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VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 33
Brantley County
Total 412,002
The alloment Os funds to
Brantley County for school pur
poses for the 1960-61 term has
been announced from the office
of the State Superintendent of
Schools.
The allotment sheets shows
that Brantley County will receive
$387,037.91 from the state and
$27,965.00 from local funds dur
ing the coming school year, mak
ing a total of $415,002.91 to be
spent on the county schools.
The allotment sheets gave the
following breakdown of the vari
ous items of Brantley County
school expenditures expected for
the 1960-61 school term.
System Brantley County
1. Teacher Allotment: The num
ber of teacher units for which
your system may request state
funds (and on which current ex
pense payments will be based)
are as follows: (a) White Schools:
Elementary 37, H. S. 24, Total 61;
(b) Negro Schools: Elementary 5,
H. S. 2, Total 7; (c) Specialized
Teachers for Exceptional Child
ren: White 1, Negro 0, Total 1.
The 1959-1960 average state sa
lary in your system increased by
one percent plus S2OO — $3,486.34.
Based thereon, this is the total
amount needed for salaries —
$240,557.46.
2. Current Operating expenses
and Sick Leave @ SSOO per
teacher unit — $34,500.00.
3. Pupil Transportation —
$57,966.00.
4. School Building Allotments—
s34,loo.oo.
5. Equalization fund allotments
(Contingent) — $21,645.00.
6. For Local Administrative
and Supervisory Expenses as de
termined by each local school sys
tem — $18,567.00.
8. Allotments for Textbooks
and School Libraries — $7,667.45.
Total Foundation Program Re
quirements — $415,002.91.
Os this total amount the Sys
tem pays $27,965.00 and the State
pays $387,037.91.
Independent school systems
with 40 or more teachers will re
ceive the superintendent’s salary
check monthly as part of the
general allotment. The county
superintendent will be paid his
state salary monthly in a separate
check.
The allotments of capital out
lay funds and Textbook and
Library funds will not be includ
ed in the monthly payment for
the Foundation Program.
Amount to be paid each month
for the first five months: $30,517.-
76.
HD Council Meets
And Names Slate
Os Committees
The executive committee of the
Brantley County Home Demon
stration Council met at the home
of the agent, Mrs. Virginia Raul
erson to make plans for the
coming year.
It was decided to rotate the of
fecers’ terms and elect a treas
urer and reporter to fill va '
cancies. The out-going president
was Mrs. Daisy Hunter of
Waynesville.
The new officers are Mrs. Mil
dred Fowler, Calvary community
president; Mrs. Elloise Davis, Ho
boken, first vice-president; Mrs.
Carolyn Lewis, Nahunta, second
vice-president; Mrs. Sally Willis,
Raybon, secretary.
Recommended for approval
were Mrs. Letha Mae White, Hic
kox, treasurer; Mrs. Margaruite
Jacobs, Waynesville, reporter.
Chairman of the various com
mittee were named as follows,
clothing, Mrs. Rita Smith; food
preservation, Mrs. Lena Strick
land; health and civil defense,
Mrs. Frank Dukes; home im
provement, Mrs. Daisy Hunter,
home industries, Mrs. Jewel P ur '
dom; landscaping, Mrs. Elizabet
Robinson; nutrition, Josie Mae
Jones; recreation and music, Mrs.
Ruth Moody; family life and re
lations, Mrs. Mattie Colvin.
4-H Club advisors named were
Mrs. Mildred Fowler and Mrs.
Hazel Wilson. Member-at-large,
Mrs. Marian Gibson.
Fair chairman named were
Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix, Mrs.
Doris Driggers, Mrs. Jewel Pur
dom, Mrs. Marian Gibson, Mrs.
Daisy Hunter, Mrs. Frank Dukes,
Mrs. Ruth Moody, Mrs. Letha Mae
White and Mrs. Elbert Aldridge.
Special activities chairman
were Mrs. Eula Dreuhl, Mrs. El
bert Aldridge and Mrs. N.
Davis Sr.
