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Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Solitude
By Rev. Zephoe Belcher, Jr.,
Pastor Pembroke
.Methodist Church
Speaking about prayer, Jesus
Said, "Enter into thine inner
chamber, and having shut thy door,
pray to thy Father who is in
secret”. Jesus is suggesting that
this is the best way to commune
with God. Quiet times bring great
blessings. In Isaiah we read, “In
quietness . . . shall be my
strength.’’ So, as we begin this
first week in Lent we need to
make time for solitude.
Few generations in history have
had more need of the ministry of
silence and solitude than ours.
Pascal, the Philosopher, writing of
his day said, "All the evils of life
have fallen upon us because men
will not sit alone quietly in a
room.” Our trouble today is not
so much that we will not, but that
we cannot. We are a generation
of tension and activity. e feel
that we must at all time be doing
something. We are eternally busy.
Like Martha of old, we are busy
about many things, and it is start
ling the number of people who
do not have time even for God
or prayer. I am sure that if you
are too busy for God then you are
busier than God ever intended for
you to be. We must find time for
meditation.
I hear so often, “I ain’t got time
for the church.” 1 wonder whatj
our people could be so busy doing j
that they have no time to care for (
their spiritual life. When they
neglect their own souls they do so
to their children. It is good to be
, a part of the community as a
whole, working for all the service
clubs and organizations, but we
must not spend all ones time at
this and leave no time for quiet
moments w ith God.
Some of us should read C. H.
Towne’s poem “Silence”.
“I Need not shout my faith. Thrice
eloquent
Are quiet trees and the green
listening sod;
Hushed are the stars, whose power
is never spent;
The hills are mute: yet how they
speak of God!”
Every seven days Sunday comes
around. It is the Sabbath. Do
you know the true meaning of
the word “sabbath”? It comes
from a root which signifies, literal
ly, “stop doing what you are do
ing.” The Hebrews had strict
laws to enforce it, but Jesus gave
it the best interpretation when he
said, “The sabbath was made fur
man, and not man for the sab
bath.”
That is true, and how we cheat
ourselves! Too often the sabbath
is the most feverish, the most
raucous, the most vulgar, the most
soulwasting day of the week —
that day which God made for man
that in it he might find rest from
labor, and peace and quietness. It
is a far cry from Whittier’s love
ly picture:
0 Sabbath rest by Galilee!
0 calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with
thee
The silence of eternity
Interpreted by love!
Someone has said, “It is not
so much a question of 'ls it right
to do this or that on Sunday?’ as
it is a matter of our being such
incredible fools that we blithely
and carelessly sell out cheap to
the world the day God gave us in
which to grow a soul worthy of
our heritage.”
And this is Lent—the ancient,
traditional, gracious season of
fasting and purification, the path
way of preparation toward Holy
Week and the day of resurrection.
Are these days to be just the '
deadening repetition of all the
other common days of the year?
Let me suggest one thing: make
room—deliberately and purpose
fully make room for some soul—
serving silence and solitude during
Lent. Speak to the “Father who
is in secret."
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ham and two
children and Miss Olivia Speir
were weekend guests of relatives
in Forsyth and Atlanta.
N. L. Ham spent the weekend
in Jackson with his brother, Sheriff'
“Hap” Ham and Mrs. Ham.
The Pembtefai
«JOimNAL
Bid Opening for
P'broke Sewerage
Changed to Mar. 3
r | The deadline for receiving bids
’ 1 for the construction of an oxida
' tion pond and sewerage system in
, Pembroke has been extended, ac
cording to Mayor Frank 0. Miller.
i The new date is Friday, March
3. At this time bids will be re
ceived by Mayor Miller and mem
bers of the City Council. The
, i sealed proposals will be opened
■ | and read at City Hall.
Negotiations have been under
way 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
accomplishments of better facili
ties for the City of Pembroke.
Mayor Miller and other city offi
cials have made several trips to
Savannah to study various aspects
of construction and care of an
oxidation pond.
It is hoped that all obstacles
can be removed and everything be
made ready for this important step
which will mean so much to the
City of Pembroke.
Revival Dates
Set for Olive
Branch Church
Dates for the annual revival of
the Olive Branch Baptist Church
have been announced. Since the
church has converted to full-time
much progress has been made
under the leadership of its pastor,
the Rev. W. M. Simmerson.
