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Volume XLVII.
Do Landscape Work
In Fall and Winter
Specialist Urges
Urging Georgia farm families
to make use of labor and equip
ment not being utilized, H. W.
Harvey, landscape specialist of
the State Agricultural Exten
sion Service, this week pointed
out that the fall and winter
months are a good time for land
scape work.
Winter is a good time for
transplanting because there is
less loss of moisture from new
ly transplanted plants and they
have better chance of living.
Plants set in the late fall or
early winter make root growth
and have a chance to be well es
tablished by spring.
The landscape speci ali s t
stressed the importance of mak
ing definite plans for carrying
out and completing landscape
jobs before starting work. The
first step in improving the home
grounds should be the making
of a rough sketch of the place,
indicating measurements and
locations of present buildings,
drives, trees, shrubs and flower
plots.
From this sketch draw up a
plan of the grounds as they are
at present, and study the situa
tion carefully to plan improve
ments. Study and compare the
different possible layouts.
In making landscape plans,
consider the growth habits and
sizes of the fully matured plants.
It is bad to see a plant which
will be tall with spreading limbs
set too close to a house or build
ing so it will have to be trimmed
or will not make good growth.
Careful study of plant growth
and landscape plans will prevent
such mistakes.
Mr. H .W. Harvey is to be in
Bryan county on the morning of
October 15th to help families
who have requested help with
landscaping problems.
Christian Church Has
Revival On This Week
The revival meeting being
held at the Christian Church
this week is in full progress and
good attendance is being had at
the meetings. Rev. Olin Fox of
Dublin is preaching at these
services and will be there thru
the Sunday evening services
Sunday at which time the serv
ices will be concluded.
Mr. Edward Kicklighter of
Hiltonia is leading the song serv
ices and is doing a fine job, es
pecially with the young people.
Rev. V. P. Bowers, regular
pastor of the church, extends a
cordial invitation to all to at
tend these services.
Hardware Store Will
Reopen On Saturday
Mr. D. H. Horne, manager of
the Pembroke Hardware Com
pany has announced that the
hardware store will be ready for
business in their new location
Saturday, Oct. 12, and invites
everybody to come down and
look over the new place.
Mr. Horne and several other
people have been busy the past
few days moving to the new lo
cation and straightening out
the huge stock of goods that
this store carries. Mr. Horne
commented that he didn’t know
they had so much hardware
stock until they started moving.
They are now in the new place
and it is a fine new building. It
is located on Main street near
the Dukes’ garage building and
its appearance adds much to the
improvement of the business
district.
TASTES DIFFER
Hays, Kan.—Some people may
eat peanuts and others popcorn
at baseball games, but in Hays,
the fans eat sunflower seeds.
Baseball fans consumed 1,560
pounds of sunflower seeds dur
ing the past season, according to
the operators of the Hays Ball
Park Concession, which sold the
seeds in two-ounce packages.
Have you any idle land ? Grow
trees! The State Department of
Forestry will help you.
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Black Creek Club
Elects New Officers
On Friday, Otcober 4th, the
Black Creek 4-H Club held its
regular monthly meeting with
43 members present. Tne new
officers of the club were elected
for the new year at this meet
mg. The officers are:
President, Jackie Thomas;
vice President (girls), Shirley
Wall; Vice President (boys),
Kenneth Shuman; secretary
and treasurer, Bonnie Shuman;
reporter, Rodney Burnsed.
After the election of officers
a demonstration on the selection
of proper food needs was given
and a game was enjoyed by ail.
Rev. Joyner To Preach
For Baptists Sunday
Rev. John Joyner of Savannah
will preach at the Baptist
Church Sunday at the morning
and evening services. The morn
ing hour is 11 o’clock and the
evening services are at 7:30
o’clock. Rev, Joyner preached at
this church recently. The church
is without a regular pastor
sine eßev. Corry left to go to
Augusta and Rev. Joyner has
been asked to return this Sun
day so that the church might
have its regular Sunday serv
ices.
4-H Clubs Os
Pembroke School
Elect Officers
The three 4 H Clubs of the
Pembroke scvhool held their Oc
tober meeting on Wednesday of
this week at which time officers
for the three clubs were elected.
The officers elected for the
high school 4-H group were:
President, Jack Wall; Vice Presi
dent, (girls), Blondine Smith;
Vice President (boys), Jack
Gardner; secretary and treas
urer, Katherine Bacon; report
er, Euna Mae Priester.
