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Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
GRAND JURY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PUBLICATION OF NAMES OF THOSE
OWING TAXES FOR YEARS 1953-1959
The special book committee of the November Term Superior
Court investigating the books of the county has made a recommenda
tion that the names of everyone who owes any taxes for the years
1953 through 1959 be immediately published in The Pembroke Journal
and also that no later than December 31st that these Fi Fa's be turn
ed over for levy.
There are a lot of people owing taxes, many of them could
have forgotten that they are due taxes. The committee was told
by some of the County Commissioners that this list of names would
appear in next Weeks Pembroke Journal. However they stated that
any one owing taxes, could keep their name out of the paper by
paying the taxes before next weeks Journal.
The committee went into the financial condition of the county
thoroughly, and they found that it is imperative to collect these
past due taxes in order to get the county out of its financial diffi
culties. The county owes a good many open accounts, besides its
borrowed money and notes for machinery. One item found in the
stack of accounts to be paid was a puzzler to the committee, and
just why it was in the list of bills to be paid. It was a bill made
out to P. 0. Box, Richmond Hill, Georgia and was from the H. & W.
Plumbing Company of Savannah and was for $1507.00 and said it was
for “Cleaning, Checking and Repairing Sanitary Sewers in Rich
mond Hill.” We were told that this was a private sewer line to
drain the septic tanks of the Village. This along with other bills
faces rough going in the days ahead.
The recommendation is as follows;
ADDITIONAL GRAND JURY |
PRESENTMENTS OF THE
NOVEMBER 1960 TERM,
BRYAN COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT
REPORT OF BOOK
COMMITTEE
Checking the books of the Co-।
unty Commissioners Office, we I
find that it has been the custom
to leave all Tax Fi Fa’s in the;
Tax Commissioners office. We re-;
commend as of this date that this j
custom be discontinued. That on
the 20th day of April or imme- '
diately thereafter, commencing in
April 1961, and each and every
year thereafter. All unpaid Tax
Fi Fa’s be checked out to the
County Commissioners, as required
by Code Section Code of Georgia
89 — 827. So that they might
be placed in proper hands for
collection.
It is further recommended that
all past due tax fi fa’s for the
year 1959 through the year 1953,
be immediately published in the
Pembroke Journal, showing the
names of those owing Taxes, the ।
amount owed and the year owed ,
for. And that this list be turned
over to the Sheriff of Bryan Co- I
unty for levy not later than De
cember 31st, 1960.
We find that the Vouchers in
the County Commissioners Office 1
do not carry the necessary signa- :
tures to them to authorize their '
payment by the Treasurer of
Bryan County. This should be 1
corrected and kept correct in the !
future. Also we believe that a
list of all bills passed for pay- '
ment at each meeting of the Co
unty Commissioners should be '
listed along with the minutes of
said meeting in the Minute Book.
We further recommend that a
list of all Vouchers issued by the
County Commissioners at their
meetings be published in the Of
ficial Paper of the county, giving
the name of who received the
voucher, what it it for and the
amount of said voucher.
We further recommend that the
county Commissioners of Bryan
It Could Be You
This week’s fortunate lady ।
lives in the Ellabelle community
and we’ll bet she is taken com
pletely by surprise.
She and her family live in a |
modern, attractive home on ai
beautiful hilltop, or at least what |
serves as a hill in Bryan County. ’
Her husband retired a few years ,
ago from work with an import
ant Savannah industry and has
time now to get around some, like
going to the Farm Bureau con
vention in Macon this week.
She is a part-time worker in a
government agency but spends
most of her time house-keeping.
She is a member of a home demon
stration club, American Legion
Auxiliary and Black Creek Parent- ■
Teacher Association.
And to clinch it all she is a sis
ter of last week’s lucky lady.
If this lady will call HELEN’S
BEAUTY SHOP, 3-2171, and iden
tify herself, an appointment will
be made for a complimentary
shampoo and set.
« » ■■L, > [ ’COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER' I
L|KEB
•JOURNAL
County draw up a yearly budget,
to be completed each year by the
first of May, and that they strive
: to live within this budget.
It was found that the financial
1 affairs of Bryan County are in a
] sad plight, the sum of $39,500 is
owed the banks and is due on
] December 31st, in addition notes
] are out to machinery people for
] $15,588.45, all of which is draw-
I ing interest at the rate of 6%.
