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Newspaper Page TextEDITOR’S MOTTO Be not diverted from your ^ ut y ? y any *^ e 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 50 Minutes of Brantley County Commissioners The regular .monthly meet ing of the Board of Com missioners of Brantley Coun ty was called to order by the Chairman at 9:00 A. M., Tuesday, December 2, 1969, with all members present. The minutes were read and approved. 1. Mr. Stewart gave a report on Commodity Distributions as follows: Thirteen tons, 10,098 items with a cash food value of $6,500 delivered in Brant ley County. 2. The Chairman presented a Railroad Crossing Agreement Form to the Board for ap proval on Project No. 6700 — Hoboken. Motion was made by Mr. Strickland to accept Right-of-way agreement of Seaboard Coastline Co., and was seconded by Mr. Eldridge. 3. Mrs. Lydia Johns request ed that the Commission pay her for one day’s work due her for work she did during the 1968 audit. Motion was made by Mr. Eldridge that the Commission pay Mrs. Johns. Mr. Strickland made a motion not to nay her. Mr. Stewart seconded the motion made by Mr Eldridge. 4. Sealed bids were opened for purchase of gasoline, oil. disel fuel, grease, heating fuel and L. P. Gas. Gulf Oil Corp, and Brantley Gas and Ap pliance won the bids. 5. During a discussion on the Mental Health Bill, Mr. Ste wart .made a proposal to remain under the present Ju dicial System. Motion was made by Mr. Strickland to ac cept the above proposal and seconded by Mr. Eldridge. 6. Sheriff Johns requested that the Commission furnish the Deputy with adequate uniforms. The Commission vo ted to supply said uniforms listed as follows: Hats as need ed, one winter jacket, 4 win ter shirts, 6 summer shirts and 4 pairs (winter & summer) trousers per year. The above uniforms are to be supplied as needed on a yearly basis. 7. The Chairman gave a report of 50 traffic tickets turned in since Nov. 4. 1969. 8. Motion was made by Mr. Strickland to approve pay ment of bills, seconded by Mr. Eldridge. Income and Ex penditures as follows: 9. Mr. Raymond Smith met with the Board and stated that funds may be available from the State to extend the County Airport Runway four hundred feet. Mr. Smith re quested a letter from the Board giving authority to ob tain the funds. Mr. Strickland made the motion, seconded by Mr. Eldridge to grant the authority to obtain the funds. GENERAL GOVERNMENT: Salary and travel of Commis sioners; Chairman Stewart $506.30; Eldridge $49.40: Strickland $50.60; salary of Clerk Wiley $195.83: salary of Attorney Houston $100; adver tising and printing $24.30; telephone $33.33; insurance $195.50; postage $18: dues $156.25. Total: $1,329.51. Maintenance of Courthouse: Salary of Janitor Griffin $273.- 40; lights, water & fuel $73. 65; repairs $33.33; mainten ance of old school building $661.34; lights, water & fuel old school $86.81. Total: $528.- 53. Maintenaince of Jail: Re pairs sl6: telephone $6.50; To tal: $22.50. Office of Ordinary: Income: Licenses $46.; certificates $29; wills, letters and support $59; miscellaneous S2B; Sheriff’s Dent. (27 cases) $270; State Patrol (37 cases) $370; Insol vent Fund $1,466; Total: $2,- 254. Expinditures: Salary of Ordinary Rozier $571.42: sala ry of Clerk Crews $154.87; tel euhone $13.35; office supplies $3.05; postage $6; Total: $748.- 69- „ , , Superior Court: Salary of Solicitor Hayes $113.34; salary of Court Reporter Summerall $46- Total: $159.34. Office of Clerk of Superior Court: Income. Recording $307.60; Court $107.50; Copies $lO 25; Cancellations $4.75; Total:’ $430.10. Expenditures: Salary of Clerk Herrin $413.68; salary of Clerk R. Herrin SIOB 24- office supplies & equipment $123.12: telephone $13.86: postage $6. Total: ^Office of Sheriff: Income: Ordinary Reported that the Sheriff turned into his office $3 992.00. Expenditures: Sal- BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. ary of Sheriff Johns $552.80; Salary of Deputy Wainright $304.20; telephone $13.15; gas oline & oil $229.81; car repair & parts $55.30; lights Sheriff’s residence $19.57; prisioner’s diet $76.50; uniforms $238.95; printing $3. Total: $1,511.28. Office of Tax Commission er: Income: Taxes & Auto tags $260.66; Expinditures: Sa lary of Tax Commissioner Wli son $610.52; salary of Clerk H. Wilson $161.26; telephone $11.20; office supplies $134.20; Total: $917.18. Office of County and Home Demonstration Agents: Salary and travel of County Agent Loyd $200; salary and travel of Home Demonstration Agent Raulerson $144.22; telephone $14.41; office supplies $2.13: Total: $360.76. Public Welfare: Budget: Dept. Familv and Children Service $1,280 86. Public Health: Budget: Brantley County Health Dept. $763.66. Road Dept.: Salaries: Daniels $309.03; Harris $365.74- E. Herrin $311.57; T. Herrin $290.90; W. Herrin $328.96; Hulett $254.37; Johns $271.05; Knox $280.75; C. Moore $307.