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Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Black Creek 7th
Grade to Hear
"Crook" Smith
The seventh grade graduates of
the Black Creek Elementary
School will hear B. L. “Crook”
Smith at the graduation exercises
which are scheduled for Thursday
night, May 30, at 8 o’clock. Mr.
Smith will. deliver the main ad
dress of the evening.
An outstanding athlete, Mr.
Smith has also made an enviable
name for himself as a speaker.
He is presently connected with the
Rehabilitation Service with - office
in Savannah. For many years he
was with the athletic department
of Georgia Teacher’s College and
while there many Bryan County
people had an opportunity of
knowing him.
Honor graduates of the seventh
grade are Mabel Edwards, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ed
wards, Ist honor; Glenda Hendry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
Hendry, 2nd honor; Joe Thomas,
son of Mrs. Walter Thomas and
the late Mr. Thomas, 3rd honor;
and Carole Williamson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Williamson,
4th honor. All of the honor group
are from Ellabelle except Carole,
who lives in Pembroke.
Ushers for evening will be
Jeanette Hurst, Faye Couey, Lance
Hilliard, Hilda Hayes and Clay
ton Burnsed.
Following is the program; Pro
cessional, Miss Mildred Mattox;
invocation, Rev. J.* L. Hendrix;
welcome, Glenda Hendry; Who’s
Who, Joe Thomas; class song, 7th
grade; prophecy, Carole William
son;' piano solo, Jeanette Hurst;
introduction of speaker, J. 0.
Hurst; address, B. L. Smith; fare
well, Mabel Edwards; presenta
tion of diplomas, J. R. DeLoach,
announcements, J. O. Hurst, bene
diction, J. L. Hendrix; and reces
sional, Miss Mildred Mattox.
Receiving certificates from the
seventh grade and slated to enter
the eighth grade next year at the
Bryan County High School are
James Blair, Joe Cowart, Jeanette
Dowd, Harry Edwards, Mabel Ed
wards, Ronald Hammond, Glenda
Hendry, Marion Hilliard, Barbara
Hurst, Jimmy Jarrell, Jerome
Jones, Martha Anne Lee, Harold
Miller, Don Moore, Annie Laurie
NeSmith, Billy Pevey, Betty Polk,
Thelma Sikes, Archie Sauls, Tom
my Jean Smoaks, Gail Smith, Joe
Thomas, R. W. Warren and Carole
Williamson.
Bryan Schools
To Close for
Summer Months
With the coming of vacation
time the students, as well as the
teachers, are looking forward to
the weeks ahead when there won’t
be any lessons to get or any les
sons to hear.
The last classes will be held
in the Black Creek and Bryan
County High schools on Monday,
June 3. On that date school will
be dismissed at 12 o’clock in or
der for the teachers to attend the
final G.E.A. meeting of the year.
Post planning days for the fac
ulties of the two schools will be
on Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. Students may get
their report cards on Thursday
from 10 to 12 o’clock. The buses
will not run. Report cards will be
mailed those students not getting
them from the school, so it is not
necessary that the students go to
the school house after Monday,
June 3.
The Pembroke High School post
planning will be on June 1,4, 5
and 6. The last day of school will
be Friday, May 31. A full session
will be held. Report cards may be
obtained from the school on Thurs
day, June 6, or they will be mailed
to the students. Graduation exer
cises will be Monday, June 3, at
4 o’clock.
George Washington Carver
graduation program was Tuesday
night. Post planning days are May
28, 29, 30 and 31.
Richmond Hill High School
graduation exercises were Tues
day night. Post planning days at
the school are now underway.
Mill Creek post planning sched
ule is the same as Pembroke High,
the last day of school being on
Friday, May 31.
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Trey Curl
HOYS STATE DELEGATE—An
outstanding member of the junior
class of the Bryan County High
School, Trey Curl has been desig
nated to attend Boys State under
the sponsorship of the John Dug
gar Post No. 164.
Trey Curl Will
Represent Legion
At Boys State
When the Boys State rally is
held in June, the John Duggar
Post No. 164 of the American
Legion will be represented by Trey
Curl, an outstanding mymber of
the junior class of the Bryan
County High School.
