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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 47 - NUMBER 25 IMPACT ON AREA ECONOMY SHOWN Rayonier Celebrates 10th Anniversary Jesup Plant Jesup, Georgia — Wednesday, June 24, marks the tenth anni versary of an important mile stone in the e onomic develop ment of Southeast Georgia. It was on that date in 1954 that more than 5000 local residents joined with distinguished govern ment officials and the executives and employees of Rayonier In corporated to celebrate the com pletion here of the company’s new chemical cellulose mill. The Jesup Division, as the plant was designated, cost some $25,- 000,000, to build. It was designed by Rayonier engineers, using a process developed by the com pany’s own research staff. Capa city at the time of start-up was 85,000 tons of pulp annually. What has happened at Rayon iers’s Altamaha plant site since that celebration a decade ago? “Plenty,” says B. W. Haskell, Resident Manager of the Jesup Division. “We’ve been pleased to see the growth and progress in Jesup and the surrounding area in the last decade, and proud that Rayonier has grown along with the area. The mill, of course, has doubled in size and we have re fined and revised our process as necessary to keep abreast of the times, so that Rayonier and the Jesup mill have held their posi tion in the face of some remark ably tough competition. “Since 1954, each year has been a year of progress for the Jesup Division and 1963 was the most outstanding of them all. Last year an all-time tonnage record of pulp was produced by the mill.” The Division’s around-the-clock operations were manned at year’s end by 705 men and women. In 1963, these people were paid $4,- 800,000 in direct wages, an aver age of $6,800 per employee. An additional $1,500,000 was paid out by the company for the benefit of its employees, including con tribution to Social Security, heal th and group life insurance and pension programs. An even greater impact was created by the company’s ex penditures for pulpwood. Last year, $11,400,000 flowed into most of the counties of Southeast Geor gia to purchase the 560,000 cords of wood used by the mill. Os this amount, $4,606,000 was paid di rectly to independent tree far mers, who supplied nearly half of the company’s total wood re quirements. Rayonier’s forestry operations provided both permanent and temporary employment to more than 150 foresters, nurserymen and land management personnel. Wood demand also created addi tional jobs and business oppor tunities for some 550 other Geor gians. Indirectly benefiting were the many businessmen through out the region who supplied and serviced the hundreds of trucks, tractors, power saws and count less other items of equipment u tilized in harvesting the tree crop and transporting it to the mill. Altogether, Rayonier’s expendi tures for pulpwood and payrolls in 1963 injected more than $16,- 000,000 into the economic stream of Southeast Georgia. A Rayonier policy of buying goods, and services locally when ever possible resulted in extra in come last year for a’ great num ber of Southeast Georgia busi nesses. Nearly a quarter-million dollars was spent in the area for such things as oils and lubricants, electric power, telephone and telegraph tolls, hardware items and contractors’ services and e quipment rentals. Sales and use taxes on these and other goods and services ran to $102,000 in 1963. If all the rail cars that rolled in and out of the Jesup plant site last year were coupled together into one mammoth train, the ca boose would be near New Orleans when the king-sized engine steam ed into Wayne County. This 400- mile long train would stretch an other 350 miles to beyond Hous ton, Texas, if all the trucks that entered and departed the plant in 1963 were parked bumper to bumper. The phenomenal traffic flow passing through the mill’s gates last year consisted of 16,- 000 rail cars of wood, 2800 cars of chemicals and 4300 cars of chemical cellulose, as well as 52,- 000 trucks. Freight payments to railroads and local truck lines, excluding freight on inbound wood, totaled $1,375,000. Os all the ad valorem taxes collected by Wayne County last year, 22 per cent, or $142,500, came from Rayonier The com pany was the country’s largest BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. single taxpayer. Another $44,500 was paid to nine other surround ing counties as taxes on company owned tree farms. Mill improvements completed and started in 1963, explained Mr Haskell, included added facilities to gain better control over the treatment of process effluent and new equipment to increase pro duction flexibility. Expenditures for these improvements total ed $1,300,000, he said. “This year,” continued Mr. Haskell, “a new recovery boiler is being installed. Steel framing to house the boiler has been e rected and we expect this unit to be in operation by the end of the year. “Another important