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VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 22
Brantley Boy Saves Man's
Life at Panama City
By Charles Postell
In Valdosta Times, May 15
A college kid has got to cap
ture the dean now to get his
name in the paper.
The slob who tried to stop
some of the students at one of
the schools which has been
showing out lately, got his
head cracked and had to go to
the hospital and is probably
still there, but who stops to
give him the time of day.
This is one thing which is
wrong with the system. The
good things the students do
make page 55. You’ve got to be
a clod, an absolute nut, to get
recognition now.
Take Greg Loyd, 19-y ear-old
sophomore of Valdosta State
College. He saved a man’s life
last Saturday. That’s pretty
good. It is not every day that
you step out and save a man’s
life.
It began when Loyd was in
vited down to Panama City
Beach, Fla., on a little outing;
one of those trips which the
older generation do not like
because they have never been
there. They think it is drink
ing round the clock. It’s not.
They stop once in a while.
Saturday morning about 11
a. .m. Loyd and Jimmy Carter
were walking along the beach.
They saw some boys pretty far
out in the water. Loyd could
hear them screaming. One of
the men started coming into
shore.
Loyd and Carter went clos
er. Other people mustered up.
The wife of the man out in the
ocean began screaming along
with the man who had come
out of the water. The other
one, the one in the water, was
drowning.
Loyd shucked down to his
tom-off jeans, grabbed a
water float nearby and start
ed out into the water.
A woman screamed. She
asked why none of the others
who got there earlier had not
helped. The men said the guy
there with the drowning man
' should have helped.
A.nd Loyd was on his way
to the drowning man. He had
learned to keep his cool in a
lifesaving class at VSC. Later
he would say that the reason
the men who got to the scene
earlier than he had not helped
because they did not know
what to do. He would not say
it was because they were un
concerned.
The man whom Loyd
brought to shore was in shock.
He was taken to a hospital in
Panama City. Loyd went with
him, stayed until he saw the
man was all right, and then
he left.
And that’s how it is. The
pre-dental student from Na
hunta, Ga., saved a man’s life.
But there’s nothing to it,
said Loyd. He said he did
what he had to do. It’d be nice
to know that a lot of other
people did things because
they had to do it, instead of
standing on the seashore and
watching.
Earl Cleland
Retires from
Air Service
Chief Master Sergeant Tho
mas E. Cleland, son of Mrs.
Maude H. Cleland of Nahun
ta, has retired from the U. S.
Air Force at Offutt AFB, Neb.,
after 20 years service.
Sergeant Cleland, a com
munications program manager
at Offutt prior to his retire
ment, holds the Air Force
Commendation Medal for his
meritorious service.
A 1947 graduate of Nahunta
High School, Sergeant Cleland
has studied at an overseas di
vision of the University of
Maryland and at the Municipal
University of Omaha (Neb.).
He is presently enrolled at
Bellevue (Neb.) College, stu
dying for his B.A. degree in
business administration.
Bookmobile Schedule
Given for Brantley
Wednesday, June 5: Hickox,
Waynesville, Lulaton, Atkin
son. Old Post Road, Nahunta.
Wednesday. June 19: Plea
sant Valley, Schlatterville, Ho
boken, Twin River, Raybon,
Hortense.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive Peopie.
Tucker-Cox
Miss Dona Lyn Tucker,
daughter of Mrs. Letha J. Tuc
ker, Nahunta and Mr. Elton R.
Tucker of Savannah, became
the bride of Vernon Wayne
Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde V. Cox of Jacksonville.
Rev. Daniel O. Davis of Jack
sonville and Rev. Cecil F.
Thomas, Nahunta performed
the rites, Sunday afternoon,
May 26 at the Nahunta Bap
tist Church.
A program of nuptial music
was presented by Mrs. Caro
lyn Thomas at the organ. Miss
Annie Faye Tucker sang, “Be
cause”, “Whither Thou Goest”
and the “Lord’s Prayer.”
The bride given in. marriage
by her father was lovely in
a long formal gown of silk or
ganza designed with empire
bodice of venise lace with
clusters of pearls and crystals.
The multi-tiered veil of im
ported illusion was fashioned
to a silk organza pillbox fea
turing venise lace appliques,
pearls and crystals. The bride
carried a white Bible with
streamers topped with ty
leaves, white roses, lily of the
valley with baby’s breath.
