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Vol. 66, No. 49
For the Sake of
Common Sense
By JACK ARNOLD
Pattur, Pembroke Methodiit
Church
"Who hath woe? who hath sor
row? who hath contentions? who
hath babbling? who hath wounds
without cause? who hath redness
of eyes? They that tarry long at
wine.” Proverbs 23:29-30.
It is very appropriate that the
portion of the Bible that deals
most with the problem of drinking
is the Book of Proverbs. Many
of the great men of the Bible
never even mentioned the problem
specifically in their writings. Jesus
makes no specific teachings con
cerning it that have been record
ed. We preachers often wonder
why, for we search for statements
of great men wherein they oppose
the various phases and implica
tions of drinking. We contiually
seek some better authority. Often
we think, "If only Jesus had said
something about it or told a par
able about it.”
1 feel that it is of great signifi
cance that the bulk of temperance
teaching be in Proverbs. For Pro
verbs deals with practical common
sense matters. And so it treats
the drinking problem in a similar
manner. Often drinking becomes
a spiritual problem, but essentially
it is a civil problem. What I mean
by saying that, is that we don’t
just want to see Christians abstain
or be temperate, we want every
body to. We want the world to
be a better place for all people. We
want our nation to be as strong
as possible in meeting the variety
of threats that seek to destroy in
wardly and outwardly. These are
not desires limited only to church
people. They are desires of all cou
scientious citizens regardless of
their beliefs and practices concern
ing religion. And so the general
call that goes out to all people is
like the appeal of the writer of the
Proverbs, "For the sake of com
mon sense, get rid of alcoholic
beverages.”
And then the cry goes up, “It
was tried once, why not forget it.”
Yes, common sense ruled at one
time in our nation’s history as a
majority of the voters and leaders
saw the great harm that was be
ing generated by the liquor indus
try. Typical of the attitude of
many in that day was that of Gen
eral Pershing, head of the army
in World War I. He said, “Banish
the entire liquor industry from the
United States; close every saloon,
every brewery; suppress drinking
by severe punishment to the drink
er, and if necessary, death to the
seller or maker, or both, and the
nation will suddenly find itself
amazed at its efficiency and star
tled at the increase in its labor
supply.”
Congress listened and invoked
Prohibition. For a while it looked
as if Pershing's prophecy would
come true. Things got better.
Then law enforcement gradually
gave way. People found ways
around law enforcement agencies
they found ways through the of
ficers of the law. The evil effects
of liquor made themselves felt once
more as crime increased and re
volved around great crime syndi
cates. Absenteeism from work
climbed sharply. Social diseases
became a national scandal. The
cost of crime increased to stagger
ing amounts. There was no tax
money now from the enormous sale
of alcoholic beverages. There de
veloped a national guilt about the
lawlessness and lack of morals
that had captured the country.
Finally the tender balance upon
which the national economy rested
was upset and the nation began
paying the price of sin with the
Depression.
Now people say, the failure of
Prohibition proved that legal sale
and manufacture of liquor is the
only way. What did it really
prove? It proved that General
Pershing’s advice for severe pun
ishment was not carried out. The
law and its officers are the means
of the people for protecting them
selves from every criminal ele
ment, The people wanted Prohibi
tion. But before they realized
what was happening the laws were
compromised and the integrity of
the national life was sent reeling.
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P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Go.
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» MISS PATRICIA ELAINE FARR
Welfare Director
Tells Meeting
Schedule
Mrs. Alethia Brewton, director
of the Bryan County Department
of Public Welfare, attended a staff
meeting of the State Department
of Public Health Wednesday at
Jekyll Island relative to child wel
fare.
The session was held at the Cor
sair Motel, many important phases
of child welfare work being
brought to the attention of Ine
directors by state welfare leaders.
Un October 5, Mrs, Brewton will
go to Atlanta to attend the an
nual conference of the Georgia
Gerontology Society which will be
held at the Callanwulde Estate at
Emory University.
At the one-day conference on I
problems of the aged there will i
be studies and discussions on j
health services, employment, re-:
tirement, housing and living con
ditions and social welfare in gen
eral for older people.
We learn from mistakes. W’e
learn from failure—but only when
we want to use our common sense.
Brothei Bruce Wilson, Executive
Secretary of the Georgia Temper
ance League, will tell Pembroke
Sunday what is being done today
to try to sober America up and
destroy the insidious influence of
a mammoth industry which profits
so richly on the craving for alco
hol by the American people. It
wants to profit more. As it strives i
to expand its influence, it uses '
the latest Madison Avenue adver- !
tising methods to win new converts '
(mostly from the young and im
mature) to its product and the i
latest undercover methods of lob- '
bying in the national and state :
governments to expadn the num
ber of its retail outlets. Don’t i
be misled. The very existence of
our land may hinge upon what we I
do about the liquor traffic.
