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Newspaper Page TextBig Local Business Is Built by Advertising in the Best Medium Your Home Newspaper VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 32 Former Governor Talmadge Will Speak at Blackshear Former Governor Herman Talmadge will crown Pierce county’s “Tobacco Queen” at ceremonies to be held on Main Street in Blackshear Friday night, August 12, beginning at 8:00 P.M. The event will climax one of the biggest money-making pro jects ever staged by two local civic clubs, The Rotary Club and the Lions Club. All proceeds will be used for the completion of the new Blackshear swimming pool. Competing for the title are Miss Sara Jo Parkman and Miss Marilyn Clough as Lions Club contestants and Miss Bonnie Dix on and Miss Diane Harris as Ro tary Club contestants. The win ner will be determined by the contestant and her sponsoring committee raising the most mon ey for the swimming pool pro ject. Big Crowd Expected The ceremonies Friday night are expected to draw thousands of people to one of Georgia’s out standing tobacco centers to hear the noted Georgian, Herman Tal madge, and to see him crown the “Queen.” The special events will precede a big street dance. Music for the dance will be furnished by Dell Brothers String Band, a special feature being the appear ance with the band of Dan Dixon, recording artist from California. Blackshear Still Leads In Prices Paid Blackshear is still Georgia’s “High Dollar” tobacco market, according to figures released Tuesday by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture on sales during the 1955 season. Blackshear average price for the season was $53.37 per hun dred, the highest for any mar ket in the Georgia-Florida Belt The belt average for the period was $49.28. Belt averages for the season ranged downward from Black shear’s $53.37 to $43-16 on one Georgia market. ROYAL THEATRE Nahunta, Georgia TIME SCHEDULE: MONDAY thru FRIDAY 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY 7:00 and 8:30 P.M. PROGRAM AUGUST 11-12 “The Living Desert” A WALT DISNEY PRODUCTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 “Jesse James’ Women” With DONALD BARRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15-16 “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” With GREGORY PECK, AVA GARDNER And SUSAN HAYWARD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 “Perils of the Jungle” With CLYDE BEATTY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18-19 “The Big Sleep” With HUMPHREY BOGART And LAUREN BACALL SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 “Overland Pacific” 'with PEGGY CASTLE FORMER GOVERNOR To Crown “Tobacco Queen” Mrs. Nancy O’Neal Funeral Services At Hickox Church Mrs Nancy Lou O’Neal of Jacksonville died Thursday, Au gust 4, 1955 in a Jacksonville hospital. Mrs. O’Neal was a for mer resident of Brantley county. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Hickox Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Purcell and Rev. Ed Dixon officiating. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Gennie Riles of Jackson ville, Florida, Mrs. Berdie Ryals of Kingsland and Mrs. Addie Har ris of Waycross; three grandchil dren and several nieces and ne phews. Burial was in the Hickox ceme tery with NeSmith Funeral Home of Jesup in charge. Future Farmers Os Brantley To Attend Camp Twenty Future Farmers from Nahunta High School will travel to the State FFA Camp near Cov ington Monday to participate in a week-long program of leader ship training and recreation. There they will join upwards of 300 boys and girls from other FFA and FHA chapters over the state. This is the ninth summer that the two youth groups spon sored by the Vocational Division of the State Department of Edu cation have operated a joint camping program. The local campers will be ac companied by W. C. Long and Ray Depratter, teacher of voca tional agriculture and bus driver respectively. Attending the camp from Na hunta will be these Future Farm ers: Hershel Sloan, Pinkney Wil liams, Julian Steedley, Burnette Dubose, Bobby Rowell, Estues Anderson, J. L. Morgan, Donald Haney, Dewitt Branch, Jimmy Rowell, Donald