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VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 27
Brantley County Tax Levy
Adopted by Commissioners
BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEOR
GIA, TAX LEVY FOR THE
YEAR 1961
Resolution and order of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, levying taxes for
said County for the year, 1961.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
AND RESOLVED, by the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues, of Brantley County,
Georgia, sitting for County pur
poses on this the sth day of July,
1961, that there be and is hereby
levied and assessed for the year
1961 upon all taxable property of
said County of Brantley, State of
Georgia, subject to taxation, same
to provide the necessary revenue
for the requirements of said
County, the following taxes for
the following purposes, to-wit:
1. To pay the expenses of the
administration of the County
Government, One and s|loths
mills.
2. To pay the principal and in
terest of any debt of the County
and to provide a sinking fund
therefor, Two Mills.
3. To build and repair the pub
lic buildings and bridges. Nine
and l|loth Mills.
4. To pay the expenses of the
Courts, the maintenance and sup
port of prisoners and to pay
sheriffs and Coroners and for the
expense of litigation. One and
s|loth Mills.
5. To build and maintain a
system of County Roads, Four
Mills.
6. For public health purposes in
said County, and for the collec
tion and preservation of records
of vital statistics, Three Mills.
7. To support paupers, One Mill.
8. To pay County Agricultural
and Home Demonstration Agents,
4 10th Mills.
9. To provide for the payment
of old age assistance to aged per
sons in need, and for the pay
ment of assistance to the needy
blind ^and to dependent children
and other welfare benefits, pro
vided that no person shall be en
titled to the assistance herein
authorized who does not qualify
for such assistance in every re
spect, in accordance with the
enactments of the General As
sembly which may be of force and
effect prescribing the qualifica
tions for beneficiaries hereunder;
provided that no indebtedness or
liability against the County shall
ever be created for the purpose
herein stated, in excess of the
taxes lawfully levied each fiscal
year under the acts of the Gen
eral Assembly authorized here
under for such purposes, Two
Mills.
10. To provide for the creation
of a fund to be used for assisting,
promoting, and encouraging, the
location of new industries in
said County, and the develop
ment of Agriculture in Brantley
County Georgia, One Mill.
11. To provide for fire protec
tion for forest lands and to fur
ther conservation of natural re
sources, One and s|loth Mills.
12. Making the aggregate total
of Two and 80;100ths dollars on
the One Hundred dollars of tax
able property, of said County of
Brantley Exclusive of the levy to
pay the charges for educational
purposes.
13. To pay charges for educa
tional purposes to be levied only
in strict compliance with law, and
under and by virtue of the Re
commendations of the Board of
Education, of Brantley County
Georgia, at a meeting held on this
the sth day of July,-1961, a certi
fied copy of said resolution being
hereto annexed immediately fol
lowing this paragraph, and being
the page immediately following
this page.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY GEOR
GIA, TO THE Board of Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues,
of said County, for the levy of
taxes for the support and main
tenance of education for the
year 1961.
AT REGULAR MEETING, of
the Board of Education of
Brantley County, Georgia, held on
the 6th day of June, 1961, the
following resolution was present
ed to said Board, and after mo
tion being duly made, seconded
and unanimously carried, said
resolution was regularly adopted.
RESOLVED that the Board of
Education of Brantley County,
Georgia, recommend and it is
hereby recommended, to the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty Georgia, that a tax for sup
port and maintenance of educa
tion for the year 1961 A D. of
Twenty (20) Mills or Twenty
Dollars on the One Thousand Dol
lars be levied on all taxable pro
perty in said County of Brantley
(save that exempted by the Con
stitution and the Laws of the
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
State of Georgia, as to person
alty and homestead exemption.)
This the 6th day of June 1961.
S|G Elroy Strickland
President Board of
Education, Brantley Co.,
Ga.
Attest:
SjG Mable R. Moody
Board Secretary
I, Mable R. Moody, Secretary of
the Board of Education, of
Brantley County, Georgia, do cer
tify that the above and forego
ing is a true and correct copy of
a Resolution and Recommenda
tion of the Board of Education of
Brantley County Georgia, regu
larly passed by the Board on
June 6th, 1961, and do hereby
certify said resolution and re
commendation, to the Board of
Commissioners of Roads and Re
venues, of Brantley County,
Georgia as such.
This the 6th day of June 1961.
