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VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 22
Planning Commission's
Revaluation Resolution
WHEREAS, the State Legislature by enacting
Senate Bill 180 is requiring a greater effort on the
local level for education in Brantley County and the
other counties of the state, and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 180 required the state
auditor to hire a firm of assessors to prepare an
equalized state digest from which each school sys
tem’s pro rata share of the cost of education would
be determined, and
WHEREAS, as a result of this study, the local effort
required of Brantley County as its share of the cost
of education for the children of Brantley County has
been increased to $84,000, less $40,000 temporary
aid from a hardship fund to provide assistance to
County Boards of Education on a temporary basis,
and
WHEREAS, Brantley County’s total funds available
for the educational needs of the school system amount
to $75,000 from local taxes, less $44,000 local effort
due the State, leaves only $31,000, and
WHEREAS, all fuel, heat, lights, administration
expenses, funds for purchase of school busses, sup
plements, bonuses, insurance, and other expenses
necessary for the operation of the public schools of
Brantley County must be paid from $31,000 and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 180 will require even more
local effort each year, and
WHEREAS, The Brantley County School Board
has exhausted all sources of revenue for school pur
poses due to a limitation of 20 mills for school taxes,
and
WHEREAS, it appears that a part of the land is
not being returned for taxes, and
WHEREAS, some counties who have had a map
ping service have found seven per cent or more of
their lands not returned for taxes, and
WHEREAS, some taxpayers are carrying more
than their share of the tax burden, and
WHEREAS, the cost of county government has
increased due to cost of machinery and supplies,
increases in the welfare budget, a demand by the
people for more services, increase in cost of labor,
increases in the cost of county participation in the
government programs, increased costs in the forestry
program, and
WHEREAS, most of the tax burden is being borne
by a minority of the tax payers, and
WHEREAS, a revaluation program will establish
an equalized tax digest, thereby involving all tax
payers on an equal and just base, according to the
value of their property, and
WHEREAS, the present digest is antiquated, unfair,
and unjust, due to the fact that no assessment of
value is made against properties other than wild
lands, and
WHEREAS, inequities of over assessment and
under assessment will be corrected, and
WHEREAS, businesses will be more fairly taxed,
and
WHEREAS, the county will become more attractive
to industry, and
WHEREAS, the county will be able to get available
state and federal grants, and
WHEREAS, property not on the books will be
found and taxed, and
WHEREAS, good tax records will result, and
WHEREAS, good procedures will be adopted to
maintain the results, so taxes will remain fairly dis
tributed. and so there will be no need for another
revaluation, and
WHEREAS, the tax base will be broadened so lower
millage rates will produce the same revenues, and
WHEREAS, the control over the level of taxes and
assessment ratios will remain in the hands of elected
county officials, and
WHEREAS, after due deliberation by the members
of the Brantley Planning Commission, it appears that
the foregoing statements make a sound argument for
revaluation of Brantley County, and
WHEREAS, it appears to the membership of the
Brantley Planning Commission that in order to pre
pare tax maps, make just evaluations, and set up
the necessary administrative procedures for main
taining and continuing a sound tax base, a pro
fessional firm should be employed to undertake the
revaluation program,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the
Brantley Planning Commission that it be recommen
ded to the Brantley County Commissioners that they
undertake a revaluation program in Brantley County.
Adopted this 20th day of May, 1965, by the
Brantley Planning Commission.
Emory A. Middleton
George Brantley
Nolan Davis, Jr.
M. L. Carver
R. D. Smith
A RESOLUTION
E. H. Kelly
R. B. Brooker
J. T. Morgan
Clarence Allen
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Manning was attempting to wade
across the river with the small
boy on his shoulders. The little
girl was wading nearby and step
ped into a hole, the sheriff said.
As Manning tried to assist his
niece, he fell.
Charles Lane 13, a brother of
the other children, was wadding
behind his uncle but managed to
get back to shore and reported
the incident to a fisherman near
by. The fisherman sought help.
