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Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
‘To Pull The Rug’
By Rev. Zephoe Belcher, Jr.,
Pastor Pembroke
Methodist Church
Professor Jothan Johnson, of
New York University, in a speech
made on behalf of a college facul
ty, stated that a principal task
of college teachers is “to pull the
rug out from under” the youth
who go to them for education. Mr.
Johnson went on to say that
youths arrive at college equipped
with all the “hand-me-down-pre
judgments” of their parents and
society, on everything from poli
tics to the sanctity of marriage.
He says also that the job of the
teacher is to jolt them out of their
ideas, to lead them to think and
arrive at conclusions of their own,
and to question every pre-supposi
tion.
W. W. Reid says a student with
four years of college education will
be somewhat educated if the stu
dent can instantly detect a state
ment not based on fact and reason.
The student must be able to see
the false and error in the argu-§
ment and he must “get into the
argument as fast as he can.”
Os course, this will not be ac
cepted by many, because we don’t
want the youth or anyone else
to think for themselves or to think
different from us.
The professor made me wonder, |
as he has others, i fthis rug-pull
ing from under prejudice, ignor
ance, smugness and do-nothingess
is not also the business of the
church and the job of the preacher
and the pastor. |
Did not Jesus figuratively “pull
the rug” from under the self
righteous Pharisee, those who pro
fiteeréd in the temple, those who
would cast a deriding -.word or
condemning stone? There is the
story Jesus tells of the adulterous
woman who was being stoned by
the self-righteous people in the
town. He asked them if there
was one free from sin let that one
cast the stone. There was no one
to cast a stone. He said to the
woman, “Neither do I condemn
thee; go, and sin no more.” John 8,
This was Jesus’ most effective
“method of education”-—of chang
ing action of “establishing reflexes
against wrong and for the right.”
I will not agree with those who
say “great preaching is a lost art
in America”. | will agree that
too many of us are presenting too
many “pleasant little essays” from
our pulpits when the example of
the Master was to jolt men out of
complacency into new thought and
action,
The dangerous thing today is
that, in America’s present mood,
whoever tries to “pull a rug out,”
whoever tries to make people (in
college or in the church) re
examine their inherited belief or
attitudes, is a suspect.
A preacher is meddiing when he |
tries to steer up a little action out
of church folk. Whenever he tries
to inject some new ideas, when the
pastor tries to get a church to
move forward, they say it is time
to get a new preacher.
We don’t like to have the facts
presented about each of us. Life
for the teacher and the preacher
becomes “safer” if they do mnot
pull a rug, but lets it lay. So
education and religion both fall
short of their goals as molders
of adult and reasoning human be
ings and sons of God.
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MRS. EVA GIBSON ]
RETURNS FROM 1
HOSPITAL
The many friends of Mrs. Eva
Gibson are glad that she has been
released from Bulloch County Hos
pital and is at her home near
Pembroke.
Mrs. Gibson, who lives just west
of the American Legion building,‘
became suddenly ill early Sunday
morning and was rushed to the
hospital by members of her fam
ily.
Extensive tests and examina
tions were held and Mrs. Gibson
was allowed to return home Tues
day afternoon. It is hoped that
she will not have a recurrence of
the trouble and wil soon be en
tirely well.
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{ OUTSTANDING~—Joseph Williamson receives the Jaycee plagque from
I Eldred Tippins after being acclaimed as “Outstanding Young Man”
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I by that organization, The ceremony took place at a recent meeting
| of the Claxton Jaycees.
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Mayor, Council
llEn'rertain County
Lawmakers at Meet
On Tuesday of this week the
mayor of Pembroke and several
members of the City Couneil at
| tended the annual Mayors’ Day in
Atlanta. Approximately one thou
sand city officials were present.
Representing the City of Pem
{broke were Mayor Frank 0. ‘Mil
tler, Councilmen N, L. Ham and
Eugene Mock, and City Clerk J.
Dixie Harn. Also present was
Mrs. Frank O. Miller.
