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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 40
County ASC Committee Are
Elected for Ensuing Year
The Delegates to the ASC Co
unty Convention, who are S. B.
Highsmith, J. W. Eldridge, Louis
Thrift, J. B. Carter, and L. E.
Dickerson, met Thursday, Sept.
27, and elected the County Com
mittee to serve during the next
calendar year.
Their term of office begins Oc
tober 1, it was announced by
Dan H. Jacobs, County Office
manager.
The following persons were el
ected to serve on the commit
tee: George Dykes, Chairman;
Neil W. Hendrix, Vice-Chairman
and Owen Prescott, member.
The County Committee, sub
ject to directions and supervision
of the State ASC Committee and
acting through Community Com
mitteemen and other personnel,
are responsible for carrying out
the Agricultural Conservation
Program, Price Support Program,
Acreage Allotment Program, Soil
Bank Program and other pro
grams assigned to it by the Con
gress or Secretary of Agricul
ture.
All committeemen are farm
ers. Mr. Dykes operates a farm
in the Nahunta Community on
which he does general farming.
He grows com, tobacco, pasture,
etc., using cover crops to build
and conserve the soil. Mr. Dykes
was among the first farmers in
the county to grow crotalaria,
which is especially adapted to the
soils in this county.
Mr. Hendrix operates a farm
in the Hickox community and Mr.
Owen Prescott in the Hoboken
Community.
The following persons were el
ected as community committee
men in the communities listed be
low in the elections held Septem
ber 10 through 21. Their term
of office will begin October 1,
1956 and continue until October
1, 1957, according to Dan H. Jac
obs, County Office Manager,
Brantley County ASC Commit
tee:
^hlatterville: J. B. Carter,
Chairman; Robert Ammons, Vice
Chairman; and R. F. Hagin, Mem
ber.
Hoboken: L. E. Dickerson,
Chairman; J. H. Altman, Vice-
Chairman; andd H. L. Jacobs,
Member.
Nahunta: S. B. Highsmith,
Chairman; George Steedley,
Vice-chairman; and H. A. Strick
land, Member.
Hortense: J. W. Eldridge, Chair
man; E. B. Campbell, Vice-chair
man; and Roy Harper, Members.
Hickox; Louis Thrift, Chair
man; Major Riggins, Vice-Chair
man; and Fred Lewis, Member.
Hoboken News
By Mrs. Nolan C.
Little Miss Leslie Jacobs of
Waycross is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Colvin and Diane this
week while her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Ivey Jacobs are attending a
medical meeting in Tennessee.
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Mrs. Wade Colvin has return
ed after an extended visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Latt Tyre in
Augusta.
Funeral services for Mrs. D. D.
Dowling were held on Tuesday
afternoon at the Hoboken Bap
tist Church. Mrs. Dowling is
survived by three sons and one
daughter, Mrs. O. U. Davis of
Hoboken.
Airman Terrell Hickox who is
stationed with the U. S. A. F. in
Bangor,Maine, is home on leave
this week, visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hickox.
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Pfc. Keith Thomas has been on
leave recently to visit his wife
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Thomas.
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Friends will regret to learn of
the serious illness of Mr. Lloyd
Gunter who is a patient at the
Memorial Hospital in Waycross
where he underwent surgery this
week.
Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Os New and Renewal
Subscriptions
The Brantley Enterprise ex
presses its thanks to the follow
ing subscribers for their NEW
or RENEWAL subscriptions
which have been recently re
ceived:
Ray Dean Altman, son of Mrs.
Rosa Mae Altman, was injured in
an accident last Saturday when
a car collided with the tractor he
was driving. He was trated at
Pierce County Hospital and then
returned to the home of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley
Altman. .
Miss Shirley Griffin who was
critically hurt in an auto acci
dent last week remains in a ser
ious condition in the Memorial
Hospital in Waycross.
Mt. Zion Advent
Christian Church
Revival Announced
Revival services will begin at
the Mt. Zion Advent Christian
Church at Ray bon Monday, Oct.
8, with Rev. Willie Hagin as the
evangelist, it is announced by
Kenneth Willis, church clerk.
Rev. Mr. Hagin was formerly
of Brantley County and is known
as a good, consecrated minister
of the Gospel.
Services will be held each
night at 7:30 o’clock. Everyone
is invited to attend.
Homecoming Day, with dinner
on the church grounds, will be
held Sundday, Oct. 14.
