The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, December 06, 1956, Image 1

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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 49 Miss Shirley Lee Mrs. Claudia Rowell Died Tuesday Funeral Wednesday Mrs. Claudia Moody Rowell, 76, died early Tuesday at her home after an extended illness. Survivors are her husband, W. H. Rowell, Hortense; one daugh ter, Mrs. Henry Brauda of Hor tense; eight sons, Barney Rowell and Tollie Rowell, Waycross, Hardy Rowell, Hortense, Milton Rowell, Silas Rowell, Dave Ro well, all of Hortense, Dennis Ro well, Hoboken and J. C. Rowell, Augusta; 53 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ocie Moody of Hortense and Mrs. Lydia Manor of Ocala, Fla.; three brothers, Charlie Moody, Castle Hanes, N. C., Jim Moody and Ike Moody of Hortense; four half sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Carver of Hortense, Mrs. Jewel Simpson, Hahira, Mrs. Mary Jane Ramsey of Albany, Mrs. Margaret Jacobs of Nahunta; five half brothers, Warren Moody and Sam Moody, Hortense, Riley Moody of Jack sonville, Fla., John Moody, over seas, and Junior Moody, Nahunta. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Satilla Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. J. D. Strader, the Rev. D. E. Alexander and the Rev. Lester Dixon. Burial was in Hortense Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lenwood Mo ody, Jake Moody, Joe Moody and Clarence Moody, Harvey Carver and Mack Carver. Honorary were Dr. E. A. Mo ody, J. C. Strickland, H. K. Peek, Wallace Brauda, Stetson F. Ben nett Sr., A. C. Herrin, Joe Smith, Warren Eldridge, T. C. Scott, E. A. Wainwright, B. B. Bryan, D. T. Middleton, Dan Harper, Perry Rozier, C. S. Anderson, J. P. Moreland, C. C. Adams, A. R. Adams, R. M. Mikell, Alfred Smith, Ralph Raulerson, Lacey Strickland, Sheriff Earl Rauler son, Ernest Manning, Levy Strick land, Roy Wainwright, Roy Ro well, Allen Rowell and Dilworth Strickland and Jesse Nichols. Mail Early For Christmas Dodge Advises “Mail Early For Christmas” Just three weeks now until Christmas. This is the time to get your Christmas Packages in the mail and to work on adress ing cards. Your local Post Office is prepared to slip into “High Gear” and get all the mail pro cessed and delivered with the least possible delay. In order to assure delivery before Christmas Day; wrap parcels securely and address pro perly. Enclose a copy of addres see and mailer inside package, this will enable the Post Office to deliver or return package in case address label beomes torn. Check with your Postmaster for detailed information as to size, weight, etc, he will be more than pleased to help. The use of First Class mail on Christmas cards will speed their delivery and assure their return if undeliverable. They also will be forwarded if addressee has rnoved and left a forwarding ad dress. Third class mail (2c) is neither forwarded nor returned but disposed of if undeliverable a s addressed. With the usual fine coopera tion of all concerned we will Com e through this busy period in good shape and have ALL our Christmas mail out of the office Christmas Eve, as we have in ^e past. E - PARKER DOGE, Postmaster Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Miss Shirley Lee Wins Pie Contest Miss Shirley Lee, a sophomore at Hoboken High School, won the pecan pie contest held at the Home Economics Department No vember 21. Shirley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Lee of Rt. 1, Hob oken. Shirley is an active mem ber of the Future Homemakers of America, Beta Club andd 4-H Club. The pecan pie contest is spon sored annually by the Georgia Power and Light Company. The Gold Kist Pecan Company of Waycross donated the pecans for the contestants to bake their contest pies. Judges of the contest were Mrs. Eva Mae Bentley, Mrs. Fred Dowling. Florence Queen Admitted to Scottish Rites Hospital Florence Queen, the 11-year old Brantley County burn victim has been admitted to Scottish Rite Hospital, Decatur, following an all-out fund campaign. A report on the arrival safely of the plucky girl was made by Rev. Sam L. Watson and Hinson- Miles Funeral Home. Rev. Watson and members of his congregation of Pleasant Val ley Church in Brantley