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Petty officer Tommy Bembry of the U.S. Navy was awarded the Cross of
Service by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Friday at services held at
the Elko Baptist Church. Shown in the above picture are Mrs. Carey Bittick,
president-general of the U.D.C. of Forsyth; Mrs. Robert Bembry, mother of
officer Bembry; the honoree and his grandmother, Mrs. Hollis Kezar,
president of the Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan Chapter of the U.D.C.; and Robert
Bembry.
Bembry Awarded Service
Cross By U.D.C. In Elko
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Benjamin Thomas
Hembry of Elko, petty of
ficer in the U.S. Navy, was
awarded the Cross of Service
by the United Daughters of
the Confederacy Friday
afternoon at a ceremony
attended by his family and
friends at the Elko Baptist
Church.
Mrs. L. Carey Bittick, of
Forsyth, president-general
of the U.D.C., told the origin
and purpose of the Cross of
Service awarded by the
U.D.C. to those who have
experienced combat duty in
a war and are direct
descendants of Confederate
veterans. This cross was
first awarded during World
War I.
I ISSUES AND ANSWERS I
1- In view of recent court action regarding the election contest in Perry, would
you favor legislative amendment of the City Charter?
No. There was a time when I might have felt that way but those feelings have |
been erased by the long delay and unnecessary cbnfusion in the seating of our 1
properly and duly elected officials. I cannot, in good conscience, sponsor any ||
legislation designed to accommodate losers or obstructionists. Let’s keep the ||
City Charter intact to prevent additional confusions and costly legal action. *
2. What can the State do to help local public education systems?
Plenty. For example, costs to local systems which occur due to legislative
action should be defrayed by the state to prevent ever-increasing tax burdens to
the local community. The state of Georgia has also made progress in the areas of
special education, vocational education, and education for exceptional children.
These programs should be continued for the benefit of the children.
3- How would you vote on proposed legislation to provide state aid to non
accredited private schools?
No. Not one cent of public money to support private education.
I- What about the development of the tourist industry in Perry?
As previously stated, I will work to have a state tourist center built in Perry to
draw visitors who will spend money locally. The Andersonville Trail begins right
here. Tourism offers a great opportunity for additional local income - we should
take advantage of it! |
5- What about taxes? I
Taxes precede death with equal certainty but should not bethe primary cause
of premature departure. The tax burden of real property is strangling the local
community and some of this burden must be shifted to the state.
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Petty Officer Bembry
experienced active service
in the Vietnam War and is a
descendant of Captain John
M. Cobb, Confederate
Veteran, of Carroll County.
Captain Cobb was the
maternal great, great
grandfather of officer
Bembry.
The Cross was presented
to officer Bembry in behalf
of the U.D.C. by Mrs. S. J.
Tankersley, past Recorder
of Crosses for the Georgia
Division.
Mrs. Hollis Kezar,
president of the Sgt. Clinton
C. Duncan Chapter of the
U.D.C. pinned the Cross of
Service on her grandson.
Rev. Geprge L. Griffin,
pastor of the Elko church,
gave the invocation and
benediction. The group sang
Dixie and The Star Spangled
Banner.
Baskets of magnolia
leaves and Confederate and
U.S. Flags formed the
background for the im
pressive service.
Relatives present were the
honoree’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Bembry; his
sisters Misses Julie and
Peggy Bembry; his grand
father, Hollis Kezar; his
uncle, Charles Kezar, all of
Elko; his paternal aunts,
Mrs. Tom Thomas and Mrs.
James Wilcox, both of
Hawkinsville.
Following the service, the
Rev. Dick Reese Jm
Crossroads Methodist Church jfl
“For by grace you have
been saved through faith;
and this is not your own
doing, it is the gift of G0d...”
(Ephesians 2:8)
If someone should ask you,
“what do you want most out
of life", your immediate
answer might be, things,
enjoyable activities, suc
cess. These are not bad in
themselves, but are they
really the greatest desires of
your life? Is there nothing
more that life could hold?
A small boy is a bundle of
energy and activity. All day
he finds many things that are
important to him. In his
imagination he can be a very
successful spaceman, a
general in the U.S. Army, a
cowboy, or perhaps
president of the U.S. He
doesn’t need his mother to
help him be any of these
things, in fact he may resent
any intrusions she makes
into his activities. But when
he is tired after a long day at
play, he soon forgets that he
was a spaceman, a general,
a cowboy, or president of the
U.S., and he finds shelter and
rest in his mother’s arms.
What he wants most of all is
to feel at home and be loved.
Bembrys honored their son
with a social at their home.
The tea table was overlaid
with a cut-work linen cloth,
handmade by Mrs. Bembry.
Garden flowers were used in
decorating. Mrs. Hal Clark
assisted her cousins in en
tertaining.
Fourteen members of the
local U.D.C. chapter and a
number of Perry and Elko
friends were present.
We also need something
more than things, activities
and success. More than
anything else, whether man
will admit it or not, he wants
to be confident of our
relationship with God. We
want to know that we are
accepted as a child of God, a
member of his family.
Often we do not have this
confidence. So many feel so
far away from God. When a
small boy has done
something wrong, he may
decide the only answer to his
situation is to run away from
home. In the same way
many of us have decided that
the only way to solve our
relationship with God is to
run away from him. But like
the small boy, we could find
that by running to our Father
we can find solutions and
forgiveness that we could
never find by running away.
It we want more than
anything else to have a right
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PERRY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1972
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relationship with our
heavenly Father, what can
we do. I>et me suggest three
things that men throughout
the ages have found to bring
them into a closer more
meaningful relationship with
their heavenly Father.
The first thing that must
happen within our lives is
that we admit our need of
God. We are not sufficient
within ourselves to meet our
needs. The writer of the
letter to the Ephesians
remind us that it is “by
grace we are saved through
faith, it is not our own
doing.” We must admit our
desire to be right with God
and admit that there are
many things that seek to
separate us from Him.
The second step is to ac
cept what God in Christ has
already done for us and what
he is doing for us even now.
We must believe and
receive. We must trust him
as our Savior and Lord and
receive him into our lives.
When we have done this the
scriptures remind us that he
will give us power to become
children of God.
In the third place we must
acknowledge what God has
done for us. He has brought
salvation through Jesus
Christ. He has made it
possible for us to know power
so much greater than our
own. He has fulfilled his
promises made through the
scriptures. He did all these
things and more for you and
me.
If you and I follow these
steps and the leading of
God’s Holy Spirit then we
can become that which we
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