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VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 49
PASTOR'S PEN
Thanksgiving is a day in which to be thankful for.
But it is also a day of thanksgiving for which you
must have done something to be thankful for. It sort
of reminds me of when I was younger when 1 was
a builder.
I’ve built quite a few houses in my day and be
came acquainted with lots of folks as I built these
houses: But there was one thing that always made
me think about both the houses and the people I
built for. Most of the people I’ve built houses for
seemed to forget entirely that there’s two kinds of
things to a house that is so important. One of these
things is the things that can be changed very easily
and the other one is the things that can’t be changed
after you start building the house. Now when you
also look at what else folks are building for them
selves besides the house, such as their characters,
their lives, and all those things, then you find that
they are just as forgetful as they are when they
think of the changes they want to make.
There was the basement of the house, when that
was dug and the foundation laid and the first floor
on and the framework going up to the second floor,
there wasn’t much use to start thinking about how
you like the basement changed. But that’s just the
way some folks will do. “Now that I think of it,”
they start to say, “this basement isn’t high enough,
or the basement should be wider so I can put in a
pool table or the windows don’t give enough light
and air or there isn’t enough windows.” There isn’t
enough drains, we need more drain openings in the
floor. This might all be true but they should have
thought of these things before the first shovelful of
earth was dug.
Still, they aren’t any siller than the folks that will
not take an education or that keep bad company
when they are older. No, sir, it can’t be done that
way.
Then, after the stairs are in, some people make a
fuss and say it should have been better to have the
stairs in another part of the house, and that they
would like to change the shape and size of the
rooms, and get real mad when you tell them it can’t
be done. You wouldn’t believe it, the things people
ask you to do, things you can’t do without tearing
down the whole building and starting over again
from the ground up. There’s some things you can do
of course, such as closets, roofs porches, and such
things, but when a house has got beyond the begin
ning you can’t change the main lines, and thats all
there is to it.
And yet there are plenty of people that expect to
change their lives and their natures when they get
halfway through building their own lives. They fig
ure on getting converted some time or other when
they have had enough of the world and its ways.
They figure that they will make real fine first rate
Christians out of themselves.
But that isn’t the way a good house or a good
Christian is built. It has to be from the ground up,
sticking to the plan all the time. The time to begin
is in the beginning when you are young. Yes sir, ev
ery time!
I advise you to get the Bible out and read part of
it every day so that you can see what God’s plan
for you is. You can find what you are looking for in
the Bible for every situation in your life if you will
only look for it. All you have to do is put yourself
in the place of the person that you are reading a
bout and the answer will be very plain to you.
Winter Quarter Registration
Set At Waycross
The University of Georgia,
Waycross Center, a fully ac
creditel institution of higher
learning will officially begin
the Winter Quarter, 1971, with
registration which is scheduled
for Monday, January 4.
For those individuals whose
immediate goal is to obtain a
bachelors degree in a chosen
field of study, the Center of
fers over thirty different
Freshman, Sophomore, and
Junior level courses each quar
ter, which are required by al
most all four-year institutions
for graduation. These offer
ings are included in both a
full day and night schedule
which allows students to car
ry a full load by attending
morning sessions only or a
three-fourths load by attend
ing night sessions only. Day
classes meet each morning
Monday through Friday, while
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Rev. Robert S. Round
Box 126
Nahunta, Georgia 31553
Center
night classes are held on Mon
day and Thursday nights.
For those students who de
: sire professional training in
the field of Business Adminis
tration, the University Center
offers a two year program of
' study centered around the
core curriculum requirements
. for the Bachelors of Business
Administration Degree of the
I University of Georgia. Candi
dates for the Certificate pro
gram are exposed to basic and
■ advanced theories in the fields
of economics, accounting, mar
keting, .management, and fi
nance. Course offerings in
Business Administration repre
i sent a major portion of the
' day and night schedules.
Persons desiring additional
: information pertaining to
j either credit program should
| contact the University Center
by telephoning 283-9222.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
MISS HATTIE WILSON
Hattie Wilson
Profile Os
Courage
Mount Vernon — This is a
profile of courage concerning
Miss Hattie Wilson, Brewton
Parker College freshman from
Nahunta. Brantley County’s
modern-day history is filled
with names like Johns whose
basketball prowess echoed to'
the ends of the land, but this
profile is about one who con
tracted polio at the age of
four and could not make rec-■
ords by running around. I
Although Hattie has been ;
hampered by excessive ab-1
sences from classes while un
dergoing treatment, she has
maintained a good grade point
average. She is assisted in
climbing difficult stairs by a
longtime friend, Martha Her
rin and a newly-found friend
at Brewton Parker, Jan Will
ingham.
