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VOLUME 38 — NUMBER 11
Nahunta High Wins from Forsyth County
4544 to Take State Class B Championship
Coach Harold Scott Says That
"Fight" Made the Difference
DONALD CLELAND
Name on State Class B
All-Star Team
Roddenberry
Named to
Study Prisons
Judge Cecil M. Roddenberry
has been appointed to the state
Prison Study Commission by Gov.
Marvin Griffin.
Function of the six - member
commission is to make “a through
study of existing prison condit
ions in Georgia,” the announce
ment said.
Judge Roddenberry, who lives
in Nahunta, is judge of the Way
cross Judicial Circuit, Superior
Court, and a former state sena
tor.
His circuit is composed of Ap
pling, Ware, Charlton, Coffee,
Pierce and Bacon counties.
Hortense PT A
Met Tuesday
Hortense School Parent-Teach
er Association met Tuesday night
March n in the school auditor
ium.
Mrs. Ilene Strickland, vice
president, presided and gave the
devotional.
Following the business session,
Mr. Bobby Strickland, principal
of the school, showed a film,
“The Eighteenth Century Life”.
Sandwiches and coffee were
served by the teachers.
Miss Doris Olesby, housing-eq
uipment specialist, Agricultural
Extension Service, recommends
using a steam iron to raise the
pile on velvet, corduroy, and ot
her pile fabrics.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Nahunta’s scrappy Wildcats
who missed the State Class B
Boys Championship by one point
last year got that Georgia crown
by the same slim, hair-raising
margin Saturday night.
Lanky Layton Johns, a bril
liant 6-7 junior, dropped in two
free throws with the clock froz
en at a brief single second to go,
the first one tying Forsyth Coun
ty of Cummings, 44-44, the sec
ond winning the ball game, 45-
44.
In the 1957 Class B finals, Na
hunta fell to Stone Mountain by
one point in the championship,
but last night’s victory seemed to
make that all forgotten and for
that saw the lead change hands
given.
In a frenzied fourth period
a nerve-racking nine times, Johns
hit for a dazzling four field goals
and the two clutching charity
flips.
The crucial championship con
test had started slow with For
sytth County grabbing the lead
with2:4o to go in the first period
after the lead swapped three
times and not turning it loose
until the final period.
Nahunta’s grinning young
coach, Harold L. Scott had the
answer in one word when asked
what made the difference in his
Wildcats’ sweet victory:
“Fight!” he said proudly.
“That’s what made the differ
ence. Fight.”
Johns, a center, led the South
Georgia quintet with 15 points,
while forward Marvin Griffin
hit for 12 and Guard Donald
Cleland had 10.
For the Forsyth County crew
from Cumming, it was another
classy center, Harold Whitt, a
gangly 6-5 eager, sank 17. Guard
Larry Rollins had 13, compiled
mostly on deadly outside shots
fell beautifully in the bottom of
the net.
Nahunta closed the gap and
came within one point (34-33)
of the North Georgians just as the
fourth period opened and Johns
hit for four straight field goals
as the lead see-sawed and it was
anybody’s ball game.
It still was when Layton step
ped up to the free throw line with
the choice of being a hero or a
heel.
It turned out he was a hero.
The hero.
NAHUNTA (45)—Griffin 12,
Thomas 4, Johns 15, Cleland
10, Dubose 4.
FORSYTH COUNTY (44) -
Rollins 13, Gilbeert 8, Whitt 17,
Pruitt 2, Martin 4, Bolton.
Score By Quarters
Nahunta 16 19 31 45
Forsyth Co. 18 26 34 44
Calvary HD Club
Met Thursday at
Community Center
The Calvary Home Demonstrat
ion Club held their regular meet
ing at the Calvary Community
Center on Thursday night, March
6. Mrs. L. E. Aldridge, the new
president, presided. Minutes were
read and treasurer made her re
port.
Mrs. Mildred Fowler and Mrs.
L. E. Aldridge gave a demon
stration on what they learned at
a sewing course they attended
recently in Waycross. They show
ed the use of different types of
fabric.
County agent, George Loyd
showed a film “Rural Champ
ions”.
Attending the meeting were;
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Aldridge,
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming Melton,
Rev. and Mrs. Albert Aldridge,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Driggers, Mr.
and Mrs. Goldwire Fowler, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Miles, and Mr.
and Mrs. Bobby Lucas, Dorothy,
Ann, Johnny, Janice Lucas, D. F.
Herrin, Jessie Jones, Lonnie Ca
on, M. R. Dryden, Luther Ald
ridge, Arthur Strickland.
Refreshments were served.
Mrs. J. R. Driggers, reporter.
Mr. P. B. Kemp of Neward, N.