- 74; J. Moore $292.28; Norton $376.44; Warner $268.90; Smith $271.74; Other: Motor Fuel Tax $108.22; telephone $18.10; heating fuel $46.75; right-of-way expense $2,166.37; repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment $1,035.87; gasoline oil $593.- 86; small tools harware & supplies $405.21; lights $10; traffic lights $1.23; Total: SB,- 315.08. Officers of Coroner: One in quest $25. Georgia Forestry Commis sion: Budget: $825.25. Retirement & Taxes with held of Elected Officials and County Employees: Federal Withholding Tax $910.93. Special Fund: Hospitals $150; drugs $42.90; transportation sls; Total: $207.90. Miscellaneous: Tax Asses sors salaries, Clerk Morgan $270.40 Inkind Contribution S9O; Homemaker Aide’s tele phone $13.21: Dept, of Soil Conservation telephone $7.40; Total: $381.10. Complete Total of All Ex penditures: $18,952.47. George F. Stewart Chairman County Com missioners Filing Deadline Announced for Medicare Bills There are some Medicare beneficiaries in this area who will lose money if they don’t file a claim before the begin ning of the New Year. “We hope these will file their claims before January 1, 1970,” said O. L. Pope, Dis trict Manager of the Waycross Social Security Office. There are time limits for the payment of Medical in surance claims under the So cial Security Act. The time limit for payment of medical services received between Oc tober 1, 1967 and September ।3O 1968 is December 31. 1969. Seme Brantley Countians j haven’t filed for these pay । ments because they think the bills for medical services must be paid before they can re ceive any payment from their Medicare insurance. ‘This is I not true,” Pope said, “A claim ' should be filed right away to avoid any loss of money.” For more information or help in completing a claim visit or call the Social Securi - ity Office in Waycross at 704 Jane Street. The telephone number is 283-3404. Office hours are from 8:30 A. M. to 4:45 P. M., Monday through Friday. The petals of an ordinary daisy reveal advancements being made in telephone equip ment. In the center of the flower is a tiny diode which is used in microwave equipment. The little battery helps to supply power in the transfer of both picture and voice waves across the country. It is manufactured by Western Electric, manufacturing and supply unit to Southern Bell and the entire Bell. System. Funds Available for Rural Housing Projects The Farmers Home Admin istration under provisions in the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, makes and insures several types of rural hous ing loans. Farmers and oth er residents living in open country and places with popu lations of not more than 5,- 500, which are rural in char acter, may be eligible for these loans. One type of which many families in Brantley, Charlton, Pierce and Ware Counties mav be eligible is a loan at 614 percent interest with a .maxi mum repayment period of 33 years. This loan is available to eligible farmers and other rural residents with a low to moderate income. Rural hous ing loans are made only to applicants who are unable to obtain the credit they need from private lenders. One of the aims of this urogram is to get more quali fied families into decent, safe and sanitary housing of their own. Funds are now available at this attractive interest rate for construction of new dwel lings. Loans also may be made to purchase a modest dwelling Or a suitable building site. Additional information a bout this and other types of housing loans made by the Farmers Home Administration mav be obtained from Mr. Paul M. Purcell, Acting Countv Suoervisor or Miss Madeline Culbreth. County Office Clerk. Their office is located at 201 