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Volume No. 64, No. 18, P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Georgia 31321
By ARNOLD
Pactor: Ptit^roke Methodict
Church
A Person Needs
To Be Something
This is a day of great con
cern about what vocations our
youth shall choose. Shall they
be plumbers, electricians, doc
tors, scientists, pilots, loggers,
fanners or businessmen? These
youth are tested, they are coun
seled, they are given oppor
tunities to try various things
to see if they enjoy doing them.
Yet, increasing numbers of
people are finding themselves
unhappy in their work. They
complain about the wages,
about the length of the coffee
break, about the vacation, about
the bosses. They move from
one job to another. Their lack
of stability has a detrimental
effect on other members of the
family. Yet many of these peo
ple who can’t settle down in a
vocation should succeed for
they were tested and they chose
work in line with their apti
tudes.
What is the problem?
The problem is that we are
spending too much time testing
aptitudes and not enough time
testing character. A person can
never really do satisfactory
work until he has become a
satisfactory person.
Adults and youth need to
learn how to be something.
What are the contemporary
barriers to character develop
ment ?
The desire to get by cheaply
is the first on my list. This
is most apparent among high
school and college students who
want to get an education with
out being educated. To satisfy
their desires they greedily de
vour every devious opportunity
to make a grade without trying.
They steal from the knowledge
of other students — commonly
called cheating or cribbing.
Since they desire to get the
benefits of a diploma or a de
gree without paying the price,
they build their adult lives up
on a deception. Jesus describ
ed such a person as being like
a man who built his house upon
the sand. The house was de
stroyed by the first spell of
stormy weather.
It is a certainty that a study
of the lives of failures would
reveal a desire to get by cheap
ly, first in school, then in the
work-a-day world. Such a per
son can never be valuable to
any religious or social organi
zation because to be of value
to such groups means to spend
oneself unselfishly in service
and loyalty.
Another barrier to character
development is a materialistic
outlook. You say I talked about
that last week. So I did. But it
won’t hurt to talik about it
again. A seventeenth century
marquis, Sir George Savile,
once advised his daughter:
“Children and fools want every
thing because they lack the in
telligence to distinguish; there
is no stronger evidence of a
crazy understanding than the
making of a too large catalogue
of necessary things.”
Certainly words similar to “I
just have to have that” are re
flected by the English gentle
man’s words. Just exactly what
do we have to have ? We have
to have our daily bread. If we
let that encompass the basic
necessities to survival, then
daily bread covers our material
“have to haves.”
Things get in the way of
character development just as
a thick fog hides the road
ahead. A reliance on things
cannot be accompanied by re
liance on spiritual resources.
Love, charity, faith, hope, and
so on become meaningless be
cause they are not things.
Character is nourished on in
visible values. A person cannot
be something without charac
ter—he canont have character
if he insists on getting by
cheaply and if he puts his trust
and loyalty in things.
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SCHOOL was in a state of excitement this past week because of
Fame's o? C ^eri°c f a wereTo d”’”" The FUtUFe TeaCherS ° f America and the ^‘-e
and exhibited^n the
ton Pembroke, and Black Creek School. The decorations were used for B ?
followed the basketball game. The name-tags were worn bv all alumni S dance that
future graduates, and their guests. Ou^A
as their part in the homecoming. A great deal ofXe and work w^
results were enjoyed. Our first homecoming was quite a success blt ‘ d ' but the
Pembroke State Bank Will Celebrate
Completion Os Handsome New
Home With Open House Feb. 27
On Sunday afternoon, Febru
ary 27th, the Pembroke State
Bank will have open house and
they are issuing an invitation
to the people of this entire sec
tion to call at the bank on Sun
day afternoon between the
s hours of 2 to 5 and see the won
derful new quarters that have
: been finished and are now in
use at our bank.
Truly the Pembroke State
Bank has made great progress,
being located in a small town,
which is located on the edge of
the Fort Stewart reservation,
which cuts off all trade and
expansion for the city to the
south, where at one time, Pem
broke did a fine business with
the people living in Liberty
County across the Canoochee in
l Liberty county, but that day is
, no more, and we are lucky when
। we are permitted to travel the
highway traversing the high
r way through the reservation,
many times it is necessary to
travel sixty to seventy - five
miles to go to Hinesville a dist
ance of just a little over twenty
miles.
Todays officials of the bank
are strong men, men that have
come up in the community, they
know our problems and will at
all times be attentive to our
pleas for help, when it is pos
; sible for them to do so, and
still stay in the boundry of good
banking. For after all they have
i a duty to the people who de
: posit their money in the bank,
; and that should be their first
• duty, that of safety, and it has
1 always been with the local bank.
I However they are progressive
i and will go the limit to help
। any worthwhile project or indi
j vidual.
