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VOLUME 49-NUMBER 47
GUM NAVAL
STORES DOOMED
The gum naval stores in
dustry is doomed unless it can
diversify products it offers its
customers and sell them at
prices more nearly compar
able to those of competing
industries.
This is the prognosis of a
major study of the problem
and the potentials of the gum
naval stores industry recently
completed by the Industrial
Development Division and the
Chemical Sciences and Mat
erials Division of the Engin
eering Experiment Station
(EES) at Georgia Tech. The
report recommends six broad
steps necessary to halt the de
cline of the industry. Copies
of the report are available
from the Economic Develop
ment Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce,
which sponsored the three-
year technical assistance pro
ject.
Rescuing the industry is of
particular concern to Georgia,
since 58 counties in south
Georgia produce 80 percent
of the U.S. output of gum
naval stores.
Gum is obtained by "chipp
ing" or streaking living pine
trees and canneling the flow
of gum to cups attached to the
trees. The gum is collected
>r "dipped and hauled to
:entral plants for processing
nto rosin and turpentine.
The steep and persistent drop
n gum rosin production over
he past 40 years indicates the
sriousness of the decline in
he gum naval stores industry,
osinrepresents about 80 per
ent of the value derived from
um naval stores. Although
ie volume of all rosins pro
ucedin the United States has
een fairly constant over the
ears, gum rosin dropped from
2 percent of the total supply
a 1930 to only 9 percent in
968 . Customers have swit
hed to steamdrilled wood
□sin and tall oil rosin.
According to the EES report,
□ ajor causes of this switch to
ompeting products have been
heir lower prices and the
arge array of rosin-based de
ivatives developed by these
ndustriestomeet the specific
leeds of various end-users,
n addition, the supply of gum
■osin in the market has been
.independable because in
Boy Scouts of America
Held Camporee
The Okefenokee Area Coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America is
happy to announce the suc
cessful Okefenokee Area
Council, Inc., Camporee
held at Laura Walker State
Park on the weekend of Nov.
19,20, and 21.
Mr. Don Lynch, Council
Camporee Chief, expresses
his thanks to each member of
the Council Camporee Com
mittee for all of their efforts
in making the Camporee a
great success. The members
of this committee were Mr.
Ralph Walden, AltamahaDis
trict; Mr. Bill Wainright,
Central District; and Mr. Ted
ShedlanderandMr. Reginald
Warner, Coastal District.
The Boy Scouts Troops and
Explorer Posts that participat
ed in the Council Camporee
were from the eleven count
ies that compose the Oke
fenokee Area Council. Al
tamaha District: Troops 400,
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey. Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
times of depressed prices,
most of the gum producers
have placed their output in
the stockpiles created by the
government prices support
program for gum rosin. Con
tributing to the decline are
the antiquated labor-intensive
methods of gum collection and
the severe shortage of labor
which can be recruited for
crude gum work.
Recommendations made by
the Industrial Development
Division researchers who di-
rected the study are aimed at
effecting a long-term recovery
of the gum naval industry by
substantially resucing the pro
duction cost of crude pine gum
and by establishing a research
effort to develop a whole
range of modified products
and gum rosin-based deriv
ativates. They include: (1)
Mechanization of tree chipp
ing and dipping operations.
(2) Establishment of naval
stores plantations with gum-
yielding pine trees spaced to
facilitate mechanized pro
cedures and development of
improved gum harvesting tech
niques. (3) Reduction of the
labor shortage by improving
the pay scale, working and
living conditions, and the
"image" of gum workers. (4)
A direct price subsidy to crude
gum producers for a ten-year
period to replace the present
gum rosin support program.
(5) Creation of a centralized
and integrated organization to
coordinate the production,
processing, and marketing of
gum naval stores products, in
cluding a research laboratory
to develop modified products
or derivatives. (6) Alternat
ively, establishment of a less
ambitious organization to con
duct research and education
programs.
Assistance in carrying out the
gum project was provided to
the Industrial Development
Division by the American
Turpentine Farmers Associat
ion, the Northwest Florida
Economic Development Dis-
trict, and six Georgia area
planning and development
commissions--the Altamaha,
Coastal, Coastal Plain, Heart
of Georgia, Slash Pine, and
Southwest Georgia commiss -
ions. '
402, 462, and 472. Coastal
District: Troops 173, 206,
207, 209, 210, 213, 219,
224, 225, 227, and 228,
Central District: Troops 300,
304 , 309, 333 , 360, 380,
452. Posts 300, 304. There
were 401 men and boys in
attendance.