State Street in Waycross, Georgia and the office hours are from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M., Monday through Friday. Telephone Number is 283,6824. Pine Cone 4-H Club Met Thursday The Pine Cone 4-H Club held its regular .meeting Thursday, Dec. 11 at the Na hunta Elementary School. Members were given pro ject manuals and identifi cation cards. New officers for the year are as follows: Pat Dowline. president; Linda Jones, girl’s vice-president; Mark Middle ton, boy’s vice-president; Tamara Smith, secretary; Da ra Smith, treasurer; Danny Morgan, parliamentarian and Terry Herrin reporter. Terry Herrin, Repoter The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 18, 1969 FLOWER POWER Personals Mrs. John Jones returned from Hawaii on Thursday of last week where she spent several days with her husband Airman First Class John Jones who is stationed in Vietnam was on leave of absence and they met their for a short vacation. Mrs. Danny Thornton and daughter, Stepheny, spent last week in Savannah visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Broome of Columbus, Montan na are spending this week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome. SANTA’S BAG OF PLENTIFULS Santa’s bag of plentiful of fers the consumer good buys which include the following. USDA’s Consumer and Mar keting Service reports: fresh pears, broiler-fryers, canned peaches, canned pears, fresh apples, fresh potatoes and sweetpotatoes, canned toma toes and tomato products, dry beans, dry split peas and len tils. TREE SELECTION The best looking trees f^r the holiday season are soM early. Home economists with the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Georgia suggest that you make your selection before all the fresh trees are gone. A fresh tree should be selected ev»n if it will be used only a short time. Find lost articles with want ads. Chevrolet Becomes Full Line Truck Marketer with New 1970 Models For the first time since it entered the commercial vehi cle market in 1918, Chevrolet will become a full line truck marketer when it introduces its 1970 models in mid-October. Addition of a new series of heavy diesel line-haul tractors will give the division coverage of the market ranging from light dual purpose vehicles to prime movers as large as any now commonly used in over the-road service. Entry into the extra heavy duty field with the new top of-the-line diesels will bring changes in the division’s heavy-duty truck marketing program. For the 1970 model year, selected Chevrolet deal ers meeting specified qualifica tions for physical facilities, Senator Dean To Visit Nahunta Saturday Dec. 20 State Senator Roscoe Dean announced plans for his an nual People To People Tour of the Sixth Senatorial Dis trict. I look forward to seeing any and all citizens and groups that have any suggestions o pinions, or problems they wish for me to consider or attempt to solve. It is my sincere hope that the people take advantage of my visit to be of service to them, Senator Dean stated Sentor Dean will be in Nahunta at the Courthouse on Saturday, December 20 at 10-11 A. M. (adv) Nahunta Stores To Close 2 Days For Christmas Stores will be closed tw"' days for Christmas, it is announced by the merchant’s association. The stores will close Thu"'-- day and Friday. Dec. 25 a^d 26. They will be open all dav Wednesday. Dec. 24. The Citizens Bank will h° dosed as usual Thursday. The stores will open again Satur day, Dec. 27. White-Flowers Mr. and Mrs. J. A. White of Hortense announce the ap proaching marriage of their daughter Shirley Ann to Shel don Lawrence Flowers. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Flowers of Hortense. The wedding is to be solem nized Saturday, Dec. 20, at 7:00 P. M. at Sloans Hill Church of God of Prophecy at Hortense. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. parts stock, and trained serv ice and sales personnel will be eligible to sell the new extra heavy line. Beginning in October, 1970. Chevrolet intends to market its heavy-duty trucks under a separate selling agreement which will be offered to qua lified Chevrolet dealers in a reas where adequate potential exists. Dealers awarded such agreements also will continue to sell all other Chevrolet pro ducts. The new large diesel trac tors will be offered in 22 mod els with both two— and four cycle engines with nine differ ent power ratings up to 335 hp. Three basic cab types are offered — long and short con ventional in steel and an alum inum tilt. Enterprise to Be Published One Day Early The Brantley Enterprise will be printed a day earlier next week on account of Christmas day coming on Thursday, when printers are off for the holiday. Deadline for news and ad vertising next week will be 10:00 A. M. Tuesday, Dec. 23. Please try to get your news to us Monday, if possible, but no later than 10:00 A. M. Tues day. Jerry Crews Is Brantley's Top Corn Grower Each year the Brantley County Chapter of Future Farmers of America hold a corn contest. The contestants of the corn contest consist of the members of the chapter who have com for project. This year our winners are Ist. Place Jerry Crews with 116 bu. per acre, 2nd place Keith Thomas with 115 bu. per acre, and Dalton Brand was our 3rd place winner with 111 bu. per acre. These winners will receive trophies at the Annual Father and Son Banquet, sponsored by the Blackshear Manufacturing Co., agent Mr. Elroy Strickland. The cash a wards for this contest is sponsored by the Brantley En terprise, Mr. Carl Broome. Nahunta Baptist Church Will Present Cantata The First Baptist Church in Nahunta will present John Peterson’s latest Christmas Cantata “Carol of Christmas” Sunday Dec. 21 at 7:30 P. M. Friends and neighbors are invited to join with the con gregation of the church to enjoy the presentation of the cantata. Pint-Sized Whirlwind Leads March of Dimes Campaign By ANN FORER * Meet Martin Mim Mack, 1970 National March of Dimes Poster Boy! Marty is a cheerful, healthy eight year-old with all the zest of a typical American boy for sports, games, ham burgers, camping trips, and not taking baths. He is a bright lad and does well in school, thanks to parents who make sure he studies hard, and a well-developed ability to concentrate. Marty sounds like a normal kid and in most ways he is. Once you’ve spent a few hours with him, you get used to the things that make him differ ent. But you never really for get them, for every time you look at Marty the differences are obvious. Once you get past the big brown eyes and the Huck Finn grin, you are look ing at a little boy who has no arms. He has artificial arms that he wears all day at school. With them, Marty can feed himself, paint pictures, type on a regular electric typewriter, and even play the recorder. Three days a week of physical and occupational therapy have done that for Marty. Or you could say Marty has done it for himself. He is dead set on being self-sufficient. Struggle To Walk Being born without arms isn’t Marty’s only problem. He was also born with a hip de fect that makes his left leg three inches shorter than his right. As a baby, he couldn’t crawl around the house break ing things and driving his mother nuts. He couldn’t, be cause his legs were in casts first and later in braces. Other uncomfortable gadgetry was also tried to help him walk some day-—maybe. Over the years, that “may be” has become a yes. Today Marty walks. In fact he runs. With some coaching from his five healthy older brothers, he has become a pretty good soc cer player. In 1967 he had a bone graft operation on his left foot, which straightened and strengthened it. And he no longer wears his leg braces OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Georgia Safety Council Tries to Prevent Us From Killing Ourselves Nobody likes the subject of holiday safety. It is particu larly unpopular at Christmas because the message rarely seems effective without the mention of death. Christmas is not supposed to be a time of death, but a time of birth; it is not meant to be a time of sadness, but a time of joy. This is what safety is all about. Christmas is a time of birth, of joy —if there are no tragic accidents. It is peo ple — drivers — who are not supposed to drive after they drink too much at a party; it is drivers who are not supposed to drive so fast that they cannot control their cars; and it is drivers again who are not supposed to drive so long on a holiday State Senator Out Warrants State Sen. Roscoe Dean has sworn out two warrants for the arrest of Anoling County Sheriff J. B. “Red” Carter, who, Dean says, slapped