] In addition to this there is unpaid
I local operating bills for thousands
। of dollars, which is to be paid by
I the County.
To do all this it is going to
take some mighty good manage
ment, as well as collection of every
dollar possible due the county.
Respectively,
N. L. Ham, G. C.
Martin, Harry Owens,
F. O. Miller, Jack
Waters and C. E.
Kicklighter
Richmond Hill
Sets Redskins Back
On Their Heels
The Richmond Hill High quintet
broke a half-time deadlock Tues
day night on their own court to
surge ahead and down Bryan
County High 43-22.
For awhile it looked like even
steven for the set-up but the Red
skins got the message during the
half and opened throttle for the
kill.
The victory over its up-county
opponents was the third straight
win for the Wildcats.
each to Lewis Shuman and Greg
Parker. Evon Page scored nine
Richmond Hill owed ten points
for the vanquished.
Bryan girls cinched their part
of the evening’s program with a
41-19 total. The outcome was
never in question and at half-time
the score was 29-9.
Beth Griffin’s 19 points were
high for the winners. Patty Gill
scored 14 of Richmond Hill’s 19
score.
Mother of P'broke
Woman Buried at
Red Hill Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. J. B.
Iler, Sr., 80, who died on Wednes
day of last week in Griffin Hos
pital at Claxton, after a short
illness, were held at 3 o’clock
Friday afternoon, November 11, at
Red Hill Primitive Baptist Church.
Services were conducted by
Elder J. M. Tidwell, assisted by
Elder Harris Cribbs. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
The body was taken to the resi
dence of a daughter, Mrs. J.
Harris Beasley, near Register,
। where it remained until time for
services.
Surviving Mrs. Iller are two
daughters, Mrs. Floyd Cook, Pem
broke, and Mrs. Beasley; one son,
J. B. Iler, Jr., Statesboro; and
a sister, Mrs. Felton Lee, Savan
-1 nah.
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MISS NEWMAN
PARENTS ANNOUNCE
ENGAGEMENT OF MISS
| INDIA GAYLE NEWMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Newman announce
the engagement of their daughter,
• India Gayle, to Henry E. Waters
Jr., son of Mrs. J. L. Roberts and
the late Henry E. Waters, of
Brooklet.
' Miss Newman was graduated
1 from Southeast Bulloch High
’ School and is presentely employ
-1 ed by Timeplan Loan and Invest
’ ment Corp., in Savannah.
Mr. Waters was graduated from
Southeast Bulloch High School
■ and has attended South George
। Trade School in Americus. He is
! i employed by Carlton Caterpillar
Co., of Savannah.
A December wedding is being
1 planned.
First District
Legion Will Meet
In Darien Dec. 4
Pete Wheeler, director of the
State Department of Veterans Ser
vice, will be the guest speaker at
the First District meeting of the
American Legion to be held at
Legion Post 137 in Darien on Sun
day, Dec. 4.
Expected to attend the meeting
are Commander Ralph Owens,
Mrs. Ralph Owens, president of
the auxiliary unit 164, and others
from the post and auxiliary.
First District American Legion
Commander I. J. DeLoach said
Wheeler will report on activities
and programs affecting Georgia
veterans and their families.
Registration for the meeting be
gins at 10 a.m., to be followed
by a luncheon and business ses
sion.
Recognized as one of the leaders
in the effort to secure adequate
benefits and facilities for veterans,
Wheeler has been director of the
Veterans Service since 1954 and
has served in the department since
1949.
School Supt. to
Speak at Black
Creek P.-T. A.
Bryan County’s school superin
tendent will speak to members of
the Black Creek Parent-Teacher
Association at its meeting on Mon
day, November 21. This month the
session will be held at 3:30 in the
afternoon, which is a change from
the night meetings usually held.
Calling the group to order in
the school auditorium will be Mrs.
W. S. Downs, president. Hughlynn
Page will bring the inspirational
and the main address will be given
by J. R. DeLoach who will discuss
an important phase of education
of interest to parent and teacher.
Hospitality committee for the
meeting is Mrs. J. K. McClelland,
Mrs. H. B. Warnell, Mrs. Brooks
Shuman and Mrs. Lehman Akin.
All patrons and friends of the
elementary school are invited to
attend the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shuman, Ella
belle, announce the birth of a
daughter, Joy ice Elaine, on Fri
day, November 11, 1960. The
baby weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1960
Richmond Hill
’ Youth Battling
For Life
The following story was in Tues
day’s Evening Press and the Pem
broke Journal has been unable to
learn more about the situation.
