The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, October 02, 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 40 National 4-H Club Week Set for October 4-11 “National 4-H Club Week” is next week October 4-11, and will be observed through-out the United States, announced Denise Smith, president of the Brantley County 4-H Club Council. “Our county is observing this week with some special events, too,” stated Miss Smith. “Many of our members are preparing entries for the Oke fenokee and Brunswick Fairs, committees at each school will have bulletin board dis plays and a store window dis play will be made. The Ex tension Home Economics club members are beginning this week with a cake sale which will be used to sponsor our 4-H Club Banquet, and the activities will end with a 4-H Club Sunday program at the Nahunta Baptist on Sunday night, October 12.” A release by the County 4-H Council showed the County Council officers providing the leadership for the various e vents. Chairman of the Council booth at the Okefenokee Fair is Shelia Bennett, bulletin board chairman, County High School, Martin Brooker, Ho boken Elementary School, Debbie Colvin; Nahunta Ele mentary School, Karen Lewis; chairman of the store window display is Cindy Raulerson and chairman of the 4-H Club Sunday program is Denise Smith. Boys and girls from each of the 8 4-H clubs in the county are included in the various committees. Help Requested in Finding Missing Boy Law officials have had a re quest to help find a young man who has wondered away from home. He is William Mo ran, 21 years old, six feet tall, blue eyes, brown hair crewcut, scar on his throat. Bill was last seen wearing brown shoes, olive jeans and white T-shirt. He may be walking or hitchicking in this area. If seen, please notify sheriff’s office, Nahunta, Ga. Stuckey Will Speak at Annual C off C Banquet CONGRESSMAN STUCKEY Speaker for Oct. 17 Banquet k 4-H BUILDS A LEADERS 4 BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Personals Clinton Robinson returned home from Memorial Hospit al on Tuesday, where he has been following surgery last week. Marine Lance Corporal Frank J. Willis, son of Mrs. Verdie Willis of Nahunta, par ticipated in Operation Durham Peak in the Danang area of Vietnam. The Operation was conducted by the First Ma rine Division to find enemy forces and destroy their capa bility to strike against the Da nang area. A meeting of the Brantley County Radio Club will be held at the Rural Electric Co-op building Saturday, Oct. 4, at 6:00 P. M. S. R. Terry L. Crews U. S. N. of Rt. 2. Nahunta, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Crews, left Jacksonville Nation Air Terminal Sept. 27 enroute to McGuire N. A. S. in New Jer sey. from where he will fly to board the U. S. S. John F. Kennedy which is at Sea off the coast from Spain. Mr. Crews recently completed his Basic Training at N. A. S. Or* lando, Fla. Nahunta Garden Club Will Meet Tuesday The Nahunta Garden Club will meet Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 4:00 P. M. in the Social Hall of the Nahunta Baptist Church. All members are requested to bring containers and mater ial with which to make flower arrangements. Waynesvil,le Sportsman Club to Meet Saturday The Waynesville Sportsmans Club will meet at the Biscayne Restaurant Saturday night, Oct. 4, at 8 P. M., it is an nounced by Roy Harper. The purpose of the meeting is to enroll new members and discuss the general business of the club. The annual Chamber of Commerce meeting and ban quet will be held on Friday, October 17, at 7:00 P. M. in the BHS lunchroom or gym nasium. Congressman W. S. (Bill) Stuckey, Jr., will be the prin cipal speaker. Tickets are on sale by most merchants in Blackshear and Patterson, or from Lenwood Hamilton in Blackshear or R. C. Cunningham in Patterson. Julian Evans is president of the Chamber of Commerce. Subscribe to the BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE John Floyd DAR Chapter Meets In Homerville “Son. we have given you a republic, if you can hold it,” Mrs. Hugh Reid, Georgia State Regent of NSDAR, quot ed from Benjamin Franklin, when the Constitutional Con vention finally broke up on September 17, 1787. He was answering the eager question of a young Colonial citizen. “It had been a hot and tir ing summer for the Constitu tional delegates, but they had come up with a gift for the world. Nothing like it had ever been written before. It was America’s gift to the nations: a Constitution for a free people to govern them selves through their elected representatives. An opportuni ty for .man to work out his des tiny, resolved by themselves, and the education and determi nation of those governed.” Speaking to the members of the John Floyd Chapter, and their guests, in Homerville on Thursday, at the lovely home of Mrs. Jack Helms, Mrs. Reid reminded her listeners that our Constitution is still good, that it is up-to-date, and a part of our lives.” We take it for granted. Changes have come, due to individual interpre tations, but we are proud of our citizenship. Under our constitutions, we have what we earn by the sweat of our brow, and we have no right to expect more,” she said. Daughters should set ex cellent examples of citizenship, we should be inspired by the document, by the men who ] wrote it, by those who live by it, and the noble men who