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Newspaper Page TextBrantley County Rescue Unit 462—5007 VOLUME 50 - NUMBER 29 Stay A Notion Ahead Supermarket Scales Supermarket scales for weighing produce have fallen way behind inflation. Imagine finding anything for 2 cents a pound, or 30 pounds of any item for 40 cents a pound. In between these extremes fifty different prices, including 2/5, 6/25, 3/25, 2/25, 1 /25 and such, clog up the scale drum. Last summer our friend Van picked up a small bagful of cherries at 69 cents a pound. The supermarket scale showed exactly three quarters of a pound, and Van’s lightning arithmetic told him 69 - (69/4) = 69 - 17'4*52 cents almost. The produce weigher marked 57 cents on the bag. Van objected, called for a recount. Fifty-three was the revised answer, but Van didn’t quibble further; he started to investigate. It seems the produce clerk had to add 3/4 pound at 40c to 3/4 pound at 29c. The answer should be 30c + 22c or 52c, But parahx and other errors creep into the result, and a one cent miss is not astounding. And to have 23c apples weighed at 29c is unexpected, yet it does happen. Also, the scale readers are not used to observing drum divisions as small as 1/40 inch, even though magnified a bit. They tend to read 99 as 100. They should consider 101 as 100 to even things out, but Van finds the results tend to favor the store. He feels slighted. Later on Van picked up some bananas in another store. These had been weighed on a printing scale, and were taped in bunches, each marked with the price per pound, weight and total cost. He was shocked at the $0.75 the checkout girl rang up for his bunch of four bananas. He said nothing, but left the store to examine his golden treasure. Price per pound 15c; weight 5 pounds; cost to him 75c. Van thought those four bananas must be of purest gold to weigh five pounds, so he stopped in the hardware store nearby. The proprietor was a ;ood friend, and obliged Van with a weighing on his household scale. Two pounds’ And Van was on his way back to the supermarket. The manager weighed the bananas, and came out with a 30c charge. He apologized and made refund, including tax. He guessed that some customer had robbed a half dozen bananas from Van’s bunch, and transferred them into another bunch, for an oversize bargain. It was done by pulling the sticky binding tape loose on each bunch until the switch was made. But Van’s adventures weren’t over. His next search for bananas found a bunch of four priced at ssßc, at 29c a pound! Another bunch of four was only 30c at 15c a pound. The sign proclaimed 15c a pound. Half of the display was blatantly mispriced. Van concludes that he prefers bananas weighed especially for him. Never mind printing scales. But he does feel that scales should be limited to ten or fifteen pounds at most, and marked in 10c steps for prices of 10, 20 ... to 90c a pound, and in 1c steps from 1,2, ... to 9c a pound. Then if the clerk can t add 10c and 7c for one pound at 17c, let him write 10 + 7 on the bag and the iron monster at the checkout counter will do the job. Finally, a good scale will have a parabx prevention, so that the tall clerk will not be reading low, the short clerk too high. Life is rather reminiscent of the jungle! Copyright © 1970 F. B. Anderson Right to Left Chief Gary Crews, Assist. Chief David Jacobs, Treas. Franklin Depratter and not shown is Secretary Bobby Surrency Rescue Unit Elects Officers The Brantley County Volun. teer Emergency Rescue Unit held its regular meeting Thurs day night July 13, at 8:30 p.m. The Assistant chief Sidney Hulett called the meeting to order. The main purpose of the meeting was to elect officers which was brought on by the resignation of Chief J. W. Har ris. Elected to these offices were, Chief Gary Crews; David Ja, cobs Assistant Chief; Bobbj Surrency Secretary and Frank lin Depratter Treasurer. Two new offices were formed which consisted of a Medical Supply Officer and a Main tenance Officer. Elected to BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Branthy County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. THIS WE BELIEVE! IF YOU FIRST SUBMIT, YOU will LATER SURRENDER. . and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore. .’’ Epheslans6:l3.l4 By F. B. Anderson these offices were Eddie Ja cobs Medical Supply Officer, and Ronnie Smith Maintenance Officer. Assistant Chief David Jacobs turned in to the Unit Treasurer $132.80 he received from the Hoboken Comm unity Action Club as a donation to the Unit. The Brantley County Rescue Unit members wishes to invite any or all citizens of the County to come out and participate in this project which we think is a very worth while operation. The meetings will be held on the first Thursday of every month starting in August, we need your support in order that we might keep this or ganization together. N ati onal Democratic Party J Disgrace — Maddox Atlanta, - ( GPS ) Call, ing the National Democratic Party “ a national disgrace,” Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox in a statement following U.S. Sen. George McGovern’s nomi. nation as the party’s president ial candidate said he will do “ all within my power ” to see that the national nominees lose in November, and pledged his support of a possible third party movement. “ The events in Miami, ” he said, “ have proven that the National Democratic Par ty is no longer a party of the people. People representation was thrown out the window in Miami and replaced by repre sentation of, for and by those who encourage anarchy, social ism and communism. “ Those who wage war a. gainst morality, constitutional government, private property rights and freedom for all con trolled and directed the sicke ning Miami spectacle ” Bud Herrin 6th