J., visited Mrs. C. L. Middleton
on Friday of last week.
By GEORGE LANDRY
In The Macon Telegraph
Branttey Etitrrprw
CHAMPION WILDCATS IN ACTION — Forsyth County’s Bob Gilbert (32) tries
to get out of a Wildcat pocket. No. 14 is Ledford Pruitt of Forsyth County, (13) is
Nahunta’s Donald Cleland, (20) is Harold Whitt of Forsyth County, (33), guarding
Gilbert is Layton Johns whose two free throws won the game for Nahunta, No. (.5) is
Nahunta’s George Thomas, No. (3) coming up is Nahunta’s Marvin Griffin, and No.
(14) in Background is Nahunta’s Burnett Dubose.
REV. O. A. KEIGER
To Preach in Revival at
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Wesleyan Methodist
Revival Stats
Monday Night
Revival services will begin at
the Philadelphia (Sawgrass) Wes
leyan Methodist Church at Hor
tense Monday night, March 17,
it is announced by the pastor,
Rev. Robert Watson.
Rev. O. A. Keiger, pastor of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church at
Waynesboro, Ga., will be the ev
angelist for the revival meeting.
Services will be held each night
at 7:30 and each Sunday morn
ing at 11:00. The meeting will run
from Monday, March 17, through
Sunday March 30.
All people of this section are
invited to attend.
District HD Council
Met at St. Simons
The Southeast district Home"
Demonstration Council held a
meeting on St. Simons in the
auditorium of Epworth-by-the-
Sea recently.
Business meeting was held in
the morning and after lunch a
clothing demonstration was giv
en by Mrs. Janie Scott of New
York City. She is with a pattern
company. There were 242 women
attending.
Attending from Brantley coun
ty clubs were; Mrs. L. E. Ald
ridge, Mrs. J. E. Aldridge, Mrs.
E. G. Fowler, Mrs. J. R. Driggers
of Calvary Club; Mrs. Frank
Dukes, Mrs. Noland Davis, Sr.,
Mrs. Noland Davis, Jr. and Mrs.
Conneer of Hoboken Club; Mrs.
Marvin Robinson, Mrs. E. A.
Hunter, Mrs. M. Jacobs and Mrs.
P. J. Gibson of Waynesville Club.
Reporter,
Mis. Pete Gigson.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 13, 1958
Baptist Revival
Is Now in
Progress
The Nahunta Baptist Church
wishes to announce that the
Spring Revival is now in prog
ress.
The twelve day revival began
Wednesday Night, March 12, and
will continue through Sunday
Night, March 23.
There will be only night ser
vices through Saturday Night,
March 15. The services on Sun
days will be held at the regular
11:00 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. times.
Beginning with Monday, March
17, there will.be two services dai
ly, 9:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The preacher for the meeting
is one of the most successful
pastors of our section, Rev. H.
K. Neal, of Brunswick. Also, he
will lead the song program for
the children each evening at 7:00.
There will be a strong song ser
vice each evening, with congre
gational, choir, and special group
singing. The song service will be
directed by Carl Highsmith, of
Lulaton. Ilie public is cordially
invited to attend each .and every
service.
Sunday March 16, is Sunday
School High Attendance Day. To
all who do have a regular Sun
day School to attend, you are
invited. The night of the closing
Sunday, March 23, the Training
Union High Attendance Night will
be stressed.
The church invites all people
to attend, and help in this sin
cere effort for an old time reviv
al.
Dykes Reminds
Farmers of
Discount Program
George Dykes, chairman of the
Brantley County ASC Committee
reminds tobacco growers that the
flue-cured tobacco variety dis
count program will be continued
in 1958.
This means that prices for the
1958 crop of flue-cured tobacco
having growth characteristics of
any of the seed varieties design
ated as Coker 139, Coker 140 or
Dixie Bright 244 or any .mixture
or strain of such seed varieties
will be supported at ony one-half
the support rates for similar
grades of other varieties.
According to Mr. Dykes, avail
able information indicates that
most of the farmers who produc
ed tobacco of the discount var
ieties in Georgia in 1957 obtain
ed plants from sources other than
their own beds.
Mr. Dykes advises producers
who find it necessary to purchase
tobacco plants for the 1958 crop
to buy from only the most relia
ble sources.
Coach Harold Scott
Led Team to State
Class B Championship
Glee Club
Sings in
Music Festival
The Nahunta High School Glee
Club, consisting of 48 voices, and
under the direction of Mr. Eldred
Mann, participated in the Spring
Music Festival at Georgia Teach
ers College in Collegeboro, on
March 7.
This meeting is one in which
schools do not compete against
each other. Judges rate the
groups on the quality of theii
performance. Nahunta had three
outstanding judges in state music
circles. Mrs. Polly Smith Moore,
of Atlanta, president of the
Georgia Music Organization, was
one of the group.
