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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 39 — NUMBER 5 Nahunta Rated Top Prep Team In South Georgia Basketball By JACKIE FLOWERS In The Atlanta Journal Class B Nahunta paced by 6’7” Layton Johns took the No. 1 rating in the initial south Geor gia prep basketball poll. Nahunta, with a 17-2 record grabbed seven out of a possible 20 first place votes. Coach Zach Williams’ Seminole County (Don alsonville) Indians, another B outfit, gave Nahunta a close race, getting five first spot ballots. But Nahunta had enough sec ond and third place votes .to edge out the Seminoles, 147-134. Johns and the Indians’ Char les Spooner also rate third and second, respectively, in the in dividual south Georgia hoop scoring race. Seminole County has a 16-2 mark. Four of the top 10 clubs are Class B quintets, Nahunta, Sem inole County, Broxton and Nor man Park. There is one AAA team, Coffee County (Douglas); two AA clubs, Cairo and Miller County (Colquitt), and three C fives, Omega, Climax and Edi son. Broxton is the only unbeaten quintet in the top 20, supporting a 17-0 chart. This is the first such south Georgia poll with 20 south Geor gia prep basketball coaches par ticipating in the voting. The points were determined on a 10- 9-8 basis. The top 10 teams: (First place votes in parentheses, with rec ords.) 1. Nahunta (7) 17-2 - 147 2. Seminole County .(5) 16-2 134 3. Cairo (2) 11-3 98 4. Miller County (1) 11-4 .... 72 5. Broxton (2) 17-0 62 6. Omega (1) 14-2 60 7. Norman Park (1) 16-4 .... 58 8. Climax 10-2 51 9. Eidson 7-3 44 10 Coffee County (1) 11-5 —• 36 Nahunta Beta Club Honored The Nahunta High School Beta Club has been asked to as sist with registration at the State Convention in Atlanta, March 13-14. An invitation of this kind is an honor to be coveted by any Beta Club in the State. E. C. Elkin, State Director of Beta Club organizations in is suing the invitation said in part, “Because the Nahunta Club has been an outstanding club for several years, I count it a privi lege to solicit aid from some of your members representing your club as official marshals for the State Convention in March.” This is not only an honor for the Beta Club, but it brings hon or and recognition to our school and community as well. Those serving as marshals are: Norma Jean Manning, Gene Crews, George Thomas, and Joe Sears. Other members of the Beta Club in addition to the above are: Gerald Thrift, Carolyn Ro well, Jean Esther Highsmith, Sylvia Rowell, Betty Ann Lan ier, Alice Sue DePratter, Aria Dean Wilson, Evelyn Howell, Cecil Drury, Harry Herrin, Bar bara Brauda, Josephine Bryan, Sandra Williams, Tyrus Manning, Ann Thomas, and Jerry Strick land. Mrs. Dewitt Moody is Beta Club sponsor. Mrs. O. A. Jones, supervisor of Nahunta High School lunch room, and Mrs. Thelma Thomas, supervisor of Hoboken School lunch room, were those from BrantlSy county attending the fourth annual convention of the Georgia School Food Service As sociation held on Jekyl Island on January 30 and 31. Speakers were Leo Aikman and Dr. Helen Cates who talked on nutrition. Miss Hilda Dailey, home man agement specialist, Agricultural Extension Service, says when buying a car on installment it is a good idea to compare cost of credit from different sources. We Do All Kinds of Job Printing. Let Us Quote You Prices. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Stone — Johns Mr. and Mrs. Preston L. Stone of Waycross announce the en gagement of their daughter, Jo Ann Stone to Pvt. Gerald J. Johns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Johns of Nahunta. Miss Stone graduated from Ho boken High School and attended Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville, Ga., and is now employed in Jacksonville, Fla. Pvt. Johns graduated from Na hunta High School and is now serving in the U. S. Army and is stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. Wedding plans are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. Methodist Women Hear Huffman on World Religions The W. S. C. S. met at the home of Mrs. Russell Huffman on January 28. Mrs. E. A. Moody the president led the devotional with Mrs. Grace Wakely leading the pray er. Mrs. Huffman had charge of the program. Mr. Russell Huff man was the speaker talking on Budhism, Hinduism and