The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, May 12, 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 19 Joe Crews Died Saturday, May 7, Rites Held Monday Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, May 9, at three o’clock from the Nahunta Church of God for Mr. Joe Crews, 77, of Route 1, Nahunta, who passed away Saturday morning, May 7, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Crews, at Racepond with the Rev. David Mullis and the Rev. Newton H. Howard conducting the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends. Interment followed in Bethle hem Cemetery. Mr. Crews was born in Charl ton county and was the son of the late Frank and Millie Brooker Crews. He received his education in the schools of Charlton county and was- a member of the Church of God. He was twice married, first to the former Miss Rhoda Johns, who preceded him in death many years ago. Later he was married to Miss Mary Walker, who also preceded him in death. Until declining health forced his retirement, Mr. Crews was engaged in farming. In addition to Mrs. Crews, sur vivors include another daughter, Mrs. Riley Walker of Nahunta; two sons, Frank Crews of Nahun ta, and Norman Crews of Folks ton; one sister, Mrs. Irilla Harris of Folkston; one brother, Walter Crews of Hilliard, Fla. Fifteen grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives sur vive. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Claude A. Smith, Clar ence Allen, J. T. Morgan, Horace Jacobs, Fred Lewis, and Bernard S. Pearson. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. DOUBLING TIMBER Dorsey Dyer, forester, Agri cultural Extension Service, de clares a more intensified forest management program can double Georgia’s timber production and values. A six-step management program is being stressed by all county agents. HERMAN TALMADGE ft 4 * Reports From I WASHINGTON ■MIMH ONE OUT OF every twenty dollars of the national debt is tied up in federal stockpile inventories ranging from beans to diamonds. The Joint Committee on Reduc tion of Nonessential Federal Ex- W penditures re - ports that as ' «°f February 29 the Feder | .fsBIW a l Government ? had more than $15.6 billion , invested in ?/'gW. "ju stored minor- a l s ’ commodi ties and goods. Os that amount the General Services Administra tion is holding $8.4 billion in strategic and critical minerals be ginning with aluminum and run ning through zinc which might be needed in any future military ef fort and the Commodity Credit Corporation possesses almost $7 billion in 27 surplus agricultural commodities plus an additional SBO million in strategic materials obtained through barter. The Of fice of Civil and Defense Mobiliza tion has accumulated an inventory of medicines and other supplies to be used in a national emergency which is valued at more than sl7l million. * • • MOST OF THE details about the handling of the stockpile of strategic and critical materials are classified and are not avail able even to members of Congress, but some very disturbing facts about the management of the agricultural surplus are being brought out by an investigation of the Commodity Credit Corpora tion currently being conducted by a Special Senate Agriculture Sub committee of which Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri is Chairman and I am a member. For example, it has been estab lished that it is costing the Ameri can taxpayers $1.5 million a day to store surplus grain alone and (ft prtfrti tr frUUi at John D. Raulerson Passed Away Tuesday Mr. John Donaldson Raulerson, 74, of Lake Butler, Fla., passed away early Tuesday morning, May 10, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Rilla Youmans on Route 1, Hoboken. Mr. Raulerson was born in Pierce, now Brantley county, and was the son of the late James Russell and Rachel Bennett Raul erson, pioneer residents of this section. He received his education in the schools of the county and had resided in Florida for the past thirty-five years where he had engaged in farming until ill health forced his retirement. In addition to Mrs. Youmans, survivors include three daugh ters, Mrs. Owen Simmons of Hampton, Fla., Mrs. Ona Mae Swindell of Palatka, Fla., and Mrs. Joyce Edwards of Pensa cola, Fla; four sons, Merritt Raul erson of Lake Butler, Fla., Rus sell Raulerson of Florida, Leon Raulerson and Travis Raulerson, both of Jacksonville, Fla.; three other sisters, Mrs. Jane Davis of Blackshear, Mrs. Mary Sapp of Hoboken, and Mrs. Lola Johns of Nahunta; two brothers, J. T. Raulerson of Daytona Beach, Fla., and J. F. Raulerson of Jackson ville, Fla. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. The body was carried to Lake Butler, Fla. Tuesday night and funeral services and interment were to be held later this week. The family has the sympathy of their many friends throughout this section in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of local arrangements. Card of Thanks We wish to express our deep est appreciation to our many friends for the expressions of sympathy, floral offerings, cover ed dishes, and other acts of kind ness shown us during the recent illness and death of our loved one. May God bless each of you The Family of P. D. Griffin ^Consistent newspaper advertis- ing brings profitable results. commercial warehouse operators who have contracts for such stor age are making profits of up to 167 per cent. Some of the ware house owners are not even risking their own capital, having built their facilities with loans from the Small Business Administration and made repayment easier through obtaining fast tax write offs. One official of the Depart ment of Agriculture, who since has lost his job and been indicted, realized a $83,250 profit from a silent partnership in such an en terprise for which he had put up no money of his own. ♦ ♦ ♦ THE SITUATION IS so replete with opportunities for profiteer ing that one Kansas City steel storage bin salesman last year mailed out an advertisement ask ing: “Are you passing up Uncle Sam’s gravy train?” The ad de clared that “there’s gold in them there mountains of grain” and the facts brought to light by the Sym ington Subcommittee unfortun ately seem to substantiate the truth of that assertion. These shocking revelations serve not only to point up again the dis mal failure of the present national farm program but also to empha size the need for a complete over hauling of governmental proce dures which permit the politically favored few to profiteer at the expense of the average citizen. Furthermore, while no one would argue against the wisdom of ac quiring materials which the na tion may need in the event of a future war, it would appear that an inquiry would be in order to determine whether similar wind falls are being realized through the accumulation of the national strategic stockpile. Brantley Enterprise Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 12, 1960 Qualifying for State Races to End May 23rd SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY, MAY 22 Commencement activities for Hoboken High School will begin Sunday, May 22, with the bacca laureate sermon being preached by Rev. W. C. Rice, pastor of Ho boken Baptist Church. Graduation exercises will be held Monday night, May 23, when 34 seniors will be awarded di plomas by county superintendent Herschel W. Herrin. Three members of the senior class, Hubert Pearson, Henry Aldridge and Louise Jones, will be the speakers for the gradua tion exercises. The senior class banquet was held Friday night, May 13. Names of the graduating seniors will be given in next week’s En terprise. Personals Mrs. R. D. Thomas left on Fri day of last week to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomas and their new baby in Americus, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. James Hansen and children, Kim and Genie and Mrs. H. J. Braddock of Jack sonville were guests of Mrs. Alice Highsmith and family last week end. Eugene Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Crews of Hor tense, was recognized at South Georgia College’s Honors Day Banquet Thursday, May 5. Mr. Crews received honorable men tion as runner-up to the fresh man with the highest scholastic average and also awarded a key as runner-up to the Best All- Round Boy. Mrs. C. M. Dowling left Mon day, May 9, to visit her son, C. M. bowling Jr., in Takoma Park, Md., for several weeks. Mrs. Polly Middleton was sur prised Saturday, May 7, with a “Thank You” party in her honor by the children. She was given flowers and a cake inscribed “Thank You Polly.” World s Biggest Balloon to Rise At Brunswick The world’s largest balloon, which, when fully inflated, will expand to a diameter equal to the length of a football field, will be launched from Naval Air Sta tion Glynco at Brunswick, Geor gia, during the latter part of May or the first part of June, accord ing to a joint announcement made today by the Navy and the Na tional Science Foundation. The balloon, which is expect ed to attain a maximum height of 126,000 feet, will be visible in the southern United States during a two-day flight that may end as far west as California if it follows its expected trajectory. Composed of seven acres of polyethylene film, a new “won der” plastic, the balloon will ex pand to a volume of 10 million cubic feet as it ascends high into the stratosphere. To ground ob servers, it should appear as a very small soap bubble in the daytime sky and as a bright pearl like the planet Venus in the dawn and twilight hours. Naval Air Station Glynco was selected from a number of pro posed launching sites because of its strategic location and the availability of its helium storage facilities and launching apron, which were formerly utilized by the Navy’s lighter-than-air pro gram. The nature of the scienti fic experiment to be conducted requires a launching site as far east and south as possible. By launching from Glynco, the pre vailing winds at high altitudes should carry the balloon across the United States for recovery when the payload is parachuted to earth at the end of the flight. “Skyhook Glynco,” as the bal loon program has been titled, will be the first of its type ever to be