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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 45
Roddenberry Os Nahunta
Named As Circuit Judge
Cecil Roddenberry of Waycross and Nahunta was
named Tuesday by Gov. Griffin as superior court judge
of the Waycross judicial circuit.
He succeeds Judge Walter
Thomas who died last week.
The Waycross Bar Assn, had
recommended Harry M. Wilson,
its president, for the appointment
but Griffin chose Roddenberry.
The Waycross circuit takes in
the counties of Ware, Pierce, Cof
fee, Charlton, Brantley and Ba
con.
Roddenberry will be sworn in
Thursday at 12:00 o’clock in At
lanta at ceremony to be held in
the Governor’s office.
The new judge will serve until
the general election in November
of next year. At that time a judge
will be elected to serve the final
two years of Thomas’ term.
Roddenberry, a 43 year old at
torney who has practiced law in
Waycross for about 10 years, is
thought to be one of the youngest
judges to serve in this area.
Well-known in political circles
and the legal fraternity Rodden
berry has served in the General
Assembly as senator and state
representative from Brantley
County.
At the present time he is rep
resentative from Brantley, a po
sition he will resign. He was re
cently elected in a special elec
tion to fill the unexpired term
of Bill Harris, resigned.’
For approximately nine years
he has served as manager of the
State Department Veteran’s Ser
vice, Waycross District office.
Discussing his appointment re
cently Roddenberry said he will
maintain his office and judge’s
chambers in Way cross in the
Bunn Building.
He is a member of the Way
cross Bar Association, a former
president of the Waycross Judi
cial Circuit Bar Association. He
was admitted to the Georgia Bar
July 8, 1933.
He is a former Legion comman
der and organized the Brantley
post. He is also a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
Way cross Elks Lodge.
Member of a well-known South
Georgia family he was born Jan.
6, 1912, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. N. E. Roddenberry of
Charlton County.
He is married to the former
Dorothy Campbell of Nahunta.
They have a son, Davey Cecil
Roddenberry.
Roddenberry today expressed
himself as a long time friend of
Gov. Griffin and the late Judge
Thomas and said he held the
judge in high esteem and would
endeavor to uphold the principles
^■hich Judge Thomas upheld.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Freeman
of Waynesville announce the
birth of a baby daughter, weigh
ing 9 lbs. and 4 ounces, on Oct.
20, at a hospital in Jesup. She
has been named Lou Anne.
Mary Elizabeth is the name of
the little girl born to Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Pearson of Hoboken
on October 10.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Q. Griffin an
nounce the birth of a boy on
October 22. His name is Barry
Quentin.
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in the Best Medium
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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Births
Sport Sedan Makes Bow with 1956 Chevrolets*
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Reminiscent of the sport coupe which Chev
rolet introduced with such sensational success
in 1950, a sport sedan makes its debut along with
the company’s other new models. Elimination of
the center pillar in the window area adds smart
ness as well as unexcelled visibility. The hardtop
CECIL RODDENBERRY
Gets Judgeship
Brantley Delegates
Attend H.D. Council
Planning Meeting
Mrs. Nolan Davis Jr. of Hobo
ken and Sarah Simpson, H.D.A.,
attended the Georgia Home Dem
onstration Council Planning
Meeting at Rock Eagle Oct. 26
and 27.
The state officers and their H.
D. Agents, State Project Chair
men, District Chairmen, District
Agents, Extension Specialists and
others from the State Staff met
to discuss and plan the program
for the coming year.
Mrs. Davis gave tre Treasur
ers Report, served on the Execu
tive board as a state officer and
acted as chairman of one of the
committees. She was commended
on the excellent job she has been
doing since she was elected
State Treasurer in June.
Lulaton News
By Mrs. Grady Boyd
Mr. Irwinu Rowell and son, G.
