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The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 17, 1969
Brantley Enterprise
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
Official Organ of Brantley County
Carl Broome Editor and Publisher
Mrs. Carl Broome Associate Editor
Second class postage paid at Nahunta Ga.
Address all mail to Nahunta, Georgia 31553
Higher Wages Outpace Rising
Living Costs in County
In general, according to fig
ures released by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, even
though the cost of living has
zoomed since then, the work
ing man is in a much better
economic position now.
Without putting in as many
hours on the job as was nec
essary in his father’s time, he
is able to live more luxurious
ly than was possible then. The
increase in his income has
more than made up for the
increase in living costs.
Twenty years ago, for exam
ple, it took 37 hours of work
to buy an electric vacuum
cleaner. Today it can be bought
with less than 15 hours of
work.
A pair of nylon stockings
that required 40 minutes on
the job at that time, can now
be purchased after 19 minutes.
Similary with many other i
tems.
The average working man in
Brantley County now earns e
nough in 18 minutes to buy a
pound of bacon or a pound
of coffee, which is about half
the time he would have need
ed in 1959.
By putting in 28 minutes of
work he is able to buy a
pound of round steak, best
grade. He can get an auto
mobile tire, size 7.50 by 15,
with the proceeds of some 10.8
hours on the job.
In dollars and cents, these
items are priced higher, but
because hourly wages have
gone up at a faster clip, they
amount to less in terms of
working time.
In the general area, it is
shown, income per household
is 62 percent higher, on av-
Sizzling Prices for Sizzling Weather
LOTT VARIETY STORES
Large Assort, best quality plastic housewares.
Values to $1.29, only 69c ea.
Woodburys 99c lotion or 89c shampoo, 69c.
Reg. 69c Personna or Wilkinson Razor Blades,
2 for SI.OO.
First Qual. import bed sheets 80 x 99, $1.98.
Pillow Cases, 79c pr.
Reg. SI.OO Axe Handle, 59c, 2 for SI.OO.
Reg. 43c Vitalis Hair Tonic, 2 for 48c.
Reg. 55c South Maid Bed Spread Thread, 2
for 89c.
Reg. 29c Spools White Sewing thread, 4 for
SI.OO.
Men's White Socks, 4 prs. SI.OO.
Men's Fruit Loom White Handkerchiefs, 10c.
Ladies First Qual. Rayon Panties, All sizes
5 to 10, 3 for SI.OO.
FOR QUALITY AT LOW PRICES,
LOTT VARIETY STORES
Keep It Beautiful
If America hired people for the job, it would take the
largest sort of army to keep our country free of litter.
But there's no need to hire anyone. It's a job we can
do for ourselves. All of us. Every family that spreads a
picnic lunch. Every boatman who cruises the lakes and
waterways. Every motorist who uses our roads and
highways.
It is the pleasure of the U. S. Brewers Association
each year to give its fullest support to the Keep America
Beautiful Campaign. Remember: Every Litter Bit Hurts.
This is our land. Let's treat it right.
UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. AyA
1655 TULLIE CIRCLE, N.E., ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30329
erage, than it was 10 years
ago. The cost of living, on the
other hand, has risen only
20 percent in the period.
Just how an 8-hour day
breaks down, for the typical
American worker, in meeting
his various bills, is shown in
a Tax Foundation study.
It finds that 2 hours and 34
minutes of it goes to pay his
taxes. Another hour goes for
housing and household needs,
56 minutes for food, tobacco
and alcoholic beverages, and 40
minutes for transportation.
The rest is for clothing, 25
minutes, medical, 21, recrea
tion, 18, and all others, 1 hour
and 46 minutes.
Workshop Set
On Techniques
Os Baking Bread
Miss Paulette Williams, as
sistant Extension home econo
mist, will teach a workshop on
baking bread with yeast. These
classes will include directions
for using new techniques in
baking such as the Rapidmix
method.
The workshop will be held
July 22, 24, 25, from 2:00-
4:00 at the County Agriculture
Building.
The public is invited to at
tend each day.
If the underside of a water
melon is of a light yellowish
color, it is ready for eating,
according to specialists with
the University of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service.
Pierce Now in 3-County Forestry
Area with Morris as Head Ranger
Macon — The Georgia For
estry Commission has initiated
an administrative program de
signed to provide a more co
ordinated forestry service to
the landowners of the state.
Ray Shirley, Commission di
rector, said the program di
vides the state into 39 areas
of supervision. Each area is
headed by experienced per
sonnel, and includes a profes
sional forester who will pro
vide technical assistance to
woodland owners and coordi
nate Commission services
within the area, Shirley add
ed. In the past, technical for
est supervision has been pro
vided through the Commis
sion’s ten district offices con
sisting of 14 to 18 counties
each.