The officials entertained Bryan
County’s lawmakers at a banquet
Tuesday night at which Governor
Ernest Vandiver spoke. Guests of
honor of the Pembroke delegates
were Senator Charles F. Warnelll
and Representative Jack W. Shu
man, The banquet was an ela
borate affair held at the Dinkler
Plaza Hotel.
The special entertainment was
to show appreciation to the state
administration and members of
the General Assembly for the sup- |
port they have given in aiding
municipalities.
The Pembroke delegation re
turned home early Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. P, W. Bacon, Sr. returned!
during the weekend to her home
in Pembroke after spending sev
eral days in Jesup with her son,
P. W. Bacon, Jr., and Mrs. Bacon.
The Auxiliary of the Richmondl
| Hill American Legion will meet on
Monday, February 6, at the hmnel
of Mrs. Louis Smith in Keller.
The Order of Eastern Star will
have inspection at their next meet
ing February 8. l
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Ham spent
the weekend in Milledgeville with
Mr, and Mrs. L. E. Cordell, goingi
up especially to see their son,
Danny Warnell, who is a student
lat Georgia Military College.
It Could Be You
This week’s Lucky Lady is a
brunette, she and her husband be
ing parents of a son and daugh
’ter, both married. Hubby holds
{a very responsible position in a
very responsible business house in
Pembroke. It's the kind of thing
that all of us are glad is “very
responsible.” The daughter, in
| cidentally, works at the same
place with which her father is
| connected, but she and her family
Ido not live with them. Although
tthe Lucky Lady lives near the
| Baptist Church she and her hus
band are members of the Metho-‘
dist Church, Now if you stil]j
ldon’'t know, this will cinch it.
{Hubby has a mustache.
| If this lady will call HELEN’S
|BEAUTY SHOP, 3-2171, and
| identify herself an appointment
{will be made for a complimentary
shampoe and set.
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Death Takes R. B.
Mason after Long
Illness
Robert Burner Mason, 65, died
at his home in Helena Saturday
morning after a long illness. The
native of Johnson County had
lived in Helena since 1926, and was
with the maintenance division of
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
He was also a former resident of ‘
Pembroke where he still has many
relatives.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Kicklighter Mason; two
gons, Clarence Mason, Hinesville,
and Bobby Mason, Albany; a
daughter, Mrs. Spurgeon Har
grove, Callahan, Florida; a sister,
Mrs. Lillian Fennell, Fort Pierce,
lP‘lu., gix grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. ?
1 Funeral services were held at
11 o’clock Monday morning in Me-
Rae Methodist Church, conducted
by the Rev. Loy G. Veal. Burial
was in Oak Grove Cemetery in
Mcßae.
l Pallbearers were T. D. Gray
don, Lowell McGowan, D. W.
Bauks, E. C. Moncus, W. C. White
and W. E. McConnell, all members
Juf the Brotherhood of Maintain-!
ance of Way Lodge #1395. Honor
[ary pallbeavers were stewards ofl
| the Methodist Church.
‘BUTLER CHILD IS ‘
PATIENT IN |
ICLAXTON HOSPITAL |
The fact that Mary Sue Butlerl
| is a patient at Griffin’s Hospital
is a matter of much concern to
lher playmates and to the friends
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
‘ Butler,
Mary Sue has been in ill health
| for several years and for some
| days was under oxygen at her
| home in Pembroke. It was thought
| that she be removed to the hos
| pital so that everything possible'
could be done for her. She was
carried to Griffin’s Hospital by
Morrison’s Ambulance so that
there would be mno let-up in the
oxygen.
Mr. and Mrs. Butler have the
best wishes and hopes of the pub
lic for the improvement of their
daughter.
Cards of Thanks l
I want to take this method of|
expressing my deepest gratitude
to my many friends who have
been so kind and generous to call,
visit, send cards and all the beau
tiful flowers. 1 am also very
thankful for the prayers. I am
sure that all of this has helped
me to bear up in my sad hour. The
understanding and sympathy have
been appreciated more than I can
say with words. May God’s rich
« est blessings be with each one is
| my prayer.
