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Newspaper Page TextAll of the People in Most of the Homes in Brantley County Read The Brantley Enterprise, Their Home Newspaper. VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 11 TERRY ALLEN Honorable Mention on All-State Basketball Star All-State Basketball Team LONZO GRIFFIN Candidates Get Set for County Races County political races got un der way in earnest Thursday when the entries for candidates for county offices ended at noon. Last reports of this newspaper were at 11:30 A. M., thirty min utes before the entries were to close. At that time 17 candidates for the various offices had given their announcements to this newspaper. They were as follows: ' Five candidates for sheriff, in cluding Monsie I. Wilson, J. Walter Crews, Calvin E. Jacobs, Ben Jones and Archie Crews. Two candidates for Ordinary, including Claude A. Simth and Thomas P. Herrin. Two candidates for county school superintendent, including Herschel W. Herrin and P. D. Griffin. Two candidates for clerk of Superior Court, including Delma F. Herrin and Virgil H. (Dick) Allen. Six candidates for county com missioner from the several dis tricts as follows: Nahunta district: R. B. Brook er. Hortense - Waynesville dis trict: R. C. Harrell, Jr., and W. E. Eldridge. Atkinson - Lulaton district, C. H. Penland. Hickox district, Alfred (Junior) Thomas. Schlatterville district: L. E. (Ed) Herrin. Easter Seal Appeal Opens Georgia’s 1956 Easter Seal Ap peal to aid as many of the state’s 100,000 handicapped as funds will allow, officially opened Saturday, March 10 - April 10 are the dates for the annual effort of the Georgia Society for Crippled Children and Adults, the Seal Agency, to gain public support for its work of: 1. Maintaining treatment and rehabilitation centers in local communities and establishing oth ers as soon as possible. Here, individuals of all ages disabled through birth injury, accident or illness, may receive aid. 2. Providing scholarships for training professional persons to staff the centers. 3. Providing counsel for par ents of crippled children. 4. Preventing crippling through a public safety campaign. 5. Providing recreation for the handicapped through summer day camps. SEWING TIPS Specialists point out that some homemakers like to buy their pattern first, while others pur chase the fabric first. They ad vise those who select the fabric first to be sure to select the pat tern before letting the salesclerk make the cut. If the pattern is not designed specifically for plaid, it is wise to buy an extra half a yard. The same is true of a large print. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Mrs. S. C. M. Drury Celebrates Her 67th Birthday Eighty-one relatives and friends of Mrs. S. C. M. Drury met at her home on Sunday, March 11, to celebrate her 67th birthday. A picnic lunch was served. Present were: Mrs. Lucille Parker and child ren; Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Cole man and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Coleman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yancy and Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Yancy and son, all of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Drury and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Drury, Carl and Don of Vidalia; Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Westberry and son of Blackshear; Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin Drury and children, Mr. Buddy Drury, Mr. and Mrs. De witt Chapman of Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Middleton of Atkinson; C. S. Jacobs of Ray bon, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Drury of Nahunta; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Blocker, Mr. and Mrs. Buck Boyd and children of Snowdown, Ala.; Mrs. W. R. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Gibson and children, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hunter and child ren, L. W. Robinson, all of Waynesville; Irvin Drury, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Drury and children; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jones and children, Mrs. W. H. Jacobs and Ruth and William. Dangers Involved In Burning of Brush Emphasized Atlanta, Ga. — The Georgia Forestry Commission this week warned of the dangers involved in brush burning. It was pointed out that brush burning always has the poten tial of creating a damaging fo rest fire and with the approach of March, usually a windy month, brush burning will be very dan gerous. The Commission also announc ed that 1,868 forest fires occurred in Georgia during January burn ing over 18,997 acres. Georgia has 20,937,462 acres under fire protection, the January total re sulting in .90 percent being burn ed. A monthly forest fire survey conducted by the Southern Pulp wood Conservation Association, showed that 6,413 forest fires burned over 121,187 acres in seven Southern states and Region Eight, U. S. Forest Service. . Georgia counties suffering the most acreage burned by districts were Burke, 496; Colquitt, 429; Harris, 811; Lee, 1,157; Jeffer son, 403; Bartow, 655; Lowndes, 301; and Jackson, 111. The Commission warned that if brush burning is to be done, rules should be followed to pre vent the fire, spreading and causing a forest fire. They are: 1. Have the brush fire under control at all times with ade quate help. 2. Don’t burn brush during a high wind. , 3. If you must burn brush, fire into the wind, not with it. 4. Advise your neighbors of your brush burning activities. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brannen announce the birth of a daughter born in the Ware County Hospi tal Wednesday, March 7. She was named Alice Jean. Srantky Biterprte Births Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 15, 1956 WAIN BROOKER Honorable Mention on All-State Basketball Team PROCEEDINGS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Brantley County Commis sioners of Roads and Revenue met in regular session March 6th, 1956. Present were R. B. Brook er, chairman, R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk, C. H. Penland and Silas D. Lee. The following Pauper List was approved and ordered paid: Ocie Moody, $10.00; Thelma Sapp, $10.00; Rosa Rainge, $10.00; ano Dora Merritt, SIO.OO. The following Commissioners were paid six days service each: R. B. Brooker, $30.00; R. C. Har rell Jr., $22.28; C. H. Penland, $22.28; T. V. Rhoden, $30.00; and Silas D. Lee, $30.00. The following Road Hands were paid for the month of February, 1956: Perry Crews, $165.85; Woodrow Wilson, $165.- 85; I. C. Harris, $181.85; J. F. Willis, $181.85; Monsie Wilson, $194.28; Ottis Morgan, $165.85; Talmadge Gunter, $173.84; Ros coe Murray, $176.00; Elvin Grif fin, $162.30; and O. G. Lee, $225.00. The following General Bills were paid: Georgia Power and Light Co., $41.60; Mrs. S. E. Blount, $75.00, salary; Archie A. Johns, SBO.OO, salary; D. F. Her rin, $88.50, salary and fee; C. Winton Adams, $25.00, salary; Georgia State Forestry Comm., $475.00, budget; B. O. Jones, $150.00, salary; George A. Loyd, $190.00, salary; Sarah Dot Simp son, $106.05, salary; Brantley Telephone Co., $54.68, phones & calls; J. W. Brooker, $99.00, sup plies; Dr. E. A. Moody, $33.50, salary and treating prisoner; Oke fenokee REA, $5.00, membership fees; The Brantley Enterprise, $115.00, printing and supplies; Lastingers Garage, $4.50, repair; Sinclair Refining Co., $33.30, gas and oil; Knox Hotel, $14.42, feed ing jurors; B. O. Jones, $134.80, turnkeys and prisoner board; At las Products Co., $44.30, janitor supplies; Foote & Davis, Inc., $91.92, office supplies; Dept, of Public Welfare, $641.18, budget; Business Machine Service, $8.75, repair; H. S. Wilson, $253.03, re pair; City of Nahunta, $27.00, water; Labrone Machinery Co., Inc., $586.43, repair; Carlton Co., $4.77, repair; Bennett Brothers, $34.59, office supplies; Edgar Morgan, $5.50, repair; Rebecca D. Griner, $283.60, salary; lorena R. Strickland, $153.30, salary; Wayne County Health Dept., $30.00, Dental Dept.; A. B. Brooker & Son, $5.42, supplies; T. E. Raul erson, $109.13, services rendered; A. J. Tuten, $63.34, salary; R. B. Brooker, $25.00, in burial of Goodrick Riggins; H. S. Wilson, $2400.00, for new truck; Washing ton National Insurance Co., $55.- 78, insurance. There being no further busi ness the meeting adjourned in regular order. R. B. Brooker, Chairman. R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk. Pre-School Clinic Scheduled for Friday, March 23 The Nahunta PreSchool Clinic will be held at the local Health Department on Friday, March 23 from 9 A. M. to 12 noon. Dr. E. A. Moody is the clinician. Parents who have children be ginning school in September are urged to come with the child. Baptists Start Revival Series Next Week Revival Services will be held at the Nahunta Baptist Church next week, with Rev. Sidney L. Goldfinch, of Columbia, S. C. as the visiting preacher. There will be two services daily, at 9:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. The song ser vice will be directed by Bow man Barr. A feature of the week of ser vices will be that the organiza tions of the church will take ac tive parts in the revival by spon soring each night meeting. Mon day night will be Brotherhood and Royal Ambassador Night. Tuesday will be Woman’s Miss ionary Union, with all the auxiliaries. Wednesday will be Sunday School night. Thurs day will be Baptist Training Union Night, and Friday night will be all church Night. There will also be a time for the children to sing choruses and hymns with practice before each night service, and then, a part in the song program each service at night. The entire Nahunta Baptist Church extends a cordial wel come to all the community. Sun day, March 18, thru Sunday night, March 25. Waynesville News By MRS. PETE GIBSON Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cooper Jr. of Cocoa, Fla., spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Smith Jr. • * • Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Prescott and daughter of Kingsland spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Davis. Dorothy Davis re turned to Kingsland with them to spend a week. • • * Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brazell of St. Marys, Charles Brazell of Kingsland and Miss Shelba Par rott of Woodbine were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker for the weekend. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson spent Sunday in Darien visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. Fountain. • • • Mrs. Helen Chatham of Jack sonville visited her aunts, Miss L. B. McSweeney and Mrs. Dave Leggett. • * * Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Doan of Brunswick visited Mr. and Mrs. Truby Thornton last weekend. Oleander Garden Club Met with Mrs. Robinson The Orleander Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Clint Robinson with Co-Hostess Mrs. Collis Highsmith on Tuesday, March 13. Mrs. J. B. Lewis was guest speaker and gave a talk on “Flower Containers”. Afterwards Mrs. Earl May presided dur ing the business meeting. A stork shower was given for Mrs. Dick Schmitt at which time refreshments were served by the hostesses. Those attending were: Mrs. Ben Jones, Mrs. W. C. Long Mrs. J. D. Orser, Mrs. Earl May, Mrs. Collis Highsmith, Mrs. Clint Robinson, Mrs. Oliver Pearson, Mrs. Norman Lewis, Mrs. Dick Purcell, Mrs. Joe Walker, Mrs. Lester Williamson, Mrs. Dick Schmitt, Mrs. Cecil Moody, Mrs. Wilder Broker, Mrs. Linton Brooker, Mrs. Alvin William son. Nearly an Inch Os Rain Falls A total of .80 inches of rain fall was recorded Sunday after noon, March 11, at the Patterson weather station, according to Forest Ranger R. C. James. Mr. and Mrs. Leicester Poppell, Mary Lou and Molly Ann of Dock Junction visited Mr. and Mrs. Arsburn Johnson on Sun day. 27 Brantley County Girls Aided From Mumford Scholarship Fund College Decides Qualifications Os Applicants The Sylvester Mumford Mem orial Fund is a $116,000 bequest made in 1948 by Mrs. Parkhurst in honor of her father, Sylvester Mumford who once lived in the Waynesville section of Brantley County. The Mumford fund is admin istered by the Georgia State College for Women at Milledge ville and the college officials pass on the qualifications of ap plicants for aid from the fund. The Mumford fund is for “maintaining and supporting scholarship in said college for the benefit of poor and deserv ing white girls from Brantley County.” To successful applicants the Mumford Fund pays all college expenses except incidentals, such as clothing and books. It pays tuition and board and sometimes helps on other expenses. Each year the Georgia State College for Women provides an examination for the upper half (uper half in scholarship grades) of the graduating class of girls in Nahunta and Hoboken high schools. This examination is provided by the college which selects someone in Brantley County to give the examination. The coun ty school superintendent is us ually appointed to give the exam. The college then selects from the applicants the girls the college believes best qualified under the rules of the Mumford Fund be quest. The rules are as follows: The student or students re ceiving scholarships provided through scholarship funds shall be selected in the following man ner: 1. The College shall select stu dents from the upper half of the graduating class whose records of conduct and good citizenship indicates promise of future lead ership and whose need for finan cial aid is clearly indicated. 2. The student or students from this list will be given the Sones-Harry or other general test of high school achievement. These tests will be used as a partial basis for final selection. Materials will be furnished the principal upon request to the re gistrar and may be administrat ed for the College within a per iod four weeks prior to gradua tion. 3. The decision of the College in making selections of recipi ents or alternates shall be final. 4. To conform with policies and regulations set out by the Col lege, all recipients must main tain a general average of C or better in her academic work in Order to continue to receive sch olarship benefits. Further rules and regulations of the Mumford Fund and the Brantley County girls who have benefitted from it are as fol lows: One-third part to The Georgia State College for Women at Mil ledgeville, Georgia, said one-third part to be invested and re-invest ed by the proper officers of said College and only the income therefrom to be used in main taining and supporting scholar ships in said College for the benefit of poor and deserving white girls from Brantley (for merly Wayne) County in the State of Georgia; the principal of the fund to be known as the “Sylvester Mumford Memorial Fund”; the selections of said girls shall be in the discretion of the proper officers of said college. Girls who have accepted Scho larships: 1948: Betty Jean Ammons, Agnes Jacobs, Reba Jean Ben nett, Winnell Douglas. 1949: Ann Royster, Peggy Tho mas, Beatrice Herrin, Millidom Popwell. 1950: Barbara Ann Driver, Tressa Highsmith, Mary Florence OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Sloan. 1951: Elizabeth Woods, Mary Louise Altman. 1952: Doris Stone, Josephine Warren, Colleen Herrin, Marion Strickland. 