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VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 44
General Election Will Be Held Tuesday
Brantley County Wins First
Honors in Education Exhibit
Brantley County took dual first
honors in the Educational booth
exhibits at the Okefenokee Agri
cultural Fair this week.
The County Home Dem. Coun
cil placed first on the County
adult Dem. and the Brantley
County 4-H Council placed first
in the County Jr. exhibit.
The Brantley County Home
Demonstration Council chose as
their theme “There Is Something
YOU Can Do About Mental
Health,” and showed the situation
as it exists, with Mental Illness
affecting more people than Can
cer. Polio, and heart disease com
bined. Then taking the home,
showed how parents can help to
prevent their children from hav
ing mental illness by the parents
giving their families Love, Con
trol, Independence, Security, Ac
ceptance, Faith, Guidance, and
Protection.
The chairman of the Fair
Booth Committee was Mrs. John
R. Driggers and working with her
were* Mrs. Pete Gibson, Mrs. L. E-
Aldridge, Mrs. J. E. Aldridge,
Mrs. L. T. Woods and Mrs. Bill
White.
The second place winner in the
County Adult was won by Pierce
County and taking third place
was Clinch county.
The Brantley County 4-H Club
Council headed by its president
John Calhoun, presented “How
Do You Manage Your Forest?”
As the theme for its first place
booth in the County Jr. Division.
The Six Steps To Good Forestry
Management was given and
showed what happens when the
land is left open with no produc
tion, Poor management yielding
one-fourth cord per acre per
year, Fair management yielding
one-half cord per acre per year,
and Good management yielding
one cord per acre per year. Ex
hibited also were other Forest
Products from Brantley County,
Smokey the Bear, and a cluster
of 51 pine cones found growing
in the county. Participating with
the making of the exhibit in ad
dition to John Calhoun, were:
Wendell Herrin, Gail Strickland,
Lynn Herrin, Gregg Loyd, Bar
bara Allen, Joan Kelley, Nora
Faye Johns and Pam Allen. Help
ing the boys and girls with the
exhibit was Mr. Avery Strick
land, 4-H Club Advisor.
Seven Individual exhibits were
made by 4-H Club members of
their project work. Receiving a
blue ribbon was Laverne Middle
ton on clothing, and in the red
award group were: Nancy Moody,
recreation project; Grace Middle
ton, Home Industries; Anna Dee
Wilson; Electric project; Sandra
Jacobs, General project work;
Dennis Raulerson, Electric pro
ject; and a white award went to
Jack Brooker for his hobbies
project.
In the Livestock show and
judging which was held Tuesday,
Brantley County 4-H members
had seven entries in the Jr. di
vision with awards made as fol
lows; Jimmy Lynn, Hoboken, Ist.
place in swine, Benny Thomas,
Nahunta, 2 nd place, Dairy Ani
mals; Ashley Henderson of Hor
tense Ist. place, and Reserve
Grand Champion in Angus cat
tle; George Harper of Hortense
two first places in Angus cattle:
Henry Hodge of Hortense third
place in angus cattle.
In the adult show, Roy Harper
of Hortense received 3rd place in
angus cattle. Brantley County 4-H
club members, who had poultry
exhibits, were; Nora Fay Johns,
Nahunta, Larry Bell, Hoboken;
and Johnny Walker, Waynes
ville; Johnny received first place
on his poultry and Larry receiv
ed 3rd place on his.
The Home Demonstration work,
and 4-H Club program in Brant
ley County is sponsored by the
Agricultural Extension Service of
Georgia, and is directed by Mrs.
Virginia Raulerson, Home
Demonstration Agent, and Mr.
George A. Loyd, County Agent in
Brantley County.
The profitable herd of cattle is
a healthy herd, say animal hus
bandmen for the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service.
Jesup-to-Folkston Railroad
Is Proposed to Be Scrapped
Hoboken FFA Boys
Get Planter Degree
By DEWAYNE THOMAS
Four Hoboken FFA members
have been awarded the Future
Farmer of America top state a
ward, the Georgia Planter De
gree.
Honored at the recent State
FFA Rally were Avery Griffin,
Roy Jordon, Ronnie Carter, and
Wayne Lee.
Avery Griffin is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeptha Griffin of Rt. 1
Hoboken. Avery is a senior.
