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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 44 — NUMBER 14 Traverse Jury Drawn to Try Sheriffs Contest A Traverse Jury was drawn in Open Court by Honorable Judge James B. O'Connor of Brantley Superior Court pre siding, to try case of Layton Johns Vs. Robert Johns this 2nd day of April, 1968, listed as follows, to-wit: L. R. Ham, Edward Town send, W. A. Sloan, Clifford Easterling, Earl Lee, Olin Du- Bose, Robert Hicks, Mrs. W. L. Bohanon, G. H. Fowler, J. Z. Daniels, Beverly Smith, Mayo Dowling, William D. Easton, C. P. Riggins. Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Wal do E. Morgan, John Aldridge, O. A. Jones, Paul G. Harrell, Mrs. W. N. Strickland, Clifton Morgan, Mrs. Edward Sowell, Roy Jordan, W. E. Lane, Wan nace Cleland, Charlie H. Har din, William E. Strickland, Al fred Thomas, David E. Wald ron. Voila Padgette, Ruth Wil liams, Eugene Lee, Edward Brand, Eugene Hickox, Elias B. Herrin, Virginia Omick, Ruby Jacobs, D. H. Jacobs, Charles Ray Wilson, Lester Bell, Ernest Campbell, Ward E. Crews, Harvey Carver. Leroy Mercer, Silas D. Lee, Reavis Hickox, Richard T. Howard, Elroy Strickalnd, A. J. Strickland, Archie Crews, William K. Johns, C. P. Davis, James Warren, Mrs. S. K. Allen, J. E. Strickland, Rayonier to Improve River Quality With New Waste Treatment System Jesup, Ga. — The Jesup Di vision of Rayonier Incorporat ed has been issued a permit by Georgia Water Quality Con trol Board to build an $867,- 000 bio-oxidation waste treat ment system at the company’s Jesup pulp mill. Construction will begin in May with com pletion scheduled for 1970. The new secondary treat ment facilities represent the final phase of a two million dollar water pollution control program began by the com pany in 1964 and designed to provide effective treatment for all wastes at the 800 ton per day kraft mill. Previously, Rayonier had in stalled a clarifier and sludge filter system for removing sol id materials from its waste streams, and constructed an 80 acre lagoon where nutrient rich wastes are impounded to prevent slime growth in the Altamaha River. Rayonier mill manager Don E. Lawson indicated that the purpose of the new facilities is to further improve the oxy gen content of the Altamaha River by removing most of the oxygen consuming wood sug ars contained in the mill waste. “While the present oxy genation level of the Altama ha is well above the accepted standards, our studies indicate the secondary treatment pro cess, combined with the riv er’s continual self-renewal, will raise the water quality to a level which will compare favorably to the non-indus trialized river of a century ago,” said Lawson. 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That total is 25,000 more than the Braves stocked for last season’s ‘Bat Day.’ Secondly, every youngster 12 years old and under will be given one of the bats free, just by entering the ball park. A year ago children had to be be accompanied by an adult and sit in specified areas of the stadium. The Braves - Orioles game starts at 2:05 Sunday. It’s At lanta’s last game before open ing the regular season April 9th at St. Louis. isting lagoons, will be the main feature of the secondary treatment system. Following primary treatment of all pulp manufacturing wastes to re move solids, the remaining liquid will be pumped into this lagoon where it will be vig orously agitated for nearly five days by a dozen 75 horse power aerators. These aerators have large underwater pro pellers which will beat atmos pheric oxgen into the liquid. This additional oxygen will improve the ability of natural bacteria to destroy the wastes from the pulp making process. Reserve lagoons will also be maintained to handle emer gencies and to provide a back-up method for prevent ing slime growth in the river. In addition, regular boat sur veys will be continued to keep close tab on river condi tions at all times, and a mod ern and complete instrument system will monitor opera tion of the entire waste treat ment system and river condi tions on a 24-hour schedule. The new treatment system, which will cost nearly $200,- 000 each year to operate, was designed by Rayonier’s en gineering and technical staffs following several months of extensive pilot studies and laboratory tests by the com pany. All waste treatment facili ties at the mill are under the supervision of Robert A. Mc- Crary, Sanitary Engineer. Mc- Crary, a native of Tifton, re ceived his B. S. degree from Emory University where he majored in chemistry. 