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VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 6
Robert Johns
Thanks Voters
TO THE CITIZENS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY:
January 23, you gave me a
victory tn my race for Sheriff
with 1282 votes. The race be
ing, close, made us know the
importance of every voter.
I am grateful for your kind
ness and support. I hold no ill
will to you who supported my
opponent, but let me here and
now ask each of you to join
with me in helping to give
Brantley County effective law
enforcement.
I shall strive to merit the
confidence that you have
placed in me. Your advice and
counsel is always welcome.
Anytime day or night that I
can be of service to you, please
feel free to call me.
I am dedicated to law en
forcement and I will be the
Sheriff of all of Brantley
County. Thanking you and
yours, I am
Sincerely yours,
Robert W. Johns
Production of cotton in fore
cast at 215.000 bales on Geor
gia farms for 1967 by the State
Cron Reporting Service.
When' adding pecans to sa
lads. dins or sauces, wait until
shortly before serving the dish.
According to Mrs. Rita Wa
ters, Extension home econo
mist - nutrition, this will keep
the pecans crisp.
Government Programs Help Rich
Get Richer and Poor Get Poorer
(From Baxley News Banner)
An Associated Press story
pretty well hidden on an in
side page of a large daily, with
a small one-column head, re
ports public interest as turning
toward reducing big payments
by the government to com
mercial farms for participation
in crop-control programs.
Some payments to large
commercial farms exceed $1
million a farm. Originally de
signed to aid farmers when
most were of the family-size
type, federal programs no long
er substantially help the low
income farmer, according to
the President’s Advisory Com
mission on Rural Poverty.
Os the $3.5 billion a year
expended by the federal gov
ernment for crop controls,
the commission said that 10
percent of the smaller grow
ers receive only 1.5 per cent
COMMITTEE OKAYS 2-COUNTY PLAN
Nimmer Wins Fight on
House Reapportionment
ATLANTA — Rep Steve
Nimmer of Blackshear and
Reps Gene Branch of Baxley
have won their fight in the
Souse Reapportionment Com
mittee to put Bacon and Pierce
counties and Appling and Jeff
Davis counties in two distinct
House districts.
Their victory came on a 9 to
1 vote Monday as the commit
tee approved legislation to
make two legislative districts
of the four-county area instead
of one. Each district will have
one representative.
Nimmer and Branch on one
side led the fight for splitting
the four-county district
while Rep. Jimmy Conner of
Hazlehurst argued for keeping
the four counties in one dis
trict.
The legislators from Black
shear and Baxley told the
committee that the “districts
closest to the people provide
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Two Arrested in
High Speed Chase
And Car Wrecks
Two teenage boys were arrest
ed on Highway 301 south of Na
hunta by sheriff Robert Johns and
deputy Jim R. Herrin after a
high speed chase
The two boys are accused of
stealing gas from Joel Herrin’s
service station at Twin Rivers.
They got gas and ran away with
out paying for it.
The car the boys were driving
had been stolen in Wilson, N C.,
according to sheriff Johns.
At the end of the chase the
boys’ car hit another car and also
hit the sheriff’s car, causing total
loss of the boys’ car and consider
able damage to the sheriff’s car
and also the third car driven by
a tourist.
George Loyd Is
Fund Chairman
For University
George Loyd of Nahunta,
Ga. has been appointed Brant
ley County Loyalty Fund
Chairman for the University
of Georgia Alumni Society.
Mr. George Loyd will head
up the local drive in contact
ing the 20 Georgia Alumni in
Brantley County. Friends of
the University as well as
Alumni are invited to join in
this support of the University’s
growth.
The 1968 goals for Brantley
County are 15 contributors
and $l5O gifts. The over-all
goal for 1968 is 12,500 contri
butors and $235,000 in gifts.
Georgia Alumni and friends
of the University in Brantley
County are urged to cooperate
with Mr. Loyd by sending in
their 1968 gift or pledge to
him or to the Georgia Alumni
Society now.
of wheat control subsidies,
while 10 per cent of the larger
growers receive 44 per cent.
