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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 22
Soil Stewardship Week to
Be Observed May 26-June 2
By Theodore Frisbie,
Work Unit Conservationist
Usually, each year the presi
dent and the several governors
of this great country issue pro
clamations calling upon the
preachers of the land and the
good citizens to observe a full
week of concern for the soil. We
have been and continue to call
this week Soil Stewardship Week.
This word steward, like a lot
of English words, has several
meanings. Really it is two words
stuck together: stew and ard. The
word stew could mean a dish
prepared by stewing (some soils
were formed in this manner) or
it might mean a state of agitating
worry. History tells us that the
nation or people who fail to take
care of the soil always end up
in a stew.
This word ard is a suffix of
many words, usually denoting one
who does something excessively
or something discreditable as
coward, bragged, drunkard.
Certainly the former, who
through ignorance, prejudice or
indifference, fails to take care
of his soil, falls in this category.
Speech Class to
Be Taught at
Waycross Center
A class in the fundamentals of
speech will be among the courses
offered during the summer quar
ter at the University of Georgia
Waycross Center.
Registration is set for June 17,
with classes scheduled to begin
on that date also. Classes are
held on Monday and Thursday
nights from 6:00 to 10:35 p.m.
Speech 8, which is a study of
fundamental principals necessary
to the development of an accept
able speaking voice and an effec
tive informal conversational style
will be taught at the center by
Mrs. J. D. Humphries.
Mrs. Humphries, professor of
English at Douglas High School,
formerly taught at South Georgia
College, and at the University of
Georgia Center. She is only avail
able to teach during the summer
quarter which makes it almost
necessary for people desiring
these courses to register early.
Because of the large demand
for these courses, enrollment will
be limited to persons needing
these courses to satisfy their de
gree requirements, and to people
who need these courses for self
improvement in their everyday
job. The course in public speak
ing is particular designed for
people who from time to time
make group or club speeches.
Anyone desiring to register for
these courses may do so by com
ing by the center office at 1007
Mary Street or by writing to the
University of Georgia Center,
Waycross, Ga., requesting appli
cation forms to register by mail.
Soil Scientist Discusses Land
Classification and Capability
By Edward M. Stone,
Soil Scientist
The soils which are found with
in Brantley County vary greatly
from fertile, highly productive
soils to very low productive soils
of poor fertility.
The classification of land for
conservation purposes is based
on the characteristics that are
significant in planning its use
and treatment. These character
istics are determined by a land
capability inventory. This inven
tory includes (1) depth of soil
favorable to root growth of the
crops to be grown, (2) the texture
of the topsoil—whether it is a
coarse sand, sandy clay or sandy
loam, etc., (3) the permeability
of the soil, which means the
ability of water to move through
soil fast or slow, and (4) other
important characteristics, such as
poorly drained or well drained,
acid reaction or alkaline, and
frequence of overflow.
By combining the soil charact
eristics with the slope and eros
ion, a capability measurement is
formed, which in turn, is graded
into one of eight capability class
es. Each capability class covers,
the proper treatments needed to
insure the safe use of the land
as shown by land capability in
ventory.
The land capability inventory
has been made on about one half
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Grass based rotation, conserva
tion irrigation, contour cultiva
tion, waterway developments, and
conservation crop rotation will
finish the job.
Give soil and water conserva
tion a little extra thought this
week.
Sheriff Crews
Praised by
Virginia Man
Brantley County sheriff J.
Walter Crews has been highly
commended by H. H. Amason of
Madison Heights, Va., in a letter
to The Brantley Enterprise.
The letter of Mr. Amason
speaks for itself and is as fol
lows:
Mr. Carl Broome
The Brantley Enterprise
Nahunta, Ga.
Dear Mr. Broome:
I wish to publicly thank your
Sheriff, Mr. J. W. Crews, through
your newspaper, for his kind and
courteous treatment on Sunday
evening, May 19, 1957. So often a
law enforcement official is un
justly criticized in performance
of his duties — in many cases
duties which are personally dis
tasteful to him. Seldom do we
acknowledge a kind act of one
of our officers.
On Sunday evening I was in
volved in an accident on US No.
301 approximately ten miles
north of Nahunta. If an accident
can be said to be unavoidable,
this particular one could be
classed as such. I am of the opin
ion that Sheriff Crews recognized
this fact. His attitude and treat
ment of all involved was that
of a gentlemen; and, since no one
was injured, his main concern
seemed to be to help us resume
our respective journeys.
In my future trips through Na
hunta, I will always have a
pleasant feeling toward your
community and law enforcement
officials. I certainly intend to al
ways stop for car service and
meals when passing through.
In the above comments, I
would also like to include Sheriff
Crews’ deputy who was present
with him at the site of the ac
cident.
