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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 41 — NUMBER, 23 Brantley Retail $249,000 for Retail sales in Georgia regis tered $1,179,473,069 during the first quarter of 1961 as against $1,166,860,980 during the same period last year, a Georgia State Chamber of Commerce survey revealed. First quarter business volume in Brantley County totaled sl,- 239,112 in 1961, compared with the $990,211 for the same period in 1960. These figures represent only the taxable sales in Brantley County. Many sales are tax exempt, such as sales to cities, counties, boards of education and banks. Bullard Child, 11, Drowns in Little Satilla James Earl Bullard, 11, drown ed Sunday afternoon while swim ming in Little Satilla River near Zirkle Bridge in Brantley County. Several members of the family were on an outing Sunday after noon, June 4, when James and a younger brother wandered down stream from the rest of the group and got into deep water, accord ing to Pierce County Sheriff J. H. Pittman. According to reports, James could not swim. The younger brother ran back for help, but when adults arrived on the scene several minutes later and rescu ed the boy, artificial respiration was to no avail. He was rushed to the Pierce County Hospital. Sheriff Pittman said the accident occurred about 2:30 P. M. Funeral services were held at 11:00 A. M. Tuesday, June 4, at Pleasant Field Baptist Church with the Rev. Elmer Dixon offi ciating. Interment was in Patterson Cemetery. The body was at the residence near Patterson until time for the funeral. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Bullard, Pat terson; two sisters, Janet and Linda Sue Bullard, Patterson; two brothers, David and Gary Bullard, Patterson; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Helena Dear, Hitchin, England and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lee, Patterson. DUAL HONOR Savannah, Georgia, can under standably be proud of its women folks. Reason: currently both Miss Georgia (Glenda Brunson) and Mrs. Georgia (Mrs. H. R. Martin) hail from the seaport city. They won their respective titles in recent statewide com petition. Lightness of cakes and merin gues is due to the fact that protein in eggs can encase air when whipped, says Miss Nelle Boyd, head of the Extension nu trition department. “Take me out to the ball game” is the only thing these boys are thinking about . . . little realizing that they are walking on the wrong side of the road. Carol Lane, women’s travel director and sponsor of the National Safety Council’s Carol Lane Awards Program, says “Youngsters are no longer re stricted to posted school zones — so look for them to do the unexpected at any hour of the day." Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Morgan observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Sunday June 4 at their home. Mrs. Morgan was Liza Jane Dykes before being married to Mr. Morgan fifty years ago. Miss Virleen Strickland and Miss Rose Mary Smith of Na hunta were graduated from Geor gia State College for Women in Commencement exercises at the college on Sunday June 4. Both received Bachelor of Science De grees in Education. Attending the exercises from Nahunta were; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Strickland, Mrs. Myrtice Smith, Jean Smith, Wade Strickland and George Thomas. Nine-hundred men of the Se cond Marine Division returned to Camp Lejeune, N. C., May 16, following a six-month tour of duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Among them was Marine Lance Cpl. Julian E. Steedly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Se ward E. Steedly of Route 2, Na hunta. Owen K. Herrin, boilerman se cond class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen K. Herrin of Route 1, Nahunta, is serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS For restal operating with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Mrs. Virginia Sikes, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Johns of Brantley County, left Sunday to join her husband in Scotland where he is stationed in the U. S. Navy. Her two children, Vanice and Gregory, accompanied her to join their father. Wanda Rozier, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. U. Rozier of He: tense, returned from a Baxley hospital Sunday where she underwent an appen dectomy. She is doing well after the operation. Georgia Baptist Training Union Assembly Planned ATLANTA — The Georgia Baptist Training Union Assembly convenes on the campus of Mer cer University, Macon, June 12- 17, with a record attendance scheduled for the week-long ses sion, Dr. Gainer E. Bryan, Sr., Atlanta, Training Union Depart ment secretary, announced. The Assembly, an annual high light in Georgia Baptist life, brings together some 1000 Baptist youths and adults for a week of recreation, study, and inspi rational addresses. Features of the assembly in clude the Young People’s Better Speakers’ Contest and the Inter mediate Bible Drill. At the speakers’ tourney and Bible drill, Georgia regional winners compete for top honors with the winners competing in south-wide com petition later this summer. SCHOOL'S OUT Sales Gain First Quarter Personals Brantley Enterprise Revival Services Begin Monday at Raybon Advent Church Revival services at Raybon Advent Christian Church will begin Monday night, June 12 with the Rev. Robert N. Keepers of Augusta as the visiting minis ter. Rev. Harold