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Vol. 63. No. 51, P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Georgia 31321
REV. WILLIAM M. HOLT
Revival Preacher
Pembroke Methodist Chord
Guest Columnist For The
Pembroke Journal
"As I See It"
I once heard a famous preach
er say three thing's that are
impossible. These things are
(1) to climb a vertical wall
without any assistance (2) to
kiss a girl leaning backward
(3) to sin and ultimately get
away with it.
I will leave these first two
alleged impossibilities to your
own judgment but it is the third
I would like to write about for
it is written in the moral fiber
of our universe that “whatso
ever a man soweth that shall
he also reap”.
Now I don’t think anyone
should be a Christian because
of the punishment that is in
volved in not being one. We
should follow God because we
love him regardless of any re
wards or penalties attached to
the situation. Nevertheless,
because there are those who
constantly try to outsmart God
I think it is wise to consider
the High Cost of Low Living
that it might serve as a warn
ing to all of us who might be
lieve that we are above the
moral law and are not respon
sible ultimately to God.
First of all, Low Living will
cost us our health. There are
literally hundreds of persons
who enter hospitals, sanitar
iums, psychiatrist’s offices and
minister’s studies discovering
when it is almost too late, that
the wages of sin are sooner or
later inevitable. People suf
fer physically from their sins.
This is not to say that all suf
fering is due to sin but we can
say with great assurance that
some suffering is directly caus
ed by the disregard of God’s
law. For instance, drinking
drivers are involved in 30 per
cent of all fatal accidents. Al
cohol is related to 60 per cent
of all arrests. One in ten ad
mitted to a mental hospital is
an alcoholic. This is a ter
rible price to pay. In fact,
each year in America, $432,-
000,000 are lost in wages by
workers who are physically un
able to complete their task be
cause of alcohol. All one has
to do is stand at the emer
gency entrance to any hospital
in a large city on Saturday or
Sunday evening and watch the
injured and the intoxicated that
are being admitted in order to
see the physical toll that sin
takes of many lives.
Low Living also costs us our
money. How much do we have
to pay out of our annual in
come for the maintenance of
police forces, various types of
insurance, the purchase of
locks, the auditing of accounts,
simply because we know that
there are those who will steal
from us and violate the moral
law of the universe? It is out
of our money that we have to
construct jails and make our
houses robber-proof. We can
never, indeed, begin to estimate
what Low Living cost us right
in the pocketbook.
Another thing, Low Living
will ultimately cost us our pop
ularity. As I study the life of
■Jesus I find that the multitudes
thronged about his because
everyone was of infinite value
in his presence. He was a wel
comed dinner guest and I find
no record of him ever turning
down a social invitation. On
the other hand, as I look
around I find many persons !
who have lived very selfish I
lives and finally go down to
their graves “unhonored and i
unsung” because of their self- |
centered philosophy of life.
Finally, Low Living will cost I
us our lives. We may think for
awhile that the Ten Command
ments don’t work for us and
that we are exempt from them.
If we are in that category, we
are rather like the man who
jumps off a ten story build
ing and while falling someone |
asks him how he is doing and :
he replies, “Up to now I am
alright”. Inevitably he must ’
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hit the pavement below and
reap the consequences of his
choice. The same is with us.
The wages of sin is death and
vet there is away out provid
'd by the forgiveness and love
if God. No vice can overcome
is if we partake of the strength
which Christ imparts to us.
Like Paul, “we can do all things
through Christ who strength
ins us”. Christ can help us a
■hieve victory.
Brother Os Mrs.
C. M. Sims Dies
In Baxley Thur.
The many friends of Mrs. C.
M. Sims of Pembroke will re
gret to learn of the death of
her brother, Ellis D. Brannen
of Forest Park, died in an Al
bany Hospital on Thursday,
where he was working for the
Georgia Power Company.
As soon as Mrs. Sims receiv
ed the news her family made
arrangements to go to Forest
Park, a suburb of Atlanta for
the funeral of her brother.
Other survivors are, the wife,
Mrs. Margaret Knox Brannen;
three daughters, Mrs. C. B.
Webster of Leesburg, Mrs. J.
