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By JACK ARNOLD
Pactor, Pembroke Methodiet
Church
The Christian's
Guard
“Through your union with
Christ Jesus, the peace of God,
so far above any human
thought, will guard your minds
and thoughts.” Philippians
4:7.
Darkness is a fearful thing.
Children admit it. Adults do
too, when they’re scared
enough.
A child once asked his fa
ther, “Daddy, why does it get
dark?” Knowing that his son
was too young to understand
about the rotation of the earth,
the father answered, “It gets
dark so that we will love the
light.”
This might be a good answer
to why there is evil and trouble
in the world. It serves to pre
sent us a contrast. We can
appreciate good and joy and
happiness when we can com
pare these things with sorrow
and pain and fear.
However, we can get so tied
up with the dark that the dark
rules our lives. People who
are always complaining, al
ways finding fault, always see
ing the seamier side of life, live
in the dark. They have allow
ed the darkness of the world
to obscure the light which is
in the world.
But, my friends, if you will
just look to Jesus, “the Light
of the World,” you will see
that the darkness is not im
portant except to show you how
wonderful Jesus is to give you
some light in a dark world.
Paul explains in his letter
to the Philippians why the
Christian lives in a well-lit
room; why the Chrsitian can
find joy in life in the midst
of adversity, pain and sorrow.
Paul tells us that when our
souls are united with Jesus,
the peace of God acts as a
guard over our minds and
souls. There is a gtfard at the
door of our spiritual lives.
What does this mean to the
Christian?
First, suppose you become
sick. With the peace of God
at the door of your soul and
mind, the sickness with which
you are afflicted can’t get the
best of you. Sickness is one
of the realities of life. The
peace of God helps you to ac
cept this.
Second, the peace of God
guards your life from imagin
ary sickness. It does so by
helping you to think in a
healthful way. Paul in verses
8 and 9of Philippians 4 gives
the best medical and emotional
prescription that can be given.
Think about true, honorable,
pure, lovely and gracious
things. This is the therapy
that prevents imaginary ill
ness which is usually caused by
a subconscious desire to es
cape responsibility or to get
attention.
Third, the peace of God can
keep you from getting emo
tionally-caused illnesses. Un-’
peaceful emotions, such as
greed, hatred, jealousy, resent
ment, cause tension within your
body. This tension results in
a tightening of muscles and
fibres. This tightening cuts
off the free flow of blood, caus
ing congestion of the blood and
consequent inflammation, swell
ling and fever. Doctors tell us
that as soon as the emotional
tension is relieved, the blood
begins to flow freely and the
congestion soon disappears. Dr.
Richard C. Cabot of the Har
vard Medical School used to tell
his students that the body is
prejudiced in favor of health
and the healing power will flow
naturally to every cell in the
body if we employ spiritual re
sources.
Christian healing is a reality.
It has gotten a bad name be
cause so many people have fail
ed to find healing and they
complain about it. They say
that they have been a good per-
The
•JOURNAL
Died Tuesday
Mrs. Ella (V. P.) Bowers
Death Os Mrs.
Ella Bowers Is
Blow To Our City
After a long illness, during
which time she had the misfor
tune to all and break a hip.
then suffered a stroke, and
finally other complications set
in, all of which made it impos
sible for the family and friends
to hope for her recovery, Mrs.
Ella Morrison Bowers died at
the Bulloch County Hospital
early Tuesday morning. She
was 83 years old and was the
wife of the late Rev. V. P.
Bowers who passed away just a
short time ago.
Survivors are one son, Robert
Bowers, two grandsons, Clark
Bowers, E. B. White of Kan
napolis, N. C., one granddaugh
ter, Bonnie Bowers, two great
grandchildren, one brother, J.
K. Morrison of Pembroke, one
sister, Mrs. H. H. McKeithan of
Barnwell, S. C.
Funeral services will be held
at the Pembroke Christian
Church Wednesday afternoon,
at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Robert Gill,
pastor First Christian Church
of Savannah will preach the
funeral. Nephews will be active
pallbearers. Teher will be no
honorary pallbearers.
Burial will be in Northside
Cemetery.
Morrison Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Strickland
Continues To Be
Very 111 Woman
The many friends of Mrs.
Moss Strickland, who has been
a patient in Candler Hospital
as the result of a fall which
broke a hip, and has been criti
cally ill for several days, con
tinues in a critical condition.
Due to her advanced age her
family and frends are much
concerned over her condition.
