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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 9
LEGAL
ADVERTISING
Georgia, Brantley County
To the Superior Court of said Coun
ty, and to Honorable Walter Thomas,
Judge thereof:
Kennard S Varn, Jacob E. Varn
and Kontz S. Varn, hereinafter call
ed applicants, bring this application
for the granting of a charter for a
private corporation, and show to
the court the following facts:
1. They desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to
be incorporated under the name of
“K. S. Varn, Incorporated". The
principal office and place of busi
ness of said corporation shall be
located in Hoboken, Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, with the privilege of
establishing branch offices and
places of business in such other
places as may be determined.
2. The applicants are all residents
of Ware County, Georgia, and their
post office address is Waycross,
Georgia.
3. The purpose and object of said
corporation is pecuniary gain and
profit to its shareholders. The
general natures of the businesses to
be transacted, and the corporate
powers desired are:
(a) To buy and sell, acquire, own,
hold, rent, lease, transfer and assign,
both real estate and personal pro
perty of every kind and character,
and to deal with the same in any
way and manner that may seem ex
pedient, including the full right and
power to erect, maintain, purchase,
buy or lease all such manufacturing
plants, sawmills, plants for the
manufacture of naval stores, pulp
and paper, and all machinery of
every type and kind necessary for
the utilization, manufacture and use
Os any timber or timber products.
(b) To engage in and carry on
the business of acquiring, owning,
buying, selling, leasing, producing,
manufacturing, distributing, market
ing, or otherwise dealing in timber,
lumber • and the various products
thereof, and to carry on in any capa
city any business appertaining to, or
which in the judgement of the com
pany may at any time be conveni
ently and lawfully conducted in con
junction with any of the matters
aforesaid, including the planting,
production and cultivation of tim
ber.
(c) To engage in and carry on the
business of producing turpentine,
rosin, and naval stores generally, and
in this connection to have and own
timber suitable for such purposes, to
purchase raw gum, as well as pro
duce the same, and to process and
manufacture, sell and distribute the
naval stores produced therefrom, to
have and operate and own all such
plants and equipment as may be
needful and necessary for the pro
duction, processing, .manufacturing,
handling and distribution of turpen
tine, rosin, and other naval stores.
(d) To carry on the business of
timber producers, and timber mer
chants, and to buy, sell, grow, culti
vate and produce timber of all kinds
for manufacture or sale, and to deal
in timber and wood and timber and
wood products of all kinds; to man
ufacture and deal in articles and
property of all kinds necessary or
useful in the production of timber
or wood, including the right to ac
quire, erect and maintain, own and
operate all such plants, machinery
and equipment, as may be necessary
to manufacture or utilize timber or
wood into lumber, wood pulp, paper
and any and all other products for
which timber or wood is used; to
handle, deal in and sell all such pro
ducts as. may be manufactured from
timber or wood.
(e) To engage in any and all
other legitimate business enterprises
of any kind or nature which may
seem expedient, and to the best in
terests of the corporation, at any
time upon a majority vote of the
stockholders of said corporation.
4. Petitioners further specifically
desire the power to enter into part
nerships, and partnership agree
ments, with any other persons, firms
or corporations, in the same man
ner as individuals are authorized by
law so to do.
5. They desire to have all the
powers, and enjoy all the privileges
enumerated in Code Sections 22-1827
and 221870 of the Code of the State
of Georgia, and also all the other
powers and privileges enumerated
in Chapters 22-18 and 22-19 of said
Code, and all the powers and pri
vileges enumerated therein are made
a part hereof to the same extent as
if same were quoted therein.
6. The time for which said cor
poration is to have existence is
thirty-five (35) years from this
date.
7 Th* Rtnonnf of capital with
Brantley Enterprise
NAHUNTA- GEORGIA THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1955
Wade Strickland
In Oratorical
Contest at Douglas
Wade Strickland of the tenth
grade Nahunta High School has been
certified by Brantley county Post
210 to represent Brantley County in
the American Legion Bth District
Oratorical contest to be held Satur
day morning Mar. 5, in the college
auditorium at Douglas, Georgia.
