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The Pembroke
State Bank
Big Enough
To Serve You
Small Enough
To Know You
Member F.D.I.C.
Volume 66, Number 30, Pembroke, Georgia 31321
The
Parsons
Comer
By
lev. Robert Moseley
Pastor
Finn Baptist Church
Ones Innermost
Feelings
Psalm 69
One of the greatest faults
with any person, regardless of
who he or she is, is feeling
sorry for one’s self or what we
call self-pity. David was at
one of the lowest ebbs in his
life when he wrote this Psalm.
It is filled with self-pity. The
historical background is not
clear for the basis of this
Psalm. There is one fact
which sticks out like a sore
thumb. That fact is, David
has done something which the
people of his kingdom disap
prove.* He knows they have re
jected him because of this
thing he has done. He knows,
too, that God does not approve
of this act. He begins to talk
about his situation and how his
prayers are no longer heard by
God. He has cried out to God
until his throat is dry and
sore. His friends have ceased
to have anything to do with
him. His enemies are gloati
ing over the poo; light, in
which he is standing. He
blames everyone and everything
for this condition but himself.
He does not come right out and
say that God is partly respon
sible but he implies this.
In the last pqptipn of this
^salm he to eall upon
flod«”i< •'Shamble spirit. The
implication is that he has seen
the light, and mistake of his
ways. He calls upon God and
says, “Thou knowest my re
proachr/and my shame, and my
dishonor:” When he feebLjtlKt
Godjhas heard . hjm-jWFTs still
taring hifh, ne begins to
praise God for all of His good
ness and graciousness. He has
put the blame where it should
be and God has forgiven him.
His relationship with God has
been restored. He feels bet
ter about the situation he is in
with the people.
Do you ever feel that every
thing has gone wrong and you
blame everyone and everything
but yourself for the mess? I?
you would put the blame and
responsibility where it should
be, then you would feel better.
Floyd Home
Destroyed by
Fire Sot. Morn
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Floyd
left Pembroke for a short va-‘
cation in Florida late Friday
afternoon, not dreaming that
before they returned their home
and everything would be de
stroyed by fire, but that was
what happened early Saturday
morning, and because there
was no one home to give the
alarm, the house and contents
were practically destroyed be
fore the fire department ar
rived. It was about 3:30 Sat
urday morning when the alarm
was sounded.
Mr. Floyd had some time off
for a short vacation and he and
his family decided to visit a
sister of his in Florida and get
caught up with his fishing. But
when he arrived there he was
greeted with the message that
his home and its contents had
been destroyed by fire.
Mrs. W. T. Hughes spent the
weekend in Greenwood, S.C.,
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wilber
Outzs.
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(1-r): Lee Davis, Donald James. Allen Anderson.
Youth Week
July 22-28
On Wednesday night, July
24, the youth were in charge
of prayer service. Edward
Winter, youth pastor, led the
congregation in a discussion of
some of the problems of the
Young People and how the
youth and adults reacted to
these problems. There was a
lively participation on the part
of both the adults and the young
people. This discussion helped
all who were present to have
a keener insight into the prob
lems that are faced by the youth
of today. '
The youth of the First Bap- (
tist Church filled the places of
responsibility in the church on
Sunday morning, July 28. It ;
<was very inspiring and heart- ;
lifting to see our young people
in action. Each did a fine job i
in filling his or her position. ।
The morning worship serv- ;
ice was a heartfelt, spiritual
experience. The Youth Choir,
under the direction of Frank
Miles, brought a beautiful mes
sage in music. Jimmie De-
Loach, youth pastor, was very
forceful in the delivery of his
message, “The Lukewarm
Christian.”
1 On Sunday night the Youth
Choir of Memorial Baptist
Church of Savannah, presented
the Christian folk musical,
“Good News.” All the people
who attended were enthused
and inspired by the relevant
Christian message to our day,
which “Good News” brought
out. The choir, the musicians,
the soloists, the hippies and the
rebel all did a marvelous job
in this presentation.
, A fellowship for the youth
followed the worship service.
Approximately 75 youth at
tended the fellowship closing
out Youth Week.
Mrs. Brewton
Back on Job
Mrs. Alethia Brewton has re
turned to her desk in the of
fice of family and children’s
services of which Mrs. Brewton
is director for Bryan County.
Mrs. Brewton has been ab
sent for three months because
’ jf an unfortunate accident when
she fell at her home.
’ All the staff is very glad she
j is back and so are her many
friends.
Mrs. Brewton wishes to thank
each and everyone for the many
acts of kindness and thought
’ fulness during her illness and
r convalescence.
