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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 18
May to Leave
Nahunta for
Camden County
Earl W. May, Principal of Na
hunta High School, has resigned
his position in Brantley County
to accept the principalship of
Camden County High School at
Woodbine, he announced this
week.
Mr. May’s resignation fellows
five years of successful work in
the Nahunta school. During these
five years the Nahunta High
School has been accepted as a
member of the Southern Associa
tion of Secondary Schools and
Colleges.
The curriculum requirements
for students have been increased
and additional courses have been
added to the course of study. An
extensive testing and guidance
program to aid the student has
been set up and administered.
The number of high school
graduates going to college has
been tripled.
The Nahunta High School has
won fifteen district and state
trophies during the five years
of Mr. May’s leadership. Three of
these trophies were earned for
excellence in literary achieve
ments. Five trophies were award
ed Nahunta High for eighth dis
trict track championships and one
trophy was awarded for state
track wins. Six trophies have
been won for district and state
achievements in basketball.
Mr. May is the newly-elected
president of the Eighth District
Principals Association. He is a
member of the Eighth Dis
trict High School Executive
Committee and has also served as
president of the Eighth District
High Shool Association.
Mr. May was reelected by the
Brantley County Board of Educa
tion in March. Mrs. May is also a
teacher. Both Mr. and Mrs. May
have made many friends in Bran
tley County, who will regret
their leaving to go to Camden
County.
Flower Show
To Be Held
Saturday
The annual Flower Show of the
Nahunta Garden Club and the
Oleander Garden Club will be
held at the Nahunta High School
on Saturday, May 4. Mrs. J. B.
Lfewis is president of Nahunta
Garden Club and Mrs. Clinton
Robinson is president of Oleander
Garden Club.
Mrs. Dorothy Brooker is chair
man of the Flower Show with
Mrs. E. A. Moody and Mrs. Earl
May co-chairmen.
All exhibits must be in place
by twelve o’clock, noon. The
judges are Mrs. John Peterson,
Mrs. James Peterson and Mrs.
Louis Robinson all of Ailey, Ga.
The show will be open from
3:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. for the
public to observe.
Everyone is urged to bring
flowers for display whether a
member of Garden Clubs or not.
Weather Report
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 84 55 .00
Friday 83 58 .00
Saturday 84 59 .00
Sunday 85 58 .00
Monday 80 59 .00
Tuesday 84 61 .00
Wednesday 75 64 .22
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this means
to thank every one who was so
thoughtful of us at the time of
the death of our beloved, Victor
Ham. We appreciate every kind
word, the beautiful floral offer
ings, and every consideration. The
covered dishes were so very
helpful.
What you did has meant so
much to us and. May God bless
you.
Sincerely,
The Ham Family.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Cancer Fund
Drive Begins
In Brantley
The 1957 campaign for funds
to fight cancer is now going on
in Brantley County, according to
Mrs. DeWitt Moody, who is presi
dent of the county cancer organ
ization.
The cancer campaign is aimed
at raising funds for cancer rese
arch and to provide cancer clinics
in Georgia. Brantley County’s
quota this year is $340.
The following volunteers are
soliciting funds in the cancer
campaign:
Laura Walker Park area: Mrs.
R. J. Griffin and Mrs. Everett
Walden.
Waynesville: Mrs. Mary Lou
Gibson and Mrs. Eunice Lightsey.
Atkinson; Mrs. Julian Middle
ton.
Lulaton; Mrs. Seab Highsmith
and Mrs. Shirley Wainright.
Hoboken: Mrs. Red Kelley and
Mrs. Jack Moore.
Hickox: Mrs. Clarence Allen,
Mrs. D. C. Smith and Mrs. Wood
row Hendrix.
Nahunta: Mrs. Oliver Pearson,
Mrs. Kathryn Stewart, Mrs. Keith
Strickland, Mrs. Robert Smith,
Mrs. Earl May, Mrs. Lois Wil
liams, Mrs. Pat Lee, Mrs. Dorothy
Brooker, Mrs. DeWitt Moody,
Faye DePratter.
