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VOLUME 49-NUMBER 46
"Unto Us a Saviour Is Born"
Isaiah 9:6
What a statement. No other event has
had such great impact upon the world as
this. It marks the beginning of Christ
mas. Butfor the masses then and now the
true significance of this happening has not
hit home. We know that almost every
body does some celebrating at Christmas
time, with Santa Clause, Christmas
trees, tensil, Christmas dinner. Some
more profane may even celebrate with a
bottle of strong drink. The celebrants of
Christmas maybe divided into two groups:
those who really know the subject of Ch
ristmas, and those who do not know the
subject. The latter group may think that
the subject of Christmas is Santa, gifts,
or they may even think themselves to be
the subject.
The subject of Christmas is the "Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord. " The Old Test
ament promised Him from Genesis to
Malachi. Very specifically Isaiah called
Him by name, and even went so far as to
describe His character as "Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Fat
her, Prince of Peace," (Isa. 9:6). In
Daniel He appeared in the fiery furnace as
the "Son of Man. " The prophet Micah
promised that He would be born in "Beth
lehem" the "Ruler of Israel. "
The New Testament declared Him. The
angels announced His birth, "For unto you
is born this day in the city of David a Sav
iour which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2; 11).
The heavenly host praised God singing,
"Glory to God in the highest and on earth
peace, good will toward men" (Luke 2:14).
The shepherds went to see Him and her
alded the news abroad. They praised God
for all they had seen and heard.
God made it all happen. "Unto us a Son
is given. " Just think of it. God gave His
Sonfor you and me. "To us, " says Martin
Luther, meditating on the motif and the
meaning of Christmas, "it is not simply
an old story of an event that happened 1500
years ago; it is more than an event that
happened once; for it is a gift and a be
stowing that endures for ever. " Yes, God
made Christmas. He planned it for thou
sands of years, even as to the date and
place of its occurance. He even prepared
the people who were to play important
roles.
Man can experience Him. Christ is the
subject of Christmas, not Santa Clause.
On that first Christmas He was the center
of attention. The attention of both heaven
and earth was focused upon the Christ.
So should our attention be centered today
upon God's Son, our Saviour.
"Unto us a Saviour is born. " This can
happen today as you take the Christ out of
the manger and place Him in you heart.
Yes, He can be born today in your heart
and life. The word of God becomes alive
and walks up and down in our hearts when
it is embodied in a man, a man like our
selves, the man Jesus.
SENATE TO
RESTORE TITLE I
The U.S. Senate has amen
ded the 1972 appropriations
act for fiscal 1972 to restore
Title I ESEA funding to the
same level as 1971, accord
ing to Jack P. Nix, state
superintendent of schools.
"This means that over $3.7
million will be restored in a
ppropriationfor Georgia Title
I programs," said Nix, "and
that our 1972 appropriation
will be at least $39,947, 788
which is equal to the 1971
appropriation."
Georgi a was one of 15 states
whose 1972 federal grants for
compensatory education has
been reduced. The major
portion of Title I funds in
PASTOR'S PEN
Rev. Ernest S. Purcell, pastor
First Baptist Chruch
Nahunta, Georgia
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Georgia is used for remedial
reading programs, kindergar
ten and special summer pro
grams.
Billy Tidwell, director of
Title I program in Georgia,
stated that local systems are
responsible for the develop-
ment of programs and how
Title I fundswill be expended
and that many programs would
suffer severe setbacks if these
funds were not restored.
The Senate amendment to
restore appropriations to the
'7l level has been approved
by the House and is now in the
Senate for reconciliation be
fore going to the President for
signing.
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 16, 1971
Gambrell- Talmadge
Resolve to Honor
Senator Russell
Senator David Gambrell to-
day joined Senator Herman
Talmadge in co-sponsoring a
resolution introduced by Sen
ator Robert Byrd of West Vir
ginia to have Senator Richard
B. Russell's portrait placediin
the Senate Reception Room,
In remarks prepared for the
Senate Floor, Senator Gam
brell said, "I can think of no
more fitting honor to Senator
Russell's memory than that he
stand with other giants of the
Senate like Clay and Calhoun,
in the ante-room of the Sen
ate Chamber, to remind those
who enter the Senate Floor of
the standard of excellence and
dedication to our country, set
by our forbears."
