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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 51
Sweeping the Country
DOES OUR EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM NEED REVISING?
A big question has arisen among educators, scientists
and politicians in the United States concerning some of
the weaknesses in our educational system.
Some of our thinkers are saying that our grammar
school and high school courses are too easy and that our
schools have tended to become places where youngsters
are merely trained in social adjustments and in athletics.
It is well known that many students get diplomas
from our high schools without mastering the courses
offered, although the courses are made easy with the
aim of letting the “slow” students get by.
Many of our school attitudes seem aimed at giving
the students at least an easy time if not a “good” time.
Pupils “elect” many of their courses and of course most
of the students tend to elect the easy or snap courses.
In the junior and senior years of high schools it is
difficult to see how the two classes find time to study,
because they are too busy raising money for annuals and
for class trips, rings and pins.
The money raising activities of the two upper classes
are only part of the distractions that take time and energy
from study. The average high school is caught up in a
frenzy of athletics from the early fall until late spring.
It is entirely possible that our high schools would be
better if we allowed only one basketball game a week
and that game to be played on Friday afternoon or Sat
urday afternoon.
After youngsters travel many miles to night athletic
games they are in poor condition to do much studying
the next day.
Os course all this seems very old-fashioned and
stuffy to the students and teachers of the present edu
cational set-up. Our schools in the main are big and
complex as to administration and the leaders have a
hard time keeping up the pace set by modern demands
for more and more social activities and better and better
athletic teams.
WE ART FOISTING TOO
MANY THINGS ON OUR SCHOOLS
One of the difficulties which our school officials face
is that too many activities and programs are foisted off on
the schools. If money is to be raised, usually the schools
or at least the teachers are drafted to help collect the
funds.
Now the suggestion is made by some politicians that
the schools undertake a program of training auto drivers.
In other words, if there is something to be done, some
good program to be carried out, then foist it upon the
shoulders of the schools.
This is a good way to break the backbone of our
educational system—just keep piling on more things that
are not fundamental to education, that have no relation
to helping young people learn to think, to reason, to use
their minds for basic principles and problems.
BIG SCHOOLS MAY HAVE
TO BE BROKEN UP
Our schools are too big in most cases. We have con
solidated until we think more of size than of quality.
Our children, first grade through high school, travel
many miles piled together in buses, in all kinds of wea
ther and over all kinds of roads.
It is a wonder that these pupils feel like studying
when they get to the palatial schoolhouse, especially the
small fellows who would be better off in schools nearer
their homes.
Consolidation of schools has some good points, but
it has already been carried to extremes. In some states
they are experimenting with returning the first three
grades to the local communities, where the smaller child
ren have more personal supervision and do not have to
travel over half the county to get to school.
GIVE THE BRIGHT STUDENTS
A CHANCE TO BE EDUCATED ’
One of the weaknesses of our modern schools is that
the bright student is often penalized in that he must slow
his pace to that of the slow student.
A partial solution of this would be for the schools to
stop about 25 percent of the slow students at the end of
the seventh grade and let them then take only a voca
tional course leading to a trade.
Then another 25 percent of the second section of
slower Students could be weeded out at the end of the
ninth grade and given some sort of vocational course.
This would leave about 50 percent of the students
to finish high school. Then some kind of a test could be
made to see how many of this 50 percent was able to go
to college.
All along the way some special reward should be
offered to the students really mastering the courses.
Os course a system something like I have suggested
would really raise a protest from parents and pupils and
teachers. But unless we adopt some sane and practical
system in meeting our educational problems, we will soon
be a nation distinguished by its mediocrity of brains and
its failure in real achievement.
Now, my friend, if I have made you a little mad,
I may have been able to make you think a little.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By Carl Broome
WantUy lEtitcrprisc
Miss Ammons
Wins $75 in
Essay Contest
Sondra Ammons, of Hoboken,
won the District Prize which was
a SSO Bond for the best essay on,
“Why All People Should Be In
terested In Our Soil Conserva
tion District Program”, it is an
nounced by L. W. Bohanon,
Brantley County Soil Conserva
tion Supervisor.
