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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. VOLUME 38 - NUMBER 30 Mrs. Cecil Moody Health Foundation The Brantley County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, now known as the National Foundation, looks forward to participation in its broad new health program, Mrs. Cecil Moody, treasurer, said. Returning from Jacksonville where volunteer leaders of the National Foundation in this area attended a closed circuit tele cast at which Basil O’Conner, president, outlined the new ob jectives of the organization sup ported by the March of Dimes, Mrs. Moody called the widened purposes of the National Founda tion “an exciting new concept in the health field.” The National Foundation, while continuing its winning fight a gainst polio, plans to expand its activities to include a wide range of health problems. Initial new goals will be arthritis and. birth defects. Virus research and in vestigations of disorders of the central nervous system will be expanded. “Our chapter will continue to meet its obligations to polio pa tients in Brantley County for as long as they need assistance,” Mrs. Moody said. “Mr. O’Con nor made it very clear that this is our primary responsibility. But the idea of a voluntary as sociation dedicated to improve ment of man’s health, ready and able to move in whatever direc tion scientific dicoveries lead it, not confined to a single disease, is a tremendous challenge.” “The flexible force the Nation al Foundation now will become is the result of 20 years of pio neering and achievement by scientists and laymen through out the nation. It will be a privi lege to help launch this new pro gram.” Financial support for the new program will be sought through the traditional March of Dimes in January, Mrs. Moody emphasi zed, adding that additional re sponsibilities undoubtedly will mean additional need for funds in Brantley County, as elsewhere. “We must prepare this Jan uary to meet new financial com mitments,” she declared. "We shall not attempt to move into the new areas of patient aid over night. A great deal of hard study and work is ahead for those of us in the Chapter, preparing to deal with the new problems of arthritis and birth defects. Mr. 0 Conner indicated that precise information about these two areas is not yet available; one of the first things our Chapter must do is learn how many such patients there are, what facilities we have for giving them care and the availability of qualified profes sional workers to do the job. Plans are being made at Nation al headquarters to help us gather this information.” Our patient aid program for children through 18 who have ar thritis and certain birth defects will be developed as we learn these things and is subject, of course, to the willingness of peo ple in Brantley County to give sufficient financial support for the program.” Our research program, as was explained at the telecast, already is beginning to pursue new leads, and our professional education Program is expanding.” Medical care in arthritis and birth defects is much like that or post-polio, Mrs. Moody point ed out. There are no epidemics,” she sa] d, ‘but the patients are with Us ah the time and new ones °m UF a * a more or less predict a e rate. In polio the threat of epidemics hung over a commun -1 ' ® ver y summer and no one << "nd predict the number of cas es New cases of arthritis and oirth defects occur all year round, year in and year out. We must 0 some thing for these patients continuously, just as we now do r Post-polio. This is a real chal fcnge to volunteers. I feel cer ain the people of this county l v „ res P°nd to it enthusiastical- iii l rai ?^ ey County people attend ® » Jacksonville program H re D .s. Cecil Moody, Mrs. M. Robinson and Mrs. Robert ^™ er ’ county health nurse. Keep Up With the happenings at Home Subscribe to the BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Aaron Saddler Funeral Service Held Friday Mr. Aaron Saddler, 41, of Na hunta died suddenly early Wed nesday morning, July 16, at his home one mile north of Nahun ta. Mr. Saddler was born in Deca tur county and received his edu cation in the schools of that county. He was a member of the Nahunta Baptist church, Nahun ta Lodge No. 391, F & AM, a Boy Scout committeeman, and a member of Satilla Chapter 365 of Eastern Star. A plumber by trade Mr. Saddler owned and operated the Saddler Plumbing Co. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nona Harris Saddler of Na hunta; four daughters, Misses Bet ty Jean, Evelyn, Molly Grace, and Frances Saddler, all of Na hunta; three sons, Dan, Don and David Saddler, all of Nahunta; two sisters, Mrs. Judson Boutwell of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Bill Rob erts of Clio, Alabama; his father, Ira Saddler of Climax. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were held Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock from the Nahunta Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, officiating. Inter ment followed at Hickox Ceme tery, with Masonic rites at the graveside. Serving as active pallbearers were Messrs. Roy Lyons, R. J. Wainright, Sidney Hulett, Jr., J. T. Royster, W. B. Willis, and Ray DePratter. Honorary escort was composed of members of Nahunta Lodge No. 391, F & AM. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Card of Thanks We wish to thank the many friends for their kindness in com ing to our aid when our tobacco barn burned Saturday afternoon. Mrs. C. T. Lyons and daughter. New Film on Okefenokee Is Produced by Ford Motor Co. A new motion picture featuring the wonders of Okefenokee Swamp near Waycross, Ga., was premiered at the State Capitol in Atlanta last week. Gov. Marvin Griffin commen ted, "We are pleased that the Edsel Division of Ford Motor Company produced this fine 30- minute color film of one of the wonders of our fair state. It should prove of interest to the many clubs, schools and church groups in the state.” The Ford camera crew which shot the film last fall found the Okefenokee Swamp awesome and beautiful. They also were de lighted with the hospitality and cooperation received from Geor gians who assisted them during their stay. Charles D. Livingstone, who di rected the filming, had special appreciation for Ira P. Powers, manager of the Chamber of Com merce at Waycross; Liston Elkins, general manager of the Okefeno kee Swamp Park, and Will Cox, who played his real life role of guide in what had been called America’s most unique and beau tiful natural wonderland. The Edsel movie, called ‘Oke fenokee Interlude”, tells the story of a doctor and his wife who visit the 700-square-mile park in the most memorable va cation of their lives. An apparent unlucky begin ning —a week of steady rain fall which idled the camera crew —proved to be a stroke of good fortune because the higher water levels permitted the filming of areas of the swamp seldom seen by visitors. Three boats were used during the filming of “Okefenokee Inter lude.” One boat carried the act ors, another was equipped with reflectors to properly light the scene, and the third carried the camera crew. _ Some of the scenes in ‘Oke fenokee Interlude” show remark able closeups of swamp wildlife birds, alligators, bears and snakes. Other scenes picture the swamp as the source of the Su wanee and St. Mary’s rivers and portray luxuriant jungle land scapes of cypress trees, Spanish moss, tall grass and water lilies. Sraniky Entrrprwt Discusses Program Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 24, 1958 G. N. Strickland Funeral Service Held at Hortense Final rites for Gordon Norris Strickland, retired city fireman, who died Friday, were held at 11 a. m. at the Hortense Congre gational Methodist Church. Con ducted by the Rev. Jimmy Strad er and the Rev. Cecil Thomas. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Active pallbearers were Guy Strickland, William Strickland, John Robert Strickland, Edward Strickland, Eugene Strickland, and Billworth Strickland. Honary pallbearers were mem bers of the Waycross Fire De partment and include, C. M. Lee, C. M. Hickson, P. B. Grant, J. T. Williford, Woodrew Joyner, I. D. Cornelius, J. L. Crawford, Capt. C. V. Strickland, Lt. Thackston, W. H. Davis Jr., B. W. Strickland Chief R. L. Carpenter and M. L. Hickson. Survivors include his wife; a foster son, Dr. Earl Strickland, Pelham; five brothers, Jim Strick land, George Strickland, Bruns wick, and C. M. Strickland, Cor bin Ky; a sister, Mrs. J. R. Dood ard, Milledgeville, and several nieces and nephews. Mincy Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Road Projects Planned for Way cross Area The State Highway Board and Rural Roads Authority will re ceive bids Aug. 1 on 63 projects estimated to cost approximately $11,800,000. The list includes 16 Highway Board and 47 rural roads jobs. Way cross area projects are as follows: Ware —A bridge and two cul verts on the Waresboro-Nicholls Road. Coffee —, 3.373 miles paving and one bridge on the Pearson-Nich olls road. Charlton — 3.268 miles on the Folkston-Brantley County line road. Pierce—4.sl9 miles paving on the Blackshear-Trudie road. Loyd Heads Georgia U. Fund Drive G. Arnold Loyd of Nahunta, has been selected as chairman for Brantley County for the 1958 Fund-Membership Drive of the University of Georgia Alumni Society. The 1958 drive began on