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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 45 - NUMBER 24 Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners The Brantley County Board of Commissioners of Road and Revenue met in regular ses sion on Tuesday, June 6, 1967 at 9:00 with all members pres ent and transacted the follow business. Mr. R. D. Smith met the Board and discussed the Tax revaluation Program and brought the Board up to date on the work of the assessors and pointed out that it was a hard and unthankful task, but he felt they were making pro gress on the program. The Board adopted the fol lowing Resolutions to-wit: 1. Excepted the resignation of the Senior Member of the Tax Assessor Board, Mr. G. W. Herrin who has served many years on the Board. 2. Appointed Mr. E- L- Sears to succeed Mr. Herrin, Mr. Sears appointment is for a full four-year term. 3. Recommended J. R. Dukes and Alvin Shuman to the State Forestry Commission, One to be chosen by the State to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Frank Dukes on the Brantley County Forestry Board. 4. Recommended Julion C. Strickland and Cecil F. Drury to the State Forestry Commis sion, one to be chosen by the state to fill the term of Mr. S. B. Highsmith, which expires June 30, 1967. The above resolutions are on file in the Clerk Office. Sheriff J. W. Crews met with the Board and asked the Board to trade the car he has been using for a new one. The Board authorized the sheriff to secure bids from at least three dealers as to how they would trade and when he got the bids they would have a special meeting and consider them further. After the above business was disposed of they examin ed and ordered the following bills paid for the month of May. GENERAL: Sheriff J. W| Crews 548.87 Salary, Archie A. Johns 86.60 Salary, C. Win ton Adams 59.75 Salary, John M. Wilson 86.19 Salary, Major Riggins 47.80 Salary, W. E. Eldridge 47.80 Salary, S. B. Highsmith 47.80 Salary, Owen Griffin 68.45 Salary. R. B. Brooker 76.00 Salary. SUPERIOR COURT: Dewey Hayes 113.34 Salary, W. J. Summerall 46.00 Salary. EXTENSION SERVICE: George A. Loyd 200.00 Salary and travel, Virginia N. Rau lerson 139.82 Salary and tra vel. HEALTH DEPT: Dr. Hart S. Odum 62.00 Travel, Alvin M. Powell Jr. 18.00 Travel, Mary Hipp 18.00 Travel, Vaxter G. Hammond 144.99 Salary, and travel, Charlotte O. Willis 249.19 Salary, Dr. J .A. Fern andez 30.00 Clinician, Rebec ca D. Griner 498.63 Travel, Salary and contigent Fund. INVOICES: Standard Oil Co. 283.46 Gas for Road Dept. J. W. Crews Sheriff 48.00 prisoners board, Brantley Telephone Co. Inc. 415.70 Phones and calls, for April and May, B. & W. Construc tion Co. 662.00 Clearing land by Air Port, Wilson & Sons Oil Co. 1304.49 Gas, Oil and grease for Road Dept. Stand ard Oil Co. 39.63 Sheriff Dept, Mrs. J. A. Campbell 1.40 C O D Bus Charges, the Southern States Printing Co. 81.34 Of fice supplies for Clerk and Ordinary, Jim Martin Tire Co. 460.22 Tires for Road Dept. The Welding Supply Co. 67.08 Supplies for Road Dept. Mar shall & Bruce Co. 57.72 sup plies for Clerk and Tax Com missioner, Georgia Hospital Service Association 213.60 Premium for Employees, Pro fessional Insurance Corp. 143.05 Premium for Employ ees, Wachells Physician Sup ply’ Co. 34.89 Homemakers Aids, The Blackshear Manu facturing Co. 542.52 fence post and wire for Road Dept. Ben nett Brothers Inc. 6.95 Sup plies for County Commission ers, Padget Pontiac Cadillac Co.’ Inc. 28.32 Repair on Sher iff Car, The Brantley Enter prise 79.00 supplies and ad vertising, G. W. Herrin 18.00 Tax Assessors Service, Carl ton Company 1177.78 Parts for Road Dept. DePratter Service Station 123.94 wrecker service and labor and ice. Smith Auto Parts Inc. 243.02 Parts for BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Road Dept. Tri-States Tractor Co. 4.35 Parts, Road Dept, Tomlinson Drug Store 146.14 Drugs, Pierce County Hospital 150.00 For Rachel Albritton, Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital 150.00 for Lawrence Mitchell, Dr. J. A. Fernandez 143.00 Autopsys and treating patients, Department of Fam ily and Children Service 1177.27 Budget, R. J. Thomas Business Machines 505.00 Cal culator for Tax Assessors and Tax Commissioner, Clint Rob inson 656.00 Ins. on Sheriff Car and Health Dept, and U. S. D. A. building, The White Co. 1.60 Supplies for Ordinary, Bacon County Board of Com missioners 40.00 Free Food Distribution, Ed Waterhouse Business Forms 311.50 Sup