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Volume 61, No. 5
Expecting the Best
—Not the Worst
By JACK ARNOLD
Paetor, Pembroke Methodiet
Church
“My soul, wait thou only upon
God; for my expectation is from
Him.” Psalms 62:5
There was a young man in a
veterans’ hospital who had a very
serious injury which required sur
gery. The surgery would be no
guarantee that the trouble would
be corrected.
The doctor who was to perform
the operation was convinced that
a patient’s mental attitude was an
important factor in the success or
failure of an operation. He ask
ed an intern for a report on the
patient. “How is this boy? What
is his case history? How is his
spirit?”
The intern answered that the
young man’s spirit didn't appear
to be very good; that he, in fact,
didn’t care whether he lived or
died. As the patient was wheeled
in to surgery, the doctor consider
ed the intern's report. Then he
announced, “Wheel him out. I
will not operate. I cannot work
against that kind of mental at
titude.”
That afternoon the doctor went
to the boy’s bed and talked with
him. “What’s wrong with you
son. If you are to have a chance
at a normal life, you must have
this operation. But I will not
operate as long as you have this
dismal attitude. Tell me about
yourself.”
Hesitantly the boy began telling
the good doctor about his disap
pointments, his fears, his dis
couragement The understand
ing doctor then assured him and
said, “I know son; it seems real
black indeed. But there is a Man
upstairs who guides my hands. Be
lieve in Him. Believe in yourself
and your importance to those who
love you. If you will to live, if
you can will a great future for
yourself, He and 1 will get it for
you."
The boy became convinced and
believed. He found again his de
sire to live. He came through the
operation splendidly. The ductor
explains, “1 would not think of
operating on a boy who expected
the worst rather than the best.
1 need all the help I can get when
I operate. A willing spirit is a
great help.”
In this passage from the 62nd
Psalm, David expresses a feeling
that is common in all of us. We
have the impulse to be fearful and
to get despondent about the condi
tions of life that wo sometimes
face. When we start looking on
the dark side, we are hurting our
chances for help and the solution
to our problem. 1 know many
people in their 80's and 90's many
of whom have had health problems
for years. But they just won’t
allow themselves to look on the
dismal side. They look on the
bright, the hopeful side and go on
enjoying life, even though there
may be conditions which severely
limit their activities. These are
people who are waiting upon the
Lord, who have expectations from
Him, whose future is in the hands
of the Man upstairs.
The story is told of the doctor
of North Carolina. He was rear
ed in a poor family, but from an
early age he wanted to be a doc
tor. He worked his way through
school making superb grades and
finishing at the top of his class.
He was offered opportunities for
high-paying jobs in the city, but
he loved his home town and the
home folks. They had never had
a doctor. He went back home to
be their doctor. Doctor Sam, as
everyone called him, was the Good
Samaritan of his town. The peo
ple were poor and he gave his ser
vices free much of the time. The
years went by and Dr. Sam be
came an institution and his fame
spread throughout most of the
state. One day, when Dr. Sam
had reached the years of old age,
a young couple went to see him.
They knocked on the door, but
there was no answer. Knowing
that he would probably be in soon,
they went on ito the little office
and found Dr. Sam slumped over
his desk where he had been at
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•JOURNAL
P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Ga.
"M" Night At
Statesboro Church
Monday, Dec. 3
“M” (Mobilization) Night, Ogee
chee River Missionary Baptist As
sociation, composed of churches in
Bulloch, Bryan, and Candler Coun
ties, mobilizes Training Union
forces in the churches to meet and
plan the Training Union activities
for 1963. The 29 Baptist Churches
and the one Baptist Mission in
this Association are supporting
this great meeting. The services
are to be held in the Statesboro
First Baptist Church on Monday
night, December 3, beginning at
7:30 P.M.
“M” Night in this Association
in December 1961 had 718 pre
sent. The 29 Churches have set
a goal of 901 for December 3,1962.
Rev. Felix Turner, Jr. Pastor of
the Swainsboro First Baptist
Church will be the Guest Speaker.
Special music and other special
features will be provided.
Rev. Roscoe Patton, Pastor of
The Pembroke Baptist Church, is
the Associational Training Union
Director. He and his co-workers
held a planning meeting in the
Calvary Baptist Church in States
boro, on the evening of November
17, at which time details were
completed for the annual “M”
Night Meeting.
“M” Night Services are held an
nually on the First Monday Night
of December, in the 50 States of
the United States of America and
in the more than 1,000 District
Baprtist Associations comprising
the Southern Baptist Convention.