2 Liquor Stills Are Raided by Law Officers One man was arrested in Brantley County over the weekend during raids on illi cit liquor stills. Brantley Sheriff Robert Johns said Frank Lester (Bud dy) Brock was arrested in a raid by county, state and fed eral officers Sunday, March 31. The raid was on a still two miles South of Waynesville and officers confiscated 360- gallons of mash and about three gallons of moonshine, Johns said. He said the still was composed of two 400-gal lon pots which were destroy ed. On Saturday, a raid on an other still near Waynesville resulted in the seizure of a seven barrel still and about 200 gallons of mash along with a 55-gallon still pot, Johns said. No arrests were made in the latter. Assisting in the raids were State Agents Cleary Davis, Ce cil Hardy, Bud Williams and Mike Fischette along with Fe deral Agents Dillard Adams and Charles Folkert, Johns said. Brantley High Student Writes On Patriotism “WHAT PATRIOTISM MEANS TO ME” By Carlton Rainge Patriotism means love for— and loyalty to —one’s country. For me, this means allegiance to the United States: to her government, political system, and institutions. Only as I honor and share the treasured heritage of her past will I be worthy of the freedom of her present and future. Patriotism means honoring our heroes, documents, and events that have shaped our destiny as a great nation: Washington, Lincoln, Lee, Wilson, Eisenhower; the De claration of Independence, the Constitution, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell; Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Verdun, Normandy, Corregidor, Ba taan, Vietnam. Patriotism signifies 200 mil lion Americans doing their daily little jobs well!!! It symbolizes devotion to our flag — Old Glory — waving over 50 states united under God in a common destiny of freedom and brotherhood. Sportsmans Club To Meet Friday The Brantley County Sports mans Club will meet at the courthouse Friday night, A pril 5, it is announced by Lloyd Grimes, secretary. A number of representatives of timber companies will at tend the meeting, also a rep resentative of the State Game and Fish Commission. Banner Wainright is presi dent of the club. AH members and others interested in game and fish conservation are urg ed to be present. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 4, IHB MISS SANDRA JEAN HOWELL To Marry Mr. Steven Wilson Hendrix Howell-Hendrix Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Howell of Folkston announce the en gagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sandra Jean Howell, to Ste ven Wilson Hendrix, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Hendrix, of Hickox. The bride-elect is a 1967 graduate of Charlton County High School. Mr. Hendrix was a 1964 graduate of Nahunta High School and served two years in the U. S. Army. He is employed by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The wedding is planned for 8:00 P- m., April 13, at the Hickox Baptist Church. No invitations are -being sent but all friends and rela tives are invited to attend. Community Action Unit Met Wednesday The Brantley County Com munity Action Agency met March 28. Election of officers for the coming year was held: T. E. Raulerson, chairman; Brown Brooker, vice chairman; Mike Dowling, secretary. Considerable interest was shown concerning a new hous ing rehabilitation program. The highlight of the discussion was the rehabilitation of dwellings in the area for qua lified persons. The dwellings to be selected through a local non profit organization. As the details develop the public will be informed. An invitation is extended to the public to attend the next meeting April 25, 3:30 P- M. at the Okefenokee REMC building. । Moody-Boatright Drawdy-Moody Two couples .will be married at a double wedding at Satilla Baptist Church, Hortense, Sat urday, April 6, at seven o’- clock in the evening. Miss Latrelle Moody will be married to Harry Boatright. Miss Moody’s brother J. E. Moody will be married to Miss Betty Lou Drawdy. Rev. Charles Cox, pastor of the Satilla Baptist Church, will officiate. Miss Moody and J. E. Moody are son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Moody of Hortense. Miss Drawdy is the daughter of Mr. E. L. Drawdy of Blackshear. A reception will be held at the church after the ceremony. No invitations have been sent. Long-Aldridge The friends of Mrs. Nellie S. Long and Mr. S. E. Ald ridge are invited to their wedding in the Liberty Wes leyan Methodist Church at 3 P. M. Sunday, April 7. The reception is to be in the home of the W. C. Longs at 104 Pierce Street in Wayne Terrace, in Jesup. Mrs. Long is a native of Wayne County and has lived most of her life in Screven, Nahunta and Jesup. She is a retired school teacher. Mr. Aldridge is