85 Years Ago: December 7, 1939

DUBLIN COURIER HERALD, DISPATCH AND NEWS

IRISHMEN WIN

     By Billy Keith

Dublin High’s powerful green and white gridiron machine added the finishing touches to another football season here yesterday afternoon by handing a heavier but less experienced Wrightsville High eleven a 19-0 defeat.

The teams battled for four hard fought quarters on a blanket of mud that covered the rugged battleground and in a slow drizzle that set in just before the opening kickoff and continued to come down throughout the entire game.

Jim Scarboro, Irish field general, playing his last game in the green and white uniform, gave an exhibition of running that will be long remembered by the local  spectators and the Wrightsville team as well. He accounted for two of the three touchdowns scored, and his punting and passing put the Irish in position for the other score.

Dublin took the opening kickoff and before more than four minutes of the first quarter had elapsed Pinky Smalley, fleet-footed halfback, took a reverse from Scarboro, headed for the sidelines, and galloped some thirty yards into the pay dirt territory for the first score of the encounter. Frog Morrison converted the point by placement.

The Irishmen took advantage of a break in the third period.  Taylor Rowland, Irish guard, recovered a fumble on the Wrightsville 22 and after three plays, which placed the ball on the four-yard stripe, Scarboro crashed through the center of the line for a touchdown, putting the Irishmen out in front 13-0. The try for extra point was no good.

Opening a drive from their own 38, the Irish men marched down the field,chalking up three consecutive first downs. Scarboro again carried the pigskin over into the land of milk and honey for the third Irish score and his second for the afternoon.

A pass from Scarboro to Morrison which would have accounted for what we believe would have been another touchdown but fell incomplete when Morrison tripped just as the ball hit his fingers.

Pinky Smalley took a pass from Scarboro in the closing minutes of the game and was in the clear as he fell under his own momentum just two yards short of the double lines.

At this point the game ended. The Irishmen had turned back the invading Wrightsville High eleven, 19-0.

The “Dublin Game” is the “game of games” for the Wrightsville Tigers, but they knew they were at a disadvantage by being six weeks late in practicing and then playing teams that had already played five and six more games. Nevertheless, they felt they were in prime condition and good spirits and could give the Irishmen a good game.

$16, 500 CHRISTMAS CLUB HERE

An optimistic note in the Christmas shopping scale here was announced today with the announcement by the Citizens & Southern Bank that approximately $16, 500 in Christmas Savings Club money will be mailed to 475 Dublinites today.

Walter Hobbs, Assistant Cashier of the Bank, said that checks for the full amount of money put away weekly by Dublinites during the past year would be placed in the mails first thing tomorrow morning in order for them to have ample time to do their Yuletide shopping.

Checks to be mailed represent a $2,500 increase over the amount mailed out at the same time last year to a smaller number of savers, Mr. Hobbs remarked. Approximately $14,000 was saved by Dublinites during last year for the 1938 Christmas shopping period.

The Christmas Saving Plan which takes a nominal sum weekly from Dublinites each week during the year to pay the accrued savings plus interest on December 1,iwas adopted by the Citizens and Southern Bank about seven years ago, according to Mr. Hobbs.

At the same time, Mr. Hobbs said that the 1940 Christmas Saving Club begins Monday with the first payment due on that date. 

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS CONTEST

A city-wide Christmas lighting contest at homes of Dublin citizens will be sponsored here by the GardenClub, according to Mrs. Carl K. Nelson, President, in an effort to add stimulus to the lighting of more homes during the holiday season.

Mrs. Tracy W. Hill has been named Chairman of the Christmas Lighting Contest, and December 18 is the date for judging the lighting effects.

The city will be zoned for this contest in the same manner in which the three city grammar schools are placed, and judging will be done in each zone with a first prize offered in the three zones for the most beautiful Christmas lighting effect. The zones will be known as the Calhoun, Johnson, and Saxon Heights zones.

Out-of-town judges have been selected and will be entertained by the club on Monday, the 18th, and in the evening and judging will be completed.

TEACHERS NOT WORRIED OVER SALARIES

While other school teachers of the state are worrying over the inability of the Department of Education to pay them off for December before the Christmas holidays, Laurens County teachers go along teaching as usual but without any signs of being perturbed over the situation.

A nswer: Their pay for December isn’t due until January 12, when the school month comes to an end.

And in that, says Laurens County School Superintendent Elbert Mullis, is where the local school board profited from last year’s mistakes.

