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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 35 Brantley County One of 29 Counties Selected in Soil Fertility Program Brantley County is one of the 29 counties over the state select ed to take part in a special Soil Fertility program this year be ing conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service, University of Georgia College of Agriculture. Primary aim of the Soil Fer tility program in this county is to focus attention on the use of the right kind and amount of fertilizer and lime for more profitable crop production. Be ginning this fall, the program will continue through late Spring. It will emphasize four basic steps to more farm profit through pro duction of increased per acre yields of basic crops. These steps are: (1) Soil Test; (2) Lime; (3) Mixed Fertilizer, and (4) Nitro gen. County Agent George A Loyd is the key man in the Soil Fer tility program for this county. He is being ably supported in his local emphasis by the Admin istration and Agronomists of the State Extension Staff. His pro gram also has full support of the Georgia Plant Food Educational Society. In order to succeed, our Coun ty Agent also will need full sup port and cooperation of not only the farmers who can benefit di rectly from following his recom mendations, but every citizen, business firm, and organization who believes that this county can prosper only as its agriculture prospers. Believing that the Soil Ferti lity program is one of the best opportunities ever offered the people of Brantley County for its overall progress and improve ment, we heartily endorse the the Fertility program and hereby pledge to County Agent Loyd our full support. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our appre ciation to everyone for their kindness in the death of our lov ed one, Mrs. Clara Dixon Ryals. Your sympathetic words, visits, your kindnesses to members of the family and the beautiful flowers leave memories we shall always treasure. The covered dishes were very helpful. We appreciate them so much. We pray God’s blessings on each of you. Sincerely, Mrs. Belle Dixon and family. IN MEMORY In loving memory of our Hus band and father James Kenneth Harris who was killed in an auto mobile accident coming home from work one year ago today August 26, 1960. There’s an open gate at the end of the road through which each must go alone. And there is a light we cannot see. Our Father claims His own; Beyond the gate my loved one Finds happiness and rest And there is comfort in the thought. That a loving God knows best. We miss you terribly. Your wife & children Gretchen, Janice, Kathy, Richard and Deborah HOME INJURIES Over 4,000,000 persons, or one out of every 44, were disabled one or more days by injuries re ceived in home accidents in 1960 in the United States. About 110,- 000 of these injuries resulted in some permanent impairment, ac cording to Miss Lucile Higgin botham, head of the Extension health department. Suit in Pierce County Court Will Ask Integrated School Fund Ban Two lawyers have begun a legal move seeking to block pay ment of state funds to integrated school systems in Georgia. Notice has been given Attor ney General Eugene Cook in a hearing before Judge Cecil Rod denberry that a suit will be filed in Pierce County Superior Court which would enjoin the State Board of Education from spend ing money on integrated schools in violation of the state constitu tion. , , , The hearing before Judge Roddenberry was held Monday afternoon in his chambers at Waycross. Attorneys Walter Cowart of Savannah and Robert L. Cork of Valdosta are instituting the in junction. They said they repre- Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Demonstrations to Be Held on Spelling And Literature A series of demonstrations and conferences will be held in the Brantley County Schools on Sept. 7-8 as a part of the school system’s in-service training pro gram. Mrs. Mable R. Moody, county school superintendent,. is in charge of the arrangements for the meetings on Spelling and lit erature. Miss Phyllis Carter, language arts consultant, will conduct the demonstrations and conferences. Miss Carter is an experienced teacher at the various elementary levels. She received her B. A. and M. A. Degrees in Elementary Education from Morehead State College, Morehead, Kentucky, and has done advanced work in reading at Columbia University. Henderson-Dell Brantley County friends of Miss Ann Henderson will be