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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 27
IN TIMES LIKE THESE
Jesus said, “He that would be my desciple (Chris
tian) let him deny himself take up his cross and fol
low me daily.”
To be a Christian is not an easy task. To follow
the records of the experiences of many Christians
yesterday and today, one finds that Christians were
cursed, jailed, and even murdered. Through the
years genuine Christians have been misunderstood
by uncommitted and materialistically minded people.
Reverend Raymond Wilder had this to say, “What
a day in which to be alive! The pessimist will not
agree with that statement. With turmoil and strife
the world is experiencing; the political and economic
uncertainties all around us; and even in the realm
or religion, we have our wavering faith and winds of
doubt. I still say it is great to be alive.
“Remember the experience of ‘Br’er Rabbit’ in Joel
Chandler Harris’ charming story, when the Fox had
finally captured him ? He plead, ‘Br’er Fox do any
thing you want with me, but please don’t throw me
in dat brier patch.” After the dim-witted Fox had
done that very thing, the rabbit scooted through the
briers to the other side and shouted back: ‘Br’er
Fox you should have known, I was bred and born in
the brier patch.”
“The Christian Church was ‘bred and born in the
brier patch’ of a turbulent and hostile world. It did
not cool the spiritual ardor of those first followers
of Christ. It stirred the flame of their zeal to white
heat, and within two hundred years they had replaced
the Ceasars with a Christian Emporer. No, the true
Church, the fellowship of the redeemed, has always
been at its best when the world was at its worst.”
"STUCK WITH SPLINTERS"
The Bible says, “There is away that seemeth right
unto man but the end of that way is death.”
When I was a boy I would take two 2”XB”XI6’
planks, fasten them together and put one end up as
high on a tree or pole as I could get it. I ‘would let
the 32 foot plank be my sliding board. Os course I
would have to take some pork meat skin and grease
the plank to make it slick. I would climb the tree or
post as high as the plank and slide down on a little
board seat. As long as I turned the planks with the
grain I never did pick up any splinters and the sailing
was smooth. On several occasions I would turn one
of the boards the wrong way and I would be sliding
against the grain. When 1 did that I sure did suffei
the consequences of hurting splinters. My father
would see the board and say, “Son, you need to turn
this board around you are trying to slide against the
grain.”
This is a simple illustration of the universality and
the power of the laws in every area of life which
were created by God in the beginning. Man can not
breathe water, a gasoline engine will not function on
rubbing alcohol or ink. If you plant potatoes you need
not anticipate collard greens from that plant. As long
as we cooperate with the laws of the grain in wood,
or sowing and reaping we can anticipate resonable
success.
The laws of the moral universe are the same. Daily
prayer results in habitual communion with God and
a gift of satisfaction. A prayerless life is a power
less life in the spiritual sense. By loving and coop
erating with God and serving our fellowman the
experiences in life work together for our present
and eternal good. By acknowledging the moral laws
of God one can respond thereto, God can work a
miracle in our heart. God is our Creator and giver
of life that is abundant, provided we listen to him
and act upon his directions.
Please allow this Methodist preacher to ask you
to pray that he may cooperate with God for the
benefit of others. This preacher needs brotherly
love to exist in his own heart in order that he may
influence others to go and do likewise. I pray to
God that you may not put the “plank” of life in
a position where you will be moving against the
grain. If you ignore the universal laws of God and
move in a thoughtless and selfish way, you will find
yourself hanging up there somewhere in life fastened
by many painful splinters.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
The Implications
of the Scriptures
By Rev. J. Loy Scott
Pastor, First United
Methodist Church
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Thomas-Joiner
The Rev. and Mrs. Cecil F.
Thomas, of Nahunta, announ
ce the approaching marriage
of their daughter, Martha Mae
to Wilbur Dorsey Joiner Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Dorsey Joiner, Sr., of Deland,
Fla.
The wedding will take place
July 26, at 8:00 P. M. in the
Nahunta Baptist Church. The
couple invites friends and rel
atives to attend the ceremony
and reception to be in the
church social hall.