There were also three county
prizes: First prize was $25.00
won by Sondra Ammons of Ho
boken; second prize was $15.00
won by Susie Bell of Hoboken;
third prize was SIO.OO won by
Mary Cross of Nahunta.
The awards were made at a
chicken supper at Folkston on
Monday night, Dec. 16, which was
sponsored by the Satilla River
Soil Conservation District Sup
ervisors.
Those present from Brantley
County were: Sondra Ammons,
Susie Bell, Mr. John Griffin,
Mr. Jack Moore, all from Hobo
ken; Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Boha
non, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ross
of Nahunta.
J. M. Wade, Charlton county
district supervisor, opened Tues
day night’s meeting in the sfhool
cafeteria at Folkston. After the
invocation, Marvin Strickland of
Waycross acted as master of
ceremonies. In addition to the
Pierce county essay contest win
ner, students from Charlton,
Glynn, Appling, Ware, Wayne,
Atkinson and Brantley counties
were awarded local prizes.
More than 13,000 high school
students submitted entries in the
statewide conservation essay con
test this year. First prize in the
state contest will be a four-year
college scholarship.
Please Read This!
Paper to Be Printed
Early Next Week
The Brantley Enterprise will
go to press on Tuesday of next
week. This means that all copy
for items in next week’s paper
must be in the newspaper office
not later than Monday night.
The paper will be printed early
in order that the printers may
have Wednesday end Thursday
for Christmas holidays.
The paper will be printed on
Tuesday but will not be put in
the mails until Thursday morn
ing.
Your cooperation will be great
ly appreciated.
Hortense PT A Holds
Christmas Party
The Hortense Parent - Teacher
Association held their Christmas
party on Friday night of last
week.
Games were played with prizes
•awarded.
The Christmas motif was car
ried out in red and green colors
and in the lightings.
Mrs. Ilene Strickland, Mrs.
Betty Rowell, Mrs. Lola Rozier,
Mrs. Jesse Eldridge and Mr. Carl
Highsmith were the committee in
charge of entertainment and re
freshments.
Chicken salad, open faced
sandwiches, mousse salad, pound
cake and coffee were served.
County HD Council
Met at Calvary
Community Center
The County Council of Home
Demonstration held its quarterly
meeting at Calvary Community
Center with Calvary Club as
hostess for the Christmas party
on Dec. 11, beginning at 10:00
a.m. Everyone carried a covered
dish.
Installation of officers was
held with candles being lighted
by the president. Mrs. Driggers,
as she told each of the new of
ficers their duty. Mrs. Woodrow
Hendrix was installed president;
Mrs. E. A. Hunter, vice-president;
Mrs. Fowler, secretary; Mrs. M.
Manning, treasurer; Mrs. Pete
Gibson, reporter.
Members present were: Mrs.
Calvin Crews and Mrs. Milton
Manning from Riverside Club;
Mrs. M. L. Anderson, Mrs. George
Loyd, Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix of
Hickox Club; Mrs. E. A. Hunter,
Mrs. M. Jacobs, Mrs. P. J. Gib
son of Waynesville Club; Mrs.
Julia Smith, Mrs. Lonnie Ald
ridge, Mrs. Mary Lou Aldridge,
Mrs. Driggers, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs.
Aldridge of Calvary Club; and
Miss Sara Simpson, Home Dem
onstration Agent of Brantley
County.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 19, 1957
TO BE MARRIED— Miss Alma Iris Barr whose engage
ment to Kenneth Smith Tapley is announced by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Barr.
Miss Iris Barr
To Marry
KennethTapley
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Barr an
nounce the engagement and ap
proaching marriage of their
daughter, Alma Iris, to Kenneth
Smith Tapley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hoke Tapley of Sanders
ville.
