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The Flower Show sponsored by
the Garden Clubs of Nahunta will
be open to the public at two o’clock
P. M. in the Dodge Building on
Saturday, May 8.
The following Flower Show com
mittees have been named: General
chairmen: Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs
Virginia Raulerson and Mrs. E. A
Moody. Staging, Mrs. E. A. Moody,
Mrs. Edna Adams, Mrs. Bertha Ja
cobs, Mrs. Lena Strickland, Mrs
W. W. Carter, Mrs. Maggie Middle
ton and Mrs. J. B. Lewis; schedule,
Mrs. Parker Dodge and Mrs. George
Lloyd; properties, Mrs. Mollie High
smith, Mrs.' J. R. James and Mrs
Ruth Moody; posters,, Mrs. T. L.
Dowling; registration and entries.
Mrs. Dorothy Graham and Miss
Lenora Lee.
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VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 18
Commencement Programs Begin Sunday May 16
FLOWER SHOW
COMMITTEES
ARE NAMED
Classification: Mrs. Dorothy Broo
ker, Mrs. J. B. Strickland, Mrs.
Parker Dodge, Mrs. Virginia Ro
berts and Mrs. Harry Smith. Judges,
Mrs. Effie Middleton and Mrs. Do
rothy Brooker.
Clerks; Mrs. Clint Robinson, Mrs.
Edna Adams, Mrs. Ruth Moody and
Mrs. J. B. Lewis. Ribbons, Mrs.
Lula Brown.
Hostesses: Mrs. A. S. Mizell, Mrs.
C. F. Starnes, Mrs. Ann Raulerson
and Mrs. Clyde Anderson. Invita
tions, Mrs. Herschel Herrin. Guest
Book, Mrs. Carolyn Lewis. Publici
ty, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, Clean
Up, Mrs. Herschel Herrin and Mrs.
Wilsonee Highsmith.
Everyone is invited to enter flow
ers whether you are a- member of
garden clubs or not. You may enter
specimens, arrangements of flowers
or vegetables and potted plants. All
entries must be in place by 12 o
clock noon on May 8.
Anyone wishing detailed schedule
on classifications may secure one
from Mrs. Norman Lewis or Mrs.
Herschel Herrin.
Birth Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Proctor an
nounce the birth of a son, born
April 16. He has been named
Richard Lee. x
ROYAL
theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday,
8:00 P. M.
Saturday, 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM
THUES., FRI., MAY 6 -7
“Half a Horse”
With RED SKELTON
and JEAN HAGEN
SATURDAY, MAY 8
“Texas Stampede”
With CHARLES STARRETT
MON., TUES., MAY 10-11
“Here Come the Girls”
With 808 HOPE -
ARLENE DAHL and
ROSEMARY CLOONEY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12
“Raiders of the
Seven Seas”
With JOHN PAYNE
THURS., FRL, MAY 13-14
“The Long, Long
Trailer
LUCILE BALL and
DEZI ARNAZ in
SATURDAY, MAY 15
“Bullets for Bandits”
With BILL ELLIOTT
Srantlry Enterprise
FIRE DESTROYS MULE STABLE — J. B. Hendry of Blackshear snapped this dramatic picture during the fire
which destroyed the Sweat mule stable in downtown Bl ackshear Sunday, April 25.
THOMPSON HOLDS
RADIO PARTIES
IN CAMPAIGN
Valdosta, Ga. May 5—A constant
ly ringing telephone upsets some
folks but M. E. Thompson, candid
ate for governor, thrives on the Bel)
instrument.
Since March, Mr. Thompson has
staged Radio Parties in as many
parts of the state. It is a program
for the listeners to call in questions
for him to answer. Subjects range,
literally, from A to Z.
Pausing here at his headquarter;
Mr. Thompson did some adding io
come up with this box-score: Tc
date his Radio Parties have receiv
ed 1,555 telephoned in questions.
The program of two hours lengths
have averaged a question a minute
Os course some questions are dup
licates, or on the same subject.
So far most calls were received
in Columbus with a total of 457.
When time runs out, the callers
names and addresses are taken down
and the answer is given by mail,
if requested.
In his 1950 campaign Mr. Thomp
son started the unique question and
answer program from the stump.
The Bth Thompson Radio Party
is slated for May 12 over a three
station hookup in Augusta from 3
to 5 P. M.
Pittsburgh Man
Commends Police
Chief Bentley
Honorable Mayor
Nahunta, Georgia
Dear Sir:
I would like to take this oppor
tunity to express my deep thanks
to you and your city for the kind
courtesy extended to me by your
chief of police, J. C. Bentley.
On Sunday, April 5, 1954, I was
driving through your fair city and
unintentionally committed a minor
infraction of your traffic regula
tions. I did not see a sign and chief
of police Bentley stopped me a
short distance outside of town.
