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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 11
Rampaging Forest Fire Stopped In Brantley
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN
It is well known that women live or^ the average
about seven years longer than men. Just why the feminine
sex outlasts their male contemporaries is not exactly
known, but the evidence seems to be that they are tougher
physically than men.
If women are tougher than men, then a complete re
versal of working customs should be inaugurated at once.
Women should be given the hard manual tasks and men
should be given the soft-snap jobs like tending babies and
washing and ironing and cooking and scrubbing floors
and buying groceries and hoeing gardens and making beds
and making clothes and patching pants and darning socks
and etcetera ad infinitum.
It seems that men just can’t stand the gaff of modern
living, even with such light jobs as plowing and cutting
wood and building houses and laying brick and erecting
steel buildings and driving trucks and selling goods and
tending furnaces and digging wells and pulling trees and
clearing land and bringing home the bacon and etcetera
and what-have-you.
MANY WIDOWS REMAIN IN THE LAND
Because women live longer than .men, there are many
widows in nearly every community and few widowers. If
any widow seeks a second husband, she finds eligible men
scarcer than snow in south Georgia, and if she remarries
at all, she may have to take some old puttering plug-ugly
with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
The situation at Woodbury, Ga., shows how women
live longer than men. With only 1,100 population, Wood
bury has 41 widows and 19 old maids, but only six
widowers and five bachelors.
Most widows seem to get along pretty well, without
worrying about a man. Some of them live happily ever
after on the insurance or property left by their deceased
spouses. Others, left penniless, get out and hustle on some
good job and sometimes get along better than they did with
the poor male critter who made their life miserable while
he lasted.
A good-looking widow with insurance money or pro
perty can always find a man willing to “share her bur
dens.” She can remarry practically any time she is willing
to provide a meal ticket to a widower or bachelor.
WHY DO WOMEN LIVE LONGER?
Psychologists and scientists seem to disagree con
cerning why women live longer than men. Some say it is
because men work at harder, more devitalizing tasks, some
say that women have stronger constitutions, and some
say that men get tired of hearing women talk and just
lose their will-to-live. (Please note, ladies, that 1 didn’t
say the last was a fact, I am just reporting various theor
ies).
My own theory is that men kill themselves by worry
ing too much and that women have a more philosophical
attitude toward life’s problems and manage to remain more
calm and serene. If things go wrong, they tend to be like
Scarlett O’Hara and say, “1 will worry about that tomor
row.”
MANY BACHELORS ESCAPE THE FEMININE NET
In every community there are a few bachelors who
manage to elude the husband hunters. As the years pass
they grow smarter and cagier in sidestepping the matri
monial net spread for them.
Finally all the girls and widows give them up as im
possible game and the bachelors are left unmolested in
their haven of bachelorhood.
One bachelor was asked how he managed to remain
unmarried. “I just kept my mouth shut,” he replied. “The
married men have to learn after they are married to keep
their mouths shut.”
WOMEN ARE REALLY OUR BETTER-HALVES
In order not to lose all the feminine subscribers to
this newspaper I hasten to say that women are really the
better-halves of their .men. Mothers, wives, sweethearts,
friends—they are for the most part finer and sweeter than
most men. If sometimes we think we cannot live with
them, we know we cannot live without them.
And the poor bachelors are just lonely misfits who
do not realize what exciting and interesting darlings the
women can be when they take charge of a man.
Come to think of it, without women there wouldn’t
be any men, not even any bachelors.
RIVER OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 301
The last few weeks have seen a river of traffic on High
way 301 through Brantley County. The yankees are really
moving to and from Florida, besides the commercial
trucks and the local traffic.
Highway 301 is a big asset to this entire section, what
with the thousands of dollars spent throughout the year
by the flood of tourists.
And the City of Nahunta is growing at both ends
like a flourishing pumpkin vine, besides its slower but
substantial growth all over.
