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GLUME 38
Brantley County Girls Are
Invited to Take Part in
Beauty Contest at Blackshear
Ten lovely young ladies from
Brantley county will have an
opportunity to participate in the
“Miss South Georgia” Beauty
Pageant to be held in Blackshear
on August 20.
Brantley county, along with
nine neighboring South Georgia
counties, is being invited to send
representatives to the affair
which is being sponsored by the
Blackshear Rotary Club and the
Patterson Lions Club in cooper
ation with the Blackshear-Pierce
County Chamber of Commerce.
The contestant who captures
the “Miss South Georgia” title
will participate in the Miss Geor
gia contest to be held in Colum
bus, Georgia, next May. The win
ner there goes to the Miss Ameri
ca contest in Atlantic City, New
Jersey.
For the past four years the
two clubs has sponsored the “Miss
Pierce County’’ contest and this
year the title holder, Miss Bar
bara Aspinwall of Patterson, won
a special talent award at the
state contest.
Spokesmen for the club say
that their proposal is to send a
South Georgia contestant to the
state contest who will win the
Miss Georgia title and represent
Georgia in the Miss America con
test.
The contest is a two part affair,
the first being the Beauty Pag
eant on August 20. The second
part, a talent revue, will be held
on September 9, in Patterson,
Georgia. Participating in this ev
ent will be the top ten winners
in the beauty pageant. The judg
es scores of their talent presen
tation will be added to their
previous beauty score. The con
testant whose score is the high
est will be crowned “Miss South
Georgia”.
In addition, a “Miss South
Georgia Beauty” will be crown
ed on August 20 and a “Miss
South Georgia Talent” will be
crowned on September 9.
Representatives from the two
clubs are now in the process of
contacting prospective contest
ants in Brantley county.
They contend that there are a
lot of lovely young ladies in
South Georgia, who would go far
in the “Miss Georgia Contest.
They pointed out that the winner
counld come from Brantley coun
ty.
Improve Brunswick Highway
Waycross Newspaper Insists
(From Waycross Journal - Herald)
For many years, U. S. Highway 84 East to Brunswick
was considered the best highway in South Georgia. Back
in the 1930’s prospective auto buyers preferred it to any
other highway as the place to try out their new cars.
The pavement was fairly new at that time, and it
remained in top condition until the early 1940’s when
traffic to Brunswick increased to near record proportions
The flow of traffic to shipyard jobs in the city-by-the
sea took its toll on the road, which soon began to need
extensive repairs
T
he only repairs made, however, were those absolute
ly necessary to enable traffic passage. Since the orginal
paving, no major repairs have been affected —although a
new bridge was built over the approaches to the Satilla
River from the West, and a new section of pavement was
laid between this approach bridge and the river.
The highway department has allowed the road to de
teriorate until today it is almost necessary to wire con
firmation of arrival upon reaching Brunswick. The citi
zens of this area, especially those of Hoboken, Nahunta,
Atkinson, Lulaton, and Waynesville deserve more rec
ognition from the powers that be.
Millions of dollars have been spent on highway con
struction and repair this year. The highway department
has let contracts for many millions more, and the Rural
Roads Authority has spent some 50 million in road funds.
Under these programs, every wagon trail and path in
counties so favored has been hard-surfaced.
Yet those who travel to Brunswick, St. Simons and
Jekyll Island must continue to dodge holes in the road,
slow down for the ridges, and struggle to keep their cars
on a highway that slants heavily toward the ditches.
This, while roads in sub-divisions owned by big-shots,
r °ads to country clubs and other varicose veins in the
traffic system are being paved at the expense of Georgia
faxpayers.
Now is the time for South Georgians to stand up and
be counted. Politics are waxing hot and promises are being
^ade by the candidates. We should ask and receive our
fair share of road paving allotments. If U. S. 84 East
doesn’t need paving as badly as any road in the state,
there isn’t a cow in Texas, as the saying goes.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores Tohar™ I u u ..
-1 L i obacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
NUMBER 31
Bristol Man
Injured in
Auto Mishap
Julian Horne, Route 1, Bristol
was seriously injured last Thurs
day, July 31, when his 1958 four
door sedan overturned on a curve
four miles from Patterson on the
Tyre Bridge road.
The State Patrol reported that
the accident occurred about 3 p.
m. Mr. Horne was traveling north
when he rounded a slight curve
and left the road.
