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COASTAL GEORGIA’S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
Local Man Invited
On Panel Discussion
Os Corn Irrigation
A corn short course will be held
on Thursday, June 18, at the Abra
ham aldwinß Agricultural College,
according to D. E. Medders, coun
ty agent, with the Georgia Coastal
Plain Experiment Station cooper
ating.
Because of his success in the ir
rigation of his corn corp during
a drought, C. M. Sims has been
invited to take part in the panel
discussion on “Is It Profitable to
Imigate Corn?” This part of the
program will be given after lunch
at 1:45.
Other topics of interests and
speakers will be "What is Needed
in Corn Breeding to Meet South
Georgia's Needs and the Outlook
for Meeting These Needs," by Dr.
Wayne (Freeman, corn breeder,
U. S. D. A., and Georgia Coastal
Plain Experiment Station in Tif
ton “Assuran;ce for Getting Good
Seed Corn,” by S. B. Parkman,
agronomist for the Georgia Coas
tal Plain Experiment Station;
“What Farmers Can Do to Pre
vent Weevil Damage to Corn,” by
D. W. Lallue, U. S. D. A. Field
and Forage Crops Laboratory,
with the Experiment Station.
At 12:15 the group will adjourn
for lunch, reconvening in an hour
to hear E. D. Alexander, agron
omist, agricultural extension serv
ice in Athens, talk on “How Prac
tical Is It in Georgia to Produce
a Hundred Bushels of Com Per
Acre. ” Following the panel dis
cussion on which Mr. Sims has
been asked to take part, the pro
gram will end with a field trip con
centrating on breeding, varieties,
and fertilizer tests at Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station,
led by S. A. Parham.
All Bryan county farmers and
those interested in growing com
are invited to attend. More de
tails concerning the short course
may be obtained from the county
agent’s ofice.
G. C. Martin Is
Named New Amer.
Legion Commander
New Officers were elected at
the recent meeting of the John
Duggar Post No. 164 of the
American Legion of which F. 0.
Miller has served as commander
for the past year.
Named as the new commander
was George C. Martin, Ellabelle,
and other officers elected were
Jack Ansley, Denmark, sergeant
at-arms; C. W. Lane, first vice
commander; J. K. Morrison, serv
ice offices-; and D. E. Medders,
chaplain.
Commander Martin is a veteran
of World War 11, having served
in England and other points dur
ing this time. He has large busi
ness interests in the county and is
active in church and civic enter
prises. The new Legion head will
name his adjutant by the next
meeting.
Delegates to the state conven
tion to be held soon in Savannah
are G. C. Martin, G. F. Hendricks,
and J. H. Futch, with alternates
being C. W. Lane, Jack Ansley and
M. E. Bacon.
Meeting dates were Mesignated
as the third Friday night in each
month and the next meeting will
lie June 19, at which time Ladies’
Night will again be held. The en
tertainment committee for this
time is composed of M. E. Bacon,
Jack Ansley, Eddie Strickland, N.
C. Harvey, and C. W. Lane. The
entertainment committee for the
current meeting was M. E. Bacon
and D. E. Medders.
C. W. Lane bought the building
on the American Legion lot form
erly used as a tool shed.
Beth Griffin entertained the
group with singing and was ac
companied by Fay Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Spinks, Mary
Ann and David Spinks, and their
granddaughter, Sandy, are spend
ing a few days at Shellman’s Bluff
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Bonner, of
Georgetown, S. C., and their
grandchildren, Mary Frances and
Buddie, are visiting Mrs. Bonner’s
brother, Mr. Tom Cameron. They
are former residents of Pembroke
and their friends are welcoming
them back during their visit.
Pembroke Journal
Rev. Tom Watson
Will Be Moved
A change will be made this week
in the pastorship of the Methodist
church here, according to reliable
sources, who say that the Rev.
Tom Watson is slated for a pro
motion by the annual South Geor
gia conference of Methodist
churches meeting this week in Al
bany.
