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VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 20
Two High Schools to Award 82 Diplomas
Hoboken High School to Hold
Graduation Exercises Monday
Hoboken High School will a
ward diplomas to 34 graduates at
commencement exercises Mon
day night, May 23, it is announc
ed by principal L. W. Blanchard.
The commencement sermon
will be preached by Rev. W. C.
Rice pastor of the Hoboken Bap
tist Church, Sunday morning,
May 22.
Members of the senior class
will make the graduation
speeches Monday night. They are
Hubert Pearson, Henry Aldridge
and Louise Jones.
Seniors at Hoboken graduating
Monday night are as follows:
Dorothy Marie Mercer
Jennie Irene Johnson
Trudy Jo-Ann Altman
Evon Mattie Lee
Douglas Roy Prescott
Roy Jordan
Noah Eugene Williams
Pearl Elizabeth Edwards
Myra Jane Lee
Jessie Louise Jones
Cynthia Rose Dowling
Jessie Colleen Dickerson
Carol Esther Hagin
Mary Ellen Hagen
Gilbert Lee Altman
Earl Thomas Woods
Ronnie Thomas Carter
Roy Vernon Griffin
Tollie Dowt Lee
Marvin Lester Kimbrell
Henry Witmer Aldridge
Dorothy Elizabeth Brannon
Wanda Griffin
Roy Allen Stone
Luther LaDon Dickerson
Hubert Shelton Pearson
Vance Liston Carter
Jerry Lamar Saunders
Jean Carolyn Sapp
Barbara Ann Shephard
Betty Jean Jacobs
Myrtice Ethleen Hickox
James Stanley Aldridge
Richard Dennis Rowell
Sweeping The Country
39 COUNTIES ELECT BOARD OF
EDUCATION BY POPULAR VOTE
Thirty-nine counties in Georgia now elect their
Boards of Education by a vote of the people.
Several counties, including Mclntosh, Elbert and
Glascock, will vote in November on constitutional amend
ments providing for electing their Boards of Education by
popular vote.
The process of a county changing from election of
school board members by the Grand Jury to popular vote
is by constitutional amendment.
A county’s representative and senator in the legisla
ture put through a proposed constitutional amendment
and the people of the given county vote on the proposal
at the next general election.
For instance, if Brantley County’s representative and
senator put through the Georgia legislature a constitu
tional amendment next January, providing for the election
of Brantley County school board members, then the
people of this county would vote on the proposed amend
ment in the general election of 1962.
If the people of Brantley County voted a majority
in favor of the amendment, then it would become a part
of the state constitution. If the people of Brantley County
voted a majority against the amendment, then the pro
posal would be killed.
In other words, the matter addresses itself first to
the county’s representative and state senator and then
directly to the people of the county for their acceptance
or rejection.
WILL ELLIS ARNALL RUN
has indicated that he
wants to run for governor a*™ m 1962 ' « e °
hope that the segregation issue
state of confusion by 1962 ana uu»
situation and become governor a ^ al ”' „ Sunreme
Arnall also seems to hope that the U ^Supreme
Court will knock out Georgia s coun y ,
throw the 1962
It is my considered opin or
elected governor again eithe Georgia governor-
by popular vote. It it my belief that the Georg g
ship will be to Arnall only “A. ore flirting
Mr. Arnall ran off a ter false sun
with radical politicians of f or
has long gone down m Georgia, ^es, it
him politically than he thinks.
Nahunta Splits
Doubleheader
With Glennville
The Nahunta South Georgia
League baseball team split a
doubleheader with Glennville on
the Nahunta diamond Sunday.
Nahunta won the first game by
a score of 13 to 6 and lost the se
cond game 6 to 2.
Joe Smith pitched the first
game, with Wannis Cleland do
ing the catching. Cecil Drury Jr.,
pitched for Nahunta in the se
cond game, with Edward Davis
behind the plate.
Nahunta outhit Glennville in
both games, but failed to bunch
enougn hits in the second game.
Johnny Cleland and Harry Raul
erson each hit a triple.
Nahunta will play a double
header against Sterling next
Sunday, May 22, on the Nahunta
diamond.
Red Oak Church
To Observe
Homecoining Day
Red Oak Baptist Church, south
of Atkinson in the edge of Cam
den County, will hold its annual
Homecoming Day program next
Sunday, May 22.
The meeting will start at 11:00'
A. M. Dinner will be served on
the church grounds at one o’clock
and the pastor, Rev. Cecil Tho
mas of Nahunta, will preach at
three o’clock in the afternoon.
Everyone is invited to attend
the services.
By Carl Broome
Brantley Enterprise
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 19, 1960
Waynesville HD
Club Met Monday
The Waynesville Home Demon
stration Club met Monday, May
16, at the home of Mrs. C. D.
