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VOLUME 49 - NUMBER 2
A Voice in the Wilderness
County History
FORT McINTOSH (Part II)
The new fort on the Satilla received it’s first com
mander when Captain Richard Winn of the Third
Regiment, South Carolina Horse, Was given his ap
pointment in January, 1777. By this time the fort
was officially called Fort Mclntosh.
At dawn, on the morning of February 17, 1777,
an attack was made on the fort by seventy Florida
Rangers and eighty Indians. Intelligence reports had
indicated that a major attack by the British was eni
ment. Under command of Colonel Louis V. Fuser
and assisted by Tory Officers Brown, McGirth, and
Cunningham, a forced composed of Regulars, Loy
alists and Indians had made their way northward to
Fort Mclntosh. For five hours the Tories and In
dians continued the attack on the fort, each attack
failed. The British made a demand of Captain Winn
to unconditionally surrender the fort. He did not,
probably expecting little mercy from either Indian
or Tory. The fighting continued until nightfall, at
which time the British left a guard on the fort and
withdrew for a short distance and encamped for the
night. By this time, one man in the fort had been
killed and three wounded. Captain Winn sent one of
his men, a soldier named Owens to Fort Howe for
reinforcements. Even though Owens managed to
reach his destination, his mission was fruitless. There
were only forty able men at Fort Howe at the time
and none could be spared.
Florida Ranger Brown was also waiting for rein
forcements, and they arrived, two hundred British
Regulars. The attack was resumed and the fighting
continued until 2 P. M. on the afternoon of Febru
ary 18, 1777, at which time Captain Winn ask for a
consultation with Colonel Fuser. Winn, knowing that
his sixty men could not resist much longer against
such overwhelming odds, decided to surrender when
the expected reinforcements from Fort Howe failed
to appear. Winn told Fuser that he would surrender
the Fort if Fuser and his men would guarantee pro
tection from the unpredictable Indians and the Tories
and were given an escort by British Regulars to
Fort Howe.
Life has meaning. To find that meaning is my
meat and drink,
C & Ms Inspecti
In Georgia's Pou
Atlanta, Ga. — The Consu
mer and Marketing Service
has certified the Georgia meat
inspection program as equal to
the federal one, under provi
sions of the Wholesome Meat
Act.
Officials of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture agen
cy said, as a result, Georgia
now has full responsibility for
inspection of meat slaughter
ing and processing plants do
ing business wholly within the
state.
C&MS officials said the
states of Illinois and Vermont
also have been certified, bring
ing the total number of states
PASTOR'S PEN
Life on the other side of the fence always seems
best, but why is it on the other side? Why can’t it
be on your side? Everything seems to be going
wrong and you’re wanting to escape, but where do
you go? Nothing, after nothing, seems to be work
ing out and life becomes useless and senseless.
Do you blow your mind by taking drugs, dope, li
quor or pills? Well then, who do you turn to and
what do you do? You’re tired of hearing everyone’s
cure for your depressed feelings. You are now fed
up with all and nothing helps. Is there actually an
escape to the reality of living life? Yes, Jesus Christ.
In St. John 8:32, he tells us, “And ye shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Jesus Christ tells us in St. John 14 :6, “I am the
way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the
father, but by me.”
And now we come to one last question. Jesus
Christ was the son of God and he died on the cross
for you, as well as I. Now, was all this in vain? Did
he suffer all for nothing? The thing to think about
is God doesn’t need anyone of us but all of us need
God.
—Robert Browning
>n Begin Duties
Itry Plants
which have achieved “equal
to” meat inspection status to
20. The certifications will af
fect 210 intrastate plants now
operating in Georgia, 601 in
Illinois and 22 in Vermont.
To earn “at least equal to”
status, each state had to de
velop a law and regulations,
financing and staffing, as well
as actual inspection, matching
the federal program conducted
by USDA’s Consumer and
Marketing Service.
Half of each state’s budget
for meat inspection comes from
federal matching funds sup
plied by C&.MS.
WHERE IS THE TRUTH?
James David Jacobs
Nahunta, Georgia
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
MR. AND MRS. JACK DENNIS BROOKER
FAIN-BROOKER
Exchanging sacred wedding
vows in Way cross were Miss
Marcia Anne Fain and Jack
Dennis Brooker. The couple
were united in marriage at
Trinity Methodist Church by
the pastor, the Rev. James C.
Varnell. The couple spoke
their vows Dec. 12 at 2:30 p.
m.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Dempsey
Griffin, Hoboken, and the late
William Ike Fain, Waycross,
and the bridegroom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilder
Brooker, Nahunta.