Mrs. Margaruite Jacobs,
Acting reporter.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Mrs. Moody and
Mrs. Highsmith
Get M. E. Degree
Statesboro, Ga., August 16 —
Mrs. Clara J. Highsmith and Mrs.
Mable Rocker Moody of Nahunta
are among 49 receiving master of
education degrees from Georgia
Southern College at its 20th an
nual summer commencement on
Thursday, August 18, at 10:30
A. M.
Those receiving the master of
education degrees are the first so
honored by Georgia Southern
College. The program was ap
proved by the state board of re
gents on Nov. 15, 1957, and most
of these graduates began study
in June, 1958, attending Saturday
and evening classes as well as
fulltime during the summer.
In qualifying for this advanced
degree, they satisfactorily com
pleted 60 quarter hours of grad
uate study beyond the bachelor’s
degree. They are now eligible for
the teacher’s professional five
year certificates issued by the
Georgia State Department of Ed
ucation.
Mrs. Highsmith majored in
elementary education. She gradu
ated from Wacona high school in
Waycross and received her bache
lor of science in education degree
from Georgia Southern College.
She is currently employed as a
sixth grade teacher in Nahunta.
Mrs. Moody majored in science,
and received her bachelor of
science degree in education from
Georgia Southern College. She
graduated from Alexander Ste
phens Institute in Crawfordville,
Ga. She is currently employed
as a teacher in Brantley County.
A Word in
Behalf of
Firefighters
The Chicago Firefighter maga
zine recently published an article,
pointing out the fact that the
public does not always give fire
fighters the support they should.
It is suggested that those who are
prone to criticize their fire de
partment ought to read the fol
lowing about four times:
FIREMEN DON’T
HAVE A CHANCE
When the first trucks are de
layed 40 seconds in traffic people
say:
“It took them 20 minutes to get
here.”
When the truck races at 40
m.p.h., it’s . „
“Look at those reckless fools
When four men struggle with
an eight-man ladder:
When firemen open windows
for ventilation to reduce heat m
fighting a fire; M
“Look at the wrecking crew.
When they open the floor to
get at the blaze: „
“There goes the ax squaa.
If the Chief stands back where
he can see and direct his men,
people say:
“He’s afraid to go where he
sends his men.”
If they lose a building. „
“It’s a lousy department. *
If they make a good stop,
folks say: .
“The fire didn t amount to
much.” .
If lots of water is necessary.
“They are doing more damage
with water than the flames.
If a fireman gets hurt: „
“He was a careless guy.
If a citizen gets hurt: „
“It’s a crazy department.
If a fireman inspects a citizen s
property:
“He’s meddling in somebody’s
business.”
If he wants a fire hazard cor
rected:
If he gets killed and leaves a
family destitute:
“That's the chance he took
when he joined the fire depart
ment.”
If the label on your paper has
th e figures “8-60” after your
name then your subscription will
pxnire Aug 31. Renew now so
g a P t you will continue to receive
your home newspaper.
Brantley Enterprise
School Funds
for 1960-61
“I’ll see the mayor.”
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 18, 1960
15-Year-Old Boy
Admits Stealing
Truck in Tampa
A 15-year-old boy was picked
up by sheriff J. Walter Crews
Sunday, Aug. 14, in a stolen
pickup truck.
The boy admitted that he had
stolen the truck from a boys’
training school in Tampa, Fla.
Sheriff Crews stopped him for
speeding between Hickox and
Nahunta and found that the boy
was driving a stolen truck.
The boy had also stolen a 55-
gallon drum of gasoline from the
training school and placed it in
the truck. He had on him sev
eral bunches of keys taken from
the school.
The boy was turned over to the
FBI, since the stolen truck had
been brought across state lines.
He had previously stolen a car,
according to sheriff Crews, but
had abandoned the car before
stealing the truck.
Many Subscriptions
Are Now Expiring,
Renewals Appreciated
Many subscriptions to the
Brantley Enterprise have run out
in July and August and we are
anxious for everyone to renew
at once.
Our system requires that sub
scriptions be paid in advance.
We send you a card notifying you
that your subscription has ex
pired. Then we usually wait TWO
WEEKS after it expires, then we
remove the name from our list.