L. Austin, 111 and Mrs. J. B
Quattlebaum of Atlanta, a son
Hugh Brannen of Atlanta, two
brothers, Lucious H. Tippett of
Atlanta and Lonnie A. Bran
nen of Baxley, and five grand
children, several nieces and
nephews.
Details of the funeral were
not available to us.
P.T.A. Honors
BCHS Faculty On
Monday Night
The first function for the new
school year was a reception giv
en in the lunch room Monday
night, honoring the faculty of
the Parent-Teacher Association,
introduced Mr. J. R. DeLoach,
Bryan County School Superin
tendent and Mr. W. E. Summer
lin, Bryan County High School
Principal. Mr. Summerlin in
troduced each faculty member
to the audience.
Following an informal get
together between the teachers
and parents, refreshments were
served by the following: Mrs.
M. E. Bacon, Mrs. Alton El
rick, Mrs. Jim Lantz and Mrs.
Charles Warnell.
Leaders Os Bryan - Get Busy
has better than an even chance to
noth!? Park ’ . bu ^ * f We sit by the wa y s >de and do
nothing or very little, Chatham County will get the
park and we will be many years away from one. They
just don t build state parks in adjoining counties “back
to back as these would be, and if Chatham succeeds
wolf n g °o the °g eef hce Bryan had just as
well call off the dogs.
r-k Ju y ° U dou h t what we are saying about what
Chatham means to do to “poor little Bryan”, we in
v'te you to read Senator Downings piece in Satur
day afternoons Savannah Evening Press.
The State Parks Director has said that he was
going to build one in Bryan, and has gone more than
half way to help Bryan get a plot of ground, which
would suit and meet the rules etc. for getting a state
park.
Now friends we are for a State Park in Bryan
County, somewhere from Kilkenny to the Canochee
River at Groveland. We will do our bit, which may
be small, but every little bit helps, and if all of us will
just get up, get moving, and do something, do it now',
we will have a state park, before these Chatham
County bullies ever get on first base.
We are not going to ask for any two million
dollar bridge to start with.
Ye Editor knows of a plot of land, ideal for a
park, that can be secured, just for “peanuts”, and if
the others haven't any peanuts, we have a sack full.
Mr. Chairman of the Board of County Commission
ers, please arrange to have about a dozen men meet
with you at your meeting the First Tuesday in Pem
broke and let s nail down the State Park in Bryan
County in just a few days thereafter.
—F. O. M.
Methodist Revival Now In
Progress. Good Singing And
Powerful Preaching - Go Hear
The revival that is going on
at the Pembroke Methodist
Church is producing some of
the best singing, and some of
the best preaching that Ye Edi
tor has ever heard. We have
been, and we are going back.
After having traveled life’s
highway for more than 72 years
and having heard many of the
best preachers of the day, we
must admit that the preaching
that we people are getting in
Pemborke today is as good or
better than any we have ever
heard.
He preaches the bible and
preaches it in away that the
most humble person can under
stand the message. You will en
joy the preaching service, and
in addition you will find a
Womens Society Christian
Service Celebrates Their 25th
Birthday Friday Night
On Friday night, September
24th at 8 o’clock the Women’s
Society of Christian Service of
the Pembroke Methodist Church
celebrated it’s 25th Anniver
sary.
The program began with Mrs.
H. D. Griner, President, presid
ing-
After prayer by Rev. Jac k
Arnold, pastor we were given
glimpses of the past twenty
five years in the Woman’s So
ciety by Mrs. H. D, Griner.
Those who were recognized
and presented corsages were the
ten charter members, nine past
presidents, the oldest and
youngest members of the Wom
an's Society.
Mrs. R. L. Jackson who was
the first president of the Wom
an’s Society and Mrs. U. J. Ba
con the oldest Charter Member
of the Society were presented
Special Memberships.
A Memorial Service for those
charter members who have died
was led by Mrs. R. L. Jackson.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram the group went into the
Social Hall for the birthday
party.
Decoraltions throughout the
room were pink and silver. At
one end of the Social Hall there
was a poster with 25th Anni
versary W.S.C.S.—W.S.G. 1940-
1965. This was surrounded by
silver leaves on a table, in front
was an arrangement of pink
summer flowers, with six silver
candle candelabra on either side.
