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Newspaper Page TextIf you are a subscriber to The Brantley Enterprise, you don’t have to borrow your neighbor’s paper to see what is going on in your county. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. NUMBER 10 VOLUME 42 Legal Advertising NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS GEORGIA RURAL ROADS PRO JECT NO. RR-PR 2987 (1) SEC TION 4 COUNTY OF BRANTLEY Sealed proposals will be rece ived by the Georgia Rural Roads Authority at its General Office at No. 2 Capitol Square, Atlanta, Georgia, until $1 A. M., Eastern Standard Time, March 23, 1962, for furnishing all labor, material, equipment and other things ne cessary for construction of 3.- 565 miles of grading and paving on the Schlatterville-State Route 121 Road, beginning at the end of the present pavement, appro ximately 2.5 miles southeast of Schlatterville, and extending southeast to State Route 121. Plans and specifications are on file at the office of the under signed at Atlanta, and at the office of the State Highway De parment, No. 2 Capitol Square, Atlanta, Georgia, and at the of fice of the Division Engineer of the State Highway Department at Jesup, Georgia, and at the office of the Board of County Com missioners of Brantley County at Nahunta, Georgia, where they may be inspected free of charge. No Plans will be furnished for sale to prospective bidders. Copies of the Standard Speci fications may be obtained upon payment in advance of the sum of $3.00, which sum will not be refunded. The Standard Specifications of the State Highway Department of Georgia have been adopted by the Georgia Rural Roads Author ity and will govern any construc tion under these proposals. The work will be let in one contract. THE APPROXIMATE QUANTI TIES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 34.413 Acres Clearing and Grubbing Roadway — Lump Sum 15.000 Acres Clearing and Grubbing — Per Acre 50600 Cu. Yds. Unclassified Excavation and Borrow 200 Cu. Yds. Channel Excava tion 500000 Sta. Yds. Overhaul on Excavation 36000 Cu. Yds. Selected Borrow 180000 Unit Yds. Overhaul on Selected Borrow. 3.547 Miles Special Subgrade Compaction and Test Rolling 650 Cu. Yds. Excavation for Culverts and Minor Structures 450 Cu. Yds. Selected Material Backfill, Culvert Foundations 512 Cu. Yds. Class “A” Con crete Culverts 41450 Lbs. Bar Reinforcing Steel 950 Lin. Ft. 18” Pipe S. D. 120 Lin. Ft. 24” Pipe S. D. 180 Lin. Ft. 18” Pipe C. D., 1’ to 15’ Fill 60 Lin. Ft. 24” Pipe C. D., 1’ to 15’ Fill 110 Lin. Ft. 30” Pipe C. D., 1’ to 15’ Fill 180 Lin. Ft. 36” Pipe C. D., 1’ to 15’ Fill 200 Lin. Ft. 6” Perforated Pipe Underdrain 200 Lin. Ft. Culvert Pipe Re moved (SD or CD) 150 Lin. Ft. Culvert Pipe Re laid (SD or CD) 56 Sq. Yds. Sand Cement Bag Rip Rap 14 Tons First Application Fer tilizer 2200 Lbs. Second Application Fertilizer 76 M. Gals. Water for Grass ing . • 75600 Sq. Yds. Sprigging with Overseeding 820 Sq. Yds. Loose Sod Rip Rap with Overseeding 150 Sq. Yds. Sod Ditch Checks 42600 Sq. Yds. 6” Soil Bitumin ous Stabilized Base Course 153360 Gals. Cutback Asphalt RC-3, Including Seal 42600 Sq. Yds. Bituminous Sur face Treatment, Stone Size M-5, Type II 42600 Sq. Yds. Bituminous Seal 37800 Sq. Yds. Finishing and Dressing Said work shall begin within ten (10) days after formal exe cution of contract and shall be completed within 150 working days. When contract has been executed, written notice shall be given the Contractor, at which time, and not before, work may be started. Contract executed pursuant to this Notice is binding on the Georgia Rural Roads Authority as such. Said contract will not create liability, expressed or im plied, against the undersigned Chairman of the Georgia Rural Roads Authority as an indivi dual, nor against any em ployee of the Georgia Rural Roads Authority in his or her individual capacity nor against the State Highway Department of Georgia, nor against any officer or employee of the State High way Department in his or her in dividual capacity. Proposals must be submitted on regular forms which will be supplied by the undersigned, and must be accompanied by a cer tified check, cashier’s check, ne gotiable United States Bonds or other acceptable security in the amount of $4500.00, and must be plainly marked “Proposal for Road Construction,” County and Number, and show the time of opening as advertised. Check of the low bidder will be cashed and all other checks will be re turned as soon as the contract is awarded, unless it is deemed advisable by the Authority to hold one or more checks, If an unusual condition arises, the Au thority reserves the right to cash all checks. Bidders Bond will not be accepted. A charge of $5.00 will be made for each proposal issued. Such a bond will be required of the succesful bidder as requir ed by law for contractors con tracting with the State