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“COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
Committees Are
Named By Head
Os Church Group
The various committees neces
sary to carry on the work of the
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service ware named at the busi
ness meeting Monday of the Pem
broke chapter of that group. Mrs.
H. D. Griner, president, announc
ed them in the first meeting at
which she has presided as presi
dent of the organization.
Mrs. W. Roscoff Deal gave the
program on Industrial Workers in
America, following Mrs. J. Dixie
Harn’s devotional.
In another business action Mrs.
Griner named Mrs. L. F. Rogers
as Secretary of Children’s Work,
and M,rs. Harry Owens as Promo
tion Secretary.
Those present were Mrs. Griner,
Mrs. Deal, Mrs. Harn, Mrs. Harry
Owens, Mrs. J. E. Lanier, Mrs. H.
M. Sanders, Mrs. F. R. Davis, Mrs.
J. L. Hendrix, and Miss Blanche
Lanier.
The committees and their mem
bers as designated by Mrs. Griner
are: Program committee: Mrs. R.
L. Morgan, Mrs. A. V. Anderson,
Mrs. Joe Morgan, Mrs. W. R. Deal,
Mrs. F. R. Davis, Mrs. Harry
Owens, Miss Blanche Lanier; Fi
nance committee: Mrs. U. J. Bacon,
Mrs. A. V. Anderson, Mrs. Joe
Morgan, Mrs. Jessie Hope, Mrs.
C. W. Lane; Membership commit
tee: Mrs. Harry Owens, Mrs. C. L.
Purvis, Mrs. Elton Butler, Mrs.
H. M. Sanders, Mrs. L. F. Rogers;
Publicity committee: Mrs. J. D.
Harn, Mrs. J. E. Lanier, Miss
Blanche Lanier, Mrs. Helen Gra
ham, Mirs. W. M. Porterfield;
Spiritual Life committee: Mrs. F.
R. Davis, Mrs. J. T. Shaw, Mrs.
Lee Burkhalter, Mrs. J. L. Hen
drix, Mrs. Rex Waters; Grounds
committee: Mrs. J. E. Lanier and
Mrs. W. R. Deal.
Two other committees will be
named later, Mrs. Griner said.
Heroism —
1953 Vintage
By MRS. MEDDERS
Even to undertake to write about
it with our meager store of words
is presumptuous, and do so most
humbly, taking great pride in the
fact that we live in the same era
with those people, living and dead
whose display of courage saved, or
cost, their own lives, and saved
the lives of others.
We have heard of Ernest J.
Haar, as who living in this section
hasn’t. We presumed without even
thinking about it that he had a
wife and children. But we pre
sume no longer. Now we know
that he has a wife whose love for
her husband surpassed her own
fear of danger as shown by the
way, according to newspaper re
ports, she, with the aid of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Maurice Seybold, groped
about for a support on which to
lay Mr. Haar, who had hurt his
head when he tried to come to her
aid after the boat crashed. She
held him there, too, with the water
up to her armpitis, until the turn
ing of the boat swept him away.
Ernest Haar is stepping high, wide
and handsome today in Heaven
telling that story with his shining
eyes and gentle manner. And we
bet none of the other fellows there
with him can top it, either.
We don’t know how old Miss
Marilyn Haar is and it doesn’t
matter. She may be 13, 16 or 19
but in percent of courage, quick
thinking, and just being an all
round swell girl, she’s 100%. The
younger generation? Thank God for
them . But then, why shouldn’t
she be? She certainly came by it
honest.
Small comfort it is to Mr. Sey
bold that his wife is a dead
heroine. Her picture showed one
of the prettiest women we’ve evar
seen. And her soul must have been
the same way.
See? We told you we couldn’t do
the job justice but there it is,
anyway.
STRAYED
STRAYED—BLACK COCKER,
SPANIER, male, answers to the
name of Blackie, had just been
clipped. This is a pet dog and I
will appreciate any information as
to his whereabout. Mrs. William
A. W’arnell, Phone 62, Pembroke,
Ga.