Opening date for the revival
is Sunday, March 5, and the clos
ing sermon will be preached Fri
day night, March 10. Services
will be held each night during
the period at 8 o’clock.
Guest pastor for the revival is
the Rev. Thomas Greene, pastor
of Woodlawn Baptist Church in
Savannah. Jack Wall, a lay leader
of the church, will lead the sing
ing.
Additional information concern
ing the revival will be made next
week.
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Former Pembroke
Pastor to Observe
90th Birthday
Os much interest to residents of ;
Pembroke is the fact that a former
pastor of the Methodist Church
is observing his 90th birthday on
Thursday, February 23.
The Rev. B. E. Whittington of
Springfield preached many years
ago at churches on the Pembroke
charge, which at that time, includ
ed Daisy, Groveland, Ellabelle and
Pembroke. Although Mr. Whit
tington was retired then, he filled ;
in for a term until other arrange- I
ments could be made by the South
Georgia Conference.
While in Pembroke the pastor
won the love of the entire town,
many of whom are still close to
him. Everybody is still very much
interested in him and his activi
ties.
There is only one person in the
South Georgia Methodist Confer
ence older than “the Bishop of
Effingham,” as he is affectionate
ly known.
No special celebration is plan
|ned for the occasion. Mr. Whit
|tington would be happy to have
his friends from this section call
by to see him. Because of declin
ing health he is unable to visit
around as he did in the past.
His children, who were with
him on his birthday, are James
Eugene Whittington and Mrs. W.
Allen Waters of Savannah, and
Miss Mable Whittington of Spring
field.
Guests of their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Williams for
the weekend were Jane Williams
and Lynn Williams, daughters of
!Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams of
'Port Wentworth,
Children Honor
Mrs. Kangeter at
Birthday Dinner
The children of Mrs. A. G.
Kangeter surprised her with a
birthday dinner on Sunday, Feb
ruary 19. Everyone enjoyed the
delicious dinner and gracious fel
lowship during the day.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Kangeter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Beckworth and
son, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Jernigan
and daughter, Shirlie Kangeter,
I.ance and Monis Hilliard, Ed
ward Burnsed, Arthur Burnsed,
Aubrey Scott, Rachel Ranew,
Sandra Scott, Pearl Jones, Louise
Brown, Foy Hotchkiss, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Kangeter and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Hendrix
(and Windy, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
DeLoach and daughters, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Futch, Mr. and Mrs.
Coy Burnsed and sons, Mrs. J. E.
Cowart, Mrs. W. H. Newman, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Burnsed and
Mr. and Mrs. George Scott.
Bryan HD Women
Enter Ga. Cooking
Queen Contest
To date some twelve or fifteen
Bryan County home demonstration
Club members have entered Geor
gia’s third Cooking Queen contest.
Others who plan to enter the com
petition, from which six District
Queens will be selected are ad
vised to act at once since the dead
line is March 1.
The Georgia Cooking Queen and j
six District Queens will be select- ।
ed later this year, according to
Mrs. Ora C. Payne, Bryan County
Home Demonstration agent. Spon
sor of the event is the Georgia
Poultry Federation.
Entry forms may be obtained by
contacting Mrs. Payne at her
office at the courthouse. The con
test is open to all homemakers, 18
years of age or older, except em
ployed home economists.
Preliminary judging will be dur
ing March, with six finalists ap
pearing in the Southeast District
cook-off in Statesboro on Friday,
April 21. The District Cooking
Queen will compete in state finals
in Atlanta on June 8-9.
Fur her prize, the District Queen
will choose between a 9 cubic foot
refrigerator or a 30 inch range.
Second and third place winners 1
at the District contest will receive
a roaster and mixer. The State
Queen may select either a 14 cubic
foot center-drawer refrigerator or
a double-oven range.
Mrs. Payne urges all ladies who
are eligible to come by her office
without delay. The contest is open
to all women within the age and
job requirements.
Bryan Tobacco
Growers Invited
To Dist. Meeting
Bryan County tobacco growers
are interested in the forthcoming
meeting of the Tobacco Coopera- ।
tive Stabilization Corporation to
be held at the end of this month.
