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Vol. 60, No. 41
i The Test of
Greatness
By JACK ARNOLD
Pastor, Pembroke Methodist
Church
“. . . we glory in tribulations
. . Romans 5:3.
"Why God no kill the devil?”
asked Friday, the puzzled man of
Robinson Crusoe, who had just ex
plained to him that there is a lov
ing, omnipotent God and that all
evil is caused by the devil. The
question startled Mr. Crusoe. He
had no good answer. Later on,
in his dread of the savages which
frequently visited his island, Rob
inson Crusoe began to glimpse the
reason why evil exists. He later
wrote in his diary, "Very frequent
ly the evil which we seek most to
shun and which is the most dread
ful to us is the very means and
door of our deliverance.”
This is what Paul discovered as
he left the security and comfort
of his Jewish faith and found him
self violently involved in the Chris
tian movement. The Roman people
liad heard of his tribulations—they
had heard how he had been stoned
and beaten, imprisoned and ridicul
ed. They themselves faced similar
mistreatment and death because of
their call into the Christian faith.
So Paul, rather than just comfort
them in their troubles and encour
age them in face of their dangers,
told them that he gloried in the
tribulations to which he had been
subjected as these tribulations had
led to all sorts of spiritual bless
ings. The real beauty of the
Christian faith is centered around
the suffering of Jesus Christ in
order to bring about great bene
fits to millions of people. This ii
not the type of suffering of cer
tain oriental religions where men
Jie on spiked beds, walk on hot
coals, or starve themselves to
death. Their suffering is usually
only for public display. The suf
fering that brings Christian vic
tories is the everyday kind of
agony connected with being an ac
tive, concerned human being. Jesus
suffered because of human sin. He
calls on us to suffer inwardly be
cause of the burden of the sins of
others. Why? Why the necessity
of this suffering? Why not just
withdraw from the needs of the
world and be secure in a personal
faith in God? Why didn't Paul
just evade the many tribulations
to which he was subjected?
If we ask questions like these,
we might as well ask, “Why didn’t
Jesus evade the Cross?” He could
easily have done so. The answer
is that he was under the conviction
of his conecience that he should
thus suffer. In suffering great
good is brought forth.
Look at the lives of the great
people of our civilization. In most
of them there has been some great
burden that they had to bear. It
is written of the great writer John
Ruskin, “His own life was a se
quence of tragedies, many of them
bitter and cruel. Yet without such
successive ordeals of frustration
Ruskin might have been a total
failure in his work.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, during
the years while he was writing his
truly great works, was pluqued by
a lung disease which caused him
great suffering and eventually
brought on hia death.
Some say that the devil causes
suffering. It may be. But we find
written all over the pages of the
Bible and of human history that
God can bring great victory out of
suffering and tribulation. Take
the man Job, for instance. He
suffered terribly from the anguish
of loss and physical pain. But in
the final analysis, had he really
lost? No, for the Lord restored
to him twice as much as he had
before. This very old story from
the Bible illustrates that if we keep
the faith through all our tribula
tions, that one fine day the Lord
will act in our lives and give us
the final victory and we will have
much more blessing then than wa
ever had on earth.
An Italian painter, Guido Reni,
painted a picture of the Archangel
Michael with his foot upon the
neck of Satan. The Painting hangs
in the Louvre art museum in Paris.
Once William James, the great
American philosopher, saw the pic
ture. His comment was, “The World
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P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Ga.
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SITTING ON THE SPEAKER’S PLATFORM of the District-wide Rally For Griffin held in Statesboro
on Saturday afternoon. July 21. are members of the Board pf Regents pf the University System of
Georgia, left to right, Chairman Robert 0, Arnold of Covington; Lintqn D. Baggs <)f Macon, Howard
H. Callaway of Pine Mountain, Morris M. Bryan id Jefferson, Roy V. Harris qf ^qgqsta, Allen Wood
all of Columbus, Rosel? Coleman of Augusta and James D, GouM of HF9P»Wipk t Ph th? platform, but
not in the picture were FrapeU Shurling of Wrightsville, member of the State Boanl id' l';<|uration,
J. W. McAllister, of Bainbridge, president elect of the Georgia Education Association and H C. Mit
chum, past president of the GEA, along with many county and city officials from all southeast
Georgia. • e »
Griffin Rally at Statesboro
One of Biggest In History
Marvin Griffin, candidate for
the governorship of Georgia re
vealed to the vast crowd who ga
thered at the courthouse in States
boro on Saturday afternoon, July
21, the subject of his speech when
he recognized "the presence on the
platform here today of the dis
tinguished Chairman of the Board
of Regents of the University of
Georgia, the Honorable Robert O.
