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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 52
New Altamaha
Bridge Opens
Next Tuesday
The new bridge across the
Altamaha River between Jesup
and Ludowici will be dedicated
and opened to traffic Tuesday,
Jan. 3, it is announced by J. Earl
Colvin, president of the 301 High
way Association.
The public is invited to attend
the dedication ceremonies Tues
day, which will begin at 10:30
A. M. The opening of the splen
did new bridge will mark another
milestone in the development of
Route 301 which is now one of
the most traveled highways in the
nation.
A number of citizens of Brant
ley County plan to attend the
opening ceremonies Tuesday.
Nahunta Garden Club
Met Thursday For
Christmas Tour
The beauty of Christmas was
appreciated by members and vis
itors when the Nahunta Garden
Club met Thursday, Dec. 22, for
their annual tour of Christmas
scenes.
The group met at the home of
Mrs. J. B. Lewis and went from
there to the home of Mrs. Parker
Dodge, Mrs. Dewitt Moody and
Mrs. G. C. Rogers.
The Christmas was artistically
brought out in each home by the
beautiful and original arrange
ments. The true meaning of
Christmas was portrayed in all
its beauty.
The tour ended at the home of
Mrs. G. C. Rogers where gifts
were exchanged amid the Christ
mas scenes. And the yuletide
spirit was manifested in the tasty
refreshments served by the joint
hostesses, Mrs. G. C. Rogers, Mrs.
Jesse Allen and Mrs. Parker
Dodge.
Those enjoying the party were
Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs. Dorothy
Brooker, Miss Mary Knox, Mrs.
E. A. Moody, Mrs. G. C. Rogers,
Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. Parker
Dodge, Mrs. Mable Moody, Mrs.
Lee Herrin, Mrs. Mollie High
smith, Mrs. Rhoda Strickland,
Mrs. Lula Brown, Mrs. Allen Ber
nard, Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland,
Mrs. Jesse Allen, Mrs. Lois Will
iams, Mrs. Mattie Lou Saye and
Mrs. Roger Strickland.
Brantley Students
Make Dean’s List
At South Georgia
Five Brantley County students
have earned places on the Dean’s
List at South Georgia College,
Douglas, for the fall quarter. The
Dean’s List is the honor roll at
South Georgia and is the highest
scholastic recognition given dur
ing the quarter.
These honor students are: De
witt Drury, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Drury, Hortense; Ronnie
Hagen, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Hagen, Route two, Waycross,
a graduate of Hoboken High
School; Carl Highsmith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Highsmith,
Nahunta; Raymond Johnson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Johnson,
Nahunta; and Allen Sloan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sloan,
Hortense.
ON STATE BOARD — Dr. Wil
liam G. Brown, Blackshear den
tist, who was recently appointed
by Governor Marvin Griffin as a
member of the state board of
dental examiners. Dr. Brown was
sworn in recently in Atlanta.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Kiplinger Says U. S. Growing
As Boom In Births Goes On
The annual letter on population sent out from
Washington, D. C., by the Kiplinger Washington
Agency carries some interesting facts on the growth
in population in the United States and its effect on
business in the future.
Part of the annual letter, or report, on popula
tion is as folllows:
“Start with birth this past year. The baby boom
is continuing. It stays on the high plateau of past 9
years, promises to run on and on. Birth rate hovers
around 25 new babies per year for each 1000 popula
tion. Down a bit from the peak of 26.6 in 1947, when
men came home from war. Still, number this year
was a record high . . . plus 4 million new babies.
“Reasons for high births: People doing well, can
afford babies. Not like the depressed decade of the
30’s, when the times were not good. Then the birth
rate ran around 18 per 1000, instead of the currant
25.
“Also now it’s “the style” to have more babies,
bigger families. Young mothers are having more sec
onds, thirds, fourths, and even fifths.
“City women lag, with 2 children average. Farm
women, 3, average. But the younger women, both
city and farm, now have more or plan on more. This
new generation of mothers has an edge on the pre
ceding generation.
“As for marriages, they run along about as usual
in the picture. But because of fewer babies in the
30’s, there are fewer adults today in the marriage
ages. In the past, there were 1.5 million marriages,
about the same as in recent years, but under the
1946 peak of 2.3 million. By 1960, however, a new
marriage wave ... by those from birth wave of 40’s.
And then, all through the 60’s, another all-time high
in the baby boom.
“Matrimony note: For every 100 women, 109
men ... of marriage ages. That’s enough to go a
round for all the women . . . some bachelors left over.
So say the statistics, but the women ask where to go
for good hunting. Answer: Go to the farms . . . 152
single men there for every 100 single women.
“Divorce running level . . . about 1 divorce for
every 4 marriages. And 3 out of 4 divorcees remarry
. . . no change in the habit of perseverance.
