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Volue 64, Number 47, P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Georgia 31326
Joshua's Faith In God
By REV. ROBERT D. MOSELEY, Pastor
First Baptist. Church
Pembroke, Georgia
Part I of Three Parts
We know there is nothing
phenominal about the sun
standing still. The sun is sta
tionary, and the planets of the
universe move around it in
their orbits.
The author of the book of
Joshua did not know this. He
used the Hebrew word, (doum)
which means be still, motion
less, stand still, in expressing
his feelings about this event.
We will never know what ac
tually took place, but we can
know it was magnanimous. A
few presuppositions have been
made as to what took place.
One such observation is that
Joshua made his attack in the
early morning and asked God
to stay the sun. In this way
his movements would go unde
tected. We must realize a hail
storm preceded his attack and
the morning could have been
cloudy and overcast.
Others feel this is complete
ly a poetical passage lifted
from the Book of Jashar. The
sun not going down is a meta
phorical expression. Other pas
sages in the Old Testament are
related to strengthen their
position such as: Judges 5:20,
where the stars fought against
Sisera and II Sam. 22:9, where
God came down from heaven
with smoke coming from His
nose and fire coming from His
mouth.
The final, and most likely
presupposition hinges upon the
astronomical effects of the hail
storm. To bring about the hail
storm a severe cold wave had
to sweep into the region. Even
today this is not uncommon in
Syria. This wave of intense
cold could have caused a refrac
tion of the sun. Even though
the orbit of the sun is several
degrees below the horizon, the
sun would have still been seen.
This is proved in the polar
region because on occasion the
sun is seen for several days
when the orbit is below the
horizon.
1. Joshua In Faith Calls Up
on God.
Joshua expresses his prayer
with authority. He knew noth
ing of the astronomical effects
of the hail storm, but he did
know he needed more time to
do a complete job. Thus his
prayer was that God would
stay sun for the duration of the
battle, so the victory could be
complete.
God had taken into consid
eration the fourthcoming pray
er of Joshua and had caused
the hail storm. The storm serv
ed a two fold purpose. One was
to rout the enemies of Joshua,
and the second was to give
Joshua more daylight to secure
a complete victory.
Joshua felt he was doing the
will of God, and thus he felt
that his prayer would bear au
thority with God. This prayer
of authority was prayed with
faith which goes unsurpassed
in the Old Testament. These
occasions can be credited to
Jesus Christ, our Lord and
Saviour.
The people of today fail in
their prayer life and undertak
ings because of lack of faith.
We pray, but our faith is weak.
We have very little hope of our
prayers being answered. When
a prayer of ours is answered,
we are astounded. We do not
know what has really taken
place or what to do about it.
Thus we let many opportunities
slip from our grasp because of
our lack of faith.
Joshua was a willing instru
ment in the hands of God. He
leaned upon God for counsel
and followed the plans unfold
ed before him. The conquest of
the Promised Land was a mas
ter plan, and God led Joshua in
this conquest. The inhabitants
were either put to death or i
spared. Those that were spared |
became subjects of the Israel- (
ites. Even this was done by (
Joshua in accordance with the I
will of God.
On the occasion of each bat- ,
tie Joshua would take coun- ’
sei with God and follow the j
demands of the Lord. Joshua
The Peenb/ttke
was totally and wholly commit
ted to the will of God. As serv
ants of God, can we truthfully
make the statement that our
lives are totally and wholly
committed to the will of Jesus
Christ, our Lord and Saviour?
We all make such statements,
but with certain stipulations
and reservations. We do not
apply ourselves to the task be
fore us.
Payne Re-elected To
National ASCS
Association Position
Clyde R. Payne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Payne, has re
cently returned from the Na
tional Convention of the 15,090
ASCS County Office Em
ployees Association. The Asso
ciation is commonly called
NASCOE. Clyde has served as
Secretary-Treasurer of the Na
tional Association since forma
tion in 1959.
He was unanimously re-elect
ed at the convention by the
delegates at Columbus repre
senting the 15,000 ASCS Em
ployees without opposition.
In addition to Clyde’s norm
al Secretary-Treasurer duties
to the Association, he also
serves as the Associations rep
resentative with the U. S. Con
gress in attempting to procure
beneficial legislation to ASCS
County Employees. He aver
ages about 4 to 5 appearances
before Congressional Commit
tees yearly to testify for or
against employee legislation.
