The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, March 23, 1972, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextThe Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Georgia, March 23 1972 Brantley Enterprise THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BRANTLEY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NAHUNTA, GEORGIA. Established September 1920 Published by the Enterprise Printing Co. NAHUNTA, GEORGIA 31553 TELEPHONE 462-5610 GEORGE F. STEWART Editor and Publisher Established in 1920 published every Thrusday. Official organ of Brantley County and the City of Nahunta. Entered at the Nahunta, Georgia, Post Office for trans mission through the mails as second class matter under act of March 3,1869 Member of Georgia Press Association and National News paper Association. Address all mail to: Brantley Enter prise, P.O. Box 454, Nahunta, Georgia 31553. Revival Set Next Week At Hickox The Hickox Baptist Church announces a revival to be held beginning March 27th and end ing April 2nd., with home coming. Rev. Gerald Harper will be the guest speaker. The pastor is Rev. W.B. Glosson of Way cross. Wino k u r Baptist Slates Gospel Sing There will be sing held Sat. Night., March 25th at 7:30 P.M. at the Winokur Baptist Church. The featured singers will be “ The Chapman Family’’ re freshments will be served. Every one is cordially invited. Church to Hold Bake Sale The Satilla Baptist Church of Hortense will have a bake sale on Sat. April Ist. Booths will be set up at the Post Office and at the intersection of High ways 32 & 301 in Hortense. Sales will begin at 9:00 A,M, Anyone wanting a specified cake please make the order no later than Tuesday, Marcli 28th at “Every year our customers use more electricity. And we must build to supply it.” “AU over our service area, people are using more and more electric power. The increase in population and improved standards of living make our con struction program necessary. Georgia Power's present system took more than 40 years to develop. But growth studies show it must be doubled by 1978. “We’re busy keeping up with your present needs and building for your future. This year we’ll spend $457*/2 million for construction. That’s far more than the income from customer bills, so most of the money must be borrowed—even though interest rates are steep. Then. too. environmental protection ac counts for many millions of dollars of our costs. “All these things affect the price of your elec tricity. So does inflation. Every item we buy, every wage we pay has gone up. In today’s economy, it isn’t possible to continue providing electric power at pre-inflation prices. “We know our construction program is vital to supplying your increasing needs. We hope you understand, too.” Georgia Power Company A citizen wherever we serve® HORTENSE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gibson of Hortense was given a sur prise anniversary party Sat. night at their daughter’s home. They received many nice gifts and refreshments were served after they opened their gifts. Mrs. Norman Brauda made the cake and punch and Mrs. Edward Hyers served refresh, ments to the guests. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gibson and Ricky; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hyers, Rob ert, Melissa and Patrick; Mr. and Mrs. Butch Gibson; Mack Jacobs, Mrs. Callie Roberson and Mrs. Norman Brauda all of Hortense; and Mr. Andy Moore and Miss Mattie Lou Moore both of Bainbridge, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have been married for 23 years. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Strick, land and Mr. and Mrs. Butch Gibson attended the Grand Na tional Drag Races in Gaines, ville, Fla. last Sunday. 