The car traveled 600 feet on
the shoulder of the road, hit a
concrete culvert, bounced into the
air and hit the ground 40 feet
away. The car then turned over
three times, coming to rest 732
feet from where it left the pave
ment. It was completely de
molished.
Mr. Horne was taken to the
Pierce County Hospital with a
fractured skull, lacerations of the
face and chin, and abrasions over
his entire body.
On Friday he was transferred
to a Jacksonville hospital where
his condition remains serious.
Blackshear Negro
Drops Dead
Thelma Roberts, 47-year-old
negro employee of Pierce Trad
ing Company Feed and Seed
Store, dropped dead in front of
the store Saturday morning, Au
gust 2.
Roberts was pronounced dead,
as a result of a heart attack,
upon arrival at the doctor’s office.
He collapsed on the street about
11:45 a. m. while returning to
the store after delivering a 10-
pound sack of feed to a car park
ed out front.
Roberts had been employed by
The Brantley Company for a
number of years. More recently
he had worked for Farmers Meat
Curing Plant before returning to
Pierce Trading Company Feed
and Seed Store about three years
ago.
Srantky EtttFrpnsp
Donna Strickland
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Donna Raye Strickland, three
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert E. Strickland of
Jacksonville, died Monday Aug.
4 in a Waycross hospital from
injuries received in a fall Sat
urday while visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. I. J. Crews at her
home on Route 1, Hoboken.
Survivors, besides her parents,
Include two sisters Neva Karon
Strickland and Connie Marie
Strickland, both of Jacksonville;
her .maternal grandmother, Mrs’
I. J. Crews, Hoboken, and her
paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Strickland, Black
shear.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. at the
Mount Calvary Missionary Bap
tist Church near Hoboken. Burial
was in High Bluff Cemetery.
Albany Rally
Set Saturday
For Vandiver
The Vandiver for Governor ral
ly in Albany on Saturday, Au
gust 9th, will rival the guberna
torial candidate’s campaign open
ing in Dublin last month, if Al
bany supporters of the Lieuten
ant-Governor have their way a
bout it, James L. Gillis, State
Manager of the Vandiver Cam
paign, disclosed this week.
“Our friends in Albany and
Southwest Georgia assure us that
they are leaving no stones un
turned to give Ernest Vandiver
an even larger audience than in
Dublin, if at all possible”, Mr.
Gillis stated.
“Latest reports from the Al
bany group planning the rally
show large motorcades coming
from every county in that section
of the state, and many from
throughout Georgia”, Gillis con
tinued. “I would not be surprised
to see this rally as the largest
ever held in Albany, and there
have been some big ones there
over the years.”
The Albany affair will be the
second rally of the campaign for
Vandiver. The first one at Dub
lin drew a crowd estimated at
from 15 to 20,000 persons.
The big rally will begin at
three o’clock at the Albany Fair
grounds and his address will be
carried over a statewide network.
A free barbecue will be served
to all following the speech.
Mr. Gillis invited Vandiver’s
friends from throughout the
state to attend the rally at Al
bany, or to listen to the candi
date’s address “over your favorite
radio station”.
A tried and proven ad-
vertising medium—the col-
umns of your hometown
newspaper.
Blackshear
Help Clean
The City Council of Blackshear Tuesday night voted to
start procedure necessary to issue SIOO,OOO in water and
sewer revenue anticipation certificates — the money to
be used to construct a sewerage disposal plant for Black
shear. —
The action came after a rep
resentative of Courts & Company
of Atlanta, explained the pro
cedure and told council that the
city was now eligible for the
loan.
The city will pay 4% per cent
interest and the issue will be paid
back over a 30-year period, the
certificates to be dated October
Federal Grants Made to Five
Towns for Sewerage Plants
WASHINGTON, D. C. —
was announced by Congresswo
man Iris Blitch this week that
a total of five water pollution
control projects have been ap
proved by the United States Pub
lic Health Service and the State
District communities under the
provisions of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act. Federal
grants have been offered for new
sewerage treatment plants and
outfoll sewers to the communities
of Baxley, Blackshear, Folkston,
Kingsland, and Waycross. Total
amount of the Federal grants for:
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 7, 1958
ed in these particular projects.
Alice Sue DePratter and Linda
Beth Manor will go as girl voting
delegates due to their outstand
ing record in food preparation
and pasture projects.
Evelyn Howell, has made a
chemise ensemble which she will
wear and be judged according to
appearance, fit and workmanship.