The rally is held annually by
the American Legion, Department
of Georgia, for the purpose of in
doctrinating those attending in the
principals and fundamentals of
citizenship. It brings together
some 300 leading members of the
junior classes from high schools
throughout the state. The dele
gates are chosen from the junior
class since the instruction is
adapted for that level, in order
that they might return to their
individual schools and make an ef
fort to put into practice what they
learned during the week.
Young Curl, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Curl, Jr., excels in scholar
ship, music, leadership and drama
tics. He lends his talents as a
vocalist often in the choir of the
Pembroke Baptist Church, of
which he is a member. He was
chosen as the “best actor” in the
First District from the casts of
the one-act plays presented in con
nection with the district literary
meet. He represented the First
District in boys’ solo and declama
tion at the state meet in Athens.
The delegates will be housed in
dormitories on the campus of the
Georgia School of Technology.
Practically everything will be fur
nished them except spending
money and personal articles, even
to two tee shirts with “Boys
State” lettered on them. Medical
attention will be at their dispocal
and they will be covered by in
surance during the week. Meals
will be eaten at the campus cafe
teria.
They will have regular periods
of instruction in practical applica
tion of government and citizenship
which will be conducted by W. B.
Steis, citizenship director of the
Department of Americanism Com
mission of the American Legion
Department of Georgia. Under the
direction of his highly capable
staff the youths will be indoctri
nated in the principals and pro
cedures of city, county and state
government.
On Friday the young men will
visit the state capitol where they
will be addressed by Governor
Marvin Griffin. Boys State offi
cers will be sworn in by Chief
Justice W. H. Duckworth of the
Georgia Supreme Court. Members
elected to the House and the Sen
ate will actually assemble in sep
arate sessions during the day.
Along with the other delegates,
Curl will leave for home on Sat
urday, June 22.
Thomas Williams of Juno Beach,
Fla., near West Palm Beach, spent
the weekend here with Mrs. Wil
liams and their daughters, Jane
and Lynn. He left Sunday loom
ing to return to Juno Beach.
The many friends of Mrs. Al
ton Elrick are delighted that she
has returned home from the hos
pital following an allness and is
back at work driving the school
bus.
Honor Guests At Birthday Celebration
BIRTHDAY SCENE— Mrs. J. H. Futch and Mrs. A. J. Futch are shown with the two beautiful
birthday cakes at their birthday dinner on Sunday. Also shown are the guests as they gathered
around the. table for the delicious dinner. The party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Futch.
Black Creek Honor Studerffc
MABEL EDWARDS
RECEIVE HONORS.— The two top honor graduates from the seventh
grade of the Black Creek Elementary School are Mabel Edwards,
first honor, and Glenda Hendry, second honor. Other honor grad
uates are Joe Thomas and Carole Wilhan son.
County Winner of
Dress Revue to be
Chosen at HD Meet
The Bryan County home dem
onstration member who will model
her frock at the state convention
will be chosen Thursday, May 30,
at the meetnig of the Bryan Coun
ty Home Demonstration Council.
The meeting will be held at the
Youth Center of the Pembroke
Christian Church-and will begin at
11:30. The business session, presid
ed at by Mrs. Jack Edwards will
be held foddowing dinner. The Ash
Branch Home Demonstration Club
will act as hostess at the meeting.
Os unusual interest to home dem
onstration club members is the an
nouncement that Mrs. Roy Ed
wards will be one of the judges
to select the winning dress. Mrs.
Edwards is the former Miss Stoy
Walker and was home demonstra
tion agent for the county for sev
eral years, leaving the service to
marry Mr. Edwards.
Assisting Mrs. Edwards in judg
ing will be Mrs. Lona Mae Dean
of Darien.
The winner of the dress revue
will go to the state home demon
stration meeting at Rock Eagle
June 4-7. Also to be selected are
delegates who will represent the
council at the same meeting. The
drawing for the individual who
will win the U. S. Savings Bond
will be held during the afternoon.
The project, carried on by the
council members to raise funds,
has been going on for several
weeks.