July Ist and will run through the Tech-Georgia football game which is scheduled for Sanford Field in Athens on Saturday, November 29th. The Georgia Alumni Society has 20 alumni listed in its file for Brantley County. The Bth District Vice President who is directing the overall cam paign is John W. Bennett of Waycross. Parents of students or former students at the University of Georgia and friends are eligible for membership in the Georgia Alumni Society. Each active mem ber will receive The Alumni Rec ord from October through June as well as any special bulletins which the Society may publish. Clifton Strickland Starts New Plumbing Business in Nahunta Clifton Strickland is starting a plumbing business in Nahun ta in the Highsmith Building, on the corner formerly occupied by a feed store. The firm will also sell var ious kinds of appliances. An ad vertisement in this newspaper makes the announcement of the new plumbing business. We Do All Kinds of Job Printing. Let Us Quote You Prices. Broome Favors Removing Auto Ad Valorem Tax Rep. C. J. Broome, candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, has proposed abolishing the ad volo rem tax on motor vehicles. As a part of his platform, he proposed a system similar to that used in Florida whereby the pur chase of an automobile tag com pletes the taxes paid on motor vehicles. Broome emphasized that plank of his platform during talks over the state last week. The candidate sponsored a measure (HR 437) during the re cent legislative session which call ed for a study of taxes, fees, and related matters pertaining to mo tor vehicles. A committee probably will meet this fall to consider the matter. The committee includes Representatives Twitty of Mitch ell, Sheffield of Brooks, Phillips of Columbia and Budd of Lown des. Under the present system, .mu nicipal and county governments follow the evaluation set by the state and then levy ad valorem taxes, based for the most part, on local property tax rates. “The total ad volorem tax pic ture regarding motor vehicles be comes a confused one with taxes on automobiles in some areas reaching unjust amounts,” Rep. Broome said. He emphasized that a careful study should be made to insure that counties and municipalities are not deprived of needed rev enue and pointed out that it might be possible under the pro posed system to refund part of state tag revenue to local govern ments. The candidate said the average Georgia motor vehicle owner pays almost S2OO annually in taxes on that vehicle. As examples he lis ted the sales tax paid on purchase tax on gasoline, license plates cost, and ad valorem taxes to city, county and state govern ment. “The nature of the property— the fact that it is a motor vehicle and is often sold or worn out before delinquent ad valorem taxes can be collected— contri butes to a situation where those that will pay, do pay, and those that won’t, don’t,” Rep. Broome said. He expressed hope that the committee can come up with a recommendation to simplify the motor vehicle tax picture. Card Os Thanks I wish to express my thanks to all the many people who work ed to help recover the body of Mr. Roland Davis from the Sa tilla River. So many people vol unteered their services in drag ging the river and in other work to find the body that it would be almost impossible to name them all. To all of you who worked so long and tirelessly in the search I extend my sincere thanks and appreciation. Sincerely yours, J. Walter Crews, Sheriff Brantley County. Watch Your Postage When Rates Take a Rise on Friday, Aug. 1 Linwood Bennett, 40, Os Alma Dies; Owned Telephone Company Linwood L. Bennett, 40, of Al ma, died Sunday in an Augusta hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tues day at 4 p. m. at the First Bap tist Church in Alma with Rev. Tyler Ross and Rev. Hugh Hayes officiating. Burial was in Rose hill cemetery. He was president of the Alma Telephone Co., Inc., past com mander of the local VFW post, a member of the American Le gion, Elks, Masons and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Surving are his wife, Mrs. Es telle Baxter Bennett; two sons, Linwood Jr. and James G Ben nett, both of Alma; mother, Mrs. J. G. Bennett of Alma; two sis ters, Mrs. D. W. Fields of Mia mi and Mrs. W. E. Quattlebaum of Donaldsonville; one brother, Jack Bennett of Alma. Members of the VFW and American Legion and Masons served as pallbearers, honorary escort and accord honors at the graveside. Personals Out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral of Mr. Aaron Saddler last Friday included Mrs. Ruth Parker, Mrs. Bernice Denton, Mrs. Fred Parse Mrs. John Williams and Grace Strickland all of Waycross. Mr. and Mrs. R. Loyd Scott of Black shear, Mrs. Arville White, Mrs. Audrey Avery, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Boutwell and Bernice Odum of Bainbridge. John Paul Boutwell, Mrs. Katie Noland and Vernoye of Valdosta. Jean Driver, Athens; A. J. Boutwell, Quitman; Mada Deen Harris and J. C. Mc- Coy of Jacksonville and Mary Lott Walker of Blackshear. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Frank Thomas of Brunswick. • ♦ • Clara Peeples, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Peeples, is at home on leave from service as a WAC at Fort Benning, Ga. She will return to duty about Aug. 1. * ♦ • Pvt. Byron C. Highsmith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace T. High smith, Route 2, Nahunta, recently arrived in Germany and is now a member of the 24th Division’s 34th Infantry. • * • Mrs. Clyde Walker and child ren of Opelika, Ala. are visiting Mrs. Katie Griffin of Nahunta this week. • * * Mrs. Crales Flynn and children of Jacksonville are visiting Mrs. Katie Griffin. * * • Mr. Frank Hickox is in the Waycross Memorial Hospital for an eye operation. Brantley County 4-H Club Members Attend Camp Representatives of Brantley County 4-H Clubs, with county agent George Loyd and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Vir ginia Raulerson, left for Rock Eagle 4-H Club Camp Monday, July 21, for a five-day stay. They will return home Friday, July 25. Those making the trip to Rock Eagle Camp were: Janet Marlene Ross, Lorna Har den, Lynn Herrin, Brenda Ann Hickox, Gail Strickland, Marion Morgan, Shirley Wainright, Oli ver Highsmith, Gregory Loyd, Dennis Raulerson, Denny Rhoden, Eldon Thomas, Jerry Strickland, Steve Adams, Mrs. Virginia Raul erson, Mrs. George A. Loyd. J. Robert Smith Named Attorney For Oremco J. Robert Smith of Nahunta has been appointed attorney for the Okefenoke Rural Electric Mem bership Corp., it is announced by Pete Gibson, supervisor of Oremco. Mr. Smith succeeds attorney Kontz Bennett of Waycross, who has resigned on account of ill health. Mr. Gibson stated that attor ney Robert Smith was employed as Oremco’s new legal advisor because of his recognized ability as a lawyer and his qualities of leadership. Mr. Smith is also attorney foi the City of Nahunta. He is a native of Ware County and is a veteran of World War 11. Brantley County people will have to watch their postage when the new postal rates go into ef fect Friday, Aug. 1. That letter you plan to mail will need a four-cent stamp and that postal card will require three cents to carry it to its des tination. Air mail letters will be seven cents an ounce up to eight ounces and air postal cards will be five cents each. Help your postal officials to avoid trouble by putting full postage on all mail. Prevent de lay in delivery of your mail by being sure it has on it full post age paid. The new schedule of postal rate, effective Friday, Aug. 1, is as fol lows; First Class Letters — 4c an Ounce. Postal Cards — 3c Each. Air Mail (up to 8 ounces) — 7c An Ounce. Air Postal Cards — 5c Each. Third Class Mail — 3c First 2 Ounces, l^c Each added Ounce. Weight limit for Third Class is increased up to but not includ ing 16 ounces. Consult Postmaster concerning other changes. OFFICIAL ORGAN Tobacco Sales Start Tuesday As Better Crop Begins Moving To Georgia Auction Markets Tobacco Marketing Cards Issued For 1958 Season Mr. George Dykes, Chairman Brantley ASC County Committee points out that the issuance of to bacco marketing cards is closely tied in with acreage and variety determination. For this reason, the timing of the issuance of mar keting cards is important in or derly marketing and proper iden tification of tobacco. Farm operators are reminded of the necessity for presenting their marketing cards at the warehouse at the time their tobacco is weighed in, thus insuring that the tobacco may be properly identi fied for price-support and var iety-identification purposes. Weather Report For Past Week U.S. Weather Bureau report of temperature and rainfall at Nah unta for each 24 hour period of week. Nahunta Sta. High Low Rain Thursday 93 70 0.31 Friday 95 69 0.15 Saturday 93 73 0.22 Sunday 94 72 0.28 Monday 94 72 0.09 Tuesday 94 71 0.00 Wednesday 91 71 0.00 Tobacco Warehousemen Will Meet This Friday in Vidalia VIDALIA — Two hundred Georgia-Forida tobacco warehousemen are to hold their 1958 meeting in Vi dalia Friday, July 25, preceding the opening of the sell ing season in Georgia and Florida belt by four days. Here’s Chance to Participate in Amateur Contest A state-wide Amateur Variety Contest is to be held at the City Auditorium in Atlanta, Ga., Sat urday, August 23, 8:30 p. m. For auditions contact Catherine Boswell, 862 Piedmont