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Volume XLVII.
Pembroke To Have New City
Officials Saturday Nov. 16th
Thomas Waters To Be
Mayor For Day
Saturday, November 16 is to
be a big day for the Pembroke
troop of Boy Scouts, for on that
day they will be in charge oi the
city affairs.
At an election they hate
elected Thomas Waters to be
Mayor, William McGahee, Billy
Kennedy, Homer Miller, Edwin
Mason and Carlton Purvis, Jr.,
are to be the Councilmen. Bob
by Payne is to be the treasurer
and Thomas Bacon and Artie
Smith are to be the policemen.
They will have charge of ail
the affairs of the city for the
day, and in recognition of their
services and in order to help
them in their drive for funds to
carry on their work the regular
officials of the city of Pembroke
have agreed to give them a per
centage on all taxes, water bills
and police court fines collected
that day.
“Mayor” Waters will hold
court if any one is found guilty
of violating any of the city ordi
nances.
Pembroke has a fine troop of
Boy Scouts and we are sure that
our people are proud of their
troop and will respond on Satur
day with funds to help carry
on their work. They can add to
this fund by paying their city
taxes, water bills, etc., that day.
On Saturday night after the
new “officials” have finished
their days work they will gath
er at the home of Mayor Miller
and will enjoy a party along
with the Boy Scouts from Evans
county as the guests of Hon.
Waldo Bradley of Hagan and
Mayor F. 0. Miller of Pembroke.
This will be the highlight of
their days work as officials oi
the City of Pembroke.
Interesting Meeting
At Community House
On Monday afternoon of this
week the P.-T. A. held its No
vember meeting at the Go m
munity house with the Home
Demonstration Club members ot
Pembroke Club, Ash Branch
Club Groveland Club, Black
Creek Club, and Ellabelle Club,
participating. In connection
with the nice program prepared
and rendered by t h e teachers
and pupils of the school, Miss
Susan Mathews, nutrition spe
cialist, of the State Extension
Department, gave a very inter
esting and instructive lecture
and slide demonstration on die
tary diseases and showed what
the body should have in the way
of food each day.
New Kaiser and Frazier
Cars To Be Shown Here
This Coming Saturday
Announcement is made today
by the Morehouse & Elrod Motor
Company, local Kaiser and F ra
zier dealers, of the first show
ing of these cars in Pembroke
is scheduled for next Friday and
Saturday, November 15th ana
16th. They state it is almost a
certainty that both cars wd be
on their floors for the initial
showing. Much interest ha s
been manifestedd by the public
in these two new automobiles
and it is expected that large
crowds will be on hand for the
first local showing^
The Morehous -Elrod Moto
Co, located next to the Masomc
Bldg, and operated by two pronv
inent business men, J. C. Elrod
and N D. Morehouse has been
remodeled to make room for a
large showroom.
In speaking of the new cars,
and in inviting the P ubhc 1 s
initial showing, the owners
stated, “Come m and see why
the Kaiser Special and The
Frazer are America s most talK
ed about cars. These smart au
tomobiles set a new style trend
for the industry, performance is
a joy to experience, their ride,
brings motoring pleasure no
pre-war car could ever give you.
1 Formal announcement of the
showing will be found on anoth
er page of this week s Journal.
Slji Pembroke Sonrnol
MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION
On Saturday, November 16th,
the City of Pembroke will pay
homage to the Pembroke Boy
Scouts, as this is the day set
aside to raise funds for the car
rying on of this worthy project.
On this day our people will
have an opportunity to donate
to this cause, and as Mayor of
the City of Pembroke I call upon
all citizens to aid in and con
tribute to this fine work.
And in line with a resolution
by the Mayor and Council of
the City of Pembroke do hereby
proclaim Saturday, November
16th as official Boy Scout Day
in Pembroke and declare that
the duly elected Boy Scouts
shall carry on the affairs of
state for the City of Pembroke
on that date. They to ha v e
charge of the affairs of the city
from 8 in the morning until 6
in the afternoon.
This the 13th day of Novem
ber, 1946.
F. 0. MILLER, Mayor.
City of Pembroke.
Bulloch County Man
Buried Wednesday
Funeral services for Jim H.