The Association is only active
for employee benefits. The As
sociation is prohibited from be
coming involved in farm legis
lation. Evelyn Strickland, local
ASCS office manager is a
member of NASCOE as well as
her clerical staff.
Clyde lives in Jasper, Florida
with his family consisting of
his wife, Billie, who teaches
school, and children, Kay and
Blair.
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MISS MURPHY
Miss Murphy,
Mr. Adams
STATESBORO - Mr. and
Mrs. J. ”, Murphy announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Latre.le, to Thomas
Roberts Adams, son of Mr.
John C. Adams Sr. and the
late Mrs. Sarah Roberts
Adams.
The bride-elect is a greduate
of Statesboro High Scnool and
is employed at E. A. Smith
Grain Co.
Mr. Adams was graduated
rrom Georg,a Southern Col
lege witn a B.S. degree in bus
iness education and is em
ployed with the Bulloch Coun
ty Bank as assistant cashier.
The wedding wiii be solem
nized October 2, 3:30 p.m. at
the Statesboro Primitive Bap
tist Church with reception im
mediately following ceremony
in churcn social hall.
The bride elect is
the grandaughter of
I Mrs. J.J.Murphy of
: Pembroke.
| Mrs. Eloise Winter is a pati
ent in Memorial Hospital, Sa
. vannah where she is undergo
' ing tests and treatment. Her
| many friends wish for her a
. quick recovery and hope that
. she may soon return home.
•JOURNAL
Wild Cats Coach
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ROBERT (BILL) SUMMERFOKD
The many friends of Bill Summerford a Bryan county boy
will be pleased to learn that he has been selected as Coach of
the Wildcats at Richmond Hill. The only sad part of this is,
that at Pembroke where Bill was a star basketball player and
one of the most popular graduates of Bryan County High School
will have to go to Richmond Hill and root against their good
friend who will be coaching the Wildcats.
Bill is married to the former Gayle Smith and they have
already moved to Richmond Hill and they are enthusiastic about
being back home in Bryan for his first job of coaching. Ye
Editor knows that Bill was offered a place at the school in
Vidalia but he wanted to come back to Bryan and be near his
mother who lives at Lanier.
The Journal is glad to have Robert (Bill) Summerford in
Bryan and to know that he and his wife are living at Richmond
Hill, and we plan on being to many of his games a rooting, and
a tooting for his teams to win. Os course when they come to
Pembroke and play Bryan County High, it would be embarrasing
for the Mayor to do anything but get out and yell for the home
town team.
Polls Show Arnall Running Ahead
Os Gray, Maddox Combined
ATLANTA, Ga.—A new poll
on Georgia’s gubernatorial race
by the highly reputable Oliver
Quayle firm of New York
shows Ellis Arnall running
ahead of Lester Maddox and
James Gray combined.
The poll by Quayle, successor
to the very successful Louis
Harris, also shows Garland
Byrd in fourth place in the
Democratic primary, followed
by Jimmy Carter and Hoke
O’Kelley.
Arnall is well in front of his
five Democratic opponents with
43 per cent of the vote, the poll
shows.
Maddox is second with 20 per
cent; Gray third with 16 per
cent; and O’Kelley sixth with
four per cent.
The Quayle poll, interesting
ly, reflects the same strength
for Arnall that a number of
smaller polls conducted
throughout the state have
shown.
In each of eight polls con
ducted last week by newspap
ers and telephone, Arnall has
been shown with from 43 per
cent to 50 per cent of the vote
in the Democratic primary,
with either Maddox or Gray in
second place with 20 per cent
or less.
This includes a poll taken by
a newspaper in DeKalb County,
which showed former Gov. Arn
all with 50 per cent of the vote
in DeKalb.
Willie Reunion
Set For Labor Day
Plans have been made for the
annual Willie Reunion to be held
Monday, September 5, Labor
Day, at the Marcus May resi
dence on Georgia Highway 67
between Pembroke and States-'
boro.
Former residents of Willie,
Ga. amj surrounding communi
ties, now taken over as part of
Fort Stewart, are cordially invit
ed to attend. A basket lunch will
be served at noon. Ice will be
furnit':-d.
