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VOLUME 48 - NUMBER 33
A Voice in the Wilderness
AMBULANCE SERVICE
In a democratic society where Free Enterprise is
the basis of the economy, an individual may estab
lish and operate a business within that framework
and as modified by law, local, state and national. The
individual may start or stop the business at any
time he so desires, as long as it does not conflict
with any law.
We citizens here in Brantley County need ambu
lance service. We want to have ambulance service
available to us, not in the event it is needed but,
when it is needed.
There are several methods by which we could
have an ambulance made available to us. An individ
ual could establish or re-establish this service, the
County Government could provide this service with
taxpayers funds, with the public’s approval or the
County Government ccould provide the equipment
and ask for volunteers to man the equipment.
Those who have not needed or do not at present
need an ambulance, may oppose these arguments.
However, we must all agree that sooner or later, each
one of us will have that need.
Chuting Stars
To Appear at
Glynco
A leap from an aircraft 10,-
000 feet above the ground will
start an Aug. 22 Air Show at
the Naval Air Station Glynco.
The Navy’s Chuting Stars
Sport Parachute Team will
kick off Glynco’s Air Show at
1 P. M. with a 20-minute ex
hibition of precision parachut
ing.
Their show will be follow
ed by a precision drill team
presentation by the Seabee
Drill Team and a Blue Angels
performance.
The Chuting Stars are most
ly Navy instructors who
teach the art of packing and
maintaining Navy parachute
systems. They also train Un
derwater Demolition Teams,
Sea, Air and Land (SEAL)
personnel and other combat
bound jumpers.
Home-based at the Naval
Air Technical Training Center,
Lakehurst, N. J., these Navy
jumpers free-fall toward earth
for 60 seconds or more at
speeds in excess of 200 miles
Two Navy Chuting Stars leave the team’s C-117
aircraft to begin their show. U. S. NAVY PHOTO.
Fil A Tiger on display at Glynco’s Main Gate.
U. S. NAVY PHOTO.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
per hour.
The aerobatic maneuvers
they feature at the Glynco air
show will be determined by
weather conditions at show
time. During long free falls,
the jumpers include maneuvers
showing the ability of the par
achutists to soar across the
sky as well as fall. Low ceil
ings prevent long falls, so ac
curate target landings are fea
tured.
In competition this year at
the Mid-Eastern Parachute
Association’s meet at West
Point, Va., the Chuting Stars
finished first. This brought
their standing in the associa
tion to second place. One mem
ber of the team, Chief Air
crew. Equipmentman Mack
McCraw, is the top parachut
ist in the association for the
1970 season, and another mem
ber, Chief Aircrew Survival
man Herbert C. Thornton
(Coast Guard) holds second
place.
Why does nitrogen make
crops grow? A new publica
tion available at county Ex
tension agents’ offices covers
this and other facts about ni
trogen. Contact your county
agent for a popy of the pub
lication entitled “Nitrogen.”
BEWARE OF Summer-Hickox
RABIES
Two confirmed cases of ra
bies have been reported in ।
Brantley County within the
past few days. A red fox was
submitted to the laboratory in
Waycross by J. V. Strickland,
Hoboken, and proved to be ra
bid when examined.
Rep Johns discovered a
strange raccoon near the Knox
Hotel, after an analysis of the
raccoon’s brain it was too dis
covered that this animal was I
rabid.
A follow-up RABIES CLIN
IC will be held Friday, August
14, 1970 Tomlinson Drug Store,
2:00 - 5:00 p. m. And also Fri
day, August 14, Hickox, Ingle
Grocery, 5:30 - 6:30 p. m.
It is the utmost importance
that each dog owner have his
animals vaccinated in order to
prevent a possible outbreak of
rabies in Brantley County.
FIIA Tigers
Once Flown
By “Blues' 7
When the Navy’s Precision
Flight Exhibition Team, the
Blue Angels, visits the Glynco
Naval Station during an Open
House and Air Show August
22, they will be flying differ
ent airplanes form the Grum
man FIIA Tiger they used
during a visit there two years
ago.
