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“COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
Visiting Minister to
Be at Christian
Church Sunday
Jn the absence of the Pastor i
who is leading the singing in *
revival at Glennville, the pulpit at j
the Christian Church will be filled
Sunday by the Rev. Julius Sack
of Savannah. Mr. Sack, is prac
tically a lay preacher but is an
interesting speaker and above all
a good man. He has visited Pem
broke several times before and
his many friends will be glad to
see and hear him again. Special
music for the morning service will i
be furnished by the choir. Mr.
Sack's subject will be “Man and
God’s Estimate of Man.”
ASH BRANCH
H. D. CLUB
The Ash Branch H. D. Club met |
November 10th at the home of i
Mrs. Edna Mae Scott with the ■
president Mrs. R. E. Lanier, pre-1
siding. The Devotional was given I
by Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Ora C. Payne
showed a picture on Xmas decora- I
tion and tying Xmas packages.
The following officers were in- 1
sailed: President, Mrs. K. E. Lan
ier; Vice President, Mrs. Roland ;
Lee; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs.
Houston Burnseed. The Christmas ,
party was planned and a Social I
hour was enjoyed by all.
Pembroke Boy
On Merit List
Oxford, Georgia, Nov. 17 —As a
reward for superior academic |
work and excellent deportment
during the mid-term fall quarter,
Herbert D. Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Smith, of Pembroke,
has been named to the merit list
of Emory-at-Oxford. it was an- j
nounced this week by Registrar
M. C. Wilev
Merit students are granted ex-1
tra privileges as long as they |
maintain their high scholastic;
standing and good behavior. Her
bert was one of 48 students re
ceiving the recognition this period.:
Herbert entered Emory-at-Ox- j
ford from the Bryan County High '
School. Here he is a member of;
the Glee Club, Athletic Company
A Youth Fellowship and Few
Literary Society.
DUGGAR-SLOAN
—
Miss Betty Duggar of Pembroke
and Sergeant Milton A. Sloan of
Arcadia, Fla., were married at the
Christian Church in Pembroke at
7:30 p. m., on Thursday, Novem
ber 13th. The ceremony was per
formed by the Pastor in the pres
ence of the immediate family and
a company of friends who had
gathered to wish the young couple
well. The church was beautifully I
decorated with a background of
evergreen bordered with varigated
flow-ers and when the candles were I
lighted presented a setting for a j
beautiful dream. Charles Gay and j
Bobby Duggar were Candle light-■
ers and the wedding music was
furnished by Miss Rachel Buck-i
ner.
Miss Duggar is the only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Dug
gar and is a graduate of the
Bryan County High School. Sgt.
Sloan is connected with the army.
He was at one time stationed at
Camp Stewart and became quite
popular with the younger set of
Pembroke. He is now stationed at
Camp Hancock, New Jersey where I
the couple will reside temporarily. I
CARD OF THANKS
Hoping to reach as many of
the good people of this section, J
and extend to them our heartfelt'
thanks for their many kind words ।
of sympathy and their many oth- I
er acts of kindness to us during |
our bereavement over the loss of ,
our son Harry. We have long felt i
that Pembroke and this section of
Georgia was made up of the fin
est people on earth, and now we
know it. We know that we will
miss seeing many in person, and
this is to thank one and all for
their many acts of kindness and
their words of sympathy to us in
our hour of trouble.
Sincerely,
THE A. S. BACON FAMILY I
Pembroke Journal
GM Opens $194,00b 'hway Contest
HEADQUARTERS Qgg
general motors _*
Highways Awards Contest J
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FROM DETROIT headquar
ters, thousands of entry blanks
and rule books were being
mailed out this week to contest
ants in the General Motors Bet
ter Highways Awards Contest.
The contest is the largest of its
kind ever attempted and GM is
offering 162 prizes, totaling $194,-
000 for the best essays on the
subject, “How to Plan and Pay
for the Safe and Adequate Roads
We Need.”
Open to every man and woman
in the United States, the contest
offers a first national award of
$25,000; second place nationally,
$10,000; third place, $5,000; and
three national honorable men
tiers of $3,000 each. In addition,
tkie will be nine separate re
gional awards of $2,500 each.