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1966
In Appreciation
To Our Friends in
: Bryan County
I We want to thank you for
your assisting us as it relates
to our visits with our son,
Charles, injured in Viet Nam.
Our first trip proved that he
will get well. Just seeing him
at Walter Reed Hospital con
vinced us that the Army has
. the best medical care in the
| world.
i Charles recuperation and re
| habilitation will be a lengthy
process. However, we are
thankful that he is alive. God
has been good to him.
Again, we thank you for
your assistance.
Sincerely,
C. W. and Frances Lane.
I wish to take this opportun
ity to thank my friends, rela
tives and everyone who have
been so kind and thoughtful
and for the many cards, flow
ers and prayers since I have
been in the Walter Reed Hos
pital in Washington, D. C. May
God bless each and everyone is
my sincere prayer.
Charles W. Lane, Jr.
HOME ECONOMIST
TO BE ON T.V.
Mrs. Marjorie V. Jones, Bry
an County Extension Home
Economist, will appear on the
local Channel 3 television pro
gram, "County Edition” this
Saturday morning, September 3
at 9:00 a.m.
Appearing with her will be
Mary Wamell, who will give a
resume of her recent trip to
Washington, D. C. on the 4-H
Citizenship Short Course. Also,
Suzanne Foster will give a
j demonstration on entomology.
1 —
Mrs. C. F. Warnell and fami
ly and her neice Miss Susan
Moody of Register spent last
week at Jekyll Island. Visiting
them during the week were
David Owens, Allen, Linda and
Ronny Speir.
"COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEABIKB WEEKLY NEWSPAPEI'
LIKED BY WftNY ■ CUSSED BY SOKE • REAP IY HUM ALL
Sanders Praises
Ga. Jobs Program
As One Os Best
ATLANTA, (GPS) — Gov.
Carl E. Sanders declared that
Georgia’s vocational rehabilita
tion program “not only far ex
ceeds that of any other South
eastern state, but last year
achieved a gratifying 106.8 per
cent of its goal.” He said once
again it has been recognized as
one of the best in the nation.
The governor’s comment
came as he announced that dur
i ing the 1965-66 fiscal year,
I Georgia ranked fifth in the
I number of physically disabled
I men and women rehabilitated
' and fifth in the number rehab
ilitated per 109,000 population.
He said the state’s program
has ranked among the top five
nationally for at least 15 years.
During the past year, Sand
ers pointed out, 8,010 Georgians
had been completely rehabili
tated and another 10,383 cases
had been closed and referred to
other state and local agencies.
As of last June, the Depart
ment of Education’s Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation had
10,870 active cases remaining
on its books, of which 314 were
ready for employment, 1,289 ac
tively employed but still under
going treatment, and 7,446 be
ing prepared for employment.
Gov. Sanders said that voca
tional rehabilitation division,
under Dr. A. P. Jarrell, “did a
magnificent job last year, as in
years past, in preparing our
physically handicapped for a
productive and satisfying life.’’
He added that “all of those
responsible for this splendid ac
complishment deserve the ad
miration and support of every
single Georgian,” and that “if
our -rrent concern and finan
cial and human support are
continue'' then we can look for
ward to even higher accom
plishments in the coming
years.”
Announcement
I
J, 'W
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Having officially qualified
with the Secretary of State,
Hon. Ben W. Fortson, Jr. in ac
cordance with Georgia Election
Code Section 34-1010 requiring
a nomination petition signed by
not less than five percent of
the total eligible votes, you will
please accept this my official
announcement as an Independ
ent candidate for the office of
State Representative represent
ing the Sixty - fifth District
composed of counties of Bryan
and Effingham.
Elected by you for this most
honorable office I shall ever be
grateful and will promise not
to in any way forget nor be
tray the confidence, trust and
honor you have bestowed on
me. You can further be assur
ed I will be continually without
any interference serving you
according to your wishes to the
very best of my ability.
Sincerely and respectfully,
Milton Arden, Sr.
WILL ATTEND
SOUTH GEORGIA
CONFERENCE
1 The annual Laymans retreat, '
: of the South Georgia Confer
| ence will be held on September
I 3rd through sth at Epworth- ]
I By-The-Sea on St. Simons Is
i land. Mr. J. Dixie Harn will
I have charge of the prgoram.