Miss Susanne Tucker of
East Point, Ga. was maid of
honor. She wore an empire
styled gown of aqua. Head
piece was aqua nosetip veil
and bow. The bridesmaids
were Delon Tucker, Glenda
Howard, Linda Hutchins, E
dith Middleton, Teresa Blair
and Gwen Cox. All wore
gowns styled empire same as
maid of honor. All carried bas
kets of daisies and yellow
roses with baby’s breath.
Little Laura Thomas, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest
Thomas, was flower girl dress
ed in aqua satin and carrying
basket of rose petals. Ring
bearer was Timothy Sutton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
L. Sutton.
The groom selected Cary
Smith of Jacksonville as his
best man. Groomsmen were
Tommy Tucker, Hymerick
Thomas, Lynn Battern, Micky
Graves, Derwin Drury and
Keith Middleton.
Arched candles and Oregon
fern trees were used in the
church decorations with ar
rangements of white mums,
white glads, white stock and
baby’s breath.
The bride’s mother enter
tained with a reception at her
home. Assisting her in enter
taining were Mrs. Eula Ellis,
Mrs. Delma Herrin. Mrs. Ar
chie Tucker, Miss Patsy Pat
ten and Miss Cindy Raulerson.
Decorations of yellow roses,
baby’s breath, white stock,
glads and mums were used
throughout the home. The
bride’s mother wore a skim
mer gown of pink jarkarta
with a corsage of pink cym
bidium orchids. Mrs. Cox, the
mother of the groom, chose
a mint green crepe with a
shoulder corsage of yellow
cymbidiums.
The young couple made a
short trip to points in Florida.
The groom is in the United
States Marine Corp stationed
in Memphis.
Wayne Seaman
Is Chairman
Agri. Council
Wayne Seaman, Varn Tur
pentine Company, Hoboken
has been appointed county
membership chairman of the
Georgia Agri-business Council
for Brantley County, it was
announced by Valene Ben
nett. Bth District membership
chairman.
The Council is currently
seeking new members among
the 6,500 agribusinesses in
Georgia. The Council is a pri
vate, non-profit corporation
made up of agriculturally-re
lated business firms whose
goal is to increase Georgia’s
agribusiness income $250 mil
lion a year by the end of
1970.
County Chairman Seaman
says that the Council’s goal
would increase the county
agribusiness income 25 percent
over the next three years.
Mrs. C. S. Kizer
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Brantley countians were sad
dended to learn of the passing
of Mrs. Emma Drury Kizer,
86, of Nahunta, whose death
occurred early Saturday morn
ing, May 25, at her home fol
lowing an extended illness and
her death removes one of
Brantley County’s most be
loved residents and brings
personal sorrow to a large
circle of relatives and friends
throughout this section.
Mrs. Kizer was born in
Wayne, now Brantley, county
and was the daughter of the
late Samuel Mills and Lou Di
cy Ammons Drury. She re
ceived her education in the
public schools of the county
and was a devoted member of
the Atkinson Method is t
Church.
For a number of years, she
resided with her family in the
Atkinson community and later
moved to Nahunta where she
was engaged with Mr. Kizer in
the management of a chain
grocery concern.
Possessed of a quiet manner
and unassuming disposition,
she was a kind and true friend,
devoted to her family, always
thoughtful and unselfish. She
loved and served her church
well and her dedication to
Christian principles had a tre
mendous influence for good.
Survivors include her hus
band, Charles S. Kizer of Na
hunta; two daughters, Mrs.
Kermit Parks of Brunswick
and Mrs. J. H. Travis of
Cleveland, Ohio; one son, Em
ory D. Kizer of Georgetown,
S. C.; one sister, Mrs. Hattie
Kelly of Nahunta; one broth
er, Adolph Drury of Bruns
wick.
Ten grandchildren, fifteen
great grandchildren, several
nieces, nephews and other
relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
at four o’clock Sunday after
noon, May 26. from the Hor
tense Memorial Church with
the Rev. Carroll Taylor, as
sisted by the Rev. W. G.
Brown, officiating.
The body lay in state in the
church for one hour prior to
services.
Interment followed in the
family plot in the Hortense
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. J. Cecil Moody,
Clayton Riggins, H. B. Green,
Max Anderson, Gordon In
finger and N. W. Hendrix.
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.
Satilla Baptist
Homecoming Day
Set for Sunday
The Satilla Baptist Church
will hold Homecoming Day
services Sunday, June 2, with
Breaching by the pastor, Rev.
James Woods.
Lunch will be served on the
church grounds at noon and a
service of song and prayer
will be held in the afternoon.
Special songs will feature the
program.
Everyone is invited to at
tend the Homecoming Day
services.