District State Senator Bud Herrin, a 32 year old Glynn County, Jekyll Island resident, qualified June 13 th in Atlanta as Democratic can didate for the 6th District State Senatorial seat. Herrin, whi is self . employed in the automobile business said he is seeking office because incumbent Senator Dean of Jesup has become dormant. Senator Dean, Herrin States, has never held a job as his means of support and has never had a family of his own to be concerned with. Consequently, Herrin says, Dean cannot have an in.depth feeling of the needs of the aver, age, working citizen. Herrin agrees that Dean is a profess ional vote • getter, mainly by sympathy, rather than actual accomplishment for our area. Herrin sees a need for more cooperation with local government and law enforcement a gencies and a concentrated effort to improve our industry, schools, roads, and tax structures from the senate. Herrin says we have let three killers run loose in our dis trict for twenty years and its time we stopped them. He is referring , of course, to Highway 17 and Highway 301 and the dilapidated Georgia - Florida state line bridge. Along with these faults, we have Ignored our man power and labor force completely in the past. Herrin states. Pepole want industry and industry is attracted mainly by an adequate supply of labor in any given geographical area. Other re quirements, Herrin says, can be corrected rather easily, but you cannot produce five hundred working people instant, ly without schools, housing, and basic requirements for happy families. The people of the 6th District need better roads, schools, and tax programs in order to cultivate a young crop of work, ing people and attract to this area a labor force enabling us to obtain industry. We need to balance our tax programs and regulate our housing to better accomodate the working people who attract industry. Better tax programs create better schools; better industry; better industry puts more dollars into our communities and will relieve the presently heavy individual tax burden on the average citizen. It is a circle that must be established and cannot be broken without causing us all to suffer. Herrin grew up in Glynn and Wayne counties. He remembers holding his first real town job at Twin Oaks Drive - In on Norwich Street at the age of 12. He attended elementary school in Glynn County and graduated from Jesup High School. He is married to the former Karen Moran of Atlanta and they have three pre-school children with oldest scheduled to start to school next fall. They reside at 47 Ogden Street, Jekyll Island. He attended Morehead University in Kentucky, has taught school, and coached football. He prides himself as per sonally responsible for at least two 6th District Students obtaining degrees at his alma mater. Herrin was instru mental, along with former Kentucky Governor Happy Chand ler, in organizing the North American Football League. Be fore moving back to Glynn County in 1970 he was a sales executive for Chrysler Motors Corp, of Detroit, living in Atlanta. Glynn County is divided with all precincts voting in the 6th District, except Sterling, and includes Camden, Charl ton, Brantley, Wayne, and the western portion of Long Coun ties. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, JULY 20, 1972 Maddox said that “ out of 38 states and 131,214,270 citi. zens, the millions of (George) Wallace supporters received only 3.2 delegate votes. Such unfairness and disregard for the people is a disgrace such as this nation has never be* fore faced.” He added: “ Personally, I am going to do all within my power to see that the national Democratic nominees lose in November. ” Now that the National De* mocratic Party has fallen in* to the hands of the enemies of the majority, it may we best that we form a Democratic Party for the people, and let the promoters of anarchy, so* cialism and communism have the whole present National De* mocratic Party. “ In that all of this cannot be done as promptly as needed, then those who make up the American Independent Party will find me one of their most 'dent Lto R Lt. Col. Cheek, Sp. 4 Wilson and Sgt. Willis. Cheek is a practicing Attorney in Savannah and Commander of the Ist. Bn. 230 Artillery. Georgia National Guard. Brantley Men Participate In EDITOR’S NOTE: For a year this writer has been looking forward to visiting first hand and writing this article. The writer is an ex . Army man returning to military base to report on Summer Camp ac tivities of a Georgia National Guard Unit. Members of the unit are made up of young men from Brantley and surrounding counties. Approaching the front gate of the military reservation along a State highway was quite dif ferent from other stretches of U.S. 301 through Piney Woods South Georgia. The road ed ges and as far back as the eye could see were well manicured grass and shrubs. There was no paper, garbage, beer cans, bottles etc, laying about. Entering through the main gate, more change. All the buildings were freshly painted a gleaming white, none stood rundown nor disused as across the military boundary in the civilian community. Across a great parade ground was Building. It stood higher, more whiter than the adjoining build ings and was a glitter to the eye. Could it have been be cause of the tall white flag Fair Labor Bulletins Available Farm workers anu u.eir em ployers can now obtain copies of the U.S. Department of La. bor’s updated bulletin of in terpretations involving the Fair Labor Standards Act as it re lates to agriculture. Titled Part 780, the publication deals with exemptions applicable to agriculture, processing of ag ricultural commodities and re lated subjects under the Act. William A. Savage, Area Di rector with the Department’s Wage - Hour Division, said the new publication