We regret that we cannot make
exceptions to this rule, as other
wise we would be literally BOG
GED DOWN in a bookkeeping
wilderness.
We really hate to remove the
name of any subscriber from our
list. We can truly say, “It hurts
us more than it does you.” But
we MUST have a workable sys
tem, otherwise we are “sunk” a
bookkeeping.
A subscriber who renews on
time is “a joy forever” to the
editor of a weekly newspaper.
Please give us your much-need
ed help in this matter.
Look at the label on your pa
per. If it is “7-60,” your sub
scription expired July 31; and if
it is “8-60,” your subscription
will expire Aug. 31.
The Editor.
Hickox HD to Hold
Fish Fry Monday
The Hickox Home Demonstra
tion Club Family Night Fish Fry
will be held on Monday night
August 22, instead of Friday
night, August 19, as previously
announced.
This change in the time of the
Fish Fry is due to the Tobacco
Jubliee being held Friday Au
gust 19 which the tobacco farm
ers are planning to attend.
The Fish Fry will be at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill White
at about 6:00 P. M. Monday, Au
gust 22. Non-members and fami
lies of the Hickox community are
also invited to attend the fish
fry.
BLACKSHEAR CHILD DIES
IN UNUSED REFRIGERATOR
The tragic story of children
suffocating in unused refrigera
tors was repeated in Blackshear
on Monday of this week when ef
forts to revive five-year-old
Bruce Turlington failed.
According to investigating of
ficers, young Bruce was last seen
about 6:00 P. M. when he came
into the house and asked his
mother, Mrs. Grady Steedley, A
partment 19, Blackshear housing
project, for something to eat.
Mrs. Steedley told Deputy
Sheriff Ivey Cato and GBI Inves
tigator Johnny Dixon that she
had made some banana pudding
and gave him a dish. After finish
ing it, he told his mother that he
was going back out to play.
At approximately 9:00 o’clock
a neighbor, Kenneth Allen, found
his lifeless body in the refrigera
tor of Apartment 20.
A search for the boy was un
derway when Mr. Allen joined
in. After putting a child through
the opened apartment window
and having him unlock the front
door, Mr. Allen began a search
of the empty rooms which ended
'when he opened the refrigerator
door.
The child was rushed to Pierce
County Hospital where extended
efforts were made to revive him.
The attending physician con
firmed that death was due to
Blackshear Market Volume
Reaches 9,012,482 Pounds
The volume and average price
of tobacco on the Blackshear to
bacco market dipped slightly the
first of this week following a
market high average of 62.22
cents per pound last Friday.
On Monday, 721,492 pounds
were sold for 61.51 cents, and on
Tuesday the auctioneer moved
692,776 pounds for a 60.20 cent
average.
Tuesday’s sales brought the
total pounds sold to 9,012,482.
This amount brought $5,392,489.-
94 for a season average of 59.83
cents.
The story of steady to lower
average prices paid Tuesday was
true over most of the Georgia-
Florida flue-cured tobacco mar
ket. The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture reported
that about half of the grade a
verages declined.
The practical top price remain
ed at $66.00.
Most farmers were finishing in
the fields this week.
The ASC office reported Wed
nesday afternoon that approxi
mately 200 farmers have complet
ed selling and turned in the mar
keting cards.
Lyman Walker, ASC office
manager, reported that on the
basis of those farmers who have
completed selling, the 1957 coun
ty record of 1,892 average pounds
per acre will be topped this sea
son.
According to present reports
the Blackshear market will re
main open at least through next
Friday, August 26.
It is reported that one set of
buyers will leave after this week.
Personals
Margaret Geraldine Harper was
awarded the degree of Bachelor
of Fine Arts at the University of
Georgia Thursday, Aug. 18.
• • •
Mrs. Rachel Rawling Burden
and Mr. Lester James Edgy of
Nahunta and Mrs. Coyla Rhoden
Drury of Waynesville each re
ceived a Bachelor of Science De
gree in Education from Georgia
Southern College at the 20th an
nual summer commencement ex
ercises held on Thursday, August
18.
