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The Redemptive
Qualities of
Loneliness
By JACK ARNOLD
Pastor, Pembroke Methodist
Church
“And He who sent me is with
me; He has not left me alone.”
John 8:29.
Although Jesus is appropriately
described as a lonely man, a man
of sorrows, we find in the study
of the Gospels that He was never
quite alone. He was misunder
stood, even by those closest to him.
Once he went to Nazareth, his
home town, to try to do some good
there. But He was able to do lit
tle there, because the townspeople
and his kinspeople could not un
derstand him. Therefore they
could have no faith in him. Their
lack of faith tied his hands and
prevented his doing good things
for them. His undertaking was of
such a nature that it demanded
loneliness of Him. But the loneli
ness that He experienced was not
destructive. Rather He used that
loneliness to strengthen his bond
with his heavenly father. In dis
covering his divine mission in life,
Jesus found that even though He
was going to be understood by the
people, He would have a companion
in God. It was a long, lonely walk
to Golgotha. But Jesus was able
to endure it because God was with
Him. The crowds that pressed up
on Him to take advantage of his
ability to heal and because of their
curiosity must have made Him
deeply lonely for understanding.
But because God was near, Jesus
could endure the loneliness that
presses in upon anybody who is
misunderstood and who is taken
advantage of.
As was the case with Jesus,
there are redemptive qualities in
loneliness. There are people today
who can’t bear to be alone. They
have to be in the crowd, around
excitement and frivolity. Noise
and activity has come to be a habit
with them. They are restless to
have something to do, to have
somebody to be with. They actual
ly have fear of being alone, with
a mind unoccupied with the “im
portant” trivialities of their exist
ence. They are inwardly afraid
to be alone for they fear that they
might have to face their own
emptiness—the void in their souls.
To avoid such a time of trial,
it is good to develop the holy habit
of being alone with God. Jesus
talked about finding a private
closet of prayer. In the loneliness
of such a place, there is room for
God and the concerns of God.
There are some unhurried mom
ents in which to plan the next few
steps of the pilgrimage through
life. There are some moments to
plan what to do about the church
and about the needs of the com
munity and the world. Herein lone
liness, a self-chosen loneliness, be
comes redemptive by bringing God
closer.
But there is another loneliness
which can be redemptive as well.
It is not a chosen loneliness, but a
loneliness imposed by the tragedy
and heartbreak of the world. Pas
tor Martin Niemoller, imprisoned
by Hitler in a concentration camp
itecause of his defiance of the Hit
ler regime, spent many months in
a solitary cell. Many would have
been driven to insanity in such
circumstances, but Pastor Niemol
ler was accompanied by God into
his cell. His God was a constant
companion. His loneliness became
redemptive not only to himself but
also to others who were inspired
by his inner strength.
The loneliness that is caused by
loss of loved ones is a nagging
pain, but it too can be redemptive.
There comes the realization that
God, Creator in life, is also the
sustainer in death. The spirit of
the one who is lost is still unmis
takably present. My Aunt Beu
(Mrs. Frank Phillips, Ironton,
Ohio), who has a hobby of writ
ing poetry, expressed this feeling
so beautifully in this poem writ
ten a while after her husband's
death:
1 grieve alone: with others
I am bright and gay:
Yet loneliness pursues me
Since you went away.
With grief alone, I shed my tears,
The Pembtefa
P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Ga.
Basketball To
Get Underway
Friday Night
The new basketball season will
get underway Friday night in
Pembroke when our two teams
lock horns with the two teams from
Oak Park, and it is predicted that
a full house will be on hand to give
our teams the backing that they
always get from their friends in
Pembroke.
We have the promise of, two
good teams this year, Coach Bow
ers of the girls team has two seni
ors on his squad, while Coach Har
ris of the boys team has three
seniors on his team, but each of
them have a list of fine prospects
for the team and we look for a
winning team before the season
gets underway.
Basketball is the only sport that
we go out for in Pembroke, but
our people support basketball bet
ter than any city that we know
of and always have a good house
here with a large number going
with them when they leave home
to play.
Meet us at the game Friday
night.
Local Boys Are
Enjoying Trip
Home from Serv.