Crews, two deputies, the state
patrol and Game and Fish Com
mission rangers rushed to the
scene. The girl's body was re
covered about 2:30 P. M. and the
other two bodies about dark Sat
urday.
Newton Rozier
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Newton B. Rozier, 55, of Chamb
lee, formerly of Brantley Coun
ty, died Monday, May 31, in
Chamblee following a short ill
ness.
Mr. Rozier had lived in Chamb
lee for several years. He was a
steam fitter. His parents were the
late Willie R. and Mae King Roz
ier.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Sarah Lee Proctor Rozier of
Chamblee; two daughters, Miss
Debra Anne Rozier, Chamblee,
and Mrs. Harold Gentry, Pom
pano Beach, Fla.
Also surviving are his step
mother, Mrs. Molly Rozier of
Blackshear; five sisters, Mrs.
Vernon Hodges, Blackshear; Mrs.
D. O. Prescott, Griffin; Mrs. Ed
gar Vinson, Brunswick: Mrs. T.
D. Pearson, Bunnell, Fla.; Mrs.
R. E. Vibberts, Hartford, Conn.
Five brothers also survive,
Franklin D. Rozier, Blackshear;
Perry U. Rozier, Nahunta; P. R.
Rozier, Ocala, Fla.. W. O. Roz
ier, Brunswick; and Tom P. Roz
ier, Greenville, Miss.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 at
the graveside in the Pilgrim’s
Rest Cemetery in Brantley Coun
ty near Waynesville. Elder Elton
Dowling officiated.
Pallbearers were Wendol Roz
ier, Frank Rozier Jr., Mack Roz
ier, Lamar Proctor, Bennie
Prescott, J. C. Proctor, Norman
Thompson and Hugh Prescott.
Dari ng Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
SCALE INSECTS DESTRUCTIVE
Scale insects are the most des
tructive insect pests of camellia
plants, say Extension Service en
tomologists. These insects cover
themselves with a hard outer shell
that provides protection against
insecticides.
LONDON — The inhabitants of
one of Britain’s best-kept villages
protested Monday against plans
to replace street cleaner Wilf
Broome with a mechanical
broom.
“No mechanical groom, or
sweeper, or whatever they call
t can ever replace Wilf Broome,”
said James Meredith, vice chair
man of the Parish Council of
Beckbury. “Mr. Broome’s done a
tremendous job for 19 years and
we don’t want some mechanical
contraption to replace him. For
one th ng, it couldn’t.”
Working by hand, Broome has
kept the streets of Beckbury so
spick and span that it has won
four first prizes as the best-kept
village in Shropshire.
In addition to winning the first
prizes, Beckbury has been second
or third on five other occasions
during the nine years the contest
has been held.
The question of replacing
Broome has arisen because the
Three Camden
People Drown in
Satilla River
Three members of a Camden
County family drowned while at
tempting to wade the Satilla Riv
er during a family outing Satur
day afternoon.
Brantley Sheriff J. Walter
Crews said James Manning, 43,
his nephew, Ricky Lee Lane, 7,
and niece, Patricia Ann Lane,
drowned about 1 P. M. Saturday
at a point six miles from Nahun
ta where Buck Lake empties into
the Satilla River.
Broome Sweeps Better
By EDDY GILMORE
In Atlanta Constitution
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursde-y, June 3, 1965
W , JUT I ,
Engagement Is Announced
MISS IRMA JEAN TURNER
Turner-O'Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Turn
er of Route 1, Nahunta, annoubce
the engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter Irtna
Jean to William (Buddy) O’Quihn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler O’-
Quinn of Route 1, Nahunta.
The wedding will take place
sometime in June.
Strickland-Hand
Mrs. Everett Strickland of
Nahunta announces the en
gagement of her daughter
Myrle to Dennis Hand, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gibman Hand of
Nahunta.
The wedding will take place
Sunday afternoon, June 27, at
three o’clock at the home of
Rev. Eddie Dixon who will
perform the ceremony.