him and called him a dirty name. Dean asid he was on a “people to peonle” tour of towns in his district Monday. While at the Appling County courthouse, he said, he was approached by Carter. “I want to talk to you,” Dean said Carter told him. And then, Dean said. Carter slapped him and called him a dirty name he won’t repeat “because I am a gentleman ” Dean and Carter have feud ed for months over a local bill in the 1969 General As sembly which would have raised the pay of Carter and his staff. Dean said there was con siderable opposition to the ... ; S . c : 1 y ' t SUNDAY SAILORS. Marty Mim Mack and his father, Bill, relax aboard "My Six Sons." Quiet moments are rare for Marty, who keeps the grownups hopping to keep pace with him. The energetic youngster will be stirring up activity all, over the country during the January March of Dimes campaign. the forefront of the birth de fects struggle. This year, Marty has been named the 1970 National Poster Child for the March of Dimes. He and his mother will tour the country during January on behalf of the voluntary health organization. The March of Dimes sup ports year-round programs for patient and community ser vices, education, research, and 111 March of Dimes Birth De fects Centers which provide diagnosis and treatment for children like Marty. during the day. He will al ways have to wear a built-up shoe, however, just as he’ll al ways have to use prosthetic arms. Still, Marty Mim Mack is doing all right, compared with many other kids in this coun try. A quarter of a million babies are born with signifi cant birth defects each year in the United States. Many of them are in worse shape than Marty. Some die within the first few years of life because their defects are so over whelming that doctors can’t save them. Others are mentally retarded and don’t have Marty’s brain power to help them fight for a productive, happy life. Some are blind or deaf, or both. Some are paralyzed. An Amer ican baby with one or more defects is born every two min utes. Knowing the facts about birth defects, Marty and his family believe that things could be much worse. So, they support the fight to prevent birth defects from striking other families. Today they work with The National Foun dation-March of Dimes, the voluntary health organization which, following its smashing victory over polio, has been in SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 trip tht they fall asleep at the wheel. It is an ironic fact that a thousand traffic deaths can go unnoticed, while just one can shatter a family’s world. The business of safety is life. The 4,790 people killed on the nation’s highways last year in December are part of an ir repairable fact. Our holiday’s record this year depends far less on thoughts of death than on individual driver’s active attempts to stay alive — by obeying the laws, by look ing out for the other guy. In every fatal accident report lies the wish that someone had given more thought to the preservation of life by the actions they took as a driver. Roscoe Dean Takes for Appling Sheriff bill and that he would not ap prove it unless Carter agreed to a referendum. Carter re fused, saying it would mean too long a delay. Carter said Dean had promis ed earlier he would push the bill through. Dean says he made no such promise. The two swapped accusa tions in a series of adverti ments in the weekly Baxley News Banner. Each accused the other of not telling the truth about the bill. The warrants, issued b y Justice of the Peace Mack Howard in Dean’s home town, Jesup, charged Carter with assault and battery and using obusive and obscene language. Carter wouldn’t admit hit ting Dean. But witnesses, he said, “said I hit him pretty hard.” Goal Is Prevention Then there are the scien tists whose work is supported by National Foundation grants. These investigators are study ing hereditary and environ mental factors and their effects on . the developing embryo. They are finding out how to diagnose birth defects earlier and how to treat them more effectively, and ultimately how to prevent them from happen ing in the first place. All this isn’t going to grow Marty a pair of arms. But Marty isn’t complaining. He just thinks it would be a real good idea to prevent birth de fects. And so does the March of Dimes.