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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. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 36 Soil Fertility Is Important To One and All If you’re a homemaker, office worker, tradesman, or merchant it’s hard to think of “soil fertili ty” as something that affects you. But it does, sooner or later, be cause much of our county and state prosperity is based on soil fertility. If you’re in business with things to sell or buy, soil fertili ty affects you directly. Poor soils mean low income to farmers because they’re un able to produce their crops at an economical cost. Rich, fertile soils can mean high income to farmers because they’re able to grow crops more economically. Suppose, for example, you sell cars or farm machinery. A farm er needs a car, or a new tractor, but he is unable to buy it. He may have his crops on infertile soils. That’s an old story — but it can be changed. Soil fertility is not wholly the concern of the farmer. It is no less the concern of the homemaker and of the man who works in the office, factory or store. In short, it’s your concern. Rich soils can mean more cars, better homes, better schools, fin er churches, and higher incomes in Brantley County. The Soil Fertility Program currently un derway in this county can have a real meaning for you. It can mean more dollars in your poc ket. Hortense PTA Meets Wednesday The Hortense Parent-Teachers Association will meet at the schoolhouse Wednesday after noon, Sept. 13, at 3:30 o’clock, it is announced by Mrs. W. J. Ro well, publicity chairman. Everyone interested in the Hortense school and its progress is urged to attend all meetings of the PTA. Legal Notice CITATION Georgia, Brantley County. To all creditors and all other interested persons in the estate of David Tillman Rowell, de ceased: You are hereby required to show cause before the Court of Ordinary to be held at the Court house in said County on the First Monday on October, next, why the petition of R. T. Rowell, an heir at law of the said David Tillman Rowell, setting out that the said David Tillman Rowell died intestate a resident of Brantley County, Georgia, and that the said estate owes no debts other than as set out in the petition, and that the heirs at law of the said deceased have agreed upon a division of the said estate, and praying for an order finding that no administra tion upon the said estate is neces sary, should not be granted and order entered. This 1 day of September 1961. |s|Claude A. Smith Ordinary. Ben A. Hodges, Attorney Waycross, Georgia 9-28 Lions Elect International President Per Stahl of Eskilstuna. Swe den. was elected International President of Lions International at the Association's 44th Annual Convention in Atlantic City. Lions International, with 620,000 members in 112 countries or re gions. is the world’s largest serv ice club organization. Lions International 5s best known for its many youth pro grams, community service proj ects, sight conservation activities and aid to the blind. Last year Lions Clubs around the globe completed more than 200,000 in dividual community service proj ects. Mary Marie Knox Funeral Service Held Thursday Little Mary Marie Knox, 6 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Knox of San Diego, California, passed away in San Diego on Friday, August 25. In addition to the parents, sur vivors include the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Pilot of San Diego, California, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Knox of Folkston. Several aunts, uncles and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Thursday morning, August 31, at 10:30 o’clock from the graveside in Knox Cemetery with Elder W. L. Carter conducting the rites in the presence of a number of sor rowing relatives and friends. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. Bridal Shower Honors Miss Lee A bridal shower honoring Miss Edna Grace Lee was the oc casion at the REA Building on Thursday, Aug. 31. The hostesses were Mrs. Oscai Strickland, Mrs. T. H. Purdom, Mrs. I. J. Crews, Mrs. Marvin Robinson, Mrs. Marvene Altman and Mrs. Beaulah Hickox. Present were Mesdames George Steedley, Lizzie Highsmith, Jim Herrin, Ruth Chambless, Cecil Moody, Bill Harris, O. S. Moody, Ebb Morgan, Norris Strickland, Edward Chancey, Virgil Rowell, Jesse Lee, Cecil Thomas, Allan Barnard, Virgil Strickland, J. B. Lewis, Avery Strickland, Harry Smith, Shirley Howard, Annie Raulerson, Betty Rowell, Myrtis Smith, Dewey Lee, Clint Robin son, Collis Highsmith, J. E. Har ris, Lawson Dubose, Johnnie Cle land, E. L. Sears, Dorothy Mae Steedley, Ann Prescott, Oliver Pearson, and Mrs. Lant Pearson. Misses Lillie Ruth Thomas, Ar lene Strickland and Margaret Crews. Livestock Owners Asked to Watch For Screwworms Georgia livestock owners are being urged to watch for signs of the screwworm and to report any cases of screwworm-infested livestock to their county agents immediately. No cases of screwworm have been found in the state in the last two years, but a recent case in Florida has intensified the lookout for them, according to Dr. C. R. Jordan, head of the en tomology department of the Uni versity of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service. Dr. Jordan said the screw worms were found in a two-week old pig in June in Holmes Coun