The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, February 11, 1960, 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. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 6 County Democratic Primary Will Be Held Tuesday Brantley Industrial Development Unit Appoints 14 Sub-Committees Program Is Planned to Attract Industry By Carroll Johns The Brantley County Indus trial Development Committee got off to a good start last Tuesday, Feb. 9, with a meeting at Oke fenokee Co-op office at 9:00 A. M., announces Pete J. Gibson, chairman. Most members of the committee were present and showed great enthusiasm for the work to be done. Working sub-committees were appointed and jobs assigned con sisting of getting complete in formation on the community that might be of interest to a pros pective industrialist. Those present were. A. S. Mizell, J. C. Allen, Pete J. Gib son, George A. Loyd, Mrs. Tal madge Griner, R. B. Brooker, Carroll Johns, J. W. Brooker, H. T. Jacobs, Avery Strickland, Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Herschel Herrin, Dewey Lee, Mrs. Vir ginia Raulerson, Owen Wain right, Mrs. Robert Griner, Carl Broome, and Ira F. Brown. The sub-committees and their duties are: Steering Committee— R. B. Brooker, Chairman, Delma Herrin, A. S. Mizell, J. Robert Smith, Ben Jones, Herschel Her rin, E. L. Sears. This committee shall co-ordinate, assimilate, and evaluate information gathered by all other committees. It shall con tact prospective industrialist and welcome visiting prospects. It shall have power to act for the entire committee in matters of making committments and agreements with prospects. Medical, Health & Welfare Committee — Mrs. Robert Griner, E. F. Cooper, Mrs. Lelia Turn er, Mrs. Virginia Raulersn, Guy Chambless, Rep Johns. This com mittee shall investigate and re commend regarding subjects re lated to health and welfare, in cluding: 1. Adequacy of water supply. 2. Housing for industrial workers. 3. Medical facilities. 4. Recreational facilities. 5. Physical environment (climate). 6. Lib raries. 7. Churches. 8. Stores. In view of the importance of the sewage disposal problem, this subject is being assigned to a special committee for study, but due to the close relationship be tween the two subjects, these two committees are urged to work closely together. Site & Building Committee — Dick Schmitt, Chairman, J. C. Allen, James A. Ross, Roy Har per, E. L. Sears, J. W. Brooker. I. J. Daxis. This commitee shall survey the area to determine buildings and lands available for development, secure options on desirable sites, and prepare list ings of available facilities, in cluding information as to loca tion, size, price, etc. It shall study and recommend regarding possible construction of facilities. Taxation Committee — E. L. Sears, Chairman, R. C. Harrell, Horace Jecobs, John Wilson. De wey Lee, John I. Lee. This committee shall study the present tax structures of the City of Na hunta and Brantley County and make recommendations as to de sirable changes. It shall study and make a comprehensive re port on all taxes — corporate, sales, inventory, etc. —of in terest to a prospect. Community Beautification Committee — Mrs. Herschel Her rin, Chairman, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, Mrs. Ruth Moody. Mrs. Norman Lewis, Mrs. Elroy Strickland. This committee shall study the community to deter mine steps needed to improve beautification and general ap pearance. Some possible items are; mowing vacant lots, “fix up-paint-up” week, improved street-lighting, planting shrub bery, camouflaging unsightly buildings with shrubbery. This committee need not re commend but may immediately take desired corrective action, either directly or through other appropriate groups. Planning Committee — T. J. Thornton, Chairman, Ben Jones, Bob Symonette, James A. Ross, Clint Roberson, R. B. Brooker. This committee shall concern it self with overall community plan ning, including, but not limited to, zoning. It must, of necessity, work closely with both county and city governments in formu lating and recommending a long range comprehensive community plan. Community Education and Ad vertising Committee — Herschel Herrin, Chairman, Mrs. Talmadge Griner, George Loyd, Carl Broome. This committee shall formulate and carry out a com munity education program de signed to inform the citizens as to the objectives of the Industrial Development Committee, the great benefits to be derived from