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VOLUME 40 - NUMBER 48
Nashville Firm is Low Bidder
For Tourist Welcome Station
The Georgia Department of
Commerce said Tuesday Con
struction Enterprises of Nash
ville Ga., is the apparent low
bidder for the building of a new
welcome station near Sylvania.
The apparent low bid was $46,-
348 25. The tourist welcome sta
tion will be located about 14
m i les north of Sylvania on U. S.
301 Department officials said the
station should be ready to serve
tourists by late spring, 1961.
Meanwhile, a travel survey
conducted by the department is
continuing to pile up data on the
impact the tourist has on Geor
gia’s economy.
Commerce department tourist
division director Bill Hardman
said the information is pouring
in at a faster rate than had been
anticipated. The survey is being
conducted by the Bureau of Busi
ness Research of the University
of Georgia’s School of Business
Administration.
The late Jos. B. Strickland of
Nahunta was the pioneer and
prime mover for tourist welcome
stations in Georgia. Mr. Strick
land’s pet measure in the legis
lature when he was a state sena
tor was the bill to erect tourist
welcome stations in Georgia.
WMU Training Clinic
Set for Blackshear
An Area Baptist Woman’s Mis
sionary Union leadership train
ing clinic is scheduled to be
held at the Emmanuel Baptist
Church in Blackshear, on Wed
nesday, December 7, from 10.30
A M. to 2:15 P. M., according to
the Rev. Roy S. Russell, Area
Missionary, Georgia Baptist Con
vention.
Mrs. D. B. Smith Jr., president
of the Okefenokee Association
and Mrs. H. C. Stalvey president
of the Piedmont Association state
that a large number of leaders
are expected to attend the clinic.
This training clinic is to be
led by Miss Janice Singleton,
Executive Secretary, Woman’s
Missionary Union, Auxilliary of
the Georgia Baptist Convention.
Other state leaders are Miss
Dorothy Pryor and Miss Sarah
Stephens of Atlanta.
The basic leadership training
clinic is designed to meet the
basic needs for General Officers,
Secretaries, Fundamental Chair
men, Sunbeam, G. A. and Y. W. A.
leaders. Leaders attending this
clinic will be from the Okefeno
kee and Piedmont Associations.
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Baptist Village at Waycross
Completes 2nd Unit of Homes
By Dorothy Smith
WAYCROSS, GA. — Baptist
Village, “Homes for Retired
People,” has doubled its resident
capacity with the completion oi
its second unit of homes.
The Village board of trustees
accepted the new unit on behalf
°f the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion Tuesday at its annual or
ganization meeting at the Vil
lage, located a mile and a half
from Waycross on State High
way 122.
The two units of homes offer
accomodations for 50 people. Six
of the spaces are being used for
temporary infirmaries and offices.
Both clusters are part of the Vil
lage’s master plan which will
eventually provide services for
300 men and women.
This master plan calls for
eight clusters of homes, an ad
ministration building, three
health units, a chapel, a post of
fice, barber and beauty shops,
lounges, dining rooms, library,
games rooms and an occupational
therapy area. A $3 million pro
ject, the Village is the newest a
gency of the Georgia Baptist
Convention.
At their meeting the trustees
reviewed the action taken by
the Georgia Baptist Convention
at its recent meeting in Savannah
which provides, under certain
conditions, for the building of
another unit of homes in 1961.
The new unit, which already
has opened its doors to six resi
dents, has 24 apartments, 20 sin
gle and four doubles, a day room,
kitchenette, a TV and conference
room, a laundry room, storage
'Pace, a telephone booth, and a
nd of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progr
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Mc-
Andrew and Mrs. Nevada Herrin
of Lynchburg, Virginia, visited
Mrs. Lizzie Lyons, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe T. Crews during the Thanks
giving Holidays. They left on
Tuesday morning for the return
trip to Lynchburg. Mrs. Herrin
will stop by to visit her daughter
Mrs^ Bobby Price in Burlington,
South Leads
In Pulpwood
Production
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 22, -
The South led the world with a
record pulpwood harvest in 1959.