। We have been through the
! bank and we believe it to be
the finest equipped small town
bank in Georgia, it is truly un
believable to see just what has
been accomplished in the re
modeling of the bank, and the
taking over of the two store
■ buildings to the east of the old
bank building, and then all of
this was placed into the hands
of W. L. Humphries, who was
: more or less given a “blanket
authority to buy, direct and
build” an adequate bank. The
■ officials having seen what he
had done for himself in convert
ing an automobile salesroom, to
I a modern super market.
Mr. Humphries hesitated in
| taking over the job, but after
talking to the bank authorities,
j he told them that he would do
I the best job, of which he was
1 capable, they told him to go to
work. He got hold of Cecil
Webster, one of Pembroeke’s
finest workmen, and with the
help of Mr. Websters crafts
manship, and Mr. Humphries,
planning and supervision, we
really have a beautiful bank
building. And we are told that
it cost less money than was an
ticipated.
In addition to using Mr
Humphries, and the services o
Mr. Webster, and all the loca.
help they could get, they bought
every dollars worth of material
that could be bought locally.
Yes, the bank lived up to the
slogan of spending your money
where you have a chance to get
it back. We have been told that
Shuman-Owens Supply Co., Inc.
furnished all the building ma
terials, brick, paneling, etc.,
which ran into more than $lO,-
000.00.
We are not going to tell you
any more about the bank now,
but watch for our paper of the
23rd when we will have a spe
cial bank section, printed in two
colors, and it will show you in
picture and story, the history of
the bank from “way back yon
der, to the present day.” We
know that we have a fine
strong bank, but still we know
that it did not achieve that rep
utation “over-night”, it took
■ years of hard work, and it is
these people that helped make
possible our fine bank of today,
we are going to have something
, to say about them.
In our “rolling back the cur
tain of times,” we are going to
carry pictures and stories of
the following, who we believe
had a vital part in making The
Pembroke State Bank, the bank
that it is today. To start with
me are going to feature the late
Julius Morgan, a man that was
Mayor of our City, built the
Gold Block, part of which is
now in the bank, was a leader
in the bank, and probably had
more to do with getting it up
and going than any other one,
• will carry his picture and
something of the life of this
dynamic man, who we believe ,
meant more to Pembroke than
any man that ever Ijved here.
Then we are going to write 1
about Dr. J. O. Strickland, first |
an outstanding Doctor of this j
section, a man that contributed ’
to the banks progress, and much I
to the welfare and happiness of
its people. Read all about him
in our paper.
And a man that is going to
| get a big play in our paper is
■ Mr. D. B. Warnell, known to
I one and all as “Uncle Danny,”
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1966
a man that we believe fed more
hungry mouths than any man
ever living in this county. He
was one of the finest men we
ever knew, and it was he who
had much to do putting the
bank on sound basis. We will
have the story on “Uncle Dan
ny” in our issue of Feb. 23.
And we will feature the ac
tivities of Mr. A. H. Croom,
known to his friends as “Her
vie,” he numbered his friends
by the people he knew, and Ye
Editor knew him as few others
did. He did much for many
that many forgot. His heart was
in the bank. We will have
much to say about him.
And of course we will have
Rev. V. P. Bowers, who was
known in the bank as “preach
’ for that was what he was,
he gave his time and attention
to the bank in the week, and
served the Lord at night and on
Sunday. We will have much, to
say about him.
Then there are some directors
that we had the privilege of
knowing during their life time,
and know something about their
banking connection we will have
a story about, three of them
are Mr. R. M. Surles, a former
Director of the hank, and a
long time merchant of our city,
one of Ye Editor’s best friends,
he will be in this write up,
along with his picture, and then
H. H. Dukes, a director of the
bank, who for many years was
.he Ford dealer in Pembroke
and he too was one of Ye Edi
tor’s good friends, we will have
his picture and a story about
him, and then we will carry a
picture and story about M. F.
Sims, a director of the bank,
and one of Pembroke’s out
standing citizens.
Then we will have the picture
of the man that really put the
bank to going, and we just wish
that it were possible for this
man to look down from Heaven
and see “his bank” and what
has been accomplished, he is the
late president, C. L. Gruver,
a banker—plus, a man that new
the banking game, inside and
out, having been with the state
banking department before
coming to Pembroke. It was
our privilege to be very close
to him, one of his best friends.
We never will forget the time
when he was making an
effort to have his bank be a mil- I
lion dollar bank, and did. Yes,
we will carry his picture and I
the story, as well as a story I
about the present officers, di- I
rectors and all the help. Watch I
for this paper, it will be worth I
keeping as a souvenir of our I
banks opening. I
Mr. and Mrs. Frank William
son and daughters spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland Strickland.
