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Newspaper Page TextEDITOR’S MOTTO ■‘Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power and should not be at all your con cern”—Epictetus.Roman philo sopher. VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 50 A Voice in the Wilderness Look at Dollar If you have a one dollar bill in your pocket, you might examine it to see if it is made of rubber. Because the dollar has been stretched and stretch ed and thinned and thinned for the last 25 years until it will buy about one-third of what it would buy 25 years ago. A news story Wednesday morning reported that the U. S. dollar has depreciated 12 cents in the last four years. At this rate, in another 25 years your dol lar will be worth only about 50 cents of today’s dol lar and about 20 cents of the dollar of 25 years ago. In other words, your dollar is eroding in value fast er than the proverbial snowball in hell. The main cause of this depreciation of the dollar is the Santa Claus spending policy of the U. S. govern ment. The money printing presses are rolling mer rily along, printing up money for everybody, whether or not everybody works to earn the money. Our U. S. Government is more than three hundred billion dollars in debt. And every year bigger debt is created. We, as U. S. Taxpayers, are paying sixteen billion dollars a year in interest on our huge debt. As our federal debt is increased, more money is nrinted and pumped into the already flooded mone tarv system. The whole setup is a vicious circle of more printing nress money, a cheaper dollar, higher prices, bigger debt, bitrger interest to pay. And where she stops nobody knows. Many Seedlings Still Available To Landowners Many seedling species are still available from the Geor gia Forestry Commission, states Forest Ranger Foster Smith. For landowners wishing to plant trees for pulpwood, sawtimber, furniture veneer, poles and piling, there are slash, loblolly, longleaf, short leaf and Virginia pines as well as yellow poplar, black walnut, chestnut oak, swamp chestnut oak, swamp chestnut oak, sycamore, baldcypress, tupelo gum and cottonwood. Ran^r Smith said his office is available to advise land own°rs what species to plant for the end product the person has in .mind. For fence posts, windbreaks, Christmas trees, and beautifi cation, species available are redcedar, Arizona cypress, dog wood, redbud and black locust. In just a few years these spe cies will provide the home owner or landowner with these functions. Landowners who are hunt ing enthusiasts may wish to plant bico’or lespedesa for bird food. Others who are not hunt ers mav wish to provide food for birds during the lean win ter months. Fishermen are invited to plant catalpa trees which pro vide the catalpa worms so ea gerly sought after by the ang lers. By takino- advantage of this year’s plentiful seedling crop, landowners can establish these trees whose growth over the years will enable the land to be productive as well as beautiful. With the recent rains, soil conditions are right to plant these seedlings. Ranger Smith said his office has order blanks available. In addition, persons who want as little as 50 seed lings can nick these up at the Forestry Unit located on High way 32 East of Patterson. A fresh supply of seedlings is maintained at the office at all times for the purchases of these small lots. The Forestry Unit’s phone number is 647- 5471 Soybeans Called Low Labor Crop For Georgians Modern - day farmers who are constantly seeking ways to increase efficiency of produc tion are turning more and more to mechanization and to crops with a low labor rormm’- ment. says Dr. James E Jack son, an agronomist with the By Carl Broome That Rubber in Your Pocket University of Georgia Co operative Extension Service. One such “low labor’’ crop which is comparatively new in Georgia has pumped into the status of a major crop in a five year-period. Dr. Jackson said that soy beans which were almost un known in Georgia five years ago are inching up on the “Big Four” of peanuts, corn, tobacco and cotton. Georgia’s soy bean crop last year was valued at around $32 million. He pointed out that a Gor don County farmer, Truman Webb, is one of those who have achieved efficiency in production with a minimum of labor. Last year Mr. Webb averaged 39 bushels of soy beans per acre on 180 acres. County Agent Milton Ste wart reported that Mr. Webb planted two of the varieties recommended for his county — Bragg and Hood. Since these varieties have different ma turity dates, he