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VOLUME ;33, NUMBER 27
21 Counties Approve Livestock Law
Still Favor Open Range Grazing
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HOBOKEN NEWS
Thought For The Weew - Too
Many .items from the note-book of
•therteacher to the note-book of the
the pupil without passing through
the mind. of either. Bishop Fulton
Sheen.
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Mrs. Frank Dukes spent three
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B- G. Bell in Falmouth, Fla.
She was accompanied by Mrs. Ban
ner Thomas.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Colvin and
Mrs. Wade Colvin attended the
homecoming at Little Creek Bap
tist Church near Jesup on Sunday
.June 28.
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Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Tarkelsen
and daughter, Gail, of Lansing,
Michigan are visiting with Mrs.
Terkelsen’s brother, Rev. J. C. Shep
pard and family.
Mrs. Fred Dowling, Mrs. Frank
Dukes, Mrs. Pat Frost and Mrs.
Arthur Dukes,, spent Sunday at St.
Simons Island.
Strickland Approves .
Favorable Publicity
About Nahunta Boom
Mr. C. J. Broome
Editor Enterprise
’ Nahunta, Ga.
Dear Friend: ;
I have heard so many nice com
pliments on the write-up you had
in your paper and The Atlanta
1 Journal that I want to express my
1 appreciation for this wonderful news
'story.
I was in Atlanta Monday and
* Tuesday of this week and I heard
i a surprising number of people in a
; town that size remarking about
। reading it. Almost everyone you met
i and told them you were from Na
-1 hunta would immediately mention
about seeing the write-up in the
' Journal.
That kind of news does any town,
large or small, a wonderful lot of
good.
Your friend,
Jos. B. Strickland.
NAHUNTA GARDEN
CLUB MET IN
CAMDEN OGUNTY
Donated $177 to
Legion Home
Mrs. Ellie Lang was hostess to
the Nahunta Garden Club at her
home on Kings Road on Tuesday af
ternoon, June 30. Mrs. Tilda Bridges
and Mrs. Lula Brown were co-hos
tesses with*Mrs. Lang.
Mrs. Lang’s home is located just
inside the line of Camden County.
It is one of the old plantation homes
still standing and has' been in the
Lang family for five generations.
During the stage coach days it was
Stage Coach Inn, on Kings Road.
Mrs. Lula Brown had 'charge of
the program for the afternoon. She
discussed "Beautifyfng Historical
Places in Brantley County.”
During the business session it was
decided to contribute $177.00 that
the club has to the American Le
gion Home that is being constructed
in Nahunta by the Legionaires in
this area.
Present were: Mrs. Jos. B. Strick
land, Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard, Mrs.
Minnie Jordan, Mrs. Mollie High
smith, Mrs. Wiltse Robinson, Miss
Mary Knox, Mrs. Wilsenee High
smith, Mrs. C. F. Starnes, Mrs.
Mrs. Georgia Belle * Dowling, Mrs.
barker Dodge, Mrs. Charles Wilson,
Mii. C. P. Bethea, and Mrs. Jesse
Allen. . Z
The hostesses served
pound cake
By MRS. G. C. WALLIS
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Larkins were
called to Gordon, Ga., on Sunday
due to the injuries of their daugh
ter, Miss Olivin Ann Larkins, sus
tained in an automobile accident.
Miss Olivin Ann is resting com
fortably in her home.
The W. M. U. circles of the Bap
tist Church met on Monday night
at the church. The meeting was
opened with a song followed with
a prayer. Mrs. Arthur Dukes gave
the devotional. Mrs. G. C. Wallis
and Mrs. Marjorie Lou Dryden
gave talks on the topic “The val
ues in Christian Education”. Mrs.
Banner Thomas, president, presided
over the brief business session, with
Mrs. Jesse Dryden as secretary.
Seven members were present. The
program was arrainged by Mrs.
Herbert Colvin.
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this means of
extending our thanks to all our
friends who came to our aid and
who expressed their sympathy on
the occasion of the death of our
mother, Mrs. Maggie Strickland.
We are deeply grateful for all
your kindness and especially for
the floral offerings and the covered
dishes.
Your great friendship and kind
ness will always be remembered.
Announcement is made by Mrs.
C. P. Bethea that there will be a
community sing in the Harper
Building in Nahunta on Monday
night, eight o’clock, July 6. There
will be good gospel singing. Singers
from everywhere are invited with,
special invitation being given to the
local people who enjoy good sing
ing. The singers meet in the Harper
Building to sing each first and third
Monday in the month.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson are
now occupying Mrs. G. C. Rogers
home. Mr. Wilson is employed in
the installation of the new dial
system of telephones.
Mrs. G. C. Rogers is now residing
on St: Simons Island.
Mrs. Minnie Jordan of Tampa,
Fla., is visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Bar
nard.
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Mrs. Eunice was guest of Mrs.
George Willis last weekend.