Os the cotton growers, 10
per cent of the smaller grow
ers receive less than 1 per cent
of the payments, but 10 per
cent of the larger growers re
ceive over half the total pay
ments.
For com and other feed
grains, the low 10 per cent of
the growers receive less than
1 per cent while the top 10
per cent receive over 30 per
cent.
If the same general rule is
applied to all federal subsidy
programs, then there is little
hope of balancing our national
budget by reducing expenses.
Somewhere along the line, we
have lost our sense of values.
As a result we are facing a
breakdown in financial sta
bility.
the best representation.”
Nimmer said nothing would
be upset in the federal court
guidelines by splitting the four
counties into two districts.
The split district was recom
mended by the Reapportion
ment Committee last year but
was changed to a four-county
plan on the floor of the House
by amendment.
Nimmer said he is prepared
to fight any such amendment
on the floor of the House this
year.
*1 still say it is much better
to have a representative speak
for two counties than to have
two speak for four counties,”
he declared.
Nimmer is presently serving
as representative from House
District 84, Pierce and Brant
ley Counties. As a result of
federal court order, however,
the districting is being chang
ed.
Three Charged
With Breakin
And Car Theft
Three persons were arrested
by Nahunta City policeman
Floyd Cramer Wednesday
morning about 3 o’clock. They
are charged with stealing a
car in Glennville, Ga.
The three were Russell E.
Comstock and Richard E. Kan
nel of Ohio and Susan Mc-
Millian of West Virginia.
A number of articles of mer
chandise were found in their
car, supposedly taken in a
breakin- at Gulf Service Sta
tion at Hortense.
They are being held in jail
by sheriff Robert Johns.
Roy Rowell Wins
Top Award at
Babcock-Wilcox
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Em
ployes with job improve
ment ideas found the
year of 1967 a profit
able one at Brunswick Works
of The Babcock & Wilcox
Company, according to Works
Manager J. H. Reber Jr.
Some 11 Suggestion Sys
tem awards totaling $549.15
were distributed during the
year, Reber said. It brings to
a total 17 awards amounting
to $887.95 since the program
was inaugurated at Brunswick
Works on February 24, 1966.
Average award at Bruns
wick last year was $49.92,
slightly under the $56.00 aver
age for 264 suggestions adopt
ed at all boiler division facili
ties.
Top award at Brunswick to
date is $253.65 won in 1967 by
Rov Rowell of Hortense, Ga.
A fitter in the sheet and struc
tural shop, he recommended
elimination of buckstay and
floor support lugs.
The 264 division-wide win
ners last year received a total
of $14,801.58. Since start of the
program, 577, or 41.5 per cent
of 1,?92 suggestions submitted
by division personnel have
been adopted. Awards for
th°se ideas have amounted to
$32,648.12.
Nahunta Twins
Celebrate
65th Birthday
Twin ladies celebrated their
65+h birthday Sunday, Feb. 4,
with many friends attending a
basket lunch with them at the
home of Mrs. Nancy Morgan;
one of the twins.
Thev are Mrs. Lovie Wildes
and Mrs. Nancy Morgan.
Those attending were Frank
Morgan and Mrs. Eula Rober
son of Patterson. Mr. and Mrs.
Ebb Morgan, Mrs. Lucinda
Morgan, Mrs. Shirley Arnold,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morgan,
Royce Morgan, Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Lay
ton Johns and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Conway Morgan and
children, Mrs. Iris Lake and
children, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wilson and Mr. Hoke Wilson,
all of Nahunta; Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Newbern and children,
Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Abrunedo. Jacksonville; Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Brooker and
children, Brunswick; Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Wildes, Bruns
wick; Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Morgan. Mrs. Gretchen Harrell
and children, Nahunta; Mrs.
Dora Stevens, Brunswick; Mrs.
