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EDITOR'S MOTTO
“Be not diverted from your
duty by any idle reflections
the silly world may make
upon you, for their censures
J are not in your power and
should not be at ah your con
cern”—Epictetus,Roman philo
sopher.
VOLUME 47 — NUMBER 17
Minutes of Brantley
County Commissioners
The Commission was called to
order at 9 A. M., the first day
of April, 1969 with all com
missioners present.
Minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approv
ed.
1. The 1968 Audit of the
Brantley County Government
was presented by Mr. Eric Til
ler. Fuller and DeLoach — Cer
tified Public Accountants. Mr.
J- E. Strickland made a mo
tion that the audit and rec
ommendations on bookkeeping
procedures be adopted, Mr.
W. E. Eldridge seconded the
motion.
2. The Chairman, Mr. George
Stewart, made a report on the
1964 International dump-truck
for repair or disposal. Mr.
Stewart will investigate and
report at next meeting for
what amount the old truck can
be sold.
3. The Chairman gave a re
port on the 1968 Ford automo
bile for the Sheriff’s Dept. Mr.
Stewart will investigate and
determine the best means for
disposing of Ford automobile.
4. Bids were opened from
seven automobile dealers for
the purchase of a car for the
Sheriff’s Dept, to replace the
Pontiac that was -wrecked re
cently. There was a difference
of .58c in bids on the two low
priced type cars. There was a
d’fferenfe of $325.00 on a
large size S4IOO automobile.
Mr. Strickland made a motion
that the County Commission
purchase a Pontiac at an ad
ditional cost of $325.00 by con
sidering the savings in upkeep
and maintenance. Mr. Stewart
seconded the motion.
5. Mr. Lamar Gibson, Coun
ty Attorney, proposed that the
county appoint his law firm for
legal advise and assistance on
matters other than County
Commissioners meeting. Mr.
Eldsidge made the motion that
this proposal be accepted, and
Mr. Strickland seconded the
motion.
6. The Chairman read a re
port from the Slash Pine Com
munity Action Agency on food
distribution for the month of
March, 1969 in Brantley Coun
ty. The report is as follows:
number of people served 926,
number of public assistance
families 136, number of needy
families 151, tonnage deliver
ed in county 18, number of
food items dispersed 11, 396.
7. The Chairman gave the
following report on funds tur
ned into the County Treasury
through February 28, 1969: Or
dinary’s office; licenses $84.00,
certificates $31.00. wills, letters,
support, etc. $59.00, Sheriff’s
Dept. (52 cases —1 nolle pres
sed) $520.00, State Highway
Patrol (47 cases — 2 nolle pres
sed & 4 dismissed) $470.00,
Insolvent Fund Traffic Court
$926.62, Sheriff’s cost $999.00,
less Ordinary’s return $ll.OO.
making a total of $389.05.
Clerk’s Office; recording
$263.80, Court $85.50, conies,
$33.50, cancellations $6.25,
making a total of $389.05.
Tax Collector’s office; tags and
titles $363.50, taxes collected
$7,886.11, making a total of
$8,249.61. A grand total from
all sources of $11,708.28.
County bills and payroll for
March, 1969 in the amount of
$20,251.33 were presented to
the Board for approval. Mr.
Strickland made the motion
that said bills be paid, the mo
tion was seconded by Mr. El
dridge. The bills and payroll
are as follows:
Ga. Power Co. $64.60, Ware
Co. Sheriffs Dept. $15.00,
Sheriff H. R. McKendree $3-
0.00. Pennsylvania Tire Co.
$270.37, Brantley Co. Board
of Education $267.00, Sam Mc-
Afee $28.80. Bacon Co. Com
missioners $60.00. The Brant
ley Enterprise $50.00. Okefe
noke R. E. Membership Corp.
$14.83, Brantley Tele. Co. sls
- Memory & Thomas
$30.00, Kopp & Peavy SIO.OO,
Welding Supply Co. $34.70,
Nimmer Chevrolet Co. $24.24,
Mack’s Auto Parts $33.20, The
Southern States Printing Co.