Mrs. H. C. Whitfield
and children
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961
\P’broke Native |
‘, roke Native Is
Claxton Jaycee
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utstanding Man
A Penibroke native has been
cited by the Claxton Jaycees as
“Qutstanding Young Man,” and
presented a plague in honor of
the award,
The honor came at the climax
of a ladies night banquet that was
the feature of the Claxton observ
ance of Jaycee Week. Presenting
the plaque to Joseph Williamson
was Eldred Tippins who made ap
propriate remarks in commenda
tion of Williamson’s civie activi
ties and excellent job as principal
of the school.
Being selected as “outstanding
young man” is among top honors
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce program,
Williamson has achieved promi
nency in Claxton in a compara
tively short time, being only in
his sescond year as principal of
the Claxton High School. He was‘
previously principal in Vidalia for
six years, being also a civic and
church leader there. He has also
served as principal in Baxley and
Sylvania.
Williamson earned his bache
lor's degree from Georgia
Teachers College in 1949, and his
master’'s from Peabody College in
Nashville, Tenn. in 1952. From
1943 to 1946 he served in the|
U. S. Navy. He is a former presi
dent of the First District Highl
School Principal’'s Association.
A member of the First Baptist
Church in Claxton, he is teacher
of the Men’s Bible Class. He is
a member of the Lion’s Club and
is a Mason, -+ * &
‘Mis. Williamsor~ is the former
Miss Virginia Taylor of Sylvania
and the couple’s sons are Ken, 5,
and Jimmy, 4 months. The family
are frequent visitors to Pembroke
where they visit Mr. Williamson’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson
Williamson, i I
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P’broke Masons tfo
Visit Hinesville |
February 3
The regular communication of
Pembroke Lodge No. 469 F, &
A. M. was held Saturday night
at 8 o'clock. A.F.C. examination
was conducted by P. M. Floyd
Sikes. The M. M. degree will be
conferred on the candidate by
Hinesville Lodge #271 Friday
night, February 3, at 7:30 in
Hinesville. All members wishing
to attend please meet at the Pem
broke Lodge hall at 6:30 P.M.
Transportation will be available
for those desiring it. Hinesgville
has a splendid degree team.
The Lodge was very pleased to
have the following brothers from
Hinesville visiting: Lee Morgan,
Charles Robertson, Bobby Brown,
Albert Nelson, Jr. and Joseph La-
Rose.
Everyone enjoyed the refresh
ments served by the W. M.
P'BROKE YOUTH IS
ON HONOR ROLL AT
EMORY-AT-OXFORD
The name of a young Pembroke
man is on the honor roll released
recently by the registrar of
Emory-at-Oxford Junior College.
All A’s are required by the
college for the honor roll madel
by Calvin Smith. For the merit;
list a B average is 'necessary.!
Names of students on the honor
iroll for the fall quarter were an-g
nounced only recently. The quar- |
ter ended in December, :
Smith is the son of Mr. andl
Mrs. Kyle D. Smith and has made |
an outstanding record while a stu-.
dent at the junior college. . This |
is his second year. l
Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Fuller and |
sons, Gene and Van, left recently
for Keerville, Texas, where Mr.
Fuller is chief registrar of the
Veterans Administration Hospital.
Since their return from Okinawa,
they had been visiting Mrs. Effie
Johnson in Pembroke and Mrs.
Ella Fuller in Ludowiei.
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Family Shown at Parents’ 50th Anniversary
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CELEBRATION—Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Bland observed their 50th
wedding anniversary on December 25 at the American Legion build
ing in Pembroke. Shown above standing behind the beautiful wed
ding cake are the couple and their three sons. Left to right are
Mrs. Bland, Lealel Bland, Pembroke, Maurice Bland, Deland, Fla.,
Carlos Bland, Claxton, and Mr. Bland. Mr: and Mrs. Bland live
at Groveland near Pembroke, j
Bryan Entry Gets
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2nd in Coastal SC
]District Essay
Bryan County placed second in
Itho Coastal Soil Conservation Dis
trict essay contest, according to
an announcement made this week
by G. C. Martin, district super
[visor from Bryan County.