Gertie Lynn. Lulaton; and
Mrs. Una Allen and daugh
ter, Nahunta.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to take this
means of expressing our sin
cere thanks and deepest ap
preciation for the many things
done for us during the illness
of and the death of our loved
one, Wallace D. Griffin.
We are especially grateful
for the messages of sympathy,
floral tributes, covered dish
es and other acts of kindness
shown us during this time.
May God bless each of you
is our prayer.
The Family of
Wallace D. Griffin
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 8, 1968
Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Charles Helmuth
United in Marriage Saturday, Feb. 3
Carver-Helmuth
Miss Gaye Cheryl Carver,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Carver of Hortense,
Ga., was married to Fredrick
Charles Helmuth, son of Rev.
and Mrs. W. C. Lane of Hor
tense, on Saturday Feb. 3 at
6 P. M., in an impressive dou
ble ring ceremony at the Car
ver home, with Rev. W. C.
Lane officiating, Miss Magie
Brauda, organist.
The bride was given in
marriage by her father. The
bride wore a street length A
line gown of cameo lace over
blue satin with wrist length
sleeves. Her shoulder length
veil was attached to lace pe
tals. She carried a white Bible
topped with cymbidium or
chids, which she later wore on
her black and white hounds
tooth check cape style going
away suit.
The maid of honor, Miss
Collen Lane the groom’s sis
ter, wore an empire styled
dress of light blue crepe ac
cented with matching blue
lace. She carried a corsage
tvoe bouquet of white carna
tions.
Jerry Rowell, brother-in-law
of the groom, was best man.
The ushers were Benny
Carver, brother of the bride,
and Terry Lane brother of the
groom.
The bride’s mother wore a
navy blue suit with matching
accessories and a corsage of
white carnations. The groom’s
mother chose a rose Knit
dress with black accessories
and a corsage of white carna
tions.
After the wedding ceremony,
the reception was held in the
family room.
Mrs. Elmer Strickland and
Mrs. M. L. Carver, aunts of
the bride, were in charge of
the reception, assisted by Mrs.
Jerry Rowell, sister of the
groom, who kept the bride’s
book, and Misses Jan, Beth,
and Susan Strickland who
served the punch and cake.
Some out-of-town guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Helmuth, the grooms grand
parents from Lexington. Ne
braska. Miss Gail Strickland
of Brunswick, Mrs. Dewitt
Drury of Jesup, Ralph Dub
berly. Warner Robins and
David Spivey of Fort Stewart.
State Troopers
Brantley Report
For January
Troopers of the Georgia
State Patrol investigated four
accidents and made 47 arrests
issued 50 warnings in Brantley
County during the month of
January.
A break down of the acci
dents and the arrests reveal
the following.
In the four accidents there
were no fatalities. With two
injuries and property damage
amounted to $1,725. These ac
cidents were caused by the
following violations. 2 follow
ing to close. 1 To fast for con
ditions of road. 1. Passing with
out sufficient clearance.
A breakdown' on the 47
arrests.
9 D. U. 1., 20. Speeding. 2.
Following to close, 1. Stop
sign, 1. Failed to grant right
of way, 1. Weaving over center
line, 3. Improper passing, 4.
Passing on hill, 2. With out
drivers license, 1. Permitting
unlicense person to drive, 1.
No tag, 2. No inspection stick
er.
Sgt. J. C. Pope
Post Comdr.
Post No. 22. GSP.
Waycross, Georgia
Brantley Youths
To Appear on
TV Channel 12
Students from Brantley
County High School will ap
pear on Channel 12 WFGA
Television in the very near
future.
Carol Robinson, Virginia
Allen, Tom Welch, Danny
Pierce, Tommy Highsmith and
Bob Strickland will appear on
the Educational Program "It’s
Academic”.
The program is to be taped
on Saturday, February 10 and
will be shown' at a later date.
Brantley High will compete a
gainst Charlton and Camden
County.
There will also be a feature
presented by the Brantley
County High Ensemble.