More Baptists attend “M” Night
Services than any other one Bap
tist meeting in any given year.
The public is invited to attend this
meeting.
work. He had passed out of this
life just as easily as he lived each
day that came to him. A great
crowd camo to the funeral. There
was no mortician in the section in
that day, so they were a little care
less about the funeral details.
When he was buried, they noticed
that there was no grave marker.
A little boy saw what was needed
and ran down Main Street to the
drug store above which Dr. Sam
had his office. There was a wood
en staircase that went up the out
side of the building to the office.
At the foot of the stairs there was
a simple sign. All that was on the
sign was a picture of a hand with
a pointing finger and the words
“Dr. Sam, Upstairs.” The little
boy got the sign down and carried
it to the cemetery and they placed
it at the head of the grave. It was
a simple tribute to the faith of a
man who had been the shoulder
upon which many people leaned for
help — spiritual as well as phy
sical. Dr. Sam was a man who
waited upon the Lord because he
knew that the Lord would provide
all things necessary for him and
his work.
When the clouds of gloom try to
keep out the light, remember the
Lord and his love and mercy for ■
you and how well he has cared
for you. When you are in God’s
hands, you need never expect the
worst. He will provide the best. |
WHEN TO FISH
(Based on Hart Wright Co. 1962 Fishing Calendar and
Subject to Local Weather Changes)
High Tides Tybee
NOVEMBER
Thursday 29 Poor Evening 8:49 A.M.
Friday 30 Fair Evening 9:29 A.M.
DECEMBER
Saturday 1 Fair Evening 10:14 A.M.
Sunday 2 Good Evening 11:05 A.M.
Monday 3 Good Evening 12:02 P.M.
Tuesday 4 Best Morning 1:05 P.M.
Wednesday 5 Best Morning 2:11 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
Commissioned
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2nd LIEUT — James 0. Strick
land, HI, has received his com
mission as second lieutenant in the
Air Force and has been assigned
to Mather AFB in California
where he and his wife will live.
Lieut. J. O. Strickland, 111
Pembroke Man Is
Commissioned
2nd Lieutenant
James 0. Strickland, 111, has
been commissioned a United States
Air Force second lieutenant and
awarded silver navigator wings
following his graduation from
navigation training at Janies Con
rally Aid Force Base in Texas.
Lieutenant Strickland, a former
student at Georgia Institute of
Technology, received radar and
celestial navigation training in Air
Force T-29 “Flying Classroom”
aircraft. He is being reassigned to
Mather AFB, Calif., for advanced
training.
The lieutenant, a graduate of
Bryan County High School, is the
son of Mrs. J. 0. Strickland, Jr.
if Pembroke. He is a member of
Alpha Tau Omega.
Lt. Strickland and his bride, the
former Patricia Elaine Farr, left
for California following their mar
riage in Sheffield, Alabama, on
Saturday, November 17.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Having been approached by
numerous friends and associates of
Richmond Hill requesting that 1
offer for service as Councilman.
I am hereby making my announce
ment for election to this office. If
elected I promise to work with
| the other officers of our City and
Community for the betterment of
our City and everyone concerned,
I and to give fair representation to
everyone having any dealings with
the city. Therefore I am asking
an opportunity to every civic
minded citizen for their support at
the polls on December 4th.
Roland Harrison
Among students spending the
holidays at home were Phillip
Bacon and Danny Warnell, both
from the University of Georgia in
Athens.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hope and |
son, Steve, Macon, was with Mrs.
Jessie Hope last weekend.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1962
Passes State Bar
Is
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MO ILS b
NOEL OSTEEN
STANDS EXAM — Noel Osteen
was among the 119 persons who
passed the state bar examination
given in the early fall. He is the
son of Mrs. Norman Bacon, Pem
broke.
Daughter-In-Law,
Grandchildren
Attend Funeral
Mrs. Ivey Beardslee and daugh
ters, Miss Mary Anna Beasdslee,
Jeanie Beardslee and Carole
Beardslee, went to Atlanta earlier
in the week to attend the funeral
of Mrs. E. M. Beardslee, mother of
the late Paul Beardslee, Pembroke.
Although Mrs, Beardslee had
undergone surgery her death was
thought to be r . 'pected.
The following is an account of
the funeral In an Atlanta news
paper.
Mrs. E. M. Beardslee of 3177
Lawrenceville Road of Atlanta
died early Monday morning of a
heart attack.