Sheep is a profitable enterprise for a Brantley County
farmer. Shown here is Roy Harper, of the Twin Rivers com
munity, feeding his 64 head of ewes — This year, Mr. Har
per raised 60 lambs from his ewe flock. He sold 50 head of
lambs on the Flaga lamb pool sale for $1504.45. The lambs
graded 28 prime and 22 choice and sold for an average of
30.4 cents per pound or $30.09 per head, making him rank
3rd in average wts. and price per head. Other income from
his sheep flock included the sale of 632 lbs. of wool for
an average of 45 cents per lb. plus the sale of several
lambs locally.
MISS MARTHA MAE THOMAS
Engagement Announced
A graduate of Nahunta
High School, Miss Thomas re
ceived an AA Degree from
Brewton Parker College in
Mt. Vernon and attended the
Academy of Dental Assistant
School in Atlanta. She is
now employed as a dental as
sistant in Brunswick.
Mr. Joiner was graduated
from Deland High School in
Deland, Fla. He received an
AA Degree from Brewton
Parker College in Mt. Vernon
and attended Georgia State
College in Atlanta.
Mr. Joiner is presently sta
tioned with the United States
Army at Ft. Bragg, N. C.
SAVE THOSE RINDS
Don’t throw those water
melon rinds away. Home econ
omist with the University
of Georgia Cooperative Exten
sion Service suggest that you
make them into pickles or pre
serves. Remove all the green
and red portion of the rind
cut into cubes or use a donut
cutter. Use your favorite reci
pe.
We Have Only School Photographs
From the Old Wayne County Area
A number of people have ac
quired about the Enterprise
having photographs and infor
mation about schools in Brant
ley County in 1916.
The fact is that the Enter
prise has only those schools
that were in Wayne County
before Brantley County was
established.
In other words, if your
school was in some other coun
ty in 1916, we do not have
any photo or information about
it. Parts of Brantley County
were taken from Pierce, Ware
and Charlton. We have no in
formation about the schools
in those counties in 1916.
The photos and information
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 3, 1969
Personals
Capt. Tyrus J. Manning ar
rived last week after a tour
of 13 months in Korea. He re
ceived his official promotion
from Ist Lieutenant to Cap
tain on June 17. He left
Thursday for Ft. Sill, Oklaho
ma where he will be stationed.
His wife, Mrs. Marian Morgan
Manning, accompanied him to
Oklahoma where they will now
make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Her
rin and son Perry and a friend
Chet of Binghampton, N. Y.
arrived Friday to visit Mr.
Herrin’s parents and other
relatives. Stanley is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Cle
land of Hickox.
Terry L. Crews, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe T. Crews of Rt.
2, Nahunta, left Thursday to
report to Jacksonville, Fla. for
induction into the U. S. Navy.
Terry is presently in Orlando,
Fla. at the Naval Base there
where he will be in Boot
Training. Terry is a Volunteer
from Brantley County.
Mrs. Janie Roberson Stuck
ey and Mr. Dewey King were
recently married at the Rome
Primitive Baptist Church in
the Dixie Union community
near Waycross. They will be
at home to their friends and
relatives on Route 1, Way
cross.
Mrs. Elwanda McCall, home
economics teacher at Brantley
County High School, will at
tend the Housing and Equip
ment Institute at Georgia Col
lege at Milledgeville July 9 to
11. Theme of the Institute is
“Housing for People.”
Mrs. Roberta Dowling re
turned from Alachua, Fla.
where she was called because
of the death of her father, A.
A,. Pendley. He passed away
at the hospital in Gainesville,
Fla. after an extended illness.
Clothing Classes
To Be Held at
High School
Two daily classes of cloth
ing construction will be held
at Brantley County High
School June 14 — 31. Time
of classes will be 8:00 — 12:00
in the morning and 1:00 — 5:00
in the afternoon.
To register contact Mrs. Dor
othy Ham 462-5961 or Mrs.
Elwanda McCall 462-5569.
about these schools are being
taken from a survey .made in
Wayne County in 1916. This
survey was reprinted by The
Wayne County Press and The
Enterprise secured copies of
this reprint.
If anyone has photos or in
formation abouut the schools
that were in Pierce, Ware or
Charlton Counties back in 1916
we would be glad to have
them.
