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VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 32
Former Brantley County Man
Chosen for Diplomatic Job
Walter Cecil Dowling, native
Georgian and graduate of Mercer
University, is the choice of Presi
dent Eisenhower for the next
assistant secretary of the state for
European Affairs, it was learned
this week.
Dowling, currently U. S. Am
bassador in Korea and a member
of the diplomatic corps for 27
years, will replace Livingstone T.
Merchant, whose nomination as
deputy undersecretary of state
for political Affairs was made
public last week.
The New York Times News
Service said Dowling’s selection
completes the reshuffling of the
major assignments which began
at the State Department when
Secretary Herter replaced the
late John Foster Dulles.
Dowling has moved steadily up
the ladder in the diplomatic corps
since he joined the State Depart
ment in 1932. His service em
braced work in Oslo, Lisbon,
Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Vienna,
Bonn and Korea.
Dowling was born in Atkinson
in Brantley County on August 4,
1905. He graduated from Mercer
in 1925 and served a while as
private secretary to the late How
ard Coffin at Sea Island. He en
tered foreign service in 1932, and
immediately after World War II
he served in the Department of
State as assistant chief of the di
vision of South European Affairs.
In 1949 he was named deputy
chief of the U. S. Mission in
Austria. There he represented the
United States on Allied Council
before Austria regained its inde
pendence.
He was appointed deputy high
commissioner to West Germany
in 1953, and President Eisenhower
named him U. S. Ambassador to
Korea in 1956.
According to ' New York
Times, Dowling has established a
reputation for patience, tact and
skill in dealing with the Korean
government headed by President
Snygman Rhee. Korean service is
deemed one of the most difficult
and challenging assignments in
the diplomatic corps.
Dowling’s wife, a graduate of
Agnes Scott in Atlanta, is the
former Alice Jernigan, of Spar
ta. They have two children. Dow
ling’s mother, Mrs. Alice Dowling,
resides in Jesup.
Mrs. Zoie Pickren of Waycross
is an aunt of Mr. Dowling.
Branch Infant Died
At Brunswick
Howard Eithriam Branch, 15
months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Branch, died unexpectedly
at Brunswick Tuesday.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at the Na
hunta Baptist Church at 3 o’-
clock, conducted by the Rev, Cecil
Thomas, pastor, and Rev. Waltei
Phillips of the Church of God.
Burial was in the Rob Lewis
Cemetery near Nahunta.
Survivors include the parents;
two sisters, Georgie Merle and
Bobbie Esther; one brother, Ro
bert Cecil Branch, all of Bruns
wick; maternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Morgan of Nahun
ta, parental grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Branch of Bruns
wick.
Blackshear Tobacco Market
REPORT OF SALES AND PRICES
Lbs. Sold Amt. Average
Thursday, July 23 643,796 $360,997 $56.07
Friday, July 24 650,838 371,574 57.09
Monday, July 27 719,240 443,556 61.67
Tuesday, July 28 733,048 455,423 62.13
Wed., July 29 703,656 434,122 61.41
Thurs., July 30 738,438 452,912 61.33
Friday, July 31 758,318 469,433 61.90
Mon., August 3 754,880 478,338 63.37
Tues., August 4 754,356 480,180 63.65
Wed., August 5 738,190 459,029 62.18
Thurs., August 6 719,614 442,073 61.43
Friday, August 7 670,300 409,232 61.04
Mon., August 10 369,438 224,354 60.73
Tues., August 11 153,780 87,323 56.14
Wed., August 12 162,254 93,933 57.89
TOTAL 9,270,111 5,662,479 61.08
Littlefield Resigns
As Principal of
Hoboken High School
C. B. Littlefield, principal at
Hoboken High School for the past
two years, has resigned to accept
a similar post at Jackson High
School. Jackson is in Butts coun
ty-
Littlefield announced his resig
nation and said he and his family
would leave this week to make
their home at Jackson. Mrs. Lit
tlefield, who has served as lib
rarian at Hoboken High, will ac
cept the same position at Jack
son High.
In making public his resignat
ion, Littlefield said he regretted
severing relationship at Hoboken
“We have been very happy here
at Hoboken but the new job offers
such a challenge we decided to
make the move,” Littlefield de
clared.
S. Thomas Sarvis
Killed in Accident
Thursday, July 30
S. Thomas Sarvis, son of Mrs.
Mary Sarvis of Kingsland, was
killed in an automobile accident
near Reidsville, N. C.
Mr. Sarvis’ mother taught mu
sic at Nahunta for several years.
He was returning to Greensboro,
N. C. from Danville, Va. when
his car ran off the road and
turned over, after smashing into
two other cars parked beside the
highway.
Mr. Sarvis was employed by a
drug company in Greensboro, N.
