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Volume 33, Number 50
HOBOKEN BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
BEATS BLACKSHEAR IN THRILLER
In what was perhaps one of the most thrilling finishes
to a basketball game played in Blackshear in the past
several years, the Hoboken Trojans defeated the Black
shear Tigers Tuesday night, by a score of 47-46. This
defeat marked the end of a winning streak that the
Tigers had compiled .this season totaling eight games. This
was the first loss of the 1954 season.
But' the ninth one was not to
be. The Hoboken boys were out
to clip the wings of the high
flying Tigers and they did just
that.
In a reversal of the usual man
ner of boys win, girls lose story,
the Blackshear girls team, the
Tigerettes, turned in a sparkling
performance Tuesday night in
winning easily over the Hoboken
girls by a score of 63-33. <
The local girls started slowly
but gathered momentum as the
game progressed and held a slen
der 11-10 lead at the end of the
first quarter. By half time the
Tigerettes had opened a consid
erable gap in the score and led
33-15. Third quarter score was
52-25, and the local girls coasted
on in to the end of the game
with a lot of substitutes seeing
action in the last quarter.
Boys Game
In the boys game the Black
shear boys started off the game
like they were going to win with
ease, getting four quick field
goals for eight points. Hoboken
called time out with the score
8-0, and evidently Coach Dudley
Spell told the Hoboken boys
something, because the next thing
Blackshear knew, Hoboken led
8-8.
Blackshear recovered from the
shock slightly and lasted out the
first quarter holding a 13-9 lead
over the visiting boys of Hobo
ken.
Then came the quarter that
spelled defeat for Blackshear. As
the second quarter opened the
Hoboken boys came alive and
begin to hit the bucket fairly
consistently.
At the same time Blackshear
was having one of the worst
quarters -of play witnessed in a
long time. Hoboken got practical
ly all the rebounds, Blaekshear
could not make a foul shot,
George Brantley was missing,
(along with all the others),
Blackshear got traveling called
on them seven times during the
quarter.
When the period had ended
tmd inventory taken Blackshear
had scored only four points dur
ing the quarter to 13 for Ho
boken and Hoboken was leading
22-17. The four points scored by
Blackshear in the second quarter
is the lowest anyone can remem
ber in several years.
Second Half
Blackshear came back in the
third period determined to change
the reading on the score board,
and came mighty close to doing
it Both teams seemed to be play
ing a much better brand of bas
ketball and more points were be
ing made. The quarter ended
32-30 in favor of Hoboken and
the Blackshear fans figured the
boys would come through in the
final period to win their ninth
in a row.
Hoboken had other ideas. With
five minutes to go the game was
tied at 37-all. With three minutes
to go Hoboken led 41^3 9. With
one minute to go Blackshear led
45-44. With 20 seconds to go Ho
boken led 46-45.
Blackshear had the ball on the
outside at the Hoboken end of
the court with 20 seconds to go.
The ball was thrown in and it
got away from Benny James. He
made a dive for it at mid-court
and met a Hoboken boy, Mercer,
head-on. A double foul was call
ed with six seconds remaining in
the game.
Benny James walked calmly
up to the foul line and dropped in
his shot making ot 46-46. Mer
cer sank his making it 47-46 in
favor of Hoboken.
Blackshear had been getting the
tip off most all evening at cen
ter, and their only hope was
to take the tip off and make two
points in a hurry. Hoboken had
other ideas about this, too.
The tip went squarely into the
hands of a Hoboken lad and they
squeezed the ball to run out the
clock. Blackshear had lost, 47-46,
From The Blackshear Times
journey to Nahunta Friday night,
_ December 11, for games with the
Nahunta teams. Nahunta boys
team is regarded as the team to
beat in the Eighth District Class
B division this'season.
On Tuesday night, December
15, the Blackshear teams will en
tertain the Screven teams on the
home court. Game time is 7:30.
—LEE BROOME.
GIRLS
Blackshear Hoboken
Bowen, 8 Prescott, 12
Brantley, 14 Mercer, 10
Carter, 1 Strickland, 2
Bennett, 13 F. Thomas, 10
James, 5 Strickland, 13
Gill, 5 H. Thomas
Holiday Greeting Issues to Be
Published December 24 and 31
TWO SPECIAL HOLIDAY GREETING ISSUES WILL BE PUB
LISHED DEC. 24 AND DEC. 31.