Linton Scott and Billy Bazemore
are enjoying a short vacation at
home with their family and
friends, after completing training
at boot camp LeJuene, N. C. Their
orders are for them to fly from
Camp LeJuene on November 19th.
and fly to Camp Pendleton, Cali
fornia. Then go from there to
their duty station, Linton Scott
is scheduled to go to Hawaii for
18 to 24 months and Billy Baze
more is slated to go to Okinawa
for a term of service for 3 months.
Both the boys say that they are
enjoying their trip home and look
forward to their service wtih the
Marines when they get back. Os
course with the world conditions
as they are it is possible that
their orders can be changed.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Par
rish and daughters in Americus
for the weekend were Mrs. Perry
Parrish, Miss Anne Parrish, Miss
Patsy Strickland, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Exley.
Where no one else can see:
And Grief, in pity, beckons
And brings you close to me.
And, my dear beloved.
In that most precious pause,
You seem quite near, and I relive
Our happiness which was!
When we choose loneliness with
God, we find that an unusual thing
happens. Our purpose for living
becomes more clear and we are re
freshed in the. performing of life’s
duties. When loneliness comes to
us without invitation, there is a
chance to grow spiritually in real
izing the eternal, spiritual quali
ties of God’s dealings with us. Both
kinds of loneliness are used by
God in his work of redeeming his
people.
WHEN TO FISH
(Based on Hart Wright Co. 1962 Fishing Calendar and
Subject to Local Weather Changes)
High Tides Tybee
NOVEMBER
Thursday 1 Poor Morning 9:48 A.M.
Friday 2 Fair Evening 10:31 A.M.
Saturday 3 Fair Evening 11:21 A.M.
Sunday 4 Good Evening 12:19 P.M.
Monday 5 Good Morning 1:25 P.M.
Tuesday 6 Good Morning 2:34 P.M.
Wednesday 7 Best Morning 3:41 P.M.
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, Ga. Phone 653-2251
•JOURNAL
Pembroke Girl Is
Class Officer at
Valdosta State
Valdosta State College freshmen
turned out 173 strong on Wednes
day of last week as they cast their
ballots for class officers.
Other classes picked their lead
ers last spring.
Gene Greneker, a 20-year-old
former Valdosta disc jockey, was
elected freshman class president
over three other candidates. Grene
ker defeated David Fuller, Abbe
ville; Warren Isham, Jacksonville,
Florida; and Jim Whiteside, Indi
anapolis, Indiana.
Vice presidential honors were
captured by Kay Powell, another
Valdosta resident. Miss Powell is
a member of the Campus Canopy
staff.
Ann Smith, Thomasville and
Carole Williamson, Pembroke,
were both victorious in their bids
for secretary and treasurer, re
spectively.
Elected to the Student Govern
ment Association was Bobby
Pierce, who will represent fresh
men men, and Elaine Pitts, girls
representaitve. Pierce is a native
of Lakeland, and Miss Pitts hails
from Valdosta.
Miss Pitts, who had no opposi
tion on the ballot, had to fight off
a strong write-in campaign to cap
ture her post. Top write-in vote
getter was Chubby Barefoot, who
fell just short of the winning mar
gin.
Civil Defense
Program Underway
In Bryan Schools
A program of training on civil
defense is getting underway in
Bryan County schools, according
to J. R. DeLoach, county school
superintendent.
The civil defense readiness pro
gram is the result of emphasis
being placed on such training by
city, community and county lead
ers.
DeLoach gave a brief outline, at
a county-wide meeting held last
week, of his plans for giving
| school children the “do’s and
don'ts” of emergency know-how
in case of an attack. Since the
training will be under the super
vision of faculty members, they
will automatically become ac
quainted wiht. the procedures. He
. called on parents and all adults to
help students realize the import
ance of such a program and asked
that the public cooperate with the
school program.
For the next two weeks, De-
Loach said, drills will be held and
information given to familiarize
students with civil defense mea
sures. The drills and instruction
will necessarily vary according to
the locality of each school, the
superintendent explained.
DeLoach is educational chair
man of the civil defense commit
tee for the county.
Billy Stewart returns to his
home in Pembroke on Thursday
after being in Washington, D. C.
for two weeks.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1962
Large, Interested
Group Is at Civil
Defense Meeting
Saturday night a large crowd
of interested Bryan Countians met
in the courtroom to discuss mea
sures to be taken in event of a
nuclear attack.
