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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything? Put « 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 39 Nahunta Installed The Nahunta Baptist Church installed officers Sunday for the current year. The names of the officers and teachers are as follows: general church officers Lawson Dußose, church clerk; Mrs. Alvin Drury, treasurer; Elroy Strickland, Piedmont As sociation executive committee man; Miss Carolyn Higginbotham, music director; Mrs. Dorothy, as sistant pianist; Helen Strickland, Marian Morgan, and Ann H. Tho mas, organists. board of deacons Term ending 1961: W. C. Long, j. Walter Crews, Delma F. Her rin, and Fred Strickland. Term ending 1962: R. D. Tho mas, Elroy Strickland, Lester Wainright, J. R. James. Term ending 1963; Lawson Du- Bose, John H. Calhoun, Roy De- Pratter, and Tyrus Raulerson. board of ushers First Sunday: Avery Strick land, Jesse Lee, Keith Strickland, Irwin J. Crews, and Elmo High smith. Second Sunday: W. C. Long, Ray DePratter, D. H. Herrin, T. H. Purdom, and C. P. Riggins. Third Sunday: Elroy Strick land, Raymond Smith, J. W. Crews, J. H. Highsmith, Ben Jones. Fourth Sunday: Lawson Du- Bose, J. H. Calhoun, Lester Wain right, I. F. Brown, J. A. Ross. SUNDAY SCHOOL Elroy Strickland, general sup erintendent; Tyrus Raulerson, as sociate superintendent; Mrs. Do rothy Graham, secretary; J. H. Highsmith, assistant secretary. Andy Parse, adult superinten dent; R. D. Thomas, W. C. Long, Jas. A. Stone, men’s Bible teach ers, with John H. Calhoun as as sistant teacher; and Mrs. R. D. Thomas, Mrs. John H. Calhoun, and Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland, as teachers of ladies classes. Mrs. Elroy Strickland, teacher of Young People's class, and, Mrs. Bertha Jacobs assistant teacher. Mrs. Mable Moody, superinten dent intermediate department; Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas, Mrs. Sarah McLeod, W. R. (Bobby) Strick land, teachers; Andy Parse, and Mrs. Wesley Burden, assistant teachers, and Lawson Dußose, se cretary. Mrs. Virgil Strickland, junior department superintendent; Miss Mary Knox, Miss Malva Alice Keen, Mrs. Bula Johns, Forrest Thomas, and Tyrus Raulerson, teachers; and, Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson, Mrs. Doris Riggins, Miss Margaret Crews, assistant teach ers; and, Mrs. Mary Harris, se cretary. Mrs. W. C. Long, superinten dent primary department; Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. Louise Drury, Mrs. Dick Purcell, Mrs. Raymond Smith, teachers; with Mrs. I. J. Crews, and Miss Mar garet Crews, assistants; and, He len Strickland, as pianist. Mrs. George Dowling, super intendent beginner department; Mrs. Jas. Stone, Mrs. Clifton Strickland, Mrs. Leila Turner, Mrs. Culbert Johns, teachers. Mrs. Taiford Highsmith, super intendent nursery department, Mrs. Keith Strickland, Mrs. Ray Johns, Mrs. J. J. Lee, Mrs. Glyn wood Dowling, teachers; and Mrs. E. K. Ham, nursery superinten dent for church services. Mrs. I. J. Crews, superinten dent cradle roll department, Mrs. Key Allen, helper. , Mrs. Elmo Highsmith, superin tendent extension department, [^7^^ nt JI r - JR! t - 4• . ' •<, • . ^VSZsSwfv' > «S»z a ■,.. -.-- -Mi. % : «** WIPfF 1 i ■■■ 4rn\> i jg k ' * OF THD^^3 E&' ■> ■ PFO»M go 7<i BK * |r WT (" ‘ * ' F * aßiii|^^ ' 7 ^ewar Jsfep _ • - Jn ail3Sl#?lßiiW® nfrf Baptist Officers Are for Another Year and Mrs. T. H. Purdom, assistant. Mrs. Dan H. Jacobs, superin tendent of training. BAPTIST TRAINING UNION George Dowling, director; For rest Thomas, associate director, and, Jesse Lee, as director. Mrs. George Dowling, Mrs. Alvin Drury ,and Mrs. Elroy Strickland, social committee. Mrs. Sarah McLeod, president of adult union; Miss Malva Alice Keen, president of young peoples union; Mrs. W. C. Long, leader intermediate union; Mrs. Alvin Drury, and Mrs. Dan Jacobs, leaders junior department; Mrs. Doris Riggins, and Mrs. Dick Pur cell, leaders primary union; Mrs. Lula Brown, and Mrs. Culbert Johns, leaders beginners union; and Mrs. Betsy Dykes, nursery. BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD W. C. Long, president; John H. Calhoun, program vice-president; Lester Wainright, treasurer; and T. H. Purdom, secretary. WOMAN’S MISSIONARY UNION Mrs. W. C. Long, president; Mrs. Dan Jacobs, first vice-presi dent; Mrs. Dick Purcell, second vice-president; Mrs. Virgil Strick land, secretary-treasurer. Chairmen; Mrs. Alvin Drury, prayer; Mrs. Dan H. Jacobs, en listment; Mrs. Dick Purcell, pro gram; Mrs. Avery Strickland, community missions; Mrs. J. Wal ter Crews, mission study; Mrs. Collis Highsmith, stewardship; Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, benevol ence; Mrs. R. D. Thomas, publi city; Mrs. E. L. Sears, social. Circle Chairmen: Mrs. I. J. Crews, Sallie B. Lary; Mrs. Dan H. Jacobs, Rebekah; Miss Malva Alice Keen, Lottie Moon; and Mrs. Johnny Cleland, Goldfinch Circle. Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Y. W. A. director; Mrs. John Calhoun, G- A. director, with Mrs. Wesley Bur den intermediate leader, and Miss Malva Alice Keen assistant lead er; Mrs. Mary Lou Smith, junior leader, and Mrs. Hubert Proctor, as assistant. Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas, director Sunbeams, with Mrs. Reppard Johns, Mrs. James Stone, and Mrs. Culbert Johns as leaders. Mrs. D. S. Moody, Mrs. A. B. Brooker, and Mrs. Geneva Tuck er, as shrubbery committee. Mrs. Ocie Keen, floral arrangement chairman. Mrs. Lula Brown, R. A. direc tor and counselor, with Mrs. Al len Barnard as assistant counse lor. (This under sponsorship of Brotherhood.) Trustees of the church are: R. D. Thomas, J. W. Crews, and D. F. Herrin. FAST ACTION FROM WANT ADSf^ th . Brantley Enterprise Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, September 29, 1960 KEYS TO NEW PASTORIUM PRESENTED — Members of the committees who were present when the keys to the new pastorium of the Nahunta Baptist Church were presented, Sunday, September 18, were as follows: Reading left to right, Front row: Elmo Highsmith and Leander Batten, builders, with W. C. Long, director of building; Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas, and Pastor Thomas receiving the keys from Elroy Strickland, chairman of building committee; Clayton Riggins; Back row: Mrs. Mable Moody, Mrs. W. C. Long, Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Avery Strickland, Mrs. J. W. Crews, Mts. Dan H. Jacobs, Mrs. Dick Purcell, J. Walter Crews and Tyrus Raulerson. The men were members of the building committee, while the ladies serv ed as the auxiliary committee on planning and decoration. Mrs. Purcell drew the original plans. (Hendry Studio photo.) Grand Jury Presentments for September Superior Court Georgia, Brantley County. We, the Grand Jury for Brant ley County, Georgia for the Sep tember Term, 1960, of the Su perior Court of said County, beg leave of the Court to submit the following presentments: We wish to commend and thank the Hon. Cecil Roddenberry, Judge of said Court, for his able charge to our body, and express to him our appreciation for the efficient manner in which he has conducted the Court for this term. We wish to commend the Hon. Dewey Hayes, Solicitor General for his able assistance rendered our body during the present term. We, would like to thank our Bailiff, Frank Rowell for his faithful service. We, wish to commend our county officers for the faithful and efficient .manner in which they conduct their various offices. We recommend that Virgil H. Allen be appointed to succeed W. W. Hendrix, on the Board of Education. We recommend that jurors be paid SB.OO per day, that foreman and clerk of Grand Jury be paid SIO.OO per day and the bailiff be paid SIO.OO per day, as has been paid in the past court. We recommend that Brantley Enterprise be paid SIO.OO for pub lishing the presentments. We recommend that the Coun ty freasurer pay be raised to $l5O per month. We recommend that our repre sentative and senator of this dis trict study the laws of other states and our own state in order that more stringent action be exercis ed in our courts and law enforce ment agencies in order to im prove our situation in regard to child abandonment and|or illegi mate children as now exists in our county and in our state. We recommend that the sheriff of this county enforce the law on all places that sell beer to close at midnight. We, the road committee, recom mend’ that the following bridges be repaired, Middleton Bridge on the County Road between Twin Rivers and Hortense, Ga. The bridge on The Old Stage Road, The Old Joe Knox Bridge in the Hickox District; The Old Indian Swamp Bridge near the Old Ray bon Crossing; Also the bridge be tween Raybon and Lulaton. We recornmend that the coun ty commissioners enlarge the Clerk of Superior Court’s Vault as there is not enough room to keep the records in a vault. We further recommend that pulpwood producers not be al lowed to use county roads for log yards to saw and load pulp wood and that all logs, butts and limbs be removed from reads and ditches. We further recommend that , county commissioners inform their foreman to have all school bua routes be checked for limbs and Mind corners to be trimmed out We, the Grand Jury, recom mend that the Registrars keep working on revising the Voters List. We recommend that