She is one of Pembroke’s fine
women, and the mother of a
large family, and if she lives
until then will have been mar
ried 66 years on Christmas day
of this year. Truly a long
time for a couple to be blessed
in living together.
Mrs. L. C. Vanßrackle of
Daytona Beach, Florida is visit
ing relatives here on account of
the critical illness of her sister
in-law, Mrs. Moss Strickland.
, son. Healing isn’t based on
whether we are “good” or not.
Healing comes when the peace
of God is the guard at the door
of our souls. Such peace al
lows us to place the things that
bother, or bug, us in the hands
of God, and get them off our
selves. To let them stay means
eventual destruction of our
health and happiness; to let
them stay belies our trust in
’ God; to let them stay ultimate
i ly means that we are not saved,
i because no real faith is opera
tive in our lives.
The Christian’s guard is a
valuable and vital friend to the
human being. No need being
afraid of the dark with the
peace of God at the door of
our spiritual lives.
Collision of Two Mammoth Dirt Movers On 1-16
Results In Death Os One Man
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Thta machine was headed towards the Ogeechee River, loaded with dirt and
was being operated by John McCullough, who lost his life in the accident.
On Monday evening about 5:15 1-16 claimed its first fatality in Bryan County,
it was of a driver of one of the huge dirt hauling machines, and was being operated by
John McCullough about 30 to 35 years old of Savannah, who had been on the job
since it started in Bryan County.
Just how the accident happened will never be known, the dead mans truck was
headed towards the Ogeechee River and 3% miles East of Blitchton, where the old
S and S. Railroad right of way crosses 1-16—is where the accident happened, just
about opposite where the old Cuyler depot stood on the railroad. It went about fifty
feet from where it struck the other truck, which was meeting him, and was being
operated by David Howell of Blitchton who was operating the truck above on the
left, it turned partly around and went back down the hill qpite a little distance
This entire contract is under the operation of Blythe Brothers Co., of Charlotte
N C., who is building the dirt roadway for 1-16 through Bryan County and as of
today is practically 50% complete with their job.
These huge machines which were involved in the wreck, did not hit “head on ”
for their radiators were not damaged, neither were their front ends, it appeared that
the wreck was caused by a “side swipe” of these huge machines, which could have been
caused by the dust, making the accident happen. No one will probably ever know
just what was the real cause and the details of what really happened. These machines
C ° neighborhood of $80,000.00 a piece, and a tire for them cost $5,000
When the Journal Editor arrived on the scene Tuesday morning he found opera
t.ons at this section at a standstill, with the men waiting for the insurance adjusters
arrival, leaving everything as it was, until the insurance men were able to make their
exammaton. '
, injUred Was L UShed t 0 the Bulloch County Hos P ital was pronounced
dead upon arrival there. He leaves a wife and one child in Savannah
The Journal wishes to thank the men in charge of the work of 1-16 for their aid
and co-operation to us in securing these pictures and the story. The only desire we
had was to carry the news. aesire we
First Game Os
Season Friday
Night For BCHS
The 1965-66 basketball season
will get starter on Friday night
November sth for Bryan Coun
ty High School when the Red
skins tangle with the teams
from Portal at the local gym.
It is expected to be an in
teresting season in several ways
as the girls will present an en
tirely new team as all of last
years starters have departed
and no longer will be around.
However several of last years
reserves have returned and
practices indicate that they in
tend to give a good account of
themselves.
The boys will have several
veterans to return but must
find a scoring punch to take
the place of Gary Strickland.
They also will have a new coach
in the person of Jimmy Wil
liams who has been working
long and hard with the squad.
Game time will again be 7
P.M. as in the past two seasons.
No major changes have been
' made in the rules for this sea
' son so the fans will not be
i confused on new rules.
Mr. Hubert Gaines, who was
admitted to the Bulloch Coun
j ty Hospital last week to under
, go surgery, is doing much bet-
I ter now and his friends hope
! for him a complete recovery
very soon.
The many friends of Miss
Pauline Purvis will regret to
learn that she was admitted
to the St. Joseph’s Hospital
last Friday with a severe case
of the flu. She has improved,
but she is undergoing tests and
x-rays.
PE MBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 1965
Kind Words And
A Check Makes
Ye Editor Happy
If you wish to make Ye Edi
tor happy, all you have to do
is to write him a letter brag
ging on his paper, and then
enclose a check for your sub
scription, and he is about the
happiest man in Pembroke.