The Smith
Reunion Sunday
August 4th
The annual Smith reunion
will be held Sunday, August 4,
1968. The descendants of the
late John T. and Sally Smith
will gather at Dasher’s Fish
ing Lodge near Blitchton on
Route 80.
All relatives and friends are
invited to attend and bring a
basket lunch which will be
served at 1 o’clock.
4-H'ERS ATTENDING
CAMP AT ROCK EAGLE
Thirty-five 4-H boys and
girls from Bryan County are
attending county camp at Rock
Eagle 4-H Club Center. Bus
transportation to and from
camp was provided by the Bry
an County Board of Education.
D. E. Medders, County Agent,
and Mrs. Marjorie Jones, Coun
ty Extension Home Economist,
are accompanying the campers
for the week.
While at camp 4-H’ers will
participate in swimming exer
cises and special interest class
es. The Bryan campers will
be in the Cherokee Tribe for
the week.
At camp this week are Olin
Miller, Kenny Meekins, Joe
Hill, Ronnie Williamson, Wil
liam Strickland, Lawrence Rau
lerson, George Hagin, Russ
ShumEan, Hal Shuman, Dennis
Hendry, Robert Ellison, Mark
Calloway, Jimmy Saxon, Jack
Gardner, Lee Rahn, Don Ow
ens, Mark Heape, Rad Johnson,
Lamar Floyd, Tony Kicklighter,
Connie Miller, Vivian Miller,
Beth Hattaway, Debra Alford,
Nancy Alford, Kathy Bacon,
Leslie Curry, Carrol Ann Cur
ry, Debbie White, Vickie Ha
gin, JoAnn Robinson, Sherry
Jones, Patty Mock, Pam Odom
and Kay Cowart.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Miller
Jr., accompanied the group tc
Rock Eagle and will travel or
to North Carolina. They will
accompany the campers back to
Pembroke Friday.
Ms. and Mrs. G. D. Hendricks
left about a week ago on their
vacation. Their first stop was
in Franklin, Va., and then on
1 to New York and they also will
go to the Green Mountains of
Vermont. The family expects
them to return home sometime
this week.
, A veteran’s widow who re
. marries is not entitled to G.I
i home, farm or businwui loans
says the Veterans Administra
tion.
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OFFICIAL ORIiAX BHYAX COIMY and THE LITA OF PEWiniJhE
PEMBROKE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 1,1968
All-Out War on
Crime Proposed
By Sen. Talmadge
ATLANTA (GPS) — Geor
gia’s U.S. Sen. Herman E. Tai- J
madge calls for giving top pri
ority to an “all-out war or
crime” in the United States.
Addressing the Georgia Sher
iffs Association annual con
vention held in Savannah, the
senator declared:
“We have a war against com
munism in Vietnam, and we
have a war on poverty here at
home. What we need equally
as much is an all-out war on
crime and lawlessness.” He
continued:
“Crime is the most critical
domestic problem confronting
America today. Runaway law
lessness is a problem of the
first magnitude that deserves
top priority at all levels of gov
ernment, and that requires the
unqualified support of law en
forcement by every single citi
zen of this country.”
Emphasizing the role of lo
cal government in combatting
crime, the senator said local
law enforcement “has always
been the first line of defense
against crime, and it must re
main so. Maximum federal co
operation and support of local
law enforcement is much to be
desired, but there is no place
in the American society for a
national police force.”
Emphasiging that crime con
trol must begin at the local lev
el, he asserted:
“However, this struggle in
volves far more than just our
police officers, who are doing
their job the best they can with
the resources available and in
the face of widespread public
apathy and damaging court de
cisions.
“What we need more than
ever is a mobilization of the
forces of law and order across
the entire land, in every home,
school and church and in our
: courtrooms where the aim must
be justice and not just mercy.”
1 The Georgia junior senator
> then drove home this point: “If ।
the American people desire to
feel safe and secure in their
; homes, businesses, and on the s
r public streets, no one can as- (
; ford to stand on the sidelines ‘
, and view crime as a half-inter- J
] ested spectator.” 1
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A veteran who must com
plete high school training to
qualify for higher education
' may receive special G.I. Bill
8 benefits, according to the Vet
-1 erans Administration.