Honor Roll
D. F. Walker
Waynesville, Ga.
Marvin Robinson
Waynesville, Ga.
N. M. Herrin
Route 2
Nahunta, Ga.
Perry Crews
Route 2 „ .
Nahunta, Ga.
Silas D. Lee
Route 2
Waycross, Ga.
R. C. Harrell, Jr.
Route 2
Hortense, Ga.
C. S.Kizer
Nahunta, Ga.
J. C. Strickland
Hortense, Ga.
A. S. Rowell
Hortense, Ga.
Dan Wainright
Route 2
Nahunta, Ga.
F. A. Lewis
Route 1
Hortense, Ga.
Vernon Strickland
Miami, Fla.
C. M. Dowling
Route 2
Nahunta, Ga.
Ivey Herrin
Route 2
Patterson, Ga.
George Dowling
Nahunta, Ga.
M. M. Carter
Route 1
Hoboken, Ga.
Kermit Johns
Route 1
Nahunta, Ga.
Dan Jacobs
Nahunta, Ga.
ASC Committee
Nahunta, Ga.
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This Is National Newspaper Week — October 1 ■ 8
Brantley Enterprise
PTA Group
Will Meet
At Patterson
The Third District annual fall
conference of the Georgia Con
gress of Parents and Teachers
will be held in the Patterson
High School Auditorium Satur
day, Oct. 13, at 10:00 A. M.
Registration begins at 9:30
o’clock A. M. Lunch will be ser
ved in the school cafeteria for
sl-25 by the Patterson FHA girls.
Members are asked to notify Mrs.
Oswell Smith in Patterson, by
Thursday, Oct. 11, how many to
expect from each local unit.
There are 46 local units of the
congress from nine counties in
the district including Appling,
Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Char
lton, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, and
Wayne.
The purpose of the conference
is to give information and in
spiration.
Officers from the State Depart
ment of Education will be parti
cipating on the program.
Nahunta Elementary School
Enrollment Reaches 511
The Nahunta Elementary
School got off to a good start
with a registration of 511 for the
first month.
Teachers and students feel
that they are in a new set-up
with the building painted and
running water in every room.
The faculty with their regis
tration are as follows:
First Grade:
Mrs. Rachel Burden
Mrs. Lester Edgy
Mrs. Eula Powers
Second:
Mrs. Irene Barr 28
Mrs. Winnie Moore 30
Mrs. Zelphia Montague .... 29
Third:
Mrs. Mary Mason 23
Mrs. Lucille Parkes 26
Mrs. Lillian Baxter 27,
Fourth:
Mrs. Julia Gibson 32
Mrs. Edna Manor 32
Mrs. Grace Wakely 30
Fifth:
Miss Mary Knox 2&
Mrs. W. C. Long, Sr 27
Mrs. Pat Lee 29
Silxth:
Mrs. Clara Highsmith 27
Miss Marian Strickland .... 27
Mrs. R. D. Thomas 25
Principal:
Mrs. Lois C. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Parm
announce the birth of a daughter
weighing seven pound, on Sept.
28, 1956, in a hospital in Folks
ton. She has been named Celeste
Jan.
Mrs. Parm is the former Cyn
thia Joyce Herrington of Hobo
ken. The grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Earnie Hickox of Hobo
ken and Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Parm of Daytona Beach, Fla.
J. C. and Sarah Herrin wish to
announce the arrival of a son
on Sept. 25, weighing 8 lbs. and
2oz. in a Jacksonville hospital.
He has been named J. C. Herrin,
Jr., (Jerry). Mr. and Mrs. Herrin
are formerly of Brantley County,
but are now living in Jackson
ville.
Nahunta Library
Club Meeting
The Library Club of Nahunta
High School held their first meet
ing recently, in the High School
Library. Miss Mary Lou Gibson
is supervisor of the club.
Officers were elected for the
school term. They are as follows;
Evelyn Saddler, president; Buster
Strickland, vice-presidenc; Gloria
Popwell, secretary; Sandra Lee,
treasurer; C. M. Loper, typest;
Shirley Highsmith and* Billy
Norton, reporters.
Reported by Shirley Highsmith.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 4, 1956
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Births
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Mrs. Rhoda Dowling
Passed Away Sunday
Mrs. Rhoda Ann Dowling, 78,
died at her home in Hoboken
Sunday after an extended ill
ness. She had resided at Ho
boken all of her life. She had
been a member of the Hoboken
Baptist Church for the past 20
years.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. O. U. Davis of Hoboken;
three sons, Thomas A. Dowling,
of Baldwin, Fla., D. E. Dowling
of Waycross and T.-Sgt. W. E.
