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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 9 Federal Crop Insurance Will Be Available to Brantley County Farmers Voluntary All-Risk Crop In surance will be available to tobacco farmers in Brantley County for the first time this year, according to the USDA. Brantley County is the only Georgia County added to the USDA’s Federal Crop Insur ance Program this year, ac cording to Mr. James E. Bul lock, District Director for Georgia. On March 3rd. FDIC Field men will begin down the road contacts of tobacco farmers in Brantley County, to give them an opportunity to apply for this insurance, Mr. Bullock said. Temporary space has been acquired for FCIC operations for the week of March 3rd through March 7th in rooms 26 and 27 at the Gold House Motor Lodge in Nahun ta. Any tobacco farmer desir ing information about the to bacco insurance program may contact a representative at this location Mr. Bullock ad ded. Personnel working in Brantley County during this week will be Mr. Clarence Alexander and Mr. Kermit Shaw, field Supervisors, along with Mr. M. H. Berryhill and Mr. Demory Mallard, FCIC Fieldman. It is the hope of FC- PVT. WAYNE OGLESBY Completes Training Pvt. Oglesby Has Completed MP Advanced Training Pvt. E-2 Wayne Oglesby has satisfactorily completed eight weeks of Advanced (MP) Individual Training at Fort Gordon, Ga. In order to be a Military Police, 700 out of a possible 1,000 points must be achieved to graduate. The points are based on tests given at the end of each week. Following a 21-day leave, Oglesby will be stationed in Korea. Pvt. Oglesby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Oglesby of Route 2, Blackshear. He is a 1968 graduate of Blackshear High School. Atkinson, Wilcox Take Region 2-B Cage Titles The finals of the Region 2-B basketball tournament ended Saturday night with Atkinson winning the girls game and Wilcox County winning the boys contest at the South Georgia gymnasium in Doug las. Both Blackshear and Pat terson cage teams were elimi nated in the tourney. In the girl’s s°mi-finals on Thursday night. Coach Donald Westberry’s Blackshear lassies were defeated by Telfair Coun- ty. 49-44. Donna Lamokins flipped in 24 points to take game scoring honors for Telfair. Norday Flanders added 19 for the win ners. Clovis Mattox was high scorer for Blackshear with 19 points followed by Deborah Highsmith with 17. Guards for the Blackshear sextet were Marcia Mever. Mavis Minchew. Barbara Smiley and Linda BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. IC that a local Fieldman can be idded to the FCIC force to serve the tobacco farmers in Brantley County at an early date according to Mr. Bullock. Deadline date for making application for All-Risk insur ance protection for the 1969 growing season is April 10th. The All-Risk policy protects the farmer against all unavoid able weather hazards, such as freeze, drought. excessive moisture, flood, hail, wind, and from crop diseases and insects that cannot be controlled. According to Mr. Bullock, the collateral assignment fea ture of Federal Crop Insur ance makes it possible for the policy to be assigned as col lateral for loans needed to pro duce a crop. Most lending in stitutions are now accepting Federal Crop Insurance poli cies to strengthen collateral for justifiable loans, he ex plained. This allows farmers to protect their investment during poor crop years and to build their credit during years when they have good crops. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Office serving Brantley County is in States boro, Georgia, at 5 East Vine Street Lane. Personals The Nahunta Garden Club will meet Tuesday, March 4, at the home of Mrs. Joseph B. Strickland with Mrs. Virgil Strickland as co-hostess. Johnny Walker of Waynes ville, continues to be a pa tient in Brunswick Hospital where he has been three weeks following an accident where he sustained severe burns. He is now improving. Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker had as dinner guests Sunday her children, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Atkinson and children, Denise and David of Kingsland; Mr. and Mrs. Linton Brooker and sons Tim, Ronnie and Michael of Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Rhone of Woodbine; Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Brooker and children Sandy, Derwin and Terry of Nahunta and Mrs. Otis Boone. Palmetto Church Os God Revival Starts Sunday Palmetto Church of God will begin a revival meeting Sunday, March 2, with Rev. David Inman as evangelist. Services will be held each night at 7:30. Rev. Loyd Davis, the pastor, extends a welcome to the people of the entire community. The revival will continue for two weeks or more. Harper. On Friday night, the Black shear Tigers of Coach Wes Bennett were eliminated by Clinch County 57-49 in the opener of the boy’s semi-finals. Wilcox County defeated the Patterson quintet 94-53 in the nightcap. Randy Plair led a trio of double-digit scorers for Clinch Countv with 19 points. Larry Chambless had 16 and John King 14. Melvin Griffin had 11 points and Sonny Bowen 10 to spark Blackshear. In the Patterson-Wilcox game, all five Wilcox starters hit in double figures as they clipped Patterson. Billy Phagen had 22. Tcm my Conner 20. Randall Luther and Randy Hudson 12 each and John Ealton 12 for Wilcox. Herbie Byrd led Patterson with 19 points, and Jack Tho mas contributed 11 for the Eagles. Mrs. Steedley *uneral Service Held Wednesday Residents of this area were saddened to learn of the pass ing of Mrs. Irene Smith Steed ley, 62, of Route 1, Nahunta whose death occurred shortly before midnight Monday, Feb ruary 24, at Memorial Hospital in Waycross, where she had been a patient for the past 13 days. Her death brings much personal sorrow to a host of relatives and friends. A native of Homerville. Mrs. Steedley was the daughter of the late Will and Effie Barlow Smith. She received her edu cation in the public schools of Clinch Countv and was a member of the Church of God. She had resided in Brantley County for the past 45 years. Survivors included her hus band, W. J. Steedley of Na hunta; seven daughters. Mrs. J. C. Williams of Nahunta. Mrs. Allen McCloud and Mrs. Jerry Apgar, both of Jackson ville. Fla., Mrs. A. W. Brendle of Charleston. S. C.. Mrs. T. J. Jordan of Lake City. Fla., Mrs. Delmus Griffin of Hobo ken and Mrs. Harry Ripgins of St. Marys; four sons, W. R. Steedley of Folkston. Elroy Steedley and Jackie Steedley. both of Nahunta and Rogers Steedley, U. S. Armv, Philip pines; one sister. Mrs. Berrv Griffis of Gainesville, Fla; two brothers, Lawton Smith and Milton Smith, both of Homerville. Also surviving are 22 grand children, 4 great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services were held at two o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Februarv 26. from the Hickox Baptist Church with the Rev. E. J. Dixon, as sisted by the Rev. Onje Kimp, officiating. The body lay in state in the Church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in the family plot in the Hickox cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. George Ernest Steedlev L. D. Smith. Henry Smith. E. C. White. Joe Aus tin Smith and Milton Smith, Jr. The beautiful floral tributes attested to the esteem felt for th° deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in char ge of arrangements. Hickox Home Economics Club Met Wednesday The Hickox Home Econom ics Club met at the home of Mrs. J. E. Harris, Feb. 19. Mrs. W. W. Hendrix presid ed over the meeting. Mrs. Har ris led the devotional. Mrs. G. A. Loyd gave a dem onstration on the care of furn iture. Others present were Mrs. Alfred Thomas, Mrs. Ned Hendrix, Mrs. Steve Hendrix, Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs. Ron ald Hendrix, Mrs. Jimmy Thomas and Mrs. Bill White. Rev. Williams, 92, Passes Away The Rev. Mack O. Williams. 02, of Route 2. Blackshear, died Sunday night in the Pierce County Hospital following a long illness. A native of Decatur County, he had lived in Pierce County since 1940. He was the son of the late Joel Williams and Mary Higdon Williams. He was a Methodist minister, retiring in 1937 after serving 31 years. Since retirement, he engaged in farming until ill health forced complete retire ment. Survivors are his widow. Mrs. Lottie Allen Williams of Blackshear; one daughter. Mrs. Eunice Baker of Alamagordo. New Mexico; seven grandchil dren and a number of great grandchildren, nieces and neohews. Funeral services were held at 11:00 Wednesday morning at the graveside in the Enon C°meterv with Elder Frank T. L°e officiating. Clough-Pearson Funeral Home was in charge of ar rangements. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 27, 1949 Hoboken Man Playing Big Role in Satellite-Missile Tracking System Valparaiso, Fla. — A Ho boken, Ga., man is playing ail important role in the operation of the Air Force’s newest and most advanced space surveil lance “super radar” that can detect and track more than 100 satellites, missiles and other objects in space almost simultaneously. U. S. Air Force Second Lieu tenant John R. Dryden, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dryden of Main Street, Hoboken, is a base civil engineer at the Aerospace Defense Command’s (ADC) gigantic new “phased array” radar facility at Eglin AFB, Fla., that became opera tional last week. The first electronic sensor specifically designed to detect and track objects in space, the new radar provides capability for rapid warning of missile attack aimed at the southern United States. It also assists in American space missions by precise location of earth-orbiting objects so that astronauts and other space ve hicles can be positioned to a void them. The complex computerized installation is operated by Lieutenant Dryden’s unit, the 20th Surveillance Squadron. It is the most advanced facility in the world-wide network of electronic and optical space surveillance sensors known as USAF SPACETRACK and the only one operated and main tained entirely by military personnel. Other sensors are staffed primarily with civilian contractor technicians. Lieutenant Dryden works daily inside the huge, right triangle-shaped structure whose verticle side measures 13 stories high and whose sloped side, is larger than a football field, houses approxi mately 10,000 small transmit ting and receiving antennas under its styrofoam face. The new sensor is called “super radar” because it per forms the functions of many types of radar simultaneously with no moveable antennas. It employs the new “phased array” principle w^rnn a beam of energy from the many transmitters in its sloped face is directed electronically by computer without need for the familiar rotating and rocking antennas of conventional ra dar. Power from the 5,184 “array ed” transmitter modules is added together by controlling their “phases” to form the beam. In detecting a snace ob ject, the beam energy bounced off the target is recaptured simultaneously by the radar’s 4,660 “arrayed” receiver modu les and added together in “phase” to produce meaningful signals. The beam can be directed back and forth from one quad rant of space to another in mi cro-seconds. This rapid search, coupled with ultra high speed computerization, permits the sensor to preform the multiple Food Stamp Program Aids Atlanta, Ga. — U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture food pro grams aided 246,675 needy Georgians during December, 1.283 persons more than the number that took part in the programs during November. USDA’s Consumer and Mar keting Service said that 178,- 969 persons in 81 counties took part in the commodity program and 67,706 persons in 77 coun ties took part in the food stamp program. , C&MS’s consumer food pro gram officials at Atlanta at tributed December’s increased participation to a slack in sea sonal employment. In Georgia, the commodity distribution program is ad ministered by the Georgia De oartment of Education, and the food stamp program is admin istered by the Georgia De partment of family and Chil dren Services, both in cooper ation with the Consumer and Marketing Service. Low-income families taking part in the food stamp pro gram exchanged $628,131 of their own money in December for $1,039,993 wo^h of USDA food coupons. Then, these families received $411,862 worth of free, bonus coupons thev could use to buy more f p od with at their local grocery stores. LT. JOHN R. DRYDEN Tracks Objects in Space functions of detection, relative location, identification, and tracking of many objects si multaneously. Information gathered by the phased array radar is relayed automatically to the North American Air Defense Com mand Space defense Center in side Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, Colo. There it is correlated by computer with information from other world wide USAF SPACE TRACK sensors to provide an up-to-the-minute catalog of the exact position of all earth or biting space objects. The “super radar” serves as a valuable adjunct to ADC’s Ballistic Missle Early Warn ing System (BMEWS), which provides missle warning from northern polar regions, and