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VOLUME 38 — NUMBER 14
Brantley County's Debt Is
Being Reduced, Audit Shows
Brantley County’s gross debt
was reduced in 1957 by $15,115.-
56, it was revealed by the audit
or’s report published in this is
sue of The Brantley Enterprise.
The audit for 1957, through
Dec. 31, shows that the gross
debts was reduced from $49,076.-
54 to $33,960.98.
The net debt was reduced from
$14,071.20 to $8,720.32, the audit
shows. Against the gross debt
of $33,960.98 the county had
current assets, such as unpaid
taxes and money due from the
state, a total of $25,240.66, leaving
a net debt of only $8,720.32.
At the rate the county’s debt is
being paid, it would take only
about two years to get the coun
ty entirely out of debt. Even
at this time, if the county had
all taxes paid for 1957 and all
other bills receivable collected,the
county would owe only the SB,-
720.32 net debt.
The fact that the county’s debt
has been so substantially re
duced during the past year, 19-
57, gives promise of a debtless
county in about two more years.
Pulp and Paper Day Dinner
Will Be Held at Brunswick
Over 275 persons in Glynn,
Mclntosh and Brantley counties
have been invited to attend the
local Pulp & Paper Day dinner
April 15, according to L. A.
Whittle, chairman for the event
in this area.
Mr. Whittle said the local Pulp
and Paper dinner will be held at
the King and Prince Hotel. Guests
will include city, county, and
state officials, business leaders,
educators, editors, men and wo
men heads of civic organizations,
and landowners and farmers.
Mr. Whittle said that Dr. E.
McArdle, chief of the United
States Forest Service, Washing
ton, D. C., will be the featured
speaker for the dinner.
Dr. McArdle has served in all
mapor forest regions of the Unit
ed States. His early career was
in forest research and he also
for a time was Dean of the School
of Forestry at the University of
Idaho.
“As a part of the United States
Department of Agriculture, Dr.
McArdle appreciates that our fo
rests are our greatest single
source of an almost universal
raw material and that the welfare
of the South is inescapably gear
ed to its forest future, and the
southern pulp and paper compan
ies are among the greatest single
contributor to a possible era of
substantial prosperity,” Mr. Whit
tle said.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
to all our friends who were so
kind to us during the illness and
death of our husband and father,
W. A. Rozier.
We deeply appreciate every
word of sympathy and every act
of kindness of everyone of you.
May the Lord bless you for your
friendship and kindness.
Mrs. W. A. Rozier
and Family.
"Look, two hands”, little David Grimes of Albany says as he
shows Easter Seal therapist Betty Nichols how he has learned to use
a wheelchair. David is getting regular services at the Easter Seal
Treatment Center in Albany and should soon be able to walk, per
haps with the aid of braces and crutches. He is one of hundreds of
children throughout the state who will benefit by the Georgia Easter
Seal Society’s current educational and fund raising drive.
Governor Marvin Griffin has proclaimed Saturday, March 29, as
Georgia Crippled Children’s Day, to focus attention on problems of
the crippled and to ask generous support of Easter Seals. The drive
will extend through Easter Sunday, April 6.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Loyd Robinson
Honored by
Surprise Supper
Friends of Loyd W. Robinson
of Waynesville gave him a sur
prise supper in recognition of his
42 years of service as a rural
mail carrier and honoring him
on the occasion of his retirement
from the mail service.
The supper was held at the
Grady Boyd Camp. Mr. Robinson
was also presented with a hand
some piece* of luggage in apprec
iation of his service as a mail
carrier for so many years.
C. D. Gibson, Waynesville post
master, made the presentation
speech and expressed his apprec
iation of Mr. Robinson’s coopera
tion over the years. “He pleased
all of the people most of the
time,” Mr. Gibson said, in refer
ence to Mr. Robinson’s popular
ity with postal patrons on his
carrier route.