Dowling, U. S. Marines, Okinawa;
five sisters, Mrs. Clifford Griffin
of Waycross, Mrs. A. J. Thomas
of Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Nora Stew
art of Bristol, Mrs. E. J. Sin
clair of Dairen, and Mrs. L. B.
Mills of Hialeah, Fla.; two bro
thers, E. H. Craven of Waycross
and W. T. Craven of Brunswick,
and 14 grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wain
wright left on Saturday of last
week to return to their home in
Miami after spending two weeks
with Mr. and Mrs. Hoke High
smith.
Palmetto News
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yancy and
sons, Wayne and Bobby of Jack
sonville were recent visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Drury.
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Mr. and MrS. J. F- Jones and
children spent Saturday, Sept. 22
in Jacksonville and Sunday, 23
visiting relatives in Vidalia.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Drury
and children of Brunswick spent
Friday with Mrs. J. F. Jones and
Mrs. S. C. M. Drury. Mrs. Drury
accompanied her son home for a
short visit.
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Mrs. Spencer Drury and Janice,
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs, Mrs. A. F.
Gibson, Mrs. H. C. Rooks and
Charles Poppell spent Monday in
Waycross.
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Joseph C. Rooks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Rooks, was home
with his parents after finishing
Basic Training at Lackland Air
Force Base in Texas.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rooks of
Jacksonville, Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Oglesby of Waycross and Mr. and
Mrs. Hewitt Gibson and children
of Dock Junction were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Gibson and
family during the week end.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Drury
and daughters of Vidalia spent
the week end with Mr. nd Mrs.
J. F. Jones and Mrs. S. C. M.
Drury.
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Mr. and Mrs. Redick Thornton
and children of Waycross spent
the week end with Mrs. W. H.
Jacobs.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Freeman,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Smith
and family visited Mr. Colvin
Drury in a Waycross hospital
on Sunday. Mr. Drury has been
a patient there for some time,
being paralyzed from waist down
because of a tree falling on him
while cutting pulpwood.
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Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Coleman
of Jacksonville were visitors here
on Sunday.
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Joseph Rooks of Air Force has
returned to Fort Worth, Texas
where he has been transferred.
Bethlehem Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
Bethlehem Cemetery will be
cleaned off next Wednesday, Oct.
10, it is announced by W. E.
Johns.
All people who are interested
in the Bethlehem Cemetery are
requested to come next Wednes
day and bring tools for cleaning
off the burial grounds.
Nahunta Baptist Church Installs
91 Officers and Church Teachers
Grammar School
PTA Met
Thurs. Oct. 2
The Nahunta Elementary School
P.T..A. held their regular month
ly meeting Tuesday, Oct. 2, at
the schoolhouse.
Virgil Allen, president, was in
charge of the meeting. A large
number of parents and teachers
attended.
Mrs. O. S. Barr was in charge
of the program which was put on
by her school students.
The members discussed plans
for playground improvements
and more equipment. Plans were
also made to hold a Halloween
Carnival Oct. 26.
The patrons of the school are
urged to attend the PTA meet
ings and help with plans for a
better school.
Refreshments were served af
ter the business meeting.
Weather Report
For Past Week
NAHUNTA, Ga., Oct. 3—Wea
ther Bureau report of tempera
ture and rainfall for each 24 hour
period ending at 5 p.m., Sept.
26 through Oct. 2.
Nahunta Sta. High Low Rain
Wednesday ... 65 — 0.01
Thursday .... 81 48 0.0
Friday 85 53 0.0
Saturday .... 80 64 0.0
Sunday 85 63 0.0
Monday 88 56 0.0
Tuesday 85 55 0.0
Personals
Mrs. W. R. Johnson returned
home on Tuesday of this week
from Flint, Michigan, where she
spent several weeks with Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Johns and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Edgy and
Mrs. Robert Edgy, Stanley and
Doug spent Sunday in Jackson
ville with friends and relatives.
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Mrs. Nellie Liles returned to
her home in Jacksonville on Sun
day after spending the summer
with her sister, Mrs. H. D. Edgy
and family.
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Arthur Hiller, SOSN, U. S.