I People all over the county are in
terested in the condition of Pas
kell Hymans and are hoping he
will make the grade.
A Richmond Hill youth—his
spinal cord almost severed in a
truck accident Saturday—is fight
ing for his life in Warren A.
Candler Hospital.
And with help from the prayers
of his family, friends, and hospital
staff . . . and the ski!' of Savannah
physicians and up-to-date hospital
facilities, the young man may win
his fight.
The youth is 18-year-old Paskell
Hymans, Jr., one of 10 children
of Mr. and Mrs. Paskell Hymans
, of Richmond Hill. The youth's
father is a turpentihe worker, and
, a proud family man.
। The tragedy struck in the worst
• sort of away.
Young Hymans was riding with
। his grandfather in a truck when
t he got off the vehicle to open a
gate so they could proceed.
The truck began to roll and the
grandfather, unfamiliar with the
i ; automatic transmission, tried to
11 step on the brakes but stepped on
J the accelerator instead. The truck
■ lurched forward, running over the
’ I boy, breaking his leg and back.
I Young Hymans went into opera
। ting room at 8:30 Monday morn
'! ing and came out at 3:30. The
I operation appeared to be a suc
cess and the youth today was re
ported to be doing as well as could
be expected.
The parents -Well, they are
keeping a vigil at the hospital.
“I have 10 children,” Mrs. Hy
mans said, “but 1 don’t have a
single one 1 can give up.”
If the youth survives, doctor s !
say he will be paralyzed.
Olive Branch WMU
To Have Mission
Study on Friday
A foreign mission study course ]
is being taught at Olive Branch]
Baptist Church Friday to which s
all members of the Woman’s Miss
ionary Union is invited. Title of
the book is “Across the Bridge,”।
and is a study of Spanish'
America.
The program will begin at the
church at 4:30 and will me cli
maxed by a covered dish supper.
The book will be taught by the
relay method rather than the lec
ture type as has been the cus
tom. The book consists of five
chapters, discussed in turn by Mrs.
P. E. Martin, Mrs. B. E. Turner,
Mrs. Emma Gardner, the Rev.
William Simmerson and Mrs. Wil
liam Simmerson.
AUBREY'S BEAUTY
SHOP TO CLOSE
EACH MONDAY
Mrs. Audrey Owens, owner of
‘ Audrey’s Beauty Shop, has an
nounced that her shop will be
: closed on Monday of each week,
: effective Monday, November 21,
1960.
On other days of the week Mrs.
Owens invited women of all ages
to visit her shop and discuss their
hair- problems with her. Appoint
ments may be made by dialing
OLive 3-3161.
i Mrs. Owens keeps abreast of the
i newest methods of hair styling ‘
. and beauty practices relating to
: her work. She attends district,
, state and national conventions of
i cosmetologists whenever possible,
. taking pride in giving her cus-;
! tomers benefit of the latest in-i
> formation.
Miss Lois Hodges, Ist grade tea
. cher at Bryan County High School,
l visited in a Savannah school Mon
- day as part of her work. Sub
> stituting for her was Mrs. E. O.
Bacon.
B. C. Principal
Attends 3-Day
Elementary Meet
Albert Odom, principal of Black
Creek Elementary School, repre
sented Bryan County at the De
p irtment of Elementary School
Principals' meeting that was held
at Rock Eagle on November 10,
11 and 12.
This was the fourth annual
meeting of the Elementary School
principals and themes of the meet
ing were school for a changing
world and better public relations
for the school.
Jim Cherry, superintendent of
DeKalb County School System,
gave an interesting speech on the
changing world and its influence
upon the school children that will
make the citizens of tomorrow.
Ed Forio, vice-president of Coco-
Cola Bottling Company in Atlanta
spoke on schools and public rela
tions, He stated that our schools
are a reflection of the community
and that they are as good as the
community wants them.
Officer Election
To Feature H. D.
Council Meeting
On Thursday, November 17, at
11:30 at the Youth Center of the
Christian Church, members of the
Bryan County Home Demonstra
tion Council will gather for the
final regular meeting of the year.
Highlights of the session will
be the election of officers and the
Fall Flower Show. Women of the
Year reports will be filled out and
| turned in at this time.
