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“COASTAL GEORGIA’S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
Plans Announced
For Basketball
Tournament
The basketball tournament in
area two of the First District will
get underway February 16, in
Glennville when the girls’ teams
will compete for the preliminary
crown. These schools, all in Class
C which means an enrollment of
150 or under in the top four
grades, include Pembroke, Mar
lowe, Richmond Hill, Darien, and
Nevils.
Nevils is the site of the boys’
tournament which will be held
from February 23 to 25.
Divisional winners and runner
ups will meet at yet to be desig
nated spots for the semi-final play
offs and the semi-final winners
will then come together for the
district crown. The state finals
will be held in Macon.
The girl’s team of the Bryan
County High School has won 19
out of 21 games to date, bowing
twice to Glennville, while the boys
have a 12 to 9 score with the
larger figure being in their favor.
Robert Bowers is coach for both
teams and Felton Bacon is man
ager.
'Uncle' Jake Bacon
Has A Birthday
Laslt Sunday was the date for
another gathering of the Jake
Bacon family, for that was Uncle
Jake’s Birthday, he having reached
his 87th milestone along life’s
highway.
This years celebration was not
as big as usual, but at that there
was more than sixty to gather at
the Community House and enjoyed
a joint birthday celebration of
Uncle Jake, who was celebrating
his 87th birthday and that of his
son-in-law, John waters of near
Brooklet whose birthday was on
Tuesday.
The family for miles around was
present, and as usual Ye Editor
and his family were there, we
have long been an atendant to
these birthday parties, and have
more or less felt like we were
part of the family. Uncle Jake
was one of the first people we met
when we came to Pembroke more
than a quarter of a century ago.
We looked upon him as a good man
and appreciated his friendship, and
through the years our admiration
for Uncle Jake has grown and we
are proud to number ourselves as
friends of the Jake Bacon’s.
Due to illness of himself and
wife, there was none of the A. S.
Bacon family at the dinner, and
naturally this cast a gloom over
the affair, for Uncle Albert and
his family have always been a
big part of Uncle Jake’s celebra
tion.
Bryan county has no better
citizen than Uncle Jake Bacon, he
is one of the rare old southern
gentlemen, and The Journal wish
es for him many more happy birth
days.
FOR SUNDAY
A REAL TASTE TREAT
. / Virginia Baked Ham
• Candied Sweet Potatoes
~ Two Vegetables
DINNER Combination Salad
I wkS- ser VED Drink
12 Noon to Desert
i ^jy|r 9PM We serve the kind of
l£l II food you like as you like
/ r it!
If you like fine food
T m tt served with finesse, a
We Invite You To Have congenial atmosp here,
Dinner With Us Sunday anc [ reasona bl e prices,
U. S. 280 RESTAURANT you’ll like to dine here!
2 Miles W. of Pembroke Treat yourself and your
Operated by family to a real, refresh-
Mr. and Mrs. Al Buhler ing change!
SHORT ORDERS AT ALL TIMES
Shrimp 1.00
Oysters 1.25
Chicken 1.10
Bar-B-Que Plate 1.00
Jkmbrolu Jotwwl
Mrs. D. E. Medders
Is Local Editor of
The Journal
We are pleased to announce that
we have completed arrangements
whereby Mrs. D. E. Medders will
be local editor of The Journal,
and we will appreciate anyone hav
ing news if they will call Mrs.
Medders and tell her about it, in
that way she will be able to do
a better job and the paper will be
made more readable.
For a long time we realized
that we were not covering the
local field as we should, but for
one reason or another have just
let it rock along as has been the
case for a long time. But know
ing that Mrs. Medders had the
ability, and would do a fine job,
we contacted her and through her
efforts we hope to give to our
subscribers a real newsy home town
paper.
If thane is some one sick, a new
l>aby, or a death, on any news at
alj about you or your family, call
Mrs. Medders and tell her about
it, so that she can write an article
about it and we can put it in the
Journal so that all our subscribers
can know the news.
We have a regular correspon
dent at Black Creek School and
they have added much to our paper.
We hope to make further connec
tions and have a county wide cov
erage. We invite our subscribers
to send us in all the news from
their locality.
Major Boyette
Now In Korea
J Friends of Master Sargeant
Major Boyette will be interested
to learn that he has left Yoko
hama, Japan, for his battle sta
tion in Korea where he will serve
the United States Army in an
advisory unit according to letters
received this week by his wife,
Mrs. Lena Boyette. Mrs. Boyette
has not yet learned exactly where
her husband will be stationed.
