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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 2
Court Meets
At Nahunta
Monday Jan.2l
Brantley County Superior will
convene at Nahunta Monday, Jan.
21, it is announced by D. F. Her
rin, court clerk.
Judge Cecil Roddenberry will
preside and solicitor Dewey
Hayes will be solicitor. It will be
first term as solicitor here for
Col. Hayes.
The jury lists as drawn by
Judge Roddenberry have been
announced as follows:
GRAND jury
D. D. Spell, E. L. Sears, Joe
T. Crews, Perry Wainright, Roy
Rowell, J. L. Miles, Dan H. Jac
obs, J. H. Highsmith, Jeptha Grif
fin, I. M. Morgan, Lester Bell,
George A. Loyd, Lester Wain
right.
J. C. Smith, Jr., Cecil Moody,
Victor Ham, W. A. Sloan W. P.
Stewart W. R. Smith, R. L. Du-
Bose, H. D. Edgy, E. V. Herrin,
J. W. Brooker, Sam Chesser, Ru
fus Shuman, J. J. Lee, W. R.
Batten. ,
TRAVERSE JURY
H. B. Burney, Thomas L. Gib
son, Alvin Drury, Joe S. Smith,
E. C. Carter, E. C. Herrin, George
Dykes, V. D. Sloan, A. M. Grif
fin, Sr., E. N. Hickox, Albert Pur
dom, Harry M. Middleton, A. L.
Dukes, J.L. Brauda, Perry Crews,
R. J. Douglas, A. L. Mercer.
C. R. Lewis, H. S. Wilson, W. E.
Eldridge, Virgil Rowell, John D.
Lee, Mrs. Mary Godwin, L. M.
Manning, W. V. Strickland, Tam
mie Lane, C. G. Lee, Mrs. Ber
nice Smith, J. R. Batten, W. P.
Strickland, Robert Drury, Oliver
O. Johns, Louis Prescott, J. R.
Herrin, Harry Knox, Ted Strick
land.
Mrs. C. L. Middleton L. J.
Cason, W. K. Herrin, J. Dewey
Hickox, Vernon Strickland, Zibe
King, E. V. Hagin, Major Riggins,
Seward Steedley, Mrs. C. W. Her
rin, M. A. Moody, Harry Altman,
J. Milton Highsmith, D. E. Ste
vens, R. E. Ammons, L. A. Batten,
Fred Chesser A. S. Rowell, Mrs.
Blanche Dubberly.
J. T. Thornton Mrs. Alma Ed
monds, John Paul Jones, Bennie
F. Harris, A. J. Stokes, B. R.
Hayes, Lloyd Gunter, Joe C.
Crews, E. C. Hickox, W. D. Rob
erson, A. J. Hickox, Joe E. Brown,
J. Fulton Jacobs, T. J. Lee, Clyde
Dowling, Cecil V. Herrin, Silas
B. Aldridge, Taiford Highsmith,
Norman W. Lee, George M.
Johns.
Calvary News
By Mrs. J. R. Driggers
Gwendolyn Driggers, Ann Hic
kox, Pat Dell are among those
attending the Seventh Annual
Music Festival at the University
of Georgia at Athens.
M-Sgt and Mrs. Wilbur N.
Driggers of Hampton, Va. have
returned to his post after spend
ing the holidays with his broth
er, J. R. Driggers and family and
sister, Mrs. J. P. Morgan and
family.
• • •
Funeral services with burial in
Omega Cemetery near Baxley
were held for Walter D. McClel
lan of Clinch County on Monday
of this week. He was the father
of Mrs. N. A. Stephens of this
community.
Brantley Students
Make Dean’s List
At South Georgia
Brantley County was again
well-represented by students
named on the Dean’s Lisi at
South Georgia College for the
fall quarter.
Five students the county earn
ed places on the quarterly honor
roll The honorees include: Ronnie
Hagen, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Hagen, Route 2, Waycross; and
Davis Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
' Leon Jacobs, Hoboken, both
graduates of Hoboken High
School; Dewitt Drury, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Drury, Hortense;
Raymond Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Johnson, Nahunta;
and Dorothy Morgan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morgan, Nah
unta, all graduates of Nahunta
High School.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Housewarming
Party Honors
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gibson,
who have moved into their re
cently completed new home,
were given a house warming by
friends and relatives on Tues
day evening, January 1.
