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The Pembroke
State Bank
Small Enough
Tn Know You
lliij Enouqh
To Serve You
Member F.D.I.C.
Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Play The
Game!
Crooked!
Uy Clinton Ward
Pastor
Methodist
Churches
Pembroke
Charge
American has always been a
nation of red-blooded and eneg
getic people. We have champion
ball players, champion swimmers, I
champion runners, and champion ,
fighters, and champion athletes in ;
o many other fields that I had :
best stop here. The very fine thing I
about our participants in the var- I
ions contests has been the spirit ■
of fair-play and honesty that has ;
prevailed. But it seems that a I
great many of our people have
come to the place that honesty and I
fair play do not matter any longer. |
Ear too many have come to say,
“Play the game! Play it crooked, |
if you have to. Hut play the game!” i
Many of us remember the scan- j
dal that came about in basket-balll
a year or two ago. Some of our I
finest athletes, playing then in pro- ‘
fessional and college ball, were;
accused of “Throwing the game”
in exchange for a prive paid. Now,
one of our most interesting T.V.
programs bears the -stigma of
“Crooked play” and one of our
American youth — ideal of so
many people is involved in the
scandalous affair. We watched
“Twenty-One” with pleasure. We |
marveled at how Charles Van Doren I
answered thd questions while i
others did not know the answer. |
Now we learn that “Twenty-One” j
contestants were told the answersl
and that the owners of the pro
gram knew who would win and!
who would lose. Van Doren says he
did not know about the “Fixing.”
We can't halp wondering if he tells
the truth.
All right! Let's play the game! ;
Play it crooked ami put on a good ;
show, if that’s the way you want!
it. But you may well remember:
that one of those fellows who play- ;
ed on “Twenty-One” has been !
mighty bothered since he played :
the game crooked. He's been under |
the care of a doctor and his nerves i
are said to be in bad shape. His :
conscience bothers him. I think.
I’d guess that he wishes now that
he had played the game fairly and ■
honestly.
We are told by the Federal Com- [
munications Commission that noth- I
ing can be done about “Twenty- I
One’s” crooked game. But I know |
one thing — something san be done i
about the way we play the. game
and something will be done! When '
we look in the mirror you are go-1
ing to see there the fellow with
in you. Will you see a crook or'
will you see a fair playing and i
honest guy that you can respect?
What you see will be your reward. I
Be careful how you play!
Tour to Feature
Garden Club Meet |
On Thursday
The Pembroke Garden Club will
meet on Thursday afternoon of this
week at the Community House at,
4 o clock.
The feature of the meeting will
be a tour of the garden of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Geyer. Mr. Geyer
is a flower enthusiast with rare
ability to make things grow. He is
especially interested in azaleas ।
and one of the highlights of the
tour will be seeing how he handles
azalea cuttings.
Roll call will be on bulbs or
perennials to be planted this year.
Mrs. Gerald L. Dye will give the
inspirational and Mrs. U. J. Bacon
will give timely suggestions.
Flower exhibits will be a Hallo
ween arrangement for a party
table. Also shown will be specimen
blooms and new dried plant mat
erial.
Mrs. Alton Elrick, president, will
preside at the business session.
Hostesses will be Mrs. P. E.
Brannen, Mrs. C. L. Purvis and
Mrs. D. E. Medders.
JT > ' ’COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER: |
•JOURNAL'
’Mrs. Ham Is New
State Director of
Cancer Society
Mrs. N. L. Hani has been elect
ed as a new member of the board
of directors of the American Can
cer Society’s Georgia Division.
The action took place at the 1959
state annual meeting held recent
| ly at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel.
Accompanying Mrs. Ham to At
i lanta was Mrs. Norman Bacon,
program chairman for the local
chapter.
The prominent Pembroke wom
i an has served as chairman of the
! Bryan County Cancer Fund Drive
i for the past several years. She
was nominated for the state post
by Mrs. J. Ferris Cann, Jr., whom
j she succeeds as a member of the
| board of directors.
At the meeting in Atlanta Mrs.
Ham was awarded a certificate for
I outstanding achievement on behalf
of her efforts and those of the
• many volunteer workers who as
sisted in the drive. Certificates
j were presented to 36 counties for
raising one-third more in their
I 1959 Crusades than in 1958.
During the education-funds cru
ade in Bryan a record-breaking
number of contacts were made and
a record amount of contributions
were received. A total of $825.70
was contributed by citizens of the
county when called on by cancer
crusade volunteers. At the same
time these volunteers distributed
educational literature. The 1958
। total was $637.00.
