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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
are not in your power and
should not be at all your con
cern” Epictetus. Roman philo
sopher.
VOLUME 47 - NUMBER 22
A Vcice in th Wilderness
Happy in School in the Mountains
The antics of the hair-brained hellraisers in some
of our colleges cause me to wonder what these hel
lions would think if they had to struggle for an edu
cation like some of us old timers.
When I was 21 years old 1 borrowed SIOO and went
from my home in Douglasville to Young Harris Col
lege and entered the “Academic Department,”
which meant the high school classes.
1 had never been to school more than six months in
all my life, but had read everything I could get my
hands on since childhood. They let me take eighth
grade work. I also took seventh grade grammar be
cause I hardly knew a noun from a verb.
We lived in an old ramshackled dormitory and cut
our own wood for the flat-topped iron stove. It was
a cold snowy winter but I was happy to be in school.
1 joined one of the literary societies and was
placed on a debating program. The subject for debate
was. “Resolved that mankind has suffered more from
revolutionists than from tyrants” and I had to take
up for the tyrants.
I had never spoken before an audience and was
as scared as a beginner could be. I memorized my
speech in the cedars on Sharp’s Hill behind the dorm
itory. But when I rose to speak, I forgot my speech
and had to read it from manuscript.
Later I was put on a debate program with the
subject, “Resolved that woman is more revengeful
than man.” I memorized a flowery speech, defending
woman. The students afterwards called me “The De
fender of the Fair.”
While at Young Harris 12 of us climbed Enotah Bald
Mountain, starting from Sharp’s Hill and up the trail
past Double Knob and all the four miles to the top
of the highest mountain in Georgia, where we spent
the night near a mountain spring.
Two weeks before Christmas, on a cold windy
day, the main building burned to the ground. Fire
brands blew all over town and ignited dwellings
and barns. During the spring term classes were held
in dormitory rooms and in every available space.
Yes, it was a rough way to get an education, but I
was in Paradise and soaking up the great influence
of the fine mountain school.
One thing I do remember well: Dr. Jack Lance,
one of our teachers, made a speech to the assembled
students and faculty and his subject was, “The Great
Problem of Unrest.’”
That was in the spring of 1912, just 57 years ago.
I wonder what Dr. Lance would say now about the
Problem of unrest.
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”.
RAYBON SCHOOL IN 1916
Teachers: Mrs. S. B. Lary, Principal, Raybon, Ga.;
Mrs. T. J. Peek, Assistant, Raybon, Ga.
Location: Four miles southeast to Strickland; 4
miles northwest to Dowling.
Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in county board of
education; located among beautiful small pines;
yards fenced; otherwise unimproved; very small
playgrounds; no school gardens; 1 toilet, in average
condition.
Building: Value. $700; 1 class room, divided by a
thin curtain; no cloak rooms; veranda; insufficiently
lighted; ceiled, but unpainted inside; painted out
side ; well kept.
Equipment: Single patent desks and teacher’s desk;
good blackboards; 1 small State map; no charts; no
globe; pictures; no library; reference dictionary;
water at pump; individual drinking cups.
Organization: Two teachers, 6 grades; 80 pupils;
program posted; 12 periods; sewing club; school
improvement club; 22 weeks’ school year. Canning
club, 1.
Maintenance: $550.
B/ Carl Broome
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive P^ot’e.
The Rev. Cecil F. Thomas,
retired pastor of tne Nahun
ta Baptist Church, will be the
mam speaker, ihe Keverena
George C. Ciary, pastor of the
is ahunta Methodist Churcn,
and tne Reverend J. C. Shep
ard, pastor of the Waynesville
Baptist Church, will deliver
tne invocation and benediction,
The 1969 valedictorian is
Carol Robinson, daugnter oi
Mr. and Mrs. Ciinton Robin
son, Nahunta. The saiutatori
an is Margaret Jones, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Jones, Hoboken. Mr. A. L.
Sutton, principal, will intro
duce the guest speaker and
present numerous awards to
various members of the gradu
ating class.
The Brantley County School
Board, composed of Edward
Brand, C. D. Gibson, Robert
Hunter, E. G. Fowler, and John
Lee, will be introduced by
Mrs. Mable R. Moody, super
intendent of schools, who will
then award diplomas to the
ninety graduating seniors.
There are eleven honor stu
dents this year. They are
Carol Robinson, Margaret
Jones, Mary Beth Loyd, Ron
ald Jacobs, Sandra Melton,
Jeris Murray, Terry Jacobs,
Tom Welch, Harold Lee, Lil
lie Riggins and Kathy Fowler.