The Forestry Commission
Board, Hugh M. Dixon, Vidal
ia, chairman, authored the
change in an effort to reach
more landowners with the For
estry Commission’s services,
and to bring a 40 hour week
closer to reality for Commis
sion field personnel.
Georgia forest lands, Shir
ley pointed out, are produc
ing at approximately 50 per
cent of capability with about
six million acres badly needing
rehabilitation through plant
ing, timber stand improvement,
site preparation, weed tree
control and other cultural
treatments. The increased
costs in reforestation, timber
stand improvement, and ad
valorem taxes make it neces
sary that landowners have a
vailable technical guidance on
programs that will help devel
op maximum growth and yield
from forest properties.
Shirley, in making the an
nouncement, emphasized that
to realize these objectives the
Commission will coordinate
assistance among coun
ties within the same area. He
pointed out that this
will, in no way,
change ranger and other em
ployees within a county.
The Commission director al
so cited the program as a fi
nancial benefit to the Commis
sion employees. The program,
effective July 1, sees the em
ployees on the same merited
salary schedule as other
state employees. All rangers
and other county unit employ
ees received pay raises as a
result of the upgrading of
those positions.
Shirley has named William
G. Morris to the position of
Area Ranger for the three
county area of Ap
ling, Pierce and Wayne.
He will work out of
the Wayne County Unit where
he has been ranger. The other
Wildlife Rangers in District
Active During 6-Month Period
The Way cross District of the
State Game and Fish Com
mission reports their activi
ty for the past six months Jan
uary 1, through June 30, 19-
69:
The Rangers made 111 cases
for violating game, fish and
boating laws. They checked
6,988 hunting and fishing li-
Patterson FFA Sweeps
State Competition with
1 Awards at
Atlanta — The Patterson
FFA Chapter and its members
received seven awards in six
categories as the 41st State
Future Farmers of America
Convention got underway
Wednesday at the Sheraton-
Biltmore Hotel here.
Patterson FFA Chapter
members won three first
places, a second and third
place and were among the top
six winners in another cate
gory.
The Chapter won a SIOO first
prize in Roadside Beautifica
tion, sponsored by The Atlanta
Journal.
David Smith took the first
place prize of SIOO as Chap
ter Reporter in Competition
sponsored by Production Cred
it Association.
Robert Kimbrell was first
place winner of a SIOO prize
in Soil and Water Manage
ment. also sponsored by PCA’s.
Other awards:
Home Improvement (spon
sored by the National FFA
Foundation) — FFA winner,
Jackie Kimbrell: chapter win
ner. Patterson, Oswell Smith,
advisor.
Chapter Secretary — Bobby
Kimbrell, second place, SSO
award.
Chapter Treasurer — Andy
Aspinwall, third place, $25 a
ward.
I
WILLIAM G. MORRIS
Area Forest Ranger
Unit rangers are Appling, Le
roy Page; and Pierce, James
F. Smith, Assistant Ranger.
Morris came with the Com
mission in December, 1947, as
a patrolman in the Glynn
County Unit. He was promot
ed to assistant ranger of the
Glynn County Unit in 1949 and
to ranger of the Wayne Coun
ty Unit in 1951. He held this
position at the time of his
recent promotion.
The registered forester is
chainman of the Jesup-Wayne
County Recreation Depart
ment, past president of the
Jesup Elks Club and Jesup
Jaycees and a member of the
V. F. W. From 1960-65, Mor
ris was chairman of the City
and County Planning Board,
and was the 1962 chairman of
the United Fund Campaign.
Morris was honorably dis
charged from the U. S. Navy
in 1946 with the rank of Gm
2C. He holds the Asiatic-Pa
cific and Phillipine Liberation
medals.
Morris and his wife, the for
mer Betty Harding of Seattle,
Washington, have two chil
dren, a daughter, Judy John
son 22; and a son Gary, 17.
The family is a member of the
St. Paul Episcopal Church
where Morris is a member of
the Men’s Club.
RED HOT POKER
One of the most spectacular
of the perennial flowering
plants in Georgia during the
summer is red hot poker. Ac
cording to G. E. Smith, hor
ticulturist with the University
of Georgia Cooperative Ex
tension Service, the plant is
native to South Africa and is
also known as the torch lily.
censes and appeared in court
on 77 cases.
The Rangers assisted in re
covering nine drown bodies
from the lakes and rivers.
They removed 54 illegal
traps, nets and baskets. They
also traveled 156,478 miles pa
troling the fourteen counties
of the district.