Mis. Ham reasserted that the
j success of the drive was possible
। because of the almost unlimited
I cooperation and interest shown by
i local workers. Without this co
i operation in every area of the
icounty it would not have been pos
sible to complete such a successful
drive, she continued.
Mrs. Ham announced further
' that a report from state headquar
i tors shows that six Bryan County
i cancer patients have been directly
i aided by local funds. Medical aid
I given these local people, which did
I not include x-rays, amounted to
I $446.89, showing that the value
received exceeds funds collected, as
i this was only a portion of the
: county’s final expenditures.
Mrs. Ham said that the Pem
j broke Journal was accorded recog-
I nition by Ken Williams of Savan
: nah, regional director, because of
I its publicity program in connection
I with the Cancer Crusade fund
I drive. A fulLpage ad was donat
। ed by F. 0. Miller, editor-publisher
| of the paper.
Appreciation is also accorded
Bryan school officials for the use
I of the projector and film room and
I to the Tos Theater for showing of
j films and collections.
Volunteer workers to whom Mrs.
; Ham attributes much of the suc
cess of the local drive include Mrs.
G. C. Martin, Mrs. Emma Gardner,
i Mrs. D. E. Medders, Mrs. H. B.
Warneil, Mrs. Norman Bacon,
i Mrs. W. L. Hursey, Mrs. Hubert
I Lee, Mrs. J. W. Edwards, Mrs.
! Charles Strickland, Mrs. J. A. 01-
liff, Mrs. Hawley Bazemore, Mrs.
Mary Ellison, Mrs. W. J. Ham,
| Jr., Mrs. Alton Elrick, Mrs. J. T.
I Stubbs, Mrs. C. F. Warneil, Mrs.
Al Buhler, Mrs. L. M. Anderson,
I the Rev. D. J. Stoner, E B. Miles
I and J. Dixie Harn, from Pembroke
j and Ellabelle.
From Richmond Hill were Mrs.
W^ W. Speir, Mrs. Harry Gill and
Mrs. Charles Tidwell.
Helping with the Negroes of the
county were Principal Leon Din
-1 j gle, Leona Henley, Bertha Smoakes
' and Louise Bunch.
LEGION, aux.
MEETING IS
FRI. NIGHT
The meeting of the John Dug
i gar Post No. 164 of the Ameri
can Legion and the Auxiliary will
be held at the Post home on Fri
• day night. Presiding will be Com
i mander Reginald Owens and Mrs.
■ E. L. Meekins, president of the
Auxiliary.
1! A covered dish supper will be
I served before the meetings.
AH members of both organiza
-1 i tions are reminded to bring in as
many memberships as possible.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1959
"Gods Little Man" Gets Warm
Welcome "Back Home" at Ellabelle
(By Ye Editor)
On Monday night when the time came for the Revival Services
to start at the Ellabelle Methodist Church, the building was packed,
an unusual hting for a Monday night of any revival, anywhere. But
at Ellabelle it was different, Rev. Tom Watson, a former pastor was
coming back for a series of services ,and his friends and admirers
from all faiths of this section were on hand to greet the little fellow.
Tom Watson is big in every way except stature, he is small,
probably weighing just a little over one hundred pounds, but as a
preacher, he is outstanding.
Ye Editor and wife were among those that went, and we are
going back every night this week if possible. We are sure that
others will return. And many will go that failed to make it there
Monday night.
During our 66 years traveling life’s highway from the cradle
to the grave we have been privileged to hear many preachers, of all
faiths, in nearly every state in the union and several foreign countries
and never have we heard the man that can preach with Tom Watson.
He is the most earnest, sincere preacher we have ever heard, putting
his whole heart into his work and the Lord has rewarded his efforts.
Today he is recognized as one of the states great Methodist, preachers,
and we are proud to remember his as having been in Bryan County
as a preacher at Ellabelle and Pembroke. Truly he is a man of God
and one of the finest people we have ever known. We are proud
to know that he is one of our best friends.
Mrs. Griner Is
Speaker at
PTA Meeting
Mrs. H. D. Griner was speaker
at the October meeting of the
Bryan County High School Parent-
Teacher Association. Her subject
was “The United Nations.” She ।
discussed interestingly the organ
ization of the United Nations and
its contributions toward world
peace. Mrs. Griner has given other
lectures on The United Nations,
having studied the subject at Lake
Junaluska under those directly coh
nected with the organization.