Officers elected for the 4th
and sth grade 4-H group were:
President, Andy'Edwards; Vice
President (girls), Mary Belle
Smith; Vice President (boys),
Gene Cowart; Secretary and
treasurer, Betty Josey; Report
er, Eleanor Hutchinson.
The officers elected for the
sixth and seventh grade 4-H
group were: President, Billy
Kennedy; Vice President (boys),
Jerry Bragg; Vice President,
(girls), Pearl Brown; secretary
and treasurer, Jewel Cowart;
Reporter, Faye Wiggins.
After officers were elected in
ach uleb a nutrition demonstra
tion was given to the groups and
a game was played in each gram
mar school group. Each group
giving the 4-H Club pledge for
dismissal.
Fumigate Sweet
Potato Houses
Storage losses of sweet po
tatoes can be reduced by disin
fecting all sweet potato storage
houses before storing this year’s
crop, according to D. E. Medders,
Bryan county farm agent.
Curing houses should be
cleaned out and all old potatoes
and trash removed and burned.
All holes in the house should be
patched to make it airtight for
fumigating and to keep out rats
and mice.
Harvesting and storing crates
should be fumigated along with
the house. The disinfectant rec
ommended is three pints of for
maldehyde and 23 ounces of
potassium permanganate for
each 1,000 cubic feet of storage
space.
Place the potassium perman
ganate in several crocks and,
after putting on gloves and gog
gles, pour the formaldehyde
over the permanganate. Start
at the back of the room and
work quickly towards the door
to avoid the fumes. Be sure no
fire or flame is present.
Close door for 24 to 48 hours
and then ventilate the hi. use
throughly before re-entering.
Fumigating should be done at
least two weeks before storing
the sweet potatoes.
Pembroke, Georgia, Thursday, October 10, 1946.
ON TALMADGE’S STAFF
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DR. W. K. SMITH
Dr. Smith Named
To Governor’s Staff
Dr. W. K. Smith, of Pembroke
has been notifed by Lindley
Camp, chief of Governor-Elect
Talmadge’s staff, that Mr. Tal
madge has chosen him as a mem
ber of his staff. Dr. Smith re
ceived notice of the appointment
last week.
Dr. Smith, who will represent
Bryan county as representative
in the State Legislature, has
long been an ardent supporter of
Gov. Talmadge and states that
he will accept the honor of serv
ing as a member of Mr. Tai
inadge’s staff.
Bobby Purcell Sent
To Fort Dix, N. J.
Bobby Purcell is getting
around these days. That is what
the army does for a fellow. You
get a chance to see the world.
Relatives of Bobby received
word this week from him tha<
he had been transferred to Fo <- 1
Dix, N. J. Immediately after
induction into the army he was
sent to Fort Bragg, N. C.
It was also learned that Bobby
has been assigned to the Signal
Corps, which is an honor to the
local boy. Only persons with a
high I. Q. are assigned to this
work.
Lucious Smith, S. 2c,
Returns To Naval Base
Luscious L. Smith, S. 2c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Smith, of
Ellabelle, Ga., left October 1 to
report back to his naval base at
Bainbridge, Md. He has been
spending a twelve day leave with
his relatives and friends, before
being shipped out to sea. He was
a graduate of Pembroke High
School in the class of 1946.
PERSONAL NEWS
Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Smith
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
V. S. Smith in Macon on Tues
day and Wednesday of this week.
Mrs. J. P. Dukes is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Frank Morse in
New York city this we°k.
Mrs. Julia eGiger was a guest
■n the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.
H. Dukes, and Mr. and Mrs. J
P. Dukes last week. Mrs. Geiger
is a sister of H. H. and J. P.
Dukes.
Lt. (jg) and Mrs. G. R. Gay
were recent visitors to Mr s.
Gay’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Lanier.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Duggar of
Sanford, Fla., have announced
the birth of a daughter, Brenda
Joy. Mrs. Duggar is the daugh
ter of Mrs. T. H. Tindo!
Mrs. J. C. Mock is visiting her
son, Carlos, at Kingsland this
week. She will also viist her
-laughter Mrs. Frank Winders in
Savannah before returning
home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Spell, Prof.
Westberry, of Richmond Hill,
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Beasley
and Mrs. Hershel Harvey and
Mrs. Webber were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs A. G.
Spell at their home near Pem
broke. I
Richmond Hill
4-H Club Meets,
Large Attendance
The two Richmond Hill 4-H
Clubs met on Thursday, October
3rd for their regular monthly
meeting. There were 86 in at
tendance. At this meeting the
officers for the two clubs were
elected. The officers for the high
school 4-H Club are: President,
Winnie Mae Eason; Vice Presi
dent, Alize Minor; secretary and
treasurer, Betty Zettle; report
er, Lois Williams.