State Revenue
Collections
Rise 12 Percent
State Revenue Commissioner
Hiram K. Undercofler an
nounced today that revenue
collections for the month of
May were $53,333,264, an in
crease of $6,010,912, or 12.7%,
over May of last year.
This brings total revenue
collections for the year to
$472,885,129, an increase of
$54,963,440, or 13.2%, over the
same period last year.
“Using these figures as a
basis, it looks like our predic
tion for a surplus of from $3
to 5 million over the budget
estimates by the end of this
fiscal year will be about right,
though I now suspect the fi
gures will be on the high side
of this estimate,” the Commis
sioner stated.
Suburban HD Club
Met with Mrs. James
The Suburban Home Dem
onstration Club met at the
home of Mrs. W. C. James
last week.
Mrs. James Altman, presi
dent. presided over the meet
ing. Mrs. Joe Stars gave the
devotional. Mrs. Raulerson
gave a demonstration and
showed films on how to make
jelly and jam.
Others attending were Mrs.
Glen Strickland, Mrs. Layton
Johns. Mrs. Wayne Brooker
and Mrs. Buster Strickland.
Refreshments were served
by the hostess.
65-year-old sweeper retires on a
pens : on Saturday.
At a weekend meeting, mem
bers of the parish council plans
to replace Broome with a me
chanical sweeper. Said council
cha rman Edward Truss:
“No mechanical sweeper can
look after our village like Mr.
Broome. A machine may be all
right for open stretches of a road,
but not for a village. We are go
ing to protest to the county coun
cil in the strongest terms.”
He and other members want a
man of Broome’s ab : lity to suc
ceed him. Broome is regarded
so highly that the village children
composed a song in his honor
last year.
Told of the county’s action,
Broome said:
“It’s very nice to know that
I’m thought so much of. The Par
ish Council is right about one
thing. No machine can do the
job as well as a man. I use
brooms, a shovel, a scythe and a
scoop, and no machine can do
that.”
Monsie Herrin
Funeral Service
Was Held Sunday
Monsie Laßue Herrin, 56, died
Friday afternoon in a Waycross
hospital after a brief illness.
He was a native of Brantley
County, son of the late James
L. Herrin and Martha Jane Lewis
Herrin. He was employed by the
State Highway Department for a
number of years.
He was a member of Nahunta
Baptist Church.
Herrn is survived by his wi
dow, Mrs. Verna Keene Herrin,
Nahunta; two sons, Wilton Rob
ert Herrin, Nahunta, and Leslie
Laßue Herrin, Tifton; one sis
ter, Mrs. W. H. Smith, Nahunta;
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at Nahunta
Baptist Church with the Rev. Ce
cil Thomas officiating.
Burial was in Oak Grove Ce
metery in Brantley County.
Pallbearers were D. F. Herrin,
Clayton Riggins, Otis Morgan,
Elroy Strickland, Ewell Herrin,
and Douglas White.
Personals
The annual picnic of the
Nahunta Garden Club will be
held on Tuesday, June 8 dt
the Elroy Strickland lake. All
Garden club members and
their families are invited. Time
of arrival is four o’clock with
supper to be served at six
thirty P. M.
Mrs. J. B. Lewis is spending
this week with her sister, Mrs.
J. Y. Chambers in Valdosta.
Mr. Joe Siegel and his little
granddaughter, Laura, who have
been visit : ng in Nahunta the past
six weeks, have returned to
Aberdeen, So. Dakota. Mr. Siegel
will return with Julie and Stan
Jr., who will spend the summer
months with the'r grandparents.
Mrs. Ben Jones and daughters.
Lynette, Jana and Jaren, will
leave Saturday for Belle Glade,
Fla. to join Mr. Jones who is em
ployed there. They will make
their home there.
Recent visitors of Mrs. Alice
H’ghsmith and family were Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Braddock of Jack
sonville, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spell
and family of Indian Town, Fla.,
and Mrs. Donald Andrews of Pe
hokee, Fla., who was on way to
Seattle Washington.
David Dukes to
Speak at Twin
Rivers Sunday
Rev. David Dukes, associationa'
work for the Baptist Brotherhood,
will speak at Twin Rivers Bap
t:st Church Sunday morning at
11 o’clock, the pastor Rev. Walter
Vickery announces.
