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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 6 Meat Workshop Set At Waycross Next Thursday All many people know about meat is whether it’s good or bad, tender or tough. And most of the time they don’t know this until the meat is bought, cooked and put on the table. Now, at a workshop schedul ed for Thursday, February 13, in Waycross, Pierce County homemakers will have an op portunity to learn more about meat — before they spend their husband’s hard earned money on it. Husbands are also invited to the workshop. In addition, meat packers and processors, market .mana gers and livestock farmers are urged to attend. Registration will begin at 9 a. m. with the program to get underway at 9:30. The meet ing will be held at the Y. M. C. A. Waycross. The “Know the Meat you Eat” workshop is a multi county project involving three other countries in addition to Pierce. The program was arranged bv Mrs. Georgia H. Jordan, Pierce County Extension home economist, in cooperation with her co-workers in the other counties. Three members of the state Extension staff at the Univer sity of Georgia will discuss six subjects — all designed to help the consumer know and identify retail cuts of meats, and to assist her in buying quality meats. The workshop faculty is made up of Dr. James A. Christian, head of the Exten sion food science department; Miss Martha Johnson, Exten sion food scientist; and Miss Nelle Thrash, Extension home economist, food preservation. The instructors will present information on processes of slaughtering and aging meats, methods of tenderizing, and correct ways of packaging, freezing and storing raw and pre-cooked meats in the home. The role of meat in the daily diet, and factors causing spoil age, will also be covered. Dr. Christian, Miss Johnson and Miss Thrash will use il lustrated lectures and demon strations, including posters, charts, color slides and actual meat products, in conducting the workshop. Three subjects will be presen ted during the morning ses sion, three during the after noon. The meeting will ad journ at 3 o’clock. Brantley Countians interest ed in attending may obtain additional information by con tacting the county Extension office in Nahunta. Brantley High Students Attend FTA Convention Dr. Jack P. Nix, State School Q iperintendent, and Dr. G. Franklin Shu.make were the principal speakers at the State Future Teachers of America Convention held at Rock Eagle January 30-February 1. Rita Fain, Eighth District Vice-Director led the district in a discussion on “Public Re lations and Teacher Aide.” Rita is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Griffin. Kathy Wynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wynn par ticipated in the talent review. Kathy composed and acted a short monologue about a poor country girl visiting relatives for the first time. Attending the convention from Brantley County High were Tony Thrift, president of the local FTA Chapter; Tjawrence Melton, Rita Fain, Ruby Chesser. Margaret Jones, Arlene Aldridge, Elaine Ches ser, Kathy Fowler, Cathy Wynn. Shelia Bennett and San dra Melton. Mrs. Marie Sutton, club sponsor and Miss Virlene Strickland accompanied the group to Rock Eagle. Arlene Aldridge, Reporter There were 71,000 head of cattle and calves on grain feed for slaughter in Georgia on January 1, according to the State Crop Reporting Service. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Personals An all day quilting party will be held at the Nahunta Baptist Church in the social hall on Feb. 11. The quilting is sponsored by the W. M. S. A covered dish dinner will be served at noon. Ail ladies in the community are Invited. Army Sergeant First Class Ralph D. Barksdale, son of Mrs. Lillian Adkisson, Guion, Ark., is in Germany as a pla toon sergeant with the 417th Medical Company taking part in the military Exercis? RE FORGER I. His wife, Bar bara, lives on Route 2, Nahun ta. Army Specialist Six Roger I. Herrin, son of Mrs. Eva M. Herrin, Nahunta, was assigned Jan. 5 to the 219th Recon naissance Airplane Company in Vietnam ns a technical in spector. Army Specialist Four Cur tist E. Johns, 21, son of Car ious E. Johns, Route 1, Na hunta, was assigned as a para chute rigger in the 101st Air borne Division in Vietnam, Jan 13. Garv C. House son of Mrs. Isla Roberson, has enlisl°d in the army and is taking basic training at Fort Benning. Ga. His brother Kurt House, is in the army in Vietnam. Son to Supply Father's Pulpit Sunday Morning Dr. George Clary, Jr., son of Rev. and Mrs. George Clary of Nahunta, will preach at the Nahunta Methodist Church Sunday morning at 11:00 o’- clock. He will also preach at Pierce Chapel Sunday morning