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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 47
Negro Editor
Relationships
“Yes the South has a real story
to tell about the relationships be
tween Negroes and whites, but
few outside of the South know
the real story or want to hear it.”
declares Davis Lee, the Negro
publisher of the Newark, New
Jersey, Telegram in an editorial
in a recent issue of his paper.
In this editorial Davis declares
that the integration racket con
ceals the true facts and that
under the way of life of the peo
ple of the South the Negro has
his greatest opportunity and his
best friends.
The editorial follows:
“It has been my contention all
along that the South offers the
Negro his greatest opportunity
and his best friends are in the
South.
“The truth of this was borne
out last week when I arrived in
Hazlehurst, Ga., and met little
Oscar Weathers, a 13 year old
colored boy. Oscar was born with
one kidney, one lung and with
out a rectum.
“Little Oscar had gone three
years without a bowel movement.
A local white minister learned of
his plight and told Mr. Claude
Cook, a well-to-do industrialist
and civic leader, about it. Mr.
Cook went to the Weather’s home
to investigate.
“He was visibly moved by
Little Oscar’s plight and called
Dr. Bill Lippitt, prominent sur
geon of Savannah, with whom
he had a class mate in college.
Arrangements were immediately
•made at a local hospital in Sav
annah and Mr. Cook rushed the
youngster down there.
“According to medical history
there have been only three such
cases in the world, and Oscar is
one of the three. Upon arrival
Dr. Lippitt went to work. He
removed 53 pounds of waste from
the kid’s stomach before he could
operate.
‘A number of operations were
performed — one lasting seven
hours. At one such operation a
dozen or more prominent sur
geons appeared to watch Dr.
Lippitt operate.
“The hospital bill alone ran
around $2,000. Mr. Cook paid it.
Dr. Lippitt gave his services free,
and even offered to help Mr.
Cook with the hospital bill, but
the young industrialist refused
to let him do that.
“Little Oscar has 8 brothers
and sisters. His father, at the
time, was working for a pulp
wood company for $lB a week.
Mr. Cook, a great humanitarian,
offered him a job that is now
paying him more than S4O. a
week.
“Last week when I visited
Hazlehurst, Little Oscar was
romping and playing at the local
school as normal as any other
kid, thanks to Mr. Cook and Dr.
Lippitt.
“Very recently a white doctor
in Anderson, S. C., called an
ambulance to take a sick elderly
colored woman to Tampa, Fla., so
that she might be with her daugh
ter who could not visit her. This
colored woman had nursed and
reared the doctor. She worked in
his home until failing health
stopped her. He attended her for
sometime, but she expressed a
desire to die with her daughter.
“The doctor summoned the
ambulance from Tampa. The man
who came for the elderly woman
is a prominent under-taker friend
of mine, and he told me this
story. Upon her arrival, the doc
tor’s wife and children broke
down and cried. When they left
for the return to Tampa, the
white doctor went along. He sat
beside that woman during the en
tire trip and administered to
her every need. He addresed her
as mother.
When they arrived in Tampa
a local doctor was called in. The
Anderson physican explained the
case to him and then made ar-
r angements to return. As he was
about to depart, he broke down
and cried like a littl® baby.
Mr. Weber is a wealthy Chev
rolet dealer in Indianola, Miss.,
now, but at one time he was a
Poor man trying to find away to
make a living. An elderly color
ed woman gave him the break
that he needed.
He had opened a filing sta
tion across from her and it was
a good spot. Another white man,
seeing the possibilities, tried to
Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Tells of Racial
in Deep South
buy enough land from this col
ored woman to build a station to
operate in competition to Mr.
Weber. The old lady wanted to
sell, but she wouldn’t sell to any
one who would build a service
station to hurt her friend.
‘Not long ago, after Mr. Weber
had made his .mark and moved
on, he learned that the old lady
was sick and in need. He went to
her rescue and saw that she had
everything that she needed.
“The South abounds with
stories of the genuine friendships
that exist between Negroes and
whites. The Negro’s true friends
are legion, and the opportunities
which he enjoys are more num
erous than you will find any
place else in this nation, or in the
world.
“Recently in Augusta, Ga. and
Durham, N. C., I saw Negroes
driving Railway Express trucks I
also saw them driving Craft
Cheese trucks in Georgia and
Louisiana. Many of the larger
trucking firms will hire only
Negroes. This it not true in other
sections of the country. In the
North, East and West, the Unions
keep Negroes out of jobs that
they enjoy in the South.
