The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, January 02, 1958, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything ? Put a Want-Ad in the Brantley Enterprise. 75 Cents or 3 Times $2.00. NUMBER 1 VOLUME 38 Miss Iris Barr and Mr. Tapley Wed in Double-Ring Ceremony The First Baptist Church in Nahunta was the scene of the ceremony which united Miss Alma Iris Barr and Mr. Kenneth Smith Tapley in marriage. The wedding took place on Saturday, December 21, at half past four in the afternoon. The Rev. Cecil F. Thomas officiated in the dou ble-ring rites. The lovely bride is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Barr of Savannah and formerly of Nahunta and the bridebroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Tapley of Sandersville. The formal ceremony took place before background arrange ments of ecclesiastical arrange ments of all white chrysanthe mums. The rostrum and choir rail was covered with white and flanked by tall vases of white chrysanthemums, stocks and se ven branched candelabra. Fam ily pews were marked with white satin bows. Bowman Barr, brother of the bride, was organist for the pre nuptial music. Mr. Barr and Miss Sarah Owen Ethredge of Sandersville, Carl Highsmith of Nahunta and Rose Mary Smith, also of Nahunta, provided a musical setting for the ceremony. They were accom panied by Carolyn Higginbotham accompanist on piano. Bride’s Attire The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white wedding gown of taffeta and trimmed in lace and seed pearls. The back of the gown was fash ioned with a bustle effect and terminated into a chapel train. The long sleeves came to points over the hands. The bridal veil of illusion was attached to a coronet crown which was studded with seed pearls. Her only ornament was a string of pearls, gift of the groom. She carried a bridal bou quet of valley lillies and fluer de amour which was centered with a white orchid. Attendants Mrs. J. C. Barr served as ma tron of honor for her sister-in law. She wore a romance blue taffeta dress which was trimmed in a lighter shade of blue. The back of the dress was fashioned with a bustle and was floor length. Her accessories matching her outfit complimented her en semble. Bridesmaids were Miss Lois Chapman, Miss Luellen Webb, Mrs. Marion Franklin and Miss Patricia Nation. Their dresses were identical to the honor at tendant. They all carried pink Briarcliff roses attached with a cascade effect and highlighted with pink pompoms and silver glitter. Serving as Mr. Tapley’s best man was Mr. Hoke Tapley, fa ther of the bridegroom. Usher groomsmen were James Barr, Thomas Durden, Robert Young, and Donald Harrison. Serving as flower girl was Miss Jo Ann Simmons who was also dressed like the honor at tendant. She scattered rose petals as she preceded the bride. Mother’s Attire Mrs. Barr chose for her daugh ter’s wedding a blue lace dress over taffeta. Her blue sequin hat, white gloves and corsage of white cymbidium orchids com plimented her outfit. Mrs. Tapley, the mother of the groom, wore a blue lace dress over taffeta. Her corsage was of white cymbidium orchids. Reception Following the ceremony the bride’s parents entertained the wedding guests with a reception, held in the church parlor. The bride’s table was overlaid with a white cut work cloth over blue taffeta. On each end of the table jvere silver candel abra with blue net around the base. A three tiered wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom centered the table. Other table decorations were arrangements of holly and silvered magnolia which carried out the Christmas theme. The social hall of the church was beautifully decorated with Christmas decorations carrying out the blue and white color mo tif. Holly was used as arrange ments on the serving table and in the windows and arrange ments of white chrysanthemums and white galdioli were on the piano and floor baskets. Miss Carolyn Higginbotham provided a selection of music for the reception. Assisting in serving the guests were Mrs. Vera Strickland, Miss Virleen Strickland, Miss Nan Na tion, Miss Ruth Nation, Miss Myra Strickland and Paula Haynes. Those assisting in entertaining were Miss Louise Nation, aunt of the bride. Mrs. Robert Young Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. presided at the guest register. Wedding Trip Later in the afternoon Mrs. Tapley changed into a beige wool suit trimmed in fur. She wore rust brown accessories and the orchid from her bridal bouquet. The couple left for Florida where they visited various points of interest. Upon their return trip they will be at home, 420 East Wald burg Street, Savannah, where Mr. Tapley is employed as a sales man. Mrs. Tapley is on the Chatham board of education. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. J. A. Nation, Miss Louise Nation, Mrs. J. C. Nation, Ruth and Marvin Nation, Mrs. J. R. McGlomery all of Americus, Ga.; Mrs. C. L. Rigsby, Carlton Rigs by Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hay nes of Columbus; Mrs. J. L. Webb, Dawson, Ga.; Mrs. W. E. Nation, Nancy Nation, East Point, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Marion Frank lin, Athens; Mrs. Poole Chap man, Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gay, Folkston; Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young, Waycross; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Madry, Gary and James Ray.mond Madry, Mrs. Maggie Anderson, all of Jesup; Mr. and Mrs. Owen Ethridge, Miss Sara Owen Ethridge, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watt, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lang, Sandersville; Mrs. Sam Lott, Blackshear; Mrs. Nolan Davis and Margaret Da vis, Hoboken. Information on Drivers License Renewal Is Given The following driver’s licenses must be renewed: Any license with expiration date of March 31, 1958. This in cludes learners licenses. The on ly exception to this is the veter ans driver licenses. No renewal of a veteran’s license is necessary or any license that a fee for five years has been paid since July 1, 1955. The above mentioned licenses .must be renewed on or before March 31, 1958. This driver’s li cense renewal will start January 2, 1958, and a renewal schedule will be posted in each county courthouse. Personnel from the Department of Public Safety will make periodic visits to all coun ties, cities and towns, patrol posts, and various other places, during the renewal period as a convenience to the public so that a driver’s license can be renew ed and over-the-counter service rendered. If your driver’s license is lost, destroyed, or multilated in any manner, it will be necessary that a proper application be complete ly filled out, be mailed to P. O. Box 1741, Atlanta 1, so the num ber can be verified in our files and license returned to the ap plicant. The following prices will pre vail: regular operator’s one-year license, $1.00; the wife of this person can secure an operator’s license for 50c provided she has her husband’s license in her hand when seeking a renewal of such license. Any minor dependent children living at home can se cure a one-year license for 25c upon presenting driver’s license of the family head. The fee for a one-year chauffeur’s license will continue to be $2.00. The head of a family may secure a five-year license that will expire March 31, 1963, for $5.00; wife, $2.50; any minor dependent children, $1.25. The latter two must present a five-year license that has been secured by the head of the family. The fee for a five-year chaf feur’s license will be SIO.OO. The learner’s licenses will continue to expire on March 31st of each year. Any adult person’s learn er’s license, SI.OO with the ex ception of the wife, which will be 50c; minor children, 25c. Learner’s licenses and regular operator’s licenses will continue to be issued at the present ages that now prevail. All persons must have licenses with expiration date as recent as March 31, 1951, to renew without examination. All other persons will be required to take the written, road sign recognition and eye tests before a valid li cense can be issued. We seek the cooperation of the public during this renewal per iod and this Department will en deavor to expedite the issuance of these licenses. If there should be further in formation that might be desired, you may contact Patrol posts, motor clubs, or your local news paper for details. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Srantky iEnUrprwE Dun & Bradstreet Reveals Business Growth in Brantley Statistics released by J. L. Gravlee, district manager of the Jacksonville office of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., reflect the growth of business firms in Brantley County during the past ten years. Figures obtained from a physical count of the Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book for November, 1957, totaled 66 manu facturers, wholesalers and retail ers in this area as compared to 41 listings in 1947 — an increase of 61 percent for the period. The Reference Book, incident ally, only lists manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. It does not include some of the service and professional businesses such as barber and beauty shops, stock and real estate brokers. Thus the figure for businesses in Brantley County would actually be higher than the 66 quoted a bove. Approximately three million business listings for over 50,000 communities in the United States are contained in the Reference Book. It is published every sixty days to keep listings current. During the past sixty days nearly 63,000 new names were added and nearly 60,000 names were removed. Credit ratings were changed during this period on more than 100,000 business con cerns. As one phase in revising cre dit ratings and keeping them up to-date, every year the credit re porting agency writes to all bu sinesses who are listed in the Reference Book to request their year-end balance sheets. Gravlee says that this letter speeds up the flow and processing of some of the facts on which credit ratings are based. “More than 95 per cent of all commercial transac tions in the U. S. are made on credit terms,” he added. “The purpose of the Reference Book is to help businessmen in any part of the country make credit decisions to ship or sell to busi nessmen in any pther part of the country.” The credit rating is one of the key factors in approving orders to ship or sell. The rating con sists of two symbols. The first, a letter of the alphabet, indicates financial strength or. tangible net worth of the business. The sec ond symbol is a number. It re flects a composite appraisal of the background, operations, fi nancial stability, and payment record. Each Reference Book listing, which