"COASTAL GEORGIAS LEADING WEEKLY NEMf i
Linn IT MAKY • CUSSED 1Y SOMt • R£AB IT THEM Ml |
We Are Proud
Os This Weeks I
Pembroke Journal
We are appearing a day ear- I
Her to serve our tobacco peo- I
pie, due to the opening of the I
Tobacco Markets on July 31. I
We have more advertising for I
this issue than any other to- I
bacco edition we have ever got- I
ten out; we have our usual sec- I
tion from Statesboro, and this I
year we have our neighboring I
city of Brooklet in it also, and I
this year we have the Claxton I
market represented with a lot I
of advertising. |
The tobacco crop may be I
short some, but in this section I
the quality is expected to be I
better than ever before. And I
it is expected that the prices I
will be higher than last year. I
The Journal editor has sold I
this advertising in Statesboro, I
Brooklet and Claxton, and it I
makes us feel good to go out I
and sell our neighbors adver- I
tising in our paper like they |
responded to us this year. Yes, I
the Journal is well thought of |
wherever we went. E
Rev. Joyners .
Father Dies
in Savannah I
The many friends of Rev. and
Mrs. John R. Joyner in this
section will regret to learn of j
the death of his father, 89, at ।
Cohen’s Retreat in Savannah j
where he had been a guest for <
some time.
All of our people remember )
the elder Mr. Joyner, for he ;
has visited Pembroke many
times during the time Rev. Joy
ner was pastor of the Pem
broke First Baptist Church.
He was a member of Eman
uel Baptist Church.
He is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. C. H. Etheridge of
Kenneth Square, Pa., Mrs. J.
A. Woodcock of Savannah, Mrs.
F. W. Weeks of Mcßae and
Mrs. R. M. Jones of Atlanta;
three sons, the Rev. John R.
Joyner of Brooklet, Ga., the
Rev. L. Bert Joyner of States
boro arid Julian Harris Joyner
of Savannah; one brother, L. F.
Joyner of Sylvania; 13 grand
children; nine great-grandchil
dren and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Fox and Weeks Fu
neral Home in Savannah at 3
p.m., Rev. H. E. Gaddy offi
ciating.
Interment was in Bay Branch
Baptist Church Cemetery in
Screven County.
The George M.
Edwards Home
Burns Down
The George Edwards home
burned to the ground last week.
The house was not occupied,
as Mr. Edwards is in a nursing
home, and just what caused the
fire is not known.
It was one of the oldest
houses in this section and was
a landmark that many of the
old-timers remembered.
Announcement
Beulah Baptist Church is
sponsoring a clean-up of the
church cemetery grounds on
Saturday, August 10, at 7:00
a.m. Any help or contribu- .
tions will be greatly appreci
ated.
World War 11 vocational re
, habilitation training has ex
, pired for all but certain seri
। ously disabled veterans who
could have up to 1975 to com
plete training, says the Veter
ans Administration. *
Lovely Bride of Saturday Evening
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MRS. GORDON BOYETTE
. . . nee Miss Jean Beardslee
The marriage of Miss Jean Beardslee, daughter of Mrs.
Ivey B. Beardslee, to Gordon Boyette, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Boyette, Sr. of Savannah, took place on Saturday after
noon July 27 at 4 p.m. at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs.
G. C. Bacon. The Rev. Richard Steincamp officiated.
Given in marriage by her grandfather, U. J. Bacon, the
bride, had her sister, Mrs. Robert Letcher, as her attendant.
Nicholas Hunt was best man.
A reception was given following the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyette will make their home in Pembroke.
September Ballot
Will Be a Long
Narrow One
The Journal is back in the
ballot-printing business. We
have just started work on bal
lots for the September pri
mary. It will be four inches
wide and 40 to 48 inches long.
In the past the tickets for a
Democratic Primary have not
been so long, but the election
code has changed many things,
and today printing this long
ballot is a job for anyone, any
where, but the Journal has the
equipment and 50 years of
“know-how,” and we are going
after this business.
The September ballot will be
a baby compared to the one in
November when the Constitu
tional amendments appear on
the ticket as well as all candi
dates for state office and coun
ty offices, which will again be
what we refer to as a “bed
sheet" ballot. Only it lores to
be larger than ever.
The Journal will be printing
these again as we did two
years ago when we printed
them for more than 30 counties
and used about 10 tons of pa
per. This paper was bought
ahead of time and came to us
on skids, weighing about a ton
to the skid. Most of it came
from a paper mill in Texas and
was bought for us through
Chatham Atlantic Paper Com
pany, and who are going tc
furnish all the paper we use
this time. We have found
them to be the finest people
we ever dealt with.
So from now on Ye Editor
will be as busy as the proverb--
ial “bee in a tar bucket.”