His project program for four
years has been 15 acres of corn,
6 Brood sows, 4 acres of peanuts.
He has participated in the Way
cross Swine Show and the Oke
fenokee Fair for several years, by
winning Reserve Champion with
hogs and taking first place in fit
ting and showing several times.
He served as president of the
chapter last year.
Roy Jordon is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hunter of Rt. 1
Hoboken. Roy finished high
school last May and is now estab
lished in farming.
His farm program for high
school included 10 Brood sows, 8
acres of corn, one acre of tobacco
and 15,000 Broilers.
He has been outstanding in the
production of corn. He has been a
member of the Georgia 100 Bush
el Club for the last 2 years and
will be a .member again this year
with a yield of over 187 bu. per
acre.
He won first place in the dis
trict last year and at the present
time he is top in the district this
year.
He has also been active in the
FFA Quartet while in school, and
the Fair in which he was a first
place winner for two years with
Spotted Poland China Male.
Ronnie Carter is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carter of Rt.
1 Hoboken. Ronnie finished high
school last May and is now farm
ing with his father. While in
school, Ronnie had 8 Brood sows,
8 acres of com and one Heifer.
He was secretary of the FFA
chapter two years. He attended
Forestry camp and was a mem
ber of the livestock judging team.
He has been outstanding in the
Fair and Swine show winning
first places with his animals and
first place in showmanship.
Wayne Lee is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Lee of Rt. 1 Ho
boken. He is a Junior in school
f His project program for three
years has been 34 bee hives, 6
acres of corn, one Brood sow, 1
acre of butter beans, 2.93 acres
of tobacco, 2.93 acres cotton, and
’ 12 year, he was a nenber of
the 100 bu. corn club. He ha.
served as secretary of the chap
ter and at present is Vice
dent. He has been outstanding i
the Farm Produce Section of the
Okefenokee Fair.
Hortense PT A News
Saturday night, Oct 29. H°r
tense P. T. A. held their Hallo
ween carnival and supper.
The costume parade w
ioved by a large audience i
the auditorium. The"
W children dressed
costume. The juages
and Mrs. George Jarr, Mr^ Mag
chose a black cat which was Ron
%o B v?m£r9isournext^
be
Sr- JT Rovster of Nahunta.
The’ meeting will begin at ^3O
Everyone is welcome to attenu
Reporter
Dorothy Brauda
Brantley Enterprise
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 3, 1960
Consulting engineers in an in
dependent report have recom
mended the abandonment of more
than 1,000 miles of main track in
six states by the Seaboard Air
Line and Atlantic Coast Line rail
roads under their proposed mer
ger.
The report containing the re
commendation along with esti
mates of savings is in materials
being limited distribution by the
two railroads, the Richmond News
Leader said Friday. The materials
will be presented at the initial
merger hearing beginning Nov.
28 in Richmond.
Engineers contend in the report
that certain changes made after
the merger could result in annual
savings of $38.7 million within
five years of consolidation, and
half this amount within two
years.
The proposals include:
Abandonment of such duplicate
lines as the Seaboard’s 86 miles
between Charleston, S. C., and
Savannah, Ga.; the Coast Line’s
53 miles between Jesup and Folk
ston, Ga., and the Seaboard’s 96
miles between Lumpkin, Ga., and
Montgomery, Ala.
Consolidation of heavy repair
equipment for locomotives at
Jacksonville, Fla., and for freight
and passenger cars at Waycross,
Ga., and abandonment of present
heavy repair shops at Portsmouth,
Rocky Mount, N. C., and Tampa,
Florida.
Major changes to eliminate du
plicate facilities at Richmond,
Charleston, Savannah, Atlanta,
Birmingham, Ala., and Jackson
ville and Tampa, Fla.
Use of principally Coast Line
tracks between Richmond and
Savannah, Seaboard tracks be
tween Savannah and the Jack
sonville area and tracks of both
lines south of Jacksonville for
through service.
Reduction of 4,257 employe po
sitions within five years, elimina
tion of 117 Diesels and 41 passen
ger cars and retirement of 1,013
route miles of road, a decrease of
10.2 per cent.
Hortense Memorial
Church Revival
To Start Sunday
Revival services will begin at
Hortense Memorial church on
Sunday night, Nov. 6 with ser
vices at 7:30 P. M.
Rev. Forrest Buchanan of Tex
as is the new pastor and will be
the evangelist through the week
ending the following Sunday.
The singers of Brantley Coun
ty are invited to come and assist
in the music program. Also spec
ial music will be provided by
singers from out of the county.
