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From the Files of the
Pembroke Journal
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1946
The Pembroke Garden Club will
hold its regular meeting Friday
p.m., November 15, with Miss Bar
bara Duvall, Georgia Power Com
pany home economist in charge of
the program. She will show slides
of garden lighting. We would be
.glad if each member would try to
be there and bring a guest. Time,
4 o’clock.
The Pembroke high school bask
etball teams split a double bill
with the Nevils school on Tuesday
night of this week.
Pembroke girls, after a slow
start got to clicking in the 2nd
half and came from behind to de
feat the Nevils girls a score of
24 to 19.
Pembroke boys were not so for
tunate. The Nevils boys took an
early lead and increased it as the
game went along. The final score
was 24-12.
The Pembroke Home Demon
stration Club held its regular
monthly meeting on October 28th
at the home of Mrs. Lillian Fen
nel). A special home Demonstra
tion agent, Miss Jessei Mize, from
the state extension service was in
the county at this time and gave
a demonstration on slip cover for
furniture. Members of the other
home demonstration clubs in the
surrounding communities were in
vited to attend.
Spare Stamps No. 9 and No. 10,
each good for five pounds of sugar
for home canning purposes, will
remain good through November 30,
E. Burns Brooks, Atlanta district
price executive, has announced.
The extreme scarcity of sugar in
some areas has made it impossible
for many people to use these
stamps before October 31, the ex
piration date originally set.
Restoration of the Georgia
Peach to the state’s automobile
license tags next year will meet
with the approval of most citizens,
state officials believe. The 1947
tag will advertise Georgia as the
"Peach State” and the tag colors
will be cherry and cream. The
numbers will be larger than usual
GARDNER’S
Grocery
BLITCHTON. GEORGIA
Where Route 80 and Route 280 Join
BLUE PLATE Quart
MAYONNAISE 49c
5 Pounds
SUGAR 49c
CHUC Pound
ROAST 53 c
25 Pounds
SCRATCH FEED 99c
TALL 3 For
PEI MILK 39c
NESCAFE INSTANT 6-ounce
COFFEE 69c
"FINIST POODS AT LOWEST COST"
If You Can And It Anywhere — You Can Find It At
GARDNER'S GROCERY, BLITCHTON, GEORGIA
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with the abbreviations “Ga.” and
“47” above the numerals and
“Peach State” below.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Porterfield
of Cheraw, S. C., were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Porter
field of Ellabell last week. The
Mr. Porterfields are brothers.
Former Teacher
In Bryan Earns
College Award
A former Bryan County prin
cipal and teacher has been cited
for advanced educational work
with the University of Georgia. ,
The recognition was given to J.
O. Hurst, who, (or more than ten
t years was principal of Black Creek
Elementary School. He is now
principal of the Newington Ele
mentary School in Screven County.
Hurst was awarded the special
ist in education certificate in rec
ognition of the satisfactory com
pletion of the sixth-year curricu
lum in administration.
The award was made upon the
recommendation of the faculty of
the College of Education of the
University of Georgia. Hurst is
serving his second year in the
Newington school.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Homer F. Miller,
Statesboro, announce the birth of
a son. Ernest Wayne, on Novem
ber 2,1962, at Bulloch County
Hospital in Statesboro. The baby
weighed seven pounds. The cou
ple’s other son is Bobby, 3 years
old.
Mrs. Miller is the former Miss
Willadene NeSmith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest NeSmith,
Nevils. Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Miller, Pem
broke.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Key,
Blitchton, were weekend guests of
their son, Earl, and Mrs. Key in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Margaret Bruns, Blitchton,
spent the weekend in Statesboro
with Mrs. Lona Mae Alford.
Essay Winner
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DIST. CONTEST— Winning sec
ond place in the district in the
Georgia Youth Highway Safety
program, sponsored by the Geor
gia Farm Bureau Federation, was
Miss Nita Buhler, Bryan County
High School student and daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Buhler.
BCHS Student Is
2nd in F. Bureau
Dist. Contest
At least three young people in
| Bryan County have become better
aware of ways to improve high
way safety for all citizens. The
knowledge was gained by partici
pation in the Georgia Youth High
way Safety program which is
sponsored by the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation.
