The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, September 10, 1970, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 48 - NUMBER 37 A Voice in the Wilderness ASK ANY SHERIFF, D.A. OR JUDGE The problem of law enforcement yearly grows more difficult and complicated all over this land of ours. Law enforcement officers, judges and District At torneys are baffled and frustrated by many abuses that have crept into our legal proceedings. Mean time, the crime rate grows and grows. Sheriffs make arrests and summons witnesses and many times think they have an open and shut case, but then grand juries refuse to indict. Ask any sher iff. If indictments are returned, the accused and his lawyer use every trick and artifice and loophole in the law, first to delay trial, or if brought to trial, to get an acquittal. If the accused is convicted, he is soon paroled and often returns to civil life to commit other crimes. Ask any district attorney or circuit judge. It may come to the point where no one will seek the office of sheriff, district attorney or judge, so frustrating is the course of so called “justice.” The grand jury system in many counties has be come almost a farce, with politics and cronyism too often prevailing over law and justice. Ask any sher- iff, district attorney or judge. Some of our people complain about crime in high places, in state or national problems. The real truth is that CRIME has its TAPROOTS right down at the grassroots in the small towns and counties of this country. The trouble is that so many otherwise good citizens want the law enforced ’way over yonder but will do little to enforce the law in their own back yard. (Editors comment —As a further salute to my great friend and former editor of this newspaper, the above editorial is rerun in his honor and as a pub lic service for our further study and contemplation.) PASTOR'S PEN Nahunta United Methodist Circuit Next week’s lesson — Come and hear. Il Chronicles 34: 1, 2 says Josiah was eight years old when he begin to reign; and thirty and one years in Jerusalem, and he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah. What a contrast between the rec ords of the two boy kings of Judah, Manasseh and Josiah! Manasseh the son of the King Hezikiah as cended' the throne at the age of twelve and reigned long and badly. He was worst of the idolaters. Josiah, the son of the wicked King Amon became king at the age of eight and was a true follower of the Lord and battled for his cause. It was in their boyhood that they received the influences that caused them to live the way they did. Suppose some one said to you about your father. “You are too young to think anything about him ; you must wait till you grow up before you understand who he is, what he thinks of you or what he does for you.” What would you say to that? You would say, “That is all nonsense I I may be only a little child, but I know my father, and 1 love him, and I under stand when he talks to me.” Os course you do; you understand him, you know who he is; and just so, if you want to, you can understand that greater Father which is in Heaven, and whose child you are. This is so important, the trouble is that not only you, but your parents will realize this when it is too late. Rev. Robert S. Round Pastor, Nahunta Methodist Church P 'll IF MISS CINDY RAULERSON AND MRS. RAULERSON AT STATE 4-H CONGRESS. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Shown above being presented green stamp awards for efficiency by Hugh Faircloth, plant man ager, are: Lto R Janice Lewis, Joann Herrin, and Carolyn Chancey. Three Receive Award Nahunta Manufacturing Company made three awards to employees for efficiency. The awards were made Fri day Sept. 4 at 4,:30 P. M. by Hugh Faircloth. Receiving the awards were Janice Lewis of Nahunta, Route 1, who has been employed since June 19- 70. Joann Herrin of Nahunta who has been employed since June 1970 and Carolyn Chan cey of the Hortense Communi ty, who received the highest award and who has been em ployed since July 1970. Company policy is to re ward employees to perform efficiently and is given to employees to help them reach their earning potential, accor ding to Faircloth. He stated that an operator reaching 70 per cent efficient or before, are awarded stamps varying from 500 to 5,000. Faircloth added that overall plant effici ency is beyond company ex pectation and attributed it to the attitude and willingness of the employees, which he said is outstanding. The current employment is 48 persons and Fairdioth stat ed that he expects to reach employment goal of 95 to 100 in the next twelve weeks. Revival Services Slated for Raybon Advent Christian Church A revival will begin at the Raybon Advent Christian Church Monday, September 14 th and run through Sep tember 20th. Services will start each evening at 7:30. Rev. Larry Withrow of Jacksonville, Fla. will be the guest speaker. Hcmecoming will be obser ved Sunday, September 20th. All former pastors, members and friends of the church are invited to attend. A basket lunch will be ser ved in fellowship hall at 1 o’clock. Cindy Raulerson Attends the 28th Annual State 4-H Congress Cindy Raulerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rauler son, was the guest of honor at a luncheon during the 28th annual State 4-H Congress in Atlanta. Sponsored by the Sears Roebuck Foundation, the luncheon paid special tri bute to the district 4-H win ners in the health and home furnishings and art projects. Cindy placed second in the state when she represented Brantley County and the en tire Southeast District in the Home Furnishings and Art project during the Congress. She is shown here with Mrs, Virginia N. Raulerson, County Extension Home Economist, and John Blalock, program di rector, Sears Roebuck Founda tion. More than 300 boys and girls participated in the 4-H Congress conducted by the Un iversity of Georgia Coopera tive Extension Service. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, September 10, 1970 Talmadge Wilson Passed Away September 5 Mr. Talmadge Wilson, 65, of Rt. 2, Nahunta, passed a way late Saturday night in Memorial Hospital in Way cross following an illness of several months. A native and life-long resi dent of Brantley County, he was a son of the late William Seward Wilson and Queen Hendrix Wilson. A former employee of the State Highway Department, he was also a retired farmer. Survivors are a sister, Miss Marthinea Wilson of Nahunta; four brothers, Lonnie, Omie, Woodrow, and John M. Wil son, all of Nahunta. There are a number of other relatives. Services for Mr. Wilson were held at 3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon from the graveside in Oak Grove Cemetery with Elder Elton Dowling officia ting. Active pallbearers were Frank Jacobs, Layton Johns, Clayton Riggins, Monsie Wil son, Talmadge Gunter, Jerome Lewis. Honorary pallbearers were Roy Ham, Earl Raulerson, Dan Jacobs, and Elroy Strickland. Clough-Pearson Funeral Home of Blackshear was in charge. ASC Committee Elections Friday, September 11 George Dykes, Chairman re minds farmers that Friday, September 11, is the final date for voting in the 1970 ASC Committee Election. George Dykes, Committeeman Os ASC Receives Award George Dykes, Brantley County ASC Committee Chair man was recently presented with a25 year length of ser vice certificate, and pin from the Georgia USDA-ASCS Of fice by J. Verlon Minchew, District Director. In the presentation cere mony, Mr. Minchew commend ed Mr. Dykes on his years of dedicated service to Brantley county farmers. MR. MINCHEW PRESENTS MR. GEORGE DYKES WITH AWARD. Class Set on Bandage and Pad Making for Cancer Patients There will be a meeting Sept. 25th, at 8:00 P. M. at the home of Mrs. Pat Smith in the Hortense Community to teach ladies how to make bandages and pads to be used , by cancer patients. Mrs. Joyce Eunice of the American Cancer Society will be there to assist and teach the ladies. All material will be furnished by the American . Cancer Society. At present, cancer patients in this County are being furn ished these bandages and pads made by voluntary organiza tions of other counties. Everyone is invited and ur ged to attend. Waynesville Community Club Met Sept. 2 The Waynesville Communi ty Club met Wednesday Sep tember 2, in the home of Mrs. Mamie Moody. Mrs. Bonnie Drury, pres.- dent, presided over the meet ing. Mrs. Janice Welch, secre tary, read the .minutes from the previous meeting. Mrs. Welch is moving, so a new secretary was elected to serve. Mrs. Mamie Moody will serve as secretary now. Mrs. Lois Hulett N. S. S. Su pervisor introduced Mrs. Gret chen Harrell to the group. Mrs. Harrell gave some tech niques in cake decorating. Cof fee was served with the decor ated cake. Present were; Mesdames Bonnie Drury, Janice Welch, Nomie Blount, Mamie Moody, Joan Sweat, Emmerbelle Har rison, Louise Harrison, Gret chen Harrell, Lois Hulett and Gaynelle Keene. Reporter, Gaynelle Keene Notice to AU Grocery Retailers Brantley County will inaug urate the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s food stamp pro gram on October 1, 1970. Mr. Lee G. Pirkle, officer-in charge of the FNS field office, Valdosta, Georgia, has planned a meeting for all county gro cers to be held on September 21, 1970, at 2:00 P. M. in Brant ley County Court House. This is to give the grocers the op portunity to apply for author ization to accept coupons for food sales. Failure to attend this meeting to be authorized by opening day could result in losing customers, since food stamp recipients may only spend their stamps in authori zed stores. BIRTHS Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Sample Linton Todd are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Karen LeAnn, Au gust 18, at Irwin Army Hospi tal, Fort Riley, Kansas. The baby to be called Karen has a sister Kathy, 7 years and two brothers, Michael, 6 years and Gregory, 2% years. Mrs. Todd is the former Georgia Lee Jones of Hoboken. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jones Sr. of Hoboken and paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Fulford, Sr. of Waycross. Brantley County Gets Road Construction The State Highway Depart ment has received apparent low bids totaling $13,607,479.02 for 20 road projects in 26 counties. Included in the projects is a contract in Brantley County which had been re-advertised because of the high bids re ceived previously. The depart ment has saved more than $22,- 500 on all of the projects when comparing the apparent low bid received with previous bids on the same work. Executive Assistant Director Emory C. Parrish said that he thought these contracts would be awarded this time. The Seaboard Construction Company, Brunswick, was ap parent low bidder for the con struction in Brantley County. The company’s bid was $461,- 869.77 for grading and paving 5.763 miles of road between Britt Still and Nahunta. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brand, Dana, Deidra and Douglas spent this past weekend in Ocala, Fla. at Six Gun Terri tory. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Phil Faranda and daughter, Dawn, who previous ly moved there. • • * Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lee of Nahunta had visitors for the Labor Day weekend. Among those visiting were: Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Carmichael of Mem phis, Tenn,, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jenkins of Jacksonville, Fla., E. V. Herin and family of Nahunta, M. C. Martin of Brunswick, Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Dixon and son of Way cross, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lee of Way cross, Mr. B. T. Lee of St. Marys, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lee of Waycross, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lee of Brunswick, Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Lee of Hortense. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Carmichael, Sr. of Brad ford, Fla., Mr. L. S. Carmi chael, Jr.’s sister, Mrs. Miller and Mr. Calvin Johns and family of Folkston, Ga. • • • Sgt. Thomas E. Tucker has been transfered to the 116th Americal Division at Chulai, Vietnam. This company was taken over by the Ist Aviation Brigade, it is an Assault Heli copter Lnit. Sgt. Tucker had been stationed with the 131st Aviation Company Ist Brigade at Phu-Bai. Sgt. Vernon Cox has been transfered from Paris Island, S. C. to Cherry Point, N. C. Sgt. Cox will be accompanied by his wife, Donna and son, Wayne, where they will make their home. Strickland— Crooms Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Strick land of Nahunta announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Kathy .Strickland, to James Mitchell Crooms of Brunswick. The bride-elect is the grandaughter of Mr. Levie Strickland and the late Annie Strickland of Nahunta and the late Mr. and Mrs. Lincy Cour son, also of Nahunta. Her fiance is the grandson of Mrs. H. J. Cross and the late Mr. Cross and of Mrs. Irene Green and the late G. W. Crooms of Brunswick. Miss Strickland is a 1970 graduate of Brantley County High School. Mr. Crooms is a 1970 graduate of Brunswick High School and is employed at Mock’s I.G.A. The wedding is planned for September 26th at 7:00 P. M. at the Mt. Zion Advent Chris tian Church in Nahunta. No formal invitations will be sent, but all friends and rela tives of the couple are invited. Patronize our advertis i ers — they make this , newspaper possible. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Reverand Copeland shown immediately after ar- rest by Deputy Crews Preacher Arrested With Stolen Auto Nahunta Deputy Police Mack Crews arrested Reverend Clar ence Copeland of Newark, New Jersey at 9:30 P. M. Sept. 8. According to Deputy Crews, the car operated by Rev. Cops land was weaving while tra veling north on 301 in the City of Nahunta. After stopping the vehicle, Deputy Crews ob served that the vehicle ignition had been straight wired and upon his request Rev. Cops could not produce either a valid drivers license or vehicle registration. Rev. Copeland was returned to the Brantley County Sheriff’s Dept, where a drunk-o-meter test was ad ministered and results indicat ed positive. According to Crews, the following charges were lodged aginst Rev. Copeland: Operat ing a vehicle under the influ ence of alcohol, operating a vehicle without a valid driv ers license, and operating a stolen vehicle. Rev. Copeland had been turned over to Mr. Tom Moore, Georgia Bureau of In vestigation. Nahunta Baptist Church Planning Homecoming Day The Nahunta Baptist Church will have homecoming day on Sunday, September 27th. On this day the church will also celebrate its eightieth birth day. The pastor and congrega tion of the Church wish to in vite former members, friends and neighbors of the church to attend. The eleven o’clock worship service will be follow ed by dinner. To preserve the life of new shoes, home economists at the University of Georgia Exten sion Service suggest that you polish them twice —three days apart—-before wearing the shoes. Engagement Announced OREMC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING You are invited to the an nual membership meeting of Okefenoke REMC to be held at the Brantley County High School on Saturday, Septem ber 12, 1970. Registration will begin at 9:00 A. M. and the business meeting will get un der way at 10:00 A. M. Enter tainment will be provided dur ing registration period and at intervals during the meeting by “The Southerners,” a gospel singing group. During the course of the meeting reports will be given by the officers and manager of the corporation Concerning the co-operative achievements, problems, financial condition, plans for the future, etc. Three directors will be elected to serve for the next three years. Some lucky members will go home with a valuable new ap pliance or tool from the prize drawing to be held during the meeting. One lucky member will walk away with the grand prize, a shining new home freezer. It could be you, so make plans now to attend the annual meeting on September 12th, learn more about your co-operative, help elect the directors and enjoy the enter tainment. Card of Thanks | The kindnesses shown our . family at the time of the ' death of our loved one, Harry E. Chesser, were deeply ap preciated. Although the wait ing period was a long one and it would be impossible to reach all of those who were so thoughtful of us, we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely express our senti- I ments. We are especially ■ grateful for the words of ! sympathy, floral tributes, cov-_ ered dishes and every kind ness shown to us in so many ways. i May the Lord bless each of you is our prayer. The Family of Harry E. Chesser