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VOLUME 49 — NUMBER 20
PASTOR'S PEN
THE BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN
Yes we all want the best for our children don’t we?
I wanted my children to be up with the Jones or
Smiths or a little better. Nothing was quite good e
nough for my children, first of all I couldn’t wait
to buy them a sack of candy to decay their teeth,
then dress them that they might be attracted to the
loudest guy or doll in town, then an automobile to be
sure they got there and them. Oh yes, I carried them
to church also for someone else to tell or teach them
about church and the Jones as best as the little
handbook the teacher or excuse could tell them. Yes
the Bible says in Proverbs 22 :6 Train up a child in
the way he should go, and when he is old, he will
not depart from it. Oh yes, and an education, still to
day the best is not good enough for ours. Looks like
some one is teaching very well especially in the drug
and dope department. Yes I wanted the best for my
children but I was a poor judge of what was the best
for my children. I trained them in the way I would
have them to go but I’m sure God is not pleased
with the way I brought them up, I failed to teach
them the first and greatest commandment (Ma'tthew
22:36, 37, 38 Master, which is the great command
ment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. This is the first and greatest command
ment.
There is just one best that is Jesus Christ our Lord.
Do you have time to teach and to tell your children
about Him in the free pardon and forgiveness of sin ?
If you don’t tell them they will be told by someone
(I Peter 5:8 Because your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion walketh about seeking whom be may de
vour.)
I want to ask you a personal question, do you
know Jesus Christ personally? Because if you don’t
you can’t give your child the best.
Homemakers Tour Sites In
Brantley County
We live here, we look at
the sites every day, but do we
really see them? The Brant
ley County Homemakers
Council has made an effort
through the Cultural Arts
chairman, Mrs. Elroy Strick
land, to learn more by seeing
places and learn some of the
history of the county.
“See Brantley County First”
was the theme, and Mrs. N.
W. Hendrix served as chair
man and narrator of the tour
to do just that. Last week a
group of club members met
at the County Extension Of
fice for their business, and a
briefing by County Commis
sioner Chairman, George Ste
wart.
Mrs. Hendrix led the tour
first to Waynesville and a
stop at the Old Confederate
Cemetery — Gone are the
wooden grave markers and
signs of the actual grave lo
cations, but a solitary marble
monument, presented by the
Jesup Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
marks the location of the old
cemetery.
Three different types of
architecture which still re
mains in the once thriving
Waynesville community were
studied from the exterior —
The homes of the late Mrs.
Sara Gibson, and Heny Mc-
Veigh, then by the home of
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. McVeigh,
which was the girlhood home
of Mrs. Goertner E. Mumford
Parkhurst, the lady who will
ed her estate for the educa
tion of needy girls and or
phans from Brantley County.
She will never know the great
impact and changes that has
affected so many lives of the
youth in Brantley County.
The Old Post Road. the
land route from Savannah to
St Marys was the next stop.
After reading the marker lo
cated on the Glynn County
side where the old road in
tersects US 84, the tour con
tinued to the old Linda Plan
tation. . ,
A picnic lunch was enjoyed
on the large porch overlook
ing the beautiful Satilla River
and climaxed the tour. Mrs.
Bovd welcomed the
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Satilla River Club and show
ed the photostatic copies of
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Ronald Hendrix
Rt. 1, Nahunta, Ga.
Pastor Grace Baptist Church
Phone 462-5781
original land grant to Wes
Sheffield and the story of
Linda Plantation built by the
King family. The old graves of
the Wes Sheffield’s were visit
ed.
New developments along the
Satilla were noted to bring
the tour back to the present—
The imagination would have
to work overtime about the
things which went on long a
go, but one tour by a small
group of women began by
seeing a part of Brantley
County first.
Ladies taking this tour
were Mrs. Albert Purdom,
Mrs. W. W. Hendrix, Mrs. N.
W. Hendrix, Mrs. Jimmy Lee,
Mrs. Ervin Driggers, Mrs. Ol
ive Griffin, Mrs. Charles Du-
Bose, Mrs. Bobby Hickox,
Mrs. G. A. Loyd and Mrs. Vir
ginia Raulerson,
Mr. A. K. Cross
Celebrates
64th Birthday
Family and friends honored
Mr. A. K. Cross with a birth
day dinner Sunday, May 16.
He celebrated his 64th birth
day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Wilson on Rt. 2,
Nahunta, Ga.
