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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything tp Jell? Want to Buy Anythjpg? Put a Wan^- At£* m the Brantley Enterprise 75 Cents or 3 Times $2.00. VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 16 Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners The Board of Commissioners of Brantley County met Tuesday, April 4, 1961, in regular session with all members present, and transacted the following business: The first order of business was to give final approval to a pur posed Rail Road Crossing about one mile west of Schlatterville, Ga., over the old A. B. & C. Track. This new crossing should be complete in the near future. With no other resolutions to approve they ordered the follow ing bills paid for the Month of March: (General Expenses) R. B. Brooker, $18.05, Sal.; R. C. Har rell Jr., $16.00, Sal.; Louis Pres cott, $18.05, Sal.; Silas D. Lee, $30.00, Sal.; Major Riggins, $30.- 00, Sal.; C. Winton Adams, $38.- 05, Sal.; John M. Wilson. $91.65, Sal.; S. E. Blount, $97.00, Sal.; Archie A. Johns, SBO.OO, Sal. Superior Court: Cecil M. Rod denberry, Judge, $47.00, Sal.; Dewey Hayes, Solicitor, $63.34, Sal.; W. J. Sum.merall, Court Re porter, $46.00, Sal. Extension Service; George A. Loyd, $209.13, Sal. & Travel; Vir ginia N. Raulerson, $121.37, Sal. & Travel. Health Dept.: Dr. Haft S. Odum, $62.00, Travel; Alvin M. Powell, $12.00, Travel; Rebecca D. Griner, $330.09, Sal., Travel & Contg. Fund; Charlotte O. Wilson, $183.40, Sal.; Elvin F. Cooper, $105.57, Sal. & Travel; Dr. E. A. Moody, $30.00, Sal.; Dr. R. R- Kramer, $15.00, Dental Clinic; Edna J. Kramer, Assistant Den tal Clinic. Road Dept.: Arthur C. Altman, $144.71, Sal.; Ellis Altman, $208.- 04, Sal.; J. M. Chancey, $199.45, Sal.; Perry Crews, $227.44, Sal.; Ira C. Harris, $199.24, Sal.; Weita Herrin, $177.69, Sal.; Gillis Hic kox, $P7.94, Sal.; Alex B. Lee. $161.15, Sal.; John H. Mercer, $195.15, Sal.; Virgie R. Murray, $201,45, Sal.; Mitchell Hulett, $197.85, Sal.; Fred Willis, $208.04, Sal.; Woodrow Wilson, $188.64, Sal. Dept, of Public Welfare; Bud get, $714.25; Robert R. Riggins, SIO.OO, Pauper; Mrs. Barney Har ris, SIO.OO, Pauper. Georgia Forestry Commission, $600.00, Budget. Invoices for March: The Har rison Company, $12.00, Law Book; Wilson’s Garage, $633.41, Repairs; Professional Insurance Co., $99.65; Georgia Hospital Ser vice Association, $216.10; Cotton States Life & Health Insurance Co., $15.55, Insurance on County Employees; Carlton Co., $381.15, Repairs; Roy’s Service Station, $44.39, Repairs; O. A. Jones, $6.00, Repairs on Lawn Mower; DePrat ter Service Station, $50.70, Re pairs; Pruitt’s Office Machine Co., $38.75, Repairs on Type writer; Getz Exterminators, $5.00, Spraying Jail; Wilson-Wainright Oil Co., $706.05, Gas & Oil; Frank Eldridge Hardware, $14.00, Supplies; The Brantley Enter prize, $110.50, Advertising & Supplies; J. W. Crews, Sheriff, $365.87, Service Rendered; Brantley Telephone Co., $78.44, Phones & Calls; Satilla Lumber Co., $12.72, Lumber; Marshall & Bruce Co., $205.01, Office Sup plies; Waycross Wood Preserving Co., $131.00, Piling; J. M. High smith, $30.00, Court House Re pairs; Brantley Gas Co., $78.71, Fuel;’ J. W. Brooker, $73.48, Sup plies; R. E. A. Corporation, $4.- 61, Caution Light; Bennett Broth ers, $12.43, Office Supplies; Re cordak Corporation, $56.35, Office Supplies; Sid’s Service Station, $3.43, Repairs; Strickland Plumb ing Co., $45.75, Repairs on Jail; Dixie Garage, $21.77, Parts; R. V. Gibbs, $965.00, Concrete Bridge; Employee’s Retirement System, $552.39, Social Security Tax; In ternal Revenue Dept, $370.70, Withholding Tax; Georgia Teach ers Retirement System, $77.62, For County Agent & Home Dem onstration Agent Retirement Fund; John M Wilson, $7.10, Truck Tags, for a Total Expendi ture of $10,914.46. Their being no further business the meeting was adjourned. JOHN M. WILSON, Clerk FOOD EMPLOYEES Ten million people are employ ed in the storing, transporting processing, and merchandising of agricultural products, according to United States Department of Agriculture reports. Another six million persons have jobs provid ing supplies to farmers. About 7.4 million people work on farms and ranches. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progr 8 Georgians Have Received Medal of Honor ATLANTA — Eight Georgians have been awarded the Congres sional Medal of Honor since it was created during the War Be tween the States. So reports Georgia Veterans Service Director Pete Wheeler, who says two Indian War, four World War II and two Korean War servicemen from this state have received this highest mili tary award for bravery given an individual of the United States. Wheeler noted that the first Medal of Honor was authorized by President Lincoln in 1862 and a total of 2,193 have since been awarded. Less than 500 of these were received for action in World Wars I and II and the the Korean War. Presented for action “above and beyond the call of duty,” a large portion of the Medals have been presented posthumously. Georgia Medal of Honor hold ers are: INDIAN WAR: Ist Lt. Mason Carter, Augusta; Ist Lt. Ernest A. Garlington, Athens. WORLD WAR II: Ist Lt. Daniel W. Lee, Alma; Capt. James M. Burt, Benevolence; Capt. Bobbie E. Brown, Colum bus; Sgt. John R. McKinney, Woodcliff. KOREAN WAR: Lt. Col. Ray mond G. Davis, Goggins; PFC Luther H. Story, Americus. Georgia Power Co. Is Nominated for Special Award The Georgia Power Company has been nominated for the Edi son Award, highest honor in the electric industry. The nomination^ was based on the company’s pro gram to promote better resi dential wiring for its customers. Only three other firms of the approximately 300 independent electric utility companies in the nation were selected as final nominees, according to the Edi son Electric Institute, donor of the annual award. The award, which has re placed the Coffin Award as the industry’s top accolade, will be presented to one of the four nominees during the EEI annual convention, June 5-7, in New York City. Georgia Power Company won the 1950 Coffin Award for its Better Home Towns Program. The Edison Award is based on “distinquished contribution to the development of the electric light and power industry, for the convenience of the public, and the benefit of all.” JJnder Georgia Power’s wir ing program, which served as the basis for the nomination, the company pays cash sums toward the cost of installing heavy duty service entrance wiring in re sidences on its lines. The pro gram went into effect January 1, 1960. Miss McDuffie Is Engaged to Ron Chastine Mr. and Mrs. R. I. McDuffie announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen McDuffie to Ron Chastine of Atlanta. The wedding will take place at Riverside Baptist Church on Saturday, April 22, at three o’clock P. M. Miss McDuffie has been em ployed in Jacksonville two years. Mr. Chastine is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Chastine of Chattanooga, Tenn. He is an elec tronics technician in the U. S- Naval Service stationed in Jack sonville, Fla. Pine Cone 4-H Club The Pine Cone 4-H Club met Thursday, April 13th. The meet ing was called to order by the president, Pryce Brooker. Hilda Manning, secretary, read the min utes of our last meeting and call ed the roll. After our business part of the meeting, Mr. Loyd, Co. Agt., showed us a film on “The Safest Township Anywhere.” Keith Middleton gave a demon stration on Electricity. The:, by proper motion being carried, we adjourned. Donna Lynn Tucker Reporter. Brantley Enterprise Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 12S, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 20, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Mrs. Brady, 83, Died April 14th Mrs. Mabel Hoag Brady, 83, a resident of McGraw, N. Y., passed away Friday, April 14, at a Charlton county motel following a brief illness. Mrs. Brady was bom in Homer, N. Y., and was the daughter of the late Chester and Mary Norton Hoag. She attended the public schools in New York state and was a school teacher by profes sion, having been prominent in educational circles. She was also an outstanding ceramist. At the time of her death, she was re turning from a vacation trip in Florida. Survivors include one nephew, Spero Anargyros of San Francis co, California, and several cou sins. The remains were taken to Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday night, April 18, for cremation and then forwarded to McGraw, N. Y., Wednesday, April 19, for inter ment. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of local arrangements. ASC Recommends Use for Retired Feed Grain Land The new feed grain program offers cooperating farmers op portunities to make good use of acres diverted from feed grains, according to W. H. Booth, Chair man of the Agricultural Stabliza tion and Conservation State Com mittee. What are some possibilities for these “retired” acres? Mr. Booth listed these conser vation uses: 1. Permanent-type rotation cov er of grasses and legumes. 2. Temporary cover of grasses, legumes or small grains. 3. Water storage. 4. Wildlife food or habitat plantings. 5. Trees or shrubs. 