It happened almost the same way in 1938 with teachers not getting paid before Christmas for December salaries, the superintendent explained. In order to get around that this year, the local authorities decided to open school two weeks later in the fall, making salaries fall due in the middle of the month.

So: December teachers’ salaries for Laurens County teachers are not due around Christmas but in the middle of January, sufficiently long enough after December 20, when all state taxes are due – that’s where December salaries are coming from – to get all records clear in time to pay off the Laurens teachers on time.

November salaries are due at the end of the school month, however. The November school month ends on December 8, and Superintendent Mullis reported that salaries will be paid as soon as all school superintendents  have turned in their records and the Board of Education has approved the payroll.

Thus, Laurens County teachers get paid in plenty of time to do their Christmas shopping and just two weeks before the county schools adjourn for the Christmas vacation of one week.

Members of the County Board of Education are W.D. Parkerson, Chairman, F.A. Josey, W.M. Herndon, Leo Kight and H M. Blankenship.

ADVANCE GUARD DETACHMENT LEAVES

An advance detachment of Dublin National Guardsmen today went to Laura W. Walker Park near Waycross to put everything in readiness for the arrival of the Third Battalion of the Infantry for a seven-day field training period starting tomorrow.

The advance detachment, led by Major Charles F. Pope, plans and training officer of the 121st Infantry, who is acting battalion commander during the illness of Major J.E. Mathews of La Grange, left Dublin early this morning with kitchen equipment, cooks, and sufficient men to get the camp in readiness for the arrival of some 375 officers and men from Dublin on Sunday.

Other men of Company K and Headquarters Company of the battalion will leave here early Sunday morning for Waycross to be gone for one week, as ordered by the War Department in Washington. Included in the advance detachment were Major Pope; Lieutenant R.L Webb. battalion mess and supply officer; Lieutenant William B. Bryans, battalion adjutant; Sergeant James D. Ladson, Private Gladstone Daniels, Willis T. Holmes, George B. Stinson, William C. Stinson, James B. Vann, George Walker, Jr., all of Company K; and Sergeant F.C. Tindol, Corporal Graham Dowling, and Privates Vivian R. Fort and Leroy Southerland, all of Headquarters Company; and Private Paul E. Ward of Company K, attached to battalion headquarters for the duration of the camp.

Other officers and men of the Dublin companies will leave early Sunday morning for Laura S. Waker Park, about 12 miles from Waycross on the Brunswick Highway

Captain Clifford H. Prince will be in command of Company K, and Lieutenant A.T. Coleman, Jr. will be in command of the first platoon of Company K during the camp.

Col. L. C. Pope, commanding officer of the 121st Infantry, will leave Sunday morning for Waycross to be in camp during the week the Third Battalion is getting its field training.

PRIVATE JOB PLACEMENTS INCREASED

Private placements by the Dublin office of the Georgia State Employment Service continued to climb during the month of November, records revealed by Aubrin U. Hogan, manager, showed today.

During the month of November, private placements in this district amounted to 139 as compared to 129 during October and 109 in September. Figures for November bring to a total of 368 the number of jobs found for unemployed in this district during the past three fall months.

Public placements during November showed a decided drop with only 13 reported. Placements in October were 81 and in September 120.

Manager Hogan said that since private placements are considered as permanent, progress of the office is judged on the number of jobs found in private industry for the unemployed. All pubic placements are temporary, the majority being construction projects and the like.

TOY MATINEE

Children who present a toy will be admitted free to the now-famous Toy Matinee at the Ritz Theater on Saturday morning at 9:00.

Toys collected in this way are repaired and distributed in connection with the Lions-Exchange Clubs Empty Stocking Fund campaign on Christmas Eve.

Parents are requested to cooperate with the children and see that as good and as many toys as possible are brought to the theater. All children with toys will be admitted.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS

Christmas programs will be given at both morning services at the First Christian Church.

Bible School convenes at 10:30, and the morning worship service at 11:15. There will be no night service.

Christmas Anthems will be presented by the choir at the morning service, and the program follows:

Prelude – Mrs. J.C. Hamilton

“Joy to the World” – Congregation

Anthem, “Hail, Christmas” – Choir

Christmas Story – Luke 2: 1-20

Anthem, “Upon a Midnight Clear” – Choir

Communion Serve

Offertory

Anthem “The Star of Bethlehem” – Choir

Sermon, “God’s Peace” – Minister

“Silent Night” – Congregation

MT. CARMEL FIVE WHIPS BAKER

The Mt Carmel boys basketball team and the strong Baker Quintet engaged in a lively encounter Tuesday night in the Rentz gymnasium with Mt.  Carmel winning by the score of 21 to 19. Both teams seemed to be evenly matched, and play was close throughout the game.