Morris Highsmith
Family to Live
In Jacksonville
LCDR William N. Highsmith
and his two little sons, Billy and
Bobby arrived last week from
Hawaii and spent a few days in
Nahunta with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Morris Highsmith.
Mr. Highsmith’s wife, Terry
May, died in an Oakland, Calif,
hospital on March 8. Mr. High
smith is being transferred to the
United States and will be stat
ioned at Naval Air Technical
Training Center in Jacksonville.
His parents Mr. and Mrs. Mor
ris Highsmith will live in Jack
sonville and assist the father in
caring for the little boys.
Lt. Cmdr. Highsmith has been
stationed in the area of Hawaii
for three years. His wife and
children were stationed there with
him, until she came to the states
for the operation.
Lt. Cmdr. Highsmith flew the
5,000 mile trip from Honolulu to
New York with the two little
ones, in eighteen and one-half
hours. From there they flew to
Jacksonville and on to Nahunta.
The family will leave Friday
for Jacksonville.
Marshall Orear
To Speak at PTA
Meeting Monday
The Nahunta High School PTA
will meet at .the school Monday
night, April 14, at 7:30, it is
announced by Mrs. Dan Jacobs.
Mrs. Lois Williams, principal of
the Grammar School, will be in
charge of the program. Prof.
Marshall O’Rear, assistant super
intendent of the Waycross schools,
will be the main speaker.
His subject will be “Learning
To Accept Responsibility For
Youth.” All parents and teachers
are urged to attend the meeting.
Srattiku EittrrpriSF
Mrs. Fannie Luke
Passed Away
Sunday, April 6
Funeral services for Mrs. Fan
nie Hinson Luke, 73, who passed
away Sunday afternoon, April 6,
at Memorial Hospital in Way
cross after an extended illness,
were held from the Turner
Primitive Baptist Church near
Enigma Tuesday afternoon, April
8, at three o’clock with the Rev.
Cleve Beverly, assisted by the
Rev. L. H. Davis, conducting the
rites. Interment followed in the
churchyard cemetery.
Mrs. Luke was born in Ben
Hill county and was the daugh
ter of the late Jordan and Mary
Ann Hutto Hinson. She received
her education in the schools of
the county and was a member of
the Holiness Baptist Church. She
was the widow of the late D. E.
Luke.
Survivors include two sons,
Homer Luke of Nahunta and
Homzy Luke of Savannah; one
sister, Mrs. Will Ray of Wray,
Ga.; two brothers, R. S. Hinson
of Enigma and Tom Hinson of
Ambrose. Five grandchildren and
six great grandchildren also sur
vive.
Serving as pallbearers were
grandsons, which consisted of
Messrs David E. Luke, J. W. Luke
Preston Luke, James Luke, James
Spradley, and Vaudry Dillard.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the high es
teem felt for Mrs. Luke.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
New Hope Church
To Serve Dinner
On Ground April 20
The New Hope Primitive Bap
tise Church at Hickox will serve
dinner on the church grounds on
Sunday, April 20, it is announc
ed.
Preaching service will be held
at the morning hour and dinner
will be served following the ser
vice.
Courthouse Now
Has New Walk
The Brantley County court
house now has a new walk on
its north side.
The old walk on the north side
was very low and formed a pool
of water when rains came. The
new walk is about six inches
higher and will afford dry pas
sage to people entering the court
house by the northern entrance.
Hortense Memorial
Church to Observe
Homecoming Day
Hortense Memorial Church will
observe Homecoming Day on
Sunday, April 20 with an all day
meeting.
Rev. Folks Huxford of Homer
ville will be the main speaker
of the day. At 10:45 a. m. a thir
ty minute program of music on
accordion, piano and morimbo
will be presented.
Singing trio will be Miss Fran
ces Roberson, Miss Sandra Cole
man of Folkston and Miss Grace
Stanfield of Waycross.
Basket dinners will be served
at the noon hour.