have died for it, She conclud- ' ed. ' Mrs. Reid made an appeal for the restoration of Metter Gardens in Augusta, home of George Walden, signer of the Declaration of Independence,, from Georgia. She was intro duced by Mrs. O. E. Talley, program chairman of Consti tution Month. Mrs. E. J. Smith, chapter regent, recognized special guests at the meeting: Mrs. W. G. Townsend, regent of Lyman Hall Chapter, Way cross; Mesdames Fred O dum, J. Tom Burgess, and A. V. Kennedy, and Mrs. Rob ert Bazemore. Mrs. A. L. Wood ard and Mrs. R. L. Baze more, the celebrated active ninety-three year old twins, were given special recognition Three State Chairman from John Floyd Chapter were re cognized: Mrs. Leslie McPhee, State Scrapbook Chairman; Miss Leila Summerall, Motion Picture Chairman; and Mrs. E. J. Smith, State Magazine Chariman. Mrs. Wylder Williams led the pledge to the flag; Mrs. Rob ert Cowart, chaplain, led the ritual. The group was led in singing “America the Beautiful” by Mrs. Sarah Bassonett. Mrs. Earl Wheeler brought the President General’s message and Mrs. Marvin Strickland gave the National Defense News. During the social hour, Mrs. Helms was assisted in enter taining by the Homerville daughters. Mrs. George Peag ler served at the coffee tab le. The guests enjoyed a tour of the stately new home dur ing this hour, admiring its elegance, tasteful decorations, courteous and warm hospitali ty- Publicity Chairman Hickox H. E. Club Met at Brand Home The Hickox Extension Home Economics club met last week at the home of Mrs. Edward Brand. Mrs. Conway Howard pre sided over the meeting. Plans were made on the county fair booth and cake sale for the 4-H Banquet. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson presented a program on party planning. Others present were Mes darnes Wilson Wainright, John I. Lee, Everette Lee, Al fred Thomas, Jimmy Thomas and Arthur Keene. Notice that cool morning air lately? Troy Keeble, Ex tension Service horticulturist, says this is a good sign for home gardeners to start pre paring house plants for the winter months ahead. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 2, 1949 Raulerson Is Reelected Mayor City of Nahunta T. E. Raulerson was reelec te mayor of Nahunta in the city election Wednesday, Oct. 1, by a vote of 207 to 106 over Virgil Allen. Four aiderman were also e lected. The vote for the six candidates for aiderman was as follows: Robert Griner 237 Emory Middleton 218 Andrew Johns .. 201 Kennth Willis 188 Bobby Chancey 151 Bob Hendrix 140 The four candidates receiv ing the most votes were elec ted to serve the next two years. Emory Middleton was the only new man elected for the next term. Harry DePrat ter, incumbent aiderman, did not offer for reelection. Brantley County Schools Enroll 1550 Students Brantley County public schools have enrolled a total of 1550 students for the 1969- 70 term, it is announced by Mrs. Mable Moody, county su perintendent. Brantley County High School has enrolled 604 stu dents, Nahunta Elementary School has 614 pupils and Hoboken Elementary School has 332 pupils. School enrollment in Brant ley County has held around the 1600 enrollment for the past several years. Card of Thanks The family of Mr. James Alvin Jacobs wish to express their sincere thanks and their deep appreciation to every one who were so thoughtful of them during his illness and at the time of his death. The sympathy and every helpful act meant so much to us at this time. We appreciate the many floral tributes. The covered dishes were very help ful. Thanks for everything. May God bless each of you. Sincerely, His wife and other members of family 4-H: Opportunity for All Involvement and demon stration are terms heard a lot these days. Many of today’s headlines involve youths who demonstrate. Well, next week — October 5-11 — more headlines will be highlighting stories of youths who are involved and who demonstrate for what they believe in: 4-H. National 4-H Club Week will be observed in Brantley Co. all across Georgia and by more than 3 million boys and girls from 9to 19 years of age, and some 26 million men and women who once were 4-H members. When these 3 million youths joined 4-H, they agreed to learn by doing the 4-H way. And they have. They learn through projects and activi ties how to make civic con tributions, beautify their homes, build better communi ties, plant flowers, make clothes, cook meals, take pic tures, manage money, raise animals and build for tomor row. They invest their time and talents in constructive endeavors. They are red, yellow, black and white. They are from In dian reservations, ghettos, big cities, sprawling ranches, su burbs, hills and valleys, farms and small towns. SNEAKY THEIVES Some sneaky theives are stealing crops from Georgia farmers. The theives are lit erally underground, according to entomologists with the Uni versity of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service. They are called soil insects and they include wireworms. white grubs, rootworms, foot mag gots, mole crickets and cut worms. Col. Strickland At University Os Nebraska Lieut. Colonel Sid ney L. Strickland, of Savannah, formerly of Blackshear, is attending the University of Nebraska and expects to receive his degree in June of 1970. He is ma joring in history. Steven Michael Strickland, son of Col. and Mrs. Strick land is at