Representing the various clubs
in the dress revue Friday will be:
Mrs. L. N. Smith, Mrs. E. M.
Dukes, Mrs. W. H. Hardin, Keller
Club; Mrs. G. B. Williams, Mrs.
Leona Underwood, Mrs. H. L.
Speir, Sr., Pembroke Club; Mrs.
R. E. Lanier, Mrs. E. S, Lanier,
Mrs. Earl Lanier, Ash Branch
Club; Mrs. E. B. Ogle, Mrs. J. H.
Edenfield, Mrs. Sue Lee, Rich
mond Hill Club; Mrs. W. T. Hol
ton, Mrs. £}• 0. Bacon, Mrs.
Charles Strickland, Carrie Belle
Club; Mrs. Bertie Bacon, Mrs.
Harold Duggar, Mrs. W. L. Biand,
Northside Club; Mrs. Cooper De-
Loach, Mrs. Willard Burnsed,
Mrs. Daisy Duggar, Ellabelle
Club; and Mrs. Ivey Smith, Mrs.
Ethel Smith and Mrs. Jack Ed
wards, Black Creek Club.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1957
GLENDA HENDRY
Methodist Pastor
Leaves Monday
For Conference
The pastor of Methodist
churches on the Pembroke charge
will leave Monday for Columbus
where he will attend the South
Georgia annual conference of the
Methodist Church. Also attending
along with the Rev. J. L. Hendrix,
will be J. Dixie Harn, charge dele
gate. Alternate delegate is Grady
Van Brack!*.
Noted minister and author Dr.
Norman Vincent Peale will ad
dress the conference twice a day
on Tuesday and Wednesday. He
will speak at 11:30 a.m. and 8
p.m. Dr. Peale, author of “The
Power of Positive Thinking” and
many other inspirational books, is
pastor of Marble Collegiate
Church in New York City.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore will
preside. The more than 1500
ministers and laymen from South
Georgia Methodist churches will
be welcomed by Mayor B. F. Regis
ter of Columbus.
Host pastor of the conference
is the Rev. Charles Jackson, pastor
of the Wynnton Methodist Church
in Columbus, scene of the confer
ence. Host district superintendent
is the Rev. Roy McTier of the
Columbus district.
The conference ends at 1 o’clock
Friday following the reading of
appointments by Bishop Moore.
Also attending the conference
will be the Rev. John G. Ivey, pas
tor of the Richmond Hill Meth
odist Church.
MRS. GRINER IS
ASSISTANT AT
FLORAL SHOP
Mrs. Robert Bowers has an
nounced that Mrs. H. D. Griner
has accepted a place of assistant
at the Pembroke Floral Shop.
The owner of the flower and
gift shop said Mrs. Griner will
help on special assignments such
as funerals and weddings and at
any other time when she might
be needed. Mrs. Bowers indicated
her pleasure at being able to se
cure Mrs. Griner’s services.
Mrs. Ray Jones and young son
of Valdosta are visiting Mrs.
Loren Mason and other relatives.
Birthday Dinner
On Sunday Honors
Mrs. J. H. Futch
Friends and relatives gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Futch on Sunday to assist in the
celebration of the latter’s birthday.
The couple are prominent residents
of Bulloch County on the Pem
broke route and take part in many
Pembroke activities.
Mr. Futch is a member of the
John Duggar Post No. 164 of the
American Legion and Mrs. Futch
is a charter member of the auxili
ary unit.
Sharing honors with Mrs. Futch
was Mrs. A. J. Futch of Belle
ville. The two had their pictures
taken together at the party, each
holding a beautiful birthday cake.
The delicious dinner was served
on tables out in the yard and indi
cated the popularity of the guests
of honors. Mrs. Futch received
many lovely gifts as well as wishes
for many more occasions for such
celebrations.
Present at the party besides
Mrs. J. H. Futch and Mrs. A. J.
Futch, were J. H. Futch, A. J.
Futch and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Futch, Michael Futch, Harry
Futch, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Futch,
Thomas Futch, Edwina Futch, Ed
win Futch, Jr., Jimmy Futch,
Larry Futch, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos
McCoy, Mrs. G. B. McCoy, Mrs.
