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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 45 - NUMBER 10 Nahunta 4-H Are Honored The Brantley County Home Economies clubs were host to Brantley Co. 4-H Achievement Winners, Council officers, club presidents, and parents of these outstanding club mem bers, for the annual 4-H Club Banquet, Friday evening, March 3. The occasion was held in l the Nahunta High School cafeter ia, with Pryce Brooker, Brantley Co. 4-H Council president, presiding. After the invocation, given by Rev. Cecil Thomas, every one enjoyed the meal. The program began with group singing led by Dona Tucker, followed with the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Club pledge led by Jerry Crews and Martin 1 Brooker respectively. Mrs. Clifton Strickland, Chairman of the Co. Exten sion Home Economics Com mittee, welcomed the guests with a challenge to both club members and parents. Jewel Wilson gave the re sponse in which she thanked the members of the home eco nomics clubs for their interest in the 4-H program. After being presented to the group by Edith Middleton, Dona Tucker gave a slide pres entation of the 1966 4-H Citi zenship Shortcourse, in Wash ington. D. C., which she at tended last summer. Entertainment for guests were piano selections by Mar shall Allen and a song by Greg Velie. Special guests attending were Mrs. Mable Moody, Co. School Supt., Mr. Edward Brand, Mr. C. D. Gibson, Mr. E. G. Fowler, and Mr. Rob Hunter, members of the Board of Education, Mr. A. L. Sutton, Principal of the Nahunta High School, Mr. Huey Ham, Voca tional Ag. teacher, Hoboken High School, Mrs. Dorothy Ham, Home Economics teach er, and Mr. Jimmy Dubberly, Vocation Ag. teacher, Nahun ta High School, and Mrs. Dub berly. Those receiving awards were as follows: Jewel Wilson and Al Sch mitt, Forestry; Diane Herrin and Sylvia Schmitt, Health; Edith Middleton, Denise Smith, Lucy Johns, and Me lanie Stallings. Home Eco nomics; Darcell Roberson, An thony Lee, and Cindy Rauler son, Home Improvement; Dona Tucker and Melinda Wilson, Home Management; Martin Brooker and Mary Robinson, Leadership; Edith Middleton, Dairy Foods; JoAnn Huling and Martha Herrin, Foods and Congressman W. Stuckey I want to take this oppor tunity to write about a tre mendously important issue — Mr. Adam Clayton Powell. The position that I have tak en on this issue is not based on race, but on what I believe is right; it is not a matter of prejudice, but of propriety. The Nation knows, as do you and I, that his race has been in his favor rather than his disfavor. His race, and that alone, has prolonged his posi tion of legislative leadership and forestalled this day of reckoning. I firmly believe that had any other Congress man been charged with such actions of malfeasance, he would have long ago suffered the severest of punishment by the House. Actually, many citi zens believe that no Congres sional action would ever have been taken against Powell primarily because of the race factor, had there not been such a public outcry demanding that something be done. It was up to us to face up to our clear-cut Constitutional responsibility of determining qualifications of our member ship, so the proper course of action was not to close our eyes and say such responsi bility doesn’t exist. In fact the reputation of the House of Representatives was at stake. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Club Youths at Banquet Nutrition; Kay Smith, Sandy Brooker and Judy Johns, Food Preservation; Dona Tucker, Citizenship; Merrell Tripp, Public Speaking; Kathy Mid dleton, Vetemary Science; and Henry Strickland, Swine. Certificates of Merit of leadership were presented to all 4-H club presidents attend ing. Also a 4-H Club Alumni recognition award was pre sented to Mrs. Nan Ruling for outstanding leadership in 4-H Club work. Concluding the program were the 4-H County Council awards to the most outstand ing high school senior boy and girl 4-H Club members. Re ceiving these honors were Pryce Brooker and Dona Tuck er. Nahunta High FFA Wins Superior Rating The Nahunta F .F. A. Chap ter received the Superior Rat ing which is the next to the highest award given to a chapter by the National F. F. A. Organization. This award is given to par ticipating chapters across the U. S. A., only if they meet strict requirements. Some of the more important requirements are preparing a written report of work by October 31 of each year, an adopted budget, and all mem must have paid their dues. The chapter must also have a program planned for each F. F. A. meeting, and must have sent a representative to the state or National Conven tion. The chapter must have held an