Sgt. Boyette left Pembroke De
cember 8, 1952, for San Fran
cisco from which place he sailed
on the S. S. General R. L. Howze,
landing in Yokohama on January
21. His letters stated that it took
18 days to make the crossing.
During World War II Master
Sgt. Boyette’s tour of duty abroad
included New Guinea, Australia
and China. He was formerly con
nected with the Hunter Air Force
Base in Chatham County.
Baptist Leaders
To Meet Monthly
Monday night after the last
Sunday in each month was desig
nated as the regular meeting date
for the Sunday School officers
and teachers of the Pembroke
Baptist Church at a meeting of
that group Monday night.
The meeting was held at the
church and C. C. Spinks, super
intendent of the Sunday School,
presided.
Ctiy Court Has
Big Docket Mon.
On Monday the January session
of the Pembroke City Court look
ed as if it was “big” Court. The
court house halls was jammed and
there was no parking room around
the court house. We asked our new
Sheriff Kyle D. Smith if he was
i-esponsible for all this activity
and he replied that he had his
share there, and that the court
had 70 cases before it -for trial.
Os course some of these have
hung fire for some time, and also
represented all the cases that had
asked for a jury trial since the
last term of court with a jury
three months ago.
The usual run of speeders,
drunken drivers etc., was up for
trial, and it now looks if the
speeders are going to have as
rough a time under the new ad
ministration as they had under
the old one.
One of the new deputies, Mr.
Raulerson is very active, and due
to the fact that he operates a
Cadillac has earned the nickname
of “Cadillac Kid,” and he is arsenic
to those violating the law. There
was several cases in court that
he made and he had with him
another deputy, L. R. Lanier. Just
whether they are going to work
in a pair and patrol the roads
in this section is not knowm. The
deputy from the 20th J. Arte
Davis was not in evidence yes
terday, and it may be that he will
not be as active as Carlos Jones
was on the highway. That remains
to be seen.
The jury trying a young soldier
named DeLoach evidently didn’t
think much of the activities of
“Cadillac Kid” and Deputy Lanier,
for the two of them swore that
DeLoach was running more than
70 miles an hour, and DeLoach who
conducted his own case told the
jury that he didn’t know how fast
he was going because his speed
ometer was broken, but that he
was riding along with other rela
tives, coming to Pembroke to Uncle
Jake Bacon’s birthday dinner and
iue to the fact he had a flat tire
rear Blitchton, and was coming
on without a spare tire drove
around his relatives so that he
would be in front in case of more
tire trouble. The jury brought in
a verdict of not guilty.
A case of a man killing a squirrel
out of season took up much time
of the court and resulted in an
acquittal, although the man ad
mitted the charge, but the prose
cutor who happened to be the
mans landlord last year, and who
has had much trouble with his
tenants failed to impress the jury,
and he was acquitod.
Merrill Bacon
On Sick List
The many friends of Merrill E.
Bacon will regret to learn that
he is on the sick list, having suf
fered an attack last Friday night,
which was at first thought to be
a heart attack, but after a
thorough check up it was found
that his heart was good, in fact
so far the doctors have been un
able to diagnose his troubles. He
has har several other attacks in
the past few days. He went to
Atlanta on Wednesday to see a
doctor, and has an appointment :
with Dr. Sieidenstrick at Augusta
for Friday, and says that if no
one finds his troubles that he will
go to Johns Hopkins then. The
Journal joins his many other ■
friends in wishing for him a speedy !
return to his usual good health.
■
Mrs. E. P. Strickland 1
In Savannah Hospital <
i
The many friends of Mrs. E. <
P. (Moss) Strickland will regret I
to learn that she is a patient at 1
^he Telfair Hospital in Savannah 1
md will undergo a major opera- .
.ion today (Thursday). It is hoped I
■.hat the operation will be success
ul and that) soon Mrs. Strickland
will be able to return to her home <
in Pembroke. The only thing i
against her is her age, but the ।
doctors say that she should have
no trouble as her physical condi- j
tion is extra good. _ i
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1953
Black Creek News
The Farm Bureau will meet at
। the school next Friday, February
t 6, at 7:30. The supper will be
held prior to the program. Mr.
, Hurst has charge of the program
। and has invited the Georgia Power
[ Company to show their film,
, "Power of the South.” Mr. M. B.
. Wynn, Supervisor of Safety and
. Training, will bring the film and
( show it. Mr. Wynn is from Macon
and will be assisted by Mr. W. R.
