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Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Church Attendance
During the period from January
to Easter Sunday emphasis is upon
World Wide Church Attendance
movement. Many churches will be
inviting you to church. Regular
church attendance brings new hope
and lasting faith. I would urge
you to share this great experience
by attending a church regularly.
Spiritual resources are found in
a personal experience of Christ.
The church offers to all people
the benefit of its fellowship. Be
in church each Sunday. "Try His
Way.” Take someone with you to
church next Sunday.
It is time we “Let God Have
His Way ... at Home, at church
and at work.
The church seeks to maintain in
spiring worship services, provide
helpful group experiences for the
purpose of deepening the spiritual
life of individuals. The church
tries to relate every person to an
effective study unit emphasizing
the Bible and Christian living. The
church also extends community
outreach to win persons for Christ.
1 believe a person attending a
church will add strength to efforts |
to achieve objectives in the church
and the community. 1 hope you ;
will join in attending church every j
Sunday between now and Easter. ■
If you will start now and attend;
regularly until Easter you will al-1
ways want to attend. I hope 1
will be seeing you in church Sun
day.
May 1 remind all Christians that
there are some things a Christian
will do. I hope you are doing the
follownig:
“A Christian will make prayer
a part of his everyday life and
the source of his spiritual strength
and confidence.” “By habit he will
read the Bible and will strive to
make the mind and spirit of Christ
the chart and compass of his life.”
"He will be loyal to his church
and attend its services regularly
to worship God and have fellow
ship with God’s people.” “He will J
give as God has prospered him and
will make it one of his primary I
responsibilities to support the ;
church and the Kingdom.” "He
will abstain from that which is
evil and do good. He will serve
Christ and His cause in every pos
sible way and live as a Christian
should live.”
You have gathered by now that
I believe in the church. I be
lieve in the church because of the
heritage which she has brought
me. She tells me of the Cross, of
a risen Master from His tomb. As
I read her sacred Book I possess
the inspiration of the people who
trusted in Her God and Father.
And I, too, can have the same
trust and experience.
1 believe in the church because
of the happiness she brings to me.
It is because of the church that
I am where I am. I have to
thank the church for the many
wonderful friends that I have. It
is the church that has taught me
to have gratitude. In her service
1 have shared the creative joy of
redemption.
I believe in the church because
of the hope which she has brought
to me. Nowhere can one find
greater courage than that which
the church gives in the promise of
a heavenly home. Jesus said, “I
go to prepare a place . . .”
1 believe in the church because
she sings of a Christ who stands
with out-stretched arm saying,
“COME unto me, all ye that labor ;
and are heavy laden." Matthew
11:29. I know so many people
who need to come to Jesus because
they are so heavy laden.
Yes, I believe in the church. I
hope you do, too. If you don t
start by going to church Sunday.
An invitation awaits you always
from Christ and His church. Jesus
says: “Come unto me . . . Learn
of Me . • and you shall find rest
unto your souls.”
The church says “If you con
fess Jesus Christ as your saviour,
and Lord, pledge your allegiance
to His Kingdom, and desire to live.
the Christian life. WE invite you'
to become a member of the church,’
bid you welcome to all its privi-■
leges and opportunities, and extend I
to you the hand of fellowship.”
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MRS. ALTON DONALD BELL
Miss Burnsed, Mr.
Bell Are United
In Marriage
Miss Charlotte Burnsed, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Car
los Burnsed, of Ellabell, became the
bride of Alton Donald Bell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Donald Bell,
of Ellabell, December 18, at 5
o’clock in the afternoon in the
Fellowship Primitive Baptist
Church at Stilson.
Elder Wayman A. Crumpton of
ficiated at the double-ring cere
mony. Mi s s Mildred Mattox
pianist, and Miss Danalyn Lee,
soloist, presented nuptial music.
The candlelight ceremony was
performed against a background
of palms and white flowers.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a gown of white
chiffon velvet. The fitted bodice
was designed with long pointed
sleeves and featured a portrait
scoop neckline. The full length
skirt ended in a chapel train. Her
illusion veil fell from a regal crown
of aurora crystals, tiny seed pearls
and rhinestones. She carried a
white prayer book topped with a
white orchid.