. Miss Sue Brewton, Pembroke,
won a $15.00 cash award for her
essay which was runner-up to the
district winner. She was in the
district competition by virtue of
having her essay judged best in
Bryan County, the honor carry-.
ing with it a $25.00 cash 'aivar('l.
The contest was conducted on
county, district and state levels
by the State Soil Conservation
committee, with a winner from
each of the 27 districts competing
finally from over the state. Coun
ties in the Coagtal District are
Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long
and Mclntosh.
Miss Brewton is a senior at
Bryan County High School. The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Brewton, she is an officer in
several school organizations and
is a member of the 4-H Club. She
has a high scholastic rating and
is often on the honor roll.
Purpose of the contest is to sti
mulate the interest of young peo
ple in soil and water conserva
tion. The subject used for the
essays was “A Better Georgia
through Soil Congervation.”
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Amelia Burgess .
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Circle Meets With
Mrs. W. C. Lanier
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~ Members of the Amelia Burgess |
}Circle of the Woman’s Missionary}
Union met Tuesday of last week
at the home of Mrs. W. C. La
nier, circle leader. Mrs. Lanier
gave the devotional, and an inter- |
esting study on alcohol and narco
tics was given by Mrs. L. M. An
derson.
' During the business session Mrs,
Zada Moody made a report on
Christmas baskets carried by the
circle. Four mission study booksl
were reported read by members.l
It was announced that the Febru
ary meeting will be with Mrs. J.!
‘O. Strickland, Sr. and Miss Daisy
Averitt.
| Attending the meeting were
‘,Mrs. W. C. Lanier, Mrs. L. M.|
[Anderson, Mrs. H. H. Dukes, Mrs,
D. C. Garrick, Mrs. Effie John
son, Mrs. Zada Moody, Miss Lnla
lMcGahee, Mrs. Perry Parrish,’
’Vhs Joe Brown and Mrs. Leona
' Underwood. Delicious refresh
'ments were served during the_fel-‘
lowship hour.
l Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Purvis re
| turned . Tuesday from a two-weeks
trip to places of interest in
Florida.
R B eSS e e
Mrs, J. E. Pevey and Miss
Marian Pevey returned . Sunday
from a visit of several days in
Marietta with Mr, and Mrs. L. M.
Martin.
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Olive Branch
Mission to Begi
egin
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Sun. at Blitchton
The mission set up by the Olive
Branch Baptist Church will have
its first meeting Sunday morning,
February 5.
The new mission is under the
sponsorship of Olive Branch
Church and the pastor, the Rev.
W. M. Simmerson, will conduct
services each Sunday morning.
The schedule has been worked out
so that it will not conflict with
Olive Branch services which will
|be conducted at the usual times.
The Olive Branch- Mission has
been " set up at Blitchton in a
building approximately a half-mile
west of Dasher’s Lodge on High
way 80, near the home of J. R.
Hoard., Visitors are welcome at
the worship service which will be
each Sunday morning at 10:301
and at Sunday School which will
begin at 9:30. |
Sunday School officers are C.|
E. Saxon, superintendent; Mrs. |
Leon Mixon, secretary; and Mrs.
Earl Heape, pianist. Teachers are
Rev. W. M. Simmerson, adult
class; Leon Mixon, intermediate
clags; Mrs. C. E., Saxon, juhioi‘
class; Mrs. Earl Heape, primary
clags; and Mrs. W. M. Simmer
son, beginner class.
MR. MERRITT IS
ILL IN BULLOCH
HOSPITAL ;
. The many friends of F'. W. Mer
| ritt regret that he is a patient in
| Bulloch County Hospital in States
{ horo. / :
‘ The Pembroke man. has been
| having trouble with his back for
isnme time and Saturday morningl
| his condition became so acute that!
} he was rushed to the hospital. Mr.
