The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, January 16, 1969, Image 1

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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 47 — NUMBER 3 Mayor and City Council Express Thanks for Christmas Decorations The City Council and Mayor wish to express appreciation for the assistance given us by the Ladies Clubs, Georgia Pow er Company, Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corpora tion and others in putting to gether the stars, wreaths and sprays for the beautification of our city in commemoration of the Greatest and unparal leled event of all time, The Birth of Christ. For the publics information, materials for these decorations were bought at discount prices. The wreaths and sprays were assembled by the ladies. The stars were made by the em ployees of the Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation. There 'was a tremendous a mount of effort put forth in making up these arrange ments at no expense to the City. We are very appreciative of the furnishing and setting of the poles, guy wires and other materials used by Georgia Power Company and Okefeno ke Rural Electric Membership Corporation at no cost to the City. Save for the contribu tions made, it would have been impossible for us to have had the additional decorations. Again thank you very much. Mayor and Council: T. E. Raulerson Robert Griner Bobby Wilson Kenneth Willis Harry Depratter Bids Are Asked On Gasoline And Diesel Oil INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids will be receiv ed by the Brantley County Commissioners of Roads and Revenue until 9:30 A. M-, 22 January, 1969, for the purchase of: gasoline (94 octane mini mum), gasoline (100 octane minimum), and grade No. 2 diesel fuel. Fuel is to be de livered and dumped upon de mand for first quarter, Jan uary through March. Certificates as to specifica tions and quantity must be presented upon delivery Bids will be opened in the office of the Chairman of the County Commissioners at bid closing time, as indicated a bove. Bids must be signed and sealed. No bid received after closing time will be consider ed. Brantley County Com missioners reserve the right to determine the lowest and best bid. George F. Stewart, Chairman, Brantley County Commission of Roads and Revenue. 1116 ^PREVENT BIBTH DEFECTS if™ TREATMENT Vaccines point •to conquest of «£ : *Mr '7 v Rh Si.POO PtSEASE f^Sa&SSg'. U V W AND DEFECTS FROM K -'‘Bf W / \ W 4ERMAN MEASLES, W" W ,-' Ms R DISABILITY FROM OTHER \ I Bk 1 DEFECTS CAN OFTEN BE . J / ][ .-^B '"L PREVENTED OR REDUCED -J^XXx EV MEDICINE OR \ BP*' W prenatal care * a oil a doctor can often discover >i & Jl . /ja DANGER SIGNS DURING pregnancy *i W 4/ IS peeved consequences />. IA ‘is ! JKBB v - f F 'V r v i 1 / RESEARCH V ./ EACH STEP SCIENCE TAKES "' '. ^Sg L* I TOWARD FINDING THE CAUSE I, / ^—S* \Z '(W OF A BIRTH DEFECT TAKES I^A US CLOSER TO A CURE. I Alt ■• ( BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. John Floyd DAR Chapter Meeting Was Held at Adel Mrs. E. J. Smith, Homer ville, regent of John Floyd Chapter DAR, at the recent chapter meeting congratulated her committee chairmen on the work being done in the organization this year. Her reminiscences were of the past twenty years’ accom plishments of the chapter which was organized in Ho merville in 1948. There are now children and grandchil dren of th® chapter members belonging to the chapter, and they are scattered all over the world. “They are busy participating in the social, political, and economic spheres of our so ciety. They are holding high the goals of DAR: fur thering patriotism, citizenship, and education”, she said. The meeting was held in the women’s club at Adel. Mrs. H. N. Corbett, Sr. was in charge of the program which was on national defense. “We are still a nation of law abiding citizens, and we do not rule by mob violence, and we remind ourselves often that "The price of liberty is eternal vigilence’,” she re minded them. She closed with a quotation from Micah 6:8: “He hath shewed thee, O Man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy; and to walk humbly with thy God?” Miss Mary Parrish read the ritual; Mrs. Leslie McPhee led the pledge to the flag. Miss Leila Summerall kept the minutes. The club house was decorat ed in thd holiday motif. Hos tesses were the Adel members who served' refreshments dur ing the social hour which fol lowed the meeting. Legal Notice Nahunta, Georgia' Brantley County In persuance to Election Code No. 34-1515, there will have to be a Special Election to fill any Office not filled by General- Election, or in case of Death or Withdrawal of any one elected in the General E lection. I am therefore, asking any one interested in running for the office of County Surveyor to come and make his wishes known to the Ordinary by January 28, 1969, by 12 o’clock noon. The Election Date will be announced at a later date. Perry U. Rozier, Ordinary. 