County defrayed expenses for the ambu lance trip for Florence and the funeral home gave a greatly reduced rate, the pastor reports. People of Waycross and sur rounding area rallied to the aid of Florence Queen when the Jour nal-Herald publicized the plight of the girl. The girl is one of a family of 10 children of Mr. and Mrs. Tho mas Queen of Brantley County. The father is unemployed and the oldest child 17. Through daily stories in the newspaper several hundreds of dollars was raised for payment of hospitalization and medical care. Many people went to the hospi tal and paid sums of the hospital bill, many took baskets of food to the needy family, many brought clothes, nurses at Memorial Hos pital gave the young girl pajamas and gowns for her trip. A total of $294.95 was presented through the Journal-Herald fund. In addition interest stimulated by stories resulted in a gift of $75 to the family by Pleasant Valley church, $59 by Brantley County people, $9 from the Ware Hotel Coffe Shop, and unlisted contri butions from K. S. Varn, F. W. Myrick, Flanders Meat Co., Mrs. Odessa Wildes, Delma Gunn, Les ter Miles, Fred Dowling, John Al len, Nolan Davis, Jr., Banner Thomas and others. Classmates of her school at Ho boken and Mrs. Floyd Larkin’s, teacher, arranged for the child to have a radio in the hospital room. The plight of the child attract ed the attention of Masons of Waycross and through Malcolm Russell, secretary Lodge 305, made it possible for the child to get free treatment at the Masonic Cripple Children’s home, Scottish Rite where her chances of re covery is reported good. Nahunta Garden Club Met at Barnard Home Tuesday Mrs. Allen Barnard was hos tess to the Nahunta Garden Club at her home on Tuesday after noon, Nov. 27. Mrs. Lula Brown was co-hostess with Mrs. Bar. nard. Mrs. A. S. Mizell led the dev otional. Mrs. G. C. Rogers had charge of the program on Christmas Lighting. Mrs. J. B. Lewis, president, directed the business session. Plans were made for the Christ mas party to be at the home of Mrs. J. B. Lewis on Dec. 17. The group will meet at the home of Mrs. Mable Moody at 6:30 on that date and make a tour to ob serve the decorations of homes of all members who extend an invitation. Then go to the party. The hostesses served ambrosia, fruit cake and coffee. Others present than those mem bioned above were; Mrs. D. S. Moody, Mrs. Lois Williams, Mrs. Edna Adams, Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. Grace Wakely, Mrs, Eli Lang, Mrs. Rhoda Strickland, 1 and Mrs. E- A. Moody. Sranthy EntprprWF Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga„ Thursday, Dec Mad Foxes Reported In Brantley Citizens of Brantley County are requested to be very careful in regard to the threat of rabies now existing among the foxes of this section. The county board of health plans to treat all dogs in the county as soon as a supply of serum can be secured. County farm agent George Loyd is co operating with the health board in working on the problem of getting all dogs innoculated against rabies. It is known that some of the foxes in Brantley County are in fected as a child was recently bitten by a mad fox near Hort ense. It is also reported that mad foxes have attacked the wheels of cars on the highway. W. C. Long, agricultural teach er, is the official rabies inspector for this county. He plans to set up a clinic for the treatment of dogs when the serum is avail able. I Palmetto News Mr. Calvin Drury has been transferred from Memorial hos pital in Waycross to Glynn Hos pital in Brunswick. ♦ ♦ * Mrs. Shirleen Thornton of Waycross visited her children, 80, Robert, Linda and Joey at the home of her .mother, Mrs. W. H. Jacobs last weekend. * ♦ ♦ Buddy Drury of Brunswick was a visitor here one day last week. Mrs. Effie Manning of Jesup visited friends on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jacobs and children of Woodbine visited re latives here on Sunday. ♦ ♦ ♦ Vernon Drury of Vidalia was a visitor here on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Buck Aspinwall and Mr. Jim Aspinwall of Jesup visited Mrs. S. C. M. Drury and Mrs. W. H. Jacobs on Sunday. * • * Mrs. Shirleen Thornton of Way cross spent the weekend with her family here. * * * Mrs. Claudia Jones of Blythes Island