Funeral Services
Held Friday for
Mrs. Shearer, 70
Mrs. Addie Turner Shearer.
70, of Blackshear died late last
Wednesday night in the Pierce
County Hospital following an
extended illness.
A native of Pierce County,
she was a daughter of the late
Julian and Agnes Hyers Pad
gett. She was a member of the
Blackshear Church of God.
Twice married, her first
husband was the late Martin
Asbury Turner and her last
was the late Glenn B. Shearer.
Survivors are two daugh
ters, Mrs. Ernie Kirkland of
Waycross and Mrs. Essie Crull
of Miami; five sons, Ronnie.
Roscoe and J. Hugh Turner,
all of Blackshear, Ralph
“Buddy” Turner of Folkston,
and Martin “Shorty” Turner
of Brunswick: four half-sisters.
Mrs. Mattie Walker of Patter
son, Mrs. Irene Sylvester and
Mrs. Maude Bullard, both of
Thaltnan and Mrs. Reba Boy
ette of Patterson; two half
brothers, J. P. Barnard Sr.
and Ward Barnard, both of
Patterson; 30 grandchildren, 16
great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’-
clock at the Blackshear
Church of God with the pas
tor, Rev. J. O. Bramblett, as
sisted bv Rev. Reuben Brook
shire officiating. Interment
was in the Blackshear Ceme
tery.
Active pallbearers were
grandsons.
Honorary pallbearers were
Alvin Ratliff, N. P. Kirkland,
E. D. Taylor, W. V. Bowen.
Alvin Peacock. Bill Carter
and Homer Winn.
Clough-Pearson Funeral
Home was in charge of ar
rangements.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
Georgia, Brantley County
Court of Ordinary.
This Bth day of February,
1968, the appraisers upon ap
plication Os SARA HARMON
RFAULLE, widow of said
JOHN A. REVILLE, for a
twelve months’ support for
herself having filed her retum;
all persons concerned hereby
are cited to show cause if any
they have, at the next regu
lar March term of this court,
why said application should
not be granted.
s/ Perry U. Rozier
Ordinary, Brantley
County. Georgia
Clarence D. Blount
Gibson, McGee and Blount
Attorneys for Petitioner
2-29
Hoboken Honor
Roll Announced
Brantley High
Hoboken Elementary 3rd
six weeks honor roll.
Strickland 3rd: Jeffery Canl
- Sharon Crews, Tammv
Griffin, Lanita Hickox, April
Lee. Felecia Thomas.
Phillies 3rd: Steve Strick
land. Patricia Hickox, Vickie
Rhoden, Donna Stevens.
Parnell 4th: Sonja Thomas,
Terrv Lee, Sheila Thomas,
Brenda Gunter. Melaine Hic
kox. Ch“rvl Gunter. Vickie
Crews, Rosa Lee. Mark Fow
ler. Steve Bell, Fletcher Her
rin. Elaine Lee. Vasco Canady.
Kellev sth: Darlene Hanchey.
Joan Carter, Povd Griffin.
Teresa Rowell, Sheri Strick
land. A drain Carter, Larry
Wyatt. Debbie Colvin, Barba
ra Foster. Jill Lee, Pam
Moody. Wanda Patton. Sarolvn
Shuman, K«v Waldron. Mc-
Coy Lee. Vickie Cook, penny
Gunter. Brenda Thomas. Tim
my Manders. Billie Jo Crews.
Minchew 6th: Clinton Alt
man, Johnnv Barber, Lafain
Crews, Marilvn Crews, Billv
Griffin. Dewev Griffin, Travis
Guv, Mike Hickox. Lnren
Lane, Karen Lee. Svlvia Man
ders, Carol Ri egins, Tony
Shuman. Franklin Thomas.
Janice Weathersnoon, Sandra
Oneen, David Chesser, Jimmy
Griffin.
Lark’ns Bth: Cfdhv Griffin.