Navy, and Mrs. Hiller and little
daughter, Dawn, arrived Wednes
day of last week from Key West,
Fla., to visit relatives in Na
hunta. Mr. Hiller will be here
until Oct. 18, when he will go
to Charleston, S. C., where he
is being transferred. Mrs. Hiller
and Dawn will remain with her
parents for a while.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith of
Sanford, Fla., visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Morgan on Wednesday
of last week.
M|Sgt. James H. Rowell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hardie R. Ro
well of Hortense, has been aw
arded the U. S. Air Force Good
Conduct Medal, Major Elton C.
Young announced recently. Ser
geant Rowell is a medical tech
nician in charge of the squadron
dispensary at Aiken, S. C.
Elks to Honor
Press Group
The Waycross Elks Lodge will
be host at a dinner Thursday
night, October 4, at the Elks
Home in Way cross in honor of
a group of newspaper editors and
their staff members of this sec
tion.
The Elks throughout the nation
take observance of National
Newspaper Week each year by
honoring newspaper people and
pointing up the freedoms which
Americans enjoy, including free
dom of the press.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Dedication
Service Led
By Pastor
The First Baptist Church of
Nahunta held its annual Installa
tion of officers and teachers,
Sunday night, Sept. 30, it is an
nounced by the pastor, Rev. Cecil
F.. Thomas.
Rev. Lester Edgy led the or
dination service in which Earl
W. May was ordained as a new
deacon, and all the board of dea
cons and the pastor took part.
The pastor led the dedication
service in which 91 officers and
teachers stood before a large con
gregation and were installed to
lead the church for the year 1956-
57.
Those included were general
officers, Sunday School officers
and teachers, Baptist Training
Union leaders, Woman’s Mission
ary Union officers, and the lead
ership of the Baptist Brother
hood. The names were as fol
lows:
GENERAL CHURCH OFFIC
ERS:
Mrs. Joseph B. Strickland,
church clerk; Keith Strickland,
treasurer; W. Oscar Strickland,
assistant clerk, and chairman
ushers; Bowman Barr, music di
rector; Elroy Strickland, execu
tive committee member for Pied
mont Association.
BOARD OF DEASONS;
Term Ending 1957: J. Walter
Crews, W. C. Long, D. F. Her
rin, Fred Strickland.
Term Ending 1958: R. D. Tho
mas, Elroy Strickland, Jos. B.
Strickland, J. R. James.
Term Ending 1959: E. W. May,
Ray DePratter, Lawson Dußose,
Tyrus Raulerson.
SUNDAY SCHOOL;
Elroy Strickland, general su
perintendent; W. C. Long, asso
ciate superintendent; Mrs. Dor
othy Graham, secretary; James
H. Highsmith, assistant secre
tary; Avery Strickland, adult
superintendent; Marshall B.
Strickland, assistant superinten
dent adults; R. D. .Thomas and
E. W. May, adult men teachers;
Mrs. Lois Williams, Mrs. R. D.
Thomas and Mrs. E. W. May,
adult ladies teachers; Mrs. Jos.
B. Strickland, Mrs. Elizabeth
Pearson, and Mrs. Jimmy High
smith, class leaders; I. F. Brown
and J. W. Crews, .men’s secretar
ies; Mrs. Dan Jacobs, young peo
ple’s superintendent, and Bow
man Barr, assistant.
Mrs. DeWitt Moody, intermed
iate department superintendent;
Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas, Mrs. Wes
ley Burden, Bobby Strickland,
and Keith Strickland, teachers;
Lawson Dußose, secretary.
Mrs. Virgil Strickland, super
intendent, juniors department;
Mrs. O. S.. Barr, Mrs. Winnie
Moore, Miss Malva Alice Keene,
Mrs. Nellie Tillman, Mrs. Gladys
Strickland, teachers; Mrs. Avery
Strickland, Mrs. Dick Purcell,
Miss Christine Miles, assistant
teachers; Miss Mary Knox, secre
tary.
Mrs. Marshall B. Strickland,
superintendent primary depart
ment; Mrs. Louise Drury, Mrs.
Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. W. C.
Long, Mrs. Collis Highsmith,
teachers; Mrs. Vera DePratter
and Mrs. George Dowling, assist
ant teachers; Myra Strickland, as
sistant pianist.
Mrs. Gertie Strickland, super
intendent beginner department;
Mrs. W. O. Strickland, Mrs. Clif
ton Strickland, teachers, Mrs.
