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Article: FRANKLIN JAYCEES LAUD 50 YEARS OF SERVICE.(SUFFOLK SUN)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 21, 1996
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Byline: Susie Stoughton
Not long after World War II ended, a group of young men about town gathered to form the Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce to provide community service and promote leadership development.
Early in 1946, Herbert G. Cobb Jr. was elected first president from among the 58 promising young professionals, future leaders of the town that had grown up around the Camp family's saw mill across the Blackwater River.
Apparently, those young men - in their 20s and early 30s - learned their lessons well.
Last weekend, Cobb and four other charter members of that group - now called the Franklin Jaycees - helped celebrate the ...