F. F. A. banquet, and also, must have held a local public speaking contest. It must con fer Honorary Chapter Farmer Degrees on deserving adults. All chapter officers must hold farmer degrees. Some members must have represent ed the chapter in livestock fairs. A scrapbook must be kept of all publicity and acti vity of the chapter. These are a few require ments to receive this high a ward. The Nahunta Chapter has received “The Superior Chapter” award for the past three years. Reporter, David Griffin S. (Bill) Reports From Washington If Powell only voted on mat ters dealing exclusively with his district, then we could probably ignore his malfeas ance, but when he votes on matters of nationwide impor tance, then the house must as sume its constitutional res ponsibility to judge Powell’s qualifications. As I understood the intent of the resolution passed on January 10, 1967, we told the American people that we as Congressman believed suffi cient grounds existed for denying Powell his seat. If we were justified in temporarily denying him his seat on January 10, then of a certainty, the subsequent in vestigations by the Congres sional Committee and the re fusal of Powell to deny the charges against him, make it mandatory that the exclusion be made permanent. Seating Powell therefore was the question. The people are only interested in the central issue: namely, did I or did I not vote to seat Adam Clayton Powell — the Congressman charged with criminal con tempt of court, facing a prison term if he ever returns to his home district, and the Con gressman who has never de nied that he falsely and fraud ulently misused public funds. Yes, I voted not to seat him. Jesse Griffin Funeral Service Held Thursday Mr. Jesse J. Griffin, 47, a former resident of Brantley county, passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital in Jackson ville, Fla., Tuesday afternoon, March 7, following a short ill ness. A native of Brantley coun ty, Mr. Griffin was the son of Mrs. Alma Medlin Griffin of Nahunta and O. M. Griffin of Hoboken. He received his education in the schools of this county and for a number of years resided in Claxton. For the past twelve years, he had resided in Jacksonville where he was employed as a welder for an oxygen concern. In addition to his parents, survivors include his wife, the former Miss Estelle Johns, of Jacksonville; one daughter, Miss Yvonne Griffin of Jack sonville; one son, Jerry Robert Griffin of Jacksonville; five sisters, Mrs. Chan Crosby of Blackshear, Mrs. Mildred Gil lis of Macon, Mrs. Vera Block er of Fernandina Beach. Fla., Mrs. Hazel Lee of Hoboken and Mrs. Corine Lewis of St. Marys; six brothers, Coleman Griffin, U. S. A. F., Thailand, Loren Griffin, Marvin Griffin, and Lonzo Griffin, all of Clax ton, Troy Griffin of Hagan and Melvin’ Griffin of Nahun ta. Several nieces, nephews, and other relatives also sur vive. Funeral services were held at three o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 9, from the Nahunta Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas of ficiating. The body lay in state in the Church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in the Hickox Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs Cohen Sapp, Troy Todd, Marcus Brown 1 , Terry Allen, Bobby Chancey and Hubert Wilson. The beautiful floral offer ings attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in char ge of arrangements. Personals Mrs. Emmie Newton is a patient in Glynn Memorial Hospital in Brunswick following surgery on Tuesday of this week. ♦ * • Mr. John James returned home on Friday from Homerville Hos pital where he has been a patient for two weeks. * * • Those from this community in Memorial Hospital in Waycross are Mrs. Guy Chambless, Mrs. Bill Brooker, Mr. Virgil Strick land, Mrs. Jim Wainright, Mrs. Mamie O’Neal who underwent sur gery last week, and Carroll Harris of Winokur who suffered a broken leg when he was hit by a car. • • • Mrs. Marvin Peeples and Miss Lynn Highsmith who have been patients in Waycross have return ed to their home in Nahunta. * * » Mrs. Robert Minton of Decatur, Ga. and Mrs. Harold Suiter, Nashville, Tenn, are spending this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chambless. Both are sisters of Mrs. Chambless. » » » The Nahunta Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Harry Raulerson on March 14 with Miss Mary Knox as co-hostess. Mrs. Clarence Allen will be the speaker on “Dahlia Culture.” • • * The annual “Little Miss Na hunta’ and “Miss Nahunta Junior High” beauty contest will be held on Saturday night, March 11, in the school gymnasium. Time 7:30 P. M. » * » Army Private Wayne E. Du- Bose, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dußose, Route 2, Na hunta, was assigned to the 338th Aviation Detachment at Vung Tau, Vietnam, Feb. 21. A radio teletype operator in the detach ment, Pvt. Dußose entered on ac tive duty last August and was last stationed at Ft. Gordon. Ga. Dußose is a 1965 graduate of Na hunta High School. • • * Mrs. J. M. Roberson has re turned from Trenton, Mich, where she has been since the first of January. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 9, 1967 Six Brantley Boys Produce High Corn Yield There were 581 Future Farmers of America, Young Farmers and Vocational Agri culture Evening Class mem bers to qualify for member ship in the Vocational Agri culture Hundred Bushel Corn Club this year. These members, who pro duced 100 bushels or more corn on one acre, will receive keys and certificates of mem bership from the Cotton Pro ducers Association, who spon sors this program in cooper ation with the Georgia Assoc iation of Future Farmers of America. Among the 581 to receive these awards will be six from Brantley county. These boys and the school they represent are: — Otis Bohanon, Billy Chaney, Edward Hickox, Lar ry Johns, Bicknell, Manor, Charles Wainright. Awards totaling $450 will go to top producers in the six vocational districts. We Do All Kinda of Job Printing. SENATOR DEAN REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE EL J i.ast week more than one thousand letters and telegrams poured into Atlanta from the Sixth Senatorial District in answer to my call for help from the people. I am taking this opportunity to tell you of my heartfelt gratitude and thanks for your tre mendous response. Our fight to preserve the Sixth District and its eight counties is not over by a long shot. The Senate Reapportionment Committee is made up mostly of the boys from the big cities. The committee has proposed a plan that would rob our Sixth Senatorial District of one of its counties, and steal from the people part of their voice in State government. This plan has not yet come before the whole Senate. I pledge to you that when it does, Roscoe Dean will fight it with every breath in his body. This thing of reapprotionment is probably the biggest power grab in a hundred years. Reapportionnient is a nice sounding word, unit! you take it apart and find out exactly what the Supreme Court is really talking about. They have said that we must have representation on a “one man-one vote” basis. This sounds good at first until you remember that the founders of our nation saw fit to provide for one house of Congress on the sole basis of geography and the other on popu lation. They knew that the interests of people in the big city differ from the interests of rural, small town grassroots people. Now our Supreme Court says that our founding fathers did not know what they were talking about. It seems to me that the only thing supreme about the present court is its supreme hunger for more power at the expense of the people. Roscoe Dean’s argument is that people are not just members in a federal computer machine. The interests of the people of South Georgia are just as important as those of Atlanta and this bold-faced attempt to snatch away your voice in state government is something we cannot put up with. At first the court said that differences of up to 15 percent in the number of people in each state senatorial district would be al] right. Now they have slapped down the plan because there were differences of 6 and 8 percent. They have said that two big-city counties with 6 and 8 percent less people must each have another Senator, even if it means cutting across the county lines of adjoin ing counties. This is an attempt to destroy our system of county govern ment by abolishing counties and removing local authority to the big cities. This is one more step in the federal government’s fight to dictate to you and me what we can and cannot do. Many of your rights and much of our freedom is already gone — stolen from us while we slept. This must be stopped. I promise you that as long as Roscoe Dean is representing you, he will fight with every fiber of his being to return and keep our government with the people at the local level. During the present session I introduced a bill to take the High way Department out of politics and base roads on need instead of greed. I proposed that the people have the right to decide whether our highway director should be a professional politician or a professional engineer. My bill was referred to a committee made up of sixteen sena tors. The chairman of the committee chose to bring my bill up at a time when only eight members of the committee were present and seven of these members w’ere from Augusta, Savannah, ,and