6. Cropland in volunteer nat ural cover or in protected sum mer fallow if county committee determines it is not practicable to establish cover. Mr. Booth said that if the farmer plans to return the di verted land to feed and fiber crops in the future, he should consider putting it in legumes. If he plans to put the land in per manent pasture, he should con sider putting it in grasses or grass and legume mixtures. He explained that close-grow ing crops such as grasses and le gumes will keep out weeds, hold erosion to a minimum and reduce water run-off and flooding of lower fields. In addition, grasses and legumes offer feed and cover for wild game. The ASC State Chairman point ed out, however, that if erosion damage is extensive, the legume grass cover may be too costly. In that case, he recommended that the farmer consider putting trees on the diverted acres. “With good land management, the farmer can conserve the pro ductivity of the retired land un til it is needed,” Mr. Booth said. Nahunta Baseball Team Wins Pair From Hinesville The Nahunta baseball team started the season with two wins from Hinesville there last Sun day, April 16. The local team will play Jesup in Nahunta this Sunday, April 23. The teams play two seven-inn ing games each Sunday and game time is 2:00 P. M. New Licenses Now Available To Fishermen New fishing licenses are now available from any license agent, it is announced by Ranger A. M. Rowell. He urges all fishermen and boaters to be sure and have in the boat for each person a life pre server of the type approved by the U. S. Coast Guard, and in good condition. This applies to any kind of boat, motor boat or row boat, the ranger said. Pre-school Registration Set Tuesday Pre-sehool registration will be held at Nahunta Grammar School Tuesday, April 25, from 9 until 12 o’clock. Parents who have a child that will be 6 years old on or before December 31, 1961. are encourag ed to bring their child by the county health office and then to the Grammar School for regis tration. The cost for lunch for pre school children is 20 cents. It is very important that every one who will begin school next year register at this time. Questions relating to pre-school registration may be answered at the Grammar School PTA meet ing which will be held at 8 PM. Monday, April 24. PTA officers will be elected and installed at this meeting. Joseph H. Darden of Jacksonville, N. C, Passes Away Monday Mr. Joseph Herring Darden, 81, of Jacksonville, N. C., passed a way Monday afternoon, April 17, at the Memorial Hospital in Brunswick following a brief ill ness. Mr. Darden was born in Kins ton, N. C., and was the son of the late Joseph H. and Nancy Susan Herring Darden. He received his education in the schools of North Carolina and from manhood had been engaged in farming until declining health forced his re tirement. He was a member of the Pres byterian church. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. James Mason of Nahun ta and Mrs. John F. Hamilton of Cape May, N. J.; two sons, R. J. Darden of Cheraw, S. C., and F. A. Darden of Jacksonville, N. C.; two brothers, Maynard Darden and Sim Darden both of Waco, Texas. Six grandchildren, three great grandchildren, several nieces, ne phews and other relatives also survive. The remains were carried to Jacksonville, N. C., Tuesday, April 18, where funeral services and interment were to take place. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of local arrangements. Information Given On Social Security If you are receiving social se curity disability benefits, it does not mean that you can never work again. In fact, just the op posite is true, for the Social Security Administration encour ages you to help yourself by returning to work if you can work inspite of your condition, or if you learn new skills, or if your condition improves. The 1960 Amendments to the Social Security Act provide that persons receiving disability payments who go to work DE SPITE SEVERE HANDICAPS can continue to be paid their benefits during twelve months — whether they go to work under a directed vocational rehabilita tion plan or on their own. Perhaps your return to work will be permanent. If so, your disability checks will not be stopped until you have worked during twelve months. A decision as to whether you have shown that you have re gained your ability to work will not be made until after nine months. If at that time, it is found that you are able to en gage in substantial work, and are therefore no longer disabled, your checks will STILL be paid to you (and your family) for three months longer making in all 12 months of trial work and adjustment. If you recover from disability without testing your ability to work, your payments (and your family’s) will be con tinued for an adjustment period of 3 months after you recover. The recent change in the law allows you to continue to receive your benefit checks while you are trying to work. THE LAW INTENDS TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEMPT SELF-RE HABILITATION. A disabled person should im mediately report his return to work to his nearest social se curity district office. Be careful on the highways — the life you save may be your own. Mrs. Adams Speaks To Hortense PTA Hortense PTA was called to order Wednesday, April 12, at the lunchroom at 3:15 with