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VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 5
Una Wilson Reports on Her
Short Course In Charm School
The following article was writ
ten by Una Wilson of a trip she
made last Thursday. Una is an
outstanding 4-H Club member
and is planning to .make Home
Economics her career.
"Thursday, Jan. 26th, Mrs. Hai
ry Raulerson, Mrs. Allen Bar
nard, Mrs. Delma Herrin, and
Miss Una Wilson attended Abra
ham Baldwin Agricultural Col
lege for a special one day short
course in Charm. The course was
held from 10:00 to 3:30 in the Ru
ral Life Building on the college
campus.
“The course was entitled
“Charm, the combination of
Spirit, Mind, and Appearance.”
Mrs. Harry Patten conducted the
course. She has had extensive
training and teaches in Macon.
“Mrs. Patten defined Charm
as, Your Ability to be Yourself.
“To develop the art of being a
charming person you should pos
sess desire, courage, and charact
er. The desire to become a more
charming person, the courage to
take the necessary steps, and the
character to follow your plan
through.
Spirit — A charming woman
must be a loving person. Charm
begins at home. It touches every
person that you come in contact
with. You should be thoughtful
of others. You should get up
every morning happy. You should
possess enthusiasm. You should
have a firm belief in God. The
womans place is to lead the
family spiritually: You should
be a very disciplined person —
this you do yourself.
Mind — A charming person
must be up-to-date on the cur
rent events and know some of
the most important past history,
so she could carry on a good
conversation. You should sche
dule your time so that you will
have time every day to read.
You should take 15 minutes eact)
day to read some current event,
and 10 minutes to read some
thing educational and humorous.
You should develop the art of
listening and conversation.
Appearance — Your appear
ance reflects your personality.
Mrs. Patten demonstrated the
way to sit, so that your knees,
ankles and thighs will always be
together while sitting; the way
a model walks and exercises for
the waist-line, and discussed the
importance of a charming woman
being clean. Some points that she
made about cleanliness are, the
importance of keeping your hair
clean.
Your make-up should look na
tural. You should make up the
most attractive feature, and make
down the least attraction. You
should never have to spend a lot
of money for make-up. You
should choose the best suited
make-up to you. Everyone needs
a red lipstick and one with a
blue cast to match clothing. You
should use a lipstick brush to
apply your lipstick for best re
sults.
The shape of your eyebrows
gives different expressions. You
should never use black mascara
unless you have jet black hair.
You should choose your jew
elry to match your skin and hair.
If you choose liquid make-up,
you should choose three shades,
the basic, one shade lighter, and
one shade darker.
You should plan to take the
necessary time every week to be
by yourself, to fix your hair,
your face and do your manicures.
Etiquette rules: (1) Always
answer an invitation to a party;
(2) Always be on time; (3) Tea —
time from 4:00 to 6:00; (4) Al
ways speak to the hostess first.
(5) A woman always keeps her
Blackshear Splits Games
With Nahunta and Lakeland
The Nahunta visiting teams
split a doubleheader basketball
thriller with the Blackshear Tig
ers and Tigerettes Tuesday night,
January 31. The Blackshear girls
won 51-40, and the Tigers lost
45-54.
In the girls game, the local
girls led during the entire con
test. First quarter scoring was 21-
7. and at halftime, they were still
leading with a wide margin of
31-9. At the end of the third
quarter, the Tigerettes were a
head 44-22, and kept that lead to
win 51-40.
Marilyn Dowling topped the
Tigerette scoring with 19 points.
Vera Wall followed with 14 and
Sandra Bowen. 9. Ginger Nim
mer added 4, Betty Brantley, 2,
and Nell Waters. 1.
Hendrix was high scorer for
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
coat unless there is an appointed
place; (6) The guest-of-honor is
always the first to leave.
You should never wear white
shoes unless you are wearing a
white dress. The whole costume
should be in harmony, with color
and texture. You can look at a
woman and tell if she has an eye
for color by the colors she is
wearing. The planning of clothes
takes time, but a woman can be
attractive with a minimum of in
come with careful planning.
The womans appearance shows
her personality.
Murder Charge
Placed Against
Pierce Woman
Mrs. Claude Sweat, a Pierce
county woman, is being held in
the Pierce County jail on a mur
der charge following the death
of her husband from gun shot
wounds allegedly inflicted by her.
Sheriff J. H. Pittman said Mrs.
Sweat was being held without
bond pending grand jury action.
