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VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 45
Nahunta Wildcats
Win from Darien
And Hoboken
Friday night, Nov. 3, the Na
hunta High Wildcats boys edged
Darien 38-32 in the last game of
a basketball doubleheader.
The Wildcats trailed one point
at half time, were even going
into the last quarter, and came
on to win by six. It was a team
effort with scoring evenly divid
ed. Maxie Herrin, Jerry Rowell,
and Ronald Drury had 13, 10, and
10 points respectively.
Tuesday night, Nov 7, Nahun
ta boys edged Hoboken 33-32 in
a contest between county teams.
It was a team effort that won
for Nahunta. Scoring was evenly
divided among Ronald Drury,
Ronald Patton, Jerry Rowell,
Maxie Herrin, Cullas Wilson, and
Roger Chancey.
The Nahunta Boys meet St.
George there Friday night, Nov.
10.
Coach Joe Murray
Funeral Services
Held Monday for
Mrs. Frances Allison
Mrs. Frances Mcßae Allison,
age 55, died following surgery in
a Jacksonville, Fla. hospital Fri
day afternoon, Nov. 3.
Mrs. Allison was employed by
the Ware County Board of Edu
cation and was a .member of the
Wacona Elementary School fa
culty. She had previously taught
school in Blackshear as well as
in Florida.
A resident of Waycross for the
past few months, Mrs. Allison
was a native of Lexington, Ky.,
but was reared in Blackshear and
lived here most of her life. Her
parents were the late Mr. and
Mrs. C Hampton,and Elliott Bax
ter Mcßae.
She was a member of the
Blackshear Presbyterian Church.
A graduate of Brenau College
at Gainesville with a major in
music, she also did post-graduate
work at Auburn, University of
Georgia, and New York Univer
sity. She taught piano for a num
ber of years and was a member
of the Waycross Civic Music As
sociation. She was also accom
plished in art and drama.
Mrs. Allison is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Allison
Baierl, St. Louis, Mo.; one
brother, Elliott Hampton Mcßae,
Melbourne, Fla.; two uncles,
Munday Baxter, Daytona Beach,
Fla., and J. G. Mcßae, Sebring,
Fla.; one niece, Mrs. Albert C.
Blythe, Waycross.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 2:00 P. M- at
the Blackshear Presbyterian
Church with the Rev. Jack Ward
and Dr. H. D. Brown officiating.
Interment was in Oakland Ceme
tery in Waycross.
Pallbearers were Alvin Ward,
Alvin Ratliff, J. B. Hendry, J. L.
Dixon, Frank Mayo, Monroe Wat
ers. Dr. Spence Tally and Dr. W.
A. Hendry.
Darling Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Funeral Services
Held Saturday for
Mrs. Lizzie Manning
Mrs. Lizzie Rooks Manning, 93,
died Thursday at the home of
her son in Waycross following
a short illness.
A native of Wayne county, she
had lived in the Trudy section of
Brantley county for 86 years. She
had been living in Waycross for
the past seven years and was a
member of the Satilla Baptist
Church in Hortense.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’-
clock at the Satilla Baptist
Church in Hortense. Interment
was in the Hortense Cemetery.
Officiating ministers were the
Rev. H. Lester Dixon and the
Rev. Alvin Williamson.
Pallbearers were R. L. Man
ning, Harold Manning, Dan Man
ning, Albert Manning. Edward
Taylor and C. L. Smith.
Survivors are two sons. David
Manning. Waycross. Wcrd Man
ning Ludowici; 12 grandchild
ren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Darling Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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&er 11-9
Noah Thomas Harris
Funeral Service
Was Held Friday
Mr. Noah Thomas Harris, 83.
of Nahunta passed away early
Thursday afternoon, Nov. 2, fol
lowing a brief illness, at the re
sidence of his daughter, Mrs. W.
A. Cleland, with whom he made
his home.
Mr. Harris was born in Charl
ton county and was the son of
the late Evan B. and Julia Wain
right Harris. He received his
education in the schools of Charl
ton county and from early man
hood until retirement, due to de
clining health, had engaged in
farming. He had been a resident
of Nahunta for the past 11 years.
