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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 30 A Voice in the Wilderness Proposed Gun Control Law Is Big Red Herring The proposed gun control law is one of the biggest red herrings ever pulled across the national political scene. The left-wing radicals of the nation are sounding off on the gun control theme to distract the attention of the people from the mess our nation is in about other problems. President Johnson and his following are desperate to divert the people’s attention from the mess in Vietnam, the mess of csime in the streets,the mess of riots in the cities, the mess in our national finan cial condition, the mess of run-away inflation and the mess of moral depravity working like a cancer in. some parts of the national anatomy. The left-wing extremists would “control” the guns of the millions of law-abiding citizens, while at the same time they know the criminally minded will get guns any time they want them. Yes, the proposed gun control law is just a huge RED HERRING to distract attention from the failure of the left-wing establishment in the nation. Yet, some of our leaders and many newspapers are so timid and short-sighted that they meekly pipe up “Me too” as the red herring is dragged noisilv across the national scene. Slash Pine Unit to Get $30,000 Grant for Food, Medical Services A grant of $30,000 from OEO to conduct Emergency Food' and Medical Services Program in eight counties has been announced by William S. Smith, Director of the Slash Pine Community Action Agen cy with headquarters in Way cross. Counties to be included in the program are Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Charlton, Cof fee, Clinch, Pierce and Ware. Because of special qualifica tions of need, Atkinson County will get an identical program with a budget of SIO,OOO. This is in a separate grant especial ly for Atkinson County. The other eight counties of the Slash Pine Area will share in the benefits of the $30,000 grant. The program will be ad ministered by the Home Man agement Aide department of the area Community Action Agency. Mrs. Lillian Bennett of Alma is Director of Home Management Aides. Home Management Aides in each county will assist in identify ing beneficiaries of the project along with the cooperation and consultation of local Health and Welfare agencies in each county. Only two additional em ployees will be retained by Slash Pine to carry out pro gram. One is an Outreach Sup ervisor. Mrs. Elion Goddard will fill this post according to Mrs. Bennett. The other is the addition of a secretary clerk. Mrs. Willie Mae Wil liams has been selected for this job. The two budgets, totaling $40,000 are for a six months program. The Slash Pine area was one of several in Georgia selected to pilot this type of project. The purpose of the program is to provide on a temporary emergency basis such food stuffs and medical services as may be necessary to counter act conditions of starvation or malnutrition among the poor. The determination that an in dividual or family is eligible to participate in this program is to be made upon the self certification of need by the individual or head of the fam ily, without the delay of con ducting a “means” tests or income investigation. If con tinued assistance is needed, e valuation or income and per sonal resources may be under taken. Director Smith states that part of the budget will pro vide seme school breakfasts or morning snacks to children de termined to have come to school hungry for reason of poverty. Other services will include medical examinations and services for diet related deficiencies among the poor. Some direct grants for emer gency food purchases may be made. In the eight county area By Carl Broome there are 11,812 families with incomes less than $3,000 per year in a total of 25,111 fami lies. In Atkinson County alone there, are 908 families in this category out of a total of 1345. Director Smith emphasized that the program was aimed at malnutrition and starvation on an emergency and temporary aid basis and is not intended to replace assistance available locally or from other agencies. Ga. Department Os Agriculture Is Reorganized Commissioner of Agriculture Phil Campbell has announced completion of a far-reaching reorganization of the Georgia Department of Agriculture that implements all major rec ommendations of the Bow doin Commission. Conducted in stages over a two-year period, the reorgan ization involves top-to-bottom changes in structure, opera tion and personnel policies of the Department. The reorganization was bas ed on a study of the Depart ment by the Governor’s Com mission for Efficiency and Im provement in Government— popularly known as the Bow doin Commission for its chair man, Atlanta banking execu tive William R. Bowdoin. The Commission’s study, made at Mr. Campbell’s request, was completed in January, 1966. “The Department of Agricul ture today administers a large number of programs for the protection of the consumer— particularly the housewife through the food she buys— as well as continued protec tion and assistance for the farmer,” Mr. Campbell said. “The changes made in the De partment over the past two years enable us to do a bet ter job for both the consumer and the farmer.” In a letter to Commissioner Campbell, Mr. Bowdoin prais ed the Department for its co operation and the extent to which it has carried out the Commission’s recommenda tions. BIG SPENDERS The three greastest wild life spenders in this country are, in order, fishermen, hunt ers and boaters, according to Dave Almand, wildlife specia list with the University of Georgia Cooperative Exten sion Service. Hunters and fishermen spend more money each year than would be need ed to buy all the race tracks in America. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Postmasters to Hold Two-day Training Course Atlanta — More than 300 Georgia postmasters will meet here next week for a two-day discussion of improved mail service. Occasion is the fourth an nual Postmasters Training Seminar scheduled Monday and Tuesday, July 29-30. The seminar is being held at the specific request of post masters, who will attend on a voluntary basis at their own expense. Among those attending will be postmaster Allen Rowell, Hortense; postmaster Michael Dowling, Hoboken; postmas ter Louise Jones, Waynes ville; and postmaster Louise Drury, Nahunta. Johns Family Reunion Was Held Sunday Mr .and Mrs. A. S. (Steve) Johns held a family reunion Sunday, July 21, with all their eight children and families present. July 13 was their 55th wed ding anniversary. They reside at Route 1, Nahunta, in the Hickox community. Their children attending the reunion were Mrs. Blanche Bennet of Waycross, J. M. Johns of Okechobee, Fla.; Mrs. Doris Roberts, Ft. Myers, Fla.; Donald Johns, Homerville, Ga.; Mrs. Pearlie Mae Higgs, Mill wood, Ga.; Mrs. Eva Jane Mancil, Jacksonville, Fla.; Le vi Johns, Homerville, Ga.; CWO Jerrv Johns, Savannah, Ga. All these, including grand children and great-grandchil dren, totaled 62 members of the family present. Lunch was served outdoors at the Bachlott Church. Archie and Rufus Crews, brothers of Mrs. Johns were also present. Mr. Johns, 85, and Mrs. Johns, 75, were married July 13, 19- 13. They are very active and known among their many friends as expert gardeners and their hospitality. BULLETIN TELLS HOW TO SAVE BLUEBERRIES Fresh blueberries are avail able for only a short period of time in Georgia. But home makers need not despair. Miss Nelle Thrash, Cooperative Extension Service home econ omist at the University of Georgia, has prepared a new publication from which home makers may learn how to en joy these berries throughout the year. “Fresh blueberries may be canned, frozen or made into ja.m, jelly, conserve or other preserved products,” , Miss Thrash said. In the new publication en titled “Save Those Blueber ries,” Miss Thrash discusses recommended varieties and of fers tips on harvesting, selec tion and preparation of blue berries. She also points out recommended methods to use in freezing and canning them. In addition to freezing and canning tips, Miss Thrash’s publication contains several recipes for blueberry jelly, syrup, jam, preserves, pie fil ling, saue'e and conserve. Interested homemakers may obtain copies of this and other Extension publication at local County Extension Service of fices. John Lastinger Descendants to Hold Reunion Descendants of their immi grant ancestor, John Lasting er, will gather at Laura S. Walker Park near Waycross for their annual family re union Sunday, July 28. Each year at the reunion, the association elects officers, selects the oldest person pres ent and the youngest, and re cognizes the person from far thest away, also, the one with the most descendants and im mediate family present at the reunion. A family bulletin, Lastinger Links, No. 8. will be distribu ted at the reunion. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga„ Thursday, July 25, 1968 Bear Is Killed When Hit By Automobile A wild and furry bear was the cause of the only highway accident investigated by the State Patrol over the weekend. A car, 1968 model, driven by James Ernest Yarbrough Sr. of Jacksonville, Fla., was travel ing south on Highway 121, a bout eight miles south of Ho boken, when the bear ran into the path of the auto, troopers said. The beast was struck and killed by the car and the car was damaged some S3OO in the mishap, Troopers Joe D. Alday and W. T. Cady reported. Livestock Pickup Station Set for Pierce A livestock pick-up station will be established in Pierce County soon, according to members of the National Farmers Organization, Zone 6. In a meeting at the Ware County Courthouse, NF O members moved to create the station “as a power of pro duction for members to bar gain collectively in their live stock production. It will serve the membership and also the packers as well fpr a wealth ier and healthier farm econ omy. Pierce County has given lease on property for the col lection station for five years with an option to renew. The station will be located near the pulpwood yard on U. S. Highway No. 82. It will be operated by Tri-County Farm ers, Inc. In effect, the NFO will be serving the packers with more efficiency and, in return, will receive higher prices. Local member Julian Bennett gave this example. Before a packer would buy his livestock on Friday and would have to wait until Monday for any processiong. Then stand the cost of feeding and possible death through the weekend. The convenience of the col lection station will be worth while, Bennett explained. A packer can call the station on Friday, saying he wants “X” number of hogs on Monday. Station workers then contact NFO members and they will deliver “X” number by the said date. The program is one of many getting underway all over Georgia, Bennett said. Mem bers collect their production as a group and as a unit at one point. It is sold upon de livery to the station. All NFO members who contribute to the working of the station at its beginning will receive their funds back, Bennett said. Workshop for Election Officials Planned in Douglas A