The Nahunta Glee Club, accom
panied by Mr. Mann, sang, “The
Lord’s Prayer” by Simeone. The
second number, sung a-capella,
(without accompaniment) was a
folk song by Brahms, “I’d Enter
Your Garden”. In this type of
song the tone quality and voice
parts are judged.
There are four ratings at these
festivals: superior, excellent, good
and fair. Nahunta rated excel
lent.
QUALITY OF TIME WITH
CHILDREN IS VITAL FACTOR
The amount of time Dad spends
with children is not nearly so im
portant as the way he behaves
when he is at home, points out
Family Life Specialist Miss Au
drey Morgan, Agricultural Ex
tension Service. Unless he repres
ents love, security, and under
standing to the child, he is a
detriment rather than a help, Miss
Morgan says.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Johns Sinks 2 Fouls in Last
Second of Play to Cinch Game
The Nahunta High School cage
team entered the basketball Hall
of Fame Saturday night in the
Macon city auditorium by out
fighting and out-lasting the tough
Forsyth County team and taking
the state Class B championship by
a score of 45 to 44.
It was the never-say-die spirit
of the Nahunta Wildcats that fin
ally pulled victory out of the
fires of seeming defeat in the
final seconds of play.
The big crowd of Brantley
County fans who braved the
rainy weather to go to Macon
were treated to as fine a basket
ball rally as ever burned up a
court when the Nahunta boys,
led by that big stick of dyna
mite Layton Johns, snatched vic
tory from defeat in the last sec
ond of play.
With only 10 seconds to go,
and trailing Forsyth County by
one point, Donald Cleland made
a lighting pass to Layton Johns
who was fouled under the bas
ket. Then, with the clock stop
ped at one second, Johns, calm
as Stone Mountain, flipped two
free throws through the hoop for
his team’s 45-44 win and the
state championship.
The Forsyth County team and
fans were stunned by the swift
reversal in the situation, but the
Brantley County people tore the
roof off the Macon city auditor
ium.
Yes, it was a famous victory,
and well-deserved by the courag
eous Wildcats from Nahunta High
School.
Vandiver
Says Wildcats
A Great Team
The state Class B champion
ship basketball trophy was awar
ded the Nahunta High Schoo)
team at the close of the of the
tournament Saturday night in
Macon.
The championship cup was han
ded to the Nahunta team by
Lieutenant - Governor Ernest
Vandiver who also made the
awards for the Class C champ
ions Helena-Mcßae and the sec
ond - place runners-up in both
classes.
Mr. Vandiver was high in his
praise of the great playing of the
various teams, especially of the
Nahunta Wildcats. “Nahunta has
a great team,” he told the editor
of the Enterprise. “They played
like real champions.”
Mrs. Terry Highsmith
Died Saturday in
Oakland, Calif.
Mrs. Terry May Highsmith,
wife of Lt. Commannder Wm. N.
Highsmith, died in a hospital in
Oakland, California on Saturday
following an operation.
, Funeral services were held in
New York on Wednesday, March
12. Burial was in Arlington Nat
ional Cemetery in Washington,
D. C.
Lt. Commander Highsmith and
Mrs. Highsmith and their two
sons, Billy and Bobby have resid
ed in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he
has been stationed for two years
They came from Hawaii to Oak
land, California for her to have
the operation.
J. Morris Highsmith, father of
Lt. Commander Highsmith left
Tuesday by plane for New York
and Washington, D. C. to attend
the funeral.
Waynesville
Mrs. Julia Gibson is in a Bruns
wick hospital ill of pneumonia.
Mrs. Proctor is seriously ill fol
lowing surgery in the Brunswick
hospital.
Mr. George Gibson of Rome,
Ga. is visitinng his mother, Mrs.
W. R. Gibson who remains ill at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Gibson.
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LAYTON JOHNS
Named Captain of Class B
All-Star Team
Mrs. C. L. Middleton entertain
ed her Sunday School Class, The
Intermediates, of the Hortense
Methodist Church, at her home
on Friday night of last week.
Nineteen members were present
Mrs. Johnny Eldridge assisted
Mrs. Middleton in serving hot
dogs, cookies and soft drinks.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show time: 7:30 PJML week days;
Saturdays 6:45 and 8:45
Sunday 3:36 P.M. only.
Admission adults, .45;
children JO
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MARCH 14 A 15
“Pillars of the Sky”
Starring JEFF CHANDLER
and DOROTHY MALONE
SUNDAY A MONDAY
MARCH 16 A 17
“Hear Me Good”
Starring HAL MARCH,
JOE ROSS and
JEAN WILLES
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