The highway safety program for
young people had been recommend
ed by Georgia Farm Bureau Wom
en and immediately caught the
fancy of the Federation’s Board
of Directors. Cooperating in the
sponsorship is the Georgia Fann
Bureau Mutual Insurance Com
pany.
Three essays on “The Role of
Youth in Highway Safety” were
written by student at the Pem
broke school and submitted to Miss
Anne Parrish, Bryan County Farm
Bureau Women's chairman. They
were written by Gwen Wolfe, Nita
Buhler and Bill Burpitt. Miss
Wolfe is a senior, whilejthe other
two are eleventh graders.
First, place, as announced by
Miss Parrish who secured the
judges, was won by Miss Buhler
whose essay went on to place sec
ond in the District. Bill Burpitt
was second place and Miss Wolfe
was third in the county.
Miss Buhler is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Al Buhler of Pem
broke. She participates in several
areas of activities, being a mem
ber of the 4-H and F. H. A. clubs,
cheerleader last year and this year,
and a member of the Beta Club of
1961-62. This year’s Beta Club
has not yet been put into action.
She is a member of the Pembroke
Baptist Church and attends Sun
day School and Training Union.
Miss Buhler will receive cash
awards for the first place in the
county and second in the district.
Mrs. DeLoach Is
Hostess to
L'felt Circle
At the meeting of the Linger
felt Circle of the Woman’s Miss
ionary Society of the Pembroke
Church on Monday night of last
week, the program was presented
by Mrs. J. R. DeLoach, at whose
home the October meeting was
held.
Mrs. DeLoach’s talk was center
ed around the insignia of the
Woman’s Missionary Union, the
talk being of special interest at
the beginning of the church year.
Assisting with the devotional were
Mrs. ('leveland Strickland and
Miss Margaret Lanier.
Mrs. Strickland, circle chairman,
presented nt the business session.
Preliminary plans were made to
join the other two night circles
for a Christmas party nt the
church social hall on December 17.
The social committees of each
circle will make plans for the af
fair. On the committee for the
Lingerfelt Circle are Mrs. W. L.
Humphries, Mrs. H. Lee Speir, Jr.,
and Mrs. M. F. Boyette.
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. DeLoach, Mrs. Cleveland
Strickland, Mrs. James Goldin,
Miss Margaret I^nier, Mrs. Har
old Ham, Mrs. L. M. Geyer, Mrs.
J. D. Cason and Mrs. M. F. Boy
ette.
Mrs. C. L. Purvis spent a few
days in Augusta recently with her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Smith, and
Mr. Smith.
THS HMMOKE JOUtNAL
Bryan To Send
Two to Atlanta
2 local volunteer cancer fight
ers will represent Bryan County
at the 1962 Statewide Annual
Meeting of the American Cancer
Society’s Georgia Division, Novem
ber 8 and 9 in Atlanta.
Mrs. N. L. Ham, chairman and
Mrs. W. W. P ickett, research
chairman will represent the Cancer
Society’s Bryan County Unit at
the annual training and business
meeting.
“In addition to conducting the
business of the Society,” Mrs. Ham
said, “most of the meeting will be
devoted to an exchange of ideas
among volunteers from throughout
Georgia, working toward more ef
fective cancer control programs at
the community level.”
The annual dinner session on
November 9 will be addressed by
movie star Susan Hayward, who
now resides at Carrolton, Ga., and
Lane Adams of New York, execu
tive vice president of the American
Cancer Society. Also, on the din
ner program will be the presen
tation of awards and citations to
County Units and individuals for
“outstanding service in the can
cer control program during the
past year."
Other program participants will
include physicians, three top of
ficials of the American Cancer
Society and a host of local unit
volunteers. The national partici
pants will be Jess Speidel 11, pre
sident for Crusade; Irving Rimer,
assistant vice president for public
education and information, and
Spencer Mapes, deputy director of
public education.
Among the physician partici
pants will be Dr. Hobert Hortman
of Rome, Dr. Hoke Wammock of
LaGrange, Dr. A. B. Conger of
Columbus, Dr. A. H. Letton of
Atlanta and Dr. Robert L. Brown
of Emory University.
