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Thursday, November 22, IM2
TB Christmas I
Seal Campaign I
Is Underway '
Bryan countian* have received
letters which marked the begin- ,
ning of the 56th annual Christmas ,
Seal campaign against tuberculosis >
and other respiratory diseases.
Generous residents of Bryan ,
County have contributed each year
to the drive in return for attrac
tive seals to be used on Christmas ,
packages, cards and letters sent
during the holiday season. This
year the seals have pictures of a
little boy and girl decorating a '
Christmas tree. On opening day,
November 13, more than 50,000
letters containing the traditional
seals for use on holiday mail were
delivered in Georgia homes.
In a ceremony at the state cap
ital, Governor Ernest Vandiver was
presented a large white key de
corated with Christmas Seals by
the Georgia TB Association’s
Christmas Seal Committee Chair
man, Dr. James E. Chapman, Geor
gia State College, Atlanta.
‘‘The key is symbolic of our
theme ‘Keys to Hidden Disease,’ ”
Dr. Chapman said- ‘‘Through our
Christmas Seal letters we are
alerting people to the common
symptoms of TB and advising
them to see their doctor at once
if the symptoms appear.”
There were 1627 new cases of
tuberculosis in Georgia last year,
nearly 300 more than the year be
fore. Two hundred and nine of
these cases were in children. Death
claimed 195 Georgians in 1961, in
cluding five children.
The TB problem in Georgia is
still tremendous according to Dr.
Chapman. Admissions to Battey
State Hosptial for TB Increased
10 per cent in 1961, the third
highest year for admissions since
1950.
The annual Christmas Seal Cam
paign is the sole support of volun- <
tary TB associations who work to
eradicate this nge-old disease 1
through health education, research i
and patient services. Ninety-four i
per cent of everything that is con
tributed in Georgia stays in Geor
gia to finance local and state pro- s
grams. Os the .ix per cent that
goes to support national and
worldwide program*, one per cant
goes directly into medical research.
Dr. Chapman v.ges citizens of
Bryan County and all of Georgia
to be more co, emus of the con
tinuing threat ~f TB in the state
and nation. He id that there is i
urgent need of co tinuod generous
support of the IT2 Christmas Seal
campaign.
SCHOOLS DISMISS
WEDNESDAY FOR
TGIVING HOLIDAY
Bryan County schools will be 1
dismissed Wednesday afternoon for
Thanksgiving holidays, according
to J. R. DeLoach, county school
superintendent.
Students and teachers will have !
u holiday Thursday and Friday, 1
the week-end adding four days be- '
fore classes will again be resumed. 1
The Thanksgiving holidays are 1
the last ones before the longer
Christmas vacation.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller,
Ellabel), announce the birth of a
daughter, Eva Dale, on Tuesday, ,
November 13, 1962, at Bulloch
County Hospital in Statesboro. The ,
baby weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, >
The couples other children are ’
Diane, 3, and Donna, 2. Mra. ।
Miller is the former Miss Joan ।
Hendrix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .
G. D. Hendrix, Ellabel!.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Miller, also of Ella
beU
Sgt. and Mr*. Willie L. Hodges,
Lakeland, announce th* birth of a
daughter, Barbara Kay, on Fri
day, November 2,1962, at Moody
Air Force Base Hospital. The
little girl weighed seven pounds,
six ounces. The couple's other
two daughters are Gail Denise and
Anita Joan.
Mrs. Hodges is the former Miss
Othel Sims, daughter of L. E.
Sims and the late Mrs. Sims, Ella
bell. Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Hodges,
Pembroke.
Mr. and Mr*. Denver Ward,
Pembroke, announce the birth of
a daughter, Perri Lynn, on Wed
nesday, November 14, 1968, at St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah.
The little girl weighed six pounds.
Mr*. Ward is the former Miss
Mary Frances Strickland, daugh
ter of Mr*. J. O. Strickland, Jr.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mr*. Bob Ward, Pembroke,
Bulloch County.
Lions Club To
Recognize STAR
Student Activities
The Pembroke Lions Club, Al
bert Odum, President will be the
official sponsor of all Student
Teacher Achievement Recognition
(STAR) activities in the Bryan
County chool system, W. C. Scitt,
Savannah, Ist district chairman
for the STAR program, announced
this week.
“Fine local support by civic
minded organizations like this
one has been a major factor in
the success of the project since
its launching in 1958,” he said.
He pointed out that the STAR
program is unique among educa
tional activiites in that it seeks
to raise the levels of academic a
chievement among high school
seniors while at the same time
“giving long-overdue public rec
ognition” to outstanding students
and their mentor* in the teaching
profession.
"No other stale can boast of
such a program,” he declared in
praising the local group for its
“contributions to Georgia’s pro
gress in the field of education,’
Andrew J. Ruska, chairman of
the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce education department
— sponsor of the state-wide STAR
program — announced that plans
for this year’s activity are now
complete.