In addition to Mrs. Cleland,
Mr. Harris is survived by two
other daughters, Mrs. George
Steedley and Mrs. Seward Steed
ley, both of Nahunta; two sons,
W. B. Harris and I. C. Harris,
both of Nahunta; two sisters,
Mrs. Verdie Rowell and Mrs.
Minnie Dowling, both of Nahunta.
17 grandchildren, 13 great
grandchildren, several nieces,
nephews and other relatives also
survive.
Funeral services were held
from the graveside at Smyrna
Cemetery Friday afternoon. Nov.
3, at 4:30 o’clock, with the Rev.
Cecil F. Thomas conducting the
rites in the presence of a large
number of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Harry DePratter, Cecil
Moody, J. T. Royster, Clint Rob
inson, George Dykes, and W. L.
White.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the high es
teem felt for Mr. Harris.
The family have the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of. Nahunta was in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Lynn McDonald
Funeral Service
Was Held Friday
Funeral service for Mrs. Susie
Lynn McDonald, who died Thurs
day at her home near Nahunta,
were held Friday afternoon at the
Raybon Advent Christian Church
in Brantley County.
Officiating were the Rev. Cecil
Thomas and the Rev. Harold Al
dridge, with interment in Rob
Lewis cemetery.
Pallbearers were Moultrie Pur
dom, W. B. Willis, Elroy Strick
land, C. R. Lynn, Kenneth Willis,
and Albert Purdom.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by one son, Joe McDonald,
Nahunta; one brother, R. B. Lynn,
Nahunta; one grandson, Hugh
McDonald, Nahunta; one grand
daughter, Mrs. C. Y. Delgado, Ti
tusville, Fla., two great-grand
daughters, Maria and Carol Ann
Delgado, Titusville, Fla.
Postmaster Gives
Information
About Mailing
The United States Post Offices
will observe two national Holi
days during the month of No-
I vember. The first will be Satur
day Nov. 11, Veterans Day. The
second will be Thanksgiving
I Day, Nov. 23, which as usual
comes on a Thursday.
The general delivery window
at the Nahunta Office will be
open from 8.00 A. M. to 8:30 A.
M. and from 4:00 to 4:30 P. M.
on these holidays for stamp sales
and delivery of mail only. No
money business will be transact
ed, nor will the rural routes be
operated. Mail deposited in the
Post Office by 4:30 P. M- will be
dispatched as usual.
Mail your Christmas packages
for overseas delivery by Nov. 15
regular surface mail and by Dec.
10 for Air Mail. Consult your
local post office for details on
custom declarations weight limi
tations, etc.
A special message will be put
out within the next two weeks
regarding the preparations for
domestic cards and packages for
Christmas delivery.
E. Parker Dodge
Postmaster,
Nahunta, Ga.
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Brantley Enterprise
HAPPY REUNION — J. Russell Walker, center, missing for 45 days, returned
home to his family Sunday. Greeting him are, left to right, a daughter, Mrs. La
mar Walker; his wife, Mrs. Walker; and another daughter, Mrs. Julia Bargeron.
(Hendry Studio photo.)
Blackshear Man Home;
Was Missing 45 Days
J. Russell Walker of Black
shear, missing since Sept. 21, re
turned home Sunday.
Mr. Walker, object of a wide
spread search for 45 days, re
ported to his family and police
officers that he had suffered a
loss of memory and came to him
self in Bainbridge Sunday morn
ing.
He also told of picking up a
hitchhiker who forced him to
drive toward Augusta, Ga., where
his pickup truck was later
found.
Mr. Walker said he came to
himself Sunday while sitting on
a city park bench in Bainbridge.
He said he found a few dollars
in his pocket. He caught a ride to
Albany with a man and his son,
and took a Trail.ways bus into
Waycross, from where he called
his family.
Mrs. Russell Walker was over
joyed at the return of her hus
band, as were other members of
the Walker family. “You just
don’t know how happy we are,”
she said.
