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"COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
Recreation Center
Urges Attendance
At Sunday School
All participants in the recrea
tional program being sponsored by
the City of Pembroke are urged by
E. 0. Bacon, director, to attend
Sunday School this Sunday, July
5. In making a plea to the par
ents to see that their children at
tend Sunday School. Mr. Bacon
is also seeking the cooperation of
everyone in this drive.
C. C. Spinks, Sunday School
superintendent of the Baptist
Church, has noticed that the at
tendance is slack since the end of
school and is soliciting help in or
der to build up attendance. Offi
cials of the recreational program
feel that the young people jvill
benefit mentally, socially and
spiritually from this experience.
Sunday morning Mr. Bacon has
said that he will call at the homes
of the boys and girls who attend
the recreation center and who wish
to go to Sunday School. He will
take them to the Sunday School
of their choice. This procedure
will be followed each Sunday, the
director declared, in again urging
parents to take advantage of this
opportunity.
During the past few days Mr.
Bacon has called on several par
ents to make suggestions that may
help to improve the recreation
program. While no definite sug
gestions were received, many fav
orable comments were forthcom
ing which he said were appreciat
ed very much. He invites those
with suggestions or criticisms to
contact him in the hope of building
a better program.
Due to the fact that Pembroke
and Claxton will play Thursday at
7 o’clock rather than at the usual
time, the gymnasium will close at
6 o’clock in order that everyone
will have time to go home, eat
supper and arrive in Claxton in
time for the softball game.
Last Thursday night the junior
team tied with Claxton by an 8 to
8 score. The local boys really
deserved victory and would have
achieved it, according to Mr. Ba
con, had it not been for the “low
est type base umpiring.” However,
even a tie is an improvement over
the two preceding games with
Claxton's nine.
Following the game Thursday
night the junior team will play at
home on the next two Thursday
nights.
On Friday, July 3, there will be
a marshmallow roast at the Bryan
County High School playground at
8 o’clock. Drinks will be served
but everyone is asked to bring
their own marshmallows. After
eating, games will be played.
Byron Lewis drew the free tick
et to the movie for last Wednes
day and Thursday. Everyone at
tending the recreation program is
urged to place their name on a
slip of paper which is dropped into
a box, and the name withdraw
gets to go to a movie free.
Last Friday was tournament
day again. In the 6 to 11 age
group, Joseph Starling won first
place in horseshoes and his broth
er, Raymond, came in second.
Joseph has always won first or
second place in this horseshoe con
test but this was the first winning
experience for Raymond.
For the first time the favorites
won out in the 12 and up age
group in horseshoes. Noel Osteen
won first place and James Cowart
won second place. Heretofore,
these two boys would win all week
until Friday and then lose out in
the tournament contests.
In shuffleboard, Everitt Cowart,
placed first and Larry Foxworth
placed second in the 6 to 11 age
group. In the 12 and up group,
Ronald Ennis took first and Gene
Bazemore was the follow-up for
second place honors.
In table tennis Sidney Baze
more won first place and Everitt
Cowart took second place. In the
12 and up group, James Cowart
won with Noel Osteen taking sec
ond. For the girls, Willie Merle
Smith came out first with Jean
ette Hodges trailing.
In the ba4minton tournament,
Sidney Bazemore won first place
and Danny Wamell won second
place in the 6 through 11 group.
In the 12 and up group, Ernest
Cowart had high score followed by
James Cowart. Willie Merle Smith
was first among the girls and
She Pembroke Journal
Ordinarys
Bryan County Boy, Now Living
At Dalton, Ga., Makes Clean
Sweep Os Awards At Press Meet
Leon A. Lee, Owner of The Lee Printing
Company Publishes Two Prize Winning Newspapers
The many friends of Leon A. Lee, a Bryan County boy
who started in the printing business, working for M. E. Car
ter and the old Bryan County Enterprise, and a brother of
Roland Lee of Pembroke, will be pleased to learn of the suc
cessful businesses that he now owns and operates at Dalton,
Georgia. And which won five awards at the Georgia Press
Association last week at their convention in Savannah.
became owner of the paper there. He made a great success
there, and from there went to Dalton, where his business
has grown by leaps and bounds, and today his printing estab
lishment is one of the outstanding printing plants in the
nation.
Ye Editor has been through the pant, and we found
the following to be some of the facts about, a former Bryan
County Boy and his business. His two newspapers, The Dal
ton News and The Dalton Citizen, with offices on the second
floor of the Lee Building, are the two largest weekly news
papers in the State of Georgia.
