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VOLUME 51 - NUMBER 8
This we ek
Heart fund
drive begins
Volunteers from around
Brantley County will be con.
ducting the 1973 Heart Fund
drive this week.
The following is a list of
the volunteer workers from dif
ferent sections of the County.
From the Hickox Commun
ity are: Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Tripp, Mrs. Lavelle Bohannon,
and Mrs. W. W Hendrix who will
be representingthe Hickox Bap.
tist Church.
Volunteers from the Nahunta
area are: Mrs. Wain Brooker,
Mrs. Nan Huling, Mrs. Juanita
Allen, Mrs. Sid Hulett, and
representing the Nahunta First
Baptist Church will be Mrs.
From Wayne
Caught speeding
arrested for drugs
Brantley Sheriff Cordell
Wainright reported a drug ar
rest on Feb. 15. According to
Wainright, Carl L. Morris of
Jesup, Georgia was arrested by
Trooper Cook of the Highway
Patrol for speeding.
Wainright said that Morris
was found to have six different
Grand Jury may return
Superior court term ends
The February term of Super,
lor Court has set what may be
a record in Brantley County.
The Court’s Grand Jury return,
ed a ” true bill ” on all crim.
Inal cases brought before It
and each case was pled guil
ty or found guilty by the Pet.
it jury.
The Superior Court got un
derway February 5, with the
Grand jury turning it’s atten
tion to criminal cases while
Judge Hodges listened to civ.
11 cases the first week. Six
of the calendered seven civil
cases were disposed while the
Pinky Gunter
student employee
Pinky Gunter of Nahunta, a
sophomore at Georgia College
in Milledgeville, is shown as
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
THIS WE BELIEVE! IF YOU FIRST SUBMIT, YOU WILL SURRENDER 11 .. . and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore." Ephesians 6:13,14
Leila Turner.
Mrs. Patsy Hiers, Mrs. Bil
ly Wainright, Mrs. Joe Smith,
and Mrs. Hazel Lamb will work
the Hortense Community.
Volunteers from Hoboken are
Mr. Herbert Colvin and Mrs.
Dot Kelly representing the Ho.
boken Church.
Mrs. Bobbie King will be
working in the Waynesville
area.
Mrs. Eugene Velie is the
volunteer from the Atkinson
Community.
Ladies of the woman’s club
will be working in Nahunta
February 25th, Sunday even
ing.
types of drugs in his possess,
ion and he was booked for
speeding and driving under the
influence of drugs.
Assisting Trooper Cook we
re, Mack Crews, Nahunta Pol
ice Department and Sheriff Wa
inright.
VOTERS
SEE PAGE 4
Grand Jury ” true billed ”
the five criminal cases brought
before it.
The week of February 12,
was criminal week. During the
week, all cases that were” true
billed ” either pled guilty or
were found guilty. According to
Hilton Morgan, Clerk of Sup
erior Court, those plus the re
maining indictments of thepast
term were tried. According to
Morgan, ten criminal cases
were disposed of. Morgan said
that there are a couple of in
dictments that did not come to
trial because the individuals
she prepares to run a batch
of mail through a postage meter
in the college mail room where
she is a student employee.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
In Brantley
NYC program
be eliminated
The NYC program in Br.
antley County will be elimina
ted as a national manpower
training program if Congress
approves President Nixon’s fis
cal year 1974 budget recomm,
endations.
The program has provided
part-time jobs for some 322
county youths from lower in
come level families during the
past seven years.
Mershon Aspinwall,Jr., Area
NYC director, said he has le.
arned the administration plans
to discontinue funding NYC in
school, out-of-school, and sum
mer programs after June 30,
1973.
“ This would mean no sum
mer NYC program this year
Interstate bought
Brantley pines
Interstate Paper corp, of
Riceboro purchased 4,000 co
rds of pine pulpwood and tim
ber last year in Brantley Co
unty, according to Grady W.
