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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. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 15 mckinnon wildes Serving in U. S. Army McKinnon Wildes Ends Basic Training McKinnon Wildes, who entered the service of the Army Dec. 27, 1960, has completed his basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. After a recent visit to his grandfather, Mr. M. F. Wildes of Nahunta, he is now stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacey Wildes of Bonair, Ga. Children Barred From Farm Work In School Hours Jacksonville, Fla., — Farmers and commericial growers in Notheastern Florida and South eastern Georgia were reminded today that they .may not hire children under 16 years of age to work in the fields when dis trict schools are in session. The word came from Harold W. Glenn, field office supervisor of the U. S. Labor Department’s Wage-and-Hour and Public Con tracts Divisions, the agency which administers Federal Child- Labor laws. “We are concerened with keeping youngsters out of the fields so they can attend school,” Glenn said. “This means child ren of migrants as well as state residents. The only exception to the law is a child working ex clusively for his parents or guar dian on their home farm.” The Federal Child-Labor Law applies to all farmers shipping crops across state lines of having reason to believe that their pro ducts eventually will cross one or more state lines. “To protect themselves from unintentional violations of the law, employers should ask that each youngster furnish an age certificate,” Glenn stated. In Florida and Georgia age certi ficates are issued by local school officials. Glenn urged persons desiring further information on how the Federal law applies to children working in agriculture should contact the divisions’ local of fice in the U. S. Post Office Bldg., Jacksonville. SOYBEAN YIELD Georgia farmers grew 93,000 acres of soybeans in 1960 with an average yield of 16 and one half bushels. It would require 949,138 acres at this yield to pro duce the soybeans used in the state for broiler feed alone, says J. R. Johnson, Extension agrono mist. Nahunta and Hoboken Take Honors in FFA Eliminations The first area elimination of the FFA Public Speaking, Quartet, Sweetheart and String Band Contest was held at Bruns wick City Auditorium Tuesday night, April 11th, at 6:00 P- M. Corbitt Hunter of Surrency and State Secretary of FFA presided. At the first elimination the two top entries in each contest are selected to represent the area in the tri-area elimination which will be held in about two weeks. From the tri-area elimination the winners will go to the district elimination which will be held at Savannah Beach on May 20th. The district winners from over the state will compete in the State Contest. The quartet and sweetheart contests stop with the State elimination. The Public Speaking contest will go on to the National Contest held at Kansas City at the same time of the National FFA convention. Chapters taking part in the area elimination were Baxley, Sur rency, Patterson, Nahunta, Hobo ken. Jesup, and Odum. Willis Lee. Public Speaker from Miss Bowen Wins Award In Speaking Miss Annie Lee Bowen, a young lady from Brantley Coun ty who is attending Lanier High School at Lakeland, Ga., was a warded first place in Better Speakers Tournament in the Val dosta Association. Her subject was “Prayer Is a Conversation.” She represented the First Baptist Church of Lake land in the Better Speakers Tournament at Norman College. Miss Bowen has been a student ■at Lanier High School two years and will graduate from High School in May. She is a member of the Beta Club. She plans to go to Norman College in September. Annie Lee Bowen Expresses Thanks To Local Citizens I wish to take this means to thank all the people of my home county (Brantley) for their generous contributions toward helping me meet expenses involv ed in graduating from the Lanier County High School. Because of your generous con tributions I know that you are interested in my welfare and I will do my best to make you proud that you helped me. Sincerely, Annie Lee Bowen 4-H Club Meets The 7th and Bth grade 4-H Club met Thursday in the High School Lunchroom. Johnny Walker pre sided, and Judy Highsmith gave the devotional. Dale Hulett read the minutes of the last meeting. We then saw a film on safety, which we all enjoyed very much. Tommy Graham, Reporter Personals Mrs. Cora Johnson of Hilliard, Fla., visited her