in terested to learn that she is to be married Thursday, Aug. 31, in the chapel at Trinity Methodist Church, Waycross. Her father, Mr. Jack Hender son of Nahunta, announced the engagement and forthcoming marriage last week. Miss Henderson is the daughter of Mr. Jack Henderson and the late Mrs. Jack Henderson of Na hunta. She is a graduate of Na hunta High School. Her fiance, Mr. Emory Earl Dell, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Loyd Dell Jr., of Waycross. All friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend the wedding Thursday night, Aug. 31, at seven o’clock. Brantley Singing Convention to Meet Sunday The Brantley County Singing Convention will meet at the courthouse in Nahunta Sunday, Sept. 3, at two o’clock in the af ternoon, it is announced by J. R- Proctor. The singing will continue until four o’clock in the afternoon. Everyone is invited to attend. Lottie Moon Circle Met Thursday Mrs. Ruby Herrin was hostess to the Lottie Moon Circle of the Nahunta Baptist Church W. M. U. at her home on Thursday Aug. 24. Mrs. Malva Alice Brown, chairman of the circle, was lead er of the program on the topic, “Focus of the Sunbeams’. She led the group in a general dis cussion on the topic. Present were Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Lillian Baxter, Mrs. Louise Drury, Mrs. Letha Tucker and Miss Mary Knox. Mrs. Herrin served coffee, soft drinks and cookies. Births Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edmunds announce the birth of a baby daughter on Aug. 22, weighing six pounds and two ounces. She has been named Denna Marie. sented various taxpayers whose names would be released later. They added that this was the first such action planned and that others would be filed in every congressional district of the state. Blackshear in Pierce county is the home of Lonnie E. Sweat, Bth District member of the State Board of Education. In the hearing Monday, the at torneys agreed to a request by Attorney General Cook that the hearing on the proposed restrain ing order be put off until Sept. 11 in the Ware county court house. Pierce County Clerk of Super ior Court said that no suit has actually yet been filed in his of fice on the case. Brantley Enterprise I 'll Ek (intuit Bia [ X Rfe Olli y. _ A ' TAKE A SAFETY BREAK AND STAY ALIVE’ Campaign to prevent holiday traffic accidents 'Operation Safety Break' Planned by Georgia Jaycees La Grange, Ga., — In an ef fort to help reduce traffic fatali ties over the up-coming Labor Day weekend, the Georgia Jun ior Chamber of Commerce has launched ‘Operation Safety Break.” The state-wide project will be aimed at cutting down driver fatigue by offering free refreshments at special refresh ment stands along all major high ways during the weekend. Giving a substantial push to the effort, Governor Vandiver has officially proclaimed September 1 through September 4 “Operation Safety Break” Weekend. In his proclamation the Gov ernor said that, “ . . . officials of the State of Georgia are de sirous of encouraging and as sisting (the Georgia Junior Chamber of Commerce) in its ef forts to reduce traffic deaths upon our highways.” He went on to encourage the “assistance and cooperation of all Georgians and all travelers upon the highways of our State to make a special effort to make this holiday week end free of all traffic fatalities.” Philip M. Avery of La Grange, this year’s Safety Break Chair man said that last year during the July 4th weekend about 95 Jay cees clubs throughout the state cooperated in the effort by set ting up stands supplied by Coca- Cola bottlers and manning them throughout the weekend. The program gained wide support through newspapers, radio and television stations which kept re minding motorists of the invi tation to “take a Safety Break” offered by the Jaycees. This year Avery reports that more than 100 of the 149 Jaycee clubs in the state will participate in the La bor Day project. State Jaycee President Clar ence Hise said that “We feel that if there is one less fatality on Georgia highways as a result of our efforts we will consider the project a great success.” In a letter to the state chair r man of Operation Safety Break, the Governor expressed his gratitude to the Georgia Jaycees for their continuing interest in highway safety. Operation Safety Break, origin ally conceived in 1955 in Ft. Val ley by the Jaycees there, has since spread not only throughout Georgia, but to a number of other states as well. Nahunta Post Office Is Air-Conditioned The Nahunta post office has been air-conditioned, it is an nounced by postmaster Parker Dodge. A 30,000 BTU unit has been installed in the post office. The unit was purchased through Moody Bros. Furniture Com pany of Nahunta and is large enough to give full air-condi tioning to the entire post office space. Reginald Driggers Wins Science Prize Reginald Driggers, a 10th grade student in Hoboken High School, has won a SIOO savings bond for writing an essay in a science contest. Reginald was the only Geor gia student to win a prize in the essay contest, which was nation wide among high school students and sponsored by a national cor poration. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 31, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRAN'rLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Personals Miss Barbara Cline of Somer ville, N. J. and Miss Nancy Woodring of Lancaster, Pa. were guests of Mrs. J. B. Lewis on Sunday. Mrs. Irene Hoffman left on Wednesday for her home in Mill stone, N. J. after spending ten day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis. Herschel M. Sloan, aviation electronics technician third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam A Sloan of Hortense is serving in the Pacific aboard air craft carrier USS Yorktown out of Long Beach, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Foerman and children, Frank Jr., Odetha and Paul have returned home from a vacation trip to Monticello, Indiana to visit relatives. They visited points of interest in At lanta and other places on their trip. Miss Betty Johns of Atlanta recently spent a week’s vacation with her mother, Mrs. Irene Johns of Hoboken. Mrs. Irene Johns had Mr. Bob Hursey of Boston, Mass, as a weekend guest. Betty Johns returned to At lanta Sunday, where she will start her senior year as a student nurse at Piedmont Hospital. Mrs. Irene Johns had as week end guest Mr. Robert Johns and family of Blackshear. Mrs. Johns and her visitors attended Pierce Chapel Homecoming Sunday. TIPS ARE GIVEN TO HELP AVOID DRIVER FAILURE “Driver failure” causes more accidents than anything else, Dr. Gerald M. Thomas, President, Georgia Optometric Association, reminded motorists as he gave some tips for a safer Labor Day Week-end. Because 90 per cent of driving decisions are based on sight, he listed some clues to more alert seeing on the highways, as fol lows: (1) Use your vision skills to de velop safe-driving habits. Let the eyes move. Look higher and fur ther ahead. (2) Compensate for vision de fects. For example, if you have poor side vision, look further to each side at intersections. (3) Because it takes time to see and then to act, allow enough time. Don’t drive too closely be hind other cars. (4) Never wear sunglasses at night. They reduce visibility. (5) Remember that night vision depreciates with age and if you are over 40 — slow down. Georgia Led South in Pulp and Paper Products Made in 1960 ATLANTA, GA. — The South’s pulp and paper manufacturing in dustry last year produced goods valued at a total of $4,335,000,000, according to figures contained in the 1961 Blue Book of Southern Progress. Georgia Jed the South with $615,000,000 pulp and paper pro ducts. The output value of the indus try amounted to approximately 5 per cent of the South’s total of $79,364,000,000 for all manufac turing operations. A further study of the Blue Book figures, which are based on data from the U. S. Census Bu reau, shows that the region’s pulp and paper industry has enjoyed a steady growth trend for the past two decades. The tabulation shows, for example, that in 1939 the value of the industry’s output was only Julian Jones Died Wednesday At Lake City Julian Jones, a former citizen of Brantley County, died early Wednesday morning, Aug. 30, in the Veterans Hospital at Lake City, Fla. Mr. Jones had been in the hos pital about two weeks, suffering from a stroke. He was a son of the late Elder and Mrs. Frank Jones of Lulaton. Funeral services will be held Friday morning, Sept. 1, at 10:00 o’clock at the Edo Miller Chapel. Burial will be in the Palmetto Cemetery in Brunswick. Survivors include five brothers, Chester, Joe and Wesley Jones of Belle Glade, Fla., Dan Jones, Na hunta, and Harley Jones of Nica ragua; four sisters, Mrs. Mamie Knox and Mrs. Emmie Newton of Nahunta, Mrs. Verdie Dotson of Brunswick and Mrs. Faye Jones of Jacksonville, Fla.; also his step-mother, Mrs. Cora Jones of Lulaton. Tobacco Sale Set for Douglas Wednesday Macon, Ga., August 28; Geor gia - Florida - Alabama tobacco growers today were advised that the final sale of the 1961 season will be held in Douglas, Georgia on Wednesday September 6. A full set of buyers plus gov ernment graders will return to Georgia for the sale. The final sale site will be the Planters Warehouse in Douglas, Georgia. Hickox HD Club Holds Family Night Meeting The Hickox Home Demonstra tion Club held its regular August Meeting August 25 at 7:30 P. M., with “Family Night” being held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al fred Thomas Jr. Everyone took part, in that they prepared bas kets of food to help with the oc casion. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brand and child ren, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hendrix, Sherry, Don and Julia Highsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald Hendrix and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Herrin and child ren, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Loyd and children, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Jones and child ren, Dr. and Mrs. Walker and children, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bo hanon and children, Mrs. Arthur Keene and children, Mr. and Mrs. Don Mathie and children, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Middleton and children, Sandra, David and Dale Jacobs, Mrs. Virginia Raul erson, and children, Mr. and Mrs. Bill White and children, and Bet ty Jean Turner. Also Mrs. Rush ing, mother of Mrs. Thomas was present along with the Thomas family. Terry Thomas gave his Demonstration on Tractor Main tenance, a 4-H project in which he will go to Atlanta to present to the 4-H Congress to be held there Aug. 29 through Sept. 1. Terry and Mr. Loyd are invit ed to be guests at a luncheon at the Dinkier Pl<za Hotel in At lanta on Thursday Aug. 31, spon sored by the American Oil Com pany. $318,000,000. The total soared to $1,443,000,000 in 1947 and had reached $2,966,000,000 by 1954 Subsequent expansion in the productive capacity of the pulp and paper industry, coupled with a tremendous upsurge in the var iety of and demand for its pro ducts, brought the output value total to the $4 335 billion figure in 1960. Currently, according to the Blue Book, there are 800 active establishments comprising the South’s pulp and paper manufac turing industry, and these em ploy a total of 146,000 persons. States covered by the Blue Book figures are Alabama, Ar kansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis sissippi, North Carolina, Okla homa, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Vir ginia, as well as the District of Columbia. Bus Drivers and Lunchroom Personnel Are Announced 1962 ASC Community Committees Elected Election returns from 3 county agricultural communities have been tabulated and approved by the county committee. Mr. George Dykes, Chairman of the Brant ley ASC County Committee an nounced today. The following were elected to serve on the ASC community committees for the following year: Hickox Community: George M. Johns, Chairman re-elected, W. M. Batten, Vice-chairman re elected, Louis Thrift, Regular Member re-elected, Joe Herrin, First Alternate re-elected, Riley Johns, Second Alternate re elected. Hoboken Community: J B. Carter, Chairman re-elected, Eus tis Griffin, Vice-chairman re elected, L. E. Dickerson, Regular Member re-elected, Owen Shu man, First Alternate re-elected, A. J. Hickox, Second Alternate new. Nahunta Community: Moultrie urdom, Chairman re-elected, A. L. Johnson, Regular Member re-elected, E. J. Wilson, First Al ternate new, James A. Herrin, Second Alternate re-elected. The elected chairman of the committees will serve as dele gates to the county convention to be held August 31, to elect an ASC County Committee Chair man, Vice-chairman, a third member and two alternates. Both county and community committeemen will take office on September 1. PULPWOOD PRODUCTION Pulpwood production in Geor gia in 1960 showed a four per cent increase over 1959. Most of this increase was due to the use of chips produced by sawmills and other forest industries, re ports Extension Forestry Market ing Specialist C. Nelson Bright well. There were more forest tree seedlings, a total of 91,285,146, planted and distributed in Flori da by the pulp and paper in dustry and suppliers during the 1960-61 season than in any other Southern state. Georgia was se cond, with 78,761,200, and Ala bama third, with 50,724,245. HERMAN