The entire graduating class
of ninety students are as fol
lows:
Arlene Aldridge, Faye Allen,
Kaye Allen, Larry Altman,
Jane Ammons, Wayne Am
mons Dyann Bell, Jonnie Ruth
Burden, Elaine Chesser, and
Roy Lee Chesterfield.
Billy Crews, Davy
Drews, Debry Crews,
Ruthie Crews, Martha Curry,
Glenda Daniels, Quinton Da
vis, Jerry Davison, Michael
Dowling, and Janice Drury.
Stanley Drury, Claude Dry
den, Stanley Edwards, Rita
Fain, Irene Foster, Kathy
Fowler, Robert Gaskins, Cheri
Griffin, Larry Griffin, and
Monroe Griffin.
Terry Griffin, Kathy Gun
ter, George Harper, Donna
Henderson, Glenn Hendrix,
Lulu Hendrix, Adrian Herrin,
Cathy Herrin, Donald Herrin,
and La Retha Herrin.
Mack Herrin, Dennis Hickox,
Judy Highsmith, Phillip
House, Charlene Jacobs, Ron
ald Jacobs, Terry Jacobs,
Deborah Johns, and Sherry
Johnson.
Issac Jones, Jimbo Jones,
Margaret Jones, Harold Lee,
Johnny Lee, Marty Lee, Nell
Lee, Linda Lewis, Mary Beth
L^vd, and Shirley Lyle.
Dale Lyons, Ann Lyons, San
dra Melton, Billy Mercer, Bill
Middleton, Calvin Miller, Dan
Moody, Jeris Murray, David
O’Berry, Wayne O’Berry, and
Jack O’Neal.
Lillie Pearson, Douglas Pur
cell, Carlton Rainge, Lillie
Riggins, Carol Robinson, Ju
nior Rooks, Stanley Rowell,
Darrell Sapp, and Mike Shu
man.
Mack Strickland, Glynn
Thrift, Tony Thrift, Clavton
Turner, Eddie Walker, Tom
Welch, Shirley White, Janice
Wilson, and Peggy Wilson.
A reception in honor of the
graduates will be held follow
ing the exercises.
Lulaton Baptist Church will
have church each and every
Sunday starting June 8. There
will be no night service.
Sunday School at 9:45 A.
M. each Sunday, Church each
and every Sunday at 11 A. M.
Prayer meeting every Wed
nesday night at 7:30 P. M.
Our Pastor, W. R. Croft, is
from Brunswick. Everyone is
invited to attend our services.
90 High School Seniors
To Receive Diplomas At
Commencement Sunday
The Senior Class of Brant
ley County High School will
hold Commencement Exer
cises Sunday, June 1, at 5:30
P. M. at the high school.
Lulaton Church
To Hold Services
Every Sunday
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 29, 1969
Satilla Baptists
Homecoming Day
Satilla Baptist Church will
observe Homecoming Day Sun
day, June 1.
Rev. James Woods, a former
pastor, will be the guest speak
er. Dinner will be served on
the church grounds at noon
and a song service will be held
in the afternoon.
Internal Revenue
Service to
Conduct Survey
Many business firms in
Brantley County will soon be
visited by Internal Revenue
Service representatives as
part of a “compliance survey”
to determine if all required
Federal tax returns are being
filed.
A. C. Ross, District Direc
tor of Internal Revenue for
Georgia, stated that the sur
vey will be conducted among
a cross-section of non-farm
businesses in these counties
during June and July. The sur
vey is not designed to deter
mine if returns are accurate,
but to determine if all required
returns are filed. It will also
serve to verify the complete
ness of the IRS Master File
of business taxpayers.
According to Mr. Ross, most
businesses comply conscien
tiously with the tax laws. How
ever, due to the complexity
of these laws, some business
taxpayers .may not be fully
aware of all the returns which
apply to their particular situ
ation. These may be returns
covering income, withholding,
social security, and a variety
of miscellaneous excise taxes.
White-Johns
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. White
of Rt. 1 Nahunta, announce
the forthcoming marriage of
their daughter, Allyson to Lar
ry Johns, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Johns of Rt. 1 Nahunta.
The wedding will be Satur
day June 14 at 5 o’clock in the
Hickox Baptist Church.
All friends and relatives are
invited to attend.
Personals
Cheryl Ann Kelley of Ho
boken and William Edward
Steed of Hortense are Sched
uled to receive diplomas at
graduation exercises at Geor
gia University Saturday, June
7.
♦ • •
Raymond Willis, son of Mrs.
Fred Willis, has volunteered
for service in the U. S. Na
vy. He is stationed in Orlando,
Fla.