Aria Dean Wilson, will give a
demonstration on mulching. She
will show how to plant and mulch
strawberries. Aria Dean has car
ried projects in Frozen foods,
sewing, food preparation, and the
home garden. She is adding
strawberries to her garden for
next year.
Shirley Highsmith, will give
a demonstration on the proper
packaging and freezing of meats.
Shirley, who will be a senior in
High School this year has car
ried and completed many projects
in 4-H Club work. She is especial
ly talented in sewing, food prep
aration, flower growing, and food
preservation.
Una Wilson, will show her
method of making peach marma
lade at the meeting. Una has
done a lot of canning this year.
Marian Morgan is to give a
demonstration on the making and
hanging of case curtains for the
kitchen. She has had home im
provement as her main project
this year.
Gail Strickland’s demonstration
will be on tree identification.
This is part of her forestry pro
ject.
Shirley Wainright presents
“Proper Care Means Longer
Wear” of electric appliances. She
will demonstrate the care of the
electric sewing machine.
Sandra Jacobs, the youngest of
the girls will show her method
of ''canning tomatoes. This is in
competition with other young
club girls called the Cloverleaf
group.
The girls who are to give dem
onstrations will be guest of the
Hoboken Home Demonstration
Club next Tuesday and will
present their demonstrations
for them. The meeting is to be
held at the home of Mrs. Banner
Thomas at 3:30 p. m.
Begins Move tv
Up Satilla River
1, 1958.
The city has a committment
from the Federal government for
a direct grant of about $40,000
toward the construction of the
plant, which will cost approxi
mately $140,000.
Council was faced with loss of
the federal funds within the com
ing months unless progress could
be shown on the project.
It these projects is $319,600.
“The water-pollution law was
enacted in 1956,” Mrs. Blitch said,
“to bring us guarantees that the
water flowing through our beau
tiful State will be pure and clean
— and not full of poisonous
waste and filth. As a member of
the House Public Works Com
mittee which was responsible for
drafting the original bill, my
work tied in closely with an un
ending and vigorous fight for
soil and water conservation in
which I have engaged since en
tering the Georgia State Legis
ture in 1947.”
Brantley Girls
To Enter 4-H
Club Meeting
4-H Club girls from Brantley
County are entering the District
Project Achievement meeting at
Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center Aug.
13, 14 and 15 will be accompan
ied by Mrs. Virginia N. Rauler
son, Home Demonstration Agent,
and Mrs. Avery Strickland, lo
cal leader.
Girls entering are: Evelyn How
ell, Sr. Dress Revue; Aria Dean
Wilson, Sr. Garden Contest; Shir
ley Highsmith, Sr. Frozen Foods
Contest; Marian Morgan, Jr.
Home Improvement; Una Wilson,
Jr. Canning; Gail Strickland, Jr.
Forestry; Shirley Wainright, Jr.
Electric Contest; and Sandra Ja
cobs, Cloverleaf Canning.
All of these girls have carried
several projects but have excell-
Chicken Supper
Is Planned by
Broome Supporters
A chicken supper for the bene
fit of the campaign fund of C. J.
Broome for Lieutenant governor
will be held at the Red Pig Drive-
In in Nahunta next Monday night
at 8:30.
Brantley County friends of C.
J. Broome, a former Brantley
County boy and a graduate of
the Nahunta High School, are ral
lying to his support by buying
tickets to the benefit supper.
Tickets for the supper are be
ing sold by Ben Jones and Hilton
Morgan. Tickets will also be
available at the office of The
Brantley Enterprise.
The cost of making a state
wide campjaign is very great
and all who are willing to .make
a contribution to the campaign
of C. J. Broome are requested to
buy tickets to the chicken supper
which will be held at the Red
Pig Drive-In Monday night at
8:30.
New Drug
Store Starts
In Nahunta
The Ellis Drug Store has open
ed for business in Nahunta in
the building formerly occupied by
Clint’s Grocery.
The store has been completely
renovated and plate glass has
been installed in the front of the
store, .making an attractive in
terior and exterior. —
C. S. Ellis, a registered phar
macist, is the proprietor of the
new drug store. He comes to Na
hunta from Claxton.
Personals
Mr. Frank Hickox has return
ed home from the Waycross
Memorial Hospital after a week’s
stay for an eye operation.