The value of pulpwood pro
duced in the South as raw ma
terial for the pulp and paper in
dustry totaled $455,002,000, an in
crease of 12 per cent over 1958,
according to H. J. Malsberger,
general manager of the Southern
Pulpwood Conservation Associa
tion, in Atlanta.
This value was based on a 12-
state pulpwood production sur
vey by the U. S. Forest Service
Experiment Stations in Ashe
ville, N. C., and New Orleans, La.,
in cooperation with SPCA.
Georgia led the South for the
twelfth straight year with total
purchases of pulpwood valued at
$94,702,000, sixteen per cent .more
than the pulpwood crop harvest
ed in the state in 1958. Alabama
was second with a crop valued
at $58,620,000.
Os the 158 counties in Georgia
where pulpwood is produced,
Camden, Ware and Clinch coun
ties were the leading producers,
with pulpwood crops valued at
$2,866,940, $2,606,380 and $2,276,-
060, respectively.
The South harvested more
pulpwood last year than all of
the remainder of the United
States; more than any other sin
gle country; and more than any
other area of comparable size in
the world. ,
Government surveys continue
to show a favorable balance of
forest growth over all removal —
products for man’s use and losses
due to fire, insects, and disease,
Mr. Malsberger said.
‘‘As the market for wood i£
extended to all parts of the South,
more intensive forest develop
ment is made possible for the re
gion by providing nearly every
forest owner with even strong
er incentive for managing his
tree crop,” he added.
rest room for visitors.
Spacious and attractive, the
day room, which is 36 by 40 feet
will serve as a living room and
general activity area for resi
dents of both units. The first
unit’s day room is now the dining
room for both sections.
The new day room, which is
designed to accommodate 50 peo
ple faces the east and is mod
ern in design and furnishings.
The west wall is fir wood Pee
ing stained to dark rosewood The
other three walls are large y o
glass, which affords an outdoor
atmosphere. The room opens out
on a large covered patio whic
faces a landscaped court and
a shuffleboard area.
One of the most popular faci
lities at the Village is the new
unit’s TV and conference room,
which was provided by Mrs^ r .J
Mathias of Ailey. Ear
can in its furnishings and ap
watching television or for con
fences or small gatherings.
an
inter-communication O-
All eight buildings m. the^new
cluster are n in the
walkways to the buildings m
first unit. There are no step
the entire Village-
Brantley Enterprise
Personals
Brantley Enterprise P. Q. Box 12«, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 1, 1960
Ira White Funeral
Services Were
Held Friday
Mr. Ira White, 65, of Nahunta
passed away Wednesday morning,
ovember 23, at his residence
following a long illness.
Mi. White was born iq Wayne,
now Brantley, county and was the
son of the late Douglas and Ma
tilda Harris White. He received
his education in the schools of
the county and was a num
ber of years engaged in turpen
tine operation. Until his retire
ment due to ill health, he was
employed by the City of Na
hunta.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Flossie Hickox White of
Nahunta; two daughters, Mrs. E.
M. Tucker of Nahunta, and Mrs.
Henry Kirkland of Jesup; four
sons, James L. White, USAF,
Waco, Texas; David R. White,
USCG, Miami, Fla., Douglas L.
White and Bobby T. White, both
of Nahunta; two brothers, Pete
White and Rob White, both of
Nahunta.
Three grandchildren, one great
grandchild, several nieces, ne
phews, and other relatives also
survive.
Funeral services were held
from the graveside at Hickox
Cemetery Friday morning, Nov
ember 25, at eleven o’clock with
the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas con
ducting the rites in the presence
of a large number of sorrowing
relatives and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Clint Robinson, George
Dykes, Clayton Riggins, J. W.
Harris, Monsie Herrin, and Al
vin Drury.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the 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.
Irwin Tobacco
Grower's Yield
Is 4J63 Pounds
An Irwin County tobacco grow
er who produced 4,163 pounds per
acre has demonstrated the results
of good management, points out
John B. Preston, agronomist of
the University of Georgia Agri
cultural Extension Service.
The farmer, M. J. Paulk, who
lives near Alapaha, is making
outstanding yields a habit, accor
ding to Mr. Preston. Last year he
produced 3,636 pounds per acre.