C. He was a native of Conway,
S. C.
Piedmont Baptist
Women to Hold
Planning Meeting
The Piedmont Baptist Womans
Missionary Union will hold a
planning meting at the Waynes
ville Baptist Church Tuesday,
Aug. 18, at 10:30 A. M., it is
■announced by Mrs. Lula Brown,
president of the Piedmont WMU
Association.
Mrs. Essie Fuller Baptista, a
retired missionary from Brazil,
will be the inspirational speaker.
Dairy King Opens
For Business
In New Building
A new dairy products self-ser
vice store to be known as the
Dairy King has opened in Nahun
ta on highway 301 in the north
ern part of town.
The new business is owned and
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Riggins. It will serve all kinds
of ice cold dairy products and
other cold drinks. Shrimp, sand
wiches and chicken-in-the-basket
will also be served.
Free ice cream will be served
for two hours on Wednesday,
August 19, between the hours of
two and four in the afternoon.
In an advertisement in this is
sue of the Enterprise Mr. and
Mrs. Riggins invite all the people
of this section to patronize their
new DAIRY KING.
Sraniky EatFryrtfiT
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 13, 1959
Lewis-Strickland Wedding to
Be Solemnized on August 22
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lewis of
Nahunta announce the engage
ment and forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Miss Marjorie
Lewis, to Glen Strickland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Strickland
of Nahunta.
The wedding will take place at
the Nahunta Baptist Church on
Saturday, August 22 at seven o
clock in the evening.
Immediately following the cere
mony there will be a reception at
the church.
Miss Lewis was graduated from
Nahunta High School. Her fiance
was also graduated from Nahunta
High School. He has also attended
Souh Georgia College at Douglas
and Georgia Teachers College
at Statesboro.
All friends and relatives of the
couple are cordially invited to at
tend.
Raulerson Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
Saturday, Aug. 15
Raulerson Cemetery near Hor
tense will be cleaned off next
Saturday, Aug. 15. All people
who are interested in the Rauler
son Cemetery are requested to
come to the cemetery on that
date and assist in the work. Please
bring suitable tools for cleaning
off the burial grounds.
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Sandy Tally of Homerville, right center, gets crown from Margaret Rose Rodgers of Folkston, “Miss Pierce County of 1959,’’ while
Commissioner of Agriculture Phil Campbell, right, waits to present loving cup at Pierce County Beauty Review. Other finalists in senior
division, shown left to right, were Maxine Bryant of Blackshear, fourth runner-up ; Ann Tanner of Alma, first runner-up; Sara Jones of Alma,
third runner-up; and Betty Dow’ Majors of Folkston, second runner-up. (Hendry Studio photos.)
Calvary HD Club
Observed Family
Night Thursday
Calvary Home Demonstration
Club observed their family night
Thursday night August 6, at the
Community Center. Club mem
bers brought their families to
enjoy the annual event.
Highlights of the evening were
the ladies bringing in the de
licious food and serving it. Rev.
Elbert Aldridge asked the bless
ing.
We had a short business meet
ing. These officers were elected:
President, Mrs. L. E. Aldridge:
Vice President, Mrs. L. T. Woods;
assisting Mrs. Woods is Mrs. J.
R. Driggers. The Secretary is
Mrs. Goldwire Fowler, the Re
porter Mrs. J. E. Aldridge and the
Treasurer is Mrs. J. L. Miles.
Mrs. J. E. Aldridge, Reporter
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Carver of
Hortense announce the arrival of
a little boy on July 11. He has
been named Bobby.
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Finalists and Winner in Miss Pierce County Bathing Beauty' Contest
Births
3 Brantley
Men Awarded
High Honors
Three Brantley County citizens
received certificates of apprecia
tion from the President of the
United States for 10 years of
uncompensated service in con
nection with Selective Service
work at a meeting in Nahunta
Monday, Aug. 10.
The men receiving the awards
were C. Winton Adams, attorney,
who has served 10 years as local
appeals agent in the Selective
Service; J. C. Allen and F. R.
Newton both of whom have serv
ed for 10 years as advisors in
Selective Service work.
The certificates were presented
by Branch Lee, Waycross, Field
Auditor for Selective Service in
South Georgia. Mr. Lee spoke
briefly concerning the value of
the services rendered by the three
Brantley County men.
The certificates of appreciation
were signed by President Eisen
hower and by Governor Ernest
Vandiver.
The members of the Brantley
County draft board were present
at the meeting. They are D. S.
Griffin of Hoboken, Moultrie
Purdom and M. M. Manor of
Nahunta.
Mrs. Nellie W. Griffin, draft
board clerk, was also present at
the awarding of the certificates.
ASC Community
Committeemen
Are Elected
Election results from Brantley
County’s three agricultural com
munities have been tabulated and
approved by the Community E
lection Board, Mr. Dykes, Chair
man of the Brantley County ASC
Committee announced.
The following were elected to
serve on the ASC Community
Committees for the following
year:
Hickox Community; Major
Riggins, chairman re-elected,
George M. Jones, vice-chairman
re-elected, W. M. Batten, regular
member re-elected, M. M. Manor,
first alternate re-elected and
Riley Johns, second alternate
new Hoboken Community; J. B.