Scores made by seniors on the
December Ist College Board scho
lastic aptitude test, together with
classroom averages, will determine
the STAR Student in each school.
Winners in the school system,
school district and statewide cate
gories will be selected on the basis
of test scores, he said.
Each school STAR Student will
select the still-active Georgia
teacher who, in his opinion, has
contributed most to his academic
achievement. This teacher, nam
ed as a STAR Teacher, will share
state - wide recognition with the
student, he explained.
STAR Students and Teachers
from school systems across the
state will be honored by Georgia’s
leading businessmen and educators
at the annual meeting of the State
Chamber in Atlanta, March 19th.
At this event, the state-wide STAR
Student and Teacher will lie crown
ed and a variety of award* pre
sented.
In the Bryan County school sys
tem, the trip to Atlanta for the
system winners will be sponsored
by the Pembroke Lions Club.
Miss Judy Strickland arrived
Tuesday to be with her mother,
Mrs. J. O. Strickland, Jr., for
Thanksgiving holidays. Miss
Strickland is a student at Mercer
University in Macon.
THANKSGIVING
The Pilgrims were joining some
strange company when they de
clared a Thanksgiving celebration
In 1621. For the practice of giving
thunks for a plentiful harvest goes
back almost to the time when man
irst gave up wandering and
hitched himself to a plow.
Along the Mediterranean, anci
ent peoples held festivals at har
vest time in honor of a mother
goddess. The Semites called her
Astarte, while the Phrygians
ranted her Semele
The Romans honored Ceres, the
goddess of agriculture, in a cele
bration called the Cerealia. reports
World Book Encyclopedia. And
the Greeks paid tribute to Deme
ter in secret rites called the Eleu
sin ian Mystries.
Christianity put an end to
many of these festivals, but a
pagan-inspired belief in the Corn
Mother, or the Mother of Grain*,
survived among some peasants in
the British Isles and Europe. Her
spirit was thought to live in the
last sheaf of grain left standing in
the field.
In northern England, the last
handful of corn was the "kirn/'
and sometimes it was fashioned
into a “kirn doll.” In Austria it
was shaped into a wreath and
placed on the head of a girl who
became the harvest queen.
During the Middle Ages the
1 most common thanksgiving and
. harvest festival was held on the
Feast of Saint Martin of Tours,
or Martinmas, on November 11.
People throughout Europe still
celebrate the day with feasts and
new wine.
The Pilgrims probably became
familiar with this celebration
when they went to Holland to es
cape persecution in England, and
it may have been the remem
brance of this holiday that in
spired them to hold a thanksgiv
ing feast after their first pro
sperous year in the New World.
r Pembroke E-TV Tower Begun
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—Courtesy Savannah Morning News
The first section of the state's 1,086-foot educational television tower at Pembroke soars skyward.
Other sections of the tower will be fixed onto the tower base as soon as three giant anchors are
completed to stabilize the structure Topping the tower will be an 80-foot antenna A relay and
transmitting station will be built adjoining the tower. Work was begun on the tower several weeks
ago. The educational television regional center is located on the northern outskirts of Pembroke
near Northside Cemetery.
A Season Os Thanksgiving
Once again (me of our very finest holidays is here, one
that is truly ours, as Americans. It is our Thanksgiving season.
In it’s true meaning it can only be surpassed in beauty
and meaning by Christmas and blaster, but the problem is that
it has lost it’s meaing for so many.
Do you really give thanks on this day for the many bless
ings that have come your way??
There are those that will tell you that lite has not given
them many things for which to be thankful. I.et\ look back
for a moment and take a look at the first Thanksgiving. On
the surface it may look as if the. had very little to be thank
ful for but they did not feel that way. And it is true in this
day ami time, usually those that nave much to be thankful for
cannot see this and therefore cannot feel the need to express
that thanks, while there arc other.-, who have so little by some
standards and feel that there is a lot lor which to lie thankful
It, of course, ,depends on how once looks at it; and if they
really see the important things in life.
The following thoughts express some of these ideas.
Because 1 can see . .
the gray earth turning green trees bursting into blos
som the sun going down behind the hills in a blaze of glon
I give thanks.
Because I can hear . . .
the sound of childish laughter words of whispered love
Inspired sounds that give buoyance to tin pirit, 1 give thanks.
Because 1 can talk . .
to state my opinions and views without tear to under
stand as well as be understood, 1 give thanks
Because 1 can walk . . .
to go where and when 1 ple;,-< without shackle-, or limita
tions of motion, I give thanks.
Because I can feel . .
compassion and joy anger and sorrow and everv emotion
in between from the waters of the well of life. I give thanks.
Because J am alive . .
aware that life is a divine gin, an opportunity to serve
and be helpful -a challenge to leave thing a little better than
I found them, I give thanks.
Who am 1? I am you, and uni, multiplied a i nllioti fold who
in the batherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man find
that this is indeed an (X'casion for a joyous Thanksgiving,
State Patrol To
Guard All Roads
On Thanksgiving
ATLANTA <GPS> "Can we be
thankful after Thanksgiving?"
asks Col. H. Lowell Conner, di
rector of the Georgia Department
of Public Safety.
