From the March 3, 1961 edition of The Forest-Blade:
Kiwanis Club
TEN BIG BUCKS – Little Miss Janena Lawson, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Lawson of near Swainsboro, is presented a $10 check by John Loren Dekle and Dr. J.J. Fason, Jr., co-chairman of the 1961 Pine Tree Festival. The check was first prize in the annual festival slogan contest. Miss Lawson submitted as her entry “Ring Out the Chimes for Emanuel Pines”. The presentation was made at a recent meeting of the Swainsboro Kiwanis Club, sp0nsors of the annual festival.