Rushing, well-known Bulloch
county citizen, were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
at Lower Lotts Creek Church
with Elders Willie Wilkerson
and V. F. Agan in charge ot the
services. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Rushing, 41, prominent
farmer and extensive landown
er, died Monday night at the
Bulloch County Hospital. He is
surrvived by his wife, three sons,
J. H. Rushing, Jr., Freddie Rush
ing and, Robert Rushing; one
daughter, Norma Rushing; his
mother, Mrs. J. H. Rushing; five
brothers, Wilton Rushing and
Charles Rushing, both of Clax
ton; Ernest Rushing of States
boro, Kelly Rushing of Register
and Cecil Rushing of Savannah;
four sisters, Mrs. W. D. Brant
ley of Richmond Hill, Mrs. Jas.
Glendenning of Jacksonville,
Fla.; Mrs. Hughlon Brown of
Register and Mrs. Hobson Don
aldson, Statesboro.
Pembroke Drug Co.,
The Rexall Store, To
Open Sat., Nov. 23
The Pembroke Drug Co., “the
Rexall Store” will make its for
mal opening on Saturday morn
ing, November 23, according to
Julius M. Morgan, the owner of
the new drug store. This new
place of business is located in
the corner store of the “Morgan
Block” the place recently va
cated by the Pembroke Hard
ware Company.
Mr. Morgan has completely
remodeled the inside of this
building and has installed a new
lighting system that will add to
the beauty of the drug store. He
has put in new booths and tables
and many other things that nelp
to make this a modern drug
store.
On the opening day Mr. Mor
gan will feature many items on
the famous Rexall 1-cent sale
to help celebrate the opening in
Pembroke. This sale is featured
by the customer buying one ar
ticle at the regular price and
then gettnig another of the same
for 1-cent. -
More details of this sale and
of the opening will be featured
next week in the formal open
ing announcement of this new
store.
Special Agent of F. B.'l.
Here Last Thursday
A special agent of the F. B. I.
was in Pembroke last Thursday
interviewing applicants for posi
tions with that organization.
The agent stated that any oth
ers who desire information con
cerning available positions with
the F. B. I. may communicate
with the special agent in charge,
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
U. S. Department of Justice, 305
Realty Bldg., Savannah, Ga.
Pembroke, Georgia, Thursday, November 21^ 1946.
HONORING OUR BOY SCOUTS
The Journal wishes to congratulate our city officials in their
action in turning the city’s affairs over to the Boy Scouts for a
day, on Saturday, November 16th. This is one of the finest ges
tures of support of the Boy Scouts that we have seen in a long
time.
Truly, the Boy Scout movement is one of the best in America
today. They are doing a great work, all of which is being carried
on by the sacrifice of some of our people who take out time from
their regular duties to work with the boys of today, who will be our
men of tomorrow.
The Bryan-Evans county drive is under the direction of Hon.
Waldo Bradley of Hagan, a man that has more duties of his own
to attend to than most others, but who still has time to do some
thing for the boys, and Mr. Bradley has asked our Mayor, F. 0.
Miller to assist in carrying on the campaign in Bryan county, and
he also is giving of his time to make the campaign a success.
The Journal will co-operate in every way to make the day a
success and we ask all of our readers to remember that Saturday,
November 16th is the official Boy Scout Day in Pembroke, be
ready and willing to make a donation to this worthwhile organi
zation when asked to do so, and remember that you can aid them
by paying your taxes, water bills, etc., to the Boy Scouts on that
day.
1 he Boys Scouts of today will be our leading citizens of tomor
row. The least we can do to help make better men of them is to
assist in their affairs of today.
John T. Smith Family
Boosts Georgia Farm
Bureau Membership
The following article appeared
in a recent issue of the Georgia
Farm Bureau News and con
cerns the John T. Smith family
and their membership enroll
ment in the Georgia Farm Bu
reau. Mr. Smith is a resident of
the Ellabelle section of Bryan
county. The article follows:
“If someone should offer a
trophy to the largest Farm Bu
reau membership family in the
state, the award would probably
go to John T. Smith, member of
the Bryan County Farm Bu
reau.
Mr. Smith is 67 years of age
and is very active in the opera
tion of his large farming inter
ests in Bryan county. He has
eight sons and one son-in-law
who are also members members
of the Bryan chapter. There aer
49 members of these families
affiliated with the Farm Bureau
and they are all active in pro
moting the interests of farmers
of that section of the state.
The following is a list of the [
name and number in each of the
families represented by the eld-,
er Smith:
John T. Smith, father, two in
family.
D. G. Smith, son, seven in
family.
Grady Smith, son, eight in
family.
Charlie Smith, son, seven in
family.
G. W. Smith, son, seven in
famliy.
