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For the Sportsman Brantley
County Has Deer, Turkey,
Quail, Foxes, Coons;
Also Good Fishing.
’olume 35 — Number 1
NAHUNTA WINS
THREE FROM
BRUNSWICK
The ninth grade girls from Na
hunta won over a similar team
from Brunswick Tuesday night 29-
24. The scoring was well divided
With Velma Lee King scoring iO
and Doris Dußose and Jane Strick
land adding 8 and 7 points respec
tively. Margie Herrin played an
Outstanding floor game besides con
tributing 4 points. Mary Cross, Myra
Strickland, and Gay Hiller player
well on defense.
The Nahunta sextet, displaying
one of their best games of the year,
downed the Brunswick girls 41-26.
Jo Ann Williams scored 20 points,
Evelyn Wilson 13, and Iris High
smith 8 for the wildcatettes. Janice
Royster, Frances Morgan, Margaret
Crews, Lee Thornton, and Mary
Grace Moody held Brunswick to the
low total of 26 points.
This .inakes the girl’s record 6
Wins and 6 losses.
The Nahunta bays, taking the
first half to solve Brunswick’s zone
defense, pulled away in the last
half to win 62-40. The Wildcats trail
ed 14-13 at the first stop, but went
ahead 15-14 and were never be
hind from that point. Lonzo Griffin
led the scoring, tossing in 31 points,
followed by Bobby Chancey with
16 points. Griffin’s feat was all the
more outstanding for he led Na
hunta in rebounds and also set up
other scoring plays. Ralph Willis
played well on defense as did Bud
dy Highsmith. Carl Highsmith and
DeWitt Drury helped with the re
bounding. This makes the year’s
record stand at 11 wins and 2 los
ses.
Basketball fans are encouraged to
come out and back these Nahunta
teams and urge them on to even
better success.
REA Directors
Commends Douglas
For Long Services
A RESOLUTION
Whereas Mr. Jim H. Douglas has
been a Director of the Okefenoke
Rural Electric Membership Corpor
ation for many year and as such
Director has rendered long and
faithful service to the Co-op and to
the members represented by him,
and,
Whereas it has been necessary
for Mr. Jim H. Douglas to resign as
a Director to the great regret of
the remaining members of the Board
of Directors, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, at a regular
monthly meeting of the Board of
Directors of Okefenoke Rural Elec
tric Membership Corporation that
Mr. Jim H. Douglas be commended
for his services,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that a copy of this resolution be
spread upon the official minutes of
the co-op, that a copy signed by the
President and Secretary be sent to
Mr. Douglas and that a copy be
sent to the Brantley County Enter
prise for publication. <
R. L. Bernard
President
J. W. Jones Killed
By Train Wednesday,
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services for J. W. Jones,
age 59, of Hortense, were held at
the Methodist Church in Jesup on
Saturday, Jan. 1, 1955 with Rev.
Whiteing, pastor of the church of
ficiating. Burial was in Jesup ceme
tery.
Mr. Jones was killed by a train at
Hortense on Wednesday night Dec.
29 as he walked along the track
about eleven o’clock. It is stated
that the engineer saw him too late
to stop.
He is survived by his wife; three
daughters, Mrs. Nellie Johnson, of
Jacksonville; Mrs. Willie Mae Hogue
of Tampa, Fla. and Miss Sweetie
Jones of Alberqueque, N.M.; three
sons, S|Sgt. J. B. Jones stationed
at Camp Rooks, Ala.; Alvin Jones,
Hobbs, N.M.; and Benjie Jones of
Jesup. His father, M. C. Jones of
Jesup. He has one brother, Johnnie
V. Jones of Hortense. His sisters
are; Mrs. Willie Pittman of Way
cross; Mrs. Jinnie Flowers, Jesup;
Mrs. Effie Bennett, Mrs. Nina Sloan
and Mrs. C. L. Middleton of Hor
tense; Mrs. Lula Loper of Hatties
burg, Miss.; Mrs. Hattie Jacobs,
Zephyrs Hill. Fla.
Pallbearer l were: E. W. Stewart,
Ross Flowers, Edward Townsend,
Robert Allen, Cleveland Stewart, ।
Bobby Stewart and William Ste
wart.
Harrison Funeral Home of Jesup
was in charge of arrangements.
I wish to take this means to ex
press my sincere thanks to every
one who was so thoughtful of the
family in our bereavement at the
death of ,my brother, J. W. Jones
From the depth of my heart I wish
to say thank you to my neighbors
and many friends for their kind
ness. They expressed their kindness
and their sympathy in so many
ways. Again, thank you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. C. L. Middleton.
Garden Club Tours
Homes Thursday to
View Decorations
The Nahunta Garden Club made
their tour of homes on Thursday,
Dec. 23. Starting at the home of
Mrs. Herschel Herrin, on to Mrs.