Attending the party were: Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Anderson and
Lon and Loyd of Jesup; Rev. and
Mrs. O. G. Nichols, Blackshear;
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Carr, Mrs.
Allen Rowell and Sylvia of Hor
tense; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Strickland, Brunswick; Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Middleton and Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Middleton, Atkin
son; Mr. and Mrs. Millard Phil
lips, New Orleans, La.; Rev. and
Mrs. L. J. Edgy, Mr. and Mrs.
Avery Strickland,, Mr. and Mrs.
Elroy Strickland and Helen, of
Nahunta; Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Wainright and Shirley, Lula ton;
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Howe, Thal
man.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Robinson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Smith Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walker and
Patsy and Frances, Mrs. H. O.
Keene, Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Kelly,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edgy, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Edgy and boys,
Mrs. R. E. Jacobs and Annette,
Mrs. Lois Byrd, Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Boyd, Mrs. Myrtle Davis
and Dorothy and Roy, Mrs. Ma
mie Moody, and Sue and Naomi,
Lester Snow, Inez Driskell, Mr.
and Mrs. Buster Walker and
Johnnie, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Mc-
Veigh, Sr., Pearl Kelly, Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Day, Mrs. Jerry Walk
er and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. N.
S. McVeigh Jr., Mrs. Eunice
Lightsey, Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt
King, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Rob
inson, Mrs. W. R. Gibson, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Gibson and child
ren, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hunter
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
P. J. Gibson and boys.
Many lovely gifts were receiv
ed.
Coffee and cake were served.
Negro Boy, 14,
Is Drowned in
Irrigation Pit
Robert James Palmer, 14-year
old colored boy, drowned in an
irrigation pit Saturday after
noon, January 5, about 4:00 p.m.
on the Robert E. Lee farm about
two miles out from Patterson.
Several other children were
playing around the pit when
Palmer dropped a shoe into the
pit. They said he went in after
his shoe but was not able to get
out again.
Palmer lived with his mother
on the Lee farm.
Drivers Licenses
To Be Validated
Monday Afternoon
Troopers of the State Patrol
will be in Nahunta next Monday
afternoon, Jan. 14, for the pur
pose of renewing auto drivers
licenses through the validating
machine.
This will save the applicant
from ordering drivers licenses
through the mail. The hours at
Nahunta will be from one o’clock
until five o’clock Monday after
noon.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Austin an
nounce the birth of a boy on
Dec. 28. He has been named
Isaac Earl, Jr.
• • •
Marlys Lee Harris is the name
of the new baby girl born to Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Harris on Dec
ember 2. She is the grandparents
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris.
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keene
announce the arrival of a baby
girl born on Thursday, Jan. 3,
1957. She has been named Ann
elle Isabelle and will be called
Ann. She weighed seven pounds
10% ounces. z
Her maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Turner Highsmith.
Her maternal great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Herrin.
Mrs. Keene will be remembered
as the former Miss Gaynelle
Highsmith.
Brantky iEtiterpriSF
Citizens Bank
Shows Big
Gain in Assets
The Citizens Bank of Folkston
and Nahunta shows a substantial
gain in assets over th^ir last
report made in July, 1956, it is
revealed in their semi-annual
statement published in this issue
of The Brantley Enterprise.
The gain is from $3,576,400.78
to $3,815,989.15, a gain of approx
imately $240,000.00 during the
six month’s period.
The increase in assets to this
bank reflects the continued deve
lopment of this southeast Geor
gia section, in agriculture, bus
iness and ipdustry.
Bacon County
Youth Dying
With Rabies
South Georgia rabies epidemic
appeared to be claiming its first
human victim Wednesday as a
young Bacon county man lay
dying of the disease in the Bacon
County Hospital.
Doctors requested that the
victim not be identified to the
press immediately because it was
feared that his father’s heart
condition might be aggravated by
the news. His father does not
know the young man’s illness
has been tentatively diagnosed as
rabies.
Other members of his family
did not know of the youth’s being
bitten by a dog or fox, but he and
several others were said to have
killed and handled an apparently
rabid fox. It was believed that
fox saliva might have gotten into
an open wound or scratch in the
youth’s body.
