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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 39
BIG LIQUOR
STILL RAIDED
NEAR HORTENSE
Federal and state officers de
stroyed a large liquor still in
Wayne County, about half a mile
beyond the Brantley County line
near Hortense, Sunday, Sept. 25,
according to sheriff T. E. Rauler
son.
Officers on the raid were fed
eral agents Homer Maine and W.
G. Ikerd and state officers Clary
Davis and his assistant.
The still was an eight-barrel
capacity outfit and could make
about 350 gallons of shine a
week. There were 36 barrels of
mash, each barrel of 60 gallon
capacity.
No arrests were made as the
operators of the still were un
animously absent. The still was
located about 200 yards off fed
eral highway 301, sheriff Raul
erson stated.
Prize Winners Are
Announced by Moody
Bros. Furniture Co.
The drawing for 16 door prizes
at the Moody Bros. Furniture
Company store Saturday, Sept.
24, resulted in the following win
ners:
Mrs. E. L. Sears, Victor Ham,
W. L. Bohannon, Louise Warner,
H. E. Thomas and Noah Griffin
each won a foam rubber pillow.
Rev. Horace Williams and Lin
ton Loper each won a $lO credit
on a SSO purchase.
Mrs. Harvey Carver won a sls
credit on a $75 purchase.
Mrs. Jack Merritt, Mrs. Robert
Williams and Bessie Jacobs each
won a $25 credit on a SIOO pur
chase.
Archie Crews won a $35 credit
on a-.sloo purchase,
dinette set.
Mrs. Willie Dowling won one
plastic platform rocker.
Johnnie Hickox won one inner
spring mattress.
The Tobacco Season Sale of
the Moody Bros. Furniture Com
pany was a great success, it is
reported, the store drawing many
customers to take advantage of
the big bargains offered during
the sale.
dinette set.
Moody Bros. Furniture Com
pany expressed their appreciation
of the many friends who visited
their store during the sale and
they invite the continued patron
age of all the people of this sec
tion.
Stork Pays Surprise
Visit at Clinic
Rosa Mae Davis of Fendig com
munity caused a flutter of ex
citement at the local Health Of
fice on September 7.
The parents, James and Annie
Florence, colored, came to see
the doctor about a stomach ache
and left 45 minutes later with a
new daughter.
Rosa Mae weighed five pounds
four ounces and at last account
both baby and parents were do
ing well.
RESULTS OF “STOMACH ACHE” — Baby girl born to
Negro woman who sought clinic’s aid for “stomach ache."
Dr. E. A. Moody delivered the baby, assisted by Mrs.
Robert Griner, county nurse.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — ar gressive People.
Charlie Smith
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
Funeral services for W. Charlie
Smith, of Nahunta, who died
Thursday, Sept. 22, in a Baxley
hospital, were held Saturday af
ternoon at three o’clock at the
graveside in Rob Lewis cemetery
near Nahunta, with the Rev. Les
ter Dixon and the Rev. Cecil
Thomas officiating.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Myrtis Dixon of Nahun
ta; three daughters, Mrs. Ray Mc-
Monigle of Middletown, Ohio, and
Miss Rose Mary Smith and Miss
Jean Smith, both of Nahunta;
four sons, Harry Smith, Claude
Smith and Joe Smith, all of Na
hunta, and Barney Smith of
Hamilton, Ohio; 11 grandchil
dren; two brothers, Alfred Smith
of Hortense and Irvin Smith of
Patterson; three sisters, Mrs. Mel
vin Courson of Offerman, Mrs.
Rep Pearson and Mrs. Milton
Rowell, both of Hortense.
Pallbearers were Clinton Rob
erson, Clinton Powers, Roy Har
per, Frank Rozier, Brown Brook
er and Fulton Newton.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
County 4-H Clubs
Elect Officers
The different 4-H Clubs in the
County met last week to organize
and elect officers. Requirements
for carrying out the different
projects were discussed and the
importance of keeping good re
cords was stressed.
Officers elected for the Na
hunta Senior Club are:
President, Marva June Thrift;
Girls Vice President, Velma Lee
King.
