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VOLUME 46 NUMBER 15
Future Farmer Awards
Announced at Banquet
The Brantley County F.F.A.
Chapter held their annual F.
F. A. Banquet Friday night,
March 29.
The guest speaker was Al
bert Wilds, State F. F. A.
President.
The awards given are as
follows:
Public Speaking Awards —
Ist place, Mack Strickland;
2nd place, Terry Crews; 3rd
place, Terry Lane.
Corn Trophies — Ist place,
Keith Thomas; 2nd place,
Glen Hendrix; 3rd place, Bick
nell Manor.
Tractor Driving Awards —
Ist place, Eddie Walker; 2nd
place, Terrell Herrin.
Farm Mechanics Awards —
1. Power Woodworking, Scott
Lewis; 2. Hand Woodworking,
Glen Griffin; 3. Metal Work
ing, Franklin DePratter.
Electrification Awards —lst
place, Eddie Rowell; 2nd place,
Glen Lee; 3rd place, Terrell
Herrin.
Horticulture Awards —
James Crews.
Livestock Judging — Ist
Wayne Chesser; 2nd place,
Terry Griffin; 3rd place, James
Harris; 4th place, Terry Grif
fin.
Forestry Team Pins —l.
James Harris; 2. Larry Allen;
3. Terry Strickland; 4. Terrell
Herrin; 5- Jerrell Herrin; 6.
Wayne Jones; 7. Stanley
Crews; 8. Bicknell Manor; 9.
David Griffin; 10, Wayne
Chesser.
Best Record Book — Stan
ley Rowell.
Best Notebook — Bobby
Stokes.
Project Awards — Tobacco,
Glen Lee; Beef Cattle, Glenn
Griffin; Garden, Eddie Rowell;
Crop Farming, Stanley Crews;
Poultry Farming, Wayne
Jones; Livestock Farming,
Dennis Hickox; Program of
Work, Dalis Montague; Scho
larship, Scott Lewis; Leader
shin, James Harris.
Green Hand Degrees —l.
Be regularly enrolled in class
of Vocational Agriculture; 2.
recite the F. F. A- Creed; and
3. Have a supervised practice
program in operation.
Steve Altman, Steve Carver,
Dalton Brand, Jerry Crews,
Ellis Daniels, Jerry Davis,
Ronald Davis, Darrell Dubose,
Steve Dykes, Clayton Edgy,
Paul Foreman, Edward Foster,
Steve Gibson, Tom Gibson,
Ronald Hampton.
Carl Harris, Calvin Herrin,
Thomas Herrin, Gary Hickox,
Tom Howard, Clifford Johns,
Ernest Lee, George Lee, Kyle
Lee, Lawrence Melton, Dallas
Montague, Gary Middleton,
Robert Pittman, Micky Proc
tor, Donald Knox.
James Purdom, Eugene Re
wis, David Riggins, Clifton
Roberson, Gilbert Rowell. Pat
Rowell, Lacount Smith, Jimmy
Steedly, Al Strickland, Henry
Strickland. Bobby Stokes. Red
rick Thornton. Donnie Town
send, Gary Willis.
Chanter Farmer Degrees —
1. Hold the degree of Green
hand for one year; 2. Have
in operation an improved su
pervised practice program; 3.
Be familiar with Parliamen
tary Procedure; 4. Must have
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
earned from his practice pro
gram at least SSO net income
and have it invested in his
practice program or in a sav
ing account.
Jet Allen, Stacy Crews,
Terry Crews. Howard Flowers,
Mike Hendrix, J. R. Herrin,
Dennis Hickox, Ronald Hick
ox, Michael Johns, Terry Lane,
Harold Lee, Jerry Moody.
Terry Moody, Jack O’Neal,
Eddie Rowell, Stanley Rowell,
Clipper Smith, Layton Smith,
Harry Strickland, Bill Strick
land, Johnny Thomas, Keith
Thomas, Rudolph Wainright.
Blackshear Ita
Held in Waycross
On Rape Charges
A 21-year-old Blackshear
man is being held in Ware
County jail on charges of rap
ing a 17-year-old girl and at
tempting to rape a 16-year
old girl Friday night.