Scott Ferguson. Cheryl Han
rh^v, Greta Hickox, Sandia
Hickox. Ann Murray, Beverly
Roundtree. Clark Lee, Janice
Crews, Marv H^w®!!, Linda
Stevens. Debbie Waldron. Da
vid Morgan, David P’erce,
Debra Gunter, Dottie Pear
con. Charles Harris. Brenda
Thomas, Linda Thomas, San
dra Thomas, Franklin Lee,
Cindy Lee.
Carter 7th: Rosa Edwards,
Barbara Gunter, Gwen Ja
cobs. Mary Pearson, Melba
Riggins, Susan Riggins.
Sandra Sapp. Bar
bara Shuman, Mary Alice
Stevens, Jeffery Lee. Ji.mmv
Walker, Billv Wyatt. Andy
Hickox. Richard Stevens,
Tony Floyd.
Editor Broome
Congratulated
Dear Mr. Broome:
Congratulations on your 30th
anniversary as editor anH
owner of the BRANTLEY
ENTERPRISE. A newspaper
can and should be a powerful
force in the shaping of a com
munity and the social and eco
nomic development of its
peonle. It is a heavy respon
sibility placed upon the shoul
ders of an editor.
In my opinion, you have
well lived up to these respon
sibilities in reporting with
honesty, integrity, and good
judgement. Thank you for
having done far more than
your part in making Brantlev
County a better place in which
to live.
Mv best personal wishes for
continued success and happi
ness.
Yours trulv,
Pete J. Gibson
Manager Okefenoke
Co-op.
Dear Mr. Broome:
Congratulations!
Enjoyed reading about you.
Also enjoy reading the Brant
ley Enterprise.
We have several men work
ing at our plant that live in
Nahunta and nearby.
Sincerly,
D. W. Franks
Personnel Supervisor
Babcock & Wilcox
Dr. Knight to
Speak at School
Monday Night
Dr. Arthur Knight, noted Way
cross Physician, will be the guest
speaker at the Brantley County
High School Monday Feb. 12 at
8:00 P. M. There will be special
singing before Dr. Knight speaks.
We are very fortunate in hav
ing Dr. Knight as he has a very
busy schedule. Other Heart Fund
volunteers offering their time are
Mrs. Virgil Rowell, Mrs. Moena
Purcell, Mrs. Nellie Wilson, Mrs.
Essie Mae Gaskin, Mrs. Mattie
Hicks and Mrs. Rebecca White.
Mrs. Louise Hendrix
Publicity Chairman.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Robert
Answer in Election Case
Future Teachers
At Rock Eagle
FTA Convention
Five members of the Future
Teachers of America Club from
Brantley County High attended the
State Teachers of America Con
vention in Rock Eagle on Feb. 1-3.
"This was one of the most in
spiring conventions I have ever
attended," says Mrs. Marie Sut
ton sponsor of the Local FTA
Club.
Frank M. Hughes, Executive
Secretary, Georgia Education As
sociation gave the group an inside
view of teaching and encouraged
them to explore teaching as a
career.
Local Chapter members who
attended the convention were
Kathy Fowler, 11 grade; Virginia
Allen, 12 grade; Rita Fain, 11
grade; Ruby Chesser and Arlene
Aldridge, 11 graders.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heart
felt thanks for the words of sym
pathy and the many expressions
of comfort given us during our re
cent bereavement at the death of
our husband and father Frank J.
Rozier.
We are deeply grateful for the
many acts of helpfulness, the
floral tributes and other acts of
kindness.
We will always remember you
with gratitude for your friend
ship and kindness. May the Lord’s
blessing be upon you.
The family of
Frank J. Rozier.
Cagers Win
Both Games
WOODBINE — Brantley
County stopped Camden Coun
ty in a basketball doublehead
er Tuesday. The boys won
61-46 and the girls took a 50-
43 triumph.