Pembroke Journal
Midway Georgia Demonstrates
That Small Communities Can
Have Wide Awake Civic Club
On Tuesday night it was the
privilege and pleasure of Mayor
Frank O. Miller to be invited to
address the Lions Club at their
regular meeting at Midway, a
small community in Liberty Coun
ty.
Knowing of our trials and tribu
lations of trying to have a Lions
Club in Pembroke, we did not ex
pect much of a turn out. In fact
our good friend W. W. Curl, who
went with ns to Midway asked us
on the way down to Midway where
they got their members from, and
we frankly told him that we would
tell him more about it, after hav
ing gone there.
We were “dumb founded” to
find a large attendance there when
we arrived, after having gone
through a down pour and a heavy
wind in the Camp Stewart reserva
tion. There was twenty-one mem
bers present, for strictly a busi
ness meeting, no refreshments or
eats, and this would do credit to
a much larger community.
We found our good friend Joe
Smith as President, and doing a
bang up good job, and Roscoe Den
mark was very active as the tail
twister, which makes their meet
ings a lively affair. Hoke You
mans was there from Yellow Bluff,
and they came for miles around.
We learned that they have two
meetings each month, the first and
Third Tuesday nights, and then on
the fourth Tuesday night they
throw' a Community Wide supper,
and every one attends, the men
catch fish, donate them, and the
ladies gather and prepare a de
lightful supper, and every one that
goes pays a dollar for a plate, and
as a result they have made more
than SI4OO in the past several
months, have a nice equipped
meeting place, complete with
chairs, tables and a modern kitch
en. Something that any commun
ity can be proud of.
It is located on the grounds of
the Methodist (Church, which by
the way is very much alive, hav
ing a modern church building, air
conditioned and services every
Sunday.
We met their “little” preacher,
but have forgotten his name. He
LEGION DELEGATES
IN ATTENDANCE
AT CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Martin, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hendricks, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Futch are
among those from the John Dug
gar Post No. 161 in Pembroke at
tending the convention of the Geor
gia department of the American
Legion which opened Friday morn
ing and runs through Sunday.
Martin is commander of the post
and all three of the former serv
ice men are delegates.
Governor Herman Talmadge, a
Legionnaire, will address the group
at 2:45 Friday afternoon after the
convention was called to order Fri
day morning at 10 o’clock by J.
Ben Warren, department com
inlander. Senator W. Stuart Sym
ington, Missouri Democrat, will
speak at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Both addresses will be made at the
Municipal Auditorium. A banquet
will be held Saturday night at
the Hotel DeSoto.
ELLABELLE MAN
KNOCKED FROM
TRACTOR BY TREE
W. C. Bumsed, Ellabelle, re
ceived painful, though, according
to the doctor’s diagnosis, not seri
ous injuries recently while work
ing in the woods near his home.
Mr. Burnsed was pulling logs
out of the woods with his tractor
when he was suddenly knocked off
by a big tree. Fearing at first
that he had suffered internal in
juries his family rushed him to the
Bulloch County Hospital where he
was kept for observation, and
later released after x-rajys showed
severe injuries to be the extent of
his wounds.
Although Mr. Burnsed is out,
he is still unable to resume his
normal activities. Besides being
a popular resident of the Ellabelle
section he is a member of the
county commissioners from Bry
an county. '■
is a live wide awake member of
the Lions Club, and we were inter
ested when he arose and told the
members that upon looking at his
card, he had discovered that he
was no longer a member of the
Lions Club, due to the fact that
he had failed to pay his dues, and
asked for the privilege of paying
them at that time and again get
in good standing, which of course
was granted him, and about a
dozen others followed suit. Then
it was “tail twister” Roscoe Ren
mark got up and made all who had
allowed their dues to get behind
to pay him an additional fee for
having done so.
