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Vol. 62, No. 2
The Sunday
Sleepers
By JACK ARNO. ~
Factor, Pembroke Methodiet
Church
“So then let us not sleep, as
others do, but let us keep awake.”
The minister was calling in a
home where by far the most talka
tive person was a nine-year old
girl. This young lady engaged
the minister in conversation while
her mother was checking on her
dinner. The pastor, after hearing
her tell of her steady attendance
at Sunday School asked, “And do
you know your Bible?”
“Oh, yes, sir,” was the reply.
“Could you perhaps tell me
something that’s in it?”
“I can,” replied the little girl,
“tell you everything that’s in it.”
“Is that so? Tell me then all
about it,” ventured the pastor.
“Well, there are pictures of my
sister’s boy friend,” said the little
girl, “and mama’s prize pecan pie
recipe is in it, and a lock of my
baby hair is in it, and the pawn
ticket for daddy’s watch is in
it."
This little story is so indicative
of the state of spiritual affairs
among the so-called religious peo
ple of our land. We have laid our
Bibles up to collect mementoes
and dust. We have stored our
church membership certificates
with other documents to be kept
until some later date and we have
put our church membership in a
useful cubby-hole in our lives with
this inscription over it, “Use when
convenient.” Our concept of stew
ardship is so cock-eyed that we
send our children off to the pic
ture show with a quarter or fifty
cents and off to Sunday School
with a penny or a nickel. We
allow them to spend hours upon
end in front of the TV set and
do not insist upon their regular
attendance at Sunday School or
that they stay for church.
Is it any wonder that the ratio
of juvenile delinquency is increas
ing, mainly among families of
good community standing? Is it
any wonder that ministers across
the land are challenging our right
as the American people to call
ourselves “a Christian nation”
when we are not raising our chil
dren to believe that the church
is worth more than the picture
show and that Sunday School time
is more important than TV time?
A similar state of spirit among
Christians of Paul’s day caused
him to write these words, “So
then let us not sleep ...” I sup
pose the work “awaken” is one
of the most commonly used by
preachers. But we cannot get
away from it. Everywhere we
go, we see the need of our people
to awaken from their sleep. We
see not so much that the people
do not support the church
enough, but that there is a great
disparity between their support
of the church and their support
of the other things of life. We
cannot get around the fact that
the church is considered as a con
venience. It is here for our enter
tainment or our stimulation or our
fellowship when we feel like tak
ing advantage of it.
There is not the sense of urgency
about our concern for the church
that there needs to be. The bath-
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday, December 8—
ATEND SERVICES AT THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE.
Junior Choir, Pembroke Baptist Church, 6 P.M.
Monday, December 9—
Westside H.D. Club, home of Mrs. Kyle Smith, 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday, December 11—
Prayer Meeting at Beulah Baptist Church, 7:30 P.M.
Prayer Meeting, Ellabell Methodist Church, 8 P.M.
Youth Choir and Adult Choir, Ellabell Methodist Church, 0 P.M
Prayer Meeting, Pembroke Baptist Church, 8 PM.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Baptist Church, 9 P.M.
Choir Practice, Pembroke Methodist Church, 7:80 P.M.
Prayer Meeting, Advent Christian Church, 7:30 P.M. ,
Choir Practice, Pembroke Christian Church, 7:30 PJt.
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Home on Leave
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CLEON CALLOWAY
Cleon Calloway, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Calloway of
Pembroke is home on a two
weeks leave, before he reports to
his new station, at Castle Air
Force Base, California. He has
been in Amarillo, Texas before
getting his leave undergoing the
necessary training etc. His many
young friends compliment him on
his fine looks in uniform.
tub is a convenience that most
homes today are not without. Yet
we only make use of it when we
feel like it. The rest of the time,
it is the furthest thing from our
minds. Isn't that about the way
we take the church and what it
stands for? Until we get away
from this habit of putting the
church and our religion in a cor
ner where we stop by when we’re
in the mood, we must classify our
selves as being among those who
sleep. The church and our
religious faith are only illusions,
ghosts, if you will, in our lives,
until their precepts penetrate into
the very fabric of our living.
Then we shall be awake. We
shall be vitally interested in what
happens in our world, for we shall
then know in our “bones” that this
is God’s world and the fact will
not be merely a part of our creed,
things that we are supposed to be
lieve.
The two little words “so then”
which introduce our text for today,
point out the reason why we shall
be awake once the Gospel has
pierced the armor of sin and
selfishness and come into our lives.
The reason we shall be awake is
that then we shall be the “sons
of light and sons of day.” There
will be “Sunlight, sunlight in our
souls today” and all the time
whether the clock tells us it is
day or night.