Presiding at the meeting was
Mrs. E. W. Miles, vice-president,
who also gave the devotional. Giv
ing reports were Mrs. A. V. Ander
son, membership chairman, and
Mrs. Alton Elrick, chairman of the
Halloween Carnival. Mrs. Elrick
outlined plans for the carnival and
designated members for specific
duties. The carnival is to be on
Friday night, October 30, at the
Old Gym.
Mrs. Miles announced that a
plaque is to be awarded the class
having the most parents to attend
the meetings each month. The pla
que will be hung on the door of
the winning room. The grade count
was taken, but results could net
be announced until the exact num
ber in each class was determined
by consulting ttje rolls.
R. M. Monts, Jr. principal intro
duced Mrs. George M. Hope who
has been added to the school fac
ulty He explained that she would
teach parts of the second and
fourth grades and extended her a
cordial welcome on behalf of the
Faculty.
Thirty-six teachers and parents
were present at the meeting.
Wreck Victim Has '
(
Operation on
Broken Arm
i
Because one of her broken arms (
is not knitting properly, Mrs.
Franklin Shuman underwent an
operation Wednesday during which
doctors will insert a pin through ,
the bone to hold it in place. (
Mr. ano Mrs. Shuman and their (
two children, Maxine and Ashley, ,
were involved in a two-car collis- I
sion last week which left Mrs.
Shuman with two broken arms, a ,
broken leg, broken knee cap and ।
several other injuries. She is in ,
Memorial Hospital. 1
None of the other members of .
the family or Vernon Miller, driver ,
of the other car, was seriously
hurt. |
Mrs. Shuman is understandably
apprehensive about the operation ।
but doctors feel that the condi
tion will be corrected with the >
method they are using.
Her many friends are thinking ,
about Mrs. Shuman and hope no
other complications will occur to
bother her.
Ellabelle Revival
Drawing Record
Crowd This Week
The revival now in progress at
the Ellabelle Methodist Church is
being attended by record crowds
so far and indications are that the
congregation will grow each night.
The Rev. Tom Watson is guest
preacher and is presented each
night by the Rev. Clinton Ward,
pastor of the Ellabelle Church.
Mr. Watson, pastor of Robert Mc-
Intypre Methodist Church in Sa
vannah, needs no introduction to
Methodists or others of this sec
tion since he served four years in
the Pembroke charge.
The popular pastor has a unique
and effective delivery, impressing
his congregation with his deep
sincerity and depth of feeling. His
many friends here are delighted
to welcome him back and are turn
ing out each night to be a part
of his audience.
The two pastors are spending
each afternoon during the week in
the community and are being en
tertained at supper by the mem
bers. In charge of hospitality ar
rangements is Mrs. Sally Cason,
chairman of the membership and
evangelism commission.
The night services are starting
at 8 o’clock, with Mrs. J. W. Ed
wards and Mrs. J. A. Stewart in
charge of the music. The public
is invited to attend.
P'broke Man Is
Almost Scalped
In Wreck
The rash of wrecks involving
Pembroke people continued last
week with the near-scalping of a
local man as the result of a wreck
which happened about “first dark”
on Thursday night of last week.
Approximately 36 stitches were
taken in Eugene Stevens’ head,
mostly from his forehead on back
around the top of his skull. Some
few stitches were required to close
cheek wounds.
Mr. Stevens was approaching
Pembroke from the eastern side of
Highway 280 when he over-took
an old church bus used by a color
ed man named Roberts to haul cot
ton-pickers. Exact details of the
wreck were not learned but Mr.
Stevens driving a 1959 Chevrolet
pick-up truck, ran up under the
rear of the bus which was headed
in the same direction. Ail of the
cotton-pickers had been unloaded.
The time of the incident was given
as 7:30. Roberts was reportedly
uninjured.
Mr. Stevens was rushed to Bul
loch County Hospital by Morrison
Ambulance Service. He returned
home Monday afternoon but is re
porting back to the hospital at reg
ular intervals. He is employed by
Humphries Super Market in
charge of the meat department.
His many friends are glad he was
not more seriously injured and
hope he will soon be back at work.
Christian Revival
To Continue until
Sunday Night
Attendance at morning and night
services of the revival in progress
this week at the Pembroke Chris
tian Church indicates the interest
being shown by members of the
host church and others in the
community.
Sunday night other churches dis
missed services to allow their
members to join in on the first
day of the revival. The Rev. Oscela
Highsmith, presently of Blooming
dale, is conducting evening ser
vices at 7:30, and the pastor, the
Rev. Gerald L. Dye, is leading the
brief morning devotional at 7:30.