S.|G. Mable R. Moody
Secretary, Board of
Education, Brantley
County, Georgia
WHEREUPON, in compliance
with the foregoing resolution it is
ordered and resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue of Brantley County,
Georgia, that a tax for the sup
port and maintenance of Educa
tion, for the year, 1961 of Twenty
(20) Mills or Twenty Dollars on
that One Thousand Dollars be lev
ied an all taxable property in said
county of Brantley and the State
of Georgia (save that exempted
by the constitution and Laws of
the State of Georgia, as to the
personalty and homestead exemp
tion.)
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
AND RESOLVED THAT all taxes
be collected by the Tax Commis
sioner of said County, as provid
ed by law.
DONE AND ORDERED, by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia after motion duly
made seconded and carried, on
this the sth day of July, 1961.
S|G R. B. Brooker
Chairman, Board of
Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley
County, Georgia
ATTEST:
S|G. R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk
I, R. C. Harrell, Jr. Clerk of
the Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues, of Brantley County,
Georgia, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing pages
is a true and correct copy of the
original order and resolution
levying taxes, for Brantley
County Georgia, for the year,
1961, as the same appears on the
minutes of said Board.
S|G. R. C. Harrell Jr.,
Clerk, Brantley County,
Georgia, Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues.
C. Winton Adams
County Attorney 7-27
Dudley Jones Is
New Brantley
County Deputy
Dudley Jones, formerly of
Charlton County, has been em
ployed as a deputy by Brantley
County sheriff J. Walter Crews.
Mr. Jones began his duties
Friday, June 30. He was sheriff’s
deputy for six years in Charl
ton County. Sheriff Crews of
Brantley County now has two
deputies, Mr. Jones and C. T.
Stephens.
10 Million Dollar Company
Plans New Atlanta Newspaper
ATLANTA — A group of wide
ly known Georgians led by Sup
erior Court Judge-Emeritus E. E.
Andrews of Atlanta has formed a
new ten million dollar corpora
tion.
Incorporated under the laws of
Georgia, the Atlanta Times, Inc.
proposes to publish a daily At
lanta newspaper with state-wide
circulation. Target date for the
first issue of the new daily is
spring of 1962.
Judge Andrews, president of
the company, said that the Times
will “fill a long and evident need
for a paper that will reflect, edi
torially, the views and attitudes
of the people of Atlanta and the
state of Georgia. The policy of the
Times will be to present to its
readership, factual accounts of
world, state and local events as
clearly separated from editorial
opinion.”
The new corporation will be
wholly Georgia owned and op
erated and will derive its capital
solely from the people of Geor
gia.
U. S. Representative James C
Brantley Enterprise
Middleton Reunion
Was Held in Nahunta
A reunion of brothers and sis
ters of Mr. Emory A. Middle
ton was held at his home in Na
hunta on Tuesday, July 4. Only
one brother, Donald Haney was
absent.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Fel
ton Crews and children of Little
Rock, Ark.; Mrs. Harris Phillips
and children, Orlando, Fla.; Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Middleton and
children and Mr. and Mrs. David
Haney of Portsmouth, Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. Bennie Middleton and
children of Jacksonville, Fla. and
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Riggins of Na
hunta.
A picnic dinner was served on
the lawn.
Other relatives visiting in the
afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Coleman, Miami; Luther Mid
dleton, Waycross and Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Kuhns of Hortense.
Jaycees Thank the
Following Firms
The Brantley County Jaycees
wish to thank the following firms
for their donations for the Jay
cees Coffee Break Project:
Brunswick Coca Cola Bottling
Co., Brunswick, Dr. Pepper Bot
tling Co., Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.,
Waycross, Royal Crown Bottling
Co., Waycross, Dairy King, De-
Pratter Ice Co., Bacon Grocery
Co., Alma, Alfred Doreman Co.,
Jesup, Leotis Distributors, Bruns
wick, Pet Milk Co., Waycross,
Paul Dowling, Waycross, Morgan
Grocery, A. B. Brooker & Son,
Harris Grocery, Ben’s Bay Sta
tion, Stewart Candy Co., Way
cross. (Adv.)
Rev. W. A. Hagin
Died Sunday in
O'Brien, Florida
The Rev. William Alfred (Wil
lie) Hagin, of O’Brien, Fla., died
Sunday morning at the McAlpine
Advent Christian Church there
just before he was to conduct the
worship services.