Although these newspapers have the same editorial
and advertising staff, each retains its separate weekly
status. The News is published on Sundays, and the Citizen
on Thursdays.
They operate the Lee Office Supply, Inc., which is com
plete in every detail, carrying a complete line of every item
from a paper clip to typewriters, adding machines, iron safes
and all kinds of office furniture.
Their commercial printing department is one of the larg
est in the state, and they print telephone directories, city
directors, house organs and all kind of complicated forms,
and ’tis said that their customers are from every state in
union and some foreign countries.
Their business is modern and run in a modern manner,
as you enter the place of business you encounter a reception
ist, and she directs you to whatever department you wish to
contact.
They have more than two hundred employees, buy their
paper by the car load which is unloaded right into their
mammoth plant from their own private railroad siding, and
today the L. A. Lee Company is recognized as the outstand
ing business of Dalton, Georgia, which by the way is one of
the finest small cities in the State.
Last week at the meeting of the Newspaper people of
Georgia at Savannah, the L. A. Lee Company was awarded
the following prizes:
First place in the weekly field for the newspaper for
Community service.
First place in the weekly field for General Excellence.
First place for the weekly newspaper with the most
attractive typographical appearance.
First place for the weekly with the best Editorial Page.
First place for the weekly with the best local news
coverage.
And then capped the climax by taking third place for
the weekly with the best displayed advertising.
Truly this is a record that any man has a right to be
proud of, and as a Bryan County citizen, we are proud of
the record made by one of our own' boys, who still loves
Bryan County and its people and is back here every few
weeks for a visit or a fishing trip.
Yes, Leon Lee we are proud to call you one of our very
own boys.
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Burnsed,
Lanier, announce the birth of a
daughter, Florrie Ann, on Friday,
June 26, at St. Joseph’s Hospital
in Savannah. The couple has one
other daughter, Lavon. Mrs. Burn
sed is the former Miss Uldine
Hendy.
Jeanette Hodges was second.
Mr. Bacon urges the young peo
ple to attend Friday to participate
in the tournaments, as well as to
come during the week. He ex
presses himself as being well
pleased that the attendance is
holding up so well, adding that
for the first two days of this week,
which is the fourth, the attendance
is up considerably.
On behalf of the recreation com
mittee he wishes to thank all the
parents who send their children
thus making the experiment use
ful and worthwhile to the young
people who have “time on their
hands.” i
The L. A. Lee Com
pany publishes the Dalton
Citizen, also the Dalton
News, and in 1940 they merg
ed the two newspapers with
the A. J. Showalter Co. Which
was one of the largest pub
lishers of song boks etc., in
the country.
Mr. Lee's mother is still
living and makes her home
most of the time with her son
and family, the Roland Lee’s,
who live four miles north of
Pembroke, near the Ashs
Branch Primitive Baptist
Church.
After leaving Pembroke,
Leon Lee went to Claxton
where he was employed by
Bob Majors and the Claxton
Enterprise, then he went to
Cartersville, Ga., where he
was for a few years, finally
winding up at Murphy, N. C.
where he married and soon
PLANS ANNOUNCED
JOHNSON-HURSEY
Plans are complete for the mar
riage of Mrs. Inez White Johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
White of Brooklet, to Alfred Hur
sey, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Hursey. The wedding will take
place July 4 at 4 o’clock in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W; V. Mor
gan, 2206 Florida avenue, Avon
dale.
The Rev. J. W. Grooms, uncle
of Mr. Hursey, of Port Wentworth,
will perform the ceremony.
A program of wedding music
will be presented by recordings
of Richard Ellsasser.
Miss Angie White, sister of the
bride, will be maid of honor and
only attendant.
Jack Hursey will be his brother’s
best man.
Following the ceremony a recep
tion will be given. No invitations
have been issued, but relatives
and friends are cordially invited.
PEMBROKE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 2. 1953
Our Debut Into the
Ga. Press Assn.
Last Friday night we were ini
tiated int othe society of the fourth
estate, with all its rights and
privileges. We were given this
honor through the courtesy of “ye
editor,” and his wife, also accom
panied by Ruth, who invited us to
be their guest at the annual ban
quet of the Georgia Press Associa
tion held at the Hotel General
Oglethorpe in bavannah. (We
don’t have any illusions as to why
we were thus honored. After all
it was an easy way to get the
thing written up.)