project which has just started,” he said, “is the installation of a mill ef fluent clarifier, which will remove almost all of the solid materials, such as fiber and bits of bark, from the effluent before it enters the river. This will enable us to further perfect our stream pro tection system. “By the end of this year, more than $2,000,000 will have been ex panded on these and other pro jects,” said Mr. Haskell. “The past ten years has been a period of remarkable progress, not only for Rayonier but for all of Southeast Georgia,” Mr. Has kell observed. “We like to think that to some extent, this success has been due to the fine coopera tion, understanding and respect which has existed between the company and the people of this area. It is always a little diff icult to know what the future holds but, from my point of view, I see no reason why both South east Georgia and the company should not continue to grow and prosper during the next decade.” State Revenue Up *5,274,362 Over May 1963 State Revenue Commissioner Hiram K. Undercofler announced today Revenue collections for the month of May totaled $47,322,357 an increase of $5,274,362 or 12.5 percent over the same period last year. Total revenue collections to date for the fiscal year are $413,- 269,833. This is an increase of $35,828,388 or 9.5 percent over the total collections for this date last year. Units reporting and the amount collected are: Cigar and Cigarette $2,743,479, up $753,355. Malt Beverages $1,085,925, up $158,318. Liquor $1,339,297, up $306,452. Wine $110,613, up $13,414. Sales and Use Tax $15,888,140, up $1,112,554. Motor Fuel Tax $8,62^844, up $224,522. Income Tax $15,275,478, up $2,- 705,945. Estate $284,316, up $120,918. Property Tax $600,319, up $27,- 918. Motor Vehicle License $1,350,803 down $157,895. Total “windfall” collections for the fiscal year are $10,820,255. Sheila Brooker Honored With Birthday Party Little Miss Sheila Brooker was honored with a birthday party at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Brooker on Thurs day, June 11. Refreshments ser ved were the birthday cake, chips and punch. Sheila received many gifts. Guests present were Terry and Derwin Brooker, Scott Brooker, Carolyn Curry, Cathy Cleland, Mary Lee Griner, Mary Frances and Arlene Harris, Ann, Art and Angela Keene, Kymer, Kevin, and Kleve Mathie, Jan Percell, Shar on and Karen Ramer, Donna Ruth Smith, Katherine Schmitt, Tamara and Tarava Smith, Vi vian Wilson. From out of town were Quinn Jones of Swannee, Ga. and Pattie Sawyer of Atlan ta. Mothers present were Mrs. Har ley Harris, Mrs. Marie High smith, Mrs. Daushine Mathie and Mrs. Mary Lou Smith. FIRST PLACE DISTRICT WINNERS — Brantley County's 4-H Club first place winners at the district project achievement meeting at Rock Eagle last week are pictured above, with County Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson and County Farm Agent, George Loyd. The 4-H first-place winners left to right are Johnny Walker, winner in poultry; Melinda Wilson winner in junior frozen foods; back row, Jack Brooker, winner in recreation; Benny Thomas, winner in tractor. Brantley 4-H Club Members Bring Home Honors in District Contests Brantley County 4-H Club mem bers did themselves proud last week at the Southeast district project achievement meeting at Rock Eagle. They came home with 11 first, second, and third place awards. George Loyd, county agent, and Mrs. Virginia N. Raulerson, home demonstration agent, pointed out that the local boys and girls earned their honors in competi tion with nearly 1,000 Four-H champions from some 25 other counties. First place winners and their projects are as follows: Melinda Wilson, Jr., Frozen Foods; Jack Brooker, Sr. Recreation; Benny Thomas, Sr. Tractor; and Johnny Walker, Sr. Poultry. Benny, Jack and Johnny are senior 4-H’ers and will represent their county and district at the State 4-H Club Congress in Atlanta in August. Should they win first place in At lanta, they will receive the covet ed trip to the National 4-H Con gress in Chicago. Brantley Countians earning se cond place honors at Rock Ea gle were: Nancy Middleton, Clo verleaf Canning and Jesse Wal ker, Jr. Health. Third place winners were: Je well Wilson, Jr. Canning, Jane Wilson, Sr. Canning, Marsha Thrift, Cloverleaf Electric, Har riet Thornton, Cl. Public Speak ing; and Bill Middleton in Jr. Gardening. Mr. Loyd and Mrs. Raulerson explained that the winners were chosen on a basis of their 4-H Club record books, plus the edu cational demonstrations which they gave at Rock Eagle. The demonstrations provided the boys and girls an opportunity to stand up in front of an audience and tell and show how they have ap plied the latest research informa tion and Extension Service rec ommendations in carrying out their farm, home, and. community projects. Project competition was not the only feature of the achievement meeting. Assembly programs, vesper services,, and group dis