Ware Sheriff Robert L. Lee
said Donnie Strickland of
Blackshear was arrested by
Deputies Dudley Jones and J.
R. Walker while attempting to
assault the second girl.
Lee said Strickland is being
held for Grand Jury action.
Sheriff Lee said the 17-'
year-old girl told officers
Strickland picked her up a
bout 10:45 Friday night at a
drive-in restauarnt. The girl
told officers the man drove out
Central Avenue and into a
wooded area, locking the car
and raping her, Lee related.
According to the sheriff,
the girl begged the man to let
her out of the car at the scene,
of the rape and she hid in the
woods until the man left. The
girl went to a nearby house
where officers were summon
ed.
The girl identified her as
sailant and an alert was put
out on the vehicle. The girl
was carried to the hospital
where an examination con
firmed the assault, Lee said.
Jones and Walker returned
to the county jail from the
hospital and citv police re
ported the vehicle was seen
turning off Plant Avenue. In
vestigators went to the sand
pit near the city sewage plant
and officers said they heard a
girl screaming.
Jones and Walker discover
ed the car as the man was at
tempting to rape the second
girl, a 16-year-old, the sheriff
reports. The second girl said
the man picked her up at 1
a.m. when she finished work
at a drive-in restaurant. They
drove to the area where the
arrest was made.
Parents of the two girls
swore out the warrants a
gainst Strickland, Lee said.
The major breeds of hogs in
Georgia are Duroc, Hamp
shire, Spots and Yorkshire,
according to Cooperative Ex
tension Service animal scien
tists.
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Merrick Herrin
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
The sudden and unexpected
passing of Mr. Norman Mer
rick Herrin, 64, of Route 2,
Nahunta, whose death occurr
ed Friday morning, April 5, at
his residence as he was per
forming his daily chores oc
casioned much sorrow among
a wide circle of relatives and
friends throughout this sec
tion.
Although in declining
health and only recently re
leased from the hospital after
an extended illness, he seemed
to be recuperating nicety and
was able to attend to light
duties around his home.
A lifelong resident of this
Section, he was the son of the
late William Henry and Mamie
Elizabeth Highsmith Herrin.
He received his education in
the public schools and from
early manhood until his death
had engaged in farming opera
tions.
He was well known and
well liked throughout his com
munity and was known by
many to be a time neighbor
and friend, who always stood
ready to render any aid or
assistance to those in need of
such.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Miss Mamie Louise
Roberts, of Nahunta; four
daughters, Mrs. Warren High
smith of St. Marys, Mrs. J.
F. Jacobs of Nahunta, Miss
Juanita Herrin of Brunswick
and Miss Mable Herrin of Ma
con; one son, Linton A. Her
rin of Nahunta; three sisters,
Mrs. Norma Kyser of Colum
bus, Mrs. Eliza Lewis and Mrs.
Emily Rowell, both of Na
hunta; five brothers, W. K.
Herrin, Ernest Herrin and Ce
cil Herrin, all of Nahunta,
Ben Herrin of Brunswick and
James A. Herrin of New York,
N. Y.
Also five grandchildren, sev
eral nieces, nephews and
other relatives survive.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Sunday after
noon, April 7, from the grave
side in Rob Lewis Cemetery
with the Elder Frank Lee con
ducting the rites in the pre
sence of a host of sorrowing
relatives and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. Jerry Herrin, Wen
dell Herrin, Leon Wilson.
Stanley Crews, Owen Rowell
and Revis Kyser.
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.
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state in the nation except the
state of Washington, according
to C. Dorsey Dyer, head of
the Extension Service fores
try department at the Univer
sity of Georgia. The forest in
dustries add more than $1
billion annually to the state’s
economy.
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The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 11, 1968
Election of School Principals and
Information on Accrediting Given
Principals elected and posi
tions for term 1968-69 as fol
lows: A. L. Sutton, principal,
Brantley County High School;
W. R. Strickland, principal,
Nahunta Elementary School;
and James S. Thornton, princi
pal, Hoboken Elementary
School.