For instance, we have no
thing on the schools in the
Hoboken area because that
section was then Pierce Coun
ty, and of course was not in
cluded in the Wayne County
survey in 1916. The Editor.
Thomas Queen Jr.
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Mr. Thomas J. Queen, Jr., 35,
of Route 2, Waycross passed
away Friday morning, June 27,
at the Moody Air Force Base
Hospital near Valdosta follow
ing a short illness and his
death brings personal sorrow
to a wide circle of family
members and friends through
out this section.
Though a native of Elba, Al
abama, Mr. Queen had spent
the major portion of his life
in Brantley County. He at
tended the Brantley County
Public Schools and was a vet
eran with several years serv
ice in the U. S. Air Force,
having retired in 1963 due to
disability. At the time of his
death, he was engaged as a
mechanic.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Yvonne Howell Queen of
Waycross; one daughter, Miss
Sandra Ann Queen of Way
cross; one son, Donald Ray
Queen of Waycross; his mother
Mrs. Frances L. Queen of Way
cross; five sisters, Mrs. Robert
Stringer of Jacksonville. Fla.,
Mrs. Jesse Walker of Hoboken,
Mrs. James Aldridge of Vero
Beach, Fla., Mrs. Alton O’-
Quinn and Miss Magdalene
Queen, both of Waycross; four
brothers, E. C. Queen of New
Hampshire, Connecticut, D. B.
Queen of Hazlehurst, Joseph
Queen of St. Marys and Pvt.
Joel Queen, U. S. M. C., Par
rish Island, S. C.
Also surviving are several
nieces, nephews and other
relatives.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, June 29,
at four o’clock from the Mount
Calvary Baptist Church with
the Rev. James A. Ferguson
officiating.
Interment followed in the
family plot in the High Bluff
cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. Randall Gunter,
Jimmy Davis, Mac Herrin,
Donnie Gunter, Raymond Mar
tin and Mac Strickland.
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.
Herman Talmadge
I — —- * —
’ REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
j
&
THERE IS FAR TOO much criticism of the United States
military establishment that not only does a grave disservice to
the men and women who serve in our Armed Forces but which
also undermines the strength and security of our nation.
It has become also a popular pastime in many circles to heap
tcorn and ridicule upon the military, and some of its leaders
are cast in the role of villains and unfairly denounced as war
mongers and worse. The United States has even been wrongly
accused of misusing its military power and of provoking dissension
abroad.
Too many people have lost sight of the fact that this is the
military and defense establishment that has seen this nation suc
cessfully through two World Wars and Korea, and which stands
today as a safeguard for the American people and the rest of the
Free World against aggression.
Yet, there are those who think we ought to abandon our
military defense and even unilaterally disarm.
LIKE IT OR NOT, we still live in a very dangerous world.
The security and freedom of the United States and that of the
Free World is far from being totally safe from aggression.
Anyone who doubts this and who believes the United States
ought to disarm at this time has already forgotten the recent
lessons of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the countries of Eastern
Europe—as well as the constant threat of the so-called “wars of
liberation” in Southeast Asia and other parts of the world.
The tragedy of Budapest and the invasion only last year of
Czechoslovakia ought to make it clear to everyone that the Com
| munists are still sworn to govern as much of the world as possible,
by whatever means at their disposal. Their tactics may change
from time to time but their objectives are the same.
NATIONAL SECURITY is a responsibility that falls on every
American citizen, and his duty becomes doubly important in
periods of great international strife.
Under present conditions, the idea of unilateral disarmament
is wishful thinking. At a time like this, it would be foolhardy and
perilous indeed for the United States to put down its arms and
stand naked before the military might of other nations, both
Communist and non-Communist.
U.S.S. '
(»ot prepared or printed at government expend
MISS ELSIE MAE CHAPMAN
Engagement Announced
Chapman-Thrift
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Chap
man of Mt. Pleasant, Ga. an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Elsie Mae
Chapman, to Mr. Freil B.
Thrift, son of Mrs. Gladys
Thrift and the late R. T.
Thrift of Nahunta.
The rites will be solemnized
on August 2. 1969 at 7:30 P.
M. at Hopewell Baptist Church,
Mt. Pleasant, Ga.
