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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 30
Tobacco Prices Average Higher Than 1952
OPENING DAY SCENE ON BLACKSHEAR TOBACCO MARKET
Auctioneer W. L. Currin takes bids on first pile which sold for 64 cents.
HOBOKEN NEWS
Thought for the week: Evangelist
Billy Graham says: "In the front
lines of Korea, I never saw a pin
up picture, but I saw hundreds of
Bibles”. Copied.
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Miss Joann Branan has returned
to her home in Savannah, Ga., after
having been the guest of Miss
Gladys Dukes.
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Little Bucky Larkins was honored
with a birthday party this week by
hte grandmother, Mrs. Floyd Lar
kins on the occasion of his second
birthday. The group of little folks
gathered on the porch and lawn
for the afternoon party. At intervals
during the party, the group was
given balloons and noise makers.
Bucky received many beautiful gifts
from relatives and friends. Refresh
ments of ice cream and cake was
served from the dining table which
was centered with the embossed
birthday cake. The hostess was as
sisted in serving and entertaining
by Mrs. Johnny Larkins and Miss
Olivia Ann Larkins.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dowling and
children, Cynthia Rose, Norman,
Fred and Mike, returned to their
home on Monday after spending
• week vacationing at Fernandina
Beach, Fla. They were joined there
by Mr. and Mrs. Reavis Pittman
•nd children of Folkston.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Welch and
children, June and Neal, of Bir
mingham, Ala., are visiting Mrs.
Welch’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Lastinger. They will leave for O
cilla, Ga., on Wednesday where they
will visit Mrs. Jim Williams and her
family
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Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Green and
daughters, Marilyn and Janell, are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Kelley.
They will visit St. Simons Island,
Ga., and points in Florida before
returning to their home in Gray, Ga.
The Georgia Larkins Circle of the
Hoboken Baptist Church met at the
home of Mrs. Johnny Larkins oh
Thursday night, July 16, with Mrs.
Mary Dukes in charge of the pro
gram. Mrs. Banner Thomas opened
the meeting with a prayer. The
Bible Study of the 6th chapter of
Hebrews was led by Mrs. Floyd
X^rkiw,
By MRS. G. C. WALLIS
Bruce Thomas of Lakeland, Fla.,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Thomas.
Others present were: Mrs. Jesse
Dryden, Mrs. Flint Nichols, Mrs.
Dudley Spell, Mrs. Herbert Colvin
Mrs. N. C. Davis Jr., and Miss
Olivia Ann Larkins.
Mrs Larkins served potato chips,
party sandwiches, cookies and cold
drinks
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this means of
thanking each and everyone who
came to our aid and who expressed
their sympathy on the occasion of
the death of our devoted husband
and father, Erdley Harris.
We are deeply grateful for all
your kindness and especially for the
floral offerings and the covered
dishes.
May the good Lord bless and keep
each and every one of you is our
humble prayer. We love you all.
Legion to Install
Officers and
Hold Fish Fry
Brantley County Post 210 of the
American Legion will have their in
stallation of officers for the coming
1953-54 term at a fish fry to be
held Tuesday, July 28, at Harpers
Fish Camp just east of the Satilla
River Bridge on the Brunswick
Highway.
Serving will start at 8 P. M. The
public is invited and all veterans
are especially urged to attend and
meet W K. (Billy) Barrett, director,
Georgia State Veterans Service De
partment. He will have a .message
of interest to all.
The following are the officers e
lected for the coming year:
Lamar Gibson, commander; I.
Freil Rhoden, Senior Vice Comman
der; Clovis B. Johnson, Junior Vice
Commander; E Parker Dodge, ad
jutant; W. O. Strickland, Sergeant
at Arms; and Uley O. Stokes. Chap
lain.
Wattfley Enterprise
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Mrs. Zonie Harris,
Mrs. Carl Smith.
E. PARKER DODGE,
Post Commander.
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953
PERSONALS
A&s. Ivey Herrin spent the week
end in Jacksonville with her daugh
ters, Myrtle Hogan, Eloise Schutte
and Beatrice Abney.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome re
turned home Saturday from Mon
ticello, Ga., where they were called
because of the death of Mrs.
Broome’s brother, John Neal Cun
ard.
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Mrs. John Cunard has returned
to her home in Monticello, Ga., and
Atlanta after spending several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Carl
Broome.
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Mrs. Maude Chapman of Atlanta
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chaffin of
Waycross visited in the Broome
home on Saturday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Olen Costley and
two sons, Kenneth and Michael, of
Covington, Ga., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Broome on Wednes
day of last week-
The W. S. C. S. of the Nahunta
Methodist Church will meet on
Monday night, July 27, at 8:00 d’-
clock at the home of Mrs. Robert
Griner. Mrs. C. F. Starnes will have
charge of the program on “Laborer
For Christ”. All members are urged
to attend.
