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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 25 Sweeping the Country reckless motorists kill more people The toll of lives taken by reckless motorists on Georgia highways continues to rise. The increase in acci dents goes up continually, while warnings of traffic a gencies, news and articles and cartoons of newspapers hammer continually on the need for careful driving. Just why the act of driving a powerful motor car makes fools of some people is as yet unknown. A motor madness, a forgetfulness of all caution, these seem to take possession of some people when they grasp the steering wheel of an automobile. most common faults of motorists Excessive speed is, of course, one of the big factors in causing death and injuries on our highways. The mania for speed is evident on all our main arteries of traffic and it contributes daily to our awful carnage on the highways. ♦ Another common fault of some motorists is driving too close behind another car, dashing along at 70 miles an hour not more than two car lengths behind some in nocent driver who may be the victim of a possible rear end crash. A third fault of reckless motorists is cutting in too quickly after passing a car on the highway. Many times I have had to put on brakes sharply in order to allow such a road-hog to gain clearance. A fourth cause of many fatalities in traffic is the motorist who passes other cars without enough time and distance to clear oncoming cars. A number of times I have had to take to the shoulder of the road in order to save myself and to save the reckless fellow meeting me while trying to pass a third car. This reckless stunt is as idiotic as it is dangerous, but it is witnessed on nearly every trip along any traffic artery. One of the most aggravating faults of the reckless motorist is hugging the center line or even driving astrjde it. He just dares you to take your half of the road. All such drivers should remember that it is far less dangerous to run off on the right shoulder of the road than to meet another car head-on in the center of the road. In fact, the shoulders of the highway are provided for the purpose of giving extra space to maneuver m case of need for dodging a collision. A sixth cause of many motor crashes is the motorist who drives from a side street or road into traffic with out proper caution for oncoming cars. Such a driver just plows into the road or street without looking either way, as if he or she were the only motorist in that region. One of the best rules for every motorist is to drive as carefully as if every other motorist were a damphool. Now, mind you, I don’t say that every other motorist is a damphool. I only say that we should drive our own cars in an extremely careful way, with the idea in our minds that every other driver on the road might possibly be a damphool. Then if the other drivers do not prove to be dam phools, we are safe anyway. Our biggest safety factor is to drive as if every other driver might be an idiot. In this way every driver will be using his brain in away to insure safety for himself and also for everyone else. The good driver is the driver who drives as if the safety of everyone on the road depended on him. He is always alert to the possibility that the other fellow will make a big mistake or act the idiot. Many a driver has saved the life of many a damphool, as well as saving his own life at the same time. Drive carefully. Don’t take chances. Use your head as well as your foot. Live and let live. The undertaker get you soon enough anyway. ANTI-POLLUTION LAW IS PASSED The announcement comes from Congresswoman Iris Blitch that the bill against river pollution has passed both houses of congress. It provides outright grants of one-third the cost of sewerage disposal plants to cities and towns in the United States. The law also provides the U. S. Surgeon-General shall have power to enforce the federal laws against pollution of inter-state rivers, that is, rivers touching more than one state. Under the new law Waycross, Blackshear and Alma can get funds, outright gifts, of one-third the cost of sewerage disposal plants for their cities. This should be great encouragement to these towns to get busy and raise the other two-thirds of the cost and stop ruining the Satilla River. If these three towns will clear up their pollution o the Satilla River, all farmers, fishermen and sportsmen in southeast Georgia will rise up and call them blessed. It