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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 44 - NUMBER 13 Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners The Board of Commission ers of Roads and Revenues of Brantley County, Georgia, met Tuesday, March 5, 1968, at 9:00 A M. in their office in the County Courthouse with all members present and transacted the following bu siness. They passed two Reso lutions. RESOLUTION NUMBER 1: Which is on file in their of fice in the Courthouse author izing Dußose & Company of Waycross to do a complete certified audit of each office in the County. The Ordinary and Justice of Peace E. Hilton Morgan to render all Sheriff cost collected by them to the County Treasurer account in stead of delivering it to the sheriff of said county. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2: They passed a resolution to build or have built two con crete bridges in said county at a cost of $55.00 per linear foot. One to be erected over the Little Satilla River at what is known as the Hump Back Bridge approximately m miles West of U. S. 301 and one on Buffalo Creek on the road from Mrs. R. E. Lee’s home place to Bethlehem Church. Mrs. Mable Moody, County School Superintendent and Virgil H. Allen, Chairman of Brantley County Board of Education met with the board and discussed the possibility of deeding to the County Com missioners the old elementary school building and the bal ance of the land surrounding the building that they had not previously deeded to the Na hunta Baptist Church, with the stipulation that the county would use it for Industrial Purposes. The board voted unanimously to accept the property and do the best they could with it after passing the above Resolutions and dis cussing other County affairs they paid the following bills for the month of February: February: GENERAL: R. B. Brooker, $76.00, salary; W. E. Eldridge, $47.80, salary; Owen Griffin, $68.45, salary; James H. Ham, $47.80, salary; Major Riggins, $47.80, salary; Archie A. Johns $89.60, salary; John M. Wil son, $89.19, salary; Lloyd E. Grimes, $65.00, salary. Sheriff Dept.: Robert W. Johns, $548.61, salary; Jim R. Herrin, $359.00, salary; Robert W. Johns, $219.50, prisoners board. 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. Raulerson, $139.82, salary and travel. Invoices: Robertsons Service Station, $2.50, for ice; Yar brough Brothers, $7.60, sup plies for Clerk of Court; Mrs. J. A. Campbell est., $7.80, C.O.D. Bus charges for Road Dept.; Reid Inc., $74.10, parts; Finn Brothers Brake Service, $4.50, parts; Standard Oil Company, $595.62, gas and fuel; Macks Auto Parts, $56.- 07, parts; Motor Parts, $35.28, parts; Sargent-Sowell Co., Inc., $12.40, signs for Sheriff Dept, car; Neil Hendrix, $16.00; plumbing repair on jail; C. L. King, $83.50, wiring county barn; Carlton Company, $95.- 51, parts; R.E.A. Co-op, $20.- 00, for voting booths and four membership dues for voting booths; The Brantley Enter prise, $79.00, advertising and supplies; Georgia State Fores try Commission, $810.93, bud get; R.E.A. Co-op, $12.18, four voting booths and caution light; John M. Wilson, $2.09, office supplies from Lots 5 & 10 cent store; John King Ford $13.48, parts; Florida Equip ment Co. of Jacksonville, $168.93, parts; Rochester 100 Inc., $12.94, supplies for Tax Commissioners office; Brant ley Telephone Co., Inc., $647.- 30, removing old line and re storing new line on Route 259; Professional Insurance Corp., $146.05, employee’s premium; Brantlev Gas & Appliance Co., $170.28, fuel; Chambless Funeral Home, $50.00, trans portation for Jesse Courtney; Quality Glass Co.. $19.26. ma terial for Road Dept.; Geor gia Hospital Service Associa tion, $115.15, employee’s pre mium; D. F. Herrin, $259,50, court cost; Bacon County Commissioners, $40.00, free food contribution; Commer cial Metals Co., $16.00, four BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. empty tank car tanks; Wilson & Sons Oil Co., $162.08, gaso line and fuel; Waycross Mem orial Hospital, $104.45, for Emmie A. Pittman; Tomlinson Drug Store, $108.90, drugs; J. A. Fernandez, Dr., $6.00, treat ing Jack Hyers, prisoner; Dept, of Family and Children Service, $760.29, budget; Ben nett Brothers, Inc., $46.28, supplies, Tax Comm, and Clerk of Court offices; Brant ley Telephone Company, $190.