Arnold,” in the second statement
of his speech.
On the platform with Chairman
Arnold were Regents Linton D.
Baggs, of Macon, Howard H. Calla
way of Pine Mountain, Morris M.
Bryan of Jefferson, Roy V. Harris
6f Augusta, Allen Woodall of Col
umbus, Roscoe Coleman of Au
gusta, and James D. Gould of
Brunswick. Others on the plat
form were Mrs. D. L. “Miss Lillie”
Deal, retired teacher of the States
boro High School, Francis Shurl
ing of Wrightsville, member of
the state board of education; J.
W. McAllister of Bainbridge, presi
dent-elect of the Georgia Educa
tion Association and E. C. Mit
chum. past president of the GEA.
Mr. Griffin pointed out that
"eight years ago when I took of
fice us chief executive, the people
of Georgia demanded progress.
They wanted to see their state go
forward in education, road build
ing, industrial development, old
age benefits, recreation, agricul
ture and health. I went before the
General Assembly my first year in
office and we, working In close
cooperation, designed a program
of progress which is unparallelled
in the history of our state.”
He called attention to the re
sults of this progress “right here
in Statesboro. You can see the
Student Center, the Herty Build
ing and the Carruth Building at
Georgia Southern. I can take you
to Athens and you can see the
sll million modern Science Cen
ter. I can take you to Georgia
Tech and you can see a new Elec
is all the richer for having a devil
in it, so long as we keep our foot
upon his neck.”
WHEN TO FISH
♦j .rd on Hart Wright Co 1962 Fishing Calendar and
Subject to Local Weather Changes)
JULY High Tides Tybee
Thursday 26 Poor Morning 3:13 A.M.
Friday 27 Poor Morning 4:17 A.M
Saturday 28 Poor Morning 5:17 AM.
Sunday 29 Good Morning 6:11 A.M
Monday 30 Good Morning 7:00 A.M.
Tuesday 31 Poor Evening 7:44 A.M
AUGUST
Wednesday 1 Poor Evening 8:24 AM.
USE OUR EQUIPMENT TO HELP MAKE ALL
YOUR FISHING DAYS “BEST” ONES
TO MAKE A FISH A SUCKER USE EQUIPMENT
FROM
LANE OIL COMPANY
,♦ (Pembroke Ice Company)
L. C. (Buck) Lane
Pembroke. •». Phone 653-2251
Ironic Engineering Building, and
- an atomic reactor, designed and ।
- needed in this nuclear age. .
Br, Griffin promised to increase
the salaries of teachers, school bus
i drivers and lunch room techni
• cians. "When I was Governor
- schools were segregated and open.
I They will be kept open and I will
' fight to the lasl ditch against un
, limited integration,” he said.
On the highway system he
said, “1 shall reorganize the State
। Highway Department and take it
out of politics. 1 can’t see any
use in keeping three members of
the Highway Board in Atlanta on
. a full time salary when they spend
. most of their four year terms try
ing to elect the next Governor.” I
He said that he would reorganize
. the Department of Commerce and 1
■ create a vibrant program of In- 1
dustrial development for the stale, I
adding that "it is vital that we
■ begin to grow industrially and
grow at a rapid rate,”
He said that he would re-es
tablish the Recreation Commis-.
sion, establish a humane program
of penal rehabilitation and “1 will j
construct juvenile detention homes,
one in each congressional district, ।
. to take children out of the com- ;
mon jails and disassociate them j
, from the company of hardened
criminals ... I shall expand the
। facilities at Gracewood and elimin
ate the large waiting list and I I
, shall institute a plan of improve
। merit at Milledgeville . . .”
, Mr, Griffin was introduced to
, the state-wide radio network by
। Mrs. D. L, (Miss Lillie) Deal, a
retired teacher of Statesboro High
School who wus presented to the
, rally by Jimmy Franklin, state
, president of the Young Georgians
For Griffin organization.
t Mr. F. Everett Williams of
j Statesboro, chairman of Ihe Bul
, loch For Griffin organization was
master of ceremonies.