Everyone is cordially invited
to come to the meetings.
Services will be held each
evening at 7:30 P- M.
Virgil Strickland
Kills Big Rattlesnake
Virgil Strickland killed a big
rattlesnake near Smyrna Primi
tive Baptist Church Tuesday,
Nov. 1. ,
The snake had 13 rattles and
was five an a half feet long. The
snake was killed on the old Ar
sens Lynn place, Mr. Strickland
stated.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank everyone for
their thankfulness, the floral
offerings and the kind words of
sympathy extended to us during
the illness and passing of our be
loved one, Mrs. C. P. Minchew.
Mrs. Ella Sheppard,
Children and family.
Brantley Telephone Company
To Get $205,000 REA Loan
Mrs. Highsmith,
89, Died Monday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Frances Herrin Highsmith, 89,
Blackshear, who died Monday af
ternoon in the Pierce County
Hospital, were held Wednesday,
Nov. 2, at the New Hope Primi
tive Baptist Church.
Elder Lyman Hughes conduct
ed the services. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. Kathleen Anderson and
Mrs. Macie Walker, both of Black
shear, and Mrs. Irene Higginbo
tham, Brunswick; three sons,
Leon Highsmith, Abbeyville, De-
Witt Highsmith, Lakeland, Fla.,
and Delwinn Highsmith, Nahun
ta; a brother, Jeff Herrin, Wilm
ington, N. C.; 13 grandchildren
and 18 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. W. Harris,
John A. Allen, Bill White, C. F.
Allen, V. H. Allen and W. W.
Hendrix.
C P. Minchew
Funeral Service
Was Held Friday
Clifford Powell Minchew, 81,
lifelong resident of Brantley
County died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Ella Sheppard at
Atkinson on October 25 after a
long illness.
Survivors are five daughters,
Mrs. Cora Currie, Closter, Miss.;
Mrs. Rachel Lightsey, Huntsville,
Ala.; Mrs. Ella Sheppard, Atkin
son, Ga.; Mrs. Tom Gray, Miami,
Fla.; Mrs. Nell Wilder, Bruns
wick; two sons, Jack Minchew,
Marianna, Fla.; and E. J. Min
chew, Brunswick; a sister, Mrs.
E. T. Johnson, Miami; 27 grand
children, 21 great-grandchildren
and a number of neices and ne
phews.
Burial was at Palmetto Ceme
tery. Grandsons were pallbearers.
301 Highway
Association to
Meet Wed.
TO: All members of the Geor
gia 301 Highway Association.
SUBJECT: MEETING — Wed
nesday, November 9, Jesup
Georgia.
TRAVEL DOLLARS from our
great Highway keep your busi
ness and mine going. We MUST
plan and work for the future of
our industry.
This will be an important state
wide meeting.
AGENDA: 1. Report from the
Committee that conferred with
Commissioner Gillis on the status
of the new bridge across the Sa
vannah River. 2. Report from the
Committee on re-surfacing of 301
from Jesup to Folkston. 3. Re
port on support received on our
20 point Resolution approved at
the last state meeting. 4. Plans
for the NATIONAL MEETING of
the 301 Association scheduled for
Statesboro, November 14-16.
Highway 301 is YOUR BUSI
NESS — YOUR support is need
ed — this is NOT a fund raising
campaign.
We will be looking for YOU ! I
DATE: Wednesday, November
9, 1960.
TIME: 10:00 A. M. (Morning).
PLACE: Bon Air Restaurant,
Jesup, Georgia.
Dwight S. Strickland,
State President
American Legion to
Meet Thursday Night
The regular monthly meeting
of Brantley County Post 210 will
be held next Thursday night,
November 10. at The Post Home.
All members are urged to be
there promptly at 8 PM as Com
mander Harry M. Smith has an
important message. Coffee will
be served.
The Rural Electrification Ad
ministration has approved a loan
of $205,000 for expansion of the
Brantley Telephone Co., Inc., of
Nahunta, it is announced from
Washington by both Senator Her
man Talmadge and Congresswo
man Iris Blitch.
The loan will be for the pur
pose of providing service for 205
new subscribers in Brantley and
Charlton counties and for re
modeling and enlarging the com
pany’s headquarters building in
Nahunta.
The telegrams to the Enter
prise from Senator Talmadge and
Congresswoman Blitch were as
follows:
Editor Brantley Enterprise
Nahunta, Ga.
