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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 47 INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE! The Bible says, “Bear one another’s burdens . . . give and it shall be given to you.” A man took his family into a restaurant, sat down at a clean table, ordered a sumptous meal, ate it with satisfaction and delight. When the waitress brought the check the man said, “Oh, I don’t believe in pay ing for meals. Please give this check to that man over there.” The waitress took the check to the man at a nearby table. The man accepted the check and paid it, even leaving a tip for the waitress. INCREDIBLE! A woman went to a super-market where all man- ners of goodies were spread out in lo"g rows. She filled her cart with everything from a case of ginger ale to prime roast, with a bag of out of town fruit thrown in. When the woman came to the check-out counter, the cashier rang up the bill and said, $36.50 please. The woman put on a horrified look and said, “But I’m going to take a trip to Florida next week, and I don’t have the money to pay for this food. I’ll just let the folk in line behind me pay for it.” And behold, the folk in line reached for their pocket books, took out the money and paid the woman’s bill. INCREDIBLE! A family lived in Pleasantville, one of the nicest towns in the world. The children attended fine schools, the family enjoyed the paved streets, the ex cellent water facilities, the parks and the community hospital. But one day a tax bill arrived, they frowned and tore it up and said, “We don’t believe in paying taxes. Let our neighbors pay it if they want to.” The people of the community liked these people, got together and paid that family’s tax bill. INCREDIBLE! Now there was a family that belonged to a wonder ful . . . Sorry, I just can’t bear to tell the story . . . you tell it yourself. It is so utterly INCREDIBLE. But it’s true I * I wonder why the Bible says, “Many will strive, but FEW will get there.” I guess the reason is they will not pay the price! What do you think ? Hoboken PTA Met Monday The Hoboken P. T. A. met Nov. 17. The committees reported that the Halloween carnival had been a success and that the funds are available for playground equipment. Mrs. Mable R. Moody, coun ty school superintendent, re ported that Hoboken’s atten dance is still highest in the county. Mrs. Ellis, a first grade teacher, received the prize for having the most Barents present. Mrs. S. D. Kelley re ceived the door prize. Mr. Luther Bunning who is the director of the Youth De velopment Center in Way cross visited with us and gave us a report of the work be ing done there. Mrs. S. D. Kelley gave the devotional. Refreshments were served. Personals Mrs. Ethel Braddock of Jacksonville visited Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Highsmith and Mrs. Irene Haenel this past w»ek. Mrs. Haenel went home with her for Thanksgiving holidays. The singing convention scheuled for Nahunta Sunday has been called off on ac count of illness, it is announc ed by J. R. Proctor, president of the convention. The Brantlev High School PTA will meet Monday night at 7:00 o’clock at the school. Mrs. Louise Jones is presi dent of the PTA. All members are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Ernie O’Neal and children of Tucker, Ga., were in Brantley County a few days on account of the death of Mr. Perry Wain right who was Mr. O’Neal’s brother-in-law. Mr. Ottis Morgan, state highway overseer, has been in the Waycross Hospital since last week. The Implications of the Scriptures By Rev. J. Loy Scott Pastor, First United Methodist Church Raybon Home Economics Club Met Monday The Raybon Home Econom ics Club .met at Raybon Church on Monday Nov. 17. at 7:30 P. M. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson gave a program on decor of occasions. New officers elected were Mrs. Lawson Dußose, presi dent; Mrs. Leon Wilson. 2nd vice-president; Mrs. Mary Rvals. 3rd vice-president and Mrs. Elroy Strickland, secre tary and treasurer. Others present at the meet ing were Mrs. Bill Willis, Mrs. Albert Purdom and Mrs. Gertie Lynn. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to all our friends and relatives for their kindness toward us in our recent bereavement. We deeply appreciate the ex pressions of symnathy, the covered dishes and the floral tributes. We will always re member your friendship and we pray the Lord’s blessings upon you. The family of Perry Wainright And Brothers And Sisters. Broome Attends Workshop for Probation Officers Marion Lee Broome has re centiv comnlofod a worksbon entitleld “Probation in the Criminal Justice System” which was held at the Univer sity of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Attending the workshop were statewide probation officers as well as officials from outstand ing independent systems. The purpose of the work shop was to provide an op portunity for probation offi cers and other personnel to broaden their theoretical and practical knowledge. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Jim Davis Was Speaker At 4-H Club Banquet Robert Fowler Funeral Service Held Wednesday Mr. Robert Doug las Fowler, 38, of Deerfield Beach. Fla. passed away Saturday, November 15 in a Pomoano Beach hospital and his death brings person al sorrow to a large number of relatives and friends throughout this section. Mr. Fowler was born in Ontario, Canada and was th° son of Odie Fowler of Wil low Snrings. N. C. and the late Ola Strickland Fowler H ; g I ’”'mith. From an early --o rn"d r> his Home in Deerfield Beach, Fla. with un^le a -'d aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ogden. He a+- t"nded Riverside Military A cademy and later en rolled at Pinecrest School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and a mem ber of the Boca Raton Ameri can Legion Post. He had been a resident of Florida for the past 30 years and at the time of his death was the manager of a pack age store. In addition to his father, survivors include his wife Mrs. Florence L. Fowler of Deerfield Beach. Fla.; one daughter. Miss Patricia Fow ler of Cottonwood, Calif.; three sons, Robert Fowler. Jeffrey Fowler and Bryan Fowler, all of Cottonwood, Calif.; one brother, Ralph Fowler of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Also surviving are several aunts, uncles and other rel atives. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Wednesday afternoon, November 19, from the chapel of the Chambless Funeral Home with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas officiating, assisted by the Rev. Ernest S. Purcell. Interment followed in the family plot in Smyrna Ceme tery. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. Joe McDonald, Moultrie Purdom. Bobby Smith, Robert Chancey, Jul ius Smith and Kenneth Earl Strickland. The many beautiful floral tributes attested to the es teem felt for the deceased. The family has the sym pathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Future Teachers Volunteer to Tutor Children The Brantley County De partment of Family and Chil dren Services, in cooperation with twenty students from the Future Teachers of America organization and first and second grade teachers from Nahunta Elementary School, has organized a volunteer tu toring program. This was started with chil dren from ten different fami lies as this is a new project on trial basis. Each child was picked by the teacher on the basis of need for special help that could not be given during regular school hours. The following students vol unteered as instructors in this project: Sheila Bennett. Ru by Chesser, Lynnell Griffin, Lucy Johns. Cindy Raulerson. Myra Fain, Cathy Wynn, Deb ra Harris. Gail Wainright. Syl via Schmitt, Patricia Wain right, Judy Johns, Arlene Chesser, Donna Pierce. Wanda Morgan. Sandy Stewart. Me lanie Stallings, Sandra Nich ols, Pinky Gunter. Margie Brauda, and Jan Purcell. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, November 20, 1969 The President of Georgia’s 4-H Clubs, Jim Davis, was the speaker at the Annual 4-H Awards Banquet pre sented by the Brantley Coun ty Home Economics clubs. Denise Smith, president of the County 4-H Council, pre sided and presented a plaque to Keith Thomas as the out standing 4-H club boy in the class of 1970, while Jan Purcell presented the girl’s a ward to Lynnell Griffin. Al so honored by the County Council were Mrs. Mable Moo dy and Jackie Tumlin for their interest and concern in youth. Jerry Crews gave the in vocation, Martin Brooker and Rosa Edwards led the pledges to the flags. Mrs. N. W. Hen drix welcomed the guests to the banquet and Sonya Bass gave the response. Cindy Raulerson and Keith Thomas reported on the various ac tivities of clubs. Lynnell Griffin presented special guests who included Mrs. Mable Moody, and mem b-rs of Board of Education, Mr. Goldwire Fowler. Mr. John I. Lee. Mr. Edward Brand and Mr. C. D. Gibson, also Mr. Bob Strickland, prin cipal of the Nahunta Elemen tary School. A program of entertainment was presented by Kathy Jones. Kaye Allen and Marshall Allen. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson. and Mr. George A. Loyd, pre sented the certificates and medals to the 4-H club mem bers who had excelled in club work. Leadership Certificates were presented to Denise Smith, Jerry Crews. Keith Thomas. Sheila Bennett. Mar tin Brooker, Cindy Rauler son. Pat Dowling. Miles Moo dy, Kathy Herrin, Sandra Thrift. Darlene Hanchey. San dra Talbot, Debra Thrift and Deidra Brand. Poultry judging certifi cates were for Glenn Hendrix. Thomas Herrin. Jerry Crews. Keith Thomas, Deidra Brand. Denise White, Jackie Stewart, Leonard Harris and Terry Thomnson. Medals and those who won them were: Achievement.' Debbie Colvin. Sonya Bass and Jackie Stewart; Bread. Deidra Brand; Clothing and Dress Revue, Greta Hickox. Sabra Keen and Penny Gun ter; Safety, Art Keene; Swine. Ernie Johns; Veteri nary Science, Johnny Davis: Citizenship, Keith