The county-wide meeting was
sparked by a session of the heads
of civil defense committees held
earlier in the week. Calling the
first meeting were J. Divie Harn,
chairman of the county commis
sioners, and G. Frank Hendricks,
civil defense director. Realizing
that civil defense is as essential
for survival, under existing con
ditions, as is military defense, the
committee chairman saw the need
of a county-wide meeting which
resulted in the session Saturday
attended by over a hundred people
from all sections of the county.
Presiding at the meeting was
Mr. Harn, who called on the com
mittee chairmen to meet with their
respective members Io outline ten
tative plans of service and acti
vity in case of a nuclear attack.
Also entering into the general dis
cussion were Mayor C. C. Spinks,
Roland Harrison. Richmond Hill,
deputy civil defense director, J.
R. DeLoach, educational chairman,
and I). E. Medders, county agent.
Discussions and reports at the
meeting are already having an im
pact as several committees are
getting together again for more
detailed instruction,
Mrs. Downs Is
Bryan Chrmn. of
College Alumnae
Local alumnae of The Woman's
College of Georgia are seeking
support for the ninth annual
Alumnae Fund. Details have been
released from Mrs. Rosalie S.
Gormly, alumnae fund chairman,
and Mrs. George Carpenter, Sr.,
W<’ Alumnae Association presi
dent, both of Milledgeville.
Accepting the chairmanship of
the fund drive for Bryan County
is Mrs. Law ton Downs, Ellabell.
There are several alumnae of the
college in Bryan County, all of
whom are doubtless interested in
the drive. Mrs. Downs is a member
of the faculty of Black Creek Ele
mentary School.
From the Alumnae Fund, the
Alumnae Association makes out
right grants for scholarships, pub
lishes a magazine and furnishes
the college funds which are used
to match money made available
by the National Defense Educa
tion Act for loans. Last year’s
eighth annual fund made it pos
sible for seven students to receive
over $1,200 in scholarship: and
for more than 80 students to par
ticipate in the NDEA loan pro
gram.
Inspired by the service render
ed to their Alma Mater, the alum
nae have recently set their goal
for a $21,000 budget for the Alum
nae Fund this year.
The 1900-01 report from the
American Alumni Council on an
nual giving and Alumni support
indicated that the Alumnae As
sociation for The Women's Col
lege of Georgia ranked second in
the nation for both effectiveness
of alumnae solicitation and for
average alumnae gift to the Alum
nae Fund.
WHITE SCHOOLS TO
BE DISMISSED FRIDAY
FOR GEA MEETING
The white shools will be dis
missed Friday so that, teachers
may attend the 1962 Georgia Edu
cation First District fall conven
tion which will be held in Savan
nah.
The schools concerned are Rich
mond Hill High School, Bryan
County School, and Black Creek
Elementary School.
Supt. J. R. DeLoach said no
classes would be held Friday in
the white schools. He said the
children would not go to school
at all, but would get an unexpected
holiday, while their teachers will
spend the day in meetings.
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Local Teachers to
Be on Program at
Dist. GEA Session
At least two members of the
faculty of white schools in Bryan
County will be on department pro
grams when the Georgia Educa
tion Association First District fall
, convention holds its 1962 session
on Friday in Savannah.
The convention will be held at
Savannah High School, the pro
gram being announced by George
Durrence, superintendent of Evans
County schools, who is district di
rector. School systems in the
GEA First District include the
counties of Bryan, Bulloch, Burke,
Candler, Chatham, Effingham,
Emanuel, Mclntosh, Screven, Tat
tnall. Toombs, Treutlen and Wheel
er, the city of Vidalia, and Geor
gia Southern College.
G. E. A. affiliates or subject in
terest groups will convene their
meetings at 9:30 Friday morning,
departments, including classroom
teachers, elementary and high
school principals, school superin
tendents, visiting teachers, instruc
tional supervisors, librarians and
higher education will begin meet
ings at 2 p.nt.
Mrs. J. Dixie Harn, vice presi
dent of the First District of class
room teachers, will preside at the
meeting of that group. Seventh
grade teacher at Bryan County
' High School, she is also president
of the Bryan County GEA unit.