The Sunday school meets at
10 o’clock. The Baptist Training
Union will meet at 7:00 P. M. an^
the regular night preaching ser
vice by the pastor will be at 8:00
P. M.
Twin Rivers Baptist recently
dedicated their new house of wor
ship.
Bookmobile Schedule
Begins Monday June 7
Monday, June 7, Pleasant
Valley 10:00 — 11:30 A. M..
Schlatterville 12:00 — 1:00
P M., Hoboken 1:30 — 3:00
P. M.
Tuesday, June 8. Riggins
Community 9:30 — 10:00 A. M.,
Hickox 10:30 — 12:00 Noon,
Nahunta 1:00 — 3:00 P. M.
Wednesday, June 9, Raybon
9:30 —• 10:00 A. M., Twin
River 10:30 — 12:00 Noon,
Hortense 1:00 — 3:00 P. M.
Thursday, June 10, Waynes
ville 9:30 — 10:30, Atkinson
10:45 — 11:30, Lulaton 12:00
— 1:00 P. M.
CARD OF THANKS
We, the family of Monsie
L. Herrin, would like to ex
press our deepest and sincer
est thanks to our kind friends
and neighbors who stood by
us in our hour of bereavement.
We would like to thank you
all for the many words of
sympathy, the flowers, the
covered dishes and every act
of helpfulness.
May each and every one of
you receive God's blessings
and always.
The Family of
Monsie L. Herrin.
Satilla Baptist
Homecoming Day
Set for Sunday
The Satilla Baptist Church
at Hortense will hold its an
nual Homecoming Day services
Sunday, June 6, with the pas
tor Rev. Charles Cox preach
ing at the morning hour.
Sunday school meets at 10
o’clock. Dinner will be served
on the church grounds at noon.
The afternoon service will
be in the nature of an old
fashion singing. Everyone is
invited to attend.
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ON
Social Security
Brantley County residents 65 or
over who have not yet applied
for social security benefits
were advised today to file a
claim now even if they are not
planning to retire right away.
In issuing the above advice.
O. L. Pope, Waycross Social
Security District Manager
pointed out that several local
people who applied last year
found that they had lost some
benefits by not applying ear
lier. “We have found,” said
Pope, “that the best way for
a person to protect his social
security benefit rights is to
apply at 65 whether or not he
intends to go on working.
Even if no benefits are payable
right away, there’s an advan
tage in having your claim al
ready approved when you ac
tually retire. With entitlement
already established, the bene
fits can be started immediately
when we are notified of the
retirement date.”
Pope said that according to
the latest figures there are
nearly 19 million Americans
who are 65 and. over. Os that
total, .more than 14 million
have already established their
entitlement to social security
monthly benefits, and 1.1 mil
lion are insured for benefits
but have not yet filed their
claims. The latter figure in
cludes the wives of insured
workers.
Nothing that President John
son has designated May as
National Senior Citizens Month.
Pope extended a special invi
tation for all Pierce County
over-65 residents who have
not applied, to visit the social
security office, learn about
their rights, and file applica
tion for benefits. The office,
located at 704 Jane Street,
Waycross, is open on weekdays,
Monday through Friday, 8:30
A. M. to 4:45 P. M. The phone
number is 283-3404.
LEAF STOCKS AT
RECORD HIGH LEVEL
Leaf tobacco stocks were at a
record high level as of April 1.
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture reports.
Stocks of dealers and manufac
turers in the continental United
States and Puerto Rico totaled
5.55 billion pounds — farm-sales
weight — USDA’s Consumer and
Marketing Service said in its lat
est quarterly tobacco stocks re
port. This was 237 million pounds
more than a year earlier.
The Consumer and Marketing
Service’s tobacco division said
that higher flue-cured holdings of
174 million pounds and imported
cigar-leaf tobacco of 42 million
pounds accounted for most of the
overall increase in stocks. In ad
dition, stocks of burley, Maryland,
and several other types were
slightly higher than a year earli
er.