Convention
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Jimmy's Jiffy Market
Now Open for Business
Open from 7:00 A. M. to
11:00 P. M.
Will have fish market begin
ning Thursday, July 17.
Located in new Building at
the intersection of Highway 301
and 84.
Your Patronage Invited
Baptists Will
Spotlight Their
'Village' Sunday
By DOROTHY SMITH
Way cross Georgia Baptists
will turn the spotlight on their
“Village” for senior citizens
on July 20 for the 13th an
nual observance of Baptist
Village Day.
More than 3,000 Georgia Bap
tist churches will receive a
special offering for the Village
during the observance and the
state goal is $200,000.
“Tender, loving ministry” is
the way one prominent Geor
gia Baptist leader has describ
ed Baptist Village, which is
owned and operated by the
Georgia Baptist Convention.
The Village has accomoda
tions for 220 elderly people
in three apartment buildings,
a dormitory building, and the
new infirmary, and there are
at present 150 residents. The
ultimate goal is facilities for
300 residents.
Dr. James W. Merritt of
Gainesville, former convention
executive secretary, lauded the
Village in an appeal to Bap
tists to participate in the an
nual Village Day observance.
“As attractive as the build
ings and grounds are, the fea
ture that is most appealing is
its tender, loving ministry to
those who reside there and to
whom it is home,” he said.
“The spirit of Christ is the
spirit of compassion and love
and this is truly the spirit of
Baptist Village,” he added.
“The atmosphere of the Vil
lage and the spirit of those
who share the care and minis
try of this great Christian
institution bear out the bless
ed truth that love and tender
concern are at the center and
core of the life of Baptist Vil
lage.”
Dr. Merritt said visitors to
the Village find “the beauty
and charm of this member of
our Georgia Baptist Conven
tion family far beyond their
expectation.”
Citing the new infirmary,
which opened in December, Dr.
Merritt said “it is in full o
peration and rendering a vital
and valuable service.”
He stated, “Village trustees
and administration wisely
planned the new addition and
its equipment to match the
high quality and excellence
of the already existing build
ings and furnishings, which
are unexcelled in architectural
appeal and completeness.”
H. M. Collier of Griffin,
president of the Village board
of trustees, in a .message in
“Baptist Village Life” had
high praise for the Village and
its administrator, the Rev. Dr.
Harvey Mitchell.
“I can truthfully say it is
one of the most efficiently op
erated facilities I have ever
had the pleasure of serving
with,” he stated.
The board president said,
“When you see the Village you
realize what wonderful things
Georgia Baptists have made
possible in a beautiful home,
beautiful surroundings and a
complete feeling of satisfac
tion for the ones who live
there.”
Around 800,000 pieces of liter
ature have been mailed by the
Village administrator and his
staff to Baptist pastors and
Sunday school superintend
ents for use in the Baptist Vil
lage Day observance.
Included in the literature
were brochures about the Vil
lage and its ministry and en
velopes to be used for the
special offering.
R. L. WALKER
WOULD LIKE TO SAY -
THANK YOU
FOR HELPING MAKE MAY & JUNE
PACE SETTER DAYS
A BIG SUCCESS
R. L. WALKER SOLD NEARLY
200 CARS & TRUCKS
HERE'S PROOF AT R. L. WALKER'S YOU GET . . .
BIGGER DEALS AND
BETTER TRADE-INS
WHEN YOU
BUY DIRECT
THERE IS STILL A LARGE SELECTION ON NEW CARS &
TRUCKS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM AT . . .
R. L. WALKER
CHEVROin COMPANY
515 TEBEAU STREET WAYCROSS, GA. 283-4250
COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL
A large apparel manufacturing company is interested in the
Nahunta area of Brantley County to employ approximately 150
women of the area.
Before proceeding with this project, the company desires to
investigate the area interest for employment in such a factory.
Anyone who is able to sew or is willing to learn and would be
available for full time employment is requested to fill in the form
below and mail it to Brantley County Industrial Development
Authority, P. O. Box 452, Nahunta, Ga. 31553.
Additional applications may be obtained at Okefenokee REA
Co-op and in each local community.
This form is not an application for employment. However, when
the plant opens, first consideration will be given to those who reply
to this notice. r
LABOR SURVEY
Name:
Address: _
Telephone No.: Age: Married: Single
Distance of Your Residence From Nahunta;
Check One: 5 Miles 10 15 20 _ Over
Are You Presently Employed? (Check One) Yes .No
Have You Had Experience In Sewing? (Check Below)
Home Sewing ________ Pressing
Production Sewing Floor Work
Cutting None
Supervision Other
Signed: _
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