The Veterans at the Library held their weekly meeting at the Franklin Memorial Library Monday morning, June 1, at 9 a.m. With Chair Johnny Tapley presiding, there were had 34 in attendance. Shari Watt provided breakfast consisting of pancakes, sausage, syrup, jelly, fruit and all the trimmings, orange juice, grape juice, apple juice, cranberry juic, and coffee. The food was outstanding and we want to thank her for doing this for the Veterans. Our speaker this morning was our Chair Johnny Tapley. Johnny talked to us about our successful "3rd Veterans Cup Golf Tournament" and the outstanding Memorial Day service we had last Monday at the Veterans and 1st Responders Memorial Park. The park looks great and the City of Swainsboro has done a fantastic job in cleaning it up. They said that since the park is up to standard, that it only needs to be maintained every two weeks so the citizens of Emanuel County and visitors will enjoy using it. Chair Johnny also talked about the very successful event that the library held this past Thursday to start their Summer Reading Program. The Veterans furnished and grilled the hotdogs for over 100 children and parents for the occasion. Chair Johnny also mentioned the planned "gun drawing" that is in the works, and the Veterans plan on having a ticket sale and drawing each day for 30 days for a gun. Be sure and purchase at least 10 tickets for this outstanding gun drawing. The Veterans discussed the possibility of purchasing an ice machine for the library and this will be discussed with Director Windy Ward about the possibility and where it would be located in the library.”
