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Volume 64, No. 7, P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Georgia 31326
By JACK ARNOLD
Ptutor, Pembroke Methodiet
Church
Give Thanks
To God
"I thank God . . , when I re
member you constantly in my
prayers.” II Timothy 1:3.
One thing that you notice
woven throughout the letters of
the apostle Paul and his state
ments as recorded in Acts are
his frequent expressions of
gratitude to God.
Gratitude seems to be one of
the first great spiritual mile
stones reached by humanity.
The ancient writer Aesop in
his fable about Androcles
wrote, “Gratitude is the sign of
noble souls.”
Perhaps a rediscovery of the
act of gratitude is the spiritual
balm needed for a weary and
suffering world. Shakespeare
in his great play, “As You Like
It,” had the quaint philosopher
Jacques express the burden of
ingratitude in these words,
sung as the cold winds of win
ter howled down upon the for
est glen of his exile:
“Blow, blow, thou winter wind!
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude.”
This is a day of prideful ar
rogance. It is a day of expedi
ence when we feel that any
thing which has no material
usefulness can well be done
without. Even our Christmas
giving is no longer giving, but
exchanging. I wonder how many
families search for the oppor
tunity to bless some lonely, de
pressed, or impoverished person
to whom they can give without
expecting anything in return.
Rather is our giving really to
ourselves. We give to others
knowing in advance that they
will give to us. That is not
giving. It is only a pleasant
little game of “Guess what?”
It is no wonder that sceptics
have the callousness of many
professed Christians to use in
preaching their empty gospels
of materialism and secularism.
Does Samuel Hoffenstein ex
press your feelings in this sar
castic selection from his de
pressing “Poems in Praise of
Practically Nothing?”
“You buy some flowers for
your table;
You tend them tenderly as
you’re able;
You fetch them water from
hither and thither—
What thanks do you get for it
all ? They wither.”
I should hope that your’s is
the larger Christian spirit al
ways thankful for the little bits
of beauty, the small spans of
friendship, the brief rays of
light that bless your days
though the beauty may wither,
the friend pass away and the
light be darkened.
We should nourish the thank
ful spirit in our own lives and
in the lives of those we can in
fluence. To receive with grati
tude is a valuable lesson to
learn and a worthy practice to
develop.
There is another stage to I
gratitude. After all, to bethank
ful for what we receive, while
definitely a grace, is not so dif
ficult. It’s like when Jesus
said, “If ye only love those who
love you, what reward have
you? Even the gentiles do the
same.”
Gratitude becomes a strong
Christian virtue when we can
be thankful for what we give.
I have received of God’s bounty
in rich measure all my life. I -
can’t believe I was meant only
to receive and say “Thank you,
God.” We should dedicate our
lives to making a difference in
the lives of others and in the
condition of the world. The
aesthetic rewards of such serv
ice makes us give thanks to
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MISS JOYCE LANIER
Betrothal Os Miss
Lanier Announced
By Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Moncess Lanier,
Pembroke, announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Joyce, to Marvin Arthur Med
ders, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey E. Medders, Pembroke.
The bride-elect is the gdand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi
Mitchell, Brooklet, and the late
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lanier.
Mr. Medders’ grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Meders,
Sylvester, and Mrs. Lula Payne
McWhirter, Fort Lamar, and
the late C. Marvin McWhirter.
Miss Lanier is a graduate of
Southeast Bulloch High School
and is presently connected with
the Pembroke Manufacturing
Company. Mr. Medders, a grad
uate of Bryan County High
School and Abraham Baldwin
Junior College, in Tifton, is at
tending Georgia Southern Col
lege in Statesboro.
Friends and relatives are in
vited to the wedding at 5
o’clock in the afternoon on Sat
urday, December 18, at the
First Baptist Church in Pem
broke, and to the reception
which will follow in the social
hall of the church.