- 66, phones and calls; Franks Uniforms, $39.03, shirt, hat, and belt for Sheriff Dept; Brantley County Health Dept., $877.43, budget; R B. Brooker, $50.00, rent for Homemakers office; R. B. Brooker Hard ware Store, $80.46, supplies for road dept.; Georgia Chem ical Co., Inc., $32.45, janitor supplies; Cecil D. Cason, $78.00, treating Harold Scott, injured in car wreck with sheriff; Depratter Service Station, $25.60, repairs; Way cross Memorial Hospital, $123.- 75, for Ira C. Harris; Smiths Auto Parts, $126.40, parts; Smiths Auto Parts Inc., $4.28, parts for Sheriff car; Sea board Coast Line R. R. Co., $545.74, improving railroad crossing at Raybon; Lloyd E. Grimes, $25.00, preparing pa pers for Health Dept.; U. S. Post Office, Nahunta, Ga., 400 postage stamps for D. F. Herrin; Cecil Weatherspoon, $20.00, transportation; Lloyd E. Grimes, $150.00, condemna tion of Crews property; Viola M. Young, $16.00, trans.; Ag ricultural Extension Service, $108.99, Teachers Retirement of Loyd and Raulerson; U. S. Post Office, $60.00, postage for Tax Assessors; J. W. Crews estate, $32.23, refund of Social Security withheld. Road Dept.: Terry Lee Her rin, $114.38, salary; Lankford Blocker, $259.36, salary; Ker mit Crews, $290.08, salary; Archie J. Daniels, $247.66, salary; Talmadge Gunter, $246.28, salary; Cecil Harris, $349.76, salary; Richard Har ris, $267.68, salary; Robert S. Harris, $234.28, salary; Weita Herrin, $254.08, salary; Mit chell F. Hulett, $223.88, salary; E. R. Johns, $242.42, salary; Jasper Moore, $254.31, salary; Julius O. Smith, $239.48, sal ary; Banner J. Wainright, $410.36, salary; D. W. Lee, $95.60, salary as janitor. There being no further bu siness the meeting adjourned. John M. Wilson, Secretary to Brantley County Commissioners. Bookmobile Schedule Announced for April Wednesday, April 3 — Waynesville, Hickox, Nahun ta. Wednesday, April 10, Brant ley County Schools. Wednesday, April 17 — Schlatterville, Hoboken, Hor tense. Brantley FFA to Hold Forestry Field Day Ten members of the Brant ley County Chapter of the Fu ture Farmers of America will match forestry skills with oth er Future Farmers in the area at a Forestry Field Day Wed nesday, April 3, at Broad hurst, Ga. Representing their chapter at this forestry meet will be Terrell Herrin, Wayne Jones? Bicknell Manor, David Grif fin, James Harris, Larry Al len, Jerrell Herrin, Stanley Crews, Wayne Chesser, Terry Strickland. Their advisor and coach is Jimmy Dubberly. Sponsor of the local area field day will be Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company and coordinating the activities of the day will be Dick Schmitt. There will be ten events on the field day agenda, and cash prizes will go to indi viduals placing first, second, and third in each event. In addition, the chanter totaling the highest number of points for the day will not only re ceive a cash prize and a pla que, but will earn the right to compete on a state level Hoboken Honor Roll Announced Hoboken Elementary 4th six weeks honor roll: Strickland’s 3rd: Felicia Thomas, Patricia Sapp, Eddie Hanchey, Lanita Hickox, Sha ron Crews, Jeffery Canady and Tammy Griffin. Phillips’ 3rd: Steve Strick land, Vickie Rhoden, Patricia Hickox, Donna Stevens, and Angela Thrift. Parnell’s 4th: Vickie Crews, Mark Fowler, Brenda Gunter, Cheryl Gunter, Melanie Hick ox, Rosa Lee, Terry Lee, Shei la Thomas, Songa Thomas, Fletcher Herrin and Randall McCarty. Kelley’s sth: Adrian Carter, Boyd Griffin, McCoy Lee, Joan Carter, Debbie Colvin, Vicke Cook, Barbara Foster, Penny Gunter, Darlene Hanchey, Jill Lee, Pam Moody, Wanda Pat ton, Teresa Rowell, Sarolyn Shuman, Sheri Strickland, and Kay Waldron. Minchew’s 6th: Sylvia Mand ers, Johnny Barber, Lafain Crews, Clinton Altman, Mari lyn Crews and Travis Guy. Larkin’s 6th: Ann Murray, Cathy Griffin, Greta Hickox, Sandra Hickox, Linda Stevens, Scott Ferguson, Cheryl Hanch ey, Beverly Roundt re e, Charles Harris, Janice Crews, Brenda Sue Thomas, Debbie Waldron, David