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Volume 33, Number 20
Brantley Schools Closing Successful 52-53 Term
SO SENIORS TO
GET DIPLOMAS
AT NAHUNTA
Graduating Exercises
Wednesday, May 20
Commencement exercises for the
Nahunta High School will begin on
Sunday, May 17, at 11:00 a. m. in
the school auditorium, it has’been
announced by Earl W. May, princi
pal of the school.
The baccalaureate exercises for
the graduating class will be held on
May 17, and the graduation exer
cises will take place Wednesday,
May 20, at 8:00 p. m. Rev. Fleming
Highsmith will preach the baccal
aureate sermon, and Dr. Henry L.
Ashmore of Georgia Teachers Col
lege will deliver the commence
address.
Valedictorian of the graduating
class is Leonard Crews, son of Mr.
snd Mrs. Russell Crews of Hortense.
Leonard has a scholastic average of
above 96 for his four years in high
school. He is president of the stu
dent council and is also editor of
the school newspaper. He has been
an outstanding student in .many re
spects.
The graduating class will have
two salutatorians this year. They
are Bonnie Thrift and Ernie O’Neal.
Both students have an average of
91 and have done outstanding work
in both scholastic and extra-curri
cular activities. Bonnie is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thrift of
Winokur. Ernie is the son of Tom
O’Neal of Nahunta.
Other honor students, those mak
ing an average of 90 and above,
ere Iris Barr, Lois Rowell, and Mary
Ellen Rowell.
Members of the graduating class
of the Nahunta School are Iris Barr,
Leonard Crews, Jerry Davis, Dar
leen Drury, Jimmy Futch, Sylvia
Garrett, Reggie Herrin, Bobby Har
ris, Jerry Herrin, Jimmy Herrin,
Lesse Johns, Kenneth Kelley, Col
onel Keene, Clayton Lewis, Eurita
Lewis, Hilton Morgan, Ernie O’Neal,
C. W. Riggins, Jesse Roberson, Ray
Roberson, Lois Rowell, Mary Ellen
Rowell, Carswell Royster, Margaret
Ryals, Edgar Sears, Betty Jo Shep
pard, Rose Ann Smith, Bonnie
Thrift, Jeanette Thompson and Billy
Williams.
FFA BOYS HOLD
FATHER-SON
BANQUET
The Nahunta FFA has enjoyed a
good year and one of the climaxing
events was that of the Father and
Son Banquet.
There were about 30 boys and
their dads or guests gathered in
the lunchroom, which was decorated
in the National FFA colors of blue
and gold. To carry out an ideal of
rural life, the tables had several
vases of white dutch and crimson
clover blooms.
The evening began with the reg
ular opening ceremony of the FFA
with Hilton Morgan, president; Bil
ly Thomas, vice-president; Mack
Bohannon, secretary, Colonel Keen,
reporter; C. W. Riggins, treasurer,
and W. C. Long, advisor.
After eating a good meal of to
mato juice, tossed salad, baked
chicken and dressing, and assorted
pies, baked by the mothers of the
boys, Hilton gave the welcome and
Colonel gave an account of our ac
complishments for the year.
We were honored with the pre
sence of many of the men of the
faculty members of the county
board and Mr. Herrin.
Mr. May and Mr. Herrin gave a
few words of thanks to these boys
for what they had done. After these
few remarks our FFA String Band
entertained us with several num
bers.
§cth the adults and boys reported
a good time, and we are looking
forward to a bigger and better ban
quet next year.
Hranttetj Enterprise
Nahunta Program
Commencement Exercises
PROGRAM
Processional, Seniors.
Invocation, Hilton Morgan.
Salutatory, Bonnie Thrift.
Salutatory, Ernie O’Neal.
Sextet, Iris Barr, Jewel Proctor,
Inez Driscoll, Betty Jo Sheppard,
Marie Herrin, Dorothy Morgan.
Valedictory, Leonard Crews.
Introduction of Speaker, Earl W.
May.
Address, Dr. Henry L. Ashmore.
Awards, Earl W. May.
Presentation of Diplomas, Supt.
H. W. Herrin.
Alma Mater, Seniors.
Recessional, Seniors.
Ushers: Reba Raulerson, Betty
Jean Saddler, Charles Perry, Regi
nald Highsmith.
Baccalaureate Sermon
PROGRAM
Prelude, Impromptu — Schubert.
Processional, Audience Standing,
Seniors.
Song, Come, Thou Almighty King,
Audience standing.