Finally. first dace winners in
Black Creek News
The PTA met at the school
Tuesday night. A large number
of parents attended. The speaker
was Mrs. P. F. Martin of El
dora. Following the meeting, a
fruit and cookie supper was ser
ved by the losing side in the mem
bership drive. The total member
ship for this year is 71. The lar
gest that we have had.
School will recess for Thanks
giving next Wednesday at 1:30
and resume the following Monday.
The second edition of the school
paper will be out next week. The
paper is sponsored by the Student
Council. The paper has been named
THE FLASH. A prize was offered
for the best name and the win
ning name was submitted by Gin
ger Smith. This month a prize
will be offered for the best paper
on WHY I LIKE BLACK CREEK.
Mildred Mattox, music teacher,
has begun work on some of the
tap numbers for her annual re
cital next spring. Miss Mattox is
well known for he ability as a
music and tap dance teacher. Last
year her group performed at Guy
ton, Marlow, and Georgia Teach
ers College, Statesboro.
A large number from this dis
trict attended the meeting and
supper given in Pembroke by the
Lane Oil Company. Everyone had
an enjoyable time.
The bookmobile from the Reg
ional Library visited the school
Monday. The teachers and pupils
look forward each month to see
ing the bookmobile pull into the
campus. Besides having a collec
tion of most any book, it also car
ries a collection of records and
film-strips for classroom use.
Mr. Ellis Lewis in now oper
ating the place at Blitchton form
erly operated by Dan Johnson. Mr.
Lewis is a native of Ellabelle and
also operates one of the local
school routes.
The Stubbs Company of Lanier
have moved to a modern block
building facing Highway 280. It
is a very attractive building in
side and out.
Joe Stubbs and George Hendrix,
students at GMC, Milledgeville,
visited their parents the past
weekend.
Help Fight TB
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Buy Christmas Seals
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1952
each of the 48 states plus the Dis
trict of Columbia will receivi
$1,500 each. Two honorable men
tion awards for each state ant
the District of Columbia will b»
SSOO each, a total of 98 stati
honorable mentions.
GM is sponsoring the essaj
writing contest, which closes o>
March 1, 1953, in an effort tt
stimulate “more nation-widf
thinking, discussion and under
standing of the facts of our cur
rent highways requirements.”
Entry blanks, rule books ant
further information about th<
contest may be obtained at anj
GM passenger car or trucl
dealer in the U. S. or by writ
ing to General Motors Bette,
Highways Awards Contest, Gen
eral Motors Building, Detroit 3
Mich.
Our Field Trip to
Camp Stewart
By Leon Dingle. Principal
Pembroke High School
In spite of weather conditions
at Camp Stewart on last Tues
day, I doubt that there is any one
that could say they did not en
joy the Armistice Day and Open
House activities at Camp Stewart.
Such a program as the one held
on this Post is a definite contri
bution to the education of youth
in the communities surrounding
this very large Camp.
The program was well planned
and organized. Each school enter
ing the Post was assigned an of
ficer to serve as a guide and to
remain with the group through
out the day. The officers serving
in this capacity were excellent and
added much to the value of such
a field trip.
Some of our students attending
the field trip wrote:
The things we enjoyed most was
the AA automatic weapons firing
one aerial targets. We enjoyed
the trip very much and hope that
we will be invited again.”—Dor
eatha Williams.
“It was very amazing to see
how the soldiers fired at the radio
controlled air planes.” — Thernel
Bacon.
“We enjoyed ourselves most at
Hatch Field watching the band
and the troops as they passed in
review.”—Ellen Andrews.
“The weather was bad, but we
had a good time.”—Hattie Jones.
We at Pembroke High School
are very grateful to the Com
manding General of Camp Stewart
and to our County School Super
intendent for the invitation and
grating us permission to take 76
students on such a wonderful trip.
Army Releases
Pembroke Boy
CAMP STEWART, Ga., Nov. 13
—Corporal James L. Strickland of
Pembroke has received his dis
charge from the Army at Camp
Stewart, it was announced today
by Brig. Gen. Clare H. Armstrong,
post commander.
A native of Savannah, he is the
son of Mrs. J. K. Strickland, Box
22, Pembroke, and the husband of
Mrs. James L. Strickland, Pem
broke.
He was employed by the State
of Georgia before entering the
•service in November, 1950.
While he was stationed at Camp
Stewart, Strickland was assigned
to the 3444th Army Service Unit.
