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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 28
Georgia Tobacco Market to Open Thursday
ONLY FOUR COUNTIES FAIL TO
APPROVE NEW LIEVSTOCK LAW
Brantley-Charlton,
Long-Mclntosh
Defeat Proposal
.Four-south Georgia counties vot
ed- ggainst the proposed livestock
law Wednesday, July 1, it was dis
closed When all official returns were
in: ,
The four counties rejecting the
plan to ban livestock from public
highways are Brantley, Charlton,
Long and Mclntosh. Thus two island
of opposition to the law developed,
one the Brantley-Charlton Island
and the other the Long-Mclntosh is
land.
The other 23 counties voting on
the proposed law accepted it and
livestocks will be banned from the
public highways beginning in Octo
ber, 1955.
The four counties rejecting the
law will vote again on it next year
at the time of the general election.
The four counties then will vote
every two years until the law is
adopted by all counties.
Waycross Physician
Dr. Ivey Jacobs
DR. IVEY JACOBS
JOINS WAYCROSS
MEDICAL GROUP
Dr. Ivey Jacobs, well-known
South Georgian, has opened offices
in Waycross for the general prac
tice of medicine.
Dr. Jacobs Has purchased the of
fice building formerly occupied by
Dr. Braswell E. Collins at 701 Eli
zabeth St., near the Post Office
where he is located.
Way cross’ newest .member of the
medical profession Dr. Jacobs is
now a member of the Ware County
Medical Society.
A native of Brantley county, Dr.
Jacobs ’father is E. F. Jacobs of Na
hunta His mother was also a native
of Brantley.
Dr. Jacobs for the past year has
been serving internship in Colum
bus City Hospital, Columbus, Ga.
He received his degree in medi
cine from the University Medical
College of Georgia in Augusta. His
pre-med training was at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
A veteran of World War II Dr.
Jacobs was a captain in the United
States Marine Corps. He saw over
seas duty in the Pacific Theatre.
Dr. Jacob’s wife is the former
Esther Tatum of Clarksville, Ga.
The Jacobs have one child, a boy,
Danny, aged two. At the present
time they are located in the T. P.
Porter home on Suwannee Drive in
Waycross.
Dr. Jacobs is well-known in Ware,
Brantley and surrounding area of
South Georgia where he has a wide
circle of relatives and friends.
Dr. Jacobs brothers are Alvin Ja
cobs. Dan Jacobs, Leon Jacobs, Ho
race Jacobs. His sisters are Mrs.
Avery Strickland, Mrs. Herbert Col
vin, Mrs. Gladys Higginbotham and
Mrs. Nora Highsmith of Nahunta.
Erantlen Bttr rpra?
Power Company to
Build New Line
And Substation
Work will start soon on a new
power line and substation to pro
vide additional power for the town
of Folkston, E. C. Rees, vice presi
dent of Georgia Power and Light
Company, has announced.
The new transmission line of 6,000
volt capacity will replace the pre
sent 19,000-volt line which has be
come overloaded due to the growth
of Folkston and the increased use
of electricity, Rees said.
Scheduled for completion early
this fall, the new 38-mile line from
Waycross will improve voltage con
ditions and provide more reliable
electric service for Folkston.
A new substation will also be
built in Folkston to step-down the
voltage of the power for distribu
tion to homes, stores and farms.
"The construction of these new
facilities at a cost of many thou
sands of dollars,” Rees said, “is in
keeping with our company policy of
doing everything possible to provide
reliable electric service at economi
cal rates to the communities we are
privileged to serve.”
PERSOIUU
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Johns and
children, Annette and Neal, are
visiting Mr. Johns’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Johns for two weeks. Mr.
and Mrs. W. O. Johns reside in
Naples, Fla. They were called home
on account of the illness of Mr.
Johns’ .mother who returned from
the hospital Thursday, July 2.
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Sergeant James K. Harris, son of
Mrs. Evelyn Harris, Route 2, Na
hunta, has recently returned from
Korea and has been assigned to
Fort Jackson, S. C. He is spending
30-day leave with his mother.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoss and
son, Joe, of Laurell, Miss., visited
friends in Nahunta last week.
• •
Craig Roddenberry is attending
the Eighth District Methodist Youth
Camp at Laura S. Walker Park this
week.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Sarvis of
Greenville, S. C., visited Mrs. S. S.