sister, Mrs. E. K. Ham, Friday night of last week. Mrs. Dorcie Fisher is very ill in a Jesup hospital. Miss Mary Knox, Miss Lera Knox and Mrs. Emmie Newton were guests at a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wainright in Waycross on Sunday. Lt. and Mrs. John Sackman were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Brauda, for the weekend. Mrs. Brauda made the return trip with them to Ozark, Alabama, for a visit. Beef numbers which have been increasing rapidly during the past two years seem to be level ing off somewhat, according to Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Harold Clum. Development in group and social activities is important for children, but they also need time to wonder, ponder and dream, and to have a positive outlet for imaginations, says Miss Audrey Morgan, head of the Extension family life department. Hoboken, won first place. His subject was “Atomic Farming.” Hoboken’s chapter Sweetheart was Linda Crews and her accom panist Margaret Davis. Patsy Herrin, Nahunta FFA Sweetheart, sang “He” accom panied by Miss Carolyn Higgin botham at the piano. The Nahunta FFA Quartet won first place. Accompanied by Miss Higginbotham the quartet sang “Your Land and My Land” and “Bulldog.” Members of the quar tet are Johnnie Crews, Ist tenor, John Wainright, 2nd tenor; Ron nie Hendrix, Ist bass; Cordell Wainright, 2nd bass. Alternate members of the quartet are David Morgan. 2nd tenor and Lamar Thrift. Ist tenor. Hoboken’s Speaker and Nahun ta’s Quartet will represent this area in the tri-area elimination to be held in about two weeks. After the program the Brantley County contestants were given a delightful shrimp supper at the “Deck” Restaurant by Brantley County Sheriff J. Walter Crews. Brantley Enterprise Theron M. Crews Dies in Waycross WAYCROSS — Theron M. Crews, 43, died in a Waycross hos pital early Tuesday morning after a brief illness. The native of Brantley County had lived in Waycross 12 years. He was a member of Satilla Baptist Church at Hortense. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lillian Viola Blackman Crews; a son, Tyrone Monroe Crews, of Waycross; two daughters. Miss Fredda Brenda Crews, Miss Carol Elizabeth Crews, Waycross; a grandson, a niece and several aunts and uncles. Two Brothers Shot as Result Os Argument Two brothers were shot Wed nesday evening at 6:00 P. M., at McVeigh’s Store in Waynesville after a heated argument between one of the brothers and a retired army officer, according to Sher iff J. Walter Crews. Earl Moody was shot in the stomach with a .22 rifle by Wil lie Sweat, age 63, after an ex tended argument, the sheriff re ported. Carswell Moody, a by-stander, was shot in the hip when he tried to disarm Sweat. Both brothers were rushed to a Brunswick Hospital, where Cars well Moody was treated and re leased. Earl Moody after being in serious condition is now reported to be improving. Sweat was arrested and charg ed with assault and attempted murder, according to Sheriff Crews. Fried Chicken Is Favorite, Survey Shows Chicken is the meat preferred for Sunday dinner by the a verage Georgia homemaker in typical urban areas, while pork is the meat she prepares most for the main meal on weekdays. These meat choices are among the facts revealed in a survey on meat purchasing habits of Georgia urban women. Home Economists Jessie J. Mize and Frankye E. Bland conducted the survey of randomly selected families in Waycross, Cordele, Dublin and LaGrange. They re port their findings in a recent bulletin, N. S. 76, Consumer Motivation and use of Poultry, issued by the Agricultural Ex periment Stations, University of Georgia College of Agriculture. Fried chicken is by far the favorite, according to this survey. Sixty-seven per cent of the wo men interviewed gave frying as their preferred way of preparing chicken. Even more, 83 per cent, said they usually fried chicken when preparing it for a family meal. Other methods reported were broiling, baking, cooking with dumplings, and barbecuing. Family wishes, acceptability and habit are the main reasons frying is the overwhelmingly preferred method of preparing chicken, researchers Mize and Bland conclude. Georgia homemakers know their chicken, too, if this survey is any indication. Almost three fourths of the women chose the top grade of chicken when ask which one they would buy. Reasons given were “looks fresh er,” “has good color,” and “plumpness”. Rightly or wrongly, Georgia homemakers also associate cer tain types of people with certain kinds of meats. The