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The Pembroke State Bank
Small Enough To Know You
Large Enough To Serve You
Member FDIC
Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Medders Is Named
Chmn. of District
State Committees
Bryan County’s agricultural
agent has been selected by the of
ficers and board of directors of
the Georgia Association of Agri
cultural Agents as both state and
district chairman of the Land
Grant College committee. The ap
pointment of D. E. Medders was
made at the annual organizational
meeting hety recently and in ac
cordance with suggestions made by
the National Association of Coun
ty Agricultural Agents.
Medders is also a member of the
national Land Grant College Com
mittee, having been named during
the national convention in Salt
Lake City, Utah, last year.
The Land Grant College com
mittee is one of the most impor
tant from the national and state
viewpoints. Its members meet di
rectly with the national commit
tees from land grant colleges and
the Department of Agriculture in
Washington, D. C., which draw up
rules governing land grants and
funds to carry on educational work
in agriculture and home economics,
and teaching and research in the
extension program which is de
signed to reach children and adults
alike. The committee endeavors to
guide the thinking of the land
grant colleges and Department of
Agriculture committees in their
rulings as would affect the exten
sion department.
Bryan School Bus
Drivers Get State
Safety Letters
The Bryan County school bus
drivers for the white and Negro
schools have received safety warn
ing letters recently from Lieuten
ant Eugene Thomas, supervisor of
safety education for the Georgia
State Patrol, and from Wilton Hill,
executive secretary of the Georgia
School Bus Drivers Association.
There are 19 school buses in the
county.
The letters were sent to all
school bus drivers throughout the
state and re-emphasize the impor
tance and necessity of safe driv
ing and alertness on the part of
the drivers.
Drivers in the Bryan County
school system were already on
safety alert, according to J. R.
DeLoach, county school superin
tendent. He explained that the
drivers were observing all safety
regulations as set up by the pa
trol and other departments in
charge of school transportation.
Mr. DeLoach expressed his appre
ciation to the drivers for their
cooperation and for the splendid
record they have made since the
beginning of the school year. He
said he feels confident that the
year will close with the accident
situation the same as it now
stands.
AUXILIARY HEAD TO
RECEIVE AT POPPY
ANCHOR RECEPTION
Mrs. Purvis Brannen will be in
the receiving line at the reception
following the Poppy Anchor dedi
cation which will take place this
year in Savannah. The reception
will be held at the Savannah Post
No. 135 at 1108 Bull Street and
the presidents of the units of the
First District will receive at the
reception. Mrs. Brannen is presi
dent of the John Duggar Post Aux
iliary Unit.
The units in the First District
have been accorded an honor to be
in charge of the Moina Michael
Poppy Anchor for 1955. The dedi
cation ceremonies will take place
at the same place as the reception
on Sunday, April 24, at 3 o’clock.
Jack Langford, Department
Commander, will be the dedication
speaker. The Poppy Anchor will
be presented to Mrs. R. T. Ragan,
Department president, by Mrs.
Henri J. Oppenheim, who is De
partment chairman of the Poppy
Anchor and who will be in charge
of the dedication.
Mi/s Shirley Dukes, student at
Mercer University, spent the
spring holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. H, Dukes. She
arrived in Pembroke Thursday
and returned to Mercer on Tues
day.
Pembroke fecial
Ramona Sims Is
Practice Teaching
At Metter School
Miss Ramona
Sims, senior at
Georgia State
College for Wo
men in Milledge
ville, is in Metter
during the spring
quarter teaching
in the school
there.
Miss Sims is
doing practice teaching in Metter
as part of the training program
outlined for senior home econom
ics students at the college. The
program has been in operation at
GSCW and in the State of Geor
gia for the past 15 years. Plans
for it are made in co-operation
with the State Department of Edu
cation,’ division of vocational home
making education.
Miss Sims, who is a graduate
of the Bryan County High School
here, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Sims. She will grad
uate in June from the Milledge
ville school with a degree in home
economics.
Students who prepare them
selves as home economics teachers
are required to participate in one
quarter of off-campus student
teaching. This work is conducted
in the student’s senior year. Fol
lowing their return to the campus,
they attend a special three-week
seminar devoted to a concentrated
study of the home economics cur
riculum.
Regular and periodic visits are
made to the homemaking depart
ments of all Georgia high schools
by the supervisor of home-making
from the State Department of
Education. When this supervisor
feels that an outstanding job is
being done by the high school
teacher she recommends that high
school teacher to colleges partici
pating in the teacher training pro
gram. —
Representatives from that col
lege’s home economics department
then meet with the high school
principal and home-making teach
ed. From such a meeting plans
are completed for the teacher
training program to be actually set
in operation.