* * *
Ann Wainright of Nahunta
will complete her business
course at Georgia College at
Milledgeville June 1. The
graduates will be honored at
“Open House” program.
« * •
PFC Michael Lee, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lee has
been assigned to 295th M. P.
Co. Seneca Army Depot. Romu
lus, N. Y. for duty. He com
pleted his basic training at
Ft. Benning, his advance M.
P. Training at Fort Gordon.
Michael is a graduate of Na
hunta High School. Before en
tering he worked with U. S.
Post Office in Atlanta, Ga.
* • •
Mrs. T. J. Thornton has been
a patient in the Methodist
Hospital in Jacksonville since
last Sunday.
• • •
Mirs. Mable Chestnut of O
maha, Ga. and Mrs. Fred Hill
of South Carolina, sisters of
Mrs. Hoke Wilson, visit
ed her last weekend.
One nautical mile is equal
to 6,080 feet or one knot.
Pre-sheeting of
Tobacco Set for
1969 Season
Pre-sheeting of tobacco will
be introduced into the Geor
gia - Florida tobacco belt for
the first time this tobacco sea
son. Allocation of sales will
be on the basis of 76,000
pounds per set of buyers,
with a 200 pound weight lim
it per basket.
It will be .more important
than ever for the tobacco pro
ducer not to bring tobacco
to the warehouse weighing o
ver 200 pound maximum. If
tobacco has to be removed
from the top sheet, it would
destroy the neatness of ap
pearance of the sheet, as this
tobacco will not be “dumped”
prior to sale as has been the
custom in the past. Removing
of excess poundage also de
lays unloading and required
the producer to remain in line
for longer periods of time. Un
loading will be greatly speeded
up if the sheets are within
the 200 pound limitation, ware
housemen point out.
To aid the grower, the Ware
house Association has make
arrangements with Scales, Inc.,
to furnish scales to stores
throughout the tobacco district
which can be used to weigh
tobacco prior to delivery to
the warehouse. This scale will
weigh up to 300 pounds and
will sell for under $15.00.
BULLETIN TELLS
HOW TO STORE
PEACHES AT HOME
Do you remember how good
those Georgia peaches were
last year? It’s almost time for
them again. But if you follow
the suggestions offered in a
new publication from the Co
operative Extension Service,
you can enjoy peaches year
round.
Entitled “Storing Peaches
in the Home,” the publication
was prepared by Miss Nelle
Thrash, food preservation
specialist with the University
of Georgia Cooperative Ex
tension Service.
Fresh, tree-ripened Georgia
peaches are available in May,
June, July and August, but
their tree-ripened flavor can
be stored to be enjoyed
throughout the year, Miss
Thrash says. She offers tips
on peach harvesting, handling,
selection, yield, freezing, can
ning, pickles, relishes, jams
preserves, marmalades, con
serves and drying.
Miss Thrash says now is the
time to make your plans to
store peaches for next year’s
use. Once the peach season
has passed it will be too late,
she points out.
Interested homemakers may
pick up copies of “Storing
Peaches in the Home” at lo
cal county Extension service
offices.
Bookmobile Schedule
Announced for June
Wednesday, June 4, Hickox,
Nahunta, Waynesville, Lulaton,
Atkinson, Old Post Road.
VZednesday, June 18, Pleasant
Valley, Schlatterville, Hobo
ken, Twin Rivers, Raybon, Hor
tense.
COOKOUT TIME
If your time for cooking
out is limited, choose steaks,
chops, cubes, patties or frank
furters. Miss Martha Johnson,
food scientist with the Uni
versity of Georgia Coopera
tive Extension Service, says
when you have plenty of time
for cooking out you might
like to prepare a roast.
J. I. Royster
Funeral Service
Held Friday
Mr. Jesse Thomas (Jock)
Royster, 71, passed away ear
ly Tuesday morning, May 22,
at Glynn-Brunswick Memorial
Hospital following an extend
ed illness and his death brings
personal sorrow to many
throughout this section.
A native of Granville Coun
ty, North Carolina, Mr. Roy
ster was the son of the late
William Franklin and Ketu
rah Wilkerson R oy
ster. He received his
education in the public schools
of his native state and had re
sided in Brantley County since
1921. He spent his earlier
years in this county as a tobac
co demonstrator and later was
engaged as a carpenter until
his retirement.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Janice Morrow Royster
of Nahunta; five daughters,
Mrs. Ralph Gomez of Madison,
Wise., Mrs. Clinton Robinson
of Nahunta, Mrs. Joe Thomas,
Miss Janice Royster and Miss
Linda Royster, all of Bruns
wick; three sons, Frank Roy
ster of Charleston, S. C., Cars
well Royster of Hortense and
William Royster of Atlanta;
two sisters, Mrs. R. M. Smart
of Virgilina, Va. and Miss Joy
Royster of Baltimore, Md; two
brothers, H. B. Royster of
Stem, N. C. and W. T. Royster
of McGrady, N C.