I. from Tampa, Fla., are spend
ing a few days with their mo
ther, Mrs. Aussie Rowell.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Boyd and
Mrs. S. B. Highsmith spent the
weekend in Metter and States
boro. They visited Inez Powell
and Aubrey Highsmith.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Griffin
spent Sunday afternoon in
Brunswick with Mrs. Stella Her
rin.
Mrs. Evelyn Harris and son,
Carroll spent the weekend in
Brunswick as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Leser Stanesyph
er and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stane
sypher visited their parents over
the weekend. They are from
Homerville.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Harley of
Brunswick were here for the
weekend.
sedan will be available in the Bel Air (above)
and ‘Two-Ten,’’ two of three price-graduated
series of cars offered by Chevrolet for *56. En
gine choices include two more powerful VB’s
and one 6. The “Super Turbo-Fire V 8” develop*
205 h.p.« •
JJraniky EnUrprtsL
Tributes Paid
Judge Thomas
At Funeral
A legion of friends, admirers
and relatives gathered at Way
cross in the flower-banked sanc
tuary of the First Baptist Church
to pay final tribute to Judge
Walter Thomas, who for 2 years,
had presided over the Waycross
Judicial Circuit.
Judge Thomas, 62, had died
suddenly Wednesday night. He
was stricken with a heart attack
and pronounced dead on arrival
at a local hospital.
Dr. Barnum A. Hawkes, pastor
First Baptist Church, eulogizing
him said “Thank God for public
servants like Judge Thomas who
seeks to give their best in ser
vice.”
He paid tribute to the judges’
influence, ability, ana personali
ty as a man and as a public fi
gure, and said, “He has made a
lasting contribution in promot
ing the general welfare of his
community and his state.”
He said Judge Thomas preach
ed his own sermon in the life he
led, and urged others to so live
that if the summon comes quick
ly, and the case is heard the ver
dict wil be well done thy good
and faithful servant.
He referred to the testimony of
esteem in which the judge was
held in the eloquent tribute of
flowers, music, friends, white and
Colored, the legal fraternity,
deacons and Sunday School mem
bers and family.
For many years Judge Thomas
was an important political figure
in this area and throughout Geor
gia.
Telegrams and messages of con
dolence from Gov. Marvin Griffin
Congresswoman Iris Blitch, sena
tors and other public figures
were received by the family.
A native Georgian, born in
Brantley County, he was a mem
ber of the Study Commission of
the State Department of Correc
tions, the Georgia Bar Assn., and
Gov. Marvin Griffin’s staff, a
past president of the Way cross
Bar Assn., and a past exalted ru
ler of the Waycross Elks, mem
ber of the Exchange Club, and
deacon of the First Baptist
Church.
A veteran of World War I with
service in France in the U. S. Ca
valry, he was a member of the
American Legion and the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Al vie Davis; three
dauhgters, Mrs. Gwendolyn Tho
mas Higgs, Miss Elizabeth Ann
Thomas and Miss Eugenia Faye
Thomas; a son, Hugh D. Thomas,
all of Waycross, also a grandson,
Christopher Higgs.
Five brothers and four sisters
survive: R. D. Thomas, Nahunta;
Ira Thomas, Banner Thomas, Rus
sell Thomas, Hoboken, and J. E.
Thomas, Waycross.
Mrs. Hardy Crews, Folkston;
Mrs. Carlton Doster, Mrs. Beury
Thomas, Mrs. J. B. Carter, Ho
boken.
Active pallbearers were Lide
Thomas, Albert Thomas, Bruce
Thomas, Gerald Thomas, Ralph
Thomas and Nolan Davis Jr.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov.
Future Homemakers
Week Observed
By Hoboken Chapter
Future Homemakers of Georgia
will observe Future Homemakers
Week from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5, it
is announced by the Hoboken Fu
ture Homemakers Chapter.
The Hoboken Chapter is carry
ing out a schedule of activities
for the week under the leader
ship of their chapter officers.