Aldridge of Waycross is pastor. Services will begin each evening at 7:45 P. M. The meet ings will continue through Sun day evening June 18. The public is given a cordial invitation to attend these revival meetings. Jaycees Install New Officers The Brantley County Junior Chamber of Commerce installed officers Monday night, June 5, it is announced by secretary Bozo Willis. Keith Strickland was installed as president. Other officers in stalled were John V. “Pic” Smith, internal vice-president; J. W. Harris, external vice-president; Edward Chancey, treasurer; Bozo Willis, secretary; Carswell Johns, director. The installation ceremonies were carried out by Eighth Dis trict president Edwin Gordon of Adel. The Brantley Jaycees have 18 members and 14 were present at the installation meeting. The new officers plan to work for greater activity in civic and county projects, secretary Willis stated. Cattlemen s Association Is Organized The Georgia Cattlemen’s As sociation, an association to foster the improvement of beef cattle throughout the state, was or ganized May 16 in a meeting of some 300 cattle growers and county agents at the Georgia Ex periment Station at Experiment. Those attending the organi zational meeting adopted a con stitution and by-laws for the as sociation, membership in which is open to any person, firm, cor poration, or association engaged in any activity or pursuit related to the cattle industry in Georgia who will support its objectives. Purposes of the new cattlemen’s association, as stated in article one of the constitution and by laws, are: “1. To foster the improvement of beef cattle in Georgia through breeding methods, improved management practices, and im proved feeds and feeding practices. Major emphasis shall be placed on selection criteria for traits of economic importance, such as heavy weaning weights, ability to gain rapidly after wean ing, efficient feed conversion, de sirable type and conformation, regular reproduction, longevity, and carcass quality. “2. To carry on education and promotional work in connection with the production, marketing and consumption of improved beef cattle. “3. To charge and receive mem bership dues and other fees as may be necessary from members, all of which shall be used to carry out the above purposes of the Association. “4. To do each and everything needful and necessary, suitable and proper for the carrying out of the above purposes. “5. To have and possess and ex ercise any and all other powers conferred on like associations.” Temporary officers elected to serve the association are: Ben Smith, Thomaston, president; A. J. Singletary, Blakely, vice presi dent; and Robert Blalock, Wood bury. CM Sgt. and Mrs. Earl Cleland of Stephenville, Newfoundland, announce the arrival of a baby girl born May 26. She has been named Karen Anne and weighed six pounds 11 ounces. Tomato Plant Yield Two plants for each member of the family usually furnish plenty fresh tomatoes for the family, says C. D. Spivey, Ex tension horticulturist. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 8, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Births M. L Jacobs Funeral Service Held Sunday Funeral services for M. L. Jacobs, age 34, who died Satur day in a Waycross hospital fol lowing an extended illness, were held Sunday at 3 P. M. at the Hebardville Baptist Church, con ducted by the Rev. John Beach and the Rev. COrlton Sheppard. Burial was in High Bluff Ceme tery. Pallbearers were Jack H. Green, Bill Maron, Horace Gib son, B. L. Haynes, Alex John son and Stewart P. Moore. Survivors are his wife, the former Miss Hazel Janelle Grif fin of Brantley County; two daughters, Miss Bonnie Eleine Ja cobs and Miss Barbara Hazel Ja cobs both of Waycross; one son, Joseph Martin Jacobs, Way cross; his mother, Mrs. Clara Jacobs, Hoboken; four sisters, Mrs. Doris Dockery, Augusta, Mrs. Evelyn McDonald, Plains, Mrs. Lissie Bunch, Waycross, and Miss Bet ty Jean Jacobs, Hoboken; two brothers, Billy Jacobs and Tobie Jacobs, both of Waycross; several nieces and nephews. John C. Thomas Funeral Service Held Sunday John Calvin Thomas Sr., age 68, a prominent Brantley County farmer, died Sunday afternoon in a Waycross hospital following a short illness. A native of Ware County, he had resided in the Calvary Com munity of Brantley County most all of his life. He was the son of the late Thomas S. Thomas and Lydia Strickland Thomas. Thomas was a member of Pleasant Valley Missionary Bap tist Church. Survivors are his wife, the former Miss Beatrice Lucas of Ware County; three daughters, Mrs. Silas Booth, Manor, Mrs. G. W Waters and Mrs. Rubin Dixon, both of Waycross; four sons, Troy Thomas, Clyde Thomas and J. C. Thomas Jr., all of Waycross, and Roy Thomas, U. S. Naval Air Station at Jacksonville; one sister, Mrs. Carl Bradford, Tallahassee, Fla.; nine grand children and four great-grand children; several nieces and ne phews. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Pleasant Valley Missionary Bap tist Church. Burial was in Thom as Cemetery. Aerial Spraying Os Hardwood Discontinued MACON — The Georgia For estry Commission announced that hardwood control spraying by aircraft has been discontinued by the state agency. The decision was announced by Director Ray Shirley following the crash of a Commission heli copter Friday during a spraying operation in a rural section of Long County. Although the air craft was considerably damaged, pilot Don Freyer of Milledgeville was ncrt injured. The director, who said he was “happy the pilot was not hurt,” | announced that “in view of this J accident we are discontinuing aerial spraying and will turn ex clusively to ground control in eradicating undesirable har d | woods.” Freyer, a graduate forester and i a native of Garden City, N. Y., came with the Commission last j summer following his discharge from the U. S. Army, where he | served as pilot of helicopters and other type aircraft. Shirley said the helicopter, which can be repaired, is also used in rescue work and in Civil Defense activities. * Aerial spraying to rid the state of undesirable tree species was initiated by the Commission in 1957 and since that time more than 15.000 acres of forests have been treated from the air. “Our mist blowers, a machine mounted on a tractor, have prov en successful during the past two years, however,” Shirley said, “and we had already begun a de emphasis of aerial spraying . . . use of the ground blower and hand work will constitute our hardw’ood control methods in the future.” Okefenokee Camp Meeting Convenes Thursday, June 15 The Okefenokee Camp Meeting at Waycross will start Thursday, June 15, it is announced by A. R. Adams. The meeting will continue through Sunday, June 25. Preach ing 10:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. on weekdays, Sundays 3:00 P M- and 7:00 P. M. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services. Georgia Forestry Association Will Meet June 8 to 11 Macon — The 54th annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at Jekyll Island June 8-11. Highlights of the three day session will include the crown ing of ‘Miss Georgia Forestry’ and recognizing the districts and counties for their outstanding work during the past year. ‘From This Tree’ is the theme of the 1961 meeting, announced Har vey Brown, executive director of the Forestry Association. Out standing forestry personalities in Georgia will branch out their re marks ‘From This Tree’. The tone of the meeting will be set by W. Cameron Mitchell, executive vice president, Southern States Equip ment Corporation, Hampton, Georgia. He will delve on busi ness men and politics. Over 40 county forestry queens will be vieing for the title now held by Miss Betty Ann Hol combe, Buchanan. Stewart Coun ty will be defending its number one position in the state-wide general performance rating. The Georgia Forestry Commis sion’s ten district offices and their county units will be after some 13 awards, 12 of which go to the county units. The outstand ing county in each district, from which the best county in the state will come; best all-round district, and the county having the best fire record will receive recogni tion. Stabilization Group Plans Meeting June 30 Flue-cured tobacco growers from Florida through Virginia will be attending Stabilization’s 15th Annual Stockholders Meet ing on Friday, June 30. The Meet ing will be held in Raleigh, N. C., at the Sir Walter Hotel, begin ning at 10 A. M. Horace D. Godfrey, Adminis trator of Commodity Stabilization Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, will be the principal speaker. Bass Placed In Satilla At 4 Sites We know you sport fishermen of South Georgia will be glad to know that on June 3rd and 4th the State Game and Fish Com mission released 90,000 Black Bass in the Satilla River at 301 Bridge, 84 bridge, and at several points on down the river. By next Spring you Bass Fish ermen should really get in on some good Bass Fishing. Very Sincerely, A. M. Rowell, Ranger J. Walter Crews, Sheriff The Georgia Game & Fish Commission has released 90,000 largemouth black bass at four sites on the Satilla River, State Senator O. D. Johnson of Blackshear reported this week. The locations at which the fish were released were: At the Highway 301 bridge be tween Nahunta and Jesup, at the U. S. 84 bridge, Atkinson; at the Still Lake Fishing Club, east of Winokur; and at Burnt Fort, east of Folkston. Mallory Hatchett of the State Game & Fish Commission and his men from the Waycross of fice did the actual work of stocking the stream at these sites. Senator Johnson said plans are to stock the Satilla with other fish from the Highway 301 bridge north to the bridge between Blackshear and Waycross when that portion of the stream can be cleaned up by eliminating sewerage and oil from the City of Waycross. Dr. Lee Walker and Family Are Now Located in Nahunta Youths Under 18 Need Working Permit Many Georgia high school graduates will soon be looking for their first regular jobs. Others, both graduates and non graduates will be looking for summer jobs. "Though inexperienced, these young people approach their jobs with interest and enthusiasm,” Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet said when urging Georgia employers to make full use of these alert, easily trained, new entrants into the labor market. In addition to suggesting that employers list their needs for both permanent and summer workers with the local Georgia State Employment Offices, Com missioner Huiet called attention to the fact that Georgia law requires workers under 18 years of age to secure employment cer tificates. “The certificates are secured from the city school superinten dent if the minor lives within the city limits and from the county school superintendent if he lives outside the city,” he said. “The applicant for a certifi cate must submit a statement from the employer that at the pre sent time, if he were