Teachers will be elected at
a later date.
Senate Bill 180 dealing with
education in the State of Geor
gia and passed by the Legisla
ture in 1964 required the
State Dept, of Education to
set up standards for Georgia
schools. As ordered, standards
have been promulgated and
were applied by the State
Board to all schools in the
state in the fall of 1967. The
purpose of the standards is
to find weaknesses and to e
liminate them.
Jack Nix, State Supt. of
Schools, said that while the
State Board of Education has
the power to cut off state
funds for those schools and
systems which do not mea
sure up, he does not expect
that to happen anytime soon.
But if they continue to resist
upgrading themselves in the
future the board could with
hold funds until they comply.
With the first state-wide ap
plication of standards, 49.11
per cent of the 1,902 public
schools were rated as standard.
Standards are divided into
three categories, elementary
schools, high schools and com
bination schools and they cov
er 10 areas of education —
organization, administration,
teaching staff, resources, staff,
Brantley High
Star Student,
Star Teacher
Danny Ray Pierce, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pierce of
Rt. 2, Way cross, has been
named the 1967-68 Star Stu
dent from the Brantley
County School District. Danny
named Mrs. Carolyn Thomas,
English teacher and glee
club director at the Brantley
County High School as his
Star Teacher.
Danny has been active in
the following clubs during
his high school years: Science
Club, Beta Club, 4-H, F.F.A.,
and Library Club. For the
past two years he has repre
sented his school in the Dis
trict Literary Meet in the
Boy’s Essay contest. Last
year he was nominated and
accepted to participate in the
Eighth Congressional District
Honors Program which was
held at South Georgia College
in Douglas for six weeks dur
ing the summer. His nomina
tion was in the field of so
cial studies.
Danny plans to enter Val
dosta State College next Fall.
He is presently planning
to become a high school teach
er in the field of English or
History.
Mrs. Carolyn Thomas, the
Star Teacher, attended Geor
gia College at Milledgeville
and Georgia Southern College.
Prior to teaching at Brantley
County High, Mrs. Thomas
has been an English teacher
and choral director at Nahun
ta, Hoboken, and Effingham
County High Schols.
Both the Star Student and
Star Teacher will attend the
State Star Convention in At
lanta on April 17, through the
courtesy of the Nahunta Lions
Club, which sponsors the
program in Brantley County.
Nahunta Garden
Club Met Tuesday
The Nahunta Garden Club
met Tuesday afternoon, April
9, at the home of Mrs. Harry
Raulerson.
Officers installed for the
present term were Mrs. Guy
Chambless, president; Mrs. R.
B. Brooker, vice-president;
Mrs. Sherman Tomlinson, sec
retary; and Miss Mary Knox,
treasurer.
Other members present
were Mrs. J. J. Lee and Mrs.
Joseph B. Strickland.
Mrs. Herbert Colvin of Ho
boken was a guest.
Refreshments were served
following the installation of
officers.
lHjisrin*T Pn<NT
school plant, fiscal policies,
interscholastic activities and
curriculum.
The classification of a sys
tem is not dependent upon
the classification of the schools
in the system. The system
standards pertain to the com
position and performance of
the Board of Education, the
qualifications and performance
of the superintendent, services
and programs offered, build
ings and grounds maintenance
program, pupil transportation,
and food service programs,
fiscal policies and budgetary
practices.
Brantley County has met all
system-wide standards, so has
the Brantley County High
School. Os the several hun
dred items to be answered,
the Nahunta Elementary miss
ed one minor item and Hobo
ken Elementary School missed
two minor items. They re
main unclassified.
Brantley County High
School is accredited by the
Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools.
Nahunta and Hoboken Ele
mentary Schools are accredit
ed by the Georgia Schools Ac
crediting Commission.
Farm Storage
Corn Loans
kn Called
The Georgia Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
State Committee has decided
that all 1967 farm-stored corn
loans in Georgia will be called
May 1, 1968. The period for
delivering eligible corn from
farm storage for purchase by
CCC will also begin May 1.