Do you want to be a Christian
deep within your being? Then
come out of the darkness of sleep
where you treat the church and
your religion as a poor relation.
Exalt them in your soul, before
your children and to your neigh
bors. Let them know that what
matters most in your house is your
faith, and that what matters most
in your community is your church.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1963
Relatives at School Dedication
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Shown above are Thomas H. Edwards, Jr., Superintendent of the
Leiston Shuman High School in Savannah, next is his mother, Mrs.
T. H. Edwards, Sr., then his father, T. H. Edwards, Sr., and his
aunt, Miss Wilma Edwards, The above picture was made by Ye
Editor with his Polaroid at the dedication of the fine school that
our own Pembroke boy is in charge of,
Stop Polio In Bryan County
On Sunday, December 8
Everybody is urged to go to the nearent school between the
hours of 12:00 to 6:00 on Sunday, December 8 and receive the Type
II Oral Polio Vaccine,
It will be given by mouth on a small sugar cube; no needles,
or no waiting in line. Every person in Bryan County should take
advantage of this opportunity.
If possible, we ask for a 25c donation. Do not stay away if
you are Unable to contribute. The vaccine will be waiting for you.
Don’t forget your little white immunization card.
Each family is asked to fill out a Request Form for the vaccine.
The one printed below is for your convenience.
Do not let this wonderful opportunity slip by . . . Remember
the date—Sunday, December 8 to 12:00 to 6:00
Miss Ann Parrish will be at the Bryan County High School,
Phone 2341, from 2 until 6 P.M. on Sunday .i’id anyone wishing
additional niformation about the vaccine may contact her.
Request form for Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine.
Please list (print plainly) the name and age of each member
of your family who will receive the vaccine.
Name Age
Name Age
Name __ Age
Name . _ Age
Name _ _ Age
Name Age
Name Age
Name Age
Parent (or Guardian)
(Please print plainly)
(Address of Parent or Guardian)
(Date Signed)
TO ATTEND
CONFERENCE ON
EDUCATION
County School Superintendent
J. R. DeLoach, Mrs. Elizabeth
Harn, and Mrs. Alene Shaw have
accepted invitations issued by Gov
ernor Sanders to the Governor’s
Conference on Education in Atlan
ta on December 10th.
The Conference will be held at
the Dinkier Plaza Hotel beginning
at 10 a.m. and continuing with
a complimentary luncheon by Geor
gia School Boards Association fol
lowed by an afternoon session.
During the conference the Master
Plan for Education will be made
public.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar B. Harvey
spent the Thanksgiving Holidays
with their daughter, Mrs. Melba
Rice and her family in Louisville,
Kentucky.
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. , . „ « .
CHILDREN PRESENT
T'GIVING PROGRAM
Beulah Baptist Church had a
special Thanksgiving program
presented by the children on Sun
day, November 24, in place of the
regular evening worship service.
Those taking part were David
Dußose, Jr., who gave the bible
reading, prayer was given by Joe
Thompsons, Solo by Stevie Jones.
Others on the program were
Danny Parrish, Troy White, David
Conley, I-evlta Sheffield, Shelia
Stanfield, Nancy Moore, Vickie
Jones, Beth Dußose, Joan Norris,
and Lynda Hill. A one act play
was presented by Bernard Thomp
son, Bobby Fennell and Jean Car
ter.
Mrs. Merrill Durrance and little
daughter, Kimberly of Glennville
visited Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Ander
son during the holidays.
Holding Revival At Midway First Baptist Church
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REV. RAY ELLER
Revival Preacher
The revival started last Monday night and will run through Friday night, and has been drawing
good crowds. The preaching has been good, and tthe singing has been a feature of the revival. If
you live in that vicinity you are missing a chance to attend a real good revival if you fail to go.
Home On Leave
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RALPH AKINS
A/3C Ralph Akins who has been
spending a two week leave at home
with his mother, Mrs. Myrtle
Akins, will leave for Louisiana on
Thursday;
He has been stationed at Ama
rillo Air Force Base in Amarillo,
Texas for several months but has
been transferred to an Air Base
in Freeport, La. for additional
training.
Teacher of Week
MRS. SANDRA WESTBERRY
Mrs. Sandra Westberry is from
Odum, Georgia, where she attend
ed school and graduated from high
school in 1960. She attended Geor
gia Southern College where she
was named to "Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges and
Universities.” She was graduated
in the summer of 1962. She mar
ried Donald Westberry that sum
mer. He is a senior at Georgia
Southern.
She majored in English in col
lege and is now teaching ninth
and tenth grade English. She is
also serving as sponsor of the
Beta Club at Bryan County High
School.
Her hobbies are playing the
piano and reading.