I Those planning to attend the 1
! conference are: Mr. and Mrs. '
J. .Dixie Harn, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Owens, Mr. and Mrs.
| Wilson Exley and Mr. and Mrs. ।
' L. F. Rogers.
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MRS. NEAL GALE AND DEBBIE GALE
In an effort to get her husband elected as State Senator
Horn the sth Senatorial District, the wife and little daughter
have taken to the “highways and byways,” asking the people
to vote for their husband and father for the place. This delight
ful little lady and her daughter called on Ye Editor, and she
was so interested in her job, telling us, that their family was
one that “Prays together, Plays together, and Works together,”
and that she and her little daughter had taken off one way and
her husband another in a hunt for votes. In talking to the
little lady we learned that she was a Miller before her mar
riage to Mr. Gale, and we immediately tried to figure out where
we were “kin” in some way. Her husband is a pleasant young
man and we are sure that they have a happy family, and that
the trio will convince a lot of voters that their candidate is the
man to vote for.
News Os Bryan
County Schools
The Bryan County schools
will open for students Thurs
day, September 1, 1966. J. R.
DeLoach, Bryan County school
superintendent, has released
the following as faculty for
:| the 1966-67 school term:
Bryan County High School:
। W. E. Summerlin, principal;
j Barbara Akins, Clark Ander-
I son, Gwen Baygents, Mary
I Blanton, Robert Bowers, Mar
| garet Curl, Maggie Downs,
: Elizabeth Harn, Jessie Hope,
I Janelle Hughes, Blanche Lp
| nier, Susan Mitchell, Barbara
Nobles, Jean Owens, William
I Phillips, Martha Quick, Alene
I Shaw, Harold Smith, Jimmie
I Lou Smith, Olivia Speir, Fran-
I ces Strickland, Eva Waller,
I Lydia Waters.
; Black Creek School: Albert
I Odom, principal; Louise Bran-
I nen; Belle Downs, Pauline Mor
gan, Dorothy Pickett, Flaudie
I Smith, Gwen Turner.
George Washington Carver
School: Edgar Lash, principal;
Earl DeVeaux, Texanna Hen
derson, Mamie Moore, Jemima
Mullino, Bernese T. Nichols, ;
Barbara Wellington, Hazel '
White.
Richmond Hill High School:
Roger Jessup, principal; June ,
Baylor, Willie Bennett, June
Floyd, Gladys Heilman, Patri- ■
cia Hiers, Susan Hudson, Eu- ,
genia Langdale, Kay Larsen,
Frances Meeks, Martha Keller,
Bill Summerford, David Varne
doe, Peggy Sikes, Nina Zip
perer.
Pembroke High School: Leon
Dingle, principal; Mabel
Bleach, Christine Campbell,
Thelma Campbell, Luvenia
Williams, Estella Crim, Harold
Dailey, Laura Densler, Jane
Dingle, Lula Garrison, Dorothy
Geter, Isaac Harden, Theresa
Heard, Gertrude Johnson, Fran
ces McLeod, Evelyn Porter,
Doretha Wells, Odell Long,
Otis Cooper, Jr., John Polite.
There will be some changes
in bus routes due to compliance
with new school policies.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Dorsey,
' Jr. of Atlanta, spent part of
their vacation here last week
I with relatives. Mr. Dorsey’s i
: mother, Mrs. G. R. Dorsey Sr. '
Mrs. W. T. Hughes, and Miss i
Lula McGahee; while here the i
1 family group spent Tuesday at I
I Savannah Beach and on Thurs-' i
day they made a trip to Hil- '
ton Head Island, S. C. Mr. and (
Mrs. Dorsey returned home
Friday.
Ye Editor Having
Trouble With Leg
Our leg got into such a con
dition on last Saturday until
our doctor told us that we had
to get off of it, or else we
would stand a good chance of
losing it. Our son-in-law, Sam
Elkins, and his family joined
in and helped us out at the of
fice and we took it easy, but
we still stayed on our leg. We
are still having trouble with it,
and as we write this we have
called for our son-in-law to
come back to Pembroke and
help us again, and we are pre
paring to make another visit
to the doctor.
We know what we are going
to hear, “Get off your leg, go
to bed,” which looks to be im
possible, but if that is the or
der we will have to abide by
it in some way. We are load
ed down with some business
that we have a chance to make
some money on, and God knows
we need to make the few dol
lars that is now in our place
of business. But we must try
and keep our leg.