The bride-elect is a 1964
graduate of Wayne County
High School, Jesup, Ga. and
is now employed by a Pulp
and Paper Co. in Brunswick.
The groom elect graduated
from the Nahunta High School
in 1963. He is presently em
ployed by Glynco Naval Air
Station in Brunswick.
All friends and relatives of
the couple are invited to at
tend.
<4^ let's catch
the malicious
Ww WOODS
♦ ' 1-59-ibOS
Jrn’t let him get away with it
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Nahunta Baptist Church
Calls Purcell As Pastor
Nahunta Baptist Church has
extended a call to Rev. Ernest
S. Purcell of Colerain, N. C.
to became pastor, succeeding
Rev. Cecil F. Thomas who re
cently retired.
Rev. Mr. Purcell has accep
ted the call and will begin his
duties in Nahunta the second
Sunday in August. He is 42
years old, married and has two
children, a son Ernest Jr. age
15 and a daughter Valerie age
7.
The new Baptist pastor is a
graduate of Guilford College,
Greensboro, N. C„ and of the
Southeastern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary at Wake Forest,
N. C.
He is now pastor of Mars
Hill Baptist Church at Col
erain, N. C. He is a native of
Commerce, Ga.
Stores and Bank
To Close Friday
Most business places will
be closed in Nahunta for the
July 4 holiday, including the
bank which will close both
Thursday and Friday.
Citizens of Nahunta are re
quested to take note of the
July 4 closing. All stores will
be open for business as usu
al Saturday. Citizens Bank
will be open until noon Sat
urday.
Nearly everybody reads the
want ads.
20 Brantley Women Get
Nurses Aide Diplomas
Graduating exercises for 20
nurses aides were held at the
Nahunta REA building Mon
day night, June 30, with Carl
Broome as the commence
ment speaker.
The nurses aides class was
taught for eight weeks by Mrs.
R. W. Griner, county health
nurse, and Mrs. Larry Stalling
RN.
George Stewart, chairman
county commission, presided
and presented the diplomas.
Rev. Robert Round, Methodist
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”.
WAINRIGHT SCHOOL IN 1916
Teacher: Miss Augusta Brantley, Hickox, Ga.
Location: Three miles northwest to Pine Bloom;
5 miles east to Knox (near Charlton and Camden
County lines).
Grounds: 1 acre; titles in county board; bare,
unimproved, except fencing; medium playgrounds;
no school gardens; 2 toilets, in good condition.
Building: Value, $650; 1 class room; cloak rooms;
veranda; perfectly lighted; well-planned building;
ceiled, but unpainted; well kept.
Equipment: Single patent desks; first-class black
boards; good set of maps, mounted on rollers in
case; reference dictionary on good stand; no charts;
no globes; no pictures; no library; water supplied
at pump on lot; common dipper.
Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 39 pupils;
program posted ; 45 recitation periods; no community
clubs organized; 27 weeks’ school year.
Maintenance: $220.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
Airman Carolyn D. Mid
leton of Nahunta has suc
cessfully completed six
weeks basic training in the
U. S. Air Force at Lack
land AFB, Texas, and is now
stationed at Keesler AFB,
Miss, for technical school
and training. After complet
ing an 18 weeks course in
ATC she will become an
Air Traffic Controller.
Airman Middleton is a
1967 graduate of Nahunta
High School. She attended
Georgia Southern College
and entered the Air Force in
Miay 1969.
Carolyn is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Emory A.
Middleton of Nahunta.
In 1827 Army officers were
lent to the founders of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad to
initiate its • construction. This
was to become the first link
pastor, made the invocation.
The nurses aides receiving
diplomas were Ethel Jane All
britton, Evelyn Allbritton, Mae
Etta Blue, Florence Davis, Ed
na Flowers, Essie Mae Gas
kins, Linda Sue Hickox. Mary
Frances Lee, Linda Gail Moo
dy, Gwendolyn Muchison, Fan
nie Lee Palmer, Patricia
Southwell, Wina Thrift, Flor
ence Wainright, Geraldine
White, Alta Nevels Williams,
Beatrice Crews, Moina Pur
cell, Rachel Allbritton and
Mildred Cooper.