THE CHRISTMAS GREETING ISSUE OF DEC. 24 WILL CAR
RY THE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS OF BRANTLEY COUNTY
BUSINESS FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS IN BEAUTIFULLY ILLUS
TRATED ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE NEW YEAR’S GREETING ISSUE OF DEC. 31 WILL ALSO
BE WELL ILLUSTRATED WITH NEW YEAR’S GREETING DE
SIGNS IN ART WORK.
THE CHRISTMAS GREETING MESSAGES AND THE NEW
YEAR’S GOOD WILL SALUTATIONS COME IN PAIRS FOR THE
TWO ISSUES, AT SPECIAL BARGAIN RATES.
THESE GOOD WILL GREETINGS OFFER SPECIAL OPPOR
TUNITY TO PERSONS AND FIRMS TO CARRY THEIR HOLIDAY
MESSAGES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC INSTEAD OF TO JUST
A SELECT FEW.
THE TWO SPECIAL HOLIDAY ISSUES OF THE ENTER
PRISE IS AN ANNUAL FEATURE OF THIS NEWSPAPER AND
HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT FOR THE ENTIRE
16 YEARS OF THE PRESENT OWNERSHIP.
SEE US AT ONCE FOR A CHOICE SELECTION OF BEAUTIFUL
H ''LIDAY GREETINGS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
RR ANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Srantky BtfrrpriHF
but had won the hearts of the
fans, for the last-half display of
skill and sportsmanship.
Their was a lot of cheering and
yelling but it was orderly. Their
were no rubarbs all evening and
Hoboken displayed very good
sportsmanship in winning.
Individual stars in the game
were perhaps Calvin Bennett of
Blackshear and Owen Prescott
and Dorsey Strickland of Hobo
ken.
Fans also praised the officals
for the impartial manner in
which the game was conducted.
This was the first game that
Blackshear has lost to a high
school team on the Blackshear
court since Coach Wallace Childs
came to Blackshear at the begin
ning of the 1951-52 season.
Next Games
The Blackshear teams will
Blackshear Hoboken
Oden, 12 Hickox, 13
M. Batten, 10 Prescott
Tuten, 12 Shepard
C. Batten, 11 Dryden, 3
James, 7 J. Aldridge, 7
Strickland Cochran, 3
Bryant Carter, 2
Parkman Strickland
Cook Lee
Herrington Griffin
Clough, 4 Queen
Waters, 3 Johnson
Moore
Aldridge
Griffin
I. Aldridge
BOYS
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, Thursday, December 10, 1953
FFA BOYS START
‘PIG CHAIN”
AT NAHUNTA
One of the goals for the Nahunta
FFA for this year was to begin a
purebred pig chain. The way a
chain works is for each boy that
gets a gilt to give two gilts out of
the first litter back to the chapter.
Then these pigs are given to other
members and so the ehain contin
ues to grow and help more boys
each year. • ~ '
The problem of such a* project is
to get the initial pigs.. The R. L.
Walker Chevrolet Co, pf Waycross
bought’the four gilts to begin our
chain. We let members, who were
interested and worthy, draw to see
who would get the pigs. The for
tunate boys were Victor Highsmith
and Wardy Highsmith of Nahunta
and Donald Davis and C. M. Loper
of Hortense. These gilts are four
months old and weigh about 150
pounds each.
After we found that we could get
the gilts, we realized that we must
get a purebred boar for these and
and other female hogs in the com
munity. We presented our problem
to Mr. A. S. Mizell and he met our
needs, by buying a nice Duroc boar
to add to our pig project.
This boar will be used for other
hogs in the community an^ a small
service fee will be charged, but the
services of a good boar should be
worth $2 per sow. This pig will be
ready by February and those people
desiring to use him can contact Mr.
Long, our advisor.
We went to Sparks, Ga., after our
pigs last Saturday and we know that
they came out of a good herd. Some
of the grown hogs in the herd
weigh over 650 pounds arid one of
the herd boars cost Mr. Dixon S6OO
when it was a pig.
Those accompanying us on the
trip were the four boys, who get the
pigs, Buddy Highsmith, Oliver Dru
ry, who drove his truck to haul the
pigs for us, Addison Strickland, and
Mr. Long.
Our thanks to these ousinessmen,
Mr. Walker and Mr’ Mizell, for their
Tire cooperation and we hope to
■nuke their investment a good one
for our community.
Addison Strickland, Reporter.