women in terviewed associated eating beef or “lean” meat with slender people and associated pork with people who are overweight. Each person in the families surveyed consumed an average of about three and a half pounds of meat a week. During the sur vey week, pork had been used by 96 per cent of the home makers, poultry by 91 per cent, and beef by 84 per cent. Dr. Mize and Miss Bland con clude that educational and pro motional programs could ef fectively be based on nutritional facts and traditional food choices, as well as on inherent Qualities in the various meats. They believe educational sug gestions based on current re search, which would give general cooking directions and yield in number of averagesized servings, would be useful to many consumers. Also, labels on packages in self-service might be .made more informative if [quality, grades, and date of packaging were shown. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128. Nahunta. Ga.. Thursday. April 13, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA ROSE MARY SMITH Attractive Bride-elect Miss Smith Is Engaged to Wed Mr. Strickland Mrs. Myrtis Smith of Nahunta, Ga., announces the engagement of her daughter, Rose Mary, to Avery Wade Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland of Nahunta. Rose Mary is the daughter of the late William Charlie Smith. The wedding will take place in June. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Nahunta High School and fin ished her graduate work at Geor gia State College for Women at Milledgeville and will receive her diploma in June. She is now a member of the faculty of the Grammar School in Jesup. An ele mentary education major, Miss Smith has been a member of the Madrigal Singers. Mr. Strickland is a graduate of Nahunta High School. He has completed training at the Uni versity of Georgia and is now enrolled at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga. He is a member of the Phi Chi Fra ternity. The date of the wedding will be announced later. Garden Club Met Tuesday The Nahunta Garden Club met Tuesday P. M., April 11, at the Home Economics room with Mrs. Joe Siegel as leader of the pro gram. Mrs. Siegel led the group in making “May Baskets”. Mrs. Dorothy Graham and Miss Mary Knox were the hostesses serving strawberry short cake, nut.< and coffee. Others present were; Mrs. Ber tha Jacobs, Mrs. Lena Strickland, Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland, Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. Elizabeth Robson, Mrs. Allan Barnard, Mrs. Jesse Allen and Mrs. Lee Herrin, president of the Club. Mrs. Sawyer, a sister of Mrs. Siegel was a visitor. Pleasant Valley Church Planning Revival Services Revival services will begin at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church on Sunday April 16 and will continue through the week clos ing Sunday, April 23. Rev. Toby Broadwater of Wrens, Ga., will be the visiting preacher. Rev. S. L. Watson is the pastor. Services will be held each even ing through the week at 8:00 P. M. with the regular Sunday ser vices in morning and evening on 16 and 23. Everyone throughout the sur rounding communities is given a cordial invitation to attend. Patricia Ammons First Place Winner At Literary Meet Patricia Ammons, representing Hoboken High School, won Ist place in Shorthand at the 3C re gion Literary Meet held in Ludo wici on Friday, April 7. Mrs. Carey Strickland is her teacher. Others attending from Hobo ken school were; Barbara Ald ridge, 3rd place in typing; Mar garet Davis, 3rd place in piano; Willis Lee, Lonnie Dubose and Elna Carter. Mrs. Pollyanne Middleton and Mrs. C. L. Middleton accompanied the group to Ludowici. Power Company Names Winners of Music Scholarships Winners of seven $350 music scholarships awarded by the Georgia Power Company were an nounced Wednesday night, April 12, at the Georgia Federation of Music Clubs’ annual convention at Ida Cason Callaway Gardens near Pine Mountain. The winners and their instru ments are Virginia Brown, of Macon, cello; John J. Allen, of Quitman, clarinet; Stephen I. Davidowski, of Augusta, clarinet; Janet Belle Wood, of Marietta, oboe; Lanny R. Doster, of Atlanta, trumpet; Ricky A. Barr, of Columbus, oboe; and Linda Sue Mower, University of Georgia, oboe. The scholarships will enable the winners to study this summer at the nationally known Transyl vania Music Camp at Brevard, N. C. The winners were selected from each of the power company’s seven divisions, following inten sive auditions. At a federation banquet Wed