industrial development, what to do when they learn of a pros pect, and through education get the citizenry behind the program. Utilities & Transportation Committee — Parker Dodge, Chairman, Avery Strickland, Carroll Johns, Ira F. Brown. This committee shall list all available utilities and transportation faci lities serving the area including electric, gas, wood, coal, oil, tele phone, telegraph, mail, express, freight, passenger service, rail, bus, airplane, railways, and highways. This committee should take the necessary action to obtain ade quate truck freight to Nahunta. Finance Committee — Elroy Strickland, Chairman, R. B. Brooker, Owen Wainright, J. C. Allen, A. S. Mizell. This com mittee shall study and report on banking facilities, and availabili ty of finances for prospects. In the event the Industrial Develop ment Committee should decide it was necessary to construct a building or other facilities this committee would recommend me thods of financing. Government Committee — Del ma Herrin, Chairman, T. J. Thornton, Clint Roberson, Alfred Thomas. This committee shall make a study and report on the city and county government as to form, plans for expansion, recep tiveness to industrial develop ment, and make recommenda tions for improvement. It shall make a report and re commendations on the following: 1. Business climate 2. Police pro tection 3. Fire protection 4. Streets. Labor Committee — George Loyd, Chairman, Delma Herrin, Larry Stallings, Claude Smith. This committee shall make a complete report on available la bor supply, giving particular at tention to skills available, num ber of workers unemployed, cost of labor in this area, absence of unionism, and educational and training facilities for workers. Sewage Disposal Committee — Carl Broome, Chairman, J. W. Brooker, J. C. Moody, E. F. Cooper, T. J. Thornton, Clint Ro berson. This committee shall make a study to determine the need for a sewage disposal sys tem in Nahunta and whether such a system would be econo mically feasible. If the study in dicates the feasibility of such a project, then this committee will make a plan and recommend a course of action to install such a system. Natural Resources Committee— Avery Strickland, Chairman, George A. Loyd, J. C. Allen. James A. Ross, Dick Schmitt. This committee shall make an audit of the natural resources of the community including: 1 Agriculture 2. Timber products 3. Minerals. Special attention shall be given to developing or securing industries associated with local resources. Tourist Committee — Mrs. Tal madge Griner, Chairman, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, R. B. Brook er, Steve Rigdon, Hoke Wilson. Joe Siegel. This committee shall study the tourist industry as it affects the community and de vise means of improving it. It shall make a complete list of all available hotels, motels, and restaurants including capacity, quality and prices. Srattitey Entrrpra? Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 11, 1960 Pierce County Primary Held Wednesday J. H. Pittman, present sheriff of Pierce County, led the field of four candidates for sheriff in the primary election Wednesday, Feb. 10, but will have to run it off against Bill Lee on Wednes day, Feb. 24. Mr. Pittman led with 1,352 votes to 882 for Lee, his nearest opponent. A run-off will also be neces sary in the race for county school superintendent of Pierce County. C. H. D. Youmans, the incum bent led with 898 votes to 743 for Joe T. Lee, next man in the vot ing. LaCount D. Walker, incumbent court clerk, was defeated by W. T. DeLoach by a vote of 1,575 to 1,502. • Mrs. L. B. Smith, present tax receiver, won re-election over Califf C. Dixon by a vote of 1,862 to 1,211. Roy Westberry, tax collector, was unopposed, as was Mrs. Onie Aspinwall, Pierce County Ordin ary. For coroner J. Robert Jones won over Kenneth Graham 1,775 to 1,224. Barbecue Supper By Nahunta Methodist Church The Nahunta Methodist Church will hold a barbecue supper at the Nahunta High School lunch room Friday, Feb. 12, beginning at 5:00 P. M., for the benefit of the church. Admission, adults $1.25, children 65 cents. (Adv.) It takes about 12 inches of rainfall, well distributed, during the growing season to produce 50 bushels of corn per acre, de clares W. H. Gurley, agrono mist, Agricultural Extension Ser vice. Open Letter to a Teen-Ager (EDITOR’S NOTES: Nationally-known Juvenile Judge Philip B. Gilliam of Denver, Colorado, who has handled thousands of juvenile cases, wrote this “Open Letter to a Teen-Ager.’’ We reprint it here because we be lieve it embodies the “old-fashioned” thinking that pro duced the great men and women who made America great.) Always we hear the plaintive cry of the teen-ager: What can we do? . . . Where can we go? The answer is GO HOME! Hang the storm windows, paint the woodwork. Rake the leaves, mow the lawn, shovel the walk. Wash the car, learn to cook, scrub some floors. Repair the sink, build a boat, get a job. Help the minister, priest or rabbi, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army. Visit the sick, assist the poor, study your lessons. And then when you are through — and not too tired — read a book- Your parents do not owe you entertainment. Your city or village does not owe you recreational facilities- The world does not owe you a living . . . You owe the world something. You owe it your time and energy and your talents so that no one will be at war or in poverty or sick or lonely again. In plain, simple words, GROW UP; quit being a cry baby. Get out of your dream world and develop a back bone, not a wishbone, and start acting like a man or a lady. You’re supposed to be mature enough to accept some of the responsibility your parents have carried for years. They have nursed, protected, helped, appealed, begged, excused, tolerated and denied themselves needed comforts so that you could have every benefit. This they have done gladly, for you are their dearest treasure. But now, you have no right to expect them to bow to every whim and fancy just because selfish ego instead of common sense dominates your personality, thinking and requests. In Heaven’s name, GROW UP and GO HOME! Mrs. Lillie Wainright Funeral Service Was Held Tuesday Mrs. Lillie Lyons Wainright, age 83, died Monday morning at 4:00 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Teon Lake. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Hickox Ceme tery at 11:00 o’clock, conducted by Rev. O’Neal of Homerville. She is survived by two sons, Harvey Wainright of Waycross and Sammy Wainright of Jack sonville; four daughters, Mrs. Maggie Norris of Blackshear, Mrs. Mary Wells of Jesup, Mrs. Julia Johnson of Folkston and Mrs. Teon Lake of Hickox; four brothers, George Lyons, Nahun ta, Tom Lyons, Darien, Bob Lyons, Waycross, Amos Lyons, Nahunta, one sister, Mrs. Ben Morgan, Blackshear; also 21 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren and a number of neices an nephews. Pallbearres were J. W. Long, James Wells, Arris Lee, Caral Wainright, Claude Smith and Oscar Lyons. Calvary HD Club Discusses Care of Electric Appliances Care o f electric appliances was the theme of the program of the Calvary Home Demonstra tion Club for their February meeting. The president, Mrs. L. E. Ald ridge gave a demonstration on the care of electric skillets. She also stressed the importance of never plugging an electric ap pliance into an outlet before first plugging it into the unit to be user. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, Coun ty. H. D. Agent, showed some slides on the care and cleaning of electric ranges. Meetings to be held this month are the meeting of the Home Im provement chairmen on Feb. 12 and the H. D. County Council will meet at the R. E. A. Build ing in Nahunta on Feb. 17. Mrs. J. E. Aldridge, Brantley Man Killed in Auto Accident A 69-year-old Brantley County man died in a Waycross hospital Friday as a result of injuries re ceived in an auto accident near Nahunta Friday morning. The Georgia State Patrol listed the accident victim as Henry B. Varnedoe of RFD, Nahunta and formerly of Rt. 2, Waycross. Sgt. G. L. Sims of the State Pa trol said Varnedoe was sitting in his parked automobile which was struck by a second car. The sec ond auto had been forced to the side of the highway by another vehicle. The accident occurred at 10:40 a. m. Friday about three and one-half miles north of Nahunta on U. S. Highway 301. Varnedoe was carried to Memorial Hospi tal in Waycross where he died about 3:30 p. m. Friday. Sgt. Sims said the Varnedoe car was parked on the left side of the highway. He said it was struck by a second auto driven by Bob McGlohon Jr. of Jesup. The State Patrol sergeant said the McGlohon vehicle was forced into the side of the Varnedoe au to by a car driven by Samuel De cara of Petersburg, Va. He said the McGlohon auto was following the Decara car and attempted to pass when the De cara auto