State health officials were in
Alma investigating the case and
the areas of the rabies outbreak.
Final diagnosis of rabies is im
possible until after death, which
normally occurs in a day or two.
The boy’s father became worse
during Tuesday night. The boy
was reported to be resting fairly
comfortably Wednesday morning.
Edker McDonald of Alma, pres
ident of Georgia Fox Hunter’s
Association, said it is likely that
the association’s fox hunt sche
duled for Bacon county Jan. 21,
will be called off. He will an
nounce definite plans in a day
or two.
It's Senator
Talmadge Now
WASHINGTON - Former Gov.
Herman Talmadge of Georgia,
supporter of white supremacy
and foe of foreign, aid, becomes
as U. S. senator Thursday.
With some 30 to 40 Georgians
including Gov. and Mrs. Marvin
Griffin looking on, Talmadge was
set to take the oath at noon. He
was to be escorted to the well of
the Senate by Sen. Russell (D-
Ga).
Others from Georgia here for
the ceremony include Lt. Gov.
and Mrs. Ernest Vandiver; Tal
madge’s mother, Mrs. Eugene
Talmadge of Mcßae, and his sis
ter, Mrs. Scott Shepard of Ludow
ici. His wife, Betty, and their two
children, Gene, 14, and Bobby, 10,
also were on hand.
Talmadge, 42, fills the vacancy
created by the retirement of Sen.
Walter F. George, who served in
the Senate for 34 years and be
came one of the body’s outstand
ing leaders. George is now Presi
dent Eisenhower’s personal am
bassador to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Talmadge aiso has been busy
getting straight at his newly a
qiured home in Falls Church
Va., about nine miles from the
Capitol in Fairfax County.
Talmadge has been suffering
fram a virus but is improved. An
aide, H. L. Conner of Roswell, is
in bed with the same ailment.
Talmadge is expected to lend
fresh support to the block of
Southern senators who have op
posed the Supreme Court’s school
integration decisions.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 10, 1957
The following Road Hands
were paid for the month
of December, Perry Crews, $165.-
85; Woodrow Wilson, $165.85;
I. C. Harris, $168.85; J. F.
Willis, $186.85; Monsie Wilson,
$184.28; Ottis Morgan, $125.85;
Talmadge Gunter, $149.85;- Elvin
Griffin, $165.40; Roscoe Murray,
$168.85; Barney Harris, $160.00;
and O. G. Lee, $250.00.
The following general bills
were paid, S. E. Blount, $75.00;
Janitor; C. Winton Adams, $25.-
00; Salary; Archie A. Johns, SBO.-
00; Salary; R. C. Harrell, Jr.,
SSO-00; Bar Pit; Brunswick Plup
& Paper Co., $49.10; Barr Pit;
George A. Loyd, $190.00; Salary;
Sarah Dot Simpson, $106.05;
Salary; C. L. King, $43.75, Repair;
Rebecca D. Griner, $273.60, Sal
ary; Annice L. Carter, $147.30,
Salary; Atlantic Engineering &
Cont. Co., $1,304.50; Paving High
way No. 32. Georgia Power &
Light Co., $21.10; Lights and
Power, D. F. Herrin, SBO.OO, Sal
ary & Fees; Andrew J. Tuten
$63.34, Salary; Georgia State
Forestry Comm., $525.00, Bud
get; M. E. Winchester, $62.00,
Salary; Alvin M. Powell, $12.00,
Travel; Cecil B. Ragsdale, $93.50,
Salary; Dr. E. A. Moody, $30.00,
Salary; R. R. Kramer, Dental
Clinic. Edna J. Kramer, $4.00,
Dental Cliriic; H. E. Raulerson,
$225.90, Feed & Turnkeys, The
Brantley Enterprise, $47.50, Adv.
& Supplies; Washington Nat
ional, Ins. Co., $59.93; Insurance,
Globle Chemical Co., Jail Sup
plies, $134.69; Blalock Machinery
& Equip. Co., $165.14; Parts &
Repairs; Brantley Gas & Appli
ance Co., $66.50, Fuel. Sinclair
Refining Co., $382.95; South-East
Sales Co., $332.80, Repair; All
Weather Tire Co., $127.40, Tires;
Porter & Farr, $2.60, Repair; H.