can be done, it must be done. We call on them to show their true cooperative spirit by taking immediate action to start the ball rolling toward restoring one of our greatest natural resources, the once wonderful Satilla River. Brantley Cou By CARL BROOME tnty — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progre Sruuiky feifrrprta ENTERPRISE EDITOR IN HIS NATURAL HABITAT — Carl Broome, center, wins men’s prize for costume in Hillbilly Jamboree at Georgia Press Association conven tion at Savannah. Others in the photo: Mrs. Emily Chalker who took first prize in the women’s contest; Luke Green, Jr., first prize for boys; and Susan Greene, first prize for girls. The Georgia Motor Trucking Association was host at the dinner party and the Hillbilly Jamboree. (Savannah Evening Press photo by Jim Bisson.) Nine Brantley Farmers to Get Awards Nine Brantley County farmers received certificates of award at the meeting of the Satilla River Soil Conservation District meet ing in Waycross Wednesday, June 20. Brantley farmers who won the awards by achievements in soil conservation practices were Lavelle Bohannon, Nahunta; Ful ton Hagin, Rt. 2, Waycross; Ro bert Hunter, Hoboken; Leon Ja cobs, Hoboken; Riley Johns, Na hunta; Farley O’Berry, Hortense; E. L. Sears, Nahunta; Alfred Thomas, Nahunta; Frank Walker, Waynesville. House Bill On Pollution Is Adopted The House of Representatives in Washington has adopted H.R. 9540, the Blatnik bill, to extend and strengthen the expiring Wa ter Pollution Control Act. Final passage came on June 13 after spirited debate on the measure. The vote was 338 for and 31 against. The real test on the bill came on a motion by Congressman George A. Dondero of Michigan to recommit the bill to commit tee with instructions to take out the section providing for con struction grants to municipali ties to help build sewage treat ment plants. The re-committal motion was defeated by a vote of 213 to 165. Palmetto News By Mrs. W. H. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Smith and children, Anne, Frances, Boyd and Floyd of Turkey Farm were guests of Mrs. W. H. Ja cobs on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Freeman and family spent Sunday in Da rien visiting Mr. and Mrs. Earl Freeman. Mrs. W. H. Jacobs entertain ed a group of young people at her home on Saturday night. Cold drinks, cakes and crackers were served for refreshments. Vacation Bible School will start at Waynesville Baptist Church on Monday, June 25. Everyone is invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Knight were visitors in Jesup on Satur day. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 21, 1956 « • ♦ • • • • • • • • • Carl Broome Wins 4 Auto Tires as Best Hillbilly Carl Broome, editor of The Brantley Enterprise, was adjudg ed the “best dressed” Hillbilly among the men at the Georgia Press Association convention in Savannah Thursday night, June 14. The occasion was a Hillbilly Jamboree put on by the Geor gia Motor Truckers Association for the press association. The Truckers Association was host to the editors at the Thursday night program of the state editors. Prizes were given for the best Hillbilly costumes in four class es, little girls, little boys, wo men and men. Mr. Broome won in the men’s class and was a warded four new white side-wall auto tires. When interviewed by a report er for this newspaper, Mr. Broome stated that he might have won by a wider margin if his wife had let him remove his false teeth. 20-Pound Catfish Is Caught by Kenneth Lee A 20-pound six ounce catfish was caught by Kenneth Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. E. Lee of Nahunta, in Buck Lake Wednes day morning, June 19. Kenneth caught the big fish on a set hook in the Satilla River south of Lulaton. McEuen —Colbert Miss Harriette McEuen, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Mc- Euen of Nashville, Ga., became the bride of S|Sgt. Richard Col bert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sher ley Colbert of Alexandria, Va., June 3, in a double ring cere mony at the Methodist Church in Nashville, Ga. with Rev. Tom Watson, pastor, performing the rites. The McEuen family formerly lived in Nahunta. The young couple will make their home in Lake Charles, La., where Sgt. Colbert is stationed with the Air Force. Williams —Ramer Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Williams announce the engagement of their daughter, Jo Ann to Jack Ramer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ramer of Opp, Ala. The wedding will take place on Saturday, June 23, at the Lulaton Baptist Church at eight o’clock P. M. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. Births T;Sgt. and Mrs. Thomas Earl Cleland announce the birth of a son on June 9, 1956. The little boy has been named Thomas Earl, Junior. Earl and Sylvia are stationed in Paris, France, where the baby was born. Safe Cracked At Blackshear Auto Agency A safe at the Nimmer Chevro let Company in Blackshear was pried open by intruders and ap proximately $3,000 in cash and checks taken Monday night, Juqf 18. The cash taken was believed to have been in the neighbor hood of SI,OOO and the checks about $2,000. The burglars entered the back door of the business and appar ently had their car or cars park ed across the canal in the wood ed area behind the building. The time of the burglary was placed at between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m., as persons across the street from the Chevrolet agency re ported hearing dogs barking and other noises about that time, but did not realize that the noises were coming from the Chevrolet agency building. Local officers and agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investi gation are working on the case. Bookmobile Returns to Nahunta Monday, June 25 The Bookmobile will begin its second trip of the summer in Brantley County on Monday, June 25. Children who could not meet the Bookmobile on its last trip to join the Vacation Reading Club may still win a certificate for summer reading by meeting the Bookmobile this trip. Watch for the Bookmobile in Pleasant Valley, Schlatterville, and Hoboken on Monday; Hor tense, Twin River, and Raybon on Tuesday; Major Riggin’s Com munity, Hickox, and Nahunta on Wednesday; and Waynesville, At kinson, and Lulaton on Thurs day. The hours for stopping in each community will remain the same as last" trip. Business Women’s Class Met Thursday The Business Women’s Circle of the Nahunta Baptist Church met Thursday, June 14, at the church, with Mrs. Cecil Thomas in charge of the program. The subject was “Thy Word, a Lamp, a Light.” Mrs. Lois Williams. Mrs. Louise Drury and Mrs. Gaynelle Keene took part on the program. Others present were Mrs. Ocie Keen, Miss Malva Alice Keen, Mrs. Lillian Baxter and Mrs. Virgil Strickland. Mrs. Louise Drury served punch and crackers for refresh ments. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Nahunta Vacation Bible School Awards 98 Study Certificates C. J. Broome, Jr. Is Vice-President Os Press Association C. J. Broome, Jr., editor of The Alma Times and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome of Nahunta, was elected vice-presi dent of the Georgia Press Assoc iation at the convention in Sav annah Saturday, June 16. A warm contest developed at the convention in the race for vice-president. M. A. Perry, edi tor of the weekly Metropolitan Herald of Atlanta, was the other candidate nominated for vice president. After a warm but friendly contest C. J. Broome Jr. won over Mr. Perry by a vote of 44 to 21. Mr. Perry was then elected treasurer of the association. C. J. Broome, Jr., became edi tor of The Alma Times in 1942 at the age of 18 years and was the youngest editor in the state. He is a graduate of Georgia State College of Business Ad ministration in Atlanta. He has been a member of the Board of Managers of the Georgia Press Association for one year, and is a past president of the Eighth District Press Association. He is now a candidate for representative from Bacon coun ty in the forthcoming primary election in Bacon county. Fire Department Members Meet Monday Night A meeting of the Nahunta vol unteer fire department Monday night, June 25, at 8:30 at the courthouse, is announced by Ber nard Pearson, secretary-treasur er of the organization. The purpose of the meeting is to inform the volunteer firemen concerning the Georgia Fire men’s Association and the Fire man’s Death Benefit Fund. All volunteer firemen of Na hunta are urged to be present at the meeting. Okefenokee Camp Meeting Is Now In Progress The Okefenokee Camp Meet ing is now in progress on Com munity Drive off the Blackshear Highway, it is announced by Rev. Robert Huff, president of the meeting.' Services are being held each day at 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., with Rev. James Chrispell as evangelist. Singers and musicians are Boyce, Catherine and Linda Ruth Pierce. The meeting will continue through Sunday, July 1. '55 Was