workshop for election of ficials from Coffee, Ben Hill, Irwin, Atkinson, and Bacon Counties is scheduled for Tuesday, July 30th, from 9:30 A. M. to 4:30 P. M. The workshop, which is co sponsored by the Slash Pine Area Planning and Develop ment Commission and the South Georgia College, will be held in Peterson Hall at the College in Douglas. This work shop is to acquaint election officials with the registration and election procedures as contained in the State Election Code as amended by the Geor gia General Assembly in 1968. Citizens Urged to Watch Out For Imported Fire Ant Mounds Brantley County citizens are urged to watch for imported fire ant mounds, as the Geor gia Department of Agriculture seeks to eradicate the pest. Aerial operations to eradi cate fire ant infestations in this general area of the state have been carried out and De partment personnel are con ducting surveys to determine the survival or spread of the imported pest. The public is being asked to help in this Tobacco Auction Sales to Begin Wednesday, July 31 Thrift-Crews Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thrift of Nahunta announce the engage ment and approaching mar riage of their daughter, Judy Michelle, to Ronald Eugene Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Crews of Nahunta. Miss Thrift and her fiance will marry Aug. 30 at 7:30 p. m. at the First Baptist Church in Nahunta. A reception will be held in the church social hall, follow ing the ceremony. Friends and relatives are cordially invited, as formal invitations will not be issued. The attractive bride-elect is a 1968 graduate of Brantley County High School. She is now employed in Waycross. The future bridegroom was graduated from Nahunta High School in 1967. He is now em ployed at the Citizens Bank of Nahunta. Legal Advertising State of Georgia Brantley Court of Ordinary Woodrow Wildes and Pearl Wildes Wasdin as executors of the estate of Mark F. Wildes, deceased, having filed in this Court in due form their peti tion for letters of dismission as such executors of said estate and alleging that they have fully performed all of their du ties as such executors, this is to cite all persons to be and appear at the August Term, 1968, of the Court of Ordinary of said County, to show cause if any they have or can, why the prayers of said petition should not be allowed and the said executors receive letters of dismission as prayed. Perry U. Rozier, Ordinary Ordinary Brantley County, Georgia Griffin & Houston Blackshear, Ga. 8-1 LEGAL NOTICE Georgia, Brantley County. This is to notify the Citizens and Grand Jury of Brantley County, Georgia, that there will be a vacancy on the Board of Education at the September Term of Superior Court of Brantley County, Georgia, which will convene on the 2nd Monday in September 1968. It will be the duty of the Grand Jury to apoint a member of the Hoboken District. For a Term of Five Years, beginning October Ist, 1968, and ending September 30th, 1973. This 24th day of July 1968. D. F. Herrin Clerk Superior Court Brantley County, Ga. 8-1 Citation—Year’s Support. Georgia, Brantley County. The return of the appraisers setting apart twelve month’s support to the family of Len on P. Carter deceased having been filed in my ' office, all persons concerned are cited to show cause by the sth day of August 1968, why said appli cation for twelve month’s sup port should not be granted. This sth day of July, 1968. Perry U. Rozier, Ordinary 8-1 Wool production in Georgia during 1967 totaled 35,000 pounds, according to the State Crop Reporting Service. The average price per pound re ceived by producers was 42 cents. survey effort so that isolated mounds can be found and treated. Everyone is asked to watch for mounds of earth contain ing ants and report such mounds immediately to the of fice of the County Extension Agent George A. Loyd. Georgia Department of Ag riculture personnel say public cooperation is imperative if isolated infestations are to be discovered and wiped out. MISS JUDY MICHELLE THRIFT To Wed Mr. Eugene Crews SIMILAR TO DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL New Super Speedway and Airport To Be Built in Talladega, Ala. Talladega, Ala. — With con struction already underway on a new two and a half mile high banked super speedway to be known as Alabama Mo tor Speedway and a new 6,000 foot airport to be known as Talladega Municipal Air port and suitable for all type airplanes, including small jets, Alabama race fans are already looking forward to the open ing “Talladega 500” NASCAR late model stock car race, tenatively scheduled for Sep tember of 1969. Formal ground breaking ceremonies held recently, headed by Dr. James L. Hard wick, mayor of the City of Talladega, started the move ment following final negotia tions between the City of Tal ladega and William H. G. (Bill) France of Daytona Beach. Fla., president of Day tona International Speedway, which organization will oper ate the racing activities. The new Alabama Interna tional Motor Speedway will be a trioval shaped two and a half mile high banked track, similar to the world famous Daytona International Speed way which rates as the world’s fastest closed circuit motor speedway. In announcing tenative plans for the opening of the new track, possibly in September of 1969, Mr. France also an nounced that the main grand stand would be named the O. V. Hill Grandstand in honor of the late O. V. Hill of Tal ladega, who was very instru mental in getting plans for mulated. The new track will be lo- 1 cated at Eastaboga, site of the old Talladega Municipal Air port and a