ty, Florida, about 45 miles from the Georgia border and about six miles from the Alabama bor der. These were the first screw worm larvae found in a Florida farm animal since June 1959. Screwworm flies have been known to migrate as far as 35 miles in a week, the entomolo gist said. Release of male flies sterilized by irradiation with radioactive cobalt rid the southeastern Unit ed States of the insect pest in 1958-59. Sterilized male flies mate with native female flies, which produce eggs that do not hatch. Release of sterile flies was re sumed in the Florida county im mediately after the case was de tected last month, and other era dication operations were intensi fied in the area. How the present infestation got into Florida is unknown, but every effort is being made to trace its origin, Dr. Jordan said. He pointed out that the alert ness of A. J. McKinnon, owner of the infested pig, and of agricul tural workers in the area made possible quick action on the pre sent infestation. Dr. Jordan emphasized that quick detection is of extreme im portance in halting any recur rence of the past that once cost southeastern livestock owners a bout S2O million a year. He urged animal owners to watch their animals closely, and to submit any suspected larvae in alcohol or water to their county agent. Unless specimens have been positively identified, no prompt decision can be made as to the need for release of sterile flies. Brantley Enterprise Nahunta Baptists To Start Revival Monday, Sept. 11 Revival services will begin at Nahunta Baptist Church Monday, Sept. 11, to continue through Sun day night, Sept. 17, it is announc ed by the pastor Rev. Cecil Thomas. Rev. Floyd T. Jenkins, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Jesup, will be the visiting evangelist. Services will be held twice daily, at 9:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M., ex cept in regular time Sunday at 11:00 A. M. and 8:00 P. M. A special singing service will be held each night, with Miss Carolyn Higginbotham and Mr. Chester Poole leading. The children’s choir will meet each night at 7:15. The Sunday school will have charge of the prayer services each evening at 7:15, with the various departments meeting in their rooms. Pastor Thomas states that he and the entire church member ship extend a special invitation to all the people of this section to attend all the services. Personals Mrs. Irven Crews and her guests, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hor vath of Jacksonville visited Mrs. W. E Walker and family in Brox ton for the weekend. Mrs. James Griner and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Siegel spent last week end in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Wain Brooker of Athens are visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Brooker and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hendrix for a week. Wain is a senior at the University of Ga. He was recently pledged to the Phi Kappa Phi fraternity. Mrs. Brooker is employed at the Pharmacy school. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Falls and daughter are visiting friends and relatives for a week. Mrs. Claroline Pulliam, Mr. and Mrs. Bell Pulliam and daughter spent the weekend with Mrs. J. B. Kelly of Atkinson. Mrs. L. J. Freeman of Day ton, Ohio is visiting her son, Mr. Bill Parks and family and Mrs. Joe L. Strickland. Mrs. Floye Landry of Miami is spending this week visiting rela tives in Brantley County. Mr. Lacy Wildes of Bonair, Ga., visited relatives and friends in Brantley County the past week end. He returned home Tuesday. Mrs. Huey Ham and little Kathy, her fifteen months old daughter, arrived at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morgan on Sunday, Aug. 3 from Germany where she has been with her husband, SP-5 Huey Ham for two and one half years. Kathy was born in Germany. Mrs. Ham will leave Aug. 21 for Athens, Ga. to attend the Univer sity for six months when she will receive her degree. Mrs. Eula Ellis and Mrs. Huey Ham were those attending the burial of Mr. Gordon Highsmith, an uncle, who died at his home in Miami. The burial was Wed nesday at Lyons, Ga. Fish Both Sides St. Marys River State Game and Fish Commis sion has reached an agreement with Florida officials concerning fishing on the St. Marys River, it is .announced by Ranger A. M. Rowell. Georgia residents can fish on either bank of St. Marys River with only Georgia fishing li censes and Florida residents can fish on either bank, with only Florida licenses. The dove season will open Sept. 15, through Oct. 14, for the first open season. The second open season will be from Dec. 7 through Jan. 15. Marsh hen season opens Sept. 20 and extends through Nov. 28, Ranger Rowell stated. Contract Let For Paving Brantley Road Contract for paving 5.858 miles of road on the Brantley-Glynn county line has been let to A. L. Perkins Company of Newington, Ga., it is announced by the State Highway Board Chairman, Jim Gillis. The road extends from Federal Highway 84 to State Route 32 on the eastern boundary of Brantley iCcunty. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, September 7, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA BACK TO SCHOOL Remember your first day of school ? Probably not, but we should remember schools zones, says Carol Lane, women’s travel director of Shell Oil Company and sponsor of the National Safety Council’s Carol Lane Awards for Traffic Safety. 