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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 37
Nahunta City
Election Set
For Oct. 2
The Nahunta city election will
be held Wednesday, Oct. 2, it is
announced by Fred Strickland,
mayor.
A mayor and four aidermen
will be elected, as it will be the
regular biennial election for the
entire sate of city officials.
Candidates for mayor and ai
dermen must qualify with the
city clerk at least 15 days before
the election. The last qualifying
date is Wednesday, Sept. 18, that
is, next Wednesday.
The present mayor is Fred
Strickland. The present aidermen
are J. Walter Crews, T. J. Thorn
ton, Rep Johns and Wilder
Brooker.
Election Notice
City of Nahunta
Notice is hereby given that the
regular city election for the City
of Nahunta will be held on the
first Wednesday in October,
which is Oct. 2, for the purpose
of electing a mayor and four ai
dermen.
Candidates for mayor and ai
dermen must qualify with the
city clerk at least 15 days prior
to the election. The last qualify
ing date will be Wednesday, Sept.
18.
Fred Strickland,
Mayor City of Nahunta.
Change of Time
Is Announced
By Royal Theater
The Royal Theater of Nahunta
is changing the time of its night
ly program from eight’o’clock to
seven-thirty o’clock, jt. is an
nounced by the operator, Sybert
Jones.
The change in time for the
night program will take effect
Monday night, Sept. 16. The Mon
day night’s show will be "The
Tender Trap”, starring Frank
Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds.
Lionism in Georgia Grows
History was made in Cordele when the first State
Headquarters of Georgia Lions was opened with Walter
B. “Scottie” Currie as the first State Secretary. The State
of Georgia earned the right to the services of a full time
secretary when the 250th Lions Club in the State was
chartered during the month of June. Georgia Lions are
proud to be a part of Lions International, the largest and
fastest growing association of Service Clubs in the entire
world. Lions everywhere are proud of the phenominal
growth because each unit in the association is dedicated
to "Service to Fellowman”.
Seen above is State Secretary Currie being presented
with the keys of the Official Headquarters by District
Governor Jake T. Mays Jr. of Stockbridge, Chairman of
the Lions State Council, at the first meeting of the current
State Council in Savannah. Other District Governors serv
ing with Mays on the State Council are: Ralph A. Ireland
Jr., Augusta, Vice Chairman; Louis H. Gilbert, Cordele,
Treasurer; Jack Mosley, Vidalia, Chairman of State Con
vention Committee; Ted C. Hays, College Park, Chairman
of International Convention Committee; Ed Cross, Clay
ton, Co-Chairman of International Convention Committee;
and International Counsellors Neal Whitworth, Lavonia,
State Lion Tamer; Ethan L. Taylor, Meansville, State
Public Relations Chairman, and Dr. Bert Smith, Carters
ville, Council Advisor.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Charles W. Burns
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday
Mr. Charles West Burns, 73,
owner of Burns Electric Company
in Nahunta was found dead in
his apartment Monday morning.
A jury, impanelled. by Coroner
C. S. Kizer, determined that
death came sometimes Sunday as
a result of an asthma attack, as
Mr. Burns suffered from this con
dition and had been in declining
health for sometime.
Mr. Burns was born in St.
Louis, Missouri, on October 23,
1883. He had been a resident of
Nahunta since 1943 and was a
member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Esther Cox of Pickett,
Arkansas; one sister, Mrs. Bertha
Schmidt of St. Louis, Missouri;
and several nieces and a nephew.
Funeral services were held
from" the graveside at Oakland
Cemetery in Waycross Wednes
day afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
with the Rev. J. A. Wiggins, pas
tor of the Nahunta Methodist
Church officiating.
Serving as pallbearers were R.
B. Brooker, Glenn Condit, E.
Parker Dodge, Wilder Brooker,
Bernard Pearson, and D. F. Her
rin.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Number of Trucks
Increase in
Brantley County
Brantley county’s continued ec
onomic growth has been under
scored by statistics showing a 11
per cent increase in the number
of trucks registered in the coun
ty.
