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Volume 66, Number 20, P. O. Box 36, Pembroke, Ge;)rgia 31321
Pembroke To Have One Or More Huge Plants In Operation Here
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WHO SHOULD ‘
LISTEN TO GOD
Psalm 49
This Psalm was set to mu
cic. The people sang the words
of this Psalm on many occa
sions. Hear this, is a command
and all people would listen to I
the words that were spoken !
or sung. “Give ear, all inhabit
ants of the world, both low
and high, rich and poor to
gether!” The message is meant
for everyone. All people re
gardless of who they are, are
to pay attention. The message
of this Psalm is an ever liv
ing message. The Psalmist is
telling the people that you
cannot buy God off. He will
not accept the superficial gifts
which are offered in ones be
half for salvation. All people
are to meet death., Men cannot
live forever.
Please read and study this
Psalm. Look at the truths as
they unfold before you. These
are the everlasting truths of
God. There is no power or
principality which can change
them in any way. All people
are to face the judgment of
God. The foolish shall perish.
The foolish include all of
those people who do not trust
Christ as Saviour. In our day
and time, with all of our
modes of communications, ig
norance will not suffice. There
is no person on the face of
the earth who in some way
has not heard of the love and
grace of Jesus Christ.
The Psalmist in verse 15
makes a profound statement,
“But God will ransom my soul
from the power of Sheol, for
He will receive me.” How
many people of our day and
time can make this same
statement with any degree of
confidence Well friend, if you
cannot make this statement
and know it is true then now
is the time to do something
about the condition of your
soul, before it is too late. We
need to be able to say with
confidence that God has deliv
ered our souls from the power
of hell,
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Sgt. Coley To
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Return Home
Sgt. Ist Class Freddie Coley
who was wounded in Vietnam
Jan. 31, is expected to leave
the hospital in Japan for the |
states sometime this week, ac
cording to his mother, Mrs.
Cecil Futch.
Mrs. Futch reported that
Sgt. Coley is improving but
expects to have at least two
more operations on his hand
after he returns to the United
States. Sgt. Coley was shot
three times, receiving wounds
of the hand, arm and side.
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Gospel Sing
The Monthly Gospel Sing of
Blitchton Baptist Church will
be held the fourth Saturday
night in Feb. at 7:30 o’clock,
Feb. 24, 1968, several. out
standing groups are going to
sing and play for you. Every
one is invited to come. Re- |
freshments will be served. ‘
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”te pmuke LIKED BY MAY - CUSSED BY SOME - READ BY THEM ALL
Lawrence Church Had Fine Day
Sunday Celebrating Pastors 5
Years Service As Their Pastor
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On left is shown the Pastor, Rev. John R. Joyner, and on the
right is Congressman G. Elliot Hagan who made the morning
address. :
Pembroke Editor
Introduced Our
Congressman Sun.
Truly the people of Law
rence Baptist Church did
themselves proud Sunday. It
was a day that had been set
aside to honor their Pastor,
who has served them so well
and faithfully for the past
years. Hon. G. Elliott Hagan,
our Congressman was the feat
ured speaker, and was intro
duced to the people by Pem
broke Editor Frank O. Miller,
who paid tribute to Rev. Joy
ner, the people of the Law
rence Church and then telling
them something about our
Congressman, who has been a
warm friend of ours for many
years,
We had heard Congressman
Hagan make political speeches
and knew that he was a good
speaker, but we wondered just
how he would show up as a
main speaker at Lawrence, but
let us tell you he came through
with flying colors, and we
know no one that could have
made a finer talk on the need
of Getting Back to God and
the Ten Commandments than
our good friend Hagan did.
He could have passed as a first
class preacher, had our peo
ple there not known better.
The Congressman had his
assistant Ralph Price along
with him, and he and everyone
there enjoyed the morning
services. Then everyone was
invited out to the social center
to enjoy one of the finest din
ners that we have ever been
privileged to attend. There
was everything imaginable on
the table and plenty of it.
After the meal was over
many just stood around and
visited with one another for
a time. It is good for friends
and neighbors to get together
and enjoy the good things of
life, and then enjoy a good
old time chat with each other,
Truly the Joyners have
meant a great dJeal to Law
rence, the church has made
progress in every way, and the
Joyners are happy out there
as they have their own home
just a short ways from the
church, and in that way they
are in better position to serve
the people out there than they
were before the Joyners ar
rived.
Yes it looks to us as if The '
Joyners were meant for Law
rence and Lawrence Church
was the happy landing - .lace
of the Joyners.