She is survived by her husband;
son, R. N. Beardslee, Decatur; two
sisters Mrs. Elizabeth Darby, Fort
Mott, S. C., and Mrs. Mary Do
duck, Handen, Conn., and three
granddaughters, Mary Anna,
Jeanie and Carol Beardslee, Pem
broke.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in the Episcopal
Church of Stone Mountain.
Those attending the funeral
from here were Mrs. Ivey Beards
lee and daughters, Misses Mary
Anna, Jeanie and Carol and Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Bacon.
Pem.WMUToHave
Prayer Week For
Foreign Missions
Announcement has been made
by Mrs. J. C. Mikell, prayer chair
man for the Woman’s Missionary
Union of the Pembroke Baptist
Church, of the observance of the
Week of Prayer which will be held
Monday, December 3 - Friday, De
cember 7.
The offering given at each meet
ing, known as the Lottie Moon
Christmas offering in honor of the
late missionary, Miss Lottie
Moon, is designed to be used for
work on the foreign mission fields.
The general theme of the pro
gram is “God’s Gift — the Light
of the World.” Each circle of the
W. M. U. has been given an after
noon or night during the week ami
will discuss different phases of
the subject.
The public is invited to attend
as many programs as possible. The
prayer chairman of each circle is
responsible for the program.
The outline of programs is as
follows: Monday, 3:30, Mattie Par
rish Circle; Tuesday, 3:30, Amelia
Burgess Circle; Wednesday, 7:30,
Ann Judson Circle; Thursday, 7:30,
Lottie Moon Circle; and Friday,
7:30, Lingerfelt Circle.
All of the meeting- will be held
at the church.
Miss Lou Quattlebaum, student
at Brewton Parker College in Mt.
Vernon, was with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Quattlebaum, dur
ing the holidays.
’CBASTAL OEONIO LEAHN6 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
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Pembroke Boy Adopts A Donkey
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RANDAL BAZEMORE AND HIS PET DONKEY
Stationed thousands of miles away from home on the Aleutian
Islands, and probably wanting the friendship of something, Randall
Bazemore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hawley T. Bazemore of Pembroke
is shown here with a baby donkey that he has adopted. The little
fellow appears to be a friendly little “critter.” Randall will be
surprised when he see his picture on the front of the Journal which
he gets by Air Mail each week.
Bapt. "M" Night
Goal Is Set At
140 Attendance
Members of the Training Union
of the Pembroke Baptist Church
are expected to turn out en mass
Monday night, December 3, to
meet the goal set for Training
Union Mobilization Night.
“M” Night will be held at the
First Baptist Churh in Statesboro
on December 3, with from 900-
1,000 Traning Union members and
others on hand. Speaker for the
occasion will be the Rev. Felix
Turner, Jr., pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Swainsboro.
Purpose of the meeting is to
create intedhst in the Training
Union program, to learn more
about Training Union and why
it is an important part of church
life.
Presiding at the Ogeechee River
Associational Training Union “M”
Night meeting will be the Rev.
Roscoe Patton, pastor of the Pem
broke Baptist Church and associa
tional Training Union dircector.
Also on the program will be Wil
liam W. Curl, 111, who will sing a
solo. The choir of the Pembroke
Baptist Church, directed by Mrs.
W. W. Curl, Jr., will also present
a special number.
Goal from the 29 churches in
the Ogeechee River Association
has beenn set at 901.
The nursery at the host church
will be open, so entire families can
attend “M” Night knowing that
the youngest members will be well
cared for.
Those from the locai church who
plan to attend will meet at the
Baptist Church about 6:30 so that
everybody will be sure to have
transportation.
Cheer Leaders
Look Better
Ye Editor wishes to congratu
late whoever is responsible for the
change in uniforms of our cheer
leaders. They appeared in their
new outfit on Tuesday night and
made a fine looking grouping of
cheer leaders, one of which we
could all feel proud of.
The old outfit was too “bob
tailed,” in fact in our mind there
was very little good that could be
said for it.
We have a hard working, good
looking bunch of cheer leaders and
they mean much to the team and
we are proud to see them better
outfitted than has been the case.
Miss Lavone Burnsed spent the
Thanksgiving holidays in Mobile,
Alabama, with Mias Cecilia Pitt
man. Miss Burnsed and Miss
Pittman are students at Andrew
College in Cuthbert. Miss Burn
sed is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Burnsed.