Miss Mary and Miss Jane Or
ser of Blackshear are spending
this week with their grandmother
Mrs. Annie Orser.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Jones of
Belglade, Fla. have been visiting
their daughter, Mrs. J. D. Orser
and Mr. Orser for a few days.
They left Tuesday for a three
months stay in Alaska.
Mrs. Mattie Seals returned on
Tuesday from Florida where she
spent two weeks with two aunts
Mrs. Emma Pearson at Tampa
and Mrs. R. B. Farr at Ft. Myers.
Mrs. Lucille Johns attended the
funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Rachael
Burnsed of Jacksonville on Wed-1
nesday of this week. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. Mattie Seals.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Griffin and
children left for their home in
Lake Okechobee, Fla. after spend
ing a .week with his mother, Mrs.
Alma Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Cole
man Griffin of Cocoa, spent the
weekend with his mother, Mrs.
Griffin. Coleman is stationed in
the U. S. Air Force at Cocoa.
Mrs. B. M. Burkhalter and her
grandson, J. B. Garwood of Mi
ami arrived this week for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Camp
bell.
Mrs. B. A. Lightsey presented
the Broomes at the Brantley En
terprise with a basket of old
fashioned press peaches grown
on his farm at Waynesville. Mr.
Lightsey says he has twenty trees
and that they have produced
thirty bushels oor more of these
peaches this year.
Mrs. W. S. Fletcher left on
Tuesday after spending a week
with her father, Mr. Fred Strick
land and Mrs. George Carter. Mr.
Strickland accompanied her home
to spend a few weeks in Hunts
ville, Ala.
Mrs. George Carter returned
home on Wednesday from Homer
ville Hospital where she was a
patient following, a minor oper
ation.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ham and
children left on Monday to go to
Lawrenceville, Ga. to visit Rev.
and Mrs. Omer Graves on their
return to Fort Riley, Kansas af
ter spending two weeks visiting
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham and
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Ham
and Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Ham and family and Mr. and
Mrs. E. K. Ham were dinner
guests of Mrs. C. P. Johnson of
Hilliard, Fla. on Saturday of
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Frank Tho
mas and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Thomas and children, of
College Station, Texas; Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Ham and family of
Fort Riley, Kansas; Thomas H.
Upton of Buena Vista, Ga.; and
Chason Upton of Jacksonville
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.
D. Thomas last week.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Tobacco Prices Continue to
Average More Than 60 Cents
i ices continued to rise on the Blackshear Tobacco Mar
ket this week as farmers put more tobacco on the ware
house floors. Tuesday’s high of 63.22 cents per pound ave
rage was the highest in the history of the Blackshear mar
ket and Wednesday morning’s reports indicated that that
record may even be broken before the week is out.
Card Os Thanks
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to every one for
their kind consideration of the
family at the time of the death
of our loved one Taron Saddler.
We appreciate the kind words
of sympathy, and every thing that
was done, the friends who visit
ed us, those who brought the cov
ered dishes which were so help
ful, the beautiful floral offerings.
We shall always remember the
kind things you did for us during
our bereavement.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Aaron Saddler and
Children.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tucker of
Nahunta announce the arrival of
a baby boy born July 30 in a
Brunswick hospital. He weighed
seven pounds five ounces and has
been named Boyce Cecil Tuck
er, Jr. Mrs. Tucker will be re
membered as the former Miss
Frances Walker.
Dr .and Mrs. Raphael Graves
of Atlanta announce the birth
of a boy on July 28. He has been
named Raphael Graves, Junior.
He is the great grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. E. K. Ham of Nahunta.
Political
Announcements
For Representative
TO THE VOTERS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY
This is to announce my candi
dacy for Representative from
Brantley County in the election
to be held in September.
For thirty years I have been
connected with the educational
farming and forestry affairs of
our county. This experience gives
me a good understanding of the
problems facing us today. I am
particularly concerned about the
waste and corruption in our
State and Federal governments,
and the constant increase in the
already heavy tax burden being
placed on our shoulders. We are
only kidding ourselves when we
create “authorities” to sell bonds
to enable them to go into all
kinds of activities. Those bonds
are obligations of the state of
Georgia and we will eventually
have to pay them through an ’
increasing tax load on us.
If you see fit to elect me as
your representative, I shall do
everything within my power to
eliminate corruption in state af
fairs and to stop the rapid in
crease in taxes we are blindly
placing on ourselves and our
children.
I consider it an honor to rep
resent Brantley County in Atlanta
and I shall appreciate your vote
and influence in helping me win
this race.