The boost indicates a continued
increase in the amount of indus
trial and agricultural traffic to
and from the county. Truck reg-
istrations are considered a sensi
tive, reliable economic barometer.
Records of the State Depart
ment of Revenue’s license tag di
vision show 70 more trucks reg
istered in the county last year
than in 1955, bringing the ’56
total to 691.
Brantley Bitnrirw
Farm Bureau
Meeting to
Hear Blitch
County Farm Bureau President
John I. Lee announced this week
that plans have been completed
for having a Farm Bureau Day
on Saturday, Sept. 21.
The program which will be
held at the courthouse in Na
hunta will include speaking by
Bth Dist. Congresswoman, Mrs.
Iris Blitch and State Commission
er of Agriculture, Phil Campbell.
The program will begin around
eleven o’clock with speaking to
start at 11:30 and free fish din
ner served at 12:30. All farm
families are invited to attend and
bring their Brantley County
friends with them.
Three Women Are
Honored by Dinner
On Jekyll Island
Mrs. E. M. McGregor and Mrs.
F. E. McDowell of Brunswick en
tertained Sunday, Sept. 1, for
their mother, Mrs. Mabel Linker
Branco of Port Isabel, Texas and
their two aunts, Mrs. Clara Har
per from Hortense and Mrs. Lo
retta McGowan of Nahunta.
The three honorees who re
cently celebrated birthdays were
complimented at., a dinner on
Jekyll Island. Some 150 guests
and friends attended the celebra
tion.
Out of town relatives who at
tended were Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Page of Groveland, Fla.; Mr. and
Mr. Roscoe Evans of Savannah;
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Pearson of
Nahunta; Mr. and Mrs. Troy Har
per, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rozier,
Mr. and Mrs. Mike JHenderson,
Mrs. Horace Harper of Hortense;
Mrs. Vera O*Niel, Jacksonville;
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Pittman, Floyd
Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Linker,
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Linker, Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Wise of Wood
bine, Ga.; Mrs. Lollie Littles of
Jesup; Arthur Kendrick from
Folkston; Mrs. Mary Wils o n
Quarterman of Charleston, S. C.
and son Lester; Mrs. Annie Belle
Bradshaw, Jacksonville; Rev.
Shinholster, Manor; and Pvt.
Randy McGregor from Ft. Jack
son, S. C.
Hortense PTA
Met Wednesday
The Hortense Parent Teacher
Association met Wednesday aft
ernoon, Sept. 11 at the school,
with a good attendance.
Mrs. Hub Raulerson presided
over the meeting. The president
appointed the Year Book : Com
mittee and announcement of
grade mothers was made. ■
Plans were made for a work
ing at the school on Monday,
Sept. 30 to clean the campus.
Everyone willing to help is in
vited.
Cold drinks and cookies were
served by Mrs. H. R. Pearson,
Mrs. H. V. Carter and Mrs. Hub
Raulerson.
The next meeting will be on
Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Raybon Advent
Christian Church
To Hold Revival
Revival services will start at
the Raybon Advent Christian
Church Monday night, Sept. 16,
it is announced by Albert Pur
dom, church clerk.
The meeting will continue
through Sunday night, Sept. 22,
on which day the church will ob
serve its annual Homecoming
Day with an all-day program and
dinner on the church grounds.
The pastor of the church, Rev.
Harold Aldridge and his brother,
Rev. S. B. Aldridge, will be the
speakers during the week’s meet
ing.
Services will start each night
at 7:45. The public is cordially
invited to attend the services and
hear these gospel preachers, also
to attend the Homecoming Day
services.
Mrs. Roy Boren recently re
turned from a trip to France,
where she visited her daughter,
Mrs. Thomas E. Cleland and
Master Sergeant Cleland and
their son, Tommy. While there
she visited many interesting
places in France. She made the
trip by air plane.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept 12, 1957
ASC Committee
Elections Set
For Brantley County
It was announced today that
the Brantley County Election
Board has named a Community
Election Board in each of the five
County ASC Communities.