Mrs. Thomas Bacon, sister of
the bride, served as matron of
honor. She wore a dress of white
velvet with basque waist, three
quarter length sleeves and a full
skirt. She carried a white muff
topped with three red carnations.
Bridesmaids were Mrs. Peggy
Hill, cousin of the bride, and Miss
Nancy Jane Bell, sister of the
groom. Their dresses were sash-;
ioned identically to that of the
honor attendant.
The groom chose his father to
serve as best man. Ushergrooms
men were Bobby Bell, Roland and
Rodney Burnsed.
The mother of the bride chose
a beige, brocade sheath dress with ;
brown accessories and a bronze ■
mum corsage.
The mother of the groom wore
a champagne, brocade sheath dress
with short jacket. Her accessories
were matching and she wore a
corsage of bronze mums.
A reception immediately follow
ed the ceremony in the church
social hall.
For a honeymoon to the moun
tains the bride wore a lavender
tweed suit with black accessories
and the orchid from her bouquet.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell are making
their home in Ellabell.
PEMBROKE MAN HAS
TWO-WEEK CRUISE
IN CARIBBEAN
BOSTON (FHTNC — Harry O.
Bacon, disbursing clerk first class,;
USN, son of Mrs. Oscar (Pat)
Bacon, of Pembroke, Ga., and hus
band of the former Miss Mary
Belva Smith, of Ellabelle, Ga., re
turned to Boston, Mass., Decem
ber 10, aboard the anti-tubmarine
warfare support aircraft carrier
USS Wasp following a two-week
cruise in the Caribbean.
Mrs. Payne to
Entertain Council
Slate, HD Heads
Mrs. Ora C. Payne, home de
monstration agent, will be hostess
to officers of the Bryan County
Home Demonstration Council and
presidents of the home demonstra
tion clubs at a luncheon on Fri
day, January 13.
Pirate House ni Savannah and will
The party will be held at the
be preceded by a meeting to be
gin at 10 o’clock in a private room
of the popular restaurant. At the
meeting plans will be made for
the year, including the selection
of projects to be sponsored, trips
to be taken and other activities
carried on by the group. Mrs. A.
A. Martin, Council president, will
preside at the meeting.
Invited to the luncheon are Mrs.
Martin, Richmond Hill; Mrs. H. B.
Warnell, Ellabelle, vice-president
of the Council; Mrs. Charles War
nell, Pembroke, Council secretary;
Miss Anne Parrish, Pembroke,
Council treasurer; Mrs. Alton El
rick, Pembroke, reporter for the
Council; Mrs. L. N. Smith, Rich
mond Hill, president of Keller
Home Demonstration Club; Mrs.
Sue Lee, Richmond Hill, president
of Blueberry Home Demonstra
tion Club; Mrs. C. C. Cowart, Ella
belle, president, president of Ella
belle Club; Mrs. J. T. Stubbs, Pem
broke, president of Black of Black
Creek Club; Mrs. J. Q. Scott,
Pembroke, president of Ash Branch
Club; Mrs. Harold Duggar, Pem
broke, pfesident of the Black
Mrs. Elrick is president of the
Carrie Belle Club and Mrs. Char
les Warnell is president of the I
Pembroke Club.
It Could Be You
This week’s Lucky Lady is an
attractive brunette outside the
bounds of Pembroke towards the
west. She and her husband re
modeled their home several months
ago so as to have more room for
the family of two sons and two
daughters. Although this lady
worked at the Pembroke Manufac
turing Company for a while, she
now devotes her time to her family.
Except for a brief period in
another county where they operat
ed a restaurant, this couple has
lived in Bryan County, I reckon,
all their marired life, although the
lady is from Bulloch.
Now see if you can guess who.
If this lady will call HELEN’S
BEAUTY SHOP, 3-2171, and
identify herself an appointment
will be made for a complimentary
shampoo and set.
Mrs. H. J. Foxworth and Miss
Beverly Barker, Pembroke, are in
Tarpon Springs, Florida, visiting
Miss Barker’s uncle, Don Wilcox
& Mrs. Wilcox. They left Saturday
night of last week and will return
I Friday.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 1961
Harn's Variety
Store Features
15 Bargain Days
The people of this area will do
well to take note of the page ad
in this week’s Pembroke Journal
calling attention to the sale of
merchandise at Harn's Variety
Store.