The altar featured crescent
vermeil candelabra entwined
with tropical ferns forming a
background. A massive ar
rangement of white snapdra
gons, stock, and giant chrysan
themums was placed on the
altar encircled with a bridal
wreath. A pair of small cres
cent candelabra were placed
at stretegic points. White sa
tin ribbons and streamers
completed the decor where the
couple spoke their vows be
fore a white satin prie dieu.
Miss Becky Braddock ac
companied Mrs. Johnny Jones,
Hoboken, as she sang “Walk
Hand In Hand” and “The
Lord’s Prayer.”
The bride was given in
marriage by her stepfather,
John Dempsey Griffin, and
wore an original re-embroider
ed Alencon lace and faille sa
tin gown designed with a high
neckline and sheer bishop
sleeves appliqued in re-em
broiderde Alencon lace. The
bodice also featured a motif
of the lace. The full circular
train fell to the chapel length
and was adorned with appli
ques of the lace.
Brantley High Band Students: L. to R.; Karen
Lee, Bruce Rowell Terry Nichols, Vasco Canaday;
Botton L. to R.; Bradley Velie, Venny Brooks.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, January 14, 1971
Her elbow length silk illu
sion veil fell from an Alencon
lace and pearl headpiece which
framed the bride’s face. Her
cascade bouquet of white bri
dal roses was interspersed
with pearls and lace and was
centered with a white orchid.
She wore a sixpense given
to her by ’her college room
mate and a blue garter which
was worn by her mother at
her wedding.
Miss Rita Fain served as
her sister’s maid of honor. Her
gown of peacock chiffon was
adorned with Venice lace. The
oval neckline and empire
waist was highlighted in the
lace, and the sleeves were al
so enhanced with the lace. A
panel of chiffon trimmed in
Venice lace adorned the back
of the gown.
She wore a matching head
piece of chiffon, bows and
flowers designed with a face
veil. She carried a nosegay of
pink French carnations and
silver leaves interspersed with
bows of the peacock blue chif
fon and satin.
Serving as bridesmaids were
Miss Myra Fain, sister of the
bride, Hoboken; Miss Diane
Stone, Albany; and Miss San
dy Brooker, sister of the
groom, Nahunta. They were
attired identically to the hon
or attendant and carried nose
gays of pink frenched carna
tions with silver leaves.
Miss Janet Griffin, sister of
the b^ide, served as flower
girl. She carried a basket of
rose petals. Her dress was
the same as the bridesmaids.
John Thomas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ferrell Thomas, Ho
boken, and cousin of the bride,
served as ringbearer.
John Wilder Brooker ser
ved as his son’s best man, and
groomsmen were Gerald Bis
hop, Quitman; Mike Googe,
Auburn, Ala., and formerly of
Waycross; and Raymond
Castleberry, Albany.
A reception given by the
bride’s parents was held in the
church social hall. Assisting in
entertaining were Mrs. F. L.
Patten, Mrs. Linton Brooker,
Mrs. A. L. Sutton, Sr., Miss
Virleen Strickland, Mrs. Stet
son F. Bennett and Mrs. A. R.
Joiner Sr.
Rice bags were distributed
bv Miss Nanette Shuman and
Miss Laquita Joiner.
Miss Minnette Sutton, Na
hunta. kept the bride’s book
Mrs. S. D. Kelley provided
music during the reception.
Mrs. Brooker wore an or
ange knit dress featuring an
orange and white coat adorn
ed with silver metalic brocade
She complemented the attire
with matching accessories.
Mrs. Griffin wore for her
daughter’s wedding a pink
crepe dress featuring a coat
of pink and rose with gold me
talic brocade. She chose
matching accessories.
For her wedding trip to
points of interest across coun
try to Houston, Texas, the
bride wore a beige double
knit pants suit with a loose
knit sleeves of the see-through
variety. She wore beige skin
accessories.
The couple will reside at
Webster Villa Apt. 174,506
South Austin, Webster, Texas,
until Jan. 3 when the bride
will return for her last quar
ter at Georgia Southern Col
ege, Statesboro.
Mr. Brooker is employed as
an electric engineer for
Brown and Root Northrop at
the Apollo Space Flight Cen
ter, Houston, Texas,
Gospel Sing
Set For Grace
Baptist Church
A gospel sing will be held
at the Grace Missionary Bap
tist Church, Saturday night,
January 16th. Singing will be
gin at 7:30.
The Calvary Men of Hor
tense will be featured along
with other local talent.