Etta Futch.
Ralph Brannen, Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Futch, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Frank O.
Miller, J. K. Morrison, Caldwell
Morrison, Coy Futch, Dewey Deon
ard, T. B. Hughes, Betty Jean
Hughes, Bill Hughes, Ben Over
street, Richard Leonard and Mrs.
Carrie Price and John Dyal of
McCall, S. C., Mrs. Daisy Shep
pard, Dillon, S. C., Mr. and Mrs.
Fletcher Kicklighter, Cobbtown,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Crosby and
children, Brooklet, and Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Wilson, Mrs. Susie
Joyner, Mrs. Addie Bryant, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Todd and Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Barnard, Savannah.
''LIVING CHRIST"
FILM CONTINUES AT
OLIVE BRANCH
“The Living Christ” film series
is still in progress at Olive Branch
Baptist Church. The ninth film
in the series, entitled, “The Fate
of John the Baptist,” will be shown
on Sunday night, June 2, at 8
o’clock.
The church will have a guest
minister, the Rev. A. E. Bishop,
who will preach in the absence of
the pastor on that date. The pas
tor, the Rev. Harville Hendrix,
will be attending his graduation
exercises at Mercer University in
Macon.
BRYAN GEA UNIT
TO HAVE FINAL
MEET ON JUNE 3
The Bryan County unit of the
Georgia Education Association will
convene at Richmond Hill for its
final session of the year on Mon
day, June 3, at 3 o’clock.
The devotional will be given by
a member of the faculty from the
host school.
The program will include an
installation service for new of
ficers.
J. D. Cason
DISTRICT OFFICER — The
retiring adjutant of the John
Duggar Post No. IG4 of the Amer
ican Legion, J. D. Cason, was
elected Sunday as a junior vice
commander of the First District of
the American Legion. This pic
ture was made when the new dis
trict officer was in service.
P'broke Legionaire
Is Named Officer
In First District
The retiring adjutant of the
John Duggar Post No. 164 of the
American Legion was elected Sun
day as a junior vice-commander
of the First District American
Legion.
J. D. Cason will move up from
adjutant to vice-commander of the
John Duggar Post, along with his
election to junior vice-commander
of the district. The election was
held Sunday at the last district
meeting in Waynesboro before the
annual convention.
Convening at the same time was
the Auxiliary of the First Dis
trict American Legion. Attending
from the local unit were Mrs. J.
D. Cason and Mrs. G. C. Martin,
both prominent in auxiliary work.
Louis J. Oppenheim of Post 135,
Savannah, was elected First Dis
trict commander of the American
Legion. He succeeds Lonnie Ai
derman of Springfield. Mrs. R.
C. Brower was chosen as District
Auxiliary president, succeeding
Mrs. Lonnie Aiderman.
District Legion members passed
a resolution calling on authorities
to fully staff and place in com
plete use the Veterans Administra
tion Hospital at Dublin insteaf of
building a new hospital as pro
posed.
Going to the meeting from the
Pembroke post, besides Mr. Cason
were G. Frank Hendrix, chairman
of the nominating committee, and
G. C. Martin.
Services Are Held
For Sister of
Mrs. T. J. Bacon
Mrs. Laura Lane Ward, 80,
Widow of Lucullus Ward, died
Monday morning, May 20, at her
residence in Savannah, 901 Park
Avenue, east, after a long illness.
Mrs. Ward was the sister of Mrs.
T. J. Bacon of Pembroke and a
Bryan County native, although she
had lived in Savannah for the past
40 years.
Mrs. Ward was a member of the
First Christian Church in Savan
nah.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at the
First Christian Church by the Rev.
Harry J. Berry, pastor, and the
Rev. V. P. Bowers, Pembroke.
Burial was in Bonaventure Ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Willard Tay
lor, J. N. Crosby, J. W. Brtwton,
Clarence F. Griffin, J. O. Bacon
and C. W. Lane. Honorary pall
bearers were Dr. Sam Youngblood,
Jr., Jesse J. Womble, R. W.