Highway Department of Georgia. Contracts will not be awarded to contractors who have not been placed on the list of qualified contractors prior to the date of award. No proposals will be is sued to any bidder Later than 9 A. M. Eastern Standard Time of the date of opening bids. All bids must show totals for each item and total of amount of bid. Right is reserved to de lay the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of open ing bids, during which period bids shall remain open and not sub ject to withdrawal. Right is re served to reject any and all bids and to waive all formalities. Upon compliance with the re quirements of the standard spec ifications, ninety (90) percent of the amount of work done in any calendar month will be paid for by the 25th day of the succeed ing month, and the remainder within thirty (30) days after fin al estimate is approved by the Engineer. This the 2 day of March 1962. GEORGIA RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY JIM L. GILLIS, SR., CHAIRMAN WILLIS N. HARDEN, MEMBER CLARKE W. DUNCAN, MEMBER 3-15. Georgia, Brantley County. WHEREAS, on January 18, 1961, E. M. Harrell did execute a deed and bill of sale to secure debt to Satilla Production Cre dit Association, which instru ment was filed for record in the office of the Clerk of the Sup erior Court of Brantley County, Georgia, on February 7, 1961, and recorded on February 9, 1'961, in Mortgage Book 46, page 342 in said Clerk’s office, and given to secure a promissory note dated January 18, 1961, for a principal of $2,000.00, and obli gates the maker thereof to pay interest at seven percentum per annum thereon and all costs of collection, including fifteen per centum of the principal and in terest. There being due on said note a principal of $2,000.00, be sides interest thereon of $155.15. Under and by virtue of the powers granted in said deed and bill of sale to secure debt, the Satilla Production Credit As sociation will offer for sale be fore the Courthouse door of Brantley County, Georgia, on the first Tuesday of April 1962, dur ing the legal hours of sale to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit: All that tract or parcel of land containing eleven (11) acres, more or less, in lot of land num ber sixty-five (65) of the Third (3rd) Land District of Brantley County, Georgia, bounded North by lands of B. T. Raulerson ori ginally, now owned by Roy Har per; East by lands of J. B. Strick land and lands of Dave Row ell; South by lands of Dave Row ell’; and West by lands of Roy Harper, formerly owned by B. T Raulerson. The said property is being sold as the property of borrow er and for the purpose of pay ing the indebtedness of borrow er to lender and the expenses of this sale. Excess funds, if any, will be applied and paid as pro vided for in said deed and bill of sale to secure debt. A deed of conveyance will be executed and delivered by the seller to pur chaser. This the 6th day of March 1962. SATILLA PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION Harvey D. Griffin, Attorney. 3-29 Brantley Enterprise Mrs. Calvin Smith Funeral Service Held Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Cal vin F. (Nelia) Smith, age 71, who died Saturday at her resi dence Rte. 2, Waycross, follow ing an extended illness, were held Monday afternoon at Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church, conducted by Elder Lyman Hughes and Elder Claudie Thorn ton. Burial was in the church ce metery. Pallbearers were Bill Dryden, Ray Fiveash, Clinton Booth, Hugh Brooks, Milard Dryden and Silas Booth. A native of Hoboken, Mrs. Smith made her home in Black shear for a number of years but had resided in the Calvary Com munity for several years. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin Dryden and Fannie Harris Dryden. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Calvin F. Smith, Waycross; one daughter, Mrs. John R. Drig gers, Waycross; one sister, Mrs. Alfred Booth, Manor; three bro thers, George Dryden, Hoboken, Benjamin J. Dryden, Waycross, and I. O. Dryden, Vidalia; one granddaughter, Mrs. G. Wayne Stevens, Waycross; one grand son, Reggie Driggers, Waycross; several nieces and nephews, in cluding Mrs. D. H. Williams of Fulton, Ky., and M. R. Dryden, Waycross. 