Mrs. D. T. Middleton has return
ed to her home in Hortense after
spending ten days with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Harley Phillips in Wallace,
N. C.
Mrs. Mattie Brown and little
grandson, Johnnie, of Miami, Fla.,
are visiting with Mrs. Alice High
smith this week.
Editor and Mrs. Carl Broome at
tended the Georgia Press Associa
tion held in Savannah, Ga., on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week.
Mrs. John Cunard spent last week
en<J in Blackshear at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Broome.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Broome
of Chattanooga, Tenn., visited then
parents in Nahunta last week.
Vernon Nichols, son oft Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Nichols of Hortense is
completing basic airman indoctrina
tion course at Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas.
Marine Corporal Billy Jacobs, son
of Mr .and Mrs. Clara ^•'obs, H?-
ocken, haw reported to Camp Lc
june, N. C., and is serving as a
machine' gunne r with the Second
Marine Regiment.
punch and
Wattitey Enterprise
The Strickland Family.
PERSONALS
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NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1953
THE VEEP WILL
SPEAK TO
GEORGIA JULY 3
Alben W. Barkley
Makes Radio
Address at 3:15
The “Veep” comes to Georgia on
July 3, when Alben W. Barkley
speaks to the people of Georgia
over Radio Station WGIG Bruns
wick, and station WAYX Waycross.
His address, starting at 3:15, will
be broadcast over °he of the largest
networks ever used in Georgia. At
least 34 other stations will carry
this important message from the
former Vice President of the Unit
ed States.
Since leaving his high office,
Barkley has established himself as
a radio and TV personality, and en
deared himself to the listening and
video audiences.
His address is expected to be fill
ed with his thoughtful but witty
observations on the state of the
nation, the goings on in Washing
ton and the world.
This Friday he will be guest
speaker at the Annual Meeting of
Planters Electric Membership Cor
peration, Millen, Ga., where the
broadcast will originate. It is being
brought to the citizens of South
Georgia by the local rural electric
Cooperative, Okefenokee Rural E
lectric Membership Corporation.
Methodist Women
Installed Officers
The W.S.C.S. of the Nahunta
Methodist Church installed officers
for the ensuing year at a meeting
on Monday night, June 29, meeting
at the home of Mrs. Lee Godwin.
Officers installed were: Mrs.
Georgia 'Belle Dowling, president;
Mrs. C. F. Starnes, vice-president;
and Mrs. Junior Hulett, secretary
and treasurer.
Mrs. Robert Griner had charge of
the program for the afternoon. The
topic for discussion was “Use of the
Church”. Taking part on the pro
gram were Mrs. J. B. Lewis and
Mrs. Glenn Conditt.
Present at the meeting other than
mentioned were Rev. and Mrs. C. F.
Starnes, Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mrs.
Effie Middleton, Mrs. Carolyn Le
wis and Mrs. S. S. Sarvis.
Mrs. Godwin was assisted by her
daughter, Mary Lee, in serving con
gealed salad, assorted crackers, nuts
and iced tea. ,
If you want to post your land,
get the signs from The Brantley
Enterprise. Signs read as follows;
“Posted, No Hunting or Trespassing
Allowed”. Signs cost only five cents
each.
ESSAY WINNERS—These six high school graduates are the winners in Union Bag &
Paper Corporation’! SI,OOO essay contest on the, subject “What the Forests Mean to
My Community,” which was conducted in senior classes of all Georgia high schools. Left
to right: Shirley A. Trussell, Reynolds High School, $250; Betty J. Lancaster, Jordan
Vocational High School, Columbus, $150; Jeiry MeKneely, Griffin High School $100;
Geneva Ennis, Brewton High B^tol, U«0; Judy Smith, Eastman High Schoo , $150; and
Martha r. Faircloth, Rochelle High School, SIOO. Group recently spent day touring
Hnion Bag’s Savannah plant, following receipt of cash awards.
Mrs. Maggie Strickland
Funeral Services
Wednesday, June 24
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie
Strickland, age 78, were held on
Wednesday, June 24, at Oak Grove
Primitive Baptist Church with Rev.
Oliver Lewis officiating.
Mrs. Strickland died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Marvin An
derson in Jacksonville, Fla., on
June 22 after an illness of only a
few hours. She was a native of
Brantley County and was making
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Lawson Dubose, near Nahunta.
Survivors are four daughters and
one son: J. A. Strickland, Orlando,
Fla., Mrs. W. B. Lauramor, Chica
go, 111., Mrs. S. M. Ha: nilton and
Mrs. M. W. Anderson of Jackson
ville, Fla., Mrs. Lawson Dubose,
Nahunta; her sisters are Mrs. D. D.
Dowling, Hoboken, Ga., Mrs. E. D.
Sinclair, Darien, Ga., Mrs. L. B.
Mills, Hialiah, Fla., Mrs. A. J.
Thomas, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Nora
C. Stewart, Bristol, Ga., Mrs. Clif
ford Griffin, Waycross; brothers,
E. H. Craven and Frank Craven of
Waycross; and W. T. Craven of
Brunswick. Thirteen grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Giddens Funeral Home of Jack
sonville was in charge of arrange
ments.