Carter, chairman new, L. T.
Woods, vice-chairman new, L. E.
Dickerson, regular member re
elected, A. M. Griffin, first alter
nate new and Owen Shuman,
second alternate re-elected. Na
hunta Community; H. A. Strick
land, chairman re-elected, Perry
Rozier, vice-chairman new, A. L.
Johnson, regular member new,
J. R. Lewis, first alternate new,
E. J. Wilson, second alternate
new.
The chairmen of the committees
will serve as delegates to the
County Convention to be held on
August 20 to elect a County ASC
Committee Chairman, vice-chair
man, a third member and two
alternates. Both Community and
County Committeemen will take
office on September 1.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Henry Howard
Funeral Service
Was Held Monday
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, August 10, at
four o’clock from the graveside
at Bethlehem Cemetery for Hen
ry Howard, 23, who was shot and
killed Saturday afternoon, August
8, at his home near Hickox, with
the Rev. Eddie Dixon officiating
in the presence of a large number
o f sorrowing relatives and
friends.
Interment followed in Bethle
hem Cemetery.
Mr. Howard was born in Folks
ton, Ga., and was the son of
Bernie and Rosa King Howard
of Broxton, Ga. He received his
education in the schools of Appl
ing county and was a member of
the Freewill Baptist Church. He
was a former member of the Nat
ional Guard unit in Douglas.
In addition to his parents, sur
vivors include his wife, Mrs. Inez
Haynes Howard of Nahunta; an
infant daughter, Henrietta Haynes
of Nahunta; three sisters, Mrs.
Cleve Deaton of Broxton, Mrs.
Carthell Rewis of Alma, and Mrs.
E. D- Bohannon of Hazlehurst;
three brothers, William Howard,
U. S. Army; Allen Howard of
Alma, and Bernie Howard, Jr.
of Broxton; several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. B. R. Hayes, Hugh Lewis,
James White, Lankford Blocker,
John V. Smith, and Clinton Wil
liams.
The family has the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of
arrangements.
New Phone
Directory to
Be Published
A new telephone directory will
be published soon by The Brant
ley Enterprise for Brantley Tele
phone Company, Inc., of Nahun
ta.
The new phone book will be
issued about Sept. 1 and will con
tain all the new telephone num
bers as well as the old listings.
Many new names have been add
ed to the phone listings since
the last directory was issued in
June, 1958
The Brantley Enterprise is now
selling advertising to be placed
in the new phone book, A new
feature in the book will be an al
phabetical listing of advertisers
according to their kind of busi
ness.
The price of the advertisements
range from $lO up, according to
amount of space desired.
Anyone interested in advertis
ing in the new phone directory
should call The Brantley Enter
prise at HO 2-2531, Nahunta, Ga.
Big businesses are usually
small businesses which kept on
advertising.
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Henry Howard
Killed by
Vance Haynes
Henry Howard was shot and
killed by Vance Haynes Satur
day afternoon, Aug. 8, after an
argument at the Howard home,
according to the verdict of a
coroner’s jury impanelled after
the killing.
The jury, impanelled by coro
ner C- S. Kizer, rendered a verdict
that Howard died from gunshot
wounds in his chest inflicted by
Vance Haynes who is an uncle
of Howard’s wife.
Haynes had left the Howard
house after an argument, it is
reported, and returned later with
a 22 calibre rifle and the shooting
followed. Haynes was accompani
ed this time by his son Charles
Haynes.
Haynes is being held in the
Brantley County jail charged with
murder. Charles Haynes, son of
Vance Haynes, was placed in jail
by sheriff J. Waiter Crews Sun
day, charged with murder.
Rental Rate
Os Soil Bank
Is sl2 Acre
The basic rate of rental pay
ments in Georgia under the 1960
Conservation Reserve of the Soil
Bank will average $12.00 an acre,
John F. Bradley, Administrative
Officer of the State Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
office announced today. This is
the same as the basic payment
rate in the State under the 1959
program.
For individual farmers, a per
acre rate w.il be set for the par
ticular lan? to be placed in the
Conservation Reserve taking in
to consideration the productivity
of the land and limited to the
local fair rental value of the land
based on crops harvested during
the past 5 years.
The 1960 Conservation Reserve
program contains special incen
tives for formers to place all
their eligible land in the program
for at least 5 years and a priority
system for accepting Conservation
Reserve contract applications. Eli
gible land, in general, is crop
land which is regularly used for
cultivated crops or tame hay.
As in former years, there will
be two types of payments under
the program —a cost-share pay
ment for carrying out a conser
vation practice on the reserved
land and annual rental payments
during the 3-to 10-year life of
the contract.
Forms for farmers to use in re
questing rate determinations for
their land will be available from
county ASC offices about the
middle of August. The period for
filing such requests will be Aug.
24 — September 10.
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