1|23 Harrison on Appropriations Committee State Representative, Robert W. Harrison, Jr., was elevated to the third ranking post on the 56 Member House Appro priations Committee Monday after the House convened for the 1969 session. House Speaker George L. Smith, 11, of Swainsboro, an nounced that Harrison had been elected to replace Rep. William Wiggins of Carrollton as Secretary of the powerful Appropriations Committee as the House organized Monday. Harrison, who is Represen tative of the 66th Legislative District, composed of Brantley, Charlton and Camden Coun ties, has been a member of the Appropriations Committee since the beginning of his ser vice in the General Assembly and has served as Chairman of numerous sub-committees. Elder Boyett, 75, Passes Away Elder James Lester Boyett, 75, of Route 1, Waycross, died early last Tuesday morning in a Fernandina Beach Hospital following a short illness. He was visiting relatives at the time of his death. A native of Pierce County, he was a son of the late Thom as J. and Florence Thornton Boyett. A member of Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church, he was serving as pastor of the Bethesda Primitive Baptist Church in Jesup and the New Zion Primitive Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla. He had served other churches in this area for several years. He was a retired farmer. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Carrie Alma Pierce,- Boyett; four daughters, Mrs. Robert Lee. Jacksonvile, Fla.; Mrs. J. Walter Lee, Waycross; Mrs. Genoa Lee. Alma; and Mrs. R. D. Kirkland, Marietta: sev en sons, Willis Bovett, Milford Boyett. Winston Boyett, and J. L. Boyett, Jr., all of Fernan dina Beach, T. J. 6oyett and James E. Boyett, both of Way cross, and Samuel A. Boyett, Jacksonville, Fla.; six sisters, Mrs. A. R. Jordan, Waycross; Mrs. A. B. Lynn, Mrs. O. T- Bennett, Mrs. M. O. Summers, and Mrs. Hassie Rhoden, all of Jacksonville; Mrs. Sarah Ste wart of Garden City, Michi gan; and a brother, E. L. Boy ett of Jacksonville. There are 34 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services for Elder Boyett were held at 2:00 o’clock Sat urday afternoon from the Ra mah Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Estel Grayson and Elder Ivey Griffis officiating. Interment was in the Ramah Cemetery. Active pallbearers were James Gunter, Julian Thorn ton, Edwin Bennett, Johnny Minchew, Tracy Bennett and Loch Wasdin. Honorary pallbearers were Willie Bowen, Ollie Knox, Eld er Leonard Dryden, Elder Bob Lvons, Elder George Cole, Acie Edenfield, W. G. Hutcheson, M. L. Deßerry, Elder Roy Hunter. Elder J. E. McCor mick, Elder Glenn Myers, Eld er Perry Harris, Elder Claude Thornton, Jasper Crawford, Foy Lewis, Warren Thomas, Walter Mattox, Tracy Mattox, Alvin Davis, J. L. Davis, Sr., E. W. Jordan, Sr., Archie Sweat, E. E. Tillman, Everett Tillman, Mack Carter, Harvey Johnson, and Elder John Al dridge. Clough - Pearson Funeral Home was in charge. Satilla Baptist Church to Hold Men's Day Satilla Baptist Church at Hortense will hold “Men’s Day” Sunday, Jan. 19. Men will teach all Sunday school classes and have an all men choir. The morning message will be given bv Lester “Grouch” Moody and the evening ser vice will be led by Henry Brauda. Everyone is invited to attend. Notifv this newspaper when your address changes. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 16, 1969 JOSEPH JERRELL HERRIN JAMES TERRELL HERRIN HERRIN TWINS COMPLETE MARINE RECRUIT TRAINING James Terrell and Joseph Jer rel Herrin, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Herrin, Route 1, Nahunta, recently completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C., and advanced training at Camp Lejeune, N. C. The twins, both 1968 grad- i Brantley County Beauty Revue Set for Saturday The annual Brantley County Beauty Revue will be held at the high school Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7:00 p.m. Two events will be featured. The first will be the contest for Junior Miss Brantley County and the second will be for Miss Brantley County High School. Various firms and indivi duals are sponsoring the sev eral beauty contestants. Those who attend will have the op portunity of seeing examples of Brantley County’s most beautiful products, pretty girls. MANY INSECTS How many insects are there? Entomologists with the Univer sity of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service estimate that there are from 640,000 to one million' kinds or species of insects that have been nam ed. Insects account for nearly three-fourths of all species of animals. PONT RAM fa ICAR/ "1 «l • M 1 ’-' -I w "cush/oh" of spacc BerwecH g YOU ANO TH£ CAP AHfAO. WATCH POP si/ooffY scowoowpi op crops' Brantley County Beauty Revue The Second Annual Brantley County