Gibson. The devotional was led
by Mrs. Daisy Hunter.
After the business session, Mrs.
Virginia Raulerson introduced
Miss Patsy Walker and Miss
Charlene Gibson who gave
demonstrations to the club. Miss
Walker demonstrated .making
hot rolls. Miss Gibson demon
strated a quick oven meal.
Present were: Mrs. Daisy Hun
ter, Mrs. Thelma Thompson, Mrs.
Daisy Middleton, Mrs. Marian
Gibson, Mrs. Mary Lou Gibson,
Mrs. Agnes Johns and Mrs. Doro
thy Gibson.
The hostess served refresh
ments to the group.
Knox Cemetery to
Be Cleaned Wednesday
Wednesday, May 25, is the day
set for a working to clean park
ing space at the Knox Cemetery,
it is announced by Mrs. Turner
Highsmith.
Every one interested is asked
to come and bring tools to help
in the cleaning.
World War I Vets
To Ride in Parade
All veterans of World War I
in Pierce and Brantley counties
are invited to participate in the
Armed Forces Day parade in
Waycross Saturday with Okefe
nokee Barracks No. 1686, Veter
ans of World War I.
Herbert L. Lewis of Waycross,
commander, asked the World
War I veterans to meet at Mary
Street Park at 9:30 A. M. Satur
day to participate in the parade
and other ceremonies.
Members of Barrack 1686 in
Pierce and Brantley counties and
others who can participate are
invited to notify Mr. Lewis at
AT 3-5341 so that the entire group
can assemble in cars together.
Brantley County
While Nahunta
Herrin s Coffee Shop
Opens in Nahunta
Herrin’s Coffee Shop has open
ed for business in the former
Sweet Shoppe building in Nahun
ta.
The business is being conduct
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Neville Her
rin. They carry a line of gifts,
flowers, greeting cards and no
velties. They also have a soda
fountain and coffee counter and
tables.
Herrin’s Coffee Shop is operat
ed by Neville and Lorena Her
rin who have recently moved
back to Nahunta from Florida.
Georgia Rural Electric Co-ops
Celebrate Silver Anniversary
Methodist Women
Met with Mrs. Lewis
The W. s. C. S. met at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Lewis Tues
day evening, May 17 with Mrs.
Russell Huffman as co-hostess.
Mrs Huffman presided. Mrs.
Effie Middleton was in charge of
the program on “Jesus, the Light
of the World,” lighting rainbow
candles. Taking part in the
candle lighting were: Bill and
Carolyn Middleton, Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs. Grace Wakely, Mrs. Chamb
less, Mrs. Huffman and Mrs.
Kale.
Others present were; Mrs. W.
C. Long Sr., Mrs. J. T. Royster,
Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Montigue.
Mrs. Mayme Davis was a visitor.
A green and white color scheme
was carried out in the dining
room, where the hostesses served
sandwiches, cookies, pickles, po
tato sticks and iced tea.
Raybon Advent
Church Revival
Starts Monday
The Raybon Advent Christian
Church will begin a revival
meeting next Monday night, May
23, it is announced by Albert
Purdom, church clerk.
The revival will continue
through Sunday, May 29. Rev.
Wilson Waters of Jacksonville,
Fla., will be the evangelist.
Services will begin each night
at 7:45. Special singing will fea
ture each service.
A special program will be held
Sunday, May 29, with dinner on
the church grounds and singing
in the afternoon. The public is
cordially invited to all the ser
vices.
Monday Noon
Is Last Day
For Qualifying
The last day for qualifying for
representative or senator from
Brantley County is next Mon
day, May 23, at noon. This is the
date and hour set by the State
Democratic Committee for all
state offices.
Candidates who have announc
ed from Brantley County up to
Thursday morning were J. Ro
bert Smith for representative and
W. C. Long for state senator.
Mr. Smith is an attorney who
practices law in the county and
lives in Nahunta. He is a native
of Ware County.
Mr. Long is agricultural teach
er in Nahunta High School and
has lived in Nahunta for eight
years.
Mixture of early morning damp
pickings of cotton with later dry
pickings should be avoided be
cause it will downgrade the en
tire load of seed cotton, warn
engineers, Agricultural Extension
Service.
Loses Population
Shows Fair Gain
The population of Brantley
County is 5,842, and of Nahunta
is 953, according to preliminary
figures released by Mrs. Madge
Sewell, district census supervisor.
In 1950 Brantley County had
6,387 people, which means that
the county lost 545 people in the
last 10 years. In 1940 Brantley
County had 6,871 population,
which means a loss of 1,029
people in the last 20 years.
Nahunta’s population figures
for 1960 shows a gain of approxi
mately 200 over the 1950 figures.
