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Newspaper Page TextBrantley county rescue unit 462-5007 VOLUME 51 - NUMBER 9 Satilla area gets new game warden Herbert Adams, Refuge Man ager I for the Game and Fish Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, recently completed the second phase of law enforcement training for the Division personnel. Ad ams is assigned to the Big Satilla Forest Area District of the Division under the sup ervision of Frank Parrish. The training school, held Jan. 7-12, 1973 at the University of Georgia Center for contin uing Education, Athens, pro- Davidson Gets "Bonus Funds” for ecology studies Grants totaling $20,000 have been allocated from Gov. Jimmy Carter’s emergency fund to the Georgia Board of Education to distribute to selected teachers who have pro posed innovative learning ideas for their public school students. The money will be channeled to local school systems in “ mini-grants " of $29 to $500; it is intended to “ give tea chers with bright ideas the opportunity to implement these ideas," according to Associ ate State Superintendent for Instructional Services H. Tit. us Singletary. The 84 mini-grant winners were selected by a Georgia Department of Education Co mmittee from nearly 1,400 ap plications received after the money was accepted by the State Board of Education at its December meeting. Allpro jects were conceived by in dividual teachers or teams of teachers either to solve par ticular instructional problems or enrich their students* cur riculum . “ Many times teachers say, • If I just had a particular set of materials I could really make a difference in the learn ing of my students, ’ and of ten their impediment is only a small amount of money. We see the mini-grant program as away to accomplish a great deal with a relatively small amount of money by encour aging creative instructional ef forts,’’ says Dr. Singletary. Manley H. Davidson, Brant ley County High School teacher in the Nahunta Community has been granted $ 300 to develop St u ckey Co-sponsors bill for non-welfare people W.S. ( Bill ) Stuckey, Jr., ( D., Ga. ) has co-sponsored legislation in the House to lift a hardship on elderly, blind and disabled citizens Imposed by last autumn’s Revenue Sh aring Act. As the bill stands, 90 percent of the funds allocated for so cial services must be used for those on welfare. The re maining 10 percent may be spent for social services for those who are eligible for wel fare but refuse to apply for it. “ Ten percent of these funds ( $2.5 billion ) won’t go very $500.00 REWARD A SSOO. 00 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person or persons, who was responsible, for burning my fish camp on Saturday night, February 10. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE 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 " vided the Rangers an in-depth knowledge of laws, rules and regulations governing the op erations of the Game and Fish Division. This training school was one part of the continuing program of the Division to provide two weeks of professional training yearly for field personnel and is one of the expanded efforts of the Division resulting from increases hunting and fishing license fees. an educational program in E cology studies. The mini-grant projects co ver various subject areas, in cluding mathematics, business education, English literature, creative writing, science and ecological studies, music, co unseling and physical educa tion. In many cases, the pro jects are interdisciplinary. One teacher plans to combine drama, literature and psycho logy by using a mini-grant to construct a traveling puppet theatre for which elementary school students will write and direct plays. Another plans to use the mini-grant to purchase lab equipment for use by blind students at the middle school level. Another proposal calls for funding to establish a gar den for middle school students to put into practice science lessons about plant life. Many of the awards will go toward purchase of special e quipment, such as overhead projectors, movie camerasand projectors, still cameras and tape recorders. In one project, a teacher plans to use movies and photography to teach high school students communi cations skills. Another teacher will use funding for camera equipment and printing costs for stud ents to establish a magazine capturing traditions and prac tices of the Okefenoke swamp area. A St. Simons Island tea. cher plans a ghost story film, set on the island and written, directed by and starring her sixth grade students as a study in communications and local history. far,*’ said Stuckey. “ The re sult is that many service pro grams are being suspended for nonwelfare people.’’ “ These people need and can’t afford many services that oth ers take for granted such as transportation, recreation , personal care and nutritution. Yet they don’t want to apply for welfare to get them.’’ “ The bill I am co-spons oring,” said Stuckey, " will allow states to fund from their total federal allottment social services for nonwelfare people who are elderly, blind or dis abled.’’ Jesse Thomas Nahunta, Ga. Herman U.S. should not give aid to Hanoi Georgia’s U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, addressing the Norcross Jaycees’ annual ban quet, said he could think of nothing “ more preposterous than for Congress to vote funds ” for aid to Communist North Vietnam. He asserted that it is “ out. rageous for the administration to come to Congress preach ing economy and saving the taxpayers ’ money, and then turn around and ask that tax money be sent to the Hanoi regime.” While praising the Nixon Ad ministration for reaching a settlement in Vietnam and se curing the release of American prisoners of war, Sen. Tal madge had this to say: “ But, if offering tribute to our enemies of 10 long years in North Vietnam, in a war we wouldn’t fight and wouldn’t quit, is part of the price we had to pay for peace, then who. ever made that deal failed to reckon with a majority of the Week in The House The Georgia House of Re presentatives approved a num ber of bills and resolutions during an extremely busy week. Among them was a territor ial assignment measure for ellctrical utility companies and legislation to abolish the un sworn statement in criminal cases. Action on both pieces of legislation came Monday. Presently, Georgia is the only state in the Union which allows a person accused of a crime to make an unsworn statement before a jury with out cross-examination. A bill abolishing the unsworn state ment passed by a vote of 131- 32. Wednesday, the House voted 123-0 to allow state officers to sell items to the state pro- The Senate Time is getting on in this 1973 Legislative session. When the gavel fell in the Senate Chamber on Monday morning, only four weeks of the sess ion remained and with most of the major legislative tasks still ahead. The tempo of ac tivity quickened. There were no longer daily sessions to deal with increasingly heavy calendars. During the week, the Senate came to grips with three of what are, perhaps, the most dominating issues of this ses sion. The Senators passed a tax relief plan for property owners; a salary increase pa ckage Bill for certain State Officers; and a Bill reinstating the death penalty. Homestead Exemption In crease ( Senate Resolution 5 ) The Senate, on February 19, passed a tax relief Bill that authorizes the Legislature to increase the Homestead Exem ption from the present $2,000 to a maximum $ 3,250 and to lower the property tax asses ment from 40 percent to 30 percent. The Resolution passed 45 to 9. The passed Resolution con. tains an amendment author!, zing the General Assembly to enact legislation treating home, steads, farm lands, forest Subscribe for Your Home Newspaper THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 1, 1973 American people, and I hope a majority of Congress. “ I cannot speak for all of Congress, but I for one want no part of any aid-to-Hanoi program. I do not intend to vote to give them so much as one cancelled postage stamp.” Turning to the amnesty is sue, the Georgia senior sen. ator rebuked Vietnam wardraft. ” A blanket pardon for them would be a grave injustice to American young men who did fulfill their obligation to their country, who complied with the law and did not desert and flee the country,” Talmadge de dared. Estimates of the number of men living outside the United States to evade the draft or who went A.W.O.L. range from an official few thousand to un official claims of up to 60, 000, Sen. Talmadge pointed out. Casualties and deaths in the Vietnam conflict total nearly 350,000, he said. review vlded such sales are made through sealed, competitive blds. The House also correct ed an odd gap in the law ap proving a bill to make it ill egal for a convict to possess a deadly weapon. On Thursday, the House ap proved a measure prohibiting theater managers from show ing previews of X-rated films unless they are showing an age-restricted film at the time. Also approved were bills ex tending Workmen’s Compensa tion coverage and establishing minimum standards for de tention facilities. On Friday, the House okayed a pay raise bill for state of ficials to put salaries in line with the recommendations of an independent, non-legislative commission. lands, open space lands and property within municipality city limits as a separate calss from all other classes of prop erty for tax purposes. Compensation of Certain St ate Officials - Salary Comm ission ( Senate Bill 108 ) The package salary increase Bill for certain State Officers was defeated Tuesday 29 to 25 on a roll call vote. However, on Wednesday, the Bill was reconsidered on the motion of Senator Al Hollo way of Albany, the sponsor of the measure. This time it passed 30 to 18 by a show of hands. The salary increase Bill pro vides for pay hikes for certain State Officers from the Gov. on down to members of the legislature. The salaries of Senators and Representatives would be increased from $4, 200 to $ 7,200. The Governor’s salary would be increasedfrom $42,500 a year to $50,000, plus $25,000 for operating the Gov. ernor’s mansion; the Lt. Gov ernor’s salary from $20,000 to $25,000 a year with sub stantial increases for the Co mmissioner of Agriculture , Attorney General, and mem bers of the Pardons and Pa roles Board. .. . and having done all, to stand, Stand therefore Ephesians 6:13,14 Charlanne Stokes, age 7, of Hickox contributes to Heart Fund. FHA class helps heart fund drive Members of the Brantley Co unty F.H.A. class held a road block Saturday, February 24 from 1:00 til 3:00 P.M. in the afternoon. Brantleys’ Wheeler introduces bill to aid exceptional children Rep. Bobby Wheeler of Alma has introduced House Bill 837 to implement a special pro gram for exceptional children. The bill redefines except, ional children as those between 3 and 21 with special prob lems, and that the program shall be Implemented for ch. ildren between 3 and 5 by Ju ly 1, 1978. The House has passed a de ath penalty bill which is like, ly to receive Senate approval as well. The bill describes broad categories which must accompany a capital crime be fore the death penalty is to be given, and authorizes the Georgia Supreme Court to re view automatically all cases In which the death penalty is or dered to ensure equitable ap plication. You will remember that the House passed during the first week of the session a bill to Increase state aid to local sc hool systems, with