He attended Bryan County High
in Pembroke.
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in good condition and at a bar
gain Tommy Roach, Pembroke,
Ga,
Col. Lloyd Corkin
Killed Accidentally
CAMP STEWART, Ga., Novem
ber 20 —Colonel Lloyd A. Corkan,
chief of staff at Camp Slewart,
was killed in a hunting accident
Sunday while hunting on the res
ervation.
Chief Warrant Officer Charles
J. Elder admitted accidentally
shooting the colonel to death, and
signed a statement admitting the
shooting after being interrogated
by Lt. T. M. Price, Savannah, of
the Georgia Bureau of Investiga
tion. Lieutenant Price aided Army
authorities in investigating the
case.
Investigators declared that evi
dence in the case substantiated Mr.
Elder’s statement that he acci
dentally shot the colonel.
Colonel Corkan was struck in
the left side by nine double-o pel
lets from a 12-guage shotgun
while he was attempting to at
tract turkeys by sounding a tur
key yelper, according to evidence,
which indicated that he was stoop
ing behind n clump of bushes when
shot.
In Jiis statement, Mr. Elder said
that he saw two turkeys run
across the road and that one of
them went into a thickness of
bushes. He fired into the bushes,
he said, after seeing one turkey
flee into that direction, and after
hearing what sounded like a tur
key. A turkey helper that Colonel
Corkan carried on the hunting
trip was found beside his body.
Colonel Corkan has been acting
post commander in the absence
of Brig. Gen. Clare H. Armstrong,
who had been called to New York
by the death of an uncle. When
General Armstrong returned to
Camp Stewart, he made the fol
lowing statement:
“In conjunction with interested
local civic authorities, a member
of the Provost Marshal’s Office
of Third Army, and representa
tives of the Prov >st Marshal’s Of
fice and Criminal Investigation
Detachment at Camp Stewart, I
personally observed a re-enact
ment this afternoon of all cir
cumstances leading to and cul
minating in the tragic death of
Colonel Lloyd A. Corkan, Sr.
“A detailed investigation is be
ing conducted and at the present
all indications point to an acci
dent.
“Colonel Corkan’s untimely
death came as a shock not only
to myself and the members of the
command, but to his many friends
in this area.
“Colonel Corkan arrived at Camp
Stewart in January, 1951, and as
sumed duties as chief of the
plans and operation section. After
a short while he was named post
executive officer and later was
appointed chief of staff.
“During his tour of duty here,
Colonel Corkan displayed superior
judgment in all matters, render
ing an outstanding service to Camp
Stewart, the Third Army and the
United States Army.
“During times when I was tem
porarily absent from the post,
Colonel Corkan assumed command
of Camp Stewart and always did
an outstanding job,
“I feel Colonel Corkan’s death
as a personal loss. Not only was
he my chief of staff, but he was
my close friend. His passing is
a loss to the entire Army.”
Colonel Joseph N. Twyman, Jr.,
former deputy post commander at
Camp Stewart, will replace Colonel
Corkan as chief of staff. Lt. Col.
Adrian L. Bregnard has been an
nounced as new deputy post com
mander.
Funeral services were held at
10:15 Wednesday morning in the
Post Chapel at Camp Stewart,
conducted by Lt. Col. (Chaplain)
William H. Branyan, Post Chap
lain.
The remains were flown at 11
o’clock to Washington for burial
at Arlington Cemetery after serv
ices in Washington on Thursday.
Colonel Corkan’s son, Capt.
Lloyd A. Corkan, arrived in the
U. S. from Germany on Wednes
day morning. Attendant for the
remains was Lt. Frank W. Shaw,
aide de camp to General Arm
strong.
AVON PRODUCTS INC., has
an opening for sales representa
tive in Pembroke. Write to Avon,
Mount Vernon, Ga. 11-19-6 t.
The key to happiness in life
lies in wwlfuibnm-
Will Attend Baptist
Brotherhood Supper
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CONG. PRINCE IL PRESTON
Friday night, November 21st,
the Baptist Brotherhood will be
honored by having Congressman
Prince IL Preston and his wife
attend as honor guests and we
are sure that Congressman Preston
will have something interesting
to tell our people in a short talk
at the meeting.
Rev. Jeffery Jones of Savannah
will be the guest speaker- and he
will be accompanied by Mrs.
Jones.
