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EDITOR’S MUTTO
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 24
In picture with county agent, George Loyd and home economist,
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, are Keith Thomas and Sonya Bass,
frist place 4-H project achievement winners from Brantley County
in the Southeast Georgia Project Achievement contest held at
Rock Eagle 4-H Center Monday.
GRANDMA'S BOAT
A True Story Based on the Civil War
By A. L. Smith, Adel, Ga.
The ravages of war had marred all the land,
Hunger and starvation was on every hand,
Grandpa was called when the war clouds hung black,
And, he marched off to war — but he didn’t come back.
Now, times were hard: they were awfully hard;
While Grandpa slept in a Yankee graveyard.
Now times like these tried Grandma’s soul,
But she faced it with courage that has never been told.
She had three little children looking to her,
For food and raiment and a mother’s care.
Now, there was a man across the river who had corn to spare;
But she had no money nor clothes to wear.
But she crossed the river in her little bateau,
And hired out to work in the field with a hoe.
Through the long summer days from the first break of dawn
She labored all day for a peck of shelled corn.
Then, with her corn on her back and her heart in her throat
She headed for the river and her little make-shift boat.
Now that river was swift; it was deep and wide.
And, Grandma’s boat was on the other side.
There was no time to ponder and weep and pine;
To swim that river was uppermost in her mind.
And, quick as a wink her clothes she shook off.
Then, prayed to her God to see her safe across.
With her clothes neatly piled on the cold river sod,
Grandma stood naked in the presence of God!
While a panther let forth a hideous squall;
And a hoot owl laughed from a pine tree tall.
Then Grandma looked to the sunset red,
And she heard her three little children crying for bread.
There was Emma, Arrie and her little son Frank
Who had played all day at their childish prank.
But time had sped and the day was gone;
And they were looking for mama with her little sack of corn,
To grind some meal and bake some bread;
That they might pray and eat before going to bed.
With a leap and a bound she dived right in.
And when she came to the top she began to swim.
With a prayer in her heart onward she strove;
While a bull’gator bellowed from deep in the cove.
But that old ’gator’s bellow carried no fear;
For Grandma knew that Jesus was there!
Onward and onward she swam — stroke after stroke,
’Till she was safe across and perched in the boat.
Now, we know there is a land that is radiantly bright.
Where the face of Jesus will furnish the light;
And the wisdom of God will make all things right.
There they may sing of their bards and wise men quote,
But Jesus will be there with Grandma’s boat.
'Show the Colors'
June 14 is Flag Day. It marks the anniversary of
the day in 1777 when the United States flag was
adopted. This year it deserves more than the usual
routine gestures of observance out of respect for a
symbol of freedom that has been spat upon, burned
and dragged in the dirt during the past year with
alarming impunity by malcontents and bums of all
stripes who respect neither the flag nor the United
States.
It is a sad commentary on our times that laws have
had to be passed protecting the flag from desecration.
Until comparitively recently, multilating the flag, in
the minds of most of us, was tantamount to treason.
But somehow the fog of premissiveness that has set
tled miasma-like over the land has obscured our vision
of the flag and the deathless ideals that support the
Stars and Stripes.
The easiest way to gain perspective on the mean
ing of the flag is to visualize for a moment the void
that would surround us if there simply were no flag
__ no focal point on which to center the sense of
purpose and principles of a nation. In common with
the U. S. Constitution. IThe Declaration of Indepen
dence and other physical manifestations of freedom
under representative government, the flag makes
known to all mankind the reason for our existence.
Flag Day is a good opportunity to “show the colors.”
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive Peo^’e.
Shucked Clothes
The “Grandma” whose ex
ploit in swimming the Satil
la River is told in verse in
this issue was the grandmoth
er of A. L. Smith of Adel, W.
T Smith of Brunswick, S. P
Smith and M. F. Smith of
Nahunta and Mrs. Elizabeth
Gobels of Jacksonville.
The incident occurred dur
ing the Civil War at a point
in the Satilla River east of
Twin Rivers, according to Mr.
