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Newspaper Page TextIf you are a subscriber to The Brantley Enterprise, you don’t have to borrow your neighbor’# paper to see what is going on in your county. VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 5 Mrs. Mable Moody Writes Os Future Farmer Convention Mrs. Mable Moody, Brantley County school superintendent, went with the Georgia delega tion to the National Future Farm ers Convention at Kansas City, Mo., and the Georgia FFA Maga zine requested her to write her impressions of the convention. The following is her article as published in the Future Farmer Magazine: “MY IMPRESSIONS” By Mrs. Mable R. Moody Kansas City has always awed me. “Kansas City steaks,” wide open spaces, informality; these things are synonymous with Kan sas City, U.S.A. This city is truly a convention city, situated in the midwest with plenty of room, plenty of money, and seemingly an abundance of everything it takes to make for a good whole some, casual way of living. It is a warm, friendly city that seems to thrive on large gather ings. This was much in evidence when the 325-pound mayor came to the platform at the opening session of the convention and spent 25 minutes welcoming the 10,000 high school boys who had arrived to attend the 34th Annual National FFa Convention. He was most cordial in offering all the facilities of the city to make the stay pleasant and profitable. “We love ydu in Kansas City,” was his comment, and I believe he meant just that. Aside from enjoying the glow ing midwest countryside, the FFA National Convention is an ex perience I shall never forget. Every direction one turned were blue and gold jackets. It was great fun identifying the states and chapters from Puerto Rico to Alaska and from Maine to Ha waii. One was amazed at the dignity and seriousness of these teenag ers in attendance and attentive ness in the Convention Hall. The poise, appreciativeness, and thoughtfulness of the presiding officers, all Future Farmers, were refreshing. Each guest invited to the platform was accorded every courtesy. There was not a “bob ble” in the entire three-day af fair. Frankly, it was carried on in away to put adult conventions to shame. The one outstanding feature to me of the gala event was the evi dence of training, not only in till ing the soil, but in opportunities of developing leadership abilities and other talents that must have had their beginning in a well rounded FFA program at the lo cal level. For certainly, without this chapter experience, a nation al convention of this caliber would not have been possible. It has long been my feeling that farming is the “backbone of a nation.” This convention verifi ed the fact. The leading manu facturers and industries of the United States are listed among the FFA donors. They, too, ap preciate and realize the import ance of farming and what it means to this great nation of ours, otherwise they would not be giving to the tune of $164,000 per year to the National FFA treasury to support the organi zation. I was pleased and impressed during these sessions that at the mention of an enemy to the United States, these seemingly carefree youth gave much evi dence of a sudden unity (as one How Would You Like to Count One Ounce of Tobacco Seed? It took an arm of the United States Government to settle the issue, but now it’s official. There are, on the average, 314,000 tobacco seed in an ounce. One of the tiniest yet more prodigiuos of all seeds, this mighty mite amazes the uniniti ated. One tablespoonful is enough to plant three or four acres of land — and there are four table spoonsful to the ounce. Varying figures have been us ed and there have been heated arguments. The Nashville Ten nessean recently reported that a Tennessee farmer, to settle an argument, spent eight and a half hours one winter day counting the seeds in a level teaspoonful and found 21,105 before his eyes gave out. The arguments w r ere finally settled in August of this year through a project supervised by R. N. Jeffrey, principal physiolo gist for tobacco investigations at the Agricultural Research Ser vice laboratories in Beltsville, Maryland. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. great nation) and they let it be known in no uncertain terms that no effort would be spared to keep the enemy away from this land with its freedom-loving tradi tions. I had had some concern lately as to whether patriotism was being instilled as it should be, as part of our value system of youth. The convention allayed my fears along this line. I came away from the conven tion with the feeling that the A merica of tomorrow will be in good hands, if what I saw was a fair sampling of youth, and I be lieve it was. I have nothing but commendation for the FFA pro gram. It is doing a fine job of developing men of the future. A long with this “Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serve,” they are having a good time learning to become good Future Farmers of America. There was plenty of “whooping it up” in Kansas City, and I am sure some such fun and enter tainment “back home.” My best to each FFA’er in these United States. They make up a fine group for which I have the greatest admiration. Thanks for letting me in on such a great en deavor as a National Convention; one that was maneuvered in such a splendid manner. For me, one who has spent most of a lifetime trying to help boys and girls grow into fine men .and women, it was a real joy to witness youth doing so well in a man-size job. But for one young .man down in Brantley County, State Presi dent, Robert Page, who is dear to me, and his vocational agricul ture teacher, Jack W. Moore, Jr., I would have missed a wonderful experience in Kansas City. To them, I shall ever be grateful. My wish for FFA members is: that each could attend at least one National FFA Convention. Changes Made in Social Security Law Are you among the many workers past retirement age who have not yet applied for social security benefits because you are still employed? If so, you may be losing benefits to which you are entitled. A recent change in the law now makes it possible for many more older people to work and still be paid some social bene fits. You don’t have to retire completely to get benefits. Under the law as it stands now, you can earn up to SI2OO a year and still collect benefits for every month. If you earn over SI2OO in a year, you will lose some benefits. One dollar of so cial security benefits is with held for each $2 earned between SI2OO and SI7OO. For every $1 earned over SI7OO, $1 of benefits will be withheld. For example, if you earned S2IOO in a year, $650 in benefits would be held back (one-half of the SSOO between SI2OO and SI7OO, plus the S4OO in excess of $1700.) If your monthly benefit rate amounted to $l2O, your yearly benefit amount of $1440 would be reduced by $650, per mitting you to get $790 in bene fits for the year. If you have reached retire ment age but are still working, check with your local social se curity office. A delay in filing could result in loss of benefits. Fifty seeds were counted out and weighed on an analytical balance, since no ordinary scale would be precise enough. To be thorough, the seeds of 15 varie ties of tobacco were counted and weighed. Jeffrey found that the aver age weight per seed for all the tobacco varieties is 0.0902 mill grams, an average of 314,000 seeds per ounce. The official report said; “The weights of dif ferent lots of 50 tobacco seeds varied from 3 3 to 5.9 milligrams, indicating a range of number per ounce from 430,000 for the light est to 240,000 for the heaviest.” The Beltsville scientists went further. Figuring four pounds as the green weight of an aver age tobacco plant at harvest, they found that the tobacco seed in creases its weight about 20,000,- 000 times in about five months — from germination to harvest. Even an acorn, which becomes an oak tree, doesn’t grow this much in a century, they estimat ed. Brantley Enterprise Mrs. Dorothy Raulerson Writes St. Simons Annual Camellia Show Dear Mr. Broome: It’s time again for Cassina Garden Club’s annual Camellia Show, and we should like so much for you to inform your many readers of the time and place. This is our Seventeenth Annual Show, and it will be held Febru ary 7, 2:30 until 9:00 p. m. at the County Casino on St. Simons. Theme this year will be “Cam ellias, North, South, East, West in Georgia Truly Lovliest,” with Mrs. C. K. Boland, General Chairman. It is always a pleasure to have a number of Brantley County vis itors at this show, and we shall look forward to seeing them a gain this year. Kind personal regards to you and Mrs. Broome. We do read and enjoy The Brantley Enter prise which Mrs. Raulerson sends us, and then we forward it to Evelyn and Bernice. Sincerely, Dorothy Rogers Raulerson, Publicity Chairman Visiting Consultants Give Added Interest To School Program The teachers of the Brantley County Schools will be in a two day workshop February 6-7. Mrs. Florrie Higginbotham, a specialist in reading and mathe matics, will conduct the clinic on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Hoboken for teachers of grades 1-6. She will use special exhibits and demon strations on the teaching of phonics and in the building of a continuous reading program. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, she will meet in Nahunta with the 7th and Bth grade teachers and high school English and social studies teachers in the planning of a high school reading program. Classes for students will be held as usual, with helping teachers relieving those who will be in the workshop. Recently the science program of the schools was enriched by having Mr. Wallace M. Brogdon, a traveling science teacher from the State Department of Educa tion, in the schools for a week to stimulate pupils and teachers in the fields of radio-isotopes, nucleonics and electronics. Card of Thanks We wish to express our appre ciation to all our friends and re latives for their kindness and sympathy on the occasion of the death of our son and brother, Wesley Lee. We are grateful for every act of kindness, the cover ed dishes and floral tributes of our friends. Our sincere thanks go out to each and everyone of you. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lee and family. Card of Thanks We wish to express our sin cere gratitude to all our friends and relatives for their great kind ness to us on the occasion of the death of our husband and father Charley R. Lewis. We thank each and every one of you for words of sympathy and your every act of kindness. We are especially grateful for the covered dishes and floral tributes. May the Lord bless you each and everyone, is our prayer. Mrs. Charley Lewis and family. Personals Dr. Della Hickox, chiropractor of Waycross, will open an office in Nahunta Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the home of Mrs. Mamie Knox. She will be in her Nahunta of fice all day on Wednesdays. The Waycross Social Security Field Representative’s scheduled visit to Nahunta has been chang ed from the third Monday to the third Tuesday for the months of February and March. The dates he will be in Nahunta during these two months will be Febru ary 20 and March 20. He will be at the Department of Public Welfare. The Nahunta Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 6 at 4:00 o’clock P. M. Mrs. Mollie Highsmith will be co hostess with Mrs. Strickland. Mrs. Ocie Keen returned home on Friday of last week from Jacksonville where she spent several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Colonel Keen and family. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday. February 1,1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAH’NTA James Willis Funeral Service Held Sunday Mr. James Edward Willis, 49, passed away at his home in Na hunta early Friday afternoon, January 26, following an extend ed illness. Mr. Willis was born in Wayne, now Brantley, county and was the son of William Ervin and the late Elizabeth Hendrix Willis. He received his education in the ! schools of the county and for the 1 major portion of his adult life had engaged in construction work. For a number of years he was employed by The State of Georgia and Brantley county. He was a member of the Nahunta Baptist church and at the time of his death was employed as a tractor operator by the Georgia Forestry Commission. In addition to his father, sur vivors include his wife, the former Miss Elma Louise Lewis; two daughters, Mrs. W. V. High smith and Miss Darlene Willis, both of Nahunta; five sons, Ju lian Willis of Ft. Stewart, J. B. Willis, Tommy Willis, Gary Wil lis, and Virgil Willis, all of Na hunta; five sisters, Mrs. Lester Lyons, Mrs. Gilbert Anderson, Mrs. Carl Green, and Miss Alma Willis, all of Brunswick, and Mrs. Ernest Herrin of Nahunta; one brother, Fred Willis of Nahunta. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, January 28, at three o’clock from the Nahunta Baptist church with the Rev. Ce cil F. Thomas conducting the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends. The body lay in state at the church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in Oak Grove Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Lonnie Wilson, Eugene [Lewis, Frank Wilson, Avery [Strickland, L. M. Gunter and Donald Morgan. 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. Births Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Johns of Nahunta announce the birth of a baby girl bom Monday, Jan. 22, at the Brantley County Medical Center. The baby weighed eight pounds, nine ounces and has been named Jackie Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Williams of Nahunta announce the arrival of a baby boy born Monday, Jan. 29, at the Brantley County Medical Building. The baby weighed se ven pounds two ounces and was named Kenneth Jerome. Mrs. Orser Announces Community Chairmen For Heart Fund The Heart Fund Drive begins this month and we are proud to announce the chairman for each community in Brantley County. Mrs. Norman Lewis, Nahunta; Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix, Hickox; Mrs. Dudley