At one point the President sug
gested that the “tail twister” be
fined for allowing the meeting to
get a little dull, this was voted
unanimously and Roscoe had to
pony up with a fine.
We asked how it was that they
tad been able to hold together and
go ahead with their club, when
we had had so much trouble and
finally failed. We were told that
they too had had their troubles,
but that they just kept on. meet
ing sometimes with two and then
again three or four and finally
the “belly achers” dropped out,
and the members that amounted
to something kept on, and that
each meeting they enjoyed a large
attendance and that one Ladies’
night, the fourth Tuesday night
in each month was something to
see. As every one looked forward
to these nights like the little ones
does for Santa Claus.
Yes we are going back on
Ladies’ night to see just how they
do it. And our visit to Midway
has given us the hope and desire
to have a part in again trying for
the operation of a good live wide
awake club here in Pembroke.
Midway has demonstrated to us
that it can be done, and there is
no doubt of the worth of their club
to their community and what one
would be worth to Pembroke.
We enjoyed our trip to Midway,
and our good friend W. W. Curi
told us that he did also. It was a
happy ending to what we looked
forward to with a great deal of
skepticism.
[interest at wed.
MORNING STORY
HOURS CONTINUE
Thirty-nine children and five
adults attended the Wednesday
morning story-hour session held
weekly during the summer at the
Pembroke Methodist church. Spon
sored by the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service in connection
with the city library which is oper
ated under the auspices of the
W.S.C.S., the story-hour is plan
ned and given by Miss Isobel Sor
rier, Statesboro, librarian for the
Bulloch-Bryan regional library.
Slides, records, and other activi
ties are enjoyed each week by the
group of youngsters. Serving re
freshments Wednesday morning
were Mrs. H. D. Griner and Mrs.
J. T. Shaw.
All children of the community
are invited to attend next Wednes
day at 10 o’clock.
4-H COUNCIL
TO MEET AT
2:30 SATURDAY
Nugent Griffin, Ellabelle, will
preside at the Bryan County 4-H
Council meeting which will be held
Saturday at 2:30 in the county
agent’s office in Pembroke. Ex
pected to be present are the offi
cers of the various 4-H clubs
throughout the county.
Matters of business on the
agenda are the election of dele
gates to the S’tate 4-H Council
which will convene in Milledgeville
on August 3 for the rest of the
week, and making plans for the
4-H camp to Wahsega in the north
Georgia mountains near Dahlon
ega, which will be the week of Au
gust 10.
Mrs. H. C. Whitfield is in At
lanta visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Wayne Brewton, and Mr. Brewton.
Mrs. Whitfield will return to
Pembroke the latter part of the
week with Mr. and Mrs. Brewton
and their children.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953
Pembroke Junior
Recreation Team
Defeats Claxton
Last Thursday night, July 2,
the Pembroke junior recreation
team defeated Claxton’s ju ni o r
team by a score of 6 to 1. James
Cowart pitched a three hitter and
did not walk a single batter. The
boys behind him committed only
three errors and helped James by
making some outsanding plays.
Jimmie Hendrix, playing for the
first time at shortstop, proved he
was really good by handling all
his chances perfectly. He made
an outstanding catch in the sec
ond inning that was seemingly go
ing for a good hit. Kyle Smith
aided the cause by robbing a Clax
ton player of what seemed to be
a sure hit by going way back and
reaching high in the air in the
fourth inning. Another good play
was made by Ernest Hamilton in
the hist inning when Claxton had
one man out and men on first and
second. A grounder came toward
third baseman Ernest, which he
grabbed up, placing his foot on
third and throwing to Kyle on
second to complete a fine double
play.
Players on the Pembroke juni
or team last Thursday night and
their respective positions were:
James Cowart, p; Bobby Sikes, c;
Bobby Cowart, lb; Joseph Star
ling, 2b; Eraest Hamilton, 3b-
Jimmie Hendrix, ss; Larry Bacon,
If; Grady Sikes, cf; Danny War
nell rs and Kyle Smith, rs.