The grand jury will convene the
first Monday in May.
Sweat died in the Pierce Coun
ty Hospital Wednesday, January
25. He had been hospitalized
since January 12, when he was
wounded by his wife at their
home near Bristol following an
argument, Pittman said.
Conscience
Got Best of
This Person
This past week, Leroy Peacock,
owner of Peacock Grocery, re
ceived an anonymous letter in
the mail.
The contents of the letter read
as follows: “Dear Mr. Peacock,
This dollar is for a pack of cigar
ettes I stole from your store a
bout two years ago.”
The letter was not signed, but
it seems miraculous that the let
ter was mailed on Monday morn
ing, following the weekend of the
Pierce County Youth Rally.
Be what it may, Mr. Peacock
takes this opportunity to thank
the anonymous writer.
The moral of the story is that
there’s a little good in us all.
Tractor Clinic Set
For Hortense Monday
A tractor clinic has been sche
duled to be held at Hortense Feb
ruary 6,7, and 8. These plans are
announced by Carter Morton Jr.,
teacher of Agriculture.
Various phases such as tractor
operation, maintenance and care
will be taken up at these meet
ings. On Monday and Tuesday
nights we will have a general
classroom discussion and on Wed
nesday each of the major tractor
companies will have on hand a
service man to assist the farmers
in making general maintenance
repairs on their tractors.
This should prove helpful to
the farmers due to the fact that
the spring plowing season is al
most here. Exact plans as to
meeting place and time of meet
ing will be announced later and
every farmer in the Hortense
area is cordially invited to at
tend.
the Nahunta girls With 33 points.
Drury added 5, and Herrin, 2.
In the Tuesday night’s night
cap, the Nahunta boys came out
victorious after a zig-saw con
test. Nahunta was two points a
head at the end of the first quart
er, 17-19. Blackshear gained a
slim one-point lead by halftime,
31-30. However, Nahunta took the
lead again in the third quarter
by a one-point margin, 42-43, and
led during the rest of the game
and won 45-54.
Hoss Wainwright was top scor
er for the BHS boys with 20
points. Steve Moody followed
with 17. Larry James and Evan
DeLoach added three each, and
Jimmy Jones, 2.
High scorer for Nahunta boys
was Drury with 20 points.
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Brantley Enterprise
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, February 2, 1961
Negro Burns
To Death in
Flaming House
James Wilson, Negro, age 83,
burned to death when his house
burned down six miles south of
Atkinson Sunday morning about
nine o’clock.
The aged Negro was alone in
the house when it caught fire,
supposedly when a kerosene heat
er exploded. Another Negro, see
ing the blazing house, gave the
alarm, but it was too late to save
the trapped man.
Coroner Kizer empanelled a
jury and the verdict was acci
dental death from fire.
Medical Center
Members Meet
Next Monday
The .annual membership meet
ing of the Brantley County Medi
cal Center, Inc., will be held at
the office of the Okefenoke Co
op Monday, Feb. 6, it is announc
ed by Emory Middleton, clerk
for the organization.
Reports on the progress of the
Medical Center will be given and
trustees and a clerk will be elect
ed for the next year. The by
laws provide for one trustee
from each commissioner’s district
of Brantley County —two of
whom must be women. The pre
sent trustees are:
Pete J. Gibson, President; R. B.
Brooker, Vice-President; Emory
A. Middleton, Clerk; Mrs. Frank
Dukes, Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix,
J. B. Middleton.
Woman in London
Enquires About
Name of Nahunta
A woman in London, England,
has written to postmaster Park
er Dodge of Nahunta, asking him
about the name “Nahunta" and
whether it is an Indian name.
The woman stated that she is
a student of American Indian
lore and interested in names of
Indian origin.
The name “Nahunta" for the
county seat of Brantley County
has long been under discussion
as to whether or not it is of In
dian origin.
Some people claim it is an
Indian name, while others say it
is a combination of the initials
and name of “N. A. Hunter” who
once had a store here. Goods
were shipped to N. A. Hunter
over the railroad, so the story
goes, and the village became
known as “Nahunter,” then lat
er "Nahunta.”
The more romantic version of
the name is that it is of Indian
origin, from an Indian maidden
named “Nahantos,” somewhat
similar to the famed Indian
princess “Pocahantos” who is
supposed to have rescued Captain
John Smith from his Indian cap
tors.