Herrin, Addison Strickland, Travis Jacobs, B. F. Crews, Bobby Wilson, C. M. Lo per and Buddy Highsmith. Calvary H. D. Club Met at Dryden Home The Calvary Home Demonstra tion Club met at Mrs. M. R. Dry den’s house Thursday, Aug. 4. There were 12 members pres ent. After the devotional the bus iness meeting was held and the different reports were given. The food preservation chairman reported that 133 quarts and 93 pints of tomatoes, soup, peas, beans, chow chow, peppers, pick les, pears and pear preserves were canned or frozen by the members present duri it g the month of July. A demonstration on getting rid of pests, such as roaches and ants in and around the home was giv- en. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Dryden. When driving, watch out for speed too fast for con ditions. Sraniky CAMP MEETING BEGINS AUG. 18 AT HORTENSE The Hortense Camp Meeting will convene at the Camp Ground Thursday, Aug. 18, with Rev. William Ward of Kenova, W. Va., as evangelist. Services will be held morning and night through Sunday, Aug. 28. Rev. E. A. Harvey of Chicago will be the song leader and Mrs. Harvey will be the pianist. Mrs. F. A. Lewis, Hortense, Ga., has charge of the letting of rooms on the Camp Ground. All Campers will have to furnish their own bed linAi. Rev. W. L. Snellgrove is chair man of the Camp Meeting Com mittee and R. C. Harrell Jr., is secretary-treasurer. The Hortense Camp Meeting will be in its 51st annual session this year. PROCEEDINGS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Brantley County Commis sioners of Roads and Revenue met in regular session August 2nd, 1955, present were R. B. Brooker, Chairman, R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk, Silas D. Lee, and C. H Penland. The following pauper list was approved and ordered paid. Ocie Moody, $10.00; Thelma Sapp, $10.00; Rosa Rainge, SIO.OO, and Dora Merritt. The following Commissioners were paid six days services, each, R. B. Brooker, $30.00; R. C. Har rell Jr., $22.28; Silas D. Lee, $30.00; C. H. Penland, $25.85; T. V. Rhoden, $30.00. The following road hands were paid for the month of July, 1955; Perry Crews, $165.85; Woodrow Wilson, $165.85; I. C. Harris, $149.85; J. F. Willis, $165.85; Mon sie Wilson, $194.78; Eugene Hic kox, $168.00; Edwin Herrin, $157.- 85; Ottis Morgan, $165.85; Tal mage Gunter, $157.85; Walter Lollie, $159.48; Roscoe Murray, $168.00; and O. G. Lee, $225.00. The following general bills were ordered paid; Georgia Pow er & Light Co., $36.82: Teachers Retirement, $106.47; County A gent & Home D. Agent; Collector of Internal Revenue, $243.70, Withholding Tax; S. E. Blount, $75.00, Janitor; C. Winton Adams, $20.85, Salary; D. F. Herrin, $77.- 00, Salary, Recording; Archie A. Johns, $83.00, Salary & Stamps; J. R. Walker, $63.34, Salary; George A. Loyd, $190.00, Salary; Sarah Dot Simpson, $99.80, Sal ary; Georgia State Forestry Com mission, $475.00, Budget; City of Nahunta, $27.00, Water; Dr. E. A Moody, $34.50, Salary & Treating Prisoner; C. S. Kizer, $43.00, In quest; The Brantley Enterprise, $77.50, Printing & Supplies; Brantley Telephone Co., $47.63; Nahunta Parts & Services, $5.02, Repair; J. W. Brooker, $54.36, Supplies; H. H. Burnett & Co., $40.96; Deputy Sheriff Bond; De partment of Public Welfare, $691.50, Budget; T. E. Raulerson, $169.92, Services Rendered; Re becca D. Griner, $266.20, Salary & Contingent Fund; Lorena R. Strickland, $148.10; Wayne Coun ty Health Dept., $181.25, Super visor & Head Nurse, Salary; Ben ner Brothers, $5.50, Repair; B. O. Jones, $150.00, Salary; B. O. Jones, $323.70, Feed & Turnkeys; Saddlers Plumbing, $5.45, Repair; Blalock Machinery & Equip. Co., $38.76; Marshall & Bruce Co., $40.37, Office Supplies; Foote & Davies, $58.05, Office Supplies; Sinclair Refining Co., $224.23, Gas & Oil; W. S. Darley & Co., $3.49, Light; H. S. Wilson, $466.15, Re pair; Wilber James, $136.36, Tire; Marshall & Bruce Co., $84.30, Of fice Supplies; Carlton Company, $991.93, Repair; Washington Na tional Ins. Co., $68.23, Insurance; D. F. Herrin, $2.30, Freight. There being no further busi ness, the meeting adjourned in regular order. GRAZING PROGRAM LAUDED J. R. Johnson, agronomist for the Agricultural Extension Serv ice, College of Agriculture, has called the Georgia grazing sys tem and feed production contest “a real tool to use to promote better pastures and feed produc tion.” The agronomist urged county agents to have their farm ers enter the program. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 11, 1955 Canning Plant Will Open for Canning Pears The effects of the severe win ter will be felt for some time to come. One of the shortages that it caused for South Georgians is that of peaches. On the other hand we are blessed with a good crop of pears. Since we do not have peaches and we do have pears we can have a nice fruit to enjoy this winter. Because of these factors, it has been decided to open the canning plant one day for the purpose of saving some of our fine local fruit. The plant will be open all day on Wednesday, August 24. Can ning may be done and canned products should be picked up then so that they will be out of the way for the lunchroom to open. If you prefer to peel your pears before coming to the plant, I sug gest that you peel them and cut them into the desired size pieces, and place them immediately into a pan that contains 1^ table spoons salt per gallon of water. This will help to keep them white. Too, we can bleach them with steam at the plant. The fruit can be put up as you desire. Some like it canned in halves to be used for salad. Oth ers like preserves. If you have a personal recipe, bring it and we’ll use it. PERSONALS Mrs. Bertha Jacobs, Miss Mary Thomas, Mary Ruth Jacobs, Lillie Ruth Thomas. Jerry Harper and Carolyn Higginbotham left Mon day to spend this week at Jack sonville Beach. » ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody and Nancy and ban and Mrs. E. A. Moody and Mfs. Marvin Robin son returned on Friday of last week from Miami where they spent a week. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. Effie Middleton, Mrs. A. S. Mizell, Mrs. Lula Brown and Mrs. Ruth Moody attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of Associated Garden Clubs held in Jesup on Tuesday, Aug. 9. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Robinson and daughters, Carol and Mary Ellen will leave Sunday for a visit with relatives in Wisconsin. ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss Mary Knox and Mrs. Ce cile Jones returned Tuesday of this week. They have been visit ing Dr. and Mrs. Ben Galloway of Asheville, N. C., relatives in Shelby, N. C. and Columbia, S. C., Hendersonville and Chimney Rock. ♦ * * Mr. and Mrs. Art Landry of Miami are spending this week visiting relatives in Nahunta and Hickox. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Braddock have returned to their home in Jacksonville after spending the past week with Mrs. Braddock’s mother, Mrs. Alice Highsmith. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. J. H. Patterson of Miami was supper guest of her sister, Mrs. Alice Highsmith on Mon day night of this week. ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss Iris Barr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Barr of Nahunta, will serve as junior representa tive on the executive committee of the A Cappella Choir for next year at Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Business Women’s Circle of the Baptist Missionary Society will meet at the church Thurs day night, Aug. 18, at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to attend. ♦ ♦ ♦ Forrest M. Aldrich, seaman ap prentice, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Aldrich of Hoboken re turned to Long Beach, Calif., July 31, after a tour of duty in the Far Eost. • * * * Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Johns and family are visiting his family and her relatives in Brantley county. Their children are Annette and Neal. They are now residing in Naples, Fla., where Mr. Johns is employed. They have been in Naples about seven years. Brantley Schools to Open on August 29 WOMEN JURORS TO BE LISTED IN BRANTLEY Women property owners in Brantley county will have their names placed in the county jury box on Monday, Aug. 22, unless they notify the county clerk in writing prior to that date, it is announced by