Merritt went out to- his car
to go to the Bryan Motor Com
pany where he is employed. At
i that time be became so ill and was
in such pain that Morrison Ambul
ance was summoned immediately
and he was rushed to the hospi
tal.
Mr. Merritt is undergoing ex
tensive examination and-tests at
I the hospital. It is hoped. that he
|will show definite improvement
.very soon, and be able to return
{ home. i
ITOB,ACCO,: FARMERS .
\TO HEAR USDA
SPECIALIST
An important meeting of tobacco
farmers and others who are in
| terested will be held Friday night,
‘February 8, at 7:30, at Black
Creek School.
Speaking to the farmers will be
a specialist from the U. 8. Depart
ment’ of Agriculture, His sub
ject will be grading and market
ing tobacco.
" Those who grow this crop would
do well to attend the meeting and
gain all information possible on
| these two subjects, according to
| €. N. McGee, ag teacher, who has
| made arrangements for the speaker
to be in this county.
Vol. 60 No. 18
Bryan High Trims
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IReidsville Tues.
Night at Home
Bryan County took a double
header from Reidsville on the local
court Tuesday night. The Bryan
team had its shooting eye adjust
ed and poured in several pretty
ones from out yonder.
Evan Page led the home quintet
with 29 points. Jimmy Hattaway
was high for the losers with 24.
The scrappy Reidsville shorties
were as pesky as germs in a virus,
what time they weren’s diving
around on the court. The final
score was 57 to 48, the losers com
ing to within good reaching dis
tance more than once.
In the girls’ contest, Bryan
County grabbed 35 to 15 easy
win, as Mary Frances Strickland
contributed 20 points.
Friday night the sextet ran into
trouble after the job appeared
wrapped up. The string broke as
a Glennville girl took advantage
of a free throw and gave the
package to her team. Wtih two
seconds left, Beth Akins of Glenn
ville switched the card to show
39 to 38.
Bryan’s Beth Griffin was high
for both teams with a fine 30
points.
In the same schedule, Bryan
boys won from the Glennville quin
tet, 57 to 46, with Page racking
up 19 points.
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Oxidation Pond
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Bids to Be
Ll
Received Feb. 17
Bids will be received by Mayor
Frank O. Miller and members of
the City Council on Friday, Feb
ruary 17, at 2 oclock p.m.
for the construction of an oxi:da
tion pond and sewer facilities for
the City of Pembroke. The sealed
proposals will be opened and read
at City Hall. i
Negotiations have been under
wiy for some time for the con
struction of an oxidation pond and
city officials feel that the letting
of bids is a definite step in the
accomplishment of better facilities
for the City of Pembroke.
At a meeting with the Engineers
and the Bond Representatives in
Atlanta on Tuesday plans were
made for the advertising and the
letting of contracts.
It is hoped that construction can
soon begin on thfs much needed
‘improvement for our little city.
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Tifton Is Site
Os Meet for S.
.
Ga. Methodists
E A meeting on Thursday of this
week will bring together many
Methodists from the South Geor
gia conference. Attending from
Pembroke will be the Rev. and
Mrs. Zephoe Belcher, Jr. Other
members of the church will also
probably attend.
Subjects ranging from world
peace to evangelism and race rela
tions will be discussed and over
1,000 delegates are expected to at
tend. Bishop Johr‘{Owen §With
of the Atlanta area says the as
semblies will be the most deqisive
in years.
Thursday’s meeting will be held
at the First Methodist Church in
Tifton and will begin at 10 o’clock.
Plans for implementing the Metho
dist Church’s quardrennial pro
gram and a new four-year pro
gram will be lajd.
Arriving, Sunday from Balti
more, Md. was Mrs. S. F. I_iogers,
who is with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Merritt. Mrs. Rogers
came because of the serious ill
ness of her father who is in the
hospital.
Pembroke friends of Mrs. C. E.
DeLoach, Jr. are .inwtz';reit,ed in
learning that she is convalescing
at her home in Claxton following
\surgery at University Hospital ‘in
Augusta.