Walker verified the fact that
he cashed a check for SSOO at the
Peoples Bank in Blackshear,
which he intended paying to El
dridge Construction Co. in Way
cross.
The 48-year-old Blackshear
carpenter and contractor said
that as he passed the Pierce Coun
ty Pulpwood Company yard at
Blackshear, he stopped to pick
up a hitchhiker, who he thought
he knew. However, the hitchhiker
proved to be a stranger.
Further down the road, Mr.
Walker said, the man pulled out
a gun, described as dark and like
a .25 automatic. He described the
man as about 25 years old, weigh
ing about 150 pounds, and being
about five feet, eight inches tall.
He was said to have been wear
ing khaki pants, tan sport shirt
and a light jacket, and had dark
hair and a dark complexion.
Mr. Walker said he was order
ed to turn off at Linden Drive
in Waycross and go out U. S. 1.
They drove on towards Alma,
Baxley and towards Augusta, he
said.
Ordered to drive off a side
road, apparently in the Augusta
area, Walker said the hitchhiker
I told him to turn around and the
man took a tool from the truck’s
tool chest. That was the last thing
he remembered, Mr. Walker stat
ed.
i GBI Agent Johnny L. Dixon
said a doctor’s examination did
not reveal a wound which could
have been inflicted from a lick
on the head, however.
During the 45 days that Mr.
Walker was missing, the GBI,
Pierce county sheriffs depart
ment officers, State Patrol and
National Guardsmen, as well as
relatives and friends, joined in
the search for the missing man.
His pickup truck was found on
an Augusta street three days af
ter his disappearance.
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 9, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
New Paving of Nahunta Streets
Started Monday with State Aid
Contractors have started pav
ing about a mile and one-seventh
of Nahunta streets.
The work is being paid for by
the state, under a contract let
through the Brantley County
commissioners. The county was
required to grade the streets and
the state is paying for the pav
ing.
Streets to be paved are as fol
lows: from Highway 84 at the
telephone exchange north to
Highway 301; Bacon Street from
the old jail and across 301 to
Florida Street; from Highway 84,
at Five Points, to Atlantic Ave
nue, usually called Railroad
Street; also, around the new high
school building and gymnasium
and around the jail on the court
house grounds.
The exact total of .mileage to
be paved is 1.141 miles, accord
ing to R. B. Brooker, chairman
of the county commissioners.
Personals
James C. Proctor, son of
Charles E. Proctor of Nahunta,
was graduated from recruit
training, Oct. 13, at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes,
111.
Mrs. Mary L. Byrd of Route 1,
Nahunta, will celebrate her 69th
birthday Sunday, Nov. 12. She
will be given a birthday dinner
at her home and will be at home
to her friends all day.
Carol DeLon Tucker, small
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Tucker, who suffered a broken
leg last week, is back from the
hospital and is convelescing at
home.
Mrs. Lee Herrin and Mrs. J. B
Lewis attended the Garden Club
in Patterson on Nov. 1. Mrs. Lew
is judged 25 arrangements of dri
ed material.
Mr. W. T. Miller of Waynes
ville fell from his trailer house
on Saturday night and suffered
a broken shoulder. He is a pat
ient in a Brunswick hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Lewis of
Wellsboro, Penn, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Lewis two days last
week.
Mr. Randle Lee who under
went surgery two weeks ago in
Memorial Hospital in Savannah
is home for a few days. He will
return later for further treat
ment.
Why wait for business? Want
ads will channel it to you.
Want ads may look insignifi
cant. but they do a BIG job of
selling.
High School PTA
To Meet Monday
The Nahunta High School
P. T. A. will meet on Monday,
Nov. 13, at the High School Cafe
teria at 8:00 P. M.
Miss Virleen Strickland will
have charge of the program “Do
You Know Your School’s Testing
and Guidance Program?”
This is an important phase of
school activities and it is hoped
that all parents will take advan
tage of this opportunity to be
come better informed about the
way it is carried out in our
school.