present undergoing basic Army training at Fort Jackson, S. C. He graduated from Jenkins High School in August at the age of 16, having skipped his senior year by attending summer school. Ten Title I Programs Aid Brantley Children Disadvantaged school chil dren in Brantley County will benefit from ten special pro grams under Title I, ESEA, during the fiscal year 1969, according to State School Su perintendent Jack P. Nix. R. T. Riggins is Pierce County School Superintendent. Funds of $129,916 will fi nance projects in reading, in dustrial arts, music and phy sical education as well as food, attendance, clothing, den tal, medical and library serv ices. Title I funds under the Ele mentary and Secondary Edu cation Act are distributed lo cally on the basis of the num ber of school age children in the school system from fami lies with less than $2,000 an nual income. School leaders plan their own projects to fill locally determined needs then submit them to the Geor gia Department of Education Tite I Coordinator R. C. Bee mon for approval. Georgia farmers produce a bout $500,000 dollars worth of blueberries each year on about 400 acres, according to re search horticulturists with the University of Georgia Experi ment Stations. Approximately 150 individ ual demonstrations were given before club members, 121 mem bers gave demonstrations at county contest. 64 members attended District Achievement contests at Jesup, Rock Eagle, Reidsville, and Tifton. 23 individuals participated in the area fair and the Pierce Quali ty Steer Show. 2 girls and 2 boys attended each the State 4-H Council the special camps of naval stores (Valdosta) and leadership (Savannah). 2 girls and 1 boy attended forestry camp (Way cross). Joy Broome, a gradu ated senior, was Southeast dis trict leadership winner. She attended State Congress in Atlanta and received the a ward 74 members enjoyed the county camp trip to Wahsega. Backstopping these future citizens and leaders of our country are several million parents, aunts, uncles, grand parents, volunteer leaders and the thousands of men and women employed by the Co operative Extension Service who supervise and guide 4-H Youth work. Scores of private business enterprises have sup ported 4-H for half a century. An that’s a sizable number of men, women and boys and girls to be involved in group demonstrations. To them we extend our congratulations and sincere good wishes for their success in “learning by doing.” We look forward to their contin uing demonstration to show others how to prepare a bet ter meal, grow better crops, raise better livestock, practice greater safety and develop leadership skills to build a better way of life. Nahunta Baptist Church Starts Revival Sunday The fall revival will be held at the Nahunta Baptist church October 5-12. Services will be held each evening at 8:00. The pastor, Ernest S. Purcell, will preach in each of the serv ices. The church invites all who will to atend. If you are not a member of a church we extend to you a special invi tation. There will be special sing ing during each service by the church choir and other groups. A nursery will be provided. 14 Brantley Women on Tour Os Ware-Tech Everyone should see the special education opportuni ties offered for people in our area at “Ware Tech” — was the opinion voiced by a group of Extension Home Economics club members upon completion of a tour through the area vo cational school Tuesday of this week. A number of Brantley Countains are or have already taken advantages of special studies offered at Ware Tech. Mr. Curio, assistant director of the school, told the group that students are helped with choosing their courses through aptitude tests to determine whether they showed special abilities. These tests only act as a guide since the person’s Own determination will prove whether a student will suc ceed in an area of study. One of the most request for jobs from industry is in the tool and die .making, and the course “Machine Shop” where this is taught had the fewest stu dents enrolled. The faculty included a num ber of people from this area, two of which are Brantley Countians, Mr. Wendell Hig ginbotham, who teaches auto mechanics, and Mrs. Joan Johns Crews, who is in charge of the Day Care Center. Those who made tour in cluded, Mesdames Carroll Johns, Woodrow Hendrix, Wilson Wainright, Ben Huling, James Altman, Emory Middle ton, w. H. O. Smith, David O’Berry, Ervin Driggers, John ny Lee, J. E. Aldridge, Gold wire Fowler, Aldridge and Virginia Raulerson, Home Economist. Births Mr. and Mrs. Ned Hendrix announce the birth of a 9 lbs. 13 oz. baby boy. He has been named Brian Edmond. The mother is the former Miss Frances Ellis. SP-4 and Mrs. Freddie Hen drix announce the birth of a baby boy. He weighs 8 lbs. 11 oz. and has been named Michael Fredrick. The mother is the former Miss Linda Hur sey. CARD OF THANKS We would like to express our sincere thanks and deep est gratitude to all those who were so kind and helpful to us during our recent bereave ment. We are especially grateful for the messages of sympathy, floral tributes, covered dishes and other acts of kindness shown. May the Lord’s blessings a bide with each of you. The Family of Mrs. Alice B. Highsmith ^^>£3^4 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Old School Building May Be for Community Service A request for