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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 47 — NUMBER 39 Sandra Lee Walker and Kenneth F. Allen Are United in Marriage Miss Sandra Lee Walker, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Walk er of Grass Lake Michigan be came the bride of Kenneth F. Al len, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil H. Allen of Nahunta in a double ring ceremony in the Grass Lake Methodist Church on Saturday, September 19 with the Rev. Ar chie Donnigan officiating. The bride entered on the arm of her father who gave her in marriage. The bride’s princess gown of peau de souie with scal loped scoop neckline was appli qued with alencon lace and re embroidered with seed pearls. A bow adorned the back of the floor length skirt which flowed into a chapel train. Her veil of imported English illusion was secured with a cluster of matching alencon lace petals and pearls. The bride’s bouquet was two white orchids and stephanotis. Miss Pamela Sherwood served as maid of honor. Miss Constance Le Faive and Miss Dianne Pren tice were bridesmaids. Their gowns were floor length gold bro cade. All reside at Grass Leke, Mich. Fred L. Knox, Detroit, Mich., uncle of the groom was best man. The ushers were Paul F. Yost, Walter Paszkeit, Douglas Walk er and Marshal Allen. The couple will reside in Wash ington, D. C. where both are em ployed. Mrs. Virgil H. Allen and son, Marshall were those from Na hunta attending the wedding. A reception for Mr .and Mrs. Kenneth F. Allen, the newly mar ried couple who will be in Na hunta this weekend, will be held in the Hickox Baptist Church on Saturday, Sept. 26 at seven o’- clock. Friends and relatives are extended an invitation to attend. Waynesville News Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mitchell and children and Miss Barbara Wiggins have returned from a week’s visit in Angola, Ind. The Waynesville Recreation Club wishes to thank all the peo ple who bought a fish dinner and made it possible for them to make $92 which will be used to im prove the recreation grounds. We also wish to thank all the people who worked so hard to make the fish dinner possible. Want a houseful of summertime? Phone^mg HO 2-3831 W for Standard Heating Oil! One easy telephone call —and you’re W assured of Standard’s dependable W delivery service. And that means a house full of sunny, relaxing warmth ■ all winter. A house where the ■ family blooms, and guests beam! W Standard Heating Oil is uniformly ’ clean-burning, safe. And our home deliveries are as dependable as the oil itself. So phone for a fill-up today. STANDARD "VOILZ" We take better care of your comfort W. B. WILLIS, AGENT Nahunta. Georgia BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Citizens Council Officers Are Nominated The executive committee of the Brantley County Citizens Council met at the REA building Thurs day night, Sept. 17, and nomina ted officers for the current year. The following officers and com mittee chairmen were nominated: Sherman D. Tomlinson, presi dent; C. L. King, vice-president; B. R. Hayes, chairman of the board; Emory Middleton, chap lain; J. Q. Smith, chairman of public affairs committee; Ste wart Wiggins, chairman member ship committee; C. Winton Ad ams, attorney; Carl Broome, chairman publicity committee; Mrs. Bevery Smith, secretary - treasurer. Junior Class Elects Officers The Junior Class of Nahunta High School held its first class meeting Wednesday, Sept. 23. The purpose of the meeting was to elect class officers for the 1964- 65 school term. Those elected were as follows: president, Pam Allen; vice-president, Greg Loyd; secretary - treasurer, Donny Bat ten; reporter, Barbara Allen. A committee to plan the finance projects for the class was ap pointed by Greg Loyd, chair man. The members of the com mittee are Laßee Velie, Zayne Thrift, Nancy Moody, Jack Brook er and Clifford Harden. Sponsors for the Junior Class are Mr. Robert Cumbie, Mr. Jim my Douberly and Miss Nancy Brown. Bennetts to Hold Reunion October 4th All relatives and descendants of Dan G. Bennett and Belle Da vis Bennett are invited to attend a family reunion on Sunday, Octo ber 4, at Laura S. Walker State Park in the kitchen and dining room cottage. Ail are asked to bring well-filled baskets for the dinner which will be served at 1:00 o’clock. Edward Brand Named Member Education Board The Grand Jury elected Ed ward Brand, employee of the Okefenokee Rural Electric Mem bership Corp., a member of the Brantley County Board of Educa tion, to succeed Elroy Strickland whose term expires Jan. 1, 1965. The Grand Jury was still in session Thursday morning but Superior Court had adjourned. De tails of court news will be given in next week’s paper. Nahunta High Cheerleaders Are Chosen Cheerleader tryouts were held Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Nahunta High School gymnasium. Several faculty members judged each girl who tried out, considering such qualities as appearance, voice, movements, personality and dependability. Those selected to serve as cheerleaders were Linda Riggins, Diane Morgan, Anna Dee Wilson, Judy Thrift, Coletta Highsmith and Donna Tucker. Linda Hursey and Glenda Howard will serve as alternates, taking the place of a cheerleader whenever she cannot be present at the ball games. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all of our many friends for their sympathy and kindness and especially for the many covered dishes at the passing of our son and brother, Herbert Rowell. May God bless each one of you. Mrs. Eva Rowell and children. Births Mr. and Mrs. Roy Highsmith of Nahunta, announce the birth of a daughter on Sept. 16, at the Brantley Medical Clinic, in Na hunta. The baby weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces, and has been named Peggy Lynn. Mrs. High smith is the former Nora Lyons of Nahunta. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Highsmith of Nahunta. The efficiency of agriculture has released manpower for work in other industries. Today in the United States only about one in 12 workers is on the farm. In the Soviet Union, nearly half the workers are in agricultural pro duction. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 24, 1964 Geer Lashes 'Arrogant Federal Judiciary' in Civic Club Talk Lieut. Gov. Peter Zack Geer 1 Tuesday lashed out at the U. S Supreme Court as an “arrogant federal judiciary presided over by a socialist from California.”; Tn a speech to the Blackshear Rotary Club, Geer protest the trend toward “control of the peo ple by the government” and call ed for a return to government under the U. S. Constitution and local control of local affairs. Mr. Geer said “states’ rights” is not a phantom as some would have Americans believe, but is guaranteed in the 10th Amend ment to the Constitution. He said states’ rights is a living issue. The speaker cited civil rights decisions and decisions concern ing prayer in public schools as examples of the growing control of the nation through decisions of the Court. “Civil rights is an issue creat ed to obtain a minority bloc vote,” he said. “They tell us civil rights is advocated because of compas sion, but why have they never urged civil rights for Indians? It is because Indians are not an or ganized bloc vote.” Geer was introduced by Robert Smith, local attorney, who was a visitor at Tuesday’s Rotary Club meeting. CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank my many dear friends for their wonderful gifts and consideration they had for me in giving me the “shower” on going away to college. They made my college beginning very wonderful. Thank you all. Joan Johns. Personals Staff Sergeant Russell E. Thrift, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thrift, Route 1, Nahunta, is participa ting in Exercise FALLEX 64, an eight-day NATO directed and con trolled training exercise in Ger many, ending Sept. 28. Joan Johns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlys Johns, left Sunday to attend Georgia Womans Col ege at Milledgeville. She was valedictorian of her class at Na hunta High School last spring and won a Mumford Fund scholarship for her high scholastic achieve ments in high school. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Tom linson visited several points of in terest in Florida the past week end. TO ADDRESS ROTARIANS - William L. Lanier, state execu tive director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, will speak to the Black shear Rotary Club next Tues day, Sept. 29. Mr. Lanier has resigned his office effective Sept. 25 and will seek the presi dency of the Georgia Farm Bu reau Federation. ASCS Director Lanier Resigns Agriculture officials in Athens have announced the resignation of William L. Lanier as State Executive Director of the Agri cultural Stabilization and Conser vation Service. His resignation was made to Secretary of Agri culture Orville Freeman and the Georgia ASC Committee and is effective upon completion of his work at his Athens headquar ters September 25. Lanier was appointed State A SCS Director in April, 1961. Dur ing his tenure as director, he pioneered in the Department’s ef forts in the revitalization of the ASC Committee system. His lead ership set Georgia at the top na tionally in farmer participation in the election of local county and community ASC committeemen in the farmer voting in commo dity referendums. Eighty per cent of Georgia’s eligible farmers vo ted in ASC committee elections this year. Fifty-seven per cent of the cotton farmers voted in the last cotton referendum and 47 per cent of the tobacco and peanut farmers voted in the last refer endum for those crops. Lanier was cited by the U. S Department of Agriculture in 19- 62 for his distinctive leadership, receiving one of the Department’s highest awards. During the last years as director, he was al so appointed to the Department’s Southeastern Committee on Pub lic Relations and has been very active and successful in the Agen cy’s efforts to keep the public and farmers informed on ASCS programs. He is a much sought after public speaker having ap peared before civic and farm groups throughout the State. In addition to his duties as AS CS director, he has held high po sitions in the Government’s de fense planning activities. He was chairman of the State USDA De fense Board which has responsi bility for all USDA activities in the State in a national emergen cy. He also was designated to represent the USDA at one of the eight emergency sites of the U. S. Government in a national e mergency if the central Govern ment in Washington was cut off. The Candler countian has devot ed his adult life to public ser vice in agriculture, having served 6 terms in the Georgia General Assembly. He was chairman of the House Agriculture Committee under the administrations of Gov ernor Talmadge and Governor Vandiver and Vice-Chairman un der Governor Griffin. Mr. Lanier will become a can didate for President of the Geor gia Farm Bureau Federation, a position now held by Dr. Harry Brown. Lanier said that a great num ber of farmers and agricultural leaders have asked him to serve with the Farm Bureau organiza tion and that although ASCS has afforded opportunity for a great service he feels that he can serve the farm people of the State bet ter through the Farm Bureau Federation, if elected. 