Mrs. Sideny Hulett and Mrs.
Hortense: Mrs. Warren Eldri
dge, Miss Shirley Moody and
Miss Willene Rowell.
Raybon: Miss Aria Deane
Wilson.
Won’t you fight cancer with a
check and a checkup?
Mrs. Dorothy Brooker is chair
man of the cancer fund drive.
301 Highway
Association to
Meet at Allendale
The 301 Highway Association
will meet at Allendale, Sj C.,
Friday and Saturday, May 10 and
11, according to Jos. B. Strick
land.
A number of Brantley County
citizens are expected to attend
the meeting which will discuss
plans for increasing tourist traf
fic on Route 301.
Two Stills
Are Destroyed
Two illegal liquor stills were
destroyed Wednesday, April 17,
by officers of the State Revenue
Department, assisted by Sheriff
J. H. Pittman of Pierce county.
The stills were found near Off
erman, about two miles apart.
Both were approximately 65 gal
lons capacity. Three barrels of
.mash were found at one of the
still sites, but neither was in
opt -ation at the time.
■ntity of the operators of the
is yet unknown.
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Srantby Bitrrprw
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS BUILDING IN BLACKSHEAR RAZED BY $150,000 FIRE
Dramatic Picture Snapped by Photographer J. B. Hendr y Shows Blaze at Its Height.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 2, 1957
Mrs. T. J. Kaney
Honored with
Birthday Dinner
Friends and relatives honored
Mrs. T. J. Kaney on her 69th
birthday at her home Sunday,
April 28, with a basket dinner
which was enjoyed by all who
attended.
Among those present at Mrs.
Kaney’s birthday celebration
were Mrs. E. D. O’Quinn, Mrs.
Robert O’Quinn and children,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown and
daughter, Mrs. Gladyene Padgett
and daughter, and Mrs. Susie
Green, all of Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kaney
and daughters, Mrs. Jesse Jones
and Raymond Lee, Jr., of Fernan
dina, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kaney, John,
Lester and Kathryn, of Glenn
ville Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Davis of
Hoboken, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wiggins, and
Dyer, of Jacksonville Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibson and
children and Miss Pearl Kelly,
of Waynesville.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Jones and
Jon, Mrs. E. L. Hendrix, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Allen and daugh
ter, Neil Hendrix and Sherry,
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Herrin and
O. K., Mrs. Isla House and chil
dren, Bud Jones, all of Hickox.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sears and
Danny, superintendent and Mrs.
Herschel Herrin and children,
Herbert Kaney, of Nahunta.
Miss Ruth Roberson of Hort
ense.
Aubrey Highsmith
Elected President
Student Union
Aubrey Highsmith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. Highsmith of Na
hunta, was recently elected to
serve as president of the Baptist
Student Union at Georgia Teach
ers College, Statesboro for the
year 1957-58.
Highsmith, a junior majoring
in industrial arts, is also presi
dent of the college Sunday School
class, assistant Training Union
director, secretary-treasurer for
the Industrial Arts Club, a unit
captain for intramural sports, and
is active in many other phases of
campus activities.
Highsmith will be installed as
B. S. U. president, Sunday night,
May 5.
Riverside Revival
To Begin Monday
The Riverside Baptist Church
will begin a revival meeting Mon
day, May 6, it is announced by
R. I. McDuffie.
The evangelist preacher will be
Rev. Elise Carter of Baxley. The
meeting will extend through the
week and will end Sunday, May
12, with a homecoming pro
gram and dinner on the church
grounds.
Rev. Eddie Dixon is pastor of
the Riverside Baptist Church.
Farmers Vote
In Favor of
Tobacco Plan
The Brantley County Farm
Bureau heard the state president
H. L. Wingate explain the acre
age allotment and tobacco pound
age plan explained at a meeting
held at the Nahunta courthouse
Tuesday night, April 30.