Thompson, Claxton, Georgia.
. The film is in color and approxi
, mately 45 minutes long. The film
[ shows several actual scenes from
, towns in Georgia that entered the
. "Better Home Town” contest. The
picture is not only enlightening
but encouraging to the rural peo
’ pie of Georgia as well as to in
dustrial and city groups.
। The regular meting of the PTA
was held January 21, with Mrs.
. John Edwards, President, presid
ing. The seventh grade won the
prize for having the most parents
present. Mrs. Brewton, Welfare
I Director of Ba yan County County
gave an interesting talk.
I The business for the meeting
| was how to raise funds to finish
paying for the new Bell & Howell
Sound Projector that was pur
chased last fall. It was decided
that the P. T. A. would sponsor
a supper Friday night, January
30. Committees were appointed to
sell tickets and arrange for the
donation of food. We are sure that
the parents will back us 100% in
this drive to finish paying for the
machine. Black Creek School has
been using audio-visual materials
for the past three years and has
been successful in using the equip
ment for school, church, farm
bureau, and recreation. The school
now has a projector, record play
er recording machine, film-strip
projector, public address system,
and a portable screen.
Miss Mildred Mattox is back
on the job after being out last
week. Miss Mattox is working very
hard getting her program ready
for the spring recitals.
We are very glad to have sev
eral new students enter school
this week. The four new ones in
the seventh grade are: Claudine
Crowe, James Bowen, Virginia
Morris, and Louise Morris. Sixth
Grade: Waldo Bowen. Fourth
Grade; Douglas Crowe. Third
Grade: Sara Nell Johnson. Second
Grade: Margie Johnson and First
Grade: Joyce Bowen.
The lunch room has on hand
[thirteen turkeys and eleven smok
ed hams. Most of the pupils are
taking lunch regular in the lunch
room. Last week the lunch room
purchased a deep freezer from
Dixie Harn of Pembroke. Mr. Harn
was very generous in helping make
it possible for the school to have
a freezer to store meats and ice
cream in.
Mrs. C. W. Willis of Mt. Pleas
ant, S. C., is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. J. O. Hurst,
Beardslee-Faulk
Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Bacon an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Mrs. Ivey Beardslee, to
Herbert Dalton Faulk, Jr., of Me- J
Rae and Claxton, son of Mr. and ,
Mrs. H. D. Faulk, Sr., of Mcßae. ]
The marriage was solemnized on
Thursday, January 22. For the <
present the young couple will make 1
theiir home in Pembroke. t
Mrs. Faulk is a graduate of the
Bryan County High Schiil in Pern- i
broke and Teacher’s College in }
Statesboro. During World War 11,
she served a year in the Women’s <
Army Corps of the United States
Army. She has been engaged in I
the telephone business in Pem
broke for the past few years.
Mr. Faulk is connected with the a
Claxton Branch of the Georgia c
Power Company. He is a graduate t
of Mcßae High School and at- t
tended Middle Georgia College in
Cochran. During World War 11, I
he was a paratrooper with the 11th t
Airborne Division of the United c
States Army. i
Mrs. Julius Morgan, Sr., form
erly of Pembroke, is visiting Mr. 1
and Mrs. S. M. Morgan. Mrs. Mor- t
gan formerly operated a hotel in 1
Pembroke and it is with genuine t
pleasure that her friends are wel- 1
coming her during her visit. I
> Mrs. L. M. Anderson
t To Head Drive
> For Boys Estate
1 Mr. James V. Carmichael of At
-1 lanlba, State Chairman for the an
’ nual Statewide Boys’ Estate Cam
’ paign has announced today the
appointment of Mrs. L. M. An
derson as Bryan County Chair
i
man.
Boys’ Estate is Georgia’s small
est community and is located just
north of Brunswick. Its aim is to
1 provide a home and wholesome at
-1 mosphere where homeless boys can
grow into maturity.
3 Here the boys gopern them
' selves, learn civic responsibility
and live in an atmosphere as near
ly as possible like the everyday
life of the communities they will
1 become a part of later.
A new cottage soon to be con
■ structed will increase capacity of
1 Boys’ Estate to some 90 citizens.
In discussing Boy’s Estate, Mr.
1 Carmichael states, “If my own son
were left homeless I would rather
he had the privilege of growing
up in Boys’ Estate than any other
place I know .because I am sure
that when he was finished there
he would be prepared to meet life
four-square.”
Mrs. Anderson urges the people
of this county to support this drive
for funds to further the work of
this town just for boys.