Kirk butlive, who was introduc
ed by Wright Bryan as “the man
who has been president of every
thing he ever joined,” was master
of ceremonies during the banquet
for which Union Bag and Paper
Corporation picked up the tab. It
was the first time we had heard
the versatile Kirk (at GPA meet
ings- everybody alls everybody
else by their first name, with a
jolly-good-fellow eomeraderie, or,
if they can’t recall it or never
knew it, they make up one, some
times with quite surprising re
sults) and surely he must have
been at his best. He referred to
the meal served as Union Bag’s
$3.00 job" but my steak itself
would have brought that at auc
tion. So big, tender and juicy
was it that it fairly d,rooled over
the sides and we fairly drooled
over it.
We rubbed elbows with news
paper names we had only hopeful
ly read about until then, and hoped
some of their wit, charm, and
mastery of the written world
would rub off on us, they being
so able to spare it, and we so
destitute of it all.
Across the table from us was
a vigorous lady who argued
with the gentleman by her on the
Republican-Democrat issue, with
each of them taking a side, but
we won’t divulge who championed
which cause. She turned out to lie
Virgiina Polhill Price, and the
gentleman was M. A. Perry, of
Atlanta, who won a beautiful tray
in the display advertising contest.
We touched the tray. We bristled
with pride and felt quite import
ant when Hartridge Shearouse,
Springfield, and L. A. Lee, Dalton,
both with Bryan county connec
tions, were called to the rostrum
to receive their awards.
We enjoyed the fellowship of
the Bob Majors’, late of Claxton
who joined our group, and espe
cially the day, subtle humor of
Mrs. Majors.
We spoke to Jack Williams, Bel
mont Dennis, Miss Emily Wood
ward, H. V. Jenkins, and numer
ous others we had long admired
from afar. By the time dinner was
announced the result of all the
brilliancy and charm being flung
around was taking effect, and we
just knew we had it too. We
spent considerable time thinking
of an especially bright piece,
mentally edited and -revised it sev
eral times, and finally, deeming it
worthy of a try-out, turned bright
ly to our hosts, the Millers, and
the Majors, who were id a huddle,
we knew, solving some desperately
serious matter. Really, we kind
of hated to intrude and break the
line of thought on a vital issue
that would no doubt effect the des
tiny of our country. But our
cleverness would not be denied so
intrude we did. And 'what were
they doing. Now we just ask you,
what were they doing. Comparing
photos of grandchildren and tak
ing on with polite enthusiasm over
the other couple’s, scarcely wait
ing for them to hush before an
other one got started, perfectly
oblivious to the editorial genuises
around them. We did a quick about
face. Now here was something
we could hold our own with, maybe
not with grandchildren, but any
way—. Arming ourselves with
salted peanuts nad a coca-cola we
entered into the huddle. And thus
reverted to nature.
Miss Nancy Purvis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Purvis, is a
councilor at the junior division of
the Tattnall county Methodist
camp this week which is held at
the Tattnall Camp grounds near
Reidsville.
Miss Betty Graham is spending
this week in Eatonton as the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Tom Gregory,
and Mr. Gregory.
Pembroke Garden
Club Changes
Meeting Date
Future meetings of the Pem
broke Garden Club will be held on
the Wednesday after the third
Sunday of each month instead of
on Thursday as it has previously
done, according to a decision made
Wednesday by that group in its
June meeting.
In the voting on flower exhibits,
Mrs. U. J. Bacon won first place
in both miniature and mass ar
rangements. The miniature was
mixed flowers in a china slipper
and the arrangement was a dis
play of roses. Mrs. W. R. Deal’s
peach colored gladiolus placed
highest in the horticultural speci
mens.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mikell, Mrs.
U. J. Bacon, and Mrs. L. D. Ba
con were declared to have the best
yards in the order named.
Flower show practices were dis
cussed by Mrs. J. O. Bacon who
drew the entire group into the dis
cussion, and Mrs. J. Dixie Harn
gave flower hints for the month.
Hostess for the afternoon was
Mrs. Robert Bowers who served
delicious refreshments to those
present.
Hostesses for the July meeting
are Mrs. Lee Burkhalter, Mrs. B.
B. Smith, and Mrs. J. R. De Loach.
Members and viistors present
during the afternoon were Mrs. L.
M. Anderson, president, Mrs. 11. D.
Griner, Mrs. Robert Bowers, Miss
Anne Parrish, Mrs. P. P. Parrish,
Mus. F. 0. Miller, Mrs. W. W. Curl,
Mrs. J. Dixie Harn, Mrs. Henry
Eldridge of Columbia, S. C., Mrs.
