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Thursday, December 29, 1960
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•JOURNAL
PUBLISHED IN THE CITY OF PEMBROKE, GEORGIA
EACH THURSDAY
FRANK O. MILLER Editor and Publisher
MRS. FRANK O. MILLER Associate Editor
MRS. ELISABETH MEDDERS. Associate Editor
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VounJ About & Round
By
ELISABETH M. MEDDERS
I can well liken my New Year's
resolutions to a game of bowling.
But never would I make a score
n bowling that is no trouble with
resolutions.
I can line up those pins, let
loose with the old eight-ball and
watch it weave among them with
the ease of a butterfly among
the tulips, never harming a one.
1 don’t even have to line up the
resolutions but set them up willy
nilly. The days let loose like the
bowling ball but the difference is
with each day a resolution fails
until I’ve got a strike. And with
no practice at all.
I have no fault to find with the
year that is ending. Every resolu
tion that 1 made at its beginning
was ground to dust long before
the year grew whiskers. 1 kicked
the cat and burned the toast just
like always after the first weeks
of making everybody miserable by
virtuously refraining from what
had become second nature. Even
the cat slunk around wondering
why 1 no longer stroked its fur.
After kicking it I always soothe
my conscience by an affectionate
petting that brings forth purrs.
And the knives lay dull in the
kitchen drawer, no longer sharpen
ed by scraping the toast.
I maintain that keeping resolu
tions is harder on friends and
relatives than on the resolution
maker. Until the dam breaks one
has to be on guard or one is liable
to be caught unawares and drown.
1 am extremely fond of my three
men and as such am against sub
jecting them to any kind of dan
ger.
It is also not neighborly to be
a never-fail resolution keeper. For
instance, if 1 resolved to retire
each night at an hour when most
mortals seek their downy couch,
J would cause my neighbors worry.
And never would I do such a thing.
My neighbors have learned that
when the Father of My Sons goes
off to one of the over-night meet
ings required in the pursuit of
learning how to give aid to his
farmers, my electric candle burns
long and bright. It is at such
times that the stack of newspapers
under the dining room table
dwindles, that the furniture gets
polished, the book shelves clean
ed, letters written and such et
ceteras.
Should 1 resolve to keep ordi
nary hours at all times our neigh
bors would worry lest our wage
earner had lost his job. They
might even think they should send
over sustenance to nourish our
rns ^tr.
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poor, starving children. And I do
not like to cause our nice neighbors
any undue pain.
So 1 probably won't make any
resolutions. I’ll just go right on
kicking the eat and burning the
toast. And everybody will know
what to expect. The eat- and
kittens—know that 1 am a very
kind individual at heart and are
used to the routine of kick, pet,
purr. The knives at our house
stay pretty sharp on account of
being honed on the toast each
morning.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Tag Prefix to Be
Same in 1961,
Officials Say
According to state officials,
shifts in population rank among
' Georgia counties will not show up
on auto tags before 1962, if then.
Officials explained recently that
final 1960 census figures, released
only a week or so ago, were too
late to make changes in prefix
numbers on the license plates show
ing where a county stands in popu
lation.
। Hence, the 1961 tags, now in
the hands of the county distribu
tors, will reflect the order of the
counties in population based pn
the 1950 census.
By next year, said a spokesman
of the Department, of Revenue,
which handles the license' plates,
a new system of numbering may
. be necessary because of the dn
. creasing number of cars in the
, larger counties.
Deputy Revenue Commissioner
W. Dan Greer said that total is so
high in such counties as Fulton
(Atlanta) that there is barely
room on the plate for the figures
; of the highest numbers.
Greer said the county number-.
' ing system has proved popular and
i officials are hopeful of working
out some plan for retaining it,
i such as, perhaps, coding the high
i numbers.
In the more important changes
i in population rank among the
counties, DeKalb edged Chatham
out of No. 2 position just below
Fulton. Cobb took No. 7 posi
tion and pushed Floyd down to
9 and Dougherty moved up from
10 to 8. Hall advanced from 11
to 10, Lowndes from 14 to 11, and
Glynn from 25 to 18. Remain
i ing in the same order wer Mus
cogee, 5; Bibb. 6; Richmond, 6 and
Echols, 159 and last.
Bryan County moved up from
115 to 136th place.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Shaw and '
Miss Shearer Shaw were with
relatives in Douglas during the 1
holidays. 1
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Mrs. .1. O. Strickland, Sr. is in l
Macon with her daughter, Mrs. I
| Henry Stokes, and Dr. Stokes. She
is expected to be in Macon for an
I extended visit.