Ave. N. E., Atlanta, Georgia, telephone TRin ity 4-9405, or The Lakewood Boys’ Club, 1888 Lakewood Ave. S. E., Atlanta 15, Georgia, tele phone MArket 7-8393. Bill Lowery, national recording artist, will be the master of cere monies. One of the chief prizes will be a recording contract. Many other valuable prizes will be given. All proceeds will go to the Lakewood Boys’ Club. All auditions will be held at the Dinkler-Plaza Hotel on Au gust 3, 10, and 17, at 2.00 p. m. Price Support on Tobacco Averages 54.6 c Per Pound WASHINGTON — An average loan rate of 54.6 cents per pound for 1958-crop flue-cured tobacco and a schedule of rates by grades were announced last week by the U. S. Department of Agri culture. The average loan rate of 54.6 cents per pound is 90 percent of parity as of July 1, 1958. A mini mum loan level of 54.2 cents per pound was announced by the De partment on April 7, 1958 (press release USDA 041-58) but be cause the parity index has in creased since that time, the high er rate will be in effect. The average loan rate for 1957 crop flue-cured was 50.8 cents per pound. As in past years, growers will offer their tobacco at auction mar kets in the usual mannner and price supports will be made a vailable to eligible producers through the Flue-Cured Tobac co Cooperative Stablization Cor poration. An eligible producer is one for whom a “Within-Quota” or a “Limited Support-Within-Quo ta” Marketing Card has been is sued under applicable marketing quota regulations. The loans will be made on the basis of Official Standard By J. A. ROSS 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) COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Tobacco from farms in Brant ley County and throughout south east Georgia will begin moving to warehouses in the various sales centers this weekend in preparation for the opening of the market Tuesday, July 29. Most of Brantley County’s leaf crop will be marketed in Blackshear and Waycross. Brant ley County has a better crop than last year and the quality is bet ter too. The rather constant showers of the spring and summer have made the tobacco crop larger in yield per acre. If the price holds up during the sales days, the farmers will be somewhat better off than last year. The support price fixed by the Stablization Corp, ranges from 18 to 82 cents a pound, depending on the grades. The average sup port price is 54.6 a pound. Fire Department To Sponsor Benefit Fish Supper The Nahunta Fire Department will hold a fish supper at the high school Friday night, Aug. 1, for the benefit of the depart ment, it is announced by Clint Robinson, fire department chief. The fish supper will start at 5:30 p. m. The public is invited to come and enjoy a good sup per of fried fish and help the fire department purchase needed items of equipment. J. Aulbert Brennen of States boro, president of the Georgia- Florida Tobacco Warehouse Assn., made the announcement of the meeting. The gathering will take place in the ball room of the Vidalia Country Club and will open at 10 a. m. Annual reports from the president and. the secretary will be heard by the tobacco men. A highlight on the program will be the signing of the stablization contracts and issuing of stabliza tion supplies for 1958. This will include the support schedule by grades and for this part of the program the general manager of the Flue Cured To bacco Cooperative Stablization Corp., Lloyd T. Weeks of Raleigh, N. C., will be present. Fred S. Royster of Henderson, N. C., managing director of the Bright Belt Warehouse Assn., will attend the Vidalia meeting and will make an address to the gathering. Grades at a specified rate for each grade, with a 5 cents per pound differential between “tied” and “untied” tobacco. Loan rates by grades for “full-support” var ieties range from SB2 per 100 pounds for top grades down to $lB per 100 pounds for certain “nondescript” grades. Loan rates for “untied” to bacco in the Georgia-Florida belt range from a low of 13 cents per pound to a high of 77 cents per pound. In accordance with the Depart ment’s announcement Nov. 25, 1957 (press release USDA 3512- 57) 1958 crop flue-cured tobacco of Coker 139, Coker 140, and Dix ie Bright 244 varieties will again be supported at one-half the sup port rates for comparable grades of other varieties. These three varieties have been classified by Federal and State scientists as tobacco “low tp lacking in fla vor and aroma, generally of light body and or currently with poor acceptance in the trade.” Copies of the loan schedule may be obtained from the To bacco Division, Commodity Stab ilization Service, room 4749, South Building, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C.