This week the Pembroke junior
team again played against Clax
ton in the initial game of a triple
header. In the second game the
Pembroke athletic team played
against Claxton, and in the third
game they played against Hines
ville. Scores will lie announced
next week.
After four weeks of work a good
junior team hr. finally been de
veloped and the best team yet -will
be on the field against Claxton
this week. In.addition to the above
named players Gene Duggar, Noel
Osteen and .Sonny Owens will
probably be available also.
Last Friday night, July 3, a
marshmallow roast was held back
of the Bryan County High School.
There were 30 present to enjoy the
affair. Due to wind and rain,
everybody was forced to leave the
out-of-doors, however, and all en
tered the gym. Here they played
indoor games beginning with
kickball. Everybody enjoyed kick
ball so much it was played until
time to go home. Everybody had
a wonderful time because of splen
did cooperation on the part of all
participants.
Last Friday afternoon Everitt
Cowart won first place in all
tournlaments in the eight through
eleven age group, taking first
place in horseshoes, table tennis
and shuffleboard. Larry Foxworth
took second place in horseshoes,
Danny Warned took second place
in table tennis, and Joseph Star
ling placed second in shuffleboard.
In the twelve and up group
David Spinks placed first in bad
minton, while James Cowart plac
ed first in table tennis and second
in shuffleboard. In addition, he
took second place in table tennis.
Gene Benton was second in horse
hoes, Dean Benton was second in
1 badminton.
Last week, which was the fourth
of the recreation program, the at
tendance surpassed the attendance
of any previous week. There was
a large group each day, no day’s
total dropped below 35.
A. H. Croom, Sr. returned to his
home Tuesday from the Bulloch
County Hospital where he under-1
went an operation last week. His I
many friends are happy to know I
that his condition is good.
Claxton Stock Yard
Sale
Wednesday, January Bth
Prices were as follows:
Hogs No. 1 $25.75
Hogs No. 2 25.25
Hogs No. 3 23.95
Hogs Nos. 4 and 5 24.25—25.00
Good butcher sows 21.22
Cattle: Very few cows were of
fered for sale. Cows with calves
$52.75 —$75.00 per head.
No fat steers or heifers were of
fered but demand is strong.
W. H. Dußois Is
Named As Member
Os City Council
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A former member of the Pen
broke City Council was appointed
Monday night by the mayor land
four councilmen to fill the unexpir
ed term of the late H. C. Whit
field, council member who died last
week.
Mayor F. 0. Miller announced
the appointment of W. H. Dußois
to the place, and, at the same time
expressed pleasure in his accept
ance. Mr., Dußois held a place on
the city council during 19'49, 1950,
and 1951.
The naming of the new coun
cilman was done following an in
quiry by Mr. (Miller to W. Ros
coff Deal, city attorney, as to the
proper method of filling the va
cancy. In the lawyer’s reply he
refers to Section 5 of the Charter
of the City of Pembroke, which
“provides that in the event of any
vacancy in the office of council
men . . . which vacancy shall oc
urs not less than six months be
fore the next general election to
be held in the City of Pembroke,
such vacancy shall be filled by
an election . . .; if such vacancy
shall occur less than six months
before the general election held in
the City of Pembroke, then such
vacancy shall he filled by appoint
ment made by the mayor and coun
cilmen then for said city of Pem
broke, for the unexpired term.”
Since the next general election
for the City of Pembroke, is, un
der the provisions of the Charter,
to be held on the second Tuesday
in December, 1953, Mr. Deal ex
plained, and since this is less than
six months, the vacancy caused by
the death of Councilman Whitfield
should be filled by an appointment
made by the mayor and other coun
cilmen.
In commenting on his appoint
ment, Mr. Dußois said he was
happy that the city officials had
demonstrated their confidence in
him by electing him a member
of their group and he would make
every effort to see that this confi
dence was not misplaced. He
would, he declared, put forth his
best efforts, as he did before, for
the betterment of the town.