Miss Sims’ supervising teacher
in Metter is Mrs. Myrtice Eden
field. Also doing her practice
teaching in Metter with Miss Sims
is Miss Joan Klecan of Guyton.
Miss Sims and Miss Klecan have
been roommates at GSCW.
Picture of Miss Sims is by cour
tesy of The Atlanta Journal.
CLAXTON ATTORNEY
MAKES ANNIVERSARY
TALK TO POST 164
An inspiring, as well as inter
esting, speech was made by Hen
ry Durrence, Claxton attorney, on
Friday night at the meeting of
the John Duggar Post No. 164.
Mr. Durrence had been invited by
Commander G. C. Martin to speak
to the post and Auxiliary unit on
the anniversary of the founding of
the National American Legion.
The speaker said that Christian
ity must be taken as the basis for
freedom since no government-can
operate successfully for any length
of time under a dictatorship. He
said veterans had gained the rights
and privileges accorded them by
upholding their country’s honor in
the name of freedom.
Mr. Durrence’s sincerity of
speech, choice of subject, poise,
delivery and gentle humor all com
bined to enthrall his audience
throughout his talk.
During the business session of
the post a supper committee vol
unteered for the April meeting.
METHODISTS CHANGE
SOUTH GEORGIA
CONFERENCE DATES
Dates of the South Georgia an
nual conference of the Methodist
Church have been changed to June
8-13, Bishop Arthur J. Moore has
announced.
The conference will be held in
Wesley Monumental Methodist
Church in Savannah, beginning at
9:30 a. m. on June 8.
Originally scheduled for June
6-10, the meeting was changed
because a civic club convention is
to be held there at that time.
The North Georgia conference
is to be held June 20-24, at the
First Methodist Church in Athens.
Bryan Superior Court To Meet
In Adjourned Term Next Monday
Grand Jury Met And Concluded On Monday; Land
Case Takes Two Days And Ends In
Directed Verdict.
The Bryan County Superior Court met in Pembroke on
last Monday, with the Grand Jury in session. The Grand
Jury was headed by J. Dixie Harn and F. O. Miller was the
Clerk. They immediately got down to business and were
ready to adjourn on Monday afternoon. When the Grand
Jury presentments had been read in open Court, Judge Price
paid the Grand Jurors a compliment, saying that they had
handled a large amount of business in a business like man
ner and in a short time, which resulted in a saving of
money for the County. Solicitor General Bruce Dubberly
had previously complimented the Grand Jurors on their
ability to swear the witnesses, examine them and return the
bills of indictment without having to ask him for assistance,
which gave him more time to drawing the indictments, and
resulted in the affairs being handled much faster.
There were several divorce matters along with some
other small cases handled, but on Tuesday morning the
Smith-Shuman land line case was taken up and ran until
about four o’clock on Wednesday afternoon when Attorney
W. Roscoff Deal asked the Court to direct a ^erdict for the
Smiths on the grounds that Mr. Shuman had never shown
any legal grounds for his side, having never established a
line, and admitting that even now he did not know where
the line should be. This the judge did, and when it was
found that the next case would be a long one, Court ad
journed over until next Monday at which time there will
probably be two or three days more of court.
Judge Price had previously agreed to go to Alamo and
hold court for Judge Graham who is sick, and he had to be
there on Thursday morning for an adjourned term of Wheel
er Superior Court.
Rep. Preston's
Subcommittee
Saves Millions
WASHINGTON, March 17 — A
net saving of more than $56,000,-
000 has been accomplished by the
Appropriations Sub - Committee
headed by Prince H. Preston (Dem.
of Ga.) in the Supplemental Ap
propriations bill reported to the
House today.
Preston was named chairman of
the Appropriations Sub-Committee
on the Department of Commerce
and Related Agencies at the begin
ning of the present session when
the Democrats gained control of
the House. The amounts recom
mended by the Preston Sub-Com
mittee and adopted by the full Ap
propriations Committee totaled
$56,000,000 less than the $190,-
538,000 recommended by the Ad
ministration’s Bureau of the Bud
get.
“This saving of $56,000,000 over
budget estimates amounts about
$lB apiece for every man, woman
and child in the State of Georgia,’’
Preston said. “I believe that by
vigilant effort we can effect sav
ings all along the line in civilian
governmental functions without
impairing essential services to the
people.”