D. F. Herrin, su perior court clerk. The Georgia law now provides that women property owners can serve on juries if they wish. Their names will be placed in the jury box for possible jury service un less they notify the county clerk in writing that they do not want to serve on juries. If you are a woman property owner residing in Brantley coun ty, you must notify the county, clerk before Aug. 22 if you do not wish to do jury duty. HOBOKEN NEWS By MRS. G. C. WALLIS W. C. LONG. Thought For the Week: We on this continent should never for get that men first crossed the At lantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. Mrs. Floyd Larkins spent the past weekend with her family. She is attending the second ses sion of Summer School at G. S. C. W. Miss Willmete Barbee was the guest of Mrs. J. H. Sikes several days of last week. She was ac companied by her mother, Mrs. Barbee. Mrs. Latimer Tyre and chil dren, Janet and Buster, from Au gusta are guests of Mrs. Wade Colvin and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dukes had as their guests on Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson. They were enroute to Plant City, Fla. Miss Lenora Anderson of Ath ens and Miss Sara Simpson of Nahunta were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Davis Sr. on Wednesday. Miss Wilmette Barbee was hon ored with a going away party on Tuesday night. Mrs. Buck Davis led the group in playing games for entertainment. Cakes and punch were served. Miss Barbee was presented with two pieces of white luggage. Miss Barbee was music teacher in the Hobo ken school the past year. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dowling and children visited Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dowling in Douglas on Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Kellam Sheppard spent the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Sheppard. Mrs. Walter Mooney of Rome, Ga. has returned to her home aft er visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Larkins and family for sev eral days. The Hoboken Home Demon stration Club met at the home of Mrs. Fred Dowling on Monday afternoon, Aug. 8. Miss Sarah Simpson talked on the control of pests in the community. Mrs. Dowling served cold drinks, sand wiches, potato chips for refresh ments. Knox Cemetery Will Be Cleaned The Knox Cemetery will be cleaned off on Wednesday, Aug. 13, it is announced by M. F. Wildes. All people who are interested in the Knox Cemetery are re quested to come on that date and bring tools for helping to clean off the burial ground., Remember the date, Wednes day, Aug. 17. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ Thomas-Carter • Rev. and Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas, of Nahunta, Ga., announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Mary, to Addison Way Carter Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Carter Sr., of Millwood, Ga. The wedding will take place August 21, at 5:00 P.M., in the Nahunta Baptist Church, with reception to follow in the social hall of the church. All friends are invited to attend, as formal invitations are not being extend ed. The bride-elect is a graduate of Bessie-Tjft College, and taught in the Nahunta Elementary School the past school term. The bride-groom, has recently finished his term in the United States Marines, and will continue his studies in Oglethorpe College, in Atlanta. WAYNESVILLE By Mrs. Clovis Johnson Miss Mary Lou Gardner of Waycross spent Sunday with Miss Frances Walker. * * • Mr. and Mrs. George Harris and family of Tampa and Mrs. Jimmy Jernigan and son of Way cross were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edgy last week. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Johns spent the weekend in Milledge ville visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hull of St, Petersburg visited relatives here for several days last week. • • • Little Stanley Edgy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edgy, is in bed with measles. Kelly Gene Allen of Brunswick is spending the week with his aunt, Mrs. Robert Edgy. Spencer Drury killed one of the largest rattlesnakes ever kill ed in this vicinity last Thursday night. The snake was in the road to Browntown just north of Waynesville. It had 15 rattles. • * * Mrs. J. R. Aldridge of Jackson ville was a guest of her sister, Mrs. L. W. Robinson several days of last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Johnson of St. Augustine were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Johnson on Sat urday. * * * Mrs. Marvin Robinson returned home Friday from Miami where she had spent several days. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Courson of Brunswick spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ja cobs. ♦ ♦ ♦ Johnny Edgy of Brunswick is spending the week with his aunt, Mrs. D. F. Walker. * * • Mr. R. O. Davis and Dorothy accompanied by Patsy Walker spent Sunday at St. Simons Is land. ♦ * ♦ Guests of the Misses Hazel and Helen Reynolds this week includ ed Miss Dale Sears of Douglas, and Misses Carolyn and Janice Sapp of Baxley. * • • Mr. and Mrs. Elton Strickland of Jesup visited her mother, Mrs. W. H. Jacobs Thursday. Drugs in Home Dangerous If Left to Children CHICAGO — Aspirin can be as deadly as an asp — if eaten in quantities by young children. The 1955 edition of “Accident Facts,” the statistical yearbook of the National Safety Council, just off the press, shows aspirin and the salicylates to be the most common drug killers of young children. Barbiturates are next. All are frequently kept in the family medicine chest within reach of children, the Council Let Your Home Newspaper Help You to Invite Your Home People to Trade with You TEACHERS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR FALL TERM Brantley county schools will open Monday, Aug. 29, it is an nounced by superintendent Her schel Herrin. The pre-planning week for the teachers will start Monday, Aug. 22. All students will register for the fall term Friday, Aug. 26. The list of teachers for the coming term, as announced by Prof. Herrin, is as follows: HOBOKEN Cleve Jones, Principal. Dudley Spell, Athletic Director and Social Science. Jack Moore, Agriculture. W. H. Cohan, Math and Science. H. S. Bentley, Science. John A. Griffin, English and Social Science. Mrs. Macie Colvin, Home Eco nomics. Mrs. An^i R. Thomas, Commer cial. Mrs. Emma Lou Jones, Librar ian. Mrs. Vera V. Griffin, Music. William H. Rollen, 7th Grade. E. R. Abercrombie, 6th Grade. Mrs. Algie P. Jones, 6th Grade. Mrs. Jennie B. Larkins, sth Grade. Mrs. Mildred S. Moore, sth Grade. Mrs. I. J. Woodard, 4th Grade. Mrs. Carolyn Kelly, 4th Grade. Miss Faye Parnell, 3rd Grade. Mrs. Edna T. Strickland, 3rd Grade. Mrs. Otis Jones, 2nd Grade. Mrs. Leila Wilder, 2nd Grade. Mrs. Eva K. Ellis, Ist Grade. Mrs. Christine L. Abercrombie, Ist Grade. HORTENSE Mrs. Edna Adams, Principal. Miss Ida Vause. Mrs. Betty S. Rowell. Miss Maxine Adams. Mrs. Jonnie Campbell. Mrs. Katie Griffin. NAHUNTA HIGH SCHOOL Earl W. May, Principal. Ronald Luke, Health & Coach. W. C. Long, Agriculture. Mrs. Oma Lee Herrin, Home Economics. Gordon D. Wright, Commercial. Mrs. Mabel Moody, Science. Mrs. Ruth Davis, English. Bowman Barr, English and Music. Mrs. W. H. Cohan, Librarian. Robert Brannen, Social Science. Mrs. Essie May, English and Math. Mrs. Agnes Johns, Math and Spanish. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, Sci ence. Eighth Grade Mrs. Coyla Drury, History. Lester J. Edgy, Math and Sci ence. E. K. Kitching, English and Geography. Seventh Grade Mrs. Eunice K. Lightsey. Miss Karroll Kitching. NAHUNTA ELEMENTARY Principal: Mrs. Lois C. Wil liams. First Grade: Mrs. Eula Powers, Mrs. L. J. Edgy and Mrs. Westley Burden. Second Grade: Mrs. Winnie Moore, Mrs. Hazel Crews and Mrs. O. S. Barr. Third Grade: Mrs. Lillian Bax ter, Miss Gladys Wynne and Mrs. Lucille Parkes. Fourth Grade: Mrs. Edna May nor, Mrs. Julia Gibson and Mrs. Grace Sears. Fifth Grade: Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. Grace Wakley and Mrs. Pa tricia Lee. Sixth Grade: Mrs. Clara High smith, Mrs. Mary Lou Gibson and Mr. R. D. Thomas. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Johns an nounce the birth of a daughter, on August 5. She has been named Kathryn Holly. Mrs. Johns will be remembered as the former Miss Gail Lewis.