Mrs. J. T. Shaw, second grade
teacher of the school in Pembroke,
will be on a symposium in the
classroom teachers meeting.
The fact that the Rev. Tom
Watson will give the invocation is
of special interest to Pembroke
and Black Creek teachers since he
is a former pastor of the Pembroke
and Ellabell Methodist churches.
Mr. Watson’s appearance will be
at the general session which gets
underway at 11 o’clock Friday
morning. Director Durrence will
preside at the meeting.
Bryan Farm Bureau
Leaders Return
From State Meet
Farm Bureau leaders met the
first three days of this week at
Jekyll Island for the annual ses
sion of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation.
Among agricultural workers and
other Farm Bureau members from
Bryan County at the meeting were
’ Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stubbs, Miss
Coleta Loper, home demonstration
agent, and D. E. Medders, county
; agent. Stubbs is president of the
•' Bryan County Farm Bureau and
I is a First District director.
■ Interesting data on agricultural
; outlook was given by Dr. Harry
L. Brown, president of the state
! group, in one of the main speeches
| at the convention.
I ' President Brown said that gross
income of agriculture in the state
has reached the annual rate of
’ $1.06 billion.
An important address was also
made by John P. Duncan, Jr., as
sistant secretary of agriculture.
At the convention a campaign
was proposed to enlighten the con
-5 sumer on relations of food prices
to labor costs.
The Bryan delegates returned
home Wednesday and will make
reports on the convention at the
I meeting of the Black Creek Farm
Bureau chapter which meets
Thursday night.
RETIRED COLONEL
Last Sunday night Col, J. H. and
Mrs. Carter and their son John
of Savannah were supper guests
of Col. Carters sister, Mrs. J. U.
Williams, of Pembroke Route 1.
। I Col. Carter is a Bryan County boy,
; u son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Carter of Pembroke. He
► served in the Armed Forces in
i Germany during World War II and
■ in Korea fluring the Korean con
-1 flict. He is now retired and makes
I his home in Savannah. His wife
I is the former Miss Mildred Greene
of Savannah.
Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
More Recognition
Given to Young
Pembroke Marine
Sgt. Dennis A. Stone of the
United States Marine Corps Re
cruiting Sub-station, Savannah,
announced recently that a Platoon
Book of Private First Class Wil
liam Ervin Bazemore, Pembroke,
had been received stating that he
was the outstanding member of
his platoon.
Young Bazemore is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Newman E. Baze
more of Pembroke. He enlisted in
the Marines on June 9,1962 and
was transferred to Parris Island,
South Carolina for recruit train
ing.
Bazemore won honors at Parris
Island and following are the exact
words that the Brigadier General,
U. S. Marine Corps, Commanding,
had to say about this young man
of Bryan County: “Private First
Class William Ervin Bazemore,
having displayed traits of out
standing- leadership, unswerving
loyalty, and diligent performance
of duty while undergoing training
as a Marine recruit, was graduat
ed as the “Outstanding Member”
of his recruit platoon. As partial
recognition of this accomplish
ment, the Commanding General of
this Marine Corps Recruit Depot,
takes great pleasure in presenting
this platoon book to the school li
brary so that all who know this
former student may be aware of
his commendable performance of
duty as a United States Marine.”
This was signed on October 20,
1962, by the General.
Sgt. Stone was the recruiter re
sponsible for Bazemore enlisting
in the United States Marine Corps.
He stated, “If there are any young
men who think they are qualified
for enlistment or who are inter
ested they may contact the Marine
Corps Recruiting Sub-station,
Post Office Building Room 2, Sa
vannah, Georgia.
VOLUNTEERS FOR
HEART FUND TO
MEET WITH CHRMN.
Volunteers who will work with
the Bryan County Heart Fund
Drive will meet Thursday morn
ing with Mrs. Charles F. Warnell,
chairman of the drive. The spe
cial organizational meeting will
get underway at 10 o’clock.
Speaker for the program will be
Mrs. Henrietta Mason, Savannah,
executive secretary for Hie Heart
Fund Drive in this area.
Among volunteers working with
Mrs. Warnell in the drive are Mrs.