T. R. Smith, son, six in fam
ily. . .
J. D. Smith, son, two in fam
ily- . .
J. D. Smith, son, two in fam
ily- , . . w
A. O. Smith, son, one in fam
ily- . -
F. D. Smith, son, four in fam
ily- , n
J. P. Cook, son-in-law, five in
family.”
State Revenue
Shows Increase
Os Six Millions
State revenue collections show
an increase of more than $6,-
000,000 during the first four
months of the present fiscal year
over the same period last year,
State Revenue Commissioner M.
E. Thompson has announced.
Collections during the months
of July, August, S ptember and
October were $25,733,885 com
pared to $19,365,801 forth e
same periodd in 1945. However,
collections for one-third vi the
present year are running slight
ly under the estimated collec
lions of approximately SBO 000 -
000 for the entire year of 194 b-/.
Chief collections in October
were cigar and cigarette taxes,
$706,669 ; malt beverages, S2B G
-147; liquor, $1,541,936; motor
fuels $647,470; general property
$194,368, and income, $501,569-
Mack T. Pierce attended the
Ga. Tech-Navy football game in
Atlanta last Saturday.
Mayor Miller Will
Attend Convention
At the regular meeting of the
Pembroke City Council it was
voted that Mayor Miller and one
member of the City Council
should attend the regular meet
ing of the Municipal Authorities
in Atlanta on December 12th.
This will be an important
meeting of all the Municipalities
of Georgia, who have many
problems facing them in this
post war era. There will be a
program of entertainment, as
well as business sessions when
the various towns and com
imunities will discuss the various
problems confronting them, and
• re are sure that our little city
t'V 1 benefit by having them at
^end- - -
County Agent News
Agricult»* al Program
L,. The farmers and rural fami
lies of Bryan county have deve
>ped over a period of several
I years a rather broad farming
I program. It takes in the field of
horticulture, fruits and nuts,
vegetables, poultry, dairy, live
stock, forest and general farm
crops. This is a most compli
cated program which calls for
the co-operation of all farmers
and others who are interested
in the improvement of the agri
cultural program.
Census figures of 1945 show a
total of 404 farms averaging
218.9 acres in size populated
with 1,742 people nearly one
third of the county’s population.
Thus it is pertinent that a well
rounded county agricultural pro
gram be planned each year so
that the families living on the
farm and those dependent upon
the farmers for food and fibers
may have the highest standard
cf living.
At present community groups
are holding meetings through
out the county for the purpose
of discussing the community
and county problems, and work
ing out solutions for the 1947
program. After the community
groups reach conclusions and
make suggestions a county wide
committee combines the various
problems and decides which
problems shall receive attention
during the current year. Then
the extension workers formu
lal ea concrete program and
furnish the necessary instruc
tion and information for carry
ing out the program. In order
that a better farming program
might be had for 1947, it is im
portant that everyone interested
attend these farmers in action
meetings.
The community meetings are
held jointly with the women’s
council. See your nearest coun
cil member and find out when
they meet and attend one or
more of these meetings.
Political changes rarely pro
duce utopias but they may help.
Have you ever noticed how
nobody realizes row busy you
are?
City Council Takes Steps
To Obtain Sewerage For City
Bryan County Will Be
Well Represented At
State Farm Meeting
A number of Bryan county
people are attending the State
Farm Bureau Federation meet
ing in Macon this week. The
convention opened on Wednes
day and will come to a close
Thursday evening. Farmers
from all over the state are at
tending this meeting. More and
more interest is being shown in
the GFBF and this organization
is making good progress toward
helping the farmers. The mem
bership in this organization is
increasing every year and is due
to the fact that the farmers are
recognizing the necessity of
working as a unit in solving
their problems.
Governor-Elect Talmadge is
scheduled to address the meet
ing. Also, Senator Russell will
d< liver an address to the farm
ers.
Those attending from B:yan
county are: Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Payne, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Spell,
Mrs. G. D. Hendrix, J. P. Cook,
J. T. Smith and A. 0. Smith.
While in Macon, Mr Aulton
Smith will also attend sessions
of the Production and Market
ing Administration meeting.
Lucious Smith, USN
Transferred To Fla.
Lucious Smith, S. 2c, U. S. N.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Smith
of Ellabelle, who has been home
on leave for a few days has been
transferred to the submarine
base at Key West, Fla., where
he has been asisgned as store
keeper in the supply departr?""* '
The Ellabelle boy repo .’’J."
he is getting along niceK ,n tne
navy and enjoys if; T h '
seems to ag— him as he
juis gained a good bit of weight
recently.
PERSONAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Ballentine
and Beverly of West Palm Beach ;
were the guests of Misses Dor
othy and Carolyn Warnell last
week-end.
T-5 Charles Gruver, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Graver was
home for the week-end, from
Washington, D. C., where he is
stationed.
Mrs. Mary Beth Stokes and
children are here visiting her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. 0.
Strickland.
Mrs. L. R. Adams was a visi
tor in Savannah Wednesday.
Miss Lula McGahee and Mrs.
Garrett attended the Baptist
Convention in Savannah Wed
nesday.
Mrs. M. M. Pierce went to
Lake Park to visit her daugh
ter.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Bacon
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Jerry Lynn, at the Warren
A. Candi r Hospital in Savan
nah. Mrs. Bacon and the young
girl are doing fine. Mrs. Bacon
is the former Miss Florencie Gill
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Gill of Fleming.
Mrs. Peggy Taylor
Opens Beauty Shop
In Richmond Hill
The many friends of Mrs.
Peggy Taylor will be interested
to learn that she has opened her
new Beauty Shop at Richmond
Hill. Mrs. Taylor has a state
beauty operators license and she
has new equipment in her shop.
She invites all her friends in
the Richmond Hill area to visit
her shop and see the new and
modern equipment that she has
to work with. Her place of busi
ness is located in the main busi
ness section of Richmond Hill.
Number 51.
On Tuesday night of this
week Messrs. Thomas and Hut
ton, consulting engineers of Sa
vannah, appeared before the City
Council and discussed the pos
sibility of getting sewerage for
the city, and after much dis
cussion about the matter, the
City of Pembroke entered into a
contract with Thomas and Hut
ton to come to Pembroke and
make a survey and get the nec
essary data about a sewerage
system for the city.
Tiny will get to work on the
project right away and it is un
derstood that after about s i x
weeks they will be able to make
an estimate, along with a blue
print for the system, and will
recommend the b. st available
manner in handling the situa
tion.
This is one of the leading firms
in this section of Georgia and
the City of Pembroke is indeed
fortunate in securing them to
make this survey and provide
the necessary data.
It is hoped that the federal
government will assist in mak
ing this much needed improve
ment here.
Keller Club Meets
With Mrs. Nona
Martin Wednesday
The Keller Home Demonstra
tion Club held its regular No
vember meeting in Richmond
Hill at the home of Mrs. Nona
Martin on Wednesday of this
week. After a bountiful feast
the 18 people attending, assem
bled in the living room and the
meeting was called to order by
the president of the club, Mrs.
”bn, after the devotion
al and busny ss club was
finished the meeting was mniur
over to Mrs. Ora C. Payne who
then turned it over to Mr. D. E.
Medders and Mr. A. 0. Smith.
Mr. Medders led the discussion
through. The subject and dis
cussion was Planning the Coun
ty Program of Work for 1947.
Several problems were discussed
and it was decided by the group
that some of their worst prob
lems now to be included are: “A
Better Milk Supply,” and
“Health.”
Plans for the December meet
ing of the club were also dis
cussed. The club will hold its De
cember meeting in the home of
Mrs. B. Mahaffey at which time
a turkey dinner and Christmas
program has been plann d for
that meeting.
Rev. M. M. Pierce To
Leave Local Church
Rev. M. M. Pierce who has
been pastor of the local Metho
list Church for the past three
years has been sent to another
church by the Methodist church
conference. Rev. Pierce will go
to the Methodist churches of
Climax, and Wigham.
Rev. B. M. Wilson who has
been preaching at a church up
near Augusta will be the new
pastor f the Methodist church
here.
Rev. and Mrs. Pierce and fam
ily have made a host of friends
here and their many friends re
gret seeing them leave Pem
broke. Rev. Pierce will preach
here Sunday which will be his
ast service here before leaving
for his new churches.
Georgians Oppose
Hook Timber Bill
Two Georgians interested in
forestry have voiced vigorous
opposition to the Hook Bill, a
proposed federal law to regulate
timber cutting, charging that
the measure is “like prohibi
tion”—impossible to enforce.
Robert H. White, Jr., presi
dent of the Georgia Forestry As
sociation, disclosed that his or
ganization has requested Geor
gia’s congressional delegation to
oppose the measure at the next
session of Congress, while State
Forester J. M. 'Tinker termed the
proposal “bureaucratic” and
“dictatorial.”