Morgan, David Pierce, Clark Lee, Debra Gunt er, Mary Alice Howell, Dottie Pearson, Franklin Lee and Sandra Thomas. Carter’s 7th: Rosa Edwards, Billy Wyatt, Susan Riggins, Sandra Sapp, Barbara Shu man, Mary Alice Stevens, Bar bara Gunter, Melba Riggins, Jimmy Walker, Andy Hickox, Jeffery Lee. Richard Stevens, Gwen Jacobs, Mary Pearson, Tony Floyd, Debbie Altman and Diane Shuman. FFA Banquet To Be Held Friday Night Brantely County High School Future Farmers of A merica will hold their annual banauet at the school cafete ria Friday night, April 29, it is announced by Glen Lee, FFA secretary. The meeting will feature speeches by FFA local and visiting leaders. Awards for achievement will be made and plans discussed concerning fu ture activities. SHADE TREE A tree properly placed will help shade the terrace and the hot side of your house. Trees are important and their location should be considered as to comfort as well as ap pearance, according to T. G. Williams, head of the Exten sion Service landscape depart ment at the University of Georgia on May 4. Fifteen area winners will try for the state championship on this date, at the Indian Springs State Park, Jackson, Georgia. The Trust Company of Georgia and its affiliate banks will sponsor the State Field Day. The forestry skills these Fu ture Farmers will use in this field day program were learn ed in their classes of vocation al agriculture. Eugene Cars well, area forester for the State Department of Educa tion in South Georgia, says these forestry field days have proved to be excellent educa tionally as well as competi tive programs. The ten events in which the young foresters will compete are: Tree Planting, Selective Marking, Estimating Pulpwood Volume from Standing Trees, Estimating Sawtimber Volume from Standing Trees, Tree I dentification. Ocular Estima tion of Height and Diameter. Land Measurement, Log Scal ing, Scaling Staked Pulpwood and Sawing. Bicknell Manor, reporter. The Brantley Enterpriser Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March a, INS Nahunta Churches Plan Union Services Sunday The churches of Nahunta will have a union worship ser vice next Sunday night, April 1, according to their usual custom on each fifth Sunday. This service will be at 7:30 P. M, and will be held at the Nahunta Methodist Church. Members of the local churches and their friends are all in vited to be present and to make this one of the best such services we have had. ( The message on this occasion will be delivered by Rev. Jack Barber, pastor of the Nahunta Church of God. He is an ear nest and forceful speaker and he will give a very practical message for every one. A cordial invitation is ex tended by the Nahunta Metho dist Church to the people of this community to attend. 'Techdays' Help I Find Qualified Employees The Vocational Education Division of the State Depart nent of Education recently announced a program which will provide an opportunity to business and industry in re cruiting qualified new em ployees. Called TECHDAYS, the state wide job placement pro gram for Georgia’s Area Vocational-Tech- nical Schools and Area Vocational High Schools will be held this spring. It is a coordinated effort in which prospective employers are be ing invited to each of the schools throughout the state on designated dates to inter view graduating students for possible employment. TECH DAYS will take place on A pril 5, 1968 at Waycross- Ware Tech. Each graduating student desiring to be interviewed during TECHDAYS will pre pare a comprehensive resu me of his qualifications and experience, and these will be made available to interested employers participating. The school is also providing fa cilities for conducting indi vidual and private interviews. The TECHDAYS program is also being organized so that company representatives may meet with interested stu ients in groups, with a pro fessional counselor coordina ting the entire effort. Testing facilities are also being made available. TECHDAYs i n Georgia will cover a period of six weeks, beginning in A pril and ending in May. Pro grams at all schools are being conducted on staggered dates according