also attempted to pass still another auto in front of his car. Decara was charged with im proper passing, causing an acci dent Sgt. Sims said. Nahunta People Attend Camp Meeting The Methodist Camp Meeting on St. Simons Island was attend ed by 21 members of the Nahun ta Methodist Church Monday night, Feb. 8. The Camp Meeting is an an nual affair for the winter months on St. Simons. Speakers this year include Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Dr. Charles Allen and Bishop Arthur J. Moore. Members attending from the local Methodist Church Monday were Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Kale, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chambless, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Huffman. Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walker, Mrs. Parker Dodge, Mrs. Joe Siegel, Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs. J. B. Strickland, Mrs. C. H. Penland, Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. Carl El lis, Mrs. Math Rowell, Miss Frances Ellis, Miss Joyce Rowell and Johnny Walker. HD Chairmen to Meet This Friday The Home Improvement Chair men with each of the Home Demonstration Clubs in the coun ty will meet Friday for -a Lead er Training Meeting. Miss Doris Oglesby, Home Im provement Specialist with the Extension Service will conduct the Meeting. Visitors from Ware and Pierce Counties are expected to attend HD Council to Meet Wednesday Wednesday, Feb. 17 the Brant ley County Home Demonstration Council meets at 2:00 at the Oke fenoke REMC. The guest speaker is Mrs. Long with the Singer Sewing Machine Company’s Store in Waycross. Most Women in the county know Mrs. Long and will be glad to hear her. The Waynesville Home Demon stration Club is hostess at this Meeting. Directing Children’s Energy Miss Audrey Morgan, family life specialist, Agricultural Ex tension Service, says rather than try to suppress the boundless energy of children, wise parents direct these energies into crea tive, constructive outlets. As a result, their children have a bet ter chance for being happy and successful, she maintains. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Cub Scouts Appear On Television Appearing on Jacksonville Channel 12 Tuesday, Feb. 9, from the Webelos Den of the Nahunta Cub Scout Pack 221 were Gary Willis, Otis Bohan non, Pryce Brooker, LaCount Smith, Keith Middleton, Tony Tolbert, Jack Brooker and Den Chief William Hursey. From Den 3 were Terry Griffin, Jerry Pop well, Danny Thornton, Bill Mid dleton, Dan Moody, Tim Rauler son, Douglas Purcell, Stanley Ross, Jimmy Condit, Dallas Mon tague, Michael Lee and Den Chief Donny Griner. While in the city they made a tour of the new Sears building and riding the esculators proved to be another interesting new ex perience to many. Others accompanying the Cubs were Nancy Moody, Caroline Middleton, Sandy Brooker, Pam Smith, Martin Brooker, Layton Smith, Blake Raulerson. Adults were Mrs. Wilder Brooker, Mrs. Bill Brooker, Mrs. Ty Raulerson, Mrs. T. E. Raulerson, Mrs. Allen Barnard, Mrs. Harry Smith, Mrs. Glen Condit, Mrs. Dick Purcell, Mrs. Cecil Moody, T. J. Thorn ton, Bill Willis, Glen Condit and Cubmaster Harry Smith. A cookout was a recent event enjoyed by the boys of the Webe los Den and their fathers. This was one of the require ments before getting their Webe los badges. The boys prepared and cooked hamburgers and french fried potatoes. For some of the boys this was a real exper ience because they had never actually been out in the woods to see naturv^jt its best. The boys enjoying this trip were Pryce Brooker, Jack Brook er, Otis Bohannon, LaCount Smith Gary Willis, Keith Mid dleton and Tony Tolbert. The fathers were Messrs. Bill Brook er, Wilder Brooker, Lavelle Bo hannon, Harry Smith, Bill Willis, Julian Middleton and Bunt Tol bert. Baked Chicken Supper At Hortense School A baked chicken supper will be held at the Hortense School Saturday, Feb. 13, beginning at 5:30 in the afternoon. Admission, adults sl, children 50 cents. The supper is for the benefit of Hor tense School and the proceeds will go toward payment for the. refrigerator in the lunchroom. If you own an automatic wash er and still are washing orlon sweaters by hand you are “miss ing the boat,” points out Miss Doris Oglesby, housing equip ment specialist, Agricultural Ex tension Service. They can be ma chine washed. 