Miss Barr is a graduate of Na
hunta High School and Georgia
State College for Women. She
is a member of Sigma Alpha lota,
music fraternity for women. At
the present time she is a mem
ber of the faculty at Thunder
bolt Elementary School, Savan
nah.
Mr. Tapley is a graduate of
Sandersville High School and at
tended Georgia Teacher’s Col
lege. At the present time, he is
employed in business with his
father in Sandersville.
The wedding will be solemniz
ed at the First Baptist Church
of Nahunta on Saturday, Decem
ber 21, at 4:30 p.m.
The couple will be married by
Rev. Cecil Thomas, pastor of the
church. Mr. Bowman Barr will
provide the nuptial music. Solo
ists will be Rosemary Smith and
Carl Highsmith of Nahunta, Miss
Sara Owen Etherridge and Mr.
Bowman Barr of Sandersville.
The attendants will be as fol
lows: Mrs. J. C. Barr of Savan
nah, matron of honor; Mrs. Mar
ion Franklin of Athens, Miss Lois
Chapman of Brunswick, Miss Pat
Nation of Atlanta, and Miss Luel
len Webb of Dawson, bridesmaids.
Usher groomsmen are Mr. J. C.
Barr of Savannah, Mr. Robert
Young of Waycross, Mr. Donald
Mixon of Waycross, and Mr. De
wey Harrison of Tennille.
The reception immediately fol
lowing the wedding will be held
in the church social hall. Mrs.
Dewitt Moody is in charge of
the reception assisted by Mrs.
Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Dorothy
Graham, and Mrs. Avery Strick
land. Mrs. Virgil Strickland will
assist in directing the wedding.
All friends of the' couple are
cordially invited to attend the
wedding.
Nahunta Post Office
Will Close on
Thursday Afternoon
Due to the closing of all
stores and the bank in Nahunta
on Thursday, December 26th, the
Nahunta Post Office will close
the windows at 1:00 p.m. The
rural routes will run as usual.
E. Parker Dodge,
Postmaster.
Waynesville HD
Club Met Monday
The Waynesville Home Demon
stration Club met at the home
of Mrs. P. J. Gibson for the
Christmas party on Monday, De
cember 16.
Miss Sarah Simpson gave a
demonstration on candle making.
Gifts were exchanged.
Mrs. Marvin Robinson served
coconut pie, nuts, and coffee.
Present were Mrs. E. A. Hunter,
Mrs. M. Jacobs, Mrs. Thelma
Thompson, Mrs. Marvin Robin
son and Miss Sarah Simpson.
Robert Hickey
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mr. Robert
Louis Hickey, 64, of Nahunta,
who passed away early Saturday
morning in a Jesup hospital after
a short illness, were held Sun
day afternoon, December 15th,
from the Hickox Baptist Church
with the Rev. Lester Edgy of
ficiating. Interment followed in
Hickox Cemetery.
Mr. Hickey was born in Flo
rida. A carpenter by trade, he
resided in Jacksonville for many
years and moved to Nahunta
three years ago; He was the op
erator of the Nahunta Ice Com
pany. He was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Beulah Rowell of Nahun
ta; three daughters, Mrs. Harry
Dickinson and Mrs. Ralph Shaw,
both of Jacksonville, Fa.; Miss
Colleen Hickey of Ty Ty, Ga.;
two sons, Terrell Hickey of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Harvey
Hickey of Tampa, Fla.; one sis
ter, Mrs. Ida Jones of Tampa,
Fla.; one brother, Jim Hickey of
Tampa, Fla. Five grandchildren
also survive.
Serving as pallbearers were
Bernard Pearson, George Dykes,
Hoke S. Wilson, Kenneth Willis,
Roy Lyons and Carl Smith.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
School Band Will
Give First Concert
Friday Morning
The Nahunta School Band will
give its first concert on Friday
morning at 10:30 a.m. in the
High School gymnasium, it is
announced.
All students who are members
of the band will take part.