$4.95, George F. Stewart $3.55.
Yarbrough Brothers $17.40,
Western Auto $2.46, Morgan
Grocery $2.68. Humphrey’s
Mining Co. $232.00, Orkin Ex
termining Co. $16.00, Bennett
Brothers $29.10. Padgett Pon
tiac $22.35. C. L. King SIB.OO,
Ga. Forestry Comm. $825.00,
Professional Insurance Corp.
$129.90. Ga. Hosp. Service As
so. $71.45. Florida Equipment
Co. $148.18. Waterhouse &
White $351.36, Marshall &
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Bruce Co. $104.33. Wilbur
James Wholesale $50.16, Hil
ton Morgan $226.00, R. D.
Smith $22.50, Robert W. Johns
$262.50, Wilson Sons Oil Co.
$666.97, Dr. J. E. Penland $30.-
00, Smith’s Auto Parts $92.83,
Standard Oil Co. $49.43, John
King Ford $83.69, City of Na
hunta $24.50, State of Ga. In
come Tax Unit $61.08, Clint
Robinson Ins. Agency $352.00,
E. L. Sears $7.50, Dept, of
Family & Children Services
$1,480.24, Tomlinson Drugs
$51.80, Brantley Co. Health
Dept. $741.44, Memorial Hos
pital $251.75, Mrs. Delma Her
rin $6.80, W. A. DePratter
$38.00, Robert W. Johns $238.-
00, Carlton Co. $941.55, Brant
ley Gas & Appliance Co. $lO
- Agricultural Extension
Service $119.85, Employees’
Retirement System $2,178.40,
Slash Pine Area
Planning & Development
Comm. $368.19. Payroll: K.
Crews $81.64, L. Blocker $2-
85.94, A. Daniels $277.78, T.
Gunter $278.59, C. Harris $3-
88.09, E. Herrin $306.78, T. L.
Herrin $276.44, W. Herrin $2-
93.74, M. Hulett $255.32, E. R.
Johns $275.21, H. Knox $276.-
00, C. Moore $263.96, J. Moore
$297.32, W. T. Norton $384.-
24, J. O. Smith $274.00, C.
Morgan $273.40, R. Johns $55-
2.80, W. A. DePratter $333.-
70, P. U. Rozier $571.42, E.
Crews $104.29, D. F. Herrin
$406.48, R. Herrin $108.24,
J. M. Wilson $582.92,
H. Wilson $161.26, Dewey
Hayes $113.34, W. J. Summer
all $46.00, L. Gibson SIOO.OO,
G. Loyd supplement plus
travel $215.00, V. Raulerson
supplement plus travel $144.-
22, G. Culbreth $199.78, G.
Stewart salary plus travel
$501.50, W. E. Eldridge salary
plus travel $49.40, J. E. Strick
land salary plus travel $50.60.
A motion was made and
carried for adjournment sub
ject to call by the Chairman.
George F. Stewart,
Chairman.
Schools Have Come a Long Way
In 1916 the Georgia Department of Education
made an “Educational Survey of Wayne County,
Georgia” showing the many small schools of the
county, with pictures of the schoolhouses.
The Enterprise has secured a reprint of the
“Survey” and will each week carry a picture of a
(now) Brantley County schoolhouse of 1916, with
description provided in the original “survey”.
It should be noted that Wayne and Brantley
counties have “come a long way” since 1916.
Brantley County has now in 1969 only three
schoolhouses, the splendid new Brantley County High
School building, with all modern equipment and
facilities, Nahunta Elementary School and Hoboken
Elementary School. Yes, the educational system of
Brantley County has “come a long way” since 1916.
HORTENSE SCHOOL IN 1916
Teachers: Miss May Wilson, Principal, Hortense,
Ga.; Mrs. Lula Faulk, Assistant, Hortense, Ga.
Location: Two and one-half miles west to Satillo; 3
.niles northeast to Sawgrass.
Grounds: Area, 1 acre ; titles in county board of ed
ucation ; open, bare, except few pines; neglected;
small playground; no school gardens; 2 toilets, in
bad condition.