The refreshment table was
overlaid with a white crochet
table cloth over pink. On one
end of the table was a three
tiered birthday cake. On the
other end was a punch bowl
surrounded by greenery and
pink rose buds.
To one side of the Social Hall
and Interest Center, Twenty-
Five Years Ago in The Pem
broke Journal. Featured here
PEMBROKE GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 30th, 1965
friendly people to welcome you
to the services, and if nothing
more you will enjoy hearing the
old gospel songs in a manner
that will stir you.
It is a credit to our little city
vival preacher takes time out
for men of the size of our re
to come a long ways and
preaches the Gospel to people
who needs it more today than
ever before, for our world con
ditions are in a worse mess
than it has ever been in.
Take our word for it, and
go to one of the services, they
are in the morning at 7:30 and
out by 7:55 so that you can go
your way, and then at night at
7:30. You will be glad that
you went.
were pictures taken in 1940, and
a file of The Pembroke Journal
for 1940. This center was pre
sided over by a mannequin
dressed in black velvet evening
gown of that time.
Cake, punch, and salty nuts
were served by Mrs. C. L. Pur
vis, Mrs. A. V. Anderson, Mrs.
R. L. Morgan and Carter Harn.
Charter members present
from out of town were, Mrs.
A. C. Prickette, Byron, Geor
gia, and Mrs. Marion Morgan,
Savannah.
New Telephone
Directories Out
November First
This is to announce the publi
cation of the new telephone di
rectory for the Pembroke Tele
phone Company, and it will be
distributed to all customers on
or before November Ist.
If there are those that want
their name listed in the direc
tory, better call the telephone
company and have them put in
the necessary telephones you
want and assign you a number
at once. If you plan on getting
one, better get it at once so
that you will be listed in the
new directory. Anyone wishing
an advertisement in the Tele
phone Directory please call The
Pembroke Journal and we will
get in touch with you and see
that you get service.
C. W. Lane In
Veterans Hosp.
In Augusta
The many friends of C. W.
Lane will regret to learn that
his condition has become so that
it was necessary for him to go
to the Veterans Hospital in Au
gusta, for treatment for a back
condition, and also for arthritic
pains in his arm, etc. In fact
he has been in so much pain
of late that he was unable to
do anything. It is thought that
a specialist will see him in Au
gusta and that his trouble can
be diagnosed and he be given
treatment that will bring relief.
* He has been in Florida for
some time, but due to his health
it was necessary to return to
his home here, and then on to
the Veterans Hospital. The
Journal joins his other friends
in wishing for him a speedy re
covery.
BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dur
rence of Cobbtown, Ga., an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Karen Phylis, Friday, Septem
ber 17th, at Floyd County Hos
pital. Maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Lane of
Pembroke, Paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
Durrence of Claxton. Mrs. Dur
rence was the former Miss
Phylis Lane of Pembroke.
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JANICE SMITH
Janice Smith an honor student, member of Regena Na
tional Honor Society, a graduate of St. Angela Academy,
Aiken, South Carolina, attended Georgia Southern College
this summer, is now attending Bessie Tift College, Forsyth
Ga. The daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Smih and grand
daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Smith of Pembroke
and Mrs. W. F. Hooks of Portal, Ga.
Rev. Patton Is
Named President
Os Conference
At a meeting of the Ogeechee
River Baptist Pastors Confer
ence held at the Calvary Bap
tist Church in Statesboro on
Monday morning at 10:30, and
during a brief business session
they elected the following of
ficers:
Rev. Roscoe Patton, of First
Baptist Church of Pembroke,
President.
Rev. Wylie Vickers, pastor of
the Clito Baptist Church, Vice
President.
Rev. Chas. Stewart, retired,
Statesboro, Program Chairman.
Mr. Oscar Cope, Minister of
Education First Baptist Church,
Statesboro, Secretary.
Rev. George Mikell, pastor,
Eastor, Eastern Heights Bap
tist Church, Statesboro, Mission
Chairman.
There was a large attend
ance, and the host church serv
ed refreshments at the close
of the meeting.
The first meeting of the new
officers will be held in Pem
broke on Monday morning, Oc
tober 25th, at which time the
new officers will be inducted
into their offices.