Featherston, Hamilton Arden,
Bennie Taylor, Ivy Kennedy, R. L.
Kersh, W. D. Carter and I. D.
Creech.
Survivors, besides Mrs. Bacon,
are two daughters, Mrs. Maude
Evans and Mrs. J. H. Harley,
both of Savannah; one son,
Raleigh Ward, Savannah; four
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
H. D. Gray of Jacksonville, N.
C., is with his mother, Mrs. W. H.
Gray, until Friday. His trip to
Pembroke was made because of her
1 serious illness.
280 RESTAURANT
Mr. and Mrs. Al Buhlar
2 Miles West of Pembroke
Next To Home—
The Best Place To Eat
Volume No. 56
Large Crowd Is
At Black Creek
"Open House"
In spite of the rainy weather
Friday afternoon and night, the
parents and friends of Black
Creek School came out to inspect
the rooms and to see the 57 color
slides made during the past two
months of school activities.
After seeing Bryan County move
this year from 50th to 12th place
in the state in audio-visual work,
the idea was conceived to try and
advance the audio-visual materials
into Open House. With the co
operation of D. E. Medders, coun
ty agent, J. R. DeLoach, school su
perintendent, and the faculty, the
slides were completed and timed in
with a tape recorder furnishing
the musical background and the
commentary.
Some of the scenes shown were:
Henry Sellars painting the hall
ceiling; pupils displaying maps
drawn in the geography class; Ist,
2nd and 3rd grade reading groups;
hall bulletin board display by sth
and 6th grades; several slides of
pre-school clinic; 4-H club demon
stration of muffin making; serv
ing counter in lunchroom; play
ground activities and equipment;
waiting for bus after school; lin
ing up to march in; custodian
picking up paper; art work by
pupils; P. T. A. accomplishments;
Farm Bureau meetings; boxing on
campus with gloves purchased this
term; chapel play by sth grade;
4-H folk games by 6th grade;
drinking fountains; operation of
projector in classroom; boys work
ing on campus; use of filing
cabinets in each classroom; May
Dance by Ist grade; 6th grade
study period.
Approximately 200 patrons and
friends attended the Open House
and seemed to enjoy it very much.
First Aid Course
To Be Offered
In Pembroke $
Plans are underway by the
Bryan County and Pembroke Civil
Defense organization to conduct a
First Aid course in Pembroke.
Realizing the importance of being
able to cope with a disaster of any
nature, manmade or natural, Civil
Defense Director D. E. Medders
and Eugene Mock, Red Cross
representative, feel that a First
Aid course should be made avail
able in this.community.
The two civil defense workers
arranged for the services of a first
aid instructor from the American
Red Cross in Savannah. The in
structor has added his idea that
every community and home can
benefit from the knowledge of
what to do in case of an emer
gency.
The Pembroke Methodist Church
is cooperating with the project by
furnishing a meeting site. The
course will include 18 hours of in
struction, requiring approximately
eight meetings to complete. The
tentative plan is to meet each
Tuesday night at the Methodist
Church.
Application may be made with
Mr. Mock or Mr. Medders. In
dividuals 15 years or over are eli
gible for the course and the class
is limited to 30. The response to
the first aid course is expected to
be excellent as young people, as
well as adults, well understand the
value of such knowledge.
The local Civil Defense organ
ization is fortunate in being able
to secure a first aid instructor for
this project.
RICHMOND HILL
CHURCH SCHOOL
STARTS JUNE 10
The Richmond Hill Methodist
Church Vocation Church .School
will begin on June 10 and will be
held daily at 9 a. m. until noon
through June 14.
All the teachers have been se
cured and committee meetings held
to complete plans.
Some of the workers are Mrs.
Danny Lamond, Mrs. Wade Mar
tin, Mrs. W. M. Wenholtz, Mrs.
A. K. Arnbal, Mrs. John Milano,
Mrs. W. W. Speir, Mrs. George
Cook, Mrs. J. G. Ivey, Miss Ann
| ette Davis, Miss Barbara Pecenka
and Miss Myrtice Stevens.
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