I can assure you that Nahunta
and Brantley County now have
one more BOOSTER.
• If you cannot publish this
letter of thanks please do me the
favor of giving it to Sheriff
Crews.
of the approximately 5,000,000
acres which make up the Satilla
River and Coastal Soil Conserva
tion Districts.
The preparation of conservation
farm plans involves making these
classification surveys to deter
mine capability of each acre and
the treatment needed to maintain
or restore its productivity. Con
servation farm plans are based
upon these needs.
Should you desire to know
more about soil-woodland soils,
cropland or pasture soils —contact
Mr. James A. Ross in Brantley
County, who is your local soil
conservation technician. Mr. Ross
will get the local soil scientist
to make a land capability inven
tory of your soil. He will then
work with you on developing a
complete soil and water conserva
tion plan on your farm or wood
land tract, a plan based on your
soil needs and the the treatment
it should have to get every acre
working for you to the best of
its capabilities.
LEE -DUDNEY
The wedding of Miss Lenora
Lee and Mr. William F. Dudney
will be held at the Nahunta
Methodist Church Saturday, June
1, at 10:00 o’clock in the morning.
Invitations are not being mailed
but all relatives and friends are
invited to attend.
graniky EtttprpriHß
Yours very truly,
H. H. Amason f
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 30, 1957
Terry Allen
Terry Allen to
Play on South
All-Star Team
Terry Allen, star guard of the
Nahunta Wildcats of the 56-57
basketball season, has been
named on the South All-star
team.
The annual North-South all
star basketball game will be
played at the coaches clinic,
August 14.
Terry also made the All-State
Class B basketball team.
In the Eighth district track
meet, he captured first place in
all three of his events, pole vault,
high jump, and broad jump. He
was also on the first place 440
relay team.
In the State track meet, he
placed second in all three of his
specialities, losing the broad
jump only by an eighth of an
inch. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. K. Allen of Nahunta.
U. S. Agency
Okays Pierce
Health Center
The U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare has given
preliminary approval to plans
for a new $76,802 health center
for Pierce county, The Blackshear
Times was advised Wednesday
afternoon in telegrams from U.S.
Senator Herman Talmadge and
Congresswoman Iris Blitch.
The wire from Senator Talma
dge was as follows:
“Editors, The Blackshear Times,
Blackshear, Ga. ' ,
“Am advised that the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare today gave preliminary
approval to the proposed Pierce
County Health Center with the
federal share of cost fixed at
$25,600.66. See T. N. Harrison,
Pierce County Chairman of Com
missioners for details.
“HERMAN E. TALMADGE”.
Mrs. Blitch sent the following
telegram:
“Messers. Dean and Lee Broome,
The Blackshear Times, Black
shear, Ga.
“HEW Department advised to
day that their regional office has
given preliminary approval to
the Pierce County Health Ceifter.
Total estimated cost is $76,802
and federal share is *525,000. Best
regards.
“IRIS BLITCH, M. C.”
Two High Schools to Close Successful
Year in Exercises Monday and Tuesday
28 Seniors
To Graduate
At Hoboken
Hoboken High School will
round out one of the best school
years in the history of the school
when 28 seniors are awarded
diplomas at the graduation exer
cises Tuseday night, June 4, at
eight o’clock.
Mickey Lee, president of the
senior class, will deliver the main
address on the subject “Our
Age.” Superintendent Herschel
W. Herrin will award the diplo
mas.
The commencement sermoi]
will be preached by Rev. John
Beach, pastor of the Hebardville
Baptist Church Sunday night,
June 2, in the school gymnasium.
The list of the 28 seniors who
will receive diplomas Tuesday
night is as follows:
CLASS ROLL
Iva Lee Aldridge
Jeanette Altman
Francine Carter
Allen Chauncey
Clyde Chesser
Gwendolyn Cole
Deniece Miles Crews
Jeanette Crews
Shirley Griffin Fletcher
Rubin Griffin
Nadine Hagin
Judy Hickox
Nancy Jones
Dorothy KimlSrell
Billy Lant -
George Lee
Mickey Lee
Walter Lee
Mattie McClain
Jimmy McSpadden
Ann Milton
Nora Mae Mizell
Sue Carol Moore
Tracy Pierce
Janet Prescott
Peggy Queen
Jo Ann Stone
Ray Strickland ,
Truth has only to change hands
a few times to become fiction.