The clearance sale being put
on by J. Dixie Harn in his store
will start on Friday, January 13,
and last for 15 days. There will
be 15 days of bargains and op
portunities for the public.
Mr. Harn appreciates his cus
tomers and wants them to have
the benefit of every chance to
obtain fine merchandise at bottom
of-the bucket prices. He is hav
ing a clearance of all stock so as
, to make way for new Spring mer
। ehandise and is cutting prices so
that his stock will be sold.
Now is the time to stop by
I Harn’s Variety Store and purchase
many articles to carry the family
over until summer time. Going
at a sacrifice are ladies’ weather
coats, car coats, sweaters, skirts,
slimjims; girls’ sweaters, corduroy
jackets; men’s and boy’s flannel
shirts, sweaters, uni o n suits,
sweat shirts and many other items
for each member of the family.
Harn’s Variety Store has been
a Pembroke institution for many
years and people in the entire
area have come to depend on it
as a place where they can get what
they want at prices they want to
pay.
Mr. Harn's main idea is to
please the people and his clear
ance sale which begins Friday of
this week aims to do just that.
Be the first to come in on Friday
so that you can find just what
you want. Wait until later in the
week and it might be gone, al
though there will be plenty of
other articles you will see that
you will want to be sure and
II
Co-workers Honor
Retiring County
Employee
Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock
court house employees gathered to
pay tribute to a retiring co-work
er.
The delightful coffee hour was
held in the commissioners’ room at
the court house. Informality and
fellowship were keynotes as the
group reminisced over the past
years that Mrs. L. G, Vanßrackle
had been connected with the coun
ty. She retired the first of the
year and will make her home in
Florida, although she says she will
return to Pembroke during the
summer months.
Mrs. J. S. Mikell, who succeeded
Mrs. Vanßrackle as treasurer of
Bryan County, presented her with
a beautiful corsage, and a few ap
propriate words of Introduction
were made by Mrs. Alethia Brew
ton.
D. E. Medders presented the
guest of honor with two pieces
of matched luggage on behalf of
the courthouse with fitting re
marks concerning her efficient ser
vice.
Coffee and cake were served dur
ing the afternoon. Attending the
party were Mrs. Vanßrackle. Mrs.
Alethia Brewton, D. E. Medders,
Mrs. J. C. Mikell, F. C. Drexel, C.
A. Powell, Mrs. J, R. DeLoach,
Mrs. Gerald Bacon, Mrs. R. L.
Lane, Mrs. Cleveland Strickland,
Mrs. Aline Bacon, W. W. Curl, Jr.,
Mrs. Bertie L. Bacon, Mrs. Carlos
Lane, Mrs. Frank Williamson, Mrs.
Ora C. Payne, Mrs. Winton Fox
worth, H. B. Warnell, Mrs. Blanche
Morrison, David Harn and Susan
Lane.
Mrs. E. B. Lee of Lanier is in
Augusta visiting her daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Phillips, and Mr.
Phillips.
Mrs. Lula P. McWhirter of Fort
Lamar arrived Sunday to spend
some time in Pembroke with her
daughter, Mrs. D. E. Medders, and
Mr. Medders.
“COASTAL GEOROtA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
LIKED BY MANY • CUSSEI IT SOME • REAU UY THEM Ml
Relative of Local
Woman Is Killed
By Burglar
The brother-in-law of a Pem
broke woman was shot to death
on Thursday of last week as he
went to investigate a noise near
his restaurant south of Mcßae,
Mr, and Mrs, C, I. Josey and
son, Ricky, and Mr, and Mrs. Spen
cer Moore and two sons went to
Mcßae Friday to attend the fun
eral of Vance Scurry, 42, Mrs.
Josey’s brother-in-law.
Mr. Scurry' was shot through the
chest with a bullet about 5:30
Thursday morning. He died short
ly afterward without gaining con
sciousness. The husband of Mrs.
Josey’s youngest sister, Oleta, tele
phoned his brother-in-law, Lt, H.
M. Spurlin of the State Patrol,
shortly before the shooting, say
ing he was going out to investi
gate a noise in a patio adjoin
ing his restaurant. He was own
er of the Longhorn Restaurant, on
U. S. Highways 341 and 23 south
of Mcßae.