Hostess at the meeting will be
the Pembroke Home Demonstra
tion Club which will serve lunch
■ at noon.
। Presiding at the business meet- ]
h g will be Mrs. A. A. Martin J
] president. Mrs. H. J. Jones, spe-1
] rial activities chairman, will be in I
I charge of the flower show.
Before the end of the year a I
] special meeting will be held at]
J which time the Woman of the]
[ Year in home demonstration club
] work will be announced, flower
I show winners for the year announ
ced and officers for 1951 installed.
76th Birthday of
■Mrs. T. J. Bacon
is Observed
The children and grandchildren
I of Mrs. T. J. Bacon joined forces
dining the weekend to pay tribute
to the matriarch of their family I
when Saturday night she was
honored at a birthday dinner.
The 76th birthday of Mrs. Bacon ]
was observed in fine style with the
] delicious dinner, gifts and beauti
। ully decorated birthday cake.
Throughout the years Mrs.
Bacon has had a big part in the
civic, religious and cultural life
of Pembroke. She is a long-time
member of the Pembroke Baptist
Church and continues to sing in
the choir. She has also been
active for many years in Garden
Club work and other phases of
community life.
Present at the dinner party and |
for the weekend were Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Bacon and son, Larry, |
Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Bacon and daughter, Miss Martha
Bacon, Summerville, S. C.; Mrs.]
Bill White, formerly Miss Tommy |
Bacon, and son, Tracy, of Charles- ]
ton, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. i
Bacon, Atlanta; and Mr. and Mrs. ]
H. S. Eldridge and son, Henry, ]
] Columbia, S. C. Also present for |
all the festivities were Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Bacon and children, |
Phillip, Jerry, Bea and Flo.
Unable to attend were Luther
: Bacon, Jr., student at Tech in
Atlanta; Miss Trudy Eldridge,
] Martha Washington University in ]
'Fredericksburg, Va.; and Miss
] Beverly Bacon, Shorter College in
Rome.
Mrs. Bacon’s many friends join ]
her family in wishing her many I
happy returns of the day.
Teachers Outline
Work to P.-T. A.
Members at Meet
; Monday night teachers of Bryan
. County High School outlined work
. plans to members of the Parent
| Teacher Association at the meeting
[ in the auditorium. Presiding at
, the business session was Mi-s. E.
W. Miles, president. Miss Blanche
Lanier’s fourth grade won the at
tendance count and will have the
bronze plaque until the next meet
. ing.
Mrs. P. E. Brannen, program
chairman, introduced Mrs. Charles
F. Warnell who gave an appropri
ate devotional pertaining to build
ing character and other desirable
personality traits in young people.
Mrs. Brannen introduced J. W.
Edmonds, who, iw turn, presented
the teachers.
The outline of work sketched
briefly for those attending by the
teachers was interesting and in
formative. Included in the reports
were discussions of art work,
science, routine subjects, projects
and personality development and
the need of understanding each
child.
Teachers at the meeting and
taking part on the program were
Mrs. Jessie Hope, Mrs. J. T. Shaw,
Miss Blanche Lanier, Mrs. Lora
Riggle, Mrs. Ethel Morrison, Mrs.
J. Dixie Harn, Charles Harris,
' C. N. McGee, Mrs. Frances Strick
' land, Mrs. W. W. Curl, Jr., Eddie
1 O. Bacon and Miss Lucille Hodges.
After the program teachers
were hosts in the rooms to the
parents for a most enjoyable in
' spection tour.
To climax the meeting refresh
। ments were served in the home
economics building by Mrs. Nor
man Bacon, Mrs. Melvin Speir,
Mrs. Cleveland Strickland and
Mrs. M. E. Bacon.
Legion Home Work
May Be Seen at
Meet Fri. Night
At the meetings of the John
Duggar Post No. 164 of the Ameri
can Legion and the Auxiliary on
Friday night of this week those
attending will have an opportunity I
of seeing the repairs which have
been done on the home.
Commander Ralph Owens says
he is proud of the work and that
some of the members have con
tributed several days towards the
repairs. He said the Auxiliary
room is to be cleared of benches,
tables and miscellaneous items
packed into it and made ready for
the Auxiliary members. Work
| will continue on the building, Com
] mander Owen said, until as much
las possible has been done.
Another important item on the
business agenda for Friday is
membership. There are still a few
memberships to be obtained or
renewed and those wishing a card
are advised to give in their dues
as quickly as possible.