Mrs. Sigo Morgan
To Teach Again
Mrs. Sigo Morgan has accepted
a position as eleventh grade home
room teacher in the Bryan County
High School and will begin her
duties Monday, February 2. She
will teach English and related sub
jects.
Mrs. Morgan taught in the Pem
broke school from 1943-1946 and
prior to that time was employed
by the educational systems of oth
er schools in the state. She is a
graduate of Teacher’s College in
Statesboro with a major in Eng
lish, thus rendering her well quali
fied for the place she will fill.
The vacancy in the school was
created by the resignation of Miss
Edith Carpenter.
Mrs. Morgan is the former
Selma Horne, daughter of Mrs.
D. H. Horne and the late Mr.
Horne.
AMELIA BURGESS CIRCLE
W. M. S. MET TUESDAY
The Amelia Burgess Circle of
the Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Pembroke Baptist Church i
met with Mrs. H. H. Dukes, Tues
day afternoon, with Miss Lula
McGahee, circle leader, presiding. ,
Mrs. J. C. Mikell was hostess ।
to the Mattie Parrish Circle Wed- i
nesday afternoon, with the leader, ,
Mrs. J. P. Dukes, calling the meet
ing to order.
Both groups are studying the
mission book, “Helping Others to
Become Christians,” by Roland Q.
Leavell, and the first chapter was ,
discussed at the meetings this
week. Mrs. J. O. Strickland, Sr., '
led the study at the Amelia Bur
gess Circle after Mrs. H. H. Dukes
had given the devotional. The first ।
chapter in the Mattie Parrish
Circle was presented by Mrs. J. P. ‘
Dukes and Mrs. J. C. Mikell gave .
the devotional.
Both hostesses served delicious
refreshments during the social
hour.
v
SIGO MORGAN WITH J
INCOME TAX DIVISION ‘
i
Sigo M. Morgan has accepted 8
a position with the income tax c
division under the State merit sys
tem and will begin his new duties e
at an early date. c
Mr. Morgan, formerly of Pern- n
broke, has been in Nashville fore
the past three years where he op
erated a hotel, which Is now be- s
ing looked after by his brother, d
Julius Morgan. 1
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. d
Morgan, their daughter, Marcia, n
and Mrs. Morgan’s mother, Mrs. I
D. H. Horne, welcome them back i
to Pembroke. Mrs. Home will join I
them in Pembroke In the near fu- t
ture, t
) Rev. Watsoh io°”
Fill Pulpit Sunday
The many friends of Rev. Tom
Watson will be pleased to learn
_ that he will be at his regulag post
. at the Methodist Church on Sun
. day, and everyone is invited to
B be on hand and give the pastor
. a warm welcome back home.
Rev. Watson has been in Balti
more for the past two weeks,
- where he went to be with his
t brother, a Baptist preacher, who
> underwent a very serious opera
. tion there this week. In fact it
i was said 'tlhat the chances were
about one out of a thousand for
-a successful operation, but it is
r understood here that the opera
. tion was performed, that his broth
r er is in a very critical condition,
[ but is improving.
The Journal joins the many other
friends of Rev, Watson in welcom
' ing him back home and wishing
. for his brother a speedy and a com
plete recovery.
1 It looks as if our little friend
Tom Watson has had more than
’ his share of trouble during the
past months, but he has the power
! to stand all that is put on him,
and we are sure that it just means
that the Lord loves our little Meth
odist friend a great deal, for we
have been told that those the Lord
loves are made tio bear burdens.
Hugh Lanier In
Candler Hospital
The many friends of Hugh
Lanier, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Laner will regret to learn that
' he was carried to the hospital by
Morrison Ambulance on Monday
night. He was visiting his father
' in-law, Charlie Priester when he
had an atack and it was thought
best to carry him to the hospital
for treatment.
It is thought that he is suffer
ing from a ruptured disc, as the
indications point to that. And it
may be that he will have to un
dergo an operation.
He is getting along as well as
could be expected, and is in no
danger now.
Home Dem. Club
Met January 26
The Pembroke Home Demon
stration Club held its January
meeting Monday, January 26, at
the home of Mrs. R. D. Johnson,
with Mrs. C. C. Spinks as co
hostess. The new president, Mrs.
Charles Strickland, Jr., presided
and the devotional was given by
Mrs. Johnson.
Information on combating gar
den insects and planting spring
gardens was given by Mrs. Ora
C. Payne, home demonstration
agent.
Following the recreation period
led by Miss Anne Parrish, the hos
tesses served delicious refresh
ments.