» » »
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stewart
and family arrived on Saturday
of last week from Kittery Port,
Maine and are visiting their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stewart
and Mr. and Mrs. Irven Crews.
Mr. Stewart is in the Service of
the Navy.
Mrs. Cecil Moody and two
children, Nancy and Dan, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson left on
Saturday of last week to make a
tour including Washington, D. C.
and New York. They will return
home on Thursday.
♦ * ♦
Mrs. Dorsie Fisher was called
to Anniston, Ala. because of the
death of her sister, Miss Martha
Louise Rowell who had been ill
for two months. The death oc
curred on Aug. 5.
suffocation. He estimated that
Bruce had been dead for about
an hour and a half.
Deputy Sheriff Cato reported
that no evidence of foul play was
found and that after investiga
tions were completed a report of
accidental death was made.
He stated that children in the
neighborhood told of playing in
the two vacant apartments in the
white housing project. The doors
were locked but they had been
able to go through windows, he
said.
The screen on a window in
Apartment 20 had been pushed
into the room.
City Policemen Talmadge Cour
son and F. C. Norris assisted in
the investigation.
Questioned as to how the child
was able to close the refrigerator
door himself, Deputy Sheriff
Cato stated that shelving on the
refrigerator door could have easi
ly served as a closing handle.
Mr. and Mrs. Steedley have
been living in Blackshear for the
past year, moving here from At
lanta. Mr. Steedley is a native
of Manor. The Steedleys have a
three-months-old son.
Funeral services were to be
held in Covington, Ga., on Wed
nesday afternoon.
Clifton R. Strickland
Died in Augusta
Hospital Wednesday
Clifton Reginald Strickland, 12,
died Wednesday at the Talmadge
Memorial Hospital in Augusta.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by the Chambless
Funeral Home.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Clifton
Strickland. Nahunta; two sisters,
Miss Ann Strickland and Miss
Janice Strickland, both of Na
hunta; maternal grandmother,
Mrs. T. L. Neighbors, St. Augus
tine, Fla.; paternal grandmother,
Mrs. A. A. Strickland, Nahunta;
paternal great-grandmother, Mrs.
Sara Dowling, Nahunta.
Oil Drilling
Soon Starts in
Wayne County
A permit for the deepest hole
yet drilled in Georgia has been is
sued to Humble Oil and Refin
ing Company, operating affiliate
of Standard Oil Company (NJ.)
The well will be drilled in an at
tempt to find the first oil or gas
in commercial quantities in Geor
gia. The location of the 10,000
foot well is eight miles east of
Gardi. The well is estimated to
cost approximately $250,000, ac
cording to Humble Oil represen
tatives.
Governor Vandiver, chairman
of the Mineral Leasing Commis
sion .called atention to the fact
that Humble Oil and Refining
Company drilled the first com
mercial oil well in Florida and in
Arizona. “We sincerely hope the
company is equally successful in
bringing Georgia into the ranks
of the oil and gas producing
states,” said Governor Vandiver.
Senate Approves $25,000 for
Survey of the Satilla River
A telegram to the Brantley En
terprise from the office of U. S.
Senator Russell announces that
the Senate has approved $25,000
for a survey of the Satilla River
in 15 southeast Georgia counties.
The telegram was as follows:
Brantley Enterprise
Nahunta, Georgia
Sen. Russell announced that
the Senate has approved $25,000
for comprehensive survey of Sa
tilla River Basin in fifteen South
east Georgia countys. The survey
is designed to determine the
New Education Building at State FFA-FHA Camp
Members of the Future Fanners of America and the Future Homemakers of
America from throughout Georp’a’s 159 counties now are extensively using this
new Georgia Power Company education building at the state FFA-FHA camp at
Jackson Lake. The building is n the form of a semi-circular arena with raised
tiers of seats. It has a stage, complete electric kitchen, and motion picture
projection room. The auditorium has an electric heat pump for year-round air
conditioning. A demonstration area in the building is used for the study of
machinery repair, farm electrification, and other purposes. The $50,000 building,
of concrete construction, was built under the power company’s sponsorship, with
the camp development fund matching the company’s contribution of $25,000.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Mrs. Mable Moody Declared
Nominee for Superintendent
First Cotton
From 1960
Crop Ginned
Cotton has moved in on the to
bacco harvesting and selling this
year with ginning already under
way in Pierce county.