1,000,000 Georgia school children will be depending on your caution to protect their safety. Raybon Advent Church To Begin Revival Monday Night The Raybon Advent Christian Church will begin a revival meet ing Monday night, Sept. 11, to continue through Sunday night, Sept. 11, to continue through Sun day night, Sept. 17, it is announc ed by Albert Purdom, church clerk. Rev. Silas B. Aldridge will be the evangelist. If you like good singing and good preaching, be sure to attend these services. The song service will begin each night at 7:45. Homecoming Day will be ob served Sunday, Sept. 17, with an all-day service and dinner on the church grounds. Everyone is invited to attend all the services. Brantley School Enrollment Totals 1674 Enrollment in Brantley County schools totaled 1674 on Tuesday, Sept. 5, it is announced by Mrs. Mable Moody, county school superintendent. Enrollment for the several schools was as follows: Hoboken School 480 Nahunta High School 467 Nahunta Elementary 425 Hortense Elementary .... 153 Nahunta Colored School . 149 The above figures do not in clude colored high school students attending school in Waycross. Some Subscribers Will Get Only One More Paper About 100 Enterprise subscrip tions expired in August and a bout 50 of them have already renewed. But about 50 subscriptions have neglected to respond to our card of notification and have not re newed their subscriptions. These 50 subscribers will re ceive one more paper, next week, and then we will have to remove their names from our list, UNLESS WE RECEIVE RENEWALS. We regret very much to have to remove any subscriber’s name from our list but our system is set up in such away that we cannot continue expired subscrip tions more than two weeks. PLEASE LET US HAVE YOUR RENEWAL NOW. On July 1, the 26 major cattle feeding states had 5,752,000 head on feed —a two percent increase over the number on feed a year ago, reports Extension Livestock Specialist Harold Clum. Bethlehem Cemetery Will Be Cleaned The Bethlehem Cemetery near Hickox will be cleaned off Tues day, Sept. 12, it is announced by Mr. Cecil Highsmith. Everyone interested in Bethle hem Cemetery will please come to the cemetery Tuesday and bring lawn mowers, and other tools for cleaning off the burial giounds. Church of God Fellowship Meeting At Waynesville The Church of God near Waynesville will hold a district Fellowship Meeting Monday night, Sept. 11, it is announced by Rev. Loyd Davis, the pastor. Church of God congregations and leaders of the entire district are expected to be present. Every one is invited to attend. Extension Agents Take Civil Defense Information Duties The Georgia Cooperative Ex tension Service has assumed re sponsibility for a rural defense information program to help farm people and others in rural areas prepare for and protect themselves and crops and live stock in case of enemy attack. Extension Director W. A. Sut ton made the announcement this week, following an agreement with the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization and the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. “The country’s food supply and continued production ability would be vital to survival of our nation if ever attacked,” Director Sutton pointed out. “Farmers have a responsibility both to themselves and to the nation to be informed about how .an attack would endanger their livestock, crops and continued production as well as their families. They need to know so they can take all practical preparedness steps now and be ready for fast emergency action if needed.” County agricultural and home demonstration agents, as a part of their educational work, will make additional effort to bring to gether the facts and help rural groups and individuals under stand the implications and prac tical preparedness steps, he said. They will have the latest De partment of Agriculture and Civil Defense bulletins on radio active fallout on the farm, bio logical warfare against livestock and crops, food stockpiles and other problems. They will carry out the rural defense information program in close cooperation with State Civil Defense officials and USDA state and county emergency planning committees. Requests for information about rural defense that have been go ing to OCDM can now be sent to or discussed with County Exten sion agents, Director Sutton said. Okefenoke Co- Meeting to Be ASC County Committeemen Are Elected Results of the Brantley ASC County Committee Elections held this year show that George Dykes of Nahunta was elected chair man, Neil W. Hendrix of Hickox vice-chairman and Donald F. Stevens of Hoboken as member. Henry G. Lee and Owen Pres cott of Hoboken were elected al ternates. Dykes, Hendrix, Prescott and Lee were re-elected. Stevens is new. All of the committeemen are farmers engaged in general farm ing growing tobacco, corn and other row crops as well as pas ture, livestock, poultry and etc. All of committeemen have been farming all their adult life and are familiar with the farm pro grams and problems in the coun ty. Crews^Ro^i^ Mr. and Mrs. Charlu 1 . of Hortense announce the en gagement and approaching mar riage of their daughter, Martha Ann Crews, to Leroy Wendol Rozier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Per ry Rozier of Hortense. Miss Crews