Also surviving are 13 grand
children, 2 great-grandchild
ren, several nieces, nephews
and other relatives.
Funeral services were held
at four o’clock Friday after
noon, May 23, from the chap
el of the Chambless Funeral
Home in Nahunta with the
Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, assisted
by the Rev. George E. Clary,
officiating.
Interment followed in the
plot in Greenlawn cemetery
near Waycross.
Serving as active pallbearers
were the Messrs. J. D. Orser,
Edward Hart, Ray Johns, John
V. Smith, J. W. Harris and
Ira Francis Brown.
The honorary escort was
composed of the Messrs. R. B.
Brooker, Glenn Condit, Geor
ge Dykes, H. S. Wilson, J. J.
Lee, W. L. White, Frank
Moore, W. B. Harris, Dan Ja
cobs, Jack Steedley, A. J.
Stokes, J. A. Jacobs, D. Claude
Smith, Gaston Thornton and
Hardie Rowell.
The many beautiful floral
tributes attested to the esteem
felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
4-H Club News
All Brantley County High
School 4-H Club members
cast ballots for County 4-H
Council officers Friday, May
23.
Elected to serve from June
1, 1969 through May 31, 1970
were, president, Denise Smith;
boy’s vice-president, Mike
Lyle; girl’s vice-president, She
ila Bennett; secretary-treas
urer, Cindy Raulerson; parli
mentarian, Martin Brooker;
reporter, Jerry Crews.
LIVE OAK 4-H
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Der
win Brooker. The devotional
was read by Donna Popwell
and Roger Stallings led the
pledges. Kathryn Schmitt read
the .minutes of the last meet
ing.
The meeting was then turn
ed over to Mrs. Raulerson and
Mr. Loyd and plans were made
for the 4-H Rally at Laura
Walker Park.
Charlene Riggins,
Reporter
PINE CONE 4-H
The meeting was called to
order by Terry Brooker, presi
dent. We gave our pledges to
the flags.
Mrs. Raulerson gave a pro
gram on caring for our
clothes.
Robin Brinkley,
Reporter
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Homemaking Classes I & 111 under
Supervision of Mrs. Dorothy Ham
Hold Fashion Show for FHA Girls.
Home Ec. I — 2nd Period
First row left to right — Norma Jean Shuman, Frances Blue
Second Row — Rose Hudson, Mary E. Davis, Elizabeth Andersen,
Cynthia Jones, Lillie Mitchell, Dorothy Blake; 3rd Row —
Claudia Dubose, Debbie Patten, Darcell Roberson, Diane Herrin,
Cathy Herrin, Joyce Hand; Not shown in picture — Sandra
Richardson, Gwendolyn Richardson, Marilyn Blake.
Home Ec. I — 3rd Period
Ist row left to right — Evelyn Chadwick, Bonnie Walker, Bonnie
Murray, Gwen Strickland; 2nd row — left to right — Jackie
O'Berry, Melanie Stallings, Judith Johns, Susan Chambless, Judy
Thomas, Patricia Wainright; 3rd row left to right — Barbara
Hickox, Wynell Smith, Lula Mae Veal, Mary Robinson, Kathy
Middleton, Brenda Johns, Margaret Cato, Geraldine Wilson;
Not shown in picture — Angela Strickland, Priscilla Smart, Betty
Nix, Sandra Nichols.
4th Period — Home Ec. 1
Ist row left to right — Karen Hendrix, Clara Crews; 2nd row left
to right — Jackie Waits, Bedell Johns, Janice Harris, Cherry
Thomas, Virginia Highsmith, Zelta Mae Davis; 3rd row left to
right — Linda Crews, Denise Guinn, Madress Griffin, Latrell
Hickox, Judy Johns, Annbelle Strickland, Marilyn D. Lee, Bessie
Sloan, Ruby Lee Bacon, Joyce Mae Hightower.
sth Period — Home Ec. 11l
Ist row left to right — Lynnell Griffin, Arlene Chesser; 2nd row left
to right — Barbara Altman, Janice Wilson, Willie Nell Medlock,
Ruth Muchison, Deloise McFadden; 3rd row left to right — Kathy
Crews, Betty Smith, Lucy Johns, Sarita Deal, Kathy Jones, Annie
Mae Hall, Nancy Middleton, Diane Roberson, Cathy Wynn.
SUBSCRIPTION PRiCt
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
