The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, June 26, 1969, Image 1

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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 26 Minutes of Brantley County Commissioners The Commission was called to order at 9:00 A. M., the third day of June, 1969. All Commissioners were present. Invocation was given by Rev. Hi.ton Morgan. 1. Mr. Strickland made comment on publishing the minutes before they were ap proved. The Chairman made a proposal that Mr. Strickland and Mr. Eldridge come by the office and read the minutes before publication. They will be available for two weeks after the monthly meeting be fore being published. Recom mendation was made by Mr. Strickland to specify all pay roll checks, bills, etc. under a specific category by depart ment. 2. The Chairman gave a re port of commodity distribution in Brantley County as follows: May 1969 Number of people served in our county 902; number of public assistance families 132; number of needy families 144; tonnage delivered in our county 17; number of food items distributed 12,358; cash value of food $8,500. Mr. Stewart read a letter from Mr. Burson, Director Department of Family and Children serv ices, on changing from present commodity distribution to food stamps. Motion was made by Mr. Strickland to apply for change of present distribution system to food stamps, motion was seconded by Mr. Eldridge to apply, but make the deci sion at a latter date. 3. Bids were opened on pav ing of streets in Nahunta, Mo tion was made by Mr. Strick land to accept contract from Seaboard Construction Co. not to exceed the amount of state contract grant. Motion was seconded by Mr. Eldridge. Bids were read on car to be purchased for Sheriff’s De partment. Mr. Eldridge made a motion to trade on Ford. Mr. Strickland made a motion to buy another Pontiac. Mr. Ste wart seconded the motion made by Mr. Eldridge. 4. A letter was submitted by Mr. Earl Raulerson on Flood Control for Brantley Co. Mo tion was .made by Mr. Strick land to look into study men tioned in the letter and sec onded by Mr. Eldridge. 5. Sheriff Johns .made a re ouest that his deputy’s salary be raised to SSOO per month. Motion was made by Mr. Strickland to raise the deputy’s salary to $5,200 per year. Mr. Eldridge made a motion to keep the deputy’s salary the same. Mr. Stewart seconded Mr. Eldridge’s motion. 6. A discussion was opened on purchase of an intoximeter machine for the Sheriff’s Dept. Mr. Strickland made a motion to pay for the purchase of this machine and seconded by Mr. Stewart. 7. Mr. Eldridge made a mo tion to approve payment of bills and the motion was sec onded by Mr. Strickland. Income and expenditures are as follows: General Government: Salary and travel of Commissioners: George F. Stewart, Chairman — $498.10: Mr. W. E. Eldridge $49.40: Mr. James E. Strick land $50.60. Salary of Clerk Gladys Culbreth $113.50: Mary L. Wiley $121; Salary of Attorney, Francis Houston $l - Advertising and printing $43.00; Office Supplies and e auipment $5.50; Telephone $24.62; Insurance $261.50; E lection expenses $7.02; Excise stamps $564; Summer Recre ation Program $192. Maintenance of Courthouse: Salary of Janitor Johnnie B. Griffin $367.83; Cleaning sup plies and equipment $5.87; Lights, water & fuel $33.45: i Repairs $31.19; Maintenance of old school building $49.86; i Lights, water and fuel $20.91. Office of Ordinary: Funds i received: Licenses $88; Certifi cates $32; Wills, letters, sup port. Etc. $142; Expenditures: Salary of Ordinary, Perry Ro zier $571.42; Salary of clerk FJma L. Crews $34 13; Gail Jacob $74.56; Other: Telephone $10.24; Office supplies and e quipment $14.91. Office of Superior Court: ' Salary of Court Reporter $46; ■ Salary of Solicitor $113.34. Office of Sheriff: Funds tur ned into the county by Sher- ; iff’s Dept, are as follows: E-1 leven cases 1 dismissed $120: State Patrol. 27 cases. 3 dis-' missed $270.00. Expenditures: BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing - and Progressive P-o^’e. V. Salary of Sheriff Robert Johns $552.80; Salary of Deputy Al ton DePratter $333.70. Other: Prisoners diet SB4; Sheriff’s mileage $267.30; Car repair $637.17; Intoximeter $1,023.40: Telephone $37.51; Brantley Enterprise $8.50; Insurance for cars $550; Gasoline $26.67; New car $2,960. Maintenance of Jail: Clean ing supplies $1.17; Lights $17.