The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, April 23, 1959, 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 39 — NUMBER 16 Pvt. and Mrs- Gerald Jackson John;. Married in Formal Ceremony Stone - Johns Miss Jo Ann Stone and Pri vate Gerald Jackson Johns were married in a formal, double-ring ceremony on Saturday, April 11, at fifteen minutes until five o’- clock in the afternoon at the Hoboken Baptist Church, Hobo ken. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and MrS. Preston L. Stone of Route Twq, Waycross, and the groom is the Son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Johns of Route One, Na hunta. The Reverend W. C. Rice, pas tor of the Hoboken Baptist Church, was the officiating cler gyman. The couple spoke their nup tial vows before a- background of seven branched candelabra holding white burning tapers. Areca potted palms, tall baskets of white gladioli and spring flow ers flanked the nuptial scene. A white satin pne dieu fea turing satin pillows and bows was placed in the center of the nup tial scene. Family pews were marked with white satin bows also. Before and during the cere mony, Mrs. Jack Moore renaer ed the traditional wedding selec tions on the piano. Wallace Lee and Miss Margaret Davis sang “Sweetest Story Ever Told” and “I Love You Truly”. As the cou ple knelt for prayer they sang “Seal Us, Oh Holy Spirit”. Attendants Miss Ethelyn Stone, sister of the bride, was the maid of ho nor. She wore a circular skirt of electrical blue lace over taffeta. Her gown featured a matching chiffon back panel. She wore matching shoes and carried a co lonial nosegay of shaded pink carnations and baby’s breath en circled with pale pink illusion, net ruffles and tied with match ing pink satin ribbons. Attired in sky blue taffeta gowns, the bridesmaids’ dresses were fashioned identical to that of the honor attendant. They wore also cultured tear-drop pearls, a gift of the bride. Serving as bridesmaids were Misses Mattie McClain, and Ma ry Alice Stone, sister of the bride. They carried similar bou quets of the honor attendant. Miss Betty Stone, sister of the bride, was the flower girl. She wore a floor length dress of white net over taffeta. The skirt was ruffled with net and silk organdy. A silk organdy sash and puff sleeves added to her gown. Her headpiece was made of taf feta and net, ruffled into a cir cular band. Ushers were Stanley Davis, Buddy Steedley and J. W. Har ris was the best man. Bride’s Gown The bride entered on the arm of her father by whom she was given in marriage. She was attired in a floor length bridal gown of chantilly lace and silk organza and lined with taffeta. Delicate front tra ceries of pointed lace were fea tured on the skirt of the gown. Unpressed pleats terminated in the back to form a chapel train. The skirt of the dress was silk Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Lyestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. organza which featured a silk organza bodice of chantilly lace with a scalloped neckline. Long lace sleeves of chantilly lace ended in lily points at her wrists. Her four-tiered finger-tip veil of illusion tulle was attached to ■a headpiece of bridal lace. It featured a band of pearls. She carried a colonial nosegay of white carnations, lily of the valley and baby's breath encir cled with illusion net. This was tied with white satin ribbon and showered with white satin strea mers and lily of the valley. She carried a white Bible also. Pvt. Johns is stationed at Fort Bel Voir, Va. where he is in tra ining school and will graduate May 8. Mrs. Johns is employed in Jacksonville, Fla. She will join her husband later in Virginia. _ Rowells Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. William Presley Rowell celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary Sunday, April 12, at their home near Hortense. Mr. and Mrs. Roweli were honored on the occasion by their six children with a basket dinner. All the children and a host of relatives and friends were pre sent. The children present were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rowell and children, Larry, Linda, Charlotte, Clinton and Marba; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith and children, Helen, Robert, Mary Jane and Betty; Mr. and Mrs. Buster Bry* an and Josephine; Mr. and Mrs. Inell Causey and Nell, Bill, Ma cie Ann, Wayne, Kathie and Karman; Mrs. Susie Nichols, Ad die Mae, Mamie Lou, James, Herman, Lovie and Billie, all of Hortense. Mr. and Mrs. David Roberson, Jackie, Carol, Jean and Rhonda of Charlotte, N. C. Others present included Mr. Rowell’s sister, Mrs. Navada Ro berson of Hortense; Mrs. Doro thy Jones, Terry and Pam and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Bryant of Jesup; Sergeant and Mrs. Jack Waits & Jackie; Mrs. Clinton Ro berson, Pee Wee, Earl and Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rowell, Syl via, Jerry, Emory, Mickie and Mel; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rowell and Carolyn; Misses Elender and Martha Crews; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moody; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moody, Lavonne, Geraldine, Jer ry and Terry; Rev. and Mrs. Jimmie Strader and Mary Fran ces; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rozier and Wanda, all of Hortense. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Rowell and Robert and Jimmy; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Commer and Andy of Sav annah; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bryan and Chip of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Guy Langham, Mrs. June Ogle and Charles Brown of Atlanta; Miss Annette Lofton of Offerman; Mrs. Betty Wright and Danny of Jesup. Mr. and Mrs. Rowell have spent their entire married life in the Hortense community. A wonderful time was enjoyed by all and the couple received many lovely gifts and congratulations. ißratttky Bitrrprw Okefenoke REA Granted Loan Os SIOO,OOO The Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation at Na hunta has been granted a loan of SIOO,OOO to .make loans to members for the purpose of buy ing appliances, it was announc ed by Senator Herman Talmadge from Washington Wednesday. The loan is not for extending lines but only for making loans to members for the purchase of electrical appliances, Pete Gib son, the local Oremco manager announces. The Brantley Enterprise re ceived the following telegram from Senator Talmadge Wednes day morning, April 22. “Editor Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga. Administration’s Rural Electri fication today approved SIOO,OOO loan to Okefenokee Rural Elec tric Membership Corporation of Nahunta, to be used for re loaning to .members in Brantley, Glynn, Wayne, Camden, Chari ton and Ware counties to finance electrical installations. For de tails contact president R. L. Ber nard, Nahunta, Ga. Herman E. Talmadge.” R. L. Bernard of Nahunta, pre sident of the Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Corporation said that the money was secured to help members purchase and install electrical appliances and fixtures as well as plumbing e quipment and installations. Bernard said Okefenokee REMC members would be re loaned funds from the SIOO,OOO loan to purchase ranges, refrig erators, freezers and other elec tric appliances as well as to pay for wiring materials for the in stallation of these. He also said plumbing equipment, bath room fixtures, water pumps and pip ing would come under the loan.' He further explained that the loan would be used just as funds expended by other finance com panies in that the purchasers made the deals with retailers and signed notes for payments for appliances or equipment bought. The dealer in turn was paid by Okefenoke REMC and the “deal er recourse” note was assigned to the REA Purchasers repay the loans in instalments with their monthly light bills, Bernard said. Mrs. Edna Adams Heads Federated Garden Clubs Mrs. Edna Adams was install ed as president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Southeast Geor gia at the Spring Congerence held in Baxley. This includes 32 clubs. Mrs. Lee Herrin was installed as corresponding secretary. Others attending the confer ence from the Nahunta Garden Club were Mrs. Allen Barnard, Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. Collis High smith and Mrs. Virginia Rauler son. LIVESTOCK ODDlTY— Carroll Callahan who operates a dairy in Pierce county is shown with a two-headed calf born on his farm April 13- The calf is still alive but is now at the dairy farm of James Byrd one mile north of Blackshear on Highway 121. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 23, 1959 Miss Moring is a member of the graduating class of Camden County High School in Wood bine. Mr. Thomas is a graduate of Nahunta High School. He has served two years in the United States Army and is presently employed at St. Marys Kraft Corporation. The wedding will take place Saturday, July 4, at four o’clock at the St. Marys Methodist Church. A reception following the ceremony wil be held at the social hall of the new education al building of the Methodist Church. No invitations will be sent out, but friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend both the wedding ceremony and the reception. Negro Man Charged with Stealing Car A Negro man was arrested by Brantley County sheriff J. Wal ter Crews Tuesday, April 14, and placed in jail charged with driv ing under the influence and with stealing a car in Bruns wick. The Negro bought a tank of gas at the Harris Service Station and drove away without paying for the gas, the sheriff stated. The sheriff was quickly noti fied and chased the fleeing Ne gro on Route 84 toward Way cross. The Negro ran his car into the ditch near Laura Walk er Park and was quickly cap tured by the pursuing sheriff. The Negro had a large knife open ih his pocket but offered no re sistance. The 1956 Ford the Negro was driving had been stolen from Jim Branch, another Negro, in Brunswick. The Negro gave his name as Lewis Harvard of Doug las, Ga. / Miss Patricia Moring Engagement Announced Moring - Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John F. Moring of St. Marys announce the en gagement of their daughter, Pa tricia, to Billy Edward Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Tho mas of Nahunta. Postal Service Improvements Are Announced Sweeping postal service im provements designed to guaran tee next day first class letter de livery for some 911,000 people in approximately 25,000 square miles making up the “Metropoli tan Area” of Jacksonville, Flori da, were announced this week by Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield. As a direct result of the revis ed schedules, which have been put into effect after weeks of careful study, all postal patrons in the area affected were assur ed that barring occasional distri bution errors and mechanical failures, next day delivery of first class mails could be expect ed anywhere in the area. In order to accomplish this, first class mail must be deposited in the largest offices prior to 5:00 p.m. on a business day and at smaller offices in time for the final dispatch of the day if made before 5:00 p.m. Included in the territory cover ed by the new plan are 23 Flori da and 16 Georgia counties, which makes the postal area considerably larger than the generally accepted Jacksonville retail trading zone. Mr. Summerfield’s announce ment stated that the changes and improvements were the direct result of intensive surveys and planning by regional postal offi cials under Regional Operations Director W. L. Crawford and were accomplished with the co operation of postmasters and employees of offices involved. In addition to Duval, the Flo rida counties included in this area are: Alachua, Baker, Brad ford, Brevard, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamil ton, LaFayette, Levy, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Seminole, Suwanee, Tay lot, Union aud Volusia. The Georgia counties are: Ap