Mr. Cross is the father of
four daughters and one son.
He is also blessed with seven
teen grandchildren.
Present for the occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wil
son, Gail, Mike, Patti, Lisa and
Larry of Raybon; Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton S. Henddricks,
Sammy and Randy of Blyth
Island; Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Proctor, Marie and Susie of
Hickory Bluff; Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Cross. Woody and
Susie of Jacksonville, Fla.;
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Lee Her
rin. Phyllis, George, Tracy
and Allen of Lulaton; Mrs.
Pearl Wasdin of Winokur; Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Brannon of
Hickox; Mrs. Essie Highsmith,
Mr. and Mrs. James Higginbo
tham, Mrs. Alice Rhoden and
Mrs. Maggie Yules all of
Brunswick, Ga.
Al-Anons Host
Open District
Meeting
The Al-Anons of the Na
hunta-Folkston gorup were
host to a District meeting held
at the Brantley County High
School Cafetoriu.m Sunday af
ternoon, May 16th.
The meeting began with the
Serenity Prayer. “God grant
me the serenity to accept the
things I cannot change, the
courage to change the things
I can. and wisdom to know
the difference.”
The speaker was a Georgia
Delegate to the World Service
Organization. She was very
informative in bringing out
the points of how alcoholism
had affected so many years of
her families lives and then the
help received through A. A.
and Al-Anon. She was very
distinct in saying, “If we
care, we share.” She truly
cared and had a great desire
to share her experience with
others experiencing the prob
lem of alcoholism.
Alcoholics are so often look
ed down on as being sorry, a
worthless bum or just a
drunk, when- we do not stop
to realize this person is sick.
He or she has a progressive
disease, a combination of phy
sical allergy and mental neu
rosis. This disease can be in
curable, but it certainly can
be arrested by complete ab
stinence from alcohol if the
patient has an honest desire
to stop drinking. Lets urge
these patients to take advan
tage of this arrest and see if
every day life isn’t more plea
sant.
The spouse or the relative
living with the alcoholic has
also got a problem learning to
cope with he or she day after
day. To live with an alcoholic
takes almost superhuman pa
tience on your part, but it can
be done! There is help for
you through Al-Anon. Al-
Anon is also a program for re
covery like A. A. Every
meeting is filled with mira
cles and hope. At these meet
ings relatives gather together
for mutual aid.
For more information call
462-5605 or 462-5455.
Pine Cone
4-H Club Met
The Nahunta 6th grade 4-H
club met in the lunchroom on
May 13th.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, De
way> e Thomas. We said our
pledges.
Mr. George Loyd told us a
bout going to camp and where
it was going to be. This year
4-H camp will be at Rock Ea
gle, near Eatonton, Georgia,
August 9-13.
The meeting was adjourned.
Edna Harris
Reporter
Bell-Griffin
Reunion Set
For Sunday
All friends and relatives of
the late Leon Bell and P. U.
Griffin are invited to attend
the reunion to be held Sun
day, May 23, at Laura Walker
State Park.
Shelter has been reserved
for the occasion. Dinner will
be spread at 1 o’clock. Cctne
and bring a basket lunch.
Card Os Thanks
We would like to take this
opportunity to express our sin
cere thanks for all the kind
words, thoughts and gestures
during the loss of our loved
one. May God bless all of you.
The Robert S. Farr
Family
The E. L. (Buck) Hic
kox Family
WOOD MARKET
There is a relatively new and
fast growing market for wood
products. It’s mobile homes.
Georgia Extension Srevice for
esters point out that estimated
production of mobile homes is
now between 400,000 and 500,-
000 units. By 1980, mobile
home production may be as
high as 700,000 units. That’s
going to take a lot of wood.
Don’t let your subscription
to The Enterprise expire.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 20, 1971
What Did I Get For My Money?
As in previous years, there was published in the official organ, a
summary of all Brantley County income and expenditures for the
county government. That report was published in compliance to a
Georgia Law by the Board of Brantley County Commissioners. The au
dit report shows only the income and expenditures of operation for
the county government and does not show that portion of tax money
designated for State Tax and School Tax and School Bond Tax.
According to Commission Chairman George F. Stewart, the reports
have been so long, detailed and specialized that the average person
may not grasp the meaning of long rows of figures. Those figures are
compiled by professional auditors and little regard is paid to whether
the public can understand them. According to Stewart, “the average
taxpayer makes his tax return, has his property assessed, is sent his
tax notice, pays his taxes and never quite realizes just where his mon
ey went and what he got in return.”