His crop this year graded well
and sold for better than 60 cents
per pound.
Edwin E. Brannen, his county
agent, believes that Mr. Paulk’s
success is due primarily to a lot
of hard work at the right time.
The tobacco was grown on high
Tifton soil in alternate rows with
peanuts. It was set between April
4 and 8 with the Hicks variety.
Before setting, Mr. Paulk applied
825 pounds per acre of a 3-9-13
tobacco fertilizer. An additional
975 pounds of fertilizer was ap
plied as a side dressing.
The tobacco was grown in a
four-year rotation following cot
ton. It was irrigated three times.
The tobacco was topped and
suckered closely. There was an
average of twenty leaves per
stalk.
Nahunta High School
Basketball Schedule
HOME GAMES
Dec. 6— Surrency
Dec. 13—Blackshear
Jan. 10—Jesup
Jan. 17—Hoboken
Jan. 20—Camden County
Feb. 7—Manor
Feb. 10—Folkston
away games
Dec. 2—St. George
Dec. 9—Darien
Dec. 16—Atkinson County
Jan. 3—Folkston
Jan. 6—Nichols
Jan. 14—Camden County
Jan. 24— Jesup
Jan. 31 —Blackshear
Feb. 3—Pineview
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Nahunta Teams
Win Both Games
From Pineview
The Nahunta “Wildcats” play
ed host to the “Pirates” of Pine
view here Friday night and in
stead of finding treasure, the
“Pirates” lost two basketball
games.
The Nahunta girls completely
dominated the game and rolled
to a 17-3 first quarter lead over
the hapless visitors. The half
time score was 30-12 and the subs
finished the game from that
point. Final score was 40-22.
Sherry Hendrix with 11 points
and Mary Lou Ellis with 10
points were high scorers for Na
hunta.
The “Wildcats” played inspired
basketball in the final game to
defeat the visitors 57-35. With last
years shellacking by the “Pirates”
in mind, the Nahunta boys jump
ed to a 17-9 first quarter lead
and the visiting boys never
caught up. Maxie Herrin, David
King, and Junior Lewis led the
Nahunta scoring attack with 15„
13, and 12 points respectively.
Next home game is with Scre
ven Tuesday night.
Cotton Allotment
Now Being Set
For Brantley County
Cotton alloments for 1961 are
now being determined for all
“old cotton farms” in Brantley
County, according to Dan H. Ja
cobs, Manager of the Agricultural
Stablization and Conservation
County Office. Notices of indivi
dual farm allotments will be
mailed to farm operators well in
advance of the December 13
voters’ referendum on 1961 cot
ton marketing quotas.
Jacobs reminded farmers that
the upland cotton program this
year provides only one farm al
lotment and one price support for
the 1961 crop, as in the program
in effect for cotton before 1959.
For 1959 and 1960 upland cot
ton crops only, special legisla
tion provided that cotton farm
operators could elect a choice be
tween (1) the “regular” farm
allotment and the price-support
rate, and (2) a 40 percent larg
er farm allotment and a price
support which was 15 percent of
parity lower.
Jacobs said that the 1961 allot
ment for most farms in the coun
ty will be the same as in 1960.
Farmers are reminded that at
least two-thirds of the growers
voting in the referendum must
approve the quotas if they are to
become effective. Under quotas,
marketing penalties would apply
on “excess” cotton, and price sup
port would be available on the
1961 upland crop at not less than
70 percent of parity. Without
quotas, there would be no mar
keting penalties, and support to
growers who complied with their
allotments would be at 50 per
cent of parity. Questions about
the cotton program or referen
dum should be referred to the
ASC County Office.
A reckless" driver drives as
though he owned the road while
a careful driver acts like he own
ed his car.
Walking in the Woods
By GEORGE A. LOYD, County Agent
Thinning pine stands can prove
to be a very profitable job for
farmers of Brantley county to
carry out during the winter
months.
In an earlier article in this
series we mentioned that food a
tree uses is manufactured in the
leaves. When pines are too thick
many limbs and needles die from
lack of sunlight.