Columbus. Your senator was the eighth member present. Last year Augusta and Richmond county got more county road con tracts than any other county in the state. Savannah and Columbus got lion’s shares. These senators had Santa Claus and they didn’t care if the rest of us had empty stockings. The people at the ballot box will remind the big-city senators and their political highway director that the roads belong to the taxpayers and not the politicians. We may have lost a battle but not a war, for we have just begun to fight! (Advertisement) Mrs. Laura Mizell Died in Waycross Mrs. Laura Harris Mizell, 79, died Tuesday morning in Memorial Hospital following a long illness. A native of Brantley Coun ty she had lived in Waycross for the last 40 years and was a member of the Grace Chapel Church. She was the wife of the late J. J. Mizell. Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Lelia Ald ridge and Mrs. Alice Chancey, Folkston, Mrs. Mary Aldridge, Mrs. Edna Hagin, Mrs. Lottie Freeman and Mrs. Dorothy Jones, all of Waycross; Mrs. Daisy Whaley of Winter Ha ven, Fla.; two sons, Tom Mi zell, Jesup, and Earnest Mi zell, New York; four sisters, Mrs. Pearl Crews, Nahunta, Lula Brown 1 , Nahunta, and Mrs. Martha Puckett, Jesup; and Mrs. Jennie Brooker, Ft. Lauderdale; two great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. One of the surest ways to reduce future growth of shrubs or even kill them is to plant them deeper than they origin ally grew in the nursery, points out Gerald E. Smith, Cooperative Extension Service horticulturist. Mrs. Mamie O'Neal Died Thursday As the Enterprise goes to press, funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mrs. Mam ie Johns O'Neal, 66, of Route 2, Nahunta whose death oc curred early this (Thursday) morning, March 9, at Memorial Hospital in Waycross where she had been a patient for the past 10 days. Her passing brought person al sorrow to a large number of relatives and friends throughout this section. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta. Heart Campaign Workers Named Serving as officers of the Brantley County Heart Fund Drive just completed were Mrs. Joe Sears, treasurer; Mrs. James Altman, publicity; Mrs. Guy Chambless, chairman of the business district; Miss Vir leene Strickland, chairman of the education division. Community chairmen; Mrs. George Loyd. Mrs. J. D. Drig gers, Mrs. E. H. Kelly, Mrs. Willie Joe Rowell, Mrs. Car roll Johns, Mrs. Ronald Hen drix. Mrs. Gretchen Harrell and Mrs. Rebecca White. Heart Fund Sunday workers were Mrs. Even Floyd, Mrs. Cecil Moody. Mrs. Larry Stal lings, Mrs. Ted Smith, Mrs. J. D. Orser. Mrs. Delma Her rin, Mrs. Mitchell Hulett, Mrs. Pat Wainright, Mrs. Osborn Moody. Mrs. Earl Austin 1 , Mrs. David Haney, Mrs. W. L. Bo hanon, Mrs. Alfred Thomas, Mrs. Bill Johns. Mrs. John nie Trippe. Miss Ginger Thrift, Mrs. Ray Thomas. Mrs. Gold wire Fowler, Mrs. Wayne Stevens, Mrs. N. A. Stevens, Jr., Mrs. Envon Thrift, Mrs. Evelyn Miles, Mrs. Alton Ca son, Mrs. Martha Rainge, Mrs. Essie Mae Gaskins. Mrs. R. H. Schmitt, chair man of the County Heart Fund wishes to thank the Brantley Enterprise for the helnful publicity given in the drive and all the volunteers and citizens of Brantley County who helped make the drive a success. State Revenue Continues to Show Increase State Revenue Commission er Peyton S. Hawes reported that revenue collections for the month of February were $54,558,568, an increase of $4,652,790 or 9 3 percent over collections in February last year. This brings total collec tions for the first eight months of this fiscal year to $408,601,- 438, an increase of $36,557,021 or 9.8 percent for the year. This is the 72nd consecutive month that the state’s econ omy has registered gains. The Individual Income Tax collections for the month were $16,588,781, an increase of $3,880,913 or 30.5 percent over February of last year. Corpor ation Income Tax collections were $1,690,491, up $919,635. Atkinson Church Will Start Revival Sunday The Atkinson Community Church will begin a revival meeting Sunday, March 12, with services morning and evening. The meeting will continue through the week, with the evangelist, Rev. M. J. Wood of Alma, doing the preaching. Services will begin at 7:30 each night. Rev. Julian Carter of Alma is the pastor of the church. Everyone is invited to attend the services. If You Subscribe To The Enterprise, You Don't Have to Hunt All Over for A Cony to Read OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND C!TY OF NAHUNTA Forestry Field Day Held at Broadhurst FFA Was The Future Farmers of America Chapter of Patterson High School took top honors in an area FFA Forestry Field Day held at Broadhurst Tues