Yours Sincerely,
E. L. Sears
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the State House of Rep
resentatives from Brantley Coun
ty, subject to the rules and reg
ulations of the Democratic Pri
mary to be held on September
10th, 1958.
I have lived in what is now
Brantley County all of my life,
I have been a member of your
school system for 20 years, con
stantly working to have better
educational opportunities for the
children of Brantley County.
You honored me when I was
elected your Representative, and
I have constantly worked for the
progress of Brantley County,
helping secure road contracts,
some of which are under construc
tion, and contracts for the con
struction of other roads will be
let in a few days. I shall contin
ue these efforts, working for the
good of all citizens.
Brantley County now stands on
the threshold of even greater
progress in schools, and roads. I
earnestly solicit the opportunity
to be part of this, by serving as
your Representative in the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia.
Your vote and active support
in my behalf will be greatly ap
preciated.
Sincerely Yours,
J. Floyd Larkins.
Keep up with the New*
About Your Home County.
Subscribe for the Brantley
Enterprise, $2.50 a Year,
$3.00 Outside the County.
(Plus Sales Tax)
Average prices have continued
to rise each of the six days the
market has been open. The mar
ket opened with a 55.88 average
last Tuesday. By Friday the ave
rage price had risen to 61.19 cents
per pound, and Monday’s average
was 61.34.
On Tuesday’s sale 708,246
pounds were sold for $447,778.
Through Tuesday a total of 3,-
361,198 pounds had been sold on
the Blackshear market for a total
of $2,016,796.
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture reported Wednesday that
the volume of sales was heavy
throughout the Georgia-Florida
Belt, with a majority of markets
having blocked sales. The quality
of tobacco offered has also im
proved. Throughout the belt an
all-time high average was paid
Monday when 11,262,636 pounds
brought $60.80 per hundred.
Winokur Baptist
Church to Start
Revival Monday
Revival services will start at
the Winokur Baptist Church
Monday night, Aug. 11, it is an
nounced.
The revival will continue
through Sunday, Aug. 17, with
preaching each night at 8 o’clock.
Rev. Eddie Dixon will be the
evangelist.
Rev. M. D. Thrift is pastor of
the church. On Sunday, Aug. 17,
dinner will be served on the
church grounds and preaching
services will be held at both the
morning and the noon hours.
All the people of the Winokur
section are invited to attend the
revival services.
Officers of Legion
Post 210 to Be
Installed Thursday
The new officers for the 1958-
59 Legion Year will be installed
at the August meeting of Brant
ley County Post 210.
This meeting will be held
Thursday night Aug. 8, at the
Post Home.
A complete set of officers will
be headed by Sidney Hulett, Jr.,
the new Commander. _ ,
C. F. Allen -
Actings Commander
Want Ads
PLUMBING WORK
OF ALL KINLS
See me for all your plumbing
work. Appliances and fixtures on
display at shop located in High
smith Building in Nahunta near
traffic light. Clifton Strickland,
Phone 2-3337, Nahunta, Ga. 10-30
fishermen
Get your crickets and African
Giant and Georgia Brown worms
at Spell’s Service Station, Ho
boken, Ga. 9-ii
house trailer for sale
OR TRADE
27 - foot house trailer for sale
or trade. Will sell or trade for
furniture. In good condition. See
W. D. Griffin, Nahunta, Ga. 8-14
SUNDAY SCHOOL BUS
and piano for sale
The Satilla Baptist Church at
Hortense has a Sunday school
bus and a piano for sale Both
reasonably priced. Contact A. S.
Rowell, Hortense, Ga. or Rev. J.
D. Strader, Hortense, Ga.
HOUSE AND LAND FOR SALE
New 4-room house and one acre
of land for sale, near Lulaton.
Small down payment and balance
like rent. Contact Harry W. Her
rin at Modem Homes Construc
tion Company, 1514 Albany Ave.,
Waycross, Phone ATlas 3-5212
collect. 8-3 i
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED
WATKINS PRODUCTS. OPEN
ING AVAILABLE NOW FOR
BRANTLEY COUNTY. WRITE
THE J. R. WATKINS COMPANY,
659 WEST PEACHTREE ST., N
E„ ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 8-14
HOUSE FOR SALE
5-room concrete block house
and lot for sale in Nahunta. Will
sell furnished or unfurnished.
After five call Howard 2-2301,
Nahunta, Ga. 7.