Conservation Stamp
Is Issued by
P. 0. Department
Conservation leaders here are
looking forward to issuance of
the world’s first range conserva
tion postage stamp by the Post
Office Department in Salt Lake
City, Utah, James A. Ross said.
The commemorative 4-cent
stamp, printed in 3 colors, will
be issued February 2 at the A
merican Society of Range Mana
gement’s annual meeting at Salt
Lake City.
The stamp is in two parts. One
part is a reproduction of the fa
mous drawing, “Trail Boss,” by
Charles Russell, the distinguish
ed artist of western life. The
other part shows a modern range
conservation scene.
The new stamp, James A. Ross
said, symbolizes the development
of range conservation from the
pioneer days of the open range
to today’s scientific management
techniques.
The Soil Conservation Service
and the Forest Service are both
cooperating with the Post Office
Department and the Rangement
Society in promoting the stamp.
Consistent newspaper advertis
ing brings profitable result*.
Robert E. Lee Prescott
Funeral Services
Hald January 28th
Funeral services for Robert E.
Lee Prescott, 65, who died Thurs
day, January 26, at his home in
St. Simons Island Ga., after a
long illness, were held Saturday
morning, January 28, at the A. D.
Miller and Son Funeral Home in
Brunswick.
The Reverend Ben Moore offi
ciated. Interment was in the
Corinth Church cemetery in
Charlton county.
He was a native of Charlton
county, but had lived in St. Si
mons Island, Ga., for the past six
years.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Lee Hughes Prescott;
three daughters, Mrs. Robert J.
Wainwright, Nahunta, Mrs. De
wayne Clary, Claxton, and Mrs.
Harold E. Rhodes, Jacksonville;
two sons, Captain Joseph C.
Prescott, Fort Benning, and Sgt.
William Ralph Prescott, Fort
Stewart; three stepchildren, Mrs.
Patricia Strickland, St. Simons,
Mrs. Faye Meadows, Norfolk, Va.,
and Alex T. Galbreath, Falls
Church, Va.; four sisters, Mrs.
Cora Jones, Lulaton, Mrs. Mollie
Rozier, Mrs. Carlos Dixon, and
Mrs. Alvin A. Dixon, all of Black
shear. Five grandchildren and
one great-grandchild also survive.
Pallbearers were Woodrow
and Owen Wainwright, Moultrie
Purdom, Joe McDonald and
George L. Stewart.
Honorary pallbearers were
Wilson Wilkes, Bob Allen, Claude
Smith, Dan Jones, Delma Her
rin, J. Walter Crews, Everett
Wainright, Dan Wainright, Lee
Prescott, John Wilson, Dr. Mack
Simmons and Dr. King Smith.
Biddie League
Basketball Teams
Played Saturday
The Bob Cousy division Satur
day night saw the Panthers trim
the Bobcats 15-8 and the Leo
pards take the measure of the
Hortense Rattlers 23-12. Jerry
Popwell and Carvella King led
the Panthers with 6 points each.
Eddie Rowell scored 17 points
for the victorious Leopards.
In the Bob Pettit division the
rampaging Eagles led by J. L.
Jacobs with 15 points and Win
ton Wilson with 10 points sound
ly defeated the winless Hawks
34-5.
The Hortense Tigers remained
in contention for the league title
by defeating the Bulldogs 25-15
despite a 14 point scoring spree
by John Jones for the losers.
Joey Strickland scored 11 points
for Hortense and Ashley Hen
derson scored 7 points for the
winners.
Saturday Night Schedule:
7:00, Bobcats vs Leopards.
7:40, Bulldogs vs Eagles.
8:20, Panthers vs Rattlers.
9:00, Hawks vs Tigers.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Dixon of
Colquit, and Mrs. Bush Mims of
Colquit, Ga., visited Mrs. Robert
Smith and family. Mrs. Dixon is
staying with her daughter during
this week.
The girls’ basketball team,
coached by Prof. Forrest Thomas,
raised $35 for the polio fund by
a "road block” at Nahunta Sat
urday, Jan. 28.
A meeting in the interest of
Boy Scouting will be held at the
Okefenoke Co-op office Thurs
day night, Feb. 9, at 7:30, it is
announced by Norman W. Ste
vens, Scout Executive. All who
are interested in Scouting are
requested to attend.