The subject will be one in line
with the Americanism program of
the American Legion. The winner
of the district contest to advance to
the state contest and on up to a na
tional contest.
This contest has been held year
ly since 1938 but this will be Brant
ley County’s first entrant. The win
ner of the 1954 contest won a $4,000.-
90 scholarship followed by $2,500 for
second place and SI,OOO scholarship
for third place.
Wade will be accompanied to the
meet by members of Post 210 head
ed by Nahunta High Principal Earl
W. May. Good luck, Wade, from all
of us in Brantley County.
WATCH FOR
MOODY BROS.
FURNITURE CO.
REMODELLING
SALE SOON
which the corporation will begin
business shall be not less than
Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars,
either in cash or other assets, or a
combination of the two. Petitioners
desire the right and privilege of
increasing this capital stock from
time to time, or at any time, to an
aggregate amount of not more than
$150,000.00, upon a vote of the ma
jority of the stock outstanding so
to do.
8. The capital stock of said com
pany shall be divided into five hund
red (500) shares of common stock
of the par value of One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars per share. Appli
cants desire the privilege of reduc
ing the capital stock of said corpora
tion to any amount not less than
$25,000.00, at any time upon a re
solution duly approved by a majority
vote of the stock outstanding at the
time at a meeting duly called for
that purpose.
9. The applicants pray that the
liability of the stockholders in said
corporation be confined to the un
paid purchase price of the stock
subscribed for by each.
WHEREFORE, applicants pray to
be incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid, with all the rights
and privileges herein set out, and
such additional powers and privi
leges as may be necessary, proper
or incident to the conduct of the
business for which applicants are
asking incorporation, and as may be
allowed like corporations under the
laws of Georgia as they now or
may hereafter exist.
Blalock & Blalock
By J. Dorsey Blalock
Attorney for applicants
Georgia. Brantley County
In re: Petition to incorporate K. 3.
Varn, Incorporated.
Charter application in Superior
Court of Brantley County, Georgia.
The foregoing petition of Kennard
S. Varn, Jacob E. Varn, and Kontz
S. Varn, to be incorporated under
the name of K. S. Varn, Incorporat
ed, read and considered.
It appearing that said petition is
within the purview and intention of
the laws applicable thereto, and that
all the said laws have been fully
complied with, including the presen
tation of a certificate from the
Secretary of State as required by
Section 22-1803 of the Code of Geor
gia, Annotated;
It is hereby ordered, adjudged
and decreed that all the prayers of
said petition are granted and said
applicants, and their associates, suc
cessors and assigns, are hereby in
corporated, and made a body poli
tic under the name and style of “K.
S. Varn, Incorporated”, for and
during the period of thirty-five (35)
years, with the privilege of renewal
at the expiration of that time ac
cording to the laws of Georgia, and
and that said corporation is hereby
granted and vested with all the
rights and privileges mentioned in
said petition.
Granted at Chambers, this 25th
day of February, 1955.
Walter Thomas, Judge
Superior Court, Brantley
County. Georgia.
'■led in office this 35th day of Feb
•uary, 1955.
>. F. Herrin. P' ^ourt
EXPANSION DAY
AT METHODIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
* ii» - , 1 '■
Next Sunday, March 6th,.-Metho
dism in Georgia is asked to give
$33,899 to nine different causes. And
of course the Nahunta Charge wants
to do her part for these nine worthy
objects.
There will be religious services at
Nahunta Church in the morning at
eleven o’clock, preaching at Atkin
son also at eleven, preaching at
Waynesville Church at four in the
afternoon. And preaching at Na
hunta Church at 7:30 in the even
ing by Brother James R. Webb, our
District superintendent, of Waycross.
Let’s all come out to hear him and
give him a good audience. The pub
lic is invited. Be sure above all
else to bring your offering th "Ex
pansion Day along with you to
church. Let’s do our part in making
next Sunday a Red Letter Day for
Methodism in Georgia..
C. F. Starnes, Pastor.
Robert Earl Dowling
Funeral Services
Held Thursday
Funeral services for Robert Earl
Dowling, age 23, were held on
Thursday, Feb. 24 at the First Bap
tist Church at Nahunta with Rev.