The Tax Dollar is broken down four (4) ways when collected in
Brantley County. The Tax Dollar is levied for the following purposes;
State Tax, County Tax, School Tax and School Bond.
Below the tax dollar is shown for taxes assessed for 1970 and shows
where each cent went.
SCHOOL TAX 44 C I | COUNTY TAX 50^
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V/ R I
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SCHOOL BOND 5# . ^*<IL^STATE OF GEORGIA TAX
At,
As shown, there was levied 44 cents for school operations and 5
cents levied for satisfying our bonded indebtedness to pay for the
new County High School. The total for school purposes is 49 cents.
An even 50 cents of each tax dollar is levied to support the county
government (less the school system). The Brantley County Govern
ment has no bonded indebtness.
One cent of each tax dollar levied is for the State Government.
Following is a breakdown of the 50 cents of each tax dollar devied
for operation of the complete county government.
(1) General Government
Coroner
Special Fund 9% cents
Airport
Miscellaneous
(2) Building Maintenance
Court House 1 cent
Jail
(3) Superior Court
Clerk of Superior Court
Sheriff 7^2 cents
Ordinary
(4) Roads and Bridges 20 cents
(5) Public Health and Welfare 5 cents
(6) Agricultural Extension and Forestry Service .... 2^ cents
(7) Tax Assessing and Collection 4 Cents
Personals
Grandview, Mo. - U. S. Air
Force Technical Sergeant
John L. Eunice Jr., son of Mrs.
John L. Eunice Sr., 104 Eunice
St., Folkston, Ga., has arrived
for duty at Richards-Gebaur
AFB, Mo.
Sergeant Eunice, an air
craft mechanic, is assigned to
a unit of the Aerospace De
fense Command which protects
the U. S. against hostile air
craft and missiles. The ser
geant, who has served 15
months in Vietnam, was as
signed at Clark AB, Philip
pine, before arriving at Rich
ards-Gebaur.
He attended Charlton Coun
ty High School and completed
requirements for his high
school diploma after entering
the Air Force.
The sergeant’s wife, Rita, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. N. Thrift, Nahunta, Ga.
GOSPEL SING
Saturday Night — June 5 — 7:30 P. M.
Hoboken Elementary School Gymnasium
FEATURED SINGERS:
"Apostle Quartet" of Jacksonville, Fla.
"Singing Chapman Family" of Brunswick, Ga.
"Flat Top Travelers" of Hoboken, Ga.
Admission SI.OO Adults. 50c Students.
Refreshments will be served.
University Center
Summer Quarter
The University of Georgia,
Waycross Center, a fully ac
credited institution of higher
learning will officially begin
the Summer Quarter, 1971,
with registration which is
scheduled to begin on June 7.
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
Freshmen, Sophomore, and
Junior level courses each quar
ter, which are required by
almost all four-year institu
tions for graduation. These of
ferings 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. Day class
es meet each morning Mon-
Plans
Registration
day through Friday, while
night classes are held on
Monday and Thursday nights.
For those students who de
sire professional training in
the field of Business Adminis
tration, the University Centers
offers a two year program of
study centered around the
core curriculum requirements
for thq Bachelors of Business
Administration Degree of the
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 rep
resent a significant portion of
the day and night schedules.
Persons desiring additional
information pertaining to
either credit program should
contact the University Center
by telephoning 283-9222.
The New Hope
Cemetery
Organization
Meets Friday
The New Hope Cemetery
Organization will hold their
regular monthly meeting at
the Okefenoke Rural Electric
building Friday evening, May
21, at 7:00 o’clock p. m.
Please plan now to attend.
We would like very much to
have each member present at
this time.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
L. to R. — Eber Rhoden,, Herbert Colvin, Mar
ion Blount, Ella Lee Bacon, Mr. J. L. Gunter.
Gunter And Rhoden Honored
AT BCHS By NYC
Dipel Approved
For Use On
Tobacco
Dipel, a safe, new insecti
cide, has been approved by the
Georgia Department of Agri
culture for use on tobacco.
The new product has proved
to be highly effective in con
trolling budworms, loopers
and hornworms, which costs
tobacco growers millions of
dollars each year. No product
used in controlling tobacco
worms has a better safety rec
ord than Dipel. It effectively
controls undesirable worms
without harming beneficial in
sects, such as bees, stilt bugs,
lady beetles and parasitic
wasps. Field tests indicate
that use of Dipel actually en
courages a build-up of popula
tions of these beneficial in
sects.