Before the business meetings of
the two groups a covered dish
supper will be served at 8 o’clock.
Ellabelle Circle
Meets with Mrs.
Willard Burnsed
“The Art of Gratitude” was the
subject at the meeting on the I
] Edith Morgan Circle of the Worn- |
| an’s Society of Christian Service |
I of the Ellabelle Methodist Church I
lon Monday, November 7. Hostess j
] to the group at her home was Mrs. i
I Willard Burnsed. Mrs. Burnsed ]
■ also gave the devotional and was i
i in charge of the devotional.
Mrs. G. C. Martin, circle leader, {
presided at the business session. ]
Plans were made for selling fruit |
cake during the Thanksgiving and
| Christmas seasons.
Attending the meeting were Mrs.
Burnsed, Mrs. Hughlynn Page,
Mrs. G. C. Martin, Mrs. Henry
] Lewis, Mrs. Tommy Cannady, Mrs.
]L. S. Weeks and Miss Pauline
I Morgan.
Volume No. 59
Pembroke Nurse
Attends Annual
State Meeting
i The First District Division of
■ Georgia Association of Licensed
] Practical Nurses, Inc. attended the
Eleventh Annual State Convention
at the Rivera Motel, Atlanta, for
■ three days. Hostess for this con
■ vention was Fifth District, At
‘ lanta, Co-hostess Fourteenth Dis
trict, Marietta.
Those attending from First Dis
i trict were Mrs. Lillian Coakley,
’ Mrs. Ruby Durden, Mrs. Claudine
Lane, and Miss Dorothy Wiggins,
Statesboro; Mrs. Ada Belcher,
Mrs. Clothilde Moore, Mrs. Mary
Shaw, and Mrs. Doretha Ryals of
Brooklet; and Mrs. Mary Clayton,
Mrs. Martha Howard and Mrs.
Lillian Smith, Sylvania; Mrs.
Mary Spinks, Pembroke.
First District was given recogni
tion by the State President, Mrs.
Edith Gill, Third District, Colum
bus, for doing remarkably good
work and for sending monthly
reports to the state officers during
the year. Members attending the
convention, and Mrs. Gill gave
recognition to the first scrapbook
brought to the convention by First
District. Mrs. Gill, President
awarded First District a gavel for
having the largest attendance at
the convention. This gavel, ac
cepted by First District President,
Mrs. Ada Belcher, is to be used
at the district monthly meetings.
Members of First District at
tended three business meetings:
State President, Mrs. Edith Gill
presiding, also sat in on committee
meetings and State Board meet
ings. State elections for Ist. Vice
president, 2nd. vice-president, two
board members, treasurer, three
members for the nominating com
mittee were voted on. Mrs. Mar
tha Howard, Sylvania, Ga. was
elected to serve on the State Board
of Directors. Mrs. Lillian Coak
ley, Statesboro, Ga. was elected
to serve on the State nominating
committee and By-laws committee,
from First District.
Columbus, Ga., Third District
will be hostess for the Twelfth
Annual Convention to be held in
November ’6l, dates to be announ
ced later.
City Thanksgiving
Service to Be at
Baptist Church
The union Thanksgiving ser
vice of all churches of Pembroke
will be held at the Baptist Church
on Wednesday night, November
23, with the Christian Church in
charge of the service. Time of
the service is 7:30 p.m.
The Thanksgiving sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. William
A Mounts, pastor of the Christian
Church.
For many years the joint pro
gram of churches has been a fea
ture of the Thanksgiving season
and is held the Wednesday night
before Thanksgiving Day. The
place of the program and the
church in charge is rotated from
year to year.
The public is invited to gather
on Wednesday night, November
23 at the Baptist Church to hear
the sermon by Mr. Mounts of the
Christian Church.
PEMBROKE MAN IS
AT WHITING FIELD
IN FLORIDA
Willis M. Arnold, aviation
machinist’s mate third class, USN,
] son of Mrs. J. L. Arnold of Pem
| broke, is serving at the Whiting
Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station,
] Milton, Fla.
The air station supports squad
j rons which train student Naval
aviators in the instrument and
tactical phases of flying.
Mr. Arnold’s friends are al
ways glad to see him when he
is visiting his mother. During
his long tenure with the Navy he
has spent several years overseas
and in many states and posses
sions of the United States.