PEMBROKE SOLDIER
IS TRANSFERRED
TO FORT LEE, VA.
Donald Johnson, who has been
at Fort Jackson, near Columbia,
South Carolina, for several weeks
has completed his basic training
there and is spending two weeks
with his mother, Mrs. Effie John
son, before being transferred to
his new station.
On April 1 Johnson will report
to Fort Lee, Virginia, to enroll in
the Quartermaster School. He will
spend from ten to twelve weeks
in training there.
Before entering service, John
son operated his mother’s farm
near here. He is a graduate of the
Bryan County High School and
was active in the Baptist Church
here, being secretary-treasurer of
the Baptist Brotherhood.
BROTHERHOOD SETS
BUSINESS MEETING
FOR THURS. NIGHT
The Brotherhood of the Pem
broke Baptist Church has an
nounced a business meeting for
Thursday night, March 24, at 7:30
in the educational building.
During the meeting the revival
to be held in May will be dis
cussed and plans made for the
Brotherhood’s part toward a suc
cessful evangelistic crusade.
According to the letter to mem
bers sent out by L. M. Geyer,
secretary-treasurer, “supper will
be served at the meeting with a
special touch added for men.”
D. E. Medders, president, will
preside at the business session.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24. 1954
BCHS Ag, Home-Ec.
Departments to Be
Open House Hosts
A fashion show will be the fea
ture of the Open House to be held
on Friday, April 1, by the home
making and agricultural depart
ments of the Bryan County High
School.
The fashion show will be the
initial event of the entertainment
and will take place at 10:30. Mod
eled by member^ of the Jiomenjak
ing department will be the various
garments made during the year in
cluding an evening dress, skirts,
beach jackets, sports dresses, cas
ual dresses, afternoon dresses,
blouses, peddle-pushers, and other
articles of clothing.
At the fashion show the voca
tional agricultural students will
model the correct outfits for vari
ous occasions,along with the fem
inine models. Shearer Shaw will
be the commentator for the fash
ion show.
Both departments will display
the different projects made dur
ing the year under the supervis
ion of Mrs. Wynelle Purcell, home
making teacher, and C. N. McGee,
agricultural teacher. Os special
interest will be the redecorated
living room in the agricultural
building where both groups are
housed.
Students greeting the guests
who cal] from -10:30 to 3 o’clock
and serving refreshments will
change each hour. The public is
invited to attend the affair which
is held for the purpose of ac
quainting the public with the func
tions of the two departments and
their correlation with each other.
The home-making department
has an enrollment of 79 students
and the agricultural department an
enrollment of 71.
EMMA KELLY TO
PLAY FOR LEGION
DANCE FRI. NIGHT
Emma Kelly and her orchestra
will furnish the music for the
dance Friday night sponsored by
the John Duggar Post No. 164 of
the American Legion.
The dance will be held at the
Post home which will be decorated
with a spring motif for the occa
sion. The Legion dances for the
past two years have been well at
tended and successful ones and
Friday night’s affair ushering in
the spring season is expected to
be in line with the others.
Advance tickets have been on
sale for some time with all indi
cations pointing to a good attend
ance. Two prizes will be offered
during the evening. One will be to
the holder of the lucky number on
the advance sale tickets and the
other will be a door prize.
A snack bar will be operated
during the evening with coffee,
soft drinks, doughnuts, cake and
sandwiches being served.
Admission to the dance is SI.OO
per person.
Mrs. N. M. Bacon's
Father Dies after
Brief Illness
James Lester Youmans, Sr., 72,
died Tuesday afternoon at a Sa
vannah hospital after a short ill
ness. Mr. Youmans was the father
of Mrs. Norman M. Bacon of Pem
broke.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the
New Providence Baptist Church at
Guyton, conducted by the Rev.
Walter A. Brown, the Rev. V. P.
Bowers, and the Rev. John R.
Joyner. Burial was in Hillcrest
Abbey Memorial Park in Savan
nah. The body was at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Eulie J. Burnsed,
Route 1, Savannah, until time for
services.
Surviving Mr. Youmans are his
wife, Mrs. Jessie Johnson You
mans; one son, James Lester You
mans, Jr.; two daughters, Mrs.
Burnsed and Mrs. Bacon; and sev
en grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Dr. W. L. Os
teen, Wayne Woods, J. C. Strother,
Isaac Rountree, Jack Ramsey and
Calvin Burnsed. Honorary pall
bearers were E. B. Owens, L. L.
