note: Illegitimacy increased 9.6 percent in Suffolk last year, accounting for 38 percent of all births recorded. This is the third article in a series on the problem.

Premarital sex among today’s teenagers is a relatively common event, but birth control is unfortunately not. According to studies made by two Johns Hopkins University sociologists, 30 percent of all American women between the ages of 15 and 19 experience premarital intercourse, resulting in pregnancy for about one-third of them. The sociologist found that three-fourths of all first pregnancies of American teenagers are conceived before marriage.

Birth control is rarely practiced by teenagers. The main reasons are ignorance and inaccessibility.

In talking with several unwed teenage mothers in the Huntersville and Pughsville sections of the city, it was found that none of the mothers were familiar with birth control devices before they became pregnant. The case histories that follow are true. The names have been changed to preserve anonymity.

4 tied for Church lead

Hillcrest, Southside, Methodist and East End are tied for first place in the nine-team City Parks and Recreation Church Basketball League each with a 3-1 record.

Hillcrest scored 22 points in the fourth period for a 55-49 win over previously undefeated Methodist in the second game last night at Forest Glen. The score was tied at the end of three quarters at 34-all.

High scorer Bubber Brewer scored 13 of his 21 points in the final quarter for Hillcrest. Larry Lewis kicked in with 18 points.

In the opener Southside defeated the First Assembly of God, 62-46. Pete Britton, Bill Poteat and Warren Williams led the scoring.

Jimmy Dixon led scored 16 points for Methodist.

East End plays Cypress at 7:15 and Southside meets Christian at 8:15 Thursday at Forest Glen.

Wilkerson gets 38, Packers shade JFK

Jarrell Wilkerson, Smithfield’s outstanding senior basketball player, was named recently by Letterman magazine as one of Virginia’s best two high school guards.John F. Kennedy supporters might well concur in the light of Wilkerson’s performance against their Wolverines last night.

The 6-3 senior, constantly on the move, swished the nets for 38 points and led the Packers to a 68-67 victory over the aroused Wolverines.

As great an individual show as Wilkerson put on, it almost wasn’t enough to beat Kennedy’s defending State Group AA champions.

The Wolverines, down b y10 at the half, 39-29, came back behind the shooting and rebounding of Dexter Bailey and Alphonso Harris to take a six-point lead, 64-58, with 4:09 remaining in the game.

-Compiled by Jennifer Rose