The public is cordially in
vited to come out and hear
good gospel singing.
Band Students
Honored
Recently six members of
the Brantley Co. High School
Band were chosen to partici
pate in the Eighth District
Junior High School Band
Clinic which well be held at
Valdosta State College on
Feb. 19 and 20, 1971. The
clinic will be composed of
130 jr. high school band stu
dents chosen on the basis of
merit and ability from approx
imately 3,500 eigible junior
high students which are en
rolled in band classes in the
Eighth District of Georgia.
Attending from BCHS will
be Karen Lee (trombone),
Bruce Rowell (alto saxo
phone), Terry Nichols (tenor
saxophone), Vasco Canady
(sousophone), Bradley Velie
(trumpet), and Vinny Brooks
(french horn).
The clinic band, under the
baton of Dr. Bodie Hinton of
Auburn University, will pre
sent a concert on the final
night of the session. It will be
at 7:30 p. m. in the Whitehead
Auditorium at Valdosta State
College and will be free of
charge.
Airman Thomas F. Gibson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W.
Gibson of Waynesville, Ga.,
has completed basic training
at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has
been assigned to Sheppard
AFB, Tex., for training is
aircraft maintenance. Airman
Gibson is a 1970 graduate of
Brantley County High School,
Nahunta, Ga.
Airman James F. Jones, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Jones, Rt. 1, Waynesville, Ga.,
has completed basic training
at Lakeland AFB, Tex. He has
been assigned to Keesler AFB,
Miss., for training in the ad
ministrative field. Airman
Jones is a 1969 graduate of
Brantley County High School,
Nahunta, Ga.
Friendship
Homemaker Club
Met Tuesday
The Friendship Homemakers
Club of the Hoboken Com
munity met at the home of
Mrs. Jimmy Lee, Tuesday,
January 12. The president,
Mrs. Joyce Jackson, presided
over the meeting. Discussion
was on program planning and
hostesses for the year. Attend
ing were: Mrs. Olive Griffin,
Mrs. Sina Hickox, Mrs. Myr
tice Griffin, Mrs. Laverne
Hickox, Mrs. Sandra Lee,
Mrs. Carolyn Carter, Mrs. Ann
Jones, Mrs. Shirley Driggers
and Mrs. Bonnie Hickox.
Local Girls
Named Co-ed
Correspondents
Miss Deidra Brand, 14, of
Route 2, Nahunta, and Miss
Debbie Altman, 16, Route 1,
Hoboken, Ga., have been
named Co-ed Correspondents
for the 1970-71 school year, ac
cording to an announcement
by Miss Margaret Hauser, edi
tor of CO-ED Magazine. CO
ED, published nationally by
Scholastic Magazines, Inc., for
home economics students, con
tains articles on fashion, food,
beauty, and home furnishings,
and fiction.
Debbie is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Kennon Altman.
Deidra is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brand
and a freshman at Brantley
County High School. They
were appointed Correspon
dents by Mrs. Dorothy
M. Ham and Elwanda
McCall, Home E c o
nomics teachers.
Selected for qualities of
leadership and enthusiasm for
home economics, Deidra will
serve as junior adviser to
CO-ED editors. Like the other
Co-ed Correspondents through
out the United States and Can-,
ada, she will keep the editors
informed of activities at her
school.
Presentation of a special
Co-ed Correspondent certifi
cate was made to Deidra and
Debbie is a school assembly,
Thursday, January 7, by Mr.
A. L. Sutton, principal of
Brantley County High.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Herons Resume Action After
Holidays With A Girls Win Over
Broxton And A Loss To ATCO
BY GENE WILEY
Last Tuesday night Atkin
son County handed Brantley
County a pair of setbacks. The
Atkinson girls defeated the
Herons 41-35. The Heron boys
were downed by a 73-46 score.
On Friday night the Heron
girls resumed their winning
ways over a tall Broxton sex
tet, 44-29. The Heron boys fell
victim to the tall talented boys
from Broxton by the score of
86-41.
The Herons traveled to At
kinson County Tuesday night
and the girls took over their
game immediately with an ear
ly three point lead, but the
Rebels of Atkinson were not to
be denied as they knotted the
score 6-6. The Heron girls
trailed at the end- of the first
quarter 12-11. In the second
quarter the Herons again ral
lied and moved out front 14-12,
but here the Heron girls went
cold and the Rebel girls scor
ed 12 consecutive points to
lead 24-14 at half-time. The
Heron girls did threaten once
again as they moved to with
in 4 points of the Rebels in the
fourth quarter at the score of
35-39. The Rebel girls held on
to their lead to win the game
41-35.