The Patrols listed below re
ceived a First Place ribbon at
the Camporee: The Panther;
and Cougar Patrols of Troop
400, the Eagles and Rebels of
Troop 402, the Rattlesnakes,
Eagles, and Rebels of Troop
462, the Eagle and Wolf Pat
rols of 472, the Cobra Patrol
of Troop 206, the Appache
Patrol of Troop 209, the Sk
eeter Patrol of Troop2lo, the
Owls, Cobras, and Ravens of
Troop 213, the White Buffalo
and Fox patrols of Troop 219,
the Frontier and Cobra Patrols
of Troop 304, the Gator Patrol
of Troop 306, and the Eagles
and Rattlesnakes of Troop
452.
The Saviour is born; the world rejoices.
May every joy be yours this holy season.
our-vear-old Recovers
Snakebite Victim Will Be Home
For Christmas in Waynesville
A mother's quick thinking,
backed by round-the- clock ef
forts of Brunswick hospital
doctors and nurses, has
brought a happy ending to the
near-fatility of a four-year
old Waynesville girl.
After almost a week in a
semi-comatose condition from
a rattlesnake bite, Julie Bea
trice Daniels has made a dra
matic recovery in time to go
home for Christmas.
Around 1 p.m., Dec. 9, a
large rattlesnake, activated by
the sudden unseasonable warm
spell, slithered out of a wood
pile where Julie was playing,
and bit her on the leg.
Her mother, Mrs. Archie
Daniels, was nearby and
caught a glimpse of the snake
before it darted back into the
woodpile.
Mrs. Daniels applied a tour
niquet at once, made a small
cut across the fang marks,
then hurried Julie toward the
alerted Brantley County Rescue
Unit. Meeting the unit at the
intersection of Georgia 110
and U.S. 84 Highways, Julie
was transfered to the Rescue
Unit and taken to the
Brunswick hospital emergen
cy room for initial anti-venom
treatment.
Her condition was listed as
"grave” indicating a bite from
a full - sized rattler.
The exact size of the reptile
could not be determined,
though.
Julie’s chances were "ex
tremely dubious” the first
three days, according to Mrs.
Rose Wright, in charge of the
hospital’s pediatrics ward.
A staff physician sat up with
her all night and Mrs.
Wright assigned a registered
nurse of that floor for private
duty.
"She had generalized septi
cema to a degree few people
survive,” Mrs. Wright said.
Hope, plus a regimen of
wide - awake - second - to
second watchfulness were the
main elements of treatment
through this dark period.
Julie was unable to eat and
barely able to communicate
and she suffered pain from her
leg and abdominal cramps
It was necessary to feed her
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 23, 1971
intravenously and keep up a
precise check of the balance
between food intake and out
put.
An imbalance might have
meant kidney malfunction and
Mrs. Wright said, “Once you’ve
got a kidney shutdown in a
snakebite case, you're
through.”
In addition, it was necessary
to maintain a continuous
drainage of envenomed blood.
This involved precision - con
trolled replacement with good
blood.
It was a long and almost
Warned By Fortson
Secretary of State, Ben W.
Fortson, Jr., announced to
day that December 17, 1971,
was the earliest day that can
didates desiring to have their
names placed on the Novem
ber 7, 1972, General Elect
ion ballot by the nomination
petition method could begin
circulating petitions. Such
Julie Beatrice Daniels
Candidates Are
hopeless weekend for Julie’s
mother and father ( Brantley
County Road Department em
ploye.)
Not until Sunday did Julie
show the first signs that the
treatment was doing any good
at all.
"She has definitely turned
the corner now,” said Mrs.
Wright adding, "She's eating,
complaining and looking for
ward to Christmas. There’s still
some pain in her leg, but we’re
able to control that. It’s almost
certain she’ll be home by
Christmas.”
petitions must be filed with
the Secretary of State, if for
federal or state office, or with
the county Ordinary, if for
county or militia district off
ice, no later than 12:00 Noon
June 14, 1972. Forms for
petitions may be obtained
from the Secretary of State or
County Ordinary.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Jacobs
wish to announce the birth of
their-8 pound daughter, Jodie
Lynne Jacobs. She was born
December 2, 1971, in the
Waycross Hospital.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. William Tumlin
of Jesup. Paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. J.F.
Jacobs of Nahunta.
Mrs. Jacobs is the former
Miss Vicky Tumlin of Jesup.
IN THE
SERVICE
Airman John T. Crews, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie E.