Moslem religion. A short talk was given by Rev. J. A. Wiggins. Others present were; Mrs. J. W. Wiggins, Mrs. Glenn Con ditt, Mrs. Grace Sears, Mrs. Dick Schmitt, Mrs. Harold Scott, and Camile Huffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Huffman. The hostess served date roll, ice cream, tea and coffee. Cynthia Karen Lyons Funeral Service Held Saturday Cynthia Karen, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Lyons of Route 2, Nahunta, passed away early Friday morning, Jan. 30, at Memorial Hospital in Waycross. Besides her parents, she is survived by two sisters, Miss Myra Dale and Dianne Lyons, both of Nahunta; one half-sister, Miss Mada Harris of Jack sonville; two half-brothers, Ken neth and A. J. Harris, both of Nahunta; her maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Arnold of Jesup; maternal great grandmother, Mrs. Narcissus Knight of Jesup; paternal great grandfather, George Lyons of Nahunta; several aunts and un cles also survive. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Saturday afternoon, Jan. 31, from the residence, with the Rev. Earl Gray, pastor of the Raybon Church of God of Prop hecy, officiating. Interment followed at Rob Lewis Cemetery. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Negro Killed In Auto Crash Near Nahunta One man was killed and an other injured in an early morning accident on U. S. Highway 301 about one and a half miles North of Nahunta, Tuesday, Feb. 3, the State Patrol reports. Patrol investigators identified the victim as Elmo Burney, 39, a Negro of Graigville, N. Y. The injured man was identified as Robert Roberson, a Negro of Leesburg, Fla. Roberson is reported in a fair condition at a Waycross hospital. According to the Patrol, the auto in which the two men were traveling North, was apparently moving at a high rate of speed. It ran off the highway and over turned about 3:15 a. m., investi gators said. Troopers M. R. Hamrick and H. M. Jenkins investigated the accident. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis of Macon announce the birth of a little boy on January 24, weigh ing eight pounds. He has ’been named John Lawrence. The new baby is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sears of Nahunta. SraniUg lEntaprap Births The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 5, 1959 MISS JO ANN STONE Engagement to Pvt. Gerald Johns Announced Heart Fund Drive Starts In Brantley By MRS ROBERT GRINER County Health Nurse Governor Ernest Vandiver has proclaimed February Heart Month as the Georgia Heart As sociation launches its 1959 drive for funds to support its state wide program of research, edu cation and community services. The state goal is $450,000. The Brantley County goal is $495. Brantley County opened their drive in asking for donations at the Nahunta-Patterson basket ball game. This amounted to $lO.- 53. We have 24 days and $484.47 to go. We urge all citizens to support this Drive to help conquer our number one killer, Heart and Blood Vessel diseases. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sears and Danny visited Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis in Macon last week. Education for Cultural By MRS. DEWITT MOODY Since the rise of popular education in the last century, the advanc s of democratic opinions and institutions have been most significant. While the leaders of some countries have their peo ple follow commands blindly, the democratic way of life re quires men and women who can think clearly and who knows their government and their heri tage well. The United States has surviv ed great wars, depression, indus trial exploitation, labor strife, natural disasters, and pestilence; but if communism, or socialism, gets a strangle hold on the gov ernment, it will be the end of our way of life, of representative government and a free enterprise economy. Therefore, let us not neglect education for democracy but do everything in our power for its increase and improve ment. Education comes from the sys tematic instruction of the men tal and moral faculties. Culture comes from the refining of the mental and moral faculties. It means the development of intell ect, love of beauty, respect for others, and discipline of conduct. Harley Page, a pioneer aviator, was making a flight around the world. After a take-off, he and