There will be a group of eight
people from Lanier as guests of
the Pembroke Baptist Brotherhood
at the meeting on Friday night
as well as four from Ludowici.
The Baptist Brotherhood is
headed by Frank O. Miller as
President and has made rapid pro
gress since he went into office.
They will undertake a definite
program of the work of the
church and it is felt that with
close to one hundred people of
the church meeting each month
for an hour of fellowship as well
as a good talk by an outstanding
preacher as well as laymen of the
other churches that much good
will come out of these meetings.
The supper will be served at
the Lunch Room and will be ser
ved by the grade mothers of the
12th grade, who are sponsoring
the supper. The supper this time
will be turkey with all the trim
mings.
They are preparing to take care
of near a hundred Friday night,
and this meeting should be one
of the best held .so far.
Richmond Hill,
Pembroke Split
Richmond Hill high school di
vided two games Tuesday night
with the girls losing to Pembroke,
51 to 39 and the boys defeating
Pembroke 50 to 47.
High scorer for the Richmond
Hill girls was Christine Black
with 19. For Pembroke L. Jarriel
had 21.
Jerry Turner topped the varsity
scoring as he hit for 19 points.
The losers were paced by A. Ba
con who flipped 20 points through
the hoops.
TAX COMISSIONER’S
ROUNDS
I will be at the following places
at the time indicated for the pur
pose of collecting State, County
and School Tax.
TUESDAY, NOV. 24th 1952
Gordon Carpenter’s Store—9:oo
A. M. until 10:00 A. M.
Brisbon—lo:ls A.M. until 11:30
A. M.
Richmond Hill Commissary —
12:00 NOON until 2:00 P. M.
’Lester Shaw’s Place—2:3o P. M.
until 3:30 P. M.
Hugh Miner’s Place—4:oo P. M.
until 4:30 P. M.
TUESDAY, DEC. 9th 1952
Post-Office; Lanier—9:oo A. M.
until 10:00 A. M.
Court House; Ellabelle—10:15
A. M. until 11:30 A. M.
Post-Office; Blitchton — 12:00
NOON until 2:00 P. M.
TUESDAY, DEC. 16th 1952
Gordon Carpenter’s Store —9:00
A. M. until 10:00 A. M.
Brisbon—lo:ls A. M. until 11:30
A. M.
Commissary; Richmond Hill —
12:00 NOON until 2:00 P. M.
Lester Shaw’s Place—2:3o P. M.
until 3:30 P. M.
Hugh Miner’s Place—4:oo P. M.
until 4:30 P, M.
YE EDITOR HAS
A BUSY WEEK
It looks as if our duties and
things we must do, oi ought to
do increases as the days pass.
Monday we tried to work a lit
tle in the office, was faced by the
heaviest police court we have had
since we have been Mayor, had
good friends, some we did not
know, several colored people, all
charged from “.skull duggery” to
just plain drunk. And if you think
Ye Editor gets any pleasure out
of fining any one, you just don’t
know what you are talking about,
lis the worst part of being Mayor.
But we try to do our duty as we
see it, under any and all circum
stances, and while we realize we
do not please any of our enemies,
and possibly few of our friends,
but we try to satisfy ourselves
that what we do is right as we
see it.
Then on Tuesday we had to go
to Statesboro to the funeral of
a first cousin of ours, Mrs. Pearl
Boyd.
Then that night we just had
to go to Richmond Hill for the
Basket Ball Game, and came near
having “high blood’ ’at the game.
Wednesday morning we went
over to Camp Stewart for the
funeral of Col. Lloyd A. Corkan,
was was accidentally shot and
killed on Sunday. Col. Corkan was
one of our best friends and we
thought a great deal of him.
Wednesday night we had to
attend the Barbecue Supper and
meeting of the American Legion,
of which we are the Commander.
Thursday we are going to try
to get together a paper, and on
Thursday night again attend the
Basket Ball game in Pembroke
between our teams and the two
teams from Glennville. We are go
ing to it thinking that we are
going to get it put on us in a big
way, but hoping against hope for
the best.
Friday we will again be at work
on the paper. And Friday night
will be at the School Lunch Room
at the Brotherhood Supper, which
we are the President of, and which
will be attended by Rev. and Mrs.
Jeffery Jones of Savannah, Con
gressman Prince Preston and his
wife from Statesboro and .several
other friends from over this sec
tion.
