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Volume 38 — Number 37
Vandiver Named Governor in Sweeping Unit Vote;
Byrd Elected Lieut.-Governor; Larkins Is Winner
S. Ernest Vandiver
Elected Governor of Georgia in Landslide Vote
Brantley County Schools
Enroll Total of 1718 Pupils
The total .enrollment in the
white schools of Brantley County
at the beginning of the fall term
was 1580, it is announced by sup
erintendent Herschel W. Herrin.
The negro school enrolled 138
pupils, making a total of 1718 in
all the county schools.
The enrollment by schools and
by grades was as follows;
HOBOKEN
Ist Grade 50
2nd Grade 43
3rd Grade 49
4th Grade 49
sth Grade 38
6th Grade 55
7th Grade . 45
Bth Grade 52
9th Grade 44
10th Grade 47
Hth Grade 36
12th Grade 30
Total 538
HORTENSE
Ist Grade 16
2nd Grade 19
3rd Grade 16
4th Grade 17
sth Grade 24
6th Grade 22
7th Grade 22
7th Grade - 16
Bth Grade 17
Total 149
Nahunta Elementary SchoolAHD
NAHUNTA ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
Ist Grade 65
2nd Grade ♦ 72
3rd Grade 85
4th Grade 72
sth Grade 73
6th Grade 88
Total 469
NAHUNTA HIGH SCHOOL
7th Grade : 95
Bth Grade 73
9th Grade , _ 92
10th Grade 66
Hth Grade '. 49
12th Grade 49
NAHUNTA COLORED SCHOOL
Ist Grade ’ 26
2nd Grade 16
3rd Grade 29
4th Grade 24
sth Grade 16
6th Grade 17
7th Grade 18
Total 138
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Herrin
of Jacksonville, Fla. announce the
arrival of a baby boy on August
25, weighing eight pounds and
two ounces. He has been named
Reginald Keith. The new baby
is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
0- K. Herrin of Nahunta.
Brantley Coi
Johnson Family
Reunion Was
Held Sunday
The children and grandchild
ren of the late Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Johnson met at Laura S. Walk
er Park last Sunday for a family
reunion. Dinner was spread and
enjoyed by the group.
Those present were; Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Johnson and son, Rob
ert, Mrs. N. B. Johnson and Miss
Delores Williams all of Savan
nah; Mrs. Odis Johnson and
children, Jean, John and Dan of
Douglas; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Varn
adore of Baxley; Mrs. Mary Ald
ridge of Mershon; Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Aldridge and children,
Danny, Donny, Cheryl and Dar
rell of Blackshear; Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Aldridge and sons, Robert
and Larry of Waycross. Mrs. T.
M. Patrick and Tommy, Johnny
and Marilyn of Brunswick; Mr.
and Mrs. John M. Meeks and
Franklin, Linda and Denise and
Jimmy Ray Stephens of Nichols;
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dowling of
Nahunta.
Ajlc Johnny E. Sowell has re
cently been promoted to the rank
of S Sgt. S|Sgt. Sowell is now
serving in the capacity of Radar
Operator ‘while at Osceola Air
Force Station. He is the son of
Mrs. Wretha Sowell of Nahun
ta.
mty — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progres
Returns Available at Press Time Indicate These Are
GARLAND BYRD
Elected Lieut - Governor
Brantley Enterprise
Oremco Members Will Hold
Meeting in Nahunta Sept. 13
The Annual Membership Meet
ing of Okefenokee Rural Electric
Membership Corporation will be
held at the High School Gym in
Nahunta, Georgia on Saturday,
Sept. 13, registration beginning at
9:00 a. m. and the program be
ginning at 10:00 a. m.
The guest speaker will be Will
iam T. Crisp, Executive Manager,
Tarheel Electric Membership As
sociation, Inc., Raleigh, N. C.,
who is one of the outstanding
young speakers of the south.
The many friends of Okefenoke
are invited to attend. Many fine
gifts will be given to members
and free drinks, candy, and mov
ies will be provided for the chil
dren.
The program will include re
ports of officers and directors
and election of directors from
Brantley County, Georgia and
Baker County, Florida. The in
cumbent directors are J. C. Allen,
Nahunta, J. V. Strickland, Way
cross, and J. D. Burnsed, Glen
St. Mary, Florida. The same three
men have been nominated to suc
ceed themselves.
Okefenoke Co-op is owned and
controlled entirely by its 4,200
rural members in Brantley, Cam
den, Charlton, Glynn, Ware, and
Wayne Counties, Georgia, and
Baker, Duval, and Nassau Coun
ties, Florida.