Don L. Smith was elected pre
sident of the Nahunta Junior
Club. Other officers for these
clubs win be elected later.
The Hoboken Senior Club of
ficers are: president, Jimmy
Cochran; girls vice president, Iva
Lee Aldridge; boys vice presi
dent, Wallace Lee; secretary, An
nie Carter; Treasurer, Jeanetta
Dubose; reporter, Joseph Riggins.
The Hoboken Junior Officers
are: president, Johnny Steadman;
girls vice president, Katherine
Clark; boys vice president, Lon
nie Dubose; secretary, Margaret
Miles; treasurer, Jerry Fowler;
reporter, Sandra Lee.
Nahunta Elementary School
4-H Club Officers elected are:
president, Wayne Dykes; girls
vice president, Marion Morgan;
boys vice president, Terry Tho
mas; secretary, Wylene Manor;
treasurer, George A. Loyd Jr.;
reporter, Shirley Wainright.
Hortense Junior Club Officers
are: president, Martha Nell Ro
well; girls vice president, Linda
Jean Roberson; boys vice presi
dent, Cecil Drury; secretary,
Frieda Manning; treasurer, Ro
bert Sloan; .reporter, Sheldon
Dubberly.
LAWN MOWING
We will be glad to mow your
lawn in Nahunta or outside the
city limits to any reasonable dis
tance. Reasonable rates. E. J.
Lewis Jr., Nahunta, Ga. 10,13
Brantky feitaprts?
BTH DISTRICT “HOMEMAKER” — Mrs. Neil W. Hen
drix of the Hickox community in Brantley county who has
been chosen Outstanding Homemaker of 19>55 for Geor
gia’s Bth Congressional District.
Brantley County
Exhibits at
Okefenoke Fair
The Brantley County Exhibit
at the Okefenokee Agricultural
Fair in Waycross will be built
around the theme “Better Coun
try Living”. This will be carried
out by displays of activities con
cerning the home, church, school,
industries and civic clubs.
Other counties eligible to com
pete are Ware, Atkinson, Bacon,
Charlton, Clinch, Coffee and
Pierce.
The Fair will open October 10
and all exhibits have to be in
place by 10 o’clock noon.
For further information on in
dividual entries, etc., contact
Sarah Simpson, Home Demon
stration Agent or George A.
Loyd, County Agent.
Nahunta Garden Club
Met Tuesday
The Nahunta Garden Club held
it’s regular monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. J. B. Strick
land Tuesday.
The following members and
guests were present: Mrs. A. S.
Mizell, Mrs. Elroy Strickland,
Mrs. G. C. Rogers, Mrs. Neville
Herrin, Mrs. I. F. Brown, Mrs.
H. W. Herrin, Mrs. Grace Wake
ly, Mrs. Walter Cohan, Mrs. John
R. James, Mrs. Jesse J. I^ee, Mrs.
W. T. Highsmith and Mrs. E.
Parker Dodge.
Mrs. Strickland was assisted by
Mrs. A. S. Mizell and Mrs. H. W.
Herrin, co-hostess’ in serving ice
cream, cake and assorted nuts,
after completion of the business
session.
Tri-Hi-Y Club Elects
Officers for Year
The Nahunta Tri-Hi-Y Club e
lected officers at their first
meeting of the year on Septem
ber 16.
Officers elected were: Presi
dent, Carolyn Higginbotham, vice
president, Marva Jane Thrift;
Secretary, Mary Grace Moody;
Treasurer, Dorothy Morgan; Pro
gram Chairman, Mary Ruth Ja
cobs.
The club has 65 members.
Since it is so large plans are
being made to organize a Junior
Club. By organizing the Junior
Club they will make several
points toward making the club a
Standard A Club.
The projects for the coming
year were discussed, and they are
looking forward to a good year
of service to the school, the
home and church in the com
munity.
Dorothy Morgan,
Publicity chairman.