A Camelia Show will be held
at the County Casino in St. Si
mons Island Wednesday, Feb. 8,
from 2:00 until 9:00 P. M., it is
announced by Dorothy Rogers
Raulerson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Adams and
Mrs. J. B. Lewis were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Nichols of
Screven on Tuesday. They also
visited Mrs. Aaron Nichols and
Mrs. Ward Nichols at Empire and
Ronald Adams in Jesup.
The Nahunta Garden Club will
meet at the High School Econo
mics room on Tuesday P. M. Feb.
7 at four o’clock, it is announc
ed by Miss Mary Knox, publicity
chairman. The hostesses will be
Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. Jos.
B. Strickland and Mrs. Jesse
Lee.
Mr. C. F. Rivers of Hardee
ville, S. C. visited Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Lee over the weekend.
Nahunta
Os ACL
Amos B. Warren
Funeral Services
Were Held Monday
Mr. Amos Benjamin Warren,
57, of Nahunta passed away Sat
urday afternoon, January 28, at
his residence following a long
illness.
Mr. Warren was born in
Wayne, now Brantley, county
and was the son of the late Cal
vin and Cibbie Harris Warren.
He recived his education in the
schools of the county and was a
member of the Nahunta Baptist
church. Until ill health forced
his retirement, he had engaged in
farming and turpentine opera
tions in the county.
Possessed of an affable manner
and genial disposition, he enjoy
ed a wide circle of friends and
his death brought personal sor
row to many throughout this sec
tion.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Mattie Highsmith of
Nahunta; two daughters, Miss
Josephine Warren of Jacksonville,
Fla., and Miss Dolly Mae War
ren of Nahunta; four sons, Ro
bert Warren of Revere, Massa
chusetts, James Warren, Freddie
Warren, and Bobby Warren, all
of Nahunta; two Half-sisters, Mrs.
J. F. Ingels of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Mrs. Tommie Lowther of
of Folkston; one brother, Roscoe
Warren of Jacksonville.
Several nieces, nephews, and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, January 30,
at three o’clock from the Nahunta
Baptist Church with the Rev. Ce
cil F. Thomas conducting the
rites in the presence of a large
number of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
Committal services and inter
ment followed Tuesday after
noon, January 31, at three o’clock
in Hickox cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. D. F. Herrin, George
Dykes, Clint Robinson, E. L.
Sears, Sidney Hulett, and Cecil
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 ar
rangements.
Nahunta Cagers
Continue Their
Winning Streak
Nahunta High swept a triple
header from Camden County Fri
day night in Nahunta. The “B”
team, led by Roger Chancey’s 15
points, defeated the Camden “B”
team in the preliminary game 26-
19.
In the girls game, the Nahunta
lassies romped to a convincing
50-28 win over the visitors. Sher
ry Hendrix led the scoring with
24 points.
In the final game of the even
ing, the Nahunta Wildcats slip
ped by the Camden quintet 52-
50 in the most exciting game
seen in the Nahunta gym this
year, Ned Hendrix and Maxie
Herrin tallied 15 and 12 points
respectively for the “Wildcats.”
The Nahunta High basketball
teams played Blackshear High
in Blackshear Tuesday night and
came home victorious m two
of the three contests. The Nahun
ta “B” team ran their undefeated
streak to 7 games by defeating
Blackshear 32-25.
In the girls game, the local
girls were outclassed by a more
experienced crew from Black
shear from the outset and suf
fered a 51-40 defeat. Sherry Hen
drix was the scoring leader for
Nahunta with 33 points.
In the final game, the Nahunta
quintet romped to their 21st win
of the year by defeating the host
team 54-45. Trailing 31-30 at the
half, the “Wildcats” came back
strong in the fourth quarter be
hind the inspired play of Ronald
Drury to win 54-45. Drury scored
16 points in the last half and was
high for Nahunta with 20 points.
Nahunta travels to Pineview
Friday night and then play two
home games next week to com
plete the regular season.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Threatened With Loss
Mainline Railroad Service
Southern RR
Wants to Buy
Trackage
The fact that Nahunta is
threatened with the loss of its
main line railroad, the Atlantic
Coast Line, from Jesup to Folk
ston was brought sharply home
to the citizens of this section
Tuesday at a meeting of citizens
in the office of county school
superintendent, Mable Moody.
Three officials of the Southern
Railroad met with the group in
the superintendent’s office and
outlined to them the proposal of
the Atlantic Coast Line to aban
don the Jesup-Folkston line
when the Coast Line merges with
the Seaboard Railroad.
