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August, 1917
BIRTHS
Mr. ami Mrs. Cecil C. Medlock an¬
nounce the birth of a son, Eric Marcus,
at St. Joseph’s Hospital, on June 20th.
Mrs. Medlock was formerly Miss Clarissa
Barber Clarke of Leeds, England.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Papot, Jr. of
Burlington, N. C. announce the birth of
a son, Julian H. Ill, on June 2, at
at the Telfair Hospital.
SICKNESS
Mr. Oliver H. Jones, 1243 Greene St.
Augusta, Ga. has been ill and confined
to his home for the past year.
DEATHS
GEORGE OLIVER SMITH
George Oliver Smith, retired dairyman
of 218 West Duffy St. died at noon, July
28 in a local hospital. He was born in
Savannah on April 9, 1874.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Marie
Sheffield Smith; four step-daughters,
Mrs. Mary E. Witherington and Mrs.
Cecil A. Hodges of Savannah, and Mrs.
Clarence E. Hamilton and Mrs. Ruth C.
Riden of Miami, Fla.; a brother, J. J.
Smith, Denver, Colo.; a half-brother, G.
K. Upchurch of Savannah; and a half
sister, Mrs. C. L. Wilcox of Memphis,
Tenn.
Funeral Services were held from the
Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev.
John S. Wilder, pastor, conducting the
services. Burial was in the Greenwich
section of Bonaventure Cemetery. Mr.
Smith spent several years at the Be¬
thesda Home of Boys and was a member
of the Bethesda Alumni. He was a
member of the Savannah-DeKalb Lodge
No. 3, Odd Fellows. He was for many
years a teacher in the Sunday School of
Calvary Baptist Temple, and very active
in the affairs of the church.
Henderson Brothers Funeral Home
were in charge of arrangements for the
burial. Pallbearers were J. F. Hall,
C. P. Thompson, R. E. Smiley, Jr., J.
C. Reese, Jr., and J. E. Stevens.
Samuel Edwin Wolff—Member Be¬
thesda Union Society.
W. C. Bradley—Columbus, Ga. Member
Union Society.
Miss Ann Catherine Henken—Member
Bethesda Union Society.
James S. Barrowman Father of
James S. Barrowman, Jr.
Mrs. D. S. Maurice—Mother of Bob¬
by and Charles Maurice, Bethesda boys.
Frank L. Elliott—Paul G. Lubeck
ELLIOTT AND LUBECK
PLUMBING AND HEATING
4107 Bull Street Savannah, Ga.
Telephones: Office 3-8966
Night 7921-2-4994
WILLIAMS ELECTRIC CO.
Phone 8000 Sefton Williams
Electrical Contractors
Repairs - Fixtures - Wiring
Hot Water Heaters and Ranges
205 West Waldburg St. Savannah,
Savannah, Ga.
Former Bethesda Boy
BETHESDA
BETHESDA NOTES
AUGUST, 1917
The Bethesda Home has been a very
busy place this summer, especially so
because of the construction activity now
in progress.
A new well for Bethesda is now be¬
ing installed to assure an adequate sup¬
ply of water in case of a breakdown
in our present pump or motor. It will
be equipped with a standby gasoline
engine as well as an electric motor to
assure water in case of a power fail¬
ure or a fire.
If a fire should occur this new pump¬
ing equipment will be capable of throw¬
ing a stream of water equal to a fire
engine.
In connection with the Pereival R.
Cohen Memorial Cottage there has also
been a good bit of activity. The Build¬
ing Committee met in July and decided
to let the Cottage out for bids. Con¬
tractors are now preparing their esti¬
mates and bids were opened on August
6th.
Miss Clermont Lee, landscape archi¬
tect, formerly of Savannah, but now at
St. Simon’s Island, has been engaged by
the Trustees Garden Club to replant the
landscaping at Bethesda, advise on the
future planting and layout of the
grounds, and make necessary studies
for the location of the new cottage
and athletic field.
We are very happy to have Mathew
Conner, one of our boys, who is now
enrolled in the College of Agriculture
at Athens with us as a staff member
for the summer in charge of the work
program.