and Mr. Rozier will marry Sunday afternoon, October first, at 3:30 P. M. Vows will be exchanged in the Hortense Con gregational Methodist Church. A reception will be held fol lowing the ceremony at the cou ple’s future home in Hortense. Formal invitations will not be issued, but all friends and rela tives are cordially invited to the ceremony and reception. The bride and bridegrooui-etoct were graduated from Nahunta High School, Nahunta. RAISED PLANTERS A raised planter has several advantages in landscaping a home: It gives permanency to de sign lines, it gives better control of soil, moisture and fertilizer, and it makes weed control easier than in open ground, according to T. G. Williams, Extension lands cape specialist. — ’ HERMAN TALMADGE I'^ ifgeporfs From I I|asH/NGTON I BLU I * ^4 THE PERSON or persons who selected the gambling casino at Punta del Este, Uruguay, as the site of the recent Inter-Ameri can Economic and Social Con erence must have had a pervert ed sense of humor. While the hosts tactfully moved out the roulette wheels I forth e meet ing, the dele ; gates could not I have d one a I more thorough j job of taking ( Uncle Sam to j the cl ean er s with them. In I fact, he turned out to be such a willing sucker that the jackpot of “at least S2O billion” put up by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon to finance the so-called Alliance for Progress in Latin America was far bigger than that for which most of them had dared hope. According to the ultra-liberal Washington Post which is an apologist for bigger foreign giveaways, the only reason the ante was not raised higher was that “Dillon doesn’t want to sound as if he is aping Castro” who two years ago called on the United States to put up S3O bil lion for just such an under taking. THE SUPREME irony of it all is that the American people thus were committed by an ap pointed Cabinet member to foot the bill for a 10-year program of social and economic reform in the Western Hemisphere at the very same time that their elected Representatives in Con gress were emphatically refus ing President Kennedy’s request for authority to make such for- (Kot prefiared 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 Sale* Tax) op Membership Held Saturday The annual membership meet ing of Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation will be held at the Nahunta High School gym, Saturday, Sept. 9 beginning at 10:00 A. M. Registration wir! begin at 9:00 A. M. During the business meeting reports concerning the operation and financial condition of the co operative will be given. Three directors will be elected to serve for the next three yars. Mr. Walter Harrison, manager, Georgia Electric Membership Cor poration and one of Georgia's outstanding speakers, will be the main speaker of the day. The Brantley County School Band, under the direction of Prof. Chester Poole, will entertain during the registration hour. A free movie will be provided for the children. The prize drawing where 30 to 40 prizes will be given to lucky members should provide a high point of the program. The grand prize will be an electric dryer given by Okefenoke REMC and the reserve grand prize will be a I|3 H. P. water pump. Electrical appliance dealers and distributors from the area •viP bp-* displays showing their invite chanaise Okefenoke REMC is a non-pro fit corporation owned by the 5,000 members it serves in Brant ley, Charlton, Camden, Glynn, Wayne and Ware Counties, Geor gia and Nassau, Duval and Bak er Counties, Florida. Everyone is invited. Make this the most successful meeting ever by your presence. Hickox Baptist Church to Hold Revival Meeting The Hickox Baptist Church will begin a revival meeting Monday night, Sept. 11, it is an nounced by John I. Lee. Rev. Clyde Thomas will be the evangelist preacher. Rev. Mar vin Smith is the pastor. Services will be held each night at 7:45. The meeting will continue through Sunday, Sept. 17. eign aid commitments on a mere five-year basis. e Since the Dillon pledge was written into the charter signed at the conclusion of the Confer ence, the question is raised as to whether it will have the effect of a binding treaty obligation beyond the control of Congress. The Supreme Court already has held that executive agreements entered into by the President, although they do not come be fore the Senate for ratification, have the force and effect of treaties. This is a flagrant example of the degree to which the Ameri can people have lost control over the manner in which their tax dollars are spent through execu tive and judicial usurpation of the authority of Congress. THE STATED objectives of the Alliance for Progress are to eliminate unemployment, in crease wages, raise living stand ards, build decent houses, wipe out illiteracy, end inflation, sta bilize agriculture and trade and stimulate private enterprise. Those are worthy goals and a case for helping Latin Ameri cans attain them could perhaps be made if they already had been achieved in the United States and this nation were not saddled with a public debt great er than all other countries com bined. But to persist in giving away money we do not have to do for people in other countries what we cannot or are unwilling to do for our own citizens here at home is to indulge in the in sanity of committing national suicide by slow strangulation. e mer hem.