day. The Appling County FFA Chapter, Baxley placed second. Some 140 contestants rep resenting FFA Chapters in nine counties participated in the field day. County and|or towns represented were: Ap pling, Bacon, Blackshear, Broxton and Charlton. Others were Coffee, Glynn Academy, Hoboken, Manor and Nahunta. Nicholls, Patterson, Ware and Wayne, complete the list. The competitive events inl - planting, selective marking, estimating pulpwood and sawtimber volume from standing trees, tree identifica tion and ocular estimation of tree height and diameter. Land measurement, log scal ing, sawing and scaling stack ed pulpwood were also judged. First place winners in the various events were: R. L. Stone and James McDaniel of Appling County, tree plant ing. Eddie Pridgen, Broxton; Floyd Gill and Jimmy Wooten, Patterson; and Billy Lee, Ware County; selective mark ing. Tommy Chadwick, Glynn Academy, Pulpwood Timber. Estimation; Ovie Sapp, Pat terson, sawtimber. Volume estimation; Ronnie Turner, Appling County. Ocular Estimation; James O’Neal, Nahunta. Others included Wendell Batten, Coffee County, land measurement; David Aspin wall. Patterson, log scaling; Floyd Gill and Jimmy Wooten, Patterson, sawing; and John Carver, Nicholls, scaling stack ed pulpwood. The Patterson FFA Chapter, directed by Oswald Smith, re ceived an inscribed plaque and $25. First place winners in the individual events were awarded $5, second place, $3, and third place $2. Dillard added that the FFA Field Days give each .member an opportunity to display the forestry skills he has acquired in Vocational Agriculture. In addition, it gives the FFA ad visors a means of creating an interest in forestry for FFA members. The field day was sponsor ed by Brunswick Pulp and Pa per Company. Company rep resentative H. G. Dowdy, head, Land Management, Brunswick presented the awards. CARD OF THANKS Words can never adequately express our sincerest thanks and deepest appreciation for the many kindnesses shown us during our recent bereave ment. We are especially grateful for the messages of sympathy, floral tributes, covered dishes and other things done for us during this time. May the Lord bless each of you is our prayer. The Family of Bernard M. Willis AT SUMMER CAMPS sponsored by Easter Seal contributions, crippled children are able to experience nature and learn about the outdoors. For this girl, a stay at camp provided the fascinating opportunity to make friends with a wild rabbit. Subscription Price and Tax Inside county — $2.54 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state S4.M Marcia Fain Is Star Student at Hoboken High Marlia Fain has been selected as the Star Student for Hoboken High School. She was chosen for this honor because of her out standing scores on the December 3rd College Entrance Examination Board’s Scholastic Aptitude Test and her scholastic average for the first semester of her senior year. Marcia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Griffin of Ho boken. Marcia is an active member of the Beta Club and the F. H. A. She is also an office assistant in the school secretary’s office. Marcia has been awarded the DAR Citizenship award. She was nominated to both the Gover nor’s and the Bth District Honors Programs. She was selected as an alternate to the University of Georgia’s Summer Science Pro gram for High School Students. As her Star Teacher Marcia chose Miss Hallie Blair as the teacher who had made the great est contribution to her scholastic achievement. Miss Blair has been the Commercial Teacher at Hobo ken for the past 6 years. Highsmith Is Named County Commissioner Brantley County Commissioners elected S. B. Highsmith of Lula- ton as county commissioner from the Atkinson-Lulaton District at the monthly meeting Tuesday, March 7. Mr. Highsmith succeeds Banner Wainright who resigned as county commissioner because of accept ing the job of road foreman for the county, and the law preventing his holding both jobs. Mr. Highsmith, the new com missioner, is one of the most trusted citizens in his district and in Brantley County. He is employ ed by Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. Mr. Wainright, the retiring commissioner, was thanked by the Board of Commissioners for his cooperation in working with the commission for the good of Brantley County. CARD OF THANKS The family of James E. (Pete) Moody wish to express our sincere thanks to every one who was so thoughtful of us at the time of his death. We appreciate the many ex pressions of kindness and sympathy in the time of our bereavement. We say thanks to every one for the beautiful floral offering and the cover ed dishes. May God bless each of you. Sincerely, The Ike Moody family.