D. S. Moody then to Mrs. J. B.
Lewis ending at the home of Mrs
H. K. Persons.
The decorations and arrangements
in each home were beautiful in
Christmas arrangements. Mrs. J. B.
Lewis served cocktail, crackers and
grape nector.
Mrs. Persons with Mrs. D. B.
Brooker as co-hostess served Japan
ese fruit cake, salted nuts and cof
fee.
, Present other than those men
tioned were; Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs
J. C. Allen, Mrs. Allen Barnard,
Mrs. Joe. B. Strickland, Mrs. Jesse
Lee, Mrs. Winton Adams, Mrs. E
P. Dodge with Mrs. Avery Strick
land as a visitor.
STOP POLIO!
Srantky Enterprise
NAHUNTA- GEORGIA
Card of Thanks
Thursday, Jan. 6, 1955
SOCIAL AHO PERSONAL BEK
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson will
celebrate their Golden wedding an
niversary on Sunday, Jantaary 16.
They were married 50 year ago on
January 15. Their children and
members of their families will gath
er at their home on Sunday for
a family reunion and other relatives
and friends are invited to attend a
reception held from three to six
o’clock P M.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sears and son,
Danny, spent the holidays visiting
his sister, Mrs. Marcia Morgan in
Albany, Edgar Sears in Americus;
Mrs. W. C. Davis and • family in
Macon; and Mrs. James McGee in
Amity, Ga.
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The B.W.C. of the WMU will meet
at the church on Thursday night
January 13, at 7:30 P.M. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lewis and son
Junior of Nahunta visited relatives
in Miami, Fla., during New Year’s
week. They visited many points of
interest in the Miami area. They
returned home Sunday.
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Roy Dowling and Craig Rodden
berry spent Christmas Day with
Mrs. George Belle Dowling who is
in a Denver, Col. hospital for treat
ment. They returned home after
spending four days with her.
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Cpl, Joseph Rhoden, whose wife,
Bertha, lives in Nahunta, recently
helped entertain a group of German
children at a Christmas party in
Bamberg, Germany. Rhoden, a mem
ber of Tank Company in the 26th
Regiment of the Ist Infantry Divi
sion, distributed clothing, food and
toys to the children. The son of Mr
and Mrs. Vander Rhoden of Route
2, he entered the Army in Feb
rurary, 1953 and arrived overseas
last month.
Mrs. Charles Burns is a patient in
a Waycross hospital, having entered
on Tuesday of this week.
1955 WILL BE 6000 BUSINESS
YEAR STATE LEADERS FORECAST
A forecast of 1955 economic conditions in Georgia
has been obtained from some 100 business leaders, re
presenting varied types of business and every section of
the State. This poll was compiled by the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce with the following results:
Agriculture is the most-discus
sed outlook, with restraint ex
pressed by many replies. Way
cross banker George Bazemore
reflects the general opinion that
farm earnings should be “much
brighter” assuming we have no
repetition of the 1954 drought.
Repayment of drought-incurred
debts is expected to cut farmers’
buying power, also affecting 1955
crop production by reduced use
of fertilizer, premium seeds,
etc.
On the brighter side, non-farm
work is supplementing rural in
comes as members of farm fa
milies take nearby industrial
jobs which are increasingly avail
able. Sylvan Meyer of Gaines
ville predicts an improved poul
try market after January. A
more stable livestock market is
expected, as is greater efficiency
in State Farmers Market opera
tions.
Construction volume will in
crease for the 10th consecutive
year, according to Robert Strick
land of the Georgia Contractors
Association. Predictions of more
homes, schools, churches, stores,
and institutional construction is
expected to boost construction by
five percent to ten percent. The
Highway Contractors Association
expects 1955 to be Georgia’s
“greatest year for Highway con
struction.” Industrial building is
expected to be substantially
greater than in 1954, said Wm
A. Fickling, Macon relator and
builder.
Distribution by wholesalers
and similar channels “will feel
effects of the drought but pro
sperity in other fields should off
set the loss in agricultural in
come.” Wholesalers general!?-
are expecting a heavy sales
year and are stocking inventories
accordingly.
Financing will be relatively
easy but not soft. Citizens and
Southern Bank executive Jack
Glenn said “it appears that in
1955 there will be a build-up of
inventories” following reductions
during 1954 and that “anticipated
By Mrs. Carl Broc me
Miss Billie Jean Tyre ~left ^uh
day to return to Macon aftorr spend
ing the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Bethea. ■
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Toole and Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Thomas were visitors
in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday
of last week.
Grayson Adams has returned to
Medical School in Augusta, Ga. af
ter spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Adams
of Hortense.
Announcements have been receiv
ed that Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Strick
land of Hortense will observe their
Golden Wedding anniversary with
a reception at their home on Sun
day, January 16 at three o’clock
P.M. Their many friends are invited
to attend.