1380th District
W. C. Burnsed
Next Monday January Ist Bryan County’s entire new Board of County Commissioners will hold their first official meeting at the Bryan County Court House, and
will name their slate of officers and attend to the other duties that need attention. They have had several “informal’’ get-togethers during the past weeks, but this will be
their first official meeting. They were sworn in on Tuesday by Ordinary Mrs. Bertie Bacon.
Harn Will Be
Chairman and
Mock Clerk
At a meeting of the incoming j
Board of County Commissioners I
held on Tuesday to make plans for
taking over the affairs of the
county on January Ist., and which
was attended by all the new mem
bers, it was voted to name J. Dixie
Harn as Chairman of the Board,
Jack Gardner was named as Vice
Chairman of the Board and
Eugene Mock was elected as Clerk.
We understand that much other
business was discussed but this
is all that was given out for
publication. It was necessary to
decide on a clerk so that one would
be on hand on the first for the
duties of clerk.
The Board will hold their first
official meeting on Monday, Janu
ary 2nd., at which time they are
going to try and go into many
matters and make plans for
handling the Counties affairs dur
ing the coming year.
The Journal wishes them much
luck, and they will have our co
operation ih their efforts to better
serve Bryan County.
Child Loses Eye
As Cherry Bomb
Explodes
As far as is known Pembroke
had -only one serious casualty as
a result of fireworks. In that one,
however, a little boy lost the sight
of an eye and is in a Savannah
hospital where doctors are work- |
ing to save the eyeball.
Little Jimmy Miller, son of Mr
and Mrs. John Miller, found the j
cherry bomb which his mother
thought she had safely hidden. He
set it off on the day after Christ
mas in the kitchen of his parents’
home. Jimmy bent over it to make
sure it was lit good and will re
member the day all of his life.
The child was rushed to Me
morial Hospital by Miss Betty i
Bashlor and is still a patient there.
He is about four years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller live in the
house now owned by Mrs. Hilda
Denmark on the street in front of
the water tank. They came here
from Richmond Hill several
months ago and Mr. Miller is con
nected with a construction com
pany, it was learned from friends.
Jaycees Bring
Christmas Joy
To Families
The Pembroke Junior Chamber
of Commerce carried out their an
nual Christmas cheer program by
taking gifts and groceries to many
families who otherwise would have
enjoyed the holiday much less.
To finance the Empty Stocking
project, the Jaycee organization
sponsored a turkey shoot and raffl- i
led off a shotgun. The gun was
won by Delmas Strickland.
Gifts and groceries for approxi- !
mately 18 families were purchased
from proceeds derived from the
turkey shoot and raffle. Profit
ing from the baskets were all
members of the families, with
children being given the gifts.
On the committee in charge of
arrangements were Billy Stewart,
president of the Jaycees, and Ver-1
non Miller.
The groceries and gifts were de-1
livered on Christmas Eve.
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL
Jack D. Gardner
Young Bryan Cty.
Farmer Has Record
Soy Bean Yield
Since he made his first crop at i
i the age of 14, the interest of a ,
young Bryan County farmer has I
not wavered in the soil he has
continued to till for about 15 years.
In 1960 Hughlynn Page added ,
another record to the list he has .
made since going into the proses- i
sion of farming seriously with his !
first sharecropping experience.
The young man has come a long
way since that time, although he
still lives in the Ellabelle section
where he was reared.
An achievement of which
Farmer Page is extremely proud
is the soy bean yield made this
year. From the 48 acres planted
in soy beans he made a yield of
37 plus bushels of marketable
beans.
To achieve this unusual record
Page sowed 49 pounds of certified i
Jackson seed to the acre in 36“ :
rows. His planting date was the :
middle of June, preceded by a
crop of oats and rye.
His soy bean seeds cost $4.75 i
per acre and harvesting cost Page 1
estimates at $6.00 per acre. He I
put 200 pounds of 5-10-15 fertilizer
to the acre, the soil being previous- |
ly limed according to recommends- I
tions of the University of Georgia
Extension Service. Page asks ad
vice of County Agent D. E. Med- \
! ders frequently in his operations,
As 1960 Conies to A Close and A New Year is Born
We Look Forward To 1961 and Hope To
Be Able To Better Serve You.
During the past year you have been most kind to us, giving us your
patronage, and understanding any mistakes that might have oc
curred, for all of which we are truly appreciative and most grate
ful.
IN 1961
We plan bigger and better values throughout our store. We hope
through our increased purchasin g power to be able to make better
buys, and will pass them on to our customers. We ask your con
tinued patronage.