to the Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) system that provides missile warning from the coastal regions of the U nited States. Personnel of Lieutenant Dry den’s squadron were in train ing for a year before taking over operational and main tenance responsibility for the nation’s newest space age de fense facility. The lieutenant, a graduate of Hoboken High School, re ceived his B. S. degree in 1968 from the University of Geor gia. He was commissioned there upon completion of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. Legal Notice Georgia Brantley County Notice is hereby given that BOBBY LEWIS, bv and through THOMAS J. STOKES as next friend, filed his peti tion to the Superior Court of said County on the 24 day of February, 1969, praying for a change in the name of Peti tioner from BOBBY LEWIS to BOBBY JEFFERSON STO KES, and notice is hereby given to any interested or af fected party to be and appear in said matter in said Court on or before 10 o’clock A. M.. on the 31 day of March, 1969 at which time all objections to the granting of the relief prayed for must be filed in said Court. This the 24 day of February, 1969. BY: THOMAS J. STOKE C BOBBY LEWIS, bv an^ through THOMAS J. STOKES as Next Friend. GIBSON. McGEE AND BLOUNT Attorneys for Peti tioner 3-20 Alex Hodge, 73, of Yulee, Fla., Dies Alex Hodge, 73, of Yulee Fla., died early Wednesday morning, February 12. at a Fernandina Beach Hospital after an extended illness. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Hazel McKenzir of Yulee, Fla.; two sons, Frank Hodge and Earl Hodge both of Savannah; three brothers, Lawton Hodge and Elver Hodge both of Black shear, and Brantley Hodge of Jacksonville, Fla; three sis ters, Mrs. Randall Thomas of Jacksonville. Mrs. Gertrude Rowell of Hazelhurst, and Mrs Connie Anderson of Screven: also a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services w°re held at 11:00 Thursday, February 13, at the Yulee Baptist Church. Interment was in the Yulee Cemetery. Nahunta Church Os God Revival Begins Sunday Nahunta Church of God will begin a revival meeting Sun day, March 2, with Rev. Rob ert Horton as evangelist. Services will begin each night at seven o’clock. Rev. Mr. Horton is from Atlanta and is said to be a dynamic gospel preacher. Special singing will be a feature of each service. The pastor, Rev. Jack Barber, ex tends a warm welcome to all who attend the services. Brantley County Astronomy Club Visits Valdosta Members of the newly-form ed Brantley County Astronomy Club visited the Valdosta State College in Valdosta Fri day night, Feb. 21, for the purpose of attending a plane tarium demonstration and us ing the telescope and observ atory facilities there. Vaughn Pascal Nelson, who is a student majoring in as tronomy at the college, demon strated how the Spitz model A -3P planetarium projector works. The modern plane tarium is open to the public on Sundays at 3 P. M. The observatory is equipped with a 12 and one half inch Newtonian-Cassegrainian tele scope. In spite of the clouds, the telescope was used to ob serve the moon, Saturn, Venus, and the Great Nebula in Or ion. Members present were Har old Lee, Stanley Rowell and Bennie Mills, Steve Rowell and Scott Lewis, who were accom panied by Norman Lewis. Students Attend Science Seminar STATESBORO — Twenty nine students from the Nahun ta area attended “A Science Seminar and Science Career Opportunities Day,” sponsored by Georgia Southern College, Georgia Junior Academy of Science, and the Georgia Sci ence Teacher’s Association. Students attending were Darcell Roberson, Ralph Ball, George Dryden, Steve Rowell, Stanley Rowell, Ronnie Bran da, Ricky Cook, Eddie High smith, Cherry Thomas, De waine Aldridge, Anthony Lee, Judy Thomas, Rebecca Wain wright, Beverly Montague, Kathy Harris, Sonji Bass, Bet ty Jo Purdom, Robert Dow ling, Janice Harris, Judy Johns, Marilyn Lee, Benny Mills, Patricia Wainwright, Jackie Waits, Latrell Hickox, Annebell Strickland, Sandra Nickols, Melanie Stallins and Ester Brauda. HARVEY HOWELL, JR., DISPLAYS BOAT He serves as Blackshear FFA Chapter President Harvey Howell, Jr., out standing shop worker and member of the Blackshear FFA Chapter, painted a boat he built. Harvey has built sev eral boats and does excellent work in all phases of his Vo cational Agriculture shop pro- OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Georgia