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Newspaper Page Text* •?*” ' - - The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga. march 30, 1972 Brantley Enterprise THE OFFICIAL OR GAN OF BRANTLEY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NAHUNTA, GEORGIA. Published by the Enterprise Printing Co. NAHUNTA, GEORGIA 31553 TELEPHONE 462-5610 GEORGE F. STEWART 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. 50 YEARS AGO Miss Lizzy Knox will close her school Friday night, with interesting Exercises. Every, pody invited. Don’t miss this as it is great. KELLY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J.E, Moody was pleasant visitors at Mr. W.B. King’s Sunday. The dinner at Kelly school last Thursday was enjoyed by many guests. Mr. W.P. Kelly made a busi ness trip to Screven Saturday. Mr. Sinclair Manning and Mr. Amy Lane went fishing Satur day afternoon and caught a long string. Mr. H.W. Pearson and others were through this section Mon. day afternoon trying to estab, lish the R. F. D. route. LULATON SCHOOL NOTES Miss Ivory Brooker and bro ther Gilmer of Nahunta, Misses Creola and Effie Rogers Mess rs Conoway and Fred Rogers were pleasant guests of Mr. Julian Jones Wednesday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Griffin of Hoboken spent Sunday with Mrs. W. R. Herrin who is slow ly improving from a short ill ness. Those who enjoyed a delight ful straw ride out to the Strick land School Entertainment were Misses Nora Higginbotham , 'Creola and Effie Rogers, Kath. leen Knox, Faye Jones, Viola . craven. Messrs Ira Harvey, Joe Jones, Avery and Floyd Rowell and Charlie Craven. Mrs. Nellie Craven chaperon. Miss Kathleen Knox inter, talned her friends Monday all report a nice time. || HOLLY’S 1/ WE SPECIALIZE IN LARGE SIZES IM It W JUST IN - HALF SIZE SLACKS AND PANT yW/j I ■! SUITS IN SPRING COLORS- WWI ■ll i | nno I ■ is Kill I t/fl K ||| ALSO IN - MISSES SIZES - POLYESTER IV/f IPaIX PANT TOPS > SLACKSAND Iff SHOR TS. j | NEW SHIPM ENT OF TOWELS BY THE I POUND A BAR GAIN FOR LARGE FAMILIES I f HOLLY'S DRESS OUTLET 301 NORTH NAHUNTA, GA. 1 ~ y. „/ NOTICE Effective March 31, 1972, The Citizens Bank will discontinue its silverware plan. If you have not al ready completed your set be sure and do so before this expiration date as it will no longer be available. the Bank PBMAAL OOOWT W9URANCS COAFORAnON FOLKSTON - NAHUNTA -HOBOKEN Established September 1920 PARAGRAPHS Miss Agnes Middleton re turned home Monday from Od. um where she has been teach ing school. Our egg hunt was very much enjoyed by all at the Sunday School Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. 0. Banard was car ried to the hospital Monday accompanied by her husband and Dr. Chestnutt. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. John son passed through here Mon day with children pnroute to Blackshear. We are very sorry to learn of Mr. 8.0. Middleton’s ill ness We hope for him asp. eedy recovery. .Card of Jjianks^ Words can never adequately express our sincerest thanks and deepest gratitude to those whose expressions of sympa thy meant so much to us dur. Ing our recent bereavement. We are especially grateful for the floral tributes, cov ered dishes and other kind ness shown to each of us dur ing this time. My the Lord’s richest bless ings abide with each of you. The Family of Harley J. Stew art. SLOANS TO CELEBRATE WEDDING The children of Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur Sloan of the Hortense Community are hon oring their parents with a re ception on their 50th Wedding Anniversary April 2, 1972 at the Hortense Community Cen. ter. All friends and relatives are cordially invited to call between 2:00 and 4:00 P.M. Editor and Publisher ATKINSON GOLDEN Brantley County Food Stamp Program Report ATLANTA, Ga.—.— There were 626 low-lncome Brantley County people on the U.S, De partment of Agriculture’s Food Stamp Program in January as compared to 631 the previous month, Russel IL James, Sou th east regional administrator of USDA's Food and Nutritution Service, reports. Taking Georgia as a whole, James noted, there was a si ight drop in the number on US DA food programs in January. The total was 385,914 down 4,848 from December’s 390- 762. Most of the decrease, it was pointed out, was in the food stamp program now in opera. Rural Developement Bill Approved ATLANTA,— (GPS ) The ma. ssive rural development bill, which was approved recently by the Senate Agriculture Co remittee, is described by U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, the Committee