H. Burnet & $50.00, Bond for
Treasurer, Carlton Co., $1,171.72,
Repair; Brantley County, Board
of Education, $200.00, Library;
Standard Oil Co., $194.15, Gas &
Oil; J. W. Brooker, $87.65, Sup
plies; Dept, of Public Welfare,
$652.75, Budget; T. E. Raulerson,
$226.32, Service Rendered; City
of Nahunta, $22.50, Water; Brant
ley Telephone Co., $63.52, Phones
& Calls; Ga. Power & Light Co.,
$12.31, Jail Lights; H. S. Wilson,
$553.73, Repair; Dr. E. A. Moody,
$8.50, Treating Prisoners; Oke
fenokee R. E. A., 2.56, Caution
Light; Lastinger Garage, $5.60,
Repair; Satilla Lumber Co., $14.-
34, Lumber; C. L. King, $74.50,
Repair on Jail; F. H. Brooker,
$64.50, Repair on Jail.
A Resolution was made and
passed by all Members present, to
hire T. E. Raulerson, as county
police, for one month.
There being no further bus
iness the meeting adjourned in
regular order.
Hickox W.M.S. Met
With Mrs. Hendrix
The Hickox W.M.S. met at the
home of Mrs. Betty Hendrix on
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 8. Mrs.
Hendrix had charge of the pro
gram on “Missions in the Missi
ssippi Basin”.
Taking part on the program
were: Mrs. Loraine Jacobs, Mrs.
Lizzie Mae Hendrix, Mrs. Char
lotte Thomas, Mrs. Cora Lee
Bohanon, Mrs. Pearlie Lewis.
Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix was
co-hostess with Mrs. Betty Hen
drix serving cookies and soft
drinks.
Eugene T. Sloan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Sloan of Hort
ense completed recruit training
Jan. 3 at the Marine Corps Re
cruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C.
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Brantley County Commis
sioners of Road and Revenue met
in Regular Session December 31,
for Jan. 1, Meeting, 1957, Present
were R. B. Brooker; Chairman,
R. C. Harrell, Jr., Clerk C. H.
Penland and Silas D. Lee.
The following Commissioners
were paid for six days service
each. R. B. Brooker, $30.00; R. C.
Harrell, Jr., $32.28; C. H. Pen
land, $22.28; Silas D. Lee, $30.00;
and T. V. Rhoden, $30.00.
The Following Pauper list was
approved and ordered paid. Ocie
Moody, $10.00; Dora C. Merritt,
$10.00; and Thelma Sapp, SIO.OO.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman,
R. C. Harrell, Jr., Clerk.
Farmers Requested
To Attend Nahunta
Tobacco Meeting
George A. Loyd, County Agent
stated this week that a tobacco
production and marketing meet
ing is scheduled to be held in
the courthouse in Nahunta on
Friday morning, Jan. 18, at ten
o’clock.
Mr. Loyd says that all farmers
interested in tobacco production
and marketing are invited to
attend this meeting.
The county agent further stated
that with tobacco allotments
being reduced as much as they
are and with the recent trend
in demand for various types of
tobacco, that farmers will benefit
by keeping up to date on the
latest recommendations on pro
duction practices.
John Preston, Tobacco Specia
list with the Agricultural Ex
tension Service along with other
tobacco specialists will be in
charge of the meeting.
2 Foxes Show
Symptoms of
Being Rabid
Two foxes were encountered
Sunday by Pierce countians and
from their reactions were judged
to be mad.
Lewis Strickland saw a fox in
the middle of the road near the
Tyre Bridge. The fox was foam
ing at the mouth and refused to
get out of the road and Mr.
Strickland went around it. Later
it was killed with a gun.
Also, Mrs. Eason Christmas,
chased a fox down the road with
her car out in the Sunset com
munity while on the way to re
port a fire. The fox wasn’t killed
but was suspected to be mad since
it was so slow getting out of the
way.
Foxes Caught
Now Total 52
Twenty-six more foxes have
been caught during the past week
in the 342 traps now set in Pierce
county to combat the spread of
rabies, according to Oran Hen
derson, supervisor of the pro
gram.
This brings to 52 the number
of foxes caught since* the trap
ping began. Twenty-two of the
total caught have been females
and 30 males. The program is
scheduled to last 90 days and
estimated are that something over
300 foxes may be caught.