Mr. Watson has been pastor of
the church in Pembroke for the
past three years, having succeed
ed the Rev. Bruce Wilson who was
advanced to the Second Street
Methodist church in Macon where
he will probably be returned.
During his stay in Pembroke as
pastor- of the Pembroke, Ellabelle
and Daisy churches Mr. Watson
has seen all three of them gain
spiritually and physically. He re
cently moved into the new parson
age on (Camellia Drive and a few
Sundays ago saw the dedication of
the new pulpit furniture and pews
at the Daisy church. Mr. Wat
son and his family will not only
be missed by the Methodists of
Pembroke but by the entire pop
ulation to whom they have en
deared themselves.
A fellowship supper is being
given Mr. and Mrs. Watson Wed
nesday night by the membership
of the church and they will move
to their new location, which will
be made public • Friday at noon,
within the next week. The Sun
day just past was his last appear
ance from the Pembroke pulpit
other than during visits which it
is hoped he will have the oppor
tunity to make often.
The Pembroke charge is in the
Savannah district of which the
Rev. George E. Clary is district
superintendent. According to his
report made to the conference
early in the week the Savannah
district Methodist churches show
ed gains in membership and gifts
during the past year.
The churches of the district add
ed 2,313 new members for a total
of 24,164. The majority of these
new members were added during
the recent campaign of preaching
and visitation evangelism during
which Florida preachers aided
local preachers in churches
throughout the Georgia confer
ences. The Pembroke church co
operated in this movement by hav
ing the Rev. M. E. Myer from
Tampa preach during the week.
The churches for the Savannah
district for the year added 696
members on profession of faith, a
gain of 77 over the number gained
during the previous year. They
received 206 from other denomi
nations and 1,411 by transfer from
other Methodist churches, a gain
of 123. The net gain from all
sources was reduced to 45 by
deaths, transfers and the correc
tion of rolls of individual churches.
The church school rolls of
churches of the district increased
473 members, for a total member
ship of 14,064. The Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service added
389 members for a total of 3,251.
The churches of the district
raised $632,219 for all purposes,
an increase of $68,598 over the
previous year. World Service and
conference benevolences totalled
$39,083, an increase of $9,272.
Benevolent giving by the woman’s
societies of Christian Service
amounted to $19,653, an increase
of $973. For home work the so
cieties paid $21,543, an increase of
$1,381.
Salaries paid to pastors serving
in the district totalled $139,860,
an increase of $11,576.
Miss Morgan To
Teach At Black
Creek This Fall
Miss Pauline Morgan’s name
was inadvertently omitted in last
week’s issue of the Pembroke Jour
nal in the listing of the faculties
for the 1953-54 sshool term in
Bryan county.
Miss Morgan is a valuable mem
ber of the Black Creek faculty, ac
cording to J. R. DeLoach, county
school superintendent, and the
board of education considers it
self fortunate in securing her serv
ices. She has taught in the sys
tem for several years and it is
with pleasure that the Black
Creek community looks forward
to another term of her services.
Open Letter To
Bryan Countys
Draft Board
As a citizen of Bryan County we
would like to ask YOU just how
it is that there are so many boys
of draft age, walking the streets
of Pembroke and traversing the
roads of Bryan county, while oth
ers are “jerked” up and headed
for Korea by the time they be
come eligible for military service.
We have no kick at our boy do
ing his bit, in fact we would feel
like disowning him if he were of
the type that tried to dodge his
duty, to serve his country in a
national emergency.
But it does “gripe” us to know
that YOU place our last boy, in
Class A for immediate induction,
and we knowing that there are
MANY OTHERS who have not
gone, will not go according to the
prospects.
It would be of interest to the
people of Bjryan County to know
just how it is that SOME GO, and
MANY OTHERS STAY. We will
be glad to print your reply on the
front page of the Journal.
For your information we would
like to give you the history of the
Miller family.