Rev. Barrett
To Begin Series
0 Begin S
The Reverend John D. Bar
rett of the Pembroke Christi
an Church will begin preach
ing a series of sermons on the
Seven Last Words of Christ
as he was, on the cross,
The series will begin Sun
day February 25 and run
through Sunday April 7. The
title of the messages are as
follows: ‘“The Word of Con
cern”; “The Word of Compas
sion”; “The Word of Com
fort”; “The Word of Con
quest”; “The Word of Cham
pionship”; “The Word of
Completion”; and “The Word
of Committal,”
The Sunday Evening service
at 7 p.m. has for the past few
weeks and will be until Easter
a study course in the Life of
Christ. All of you are welcome
to come and join us for these
; services,
David A. Spei
David A. Speir,
Jr. Died Monday
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“In Jacksonville
The death of David A, Speir,
Sr., 70, at his home in Jack
sonville, Fla., was a shock to
his many friends and relatives
in Bryan County. He was a
native of Bryan County.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs,
Alice Gibson Speir of Jackson
ville, Fla., a son, David A.
Speir, Jr., of the Panama
Canal Zone, a daughter, Mrs,
Melrose Zipperer of Tampa,
Fla,, brother Henry L. Speir,
By, of Pembroke, and five
sisters, Mrs. Sallie Osteen,
Mrs. Emma Morse, and Mrs.
Maude Downs of Pembroke,
Mrs. Bessie Culbertson of Sa
vannah, and Mrs. Annie Mae
Lee of Pontiac, Mich,
Funeral services were held
on Wednesday afternoon at 2
p.m. in the First Baptist
Church of Pembroke, conduct
ed by the Rev. John R. Joy
ner and Rev. Robert Mosley,
pastor. Active pallbearers
were W, H. Speir, Henry
Speir, Jr., Speir Downs, James
Elmer Mock, Jack Barnard,
Thomas C. Moon. Burial was
in Northside Cemetery. Morri
son Funeral Home was in
charge.
Mr. Buck Lane is a patier.mt
in St. Joseph’s Hospital in
Savannah, but Mrs. Lane !:9'
ports that he is doing quite
well.
and BRYAN COUNTIAN Consolidated December 29, 1967
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRYAN COUNTY and THE CITY OF PEMBROKE
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1968
Plans Being Made To Break Ground About March 15 For Pembroke Steel Co
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' The Mayor Is Going For An
Inspection Os The Helicopter
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Pads In A “Whirley Bird”" Wed.
When this comes out in print on Wednesday the May
or of Pembroke and Councilman, plus Sheriff N. L.
Ham will be the guest of the Commanding General of
the Fort Stewart-Hunter Field flying facilities.
Under the plans the Mayor and Mr. Ham is to be
picked up in a “Limousine” at 12 noon, and from there
on we “are going places, doing things we have never.
done before and see the sights of South Georgia from’
a Helicopter as the guest of Brigadier General Frank
Z. Meszar, Commanding General of Fort Stewart-Hunt
er Field.
l Just what all we will do and what all they are going
to show us is not known now, but we hope to give you a
| complete report of what we did, what we saw and
| where we went in the next issue of The Pembroke
Journal. There is one thing we do know that we are
going to be traveling with the “big dawgs,” and we
are going to try and look the part of a VIP, which is
short to them for Very Important Persons.
For the past several months we have enjoyed know
ing the head officers of our neighboring Fort Stewart,
and we believe it good for all of us, to be friends and
cooperate in every way that we can to make life easier
and better for all concerned, that applies to all person
nel of the armed services and also to our own little City
and its affairs.
We believe that we can make more progress for éur
little City by working with the officials and making
them our friends, and letting them as neighbors know
that we were interested in them and their problems and
want to be a part of their program.
It has paid off already aud we know that we are
going to get some immense benefits by the close friend
ship and harmony of all of us.
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Rosa Strickland
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Circle Meets
The Rosa Strickland Circle
of the WMU of the First Bap
tist Church of Pembroke met
at the home of Mrs. L. M. An
derson for their January meet
ing with six members present.
Mrs. G. B. Williams gave
the devotional which was tak
en from Acts 11:20-15, and
also the program.
Student work overseas in
Ghana, Purea, and Thailand
was the theme of the very
interesting and informative
program. It concerned young
people being trained through
the churches, universities, and
missionaries of the different
countries,
Members of the Rosa Strick
land Circle have begun a
group prayer between the
hours of seven and nine each
day for young people of the
church and community to be
come more aware of the Chris
tian work that needs to be
done among students,
Mrs. Charles Warnell, circle
chairman, closed the program
with prayer, after which the
hostess served refreshments,
Those present were Mrs, Joe
Brewton, Mrs. L. M. Ander
son, Mrs. Charles Warnell
Mrs. Effie Johnson, Mrs. G. B.