Associated Garden
I Clubs To Sponsor
Flower Show
The Associated Garden Clubs
of Southeast Georgia will spon- ■
! sor flower show school course
| 1, to be held in Glennville,
’ March 1, 2 and 3, 1966. Presi
dent of the Associated Garden
Clubs of Southeast Georgia is '
Mrs. J. B. Seckinger, Glenn
ville, school chairman, Mrs. F.
L. Beasley, Reidsville, Ga. Fee
for entire course will be SIO.OO
plus $1.50 for examinations, a
total of $11.50.
Advanced Registration should
| be made to Mrs? F. 1,. Beasley.
! Any person can attend one day,
‘ two sessions for $5.00 schedule;
I Date, Tuesday, March Ist, 1966,
[ Flower Show Practice and Hor
ticulture, Mrs. Arch Walker,
j Spartanburg, S. C. Place—First
| Baptist Church, Glennville, Ga.
■ 9,'00 to 11:00 A.M. Flower Show
; Practice 11:10 to 12:00 noon
I : Horticulture.
| Date: Wednesday, March 2,*
1966 — Flower Arrangement:
Mrs. R. A. Kobs, Columbus, Ga.
9:00 to 10:45 Flower Ar-I
rangement. On Thursday, March
3. 1966 the written examina
tons will start at 9:00 a.m. to
12 noon.
Sister Os J. K.
Morrison Dies
In Columbia
Mrs. Annie Mae Morrison
M< Keithan died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. James Rog
ers, in Columbia, S. C. early
Wednesday morning, February
2 id.
Ac wc* survived by three
daughters. Mrs. Amele Harley
of Barnwell, S. C. Mrs. F. P.
Chessier, of Ocilla, Ga. and
Mrs. James Rogers of Colum
bia, S. C., eight grandchildren
and two great - grandchildren
and one brother, J. K. Morrison
of Pembroke, Ga.
Funeral services were held at *
2:00 p.m. Friday at the First
Presbyterian Church, in Flor
ence, S. C. Burial in Mount
Hope cemetery, Florence, S. C.
MRS. ANNIE McKEITHAN
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Msr. An
nie Mae Morrison McKeithan,
77, died Tuesday night at the
home of a daughter here of an
apparent heart attack.
She was a native of Pem
broke, Ga.
Survivors are three daugh
ters, Mrs. Emele Harley of
Varnville, Mrs. F. P. Chessire
of Ocilla, Ga., and Mrs. James
Rogers of Columbia; a broth
er, J. K. Morrison of Pembroke,
and eight grandchildren.
Morrison Funeral Home of
Pembroke was in charge.
Army Officer Receives Commendation Medal
HEADQUARTERS, THIRD US ARMY, Fort McPherson, Ga. — Col. Wilson M. Osteen, Chair- 1
man of the Veterinary Branch, Office of the Surgeon, receives the Army Commendation ■
Medal from Maj. Gen. John A. Beall, Third US Army Chief of Staff. The medal was awarded
for service as Deputy Assistant for Veterinary Services, Office of the Surgeon General, De
partment of the Army, during Col. Osteen's last tour of duty. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. Osteen of Pembroke. (US ARMY PHOTO)
Region 3C Area 2 Tournament At
Bryan County H. S. February 18-19
The Bryan County High ,
School Gymnasium will be the ।
site of Region 3C Area 2 tour- ; ]
riament on February 18-19. (
There will be boys games on i
Friday, Feb. 18 starting at 7:30 ■
which is thirty minutes later .
than the regular season games 1
have been starting. The open- ;
ing game will be between Sa- ;
I vannah Country Day and Rich
mond Hill and will be followed ।
by the Bryan County-Marvin ,
PitUuan game at approximately .
8:45. On Saturday night the
action will pit the Bryan Coun
ty and Richmond Hill girls at
7:30 and will be followed by
boys winners from Friday
night.
All of the teams are evenly
matched and this promises to
be quite a tournament. In the
seeding of teams all the teams
had lost the same number of
games, but Bryan County got
the top seed by virtue of hav
ing more wins.
AREA 2 TOURNAMENT REGION 3C
BRYAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, FEB. 18-19
BOYS
Savannah C, Day
FEB. 18. 7:30 _
Richmond Hill [
FEB. 19, 8:45
Marvin Pjttman ~ ~
FEB. 18, 8:45
Bryan County
GIRLS
Richmond HH[
FEB. 19. 7:30 —
Bryan County
ADMISSION $.75
TIMER: RAY STEPHENS
SCORER: EARL THOMAS
REFEREES: BILLY LONG & CHARLIE EVANS
COUNTY EXTENSION
OFFICE TO CLOSE
FOR ONE DAY
The Bryan County Coopera
tive Extension Service Office
will be closed Tuesday, Febru
ary 15, for one day only.
The extension personnel will
be attending a course at Geor
gia Southern College on office
management.
All extension agents and sec
retaries in the Southeast Dis
trict will be present. (
The meeting will begin at
9:30 a.m.