At the conclusion of Mr. Win
gate’s speech th£ tobacco growers
present voted 24 for the plan and
four against it.
Mr. Wingate’s talk was in ex
planation of the acreage-pound
age plan, it is reported, and he
wanted the views of the tobacco
growers on the plan.
Nahunta Garden Club
Met Tuesday
With Mrs. Moody
The Nahunta Garden Club met
on Tuesday, April 30, at the
home of Mrs. D. S. Moody with
Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas as co-host
ess.
Mrs. J. B. Lewis, president,
presided at the business session.
Mrs. L. A. DeShazo of Waycross
gave a talk and demonstrated
on flower arranging.
Others present were: Mrs. A. S.
Mizell, Mrs. Allan Barnard, Mrs.
Grace Wakeley, Mrs. Lula Brown,
Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. G. C. Rogers,
Mrs. Carlos Highsmith, Mrs.
Winton Adams, Mrs. Herschel
Herrin, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith,
Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. Dorothy
Graham, Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland,
and Miss Lillie Ruth Flowers.
The hostesses served a salad
course during the social hour.
Hortense Wesleyan
W.M.S. Met Monday
The W. M. S. of the Hortense
Wesleyan Methodist Church met
at the home of Mrs. J. C. Strick
land on Monday, April 29. Mrs.
D. E. Alexander, president, led
the devotional and presided dur
ing business session.
“Mission in Mexico.” was the
theme for the program. Taking
part were Mrs. J. C. Strickland,
Mrs. E. A. Strickland, Mrs. Glen
Day and Mrs. Joe Smith. Others
present were; Mrs. Claude Mills,
Mesdames Annie Strickland,
Zade Harrell, Dave Rowell, Rosa
Lee Loper.
Cake and ice cream were
served.
Pilgrim’s Rest
Cemetery Will Be
Cleaned Thursday
The Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery
near Waynesville will be cleaned
off on Thursday, May 9, it is
announced by J. O. Wainright.
Everyone who is interested in
the Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery is
requested to come to the ceme
tery on the bove date and bring
tools for helping to clean off the
burial grounds.
Personals
WO-1 Thomas B. Bell who re
turned to the States in March
from Italy where he has been
stationed for three years has been
on furlough at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Dixon where Mrs.
Bell and their two children have
resided since their return from
Italy last fall. Mr. Bell has re
ported for duty at Fort Stewart
where he will now be stationed.
He and Mrs. Bell and David and
Jeffie will make their home at
Ludowici, Ga.
Mrs. Kate Parrott celebrated
her 90th birthday at her home
in Nahunta on Friday, April 26.
She has two daughters Mrs.
Mamie Smith and Miss Ellie
Parrott who were present with
friends.
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Dinner guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Herrin on
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Johnson, Rev. and Mrs. Rob
ert Ruling and son of Fernandina
Beach, Fla. Mrs. B. F. White,
Claton Carter, Gerald Johns,
Stanley Davis, Cecil Hodges, Lay
ton Johns, Claude Johns and B.
M. Prescott of Folkston.
* * •
Cecil Hodges and E. B. Herrin
are spending this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Johnson and
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Huling at
Fernandina Beach.
• • *
Attending a picnic at Teston
Lake on Saturday night were E.
B. Herrin, Janet Johns, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Austin, Mr. and Mrs.
I. E. Austin, and son, Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Herrin, Sr. Mrs. B. F.
White, Ouita Bailey, Claude
Johns, Carolyn Herrin, Cecil
Hodges, Stanley Davis, Gerald
Johns, Layton, Wardie Highsmith,
Margie Faye Johns, Clayton
Carter, B. M. Prescott, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Johnson, Rev. and
Mrs. Robert Huling and son; J. R.,
Don, Jimmy and Iva Lee Herrin.