to geographical lo cation, so that companies may follow the program a cross the state, interviewing at selected schools or all schools if desired. This program is a service provided to Georgia busi nesses and industries at no charge, fulfilling, in part, a continuing desire of vocation al education to serve not on ly the diligent vocational technical student, but the general welfare of Georgia as well. Fields of training gradu ating, skilled, potential em ployees from Waycross-Ware Tech include: secretarial, ac counting, drafting, air con ditioning, automobile me chanics, cosmetology, machine shop, welding, practical nur sing, forestry and radio-TV. Charles W. Mantooth, Di rector of Student personnel services at Waycross-Ware Tech says that both students and potential employers are looking forward to a success ful TECHDAYS program on April 5, 1968. COFFEE RULES The basic rules for making a good cup of coffee are sim ple and easy to follow, accord ing to Miss Annette Ray, Ex tension Service home econo mist. Make sure your coffee maker is clean, your coffee is fresh and measure both coffee and water accurately. Births AMY JANE THOMAS Dr. and Mrs. George W. Thomas of Oak Grove, Ken tucky, announce the birth of a daughter on March 9, in the U. S. Army Hospital, Fort Campbell, Ky., and weigh ed nine pounds and three ounces. She has been named Amy Jane Thomas. Mrs. Thomas is the former Miss Glenda Strickland, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Strickland of Blackshear. Paternal grandparents are Rev. and Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas of Nahunta. Economics Club Met Wednesday The Hickox Home Econom ics club met at the home of Mrs. Joseph Hickox, Wednes day, March 20. Mrs. J. E. Harris presided over the meeting. Mrs. W. W. Hendrix led the devotional. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson gave a demonstration on hems, “Handsome Hems for Hers.’’ Others present were Mrs. Wayne Moody, Mrs. Arthur Keene, Mrs. Dewey Hickox, Mrs. David Hickox, Mrs. Er nest Steedley, Mrs. Carroll Batten, Mrs. Conway Howard and Mrs. Edward Brand. TECHDAY Set At Waycross School April 5 Waycross - Ware Tech will hold its TECHDAY program on April 5. This annual event is held to invite leaders of business and industry to the school to interview prospec tive employees. The TECHDAY program will be so organized that com pany representatives may meet with students in groups or individually. Each graduat ing student desiring to be in terviewed during TECHDAYS will prepare a comprehensive resume of his qualifications and experience, and these will be made available to interest ed employers participating. Prospective employers can make arrangements to attend by calling Charles Mantooth at 285-1952. Mantooth states that it is not necessary for representatives to attend the entire day, but only as long as they wish. Bill Stuckey In Washington Each year the Jaycees of our State come to Washington for a Federal Affairs Seminar. This year it was my privilege to be the official host of the Georgia Jaycees for their an nua) Seminar in our Nation’* Capital. The Jaycees are an action group, and they are fast be coming recognized as leaders in our communities across the country. Their approach to community problems is action oriented and that is why they have been labeled young men of action. The emphasis today is on youth and more and more young men are taking leader ship positions in our State and our communities. And, Jay cees organizations are prepar ing these young men to as sume these positions of lead ership. The services which our Jay cees perform for our commu nities certainly make our com munities better places to live. The Georgia Jaycees were the first Jaycee organization in the country to realize the impor tance of learning the workings of our National Government. It wasn't long before the idea of the Federal Affairs Seminar caught on in other states and now each year, thousands of Jaycees come to our Nation’s Capital to view the workings of our govern ment first hand. This ear’s trip for our 150 Jaycees from Georgia included a briefing at the Pentagon on 15 Brantley