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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 24
NAHUNTA SENIORS TELL OF TRIP
TO CITIES OF THE NORTHEAST
Two school buses driven by
Roy Dowling and Grady Boyd,
with 43 seniors and two chaper
ones, Mrs. Dewitt Moody and
Mrs. Oliver Pearson, left Friday
morning, May 27, beginning a 12
day class trip.
Our first day took us to Rocky
Mount, North Carolina where we
spent the night.
The second day took us into
Virginia where we crossed the
James River on a two-.mile-wide
Jamestown Ferry to the site of
the first permanent English set
tlement in the New World. We
also visited historic Williamsburg
the old capital of Virginia. Some
of the streets and buildings have
been restored as they were in
colonial times. From here we
went to Yorktown and visited the
battlefield where Cornwallis sur
rendered to Washington which
ended the Revolutionary War.
We reached Baltimore before
nightfall. We had a very com
fortable night at the Lord Balti
more Hotel.
By noon of the third day we
were viewing the skyline of New
York City. In reaching New York
we had traveled on the New Jer
sey turnpike, one of the super
structure highways of the coun
try. Before getting on Manhattan
Island we went under the Hudson
River through the Lincoln Tun
nel. By late afternoon we had
strolled down Fifth Avenue to
the Empire State Building. We
went to the top of its 102-story
structure and there viewed the
country for miles around. Some
attended church in New York on
Sunday night where they sang
songs “like they do at camp meet
ings in the South”.
Monday, May 3, we took an
all-day tour of the city. Tfiis in
cluded a visit to Chinatown, the
Bowery, Greenwich Village, Har
lem > industrial section of town,
Grants Tomb, Bedloe Island and
a climb up in the Statue of Lib
erty, Grand Central Station, Ca
thedral of St. John the Devine,
the largest such building in the
world, Madison Square Garden,
Wall Street and many other “eye
openers” of the great city.
We ended the day with a tour
of the United Nations Building.
This was quite an inspiration. For
the remaining three days in New
York we visited many interesting
places.
One outstanding event was the
boat trip around Manhattan Is
land which was partly up the
beautiful Hudson River, and
eventually bringing us under the
George Washington bridge, the
second largest suspension bridge
in the world. Radio City proved
to be very intertainir.g with its
famous Rockettes. Many of us
were interested in the Museum
of Natural History which contains
the largest collection of animals
in the world including dinosaur
skeletons. Hayden Planetarium
was very inspiring. It is the lar
gest planetarium in the world and
contains the largest known me
teorites.
On Wednesday we attended the
Robert Q. Lewis T.V. Show. This
was interesting and educational,
to see a show being televised.
Some attended a ball game at
Ebbetts Field. Another highlight
was the subway ride to Coney Is
land. Our hotel was just a few
doors from Broadway, so you see
we did not miss many sights.
Leaving New York on Thurs
day we traveled through Holland
Tunnel and took U. S. Highway
No- 1, via Philadelphia. Here we
visited Independence Square,
which was the scene of the writ
ing of our Constitution, Declara
tion of Independence, and many
other important documents.
We arrived in Washington
about 6:30 PM. During our stay
in Washington we were escorted
by “Willie the Cop”. We visited
Mrs. Iris Blitch’s office, the White
House, toured the United States
Capitol Building, Library of Con
gress, Lincoln Memorial, Jeffer
son Memorial, Arlington Ceme
tery, toured Mount Vernon, Bu
reau of Printing and Engraving,
Smithsonian Institute, National
Art Gallery, Museum of Natural
History, Pan American Building,
Glen Echo Park and climbed
the Washington Monument. We
saw the United States Supreme
Court Building which is built of
Georgia Marble, Embassy Row,
Monument of Iwo Jima, Botani
cal Gardens. We saw the original
Declaration of Independence and
United States Constitution. The
change of Guard at the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier was the
most breath taking sight in Wash
ington.
We got to see President Eisen
hower as he was leaving town to
visit his farm at Gettysburg.
The tenth day of our trip we
drove along Skyline Drive, look
ed down into the Shenandoah
Valley and visited the beautiful
caverns of Luray in Va. We spent
the night in Natural Bridge Vir
ginia where we saw the impres
sive “Story of Creation” which
was a wonderful climax to a
Sabbath Day.
