The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, February 12, 1970, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 48 - NUMBER 7 A Voice in the Wilderness Brantley County History In forthcoming editions of the Brantley En terprise there will be a series of articles on the his tory of our area, the area that is now Brantley Coun ty. When 1 think of history or the “old days” of Brantley County they mean; swimming at the White Ford, each evening walking over three or four hundred acres of open woodland to look for fifteen head of piney woods cows that we boys had to milk to get half a tea cup, every morning before catching the school bus. To my daddy and others of his age group as well as our Great Grandparents, the “old days” would mean some thing quiet different. The history will cover the time of the first settlers through the organization of Brantley County. Mr. Stuart Wiggins of Waynesville and others have supplied the bulk of the information and collective ly we have attempted to verify all facts. I solicit help and assistance from anyone who has old ori ginal land grants, photos, letters, wills or any type of old document they may add to this effort. County News This editor solicits news items from each and every community in the county. In particular, personals and news of servicemen, of which I have a great interest. Letters to the editor by servicemen describ ing their duties, travels and experiences would be appreciated. Other letters to the editor would be appreciated too. As a general policy, news items need not be typed double spaced, grammar, con struction, and spelling all correct. This newspaper has the ability to do all the above. WE DESIRE COUNTY NEWS. Woodland Owner Benefits From Sound Practices The vast forest area of Geor gia, 25,772,200 acres, require that a sound forestry program be established by each wood land owner. It is more imperative than ever before that good forestry practices be followed by all landowners. Rising land val ues have changed the eco nomic aspects of forestry. Since 1950, the average value of farm real estate per acre has more than doubled na tionwide. In all segments of the economy, people are get ting more output from less input of land and resources. Crop production per acre to day is about 50 percent great er than it was in 1950. Forest growth and values must compete in this kind of land competition. Therefore, a realistic program of grow ing and harvesting of timber must be initiated by each woodland owner. The landowner will develop his own program on the ob jectives he has set for his woodlot. This may call for either a short rotation, with out thinning, or selective cut ing. Each of these methods provides the landowner a choice of economic and pro duct return and production. By growing on a short ro tation, the landowner real izes as immediate large return on his investment about every 20 years. The landowner is then able to replant with a desired species. The selection method en ables the landowner to keep his woodlot at its maximum productive capacity, ending with a more valuable crop at maturity. This is done through a series of cuttings beginning with the removal of proper quality trees and concluding with the sawtimber cut. Due to the series of cuttings, the landowner is able to provide himself with a stable, peri odic income. Whatever .method is chosen, the landowner’s primary ob jective should be taken into consideration. For manage ment assistance on your wood lot in Brantley, County con tact H. L. Neal Jr., Area For ester, Georgia Forestry Com mission, Brunswick, through the Brantley County Fores try Unit, Eber J. Rhoden, ranger. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Home Ec. Club Plans Tour February 18 A planned tour to look at retirement facilities will be conducted by the County Ex tension Home Economics Clubs February 18. The two facilities to be vis ited are Baptist Village near Way cross and Sun City at Alma. We will meet Wednesday morning at our county office at 9:30 or 10:30 at Baptist Vil lage. We will have lunch to gether and on to Alma to vis it Sun City at 2:00. Anyone wishing to go along is invited to do so. You may call our office 462-5724. 4-H Club News SLASH PINE 4-H The monthly meeting of the Slash Pine 4-H Club was held on Feb. 10, at the Brantley County School cafetorium, with our president, Debra Thirst, calling the .meeting to order. Gary White gave the devotional, then we had our pledges. Jan Purcell, secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting and they were ap proved as read. Denise Smith gave a report on the County Council meeting. The meeting was turned o ver to Mrs. Raulerson and Mr. Loyd. They presented a pro gram on “Mix and Match-For Good Meals.” A film was shown and recipes were given out. Denise Smith, Reporter WHITE OAK CLUB The White Oak 4-H Club met Monday, Feb. 9. The meet ing was called to order by Deidra Brand, president. De nise White read the devotion al and Derwin Brooker led us in the pledges. Donna Pop well read the minutes. We discussed the project a chievement contest to be held February 21, the district 4-H Horse Show to be held in Na hunta June 4, and the poultry judging team. Mrs. Raulerson and Mr. Loyd showed a film on how to mix and match foods for a good meal and recipes were given to us. Denise White, Reporter MISS DEBRY CREWS To Wed Richard Rhoden on February 15 Homemakers Os America Met Tuesday The Brantley County Chap ter of the Future Homemak ers of America met Tuesday. Feb. 10, with the President, Cathy Wynn presiding. Entrance music provided by Melaine Stallings; with Kathy Jones, Nancy Middleton, Jan ice Middleton, and Joyce Mur ray participating in the color guard. The devotion was giv en by Ruby Chesser and the minutes submitted by Judy Davis. A relaxer was a commercial fashion show. The narrator was Debra Thrift. Models were Debbie Altman, Rebecca Wainright, Kay Smith, and Melba Riggins. Debbie Altman wore a sack dress, Rebecca wore a balloon dress, Kay wore a breakfast dress and Melba wore a print dress. Nancy Middleton, the pub lic relations chairman, gave the following news realeses: 1. Congratulation to Cathy Wynn being selected State FT A Secretary. 