Future Fanners Receive Awards There were 709 Future Farmers of America, Young Farmers and Vocational Agri culture Evening Class Mem bers to qualify for membership in the Vocational Agriculture Hundred Bushel Corn Club this year. These members, who produc ed 100 bushels or more corn on one acre, will receive keys and certificates of member ship. Among the 709 to receive these awards will be 15 from Brantley county. These boys and the school they represent are: BRANTLEY COUNTY HIGH — Wayne Chesser, Ter ry Crews, Jerry Davidson, Stanley Edwards, Glen Griffin, Glen Hendrix, Edward Hickox, Terry Jacobs, Michael Johns, Glen Lee, Bicknell Manor, Reggie O’Berry, Harry Strick land, Keith Thomas, Rudolph Wainright. Awards totaling $450 will go to top producers in the six vocational districts and will be presented at strea Awards Programs. The Georgia Vocational Ag riculture Hundred Bushel Corn Club was formed in 1950 as an activity of the State De partment of Education. Its for mation was the direct result of requests from teachers of vocational agriculture and in structors in the Veterans Farm Training Program, who wished a means of recognizing on a state basis the individuals in their classes who achieved the distinction of producing a hun dred bushels of com on one acre. Eastern Star Elects Mrs. Crews Worthy Matron Mrs. Evelyn Crews was e lected Worthy Matron of Sa tilla Chapter No. 365 Order of Eastern Star at Nahunta at a regular meeting of the chap ter Tuesday night, March 26. Howard Lavon Crews was e lected worthy patron. Other officers elected were Mrs. Mattie Seals, associate matron; Sherman D. Tomlin son, associate patron. The appointive officers will be named by Mrs. Crews, the incoming worthy matron. The chapter voted to have open installation of the offi cers on April 23. Southeast Asia and a visit to the White House where Tom Johnson, Press Aide to the President and a native of Macon, Georgia, greeted the group. During a series of work shops, these young community leaders were addressed by Con gressman Gerald Ford who is the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. They also had a discussion session with Bill Downs, the ABC News Corresnondent at the Pentagon, and Major Gen eral Herman Nickerson, Jr., USMC, Deputy Chief of State, and the members of the Geor gia Congressional Delegation. A tour of the Vietnam Em bassy was a part of the nro gram, as well as a tour of the British Embassy. . . The Jaycees, in addition to a tour of Washinjfton, com pleted their trip with a tour of the United States Capitol which was personally eon ducted by the Reading Clerk of the House of Represents t j VeS. I was proud to be the host for the Jaycees of Georgia. To me, their yearly seminars in Washington are another vital step in strengthening the 2- way communication between the people back home and their Rep»—«ntatives in Congress. 4^ OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Layman Speaks Sunday At Methodist Church Personals Mr. Woodraw Browne and daughter, Diane of Colum bus, Ga., and Mrs. M. W. Nich olson, Miami, Fla., visited their aunt. Mrs. Alice Highsmith on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. David Cal houn of Terrytown, Ga., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson. Mr. Calhoun returned last week from a tour of a year in Veitnam. He is now out of the Army. Mrs. S. K. Allen, Brenda Al len and Mrs. John Allen visit ed Dona Lynn Thrift in Hen reretta Egleston Hospital in Atlanta last week. Forrest M. Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Altan Griffin of Rt. 2, Waycross, was among the students in the upper ranks academically at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, during the winter quarter. Derwin Drury, son of Mrs. Cecil Drury and the late Cecil Drury, attained the dean’s list at South Georgia College, Douglas, for the winter quar ter. The list is made up of students making superior grades in their studies. State Senator Roscoe Dean Jr. will be guest speaker at the Nahunta Elementary PTA meeting Monday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. Three Brantley County stu dents at Georgia Southern Col