his companion heard the noise of a rat that had got aboard. They knew that its sharp teeth could cut through some fragile part of the plane and cause them to be hurled to destruction. They did not have time to land, so Page ascended to an altitude where he found it difficult to breath, because he knew that the rat could not live in a very high atmosphere, and the gnawing stopped. The human individual is not Lamb — Purdom Miss Letha Lamb of Tulsa, Oklahoma became the bride of David A. Purdom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Purdom of Na hunta, in a ceremony performed by Rev. Hilton Morgan at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Hilton Morgan on Saturday, January 24. David H. Purdom was recently discharged from the U. S. Air Force after serving two and a half years. He was stationed most of the time at Lincoln, Nebraska. The young couple are making their home at Raybon and he is employed with his father in the service station business. Nahunta High School PT A Will Meet Monday Night The Nahunta High School Parent-Teachers Association will hold their regular .monthly meet ing at the school Monday night, Feb. 9, it is announced by John I. Lee, president. The organization will celebrate Founders Day with an approp riate program. All people of the high school community who are interested in the progress of the Nahunta High School are urged to attend the meeting. Leadership only the bearer of culture, but is also the creator of it and its elements. In a very real sense the future of the world now rests with persons and organiza tions that are willing to take their enviroment-making respon sibilities seriously. Plauged for years with the forces of greed, selfishness, and crime gnawing in an atmosphere making to lift its culture to a height where de structive influences can not sur vive. The most powerful method of influencing culture is through leadership, and it takes a great deal of effort to produce lead ers. Education for leadership, especially cultural leadership, can be made pleasant but it cannot be made easy. Our pioneers had much to say about education as a severe men tal discipline. The road was pav ed with studies which required a strong and continued mental effort. They knew that the val ue of the goal one attains is us ually determined by one’s labors. (The opposition to this stern form of education has attempted to set up another view—one that tries to make education a pain less, unconscious effort.) The sort of citizenship needed for our re public demands the reaffirma tion of our pioneers’ early work is a mind disciplined to think straight and clearly. The hope for solving the world’s problems rests with citi zens who have a broad enough outlook to lift their eyes from their own job and understand and serve the community, the nation and the world. Thi^ na tion’s surest method for produc ing this sort of citizenry lies in a program of education concern ed- with the intellect and with our democratic heritage. Brantley To Build Home Demonstration Schedule Announced For February Schedule of activities for Home Demonstration work for Brant ley County for the month of February: Feb. 3, Tuesday 7:30, Represen tatives of County H. D. Council guests of Okefenokee Fair Assoc iation at Ware Hotel. Feb. 4, Wednesday 9:25, Talk to Government class at Nahunta High School. Feb. 5, Thursday 7:30 p. m. Calvary H. D. Club, Community Center. Feb. 6, Friday 3:30, Nahunta H. D. Club at the home of Mrs. Wilder Brooker. Feb. 10, Tuesday 8:25, Hoboken 4-H Club 2 meetings. Feb. 11, Wednesday 8:25, Na hunta Grammar School 4-H club 2 meetings. 3:30 Hoboken H. D. Club, Mrs. B. G. Bell hos tess. Feb. 12, Thursday, Horticulture Short course for Agents, Savan nah. Feb. 13, Friday 10:30, Hortense 4-H Club. Feb. 16, Monday 2:00, Waynes ville H. D. Club at the home of Mrs. M. H. Robinson. Feb. 17, Tuesday 10.00 A. M. to 2:30, Georgia Home Demostra tion Council meeting at Jekyll Island. 