Lester Dixon of Patterson and Rev.
Cecil Thomas of Nahunta conduct
ing the rites. He died in a Savannah
hospital on Feb. 23 after an extend
ed illness.
Burial was at Oak' Grove ceme
tery.
His survivors are: his mother, Mrs.
J. B. Nelson of Marshallville, Ga.;
grandmother, Mrs. D. J. Dowling of
Waycross; five sisters, Mrs. W. ! W.
Ward, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. H. L.
Jacobs, Savannah; Mrs. G. S. Mat
hews, Jacksonville; Mrs. Robert
Farnsworth, Cheyenne, Wyoming;
Mrs. Richard Johnson, Marshall
ville, Ga. Two brothers; J. W. Dowl -
ing, Jesup and G. F. Dowling,
Marshallville.
Pallbearers werar^Uroy Strickland
and Grady Dowl?ng--’bf Nahunta;
Finley Strickland, Daytona Beach,
Fla.; Gillis Strickland and Carlos
Strickland of Waycross; and Junior.
Dowling.
Rhinehart Funeral Home of Jesup
was in charge of arrangements.
Card of Thanks
The family of Robert Earl Dowling
of Marshallville, Ga. acknowledge
with deep and sincere appreciation
the many expressions of sympathy
extended us by our many friends
during our recent bereavement. You
were kind, generous and comfort
ing in so many ways.
May God bless you everyone.
Mother and family.
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this opportunity
to express our thanks and apprecia
tion to our many friends and neigh
bors for their kind deeds and words
of comfort to us during the sickness
and death tof our beloved baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Wainright
and children.
Card of Thanks
I wish to thank all the white
people of Nahunta for their help
when I lost my two children and my
home and furniture at Folkston
February 12. I deeply appreciate
your assistance to me in my need
and the tragedy that struck our
family.
I will always remember the
people of Nahunta with heartfelt
gratitude. I also thank you for your
prayers.
Dorothy Henderson, colored
Moody Bros Furniture
Company Remodels
Front of Store
Moody Bros. Furniture Company
is remodeling the front and the
show windows of their store in Na
hunta.
The front is being made almost
entirely of plate glass, with spacious
display space inside the glass front
The stock of furniture and sporting
goods will be rearranged and the
entire store made more convenient
and modern for display.
The store will hold a remodel
ing sale after the renovation of the
building is completed^ It has recent
ly been repainted on the outside.
Rev. Ernest Altman
Revival Preacher
NAHUNTA BAPTIST
CHURCH PLANS
REVIVAL SERIES
The Nahunta Baptist Church will
start a series of revival services Sun
day, March 13, with Rev. Ernest M.
Altman of Eastern Heights Church,
Columbus, Ga., doing the preach
ing.
Bowman Barr will direct the
choir and lead the singing for the
faceting. The church will hold an
all-day prayer meeting at the church
Saturday, March 12.
Services will be held twice daily,
at 9:00 A.M. and 7:30 P.M., it is an
nounced by the pastor Rev. Cecil
F. Thomas.
A Week of Preparation will be
held beginning Sunday, March 6,
with cottage prayer meetings each
night except Wednesday night when
the meeting will be held at the
church.
The pastor states that all the
peoplg of the entire section are cor
dially invited to attend the revival
services.
Riverside Church
To Start Revival
Sunday March 6
The Riverside Baptist Church will
start a series of revival services
Sunday night, March 6, it is announ
ced by R. I. McDuffie, superinten
dent of the Sunday school.
Rev. H. G. Willingham of Folkston
will do the preaching in the revival
which will last all the week. Ser
vices will be held each night at 7:30.
The meeting will continue through
Sunday, Feb. 13, with special ser
vices and dinner on the church
grounds.
Grammar School PT A
Met Tuesday Mar. 1
The Nahunta Grammar School
P.T.A. met Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the
school auditorium at 3:00 P.M.