The afternoon will be devoted
to singing by church groups.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend our heart
felt thanks to the many friends
and neighbors who helped in
any way during the illness and
death of our loved one, Joseph
B. Strickland. For the many flo
ral offerings, for the consoling
words of Rev. Cecil Thomas,
Rev. Lester Edgy and Rev. J. A.
Wiggins, for the beautiful music,
to the Nahunta Masonic Lodge
No. 391 for their kindness and
impressive rites, and to Mr. Guy
Chambless for his care and at
tention, we are grateful.
May God bless each and every
one of you.
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland.
Mrs. Bibb Saye.
Roger Strickland.
J. L. Strickland.
Marshall B. Strickland.
Agricultural Extension Service
agronomists report that about
$55,000,000 is spent annually by
Georgia farmers for commercial
fertilizer. This represents about
eight percent of the total agricul
tural income.
Always remember to remove
the plastic collar before putting
a shirt in the laundry, cautions
Miss Avola Whitesell, clothing
specialist, Agricultural Extension
Service. The heat of an iron can
fuse the stay to the fabric.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 10, 1958
Funeral Services
Held Saturday For
Willie A. Rozier
Funeral services for Mr. Willie
A. Rozier, 69, who died early
Friday morning at his home in
Pierce county near Blackshear,
were held Saturday afternoon at
the Pilgrim Rest Primitive Bap
tist Church cemetery in Brantley
county.
Mr. Rozier was a native of
Brantley County and had lived
in Pierce county for the past
nineteen years. He was a mem
ber of the Pilgrim Rest Primi
tive Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Molly Prescott Howard Roz
ier; five daughters, Mrs. B. O.
Prescott, Griffin, Mrs. T. D.
Pearson, Augusta, Mrs. D. O.
Proctor, Brunswick, Mrs. R. E.
Viberts, Hartford, Conn., and Mrs.
V. D. Hodges, Blackshear; six
sons, N. B. Rozier, Chamblee, W.
O. Rozier, Brunswick, R. R. Roz
ier, Jacksonville, Fla., P. U. Roz
ier, Hortense, F. D. Rozier, Black
shear, and Tom Peek Rozier, An
guilla, Miss.
Also, one step-daughter, Mrs.
Mae Howard Bromelow, Atlanta;
five sisters, Mrs. J. R. Aldridge
Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. L. W.
Robinson, Waynesville, Mrs. T. J.
Peek, Gulf Hammock, Fla., Mrs.
Minnie Barnette, Brunswick, and
Mrs. H. 8.. Hadley, Moorsville,
Indiana; three brothers, B. B.
Rozier, Waynesville, M. J. Roz
ier and E. W. Rozier, both of
Brunswick; 33 grandchildren and
12 great - grandchildren.
Darling Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Myra Strickland
F. F. A. Sweetheart
In District Contest
By BILLY ALLEN
Myra Strickland represented
the Nahunta F. F. A. at the area
Swetheart contest in Patterson
Thursday night, April 3.
Myra was chosen by the lo
cal chapter because of her beauty
talent and school record. The
chapter gave to her an F. F. A.
Sweetheart jacket and she was
ready to enter the area contest,
which consists of Brantley, Glynn,
Mclntosh, Wayne, Long, Appling,
Bacon, and Pierce counties.
For her appearances on the
stage in Patterson she wore a
pretty blue dress and her white
Sweetheart Jacket. For her talent
she played a waltz in E by Cho
pin. For her school record, she
entered with a 94 average for
the five subjects that she is tak
ing.
Within a few days Myra will
compete with the winners of an
other area on her climb to the
district finals. In this contest, as
in other F. F. A. contests, the
district comprises th entire
Southeast fourth of Georgia, and
all schools, regardless of size,
with an F.F.A. Chapter enter.
The members of the chapter are
proud of our sweetheart and we
ask our friends to join with us
wishing Myra a victorious trip
on her way to the top.
Our quartet also entered the
area contest at Patterson on
Thursday night. Even though our
boys did not place, they represen
ted us well and we are proud
of them and we appreciate the
effort that Mr. Mann expended
in helping them to do a good
job. Three of the boys, Delaney
Bohannon, Jack Griffin, and G.