Spell, Hoboken; Mrs. Billy Rowell, Hortense; Mrs. Al bert Purdom, Raybon; Mrs. E. A. Hunter, Waynesville; Mrs. Ivey Highsmith, Atkinson; Mrs. Ernest Thrift, Pleasant Valley; Treasur er, Mrs. Ben Jones; Publicity Chairman, Mrs. Dick Purcell. Nahunta colored section, Rosa Hall, Chairman and Mariene Eastern, worker; Community Chairman, Bell Flagg, Waynes ville, and Effie Mae Gaskin, Ho boken. Mrs. J. D. Orser County chairman. Harden-Thomas Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hardin announce the marriage of their daughter, Lorna Kay, to James Edwin Thomas on December 31, 1961. Mr. Thomas is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thomas of Hickox. The couple plan to make their home in St. Marys where Mr. Thomas is employed by St. Marys Kraft Corp. Posted Signs for Sale At Brantley Enterprise D. E. Wainright Died Saturday WHITE OAK — Dan Eugene j Wainright, 49, died suddenly at his home Saturday, Jan. 27. | A stock clerk at the King’s Bay Army Terminal, he was a mem ber of the Methodist Church. He had been a resident of Camden County 25 years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Winnie Wainright White Oak; a daughter, Miss M»<ry Wainright, White Oak; two suns, Joseph and (Ralph Wainright, White Oak; his mother, Mrs. Mary Wainright, (Nahunta; three brothers, A. J. and Lester Wainright, Nahunta, Ed Wainright, Brunswick; four sisters, Mrs. Caddie Harris, Na hunta, Mrs. Rena Rowland, Jes up, Mrs. Thelma Groover Bruns wick, Mrs. Bernice Groover Charleston, S. C. Blackshear Cagers Win Over Nahunta The Blackshear cagers hand'd the visiting Nahunta teams dou ble setbacks Tuesday night, Jan. 30, in Blackshear. The Tigers of Coach Bob O’- Steen led all the way to defeat Nahunta 67-50. The Tigerettes, unlike the boys, had to come from behind a 33-31 third-quart er trailing to take their 17th vic tory this year 42-52. The Blackshear girls, having lost only three games this year, suffered their worst loss this sea son when the Nahunta lassies blasted them 46-35 in Nahunta on Dec. 8. Their other two losses were to Atkinson county by three points on Dec. 15 and to Folkston by one point on Jan. 19. Blackshear hits the road this Friday night, Feb. 2, for Screven. Tuesday night, Feb. 6, Patterson will host Blackshear. Sandra Bowen, giving one of her best performances this year, tallied 34 points for Blackshear. Vera Wall contributed eight, Marilyn Dowling, seven, and Sheila Dixon, three. The BHS girls took the lead for the first two periods, out front 19-23 at halftime, but Na hunta had the advantage 33-31 at the end of three rounds. Outscor ing the Nahunta girls in the last quarter, Blackshear took the vic tory 42-52. Annie Ruth Johns sparked the Nahunta attack wih 19 points. Shirley Drury added 15. In the nightcap, the Tigers led all the way to win. Coasting to a 18-32 halftime lead, they had the advantage 28-50 at the end of three quarters. Evan DeLoach was high scorer for Blackshear with 27 points. Travis Bowen with 14 and Dow Nimmer with 11 were the only three players to hit in double numbers. Nahunta was led by 16 points from R. Drury and 14 points from Max Herrin. The Ware County Gators ral lied 67-54 to take a split of the twin bill basketball contest after the Tigerettes had won the pre- Tales out of School GEORGIA YOUTH AND THE ATOM — The Georgia science students who ranked so high on a test that they were picked to go to Chicago to the Youth Confer ence on the atom, were these: Robert Large, Rome; Albert Doolittle Jr., Augusta; Dan Strickland, Gainesville; Clyde Turner, Atlanta; John McCord, Fitzgerald; James Westmoreland, Griffin; and Claudia Gail Conn, Columbus. Writing to tell them they were chosen, Victor Bullock, our science co-ordinator, added, “With the current emphasis on science, we hope you will give serious consideration to some phase of scientific endeavor as your life work. Make no mistake about it, our very survival as a country will be determined in the laboratories of this country.” M HU ® _ $ VMj ■ - | Myth /Ola Tuth 6 The Rich XXx 85% of Income faxes \ It —/\ vv are paid by wage pay the I \ 111// \\ v earners in the H Taxes f '777 ** ’ lowest tax bracket ETAZX C2UMBKB OF COMMJKKCJi L--^^* B***^ 8 ***^ 1 1 se " ' K Judge Cecil Roddenberry Dies of Heart Attack CECIL RODDENBERRY Superior Court Judge Passes T. R. Braddock Is Promoted by Navy T. R. Braddock, a grandson of Mrs. Alice Highsmith of Brantley County, of Big Springs Navy re cruiting station at Big Springs, Texas has been selected for pro motion to the Navy’s highest en listed rating of Master Chief Pet ty Officer. Chief Braddock, an 18-year Navy veteran, has been in charge of the Big Spring recruiting sta tion two years. He saw action with Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet during World War 11. He also was in the Inchon and Wan san invasions during the Korean War. County Agent Loyd To Appear on TV Brantley County farm agent George Loyd will be on the pro gram of WJXT, channel 4 TV, next Friday, Feb. 9, at 6:45 in the morning, it is announced from the station in Jacksonville. The "Hi Neighbor” program, with Jim Watson, will feature agricultural problems and Mr. Loyd will be special guest, the announcement stated. CARD OF THANKS We take this means of express ing our thanks to all the kind people who extended their sym pathy and help on the occasion of the death of our husband and father. We are indeed grateful for every friend who comforted us in our bereavement. We are especially grateful for the cover ed dishes and the floral tributes. May the Lord’s blessings be upon you all. Mrs. Elma Willis and family. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to all our friends and relatives who gave us their sympathy and help on the occasion of the death of our husband and father Foun tain Hendrix. We deeply appre ciate every expression of friend ship and consideration on the part of each and everyone of you. We are very grateful also for the covered dishes and the floral tri butes. Your great kindness will always be remembered and we pray the Lord’s blessings upon you. Mrs. Fountain Hendrix and family. This would be a better world if we had more wild life in our forests and less in the big cities. One woman said eight fami* lies borrowed her Enterprise each week. I didn’t know there were that many spong ers in Brantley County. I Judge Cecil M. Roddenberry, 49, died Monday night in a Way cross hospital following a heart attack. The Waycross Judicial Circuit judge had been ill for about two weeks. The January term of Ware Superior Court was postponed re cently because of his illness. Roddenberry, of Nahunta, was appointed to the judgeship in No vember, 1955, following the death of Judge Walter Thomas. The in terim term of one year was fol lowed by election for a full term without opposition, and he had since been re-elected with out opposition. The present term expires in Japuary, 1963. A native of Hickox in Brantley County, Judge Roddenberry was a son of the late Nathaniel Eu gene and Ethel Pauline Ander son Roddenberry, both descend ant of families prominent in Georgia since the Revolution. He was a resident of Nahunta and maintained offices in the Ware County Courthouse. The Waycross circuit embraces Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce and Ware counties. Judge Roddenberry had served as state representative from Brantley county and as state senator from the 3rd Senatorial District. He was Brantley representative at the time of his appointment as judge. Before the appoint ment, he had for nine years been manager of the State Depart ment of Veterans Service re gional office in Waycross. A graduate of Charlton Coun ty High School at Folkston, he at tended Jones Commercial College in Jacksonville, Fla., and studied law by correspondence and in law offices before being admitted to the bar in 1933. He began his practice .in Douglas, and moved in 1935 to Nahunta. Julge Roddenberry was a past president of the Waycross Bar Assn, and member of the Georgia Democratic Executive Commit tee. A veteran of World War 11, he was active in the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the Na hunta Baptist Church, the Way cross Lions Club and the Way cross Elks lodge.. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Campbell Rod denberry, Nahunta; a son, Davey Cecil Roddenberry, Nahunta, and a brother, D. E. Roddenberry, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 31, at 3:00 p. m. at the Waycross Second Baptist Church, with Rev. A. J. Harper, Rev. Wade Ward and Rev. Cecil Thomas officiat ing. Burial was in Hick ojr Cemetery in Brantley county. Active pallbearers were Delma Herrin, Joe Seigel, Mack Barnes, Bob Smith, Bill McQueen and Cecil Moody. 1 Legal Notices Georgia, Brantley County. Banner J. Wainright having ap plied as Executor for probate in solemn form of the Last Will and Testament, of Jesse B. Wainright, of said county, the heirs at law of said Jesse B. Wainright are hereby required to appear at the Court of Ordinary of said county on the first Monday of February next, when said application for probate will be heard. This sth day of January 1962. s| Claude A. Smith Ordinary Ben A. Hodges, Attorney Waycross, Ga. 2-1. NOTICE To Whom It May Concern: All debts against Minnie B. Strickland and Fred F. Strick land must be filed with Edna Strickland Fletcher, 224 West chester Ave. S. W., Huntsville, Ala., at once so that the estate may be settled. 2-15.