The officers for the Grammar
school 4-H Club are: President,
Marie Anderson; Vice President,
(boys), Ronald Floyd; Vice
President, (girls), Hazel Ridg
dill; secretary and treasurer,
Ernest Clark; Reporter, Barbara
Adams.
Nutrition and food planning
was studied at these two meet
ings at which time some very
high scores were made by some
of the members in scoring food
for a days need for a person.
A game was also played and
enjoyed by all.
W. C. Payne Elected
Head of Farm Bureau
At the Farm Bureau meeting
on Tuesday night the following
officers were elected for the
new year: W. C. Payne, presi
dent, and Perry Parrish, vice
president; A. O. Smith, secre
tary and treasurer, was re-elect
ed for the new year.
Mr. Payne, a representative
on the building of a Farmer’s
Market near Savannah, held a
lengthy discussion on the build
ing and the operation of t h e
market. He asked if the farm
ers were interested in building
their own market and operating
it, which met with each farmer’s
approval. The discussion closed
with the Bureau members agree
ing that they would raise their
wiare m the money io build such
a market in or near Savannah,
perferably at the Traffic Circle.
The Bureau appointed Mr.
Payne and A. O. Smith to be
Bryan county’s representatives
at the national convention of
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration to be held in San Fran
cisco from December 9 through
the 12th. The delegates will
leave here on December 1 and
return on December 18th, going
by special train from Macon
along with the other delegates
from Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama.
Due to the weather conditions
there were not enough of the
Associated Women at the meet
ing to elect new officers for the
new year, but they will do so in
November at their regular
meeting.
County Commissioners
Hold Monthly Meeting
Bryan County’s Commission
ers held their regular monthly
meeting on Tuesday of last week.
W. R. Deal, clerk to the com
missioners reported that only
routine business was transacted
at the meeting. J. T. Stubbs, of
Lanier, chairman of the c o m
missioners, presided at the ses
sion.
Geo. W. Davis, supervisor of
the County Work Farm, had the
commissioners and a few other
guests out to the farm camp for
luncheon guests, where a fine
meal was served them. Prac
tically everything served at the
meal was produced by the coun
ty farm and it showed that the
work farm serves fine meals
even now when there is such a
scarcity of things at stores.
All members of the board of
commissioners were present for
the day’s session. They were: Dr.
J. O. Strickland and I. G. Lanier
of Pembroke; J. T. Stubbs,
Lanier; C. C. Slater, Ellabelle,
and H. C. Kessler, Richmond
Hill.
WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM
Alburquerque, N. M.—While
a guest at a local hotel, Howard
Grant reported to police that
thieves looted his automobile
j|^i took his suit. On the suit
wk his detective’s badge and
Grain identified himself as chief
of detectives at Fort Worth.
Mrs. Doris E. Davis
Dies Early Today
Mrs. Doris E. Davis, age 82,
died early Thursday morning at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
B. Z. Cowart, in Pembroke. Mrs
Davis has been in ill health for
a long time. Her death was at
tributed to heart trouble.
Complete plans for the funeral
were not announced early Thurs
day but it was said that burial
exercises will be Friday after
noon at Ashes Branch church.
Elder Spivey will be in charge.
In addition to Mrs. Cowart,
Mrs. Davis is survived by two
other daughters, Mrs. Sallie
Perkins and Mrs. W. E. Warncll
of Pembroke, and two sons,
Homer Clayton Davis of Savan
nah, and W. 11. Davis of Brook
let.
Farmers Are Urged To
Eliminate Fire Hazards
Farm fires destroyed more
than $85,000,000 worth of farm
property and snuffed out almost
4,000 lives in the United States
last year, according to Exten
sion Service reports. D. E. Med
ders, farm agent, is asking
Bryan county farmers to enlist
in the fight on fire.
The fire curve continues to
surge upward to an all-time high
this year, which makes it neces
sary for farmers to take time
out to eliminate the common
causes of fire during Fire Pre
vention Week, October 6-12.
Many times we have seen the
result of a lifetime of work go
up in smoke in a few minutes
due to failure to exercise ordi
nary care. Ninety percent of the
fires, which are destroying farm
buildings at the rate of one
every 15 minutes, can be pre
vented by practicing constant
vigilance.
Fire losses would drop imme
diately, iT farmers would:
1. Clean and keep clean heat
ing systems, fireplaces and
flues.
2. Check electric systems for
adequacy of load and repair or
replace worn cords and equip
ment.