Lune ups were as follows:

Mt Carmel

Frost – f – 9

Patisaul – f -6

Dawkins – c – 4

Witherington – g –  2

Rhodes – g

Baker:

Baggett, E. – f -7

Davidson f –    3

Fountain c – 4

Simmons – g – 5

Baggett, B  – g

Substitution:  Baker – Register

Officials: Lindsey and Thomas

Amateur Contest

Plans are still underway for the amateur contest to be held at Mt. Carmel School on Thursday night at 7:45.

The public is cordially invited to attend. Admission is 10 cents for everybody. Any amateur is invited to participate provided entry is made by December 4th.

     Hank Patisaul, Reporter

NEW BETHEL SCHOOL PROGRAM

This Thanksgiving program was presented at New Bethel School by the pupils of the sixth and seventh grades and their teacher. Mrs Harold Lee:

Thanksgiving Song – School

Scripture and Prayer – Mrs. J.W. Waard

Welcome -Evangeline Evans and Marie Register

 “Thanksgiving Poem” – Curtis Edwards

Tableau – Sixth and Seventh Grade Pupils

Duet, “Father, We Thank Thee” – Mattie Bell Brantley and Helen Cooke

 “Why I Am Thankful” – Rosalind Brown

Thanksgiving Play:

Characters:

James Swallow, young man who thought he had nothing to be thankful for: Joe Johnston

Elmira, his thankful sister: Emily Maddox

Sue, Jane, Henry, and Tom: Unfortunate children: Sara Lee, Elsie Brantley, Curtis Edwards, Dick Russell, Hannah Cook.

 A large number of patrons and friends were present for the program.

“THE SKULL”

“The Skull,” hooded wrestler who kept spectators at the show last week in an uproar by his antics, is to return next week for the second show to be held here under the auspices of the American Legion.

The Skull’s opponent is not yet known. The matchmaker is seeking a man who he believes will give The Skull a tough battle, and he is expecting to have all principals for the show ready for an announcement the latter part of the week.

In his match with Bill Jeffries last week, which The Skull won in two straight falls, spectators jeered and cheered him with equal fervor. In defense of his plan of campaign, The Skull says that when he enters the ring, he does so to win the match and that when he finally meets defeat, as he expects sooner or later, he will take off the hood he wears in and out of the ring to reveal his true identify.

Plans are under way to make the show next week an unusually attractive and well balanced event with top-notch professionals in all the matches.

RENTZ NEWS

The senior class is practicing three one-act plays which they will present in the Rentz HighSchool Auditorium sometime in December. The date will be announced soon.

Misses Dorothy Knight and Opaline Grinstead were guests of relatives in Eastman during the Thanksgiving holidays.

Roscoe Rowe visited the “Little White House” at Warm Springs during the Thanksgiving holidays.

Friends of Barbara Jane Grinstead are glad that she has recovered from a recent illness.

Miss Grace Hobbs has returned to G.S.C.W. in Milledgeville after visiting her parents, Mr.and Mrs. H.J. Hobbs.

Miss Margaret Thomas was the recent guest of LeMerl Browning.

COMMUNITY NEWS

The last Roll Call for the Red Cross drive will be on Sunday at the Second A.B. Church. Lest you forget, the program is as follows:

Song, “America” – Congregation

Invocation – Rev. Sam Wright

Scripture – Rev. I.S. Powell

Solo – E.C. Thomas

First Aid Demonstration of a Broken Leg – A.F. Bailey

Trio – Green Grove Baptist Church

Introduction of Speaker – Professor W.L. Hughes

Address – Col. M.H. Blackshear

Response – H.H. Dudley

Solo – Miss Theresa Laughlin

Summary of Red Cross Work in General – Dr. U.S. Johnson

Talk, “The Red Cross as an Ever Ready Mechanism for Humanity” – Mrs. I.S Powell, Sr.

Unveiling of “Red Cross Emblem of Mercy” – Miss Lillian Johnson

The Drive – Public

Spontaneous Expression

Benediction – C.L. Harrison, Chairman 

NOVEMBER JOBLESS PAY 

Unemployed workers in Laurens County were paid $181.70 in benefits by the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation during the week ending November 25, 1939, it was announced today by the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. 

Number of payments was reported at 28.

