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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 H 5 -w ■ ®f w Ji '^3s * '! & j 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. i 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,