Williams, and Mrs. Laure
Mock,
H. B. Warnell
Has Surgery At
St. Joseph’s
Harold B. Warnell, Clerk of
Court of Bryan County, and
President of The Pembroke
State Bank entered St. Josephs
Hospital in Savannah last
Friday for x-rays and examin
ation, as a result of which he
underwent surgery on Mondag
morning,
He is getting along nicely
and his friends expects him to
return home soon.
Colonel and Mrs. J. M.
Stubbs of Shaw A.F.B, S. C.,
spent the week-end with Col
onel Stubbs’ mother, Mrs. J. .
Stubbs,
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Garden Club !
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Met With
Mrs. Donahoo
The Pembroke Garden Club
met at the home of Mrs, Cleo
Donahoo on Feb. 16th at 4 p.m.
Co-hostess were Mrs. W. L.
Humphries and Mrs. Marjorie
Jones, }
Mrs. W. W. Pickett gave the
inspirational by reading a
poem entitled “Windows of the
South” by Ella Wheeler Wil-
COX.
The program was presented
by Mrs. Marjorie V. Jones,‘
l Bryant County Home Econ
omist whose subject was, “Se
lecting and Growing House
Plants”. She demonstrated the
substance to use in lining}
pots for successful results in
growing house plants also how
to make a totum pole for
philodrendrons and other trail
i ing plants. Her demonstration
| was most interesting and
| educational.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Owens
was first place winner for the
yard plaque, 2nd, Mrs. Helen
Shuman, 3rd Mrs. Dot Reed.
Mrs. U. J. Ba¢on won the
door prize,
Miss Betty Bashlor was
welcomed as a new member. |
In arrangements Mrs, U. J. |
Bacon was awarded first place,
Mrs. L. M. Anderson won Ist
place in horticulture, Mrs. U,
J. Bacon, 2nd.
The hostesses served delici
ous refreshments to the mem
hers who were, Mrs. R. B.
Reed, Mrs, J. C. Stubbs, Mrs,
N. L. Ham, Mrs. W. W, Pick
att, Mrs. Grover Denmark,
Mrs., L. M. Anderson, Miss
Betty Bashlor, Mrs, P. E.
Bnannen, Mrs. Marjorie Jones, .
Mrs. U. J. Bacon, Mrs. W. L.
Humphries and Mrs. Cleo
Donahoo, Mrs. V. P. Stubbs.
Mrs. J. C. Stubbs spent last
week with her son and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Stubbs of Statesboro.
! Miss Kay DeLoach, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim De-
Loach, was home from Val.
dosta State College this week-|
end, :
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Geo. Strickland
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4th To Qualify
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For Sheriff
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What was thought to be a
closed race for Sheriff of Bry
an County, took on new life ‘
Monday morning when George
A. Strickland, an oil and gas
dealer on Highway 280 quali
fied for Sheriff.
He is a native of Bryan
Co., a Veteran of World War 2
and has had police service in
Savannah., He is married and
has two children.
Mr. Strickland has a large
family connection and many
friends in all sections of Bry
an County.
He promises if elected to
[ give his full time to the job.
‘ His announcement is as fol
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ANNOUNCEMENT |
To The Voters of |
! Bryan County l |
' This is to announce that I
have qualified as a candidate |
for Sheriff, for the unexvired
trem of Kyle D. Smtih, in the
Special Election to be held on i '
Thursday, March 7th. n
| I was born and raised in l :
\ Bryan County, and have lived | |
| here most of the time, except I
i about two years when I was 1 J
{ a member of the Savannah 1 |
: Police Department. At the | |
| present time I own and oper- ’
! ate a service station 24 hours |
| each day on Route 280, and |
t have enoyed serving my Bry- | |
| an County friends. ‘
« I feel that I am qualified to | f
fill this important office, and |
if elected I promise you a |
i faithful service. I am a vet
| eran of World War 2, and | |
most of the people of Bryan |
‘ County know me. It is going ;
| to be impossible for me to see |
| everyone before the election :
[(m March 7th, but this is an
,appeal for your vote, If elect- ’ (
| ed I will conduct the affairs |
|of the office in a manner that ]
’will be pleasing to the good ]
| people of Bryan County. ]
i Sincerely 1
} George A. Strickland [
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' BCHS Basketball .
[ Tournament Set ;
| BCHS has advanced to the
| .region tournament which is be
ing held in Claxton High
tSchool Gymnasium Feb. 22,
i 23, and 24.
Thursday night both Red
skin teams play. The girls
face Toombs Central at 7:30
p.m. and the boys meet Adri
t an at 9 p.m. the same night,
+ Neither the boys or girls
have faced Toombs Central or
Adrian in regular season play.
Coach Van Brunt says that
this is the big one of the sea- |
Isnn since a victory will assure :
the teams of a berth in the '
i,state tournament. .