Motorcades from all sections of
Georgia swelled the crowds to tre
mendous proportions.
•Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee, Dalton,
were weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Lee.
PEMBROKE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 26, 1962
Big Motorcade
Goes to Griffin
Statesboro Rally
Last Saturday a large motorcade /
of Bryap Poupty people moved out '
and joined thousands of others to
go to Statesboro and hear Marvin
Griffin make his speech in his race •'
for Governor, The moiorcade from |i
Bryan was announced as 47 and:!
having been In It we feel .sure that i<
this is an accurate count. Al- 1
though many thought there were
more, and still other said there i I
was less.
Griffin was in fine form and I
pleased the large crowd, which
without a doubt was the largest I
ever held in Statesboro. Many tell- i
Ing us that there were twice as I
many as was there on June 7th '
for the Banders rally, others say ।
ing there was about the .same num- 1
her. but these were Sanders sup
porters, and it is always easy for i
a fellow to see his own crowd bet- i
ter than the opposition can. To I
say the least there was a large:
crowd, they went without any bar- 1
beeue and if crowds going to a '
public speaking means anything it t
certainly looks good for Marvin
Griffin. More than one hundred
automobiles and two large buses>
was there from Richmond County, 1
and their signs read, “Richmond
County Starvin for Marvin.”
There was some rain preceding,
the speaking, but this made it
much cooler for the large crowd.
There was motorcades there from 1
all over Georgia and it was inter
esting to see them come in. Cer
tainly people are interested when
they attend in large numbers us
they did from Candler where a
large number of automobiles and
two buses made up their motor
cade. Savannah had more than
one hundred cars in their motor- j
cade. It taxed the facilities of
the police in Statesboro to handle
■ the situation.
POOL TO CLOSE
(
3 DAYS TO SMOOTH
OUT ROUGHNESS
Because of a roughness on the
I bottom of the swimming pool, ■
. those in charge have announced
I that, it will be closed from Mon-
Jday through Wednesday of next
week so that this trouble might be
eliminated.
I Workmen are expected to be on !
I hand early Monday morning with
a special machine which will
। smooth off the roughness, thus |
making it much more comfortable 1
for swimmers.
Swimming classes will resume I
I Thursday morning, and the pool
| will follow its usual schedule.
Returning to their home in
Cicero, 111. on Thursday after a
two weeks visit with her parents, i
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lee, are Mr.
i and Mrs. Raymond Wasilauskis.
Mrs. Wasilauskis is the former
Miss June Lee.
Spending last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Nugent Griffin were her
mother, Mrs. T. J. Harvey, Mel
drim, and Mrs. Harvey’s sister,
Mrs. J. W. Browning, Jacksonville,
Fla., and Mrs, E. L. Carson ami
Mrs. J. L. Sutton. Savannah.
"COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSW
LIKED BY MANY • CUSSED BY SOME • ,nEM ALL
———— ——— —
Enthusiasm for
Pool Unleashed
At Opening
Enthusiasm over the new swim
ming pool which was opened on
Thursday afternoon rtf last week
continues as many children and
young people of the community are
enjoying the opportuity of a swim
in a supervised pool.
A large crowd from Pembroke
area attended the opening of the
pool which was highlighted by free
lemonade furnished by Humphries
Super Market and the drawings
fol a variety of gifts from other
merchants, and was climaxed when
the gales to the pools were opened
and they were filled instantly with
gleeful, squeeling, impatient teen
agers, Juniors and younger chil
dren, and just as gleeful, but less
squeeling, adults.
Master of ceremonies for the
opening exercises was ,1 Dixie
I Harn, chairman of the County
Commissioners. He welcomed the
crowd and . xpre us] h,. ph-nsur,-
al the occasion, introducing Mayor
C. I'. Spinks who added his wel
come and personal pleasure, as
well as on behalf of the city, for
| the new recreational facility, He
commended the Commissioners for
their efforts in building the pool.
Presented by Chairman Harn
were the qt he. It o a r d members
present who were Jack Gardner,
Perry Rushing and Dave Sutton,
each of whom made a brief talk.