A. L. Smith.
Carl Bennett, Carla Jean
Bennett, Cherie Bennett and
Steve Bennett, children of Mr.
A. L. Bennett and the late
Charmaine Bennett, arrived
Saturday to spend this week
with their grandmother, Mrs.
Wanell Brooker.
Miss Bonnie Rocker, and a
friend, Miss Jane Moore, both
of Crawfordville, Ga. are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Moo
dy, Miss Rocker is a niece of
Mrs. Moody.
Mrs. Mae Schoefield and Mrs.
Evelyn Crews are members of
Satilla Chapter 365 who will
return from Macon on Thurs
day where they have been at
tending Grand Chapter Order
of Eastern Star State of Geor
gia since Sunday.
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M-Sgt. Anthony M. Lee and
Mrs. Lee and children, Lin
da, Dannie, Cathie and Cindy
of Glen Dale, Arizona arrived
Monday to spend two weeks
with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Lee.
Relatives of Mrs. Linda Rig
gins Jones, who attended her
graduation from Georgia
Southern College at States
boro June 8 were Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton Riggins, Mrs. Owen
Jones. Mrs. Danny Thornton
and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Strick
land. Others attending the ex
ercises were Mr. and Mrs. M.
M. Manor to see their daugh
ter, Wylene Manor Prescott
finish; Mr. and Mrs. Troy Har
per for their daughter, Shirley
Harper and Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Griner and Mrs. Donald
Griner for Donald Griner.
Two brothers, W. T. Smith
of Brunswick and A. L. Smith
of Adel, visited the Enterprise
office Tuesday afternoon. They
are both subscribers to the En
terprise, their home county
paper.
Carol Ann Robinson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Robinson, has enrolled in Val
dosta State College for the
coming academic year. She is
Brantley County STAR student
this year.
Mrs. Guy Chambless 111 of
Dover, Delaware, and Mrs. T.
J. Bledsoe of Vienna, Ga.,
spent Wednesday with Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chambless.
Mr. Sweat Davis has return
ed home after spending last
week in Wayne County Hospi
tal.
William Pryce Brooker, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brooker,
and Marshall L. Allen, son
of Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Allen,
graduated from South Geor
gia College Saturday, June 7.
Mrs. V. H. Allen and Miss
Jeris Murray attended the
graduation exercises at South
Georgia College at Douglas or
Saturday. Marshall Allen com
pleted his studies there.
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Donald Griner and Hymer
ick Thomas left Monday to
enter their basic training at
Fort Jackson, S. C.
Equipment Operator Second
Class Ronald T. Norton. USN.
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Nor
ton of Route 1, and husband
of the former Miss Addie E.
Lanier of Route 1, Hortense, is
serving at the U. S. Naval Sta
tion, Argentia, Newfound
land.
Grandma Smith
To Swim River
Personals
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The family of Mr. and Mrs.
R. N. Lanier of Tampa, Fla.,
held a reunion at the Patter
son swimming pool Sunday.
June 8. Their son Elton and
their daughter Mrs. Tommy
Joyner, also of Tampa, and
other members of the Lanier
family attended. The Laniers
are former residents of Brant
ley County.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 12, 1969
Miss Linda Susan Strickland
Engagement Is Announced
Strickland-
Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Strick
land of Hortense announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Linda Susan, to Clay
ton Bennett, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey V. Carver of
Hortense.
They will be married at the
Satilla Baptist Church July
5 at 7:00 P. M. No formal in
vitations are being sent. But
friends and relatives are invit
ed to attend.
Miss Strickland graduated
in June of this year at Wayne
County High School. Airman
Bennett graduated from Brant
ley County High School in
1968 and is stationed at Lak
-1968 and is stationed at Lack
as.
County Canning
Plants to Open
Tuesday June 17
Brantlev Countv Food Pro
cessing Plants will open Tues
day. June 17, for this seasons
business.
Some of the services avail
able are pea and bean shelling,
blanching, corn silking and
cutting, soup mixing, vegeta
ble washing, and making
ketchup. A supply of cans are
on hand in the 303 and 401
sizes. The 303 size cans are
9c and the 401 size cans are
11c. Pea and bean shelling is
50c a bushel.