Tourists who have been interviewed seem to like this
section. All we need to develop a big town at Nahunta is
a modern sewerage system to add to our newly revamped
water system.
By CARL BROOME
ffiranttey Enterprise
BLACKSHEAR SWEEPS 3 GAMES
TO COP STATE CLASS-A TITLE
Blackshear High School Tigers Saturday night out
classed a fighting team from Irwin County High School,
55-51, in the finals of the class A boys basketball tourna
ment at Athens to win the first state championship in the
history of BHS. —
The Tigers, coached by Wallace
Childs, who won his fourth state
high school phampionship, romp
ed over Ringgold, 71-43, and
trounced Cairo, 81-48, before de
feating Irwin County.
In their state championship
march, the BHS team had pre
viously beaten Nashville, Doug
las, Valdosta, Jesup and Hazle
hurst as they advanced through
divisional and regional play.
32 Wins, 3 Losses
In clinching the Georgia class
A boys basketball title, Coach
Childs’ charges ended their 1954-
55 season with a record of 32
wins and three losses.
In the regional tournament,
they amassed 338 points to 224
for their opponents and in
Athens BHS got 207 points in
three games to J 42 for opposing
teams. Coach Wallace (Country)
Childs was hoisted up on the
shoulders of his players and
carried in the middle of the court
Saturday night as more than 200
Blackshear fans practically went
wild with excitement after the
championship game.
First State Title
It was the first state champ
ionship for Blackshear, which
went to the state finals as a
class B school last year before
being eliminated. However, Coach
Childs won state crown previ
ously in 1947, 1950 and 1951 in
classes C and B at Irwinville.
Ironically, his opponents in the
Athens finals last week were from
Irwin county, whose team in
cluded at least one relative of
the Blackshear coach. Another
member of the Irwin County
squad was closely related to
Principal Albert P. Ross of
Blackshear High.
In four years of coaching at
Blackshear, Childs teams have
won 119 games and lost only 16.
Motorcade Escort
A motorcade of approximately
20 cars escorted the BHS team
back from Athens Sunday. A
crowd assembled in the city park
and was welcomed by Blackshear
Mayor H. M. Brooker, who wel
comed the coach and team home
and congratulated them on their
victory. Coach Childs also spokS
briefly, thanking local fans for
their support and attendance and
expressing the hope that the Ti
gers would be able to make the
trip to the state tournament a
gain next year.
Returning Strong
Blackshear loses two men from
its team by graduation this year.
They are Jackie Dixon, center,
and McCoy Carter, guard. How
ever, the Tigers are expected to
be strong competitors again next
season with regulars Donald Bo
wen, Bennie James, and Stephen
Bowen returning, assisted by such
oustanding reserves as Ferrell
Dixon, Donnie James, Thomas
Gill, William Callahan, Ross
Knowlton, Ben Donaldson and
others of the current season.
Lions Club to
Sponsor Concert
By Noted Musician
The Brantley County Lions
Club will sponsor a concert by
the noted musician, Edward C.
Kunow, at the Nahunta High
School gymnasium Thursday
evening, March 24, at 8:30 P.M.
Mr. Kunow will give numbers
on the piano, the accordian and
the marimba. Supper will be serv
ed in the school cafeteria the
same evening from six until
eight o’clock.
Proceeds of the concert will be
used by the Lions Club to buy
eye glasses for underprivileged
children.
Salvation Army
To Hold Services
At Palmetto Post
There will be a Revival Meet
ing at The Salvation Army Post
Church four miles north of Way
nesville, March 20-27th.
Rev. G. T. Wilson, from Aiken,
S.C. will be the speaker. Special
music has been planned for each
night and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 17, 1955
The Nahunta city council has
announced an official “Cleanup
Week” for Nahunta, to begin
Monday, March 21 and last
through the week.
The citizens are requested to
start the cleanup by cleaning up
around their homes, beautifying
wherever possible, then cooperat
ing in cleaning up the town of
trash and debris of all kinds.