150 Water and Sewage Plants Built in Georgia in 1959 Despite the high cost of financ ing, Georgia communities in 1952 began, completed or planned over 150 water and sewage treat ment plants or improvement pro jects. The rising rates of interest on borrowed funds for public con struction are interfering with ef fective planning for the future in many cases, however accord ing to the 1959 annual report of the Water Quality Service, Geor gia Department of Public Health. The Water Quality Service, formerly the Water Quality Divi sion, is responsible for public health supervision of water sup plies, sewage works and indus trial waste treatment throughout the State. Water and sewage revenue bonds, by which most water and sewage projects are financed, in some cases could not be sold be cause they were issued at inter est rates lower than potential buyers would accept, the report states. The only answer at pre sent is to adjust bond issues at higher rates, and to charge high er water and sewerage bills, ac cording to William H. Weir, di rector of Water Quality Service. “The longer the delay, the Keep up with the New* About Your Home County Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Seven Races Stir Interest In Election The Brantley County Democra tc primary election will be held next Tuesday, Feb. 16, with seven offices being contseted in lively political races. The offices of sheriff, county school superintendent, Ordinary, clerk of the court and three county commissioners’ posts are being contested and have stirred political interest to a high pitch in the county. In the sheriff’s race incumbent J. Walter Crews is opposed by Ben Jones and Dan W Herrin. This race is the only one that could cause a run-off election, as a candidate must get a majority vote to be nominated. The race for county school superintendent is between the in sumbent Herschel W. Herrin and Mrs. Mable Moody. Mr. Herrin has held the office for 11 years and Mrs. Moody is a teacher in Nahunta High School. In the contest for Ordinary the incumbent Claude A. Smith is opposed by Perry U. Rozier, a farmer of the Hortense district. Delma F. Herrin, present court clerk, and Rev. H an Mor n are opponents in race clerk of the court. Three races are on for county commissioners’ post. In the Lu laton-Atkinson district the in cumbent Louis Prescott is op posed by Julian B. Middleton. In the Hoboken - Schlatterville district the i;icumbent Silas D. Lee is being opposed by Owen Griffin. In the Hickox district Incumbent Alfred Thomas is op posed by Major Riggins. John W. Wilson, tax commis sioner, is unopposed. C. S. Kizer, the present coroner, is also un opposed. Two county commis sioners, R. C. Harrell Jr., of the Hortense - Waynesville district and R. B. Brooker of the Nahun ta district have no opposition. No candidate for county sur veyor qualified for the race and a blank place will be found on the ballot to allow voters to write in their choice for sur veyor. All members of the county Democratic Committee will be elected Tuesday. Blank spaces are provided on the ballots for writing in the names of choices for Democratic Committeemen. Two committeemen from each of eight precincts will be nomin ated. (Adv.) The polls will be opened at seven o’clock Tuesday morning and remain open until seven in the evening, according to state law. More than 3,000 voters are re gistered in Brantley County and a heavy vote is expected Tuesday bcause of the interest aroused in the several political races. more the cost,” Mr. Weir said “Interest rates can be expected to remain high for a long time, while at the same time construc tion costs are rising about five percent per year.” As long as population and in dustry in Georgia continue to grow, the report points out, there can be no letdown in building new public water and sewage projects and in expanding and replacing existing facilities as they become outgrown or obso lete. The report also urges communi ties to insist on properly trained and expierenced operators. Com munities usually invest more in water and sewage systems than any other municipal undertak ing, yet they often fail to realize the full value of their invest ment by not providing qualified operators and paying them at tractive salaries. The water laboratory of the Water Quality Service in 1959 examined a record total of 25,- 845 samples of water. Informa tion from these examinations was used by municipalities, industries, consulting engineers, water puri fication plant operators, and others interested in problems of water quality.