The Hoboken plant is open
each Monday and Thursday
8:00 A. M. until 1:00 P. M. and
the Nahunta plant is open
each Tuesday and Thurs
day 8:00 A. M. un
til 1:00 P. M. No fruits or vege
tables will be taken in for
processing after 1:00 P. M.
daily at either plant.
For additional information
call Huey R. Ham, Vocational
Agriculture Teacher at 462-
5961 in Nahunta.
Welfare Office
Hours Announced
The Brantley County De
partment of Family and Chil
dren Services announces that
the Agency will be open from
8:00 A. M. through 5:00 P. M.,
Monday through Friday.
Closing the office from 12:00
to 1:00 for lunch hour will be
discontinued effective June 4.
We are able to do this be
cause we have two additional
employees, Mrs. Linda Jones,
Caseworker I and Mrs. Gladys
Culbreth, Typist 1.
Keith Thomas and Sonya Bass Are
Winners in District 4-H Contest
Out of the 18 Junior and I
Senior 4-H Club .members who
participated in the southeast
Georgia District Project A-1
chievement contest Monday, 7 !
of them returned as Ist, 2nd
or 3rd place winners.
Those attending and awards |
and places won were Keith !
Thomas, blue award and Ist i
place in Sr. Poultry; Cindy I
Raulerson, blue award, 2nd.
place Sr. Home Furnishings [
and Art: Denise Smith, blue|
award, Sr. Public Speaking; I
Shelia Bennett, blue award, Sr. ■
Teen Fare; Lynnell Griffin, |
blue award, Sr. Dress Revue;
Mike Lyle, red award, Sr. Rec
reation; Sonya Bass, blue a
ward, Ist place Jr. Recreation;
Jan Purcell, blue award, 3rd.
place Jr. Health; Denise White,
blue award, 3rd place Jr. Poul
try; Blake Loyd, blue award,
Head-on Crash
Kills Three
A head-on collision early
Friday morning, June 6, in the
Twin Rivers community claim
ed the lives of two Florida
residents and that of a New
Yorker.
The dead were identified by
investigating officers as Geor
ge C. Lange, 49, of Hartsdale,
N. Y., who was the driver of
the south bound vehicle, Wood
row W. Taylor, 50, of Jack
sonville, Fla. was listed as
the driver of the northbound
vehicle and the third victim
was Ethan A. Waldrop, 75, al
so of Jacksonville.
Mr. Lange was a salesman
for a beverage concern and
was on a vacation trip to
Florida. His body was carried
Saturday, June 7, to New York
for funeral services and cre
mation. The body of Mr. Tay
lor was carried to Jackson
ville where funeral services
and interment followed on
Monday, June 9, at Olustee,
Fla. The body of Mr. Wal
drop was carried to Charlotte,
N. C. for funeral services and
interment.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of local arrangements.
Junior Recreation
Committee
Reports Donations
The Brantley County Junior
Recreation Committee met
Thursday, June 5, at the Brant
ley County Recreation Build
ing.
The committees gabe reports
on how much money was col
lected toward the repair of
the building. The total collect
ed as of June 5, was S2OO to
ward a goal of SSOO.
Present at the meeting were
Marcia Thrift, Debbie Patten,
Sissy Smith, Sandy Stewart,
Johnny Thomas, Thomas Her
rin, Jerry Crews, Keith Thom
as, John Jacobs, Martin Brook
er and Micheal Johns. Super
visors present at the meeting
were Jackie Tu.mlin and Huey
Ham.
The Junior Recreation Com
mittee would greatly appreci
ate any contributions to help
us reach our goal.
Marine Recruiter
Gives Schedule
Os Nahunta Visits
Sergent Stephen Puskar,
Marine Corps Recruiter from
Waycross, announces the fol
lowing schedule of visits to
Nahunta.
