The Veterans at the Library held their weekly meeting at the Franklin Memorial Library Monday morning, May 11, at 9 a.m. With Chair Johnny Tapley presiding, there were 39 in attendance. Shari Watt provided the outstanding breakfast for us this morning consisting of sausage biscuits from McDonalds, fresh picked strawberries, apple sweet cake and all the trimmings, orange juice, grape juice, cranberry juice, apple juice, and coffee. Chair Johnny talked to the group about upcoming Veterans Cup Golf Tournament and the selling of "hole" sponsorships. He thanked G & R Farms of Glennville for sponsoring the sweet onions for the Veterans Cup Golf Tournament. This company donated over 100 bags of Sweet Onions for the players in our Veterans Cup Golf Tournament to be held on May 16 at the Swainsboro Golf Course. Chair Johnny also talked about the upcoming "Memorial Day" event that will be held on May 25 at the Veterans and 1st Responders Memorial Park at 11 a.m. Vets will be dedicating two new 6' x 4' x 10" monuments. One is for the 31 Revolutionary War Veterans that are buried in Emanuel County and the other is for Rosie the Riveters and those that were part of the home team during World War II that supported the war effort in manufacturing. The Emanuel County Medical Center is feeding all the Veterans at 8 a.m. and this is the fourth year that EMC has treated the Veterans. Thanks to Damian Scott and all the medical staff.
