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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 43 THE PIG AND THE HEN The scripture says: “To him who hath more shall be given, and from him who hath not even that shall be taken.” Philanthropoids have a relevant story. A pig and a hen were strolling amicably down the street when they saw a sign at a lunchroom window reading: DE LICIOUS HAM AND EGGS. “Isn’t it grand,” said the hen, “that together we can give human beings something that delights them?” The pig frowned. “Yes,” he said, “But you’re giving out of surplus; for me, giving is a real sacrifice.” As human beings and Christians, we have found that to give in a real sacrificial way, what we have to begin with shall be added unto. We keep what we give and we lose what we keep. But some people rather remain in the PIG AND HEN FAMILY. Man’s possessions are free gifts of God, and their use may be summed up in one simple rule, always prefer the good of others to our own. We cannot en rich God with our possessions, but rather the saints in the earth: the santified use of our goods is the as sistance of our neighbor. “The Christian is debtor to his neighbor, with bounds fixed to the exercise of his beneficence,” said John Calvin. No we cannot enrich God with our gifts, except through mankind. However, some people seem to think that God should “tip His hat” in gratitude when we give something. The Bible says: “The earth is the Lord’s and its fullness thereof.” How can we give God anything? We cannot make Him any rich er. However, “In as much as you did it unto the least of these you did it unto me,” said Jesus. I want to come out of the hen family (giving a surplus) and the pig family (thinking I am sacrifi cing for nothing). I want to be a member of God’s family and rejoice in “being a faithful and generous son.” BHS Students Returning To Classes on Thursday After 3-Day Suspension Some 240 students were scheduled to return to Black shear High School Thursday after a three-day suspension because of walking out of classes last Thursday. The suspension began Mon day. The students left the school building in protest of the cancellation of a home coming parade and dance which had been scheduled for this Friday. The Pierce County Board of Education called off the dance following racial trouble that erupted at a school dance on October 10. The school facul ty vetoed the upcoming home coming parade. “Both events were cancelled with the best interests and welfare of the students in mind,” E. D. Raulerson, prini cipal, said. “However, we will go ahead with other portions of the homecoming program, including the presentation of the homecoming queen and her court.” Blackshear High is scheduled to meet Clinch County here in an 8:00 P. M. football game Friday. Chairman Alvin M. Ratliff of the Board of Education ex pressed appreciation on be half of the Board to parents for their cooperation and un derstanding during the situa tion. He said the events demon strated the need for an or ganization which could help bring about a better under standing between parents, stu dents and school officials. Plans are reported underway to form a Parent-Teacher As sociation at the school. Want ads are inexpen sive and bring quick re sults. 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 Daylight Time Ends Oct. 26 On Sunday, October 26, at 2:00 A. M. Georgia will join other states now observing Daylight Saving Time by moving their clocks back an hour and re turning to Eastern Standard Time. The Uniform Time Act pro vides that daylight Saving Time b e gins at 2:00 A. M. on the last Sunday of April and ends at 2:00 A. M. on the last Sunday of October. Dean, Wheeler Support Farm Tax Exemptions Both State Senator Roscoe Dean of Jesup and Represen tative Bobby Wheeler of Alma have appeared before the Tax Revision Committee of the House of Representa tives which has been consid ering the tax exemption on farm machinery. The Committee has agreed to leave the sales tax execu tion on feed, seed and ferti lizer, but is still considering their recommendation on farm machinery. Both Dean and Wheeler ur ged retention of the sales tax exemption. Recommendations of the Tax Revision Committee will be acted upon in the 1970 ses sion of the General Assembly. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Ist row: left to right, Diane Wilson, Debra Thrift, Sabrina Sloan, Denease O’Berry, Bet ty Jo Purdom, Jan Purcell, Christina Edgy, Barbara Smith, Barbara Gunter, Bev erly Montague, Shirlene Lee, Allison Chambless, Debbie Brantley FFA Boys Winners at Baxley Fair Eleven members of the Brantley Co. FFA. Chapter showed 15 head of* pure bred hogs at the Baxley Fair last Tuesday night and came home with many ribbons and $205 in cash awards. Competition was keen and blue ribbons were hard to come by, but the Brantley FFA boys received their share and were the top prize win ning chapter of the night. Winners were Keith Thomas S4O, Dalton Brand $35. Andy Harris $35. Gary White $25, Howard Flowers $25, Johnny Thomas S2O, Glenn Hickox sls, Jerry Crews $lO. The boys have won $714 in livestock competition in the last two weeks in three Fairs proving that growing pure bred livestock pays good divi dends. Find lost articles with want ads. awrv VM' ■'' : • v I 3 ' J ' Lh w IBM Os wj taQi I ■ ■ Os i w* f I® m gw w 'MiW Mount Vernon — Miss Bar bara Smith, Brewton Parker College has been chosen as Girl of the Week for October 20. Barbara is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Smith of Blackshear. She is a 1969 grad uate of Blackshear High School where she was a varsity cheer leader, Pep Club president, 4-H Brantley County Future Homemakers Hold Initiation Pat Rowell FFA Reporter HONORED AT BREWTON PARKER Barbara Smith is 'Girl of the Week' The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 23, 1969 Altman, Lou Ann Lee, and Linda Aldridge. 