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Newspaper Page TextThe following article taken from the Waycross Journal Herald Newspaper has been DEAR ABBY: Recently, a 17- year-old Florida boy pleaded guilty to possessing hallucino genic drugs. He had also been charged with violence toward a Miami Beach police officer. Judge Alfonso Sepe sentenced the youth to one year in the County Stockade and four years probation. The comments of the Judge so impressed me that I ordered the transcript from the Court Reporter so that I may read it to my own children. Your column is so widely read I am sending you the “lecture” Judge Sepe gave that boy in the presence of the grieving par ents. I hope you will pubUsh it and give it the national forum I think : t deserves. Sincerely, MRS. A. L. CATES, MIAMI, FLA. DEAR MRS. CATES: Rarely do I devote ah entire column to one letter, but I agree, this ts worth it. Here it is: Judge Sepe spoke directly to the youth and said, “Do you know who is going to serve that year? Not you; your moth- DOLLY PARTON THE PORTER WAGONER SHOW Two of America’s most pop ular country music entertain ers will be appearing in per son Saturday, September 9, at the Nahunta Elementary School Gymnasium, as part of a fund raising drive to benefit the Future Teachers of America and the Boys’ Basketball Club of Brantley County. The entire Porter Wagoner roadshow unit — starring Wag oner, songstress Dolly Parton, Comedian Speck Rhodes, and the Wagonmasters instrument al group — will be on hand beginning at 8:00 p.m. Proceeds from the perform ance will go to provide schol arship funds for the Future Teachers, to purchase new uni forms for the basketball team, and to modernize the gymnas ium. Wagoner and Miss Parton are top • selling recording artists for RCA Records. Their solo and duet recordings con sistently achieve top-ten rank ings nationally in the music industry trade publications, and Wagoner,s syndicated tele vision series is regarded by the broadcast industry as the most popular and successful show of its type. It features the same entertainers and personalities who comprise the roadshow troupe. Even though Porter’s latest single, “ A World Without Music,” was only released on June 26th, it has been cited by the leading trade publica tion, BILLBOARD Magazine , as the record they feel will most likely ” break ” into national popularity charts for country music very soon. Dolly Parton, Wagoner’s special featured female artist also is a country music super star, even though she is only in her early twenties. She has a distinctive soprano vo ice, and she already is recog nized by her industry as one Os its most brilliant new song, writers. Both Porter and Dolly come Jroni similar backgrounds: rur al and financially difficult. Editor’s Note: requested to be run in this newspaper by one of the sub. scribers. It is this editor’s er and father will serve that year. “That is what’s wrong. THEY get sentenced. They get sen tenced for a lifetime. “You serve a year. Your body is in the stockade for a year, but their souls are tormented for a lifetime. Why? Because you are a selfish, spoiled boy, that’s why. “There is ho punishment in the world that I could inflict upon you that could in any way compensate for what you are doing to your mother and father. I have not spent five cents rais ing you. I didn’t khow you from Adam. But your mother and father have put their lives, their hearts, their sweat, their money and everything else they have into bringing you up. And now they have to sit in this court room ahd listen to a total stranger who had nothing to do with your upbringing scold you and put you in jail. “This is at a time when phony kids your age are yelling. “You adults have your alcohol, we want our drugs; you have pol luted our water a nd our air, you have polluted this aM that,’ Porter Wagoner was born near West Plains, Missouri, and grew up in poverty with his parents on a small dirt farm. At an early age he learned fiddle, then guitar; soon he was singing, especially when working by him self in the fields. Although extremely shy, Wag oner sang and played guitar for customers in the grocery store where he worked as a clerk, following his family’s move in to town. The store owner decided to sponsor a radio show featur ing young Porter’s singing. This led to Wagoner’s first big break, a job at radio sta. ion KWTO in Springfield. This n turn led to a contract with RCA Victor Records in 19- 52, then to a performing spot on the Ozark Jubilee, which eventually originated for net work television and radio in Springfield. Moving to Nashville in No vember , 1956, Wagoner join ed the Grand Ole Opry the following February - just when country music had begun an out-of-contrcll sales and popu larity listings. About a year ago, Wagoner decided he was going to con centrate on bringing his stage shows into smaller communi ties rather than the large cit ies. He felt many country music fans were being deprived of top - name country enter, tainment, so he directed that his show would break away from the large • city circuits so that the entire family could enjoy big-name country music within shorter traveldistances. Advanced tickets, priced at $3.50 for general admission and $5.00 for reserved seats, are on sale at the following locations: in Nahunta at Chan cey’s standard Station and at the First Lady Beauty Shop, in Hoboken at Glenda’s Beau ty Shop, and in Jesup at Ty re’s Tasty Freeze. The price ox admission at the gate will be $4.00 for general admission and $5.00 for reserved seats. opinion that it has much me rit and is recommended read, ing and consideration by both young and old alike. and all the rest of the garbage that comes out of your mouths. “Meanwhile, you put yo u r selves above everybody else. I feel sorry for you. “I want you to think of this for one year, and the reason why I say it: “If you are sick, a doctor will treat you and he won’t be on drugs. The lawyer who rep resents you won’t be high oh drugs and the people in whose custody you’ll be won’t be on drugs. “Your astronauts are not on drugs, and your President is not, ahd your legislators are not. “And your engineers who build the bridges that you drive across and the tunnels that you drive thru are not on drugs, and those who build the planes that you fly ih and the cars that you drive are not. “Neither are those who build the bathrooms that you stink up with your lousy, rotten drugs. “None of them have been on drugs, and this is because of people like your mother and father. “But in the world of the fu ture,” Sepe went on, “the same may not be true. Teachers, doc tors, lawyers, legislators—prod ucts of the hew drug-oriented generation — may well be high as kites. “You won’t know whom to send your child to, or whom to trust your life tn.” Sepe sighed and closed the case file. “Let’s see what kind of world you leave to your children,” he said, “before you talk about the world that we left to ours.” Problems? Trust Abby. For a personal reply, write to ABBY, BOX 69700, L. A., CALIF. 