Power Company Announces Construction Budget of 180 Million The Georgia Power Com pany this week announced a record construction budget of $180,200,000 for 1969. Edwin I. Hatch, company president, said this will average more thar $690,000 for each working day of the year. Work will continue on the company’s first nuclear-fueled generating plant, Plant Edwin I. Hatch, located on the Alta maha River 10 miles north of Baxley. When the plant PO°S into operation in 1973, it wil 1 have a generating capacity of 800,000 kilowatts. Also under construction is a new steam-electric genera ting station on the Etowah River near Cartersville and Rockmart. When completed the plant’s two units will have a combined capacity of 1.400.- 000 kilowatts. The first is scheduled to become operation al in 1971 and the second in 1972. Work is continuing on a fourth unit at Plant Hari lee Branch, located between Ea tonton and Milledgeville on the power company’s Lake Sin clair. Power production from the plant’s initial 250.000-kilo watt generating unit began in 1965. Unit No. 2, of 319,000- kilowatt canacity, was com pleted in 1967. A 480,000-kilo watt third unit became opera tional in 1968. and the fourth unit of 490,000-kilowatt capaci ty will be joined to the com pany’s system in 1969. Construction will continue on Unit No. 4 at Plant Ham mond near Rome. This new u nit will have a generatin’* ca nacity of 500 000 kilowatts and is scheduled for power produc tion in 1970. An additional 34 000 kilo watts of generating capacity will be installed during 1969 at Plant Arkwright near Ma con. Work will begin on the installation of an additional I 80,000 kilowatts at Plant At-1 kinson near Marietta. The lat ter project will be completed Brantley Future Farmers to Hold Father-Son Banquet Friday Niqht Brantley County FFA Chap ter will hold its second annual Father-Son Banquet Friday night, Feb. 28., at the High School Cafeteria. The Honorable W. S. “Bill” Stuckey, United States Con gressman from the Eighth Dis trict of Georgia, will be the guest speaker. Terry Griffin, president of the local chapter, will b° master of ceremonies and will introduce the guest speaker. The invocation will be by Claude Dryden, chaplain of the chapter. Clipper Smith gram, acording to his instruc- I tor and advisor, S. V. Lee. He is serving as president of the 95-member Blackshear FFA Chapter this term, Harvey is a senior and after : graduation in June will enroll SUBSCRIPTION PRICfe AND TAX Inside county $3.( Outside county, in state $4.1 Outside state $4.( in 1970. The company will build some 430 miles of transmission lines and 650 miles of distri bution lines during 1969. Construction will continue on 230,000-volt transmission lines connecting the fourth unit of Plant Hammond to the com pany’s transmission system. Two lines from Plant Hrm mond to the Atlanta area will be linked to the new Etowah generating site. To be built for eventual 500,000-volt operation, they will be the first of that voltage on the company’s sys tem. Major substations will be built at Atlanta, East Point, Hazelhurst, Brentwood, Mar ietta, Nashville, Geneva, Ash burn, Folkston, Hartwell-Bio, North Americus, Palmyra-Al bany, Center-Athens, Neco-Au gusta, Waleska, Mcßae, Can ton, Winterville, Wrens, For rest Road-Macon and at Chat tahoochee and Rottenwood Creek in Atlanta. Births Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ches ser Sr. announce the arrival of a baby daughter in Clinch County Hospital, Homerville, Sunday, Feb. 23. She weighed seven pounds nine ounces and was named Regina Michelle. Bookmobile Schedule Announced for March Wednesday, March 5, Waynes ville, Hickox, Nahunta. Wednesday, March 12, Brant ley Schools. Wednesday, March 19, Schlatterville, Hoboken, Hor tense. ' will welcome the mm^ts to th? banquet which will b° served by the Brantle” County FHA girls and prepared by school z cafeteria personnel. I Entertainment will be pre sented by Kathy Jones, chap ter sweetheart. I An important part of the program will be the awarding of honors for achievement dur ing the past year. The menu for the dinner will be cubed steak, cut green beans, tossed salad, mashed potatoes, hot rolls, strawberry shortcake, and iced tea. at Waycross-Ware Tech for a course in cabinet making and inside finishing work. Harvey already does this type work and expects to follow it as his life’s profession. Ray Mattox, Reporter