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Thursday, June 13, 1957 - •
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL
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Enferei A>Si:jid Ciass Mail Matter at the postoffice at Pembroke, Ga
Under The Act of March 3, 1879 ___
Pubdihed in The City of Pembroke Every Thursday
Frank 0. Miller _~—Owner and Editor
Mr«. D. E. Medders Local Editor
Official Organ of Bryan County and Tne City of Pembroke
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“Democratic and Proud of It”
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year
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Bryan School Bonds Issue
Passes by Big Majority
Every Box In Every District Goes Overwhelmingly
For Bonds in Tuesdays Election
On Tuesday the voters of Bryan County went to the polls
and voted to issue bonds to provide educational buildings at
the Bryan County High School, The Pembroke High School,
the George Washington Carver School in the 20th district,
and to repair the educational building at Richmond Hill.
The vote was as follows:
19th District—
For Against
White Box 321 33
Colored Box 149 4
20th District
White Box 74 29
Colored Box 114 5
1380th District-
White Box 74 15
Colored Box 32 0
TOTAL VOTES 764 86
This is indeed a fine showing for our people, for the fine
way that they voted for progress, to give our boys and girls
the facilities which they so badly needed, and which will
mean so much to all of them in the years ahead.
Thanks for The
Vote On Tuesday
This is to express our appre
ciation for the fine vote given for ,
school bonds, all over Bryan
County on Tuesday. This means
that we can go forward and pro
vide the facilities we so badly
need. It reflected confidence in
your County School Superintendent
and the Board of Eduewtion of
Bryan County, and we are going
to move forward rapidly so that
we can soon have these facilities.
As members of the Board of Edu
cation, we say thank you, and as
Superintendent of Education, J. R.
DeLoach asked us to tell all the
people that he was very grateful
for the fine vote and that their
program will soon be put into
action. .
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J. H. Lewis, Pembroke Hardware Company is shown being pre
sented the Distinguished Service Award Plaque by P. N. Mcßee,
District Manager for Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. This plaque was
awarded to recognize 10 years of Dealership in Pittsburgh Paints.
WE ARE PROUD OF THIS AWARD
Through the years we have enjoyed handling
Pittsburgh Paints, knowing they were of the
very best, and would satisfy our customers. We
invite our friends to let us serve them with this
well known line of high quality paints.
PEMBROKE HARDWARE CO.
, J. H. Lewis, Manager
Pembroke, Georgia
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DAN HART WILL
ATTEND VOCATIONAL
CONFERENCE
Dan R. Hart, co-ordinator of 1
Distributive Education at Com
mercial Groves High School in Sa
vannat, will attend the Georgia
Vocational Associat on conferance,
which will be held at the Biltmore
Hetel in Atlanta on Thursday and
Friday of this week.
Mr. Hart is married to the for
mer Miss Clara Dukes of Pembroke
daughter of Mrs. H. H. Dukes and
the late Mr. Dukes. Roth are for
mer teachers of the Bryan County
High School.
Mr. and Mrs, L. D, Bacon and
sons, Luther and Larry, were in
Metter last Sunday attending the
Dekle reunion. En route to their
home in Savannah they stopped
by for a brief visit with Mrs.
T. J. Bacon. ।
Ellabelle MYF Is
Sponsoring Youth
Activities Week
The Ellabelle Methodist Youth
Fellowship is sponsoring a Youth
Activities Week at the church be
ginning Tuesday night, June 18,
and going through Saturday night.
The time is from 8 to 10 o’clock.
All young people from twelve
years of age on up are invited to
come. The only dequirements for
attending are to be in a co-opera
time mood and bring a happy, joy
ful spirit.
Plans for the Youth Activities
Week were made Sunday night? at
a meeting of the Youth Fellow
ship, which was presided over by
Janet Edwards. Plans were also
made for attending sub-district at
Sikes Chapel on Monday night.
After the business meeting and
worship service classes were held.
The title of the Intermediate
M. Y. F. program was "The Va
cation-from Morn 'til Night.” Mrs.
J. A. Stewart, intermediate coun
cilor, led the group in an interest- ,
ing discussion.
The seniors met under the lead
ership of Hughlyn Page and talk
ed about "My Goal in Life.”
The newly elected officers have
begun to serve their terms. They
are Janet Edwards, president; (
Doris Hendrix, vice president; ।
Jeanette Hurst, secretary; Robert .
DeLoach, treasurer; Eddie Lu ,
Miller and Janie Strickland, rec
reation committee; Mabel Ed- ,
wards, publicity chairman; Vir- .
ginia Smith, M. Y. F. fund chair
man.
Members present at the meeting (
were Janet Edwards, Mebel Ed- ,
wards, Doris Hendrix, Eddie Lu
Miller, Lance Hilliard, Janie ,
Strickland, Marion Hilliard, Mari- .
an Page, Harold Miller, Edward ,
Lewis, Jeannette Hurst, John (
Sammy Hilliard, Franklin Hen- .
drix, Robert DeLoach, Harry Ed
wards, William Edwards, Gene ।
Davis, Earl Davis, Monroe Strick- .
land, Elmer Dowd, James Dowd, t
Ruby Shuman, Mrs. J. A. Stewart ,
and Hughln Page. ।
SERVICES HELD WED.
FOR BROTHER OF
MRS. JACKSON
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday for Roscoe R. Rowe, 58,
Claxton, brother of Mrs. R. L.
Jackson of Pembroke. Mr. Rowe
died at his home Monday after
noon from a heart attack. A na
tive of Bulloch County, he was
a son of the late John and Mary
E. Martin Rowe. He was a mem
ber of the Claxton Primitive Bap
tist Church.
Services were conducted at 10:30
o’clock Wednesday morning at the
church of which he was a mem
ber, with burial in the Cobbtown
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bill Boney, C.