A small crown in the tree
means a slow growth rate. Stands
that may be growing at a rate
of only 2 or 3 percent per year
can often have the growth rate
stepped up to 8, 10, or 12 per
cent through a good thinning.
The interest rate earned on
your timber investment is in
creased in two ways when you
thin. First of all, you reduce your
investment just as soon as the
trees are cut and sod. Second, you
increase the growth rate of the
trees left for future harvests.
Often when timber is thinned
it’s a case of “too late and too
little.” Thinnings should begin
while the stand is still young and
M. Sgt. R. B. Ham
Funeral Services
To Be Held Friday
Funeral services for M Sgt.
Rexford Bernard Ham, 44, who
passed away Monday, November
21, while on duty with Head
quarters Battery, 39th Field Ar
tillery, U. S. Army, in Nurn
berg, Germany, will be held
from the graveside at Anderson
ville National Cemetery in An
dersonville, Georgia on Friday
afternoon, December 2, at two
o’clock.
Full military honors will be
rendered by a detachment of
soldiers from Fort Benning, Ga.
M;Sgt. Ham was born in
Wayne, now Brantley, county and
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K.
Ham of Nahunta. He received
his education in the local schools
and was a member of the Bap
tist church.
Prior to his enlistment in the
U. S. Army, he had operated a
service station in Indian River
City, Fla. At the time of his
death, he had served more than
16 years in the Army and was a
veteran of World War II and the
Korean Conflict. He participated
in the D-Day operations in Nor
mandy during World War II and
received numerous decorations
for gallantry in action in both
World War II and in Korea.
In addition to his parents, sur
vivors include his wife, the
former Miss Willene Thomas of
Nahunta; one daughter, Miss De
borah Ham of Nahunta; two sons,
R. B. Ham Jr., and Robert Ham,
both of Nahunta; one sister, Mrs.
Omer E. Graves of La Grange;
one brother, Elmer K. Ham of
Jesup.
Several nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
The remains arrived in Na
hunta Wednesday night, Novem
ber 30, and will remain at the
Chambless Funeral Home until
9 o’clock Friday morning, Dec
ember 2.
The family have the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta is in charge of ar
rangements.
World War 1
Veterans Will
Hold Conference
Veterans of World War I,
U. S. A., will hold an important
conference at the Ware Hotel in
Waycross on Sunday, Dec. 4, it
is announced.
Hamilton B. Lee Jr., command
er, and Herbert L. Lewis, quarter
master, of the Waycross barracks
of the oganization invite all mem
bers of the group and non-mem
bers who are veterans of World
War I to attend.
Memorial services will be held
at 10:00 A. M. and the confer
ence will begin immediately af
terward at 10:30.
Important news and business
concerning pensions will be
presented at the meeting.
Chaplain of the barracks will
conduct morning services, so
those attending will not miss
church services.
the trees are still putting on
height growth. Once a tree has
most of its height growth, thin
ning doesn’t help too much.
A handy guide to use in spacing
your trees when thinning is the
rule of thumb — “D x 1.75.” This
is simply multiplying the diamet
er of the tree by 1.75 and express
ing your answer in feet. For
example, in a stand of 8-inch
trees spacing would be 14 x 14
feet (8 x 1.75). This would leave
about 222 trees per acre, a very
desirable number when the trees
average about 8 inches in dia
meter.
Thinning at regular intervals
will help keep your pine stands
healthy and better able to with
stand attack by insects and dis
eases.
This is the final forestry ar
ticle in this series. Information
on all phases of forest manage
ment is available at our office,
and if you plan to thin your
pine trees, stop by and pick up
a copy of the circular “Thinning
Pine Stands.” z ,
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brantley Telephone Company
To Seek Increase in Rates
Brantley Telephone Company,
Inc., of Nahunta has filed an ap
plication with the Georgia Pub
lic Service Commission for an
increase in rates for both busi
ness and residence telephones,
according to a legal advertise
ment being run in this issue of
the Enterprise.
The matter will be heard by
the Public Service Commission
at 10:06 A. M. Wednesday, Dec.
