This is intriguing. I will be waiting on your article. It is unfortunate if vanished due to hard times. Although it is still a thriving little town, did anyone know that Brooklet was once known as Nellwood?

Thanks Elizabeth. I look forward to reading what you have to write about Jimps.

During the 1970's I had the pleasure of knowing Mrs Arthur Riggs. I was introduced to her by her dear friend, Mrs.Ellie Rimes(Bernice),and would visit her when she became house bound. Mrs. Riggs told me many stories about Jimps and the local History about the community. Mrs Riggs was in her 80's and Mrs. Rimes was in her 70's. I grew to love these two ladies as well as my own kin. Sometimes when I pass the area that use to be Jimps, I can hear the two excited women talk of their youth and the fun day's they had on Saturday,in "downtown" Jimps. I truely miss those precious sweet friends.

Elizabeth,
I live in Virginia for 6 months out of the year and the county that I live in has a really cool magazine that the historical society and the schools put out every 3 or 4 months. The children in the schools interview the families that have lived in the county and the children learn about the history of the county and also learn how to write for a magazine and do interviews. I have learned so much about the county in Virginia and the founding families. I wish that Bulloch could do something like this. The historical society puts out the magazine for a fee but it is well worth it. The children get their pictures in the magazine as well. It is a win, win situation. Maybe you could get something started like that?? Listed below is something I saw about a school called the Jimps School. A whole book could be written about that subject. Can you imagine an article about Muiicie Roomer, the teacher? Can you imagine children today learning that the children had to go to school 5 months with no maps, eight grades and one room and a common dipper (whatever that is).

http://djvued.libs.uga.edu/LA262/1f/educ...

JIMPS SCHOOL.

Nearest Schools: Sunny Side, four miles north; Register, five
miles west.

Teacher: Muiicie Roomer, P. O., Jimps, Ga.

Trustees: E. M. Bolder, R. I). Laiiier, Brooks Wilson, II. T.
Jones, H. N. Wilson.

Organization: School year, five mouths; eight grades; forty-
one pupils; one teacher; program posted; forty-one rec
itations ; no cliibs.

Grounds: Titles in Board of Education; area, three acres;
yards fenced, otherwise unimproved: one closet, aver
age condition.

Building: Value, $800.00; one room; verauda; 110 cloak rooms;
ceiled; painted; well lighted; well kept,

Equipment: Double patent desks; fairly good blackboards; no
maps; no charts; 110 globes; few pictures; small library.

Water: Well 011 lot; common dippers.
Community Uses and Help: None.

Maintenance: $200.00 from comity funds; $125.00 from local
sources (tuition).

I know a lady that is looking for a cemetery that says it's in the Jimps community. Does anyone know where that might be? She's looking for a family member with the last name of Buckner.

I know she'd appreciate any information. I'm going to forward this blog link to her. Thanks for the story, and I look forward to reading more. I'm not originally from Statesboro, so I don't know a lot of the history. My grandmother's family was from the area, and it's interesting to me to hear or read about it.

A common dipper is a tin dipper used by all the students to drink from the well, or rather a bucket of water drawn from the well.

When I was a kid we had a neighbor who still had a well beside the house, although they did have running water (added later after the house was built.)

We would stop by and my brother and I would insist upon drinking from the tin dipper, water drawn straight from the well in a bucket.

I've never tasted sweeter, better water, cold, and the tin dipper was cold, too.