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A Cause For
Thanksgiving ;
By JACK ARNOi
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“I Thank my God in all my ro
membrance of you, always in every
prayer . . . thankful for your
partnership in the gospel . . .’’
—Philippians 1:3-5.
This Thanksgiving is over
shadowed by the great tragedy
that has overtaken our nation. We
know that tragedy is bound to
happen from time to time. All
the vigilance in the world cannot
prevent the devil from doing his
work. He wins battles now and
then because he is able to attract
many disciples to his ways. How
ever, “thanks be to God, the final
victory will be his, and if we are
his, the victory will also be ours.”
The Bible tells of the struggle
that the Church of Jesus Christ
will have until the Second Coming
of our Saviour when He will sum
marily put down the forces of evil
and establish a reign of justice
and righteousness upon the earth.
Today, as never before, we have
a sickness in our hearts, not just
because our President is dead, but
because such evil acts are still in
the minds of people about us. Let
us take courage, as we face the
days ahead, in the supremacy of
God, and conunit our land, as never
before, into His hands that He
might use us as a nation to bless
all mankind.
As we contemplate in this devo
tional the Thanksgiving holidays,
our minds naturally turn to all
the things for which we are grate
ful. They focus lovingly upon our
home and loved ones. There are
the lovely memories of past days
of pleasantness which time can
not erase from the pages of our
memories. There are the common
blessings of daily bread, meaning
God’s provisions for the necessi
ties of life. There are the bless
ings of church and faith and love,
all of which have blessed our lives
with meaning and joy.
We are aware of our need to be
thankful and of the spiritual grace
of Thanksgiving, that God uses
it as a means of drawing us closer
to Him.
However, today, let’s think of
how we can be a cause of thanks
giving. Our Scripture records an
expression of Paul as he tells the
Philippian saints of his thankful
ness because of his pleasant memo
ries of them. They have been
partners in the Gospel to him and
he is so very grateful to God for
this reason. It is here wherein
a Christian’s works are really
proved. Are you causing other
people to be thankful to their
God?
There are a number of ways
that you, if you are a consecrated
Christian, can cause people to be
thankful to God.
One is through your high sense
of moral values. Can you imagine
a mother or father being thankful
to God if their son loses himself
in crime and loose living? Can
you imagine the wife being thank
ful to God if her husband abuses
her and the children, uses coarse,
vulgar language and does not re
spect the vows of their marriage?
Os course not. But a consecrated
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday, December 1—
ATBND SERVICES AT THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE.
Junior Choir, Pembroke Baptist Church, • PM.
Tuesday December 3—
Carrie Bell H.D. Club, home of Mrs. J. S. Williamson, at 7:3®
PM.
Ella bell H.D. Club home of Mrs. C. C. Cowart 2:o® P M.
Wednesday, December 4—
Keller HJ>. Club, home of Mrs. M. M. Jones, 11.30 A.M.
Prayer Meeting at Beulah Baptist Church. 7:30 PM.
Prayer Meeting, Ellaboll Methodiat Churca, • PM
7X7 Choir .ml Adult Choir, Ellaboll MethmHat Church, • PM
Prayer Meeting, Pembroke Baptist Church, • PM.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Baptist Church, • PM.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Methodist Chureh, IM PM.
Prayer Meeting, Adrent Christina Church, IM PM.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Christian Church, IM PM
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Christian is not going to behave
in these ways. He will have the
welfare of his loved ones on his
heart. He will endeavor not to
hurt them but to please them.
When he does so, he causes the
wife and the parents to be thank
ful to God because their son or
husband is a good man.
Another cause of thankfulness is
the spirit of generosity that marks
you if you are a consecrated Chris
tian. You are generous with your
time, your talents and your money.
I thank God for the dedicated lay
men of my church who take upon
themselves the responsibilities of
leading the church as its officials.
They give time and energy when
they don’t have to. They respond
to the needs of their church when
it isn’t required of them. There
are those who provide the music.
We often take them for granted.
