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VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 12
3rd District PTA Met
At Nahunta Wednesday
The Georgia Congress of
Parents and Teachers of the
Third District held its spring
conference at Nahunta Wed
nesday at the Brantley Coun
ty High School.
Dr. Franklin Shumake, di
rector of pupil personnel ser
vices for the State Depart
ment of Education delivered
the main address. His subject
was “Education in Georgia.”
His present job is at the Rock
dale County Board of Educa
tion where he serves as di
rector of research project that
seeks ways to improve slow
learners. He estimates that
one-third of all Georgia’s pub
lic school children are in need
of better learning reception.
Dr. Carl Hodges, superin
tendent of the Waycross
schools and treasurer of the
Georgia PTA, was on the pro
gram, which included talks on
school lunchroom problems,
mental health and state school
bylaws.
Mrs. D. S. Moody, superin
tendent of Brantley County
Schools welcomed the PTA
group to the new consolidat
ed school, which opened last
September.
Election of district officers
for three-year terms was held
during the one-day meeting.
JANICE F. ROBERSON
Engagement Announced
Miss Roberson Is
Engaged to Wed
C. D. Spivey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H.
Roberson of Hortense an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Janice Eran
ces Roberson, to Charles David
Spivey, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles David Spivey,
Sr., of Waycross.
Miss Roberson will graduate
from Wayne High School,
on May 27.
Mr. Spivey was graduated
from Waycross High School
and attended Valdosta State
College. He is presently serv
ing a tour of duty with the U.
S. Army, and has recently re
turned from Viet Nam. He is
now stationed at Ft. Stewart.
The wedding is planned for
June 8 at the Satilla Baptist
Church.
Youth Revival
Set for Hickox
Baptist Church
A Youth Revival will be
held at the Hickox Baptist
Church beginning Monday,
March 25 and continuing
through Saturday, March 30,
with services each night at
7:30.
Charles Stevens will be the
speaker each night. Other fea
tures will be solos, duets and
trios, also instrumental mus
ic and testimonies.
Some of the special singers
will be Joan Johns, Myra
Nell Johns and Friel Thrift
from Riverside Church. The
Roddenberry Trio and Edith
Aldridge of Folkston will also
be on the program.
The young people of the
county are urged to remember
the meeting dates and attend
the .meetings.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Soil Bank Pines
Discussion Set
For Monday Night
Brantley County landown
ers who have been growing
soil bank pines under con
tract have an opportunity to
participate in a discussion on
the future of their planted
pines operations. The meeting
will be held at 7:30 P. M.
March 25, in the Vocational
Ag. classroom at the Brantley
County High School, accord
ing to George A. Loyd, Coun
ty agent.
Planted pines are an impor
tant part of the state’s agri
cultural economy and almost
700,000 acres are planted in
soil bank pines, according to
Mr. George Loyd.
The soil bank pines will
soon be coming out from un
der contract and what to do
with them will be discussed at
the March 25 meeting. Coop
erative Extension Service for
esters will be on hand to an
swer questions and offer ad
vice, Mr. Loyd said.
Within the next eight to
ten years Georgia's soil bank
pine acreage will yield more
than $l5O million worth of
wood, according to Extension
Service foresters. With prop
er management and good
growing conditions the value
of this wood could amount to
S2OO million or more, they
pointed out.
At the meeting here in
Brantley County, the Exten
sion foresters will offer infor
mation to assist local land
owners in making wise deci
sions about management, har
vesting or leasing of their
planted pines.
Cloverleaf 4-H
Club Met Tuesday
The Cloverleaf 4-H Club of
the Nahunta Grammar School
met in the school lunchroom
Tuesday, March 19.
The meeting was called to
order by boy’s vice president,
Terry Brooker.
Cleve Harden led the pledge
to the American flag and Rus
sell Dußose led the 4-H club
pledge.
Club secretary, Pam Mercier,
read the minutes of the last
meeting and they were ap
proved.