Invocation, Rev. C. E. Milton.
Trio, Iris Barr, Jewel Proctor,
Inez Driscoll.
Announcements, Earl W. May.
Scripture, Rev. Fleming E. High
smith.
Vocal Solo, Iris Barr.
Sermon, Rev. Fleming E. High
smith, (Pastor New Hope Christian
Advent Church, Waycross, Georgia).
Benediction, audience standing,
Rev. C. E. Milton.
Recessional, audience remain
standing until Seniors march out,
Seniors.
Postlude, March Romaine, Gou
lod.
Ushers: Marlene Amick, Marie
Herrin, Harvey Willis, Aubrey High
smith.
Ministry of Music: Bowman Barr.
Platform guests: Robert Alexan
der, senio r sponsor; Herschel Her
rin, superintendent of schools; Roy
Ham, A. S. Rowell, W. W. Hendrix,
county board members.
Morris - Liles
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Walker of
Waynesville announce the wedding
of their daughter, Inez, to A3c
John Quency Liles, son of Mrs.
Stanley Thompson of Kingsland.
The wedding occurred Monday
night, May 11, being performed by
the Ordinary of Charlton County
at Folkston, Ga.
The groom is stationed at Long
Island, N. Y., and will leave for
his post on Thursday of this week.
Brantley Canning
Plants to Open
Thursday, May 21
The season is coming when we
begin to think of fresh vegetables.
All of us are anxious for this time
to come s 0 that we can enjoy eat
ing these vegetables.
However, it is impossible for us
to have them the year around so we
must plan for the future. There are
two canning plants at your service
in the county and they are being
readied for the grand opening.
* The Nahunta and Hoboken plants
will open on Thursday, May 21, and
be open on Tuesday and Thursday
of each week at 9 A. M., advises W.
J. Moore of Hoboken and W. C.
Long of Nahunta.
No corn will be accepted after 1
o’clock and all other vegetables
should be in by 3 P. M. This is nec
of the of tivnc
needed for processing.
Let all of us work toward a sue
cessful year in our canning plant.
-W. C. LONG.
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA,
BOHANNON SHOWS
CHAMPION CALF
AT STOCK YARD
A 17-month-old Polled Hereford
steer belonging to Mack Bohannon,
FFA member of Nahunta High
School took top honors at the
Brantley County Fat Calf Show
held at the Nahunta Stock Yard
Thursday, May 7.
Another white faced steer owned
by Addison Strickland, 4-H Club
member of Nahunta Sr. 4-H Club,
was declared reserve champion.
Mack received $75 in.prize money
which included SSO for having the
Grand Champion and $25 for hav
ing the best Brantley County raised
calf, in addition to the above prizes
he also received the beautiful cup
which is given annually by Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Harper of Hortense to the
boy or girl who has the grand
champion calf of the show.
Addison received S3O in cash for
having the reserve champion. Other
entries and winners were as fol
lows:
Blue Groups, $lO each.
Buddy Highsmith, Nahunta 4-H
Club; Tommy Jacobs, Hickox 4-H
Club; Farrell Thomas, Hoboken
FFA.
Red Group, $7.50 each.
David Jacobs, Hickox 4-H Club;
Norris Carter, Hoboken FFA;
Glynn Strickland, Nahunta 4-H
Club; Vandilla Purdom, Nahunta
4-H Club.
Fellow Group, $5.00 each.
Lessie Johns, Nahunta 4-H Club;
Farrell Thomas, Hoboken FFA;
Addison Strickland, Nahunta 4-H
Club; Burnette Dußose, Nahunta
4-H Club.
Lessie Johns, boys’ vice-president
of the Nahunta Sr. 4-H Club won
the $5.00 showmanship prize for
having the best trained calf in the
show.
Sales at the Nahunta Livestock
Auction reached a total of sll,-
984.11 last Thursday, it is announc
ed by O. J. Ammons, the manager
of the market.
A total of 78 cows and 213 hogs
were sold, he stated. Top price for
cattle was $24.80 and for hogs
$22.80. Mr. Ammons expressed his
appreciation for the cooperation of
all who aided in making the new
opening of the market so successful.
The Fat Calf Show was held in
connection with the re-opening of
the livestock market.
MAMIE JOINS GEORGIA DIVISION, A. C. S.