E. DeLoach, Jr., Hop Perkins,
Hinson Griner, Carroll Edwards,
Dilworth Beasley, Derrick Mincey
and Buzzy Daniel. Honorary pall
bearers were Tlerbert Daniel, Coy
DeLoach, Dr. C. G. Hames, Dr.
L, H. Griffin, Dr. E. L. Kilday,
Keller Dyess, W. L. Newton, Ber
nie Wilkes, Rufus Girardeau, Rob
ert Tippins, J. D. McDonald, Jr.
and Billy Kennedy.
Survivors besides Mrs. Jackson
are his wife, Mrs. Vera Brinson
Rowe of Claxton; one son, Rich
ard E. Rowe of Savannah; one
daughter, Mrs. O. R. Krueck of
Charlotte, N. C.; two grandchil
dren; two brothers, G. W. Rowe
of .Statesboro and Willie Rowe of
Claxton.
Tillman Funeral Home of Clax
ton was in charge of aiTange
ments.
EARL SIMS GETS
DEGREE FROM ADVENT
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
X Earl Sims of Ellabelle and
Brookline,. Mass, was last week
awarded a degree from the New
England School of Theology in
Brookline, Mass. Graduates of the
school become pastors or workers
in the Advent Christian denomi
nation. The Rev. Sims had at
tended the school for four years.
His mother is Mrs. Maggie Sims
of Ellabelle, and his wife is the
former Miss Caroline Dußois,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Dußois.
Mr. and Mrs. Sims will come
south July 1 to spend the summer
with their parents. In the fall
they plan now to return to Brook
line, with Mrs. Sims enterting the
same school from which her hus
band graduated.
Aother Pembroke couple, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hughes, are also
at the same place. This fall Mr.
Hughes will begin his third year
at the school and there is a possi
bility that Mrs. Hughes, the for
mer Miss Virgene Dußois, will
also enroll.
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL
New Workers Are
Named for Meth.
Bible School
Several new workers have been
named for the Vacation Bible
School being held this week at the
Pembroke Methodist Ghurch.
Classes and recreation periods
are conducted during the five-day
session from 8:30 until 11:30, with
refreshments being served each
day. Chairman of the hostess com
mittee is Mrs. H. D. Griner.
Open House has been announced
for Friday night at 8 o’clock by
Mrs. J. Dixie Harn, director of
the school. At this time work done
during the week will be displayed
and special programs presented by
each of the groups.
Helping with the Bible School
who have not been named previous
are Mrs. Hawley Bazemore, Mrs.
Herbert Owens, Mrs. Olin Butler,
Mrs. David Butler, Mrs. Shelby
Strickland,Mrs. B. B. Smith, Mrs.
L. C, Lane, Mrs. Bobby Gene
Stwart, Eddie Lee Miller and
Janet Edwards.
METHODISTS HONOR
PASTOR AND FAMILY
TUESDAY NIGHT
On Tuesday night the churches
on the Pembroke charge honored
the Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Hendrix
and their family at a Fellowship
supper held at the Pembroke
Methodist Church. Members from
the Daisy and Ellabelle churches
also attended the covered dish af
fair.
This is the first supper in a se
ries throughout the summer spon
sored by the Commission on Mem
bership and Church Evangelism
of the local Methodist Church.
Since the date coincided with the
transfer of the pastor the other
churches served by Mr. Hendrix
were invited to take part.
Each member of the family was
presented an attractive gift. Mr.
and Mrs. Hendrix expressed their
gratitude for the supper and the
many other courtesies that have
been extended them during their
work here.
Keijo Meekins is in Brunswick
spending the week with George
Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Knight. Keijo is the son of Sgt.
and Mrs. E. L. Meekins of Pem
broke.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith of
Augusta and Dr. and Mrs. W. C.
Tippins and young son of Athens
were recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. P, Smith.
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First Aid Class
To Begin Here
On June 18
। Only a few more vacancies are
. open for enrollment in the First
. Aid Class scheduled to begin here
on Tuesday, June 18. The Bryan
। County and Pembroke Civil De
• sense department and the Red
। Cross are working together in
, planning the class. Eugene Mock
. is the Bryan County representa
tive for the Red Cross and D. E.
[ Medders is Civil Defense director.
The classes will begin Tuesday
> night at B’clock at the Methodist
, Church. A certain number of
[ hours must be made in order to
. receive credit for the course and
get a First Aid pin and certifi
। cate.
Instructor for the course is
Harry Bruen of Savannah. Mr.
Bruen is, connected with the Sa
vannah Electric and Power Com
pany and has gained the reputa
tion of being an excellent instruc
tor in the First Aid course. Red
Cross officials in Savannah term
him as "one of the best we have.”
A few young people under 15
can be accepted for the course, but
the majority of those enrolling
must be 15 years of age or older.
Much excellent information will be
gained from taking the course that
might well be valuable in times of
emergency.
The course is especially recom
mended for young mothers, teach
ers, youth workers and many
others.
Application may be made by
contacting Mr. Mock or Mr. Med
ders.
STUDENT PASTOR TO
PREACH IN MAINE
DURING SUMMER
After three weeks with his par
ents, Mr. and Hrs. C. H. Dubois,
Wendell Dubois will bo to Fryes
burg, Maine, where he will preach
at an Advent Christian Church
for the summer months.
The student pastor returned
Monday night from his second
year at the New England School
of Theology in Brookline, Mass. At
the end of the summer he plans
to enter the junior year at the
theological school.
The church in Frysburg is just
being established and the youthful
pastor will assist its members in
erecting a building on the lot
. which is already selected.
Miss Sandra Speir and Miss
Olivia Speir are in Atlanta visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Purvis,
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