(Bill) Henry of Jesup, area
wood superintendent for Inter,
state.
The timber was trucked to
Riceboro in tree-length loads.
Mr. Henry said most of the Br
antley County timber went into
the production of Kraft liner,
board, used in the manufac.
turing of corrugated boxes, but
some choice logs went to a
separately owned lumber mill
located on the Interstate site
at Riceboro.
have not been arrested.
” The Judge seems very
much pleased with the new
court calendar”, and I’m sure
it will work out better for the
people ”, said Morgan. ” We
used to have 4 terms of court
each year. Two with jury tr
ials and two without. Each term
lasted only one week, Morgan
said.
” The Judge told me that
the Brantley County Commlss
loners have agreed to support
the Public Defender System ”,
said Morgan. ” It will work
in much the same way as the
Daughter injured
Two car collision
mother-son killed
Carlton McGowan, a former
Long County Policeman is be
ing held in the Charlton County
jail pending charges of man.
slaughter, driving under the
influence, driving on the wrong
side of the road not in passing,
and failure to grant right-of
way in Charlton County.
Charlton county Sheriff, Ray
Gibson said that McGowan ,
about 38, was being held for
the deaths of Mrs. Linda Rob-
Hit and run
Accident in Hortense
minor
An accident occurred in Hor
tense Sunday with minor in
juries received by two women
from Coffee County.
According to Brantley Sheriff
Cordell Wainright, the accident
was at the intersection of Ga.
32 and U.S. 301 in Hortense.
Wainright said that a car op
erated by Herbert Smith of
Brunswick collided with the
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 22, 1973
or other NYC programs in the
future unless congress refuses
to follow the President’s re
commendations.
” In the event the Presi
dent’s decision is not chall
enged, our only hope for con
tinued manpower training pro
grams for youths lies within
the State of Georgia,” Mr.
Aspinwall said.
The NYC director referred
to reports that the President
may send to the states special
revenue sharing funds ear.
marked for manpower train.
Ing. In this event Gov. Jimmy
Carter, who is chairman of
the State Manpower Planning
Mr. Henry pointed out that
Interstate Paper Corp, is the
only pulp and paper mill in
Georgia that does not own tim
berlands, but instead buys its
entire pulpwood needs on the
open market, primarily from
small private land owners.
In all, Interstate purchased
some 170,000 cords of tim
ber from coastal Georgia and
South Carolina land owners in
1972. Mr. Henry said the com
pany expects to buy an even
larger quantity of timber in
1973 as a result of planned
expansions in the forest pro
ducts field.
Public Prosecuter. The coun.
ties in this Superior Court Cir
cuit will pay the salary of a
lawyer that will defend indig.
nent cases. When asked if
this system might be abused by
people declaring that they could
not afford a lawyer, Morgan
said " no, these people will
be required to fill out a form.
The Sheriff as a rule will get
this paper filled out and be
tween the Sheriff, Solicitor and
the Judge will determine if the
people are entitled to have the
Public Defender handle their
cases ”.
erson and her six year old son,
Jerry Russell Roberson, Jr.
Also injured in the two car
collision was Miss Sherry Lynn
Roberson, age 3, and daughter
of Mrs. Linda Roberson, Sherry
was treated for head injuries
and released from the Folkston
hospital.
The accident occurred about
6 miles south of Nahunta when
a pick-up truck driven by Mc-
Gowan was alledgedly trying to
out run a Nahunta Police Os-
injuries received
Coffee county car and then
Smith and his passenger Earl
Crews also of Brunswick left
the scene. —
Witnesses at the scene said
the two men took a sack from
their car and walked away in
to the woods.