TOWN AND COUNTRY
HOME DEM. CLUB
The Town and Country Home
Demonstration Club will hold
I its regular monthly meeting
| Monday afternoon, November
29, at the home of Mrs. Remer
Lanier, with Mrs. R. E. Lee as
co-hostess. The meeting will
begin at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Joyce
T. Andrews, County Extension
Home Economist, will give a
demonstration on citizenship.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harvey
and children of Jacksonville,
Florida, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ryals Morgan, Sunday.
God for what we can give.
This Paul does in the above
quotation. Timothy is the re
sult of Paul’s giving himself in
Christian service. You can know
this higher joy by finding your
place among the active servants
of God.
•JOURNAL
Two For Mayor
Six For Council
In City Primary
It now looks as if politics is
on the “upgrade” in Pembroke,
and that the City voters will
get a great deal of attention
between now and the City Pri
mary which will be held on De
cember 14 for the election of a
Mayor and five councilmen for
a term of two years, to take
office the second Tuesday in
January, 1966.
For Mayer is two “political
rivals,” the present Mayor, C.
C. Spinks and former Mayor
Frank O. Miller. Each one holds
a victory over the other one.
Miller defeated Spinks in 1950
and Spinks defeated Miller in
1963.
For City Council the entire
old slate of Councilmen qualifi
ed, with an additional former
Councilman qualifying, Eugene
Mock, which makes six men for
five places. At one time there
was a possibility that one of
the Councilmen would be in the
race for Mayor, as he was out
of the city and had left a quali
fication for Council, and had
also left a signed statement and
his qualification fee to qualify
him for Mayor in case F. O.
Miller was without opposition
when the time was up. There
was some question as to the
legality of this procedure of
qualifying, and the attorney for
the city passed it to the City
Council for their ruling as to
which office he was a candidate
for.
Frank 0. Miller was in the
Clerks office and stated that he
felt that the right thing to do
was to qualify him for Council,
as there was already “opposi- I
tion for F. 0. Miller,” but he i
had no objection to them put- j
ting him in the Mayors race, in '
fact it would be alright with
him to be on the ticket for
Mayor and Councilmen and let
the voters of the city decide I
4- where they wanted his services.
If there is six candidates in
the race for City Council the
five high candidates will be de
clared the winner.
Cindy ancf Lynn Quattlebaum
spent the week-end in Reids
ville visiting their aunt, Mrs.
Thomas Scott and Mr. Scott.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA. THURSDAyT^EMBFR 91
"N\" Night
| Program
Planned
The “M” program planning
meeting for the Ogeechee River
Baptist Association churches
which have training unions was
held Saturday night at Friend
ship Baptist Church. First
Baptist Church, Pembroke, was
represented by Joe Winters,
Training Union Director, and
D. E. Medders, assistant direc
tor.
The following plans were out
outlined.
“M” Night program theme,
“Toward Mature Discipleship”.
Monday night, December 6, at
First Baptist Church, States
boro, Rev. Lawrence V. Brad
ley, pastor of Curtis Baptist
Church, Augusta, who is vice
president of Georgia Baptist
Convention, will be the speak
er.
The nursery will have a pro
gram for all children up
through age three, and a spe
cial program has been planned
for beginner, primary and
junior groups. Intermediates
will have a special program in
the social hall.
Young people and adults will
meet in the sanctuary.
Attendance awards will con
sist of, first, all expense paid
scholarship for two to the
training union clinic at Toc
coa, Ga.; second award, all ex
pense paid for one to the train
- ing union week at Mercer Uni
versity; third award, training
union record board to churches
with largest attendance that
I does not have a training union.
The “M” Night program will
; be held throughout the South
ern Baptist Convention and the
above theme will be carried
throughout all the various as
sociations and churches.
■ LEGION HOLDS
DISTRICT MEETING
First district Legion and
I Auxiliary meeting was held at
Glennville Post 95 last Sunday.
The local post was represent
ed by D. E. Medders, adjutant
and the Auxiliary by Mrs. D.