Building: Value, $1,000; 3 class rooms, and lodge
overhead ; no cloak rooms; fairly well lighted ; ceiled,
but unpainted inside; painted outside; in good con
dition, but not well kept. ’
Equipment: Double patent desks; good black
boards; good set maps, mounted in case; charts; no
globe; no pictures; reference dictionary; no library;
water at pump; individual drinking cups.
Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 77 pupils;
no programs posted; boys’ debating clubs, and girls’
literary society organized; no community clubs; 22
weeks’ school year. Corn club, 1; canning club, 1;
pig club, 1.
Maintenance: $522.50.
Vocational Agriculture Class Studies Horticulture
The Horticulture Class at the Brantley Co. High School has
been hard at work in the study of propagation of annual
bedding plants. They have learned by doing the various jobs
concerning soil media, seed planting, disease control, insect
control, and fertilization of plants. Some of the plants grown
are tomato, pepper, celosia, petunia, marigold, salvia, and
zinnia. The boys have shown a great deal of enthusiasm in
watching the results of their combined effort.
The class has planned a sales day this Saturday, April to
sell the plants that they have grown to help defray the
expense of chemicals, seed, plant containers, and fertilizer.
This will give them experience in marketing their product
and meeting the public. The sale will be held on the vacant
lot between the Nahunta Florist Shop and the recently
dismantled Gulf Oil Station. The price of the plants is 10c
each or SI.OO a dozen. The public is cordially invited to stop
by and look over our stock. (Eddie Walker, Reporter.)
Billy Rowell Family
To Hold Reunion
A reunion of relatives and
friends of the Uncle Billy
Rowell family will be held on
Sunday, May 4, on the Hor
tense School grounds.
It is in an all day affair with
a basket dinner at the noon
hour. Relatives and friends of
the Rowells are invited to at
tend.
One acre is equal to 4,840
square yards.
Two cups m kitchen measure
is equal to one pint.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 24, 1969
White Elected
County Surveyor
A small turnout of 190 voters
elected J. A. White county
surveyor in a special election
held Tuesday, April 22, in
Brantley County.
Mr. White, who was the, only
candidate for surveyor, receiv
ed 178 votes.
In the Atkinson district E.
J. Wilson won for constable,
with a write-in vote over’
Jack D. Sheppard by a vote of
14 to 5.
In the Hortense district H.
E. Sloan won for constable
over Clyde J. Waits by a vote
of 35 to 20.
David J. Knox was elected
constable in the Lulaton dis
trict over C. Floyd Rowell by
a vote of 38 to 26.
Justice of Peace and consta
ble offices in other districts
were uncontested.
Boys Estate Is
Given Surplus
Barbecue Food
The Boys Estate, near Bruns
wick, was given the surplus
food left over from the barbe
cue dinner at the airport dedi
cation and Pete Gibson re
ceived a thank-you letter from
the manager, Mr. Watkins.
The letter said, “In behalf
of the staff and the boys 1 here
at Boys Estate we wish to
thank you most sincerely for
the chicken, slaw and rolls.
Everything was delicious 1 . We
cannot thank you enough.
Gifts of this nature are much
appreciated. With many good
wishes and thank you for re
membering us.
Sincerely,
Glenn J. Watkins.
Live Oak 4-H Club
Holds Meeting
The .meeting was called to
order by the president, Der
win Brooker. Charlene Rig
gins read the devotional and
Micheal Walker led the pled
ges. Kathryn Schmitt read the
minutes.
Award cards were given to
those attending the poultry
judging contest held in Tifton.
Those receiving awards were
Deidra Brand, Denise White,
Jacqueline Stewart, Leonard
Harris and Terry Thompson.
The meeting was turned over
to Mrs. Raulerson and Mr.
Loyd. Mrs. Raulerson gave a
program on the foods. We
learned that many people are
lacking certain foods.
Charlene Riggins,
Reporter.
Your Home Newspaper
Reflects the History
Os Your County-
Onimus Griffin
Funeral Service
Held at Hoboken
Onimus M. Griffin, 72, died
Friday in the Evans County
Hospital.