Bloodhounds from the Ware
Prison Branch were called to
help in locating the men. Wain-
to
Cont. Page 4
PRESIDENTS'
On Brantley Turkeys
Hunting seasons for Spring
Gobbler hunts have just been
set by the Board of Comm is.
sioners for the Department of
Natural Resources, according
to Joe D. Tanner, Commiss
ioner of the Department. Hunt,
ers are reminded that only
gobblers ( male turkeys ) are
legal game on these spring
fleer who pursued him to a
point of 100 feet inside the
Charlton County line, and Mc-
Gowan driving on the wrong
side of the road collided with
Mrs. Roberson.
Charlton County Sheriff, Ray
Gibson said warrants involving
die deaths were expected to be
signed soon.
Members of the Brantley Co
unty Rescue Unit responded to
the call an transported the vic
tims to the Folkston hospital.
right said that he found the two
in a nearby house and arrested
them.
Smith was charged with dr
iving under the influence, dr
iving with a revoked license
and leaving the scene of an
accident. Crews was booked for
Public drunkenness and leaving
the scene of an accident.
Spring hunting
BIKTHIHI
hunts.
Turkeys are classified as
” big game ” in Georgia, so
the hunter must have a valid
big game license in addition
to a general state hunting 11.
cense. The 1972-73 licenses
expire March 31, 1973 and
as of April 1, 1973 turkey
hunters must purchase new li.
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NAHUNTA
NEWS ITEMS
Mrs J.B. White and sons are
spending several days at Pear
son with friends.
Miss Juanita and Mr. Alonzo
Fisher are spending a few days
of this week visiting in Jack
sonville and St. Augustine, Fla.
Mr. P.H. Dillashaw was in
Waycross Saturday afternoon
and Sunday.
Aunt Sue Peek is quite ill
this week, let all her friends
pay her a call.
Mrs. Dillashaw took dinner
with Miss Clara White Sunday.
PARAGRAPHS
FROM HICKOX
Mrs. Lary of Nahunta is
finishing private school here,
that Miss Mary Knox started.
Miss Kate Knox spent the
wc9k-9Pd at borne.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
season to open
censes for the 1973-74 season.
Early reports indicate good
populations of turkeys state
wide, and this should be a
good year for the hunter. The
seasons are staggered over
the state to take maximum
advantage of the projected per.
iods of peak gobbling activi.
ty.
Mr. Claude Smith has re
turned from Florida on a
short visit home.
Mrs. J.A. Campbell and da
ughter, Christine and Louise
Middleton attended Church at
Nahunta Sunday.
Mr. Jesse Blocker is home
for a short while.
Oscar Strickland of Nahunta
visited Hayes’ store, quite a
while Monday.
WAYNESVILLE
NEWS DOTS
Mrs. J. Gordon and little gr
and son, Joe spent Thursday
in Brunswick.
Miss Anne Crofton of Ever
ett City spent the week-end
with Miss Sylvia Miller.
Mr. Arthur Harris of Brun
swick spent Sunday afternoon in
our vicinity.
■ MEMBER
NeHpApER
Association • Founded 1885
March 17 . April 14, 1973.
Bag limit one ( 1 ) turkey
gobbler.
In the following countiessßen
Hill, Brantley, Camden, Coffee,
Charlton', Dodge, Pierce, TeU
fair, Wilcox and that portion
of Clinch and Echols Counties
east of U.S. Highway 441 and
south of Ga. Highway 94.
Quite a crowd from here
attended the Oyster Roast at
Mt. Pleasant Friday night.
Miss Sylvia Miller visited
Mrs. S.J. Wiggins Monday.
PERSONALS
OF RAYBON
Mrs. A.M. Lyons and Lon
spent Sunday with Mrs. J.F.
Herrin.
J.F. Herrin has rented a
farm from J.K Lewis.
Mr. J.B Depratter made a
business trip to Hickox Satur
day.
Mr. W.L. Kyser has moved
to Mrs. R.L. Jurdon’s place.-
Mrs. Pearl Crews spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs. J.B.
Depratter.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Lewis
visited her sister, Mrs. O.K^
Herrih ft Wlay.