3. Cover roofs of all farm
buildings with fire-resistant ma
terial.
4. Never discard a lighted
match or cigarette.
5. Store gasoline and kerosene
safely, and away from buildings.
6. Never use explosive clean
ing fluids.
7. Cure hay properly before
storing.
State Vocational
Rehabilitation Is
Ahead Os Nation
Georgia led all other states,
regardless of population, in the
number of vocational rehabilita
tions during the past fiscal year,
according to a recent announce
ment from Washington. Com
menting on Georgia’s showing,
State School Superintendent M.
D. Collins, through whose de
part ment the program is carried
out, had this to say:
“It would have been impres
sive enough if Georgia had led
only in cases “closed, rehabili
tated’’ in ration to population.
That would have been a highly
significant accomplishment. But
even with a population far small
er than other leading states,
Georgia rehabilitated more han
dicapped civilians. Second to
Georgia’s 2,400 rehabilitations
was California with 2,292; Mich
igan third with 2,203 and New
York fourth with 2,115.
“This is not to say that other
states do not have good voca
tional rehabilitation programs.
Most of them do. But the Geor
gia rehabilitation staff somehow
has been caught up in an en
thusiasm that never knows
when to quit and never gives
up on any client for whom the
counselors believe there is hope.
This record could not have been
achieved without the splendid
cooperation of the federal staff.”
Ninety percent of the new
Georgia homes are being built
of wood. Our forests are the
source of supply. Help protect
them.
Number 46.
F’reston Asserts OPA
Is Not Needed Now,
Has Served Purpose
OPA has served its purpose
and is no longer needed, Prince
H. Preston, congressman-elect
for the First Congressional dis
trict, declared in a recent ad
dress before a meeting of the
Portal Farm Bureau at Portal.
Mr. Preston pointed out that
OPA had done a good job in the
past and was needed at that
time, but except for rent control
it was no longer needed.
Mr. Preston spoke to more
than 100 members of the Portal
Farm Bureau. He urged them
to build an organization that
would represent all the farmers
and to advise with their law
makers on all agricultural prob
lems.
In discussing the OPA, Mr.
Preston pointed out that the
OPA did a fine job during the
war years. He showed where
the OPA had helped to keep
prices down and equalize the
distribution of foodstuffs on a
basis where every family was
able to get the things that were
necessary to maintain the Am
erican way of life. Prices were
kept down and black markets
were kept at a minimum. All
these things were necessary at
the time and OPA served the
purpose well.
It is now time that conditions
return to normal, and a great
many people feel that conditions
will return to normal more
quickly if the OPA is removed.
Many feel that it is greatly re
tarding the progress toward
normalcy because of the uncer
tain status of everything that
is controlled by the OPA at the
present time.
Agent Discusses
Careful Summer
, - Clothes Storage
Wjth the present clothing
situation and clothing prices, it
is important th a t summer
clothes be stored carefully. Miss
Stoy Walker, home demonstra
tion agent, declared th : :i week.
Careful storage cf summer
clothes now will bring :ts reward
next spring and summer.
As seasons change from sum
mer to winter, clothes closers
purge with summer cio.h s plus
jackets, coats and winter clothes,
M.ss Walker said. Storing sum
mer clothes will make more room
and will prevent crushing and
crowding. Stored clothes are
spared from dust anti sagging
lines that come from constant
Hanging when not in use.
Clothes should be de in before
storing, the home d; monstration
agent pointed out. Cottons and
rayons should be laundered.
Clothes should not be starched
as insects may be attracted by
the starch.
Ironing is optional, but the
garments should be folded or
rolled smoothly and stored in a
dry place to prevent mildew,
she advised. A garment stored
with starch in it is more likely
to mildew than an unstarched
one.
Polish should be removed
from white shoes before they
are put away, Miss Walker said.
Shoe trees should be used or the
shoes packed with paper to pre
serve their shape. Shoes may be
tucked into corners of storage
space and stored with dresses.
In storing summer bags, it is
a good idea to place tissue paper
in the bag to help it keep its
shape, Miss Walker added.
IL H. Sikes Celebrates
Birthday With Dinner
Mr. H. 11. Sikes of near Pem
broke was given a big birthday
dinner last Sunday in honor of
his 68th birthday. A large group
of friends and relatives gathered
at the Sikes home to help Mr.
Sikes celebrate. Mr. Sikes was
the recipient of many birthday
gifts from his many friends
A bountiful meal was served
;o the group at the noon hour
and all joined in singing the
birthday song to Mr. Sikes. All
reported an enjoyable day.