spent Sunday here visiting her sister, Mrs. G. W. Freeman. ♦ » ♦ Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jacobs and children of White Oak visited Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Lane on Sun day. * ♦ ♦ Mr. arid Mrs. Spencer Drury and children of Raybon visited their parents here on Sunday. * » * Mr. and Mrs. Belva Whiddon of Waycross were guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Lane recently. People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. PECAN PIE WINNERS — Betty Hopkins, left, Waycross High School student, first place winner, and Linda Mur ray, Jesup, second place winner, displays the pies that placed them top in the Georgia Power and Light Com pany District Pecan Pie Contest. Both girls will compete for State Champion in the bake-off finals December 15 in Valdosta. City Election Held at Blackshear Five incumbents and one new candidate were elected to posts on the City Council of Black shear Wednesday in a city elec tion in which 610 votes were cast. Incumbents E. L. Darling Jr., Ancil E. Davis, J. M. Dean, Au brey Geiger and J. B. Hendry were reelected, along with Lee Broome who was elected for the first time. Incumbent Mack Car ter and J. C. Foreman were the unsuccessful candidates. Mayor H. M. Brooker had no opposition for reelection. Os the 610 votes cast, 18 were thrown out because of incorrect marking of the ballot. Following is the vote for each candidate in the race for City Council: Aubrey Geiger 535 E. L. Darling Jr 495 Lee Broome 492 Ancil E. Davis 480 Julian M. Dean 460 J. B. Hendry 445 Mack Carter 390 J. C. Foreman 250 Methodist Women Hold Program On United Nations Mrs. Roy Harper of Hortense was hostess to the W. S. C. S. of the Nahunta Methodist Church on Wednesday of last week. Mrs. W.-C. Long, Sr. is president. Mrs. Grace Wakeley was in charge of the program on “United Nations”. There were appropriate songs with Mrs. S. S. Sarvis at the piano. Others present were: Mrs. R. H. Schmitt, Mrs. Glenn Conditt, Mrs. W. H. Howell, Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. J. B. Lewis. Mrs. P. U. Rozier assisted Mrs. Harper is serving sandwiches, deviled eggs, pickles, cake and coffee. Grammar School PTA Met Tuesday The December meeting of the Nahunta Grammar School p. T. A. was held in the school auditorium on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 4, with forty-one members present. Virgil Allen, presided over the meeting. Rev. Cecil Thomas led the devotional. Miss Marion Strickland was program leader. She and her class presented the Christmas Story. Mrs. Emory Middleton, Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs. R. J. Wain right and Mrs. Clifton Strickland .were hostesses. As a source of energy, protein, mineral, thiamin and vitamin C, the sweet potato compares favor ably with the Irish potato. And according to Miss Nelle Thrash, Extension Service food preserva tion specialist, it is much superior as a source of vitamin A. 6, 1956 Rev. H. A. McCutcheon Revival Preacher Wesleyan Methodist Revival at Hortense Revival services are in pro gress at the Hortense Wesleyan Methodist Church this week and will continue through Sunday, Dec. 16. Rev. H. A. McCutcheon of Chesnee, S. C., is the guest preacher. He preaches every night at 7:30. Rev. D. E. Alex ander is pastor of the church and is directing the music for the revival. J. P. Election Results In Brantley County Given by Districts Justices of the Peace were el ected in the eight districts of Brantley County Saturday, Dec. 1, and constables were elected in seven of the districts. The following citizens were elected Justice of the Peace and Constable in their respective dis tricts: Nahunta: Bernard S. Pearson, Justice of the Peace and L. O. Morgan, Constable. Lulaton: D. W. Wainright,J.- P., and Floyd Rowell, Constable. Waynesville: Mrs. Julia Gib son, J. P., and F. C. Hall, Const able. Schlatterville: Mrs. Owen Griffin, J. P., and Maurice Am mons, Constable. Hickox: Virgil Allen, J. P., and J. R. Procter, Constable. Hortense; C. S. Anderson, J. P., and John Buckley, Constable. Hoboken: Tom Ellis, J. P., and R. C. Crews, Constable. Atkinson: J. B. Middleton, J.