plies for Clerk and Ordinary, South Ga. Radio Service 12.95 Repair on Sheriff Car. R. E. A. Co-op 16.00 Fence post, R. E. A. Co-op 8.91 Caution light at Hortense, Sids Service Sta tion 1.46 Parts and oil, Gen eral Office Supply Co. Sup plies for Clerk and Tax Com. 42.88, Florida Equipment Co. 67.67 Parts for Road Dept. Reed Inc 198.73 Parts for Road Dept, Snap-on Tools Co. 83.07 Tool for Road Dept. Motor Parts Co. 120.13 Parts for Road Dept. Finn Brothers Brake Service 4.79 Repair for Road Dept. Service Uniforms Co. 23.15 for Sheriff Dept. Pierce County Hospital 40.00 For B. O. Smith, Mrs. Nina Harden 27.10 Lumber, R. B. Brooker 50.00 Rent on Home makers Aid Office D. F. Her rin 25.00 Court Cost, Kenneth Willis 25.00 inguest for Leola Crawford, The Brantley Tele phone Co. 1620.40 Moving phone line on approximately three miles of Lulaton, Ray bon Road, Florida Steel Co. 644.92 Metal pipe for Road Dept, R. B. Brooker Hard ware 239.11 supplies C. L. King 15.00 Electric Work Sheriff Dept. Henry G. Lee 217.80 Tax Assessor Service, R. D. Smith 190.00 Tax Asses sors Service Hilton Morgan 50.00 Clerk to Board of Tax Assessors. There being no further busi ness the meeting adjourned. John M. Wilson Sec. Board of Commissioners SPEECIAL MEETING: The Board of County Com missioners of Roads and Re venue of Brantley County, Ga. met in special session l on Wednesday June 7, 1967 with all members present to re ceive the bids on a new car for the Sheriff, of which they had authorized the Sheriff to get at their last regular meet ing. Sheriff Crews presented them with three bids on trade in bases. Number 1, Madry Pontiac Co. Jesup, Ga. Tate Motor Co. Brunswick, Ga. and Padgett Pontiac & Cad. Co. Way cross, Ga. The Board ex cepted the low bid of $1649.00 from Padgett Pontiac-Cad. Co. of Waycross, Ga. and author ized the Sheriff to proceed with the trade. While in session' the Board agreed to fix the conpensa tion of the Tax Assessors Board at $2.50 per hour, and 10 cents per mile when they had to use their car in their work. They further agreed to pay Hilton Morgan $2 per hour as secretary to the Board. They also agreed to donate S3OO to the County Recreation Dept. This completed the business of the special meeting and they adjourned. Eggs-traordinary News of a Hen, Eggs and Snake Ellis Kelly of Route 1, Hor tense, had an eggs-traordinary experience with a snake and a hen and a some eggs. He found a chicken snake trying to swallow a hen' on her nest. The snake had al ready killed the hen and swallowed some of the eggs in the nest. Mr. Kelly killed the snake, then cut the snake open and recovered the eggs. He set two of the eggs under another hen and the two eggs hatched out two healthy chicks. Which comes first, the chic ken or the egg? Mrs.AvieO'Quinn Funeral Service Held Wednesday Mrs. Avie Jones O’Quinn, 77, a former resident of Brant ley County, passed away late Monday night, June 12, in a Jacksonville, Florida nursing home following an extended illness. A native of Wayne, now Brantley County, Mrs. O’- Quinn was the daughter of the late Jefferson Davis and Mary Elizabeth Hickox Jones. She received her education in the Wayne County schools and was a member of the Bethle hem Primitive Baptist Church. She resided with her family in the Hickox community from 1929 until 1945 and had been a resident of Jackson ville for the past twenty-two years. She was the widow of the late Elijah Duncan O’- Quinn. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. H. M. Hoss of Laurel, Mississippi, Mrs. Thel ma Brown and Mrs. Mary Gladine Padgett, both of Jack sonville, Fla; three sons, John Paul O’Quinn of Milledgeville, Clyde E. O’Quinn of Waycross, and Robert E. O’Quinn of Jacksonville, Fla; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes Jones of Folkston, Mrs. Alice Bowden and Mrs. Ola Denmark, both of Jack sonville, Fla; four brothers, Preston Jones of Miami, Fla., Owen A. Jones of Nahunta, Jesse Jones of Fernandina Beach, Fla. and Walter Jones of Jacksonville, Fla. 10 Grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Wednesday afternoon, June 14, from the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with the Elder Elton Dowling officiating. Interment followed in the family plot in Hickox ceme tery. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs N. W. Hendrix, Jim R. Herrin, S. K. Allen 1 , John A. Allen, J. C. Allen and Horace Jacobs. The many beautiful floral tributes attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sym pathy of their many friends in their bereavement. Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of local arrangements. Baptist Church Vacation Bible School Monday The annual Vacation Bible School for Nahunta Baptist Church and the entire com munity, that desires their children to have the privilege of Bible study, is to be held at the hours of 8:00 until 10:00 A. M., each day, Monday through Friday, June 19 through 23. Registration for the school, and opening assembly will be held Friday afternoon, June 16, beginning at 4:00 P. M. Miss Virleen Strickland is again serving as principal, as sisted by the pastor, Cecil F. Thomas. Superintendents in clude: Mrs. R. B. Ham, Mrs. O. S. Moody, Mrs. Vernease Dowling, Mrs. Lila Crews, Mrs. Edward Chancey, and Mrs. C. F. Thomas. Miss Ann Thomas will be in charge of the music part of program. A welcome to all children, ages 3 through 16, is extend ed. Also, more teachers are needed. Volunteers will be ap preciated. CARD OF THANKS It is with grateful hearts that we acknowledge the mes sages of sympathy, the floral tributes and every act of kind ness shown us during the ill ness and death of our loved one, Mrs. Leola H. Carter. We thank you for all your friendship and kindness. May the Lord bless each of you is our prayer. The family of Mrs. Leola H. Carter The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 15, 1947 Est. <9o£ FSB BSU J I ^flmg I ■ .... fl ■ * IH I H *HI ■ t ~ H I I I I ra J. T. PHILLIPS, President of Brewton Parker Junior College, stand between Martha and Hymerick Thomas of Nahunta. The Thomas twins received diplomas June 4. Guy Infant Dies In Hospital On Wednesday Little Randal Ray Guy, Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Randal R. Guy of Nahunta passed away a few hours fol lowing birth Wednesday at the Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. In addition to his parents, survivors include one half sister, Miss Cindy Lee Kirk land of Nahunta; two half brothers, Edward Kirkland and Randy Kirkland, both of Nahunta; his maternal grand mother, Mrs. Flossie White of Nahunta; his paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Guy of Butler, Tenn. Several aunts, uncles and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held from he graveside in Hickox Cemetery at four o’clock Thursday, afterson, June 15, with the Rev. Cecil F. Tho mas officiating. The family has the sym pathy of their many friends, in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Brantley Boy Wins Horse Show Event Dalton Brand won' a first place in the District 4-H Club Horse Show and Events held at Twin City, Thursday, June 8. The Ist place was received for making the best time in the Pole Bending Contest. First, second, and third place winners in the district receives a trip to Athens in September and an opportunity to repre sent their county in the state contest. The Brantley County win ner rode his 6 year old palo mino filly named Dolly. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Brand of Rt. 2, Nahunta. Raybon Home Economics Club Met Thursday The Raybon Home Econom ics Club met Thursday, June 8, at the home of Mrs. Clifton Strickland. Mrs. Christian led in read ing a poem. Mrs. J. L. Riggins led the prayer devotional. The subject of the meeting was “Corn Relishes.” Other present were Mrs. Albert Pur dom, Mrs. Mary Ryals, Mrs. Horace Morgan and Mrs. Betty Joe Herrin. If You Subscribe To The Enterprise, You Don't Have to Hunt All Over for A Copy to Read Canning Plants Begin Operating Next Week Brantley County canning plants will begin this seasons operation next week it is an nounced by Huey Ham, teach er of vocational agriculture. The Hoboken plant will be open each Monday and Thurs day from 1:00 to 5:00. The Na hunta plant will be open each Tuesday and Friday from 1:00 to 5:00. Mr. Jimmy Dubberly, Vocational Agriculture at Na hunta High School will be in charge of the Nahunta plant. All fruits and vegetables must be in the plant before 3:30 due to the length of time it takes to process the food. Some of the equipment available in the plant is pea and bean shelter, corn silker, corn cutter, blancher, soup mixer, tomato juicers, can sealers and pressure cookers. Community Committee to Meet Monday The Brantley County Com munity Action Committee will hold its monthly meeting Monday, June 19, at 8:30 P. M. at the Brantley County Court house in Nahunta. Chairman George Loyd urges all members of the Committee to be present at this meeting. Open