the theory being that this would allow re ductions in local property tax es. After sailing through the House, the legislation ran a. ground in the Senate. We re ached a standstill when the Governor, the Lt. Governor and the House leadership all favored dlffernt means of glv ing property tax relief. At this writing, the Governor and Lt. Governor have agreed to back a measure Increasing the homestead exemption and lowering the percentage of yo ur home’s fair market value which would be taxable. The House leadership has not yet indicated its sentiments about this proposal. Even if there is general agreement on it, a vote of the people in the 1974 General Election would be required, since changing the homestead exemption ne cessitates a Constitutional a. mendment for implementation. So the earliest it could poss ibly take effect is 1975. The problem of giving Immediate property tax relief remains unsolved. With the recent an. nouncements of cutbacks in fed eral money which Georgia will receive, some are beginning to feel that the granting of re bates or Immediate tax cuts may be unwise at this time. Another issue arousing mt*, ch controversy is a package of consumer protection legisla- The members were partici. patlng in the Heart Fund Dr. ive for Brantley County. The following members of the F.H.A. class that were uon currently under consider, ation. The item generating most of the heat is a proposed Con sumer Credit Code, which wo uld eliminate the “ holder in due course ’’ doctrine from our law. “ Holder in due course’’ means that if you sign a con tract to purchase goods on time, that contract can be sold to a third party, who is not legally responsible for fulfil- Ing the guarantees and pro tections afforded you in the contract. So if your merchan dise turns out to be faulty, you are still obligated to pay for it under the terms of the contract, and the " holder ” cannot legally be held respon- LULATON NEWS A crowd from here attended the dance at Web Highsmith’s Wednesday night. Mr. Sam Murray of Mill wood is releaving Mr. J.W. Courson for a few days. The farmers around here seem to be very busy getting their crops ready for plant* ing. Miss Lawana York spent Wednesday night with Misses Creola and Effie Rodgers. WAYNESVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Lester Saun. ders announce the birth of a daughter on Sunda, Feb. 19. She will be called Vivian. Mrs. Saunders will be remembered as Miss Annie Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. McVeigh accompanied by the former’s father, Mr. J.L. McVeigh mo tored to Arco and Brunswick Monday. Mrs. G.J. Butler of Waycross is spending some time here at the “ Pocahontas Spring ” for her health. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA involved in the 301 & 84 In tersection road block were: Carol Patten, Jackie Stewart, Allison Chambless, and Kathy Ham. sible for making good on the merchandise. The bill is desi gned to eliminate this hazard for the credit buyer. The Equal Rights Amendment is still undecided by the Geor gia legislature. Recently, a pub lie hearing was held in the House Chamber, and literally hundreds of supporters and op ponents gathered to lobby, sp eak and argue. With the tre mendous emotion this meas ure has created, it is diffi. cult for us in the legislature to make rational, objective de cisions, But in spite of all the debate, one thing seems fairly certain •• we won’t know what this amendment will do TOM® Mr. Jack Ward spent some time in Nahunta Monday. RAYBON NEWS Misses Gladys and Vera Lew is and Annie Belle Wilson took dinner at Mr. R.B. Wilson’s Sunday. Mr. Wash Allen of Black shear attended church at Oak Grove Saturday and Sunday. Mr. D.W, O’Neal is going to Blackshear to have his tooth pulled. Dr. Moore tried to pull it and failed and he has been having some trouble with it. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. O’Neal is a ch ampion. He is eight months old and weighs 24 pounds. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST The citizens of Hickox and the surrounding communities turned out last Friday morn ing to build a fance around the cemetery and also clean ed the cemetery up. This kind of work behooves the citizens and proves the community res pect for it’s deed. MEMBER MNpApef Association - Founded 1885 The members of the class collected $ 87.33 for the Heart Fund Association. until the Supreme Court of the United States tells us. Justice Charles Evans Hughes once defined the Constitution as be ing whatever the Supreme Co urt says it is. So all the ar. guments about separate bath rooms, changing names by mar riages, and other questions can ’t be settled until the Supreme Court issues decisions based on Cases brought under this amendment. No-fault insurance is still in the House Insurance Commit, tee. If the General Assembly passes such a law, then your own insurance company will settle any claim you make for Cont, Page 2 - Col. 4 It has been announced that the Annual Meeting of the Pr imitive Baptist of this District will be held in Hickox, begirt ning April 18th. It is expected that this meeting will have a large attendance. Many will come from nearby counties. Everybody invited to attend. The Week of Prayer, March sth to Uth will be held at the Baptist Church in the af ternoons. These services will be conducted by the W.MU. Everyone is invited to attend. Mrs. P. H. Dillashaw, Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Rogers and Miss Clara White took in the show at Waycross Tuesday. NEW HATS NEW STYLES NEW PRICES I have just recieved a num ber of the most beautiful and stylishest hats that the Milli nery designers have ever put on the Market. Come in and make your se lection before they are pick ed over. IVORY BROOKER.