Carol Addy led the scoring
with 16 points. Sissy Smith
had 10, Kay Smith 7, and
Sheila Bennett had 2 points.
Others playing included Cin
dy Raulerson, Donna Bell,
Denease O’Berry, and Susan
Chambless. High scorer for
the Atkinson Rebels was She
ila Browning with 12 points.
The Heron boys started off
fine against Atkinson as the
score was tied at 2-2, 4-4, and
6-6. The Rebel were barely
able to manage a 17-15 lead at
the end of the first quarter.
The Atkinson Rebels outscored
the Herons 20-12 in the second
quarter to move ahead 37-27
at half-time. The Herons on
ly managed to score 19 points
in the second half while At
kinson was scoring 36 points.
The final score was 73-46 in
favor of the Rebels.
Philip Purdom led the Her
ons with 22 points. Larry Lane
had 10, Martin Brooker 6,
Benjie Walker 4, Jerry Crews
2, and Richard Stevens 2.
Others playing included Geor
ge Dryden, David Carter, An
dy Harris, and Archie Lee
White. The leading scorer for
the Rebels was Dwayne Bess
with 20 points.
Last Friday night in Brox
ton the Heron girls were de
termined to get back in the
winning column as they mov
ed out front 13-7 in the first
quarter. At half-time the Her
ons led by the score of 29-16.
The Herons cooled in the
third quarter, but continued
to lead by the score of 37-25
at the end of the third stanza.
The defensive unit put up an
outstanding defense allowing
only 4 points in the fourth
quarter and the offense moved
on to win the game by the fi
nal score of 44-29.
Sissy Smith led the Heron
girls in scoring with 15 points
and Carol Addy had 13 points.
Kay Smith scored 10 points,
Sheila Bennett added 3, Cin
dy Raulerson and Cathy Wynn
had 2 points each. Susan
Chambless also played on de
fense. G. Studstill led the
Broxton girls with 9 points.
The Heron boys were never
in the game with the tall tal
ented Broxton boys as Brox
ton moved out front to stay
in the first quarter by the
score of 26-11. At half-time
the Broxton boys led 54-21.
LEFT TO RIGHT: DEIDRA BRAND AND
The third quarter saw the Her
ons play even ball with Brox
ton as both teams scored 12
points. In the fourth quarter
Broxton continued to increase
their lead to win the game 86-
41.
Philip Purdom led the Her
ons with 13 points and Larry
Lane .added 10 points. Martin
Brooker scored 8 points, Ben-
Jie Walker 6, David Carter 2,
and Andy Harris 2. George
Dryden, Richard Stevens and
Archie Lee White also played.
The Broxton team had five
players in double figures and
were led by McGill with 26
points.
DOCTORS
LICENSE
TEMPORARILY
SUSPENDED
Atlanta—The state Board of
Medical Examiners has tem
porarily suspended the license
of Dr. Carl Drury who was
sworn in Monday as state
representative.
The suspension follows
closely, rumored charges of
mal-practice by Dr. Drury
since he won a hot and contro
versial political campaign for
the House of Representatives.
Accordiig to Dr. Drury, sex
ual assault charges has been
lodged against him by three
Camden County women of
which there are no basis or
truth. The charges are politi
cally motivated and is a con
tinuation of the bitter cam
paign” stated Drury.
According to a reliable
source, none of the accusers
attended a local Medical As
sociation hearing into the
matter that was held on Janu
ary 7, 1971. Details of the re
sults are not available at this
time but according to the
same source, the Medical Or
ganization'has doubts that the
charges are true and could
not be substantuated.
C. L. Clifton, secretary of
the state’s Division of Exami
ners stated that the temporary
suspension of Dr. Drury’s li
cense was taken only on the
basis of the women who claim
ed to have been sexually as
saulted. The temporary sus
pension is only until Febru
ary 11 at which time there
will be another hearing in
Atlanta.
Card Os Thanks
The family of C. Gordon Da
vis wish to express their ap
preciation for the .many acts
of kindness shown during our
recent bereavement.
Mrs. Irene Davis, Mrs.
Phyllis Pike and the
family of W. V. Strick
land
Card of Thanks
We are deeply appreciative
of every kindness shown to us
during my illness. Our sin
cerest thanks for the prayers
said for me, the beautiful
flowers, pretty cards, candy
and food.
Words can never express
our thanks to you.
Hubert Wilson
and family
DEBBIE ALTMAN