There are many of thepn
coming in, and we would like
to print each one, but that is
impossible, but Sunday we got
one from Pooler that made us
"extremely” happy, it had a
check for two years, and said:
Dear Mr. Miller:
Please accept my apology for
being late with our subscrip
tion fee. Since we enjoy read
ing this little home town paper
so much, enclosed you will find
a check for two years.
Thank you,
W. C. McElveen
He is the son of Mrs. Luther
McElveen who lives at Black
Creek and he lived in Miami,
Florida until about four years
; ago when he came back to
i Bryan, and two years ago he
■ moved to Pooler and bought the
Perry Taylor home there. We
; appreciate our subscribers, and
would hate to lose even one.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward K.
’ Sobers and children of Tifton,
Ga. were the weekend guests
! of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Den
mark. Dr. Sobers is connect
ed with the University of Geor
, gia Research Department at
Tifton. Mrs. Sobers is Mrs.
. Denmark’s granddaughter. Also
; spending the weekend with her
■ family was Mrs. Elizabeth
। Green of the Bethany Home in
; Vidalia, Georgia.
I 'COASTAL GEORGIAS LEAIINB WEfKLY NEWSPAFEI ,
| LIKE! BY MANY - CUSSED BY fCME « HAI BY THEM Ml |
Ellabell Lady
Loses Sister By
Death In Vidalia
Mrs. C. 11. Hillard of Ella
bell was notified on Friday
afternoon of the death of her
sister, Mrs. Sarah Yancey Polk,
83, of Vidalia who died at her
residence on Friday afternoon.
She was the widow of R. N.
Polk and was a member of the
Center Methodist Church.
Survivors are three daugh
ters, Mrs. W. T. Dykes, Mrs.
J. M. Dowdy and Mrs. P. A.
Thompson of Vidalia; three
sons, M. J. Polk of Vidalia, J.
R. Polk of Milan and W. R.
Polk of Tucson, Arizona, and
the sister at Ellabell; 36 grand
children, and several great
grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Polk were held in the Center
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock with the Rev.
Curtis Drake and Rev. Glen
McCarnie officiating. Inter
ment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Grover Denmark pre
sented her husband on his
birthday last Saturday, October
30, with a very fine barometer,
which is also a thermometer
and hygrometer. Mrs. Denmark
states that any one who wants
to know about the weather, just
call him because he has the in
strument to tell them all about
it.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Courson
of Elizabethtown, North Caro
lina spent last week with Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Downs of Lan
ier. It was a very enjoyable
visit as the Coursons and the
Downs are old friends.
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This machine wa. headed towards Route 280 empty for another load of dirt
when the collision with the other machine occurred.
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° f ‘ he dead mans the driver was found on the
ground between the wheels and the huge machine, but had not been run over.
BRYAN COUNTY
HIGH BOYS ATTEND
CAREERS DAY
On Saturday, October 30,
David Owens, Howell Medders,
Howard Lane and Frederick
Warnell, accompanied by D. E.
Medders, County Agent, attend
ed the University of Georgia
program for Careers Day. The
program began with registra
tion at 9:30 a.m. at the Coli
seum.
At 10:00 brief talks were
made by students representing
Agricultural Economics, Agri
cultural Education, Agricultur
al Engineering, Agronomy, Ani
mal Science, Dairy Science, En
tomology, Food Science, For
estry, Horticulture, Landscape
Architecture, Plant Pathology
| and Plant Genetics, Poultry
Science, Veterinary Medicine.
Following the talks a lunch
eon was sponsored by the Agri
i cultural Alumni Society and
other organizations related to
agriculture.
After lunch each prospective
' student visited the department
i of his choice as part of a tour
of the various departments of
- the agricultural college.
The day was very profitable
to the prospective students in
that it gave them a small idea
of college life and they should
now be able to make a better
selection of the college they
wish to attend.
Mrs. V. c. Hamilton of Wal
terboro, South Carolina recent
ly spent a week with Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Downs. Mrs.
Hamilton is Mr. D owng sister
( offee and donuts were serv
ed by the hostesses who were:
Mrs. Mack Hagan, Mrs. Danny
Kangeter, Mrs. Warren Miller,
and Speir Downs.
Lottie Moon
Circle Has
Meeting
The Lottie Moon Circle of
the W.M.S. of the First Bap
tist Church met on Monday
evening, October 25th in the
home of Mrs. Alvin Futch.
The meeting began with
prayer and the devotional was
given by Phyllis Wolf.
