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VOLUME L
Baptist Revival Drawing
Large Growds Daily
The annual revival of the!
Pembroke Baptist Church is
one of the most successful ones
ever held in our little city.
Rev. James P. Wesberry of
Morningside Baptist Church of
Atlanta, is doing the preaching,
and he is a powerful preacher,
his sermons are proving inter
esting to the large crowds at
tending and good results are be
ing realized, as up to Thursday
12 had joined the church, all of
them except one little boy, be
‘ng men and women.
Rev. Gaither Briggs, ' pastor
of the First Baptist Church at
Jackson, Ga., is leading the
singing and this is one of the
features of the services, the
singing has been extra good
and Rev. Briggs is being given
the finest cooperation of our
peopie, especially the youny
people that we have ever wit
nessed.
The services will run through
Sunday night and great things
are expected during the re.
mainder of the meeting. ;
If you haven’t been yet, you
owe it to yourself to go out
and enjoy the services. You
don’t have to be a Baptist, for
it ig city wide and all peopie
from all of the other churches
are invited. ;
A “PROUD PAPA"~
The bigglest, highest step
ngest man in Pembroke on
Tuesday, was none other than
our good friend, L. C. (Buck)
Lane. He was walking oy air
and was passing out cigars o
those that he met, and upon in
quiry of just what it was all
about, we learned that Buck
had just became the daddy of
a fine bouncing baby boy.
The young fellow arrived at
the Telfair Hospital during the
night Monday, and the reports
are that the little fellow, his
mother, and Buck are all doing
nicely.
This gives Mr. and Mrs, Lane
a boy and a girl, and we have
not learned the name of the
new comer, but to many he
will always be “little Buck” and
it will be an honor to him to
be called after his daddy.
We are proud for our friends, i
for Pembroke has no better
citizen than Buck Lane, he i *
one of the home town boys|
that have made good and lni.sl
friends are numbered by those
that he knows.
We just hope that the new
comer will be a chip off of the
old block.
MEEKS IS THE NEW
VETERANS TEACHER—
Mr. J. F. Meeks who hag been
the principal at the Black
Creek School, has been elected
as a teacher in the Veterans
Farm Training set up, and will
begin his duties with the new
class at Pembroke on June 1.
It is understood that he and
hig family will move to Pem
broke provided living quarters!
can be found. Another veter-‘
ans teacher, H. (). Ukkl'eberg,l
would like to move to Pembroke
if it was possible to get a house.‘
He is now living at Richmond
Hill, where it is probable he
will have to remain, due to the
shortage of homes in Pembroke.
@he Pembroke Journal
Official Organ Bryan County
\Preachers Gake Over
] “Needmore ,garm i
] Tuesday looked like a “littlg”
State Baptist Conventiop, had
assembled at Needmore Farm.,
There was preachers at our
house for dinner, from tha
mountains to the sea.
The annual revival of the
Pembroke Baptist Church is m
progress, and as usual, the
preachers were invited to visit
Needmore Farm and eat with
ve editor’s tamily, and Tuesday
was our day.
We had Rev. James P. Wes
berry of Atlanta; Rev. G{aither
Briggs from Jackson; Kev. Joe
Miller from Ludowici; Rev.
and Mrs. John R. Joyner of
Pembroke and also had as our
guests, our special friends, Dr.
and Mrs. J. O. Strickland,
It was a big day for ye edi
tor and his family to have
“cornered” on the preachers at
the noon hour. They seemed
‘to enjoy themselves and it was
a pleasure and a privelege for
ve editor and his family.
Ye editor “dressed up” early
Tuesday morning for the occa
sion and took the day off from
the office, giving the day over
to our church, having attende
both morning and evening cer
vices 'ag well as “having - the
preachers with us during the
mid day meal.
Our visiting preacher, Rev.
Wesberry, from Atlanta is not
any city dude, if he does come
from Atlanta, he gave ug every
indication of being just an or
dinary over grown country boy
that has made good in his work
of serving the Lord and the
City Slickers recognized his -
bility and called him to the big
City of Atlanta, and we are sure
that he is doing a good job.
We do not know what kind
of a preacher Gaither Briggs is,
but if his singing is any indi
cation, then he too is a fine
preacher. :
Rev. Joe Miller of Ludowici,
who was here for the day, is
knowp from Texas to the
Marshes of Glynn as being a
power, and we enjoyed having
him also.
i And now to our own John
,;J(,).\'mn'. and we are reminded
}nf the story told about him,
{when a good friend asked a
]noth(sr friend over iy Bulloch
years ago, if he had heard the
Joyner boys (Bert and John)
preach yet, as they “practiced”
on our friends over in the edge
of Bulloch when they first be
gan to preach, and wag told
“that they preached like grown
men.”’
| We do not beileve that we
have a preacher in the South
ern Baptist Association that
can out preach John Joyner,
and it is fortunate for Pem
broke that we have him. But
it is good to bring in new mcn
ever so often and sorter put on
a revival, it putg new life in the
oid ones and interests new
iones.
| The revival is a big success.