furnished with a certificate from the school superintendent as requir ed by law, he could place the child at work, giving the char acter of employment, it being understood that the employer shall not undertake to employ the child for any specific length of time, and submit a certified copy of a birth certificate or a legal transcript of parts thereof issued in accordance with the Georgia law.” "Under Georgia law there are no limitations on the type of work or the number of hours minors from 16 to 18 years of age may work,” the Commis sioner said, “but under Federal law 18 years is the minimum age for occupations which are declared by the Secre tary of Labor to be particularly hazardous.” “Work is the cure for many ills,” the Commissioner conclud ed. “Let’s see that our young people are afforded the desired opportunity to work.” HERMAN TALMADGE ■ im^9 eports From w■' I WASHINGTON I THE YARDSTICK of psy chology has now been estab lished as the ultimate test of the merit of legislation considered by the United States Senate. This amazing criterion, al ready so infamously employed | by the Su ■ preme Court in its repeated efforts since 1954 to rewrite the Constitu tion of the _ United States by judicial de | cree, was in- | J jected into Senate procedures by Senator Wayne Morse in his successful attempt to defeat my amendment to prohibit the with holding of funds under the pro posed new program of federal aid to education. The Senator from Oregon argued that adop tion of the Talmadge Amend ment would be “a great psycho logical block” to the passage of the bill and would create “a psy chological situation in which people concerned with civil rights and segregation will be come involved in a controversy.” He was sustained by a vote of 61 to 30. • * * THE BILL AS drafted con tains a provision prohibiting all departments, agencies, officers and employees of the Federal Government from exercising any direction, supervision or control over the administration and op eration of public schools. That is fine as far as it goes, but it does not quite get to the heart of the matter. Control in any undertaking ul timately is exercised by the hand which controls the purse and, in the case of federal aid to educa tion, the power of the purse will be in the hands of the Federal prepared or printed 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) Dr. Lee Walker and his family have moved to Nahunta where Dr. Walker will begin the practice of medicine. Dr. Walker moved here from Wise, Va., where he was a phy sician in the hospital. The Wal kers have three sons, Jesse, Tommy and Lee. They moved in to the Joe Walker house in west Nahunta on Route 84. Dr. Lee is now available for emergency calls and will an nounce regular office hours sometime next week. He will use the new Medical Building which was erected by a bond issue financial plan. Matthew Rowell Jr Wins Air Force Medal T|Sgt. Matthew H. Rowell Jr. of Denham Air Force Base, Eng land has ben awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal when he distinguished himself by meri torious service as NCOIC of In ventory and Insoection Division, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina from January 1, 1958 to February 17, 1961. Sgt. Rowell was instrumental in accomplishing both the neces sary preliminary work and the actual conversion to new account ing procedure without hamper ing the supply mission. Rowell has been assigned to the Inventory and Inspection Sec tion of Base Supply at penham since March 25. He is the son of Mrs. Ev« Rowell of Hortense. Summer Session At Mercer Will Begin June 18 MACON, Ga. — More than 80 courses will be offered at Mercer University this summer. Scheduled in two sections, the first will begin June 18, it was announced today by University officials. Dr. Robert H. Spiro Jr., Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, emphasized the extensive offer ing in teacher education courses: in particular, the Curriculum Workship, and a new course, Spanish for Elementary Teachers. Government. It was because there is nothing in the bill to safeguard against abuse of that power to impose federal control over schools that I offered my amendment. It was not presented with any “civil rights” connota tion as I would feel exactly the same about the necessity of re taining control over education on the state and local levels even if there were no present contro versy over forced integration of public schools in the South. Senator Morse also main tained that the Talmadge Amendment was unnecessary be cause Secretary of Health, Edu cation and Welfare Ribicoff had written a letter stating that he did not consider himself to have the power to withhold funds. That assurance, of course, con stitutes no guarantee against a change of mind on the part of either the present Secretary or his successors. * ♦ ♦ THE ACTION OF the Senate in thus refusing to ;give sub stance to the express wishes of both President Kennedy and Sec retary Ribicoff that federal aid to education be accomplished “without one shred of federal control” stands as irrefutable proof of two points: 1. Proponents of federal aid to education wish to leave the door open to future use of the program as a vehicle for im posing various federal con trols over education; and 2. The political potency of radical pressure groups is such that they can force men in public life to vote contrary to both principle and their own personal convictions. at government expense)