a native of Bacon County and has lived most of his life in Tattnall County, where he is a retired farmer and is a member of Canochee REMC and is treas urer of that group. Lions Broom Sale Set for Monday April 8 Brantley County Lions Club will hold its annual broom sale Monday, April 8, it is announc ed by Ordinary Perry Rozier. The Lions Club sell brooms each year for the benefit of people needing eye glasses or eye treatment. It is called “Lighthouse for the Blind.” Citizens of Brantley County are urged to cooperate by buying needed brooms and thus assisting a good cause. Emory Middleton is president of the Lions Club and Carrol Johns is secretary. POTATO POWER Have you ever considered the power of a sweet potato? According to Miss Nellie Boyd, home economist with the Uni versity of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, one me dium sized sweet potato pro vides more than double the recommended adult allowance of vitamin A, and it is rich in vitamin C, iron, thiamin and other vitamins and minerals. Alva R. Adams Died Wednesday In Brunswick Alva Ray Adams, 81, of Brunswick, died Wednesday in Brunswick. He moved to Brunswick from Hortense eight months ago. He was a retired mail carrier. Surviving are his wife, Nora Middleton Adams of Bruns wick, three sons, State Sen. Ronald F. Adams of Bruns wick, L. Dow Adams of Res ton, Va., and Grayson Adams of Silver Springs, Md.; four daughters, Claire Adams O’- Quinn of St. Simons Island, Mrs. Guy Brown of Bruns wick, Miss Maxine Adams of Hortense and Mrs. Randall Walker of Jesup. George Rowell Died Wednesday At Lakeland Fla. George Irwin Rowell died in Lakeland, Fla. Hospital Wednesday, April 3. He was a brother of Floyd Rowell and the late Avery Rowell. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 5, at Seffner Baptist Church near Tampa at 11:30 o’clock. Farmers Asked To Be Alert For Hog Cholera Cases of hog cholera report ed in Southeast Georgia coun ties in recent weeks is noth ing for swine producers to get alarmed about, County Agent George Loyd said this week. He did say, however, that people with hogs should be on the alert for any sign of sickness among their hogs and have any symptoms of the disease checked out through a veterinarian. He also said that farmers who buy feeder pigs should know where they came from, and should keep them away from other hogs on the farm for a period of 14 to 21 days. Other precautionary mea sures that should be taken is to keep out of other peoples feed lots, and to disinfect shoes before going into feed lot after they have visited a livestock sales barn, Loyd said. He stated further, that the source of infection of the re cently affected herds has been located, and the spread of the disease has been brought un der control. He does not be lieve that it is necessary for swine producers to begin a general vaccination program, as the material now available for use is somewhat compli cated and time consuming, as the hogs need to be given two treatments 3 to 4 weeks a part. Live Oak 4-H Club Met Thursday The Nahunta Live Oak 4-H Club met Thursday, March 28. The meeting was called to or der by Kay Smith, president. We stood and said the pledge to the flags. Denease O’Berry, secretary, read the minutes. The following members of the Live Oak Club went to County Achievement and were recognized for winning first place: Merrell Tripp, Better Breakfast; Sonya Bass, Recrea tion; Rebecca Wainright, Muf fins; Blake Loyd, Public Speaking; and Al Schmitt, Forestry. Mr. Loyd gave a program on dog care and training. Rebecca Wainright, Reporter. PERSONALS Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland has returned home after soendine two months visiting Dr. and Mrs. Van B. Saye and family in Baton Rouge, La. and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Strickland in Houston, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Strickland were leaving for New York from where they will go to England where they will be for several months. Seaman Harold E. O’Berry, USCG, son of Mrs. Ina J. O’Berry of Route One, Hor tense, helped destroy an ene my trawler while serving a board the Coast Guard high endurance cutter Androscoggin off the coast of South Viet nam. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Trial to Open April 9 On Contested Election A jury trial will be held in the Brantley County Court house beginning at 10 a. m. on I April 9 to attempt to settle the controversial sheriff’s election held January 23. The jury trial was granted Tuesday by Superior Court Judge James B. O’Connor of Mcßae, who conducted pre-1 trial hearings to hear testi-' mony in the election that saw Robert W. Johns win a one vote victory over Layton Johns for the right to serve Future Farmers Banquet Held at School Friday Brantley County Future Farmers held their annual banquet at the school cafetor ium Friday night, March 29, with Chapter members, their fathers and many visitors in attendance. Officers of the Chapter opened the program and Dal ton Brand welcomed those in attendance. Reggie O’Berry gave the invocation. After dinner was served the FFA quartet sang. The main speaker was Al bert Wildes, state president of Future Farmers. Chapter accomplishments were outlined by James Crews and public speaking a wards were made by V. B. Ashley of R. L. Walker Chev rolet Co. Elroy Strickland awarded the trophies to the three boys making top corn production. John Pittman made the farm mechanics awards and Pete Gibson made the electrifica tion awards. Mrs. N. T. Schofield ed the horticulture trophies and George Brantley made th livestock judging awards. Eugene Carswell distributed the forestry award pins and R. B. Brooker made the a wards for best record and notebook. Bicknell Manor led in con ferring honorary degrees. FFA degrees were awarded by Hoke Wilson and Guy Chambless. Billy Rich made the star awards and Prof. A. L. Sutton gave the awards for outstanding seniors in agricul ture. George Brantley was a- FFA Boys Offered Cash Prizes for Three Top Com Producing Members The Brantley Enterprise will pay cash prizes totaling SSO to the three Brantley County Future Farmers who produce the most corn per acre in 1968. A cash prize of $25 .will be paid to the FFA member who leads in com production per acre. Prizes of sls and $lO will be paid the second and third place corn producers. 3-Year-Old 7 Hurt as A three-year-old girl was killed and seven others in jured in a head-on collision Sunday afternoon. State Patrol said Brenda Norman of Patterson died in a Jacksonville, Fla., hospital Sunday night from injuries re ceived in the accident. Her mother, father, two sis ters and a brother were in jured in the accident on U. S. Highway 82, one-half mile east of Blackshear. Talmadge Norman, 2, receiv ed head and leg injuries and Wanda Norman, 6, had injur ies to her right hand and both legs. Barbara Ann Norman, 9, injured her face and head in the collision and Mrs. Doris Norman, 30, suffered lacera tions of the head and face. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county S3.W Outside county, in state s4*l2 Outside state the unexpired term of J. Walter Crews, who died in of fice. Attorney Leon Wilson, representing Robert W. Johns in the dispute, requested the jury trial. Layton Johns, who is not related to the present sheriff, is contesting the election re- I suits on grounds that there were a number of “irregulari ties” that could have changed the final vote count. Robert W. Johns won the election 1,282 to 1,281. warded honorary degree in FFA. Details and names of FFA awards winners will be pub lished next week. Person on Duty At City Hall During Nights Beginning Sunday night, A pril 7, the City of Nahunta, will have an employee on duty from 9:00 P. M. until 6:00 A. M. an answer phone calls from anyone needing the ser vices of a policemen or an officer from the sheriffs de partment. This service applies to any one living in Brantley County. The employee will also oper ate the radio in case neither one of the officers can be reached by telephone. Phones are 462-5631 and 462-5103. T. E. Raulerson, Mayor. New Hope Cemetery Cleaning Thursday The New Hope Cemetery at Hickox will be cleaned off Thursday, April 11, it is an nounced by Mrs. Archie Johns. Everyone interested in the New Hope Cemetery is re quested to be on hand with tools suitable for cleaning off the burial grounds. The three top corn produc ers in the annual FFA corn awards will receive their cash prizes at the annual FFA ban quet in March, 1969. The awards are offered to encourage Brantley County Future Farmers to produce more corn on their prized acres, in the hope that Brant ley County FFA members may again top the state in yield per acre. Child Dies, 2 Cars Crash The driver of the car, Farley Norman, received abrasions also. Operating the second vehi cle, Frederick Harper of Jesup received abrasions of his face and arms and a passegner in the Harper car, Mike Murphy, also of Jesup, suffered back injuries and possibly a broken arm, the State Patrol reports. The injured persons were admitted into the Pierce Coun ty Hospital. Investigating troopers, Don Harwood and M. R. Hamrick, said the Norman vehicle at tempted to make a left turn in front of the Harper car and the two hit head on. Damages were estimated at a combined SI,OOO to both cars, troopers said.