Mrs. Dwight 0. Elsenhower, the nation’s first Lady, took time out
vhen In Augusta recently to become the first 1953 member of the Rich
mond county unit, American Cancer Society. She recently accepted
appointment as national honorary chairman of the 1953 Crusade agamst
Cancer. Above, left, she presents her contribution to Mrs. John Me-
Elderry, chairman of the ■■esldential division of the Richmond county
crusade, while Mrs. Eugene Howard, board member, looks on.
Thursday, May 14, 1953
PMA Official Reminds
Farmers on Control
Os Hornworms
Director Brown recently received
the following letter from Director
C. M. Gerguson of the Washington
office of the Agricultural Extension
Service:
“Mr. Howard H. Gordon, Adminis
trator of the Production and Mar
keting Administration, has called
our attention to an instruction sent
out to the State PM/X oiffces rela
tive to the control of hornworms
on tobacco. The essence of this
statement was to the effect that in
spection standards and regulations
provide that for the 1953 crop of
flue-cured tobacco any having un
desirable residue from insecticides
will not be eligible for price sup
port loans.
“They further point out that the
insecticide TDE if properly used
does not leave an undesirable resi
due, with the possible exception of
those instances where unnecessarily
excessive applications have been
used.
“In view of the fact that other
insecticidal controls for hornworm
may make tobacco ineligible for
loan and the additional fact that
TDE is highly recommended by the
Department, at least for the control
of tobacco homworm, it seems high
ly essential that every opportunity
be taken to acquaint tobacco pro
ducers of this set of circumstances
and render every assistance possible
in encouraging them to use TDE
effectively. The cooperation of you
and your staff in this regard will
be greatly appreciated by all con
cerned.”
We thought that you should be
advised of this matter so that you
could notify your farmers of this
action.
For proper methods of control be
sure to see your county agent.
Cox Jewelry Store
Open in Nahunta
A new jewelry store has opened
in Nahunta, owned and operated by
Charles Cox who also operates a
jewelry store in Blackshear.
The store in Nahunta will be
managed by James Hendley. The
store will feature Elgin, Bulova and
ether nationally advertised watches,
also watch repairing.
The store at Nahunta will be
operated in connection with the
Cox Jewelry at Blackshear thus en
abling the firm to buy jewelry in
sufficient quantities to offer lowest
prices to the customers.
HOBOKEN HIGH SCHOOL TO AWARD
DIPLOMAS TO 24 GRADUATES
Card of Thanks
With an sincerity the family of
Allen J. Highsmith expresses its
deepest gratitude and appreciation
to the many friends who so kindly
aided and comforted them during
their recent loss of their beloved
father.
May almighty God bless each and
every one of you.
THE FAMILY OF
ALLEN J. HIGHSMITH
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Brantley County Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues met
in regular session May 5, 1953. Pre
sent were R. B. Brooker, chairman,
R. C. Harrell Jr., clerk, C. H. Pen
land, T. V. Rhoden, and Silas Lee,
commissioners.
The following pauper list was
approved and ordered paid: Leon
Rowell $lO, Dennis Roweli $lO,
Mary Dryden $lO, Lula McSweeney
$lO, Ocie Moody $lO, Alice Rewis
$lO, Julia Griffin $lO, Thelma
Sapp $lO, Michiel Jones $lO, Mrs.
Edd Knight $lO.
The following warrants were is
sued to road hand for the month
of April, 1953: O. G. Lee $200.00;
Perry Crews, $168.00; Fred Willis,
$176.00; H. H. Hunter, $136.00; Ottis
Morgan, $176.00; Elvin Griffin,
$160.00; I. C. Harris, $176.00; E. C.
Redding, $176.00; Joe T. Crews.
$160.00; Monsie Wilson, $64.00; J.
E. Lee, $72.00.
The following general bills were
approved and ordered paid: R. B.
Brooker, $30.00, six days commis
sioner; R. C. Harrell Jr., $30.00
six days comm.; C. H. Penland.
$30.00, six days as comm.; T. V.
Rhoden, six days as comm., $30.00;
Silas Lee, $30.00, six days as com.;
S. E. Blount, $26.88, janitor service:
C Winton Adams, $25.00, salary; D
F. Herrin $62.00, court service, sa
lary, recording fees; Archie A.
Johns, SBO.OO, salary; J. R. Walker,
$38.34, salary; George A. Loyd,
$166.25, salary; Mrs. Eva May J-
Bentley, $71.25; Georgia Power &
Light Company, $37.90, power and
lights; Kice Stone, SIOO.OO, audi
service; Stcte Forestry Comm..
$425.00, budget; Mrs. Rebecca D.