Everyone is given a cordial in
vitation to attend.
Nahunta Garden Club
Christmas Party
Was Held Monday
The Nahunta Garden Club held
its annual Christmas party on
Monday, Dec. 16, at the home of
Mrs. Herschel Herrin with Mrs.
Allan Barnard, Mrs. Virgil
Strickland and Mrs. Collis High
smith as co-hostesses.
Before the party the group
visited the home of Mrs. J. B.
Lewis. The home was attractive
ly decorated in the traditional
Christmas manner. Mrs. Lewis
served dainty cookies and hot
drinks.
Mrs. D. S. Moody held open
house. Here the Christmas spirit
was seen in a beautifully decor
ated tree and other pleasing ar
rangements. From here the group
assembled at the Herrin home
which also carried out the
Christmas motif.
After an exchange of gifts a
social period was enjoyed.
Present other than mentioned
were: Mrs. Winton Adams, Mrs.
Grace Wakeley, Mrs. Mollie
Highsmith, Mrs. T. M. Edwards,
Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. Elroy
Strickland, Mrs. A. B. Brooker,
Mrs. J. J. Lee, Mrs. Russell Huff
man, Mrs. Cecil Thomas, Mrs.
A. S. Mizell, Mrs. E. A. Moody
and Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland.
Mrs. Herrin served fruit cake
with whipped cream, salted nuts
and coffee.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Man Sought for Burglary
Thumbs Ride with Sheriff
Stores and Bank
To Close 2 Days
For Christmas
The business firms of Nahunta
including the stores and bank,
will closed two days for the
Christmas holidays, it is an
nounced.
The stores and bank will be
closed Wednesday, Dec. 25, and
Thursday, Dec. 26. The citizens
of this section are requested to
remember that the stores and
bank will be closed for two days
and that business transactions
for those days should be com
pleted on Christmas Eve, Tues
day, Dec. 24.
Wildcats Play
In News-Press
Yule Tourney
Nahunta High School Wild
cats have accepted an invitation
to participate in the Savannah
Morning News - Evening Press
invitational basketball tourna
ment slated for Dec. 26-28.
Nahunta will start the tourna
ment Thursday, Dec. 26, by
■meeting Benedictine at 7:30 p m.
If they get past Benedictine, they
will play the winner of the
Groves-Odum tilt at nine p.m.
Friday, Dec. 27.
Other squads in the eight-team
Christmas holiday meeting will
be Bryan County High School
(Pembroke), Odum High School,
Blackshear High School, Scre
ven County High School of Syl
vania, in addition to three Sav
annah schools, Benedictine, Sav
annah High and Groves High.
The tournament will be held
on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. Dec. 26-27-28, in the Sav
annah High School gymnasium.
A number of local fans are
expe t* 1 to make the trip to
Savannah to see the Wildcats in
action there.
The unbeaten Blackshear team
is in another bracket and has a
good chance of emerging to play
the winner of Nahunta’s bracket.
If Nahunta and Blackshear
meet in the finals, it would give
the basketball fans of this sec
tion a big thrill to watch two
old-time rival teams in action.
Nahunta and Blackshear split
in their season games last season
and the present Nahunta team
would probably give the Black
shear Tigers a hard fight.
Nahunta Glee
Club Presents
Program
The Nahunta High School Glee
Club presented its annual
Christmas program at the Na
hunta First Baptist Church on
Thursday evening, Dec. 19, be
ginning at 8:00 o'clock.
Misses Marion Morgan, Helen
Strickland, Janice Higginbotham,
and Elaine Allen gave piano
solos.
The text of the program pro
vided with appropriate musical
settings in song was taken from
St. Luke and St. Matthew. Miss
Sandra Williams was narrator.