Homecoming Day
At Olive Branch
Sunday Oct. 3rd
Homecoming at Olive Branch
Church will be observed Sun
day, October 3.
The pastor, Rev. Adrian
Vaughn will deliver the home
coming address.
The time of the other serv- !
ices are, Sunday School 10:00 i
A.M., Morning Worship Serv- :
ice 11:00 A.M.
A basket lunch will be served
on the church grounds immedi- i
ately after the morning wor
ship service. All former pas- ‘
tors, former members and
friends are invited.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Rhoden
spent last week-end in Jackson
ville visiting their daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clark and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Don
Osborne. They all enjoyed a
birthday celebration, honoring
Mrs. Rhoden and Mrs. Osborne
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clark.
First Baptist
Church To Ordain
Deacons Sunday
First Baptist Church of Pem
broke will have a Ordination
Service Sunday evening begin
ning at 7:30 o’clock, to set
apart publicly Robert ,R. Quat
tlebaum and S. L. Quattlebaum,
two brothers to the office of
deacons.
Rev. John P. (Pat) Quattle
baum, pastor of the Baptist
Church, a brother of these two
fine young men will be here and
will deliver the ordination serv
ice.
It was at this church where
Rev. Quattlebaum began his life
for Christ, he joined the church
here, and was active in the work
of the church, but left here and
went over into Bulloch County,
in the neighborhood of Mace
donia Church, where he was
raised, and took up his work
there with the church, and it
was not long before he was or
dained to preach there.
The public is invited to attend
this ordination service.
Porterfields Are
Showing Some
Improvement
The many friends of Mr. and [
Mrs. D. H. Porterfield of Pern- !
broke, who suffered the misfor
tune of being injured in a wreck
of their car in the city limits of
Cedartown, where they had gone
for a visit to their son, but be
| for they had reached his home.
| Both of them are showing im
i provement, and Mr. Porterfield
■ will be out of the hospital soon, I
but Mrs. Porterfield will remain ■
a patient of the hospital for
i sometime. It is probable that
। she wil go from Cedartown to
i the home of her daughter in
Tallahassee, Fla., to recuperate
at her home. It looks as if Mrs.
Porterfield will have a stretch
to recover from her spinal in
juries, but her friends are
thankful that it was no worse
than it was, and wish for both !
of them a speedy recovery and
an early return home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Beaudrot
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Luth- !
er Edge of Pensacola, Fla., :
spent last week as the guests '
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W Brew- ;
ton.
I Negro Mon Does
I Big Business With
Forged Checks
Last week-end Mr. C. M.
I Sims had a colored man paint-
I ing for him, and due to the fact
I that he was going to be away
I on Saturday, he gave him a
I check on Frida y to pay for
I work that he had done up until
I that week-end. left not suspect-
I ing that his painter would take
I his check to work by and turn
| him out some more check--,
| j which were near perfect, and
then he got busy getting them
|, cashed.
In his round he cashed one
■ for $25.00 at the Lane Super
I Market, and one for $30.00 at
I Humphries Super Market and
| he made two trips to the Pem
gi broke Motor Company, on one
I trip he got a $40.00 check cash
|, ed and on the other trip a
$20.00 check cashed.
j A warrant was issued for him
■ and Deputy Sheriff M. N. Star
| ling got on his trail and got
| him just in the nick of time, he
I had bought a new outfit of
I clothes, put them on, and was
I. making plans to “take off,” but
I instead he was “invited” by the
Deputy Sheriff to be a guest of
|j the County for a while, and he
is now in the county “hoose
gow,” cooling his heels and
wanting to get out, in fact he
sent an appeal to Mr. Sims to
come and get him out, but he
might as well been talking to
Stone Mountain.
He came to Pembroke from
Savannah and probably will go
from Pembroke to some peni
tentiary, probably Reidsville,
where he wil be safe for a num
ber of years to say the least.
The clothes was retrieved and
the money paid for them recov
ered, and something over
twenty dollars in cash was on
him when he was arrested.
Horse Frolic
Well Attended
The Georgia Wranglers Rid
ing Club held their first horse
show Sunday afternoon. The
frolic was well attended by
spectators and riders from all
the clubs.
