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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 25 Brantley Boys and Girls Go To Rock Eagle 4-H Meeting The completion of projects for 32 of Brantley County 4-H Club members carried them to Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center this week for the District Project Achieve ment Meeting. This meeting highlights the work for all 4-H Club members in Southeast Georgia when they meet to vie for first places in each project. Some will be demonstrations, others will be laboratory work, while still others will model the beautiful garments they have made. The boys and girls will be judged 40 percent on records and 60 percent on their performance. Boys and girls from all parts of Brantley County are participat ing in the Meeting. Sandra Jacobs will run for Secretary-Treasurer of the South- East District. Those attending are: Senior Girls Clothing, Una Wilson, Ray bon community; Teen Fare, Charlene Gibson, Waynesville Community; Yeast Bread, Patsy Walker, Waynesville Community; Canning, Joan Johns, Kaney Bay community; Health, Doris Lane, Hortense community; Home Im provement, Marlene Ross, Nahun ta community; and Recreation, Sandra Jacobs of Hickox com munity. Junior Girls: Clothing, Rita Ja cobs, Hoboken community; Elec tric, Anna Dee Wilson, Raybon community; Better Breakfast, Barbara Allen, Nahunta com munity; Biscuit, Faye Anderson, Hortense community; Canning, Jane Wilson, Waynesville com munity; Frozen Foods, Nora Faye Johns, Hickox community; Child Care, Diane Davis, Hoboken com munity; Cotton, Its Uses, Laverne Middleton, Atkinson community; Public Speaking, Beth Calhoun, Nahunta community and Recrea tion, Nancy Moody, Nahunta. Cloverleaf Girls: Clothing, Edith Middleton, Atkinson community; Between-Meal Snacks, Donna Tucker, Nahunta community; Corn Meal Muffins, Carolyn Mid dleton, Nahunta community; Canning, Jewell Wilson, Waynes ville community; Frozen Foods, Melinda Wilson, Raybon com munity and Recreation, Diana Blount, Nahunta. Senior Boys: Tractor Main- HERMAN TALMADGE fcfePMIW l ■ n F fom ' I 11 iii I WASHINGTON ■lll™ « ■«J RACIAL AGITATORS like the misnamed “Freedom Riders” seem to have forgotten that jus tice is a two-edged sword which cuts both ways. The interracial provocators coming into the South for the f J one hand that they have a right to violate local laws with im punity while calling on the other hand for the intervention of fed eral authority to protect them from the consequences of their lawless acts. They are the same people who loudly proclaim court decisions to be the “law of the land” which must be obeyed without question by Southerners yet who bitterly complain when they are admonished and en joined by those same courts. They are the same people who demand strict adherence to the letter of the law by those who disagree with them yet who in sist that they have a “moral” right to obey only those laws and decrees with which they personally agree. THE BACKGROUNDS of the leaders of these disciples of dis cord raise some serious ques tions about the true purposes of the movement. Files of the House Committee on Un-Amer ican Activities show that at least nine of the 16 members of the National Advisory Commit tee of the Congress of Racial Equality, the principal organi zation responsible for these demonstrations, have records of affiliation or identification with Communist or Communist Front organizations and causes. (Not prepared or printed at government expenee) Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. tenance, Terry Thomas, Hickox community; Recreation, Marvin Howell, Hoboken Community. Junior Boys: Health, Marshall Allen, Hickox community, Land scaping, Dennis Raulerson, Na hunta community; Public Speak ing, James Williamson, Hortense community; Poultry, Johnny Wal ker, Waynesville community; and Recreation, Jack Brooker, Nahunta. Cloverleaf Boys: Electric, Keith Middleton, Atkinson community, and Recreation, Pyrce Brooker, Nahunta. The boys and girls are accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Brooker, Mrs. Cecil Moody, Dan Moody, Mrs. M. H. Robinson, Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Horace Ja cobs, Mrs. Virginia N. Raulerson, Home Dem. Agt., and Mr. George A. Loyd County Agent. Reppard Crews Funeral Service Was Held Sunday Funeral services for Reppard Crews, who died Friday in Arca dia, Fla., were held Sunday at 3 p. m. at the graveside in the Hickox cemetery, with the Rev. L. C. Allen officiating. Pallbearers were Perry Hic kox, John Chesser, Sam Chesser, Marvin Crews, Valene Crews and Carlos Johns. Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Miss Linda Faye Crews, Arcadia; three brothers, Charlie Crews, Nahunta, Ray mond Crews and Nolan Crews, both of Hoboken; and several nieces and nephwes. TOMATO BLIGHT Blight diseases of tomatoes can greatly reduce yields and fruit quality unless plants are protect ed with fungicidal sprays, ac cording to Dr. Luther Farrar, Ex tension plant patholist. He re commends using one of two sprays, either Maneb or Zineb, at the first sign of leaf spotting or no later than when the first flower buds appear. One of them is A. J. Muste who, according to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, “has long fronted for Communists.” He has been connected with no less than 32 Communist Front groups and activities. Others include NAACP officials Allan Knight Chalmers and A. Philip Ran dolph, the latter having an Un- American Activities Committee record requiring six single spaced, typewritten pages to recount. avowed pur pose of creat ing strife and fomenting vio lence are de mand in g a double stand ard of justice for themselves —insisting on Additionally, there is James Peck, once listed as Editor of the CORE publication, who served a penitentiary sentence as a World War II draft dodger and who was arrested in 1958 for trying to sail into the nu clear testing area in the Pacific. THE EVIDENCE is clear that these people are not interested in equal rights but rather in super rights which are superior to those enjoyed by all other Americans. The arrogance of their attitude is summed up in the current issue of The New Leader by Negro writer Louis EL Lomax who wrote: . . we Negroes are convinced that we are, on the whole, better Amer icans than our white brothers.” Whether dupes or acting by design, those who espouse such a philosophy are doing incalcu lable harm to the causes of both local self-government and har monious race relations in this country. Already people have been physically hurt and an other precedent for federal in tervention in local affairs has been established. If persisted in, it could touch off a chain re action which could topple the temple of freedom on all Amer icans. £ Brantley Enterprise * * » Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 22, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Smith-Strickland Miss Rose Mary Smith, daugh ter of Mrs. Myrtis Smith, became the bride of Mr. Avery Wade Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland, in a double ring ceremony at the Nahunta Baptist Church on Saturday evening June 17, with the Rev. Cecil Thomas performing the rites. The altar area of the church was draped in white with white silk pleated on the altar rail. Four vases of green magnolia leaves on side in front and back were centered with a sunburst of lavender dahlia, glads and minia ture mums in center back of al tar. The bride was given in mar riage by her brother, Harry Smith. Her gown was pure silk organza and Chantilly lace styled with a fitted bodice, scalloped neckline and long lily pointed sleeves, a bouffont skirt with scattered lace motifs over the skirt, the fullness extending into a butterfly bustle and full chapel train. A juliet cap of silk or ganza held the finger tip illusion veil edged with a butterfly de sign with tiny seed pearls and trimmed matching lace. She carried a lace covered Bible top ped with a white orchid with white streamers and sprays of delicate pink flowers. Jean Smith, sister of the bride, was her maid of honor. The bride’s maids were Rudene Wil banks, Tammy Freeman, Arlene Strickland and Virleen Strick land. Wynell Smith and Kay Smith nieces of the bride were flower girls. Roger Smith, her nephew was ringbearer. William Hinsley was best man to the groom. The ushers were Jerry Rowell, Ronnie Hagen, Ar velle Raulerson and Davis Ja cobs. Bowman Barr was organist and Miss Carolyn Higginbotham was pianist. Miss Joan Henderson sang “Because” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” The bride’s maids were dressed alike in lilac silk organza baller ina length dresses with fitted waistline with crushed cumber bund accented by flat bow at side front, scalloped neckline and short sleeves. They wore matching headpieces of organza leaf design centered with seed pearls and short circular veils and accessories to match. The maid of honor carried bouquet of lavender glads with white bow and the brides maids carried white glads with lavender bows. The flower girls wore lilac or ganza and taffeta matching other attendants. Mrs. Smith, the bride’s mother, wore a pink lace dress with white accessories and a white carnation corsage. The groom’s mother wore a pink eyelet polished cot ton dress with matching acces sories and white carnation cor sage. A reception was held in the church parlor. Mrs. Claude Smith greeted the guests and Wynell and Kay Smith passed tiny bags of rice in lavender net bags. In the receiving line were Mrs. Claude Smith, Harry Smith, Mrs. Myrtis Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland, the bride and groom, Jean Smith, Arlene