includes the rating, is a condensed summary of the in formation contained in the Dun & Bradstreet credit report. The report includes a history of the business (who owns it, who runs it, and how long it has been op erating); a description of what the business does and how it does it; a financial section (which us ually includes the latest finan cial statement); and a record of how the concern pays its bills. While credit reports are pri marily used by businessmen who want to evaluate the credit risk before shipping or selling, in surance underwriters also use credit reports to review risks, rates, and coverage for fire and other types of insurance. Mrs. Achsah Leggett Passed Away Friday, Dec. 27 Mrs. Achsah Leggett, 74, widow of Dave Leggett, died at her home Friday, Dec. 27. Mrs. Leggett was born in Waynesville and had spent her entire life in that community. Survivors are three sisters, Miss L. B. McSweeney, Miss Lula Mc- Sweeney and Mrs. Maud Rose, all of Waynesville. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at the grave side in Highsmith cemetery near Waynesville with the Rev. L. A. Savage, officiating. Pallbearers were Herbert Ca ney, Ernest Hunter, Truby Thorn ton, Carswell Moody, Darvin Ro binson and Fred Gibson. Bookmobile Schedule Announced for Brantley County The following is the schedule for the bookmobile runs in Brantley County; Monday, January 6, Hoboken, Hortense. Tuesday, January 7, Waynes ville, Hickox, Nahunta High School. Wednesday, January 8, Nahun ta Elementary and Nahunta (town). Thursday, January 9, Brantley Colored Schools. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 2, 1958 County Polio Chapter Gets SBSO Extra The Brantley County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has received a check for $l5O to help provide financial aid to local polio pa tients, Mrs. Edna Adams, chap ter chairman, announced today. This check is in addition to one for S7OO received in May, for a total of SBSO received this year. Thi^ is in addition to our share of the March of Dimes money, which was exhausted early in the year. Foundation chapters over the United States will have spent more than $20,000,000 on patient aid before the first of the year. Most of the patients cared for were stricken prior to this year. Many of them will require ex pensive care for years to come. “To help meet the acute fi nancial situation, we have been advised by national headquart ers,” Mrs. Adams continued, “that ’chapters having uncommit tedted funds are being asked to make that money available to be sent to chapters such as ours to help us meet our most urgent obligations. “It seems ironical that with this year’s polio incidence run ning less than half that of 1956 due to the effectiveness of the Salk vaccine, patient care costs have declined but little. This is because we are attempting to re store to a productive and happy life the thousands of seriously disabled polio victims of previous years. The cost of rehabilitating these patients is great, but the long lasting benefits to the indi vidual and society far greater. Salk vaccine is now generally available, the chapter official stated. She urged all persons un der 40 who have not received the vaccine to arrange for their shots without delay. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Upton of Americus, Ga., visited Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thomas last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Ham and son, Kenneth, of Jesup, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barefoot and Joe Bill, Frances and Mary of Waycross, spent Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Anderson. ♦ * ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rhein, Vic Colley and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Colley of Dover, Delaware; Mrs. C. P. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. John Higginbotham and boys, all of Hilliard, Fla.; were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham during the holi days. ♦ ♦ ♦ Rev. and Mrs. Omer Graves of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Graves of At lanta left on Wednesday after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham. The Morgan family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Crews on Christ mas Day. Present were: Mrs. Martha Morgan and J. L. Mor gan of Nahunta; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Maddox of Callahan, Fla.; and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Harris of Lulaton. » » » Ralph Willis, who is stationed at Fort Benning, has returned to his post after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Willis. » « ♦ Miss Marilyn Brooks of At lanta was a recent visitor to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wil lis. She was accompanied to the home of his parents by Sidney Willis. * * * John B. Highsmith and family who have been visiting thru the holidays with relatives in Miami, Jacksonville and Nahunta, have returned to their home in Flor ence, Ala. • • • Mrs. Alice Highsmith and daughter have returned home af ter spending Christmas in Jack sonville with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Braddock. • * • Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moody, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herrin and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Herrin and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hu land Herrin and family, Mrs. Velera White, all of Jacksonville, and Mr. and Mrs. John I. Lee and family all visited their mo ther and her family during the holidays. 