Strickland-Sutton
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strick
land of Route Two, Waycross,
announce the engagement and
approaching marriage of their
daughter, Janice Lawan, to
Andrew Lanier Sutton Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew La
nier Sutton of Nahunta.
The couple will marry June
22 at 8 p m. at Pleasant Valley
Baptist Church.
Friends and relatives are in
vited to the ceremony and re
ception in the church fellow
ship hall.
Miss Strickland, attractive
bride-elect, is a 1967 graduate
of Hoboken High School.
The future bridegroom,
known as Lanny, is a 1967
graduate of Hoboken High
School.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 30, 1968
MISS LORRAINE LEE
Engagement
Poison Plants
May Be Growing
In Corn Fields
Are you growing poison
plants in your corn field?
This is a question local corn
producers need to answer, ac
cordin to George A. Loyd,
Brantley County Agent. The
reason they need to know the
answer is so they can elimi
nate the plants now before
they cost local farmers a lot of
money at corn harvesting
time.
The poison plants Mr. Loyd
is talying about is called cro
talaria. It is infesting many
corn fields in Georgia. When
corn is harvested, the crotal
aria seed pods are shattered
and the poison seed are mix
ed with the corn grain. Separ
ation of the corn and crotala
ria seed is costly, time-con
suming and difficult. Fre
quently a few seed are not re
moved during the grain clean
ing procedures.
These seed, if ground into
feeds for animals, cause poi
soning and income losses may
follow.
How poisonous is crotalaria
seed? Mr. Loyd said several
references state that all types
of livestock are sensitive to
the alkaloid toxins of the seed.
Six to eight seeds will kill a
50 pound pig in a week. If
fewer seeds are fed over a
longer period of time, animals
may die two to nine months
later. A chicken may be killed
in one to two months by feed
ing a total of 80 seeds.
Animals fed low level doses
of the alkaloid in crotalaria
contaminated feeds may not
die. However, they may be
chronically ill and unthrifty.
If fed such contaminated feed
over a long period, sufficient
poison may accuumulate to
kill the animal.
Many Brantley County
farm fields still have some
crotalaria seed which produce
plants and more seeds, accord
ing to the County Extension A
gent. If corn is harvested from
these fields, crotalaria seed
will usually be found in the
grain. Corn buyers may re
fuse corn contaminated with
crotalaria seed.
How is it controlled? Crotal
aria can be controlled with
herbicides, Loyd said. Atrazine
applied preemergence or post
emergence is a partially ef
fective treatment.
“Clean-up” sprays of 2,4-
D, dicamba or linuron can be
applied to kill crotalaria
plants anytime till lay-by
time.
If crotalaria plants germi
nate after corn lay-by, 2,4-D
can be applied with high
clearance equipment after corn
grain is in the soft dough
stage.
County Agent Loyd urged
Brantley County farmers to
rid their fields of crotalaria
now and save themselves seri
ous marketing problems later,
and also the risk poisoning
livestock on their own farm
by feeding corn contaminated
with these poisonous seed.
Classified ads bring re
suits.
Is Announced
Conner-Lee
Mr. George S. Conner an
nounces the engagement and
approaching marriage of his
daughter, Lorraine to Willie
L. Lee, son of Mrs. Wilmer F.
Lee and the late George Lee
of Nahunta.
The bride-elect is a 1966
graduate of Charlton County
High School.
The wedding will be at the
Riverside Baptist Church June
15 at 8:30 P.M. with the Rev.
M. D. Thrift officiating. A
reception will be held at the
home of Mrs. Wilma F. Lee
following the ceremony.
No formal invitations are
being sent but all friends and
relatives of the couple are
invited.
Sears Writes
About Officials
Hourly Wages
Dear Editor:
I would like to express a
few thoughts concerning the
new law for Brantley County
which goes into effect Jan. 1.
I have no quarrel with the
law. I have never felt that the
fee system was the best way
to pay public officials.
Under a fixed salary we
have a right to expect the
officials to be on the job and
have the office open during
usual office hours. The custo
mary hours have been from 9
to 5 with an hour for lunch
except Wednesday and Sat
urday, when they have been
open only 9 to 12.
This amounts to a 35 hour
week, for 51 weeks one week
of the 52 being used in holi
days such as Christmas, Fourth
of July, etc. Therefore, simple
arithmetic gives the rates per
hour for the three salary
brackets: $6500 for Clerk a
mounts to $3.11 per hour; SBSOO
for Ordinary amounts to $4.07
per hour; $9,000 for Tax Com.
amounts to $4.30 per hour.