“Widows: Women live 6 years longer than men
by national average. Also women are about 3 years
younger than their husbands, on th4 average. It
means a 9-year difference in the life expectancies of
average couples. Thus it occurs that 13 percent of
women are widows, only 4 percent of men are wido
wers. Add the fact that men leave their fortunes, big
or little, to the widows, and you see why it is that
widows have so much of the nation’s wealth.”
Miss Marvine Mizell, student
at the University of Georgia, was
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Mizell for the holi
days.
Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. Parker
Dodge and Mrs. J. B. Lewis were
invited by the Rose Garden Club
of Waycross to act as judges for
the Christmas lighting of the
homes in the city of Waycross.
There were nineteen entries.
They were judged on Wednes
day December 21.
Mrs. C. P. Harley has returned
from Miami where she visited
her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Morris
and brother, Charlie Craven.
Leonard Crews, student at Uni
versity of Georgia at Athens,
spent the holidays at home with
relatives at Hortense.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Beckwith
of Michigan City, Indiana, visited
their aunt, Mrs. John Cunard at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Broome on Thursday of last
week. They were returning from
Miami where they visited rela
tives.
Miss Margaret Crews, student
at Berry Schools at Rome, Ga.
is home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. I. J. Crews for the holidays.
Miss Mattie Lou Wildes of At
lanta spent the holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Wildes.
Sidney, Ralph and Ronald Will
is spent the holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Willis.
First Lt. Sam A. Langley, son
of Mrs. Ruby G. Moody, Route
1 Hortense, is a member of the
10th Infantry Division in Ger
many.
Social and Personal News
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I JAN 3 1956 T
Uranthy fetterprto
Students home for the Christ
mas holidays from G. S. C. W.
at Millidgeville are; Miss Betty
Jean Sadler, Miss Iris Barr, Miss
lona Johns, Miss Grace Strick
land, Miss Doris Stone, Miss
Peggy Carter, Miss Betty Jones,
Miss Mary Lou Gardner, Miss
Frances Walker. Miss Doris Stone
of Hoboken completed her studies
for her degree and will do prac
tice teaching after the first of
the year.
Malcolm Strickland, stationed
at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
was home on December 15 and
carried his mother, Mrs. Gerti
Strickland and Mrs. Mollie High
smith to Auburn, Ala. for the
graduation exercises of John Cur
tis Strickland who recieved his
B. S. degree in Chemical Engin
eering at A. T. I.
John Curtis Strickland was
home with his mother for the
holidays. Mrs. Strickland and
Mrs. Mollie Highsmith carried
him to Jacksonville on Monday
where he boarded a plane for
Port Authur, Texas where he is
now employed.
Home for Christmas Day and
for holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
Jos. B. Sttrickland were their
children Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Strickland of Atlanta; Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Strickland and Shar
on and Jimmy of Texas City,
Texas; Dr. and Mrs. Bibb Saye
and little daughter, Susan, of
Richmond, Va. and Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Strickland and little
son, Barry, of Nahunta.
Emory Bass, mayor-elect of
Valdosta, was a visitor at The
Brantley Enterprise office in Na
hunta Saturday, Dec. 24. He has
recently been elected mayor of
Valdosta for a two-year term.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 29, 1955
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Firemen to
Meet Friday
Night, Dec. 30
All volunteer firemen of the
City of Nahunta and other inter
ested persons are requested to
meet at the courthouse Friday
night, Dec. 30, at 7:30, it is an
nounced by Clint Robinson, chief
of the Nahunta fire department.
Plans and proceedure for oper
ating the Nahunta fire depart
ment will be worked out at the
meeting, the chief states.
A volunteer fire department
was recently organized for Na
hunta and the organization is in
process of getting equipment and
making plans for efficient fire
fighting in case of fires inside the
city.
Each and every member of the
volunteer department is urgently
requested to be present Friday
night for information and in
structions as to the organization’s
work in the future.
Recipe For
Long Life
A recipe for longevity was of
fered by Dr. Flanders Dunbar, at
a recent meeting of the New York
State Academy of General Prac
tice. His suggestions were based
on a preliminary survey of cen
tenarians.
The survey showed there is no
one secret for a long life. Rather
it is a blend of common ingre
dients that. Dr. Dunbar believes,
include:
1. An extraordinary health re
cord, derived evidently from a
relatively stable autonomic ner
vous system that quickly regains
equilibrium after shock.
2. A preference for marriage.
Ninety-eight p^r cent of the cen
tenarians surveyed had been
married. The divorce rate in this
group was very low.
3. A remarkably high record of
large families.