Sgt. Puskar will be at the
Selective Service Local Board
in Nahunta on the 2nd and
4th Monday of each month
from 9:30 A.. M. - 12:00 P. M.
to discuss the Marine Corps
with interested male or fe
male applicants or the par
ents of applicants.
Information about the Ma
rine Corps can be obtained
without obligation from Sgt.
puskar on his regularly sched
uled visits or by writing to
the Marine Corps Recruiting
Office, 413 Mary St., P. O.
Box 805, Waycross, Ga.
3rd. place Jr. Electric; Donna
Popwell, blue award,
Family Life; Rosa Edwards,
blue award, Jr. Housing and
Equipment; Greta Hickox,
blue award Jr. Dress Revue;
Deidra Brand, blue award,
Com Meal Muffins; Willie
Pearl Roundtree, red award,
3rd place Jr. Canning; Linda
Cleland, red award, Jr. Fro
zen Foods; Kathryn Schmitt,
red award Jr. Landscaping;
and Sabra Keen, red award,
Jr. Clothing demonstration.
Also to add to the list of
winners are Dalton Brand and
Leonard Harris who represent
ed Brantley County at the 4-
H Club Horse Show held in
Jesup Thursday June 5. Each
of these boys entered three
events and won ribbons in all
three.
MISS LILLIE RIGGINS
To Wed Wayne Crews Saturday
Riggins-Crews
Mrs. and Mrs. M'ajor Rig
gins of Route 1, Nahunta, an
nounce the forthcoming mar
riage of their daughter, Lillie
Riggins, to Wayne Crews, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Crews
of Hoboken.
Lillie is a 1969 graduate of
Brantley County High School.
Wayne is employed at Okefe
noke REA.
The wedding will take place
Saturday, June 14, at seven
o’clock in the evening at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. E. J.
Dixon. Friends and relatives
are invited.
Students Choose
Favorite Teacher
And Student
Brantley County’s Student
Council announces Favorite
Teacher and Student for the
school year 1968-69. The Teach
er and student were award
ed with a plaque with their
names on it to remain in the
school’s trophy case.
Favorite Teacher is J. A.
(Al) Ferguson.
Mr. Ferguson has three chil
dren and is pastor of Mt. Cal
vary Church of Route 1, Ho
boken.
His comments on winning
were, “Teaching at BCHS is
a real joy to me. I feel un
worthy of such an honor.”
Favorite Student is Ruby
Chesser, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Chesser.
Her hobbies are cooking,
sewing, and watching foot
ball on T. V. She plans to en
ter college .major in Home Ec
onomics and minor biology.
Ruby’s comments on win
ning are “I think this is an
honor and words cannot ex
press how this makes me feel.”
Vocational Shop Now
Open to Adults
The Vocational Agriculture
Shop at the Brantley County
High School will be open each
Wednesday from 8:00 A. M.
until 5:00 P. M. for adults to
use. The equipment available
is too numerous to list but al
most anything can be built
or repaired. Patrons are
urged to bring their
own metal, lumber, and
building materials as the shop
has a limited supply.
All adults using the shop fa
cilities are expected to become
familiar with the safety fea
tures and limitations of the e
auipment to help avoid acci
dents.
Hundreds of blueprints and
drawings are available for
farm equipment and labor
saving devices around the farm
and home.
Legal Notices
state of GEORGIA,
BRANTLEY COUNTY.
To All to Whom it May Con
cern:
Oren R. Lanier having, in
proper form, applied to me
for Permanent Letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of
Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Blount
Lanier, late of said county, this
is to cite all and singular the
creditors and next of kin of
Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Blount
Lanier to be and appear at
my office, on Monday, July
7th, 1969 at ten o’clock, and
show cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration
should not be granted to Oren
R. Lanier on her estate.
Witness my hand and of
ficial signature, this 9th day
of June, 1969.
P. U. Rozier, Ordinary
Brantley County, Geor
gia.
E. Kontz Bennett, Atty
Waycross, Ga. 31501 7-3
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
St. Regis Paper to Buy
52,000 Acres of Land
In Brantley-Charlton
Jones Family
Reunion Held
At Salter Home
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Salter
of Hortense were hosts Sun
day June 8 to the Jones fami
ly reunion.