pling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brant ley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Lib erty, Long, Mclntosh, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne. Two Boys Arrested, Charged with Stealing New Car Two teen-age boys were ar rested in Nahunta by policeman Stephens Tuesday, April 21. They were lodged in jail charged with stealing a car in Savannah. The two boys, ages 15 and 16, drove a new Ford car to DePratter Service Station. The engine of the car had burned out, policeman Stephens report ed. The boys went to the bus station carrying a small dog but were not allowed to ride the bus because they had a dog. They then went to railway station. In the meantime policeman Stephens had grown suspicious about their maneuverings. He wired the number of the car tag and the motor number to At lanta and received word that the new Ford had been stolen in Savannah. Mr. Stephens then arrested the two boys and placed them in jail. Savannah authorities indi cated they would come to Na hunta for the two boys. They told policeman Stephens they had run away from home and from school. Eastern Star to Install Oficers Tuesday Night Satilla Chapter 365 Order Eas tern Star, will install officers for the coming year at a public in stallation program on Tuesday night, April 28, in the Lodge Hall at Nahunta. R. Loyd Scott, Past Grand Pat ron O. E. S. State of Georgia, will be the installing officer. Mrs. Lila Crews is to be the incoming Worthy Matron. Tho mas H. Purdom, the Worthy Patron. Mrs. Lurline Broome is the retiring Worthy Matron. The exercises will be open to the public at 9:00 o’clock p.m. The members will meet for their regular meeting promptly at 8:00. Eighteen elective and appoin tive officers will be installed. The Worthy Matron will name her committees for the year. Sorry, we just can’t guar antee that it’ll be printed if it is received later than Wednesday noon! OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Hopkins - Strickland The engagement and approach ing mariage of Jo Hopkins, a member of the Stephen F. Austin faculty in Port Arthur, Texas, to John Curtis Strickland has been announced. The marriage will take place May 30 at 8 p. m. in the Procter Street Baptist church at Port Ar thur, Texas with Dr. E. A. Au trey as officant. Miss Hopkins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hopkins of New Orleans, La., and is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State College where she received her BS degree in Fine Arts and elementary education. The prospective bridegroom, the son of Mrs. Gertrude H. Strickland of Nahunta, Ga. rece ived his degree in Chemical En gineering from Alabama Polyte chnic institution and is now em ployed in the research and tech nical department at the Texas Compan, Port Arthur, Texas. Personals Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dukes of Hoboken will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday April 26 at their home in Hobo ken. Friends and relatives of the couple are invited to visit them from three o’clock pm. to six p.m. Wholesale Marriage Mill at Kingsland Being Investigated Soil Conservation Accomplishments For Brantley County Accomplishments of Brantley County’s two largest and most important farmer-type Conserva tion Programs administered by the Brantley County Agricultur al Stabilization and Conservatibn Committee indicates an increase over 1957, Dan H. Jacobs, ASC office manager, stated. Some of the 1958 conservation accomplishments i n Brantley County under the ACP are: per manent vegetative cover estab lished on 202 acres, tree seedlings planted on 107 acres, improve ment of permanent pasture and hay land on 49 acres, winter co ver seeded on 823 acres, summer cover seeded on 159 acres, lime applied on 252 acres and drilled four wells for livestock water. Annual payments to farmers in the county for contracts in ef fect in 1958 amounted to $2,388. 114 acres of pine trees were planted under the Conservation Reserve Program in 1958. Miss Jo Ann Hopkins To Wed Mr. John Curtis Strickland 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) Garden Club Flower Show Held Saturday The annual flower Show of the Nahunta Garden Club was held at the Nahunta High School on Saturday, April 18. Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland won the tri-color award in arrange ments. Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard, the tri-color in horticulture. Mrs. Harry Raulerson won sweep stakes in arrangements. Mrs. Jesse Lee won sweep stakes in horticulture by one red ribbon over Mrs. A. S. Mizell. The Boy Scouts took a blue ribbon o n their display. In the initiation class every entry won a blue ribbon. Nahunta Masonic Lodge in Special Meeting Saturday The Nahunta Masonic Lodge 391 has called a special meeting for Saturday night, April 25, at eight o’clock, according to T. H Purdom, lodge secretary. All lodge brothers are urged to attend the called meeting. Visiting brothers are also wel come, the secretary stated. Roy E. Hughes, 36, a Kings land lab technician, was arrested Monday, April 20, and charged with operating an illegal mar riage business. Hughes was later released un der SIO,OOO bond. It was alleged that Hughes had been operating the marriage mill about four weeks. County and state law of ficers who worked up the case claimed they found 63 marriage licenses on Hughes, while he was en route to Nahunta to record the licenses in the office of Or dinary Claude Smith. Sheriff W. E. Smith of Cam den County quoted Ordinary Claude Smith of Nahunta as say ing that he had been “talked in to a fast deal.” The sheriff said that search of Hughes’ office at Kingsland pro duced 40 license forms ready for new customers and carrying the Brantley County Ordinary’s name. Solicitor Dewey Hayes of the Waycross Circuit was reported to have said he expects to get a full report on the case from GBI agents and that if Ordinary Smith had violated any state law, the GBI will file charges and they will be presented to a grand jury.