4. Ingenuity in avoiding frus
tration. Centenarians seem to
have escaped conflict with auth
ority and have in general sought
to be their own bosses.
5. These older and perhaps wi
ser persons have not spent their
efforts in “getting to the top”.
6. Sociability and a sense of
humor, with little inclination to
argue.
7. A faculty of not worrying a
bout things beyond their control.
8. The ability to sleep soundly
—though not always for long
stretches.
9. The ability to make a fresh
start, rather than self-denuncia
tion as a failure when frustra
tion is unavoidable.
10. No fear of death. An accep
tance of life as a natural phe
nomenon and assumption of long
life.
11. Religiousness, but not to an
extreme.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Loyd an
nounce the arrival of a son, on
December 18. He weighed nine
pounds and nine ounces and
has been named Blake Austin.
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Mr. and Mrs. Eber Rhoden an
nounce the birth of a son on Dec.
26 in a Waycross hospital. He
has been given the name of Per
ry Alan.
Mattie Grace Strickland of Ho
boken has made the dean’s list
at Georgia State College for
Women for the fall term.
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Pvt. Willie A. Lee, son of Mrs.
Annie Lois Lee, of Nahunta, has
been asigned to Company K, 501st
Airborne Infantry Regiment at
Fort Jackson, S. C., for eight
weeks of basic training.
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Pfc. James K. Thomas, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomas,
Route 1, Hoboken, recently was
graduated from the cooking
course at the Quartermaster
School, Fort Lee, Va.
Judge Roddenberry to Preside,
At First Term in Home County
Methodist Women
Met Thursday Night
The December meeting of the
Methodist W. S. C. S. was held
Tuesday night, Dec. 20 at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Lewis with
Mrs. E. A. Moody and Mrs. Grace
Wakeley as co-hostesses.
Mrs. W. A. Long was in charge
of the program and gave the dev
otional. Several Christmas songs
were led by Miss Gladys Wynne
and Christmas stories were given
by Mrs. Wakeley and Mrs. Cohan.
After the program the members
looked at the many beautiful
Christmas arrangements Mrs.
Lewis had made in her home.
Particularly attractive was the
dining room table which was
laid with silver and crystal and
had a red panel down the center
of the cloth. A white leaf arrange
ment centered the red panel. Ice
cream snowballs, cake and grape
juice was served by the hostesses
after which gifts were exchanged.
Other members present were
Mrs. Robert Griner, Mrs. Roy
Harper, Mrs. A. S. Mizell, Mrs. S.
S. Sarvis, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Em
ory Middleton, Mrs. Horace Will
iams, Mrs. Lee Godwin and Mary
Lee Godwin.
Lulaton News
By Mrs. Grady Boyd
The Lulaton Babtist Sunday
School classes presented a Christ
mas pageant “ Come to the Man
ger” on Wednesday night, Dec.
21. Mrs. Lester Edgy and Mrs.
Grady Boyd were in charge of
the program.
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Mrs. J. .M. Rogers left Dec 22
to visit for several weeks in
Hollywood, Fla. with her sister,
Mrs. William Kratz.
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Mr. and Mrs. Winton Harris
and children of Brunswick were
visitors here on Christmas Day.
Rev. and Mrs. Lester Edgy are
spending the holidays in Palm
Beach, Fla. with her mother.
They were accompanied by their
two children, Jane and Jimmy.
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Mr. Irvin Rowell and grandson
from Tampa are staying a few
days with his mother, Mrs. Aussie
Rowell.
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Eugene Ham is spending a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Ham. Eugene has been a patient
in the Brunswick hospital.
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Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Dowling
and sons of Brunswick spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. S.
B. Highsmith.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson and
son, Danny and Mrs. Stella Her
rin of Brunswick were visitors
here on Monday.
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Linda Higginbotham of Bruns
wick is spending a few days here
as guest of Shirley Wainright.
JUMPERS MOVE OUT
The ability to get to the right place in record time is a character
istic of the United States Army’s Airborne troops. Fully equipped
groups of more Jian 200 paratroopers can be airlifted in a huge C-124
Globemaster. Every paratrooper is a volunteer and is picked to per
form this interesting and vitally important duty.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Judge Cecil Roddenberry
Harvey—
Higginbotham
A wedding of interest was that
of Miss Jeanette Harvey of Way
cross to Omer Ernest Higginbot
ham, son of Mrs. E. T. Higgin
botham of Nahunta on Saturday
night, Dec. 24.
They were married at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Marshall Strick
land with Rev. Strickland per
forming the double ring cere
mony.
They left immediately after the
wedding for a honeymoon trip
through Florida. Upon their re
turn they will make their home
in Waycross where the groom is
employed.
Post Office to
Be Closed Monday
The Nahunta Post Office will
be closed all day Monday Jan
uary first, 1956, in observance
of New Years Day.