Mrs. Westberry and her hus
band live in the Dußois Apart
ments in Pembroke. She is a
member of the Baptist Church and
is an active participant in all
church activities,
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BURL WOMACK
Song Leader
Birthday Dinner
For Mrs. Cannady
The children, grandchildren, and
great grand-children of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Cannady and several
other relatives gathered at their
home Thanksgiving Day to help
Mrs. Cannady celebrate her 73rd
birthday.
Everyone enjoyed the bounteous
basket lunch at noon and Mrs.
Cannady was the recipient of many
nice gifts.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. W'. E. Cannady of Ellabelle,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cannady and
son, Bill and Bruce, Savannah;
Mrs. D. L. Futch, Mrs. H. L.
Futch and children, Connie, Mi
chelle and Dannielle, Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Lee and Terry of Pembroke,
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Cannady and
children, Jimmie, Marilyn, Mary
Anne, and Lennie, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Starling and Randy all of
Ellabell, Mr. and Mrs. George
Durner and daughters, Cathy and
| Beth of Asheville, N.C., Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Duggar and children,
Carol and Kevin of Pembroke, Mr.
and Mrs. W. O. Lee and children,
Frank, Susan, Carol and Mark
of Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Lee of Dalton, Ga., Miss Linda
Lee of Savannah, Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Galbrath and daughter,
Alicia of Savannah, Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Nelson and son Dennis,
Jr. of Pembroke, Mrs. Elsie Moody
and children, Nancy, Joseph and
Ralph of Savannah and Mrs.
Lewis Purvis of Bloomingdale.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Lee during the Thanksgiving holi
days were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee
of Dalton, Ga., Miss Linda Lee of
Savannah and Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Lee and children, Frank, Susan,
Carol and Mark of Springfield,
and Mr. and Mrs. Wilma Lanier
and son Bobbie of Savannah.
S/Sgt. and Mrs. C. R. Jones and
Quattlebaum of Albany enjoyed a
children and Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
long Thanksgiving Holiday visiting
in the home of Mrs. Jones, and
Mrs. Quattlebaums’ mother, Mrs.
L. A. Mason, and other relatives
in town.
WHEN TO FISH
(Baaed oa Hart Wright Co. IM3 Fishing Calendar and
Subject to Local Weather Changes) *
Thursday, December 5-Wednesday, December 11, 1963
, , „ . „ Hi «h Tides Tybee
Thursday 5 Best Morning 11:49 P.M.
Friday 6 Poor Morning 12:01 AM
Saturday 7 Poor Morning 12:51 A.M.
Sunday 8 Good Morning 7:54 AM
Monday 9 Good Morning 2:55 A.M.
Tuesday 10 Fair Morning 3:51 A.M.
Wednesday 11 Fair Evening 4:40 A.M.
USE OUR EQUIPMENT TO lIEuP 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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in "The Old Reliable"
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REV. WM. T. DeLOACH
Pastor
Judy Strickland
Honoree at
Luncheon Saturday
Bride-elect, Judy Strickland,
whose marriage to Capt. Clinton
Norton Sims will be an event of
Sunday, December 15, was the
honoree at a luncheon Saturday at
the C & J Restaurant in Claxton.
Co-hostess for the occasion were
Mrs. G. F. Hendricks, Mrs. J. C.
Mikell and Mrs. W. W. Curl, Jr.
Miss Strickland wore a cran
berry wool dress, with black ac
cessories and a black mink iiat.
The table was centered with an
arrangement of camellias and at
tractive bridal cards were used.
Attending the luncheon were,
Miss Strickland, her mother, Mrs.
J. O. Strickland, Jr., Mrs. Mary
Frances Ward, Mrs. C. M. Sims,
and Miss Betty Graham of Pem
broke, Mrs. Lyman Smith, Miss
Susan Smith and Mrs. Ralph Ca
vender of Claxton.
BEULAH BAPTIST
WMU MET MONDAY
The November meeting of the
Beulah Baptist WMU met Mon
day, November 25, at the church
for a general business meeting.
Mrs. Clara White, president, pre
sided over the meeting.
It was decided to organize an
other circle in order to study the
mission study book and the new
circle was named for Mrs. Viola
Bl itch, one of the oldest members
of the church. The circle will
meet once a month beginning in
January in the homes of the mem
bers.
Mrs. J. V. Adams, program
chairman, gave an interesting pro
gram about Japan.
Tea was served during the so
cial hour.
Those present were: Mrs. H. L.
Driggers, Mrs. James NeSmith,
Mrs. Coy Roberts, Mrs. Cecil
Jones, Mrs. Oscar Roberts, Mrs.
J. V. Adams, Mrs. Harry Parrish,
Mrs. C. C. Sheffield and Mrs.
Clara White.