lege have been assigned prac tice teaching for the spring quarter. They are Annie Ruth Johns to Jane Macon Junior High in Brunswick; James Eli jah Thomas to Brunswick High School; and James Lynn Bat ten to Glynn Academy, Brunswick. MORE HOGS The number of hogs and pigs on Georgia farms Jan uary 1, 1968, was placed *at 1,506,000 head or 11 percent above those on hand a year earlier, according to the State Crop Reporting Service. Georgia ranked eleventh a mong the other states in the number of farms as of Jan uary 1. Herman Talmadge THE RIOT COMMISSION report angered a lot of people, and it tried to appease others. It probably will cause debate and discussion for some time to come. But one thing it did not do was surprise anyone. The findings of the Commission were highly predictable. Last November, I stated that the study group would lay the blame for the rioting and lawlessness in recent years on things like “lack of communication,” not enough money or attention to urban prob lems, and that even the Congress and our policemen would be held at fault. IN MY JUDGMENT the report rendered a great disservice to the country in several respects. Supposedly a fact-finding group, the Commission reported some facts that suited its purpose and ignored others. The President, in setting up the Commission, urged it to "find the truth, the whole truth, and express it in your report.” The Commission fell short of this goal, and came out with only part of the truth which, in the final analysis, will do more harm than good. Its recommendations were unrealistic and impractical, and probably will lead to false hopes and expectations. It condemned white racists, but not Negro racists. It denounced the whole of society, but not those who engaged in rioting, looting and burning. The Commission found a multitude of sociological excuses for rioting, but had nothing meaningful to say about respect .for law and order or individual responsibility. THIS IS NOT TO SAY that anyone is unmindful of poverty, unemployment, or other critical urban problems. We do have problems in the cities, and the Congress has been and will con tinue to take steps to try to correct them. ; But regardless of how serious these problems are, no one is authorized to take the law into his own hands, and steal, and burn, and riot. In our free and lawful society, no one heeds to resort to lawlessness to secure a redress of grievances, je^l or imagined. I believe that an overwhelming majority of the people of America, of both races, still subscribe to the ideal that ours is a nation of laws and not men. (Not prepared or printed at government expcnee) SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Imide county S34N Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 Worshippers at the Nahunta Methodist Church this next Sunday, at 11:00 A. M., will hear a message by one of the most active and influential Methodist laymen of the Way cross District. Mr. Paul Gamble of Bruns wick has been secured to de liver the message. Methodist laymen are being used in many of the Methodist pulpits of the Waycross District this month in the interest of, em phasizing the larger participa tion of laymen in church work. Mr. Gamble will have a helpful message for the people of our city and community, and the pastor and members of this church extend a hearty invitation to the general pub lic to be present. Hickox Baptist Revival Begins Monday Night The Hickox Baptist Church Will begin a revival meeting beginning Monday, April 1, and continuing through Sun day, April 7, with Homecom ing Day. Rev. C. H. Marr of Jesup win be the evangelist. Services will be held each night at 7:30. Homecoming Day far- the Hickox Church will be held Sunday, April 7. Everyone is invited to attend. < CARD OF THANKS We would like to express our sincere thinks and deepest appreciation for the messages of sympathy, the floral tri butes, the covered dishes and other acts of kindness shown us during our recent bereave ment. We shall always hold those kindnesses in fond remem brance. May God’s richest blessings abide with each of you. The family of Avery Moore Rowell. • * * ♦ » * ^L*4t**** C