The eleventh day we traveled
to Rock Hill, South Carolina
where we spent our last night
away from home. Here we were
conscious of true “Southern Hos
pitality”.
The twelfth and last day we
reached home where we had a
police escort into town.
Every one enjoyed the trip very
much and thought the rolling
hills of the North were very
pretty but were very happy to
get back to the pinelands of
Southeast Georgia.
!
Mr. and Mrs. Olan Roberson
announce the birth of a baby girl
on June 8. She has been named
Judy Gail.
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A baby boy, Andrew Jackson
Hickox Jr., was born to Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Hickox on May 31.
He weighed seven pounds and
six ounces. Miss Hickox is the
former Miss Laverne Harden of
Folkston and Hoboken.
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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Strick
land of Arlington, Fla. announce
the arrival of a baby girl on June
6, 1955 in a Waycross hospital.
She weighed six pounds and ten
ounces and has been named Don
na Raye. Will be called Donna.
Mrs. Strickland will be remem
bered as Miss Thelma Crews be
fore her marriage.
Raybon Church of
God to Hold Rally
The Raybon Church of God of
Prophecy will have a missionary
rally, June 19. Services will be
gin at 10 a.m. Special singing and
preaching will be featured
through the day.
Dinner will be spread at tthe
noon hour.
Rev. Henry Peek the pastoi
will be incharge of the services
Everyone has a cordial invita
tion.
WAYNESVILLE
By Mrs. Clovis Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson
spent Friday in Statenville as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lyde
Thomas.
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Mrs. Hawkins of Millen spent
several days with Mrs. C. D.
Gibson, her granddaughter last
week. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Per
sons parents of Mrs. Gibson came
Sunday and took Mrs. Hawkins
back.
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Word has been received here
of the death of Robert Lanier Jr.
age 20, of Tampa who was in
jured in an auto accident on June
11 near Ocala. He was a former
resident of Waynesville.
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Mr. J. R. Barker and F. L.
Langford of Hardeeville, S. C.
and Monroe Miller of Brunswick
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Thornton last week.
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Mrs. Minnie Barnett of Bruns
wick spent Sunday with her sis
ter, Mrs. L. W. Robinson.
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Miss Mary Lou Gardner and
Miss Annette Dowling returned
from their class trip on Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Liles and
children of Brunswick spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Walker.
Watitky Enterprise
Rev. Horace Williams
Is New Pastor of
Methodist Church
Rev. C. F. Starnes and Mrs.
Starnes are moving this week to
Lakeland, Fla., after two years of
service with the Nahunta Metho
dist Church.
The new pastor of the Nahunta
Methodist Church will be Rev.
Horace Williams, formerly of
Baxley. He has a wife and two
children.
Rev. and Mrs. Starnes were
honored with a rally at the
church last week. They plan to
reside at Lakeland, Fla., where
their address will be 1109 West
Eleventh St. They made many
friends- during the stay in Na
hunta and will be greatly missed.
Brantley People
Attended State
HD Conference
Mrs. Julian Middleton of At
kinson, Mrs. Nolan Davis Jr. of
Schlatterville and Mrs. Frank
Dukes of Hoboken attended the
State Home Demonstration An
nual Conference meeting held in
Athens, June 7-11.
Mrs. Julian Middleton repre
sented Brantley County in the
state dress revue which was part
of the program carried on during
the week.
Mrs. Nolan Davis Jr. went as
a voting delegate from the Coun
ty and while there was also elect
ed as a State officer. She will be
the Treasurer for the coming
year.
Mrs. Frank Dukes represented
Brantley County as the County
Home Demonstration Club Presi
dent. She took part in the “Presi
dents Night” and also acted as a
voting delegate.
There were several interesting
speakers on the program as Miss
Iris Davenport of Farm and
Ranch magazine, four Indonesian
girls who told of customs in
their country, representatives of
the health and safety department
and others.
Business meetings and different
subject matter groups were also
held.
Tours of the most interesting
sites in Athens were also sche
duled during the week.
Sarah Simpson, Home Demon
stration Agent accompanied them.
Half of all cancer deaths in
the United States occur in people
under 65 years old. Os this num
ber, 3,500 are children under 15.
Join the American Cancer So
ciety Crusade.