100 Bushel Corn Club to Meet in Macon MACON, Ga. — The Georgia Vocational Agriculture Hundred Bushel Corn Club will hold its annual luncheon here March 17. According to J. G. Bryant, State Supervisor of Agricultural Education, 702 Future Farmers of America, 27 adult evening class members and six young farmers have qualified for mem bership in the Hundred Bushel Club this year. This is the high est number ever to qualify. The luncheon is to recognize those Future Farmers, adult evening class members and young farmers who have produced 100 bushels or more of corn on one acre. Included among the number to receive these awards from D. W. Brooks, CPA General Manager, will be 27 boys from BRANTLEY county. These boys and their school are: HOBOKEN HIGH — Lamar Alt man, Johnny Chesser, Philip Dowling, Talmadge Edwards, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Griffin, Tony Griffin, Larry Gunter, Ron nie Hursy, Roy Jordart, Ronnie Dale Lee, Sammy Lee, Willis Lee, Harry Melton, David Page, Ro bert Page, Durwood Redding, Mavis Roberts, Tommy Sapp, Ralph Shepherd, Winton Stevens, Curtis Strickland, Dewa yn e Thomas. NAHUNTA HIGH — Johnnie Crews, Floyd Johns and Bernard Meyers. Births Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lee an nounces the birth of a baby boy born February 25. It weighed se ven pounds eight ounces and has been named Arthur Gibson. Area Poultry Meeting Will Be Held at Douglas March 15 Douglas-Coffee County Cham ber of Commerce is planning an area wide meeting to be held there March 15, at South Georgia College, to be jointly sponsored with the Coffee County Chapter Farm Bureau and the Southeast ern Poultry Growers Association. The meeting which is expected to attract poultry producers, growers and others interested in the poultry industry from throughout the state, and nearby area, will feature a debate on “government controls of poultry.” Dr. James Ralph, assistant se cretary of agriculture in charge of “self help marketing orders,” and O. H. Green of Spartenburg, S. C., will be principal speakers at the meeting. Dr. Ken Laurent of Marbut Milling Co., Augusta, will moderate the meeting. A i mong others appearing on the program will be Samuel M- Gold en, president of the Amburgoo ।Company, Philadelphia. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 8,1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA 1960 CENSUS SHOWS BRANTLEY COUNTY HAD 1,667 HOUSING UNITS Nahunta Garden Club Met Tuesday Evening The Nahunta Garden Club met Tuesday evening, March 6, at the Gold House Restaurant for their regular monthly meeting. Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland presided. A decision was made to have the Spring Flower Show on Sat urday, April 28. A number of members of the club plan to attend the Spring Conference of Southeastern Fed erated Garden Clubs to be held in Baxley Thursday, March 8. Invitations were extended to members of the Garden Club to go on the “Tour of Homes” in Waycross on April 1. Present were Mrs. Lee Herrin, Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. Dan Jacobs, Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. Allan Barnard, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs. Dorothy Graham, Mrs. Elizabeth Robin son and Mrs. Talmadge Griner. Refreshments were served dur ing the social hour. Selective Service College Tests to Be Given April 17 Applications for the Eelective Service College Qualification Test to be given on April 17 are now available to college students at the Selective Service local boards throughout Georgia, Colo nel Mike Y. Hendrix, State Di rector of Selective Service for Georgia announced. The test will be given at more than 500 colleges in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Canal Zone. In Georgia, the test will be of fered at the following schools: Albany State College, Albany. University of Georgia, Athens. Clark College, Atlanta. Georgia Institute of Techno logy, Atlanta. Mercer University, Macon. Berry College, Mount Berry. Georgia Southern College, Statesboro. Scores made on the test will provide local boards with evi dence of aptitude for continued undergraduate and graduate study. The scores will not of themselves determine eligibility for deferment, but are considered with other information by the boards in determining whether to defer individual registrants for further study. Applications for the test must be postmarked no later than midnight, Tuesday, March 27. Eligible students may also obtain information about the test from any local board. The test, used since 1951 to aid local boards in determining questions of student deferment, is administered by the Educa tional Testing Service, Princeton, N. J. To be eligible to take the test, the applicant must be satisfactor ily pursuing a full-time college course, undergraduate or gradu ate, leading to a degree. He need not be a student of a 4-year col lege, but his entire course of study must be satisfactory for transfer of credits to a degree granting institution. The applicant must be a selec tive Service registrant who in tends to seek deferment as a stu dent. He can take the test only once. Chamber of Commerce Presi dent Wade stated the meeting is for educational purposes for the benefit of growers, producers and others in the poultry industry which comprises a vital part of the local economy. Tom Stone of Douglas, execu tive secretary of the Southeast ern Poultry Growers Association has been in charge of scheduling the meeting. Mr. Stone stated that Bth Dis trict Congresswoman Iris Blitch will also attend the meeting here March 15. Considered unique in educa tional programs, the meeting is expected to “air” the pros and cons of the poultry control issues, will afford poultry producers a first hand opportunity to hear the control issues discussed and at the same time participate in the discussion, according to Mr. Stone. The 1960 Census of Housing counted 1,667 housing units in Brantley County, Georgia. Os these — 637 were in sound condition with all plumbing 1,457 were occupied. 