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m *5 i iii v/?r 4S i '§§ I rL . (;• Wl m VOLUME 10 * . JO I a BSN o * |Y* ♦i V *3T 1 SSi 3. HOB P %#<■' I * iik ... ■N A«e P' •* a® J ®,‘ 5Vv SO ft r :» l* £ ' - I ■ \ z r ns M . &% * * >>* > *7 -r’ ' % ~* ■ - r * 3 OPEN AIR THEATRE Picture Courtesy Savannah Morning News. BOOK AND MOVIE ABOUT BETHESDA Dear Secretary: As you know a scenario is being wiit ten cut Hollywood way from a study about Bethesda, and some day in the not too distant future we hope a really worthwhile Bethesda movie will evolve, equalling Boys’ Town, mebbe. Who can tell. Although the story is written, there is still time to add to it any happenings or incidents of life at Bethesda and who could give that side of the picture better than the boys themselves? So,— I am appealing to you to appeal to any and all of the boys to help in this big undertaking. Its sort of fun having a finger in the pie anyhow, and imagine the thrill of seeing something reenacted on the screen that you remember as hap¬ pening in your youth? If all of the boys would put on their thinking caps and eject themselves back to the days when they wore jeans and a crew hair-cut and went bare-footed, and had stone bruises and went bogging and dug caves at Yellow Ditch we’d get somewheres. Just a few lines jotted down and mailed to me, and I’ll be oh so glad to forward them all West. Doesn’t have to be much, doesn’t have to be writ¬ ten out in too much detail . ., . I’ve thought of everything I can possibly know of those days,—from First Bell to Drum Taps. I’ve stressed Anniversary Day, Christmas Day, Sunday when we all dashed to meet the 11 o’clock car,— but that doesn’t take care of all the little personal happenings. All the funny FEBRUARY. 1949 little things, Or,—the serious things for that matter ... I remembered when Ben Monsees caught a skunk in his trap, and 1 put that in. There must be hun¬ dreds of equally interesting happenings, however. Wishing you and all the old Bethesda friends a truly and a most prosperous year, 1 am, Sincerely, Lillian Chaplin Bragg, 101 East 58th St. Savannah, Georgia. Editors Note—Come on Alumni, get those stories together and mail to Mrs. Bragg or to the club office, we can all help to make this book and movie a great success and just think of the publicity that Bethesda will receive. Your notes must be in as early as possible. PATRIOTIC SERVICE The Georgia Society of Colonial Dames held its annual patriotic service at the Whitfield Memorial Chapel at Be¬ thesda in October, 1948. Mrs. Malcolm Maclean, president of the Georgia Society, made a short talk and the principal address was made by the Rev. F. Bland Tucker. D. I)., rectoi of Christ Episcopal Church, his theme being “God Is Our Strength. If Mrs Addie Mae Jackson played the organ. The flag bearers were Mrs. Thomas M. Johnson and Mrs. Middleton Barn¬ well. NUMBER .32 MEMBERSHIP DUES RAISED In 1935 when the Bethesda Alumni was re-organized the dues per member were set at $4.00 per year. Since then the costs of everything has steadily mounted and at various meetings for the past several years there has been gen¬ eral discussion at meetings in regard to raising the dues. At the last meeting of 1948 held in the Pape School Gym it was decided to set the dues per year as follows—$5.00, $10.00 $25.00 and $50.00.. Our three main sources of income are dues, Christmas donations and profits from the Anniversary Dance. For the past several years the club has just been able to keep the activities we have sponsored going and in order to expand or meet the present expenses there must be a way to try and obtain more in¬ come. Various other clubs have been con¬ tacted in regards to dues even to several of the various boys clubs here in Sa¬ vannah. It has been found that even boys in high school pay more dues per year than we do. Members may pay dues in the above stated classifications, raising or lower¬ ing their dues each year according to their financial ability. For instance should a member feel able to pay $25.00 this year and only $5.00 in 1950. he may do so. There will be no publicity as to what classification a member pa>> his dues each year.