WHEN TO FISH
(Based on Hart Wright Co. 1962 Fishing Calendar and
Subject to Local Weather Changes)
High Tides Tyhee
OCTOBER
Thursday 4 Poor Evening 10:56 A.M.
Friday 5 Poor Evening 11:45 A.M'.
Saturday 6 Fair Morning 12:43 P.M.
Sunday 7 Fair Morning 1:49 P.M.
Monday 8 Good Morning 2:59 P.M.
Tuesday 9 Good Morning 4:06 P.M.
Wednesday 10 Best Morning 5:07 PM.
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, G*. Phone 653-2251
J. 0. Strickland,
111, to Wed Miss
Farr of Alabama
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Davis Farr
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Patricia Elaine
Farr, to James Olan Strickland,
111, of Pembroke, son of Mrs.
James O. Strickland, Jr. and the
late Mr. Strickland of Pembroke.
file bride elect was graduated
from the University of Alabama
where she was a member of Omega
sorority, a school of education rep
resentative to the Student Govern
ment Association, received an Out
standing Senior Woman of the
year award, and was president of
the American Association of Uni
versity Women. She is employed
I by DeKalb County Board of Edu
l cation in Atlanta.
Miss Fa ri’ is the granddaughter
'.<f the late Mt and Mrs. Ceph F.
Ross and the late Mr. and Mrs.
1 Davis W. Farr of Birmingham,
Ala.
Mr. Strickland attended Georgia
Institute of Technology where he
was an Alpha Tau Omega fra
ternity pledge. He was graduated
from Armstrong College of Savan
nah. He. will receive a comission
of 2nd lieutenant in the U. S. Air
Force on November 7, at James
Connally F. F. A., in Waco, Texas.
Mr. Strickland is the grandson
of Mis. James 0. Strickland, Sr.
and the late Dr. Strickland and
the lute Judge and Mrs. James
Perry Dukes.
The wedding is planned for No
vember 17.
Hilton Taylor, son of Mr. and
I Mrs. Mittry Taylor, Eldora left
recently for Atlanta where he is
I attending Greenleaf Business Col
| lege. Yeung Taylor is a graduate
of Statesboro High School.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mikcll wen*
।in Atlanta for a few days this
week attending the funeral of Mrs.
I Dorothy Pharr Simmons. They
I returned home Wednesday.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 1962
Annual Farm
Bureau Meet to
Be Fri., Oct. 5
On Friday, October 5, members
of the Bryan County Farm Bureau
will meet at the American Legion
building for their annual meet
ing. Supper will be served at
6:30 and will be followed by a
program and business session.
The discussion will be centered
around the Overall Economic De
velopment program, with a talk
by Joe D. Tanner, Millen, co
ordinator for rural areas develop
ment. In connection with his talk,
OEDP booklets will be distributed
to the rural areas development and
rural areas developments commit
tees and to other leaders inter
ested in agricultural and industrial
progress.
Emphasized at the business ses
sion will be the payment of the
SIO.OO membership dues which can
be made payable to Bryan County
Farm Bureau and mailed to IL B.
Warnell, secretary, P. O. Box 506,
Pembroke.
Officers will be elected at the
session. Presiding at the meeting
will be J. T. Stubbs, president.
All members of the Farm Bur
eau are invited to attend and bring
their families to enjoy the supper
and the program.
Farm Bureau Has
Kickoff Meet for
Membership Drive
The kick-off meeting to plan the
Bryan County Farm Bureau mem
bership drive was held Friday
night at 7:30 at Dasher’s.
J T. Stubbs, county Farm
Bureau president, presided and
appointed H. L. Page as Farm
Bureau membership chairman for
the county. Co-chairmen are L.
C. Gill and Hugh G. Lanier.
Others present at the meeting
were Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell Morri
son, Miss Anne Parrish, Miss
Coleta Loper, Mrs. Harmon Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kangeter. Mrs.
J. T. Stubbs, Mrs. L. C. Gill, Mrs.
H. L. Page, Mrs. John Story, J.
R. Lewis, L. L. Reddick, Mr. and
Mrs. 11. B Warnell and D. E. Med
ders.
The above members will serve
as community chairmen in teams
of husband-wife, with others not
present also assisting. They will
contact prospective members in
addition to a few present members
who have not mailed in their dues
to H. B. Warnall, secretary.