When driving, watch out
for speed too fast for con
ditions.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 29, 1955
ASC Committees
Will Be Elected
On October 4
George Dykes, Chairman of the
Brantley County ASC Commit
tee, announces an election for the
purpose of electing Community
Committeemen and Delegates to
the County Convention will be
held in five communities in
Brantley County on October 4,
1955, at the regular voting places.
Time for opening and closing
the polls in each community are
as follows: Hickox — Open 8:00
A. M., close 4:00 P. M.; Hoboken
— open 8:00 A. M., close 4:00 P.
M.; Hortense — open 8:00 A. M.,
close 4:00 P. M.; Nahunta — open
8:30 A. M., close 4:30 P. M.; and
Schlatterville — open 9:00 A. M.,
close 5:00 P. M.
BIRTHS
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Mr. and Mrs. Linton Brooker
of Nahunta announce the arrival
of a baby boy born Monday night,
Sept. 26. He has been named Lin
ton Timothy. Baby and mother
are both getting along fine.
HORTENSE NEWS
By Mrs. D. E. Roberson
Mrs. C. Winton Adams attend
ed a Delta Kappa Gamma meet
ing at Laura S. Walker Park on
Saturday.
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Mrs. Nellie Clark and children
visited her relatives in Jackson
ville last weekend.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rowell and
two sons, Douglas and Kenny of
Albany, Ga. spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. Math Row
ell and family.
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Hardy, Johnny, Mitch, Dave
and Herbert Rowell of Hortense
visited Mr. Math Rowell in At
lanta on Sunday. Mr. Rowell un
derwent and operation in an At
lanta hospital some weeks ago
and has been a patient there since
but is now improving.
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G. L. Perkins and family visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Landon
and family and Mrs. Troy Deni
son and family in Patterson on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Moreland
and family of Brunswick spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Moreland Sr.
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Mr. and Mrs. Corsha Roster of
Brunswick visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Rowell last
weekend.
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Mrs. David Manning and chil
dren of Manning Town were
guests of her brother, Mr. J. P.
Manning and his family at Need
more.
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Pete Lewis of Daytona Beach,
Fla., was home for a visit last
weekend.
Nahunta Baptist Church Elects
And Dedicates Officers - Teachers
The First Baptist Church of
Nahunta dedicated 86 church of
ficers and Sunday School teach
ers at special service Sunday
night, Sept. 25, it is announced
by the pastor, Rev. Cecil Thomas.
The pastor led the dedication
service. The 86 newly elected of
ficers and teachers stood in a
semi-circle while the congrega
tion passed by and gave their
hands pledging ftieir prayers and
cooperation.
The elected officers and teach
ers included general church of
ficers, Sunday school officers and
teachers, Baptist Training Union
officers and Baptist Brotherhood
officers.
The 86 officers and teachers
were as follows:
Mrs. Joseph B. Strickland,
church clerk; Keith Strickland,
treasurer; W. Oscar Strickland,
assistant treasurer; Bowman Barr,
music director; Elroy Strickland,
executive committee member for
Piedmont Association.
Board of Deacons
Term Ending 1956: W. Oscar
Strickland, Jesse J. Lee, Avery
Strickland, Virgil Strickland.
Term Ending 1957: J. Walter
Crews, W. C. Long, D. F. Herrin,
Fr^fl Strickland. .
Term Ending 1958: Elroy
Strickland, Jos. B. Strickland, J.
R. James.
Sunday School
Elroy Strickland, general su
perintendent; W. C. Long, assoc
iate superintendent; Mrs. Doro
thy Graham, secretary; Jas. H.
Highsmith, assistant secretary;
Mrs. Elroy Strickland, adult and
young people superintendent;
Rev. Marshall B. Strickland, as
sistant superintendent; R. D.
Thomas and Earl W. May, teach
ers men’s adult classes; Mrs. R.
D. Thomas, Mrs. Lois Williams,
and Mrs. J. B. Strickland, teach
ers ladies classes; Mrs. Bertha
Jacobs, teacher young peoples
class, and Bowman Barr, assis
tant.