W. Freeman Jr. are in the ninth
grade, Wayne Boyd, who is in the
tenth grade, completed the four
some.
Again we thank them and Mr.
Mann for the fine job they did.
Billy Allen, reporter.
John Elvin Griffin
Passed Away in
Augusta Hospital
John Elvin Griffin, 27, route
1, Hoboken, died Tuesday in Tal
madge Memorial Hospital after
an extended illness. He had liv
ed in Brantley County all his
life.
He was a member of the
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
and is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Evelyn Redding Griffin Ho
boken; a daughter, Miss Madras
Griffin, Hoboken; One son, James
Elvin Griffin, Hoboken; his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Eustace Grif
fin, Hoboken; his grandfather,
P. U. Griffin, Hoboken; two sis
ters, Mrs. Cecil Lynn, Waycross,
and Miss Vonnie Iris Griffin,
Hoboken; four brothers, Morris
Griffin, Hoboken, Delmas Grif
fin, Hoboken, Wayne Griffin, Ho
boken and Carl Griffin, Way
cross.
Harvey W. Howell
Passed Away
Tuesday Night
As the Enterprise goes to press,
funeral arrangements for Mr.
Harvey W. Howell, who passed
away early Tuesday night, April
8, shortly after being admitted
to Memorial Hospital in Waycross
are incomplete.
Mr. Howell was employed by
the Satilla Lumber Co. of Nahun
ta as a millwright.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Emmie Hickox of
Nahunta; two daughters, Mrs. T.
J. Queen, Jr. of Niceville, Fla.,
and Miss Evelyn Howell of Na
hunta; his father, Lawt Howell
of Nahunta; one sister, Mrs. Es
telle Crews of Hoboken; two
brothers, Albert Howell of Na
hunta, and Lee Howell of Dallas,
Texas. Two grandchildren also
survive.
Complete details will be car
ried in next week’s issue.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta is in charge of ar
rangements.
Officers Chase
Boy in Car
For 25 Miles
After a speedy chase of about
25 .miles on U. S. Route 301 from
Nahunta nearly to Folkston
sheriff J. Walter Crews of Brant
ley County and deputy C. T.
Stephens caught a 16-year-old
boy in an allegedly stolen car
Wednesday night, April 2.
The teen - age boy bought gas
at the Blue Spot near Hortense.
The station attendant felt suspic
ious of the boy and wrote the
car tag number on the ground
while filling up the gas tank, the
sheriff reported. When the boy
dashed away without paying for
the gas the attendant phoned
sheriff crews at Nahunta.
Sheriff Crews and deputy Step
hens drove to the northern sec
tion of Nahunta on Route 301
and met the fleeing boy in the
car. They gave chase and the boy
hit high speed and ran the stop
light in Nahunta. Policeman Her
rin then also gave chase, but the
sheriff’s car ran around the po
liceman’s car and continued the
chase toward Folkston.
The sheriff fired warning shots
above the fugitive car. Every
time the sheriff and deputy tried
to pass the other car, the boy
would try to force his pursuers
off the road. Near Folkston the
boy slammed on his brakes, put
his hands behind his head and
surrendered.
“Your last shot came too close,”
the boy told the sheriff.
The boy was turned over to
federal officers on a charge of
transporting a stolen car ac
ross state lines.
Hoboken Boy's
Entry Tops
Swine Show
Jimmy Bell of the Hoboken
F. F. A. Chapter was Grand
Champion winner in the recent
Lions Club Junior Swine Show
held in Waycross.
Jimmy Bell’s 165 pound York
shire barrow copped top hon
ors—a wrist watch, sls for class
prize and the Grand Champion
rosete for his animal.
His hog was tops among the 50
annimals competing for awards
from Ware and Brantley counties.
The champion animal was pur
chased by Zachry’s Furniture
Store for a price of 47c per
pound.
Jimmy had a 200 pound York
shire with which he won a sec
ond place class prize and sl2.