Sarvis this week.
• • • »
Misses Janice and Barbara Herrin
attended the birthday dinner honor
ing B. M. Prescott at the home ot
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Prescott on July
5.
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Rev. Major Musgroves of Hilliard,
Fla., B. M. Prescott and Ed Pres
cott were supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Elias Herrin on Sunday.
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The new baby of Mr. and Mrs.
James White has been named Debra
Sue.
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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Huling of
Folkston visited Mr. and Mrs. Elias
Herrin on Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. H. P. McDonald of
Forsyth, Ga., were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. James on Monday.
• * •
Mrs. Simon Long and son, Russell,
of Tampa, Fla., arrived last week to
spend several weeks in Nahunta
with relatives.
• * •
J. L. White, U. S. Air Force, sta
tioned at West Palm Beach, Fla.,
arrived last week to spend ten days
at home with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ira White
• • •
Sidney Highsmith left this week
for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he
will visit his mother, Mrs. Laurie
Highsmith before returning to New
York.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Van Bibb Saye of
Augixsta, Ga., were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B.
Strickland during the weekend
। Frank Barnts returned to Swey»-
I boro, Ga., where, he is employed
after spending the holidays With his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Barnes.
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953
Miss Mattie Lois Strickland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph B. Strickland, of Nahunta, whose engagement to Van
Bibb Saye, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Bibb Saye, of Augusta,
is announced by her parents.
Miss Matie Lois Strickland, Vann Bibb Save Jr.,
To Be Married at Nahunta Baptist Church
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Strickland
of Nahunta announce the engage
ment of their only daughter, Miss
Mattie Lois Strickland, to Van Bibb
Saye, Jr., of Augusta, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Van Bwb baye or., u
Rutledge, Georgia.
The wedding is planned for the
second of August at five o’clock in
the afternoon at the First Baptist
Church of Nahunta.
Miss Strickland, an honor grad
uate of Nahunta High School, is
a graduate of the Georgia State Col
lege for Women in Milledgeville re
ceiving a Bachelor of Science de
gree in Home Economics Education.
Miss Strickland served as president
of the College Home Economics
Club and was outstanding in her
major. She is member of Phi Upsi
lon Omicorn, Nationary Honorary
Home Economics Fraternity and the
National Home Economics Associa
tion.
Miss Strickland is employed as
Home Demonstration Agent in
Emanuel County, Swainsboro and is
a member of the National Federa
tion of Business and Professional
Women’s Club.
Mr. Saye is a graduate of Rut
ledge High School. He attended E
mory-at-Oxford and’was graduated
Six in Broome Family Are in Newspaper Work
Six member of the Broome newspaper family who attended the recent Georgia
Fraas Convention at Savannah j.Lsft to right, Sherwood. Broome, with The Chatta
nooga Times; C. J. Broome, Jr., editor of The Alma Times; Linton Broome, with
The Atlanta Journal; Carl Broome, editor of The Brantley Enterprise; Dean and
Lee Broome, editors and partners in publishing The Blackshear Times.
from the University of Georgia
where he was a member of Phi Kap
pa Phi, honorary scholastic frater
nity. At the present he is a-senior
at. the Medical College of Georgia
in Augusta. Mr. Saye is a member
of the Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fra
ternity and will receive his medical
degree in June 1954.
Attorney Gibson to
Be Absent from Office
For Coming Week
Lamar Gibson, local attorney, has
announced that his office will be
closed throughout next week, July
13 through July 18.
Lamar is to be married to Miss
Betty Jo Jones on Sunday, July 12,
in Nashville, Georgia, and their
wedding trip will include a “Cin
derella Weekend” in New York, the
result of a successful appearance on
the television quiz program of the
same name.
Following their trip, the couple
will make their home in Nahunta,
where Lamar will continue practic
ing law, and the future Mrs. Gibson
will teach in the Nahunta elemen
tary school next year.
South Georgia’s 1953 golden leaf crop will begin
moving to .market Monday, July 13, in preparation for
the opening of the auction season next Thursday, July 16.
Blackshear warehouses have announced that they
will begin receiving tobacco Monday.