- 35; Repairs $4.95; Telephone $8.92. Office of Tax Commissioner; Funds received: Auto taxes, tags and titles $1,154.21; Tax es collected $2,456.22; Expendi tures: Salary of Tax Commis sioner, John Wilson $588.92; Clerk, Hazel Wilson $161.26; Other: Office supplies and e quipment $162.01; Telephone $11.21. Office of Clerk of Superior Court: Funds received: Record ing $165.30: Court $59.50: Cop ies $1.00; Cancellations $3.; Ex penditures: Salary of Clerk, D. F. Herrin s4l3.6B;Clerk, Ruby L. Herrin $116.06; Office sup plies and equipment $74.26; Telephone $10.78. Office of County and Home Demonstration Agents: Salary and travel of County Agent $200.00; Salary and travel of Home Demonstration Agent $144.22; Telephone $19.27; Dues to Rock Eagle 4-H Camp $193. Public Welfare: Budget Brantley Co. Dept. Family and Children Service $2,123.36. Public Health Department: Brantley Co. Health Dept. $767.26; Elect. Health Office $6.00. Georgia Forestry Commis sion: Budget: Georgia Forestry Commission $825. Retirement and taxes with held of elected officials and county employees: Federal Withholding Tax $1,071.43. Special Fund: Drugs $28.80; Doctor $5; funeral $47. Miscellaneous; Tax Asses sor’s salary $283. Caution light $6.21; Homemaker Aides’ tele phone $22.11; Dept. Soil Con servation telephone $7.05. Road Department: Salaries for month of May: Lankford Blooker $478.28; Archie Dan iels $416.08; Talmadge Gun ter $424.91; Cecil Harris $4- 86.02; Edwin Herrin $492.99: Terry L. Herrin $441.68; Wei ta Herrin $449.87; Mitchell Hu lett $387.64: E. R. Johns $4- 09.05; Harry Knox $415.79; Carlton Moore $391.48; Jasper Moore $442.28; Roscoe Murray $70.40; William Norton $576.- 36; Julius O. Smith $408.66; I Clifton Morgan $64.97; Other) Expenditures: Petroleum, oil. lubricants, & gasoline $639, Repair and maintenance, Ma chinery and equipment $291.- 40; Culverts $886.99; Paving City of Nahunta $150; Small tools, hardware and supplies $40.96; Sand, gravel, cement & steel $3. Machinery & equip ment purchases $311.45; Freight & transportation SB.- 96- Telephone $11.13; Lights $1 i .83. 8. Motion was made and car ried for adjournment subject to call by the Chairman. Approved: George F. Stewart, Chairman Nurses Aides to Receive Diplomas Monday June 30 A class of Nurses Aides taught by Mrs. R. W. Griner and Mrs. Larry Stallings will receive graduation diplomas at a program to be held Monday nipht. June 30, at the REA building. The 20 nurses aides students have been taught under the sponsorship of Community Ac tion Agency, unit of the OEO, with Community Action Com mittees in nine counties. The public is invited to at tend the ceremonies which will start at 8 o’clock Monday eve ning. Carl Broome, editor of the Enterprise, will be the speaker. TICKS ON DOGS Dogs allowed to roam the wooded areas can become heavily infested with ticks. If ticks became attached to dogs on certain sections of the body, they can cause paralysis. To control ticks on your dog, Ex tension Service entomologists suggest that you dust the dog with Sevin or malathion. Grace Baptist Church Organized Near Hickox A new Baptist Church has been organized in the Hickox community and the congre gation holds preaching services each Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. Carlos Chapman is pas tor of the church. The church meets in a building on High way 301 six miles south of Nahunta. Order of services is as fol lows: Sunday school at 10:00 A. M.; preaching at 11:00 A. M.; Know Your Bible Hour at 7:00 P. M.; evening worship at 8:00 P. M. The church will hold a spe cial sing Friday, June 27, at 8:00 P. M., featuring the Chap man family. Everyone is in vited to attend services at the church. Personals Nahunta Masonic Lodge will hold a fish fry Friday night, June 27 at the Lodge Building. Members of the Lodge and their families are invited. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Keene and children, Michael, Richard and Lou Ann, visited Bobby Keene and family of Albu querque, New Mexico. They al so visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Mrs. Wilbur Roberson and daughter Wilma Jean returned home Monday after a 12-day visit with relatives in Vir ginia and Maryland. Billy Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith of Route 1, Nahunta, was promoted June 23 to the rank of captain. He is serving with Special Forces Group, Green Berets, at Fort Bragg, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Johns and son Neal of Naples, Fla., are visiting relatives and friends in Brantley County this week. Mr. Johns is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johns and Mrs. Johns is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberson. The Army of the United States, today, is made up of three compbnents, the Regu lar Army, the Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve. The latter two are often called the Army’s “Reserve compon ents.” Major Everette I. Lee Gets Distinguished Flying Cross Kadena AB, Okinawa — The Distinguished Flying Cross for Vietnam service as a C-130 Hercules transport navigator is pinned on Air Force Ma jor Everette I. Lee, 33, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lee of Blackshear and son-in-law of Mrs. Weldon P. Ireland of Savannah. The Blackshear High School graduate (1953) is shown get ting the decoration from Ma jor General Jerry D. Page, 313th Air Division commander, j at a recent award ceremony h < ”» It was for his part as a navi- i The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 26, 1969 Shown here are examples of some of the good crops being produced in Brantley County this year — The pictures were taken on the Avery Strickland farm which is operated by Mr. Strickland and Mr. Jackie Tumlin. The 4 acres of tobacco is being produced on shares by Mr. J. F. Jacobs, and 60 acres of corn is being grown by Mr. Strickland and Jackie themselves. This corn was planted 9 inches apart in 36 inch rows and fertilized with 700 lbs. of 6-12-12 plus 100 lbs. of N per acre. The corn is expected to produce from 115 to 130 bu. per acre. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to all our relatives and friends for their great kindness to us during the illness and death of our loved one, Levy J. Strickland. We thank you for all the words of sympathy, the cov ered dishes and the floral tributes. May the Lord bless you for your help and friend ship. The Family of, Levy J. Strickland. Use Zip Codes. : j gator in an extremely hazard ■ ous tactical emergency air i! drop of vitally needed supplies j to allied cambat ground forces . at A Shau Valley May 4. 1968 ■He also holds an Air Medal for other voluntary temporary ■ duty Vietnam combat missions ; in his nearly three years with 313th Air Division’s 374th ; Tactical Airlift Wing at Naha AB. 17 miles south of Kadena Now an instructor navigator, Major Lee has been in the [ Air Force 13 years. With him at Naha are his wife Katherine their sors, James E., 8, and ; Steven D., 7. Mrs. Nellie Knox Honored on Her 84th Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knox of Route 2, Nahunta were hosts at a birthday dinner which was held at their home on Sun day. June 22. in honor of his mother. Mrs. Nellie Knox, who celebrated her 84th birthday. In addition to the hosts chil dren attending from Nahunta included Mrs. Evelyn Harris and family, Mrs. Nora Bell Ham. Junior Knox and family and Mrs. Lizzie Lee and fami ly. Also included was Mrs. Ru bv Williams and family from Kingland. Other guests were the Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Croft, Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Littles and family and Mr. and Mrs. George Harris and family of Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Har vey Johns and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sheppard and family of Kingsland; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rowell. Mrs. Florrie Turner and Bud Highsmith of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. J. R. Raulerson and family from Waynesville; Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Griffin and family from Hoboken; Mr. and Mrs. Geor ge Herrin, Mrs. Leia Hendrix, Mrs. Ruth Rowell, Mrs. Emma Rowell, Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Knox and family and Mrs. G. W. Knox of Nahunta. Some 141,000 hours were given by broadcasting and en tertainment personalities (Bed side Network volunteers) at Veterans Administration hos pitals last year. EDA Funds Help Continue Planning in 9-County Area Approval of a $41,300 grant to help continue planning for economic growth in a nine county area of Georgia has been announced by Robert A. Podesta, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. The Slash Pine Area Plan ning and Dvelopment Com mission, Waycross, is the ap plicant for the funds from the Economic Development Ad ministration, U. S. Department of Commerce. The Commission is the official organization of the • Slash Pine Economic Develop-: ment District, which includes Vkirson, Bacon. Ben Hill. Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce and Ware counties. The purpose of the EDA Mrs. J. B. Lewis Celebrates Her 93rd Birthday Mrs. J. B. Lewis, formerly of Nahunta, recently celebra ted her 93rd birthday at Foot hill Acres Nursing Home in Neshanic, New Jersey. She received many greetings from her friends in Nahunta, brought to her by Guy C. Hy land who recently visited Na hunta. A long write-up of Mrs. Lewis’ birthday celebration was published in the Messen ger-Gazette, a newspaper in ' Sommerville, N. J. The story also had a picture of Mrs. । Lewis being given the list I of Nahunta friends who con gratulated her on arriving at her 93rd milepost in life. Mrs. Lewis was a school teach er in Brantley County, also a leader in the Nahunta Meth odist Church. She is the widow of the late J. B. Lewis who was a prominent landowner and financier of Nahunta. Mrs. Lewis’ address is Foot hill Acres Nursing Home, Am well Road, Neshanic, N. J. 08853. 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 Tips on Lighting And TV Are Given By Optometrists Watering eyes or visual dis comfort after watching tele vision after an average length of time, warns the Georgia Op | tometric Association, may in j dicate a visual problem which needs professional attention, or may be caused by improper lighting. The Association warned a gainst rooms being too dark when watching television. There is too much contrast between the bright screen and surrounding room. The result is fatigue from attempting to adapt to the different levels of brightness. The dark areas tend to make the pupils of the eye open to let in more light, and the bright screen tends to make them close. This adjustment and readjustment wastes energy and is tiring. The major requirements for a bright clear picture are a strong signal and a good set, nroperly adjusted. Always ad just the brightness and con trast of the set after the pro per mom lights have been turned on. Adapt the set to the room, not the room to the television’s adjustment. district program is to en courage counties to pool their talents and resources to over come common economic pro blems. A district must include at least two economically lagging counties, designated by EDA as redevelopment areas because of high unemployment or low frmilv incomes. A district may include economically healthy counties. It must include at least one growth center —a communitv of not more than 250.000 persons which can help provide jobs and services for the unemploy ed in lagging counties of the district. Atkinson. Bacon, Brantley. Coffee and Pierce counties are the redevelopment areas in the district. Way cross is the growth center. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Crime Stalks Unchecked Across United States Young Workers May Receive SS Benefits Young workers who have only worked for a short time and become disabled may now receive monthly benefits O. L. Pope, District Manager of the Waycross social security office announced today. Pope said that the 1967 A mendments to the Social Se curity Act made many changes in the social security program. One of these changes permits a person who becomes dis abled before age 31 to qualify for a disability check with less work credit than under the old law. The worker’s disabil ity must be expected to last for at least 12 months or long er. His condition must pre vent his engaging in any sub stantial work. If the young worker is en titled to monthly payments his dependent would be eli gible also. Pope suggests that any worker who becomes disabled, contact the nearest social se curity office as soon as poss ible. Any delay in applying for benefits could possibly cause a loss of payments. The social security office serving this area is located at 704 Jane Street, Waycross, Georgia, and the telephone number is 283- 3404. The social security office is open from 8:30 A. M. until 4:45 P. M. Monday through Friday, and from 9:00 A. M. until 12:00 noon on Saturday. Flag Day Will Be Observed by Way cross Elks The Waycross Elks Lodge will observe Flag Day on Sun day, June 29, at 4:00 P. M. at the Lodge. Former Governor Carl San ders will be the principal speaker at the service Sun day. The public is invited to attend. 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”. STR’CKLAND SCHOOL >N 1916 Teacher; Mrs. Sara S. Popwell, Lulaton, Ga. Location: Three miles south to Lulaton; 41/2 miles northwest to Raybon. Grounds: Area, 1 acre; titles in county board of education ; yards fenced ; otherwise unimproved ; well kept; small playgrounds; no school gardens; 2 toilets, in good condition. Building: Value $500; 1 class room; no cloak rooms; fairly well lighted only; ceiled, but un painted; in good condition and well kept. Equipment: Double and single patent desks; good blackboards; State, county and U. S. history maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no reference dic tionary; small library; water at pump; individual drinking cups. Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 42 pupils; program posted; 30 periods; no organized clubs; 22 weeks’ school year. Corn club, 2; canning club, 5. Maintenance: $302.50. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 Acording to figu-es made available through the FBl’s Uniform Crime Reports and released by Attorney General John N. Mitchell, serious crime in the United States continue its upward trend recording a 10 percent rise nationally for the first three months of 1969 when compared to the same period in 1968. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoo ver noted that each crime classification used in the na tional Crime Index showed in creases. Crimes of violence as a group recorded a 15 per cent increase with murder up 7 percent, forcible rape 12 per cent, aggravated assalt 8 per cent, and robbery 22 percent. Property crimes as a group climbed 9 percent with burgla ry up 4 percent, larceny SSO and over in value 17 percent, and auto theft 11 percent. According to the FBI Di rector, the large cities with over 100,000 inhabitants ex perienced an average increase of 10 percent, suburban areas 11 percent, and rural areas 7 percent. When viewed by geo graphic regions, the North eastern States reported a 12 percent rise, the North Cen tral States were up 10 per cent, and the Southern and Western States each registered a 9 percent increase. The FBI Director called par ticular attention to the con tinued sharp increases in the crimes of violence. He pointed out the sharp increase in rob bery, which continues to in crease at a more rapid pace than the other Crime Index offenses. Nationwide, accord ing to Mr. Hoover, armed rob bery where any weapon was used rose to 27 percent and aggravated assault with a firearm increased 10 percent during the first quarter of 1969 over the same period in 1968. Bookmobile Schedule Announced for July Wednesday, July 2, Hickox, Nahunta, Atkinson, Waynes ville, Lulaton, Old Post Road. Wednesday, July 16, Pleasant Valley, Schlatterville, Hobo ken, Twin Rivers, Raybon, Hortense.