The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, December 08, 1960, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything? Put a Want • Ad in the Brantley Enterprise 75 Cents or 3 Times $2.00. VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 49 Nahunta Basketball Teams Continue Hot Winning Streak The Nahunta High School teams won a triple-header from the visiting “Blue Devils” here Tuesday night. The Nahunta girls squeezed out a 35-33 win over the visitors in a ball game that was tight most of the way. Sherry Hendrix was again the leading scorer for the Nahunta lassies as she scorch ed the nets for 26 points. Frances Saddler contributed the other 9 points for the winning cause. Kent was high scorer for Sur rency with 17. In the boys contest, the battle waged for the first half and after that, the visitors surrendered. The half-time score was 23-16 with Nahunta ahead. David King, Carol Chancey, and Junior Lewis led the scoring attack with 13, 12, and 11 respectively. This boosts the record of the local boys to 10 wins against a lone defeat. In a “B” team game, the Na hunta boys remained undefeated after playing three games. Don ny Gibson scored 12 points and Denny Rhoden 8 points in lead ing Nahunta to a 38-20 win. Nahunta travels to Darien Fri day night and returns home Tues day night against Blackshear. The Nahunta High Basketeers defeated the St. George teams in St. George Friday night. The girls won the opener 50-30 led by Sherry Hendrix with 21 points. Shirley Ann Drury and Lynn Herrin scored 10 points each. In the final game, the Nahunta boys scored a 68-47 victory over the host team. David King led the “Wildcats’’ with 16 points, followed closely by Maxie Her rin with 14 points and Carol Chancey with 11 points. Consider Interest Safety in Buying Gifts (or Children Two points should be kept in mind when buying gifts for children, according to Miss Audrey Morgan, head of the fam ily life department of the Univer sity of Georgia Agricultural Ex tension Service. First, choose the gift to suit the child, and second, be sure it is safe, Miss Morgan suggests. To be of real value, the gift must be suited to the particular child’s interests and abilities, and these are not necessarily the same for children of the same age, she points out. As an example of this, books make excellent gifts for child ren, but must be selected to suit the child’s interest and reading ability. The old favorites are always good for children, but their interests have broadened to in clude so many other things that books on science, nature and many other subjects are now en joyed by many. Some children even enjoy books and articles which they cannot read alone, but get a great deal out of when someone reads to them. Illustrations should also be considered in books for young sters. Safety, the second considera tion she suggests, should always be looked for in buying gifts for children. Toys for small children should be without sharp corners and ed ges and be sturdily built. Watch for small parts that unscrew or can otherwise be detached easily* Stuffed toys should be sewn and made of firm material. At tached parts —eyes, hair, etc.- should be firmly snapped or sewn on, not wired or pinned. Metal toys should not have small parts, -fold-over tabs or small nuts ahd bolts that can be taken off. All edges should be rolled—not sharp. “Look for toys and books that will stimulate the child’s ima gination and interest and that will be safe for him to use. Miss Morgan urges, “to make sure that Christmas will be a happy season for children.’’ FOOT DEFECTS Although 90 percent of all children are born with good fee , by the time they enter school 6 percent of boys and 80 percen of girls have foot defects, accor ding to Miss Audrey Morgan, head of the Extension family Hfe department. Pressures of faulty socks or shoes can cause these defects, causing lifelong discomfort, she says. ^ oun *y Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Russell Proposes Broiler Purchases For Lunch Program Senator Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.) has proposed a new plan to add broilers to the menu of the Nation’s School Lunch Pro gram. In a letter to Agriculture Se j cretary Ezra T. Benson, the Georgia Senator asked the De partment of Agriculture to in stitute a trial program for the purchase of broilers for the lunch program under regular funds au thorized for such purchases. The Department previously had declined to enter into a poultry buying program with funds pro vided for purchase of surplus agricultural commodities. How