The treatment afforded me by
chief of police Bentley was more
than one could expect from a police
officer in Pittsburgh, Pa., where 1
reside. Because of his kindness and
ourtesy I felt that I should take
a few minutes out of my vacation
to advise you and your citizens of
my feelings.
Yours very truly,
Eugene M. Meldon.
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1954
Mother’s Day
Offerings to Aid
Baptist Hospital
ATLANTA - Georgia Baptist
Hospital is seeking contributions
of $125,000 in its annual Mother’s
Day Offering on May 9 to fi
nance the free and part-free ser
vice it renders through the year
to people from all sections of the
state.
The goal was announced by
Dr. Louie D Newton, chairman
of the Hospital Commission. It
was adopted by chairman from
the 92 Baptist associations of
the state who will work with
the Baptist churches and Sunday
Schools in raising the money.
“This goal of $125,000 is the
minimum we must have if we
are to continue the free and
part-free service,” Dr. Newton
explained. “The Hospital each
year makes more than this a
vailable from its own revenues
to enable people to receive nec
essary treatment for which they
cannot pay.* 1
Edwin B. Peel, Hospital ad- •
ministrator^. said the free and
part-free service last year a
mounted to $209,408. “We re
ceived $100,579 from the
Mother’s Day Offering last
year,” he reported. “The Hospi
tal paid the difference between
this and the $209,408 or hun
dreds of people would have been
turned away.”
The $209,408 is exclusive of
fees of physicians and surgeons.
As members of the Georgia
Baptist Hospital staff, they con
tribute their services without
charge. Mr. Peel said nor
mal fees would have been e
qual to the hospital costs making
a total free work or part-free
of approximately a half million
dollars done last year by Geor
gia Baptist Hospital.
Each of the Baptist churches
in the state is expected to give
special promotion to this
Mother’s Day Offering. They will
receive gifts either through the
Sunday Schools or through the
regular church services.
Knox Cemetery
To Be Cleaned
The Knox Cemetery will be
cleaned off on Wednesday, May 19,
it is announced by M. F. Wildes.
All people who are interested in
the Knox Cemetery are requested
to come to the cemetery and bring
tools for working.
BmER LAND
'SALE brings
1131,000 PRICE
The sale of a tract of land be
longing to the late J. W. Brooker
estate was sold Monday to the
Brunswick Pulp & Paper Company
for a total of $131,000, it is reported.
The deal was one of the biggest
transactions in l^nd in this section
in a loiig time. The land sold to
the paper company belonged to the
estate of the late J. W. Brooker
who was prominent in business and
civic affairs in Brantley County for
many years. The deal was made by
the J. W. Brooker heirs, children
and grand-children.
It is understood the sale was a
cash deal.
Postmaster Dodge
Thanks Patrons
For Their Kindness
May 4, 1954.
Mr. Carl Broome, Editor
The Brantley Enterprise,
Nahunta, Ga.
Dear Mr. Broome;
May I ask your cooperation in
conveying thanks and appreciation
of the postal employees of this of
fice to all our patrons who have
been so greatly inconvenienced the
past week due to the remodeling
of our office.
The installation of new boxes has
. j.r d some 200 people to learn
..vw ~ox combinations “overnite”.
.. tm meantime the mail was being
eceived and dispatched as usual,
•s far as we know, not a single let
cr was held up due to these
hanges.
Wit.iin another few dß’s we
low 1 be back to normal and able
o render the folks of Nahunta a
<r b ?tter service than before. The
,’ost Office Department is making
nany changes almost daily for the
mprovement of services to all and
ve here in the Nahunta office want
o keep up with the department as
veil as we can.
Again may I say, “thanks to all”
Sincerely,
Parker Dodge,
Postmaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Barnes at
tended the 33rd Annual Hair Fash
on Forum held at the DeSoto Ho
tel in Savannah on Sunday, May 2.
R. A. Depratter
Funeral Services
Were ! Md Tuesday
Robert Albert DePratter, 61, died
Sunday afternoon, May 2, in a Way
cross hospital after a short illness.
A resident of Way cross for nine
years, Mr. .DePratter went there
from Nahunta, where he was with
the Standard Oil Company for many
years. He was a member of the
Hebardville Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Nancy Harris DePratter; two sons,
Calvin DePratter, U. S. Army, and
Robert J. DePratter, N. S. Marines;
four daughters, Mrs. Malcolm Cox,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Robert Bo
wen Savannah, Mrs. James Arring
ton, Waycross, and Mrs. Banner
Wainright, Nahunta; his mother,
Mrs. Annie DePratter, Nahunta;
tour brothers, M. R. DePratter, Ray
DePratter and Dock DePratter, al)
of Nahunta, and Lennie DePratter,
Waycross; three sisters, Mrs. J. B.