Farm-stored corn loans are
being called early because of
insects, adverse climatic con
ditions, and other factors that
affect safe storage of corn in
the area.
In individual cases, farmers
may be approved to keep corn
in farm storage until the regu
lar maturity date, July 31,
1968. Prior approval of the
State Committee is required.
Interested producers should
apply through their county
committee.
The corn must be shelled
and in good condition and
must be in proper storage fa
cilities. The storage structure
must be capable of being fu
migated and must have aera
tion on conditioning facilities.
This provision enables produ
cers, who are equipped to
maintain their corn in good
condition, to hold it on the
farm until they can take ad
vantage of the highest market
price.
Corn delivered to CCC un
der loan or for purchase must,
be shelled; therefore, farmers
who are storing corn in the
ear should arrange for shell
ing in sufficient time to avoid
delay in delivery.
The decision to call farm
stored com loans does not af
fect warehouse-stored loans.
The maturity date for ware
house-stored loans is July 31,
1968.
Loans on corn in storage in
approved warehouses may be
resealed, or extended for one
yerr past the July 31, 1968.
maturity date. Producers
must request extension before
the maturity date.
Farmers who can obtain
space in an approved ware
house may transfer their farm
stored corn loan to a ware
house loan during the period
beginning May 1.
FFA Boys Offered Cash
Prizes for Three Top
Corn 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 corn production per
acre.
Prizes of sls and $lO will
be paid the second and third
place corn producers.
ROBERT W. HARRISON JR.
State Representative
Representative
Harrfeas
Extends Welcome
Robert W. Harrison, Jr.,
State Representative of the
98th Legislative District,
.made up of Charlton and Cam
den Counties, welcomes
Brantley County into the new
66th Legislative District.
In an advertisement ap
pearing elsewhere in this is
sue of the Brantley Enter
prise Mr. Harrison points
out that .most legislative dis
tricts have been changed
throughout the state under
Reapportionment Acts direct
ed by the courts.
Mr. Harrison, a Camden
County attorney, has served
as State Representative of
the 98th District since Janu
ary 1966. He was elected in
the special primary, May 5,
1965.
He was honored by the peo
ple of Charlton County last
week at a luncheon attended
by the county elective offi
cers, city officials and com
munity leaders from through
out the county, it was report
ed by the Charlton County
Herald.
Attorney Harrison was
reared and attended the pub
lic school system in Charlton
County and is a graduate of
Charlton County High School.
Sheriff Johns
Reports on
Month Activity
Activity for the Brantley
County Sheriff department for
the month of March:
Investigated 13 automobile
accidents, served 10 civil pa
pers, served 14 state warrants,
answered 11 complaints, de
stroyed 3 illegal whiskey
stills, 2 trips to Milledgeville
State Hospital. 1 trip to Bat
ty State Hospital, Rome, Ga.
Made 82 traffic arrests as
follows: 54 arrested for speed
ing, 1 drunk in auto, 1 failure
to grant right of way, 11 im
proper passing, 4 driving with
out license, 8 driving under in
fluence, 3 public drunkenness,
1 following too close.
Traveled 7,892 miles patrol
ing Brantley County.
Sincerely yours,
Robert W. Johns,
Sheriff, Brantley County.
(Advertisement)
Georgia is one of the top
states in the nation in lumber
production with approximate
ly one billion board feet per
year, according to foresters
with the University of Geor
gia Cooperative Extension
Service.
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 com on their prized
acres, in the hope that Brant
ley County FFA members may
again top the state in yield
per acre.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Official Ballot Recount
Ghes Robert Johns 1286
And Layton Johns 1276
Personals
Mrs. Ruby Morgan and Ron
ald Ham left Sunday to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Tyrus Manning
in Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. Ella Pearl Roberson
and grandson, Billy Stokes,
have returned to their home
in Atlantic, Va., after visiting
relatives and friends in Brant
ley County.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Lee
attended the Lee reunion at
Manor Sunday. A basket
lunch was served.
Mr. D. C. Ingle 1 of Hickox
underwent an operation at
Waycross Hospital and is
thought to be improving.