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WASHINGTON J
ABOUT THE SAME time Amer-
ican taxpayers were struggling to
scrape together enough money to
pay their federal income tax bills
on April 15, officials of the State
Department came to Congress with
a plea for $260,000 of the proceeds
to be spent in alleviating the “hard
ships” being suffered by employees
in the foreign service.
| Specifically,
the Department
: wanted the mon
*ey to build a
; tennis court in
* Basra, Iraq; a
; dance hall and
movie theater in
I Rangoon, Bur-
■HS Hja; a swimming
pool and pavilion for card playing
in Vientiane, Laos; a rest center in
Moscow; a clubhouse in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia; a beach house near
Accra, Ghana; an a mountain re
treat in Indonesia. At the same
time a request for made for addi
tional funds to buy a supply of
SIOO swivel chairs, $lO waste bas
kets and $8 smoking stands. Much
was made over the fact that the
Department now is able to buy the
waste baskets $7 cheaper than last
year.
• • •
THESE REQUESTS WERE made
on the heels of the disclosure that
the Department last year spent
$100,839 to send a jazz band on an
eight-week tour of Africa and the
Middle East and pay its leader a
salary of $2,160 a week—more than
that of the President of the United
States. That was only one of a
number 'of duch “cultural ex
changes” paid for by the State De-
ftiM prapurad ar prtaiad al paaanwwai MW',"/
Nahunta Garden Club
Met with Mrs. Lewis
The Nahunta Garden Club met
on May 28 at the home of Mrs.
J. B. Lewis with Mrs. A. S. Mizell
and Mrs. A. B. Brooker as co
hostesses.
Mrs. J. B. Lewis presided over
the business session. Mrs. Her
schel Herrin gave a report on the
Flower Show which was held on
May 4.
Others present were; Mrs.
Collis Highsmith, Mrs. Virgil
Strickland, Mrs. Brown Brooker,
Mrs. Grace Wakeley, Mrs. J. J.
Lee, Mrs. Allen Barnard, Mrs.
Elroy Strickland and Mrs. Jos.
B. Strickland.
A salad course was served dur
ing the social hour.
Riverside H. D. Club
Hears Talk on
Preparing Food
The Riverside Home Demon
stration Club met on Thursday
afternoon, May 23 at the home of
Mrs. L. M. Manning.
Miss Sara Simpson discussed
ways of preparing foods for freez
ing. A demonstration will be
given on this later.
Others present were: Mrs. Mil
ton Manning, Mrs. Allie Wain
right, Mrs. Quincy Thrift, Mrs.
Marvin Purcell, Miss Elise Wain
right, Mrs. Jim Wainright and
Mrs. Calvin Crews.
The hostess served jello, crack
ers, cake and soft drinks.
4-H Club Girls
Compete in
Baking Contest
4-H Club girls who competed in
the Junior 4-H baking contest
Friday, May 24, were Janice
Strickland, Margaret Highsmith,
Marion Morgan, and Sara Jane
Strickland. These girls had al
ready placed in the community
contest held previously.
Marion Morgan and Sara Jane
Strickland won and will compete
in the finals on Saturday, June 1.
Mrs. Pete Gibson, 4-H Advisor
judged the contest.
partment out of a special $2,500,*
000 fund which it has been receiv
ing each year for that purpose.
The request for the “recreation
facilities” was accompanied by an
explanation that they are needed to
boost the morale of our diplomatic
personnel serving in “isolated hard
ship posts where normal recreation
facilities are not available.” The
excuse for sending' jazz bands and
similar free entertainment through
out the world was that it serves “to
create friendship and good will.”
• * *
CONGRESSIONAL MAIL re
flects the fact that the American
people are angry about such waste
of the tax dollars they pay at so
great a sacrifice. They eannot
understand why their elected rep
resentatives will unquestioningly
vote to spend hundreds of thousands
of dollars on such frivolous under
takings in foreign countries and yet
refuse to do anything about the
farm depression, the distress of
small business, the heavy tax bur
den and the high cost of living here
at home.
Arguments for swimming pools
and free concerts overseas fall on
deaf ears among citizens who have
to pay stiff admission fees to enjoy
such entertainment in this country.
That the citizenry has resolved
to countenance such fiscal irrespon
sibility no longer is finding expres
sion in Congress’ sudden eagerness
to do some substantial cutting on
the Administration's inflated $71.8
billion proposed budget.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Dr. S. G. Brugler
Passed Away
In Ohio May 15
Dr. S. G. Brugler, age 50, died
suddenly in his home town of
Belle Center, Ohio on Wednesday,
May 15. He is a sister of Mrs.
Jos. B. Strickland of Nahunta.
He is survived by his wife and
two children, S. G. and Mary
Lois of Belle Center, Ohio; three
sisters, Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland,
Nahunta, Ga.; Mrs. L. Y. Shafer
of Rushsylvania, Ohio; and Mrs.
Don Caskey of Lima, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos B. Strickland
and Marshall Strickland returned
home to Nahunta on Wednesday
of last week. They were joined
in Atlanta by Mrs. Van Bibb
Saye of Selma, Ala. who made
the trip to Ohio.