Smith, Brunswick; Mrs. W. O.
Strickland and Mrs. J. O. Strick
land, both of Nahunta, and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at three o’clock at the
graveside in Hickox cemetery.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Rev. John Beach and Rev. C. E
Milton conducted the funeral ser
vices.
Active pallbearers were Georgi
3ennett Simon Sweat, Jimmie Ja
cobs, Rudolph Bennett, Ben Sand
ers and Hugh Harris.
Honorary pallbearers were Pa.
Stokes, J. T. Royster, Jesse Allen
George Dykes, Adam Morris am
Dan Jacobs.
Mothers’ Day
To Be Observed
By Methodists
Mother’s Day will be observed on
Sunday, May 9, with appropriate
services at Nahunta Methodist
Church at 11:00 o’clock in the
morning and at Hoboken Methodis
Church in the afternoon at 3:30
P. M.
Mothers, do not fail to be pre
sent, yourselves, and bring youi
children. And children, remember,
this is Mother’s Day, a day set a
part to honor our mother, the great
est woman in all the world. So do
not fail to worship with her a"
church. All mothers, fathers and
children are invited to observe the
day with us.
C. F. Starnes, Pastor
OFFICIAL ORGAN
38 SENIORS TO
GET DIPLOMAS
AT NAHUNTA
Graduation Exercises
Set for May 20
School commencement exercises
will start at Nahunta with the bac
caluareate sermon Sunday morning,
May 16, by Rev. Louis E. Gholson,
pastor of the St. Simons Methodist
Church.
The graduating exercises will be
held Thursday night, May 20, with
Dr. Henry King Standford as
speaker. The class of 38 seniors will
receive their diplomas on that date.
The full slate of commencement
programs for Nahunta is as fol
lows:
May 7, Junior - Senior Banquet.
May 13 — Mrs. Sarvis’ Music Re
cital, School Auditorium, 8:00 P. M.
(Public Invited).
May 16 — Baccalaureate Sermon,
School Auditoribm, 11:00 A. M.
Sermon Speaker, Rev. Louis E.
Gholson, pastor St. Simons Metho
dist Church. (Public invited.)
May 17 — Mr. Barr’s Music Re
cital, Nahunta Baptist Church, 8:00
P. M. (Public invited.)
May 19 — Last day of school.
May 20 — Graduation exercises,
school auditorium, 8:00 P. M. Spea
ker, Dr. Henry‘King Stanford, Pre
sident Georgia State College for
Women. (Public invited.)
May 22 — End of post planning.
Marie Herrin and lona Johns are
the valedictorians of the class. They
both have a ninety-four plus aver
age for the four years of high
school work. *
Aubry Highsmith, Betty Jean
Saddler, Lucy Chesser and Nina
Mae Anderson have all been de
clared Salutatorians of the class.
Members of graduating class are:
Sylvia Boren, Lucy Chesser, John
ny Cleland, Harry Crews, Donald
Davis, Howard Davis, Donald Du
bose, Oliver Drury, Ben Barrett,
Lee Roy Ham. Betty Jo Herrin,
Barbara Harris, Mamie Herrin,
Tommy Herrin, Aubrey Highsmith,
Dawshene Highsmith, Reginald
Highsmith Peggy Highsmith, Art
Hiller, Dorothy Howard, Yvonne
Howell, Ruth Jacobs, Gene Johns,
[ona Johns, Evelyn Lee, Leonard
Lyons, Dwight Moody.
Bobby Murray, David Nickols,
Jewell Proctor, Reba Raulerson,
Heyward Rowell, Betty Jean Sad
dler, Lola Mae Steedley, Nina Mae
Thompson, Douglas White, Harvey
Willis, Mary Lou Willis.
Highsmith - Johns
Mr. and Mrs. Taiford Highsmith
of Nahunta, Ga., announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Tressa
Mae to J. R. Johns, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Johns of Nahunta.
Miss Highsmith is a member of
the Senior Class at Georgia State
College for Women in Milledgeville
and will graduate with a B. A. de
gree in Chemistry.
Mr. Johns is a graduate of Na
hunta High School. He served a
period in the armed forces and is
now employed with a construction
company in Jacksonville, Fla.
The wedding will take place early
in June.
Little Buffalo
Primitive Baptist
Church Cemetery
Members of the Little Buffalo
Primitive Baptist Church have stat
ed to the editor of this newspaper
that members of any and all de
nominations can use the church
cemetery for burial ground and can
also use the church building for
funerals.
The more than five acres of oak
wooded grove of the Little Buffalo
Primitive Baptist Church and ceme
tery was donated to the church by
R. A. Griffin, a prominent farmer
and former county commissioner.
The church building was erected
about three years ago and services
are held once a month. The building
is located in the beautiful grove of
red oak Lees.