6:00 P.M. The following phone numbers may be called when ordering: 473-2343, 473-3131, 473-2803. Prices are as fol lows: Pies——sl.oo, Pound Cakes-— —53.00, Coconut, Ger man Chocolate, Strawberry, Chocolate, etc. $4.00. All prices stated are maxi mum charges. We are not responsible for deliveries. W. E. Ehrensperger Vice President. Construction Engineering Georgia Power Company 50 YEARS A6O TODAY COUNTY SITE FACTS AND A FEW QUESTIONS Our friend and brother editor and a few of the most pro minent citizens over at Hoboken have been tearing their shirts about the County Site Removal proposition, while the editor and citizens at Nahunta have been working quietly, trying to find out what the people of the county think about the proposition, and what they want. DEMOCRACY— We are for Democracy, first, last and always. We are willing for the good people of the whole county to have a voice in the matter, and whatever their decision at the polls on the 20th of April may be, we are willing to abide by it. The only and best way to settle a question of this kind is to leave it to the voters of the county and to abide by their decision, and this we are perfectly willing to do. The county belongs to the citizens, and it should be left with them as to where the county site should be. MONEY vs. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE— The editor of the Brantley County News, together with articles contributed by other citizens of Hoboken, tries, in a very weak way which reminds us of a drowning man gras ping for a straw—to convince the people that there really is one logical reason why the county site should remain at Hoboken—the fact that the Hoboken people bought the coun ty and paid for it. It is assuredly not our misfortune that Mr. Larkins and his associates have purchased something which they can neither handle nor keep. Right here we wo uld be glad to have Mr. Larkins explain why it was necess ary to purchase this county, and why it cost so much money. Mr. Larkins, what did you pay for this county? Mr. Larkins, will you give us the names of those who help ed to pay the price? Mr. Larkins to whom did you and your associates pay the money? Mr. Larkins, did you take a receipt for your money, and does the receipt state that Hoboken shall be the county site? Mr. Larkins , if you answer these questions truthfully, will you incriminate any member of the honorable legisla tive bodies of Georgia? AS TO THE EDITOR AND HIS PART— Mr. Kiley, will you answer the following questions in your next week’s issue? Why did you come to Hoboken? Did you see a living for yourself and family in the News paper business in as small a field as Hoboken? How much money was furnished you by the citizens of Hoboken who have bought this county to come there and es tablish a newspaper to fight the county site removal propo sition? Can you truthfully say that you advocate Democracy, Lib erty, Wisdom, Justice and Moderation, and at the same time be unwilling for the good people of Brantley County to have a say-so in the matter of county-site location? Answer these questions after prayerful thought, and if you can give a better reason why the county site should remain at Hoboken we shall be glad to discuss the matter further. AFFIDAVIT OF BRANTLEY MEN GEORGlA—Brantley County; Personally appeared before me. The undersigned officer, duly qualified to administer oaths. The undersigned who, on oath say they were pres ent at a meeting held in Cou rson & Strickland Company's store at Lulaton, Ga. the pur pose of which was, to formu late plans, to defeat the Cre ation of the new County of Brantley, with Hoboken as the county seat, and that before said meeting was organized the Hon. J. K. Larkins, S. P . Sweat and Col. Bussy arrived and took part in the meeting, in the in terest of the Creation of said County. That Mr. Larkins stated that Hoboken has put up the money to bear the expense. That Mr. W. M. Roberson pro posed to Mr. Larkins to let all help finance it and then leave it up to the vote of the people to say where the County Seat should be. Mr. Larkins reply was, “ Gentlemen if we do that the votes are already coun ted and Hoboken will lose”. Then W. M. Roberson said. Well then according to that the majority of the people are in favor of Nahunta, and Nahunta will finance it. Are your peop le willing for that portion of Pierce to be cut off and added to this portion of Wayne with Nahunta as the County Seat. Mr. Larkins reply was, I will take it up with my people when I get back to Hoboken and let you know at once but Mr. Lar kins failed to comply with his proposition. John W. Walters, W. M. Roberson, Harry Dirr, Robert Rue, E. K. Ham, J.L. Courson, W.R. Rodgers, F.O. Martin, R. Setzer, C. B. David, son and W.A. Stokes. Sworn to and subscribed be fore me this March 21st. 1921. T. H. PURDOM. J. P. 1565 Dlst. G.M. ATKINSON PARAGRAPHS Mr. Perry Middleton who has been attending school in Doug las has resigned