Besides the above, each of
fice is entitled to one clerk
at a salary of S2OO per month
and the Tax Com. gets 5 per
cent of any taxes collected
from the last SIO,OOO of the
net digest collected.
The chairman of the county
commissioners gets $6,000 per
year plus 10c per mile for tra
vel on county business. The
salary for the above 2085 hour
year amounts to $2.87 per
hour.
I wish to congratulate the
new officers, whoever they
may be, whether new or old
officers. May the best candi
date win!
Yours truly,
E. L. SEARS
Martin-Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil D. Mar
tin of Athens, Ga., announce
the engagement and forthcom
ing marriage of their daughter
Deanna to Melvin Griffin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Onimus Grif
fin of Hoboken, Ga.
The wedding will take place
Saturday, June 1, at West
minister Presbyterian Church,
Warner Robbins, Ga. All
friends and relatives are in
vited.
Melvin is in the real estate
business in Athens and the
bride-elect teaches art in
Athens.
William May
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
William D. May, 85, died
Monday in the Pierce County
hospital.
The native of Sanford, N. C.,
had lived in Brantley County
for the past 23 years and was
a member of the Satilla Bap
tist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Macie Lee Causey May of
Hortense; two sons, Lamar
May and William Gray May
of Trenton, Fla.; three sisters,
Mrs. Treatie Thomas of Fer
nandina Beach, Fla., and Mrs.
Georgia White and Mrs. Etta
Reddick of Jacksonville, Fla.;
two brothers, Oscar May of
Florence, S. C., and Clyde May
of Richmond, Va., and two
grandsons.
Funeral services were held
at 4 p. m. Wednesday in the
Satilla Baptist Church.
Jones Family
Attends Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jones of
Hoboken had all of their
children home for the week
end on the occasion of the
wedding of their son Edward
to Miss Diane Dowling of
Way cross.
Other children and families
at home were Mr. and Mrs.
John Justice, David, Nancy
Ray and Janet of Darien; Mr.
and Mrs. Hobson Chancey,
Macie, Lee and Robert of Of
ferman; Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Jones, Sherry, Eddy and Ray
mond of Albany; Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Thrift, Amy and
Brenda of Fernandina Beach;
Mrs. Georgia Todd, Kathy,
Mike and Greg of Miami; Sgt.
and Mrs. Sam Jones, Grace,
Debbie, Keith and Kirk of
Winton, Calif.; and Misses Su
sie and Margret Jones.
Home Economics
Clubs Schedule
The monthly schedule for
the Brantley County Extension
Home Economics Clubs is giv
en by Mrs. Virginia Raulerson,
County Home Economist.
The program for the month
of June is on Understanding
Insecticide Labels. The land
scape project chairman of each
club will be in charge of the
program.
The schedule for the various
clubs is:
Calvary. Thursday, June 6.
7:30 P. M. at the Community
Center.
Raybon, Thursday, June 13.
7:30 P. M. at the Raybon Ad
vent Church.
Waynesville, Monday, June
17. 7:30 P. M.
Nahunta, Tuesday, June 18,
9:30 A. M., Mrs. Joe Walker.
Suburban, Tuesday, June 18,
3:30 P. M., Mrs. Lant Pearson.
Hickox, Wednesday. June
19, 2:00 P. M„ Mrs. J. C. Allen.
personal;
Mrs. Carl Smith has return
ed to her home from Jackson
ville where she was called be
cause of the illness and death
of her aunt, Mrs. Ordell Eu
banks. Burial was in Ever
green Cemetery in Jackson
ville on Wednesday of last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrel High
smith of Brunswick and Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Hansen and
daughter of Jacksonville were
visitors of Mrs. Alice High
smith last weekend.
Joe Riley Pittman from
Brantley County is among the
297 students who will grad
uate from South Georgia Tech
nical and Vocational School,
Americus, at the end of the
Spring Quarter, June 7.
Disadvantaged School
Children to Benefit
Disadvantaged school child
ren in Brantley County will
benefit from five special pro
grams under Title I, ESEA,
during the fiscal year 1968,
according to State School Su
perintendent Jack P. Nix.
Funds of $15,925 will finance
projects in cultural enrich
ment, english-reading, mathe
matics, kindergarten and
transportation.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Nahunta
To Dedicate Building,
Hold Homecoming Day
Tobacco Farmers
Will Ballot on
Tagging of Leaf
“Ballots,” says Herman
Odom, chairman of the Geor
gia Commodity Commission
for Tobacco, “are now being
mailed to all 27,000 Georgia
Tobacco farmers for them to
vote within a thirty-day period
whether or not each farmer
favors tagging his tobacco as
Georgia-grown. This Market
ing Order No. 6A has nothing
to do with Secretary Free
man’s Federal Marketing
Order regulation of the selling
of tobacco.”