“At Myrtle Beach, S.C., a white
florist hired a Negro girl who had
finished high school as a maid.
After she had been there a while,
the proprietress learned that she
could type. She is now the sec
retary. also. An exclusive dress
shop in the same town hired two
colored girls as maids. They are
now clerks. They serve in the
various capacities so well that
they are nearly indispensable.
“There is a Negro meat packer
in Georgia who goes to all of the
cattie and hog sales. He sits in
the buyers’ circle and bids against
the largest packers in the state.
No one looks upon him as a Ne
gro packer.
“In Auburn, Ga., there is a
horse and mule dealer. The
owner rarely attends a sale to
buy or sell. He has a Negro who
does all the buying and selling,
and he is regarded as one of the
smartest in the business.
“At Adel, Ga., Dave Jackson
is regarded as one of the best
business men in the county. Mr.
Jackson is a well-to-do Negro.
Not long ago a white group or
ganized a bank and he is a stock
holder in that bank.
“When I visited Shreveport,
La., recently I met a Negro who
owns and operates a huge news
stand down town in the heart
of the business section. He has
been there more than thirty years.
He is an officer and stockholder
in one of the large insurance
companies there.
“I went to South Alabama re
cently to make a speech and had
to cross a river by ferry. That
ferry is owned and operated by
a Negro. He told me that his
father started the business more
than thirty years ago.
“Yes, the South has a real
story to tell about the relation
ships between Negroes and
whites, but few outside of the
South know the real story or
want to hear it.”
Miss Lenora Lee
Honored with Gift
By Okefenokee REA
Miss Lenora Lee, office man
ager of the Okefenokee Rural
Electric Membership Corporation,
was honored for her 10 years of
service with the gift of a beauti
ful gold bracelet at the monthly
meeting Friday afternoon, Nov.
16.
Miss Lee has been with the
Okefenokee REA for the last 10
years. The gold bracelet was ins
cribed “Loyal Service, Nov. 18,
46-56”. It was set with 10 gems.
Miss Lee’s fellow employees in
the REA office also presented
her with an orchid in token of
their appreciation of her friend
ship and cooperation. All the em
ployees of the corporation were
present at the meeting when the
gift presentation was made.
Pete J. Gibson is manager of
the Okefenokee Rural Electric
Membership Corp. R. L. Bernard
of Waynesville, president of the
corporation, made the presenta
tion of the gift bracelet to Miss
Lee.
Brantley tnitrryrwu
Mrs. R. McDonald
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
Graveside services for Mrs. Ro
berta McDonald, 80, of Nahunta,
who died Friday, were held Sat
urday afternoon at two o’clock
in Rob Lewis cemetery near Na
hunta.
The funeral service was con
ducted by Elder Dempsey Mercer.
Mrs. McDonald was a life-long
resident of Nahunta and was the
wife of the late Willie H. Mc-
Donald.
Survivors include one son, Till
man McDonald, Nahunta; two
sisters, Mrs. O. L. Morgan, Way
cross, and Miss Missouri Pur
dom, Nahunta; two brothers, T.
H. Purdom and G. A. Purdom
both of Ocala, Fla., one grand
son and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were nephews of
the deceased and included Albert
Purdom, Moultrie Purdom, Tal
madge Purdom, Thomas Purdom,
Addison Strickland and W. B.
Willis.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our heart
felt gratitude to our friends
neighbors and to everyone who
was so thoughtful of us during
the illness and at the death of
our beloved husband and father,
Albert A. Strickland.
We sincerely appreciate the
kind words of sympathy, the
thoughtful deeds and every con
sideration extended to us We
thank those who brought the
covered dishes which were so
helpful. And thanks for the lovely
floral offerings.
Sincerely,
His wife and children.
Card of Thanks
We wish to expres our thanks
to all who helped us and give
us sympathy and aid during the
illness and death of our mother,
Mrs. Roberta McDonald. We
deeply appreciate everything
done to assist us during our trou
ble and bereavement.
We will always remember you
all with gratitude and prayers
for your welfare.
The McDonald Family.
Cotton Vote
Is Set For
December 11
Cotton growers have an im
portant decision to make on Tues
day, Dec. 11, George Dykes,
Chairman of the Brantley Coun
ty Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation committee, reminds
farmers.
On that day, growers will vote
in a referendum to decide whe
ther marketing quotas will be in
effect for their 1957 upland cot
ton crop. All farmers who en
gaged in the production of up
land cotton in 1956 will be eligi
ble to vote in the referendum.
