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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 21 City-Wide Cleanup Drive Set for Nahunta Thursday An all out city-wide clean up campaign beginning Thurs day, May 30, has been announ ced for Nahunta by Mayor T. E. Raulerson. The cleanup drive is aimed at eliminating mosquitos that carry the germs of malaria:, yellow fever and dengue fe ver. A survey in Nahunta by the State Health Department has revealed that many premises in Nahunta have poor garbage storage practices, with rub bish accumulations galore. Such garbage provide breeding places for mosquitos, flies, rats and roaches. The City of Nahunta will provide extra trucks to pick up rubbish. Citizens are urged to co operate by stacking their dis cards on the curb in two sep arate piles, one for large items and the other for small items. Owners of vacant lots are asked to cut weeds and stack debris for the pickup crew. Piano Recital Set For Friday The piano recital of Mrs. Christie Williams will be held Friday evening, May 24, at eight o’clock, in the Brantley County High School audito rium. Students presenting piano selections will be Lisa Rhoden, Annette Hickox, Eddie Han chey, Sherman Tomlinson, Karen Lewis, Debbie Colvin, Sheila Rhoden, Janet Roberts, Phyllis Chancey, Linda Stev ens, Tamara Smith, Scott Fer guson, Mike Montague, Dar lene Hanchey, Robert Chan chey, Sheri Strickland, Mark Middleton, Debbie Altman, Kathren Schmidtt, Cheryl Henchey, Gwen Jacobs, Cher ry Thomas, Donna Bell, Debra Harris, Denise White, Joan Carter, Barbara Hickox, Andy Harris. Everyone is invited to the recital. Three Commissioners to Be Elected County-Wide Brantley County’s govern mental structure will be en tirely different from the pre sent setup beginning Jan. 1, 1969, when the elected three county commissioners take office. The three posts for com missioners will be one to three, and the number one post will be for chairman of the commissioners. Candidates for county commissioner must designate the posts for which they wish to run. The candidates for commis sioner may reside in any part of the county and must run county-wide. The chairman of the com missioners will be paid SSOO Soil Stewardship Week Planned For May 19-26 in County Governor Lester Maddox has already joined in the obser vance by signing a proclama tion calling attention to the special week. The Governor pointed out that natural resources are be ing regarded with increasing importance by people through out the state. “Clean water and air, along with trees and soil, are taking on a new meaning,” he said. “People are discovering that these re sources are not only limited and vital, but are being foul ed, wasted and ruined.” Governor Maddox declared: “It is time for all of us to examine ourselves and mea sure how well we are meet ing our responsibilities to God for the care of His resources.” He added that it is also time to “identify what new or add ed steps we can take as re- BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Democratic Committee Sets Fees for Primary The Brantley County Demo cratic Committee met at the courthouse Thursday, May 16, and set rules and fees for the county primary election to be held in September. Qualifying dates were set for candidates for the several county offices from May 16 to June 12 noon. Fees were set as follows: Superintendent of Schools $500; Tax Commissioner $450; Ordinary $425; Sheriff $400; Clerk of Court $350; Chairman of County Commissioners $300; commissioners at large S3O, two to be elected; Coroner SSO; Surveyor $10; Justice of Peace Nahunta district $25; Justice of Peace other districts $5. If any candidate withdraws, no fee will be refunded. Candidates will qualify at The Citizens Bank and notify committee chairman E. V. Herrin or secretary-treasurer Mrs. Viginia Omick. Oak Grove Church Homecoming Day Set for Sunday Homecoming services at Oak Grove Baptist Church, just off the Atkinson - Burnt Fort road, will be held Sunday, May 26, with the service start ing with dinner on the grounds served at 1:00 p.m. There will be a place for singing and witness for all who will come and take part, according to Pastor Cecil F. Thomas. This church, organiz ed in 1890, has many friends in this area, and