Others speaking briefly were the (
Rev. Jack Arnold, pastor of the
Pembroke Methodist Church; the
Rev. Roscoe Batton, pastor of the
Pembroke Baptist Church; and the
Rev. Edwin Barton, pastor of the
Pembroke Christian Church.
Max Lockwood, director of the
Shite boro Recreational program,
was on hand with a group of swim
mers who demonstrated the prog- j
less that could be made with non- !
swimmers in a supervised, planned '
recreational set-up. Lockwood said’
it had been a pleasure in the past ;
to have the Pembroke area people |
at the Statesboro pool and that ।
they would always be welcome. He
was pleased, however, he said, that
they had at their di posai a pool
which wn handier to reach and
which was such a credit to the
community and to the Commission
ers who built it.
< 'ba । b 11 ai ri Is manager of
the pool, which has been lea eil by
(the Canogeeehee Recreational As
i lociation, Irie. Swimming lessons
are being offered each morning
during the week by Miss Judy
Strickland. Price of the lessons
is 10c each; ticket:- for the big
pool are 25c each; and for the little
pool, LOc. A season ticket can be
purchased for $7.00.
Busbies firms making contribu
tions for the day were: Humphries
Super Market, lemonade for re
freshment; Garnder’s Grocery at
Blitchton, ham; Gardner's Station
at Blitchton, wash and prea <■ job,
and 10 gallons gas; Downs Shell
I*l at . 111.. 11 1 .
Station at Blitchton, w a Ii an d
grease job. ami 10 gallons gas;
Ogeechee Restaurant, meal for a
family; Western Auto, garden
hose; Norman Bacon’s Station, 5
gallons gas; Pembroke Ice Com-
I pany, four fishing rods; Family
Pharmacy, box tationory, can of
talcum; Miles Dry Goods, $2.00
gift certificate.
Also Coastal Ga Company, 25
| gallons gas; Bill Haupt Gas Com
pany, one gallon paint; Star De-
Ipartment Store, $.’1.00 gift certifi
cate; Pembroke Drug Company,
: box candy; Hill Jewelers, flower
container; Arnold’s Shop. $2.00
gift certificate; Kick's Gas Service,
50 gallons gaa; Lane’s Super Mar
' ket, wax applicator; Mercury
Cleaners, beach towel ; Bryan
Motor Co., can of car polish; Ba
con’s Gulf Service, car wash job.
Also Audrey’s Bea ut y Shop,
I $15.00 cold wave: Billie’s Beauty
Shop, $7.50 cold wave: Guy’s
' Beauty Shop, SIO.OO cold wave;
| Shuman Supply, one gallon paint;
| Pembroke Hardware, hurricane
lamp; Mr. George Spinks, walnut
handmade comp ot u ; Pembroke
Journal, 10 swim tickets; City Res
taurnnt, '/4 fried chicken.
Randall Bazemore of Cap e
Canaveral, Fla. was with his par
'ents, Mr. and Mm. 11. T. Bazemore
I for the part week-end.
Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Leaves August I
■I '~ -
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■
Rev. William A. Mounts
NEW PASTORATE — Effective
September 1, the Rev. William A.
Mounts, pastor of the Pembroke
Christian Church and Meldrim
Church for the past two and one
half yearwill assume the past
orate of Hie Hampton Christian
Church Mi Mounts and his
family will leave Pembroke Au
gust I.
Christian Pastor
Leaves Pembroke
On August 1
On August 1 the Rev. William
A. Mounts will leave Pembroke,
ending two and one-half years of
his pastorale with the Pembroke
Christian Church and Meldrim
Christian Church.
Before assuming his new place
at Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. Mounts
and their little daughter, La.ura
Anne, will visit relatives in Ken
tucky ami West Virginia. He be
gins woik at Hampton on Sep
tember 1.
In leaving Pembroke, Mr.
Mounts expressed appreciation to
the people of this area for the
many Kindnesses extended him
and his family, and for the inter
est shown the church he has serv
ed. They will carry with them,
he said memories of their pleasant
life in Pembroke.
Mr. Mount: aid Hampton is in
Henry County and is located be
tween Griffin and Atlanta, 30
miles. outh <>f Atlanta. He said
the town appeared to be about the
same size as Pembroke or perhaps
a trifle bigger. The church is on
a full-time basis, he said.
Mr. E. B. Owens and Miss
Norma Bacon returned Monday •
afternoon after a visit in Atlanta
with Mr. Caroline Owens.