J. 0. Bacon, Mrs. 11. M. Sanders,
Miss Lula McGahee, Mrs. J. G.
Bacon, Mrs. U. J. Bacon, and Mrs.
W. R. Deal.
Methodist Youth
Program At Circle
Mrs. Rex Waters was hostess
Monday night to the Sally G.
Purvis Circle of the'Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service of the
Pembroke Methodist church.
The program was given by the
Methodist Youth Fellowship with
Mrs. Helen Graham, councilor, in
charge. The functions of a per
fect M. Y. F. were discussed by
Janie Deal, Jane Purvis, and Jane
Lanier.
Miss Blanche Lanier presided at
her first meeting since being
elected president of the group.
Mrs. Rex Waters is vice-president,
Mrs. Cecil Webster is secretary,
and Mrs. L. F. Rogers is treasurer.
Mrs. C. W. Mitchell was wel
comed as a new member and Mrs.
J. L. Hendrix was a visitor.
Following the program and busi
ness session ^Mrs. Waters served
delicious refreshments.
Members and guests present
were Mrs. Waters, Mrs. Graham,
Miss Lanier, Mrs. Webster, Mrs.
Rogers, Miss Deal, Miss Purvis,
Miss Jane Lanier, Mrs. Mitchell,
Mrs. Hendrix, Mrs. Jessie Hope,
Mrs. Rex Stubbs, Mrs. David But
l«r, Mrs. Elton Butler, Mrs. Reg
inald Owens, Mrs. C. W. Lane, Mrs.
J. T. Shaw and Mrs. Felton Blitch.
Croom Has An
Operation
The many friends of A. H.
Croom will be interested to leaim
that he is a patient at the Bul
loch County Hospital, where he
underwent surgery on Monday in
an effort to relieve his health con
dition, and restore him to his usual
good health.
Mr. Croom has been suffering
more or less for months, and final
ly he decided to enter the hospital
and let the Doctors “have a look
see,” and perhaps relieve the pain
ful condition he has been in for
some time.
We understand that the opera
tion was entirely successful and
that it is just a matter of time
before he will be back home and
it is hoped that his health will
be as good as ever.
The Journal joins his many oth
er friends in wishing for him the
best there is in the world.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Edwards, Jr.
and young son, Thomas Stephens,
will return to their home in Wood
bine Sunday after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Edwards, Sr,
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HENRY C. WHITFIELD
Pembroke, Ga.
H. C. Whitfield, member of Pem
broke City Council and prominent
Pembroke citizen, whose funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon fol
lowing his sudden death early
Monday morning.
Heart Attack
Fatal To
H. C. Whitfield
Henry Clayton Whitfield, 66, of
Pembroke, died at 5 o’clock Mon
day morning in a Savanrfah hos
pital following a heart attack. Mr.
Whitfield had attended a bus
drivers’ meeting at Lake Jackson
near Covington Friday and his
many friends.
Mr. Whitfield was a member of
the Pembroke City Council and of
the Masonic Lodge here and had
recently been elected constable of
the 19th District.
Mr. Whitfield operated a case in
Pembroke for many years and was
a bus driver for the Bryan County
High School. He had lived in the
county since 1933 but was a native
of Johnson county near Wrights
ville where he was a farmer. His
parents were the late Mr. and Mrs.
F. T. Whitfield of Johnson county.
Mr. Whitfield was one of the
most beloved citizens of Pembroke
being popular with old and young
alike. Parents on his fbus route
felt confident their children would
be returned home from school
safely when entrusted to his care
and school children lovingly refer
red to him as “Mr. Whit.” Gen
erous with the use of his bus, he
was always willing to share it for
group trips and was called on of
ten.
lie is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Willie Hartley Whitfield, and
■their two children, Mrs. Ruth
Cause, Savannah, and Mrs. Martha
Brewton, Atlanta; four children by
a former marriage to Mrs. Annie
Williams Whitfield, who died in
1919, Melvin Whitfield, Savannah,
Mrs.' Lucile Lawson, Macon, Mrs.
Frances Chipley, Dublin, and H.