Mrs. E. A. Hunter, president, pre
sided. Mrs. Robert Griner was in
charge of the program. Mrs. Griner
announced a meeting to be held
March 3 concerning polio vaccina
tions for Brantley County for the
first and second grades in school.
Mrs. Patricia Lee. Mrs. Hazel
Crews, Mrs. Ruby Wainright, Mrs.
Clifton Strickland and Mrs. Mat
thew Strickland served soft drinks
and crackers after .the meeting.
R Rgional Library
A’riounces Schedule
F or Brantley County
The schedule of the Brunswick
Regional Bookmobile is announced
by dire supervisor T. C. Hendrix,
as follows:
Wednesday, March 9, Hoboken
School, at Mrs. Sikes restaurant at
1:30 P.M.
Thursday, March 10, at Nahunta
Elementary School at 10:00 A.M.
and at Nahunta courthouse at 2:30
P.M.
Tuesday, March 15, Hickox com
munity 10:00 A.M., Nahunta High
School 11:00 A.M. .and Waynesville
Highway sometime in the after
noon.
Thursday, March 17, Waynesville
post office 9:30 A.M. and Hortense
School 11:00 A.M.
People desiring to secure books
from the Bookmobile are requested
to be on hand at the time and place
neprest and most convenient to
them.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF fJAHUNTA
M. F. Wildes Given
Surprise Birthday
Party Last Sunday
Friends and relatives gatherer at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Wildes last Sunday, Feb. 27, to cele
brate the 76th birthday of Mr. Wild
es.
Mr. Wildes was surprised when
guests began to arrive for the occa
sion. Tables were prepared in the
yard for the baskets of food brought
by the friends and relatives. A large
beautifully decorated birthday cake
holding 76 candles was displayed.
Mr. Wildes also received many nice
gifts.
Among those at the birthday cele
bration were the Wildes children,
Miss Mattie Lou Wildes of Atlanta,
Mr. and Mrs. Lacey Wildes and
children of Bonaire, Mr. and Mrs.
L. T. Wasdin and daughter Lynda
of Winokur, Mr. Woodrow Wildes,
Mrs. G. W. Wainright and children
Ronald and Reba Jean, Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Scott and son Wilfred of
Brunswick.
Other guests were Mrs. O. M.
Prescott, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Prescott
and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Wildes and daughter Glynda, Mrs.
Kate Wildes, Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Johnson and daughter Mary Ann,
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wildes and
family of Folkston, Mr. and Mrs.
Owen Wildes of Jacksonville, Mrs.
Wade Reynolds and son of St. Marys,
Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Wildes and fa
mily of Statesboro, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Wildes and son of Surrency,
Mr. and Mrs. William Chandler and
family of Statesboro, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Prescott and family of Hines
ville, Mr. Johnnie Prescott of Pat
terson, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Pres
cott and family of Jacksonville, Mi.
and Mrs. Edward Prescott of Way
cross, Mrs. Martha Wildes of Way
cross, Mr. and Mrs. Willys of Way
cross, Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Wildes
of Waycross, Mr. and Mr. Chestine
Wildes and daughter Jimmie of
Hazlehurst, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Wildes and family of Hazlehurst.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wildes and
daughter of Douglas, Mr. and Mrs.
James Who s of Warner Robins, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Johns and family,
। Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Johns, Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Hickox and family, Mr.
I Elmer Hickox, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
I Knox and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Griffin, Mrs. J. B. Wainright, Mrs.
John Davis of Nahunta, Mrs. Cora
Palmer and daughter of Homerville,
Mrs. Bob Cochran of Thomasville.
Mrs. Harold Whitley and son of
Macon, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hig
ginbotham of Brunswick, Mr. and
Mrs. Loy Morgan and family or
Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Flourney Hig
ginbotham of Waycross, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Jones and family oj
Jesup. *
Mattie Lou Wildes,
Reporter.
HOBOMEN NEWS
By MRS. G. C. WALI !S
Thought For The Week: Butter
cups and daisies —Oh, the pretty
flowers; Coming ere the springtime,
To tell of sunny hours; When the
trees are leafless; When the fields
are bare; Buttercups and daisie
spring up here and there.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Thomas span’
the week end in Greenville, Fla
with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pulliam.