discus sions will be conducted for the purpose of making plans for projects to be submitted to the Brantley County Com munity Action Committee for the New Program Year. It is important that each community in Brantley coun ty have representatives pres ent to voice their needs to the Committee in order that the entire county will be con sidered when the final pro jects are selected to be sub mitted to the Slash Pine Area Economic Opportunity Policy Board for approval. Roberts-Edgy Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Rob erts of Yulee, Fla., announces the engagement, and forth coming marriage of their daughter. Rose Ann, to Mr. Harry Edgy, son of Mrs. Ruby Edgy and the late Mr. Elliott Edgy, Sr. of Waynesville. Ga. There will be a garden wed ding held at the home of the bride. The wedding will be solemnized June 24, at four o’clock in' the afternoon. Friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend. A reception will follow im mediately after the wedding ceremony. Florida Man Died on 301 of Heart Attack Mr. Frank Diebel, 69, of St. Petersburg, Fla. was pro nounced dead on arrival at the local medical facility Wednes day afternoon, June 7, follow ing a coronary seizure suffer ed while motoring north on U. S. 301. According to Deputy Sheriff Robert Johns, Mr. Diebel swerved his automobile to the right hand shoulder of the highway when he suffered the attack and the car ran a short distance into the woods and finally came to a halt after hitting a stump. A native New Yorker, Mr. Diebel was a retired hospital attendant and had resided in St. Petersburg for the past two years. His only survivor was an aunt. The remains were carried to St. Petersburg on 1 Friday, June 9, for funeral services and interment. Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Harris Stokes and children, Harrell, Burnie, Dean and A. J. left on Mon day for their home in Daugh erty, Va. after spending two weeks with Mrs. W. A. Stokes and Alvin Stokes. Members of the Stokes fam ily meeting for a family din ner on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ken nedy in l Claxton were Mrs. W. A. Stokes, Alvin Stokes, Mrs. R. G. Driver of Swainsboro and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rogers and Bryan. Mrs. Gertie Strickland has returned home after spending three months in California where she visited Mrs. M. R- Strickland in Grode, Calif, and John Curtis Strickland in Houston, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hand of Sarasota, Fla. are visiting Mrs. W. A. Stokes this week. Mrs. Lila Crews has return ed home from Jacksonville where she visited Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Horvath and Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Walker. She attended the graduation of her neice Miss Linda Horvath from Paxton School in Jack sonville. Mrs. A. B. Dotson of Bruns wick spent a few days with Mrs. Emmie Newton and Dan Jones. Derwin Drury, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Drury of Route 1, Hortense, attained the dean’s list at South Georgia College, Douglas, for the spring quarter. The list is made up of students making high scholastic averages. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Brown of Columbia, Penna., arrived in Nahunta Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. George Dykes. They will remain about 10 days. George Willie Thomas, son of Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Tho mas of Nahunta was graduat ed from Emory Dental College Monday, June 12, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Quartermaster Second Class David Samuel Stewart, USN, son of Mr. Alfred Stewart of Nahunta, returned to San Diego, Calif, aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Ticonder oga, after an eight month de ployment to the Gulf of Ton kin. Army Sergeant Joseph E. Douberly, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Douberly, Route 1. Hortense, is participating in “Operation Francis Marion” in Vietnam with his unit from the 4th Infantry Division. Sgt. Douberly, a team leader in Company B. Ist Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division’s’ 22d Infantry, and other mem bers of his unit are conducting search and destroy operations in the Viet Cong-infested Cen tral Highlands. Births Mr. and Mrs. James Ramer announce the arrvial of a baby boy on Wednesday. June 8 in Memorial Hospital in Waycross, weighing eight pounds and three ounces. He has been named Randy Scott. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Brantley 4-H Champions Will Compete for Honors 20 local 4-H’ers are especial ly busy, the Brantley County Extension agents pointed out. They are county project champions and they are get ting ready to take the next step toward greater success. They will attempt the next step June 20-22 when the Southeast district 4-H project meeting is held at Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center. Brantley County 4-H’ers will compete with local winners from ap proximately 25 area counties during the district contest. The county’s senior 4-H champions will be trying for high stakes. Seniors who are named district winners will move up to the State 4-H Con gress in Atlanta in August. State champions selected in Atlanta will attend the Na tional 4-H Congress in Chi cago and there try for nation al 4-H honors. The district achievement meeting program will feature vesper services, leadership and citizenship training acti vities, and some 4-H style politicing. The politics will be centered around the election of officers for the Southeast District 4-H Council. Voting delegates from Brantley County include: Edith Middleton, Lucy Johns, Glenn Hendrix, and Dalton Brand. Local senior winners who will go to Rock Eagle next week are: Martha Herrin, Frozen Foods; Jewell Wilson, Canning; Lucy Johns, Cloth ing Dem.; Edith Middleton, Teen Fare; Dona Tucker, Health; and Glenn Hendrix Rifle Activity. Junior delegates include: Debra Harris, Dress Revue; Sylvia Schmitt, Family Life; Jo Ann Huling, Biscuits; Diane Dowling, Better Break fast; Judy Johns, Canning; Sandra Brooker, Frozen Foods; Diane Herrin, Health; Cindy Raulerson, Housing and Equipment; Denise Smith, Public Speaking; Melanie Stal ling, Recreation; Dalton Brand, Horse and Pony; and Henry Strickland, Swine. Brantley County’s cloverleaf representatives are: Kathryn Schmitt, Muffin Project; and Shirley Herrin, Canning. Barbara Allen, local 4-H leader, will accompany the 4-H members to Rock Eagle along with Mrs. Raulerson and Mr. Loyd. hi 1 Mir ' ■hr PEANUT ESt EXPERTS ■BCE PREFER . ■MBkPOLYRAM You get more peanuts per acre IB with Po| y ram f° r masons. ■j®* First, Polyram wards off the major A disease of peanuts, leafspot. So more ® peanuts survive to maturity. Secondly, Polyram is safe for plants and safe to work with. Polyram pro* s tected peanuts thrive all season to pro- duce high yields of sound mature kernels. HUTuse Polyram and get ready to har vest more peanuts this year. See your dealer for supplies. f»~j« WK] FAIRFIELD CHEMICALS. NIAGARA CHEMICAL DIVISION. MIDDLEPORT, N. T. MHD Polyrom® is o registered trodemork of Bodische Anilin & Soda Fobrik, A.G. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside count/ $2.58 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state — $4.00 Thomas Family Is Praised By J. T. Phillips MOUNT VERNON . . . When fraternal twins, Martha and Hymerick Thomas, cross ed the platform and received their diplomas from Brewton Parker College June 4, it marked another milestone in the Cecil Thomas family of Nahunta. It was the last of the Tho mases, or at least the seventh and eighth in a family of eight, to finish at least two years of college. Forrest, Jimmy, George, and Anne had pre viously graduated from Brew ton Parker and gone on to other institutions for addition al degrees or further graduate study. Having pursued the profes sion of the Baptist ministry all these years, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas know the problems encountered in educating a large family on a limited in come. Rev. Thomas was lavish in his “praise of Brewton Parker College, its faculty, and its ideals.” From this family there are several teachers and a newly graduated dentist serving Georgia. President J. T. Phillips pro bably expressed the senti ments of most college admin istrators when he says, “We wish we had more families like this one, a family with ability and high moral char acter whose desire to obtain an education gives them this great initiative.” CARD OF THANKS Words can never express our sincerest thanks and deep est gratitude to all the people who were so kind to us in so many ways at the time of the death of our loved one, Mr. Dennis Rowell. It is with grateful hearts that we acknowledge the mes sages of sympathy, floral tri butes, covered dishes and every act of kindness shown us during those times. May the Lord bless each of you is our prayer. The family of Dennis Rowell. POLYRAM*