The meeting will begin with the
business session at 4 p.m. on No
vember 8, at which time unit dele
gate members to the national so
ciety. Training sessions will be
held throughout the day Novem
ber 8, based on the theme of the
meeting, “TIME.” All sessions
will be held at the Rivera Motel.
Dr. Hitchcock
To Speak at PTA
The Bryan County High School
P.T.A. will meet Monday night,
Nov. 12, at 8 o’clock in the Home
Economics Department.
Speaker for the occasion will lie
Dr. William L. Hitchcock, Director
of the Graduate Program in Guid
ance Counseling. Ga. Southern Col
lege, Statesboro. Dr. Hitchcock
will discuss the Guidance Program
of the Georgia Schools. Dr. Hitch
cock is well qualified to speak on
this subject as he has been in the
Guidance Program for many years.
He is the author of several books
in this field and held psoitions at
Oregon State College and the Uni
versity of Georgia before coming
to Georgia Southern College.
The Rev. Jack Arnold, pastor of
the Pembroke Methodist Church
will give the inspirational.
The program chairman, Mrs. J.
W. Kicklighter, urges everyone to
attend.
Mrs. Charles McGee, president,
will preside at the business meet
ing.
Among Georgia Southern Col
lege students home for the week
end were Miss Sue Brewton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Brewton, and Miss Betty Graham,
daughter of Mrs. Helen Graham.
Week-end guests of relatives in
Pembroke were Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Quattlebaum, Albany.
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Chrmn. of Heart
Fund Outlines
Annual Drive
Volunteers who will work with
with the Bryan County Heart
Fund Drive were contacted last
week following a meeting held at
the home of Mrs. Charles F. War
nell, chairman.
Meeting with the leaders of the
annual drive was Mrs. Henrietta
Mason, executive secretary of the
Georgia Heart Association. Mrs.
Mason reported on interesting and
levealing data concerning heart
patients and told how funds col
lected during the drive are used to
■ help indigent sufferers of heart
disease and related troubles.
Mrs. Alton Elrick was named
co-chairman. Also assisting will
be Mrs. Gerald C. Bacon, E. B.
Miles, treasurer, and Mrs. D. E.
Medders, publicity.
A partial list of volunteers as
sisting with the drive are Mrs.
Gerald Bacon, Heart Sunday ;
Mayor C. C. Spinks and W. R.
Deal, business district; Mrs. J. C.
Mikell, professional workers; Mrs.
Neill Baylor and Rev. Robert Fen
nell, Richmond Hill; Mrs. W. S.
Downs, Mrs. R. E. Lee, and Mrs.
Mack Hagan, rural districts; and
Leon Dingle, Negro district. Din
gle, principal of Pembroke High
School, will select his committee.
Officers Elected
At Amelia Burgess
Circle Meeting
The Amelia Burgess Circle of
the Woman’s Missionary Society
■ of the Pembroke Baptist Church
was held Tuesday afternoon of last
week at; the home of Mrs. Ben
Brewtoir,
The devotional was given by
Mrs. Brewton, and was in keeping
with the program presented by
Mrs. L. M. Andersen and Mrs. H.
, H. Dukes. Their discussion was
on the significance of she W. M. U.
, emblem, each detail of the attrac
! tive and meaningful insignia being
interestingly pointed out.
During the business session, at
which Mrs. Brewton presided, of
ficers were elected and chairman
appointed to serve until October
1963. Previously elected had been
Mrs. Brewton as circle chairman.
Other officers are Mrs. L. M. An
derson, co-chairman, Mrs. Zada
Moody, secretary, and Mrs. R. B.
Reed .treasurer. Committee chair
men are Mrs. W. W. Pickett,
prayer; Mrs. T. L. Waters and
Mrs. J. W. Brewton, social; Mrs.
H. H. Dukes, program; Mrs. M.
F. Sims, stewardship; Mrs. L. M
Anderson and Mrs. T. J. Bacon.
1 community missions; Mrs. L. M.