nesday night, John W. Lastinger, executive vice president, Georgia Power Company, presented the utility firm’s check for the scholarship program to Mrs. T. H. Yon, of College Park, federation state president. The federation conducts the scholarship compe tition. Mrs. Harold C. McKenzie, of Atlanta, is chairman of the feder ation’s scholarship committee. Division chairman are Miss Lu cille Kimble, Athens, Mrs. Silas W. Davis, Atlanta; Dr. John Reming ton, Augusta; Mrs. A. Ilges, Co lumbus; Miss Linda Lane, Macon; Mrs. Bernard Neal, Rome; and Mrs. Harry Mixon, Valdosta. Miss Brown, the scholarship winner from the Macon division, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Brown of 2468 Kingsley Dr. She is a member of the eighth grade at Miller Junior High School John Allen, Valdosta divigfon winner, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Maloney of Route 4, Quit man. He is a senior at Brooks County High School. The Augusta division winner, Stephen DaVidowski, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen David owski of 3207 Holt Rd. He is a senior at Richmond Academy. Miss Wood, the Rome division winner, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wood of 111 Cleburne Ave., Marietta. She is a member of the 11th grade at Marietta High School. Lanny R. Doster, a member of the ninth grade at Sylvan High School and Atlanta division win ner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. McDonald Doster, of 1414 Boule vard Lorraine S. W. The Columbus division winner, Ricky Barr, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Barr of 3513 Ho ward Ave. He is a member of the 10th grade at Jordan Vocational High School. Miss Mower, the Athens divi sion winner, is a freshman at the University of Georgia. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mason Mower of 2723 Boulevard Dr., S. E., Atlanta. Livestock Judging Contest Held at Reidsville Friday The Nahunta FFA chapter was represented at the annual Dis trict Livestock Judging contest held at Reidsville State Prison Farm on Friday, April 7th, by Johnnie Crews, Terry Thomas, Bernard Meyers, Ned Hendrix, and John Wainright. There were 24 chapters parti cipating in the contest. The first ten placings were: Statesboro, Odum, Southeast Bulloch, Screven County, Wilkerson County, Met ter, Reidesville, and Bacon Coun ty- Following the contest the FFA boys enjoyed a tour of the State Farm which proved to be very interesting and educational. The climax of the evening was a bar becue supper being served with all the trimmings. CHOOSING SHADE TREES Homeowners in Georgia have a wide variety of shade trees from which to choose, says Ex tension Forester G. D. Walker at the University of Georgia. Some of the most popular ones are the willow oak, water oak, pin oak, red maple, silver maple and pecan trees. He advises checking the growth and form of trees to determine which would be most adaptable or have the characteristics desired for a par ticular yard. 89 Per Cent of Land in Brantley Is Devoted to Commercial Forests rev. i. m. McDuffie To Conduct Methodist Revival Methodists at Nahunta Will Hold Revival Rev. R. C. Kale, pastor of Na hunta Methodist Church, .announ ces that the spring revival ser vices will begin at the Nahunta Methodist Church on Monday night, April 17 going through Friday April 21. Rev. I. M. McDuffie, pastor of White Oak Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Services will be held each day at 7:45 P. M. The public is cordially invited to attend. Permitted Acreage' In Feed Grain Program Explained Each cooperating farm under the 1961 feed grain program will have a “permitted acreage" for corn and grain sorghum, accord ing to George Dykes, chairman, County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. This “permitted acreage” will be the largest acreage of corn and grain sorghum that may be produced on the farm in 1961 in order for the farm to continue as a cooperating farm. Under the feed grain program, the producer of corn or grain sor ghum agrees to divert acreage formerly planted to these crops to a conservation use. For this diversion, he receives a special payment, and he qualifies for price support on the normal pro duction of his 1961-crop corn and grain sorghum acreage. He also becomes eligible for support on other 1961-crop feed grains barley, oats and rye. Chairman Dykes explained that the program calls for diversion of at least 20 percent of the “farm base” to an approved conserva tion use. (The farm base is es tablished by the County