Members of the City Council
are .Mayor Miller, Eugene Mock,
H. T. Bazemore, C. C. Spinks, J.
W. Brewton, and Mr. Dußois.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this method of
thanking the many people who
were so kind to us, and for the
manly floral offerings sent to us,
in the death of our husband and
father, H. C. Whitfield. We know
that there are no better people on
earth than those of this commun
ity.
Mrs Whitfield and children.
JUNIOR M.Y.F.
MEMBERS HAVE
SWIMMING PARTY
Seven members of the Junior
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
Pembroke Methodist church join
ed the swimming party attending
the Statesboro pool Tuesday night.
Weiner roasts and swimming par
ties are enjoyed by the group at
intervals during the summer
months.
Included among the adults go
ing was Mrs. L. F. Rogers, coun
cilor, and others were L. F. Rog
ers, Mrs. J. E. Hendrix, and Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Griner.
Young people making the trip
were Cleveland Blitch, Tommy
Rogers, Douglas Leonard, Jimmy
Mock, Harry Griner, Lanny Gra
ham, and J. W. Hendrix,
Saturday Evening
Post To Have
Writer At Party
Ye Editor’s Birthday Party on
Sunday, July 19th, in celebration
of having reached the 60th mile
post along “life’s highwfay from
the cradle to the grave,” will be
honored by the presence of Rufus
Jarman of Crooked Mile Road,
Westport, Connecticut, and who is
| a feature writer for the Saturday
Evening Post.
On Wednesday we received a let
ter- from Mr. Jarman, who stated
that he and the Saturday Evening
Post was interested in writing an
article about Bartacues, etc., par
ticularly of the Georgia variety,
and that he had written to Ralph
McGill of The Atlanta Journal
and had been told about our birth
day party, and wianted to know of
us if it would be a barbecue affair,
if so, would we object to him com
ing and getting the material for a
story to appear in the Post.
Naturally we answered right
back by air that we would be de
lig'hted to have Mr. Jarman attend
our birthday. But on Wednesday
evening received a telephone call
from Mr. Jarman at Westport,
Conn., saying that he had wrote
us, and it was necessary to know
if we were going to have a barbe
cue and if it was o. k. for him
to come. We told him we would he
glad to have him and had just
written him to that effect. He told
us that he and ia photographer
would arrive in Pembroke on
Saturday afternoon before the
birthday party so that pictures
could be made of our old colored
friend Harley Surrency doing the
actual barbecuing.
The fact that a writer and the
great Saturday Evening Post iis in
terested enough in our party to
send one here to make pictures and
write up our birthday party, more
or less gives us the “big head”, for
we consider it an honor not only for
Ye Editor but for the little town of
Pembroke to be so honored and
recognized.
Yes, we are going to have a
birthday, probably the biggest we
have ever had, and more than
likely the last one we will ever
hlave. For even if we are allowed
to travel lifes highway for years
to come, we are getting old and
the job is a big one, and this
probably will he our last one.
BRYAN LANDMARK
IS DESTROYED BY
FIRE FRIDAY
An unpainted frame dwelling
called by some “the oldest house
in this part of the country,” and
known to be 78 years old, was lev
eled by fire last Friday around
noon.
Occupied at the time by Rosa
and Will Jones and their children,
the house, which was next to
“Highway 280 Restaurant” pre
sumably caught fire from the
kerosene stove about 11:25 a.m.
By noon it was completely destroy
ed with practically none of the
family’s belongings being saved.
The Pembroke Fire Department
answeired the call but was unable
to quinch the flame. The adult
members of the household were in
the field at the time the fire start
ed and before they could get there
the building was flaming.
The house was known as the
“old Shellman place,” name of a
well known Negro family in the
county who had owned it for some
50 years and lived in it for almost
as long. Prior to that a white
family named Thompson lived in
it.