chairman, as “ the most far-reaching rural devel opement legislation ever to come out of a committee of the Congress.” I f enacted and adequately funded, the measure will pro vide a comprehensive appro ach to the task of rebuilding rural America. Talmadge sa ls It could go along way to ward stemming the tide of ru ral outmigration, and that he hoped it might also reverse that trend. ” Our major cities are be coming choked with people to the point where they very near ly will not function,” the Geor gla Senator declared. " This influx of people has come from rural America, where hundreds of smaller towns are barely clinging to life. ” If our republican form of government is to survive, we must have a balanced national growth, and that’s what this bill seeks to provide. Its major emphasis is on jobs. People leave rural areas because they can’t find work or are unem. ployed.” The longest river in North America is not the Mississippi, but the Missouri. tlon In 115 Georgia counties in January, 250,245 people we re issued more than $6 mill, ion In food coupons, of this amount, over $3.5 million was in free bonus stamps. This was 3,720 less than the 253, 965 on the food stamp pro^ gram in December. In the food distribution pro gram, in operation In the re mainding counties, 135, 669 needy people were given over 4.8 million pounds of USDA donated foods. The food distribution prog rams are administered in Ge orgia by USDA’s Food and Nut. titution Service in cooperation with the state and local govern ments. “ The bill, ” Talmadge ex. plained,” provides incentives for rural economic develops, ment through both loans and grants It will help small to wns to provide the community facilities needed to attract co mmercial expansion. " It begins at the beginning of basic rural developement by expanding the limit on oper ating loan indebtedness to the Farmers Home Administra tion. And it provides special loans to young people to get into farming or some other rural business. ” It contains revenue shar ing, setting up a fund for dis tribution to state governments for rural renewal purposes. But none of the present state rural categorical programs wo uld be abolished to accomplish this. " The bill authorizes cost sharing for municipal and in dustrial water supplies and for protection of the environment.” ” This landmark legislation, " Sen. Talmadge added,” and I am proud of the work of our committee on this important matter. I now commend it to the Congress for adoption and for the President’s signature, for I believe it will truly be a magna carta for rural Ameri ca.” Talmadge Lauded for Farm Credit Act ATLANTA,—( GPS ) U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge has been honored by the southern regional Farm Credit Board for ” outstanding contribut ions” toward last year’s en actment of new landmark farm credit legislation. The Georgia Senior Senator chairman of the Senate Agri, culture and Forestry Comm, ittee, was presented a plaque in his Washington office on be half of the Farm Credit Board of Columbia, S.C., third reg. ional headquarters serving Ge orgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The presentation was made by Robert Darr, chairman of the Columbia Farm Credit 80. ard, and Ed King of Dalton, director of the board. Statewide Drug Survey Reveals High School Usage A statewide drug-use sur . vey of 72,798 Georgia stud ents in the eighth through 12th grades reveals the state’s typ. ical high school user to a “ white urban male of middle class background who uses more alcohol than any other drug.” Copies of the final report of the survey, conducted by the State Health Department, have been transmitted to sch ool and public health author!- ties across the state. Con cerning the typical young user, the report adds, " He has some marijuana usage and has experimented with using some other drugs as well. His par ents would probably be using drugs also.” The heavily statistical re port—which records data ob tained without identifying the individual students responding indicates that one out of four uses alcohol, ” while approxi mately one out of eight reports using, at least once, one of the remaining 10 drugs considered in the survey.” After alcohol, marijuana was the next most frequently re • ported substance, with approxi. mately seven percent of the stu dents indicating at least one- HERON VARSITY CLIPS SENIORS 8-0 The Varsity football team displayed a great deal of tal ent In their successful bid to defeat their former teammates who will be graduating this year. Robert