HARMONY

     Mrs. C.A. Cooper

Mrs. A.D. Ballard and children recently visited inDublin as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodard. 

Friends of B.F. Harden, Sr.  will be interested to know that he continues ill at the home of his son, Albert Hattaway in Dublin, and they continue to wish him an early recovery.

Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Moore were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hammonds Moore near Pine Hill.

Mrs. S.L. Blizzard was the Friday guest of Mrs. E.E. Cooper.

Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Clark and Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Moore spent Thanksgiving with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burke Willis.

Mrs. T,R. Hudson is visiting in Green Cove Springs, Florida, having been called there by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Otho Nobles.

Friends of Horace Robinson are pleased that he is recovering from an illness.

FACULTIES HONORED BY PTA’S

Faculty members of the five city schools were guests of honor at a steak supper given by the presidents of the Parent-Teacher Associations on Wednesday evening at the attractive country place of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Sessions. Hostesses who welcomed the guests were Mrs. O.L. Chivers, President, Junior-Senior PTA; Mrs. Carl Nelson, President, Calhoun Street PTA; Mrs. J.B. Bragg, President, Johnson Street PTA: and Mrs. E.F. Moxley, President, Saxon Heights P.T.A.

A delightful entertainment program was presented by Miss Frances Fordham  after Mrs. Chivers had greeted the faculty. Everyone present participated in the clever introductions. 

Enjoying the affair with the faculty were Superintendent and Mrs. A.J. Hargrove, W.W. Ward, Carl K. Nelson, W.R. Lanier, and Mrs. Bluford Page.

Honor guests on this occasion were Miss Zipporah Kidd, Miss Katharine Orr, Mrs. Pearl Mapp, Miss Frankie Calhoun, Miss Lillian Bedingfield, Miss Ruth Sanders, Miss Frances Fordham, Miss Maybelle Stith, Miss Carolyn Askew, Miss Frances Gillen, J.W. Wiggins and Mrs. Wiggins, Fred Driver and Mrs. Driver, and Bonnell C. Jarrard of the Senior High School faculty.

Miss Hope Chavous, Miss Frances Anne Davis, Miss Maude New Shepard, Mrs. L.L. Porter, Miss Mary Sumner, Alton Ellis, and Edison Wilcox of Junior High School.

Mrs. W.W. Ward, Miss Mildred Bishop, Miss Ida O’Neal, Miss Mala Stanley, Miss Cinderella Brunson, Miss Ruth Arnold of Johnson Street School.M

Mrs. Alice Brinson, Miss Gertrude Pierce, Mrs. Florine Barbre, Miss Elizabeth Orr, Mrs.W.R. Lanier, Miss Ellen Shelor, Miss Annie Moore-the Saxon Heights faculty members.

From Calhoun Street were Miss Pearl Cofer, Miss Mamie Ramsay, Miss Louise Buchan, Miss Evelyn Howard, Miss Louise Phillips and Miss RuthjDabney.

HOT COFEE AT CENTER

Hot coffee and sandwiches will be served tonight at Gospel Center when Rev. Lovie M. Dean of Atlanta will speak, and Rev. Dean invites those “who are hungry for the gospel to attend and bring some lost person along.”

Tonight’s meeting is preliminary to the revival which begins at Gospel Center (on MadisonStreet) on December ll and continues through the 19th. Preaching services will be held on Sunday at 11 A.M.  and 3 P.M., and again at 7:30 P.M.

The public is cordially invited to attend tonight’s service, those on Sunday, and those which begin next week.

EMPTY STOCKING FUND

Those who like an old time frolic will be delighted with the old fashioned square dance contest to be staged on the Ritz Theater stage tonight.

Rowland Ellis, John H. Holton, and Olin Register will have charge of the square dance contest this evening.

A big hunk of the proceeds will go to the Lions Club Empty Stocking Fund. Mayor Charles A. Hodges, President of the Lions Club, again urged all Lions to come out tonight and bring someone with them.

A pleasing full-length feature comedy picture, “Unexpected Father” with Baby Star Sandy and the hilarious MIscha Auer will complete the program.

Those attending last night witnessed a lively local talent show, and District Lions Governor J. Eugene Cook of Wrightsvlle, who came                                                                                                                                                                                                     over for the affair, was called to the stage and acted as impromptu Master of Ceremonies.

Manager Bob Hightower of the Ritz and President Hodges of the Lions Club today expressed their appreciation to the amateurs who made the show a success with their presence on the stage last night.