and is now attending S. C. L College in Sparks. Mr. T. L. Tippins spent the week-end in Surrency with ho me folks. Miss Ora Stewart of Oak grove is the of Mrs. G. M. Coleman this week. Our Sunday school will give an egg hunt Sunday afternoon at 4:00 O’clock. GARDI NOTES Among those who attended the surorise party at Mr. John D. Harper’s in the Little Creek neighborhood, were Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mock. M, H. and H. B. Westberry. All report a fine time. Sunday school was well att ended here Sunday. Messrs. Authur Ellington and Sam Tapley made a hasty trip to Waynesville Sunday. Mr. James Lee Harper spent a few days in our town last week. WAINRIGHT SCHOOL ITEMS Mr. Arnold Higginbotham and Mr. E, K. Wainright made a business trip to Waycross Mon. day. Miss Leila Higginbotham was on the sick list last week. Hope she will soon be able to go back to school. Quite a crowd attended the plnder popping at Mr. A. J. Griffen’s last Wednesday night and all reported a nice time. Mr. Earnest Higginbotham spent Sunday with Mr. Barney Hickox. Quite a crowd from this sec. tlon attended the box supper at the Knox School last Friday night and all reported a nice time. LITTLE CREEK ITEMS Rev. E. L. Little filled his regular appointment at Hobo ken Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Willie D. Harper made a business trip to Waycross one day this week. Mr. J. M. Stewart has been right sick for the past few days. Hope to see uncle Jim up again soon. Miss Lizzy Knox and Misses Bonnie and Ronnie Harper were pleasant callers at the home of Mrs. J. M. Stewart Sunday afternoon. Social & Personal Items Mrs. Dan Jones made a bus iness trip to Hoboken Sunday. Sen. J. R, Thomas was shak ing hands with friends hereone day last week. Mr. B. G. Middleton of Atkin son was in town a couple of days last week. Messrs. Smith Cross and John Highsmith were in town Friday afternoon. Messrs. Floyd Blocker Gil bert Highsmith and sister Le ssie attended church at the Methodist Church last Sunday. HICKOX ITEMS Mr. R. J. w. Hays made a flying trip to Brunswick one day last week. Mr. Leon Highsmith is back in Hickox. He has been work ing in Waycross. Quite a crowd from Nahunta was in Hickox Sunday. Hickox school closed on last Friday afternoon, we regret to see it close as wonderful pro. gress was being made by all the students. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jones spent Sunday with their moth, er Mrs. Jones of Hickox. PINEY GROVE DOTS Miss Lona Pye spent Satur day night in Odum, the guest of her brother, Carl Pye. Miss jewel Sikes spent Sat urday and Sunday in Screven, the guest of Miss Della Long. Miss Lula Mizell visited in Ludowici Saturday night. Miss Ruble Westberry of of Madray Springs and Miss Ira Bishop made a shopping trip to Jesup Friday afternoon. Hickox Homemakers Club Meeting The Hickox Homemakers Cl. of Mrs. N. W. Hendrix. Mrs. J. E. Harris led the devotional and presided over the meeting. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson ga. ve a program on landscaping showing slides on ground cov. ers. Others attending were Mrs. Joseph Hickox, Mrs. Edward Knox, Mrs. David Hickox, Mrs. Ned Hendrix, Mrs. W. W. Hen. drix, Mrs. Don Hendrix, Mrs. WaLn Brooker, Mrs. Charles Deen and Mrs. Jimmy Yhomas. Births Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johns of Rte. 1, Nahunta announce the birth of a baby girl on Mar ch 19th at McCoy-Jackson Hos pital in Folkston, Ga. She weighed 10 lbs. and has been named Tammy Annette. Mat. ernal grandparents are Mrs. Hardie Rowell and the late Mr. Hardie Rowell of Hortense and Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Riley Johns of Rte.l, Nahunta. SLOAN HILL CHURCH of GOD of PROPHECY PLANS REVIVAL The Sloan Hill Church of God of Prophecy will begin a week of Revival Services Sunday, March 26th. Services will begin on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and week nights at 7:00. Rev. Leslie Porter will be the Evangelist Pastor, Rev. Larry Johns and members extend a cor dial invitation to all. NOTICE The Brantley County Braves will play a pre-seacon game at Citizens Fiels in Nahunta Sunday afternoon at 3 P.M. ***** Envy is a form of self-pois- SENIORS TO PLAY VARSITY On Friday Night at 8:00 p.m. the Brantley County High School Seniors will take on the Varsity for 73 in a football clash. All state Nominees Larry Lane and Marshall Edgy will lead the att ack, while being assisted by such standouts as Rayford Blue, Archie Lee White , Johnny Sowell, Philip Purdom, Miles Moody, DeWayne Aldridge and Joe Guinn. These Seniors pre diet a two touchdown victory for themselves. Coach Culbreth says, “those seniors are good but they really have their work cut out for them if they expect to take the Var sity of 73.