Newspaper Page Text
The Pembroke
State Bank
Big Enough
To Serve You
Small Enough
To Know You
Member F.D.I.C.
Volume 65, Number 19, Pembroke, Georgia 31321, P. O. Box 36
The
Parsons
Corner
By
Rev. Robert Moseley
Pastor
First Baptist Church
Deliverance
From Death
Psalm 30
David, under the inspira
tion of the Lord, writes <
psalm of thanksgiving for de
liverance from death. Wher
we read and study this psalm
we seem to find a meaning
that is implied. The impliec
meaning is that of deliveranci
from spiritual death, while th(
surface meaning is that o:
physical death. Throughou
this psalm the Psalmist sings
the praises of God, for whai
God has done, is now doing
and will do in the future
when life on this earth is nor
existent.
David said that he had cried
unto the Lord & the Lord had
heard and healed him. When
he was at a low spiritual ebb,
and when he felt as if his
very soul had plunged down
to the very depths of hell, the
Lord had lifted him up. When
he was faced with insurmount
able odds, God had given him
the victory so that his foes
could not rejoice over him.
When night was upon the face
of the earth and things looked
the darkest, God was always
near; and the joy of the Lord
would fill his soul as a new
day would break upon the
face of the earth. David’s
trust in the Lord had given
him a joy and a gladness
which was unsurpassed and
could never be taken away
from him.
The implied meaning of de
liverance from spiritual death
can be seen especially in the
close of this psalm. David
said, “O Jehovah my God, I
will give thanks unto thee for
ever.” He did not mean that
he would praise and give
thanks unto God for the dura
tion of his life upon the face
of the earth, but he would
sing God’s praises for all
eternity. In verse 9, David
states that there would be no
profit for him or the Lord if
he was to spend eternity in
the pit, “hell”. He had lived
according to the command
ments of the Lord, and he
knew for a fact that God
would deliver and save him
for all eternity.
Friends, do you have as
much confidence as David had,
in where you will spend
eternity?
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. John Stubbs
of Lanier, announce the birth
of a daughter, Amy Bostick in
the Memorial Medical Center
on September 29th. The in
fant weighed 6 lbs. 3 ozs.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Bostick of
Pelham, Ga. and the paternal
grandparents are Mrs. J. T.
Stubbs and the late Mr. Stubbs
of Lanier and also great
grandmother, Mrs. J. C. Stubbs
and Mrs. John Story are great
grandmothers of Lanier.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Pevey for the weekend was
Joe Douglas of Jesup. Joe is
Mrs. Pevey’s grandson.
mo® © w
CLERKS OFFICE 1-1-67
^^^EaSROKE. 31321
Ihe Pembroke
Honored For 52 Years Service To His Church
KKK Kt
iXBi a ■
||||||^ r ®
■n BPmltlW W
I^l Rk ""IF
iSHKk 1 ill
Sp* alll '
W. W. CURL, JR. — REV. MOSELEY — U. J. BACON
On the left is Mr. W. W. Curl, who has just gone in as Treasurer of the First Baptist Chureh
of Pembroke, in the center is Rev. Robert Moseley, the Pastor, and on the right is Hon. U. J.
Bacon, one of Bryan Counties leading citizens who was being honored on Sunday for his services
over the past 52 years as Treasurer of the church. He was presented a lovely silver tray, in
scribed, Presented to U. J. Bacon by First Baptist Church Pembroke, Ga., October 1, 1967, in
Appreciation of 52 Years Faithful Service As Treasurer.
Will Be At Richmond Hill Saturday
I, — I
J ww
GOVERNOR LESTER MADDOX
The Governor will be accompanied by Mrs. Maddox for the Richmond Hill Jaycees Annual Fish
Fry, which is to be held at the Firehouse. The program will start moving at 4:00 P.M. and
there will be a fish fry from 5 to 8 o’clock. A feature of the day will be a fund raising project
tn which a 600 pound Black Angus Cow will be awarded to some lucky person. It is said that
the cow will be delivered alive or butchered ready for your freezer. The Richmond Hill Jaycees
are going all out to make this one of their biggest occasions, and they have had many in the past
year. It is a fine time for the friends of the Governor and the people in the Richmond Hill sec
tion to go down and visit with your Governor and wife, and the good people of that section. The
Journal Editor and Mrs. Miller plans on being on hand for this fine event.
•JOURNAL
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1967
"COASTAL GEORGIA'S LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER"
LIKED BY MANY • CUSSED BY SOME • READ BY THEM ALL
U. J. Bacon ।
Paid Tribute
For Service
A complete surprise was in
store for Hon. U. J. Bacon
when he went to church on
last Sunday morning. After
serving the First Baptist
Church as treasurer since the
year 1914, not long after he
became a member, Mr. Bacon
had tendered his resignation
some weeks ago. The fiscal
year ended on October first
when he actually retired.