J. H. Crump of Mershon killed
a fox in his yard Monday,
although the examination has not
been completed to determine
whether it was rabid. The fox
caught two of Mr. Crump’s chic
kens while he was shooting at it
several times.
Calvary HD Club
And Farm Bureau
Met Thursday
The Farm Bureau and the
Calvary Home Demonstration
Club Met Thursday, Jan. 3, at
the Calvary Community Center
Mr. M. R. Dryden presided
during the business sesion. Rev.
Elbert Aldridge led the devo
tional.
Officers were elected for both
groups. Officers for the Farm
Bureau were: Elbert Aldridge,
President; Bobby Lucas, vice
president; M. R. Dryden, secre
tary and treasurer; Mrs. Elbert
Aldridge, chairman Farm Bureau.
Mr. Jack Moore was the speak
er on “Livestock and Pasturing.”
The Home Demonstration of
ficers elected were: Mrs. Elbert
Aldridge, president; Mrs. Gold
wire Fowler, vice-president; Mrs.
J. R. Driggers, secretary; Mrs. J.
L. Miles, treasurer; Mrs. Lonnie
Aldridge, reporter.
Refreshments were served.
Present other than those men
tioned were: George Loyd,
Miss Sara Simpson, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Driggers, Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Miles, Mrs. Alton Cason, Mrs.
Silas Aldridge, Mr. J. H. Mercer,
Silas Lee, Luther Aldridge, Nolan
Davis, Jr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Forestry Director Puts Ban
On Burning in Bth District
Susie Mae Crews
Died at Hoboken
Susie Mae Crews, five-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
C. Crews, of Hoboken, died Tues
day night at the residence in
Hoboken after an extended ill
ness.
Survivors besides her parents,
include five sisters, Mrs. Louise
Hilliard, corpus Christi, Texas,
Miss Ellen Crews, Brunswick,
Miss Donnie Jo Crews, Miss Bar
bara Ann Crews and Miss Ber
tie Crews, all of Hoboken; four
brothers, W. E. Crews, Corpus
Christi, Earl Crews, Walter Crews
and Jerry Crews, all of Hoboken;
and her paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Crews, Hob
oken.
Funeral services were held
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock
at the Church of God in Nahunta.
Burial was in High Bluff cem
etery.
Personals
Attending a Christmas party
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Morgan on December 22
[ were; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Morgan,
1 Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Morgan, Mr.
1 and Mrs. Claude Smith, Mrs.
Cindy Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. John
i Wilson, and family, Mr. and Mrs.
; Joe Chancey, Mr. and Mrs. Carol
- Lee, Mrs. Katie Ham and Mr.
, and Mrs. W. B. Arnold, all of
. Nahunta. Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
r Wildes of Brunswick; Mr. and
Mrs. Stacey Wildes, Dublin; Mr.
; and Mrs. Ivey Roberson, Lumber
i City; Mrs. Joyce Johns, Augusta;
. Mr. and Mrs. George Trhlik of
Baltimore, Md.
1* • •
e The Satilla Chapter 365 O. E. S.
e will meet with the AREME
Chapter of Waycross in Way
- cross on January 18 for the
Worthy Grand Matron’s meeting.
Satilla Chapter will meet Fri
day evening, Jan. 11 in their
own chapter hall for a practice
I meeting and will go to Way cross
i Sunday afternoon, Jan. 13 to
practice with that chapter. All
‘ members of Satilla Chapter are
urged to attend these practice
■ meetings.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Braddock
have returned to their home in
Jacksonville after spending the
holidays with Mrs. Alice High
smith.
♦ • •
Mr. Jim Brooker is a patient
in a Waycross hospital following
a major operation early this
week.
Sybert Jones, who is stationed
at Indianappolis, Ind. has been
home with his father, Dan Jones
and other relatives for two weeks.
• • •
Mr. Fred Strickland, who has
been a patient in a Waycross
hospital, came home last Satur- '
day and is improving slowly.