The April 1 stocks included 1.4
billion pounds of leaf under USDA
loans. This was 282 million pounds
more than a year earlier.
Tobacco stocks as of April 1.
1965, compared with stocks a
year earlier, as reported by the
Consumer and Marketing Ser
vice in the quarterly tobacco
stocks report were:
Flue-cured, 2.8 billion pounds,
up 173.6 million: burley, 1.7 bil
lion pounds, up 11 million; fire
cured, 141 million pounds, up 1.5
million: dark air-cured, 77.6 mil
lion pounds, up 780 thousand;
Maryland, 74.9 million; cigar
binder, 80.3 million pounds, down
2.2 million: cigar wrapper, 23.7
million pounds, down 1.9 million;
and foreign-grown tobaccos, 385 -
8 million pounds, up 44.5 million.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Vacation Bible School Registration
Begins at Baptist Church on Friday
Schedule Given
For County HD
Club Meetings
The regular monthly schedule
of Home Demonstration Club
meeting for Brantley County for
the month of June was announ
ced this week by Mrs. Virginia N.
Raulerson, Home Demonstration
Agent for Brantley County.
The programs for the club
meetings during June will fea
ture demonstrations and informa
tion on Basics of Flower Arran
ging. The programs will be pre
sented by Mrs. Raulerson.
The schedule for the various
clubs in the county will be as
follows:
Calvary Club at Calvary Com
munity Center at 8:00 P. M.
Thursday, June 3.
Nahunta Club at Mrs. Jesse
Lee’s at 9:30 A. M. Tuesday, June
15.
Suburban Club at Mrs. Virginia
Raulerson’s at 3:15 P. M. Tues
day, June 15.
Hickox Club at Mrs. Arthur
Keene’s at 2:00 P. M. Wednes
day, June 23.
Raybon Club at Raybon A. C.
Church at 7:30 P. M. Thursday,
June 17.
Waynesville Club at Waynes
ville Baptist Church at 2:00 P.
M. Monday, June 21.
Mrs. Raulerson urges all mem
bers of the local clubs to attend
the meeting of their club. She
pointed out that the Home Dem.
Club provides an opportunity for
members to learn improved prac
tices which will enable them to
become better homemakers and
better informed citizens.
Waynesville
News
By Mrs. Julia Gibson
A birthday party was given
for Janise Drury on the night
of May 29. Guests attending
were Lynn Jones, Edward
Howe, Junior Douberly, Billy
Lane, Jimbro Jones, Buddy
Hunter, Betty Rooks, Darlene
Harrison, Linnie Able, Charles
Knight, Wayne Johns, Willie
Joe Johns, Edward Lee, Edna
Mae and Williams Harrison.
John, Glenn and Junior Rooks
Steve Gibson, Salord Freeman.
Perry Drury, Eddie Walker.
Hank Tapley, Marshall Littles
Joe Douberly, Sandra, W. A
Proctor, Tommy Gibson, Bobby
Freeman. Refreshments were
served and many gifts received
by the honoree.
Questions and Answers
on the Bible
BY MRS. GLADYS C. JOHNSON
Where was the soul of Jesus
while his body lay in the grave?
We believe with Paul that “to
be absent from the body is to be
present with the Lord.” We are a
triune being — body, soul and
spirit — the instant our heart
ceases to beat, our soul leaves the
body to seek the presence of God.
However, in John’s record of
the resurrection — 20:17 — Jesus
says to Mary, “Touch me not, for
I am not yet ascended to my
Father . . . ” So we know that
during those three days and
nights He did not go to the place
where His Father dwelt.
Yet, as He hung on the cross.
He replied to the plea of the thief
who asked that He would remem
ber him when He came into His
kingdom. “And Jesus said unto
him, Verily I say unto thee. To
day shalt thou be with me in
paradise.” Luke 23:43
So the day He died both He and
the thief went to Paradise. Where
was that?