At the close of the morning
service, the pastor, Rev. Rob
ert D. Moseley, asked the con
gregation to be seated. He
asked the retiring treasurer,
Mr. A. J. Bacon, and the new
ly elected treasurer, Mr. W. W.
Curl, Jr., to come to the front
of the church. Mr. Curl, who
has served as Mr. Bacon’s co
worker for the past several
years, made a few complimen
tary remarks and stated that
in behalf of the church he was
presenting a love gift of ap
preciation to the retiring trea
surer, who had served the
church through thick and thin,
through good years and bad
years for over half a century.
A huge package containing
a lovely silver tray was pre
sented to the honoree. Mem
bers of his family, even the
four month old great grand
daughter Jody Hite, came up
immediately .o admire the
gift. Mr. Bacon’s family had
'been secretly ushered into the
church by faithful admirers
and seated in one of the wings
of the auditorium and out of
sight of the receiver of the
surprised honor.
The entire membership of
the church is grateful to Mr.
Bacon for his faithfulness as
treasurer for 52 years.
Throughout his tenure he
has worked willingly and ef
ficiently. He has proved his
untiring service.
In his letter of resignation,
■Mr. Bacon stated that due to
additional responsibilities in
his business, he would be un
able to give the time required
to carry out his duty as trea
surer.
The church was reluctant to
accept his resignation as he
had served so faithfully
through the years.
Following the presentation
of the gift, those present came
to express their personal grat
itude to Mr. Bacon for his
years of service as treasurer.
Ogeechee River
Baptist Assn.
Meets Oct. 12
The Ogeechee River Baptist
Association will meet in her
Sixty-Ninth Annual Session
on Thursday, October 12, 1967,
in the Porta] Baptist Church
at 10 A.M.; and in the Temple
Hill Baptist Church at 10 A M.
on Friday, October 13.
Portal is 12 miles northeast
of Statesboro, Ga. on High
way 80. Temple Hill Baptist
Church is located about 7 miles
out North Main Street from
Statesboro. Turn left on the
first blacktop road — go to
Allen’s Store where blacktop
ends — continue for % mile
on dirt road.
David Owens, accompanied
by a friend Tom Gleen of
Darien spent the weekend at
home. Both young men are
students at Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College in Tifton,
Ga.
Homecoming Day at Olive Branch Church
Draws Large Crowd, Food and Fellowship
Official Organ City of Pembroke
Sunday was one of the big
gest days in the history of
Olive Branch Church. The
church was filled to capacity
of members, their families and
friends, plus a large attend
ance of friends from through
out this section.
The Editoi' of The Journal
was one of the throng that was
there, and we were amazed at
fine condition that we saw the
church in, it was “spic and
span,” and had everything that
a church needed to carry on
the Lord’s work with, but we
had not gotten in there good
before we realized that there
was one thing they needed and
needed badly, and that was
some new church pews.
We did not know that this
had already been noted by the
good women of the church,
and a committee which we
thought was headed by Mrs.
Peter F. Martin got up and
said that they had gotten some
prices on some new church
pews, and that they would
cost SB4 a piece, and asked
if there were not those that
would give a pew in memory
of some loved one, and it was
just a few minutes before they
had money for all the pews
that was needed. The Journal
Editor gave one in memory of
his many friends of that sec
tion who we knew and loved
for the past 40 years, and
many of whom has already an
swered the last call.
We enjoyed the program of
the morning services, their
music and singing was real
good, and the hospitality that
was present with each and
every one was great. We never
ate so much in our life be
fore, and finally had to tell
a little lady that was insisting
on us having some of her
food, that if we ate any more,
it would be necessary for us
to take “our corset” off. Re
ferring to the elastic belt we
have to wear. The little lady
suggested that we take the
thing off and enjoy ourselves
for a short while anyway.
We estimated that there was
at least 400 to 500 people pre
sent, and for our part it look
ed as if “everyone loved every
one else”, which truly is a fine
spirit for any community to
have. Yes it was a banner
day.
The pictures to the left of
this showed the crowd around
the table along at different
sections of it, the first one
shows the David Paige fam
ily, and their food was at the
head of the table where every
one started. The others was
made up and down the table.
Georgia Wranglers
Attend Horse
Show
The Georgia Wranglers Rid
ing Club attended the Annual
Horse Show at the Rocking S.
Drill Team Riding Club in Sa
vannah.
Twelve Ribbons were won
by the Georgia Wranglers cid
ers.
Those attending the frolic
were Julian and Virginia
Buckner and their three
grandchildren Robin, Joy and
Bob, Ray and Vi Harrison,
Herman, Claudine and Dindy
Butler and Douglas Crowe.
Everyone enjoyed the show.
The Georgia Wranglers will
have their practice riding
every second, fourth and fifth
Sundays.