These communities are Hickox,
Hoboken, Hortense, Nahunta and
Schlatterville.
The Community Election
Boards will meet Thursday, Sept.
12, at 9:30 A.M. in the County
ASC Office and name a slate of
nominees for each community.
Ballots will be .mailed to voters
not later than Sept. 27, and must
be mailed or delivered personally
to the County ASC Office by Oct.
9, to be counted.
The candidate receiving the
highest number of votes in his
community will be chairman of
the community committee and
delegate to the County Conven
tion, which will elect the County
ASC Committee on Oct. 24, 1957.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart
of Brunswick announce the birth
of a girl born Sunday September
8 weighing eight pounds and one
ounce. She has been named Sue
Ellen. Mrs. Stewart was the for
mer Helen Chancey of Nahunta.
SFC Ernest M. Warner and
Mrs.*Warner of Fort Bragg, N. C.
announce the arrival of a baby
girl weighing nine pounds born
on Sunday, September 8. She has
been named Lessie Elizabeth.
Mrs. Warner will be remembered
as Miss Peggy Highsmith before
her marriage. .
Mr. and Mrs. Vanice H. Sikes
announce the birth of a baby boy
born Thursday, Sept. 5, at Folk
ston hospital. The baby weighed
nine pounds and has been named
Vanice Horace Sikes, Jr. Mrs.
Sikes is the former Miss Virginia
Johns of Nahunta.
Pastor McQuaig
Leaves Nahunta
Church of God
Rev. Thomas McQuaig, pastor
of the Nahunta Church of God,
has been transferred to a pastor
ate in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and
has left for his duties there.
Rev. McQuaig has been pastor
of the Nahunta Church of God
for more than a year. Services
will be held at the Nahunta
church without interruption, Rev.
McSuaig stated, as the church
will either get a supply pastor or
a regular pastor at once.
Services are held at the Nahun
ta Church of* God each Sunday
morning and night.
Hickox HD Club
Holds Fish Fry
The Hickox Home Demonstra
tion Club met at the home' of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill White on Tues
day night of last week for their
regular meeting and family night
entertainment. Husbands and
children of HD members were
invited with the group enjoying
a fish fry and picnic dinner.
Present at the meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Allen, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Allen and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thomas
and family, Mr., and Mrs. Neil
Hendrix and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hendrix
and family, Mr. and Mrs. George
A. Loyd and family and Miss
Sara Simpson. Visitors attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harris,
Mrs. Edward Chancey and Mr.
and Mrs. John I. Lee.
High School Band
Now Taking Shape
The Nahunta high school band
is gradually taking, shape under
the leader, Melburn B. Kelly.
Music classes are now in pro
gress. The band students have
examined the offerings of some
music companies for the purpose
of purchasing instruments.
The plans for bands in the
schools of the county are for or
ganizations to be set up in the
Hortense School and the Nahunta
Elementary School in the near
future.
Births
Vandiver to Address Okef enoke REMC
Annual Membership Meeting Saturday
Contract Let
For Paving
In Brantley
R. G. Foster & Company are
the contractors who were low
bidders on the two rural roads
projects in Brantley County, ac
cording to an announcement by
the State Highway Board.
The bids were opened Sept. 6.
The two Brantley County pro
jects are 3.788 miles of grading
and paving on the Hickox-Burnt
Fort road and 2.292 miles of grad
ing and paving on the Trudie-
Blackshear road.
The project on the Hickox-
Burnt Fort road includes a new
bridge across Buffalo Creeek.
W alker-T ucker
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walker of
Waynesville announce the forth
coming wedding of their daugh
ter, Frances to Boyce Cecil Tuck
er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Tucker of Statesville, N. C.
The wedding will take place at
the Waynesville Baptist Church
on Friday, September 20 at six
o’clock P.M.
Immediately following the wed
ding ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Walker will entertain with a re
ception at their home.