He apparently went out alone,
according to a news report, tak
ing a pistol with him. Shots were
exchanged and Mr. Scurry fell dy
ing on the patio. Several shots
had been fired from his pistol, of
ficers said. Spurlin arrived soon
after the shooting and found his
brother-in-law unconscious.
Investigation is continuing, ac
cording to members of the family,
and several people have been de
tained for questioning, but as far
as is known, no arrests have been
made.
Besides his wife, Mr. Scurry is
survived by three daughters and
a son. The oldest child is 9 and
the youngest is pre-school.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at the Mcßae Methodist
Church.
Garden Club to
Meet Jan. 12 at
Mrs. N. L. Ham's
A few changes have been made
with reference to the January
meeting of the Pembroke Garden
Club, according to Mrs. Alton El
rick, president.
Mrs. Elrick announced that Mrs.
N. L. Ham has invited the mem-1
bers to meet at her home on Jan-|
uary 12 at 4 o'clock. Hostesses
were Mrs. Ham are Mrs. J. 0.
Strickland, Jr. and Mrs. Robert
Bowers.
The devotional will be given by
Mrs. H. B. Brewton, who is also
scheduled to give timely sugges
tions on birds. A talk on roses j
will be made by Mrs. W. R. Deal.
Members are asked to bring ex
hibits showing line arrangements
using plain foliage or mixed with
flowers, also specimen blooms and
new dried plant material.
Members are requested to come
prepared to pay dues for the year
of $2.00.
EASTERN STAR SETS
PLANNING SESSION
WITH SPRINGFIELD
Members of the Pembroke chap
ter, Order of Eastern Star will
journey to Springfield on the date
of their next meeting to plan for
an annual event involving both
groups.
Pembroke O. E. S. members will
assemble at 7:45 Monday night,
January 16, at the Basonic build
ing for a business session before
leaving for Springfield. All mem
bers are urged to be on time so
that they will not be late in ar
riving at the neighboring chap
ter.
In Springfield plans will be made
for the official visit of state of
ficers which will be the latter part
of February. The two chapters
will meet together in Springfield
for the official visit.
The announcement of the meet
ing and trip to Springfield was
made by Mrs. Bessie Bazemore,
Pembroke, Worthy Matron of
Pembroke Order of Eastern Star.
Silver Dollar
Sale at Miles
To Begin Fri.
An event that is new in Pem
broke is the Silver Dollar Sale
being held by Miles Dry Goods
Store beginning Friday of this
week.
The Silver Dollar Sale means
just exactly what it says — the
customer gets a Silver Dollar for
going to Miles Dry Goods Store
and buying just the items he
wants.
For every SIO.OO worth of
quality merchandise bought Miles
Dry Goods will give the customer
a Silver Dollar. If the customer
buys $20.00 worth of merchan
dise, he is given two Silver Dollars.
Thus, the customer is actually re
funded part of what he spends,
besides what he saves by shop
ping at Miles and taking advan
tage of the Silver Dollar Sale
price.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Miles, own
ers of the store, think that the
finest people in the world walk
through the doors of their store
and it is for this reason, they say,
that they are having a Silver
Dollar Sale.
There will be many attractive
prices at the sale which will begin
on Friday, January 13, when the
store opens at 8:30 and will end
on Tuesday, January 24, at the
close of business at 6 o’clock. On
Saturadys the store remains open
until 10 o'clock.
There are many items to be
found at Miles Dry Goods Store
at unusually good prices. Among
them are a few ladies' sweaters
and men’s and boy's car coats.
These are fine quality garments
of the latest style and are priced
right. Remember that the price
you pay includes sales tax. There
is no digging for pennies to pay
sales tax.
Make plans now Io take ad
vantage of the Silver Dollar Sale
at Miles Dry Goods Store.
C. J. Martin Dies
At Nevils Home
After Long Illness
C. J. Martin, 67, died early Tues
day morning at his residence in
Nevils community following a long
illness. He was a retired farmer,
turpentine operator and merchant.
He was a member of the Nevils
Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
Nevils Methodist Church. The
Rev. W. L. Huggins and the Rev.