Gerald Bacon and Mrs. Alton El
rick. Other members will be an
nounced later.
Celebrates Birthday
On Friday afternoon little Patty
Mock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Mock had all the neighbor
hood children gather at her house
to help her celebrate her fifth
birthday. Games were played and
delicious cakes and ice cream serv
ed. Needless to say a good time
was had by all of them.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 7,1962
Thursday, November 1—
Farm Bureau Meeting, Black Creek School, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 4—
ATTEND SERVICES AT THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICB.
Junior Choir, Pembroke Baptist Church, 4:00 P.M.
Monday, November 5—
Pembroke Lions Club, City Case, 7:30 p.m.
WSCS, Pembroke Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 6—
Carrie Bell H. I). Club, Home of Mrs. Robert Williamson, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 7—
Prayer Meeting, Advent Christian Church, 7:30 P.M.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Christian Church, 7:30 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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November Term
Superior Court
Starts Nov. 5
The fall term of Bryan Superior
Court will convene on Monday, No
vember sth with the Grand Jury
in attendance, but due to the fact
that Tuesday is the General Elec
tion there will not be any court on
Tuesday and the court will re-con
vene again on Wednesday, Novem
ber 7th. The trial jurors will not
report until Wedesday, November
7.
The following are a list of the
Jurors for this term of court.
Trial Jurors:
W. A. Shuman, G. M. Davis, T.
B. Darieng, C. H. Todd, Mrs. Pearl
Carpenter, B. E. Rowe, Joe Wint
ers, Andy Arnbal, W. M. Polk, W.
L. Humphries, Troy Moore, Hugh
lyn Page, Lamar Roberts, C. M.
Williams, W. C. Shuman, F. L.
Hendry, N. M. Harvey, Herbert
A. Haymans, R. M. Winters, Leroy
Smith, W. W. Shuman, Richard
Davis, W. M. Miller, Harry Par
rish, Lee H. Williamson, Herbert
Owens, Jr., J. K. Morrison, J. S.
Greene, John A. Davis, Reginald
Ennis, G. W. Foxworth, Cleve
land Strickland, Bailey Carpenter,
C. H. Dußois, D. T. Ellis, J. S.
Williamson, W. R. Newman, Win
ton S. Thomson, W. W. DeLoach,
W. C. Payne, R. C. DeLoach, Wade
S. Martin, Alton Elrick, James H.
Carter, S. C. Dilliard, E. J. Wil
son, G. B. Williams, J. K. Spell,
Mrs. W. L. Humphries, Elton But
ler, John B. Milono, Wyley J. Ty
son, Mrs. Estelle Floyd, Walter
Deason, W. T. Hurst, S. L. Quat
tlebaum, Arthur Parker, Jr., Mrs.
L. W. Smith, H. L. Downs, Floyd
Sikes.
Grand Jurors:
Roland Lee, I. C. Casey, Sr.,
Dorothy Warnell, E. L. Meekins,
IL J. Jones, Bobby Purcell, G. W.
Davis, H. P. Dickinson, W. C.
Harvey, E. H. Sheppard, Robert
Fennell, E. V. Rushing, W. H. Du-
Bois, M. M. Jones, M. L. Warren,
Herbert Schwabe, N. L. Ham, C.
E. Kicklighter, C. L. Gruver,
Leander Brinson. James Davis, P.
B. Findley, Harry Owens, G. E.
Lowe, Rex L. Waters, T. G. Gill,
Osborne Rahn, P. E. Brannen.
IT COULD BE YOU
The prettier half of this young
couple is our Lucky Lady for this
week, although you could say the
half that’s left is the handsomest.
They are both young and blond
and are in the educational field.
The Lucky Lady, whose name
could be Ruby or Opal or Pearl,
but isn't, is permanently connect
ed with primary education in this
county, for 1962-63, anyway. The
man of the house, or would you
say apartment, is learning how
in a nearby town.
They are both members of the
Pembroke Baptist Church, having
joined not long ago.
If this lady will call HELEN'S
BEAUTY SHOP, 653-2220, and
identify herself, an appointment
will be made for a complimentary
shampoo and set.
The last Lucky Lady, two
weeks ago, was Mrs. Fred Merritt.