Thomas led the team In rushing and showed the fans his best talent that could make Robert one of the outstanding fullbacks in the st. ate next season. The other new backs gave the fans hope for a good season next year in the face of a tougher sched ule. Paul Langford displayed his usual cool in guiding the offensive unit. The defense was led by such outstanding stal warts as Roger Stallings, Gary Strickland, and Davey Able. The Seniors showed the fans they hadn’t forgotten how as they put up a gallant fight and displayed some sparkling mom ents of offensive and defensive football. Rayford Blue and Lar ry Lane put on their final off ensive show while Marshall Edgy, Johnny Sowell and Ar chle Lee White took the show on defense. The ball game went three periods of play before either team generated enough power to push the ball across the goal line. With 9:13 remain- Ing in the final quarter and the ball on the one foot line, Robert Thomas plunged acr oss the goal line to put the Varsity on the board. Davey Able ran the point after touch down to make the score 8-0. No more points were to be put on the scoreboard by either team. The Varsity saw scor ing attempts fade away with three fumbles and two pass interceptions, while the Seniors Brantley County Bookmobile Schedule Wednesday-April sth Waynesville, Lulaton, Atkin, son, Hickox, Nahunta and Old Post Road. Wednesday-April 19th Schlatterville , Hoboken, Ra bon and Hortense. Everyone needs a warm per sonal enemy or two to keep him free of rust in the movable parts of his mind. Sen. Talmadge introduced the Farm Credit Act of 1971 and steered it through the Senate to final passage. The Bill was heralded as landmark legis lation to modernize the Farm Credit System and help farm ers and rural elements meet critical needs. The citation presented to Sen. Talmadge ended with the se words: ” By helping with financing rural housing, att racting more young farmers and bringing more money into rural communities, this law promises to make a signific ant contribution toward stimu. lating rural developement. “ For Sen. Talmadge’s out standing contributions toward this landmark Farm Creditleg islation of the 197 O’s we shall be eternally grateful.” time usage. Strong differences in drug usage were recorded between students in urban and rural areas for all substances except alcohol. The survey revealed that al cohol was reported by 27.55 percent of the city students re spending, closely followed by a reported 23.29 percent of the youngsters from rural areas. In contrast, marijuana usage in rural schools was indicated by only 4.37 percent, with their city counterparts admitting 8.79 percent usage. Similar wide-spread city-county differ ences were noted for the nine other surveyed substances in cluding heroin, which showed 1.34 percent usage in cities with only .67 of the students in rural areas reporting heroin contact. A statistical tabulation of re ported drug use is shown be low. However, a note of cauU ion was injected into the re port by the statement, ‘‘—this study did not take into consid eration the ( school ) ’ drop out’—.” Total Percent of Students with at least one positive Re sponse EXCLUDING ALCOHOL URBAN— 14.83 percent to RURAL’S — 9.10 percent. only gave the ball up once on a pass interception In the clo sing seconds of the game. Robert Thomas was the lead ing rusher of the game with 134 yards and Davey Able was credited with 93 yards rushing and 19 yards on a pass re ception. Others contributing yardage for the Varsity team were John Middleton, Paul La ngford, Adrian carter, and Nathaniel Gaskins. The off ensive line did a tremendous job in clearing the way for the backs. On defense Roger Stal lings had 8 tackles, Gary Strick, land 6, and Davey Able 5. Cur. tis Rainge had one Interception for the Varsity. Larry Lane led the offensive unit for the Seniors with 27 yards rushing and Rayford Blue added 16 yards rushing and 38 yards on pass receptions. Marshall Edgy had 10 tackles, Archie Lee White 6, Rayford Blue 5, Johnny Sowell and Phil lip Purdom 4 each. Miles Moody, Larry Lane, Dewaine Aldridge, and Frank Lee with 2 each. Fumbles were recov ered by Archie Lee White and Marshall Edgy. Archie Lee . White also added one pass in- ( terception and Rayford Blue ( had one pass Interception. ( Come out and see the foot ball Jamboree on April 7th. ( Team Statistics Rushing Jr. Sr. ‘ 269 31 ( Passing 39 62 Passes 4-7-2 6-11-0 First Down 16 6 Punts 1-30 5-28 Penalties 45 15 Fumbles 3 0 Majorette’s Selected at Brantley High The Majorettes for the 72- 73 School