No invitations have been sent,
but relatives and friends are in
vited to attend the ceremony.
Know Your
SOILS
By Ed Stone, Soil Scientist,
Soil Conservation Service
To a farmer or timberman the
soil is the most important thing
he has, yet in many cases he
knows the least about the make
up and possibilities of his soil.
Often a man could be making
more dollars from his work, if
he knew the best place to put
his tobacco or just what soil his
trees will grow the fastest on.
Sometimes it is a small amount
of drainage, or the addition of
humus to the soil, that will
change it from an idle fifeld to
a productive part of the farm.
Also, drainage may change slow
growing cypress to a beautiful
stand of fast growing pines.
Pulpwood can be cut twice as
Often, and be a better grade,
when growing on good land than
when growing on poor land.
A soil conservation survey of
your farm, or woodland, will help
you learn more about the land
you have and how it may best
be treated to get the greatest
yield from crops or timber from
each acre.
The soil conservation survey is
an inventory of land facts and
is a map showing the type of
soil in each field or acre of
woods on each farm surveyed.
It gives the landowner the grade
of land he has in each acre by
showing such information about
the soil as (1) depth of soil fa
vorable to root growth of the
crops to be grown; (2) the tex
ture of the topsoil, whether it
is a coarse sand, sandy clay or
sandy loam, etc.; and (3) the
permeability of the soil, which
means the ability of soil to take
in water fast or slow. It also
shows if the soil is well drained
or poorly ■ drained and the a
mount of slope and erosion on
each soil condition.
By using this soil survey map,
Mr. Theodore Frisbie, Pierce
County work unit conservation
ist, will help the farmer or tim
ber owner to plan out his soil
to get the greatest dollar value
for his work.
It takes a smarter man to be
a good farmer in America today
than it did 30 years ago. At least
he must think and study more.
FOOT ROT IN SHEEP
Sheepmen in Georgia are hav
ing trouble combating foot rot in
their flocks. Denis DeLoach,
sheep specialist, Agricultural Ex
tension Service, says generally
miM cases will clear up if in
fected sheep are moved to an up
land pasture where short vegeta
tion is present. Severe cases
should be treated, however, to
eradicate the disease from the
flock.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
ERNEST VANDIVER
Lieutenant Governor
Miss Frances Walker
Is Honored With
Bridal Shower
By Mary Lou Gibson
Misses Mary Lou Gardner and
Annette Dowling honored Miss
Frances Walker with a bridal
shower at her home Saturday
evening, Sept. 7.
The home was decorated in
seasonal cut flowers which were
arranged by Mrs. Marvin Robin
son and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson.
Those present were Misses
Shelba Jean and Rose Ann Par
rott, Miss Sandra Hackel, Mrs.
Charles Drury and Mrs. W. F
Wood of Woodbine; Mrs. William
S. Brazell of St. Marys; Miss
Lourinda Clark. Waverly; Mrs.
Duncan Buie, White Oak; Mrs.
Wilma. Norton, Atkinson; Mrs.
Robert Colson, Jacksonville; Mrs.
Osborne Moody, Mrs. Harvey
Howell, Mrs. Oscar Strickland,
Mrs. Agnes Drury, Rev. and Mrs.
L. J. Edgy and Miss Mary Lou.
Gardner of Nahunta.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walker,
Mrs. Jerry Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Walker, Mrs. Lawrence
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rob
inson, Mrs. W. S. Harrison, Mrs.
Louise Jones, Mrs. O. A. Keene,
Mrs. Marvin Robinson, Mrs. Ray
mond Jacobs, Mrs. F. W. Gibson,
Mrs. Robert Drury, Mrs. Elmo
Kelly, Misses Annette and Nelda
Dowling, Freddye Lou and Sarah
Anne Gibson, Pearl Kelly, Jau
relle Drury and Patsy Walker of
Waynesville?
Refreshments were served by
the hostesses, with Miss Mary
Lou Gardner presiding over the
punch bowl. Miss Walker receiv
ed many lovely bridal gifts.
