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DAMASCUS SCHOOL NEWS
STAFF:
Editor-in-Chief Beth Phillips
Associate Editor C. L. Jester
News Editor Doris Lewis
Social Editor Agnes Pickron
Sports Editor Joe Bryan
Humorous Editor .... James Sanders
NEWS
The Damascus P.-T. A, sponsored
an entertainment Thursday night,
December 3, 1936. Bill Gatins and
his Jug Band were on the program.
The P.-T. A. served hot chocolate
and sandwiches.
The Damascus School Library has
35 new books. Most of the books
are high school books and everyone
seems to be enjoying them very
much. Some of the best among
them are: Call of the Wild, Tess of
the D’Urbervilles, Hunchback of No
tre Dame, Elsie Venner, Sorrel and
Son, If Winter Comes, Trail of The
Lonesome Pine, St. Elmo. •
SOCIAL NEWS
Os interest is the announcement
of the marriage of Miss Mary Louise
Sasser, of Rowena, to Mr. Horace
Oscar Pickron, of Damascus, the
ceremony having taken place Thanks
giving evening about 5:30 in the
home of the pastor, Rev. King, in
the presence of Miss Agnes Pickron
and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Sasser.
Mrs. Pickron is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sasser, of Rowena, and the
sister of Mr. Woodrow Sasser, of
Rowena. Mr. Pickron is the son of
Mrs. Erie Pickron. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Pickron received their education
in Damascus—among the first to
graduate from that high school. Fol
lowing the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Pickron left for a short wedding trip
to Miami, Fla. After their return
they will reside at their home in
Damascus.
Margaret Craft gave a party at
her home in old Damascus on Nov.
26 for the junior and senior classes
of Damascus high school. Among
those who attended were: Misses
Agnes Pickron, Pauline Haddock of
Blakely, Martha Hightower, Gladys
Smith, Frances Lanier, Betty Lewis,
Joyce Mitchell, Mary Jane Prince
and Vashti of Liberty Hill, and Oui
da Mock of New Hope, Messrs. Ed
gar Lewis, Jack and Tom Collier,
Edwin Pullen, Joe Bryan, Dorsey
Jordan, James Crook, James San
ders, Maynard and Marion Mock,
Randall McDowell, and Edgar Pier
son, Jr. Although the night was
rather cold, everyone had a grand
time promming and playing games
in the house. After the refresh
ments were served, everyone went
home very much pleased with the
grand time they had and a night not
to be forgotten for a long time.
Mr. Stingey Pickron and Buddy
Webb, of Damascus, left Tuesday
for a business trip in Florida.
Mrs. Virsey Pearl, of Blakely, has
been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Lanier for the week.
Miss Loraine Hodges, who has
been attending the school at Valdos
ta, was home to spend Thanksgiving
with her family.
Little Liston Radney, of Colquitt,
visited his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Haddock, last week-end.
All the teachers of Damascus
spent a very happy Thanksgiving at
their homes. They are: Mr. Pick
ard, Mr. Frank Ziglar, Miss Sue
Hutcheson, Miss Josie Lewis, Mr. A.
P. Lewis, Miss Dawkins, Miss Tuck,
Miss Kiel, Miss Duke, and Miss
Dozier.
Frank Mathis, of Damascus, has
gone to Panama City, where he will
assume a position.
Mr. and Mrs. Oakley and family,
the former principal of Damascus,
were visitors here during the week
end.
Misses Betty Lewis and Mildred
Douglas, of Damascus, were the
guests of Mr. Alex Howell, in Blake
ly, during the week-end.
SONG: “SILAS MARNER” (Sung
to Tune of “Yankee Doodle”)
(Written by Ruby Stuart and Mary
Haddock)
Silas Marner sat in his house
Weaving all the day,
He loved to play with his gold,
He loved to get his pay.
Silas Marner, keep it up,
Silas Marner, dandy,
Mind your weaving and the loom
And with your gold be handy.