City Os Pembroke Joins Hands
With The Pembroke Development
Corporation In Completing Plans
W ben it was learned that there was a steel company
wanting to locate in" Pembroke that would furnish work
for about two hundred men, and the City Council and
Mayor was contacted. The Council met and authorized
the Mayor to get ‘the necessary land, which must be
on the railroad, as.a side track would be run through
the plant of the Pembroke Steel Company.
The Mayor got busy and on Friday the necessary
d'eal was made that gave the City 51% acres of good
timber land, that joins the land of Continental Can
Company, and they are swapping 51% acres of their
]angi along the southside of the Seaboard-Coast Line
Railroad, that will be developed into a home for several
factories, ete.
The Pembroke Steel Company has already been in
corporated and will be the first place to build in our
new Industrial Center. They will require 5 acres of
this land for their factorv and asked for an ootion on
five acres more. They plan to get busy at once and
carly in March ground will be broke and the foundation
for their fine new buildings will be put down, and it
will not be long before this business will be in operation
24 hours each day, and will employ two hundred or
more men, in addition to some women.
There is another plant coming in along with them,
that wants 5 acres of land and will employ 250 people.
It will be only a few days before this deal will be closed.
In the meantime at least two other plants are figuring
in getting sites in our new development park, and it
looks to the Mayor as if we will soon have to negotiate
for additional land for factories that wish to locate in
Pembroke.
These business places have created a demand for
houses, and in order to serve all of our people the
Mayor will like to have listed with him any home that
can be rented, and what the rent will be, plus all the
information concerning the home. There is also several
interested in buying a home. We have one person that
is connected with the Pembroke Steel Company that is
interested in buying a good home, three or four bed
rooms, modern and with all conveniences. If you have
one that you wish' to sell, let the Mayor know about it.
We will be glad to serve in a capacity of getting buyer
and seller together and there will be no charge.
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March Os Dimes
Comes To Close
“Because of leadership pro
vided by the type of consci
entious volunteers the 1968
March of Dimes campaign has
had, I am happy to relate that
a total of $940.00 has been
raised states Mrs. Blondine
Newman, March of Dimes
Chairman,
“This figure is about a $350
increase over last year and
could not have been accom
plished without the enthusias
tic support of all the volun
teers. We have reason to look
to the future with hope and
encouragement,” she said.
Mrs. Newman explained
that comparable to the in
crease in funds is the growth
in public awareness of our
fight against this great de
stroyer of life.
“l am convinced that be
cause of the help given by vol
unteers the 250,000 American
babies born each year with at
least one significant birth de
fect will enjoy brighter fu
tures,” Mrs. Newman remark
ed,
“l would again like to say
that [ sincerely appreciate
everything anyone has done to
make this' a successful year
for the March of Dimes.”
BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Winter
announce the birth of a son,
F. H. Winter, Jr., born Dec,
13, 1967, in the Candler Cen
tral Hospital in Savannah.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Tillma.n
and paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Harvel Winter,
Paternal great grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Ruufs Win-,
ter and Mrs. Jonnie Mae Wells
of Daisy, and the late Mr.
Henry Waldom.
Editor Visits
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Our Sick In
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The Hospital
On Sunday afternoon Ye
Editor went to Savaiuth to
see some of our sich people.
First we went to 1. morial
Hospital where an uncle of
the wife, John &. Gatch of
Savannah lies at deaths door,
with a bad heart condition and
due to his age it is feared that
‘ Jhe is nearing the end of the
Tow,
Next we went to Candler
Hospital and visited our friend
W. W. (Bill) Curl, who just a
few days ago underwent a
major operation, but is doing
nicely and has hopes of being
able to return to Pembroke in
| a short time. His room was
full of relatives and friends
so we did not tarry long.
Then we went to St. Josephs
nHospital to see our good
irlena L. U. (Buck) Lane, and
10und nim siwung up in bed
reaulug tne paper, and to us
ne 100Kea betver than we have
seen uli 1 a long time. He
bays Lllac ne leeis ne 1s doing
nicely and nas nopes of com
lug DacKk nome soon,
iue eveulng nad closed in
I On us 1l e eanvime so we
came Dack 1o rembroke,
| We enjoy golug 1o see our
Arlends wuen uney are i, lor
we¢ Kuow Just wnat 1t means
W One LW Know tnat tnere are
lnose tnav care, and ir more
Or us wouid do a lttle more
visiting the sick and disabled
we could make many people
happy.
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Mrs. Cleo Donahoo and Mrs,
Virgie Deal were guests of
Mrs. Celest Purvis in Augusta
last week-end. They report a
very enjoyable time and at
tended a polo game in Aiken,
S. C.