Usual holiday hours will pre
vail at the General Delivery
window for sale of stamps only.
8:30 to 9:00 a. m. and 4:30 to 5:00
p. m.
The rural routes will not run.
Parker Dodge,
Postmaster.
Social Security
Wage Base Will
Go Up to $4,200
Beginning in 1955, a new “fi
gure” appeared on the social se
curity horizon —$4,200 per year.
Raising the annual earnings base
from $3,600 to $4,200 represents
one of the most important
changes in law recently enacted.
Millions of workers will be af
fected.
W T hat significance does this
change have for the average
working person. It means that
wage increases received by labor
in recent years can now be re
flected more adequately on in
dividual wage records. Many
workers will have a greater per
centage, if not all, of their earn
ings credited for social security
purposes. Thus, their future bene
fits will be more proportionate to
actual earnings during their
working lifetimes.
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
Jury Lists
Announced
For Session
Brantley County Superior
Court will convene at Nahunta
on the third Monday in January
with Judge Cecil Roddenberry
presiding and J. R. Walker as
solicitor.
The January Superior Court
session will be Judge Rodden
berry’s first court in his home
town since his appointment to
fill the unexpired term of the
late Judge Walter Thomas.
Judge Roddenberry has presid
ed at court sessions at Folkston,
Alma and Blackshear since being
appointed but has not yet held
court at Nahunta.
Many favorable comments have
been made concerning Judge Rod
denberry’s conduct of the court
sessions held in these other coun
ties. He has greatly impressed
the citizens by his able and ex
peditious way of conducting
court.
Many Citizens were especially
impressed that Judge Rodden
berry opens his court sessions
with prayer by some minister or
church leader.
Judge Roddenberry recently
drew the list of jurors for the
Grand Jury and the traverse
juries for the coming session of
court.
Grand Jury List for January
term Superior Court Brantley
County;
Robert Edgey, Riley Johns,
Louis Prescott, H. L. Lanier,
Everette L. Hickox, Mrs. P. D.
Griffin, Clyde Dowling, C. M.
Dowling, Lonnie Wilson, O. G.
Lee, Robert Drury, E. J. Dixon,
L. E. Aldridge, Lee Wyatt.
Altman M. Griffin, Jr,. George
M. Johns, Mrs. Joe S. Smith, S.
K. Allen, Harvey Altman, Dave
Rowell, E. A. Raulerson, A. J.
Stokes, C. H. Harden, A. H. Mor
ris, Jim R. Herrin, W. K. Herrin^
Troy Harper, Wilson Lee Clark,
Mrs. C. O. Popwell, Ira E. Johns.
Traverse Jury List January
Term Superior Court, Brantley
County. *
A. B. Crews, E. B. Herrin, Jasper
Johnson, D. W. Lee, Spencer Lew
is, Chess V. Herrin, Joe T. Crews,
C. L. King, J. B. Strickland, J.
Q. Smitht, Jr., Vornie Crews, W.
C. Long, Ike Moody, Eldon Crews.
Owen Prescott, Archie Crews,
Rufus Shuman, J. C. Allen,
Leon A. Jacobs, Riley Crews,
Leon Strickland, H. F. Crews,
Henry G. Lee, Oscar Lyons,
Lester J. Edgy, Merick Herrin,
J. Wainright, L. E. Aldridge,
dy, H. R. Rowell, Alvin Ald-
B. Harris, Pete J. Gibson A. E.
Strickland, J. P. Williams, Mon
sie Wilson, Mrs. Ike Moody.
E. B. Campbell, George Steed
ley, C. A. Robinson, Wilbur Dow
ling, J. W. Thrift, Riley Walked,
R. L. Dubose, Charles Crews, } W.
B. Gibson, A. E. Strickland^ J.
P. Williams, Monsie Wilson, Mrs.
Ike Moody.
Harry DePratter, Mrs. H. K.
Persons, J. V. Strickland, Arnold
Morgan, Thomas P. Herrin, John
I. Lee, Culbert Johns, Ernest
Thrift, E. J. Wilson, G. R. Stone,
Marshall B. Strickland, George
Dowling, A. D. Highsmith, J.
Wilder Brooker, Leland Smith.
Taxpayers to Get
Assistance Making
Out Income Taxes
The U- S. Internal Revenue
Service has announced dates on
which tax payers will be given
help in making out their income
tax returns for 1955.
Taxpayer Assistance Days at
Waycross are:
Jan. 2 thru Jan. 20 - Monday
only.
Jan. 23 thru Feb. 17 - Monday
and Friday.
Feb. 20 thru March 30 - Mon
day only.
April 2 thru April 16 - Mon
day and Friday.