Members of the glee club who
participated were:
Soprano—Emma Jean Branch,
Martha Crews, Darlene Drury,
Norma Dykes, Florence Lane,
Faye Marshall, Mary Ellen Nich
ols, Carolyn Rowell, Willene Ro
well, Bonnie Crews, Evelyn
Sheppard, June Carol Williams,
Arlene Strickland, Ernestine
Dean, Christine Cross, Alice Sue
DePratter, Jean Esther High
smith, Patsy Hulett, Shelba Jean
Purdom, Blanche Thompson, He
len Lanier, Carolyn Morgan,
Wiletta Morgan, Mollie Grace
Saddler, Jean Smith, Mary Fran
ces Crews, Melva Kay Thrift,
Betty Purdom and Paunee
Smith.
Alto — Janice Little, Claryce
Rowell, Myra Strickland, Lillie
Ruth Thomas, Una Wilson, Bren
da Loper, Shelba Loper, Faye
Lyons, Martha Nell Rowell and
Elaine Strickland.
Tenor — Paul Jones, Billy
Norton, Thomas Purdom, Bobby
Rowell, William Royster, Charles
Dean, Junior Freeman, Lamar
Little, and J. W. Moody.
Bass • — Paul Miles, Auvell
Raulerson, Wayne Rowell, Bur
nett Dubose, Bobby Allen, Eug
ene Crews, Gene Crews, David
Roberts and James Ryals.
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The man was really unlucky.
He was being sought on a
charge of burglary and he
thumbed a ride with sheriff J.
Walter Crews of Brantley Coun
ty on U. S. 301.
The would-be hitchhiker was
quickly accomodated by the
sheriff who lodged the man in
jail at Nahunta, after finding
money and 28 candy bars on the
person of the alleged burglar.
The hitchhiker gave his name
as Hugh Wood of Rome, Ga. He
confessed to burglarizing the De-
Pratter Service Station Monday
morning, Dec. 6, according to
sheriff Crews.
The service station was broken
into Monday morning and $25.51
was stolen, also the 28 candy
bars. The burglar entered the
service station through a win
dow.
Harry DePratter, the operator
of the station, discovered the
loss when he went to work about
7:00 a.m. He called sheriff Crews
who immediately drove to the
scene.
Arnold Morgan drove up about
the same time and told the she
riff that a man on route 301 was
trying to hitchhike a ride. The
sheriff drove north and about
two miles up the road was
thumbed by the would-be hitch
hiker.
“I found the money in the
fellow’s pocket,” the sheriff said.
“He .made no resistance, although
he at first denied the burglary.
He later confessed and was put
in jail.”
The sheriff was in his private
car and the accused man did not
know he was trying to hitch
hike with a law officer.
Mother of Pastor
Cecil Thomas
Died Sunday, Dec. 15
Mrs. Harriett Thomas Bratcher
of Alma, who was the mother
of O'il F. Thomas, pastor of
Nahunta xJaptist Church, passed
away Sunday night, Dec. 15. Mrs.
Bratcher was nearing her 81st
birthday but had been in excel
lent health until recent weeks.
Funeral services were held in
Alma Baptist Church Wednesday
afternoon, Dec. 18, at 3:00, with
burial in the Big Creek Ceme
tery between Alma and Baxley.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show time: 7:30 P.M. week days;
Saturdays 6:45 and 8:45
Sunday 3:30 P.M. only.
Admission adults, .45;
children .20
FRIDAY & SATURDAY,
DEC. 20 and 21
“SHOOT-OUT AT
MEDICINE
BEND”
With RANDOLPH SCOTT
and ANGIE DICKINSON
SUNDAY & MONDAY
DEC. 22 and 23
“UNTAMED
YOUTH”
With MAMIE yAN DOREN
and LORI NELSON
TUESDAY, DEC. 24
Showing at 7:30 and 10:30
“HIT AND RUN”
Starring CLEO MOORE,
HUGO HAAS and
VINCE EDWARDS
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
DEC. 25 and 26
SHOWS AT 7:30 and 10:30
“ROCK,
PRETTY BABY”
With SAL MINEO,
JOHN SAXON and
LUANA PATTEN