A native of Brantley County,
he had lived in O’Brien 10 years,
where he was minister of the Mc-
Alpine Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Emmaline Highsmith Hagin; sev
en sons, W. A. Hagin Jr., Sa
vannah, Julian Hagin, Harleyville,
Pa., Ferrell Hagin, U. S. Air
Force in Japan, the Rev. Ward
Hagin, Delano Hagin and Hayden
Hagin, Aurora, 111., Gerald Hagin
of O’Brien; four daughters, Mrs.
Shelton Boyd, Tifton, Mrs. Ed
Furr, Aurora, Mrs. Hamp Pitt
man, Lake City, Fla., Mrs. Billy
Shepard, Jacksonville, Fla.; his
mother, Mrs. M. I. Hagin, Way
cross; two sisters, Mrs. Ed Her
rin, Hoboken, Mrs. C. C. Dixon,
Waycross; three brothers, R. F.
Hagin, E. V. Hagin and J. K.
Hagin, Waycross; 19 grandchild
ren and one great-grandchild.
Births
Ronald Coleman Dykes is the
name of the new baby boy born
to Mr. and Mrs. George Dykes on
Thursday, June 29, weighing
seven pounds and two ounces.
Davis of Stone Mountain, a direc
tor of the Times, called the un
dertaking “an opportunity for the
people of Georgia to gain a re
presentative voice in the dissem
ination of news and editorial at
titude here at home.”
Guy W. Rutland, Sr., chairman
of the board of the new firm,
said he expected the Times, “by
its forceful and aggressive cov
erage of news and services to
advertisers and subscribers, to
give to the general public and
the businessmen of Georgia the
type of newspaper they have been
looking for since 1947.’’
Other directors of the AT
LANTA TIMES, INC., are:
George M. Bazemore, Waycross
Banker; J. W. Hughes, Atlanta
Bus Company official; A. V.
Kennedy, Waycross timberman;
Warren P. Sewell, Breman
manufacturer; Allen M. Woodall,
Columbus radio station operator
and chain restaurant official;
Douglas N. McCurdy, Stone
Mountain, automobile dealer, and
Walter T. Austin, Decatur Busi
nessman.
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 6, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Mark F. Wildes
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Mr. Mark F. Wildes, 82, of
Route 2, Nahunta, passed away
late Monday afterioon, July 3,
following an extended illness at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Lonnie Wasdin, in Winokur and
his death removes one of Brant
ley county’s most esteemed citi
zens.
Os quiet and unassuming na
ture, Mr. Wildes was possessed of
an affable manner and genial dis
position ,and was well known
throughout this section. Until de
clining health forced his retire
ment, he had taken an active in
terest in all things for the bet
terment of his community. He was
a person of high moral convic
tions and throughout his lifetime
always set examples which others
would do well to follow. He nev
er spoke ill of anyone and his
friends were legion.
Mr. Wildes was born in Charl
ton county and was the son of the
late Alec and Nancy Roberson
Wildes. He received his educa
tion in the schools of Charlton
county and from early manhood
until his retirement had engaged
in excessive farming operations.
He was a former member of the
Brantley County Farm Bureau
and for a number of years was a
trustee of the Wainright School
during its existence. He had re
sided in Brantley county for the
past 56 years.
He was thrice married. His first
marriage was to the former Miss
Eliza Wainright. Following her
death, he married Miss Lilia
Wainright. After her death, he
was married to the former Miss
Zona Johns, who preceded him in
death two years ago shortly after
they had celebrated their Golden
Wedding Anniversary.
In addition to Mrs. Wasdin,
survivors include three other
daughters, Mrs. R. M. Thomas of
Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. W. C.
Scott of Morrisville, Penn., and
Miss Mattie Lou Wildes of At
lanta; two sons, Woodrow Wildes
of Brunswick and Lacey Wildes
of Boniare; one sister, Mrs. Mary
Prescott of Folkston; three
brothers, Chesteen Wildes of
Alma, R. H. Wildes of Folkston,
and H. D. Wildes of Brunswick.
Nine grandchildren, one great
grandchild, several nieces, ne
phews and other relatives also
survive.