Griner, $234.45, salary; Tom E. Ire
land, $97-93, salary; Lorena Row
ell, $164.40, salary; Calhoun Com
pany, $423.96, movie camera and
supplies; Standard Oil Company
$451.21, gas and oil; Brantley Tele
phone Company, $48.79, phone and
calls; City of Nahunta, $6.75, watei
bill; The Brantley Enterprise, $71.-
50, ’ printing and supplies; Moody
Brothers Furniture Company, $174.-
95, office equipment; Blalock Ma
chinery & Equipment Co., $102.70,
parts for machinery; Carithers -
Wallace - Courtney, Inc., $21.80, of
fice supplies: Foote & Davies, $67.-
47 Ordinary supplies; Carothel.
Company, $16.95, office supplies
Carlton Company, $95.95, parts foi
machinery; Charlie Kizer, $12.00
coroner jurors; A. A. Strickland an
Son, $1,076.30, for lumber; Wilsc
Garage, $246.87. repair and part:
Dr E. A. Moody, $30.00, service t(
health office; T. F. Rhoden, $196.68
services rendered; B. M. Thoma
$’2.00. baliff 2 days court; D. V
Herrin. $12.00, parts and supphe
R B. Brooker, $35,92, parts ar
applies; Department of Pub
Welfare, $457.03, welfare budg
!rs Lizzie M. Manning, $30.00, car
of Jones children: Department c
Public Welfare, $138.24, care o:
Jones children; Kice H. Stone
1917.67, auditing.
resolution was made and passer
that D. W. Herrin be paid a salar
of $l5O 00 per month as Count
। Police. That Kice H. Stone be em
| ployed to audit the county book
1 each year for an agreed price o
; $500.00. That De-ma F- Herrin I
paid $75.00 a month for keepin'
a new system of complete count
records, thus saving the county th
extra cost which has previously
been paid the auditor.
There being no further business
the meeting adjourned. •
R. B. Brooker, Chairman,
R C. Harrell. Jr., Clerk.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
Commencement exercises for Ajio
1953 graduating class of Hoboken
High School are announced by Her
schell Herrin, superintendent of the
Brantley County School System,
with Tuesday, May 19, set as the ,
date of graduation at the gymnator
ium.
Twenty-four students will grad
uate, nine girls and 15 boys.
Baccalaureate May 17
Rev. A. J. Harper, pastor Second
Baptist Church in Waycross will
preach the Baccalaureate sermon in
the Hoboken Gymnatorium at 11
a. m. Sunday, May 17. Rev. Shep
ard, pastor Hoboken* Baptist church,
will give the invocation; Rev, Wat
son, pastor Pleasant Valley Baptist
Church, will give the ‘Benediction.
The choirs from Hoboken and Plea
sant Valley Churches will furnish
the singing with Miss Louise Davis
and Miss Mildred Strickland at the
piano. The congregation from all
churches in the Hoboken school
community are invited.
Class Night May 18
Monday, May 18, 8 p m. is Senior
Class Night at the Hoboken Gymna
torium. The class will and class
prophecy will be given by members
of the Senior class.
Graduation May 19
Tuesday, May 19, 8 p. m., Glen
don Griffin and Peggy ^Carter,
seniors, will be the speakers. Mr.
Herschell Herrin, County School
Superintendent, will present the
Seniors with diplomas. Those grad
uating are Gilbert Aldridge, Maxie
Allen, Reecy Altman, Omer Ben
nett, Peggy Carter, Mary Cole,
Charles Dickerson, Charles Dukes,
Gladys Dukes, Glendon Griffin, H.
L. Hunter, Ward Hagin, Jimmy
Herrin, Leslie Herrin, Joyce Her
rington, Terrell Hickox, Sofronia
Hickox, Tobie Jacobs, Perry Jones,
Nalda King, Lamar Lynn, Nicie Mi
zell, Viriginia Moore.
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Monday to Friday 8:00 P. M.
Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM
THURS., FRL, MAY 14-15
“The Lady Wants
Mink”
With DENNIS O’KEEFE -
EVE ARDEN and
RUTH HUSSEY
“Overland Stage
Raiders”
SATURDAY, MAY 16
With JOHN WAYNE
MON., TUES., MAY 18-19
LUM AND ABNER in
“So This Is
Washington”
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
“Desperate Search”
With HOWARD KEEL
THURS., FRL, MAY 21-22 :
“Then You’ll ;
Remember Me”
Starring RAY MIDDLETON
SATURDAY, MAY 23
“Sioux City Sue”
With GENE AU^BY