8:25, Nahunta High School 4-H 3 meetings. Feb. 18, Wednesday 2:00, Hick ox H. D. At the home of Mrs. Alfred Thomas. Feb. 19, Thursday 2:30, Ray bon H. D. at the home of Mrs. Elroy Strickland. Feb. 20, Friday 4:00, Waynes ville 4-H Club. Feb. 24, Tuesday 2:00, Brant ley County Home Dem. Council meeting. Calvary Community Center. Mrs. Rebecca Griner, County Health Nurse, guest speaker. Feb. 25, Wednesday 3:00, Hor tense H. D. Club School Lunch room. The topic for the Home Demon stration Clubs this month is nutrition. The special demon stration will be given by club members who attended the Nu trition leader training meeting recently held by Miss Mary Gibbs, Extension Nutrition Spec ialist. Valentine’s Day Origin Discussed St. Valentine’s Day has long challenged historians to explain how a Christian saint became identified with a pagan custom of exchanging tokens of love. The answer may be simply that somebody got his ABC’s mixed up. The research department of The World Book Encyclopedia points out that at one time the letters “v” and “g” frequently were enterchangable in popular speech. Among the Normans, the word “galantine” referred to a lover of the fair sex—probably a wolf, according to present-day termi nology. But the word often was written and pronounced “valen tine.” By a natural confusion of names, the Christian martyr was established as a patron saint of sweethearts, and his name given to the Roman festival at which young men and women chose partners for the coming year. Some historians ^gue, how ever, that there is another ex planation for giving the name St. Valentine’s Day to the Ro man holiday. The early Christian fathers of ten had difficulty wiping out pa gan festivals. Sometimes they simply appropriated the festi vals—and gave them a Christ ian meaning. The Church fathers may have taken over the Roman holiday, which was celebrated on Feb. 15, and named it after three saints named Valentine, whose feast day fell on Feb. 14. NEWS OF YOUR HOME COUNTY EVERY WEEK IN THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Citizens Form Corporation Brantley Medical Center Joshua Anderson Died Wednesday At Hortense Joshua E. Anderson, 68, of Hortense, died Wednesday. He was a native of Brantley county and a World War I veteran. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruby S. Anderson; four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Causey, Mrs. Nellie Dubberly, Mrs. Kate Lan ier, Miss Clifford Anderson; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a. m. at the Satilla Baptist Church near Hortense conducted by the Rev. Jimmy Bennett. Burial will be in Hor tense Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Eunice Causey, Roswell Chapman, Eu gene Dubberly, Clinton Dubber ly, Sheldon Dubberly and Otis Dubberly. Air Force Seeks Teachers for Overseas Jobs Robins Air Force Base, Ga. — Air Force recruiters are seeking teachers interested in teaching in the Azores, England, France, Morocco, Libya, Newfoundland, Spain, Turkey, Japan, Philip pines, and several other loca tions. The age requirements are 23 to 60 for all applicants. Minimum scholastic requirements are a Bachelor’s Degree, a valid Teach er’s Certificate, and two years of teaching experience. A U. S. Air Force representa tive will be located at the Robins Air Force Base Employment Of fice, 653 Second Street, Macon, Ga., on Feb. 9 to 2? owl at the Georgia State Employment Of fice, 925 Broadway, Columbus, Ga., on Feb. 11 to interview any applicants interested in these areas. Your home newspaper ■ — a living record of your com munity’s progress. Department of Labor Report Shows Brantley Job Payments Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet reports that wages of* all non-farm workers in this area helped Georgia maintain a wage record of $3,750,000,000 (billions) during 1958, equal to the record breaking year of 1957. Workers in insured employ ment numbered over 698,500 in June 1958. Statewide insured wages were in excess of $2.4 (billion) in fiscal year 1958, a gain of over $25,000,000 (mill ions) more than in FY 1957. The information is revealed in the Commissioner’s 22nd annual re port to the Governor and Gene ral Assembly. These facts point up the strid es Georgia made industrially last year, resulting in greater pur chasing power of the' State’s residents, in spite of the nation al economic recession last year. While some states had as high as 15 per cent unemployment in 1958, Georgia’s peak was only seven per cent. Unemployment Down “Last year, 1958, started out with unemployment in an un seasonably climb, while this year, 1959, has begun with only the expected seasonal slump,” Com missioner Huiet told Governor