Thom a « and Cindy Raulerson; Public Sneaking. Denise Smi+h: Health. Kvmer Math’e. Ta mara Smith. Donna Popw°ll. Merrell Tripp: Home Im provement, Debbie Colvin and Kevin Mathie; Home Management. Jill Lee. Sheila Bennett, Kathrvn Schmitt and Lvnnell Griffin: Horse. Leonard Harris; Horticultural. Terrv Herrin; Leadership Keith Thomas. Cindv Ravl°r son, Denise Smith and Mike Lyle: Petroleum Pow°r. Rob by Howell; Photograohv Ter rv Jones: Consumer Educa tion. Pam Moodv, Denise White. Jan Purcell and Rosa Edwards: Dairy Foods. Ann Keene and Myra Trinn: Doe Care. Tony Morgan; Electric Timothv Jones and Blak° Loyd; Food-Nutrition, Sh°ila Bennett and Ann Keen-: Food Preservation. Linda Cle ’and. Willie Pearl Roundtree Cheryl Gunter and Pat Dow ling; Forestry. Mark Middle ton: Money Is A Tool. Lvn nell Griffin and Merrell Tripp- Recreation, Mike Lyle and Jerry Crews. Future Teachers Met Wednesday Brantley County Future Teachers held their regular meeting Nov. 12. A representative from Way cross talked about selling Christmas signs, after which our club opened a campaign to sell them. All members of the club attended the Bth District Con vention at Valdosta State Col lege. Nov. 19. Mrs. Marie Sut ton is Bth District advisor and Rubv Chesser will participate in the program, serving as Vice-Director. Wanda Morgan. Gail Wain right and Margie Brauda gave reports on their tutoring pro gram. Reoorter: Arlene Chesser Brantley County Forestry Unit Makes Annual Report for 68-69 Georgia’s forest resources developed in rural Georgia are providing the spark that is generating more than one bil lion dollars annually through out the state’s .market places. No other single industry af fects the lives of more Geor gians than does forestry and the by products of this in dustry. Brantley County has 247,- 600 forest acres representing 86% of the total land area. The total land area is 286,000 a^res. The raw material from these forest acres supplies wia ior industries in Brantley. Camden, Glynn, Ware and Wayne Counties and also parts of Florida. According to the Depart ment of Labor report, there are fourteen businesses in Brantley County engaged in the processing or manufac turing of forest products. They employ 283 people with an estimated annual payroll of $498,536.00. These industries manufacture naval stores, pa per. pallets, post, poles and lumber. In manufacturing these products they utilize pine, oak, gum, poplar, cypress and many other species. The total budget for Brant ley County during this period was $45,156.00. The County’s participation and expenditures are four cents per private for est acre, which is 247,600 a cres. The County’s annual share is $9,904.00 or twenty two percent (22%). The State’s share is $35,252.00 or seventy eight - percent (78%). The proposed budget for 1969-70 is $42,091.00. The total exoenditures for the period July 1, 1968 through June 30. 1969 was $36,622.78. This includes the purchase of one Allis-Chalmer HD-6 trac+or. There are five full time po sitions in the Unit consisting of two forest patrolmen, two towermen, one ranger and one part time position for an assistant patrolman. During the months of Feb ruary, March and April the personnel worked from 10-12 hours a day and some days up to 14 hdurs. Due to higher wages and shorter hours else where, there has been a com plete turn over in personnel since October, 1968 with the exception of ranger. Due to the above working condition* mialified personnel that will stay on the job any length of time are very hard to find The County Unit was opera ted this past fire season with two new patrolmen, Joseph Leon Allen and David Stan ley Crews, new towerman. Ma ry Nevon Patten, who ar® still with the Unit at th’s time. We are grateful to these employees for the long hour'' and hard work they have done. There is a thorough train ing program conducted in the Unit. The things taught consist of safetv. fundament als of fire behavior, fire fighting techniques, use of air patrol and record keep ing etc. During the period Julv 1 1968 through June 30 1 q «o we had seventy-eight wild fires burning 174 79 em—s with an average size of 2 24 p'’r~ c ner fire. We had thirt” vov forest fires such as tobe-vr barns, houses, cars, hich-way and railroad right-of-way. Eighteen landowners had 55.6 miles of pre-suppression fe lines plowed. We are grateful for the assistance we have rot ten from Brunswick Pulp & Paper Company, Union- Camp Corporation. Rayonier Wade Timber Company and Varn Timber Comnanv, Inc in sunorecsing wild fire c or their land as well as other lands. The fire suppressionn eauip ment in Brantley County con sists of t w o F-750 Ford trucks, one TD-9 International trac tor, one HD-6 Allis-Chalmer tractor, two Mathis fire nlows one Athens harrow and two pickup trucks, one of which is oauipprd wi*h a-” eighty gallon water tank and pmo. The Forestry Commission has six fire patrol planes sta tiwied at th“ Eighth District Office in Waycross. These planes play a major