The recently increased 6.75
per cent interest rate on VA
guaranteed and direct home
1 loans can remain in effect un
til October, 1969, according to
the Veterans Administration, j
I
Street Dance ;
Was Moved to
I 1
Blitchton
Saturday night when a large
crowd gathered at the Fire Sta
tion and made preparations for
a street dance there, and it ap
peared that there could be some
friction between the races as
a number of both were there
and apparently intended to par
ticipate in the dance.
Mayor Miller was called at
Blitchton where he was on busi
ness and he returned to Pem
broke, and was accompanied
back by Jack Gardner, who sug
gested to the Mayor that if
he were going to stop the dance
here, that he would be glad for
them to go to Blitchton and
have their dance there, and that
' ■ what happened.
.Ve do not know where there
would have been any friction or
not, but we certainly did not
want any, and we asked those
in charge of the dance not to
hold it in Pembroke, and they
agreed to this and accepted
the invitation of Jack Gardner
and went by the hundreds to
his place, and the Mayor went
down to see just what was go
ing on, and we found the mu
sic in full swing and the crowd
evidently having the time of
their lives a “wiggling and a
twisting,” which seems to be
the way young people seem to
carry on their dances today.
When Ye Editor was a young
man, and thought he could
dance we “got a good-looker in
our arms and we are sure that
we got more real pleasure out
of this type dancing than the
modern-day young people.
Mrs. W. R. Deal, who was
ad,nitfed to Candler General
Hospital last week is doing as
well as can be expected after
major surgery last Thursday.
Her many friends and relatives
are very interested and hope
in a few days she will be show
ing much improvement. *
Meeting Thursday
Night At Health
Dept. Interesting
A number of citizens was in
vited to meet at the Bryan
County Health Department on
Thursday night to hear some
talks, see some pictures and
discuss the “deplorable” situa
tion we have in many sections
of Bryan County, and telling
us what could and should be
done to make Bryan County a
more beautiful and healthy
place in which to live.
Health officials were there
to show picture slides of what
had been done elsewhere, and
what could be done to help our
county.
The Mayor of the city was
among those attending, and we
say that it was a fine meet
ing, and with the work that
is being done already in Pem
broke and Bryan County we be
lieve that, all of Bryan County
will wage a campaign against
health hazards, old abandoned
autos in the woods, dumping
garbage along the roadside in
al) parts of Bryan County,
which is a strict violation of
the law, and those doing it
should be made to stop doing
so, or else be brought into
court and made to pay for their
i carelessness.
There will be a meeting in
I the courtroom on Saturday aft
ernoon, August 10, when we
will be favored with having an
expert in this field come to
Pembroke and tell us how pro
grams of this kind can be car
ried out and hurt no one, but
help everyone. He handled the
Savannah Plan which did such
a marvelous job in Savannah,
and we urge all of our people,
both white and colored, to go
to the Bryan County Court
house Saturday afternoon, Au-
gust 10, at 6 p.m. and hear this
man’s talk and see some pic
ture slides of just what was
done in Savannah and is being
done in Chatham County
through the generosity of the
Citizens and Southern Bank
whose president thought so
much of his plan that they
moved him from Atlanta to Sa
vannah and he is a full-time
man fighting filth, cleaning
up places and helping make
the world a better, safer, heal
thier place in which to live.
The Mayor of the City of
Pembroke has heard his talk,
saw his picture slides and
thought so much of it until he
made arrangements for the
man to come to Pembroke and
talk to our people.
Be one who wants to do
something about our deplorable
situations all over Bryan Coun
ty, and you will be glad that
you did.
Shower For
Bride
Mrs. Gordon Boyette, who
prior to her marriage on Sat
urday afternoon was Miss Jean
Beardslee, was honored with a
lovely miscellaneous shower
given at the social center of the
Pembroke Fire Department on
Thursday evening, July 25.
Hostesses were Mrs. R. I.
Raulerson, Mrs. Hubert C.
Gaines, Mrs. Dorothy B. Bacon,
Mrs. Audrey K. Owens, Mrs.
Billy McCoy, Miss Mary Lane
and Miss Linda Raulerson. Mrs.
Gaines met the guests at the
door and introduced them to the
bride-elect; her mother, Mrs.
Ivey B. Beardslee, and her
grandmother, Mrs. U. J. Ba
con.
Mrs. Jim Hite, sister of the
bride, kept the guest book
Miss Becky Lane and Miss Car
ter Harn presided over the
punch bowl.
A Veterans Administration
doctor pioneered in long-term
.use of artificial kidney.