Ernest Vandiver. “We are confi dent that this year will see seve ral new highs in Georgia busi nesss, industrial and agricultural worker income. January 1959 has seen a 15 per cent lower unem ployment rate than last January.” The Department of Labor’s em ployment service office serving this county is located at 215 Pendleton Street, Waycross. It also serves Pierce, Charlton, Clinch, Wayne 2 and Ware coun ties. \ This office, managed by James A. Goldwire, assisted employers of this area in filling 1,250 non farm jobs in 1958. During this time, employers hired through the local office workers to fill 3,779 farm jobs. The state total of non-farm job placements for 1958 is 101,884, while state-wide farm placements totaled 141,738, a gain of 12,500 over last year. Job Insurance During the year job insurance 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) A called meeting of the citizens of Brantley County was held at the office of the Okefenokee Rural Membership Corporation. The purpose of this meeting was to organize, elect a Board of Trustees, and adopt a charter and by-laws. The name of the Brantley County Medical Center, Incorpo rated was unanimously adopted. Five members of the Board of Trustees were elected, one from each county commissioner dis trict. Elected were: Pete J. Gibson, Waynesville; Julian Middleton, Atkinson; R. B. Brooker, Nahunta; Mrs. Wood row Hendrix, Hickox; Mrs. C. F. Duke, Hoboken. Emory A. Middleton was elect ed clerk. The Board of Trustees was authorized to secure a pharter and continue the work to get a medi cal center and doctor for Brant ley County. ' Attending this meeting were: Pete J. Gibson, T. H. Edwards, Mrs. Neal Hendrix, Mrs. Wood row Hendrix, Delma F. Herrin, J. Wilder Brooker, Mrs. Robert Griner, Guy Chambless, Hershel Herrin, Mrs. Harry Raulerson, Parker Dodge, Louis Prescott, El roy Strickland, Alfred Thomas, Carroll Johns, C. J. Broome, R. B. Brooker, George Loyd, L. W. Ellis, W. C. Long, Silas Lee, Julian Middleton, R. C. Harrell, Jr., Emory A. Middleton. Card of Thanks We wish to express our thanks to all our friends and relatives who aided us and extended sym pathy upon the death of our baby girl. We deeply appreciate everything done for us and every expression of sympathy. We will always remember you with heartfelt gratitude. May the Lord richly bless each and every one of you. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lyons. We have a supply of “Posted” signs for posting your land against trespassers, 10 cents each, $1 a dozen. The Brantley Enter prise, Nahunta, Ga. payments totaling .over $42,000,- 000 were made to unemployed Georgians, making 1958 Georgia’s peak year in job insurance. Over 14.4 per cent of all job insurance weeks filed were for workers for whom employers placed claims because full-time work was not available and for which the workers received wages less than their weekly job insurance a mount. Payments ranged from ' one dollar to S3O per week. Some 48,200 workers were laid off by employers in large grodps because of plant shut-downs for various reasons: over-inventory, fires, completion pf contracts and such. During 1958 $43,303.00 in job insurance were paid to unem ployed workers in Brantley County. At present there are 59 unemployed workers draw ing job insurance on claims fil ed in Brantley County. “In spite of the fact that 1958 saw the highest year in unem ployment in the history of job insurance (since 1938) in the state, the purchasing power of our non-farm workers was as high as at any time in the past The fact that insured wages dur ing the last fiscal year were up over $25,000,000 (millions) means that our economy is becoming more and more industrialized; that, generally speaking, Geor gia’s standard of living is being raised and that our times are characterized by an increasing economic stability,” the Commis ioner stated. Huiet said last year he believ ed 1958 would be a good year for Georgia wage earners, al though unemployment would likely be comparatively high during the first six months. His tory ‘proved his forecast to be accurate. Good Year Foreseen “Judging by information avail able to me as your Commission er of Labor, I am confident 1959 will see Georgia wage earners, Georgia business and industry and agriculture reach new and higher horizons,” Huiet conclud ed.