Mrs. T. H. Edwards led a
most interesting and inspiring
program entitled, “Seeing and
Doing” which was illustrated
by three churches — A Church
Saw and Gave; A Church Saw
and Proclaimed — A Church
Saw and Grew.
Assisting Mrs. Edwards were
Mrs. Ola Patton, Mrs. Nugent
Griffin, Mrs. Evelyn Owens
and Mrs. Alvin Futch gave a
part of the program.
It was announced during the
business session by Mrs. Eve
lyn Owens that Dr. Paul Stouf
fer, a missionary to Bazil, will
review the mission study book,
“which way to Brazil", Wed
nesday evening, November 3rd
at the church beginning at 7
o’clock.
After the meeting was ad
journed the hostess served re
freshments.
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. Nugent Griffin, Mrs. L.
E. Wolf, Mrs. Alvin Futch,
Mrs. D. E. Medders, Mrs.
Gladys Harvey, Mrs. Irene
Bacon, Mrs. Ola Patton, Mrs.
Evelyn Owens, and Mrs. T. H.
Edwards, Mrs. B. L. Duggar,
Miss Phillis Wolf and Mrs. J.
L. Youmans were visitors.
Dr. Estes White of Kana
polis, N. C. visited with the
Robert Bowers family a few
days last week.
Official Of|* City «4 PfUohl
BCHS Halloween
Carnival Attracts
Large Crowd
The Bryan County' High
School Halloween Carnival,
Friday night, October 29, began
with a costume parade in the
school auditorium. The judges
for the contest were: Mrs.
Audrey Owens and Mrs. Lucy
Gay, who had a difficult job
choosing the best costume of
the many contestants appear
ing in the parade. They stated
that the costumes this year
were best of any of the previ
ous years. The children were
divided into three classes: Pre
school age, grades 1-3, and In
termediates. The winners were:
Pre-school Amy Winters and
William Coley, Grades 1-3;
John Coley and Cathey Wig
gins, Intermediates; Don Owens
and Julie Coley.
Following the costume
parade the crowd enjoyed two
hours of fun and frolic at the
various booths which were gaily
decorated with traditional black
and orange Halloween colors.
It was an entertaining evening
for both children and adults
alike.
The carnival committee has
expressed appreciation to all
concerned for contributing to
the success of the annual event
which is the only big function
sponsored by the PTA during
the year. It was through the
work of parents, teachers and
friends of the school and stu
dents that the carnival was a
success.
A full report on the affair
will be made at the PTA meet
ing which is scheduled for its
regular time, Monday night,
November 15. Giving the final
report will be Mrs. Bobby Pur
cell, PTA Treasurer.
Russell Edwards
Dies After Long
Illness Wednesday
Russell S. Edwards, 72, died
early Wednesday morning after
a long illness. He was a native
of Bryan County.
Survivors are two brothers,
Carl Edwards of Savannah and
John M. Edwards of Ellabell;
four sisters, Miss Pearl Ed
wards of Washington, D. C.,
Mrs. Emma Gardner of Blitch
ton, Mrs. G. R. Hull of Savan
nah and Mrs. Elizabeth Talia
ferro of Augusta, Ga.
Funeral services were held
Friday morning at 11 A.M. in
Morrison’s Funeral Chapel, con
ducted by Rev. John R. Joy
ner. Pallbearers were Lamar
Roberts, Ellis Cross, Jesse
Kelehear, Carlos Burnsed, A.
D. Bell, Sr., C. A. Kangeter.
Honorary pallbearers were T.
H. Edwards, P. E. Martin, H.
B. Warnell, C. L. Purvis, Har
mon Jones, T. E. Glisson, Joe
Pope, Clarence Graham, H. B.
Cross and Lawton Downs. Bur
ial was in Lower Black Creek
Cemetery.
BLACK CREEK
P.T.O. MEETING
The Black Creek Parent-
Teacher Organization met at
the school lunch-room Monday
evening October 25.
The devotional was given by
Rev. Major Dykes, pastor of
the Blitchton Baptist Church.
Miss Lillian Eason of Claxton
gave a very interesting talk on
non-graded primary groups.
Mrs. J. 0. Wilson, president,
presided over the business
meeting. Routine affairs were
taken care of at this time. It
was announced that the P.T.A.
would sponsor a barbecue on
November 24. This is the only
event of the year to raise funds
so rthis organization.
Col. and Mrs. W. M. Osteen
and daughter, Genny, of At
lanta, spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
Osteen.