Gambrell said that Senator
Russell exemplified all that
the United States Senate is.
"His legislative skill, his cour
age of conviction and his per
sonal brillance made Senator
N OTICE
The Medical Clinic will be open from
9:00a. m. to 11:00a. m. on Monday thru
Wednesday and Friday of each week
for lab work and routine medication
The doctor will continue to come to
the clinic on Tuesdays and Thrusdays.
NOTICE
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f and Hoboken Citizen Banks for the ▲
♦ Christmas Holidays are:
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Left to Right: Lane, Harris, Blue, Purdom and Stevens
HERON BOYS AND HERONETTES LOSE AT CLINCH
The Herons finally decided
to play basketball and almost
pulled the upset of the year
over unbeaten Clinch County
Tuesday, December 7th, at
Clinch County. The Herons
fired up and finally hit their
shots by opening up to a big
5 point lead and held on to a
14-13 quarter lead. The Pan
thers got their sights stright in
the second quarter but still
only held a 33-19 halftime
lead. The final stanza, the
Russell a leader in the Senate
and a mentor to Presidents,"
Gambrell continued. He said
that Senator Russell's presence
was still felt in the Senate
nearly a year after his passing,
by the many who sought his
inspiration and guidance.
Amongthem, Senator Robert
Byrd recalled his own relation
shipwith Senator Russell, "He
was a man of honor and ex
ceptional distinction. I am
grateful to have counted my
self among those who bene-.
fitted from his wisdom. lam
honored to have been his
friend."
The Byrd resolution was im
mediately referred to the Sen-
ate Rules Committee where it
is expected to receive favor-
able consideration.
In addition to Clay and Cal
houn, Senators Webster, Taft
and LaFollette have been hon
ored in this manner.
Herons made a surge but still
fell short 69-56. The score
was no indication of the game
with only 31 seconds left, the
Panthers held a 61-56 lead.
Purdom and Harris fouled out
and the Panthers converted
the first of their foul attempts
and tipped in the second a
ttempt for the 13 point mar
gin. Phillip Purdom gave his
best performance with 22
points, Richard Stevens pump
ed in 12, and Larry Lane add-.
QUEEN DEBBIE PATTEN
The Fifth Annual Beauty
Review was held Saturday,
December 11th, at the Brant
ley County High School with
a capacity crowd in attend
ance.
Miss Debbie Patten, a Sen
ior, was crowned the 1972
Miss Brantley County High
Band-Chorus
Will Present
Concert
The Brantley County Bands
and the Brantley County High
School Chorus will present
their annual Christmas Con
cert on Thrusday evening,
December 16, at 7:30 P.M.
in the school cafetorium.
The program of Christmas
favoriteswill feature over one
hundred band and choral stud
ents under the direction of
Mr. Wayne Braswell and Mrs.
Carolyn Thomas.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend. There w’’.l
be no charge for admission.
ed 10. J. Williams had 22
points, H. Moylan contributed
17 for the Panthers. Coach
Picklesimer stated: "We pl
ayed a game finally committ-
ed less mistakes, and shot
well. Its hard to beat a team
that hits 66. 6% of their shots
from the floor, but I'm real
proud of our boys.
Girls game,*
Coach Forrest Thomas hav
ing a tough start, found the
Pantherettesof Clinch County
HAPPINESS IS --
School, with Karen Hendrix,
a Senior, first runner- up;
Wynell Smith, a Senior, sec
ond runner-up; Diane Shuman,
a Junior, third runner-up; and
Jan Purcell, a Junior, fourth
runner- up.
Miss Gail Corbitt, a Soph-
Estimates Conservative
Reorganization Savings
ATLANTA (PRN) - The
estimated sixty million dollars
in annual financial benefits to
be derived from reorganization
is a conservative figure
according to Governor Jimmy
Carter.
“It is inconceivable to some
people that government is
willing or able to save
money," the Governor said. “I
can guarantee that it is
possible and we will see
whether it will be done during
the next legislative session.”