Mr. and Mrs Morris McClure of
Jacksonville were guests of Mr and
Mrs. Tom Lastinger on Sunaa • .
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wyatt of Sav
annah were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Nolan Davis, Jr. on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. R. L. Orser and child
rer of Blackshear were dinner guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dowling‘o"
Sunday.
Rev. J. C. Sheppard has returne
home after some time at a hospit
in Waycross.
Mrs. Walter Pipkin and childre
of Waycross were guests of friend
in Hoboken on Sunday.
The Baptist W.M.U. program an
business meeting was held in th'
Velis Class room of the church o-
M nday night, Feb. 28 Mrs W
C. vin presided Mr? T 2' . .
was secretary.
Mrs. Frank Dukes was in char"
of the program on ‘The Road in
Cuba”. Interesting talks were made
by Mrs. Spell, Mrs. J. C. Sheppard
Mrs. Nolan Davis, Sr. and Mrs. G.
C. Wallis.
At the conclusion of the meeting
the Sue Wood Circle entertained th-
G< orgia Larkin Circle The Georgia
L kin Circle was the winner in a
co test of having the most member
at. mding the Circle meetings. Then
w' re fifteen members persent. Cold
and cookies were served.
Your Home Firms Will
Appreciate Your
Patronage Trade
at Home and Promote
Home Prosperity *
LIQUOR «*HL
IS SEIZED
NEAR HOBOKEN
A liquor still was seized by’ of
ficers about two and a half miles
north of Hoboken Saturday after
noon Feb. 26, it is reported by she
riff T. E. Raulerson. j
Officers taking part in the raid
on the liquor still were sherriff
Raulerson, deputy Ben Jones and
two federal officer^/ Hom^r Maine
and W. G. Ekerd. 4
The still was a 2-barrdl affair
with a capacity of 40 gallons a day.
30 gallons of illicit liquor w^re found
at the still and seized by‘the of
ficers. No arrests have yet been
made in the matter as there was no
one at the still when the raid was
made.
The officers also arrested Floyd
Henderson about fc^ur miles north
west of Hoboken when they fouhd
three and a half gallons of liquor
in and near his house, according to
sheriff Raulerson.
Henderson was charged with pos
session of unpaid tax liquor by the
federal officers.
$943.94 RAISED
IN POLIO DRIVE
IN BRANTLEY
A total of $943.94 was raised in
the recent polio drive in Brantley
County, according to figures fur
nished by Mrs. Eula Powers, coun
ty chairman of the campaign.
The following organizations contri
buted the amounts opposite their
names;
Nahunta business men $111.25.
Nahunta basketball game $72.54.
Nahunta High School $61.56.
Nahunta Grammar School $265.47.
Nahunta Colored School $2-.00.
Hortense School and community
$91.91.
Hortense Colored School $5.00.
Hoboken School and community
$200.63. - ■ - *
Waynesville Colored School $6.25.
Mothers March secured the follow
ing amounts:
Hickox community $33.30.
Browntown community $15.00.
Waynesville community SIO.OO.
Nahunta community $68.53.
Oleander Garden Club SIO.OO.
Miscellaneous $4.53.
Mrs. Ruth Moody is treasurer of
the polio fund and Prof Herbert
Colvin is fund chairman.
Joel McDuffie, who has been sta
tioned abroad the Takelma at Peay!
Harbor, is home with his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth McDuffie for a leave
of absence.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday
7:45 P.M.
S:iturda". 7:00 and 8:30 P
PROGRAM
Friday, March 4
“The Last Time
1 Saw Paris”
With Elizabeth Taylor .
and Van Johnson ;
Saturday, March 5
“Loaded Pistols”
With Gene Autry
Monday, Tuesday, March 7-8
“Beau Brummell”
With Elizabeth Taylor
and Stewart Granger .
Wednesday, ’‘larch 9
“The Cruel Sea”
With Jack Hawkins
Thursday, Friday. March 10-11
“Ma and Pa Kettle
at Home”
S turday, March 12
“Oi liw Stallion”
frith Peggy Castle
