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The Remembrances
of a Renegade Son
Dear Dad:
Remember when ?
Now isn’t that an odd state
ment coming from an adult son?
Os course it is. But it would
be fittin’ I suppose, if I were a
ten-year-old. For me though
that age has passed three-plus
times.
But I remember though.
You know dad, memory is a
remarkable thing. Funk and
Wagnail describes it as: “That
which is remembered’’. And
through the ages the words
pleasant and memory have
formed and almost inseparable
association. But such is not
the case with me. That which
I remember could not be called
pleasant memories, but rather
agonizing ones. In fact what I
remember most is my
Stupidity. I guess that’s what
it would be called. I say that
because of how I sneered at
your ideas of exciting advent
ures for me.
Why with alongbow, camera,
duck call, and champion bird
dogs I could have been a Marco
Polo of Brantley County! Oh
yes! I could have had all these
things and more, and used them
well too. For you would have
taught me. It’s disgusting to
think of what I’ve been missing
for twenty-odd vears.
Like the time you suggested
I use a long bow to shoot gar
fish. For what reason Ido
not know but the idea didn’t
appeal to me. But today I
can’t seem to get enough. And
each time I draw the bow I can
hear you say; “Bud, that’s
what you ought to do. Shoot
them gars with a bow and
arrow?*
You went on to explain how
it should be done and I use the
same method today. And I al
ways on the first shot of the
day say to myself, “ here’s
for you dad”. It’s silly I
know, but it gives me courage.
I enjoy this sport to no end
and at the moment plans are
laid for a three day trip to
Toledo Bend Lake, In those
waters the alligator gar reach,
es the hundred pound-plus size.
Can you imagine me going af
ter a fish of that size?
Another idea that I well re
member is a fish-hunt trip.
You didn’t call it by that name
but it means the same thing.
You overheard a friend and I
making plans for a duck hunt
to Lower Bridge. Your sug
gestion was; “Bud, what you
ought to do is take your rod
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and reel along and drift down
the river in a boat. That way
you can fish and hunt at the
same time.’’
As you know that idea didn’t
set too well with me either.
Apparently I thought you didn’t
have the foggiest notion of what
excitement is. Oh how stupid
can one get. But I’ve never
forgotten it. The idea fermen
ted all these years and one day
last winter it finally ran clear.
I worked out a schedule for a
two day thirty mile river trip.
When I asked my fishing buddy
if he’d like to come along he
said, why not when doweleave.
“ Soon.’’
We were at a small case
sipping beer when I told him
about the trip. He said to me;
“ Jones, I’ve never known any
one quite like you. Among other
things, where do you get all
these great ideas?’’
I took a long slow pull on my
beer before answering. Really
I’d intended to let him think
it was my own idea. Then I
remembered something I had
read a long time ago; " be at
peace with your soul’’. ( Quo
tations like this seem to mean
■more to me today than ever
before.) I had to confess that
it wasn’t original. “ This and
other ideas like them came
from my Father years ago.
He is truly an “ American
Sportsman”, cont’d next week.
O. A. ( Bud ) Jones, Jr.
Revival
Set For
Winokur
Baptist
There will be revival at the
Winokur Baptist Church start
ing April 3rd. The Rev. Ben
Jones will be the speaker.
Prayer Band will begin at
7:15 with Church Services be
ginning at 7:30. There will
be dinner on the ground the
following Sunday.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Nothing more completely baf
fles one who is full or tricks and
duplicity than straightforward
and simple integrity in another.
The worst part of the forest
fire season will soon be appro
aching with the dry, windy days
of March and April. During
this time of year open fires
are hard to control. Anyone
who has burning to do should
make arrangements to do it
before this time of year. Just
a spark blowing into a sedge
field or the woods is all that
it takes to start a fire that
kills years and years of tim
ber growth, and may even burn
your neighbors house down.
Most forest fires are caused by
nothing less than human care
lessness.
Many times we hear a person
standing bewildered in a cloud
of smoke, saying, “ Well there
wasn’t a bit of wind blowing to
day when I started the fire.”
Little did they know that a fire
creates winds and drafts of its
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Waycross, Ga. 23 Mar. 72-
The Marine Corps Recruiter
for this area Gy Sgt. Norm
Levesque, announced today that
a Nahunta man has just re •
enlisted in the Marines. Frank
J. Willis of Nahunta, will re
port to his duty station at the
Marine Corps Supply Center,
Albany, Ga. Upon re-enlistment
he chose this station, and was
guaranteed the assignment pri.
or to re-enlisting. Prior ser
vice Marines are always wel
come to re-enlist, providing
they meet the assigned prere
quisites for service. Young
men and High School Seniors
who are interested in the Mar.
ines, can contact Gy Sgt. Le
vesque by calling his office
" collect ” in Waycross, Ga.
Nahunta Baptist
Church Begins
Revival
Nahunta Baptist Church will
have revival each night next
week, April 3-9, at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Brooks Hampton,
Pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Blackshear will be
the guest speaker.
A nursery will be provided
each evening. There will be
special singing each night.
The Pastor and Congregation
of the Nahunta Church extends
an open Invitation to all.
Well arranged time is the
surest mark of a well arranged
mind.
A VIEW
OF THE FOREST
BY
H. L. NEAL, JR.
AREA FORESTER
AND
E. J. RHODEN
COUNTY RANGER
own just as a fire in a fire
place or a stove.
Many times we hear a house
wife say, “ There was still
frost on the grass when I burn
ed my trash this morning.” She
didn’t realize that the sparks
were still there hours after
the frost had melted and the
grass dry again. Just a puff
of wind was all that it took to
awaken an otherwise harmless
bed of coals.
All residents of Brantley Co
unty are urged to dump trash
into designated areas instead
of burning as in the past.
Anyone needing information
on how to burn and when to
burn, should contact the
Georgia Forestry Commission.
All fires bigger than a washpot
fire supposed to be reported
before starting the fire.
Rain fall for March 1972 to date
Brantley T0wer—....... 1.24”
Nahunta tower—..—. .76”
Waynesville tower-— 57”
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Personals
Mrs. Eloise Hulett is re
covering in the Glynn - Bruns
wick Hospital, where she is
undergoing treatment for in
juries received in an automo
bile accident Saturday March
18th.
There were three students
from Brantley County to ma
ke the Dean’s List and they
are as follows. Ronnie A.
Herrin, Rte 2, Nahunta., And
rew Michael Lee of Nahunta
and Robert D. Ham of Brant
ley County.
Mrs. Juanita Allen has re
turned home from the Jesup
Hospital where she was un
der Doctor’s care for a coro
nary attack.
Mrs. Nora Thomasof Wares,
boro and Mrs. Berta Lou Chap
man of Waycross were the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. S.K.
Allen and other relatives here
over the past week-end.
Mr. J.T. Brewer, Miss Nora
Brewer, Mrs. Harriet Green
and children of Waverly, Ga.,
visited relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Stewart and daughter Kathy of
Beaufort, S.C., Mr. and Mrs.
Greg Stewart and Christy and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Epps and
children of Albany, Ga., were
the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
W.P. Stewart over the week
end.
Mr. Tom Penn Herrin re
turned home from Memorial
Hospital in Waycross after be
in
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days.
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