Advised by Rural Electrifica
tion Administration today ap
proved $205,000 loan to Brantley
Telephone Company Nahunta to
build 75 miles new distribution
lines and bring dial service to
205 new subscribers. For details
contact President Avery Strick
land.
Office of Senator
Herman E. Talmadge
Carl Broome Editor
Brantley Enterprise
Nahunta, Ga.
REA telephone loan approved
today for Brantley Telephone Co.
Nahunta for $205 000 Loan to pro
vide dial service to 205 subscrib
ers in Brantley and Charlton
Counties. Seventy miles of new
line to be added, Nahunta head
quarters to be remodeled and en
larged.
Iris Blitch
Member of Congress
State Committee
Visited Schools
The Georgia State School Plant,
Building and Instruction Commit
tee visited all of the schools in
Brantley County on Wednesday,
November 2.
The committee consisted of Mr.
John H. Morrison, Area Repre
sentative of the Eighth District;
Mrs. Nadine Patton O’Steen, Con
sultant in Curriculum and Teach
er Education in the State Depart
ment of Education; Mr. J. Hers
chel Collins. Superintendent of
Wayne County Schools; Mr. T. C
Chambers Jr., Maintenance Con
sultant of the State Department
of Education; Mrs. William J.
Brady Jr., District Supervisor of
Distributive Education; and Mr.
C. H. D. Youmans, Superinten
dent of the Pierce County
Schools.
This committee visited and
studied each school building,
looked at the school scheduling
and the curriculum offered the
students of the county. They will
review their findings and write a
report to be submitted to the Su
perintendent of schools of Brant
ley County, Mr. Herschel W. Her
rin.
Justice of Peace
Election Tuesday
Elections for Justice of the
Peace and Constable will be held
in each of the eight precincts of
Brantley County next Tuesday,
Oct. 8, it is announced by Ordin
ary Claude Smith.
Candidate for these offices in
the various districts are as fol
lows:
Atkinson district: for Justice of
the Peace, J. B. Middleton.
Hoboken district: for Justice of
the Peace, Eula M. Druehl and
J. T. Ellis. For Constable, R. C.
Crews and Mitchell Bell.
Hickox district: for Justice of
the Peace, J. R. Proctor.
Hortense district: for Justice of
the Peace, R. T. Rowell. For
Constable, Mack Carver and
Ralph Raulerson.
Lulaton district: for Justice of
the Peace, R. A. Griffin and D. W
Wair.right. For Constable, C. F.
Rowell.
Nahunta district; for Justice of
the Peace, T. H. Purdom. For
Constable. Harry M. Smith.
Schlatterville district: for Jus
tice of the Peace, Owen Griffin.
Waynesville district: for Justice
of the Peace, E A. Hunter. For
Constable, L. C. Hall and I. H
Harrison.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Approximately 3,500 Brantley countians will be eligible
to vote next Tuesday in the general election in which the
next President of the United States will be named.
Johns Home
Burns Down
At Hickox
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Johns at Hickox burned down
Tuesday morning, Nov. 1, about
six o’clock.
All the furnishings of the home
were lost in the fire which is
supposed to have started from
an oil heater.
The fire alarm at Nahunta was
sounded and the fire truck sped
to the scene but the fire was al
ready out of control when the
truck arrived. Many people of
Hickox and Nahunta rushed to the
scene but could do nothing to
save the house and its furnishings.
Mr. and Mrs. Johns were in
process of moving to St. Marys
but their furniture was still in
the house at Hickox.
Nahunta Cagers
Split Games
With Screven
The Nahunta High School bas
ketball teams traveled to Screven
Tuesday night and played a pair
of basketball games on the stage
of the Screven High School au
ditorium.
The Nahunta girls were defeat
ed by the Screven girls who ap
peared to have more experience
and height. The final score in the
first game was Screven 47, Na
hunta 39.
Screven went out in front at
the beginning of the game and
enjoyed a 23-11 lead at half-time.
The Nahunta girls made a va
liant effort near the close of the
game, but fell eight points short.
Sherry Hendrix was the lead
ing scorer of the game with 20
points. Ledbetter of Screven scor
ed 19 points. Marnell Carter and
Una Wilson were outstanding in
defensive roles.
The Nahunta boys defeated a
game but out-classed Screven
team 53-38. The “Wildcats”
made less mistakes than in the
seasons opener with Darien and
if they continue to improve,
could develop into a solid team.