Carter stated that the
projected savings have been
verified by the State Budget
Office and by a nationally
recognized accounting firm.
“The experience of other
states which have
red hot as they took a close
51-44 ball game from the
Heronettes Tuesday night.
The score was no indication
of the game as the lead swit
ched several times that night.
Kaye . Smith took honors with
17 points and Sissy added 15.
High for Clinch County was
P. Registar with 22 points.
The B-Team game ended in a
20-20 tie as the time ran out
and the game had to end in a
tie.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA 1
more, was crowned the 1972
Junior Miss Brantley County
High School with Pam Moody,
a freshman, first runner-up;
Carol Patten, a Sophomore,
second runner-up; Donna Pop
well, a Sophomore, third
runner-up; and Phyllis Doub
erly, a Freshman, fourth run-
implemented reorganization
programs indicates that a
savings amounting to at least
five percent of the state
budget is well within the
average range.
“I have purposely asked the
reorganization team to be
conservative. No savings due
to the consolidation of
services at the iocai level have
been included in the sixty
million dollar estimate.
“The new department of
human resources alone will
bring about the consolidation
of local branches of health,
welfare, probations, and
pardons and paroles in many
areas.
“In addition, the
Department of Natural
Resources will mean that over
thirty separate boards, duos,
agencies and commissions will
be about to gather at the local
level
“This will mean substantial
savings that we have not
included in the estimate
because of the difficulty in
determining the exact amount
and date of full imple
mentation,” Carter said.
‘‘Perhaps most
importantly,” Carter said,
“none of the savings already
realized this year through
early implementation of
reorganization recom-
Fire Hunters in
Pierce Caught
Wildlife Rangers of the Way
cross District made cases a
gainst Roger Herrin, Patter
son, Ga.; Terry L. Crosby,
Bristol, Ga.; and Randall T.
Bober, Alexandria, La. and
charged them with "Hunting
Deer at Night" in Pierce
County.
The Rangers confiscated a
1965 Chevy II car, 1-12 ga.
Dean —Drury
Announce EDA Grant
Representative Carl Drury
of St. Marys and Senator Ros
co Dean, Jr., of Jesup an
nounced that tentative a
pproval has been given for
Brantley and Charlton Count
ies and the cities of Nahunta
and Folkston to receive grants
totaling $8,871.00. The
Legislators stated that they
were advised of the tentative
approval by Governor Jimmy
Carter.
Brantley County
Rescue Unit
462—5007
QUEEN GAIL CORBITT
net-up.
Judges for the affair were:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wildes,
Surrency; Mr, Robert Will-
iams, Editor of The Black
shear Times; Mrs. Patricia
Parks, Blackshear; and Mrs.
Lafem Boatright, Blackshear.
mendations have been
included.
“We cut this year’s budget
by fifty-five million dollars
because of extremely low
income last year and these
cuts were made possible to a
large extent through voluntary
application of new
management and budgeting
techniques derived from the
reorganization study.”
“Anyone who has been
around state government for
any period of time and tries to
say that millions of dollars
cannot be saved by more
efficient practices is pulling
someone’s leg,” Carter added.
The reorganization plan
which was presented to the
legislature constitutional
officers and all department
heads last Friday will reduce
the number of state agencies
to twenty and will eliminate
many areas of duplication and
division of responsibility in
state government. Unless the
plan is vetoed by the
legislature by January 25 -
fifteen days after convening -
it will automatically go into
effect. A fight is expected
since some legislators have
indicated that they plan to
attempt to defeat the entire
reorganization effort and leave
state government as it is
presently operating.
double - barrel shotgun, 2
buckshot shells; 1 hand lantern
and 1 seal beam spotlight.
Subjects were turned over to
Sheriffs department in Black
shear and held in lieu of
$500.00 bond.
Rangers R.N. Howard,
James L. Farist, William
Knight and Area Manager D,
R. Knowlton made the cases.
The funds will, upon final
approval, be allotted under
the Omnibus Crime Act for
additional law enforcement
equipment, personnaltraining
and for community relations.
The application was pre
pared by the Slash Pine Area
Planning Commission and sub
mitted to the Bureau of State
Planning and Cimmunity A
ffairs for approval.