The second place animal sold for
34c per pound.
Jimmy also won first place in
showmanship and a sls prize.
Besides his fat barrow project
Jimmy has 12 acres of corn and
two and a half acres of tobacco
in which he follows up to date
practices.
Jimmy and his father, L. B.
Bell, plan to do away with their
Hampshire cross hogs and go into
the raising of purebred York
shires for meat and breeding
stock. Jimmy and his parents
have won many blue ribbons with
their livestock and farm produce
every year in the Waycross Fair.
Jimmy is treasurer of the Ho
boken F. F. A. chapter.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Annual Father-Son Banquet
Is Held by Future Farmers
By BILLY ALLEN
Friday night April 4 was the
big night of the year for the Na
hunta F. F. A. members, their
Dads, and friends. It was the oc
casion of our annual Father-Son
Banquet.
The boys dressed in their white
shirts and pretty ties, did not
look much the part of the farm
er that they are. The boys look
forward to this evening, when
they can bring in their fathers
and supporters and say, “thank
you”, for the things that each
has done for us and our chapter
during the past year.
Three of the lunchroom ladies,
Mrs. Moody, Mrs. Knox, and Mrs.
Smith, prepared the food and
•members of the local F. H. A.
chapter served the tables. Mrs.
H. W. Herrin, was the coordina
tor and the one to see that every
thing was just right.
The menue consisted of orange
juice, tossed salad, baked chick
en, dressing, snap beans, candied
yams, hot rolls, chocolate cake
and ice tea.
The officers of the chapter,
Paul Jones, Pres.; Kenny Harris,
V-Pres.; Tommy Jacobs, sentinel;
Bobby Rowell, secretary; Jimmy
Thomas, treas.; Billy Allen, re
porter and Mr. Long, advisor,
had charge of the opening cere
mony.
Bro. Wiggihs asked the blessing.
For our program, Ned Hendrix
gave the welcome and his father
Woodrow Hendrix, responded to
the welcome.
John Gibson gave the accomp
lishments of our boys for the
past year. We saw a movie about
F. F. A. work in the other states.
Mr. Herrin presented the first
year boys; Roger Altman, Delan
ey Bohannon, Claude Edgy, David
Hickox, J. W. Moody, Bivian
Rowell, Paul Sikes, Don Smith,
Wayne Boyd, Robert Branch, Ker
mit Crews, G. W. Freeman Jr.,
John Gibson, Jack Griffin, Cecin
Harris, Ned Hendrix, David Her
rin, Harvey Johns, David Lyons,
Alvin Mobley, Alton Morgan,
Kicie Proctor, Charles Burris,
and James Stewart, with their
Green Hand Certificate, which
is the first of four degrees in
F. F. A. work.
He presented the second degree
which is the Junior Farmer, to
second-year boys, who are quali
fied for it. They were: Billy Al
len, Tommy Jacobs, Paul Jones,
Bobby Rowell, Jimmie Thomas
and J. M. White.
We had one boy, Dewitt Branch,
to receive the third degree, Geor
gia Planter, in Macon at the
state rally last October.
We have a candidate for the
fourth degree, American Farm
er. This is Addison Strickland.
We have never had a boy to
receive this honor, so we are
pulling for Addison to achieve
this goal. He is presently farm
ing and attending college at Ab
raham Baldwin in Tifton.
We had two adults to receive
the Honorary Junior Farmer De
gree for their outstanding work
and support for our chapter. They
are Mr. Avery Strickland and
Mrs. H. W. Herrin. Among prev
ious recipients of this degree are
Mr. Mizell, Roy Harper, Mr. El
roy Strickland and Mrs. H. W.
Herrin.
After the meeting was adjour
ned the boys and girls enjoyed
a period of music, while the a
dults enjoyed fellowship with one
another.
We want to thank the ladies
and members of the F. H. A. for
a fine job and we are looking
forward to another one next year.