4-H Council Committee Meeting Held The Brantley County 4-H Coun cil Executive Committee meeting was held Friday of Sept. 18. The meeting was called to order by vice-president, Benny Thomas, af ter which we gave our 4-H Club pledge. Business discussed at this meet ing began with the recognition of Jack Brooker as being second place winner at State in his Rec reation project. Chairmen of various committees were chosen at this meeting. For our Nahunta High School bulle tin board, Barbara Allen was the chairman. For the store window exhibit during National 4-H Club Week Sept. 26 - Oct. 3, Jack Brooker. For our 4-H Sunday pro grams Barbara Allen and Melin da Wilson were chairmen for the Nahunta Baptist Church. Benny Thomas and Dale Jacobs were chairmen for the Hickox Baptist Church. Carolyn Middleton and Jesse Walker were chairmen for the Methodist Church and Johnny Walker has the Atkinson Church. The local leaders will help in the planning of these pro grams. Nahunta will be hostess for the District 4-H Rally, which is to be held at the Brantley County Recreation Center Nov. 12. The Okefenokee Fair was dis cussed and we selected our title and theme for our County Coun cil Fair Booth. The County Coun cil officers will provide leader ship in constructing the fair booth for our County Council. Melinda Wilson, Sec. - Treas., read the minutes of our last meet ing, and gave the treasurer’s re port. The chairman of the schools o ther than the Nahunta High School bulletin board will be elected at their coming 4-H Club meeting. Barbara Allen, Reporter Shelters Opened By Red Cross During Hurricane During the recent hurricane, the I Waycross District American Red Cross opened 18 shelters, Fred Hambright, diaster chairman, re ported. The District is composed of Brantley, Clinch, Pierce, Charl ton, Atkinson, and Ware. On Wednesday, September 9, a meeting was held at the Way cross City Hall with Red Cross District Chapter Chairman A. A. Karie presiding. City officials, county officials, school officials, and Red Cross volunteers from all of the counties in the district attended. The hurricane predic tion was given and plans were formulated to open Red Cross shelters. Radio stations alerted citizens and gave them specific directions about the location of Red Cross shelters. Among those who sought shel ter were people from Brunswick and Fernandina. Karie and Ham bright expressed their thanks to everyone in Pierce county wh' volunteered their service in Red Cross shelters and stood by to help. The slogan of the American Red Cross was aptly demonstrat ed by the people in the District —■ “Always there with your help.” ANIMAL RABIES BECOMES PROBLEM IN SOUTH GEORGIA Animal rabies — particularly in racoons — is now a major problem in parts of South Geor gia. Dr. Charles N. Dobbins, Jr., head of the Cooperative Extension Service veterinary department at the University of Georgia, said 93 cases of animal rabies have been reported in the state this year (as of August 21). Dr. Dobbins said the rabies ep idemic in racoons began in South Florida four years ago and has since moved northward at a slow but steady pace. And while the problem has be come serious in South Georgia, this state is not faring as badly as some others. Tennessee, for example, has reported more rabies in animals than any other state, accounting for 11 percent of the 1984 na tional total. And the nation’s total, accord ing to Dr. Dobbins, was 2,216 cases as of June 13. Dr. Dobbins said there is lit tle that can be done about ra bies in wildlife, but added: “There is something we can do to help prevent human exposure to the disease.” OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA QUALITY FOODS USED IN SCHOOL LUNCHES The lunch pail is rapidly join ing the one-room schoolhouse a mong the disappearing traditions on the American school scene. It is being replaced in many places by the hot school lunch, provided at nominal cost with U. S. Department of Agriculture and state assistance under the nation al school lunch program. Parents welcome the change, because they know a nourishing, well-balanced midday meal is im portant to growing children. And while they may not be aware of all the details involved, they have no doubts that the children are getting food of high quality. Some of this food is donated by USDA’s Agricultural Market ing Service, but most of the foods used in the lunch program are bought by participating schools from local outlets. Whatever the source, though, almost all the food served under the lunch pro gram goes through a careful in spection and purchasing program. Much of this purchasing and in spection is provided by the Agri cultural Marketing Service, which supervises the entire national school lunch program. Agricultural Marketing Service program specialists help provide specifications for the food, deter mine the grade, conduct inspec tions (except for red meats), and engage in a variety of other ac tivities