Beauty Revue will be held January 18, 1969, 7:00 P. M. at the Brantley County High School. The first event will consist of the Junior Miss Brantley County High and the second and main event will consist of Miss Brantley County High. Admission will be 35* for students and 75* for adults. । uates of Brantley County High School, entered the Marine Corps on August 1, 1968. | They are presently under- I going further training at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pen dleton, California. prior to 1 being assigned to Marine 1 Units in Viet Nam. Heart Disease Fatal to 20,235 Georgians in '67 During 1967, more than half (52.6 percent) of all deaths in the State of Georgia were due to. cardiovascular diseases. Specifically, of the 28,448 Georgians who died in 1967. 20,235 of them died from heart disease. In the five-county metro politan area, i.e., Fulton, De- Kalb, Gwinnett. Clayton and Cobb counties, the total num ber of deaths from heart dis ease in 1967 was 6.633, or 1,918 more than in 1966. CARD OF THANKS We would like to take this means of expressing our sin cere thanks and deepest ap preciation to all those who were so kind and thoughtful to us during our recent loss. We are especially grateful for the messages of sympathy, floral tributes, covered dishes and other kindnesses shown to all of us. May God bless each of you is our prayer. The family of Mrs. Nancy M. Lewis Georgia Crop Reporting Ser vice figures show the state’s milk production during Octo ber 1968 totaled 87 millioh pounds. The 1962-66 average production for the same month was 81 million pounds. Robert Mishoe Passed Away In Brunswick Mr. Robert Roy Mishoe, 62, a former resident of Brantley County, passed away early Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 14, in a Brunswick nursing home following a short illness and his death brings personal sor row to many throughout this section. A native of Screven, Mr. Mishoe was the son of the late Sylvester and Esther Carter Mishoe. He attented school in Screven and was a member of the Pine Ridge Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War II and during his residen cy in Brantley County was en gaged in farming. Survivors include three brothers, Vernon Mishoe of Mesa, Arizona, Johnny Mis hoe of Nahunta and Archie Mishoe of Riceboro. Also surviving are several nieces, nephews and other rel atives. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Thursday afternoon, Jan. 16, from the chapel of the Chambless Funeral Home in Nahunta with the Rev. Allen Stephens officiating. Interment followed in the family plot in Oakland Ceme tery, Waycross. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. J. T. Morgan, Avery Strickland, Newborn Roberson, J. Fulton Jacobs, Horace Jacobs and Ellis Highsmith. The many beautiful floral tributes attested to the esteem 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. Hoboken Baptists To Dedicate New Pastorium The Hoboken Baptist Church will dedicate its new pastorium Sunday, January 19, at 3:00 p.m. The building, valued at $20,- 000, has been the project of the men of the church for the past three years. The building committee was Herbert Colvin, Robert Hunter, Elery Kelley, Ray Thomas, S. D. Kelley, Mrs. Ivory Thomas, Mrs. Eller Hunter and Mrs. Myrtle Davis. Open house will be held from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m., ac cording to the pastor, the Rev. Chesley Walker. An invitation is extended to the interested public, the Rev. Mr. Walker said. Church of God Will Hold Gospel Sing Nahunta Church of God will hold a Gospel Sing Saturday night, Jan. 18, at 7:30. Featured guest musicians will be The Southlander Quar tet k>f Jacksonville, string in strumentalists. Rev. Jack Barber, the pastor, extends a welcome to all who appreciate good Gospel music and singing. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to all our friends and relatives for their kindness to us in our recent bereavement. We deeply ap preciate the words of sympa thy, the covered dishes and floral tributes. We will always remember your friendship and kindness. May the Lord bless you all. Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Morgan and Family Hortense Memorial Church Sunday Service Regular services will be held ■ at Hortense Memorial Church | Sunday afternoon, Jan. 19, at 3:00 o’clock. The pastor, Rev. B. W. Ray, will preach. The public is invited to attend and join in the hour of worship. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners Minutes Brantley County Commission of Roads and Revenues. The duly elected and quali fied County Commissioners in and for Brantley County, Georgia consisting of George F. Stewart, Chairman, Warren E. Eldridge, Post No. 2, and J. E. (Ebb) Strickland, Post No. 3, which office was created under the Acts of the General Assembly of the year 1927 as amended, met in a special ses sion in strict compliance with the provisions of said act as amended on the second day of January, 1969, at Nahunta, Georgia. 