We have three sons, ALL
THREE are in the United States
Navy. The last one to go, Homer
Franklin Millen’ who graduated
this month from the Bryan Coun
ty High School is now in Cali
fornia as a member of Uncle Sams
Navy, to keep you from DRAFT
ING him and sending him to Korea
as "Cannon Fodder”, where many
others have gone, having been sent
by you, while others are allowed to
remain home and not be worried
by the draft.
In addition to the three sons in
the Navy, we have one son-in
law, who has been in service for
many years and has been to Korea.
We have a “prospective" son-in
law who is in the United States
Air Force, and Ye Editor served in
France in World War 1. Yes we
would like to know how it is that
some do not have to go.
F. O. Miller.
Ye Editor's
Son Enters Navy
On Monday Homer Franklin
Miller, the baby boy of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank O. Miller entered the
United States Navy, joining his
two brothers Billie and Bobbie,
who were already in the service.
He reported for duty at Savan
nah, went to Columbia, S. C. on
Monday night and Tuesday night
left for San Diego, Cal.
He had been placed 1A in the
draft, and (rather than be drafted
he decided to go ahead and pick
his branch of the service.
Ye Editor served in the infan
try in World War 1, slept in the
trenches, ate horse meat, when we
could get it, and suffered the
hardships of an Infantryman in
war. He came home on the Bat
tleship Maryland, getting his first
knowledge of the Navy, and then
it was that we decided if we ever
had any sons of our own, and it
was necessary for them to serve
their country that we would see
to it that they entered the Navy.
All three of our sons are now in
Uncle Sams Navy, and if they
have to serve, and they do, we are
happy that they are in the Navy.
It was a bad time at Ye Editors
house the first of the week, just
like there had been a death in the
family, our baby boy had gone off
to the navy. But we will soon over
the phase, and we can’t help but
feel proud to know that ALL of
our sons are in the service of their
country and not a single one of
them had to be drafted. And no
effort has ever been made by any
of them to dodge their service.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bacon, Luth
er and Larry Bacon, spent the
first of the week in Daytona
Beach, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Ba
con spent a few days last week in
Atlanta.
Mrs. I. G. Lanier of Pembroke
and Mrs. F. H. Shearouse, Spring
field, have returned following a
week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. Gregory in Eatonton. Mrs.
Shearouse and Mrs. Gregory are
daughters of Mrs. Lanier.
PEMBROKE, (GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1953
City Recreation
Program Is Well
Received By Youth
On Monday, June 8, the Pem
broke Recreation Center opened on
the Bryan County High School
playground. The first afternoon
there was a total of 40 boys and
girls present and Tuesday the
number moved up to 43, with more
expected as the. program advances.
This large group participated
in softball, kickball, horseshoes,
volley ball, shuffleboard and table
tennis. Many other games will be
introduced as time permits. Every
one thus far has had an enjoy
able time, Director Eddie O. Ba
con declares, with nobody being
left out.
*ln most games, the boys and
girls are just beginning to learn
the rules and develop coordina
tion. This is particularly true in
table tennis, but good players will
develop after some experience.
James Cowart seems to be the
number one horseshoe player at
the moment, as he puts on ringer
after ringer. Tournaments in the
various activities will be held this
Friday and winners will be an
nounced. All participants are urg
ed to be at the gymnasium Friday,
June 12, so that everybody may
compete in the various contests
and win recognition.
Those who have done an out
standing job in softball thus far
include flames Cowart, pitcher,
Ernest Hamilton, third baseman,
Sonny Owens, shortstop, and Bob
by Sikes catcher. Other outstand
ing young boys are to be named
later. The maximum age for this
team is 14 and the minimum age
is 11.
These boys are to play their
opening game against Claxton on
Thursday night, June 11, at 7:30
o’clock in Claxton.
In spite of the fact that there
is a large number present at the
recreation center, there are many
more whom it has not reached, Mr.
Bacon declared, in urging that par
ents take advantage of this op
portunity to see that their sons
and daughters get a supervised
play program during the summer.