The native of Brantley Coun
ty was a member of the Hobo
ken Baptist Church.
Survivors include six sons,
Loren, Troy, Lonzo and Mar
vin of Claxton, Melvin of War
ner Robins and Coleman Gris-
fin stationed with the U. S.
Air Force at Colorado Springs,
Colo.; five daughters. Mrs
Melvin Crosby of Blackshear,
Mrs. Louie Block of Fernan
dina Beach, Fla., Mrs. Andy
Gillis of Atlanta, Mrs. James
Lewis of Rock Hill, S. C. and
Mrs. A. J. Lee of Hoboken; 37
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren; four sisters,
Mrs. Mary Jane Altman and
Mrs. Goldie Hickox of Hobo
ken. Mrs. Josephine Hickox
and Mrs. Ella Strickland of
Waycross.
Funeral services were held
at 3. P. M. Sunday at the Ho
boken Baptist Church with
burial in High Bluff Cemetery.
Nahunta Baptist
Sunday Services
Are Announced
The First Baptist Church of
Nahunta announces services
for next Sunday, April 27.
These services will' be held
according to Daylight Saving
Time.
The services are: Sunday
School, 10 A. M.; Morning
Worship, 11 A. M.; Training
Union, 7 P. M.; Evening
Worship, 8 P. M.
Rev. Gower Latimer, interim
pastor, will preach at the 11 A.
M. and 8 A. M. services. Special
music will be rendered at each
of these services.
Prayer service will be held
Wednesday at 7:30 P. M.
An Associational Vacation
Bible School Clinic of the Pied
mont-Okefenokee Baptist As
sociation will be held at Ho
boken Baptist Church Monday,
Anril 28. from 4:30 P. M. to
9:00 P. M. All Vacation Bible
School workers are urged to
attend this Clinic.
4 Scholarships
To Be Awarded
By Farm Bureau
Four College scholarships of
SSOO each will be awarded to
two boys and two girls in
Georgia by the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation.
Applications for the scholar
ship should be made through
the County Farm Bureau
Chapter, William L. Lanier,
President of Georgia Farm Bu
reau and Mrs. Irene Rape,
Chairman of Georgia Farm Bu
reau Women announced.
Application forms may be
obtained from the County
Farm Bureau Chapter or of
fice.
The scholarships will go to
students whose family is a
member of Farm Bureau. Ap
plicants must be qualified to
enter college the fall term of
the current year, and must be
interested in pursuing the pro
fession of agriculture and
home economics.
Students submitting an ap
plication must plan to enter a
branch of the University Sys
tem of Georgia, or Berry Col
lege.
Deadline for submitting an
application is May 30, 1969.
The Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation has sponsored the
college scholarship program
for several years, and is a spe
cial project of Georgia Farm
Bureau Women.
Purpose of the scholarship
program is to encourage rural
young Georgians to appreciate
the values and opportunities
of rural life, and to recognize
and assist worthy, deserving,
and outstanding rural people
to pursue their profession of
agriculture and home econo
mics.
Expense Paid
Workshop for
Boys at Tifton
Applications are now being
received for the Bth Annual
Natural Resources Conserva
tion Workshop to be held at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College, Tifton, June 8-13.
The workshop gives high
school boys a week-long in
tensive study of Georgia’s na
tural resources and how they
can best be managed.
This workshop is co-spon
sored annually by the Georgia
Chapter, Soil Conservation So
ciety of America and the Geor
gia Association of Soil and
water Conservation District
Supervisors.
Boys interested in attending
the workshop can obtain an
application from Jim R. Her
rin, Nahunta, or from any of
the cooperating agencies
listed above.
Final selections of boys to
attend will be made by the dis
trict supervisors. Boys selected
will be given a scholarship to
cover all expenses at the work
shop.
Applications should be sub
mitted as soon as possible, and
no later than May 8. The first
approved applications received
by the state-wide Workshop
committee will be enrolled.
More than 1,100 selected
high school boys have gradu
ated from this .annual one
week workshop since it was
first held in 1962.