Funeral services were held
from the graveside in Knox Ce
metery Wednesday afternoon,
July 5, at four o’clock with Elder
Lyman Hughes, assisted by the
Rev. E. J. Dixon, conducting the
rites in the presence of a large
number of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
Active Pallbearers, all nephews,
were Messrs. Harry Wildes, Leon
Wildes, Hamer Wildes, Julian
Wildes, Clarence Wildes and Law
rence Wildes.
Serving as honorary escort
were Messrs. R. B. Brooker, A. S.
Mizell, Roy Ham, Alvin Drury,
Elroy Strickland, W. B. Harris,
Clint Robinson and J. T. Morgan.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the high
esteem felt for the deceased.
The family have the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
When Government Gives
Representative Walter H. Judd is not only a long-time
member of Congress, but a physician. So he is particular
ly well qualified to speak on what will happen if the gov
ernment ever becomes a dominant element in providing
medical care.
In a recent talk he said this: "The public has been led
to believe that they can get government financing with
out government control and ultimate government opera
tion of medical services. It is naive for anyone to believe
that Congress will take the people’s money away from
them through taxes and then allow the money to be spent
by someone else without the Congress maintaining its own
firm control. Congress would be completely irresponsible
if it did not so control the funds it raises — and it is not
and will not be that irresponsible.’’
On the specific side, Representative Judd touched on
three of the unfortunate results that, in his opinion, would
come with government financing and control. First, the
wholly voluntary relationship between doctor and patient
would be impaired. Second, the traditional concept of
complete privacy with no intermediary between doctor and
patient also would be endangered — in his w’ords, “When
the doctor gets paid in part or in whole by the government,
little by little he comes to work for the government.” Third,
the incentives u’hich lead doctors to do their best work and
to improve themselves would be undetermined — and the
patient would be the biggest loser.
Call it what you will — government financed medicine,
government directed medicine, or socialized medicine —
the consequence would be a deterioration of our standards
of medical care.
County Nurse Makes
Recommendations
About Polio Shots
By Mrs. Robert Griner
Babies may begin Polio and
DPT immunizations at 6 weeks of
age.
A fourth injection for Polio is
recommended one year after the
third.
This service is available from
your private physician or the
local Health Department.
Immunization days at the
Health Department are Wednes
days and Fridays. A charge of 50
cents is made for all fourth Polio
shots regardless of age.
Loper-Wasdin
Shelba Jean Loper and Cecil C.
Wasdin were united in marriage
Saturday July 1 at 6:30 in the
evening at the Missionary Baptist
Church in Screven.
Shelba Jean is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Loper of
Hortense. Cecil Wasdin is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lotch Wasdin of
Screven. Rev. L. B. Richie of
Screven officiated using the dou
ble ring ceremony.
Church decorations included
candelabra and white gladioli and
white chrysanthemums. Miss
Shelba Riner of Screven was
pianist and Mrs. Don Blocker of
Screven sang “O Promise Me”
and “The Lord’s Prayer.”
The bride who was given in
marriage by her father, chose a
ballerina-length gown made of
white satin with nylon embroid
ery overskirt. The veil was a
shoulder length nylon. She car
ried a bouquet of white rose buds.
The maid of honor, a class mate
of the bride, Miss Janell Lane
wore a ballerina length powder
blue lace over blue satin. Miss
Lane carried a bouquet of pink
carnations,
The best man, a friend of the
groom, was Charles Lee of
Screven.
A reception followed in the
church vestry, given by the
bride’s parents, assisted by the
grown sisters, Mrs. Genell Davis
and Mrs. Deloris Bargeron.
The bride’s mother wore a yel
low linen dress with white acces
sories while the groom’s mother
chose a blue linen dress with
white accessories.
Following a wedding trip to
Florida the newlyweds will make
their home in Screven with the
groom’s parents for a while. For
traveling the bride chose a white
embroidered linen dress and
white accessories.
Mrs. Wasdin was graduated
from Nahunta High School in
1961. Mr. Wasdin graduated from
Screven High. He is now em
ployed in Blackshear.
Wedding guests were from
Screven, Hortense and Waycross,
Georgia, and Calahan, Florida.
SELLING TREES
Details of a timber sale should
not be trusted to memory, but
should be included in a written
agreemnt or contract. Such an a
greement will help protect both
the buyer and the seller from
misunderstandings, says Exten
sion Forestry Marketing Special
ist C. Nelson Brightwell.
Georgia Tobacco Market to
Open on Thursday, July 27
Personals
All the children of Mrs. C. B.