Rep. Blitch Asks
Acreage Increase
For Leaf Farmers
Congresswoman Iris Blitch of
Georgia’s Eighth District has ask
ed the Department of Agriculture
for an increase in acreage allot
ments for flue-cured tobacco
farmers.
In a communication to Secre
tary of Agriculture Orville Free
man, dated November 3, 1961,
Rep. Blitch said, “After traveling
through the agricultural areas of
my district for the past month
and talking to many of our farm
ers, I am more concerned than
ever about the many problems
which they constantly face. To
bacco growers, most of them
with very small tobacco acreage
allotments, find it difficult to op
erate their farms with even a
small profit.
It is my opinion that commodi
ties on hand are at a level now
that would safely permit some in
crease in tobacco acreage allot
ments.”
Rep. Blitch pointed out that
“Georgia’s record of storage in
the Stabilization Corporation i:
extremely low since the farmers
of the state produce the finest
flue-cured tobacco that is grown.”
The U. S. Representative urged
Secretary Freeman to give “sym
pathetic consideration to an in
crease in tobacco acreage allot
ments in an effort to give our
farmers a brighter outlook on the
future.”
Brantley High Schools Being
Re-evaluated by Committee
Nahunta Garden Club
Holds Workshop on
Christmas Decorations
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson and
Mrs. A. S. Mizell were hostesses
to the Nahunta Garden Club on
Tuesday afternoon at the Red
Pig Restaurant. Mrs. Lee Herrin
presided over the meeting.
The theme of the program was
a workshop on making Christmas
Arrangements. Several arrange
ments were made.
Pumpkin pie, tea, coffee and
nuts were served.
Present other than mentioned
were; Mrs. Dorothy Graham, Mrs.
Dan Jacobs, Mrs. James Stone,
Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. Jos. B.
Strickland, Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs.
Elizabeth Robinson, Mrs. Rhoda
Strickland, Mrs. Cecil Thomas,
Mrs. Mollie Highsmith and Mrs.
J. B. Lewis.
Nahunta WMU to
Hold Study Course
The Nahunta Woman’s Missi
onary Union of the Nahunta Bap
tist Church will have a study
course at the church on Nov. 16
at six o’clock P. M.
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland, Mrs.
John Calhoun, Mrs. Bertha Jac
obs and Mrs. Elroy Strickland
will be the instructors.
A covered dish supper will be
served at seven o’clock. The
supper will consist of dishes of
the European countries.
Junior Womans Club
Tea Party Monday
Honors Teachers
The teachers of Brantley Coun
ty Schools were honored with a
tea by the Junior Womans Club
in the High School Library on
Monday night of this week.
The table was centered with a
large arrangement of magenta
mums flanked on each side with
candelabra holding three candles
each. A silver services was at
each end with Mrs. Keith Strick
land and Mrs. Joe Walker pour
ing tea and coffee. Sandwiches,
cookies, nuts and । mints were
served.
Arrangements of mums and
greenery were used in the hall
and library with a suggestion of
Thanksgiving.
Present were Mrs. Elroy
Strickland, Mrs. Agnes Johns,
Mrs. Mary Lou Gibson, Mrs. Ed
na Manor, Mrs. Emmie Newton,
Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Miss Mary
Knox, Mrs. John H. Calhoun, Mrs.
D. H. Jacobs, Mrs. Mary Mason,
Mrs. Winnie Highsmith, Mrs.
Mary S- Calhoun, Miss Carolyn
Higginbotham, Miss Virleen
^Strickland, Mrs. W. C. Long Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Montague,
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Poole, Miss
Pollyanne Middleton, Mrs. Esther
Stone, Mrs. Dorothy Graham,
James A. Stone, John Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Carter Morton, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Rowell, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Belcher, Mrs. Mary Lou
Smith, Bob Strickland, J. F
Larkins, Mrs. J. F. Larkin, Mr.
and Mrs. L. W. Blanchard, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Parks, Forest
Thomas, Joe Murray, Rhachel
Burden, Mrs. W. C. Long, Mrs.