The courageous young lady
did not let her handicap hinder
her from being involved in
school activities at Brantley
County High School from
which she graduated in 1970.
She was a member of the An
nual Staff, and was active in
Future Business Leaders of
America, 4-H Club, and Glee
Club.
Hattie is one of six children
of Mr. and Mrs. Omie Wilson.
The Wilsons live on a farm
and their rural background
was helpful in securing a
clean, wholesome environ
ment for Hattie.
One has only to look at
Hattie’s hobbies to know that
hers is a profile of courage.
She enjoys swimming, music,
ping pong, sewing and cook
ing.
Miss Hoboken
Beauty Pageant
Announced
On Thursday evening, De
cember 10, 1970, approximate
ly 50 of the most beautiful
girls in the Hoboken area will
vie for titles in the Miss Hobo
ken Beauty Pageant.
Girls from grades 1 through
3 will compete for the title of
Wee Miss Hoboken, girls in
grades 4 and 5 will compete
for the title of Little Miss Ho
boken, and girls in the 6th and
7th grades will compete for
the title, Miss Hoboken.
The pageant will take place
at 7:30 p. m. on the evening of
the 10th in the Hoboken Ele
mentary School Auditorium.
Admission will be 50 and 75
cents.
The Brantley Co. Band Boo
sters Club, the sponsors of the
pageant, would like to invite
everyone to attend. All pro
ceeds will go into the Band’s
uniform fund.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, December 3, 1970
Mayors Plan
Motorcade To
Central Hospital
The city of Nahunta will
take part in a state-wide pro
gram to collect Christmas
gifts for the patients in the
state’s mental hospitals. This
program is sponsored annual
ly by the Georgia Municipal
Association.
In the past, the Mayors of
Georgia have participated in
a motorcade to carry locally
collected gifts to Milledge
ville, and they were later dis
tributed to the patients in
Central State Hospital and
the Gracewood Hospital. This
year, the motorccade will go
to Central State Hospital in
Milledgeville.
To facilitate distribution of
gifts collected by various cities
over the state, central collec
tion points have been estab
lished. They are: Albany, At
lanta, Augusta, Columbus, Ma
con and Waycross. Local of
ficials can deliver their gifts
to the nearest collection point,
in case they cannot go to Cen
tral State.
Mayor T. E. Raulerson urg
es all citizens of Nahunta to
participate by providing gifts
suitable for either children or
adults. He asks that all gifts
be brought to City Hall prior
to Dec. 10th. Wrapped pack
ages should be labeled as to
their contents, and include the
name and address of the donor.
BIRTHS
CW3 and Mrs. C. H. Ward
of German Town, Maryland,
announce the birth of a son on
November 29, 1970. He weigh
ed 7 lbs., .and 15 ozs. and has
been named Clark H. Ward Jr.
The mother is the former
Miss Grace Middleton of At
kinson, Ga.
The proud grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Middleton
of Atkinson.
Shirley Crews, Center. Left Mary Altman, Right
Thulia Smith.
Delto Morgan
Services Held
December 1
Mr. Delto Morgan, 48, pars
ed away Sunday morning, No
vember 29. at a Milledgeville
hospital following an extended
illness.
A native and lifelong resi
dent of Brantley County, Mr.
Morgan was the son of the
Lawrence and Minnie Wheeler
Morgan. He received his edu
cation in the public schools of
the county, and was a member
of the Mount Zion Advent
Christian Church. For many
vears he was engaged in farm
ing and pulpwood operations.
Survivors include his wife.
M-s. Sarah Moore Morgan of
Nahunta; two brothers, T. J.
Morgan of Brunswick and Ivey
Morgan of Greer, S. C.
Also surviving are several
aunts, uncles and other rela
tives.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Tuesday af
ternoon, December 1, from
the chapel of the Chambless
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Hilton Morgan officiating.
Interment followed in the
family plot in Rob Lewis Cem
etery.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. Edward Chancey,
Vernon Morgan, Bobby Chan
cey, Vornie Crews, Michael
Lee and Royce Morgan.
The family has the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
Card of Thanks
Our sincere and most grate
ful thanks go out to all our
friends and relatives who so
graciously extended assistance,
kind words of sympathy and
comforting presence during the
period of bereavement of our
loved one, Terry Allen. While
words can never .adequately
express our sentiments, we
would like to say that we are
deeply grateful and apprecia
tive for the many floral tri
butes, covered dishes and ev
ery act and word of comfort
with which you tried to help
assuage our grief.