The officials of the Southern
Railroad also outlined a proposal
of the Southern to buy the Coast
Line trackage from Savannah
through Jesup to Folkston byway
of Nahunta, a move that would
insure continued railroad service
and competition in this section of
South Georgia.
The Southern Railroad officials
visiting here and explaining the
situation to Brantley County
people were Thomas B. Moore,
superintendent of the Atlanta
Division of the Southern Rail
road; J. H. Johnson, Division
Special Agent for the Southern;
and Joel T. Gheesling, Assistant
Freight Traffic Manager for the
Southern.
The proposed merger of the At
lantic Coast Line with the Sea
board Railroad and the proposed
abandonment of the Jesup-Folks
ton line has long been in the ru
mor stage. Now the entire pro
posal is developing into concrete
form by maps submitted to the
Interstate Commission by the
two railroads showing their pro
posed abandonment of certain
lines and making other lines se
condary lines when the merger
is completed.
The Southern Railroad Com
pany now proposes, according to
their officials, to buy the aban
doned trackage and certain se
condary trackage from the At
lantic Coast Line and so con
tinue service to abandoned com
munities and also first class ser
vice to certain secondary lines in
Georgia and Florida.
Nahunta, Jesup and Folkston
citizens, as well as the surround
ing communities, are vitally af
fected by the proposed abandon
ment of the Jesup-Folkston line.
They expressed themselves very
strongly in favor of the Southern
Railroad buying the trackage in
case the proposed merger of the
other two railroads is allowed by
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
A hearing is scheduled to be
held on the matter in Savannah,
beginning Monday, Feb. 13, at
which time delegations of inter
ested citizens seek to be heard
and to urge the continuance of
railway service through this sec
tion.
Various civic groups in Brant
ley County are being contacted
and requested to draw up peti
tions concerning the matter,
which would be presented to the
ICC at the Savannah hearing on
Feb. 13 or sometime during the
hearing, which is expected to last
several days.
The following memorandum
outlines the position of the
Southern Railroad concerning the
matter:
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MEMORANDUM
The proposed merger of the
ACL and SAL railroads now
pending before the Interstate
Commerce Commission will, if
approved in its present form,
establish a .monopoly of rail
transportation in many parts of
the South. It will also lead to
eventual wholesale abandon
ments of lines and facilities.
Although the ACL and SAL
have been far from specific in
their proposals concerning aban
donments and elimination of ser
vice, they have employed consul
tants who have recommended the
abandonment of the ACL line be
tween Folkston and Jesup, with
all the through traffic now hand
led by Coast Line between Sa
vannah and Jacksonville to be
transferred to the SAL line be
tween these points. Additionally
they plan to abandon the SAL
line between Charleston and Sa
vannah and to handle all of this
traffic on the ACL line which
parallels it.
Southern Railway does not op
pose mergers as such. However,
wherever the effect of a merger
is to eliminate competition, w-e
think it is bad, and clearly tne
plans of the ACL and SAL
contemplate elimination of com
petition south of Savannah
through Jacksonville and into
central and west coast Florida.
Accordingly, Southern has ask
ed ACL and SAL to sell to South
ern at a fair price the SAL line
from a point near Hardeeville on
in to Savannah, and the ACL
line from Savannah south to
Jacksonville, as well as the ACL
lines south from Jacksonville
through Orlando to Tampa and
Naples. If they do not agree to
do so, Southern will ask the ICC
to require them to sell these
lines to Southern as a condition
of approva. of their merger.
Naturally we believe that the
acquisition of these lines will be
beneficial to Southern, but
Southern can only benefit
through the maintenance of ef
fective rail competition which
will provide the people in the
territory with the benefits flow
ing from competitive rates, ser
vices and equipment supplies.
Without this competition the af
fected territory, to the extent it
depends on rail transportation,
will be stifled in its efforts to
grow and prosper.
Wild Life Films
Will Be Shown
Thursday Night
Thursday night 7:30 P. M., Feb.
9th, The State Game and Fish
Commission will show some pic
tures at the Legion Home Post
210 Nahunta, Ga.
These pictures was filmed in
Georgia and they are very inter
esting for the young and the old.
The post is inviting everybody
that will come and see these
worth while films on hunting
and fishing.
Ranger Rowell says you may
see some local Talent in these
Films, Everybody Welcome, This
Is FREE.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dykes an
nounce the arrival of a new baby
boy on Saturday, Jan. 28. He
weighed six pounds and ten
ounces. He has been named Wal
ter Eugene.