Keen had dinner with her at her
home on Friday evening June 30.
Present 'were Mr. and Mrs. Colo
nel Keen and children of Jack
sonville; Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hic
kox and children and Mrs. Ira F.
Brown of Nahunta.
Carolyn Middleton who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ellen
Langdale in Columbus, Ga. re
turned home Monday. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emory
A. Middleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones and
Kathie and Jeff have returned to
their home in Okeechobee, Fla.,
after visiting relatives in Nahun
ta Sunday and Monday of this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Linton Broome of
Decatur visited their parents Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Broome over the
holidays.
Mrs. Mila Dean Spence and
children, Wilma Ann and Cathie
of Chessamessac, Va., have been
visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
W. A. Stokes.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldorf Roberson
of Accomac, Va., visited Mrs. Al
len Roberson of Hortense and
friends in Nahunta last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Smith
and two children, Roger and
Robyn left Wednesday to return
to their home in Hamilton, Ohio.
They were here to attend the
Smith-Strickland wedding in
June and have been visiting his
mother, Mrs. Myrtice Smith and
other relatives for three weeks.
Mrs. A. C. Lee and son Mich
ael have returned to their home
in Nahunta after spending the
weekend in Wilmington, N. C.
Mrs. Edith Aldridge and her
daughter Ann returned from New
York Monday, July 3, to spend
some time with Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Condit of Nahunta.
Mr. Omie Wilson is a patient in
the Jesup Hospital.
Popwell-Sears
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Popwell of
Hortense announce the engage
ment and forthcoming marriage
of their daughter Gloria Annette
Popwell to Claude Grayson (Joe)
Sears, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Sears of Nahunta.
The wedding will take place at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Popwell
on Sunday July 23 at five
o’clock P. M.
There are no formal invita
tions. But Miss Popwell’s parents
extend an invitation to relatives
and friends to attend the wed
ding.
Georgia’s Negro children are
the best schoolhoused children in
the world.
FIRST PLACE WINNER — Miss Frances Thomas,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nesbert Thomas of Patterson,
won first place in the district 4-H Club Dress Revue
Contest held at Rock Eagle last week. Frances is shown
here modeling the dress and gloves that won first place.
Keep up with the News
About .Your Home County
Subscribe for the Brantley
Enterprise, $2.50 a Year,
$3.00 Outside the County.
(Plus Sales Tax)
The Georgia-Florida tobacco
market will open Thursday, July
27, it was announced from the
office of Agriculture Commis
sioner Phil Campbell in Atlanta.
Mr. Campbell followed the ad
vice of the Georgia Tobacco Ad
visory Board and the decision was
concurred in by the Florida Farm
Commissioner.
The opening date gives the to
bacco farmers three more weeks
to pick and cure their leaf. The
crop is somewhat later than last
year in some areas and is also
somewhat less than last year, it
is believed.
Tobacco support prices by the
government is substantially the
same as last year.
Jaycees Coffee Break
1$ Great Success
The Jaycee Coffee Break Sat
urday night, July 1, was very
successful. 1200 cups of coffee
and 800 soft drinks were served.
The booth was operated on U-
S. 301 north from 8:00 P M. Sat
urday night until 5:00 A. M.
Sunday morning by one crew. The
Jaycees were showered with com
pliments from the motorists for
the “Southern Hospitality.”
The object of this project was
to prevent accidents, but the Jay
uees found thru out the night
that it also served as good pub
licity for Nahunta and Brantley
County. Approximately 675 ve
hicles containing approximately
2,000 passengers were stopped by
the Jaycees.
Frances Thomas
Wins Honor in
4-H Dress Revue
A Pierce county 4-H Club
member won district honors in the
annual 4-H Dress Revue contest
held at Rock Eagle last week.
Frances Thomas, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Nesbert Thomas of
Patterson, won top honors for her
tailored evening gown and gloves
to match, which she is shown
wearing in the picture below. The
award given for this honor is a
free trip to Rich’s in Atlanta for
the Fashion Convention, which
is sponsored by Rich’s July 31-
August 1. She will select her
materia], valued up to $25, at
Rich’s for the garment she will
make and compete with in the
State 4-H Congress held the last
week in August.
She will be accompanied to At
lanta by her mother and Mrs.
Georgia Jordan, County Home
Demonstration Agent.