The entire membership drive is
to be completed on or by October
9, when a statewide cancass will
be made from 7-9 P.M.
Trio in Atlanta
For Funeral of
Relative
Three Pembroke relatives went
to Atlanta the first of the week
after being advised of the death
of Mrs. Dorothy Pharr Simmons,
about 43 years old.
Mrs. Simmons died Sunday after
being ill throughout the Hight. She
was at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. Pharr, in Atlanta.
Her death was entirely unexpect
ed in spite of her illness which
did not appear to be serious, ac
cording to other relatives in Pem
broke.
Mrs. Simmons’ mother is the
former Miss Mae Burkhalter, sis
ter of the late 11. Lee Burkhalter.
Mrs. Simmons’ funeral was held
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at
Atlanta. Those from Pembroke
attending were Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Mikeli and Mrs. H. I*e Burk
halter.
Mrs. H. Lee Burkhalter is in
Atlanta with her sister, Mrs.
Velma Kenner, having gone to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Dorothy
Pharr Simmons. After a visit of
a few days Mrs. Burkhalter will
return home accompanied by Mrs,
Kenner.
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’ MUI GEBHWAS LEABIIi6 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER I
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H'coming Preacher
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Rev. John R. Joyner
TO RETURN TO Ist PASTOR.
ATE— -When the Rev. John R.
Joyner brings the homecoming
message at Olive Branch Baptist
Church on Sunday, October 7, he
will be returning to the scene of
his first pastorate. M'r. Joyner is
now pastor of Bartow Baptist
Church.
Rev. Joyner to
Preach at Olive
Branch H'coming
The homecoming program for
Olive Branch Baptist Church has
been announced by the pastor, the
Rev. R. T. Burns.
The annual occasion will be held
on Sunday, October 7, with the
Rev. John R. Joyner, Bartow, as
guest preacher. Mr. Joyner's ap
pearance at the church is of un
usual interest since he began his
ministry as a young man at Olive
Branch. Mr. and Mrs. Joyner and
their two sons, Johnny and Dan,
will arrive Saturday and will be
house guest.-; of Mrs. Emma Gard
ner.
Special musiu for the morning
service at 11:30 will be presented
by the choir accompanied by Mrs.
Earl Heape at the piano, and by
William W. Curl, 111, accompanied
by Miss Mildred Mattox. Another
feature of the service will be the
church history given by Mrs. Gard
ner.
There will be no special pro
gram after dinner, but members,
former members and guests are
inviteri to stay and mingle in en
joyable fellowship.
Deacons of the church have an
nounced that flowers can be plac
ed in the sanctuary by those in
terested in memory of or in honor
of loved ones, relatives or friends.
The basket dinner will be served
following the morning program.
There will be no evening service.
Those planning to attend are
also invited to Sunday School at
10:30.
Mrs. Theron Groover and little
son, Allen, left Tuesday to return
to their home in San Diego, Cali
fornia, after coming to Pembroke
to attend the funeral of her grand
father, A. P. Anderson.
Friends of Harry Hagan are
glad that he has returned home
after being confined in Bulloch
County Hospital in Statesboro be
cause of illness.
It Could Be You
The first Luck Lady after a
summer recess is a newcomer to
Pembroke. So if you have been
living here longer than, say, six
weeks then just know that your
day has not yet come. Which is
nice because you still have some
thing to look forward to.
Our choice for this week is a
brunette who hails from a town
about 45 miles west of Pembroke.
She and her husband have three
children, two daughters and a
young son. They are Baptists.
Papa is in the same kind of busi
ness as at their former home, so
Mamu and the children are used
to behaving because they know
what Papa will do to them.
if this lady will call HELEN’S
BEAUTY SHOP, 668-2220, and
identify herself, an appointment
will be made for a complimentary
shampoo and set.
Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
To Speak in P'broke
■
Rev. Bruce Wilson
SPONSORED BY CHURCHES—
The appearance of the Rev. Bruce
Wilson in Pembroke on Sunday
night, October 7, is being spon
sored by the Inteichurch Council
of the city. Mr. Wilson will speak
at the Baptist Church at 7:30.
Methodists of the city have in
vited their former pastor to their
pulpit on Sunday morning.
Temperance Head
To Speak at Me.
Church Sun. A.M.
The executive secretary of the
Georgia Temperance League will
be guest speaker Sunday morning
at the Pembroke Meth odi s t
Church.
A former pastor of the church,
the Rev. Bruce Wilson, Atlanta,
will be on home ground when he
talks from the pulpit Sunday
morning. He will be presented by
the Rev. Jack Arnold, pastor.