The public is invited to both ser
vices.
Mr. Highsmith will move to
Statesboro November 1, where he
is pastor of the First Christian
Church. He has been at the church
there, located on the Savannah
highway, for about four weeks.
The revival at the Christian
Church in Pembroke will end with
the Sunday night service, going
straight through the week, in
cluding Saturday morning and Sat
urday night. Mr. Dye is leading the
singing and pianists are Mrs. Ethel
Morrison, morning and Mrs. Billy
Stewart, night.
While in Pembroke Mr. High
smith is the house-guest of Mr.
and Hrs. J. K. Morrison.
Ellabelle Club
Hears Reports
From Chairmen
The Ellabelle Home Demonstra
tion*Club met Tuesday, October 6,
at the home of Mrs. G. C. Martin
and Mrs. Inez Smith who were
hostesses. During the social hour
they served delicious refreshments.
During the business session, pre
sided at by Mrs. W. L. Hursey,
president, reports were heard by
the various project chairmen. The
reports were interesting and infor
mative and gave the work done by
each of the members during the
year on projects in which they are
interested.
Mrs. Ora C. Payne, home demon
stration agent, gave helpful sug
gestions on home furnishings and
infant clothing. She demonstrated
how to make toys out of materials
found in the traditional “rag bag”
in every home. Each member is to
make a toy and bring to the next
meeting to give to Mrs. Alethia
Brewton, Welfare Department di
rector.
Mrs. A. H. Bryant was welcom
ed as a new member and Mrs. J.
P. English as a visitor. Members
present were Mrs. Inez Smith, Mrs.
G. C. Martin, Mrs. W. L. Hursey,
Mrs. Ora C. Payne, Mrs. R. A.
Schroder, Mrs. Cooper DeLoach,
Mrs. Wilma DeLoach and Mrs.
Warren Miller.
Ellabelle WSCS
Study Course to
Begin Oct. 20
A study of Afr ic a will be
begun next week by members of
the Woman’s Society of Christian
Service of the Ellabelle Methodist
Church. The four-session course is
being planned by Mrs. Hughlyn
Page, secretary of missionary ed
ucation for the organiation.
Mrs. Page will conduct the first
lesson and will be assisted at subse
quent meetings by other members
of the W. S. C. S. Title of the
book used for the course is “The
Way in Africa.”
The opening session will be held
on Tuesday night, October 20, at
7:30 at the Ellabelle Church. The
other three meetings will be on
each succeding Tuesday night for
the next three weeks unless an
nounced.
All members of the W. S. C. S.
and other members of the Ellabelle
Church are invited to attend each
session.
Gets Promotion
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11 % h
Cadet LL Edwards
CADET CORPS OFFICER—Andy
Edwards has the new rank of
Second Lieutenant in the Cadet
Corps at North Georgia College
in Dahlonega. The young man is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. 11.
Edwards, Sr. of Pembroke.
Pembroke Charge
MYF to Attend
Dist. Fall Rally
The Savannah District Metho
dist Youth Fellowship Fall Rally
will be held at the Sylvania Meth
odist Church on October 17, 1959,
from 5 until 9 p.m. Supper will be
served by the Sylvania M.Y.F. at
a cost of 75 cents a plate.
Delegations fro m Ellabelle,
Daisy and Pembroke Youth Fel
lowships will attend the rally, as
will some of the counsilors from
each church.
The theme of the rally is
“What’s Cookin’ in the MYF?”
The main speaker will be the Rev.
James Barnes, Conference director
of youth work. Recreation leader
will be Mrs. James Barnes.
Schedule is as follows: 5-5:30,
Registration, “Put Your Name in
the Pot;” 5:30-6, Rev. Barnes,
“What’s Our Diet?” 6-6:20, panel
discussion, “Food for Thought;”
6:20-7, “Let’s Eat Up;” 7-8, Re
sources Clinic, “Digesting the
Food;” 8-8:30, recreation; 8:30-9,
worship, Rev. Barnes, “Make Those
Calories Count.”
The Resources Clinic will be led
by the Conference Area Chairman
and will be on how to use the mat
erials and resources in the various
program areas. One group will be
for officers of the Youth Fellow
ship.
Sam Lamback, Conference M.-
Y.F. president, will meet with the
Sub-District, District and local ex
ecutive officers and will show them
how to conduct a council meeting.
Everett Plummer is president of
the Savannah District M. Y. F.