Pvt. Ray J. Herrin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Herrin, Hoboken,
Ga., was graduated April 27 from
the intermediate speed radio
operators course at the Army’s
Armor Training Center, Fort
Knox, Ky. A 1956 graduate of
Hoboken High School, the 19-
, year-old soldier entered the
Army last November and com
pleted basic training at Fort
Benning.
• • •
T-Sgt. Allen C. Morgan, son of
Mrs. Cindy Morgan, has arrived
home from Korea after about 12
months service there. He will be
stationed at Myrtle Beach, S. C.,
after his 30-day leave. His wife
will accompany him to his station
at Myrtle Beach.
Twin Calves Born
On Griffin Farm
A cow belonging to Luther
Griffin on Route 1, Nahunta,
brought twin calves Tuesday,
April 30. Both calves were males,
the calves being identical twins.
It is considered rare for cows
to have twins.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hendrix
Will Be Honored at Tifton
One Brantley County farm
family will receive special re
cognition in Tifton Thursday,
May 9. Mr. and Mrs. Neil W.
Hendrix, Route 1, Nahunta, will
be among approximately 100
families in south Georgia to be
honored at the annual Farm
Family Achievement Day spon
sored by the Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College and the
Farmers Home Administration.
Each family selected for this
honor receives a certificate from
the institutions where the meet
ing is held which will carry a
citation recognizing their out
standing success in farm and
home operations.
The achievement of the fami
lies selected for this honor is
outstanding as evidenced by the
fact that only 200 of the more
than 5,000 families in Georgia
with whom the Farmers Admin
istration is presently working
have been invited to participate
in the Farm Family Achievement
Day. Briefly here are some of the
acomplishments of the Brantley
County family which earned
them this recognition.
Since 1954 they have increased
their yields on all crops and
have made great improvement in
their lievstock program. Their
total cash farm income has in
creased approximately 50^, and
they have increased their net
work considerably. Both husband
and wife are active in all com
munity activities and all children
in the family are active in the
4-H Club.
In addition to receiving a
certificate, the farmers and their
families will hear State and Na
tional agricultural leaders ac
claim their accomplishments,
principal speaker for the occasion
will be Mr. Hermit H. । Hansen,
Administrator, Farmers Home
Administration, Washington, D. C.
Others who will appear on the
program are Dr. George P. Don
alson, President, Abraham Bald
win Agricultural College, Dr.
Frank P. King, Director, Coastal
Plain Experiment Station, Mr.
T. M. Cordell, Dean Abraham
Baldwin Agricultural College,
and Mr. R. L. Vansant, State
Director, Farmers Home Admin
istration.
Forester Outlines
Control Measures
For Pine Beetle
Time is of the utmost import
ance in controlling the black
turpentine beetle, according to
Agricultural Extension Service
foresters.
“As the weather warms up this
spring there will be more insect
activity in the woods—and the
black turpentine beetle is the
most common insect which at
tacks our Georgia pines,” Dorsey
Dyer and George Walker of the
University of Georgia, College
of Agriculture, pointed out.
Walker explained that the ap
pearance of pitch tubes near the
base of the tree indicates that the
black turpentine beetle is at work
in the tree. “These insects start
their attack near the ground and
work up the tree. The pitch
tubes they make usually are in
the lower six feet of the tree, but
they have been known to reach
as high as twelve feet.”
The foresters recommended
that a spray of one percent solu
tion of BHC in No. 2 fuel oil be
used as soon as the pitch tubes
are noticed. “This is the most
effective spray. However, if the
infested trees are in a yard where
foliage of shrubs, lawn grass, or
flowers might be damaged by the
spray, a mixture with water is
recommended,” Walker stated.
He pointed out that the name
of the beetle is somewhat mis
leading, since it attacks not only
pines from which turpentine is
produced, but will readily attack
all species of Southern pines. “It
usually prefers larger trees and is
seldom found in trees less than
three inches in diameter.”