The first bale to be ginned in
the county was ginned at Harris
Gin Company at Patterson last
Saturday, August 13. E. M. Todd,
Route 1, Bristol, who lives over
in Appling county, was the grow
er.
In Blackshear the first bales
were ginned on Tuesday .morning
of this week at the Pierce Trad
ing Company Cotton Gin.
The first, a 500 pound bale, be
longed to Walter Britton, Route 1,
Blackshear. Four more bales were
ginned before noon.
Others belonged to J. P. Lee,
Route 2, Blackshear, one bale;
Clarence Woodall and A. C. Mur
phy, Wayne county, one bale;
and John B. Thornton, Route 1,
Blackshear, two bales.
FATAL FARM ACCIDENTS
More than 11,000 farm residents
died in the United States as a
result of accidents during 1958.
Os the deaths, 3,300 resulted from
farm work accidents report en
gineers for the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service.
The use of hardwood species
for the manufacture of pulp in
creased more than 20 percent in
1958 over the previous year, de
clares C. Nelson Brightwell,
forestry marketing specialist,
Agricultural Extension Service.
In making pickles, processing
cucumbers within 24 hours after
harvesting them is very impor
tant, points out Miss Nelle
Thrash, food preservationist,
Agricultural Extension Service.
feasibility of project to promote
forestry, agricultural, industrial
resources of Southeast Georgia
through installation of water con
trol facilities on Satilla to pre
vent or keep to a minimum flood
and drought. House had provided
only SIO,OOO for survey but Sen.
Russell succeeded in raising it to
$25,000 in Senate Appropriation
Committee. The senate figure
must now be approved by House-
Senate conference committee.
William M. Bates
Office of Senator Russell
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The long legal contest between
Mrs. Mable Moody and Herschel
W. Herrin concerning the nomin
ation for Brantley County school
superintendent came to a sudden
end Wednesday morning at the
Nahunta courthouse when the
County Democratic Committee
unanimously passed a resolution
declaring Mrs. Moody the nomi
nee for school superintendent.
An application had been made
by Mrs. Moody’s attorney for an
Attachment for Contempt and of
Order Nisi against the Democra
tic Committee and the committee
was summoned before Judge Ce
cil Roddenberry to show cause
why they should not be held in
contempt of court.
Judge Roddenberry gave the
committee time to hold a meet
ing in a room adjacent to the
courtroom and the committee
unanimously passed the resolu
tion certifying Mrs. Moody as the
nominee for school superinten
dent.
Attorney S. F. Memory Jr., at
torney for Mrs. Moody, then stat
ed that, since the committee had
acted, he would not insist on fur
ther contempt proceedings.
Judge Roddenberry instruct
ed the secretary of the commit
tee, J. D. Orser, to deliver a
copy of the resolution to the Or
dinary of Brantley County, then
adjourned the court.
County Schools
Start Classes
August 29th
Brantley County schools will
start on Monday, Aug. 29, it is
announced by superintendent
Herschel W. Herrin.
The pre-planning week for
teachers starts Monday, Aug. 22,
Mr. Herrin stated.
The two high schools have the
same principals as last term.
John H. Calhoun is principal of
Nahunta High School and L. W.
Blanchard is principal of Hobo
ken High School,
The full list of teachers for
Brantley County will be an
nounced next week, Mr. Herrin
said.
Alvin Williamson
Is New Pastor of
Satilla Baptist Church
Rev. Alvin Williamson has ac
cepted the pastorate of the Sa
tilla Baptist Church at Hortense,
succeeding Rev. Roy Mallard, it
is announced by P. U. Rozier,
chairman of the board of dea
cons.
Rev. Mr. Williams begins his
duties as pastor at Satilla Baptist
Church on Sunday, Aug. 21. He
and his family have moved into
the church pastorium near the
church at Hortense.