In an effort to give an affirma
tive answer to as many Georgians
as possible, the saety director has
ordered the State Highway Patrol
to carry out an intensified traffic
enforcement campaign throughout
the current Thanksgiving holiday
period.
The massive safety drive begins
Wednesday, Nov. 21, at 6 p.m.,
and continues through midnight
Sunday, Nov. 25 a total of 102
hours.
While the patrol will be working
around the clock all over Georgia
throughout the period, with every
available man on duty and every
plcce of equipment pressed into
.service, indications are there still
will be needless loss of life on
Georgia’s roads.
Based on past records and pre-
THE MMaftOKE JOURNAL
sent trends, the grim prediction is
that 17 persons will die as the
result of traffic accidents. Col.
Conner said.
"We prayerfully hope our pre
, diction won't come true," he de
* dared. "However, every year in
Georgia the traffic picture dark
ens as we draw' near the end of
the year. Many factors combine
to make November and December
, our worst traffic months.
( "Hazards are multiplied by such
[ things as less daylight, hazardous
. road and weather conditions, and
. increased travel. Also, at a time
, when drivers should be even more
alert for hazards, they may be
. distracted by such things as
thoughts of plans for Thansgivlng
I and Christmas activities.
> "Georgia’s traffic picture to
date this year is not a pretty
, one. The national trend of traffic
। accidents is upyard. In Georgia
, the fatality rate is up about five
per cent over last year. Thta year
, G^Hfia has had another increase
। in the number of drivers and in
( the number of registered vehicles.
Traffic continues to become more
congrested and more compllcat-
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ed.”
In view of the alarming situa
tion, Col. Conner personally will
direct his department’s all-out en
forcement drive in an effort to
reverse the traffic accident trend
in Georgia.
In mobilizing his forces, the di- 1
rector calls on all drivers and pe
destrians, law enforcement offi
eiab at the local and county
levels, all news media of the state
and various safety organizations
for full coperation in making this
safety campaign a success.
Last year 12 persons lost their [
lives in Georgia traffic mishaps !
over the Thanksgiving holiday
period. The highest toll in the last
eight years was in 1954 when 22
fatalities were recordede. In be
tween the number of deaths
ranged from 11 to 17.
"Let’s stop killing off our peo
ple,” Col. Conner declared
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Hwy. 301 North Claxton. Ga.
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• Friday and Saturday Nites
Show starts at Dusk.
• Sunday - 8:30 p.m.
FRIDAY and. SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 23-24
THE ALAMO
(In Color)
JOHN WAYNE
RICH ARD WIDMARK
LAURENCE HARVEY
Also Short Subject
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25
THE CROWDED SKY
DANA ANDREWS
TROY DONAHUE
RHONDA FLEMING
JOHN KERR
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BLITCHTON, GEORGIA
Rites Held for
Relative of
Local People
Funeral services for James
Samuel Williams, Adrian, were
held Friday afternoon of last week
at 3 o’clock at Poplar Springs
Methodist Church near Soperton.
The Rev. Hoke Hatcher and the
Rev. Fred Maddox officiated.
Mr. Williams, 73, formerly of
the Pembroke route, Bulloch Co
unty, died in a Dublin hospital
Wednesday night. The family liv
ed in the Starling community of
Bulloch County many years ago.
Mr. Williams’ wife is a sister of
Mrs. L. A. Mason, Pembroke.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Arrie Miller Williams, Adrian;
four sons, Woodrow H. Williams,
Savannah, Angus J. Williams, Ad
rian, Calvin G. Williams, Oakland,
Calif., and Freeman J. Williams,
Offutt AFB, Nebraska; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Mae Pryor, Dublin, and
Mrs. Marie Price, Macon; two sis
ters, Mrs. W. E. Spell and Mrs.
Annie Frazier, Adrian; two bro-
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FARM-CITY WEEK
A special week dedicated to bringing about Sft
greater understanding between farm and city ■ n
folks. ■ II
• Farmers comprise 8% of the nation’s
population.
• They produce 13% of the petroleum Bill
products sold U[J
• They purchase 8% of the rubber produced Siljj
• They purchase twice as much steel as the
Railroads—nearly 5 million tons annually 1 mHWJ
• They spend 42 billion annually—S27 billion WTI
to produce and sls billion for consumer
goods and services
• They have an average investment of $42
thousand, in land, buildings and equipment MHU
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Farming Is Big Business!
Co-op Electricity is I
Good for Georgia! 1
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House For Sole
Located on paved road 3 mil**
sou th west 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.
PEMBROKE
• Friday - Only one complete
show each night starting at
7:30 p.m.
• Saturday continuous showing
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 23-24
COME SEPTEMBER
ROCK HUDSON
BOBBY DARIN
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
SANDRA DEE
(CinemaScope-Technicolor)
Also Color Cartoon