TALMADGE Reports From WASHINGTON f I H—w ■ "*■ -sa THE FACT THAT the so called “liberals” come back ses sion after session with their schemes to stifle freedom of de bate in the Senate is proof that their purpose far transcends a mere revision of Senate rules. They maintain that the Senate must be put under a gag rule to ! i rammed through two such force bills since 1957—0ne under a rule more stringent than the present formula for shutting off debate. They also contend that unlimited debate in the Senate must go because it imperils de mocracy and thwarts the wishes of the majority. That argument ignores the historical truth that the very purpose of free debate in the Senate is to provide a re straint upon the abuses of un bridled majority rule and, even more important, to protect the rights of the nation’s minorities. THE ISSUE HAS ramifica tions which go to the very heart of our form of government and was characterized by the Satur day Evening Post as one of “whether or not a majority in Congress shall be able to force into law proposals which are not accepted as valid by a consider able number of states.” In reality it must be recog nized as part of the continuing attack which seeks to centralize more and more power in Wash ington and to make big govern ment bigger and less responsive (Vol prepared or printed at government expense) Keep up with the New* About Your Home County Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Working personnel of the coun ty schools, including bus drivers, lunchroom workers and custo dians, has been announced by Mrs. Mable Moody, county school superintendent. The various workers are as follows: Hoboken Lunchroom Person nel: Grace Dryden, Mamie Ed wards, and Lanie Shuman. Hoboken Bus Drivers: Clifford Easterling, Lester Gunter, George Lee, Percy Aldridge, Melvie Ho well, Eustis Griffin, and Floyd Lee. Hoboken Custodian: Brooker Thornton. Hortense Lunchroom Person nel: Maggie Eldridge and Mrs. Math Rowell. Hortense Custodian: John Buckley. Nahunta Grammar School Lunchroom Personnel: Idelle Her rin, Manager; Gladys Herrin, Vera DePratter, Doris Lake, Pearl Chancey. Nahunta Grammar Custodian: AJma Griffin. Nahunta High Lunchroom Per sonnel: Juanita Allen, Manager; Gertie Lynn, Lavita Crews, and Florie Crews. Nahun 4 ,T ’ ’ r’ v- on Turner. Hortense and Nahunta Bus Drivers: Silas Rowell, Joe Her rin, Arris Lee, Elisha Little, Charlie Davis, Ethel Higginbo tham, Hilton Morgan, Virgil Ro well, Ralph Herrin, Aress John son, Emory Morgan. Colored Bus Drivers: John Eas ton, and Jesse Williams. Quartet to Sing At Satilla Church Friday, Sept. Bth The Favorite Melody Quartet of Macon, Ga., will sing at the Satilla Baptist Church Friday night, September 8, beginning at 8:00 P. M., P. U. Rozier an nounces. Three members of the quartet are in wheelchairs. There will be no admission charged, but an offering will be taken during the service to de fray the expense of the visiting singers. The public is cordially invited to attend this singing service. to the will of the people. It would promote that end by de stroying the Senate as an unique institution of government de signed by the founding fathers as the repository of state sover eignty on the national level. Further weakening of the Sen ate rule governing limitation of debate would be a signal for fur ther assaults on the seniority system and other Senate safe guards which have given stabil ity and responsibility to the Senate. The shape of things which would be sure to come were seen earlier this year in the threats which were made against committee chairmen in the Senate who were in honest disagreement with portions of the platform on which the pres ent National Administration was elected. make possible the passage of force legisla tion in the field of civil rights. That contention will not stand up because the Senate has THE SENATE IS being sub jected to a subtle erosion which, if allowed to continue unchecked, will undermine it as the key stone institution of our republi can form of government and turn it into a parliamentary wasteland in which all opposi tion will be trampled and gagged by impatient and arrogant ma jorities of one. Americans concerned about the future should hope and pray that further debate on this issue will awaken the Senate to the urgent necessity of giving at least as much attention to put ting an end to the erosion of constitutional government as it already has given to programs to prevent and combat the ero sio’.i of our soil.