“If at least two-thirds of the
growers voting approve the
quotas,” Mr. Dykes explains,
“marketing quotas will be in ef
fect on all farms growing upland
cotton in 1957, penalties will
apply on ‘excess’ cotton, and price
supports to those growers who
comply with their cotton acreage
allotments will be available at
the full level of effective sup
ports. Under current legislation,
this support will be between 75
and 90 percent of parity, the min
imum level within this range de
pending upon the supply situation
at the time the determination is
made.
“If more than one-third of the
growers disapprove quotas, there
will be no marketing quotas or
penalties, but price supports to
eligible growers (who comply
with their allotments) will be
available at 50 percent of parity.
“In either case, acreage allot
ments will continue in effect for
the 1957 cotton crop as a means
of determining eligibility for
price support.’’
The Chairman pointed out that
the Secretary of Agriculture is
directed to proclaim marketing
quotas for the next upland cotton
crop when the cotton supply ex
ceeds normal. Quotas are not put
into operation, however, unless
they are approved by at least
two-thirds of the growers vot
ing in a referendum on the ques
tion.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 22, 1956
6 Seriously
Injured as
Cars Hit Cow
Six young people were seri
ously injured Sunday night when
the car in which they were rid
ing struck a cow on Highway 121
near the Satilla River bridge on
the Brantley county side. All but
one of the six were from Pierce
county.
In a freakish accident involv
ing two cars, the cow was first
struck by another vehicle and
knocked into the path of a car
driven by Marvin Powers of
Pierce county, one of the injured.
Powers’ car, a 1955 Chevrolet
Fairline, turned over at least
once and was completely demo
lished.
Injured were:
Marvin Powers, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Powers of Pierce
county, who suffered bruises of
the hip, arm and side. He was
carried to Memorial Hospital in
Waycross for treatment.
Linda Varnadroe, 14, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Varnadore
of Route 2, Blackshear, suffered
severe lacerations of the fore
head and face and a deep scalp
cut.
Meredith Youmans, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Odis Youmans of
Route 2, Blackshear, had multiple
abrasions and lacerations of the
face and neck and a partially
severed right ear. Along with
Miss Varnadore, he was one of
the most seriously injured.
Peggy Sapp, 15, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Sapp of
Route 1, Hoboken, had multiple
abrasions and bruises.
Juanita Dixon, 15, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dixon, of
Route 2, Blackshear, suffered
lacerations of the forehead and a
cut on the leg.
Dorsey Eaton, 24, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carlton Eaton of Route
2, Blackshear, had multiple bru
ises.
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All of the injured except Pow
ers were admitted to the Pierce
county hospital. None of those
hurt had broken bones.
The cow was first struck by a
1949 Chevrolet driven north on
Highway 121 by a Mr. Thornton
of Bacon county. His car was
slightly damaged but he was not
hurt. The cow, however, was
knocked into the path of the
Powers car which was traveling
south toward Hoboken.
The impact of the cow was
almost exactly in the center of
the Powers car, head -on. The
animal was torn to pieces by the
blow.
From 1940 to 1950 Georgia’s
total population increased 10 per
cent, but during the same period
her rural farm population de
creased 29 percent.
Hoboken News
By Mrs. Nolan C. Davis, Jr.
Mrs. J. C. Dryden, Miss Vida
Mae Killey, Mrs. Lillie Meyers
and Mrs. Otis Jones spent Friday
and Saturday in Milledgeville
where they attended the Golden
Slipper competition at G.S.C.W.
The Sophomore and Senior Class
es won the award. Miss Margie
Lu Dryden, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Dryden is a member
of the Sophomore class. Mrs.
Jones also visited her sister in
Milledgeville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Spell
spent two days in Adrian recently
where they attended the funeral
of Mr. Spell’s uncle, Mr. Tom
Frazier.
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Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Jones of
Cairo spent the weekend in Hob
oken and Rev. Jones preached at
both services of the Hoboken
Baptist Church.
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Recent visitors to Hoboken
were Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Scur
ry of Alabama. The young couple
stopped over in Hoboken to visit
relatives as they returned from
a honeymoon trip on the coast.
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Election of Mayor and City
Councilmen for the city of Hob
oken will be held on Dec. 5.
Justice of Peace
And Constable
Election Announced
To Whom It May Concern:
Justice of the Peace and
Constable Election.
It is hereby announced that an
election for Justice of the Peace
and for Constable will be held
in each of the eight precincts in
Brantley County Saturday, Dec.