Prevention of the infestation is
easier than control once the
beetle has attacked, the forester
explained. “Trees that are kept
in healthy condition are not near
ly so likely to be attacked. Me
chanical injury, fire, lightning,
other insect injury, and drought
make trees more susceptible to
turpentine beetle attacks.”
A leaflet, “The Black ' Turpen
tine Beetle and Its Control,”
written by Dorsey Dyer, forester,
and Dr. C. R. Jordan, entomolo
gist, is available at county agents’
offices. T9t » v
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Martin L. Parrott
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Martin
Luther Parrott, 71, who passed
away early Tuesday morning,
April 30, at his residence on Route
1, Waynesville, after an extended
illness, were held from the Pil
grim’s Rest Primitive Baptist
Church at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday,
May 1, with Elder Barney Crosby
officiating. Interment followed in
Pilgrim’s Rest cemetery.
Mr. Parrott was born in Wayne
county, now Brantley, on June
1, 1885, the son of the late D. W.
and Annie Eliza Highsmith Par
rott. He received his education
in the public schools of the coun
ty and was a member of the Pil
grim’s Rest Primitive Baptist
Church. For a number of years
he was engaged as a turpentine
operator.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Beulah Odom Parrott, Waynes
ville; 4 daugthers, Mrs. W. H.
Drury and Mrs. C. J. Walker, both
of Waynesville, Mrs. T. F. Nail,
Polk City, Fla., and Mrs. W. C.
O’Neal, Belle Glade, Fla.; 4 sons,
L. E. Parrott of Brunswick; 3
sisters, Mrs. Ward Smith, Bristol,
Ga., Mrs. John Cox, Nahunta;
and Mrs. Orris Johnson, Waynes
ville. Twenty-nine grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews
also survive.
Pallbearers, all grandsons, in
cluded Davis Lynn, Leonard Par
rott, Dennis Drury, Morris Drury,
Donald Parrott, and Fate Carroll.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of
arrangements.
Supports for
'57 Leaf Crop
Up Slightly
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Friday announced price supports
for the 1957 tobacco season.
Supports of flue-cured tobacco
will average 50.7 cents a pound;
burley, 51.5 cents a pound; and
Maryland, 47.8 cents a pound.
The average support rates for
the 1956 crop were 48.9 for flue
cured, 48.1 for burley, and 47
cents for Maryland.
The rates represent 90 per cent
of parity as required by law.
Eastern Star
Installed
New Officers
R. Loyd Scott, Past Grand
Patron Order of Eastern Star of
State of Georgia was the install
ing officer for the installation of
officers of Satilla Chapter 365
O.E.S. at Nahunta on Tuesday
night, April 30. Other installing
officers were Mrs. Bertha Scott,
Marshal; Mrs. Clifford Russell,
Chaplain; Mrs. Elizabeth Robin
son, Secretary and Miss Karroll
Kitchings, Organist.
Miss Malva Alice Keene was in
stalled Worthy Matron for the
year with Delma Herrin as
Worthy Patron. Mrs. Ruby Her
rin, Associate Matron; Walter
Crews, Associate Patron; Daisy
Hunter, Secretary; Mamie Orser,
Treasurer; Lurling Broome, Con
ductress; Zoie Stokes, Associate
Conductress. Ocie Keene, Mar
shal; Nona Sadler Adah:; Willie
Brooker, Ruth; Mollie Prescott,
Martha; ;Bertha Miller, Electa
Dorothy Kelley, Warder and A
aron Sadler, Sentinel. Officers
appointed who were not present
to be installed were: Elma Crews,
Chaplain; Mildred Moore, Organ
ist; and Louise Drury, Esther.
Steve Dykes was chosen as Mas
cot and Patsy McCloud chosen
Sweetheart.
The installation was open to
the public and many friends and
relatives were present.
Sandwiches, cake and punch
were served.