The third annual district meet
ing of the corporation is scheduled
for Tuesday, February 28, in
Moultrie. The meeting will be
held at the Court House and will
get underway at 2 o’clock.
The program for this year will
include reports and a discussion
on the overall tobacco situation,
with particular emphasis on Stabi
lization’s current condition. It is
imperative that growers become
fully aware of the situation that
Stabilization is in with respect to
Old Crop tobacco, particularly the
1955 and 1956 crops.
Highlight of the meeting will be
a 16mm color movie with sound,
entitled “It’s Not All Smoke.”
This movie was made during the
1960 marketing season and shows
how Stabilization handles tobacco
it receives from growers. There
will also be a discussion period
and the election of an advisory
committee.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1961
Pembroke Youths
Escape Injury in
Sav. Car Mishap
Two young Pembroke men
escaped serious injury Monday
night when their car was rammed
by another which ran a stop sign
at Perry Street as the youths were
traveling down Drayton in a 1958
Oldsmobile, according to a news
report.
Fred Merritt, driver of the Olds,
was released after a doctor’s check
up but Eugene Bazemore was car -
ried to the hospital and released
within a few hours after treat
ment for shock and minor injuries.
The young men share an apart
ment in Savannah.
Two Marines from Beaufort, S.
C., in an Austin-Healey sports
car, failed to heed the stop sign
at Perry Street and caught the
Olds in the rear as it almost made
it by the intersection, the report
said.
The crash catapulted Bazemore
to the street in front of the car
in which he had been a passenger
and would almost have surely run
over him, a member of the family
said if the car had not hit a park
ed vehicle. It bounced off the
parked car and finally stopped
inches from a brick building with
Meritt still in the front seat. His
car is said to be a total loss.
Meritt works at the Sugar Re
finery and is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Merritt, Sr. of Pem
broke. Bazemore is employed by
Union Bag-Camp and is the son
of Mrs. J. F. Sapp, of Savannah,
the former Mrs. Bertie Mae Baze
more.
Rites Held Mon.
At Ash Branch for
John T. Smith
Funeral services for John T.
Smith, who died Saturday, were
conducted at 4 o’clock Monday
afternoon at Ash Branch Primi
tive Baptist Church. Officiating
were Elder J. Q. Boyette, Elder
Roy R. Sims, Elder Louis Ander
son and the Rev. James Rich.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Robert Can
non, James Myrick, Edward C.
Smith, Rex Smith, Artie Smith,
John R. Smith, Richard Smith,
J. T. Smith and Jack Cook. All
of the pallbearers are grandsons.
Mr. Smith, 81 years old, died
at noon Saturday at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. W. R. Cannon,
Dean Forest road, in Savannah,
after a long illness.
Survivors are four daughters,
Mrs. Cannon, Mrs. J. D. Cook,
Savannah, Mrs. Alma Jones, In
dianapolis, Ind., Mrs. C. A. Bock,
Thunderbolt; seven sons, Gordon
Smith, Charlie Smith, George
Smith, Frank Smith, Thomas
Smith, Aulton Smith and David
Smith, all of Pembroke; 56 grand
children; 67 great-grandchildren
and three great-great-grandchil
dren.
Morrison Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
It Could Be You
This nice young lady lives east
of Pembroke in an unincorporated
but important community. She
helps her husband with office work
in a remodeled building which was
formerly used for a government
function, cancelled in that com
munity a good many years ago.
The couple has two sons, one of
which bears her maiden name. We
might also add that this attractive
young matron holds an important
office in the Parent-Teacher As
sociation of the school which her
elder son attends.
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.
Mr. and Mrs. Merriel Durrence
of Glennville were weekend guests
of Mrs. Durrence’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. V. Anderson. Mrs.
Durrence is the former Miss
Elizabeth Anderson.
{"COASTAL SEOR&IA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER" I
>| LIKED BY MANY • CUSSED DY SOME • DEAD BY THEM All |
(Claxton Garden
Club Pres. Speaks
To Local Members
Landscaping was the subject of
। the February program given by
jMrs. Hogan Brewton at the Pem
broke Garden Club. The meet
ing was held Thursday, February
16, at the home of Mrs. N. L.
Ham. Hostesses were Mrs. G. B.
Williams, Miss Lula McGahee and
Mrs. J. L. Arnold.