cussions emphasized the leader ship and citizenship phase of 4-H. Johnny Walker, reporter for the southeast district helped the oth er District officers conduct their business meetings, vesper ser vices, programs, and took part in the installation of new officers. Adults who helped the Agents with the boys and girls were Mr. S. K. Allen, Mrs. Alton Griffin, and Mrs. Letha Tucker. Dr. Strickland Fills in for Dr. Walker Dr. Wade Strickland will be in the Brantley County Medical Cen ter beginning Wednesday, June 17, through Saturday, June 20, in the absence of Dr. J. L. Walker who will attend a medical meet ing at Waynesville, N. C. Dr. Strickland's night phone number is HO 2-2555, Nahunta. Dr. Strickland is a graduate of Medical College of Georgia. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 18, 1964 Swim Lessons Available to County People Swimming lessons are now be ing offered to all residents of Brantley County. Due to the fact that the Brantley County swim ming pool has not been completed the Recreation Commission has made arrangements with the Waycross Recreation Department to have several phases of water safety taught. Swimming lessons for begin ning boys will be taught on Mon day and Thursday from 10:00 to 11:00 A. M. Swimming lessons for beginning girls will be taught on Tuesday and Friday from 10:- 00 to 11:00 A. M. Swimming lessons for Interme diates, those who can swim some, will be taught on Wednesday from 10:00 to'llrOO A. M. Diving les sons will be taught on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7:30. These courses are taught un der the standards set up by the Red Cross. If you are interested in these lessons please contact Eugene N. Wiley, Phone GL 8-3701, Hoboken by June 25. Car pool arrange ments will be made if there are enough interested in the different areas of the county. Masonic Lodge To Hold Called Communication The Nahunta Masonic Lodge will have a called communication Saturday night, June 20, at 8:00 o’clock for the purpose of con ferring the Entered Apprentice degree. The degree will be conferred on two candidates. Regular meet ing nights are the first and third Tuesdays. Advent Christian Church to Hold 38th Conference at Montreat, N. C. Rev. E. H. Morgan, Nahun ta. pastor of the Advent Christian Church, announces that the 38th biennial session of the Advent Christian Gen eral Conference of America will be held at Montreat, N.- C., June 20-25. Montreat is a beautiful. 6,000 acre mountain confer ence erounds, owned and op erated by a private company primarily for boards and ag p^cies of the Presbyterian Church. U. S., but also avail able for many other relieious ernun<s Retw^en twentv-five and thirty thousand church eather at Montreat each summer for inspirational studv and planning sessions of many kinds. The Advent Christian General Conference is the over-all renreseotative bodv of the Advent Christian de nomination. Its membership Rev. Bill Whipple Gets Fellowship At Emory U. The Rev. Bill Whipple, pas tor of the Nahunta Methodist Church, has received a Cokes bury Research Fellowship. He will leave his Nahunta pastorate for study at Emory University. He will work on his master’s degree in the area of religion and society. The Rev. Mr. Whipple holds an A. B. degree from Emory and a B. D. degree from Em ory. He has served as pastor of the Nahunta church since June 1962. A Journal-Herald columnist, he has written a column for the church page since October 1963. While the Rev. Mr. Whipple continues his studies his fami ly will live in Perry, Ga. County Canning Plants Open Dates Announced The Nahunta canning plant is o pen to service you each Tuesday and Thursday between the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 P. M. and the Hoboken canning plant is open on Wednesday and Friday dur ing the same hours. Corn can’t be taken after 3:00 P. M. Please come and use this ser vice. The only charge is for cans you use and the use of the shell er. Jimmy J. Dubberly Voc. Ag. Teacher, Nahunta and Huey Ham, Hoboken are on hand to assist you. Sloans Hill Church Holds Sing Saturday Sloan’s Hil! Church of God of Prophecy will hold a singing at the new church building Saturday night, June 20, beginning at 7:00 o’clock. Refreshments consisting o f sandwiches, hot dogs and cold drinks will be served at 8:00 o’- clock. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend and take part in the singing. consists of delegates elected by state conferences and auxiliary organizations. Between five hundred and one thousand such delegates and friends are' expected to attend the Montreat sessions. They will hear reports, adopt budgets and determine the general policies for the denominational program in addition to sharing in inspirational worship ser vices. Headauarters for the Advent Christian General Conference are in Aurora, Illinois where the Executive. Rev. J. Howard Shaw, has his office. Dr. E. K. Gcdnev of Gordon College, Mass., is the Conference presi dent. Five Regional Vice Presi dents represent the General Onforence in various areas of the country. F. G. Scurry of Satoda. S. C.. is the vice president for the Southern region, to which the local Ad vent Christian Church belongs. Rev. Joe Lanier Assigned to Nahunta Charge Rev. Joseph B. Lanier has been assigned to the pastorate of the Nahunta Charge by the Metho dist Conference, to succeed Rev. W. M. Whipple. Rev. Mr. Lanier is married and has one daughter. He comes to Nahunta from a pastorate at South Baxley Circuit in Appling County. He has been a member of the South Georgia Methodist Conference for many years. He is a graduate of Mercer University. He will preach at At kinson Sunday morning at 10:00 and at Nahunta at 11:00 o’clock, also at 7:30. He will also preach at Pierce Chapel on the fourth Sunday at 9:30 A. M. Personals Jimmy J. Dubberly, agricul ture teacher at Nahunta High School, has taken up his duties and is supervising the Nahunta canning plant. He comes to Na hunta from Sardis High School, Sardis, Ga. » ♦ » Kenneth N. Lewis, son of Mrs. Bennie Harris, made the dean’s list at Presbyterian College the last semester. He completed his first year at college. OKEFENOKEE HOLINESS CAMP MEETING PLANNED The Holiness camp meeting vill begin in Waycross Thursday, June 18 at 8:00 o’clock P. M. and will continue through June 28. Sunday afternoon services Will begin at 3:00 o’clock P. M. and evening services at 8:00 P. M. On Monday through Friday services will begin at 10:00 o’ clock A. M. The public is cordially invited. Youths Under 18 Need Work Permit Atlanta — An employment cer tificate from the city or county school superintendent and a sign ed statement from the prospec tive employer are required be fore boys and girls under the age of 18 can be employed, accord ing to Georgia Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet. Necessary forms are available at the offices of school superin tendents throughout the state. Under the Georgia law,, boys from 12 to- 16 years of age may work 40 hours a week in whole sale and retail establishments, such as grocery and drug stores, but are not permitted to work after 9:00 p. m. The same applies to girls from 14 to 16 years of age. When school is in session, the law provides that boys from 12 to 16 years of age and girls from 14 to 16 may work four hours a day after school, eight hours on Saturdays and holidays, but not after 9:00 p. m. There are no limitations on the type of work or the number of hours minors from 16 to 18 years of age may work, but they are required to have the employment certificate. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA SummerPlansAnnounced Fer Recreation Center Rev. Marvin Guy Funeral Service Was Held Sunday Funeral services for the Rev. Marvin M. Guy, who died Fri day, was held Sunday after noon at Pleasant Valley Bap tist Church, conducted by the Rev. Baxter James, the Rev. A. J. Harper and the Rev. T. T. Forsyth. Burial was in Mars Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Maudin Chancey, J. J. Ratliff, Oscar Chancey. Alvin Gill, Alton Aspinwall and Ephriam Chancey. Honorary pallbearers were Clifton Snradley, S. M. Rober son, Bob Thornton, Gus Thorn ton, Vernon Teston. Dr. A. B. Hawkes, the Rev. Lester Dix on the Rev. Hugh Gamer, the Rev. Billy Strickland, the Rev. Walter Salter, the Rev. Clyde Thomas, the Rev. John Beach, the Rev. Howard Grimes, the Rev. Walter Pipkin, the Rev. W. F Haynes, the Rev. Ches ley Walker, the Rev. Barrett Lamb, the Rev. Huehie Dixon, the Rev. Owen Rozier, the Pev Cecil Thomas, the Rev. C. W. Bussey and deacons of the Offerman Baptist Church. The Rev. Mr. Guy is sur vived bv his widow, the for mer Miss Beatrice Bernese Duncan of Woodstock; two daughters. Miss Mary Ann Guv and Mrs. Beatrice Bagley, both of Way cross: five sons, Billy Guy, James Guy, Johnny Guy, Travis Guy and Tony Guy, all of Waycross; his mot her, Mrs. Lennie Guy, Hobo ken; two sisters, Mrs- Irene Me Snaden, Savannah, and and Mrs. Marie Lee, Hoboken; three grandchildren and sev eral nieces and nephews. Bell-Griffin Reunion Planned for June 28 The descendants of Leon Bell and P. U. Griffin will hold a fam ily reunion at Laura S. Walker Park Sunday, June 28. An invitation is extended to all friends and relatives to attend. A basket dinner will be served at 12:30 p. m. at Table 400. DURABLE WOOD Many old, colonial homes still stand in the South and in New England as a reminder of wood’s durability. Dorsey Dyer, head of the Extension Service fores try department, says many of these homes still retain the ori ginal wood sash, siding, and ex terior trim after more than 300 years. Ga, Newsmen See Thiokol Plant Where Rocket Motors Will Be Built Jekyll Island, Ga. — Georgia newsmen last Friday learned the art of solid rocket making dur ing a tour of Thiokoi Chemical Corporation’s Snace Booster Divi sion plant in Camden County. The group, here for the Geor gia Press Association’s