our officers cooperate with the State Game and Fish Commission to enforce laws regarding fishing and hunt ing. Respectively submitted, this September 22nd, 1960. E. A. Hunter T. H. Purdom Approved and ordered filed this 22nd day of September 1960. Cecil Roddenberry Judge Superior Court, Brantley County. Dewey Hayes Solicitor General Nahunta Future Farmers Elect New Officers A meeting of the Nahunta FFA chapter was held Tuesday Sept. 20 to elect officers for the com ing year. Officers elected were: Presi dent. Floyd Johns; Vice-president, Johnny Crews; Secretary, Bivian Rowell; Treasurer, Ned Hendrix; Reporter, John Wainright; Sen tinal, Lamar Thrift. We are expecting a fine year in the FFA. Wednesday night, Sept. 28, another meeting will be held to initiate greenhands into the FFA. Those to be initiated are as follows: J. D. Crews, Harry Edgy, Franklin Griffin, Newborn Her rin, Wayne Moody, Ronald Pat ten, Ronald Sloan, Cledith Pur dom, Eldon Thomas. Deryl Davidson, Donny Grin ner, Carrol Herrin, Wilton Her rin, Bernard Meyers, Clenton Rowell, Barry Wainright, Frank Forman, Morris Walker. James Douberly, Ray Griffin, David Earl Herrin, James Har rell, Laurence O’Berry, Billy Strickland, Wilfred White, Car rol Chancey, Steve Hendrix. John Wainright Reporter Hortense PTA News There was a big surprise for the children that attend Hortense School when they went in their classrom Monday morning. Dur ing the weekend the new lights were installed. Claude Mills and R. T. Rowell did the work during the weekend. There are two eight-foot lights in each room. Robert Strickland the principal of the school invites everyone to visit the school and look at the lights. Dorothy Brauda, reporter. Mrs. Mary Roddenberry Funeral Services Were Held Monday Mrs. Mary Causey Roddenber ry, 71, died Sunday morning at her residence in Hortense after a long illness. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3:30 P. M. Monday at the Satilla Baptist Church by the Rev. Alvin Williamson. Burial was in the Hortense Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hardy Ro well, Roy Wainwright, Johnny Eldridge, Sweat Davis, and Char ley Davis. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Beach, Lenoir, N. C.; two sons, Carl A. Roddenberry, Houston, Tex., and Bobby A. Rod denberry, Atlanta; five sisters, Mrs. Macie May and Mrs. Lucille Roberson, both of Hortense, Mrs. Martha Henderson, Brunswick, Mrs. Callie McNabb, Ta.mpa, Fla.; and Mrs. Lois Davis, Seattle, Wash.; two brothers, Archie C. Causey, Hortense, and Connie Causey, Macon; three grandchild ren, three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Let Us Have News While It Is News, Not Ancient History One of the problems of a week ly newspaper is to get people to understand that a news story must be sent or brought to the paper while it is still news and not after it becomes ancient his tory. Nearly every week someone gives us a story about some event that happened 10 days to three weeks before the story was given us. We want ALL THE NEWS but we simply do not want stories about happenings weeks old. The very word “News” means some thing new. Will all reporters of the various Organizations in Brantley County please turn in their news stories IMMEDIATELY after the event happens? If it happens Monday or Tuesday of a given week, please get it to us for that week’s paper. If it happens Wed nesday evening, we can some times use it the following week, but we draw the deadline on pub lishing stories that happen earlier than eight days before publica tion. We regret very .much to disap point the slow and late reporters, but if your news story is worth publishing, it is worth getting to the paper while it is still news and not ancient history. We will greatly appreciate the cooperation of all organizations and reporters in regard to promptness is giving us the news of your activities. OFFICIAL ORGAN Baptist Homecoming Day Is Climaxed by Mortgage Burning Mrs. Catherine Rogers Funeral Services Were Held Wednesday Mrs. Catherine Fitzgerald Rog ers, 69, of Nahunta passed away Monday morning, September 26, in Waycross after a long illness. Mrs. Rogers was born in New York City and was the daughter of the late James Emmett and Mary Ryan Fitzgerald. She re ceived her education in the schools of that city, and was a member of the St. Joseph's Cath olic Church in Waycross. She was the widow of the late J. M. (Meb) Rogers. A person of outstanding abili ty, Mrs. Rogers took an interest in the various social and civic activities of her community and until ill health prevented was a member of the Lulaton Home Demonstration Club, the Ameri can Auxiliary, and the Nahunta Garden Club. Survivors include one daugh ter, Mrs. Kelly Ruark of San Diego, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine A. Johnson of New York, N. Y., and Mrs. Grace Kratz of Hollywood, Fla.; two grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, September 28, from the graveside at Smyrna cemetery with the Rt. Rev. Ed ward Kelly conducting the rites in the presence of a large num ber of sorrowing relatives and friends. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Harry M. Smith, Clarence F. Allen, E. Parker Dodge, Hers chel W. Herrin, J. Cecil Moody, and Claude A. Smith. The many beautiful floral offer ings attested to the high esteem felt for the deceased. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. Williams Couple Celebrate 53rd Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Williams of Hickox celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary with a din ner at the home of their son W. J. Williams in Nahunta last Sunday, Sept. 25. A number of relatives attend ed the dinner, among whom were, besides the W. J. Williams fami ly, Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Williams and children, Mr. and Mrs. Mathie Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wiliams, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Williams and children, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Williams and Linda, Mrs. Pauline Strain and children, Mr. Lester Williams, Mr. George O’Quinn, Mrs. Hattie Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Peeples and children, Mr. Dan Jones, Mr. Coy Prescott and Mr. B. S. Johns. • * * A wk • I - M Jr A ' 11111. j On . 4 / < I JBI HIT Os Lk HpO-'" Miss Georgia, Sandra Tally, presents Georgia-made products to Miss America of 1960 in Atlantic City. 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) COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Homecoming services climaxed a wonderful week at Nahunta Baptist Church Sunday, Septem ber 25. Although it was a very rainy day, a large crowd came to the morning service in which Rev. C. E. Milton, former pastor, brought the message on the sub ject of: “A Victorious Church." Bowman Barr and Iris Barr Tap ley, former members, sang spec ial songs; their songs being: ‘‘How Great Thou Art” and “The New Jerusalem.” At the close of the morning service, the church celebrated the paying off of the indebtedness on the church house and old pas torium by burning the note cere mony. The trustees ten years ago when the house was built and the members of the building commit tee who were present, assembled on the platform, while Pastor Ce cil F. Thomas made the annonce ment of what this service means to the church, and passed the note to the committees present. Chairman Elroy Strickland then handed the note to Rev. C. E. Milton, who held it up before the people while Mr. Albert S. Miz zell, local banker who loaned the first money to the church for the building and gave the land on which the building is located, set the match to the paper. All join ed in singing, ‘‘Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow,” while the note was burned to ashes. While the rains continued to fall, the crowds assembled to the lunch room of the Elementary School, and enjoyed a bountiful meal. Rev. Clyde Jones, of Way cross, led in giving thanks. Trustees of the church ten years ago, who were present were: R. D. Thomas, J. R. James, and Elroy Strickland, who was also the chairman of the build ing committee. Other members of the building committee present, were: Avery Strickland, Jesse J. Lee, Virgil Strickland, J. Walter Crews. It was noted that T. S. Goodner, Gillous Rogers, Joe Brown, and Joe. B. Strickland were members of the committees who had passed away since the building was completed . The Evening Service was given over to the INSTALLATION of OFFICERS and TEACHERS for the Year 1960-61. At the close Ronald Luke, and wife; J. O. Hurst, and daughter, Jan; Mrs. Johnny Tripp, and Mrs. Lulie Thornton, were baptized into the membership of the church. Births Mr. and Mrs. Morris Franklin of Perry, Ga„ announce the birth of a little girl on Sept. 17 weigh ing seven pounds and six ounces. She has been named Teresa Ann. nounce the birth of a boy on Sept, nunce the birth of a boy on Sept. 6 weighing seven pounds and 6 ounces. He has been named Wil lian Arthur. Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends for the nice things done for us during our illness caused from an accident on the highway. Your prayers, flowers and finan cial support will always be rem embered. May God ever bless you and keep us all humble. Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Dixon and family.