the presi dent, Mrs. Muriel Mills, presiding. Miss Janis Herrin read the 13th chapter of first Corinthians and she ended reading by repeating the Lord’s Prayer. The minutes were read by the secretary, Lottie Strickland, and approved. The treasurer’s report was read by Robert Strickland. The guest speaker for the after noon was Mrs. Edna Adams. She spoke on “Leisure Activities of Youth.” She stated that she had visited a high school in the past week and spoke to some teen-ag ers on this very subject. Mrs. Adams pointed out that sports were high rated for the young people. Parents need to do things with their children like playing games and in their other activities that the child enjoys. She said teen-agers like a place to be alone at times, a room that they can call their own. Let them have their own radio and books and magazines or whatever they like. When your child comes to you with a question do you tell him or her that you are busy and leave you alone or do you take time and answer his question? Teen-agers want attention from their parents and they will get it one way or another. If you don’t pay attention to them and do things with them they will go out and get in some kind of trouble just so they will get the attention they are missing from home. Take Sunday rides together as a family. Do some things that your children would like to do. For when they leave home it will be lonely and you will wish you had spent more time with them Mrs. Adams stated that a person would be surprised at the num ber of children in the country who don’t see one or the other parent during the week because of their work. Take a minute and tell your child that you love him or her. Report of the Spring Confer ence in Waycross was given by Mrs. Claude Mills. The Brantley School Supt., Mrs. Mable Moody, was present. The first grade won the picture for the month for hav ing the most parents present. The pre-school clinic was .held Wednesday, April 19th, at the school with Dr. Robert E. Miller of Jesup. The meeting was ajourned, with Mrs. Louise O’berry, Mrs. Ruth Davis, and Daisy Harper serving. The next meeting will be May 10. Reporter Dorothy Brauda Deacon-Pastor Workshop Is Planned May 16 A deacon-pastor leadership workshop will be held at the Se cond Baptist Church in Waycross May 16, Rev. A. J. Harper, pas tor, announced. Sponsored jointly by the Pied mont and Okefenokee Associa tions, the workshop will begin at 7:45 P. M. The 'workshop will be designed to present information to deacons in connection with the Baptist program of advance this year. Some 200 laymen are expected to attend the workshop, Harper said. FOOD COSTS Three “ready-to-serve’’ meals costing $6.70 for a family of four could be prepared in the home kitchen for $4.50, or $2.20 less. The homemaker would use about 5*4 hours to prepare the three home-cooked meals, but only a bout I*4 to get the three “ready to-serve” meals on the table. HjjH ■ AMERICAN! J CANCERP • gSOCiETYh 325 Attended District HD Council Meeting at Hoboken Though the rains came tumbl ing down, 325 women from 12 counties attended the Southern part of the Southeast Georgia Home Demonstration Council Meeting held in Hoboken last week. Mrs. E. L. Anderson Jr., Dis trict Chairman from Bacon Coun ty presided. Mrs. M. L. Ander son, former resident of Brantley County, and still an active Home Demonstration Club member in Ware County gave the devotional. Mrs. Goldwire Fowler, Presi dent of the Brantley Co. H. D. Council, welcomed the guests and appeared in the skit which show ed the outstanding achievements of each county. Mrs. Nolan C. Davis Jr., Presi dent of the Georgia Home Dem onstration Council, spoke to the group on “Looking Ahead in Home Demonstration Work.” Mrs. Cecil Shaw, past District Chairman, gave her report on the National Council Meeting which she attended in Madison, Wiscon sin, last year. “Instant Color Schemes” was a special treat presented by Miss Ava Rodgers, of the Home Furn ishings and Art Department of the Extension Service. Mrs. C. F. Dukes, President of the Hoboken H. D. Club, made announcements, and Mrs. W. W. Hendrix gave the invocation. After lunch the District Dress Revue was presented by Miss Peggy Ott, Extension Clothing Specialist. Representing Brantley County was Mrs. Norman C. Lewis. Four winners were chosen, they were: Mrs. Roy Peacock of Pierce county in the Church dress division; Mrs. L. O. Braddock, Ware County in the Special Oc casion division; Mrs, H. J Witmer Chatham County, Play clothes division; and Mrs. C. T. Hires of Glynn County was the fourth winner chosen in the absence of a house dress entry. Also .appearing on the program were Miss Eddye Ross, State Leader, and Miss Sue Stanford, District Agent. The Reverend Silas Aldridge led the singing throughout the day. Miss Margaret Davis played the piano and organ. Each