But one day great grief came to him,
Somebody stole his treasure;
He went into ten thousand fits
And said it was no pleasure.
Silas Marner, keep it up,
Silas Marner, dandy,
Mind your weaving and the gold
And with the gold be handy.
COLD STORAGE
Time on all bins expire November Ist .
of each year, regardless of when rented
Rent Yours Now!
Wm. BARKSDALE, Mgr.
BLAKELY, GEORGIA
| “How Joy Came to Silas Marner”
Silas Marner was old and gray,
And as for debts, he had none to pay,
He lived all alone. in his little old
house,
He shuddered at men as though
he were a mouse.
The business he had was very, very
small,
He weaved for the people, that was
all;
The money he earned clung to his
heart,
From his dear treasure he never
would part.
On a bad stormy night, Silas left
his home,
’Twas such a night that no one
would dare to roam,
He left the door open as he went
on his way
To get the thread for his weaving
next day.
A stranger stealthily crept to his
door,
He entered and looked about the
floor,
He spied the gold in its hiding place,
He snatched it up and away he raced.
Silas returned and went to his fire,
He took his roast from the crooked
wire,
Nothing was amiss to his dim eye,
He would play with his treasure bye
and bye.
Having finished his supper, he reach
ed for his gold,
It was gone! Then his dusty mind
did unfold.
A robber had stolen his treasure so
dear,
Surely the mean man was some
where near.
Silas raced to the only hotel in the
town,
He would get help to run the rob
ber down,
But search as they would, no mon
ey appeared,
The thing most dear to his heart
disappeared.
Silas lived in a daze for many weeks,
There came men and women with
bony cheeks
To comfort the man who was brok
en-hearted
Because he and his dear money
were parted.
But lo! Joy cometh sooner or later
to everyone,
Whether he be mother or father or
daughter or son.
A little child walked in through
Silas’ door
And fell asleep on the cold, bare
floor.
BASKETBALL ACTIVITIES
Since our last issue of the school
news, our basketball teams have
played double-headers with Col
quitt and Blakely.
The Colquitt teams were played in
Colquitt Wednesday, November 26.
The girls’ contest was quite exciting
and somewhat rough throughout.
The local sextette pulled ahead in
the last minutes to defeat the Miller
countians 28 to 25. The Damascus
boys played a good game to win by
the score of 21 to 14.
Friday night, Dec. 4, Damascus
played Blakely in the Blakely shell.
Our boys’ quintet won by the de
cisive score of 22 to 7. The Wild
cats were unable to secure a single
point in the second half, even though
much of the time the Damascus
team was composed of reserves. The
girls’ game was nip and tuck until
the last few minutes of play, when
the Blakely forwards forged ahead
to win by the score of 39 to 28.
This marks the only defeat for the
Damascus girls thus far this season.
Friday night, Dec. 11, the Damas
cus teams will play the strong
Donalsonville team in the latter
town.
Our entire school and community
is anticipating with keen delight
the opening of our community house
and basketball shell. Plans are now
under way to have the opening on
Wednesday night, December 30. Op
position for the local teams will be
i decided upon within the next day
or two.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire in this way to express
our heartfelt appreciation for every
act of kindness and sympathy man
ifested during the recent illness and
death of our beloved wife and
mother, and for the beautiful floral
offerings which were sent by the
friends when she passed away. We
shall ever cherish in our memory
your kind thoughtfulness.
W. A. LINDSEY and Children.
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
ROWENA NEWS ITEMS.
By Jumbo.
Os cordial interest to the many
Rowena friends of the bride was the
marriage of Miss Louise Sasser,
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Sasser, Jr., of this place, to
Mr. Horace Pickron, of Damascus,
which was solemnized in Blakely on
Thanksgiving Day, Rev. Mr. King
officiating. The bride is a native of
Rowena and has been known to the
writer all her life, and is a young
lady of many admirable traits of
person and character, while the
groom is a young business man of
Damascus. Aflter a brief honey
moon trip, the happy young couple
are at home to their friends at the
home of the groom’s grandmother,
Mrs. Pickron, in Damascus. Our
congratulations to the happy young
couple and we wish for them a hap
py and prosperous voyage on the
matrimonial sea.