Value of Newspaper
Advertising Shown
In Opinion Poll
The value d newspaper adver
tising and the important -service
it renders to the reader was again
brought out in a recent public
opinion poll conducted by Dr.
George Galhip of the American
Institute of, Public Opinion.
Dr. Gallup, America’s leading
public opinion expert, based his
findings on interviews and sur
veys covering more than 7,Q00
persons.
The interviews showed that ad
vertising is news to most readers.
The majority said that advertis
ing is the one feature of the
newspaper found most useful.
Asked whether they would pre
fer their newspapers with or
without advertising, the vote was
overwhelming on the side of ads
The exact opposite opinion was
found in the case of television
and radio.
The study showed that local
advertisers are using local news
papers to a greater advantage
than ate national advertisers.
The interviews brought out that
90% of those who receive news
papers are faithful readers. This
percentage is higher than in any
other field of communication.
Sixty-six percent of the adults
interviewed said they thought
newspapers were entitled to an
increase in per copy or per week
prices.
The biggest complaint of the
newspaper reader, according to
Dr. Gallup’s report, is the con
tinuation of stories from one page
to another.
Because of this newspaper ad
vertisers have a wonderful op
portunity to get their message
across.
Keep up with the News
About Your Home County.
Sm? - :■. ” • for the Brantley
Enterprise, $2.50 a Year,
$3.00 Outside the County.
(Plus Sales Tax)
Nine Counties
Represented
In OREMCO
Honorable S. Ernest Vandiver,
Lt. Governor of the State of
Georgia, will address the Annual
Membership Meeting of Okefe
noke Rural Electric Membership
Corporation to be held at the
Nahunta High School Gym in
Nahunta, Georgia at 9:00 A.M.,
Sept. 14, it is announced by R. L.
Bernard, president of the Co-op.
Mr. Vandiver will be intro
duced by Judge Cecil Rodden
berry of Nahunta who is judge
cf the Waycross Judicial Circuit.
“Mr. Vandiver is one of the
outstanding young .men of the
State of Georgia,” said Mr. Ber
nard, “and we feel particularly
honored to have him address our
people on this important occa
sion.”
Okefenoke REMC is a home
owned and home-operated rural
electric co-operative, with head
quarters in Nahunta, Georgia,
serving the electrical needs ot
4,200 rural homes in Brantley,
Glynn, Wayne, Ware, Charlton,
counties, Georgia, and Baker,
Nassau, and Duval counties, Flo
rida.
All members of the co-opera
tive and thfe general public is in
vited to attend this meeting. Free
refreshments will be served and
many valuable gifts will go to
members.
Pete J. Gibson is manager of
the Okefenoke REMC.
Moore Cemetery
To Be Cleaned
Saturday Sept. 14
The Moore cemetery will be
cleaned off Saturday, Sept. 14,
it is announced by Jesse Hickox.
All people who are interested in
the Moore cemetery are request
ed to come and bring tools for
helping to clean off the Moore
burial grounds. «
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show time: 7:3® PJML week days;
On Saturday two shows,
7 PM. and 8:30 P.M.
Sunday 3:3® P.M. only.
Closed on Tuesday.
Admission, adults, .45;
children JM
FRIDAY * SATURDAY
SEPT. 13-14 '
“MANY RIVERS
TO CROSS”
WUh ROBERT TAYLOR
and ELfeANOR PARKER
- ; A ^7stiNDAY A MONDAY
‘ -SEPT. 15-16
“THE TENDER
TRAP”
With FRANK SINATRA
and DEBBIE REYNOLDS
CINAMASCOPE & COLOR
CLOSED QN TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
SEPT. 18-19
‘ TRIBUTE TO A
BAD MAN”
With JAMES CAGNEY
CINAMASCOPE & COLOR
FRIDAY * SATURDAY
SEPT. 26-21
“THE BURNING
HILLS”
With TAB HUNTER
and NATALIE WOOD
CINAMASCOPE & COLOR
With
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