Guests of Mrs. F. J. Lanier and
Mis Blanche Lanier for the week
<: I .r Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Crawford and Kenneth Crawford,
Charleston, S. C.
Mi (norgc Burner and chil
dien, Joe. < uthy and Beth, of Ash
ville, N. <\, me visiting relatives
in Pembroke, Ellabell and Savan
nah.
EALENDAR OF EVENTS
THI SDAY, JULY 26 — WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1,1962
Thursday, July 26—
Leadership Training Day, Pembroke Methodist Church, 1090 P.M
Story Hour, Hall Park, 9-10 A.M.
Square Dancing, Legion Bldg., 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, July 29—
ATI END SERVICES AT THE CHURCH OF YOUB CH OIGB.
Community Sing, Pembroke Christian Church, 8:00 P.M.
Monday, July 30—
WSCS Meeting, Pembroke Methodilit Church, 8:00 P.M.
Lingerfelt Circle. Home of Mra. W. J. Ham, Jr., 8:00 P.M.
Anne Judson Circle, Home of Mra. C. N. McGee, 8:00 P.M.
Tuesday, July 31—
Story Hour. Ball Park, 9-10 A.M,
Wednesday, August I —
Senior Choir, Pembroke Methodiat Church, 7:30 P.M.
Jr. Choir Fellowship, Pembroke Methodist Church, 3:30 P.M.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Christian Church, 7:30 PJi.
Prayer Meeting, Advent Christian Church, 3:30 P.M
Prayer Service, Baptist Church, 8:00 P.M.
Adult Choir Practice, Pembroke Baptist Church, 8:IS P.M.
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Mason Family
| Gathers for
, Annual Reunion
Descendants of Elizabeth Flan
ders Mason, Lizzie Hutchinson
Mason and Robert (Bob) Mason
; gathered Sunday at the Com
munity House for their annual re
’ union.
A delicious barbecue dinner was
' served in the early afternoon, each
S local member of the family having
I been designated by Robert Fen
nell, secretary, to contribute part
of the menu or to help in some
way. Following dinner the busi
ness session was presided at by
Mrs. Alton Elrick, president. Mrs.
| Elrick is the former Miss Florene
Mason,
b ellowship and congeniality
’ were the order of the day. as rela
, lives greeted each other and swap
i ped news saved up since the re
union of last year.
Receiving a prize for the oldest
member present was Mrs. Louise
Burgsteiner, for the youngest
member present was Steven
Cowart, 2-month-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Cowart, Savan
nah; and for the one coming the
longest distance, Robbie Mason, of
Miami, Fla.
Four generations of the Mason
family present were Mrs. L. A.
Mason, Mrs. A. V. Anderson, the
former Miss Estelle Mason, Mrs.
Merrieil Durrence, the former Miss
Elizabeth Anderson, and little
Kimberly Durrence.
Among those attending the re
union were Elizabeth Young, Jim
Young, Jimmy and Kelly Young,
Ethel Wilson, Carl Wilson, Pat, —
Gail, Judy, Carl, Jr. Mike Wilson, 1
Mrs. Louise Burgsteiner, Anita
Burgsteiner, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Butler, Glenn Butler, Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Cribbs and children, Glenda
and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. D. G.
Smith, Mrs. Harold Brooks, Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Driggers and
Henry, Mrs. Paul Frere, Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Elrick and sons, Stan
ley and Eddie.
Also Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Morgan’,
Mrs. R. L. Hawkins, Mrs. Frances
Smith, Mr and Mrs. Leroy Hamil
ton, Mr and Mrs. Eugene Cowart
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Mason. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Sim
mons and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Owens and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Merrieil Durrence and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Quattlebaum, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Fennell; Mr. and Mrs. A. V. An
derson, Herbert Anderson, Mrs.
Jenel Hutchinson and children, Mr.
and Mrs. D. L. Driggers, Rev.
and Mrs. Jack Arnold and chil
dren, Ralph Simmons, Miss Lou
Joy Cason, Steve Simmons, Mr.
and Mrs. Robbie Mason and Mrs.
L. A. Mason.
Shawn Stubbs, little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stubbs, Au
gusta, was with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stubbs and
great - grandmother, Mrs. John
Story, while her parents were at
Jekyll Island recently.