Mrs. Brewton, president of the
(Claxton Garden Club, demonstrat
ed her abilities as a speaker, land
scape artist and poet. She used
posters effectively with her in
teresting and informative lecture
on how to make a yard one would
enjoy looking at through a picture
window.
An appropriate poem was read
by Mrs. W. W. Pickett for the
devotional, after Mrs. L. M. An
derson read “A Recipe for Volun
teers” for Mrs. Alton Elrick,
president, who presided at the
business session. Mrs. G. B. Wil
liams gave suggestions on the
value of soil conservation.
Mrs. Elrick was elected as chair
man of the 1961 flower show.
First place in the flower ar
ranging schedule was won by Mrs.
Elrick and second place by Mrs.
U. J. Bacon. Vegetables were
used in the. first place winner ar
rangement, while Mrs. Bacon em
phasized an all-green color scheme.
Hostesses greeted the guests as
they enteerd Mrs. Ham’s home by
presenting them a beautiful
camellia. Mrs. Ham had lovely
arrangements placed throughout
the lower floor.
The trio of hostesses served de
licious refreshments featuring the
Valentine motif, while Mrs. Ham
poured coffee from a silver ser
vice. •
Present were Mrs. John Hender
son, who was greeted as a new
member, Mrs. Alton Elrick, Mrs.
G. B. Williams, Mrs. J. L. Arnold,,
Miss Luki McGahee, Mrs. N. L. j
Ham, Mrs. A. V. Anderson, Mrs.
L. M. Anderson, Mrs. J. Gordon
Bacon, Mrs. U. J. Bacon, Mrs.
P. E. Brannen, Mrs. W. R. Deal,
Miss Lula McGahee, Mrs. R. B.
Reed and Mrs. A. I. Rhoden.
Barbecue Sets Off
Building Fund for
Ellabelle Church
A campaign for funds to set off
the building program of the Ella
belle Methodist Church has been
begun by its members. The kick
off move is a barbecue supper to
be served at the Black Creek
School Cafeteria on Friday night,
February 24.
The program is mainly designed
toward an educational building.
Plans for the addition have not
yet been drawn up, but will be
released when completed.
The supper on Friday njght will
include barbecue, brunswick stew
and other delicious dishes. Serv
ing will get underway at five
o’clock and will end at approxi
mately eight o’clock.
Plates are SI.OO each and tickets
may be obtained from any mem
ber of the Ellabelle Church. Rev.
Rudolph Starling, pastor of the
church, has expressed apprecia
tion to all who will help in this
initial effort to get the building
fund started.
THE FINANCAL STATEMENT OF
BRYAN COUNTY
AS OF JANUARY 1, T 961
WILL BE CARRIED IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE
OF THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL .
Mrs. Ben Shuman
Dies Sunday after
Brief Illness
Mrs. Pearl Shuman, 70, died
Sunday in Bulloch County Hospi
tal in Statesboro, after a brief ill
ness. Mrs. Shuman has lived in
the Blitchton section of Ellabelle
for many years and until ill health
forced her retirement, she was
very active in the Black Creek
Farm Bureau.
Survivors are her husband, Ben
F. Shuman; six daughters, Mrs.
Willie McDonald, Blitchton, Mrs.
B. L. Duggar, Pembroke, Mrs.
Archie Hodges, Guyton, Mrs. Har
ley Sims and Mrs. Willie Conley,
both of Savannah, and Mrs. Ralph
Miller, Brooklet; three brothers,
Brady Lane, Stilson, and Barney
Lane and Elmer Burroughs, both
of Winnsboro, S. C.; three sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Milton and Mrs. Bessie
Jones, both of Jacksonville,
Florida, and Mrs. Truman Mincey,
Brooklet; one son, B. W. Shuman,
West Palm Beach, Florida; 22
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at Lower Black Creek Church by
the Rev. Lacey Huggins and Elder
Roy R. Sims.
Pallbearers were Donald Hod
ges, Durell Hodges, Daniel Hod
ges, Ralph Bailey, J. W. Lane and
Allison Shuman.
Morrison Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Pembroke Woman
Continues 111
In Sav. Hospital
The many friends of Mrs. G.
Frank Hendricks regret very much
that she continues to be confin
ed to a Savannah hospital because
of illness.