! Mr. and Mrs. Perry Parrish
thad as their week-end guests,
!Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Parrish, and
daughter, Helen of Americus;
{Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parrish of
|Savannah and Mr. and Mrs. A.
1 H. Croom, Jr., of Pembroke.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA MAY 5, 1949
PEMBROKE'S FLOWER SHOW
10 BE HELD FRIDAY MAY 14
The annual Spring Flowgg}
Show of the Pembroke Garden
Club will be held in conneetion
4l o aeiyiop DSI SNy
ing at the Pembroke Commun
ity House Friday May 13 from
4:00 to 6:00 P. M. so 0y
Entries must be in by 12 o
clock noon. :
The committees are as fol
lows: Mrs. J. E. Lanier, Gen.
eral Chairman, Hospitality,
Mrs. J. O. Strickland, Jr., Mrs.
W. A. Warnell, Mrs. Luther
Bacon. Registration. Mrs. W.
R. Deal, Mrs. Chas, Warnell.
Classification: Mrs. J.O. Bacon,
Miss Dorothy Warnell, Mrs. J.
P. Dukes. |
Class A. Roses, all varieties
and colors ‘
(a) single
(b) three or more
Class B. Annuals.
Class C. Perennials,
Class D. Miscelleanous. |
1. Cut Geraniums,
2. Pot Plants; i
3. Wild Flowers. |
(a) Collection
(b) Arrangement.
Clags E. Arrangement |
1. Miniature (under 6 in) |
2. White or pastel floweys
exhibited in silver. |
3. Church arrangements,
4. Most artistic foliage ar
rangement.
5. Unusual arrangement.
Class F. Fruits and Vege
tables.
1. Best arrangement of fruitsl
and vegetables, (bought, bor
rowed or grown).
2. Best arrangement of
fruit.
3. Best arrangement of veg
etables.
Class G. Bulbs
Class H. Specimens, every
class, must be grown by exhib
itor.
Blue and Red Ribbong will bz
given in each classification. .
A Sweepstakes prize will be
‘offered for most blue ribbons.‘
‘ o Ao ot \
William McGahee spent last
week-end in Valdosta, having
gone over for the May Day fes
‘tivities out at the College, He
states that he thoroughly en
joyed his trip.
R AAAN AN AINIAPINAINING NPPPPINPINIP,
l VIRS. GEORGE H, GILL
|PASSES TO GREAT BEYOND
| Mirs, Hattie-Davis Ghll, wid-
L ow of George H. Gill of Rich
mond Hill, died Sunday morn
ing at a Savannah hospital af
|ter 4 long illness.
| Mrs. Gill was born in Clyde
March 31, 1886.
| Funeral services were con
[{ducted Monday afternoon at 4
{o’clock at Richmond Hill Bap
{tist Church. The pastor, the
Ilßev. Berger Howard officiated.
| Pallbearers were R. Barney
|O’Brien, L. C. Gill, W. M. Jones,
S €. Davig, Kermit H. Davis,
{and James H. Davis, all neph.
ews.
Mrg. Gill is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. J. O. Patrick,
jM]'s. J. L. Aking of Brooklet,
tand Mrs. J. L. Fox of Charles
ton, 8. C., six brothers. H. H.
}l')m‘is, H. W. Davis, R. D, Da:
!\‘is, and James Davis, all of
Richmond Hill, and W. H. Da
lxiq of Savannah; one sister,
Mrs. W. M. Harden of Rich-i
imond Hill; and several nieces
and nephews.
IWILL ENFORCE
DOG ORDINANCE—
Pembroke City Officials have
bheen busy having a dog census
made in the city, and now thev
announce that all dogs must be
»,lregistered at the City Clerk’s
office and a fee of one dollar
and a half paid, this will pey
| for the inoculation of the dog
as well as the registration.
There will be some one at the
ice plant Saturday afternoon
May Tth to inoculate the dogs
that have been registered, and
|then again on Friday and Sat
urday May 13 and 14 they will
{be there again for the purpose
of inoculating the dogs.
| Then the following Monday a
|check up will be made and all
that have dogs that have not
[been registered and inoculated
[will get a trip up before Mayor
| Hary for failing to comply with
|the dog ordinance, and we are
{told that it is going to be more
|expensive to do this.
Official Organ City of Peinvroke
Plans Completed For Our
School Closing Exercises
Bruce Wilson To Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon—
Rev. Bruce Wilson, Pastor
of the Pembroke Methodist
Church will deliver the Baccal
aureate Sermon for the Bryan
County High School this year.
It has been the custom for the
various churches to alternate
in furnishing a speaker oy this
occasion. As it was the Meth
odist time this year, the sen
iors voted to ask Rev. Wilson
to preach rather than having
someone from out of town.