1958 Acreage Reserve Signup Begins Jan. 13 The signup period for the 1958 Acreage Reserve program will open on January 13 and close March f, according to George Dykes, Chairman Brantley Coun ty Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Mr. Dykes points out that a Soil Bank base for each farm must be established before a 1958 Acreage Reserve Agreement can be signed. Soil Bank bases already established are to be used for 1958 agreements on spring-planted crops. He advises farmers who plan to put land in the 1958 Acreage Reserve pro gram to bring their farm records for 1956 and 1957 into the Coun ty ASC office as they will be needed to set up the farm’s Soil Bank base. The Soil Bank base, roughly, is the average acreage of Soil Bank base crops grown on the farm for the past two years. Such crops include all crops pro duced for ■ harvest on the farm, except hay crops. Raybon Church Revival Starts Next Sunday Revival services will begin at the Church of God of Prophecy at Raybon on Sunday morning, Jan. 5. Rev. Earl Gray and Rev. Earl Morgan both of Brunswick will be the evangelists. Rev. Stanford Robertson is pastor. There will be Sunday School on Sunday morning at ten o’- clock, with preaching a eleven. Preaching Sunday night and each night through the week at 7:30 p-m. The public is invited to attend. John Henry Moore Funeral Service Held Sunday Funeral services for Mr. John Henry Moore, 56, of Hoboken, who passed away Friday after noon after a long illness, were held at the Nahunta Church of God Sunday afternoon, Dec. 29, at 2 o’clock with the Rev. L. H. Davis, assisted by the Rev. Pete Thrift, officiating. Inter ment followed in Hickox Ceme tery. Mr. Moore was born in Pierce county, the son of the late John and Hester Rewis Moore. He re ceived his education in the schools of Pierce county and until ill health forced his retirement, had been engaged in farming. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Vada Jacobs Moore of Ho boken; four daughters, Mrs. John Chesser of Nahunta; Mrs. Clar ence Aldridge of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Eugene Crews and Miss Frances Moore of Fernan dina Beach, Fla.; and Allen Moore of Jacksonville, Fla. Four teen grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also sur vive. Serving as pallbearers were: Messrs. Jimmy Mercier, Eugene Lewis, J. F. Jacobs, J. H. Bever ly, Frank Chesser and Samuel Chesser. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Bessie Crews Funeral Rites Held Saturday Funeral services were held Saturday, December 28th, at 2:30 P. M. from the graveside at Oak Grove Cemetery for Mrs. Bessie Riggins Crews, 61, who passed away suddenly at her home late Thursday night, with the Rev. Lester Dixon officiating in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Mrs. Crews was the daughter of the late William and Mary Tuten Riggins and was born in Pierce county. She received her education in the Pierce county schools and had been a resident of Brantley county for the past twenty-two years. She is survived by her hus band, Ishmael W. (Buck) Crews of Nahunta; two sisters, Mrs. Dan Morgan of Nahunta and Mrs. Rosetta Dean of Jackson ville, Fla.; one brother, Will Riggins of Blackshear; several nieces and nephews also survive. Serving as pallbearers were Bobby Chancey, Frank Wilson, Monsie Wilson, Pate Murray, Vorney Crews, and Arthur Dean. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Why All People Should Be Interested in Our District Soil Conservation Program To make the meaning of the topic clear I shall first define the terms of the topic as I am going to use them in this essay. ALL PEOPLE refers to the people living in the United States. Every person that lives here should be interested in our soil conservation district pro gram. OUR SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROGRAM is a plan whereby the United States is di vided into districts for the sole purpose of conserving our soil. These districts set up a conser vation program that outlines all the conservation work needed in the district. This program also prescribes the methods to be fol lowed in doing the work. Now I have defined my topic and I shall proceed to write on the much more interesting sub ject-soil conservation. For years our forefathers took no heed to soil conservation. They took the soil for granted. They thought the soil was an inex haustible resource that would last forever. Now at last we have awakened to realize that the soil is our most important natural re source. We are now working to prevent soil erosion and to re store fertility to our soil. The citizens of the United States enjoy a high living stan dard. This high standard is pos sible because we have abundant natural resources. We have plen ty of food and clothes. Both our food and clothes come from the soil. We can continue to have a high living standard only as long as our soil produces enough raw materials to .meet our needs. That is why we have a soil con servation district program. That is why all people should be in terested in this program! The soil is a vital part of the life of every person. Human ex istence depends