They introduced the F4J
Phantom, built by McDonnell
Douglas Corp, of St. Louis,
Mo., in February last year.
The first of the Phantoms was
flown to Pensacola, Fla., by
Commander Bill Wheat, then
team leader on Dec. 23, 19-
68.
One of the retired Tigers
was presented to Glynco Dec.
30, 1968, by Cmdr. Wheat and
is on display on Route 17 near
the station’s main gate.
It was during the middle of
the 1957-58 season that the
Blues first used the Fil A Tig
ers. They had to devote all
their time between shows fa
miliarizing themselves with
their new aircraft, while fly
ing the older F9F-8 Cougars
for public air shows.
While using the Fil A, the
Blue Angels in 1962 introduc
ed new patterns into their;
show: the diamond landing, the i
delta landing , (all six air- 1
planes land together), the Far-1
vel (basic diamond formation j
but with the leader inverted),
and the inverted Half Cuban
Eight, an aerobatic sequence
not given to verbal descrip
tion, performed by a solo pil
ot.
During the final year for the
venerable Fil A Tigers, their
flashy performances continued
to attract millions. The final,
nostalgia-tinged show of the
year was performed before 10,-
000 persons at the Blue Angels
Winter Training Headquarters
in El Centro, Calif. This show
and the retirement of the FIIA
Tigers ended 22 years during
which the Blue Angels were
continuously equipped with
naval aircraft built by the
Grumman Aircraft Engineer
ing Corp.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 13, 1970
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sum
mers of Atkinson announce
the engagement and forth
coming mariage of their
daughter, Carlis Summer to
Gerald Hickox of Folkston,
Ga.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Hickox of
Folkston, Ga. He is a gradu
ate of Charlton County High
School and is employed at
Union Camp in Folkston.
The wedding will take place
August 29th at the home of
the bride.
Dasher-
Middleton
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dash
er of Townsend announce the
engagement of their daugh
ter Cynthia Marie to Keith
Benjamin Middleton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Middleton
of Atkinson.
The wedding will be Sept.
4at 7:30 P- m. in the First
Baptist Church of Darien, Ga.
Following the wedding there
will be a reception.
Miss Dasher is a graduate of
Glennville High School and
Brunswick Beauty College.
She is now employed by the
Elite Beauty Shop of Bruns
wick. She is the granddaugh
ter of Mrs. Curtis Hazelriges
of Guyton and the late Mr.
George Mathuss of Savannah
and the late Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Dasher of Glennville,
Georgia.
Mr. Middleton, a graduate of
Nahunta High School, attend
ed Middle Georgia College and
is now employed by Hercules,
Inc. of Brunswick. He is the
grandson of Mrs. B. G. Mid
dleton and the late Mr. B. G.
Middleton of Atkinson, and
the late Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Hunt, Sr. of Pelzer, South Car
olina.
Friends and relatives of the
couple are invited to attend
Clifford Curtis
Patten Services
Held August 5
Hortense — Clifford Curtis
Patten, 64, of Rt. 1, Hortense,
died Monday, August 3rd of
an apparent heart attack.
The Florida native had lived
in Brantley County for 45
years. He was retired from the
railroad and was a veteran of
World War 11. He was a mem
ber of the Little Memorial
Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lavinia Little Patten, Hor
tense; two daughters, Mrs.
Trrva Drury of Jesup, and
Mrs. Lavinia Jones of Mary
dell, Del.; four sons, Curtis
Patten, Russell Patten and
Ronald Patten all of Hortense,
and Leslie Patten of Bruns
wick; two sisters, Mrs. Alice
Pledger, Lake Worth, Fla. and
Mrs. Margie Ogden, Nova Sco
tia, Canada; two brothers,
Lloyd Patten of Garrison, Kan.
and Leslie Patten of Halifax,
Nova Scotia; 23 grandchildren;
and a great-grandchild.
Graveside services were held
August sth at 3:30 p. m. at the
Little Cemetery.