May the Lords richest bless
ings be upon each of you for
your kind hearts and helpful
hands is our prayer.
Mary Lou and Emory
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. S. K.
Allen and family
Shirley Crews
Receives Award
Shirley Crews of Nahunta
was presented five thousand
green stamps at a ceremony
in the office of the manager
of the Nahunta Manufacturing
Company. Presenting the a
ward were Thulia Smith, Act
ing Plant Manager and Mary
Altman, Supervisor.
Shirley started work on Ju
ly 21, 1970 in the Nahunta
Plant and has worked as In
spectorutility Pressor. “We
are all proud of the fine job
Shirley is doing” said Mrs.
Smith upon making the pre
sentation.
The Nahunta Manufacturing
Company has a policy of re
warding employees with a
wards of green stamps for
attaining 100% efficiency.
Shirley is the third employee
to receive this award since the
plant opened.
Brantley Near
Top In
Pulpwood
Athens — The timber’s
’rowing taller in Georgia all
the time.
For the 22nd straight year,
Georgia was the leading pulp
wood state in the South in 19-
69. And ’69 marked the fifth
vear that Georgia led the na
tion in the pulpwood produc
tion.
Nelson Brightwell, head of
the Coonerative Extension
Service Forestry Department,
said the 7 3 million cords pro
duced in the state last year is
a new record and an increase
of six percent over 1968.
Seven Georgia counties pro
duced over 1000,000 cords of
round pulpwood during 1969.
The leading county was Wayne
with 193.183 cords. Brantley
was second with 177,337.c0rd5,
followed by Clinch with 156,-
141.
Other counties producing o
v°r 1000,000 cords were Ap
oling, Camden, Liberty and
Ware.
Brightwell said 15 pulpmills
are now operating in Georgia.
They have a combined capaci
ty of 13,478 tons a day and pro
vide a market for pulpwood
from every county in the state.
"All Hog"
Senator Goldwater of Ari
zona entered the following in
the Congressional Record, Jan
uary 9, 1958:
“Mr. President, a few days
ago I received a very interest
ing letter from a constituent
in Arizona. It is rather amus
ing. I should like to read it,
so that my colleagues might
understand the amusing situ
ation farmers can get them
selves into today. The letter
reads:
Dear Mr. Senator: My fri
end Bordeaux over in Pima
County received a SIOOO.OO
check from the government
this year for not raising hogs.
So I am going into the not
raising hog business next year.
What I want to know is, in
your opinion, what is the best
kind of hogs not to raise? I
would prefer not to raise raz
orbacks, but if that is not a
good breed not to raise, I
will just as gladly not raise
any Berkshires or Durocs.
The hardest work in this
business is going to be in keep
ing an inventory of how many
hogs I haven’t raised. My
friend Bordeaux is very joy
ful about the future of this
business. He has been raising
hogs for twenty years and the
best he ever made was S4OO
until this year, when he got
SIOOO for not raising hogs. If
I can get SI,OOO for not raising
50 hogs, then I will get S2OOO
for not raising 100 hogs.
I plan to operate on a small
scale at first, holding myself
down to about 4000 hogs,
which means I will have SBO,-
000. Now. another thing!
These hogs I will not raise will
not eat 100,000 bushels of corn.
I understand you also pay far
mers for not raising corn. So
will you pay me anything for
not raising 100.000 bushels of
corn not to feed the hogs I am
not raising? I want to get
started as soon as possible as
this seems to be a good time of
the year for not raising hogs.
Octav Broussard
P. S. Can I raise 10 or 12
hogs on the side while I am in
the not-raising hog business,
just enough to get a few sides
of bacon to eat?
Secondary Adult
Education Classes
Planned For
Brantley County
A special meeting Thursday,
December 3 at the Brantley
County High School at 7:30 P.
M. to organize classes in Brant
ley County for all high school
dropouts.
Meet with Clyde O’Quinn
and learn how you can re
turn to school and earn your
high school diploma.
For more information con
tact: Secondary Adult Educa
tion, Bailey Street School, P.
O. Box 867, Waycross, Ga.
Tele: 283-1312.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Girls Win Boy's Lose In
Opener With Atkinson County
Brantley girls captured the
opener 40-34 after a slow
start under new rules. The
new rule allows one forward
and one guard to become a
“rover” and play full court.