Worst Year for Fatalities on Highways HARTFORD, CONN. — The nation’s worst automo bile accident toll in history was recorded in 1955, it has been announced by The Travelers Insurance Companies. Traffic deaths totaled 37,800 last year compared with 35,000 in 1954. The injury count reach ed 2,158,000 compared with 1,- 960,000 in the previous year. These figures are taken from “Fatal Fallacies,” the twenty-sec ond in an annual series of traf fic accident data booklets pub lished by The Travelers. Acci dent facts from every state in the nation are collected and ana lyzed for the booklet by statisti cians. Excessive speed was the most dangerous driving mistake again in 1955, killing 12,700. The 1954 total was 12,380 persons. The injury total resulting from ex cessive speed was 702,560, com pared with 659,000 in 1954. The pedestrian record was the only bright spot in the 1955 ac cident picture. It reflected im provement for the fifth consecu tive year. Pedestrian casualties were reduced to 230,000, compar ed with 235,060 in 1954. Drivers under 25 years of age were involved in more than 27 percent of 1955’s fatal accidents, although they comprise only a- The Home Newspaper is Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. sive People. The Vacation Bible School held at Nahunta Baptist Church, June 8-15, closed with commence ment exercises on Friday night, June 15. There were 108 pupils attend ing at least part of the school, and 98 received certificates of study. The faculty consisted of prin cipal, Rev. Cecil F. Thomas; secretary, Mrs. Dorothy Graham; pianist, Mr. Bowman Barr; bus driver, Forrest Thomas. Beginners superintendent, Mrs. Gertie Strickland; teachers, Mrs. Wesley Burden, Mrs. Clifton Strickland and Mrs. George Dowling. Primaries superintendent, Mrs. Vera Strickland; teachers, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. W. C. Long, Mrs. Alvin Drury, and Jean Esther Highsmith. Juniors superintendent, Mrs. Effie Strickland; teachers, Mrs. Bertha Jacobs, Mrs. Dick Purcell, and Miss Iris Barr. Intermediates superintendent: Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas; teachers, Mrs. Lois Williams, Mr. Bobby Strickland, and Mr. R. D. Tho mas. Nursery: Intermediates - San dra Williams, Lillie Ruth Thom as, Virleen Strickland and Wanda Purcell served as helpers. The average attendance of pu pils and faculty was 110 for the week. Those who served the children refreshments were Mrs. Doris Allen, Mrs. J. R. James, Mrs. T. J. Thornton, Mrs. Nellie Tillman, Mrs. Glynn Condit, Mrs. Mary Grace Dowling, Mrs. Mabel Moody, Mrs. Winnie Moore. Tuesday— Mrs. Joseph B. Strickland, Mrs. George Dykes, Mrs. Audry Brooker, Mrs. C. J. Broome, Mrs. Ocie Keen, Miss Malva Alice Keen,. Mrs. E. T. Higginbotham, Mrs. E. W. May. Wednesday — Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard, Mrs. Wilder Brooker, Mrs. Homer Hallman, Mrs. T. S. Goodner, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. J. W. Crews, Mrs. T. E. Raulerson, Mrs. Harry Raulerson. Thursday — Mrs. Mary Harris, Mrs. Harry DePratter, Mrs. Maud Cleland, Mrs. Geneva Tucker, Mrs. Lila Crews, Mrs. Lena Strickland, Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. Rhoda Jacobs. Friday — Mrs. Elroy Strick land, Mrs. Maud Highsmith, Mrs. Lawson Dußose, Mrs. Delma Herrin, Mrs. Ruby Morgan, Mrs. Aaron Saddler, Mrs. Oliver High smith. Mrs. Mollie Highsmith served as general chairman from the Woman's Missionary Union. With an average milk produc tion per cow of 3,510 pounds in 1954, Georgia ranked 44th in the nation in average milk produc tion. bout 14 percent of the total of all the nation’s driers. Weekend crashes accounted for 15,730 killed and 766,090 injured. The 1954 weekend record was 13,980 killed and 678,000 injured. Crossing between intersections, “jay walking,” and stepping into the street from behind parked cars are the chief causes of pe destrian deaths and injuries. The 32-page booklet features cartoons by Ted Key, creator of the popular “Saturday Evening Post” feature, “Hazel”. The booklet also reveals that one out of every 75 persons in the United States became a traf fic casualty in 1955. Eighty-five per cent of the ve hicles involved in accidents were passenger cars. Twenty-two percent of the deaths occurred on Saturdays. Four to 8:00 p.m. are the most dangerous hours of the day. The year 1955 reveals that traffic deaths and injuries are on the increase. There were 57 injuries to each death, compared with only 37 injuries per death in 1941.