launched for transit over the breadth of the United States. Two prior experiments of this type were conducted aboard the carrier USS VALLEY FORGE earlier this year south of the Vir gin Islands. Egg whites should be stored in the refrigerator in a tightly covered container, advises Miss Nelle Thrash, food preservation ist, Agricultural Extension Ser vice. Preschool Clinic Will Be Held Tuesday, May 17 The PreSchool Clinic for child ren entering school in September will be held at the Health De partment on Tuesday, May 17, from 9 to 11 a. m. As your child will be register ed for school at the same time please bring his birth certificate and his immunization record if it is not on file at the local Health Department. Dr. E. A. Moody will be the Clinician. Pleasant D. Griffin Funeral Service Was Held Sunday Mr. Pleasant Dempsey Griffin, 41, passed away Friday after noon, May 6, at his residence in the Lulaton community after an illness of several months. His death removes one of Brantley County’s most prominent citizens and brought personal sorrow to many throughout this section. Mr. Griffin was born in Ho boken, and was the son of Mrs. Gertrude Strickland Griffin and the late Franklin Harvey Griffin. He received his education in the Hoboken school and later at tended Abraham Baldwin Agri cultural College in Tifton. He was graduated in 1942 from the University of Georgia, receiving his B S. degree in Agriculture. He was connected with the Agri cultural Extension Service for seven years, and later was em ployed by the Veterans Admin istration. At the time of his death, he was with the State De partment of Revenue in the Sales Tax Division. In addition to his mother, sur vivors include his wife, Mrs. Nellie Woodard Griffin of Na hunta; one daughter, Miss Sharon Griffin of Nahunta; two sons, Franklin Griffin and Terry Grif fin, both of Nahunta; seven sis ters, Mrs. Julian Thornton of Screven; Mrs. Donald Ferreira oi Fernandina Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Floyd Lee, Mrs. H. S. Thomas, Miss Mattie Griffin, Miss Annie Griffin, and Miss Evelyn Griffin, all of Hoboken; one brother, Lewis Griffin of Waycross. Sev eral nieces, nephews, and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, May 8, at 3:00 o’clock from the Nahunta Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas conducting the rites in the presence of the family and a host of sorrowing relatives and freinds. The body lay in state at the church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in Green lawn Cemetery near Waycross. Serving as active pallbearers were Messrs. Noah Altman, Charles Lee, Carroll Thornton, Harvey Thomas, Lamar Woodard and Benton Griffin. The honorary escort was com posed of Dr. E. A. Moody, Dr. Ivey Jacobs, Judge Cecil Rod denberry, Col. Mike Y. Hendrix, Capt. Charles H. Lindsey, Messrs. Cecil Moody, R. E. Johns, DeWitt Moody, T. J. Thornton, R. J. Wainright, Alvin Drury, George Loyd, W. V. Strickland, Julian Middleton, John Wilson, J. Wal ter Crews, D. F. Herrin, Clayton Riggins, Moultrie Purdom, M. M. Manor, A. J. Stokes, J. W. Brook er, Alfred Thomas Jr., J. Robert Smith, Kent Ragan, Louie Isler, Truman Clements, H. B. Lee Jr., W. R. Davis, Ed Ehrensperger, and Vasco Proctor. The many beautiful floral of ferings attested to the high es teem in which Mr. Griffin was held by those who had the pri vilege of knowing him. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. The Nahunta High School Com mencement will begin on Sun day, May 22, according to an nouncement of principal John H. Calhouni The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the Rev. R. C. Kale, Pastor of The Nahunta Methodist Church, Sunday morn ing, May 22, at 11:15 A. M. Graduation exercise will be held Tuesday evening, May 24, at 8:00 P. M. Forty-eight seniors will re ceive diplomas at the graduation exercises and the top five honor graduates will deliver addresses. They have chosen as the theme for the program: “The Necessity of Education.” The thirteen honor graduates are in rank as follows: Josephine Bryan Valedictorian, Cecil Drury, Saluatorian, Sylvia Ro well, Barbara Brauda, Betty Ann Lanier, Alice Sue DePratter, Aria Dean Wilson, Robert Sloan, Gloria Prescott, Sandra Williams, Harry Herrin, Evelyn Howell, Elaine Thrift. All exercises will be held in the school gymnatorium. The commencement program will be given in detail in next week’s Enterprise. Todd Home at Atkinson Is Burned Down The home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Todd on highway 84 near Atkinson was completely destroy ed by fire Thursday, May 5. All the furnishings in the house were lost in the fire. Ten members of the family, including Mr. and Mrs. Todd and six children and a married daughter and her husband lost all the personal belongings. The fire is reported to have started when gasoline was pour ed on hot ashes in a stove. Frank Altman, the son-in-law, was car ried to the hospital badly burn ed in the explosion of the stove. His wife also suffered slight burns in the fire. The family is now living in a house provided by Louis Pres cott