county made their name tags for their representatives to wear. Brantley County tags were designed by Mrs. Marion Gibson. Camden county won the name HERMAN TALMADGE "th II £4l। n ^l^l! e P® r ^ s ^ rom P I WASHINGTON Bml * H -Br 77411 ip&dH THE TREND AWAY from the farm in threatening to dry up many Georgia communities and towns unless they can find new sources of jobs for their people. The best hope for finding such acting new indus tries into these economically distressed areas and there is an agency in Washington which not only has the author ity, but actu- to help do just that. The Small Business Ad ministration — revitalized under the leadership of its new Demo cratic Administrator, John E. Horne of Alabama—can lend 80 per cent of the cost of establish ing new industries up to a max imum of $250,000 for each indi vidual project. Mr. Home, who is familiar with and wants to help solve the economic prob lems of the Southeast, says Georgians have barely scratched the surface of the SBA’s poten tial for assisting them in this regard. • • * UNDER THE SMALL Busi ness Investment Act, the SBA can make loans to local develop ment companies to finance the construction, conversion or ex pansion of industrial plants and shopping centers for ownership or tenancy by small business concerns. These loans are made for 10 years at an interest rate of five and one-half per cent or lower and are repaid through receipts from lease of the build ings. The only requirement of the local agency is that it put up 20 cents of every dollar spent on the project. (not preparid or 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) ive People. tag contest. Mrs. Owen K. Jones was in charge of the food. Miss Ross stated, "The Club Women in Brantley County did a magnificent job of planning and carrying out their plans to make a successful day.” Personals Mr. Lewis Williams of Hickox is a patient in the Folkston Hos pital. Mrs. T. J. (Dodo) Johnson who spent the winter in Florida spent last week, with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Dodge. She was returning to her home in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sears of Savannah are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sears and Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Linton Broome and little daughter, Wanda Lee, of Atlanta spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harris visit ed relatives in Nahunta for a few days last week returning to their home in Florida City, Fla., Sunday. Mrs. Neville Herrin re turned with them for a short visit and came home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Ward of Buffalo, N. Y. spent Monday night as guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Dodge. Mrs. Ruth Brannon left on Friday for her home in Hardee ville, S. C-, after spending a week with Mrs. A. C. Lee. Mr. Jesse Upton of Douglas visited his sister, Mrs. R. D. Thomas, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thomas visit ed their daughter and children in Waycross on Monday. Kenneth Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Allen, has recently been transferred to Headquarters, 19th Engineer Battalion (Com bat), (Army), at Fort George C. Meade, Maryland. Kenneth grad uated from Nahunta High School in 1960 as president of his class. He took his basic at Ft. Jackson, S. C., and his advance training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. To date nine Georgia com munities— Colbert, Bartow, El lijay, White, Jefferson, Talla poosa, Newton, Senoia and At lanta—have taken advantage of this program to borrow $1,468,- 242 in loans ranging in amount from $51,000 to the maximum $250,000. Enterprises thus fi nanced already have created 810 new jobs and prospects are that their payrolls will increase as they grow. The question naturally arises as to why more towns have not taken advantage of this made to-order financing of industrial development ? The best answer is that the previous Administra tion did not see fit to publicize or push the program and, as a result, few communities know about it , • • • THE SBA SAYS there already are 150 local development com panies in Georgia which are el igible for loans. Mr. Horne and his associates would like to do business' with plj of them and they presently are making plans to contact each company, as well as all state and local chambers of commerce and planning agen cies, to urge greater Georgia participation in the program. Anyone interested in further details can obtain them by call ing or writing the Atlanta Office of the Small Business Adminis tration at 90 Fairlie Street, N.W., or the SBA itself at 811 Vermont Avenue in Washington. I hope all of Georgia’s towns and cities will take advantage of this program and I shall be pleased to assist them in every way possible to do so. at government expense)