Strick land, Rudene Wilbanks, Virleen Strickland and Tammy Freeman. A pink color scheme was car ried out in the reception room. The bride’s table was covered with a white cut work cloth centered with the three tiered wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom with pink candles in the silver can delabra. Southern smilax and pink carnations lay around the table on the edge. The young couple left after the reception for a honeymoon trip through Florida. They will make their home in Nahunta until fall when they will live in Augusta where she will be a member of faculty in Augusta and he is in medical college. The groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland entertain ed with a rehearsal party on Fri day night, June 6. Bachlott Church of God Revival Starts Sunday Night Bachlott Church of God will begin their revival next Sunday night, June 25, and continue through Sunday night, July 2, it is announced by the pastor, Rev. L. C. Allen. Rev. Bobby Peeples will be the evangelist. Rev. Mr. Peeples is also a Gospel singer and musi cian. He will sing special songs each evening. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services during the meeting. The church has been recently screened for the com fort of those in attendance. Eddie Leon Crews Funeral Service Held Saturday Funeral services for Eddie Leon Crews, age 85, who died Thurs day at his residence in Hoboken, were held Saturday at 3 p. m. in the Hoboken First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Chesley Walker and the Rev. Carlton Shepard. Burial was in Hoboken Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Earl Crews, Duell Crews, Carlton Rowell, Curtis Harris, Jimmie Harper and Emory Crews. Honorary pallbearers were Ira Thomas, Banner Thomas, R. R. Kelly, Olen Dußose, Laura Col vin, Herbert Colvin, N. C. Davis Jr.. E. H. Kelly, S. D. Kelly, Ray Thomas, Fred Dowling, Bud Stone, Dennis Rowell, J. F. Lar kins and a Mr. Monk. Crews was a native and life long resident of Brantley County in the section that was formerly a part of Pierce County. He was a retired farmer and a member of the First Baptist Church in Hoboken. Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Harley E. Crews and Mrs. Irene Crews, both of Waycross, and Mrs. Frances Crews and Mrs. Mollie Jane Johns, both of Ho boken, and Mrs. Ruby Crews, Winokur; five sons, Albert Crews and Frank Crews, Hoboken, Claude Crews, Brunswick, Pat Crews, Yulee, Fla., and Harvey Crews, Willacoochee; two sisters, Mrs. Susie Mae Dußose, Hobo ken, and Mrs. Ida Carew, Way cross; one brother, Pat Carew, Waycross; 62 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Personals Johnny Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Crews of Hickox community, is a patient in the Folkston Hospital. Mrs. B. F. Strickland is spend ing some time with her four sons in Florida; Troy Strickland in Moore Haven; Clifford in Or lando, Buck in Pehokee and Q. A. in Orlando. Bennue Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mills is spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Buck Strickland in Pehokee, Fla. Sandra Stewart, daughter of Captain and Mrs. George F. Ste wart of Fayetteville, N. C., is spending the summer with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Allen. Serving aboard the submarine USS Halfback operating out of New London, Conn., is Oran M. Lee, radioman second class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lee of Hoboken. Army PFC Emory T. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Allen, Nahunta, arrived in Korea June 7 and is now serving with the 7th Infantry Division. Allen, a mem ber of the division’s 18th Military Police Detachment, entered the Army in June 1960 and complet ed basic training at Fort Riley, Kan. The 20-year-old soldier is a 1957 graduate of Nahunta High School and attended South Geor gia College in Douglas. Mrs. L. H. Knox of Hazlehurst is guest of Misses Mary and Lera Knox this week. Miss Mary Knox and Mrs. Knox are spending a few days at Piney Bluff on the coast. Visitors of Mrs. Alice High smith and family over the week end were Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Braddock of Jacksonville and Mr. and Mrs. John Highsmith and family and Mr. Harrell High smith of Brunswick. Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland has re turned home after spending sev eral weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Strickland, New Orleans, La.; Dr. and Mrs. Van Bibb Saye, Baton Rouge, La.; and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Strickland in Texas City, Texas. Mrs. Roger Strick land and daughter, Sharon, es corted Mrs. Strickland home for a visit here and with other rela tives in Georgia. Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland and Mrs. Roger Strickland and Sharon spent Friday night and Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Mar shal Strickland in Brunswick. Miss Jane Strickland is at Camp Chatooga at Tallulah Falls for eight weeks where she is an instructor and counselor and teaches horseback riding. Bowman Barr and his mother, Mrs. O- S Barr were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland Friday and Saturday. Serving at the Glynco Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Ga., is Clifford C. Pearson, electri ian’s mate second class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Osbyme N. Pearson of Route 1, Hortense. Brantley Medical Building to Hold Formal Opening Sunday Federal Feed Grain Program Is Explained For social security purposes, payments that the Brantley Coun ty area farmers will receive as part of the new Federal feed grain program will be treated the same as soil bank payments, ac cording to O. L. Pope, manager of the social security office. Mr. Pope made this statement today in answer to questions be ing asked by Brantley County farmers who want to know whether payments under Presi dent Kennedy’s 1961 Feed Grain Program count as earnings under the social security law. Mr. Pope said that the grain payments to self-employed farm ers, like soil bank payments, will count as earnings from farming. Farm landlords who have all or part of their acreage rented out, but who materially participate in the renter’s operation are also reminded that their shares of feed grain payments, like their shares of soil bank payments, will count as earnings for social security purposes. Farm operators and materially participating farm landlords, Mr. Pope said, should include feed grain payments in the earnings they report on their income tax returns. Through their tax re turns, these farmers pay the social security tax and get earn ings credited to their individual social security accounts. For the retired farmer who is already getting old-age insur ance benefits, payments from the feed grain program will also count as earnings, Mr. Pope said. If total feed grain payments he receives this year, plus other net earnings from self-employment and wages from employment, are more than $1,200 during 1961, the farmer may not receive all of his social security checks for this year. Mr. Pope said that feed grain payments and other earn ings would not, however, prevent a farmer from getting his benefit check for any month in which he does not render substantial ser vice in self-cmeployment and does not earn more than SIOO in cash wages. Mr. Pope invited retired farm ers who want to know exactly how fed grain payments will af fect benefits this year to visit or telephone his office. He said that some farmers who are already getting social security benefits and, therefore, may have some checks withheld because of extra earnings under the feed grain program may want to report this income to his office now and ar range to have checks withheld about the time they will be get ting the feed grain payments. Otherwise, Mr. Pope said, the benefit checks might have to be withheld at a time when the farmer did not have other in come. Pilot Forests During 1959 the pulp and paper industry in the South es tablished at its own expense 92 Pilot Forests on privately own ed farms. Today these Pilot For ests are serving as living labora tories to owners of similar tracts of land. AN INVITATION The residents of Brantley and surrounding counties are invited to attend the Dedication and Formal Open ing of the Brantley Medical Building in Nahunta, Georgia on Sunday Afternoon, June 25, 1961, at Two O’Clock. BRANTLEY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, INC. Pete J. Gibson, Mrs. C. F. Dukes, R. B. Brooker, Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix, J. B. Middleton. The new Brantley Medical Building will be dedicated and formally opened to the public Sunday afternoon, June 25, at two o'clock with appropriate ceremonies. Brantley county residents can feel justifiable pride in the new facility and in the many long hours spent by those concerned with making what was once a dream become a reality. The Brantley County Lions Club was the first to learn that a Foundation was interested in as sisting rural communities in the planning and construction of a medical facility and the securing of a physician. A mass meeting was held at the County courthouse more than two years ago, the purpose of this meeting to find out whether the citizens were interested in ob taining a physician and whether they were willing to take the necessary steps to qualify for as sistance from the Foundation. The local Home Demonstration Clubs throughout the county dis tributed survey forms containing various questions concerning .medical care, the distances travel ed, the approximate costs of ser vices and other related ques tions. The