C. Whitfield, Jr., Dublin; three
step-sons, J. W. Godfrey, Ludo
wici, Jack Godfrey, Baxley, and
W. D. Godfrey, Mcßae; one sister,
Mrs. E. M. Holmes, Rockledge;
four brothers, J. B. Whitfield,
Brunswick, N, M. Whitfield, Ma
con, F. T. Whitfield, Wrightsville,
and C. A. Whitfield, Dublin; 20
grandchildren, 6 great grand chil
dren, and several nieces and nep
hews.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
Pembroke Methodist church with
the pastor, the Rev. J. L. Hendrix,
and the Rev. John R. Joyner, pas
tor of the Pembroke Baptist
church, officiating. Burial was in
the cemetery at the Piney Mount
Methodist church where Mr. Whit
field was a member. Masonic
rites by the Dublin lodge were
held at the graveside and the Rev.
Vining, Dublin, officiated at the
burial.
Pallbearers were E. W. Miles, R.
L. Jackson, Julian Buckner, J. R.
DeLoach, Roy Williamson and
Charles Wamell.
Honorary pallbearers were
Mayor F. 0. Miller, C. C. Spinks,
Hawley Bazemore, J. W. Brewton,
and Eugene Mock, all members of
the City Council, W. M. Porter
field, J. Dixie Harn, W. L. Hum
phries, H. Williamson, L. A. Ma
son, Henry Lewis, R. L. Morgan,
Frank Hendry, D. E. Medders, C.
N. McGee, B, B. Smith, W. C.
Lanier, W. H. Dußois, U. J. Ba
con, W. R. Deal, C. L. Purvis, L.
C. Lane, Judge Mel Price, R. L.
Dawson, and J. P. Dukes.
Morrison Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements,
Cattle Penned In
Bryan County By
232 Majority Vote
Bryan county sealed the fate of
her stock Wednesday at the polls.
By a majority of 232 she decreed
that her cattle would—after 1955
—live and let live and would stay
put. That time is in the offing
when the current bossies will give
their offsprings the "I remember
when” line as to how greener pas
tures'—just anybody’s—were the
aim of bovinish appetites. After
1955 Bryan county stock will let
the rest of the world go by in
peace and will view motorists safe
ly from the inside of a pasture.
The 900 votes cast were as fol
lows: 19th District, white 291 for,
43 against, Negro, 23 for, 21
against; 20th District, white 161
for, 101 against, Negro, 9 for, 103
against; 1380th District, white, 78
for, 43 against, Negro, 4 for, 23
against.
Voters in 27 counties decided
the “open range” problem Wed
nesday by casting their ballots for
or against the adoption of a 1953
legislative act designed to pro
hibit livestock “from running at
large or straying upon public
roads.” All of these counties are
in the wiregrass section of South
east Georgia where mules, cows,
pigs, and such have nevec- had
their movements restricted by law.
Governor Herman Talmadge has
predicted that all 27 counties will
adopt the 1953 act within two to
four years. The year 1955 is given’
as the deadline when the law shall
become “of full force and effect”
in those counties that adopted it
Wednesday.
Agent Advocates
Clean Up As Fly
Control Measure
The summer months—fly time—
should be clean up time l , County
Agent I). E. Medders stated this
week. The basic principle in fly
control, he explained, is sanita
tion. When the breeding areas are
destroyed, other measures such as
insecticidal sprays are much more
effective.
“After World War 11, when
DDT became widely used, it was
thought that fly control would be
a simple matter,” the county agent,
said, “but we soon learned differ
ently. The flies bred faster than
the adults were killed and the fly
population developed resistance to
DDT and other related synthetic
insecticides.”
This points out the need for get
ting at the sources of the trouble
—the breeding areas, Medders de
clared.
On farms, frequent hauling and
spreading of manure is an im
portant control practice, according
to the colunty agent. Providing
a sanitaay type of garbage and
trash disposal is also essential, he
said. After the breeding places
are cleaned up, insecticides will
round out the program. DDT is
still a good fly killer, the farm
expert maintained, but added that
it should not be used around the
dairy barn. There are also other
good fly killers on the market.
“The important thing to re
member,” he stressed, “is that in
secticides cannot do the job by
themselves.”
G. F. HENDRICKS
IS SUPERVISOR OF
COASTAL DISTRICT
G. Frank Hendricks, Pembroke
businessman and farmer, was
named supervisor of the Coastal
Empire district of the Soil Con
servation Service to represent Bry
an county, in a recent election held
in the county. The Coastal Soil
Conservation district includes the
five counties of Bryan, Chatham,
Long, Liberty, and Mclntosh.
The new supervisor succeeds W.
C. Payne, who resigned some time
ago, and had been acting super
visor since Mr. Payne’s resigna
tion. Among his duties are the
direction and supervision of the
work of the local soil conserva
tion technician, W. T. Holton, and
the formulation of district policies,
along with the other supervisors,
Number 39