Army Specialist Four Ar
vin N. Young, 28, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Newton G. Young,
Route 1, Waynesville, was as
signed to the sth Mainten
ance Battalion in Vietnam,
March 15.
O. L. Pope, Waycross Social
Security District Manager, an
nounces a change in the sche
dule of the Social Security
Representative’s visit to Na
hunta each month. Effective
Tuesday, April 16, the Social
Security Representative will
be in Nahunta 1 at the Depart
ment of Family and Childrens
Services, on the 3rd Tuesday
of each month instead of the
3rd Monday.
CLEANING TIP
To remove the last bit of
soap from socks and make
them softer, Miss Margie Mc-
Intyre, home economist —
clothing, with the University
of Georgia Cooperative Ex
tension Service, suggests that
you add one-fourth cup of
vinegar to the last rinse when
washing the socks.
| Herman Talmadge
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CIVIL DISORDER, which in recent years has literally taken
America by storm, is in fact a steadily worsening phenomenon in
our country.
Starting with the sit-in syndrome about 8 years ago, we
have seen civil disorder take on many forms. It has run the
gamut all the way from would-be peaceful picketing and street
marches to revolt, insurrection, and bloody rioting.
We have seen hordes take to the streets to denounce their
own country and condemn American involvement in Viet Nam.
We have suffered flag burnings and anti-draft demonstrations.
The civil rights issue has been taken out of the Congress and
our courts of law, and put in the hands of mobs in the streets.
In short, civil disorder has virtually become the order of
the day. And worse yet, its proponents have almost abandoned
all pretense of staying within the bounds of peaceful assembly
and lawfui dissent. In fact, experience has shown them that
the more lawless they are, the better their chances of getting what
they want.
IT IS A SHAME and a disgrace that law and order have .
fallen into such disrepute. We see taking place in our country a
rebellion against all authority, whether it emanates in the home,
the church, the school, or from legally-constituted government.
One aspect of this situation that is particularly shocking is
the fact that college students in many parts of the country have
gotten into the action and turned their own campuses into
battlegrounds. One might well ask: who runs the colleges these
days, students or the administration that is put there by the tax
payers to deal in higher education and not juvenile insurrection?
It has become almost commonplace for colleges to be dis
rupted by unruly students, and in some instances to be totally
shut down by student-produced anarchy. And, in all too many
instances, instead of receiving the discipline that they deserve,
they are rewarded by acquiescence on the part of their superiors.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY disturbing to me because young peo
ple today have more important things to do than take the law into
their own hands, and add to the problem of growing disrespect
for established authority.
If they want to insure for themselves a future where the law
still rules this land, and not militant rabblerousers, students
would do better to concentrate on their studies and then, if they
still have the time and energy left, to work to restore discipline
and order to our society.
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county — $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
The official recount of bal
lots in the contested race for
sheriff of Brantley County re
sulted in 1286 votes for Robert
Johns and 1276 votes.for Lay
ton Johns, according to the
ruling of Judge O’Connor in
Brantley County Superior
Court Wednesday morning,
April 10.
Lawyers of the plaintiff,
Layton Johns, are stillcontest
ing the results, claiming ir
regularities in the absentee
ballots and on various other
grounds.
Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday .morning were taken
un'by the recount of votes in
all the eight boxes of the
county precincts.
Many ballots were marked
irregularly and some spoiled
entirety, showing that some
voters were careless in mark
ing their ballots.
Judge James B. O’Connor
Wednesday instructed the
principals and their attorneys
to attend a hearing in his
chambers in Mcßae on April
19 at 3 P. M.
Judge O’Connor also tenta
tively set May 10 and 11 for
hearing witnesses at the
Brantley County Courthouse.
Bachlott Church
Revival Begins
Sunday Night
Revival services will begin
at Bachlott Church of God
Sunday night, April 14, with
Rev. Edenfield of Brunswick
as the visiting minister. Ser
vices will be held each eve
ning beginning at 7:30 P. M.
through the week.
The services will conclude
with Homecoming on Sunday
April 28 with all day meeting.
Special singing will be the
program in the afternoon.
Rev. T. N. Thrift is pastor
of the church.
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