Anderson, publicity; Miss Daisy
1 Averitt, mission study; and Mrs.
A. H. Croom and Mrs. D. H.
Porterfield, membership.
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Mrs. Brewton served delicious
refreshments during the fellowship
period.
Attending the meeting were
. Mrs. Ben Brewton, Mrs. L. M. An
derson, Mrs. Zada Moody, Mrs. T.
L. Waters, Mrs. T. J. Bacon, Mrs.
H. H. Dukes, Mrs. R. B. Reed,
Mrs. M. F. Sims, and Mrs. W. W.
Pickett.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Purvis for a recent week-end were
their daughters, Mrs. Harold
Wells and Miss Jane Purvis, both 1
of Atlanta.
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fact condition.
A. E. Harmon
Ellabell. Ga.
Nurses Hear Dr.
Lundquist on
CD Se-up
Bryan County’s practical and
registered nurses met last week
with Mrs. Blanche Morrison of the
Health Department to find out as
much as possible about the duties
of nurses in the Civil Defense pro
gram.
Also at the meeting were other
officials of the local Civil Defense
program. The session was held in
the health clinic at the courthouse,
with Mrs. Morrison presiding and
introducing Dr. W. D. Lundquist
of Savannah.
The role of the nurse in event
of a national disaster is of extreme
importance, Dr. Lundqpist said. He
pointed out that each nurse must
learn and accept the duties and
obligations that will present them
selves. To make the program ef
fective, he said, the nursing corps
must study in order to recommend
a planning, training and operation
al organization needed for a civil
defense medical plan.
Among those attending the meet
ing were Mrs. Blanche Morrison,
Dr. W. D. Lundquist, J. Dixie
Harn, Eugene Mock, Mrs. D. E.
Miller, Sr., W. L. Humphries, G.
Frank Hendricks, Mayor C. C.
Spinks, Mrs. H. B. Brewion, Mrs,
Ralph Owens, Mrs. Alton Elrick,
Mrs. J. D. Cason, Mrs. Marion
Sanders. Mrs. Albert Odum, and
Mis. Luther McElveen.
Ellabell Youth
Completes Naval
Recruit Training
Johnnie J. Cowart, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Cowart of Ella
bell, completed recruit training,
October 19, at the Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, 111.
During the nine-week indoctrin
ation recruits are trained in phy
sical fitness, basic military law,
military drill, customs and eti
quette of the naval service, swim
ming and survival, first aid and
basic shipboard routine.
During the training, recruits re
ceive tests and interviews which
determine future training and as
signments.
Cowart is a graduate of Bryan
County High School.
TURKEY SHOOT
and
FISH FRY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17
and
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
I P. M.
DR. W. E. SMITH'S POND
Organization Is
Subject of E'bell
WSCS Meeting
The organization, program and
business routine of the circle was
the subject Monday night of last
week at the meeting of the Wom
an’s Society of Christian Service
of the Ellabell Methodist Church.
Mrs. Warren Miller, Mrs. H. L.
Page, and Mrs. Hubert Lee told
their listeners how the circle
should be organized and conduct
ed by means of a cleverly present
ed skit.
The devotional was given by
Mrs. G. C. Martin, who was also
in charge of the program.
Presiding at the routine busi
ness session was Mrs. Marguerite
Weeks, president.
Plans were discussed for the
Fellowship supper to be on Wed
nesday night, November 14, at the
church.
Attending the meeting were Mrs
Marguerite Weeks, Mrs. Warren
Miller, Mrs. G. C. Martin, Mrs.
G. D. Hendrix, Mrs. George Hen
drix, Mrs. Hubert Lee, Mrs. F. C.
Drexel anil Mrs. H. L. Page.
Mrs. M. D. Griffin and G. T.
Spinks will leave Thursday for a
visit of several weeks with rela
tive* in Tuscaloosa, Thomasville,
and other places in Alabama.
House For Sole
Located on paved road 3 miles
south w e t of Pembroke in the
Bacontown section, on school bus
‘route and mail route. Six rooms
and bath. For further informa
tion see
Roy Davis,
Route 2,
Pembroke, Ga.
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Pembroke, Ga.
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