Saturday we are going to try
to “get both ends together,” and
on Sunday have a full day ahead
of us at the church.
Then w e will head out on our
next week, which looks as of now
as being just as busy as the one
we are now trying to get through.
Notice Os Election
For Justice of Peace
On Saturday, December 6th.,
1952 there will be an election in
all the districts of Bryan County,
the 19th., the 20th and the 1380th
for the election of a Justice of
the Peace for the various Dis
tricts for a term of four years
beginning January 1, 1953. Those
wishing to run for Justice of the
Peace in their District can have
their name on the official ticket,
if they will notify me in writing
of their desire to become a can
didate by 12 o’clock noon Monday,
December Ist.
W. R. DEAL,
Ordinary,
Bryan County, Georgia.
REWARD
A reward of $300.00 is hereby
offered to any person or persons
furnishing sufficient evidence to
convict any person or persons
hereafter for the larceny of cattle
within the confines of the 20th
G. M. District of Bryan County,
Georgia.
This November 3, 1952.
Signed:
William W. Speir
L. C. Gill
B. M. Smith
A. P. Parker
J. F. Gill
Cattle Owners
20th G. M. District
Bryan County, Ga.
SALESMAN WANTED—Want
ed at once. Man with car for
Rawleigh Business in Bryan Coun
ty. No capital needed. Write im
mediately to Rawleigh’s, Dept.
Money isn’t a problem, as long
as you have none of it.
"Hank" Sanders
Tells Ye Editor
Os Flying Saucers
Our good friend Henry Sanders
whose home is in Pembroke, but
who is an employee of The Eve
ning Press in Savannah, and com
es to Pembroke once a week for
a visit with his family here, al
ways has a “new story” or joke
to tell his friends, who look for
ward each week to Hanks visit,
by which name he is known to
his many friends.
Wednesday morning he called
Ye Editor and told us that he had
discovered all about the flying
saucers, and what they really
were. Naturally we were inter
ested, for we had seen much in
the papers about the things.
Henry told us that they were
not Flying Saucers at all, that
they were Soup Plates being sent
back for our use by Herbert
Hoover.
There may be more truth than
poetry in what friend Sanders
says in this.
We had the soup line before
and it may be that we are headed
in that direction today.
PMA Announces
1953 ACP Funds
Bryan County will get $14,677
to assist farmers in carrying out
soil and water conservation prac
tices in 1953 under the Agricul
tural Conservation Program, it
was announced this week by the
Production and Marketing Admin
istration.
The disbursement of these
funds will be under the super
vision of the PMA County Com
mittee, who administer ACP as
well as other PMA farm pro
grams, Mr. W. C. Payne, the chair
man said. Payments for ACP prac
tices performed will be in cash
and in the form of materials, such
as lime, fertilizer, or seed, which
farms acquire on Purchase orders
issued by the PMA Office, he ex
plained.
The ACP funds in 1953 are ex
pected to effect a maximum
amount of conservtion .since pay
ments of practices will be pin
pointed to those most needed on
each individual farm. This is be
ing determined through pergonal
on farm visits by PMA committee
men.
The 1953 ACP Handbook for
Bryan County includes the follow
ing practices on which farmers
may earn assistance within the
•scope of the total county alloca
tion.
Pasture Sodding or Sprigging—
Coastal Bermuda grass pasture.
Pasture Seeding—Pasture’s es
tablished with seeding legumes.
Kudzu—For soil building or
erosion control.
Lespedeza Sericia—For soil build
ing or erosion control.
Liming Materials — Phosphate
and mixed fertilizers.
Standard Terraces—And Dams.
Pits or Waterholes for livestock
water.
Permanent Drainage Ditches.
Planting Forrest Trees.
Firebreaks.
Timber Stand Improvement.
Cleansing Land for Pasture.
During the past three years
there have been approximately 300
farmers in Bryan County carry
ing out one or more practices un
der the Agriculutre Conservation
Program.
Union
Thanksgiving
Service
The regular Union Thanksgiv
ing service will be held this year
at the Christian Church on Wed
nesday evening, November 26th.,
at 7:30 o'clock. The message will
be brought by Rev. John R. Joy
ner. We have a lot to be thankful
for and the church should be fill
ed to capacity. Lets make it so.
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