E. Medders.
Mrs. Janie Barnard has been
visiting in Albany, Ga., and in
Gatlinburg, Tenn, during the
past week.
TO THE CITIZENS
OF PEMBROKE
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I I am a candidate for a place
I on the Council in this years
i municipal election. If I am
' elected, I promise you good peo
j pie that I will serve with who
। ever might be elected as Mayor
I to the best of my ability hav
| ing but one desire to give our
little City a good administra
tion and try to make as much
progress as is possible. I am
not having anything to do with
any other race except my own.
and will appreciate your vote
and support.
Thanking you for past fav
ors, I am
Sincerely yours,
J. D. Cason.
I 'CMSTAL GEORGIA'S LEAHNI WEEKLY IEISMPEI'I
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MISS MABEL ANN EDWARDS
Mrs. John Wilbur Edwards announce the engage
ment of their daughter Mabel Ann to Terry Adron Ansley son
f Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adron Ansley of Brooklet.
Miss Edwards is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs Jen
mngs Bryan Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla., and the late Mr Frank
FC ® Edwards and the late Eddie Morgan Conner.
Mr Ansley is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A R Snines of
Kt# "” ,le A “'”»' Th --
The bride-elect was graduated from Bryan County Hiirh
School and the Warren A. Candler School of Nursing Miss Ed
wards is presently employed by Warren A. Candler Hospital
R, bnde -» room graduated from Southeast
Bulloch U.gh School, served in the U. S. Air Force and is pres
in Amerfcu s ent S ° Uth Ge ° Fgia Technical and Vocaitonal School
19 a^oo * a " d ru I ’™ are inVited to the wedding December
E " abe " Ch —’ No invitations
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE
November 24, 1965 — 7:30 P.M.
Pembroke Methodist Church
Prelude. _ Mrs. j T Shaw, pianigt
Call to Worship, Psalm 136 (selected verses)
Hymn No. 545—“ Come Ye Thankful People, Come”
Scripture Lesson: II Corinthians 9:6-15
, Hymn No. 546—“For All The Blessings Os The Year”
R ev Roscoe Patton
: Duet by Misses Norma Bacon and Carol Dugger
Offering (The money received in this offering will be added
to the fund of special relief sponsored by the Inter-Church
Council. This fund, administered by Mr. Norman Bacon,
helps relieve the needs of worthy people applying through
the churches)
i Special Music Community Youth Choir
1 Sermon—Thanksgiving’s Bounce-Back-.-Rev. John C. Arnold
| Hymn No. 493—“0 God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand
• Benediction Rev. o Highsmith
Postlude
The annual Community Thanksgiving Service will be held
at the Pembroke Methodist Church on Wednesday, November
t 24, at 7:30 P.M. The Rev. Jack Arnold, pastor of the host
church, will bring the sermon.
The service will feature participation of pastors and youth
of the community's churches.
Make your Thanksgiving more meaningful by attending
this year’s service.
BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morrison
announce the birth of a son
at Telfair Hospital in Savan
nah, Monday, November 22.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Cribbs of
Lanier. Paternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Morri
son of Pembroke. The couple
have one other son, Kim, who
will be 3 years old in Decem
ber.
RENEW YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION TODAY
FOUND
FOUND ONE LARGE MALE,
BLACK AND TAN HOUND,
no collar, owner may claim
same by identifying the dog.
M. N. Starling, Pembroke, Ga.
Phone 653-4793.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland Strickland and
S. G. Rogers were Reginald end
Randal] Sawyer, of Myrtle
Beach, S. C.
Official Organ, City of Pembroke
Fine Couple To Be Honored
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MR. AND MRS. U. J. BACON
An announcement appears elsewhere in this paper of the
Pembroke Masonic Lodge No. 469 and Order of the Eastern Star
Chapter No. 401 sponsoring a “Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Bacon Night,”
Saturday night, November 27, 1965 from 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
in the Lodge Dining Room. A barbecue supper will be served.