eliminates some outdates materials and includes judicial and adminis. trative opinions rendered since the bulletin was last issued in April 1965. The revision, compiled by the wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration, was published as an attachment to the Federal Register of June 17. Subjects covered in Part 780 include guidelines on computing 500 man . days of labor with in a calendar quarter, share croppers, tenantfarmers, crew leaders, labor contractors, a definition of an employer’s im mediate family, and other rul ings useful in determining wh ethe~ an employer is exempt from the requirements. Ga. National Guard Training pole flying the national colors so high? Before visiting the National Guard Headquarters, a quick trip was made to a restaurant ( post exchange snack bar ) for coffee and cigarettes. Upon taking a seat alone at a table, the " new army ” began to take shape to me. A “ spit and polish” type ( a few years ago ) Lieutenant was seated at the same table and talk ing to a ” ram rod straight ” type ( a few years ago) gruff looking Sergeant while a young, meek looking ( a few years ago) Private was listening intently. The Private ^aid, Ah hell, John you and Jack had just as good a time at the party last night as I did. Other than the fact that an Officer, a Sergeant and a Private were sitting to gether, had long hair, and call ed each other by their first names, the only other great change in the ” new army” to me was, they were all drink, ing beer — available at the same counter with the ice cream. The Ist. Battalion of the 230th. Artillery of the Geor gia National Guard is com • prised of men from Brantley, Ware, Glynn, Chatham, App- 50 YEARS AGO TOBAY WAYNESVILLE ITEMS Miss Acsah McSweeny has returned to Hazlehurst after a short visit to her mother, Mrs. A. E. McSweeny. Miss Pearle Rozier is visi ting her sister, Mrs. L.D. Wil kes in Brunswick. Miss Leatha Rushmiselle and Mr. N. S. McVeigh are spending this week in Arco as the guests of the latters sis ter, Mrs. W.S. Harrison. Mr. W.D. Harrington and ch ildren and sister, Miss Mar gret Harrington spent Sunday in Brunswick. LITTLE CREEK ITEMS Miss Carrie Harper of Br unswick. is home spending a few days with her mother. Mrs. W.S. Harper. Sunday School was well en. joyed by all who attended. Hope to see more out next Sunday. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA ling, and Tattnall County’s. Headquarters Battery of the unit is stationed at Waycross and is the unit to which most of the men from Brantley Co unty are assigned. Battery A is in Brunswick and men from Eastern Brantley County are assigned to it. The Batallion is full strength and has 32 Officers, 3 Warrant Officers and there are 512 Enlisted Men. Firing Batteries have 155 mm Howitzers that are self propelled. The Howitzers sho ot a 90 pound projectile about 9 miles. Each Firing Battery has 6 howitzers. Upon arrival at the Battalion Headquarters, only two men were present in the building. They appeared sleepy and did n’t seem to know where the Battalion Commander was at. “ Nope, he’s not here ", " I think he is at a meeting and you can wait for him if you want to ”, said the Clerk. Lt. Col. Horace L. Cheek, Battalion Commander returned from a meeting with news that Georgia Governor Jimmy Car ter would be visiting. The Battalion Area came alive with activity. Battery Mess Halls opened and lines formed for There will be a sing out at Mr. JohnD. Harper’s Thursday night. Everybody is invited. Mrs, Annie Brewer from Fla., is visiting her sister , Mrs. W.S. Harper. HICKOX ROUTE 2 Misses Nancy and Ruth Mor gan attended church in Nahunta Sunday. Mr. Morris Highsmith made a flying trip to Nahunta Satur day afternoon. Mrs. Jim Dykes and daugh ter , Sallie, spent Monday at Mr. T.J. Harris. Mrs. Mary Lewis and daugh ter Eva Kate , spent Monday in our little town. PERSONAL ITEMS The B. Y. P. U. held their regular meeting last Sunday evening. The program was interesting and well rendered. MEMBER N^pAper Association - Founded 1888 chow. ” All road Guards to thefront of the line ” was the word. Meeting with Lt. Col. Cheek and Battalion Executive Offi cer, Major Lanier Homer of Waycross, Cheek spelled out the orders, ” After return ing from the field this AM and getting 5 hours of sleep, we are going back out and put on a demonstration for Gov ernor Carter.” Cheek added, “ you know that Governor Car ter is the Commander in Ch ief of all National Huards in the State of Georgia”. Within a short while the Ba. ttalion was fed, supplies loaded and moved to the field, sever al miles in the interior of Fort Stewart Georgia. The unit functioned as well or better than Regular Army units of several years ago. The Ammo Handlers of Ser vice Battery performed well in support of the Howitzer Sec tions while the Cannoneers of the Firing Batteries laid their pieces for direction, cut fuses and prepared for action. Reg ular Army units could have functioned no better, have no better, nor more up to date Our Sunday School here is growing in interest. The mu. sic is a special feature en joyed by all. Misses Irene and Maybell Kelley were in town Sunday. Mr. Herman Meadows was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis Sunday. Lee Davidson entertained several young friends at a wa» termellon cutting Saturday. Mr. Ralph Brown’s Lizzie made an extended visit in West Nahunta recently. Several neighbors met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. c. Da vidson Wednesday evening. Visiting and eating melons were the diversion. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Herrin of Howell spent a few hours in town last week, as they re turned from the burial of th. eir mother, Mrs. Emmie Her rin. Mr. Ralp Force of Waycross is spending some time here.