Mrs. Hendricks was admitted to
Oglethorpe Hospital the first part
of last week. She has been in ill
health for several weeks and it is
hoped that the treatment she is
receiving will soon make her well
enough to return home.
Mrs. Hendricks is a member of
the Baptist Church and takes a
great deal of interest in the Sun
day School department and Wo
man’s Missionary Union. She is
missed very much from these func
tions during her illness..
PEMBROKE MAN
BEGINS NEW JOB
IN ALBANY
At the end of their vacation
this week, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Quattlebaum will return to Albany
where Mr. Quattlebaum has ac
cepted a position with Watkins
Lumber Company.
The couple have be en with
relatives in Pembroke this week
but will return to Albany on Sun
day so that Mr. Quattlebaum can
start work on Monday.
The young Pembroke man has
been connected with Shuman
Supply Company for six or seven
years, being with the Company in
Albany for over two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Quattlebaum have
recently moved and are now liv
ing at 416 sth Avenue. Mrs.
Quattlebaum is the former Miss
Joyce Mason, daughter of Mrs. L.
A. Mason of Pembroke.
Vol. 60 No. 16
Missionaries Talk
At Baptist Church
This Week
An unusual opportunity is be
ing offered members of the Bap
tist Church and the public this
week with the appearance each
night of missionaries who have
returned from froeign fields or
who work in this country.
The Mission School at the Pem
broke Baptist Church is being held
in connection with schools in the
15 other churches of the New Sun
bury Association. Plans for the
School of Missions have been un
। derway for three years, according
to the Rev. D. Jack Stoner, and
the program being held this week
is the climax for the Pembroke
church.
Although the school did not
start until Monday night, the
speaker Sunday night correlated
well with the week’s program. The
Rev. Peter Knezha was introduced
to the congregation by the Rev.
D. Jack Stoner.
Mr. traveling evangelist is a
Latvian and fled his native coun
try to escape Communist domina
tion. He came to the United States
in 1950 and lives in Jacksonville,
Florida, with his family, but
travels extensively.
Mr. Knezha, a naturalized
American, , outlined his escape
from Latvia and related something
of life in his country after the
Latvian government was over
thrown.
Mr. Stoner explained that pur
pose of the School of Missions is
to familiarize each member of the
Baptist Church as to the mission
program and to better acquaint
each, one with t his individual re- ;
sponsibility. t .
On Monday night, the Rev.
A. C. Turner spoke. Mr. Turner’s
endeavors are directed to Califor
nia which has a wide field for
mission work. Miss Pauline White
spoke on Tuesday night. She is
a missionary in Brazil, South
America, and her address was
especially interesting since there
has been much discussion of mis
sionary work in this country.
E. R. Hammock was the speaker
for Wednesday night and his talk
on life with the Mexicans was
heard with much interest. From
his discussion, Mr. Hammock ap
peared to be well equipped to
handle missionary work with the
Mexicans.
On Thursday night the speaker
will be the Rev. Joe Jimmerson.
Mr. Jimmerson has been accepted
as a foreign appointee and will
leave at an unannounced date for
a missionary station in the foreign
country.
Concluding the School of Mis
sions will be an address by Rufus
Hodges of Nigeria, Africa, on Fri
day night.
All of the guest speakers are
making their headquarters in
Hinesville. Each one is being en
tertained at supper as they appear
on the program. The hospitality
schedule is as follows: Monday
night, M/Sgt. and Mrs. W. W.
Pickett; Tuesday night, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Warnell; Wednesday
night, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Miles;
Thursday night, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Quattlebaum; and Friday
night, Mrs. E. B. Owens.
O. B. HARVEY IS
RECUPERATING AT
PEMBROKE HOME
The many friends of O. B. Har
vey continue to be interested in
his condition following a very ser
ious illness which kept him in the
hospital for several weeks.
Mr. Harvey is now at his home
in the Beulah community near
Pembroke. He is very happy for
his friends to call by and see him
since he will not be able to get
out for some time. He is how
ever, sitting up for a short period
each day and his illness has not
affected the ability to enjoy a
good conversation.
Mr. Harvey has always enjoyed
being with his friends and pass
ing the time of day and if any of
them has a spare minute he would
be very pleased for them to call
by.