Mike Rowell and Mac
Strickland had 19 apiece for
Brantley’s boys and Mike
Williams tallied 10 for Cam
den. Evelyn Wainwright (19),
Minnette Sutton (17) and
Mira Fain (14) led the Brant
girls. Nancy Sirmons (21) and
Jackie Bass (19) led Camden.
News Bulletin -
Snow Is Routed
By Sunshine
Snow fell in Brantley Coun
ty this morning, Thursday.
Jan. 8, with downy flakes
floating down but melting as
they fell. The sun came out
to rout the snow and the snow
folded its flakes and stole
quickly away. Heavy fall of
snow was reported tn some
sections of south Georgia.
Be and Early Bird -
Get News in on Time
By 10 A. M. Wednesday
The deadline for getting new s
and advertising in The Brant
ley Enterprise is 10 o’clock
Wednesday morning.
Please don’t ask us to ac
cept your news after 10 A. M.
each week.
Reporters for various organ
izations should take note of
the deadline and get their
stories to the paper as early as
possible.
Get your news to the paper
Monday if possible. If not pos
sible Monday, get it to the
paper Tuesday. If not possible
Tuesday, get it to the paper by
10 A. M. Wednesday at the
latest.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
inside county $3,97
Outside county, in state $4-12
Outside state $4.00
Johns Files His
Brantley County Sheriff
Robert Johns has filed defense
action in reply to the petition
of Layton Johns for a run-off
election for sheriff. He has
asked for a jury trial of the
case.
The action results from the
contest by Layton Johns of
the close run-off election of
Jan. 23 when official returns
gave Robert Johns one vote
majority. The vote was Rob
ert Johns 1282 and Layton
Johns 1281.
Layton Johns filed his pro
test Jan. 27, claiming irregu
larities in the run-off election.
A Superior Court judge from
outside the Waycross Judicial
district will be appointed by
Governor Maddox to hear the
case. The judge chosen will
decide the time of the hear
ing.
Robert Johns has already
received his commission as
sheriff from Governor Maddox
but the commission could be
set aside if the courts declare
the former election invalid.
The term for sheriff now
being contested runs only un
til Jan. 1, 1969. The race for
the coming four-year term
must be run this summer, sub
ject to the primary election
in September and the general
election! in November.
Potato-Egg
Scramble for
Good Breakfast
Everyone needs a good
breakfast, not necessarily one
that takes a long time to pre
pare, but one that is hearty
and will keep every member
of the family at their peppiest
best until lunch.
For a good breakfast, start
with a glass of orange juice,
or a fresh grapefruit half.
Then perhaps a bowl of ce
real, and then something hot.
What could be better and
easier to fix than a potato-egg
scramble?
To prepare a potato-egg
scramble—both ingredients
which the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Consumer and
Marketing Service says are
plentiful now—here’s a recipe
for serving four.
Cook 2 bacon slices in a fry
pan until crisp. Remove from
the pan. Then fry 2 cups thinly
sliced raw potatoes in the ba
con fat until they are well
browned, sprinkling with a
teaspoon of salt when they
start to brown. Cover the pan
closely and cook over low heat
until potatoes are tender.
Combine 4 beaten eees with
1/4 cup milk, season with pep
per, and pour over the frving
potatoes in the pan. Cook slow
ly, stirring occasionally, until
eggs are set.
Crumble the bacon and add
it just before taking the pan
from the heat. Serve at once.
Singing Planned
At New Hope
Advent Church
There will be a singing con
vention at New Hope Advent
Church in Brantley County,
Sunday, February 11, at 2:00
P. M.
The church membership in
vites the public to attend.
Our good friends keep
bringing news to the paper
past the deadline and we are
not to blame if it does not get
published .
We want to cooperate. But
we need YOUR cooperation
in getting the news in early
BE AN EARLY BIRD.
Georgia’s wildlife resources,
according to Dave Almand, Ex.
tension Service wildlife spe
cialist, provide the base for one
of our greatest industries. This
resource is responsible for a
bout SSOO million in the state’s
economy each year.