Funeral Services
Held Sunday for
John H. Sowell
Funeral services for John Ho
mer Sowell, 43. who died Thurs
day night, July 2, in a Homer
ville hospital following an ill
ness of two years, were held Sun
day afternoon at Shady Grove
Church in Pierce county at 2:30
o’clock with the Rev. Carl Milton
of Nahunta officiating. Interment
was in the churchyard cemetery.
Mr. Sowell was born in Coffee
county and had made his home
in Nahunta for several years.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Retha Lee Teston Sowell; one
daughter, Jean Carol Sowell; two
sens, John Edward Sowell and
Lucious Clyde Sowell, all of Na
hunta; four sisters, Mrs. Lyda
Colson of Jacksonville, Mrs. Nan
Troup of Bristol, Mrs. Otis Har
rison of Jesup, and Mrs. Mary
Bell Henderson of Mershon; four
brothers, Willie Sowell of Jesup,
Lewis and Tot Sowell of Alma,
and Tom Sowell of Jacksonville.
Pallbearers were Vernon Wynn,
Homer Wynn, Tommy Troup, De
wey Troup, Lewis Sowell Jr., and
Howard Hursery.
Darling Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
McDonald - Johns
Mr. and Mrs. Joe McDonald an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Glenda, to Lesse Johns on June
27.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Johns. Ordinary James
N. Stewart performed the ceremony
at the courthouse in the presence
of relatives and close friends.
The young couple will reside at
Kingsland where Mr. Johns is em
ployed.
Birth Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brand an
nounce the birth of a baby boy
weighing eight pounds and thirteen
and one-half ounces on July 7. He
has been named Dalton.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Perkins of
Screven, Ga., announce the birth
of a boy on July 1. The little boy
has been named Wtlliam Ira.
• * •
Dorice Ann is the name of the
little girl born to Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Howard of Augusta, Ga., on
July 3.
Radios and Television Sets
Repaired anfl Installed
“You Know We Know Radio’’
PRECISION RADIO SERVICE
Phone 269 119 Albany Ave
Waycross, Georgia
OFFICIAL ORGAN
Blackshear now has six ware
houses with floor space to hold
approximately 18,000 piles of to
bacco without stacking. Expan
sion and improvements made last
year added one warehouse in
Blackshear and increased floor
space in the others.
Due to the increased floor
space and the early opening date,
no jamming is expected this
year.
On hand to serve growers sell
ing on the Blackshear market
will be Warehousemen Paul Ed
munds, Ben Hawthorne and Mack
Carter at the Big Z and Planters
'Warehouses; Leo J. Allen and
Paul Morgan at the Brantley
Warehouses No. 1 and 2; Dan
and Bill Currin and Dan Currin
Jr. at the Farmers Warehouses
No. 1 and 2.
The outlook is for a good sea
son. The 1953 tobacco crop gen
erally overcame a severe drought
which threatened earlier in the
season. Higher grades of leaf are
expected to sell well again this
year, with lower grades more un
certain as to price outlook.
Mr. and Mrs. Hickox
Celebrate 47th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hickox ce
lebrated their forty-seventh wed
ding anniversary recently. Eleven
children shared the day’s celebra
tion, also 36 grand-children and six
great grand-children.
The children are Mrs. Ethel Johns,
Mrs. Idell Crews, Mrs. Irene Crews,
Mrs. Lois Crews, Mrs. Katie Grif
fin, Mrs. Myrtle Douglas, Mrs. An
nie Walker, Mrs. Pearl Griffin, Mrs.
Leola Walker, Mrs. Mary Lou Flynn,
J. D. Hickox. Mrs. Agnes Crews was
the only child unable to attend.
Many other relatives and friends
were present to congratulate Mr.
and Mrs. Hickox on their happy
celebration. Dinner was served in
the back yard of the family home.
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Monday to Friday 8:00 P. M.
Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM
THURS., FRI., JULY 9-18
“The Clown”
With RED SKELTON
and JANE GREER
SATURDAY, JULY 11
“Twilight on the
Rio Grande”
With GENE AUTRY
MON., TUES., JULY 13-14
“The Jazz Singer”
With DANNY THOMAS
and PEGGY LEE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
“Wild Horse Ambush”
With MIKE CHAPIN
THURS., FRI., JULY 16-17
“Ma and Pa Kettle
at the Fair”
With MARJORIE MAIN
and PERCY KILBRIDE
SATURDAY, JULY 18
“Old Overland Trail”
With REX ALLEN