14, at which time anyone inter
ested and desiring to attend will
be given an opportunity of ex
pressing his views.
The telephone company is re
questing increases on business
phones from $5.50 a month to
$7.50 for one-party lines; and
from $4.75 to $6.75 for two-party
lines.
Residence phones would be in
creased from $3.50 for one-party
lines to $5.00; and from $3.00 to
$4.25 for two-party lines. Four
party lines would be increased
from $2.50 to $3.75 a month.
Brantley Telephone Company,
Inc., has recently been granted
a new loan of $205,000 by the
REA for constructing lines for
203 new subscribers, also for im
proving service to present phone
users and the construction of a
new office building.
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Deer hunters in Georgia may soon be bagging
both bucks and does throughout the state.
Georgia has become overcrowded with doe deer
and only an open season on the lady deer will keep
them from starving to death. The plan has been
put into effect in several south Georgia counties
and seems to be working successfully.
Action was taken when game biologists noted
that a shortage of food and browse for deer existed
in certain areas. In one of these areas, average
weight of a deer taken in 89 pounds. A few years
ago, deer taken from this same area averaged 135
pounds.
In South Georgia, where deer herds are
large, more and more hunters complain of see
ing more does, but less bucks. Game biologists
have tried to remedy this situation by trapping
the does and restocking them in areas less popu
lated with deer. But these areas are now grow
ing overcrowded.
Public sentiment is the only stumbling block in
the plan. People have become so used to the “bucks
only” law that they obj’ect to killing doe deer. Peo
ple objected to a plan carried out 10 years ago when
a mixed season was opened in the Blue Ridge man
agement area to improve the balance between does
and bucks. But now, residents of the area realize
the change has done a lot of good.
I would like to see a mixed bag limit put
into effect next year throughout the state, but
first the Game and Fish Commission will have
to overcome public sentiment.
Commission biologists says the “bucks only” law
has not done the job of removing the harvestable
number of deer each season.
And though many states allow the killing of
both sexes, some of them are admitting that hunters
still cannot harvest enough deer.
In addition, more strict regulations would
have to be put into effect with the law, concern
ing the registration of deer killed by hunters.
We need to know how many deer are taken from
each area and from what area they are taken.
With this information, we can easily tell where
deer are abundant or where they may need more
management because of lack of food or over
population.
In a nutshell, here’s the story: land can only
support a certain number of deer. Seasons are
opened to keep the deer herd on this land down.
But when the herd keeps growing in size and num
ber and hunters cannot remove the excess deer, the
animals soon starve.
For instance, in 1905 a poacher claimed to
have removed the last deer from the mountain
region. A restocking program, begun in 1928,
bloomed and brought back the deer herd in the
area.
Today, this same area is overpopulated. There
are enough deer to cause serious damages to the
management areas.
So in the near future—very possibly next year—
hunters in Georgia will be given the task of remov
ing both bucks and does. This will assure better
deer hunting in the state for years to come.
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Mail Your Christmas
Packages Early, Says
Postmaster Dodge
It is less than a month now
until Christmas and here are a
few suggestions from Postmaster
Parker Dodge and all the em
ployees of the Nahunta Post Of
fice, that will tend to assume
early delivery.
Wrap your parcels well and
see that address and return are
securely attached to package as
well as a duplicate enclosed in
side the package. This will mean
the package could be delivered
■or returned in case label became
detached from outside. Consult
your post office for details on
mailing overseas packages, con
cerning weight, customs and de
clarations, etc.
Cards bearing First Class post
age (4c) will receive the best
service; being returned to send
er or forwarded if undeliverable
as addressed. Those mailed un
sealed with NO WRITING other
than name on card at Third Class
rate (3c) will not be returned
or forwarded but treated as
waste matter at office of address.
Air Mail (7c) is of course the
fastest possible either domestic
or overseas. Consult your Post
Office for other rates and ser
vices.
We at the Nahunta post office
shall strive to have all packages
in our hands by Christmas Eve
delivered; as we have been able
to do the past several years,
thanks to the fine cooperation of
our patrons.
E. Parker Dodge
Postmaster
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