part in smoke sifting, guiding sup pression units to a fire by the ouickest and best route. The Commission also has two TBM aerial tvpe bombers which are used to drop re tardant on fires to hold them until fire lines can be put a round them. The bomber was not used on any fires in Brantley County this year. Waycross and Brunswick are the loading points for tank ers operating in this area. We have a full time inves tigator stationed at the Eighth District Office to as sist in investigating fires when needed. There have been 350 pie ces of fire prevention litera ture distributed to schools and other organizations in the county. There have been 1.208 contacts made in per son, 2,463 phone calls, 64 meetings, 4 talks, 9 informa tion letters, 27 news articles and one movie shown con cerning forestry and forestry protection. The GFC Management For ester advised 25 persons cov ering 18.313 acres on the Naval Store Conservation Pro gram, two persons covering 80 acres of ACP Practices and two persons covering 327 a cres of Prescribed Burniing advice. Thirteen landowners order ed 581.850 slash pine seedlings. 368.000 improved slash pine 2 000 improved loblolly pine. 50 red cedar, 150 Arizona cy press. 450 dogwood, 300 red bud and 1,000 sycamore seed lings. These seedlings were plant ed on approximately 1,596 a ems of land. Forestry products are a major source of income tn the economy of Brantley County. The total number of seed lings and acres planted from the State nursery stock in the last eleven years is 3 628 000 seedlings. These were planted on 4.930 acres of land. Brantley County personnel collected 120 pounds of black walnut s°ed for , th° State Nursery last year. The Forestry Commission in 1964 made available to the nublic improved pine seed lings. Since then, there has been such a demand for the ‘mproved species that in the future most all seedlings will be of the improved variety. The Forestry Commission has recently started a Rural Fire Defense Program in the state. The program consists of loaning surplus equipment to various fire departments to improve their capability for suppressing not only building fires but woods, grass and br’’sh fires as well. Snecial appreciation is ex ♦md-d to the members of our Forestry Board R. L. Bernord. chairman, J. L. Miles, Alvin Shuman, Clifton Strickland a”d W. H. Brown, and our county commissioners George F. Stewart, chairman, W. E. RlHridge. E B Strickland who hav« vjven th^ir services with out compensation to th** coun tv unit and the people of Brantlev Countv that if may be a more prosperous place to work and liv°. The emplovees of th r Bentley County Forestry U nit would like to take this onuortunity to express our ap preciation tn our state sena tor. Roscoe Dean, and our rep resentative, Robert Harrison for th°ir support and assis t"nco in netting us th° salary cdiuctmcnt we r-coived on July 1. 1969. We believe that this -wnll helo in getting good Qualified personnel so stay or the job and make forest pro tection much better in the fu ture. Respectfully submitted Eber J. Rhoden Brantley County Forest Ranger Revival Starts Monday Night At Riverside Riverside Baptist Church will begin a r^'T'al meotinr Monday night, Nov. 24. with services each night at 7:30. Rev. Guv Purvis will b the evangelist. Rev. E. J. Div on is the pastor of the church The church will serve sun per on Thanksgiving night Nov. 27. The revival will continue through Friday night, Nov. 29. Everyone is invited to at tend the services. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Slash Pine Community Action Agency to Meet Next Week's Edition to Be Printed Early In order to allow distribu tion before the Thanksgiving holiday, next week’s issue of The Brantley Enter prise will be printed and mail ed one day earlier than usual. Correspondents, advertisers and others with copy for pub lication are asked to take note of this earlier deadline. The deadline for news and advertising next week is 10 A. M. Tuesday. Lawn Bulletin Offers Weed Control Tips If weeds were a problem in your lawn this year, you may want to check your lawn maintenance practices. Agron omnists with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service say weed-; have a hard time invading well tended lawns. However, some weeds find their way into the best lawns, and Dr. James F. Miller, Ex tension agronomist-weed con trol. has prepared a new pub lication to help homeowners control these weeds. Miller says proper fertili zation and irrigation heln maintain a dense, healthv turf. Herbicides — chemical weed killers — can be used to destroy or prevent infesta tion by weeds. However, Mil ler says there are no sub stitutes for good lawn main tenance. The n°w publication. en- titled “Weed Control in Lawns”, offers sections on the various types of weeds, weed control schedule, photos of common weeds recom mended herbicides and hints on proper application. Coun ty Agent, George A. Loyd, says that th° Brantley County Extension office has a limit ed