If you have spots on brass that
you cannot remove with soap
and water, try rubbing them
with hot vinegar and salt, or le
mon rind and salt or hot butter
milk.
Beef consumption per person
for 1953 will set a new high re
cord for the 54 years in which
records have been kept.
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Brantley County Commis
sioners of ROads and Revenue met
in regular session, Dec. 1, 1953.
Present were R. B. Brooker, chair
man, R. C. Harrell Jr., clerk, C. H.
Penland, T. V. Rhoden and Silas D.
Lee.
The following pauper list was ap
proved and ordered paid: Ocie
Moody, SIO.OO, Alice Rewis $10.00;
Thelma Sapp, $10.00; Mrs. Edd
Knight, $10.00; and Jessie G. Ald
ridge, SIO.OO.
The following Warrants were is
sued to the road hands for the
month of November, 1953: O. G.
Lee, $200.00; Perry Crews, $168.00;
Monsie Wilson, $200.00; Ottis Mor
gan, $160.00; E. C. Redding, $168.00;
Elvin Griffin, $167.30; Woodrow Wil
son, $168.00; Junior Knox, $136.00;
B. J. Wainright, $72.00; J. F. Willis,
$168.00; Edwin Herrin, $168.00; Tom
Hickox, $146.00; Carlton Lee, $82.-
60.
The following Commissioners
were paid: R. B. Brooker, $30.00;
R. C. Harrell Jr., $30.00; C. H. Pen
land, $30.00; Silas D. Lee, $30.00;
and T. V. Rhoden, $30.00. The above
commissioners were paid, for six
days service each.
The following general bills were
ordered paid: S. E. Blount, $50.00,
for janitor service; Henry Tabor
$9.00 for cleaning around Health
Office; C. Winton Adams, $25.00,
salary; D. F. Herrin, $85.00, salary
and one day service; Archie A.
Johns, salary, $80.00; J. R. Walker,
$38.34, salary; George A. Loyd,
$166.25, salary; D. W. Herrin, $150.-
00, salary; Georgia Power & Light
Co., $27.94, powei - and lights; State
Forestry Comm., $425.00, budget;
Wayne County Health Dept., $236.-
07, Dr. salary and supplies; Dr. E.
A. Moody, $30.00, salary; Bennett
Brothers, $8.89, supplies; County
Commissioners Ass’n, $50.00, dues;
Brantley Telephone Co., $68.63;
phone and calls; Brantley Enter
prise, $65.20, adv. and supplies;
City of Nahunta, $6.75, water; Lla
wannah Cox, $5.00, checking rec
ords; T. F. Rhoden, $146.92, fees
and services rendered; Satilla Lum
ber Co., $30.97, lumber; Carlton Co.,
$22.08, parts; J. W. Brooker, $92.21,
parts and supplies; J. F. Larkins,
$123.20, gas and oil; H. S. Wilson,
$447.31, parts and repair; Scott Con
crete Pipe Co., $2,952.00, pipe; State
Welfare Dept., $506.95, budget.
There being no further business
the meeting adjourned in regular
order.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman.
R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk.
Oleander Garden
Club Met With
Mrs. Cecil Moody
The Oleander Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Cecil Moody
on Tuesday night with Mrs. Thuvia
Glover and Mrs. Charlotte Thomas
as co-hostesses.
“In the Christmas Mood” was the
theme of the program with Mrs.
E. P. Dodge in charge. She made
several Christmas arrangements ex
plaining the construction and she
explained the. construction of a
unique arrangement made by Mrs.
J. B. Lewis. The members made
original arrangements for the
Christmas decorations using berries,
ivy, pine cones and needles, roots,
palmetto, cedar, dried seed balls
and Spanish moss, with the help
of snow, tape, cotton and Christmas
balls.
Officers for the year were in
stalled: Mrs. Ruth Moody, presi
dent; Mrs. Harry Smith, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Clint Robinson, secre
tary; Mrs. Ann Raulerson, treasur
er; and Mrs. George Loyd, reporter.
Others present were Mrs. Harry
Raulerson, Mrs. Ben Jones, Miss
Lenora Lee, Mrs. Edward Brand,
Mrs. Carolyn Lewis, Mrs. Effie Mid
dleton, Mrs. Corliss Highsmith, Mrs.
Pete Gibson, Mrs. Robert Griner
and Mrs. Dan Jacobs.
The Christmas party of the Club
will be held on Monday night, Dec.