2. Congratulations to Mary Robinson for being selected as state FHA President nominee. Cathy and Mary received a standing ovation from the girls. 3. Flowers had been sent to Mrs. Dorothy Ham. She is a Patient in Waycross Memorial Hospital. 4. State Degree report forms and honor roll report dead line is February 16. 5. Friday week, February 20, “school out for students.” Faculty will attend in-service meeting in Waycross. 6. Valentine Dance this Sat urday night! The Business session in cluded Valentine Dance Pro gress report, FHA’ers to serv at the Annual FFA Banquet, Inez Murray Scholarship Fund. A nutrition skit “The Haun ed Diet” was given. Narrator was Lynell Griffin, “Mary” was Sandy Brooker. Ghosts were: Nancy Middleton, Wan da Morgan. Darcel Roberson, Jo Ann Ruling, Marie Stevens, Denise Kelly, The spooky mu sic was arranged by Jackie O’Berry and members of her class. Following the program, Ju dy Davis, Sonja Bass, and Mary Robinson gave projects that each individual and the organization could do to im prove our nutrition. Closing ritual was given by FHA’ers and officers. Hostes ses for the meeting were De loyce Carter, Glenda Hickox, Darlene Crews and Joyce Mur ray. GEORGIA BEAUTIFUL The month of January has been designated “Make Geor gia Beautiful” month. Coop erative Extension Service per sonnel, Extension Home Eco nomics Club members and 4 H boys and girls invite all Geor gians to join them in the 1970 campaign. The program will stress planning for orderly growth and conserving na tural beauty. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, February 12, 1970 Crews-Rhoden Mr. and Mrs. Vornie Crews announce the engagement and forth coming marriage of their daughter, Debry to Rich ard Rhoden, son of Mrs. Gretchen Harrell of Nahunta. The wedding will be an e vent of Feb. 15 at 5:30 P. M. at the home of the groom. The couple invites all friends and relatives to attend. The bride-elect is a 1969 graduate of Brantley County High School. The bridegroom-elect is a veteran of U. S. Army, and has served two years in Viet nam. He is now employed with S. C. L. Railroad in Montgomery, Alabama. Satilla Baptists To Erect New Church Building The Satilla Baptist Church Youth Council of Hortense will sponsor a Bar-B-Q Supper, Sat., Feb. 14. Serving will begin at 6:00 P. M. There will be no charge, but all donations given go toward the new church. Following the supper there will be a gospel sing, featur ing the Butler Brothers of Savannah, the Chapman Fam ily of Brunswick, The Golden Gate Trio and Kinsman Trio of Jacksonville, Fla. There will be a Ground breaking Ceremony at 5:00 P. M. Rev. Royle Peal invites everyone to come and take part in this movement of the Lord’s work. Personals Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland is now at home after spending two months with her daugh ter and family Dr. and Mrs. Van B. Saye in Baton Rouge, La. and two weeks with her son and family Rev. and Mrs. Marshall Strickland at Whig ham, Ga. Marine Lance Corporal Frank J. Willis of Nahunta is serving with the First Marine Division in Vietnam. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Faranda and daughter, Dawn of Mas sapequa, New York are visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brand and family and other relatives for a few weeks. Mrs. Faranda is the former Miss Marylee Godwin. CARD OF THANKS We would like to take this means of expressing our sin cerest thanks and deepest gratitude to those friends who were so kind and thoughtful of us during the recent death of our loved one. We are especially grateful for the beautiful floral tri butes, covered dishes, mes sages of sympathy and other acts of kindness shown. May the Lord’s blessings a bide with each of you. The Family of Robert L. Johns. Three Arrested Accused of Cow Theft At 10:00 P. M. Sunday, 8 Feb. Sheriffs Deputy Cordell Wainright and Deputy Police Mack Crews of Nahunta; ar rested three men, Ira Crews, Nahunta Rt. 1, Harold O. Mos ley, Jesup and Floyd M. Wildes of Homerville, Georgia. The officers stopped a car for a routine check in the City of Nahunta and found the op erator without a valid regis tration for an automobile with an out of state tag. Upon in specting the car further, the officers found blood with meat and hair on the back window and deck. The trunk contain ed two dismembered cows and the officers placed the sus pects under arrest. The officers reported that the slain cows were apparently cut open with a wood axe and were still in the hides. However, the car ouses were halved and the heads removed. Heads were later located that matched the hides in color. The suspects were given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Bobby Wilson who set bond at $5,000 each. The three will reportably stand trial at the next term of Superior Court. 