year was named last Friday night March 24th at the Seniors vs Varsity foot ball game and they are as fol lows: Head Majorette Miss Val arie Bryant, other Majorettes are Miss Sandy Rowland, Miss Carletha Rainge, Miss Ciddy Lee and Miss Darlene Cohen. The feature Twirler for the year is Miss Beverly Ann Hen. drlx. These girls were judged by Miss Carol Gardner of Way. cross, Ga. At the regular meeting of the City Council of Nahunta, held March 6th, at 7:30 P.M. the Council voted to give Notice to all businesses in Nahunta that all Business License's will be purchased by March 31st. , or seven- percent interest will be added. SOME PEOPLE DON’T NEED HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS . . but a lot of us do. If you need any worthwhile improvement to your home, just bring us your contractor or builders estimate and we’ll take it from there. A Home Improvement Loan with no red tape and monthly payments especially suited to your budget. Why not give us a call or stop in... - at least we can talk about it. THE Cx^^^Cßank 'A—AU MH.T mv<UHC< ron.o»r»ow FOLKSTON - NAHUNTA -HOBOKEN JAMES (JIMMY) H. HIGHSMITH Mr. James H. Highsmith, 75, of Route 2, Nahunta, passed away Wednesday morning Mar ch 22, at his residence follow ing a sudden illness. His dea th brings personal sorrow to a host of relatives and friends throughout this and other sec tions. Mr. Highsmith was a native of Wayne, now Brantley Coun ty, and was the son of the late Jacob and Kate Courson High smith. He received his edu cation in the public school sys tern and was a member of and Deacon emeritus of the Na hunta Baptist Church. He ser ved two terms as Tax Receiv er of Brantley County and was a veteran of World War I. Pri or to his retirement , he was engaged in timber and logging operations. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maude Strickland High smith of Nahunta; two sons, Parnell Highsmith of Bruns, wick and Travis Highsmith, PEARSON • Archie Lewis ( Red ) smith, 76 died Tues, day March 21, at the Pierce County Nursing Home after an extended illness. The Jesup native was a re tired worker for the G and F Telegraphic Railroad and was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include two bro thers, Tyler Smith, Brunswick, Hoboken - Arthur L. Dukes, 59, died Thursday while work. mg at the Progress Feeds Inc., in Hoboken. A native of Colquitt County, he had made his home in Ho boken for the last 22 years. Mr. Dukes was the son of the late Mallie c. Dukes and Fannie Baker Dukes. He was associated with pro gress Feeds Inc., and was a former turpentine operator for the Frank Dukes Turpentine Co. and the Varn Timber Co. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Hoboken Baptist Church. Survivors include his Wife, Mrs. Mary Cowart Dukes, Ho- |WM |||W -za/- III 1 “Christmas Club” banking 7 began ip 1909. P TO ALL BUSINESSES IN NAHUNTA Deatht & Funeralt ARCHIE L. SMITH ARTHUR L. USAF, Peurto Rico; one sis ter, Mrs. Nick Modena of Macon; one brother, Elmo Hi ghsmith of Nahunta. Also surviving are 4 grand, children, several nieces, nep hews abd other relatives. Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, March 24, from the Nahunta Baptist Chur, ch with the Rev. Earnest S. Purcell officiating, assisted by the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas. The body lay in state in the Church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed In the family plot In SymrnaCeme tery. Serving as casketbearers were the Messrs. Oliver High, smith, Al Lawson, Tommy Highsmith, Keith Strickland, Glen Strickland Dr. A.W. Stric. kland. The Cham bless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. and Shelton Smith, Nahunta; a Sister, Mrs. Eliza Goble, of Jacksonville, Fla., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service was held Friday, March 24, at 2:30 p.m. At the Willacoochee Methodist Church with burial to follow in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens in Coffee County. Sims Funeral Home of Pear son was in charge. DUKES boken; a daughter, Mrs. Keith Strickland of Nahunta; three sisters Mrs. H.M. Hamilton, Pearson, Mrs. Nolan Graham and Mrs. Elsie Guest, both of Port Arthur, Texas., three gr. andchildren and a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives. Funeral Service was held Wednesday March 22, in the Hoboken Baptist Church, with burial in the Union Hill Ceme. tery in Atkinson County. Miles Odum Funeral Home is In charge. The Member’s of the Men’s Bible Class of the Hoboken Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.