*’ The Varsity for next year will include the fol lowing standouts; Paul Lang ford, Robert Thomas, Roger Stallings, Ricky Carrecker, Ri cky Gibson, Nathaniel Gaskins, John Middleton and others. The se players have been going thr ough a riglrous spring train ing and will be in good shape to give the fans an exciting evening of football Friday, Mar ch 24th at 8:00 P.M. The Veteran's Comer Q- As a disabled veteran tr aining under the VA vocation, al rehabilitation program, can I train part-time? A- Yes. Part-time training un der VA’s vocational rehabili tation program has been author ized since July 26, 1968. Q—l am a 66 year old veteran with a SIO,OOO National Serv ice Life Insurance five year le vel premium term policy. I su. ffered a disability after I reach, ed 65 which kept me from work ing for six months. Am I eligi. ble for a waiver of premiums on my insurance? A—No. Your disability mustha ve incurred before your 65thbi rthday to qualify for the waiver. NOTICE oH r . . Effective March 31, 1972, The Citizens Bank will discontinue its silverware plan. If you have not al- 7. ready completed your set be sure and do so before this expiration date as it will no longer be available. the Bank MIKU PtOtRAL OVO«<T M.URAHC. CMPOOATIOH FOLKSTON - NAHUNTA -HOBOKEN WHEN YOU OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT AT CITIZENS, YOUR MONEY IS WORKING FOR YOU How? Because your Savings Account at The Citizens Bank earns a high rate of bank-guaranteed interest. Can you think of a better reason to save your money at Citizens? the bank FOLKSTON, NAHUNTA AND HOBOKEN, GEORGIA MEMBERS FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ■ _. IN THE SERVICE WA - w WICHITA FALLS, Tex-Air. man John T. Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Crews of Rte. 1, Hoboken, Ga. has graduated at Sheppard AFB, Tex., from the U.S. Air Force electrician course conducted by the Air Training Command. The Airman, now skilled in the repair of both Interior and exterior wiring systems, is being assigned to Grand Forks AFB, N.D., for duty with a unit of the Strategic Air command, America’s nuclear deterrent force of long range bombers and Intercontinental ballistics missies. Airman Crews Is a 1970 graduate of Brantley Co. High School. ***** Ft. Benning, Ga. ( AHINC ) March 3— Army Pvt. Larry L. Johnson, Rte. 1. Hoboken, Ga., recently completed a nine-week Ranger Course at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Ga. The course is designed to de velop exceptional endurance in the infantry soldier as well as teach him the skills of field craft, survival, mountain, jun gle, airlanding and special am. phibous operations. Training in small boat opera tions, water crossing, jungle patrolling and survival was tau. ght at Florida Ranger Camp, Elgin AFB, while mountaineer, ing and long-range patrolling instruction was given at Mt. Ranger Camp, Dahlonega, Ga. Pvt. Johnson entered the Army in August 1971 and re ceived basic training at Ft. Jackson, S.C. He is a 1971 graduate of Brantley County High, in Nah unta, Ga. South African diamond min ers have to dig up and sift a hundred million pounds of sand and gravel for each pound of gems they find. Have You Seen This Man? The man shown in the ac companying picture has been missing since Sunday, Febru ary 13th. He is Joey Raymond Cole, age 28. Physical character istics are, height five feet seven inches; weight22opounds, black hair, blue-grey eyes, full eyebrows and neatly trimmed sideburns. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cole, Alma, Ga. He was last seen driving a 1971 turquoise Datson truck. Anyone having any informat ion about Mr. Cole is request ed to immediately contack the ALMA TIMES, ALMA, GA., or Norman Cole, Alma, Ga. Personals Mrs. Evelyn Harris of Lula, ton was admitted to the Way. cross Memorial Hospital Mar. ch 21st. There is never any scarcity of excuses for doing what you want to do.