1, 1956.
Candidates for Justice of the
Peace and for Constable must
qualify with the Ordinary on or
before Monday, Nov. 26, 1956.
Claude A. Smith,
Ordinary Brantley
County, Georgia
Man Killed,
Wife Injured
In Auto Crash
*A 76-year-old New Jersey man
was killed and his 75-year-old
wife seriously injured in an auto
mobiletractor trailor collision
near Folkston Saturday, Nov. 17.
Charlton County Sheriff’s depu
ties listed the dead man as Nils
Pearson of Parseppany, N. J. and
th^ injured woman was listed as
Alma Pearson of the same add
dress.
Investigating officers said that
Pearson crossed the center line
of US highway 301 and rammed
his automobile into the side of
the huge truck, causing SIO,OOO
damage to the truck, $4,000 dam
age to the cargo of the truck and
SBOO damage to the automobile.
Rudy W. Limanro of Lakeland,
Fla., driver of the truck, was un
injured. Mrs. Pearson was taken
McCoy-Jackson Hospital in Folks
ton, suffering from lacerations
of the head.
The accident occurred at 2 Sat
urday afternoon about seven
miles north of Folkston on US
highway 301.
Pearson’s death brought the
highway death toll in the Way
cross area to 28 for this year and
marked the fourth such death this
month. One year ago at this time,
32 persons had died in highway
accidents in the area at this time
a year ago.
Rev. Horace Williams
Birthday Celebrated
Friends and relatives of Rev.
Horace Williams honored him
with a dinner at his home on
Sunday, Nov. 11, the occasion of
his birthday.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Rosoce Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Kimbril and daughter, La-
Glenda of Baxley; Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbert Williams of Alma; Mrs.
Dorice Fisher, Mrs. S. S. Sarvis,
Mrs. Mamie Knox, Mrs. W. C.
Long, Sr. and W. C. Long all of
Nahunta.
Mrs. Henry Youmans has re
turned to Atlanta after visiting
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Kelley and
other relatives in Hoboken.
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Mrs. Wylie Smith and Mrs. and
Mrs. Delma Thompson and grand
daughter, Judy, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Colvin and Mrs. W.
H. Colvin on Sunday.
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Mrs. W. S. Davis has returned
to the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Thomas in Waycross, after
a week visit with Mr. and Mrs.
N. C. Davis, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs.
Nolan Davis, Jr.
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Mrs. Carrie Lee Hickox Robin
son and Mr. Wallace Griffin were
married in Kingsland recently
and are now’ residing in Nahunta.
Mrs. Griffin is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hickox of
Hoboken.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Colvin and
Mrs. J. H. Sikes spent Sunday
afternoon in Brunswick visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun Colvin and
children.
Miss Raye Osborn of Brunswick
visited Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Davis,
Jr. on Sunday.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Christmas Seal Sales Aid in
Fight Against Tuberculosis
Mrs. Annie Petty
Died in Way cross,
Funeral Friday
Mrs. Annie B. Petty, 81, widow
of the late A. F. Petty, died in
Waycross Tuesday afternoon after
an extended illness. Mrs. Petty
was a member of the Baptist
Church and was a retired re
gistered nurse who spent a major
part of her career in Way cross.
Survivors are two sister, Mrs.
Ida Dodge and Mrs. Earl John
son, both of Mobile, Ala., and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at
3 p.m. Friday at Mincy Chapel,
burial in Oakland Cemetery, con
ducted by the Rev. A. J. Harper
of Waycross and the Rev. Cecil
Thomas of Nahunta.
Palmetto News
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Drury and
sons, Carl and Don of Vidalia
spent the weekend here and at
Dover Bluff.
Vernon Drury of Vidalia visit
ed his mother, Mrs. S. C. M. Dru
ry last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Redick Thornton
of Waycross came for their chil
dren who had been staying with
their grandmother, Mrs. W. H.
Jacobs while Mr. Thornton was
in Dublin hospital. He will go to
Tennessee this week for an opera
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jacobs and
children of White Oak visited
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs and Mr. and
Mrs. N. C. Lane on Sunday.
William Jacobs spent the week
end in Waycross with Mr. and
Mrs. Redick Thornton.
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs and grand
children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Lonnie Thornton in Brunswick on
Monday.
Waynesville
News
By MRS. PETE GIBSON
Mrs. Marvin Kelly is a patient
in a Brunswick hospital.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Robinson
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Strickland of Bly
thes Island on Sunday.