at 9:30 in the morning, before coming to Nahunta for the 11:00 o’clock service. Dr. Clary is a professor at Paine College, Augusta, Ga., as head of the department of history. He holds a Doctor of Education degree from George University. The Sunday night service at the Nahunta Methodist Church has been called off on account of the winter camp meeting at Epworth-by-the-Sea. CARD OF THANKS In memory of Aunt Agnes Harrell Drury Purdom, we would like to express our sincere appreciation for the many kindnesses shown during her long illness and death. Her pastor, neighbors, friends, nurses and doctor who gave their services so unselfishly shall be remembered in our prayers and daily thoughts. We are grateful that you have helped to make her da” brighter and her pain easier to bear. Nieces and Nephews. Satilla Baptist Church To Hold Gospel Singing There will be a gospel sing and fellowship meeting at Sa tilla Baptist Church in Hor tense at 6:30 P. M. on Feb. 8. Refreshments will be served by the ladies of the church. Everyone is welcome to attend and anyone who will sing is urged to come and sing. Births Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Har ris announce the arrival of a baby boy on January 25. The baby weighed eight pounds seven ounces and has been named David Aldine. Top 4-H State Georgia continues to lead the nation in 4-H Club enrollment says Dr. T. L. Walton, state 4-H leader with the University of Georgia Cooperative Exten sion Service. Georgia has 154,- 810 boys and girls enrolled in the head, heart, hands and health club. Nixon Fills 4 Top Positions In PO Dept. President Richard M. Nixon has appointed three business executives and a Cleveland at torney to serve in top posi tions in the Post Office De partment under the direction of Postmaster General Winton M. Blount. President Nixon has also announced that Assistant Post master General for the Bureau of Facilities John L. O’Marra will retain his post in the new Administration. The President’s appointees include the Deputy Postmaster General, who is the number two ranking executive in the Postal Service; two Assistant Postmasters General, and the General Counsel. These are the first top-level appointments to be announced in the Department except for Postmaster General Blount. E. Theodore Klassen of Con way, Massachusetts, was nam ed Deputy Postmaster General. Mr. Klassen is president and chief operating officer and a director of the American Can Company. James Ward Hargrove of Houston, Texas, was named Assistant Postmaster General for the Bureau of Finance and Administration. Mr. Hargrove is senior vice-president and a member of the Board of Di rectors of the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation. Kenneth Alfred Housman of New Canaan, Connecticut, was named Assistant Postmast er General for the Bureau of Personnel. Mr. Houseman is manager, public affairs, Union Carbide Corporation. David Aldrich Nelson, Cleve land. Ohio, attorney, was nam °d General Counsel, which is the top legal position in the Department. Mr. Nelson re ceived his LLB Degree Cum Laude in 1958 from Harvard Law School. He is presently a general partner with Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. Pre viously, Mr. Nelson served as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the Air Force. Legal Advertising CITATION — Year’s Support. GEORGIA, Brantley County. The return of the appraisers setting apart twelve month’s support to the family of Edgar Howell deceased hav ing been filed in my office, all persons concerned are cited to show cause by the 3rd. day of March 1969, why said ap plication for twelve month’s support should not be granted. This February 3rd. 1969. Perry U. Rozier, Ordinary. 227 CITATION — Year’s Support. GEORGIA, Brantley County. The return of the appraisers setting apart twelve month’s support to the family of A. R. Adams deceased having been filed in my office, all persons concerned are cited to show cause by the 3rd. day of March 1969, why said ap plication for twelve month’s support should not be granted. This Feb. 3, 1969. Perry U. Rozier, Ordinary. 2'27 CITATION — Year’s Support. GEORGIA, Brantley County. The return of the appraisers setting apart twelve month’s support to the family of Johnny H. Highsmith deceased having been filed in my office, all persons concerned are cited to show cause by the 3rd. day of March 1969, why said application for twelve month’s support should not be granted. This 3rd. day of Feb. 1969. Perry U. Rozier, Ordinary. 227 SALE FOR REPAIRS AND STORAGE The following vehicles will be sold at public auction Mon day, Feb. 10, 1969, at 10:00 A. M. at Sid’s Service Station in Nahunta, for storage and re pair costs. One GMC bus, serial num j ber 14858. One GMC bus, serial num- I ber 2902. Seller reserves the right to reject bids if unsatisfactory. Sid’s Service, Nahunta, Ga. 2’6. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 6, 1969 Commissioners Invite Citizens to Attend Meetings on Ist Tuesdays Brantley County Commission Chairman George Stewart and Commissioners W. E. Eldridge and J. E. Strickland invite all citizens of the County to at tend the commissioners’ meet ing each first Tuesday. The meetings are held in the courtroom and are open to the public at all times, the chairman stated. He urges all interested citizens to sit in on these sessions and learn a bout the county’s business af fairs. The meeting Tuesday, Feb. 4, was attended by a number of citizens, including the edi tor of the Enterprise. “Open meetings, with citi zens attending the sessions, will keep our people informed of their affairs and help them to understand the problems we face, chairman Stewart stated. Notify This Newspaper When Your Address Changes Rodney E. Moore Is Bth District Stay and See Georgia Chairman Rodney E. Moore, District Manager, Georgia Power Com pany, Waycross, has been ap pointed as the Eighth District Chairman of the STAY AND SEE GEORGIA Program for 1969. The appointment was an nounced by Bill Dawson, Chairman of the Travel Coun cil of the Georgia Chamber of Co mmerce, Atlanta. Mr. Moore will direct the efforts of the communities in the Eighth Dis trict which are entering the STAY AND SEE GEORGIA Program between now and the April Ist deadline. Also serving on the Eighth District Committee are Geor gia Hotel-Motel Association Representative Albert Crews, Cr^ws Restaurant, Brunswick. Now in its seventh year, STAY AND SEE GEORGIA is a program created by the Georgia Chamber of Com merce to boost Georgia’s Tour ist Industry by developing the potential of each community. STAY AND SEE GEORGIA has received an award from the National Association of Travel Organizations for its outstanding leadership in the area of community tour’st de velopment programs and has been highly successful in its six years. The program has achieved amazing results for the 298 Georgia community organizations which have par ticipated in these six years.... their incomes are up, they are more tourist conscious and they are better places to live. the STAY AND SEE GEOR GIA Program is accomplished through an annual contest be tween Georgia communities. The contest is sponsored state wide by the Travel Council, Georgia Chamber of Commer ce, and locally by a group such as a Chamber of Commerce, city government, service or civic club or a new organiza tion formed for the purpose of administering the program. STAY AND SEE GEORGIA sponsors organize and activate projects through five commit tees: Clean-up and Beautifica tion, Points of Interest, New Attractions, Courtesy and Hos pitality, and Accommodations and Facilities. A participant must under take projects in at least three of the above five STAY AND SEE GEORGIA Committee areas to be eligible for Awards. Communities are divided into five classifications according to number of bona fide past years of participation in the program: CLASS I.For Newcomers CLASS ll—For 1 Year Par ticioants CLASS 111 -For 2 Year Par ticipants CLASS IV—For 3 Year and Over Participants CLASS V—“WINNERS CIR- CLE,” For Former State Special Category — For Visitor and Convention Bur eaus Eighth District STAY AND SEE Chairman Rodney E. Moore was born in Savannah and received his early educa tion in Atlanta. He was grad uated from the Georgia Insti tute of Technology in 1949 Small Engine Clinic to Be Held at School A class on four stroke cycle gasoline engines will be held for adults on Feb. 13 through Feb. 16 in the Vocational Ag riculture Department of Brant ley County High School begin ning at 7:30 p. m. Mr. J. F. Nicholson will be teaching this class. If you have one of these engines which needs repair work, you may bring it and work on it dur ing these classes. Anyone interested in attend ing these classes should contact Mr. Huey Ham or Mr. Julian Floyd by 6 p. m. Friday, Feb. 10. Anyone can attend these meetings, but because of limit ed working space only ten engines can be worked on. The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or zero degrees Centigrade. RODNEY E. MOORE STAY AND SEE Leader with a Bachelor of Science de gree in electrical engineering. He served in the Navy during World War 11. He was employed with the Georgia Power Company in 1950 in the Macon Division. He later transferred to the General Office as Field Engineer and later to Substa tion Engineer. He was later transferred to Jonesboro as Distribution Engineer and to Dublin as District Engineer. He trans f erred to Way cross