A sgpecial song will be sunz
'by a chorug of high school stu
dents. Mrs. J. T. Shaw and
Mrs. H. M. Sanders will direct
the chorus.
A cordial invitation is given
to the people of the community:
to attend. The place will be
the auditorium of the Bryan
County High School; the time
’will be Sunday morning, May
22 at 11:30.
PEMBROKE BOY TO
GRADUATE AT GMC
Milledgeville, Ga.—John Goi
idon Bacon, Jr.,, of Pembroke,
‘Ga., is among 42 candidateg for
‘graduation from Georgia Mili
tary College during exercises
to be held on May 30 in the col
lege auditorium.
© Commencement. speaker will
be Morgayn Blake, widely known
newspaper columnist and big
church worker of Atlanta, Ga.
On the Sunday preceding the
graduation ceremonies, Rev.
John Toomey, pastor of the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
iwil’l give the baccalaureate ser
mon.
Graduating at the same time
with the college students will
'be 46 students of the GMC high
‘school, Col. J. H. Jenkins, GMC
president, announced.
Social activities during the
commencement season will in
clude the traditional Company
‘banquets and will be climaxed
with the Battalion ball.
ONE COLLINS GOES FREE
ANOTHER TO THE PEN-—
~ Last Saturday was a big day
in the lives of the Colins boys
in Pembroke. One of them,
Willie Colling was being held
In jail on a charge of breaking
and entering the Pembroke Mo
tor Company some months ug:)!
and taking away a typewriter,
a repeating rifle and several
hudred dodllars worth of tools
He entered a plea, known as
nolo contendre, which meant
that he neither admitted or de
nied the charges, and that he
was throwing himself on the
mercy of the court. He was
sent to the penitentiary for a
term of two to three years.
When this case was eliminat-i
ed, Marlow Colling, a distant|
relative, who wag being held ssl
a material witness was releas
ed from jail. He was first held
for jumping a bond, having
been brought back frok Jack.
sonville, ad durig the time he
was held in jail, he gave the
officers certain information to
base a charge of burglary a
gainst Willie Collins, who was
indicted, and arrested in North
Carolina and brought back for
trial. In the meantime he set
tled the charges against him
self and left shortly afterwards
for greener pastures in the
state of Florida.
| Graduation Exercises
| Monday Night May 23—
Graduation exercises for the
Bryan County High School will
be held Monday night, May 23,
at 8:15, in the high school aud
itorium. The Seniors will pre
sent a pageant entitled, “Road
to. Happiness.” After the pay
eant the seniors will don the
traditional caps and gowns anr
the processional to the stage
will take place. Diplomag will
he awarded by Supt. T, H. Ed
wards, Jr. ’
Members of the graduating
class this year are: !
Mel Linda Abbot
Margie Elizabeth Alford
Harry Olan Bacon
Eoline Laverne Bradley
Maxie Lee Floyd .
Duncan Hughes
IL.eona Hursey
Marie Lanier
‘ Kyle E. Lewis
~ William H. McGahee
Vida Delores Murphy
John E. Nubern '
Doris Marie Owens
Jesse Daniel Parish
Lillian Frances Rogerg
Doris Jaqueline Shuman °
Nettie Eliza Simg
~ Artie Smith z
~ Barbara Lee Smith *
l Mary Elizabeth Smith
Betty Vann
Martha Jean Williamson I pfm
Grades Close! fli)oubtful Who
Will Be Valedictorian—
The Valedictorian this year
will be Barbara Smith or La
-I\'(‘l‘ll@ Bradley. Due to the
closeness of the grades as they
stood at the last six weeks fi.
nal outcome will not be known
until after final exams. The
valedictorian is selected on a
scholarship basis. The highest
grade for all four years in high
school will determine the win- |
ner. When grades were tabu
lated at the end of the last six
weeks Barbara Smith was lead
ing by a fraction of a point.
e
School 'Will Close
Friday, May 20—
Bryan County High School
will close Friday, May 20, tha
yvear. Final examinations will
be held on Wednesday, Thurs- .
day, and Friday. Report cards
will be given out on Wednesday
May 25. All town students
may come to the school op that
date and get their cards. The
students who do not live in
town will get their cards by
mail.
Under present regulations
teachers are required to work
one week after school ig out in
completing all grade -records
and other school matters. The
teachers will start their post
school week on Saturday May
21, and work through Thursday
May 26.
REV. BRUCE WILSON
AT PORT WENTWORTH
During this week Rev. Bruce
Wilson of the Pembroke Meth
odist Church has been doing
the preaching at the Port Went
worth Methodist Church, which
is holding its annual revival.
The pastor is Rev. L. E. Pierce,
a brother of the Rev. Pierce
that was here in Pembroke.
Reports from Port Went
worth is that the revival ig a
very successful one.
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