Mrs. Harriet Bratcher of Alma has
returned to her home after spend
ing last week with her son, Rev.
Cecil Thomas and his family.
Miss Mary Jo Grantham and Miss
Dona Wren of Nichols were guests
of Miss Lillie Ruth Thomas* for the
weekend.
Jesse Thomas of Nichols spent
last week with Jimmy ThomaS.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Thomas and
daughter, Mae, of Patterson and Mr.
J. L. Horton and son of Florida
were out of town visitors at the
Baptist Church on Sunday.
The chimes ringing each evening
at 5:30 P-M. calling for a moment'
of prayer, is a phase of the program
of the new pastor of the Baptist
Church, Rev. Cecil Thomas.
Fred Hiller, student at University
of Maryland and Arthur Hil.er, who
attends University of Georgia were
home with their mother, Mis. Doro
thy Hiller through the Chirstmas
holidays.
better businesses should increase,
financing requirements.” Easier
real estate credit is predicted.
William A. Mathis of Athens
foresees the need for consider
able “character” credit to re
trieve previous farm losses.
Manufacturing will continue
to experience relatively low pro
fits due to keener competition
and high output. Textiles and
paper products—two of Georgia’s
largest industries —expect better
markets which should brighten
the state’s entire industrial out
look. Needletrade (garment)
plants and other sewing opera
tions see continued good busines
ses. An expansion of “hard
goods” such aS metal products
is predicted in Georgia during -
1955.
Retailing will be about 3 per
cent above 1954. J. H. Thompson
of Hawkinsville expects some
“early ’55 effect from the droug
ht”, however. Stronger’ competi
tion will be rough on marginal
operators and will require “more
vigorous merchandising” accord
ing to E. W. Matthews of Cor
dele. Increased industrial pay
rolls and generally improved
economic conditions are the ba
sis for statewide optimism
among merchants.
Transportation via land, seaj
and air expects to recover dec
lines experienced in 1954 and to.
surpass 1954 volume where dec- :
lines were not experienced. John
Sutlive, Savannah newspaper
editor, says that port activities
will be greater, due especially to
increased trade with South
America. Purchasers of new
equipment by railroads, motor
carriers and airlines is vivid evi-'
dcnce of their optimism and risk
ing quotationse ’on their stock
reflects the public’s confidence
in greater revenues during 1955.
More construction and public
works, plus other increased de
mands will keep tonnages at or
above reeent levels.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
M. A. Rozier Rites
Held Wednesday
At Hickox Cemetery
Funeral services for M. A. Rozier,
age 68, were held at the grave
side in Hickox cemetery on Wednes
day afternoon, Jan. 5. Rev. Cecil
Thomas conducting the rites.
Mr. Rozier was a former resident
of Brantley County and was living
at Campville, Fla.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Lawrence Fisher, Dominican
Republic; Mrs. Ben Scott, Jackson
ville; Mrs. Alma Edwards, Atlanta;
one son, Harry Rozier, Campville,
Fla.; three step-children, Mrs. J. L.
Highsmith, Abbeville, Ga.; Clyde
Taylor, Macon; Mrs. Hazel Hales,
Atlanta; his brothers are; Willie
Rozier, Jacksonville; Ellison Rozier,
Hickox; and a sister, Mrs. Clifford
Frinks of Tampa.
Nahunta Post Office
Receipts Increase
By $2,000 in 1954
The gross receipts for the Nahun
ta post office increased from $8,664.-
51 in 1953 to $10,847.28 in 1954, it
is announced by E. Parker Dodge,
postmaster.
This was a net increase of more
than $2,000 and shows the steady
development of this area in postal
progress. A part of the increase was
due to the closing of the Hickox
and Winokur post ofices, postmaster
Dodge stated, but the local increase
was five to ten percent ahead of the
previous year.
Postmaster Dodge is giving the
Nahunta patrons good postal ser
vice, according to a number of pat
rons who have commented on his
administration of the office.
1954 PAYROLLS
IN STATE HIT
ALL-TIME HIGH
Wages Paid
107% Higher
Than in ’45
“Georgia’s payrolls for 1954,
the year on which Father Time
has just pulled the curtain, have
set an all-time record,” Ben T.
Huiet, Commissioner of Labor
reported.
“Wages paid to Georgia -work
ers are 107 percent greater than
in 1945,” he added. The Com
missioner viewed the new year
with a great deal of optimism.
-‘Wages and employment should
continue at a high level with in
dustrial development in full
swing,” he said.
The new industries now getting
underway, and numberous ot
hers in various stages of con
struction and planning, are
strengthening our industrial
structure. Their payrolls are in
creasing total income and thus
creating new demand and poten
tial markets. Their variety of
product and activity is broaden
ing the base of our economy.