We are also having with us for the
summer another ex-service man and ex
Savannah man, J. W. Starr, as case
worker. He is employed by the Family
Service Association, but they are under
contract to furnish Mr. Starr’s service to
Bethesda. Mr. Starr’s duties are to
provide personal service to boys and
their families after a new boy is ad¬
mitted to Bethesda. He follows the boys
along until they are released, and helps
with plans for the placement of boys.
Mr. Starr also helps work out the
rates and adjustments of board pay¬
ments to be certain that they are equit¬
able and reasonable. We have found
Mr. Starr very helpful in many ways
and we regret that he will return to
the University of North Carolina in
September to complete his studies.
The Childrens Council has agreed to
provide casework service to Bethesda
when their new project is set up, and
Bethesda has agreed to enter into a
contract with that organization when
ever they are ready to provide such ser¬
vices.
We now have seventy-seven boys, the
largest number at Bethesda in ten
years. The prospects are for a further
increase in enrollment after the New
Cohen Cottage is built, or whenever
general economic conditions and wide¬
spread unemployment greatly increases
the demand for Bethesda’s Service.
Max E. Livingston, Supt.
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BETHESDA DIARY
BY (). W. BURROUGHS
(Continuation of notes from the Diary
as reported by Mr. Burroughs at the
Annual Bethesda Alumni Banquet, April
23, 1947.)
October, 30, 1917, Edward Perkins
reported to the Morning News that
Bethesda had won a prize for the best
display of winter garden produce at
the Chatham County Fair.
November 10, 1917, the first organi
zation of former Bethesda boys was
made by a group of the younger mem¬
bers of the Bethes .a Advisory Board.
Active in this enterprise were Miss
Catherine Charlton, M i s s Ernestine
Cults, Miss Cardo Krenson, Miss Ermine
Munford, Miss Eliza Schley and Miss
Emma Walthour. There were sixteen
Bethesda alumni at the organization
meeting.
January 1, 1918, the superintendent
received a letter from Cary Cox, the
cook, and Cary was properly proud of
his penmanship, saying that Paul Sul¬
livan had a pistol. He quoted Paul as
saying he needed it for protection go¬
ing for the papers at night. It was
a long, lonesome walk down to the
“first new road" in the dark. The gun
was confiscated as usual in such cases.
January 30, 1918, Tom Moore wrote
the Morning News that the boys had
made two hot beds for starting plants,
that they have individual gardens and
will raise vegetables and flowers. He
said further “ we want to make this
a big year, grow lots of vegetables and
flowers.
Early in 1918 two orphan brothers,
Clifford and Kenneth Roberts entered
Bethesda. Later they both graduated
from high school and from Georgia Tech
and have had active and useful careers.
To thtir contemporaries they are known
as “Skimpshim"—Shimp for short—and
Bat-eye, rather Clifford and Kenneth.
March 3, 1918, the weekly school let¬
ter says “Our drum corps is practicing
hard for anniversary and expects to
make a good showing. ’ *
April 23, 1918, the Falk gold metal
was won by Tom Moore with honorable
mention and prizes to Tom Jones, Tom
Taggart and Ralph Dickey. E d w i n
Clements won a prize for reliability,
Fred Yates for courtesy and Percy Baum
for personal neatness. A service flag
was presented to the home at this same
anniversary by Jerome Eckstein, with
stars corresponding to the number of
Bethesda boys in service in World War
I. The flag was received by Harry
Carter, President of the Alumni. The
boys have $285.00 in War Stamps.
August 16, 1918, the Rotary Club
was served a shore dinner at Bethesda.
Fish, shrimp and crabs and vegetables
raised on the place made up the menu.
November 16, 1918, Bethesda won a
football game from the Calhoun Square
36-0.
November 19, 1918, Rotary gave the
boys two gross of han ierehiefs as there
was a flu epidemic. One Rote gave the
superintendent a dozen, implying that
his nose needed cleaning too. The
epidemic grew to such proportions that
Mrs. Burroughs in hospital, the matron
and dietitian both ill, Miss Johnson and
Miss Stotesbury, teacher, ran the house
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