Members who entered the
County Achievement meeting
and the project in which they
gave demonstrations were:
Myra Tripp, Between Meal
Snacks, blue award; Annelle
Keene, apron, blue award;
Martha Middleton, Foods and
Nutrition, blue award; Chuck
Bass, Small Engines, blue a
ward; Isaac Blue, Woodwork
ing, blue award; Allen Bryant,
Woodworking, blue award;
Samuel Cohen, Woodworking,
red award; and Michael Smith,
Electronics, blue award.
The educational part of the
meeting was a talk on the
care of pets and small ani
mals, by our county agent,
Mr. Loyd.
Russell Dußose, reporter.
Hearing Set
April 2 on
Election Case
The court hearing on the
contested sheriff’s election
case will be heard Tuesday,
April 2, according to latest in
formation.
Judge O’Connor of Mcßae,
who will hear the case, has
also indicated that if a jury
trial is granted, the trial will
begin Monday, April 8, at
Nahunta.
The case arose when Layton
Johns contested the run-off
election which resulted in a
one-vote majority for Robert
Johns. Attorneys for Layton
Johns claim a number of ir
regularities in the election.
The vote for sheriff, as of
ficial certified to Secretary of
State, Ben Fortson, was Rob
ert Johns 1282 and Layton
Johns 1281.
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hook. Sandra Thrift threw it in the pond. The fish bite and all the
girls pulled him in. They were assisted by Zada Lou Johns who
is not in the picture. These girls are ten years old. The fish
weighed four pounds six ounces.
National Farmers Organization Is
Set up to Promote Farmers Welfare
A National Farmers Organ
ization was set up in Brantley
County at a meeting of farm
ers Monday night, March 18,
it ft announced by their e
lected secretary, Donald F.
Stevens.
Other officers elected were
Donald Miles, president; W.
L. Bohannon, vice-president;
J. B. Carter, treasurer.
Three trustees were elected.
They are Robert Hunter, M.
M. Manor and Edmund Ja
cobs.
A five member meat board
named were L. B. Bell, J. V.
Strickland, Donald Stevens,
M. M. Manor and Edmund Ja
cobs.
The five member grain
board consists of John L.
Woods, R. T. Rowell, Alton
Griffin, Jasper Johnson and
Robert Hunter.
The purpose of the NFO is
to try to secure better prices
for farm products and to work
for better economic condi
tions for farmers in general.
What's Happening
Down on the Farm
Modern day farmers are a
miracle within themselves -
the envy of the world. Fewer
and fewer American farmers
are producing more and more
food. This efficiency is proba
bly unmatched in any other
field or endeavor.
The result is the 96% of the
non-farm population find
themselves the best fed and
clothed at the least part of
their net spendable income of
any people on the face of the
globe.
To understand this unparal
led efficiency of the farmers,
let’s look as one commodity.
The same trend exists on the
other farm commodities.
For example, corn is basic
to America. Between 1920 and
1930, U. S. corn production
ranged around 2 billion bush
els. By 1948, U. S. com pro
duction had increased to 3
billion bushels. Corn produc
tion surpassed the 4 billion
bushel mark by American
farmers in 1963. In 1967, U. S.
corn production hit the 4.7 bil
lion bushel mark - and farm
ers are on the way to the 5
billion mark.
Fantastic by all means. Fan
tastically more production
from fantastically fewer farm
ers. And the end is not in
sight.
Farmlers were able to in
creased their per acre corn
yields from 26 bushels per
sere between 1930 and 1960 .. a
26 bushel per acre increase.
Within another seven years,
farmers increased their per
acre yield another 26 bushels
to 78 per acre. By 1980, the
prediction is an' average of
100 bushels per acre - and
manv farmers mav be produc
ing 250 to 300 bushels per acre
within 10 years.
To accomplish this, the com
plant of the future may not
even look like the corn plant
of today. These sort of acrom
plishmonts are acrompl>sheH
bv a skilled, intelligent farm
er. Let the nation 1 remember
that.
Gov. Maddox signed the
budeet bill as the lawmakers
were closing up shop.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 21, 1968
Sloans Hill
Church Starts
Revival Sunday
Sloans Hill Church of God
of Prophecy will begin a re
vival meeting Sunday, March
24, with services each night
at 7:30, it is announced by the
pastor, Rev. J. K. Pittman.