DeWitt Moody, Mrs. Joe Siegel
and Mrs. Raymond Smith.
Baptist Pastor Has
Prominent Part
In State Convention
Cecil F. Thomas, Pastor of Na
hunta Baptist Church, plans to
be among some two thousand
messengers from all the Baptist
Churches of Georgia who will
assemble at Columbus, Georgia,
Monday, Nov. 13, through Wed
nesday, Nov. 15.
The Nahunta pastor will have
a prominent part in the meeting,
as he will give the report on the
nominating committee of the
Pastors Conference on Monday,
and is a member of the Time,
Place, and Preacher Committee
for the 1962 session. Also, he has
been nominated to serve as state
Executive Committee Member for
Piedmont Association for the next
five year term.
A newspaper is like a wife—
every man should have one
of his own and not want to
borrow his neighbor’s. Be
sides, it’s awfully inconven
ient sometimes.
The High Schools of Brantley
County are undergoing extensive
re-evaluation for continued ac
creditation in the Southern Asso
ciation of Secondary Schools and
Colleges.
This organization is one of six
regional associations which accre
dit schools and colleges of the
United States and American
schools abroad. The only purpose
for the Southern Association in
the South is to improve educa
tion in the South through exer
cise of leadership and through
the promotion of comprehensive
efforts between schools, colleges
and related agencies.
Membership in the Southern
Association has definite values.
It is good for the faculty in that
it stimulates improvement
through self-evaluation, increases
pride in the teaching profession,
means improvement of environ
ment and teaching conditions and
affords better opportunities for
in-service training and school citi-
zenship.
It is good for the administra
tion because it provides freedom
from political interferences, in
sures employment of qualified
teachers, encourages good busi
ness practices, and promotes pro
per operation and enrichment of
the total school program.
It is good for the school board
in that it supports a written set
of policies in harmony with
standards of the Association.
It is good for the community
because it affords a sound basis
for pride in the schools and as
sures a better educational return
for the tax dollar.
It is good for students because
it affords a good instructional
program, offers better training
for college and upgrades the
general morale of the student
body.
The Hoboken High School will
be visited by , a reviewing com
mittee on November 9-10 and
Nahunta High School will be re
viewed on November 16-17.
The Committee for Hoboken is
composed of the following: T. H.
Wall Jr., Coordinator, Principal
of Lowndes County High School;
T. M. Athinson, Area Represen
tative of State Department of
Education, Pupil Attendance;
William S. Smith, Supt. of Charl
ton County Schools; Earl W. May,
Principal of Camden County High
School; Mrs. Katherine Smith,
Homemaking Teacher, Patterson
High School; J. H. Morrison,
Area Representative of State
Dept, of Education.
The Nahunta High Schoo) Com
mittee: Dean Paul Carroll, Co
ordinator, Georgia Southern Col
lege; W. E. Gregory, Principal of
Ware County High School; Miss
Grace Hightower, Library Con
sultant, State Dept, of Educa
tion; W. S. Smith, Supt. of
Charlton County Schools; Mrs.
Jim Olhff, Patterson High School;
T. M. A^fiinson, State Dept, of
Education; J. H. Morrison, Area
Supervisor, State Dept, of Edu
cation.
Royal Ambassadors
Observe Focus Week
The Crusader Royal Ambassa
dors of the Nahunta Baptist
Church are celebrating Focus
Week. They have the following
program.
Monday, regular meeting.
Tuesday, missionary study a
bout Spain.
Wednesday, attend prayer
meeting.
Thursday, knightly deeds.
Friday, go on a hike.
Saturday, wiener roast.
Sunday, program at the even
ing service.
Tommy Highsmith,
reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley
To Celebrate 50th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ransom
Kelley, will celebrate their fif
tieth wedding anniversary Sun
day, Nov. 19, from 3 to 6 o’clock
in the afternoon at their home in
Hoboken.
All friends and relatives of the
couple are cordially invited to at
tend Open House in their honor.
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