Officers of our own Hoboken
Chapter Future Homemakers of
America are: President: Waunice
Ammons; Vice-president, Runnell
Carter; secretary, Carolyn Ald
ridge; treasurer, Iva Lee Ald
ridge; reporter, Patsy Cochran;
historian, Joyce Griffin; parlia
mentarian, Alice Jean Lee; chair
man of degrees, Annette Hickox;
chairman of public relations,
Nancy Jones; chairman of pro
jects, Aza Lee Griffin; chairman
of music and recreation, Ann Mil
ton; chapter mothers, Mrs. Elbert
Aldridge and Mrs. Robert Am
mons; chapter adviser, Mrs. Macie
J. Colvin.
We plan to make a big suc
cess of Future Homemaker Week.
This is their program for the
week:
October 30 — Attend all church
services. Help others to under
stand the 'ble.
October I — Help your mo
ther or a eighbor clean the
grounds t nd your or their
home.
November 1 — This is mothers’
night of vacation. Clean the
house and do all the cooking —
after school.
November 2 — Do something
nice for someone without having
the receiver of your action know
ing about it.
November 3 — Radio program
and newspaper articles should
appear on this date if possible.
November 4 — Do anything
you can to bring to life the pur
poses of our organization.
November 5 — Have a party
to celebrate the end of another
successful F.H.A. Week in Hobo
ken Chapter.
Edward Griffin
Funeral Services
Held Friday
Funeral services for Edward
Griffin, who died Wednesday,
Oct. 26, were held Friday after
noon at 2 o’clock at the grave
side in High Bluff cemetery,
with Elder Johnny Boone officiat
ing.
Mr. Griffin was a life-long
resident of the Laura Walker
Park community. He was a mem
ber of the Primitive Baptist
Church.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Horace Easterday, Bar
stow, Calif., one son, J. Riley
Griffin, Sarasota, Fla., 13 grand
children and 18 great-grandchild
ren.
Pallbearers were Emory Cour
son, Dougald Gillis, Aubrey
Wheeler, R. T. Lee, Raymond
Strickland and Albert Griffin.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Free Bicolor
Lespedeza Plants
Offered Farmers
Free bicolor lespedeza plants
are offered to farmers for bird
feed. Place your orders early, call
see or write Ranger Avery Ro
well. Phone Nahunta 2-2230.
Plants will be ready for deli-
very in early part of 1956. You
can also place your orders with
George Loyd, county agent, and
I will pick them up from him.
Hunters, please be careful with
your fires and matches. Let’s
keep Brantley County Green.
Remember the quail season is
from Nov. 20 to Feb. 26. Bag
limit 12 daily, 30 weekly.
Call on me if I can be of any
service.
Ranger Avery M. Rowell
Card of Thanks
I take this opportunity to ex
tend my thanks for the support
given me in my recent campaign.
I appreciate al^ that was done
and said in my behalf.
Again I say, thank you.
Sincerely yours,
J. Floyd Larkins.
3, 1955
Nahunta
Develops
Column by
Rev. Blalock
Is Resumed
Rev. Howard D. Blalock, pas
tor of the Emmanuel Baptist
Church in Blackshear, resumes
this week his weekly column,
“Religiously Speaking,” in The
Brantley Enterprise.
Rev. Blalock’s column was pub
lished regularly in this newspa
per at one time, and is being re
sumed beginning this week after
an absence of a year or two.
The editor of this paper has
had many requests from readers
to have “Religiously Speaking”
published again, and Rev. Bla
lock has consented to begin writ
ing the column again.
The thoughts he expresses have
universal appeal to all religious
denominations and are presented
in an unusually clear and inter
esting manner. Readers of this
paper are invited to begin read
ing this new series of columns by
Rev. Blalock this week.
Legion Fish Fry
Is Postponed
Due to a conflict in dates the
annual fish fry of Brantley Coun
ty Post No. 210 will not be held
this week, Friday, as planned.
It is hoped a date will be jet
for the near future which will
be announced as soon as possible.
Clarence F. Allen,
Commander.