WILLIAM T. CRISP
Speaks at REA Meeting
Future Farmers
Elect Officers
The Nahunta High School
Chapter of F. F. A. elected of
ficers at the first meeting, Wed
nesday, Sept. 3. They are as fol
lows: .
Pres., Aley J. Lee; V. Pres.,
Ernest Steedly; Sec., Alvin Mob
ley; Treas., David Hickox; Re
porter, Wayne Boyd; Sentinel
Don Smith; Advisor, W. C. Long.
Our chapter has plans for a
great school year. We hope to en
ter hogs in the Waycross fair, at
tend the State Rally in Macon,
and enter many of the state con
tests sponsored this year.
Plans are being .made for the
initiations of 24 green hands in
to our club.
Wayne Boyd, Reporter.
DEWEY HAYES
Again Choice for Solicitor
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 11. 1958
W. O. Strickland
Funeral Service
Was Held Tuesday
Mr. William Oscar Strickland,
61, of Nahunta passed away Sun
day, Sept. 7, at Memorial Hos
pital in Brunswick after an ex
tended illness.
Mr. Strickland was born in
Wayne county, now Brantley, ana
was the son of William R. Strick
land and the late Alice Crosby
Strickland. He received his edu
cation in the schools of the coun
ty and was a devoted member of
the Nahunta Baptist Church and
had served on its Board of Dea
cons. He was a veteran of World
War 1, having served in the Ar
my and was a charter member of
Brantley County Post 210 of the
American Legion. For the great
er portion of his life, he was an
automobile mechanic.
In addition to his father, Mr.
Strickland is survived by his wife
the former Miss Rachel DePrat
ter of Nahunta; one son, W. R.
(Bob) Strickland of Nahunta; his
step-mother, Mrs. Mamie Strick
land of Nahunta; four brothers,
J. O. and Edwin Strickland, both
of Nahunta, J. Marvin Strick
land of Waycross, and Q. L.
Stricland of San Diego, Calif.;
four half-sisters, Mrs. Kenyon
East of Conway, S. C., Mrs. T.
L. Gallman of Oneonta, Ala., Mrs.
John Snare of Gainesville, Ga.,
and Mrs. Hal Crawford of Savan
nah; four half-brothers, H. L.
Strickland of Nahunta, Reuben
Strickland of Mount Berry, Ga.,
Barney Strickland of Westfield,
N. J., and Arthur Strickland of
Waycross; several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon, September 9,
at 3:30 o’clock from the Nahunta
Baptist Church with his pastor,
the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, assis
ted by a former pastor, the Rev.
C. E. Milton, conducting the rites
in the presence of a large num
ber of sorrowing relatives .and
friends.
Interment followed at Hickox
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Elroy Strickland, Avery
Strickland, George Dykes, W. C.
Long, J. T. Morgan, and Buck
Thrift.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the high es
teem in which Mr. Strickland
was held by those who had the
privilege of knowing him, and
his passing leaves a void both in
his church and this community.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.-
Sergeant First Class George W.
Herrin, Jr., whose father lives
on Route 1, Nahunta, Ga. recent
ly completed a helicopter re
pair course at the Army Trans
portation School, Fort Eustis, Va.
Sergeant Herrin entered the Ar
my in 1944 and holds the Combat
Infantryman Badge among his
decorations. The sergeant attend
ed Nahunta High School.
BEN T. WIGGINS
Winner in PSC Race
MR AND MRS. M. F. WILDES
Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Farm Bureau
Starts Drive
For Members
The Brantley County Farm
Bureau ‘will start its annual fall
drive for members beginning
Tuesday, Sept. 16, it is announ
ced by John I. Lee, county presi
dent.
Each year officials of the coun
ty, state and national Farm Bu
reau units put on a campaign
for membership, with the local
county units putting on drives to
maintain membership and unite
for supporting policies beneficial
to farmers generally.
Farm Bureau policies orginate
from County Farm Bureau units
and the individual .members, ac
cording to Farm Bureau officials.
All farmers in Brantley Coun
ty are urged to join the Farm
Bureau, also many business men
who support the Farm Bureau
as associate members.
Lacy L. Walker
Funeral Service
Held Monday
Funeral services for Lacy L.
Walker, 33, of Hoboken, who
died Friday, was held Monday
at 3 p. m. at Pierce Chapel Met
hodist Church, with burial in the
church cemetery.
Walker was a native of Brant
ley County and was a member
of the Methodist Church.