SOON WE WILL
Have a January Clearance Sale, that will truly be a Clearance
Sale. We will price all of our present merchandise at prices that
will make it go. Watch the Pembroke Journal for full details of
this Mammoth January Clearance Sale.
Come to See Us Early in 1961 and Often
HARN'S VARIETY STORE
"Pembroke's One Stop Shopping Center"
o Liked by Many • Cussed by Some • Read by Them AU
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J. Dixie Harn
' seeking him out to help with farrn
( ing and livestock problems. There
i were two cultivations and no
I spraying on the soy beans, al
though the young farmer kept
close watch on an infestation of
. insects which luckily never de-
I veloped to the destructive stage.
On his farm, part of which
i Page owns and part of which he
' rents, he raises corn, cotton, pea-
I nuts, tobacco, cattle and hogs. He
[ has 25 acres of coastal bernruda
j on which he grazes a nice, small
! herd of cattle. He has 115 head
lof hogs and believes in innocula
tion against cholera.
On 85 acres his average corn
yield is 60 bushels. On the 12
acres that Page plants to peanuts
his yield is from twelve to eigh
teen hundred pounds to the acre.
His yield of 1500 pounds of tobacco
on 7.6 acres is above the county
average.
801 l weevils played havoc with
the Ellabelle farmer’s 24 acres of
cotton. He had high hopes for
this year’s crop until the boll wee
i vils moved in practically overnight
and tumbled those hopes real fast.
I His spray schedule which he was
holding fast to on the cotton was
upset by wet weather which
eliminated one spraying. Page
I credits this for the measley 15
I bales when he had set his sights
i on more than a bale per acre.
In addition to the ambitious
| farming necessary to care for the
1206 acres he owns, 60 of which
, are in cultivation, and the farm
! land which he rents and share
' crops, Page is intensely interested
20th District
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Perry Rushing
■ in community life.
1 His interest and enthusiasm are
' appreciated by neighbors and
friends who have put him in
' ' offices where youth combined with
| those qualities. Sharing his en- :
i thusiasm in community and church
activities is Page’s wife, the I
former Miss Marian Edwards, | (
' ! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Edwards. Their two children are '
: Patty, 6, and Danny, almost two ' 1
years old. <
। The 25-year-old farmer is presi- I
dent of Black Creek Chapter of i <
i the Bryan County Farm Bureau ’ I
and is chairman of the Agricul- i
I ture Stabilization and Conserva- j
tion Committee. He was recently ■ <
elected to the Bryan County Wei- 11
fare Board for a term which ex- 11
. . pires in 1963. ‘ i
' Page is a lay leader in the Ella- I !
belle Methodist Church and a। <
former Sunday School teacher. At | I
present he is a steward and secre- ।
tary-treasurer of the Sunday
' ; School. ' i
Page’s father died when the lioy : i
i was still in school, and his mother, 11
Mrs. E. V. Page, now lives in the
- Ellabelle section near her son.
i Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ham and p
■ children, Joe and Vanette, return i
। ed Wednesday from Forsyth where I
i they visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. 1
Ham, Sr.
; Mi s s Callie McWhirter of
i Athens left Monday after spend- ■
- ing Christmas in Pembroke with i
- her sister, Mrs. I). E. Medders, ।
I and Mr. Medders. i
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Dave Sutton
State 1960 Fall
Pig Crop Shows
Drop over '59
Georgia’s 1960 fall pig crop is
estimated at 1,083,000 head, a de
cline of 11 per cent from last
year’s revised estimate of 1.219,-
000 head. The 1960 fall crop is
the smallest since 1954, when 1,-
034,000 pigs were saved, and it is
two per cent below the 1949-58
revised average of 1,101,000 head.
A total of 157,000 sows farrow
ed this fall compared with 182,000
farrowed last fall and the 10-year
average of 171,000. The average
number of pigs saved per litter
from this fall’s farrowings was
6.9, an increase of three per cent
from the 1959 fall average of 6.7
pigs per litter.
Georgia’s 1960 pig crop, which
includes spring and fall farrow
ings, is estimated at 2,353.000 head,
a decline of 15 per cent from the
1959 crop of 2,771,000 head. The
1960 annual pig crop is the lowest
since 1954 when 2,334,000 pigs
were saved. T^yurrent pig crop
is two per cent below the 1949-
58 average pig crop of 2,391,000
head.
Ronald Akins of Virginia Beach,
Va. and Ray Akins of Savannah
were in Pembroke with their
mother, Mrs. Myrtle Akins, and
grandmother, Mrs. Eva Gibson,
during the Christmas holidays.