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Regular services will be held at
the Nahunta Methodist Church on
Sunday, July 23, with the pastor,
Rev. C. F. Starnes, preaching at
the morning and evening services.
John Curtis Strickland will sing at
the morning hour.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carter have
moved to Nahunta from Hawkins
ville, Ga., and are residing in Mrs.
Dorothy Graham’s house. Mr. Car
ter is a member of the faculty of
the Nahunta School.
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Col. Lamar Gibson and his bride
have returned to Nahunta and are
occupying an apartment in the
Dodge Building.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Strickland of
Atlanta visited relatives in Nahunta
last week.
Audrey Faye Herrin Is spending
several weeks with her brother,
Harold Lloyd Herrin at Fargo, Ga.
Charlotte Ray Herrin is spending
the week in Jacksonville, Fla., with
h«r sisttr,
Erdley Harris
Funeral Services
Erdley Harris, age 66, died at his
home on Sunday morning, July 12,
after a short illness. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Lulaton Bap
tist Church on Tuesday with burial
at Smyrna Cemetery. Rev. C. E.
Milton of Nahunta 1 and Rev. Aber
crombie of Hoboken conducted the
services.
Mr. Harris is survived by his
wife and a daughter, Mrs. Carl
Smith. He has one brother, Frank
Harris of Brantley county. Three
sisters, Mrs. James Higginbotham
of Brunswick, Mrs. Davis and Mrs.
Albert DePratter of Waycross.
DR. SAWYER
IS HEALTH
COMMISSIONER
Serves Brantley,
Wayne, Long
And Liberty
Four more Georgia counties now
have a health commissioner, ac
cording to Dr. T. F. Sellers, director,
Georgia Department of Public
Health.
Dr. James L. Sawyer has accepted
employment as health commissioner
for the district composed of Brant
ley, Liberty, Long and Wayne coun
ties. He began his duties July 1.
This brings the total of counties
that have health commissioners to
51. Eighty-eight more Georgia coun
ties are seeking health commission
ers.
Dr. Sawyer’s headquarters are in
Jesup, Georgia. A native of Bartow,
Florida, Dr.’Sawyer organized and
assumed responsibility for the
Charlton County Health Unit while
he was in private practive at Folks
ston, Georgia.
He served as an Army sanitation
officer in Europe during World War
11. Dr. Sawyer was graduated from
the University of Georgia Medical
School in 1934.
Prior to assuming his duties in
Brantley, Liberty, Long and Wayne
counties, Dr. Sawyer finished three
months of orientation wdth the
Georgia Department of Public
Health.
Birth Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Davis Jr.
announce the birth of a daughter on
Sunday, July 19 in a Waycross hos
pital. The little girl has been named
Judith Raye. Mrs. Davis is the for
mer Eloise Wyatt of Savannah.
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Rose Marie is the name of the
new baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs.
Vinson Brooks on Thursday, July
16. The mother is the former Vonice
Rowell. The father left on Monday
of this week to return to his post
in the Army at Fort Benning, Ga.
WAYNESVILLE NEWS
Miss Peggy Jon and Kathy Rozier
and Mr. Charles Chancy of Jack
sonville, Fla., spent the weekend
with Mr. Ben Rozier.
Mrs. DeWitt King is recuperating
from an operation in the Brunswick
hospital.
Mr. Fred Gibson has been very
ill. He leaves for an operation in
Atlanta next week.
Mrs. F. C. Hall has returned from
Atlanta where she visited Mrs.
James Brannon.
Mrs. Janie Reddish visited Mr.
and Mrs. Bartow Lightsey last
week-
C. G. Peeples Sr. has returned
from Chicago, 111.
Miss Shirley Segui of Brunswick
has been a guest of Mrs. Spencer
Drury for the past week.
Mrs. John Liles is spending the
week with her husband’s mother
in Kingsland.
C. G. Peeples Jr. has returned
from West Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Lloyd Robinson was a visitor
in Waycross on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson and
son, Joseph, of Rome, Georgia, spent
ths weekend with Mrs, W. R. Gib
wn.
AVERAGE OF $53.26 FOR FIRST
4 DAYS HIGHER THAN IN 1952
Prices of tobacco on the Blackshear market averaged
$53.26 during the first four days of the 1953 sale, an in
crease from the average of $52.72 paid during the same
period last year.
Cinderella Weekend
Is Awarded
Nahunta Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Gibson, of
Nahunta, left Thursday afternoon
from Jacksonville by the “Silver
Comet” on the beginning of a “Cin
derella Weekend” in New York
City.