In Acts 2:27 we have the pro
phesy of David concerning H s
lord that His soul was not left in
hell or “hades.” Hades is a Greek
word descriptive of the abode of
the dead — not only the righteous
dead but the wicked dead. Luke
16 gives us to understand that it
was divided into two parts — with
a great gulf fixed between. The
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state $3.09
Outside state $3.00
Vacation Bible School for
the children of the Nahunta
community is to begin with
registration at the Nahunta
Baptist Church Friday after
noon, June 4, from 2 until 4
o’clock.
Workers from each depart
ment or age level will be pre
sent to assist. Miss Virieen
Strickland is the Vacation
Bible School superintendent
of the church with the pastor.
Cecil F. Thomas, assisting, and
Mrs. Dorothy Graham as sec
retary.
Department workers are as
follows: Nursery, (for the
children of the workers who
help in the Bible School) Mrs.
W .C. Long; superintendent,
Mrs. Arthur Keen, Mrs. O. S.
Moody and Mrs. Myrtle Hick
ox; Beginner Department: Mrs.
Vernease Dowling, superinten
dent, Mrs. Ben Ruling, Mrs.
Willene Ham, Mrs. Culbert
Johns, Mrs. Ray Johns, teach
chers, and Mrs. Betty Dykes,
pianist.
For Primary Department:
Mrs. J. D. Orser, superinten
dent, Mrs. I. J. Crews, Mrs.
Betty Dykes, Mrs. Mary Ruth
Chancey, Mrs. Mary Lou
Smith, Mrs. Larry Stalling,
Mrs. Mary Mason, Miss Lynn
Herrin, teachers, and Miss Ann
Harriet Thomas as pianist
and secretary.
Junior Department: Mrs.
Rep Johns, superintendent,
Mrs. Mary Harris, secretary,
Mrs. Norris Strickland, Mrs.
Collis Highsmith, Miss Lillie
Ruth Thomas.
For Intermediate Depart
ment: Mrs. Wesley Burden,
superintendent, Mrs. Cecil F.
Thomas, Mrs. L. J. Edgy, teach
ers. with Mrs. Taiford High
smith and Mrs. Guv Chambless
directing handwork.
Classes will begin in the
Bib’e School, Monday morn
ing, June 7, to continue each
day thru Friday, from 8:00
through 11100 A. M.
Each year the mothers and
friends of the school furnish
and serve the boys and girls
refreshments. Mrs. W. C. Long
is chairman of arranging this
appreciated work, and seme
group will serve each day at
9:30 A. M. Names will be kept
of these helpers in this great
wav.
Many are talking of a picnic
outing at Laura Walker Park
on Wednesday night or Friday,
with the prayer service held
just before refreshments. All
children who wish will be
welcome to this Vacation Bible
School, pastor Thomas an
nounces.
Willie — Papa, if I was twins
would you buy the other boy
a banana too?
Papa — Certainly, my son.
Willie — Well, papa, you cer
tainly aren’t going to cheat me
out of another banana just be
cause I’m all in one piece.
place of the righteous dead was
called “paradise” and “Abra-
ham’s bosom.”
Therefore, when Jesus died, His
body was laid in the tomb but His
soul went to Hades. Os course He
went to the place of the righteous
dead.
Why did He go? It is thought
that Jesus descended into Hades
to minister to the “spirits of just
men made perfect.” Hebrews 12:
23. Perhaps also to formally an
nounce to those who had been
“accounted righteous” for their
faith in a Messiah YET to come,
that He HAD come and by His
death on the cross had conquered
both dead and Hades.
“O death where is thy sting? O
grave where is thy victory?”
What was the result of His
visit? When Christ ascended UP
into heaven after His resurrec
tion, He took with Him all of the
inhabitants of the righteous part
of Hades and brought them into
the third heaven where God
dwells. Paul speaks of this third
heaven of paradise for he was
given a glimpse of it, but he
said that it was so wonderful that
it was not lawful for man to
speak of it. II Corinthians 12:4.
There those Old Testament
saints wait with Christ for us to
join them. Our body will d : e —
but the soul lives on forever.