The Union meeting of the Mid
way Free Will Baptist Association
convened with the church here in
Rowena on Friday after Thanksgiv
ing day. Quite a large crowd was
in attendance and at the noon hour
a sumptuous dinner, consisting of
barbecue, Brunswick stew and oth
er good things, was spread on the
church yard by the good ladies of
the community, which was immense
ly enjoyed by the big crowd.
Mr. B. D. Ingram has recently
made some nice improvements on
his farm here, including the paint
ing of his residence, installing elec
tric lights on his place and other
improvements, which adds consider
ably to the convenience and appear
ance of his premises.
Elder McGowan, of Dothan, Ala.,
filled his regular monthly appoint
ment at Shady Grove church, here,
last Saturday and Sunday. He was
accompanied by his wife and they
were guests of her sister, Mrs. W. C.
Bryan, and family, while here.
The Primitive Baptists have re
cently made some nice improve
ments on their church building,
Shady Grove, here, which includes
the ceiling of the building through
out, new steps to the house and
other improvements, which adds con
siderably to the convenience and
appearance of the same. They now
contemplate painting the building in
side in the near future.
Prof. Tweedy and Misses Rutland
and Powell, teachers in our school,
attended preaching at Shady Grove
church last Sunday and were dinner
and afternoon guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Taylor and Mr. and
Mrs. Chula Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Davis and
little Frank were a recent Sunday
guests of the former’s mother, Mrs.
J. L. Scott.
Mr. John Parr, after spending
several weeks here with the family
of his brother, Mr. R. W. Parr, and
his father, Mr. J. C. Parr, at New
Hope, returned to his post at Fort
Benning last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Parr, a
young married couple, who were
married at Damascus on Thanks
giving Day, were guests of relatives
here last week. The groom is a
brother of Mr. R. W. Parr, of Row
ena, and a son of Mr. J. C. Parr, of
the New Hope community, and the
bride is the former Miss Iris Davis,
of the same community.
Mrs. S. R. Olive and son, Fred,
and her brother, Mr. W. F. Andrews,
of Milford, attended preaching at
Shady Grove church, here, last Sun
day and the two former were the
guests of the former’s daughter,
Mrs. W. R. Taylor, and Mr. An
drews was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Davis.
William Sasser, who is attending
Southwestern College at Americus,
cam ehome and spent the Thanks
giving holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sasser.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gibson and
children, James aTid Ruth, of Arl
ington, attended preaching at Shady
Grove church last Sunday and were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills, of Edison,
attended preaching at Shady Grove
church last Sunday and were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Bryan.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Davis and
little Frank, Mr. G. C. Davis and
son, Carl, and Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Scott attended preaching at Shady
Grove church last Sunday and were
dinner and afternoon guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. (“Red”) Tim
mons were the guests of the form
er’s grandmother, Mrs. E. J. Tim
mons, a recent week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Phillips, of
Baker county, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton McKinnon and pretty little
baby, of Carnegie, were guests of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Taylor, last Sunday.
Miss Kathleen James, of Bain
bridge, spent Thanksgiving holidays
here with her aunt, Mrs. T. F. Dan
iels, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Byrd have re
cently removed to Los Angeles, Calf.,
where the latter’s parents reside,
to make their home. Their friends
here wish them well in their new
home.
Mrs. Mary Wallace is making
some improvements in her dwelling
and will soon repaint the same,
which will considerably improve
the appearance of her premises.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this method of
thanking each and every voter in
the 866th district who supported me
for Justice of the Peace in the elec
tion on Saturday, December sth.
Your assistance is greatly appre
ciated, and I shall strive to merit
your confidence.
Sincerely yours,
H. T. KNG.
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