But when we think about their
valuable contribution of their tal
ents, we are moved to thank God
for them. There are those who
regularly give a good percentage
of their income that the church
may move along and do the things
that God has called it to do. They
are the cause of thanksgiving not
only on the part of the ministry
and officials of the church, but
also on the part of all the people
that the church program aids.
Christians of Africa or Asia, who
would otherwise be ignorant sav
ages thank God for the tithers who
have made it possible for them to
hear the Word of Salvation. A
multitude of people around the
world give thanks to God today
because of the generosity of con
secrated Christians with their
time, talents and possessions.
This Thanksgiving Day, we will
offer thanks to God. What caused
this? The committed Christians
of Plymouth of 1621 whose humil
ity and contentedness with the land
to which God had led them paused
to thank Him for the simple bless
ings which were theirs. They
have caused millions of Americans
through the years to give thanks
to God and thus to open the doors
of their hearts for the grace of
God.
So during this wonderful sea
son, think not only of the things
for which you are grateful, but
consider also your own life: Are
there sufficient Christian qualities
in it to cause others to be thank
ful to God?
BLACK CREEK
BARBECUE ENJOYED
BY MANY
The barbecue at Black Creek
School Lunchroom Thursday eve
ning was described by members of
the PTO as an overwhelming suc
cess. Over 350 persons enjoyed
the barbecue dinner at the lunch
room, some bringing their entire
family, others carrying the dinners
away to their home.
The Black Creek Parent Teach
ers Organization express their ap
preciation to the public for their
response.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963
Pembroke Girl Crowned Greek Goddess
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CAROLE WILLIAMSON
Carole Williamson
Crowned Greek
Goddess at V'dosta
At the Greek Ball on Satur
day night, November 16, at the
Valdosta Country Club, Carole
Williamson of Pembroke was
crowned Greek goddess. She is
a member of the Alpha Delta Pi
sorority. Crowned as Greek god
was Dan Burke of Cordele, a
member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity.
The annual event sponsored by
the fraternities and sororities at
Valdosta State College is the
highlight of Greek Week.
Six candidates for each honor
are nominated by the Greek
campus. During Greek Week,
members of each fraternity vote
for the girl who is their choice
for Greek goddess, and the soror
ities vote for their choice for
Greek god. The winners are kept
secret until the night of the
Greek Ball, during which they
are announced.
Others who were vying for the
coveted title were sorority girls
Gail Bazemore of Valdosta, Alpha
Delta Pi; Ellen Taylor of v Val
dosta and Norma Williams of
Camilla, Alpha Xi Delta; Ann
Burney of Valdosta and Cheryl
Barton of Americus, Kappa Delta.
Other fraternity men who were
up for the Greek god title includ
ed Jerry Dickson of Adel and
Carl Odum of Cairo, Pi Kappa
Phi; Phil Crowe of Valdosta,
Sigma Phi Epsilon; Johnny
Bunch of Valdosta and Billy
Roberts of Quitman, Tau Kappa
Epsilon.
As Greek goddess, Miss Wil
liamson was presented with a
sterling silver bowl with her
name and new title engraved up
on it. Mr. Burke received an en
graved key chain.
RULES GOVERNING CITY ELECTION
An election has been called by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Pembroke to elect a Mayor
and five councilmen.
The election will be held on December 10, 1963.
The polls will open at 7:00 A.M. and close at 7:00
P.M.
Those voting shall vote for five (5) councilmen.
There shall be no "Single Shots", or voting for less
than five (5) councilmen.
By order of the Mayor and Councilmen of the
City of Pembroke.
Big Watchdog
Chews Baby
Boy To Death
James Michael Henderson, a
four-month-old boy was attacked
and chewed to death Monday, No
vember 18, by a 80-pound sled
dog, purchased for a watchdog. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Henderson of Woodstock, Illinois
and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Janies C. Henderson of Pembroke.