upon food. Our food comes from the soil either directly or indirectly. Our vege tables are grown in the soil. Our meats come indirectly from the soil. Our bread is made from grain which grows in the soil. Our milk, butter and cheese comes from cows but the cows have to be fed on some type of grass or grain that grows in the soil before they can produce milk. Fruits are grown on trees, vines, or bushes that grow in the soil. Everything we eat must come from the soil. Hunger is not known here in the United States. In many for eign countries hunger is a part of the lives of the citizens every day. In those countries the soil has been cultivated for centur ies. It has lost its fertility and can no longer produce enough food for the people who are liv ing there. The United States sends food to these countries and feeds its people here at home. Our soil is now capable of pro ducing enough to meet our needs but we must conserve it for fu ture generations so that we here in the United States will never be faced with hunger as known in China. Look around you at the furni ture in the room where you are. Look at the walls of the room. Is the building made of wood or brick? Everywhere you look you will see something that came from the soil. If the house is made of brick, the bricks were made from clay, a form of soil. If the house is made of wood, the wood was made from trees that grew in the soil. The furniture most likely is at least partially made of wood. Again we turn to the soil. Everywhere about us we see things that come from the soil. We have came to accept these things as necessities for living. These things will still be necessities for living in future generations. For future genera tions to have an abundance of the things which we consider necessities we must conserve our soil so that it can produce in the future even better than it produces now. Can you imagine having to wear old, faded and patched clothes everywhere you go? Cer tainly not, but do you realize that most of our clothes are made of cotton or linen? Cotton materials are made from the cot ton boll on the cotton plant and linen is made from flax. Our woolen clothes, too, are possible because we have pasture for the sheep to feed upon. Unless the sheep are fed they cannot grow the fleece that we use to make wool. Cotton, linen, wool—the chief types of fabrics in our DISTRICT PRIZE WINNING ESSAY By SONDRA AMMONS Keep up with the News About Your Home County. Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) wardrobes come from the soil. We .must turn to the soil for our food, our homes and our clothing but we turn to the soil for still another thing that many of us are even less aware of than of our dependence upon the soil for food and clothing. We turn to the soil for our jobs. The farmer cultivates the soil and grows the products needed for food, clothing and factories. The farmer makes his living di rectly from the soil. The factory worker may use the farm pro ducts to make something or he may use other raw materials to turn out a finished product to sell back to the farmers. The farmer sells to the factory work er and the factories sell to the farmer. The bankers and merchants de pend upon the soil because they must do business with the farm er and the factory worker. If the farmer cannot produce from the soil, he has no money. When the farmer has no money he can not buy from the factories or mer chants. If the farmer does not buy the factories’ products, fac tory workers have less money. The factory workers buy less from the merchants, put less mo ney in the banks for the other people to borrow. Public workers such as teach ers and government officials are paid by the people. If farmers, factory workers, merchants, ban kers and other workers have less money, there is less money to pay these public workers. They, too, feel a lower salary when the farmers fail to produce a good yield from the soil, for the circle has as its nucleus the soil. Every person in the United States is dependent upon some other per son for his job and all of the jobs are in some way dependent upon the soil. We are dependent upon the soil for our food, homes, cloth ing and jobs. There is no other resource that is so vitally con nected with every life. Since the soil is such a vital part of our lives all people should be in terested in all programs of soil conservation. Every citizen should be will ing to take the soil conservation pledge: “I give my pledge as an Ameri can to save and faithfully to de fend from waste the natural re sources of my country—lt’s soil, and minerals, its forests, waters, and wildlife”. By taking and obeying this pledge to the fullest degree we shall be serving ourselves, our nation, other nations and future generations. We shall be preserv ing our high standard of living and freedom enjoyed by all A mericans. Why should “All people be interested in our soil conserva tion district program?” Freedom for ourselves and our posterity is possible through conservation of our greatest natural resource soil! 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 JANUARY 3 and 4 “REVOLT AT FT. LARAMIE” Starring JOHN DEHNER and FRANCES HELM In Color SUNDAY & MONDAY, JAN. 5 and 6 “TO HELL AND BACK” Starring AUDIE MURPHY Cinamascope and Color CLOSED TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY GOT TVitis? Then See a Good Mivie!