21, at the home of Mrs. Wilder
Brooker. The group will make a
tour of homes of some of the mem-
bers of the Nahunta Garden Club
to observe the Christmas decora
tions.
The refreshments with the Christ
mas look consisted of cookies with
red and green frosting, ribbon sand
wiches, candy walking canes, nuts
and Russian tea, were served by
the hostesses.
Chairman Dykes
Urges Heavy
Farmer PMA Vote
A strong appeal for every farmer
to participate in the annual com
munity elections of the Production
and Marketing Administration was
made this week by George Dykes,
chairman of the Brantley county
PMA committee.
He pointed out that farmers will
cast their ballots in these elections
at the polling places in their com
munity on December 15.
“Success of our PMA programs
depends on the selection of capable,
qualified men to administer them,”
Chairman Dykes declared, “and it
is up to the farmers themselves to
select the proper man in our an
nual community elections. A record
vote will be cast if everyone does
his part.”
To be elected in each community
are three PMA community commit
teemen, two alternate comimttee
men, one delegate to the county
convention and an alternate dele
gate. The county convention will be
held at the Brantley County PMA
office on December 18 to name the
county PMA committeemen. The
county and community committee
men will be named for one-year
terms starting January 1.
Tree Appreciation
Day Observed
in Brantley County
Brantley County along with the
est of the State observed tree ap
preciation day Thursday, Dec. 10th.
Tn observance of this day, each
M.r and girl in the schools of the
:ounty was asked to set at least
me tree.
Tree appreciation day in Georgia
s sponsored each year by the Ag
icultural Extension Service. The
ounty agent with the cooperation
of local school officials and leaders
handled the program on the county
level.
A total of about 1700 pine seed
lings were distributed to school
hddren by school bus drivers, and
-H Club members, to boys and
nls, who planted the trees around
their home.
The seedlings were procured
through the cooperation of Mr. Har
y Allen, who is with the Brunswick
Pulp and Paper Company.
Stainless steel is easily clean
ed. Gritless cleaning powder re
moves sticky food particles.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
1000 KILLED IN
CAR ACCIDENTS,
12000 INJURED
Georgia’s Record
For One Year
Is Appalling
According to Colonel W. C. Do
miny, Director of the Georgia De
partment of Public Safety, Geor
gia’s traffic accidents last year kill
ed 1,008 and injured 12,000 persons,
representing all walks of life, all
ages, colors and creeds. This am
ounted to a rate of 36 casualties a
day. The present record shows 801
deaths and 9,612 injuries for 336
days of 1953. The current casualty
rate is 28 casualties per day.
Currently, Georgia is experienc
ing an 11 percent reduction in traf
fic deaths, but with records show
ing ill persons killed last Decem
ber, the Patrol is apprehensive of
what could happen, traffic-wise,
this December if traffic gets out of
hand.
Colonel Dominy revealed that the
State Patrol, with its limited man
power, is as determined to “hold
the line” in December as it did on
July 4, Labor Day and Thanks
giving when all-out efforts produc
ed such drastic reductions In the
death toll.
“We are more than willing to do
our share in reducing accidents,”
says the Patrol Director, “and we
are asking the wholehearted co
operation of every motorist in do
ing his share.” “After all,” he con
tinues, “the laws we enforce do
not belong to the State Ptarol. They
are the laws of our land, and, there
fore, the laws of all the people in
Georgia. We are merely the agents
for enforcing these laws, whether
they be directed at you or another
citizen. We can enforce only as
many laws as the people of Georgia
want us to enforce.”
SCOTCHLITE YOUR FARM
Using scotchlite, the bright new
reflective plastic tape, on your
farm will pay off in night safety,
both on the road and in the
farmyard. Good spots for scotch
lite are bicycles, tractors, autos
and trucks. To be safe you have
to be seen.
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Saturday 6:47 and 8:15
MON., TUES., DEC. 14-15
PROGRAM
Thurs., Fri., Dec. 10-11
“Big Leaguer”
With Edwin G. Robinson
and Vera Ellen
Saturday, December 12
“Wanted Dead or
Alive”
Time: Monday to Friday 7:45
“The Stooge”
With MARTIN and LEWIS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
“Hillbilly Blitzkrieg”
With ED KENNEDY
THURS., FRI., DEC. 17-18
“Trader Horn”
Starring HARRY CAREY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19
“Pack Train”
With GENE AUTRY