James Michael Henderson died
in the Woodstock Memorial Hos
pital emergency room shortly after
he was mauled and bitten more
than a dozen times by the Alaskan
Malemute.
Woodstock Police Chief George
Meyers said the dog, named Jack,
squeezed through the door of the
garage where it was kenneled and
dragged the baby from the front
seat of the family auto.
The boys parents were prepar
ing to leave to drive to the hunt
ing lodge near Alden, 111., where
Henderson works as a dog trainer
and hunting guide, Meyers said.
They had returned to the house
for the baby’s bottle, leaving ajar
the front door of the auto while
the baby rested on the seat. Hen
derson’s wife, Kathryn, 17, had in
tended to feed the baby during
the drive.
The Malemute was impounded
for rabies tests after the attack.
The veterinarian who captured
it said he had to give it two
tranquilizer shots to handle it.
Henderson, a recently discharged
Navy veteran, said he wanted to
put the dog to death. “I don't
want to take the chance of this
happening again,” he said.
Mrs. Don Osborne of Jackson
ville, Florida is spending this
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. I. Rhoden.
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LOUISE PURVIS
Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Purvis of Cordele, Georgia announce
the engagement of their daughter, Louise Purvis to Harry Dalton
Griner, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Dalton Griner of Pembroke.
Miss Purvis was graduated from Crispy County High School in
Cordele and attended Georgia Southern College at Statesboro. She
is employed in the Comptrollers Office at Florida State University
at Tallahassee, Florida.
Mr. Griner was graduated from Bryan County High School,
attended Emory at Oxford, and is now a student at Georgia
Southern College in Statesboro.
The wedding will be December 22 at the Pine Crest Baptist
Church of Cordele. *
Dedication of New
School In Savannah
Was A Big Affair
On Sunday afternoon The Leit
on T. Shuman School was dedi
cated on Garrard Avenue, having
been named in honor of a former
President of the Chatham County
Board of Education, who passed
away some time ago. He was
originally from old Clyde in Bry
an County and for that reason Ye
Editor was interested in the dedi
cation services, and it is also the
school that our own, Thomas H.
Edwards, a fine Pembroke boy
is head of, and for that reason
the wife and Ye Editor went
down for the dedication. There
we saw the proud parents of
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Ed
wards of Pembroke, and his aunt,
Miss Wilma Edwards who also
had gone down to the dedication
exercises. There were other rela
tives of Mr. Edwards present also.
Mr. Edwards was master of
ceremonies, and along during the
course of the program, he said
that there was one person that he
wished to introduce to the crowd,
that was not on the program, and
that was H. M. Flanders, a prin
cipal of another high school in
Savannah, who Thomas said was
his high school teacher in Pem
broke. Horace took it good nat
ured, and later when he met Ye
Editor in the hall along with
Thomas and other friends that we
all know, Horace jokingly refer
red to Ye Editor, (70 years old),
as another of his high school stu
dents, when he was in Pembroke,
we promptly replied, yes, but that
he had been here some time be
fore we made the class.
It was a fine occasion. We are
proud of the record that Mr. Shu
man left, and of the record that
Thomas H. Edwards is making.
BETTY GRAHAM
BACK IN SCHOOL
Miss Betty Graham, daughter of
Mrs. Helen Graham, has returned
from Augusta where she under
went tests at a hospital there. She
has just recently been dismissed
from the Bulloch County Hospi
tal and her illness has caused her
family much concern.
Her mother reported that Betty
was back in school at Georgia
Southern College today and she is
getting along fine.
Mrs. Maggie Purvis
Honored on
Birthday
Mrs. Maggie Purvis was honored
with a birthday dinner at her home
on Sunday, November 24th.
Many friends and relatives at
tended. They were: Mr. and Mrs.
Harris Purvis and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Odom and family, Mr.