We are glad to see the Masons and the Eastern Star give
th s fine couple this recognition for their long years member
: ship in their organization, and what they have meant to our
community as a whole.
Ye Editor called at the Bacon home on Tuesday and made
the above picture, and asked them something about their past,
to help us in writing something about them.
Mr. Bacon told us, that what made him become interested
in the Masons to start with was, “they along with friends and
associates made it possible for a little daughter of ours, Aileen
who was a victim of Polio, to enter the Scottish Rite Hospital in
Atlanta and receive treatment. It touched our hearts, and both
ot us became great believers in the Masons, and this belief has
grown throughout the years.
Mrs. Bacon, while not the oldest person in Pembroke, is the
person who has lived in Pembroke longer than anyone else. She
worked on the newspaper of her uncle, M. E. Carter when she
was a young girl. And some time ago when we were paying
tribute to Mrs. Bacon we referred to her as a “printers devil,”
which is what all young people working in country papers use
to be referred to.
In looking over the records they have we saw where Lillian
A. Carter and Ulysses J. Bacon were married on 31st day of
•March, 1912, and that this ceremony was witnessed by Mr. and
Mrs. 1. I. Cameron, both of whom are now dead, Ollie Carter,
a first cousin of Mrs. Bacon and a daughter of the late M. E.’
Carter, and Mrs. Bacons sister Inez Carter, a school teacher in
Savannah. They have two daughters, Mrs. Mary Aleen Harn
and Mrs. Lillian Ivey Beardslee, and two sons Gerald C. Bacon
oi 1 embroke and Ralph U. Bacon, an attorney of Statesboro.
The Journal joins the Masons and Eastern Star in paying
tribute to this fine couple, who have lived here and meant so
much to our community. Mr. Bacon has been treasurer of the
-1 irst Baptist Church in Pembroke for 40 years, and a deacon
most of that time, he was Clerk of the Superior Court of Bryan
County for 24 years and retired, he has been a Councilman for
the City of Pembroke for 6 years and was Mayor for 2 years.
Today he is spending his time helping operate the Pembroke
telephone Company, one of Georgia’s better small city telephone
exchanges.
Long may they live and prosper.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Pembroke Masonic Lodge
No. 469 and Order of the East
ern Star Chapter No. 401 are
sponsoring a Mr. and Mrs. U.
J. Bacon Night, Saturday, No
vember 27, 1965 from 6:30 P.M.
to 8:00 P.M. in the Lodge din
ing room. A barbecue supper
will be served.
Mr. and Mrs. Bacon are be
ing recognized for their devoted
service, for many years, to the
Lodge and to the Chapter. Rev.
Roscoe Patton is the speaker
for the occasion.
All members of Pembroke
Lodge No. 469 and Eastern
Star Chapter No. 401 are cor
dially invited to attend.
LOST
LOST DOG—Small black and
tan, female hound, lost in the
Area. Reward for information
leading to her. recovery. When
last seen had a collar with my
name and phone number on it.
Call M. N. Starling, Pembroke,
Ga. Phone 653-4793.
LETTER OF THANKS
College Park, Ga.
November 15, 1965
The Pembroke Journal
Pembroke, Georgia
Dear Friends:
Because my parents were so
personaly identified with the
people of Pembroke over such
a long period of time, I want
to express to you my apprecia
tion for the many thoughtful
expressions of love and devo
tion at the time of my mother’s
death. It was wonderful to see
little groups of friends happily
reminiscing over the events of
many years. She believed in
the beautiful and good. You
helped make those last days
just like she would have liked
them to be. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mary Beth Strickland Stokes.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Quattle
baum and Mrs. Leon Perkins of
Leefield and Mrs. Bobby Pep
per formed a family group go
ing to Reidsville Sunday to
have dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Scott. Mrs. Scott is
Mrs. Quattlebaum’s sister.