Waynesville
Mrs. Lula Griffin has returned
home after spending some time
at Fargo, Ga. with relatives.
i * «
Mrs. C. E. Gibson and son, Wil
liam- of Tampa spent Friday night
with relatives.
• * •
Eugene Snow returned to Lake
City on Sunday, where he is
employed after a visit here.
» » •
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Gibson and
sons of k^ershon spent the week
end here with his sister, Mrs. H.
H. Hunter.
Mr. and Mrs. Pascall Harrison
of Glennville visited his brother,
Mr. W. S. Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Driskell of
Waycross spent a short time here
Tuesday.
» • •
Mr. T. E. Thornton spent Wed
nesday in Brunswick.
Soil Stewardship
Week Observed
May 26 to June 2
Soil Stewardship Week is being
observed this week from May 26
to June 2, it is announced by J. A.
Ross.
The purpose of soil stewardship
week is to promote the conserva
tion of the soil by proper usage,
crop rotation and adequate fer
tilization.
“The soil is our basic natural
resources,” Mr. Ross stated. “All
life depends on what is grown
from the soil of the earth. We
here in Brantley County are
blesed with a fine type of soil
for growing everything from
trees to tobacco and food crops.”
The growing realization of the
need for conservation of the soil
has led many farmers to im
proved methods of soil usage.
The soil’is the “bank” from which
is drawn the greater part of man’s
needs as well as the needs of all
animal life.
The soil, combined with air and
water, is man’s greatest asset.
The soil can* either be built up
or ruined. With proper usages
the soil will go on producing
blessings for mankind for may
thousands of years. But if our
soil is depleted or washed away,
then mankind suffers increasing
poverty and need.
Soil Stewardship Week is a
time when the importance of soil
conservation is stressed. Many
ministers in their pulpits stress
the stewardship of man in regard
to the soil and its importance to
the welfare of man physically
and spiritually.
AU Brantley County people are
urged to adopt every possible
means of conserving our soil and
building it up for the benefit of
the present generation and for
the future of mankind through
out the ages. •
Georgia produces over three
fourths of America’s naval stores.
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News
54 Nahunta
Seniors to
Get Diplomas
Nahunta High School will close
a successful year next Monday
night with the graduation exer
cises when 54 seniors will be
awarded diplomas by superin
tendent Herschel W. Herrin.
Hon. J. M. C. Townsend of the
Georgia Court of Appeals will
deliver the commencement ad
dress. He will be introduced by
Judge Cecil Roddenberry of the
Waycross Circuit.
The salutatory will be given by
Wade Strickland and the vale
dictory by Sybil Raulerson.
The commencement sermon will
be preached by Rev. Cecil Thom
as, pastor of the Nahunta Baptist
Church, Sunday morning, June
2.
Both the commencement ser
mon Sunday morning and the
graduation exercises Monday
night will be held in the high
school gymnasium.
Principal Earl May of Nahunta
High School has announced the
names of three other seniors who
attained the honor roll of students
who have made hn average grade
of 90 or more for the four years
of high school. The four whose
names have not been previously
published are Audrey Faye Her
rin, Rose Mary Smith and Marie
King.
The list of the 54 seniors to
receive diplomas is as follows:
CLASS ROLL
Terry Allen
f Celinda Batten
, Dewitt Branch
Wain Brooker
Glen Campbell
Mildred Carter
B. F. Crews
Nelda Dowling
Jaurelle Drury
Carl Edgy 7
Francis Fais
Harvey Flowers
Melvin Griffin
Joann Griffin t
Margaret Harrell
Mada Deen Harris
Bob Hendrix
Nancy Hendrix
Audrey Faye Herrin
E. B. Herrin
Pat Herrin
I Mae Ila Highsmith
| Warner Hinton
Gay Hiller
Travis Jacobs
A. J. Johns
B. S. Johns
Latrelle Johnson
Marie King
Velma Lee King
Kenneth Lee
Nellie Jo Lee
Margie Lewis
Odis Lewis
C. M. Loper
Estelle Lyons
Lavonne Moody
Sonny Moody
Lancewell O’Neal #
J. L. Rhoden
Wilma Rowell
Evelyn Saddler
Myrtice Sloan
Rose Mary Smith
Merle Steedly
Jenny Stewart
Sybil Strickland
Virleen Strickland
Wade Strickland
Norman Thompson
Lee Thornton
Billy Wainright
Robert Warren
Bobby Wilson
—„
HOW THE MILK DOLLAR
IS DIVIDED
In 1955, the farmer got only
45 cents out of each doUar spent
by consumers for milk, as com
pared to 55 cents in 1947, points
out John Conner, dairy market
ing specialist, Agricultural Ex
tension Service. The farmer’s cut
and the consumer’s increased
charge per quart are due to in
crease in marketing costs, Conner
says.