Clyde Dowling, and Virleen
Strickland, assistant teacehrs.
Mrs. Jesse J. Lee, superinten
dent nursery department; Mrs. J.
W. Crews, Mrs. Maggie Lewis,
Mrs. E. K. Ham, Mrs. Beulah
Johns, workers.
Mrs. Lena Strickland, super
intendent cradle roll department;
Mrs. Dick Purcell, Mrs. Bill Har
ris, Mrs. Walter Crews, and Mrs.
Maggie Lewis, visitors.
BAPTIST TRAINING UNION:
Marshall B. Strickland, direc
tor; Wade Strickland, associate
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director; J. Walter Crews, secre
tary, W. C. Long, assistant di
rector; Earl W. May, and Mrs.
Lula Brown, adult presidents;
Elroy Strickland, young people
sponsor; Miss Malva Alice Keene,
leader intermediate union; Mrs.
Louise Drury, leader junior un
ion, and George Dykes, sponsor;
Mrs. George Dowling, leader pri
mary union, and Virleen Strick
land, pianist; Mrs. J. W. Crews
and Mrs. Monsie Herrin, leaders
beginners union, Lillie Ruth Tho
mas, pianist.
WOMAN’S MISSIONARY UN
ION:
Mrs. Virgil Strickland, presi
dent; Mrs. Dan Jacobs, first vice
president; Mrs. Dorothy Graham,
second vice-president; Mrs. Elroy
Strickland, youth director; Mrs.
Avery Strickland, secretary; Mrs.
Dick Purcell, treasurer; Mrs.
Cecil Tillman, Mrs. Arthur
Keene, Y.W.A. leaders; Miss Mal
va Alice Keene, intermediate G.
A. leader; Mrs. Karol K. Reece,
junior G. A. leader; Mrs. Tim
Hickox, Mrs. George Dowling,
Mrs. S. K. \Allen, leaders sun
beams, Marion Morgan, pianist;
Mrs. Lula Brown, junior R. A.
leader.
Circle Chairmen; Sallie B.
Lary, Mrs. Lula Brown; Rebekah,
Mrs. Marshall B. Strickland;
Frances Goldfinch, Mrs. Harry
DePratter; B. W. C., Mrs. Alvin
Drury, advisor, Mrs. Cecil F.
Thomas.
Committee Chairmen: Mrs. R.
D. Thomas, prayer; Mrs. Mollie
Highsmith, community missions;
Mrs. P. D. Griffin, stewardship;
Mrs. Winnie Moore, visitation;
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland, mission
study; Mrs. J. W. Crews, benevo
lence; Mrs. E. W. May, publica
tions; Mrs. O. S. Barr, publicity;
Mrs. G. C. Rogers, social; Mrs.
Lois Williams, church care; Mrs.
D. S. Moody, shrubbery.
BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD:
W. C. Long, president; Ray De-
Pratter, vice-president; Bowman
Barr, program chairman; Mar
shall B. Strickland, secretary;
Dick Morgan, treasurer. W. C.
Long and Ray DePratter, R. A.
sponsors.
Following the installation ser
vice, the following were baptiz
ed into the fellowship of the
church, upon their confession of
faith in Christ: Robert Nolan,
Auvell Raulerson, Jr., Barbara
Allen, Linda Burden, Dollie Mae
Warren and Anne Long.
Waynesville
News
By MRS. PETE GIBSON
Waynesville Baptist Sunday
School had its quarterly party on
Saturday night. A weiner roast
was enjoyed by sixty people.
* * *
Miss Frances Walker spent the
week end in Woodbine with Miss
Shelba Jean Parrott.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Merritt and
family spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson
at Piney Bluff.
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Mr. and Mrs. Truby Thornton
visited relatives in Brunswick
on Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gibson of
Tampa and Mrs. Mattie Benjamin
of Tampa spent the week end
with Mrs. W. R. Gibson. Mrs.
Benjamin will spend several
weeks here.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Driscol visit
ed in Waycross on Sunday.
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Miss Annette Dowling spent the
week end m Folkston as guest
of Miss Reba Jean Thrift.
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Mr. Jim Smith returned to
Brunswick Hospital on Wednes
day of this week.
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Mrs. W. R. Gibson and Mrs.
Mattie Benjamin visited Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lewis at White Oak
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson
were visitors in Jacksonville on
Tuesday.