ever, Russell’s proposal would in volve other funds that have been appropriated by Congress speci fically for purchase of food for donation to the school lunch pro gram. Russell pointed out that Con gress has authorized some $125 million for this purpose but that none of it had been used to buy broilers. He urged Benson to di rect the Agricultural Marketing Service to “institute a carefully planned trial program” of broil er purchases under provisions of the National School Lunch Act. Georgia is the Nation’s leading broiler producing state. In making public his letter to Benson, Russell said he expect ed “to pursue this matter vigor ously with the new Administra tion.” He is Chairman of the Senate Agricultural Appropria tions Subcommittee. Russell’s letter to Benson de clared: “In recent years I have noted that with increasing frequency retail grocery stores market cut up broiler parts, in addition to selling the whole broiler. I am confident that with this trend in retail marketing for consumers that the Department could de velop specifications for the pro curement of cut-up broilers, which constitute a desirable source of high protein as do other meat products now procur ed for the school lunch program. “I therefore urge you to give consideration to the inclusion of broilers on a trial basis as a part of the food purchase pro gram for donation to the schools, and I shall appreciate being kept advised of your decision on this suggestion, together with other developments in this regard.” Among those from Nahunta at tending funeral services for M- Sgt. Rexford B. Ham at Ander sonville National Cemetery, Fri day, December 2, were Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland, Mrs. J. T. Morgan, Mrs. Osborne Moody, Rev Cecil F. Thomas, Mr. W. C. Long, Mrs. Collis Highsmith, Mrs. J. W. Crews, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. R- D. Thomas, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfied Thomas. Mr. James White is a patient at the Waycross hospital. » • » Mr. Mark Wildes is a patient in Memorial Hospital at Way cross. Hortense P. T. A. will meet December 14, at the lunchroom at 3:30 P. M. Everyone is urged to attend for there will be several important things to discuss. The Junior Womans Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Kieth Strickland on Tuesday evening, Dec. 13 at 8:00 P. M. Mrs. J. Ro bert Smith will be co-hostess with Mrs. Strickland. Mrs. Tom my Tucker is president of the club. Mr. Roy Harper continues to be a patient at Memorial Hospi tal in Waycross but is much im proved now after two weeks. ♦ ♦ * Mr. and Mrs. A. (Fuzzy) St. John were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Miller for Thanksgiving holidays. And were also their visitors on Monday of this week, returning from North Carolina and going to their home in Hia wassee, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Tucker attended a hair dressers clinic in Waycross on Wednesday of last week. They attended the clinic m Brunswick on Dec. 7. Personals ♦ ♦ * • • • . 9 ' t M’4 Brantley Enterprise Brantley Enterprise P. o. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 8, 1960 Charlie Barney Moody Funeral Services Were Held Friday Mr. Charlie Barney Moody, 75, of Castle Hayne, N. C., a former resident of Brantley county, passed away in Wilmington, N. C., Thursday, December 1, after a short illness. Mr. Moody was born in Geor gia, and was the son of the late David and Mary Lydia Sloan Moody. He was a member of the McClure Memorial Presbyterian church and was a retired Bridge Tender for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Fraternally, he was a member of the Brotherhood of Mainten ance of Way Employees. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lovie Manning Moody of Castle Hayne, N. C.; three daughters, Mrs. D. Y. Heath of Marietta, Ga., Mrs. Fred Welch of Fayette ville, N. C., and Mrs. J. W. Wil letts of Castle Hayne, N. C.; two sisters, Miss Ocie Moody of Hor tense, and Mrs. Henry Manor of Ocala, Fla.; two brothers, Jim Moody and Ike Moody, both of Hortense. Seven grandchildren, three great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other rela tives also survive. Funeral services were held Friday morning, December 2, at eleven o’clock from the chapel of Andrews Mortuary in Wilming ton, N. C., with the Rev. Frank A. Elliott officiating. The remains arrived in Na hunta early Saturday morning via rail and were carried to the Chambless Funeral Home to lay in state until the funeral hour. Additional services were held from the graveside at Raulerson Cemetery at three o’clock Satur day afternoon, December 3, with the Rev. Alvin Williamson, pas tor of the Satilla Baptist church, conducting the rites in the pres ence of a large number of sor rowing relatives and friends. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Joel Herrin, Collis High smith, Edgar Morgan, J. W. El dridge, Clarence Moody, and Lynwood Moody. The many beautiful floral of ferings attested to the high es teem 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 lo cal arrangements. Polling Places Are Announced for Cotton Referendum With the December 13 referen dum on marketing quotas for 1961-crop upland cotton drawing near, the Brantley County Agri cultural Stablization and Con servation committee made known final arrangements for the bal loting. Dan Jacobs of the ASC county office points out that eligible voters in the December 13 re ferendum are persons who as owner-operator, cash tenant, standing rent or fixed rent ten ant, landlord of a share tenant, share tenant, or share-cropper engaged in the production of up land cotton in 1960. Further information with res pect to eligibility to vote in the referendum may be obtained from the local ASC county of fice. On the day of the referen dum, information on eligibility also may be obtained at the poll ing places. Polling places are as follows: Brantley ASC county office, Na hunta, Georgia and Kelley’s Store, Hoboken, Georgia. County HD Council To Meet Wednesday The Brantley County Home Demonstration Council will meet with the Hickox Home Demon stration Club, at the home of Mrs. Bill White, Wednesday, De cember 14, at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, it is announced by Mrs. E. G. Fowler, President. Mrs. H. C. Russell of Incachee Plantation near Waverly, Geor gia, will give a talk on her trip around the world. The December Meeting is al ways celebrated as a Christmas party for Club members. If any non-club-members wish to at tend, the council will be glad to have you as their guest on this occasion. Rev. Henry J. Johnston Henry Johnston Will Publish His Life Story The autobiography of the Rev. Henry J. Johnston, “Fifty Years in the Ministry” after several de lays, is how in the hands of the printers and scheduled for publi cation early in 1961. Originally scheduled for pub lication in December, the rush of completion of copy, get pictures ready and cordinating activities with printers, has delayed the book, however, several chapters have been printed and the picture section is complete. Telling his life story, Rev. Johnston, a Baptist Minister for more than fifty years, begins with his childhood in Tattnall county, and on through his boy hood and school days in Pierce County, and his conversion, and call to the ministry. Chapters include his stay at Piedmont College and Mercer Un iversity, as well as a chronologi cal chart of churches served dur ing his 50 years and two ser mons "A divine Romance” and “Life after Death.” The author of several other books, Rev. Johnston wrote the history of Beulah Church, Rev. A. M. McCool of Nahunta and Rev. Cecil Thomas, The Wire Grass Apostle. Advance copies of the book have been sold and will be deliv ered first. Names Os those pur chasing advance copies will be printed in the 150 page book. Biddie Basketball League Is Organized in Brantley Schools The Brantley County “Biddie” Basketball league has been form ed and play will begin Saturday night at the Nahunta High gym nasium at 7:00 P- M. There will be two divisions of the league, the “Bob Cousy” divi sion consisting of 6th graders, and the “Bob Pettit” division consisting of the 7th and Bth graders. Three of the teams for each division will be composed of the Nahunta Elementary School and the Nahunta High School. The other teams in each division will be from the Hortense Ele mentary School. Games will be played each Sat urday night that can be schedul ed without conflict with the re gular school program. Team Rosters: Bob Cousy Division BOBCATS Garry Willis, Captain Pryce Brooker Gene Crews Danny Sears . r Thomas Lewis Otis Bohannon Wayne Patten Keith Middleton Glynn Lewis LEOPARDS Eddie Rowell Michael Lee Floyd Young Franklin DePratter Larry Knox Ernest Williams Grady Albritton Edward Hickox PANTHERS Carvella King, Captain Jerry Popwell Lamar Wainright Marshall Allen La Count Smith Billy Chancey Charles Davis Larry Bohannon Bobby Harris Junior Morgan HORTENSE RATTLERS Douglas Dowling, Captain 3 Navy Men Injured in Auto Mishap Three U. S. Navy men, station ed at Glynco Naval Base, Bruns wick, were injured