NEW TOBACCO LEGISLATION
AFFECTS FLUE-CURED GROWERS
During the latter part of March the Congress enacted
legislation which will affect the production of practically
all types of tobacco grown in the United States. Some
parts of this new legislation (Public Law 21) apply only
to Burley tobacco and the other parts apply to all types
of tobacco, including flue-cured.
How the New Law Will Affect
Flue-cured Growers
Sections 3,4, and 5, the parts which apply to all
types of tobacco, including flue-cured, have to do with the
overplanting of farm allotments.
Section 3 of this new Act states that —
Any acreage of tobacco harvested in excess of the
farm acreage allotment for the year 1955, or any
subsequent crop shall not be taken into account
in establishing State and farm acreage allotments.
This means that the provisions of the old law which
permitted old growers to build up their allotment base by
overplantmg their allotted acreage have now been re
pealed and that farmers can no longer get their allot
ments increased by overplanting. It also means that it is
no longer possible to establish an allotment base for a
farm on which no allotment now exists by growing to
bacco on the farm without an allotment.
Section 4 provides that —
If any producer on the farm files, or aids or ac
quiesces in the filing of, any false report wish re
spect to the acreage of tobacco grown on the farm
the farm’s tobacco allotment for the following year
will be reduced.
Section 5 provides for a substantial increase in the
rate of penalty for overplanting the tobacco allotment for
the farm.
The increase in penalty is effective for the 1955 crop.
This .means that farmers who overplant their allotments
of flue-cured tobacco in 1955 will be required to pay a
higher rate of penalty on all the leaf produced on the
excess acreage. The new penalty rate to be paid on over
planted production in 1955 will be about 39 cents per
pound compared with 21 cents per pound in 1954.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 16, 1955
Mrs. Davis Elected
Treasurer of
State HD Council
Mrs. Nolan C. Davis Jr. of Ho
boken, Friday was installed as
treasurer of the Georgia Home
Demonstration Council at its 30th
annual meeting held on the cam
pus of the University of Georgia
in Athens June 7th-llth.
Brantley county is justly proud
of Mrs. Davis being elected to
this important slate of officers
who represent 30,000 Georgia
farm women. As the officers are
elevated each year, Mrs. Davis
will serve as president of this
outstanding organization in 1960.
This is the first time Brantley
county has been represented in
the slate of officers with the ex
ception of the year 1950 when
Mrs. Davis was district chairman
for this area.
Other officers installed at the
meeting were Mrs. Harry Dumas
of Warner Robins, president; Mrs.
Rufus Slaughter, Putman county,
first vice president; Mrs. E. S.
Cown Jr., DeKalb county, second
vice president; Mrs. Hinton Lo
gan, Chattooga county, 3rd vice
president; and Mrs. J. M. Chris
tian, Laurens county, secretary.
Mrs. H. B. Chapman of Ludo
wici, Long county, will serve as
southeast district chairman for
1955-1956.
Oleander Garden
Club Met with
Mrs. Earl May
The Oleander Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Earl May
on Tuesday evening, June 14 with
Mrs. Emory Middleton as co
hostess.
Mrs. Clinton Robinson had
charge of the program on “The
origin and display of Roses”.
Members present were; Mrs.
Clyde Anderson, Mrs. Norman
Lewis, Mrs. Lester Williams, Mrs.
Ben Jones, Mrs. Alvin William
son, Mrs. Cecil Moody, Mrs. Ty
Raulerson, Mi- Harry Raulerson,
Mrs. Alfred Thomas, Mrs. Edward
Brand, Mrs. Wilder Broomer, Mrs.
Joe Walker, and Mrs. George
Loyd.
The hostesses served festive
party sandwiches, toasted nuts,
lime loaf and tea.
An item of interest was the
discussion of the annual picnic
of the families of the members
which is to be held on Wednes
day, July 13.
In getting rid of roaches, no
thing discourages the pests more
than a spotless house, complete
ly free of scraps of food or
crumbs.
Nahunta Baptist
Church Plans
Homecoming Day
Homecoming Services at Na
hunta Baptist Church, will be
held Sunday, June 19. The days
program will begin with Sunday
School at the regular time, 10:00,
A.M., with the Homecoming wor
ship and recognition service be
ginning at 11:00. The pastor, Cecil
F. Thomas, who is in his first
year of service here, will bring
the sermon.