Fund Drive for
Boys Estate to
Begin Tuesday
An announcement was made
by James Riggins of Black
shear that during the week
starting Tuesday, April 29, a
campaign to raise funds to
maintain and increase the ac
tivities of Boys Estate, Geor
gia will be conducted in Pierce
County.
Riggins stated that “in my
opinion this is one of • the
most important community
sponsored efforts we can make
in that every dime and every
dollar contributed does its
part to insure unfortunate
young boys of Georgia the
necessary opportunities f6r
developing into upright and
courageous men of the future.”
Boys Estate is located just
off U. S. 17, about 12 miles
north of Brunswick and has
been in existance ■ more ; than
twenty years. It has grown to
its present position through
the interest and support' of in
dividuals in Georgia, relying
solely on the source of revenue
as it is not endowed by any
organization nor by any state
agencies.
Boys Estate is a recognized
community, haying its own
mayor and municipal officers,
elected from the young citizen^
of this all-boy community. It
has its own U. S. Post Office
Building, Chapel, Gymnasium,
Vocational School and other
buildings that make up a .mu
nicipality. Boys Estate of
ficials make their own rules
and regulations for the citizens
who range in age from 6 to 16
years of age. They attend
school in nearby Darien.
Proper Care
Os Teeth
By Debra Sue Lee
The care of the teeth is an
important part of your daily
health routine. Some rules to
follow for proper teeth care
are:
1. Eat foods which are ade
quate for general health.
2. Visit a dentist twice *a
year for regular checkups and
more often if needed.
3. Brush teeth soon after eat
ing.
4. Brush teeth at least twice
a day. ,
5. Brush teeth correctly with
an up and down motion.
6. Eat fewer sweets; fruits
may be used for between meal
snacks.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brunswick Pulp & Paper to Build
Multi-Million Pollution Control
Ordinary Must
Report Traffic
Violations
The Ordinary of Brantley
County, Perry Rozier, must
report all traffic violations in
the county to the Georgia De
partment of Public Safety, it
is revealed in a letter the Or
dinary received from Director
R. H. Burson.
Georgia law provides that
all traffic violations must be
reported by the Ordinaries of
each county, the letter stated.
This is so that all drivers rec
ords can be evaluated under
the points system.
Brantley Boys
Judge Livestock
At Reidsville
The Senior Livestock Judg
ing Team of the Brantley
County FFA Chapter partici-,
pated in Area II Livestock
Judging Contest held in Reids
ville at the State Prison Farm.
Keith Thomas won second
place in the individual judg
ing contest. There was 42
schools participating in this
contest, Brantley County won
fifth place out of the top ten
schools.
Members of the Senior Live
stock Judging are: Terry Grif
fin, John Jacobs, Keith Thom
as, and Eddie Walker. They
were accompanied to Reids
ville by their advisor, Mr. Jul
ian Floyd.
Eddie Walker,
Reporter.
Personals
Mrs. Everette Batten and
daughter in law, Mrs. Batten
of Blackshear, Mrs. Ruth
Strickland, Mrs. Mildred
Highsmith and daughter, Mi
chell, of Brunswick were visit
ors of Mrs. Alice Highsmith
and family last weekend.
Mr. Grady Riggins, former
ly of Brantley County, and who
now resides in Brunswick, was
presented the Golden Deeds A
ward by the Exchange Club
of Brunswick in recognition of
his service to the community.
The Parent-Teachers Associ
ation of Nahunta Elementary
School will meet Tuesday af
ternoon, April 29, at four o’-
clocfc, it is announced by Mrs.
Jerrell Johns. State Senator
Roscoe Dean will be the speak
er.
Legal Notice
!. '■: i ; V '
NOTICE pF PUBLICATION
GEORGIA
, BRANTLEY COUNTY
’ To All Whom It May Concern:
। Notice is hereby given that
I Elma L- Willis, the widow of
j James E. Willis, late of said
county deceased, has .made ap
plication to convey / trade the
property which was set aside
as a year’s support for the bene
fit; of said widow and her 8
minor children of said James E.