Everett
Highsmith
Funeral Services
Held August 13
Mr. Everett Highsmith, 74,
passed away Tuesday after
noon, August 11, at Glynn-
Brunswick Memorial Hospital
following an extended illness
and his death brings personal
sorrow to a wide circle of rel
atives and friends throughout
this and other sections.
Mr. Highsmith was born in
Wayne, now Brantley County,
and was the son of the late
Curtis and Arra Smith High
smith. He received his educa
tion in the public schools of
this county and until his re
tirement, due to declining
health, had been engaged as a
plumber. He was an overseas
veteran of World War I, hav
ing served ip the army as a
medical corpsman. During
World War 11, he was a civil
ian employee of the Navy De
partment.
Survivals include his wife,
Mrs. Annie Bell Jacobs High
mith of Nahunta; three daugh
ters, Mrs. E. E. Lee of Slidell,
Louisiana, Mrs. W. S. Bourge
ois and Mrs. Carl Wheaton,
both of Jacksonville, Fla.;
three sons, D. L. Highsmith
of Savannah, C. B. Highsmith
of Gonzales, Louisiana and R.
B. Highsmith of Decatur; two
sisters, Mrs. W. A. Stokes and
Mrs. Gertie Strickland, both
of Nahunta; one brother, W.
I. Highsmith of Nahunta.
Also surviving are eleven
grandchildren, three great
grandchildren, several nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Thursday af
ternoon, August 13, from the
chapel of the Chambless Fun
eral Home with the Rev. Hil
ton Morgan officiating, assist
ed by the Rev. Cecil F. Thom
as and the Rev. William H.
Brusby.
Interment followed in the
family plot in the Rob Lewis
Cemetery.
Casketbearers were the
Messrs. Thomas Highsmith, H.
C. Morgan, Jr., David Jacobs,
Victor Highsmith, Hamer
Crews and Malcolm Strick
land.
The many beautiful floral
offerings attested to the es
teem felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympa-
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
NOTICE
There will be a meeting at 8:00 P. M. August
14th. at the Brantley County Courthouse for all
those interested in the Carl Sanders Campaign
for Governor.
Friends of Carl Sanders
thy of their friends in their be
reavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
I charge of arrangements.
Chy of Nahunta
To Receive
$3,748.90
State Treasurer Jack B.
Ray announced today that the
City of Nahunta would re
ceive $3,748.90 as the first in
stallment of state aid for the
1971 fiscal year.
This is the city’s share of
half of the $13,517,000 in
state revenue earmarked for
Georgia’s 499 incorporated
towns and cities under the Aid
to Municipalities Acts of 1965
and 1967. The remainder will
be distributed in January 19-
71.
Mr. Ray explained that the
grants are being paid in two
installments this year because
the law provides that half be
paid on the basis of the 1960
census and half on the 1970
census, which does not became
official until December 31.
The $13,517,000 is an in
crease of $750,000 over the
grants of the previous fiscal
year.
Every municipality in the
state—from Atlanta, which had
a population of 487,453 in the
1960 census, to Santa Claus,
which had only five — shares
in the grants. Each receives an
amount computed by a formu
la based on population.
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
Brantley County Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services is asking for volun
ters from each area of the
county to help in the areas of
transportation and family
counseling.
This is a needed service to
support present programs of
our department. For the per
son volunteering, it can be a
gratifying experience to give
of his time to help anyone
who is less fortuunate.
Anyone wishing to volun
teer their services should con
tact the Brantley County De
partment of Family and Chil
dren Services (phone number
462-5738) any time from 8 a.
m. to 5 p- m. Monday through
Friday.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Senator Dean Announces 2
Tobacco Markets In 6th
Senatorial District To
Remain Open
State Senator Roscoe Dean,
Jr., Chairman of the Senate
sub-committee on Tobacco, an
nounced today two markets in
his senatorial district, Baxley
and Blackshear, will be among
the eight tobacco markets left
open for continuing sales for
the fifth week of the regular
selling season and the sixth
week if necessary. This will
be of tremendous help to our
farmers and small business
men. The markets will be al
lowed to sell four days a week
and four hours per day during
the fifth and sixth weeks,
Dean said.