The two garden clubs of Na
hunta are cooperating in the
cleanup week. Mayor Fred Strick
land and the city council urge
every citizen to help in making
our town cleaner and more beau
tiful.
Sikes Awarded
SIO,OOO Damages
In Federal Court
A U.S. District Court jury a
warded Mrs. Allie Lee Sikes $7,-
000 in a $30,000 damage suit
against the ACL for injuries she
said she sustained after alighting
from an ACL train at Nahunta
and tripped and fell into a ravine.
In a companion case her hus
band Fulton T. Sikes received at
the hands of the jury $3,000 for
medical hospital which amounted
to S7OO and other expenses for
the loss of his wife’s income as
a seamstress and for her duties
as housewife.
Methodist Services
Announced for
Next Sunday
Services are announced for the
Nahunta Methodist Church for
next Sunday! March 20, accord
ing to the pastor, Rev C. F. Star
nes.
Preaching services will be held
morning and evening at the usual
hours. The pastor will do the
preaching. The public is invited
to attend.
H.D. Council Met
With Hickox Club
The Brantley County Home
Demonstration Council met at the
Hickox Lunch Room with the
Hickox Club as hostess for the
first quarterly meeting of 1955.
The program on Family Life
followed the business. Mrs. M. L.
Anderson led the devotional, fol
lowed by the reading of “She
Has No Occupation” by Mrs. Neil
Hendrix.
Mrs. Lois C. Williams, guest
speaker, gave an instructive talk
on “The Family as a Unit”.
The May meeting being time
for the dress revue, our Home
Demonstration Agent, Miss Simp
son, stressed the important facts
to consider in sewing fabrics of
man-made fibers.
1. Choose patterns carefully.
2. Match Thread fiber to fabric.
3. Use fine pins.
4. Mark with chalk only.
5. Use sharp shears.
6. Adjust your stitches-tension
may need loosening to prevent
puckering.
7. Press on wrong side.
If working with tightly woven
fabric, press so in order that fib
ers may relax; thus preventing
seam-puckering.
Others present were Mrs. H. S.
Bentley, Mrs. G. C. Wallis, Mrs.
Wade Colvin, Mrs. Colvin, Mrs.
C. F Dukes, Mrs. N. C. Davis Jr.
of Hoboken Club, Mrs. E. A.
Hunter, Mrs. P. J. Gibson of the
Waynesville Club; Mrs. J. C.
Allen, Mrs. W. W. Hendrix, Mrs.
M. L. Anderson, and Mrs. G. A.
Loyd of the Hickox Club.
Refreshments of salmon salad
on lettuce, crackers and lime
sherbet with ginger ale were en
joyed during the social hour.
Mrs. P. J. Gibson,
Reporter.
CLEANUP WEEK
SET BY NAHUNTA
CITY COUNCIL
Moseley Is New
Poli e Officer
At ihunta
Nor an Moseley, a former
policeman and prison guard, is
the new policeman at Nahunta,
being appointed to the place re
cently vacated by policeman
Coleman.
Mr. Moseley is a native of
Toombs County, Lyons, Ga. He
has had experience as a police
man t Hazlehurst and Broxton,
also s a prison camp guard in
Way ' • County.
He succeeds W. N. Coleman
who vent to Woodbine on March
8 as policeman there. Mr. Mose
ley >ok up his duties at Nahun
ta Saturday, March 12.
J. C. Bentley is police chief
at Nahunta, working the day
shift, and Mr. Moseley is night
patrolman.
D E LOACH CITES
LAW ON FIRE
REGULATIONS
Guyton DeLoach, Director of
the Georgia Forestry Commis
sion, has sent a telegram to dis
trict directors stating the laws
and regulations governing start
ing fires in the state forests.
A copy of the telegram was
sent to Brantley County fire
warden, Avery Strickland who
gave it to the Enterprise.