School Bus Route
Open for Bids
The Bryan County Board of
Education has opened the school
bus route formerly operated by
the late H. C. Whitfield for bid
ding. The said Board of Educa
tion reserves the right to refuse
any and all bids. Bids submitted
must be an over-all bid, including
all monies received from said
route from county and state funds.
All bids must be sealed and sub
mitted on or before August 4,
1953, to Bryan County Board of
Education, Pembroke.
(Signed)
J. R. DeLoach, •
County School Supt, I
Bryan County Board of '
Education. —
NUMBER 40
Fertilizer Meet
For SE Ga. Held
Wed. In Claxton
i The Extension-Fertilizer Dealer
i Manufacturer Annual conferences
i are now being held in the different
1 districts and representatives of
- District three, which include
i Southeast Georgia will meet Wed
, nesday morning, July 15, in Clax
i ton.
County agents, fertilizer deal
ers and a few others are being in
vited to the conferences which are
I sponsored jointly by the Univer
: sity of Georgia College of Agri-’
1 culture Extension Service and the
Georgia Plant Food Educational
, Society.
Guests going from the south
east District will meet at the court
house in Claxton at 10 o’clock.
County Agents Joe Johnston,
. Reidsville, and James W. Brannen,
Claxton, will lead the tour through
i parts of Evans and Tattnall coun
ties. Cotton, com, truck, pastures,
and tobacco farms will be visited.
Dinner will be served by the
Manassas Community Club. The
afternoon meeting will [be presid
ed over by W. W. Harley, vice
president, Georgia Plant Food
Educational Society.
The theme of the conference
series is “The Place of Fertilizer
in the Development of Georgia
Farms and Communities.”
Old "Bossy"
Cause Wreck
Ironically enough, a cow caused
Pembroke’s only July 4 accident.
, Bryan county voted in the recent
stock law election to pen her stock
behind pastures, but one bovine
। creature showed a flagrant disre
, gard of the vote, not to mention
. her disapproval, by ambling casu
. ally across Highway 280 Saturday
• night about 11:30 and causing the
। collision of two vehicles.
Ferdinand Lewis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Lewis of Ellabelle, and
I T. Woods 18, of Brooklet, were
travelling east in a 1947 truck
when, in trying to avoid the cow,
Woods swerved over the center line
and crashed into the 1949 Ford
going west containing several
Negroes, including one Negro girl.
Most seriously injured of these
in the car was one of the men who
required about 18 stitches in his
head. Ralph Taylor, Hinesville,
wiais the driver of the car.
Immediately after the collision
the entire group was carried to
local doctors who gave first aid
and necessary medical treatment
and then released the two white
men to their parents who had been
notified and had come for them.
The Negroes were carried to
Hinesville to their homes.
Lewis’ head went through the
windshield of the truck from the
impact and he suffered painful,
though not serious, lacerations.
Woods sustained a head injury
which, according to recent reports
from his parents, is giving him a
good bit of trouble. All parties
suffered bruises, minor cuts, and
shock.
According to officials who in
vestigated the affair, no case w<as
made and both vehicles were in
sured. Both cars were damaged
from 50 to 75 percent.
And the eow moved on.
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BRYAN COUNTY
PMA NEWS
W. C. Payne, chairman, Bryan
County PMA Committee, announc
ed this week that 1953 cotton acre
ages will be measured. Farmers in
the county received |cards last
week urging them to report the
acreages planted to cotton in 1951
1952 and 1953 to the county PMA
Office as soon as possible.
1953 Tobacco Marketing Cards
will be mailed to producers who
are eiligible for White Quota
Marketing Cards not later than
Friday, July 10, 1953. Letters will
be mailed to all producers who
must pick up their Marketing
Cards at the County PMA Office.
The week July 19-25 has been
proclaimed “National Farm Safety
Week”—Live to Farm and Farm
To Live.
Mrs. Gene Cherry left Tuesday
to return to her home in St. Au
gustine, Florida, following a visit
with heir sister, Mrs. W, H. Du-
Bois,