TEBC Sub-District
Is Postponed From
June 3 to June 22
The T. E. B. C. Sub-district
meeting scheduled for June 3 has
been postponed until Monday,
June 22, at the Hagin Methodist
church, according to the publicity
chairman Sadie Stewart, Daisy.
The installation of the new Sub
district officers will be the fea
ture of the evening and everyone
concerned is urged to be present.
.The officers are president, Robert
Kicklighter, Glennville; vice-presi
dent, Laverne Moody, Glennville;
secretary, Marie Girardeau, Clax
ton; treasurer, Joy Huckabee,
Reidsville; and publicity chairman,
Sadie Stewart, Daisy.
The five commissioned chairman
elected to the five areas are Janice
Deal, Christian Faith; Julian Rog
ers, Citizenship chairman; Belinda
Anderson, Witness chairman;
James Waters, Outreach chairman;
and Nannette Williams, Fellow
ship chairman.
Councilors are the Rev. Shan
non Holloway and Miss Mozelle
McCormick, a full time Christian
worker. 1 e »
Methodists Name
New S. S. Supt.,
Board Sec.-Treas.
J. T. Shaw has accepted the
place as Sunday School superin
tendent of the Pembroke Methodist
church, replacing L. F. Rogers
who has been named secretary and
treasurer of the church Board.
The secretary-treasurer vacancy
was caused by the resignation of
Mrs, A. V. Anderson, who has held
the place for several years, due to
ill health.
Mrs. C. L. Gruver is in New
York City for a few weeks visit
ing her sister, Miss Vera Rountree.
Miss Rountree has paid brief visits
to Mrs. Gruver in Pembroke dur
ing the past few years. /
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Bacon and
daughter, Beverly, spent last week
end in Columbia, S. C., as guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Eldridge.
Local Delegates
To 4-H Meeting
Are Announced
Bryan county will be well rep
resented when some 300 4-H Club
members from approximately 25
counties in this Extension Service
district meet June 15-17 at Abra
ham Baldwin College in Tifton, for
the annual 4-H Club Project
Achievement meeting.
Mrs. Ora C. Payne, home dem
onstmtion agent, and D. E. Med
ders, county agent, said twelve
local boys and girls will be on hand
to compete for district 4-H cham
pionships.
Two 4-H’ers will attend as vot
ing delegates, and will elect the
District 4-H Club Council officers
for 1954.
Girls from Bryan county and the
projects in which they will com
pete are Barbara Percenka, Rich
mond Hill, dress review; Joan
Hendrix, Ellabelle, cornmeal muf
fins; Dorothy Payne, Pembroke,
food preparation; and Fay and
Beth Griffin, Ellabelle, talent.
The county agent named the fol
lowing boys who will attend: Rob
ert Pecenka, Richmond Hill, live
stock pest control; Billy Wolfe,
Ellabelle, poultry; Nugent Griffin,
Ellabelle, forestry; and Larry Fox
worth, Lanry Bacon, and Randall
Bazemore, talent. The livestock
pest control, poultry, and forestry
entrants will participate in the
junior division.
These boys and girls are busy
now getting ready for the meeting.
District winners will be chosen on
a basis of their record books and
demonstrations. In most cases, the
to compete for state honors at the
Georgia 4-H Club Congress in At
senior winners will earn the right
lanta. The junior members will
get valuable experience that will
help them to be tough contenders
when they become eligible for seni
or competition.
The voting delegates from this
county will be Dorothy Payne and
Nugent Griffin.
WSCS Elects
President To
Fill Vacancy
A president to succeed Mrs. C.
L. Purvis, who resigned recently
as head of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of the Pembroke
Methodist church, was named at
the June business meeting of that
group Monday.
Mgs. H. D. Griner left the place
of promotion secretary to accept
the president’s chair. The vacancy
created by the change was not fill
ed. Mrs. R. L. Morgan was chair
man of the nominating committee,
with Mrs. J. T. Shaw and Mrs. J.