Dinner on the grounds, to
which all the friends, and former
members of the church are cor
dially invited will be held at 1:00.
This will enable the friends from
other churches to be at their own
church, and then, come to the
dinner.
The afternoon program will
consist of a song program directed
by Mr. Bowman Barr, and, Mr.
Elroy Strickland will lead in the
fellowship and recognition period.
The public is invited to come
be with us.
Cecil Thomas, pastor
PERSONALS
Wain Dykes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Dykes, is acting Page
in the General Assembly meeting
in Atlanta this week. He was es
corted by Mr. and Mrs. Jos. B.
Strickland, who left for Atlanta
on Sunday where Senator Strick
land is attending the call session
of the General Assembly.
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Mrs. W. H. Howard of Savan
nah is in Nahunta visiting rela
tives.
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Bill Harris, Representative of
Brantley County, has been unable
to attend the special session to
the Legislature because of illness.
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Mrs. Ramona Stallings Jr. and
little daughter, Melane, of Balti
more, Md. are at home with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Crews.
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Mrs. Simon Long and son, Rus
sell, of Tampa arrived last week
end for a visit with relatives.
They were escorted here by Mrs.
Helen Gaylor who has returned
to Tampa.
* * •
Mrs. S. S. Sarvis returned to
Nahunta on Friday of last week
after spending several days with
friends in St. Marys and Jackson
ville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Orser and
children, Steve, Beck and Susan
spent the week end with Mrs.
Mamie Orser and Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Orser.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harley Jones are
occupying an apartment at the
home of Dan Jones. Mrs. Jones
teaches in the Panama City, Fla.
schools and Mr. Jones has re
cently returned from Central
America.
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The Rebecca Circle of the Bap
tist W.M.S. will meet at the home
of Mrs. Earl May on Tuesday,
June 21 at 8:00 P.M. Mrs. D. S.
Moody will have charge of the
program. Members of the Circle
are urged to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Griner of
St. George, Ga. and Mr. and Mrs.
William Norman of Clewiston,
Fla. were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Griner and Mr. and Mrs.
James Griner last weekend.
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Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Burden
have moved to Waycross.
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Mrs. Joel Ray and Paula re
turned to their home in South
Carolina on' Sunday afternoon.
They were escorted back by
Misses Safronia and Grace Hic
kox, who are employed in Co
lumbia. S. C.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Highsmith
are erecting a new brick home
adjacent to their Pittsburgher
Motel. It will be a six-room house
with an office room adjoining,
with all conveniences.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Whitaker
are rapidly completing a beauti
ful new home in the Pine Crest
section of Nahunta. The house
is of frame, brick and asbestos
siding, with hardwood floors
throughout. It has six rooms and
bath, with spacious sun porch.
It has air-conditioning in all
rooms for winter or summer tem
peratures.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
COMMISSION ASKS SEPARATION
OF TWO POWER COMPANIES
School Safety Patrol
Boys Camp at
Lake Blackshear
The boys of Nahunta High
School Safety Patrol attended
camp for six days at Lake Black
shear last week, it is announced
by Prof. Herschel Herrin.
Lake Blackshear is near Cor
dele, Ga. The school patrol boys
helped with traffic on school
buses and in town during the
past school term. They will aid
with the buses and with city
traffic again next fall.
Those attending camp at Lake
Blackshear were Billy Norton,
Bobby Rowell, Pickney Williams,
B. S. Johns, Carroll Allen, Jerry
Wilson and D. A. Hutchinson.
They went to camp Sunday, June
5, and returned home Saturday,
June 11.
Okefenoke Holiness
Camp Meeting
Now in Session
The Okefenoke Holiness Camp
Meeting convened Thursday, June
16, and will be in session through
Sunday, June 26.
The camp meeting grounds are
located a half-mile off the Black
shear-Waycross highway, near
Community Drive.
Rev. Barnet Pierce of Thomas
ville is the evangelist. Rev. and
Mrs. E. C. Martin, Altadena,
Calif., are the special singers and
in charge of the children’s work.
Services will be held at 10 in
the morning Monday thru Friday.
Children’s services at three P. M.
each day. Young people’s services
at seven P. M. Evening services
at ejght P. M.
The Sunday afternoon services
will be held at three P. M. Every
one is welcome to attend the
services.