Rev. Leonard Pittman of
Pearson will be the guest
preacher for the meeting. The
revival will continue through
Sunday, April 3. Everyone is
invited to attend.
Danny Pierce
Named Brantley
Star Student
The 1968 Eighth District
STAR Student and STAR
Teacher will be named Satur
day, March 30, at a 7:00 P.M.
Dinner meeting at Holiday Inn
Downtown in Brunswick.
Danny Ray Pierce has been
named STAR student of
Brantley County High School
and Mrs. Carolyn Thomas
STAR teacher.
James P. Langston, Trust
Officer, The First National
Bank, Brunswick, and Eighth
District STAR Chairman, said
that the naming of the Dis
trict STARS will be the high
light of the Dinner honoring
all the STAR winners from 24
participating school systems in
the District.
The System STAR Student
from these systems who has
made the highest score in the
November or December 1967
Scholastic Aptitude Test will
be named the District STAR
Student and his teacher will be
named the District STAR
Teacher.
The 1968 State STAR Stu
dent will be named and honor
ed at the annual STAR Ban
auet of the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce, the
statewide sponsoring organi
zation, on April 17 at the At
lanta Regency Hyatt House.
The State STAR Student
will be given a trip to Hawaii
sponsored by Pan American
Airways, an Atlanta Gas
Light Company SSOO cash a
ward and a STAR Statuette
presented by the State Cham
ber. The State STAR Teacher
will receive a SSOO Sears Roe
buck Foundation Scholarship
and an “ALF” Statuette.
New awards this year go to
the first runner-up to the
State STAR Student —a SSOO
scholarship from the Atlantic
Steel Foundation — and to the
first runner-up to the State
STAR Teacher —a SSOO scho
larship from L. G. Balfour
Company.
The Eighth District STAR
Student and STAR Teach
er and the first runner
up STAR Student will join
other district winners in the
annual STAR Tour of Geor
gia immediately following
the State Ch°mber’s Annual
meeting and STAR presenta
tions.
Jeff F. Johns
Funeral Service
Held Friday
Relatives and friends
throughout this section were
saddened to learn of the sud
den and unexpected passing
of Mr. Jefferson Franklin
Johns, 84, whose death occur
red early Thursday morning,
March 14, at his residence on
Route 1, Nahunta.
His death removes one of
Brantley County’s oldest and
most esteemed residents and
brings personal sorrow to
many.
“Uncle Jeff’, as he was af
fectionately known, was the
possessor of an affable man
ner and genial disposition. He
made friends easily and
throughout his long and use
ful life brought much pleasure
and happiness to those who
knew him. The doors to his
home were always open to
his acquaintances and his
cheerful attitude and constant
good humor were an inspira
tion to all.
A native of Wayne, now
Brantley County, Mr. Johns
was the son of the late
Franklin and Celestine Dowl
ing Johns. He received his
education in the public schools
and from early manhood until
his retirement had been en
gaged in farming operations.
He was a member of the
Hickox Baptist Church and of
Nahunta Lodge No. 391, F. &
A. M.
He was thrice married. His
first marriage was to the for
mer Miss Sallie Griffin, who
preceded him in death in
1951. His next marriage was
to Miss Beulah Ammons, who
passed away in 1960. His third
marriage was to Mrs. Cora
Jacobs Dean, who survives.
Other survivors include two
sisters, Mrs. Cora Herring of
Thomasville and Mrs. Janie
Stuckey of Nahunta and sev
eral nieces, nephews and
other relatives.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Friday after
noon, March 15, from the
Hickox Baptist Church with
the Rev. Martin Smith, assist
ed by the Rev. Cecil F. Thom
as, officiating.
The body lay in state’ in the
church for one hour prior to
services.
Interment followed in the
High Bluff Cemetery with
Masonic rites being conducted
by the Nahunta Masonic
Lodge.