Official Organ Bryan County and City of Pembroke
Patton Calls "M"
Night Planning
Meet For Ass'n
A planning session to outline the
schedule for Traininng Union Mob
ilization Night was called on Sat
urday, November 17, by the Rev.
Roscoe Patton, pastor of the Pem
broke Baptist Church and director
of the Training Union for' the
Ogeechee River Association.
The associational meeting was
held at Calvary Baptist Church in
Statesboro, where a delicious sup
per was served by the ladies of
the church. The group was wel
comed by the Rev. James E. Zach
ary, pastor of the host church.
The devotional was given by the
Rev. George Mikell, Metter, as
sociational missionary, and Mr.
Patton presided at the business
session which followed supper.
Invited by Mr. Patton to attend
were the Training Union directors,
music directors and associational
Training Union officers, and the
husbands or wives of each. At
tending from the 29 churches were
38 people.
Going from the Pembroke Church
besides Mr. Patton were Mrs. Pat
ton and Joe Winter, Training
Union director and associational
Training Union secretary.
During the holidays guests of
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Anderson were
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson and
son, David, Ludowici Dr. and Mrs.
Vincent Circincione and daughters,
Savannah; and Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Hill and sons, Pembroke.
Miss Shearer Shaw has return
ed to Atlanta after being at home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Shaw.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29—-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5,1962
Thursday, November 29—
Spaghetti Supper, Methodist Church, 6:00 P.M.
Saturday, December 1—
Sunday, December 2—
ATTEND SERVICES AT THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE.
Junior Choir, Pembroke Baptist Church, 5:45 P.M.
Monday, December 3—
Westside H. D. Club, Home of Mrs. Kyle D. Smith, 7:30 P.M.
Pembroke Lions Club, City Restaudant, 7:30 P.M.
Tuesday, December 4—
Ellabell H. D. Club, Home of Mrs. C. C. Cowart, 2:00 P.M.
Carrie Bell H. D. Club, Home of Mrs. Ralph Owens, 7:30 P.M
Wednesday, December 5—
Keller 11. D. Club, Home of Mrs. Wade Martin, 11:30 A.M.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Christian Church, 7:30 PJt.
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, I’embroke Baptist Church, 8:15 P.M.
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THE PEMBROKE DRUG ED.
DR. W. E. SMITH
Phone 653-2512 Pembroke, Georgia
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In "The Old Reliable"
Mrs. Dan Hart Is
Savannah Teacher
Os the Week
The following story about Mrs.
Dan Hart accompanied by an at
tractive picture, appeared in a re
cent issue of The Savannah Even
ing Press. Mrs. Hart, the former
Miss Clara Dukes, teaches in Sa
vannah. She is the daughter of
Mrs. H. H. Dukes, Pembroke.
The Teacher of the Week is Mrs.
Clara Hart, first grade teacher at
Sprague School in Chatham City,
who “has a wonderful way with
children.”
She is “just simply a teacher,”
said a fellow worker. “She is in
terested in the child’s good and
has a lot of compassion and sym
pathy for her little ones. Yes she
has a well-organized class.”
Parents of her children called
her “thoughtful, patient, kind and
reliable with small children —
loved by all who know her.”
Mrs. Hart says she has been
going to school each September
since she was in the first grade.
That was in Pembroke. Later she
earned a diploma in speech from
Wesleyan College and did work
at the University of Georgia and
at Georgia Southern College.
It was at Georgia Southern that
she met her husband, Dan Hart,
also a teacher, now teaching in
Effingham County. (The couple
live at 316 Columbus Drive and
commute to their schools each
‘lay.)
Mrs. Hart has taught in Effing
ham, Tattnall and Bryan counties,
was at Charles Ellis here for a
year, at Pooler for a year has
been at Sprague for six years —
always in the first grade.
One of her successes, say those
who know her, is her general re
lationship with parents. Mrs. Hart
says, “I feel very fortunate in
this.” She also says: “The love of
children is remarkable. And no
love is more sincere than that of
a six-year-old.”
Ye Editor Was
Invited To Be
In Press Party
Sunday night Ye Editor was
called by long distance and ask
ed if we wished to be a member of
the press that would meet with
President at Fort Stewart for a
quick inspection and visit with the
soldiers there on Monday. But
due to our limited help, and so
many other things that had to be
done we had to decline.
Evidently Fort Stewart was
pleasing to the President as he re
mained there a good deal longer
than his schedule called for.
Congressman Hagan was in the
official party, having come down
from Washington aboard the
Caroline with the President and
continued on into Florida with
him.