was able to spread the harvest over a longer p°riod. Mr. Webb used herbicides in addition to cultivation to con trol weeds. He used 509 pounds of a 5-10-15 ferti l iz°r per acre and limed his fields according to soil test recom mendations. He plant'd 60 pounds of beans per acre. The county agent emphasiz ed that adequate lime and ample potassium fertilizer are necessary for top soyb°an nroduction and he said that farmers like Mr. Webb are making soybeans a profitable ' cash crop in Georgia. Fresh Fruit is Tops Holiday Planning family menus for the holidays? Be sure you place lots of fresh fruit at the top of the list, suggests the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Fresh oranges and grape fruit and dried California prunes are among the foods USDA’s Consumer and Mar keting Service says will be especially plentiful in coming weeks. Other December plentifuls include turkey, broiler-fryers, canned tomatoes and tomato products, onians, and dry beans. Fruit bowls will be over flowing with oranges, with the 1968-69 U. S. early, midseason, and Navel orange crop esti mated by USDA at 93.4 million boxes — up 49 percent over last season and 47 percent a bove the recent 5-year aver age. Florida’s grapefruit crop is forecast at 42 million boxes also a substantial increase over last season. BRANTLE f ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People Lambert Knox Funeral Service Held Thursday Brantley countians were sad dened to learn of the passing of Mr. Lambert Harvey Knox, 69, whose death occurred late Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, at the Glynn-Brunswick Hospital following an illness of short duration. His passing brings personal sorrow to a large number of relatives and friends throughout this section. Os affable manner and geni al disposition, Mr. Knox made friends easily and enjoyed the friendship of people in all sec tions of the state where he was widely known. A native of Wayne, now Brantley County, he was the son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Jones Knox. He re ceived his education in the public schools of the county and was a member of the Hic kov Baptist Church. For many years, he was em ployed by the Southern Rail wav as a locomotive engineer, and in later years was engag ed as a contractor in the hous ing industry. Survivors include one son, Jeff Knox of Alexandria, Va.; two sisters, Miss Mary Knox and Miss Leera Knox, both of Nahunta. Two grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other re latives also survive. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Thursday af ternoon, Dec. 12, from the chanel of the Chambless Fun eral Home in Nahunta with Rev. Cecil F. Thomas of ficiating. Interment followed in the family plot in Smyrna Ceme tery. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. J. B. Knox, Vir gil Hickox, Fred Knox, Wes lev Goodbread, Cordell Wain right and Dr. Ben Galloway. The honorary escort was composed of the Messrs. Virgil Allen, David Hickox. Ira Johns. Dewey Hickox, Ed Her rin, George Herrin, Charley Brannen. Owen Herrin, Eve rett Wainright and Jasper Johnson. The many beautiful floral tributes attested to the es teem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. PECAN PIE Want a pecan pie ready to s^rve at any time? Miss Nelle Thrash, home economist with the University of Georgia Co operative Extension Service, offers this suggestion: Bake a supply of pecan pies and freeze them. They will be ready any time to take out of the freezer, heat and serve. Fare the sun can get cancer. If you work in the sun, .Watch it. Day after beauti ful day of sunshine can re sult in overexposure which can lead to skin cancer. So cover up in the sun. And re member that a yearly health checkup is your best insurance against cancer. Call your doctor for an appointment today. c a American Cancer society p THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BTTHE PUBLISHER Notify This Yot”- Address Changes. Anyone under The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga„ Thursday, Dec. 12, 1968 Christmas Edition Will Be Published Next Week The Brantley Enterprise annual Christmas edition will be published next week. In addition to merchandising ads from local mer chants, the issue will carry Christmas greeting mes sages from merchants and individuals. Anyone wishing to use this means of extending the season’s greetings to their friends and customers is invited to contact The Brantley Enterprise. A variety of attractive Christmas ads in mat form are available. Hoboken