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The Waynesville Home Dem
onstration Club met on Monday
afternoon with nine members
present.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edgy en
tertained the Junior Girls of
Waynesville Baptist Church with
a hay ride and weinOr roast on
Friday evening of last week. At
tending were; Marie Bird, Sara
Ann Gibson, Patsy Walker and
Naomi Moody. Other guests were
Mary Grace Edgy and Doug and
Stanley Edgy.
Personals
J. L. Strickland of Atlanta and
Mrs. Van Bibb Saye of Selma,
Ala. were called home home this
week end because of the illness
of their father, Jos. B. Strick
land who is a patient in a Way
cross hospital.
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Mrs. Arthur Rhine of Dover,
Delaware and Mrs. C. P. Johnson
of Hilliard, Fla. visited their
sister, Mrs. E. K. Ham last week
end.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Brooker and
little son, Allen of Fernandina,
Fla. spent the week end with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
M. Tucker.
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Mrs. R. D Thomas of Nahunta
and her brother, Chason Upton
of Jacksonville were visitors to
Beuna Vista, Ga. where their
father is ill.
Home accidents kill about 28,-
000 people annually, according to
G. I. Johnson, Extension Service
agricultural engineer. Even auto
mobiles, he says, kill fewer peo
ple than home accidents.
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The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
County Committee
Starts Campaign
For Contributions
The campaign of the Brantley
County committee for sale of
Christmas seals begins this week,
it is announced by Mrs. Dorothy
Graham, chairman of the com
mittee.
On the committee with Mrs.
Graham are Mrs. Rebecca Griner,
county nurse; Mrs. R B. Brooker,
Mrs. Shot Strickland and Mrs.
Herbert Colvin.
Three tubercular patients from
Brantley County are now in Bat
tey Hospital at Rome, Mrs. Gra
ham revealed. Three other pati
ents have been discharged from
the hospital this year as arrested
cases. Two other patients wil go
to the hospital shortly.
Seventy percent of all funds
raised by sale of Christmas seals
stay in Brantley County for the
help of county tubercular pati
ents. The Christmas seals are
being put in the mails this week.
The year 1956 marks the 50th
anniversary of the Christmas
Seal. The success of the Christmas
Seal Sale over the years has been
maintained by the support of
many small contributions from
all parts of Georgia. This parti
cipation of numerous individuals
not only invites and develops
community interest but, what is
even more important, it often
stimulates strong community act
ion for tuberculosis control.
Tuberculosis must be consider
ed not only in terms of its cost
in lives and in human suffering.
Its cost in money is an import
ant element in the economic life
of Georgia.
Contributions made by Bran
tley County residents support a
year round program of health
education in schools and with
adult organizations, in x-ray sur
veys to find Unknown cases, in
rehabilitation work with TB pati
ents, and emergency relief.
The job of finding the hidden
cases is growing tougher. The
problems are no fewer than a
decade ago, they have only
changed and some new ones have
been added.
Your contribution is despera
tely needed to work toward bet
ter control of this dreaded dis
ease in your county and your
state. You are helping keep you
and your family safer from tub
erculosis when you buy and use
the Christmas Seals you receive.
Bibb Lawyer I*
Killed by Friend
On Deer Hunt
Eugene Jessup, 43, Macon
lawyer, was shot and killed Mon
day during a deer hunt in Jones
County, Fulton Lovell, Georgia
game and fish commissioner, said.
Lovell said that Arthur Griffith
Jr., also of Macon, told wildlife
ranger Robert Cannon that he
was hunting with Mr. Jessup,
heard a noise which he thought
was a deer and shot.
He said that he found Mr.
Jessup’s body, with a rifle bullet
wound in his right side, Lovell
said he was told by Ranger
Cannon.
A coroner’s jury ruled the
shooting accidental.
Lovell said the shooting oc
curred around 6 p.m. Monday in
the Murder Creek area of Jones
County. There were only four
hunters assigned to the area at
the time, he reported.
Three Hunters
Have Luck at
“Turkey Roost”
State Ranger A. M. Rowell
tells of the three “turkey” hunt
ers who located a turkey roost
Monday and went out about four
o’clock in the morning Tuesday
to kill some of the roosting tur
keys.
One of the hunters, a promin
ent Brantley County man, located
a big fellow high on the roost
and banged away. When daylight
came he found that he had killed
a big turkey buzzard.
Moral for other hunters: keep
away from buzzard roosts as
they are hard to pick and don’t
cook very tender.