Mr. Huiet states that wages
paid to workers by Georgia em
ployers in 1945, the end of
World War 11, amounted to less
than one and one-half billion
dollars. At the close of this year,
Georgia wage earners will have
drawn approximately three bil
lion dollars—a gain of 107 per
c* at.
“Skyrocketing pay rolls in
g-eatly expanded construction
and manufacturing industries
have been major factors in pro
ducing this record level of in
come,’ Mr. Huiet said. Other
contributing factors were a
increased labor force and higher
wage rates. Approximately 915
thousand workers are currently
employed in the state, an in
crease of 33 per cent since 1945.
“Average weekly earnings in
Georgia manufacturing plants
are over SSO. Although some
plants have recently been operat
ing part time, due to inventory
and market uncertainties, the pre
sent level of average weekly
earnings reflects higher wage
rates and full-time employment
in more establishments than ever
before in the history of the
state,” Mr. Huiet said.
Refrigeration temperatures for
maintaining egg quality for short
periods of time range from 35
to 45 degrees F., with humidity
about 85 percent
Brood chicks two to three times
arly to maintain constant pro
o iction, advise poultrymen for
t e University of Georgia Agri
cultural Extension Service.
Brantley County's Chief
Products Are Naval Stores,
Lumber, Pulpwood, Livestock,
Tobacco and Honey.
JURY LISTS
ANNOUNCED
FOR COURT
Brantley County Superior Court
will convene at Nahunta the third
Monday in January, with Judge
Walter Thomas presiding and J. R.
Walker as solicitor, it is announced
by Delmas F. Herrin, court clerk.
The jury lists have been drawn
for the term. The Grand Jury and
the Traverse Jury lists are as fol
lows:
GRAND JURY
George Dykes, Jasper Johnson,
W. P. Strickland, Alton M. Griffin,
C. J. Altman, Owen Griffin, S. B.
Highsmith, Nolan C. Davis Sr.,H.
T. Jacobs, George M. Johns, Major
Riggins, J. D. Orser, S. M. Aldridge.
Joe T. Crews, J. C. Thomas, Ru
pert Jones, Cecil Moody, Jim R.
Herrin, Ezra Bennett, Arnold Mor
gan, J. Fulton Jacobs, C. D. Gibson,
James H. Highsmith, A. H. Morris,
Barney W. Rowell.
TRAVERSE JURY
Frank Harris, W. B. Willis, C. E.
Higginbotham, Henry Smith, C. W.
Easterling, Merrick Herrin, R. E.
Rowell, J. W. Crews, J. D. Lane, R.
G. Middleton, J. P. Williams, A. R.
Rozier, H. R. Pearson, Van W.
Strickland, Russell J. Crews, Fay
Brooks, C. F. Dukes, Cecil E. Hick
ox, W. A. Sloan, Dewey Crews.
George M. Freeman, Johnny Grif
fin, Norman W. Lee, J. W. Wain
right, Horace Morgan, David Page,
Harold D. Keen, Harvey W. Lewis,
N. P. Sloan, H. R. Rowell, L. C.
Batten, Mark Johns, Frank Moore,
W. A. Lyons, Joe C. Crews, Joel
Herrin, Harry Knox, Otis M.
Branch, Avery Strickland, W. O.
Strickland, W. H. Lewis.
J. E. Aldridge, Lewis Prescott,
Fred Lewis, Aaron Saddler, N. M.
Batten, C. D. Gibson, C. H. Hardon,
Vornie Crews, R. A. Griffin, C. C.
Adams, Harvey Howell, R. I. Mc-
Duffie, Zibe King, Everett A.
Strickland, J. W. Willis, Sam Ches
ser, T. N. Thrift, J. F. Crews, A. M.
Moody, D. A. Cason.
Birth Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Johns announce
the birth of a baby girl on Decem
ber 21. She has been named Judith
Diane. ' . ;
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Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Johns an
nounce the birth of a baby girl born
three minutes after midnight on
New Year’s Eve, which makes her
birthday on January 1. Her name is
Wanna Jean Johns and she is the
first baby born in Brantley County
in 1955.
Pruning operations on plants
are a necessity for good shape
and growth, and if no pruning
is done, plants will become tbo
large and spiny looking.
ROYAL
TREATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday
7:45 P.M.
Saturday: 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM
Saturday, Jan. 8
‘Under Western Skies’
With M. O’Driscoll
Monday, Tuesday, Jan. 10-11
“Sea Devils”
With Yvonne De Carlo
and Rock Hudson
Wednesday, Jan. 12
‘ Ccmbat Squad”
With John Ireland
Thursday, Friday, Jan. 13-14
To Be Announced
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Saturday, Jan. 15 ’ •
“Little Tough Guys”
V ith Bowery Boys