Serving as active pallbearers
were the Messrs. Arris Lee,
Jimmy Highsmith, Banner
Wainright, Jim R. Herrin,
Woodrow Hendrix and Norris
Strickland.
The Honorary Escort was
composed of Masons.
The many beautiful floral
tributes attested to the esteem
felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
Personals
Bivian Rowell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Rowell of Hor
tense has gone to Dublin, Ga.,
to accept the job of manager
of the Dublin office of West
ern Union.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Robinson
have returned to their home
in Kentville, Nova Scotia, aft
er visiting Mr. and Mrs. La
velle Bohannon and other
relatives in Brantley County.
They also visited Mrs. Robin
son’s daughter and family in
Jacksonville.
Emile Anthony Bernard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ber
nard of Waynesville, will re
ceive the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy at the University
of Florida Monday, March 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Calhoun
and little son, Shannon, of
Terrytown, Ga. spent the
weekend with his sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wilson.
High School PTA
Meeting Announced
The Brantley County high
school PTA will meet at the
high school Monday night,
March 25, beginning at 7:30
P. M. A program pertaining
to adult education is being
planned.
You are invited and urged
to attend and suport your
school.
Avery Rowell
Funeral to Be
Held Friday
The Georgia Game & Fish
Commission lost one of its
most efficient and well-liked
wildlife rangers early Wednes
day morning, March 20, when
it was learned that Mr. Avery
Moore Rowell, 64, passed a
way at the Glynn-Brunswick
Memorial Hospital following
an illness of three weeks. His
death brings personal sorrow
to many throughout southeast
Georgia and other sections of
the state.
An outdoorsman by nature
and an avid sportsman, Mr.
Rowell was particularly adept
at his job as a wildlife ranger,
and enjoyed the acquaintance
and friendship of sportsmen
everywhere. At almost any
time of the day or night, he
was often seen patroling h’s
area in a manner that brought
credit to himself as well as
the department of which he
was a part.
A lifelong resident of the
Lulaton community, he was
the son of the late James
Joseph and Aussie Blount
Rowell. He received his edu
cation in the public schools of
the county and was a member
and deacon of the Lulaton
Baptist Church.
He was a veteran of World
War 11, a member of the A
merican Legion and had
served as a wildlife ranger for
the past 16 years. Among the
honors accorded him was the
Ranger of the Year Award in
1966.
He held a keen interest in
poetry and among his hobbies
was the ability to compose
lines of poetry as he made his
rounds throughout the county
and later assemble the lines
into poems.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Stella Herrin of Bruns
wick; two brothers, George
Rowell of Tampa, Fla. and
Flovd Rowell of Nahunta.
Several nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at ten o’clock Friday morning,
March 22. from the Lulaton
Baptist Church with the Rev.
W. R. Croft, assisted by the
Rev. Lester J. Edgy and the
Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, officiat
ing.
Interment will follow in the
family plot in Smyrna Ceme
tery.
Serving as pallbearers will
be the Messrs. R. B. Brooker,
Clayton Riggins, Cecil Moody,
Perry Rozier, Hilton Morgan
and Sidney Hulett.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta is in charge
of arrangements.
Maddox Pleased
With Budget of
$859.3 Million
ATLANTA — Although Gov.
Lester G. Maddox didn’t get
everything he wanted in the
new state appropriations bill,
he apparently is not too un
happy with the outcome of the
prolonged Battle of the Bud
get.
In fact, the governor said he
was pleased generally with
the $859.3-million budget pass
ed by the General Assembly
for fiscal 1969. Final action
came just two days before ad
journment after much squab
bling in both houses through
out the session. The House
passed the compromise ver
sion of the budget bill 182-2;
the Senate by a vote of 41 to
9.
“I think it is a good ap
propriations bill,” Maddox
said. “It’s almost exactly like
what I wanted in January,
1967. We won’t miss it by $5-
million one way or another.
I doubt if we’ll miss it by $3-
million . . . We’ll buy more
services, attract more industry
and jobs, and keep Georgia go
ing ahead.”