Crews of Route 1, Hoboken,
has completed his U.S. Air
Force basic training at the
Air Training Command's
Lackland AFB, Texas. He
has been assigned to Sheppard
AFB, Texas, for training in
the civil engineering mech
anical and electrical field.
Airman Crews is a 1970 grad
uate of Brantley County High
School.
Airman Ben D. Stone, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R,
Stone of Route 1, Hoboken,
has completed his U.S. Air
Force basic training at the
Air Training Command's
Lackland AFB, Texas. He is
remaining at Lackland for
training as a security police
man. Airman Stone is a 1971
graduate of Brantley County
High School.
***
Airman Ronald T. Bohannon,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald T. Bohannon, Sr. of
Route 1, Hoboken, has com
pleted his U.S. Air Force
basic training at the Air
Training Command's Lack
land AFB, Texas. He has
been assigned to Chanute AFB,
111., for training in aircraft
maintenance. Airman Bo
hannon is a 1971 graduate of
Brantley County High School.
Classified ads bring
results.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA ’
F. 8.1 Launches
Investigation
in St. Marys
Despite official silence, the
Federal Bureau of Investigat
ion has launched an investi
gation in St. Marys into poss
ible violations of the Federal
civil rights act.
Brian Lynn, a former em
ployee of the Gilman Paper
Company said he recently was
approached by the FBI and
was asked about his dismissal
June 11 from a supervisory
position at Gilman.
"The company called me
into the office and told me
there was a cutback in salar
ied personnel. But a week
later I was replaced," Lynn
said.
"My personal belief is that
my dismissal was for being
too close a friend of Dr. Carl
Drury," a St. Marys physician
who is also state representat
ive, Lynn said.
Lynn, 48, said he has been
unemployed since his release
by Gilman.
James Sirmon, another form
er employee at Gilman, said
he was told he was "keeping
Brantley County Food
Stamp Program
There were 632 low-income
Brantley County people on
the U.S. Department of Ag
iculture's Food Stamp pro
gram in October as compared
to 660 in September, Russell
H. James, Southeast regional
administrator of USDA's Food
and Nutritional Service, re
ports .
At the state level, James
noted, there was a small de
crease in the number receiv
ing food assistance in Octob
er. The total was 385,812-
d0wn4,776 from September's
390,588.
The largest decrease was in
the food stamp program, now
MR. PAUL E. THOMPSON, JR.
THOMPSON NEW
BRANTLEY AGENT
PaulE. Thompson, Jr., has
resigned his position as Assis-
tant County Agent in Screven
County to accept a position as
County Agent at Nahunta, e
ffective January 1, 1972.
Paul is the son of Mr, and
Mrs. Paul E. Thompson, Sr.,
of Savannah. He is a gradu
ate of the University of Geor
gia, in Athens, with a B.S.A.
degree in Animal Science.
While attending the University
of Georgia, Paul was a mem-
Brantley County
Rescue Unit
462—5007
undesirable company" and was
dismissed because of a cut
back in personnel.
In September, three assoc
iates of Ralph Nader were in
St. Marys investigating alle
gations of political intimidat
ion and violations of civil
rights. Harrison Wellford,
one of the Nader associates
said that the information ob
tained was forwarded to the
FBI and the Federal agnecy
was asked to conduct its own
investigation,
Dr. Drury said only that Gil
man employees should be free
to choose their own friends
without fear of job reprisals.
Drury has recently criticized
Gilman for not paying its fair
share of local taxes and said
he would introduce legislation
that would, in effect, raise
taxes paid by corporations in
Georgia and reduce taxes of
homeowners. Land-owners
who do not wish to develop
their properties also would
receive a tax break under
legislation sponsored by Drury.
Report
counties. In October 248,778
persons were issued over $6
million in food coupons. Os
this amount, more than $3, 5
million was in the form of
free bonus stamps. This was
3,490 more than the 252,268
on the program in September.
In the remaining 44 count
ies that operate food distri
bution programs 137,034
needy people received USDA
donated food. James said that
each person on this program
received around 37 pounds of
highly nutritious food valued
at sl6. The number of the
food distribution in October
was 1,286 less that of Sep-
berof the Block & Bridle Club
and of the Livestock Judging
Team.
Mr. Thompson has served as
Assistant County Agent in
Screven County for the past 2
years. While residing in
Screven County Paul was an
active member of the Screven
County Livestock Association,
Screven County Farm Bureau,
Secretary of Ag Workers and a
member of Our Lady of the
Assumption Catholic Chruch.