Guests registering were Mrs.
Jimmie Flowers, Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Sparkman, Sidney
Sparkman and son Jack, Mr.
and Mrs. George McGlaughin,
Miss Stella Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Brady, Mrs. Frank
Hendrix, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
Tyson and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Hattie Thrift and chil
dren, Mr. and 4 Mrs. Charles
Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
my Middleton, Mrs. Hattie
Brewer, Mrs. Janie Brewer.
Rev. R. C. Matthis and
children, Mrs. Fannie Hern.
Mrs. Helen Devlin, Mr. and
Mrs. Nathan Crews, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Stanfield and chil
dren, Jack Stanfield, Mrs. Ma
mie Strickland, Mrs. Ruby
Coleman. Mrs. Jill Thomp
son. Mr. and Mrs. D.
T. Middleton, Mrs. Delenor
Roberson and children, Mrs.
Casey Jones, Mrs. Danny
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Jones, Mrs. W. E. Bennett, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Flowers, Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Pittman, Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Sloan, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Townsend and
children. Mrs. Gordon Jacobs,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lee,
Ray Brown, Miss Pollyanne
Middleton, Mrs. Linda Morgan,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mclntire and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Preston
King and children.
BUTTERNUT SQUASH
Home gardeners who find it
difficult to cure and store
sweet potatoes because of in
adequate facilities might con
sider growing butternut
squash. Horticulturists with
the University of Georgia Ex
tension Service say they store
easily, keep several months
and have high nutritional
value.
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”.
SATILLO SCHOOL IN 1916
Teacher: Miss Perdum, Hortense, Ga.
Location: Two and one-half miles east to Hortense;
5 miles north to Kelly.
Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in county board of
education; on elevated spot in midst of oak grove;
fenced, but otherwise unimproved; small play
grounds; no school gardens; 1 toilet, in average con
dition.
Building: Value, $500; one class room; no cloak
rooms; veranda; fairly well lighted; ceiled, but
unpainted; in good condition, but not well kept.
Equipment; Single patent desks; poor black
boards; 1 U. S. history map; no charts; no globe;
no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library;
pump; open buckets; common dippers.
Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 41 pupils;
program posted; 20 periods; debating club organ
ized ; 22 weeks’ school year. Corn club, 7; canning
club, 9.
Maintenance: $247.50.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
Folkston — St. Regis Paper
Co. announced in New York
Monday an agreement in prin
ciple to acquire a 52,000-acre
tract of timberland in South
east Georgia.
The land is located in Charl
ton and Brantley counties
and is only 50 miles from
the - company’s Jacksonville
Kraft pulp and paper mill.
Acquisition will be by means
of an exchange of shares of a
new issue of St. Regis pre
ferred stock for the outstand
ing stock of the McArthur
Georgia Co. and the N. G. Wade
Co. in Folkston. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.
St. Regis, however, author
ized the issuance of a million
shares of a new issue of pre
ferred stock at the company’s
annual meeting April 25.
William R. Haselton, senior
vice president of St. Regis, said
the land to be acquired is a
completely developed forest
with 138 miles of established
roads and 40 miles of front
age on U. S. Highways 1 and
301. He said the transaction
also includes full mineral
rights on the property.
Kelly-Rowell
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer C.
Kelly of Brunswick announce
the engagement of their daugh
ter, Miss Sandra Kay Kelly,
to Bivian B. Rowell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rowell of
Jacksonville, formerly of Hor
tense.
The wedding is planned for
June 21 at 7:00 P. M. at the
Twin Rivers Baptist Church.
Miss Kelly is a senior at
Glynn Academy. Mr. Rowell
is a graduate of Nahunta High
School and is employed in
Dublin, Ga.
Friends and relatives are
invited to attend.
HORN FLIES
During the summer months,
the horn fly is the external
parasite that causes the most
concern to beef cattle in Geor
gia. Animal scientist with the
Cooperative Extension Service
point out these flies occur in
large numbers and can remove
up to a pound of weight gain
per head per day.