Mrs. George Carter and little 1
son, Tommie, of Fitzgerald are
spending this week with their '
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strick- ■
land. :
•• • <
Tommie Prescott, who is in :
1 the Medical Corps, U. S. Navy,
stationed at Jacksonville, is ’
spending this week with his pa- 1
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pres
cott. J
•• • 1
Mrs. John Cunard, who has
been with her daughter, Mrs. ]
Carl Broome, since the last of
October, left on Sunday to go to ‘
Greenville, Fla., for a visit with ’
Mr. and Mrs. Linburn Cunard.
She was accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Handley and two 1
sons of Greenville who came for s
her Sunday afternoon. 1
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Piedmont Association Annual *
W. M. U. Meeting will be held I
January 16th. with The Norwick
Street Baptist Church, Bruns
wick. Meeting will begin at 10:00
o'clock. Lunch will be served by
the Church. '
Guest speakers will be. Miss
Sarah Stephens State Youth
Secretary, Miss Margaret March- a
man Missionary of Nigeria, Miss e
Mel Price Division Vice Presi
dent. t
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home, If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
In a recent check of wild fires
currently plaguing southeast
Georgie, Guyton Deloach, Direc
tor of the Georgia Forestry Com
mission, today issued a proclama
tion prohibiting control burning
and setting of outdoor fires in
the first and eight districts.
Acting on the authority in
vested in him by the General
Assembly in 1955, DeLoach in
voked the band after a series of
fires continued to flare up in the
southeast. He says he realized the
situation called for desperate
measures, so he stepped in to de
clare that an acute emergency
relative to forest fires now exists
in that area.
The proclamation prohibits the
setting of any outdoor fires in
the woods and forests, marshes,
or other land within the first
and eighth congressional districts.
Specifically, it means fires set
for control burning or open fires
to provide warmth, cooking, or
refuse burning. No backfires shall
be set in any case, it declared,
except under the direct super
vision or permission of a state or
federal forest office, however,
provisions are included for em
ergency situations.
The proclamation infers that
violators are liable for prosecu
tion for .misdemeanor. It stipul
ates further that it shall remain
in effect for a period not to ex
ceed sixty days, unless repealed
earlier.
Dry weather and heavy frost
in the two districts make the fire
danger very acute, DeLoach said.
A timely spark blown from a
fire could cause a major disaster.
The forest floor is extremely dry
and would provide excellent fuel
for a fire. He said the danger
is magnified even more by exist
ing drought conditions and less
that onesnch of rain has fallen
over the area in the past two
months. He said, combined with
the dead vegetation caused by
the frost, plus prevailing high
winds, the whple section is vlu
nerable to major fires.
DeLoach urged all resident and
local law enforcement officers in
the two districts to cooperate in
carying out the provisions of the
proclamation as they have in the
past.. Every one must do his share
to help avert a catastrophe sim
ilar to the one experienced in
California.
Polio Fund
Drive begins
In Brantley
The annual “March of Dimes"
campaign for funds to combat
polio gets under way this month
in Brantley County. It is announc
ed by Prof. Cleve Jones, director
of the drive.
The quota for Brantley Coun
ty this year is $1,000.00, but the
director and his committees hope
to exceed the quota as was done
last year when more than $1,500.-
00 was raised.
Funds raised in the annual
campaign are used to combat
polio in various ways, such as
scientific experiment, treatment
of polio victims and providing
free polio vaccine to children.
Part of the money is used in the
county for aid and treatment of
polio victims.
Officers and committees for the
polio campaign in Brantley Coun
ty are as follows:
Chairman, Mrs. Edna L. Adams,
Hortense; Vice-chairman, Mrs.
Lois Williams, Nahunta; Treasur
er, Mrs. Cecil Moody, Nahunta;
Secretary, Mrs. Norman Lewis,
Nahunta.
Additional Executive Commit
tee: Mrs. Eula Powers, Mrs. Her
schel Herrin, and R. D. Thomas,
Nahunta.
Publicity Committee: Mrs. Ber
tha Jacobs and Carl Broome,
Nahunta.
Women’s Activities: Mrs. W. L.
Bohanon, Route 2, Nahunta.
Education Chairman: Mrs. Eula
Powers, Nahunta, and Mrs. Edna
Strickland, Route 2, Waycross.
Advisory Committee; Earl May,
Nahunta, Cleve Jones, Hoboken
and Mrs. Edna L. Adams, Hort
ense.
Negro Chairman: William Eas
ton, Nahunta.