The all expense paid trip, the
monthly prize of the TV program
of the same name, consists of three
days in New York at the swank
Park Avenue Vanderbilt Hotel, re
plete with reservations at various
current attractions on Broadway,
including shows, dining, and danc
ing, a trip through Rockefeller
Center, a ferry boat ride out to the
Statue of Liberty, and general sight
seeing of the big city.
All of this was won by Attorney
Gibson on the night of June 25,
when he was the winner over three
other contestants in the June finals
of the TV program.
Eight contestants competed against
each other for various prizes, plus
the chance to compete in the end
of-the-month finals for the trip.
Phen, on the last Thursday night
of each month, the four previous
winners of the weekly competition
are brought back for a contest for
the big prize.
Prepare Now for
Winter Grazing,
Says Agronomist
Land for winter grazing should
be selected during July, accord
ing to J. R. Johnson, agronomist
for the University of Georgia Ag
ricultural Extension Service.
Winter grazing land should be
well drained, and it is a good
practice to prepare the land early,
Johnson said. Harrow it after
each rain to control weeds and
grass and to conserve moisture,
he advised.
If the land is to be planted in
such winter annuals as oats, ro
tation should be practiced for
disease cc..uol, he added.
Johnson said that a soil test
should be made to determine
fertilizer and lime needs of the
land selected. On improved crop
land, 500 pounds of 4-12-12 is
usually sufficient at planting. On
unimproved crop land, 1,000 lbs.
of 4-12-12 is usually needed. Lime
requirements should be met at
least every two or three years.
This newspaper is read ’Tike a
letter from home” by most of the
people in Brantley County everj
week. If you want tc sell ’em, why
uot tell ’em?
By Mrs. Julia Gibson
Sgt. and Mrs. G. L. Strickland
and children of Fort Jackson, S. C.,
nave returned home after spending
hree weeks with her mother.
Mr .and Mrs. Lyde Thomas and
children of Statenville, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson on Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Persons of
Millen visited the C. D. Gibsons
over the week. Miss Charlene Gib
son accompanied them on a trip to
Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Mr. Lloyd of Lake City, Fla., is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Marvin
Kelley.
Lloyd Peeples is visiting rela
tives in Salerno, Florida.
Mrs. S. J. Wiggins and Mary spent
Saturday in Brunswick.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Robinson
;pent Monday afternoon in Way
cross
Envoy and Mrs. Hugo Gottlich
and children are spending two
weeks in Waycross.
Miss Shirley Rozier of Brookman
is spending the week with her
uncle, Mr. Beh Rozier.
Tim Padgett Os WayctoSg is a
guest of his grandmother, Mrsi Gari
DHfilttU UU# WMiL
With good prices, brisk
OFFICIAL O:
sales and no blocking of
warehouses, most growers ap
peared well satisfied with the
sales.
Peak volume was reached Fri
day when 682,242 pounds were
sold for a $52.19 average. Tobaceo
was coming in to warehouses this
week slowly but steadily. No
jamming of the market appeared x
likely this season.
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture reported that the Geor
gia-Florida belt as a whole, the
largest volume of the season so
far was sold Monday when
9,690,010 pounds averaged $52.64
per hundred.
Season sales were brought to
27,104,361 pounds, averaging ssl.- *
68 for the belt.
Stabilization receipts through
Monday totaled 1,951,308 or 7.2
per cent.
Power Company
Wins Top Award
For Safety Record
Their outstanding safety record
has earned employees of Georgia
Power and Light Company a top
safety award from the Southeastern
Electric Exchange, E. C. Rees, vice
president, has announced. , .
The award, which was presented
to Georgia Power and Light Com
pany’s President, John W. Lastinger,
in behalf of the 205 employees of
the utility, was in recognition .of
achieving a 25 percent or greater
reduction in the 1952 accident fre
quency rate as compared with the
preceding three years. The 1952 re
duction was 42 per cent.
Praising the employees when ac
cepting the award, Lastinger said,
“Our company does everything hu
manly possible to encourage safety,
from providing the latest safety e
quipment to extensive safety train
ing under supervision of a full-time
safety director. However, in f the
final analysis it is the individual
employees of the company who
have earned this award through
their own alertness and safe work
ing practices in very hazardous
work and I am happy to accept this
award'in their behalf.”
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Monday to Friday 8:00 P. M.
Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. BL
PROGRAM
THURS., FRI., JULY 23-24
“Trouble Along
The Way”
With JOHN WAYNE
and DONNA REED
SATURDAY, JULY 25
“Wagon Team”
With GENE AUTRY
MON., TUES., JULY 27-21
“By the Light of the
Silvery Moon”
With DORIS DAY
and GORDON MacRAE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
“Horizons West”
With ROBERT RYAN
THURS., FRi., JUtY 30-31
“Lum and Abner in
Dreaming Out Loud”