WALKERVILLE WATERSHED TOUR — Congresswoman Iris Blitch and a group of
citizens are shown at the Davis-Lovett farm pond on the tour of the Walkerville
Watershed Monday afternoon, November 24, to see the progress made on the project.
Pictured left to right are Theodore Frisbie, Pierce county work unit conservationist,
Congresswoman Iris Blitch, M. E. Lovett, Col. C. H. S. Russell, manager Chamber of
Commerce, Bruce Hamilton, Charlie Waters, president Walkerville Watershed,
Oscar Davis and John B. Thornton. (Photo by J. B. Hendry.)
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Livestock Market
Greater Strength
By GEORGE LOYD
The Nahunta Livestock Market
which is being operated under
the management of Mr. J. D.
Hughes has been operating much
stronger for the past several
weeks now, according to reports
from George A. Loyd, County
Agent and Mr. Hughes himself.
Mr. Loyd states that having a
livestock market in Nahunta is
not only a needed convenience
to the farmers of Brantley Coun
ty, but it is also an asset to the
businessmen of the county as
well.
The prices paid for livestock on
the Nahunta market averages as
much in most cases and better
than some paid on other markets.
When a farmer takes into con
sideration his time, cost of haul
ing and shrinkage he will make
money by selling his livestock on
the Nahunta market Brantley
County business will also profit
from livestock being marketed on
the Nahunta market.
Most of the time when farmers
take livestock to markets outside
the county they get their checks
cashed and spend part of the
money in the town where the
livestock is sold.
Here are the average prices
paid for various grades of live
stock at several other markets in
South Georgia compared with
prices paid at the Nahunta mar
ket, last week.
No. 1 hogs — South Georgia
average 14.37 — Nahunta 14.51.
No. 2 hogs — South Georgia
average $13.98 — Nahunta $13.94.
No. 3 hogs — South Georgia
average, $13.83 — Nahunta $13.90.
Best feeder pigs — South
Georgia average up to $22.00 —
Nahunta $19.90.
Since cattle is not sold by
grade on the Nahunta market no
accurate comparison can be made
on these sales, but cows fat en
ough to butcher brought as high
as $15.00 per hundred. The price
compares favorably with prices
paid for the same quality cattle
sold at other markets.
Mr. Hughes who presently lives
at Alma has rented out his farm
ing interest in Bacon County and
plans to move to Nahunta within
the next few days. By doing this
he will be able to become better
acquainted with farmers, and
their livestock problems, there
fore making it possible to offer
them a better livestock market
ing service.
At present we have a fairly
good market in Nahunta, it can
be made better, or its volume of
business can drop off to the point
that it will have to be closed as
it has in the past.
Its success or failure depends
as much or more so on whether
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the farmers patronize the Na
hunta Livestock Market, or haul
their livestock to other markets.
Mr. Hughes states that he has
a full line of buyers on the
bench at each sale now, and that
he can assure farmers the top
dollar for their livestock.
Methodist Quarterly
Conference Set
For Next Sunday
The second quarterly confer
ence of the Nahunta Methodist
charge will be held at the Atkin
son Methodist Church next Sun
day, Nov. 6, it is announced by
the pastor. Rev. Horace Williams.
District superintendent James
R. Webb will preach. Refresh
ments will be served and a busi
ness session will be held after the
sermon.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
TIME SCHEDULE:
MONDAY thru FRIDAY
8:09 P.M.
SATURDAY
7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, NOV. 4
“Pride of the Blue
Grass”
With LLOYD BRIDGES
and VERA MILES
SATURDAY, NOV. 5
“Steel Lady”
With ROD CAMERON
MON., TUES., NOV. 7-8
“Hondo”
With JOHN WAYNE
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
“Tight Spot”
With GINGER ROGERS
THURS., FRI., NOV. 10-11
“Tobacco Road”
SATURDAY, NOV. 12
“Lawless Rider”
With JOHN CARPENTER