W. E. Chapel officiated. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Gladys DeLoach Martin; three
sons, R. C. Martin. Nevils, a rural
mail carrier from the Pembroke
Post Office, DeWeese Martin of
Savannah, Bobby Martin, Nevils;
two daughters, Mrs. Walton Ne-
Smith of Nevils and Mis. R. J.
Morris of Savannah; three sisters,
Mrs. Wiley Rimes, Savannah, Mrs.
Ben Rimes and Mrs. Allen Hagan,
both of Jacksonville; one brother,
E. L. Martin of Great Falls, S. C.
and 15 grandchildren.
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Rites Held at
Funeral Home
For Butler Infant
Rites were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 at Morrison
Funeral Home in Pembroke for the
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton
Butler, Pembroke. The child, a
twin, was born Monday at Candler-
Telfair Hospital in Savannah and
died Tuesday night.
The Rev. Wm. A. Mounts, pas
tor of Pembroke Christian Church,
officiated. Burial was in Olive
Branch Cemetery.
Survivors are his parents; three
brothers, Jerry Butler, Michael
Butler, and his unnamed twin; and
grandparents, Mrs. Gordon Butler,
Pembroke, and Mr. and Mrs.
Brooks DeLoach, Ellabelle.
Vol. 60 No. 15
Bryan All-Stars,
Hazel Walker Team
To Meet Jan. 21
The amazing Arkansas Travel
er Basketball Team (all girls),
who plays more than 200 games
during their season, will meet the
male Bryan All-Stars in Pembroke
next week in a game that is sure
to be a drawing card to basket
ball enthusiasts.
The team, under the ownership
of the nation's premier woman
athlete, all-American Hazel Walk
er, and under the great coaching
and managing ability of the 10-
year veteran, Frances “Goose”
Garroutte, was organized in 1949
with three main objectives: enter
tainment, showmanship and top
notch basketball.
The Hazel Walker troupe has
delivered these essentials in great
form. They will be on display
when the touring Travelers, all
girl team, meets the Bryan All-
Stars on Saturday night, January
21, at the Bryan County High
School new gymnasium at 8:15
o’clock. They will play men's
rules with no favors asked.
The appearance of the team in
Pembroke is sponsored by the
Bryan County High School ath
letic department. Admission will
be SI.OO and 50c.
Some of the men who will play
against the all-girl team are Eddie
Bacon, Ray Stevens, Willie But
ler, Charles Harris, and Albert
Odom. Referees will be Robert
Bowers and Blakely Thornton.
Other members of the Bryan All-
Stars will be given next week.
Although they perform night
after night and often in double
headers, Hazel Walker's talented
girls never appear to be exhaust
ed or weary. Every night they
stage their dazzling whirlwind
show with the same enthusiasm
and skill from October through
■May in a different town. During
the past season they have played
a total of 220 games and set an
amazing record winning 201 and
losing only 19. The record was ac
complished against many of the
strongest male teams in the na
tion.
Actually the girls are prime
athletes who have had many sea
sons of basketball experience. They
have learned the art of pacing
themselves, going full steam dur
ing a drive and then slacking up
while executing a particularly in
tricate pass pattern. They have
also learned the art of relaxing
under pressure, a test of true abi
lity. Each girl, in her own right,
is an outstanding athlete, not only
possessed with a knack for bas
ketball but with the ability to
excell in other sports.
The team travels in a special
built station wagon and is the best
dressed team on the road, best
looking team in the world, stays
in the best hotels and motels, eats
the best food and literally live
and breathe basketball for six
months each year.
Services Held Sat.
For Mother of
Pembroke Man
Funeral services for Mrs. W. A.
Bishop, 72, of Groveland, were
held Saturday morning at 11
o’clock at NeSmith Funeral Home
in Claxton, conducted by the Rev.
William Mounts, pastor of the
Pembroke Christian Church.
Pallbearers were nephews. Bur
ial was in Northside Cemetery in
Pembroke.
Mrs. Bishop died Thursday
morning in Bulloch County Hospi
tal in Statesboro after an extend
ed illness.
Survivors are her husband; a
daughter, Mrs. Hamp Hagan,
Groveland; two sons, William
Bruce Bishop, Pembroke and John
Alfred Bishop, Boston, Mass.; sev
eral grandchildren, one great
grandchild and several nieces and
nephews.