Willis deceased, by the court
of said Ordinary of said county
as recorded in 12 Months Sup
port Book 3, page 18, the pur
pose of said conveyance I trade
being to get moved to the
country where children can
get work helping farmers dur
ing the summer months and
help with the expense of their
education and welfare.
Said application will be
heard before the ordinary of
said county at the courthouse
in said county at 10:00 A. M
on the sth day of May, 1969
at which time objections, if
any, to the granting of said
application will be heard.
This 22nd. day of April.
1969.
Perry U. Rozier
Ordinary of Brantley
County, Georgia 4-24
Soybeans have many advan
tages for Georgia farmers. Ac
cording to Dr. James E. Jack
son, agronomist with the Co
operative Extension Service,
they are a low-labor crop with
good price support and no
acreage control.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICt
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
Brunswick Pulp & Paper
Company has announced that
it will shortly begin construc
tion of a major phase of its
pollution control system de
signed to improve and protect
the water quality of the Turtle
River adjacent to its local mill.
The installation is expected
to cost several million dollars,
j The announcement of the
multi-million dollar waste
treatment system was made
here today by John W. Mc-
Nichol, Brunswick’s president
and chief executive officer.
McNichol said when the in
stallation is completed in 1970,
it is expected to remove more
than 90 per cent of the mill’s
solids and a major portion of
its organic waste load. The pro
gram has been approved by the
Georgia Water Quality Con
' trol Board and will include
both external treatment facili
ties and in-plant control meth
ods.
Pointing out that Brunswick
recognizes its responsibilities
as an industrial citizen, Mc-
Nichol said, “Together with
other Georgia industries and
municipalities, we, share a
stake in conserving the vast
water resources of this state
and fully appreciate the bene
fits which accure to everyone
as a Jesuit of clean waterways
and continuing stream im
provement.”
. “The company^ decision to
invest several million dollars
to improve Georgia’s waterway
conditions clearly demonstrates
our willingness to accept a
fair share of the state’s water
cleanup effort,” said McNichol.
A construction permit for in
stallation of the external
waste treatment facilities was
recently issued to the company
bv the Water Quality Control
Board. Brunswick has worked
in close cooperation with the
board’s executive secretary, R.
S. Howard, and his assistant,
Charles H. Starling, director
of the industrial waste service.
The new pollution abatement
system at Brunswick will fea
ture a giant clarifier into
which the mill’s process water
will be pumped for removal
of the solids. The clarifier, or
waste settling basin, will be
320 feet in diameter — nearly
the area of two football fields
— and will have and average
depth Os 20 feet. It will be ot
concrete construction and the
entire structure will be sup
ported on pilings.
The impoundment and dis
charge line was installed bj
the company in 1964 at a cost
of $500,000. This pollution con
trol system was placed in o
peration by Brunswick as a
result of a comprehensive
river water quality study
which indicated excellent dis
persion and mixing would take
place in the Turtle River
estuary. The installation was
in operation at the mill be
fore passage of the current
Georgia water quality legisla
tion.
The in-plant water improve
ment program already in pro
gress at the local mill will not
nn’v reduce waste discharge,
but will also result in substan
tial water conservation. The
water conservation will ac
complish primarily through
recirculation which was form
erly pumped directly to mill
sewer lines.
McNichol pointed out that
the company intends to con
tinue with its river water
oualitv studies so it can mon
itor the improvements result
ing from the multi-million dol
lar stream improvement pro
gram.
Talent Show
Winners Named
The Future Business Lead
ers of America presented a
Talent Show for local talent
Tuesday April 18, at the Na
hunta Grammar School Gym
nasium.
Judges were provided by
Waycross from Ware Tech.
Chosen from the wide variety
of talent were 4th place Joe
Herrin, T. J. Herrin and Steve
Rowell; 3rd place were Ann
Lyons, Debry Crews, and
Wanda Morgan; 2nd place win
ners were Carlton Rainge,
Bruce Roundtree and Robert
Gaskins; Ist place winners
were Carlton Rainge and Dal
las Montague.