1. The oath of office was ad ministered by the Hon. P. U. Rozier, Ordinary. 2. Invocation was given by Mr. Joe Terrell Crews, Ray bon, Georgia. 3. A proposal for the follow ing Code of Ethics was made by the Chairman and was adopted unanimously by all members. 1. To make honesty the key stone of our efforts, by being always mindful of our oath of office and by practicing hon esty and impartiality in all our actions. 2. To keep the public infor med on county operations and activites since we believe that county business is ever public business. 3. To expend all county in come economically for the greatest good of all county residents. 4. To provide a certified annual audit of all county in come, expenditures, and in vestments. 5. To set up and follow a budget for county income and expenditures. 6. To employ only persons found to be properly qualified, trained, or experienced for county jobs. 7. To appraise all real and personal property impartially for tax purposes. 8. To encourage the commer cial, cultural, and industrial development of our county through sound planning and practical cooperation with other local governments, state and federal agencies. 9. To remember “In God We Trust” is the'pursuit of the American way of free inter prise and independence through local government, of the people and for the people, the bulwark of democracy. 4. The Chairmart proposed i adoption of the following pro-1 cedural rules for Commission ers meetings. The proposal was approved by all the members. a. Regular meeting first Tuesday of each month as pre scribed by law. b. Special meetings may be called at any time or place. c. Minutes kept of each , meeting and placed in a well | bound book for the public’s. record, as prescribed by law. d. Procedure of meetings was recommended as follows: i (1) Call to order, (2) Invo cation, (3) roll call, (4) read ing of minutes of last meeting. (5) correction and approval of , । minutes, (6) reports, (7) Intro- : F3“z:7 RESEARCH DIRECTOR HONORED-H. E. Ruark, Director of the Georgia Forest Research Council, receives t'.e 1968 Distinguished Service Award from the Southeastern Section of the Forest Products Research Society at its r iual meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Shown making L.o presentation is President Terry Sellers. Mr. Ruark vos cited for outstanding service in the field of forest research. As Director of the Georgia Forest Research Council he coordinates research that has brought the state to IcaJsrsx? in most areas in the forest industries. SUBSCRIPTION PRICfe AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state 54.12 Outside state $4.00 । duction of resolutions, (8) approval of payment of bills, (9) approval of purchases, (10) receipt of notices and communications, (lit old or unfinished business, (12) New business, (13) adjournment. 5. The Chairman spoke to the Commissioners and attend ing public, encouraging intres ed citizens to attend, observe, and listen to the people’s busi ness being acted upon by the County Commissioners. It was brought out that the Commis sioners will act upon matters that have been brought to their attention during the pre vious month. Citizens are encouraged to bring county problems to the attention of any commissioner or to the office of the Chair man. The Chairman spoke of the general financial condition of Brantley County and the need of all elected officials to begin an austerity program in their respective office to reduce ex penditures to a minimum 6. A motion was made and carried for adjournment sub ject to call by the Chairman. Approved: George F. Stewart, Chairman Jim Moody Funeral Service Held Saturday Jim Moody, 81, died Thurs day, Jan. 9 in the Pierce Coun ty Hospital. The native of Hortense was a member of the Satilla Baptist Church and was a re tired farmer. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Vera Moody of Hortense; a son, Clarence J. Moody of Hor tense; four brothers, Ike Moo dy of Hortense, Riley Moody, Jacksonville, Fla., John Moody of Greenwood, S.C. and David Moody Jr. of Albany; four sis ters, Mrs. Alton Carver of Hor tense, Mrs. Bill Simpson of Hahira, Mrs. James Ramsay of Albany and Mrs. Eddi^ Ja cobbs of Nahunta; six grand children and nine great-grand’ children. Funeral services wferg heki*, at 3 p.m. Saturday in "the SaliVJi la Baptist Church, with Rev. DOyle Deal, V Strader and Rev. charier Gox* * officiating. Personals Mr. Carroll Lee of Nahunta is in the Memorial Hospital in Waycross under treatment for a heart attack. He entered the hospital Friday, Jan. 10. Last reports said he was somewhat better. Mr. Milton Morgan is a patient in Waycross Memorial Hospital. He entered the hos pital Monday with what was diagnosed as bronchial pneu monia.