Honor Roll Announced These students must have a 93 or above average. Mrs. Schmitt’s 3rd, Beth Griffin, Ronnie Miles, Wayne Sims. Mrs. Phillips’ 3rd, Carol Gunter, Diane Lee, Wade Lee, Tammy Cook, Ginger Thomas. Mrs. Martin’s 4th, Felecia Thomas, Vickie Rhoden, Paula Lee. M'ss Parnell’s 4th, Sharon Crews, Steve Strickland. Don na Stevens, Tgmmy Griffin, Angela Thrift, Matt Aldridge, Linda Douglas. Mrs. Kelly’s sth, Terry Jones, Sheila Thomas, Sonja Thomas. Tf>rrv Lw. Rusa Lee. Mrs. Morning’s 6th. Darlene Hanchey, Wanda Patton, Ti mothy Jon^s. Mrs. Larkins’ 6th. Joan Car ter, Boyd Griffin, Danny Strickland, Brenda Thomas, Kay Waldron, Sarolyn Shu man. Mrs. Carter’s 7th, Scott Fer guson, Ann Murray, David fierce, Sandra Hickox, Charles Harris. Clarke Lee, Beverly Roundtree. Mr. Thornton’s 7th, Cathv Griffin, Greta Hickox, Jeff Hickox. Cheryl Hanchey, Deb bie Waldron. Remove mud from leather shoes by first allowing it to dry. then rub the shoes vigor ously with a dry cloth, say University of Georgia Coop erative Extension Service home economists. Oklahomans Nominate ‘Favorite Son’ As National March of Dimes Child Tracy Greenwood, March of Dimes Poster Child for 1969, sounds much like any other 5-year-old boy. He puts on a cowboy hat when he climbs up on his father’s tractor at their home in Oklahoma. He wrestles with his older brother, Jamie, and takes care of his menagerie of pets. None of this is easy for Tracy. Born with an open spine and hydrocephalus (wa ter on the brain), the hand some, impish youngster is en cumbered by full leg braces and wooden crutches. Yet, as any visitor to the Greenwopd’s neat home in Velma can see, Tracy has conquered the heavy equipment with humor, de termination and the constant encouragement of his family. Doctors were pessimistic about his chances for survival when Tracy was born.. They feared permanent brain dam age if he lived and doubted whether he would walk at all. At 3 months, he was taken to Children’s Memorial Hos pital in Oklahoma City where the March of Dimes supports a Birth Defects Center, and has undergone major surgery five times. For Tracy, the March of Dimes program of comprehen sive care consists of regular checkups by an orthopedist, neurologist, urologist and physical therapist. His mother helps him with daily exercises at home. Today, he is a symbol of the quarter of a million babies born every year in the United States with birth defects. As National Poster Child, he will represent them in cities and towns across the country dur ing January for the annual fund-raising appeal by the March of Dimes. The voluntary health agency is now in its second decade of leading the fight to prevent birth defects. In this period, it has established a nationwide network of 103 birth defects centers where outstanding teams of medical professionals search for the causes of these tragedies and provide the most modern treatment and reha bilitation. Tracy Greenwood is an ex ample of the progress they are making. His pretty young mother, Betty, says, “We Personals Miss Laverne M’ddleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Juli an Middleton, has been assi gned to do her student teach ing for the winter quarter at Bacon High School at Alma. Miss Middleton is a senior at Georgia College at Middledge ville. Mrs. Harry Knox. Mrs. Evelyn Harris and Mrs. Carl Smith of Lulaton so-=nt last, week visiting relatives and friends in Jacksonville. Staff Sergeant Kenneth Pop well. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Popwell, is at home after serving a year in the Air Force in Vietnam. After Dec. 31, he will be stationed at Homestead, Fla. Fireman Apprentice Leroy McFadden, USN. son of Mrs. Ora Smith of Route 2. Nahun ta. participated in orperation “Beef Trust” aboard the nu clear - powered attack air craft carrier USS Enterprise off the coast of Southern Cali fornia. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Thomas and Laura and Sybil visited Lt. and Mrs. Edward Stewart and family in Beaufort. S. C. over the weekend. Mrs. Lila Crews returned home with them after spending a week with the Stewarts. Mr. Ebb Morgan has been a patient in Memorial Hospi tal in Waycross for about ten days. GETTING IN SHAPE for his January travels as 1969 March of Dimes Poster Child, Tracy Greenwood, 5, of Velma, Okla., exercises legs crippled by a birth defect. Supervising is physical therapist Don Schneider, March of Dimes Birth Defects Center, Children's Mem orial Hospital, Oklahoma City. wouldn’t have T^acy today if it weren’t for March of Dimes research. They came up with the answers needed for our son and children like him.” Although he has been sin gled out for national attention, he is still called “Hound Dog” at home. Bright, happy and well-adjusted, his full day be gins at 7 a.m. He spends as much time as possible playing outdoors with his brother, Jamie, who is 7 and in normal health. Tracy is developing extra strength in his upper body as a result of his exercises. He puts this advantage to work during wrestling matches with Jamie and proudly announces the news when he “gets” his brother. Tracy is an avid television fan whose tastes run to car toons. His favorite books are Tom Ellis Is Elected Mayor Os Hoboken Tom Ellis was elected mayor of Hoboken Wednesday, Dec. 4, over two other candidates, Paul Sapp and J. H. Batten. The vote was Ellis 78, Sapp 55 and Batten 50. Five aidermen were elected. They are Ray Thomas, J. L. Stevens, O. U. (Buck) Davis, L. E. Dickerson and H. H. Col vin. Two men tied for the sixth place on the city council. P. L. Buie and Eugene Wiley each received 79 votes. Mr. Wilev withdrew to avoid a runoff and gave the election to Mr. Buie. Nahunta Church Os God Singing Saturday Night Nahunta Church of God will ho’d a sing, Saturday night, Dec. 14, beginning at 7:30 P. M. Special featured guests for the sing will be the choir from the Church of God of Prophe cy in Waycross. The choir is composed of approximately 60 people. The pastor, Jack Barber, gives a warm welcome to everyone of all faiths who en joy good gospel singing. Future Teachers Last Tuesday The F. T. A. chapter of the Brantley County High School held its monthly meeting Dec. 10. It was decided that the F. T. A. club would sponsor Rita Fain, a senior, in the beauty review to be held on Jan. 18 at Brantley County High. Arlene Aldridge, Reporter. Sanitation is everybody’s business. University of Geor gia Extension Service home economists point out that clean homes and clean com munities do not attract pests. Good sanitation will mean bet ter health for you. animal stories and he lavishes attention on his rabbits, Hoppy and Freckles, his cat, Prissy, a Welsh Terrier named Susie, and Puff, a German Shepherd. The Greenwoods drew the notice of fellow “Sooners” after local news stories ap peared about the tragedies they had faced and overcome. Mr. Greenwood suffered near fatal injuries three years ago when the gasoline truck he was driving exploded. Betty Greenwood carried on coura geously and has been rewarded by the excellent progress that both her husband and son are making. As a result, the March of Dimes was bombarded with petitions on Tracy’s behalf from thousands of Okla homans, including U. S. Con gressman Carl Albert (D. Okla.), House Majority Leader. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY CF NAHUNTA Tobacco Poundage Quota Is Announced for 1969 Traffic Deaths On Increase In Georgia The carnage of slaughter on Georgia highways is on the in crease, according to the Geor gia Safety Council. 1577 peoole have been killed this year through November. This is 85 more than were kill ed during the same period last year. Property loss in traffic acci dents for 11 months was $299 630.000, as against *291.- 780.000 for the same period last year. Brantley Retail Sales Decrease Retail sales during the third Quarter of 1968 totaled $2 322,- 168.000 compared to $2,038.- 797.000 during the same period last year, an increase of 13.9 per cent, according to a recent survey by the Georgia Cham ber of Commerce. Crawford County led the state with an increase of 32.1 per cent. Retail sales decreased in seven of Georgia’s 159 counties, including Brantley County which dropped $19,000 under the same period last year. ( Officers Elected By Class 7-C Miss Neal’s homeroom class elected officers. They are as follows: Presi dent. Charlene Riggins; Vice President, Derwin Brooker; Secretary, Donna Popwell; Re porters, Catherine Taylor, Charlene Riggins and Deidra Brand. We are nbw making plans for our Christmas party. Deidra Brand, Reporter. Card of Thanks We would like to take this means to express our sincerest thanks and deepest apprecia tion to our many friends and neip-hbors for the kindness shown us during the loss of our loved one. We are deeply grateful for the words of svm pathy. covered dishes and flo ral tributes. Mav God bless each and everyone of you is our prayer. The family of Mr. Robert T. Thrift. Here's a Riddle A cousin of the eggplant; though by ancients to have healing powers for everything from measles to aches and sprains; carried