Mrs. DeWitt Moody, interme
diate department superintendent;
Mrs. Earl W. May, assistant; Mrs.
Cecil F. Thomas, Mrs. Wesley
Burden, Keith Strickland and
Bobby Strickland, teachers.
Mrs. Effie Strickland, junior
department superintendent; Mrs.
O. S. Barr, Mrs. Winnie Moore,
Miss Malva Alice Keep, Mrs.
Nellie Tillman, Mrs. Lawson Du-
Bose, teachers, and Mrs. Avery
Strickland, Mrs. Dick Purcell, as
sistant teachers.
Miss Karol Kitching, primary
department superintendent; Mrs.
Louise Drury, Mrs. Mollie High
smith, Mrs. W. C. Long, teachers;
Mrs. Vera DePratter, Mrs. Colis
Highsmith, Mrs. Nellie Griffin,
assistant teachers.
Mrs. Oscar Strickland, beginner
department superintendent; Miss
Carolyn Higginbotham, assistant;
Mrs. Gertie Strickland, Mrs.
Clifton Strickland, Mrs. E. K.
Kitching, teachers; and Mrs. E.
L. Sears, Mrs. Harry DePratter,
assistant Reachers.
Mrs. J. J. Lee, superintendent
nursery department, and Mrs. J.
W. Crews, teacher.
Wesley Burden, director exten
sion department.
Baptist Training Union
Marshall B. Strickland, direc
tor; Wade Strickland, associate
director; J. Walter Crews, secre
tary; O. S. Barr and Mrs. Lula
Brown, adult union presidents;
Elroy Strickland, young peoples
sponsor, and Bowman Barr, pre
sident young people’s union; W.
C. Long, intermediate leader;
Mrs. Louise Drury, junior union
leader, and Mrs. E. K. Kitching,
sponsor of juniors; Mrs. J. W.
Crews, primary leader, with Miss
Karol Kitching, sponsor.
Woman’s Missionary Union
Mrs. Virgil Strickland, presi
dent; Mrs. R. D. Thomas, first
vice president; Mrs. Dorothy Gra
ham, second vice president; Mrs.
J. W. Crews, youth director; Mrs.
Avery Strickland, secretary -
treasurer; Mrs. Mollie Highsmith,
community mission chairman;
Mrs. J. B. Strickland, mission
study chairman; Mrs. Earl W.
May, stewardship chairman; Mrs.
Dan Jacobs, benevolence chair
man; Mrs. J. J. Lee, literature
chairman; Mrs. O. S. Barr, pub
licity chairman; Mrs. G. C. Rog
ers, social chairman; Mrs. George
OFFICIAL ORGAN RANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Dowling, Mrs. Myrtle Hickox,
Mrs. Victor Raulerson, Miss Vir
leen Strickland, sunbeam leaders
and helpers. Mrs. Louise Drury,
Business Women’s circle chair
man, with Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas,
as advisor. Mrs. Lula Brown,
chairman Sallie B. Lary circle;
Mrs. Carswell Moore, Rebekah
circle chairman. Miss Karol Kit
ching and Mrs. E. K. Kitching,
girl’s auxiliary counselors.
Baptist Brotherhood
W. C. Long, president; Ray De-
Pratter, vice president; Bowman
Barr, program chairman; Mar
shall B. Strickland, secretary and
treasurer; and Ray DePratter,
Royal Ambassadors counselors
(boys 9 - 17).
George Dykes, bus driver.
Nahunta Citizens
Can Register by
Saturday Noon
Citizens of Nahunta who wish
to vote in the city election next
Wednesday, Oct. 5, can register
at the city hall through Satur
day noon, Oct. 1, it is announced
by mayor Fred Strickland.
The time has been extended
until noon Saturday in order to
allow more citizens time to regis
ter and be able to vote in the
city election Wednesday.
Rattlesnake Killed
In Oak Tree As
Jaybirds Fret
James Roberson, grandson of
Lonnie Morgan, killed a big rat
tlesnake Sunday morning, Sept.
25. The rattler had 14 rattles ana
was about four feet long.