New officers are Mrs. Strick
land, president; Mrs. C. C. Spinks,
treasurer, and Mrs. W. H. Dußois,
reporter.
BRYAN FAIR SETS
DATES AND MAKES
CARNIVAL CONTRACT
The Bryan County Fair Associa- ,
tion signed a contract recently
with the Palmeto Shows to furnish
the amusement concessions at the I
1953 fair which will be held Oc- 1
tober 12-16. The Palmetto Shows ,
is a South Carolina organization I
and is owned by M. N. McNease ]
of Chesnee. t
The fair has been an annual *
event for several years in Bryan 1
county and this year plans are 1
now underway to make it the larg
est and best held to date.
Officers of the 1953 Fair As- 1
sociation are W. C. Payne, presi- 1
dent; J. 11. Futch, manager; J. K. ’
Morrison, treasurer; D. E. Med
ders, secretary; F. 0. Miller, fi- •
nance chairman; and J. R. De-
Loach, program chairman. The fair 1
is sponsored by the John Duggar 1
Post of the American legion and '
the Bryan County Farm Bureau 1
organization.
NUMBER 14
1-1-54
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W. M. Clanton
Died On Monday
» Monday night about nine thirty
t W. M. (Uncle Morgan) Clanton
t passed away at the home of his
- daughter, Mrs. J. G. Bacon in Pem
> broke, after a short illness.
r Mr. Clanton was the oldest citi
zen of the county, and was loved
-by all that knew him. For the past
, several years he has made his
s home with his daughter, Mgs. Gor
j don Bacon and had enjoyed usual
. ly good health up to a short time
t before he died. He was 90 years
a old at his death.
r Funeral services were held on
s Wednesday morning at Ash Branch
■ Church with Elder Roy Sims,
■ preaching the funeral. Interment
, was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Lorin Clan
- ton, Carlton Lanier, W. C. Lanier,
• Don Kennedy, Roland Lee, Delmas
; Lanier, Leroy Lanier, and Neil A.
■ Clanton.
Honorary pallbearers were: J. B.
I Bacon, Emmett Parrish, Harry
i Hagan, A. S. Bacon, W. K. Smith,
1 Palmer Lanier, Brooks Lanier and
James M. Patrick.
> Morrison Funeral Home was in
• charge of arrangements.
। Joe Brown Back
For Visit After
37 Years Absence
The many friends of Joe Brown,
brother of Mrs. Dana Garrick are
1 welcoming him back to Pembroke
■ and Bryan County after an absence
' of 37 years. He was raised about
one mile south of Lanies, Georgia.
He is accompanied by his wifa,
they are traveling in a nice new
! Packard car and evidently Mr.
• Brown has been getting along o. k.
1 during his absence. He lives in
Akron, Ohio.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown are
enjoying their stay, and it is sur
- prising at the number of people
still here who were boyhood friends
of his, who still recognize him
and are still living to enjoy a.
visit from him after an absence
of more than 37 years.
Small Fire At
The Johnson Home
The fire engine was called out
during the church hour Sunday to
what fortunately was a false
alarm. Mrs. R. D. Johnson, in mak
ing preparations for dinner before
leaving for church, put a pot of
beef stew out of the refrigerator
on the stove to heat. The unit of
the gas stove failed to light im
mediately, and Mrs. Johnson,
thinking that she would wait un
til it did catch up, forgot about
it, and she and her daughter, Mar
tha, left for church.
When her son, Donald, went
into the house he saw the kitchen
full of smoke and smelled some
thing burning. He sent out the
alarm first and then investigated
more thoroughly thus finding the
source of the smoke. The beef
stew was burned to a coal and
the pan was ruined, otherwise
there was no damage done.
A large group of volunteers ans
wered the fire signal.
TOBACCO ALLOTMENT
ANNOUNCED
Announcement of the present al
lotments by the Production Mar
keting Administration for tobacco
and the number of acres of to
bacco planted in the county for
1953 in the main tobacco counties
shows that Bryan County now has
207 allotments and 443.9 acres,
which is a decrease of two allot
ments and 39.3 acres over 1952.
The announcement said that the
issuance of new allotments around
March may about balance up the
figures which showed a general
drop of 343 allotments in 44 of
the state's 70 tobacco-growing
counties.
Colquitt County leads in allot
ment and acreage with 1,859 allot
ments covering 7,887.8 acres. Bull
och is second in the number of al
lotments with 1,725 and Coffee in
TO) with 6,362.1.