4-H Contests To Be Held February 17-21 County Home Economist, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson and County Agent, George A. Loyd have announced that the com munity and county 4-H Club project elimination contests for Brantley County 4 H Club members will be held Feb. 17 and 21. The community contests which is on Feb. 17th is for sth and 6th grade cloverleaf members and will be held at the Nahunta Elementary school for members attending that school, and at the Ho boken school for the members attending there. The county contests to be held on Sat. Feb. 21, at the Brantley County High School will be for the cloverleaf win ners in the community con test and all junior and senior members wishing to compete for county honors in their 4-H projects. The first place county win ners in each cloverleaf, jun ior and senior project will have the opportunity to rep resent Brantley County at the District Project Achieve ment meeting which will be held for cloverleafs on April 18 at Jesup. Junior and senior winners will attend the Dis trict Achievement meeting at Rock Eagle on June 16-18. The county meeting at the Brantley County High School will begin at 9:00 A. M. Brantley High Students Attend FTA Convention Sixteen students at Brant ley County High School at tended the State Convention of Future Teachers of America in Rock Eagle. Those attend ing were Pam Patten, Jerry Crews, Lucy Johns, Wanda Morgan, Ruby Chesser, Cathy Wynn, Lynnell Griffin. Gail Wainright, Arlene Chesser, Myra Fain, Paul Foreman, David Riggins, Lawrence Melton, Mary Rob inson, Angela Strickland, and Sheila Bennett. Mrs. Marie Sutton, advisor, and Miss Virleen Strickland, accom panied the group. Cathy Wynn, junior at Brantley County High School, was elected State Secretary of Future Teachers of America. She will be representing Youth from all over the state of Georgia who have a sincere desire to become a teacher. We at Brantley County are certain ly proud of Cathy and her accomplishment. She made our county really shine at the State Convention. Cathy is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D. C. Wynn Jr. of Route 2, Waycross. Reporter, Arlene Chesser Pfc. George R. Herrin Honored By U. S. Army Soldier Gets Bronze Star Pfc. George R. Herrin, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Herrin, Jr., now residing in Newport News, Va., has been awarded the Bronze Star Med al for heroism in Vietnam. In the citation accompany ing the award, Private Herrin was commended for “heroism in connection with ground op erations against a hostile force” on Sept. 25. “On that day, Private Her rin was a member of an eight man patrol going to an am bush site south of Phouc Thung Village,” the citation read. “Just after getting into posi tion he heard weapons fire from the north. Moments lat er he saw numerous Viet Cong running towards his position. With complete disregard for his own safety, Herrin opened fire on the enemy, turning them into an open rice paddy where he inflicted casualties on the Viet Cong platoon as they were trying to reach a woodline.” He pursued the enemy un til heavy automatic weapons fire pinned him down. From that exposed position, he help ed hold the much larger ene my force until gunships could be brought into the area. Due to Herrin’s action, the enemy could not organize his possible counter-attack on the patrol’s position. Pfc. Herrin attended High School in Newport News prior to entering the service. His father, George W. Her rin Jr. recently retired from the Army after serving twen ty five years of active duty and two tours in Vietnam. He retired as a First Sergeant. Pfc. Herrin is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Herrin Sr. of Nahunta, Ga. Friendship Home Ec. Club Meeting The Friendship Home Eco nomics club met Tuesday, Feb. 10 at the home of Mrs. Ru bin Griffin. Mrs. Olive Griffin presided over the meeting. Discussion was on the tour to Baptist Village and Sun City. Mrs. Jimmy Lee and Mrs. Olive Griffin presented the program with slides on fur niture arangement ideas. Others present were Mrs. Er vin Driggers, Mrs. A. J. Hic kox, Mrs. Jimmy Carter, Mrs. Richard Jackson, Mrs. Darling Griffin, Mrs. Billy Lee. Mrs. Bobby Hickox, Mrs. Ronnie Griffin and Mrs. Carswell Griffin. HOLLY AND BERRIES Only female plants produce berries. And it is not possible to tell if a plant from the woods is a female until it become large enough to pro duce flowers or berries. Gerald Smith, Extension Service hor ticulturist, says it is better to purchase a named variety from a nursery. He adds that home owners who collect hollies from the woods are usually disappointed in the results. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA This Week with the By ROBERT W. HARRISON, JR. Representative, 66th Legislative District Comprising Brantley,, Camden & Charlton Counties BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET Atlanta, February 7. The Georgia House Appropriations Committee Friday night pass ed out a Supplemental Appro priations Bill for 69-70 fiscal year and a new Bill for 70-71 fiscal year after extended meetings and night sessions. The Committee first reduced the budget proposed by the Executive Department by more than 9 million and then made increases including ex tra spending of sl7 million to finance increases in Georgia school teacher salaries. In an attempt to offset the additional funds that would have to be raised by county governments through local effort (18%) and to prevent a resulting increase in ad valorem taxes in order to provide the additional funds at the local level an addition al contingency fund in the amount of $2.5 million was provided. The all time record break ing appropriations bill of more than SI.OB billion was returned to the House Satur day morning for consideration by the full membership Mon day. Although demand for state service increases annually the Appropriations Committee has been able to supply addition al funds to meet theses de mands out of normal growth and expansion without neces sity of any tax increases at the state level in the past five years in order to fund greatly expanded agencies and serv ices to the people. No other state has been so fortunate. MARSHLANDS CONTROL Control of Georgia salt marshlands passed from own ers to a State Agency Friday with the unanimous approval by the State Senate of a Committee Substitute meas ure to House Bill 212. All news realeses in the daily press continue to repeat a statement that the original bill as passed out of the House last year has been “strengthened” and passed by the Senate leaving the impression that it has been broadened or made more strenuous. This is not correct. As a matter of fact, the substitute measure passed by the Senate is a very much im proved version over the one passed by the House in that the Senate substitute: (1) eli minated the ‘one man’ board to which applications would have to have been submitted and substituted in its place a 8 man Board. (2) eliminat ed the requirement for an owner to prove ownership. (3 -1 eliminated the requirement of the owner to purchase and file a policy of title insurance. (4) changed the entire con cept of the original bill in that the Senate version states that “any owner” who desires to make use of “his” salt marshland would first file an application to the Board and obtain a permit for whatev er the owner proposes to do. The Senate version seems to recognize individual own ership and does not under take to decree the title to all salt marshland out of Owners into the sovereign. It would therefore seem that the measure has been “strengthened” in favor of property rights of those who own salt marsh lands other than the state while at the same time insuring conser vation of the life giving and erosion protection marshes This version will be passed by the House without diffi culty. CONTINUOUS SESSION With only two weeks left in the current assembly the House will continue in ses sion through the coming weekend (except Sunday) in ^66> h I [fWfflfthh dil "Mil order to complete legislative business for the year. Following the procedure of floor sessions in the .mornings and committees working in the afternoons a constant flow of legislation is report ed out of the Committees dai ly for consideration by the full membership the following day. PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing was re quested and granted in order to gain public opinion and determine the correctness of several proposed amendments to existing State Game and Fish Laws. Petitions have been received and placed in the record sufficient to estab lish the position of coastal commercial and spot fishing in terests. The appearance of many local people was quite helpful. It now can be safely stated that there will be no provi sion this year for a salt water fishing license for sport fish ermen thus leaving the Geor gia coast competitive in the tourist industry. Future Teachers Met on Tuesday Brantley County Future Teachers of America Club held its meeting Feb. 10. President, Ruby Chesser, called the meeting to order. Cindy Raulerson gave the devotional. Minutes were read by Gail Wainright and Lyn nell Griffin gave the treas urers report. Unfinished business was re ports of students participat ing in tutorial program and results of the childrens prog ress that are being worked with. New business was to con gratulate Cathy Wynn on be ing elected secretary of FTA recently at State Convention in Rock Eagle. Reports of most exciting event from each person attending were given. A committee was appointed to prepare handbook and scrapbook to enter into State competition at Convention next year. Committees were also named to plan Senior Re ception and to have more pub lic relations by maintaining an FTA. bulletin board. The meeting was adjourned with members repeating the pledge. Arlene Chesser, Reporter Garden Club Held Meeting Tuesday Mrs. Sherman Tomlinson was hostess to the Nahunta Garden Club on Tues. Feb. 10 at her home. Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland pre sided in the absence of the president, Mrs. Guy Cham bless. Discussion on prepara tions for the spring flower show was the theme of the program. With the help of the Jaycees and the C. B. Club The Na hunta Garden Club has se cured trash cans that are to be placed around the city at various places. Others present were Mrs. A. B. Brooker, Mrs. H. K. Persons, Mrs. Virginia Raul erson, Mrs. Mae Schoefield and Miss Mary Knox. Refreshments with the val entine motif were served dur ing the social hour. Vegetable growers can take a tip from horticulturist with the University of Geor gia Extension Service. They suggest that you plan ahead for spring production. Grow Only reccommended varieties and be sure the seed are cer tified and treated.