annual convention, visited the facility where the largest solid rocket motors ever built will be tested beginning this . fall. Thiokol is building the huge solid fuel motors for possible use in deep space probes under an Air Force contract. The first test firing'will involve only one of the three motors to be built under the contract. It will be 156-inches in diameter, 100 feet long, with a thrust of three million pounds. • Two other boosters, 260-inches in diameter with thrusts of three million pounds each, will be sta tic fired next summer. These are short versions of the full size 150-foot-long motors which Thio kol hopes eventually to build. Division General Manager Wal ter L. Berry told newsmen the Camden County plant is equipped to build solid fuel motors up to 300. inches in diameter. A cluster of four of these mo tors, he said, would generate 48,- 085,000 pounds of thrust with a payload capability of 1,190,000 pounds. Such giant rocket motors are powerful enough to launch earth orbiting space stations or labor atories, as well as boost manned orbiting vehicles into orbit, Berry said. Thiokol engineers say the popu- Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2,58 Outside county, in state $3.09 Outside state $3.00 The board of directors of the Brantley County Recreation cen ter at a recent meeting set up schedules for use of the building during the summer. It also announces certain pro motion features for particular nights. In this issue of the Brant ley Enterprise a coupon is print ed which entitles the holder to skate free on either June 22 or June 29, merely by bringing along this coupon. There will be a family night rate of ninty-nine cents for the entire family to skate. This will be only on the nights of July 2 and July 6. Beginning June 22 each person who skates will be given a cou pon, and when they have collect ed ten of these coupons they will be entitled to one free night skating. Regular skating nights will con tinue as in the past. This will be on Monday, Thursday and Sa turday nights from 7 til 10 P. M. Afternoon skating is on each Sa turday from 2 to 4 P. M. which is reserved for beginning skaters. Sunday afternoon regular skating from 2 to 5 P. M. There will be regular dancing with an orchestra provided every 2nd and 4th Friday night. Next regular scheduled dance will be Friday night June 26 from 8 til 11 P. M. at which time Terry and The Tornadoes from Callahan will be playing. Beginning Tuesday night June 23, the recreation center will be open from 8 to 10 P. M. under the sponsorship of the Brantley County Recreation Commission. On these Tuesday nights there will be square dancing only, both old-fashioned square dancing and western square dancing. The Tobacco Trail Square Dan ce will hold its regular western square dances on the Ist and 3rd Friday nights, and in addi tion on the night of July 1, there will be a large area square dance at which time they will present Harry Lackey, nationally known caller from Greensboro, N. C., on Thursday night August 6 Max Forsyth, from Indianapolis, Ind. will call for an area dance. The Recreation Center wishes to emphasize that all of these meetings will be held in air con ditioned comfort, so make your plans now for a fun season all summer in the air conditioned Brantley County Recreation Cen ter. Plans are now being made for the first anniversary celebration in August, it is expected to have several events at this time which will provide something for every one to do. larity of solid fuel rockets is in creasing since the development of the Minuteman ICBM, which was the largest solid missile be fore the big booster program was initiated". The trend toward solid propul sion systems began about 10 years ago with the development of the Thiokol Hermes motor at Redstone Arsenal. The 260-inch booster program is the result of a graduation, from the Hermes into larger, more po werful solid' motors. The Hermes was 31 inches in diameter and 79 inches long. The 260-inch mo tors Thiokol is building for the Air Force under the present con tract are 78 feet in length. But even these may be small when compared to future solid motors. Thiokol’s facilities for manufac turing motors of such imffiense size include a propellant weigh ing and mixing system which automatically measures and weighs the propellant ingredients. This eliminates the possibility of human error and insures great er quality, according to Thiokol’s quality control people. The huge boosters will be sta tic fired in a big underground silo, measuring 53' feet in diame ter and 140 feet deep. The thrust generated by the motors will be forced against the earth, thus eli minating the need for an above ground structure to harness the rocket’s power. Thiokol’s new rocket plant is located on the intracoastal wa terway in Camden County in an area of 50,000 uninhabited acres. It is only 170 miles from Cape Kennedy, where production mo 'tors can be delivered by water.