We were glad to see all of
our friends and neighbors from
this area with us for the show.
We hope they will come out and
watch our practice sessions as
well. We wil be riding this
coming Sunday at 3:30. Anyone
owning a horse is invited to
come out and ride with us. The
public is invited to come and
bring their families. There will
be free horseback rides at some
time during the afternoon.
Our club members were very
successful at winning ribbons.
Johnny Fanning won third
place in the small fry arena
race. Danny Warnell won fourth
place in the rescue race and
fourth place in the ribbon race
with Julian Buckner. Julian
also won fourth place in the
Jack Benny cloverleaf race,
third place in the Jack Benny
Keyhole race, second in the
Jack Benny Weave. Herman
I Butler won third place in the
! Senior keyhole and first place
with Gerald Cowart in the rib
bon race. Gerald also won first
place in the senior keyhole, first
place in the senior class arena
race, and fourth place in the
senior class cloverleaf.
We would like to thank all
the merchants who helped spon
sor these ribbons, Morrisons
j Funeral Home and Ambulance
Service for donation their serv
ices in case of an accident and
Merrill Bacon for printing our
program.
SPARE TIME INCOME
Refilling and collecting money
from NEW TYPE high quality
■ coin operated dispensers in this
area. No selling. To qualify
you must have car, references,
S6OO to SI9OO cash. Seven to ,
twelve hours weekly can net
j excellent monthly income. More j
I full time. For personal inter- 1
view write P. 0. BOX 4185,
PITTSBURGH, PA. 15202. In
! elude phone number.
Official Orgm City of PanknlN
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C, D. Hollingsworth, Sr,
Editor Os
Sylvania Telephone
Died Thursday
Clyde Dixon Hollingsworth,
editor of The Sylvania Tele
phone, died early Thursday
morning at Memorial Hospital
in Savannah after an illness of
several months.
Funeral services were held
in Sylvania on Friday after
noon from the First Baptist
Church, at 4:30 o’clock. The
Rev. Glenn Spivey, pastor of
Memorial Baptist Church of
ficiating, assisted by Rev. H.
E. Gaddy, Immanuel Baptist
Church, Savannah; the Rev. J.
M. Yarborough, First Metho
dist Church; and the Rev.
Clarence Cannon, First Baptist
Church.
Mr. Hollingsworth was 72
years old, a native o Screven
County, and was Postmaster at
Sylvania until he retired a few
years ago. His wife was Miss
Essie Freeman prior to her
marriage, and she and the late
Mrs. Payne English of Ella
bell who was a Freeman prior
to her marriage were first cou
sins.
Ye Editor and Mr. Hollings
worth, and a brother of his,
Clayton, attended the First
District A. & M School in 1907-
08 in Statesboro with others,
many of whom have already
answered the last call. We
found the Hollingsworth boys
to be upright boys, and in
their later life looked upon
them as being among the best,
the sale of the earth so to
speak.
THE STUBBS HAVE
SICKNESS IN FAMILY
Mrs. John L. Storey, of La
nier, who is the mother-in-law
of Mb J. T. Stubbs was admit
ted to the Oglethorpe Sanator
ium last Wednesday where she
underwent surgery on Thurs
day. Mrs. Story was able to re
turn home on Tuesday of this
week.
Mrs. V. P. Stubbs of Lanier
entered the Oglethorpe Sani
torium the first of last week
where she underwent major
surgery. She is making a good
recovery and hopes to be home
in a few days.
Friends and relatives will be
glad to learn Mrs. Robert
Smith, daughter of Mrs. J. C.
Stubbs of Lanier is a patient
in the Emory University Hos
pital in Atlanta. Last reports
from the family is that she
seemed to be a ..me improved.
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Shirley's Beauty
Salon Offers Low
Price Permanents
Elsewhere in this paper ap
pears an advertisement an
nouncing a reduced priced for
Permanent Waves at Shirley’s
Beauty Salon, at Ellabell, for
the next two weeks. They have
all the latest equipment and
qualified operators, plus a low
overhead and wil be glad to
serve the people.
They can give you any kind
of a permanent or other beauty
work that you may want, their
telephone numbers appear in
their ad and we suggest that
you call and discuss with them
your hair problems.