Osteen, J. C. Mikell, deacons of
the New Providence Church and
members of the Guyton Masonic
Lodge.
The Leslie Thompson Funeral
Home of Springfield was in charge
of arrangements.
Recreation Night
Gaining Headway
With Youth Here
A program designed to meet the
needs of the young people in the
community is gaining headway af
ter being carried on for a month
with, according to the Rev. J. L.
Hendrix, an average attendance of
approximately 20.
Meeting once a week the recrea
tion program is designed to claim
the attention of the youth of this
area for the betterment of the
community and themselves. For
the present the group is meeting
on Thursday night in the Bryan
County High School gymnasium
but as the warm weather ap
proaches the ball park behind the
courthouse will probably be the
meeting place so that soft ball
might be enjoyed.
The idea was conceived by the
Rev. J. L. Hendrix, pastor of the
Pembroke Methodist Church,
whose idea is to let the partici
pants develop the program them
selves, as they discover the possi
bilities of .the project. Robert
Bowers, BCHS faculty member
and coach, also meets with the
group.
Mr. Hendrix said that while
only young men have been parti
cipating in the project so far, girls
are also welcome to attend. He
said that eventually he hopes the
idea will branch out to include a
lower age group of girls and boys,
as well.
Mr. Hendrix said he hopes all
the young adults in this area will
participate in the program each
Thursday night at 7:30 in the
gymnasium until further notice.
SIX YEAR OLD IS
FETED BY PARENTS
ON BIRTHDAY
Dale Gay was honored Saturday
on her sixth birthday by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Gay.
During the afternoon the young
guests played games led by the
guest of honor’s mother, Mrs. Gay,
who presented them with attrac
tive favors. Dale was the recipient
of many lovely gifts to celebrate
the occasion.
Ice cream and cake were served
from the gaily decorated table in
the dining room.
Present for the party were Dale
Gay, Gale Gay, Jane Williams
Lynn Williams, Nita Williams,
Dian Smith, Roy Smith, Lairy
Bishop, Caroline Floyd, Mary
Warnell, Caroline Warnell, Junior
Futch, Kelvin Futch, Vivian Iddins,
Janice Iddins, Brenda Shuman, B.
W. Shuman, Jr., Norman Bacon
and Jimmy DeLoach.
Students of the Georgia State
College for Women who spent
spring holidays here with their
parents are Miss Romana Sims,
Miss June Lee and Miss Evangi
lian Sims.
Linda Mock
Linda Mock, BCHS student, who
will represent Bryan County in the
First District spelling contest on
April 15 in Statesboro.
Linda Mock Will
Spell for Bryan in
District Contest
The Bryan County High School
entry spelled down the best spell
ers of two other Bryan County
schools Tuesday morning, thus be
coming eligible to represent the
county nt the District Spelling
Bee in Statesboro on Friday, April
15.
Linda Mock, eighth grade stu
dent, made a perfect score, with
Johnny Scott of the Richmond
Hill High School and Marian
Pevey from the Black Creek Ele
mentary School pushing hard be
hind her.
Lnda is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Mock of Ellabelle
and the granddaughter of Mrs.
H. N. Stewart of Pembroke. She
came to the high school in Pem
broke last fall from the seventh
grade at Black Creek where she
was an honor graduate. She has
been awarded a $25 war bond by
the Atlanta Journal, sponsor of
the annual contest.
District contests will be held in
each of the state’s ten congres
sional districts between April 4-15,
with winners eligible for the finals.
Co-operating with the Atlanta
Journal in the contest is the State
Department of Education and the
Georgia Education Association.
If Linda wins the District elimi
nations she will travel on to At
lanta for the statewide spelling
bee held on April 22 and 23. The
contest winner will receive an ex
pense-paid trip to Washington to
reresent this State in the national
spelling contest.
Already 143 of Georgia’s 159
counties have announced the
names of their county contest win
ners.
The Georgia champion will stay
at one of Washington’s leading
hotels on his week-long trip to the
national spelling contest. The
trip to Atlanta for the district win
ners will also be expense-paid.
MRS. NINA STORY
TAKES FLORIDA
TOUR WITH SON
Dr. Frank Story of Henderson
ville, N. C. and his mother, Mrs.
Nina Story of Ellabelle returned
from a tour of Florida, Saturday.
They went down the Pacific
Coast visiting all the places of
interest then returned through the
central part of Florida stopping
at Bak Tower, Silver Springs and
many other places of interest.
They took their trailer and at
night just pulled into a trailer
court. Mrs. Story says that’s the
only way to travel. “Take your
house along.”