D. Harn the other members.
Four members of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship and Mrs. Griner
presented the question and answer
program which emphasized youth
in the church. Taking part were
Jane Lanier, Jane Purvis, Janice
Deal and Shearer Shaw. Mrs. Lee
Burkhalter began the program by
reading the scripture.
Mrs. Helen Graham, M. Y. F.
councilor, and the young people
served delicious refreshments.
Mrs. Henry Lewis, of the Ella
belle Ladies Aid, was a visitor dur
ing the afternoon.
District Officers
Hold Series of 4
Training Meetings
A series of officers training
days is being conducted by the dis
trict officers of the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service of the
Savannah District in which Mrs.
H. D. Griner is secretary of youth
work.
The meetings are held to assist
the various local officers and to
acquaint them with the duties of
their office.
Tuesday the site of the meeting
was Girard and Mrs. Griner, Mrs.
Paul Harwell and Miss Irene Tos,
the latter two of Claxton, attend
ed. Thursday, the locale will be
Trinity Methodist church in Sa
vannah, and the following Tues
day, on June 16, the district of
ficers will meet again at the Reids
ville Methodist church. The last
of the training meetings will be
held at Springfield on Thursday,
June 18.
The meetings begin at 10 o’clock
and adjourn at 12:30, when lunch
is served.
General Frazier to
Speak at Game
In Statesboro
John Thayer, Jr., Exalted Ruler
of the local Older of the Elks, an
nounced today that Major General
Joseph B. Frazier, commanding
general of the 48th Infantry Di
vision of the National Guard, will
be the principal speaker at the
| special Flag Day Ceremonies pro
ceeding the regular baseball game
on Sunday afternoon, June 14, on
Pilots field, at Statesboro.
The Elks will have charge of
both the Flag Day program and
the sale of the tickets for the base
ball game, scheduled between Dub
lin and the Statesboro Pilots of
the Georgia State League.
A color guard of the local Na
tional guirda unit, together with
the members of post 40 Explorer
scouts will participate in the pro
gram. Frank Rushing will present
a thirty minute organ concert be
ginning at 2 o’clock. General Fra
zier will speak at 2:30.
General Frazier is widely known
,as one of the most decorated men
in World War 11. He is active in
civic, community and church af
fairs in this section.
The advance ticket sales are be
ing handled by the Elks Woman’s
Auxiliary. The proceeds of the
baseball game will go to the Elks
crippled childrens program operat
ed through Aidmore in Atlanta.
The public is invited to attend
the special ceremonies and the ball
game. The 35 cents and 75 cents
regular league game admission will
be charged. “We plan to fill the
grandstands, the bleachers, and as
much standing room as possible”
Mr. Thayer states. I. Seaman
Williams is in charge of the pro
gram.
Sike's H-Hitters
Gives Locals 3-2
Win Over Claxton
The Pembroke Athletic Softball
tetam won their home opener over
Claxton last Thursday night as
Harry Sikes hurled a four-hit
game, all four hits being only sin
gles.
The victory evened the home
team’s record at 1-1 as they lost
7-3 to Claxton at Claxton two
weeks ago.
In winning the victory the
strong pitching arm of Sikes
struck out eleven men and walked
only one. He aided his own cause
by hitting a home run, the only
one of the game, in the fourth
inning with the bases empty. Gene
Sanders made the next longest hit,
a triple in the third inning. Rob
ert Bowers got the most hits, two
singles.
Claxton’s pitcher gave up only
five hits but was way behind Sikes
on strike-outs, getting only two in
this manner.
Both Claxton runs were unearn
ed as Pembroke committed four
errors during the game. However,
Claxton committed six errors and
yet it cost them only one run. This
was a very good game and the
Pembroke players sent the fair
sized crowd of fans home happy,
as all claimed they enjoyed the
game.
The two teams meet again at
8:30 in Claxton on Thursday night,
June 11.