as Assistant District Manager in 1960, and was promoted to District Manager, Waycross District, in 1963. Mr. Moore is presently Com missioner representing Way cross on the Slash Pine Area Planning and Development Commission, member of the Georgia Chamber of Commer ce Industrial Development Council, and President of the Waycross-Ware County United Fund. He is past President of the Industrial Management Club of Waycross and Area, past President of the Wavcross Rotary Club, past member of the Waycross and Ware Coun ty Development Authority, past Director of the Red Cross ahd past President of the Way cross-Ware County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Moore is a steward at the First Methodist Church. Waycross, and a member of the Elks Club and the Oke fenokee Golf Club. He is married to the former Barbara Jones of Atlanta, and thev have three children. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce urges all Georgia communities to enter the STAY AND SEE GEORGIA Contest now and reap the ben efits of developing their tour ist awareness and potential. By entering early, communities can launch projects with a “head start” thus having great er accomplishments to report in October, 1969, when Achievement Records are sub mitted. Entry forms can be obtained from the Travel Council, Georgia Chamber of Commer ce, 1200 Commerce Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. and must be returned by April 1 deadline. Mrs. Purdom's Funeral Service Held Tuesday Residents of this area were saddened to learn of the pass ing of Mrs. Agnes Harrell Purdam, 77, whose death oc curred early Monday morning, February 3, at her residence in Nahunta following an extend ed illness. A native of Camden County, Mrs. Purdom was the daughter of the late Joseph and Jane Fleming Harrell. She received her education in the schools of Camden County and was a devoted member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. She was a member of Satilla Chapter No. 365, Order of the Eastern Star and had resided in the Nahunta community for the past 15 years. She was twice married. In 1910, she was married to the late Joseph F. Drury and fol lowing his death in 1954, she was married in 1958 to the late Thomas H. Purdam. Until declining health pre vented, Mrs. Purdom had taken an active interest in the civic, cultural and religious life of her community and was one of the most beloved persons in this section. Her home was a mecca for all the children in her neighborhood and her in fluence for good will be sadly missed by all those who had the privilege of knowing her. Survivors include one step daughter, Mrs Alvin B. Morgan of Jesup; one step-son, Albert Purdom of Nahunta. Also surviving are several nieces, nephews and other rel atives. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Tuesday af ternoon, February 3, from the Nahunta Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas of ficiating. The body lay in state in the Church for one hour prior to the services. Graveside rites were conduc tpd bv the local Eastern Star Chanter and interment follow ^d in the family plot in the Rob Lewis Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. Culbert Johns, Russell Morgan. Hilton Mor gan, Horace Morgan. Jesse Lee, and Sherman D. Tomlinson. The beaut’ful 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. Sheriff Johns Reports Activity For January Brantley County sheriff Robert Johns reports activity of his department for the month of January as follows: 99 Arrests, 76 Speeding, 9 Improper Passing. 3 W/O Dr. License, 4 Dr. Under Influence, 7 Public Drunkeness. Served 13 Civil papers. 11 state warrants, 1 peace war rant, answered a number of complaints, 1 trip to Central State Hospital. Traveled 11,558 miles patrol ing the county. CHECK PRESENTED FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND — Dr. Denton R. Coker, South Georgia College president, receives a check for the R. C. Johnson Scholarship from Steven Goss, center, Director of Job Development and Readiness for the Slash Pine Community Action Agency, and K. Eric Jones, right, Job Development Counselor. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Harrison Believes Tax Increase Not Necessary By Robert W. Harrison, Jr. State Representative The Georgia House and Sen ate Appropriations Commit tees, meeting jointly for the first time since 1966, looking for ways and means to avoid a tax increase, began delibera tions Monday, 27 January, by quizzing department heads on money requests and budget ex perts on whether current rev enue estimates are too low. After a full week of inves tigation it was generally con cluded that demands for money allocations by departments and agencies are not entirely jus tified and that revenue es timates are at least S2O mil lion low. Budget Director Wilson Wilkes submitted a revenue estimate of $877.8 million dol lars for the 1970 fiscal year based on a predicated increase in collections of 9.1 per cent while economics expert, Dr. Henry Thomassen, placed the revenue growth estimate at 11.7 per cent. The economic growth in Georgia has been strong and stable for the past six con secutive years with percent age increases annually as fol lows: 1963 - 9.8 per cent; 19- 64-10.7 per cent-1965-11.7 per cent; 1966-11.9 percent; 1967- 8.9 per cent; 1968 - 10 per cent. Averages reveal a strong steady growth over the past 10 years. For example, the 10 year average from 1959 through 1968 is 8.8 per cent: the 7 year average from 1962 through 1968 is 9.4 per cent: the 5 year average from 1964 through 1968 is 10.6 per cent. These averages in growth are backed up and verified by an increase of bank de- Loan Fund Established at SGC In Memory of R. C Johnson Douglas, Ga. —- A firm belief that education is the so lution to the problems associ ated with poverty in the United States, has led to the establishing of a special loan fund at South Georgia College in Douglas. The man who held that belief, and put it to work as a job development counsel or for the Slash Pine Ccm.mun ity Action program, left to South Georgia College a size able check to be used as a re volving loan fund for needy students. R. C. Johnson, who died in August, 1968, worked closely with the economically deprived of the Southeast Georgia area. As his associates point out. he was deeply concerned about the young people of the area and believed that education and training was the only way to bring them out of poverty. Johnson, a Baptist minister, spent the later portion of his life in the Blackshear and Way cross areas. For fifteen years he was Pastor of the Blackshear First Baptist church. He organized Chapel by the Sea at Tybee Beach, Georgia, and had a daily morn ing worship program heard over WBSG Radio in Black shear for four years prior to his death. Johnson, who was SUBSCRIPTION PRICt AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 posits throughout Georgia of 12.3 per cent during 1968. Few segments of business and in dustry, if any, enjoy an annual economic growth rate in excess of 8 per cent which strongly indicates that revenues collec ted by the State exceeds gross income of business and indus try by at least 2.6 per cent. This being true it further appears that State government, prudently and wisely managed, could meet all current obliga tions, adopt a go-ahead-budget and still well live within its annual revenue increase of better than 10 percent per year and -by so doing - eliminate the demand or neces sity of a tax increase. The question may well be put that if State government cannot pay its way and pro gress during periods of unpar alleled income growth without a tax increase what would be necessary or required during a period of recession? It does not appear to me that a tax increase can be justi fied at this time and that all new sources of revenue should be retained for activation when and if a decline in the econo mic growth of our state is ex perienced such as in 1962 when the growth rate was only 2.7 per cent. BUYING BANANAS Buy bananas according to how you plan to use them. Yellow bananas with greenish tips are right for cooking uses, according to Mrs. Rita Waters, home economist with the University of Georgia Co operative Extension Service. Yellcw, fleeted with brown, is the mellow-ripe stage at which bananas have their greatest appeal. 51 when he died was also an Air Force Chaplain during World War II with the rank of Captain. He Was a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, of Northern Baptist Seminary, Chicago, and of Mercer University in Macon. He was born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania. Johnson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Cordray Johnson, who now resides in Rockwell, North Carolina; two children, Marilyn Johnson Tut wiler, Atlanta, and Richard W. Johnson, Elberton, Georgia. Presentation of the check was made to the South Geor gia College President Denton R. Coker bv two of Johnson’s associates: Steven Goss, Direc tor of Job Development and Readiness for the Slash Pine Community Action Agency, and K. Eric Jones, Job Devel opment Counselor. Loans will be distributed on a basis of need. Application should be made to the Dean of Students, South Georgia College, Douglas. This is an open fund to which friends of the late Mr. Johnson may wish to contri bute. Such contributions should be designated “The R. C. Johnson Scholarship Fund” and sent to South Georgia Col lege.