The whole situation is that Na
hunta has gained in population
but the entire county, including
Nahunta, last lost in population.
The figures on the population
for the City of Hoboken have not
yet been released to this news
paper.
The Little White House, Warm
Springs, Georgia home of the
late President Franklin D. Roose
velt, was the scene on May 11th
of the silver anniversary celebra
tion of the rural electric systems
across America. Motorcades and
chartered busses arrived as dedi
cated people from all sections of
the country came to pay homage
to the Father of Rural Electrifi
cation.
As the people gathered Graham
W. Jackson, favorite musician of
the late president, played and
sang as he did when the presi
dent was there.
D. Marshall Pollock, president
of Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation, presided during the
ceremony and Walter Harrison,
general manager GEMC and
president NRECA presented the
distinguished guests.
Hon. Claud R. Wickard, form
er secretary of agriculture under
the late President Truman, was
the guest speaker.
Young Students
To Be Presented
In Dance Revue
A number of school students
will be presented in a dance re
vue at the Nahunta Grammar
School Thursday night, May 19.
They are Mary Robinson, Jana
Jones, Denise Smith, Cynthia
Smith, Sandy Brooker, Cindy
Raulerson, Scott Lewis, Carol
Robinson.
Also, Virginia Allen, Beth Her
rin, Wendell Herrin, Linda Har
den, Lynette Jones, Nancy Moody,
Lorna Harden and Jack Brooker.
28,000 Acres of
Forests Burned in
State Since Jan. 1
MACON — More than 28,000
acres of forests were destroyed
by fire in this state during the
first quarter of 1960, according to
A. R. Shirley, director of the
Georgia Forestry Commission.
In a report released from the
Commission’s state headquarters
here, Shirley pointed out that
debris burning, the greatest cause
of wild fires, accounted for 1,087
fires which destroyed more than
9,000 acres during the period
from January 1 to March 31.
Incendiary blazes was the se
cond greatest cause, with 573
fires, and careless smokers ac
counted for 472 fires. Other
causes were listed by Shirley as
railroads, campers, lumbering and
pulpwood operations, hunters and
miscellaneous.
The director’s report showed
the Commission’s District Seven,
with headquarters in Rome, led
with 7,607 acres destroyed dur
ing the quarter. District Ten,
with headquarters in Washing
ton, reported 1,204 acres destroy
ed, the smallest loss among the
state’s ten districts.
Shirley urged all citizens to
exercise all precautions against
fire while in the woods. He said
landowners should check with
their county forest rangers to
determine whether the county
option fire law is in effect in
their county before starting a
controlled fire.
“Regardless of the law,” Shir
ley said, “all persons should
check with their ranger before
setting debris or field fires and
he will advise them whether
weather and moisture conditions
will permit safe burning.”
Soil Conservation
Employees Given
Awards for Safety
Twelve Soil Conservation Ser
vice employees in the Waycross
Area received National Safety a
wards for a combined total of 54
years of safe driving at cere
monies held in Jesup, Georgia, on
May 12, 1960.
Cecil W. Chapman, State Con
servationist, SCS, presented cer
tificates and key chains to the
following individuals in recogni
tion of safe driving for periods of
from one to ten years: James B
Goldin, Pembroke, 1 year; Hers
chel L. Paulk, Jesup, 2 years;
Eric L. Hamilton, Blackshear,
Kenneth M. Parks, Jesup, and
Truman M. Camel, Folkston, 3
years; Eustace B. Tanner and
William T. Holton, Waycross, and
Wendell R. Cowart, Ludowici, 4
years; James A. Ross, Nahunta,
and D. Gray Aydelott, Way cross,
5 years; and Raiford F. Brown,
Savannah, and Charles W. Bart
lett, Waycross, 10 years.
USDA Safety Awards for Pre
venting Motor Vehicle Accidents
were also presented to SCS work
unit offices at Pearson, Nahunta,
Pembroke, Folkston, Savannah,
Hinesville, Ludowici, Darien,
Waycross, and Jesup. Those a
ward certificates covered periods
of from three to five years.
Ten work unit offices received
certificates for preventing disabl
ing injuries for periods of from
four to five years. These offices,
which represent a total of 69 man
years of service without a dis
abling injury, are Pearson, Na
hunta, Pembroke, Folkston, Sa
vannah, Hinesville, Ludowici,
Darien, Blackshear and Waycross.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
48 Seniors at Nahunta High
School to Graduate Tuesday
Personals
Leon Eugene Highsmith of
Macon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Highsmith, former residents of
Brantley County, recently pass
ed the state bar examination. He
is a brother of Mrs. J. W. Davis
of Nahunta.