in the pocket by others to ward off rheuma tism; sometimes called one of the greatest philanthropic veg etables known to mankind. Know what it is? It’s the potato — which his torians tell us has good deeds dating back to the second century A. D. Then, in South America, its form was copied in pottery and its food used for daily sustenance. Today, Americans from Flo rida to Virginia and Maine to California know the virtues of the popular potato — one of the foods in especially pood supply now for holidays menus, according to the U. S. Denartment of Agriculture. Courtesy of USDA’s Consu mer and Marketing Service, here are some ideas for using potatoes that should appeal to any budget-minded meal plan-1 ner: OTHCK SCALLOPED PO TATOES (4 Servings) — Have ready 2 cups thinly sliced raw potatoes, 1-14 cups milk, a ta blespoon each flour and butter (or margarine), a teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Combine potatoes and milk and cook in a saucepan over low heat on top of the range for 15 to 20 minutes. Take ca™ not to let the milk scorch. Place a laver of potatoes in a oreascH baking dish, sprinkle wi‘h flour, sa l * and nenner. Repeat until all the potatoes are used. Pout the milk left SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.06 Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman today an nounced a 1969 flue-cured to bacco quota of 1,127 million pounds, about the same as the poundage quota in effect the past four years. The National average yield goal for 1969 remains unchang ed at 1,854 pounds per acre and the National acreage al lotment of 607, 929 acres for 1960 is about the same as in prior years. Acreage allotments and poundage quotas for indivi dual farms will be about the same in 1969 as in prior years exceot for auota adjustments reflecting ovennarketings and Urldermarketings of poundage quotas in prior years. Under acreage-poundage marketing quotas, if the mar ketings from a farm in any year are less than the pound age quota for the farm, the difference is added to the farm’s quotas (both acres and pounds) for the following year. Likewise, any market ings in excess of a farm’s poundage quota are deducted from the farm’s quota (both acres and pounds) for the fol lowing year. As in the past, a small acre age will be reserved in 1969 for establishing allotments for farms having no flue-cured to bacco acreage h'story during the past 5 years, for correcting errors, and for adjusting ine quities. j Senator Dean Will Visit Nahunta Monday State Senator Roscoe Dean announced this week that he would conduct his annual “People to People” tour of the sixth senatorial district on Monday, December 16th and Tuesday, December 17th. “I invite everyone to visit with me when I am in their county and give me the bene fit of their suggestions, ideas and advice on what they want done in state government. I will also be happy to discuss any problems anyone may have that I can help solve, ft is my sincere hope and prayer that the people will turn out and take advantage of my visit and efforts to be of ser vice to them,” Senator Dean stated. Senator Dean will be in Na hunta on Monday, December 16 from 2:30-3:30 P. M. at the Courthouse. (Adv.) on Popular Fare in the sausepan over the pota toes and dot with butter or margarine. Cover and bake in a mode rate oven 5350 degrees) for 10- minutes, or until potatoes are tender. Remove cover and bake 10-minutes longer. If the potatoes are not brown enough on top, place the uncovered dish under the broiler for 3 to 4 minutes. Serve hot. MASHED POTATOES WITH FRANKFURTERS (4 Servings) — Use 8 frankfur ters, 2 cups hot or cold season ed mashed potatoes, % to % cup grated cheese and paprika ta taste. Slit the frankfurters length . wise, almose through. Spread open and place cut-side-uo on a greased baking sheet. Heap mashed potatoes on the frank furters. using % cun for each one. Sprinkle with grated cheese and panrika. Heat in a hot oven (400 degrees) for about ]5 minutes. Serve hot POTATO STRIPS WITH CHEESE (4 Servings) — Have ready 3 cuds raw ootato strips, 1/2 cup milk, 1 tablespoon but ter or .margarine, a teaspoon salt, pepper to taste. 1/2 cup thinly shaved process cheese, and a tablespoon finely cut parsley. Place strips into a greased baking dish. Pour milk over them and dot with butter or margarine. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover, and bake in a hot over (425 degrees) for 40 minutes, or until the pota toes are tender. Sprinkle with cheese and parsley and bake, covered, for 5 minutes more. ■