1953: Betty Joe Sheppard, Bon nie Thrift, Iris Barr, Peggy Car ter. , 1954: Grace Strickland, lona Johns, Betty Jean Sadler, Betty Ann Jones. 1955: Mary Lou Gardner, Mar gie Lou Dryden. Lawton Crews Funeral Services Held Saturday Funeral services for Lawton Crews of Hoboken, who died Thursday, were held Saturday morning at 10:30 at the First Ad vent Christian Church in Brant ley county, with the Rev. Harold Aldridge and the Rev. Silas Ald ridge officiating. Burial was in the Thomas cemetery. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Goldie Mae Ald ridge, of Hoboken and Mrs. Jes sie Bell Cook, of Wildwood, Fla.; three sons, Elbert Crews of Ho boken, Ivey Crews and Earl Crews, both of Leesburg, Fla., 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers were Flerhing Mel ton, Fleming Crews, B. H. Ho well, Razz Hoyrell, Eldon Crews, and Mack Melton. States Rights Council Plans Rally at Mcßae The States’ Rights Council of Georgia, Inc., will hold a rally at Mcßae, Georgia, on Saturday, March 17, at 3:00 p.m. In charge of the program will be Henry Williams of Mcßae who is a member of the state executive committee of the Council. The main speaker for the oc casion will be the State Attor ney-General Eugene Cook, out spoken critic of the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Cook has made extensive studies of Con stitutional law, and is much in demand as a speaker throughout the United States. Other speakers for the rally will be Roger Lawson, member of the State Highway Board, and W. T. Bodenhamer, Executive Di rector of the States’ Rights Coun cil of Georgia, Inc. The rally at Mcßae is one of a series of meetings being held over Georgia. There will be peo ple in attendance from twenty or more counties in South Cen tral Georgia. The meeting will be held at the Telfair County Courthouse. One of the crop rotations rec ommended by Agricultural Ex tension Service agronomists is corn alone or interplanted with a summer legume; cotton follow ed by a winter legume. PROPOSED FACTORY SEEMS TO HAVE FADED A number of people have asked me what has become of Nahunta’s proposed garment factory. My answer is that I do not know why the firm which expressed a desire to locate here has not been heard from lately. The belief is that the company has turned to some other town which possibly offered more than Nahunta could afford. Nahunta went a long way in meeting every request of the promoters of the factory. A group of citizens of fered to erect a suitable building and allow the company to pay for it over a 20-year period. The truth is, there is such competition for new fac tories among Georgia towns that the incoming industries can almost dictate their own terms. And sometimes these terms are so one-sided that good business people hesitate to underwrite the financial aid demanded. We need and invite new industries. But it seems to me that we should not go overboard meeting financial demands unless the requirements are reasonable accord ing to the standards of good business proceedure. The old adage, “It is better to be safe than sorry,’’ applies in dealing with proposed financial ventures. SWEEPING THE COUNTRY By Carl Broome The Home Newspaper is Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. HARRY E. EDMUNDS Attends Airman School Harry E. Edmunds of Nahunta has been attending Airman Fun damentals School in Norman Ok lahoma for the past eight weeks. He has been studying such sub jects as general familiarization with aircraft, the use of emer gency mathematics, physics, blue print reading and the use of hand tools. In addition he will be given instruction in the various jobs offered in Naval Aviation to en able him to better choose the type of work he most desires. On his completion there the 20th of March he will be sent to Memphis, Tenn., of Jacksonville, Fla., to finish his schooling in Naval Aviation. Hortense PT A Honors Teachers The Hortense PTA honored the teachers of the Hortense School with a chicken supper in the school lunchroom on Thursday evening, March 8. Mrs. Edna Adams, teacher of the year in Brantley County, was the guest of honor. She was pre sented a corsage by the County School Superintendent, Mr. H. W. Herrin. The lunchroom was decorated with spring flowers arranged by B. Strickland. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harper, Mrs. Lola Ro zier, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hender son, Tim Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rowell, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rowell, Mr. and Mrs. Lu ther Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Campbell, Mr. Bob Strick land, Miss Carrie Lee, Miss Ida Vause, Mr. and Mrs. Winton A dams, Mrs. Lacy Strickland, Mrs. Potter Sloan, Mrs. C. L. Middle ton, Mr. and Mrs. Shot Strick land, Mrs. Bence Strickland, Mrs. Tom Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Raulerson, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Herrin, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Row ell, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hopkins, Mrs. Eugene Dubberly, Mrs. Jim Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Rep Pear son and Mrs. Dorsie Fisher.