; So if there is anything short
(about the paper, forgive us; we
jare working under a severe
handicap, and have been put
ting in 15 to 18 hours each
day for some time. We were
just hoping that our luck
would hold out for at least an
other few days.
Lawrence Church
Revival Closes
The revival of the Lawrence
Baptist Church closed last Fri
day night with 20 candidates
for baptism.
The new fiberglass baptistry
is being installed this week
and will be used for the bap
tismal service Sunday night,
September 4, at 8 o’clock.
The Rev. Michael Guido of
Metter was the revival preach
er, and Brother Grady Howard
led the singing. The Rev. John
R. Joyner is pastor of the
church.
Friends and relatives will be
sorry to learn that Gene Scott,
( son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Scott,
’ re-entered the Candler Hospital
last Tuesday to undergo surg
( cry, caused by being seriously
( injured while at work on July
; 7th. at Port City Steel in Sa
' vannah. All friends and rela
( tives wish for him to be much
improved when he returns
' home.
Official Organ City of Pembroke
Approval For
38 Low Rent
Houses Here
Mayor Frank O. Miller has
just received notice that the
City of Pembroke has been ap
proved for 38 low rent houses.
Ten for the elderly people and
28 for the non-eldrly.
This will be the biggest thing
that has happened to Pembroke
in many a day. It means that
some of the slum housing will
be eliminated, and their places
nice brick homes will be built
and rented to low income peo
ple.
It is a project that the May
or and City Council has worked
mighty hard on, and one that
means a great deal more to the
City than many might imagine.
To start with it gives us 38
customers for water and 38
customers for sewerage, whose
bills will be paid, where many
of these same people now are
not able to pay their water bills
and could not be counted as po
tential sewerage customers. It
just means the success of our
sewerage program.
The Gospel Teens
Wins A Trophy
At Gospel Sing
The Gospel Teens of Blitch
ton attended the All-Night Gos
pel Sing at Waycross Memorial
Stadium, August 27, 1966.
Members of the Gospel Teens
are Marla and Joey Davis,
Gary Akins and Janette New
man. In participation the Gos
pel Teens won first place and
were presented a beautiful tro
phy. They have been invited
to attend the National Singing
Convention in Memphis, Tenn.,
Oct. 20-24, 1966. They are
makii g plans to attend this
convention, Cecil Blackwood
will be master of ceremonies
for the amateur groups.
Mn and Mrs. Lehman Akins
accompanied the Teens to Way
cross. They report a very en
joyable time and stated that
the group sang for a crowd of
about 18,000.
Marla and Joey Davis are
the son and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Davis; Gary
Akins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leh
man Akins; Janette Newman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Newman, all of Blitchton.
Our congratulations go to
this fine group of young peo
ple.
DENMARK REUNION
HELD AT BROOKLET
The Denmark family of Bul
loch County held their annual
re-union in the dining room of
the Brooklet Elementary
School, Sunday, August 28th.
A covered-dish luncheon was
served at 1 P.M. by the ladies
of the group and was enjoyed
by all. Much food and a lot of
good fellowship was the order
of the day.
Among those who were pres
ent to represent the family
were: Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Flake, Mr. and Mrs. Delos
Flake and children of Brooklet;
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jarriel and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Flake and family of Savannah;
Mrs. Inez Akers, Atlanta; Mr.
and Mrs. M. E. Ginn, Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Denmark and daugh
ters, Mrs. Gertie Denmark, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Rushing, Mrs.
Gladys Allen, Mr. Phillip Den
mark and Mr. Allen Denmark
of Statesboro;
Mrs. Marie Sheets, Racine,
Wise.; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lee
and Mrs. Robena Smith, New
Zion, S.C.; Mrs. Maude Futch,
Mrs. Ruby Futch and Mrs. Sina
Lou Lanier of Nevils, Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Denmark, Spring
field; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Strickland and Tommy and Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Denmark of
Pembroke, Mrs. Lucille Den
mark of Savannah, and others.
Mrs. Norman Bacon and
daughter Norma and Bea Ba
con spent several days last
week in Florida. They spent
some time at Cocoa Beach and
also visited Mrs. W. E. Herig
at Satellite Beach. They report
a very enjoyable trip and re
turned home Monday night.