The Wildcats played an excep
tional defensive game and per
mitted the host team only eleven
field goals. They led from the
initial jump and the score at
half-time was 25-18 with Nahun
ta out front.
Ned Hendrix was the leading
scorer for the Wildcats with 16
points. David King, Carol Chan
cey, and Maxie Herrin scored 12,
11, and 10 points respectively.
Ronald Drury played a fine game
and continues to look as if he is
going to crack the starting line
up in the near future.
Nahunta plays St. George at
home Friday night and Manor
there next Tuesday.
Denise Smith and
Gary Willis Crowned
King and Queen
Denise Smith and Gary Willis
were crowned king and queen
of the Nahunta Grammar School
Halloween Carnival Friday, Oct.
28. They won this honor by col
lecting pennies for the PTA car
nival. Each penny represented
one vote. Denise collected 2,701
votes and Gary collected 2,066
votes.
Denise represented Mrs. Monta
gue’s room and she is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Smith.
Gary represented Mrs. Clara
Highsmith’s room and he is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Willis.
The runner-up for king and
queen were Sandy Brooker and
Raymond Smith.
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Democratic nominees for state
and county offices and for U. S.
Congress will also be on the bal
lot.
In addition, Brantley countians
will vote on 19 constitutional a
mendments of statewide applica
tion.
The “bedsheet” ballot, 17 by
28 inches in size, includes the
names of 12 presidential electors
for both the Democratic and Re
publican parties. Names of the
presidential candidates them
selves do not appear on the bal
lot.
Senator John Kennedy of Mass
achusetts is the Democratic can
didate for president and his vice
presidential running mate is
Senator Lyndon Johnson of Tex
as.
Vice-president Richard M
Nixon is the Republican candi
date for president and his run
ning mate is Henry Cabot Lodge,
former U. S. Senator, who now
heads the U. S. delegation to the
United Nations.
Voters will be able to vote a
“split" ticket, that is, cast their
ballots for the state and local
Democratic party candidates, and
yet choose between the Democra
tic and Republican slate of presi
dential electors.
In addition to the general elec
tion, a separate election will be
held in Brantley county next
Tuesday for justices of the peace
and constables.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tucker and
son Boyce have been visiting
Mrs. Tucker’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Walker of Waynes
ville for the past three weeks.
They will return to their home
in Statenville, N. C. sometime
this week.
Amos Warren of Nahun 4
a patient in a Macon ho
Gene Crews of Hortense was
inducted as a pledge into the Phi
Theta Kappa Fraternity at South
Georgia College recently.
Mrs. Cora M. Yoder left on
Monday for her home in Van
Wyck, S. C. with her twin sister,
Mrs. A. R. Adams of Hortense.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Adams, Mrs.
Cora M. Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. D.
T. Middleton and C. Winton A
dams and son, Steve were those
from Hortense attending the
Middleton family reunion at
Pomona Park, Fla., on Sunday,
Oct. 30.
Mrs. R. C. O’Rear of Atlanta
who is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Cindy Morgan was honored with
a birthday dinnp^ at |he home of
Mrs. Morgan on Saturday mght,
Oct. 29. Present were Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Wildes of Rrunswick,
Mr. and Mrs. A. C Lee and
Michael, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chan
cey and Carroll and Roger.
Sandra Ammons and Susie Bell
have accepted a nomination for
membership in the International
Relations Club at the Georgia
State College for Women. The
club in an honor group society of
upperclassmen with high aca
demic achievement interested in
public affairs.
Miss Marrian Brown who has
been visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. Alice Highsmith and other
relatives has returned to her
home in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Cindy Morgan, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Chancey and Roger and
Mrs. Robin Brown and daughter,
Phyllis attended the birthday
dinner of Mrs. Billy Stewart in
Brunswick on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody left
on Wednesday for Jacksonville
where they will fly on a trip
sponsored by GE. They will go
to Miami, and on to St. Thomas
Island, Virgin Islands; to San
Juan, Puerto Rico and to Nassau,
Bahamas. They will be gone a
week.
Mr. Chester Poole, of Way
cross, has been employed by the
Brantley County Board of Edu
cation as band director for the
Nahunta and Hoboken School
Bands. Mr. Poole will move his
family to Nahunta in the imme
diate future. He replaces Mr.
John Trowbridge who resigned
at the end of the second month.
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