The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, September 18, 1958, Image 1

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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 — NO 38 Superior Court Adjourned Wednesday Brantley County Superior Court adjourned Wednesday, Sept. 17, after three days session. Among the cases disposed of were the following: Ira Crews, charged with assault with at tempt to kill, given one year sentence. Isaac Collins, charged with as sault with attempt to kill, given one year suspended sentence up on payment of $l5O fine. Johnny Edward Cook, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Mrs. E. B. Herrin who was killed when a truck driven by Cook hit the farm tractor Mrs. Herrin was driving. Cook was given a sentence of one year. Leon Matthew Aspinwall was acquitted of a charge of involun tary manslaughter in the death of the Thomas baby who was killed on Route 84 in a car crash. Judge Cecil Roddenberry was the presiding judge and Dewey Hayes was solicitor. . Delegates Named To Democratic Meeting in Macon Judge Cecil Roddenberry and R. B. Brooker, chairman of Brantley County commissioners, have been appointed delegates to the State Democratic Convention to be held. in Macon Tuesday, Oct. 14, it is announced by Jul ian Middleton, chairman of the county Democratic committee. Sheriff J. Walter Crews and Carl Broome, editor of the En terprise, have been appointed as alternate delegates to the con vention. The State Democratic Conven tion wjll formerly declare the winning nominees for the various state offices and will elect a chairman and secretary of the State Democratic Party. Card Os Thanks We wish to thank all the peo ple who helped in the fund for our assistance after our house was burned down in Waycross. We deeply appreciate every do nation and your assistance will greatly aid us in getting started housekeeping again. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Grooms Harris and family. Brantley Colored Children Now Study in New Building A splendid new school build ing costing a total of $60,000 is now being occupied by the gram mar school grades of colored children in Brantley County. The building is located in Na hunta and is modern in every re spect, with five classrooms, rest rooms, offices and storerooms. It has radiant heat for cold days, with telephones for use of teach ers and pupils. Teachers in the colored school are: William D. Easton, princi pal; Rosa Lee Hall, Sara Life Gibbs, Mabel Morning and Fores tine Simps6n Appling. Two school buses carry the colored children from their homes over the county to the ... Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. “MISS SOUTH GEORGIA” AND RUNNERS-UP — Miss Margaret Rose Rodgers of Folkston, who was crowned “Miss South Georgia” Tuesday evening, Sept. 9, at Patterson, stands at left with Miss Barbara Aspinwall, Pierce county’s 1958 title holder. Beside her is Miss Mary Ellen DeLoach who won the “Miss South Georgia Talent” title and was first runner-up in the “Miss South Georgia” contest. At right is Miss Sara Jones who was second runner-up in both events. Miss Rodgers was also first runner-up in talent. C. J. Broome Fxpresses Thanks To Brantley Voters To The Citizens Os Brantley County: I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the citizens and voters of Brantley county for the votes and support you gave me in my race for lieutenant-gover nor. Although I was not elected, the fact that my friends in Brantley county gave me such an over whelming majority of their votes will .always be a scource of in spiration and encouragement to me. I am deeply grateful to each of you. Please call on me when I may be of service. Respectfully, C. J. BROOME. It’s estimated that less than half of all employers will even consider hiring a young person who hasn’t finished high school. Most jobs for drop outs are low paid and offer little chance for advancement. school building. Colored teachers and children ar^ reported to be well-pleased in their new building, after moving from their old frame building with its limited conven iences and cramped quarters. The Brantley County School Board carried out the big im provements in the colored school in line with the progress being made in the white schools of the county. All of the schools of the coun ty, white and colored, are now housed in modern new buildings to meet the needs of larger en rollments and greater demands upon the educational programs of the modern age. Bratiiky Ettfrrprw Ware Students Attending Hoboken School Because of a controversy in volving school attendance in Ware County High School, 55 pupils from the Emerson Park comunity in Ware County en rolled in the Hoboken High School Monday, and 10 pupils from Millwood in Ware County enrolled in the Pearson High School, it is reported. A sharp controversy has raged in Ware County because pupils in Emerson Park and Millwood communities were assigned to Manor High School instead of to Ware County High School. In acknowledging the enroll ment of Ware County students at Hoboken, Brantley County super intendent is quoted as saying, “They were not invited but we allowed them to register upon their request and because we had sufficient room, teachers and faci lities at Hoboken to acomodate them.” “They came asking for entry and the members of the county board agreed to allow the to at tend our schools,” he said. The students from Ware Coun ty are providing their own trans portation and are not being charged tuition to attend Hobo ken school. Card of Thanks We wish to express our heart felt thanks to all our friends and relatives who extended their sympathy and help during the illness and death of our husband and father, W. O. Strickland. We deeply appreciate your kindness and aid in every way and also the floral offerings and help of all the ladies who brought cover ed dishes. May the Lord bless you all for your great kindness. Mrs. W. O. Strickland and • Family. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 18, 1958 Hoboken Baptist Church to Dedicate Sanctuary Sunday Nahunta Garden Club Presents Program On Gardening Mrs. H. D. Dodge entertained the Nahunta Garden Club at her country home north of Nahunta for their regular meeting on Wed nesday afternoon, Sept. 9. Mrs. Collis Highsmith and Mrs. Grace Wakely were co-hostesses with Mrs. Dodge. ’ Mrs. Ednh Adams was in charge of the program on “Gardening”. She presented the program in poetry beginning with seeding and on through to flower arran gements. Mrs. J. B. Lewis presided dur ing business session. The Club discussed and made plans for beautification of the city. They ,plan to plant seed and set out shrubbery along the railroad park. And urge clean-ups in va cant lots to help make our city more beautiful. Others present were; Mrs. Rhoda Strickland, Mrs. Mabel Moody, Mrs. T. H. Edwards, Mrs. Dorothy Graham, Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. Mary Knox, Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard, Mrs. Raymond Smith, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith and Mrs. Clarence Allen. Ham salad sandwiches, potato chips, pickles, cranberry jelly and cake was served for refresh ments. Jimmy Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee, was at home for a few days during the past week on ac count of the illness of his mother who has been in the Waycross Memorial Hospital for treatment. Jimmy lives in Orlando, Fla. He is a graduate of Nahunta of the class of ’45 and a graduate of Georgia University of the class of ’sl. He travels for a business firm out of Orlando. The Hoboken Missionary Bap tist Church will hold the first services in the newly completed sanctuary Sunday Sept. 21. The friends of the Church are exten ded a cordial invitation to attend the services and to enjoy the fel lowship with the members on this historic day in the life of the Hoboken Missionary Baptist Church. The program for the day will consist of Sunday School, begin ning at 10:00 A. M., followed by the morning worship at 11:00 a. m. Dinner will be served on church grounds at 1:00 p. m. De dicatory services will be held dedicating the Sanctuary to the service of the Lord. These ser vices will begin at 2:30 p. m. Evening services will be held at 8:00 p. m. and will be followed with baptismal services at the close of the evening services. Rev. W. C. Rice of Homeland, Fla., will be the speaker for the morning and evening services. Reverend Marcus Jowers, Mode rator for the Piedmont Associa tion will deliver the dedicatory message. Reverend Jowers will be assisted in this service by reve rend Rice, Reverend J. C. Shep ard, Reverend John S. Meeks, Reverend Thomas parnard, Reve rend Clyde Jones, and Reverend Henry Johnston. The new sanctuary is construc ted of red brick and has been furnished completely in natural oak. The building of the Sanct uary marks the end of a # building program begun about eight years ago during the ministry of Reve rend J. C. Shepard, Reverend John S. Meeks t also assisted in the effort during his service with the church as did Reverend L. B. Jones. The Sanctuary, a dream of the .members for some years, would not have been completed had it not been for the many friends of the church who contri buted their time and money, for which, the members of the Ho boken Missionary Baptist Church would like to express their heart felt thanks of appreciation. Joseph Rowell Funeral Service Held Wednesday Funeral services . for Joseph Layton Rowell, 65, who died Monday morning at his home several miles northeast of Folks ton after a long illness, were held Wednesday at the Riverside Baptist Church near Winokur. Burial was in the Dowling ceme tery. Survivors are his wife, Lydia Crews Rowell; seven daughters, Miss Elma and Miss Lucille Row ell of Folkston, Mrs. Leo Johns of Nahunta, Mrs. Gearlean Davis Mrs. Delean Herrin, Miss Jose phine and Miss Loleta JRowell, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sons, Oswell and J. L. Rowell Jr. of Folkston; one brother, W. H. Ro well of Hortense; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Henderson of Jacksonville and Mrs. Kizzie Carter of Jesup, and eight grandchildren. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Rural People. Double Use of Electricity Every 5 Years, William T. Crisp Reveals America’s rural people are doubling their use of electricity every five years, a rural electrifi cation official said at Nahunta Saturday. Because of this “never ending increase in the consumption of kili'watt-hours,’’ stated William T. Crisp of Raleigh, North Carolina, rural electric cooperatives must double their investment in plant during the next 10 years. Crisp, who is the executive manager and general counsel of Tarheel Electric Membership As sociation in North Carolina, ad dressed 1,200 members of Oke fenoke Rural Electric Member ship Corporation at their annual business meeting. He cited Okefenoke Electric’s own history as an example of the tremendous growth being exper ienced by all of the 931 electric cooperative throughout the na tion. In 1953 Okefenoke Electric distributed less than 6 million kilowatt-hours to 3,471 members. In 1957, Crisp said, the coopera tive distributed over 14 million KWH to 4,107 members. An electric cooperative must increase its investment in plant by fifty per cent in order to double its capacity, he stated. Therefore, with service demands doubling every five years, Oke fenoke Electric’s plant invest ment will have to be doubled every 10 years. He warned, however, that “the public policy that gave birth to your program and has helped it to succeed is being atacked by powerful interests, both locally and nationally.’’ He said that three proposals advanced by the Eisenhower administration would, if approved by congress, “spell hardship and- higher rates for most cooperatives and certain bankruptcy for some.’’ He said these proposals would: 1. Cut REA leap funds so thit electric borrowers would be com pelled to seek additional loan capital from private sources. He said that such borrowing at the present would be “terribly ex pensive, if not practically imposs ible.” 2. Double, perhaps even treble, the long-standing 2 per cent in terest charge on REA loan funds a rate which he said was neces sary if the co-operatives were to reach all rural people in the re mote areas. 3. Deprive the REA adminis trator of his non-partisan status in carrying out the REA loan program. He stated that Secretary of Agriculture Benson has “al ready set up a policy requiring all loan applications in excess of $500,000 to be reviewed by his of fice before action by the admin istrator. This policy is in direct conflict with both the letter and the spirit of the Rural Electrifica tion Act of 1936.” Crisp charged that “if any or any combination of these pro posals succeeds, the rural elec trification program will be sub jected to political manipulation by which ever party occupies the White House, and that can only portend the ultimate destruction of one of the greatest programs ever launched for the benefit of the people of this country.” Okefenoke Electric’s members elected three men to serve three- Bth District Congress Race County Mrs. Iris F. Blitch W. M. (Don) Wheeler Unit Popular Unit Popular Appling 2 2,241 0 1,017 Atkinson 2 1,354 0 427 Bacon 2 1,080 0 1,043 Berrien 2 1,986 0 571 Brantley 2 1,172 0 315 Camden 2 1,694 0 462 Charlton 2 1,146 0 323 Clinch 2 1,114 0 239 Coffee 4 3,546 0 1,467 Cook 2 2,329 0 478 Echols 2 483 0 113 Glynn 4 3,901 0 1,249 Irwin 2 1,492 0 391 Jeff Davis 2 1,786 0 445 Lanier 2 1,367 0 281 Lowndes 4 3,631 0 1,195 Pierce 2 1,885 0 463 Telfair 2 3,073 0 486 Ware 4 4,583 0 1,632 Wayne 2 2,503 0 860 Totals 48 42,366 0 13,457 Keep up with the News About Your Home County. Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. Final Tabulations on the (I'lus Sales Tax) year terms as directors. They are: J. V. Strickland and J. C. Allen of Brantley County, Georgia; and J. D. Burnsed of Baker County, Florida. The cooperative’s other directors and officers are: R. L. Bernard, Pres., M. C. Crenshaw, Vice Pres., W. W. Wright, Vice Pres., H. H. Howard, Henry F. Smith, Ernest Bell. The cooperative’s officers gave reports showing the financial progress experienced in 1957. Fig ures showed that revenues a mounted to $450,610 — up nearly $49,000 from 1956 — and that ex penses came to $381,006 — up nearly $51,000 from 1956. Last year the cooperative paid REA a total of $46,890 in interest on its long term loans. Okefenoke, organized in 1939, now serves some 4,200 members in Brantley, Glynn, Wayne, Ware, Charlton and Camden Counties, Georgia; and Baker, Duval, and Nassau Counties, Florida. ASC Community Election Board Members Named The County Election Board of Brantley County met on Sept ember 12, and named the follow ing persons to serve on Com munity Election Boards: Hickox; Bill Thrift, chairman, Ralph Herrin, vice-chairman and Archie Crews, member; Hoboken; Fred Lee, chairman, Arthur Alt man, vice-chairman and Noah Griffin, member; Hortense; Cecil Drury, chairman, Farley O’Berry, vice-chairman and Lee Ross Flowers, member; Nahunta; Omie Wilson, chairman, Moultrie Pur dom, vice-chairman, and Jim Har ris, member; Schlatterville; R. T. Lee, chairman, Manning Carter, vice-chairman and Everett Hagen member. This announcement was made by Dan H. Jacobs, County Office Manager. Community Election Board members will meet on Sept, ember 18, 1958 and . select a slate of ten nominees for each community to be voted on in the forth - coming committee elec tions. It was announced that names may be presented to Community Election Boards by petition of eligible farmers. If as many as ten eligible farmers present the names of persons eligible and willing to serve as committeemen whom they wish to be included on the ballots, the Community Election Board will include these names on the slate of nominees. Petitions should be presented to Community Election Boards, co the County ASC Office, by not later than September 30, 1958 to be considered. Lulaton Mr. D. W. Wainright has re turned home from the Waycross hospital after a short illness. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sikes of Lulaton spent the weekend with relatives in Montezuma, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Ham and daughter, Margaret, visited friends in Folkston on Sunday.