necessitated by an under taking of such broad scope. By examining a typical noon meal, it’s easy to see the care with which the Agricultural Mar keting Service watches over US DA-donated food before it reach es the cafeteria. Such a meal might include barbecued beef, a buttered roll, potato salad, but tered peas, a fresh apple, and milk. First, consider the beef. Speci fications are prepared by meat standardization specialists, calling for a specific grade (Choice grade beef is being used for school lun ches at present), a particular cut, and describing other characteris tics desired in the beef to be pur chased. These specifications are distributed to the industry, and packers submit bids. After the quantity of meat re quired is purchased at the low est prices offered. Agricultural Marketing Service graders deter mine that the meat is of the grade and cut called for in the specifications. USDA meat inspec tors then supervise the prepara tion and packaging of the meat in the plant, and only then is the meat ready to go to the school cafeteria. The wheat that goes into the roll was inspected for quality and condition even before it was mill ed into flour, while the butter on the roll — and on the peas —• was graded by Federal or Fed eral-State graders to make sure it had the proper flavor, texture, aroma, and color. The peas, like the beef, were purchased from the lowest bid ders after specifications, descri bing the quality, kind, size, pack, etc., required for the school lunch program, were distributed. In spection under Agricultural Mar- Questions and Answers on the Bible BY MRS. GLADYS B. JOHNSON Readers are invited to submit questions they would like dis cussed to Mrs. Gladys B. Johnson, Blackshear, Ga. Will God Forgive If We Break The Ten Commandments? Let me quote one verse from Scripture. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 Breaking the Ten Command ments, the Law of God, is a sin but if we believe the words of John then we have the assurance that God will forgive if we con fess. However, God wants us to be very definite in our confes sion. Too many of us generalize. We ask God to forgive us our sins — if we have any. We know what wrong we have done — what commandment we have bro ken and need to admit it to God. In the Old Testament men, who had sinned, were required t o come to God with their offering Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state „ $3.09 Outside state $3.00 keting Service supervision assures that the food meets these speci fications. Potatoes and apples used i n this typical menu were purchased locally and most school lunch of ficials do their buying on the ba sis of U. S. Grades. Milk served with the meal must meet state and local sanitary re quirements before it can be dis tributed to cafeterias. All dairy products distributed by the Agri cultural Marketing Service for school lunches are inspected and graded under USDA supervision. These are only examples, but they show the great care that goes into providing food for use in the school lunch program. Agricultural Marketing Service purchase programs also take note of special requirements of school lunches. An annual preference poll among state school lunch of ficials, for example, shows that they prefer cut-style green beans. Thus, the specifications call for this style of beans. When poultry and egg products are purchased for the program, problems of portioning and pack aging are solved by developing specifications which meet these requirements. With quality and economy al ways in mind, the Agricultural Marketing Service gathers food from across the nation to help provide nutritious meals for school children at low cost. This year, about 17,000,000 children in 70,000 schools in all 50 states and U. S. territories will enjoy hot meals, because of the national school lunch program. Pleasant Valley Hews By Mrs. Jewel Strickland Mr. Ross Herrin is in a Way cross hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Strickland had visitors from Jesup the past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Varnadore and children went to Phoenix Ci ty, Ala., on their vacation last week. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. (Doff) Her rin went to Jacksonville to visit their son Ken. Pleasant Valley Church will hold Homecoming Day Sunday, Oct. 4. Palmetto Church Os God Revival Starts Sunday Palmetto Church of God will begin a revival meeting Sunday night, Sept. 27, with the Evors brothers as the evangelists. Rev. Johnny J. Jones is pastor of the church. Service will start each night at 7:30. The meet ing will continue through the week. Everyone is invited to attend. and confess that they had sinned in THAT THING. After confession and forgive ness there comes an about face —a change in our lives. As Jes us told the woman who had bro ken the seventh commandment — “Go and ^jn no more.” Paul explains it so very well in Ro mans the sixth chapter. Let me quote from the J. B. Phillips translation of Romans 6:1, 2 “Now what is our response to be? Shall we sin to our heart’s content and see how far we can exploit the grace of God? What a ghastly thought! We; who have died to sin — how could w e live in sin a moment longer?” Yes, God is able and willing to forgive us our sins, but He can not until we have first of all con fessed. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whose confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:- 13.