James is 13 years old. He saw
some jaybirds flying around a
small oak tree and fussing at
something. He then saw the rat
tlesnake up in the oak tree and
shot it with a 22 rifle and killed
it.
James was visiting his grand
parents, Mr., and Mrs. Lonnie
Morgan near Nahunta. James is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Rob
erson of Screven.
Personals
Grady Dowling, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Dowling, has accepted
a position in Macon with the
Civil Aeranautics Authority.
Mrs. Mary Aldridge of Mer
shon visited her sister, Mrs. C.
M. Dowling last week.
Mrs. D. M. Atkinson and
daughter, Denise, visited Mrs. At
kinson’s mother, Mrs. Allen Bar
nard recently.
Pvt. Reginald B. Highsmith,
son of Mrs. Anne B. Highsmith of
Nahunta is attending the Radio-
Telegraph Operator School at the
Marine Corps Recruit Depot at
San Diego, Calif.
Miss Eula Jean Fais of Atlanta
is spending a month with her
mother, Mrs. W. P. Fais. She is
a nurse at Crawford Long hos
pital.
A|2c Vernon Eugene Nichols
and A|3c Jasper Larry Johnson,
two Brantley County boys, pals
of the 1952 Class of Nahunta
High School, met recently while
serving an eighteen months tour
of duty on the Island of Guam.
Both are assigned to the 3960th
Field Maintenance Squadron, An
derson A.F.8., Guam.
The W.S.C.S. of the Nahunta
Methodist Church met Monday
night at the church with Mrs. R.
H. Schmitt, presiding. Miss
Gladys Winn was program chair
man with Mrs. J. B. Lewis and
Mrs. Grace Wakeley and Miss
Gladys Winn taking part. Miss
Winn and Mrs. Wakeley sang a
duet. The topic of the program
was “United Effort to Make a
Better Life”. Mrs. E. A. Moody
was hostess serving tiny sand
wiches, cake, potato chips, corn
pickles and lemonade. Others at
the meeting were Mrs. A. S. Mi
zell, Mrs. W. A. Long and Mrs.
S. S. Sarvis.
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SCHOOLS ENROLL
TOTAL OF 1785
FOR SEPTEMBER
Brantley County public schools
enrolled a total of 1785 pupils
during September, it is announc
ed by Prof. Herschel Herrin,
county school superintendent.
The enrollment by schools for
the month was as follows:
White Schools
Nahunta High School 410
Nahunta Elementary 502
Hoboken School 553
Hortense School 184
Colored Schools
Nahunta 41
Hoboken 45
Waynesville 35
Hortense 15
The percentage of attendance
for all the schools during the
month of September was 97 per
cent.
Second Polio Shots
To Be Given
Friday, Sept. 30
The State Health Department
has requested that all second in
jections of polio vaccine be given
before October 15.
Arrangements have been made
to provide this service on Friday,
September 30. The children will
be taken to the Health Depart
ment from various schools by bus.
If you do not want your child
to have the vaccine you must
send a signed note of refusal to
the child’s teacher.
If you want the vaccine but
the child is sick you may contact
the Health Department to ar
range another date and be re
sponsible for getting the child
into the Health Office.
Robb Lewis Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
There will be a working at the
Rob Lewis Cemetery in the Ray
bon community Saturday, Oct. 8.
All people with relatives bur
ied in the Robb Lewis Cemetery
are invited to help clean off the
burial grounds.
Herschel W. Herrin,
John Wilson.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
TIME SCHEDULE:
MONDAY thru FRIDAY
8:00 P.M.
SATURDAY
7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
SEPT. 29-30
“Davy Crockett”
A Walt Disney Production
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
“Pioneer Justice”
With LASH LaRUE
MONDAY, TUESDAY, OCT. 3-4
“Kentucky Jubilee”
With JERRY COLONNA
and JEAN PORTER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
“Sabre Jet”
With ROBERT STACK
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, OCT. 6-7
“Kangaroo
With MAUREEN O’HARA
and PETER LAWFORD
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
“Silver Whip”
With RORY CALHOUN