The telegram was as follows:
Western Union Telegram
Atlanta, Ga., March 11, 1955
3:29 P.M.
District Forester, G. W. La
vinder, Waycross, Ga.
Whenever in the judgement of
the Director, because of drought
or other conditions, controlled
burning if woods, lands, marshes,
refuse, or other combustible
materials in any county or coun
ties, or in any area within a coun
ty, constitutes an unusual hazard
to the destruction of property, the
Director may by order, rule, or
regulation, prohibit the setting on
fire of any woods, lands, marsh
es, refuse, or other combustible
materials, within any county or
counties, or within any area with
in a county, or may permit such
burning only upon such condi
tions and under such regulations
as in his judgement are necessary ,
and proper to prevent the des
truction of property.
Whereby rule or regulation the
setting on fire of any woods, ■
lands, marshes, refuse, or other |
combustible materials has been
prohibited, no person shall set or i
cause to be set any backfire ex
cept under the direct supervision
or permission of a state or fe
deral forest officer, unless it can
be established that the setting of
such backfire was necessary for
the purpose of saving life or val
uable property, the burden of
providing which shall rest on I
such person claiming same as a
defense. Any order, rule or re
gulation promulgated by the
Director under the authority of
this section shall have the force
and effect of law.
Any jcrson violating a lawful
order or regulation promulgated
under the authority of this sec-
tion shall be guilty of a misde
meanor and punished as provided
therefore by law.
Guyton DeoLach, Director
Georgia Forestry Comm.
Nahunta Post
Office Now Flies
Stars and Stripes
The Nahunta post office now
has a beautiful U.S. flag flying
from a pole near the front door.
The flag was put up by post
master Parker Dodge in com
pliance with post office regula
tions that require the flying of
the national emblem at all U.S.
post offices.
Many smaller post offices have
neglected to hoist the stars and
stripes, but the Nahunta post
master wants his office to make
a good showing in all steps of
postal progress.
The flag, in addition to being
a symbtl of patriotism and local
pride, will aid visitors in locat
ing the Nahunta post office when
they travel through the town.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
FIRE STARTED IN OKEFENOKEE
SWAMP LEAPS TWO HIGHWAYS
A devastating forest fire which swept through parts
of Ware and Brantley counties over the weekend seriously
threatened woodland in Pierce county before it was
brought under control by fire fighters.
Cpl. Franklin King
Funeral Services
Held Sunday
Funeral services for Cpl. Frank
lin D. King, who died in a Com
munist prison camp in North
Korea during the Korean war,
were held Sunday afternoon at
three o’clock at the graveside in
High Bluff cemetery.
Earl Kimbrough, minister of
the Church of Christ, and J. I.
Barnard, chaplain of Ware Coun
ty Post 10 of the American Le
gion, officiated at the services.
Full military rites were conduct
ed by a unit from Camp Stewart.
Cpl. King was captured by the
Reds in November of 1950. He
was forced to march some 40 odd
miles to the Communist Camp
No. 5 and during the long march
became ill. He was in the camp
a short time and then was put in
isolation where he died a few
days later.
A native of Brantley county,
he moved to Waycross when he
was about 10 years old. He at
tended the Quarterman Street
School and Junior High School
and entered the Army in 1950
when he was 17 years old.
He is survived by his father,
W. L. King; five brothers, Les
ter E. King, J. D. King, Fernan
dina, Fla., Floyd C. King, Camp
Gordon, Ga., Eugene King, Fort
Lee, Va., and Robert King, Way
cross; two half-brothers, Fred
King and James King; one half
sister, Joscelyn Annette King,
and his grandmother, Mrs. Ella
King, Waycross.
Pallbearers were members of
the Camp Stewart unit.
High School PTA
Will Meet
Monday Night
A change of date for the
meeting of the Nahunta High
School P.T.A. has been made be
caues of revival services at the
Baptist church this week. The
group will meet on Monday night,
March 21 at 7:30 P.M.