Mr. Wilson, and possibly others
of his family, will be guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sunday
night.
The public is invited to hear Mr.
Wilson, special invitations being
extended to Methodists in Ellabell,
Daisy and Groveland, locations of
churches of which he was pastor
when on the Pembroke charge.
MERCER COED IS
PLEDGED TO
SORORITY
The foul- social sororities at
Mercer University in Macon pledg
ed 85 co-eds Monday night.
Three of the sororities, Alpha
Delta Pi, Chi Omega, and Phi Mu,
each pledged 23 girls. Alpha Gam
ma Delta pledged 16.
Pledging took place in the dorm
itory suites of the social groups
on the Mercer campus following a
week of rushing.
A new Alpha Delta Pi pledge is
Miss Judy Strickland, Pembroke,
daughter of Mrs. J. O. Strickland,
Jr.
Miss Strickland transferred to
Mercer this fall after attending
Huntingdon College in Birming
ham, Alabama, for the past two
years. She is a graduate of Bryan
County High School.
EALENDAH OF EVENTS
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1962
Thursday, October 4—
Executive Meeting PTA, Home Ec building BCHS, 7:30 P.M.
Friday, October 5—
Annual Farm Bureau Meeting, American Legion Bldg. 6:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 7—
Olive Branch Church Homiecoming, 11:30 A.M.
ATTEND SERVICES AT THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICB.
Monday, October 8—
WSCS Pembroke Methodist Church, Methodist Church, 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday, October 10—■
Prayer Meeting, Advent Christian Church, 7:30 P.M.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Christian Church, 7:80 P.M.
Senior Choir, Pembroke Methodist Church, 7:30 P.M.
Children’s Choir, Methodist Church, 3:30 P.M.
Prayer Meeting, Baptist Church. 7:30 P.M.
Adult Choir Practice, Pembroke Baptist Church, 8:15 P.M.
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THE PEMBROKE DRUG ED.
DR. W. E. SMITH
Phone 653-2512 Pembroke, Geergie
. op and Save
Through The Ads
In "The Old Reliable"
Church Group to
Sponsor Special
Service Sun. P.M.
Sunday night at 7:30 the Inter
church Council of Pembroke is
sponsoring a special service at
which the Rev. Bruce Wilson, ex
ecutive secretary of the Georgia
Temperance League with head
quarters in Atlanta, will speak.
The service will be held in the
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Roscoe Patton, pastor, presiding.
The Rev. Jack Arnold, pastor of
the Methodist Church will intro
duce Mr. Wilson, and other pas
tors or chut-ch representatives will
also have parts on the program.
Mr. Wilson’s appearance is ex
pected to draw a large congrega
tion since he is a former pastor
of churches on what was at that
time the Pembroke charge. The
program is being held under the
sponsorship of the Interchurch
Council of Pembroke which is com
posed of pastors and representa
tives from four churches, the Ad
vent Christian, Christian, Method
ist and Baptist.
Mr. Wilson has been executive
secretary of the Georgia Temper
ance League for eight years and
it is in this capacity that he will
visit Pembroke both Sunday morn
ing and Sunday night. Sunday
morning he will be at the Meth
odist Church.
A. native of Columbus, the religi
ous leader received his education
at Louisburg College in Louis
burg, North Carolina, at Emory
University, and at the Candler
School of Theology at Emory Uni
versity. Since 1938 he has served
pastorates in Buena Vista, Val
dosta, Sparks, Pembroke and in
Macon where he was pastor of
Second Street Methodist Church.
Mr. Wilson’s major emphasis
during his ministry has been on
organization and evangelism, two
requisites for the leadership he
low renders as head of the Temp
erance League. He fills numerous
speaking engagements over the
state and nation.
One of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson’s
five sons, Ned, is studying to be
come a minister. Although a mem
ber of the South Georgia Confer
ence. the young Mr. Wilson is
presently attending Drew Semin
ary at Madison, New Jersey. Os
the other four, the two youngest,
Dan and Mark are still in school
in Atlanta; Ted, Ned’s twin, is in
his third year at Emory Medical
School; and Cecil is a flight sur
geon with the U. S. Army.
Mr. Wilson was chairman of the
radio and television efforts of the
Macon Ministerial Association and
will also be remembered as a pan
elist on the “Pastor's Study” and
its television counterpart, "Let’s
Find the Way,” and for his collec
tion of sermons: “This We Be
lieve.”
Mr. Wilson is a member of the
Druid Hills K i wan i s Club, in
which section of Atlanta the fami
ly lives.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Anderson
left Monday for Pine Harbor
where they will vacation for sev
eral days.