Wallace Purvis, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Roach, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Hall,
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Scott and
family, Mrs. Jinnie Scott, Miss
Bonnie Roach, Mr. and Mrs. Brant
ley Sims and family, Mrs. Thomas,
Clyde and Nellie, Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Futch, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Cowart, Mr. and Mrs. Deloach and
family, Mrs. Boss Futch, Mr. arid
Mrs. Rosco Purvis and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Harn, Mrs. White,
Mrs. Bessie Cowart, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Condrat and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Fennell, Mrs.
Pearl Cowart, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt
Sims, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Hillis,
Mr. Collie Brown, Frank Purvis,
and Miss Sandra Smith.
Miss Shirley Elkins of Pooler
was weekend guest of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. 0. Mil
ler this past weekend. Saturday
visitors were Mrs. Ollie Mixon and
Patty Miller, Mrs. Mildred Salter
and children and Mrs. Edwina
Page and children all of Vidalia.
WHEN TO FISH
(Based on Hart Wright Co. IM3 Fishing r^iaadar and
Subject to Local Weather Changes)
Thursday, November 28-Wednesday, December 4, 1963
High Tides Tybee
Thursday 28 Poor Evening 5:30 P.M.
Friday 29 Poor Evening 6:24 P.M.
Saturday 30 Fair Evening 7:16 P.M.
Sunday 1 Fair Evening 8:00 P.M.
Monday 2 Good Evening 9:00 P.M.
Tuesday 3 Good Evening 5:63 P.M.
Wednesday 4 Best Morning 10:50 P.M.
USE OUR EQUIPMENT TO H«LP MAKE ALL
YOUR FISHING DAYS "BEST' ONES
TO MAKE A FISH A SUCKER USE EQUIPMENT
FROM j
LANE OIL COMPANY
(Pembroke Ice Company)
L. C. (Buck) Lane
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To Attend District
Conference Dec. 3
The 1963-64 session of the Sa
vannah District Conference of the
Methodist Church will meet on
Tuesday, December 3, at the As
bury Memorial Methodist Church
in Savannah. The conference will
convene at 9:30 A.M. and adjourn
at 4 P.M. Dr. Lee Tuttle, of
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina,
will be the featured speaker. He
is the president of the World
Methodist Council, which coor
dinates the activities of the vari
ous Methodist groups throughout
the world.
The Pembroke Methodist
Church elected Marcus D. May
and Mrs. Grace Rimes as their
delegates to the conference. Also
delegates to the conference by
virtue of their offices in the local
church or district are: J. D. Harn,
Savannah District Lay Leader,
Mrs. H. D. Griner, President of
the District Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, Harry Owens,
Mrs. R. L. Morgan, Mrs. A. I.
Rhoden, H. D. Griner, Mrs. A. V.
Anderson, and Rev. J. C. Arnold.
Mr. Harn and Mrs. Griner will
each have charge of segments of
the program which will present
the work of the various commis
sions and organizations of the
Church.
Ralph Owens Mgr.
New Shuman Sup.
Augusta Store
The many friends of Ralph
Owens, popular young Pembroke
business man, will be interested to
know that he is now the local
manager of the Shuman Supply
Company, Inc., located at Calhoun
and Twiggs Street, Augusta, Geor
gia.
Mr. and Mrs. Owens have recent
ly moved into their handsome three
bedroom brick home in Pembroke,
and many of their friends have
been upset that we possibly might
lose these popular young people,
but we were talking to Mr. Jack
W. Shuman over the weekend and
he said that he was sure that
Ralph would continue to come back
home once or twice each week,
and in that way they would keep
their own home, and home-tie con
nections.
We understand the store in Au
gusta has made a fine start and
promises to be one of the best of
Mr. Shuman’s string of Building
Supply Stores, many of them man
aged by local Bryan County boys.
HOME DESTROYED
BY FIRE TUESDAY
The home of Will Foy was com
pletely destroyed by fire that be
gan in the wee hours of the morn
ing. The Pembroke Fire Depart
ment responded to a call Tuesday
morning but the flames were be
yond control and it was too late to
save the house.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Shaw over the weekend were Dr.
and Mrs. T. W. Hollingsworth of
Atlanta.