Billy Allen, Reporter
Jo Ann DuPriest
Wins First Honors
In Jackson School
Miss Jo Ann DuPriest, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Du-
Priest of Jackson, has been nam
ed as First Honor Graduate of
the Jackson High Graduating
Class of 1958 at Jackson, S. C.
Jo Ann’s mother was the former
Mary Strickland of Brantley
county and she is also the niece
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Eldridge
of this county.
Jo Ann has had many honors
bestowed upon her besides hav
ing the highest scholastic ave
rage in the class. This year she
is president of the Student Gov
ernment of Jackson High, Treas
urer of the Senior Class, mem
ber of the J. H. A., National Hon
or Society, Chief Typist of the
Atomic Echoes which is the
school paper, member of the
Speech Club and Glee Club and
active in church affairs, being
a member of the Matlock Bap
tist Church.
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Luther Griffin
Funeral Service
Was Held Tuesday
Luther Griffin, 42, prominent
Brantley county farmer, died
suddenly Saturday at his home
near Hickox.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning, April 8, at 10
o’clock from the graveside at
Hickox Cemetery with Elder Ly
man Hughes officiating in the
presence of a large number of
sorrowing relatives and friends.
Mr. Griffin was born in Pierce
county, now Brantley, and was
the son of Mrs. Myrtie Griffin
and the late Bernice Griffin. He
received his education in the
schools of the county.
In addition to his mother, he
is surviveed by his wife, the for
mer Miss Katie Hickox of
Nahunta; five sisters, Mrs. Vinie
Hill of Onancock, Va., Mrs. D.
W. Henderson and Mrs. Tommie
Minchew, both of Manor, Mrs,
Avant Strickland of Waycross,
and Mrs. Bob Drayton of Jones
ville, Michigan; four brothers,
Leon, Owen, and Ira Griffin, all
of Hoboken, and Perry Griffin of
Waycross. Several nieces & nep
hews also survive.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Bobby Griffin, Monroe
Griffin, Reuben Griffin, Richard
Johns, B. F. Crews,' and Eustis
Walker.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Out-of-Town People
Who Attended
Strickland Funeral
Friends and relatives of the
Jos. B. Strickland family attend
ing Mr. Strickland’s funeral ser
vice at Nahunta Saturday, March
29, were the following:
Mrs. L. Y. Shafer. Mr. G. M.
Brugler and Mr. A. M. Hempy of
Rushsylvania, Ohio; Mrs. S. G.
Brugler, Belle Center, Ohio; Mrs.
Don Caskey, Lima, Ohio; Mrs.
Pere Sorenson, Wauwatosa, Wis.;
Mr. Charlie Strickland and Mr.
Ray Strickland, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Galloway,
Moultrie, Ga.; Mrs. C. C. Car
michael, Mrs. Effie Bryant and
Mr. Conway Rogers, Birmingham,
Ala.; Perham Rogers, Detroit,
Mich.; Mrs. Fred Kramer and
Mrs. Floy Callahan, East Point,
Ga.; Mr. Conrad Rogers, Darien,
Ga.; Mrs. James Harris, Mcßae,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Thurmon Cobb,
Cocoa, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Rogers and Mrs. Ed Newton,
Brunswick, Ga.
Mrs. Herbert Deen, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Strickland, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Strickland and Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Boatright, Mer
shon, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Popwell, Crescent, Ga.; Mrs. P.
G. Rich, Jesup, Ga.; Mrs. Cora
Robinson, Brunswick; and Dr.
and Mrs. Kelly Robinson, Way
cross.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show Time: 8:00 p. m. Weekdays;
Saturdays 7:00 P. M.
Sundays 3:30 P. M.
Admission adults, .45;
children .20
SUNDAY and MONDAY
APRIL 13 and 14
“OKLAHOMA”
Starring GORDON McRAE,
GLORIA GRAHAME,
SHIRLEY JONES
and GENE NELSON
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
APRIL 17 and 18
“THE KETTLES
ON OLD
McDonald
FARM”
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