it is hoped many will find it possible to be a part of this good day. a month and 10 cents a mile for travel in carrying out his duties. The other two commission ers will be paid SSO a month and 10 cents a mile in going to and from meetings of the board. The clerk of the Board of Commissioners will have his salary fixed by the board, the salary not to exceed $250 a month. Candidates for county com missioner will run in the Sep tember Primary Election and the Democratic nominees will have their names on the No vember General Election bal lot. sponsible citizens to develop the resources around us.” In addition, bankers, equip ment dealers, farm supply stores and Other businesses are planning to carry out soil stewardship themes in their advertisements for the week. Also, many of them will dis play Soil Stewardship Week charts, posters, pictures and other material in their win dows. Soil Stewardship Week is a national observance that has been sponsored in Georgia for many years by the State Soil and Water Conservation Com mittee and the State Associa tion of District Supervisors. The annual observance places emphasis on man’s ob ligations to God as stewards of the soil, water and other related resources. The 1968 theme is “A Time for Initia tive.” John Gaskins Died Tuesday In Jacksonville John T. Gaskins, 64, of Jacksonville, died Tuesday. He was a native of Berrien County, Ga., and had lived in Jacksonville for 7 years. He was a member of the River side Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Thelma Blocker Gaskins; two daughters, Mrs. Howard Horton, Ocala, and Mrs. Gary Cowart Jr., Valdosta, Ga.; one son, Bruce Gaskins, Charles ton, S. C.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Sylvia Cleland, Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs. Faye Evans, Jacksonville; three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Fender, Mrs. Arthur Smith, Lakeland, Ga., and Mrs. Isaac Warren, Val dosta; two brothers, Chester D. Gaskins, Sr., Jacksonville; and E. D. Gaskins, Lakeland; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services at 10:30 a.m. Fri day in Corey-Kerlin Chapel, Elder Herbert L. Chapman and Rev. Daviel O. Davis Jr., of ficiating. Burial in New Hope Ceme tery, Hickox, Ga., at 3 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers, honorary, Deacons of the Riverside Pri mitive Baptist Church and Southside Estates Baptist Church. Personals The Blackshear Manufac turing Co. at Nahunta is an nouncing that its store will be closed each Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, beginning June 1. Mrs. Ira Francis Brown was hostess to the Gold Finch Cir cle at her home on Tuesday evening. Present were Mrs. Marvin Peeples, Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland, Mrs. Dan Jacobs, Mrs. Ocie Keen and Mrs. Harry Depratter. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Strickland and daughter Brenda and Mrs. Gladys Anderson of Jacksonville, Fla. were visitors of Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker Sunday. Barry Strickland, son of Rev. and Mrs. Marshall Strick land has been chosen the out standing student in the field of American History for 1968 at Whigham Grammer School. He and his parents will be guests of the W.O.W. of Cairo, Ga. at a buffet supper where he will be given an award for his achievements. Nahunta Granted $2107 for Urban Planning Aid Washington. D. C. — Con gressman W. S. (Bill) Stuckey, Jr., announced approval of an Urban Planning Assistance grant for $2,107 to help pay for the comprehensive plan ning for growth and develop ment of Nahunta. Congressman Stuckey said that the Department of Hous ing and Urban Development grant, payable to the State, will cover two-thirds of the total cost of planning work. Supplemented by $703 in lo cal funds, the grant will fi nance planning activities for two years. Knox Cemetery To Be Cleaned Saturday The Knox Cemetery will be cleaned off Saturday, May 25, it is announced by Mrs. Tur ner Highsmith. All who are interested, are requested to be on hand with tools, including lawn mowers. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 23, 1968 Brantley High School Holds All Sports Banquet Life is God’s gift to man. What is done with life is man’s gift to God. So said Dallas Tarkenton, Athens manufacturer’s repre sentative, in speaking at the first Brantley County High School All Sports Banquet Friday night. Tarkenton, brother of Frank Tarkenton, quarterback for the New York Giants of the NFL, was principal speaker at the banquet, which saw Brantley High’s top atletes cited. Top trophy winners at the banquet were Mike Rowell, Evelyn Wainright and Mih nette Sutton. Rowell won the best offen sive basketball trophy, most valuable basketball and most outstanding boy athlete a wards. Miss Wainright won the girls basketball MVP and outstanding girl athlete tro phies and Miss Sutton was presented the trophies for most assists in girls basketball and MVP girls tennis. Other girls trophy winners were Kaye Allen, best basket ball defensive player; Myra Fain, best girls basketball of fensive player; Billie Sue Har ris, most rebounds; Marilyn Lee, most improved; Rita 1 Fain, cheerleader captain. Other boys to win trophies were Claude Dryden, best de fensive cage player; Tommy Highsmith, most rebounds; James Harris, most improved cage player; Greg Middleton, MVP in baseball; Wayne Am mons, MVP in track; DeWayne Bell, MVP in tennis; Glynn Griffin, special award for winning the shot put in the subregion, region and state track meets. Special awards at the ban quet were presented to Mary Roundtree, former Hoboken cage great who won seven trophies during her high school career. These awards replaced those destroyed when fire gutted the Round tree home. They were donat ed by Steve Nimmer, Benny James, James E. Hart Jr., and Andy Sutton. John Bennett, president of the Brantley Boosters Club, was master of ceremonies and gave the welcome. Others appearing on the program were the Rev. Cecil Thomas, Wayne Brooker, El roy Strickland, Charles Round tree, Coach Forrest Thomas, Coach Frank Smith, Coach Ferguson, Bobby Chancey, George Brantley, Edward Chancey, P. U. Rozier, Sheriff Robert Johns, Claude Smith, Mrs. Mable Moody, Brantley superintendent of schools, A. L. Sutton and Dick Allen. In Memoriam In Sweet Memory of: Mrs. Tena Crews, who left us May 22, 1966. Two years have passed since you went away. It seems so lonesome since you left us. We realize you have gone to stay. There’s a sweet voice and loving smile gone forever. She was a flame whose light will eternally reflect in each of our lives, faith, courage, and devotion. Beautiful memories she left behind. Thank God for many sweet years of memories more precious than silver or gold— no one can take away. Love and sadly missed by, Your loving children All County Are Placed The fee system for paying Brantley County officials has been abolished by a law pass ed at the 1968 session of the Georgia legislature. Three county officials will be effected by the new law. The sheriff was placed on sal ary two years ago. The three officials effected are Ordinary, Clerk and Tax Commissioner. Under the new law the Or dinary will be paid $8,500 a year in monthly installments. In addition he will get 50 cents for each traffic case Ferdinand E. Strickland Killed Friday Ferdinand Ellis Strickland, 52, was killed Friday after noon in a two-truck collision in Brantley County on U. S. 301 near Twin Rivers. The Pierce County native had lived in Brantley County for 40 years. He was a mem ber of the Nahunta Masonic Lodge No. 391 F. & A. M. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy D. Strickland of Hor tense; five daughters, Mrs. Edgar Joyner of Jesup, Mrs. Cecil Brown, Jr., of Waycross, Mrs. Hoover Lightsey of Brunswick, Mrs. J. V. Nichels of Jesup and Mrs. Wendell Boatright of Brunswick; three sons, Elkin Strickland of Je sup and Elwood and Elwind Strickland of Hortense; his mother, Mrs. Lora Strickland Campbell of Hortense; two sisters, Mrs. Cecil Drury, and Mrs. Harley Carver of Hor tense; two brothers, Elmen Strickland of Hortense, and Elton Strickland of Decatur; and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services were held 3 p.m. Sunday from the Twin Rivers Baptist Church. Sawgrass Church Revival Now In Progress Revival services are in pro gress at Philadelphia (Saw grass) Wesleyan Methodist Church this week, with ser vices each night through Sun day night, May 26, at 8:00 o’- clock. Rev. A. C. Clemmins of Cov ington, Ga., is the evangelist. Rev. R. C. Mathis is pastor of the church. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend all the services. The church is located four miles northeast of Hortense. Farmers Must Report Acreage Under FCIC Plan Georgia and North Florida tobacco farmers who have crop protection under the Federal Crop Insurance Cor poration’s All-Risk insurance plan must report their acreage by May 30. Field representatives will NOT make personal calls on farmers to pick up acreage re ports for any crops, as they have in past years, according to James E. Bullock, Georgia FCIC district director. It will be necessary for in sured farmers to make acreage reports because increased par ticipation in the program, early losses from weather con ditions and other factors make it impossible for fieldmen to make calls on farmers, Bul lock said. Forms on which acreage re ports are to be made are be ing mailed to insured farmers. Bullock said that acreage re ports may be made by tele phone or by personal trip to an FCIC office, but mailing is preferable. Officials on Salary coming before his court. The Clerk of Superior Court will be paid $6,500 a year in monthly installments. The Tax Commissioners will be paid $9,000 a year in monthly installments. In ad dition he will be paid five percent of the taxes collected which are a part of the last SIO,OOO increment of the net tax digest, which means that he will not get any commis sion until all taxes are col lected except SIO,OOO. This is calculated to encourage the Tax Commissioner to collect ALL taxes due. 99 Seniors to Graduate At County High School Volunteers for Cancer Crusade Being Sought An appeal for volunteers in the 1968 Education-Funds Cru sade for the American Cancer Society in Georgia’s Region XIV was made this week by Dan O. McCook, Brunswick, Regional Chairman for a 12- county area of Southeastern Georgia. Thanking those already working in the counties, Mr. McCook said more were need ed to bring the Region up to the 4,880 trained volunteer Crusaders needed for Region XIV. “We need to get information about cancer to every adult in Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Pierce, Ware and Wayne Counties. This means a tre mendously large volunteer corps,” he said. The Regional Chairman said cancer was a unique dis ease in that though fatal if neglected or found late, it is the most curable of the major killers found and treated ear ly. The information and facts about the disease often help get people to seek medical at tention or routine examina tion at a time when it can be cured. “A volunteer,” continued Mr. McCook, “will experience the personal satisfaction of performing a vital and valu able personal service.” He urged those in Pierce County in helping to contact the local county Education- Funds Crusade Chairmen: Mrs. Dudley Hendry in Black shear or Mrs. Willene Lee in Patterson. Region XIV has a goal of $57,788. Mr. McCook explained that with increasing demands on federal funds it is more important now than at any other time in the past 10 years that the American Cancer So ciety have maximum research funds available. “The defense demands and domestic needs in our nation may force some cutback in federal research funds this next year, and we need to be ready to fill this gap with vol untary contributions for ex panding research programs so that the conquest of cancer will not be delayed even a single day.” SOIL CONDITIONER If you use sawdust as a soil conditioner in planting shrubs, a second application of nitrogen may be necessary, according to Gerald Smith, University of Georgia Coop erative Extension Service hor ticulturist. When sawdust is mixed into the soil, nitrogen deficiency usually occurs dur ing the first or second grow ing season 1 . Governor Proclaims Soil Stewardship Week Georgia soil and water conservation leaders watch as Governor Lester Maddox signs a proclamation designating May 19-26 as Soil Stewardship Week. Standing, left to right, are: Miller Dial, Walnut Grove, president, Georgia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Supervisors; B. Fred Statham, Americus, vice chairman, State Soil and Water Conservation Committee; David H. Kistner, Snellville, State Committee member; C. M. Higginbotham, Royston, State Committee member; Jim L. Gillis Jr., Soperton, chairman of the State Committee, Lamar Franklin, Marietta, State Committee member. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Baccalaureate service for Brantley County High School will be held Sunday, May 26, at 11:00 a. m. in the school cafetorium. Rev. Charles Smith, pastor of Waynesville Baptist Church will deliver the message. Rev. Ralph Smith, pastor of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and Rev. Bobby Brink ley, pastor of Twin Rivers Baptist Church will assist. Graduation exercises will be held Thursday, May 30, at 8:- 00 p. m. with Georgia State School Superintendent, Dr. Jack Nix delivering the main address. There are 99 seniors in the graduating class. Honor students for the 1968 graduating class are Virginia Allen, Lillian Flowers, Sue Batten, Tommy Highsmith, Freida Manning, Betty Stone, Minnette Sutton, Judy Thrift, and Gary Velie. BOARD MEMBERS V. H. Allen, chairman; Goldwire Fowler, Edward Brand, C. D. Gibson, R. J. Hunter. Brantley County School Superintendent, Mrs. Mable R. Moody. Principal of Brantley Coun ty High School, Andrew L. Sutton. CLASS ROLL Larry Allen, Virginia Allen, Marsha Altman, Linda Batten, Sue Batten, Dewayne Bell, Martha Burden, Benny Carver, Carolyn Ches ser, Wayne Chesser, Charlene Cobb, Linda Cobb, Donna Crews, James Crews, Jimmy Crews, Stanley Crews, Frank lin DePratter, David Dowling, Victoria Dowling, Richard Eu nice, Lillian Flowers and Sa bard Freeman. Also, Robert Gaskins, Phil Gillis, David Griffin, Mallie Griffin, Johnny Griffin, Stan ley Griffin, Donnie Gunter, Deborah Ham, Mary Hand, James Harris, Beth Herrin, Jerrell Herrin, Terrell Her rin, Edward Hickox, Randall Hickox, Ilene Hicks, Reba Highsmith, Tommy Highsmith, Glenda Howad, Catherine Johns, Gloria Johns, Linda Johnston and Sarah Jones. Also, Wayne Jones, William Knox, Beth Lanier, Glen Lee, Maxie Lee, Mike Lee, Sue Lee, Freida Manning, Bicknell Manor, Mary Ester McDonald, Bonnie Mercer, Dale Middle ton, Edith Middleton, Greg Middleton, Framan Miller, Freddie Murphy, Gregory Murphy, Gwendolyn Muchin son, Reggie O’Berry, Wayne Patten, Julian Peterson, Dan ny Pierce, Jerry Popwell, Marie Rewis, Deborah Rhoden, Anne Riggins, and Sandra Riggins. Also, Dwight Rowell, Mike Rowell, LaCount Smith, Mer line Smith, Richey Smith, Bet ty Stone, Bobby Strickland, Del Strickland, Jim Strickland, Terry Strickland, Minnette Sutton, Benny Talevast, Caro lyn Thornton, Danny Thorn ton, Judy Thrift, Rowen Veal, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.08 Gary Velie, James Walker, Evelyn Wainright, James Wainright, Sue Wainright, Virginia Wasden, Allyson White, Edna Whitefield, Jew ell Wilson, Raymond Willis and Tommy Willis. Measles Vaccination Thursday, May 30 Children one year bf age through the second grade, who have not had measles dis ease or vaccination, are eligi ble for this vaccination clinic. This program is administer ed jointly by the schools and the Health Department. It is sponsored by the PTA and the Jaycees. The clinic schedule will be May 30, as follows: Nahunta Elementary School, 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Hoboken Elementary School, 10:30 to 12:00 noon. Farmers Asked To Certify Planted Acres George Dykes, chairman of the Brantley County ASC Committee announced that all farms would not be visited in 1968 for the purpose of mea suring crops as in the past. Farm operators on all farms in the county planting cotton and tobacco or participating in the 1968 Feed Grain Pro gram will visit the ASCS of fice and report the acreage on their farm. Mr. Dykes urges farmers to make their report as soon as convenient after planting is finished and avoid the last minute rush. Bachlott Church Holds Revival For Weekend A weekend revival is being held at Bachlott Church of God, it is announced by Rev. T. N. Thrift, the pastor. Services will be held Thurs day, Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 o’clock, with Miss Patsy Jacobs as the guest speaker. Special singing Will feature the services. Everyone is in vited to attend. Births Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Brooker announce the birth of a baby boy who weighed six pounds seven ounces. He was hamed Freddie Coy.