- P., and Constable to be appointed by the J. P. College Glee Club Will Sing at Baptist Church The South Georgia College Glee Club will present a program of Christmas music Monday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 at the First Baptist Church. Among those from Nahunta singing in this group are Jerrie Harper, Dorothy Morgan, and Carl Highsmith. The public is cordially invited to attend. No admission will be charged. Nahunta Wins Both Games From Folkston The Nahunta High lassies won again Tuesday night in dropping the Folkston girls 37-36. The girls also defeated Glynn Acad emy 53-43 Friday night. The Nahunta boys showed true form and team work Tuesday night in downing the Folkston boys 74-55. The boys lost to Glynn Acad emy Friday night, 44-54. The teams play Blackshear here Fri day night, Dec. 7, with the first game beginning at 7:30. Weather Report , For Past Week By J. A. ROSS U.S. Weather Bureau report of temperature and rainfall at Nah unta for each 24 hour period of week ending. Nahunta Sta. High Low Rain Thursday 65 29 .08 Friday 56 42 .14 Saturday 63 28 .00 Sunday 78 27 .00 Monday 74 29 .00 Tuesday 71 31 .00 Wednesday 76 34 .00 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA U. S. 301 Outstrips Its Rivals As North-South Tourist Route Personals Mr. and Mrs. James Rogers of Jacksonville spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edgy. Mrs. Charles Crews of Bru nswick also visited her sister and family Sunday. Visitors at the home of Mrs. J. J. Herrin and family during the week end were: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Herrin and Joann and Jerry of Jacksonville; Mrs. Sadie Johns, Mrs. Winton Johnson and Gail, Mrs. E. B. Herrin and Bobby and J. R., Joannu and Hazel Grif fin, Mary Jane and Margie Fay Johns, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Johns and family, David Owen, and Hansel Redding of Brunswick; Layton Johns, E. B. Herrin, B. M. Prescott, Wardie Highsmith and Edd Herrin of Okeechobee, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Chambers of Valdosta spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis. Mrs. J. M. Rogers is spending the winter months with her daughter Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Rouark in Lemon Grove, Calif. Mrs. Howard E. Stephens and son, Mark are spending two weeks with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome. Dan Sadler, student at Univer sity of Georgia at Athens and Betty Jean Sadler of G. S. C. W. at Milledgeville were home with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sadler for Thanksgiving holidays. The Nahunta Elementary School Parent Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 4 at three o’clock. All patrons are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bennett and three children of Jacksonville and John and Candy Partain of Sav annah spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Brooker. Mrs. Thomas D. Bell and sons, David and Jeff arrived by boat in New York on Sunday, Nov. 11 came by plane to Jacksonville and on to Nahunta on Tuesday of last week. They were coming from Italy where they have been with WO-1 Thomas D. Bell who is stationed there. They will make their home in Nahunta with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Dixon until March when Mr. Bell will return to United States. Among the visitors who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dowling during the Thanksgiving holidays were; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Gribble of Tallahassee, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Luke and chil dren, Mrs. Ross Register and David Bell and Edward Barfield of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Allen of Waycross; C. M. Rozier of Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dowling and children and C. M. Dowling of Richmond, Va.; Marlon Dowling, Fernan dina; Grady Dowling, Alma; Mrs. D. J. Dowling of Nahunta. Mr. T. S. Goodner was a patient in a Waycross hospital last week. Mr. Jos. B. Strickland, who has been a patient in a Waycross hospital about ten days returned to his home in Nahunta on Tues day of this week. Mrs. J. B. Lewis has returned from Valdosta where She visited her sister, Mrs. J. Y. Chambers. While there she was invited to speak at the Pine Garden Club talking on “How to process plant materials and make compositions of them.” She also made a talk and displayed two dried arrange ments at a meeting at the Garden Center, composed of three Clubs. J. B. Lewis was a patient in a Waycross hospital last week. Miss Eula Jean Fais of Atlanta spent the weekend of Dec.l at home with her mother, Mrs. W. P. Fais. More than a billion pounds of cheese are made in the United States every year, according to nutrition specialists at the Col lege of Agriculture. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * * ♦ ♦ ♦ * * ♦ * * « * * * ♦ • ♦ ♦ • * * • • » » ■ The Home Newspaper is Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. A compartive newcomer to the interstate highway network—U.S. 301—has out-stripped all of its older competitors as a north south tourist route through Geor gia. State Highway Department fig ures show that the average traf fic volume on 301 last year was 4,900 vehicles daily. For the same period, U.S. 17, the Coastal Highway, and chief competitor of 301, had an average volume of 4,500 vehicles daily, and U.S. 1 had a volume of 3,000 daily. Those three routes are the prin cipal arteries of tourist travel from the eastern seaeboard to Florida. The daily average figures in clude all vehicles using the roads, local and tourist. The Highway Department’s tra ffic flow map shows even more clearly the dominance of 301 as a tourist route by charting the flow of vehicles at various points in the state. The chart for 301 is a band of uniform width indicating a small percentage of local traffic. On U.S. 1 heavy local traffic around Savannah and Brunswick contrib utes to the daily average volume, but the traffic flow chart band narrows between those points and below Brunswick. The best known of the inter state routes in Geogia—U.S. 41 also trails 301 in tourists use. However, 41 is not a competitor of 301, drawing its traffic mostly from the Middle West. And the popularily of U.S. 301 is nothing that just happened. All along the highway’s route in Georgia and in. much of the rest of the area it serves, the late Alfred Dorman, Statesboro wholesale grocer, is regarded as the “father” of 301. Ironically, he was killed in January, 1955, in a crash on the highway near States boro. The route was not completely paved until 1946 when the last segment between Claxton and Statesboro was surfaced. With Dorman taking the lead, a pro motional effort was started which culminated in designation of the route from Maine to St. Peters burg, Fla., as U.S. 301. And that promotion has never ceased. The route was made one of the best marked in Georgia for convenience of tourists and through effort s of various coun ties it was completely rebuilt from border to border in Georgia, a project that was completed about two years ago. Meanwhile, by contrast, U.S. 1 and U S. 17 received little atten tion and became less attractive as tourist routes. Also, 301 came into being in the post war era and is lined with the newest and most luxurious accomodations for tourists. Another attraction of the route is that it offers good roads in Georgia and avoids major centers. In fact, 301 doesn’t touch a city in the state large enough to have a daily newspaper. The highway is given credit for “making” some communities like Ludowici, Glennville, Claxton, Statesboro and Folkston, and tourists are big business to them. And the 301 promoters take a dim view of anything that threat ens their source of income. Sev eral “speed traps” have given way to public opinion along the route. In one county a few years back, the businessmen plastered 301 with signs warning of a speed trap. Businessmen along U.S. 17 are not taking the 301 competition lying down. The coastal route has been improved recently, but in cludes tqfl bridges at Savannah and Brunswick, a point that com petition emphasizes. Business interests on U.S. 17 re port the route is winning back some of its old travelers, but they concede the actual tourist num bers are well below what they were 10 years ago. The Nahunta High School P.T.A. will meet Monday night, Dec. 10, at 6:45 P.M. Let us urge each member to be present and on time so that we can take care of all business and go to the Baptist church to hear the South Georgia College Glee Club Program. Karral Reese, Sec.-Treas.