(Dipel has been used for a
bout a year and a half on leafy
vegetables such as cabbage
and lettuce, and is registered
With permanent labeling by
the federal Environmental
Protection Agency for these
uses. Because of its proved
safety record, EPA exempted
Dipel from its standard resi
due tolerance requirements.
During testing on vegetables,
an unusual incident was re
ported: a dog ate most of the
contents of a two-pound pack
age of Dipel. The dog suffered
no adverse effects.)
Dipel is very stable and will
not lose its potency when stor
ed at high temperatures. And
unlike use of harsh chemical
pesticides, workers can be in
the fields even when Dipel is
being applied, because it is
so safe.
Dipel is manufactured by
Abbott Laboratories, a major
producer of products to pro
tect human and animal health,
the same high standards
as antibiotics and drugs for
human health care.
Dipel is available as a ready
to mix power. It is effective
whether used as a spray, bait
or dust. Tests at numerous to
bacco experiment stations
show that Dipel will not burn
tobacco. It leaves no illegal
residues even when used up to
harvest time. Use of Dipel
leaves tobacco destined for ex
port free of insecticidal resi
due problems.
Abbott is stepping-up distri
bution of Dipel throughout
Georgia at retail fertilizer out
lets, custom spray applicators
and numerous other farm sup
ply retailers.
Abbott, an 83-year old man
ufacturer of health care pro
ducts, had 1971 sales of $457.5
million and earnings of S4O
million.
We do all kinds of job
printing. The Brantley En
terprise.
Roscoe Dean Elected To Board
Os Epilepsy Foundation
State-senator Roscoe Dean ।
has been elected to the Board I
of Directors of the Epilepsy
Foundation of America, Geor- [
gia chapter. The sixth district
senator will serve with other ;
distinguished Georgians who'
are already on the board. ।
J. L. Gunter and Eber Rho
den were honored at a recent
assembly at Brantley County
High School.
Marion Blount, NYC Field
Coordinator presented a pla
que to Mr. Gunter and Certi
ficate of Honorable Mention
to Mr. Rhoden.
These men were selected in
the Best Supervision Contest
sponsored by the Neighbor
hood Youth Corps Program.
Ella Bacon, a Brantley Co.
NYC enrollee wrote the best
essay in the East District.
Clarice Smith’s essay about
Mr. Rhoden received Honora
ble Mention.
William Hursey
Receives Medal
in Vietnam
Army Specialist Five Will
iam H. Hursey, 23, son of
Mr. Howard Hursey, Nahun
ta, Ga., recently received the
Army Commendation Medal
in Vietnam.
The Medal was awarded for
meritorious service. Such ser
vice can be over an extended
period of time or for out
standing achievement in a
single situation. In either case,
the recipient must have dem
onstrated skills and dedica
tion far above the average.
Spec. Hursey received the a
ward while assigned as a
member of Headquarters
Battery, Ist Battalion of the
23rd Infantry Division’s 14th
Artillery.
He entered the army in
September 1969, completed
basic training at Ft. Leonard
Wood, Mo., and was stationed
at Ft. Sill, Okla., before ar
riving overseas.
The specialist is a 1965 gra
duate of Nahunta (Ga.) High
School. He received his 8.8.A.
Degree in 1969 frcm the Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens.
Spec. Hursey’s wife, Freddie,
lives at 2474 Donald Ave., Ma
con.
The Specialist’s mother, Wy
lene Merritt, lives at 2017 E.
Josa, Waycross, Ga.
Home coming To
Be Observed 4?
At "Sawgrass"
Homecoming will be ob
served at Philadelphia. “Saw
grass” Wesleyan Church Sun
day, May 23rd. The Church is
located 3 miles East of Hor
tense on highway 32.
Worship service will begin
at 11:00 o’clock with the Rev.
C. M. Payne, former pastor, de
livering the homecoming mes
sage.
A basket dinner will be ser
ved on the church grounds at
the noon hour.
Singing is slated for the af
ternoon.
Rev. R. C. Mathis, pastor,
and members extends a cor
dial welcome to everyone.
। Epilepsy is the general
name given to the symptoms
'of a number of disorders of
| the nervous system. The Epi
i lepsy Foundation is the organi
; zation which works to help
' with problems that confronts
। anyone who is an epileptice.