Ellabelle Sunday
School Teachers
Attend Clinic
Six teachers of the Sunday
School Department of the Ella
belle Methodist Church attended
either all or some of the sessions
of the Sunday School workshop
held recently in Claxton.
Classes were conducted at the
Methodist Church in Claxton, be
ginning at 7:30 each night from
Monday through Thursday. In
structors conducting the classes
were approved by the South Geor
gia Conference, with each depart
ment of Sunday School work being
taken up in the workshop.
Mrs. Hughlynn Page, councilor
for the Youth Fellowship, attend
ed each session of the workshop.
Others attending most of the ses
sions and also getting credit for
the course were Mrs. G. C. Martin,
Mrs. W. L. Hursey and Mr. Page.
At some of the sessions were
Mrs. Warren Miller and G. C. Mar
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle D. Smith and
Mrs. Shelby Strickland and Jittle
son, Russell, are spending this
we^k in Sarasota, Florida.
Volume No. 59 Number 3
Bryan Farm Bureau
Elects Officers
At Annual Meeting
Although the weather man’s
prediction of falling weather was
all too true on Friday night of
last week, neither the spirits nor
appetites of Farm Bureau mem
bers followed suit at the annual
meeting of the Bryan County Chap
ter.
The number turning out for the
affair was very probably cut by the
the rain and disagreeable traveling
conditions but a good 125 turned
out to enjoy the delicious shrimp
supper anil hear an interesting,
informal talk by John P. Duncan,
Jr., president of the State Farm
Bureau. '
Mr. Duncan was introduced by
J. T. Stubbs, Bryan County presi
dent. who presided at the meeting.
The state president outlined legis
lative accomplishments of the
Georgia chapter in relation to to
bacco, emphasizing that commodity
since it is one of the county’s
main money crops. He admitted
failure to swing legislation aimed
at cotton but stressed the fact that
with a strong Farm Bureau behind
state leaders success would be
easier come by. This was Duncan’s
first appearance in the county and
farmers and their wives listened
attentively to what he had to say.
Officers nominated for - 1959-60
were announced by Hughlyn Page,
chairman of the nominating com
mittee, and were unanimously
elected. They were J. T. Stubbs,
president, George Hendrix, vice
president, and H. B. Warneil, sec
etary and treasurer. Hendrix suc
ceeds Marcus Strickland in the
office of vice-president. Mr. Strick
land is a member of the Pembroke
Farm Bureau Chapter and has been
active in the organization for sev
eral years. A comparative new
comer to Farm Bureau, Mr. Hen
drix is the insurance representative
for the county chapter. Miss Anne
Parrish was elected Women's chair
man for the county.
Delegates to the state convention
to be held in Columbus in Novem
ber will be F. L. Hendry and H.
J. Jones. Alternate is H. H. Hagan,
with another alternate to be
chosen.
Several out-of-town guests were
present at the annual meeting last
week. Introduced by Mr. Stubbs
and expressing appreciation at be
ing invited was Mrs. Willette
Robinson, state woman’s chairman.
Among others in the Screven
< 'ounty party were Mrs. Alec Nor
man, wife of the former state di
rector from the First District, and
Mr. Robinson, president of the
Screven County chapter. Heading
the Effingham County delegation
was I). L. Zeigler, Guyton, presi
dent of the chapter.
On the program during the even
ing besides those named were Jack
Wall, song leader, Mrs. J. T.
Stubbs, pianist, the Rev. Clinton
Ward, invocation and H. B. War
nell, treasurer's report.
Services Are Held
At Olive Branch
For Mrs. Bell
Funeral services were held at 2
o’clock Saturday afternoon at Olive
Branch Baptist Church for Mrs.
Sally Burnsed Bell, 79, of Eldora
who died early Friday morning at
Memorial Hospital in Savannah.
Officiating was the Rev. J. W.
Grooms of Statesboro.
Pallbearers were Frank Kange
ter, E. J. Burnsed, Frank Roberts,
Walton Carr, Calvin Burnsed and
Roy Bell, Morrison Funeral Home
was in charge or arrangements.
Mrs. Bell was the wife of the
late Dan Bell. Survivors are three
daughters, Mrs. P. F. Martin,
Ellabelle, Mrs. C. C. Mills, Jack
sonville, Fla., and Mrs. George
Abercrombie, Atlanta; six sons, E.
K. Bell and F. F. Bell, Savannah,
A. D. Bell and H. E. Bell, Ella
belle; R. U. Bell, Alamo, and R.
H. Bell, Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister
Ruth Kangeter, Pembroke; and
many grandchildren.