He was a Navy veteran of
World War Two and earned three
battle stars, and a Presidential
Citation. He also participated in
an expedition to the South Pole
under Admiral Richard Byrd. He
was a member of the Jackson
ville Chapter of the Disabled Am
erican Veterans. 1
Surviving are his wife; a broth
er, M. E. Walker, Waycross, and
four sisters, Mrs. Odis Bass, Co
lumbus, Mrs. John Clark, Jack
sonville, Fla., Mrs. Leon Griffis,
Hoboken and Mrs. Hillie Thomas,
of Douglas. »
Winners in State and Local Democratic Primary Races
ZACK D. CRAVEY
His Reelection Indicated
OFFICIAL ORGAN
Arthur Hinson
To Preach in
Baptist Revival
The fall revival of the Na
hunta Baptist Church will be run
ning next .week.
The beginning will be Sunday,
Sept. 14, and continue through
Sunday night, the 21st. Dr. Arthur
Hinson, of Tucker, Ga., one of the
outstanding Baptist Leaders of
Georgia, will be the visiting
preacher.
Mr. Donahue Strickland, of
Nashville, Tenn., and who has
many relatives over this section,
will direct the singing with the
help of the regular choir, the col
lege young people, and the school
teachers who are such a great
help to us. We invite you to come
and enjoy this great part of the
service.
Also, a feature of each evening
service will be the children’s
song program. Under good leader
ship, the boys and girls through
12 years of age are invited to
come at 7:15 each evening to
practice songs and choruses. All
children from the adjoining com
munities are invited to come and
be in this fine choir group.
The Sunday services will be
held at the regular time: Sunday
School at 10:00 a. m., and the
morning worship at 11:00; while
the B. T. U. will begin at 7:00
p. m., with the evening service
at 8:00. During the week days
the morning service will be at
9:00 a. m. and the evening wor
ship at 7:30 p. m., with plenty
of songs you .will enjoy joining
in with.
The entire community is invit
ed by pastor Cecil F. Thomas,
and the church.
John Willis left on Tuesday
of last week to go to Clinton,
South Carolina where he has en
tered Presbyterian College. He is
the son of Mrs. George Willis.
IRIS F. BLITCH
Wins by Large Majority
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COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Hayes Reelected;
Blitch Returned
To Congress Post
Lieut-Gov. S. Ernest Vandiver
Wednesday won the Georgia
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor by a landslide majority of
unit and popular votes.
At press time early Thursday
Vandiver was leading with 208
unit votes to 10 for his nearest
opponent, the Rev. William T.
Bodenhamer. Lee Roy Aberna
thy had no unit votes.
Vandiver had 345,054 popular
votes, Bodenhamer 58,147 and
Abernathy 22,912.
Vandiver carried Brantley
County 1138 to Bodenhamer’s
279. Abernathy got 58 votes in
Brantley.
Although vote totals were not
available locally, Garland Byrd
w.as reported leading over the
state in popular and unit votes
for lieutenant-governor and was
conceeded to be the winner. C. J.
Broome carried Brantley County
with 817 votes to 310 for Bryd.
Odom got 177 votes in Brantley.
Congresswoman Iris F. Blitch
was winning a landslide victory
in her race for reelection in the
Bth District. Thursday morning
totals gave her 19,326 votes to
5,520 for her opponent, W. M.
(Don) Wheeler. Blitch had 34 unit
votes to none for Wheeler.
Dewey Hayes of Douglas appa
rently had been reelected as Soli
citor General of the Waycross
Judicial Circuit by a substantial
majority.
In Brantley County’s only lo
cal race J. Floyd Larkins was
reelected as state representative
with 788 votes to 691 for his
opponent E. L. Sears.
Totals in Brantley County for
the county were as follows:
FOR GOVERNOR
Abernathy 58
Bodenhamer 279
Vandiver . 1138
FOR LT. GOVERNOR
Broome 817
Byrd 310
Hawkins 24
Odom .......'J 177
Smith 42
FOR CONGRESS
Blitch 1172
Wheeler 315
FOR SOLICITOR
Hayes 915
Tuten 574
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Larkins 788
Sears 691
Mr. and Mrs. Wildes
Celebrate Their
Golden Wedding
Celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary or “Golden Wed
ding", Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Wildes
Were congratulated by many rel
atives and friends Sunday, Aug.
31.
Mr. and Mrs. Wildes were mar
ried 50 years ago on Sept. 5, 1908.
Children of the couple, who were
with them to observe their golden
wedding were Mrs. L. T. Wasden
of Winokur, Woodrow Wildes of
Brunswick, Mrs. W. C. Scott of
Morrisville, Penn., Mattie Lou
Wildes of Atlanta and Lacy Wil
des of Bonair, Ga.
GEO. B. HAMILTON
Reelected State Treasurer