However, Gov. Maddox was
critical of the legislature’s
failure to restore funds for
the State Planning and Pro
gramming Bureau which he
termed a “crippling blow” that
“could cost the state several
million dollars.”
As finally approved, the new
appropriations bill calls for
an $lB-million cushion result
ing from $9-million in lapsed
funds and an equal amount of
surplus at the end of the fis
cal year.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
MISS DONA LYN TUCKER
Engagement Is Announced
Tucker-Cox
Mrs. Letha Tucker of Na
hunta and Mr. Elton R. Tuck
er of Savannah announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Dona Lyn Tucker to Vernon
Wayne Cox, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde V. Cox of Jack
sonville. The wedding will
take place in May at the Bap
tist Church in Nahunta. The
date of the wedding will be
announced later.
Miss Tucker graduated from
Nahunta High School in 1967.
She recently graduated from
a beauty care training center
in Jacksonville and is now
employed as a hair stylist in
Jacksonville.
Mr. Cox is a graduate of the
1966 class of Andrew Jackson
High School of Jacksonville
and attended Florida Junior
College of Jacksonville. He is
now stationed in South Caro-
Georgia Farmers Destroy
Hogs in Price Protest
By DICK HEBERT
In Atlanta Constitution
South Georgia hog farmers
protesting low meat prices bu
ried about 50,000 pounds of
pork Tuesday after running
their pigs into a 135-foot long
trench in Brooks County and
shooting them down.
About 100 farmers from six
counties along the Georgia-
Florida line hauled their hogs
to the trench gouged out by a
bulldozer five miles from the
north of Quitman, according
to Charles Dwayne Cardin,
Brooks County Chairman of
the National Farmers Organ
ization (NFO).
“We’d rather see them rot
than give them away,” one
farmer snorted.
Cardin said one farmer
hauled in 21 hogs for the dem-
NFO Members
Kill 100 Hogs
In Protest
ACT AGAINST
LOW PRICES
ON LIVESTOCK
The Pierce County chapter
of the National Farmers Or
ganization was scheduled to
kill approximately 100 hogs at
2:00 o’clock Wednesday after
noon in a protest action a
gainst low livestock prices.
At least 60 head of hogs had
already been pledged Wednes
day morning and other NFO
members in Pierce and adja
cent counties were expected to
bring additional animals to a
total of at least 100.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county _ $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
lina in the United States Ma
rine Corps.
No formal invitations will
be issued. All friends and rel
atives are invited.
Home Economic
Club Met Tuesday
The Nahunta Home Econom
ics Club met Tuesday, March
19, at the home of Mrs. Eliza
beth Brooker.
Mrs. Effie Middleton pre
sided over the meeting.
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson
gave a demonstration on the
correct method of hemming a
garment.
Others present were Mrs.
Avery Strickland, Mrs. How
ard Davis, Mrs. Larry Stal
lings, Mrs. George Loyd and
Mrs. Jesse Lee.
onstration that rang up a to
tal of some 200 pigs heaped
into the 12-foot-deep trench a
bout two miles from Cardin’s
home.
“When they got to piling on
top of one another we lost
count. We had three farmers
killing them at one time,” he
said.
Many of the farmers slaugh
tered only one or two pigs
each, including Cardin him
self, who doesn’t raise hogs.
Cardin, a cotton, tobacco and
peanut grower, said that Mon
day night, when plans for the
demonstration got started, he
agreed to buy and kill a pig
himself.
“I bought one from a good
neighbor of mine,” Cardin
said. “He told me if I’d give
him S4O he’d bring an extra
pig for me.”
The hog killing was sche
duled to be held at the city
dump in Blackshear.
The 100 head of hogs will
represent approximately the
same number of NFO members
offering one animal each in
most cases. In addition, at
least one cow was expected to
be brought for slaughter, as
well as some chickens. Some
fanners had also said they
would bring eggs for dumping.
Plans for the livestock
slaughter in protest of low
prices were made at a meet
ing of the NFO chapter Tues
day night at the courthouse
in Blackshear.
Wendell Waters is president
of the Pierce County NFO
chapter.