the Brantley County Commissioners to seek the help of the Slash Pine Area Development Commission to make feasibility study of the possible conversion of the old Nahunta School Building into a Community Service Building, was made at the County Community Action I Committee meeting held last Thursday at the Okefenoke REMC. The request was made after the group learned that funds are available for such a build ing through organization of Economics Opportunity. The county’s share of funds can be land, materials, or existing buildings. The possibility that a conversion through redesign ing is one area in which Slash Pine planners are an aid to a county. Reports were given by the Home Management Aides con cerning their work in the county, they also provided a snack made from commodity foods to show some possibili ties which families who re ceive these foods have for their families. The Community Action Committee is the link between the representatives of the Area OEO and local people. Citizens learn about programs available through OEO and studying local needs and situations which may benefit from these programs. Any citizen may attend a Community Action Committee meeting. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 3 P. M. at the Okefenoke REMC. DAN T. CURRIN PASSES AWAY Dan T. Currin of Oxford, N. C., a warehouseman on the Blackshear tobacco market for 44 years, passed away Tuesday in the Duke University Hos pital, after an extended ill ness. Mr. Currin suffered a heart attack two weeks ago. He had been transferred from inten sive care to a private room re cently as his condition had apparently improved. Born in Granville County, N. C., Mr. Currin was reared on a farm and worked with his father, who was a tobacco grower. He began his tobacco career in 1916 as a solicitor, and was an auctioneer in 1918, 1919 and 1920 on the North Caro lina market. Afterward, he bought tobacco for an inde pendent company and became a warehouseman in Louis burg, N. C. His first season on the Blackshear market was in 1925. The Farmers Warehouse, built in 1923, had been operated by the firm of Bulloch, Cheat ham and Parham. Mr. Currin took the place of Mr. Parham and until 1969 had not missed a season on the local market. Eventually, the warehouse came to be operated by Mr. Currin with his brother, Bill Currin, and son, Dan T. Cur rin, Jr. Mr. Currin was a director of the Peoples Bank in Black shear. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Oxford, at 3:00 o’clock P. M. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eloise Currin of Oxford; a son, Dan Currin, Jr., of Ox ford; and two daughters. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county 53.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state 54.00 Four Injured When Auto Hits Culvert Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thomas and two 5-year-old twins, Wil liam and Kent, were injured Monday in an auto accident on Highway 84 near Petty’s Crossing. Their 1967 car ran off the road and hit a culvert abut ment and turned over. Mrs. Jean Thomas received a broken leg and other injuries. One of the twins, William, was also injured seriously. Both were in intensive care at Way cross Hospital Tuesday. Mr. Thomas was listed in good condition and the sec ond twin, Kent, was listed in fair condition. The car was damaged at approximately SISOO, accord ing to the State Patrol report of the accident. Non-Real Estate Farm Debt at Record Level Non-real estate farm debts owed by farmers in the United States reached a record high of $24.9 million on January 1, 1969, according to J. E. Bennett^ Jr., general manager of Satil la Production Credit Associ ation. Non-real estate farm debt accounts for nearly half of all debts owed by farmers which also includes farm real estate mortgage debt according to figures released by the Farm Credit Administration in Washington. On January 1, 1969, farmers’ total debts a mounted to $52.1 billion, an increase of $3.1 billion over a year earlier. Mr. Bennett said non-real estate farm debt is held by institutional lenders (PCAs, commercial banks and Farm ers Home Administration) and by merchants, dealers and in dividuals. On January 1, 1969, the Satilla PCA was serving farm ers, growers and ranchers with 63.3 percent of the total non-real estate farm debt held by institutional lenders in its territory of operations which is comprised of Brant ley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch Glynn, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne counties. The Associa tion currently has $5,484,893.- 00 outstanding to 512 borrow ers. Production Credit Associa- ions in the Third Farm Cred- it which is composed of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida held 54.6 percent of the to tal non-real estate farm debt held by institutional lenders on January 1, 1969, an increase of 1.8 per cent over a year earlier, Mr. Bennett stated. There are 60 PCAs in the Third Farm Credit District with 180 complete service of fices which are provided lead ership, supervision and agri cultural loan funds by the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, South Car olina. The 60 PCAs are currently serving over 43,000 Tarniers, growers and ranchers with over SSOO million of operating and capital investment credit on an intermediate-term basis, Mr. Bennett concluded.