Nahunta Class 1940
Met in Reunion
Saturday, June 11
J Attending Reunion of class of
’4O of Nahunta High School Sat
urday evening, June 11 were:
Mr. and Mrs. John Lee, Route
One, Nahunta; Mr. and Mrs. P. U.
Rozier, Screven; Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Prince, 204 E. 74th St., Sa
vannah; Mr. and Mrs. Norman S.
McVeigh, Route One, Waverly;
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Church,
Route Two, Box 619, Amman
dale, Va.; Leon S. Newsome,
Johnston Street, Dawson; Mr. and
Mrs. Julius A. Lynn, 210 Coney
St., Dublin.
The met at the new high school.
Dined at St. Illa and adjourned
to WOW Hall where affairs of
the class were discussed.
C. J. Broome Jr. was elected
president for two years to suc
ceed J. Edward Prince. Next
meeting of the class, possibly two
years from now, second Saturday
or Sunday of June in 1957.
Calvary HD Club
Met Thursday
With Mrs. Driggers
The Calvary Home Demonstra
tion Club met at Mrs. John R.
Driggers home Thursday night.
There were twelve members
and visitors present. Plans for
a chicken supper was discussed
and will be decided definitely at
our next meeting as to the time.
Some of the projects that were
handed in to the clothing chair
man this month were; 2 quilts
and 2 baby quilts, 11 dresses
made, 2 dresses altered, 2 skirts,
and a chair cover, a brownie
suit, and 5 diaper skirts.
These articles were made by
the different members of the
club. ,
.After the business meeting ev
eryone enjoyed refreshments,
served by Mrs. Driggers.
Mrs. Myrtice Lucas, reporter
Soil Samples for Vegetables
Cecil Blackwell, assistant Ex
tension Service Horticulturist, ad
vises Georgia vegetable growers
to take soil samples before plant
ing. He points out that recom
mendations for liming and ferti
lizing based on soil samples will
help the grower to use the right
amount for maximum produc
tion.
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The Georgia Public Service
Commission is petitioning the
Federal Securities and Exchange
Commission for “a hearing and
investigation, looking to the is
suance of an order of divestment
requiring the separation of the
Georgia Power and Light Com
pany from the Florida Power
Corporation.”
In its petition, the Georgia Pub
lic Service Commission says, “The
rates charged for electric energy
in the territory of the Georgia
Power and Light Company have
been traditionally higher than
those prescribed by this Commis
sion for application in adjacent
communities served by the Geor
gia Power Company, which con
dition has served as an effective
bar to the industrial development
of that region of Georgia and has
at the same time created and per
petuated a highly unsatisfactory
and costly situation as to the
Company’s public relations with
its users”.
The efforts of the Georgia Pub
lic Service Commission are aimed
at getting the Securities and Ex
change Commission to divorce the
Georgia Power and Light Com
pany from its parent company,
the Florida Power Corporation.
The Georgia Public Service
Commission, in its petition, claims
that the parent company is prof
iting from its subsidiary company,
The Georgia Power and Light
Company, at the expense of the
users of electricity in the latter’s
territory in south Georgia^
Hickox Reunion
Held Last Sunday
The family of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernie Hickox gathered at their
home on Waycross Route 2, to
celebrate the home coming of
their grandson, Andy on Sunday
of last week.
Present were: Mrs. C. E. Addy
Jr. and daughter, Carol of St.
Marys; Mrs Joel Raj’ and Paula
of Columbia, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Herrington of Fernandina
Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Roy Farm of
Orlando, Fla.; Miss Joyce Her
rington, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hic
kox, Glynn, Lucille and Juna Fae
Hickox all of Waycross.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
PROGRAM
THURSDAY & FRIDAY,
JUNE 16-17
“Reap the Wild
Wind”
Starring JOHN WAYNE
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
“Gun Belt”
With GEORGE MONTGOMERY
MONDAY, TUESDAY,
JUNE 20-21
“City of Badmen”
With JEANNE CRAIN
and DALE ROBERTSON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
“Duel in the Jungle”
With DANA ANDREWS
THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
JUNE 23-24
“Young at Heart”
With DORIS DAY
and FRANK SINATRA
SATURDAY, JUNE 25
“Wyoming
Renegade”
With PHIL CAREY