The Atkinson Co. boys ran up
a 16-0 lead before the Herons
were able to find the range
and the Rebels went on to win
as the Herons were never able
to overcome the early lead of
the Rebels. The Heron boys
went down to a 70-54 defeat.
In the girls game the Rebels
moved out front 6-0 and the
Herons came roaring back to
knot the game 6-6 and hold
the lead by a score of 11-7 at
the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter was nip
and tuck and the Rebels came
out in front at half time 20-18.
The lead changed hands 5
times in the third quarter be
hind the shooting of Sheila
Bennett, Sissy Smith, and
Cindy Raulerson. At the end of
the third quarter the Brantley
girls had moved back in front
by a score of 32-30. The Rebels
came right back and tied the
score at 32 all, but Cindy
Raulersoq hit the basket for
two field goals and two free
throws and Kay Smith added
one field goal to put the Her
ons ahead to stay. As the game
came to an end the Herons
had won 40-34.
Senior Citizens
Plans Meeting
The monthly meeting of
the Brantley County Senior
Citizens Club will be held
Monday night, December 7th
at 7:00 P. M. Rev. Round of
the Methodist Church will be
in charge of an informative
program.
As there seems to be sane
question of just who should
feel invited to this meeting,
all those who are over 55
years of age, and have an in
terest of how we, as older
people can be of help to each
other, to ourselves and our
country, are invited.
The program will consist of:
Information, Inspiration and
Challenge. We long to be of
help to each other in these
days of our lives.
See you, Monday night, De
cember 7, at 7:00 o’clock.
Mrs. Joseph B. Strick
land, Pres.; Cecil F.
Thomas, Vice-Pres.;
Mrs. R. D. Thomas, Secy.
Rev. Robert Round,
Prog. Chairman
NYC Club Met
December 12
The NYC Club met Thurs
day, November 12, at BCHC.
The meeting was called to or
der by Jonell Roberson, Pres
ident. Secretary, Ella Lee
Bacon, read the minutes. There
was no further business. Mr.
Blunt, Supervisor from Way
cross, had the program. He
showed a film about cheating.
The meeting was adjourned
by Jonell Roberson, President.
Reporter,
Wynell Smith
MISS NANCY MIDDLETON
Cindy Raulerson led the
Heron girls with 14 points.
Sissy Smith added 10, Kay
Smith 8, Sheila Bennett 7, and
Cathy Wynn 1. Others adding
to the victory were Susan
Chambless, Donna Bell, and
Bonnie Batten. Sheila Brown
ing led the losers with 14
points.
The Atkinson County boys
came on with a hot hand as
they raced ahead 16-0 before
the Herons were able to score.
At the end of the first quarter
the Herons trailed 21-8. The
Rebels outscored the Herons
by only one point in the sec
ond quarter, but pushed their
lead to 40-26 at half time. In
the third quarter Brantley
scored 12 points while Atkin
son was scoring 17 and the Re
bels led 57-38 at the end of
the third quarter. The final
quarter saw the Herons out
score the Rebels 16-13 but the
game ended 70-54 in favor of
the Atkinson County Rebels.
The Herons were led by
Benjie Walker with 25 points.
Philip Purdom added 10, Jer
ry Crews 8, Larry Lane 8,
Martin Brooker 2, and David
Carter 1. Andy Harris and
Richard Stevens also saw ac
tion for Brantley County. De
wayne Bass led the Rebels
with 17 points while Bubba
Pope and Jud Daniel were al
so in the double figures.
Brantley County
Bookmobile
Schedule
Wednesday, December 2:
Waynesville, Hickox. Nahunta,
Lulaton, Atkinson, Old Post
Road.
Wednesday, December 9:
Brantley County Schools.
Wednesday, December 16:
Schlatterville, Hoboken, Ray
bon, Hortense.
Nancy Middleton
Receives
Scholarship
Nancy Middleton of Hor
tense has received a scholarship
to study nursing through the
student aid program of the
State Scholarship Compiission
of Georgia.
Don Payton is executive di
rector of the commission, and
James McCallum of Coffee
County is the State Scholar
ship Commission board mem
ber from the Eighth Congres
sional District.
Miss Middleton is a gradu
ate of Brantley County High
School and plans to attend
Brunswick Junior College. She
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry L. Middleton.
The State Scholarship Com
mission administers state funds
appropriated by the Legisla
ture. Residents of Georgia
may receive scholarships for
vocational, college or post
graduate fields in which an a
cute shortage of skilled per
sonnel exists. Recipients repay
the scholarships by working
in these critical fields in Geor
gia.