90069 and enclose a stamped, addressed envelope. Social Security News Being prepared for an event always gives us a sense of security, Most of us feel se cure when we have a Will drawn up to provide for our families in the event of our death. Why not then be pre pared for retirement under So cial Security. Usually, you need three bas. ic types of evidence in your claim for Social Security ben efits: first, evidence of age for yourself, your wife, and your children; secondly, evi dence of your marriage; thir. Savings Bond News Mr. S.K. Allen, Chairman of the Brantley County U.S. Sav ings Bonds Committee reports* that the Citizens of Brantley County placed $ 2,160 in Sav ings Bonds during May and a total of $ 12,234 for the five month period. Marvin L. Summers, State Director for Georgia, announ ced that Georgians continued their strong purchases by pla cing $6,951,290 in Savings Bon ds during May for a total of $35,237,504 for the first five month period . a 18 percent increase over 1971. May sales reflect an increase of 10 per cent compared with those of a year ago. Nationally, sales of E & H Bonds ( at issue price ) amounted to $573 mil lion during May. During the five months ( January - May 1972 ) citizens have placed $2,175 million ( at issue price) in Savings Bonds -a 18 per cent increase over the same period for 1971. Americans now hold in escrow in Sav ings Bonds $56.2 billion. County Chairman Allen re minds the citizens that no ser ies E or H Savings Bond has yet reached final maturity and all now outstanding E and H Bonds are earning interest at the 5 J /2 percent rate for their owners. ADULT 4-H LEADERS Four-H Clubs are looking to adult citizens in their com munities for leadership. Georgia 4-H is growing and so is the need for additional adult volunteer leaders. If you like people and particularly enjoy working with teens and other adults—if you have some knowledge about 4-H and want to Jearn more—then look into the possibility of becoming a volunteer 4-H leader. Inter ested persons may contact their Extension home economists or county agents for further information on this rewarding position. Personals Mr. Jimmy Herrin, Training Union Director, and Mr. Jimmy Thomas Sunday School Direc tor of the Nahunta Baptist Chur, ch will attend the combined tr aining program for Sunday Sc hool and Training Union Di rectors at Ridgecrest, N.C. for a week , beginning July 20 through July 27. May this be a very interesting and inspir ing week for them that they may return with renewal zeal to help carry out programs for the year. Philip House, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tab Roberson of Nahunta has returned home on leave from England where he has been stationed in the U. S. Air Force. Veterans Corner Q — I am the widow of a World War II veteran who died in 1969. Shortly after his death I applied for a widow’s pension, but was denied because we had been married only three years. May I now reapply? A— Yes. Under current law, a widow who had been married to a veteran at least one year before his death (formerly five years) is eligible for pension. Q— Do veterans using the current G. I. Bill receive more money than veterans under pre vious G.I. Bills? A— Yes. Measuring payments in constant dollars, the current G.I. Bill is slightly more liber al. Proposed legislation during the 92nd Congress to increase benefits would give today’s vet erans an ever greater advan tage. SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTERPRISE dly, evidence of your earnings for last year. Evidence of age is usually the most difficult to secure. If you have an original birth certificate issued at the time you were born, or you have a church record; i.e., a bap tismal record issued before you were five years old, then you have sufficient evidence of your age for Social Security pur poses. If you do not have either of the above records, then call your nearest Social Security of fice about six months before you retire and discuss with your claims representative what evidence is needed and how to get the necessary proofs. This pre-counseling retire ment information will help you prepare for filing a claim for Social Security benefits and will insure that your claim is processed quickly. The telephone number for your So cial Security Office is 283-3404. MAC BARBER For PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER (Post being vacated by Crawford Pilcher) Paid Political Advertisement Republican Thompson Says Atlanta - Fifth District Con gressman Fletcher Thompson said the Democratic Party, by its selection ofSen.GeorgeMc- Govern as the Party’s Presi dential nominee, will“alienate many life-long Georgia Demo crats ” in this year’s election. " The defeat of Gov. George Wallace’s 14 minority platform points further exemplifies the and don t miss these HIGH-VALUE deals! NO. 53 1971 MAVERICK 4 DR. SEDAN, 6 CYL.. AT $1775 J NO. 93 1971 PINTO 2 DR. SEDAN, LOW MILAGE $1495 NO- 104 1970 FORD LTD 4 DR, HT, AT, PS, LOADED $2495 J NO, 24 1970 FORD CUSTOM 4 DR. SEDAN, VB, AT $1595 NO. 105 1970 FORD MUSTANG MACH 1 2DR. 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The Democratic ticket and the national platform subs, cribe to drastic reductions in the defense budget; busing of school children to achieve a ^To Blackshear's High Dollar * TOBACCO MARKET Page 3 The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Georgia, July 20, 1972 racial balance; increased wel fare benefits; a guaranteed in come for all families; more deficit spending which will cause increased inflation; am nesty for draft evaders; and the enactment of many new spemdirog programs. " This ultra-liberal app roach turns against honest, hard-working, tax paying Geor- gians, while it caters to the wishes and desires of the min ority groups in our country,” emphasized the Congressman. “ The people of Georgia will not stand for being ignored as they have been this week at the Democratic Convention and as they will beby the McGovern Eagleton ticket,” predicted the Congressman.