2nd row: left to right, Kathy O’Neal, Paula Moore, Jean Sumner, Sonya Bass, Kathy Harris, Grace Crosby, Teresa Mercer, Mary Pearson, Kay Mercier, Lizzie Lee, Wilma Future Teachers Met Wednesday Brantley County High Fu ture Teachers of America, held its monthly meeting Oct. 15. Rubv Chesser, president re ported about her trip to the Governor’s Conference on Education, Oct. 8-9 in Atlanta. Mrs. Marie Sutton, adviser, and Miss Virleen Strickland accompanied her. Ruby gave a brief talk on Quality Teach a New Dimension In Education. Mrs. Sutton explained the Tutoring Program in which several FTA members will be participating. These students will be tutoring first and sec ond grade pupils recommend ed to them by teachers and principal of Nahunta Elemen tary School. They will be un der the supervision of Lelia H. Turner, of The Department Os Family & Children Serv ices. Reporter: Arlene Chesser Want to use your home r^ezer more? Miss Nelle Thrash, home economist with the Cooperative Extension Service, suggests that you dou ble your recipe when prepar ing a regular dish. Cook one and freeze one. club officer, FTA officer, and a member of numerous other organizations. Her beauty was recognized in high school through the title of FFA Sweetheart and the home ' coming court. Barbara is blonde, 5’6” and enjoys the outdoors. She plans to teach when she finishes col lege. ■MU. Morgan, Pam Jacobs, Melba Riggins, Kay Smith, and Re becca Wainright. 3rd row: left to right, Mary Ruth Lynn, Marie Shriver, Gwen Jacobs, Sandra Sapp, Mary Alice Stevens, Kathy Thrift, Susan Riggins, Diane Shuman, Barbara Shuman, Hoboken PTA Committees Are Appointed The Hoboken Elementary P. T. A. met Monday night, Oct. 20. at the Hoboken School/ Miss Shirley Harper gave the devotional. The newly-elected officers for the year are: Mrs. Stan lev Dowling. President, Mrs. Johnny Jones, Vice-president, Mrs. Brantley Griffin, Secre tary, Mrs. Jimmy Carter, Treasury. The following committees were appoinited: Program: Mrs. Virgil Stone Miss Faye Parnell, Mrs. Tom Ellis, Mrs. Ferrell Thomas. Budget and Finance: Mr. Goldwire Fowler, Mrs. Jimmy Carter. Year Book: Mrs. J. L. Ste vens, Mrs. Roy Jordan, Mrs. Owen Prescott. Membership : Mrs. Laverne Buie, Mrs. Wayne Stevens. Publicity: Mrs. S. D. Kelly, Mrs. Brantley Griffin. P. T. A. Magazine: Mrs. A. J. Lee, Mrs. Jeff Williams. Publications: Mrs. Harley Strickland, Mrs. J. O. An drews. Door Prize: Mrs. Jimmy Carter. Grade Count: Mr. Jimmy Thornton. Mrs. J. L. Stevens. Hospitality: Mrs. Johnny Jones, Mrs. Gene Wiley. By-Laws and Procedures: Mrs. Goldwire Fowler, Mrs. Jennie Larkins. Devotional: Mrs. Ray Thom as. Hoboken Elementary School announce that the attendance was the highest percentage in the county, averaging 98.3% for the first month of school. The highlight for October is the Halloween Carnival set for six (6) o’clock) on Friday evening Oct. 31. Supper will be served from five until seven (7) o’clock. Mrs. Ellis’ first grade won the grade count and Mrs. O wen Prescott won the door prize. Refreshments were served to a large number of parents ^”d teachers who are work ing for an excellent school year. Personals Riverside Baptist Church now has preaching every Sun day. Rev. E. J. Dixon is pas tor and invites everyone to attend the services morning and night. * ♦ ♦ Brantley County Parent- Teachers Association will meet at the High School Monday nmht. Oct. 27. at 8:00 O’clock. All parents and teachers are urged to attend. • * * Mrs. Jean Thomas i? now home from Memorial Hospital after being a patient since she was hospitalized following an auto accident the last of Sep tember. Mrs. Lawanna Thornton has returned home after being on a tour with Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Everett of Waycross to Black Rock Mountain, the Smokie Mountains and visit ing places of interest in Gat linburg, Tenn, and Waynes ville N. C. Annette Harris, Sandra Tur ner, and not shown, Rosa Ed wards. Forty-two new young ladies were added to the Brantley County FHA roll after under going special initiation events held Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Brantley County High School. Mrs. Vesta Johns Funeral Service Held Wednesday Mrs. Vesta Wainwright Johns, 77, of Rte. 1, Nahunta, died Wednesday at her home. She was a native of Charl ton County and had lived in Brantley County for the past two years. She was a mem ber of Calvary Baptist Church in Waycross. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. M. David Thrift of Na hunta and Mrs. H. P. Gres ham of Orlando, Fla.; a son, Seaborn G. Jones of Waycross; five sisters, Miss Sallie Wain wright, Mrs. Susie Boatright and Mrs. Zeddie Collins, all of Waycross. Mrs. Marie Mc- Cullough of Perrv. Fla and Mrs. Lillian Peeples of Kings land and a brother, Marshall Wainwright of Waycross. Funeral services were held Thursday at Grace Chapel Baptist Church near Folkston. Burial was in Antioch Ceme tery. Card of Thanks We would like to thank everyone who came to us with help and offers of help dur ing and after our recent acci dent. We so greatly appreciate the flowers, cards, gifts and every act of kindness. May we never foget your thoughtfulness. Sincerely, Arthur and Jean Thom- as and Kirk and Kent. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Diverted Acreage May Be Used for Fail Livstock Grazing, Dykes Says Acreage diverted under the 1969 feed grain and wheat programs may now be used for livestock grazing, George Dykes, Chairman of the ASC Committee, announced. He reminded farmers that under normal circumstances no grazing is permitted on acreage still under contract ir long-term land retirement pro grams such as the Conserva tion Reserve and the Cropland Adjustment Program. In coun ties designated for emergency assistance because of natural disaster, county ASC commit tees may permit haying and grazing on these lands. The announcement affects only livestock grazing on land diverted under annual commo dity programs. No diverted a creage may be harvested, a gain with the exception of those counties designated for the emergency program, where both grazing and haying may be permitted by county com mittees. Diverted acreage is land set aside from crop production by -mers participating in vol untary commodity programs. Diverted acreage must be kept in conserving uses. Among other provisions, this means no livestock may graze during the growing season. Vegetative cover is required to be maintained to protect the diverted land from ero sion. Public benefits are pro vided by conserving use of diverted acres, Dykes said, as well as protection of the far mer’s land. By helping pre vent soil eroision, conserving uses help keep water run off more silt - free than if the land were left idle but Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Clifford T. Park succeeded Julian Evans as president of the Blackshear-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and Congressman William S. Stuckey, Jr., spoke at the an nual meeting of the Chamber held last Friday night in the BHS cafeteria. Introduced by M. L. Dixon, Stuckey spoke on the import ance of establishing goals in rural life. He said he regards rural living as a real opportun ity and proposed a crusade to revitalize rural America. Stuckey also stressed the importance of local leader ship. The speaker said he had introduced a measure in Con gress to spur individual growth in rural areas. Under the bill, an industry locating in a “If you were blind, what wouliyou give to see?” Norm Van Brocklin State Sight-Saving Chairman This year 900 Georgians will go blind. 450 of them needlessly. Most simply from a lack of knowledge. And that’s what we’re Set up to prevent. Will you help us? With your financial assistance, the Society can continue its extensive program of education, testing, research, and prevention. Send your Gift of Sight Donation to SEE, Box 2020, Atlanta, Georgia 30308. Georgia Society for the Prevention of Blindness. A nonprofit organization supported by contributions SUBSCRIPTION PRICfe AND TAX Inside county „.. $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 unprotected. Diverted land al so provides many thousands of acres of wildlife habitat. Hoboken Honor Roll Announced These students at Hoboken Elementary School for the first 6 weeks maintained a 93 or above average: Miss Parnell”s 4th: Ginger Thomas, Tammy Cook, Roger Joiner, Ronnie Miles, Patty Ivey, Shelia Pearson, Beth Griffin, Delree Lee. Mrs. Burch’s 4th: Carol Gunter, Diane Lee, Wade Lee, Wayne Sims, Debra Barnard. Mrs. Kelly’s sth: Ronev Pe terson, Vicki Rhoden, Sharon Crews, Donna Stevens. Mrs. Robinson’s sth: Delda Lee, Felicia Thomas. Mr. Thornton’s 6th: Sonja Thomas, Terry Jones. Mrs. Larkin’s 6th: Brenda Gunter, Shelia Thomas, Terry Lee, Vickie Crews, Cheryl Gunter, Melaine Hickox, Mark Fowler, Craig Johnson, Richard Talbot, Rosa Lee. Mrs. Carter’s 7th: Debbie Colvin, Tim Jones, Kay Wal dron Sheri Strickland, Vic ki Cook. Mrs. Colvin’s 7th: Joan Car ter, Darlene Hanchey, Boyd Griffin, Danny Strickland, Barbara Foster. Troy Keeble, horticulturist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Serv ice, suggests that homeowners make periodic checks in their lawns for possible damage by fall armyworms and sod webworms. Hears Stuckey Banquet, rural area would be given a seven percent tax credit as an incentive. In his annual report, out going President Evans told of accomplishments of the Cham ber of Commerce and of a number of projects in which it has participated. The annual treasurer’s re port, given by Milton Waters, showed a balance in October of $1,299 and receipts during the year of .more than $3,000. Incoming President Park pointed out agricultural and industrial progress that is taking place is Pierce County. Guests at the Chamber of Commerce banquet included Rep. Bobby Wheeler, State Senator Roscoe Dean and Jack Williams, Jr., publisher of the Waycross Journal-Herald.