ASC Committee from the acreage on the farm used for the production of com and grain sorghum in 1959 and 1960.) The farmer may also divert additional acreage under the program up to a farm maximum, which depends upon the size of the farm base. Payments under the program will also vary according to the size of the farm base and the re lative productivity of the farm acreage. Farmers who wish furth er information about the 1961 feed grain program are urged to get in touch with the County ASC Office. Hoboken High Is Represented At Science Fair The Hoboken Science Club was well-represented at the State Science Fair in Athens the past week. All three students who en tered projects received an award of merit. Those making the trip were. Carolyn Rose Larkins, 9th grade; Jimmy Monk and Sarah Jane Dryden, 10th grade. They toured the University of Georgia campus and the new Science Center which includes the Biology building, chemistry building, and physics center. 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) Maoon — Georgia forest survey crews had completed inventor ying timber resources in 122 coun ties, according to H. E. Ruark, director, Georgia Forest Research Council. The survey, directed by the U. S. Forest Service, began in southwest Georgia August 1, 1959 and is scheduled for com pletion in north Georgia by Au gust, 1961. Fourteen survey specialists are presently detailed forest mea surements on permanent plots in the Upper Piedmont. Preliminary results of the survey have been published for two of the five survey units in Georgia and a complete final report will be published early in 1962, reported Ruark. Ruark added that the survey will enable industrial planners, foresters and wood land owners to measure trends in land use and timber by size, species and types of timber on various sites. Ruark pointed out that the 7.9 .million acres of commercial forest area in the Southeast Unit is four percent greater than in 1952. Approximately half the increase is in pine and oak pine types. The Southeast has gained some 300,000 acres since 1952, 152,000 of which are in hardwoods. In that period there has been an increase of 700 million cubic feet in softwoods and 400 million cubic feet in hardwoods. The preliminary showed that there were 252,600 acres of com mercial forest land in Brantley County, representing 88 7 per cent of the county’s total land area. There are 513.9 million board feet of sawtimber, of which 314.0 million board feet are in soft woods. In additin there are 2,- 376,000 cords of growing stock. However, there are also 341,000 cords of cull timber, the report indicated. The survey is bettig conducted by the U. S. Forest Service with additional backing of the Re search Council, Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Forestry Association, and industry. Hortense Church Plans Homecoming The annual Homeeoming of the Hortense Memorial Church will be held on Sunday, April 16, at 11 A. M. The pastor, the Rev, Forrest Buchanan, will bring the message. A basket lunch will be served following the morning service. There will be congregational singing and special music -at 2:30 P. M. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Many Farmers May Take Part in New Feed Grain Program Farmers on March 1 indicated intention to plant about the same acreage in feed grains and other crops that they planted in i 960. These were the intentions brou ght together by crop reporters over the country and tabulated in the U- S. Department of Agriculture’s Outlook and Situa tion Board. These intentions were gathered before enactment of the 1961 feed grain program aimed at helping farmers reduce unneeded pro duction. County Agent George A. Loyd points out that many com and other feed grain growers in Brantley County may cut pro duction under the program. Those who cut production 20 percent will receive half the amount of grain they would normally have grown on the acreage taken out of production and put to soil con serving use. Those who make a bigger cut, up to 40 percent, will get 60 percent payment-in-kind from Government storage for the added reduction. If the farmer elects, the Depart ment of Agriculture will sell the com for him. He can get half the payment due him at the time he agrees to cut production under the feed grain program. Thus. Mr. Loyd points, out, as farmers cut productions, the pro gram provides for taking a pro portionate amount of grain out of storage and making it available for sale on the open market, by the farmer or by the Govern ment.