“We are delighted that our
senatorial district will have
two of eight markets left open
when other markets are closed
in tire state. I congratulate
the Georgia-Florida Ware
housemen Association, and es
pecially its president, Mr.
Frank Pidcock 111, for work
ing out a very fair and equi
table rotation plan. Under the
rotation plan, all markets will
be given an opportunity to
participate under this sound
business-like approach. It is
most gratifying that two mar
kets in our senatorial district
are among the first to partici-
PASTOR'S PEN
THOU FOOL, LUKE 12:20
These terrifying words occur only once in the Bible,
and they are spoken by God to a man who had the
wrong attitude toward money. This man was a pros
perous farmer who was baffled over what to do with
the tremendous yield from his land. Finally, he sol
ved the dilemma by building larger barns and storing
up the surplus for the future. He had no better sense
than to think his future security lay in wealth. Listen
to his boast: “And I will say to my soul, Soul thou
hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine
ease, eat, drink, and be merry” (Luke 12:19). Now
listen to God’s frightful rejoinder, “Thou fool, this
night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose
shall these things be, which thou hast provided?”
“Thou fool.” The world called this man a genius.
The man would have considered himself wise and
deserving. But God said, “Thou fool.” Why was he
a fool? For the answer read in Psalm 14:1: “The
fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” If you
had asked that rich farmer if he believed in God he
doubtless would have said, “Certainly I do.” But his
actions proved that, in his heart, he did not believe
in God at all. He was blessed so profusely by God
that, in his heart, he did not believe in God at all.
He was blessed so profusely by God that he did not
know what to do with his increase. But, he did not
consult God as to how he might use it. This would
have been unthinkable to him. Actually, this farmer
thought only of himself. He talked about “my fruit,”
“my goods,” “my barns,” even “my soul.” He said,
“I shall do this,” and “I shall do that.” He felt no
need of God. He was sufficient in himself. His mon
ey had become his God, and he was trusting in it to
make him happy and secure him against the fu
ture. “Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many
years .. . . eat, drink, and be merry.”
Many times we hear people say, “I do not want
to be a rich man. All I want is just enough to live on
comfortably and to take care of me when I am too
old to work.” That is all this farmer wanted, but God
called him a fool. It is not the amount of money invol
ved that matters; it is your attitude toward it. The
fool, Jesus says, is “he that layeth up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God” (Luke 12:21).
The wise man is he who lays up treasure in heaven
and is rich toward God. (Matt. 6:20). And the only
way to get our treasure into heaven is to put into it
something that is going to heaven. Money, houses,
land, bonds, auomobiles are not going to heaven.
Therefore, if I am to lay up treasure in heaven I
must put it to work in the mighty task of redeeming
souls who will be fit for heaven.
When I thus invest my life and money, then I
demonstrate I am wise for time and eternity. But if
I invest my money and myself in material gain, I am
simply a “fool” no matter w r hat degree of business
acumen I have displayed. Who are you —a wise
man or a fool? Most people know which you are.
and of certainty both you and God know.
pate in the plan,” Senator
Dean stated.
Other Markets to remain
open in Georgia the fifth
week besides Baxley and
Blackshear are; Nashville, Pel
ham, Metter, Vidalia, Tifton
and Valdosta..
Masters Degree
To Be Awarded
To Local Student
Charles L.. King of Nahuft
ta -is a candidate
for a Master’s degree in Bus
iness Administration at the
30th Annual Summer Cam
mencemenl; Exercises at Geor
gia Southern College. Com
mencement is scheduled for
10^30 a. m., Tuesday, August
18, in the Hanner Gymnas
ium Fieldhouse on the GSC
campus.
Dr. Winfred L. Godwin,
President of the Southern Re
gional Education Board, will
be the commencement speak
er.
Ernest S. Purcell, Pastor
Nahunta Baptist Church