supply of this bulletin and that any interested home owner may obtain a copy if they would like one. The county agent also stat ed that the county office has a large variety of bulletins and pamphlets on varying subjects, that is of interest to farmers, homemakers and gardeners. Everyone is in vited to come by and look o ver the supply and select any of these that is of interest tc them. National FFA Delegates Vote To Admit Girls to Membership In a close vote, delegates t< the 42nd National Futur r Farmers of America Conven tion voted to amend their con stitution to admit girls into their membership. The amend ment which required a two thirds vote passed by only two votes; 76 delegates voting for 35 members against, the change. The amendment to allow girls in the national organiza tion has met stiff resistance when it has been introduced in five previous conventions This year’s close vote crme after nearly 20 miuntes of spirited debate. The am c, vl ment was voted on by 115 FFA student delegates represent" the 450,000 member organiza tion for students of vocations’ education. Two delegates from each state are sent to the conven tion except in states wher^ membership in the FFA ex ceeds 10,000. States which have over 10,000 members a-^ allowed to send additional del egates in proportion to the number of members over this quota. In recent years, vocational agricultural programs have broadened to include studies in horticulture, and other ag ribusinessess which anpeal to both male and female voca- SUBSCRIPTION PRICfe AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 Community leaders and citizens from, Brant ley and eight area coun ties will gather in Waycross next Monday, Nov. 24, for the second annual meeting of Slash Pine Community Ac tion Agency. The event features a Thanksgiving season supper at the Elks Home and an address by Dr. William Bowden, vice chancellor for services, Uni versity System of Georgia. The program begins at 7:30 P. M. Registration gets under way at 6P. M., according to William S. Smith, administra tor for the agency which sponsors several programs in the area directed toward im provement of the community and its citizens. Among those attending will be members of city and coun ty governments, members of the county’s Community Ac tion Committee, county of ficials and representatives, a rea school administrators, and cooperating agency officials. The staff of Slash Pine CAA will serve as welcoming com mittee. C. J. Broome, planning and research director, will serve as master of ceremonies. En tertainment and a brief re port on Slash Pine CAA ac tivities is scheduled. The guest speaker is recog nized as an expert in the field of adult education. Prior to accepting his present position he was professor of adult ed ucation and chairman of the Department of Adult Educa tion at the University of Georgia. Dr. Bowden a native of Kentucky, received his masters and doctors degrees in adult education from the Universi ty of Chicago. He served as associate di rector of Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, for eight years before a program advisor with the Ford Foun dation. In the latter capacity he served a year and one-half in Argentina. Dr. Bowden has recently been named president of Southwestern of Memphis at Memphis, Tenn., a position he will assume next year. He is a graduate of Southwestern wiith a BA degree in English. Emphasizing the Thanks giving theme of the rqeeting, Smith said the successes Slash Pine CAA has enjoyed has been the result of pooled ef forts, cooperation, and good will of many individuals from many areas. EFFICENT FARMERS Farmers in the United States are probably the most effi cient in the world, according to Miss Lora Laine, home man agement specialist with the Cooperative Extension Serv ice. They produce enough food and fiber for themselves and 42 other people. tional students. Although gitls have been allowed to take vo cational agriculture courses they have never been able to enjoy the benefit of leader ship training, awards, pro grams, and contests of the Fu ture Farmers of America or ganization. The amendment to the constitution will make these rights and privileges a vailable for the first time to girls interested in agriculture related vocations. The amendment merely e liminates the word “male” in Article IV, Section B, which until today has read: “Active Membership — any male stu dent who is regularly enrol led in vocational agriculture is entitled to become an ac tive member of any chartered FFA chapter.’ The FFA is the national or ganization for students study ing vocational agriculture in public secondary schools under the provisions of the National Vocational Education Act. The FFA is self governed entireiv by the students under adult counsel and guidance. Its pur pose is to motivate and vitalize the systematic instruction of students of vocational agricul ture and to provide further training in agriculture, leader ship, cooperation and citizen ship.