results of this survey proved beyond doubt that Na hunta and Brantley county quali fied in every respect. The next step was the creation of a corporation with the power to issue bonds, the revenue from which would be used in the con struction of a medical facility. This step was taken and the cor poration formed. The directors of the corporation, known as The Brantley County Medical Center, Inc., consists of Mr. Pete J. Gibson, Mr. R. B. Brooker, Mrs. Frank Dukes, Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix, and Mr. J. B. Middle ton. The directors in turn appointed various civic minded citizens to serve on committees with them. These committees consisted of a Finance Committee, a Building committee and a Doctor Procure ment committee. Residents of Brantley county were informed through the pages of the Brantley Enterprise, by word of mouth, and other means of the progress being made by the corporation. The Brantley County Lions Club and Jaycees assisted in the Bond Drive. Post ers were placed in all the public buildings and wide publicity was given to the bond sales. Construction was started on the building and the project be gan to gain momentum. Many prospective doctors were con tacted and invited to visit Brant ley county to see what the coun ty and community had to offer. During the past two years several visited Nahunta and Brantley county. Many were young doctors recently completing their intern ships and for various reasons de cided to locate elsewhere. During the summer of 1960 con tact was made with Dr. J. L. Walker, a native Georgian, who was residing in Wise, Virginia, but who wanted to return to a rural community in his native state. He was invited to visit Brantley county. He and his family came to Nahunta, examin ed the situation and saw the po tential here. Due to other obliga tions, Dr. Walker informed the corporation that it would be at I least one year before he would be available, but that continued ef fort should be made to secure a physician. This was done, but knowing that Dr. Walker would 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) give his final answer in Septem ber of 1960 as to whether he would or would not locate in Na hunta, no committments were made or promised to other pros pective physicians. In September Dr. Walker informed the corpor ation of his decision to locate in Nahunta in June 1961 if the faci lity was still available. A meet ing was called and a decision was reached whereby the facility would be made available to Dr. Walker in June of this year. Dr. Walker and his family ar rived in Nahunta to make their home on June 4. Dr. Walker was born in Thomasville and spent his youth in Donalsonville, Cuthbert, and Savannah. He was graduated from Emory University School of Medicine, served his internship at Macon City Hospital, served in the Medical Corps of the Army during World War II and has practiced medicine in Buford and Clarksville, Ga. More recent ly he was on the staff of Wise Memorial Hospital, Wise, Vir ginia. Dr. Walker is married and he and Mrs. Walker have three sons, Tommy, Ken and Jesse. The public is invited to attend the dedication and formal open ing of the new facility. The main speaker for the occasion will be The Hon. Peter Zack Geer, Exe cutive Secretary to Gov. Ernest Vandiver. Open House will be held im mediately following the cere monies and the people of Brant ley County are urged to avail themselves of the opportunity to inspect the building throughout and see for themselves what community effort can accomplish when everyone pulls together. Hough^Jordan On Sunday afternoon, June 25, at 4:00 P. M., at the Crawford Street Baptist Church, Miss Caro lyn Hough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hough Sr. of Emerson Park, Waycross, and Mr. Roy Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hunter of Hoboken, will be united in marriage. Reverend W. H. Salter Jr. will perform the formal double ring ceremony. Mrs. W. H. Salter Jr. will be the soloist accompanied by Mrs. Jack Moore Jr. of Hoboken. The matron of honor will be Mrs. Betty Ruth Welch, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids are Mrs. Beverly Ann Hough, sister-in-law of the bride, Miss Patsy Futch, friend of the couple and Miss Mary Ann Napoli, cousin of the bride, from Taylor, Florida. The flower girl will be little Miss Helen Taylor, cousin of the bride, from Taylor, Florida and Troy Jordan, cousin of the groom, of Homerville, Georgia, will serve as ringbearer. The best man will be Michael Dowling, friend of the couple, from Hoboken. Ushers are Bob by Jack Hough, brother of the bride, Audie Hough Jr., brother of the bride and Harry Welch, brother-in-law of the bride. Gardeners are advised to a void smoking while spraying and dusting because many chemicals are flammable, say Extension engineers.