ASH BRANCH CLUB
MEETS WITH MRS.
E. S. LANIER
Mrs. E. S. T-anier was hostess
recently to the Ash Branch Home
Demonstration Club at her home.
Presiding at the business meeting
was Mrs. R. E. Lanier, president.
There was no demonstration due
to the absence of Mrs. Ora C.
Payne, home demonstration agent.
During the social hour bingo
was played with Mrs. B. Z. Cow
art winning the prize. Mrs. Oscar
Cowart was welcomed as a visitor.
Members present were Mrs. E.
S. Lanier, Mrs. R. E. Lanier, Mrs.
B. Z. Cowart, Mrs. R. E. Lee,
Mrs. O. B. Lee, Mrs. H. H. Hagan,
Mrs. Cecil Lanier and Mrs. I. G.
Lanier,
280 RESTAURANT
2 Miles West of Pembroke
Next To Home—
The Best Place To Eat
Mr. and Mrs. Al Buhler
Volume No. 55
Hagin Is President
Os New Ag College
Alumni Group
Mack Hagin was elected presi
dent of the Bryan County Alumni
Association of the College of Ag
riculture of the University of
Georgia at a meeting of the so
ciety held recently. Other officers
named w r ere W ,W. Meeks, Jr.,
vice-president, and C. N. McGee,
secretary and treasurer.
Hagin, from Lanier, is assosciat
ed with the Stubbs’ farm at La
nier, and Meeks operates a plan
tation at Richmond Hill. McGee
is vocational agricultural teacher
at the Bryan County High School.
Meeks was chosen delegate to the
state meeting in Athens this fall.
The new organization has a four
fold purpose: (1) to bring about
a closer spirit of fellowship and
cooperation among the ex-stu
dents of the College of Agricul
ture; (2) maintain close working
relationships with the officials of
the College of Agriculture and oth
ers on programs affecting the de
velopment of a sound and profit
able agriculture in Georgia; (3)
advance and promote strong resi
dent teaching, research, and Ex
tensive Service programs of the
College of Agriculture, (4) co
operate with and support the
Schools of Veterinary Medicine,
Home Economics, and Forestry,
and the Divisions of Vocational
Agriculture and Home Economics
of the State Department of Edu
cation.
W. Taj) Bennett, Savannah, is
vice-president of the association
and the First District director is
M. P. Martin of Bulloch County.
J. Phil Campbell, Commissioner
of Agriculture, who served as tem
porary vice-president of the Asso
ciation, said at the election of state
officers that College of Agricul
ture alumni must work to obtain
for the College the things it needs.
He adde dthat it will be up to the
people who are not dependent on
the state to bear the brunt of the
load.
Dr. 0. C. Aderhold, president of
the University of Georgia, told the
Ag College alumni (hat, in the
final analysis, people get the kind
of education, the kind of College
of Agriculture, etc., that they are
willing to work for.
Pointing out needs of the Col
lege of Ariculture, Dean and Di
rector C. C. Murray said some of
them are a science center, an ag
ricultural engineering building, a
food technology building and a
coliseum.
Members of the Association
adopted a resolution commending
the Board of Regents for “their
courageous, farsighted and wise
stand in s eeking increases in ap
propriations for the University
System of Georgia. The resolution
requested that the regents provide
funds for the erection of a modern
science center at the University,
and to strengthen and expand the
programs of the College of Agri
culture.
POST 164 AUXILIARY
TO HELP IN FETING
STATE PRESIDENT
Unit No. 164 of the American
Legion Auxiliary will be one of
the hostess groups to entertain the
Department president on her offi
cial visit to the First District dur
ing the first week in April.
A dinner will be held on Wed
nesday, April 6, at 6:30 at the
Pirate House in Savannah at which
Mrs. R. T. Ragan will be guest of
honor. Following the dinner a
meeting will be held at Chatham
Post No. 36 at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Purvis Brannen, local pres
ident, urges all auxiliary members
who can to attend the dinner and
the meeting. Reservations may be
made by contacting Mrs. Brannen
as early as possible.
MRS. JONES RETURNS
FROM HOSPITAL IN
AUGUSTA
The many friends of Mrs. J. R.
Jones are delighted that she is at
home after spending some time in
Augusta in the hospital where she
underwent a major operation.
Although Mrs. Jones’ condition
is still not too good she has im
proved and she is able to be up
some of the day. However, she
lis confined to her home and will
be glad to receive visits from her
friends.
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