former army base, j Both the track and new air port will be located on an a rea of some 1,500 acres of land, just a couple of miles off the new Interstate 20 which runs from Birmingham to At lanta, and about 42 miles east of Birmingham between Tal ladega and Anniston. A new eight lane road run-1 ning parallel to Interstate 20 ; and a number of other new access roads leading from the speedway area to Talladega and other surrounding cities will be built to relieve the speedway traffic situation. Mr. France, speaking at the dedication ceremonies when Dr. Hardwick moved the first shovel full of dirt, stated that plans called for construction OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA of approximately 50,000 seats for the opening race in 1969 and preparations would be made to handle a crowd in excess of 100,000 for this first event. Martin Darity of Montgom ery, director of publicity and information for the state of Alabama, has pledged the sup port of his department and at the ceremonies presented State of Alabama flags to both William H. G. (Bill) France and William C. France, execu tive vice president of Daytona International Speedway. Directors of Daytona Inter national Speedway Corpora tion, which will also serve for the Alabama track, include William H. G. France, Dayto na Beach, president; William C. France, Daytona Beach, ex ecutive vice president; Mrs. Anne B. France, Daytona Beach, secretary and assistant treasurer; Frank Genter, Day tona Beach, treasurer; Houston A. Lawing, vice-president and director of public relations; Aubrey Vincent, Daytona Beach, general counsel; James Foster, Daytona Beach; Claude L. Brinegar, Palatine, 111., pre sident of Pure Oil Division of Union Oil Company; Fred L. Hartley of Los Angeles, Calif., president and chief executive officer of Union Oil Company; Leo Spanuello, Palatine, 111., assistant to the president of Pure Oil Company; Donald K. Kendell of New York City, president of Pepsi Cola Com pany; Mike Women of New York City, assiztant to the publisher of Time, Inc.; Tom McCahill of Ormond Beach, Fla., automotive editor of Mechanix Illustrated, and John D- Warden of Daytona Beach, U. S. Weather Bureau. The Alabama track will represent an investment of more than $3,000,000 when completed and will rank a mong the fastest and most complete racing layouts in the world. A sports car course will be included in the final arrangements. PRICKLY HEAT Prickly heat is a skin dis order that results from sweat retention. According to Miss Annette Ray, Extension Ser vice home economist - home management, at the University of Georgia, this condition re sponds best to prolonged cool ing. After sweating stops, the skin returns to normal. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state — S4.OG Warehouses to Begin Receiving Leaf Saturday Auction sales of the 1968 flue-cured tobacco crop will get underway next Wednes day, July 31, in Blackshear and at other markets in the Georgia-Florida belt. Warehouses in Blackshear will be open to receive tobacco beginning this Saturday, July 27. Prospects are for a pound age yield somewhat below normal due to dry weather earlier in the growing season, but grade prices equal to or above last year are anticipated. Three warehousing firms will again serve tobacco grow ers who sell on the Blackshear market. The market has two sets of buyers and there will be a sale every day at each warehouse. The Brantley Brick Ware houses No. 1 and 2 will again be operated by Ben W. Haw thorne and C. Nevin Briscoe. At the Farmers Warehouses No. 1 and 2 will be Dan and Bill Currin and Dan Currin, Jr. Paul Edmunds and Mack Carter will be at the Big Z and Planters Warehouses. Producers sales on the Blackshear market last year amounted to 12,780,022 pounds, which brought $8,224,196 for an average of $64.35 per hun dred pounds. This compared with 8,447,370 pounds sold in Blackshear in 1966 at an aver age of $69.57 per hundred. The 1966 crop was short be cause of weather damage. The 1967 market opened on July 26 and closed Sept. 1, having 28 sales days. The 1966 market opened July 27 and closed August 25—selling 22 days. Blackshear was the third ranking tobacco market in vo lume of producers’ sales in 1967 after Moultrie with 13.7 million pounds and Douglas with 15.7 million. Personals Mrs. C. P. Ammons of Ho boken has returned home after visiting her daughter, Mrs. Louis Bennett of New Smyr na, Fla. Mr. Fred Gibson returned home Saturday after benig a patient eight days in Glynn Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Jones of Highland, N. C. are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Orser and family. They have been here since their re turn from attending the fun eral of Mrs. Jones’ mother, Mrs. Ada Thomas in Orlando, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Orser and girls also attended the funeral on Monday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Browne of Belle Glade. Fla. are visiting Mrs. Alice High smith and other relatives in Brantley County for two weeks. Butterbeans Grow Out Os Corn Ear Here’s one the Ripley Mu seum should be interested in: Warner Boatright of Route 1. Bristol, brought by The Times office an ear of fresh corn with butterbeans grow ing out of one end. That’s right — corn on one end and butterbeans on the other, growing out of the ear like grains of corn. At least they look exactly like butterbeans — white with bluish gray in the curvature where the butterbean should fit into a pod. Mr. Boatright says the corn is Coker’s 71, but he declines to specify the variety of the butterbeans.