when their car ran off the fill between the two bridges near Atkinson Tues day morning, Dec. 6, it is reported by Guy Chambless who carried the men to the Naval Dispensary at the Naval Base. The men were Allen G. Rosen berg, Jack Bowen and Ernest Counts. Rosenberg lost some teeth in the accident, Mr. Chambless said. The other two men suffer ed cuts and bruises. Drury • Prescott Mrs. Robert R. Drury of Waynesville announces the mar riage of her daughter, Gracg Jaurelle, to Edwin T. Prescott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Prescott of Atkinson. The ceremony was held on Thursday, December 1, at the Methodist parsonage in Nahunta, with Rev R. C. Kale officiating. The bride is a graduate of Na hunta High School and attended business college in Jacksonville. The groom is a graduate of Mor rison R. Waite High School, Tole do, Ohio. Mr. Prescott is present ly serving in the U. S. Navy as Chief Hospital corpsman on board the U. S. S. Bluebird at Charles ton, S. C. After the first of February, Mr. and Mrs. Prescott will be sta tioned in Washington, D. C. Card of Thanks For every prayer, for each ex pression Os kindness by word or deed, during our recent bereave ment — We thank you. May God bess you. Mrs. R. B. Ham, Bernard, Deborah and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham, Mrs. O. E. Graves, Elmer K. Ham. Americans have been eating vegetables, not including pota toes, at the rate of about 200 po unds per person each year during the postwar period, according to U. S. Department of Agriculture records. Laurence Flowers Sheldon Rowell Thomas Boatwright Jacky Lane Buddy Lyles Danny Drury James Williamson Roger Moody Bob Pettit Division: HORTENSE TIGERS Joey Strickland, Captain Derwin Drury Van Strickland Mark RoWell Loyd Flowers Ashley Henderson Simon Rowell Sonny Boy Chausey Jerry Lane Henry Hodge BULLDOGS John Jones, Captain Wendell Herrin Benny Thomas Billy Smith Greg Wilson Buddy Allen Ronald Norton Freddy Hendrix Clifford Harden Tommy Graham Jack Brooker HAWKS Billy Rowell, Captain Robert Rhoden Hymerick Thomas J. R. Patten William Hursey Wayne Dubose Hilton Dowling Ronald Morgan Greg Loyd Donnie Batten EAGLES J. B. Willis, Captain Kenny Johns Dennis Raulerson Freddye Albritton Richard Rhoden Raymond Highsmith J. W. Knox Winton Wilson Corbet Wilson Melvin Wilson OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Miss Mag Nettie Stone Died at Lulaton' Miss Mag Nettie Stone, 82, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Julia Harris at Lulaton after a long illness. Funeral services were held at High Bluff Primi tive Baptist Church with Burial in High Bluff cemetery. Miss Stone was born in Brant ley County when part of it was Wayne and had lived in this county all her life .making her home with her sister, Mrs. Har ris, for past forty years. She was a member of the Pri mitive Baptist Church 57 years. Besides her sister, Mrs. Harris, she is sdrvived by one brother of Lulaton. South Georgia College Alumni Planning Banquet Numerous residents of the area received invitations to attend the Douglas Alumni Banquet in Douglas on December 26th. Alumni President Joe Sports, former Douglas newsman who is now a staff aide to Rep. Iris Blitch, announced plans for the yearly gathering of Georgia’s largest organized group of high school alumni. Former students of Georgia Normal Business In stitute and Douglas High and graduates of Coffee County High are eligible to attend the ban quet. Two thousand invitations were mailed,but members not re ceiving the invitation are urged to write to the Douglas Alumni Association in Douglas for reser vations. Guest speaker for the 1960 ban quet will be Lt. Governor Gar land T. Byrd. The reignipg “Miss Georgia,” Sandra Tally of Hom erville, will also appear on the program. Her father, O. E. Tally, is alumni Vice-President. Congresswoman Iris Blitch, a charter member of the Douglas Alumni Association, will, also be among the distinguished persons attending the banquet in Doug las at 7 P. M. in the Coffee High cafeteria. ; , High School PT A Will Meet Monday The Nahunta High School P. T. A. will hod its December meet ing on Monday evening, Dec. 12, at 7:30. The meeting will be held in the lunchroom of the school. The program will consist of music presented by the school band and the glee club. Mr. Chester Poole, the band director, and Miss Carolyn Higginbotham, director of the glee club, will be in charge of the program. Hostesses so rthe evening will be Mrs. Edna Adams, Mrs. John Calhoun, Mrs. J. T. Royster, Mrs. Rebecca Griner, Mrs. Harry Raul erson, Mrs. Wesley Burden and Mrs. S. K. Allen. Births Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sales burg of Jacksonville, Fla., an nounce the birth of a baby boy on Nov. 28 weighing six pounds and six ounces. He has been nam ed Ronald Earl. Mrs. Salesburg before her marriage wds Miss Mada Deen Harris, daughter of Mrs. Roy Lyons of Nahunta. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chancey announce the birth of a baby boy on Nevember 30, weighing seven pounds and one end one half ounces. He has been named Phillip Edward. For best results in freezing lamb, use only high-quality cuts and prepare and freeze as soon as possible after purchase, advi ses Miss Nelle Thrash, Extension food preservation specialist. Clean cotton insect sprayers and dusters before storing them for the winter to prevent gum ming and corrosion, advises H. B Goolsby, Extension engineer. Georgia’s corn crop is expected to total 85,536,000 bushels, about four percent more than last year’s according to Georgia Crop Reporting Service statistics. In 1959 Georgia farmers paid $29 million net rent to non-farm landlords, reports Stephen J. Brannen, head of the Extension economics department. Keep up with the News About Your Home County Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Five Negroes Perish in Flaming Car Five Negroes died when their car ran off the road and burned near Winokur on Highway 301 in Charlton County shortly after midnight Saturday night, Dec. 3. Sheriff J. Walter Crews of Na hunta received a call that an automobile was ablaze with sev eral people trapped inside, and he rushed to the scene. The Nahunta fire truck was driven to the scene of the acci dent by Nahunta fire chief Clint Robinson. The Chambless Fun eral Home ambulance also res ponded to the call, as did the Folkston fire department. All five occupants of the car had died before help came. Offi cers of the Way cross State Patrol who investigated the accident said that the Negroes in the car may have been rendered uncons cious by carbon monoxide fumes before the car ran off the road. The car had plunged off the highway and hit a tree in the woods and then burst into flames. Three of the victims were identified as Johnny Lee Roberts, 19, of Jacksonville; his wife, Dorothea, 19, and their 4-months 61d daughter. Farmers Not Using Enough Lime The benefits of adding liming materials to our agricultural soils has been known for centuries. The present generation of farm ers has probably been lulled into a false sense of security regard ing the real needs of adding lime to the soil. Modern sales talk of “non-acid .forming material” or “non-acid-forming fertilizer” has led many ■ farmers to believe there is no need for lime. It is estimated that crop re ntoval, erosion and leaching, ac count for 90-95 percent of the total lime loss in the State, while all acid-forming fertilizers and insecticides account for only 5-10 percent. A sound liming program based bn a soil tdst is necessary, and is the only way tn insure good prop. yields. Liming mater ials are the only materials that effectively Change the soil pH to the range necessary for maxi mum crop returns. Present day knowledge of soil chemistry is adequate to guide liming on a scientific basis. Soil tests provide the basis for intel ligent recommendations. Few es sential practices can be carried out more accurately or with greater assurance of financial re turns. A soil test reveals not only how much lime is required, but also how much phosphorus and potash are needed. For many years the agricul taral colleges, USDA, and other research institutions have been conducting excellent educational programs to teach the efficient use of lime. Agricultural Con servation Program, sponsored by the federal government, has in vested millions of dollars in cost sharing plans over a span of 20 or more years to encourage wid er use of lime. Yet, to date, the rate of applying lime to our soils is far from adequate. Now is the time to test and lime for ’6l crops! Legion Meeting Is Postponed The regular monthly meeting of Brantley County Post No. 210, The American Legion will be postponed one week, until Thurs day, December 15, 1960 at 8:00 P. M. Harry M. Smith, Commander. Personals The Sallie B. Lary Circle will meet on Monday evening, Dec. 12 at 7:00 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Lula Brown for their annual Christmas program. Mrs. Irven Crews is chairman of the circle. • • • Mrs. Irven Crews returned Monday from Lakeland, Fla., where she spent the weekend visiting her sister Mrs. Jack Row land.