Eddie O. Bacon, City Recreation
director, will field a junior team
against Claxton at 7:30. This team
is to lie composed of boys up to
the age of 15. All boys in this
age group are urged to come out
for this activity.
Parker—Vann
Mrs. J. C. Vann, Pembroke, an
nounce the marriage of her daugh
ter, Betty Gantt Vann, to Robert
Earl Parker, son of Mrs. D. D.
Parker, of Claxton, the marriage
having taken place on Saturday,
May 9.
Mrs. Parker is a graduate of
the Bryan County High School in
Pembroke and attended Georgia
Teachers College in Statesboro.
She is now connected with the Bell
Telephone company in Claxton.
Mr. Parker finished his high
school education in Claxton and
entered the U. S. Army. He is now
connected with the Georgia Power
company in Claxton, where the
young couple will make their home,
NUMBER 36
Shumans To Move
Retail Store
Into Pembroke
Extensive remodeling of the va
cant store purchased in April by
Jock Shuman is underway and Mr.
Shuman plans to move the retail
end of the Shuman Supply Com
pany to the building in the near
future.
At present, Mr. Shuman han
dles both the wholesale and re
tail ends of his rapidly expanding
business from his store just out
side Pembroke on the Savannah
road. He will continue to stock
Minnesota paints, as shown by the
new Neon sign outside the town
store, and in addition says he will
have a complete line of hardware,
plumbing and electrical supplies,
besides other items.
Mr. Shuman is the distributor
for several lines and has recently
acquired the distributorship for
Flintkote products, which includes
roofing, siding, and celotex. The
young business man said that, to
his knowledge, this is the first
time that these products have been
handled from a wholesale stand
point in this section and he con
siders it quite a gain to his store.
Mr. Shuman will use the store
he now occupies and the other
buildings on the lot as warehouses,
and said that, with his new dis
tributorship, it will be necessary
to move in other buildings, as well.
The new Shuman Supply com
pany will be an acquisition to the
business section of Pembroke. Mr.
Shuman purchased the building he
is moving into last April, along
with the store now occupied by the
J. Dixie Harn Electrical Appli
ance company and the upstairs
rooms formerly used as a hotel.
"No Fence" Vote
To Be Held In
Bryan on July 1
A legal advertisement appears in ’
this week’s issue of the Pembroke
Journal calling an election on July
1 to determine whether Bryan
county will remain one of the esti
mated 29 counties permitting its
livestock to roam at large on the
public highways and other- public
places.
The bill providing for the elec
tion was passed during the 1953
session of the Georgia Legislature
and is known as a local option bill,
which means that the individual
counties will have the opportunity
of deciding the issue for them
selves. The election is held by law
simultaneously throughout those
counties allowing the livestock to
roam at will.
The act is not applicable to the
land included in the Camp Stew
art reservation.
Notice of Election
Livestock
Pursuant to the Laws of the
State of Georgia an election will
be held on the first Wednesday in
July (July 1, 1953) to determine
whether Bryan County will adopt
or reject the provisions of An Act
to Prohibit Livestock from run
ning at large or straying upon
public roads all as provided on
page 380 to 388 of the Laws of
the State of Georgia 1953.
At said election those in favor
of the adaption of the act will cast
their ballot, to-wit:
For adoption in Bryan County of
the Act prohibiting livestock from
running at large or straying upon
public road.
At said election those voting for
rejection of the Act shall cast their
ballot, to-wit:
Against adoption in Bryan
County of the Act prohibiting live
stock from remaining at large or
straying upon public roads.
If a majority of those persons
voting in such election vote for
adoption of the Act, then it shall
become of full force and effect in
Bryan County on the Ist day of
October, 1955.
Under the provisions of the Act
all lands embraced by Camp Stew
art shall be exempt from provi
sions of the Act.
The polls will open at 7 A.M.
and close at 6 P.M.
This the Bth day of June, 1953.
i Bertie L. Bacon,
- 5 Ordinary Bryan
County, Georgia,