A “Yes” vote on the Geor
gia-grown tobacco labeling act
simply means every pile of
Georgia-produce tobacco sell
ing on warehouse floors this
year will be tagged Georgia
grown at no additional cost
to the farmer, according to
Odom, a tobacco farmer of
Claxton.
Odom said, “At the con
clusion of each of three hear
ings held last week in Moul
trie, Douglas, and Metter, a
straw ballot showed every to
bacco farmer voting to be in
favor of the labeling of his
tobacco Georgia-grown and
none opposed.”
All those farmers testifying
under oath at the hearings,
except one, spoke out strong
for the promotion and adver
tising of Georgia tobacco by
tagging it so the buyers will
know they’re bidding on the
world’s finest tobacco.
“If two-thirds of the farmers
return their numbered ballots
.marked as favoring the tag
ging, we are set up to do it
this year,” Odom said.
The machinery is simple:
The ACC for Tobacco would
furnish, to the warehouse,
tags — probably in the shape
of a Georgia map — and read
ing, “Grown by Contributing
Member Georgia Commodity
Commission Tobacco”. State
warehouses would be required,
by law, to affix the Georgia
grown ticket to each farmer’s
tobacco and see it stays there
until the tobacco is sold.
'Have You Seen Our Son?'
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. John*-
of Geneva, Fla., have issued
an appeal to newspaoers and
law enforcement officers in
this area to help find their
son, James Robert (Bobby)
Johns, Jr., who left home
March 13, 1968.
Bobby is white, about 5
ft., 4 inches tall, weighs 120-
125 lbs., has hazel eyes, dark
blonde hair. Date of birth:
12 May 1954.
The 14-year-old youth left
Geneva, Fla., wearing blue
jeans, a pale yellow short
sleeve shirt, knee length light
beige trench coat, black shoes,
light blue socks. He had no
money or identification, but
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
Church of God
The Church of God at Na
hunta will dedicate its new
house of worship Sunday,
June 2, with Homecoming Day
combined with the dedication
service.
Rev. T. L. Lowery, evangel
ist of Cleveland, Tenn., will
preach the dedication sermon.
Basket lunches will be
spread on the church grounds
at noon. Special singing will
feature the afternoon srevice.
The new church building
has an interior of colorful
brick, with wall-to-wall car
pet on the floor. The furniture
is oak with fruitwood finish.
Interior lighting is by tear
drop chandeliers with a light
ed cross behind the baptistry.
The pastor is Rev. Jack Bar
ber who is also Chief of the
Waycross .Fire Department.
The church will begin a re
vival meeting Sunday night
at 7:30, with Rev. Mae Terry
as evangelist. Services will be
held each night throughout the
coming week.
Everyone is invited to at
tend the dedication service and
homecoming, also to attend the
revival services during the
week.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
Georgia, Brantley County.
In the Matter of Adoption
of Joseph Cary Burris, Jr., a
Minor.
File No. 2430 Brantley Co.
Superior Court, State of Geor
gia. Petition Filed 27th of
May, 1968. Order for Service
by Publication dated 27th of
May 1968.
To: Joseph Cary Burris,
father of Joseph Cary Burris.
Jr., minor.
You are hereby notified that
a petition to adopt said minor
child has been filed in said
Court by the petitioner and
that a final decree of adoption
will be rendered not less than
90 days from the date of fil
ing of the petition. You are
directed to show cause why
said adoption should not be
made final.
Witness the Hon. Ben A.
Hodges, Judge of said Court,
this 27th day of May, 1968.
|s| Ruby Lee Herrin,
Deputy Clerk,
Brantley Superior Court
Ben Smith, Jr.
Attorney for Petitioner
Waycross, Georgia. 6;20
reportedly carried a rolled-un
blanket.
Anyone with information on *
Bobby is asked to call Mr. and
Mrs. Johns. Phone 349-5321,
area code 305. Address: P. O.
Box 411, Geneva, Fla. 32732.
Or call the Seminole County
Florida Sheriff’s office, phone
349-5115.
Mr. and Mrs. Johns said:
“Bobby and two of his
friends were caught with a
pack of cigarettes and were
suspended from school, and we
have since found out Bobby
was told by an older boy that
he would ‘automatically have
to go to Juvenile Court’ for
being suspended.”