at Atkinson. Friends and neighbors have provided some furniture and clothing. There is a great need of help for this unfortunate family and any Brantley County citizen who can donate money, furniture, bedclothes, clothing or kitchen ware is requested to send or car ry their aid to the Todds at At kinson. REWARDS FOR TIMES STAFFERS — Two present members of The Blackshear Times staff, their wives, and a former publisher gather for celebration on Awards Night at the GPA-NEA convention in Atlanta last week. The Times won four prizes, including first place national award. Shown, 1. to r., Mrs. Mershon Aspinwall Jr.; Mr. Aspinwall, advertising manager; W. Kirk Sutlive, former publisher; Dean Broome, present publisher; and Mrs. Dean Broome. (Photo by Bill Wilson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution). OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Hickox Couple Killed in Auto Accident Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Ephran Henry Hickox, of Deland, Fla., who were killed in an auto accident Thursday, were held at the graveside in Moore Cemetery Sunday at 2 p. m. with Elder Eldon Dowling officiating. Both were former residents of Brantley County. Mrs. Hickox was the former Miss Martha Wil lis. Mrs. Hickox is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wil lis of Waycross; four sisters, Mrs. Franklin W. Sweat and Mrs. Ivy Justice, both of Waycross, Mrs. Charlie Crews, Nahunta, and Mrs. Reppard Crews of Deland. Surviving Mr. Hickox are two sisters, Mrs. Jim Harris, Nahun ta, and Mrs. Minnie Arnold, Jesup; four brothers, Jesse Hic kox and Raymond Hickox, both of Hoboken, Ernest Hickox, Na hunta, and Joseph Hickox, Bruns wick. Pallbearers for Mrs. Hickox were Roy Lyons, N. P. Warner, J. B. Young, Silas Edwards, John ny Hartley and D. E. McKenzie. Pallbearers for Mr. Hickox were T. B. Hickox, L. A. Hickox, G. E. Hickox, A. D. Hickox, Edwin Hickox and Dalene Crews. Ross Speaks to Junior 4-H Club On Conservation The Nahunta Junior 4-H Clubs (sth & 6th grades) met at the Grammar School with Mr. George A. Loyd, County Agent; Mrs. Virginia N. Raulerson, County Home Demonstration Agent; and Mr. James A. Ross, Soil Conservationist of Brantley County. Mr. Ross was introduced by Mrs. Raulerson. The meeting was called to or der by Nancy Moody, 6th grade Club President. We then sang “America The Beautiful,” and Gail Riggins gave a Bible read ing. The minutes of the last meet ing were read by Cheryl Davis, and approved. The meeting was then turned over to Dale Jacobs, sth grade Club President, and the Roll was called by Janice Crews. We sang “Old Black Joe,” and then we saw a film about Soil Conservation. Mr. Ross also talked to us about the Nature and Conservation of the Soil. Tommy Graham, reporter Always read and follow advice in booklets that come with your appliances, says Miss Doris Oglesby, housing-equipment specialist, Agricultural Eexten sion Service. 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) The closing date for candidates to qualify for representative and senator from Brantley County is Monday, May 23, at noon, and the fee is S2OO, according to rules laid down by the Brantley Coun ty Democratic Committee. The closing date was set by the State Democratic Commitee, as the offices of representative and senator are state offices. J. Robert Smith has qualified as a candidate for representative from Brantley County. Candi dates may qualify with J. D. Orser who is secretary of the county committee. Home Demonstration Meetings Announced The following is a schedule of meetings and events for the Home Demonstration work for Brantley County. May 13, Friday, 7:00, Hortense 4-H Club party at the school lunchroom. May 16, Monday, 3:00, Atkin son-Waynesville Home Demon stration Club meets with Mrs. C. D. Gibson. May 18, Wednesday, 3:00, Hic kox Home Demonstration Club will meet with Mrs. Ronald Hen drix. Miss Charlene Gibson and Miss Patsy Walker will give their demonstrations at the Home Demonstration Club meetings this month. Charlene presents a Quick Oven Meal while Patsy shows how easy to make yeast breads. Much time will be devoted to working with the 22 girls who will represent Brantley County at Rock Eagle June 13, 14, and 15. Mrs. Robert Smith Is Polio Chairman Os Brantley County Mrs. Robert Smith has been named Chairman of the Brantley County Chapter of The National Polio Foundation at a recent meeting. Other officers are Mrs. Keith Strickland, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. Cecil Moody, Treasurer; Mrs. Norman Lewis, Secretary. Mrs. Lois Williams, retiring Chairman, was complimented for her excellent administration of the Chapter and her work in the March of Dimes. Mr. Herbert Colvin, who has served as March Os Dimes Chair man for many years, reported $1,583.11 collected in the January March of Dimes. Based on popu lation, the amount raised places Brantley County within the first five counties in Georgia in Per Capita receipts. Mrs. Edna Adams, the teen group, the Woman’s Club and the schools were cited for outstand ing contributions to the cam paign.