Alvin J. Deason of Norfolk, Va.,
visited the Enterprise office Mon
day. He formerly worked with
The Brantley Enterprise as a
printer in 1927 and 1928. He now
works as a printer in Norfolk,
with the Virginian Pilot, a daily
paper which puts out about 11
editions each day.
Mrs. Mayme Davis of Corning,
N. Y., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Grace Wakely.
William Peek of Brunswick
and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Coleman
of Jacksonville were visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis last
week.
Dinner guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham for a
reunion of the family on Satur
day of last week were; Rev. and
Mrs. Omer Grave of LaGrange,
Ga.; Dr. and Mrs. Raphael Graves
and Skipper and Beth of Atlanta;
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Ham and
children of Jesup and Mrs. R. B.
Ham and children and Mr. R. D.
Thomas of Nahunta.
Cy T. Johns, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver O. Johns of
Route 1, Box 88, Nahunta, serv
ing with Amphibious Construc
tion Battalion One, took part in
an amphibious exercise on the
beaches of Camp Pendleton,
Calif., May 4-13.
Mrs. Roy Harper has been a
patient in a Baxley hospital
since Wednesday.
Lyman Rowell returned home
on Tuesday from a Hospital in
Waycross where he has been a
patient following an operation
ten days ago.
FIRE HAZARD
Improperly installed electrical
wiring and equipment is a
serious fire hazard, point out en
gineers, Agricultural Extension
Service. Use permanently install
ed wiring whenever possible,
never overload circuits, use fuses
of proper size, and be careful of
electrical wiring in damp places,
they advise.
ARE TEEN-AGERS LAZY
Teen-agers are called lazy
sometimes because they tire
easily, points out Miss Audrey
Morgan, family life specialist,
Agricultural Extension Service.
This is because they are grow
ing so rapidly, she says. Teen
agers are not physically able to
continue strenuous exercise or
heavy muscular work for a great
length of time.
Waycross Livestock Market
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA’S LEADING
LIVESTOCK MARKET
HONEST WEIGHTS AND COURTEOUS
SERVICE.
At our sale on Monday, May 16, a
total of 895 head of hogs and 235
head of cattle were sold for a total
volume of $36,530.05.
Feeder pigs sold up to $14.00 with
grade hog prices as follows: RI, $15.-
81; LI, $15.83; No. 2, $15.10; No. 3,
$14.30.
Calves sold up to $24.10, steers and
heifers up to $22.80, cows up to $21.-
95, and bulls up to $21.10.
For pick-up or contact for sales please call
Woodrow Wainright Phone HO 2-3471 Nahunta,
Georgia.
Waycross Livestock Market
L. C. Pruitt, W. H. Inman and
O. A. Thompson, Operators and Managers
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Nahunta High School will give
diplomas to 48 seniors at com
mencement exercises to be held
at the gymnatorium Tuesday
night, May 24, it is announced by
principal John H. Calhoun.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached Sunday morning,
May 22, by Rev. R. C. Kale, pas
tor of the Nahunta Methodist
Church.
Bethlehem Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
Tuesday, May 24
The Bethlehem Cemetery near
Hickox will be cleaned off Tues
day, May 24, it is announced by
C. E. Highsmith.
Everyone who is interested in
the Bethlehem Cemetery is re
quested to come to the burial
grounds on that date and bring
tools, including lawn mowers.
No other medium brings such
consistent, profitable results as
newspaper advertising.
CLASS ROLL
Kenneth Floyd Allen
William Conn Allen
Donald P. Bennett
♦Barbara Ann Brauda
Lu James H. Brown
♦Josephine Bryan
Carl Corbitt
Charles Dean
♦Alice Sue DePratter
♦Cecil Fritz Drury, Jr.
♦Harry D. Herrin
Jerry Van Herrin
Lonnie Cecil Harris
♦Evelyn Marie Howell
Daisy Harper Henderson
Tommy Jacobs
Judy Crews Johns
Gerald Marvin Kelly
♦Betty Ann Lanier
Helen Lanier
David Clinton Lyons
Linda Beth Manor
Norma Sue Moody
Carolyn Morgan
Jeanett Morgan
Betty Elvera Purdom
♦Gloria Gladys Prescott
Jerry William Rowell
Larry Roy Rowell
Martha Nell Rowell
♦Sylvia Ann Rowell
James S. Ryals
Mollie Grace Saddler
Shirley Myrl Sallette
♦Robert D. Sloan
Paunee Smith
Harrell E. Strickland
James E. Thomas
Blanche Thompson
♦Elaine Thrift
James Howard Walker
Freddie Wilson Warren
James Madison White
♦Sandra Lee Williams
Julian R. Willis
♦Aria Dean Wilson
Charles Roy Wilson
Charlotte Omerlee Wilson