Guests of Mrs. J. C. Stubbs
of Lanier for the week-end
were: Mr. Robert Smith and
sons, Bobby, Tommy and Mike
of Goodwater, Ala. and Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Kerr and son
Billy of Savannah.
Admission for the tournament |
will be .75 to everyone for both j
nights. This is set tby the :
Region and will prevail at all
other area tournaments. Only I
team passes and GHSA passes ,
will be honored at the gate.
Robert Bowers will serve as i
tournament Chairman, Ray
Stephens will be the official
timer and Earl Thomas the of- j
ficial scorer. Billy Long and )
Charlie Evans will be the game
officials. Other tournament
sites for Region 3C are as fol
lows: Area 1, Baxley; Area 3,
Ludowici; Area 4, Folkston
(Charlton County).
The site for the final tourna
ments will be decided on Sun
day, February 20 by the teams
that will participate. The final
boys tournament will then open
on February 22 and runthrough
Saturday night with Thursday
night an off night. The girls
will begin on March 1 and go
through Saturday night with
Thursday also being_a night off.
Garden Club
To Meet
The Pembroke Garden Club
will meet at the Community
House Thursday afternoon,
February 17th at four o’clock.
The program: Conservation,
Trees, and Birds by U. J. Ba
con; Garden Suggestions: Mrs.
R. B. Reed. Mrs. Helen Edwards
Peyton and Mrs. Louise Ken
nedy Bacon both of Savannah,
will give a demonstration on
Flemish flowers, which will be
very interesting.
Arrangements, Tidbits of
Spring (miniature) horticulture
specimen. The hostesses will
be Mrs. C. F. Warnell and Mrs
F. O. Miller.
All members are urged to be
present.
Official Organ City of Pembroka
B.CH.S.
Homecoming
Huge Success
On Feb. 4, 1966 the Bryan
County High School Beta Club,
F.F.A., F.T.A., and F.H.A., held
the first Homecoming in the
history of our school.
All decorations for the post
game dance were carefully
planned and headed by Mrs.
Ashbough the Beta Club, which
was ably assisted by the other
clubs. The F.T.A. made and car
ried elaborate plans for adver
tisements. The main decora
tions were in the school colors,
red and white, with a Valentine
theme accompanying. The re
freshment tables were also in
red and white, with ivy, red
geraniums, and red hearts.
Jane Mitchell, the President
of the Beta Club, gave a wel
coming address, Mr. Summerlin
followed with a welcome, a
short history and our aims for
future homecomings.
The famous “Continentals”
. presented all the music of a
teenage dream, featuring an
electric organ, 3 electric guit
ars, and the drums. Coach
Bowers also entertained with a
little “winning special.”
Our special guests were the
coaches and basketball teams
from Darien.
The young ladies who presid
ed at the refreshment tables
were: Darlene Butler, Debbie
Raulerson, Janell Lewis, Elaine
Barnard, Brenda Wilkes, Cathy
Strickland, and Betty Hughes.
The following mothers so
graciously assisted: Mrs. J. H.
Mock, Mrs. Charles Warnell
and Mrs. Frank Smith.
The entire student body and
faculty wish to thank each per
son and organization that made
this homecoming dance pos
sible.
Bryan Girls Take
Part In Savannah
Fashion Show
Ann Burnsed, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Burnsed
of Pembroke and Glennis Lee
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Lee of Ellabell were mod
els Monday evening in the teen
age fashion show in the Azalea
Room of Levy’s Department
Store in Savannah.
A group of eight lovely young
ladies were models for the
newest clothes, in style, for the
teenage girl this spring.
Ann’s dress was fashioned of
one of the newest fabrics, voile,
with empire waist line, featur
ing three-quarter length sleeves
and all around tie belt, with
the skirt being pleated all
around. The waist was pink
and the skirt was of matching
material in pink and white
stripes. All easy to care for.
Os drip dry material. Glennis’
dress was made of blue and
white print all cotton fabric of
wash and wear. With a rope
belt and trimmed with lace and
low, long sleeves with lace trim
med ruffles at the wrist. It
was made on the new skinny
look style, with a low pocket on
the skirt also trimmed with lace
and bows.
Another outstanding model
was a lovely girl which modeled
a long granny gown with match
ing scarf. The outfit was com
pleted by including a pair of
brown eyeglasses.
AH girls had a happy time
ending the show with dinner in
the Azalea Room. Levy’s also
presented each girl with a gift
of remembrance for modeling
the show.
MR. WILLIE CANNADY
IN HOSPITAL AGAIN
Mr. Willie Cannady was ad
mitted to Bulloch County Hos
pital last Saturday. Mr. Can
nady has been in declining
health since his home burned.
His family is very much con
cerned because he has shown no
improvement. His many friends
and family hope he may show
some improvement soon.
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