A movie film will be shown on
health by Mrs. Latham of {he
Health Department. All parents
of both High School and Gram
mar School are invited to attend.
This picture is especially for pa
rents and teachers.
Mrs. Lee Godwin is Health
Chairman for Nahunta High and
Grammar School P.T.A.s.
Oleander Garden
Club Met Tuesday
The Oleander Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Clinton
Robinson with Mrs. Ben Jones
as co-hostess on Tuesday night,
March 14.
Mrs. Ty Raulerson gave a talk
on “The Origin of the Hyacinth”.
Members present were: Mrs.
Ray Johns, Mrs. J. D. Orser,
Mrs. Norman Lewis, Mrs. Emory
Middleton, Mrs. Edward Brand,
Mrs. Cecil Moody, Mrs. Harry
Raulerson, Mrs. Earl May, Mrs.
Oliver Pearson, Mrs. Corlis High
smith, Mrs. Avery Strickland,
Mrs. Geo. Loyd, Miss Lenora Lee,
Miss Sara Simpson and Mrs, Joe
Walker, who was a visitor.
The hostesses served parfait,
cake and coffee.
CARD OF THANKS
Please accept our deep and
humble appreciation for the many
thoughtful and kind services
rendered us during the illness and
loss of one we loved so much.
Without your sympathies and
kindness our burden would have
been much heavier. We tried, oh,
so hard to keep her with us, but
God in His tender mercy wanted
her too, and we will carry on,
knowing He knows best.
May the Good Lord pour out
His richest blessings on you, our
friends and neighbors, for we
think you deserve such blessings.
Roy, Craig
and Mary Virginia.
Your Home Firms Will
Appreciate Your
Patronage — Trade
at Home and Promote
Home Prosperity
The blaze, which originated in
the Okefenckee Swamp area,
burned over approximately 25,000
acres of forest land. It leaped
U.S. Highway No. 1 Saturday
and roared across Brantley coun
ty as March winds fanned flames
and carried sparks as much as
2,000 feet ahead of the fire.
At U.S. Highway No. 84, bet
ween Waycross and Hoboken, fire
fighting crews from several coun
ties, including Brantley, battled
Saturday night to contain the
fire.
The flames, which had been
burning along a 25-mile front,
were stopped at the Waycross-
Hoboken highway by means of
fire breaks and backfiring.
The Okefenokee fire was call
ed the most disasterous in the
history of the Georgia Forestry
Commission by Director Gtiyton
DeLoach.
Threat Remains
Due to the current dry weather,
the smouldering remains of the
fire still present a severe threat
to wdodland in this section. Forest
protection units continue to patrol
the fire area to guard against
further outbreaks in case of in
been no serious fires in Pierce
creasing windy weather.
All controlled burning of fields
and woodland is now outlawed
by order of the Georgia Forestry
Commission.
EDUCATORS
TO ATTEND
STATE MEET
A number of Brantley County
educators attended the meeting
of the Georgia Educational Asso
ciation convention in Atlanta this
week, according to superinten
dent Herschel Herrin.
Among those who went to At
lanta for the convention Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday were
the following:
From Hoboken, F. C. Jones,
Miss Agnes Jacobs and Miss Wil
lette Barbee
From Hortense, Mrs. Edna
Adams and Miss Ida Vause.
From Nahunta, Earl W. May,
Miss Gladys Wynne, Mrs. Eunice
Lightsey, Mrs. Dan Jacobs and
superintendent Herschel Herrin.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday
7:45 P.M.
Saturday: 7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
MON., TUES., MARCH 21-22
“Yankee Pasha”
With JEFF CHANDLER
and RHONDA FLEMING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
“Cannibal Attack”
With JOHN WIESMULLER
THURS., FRL, MARCH 24-25
“A Woman’s Face”
With JOAN CRAWFORD
and MELVIN DOUGLAS
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
“Masterson of
Kansas”
With NANCY GATES