Allen C. Lewis
Funeral Wednesday
Allen C. Lewis, 59, of Nahunta,
died early Monday morning while
en route to a Waycross hospital.
Mr. Lewis was born«and reared
in Brantley county and had been
a progressive farmer near Nahunta
for many years.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Nancy Hendrix; two
daughters, Mrs .B. B. Thomas, Na
hunta, and Mrs. W. H. Wilson, Pa
latka, Fla.; one sister, Miss Clifford
Lewis, Nahunta; and seven grand
children.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at three o’clock at
Oak Grove Church near Nahunta.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Birth Announcements
Envoy and Mrs. Hugo Gottlich
are welcoming a new son in their
home. He will be called David Her
man.
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Mr. and Mrs, Ted Strickland of
Hortense announce the birth of a
little boy on June 25. He has been
named Allen.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harley Phillips, who
are now residing in Wallace, N.
C.,,announce the birth of a baby
boy on June 10. He has been named
Downing Michael.
CAR HITS CALF,
TWO IN WEDDING
PARTY INJURED
An accident caused when a car
load of wedding guests rammed a
calf on the Hoboken-Blackshear
highway Sunday afternoon put two
prominent young Waycrossans in
the hospital with serious injuries.
Norman Gibson who was driving
the car suffered a fractured pelvis
and severe gash on the head and
Jack Connell suffered a dislocated
vertabra. Both are confined to the
Ware County Hospital.
Other occupants of the car were
M. C. Pritchard, Edgar Connell and
James Kellam Jr., all of whom suf
fered minor injuries. Mr. Kellam
and Edgar Connell were in the front
seat with Mr. Gibson when the car
strucki the calf, ran off onto the
shoulder of the road and turned
over three times.
Mr. Gibson was flung from the
car and pinned beneath it. His com
panions had to push and lift the
car to free him.
Mr. Pritchard said the calf sud
denly loomed up in front of the
car and the driver attempted to
evade a collision but a sudden lurch
of the animal placed it directly in
the path of the car.
ELECTS WOMAN
PIERCE COUNTY
TAX RECEIVER
Mrs. Lonnie B. Smith was e-
Igcted as Tax Receiver of Pierce
county Wednesday in a special
election to fill the unexpired
term of her late husband.
Mrs. Smith received 891 votes
in six out of the seven precincts
in Pierce county to 773 for her
opponent, Frank C. Dixon.
Dow Adams Given
Rank of Colonel
Dow Adams has been promoted
from Lieutenant Colonel to full
Colonel at exercises at Fort Bragg,
N. C. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. R. Adams of Hortense.
Dow graduated from Nahunta
High School in Brantley County.
He graduated from West Point
in 1938. He has served in Hawaii
and Germany, and completed a
two year mission in Turkey. Dow
has been stationed at Fort Bragg,
N. C., for some time.
He is married and has three
boys, his family living in North
Carolina, near his post.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
BRANTLEY VOTES
AGAINST LAW
TO FENCE CATTLE
Brantley County voters turned
thumbs down on the proposed new
livestock law at the special election
Wednesday. The vote was 300 for
the law and 407 against it.
A relatively light vote was cast,
especially in the town precincts of
Nahunta and Hoboken.
The vote by precincts was as
follows:
'Precinct For Against
Nahunta 86 41
Hoboken 51 49
Hickox 56 65
Waynesville 6 50 -
Schlatterville 46 45
Lulaton 20 46
Hortense 26 72
Atkinson 9 39
TOTALS 300 407
PIERCE VOTES
TO KEEP CATTLE
OFF HIGHWAYS
Pierce county voters Wednes
day approved by a more than
four to one majority an act to
prohibit livestock from strdying
at large.
With six out of the seven pre
cincts complete, an unofficial tal
ly showed 1288 votes for taking
livestock off the public roads and
398 against. Only the small Dowl
ing precinct had not been heard
from as this newspaper went to
press Wednesday night.
Livestock raisers have until
October 1, 1955, to fence their
cattle and hogs. That is the date
on which the newly approved
measure goes into full effect.
The Pierce county vote by pre
cincts, with the exception of
Dowling, follows:
For Against
Bristol . 45 10
Mershon 94 26
Patterson 220 97
Walkerville 54 17
Sweat 43 47
Blackshear 832 201
1288 398
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Monday to Friday 8:00 P. M.
Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, JULY 3
“Battle Circus”
With HUMPREY BOGART
and JUNE ALLYSON .
SATURDAY, JULY 4
“Savage Frontier”
With ALLAN LANE .
MON., TUES., JULY 6-7^
Lum and Abner in
Going to Town
Also, BARBARA HALE
and FLORENCE LAKE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
“Bonzo Goes to
College”
With EDMUND GWENN
THURS., FRL, JULY 9-10
“The Clown”
With RED SKELTON
and -ANE GREER
SATURDAY, JULY U
“Twilight on the
Rio Grande”
With GENE AUTRY’