949 were occupied by owners 508 were occupied by renters $45 was the median gross rent of rented places 803 had hot and cold running water 835 had flush toilet, 834 bath tub or shower 21 were trailer homes 31 households had air condi tioning 1,049 had TV, 1,199 radio, 502 telephone. 1,220 had washing machine, 32 clothes dryer. 729 had 1 or more home food freezers. 904 had 1 automobile. 115 had 2 automobiles. 50 had 3 or more automobiles. Board of Education Sponsors Creative Writing Program Another effort to enrich the curriculum of Brantley County Schools is being emphasized dur ing the month of March through the creative writing program. This plan is to encourage young student writers through out the nation to use their tal ents and abilities in a satisfying, creative way. The top writer in the fourth through the sixth grade, and the writer in the seventh through the ninth grade will be presented an award forth best story. Not every one will be an award winner, but every one who parti cipates in the program will bene fit by experincing the pleasure and satisfaction that comes from creating something from his own mind and imagination as well as learning more about how stories are made. The program will end March 30. Mrs. Mable Moody County School Supt. High School PTA Will Meet Monday The Nahunta High School P. T. A. will meet Monday, March 12, in the High School Cafetorium at 7:30 P. M. Leading the program, Mrs. Ro bert Smith, 7th and Bth Grade teacher will present “Do You Know What Is Happening In Ed ucational T. V.?” Atkinson community will have charge of refreshments with Mrs. Howard Middleton, hostess, and Mrs. Julian Middleton, co-hos tess. Personals Army Sergeant First Class Milton D. Highsmith, recently arrived in Korea and is now as signed to the Ist Cavalry Divi sion. Highsmith, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Highsmith, Route 1, Nahunta, Ga., is a 1945 grad uate of Nahunta High School. Leland Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fay Brooks of Nahunta, spent the past weekend with his parents. He is in the army and is stationed at Fort Lee, Va. Janice Willis, STAR Student for Brantley County, Mrs. Hers chel Herrin, STAR Teacher, and Mr. John H. Calhoun, Princi pal of Nahunta High School at tended the Bth Congressional District STAR Student Awards Luncheon held at Jekyll Island Aquarama on Thursday, March Ist. Secretary of State Ben W. Fortson, Jr. was the main speak er. The luncheon was sponsor ed by the Brunswick Chamber of Commerce. Myth Wklhith /i I r \ M " w * cann °* ,h * uje’pc / / 1/ American* to Jump from "W C / J Capitaliem to Communism, ■ uEQir A* <s/ // /j I A A—but we can assist their ( I «. elected leaders in giving cmßNn \ x X, Americans small doses of ■ ■VCFIU socialism, until they \Uu I A suddenly awake to find I I -n /r/ they have Communism.” (y V} 11' \ NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV vM II? I/■ X 1J kn / I * \ GEORGIA STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ■ ' ’ 5 J. L. DUBOSE FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FRIDAY Funeral services for James Levi Dubose, age 76, who died Wednesday, Feb. 28, at his resi dence in Hoboken following an extended illness, were held Fri day afternoon at the Hoboken Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Chesley Walker. Burial was in the Hoboken Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ken neth Dubose, Richard Rowell, Hubert Pearson, Lonnie Dubose, Barnet Dubose, Charles Dubose, Lamar Dubose and Carl Dubose. Honorary pallbearers were the Brotherhood Bible Sunday School Class of Hoboken Baptist Church. In his Eulogy, the Rev. Mr. Walker paid tribute to Dubose as a devoted husband and father and a loyal church worker. A native of Atkinson County, Mr. Dubose had made his home in Hoboken for the past 48 years. He was the son of the late Eman uel Dubose and Lucinda Mc- Quaig Dubose. Mr. Dubose was a retired farm er. He was a member of the Ho boken Baptist Church and a mem ber of the Brotherhood Bible Sunday School Class. Survivors are his widow, the former Miss Mae Carew of Brantley County; four daughters, Miss Gorgia Dubose, Mrs. Inez Pearson and Mrs. Lena Rowell, all of Hoboken, and Mrs. Jean etta Griffin, Waycross; four sons, Olin Dubose, Hoboken, I^wson Dubose, Nahunta, Chester Du bose, Savannah, and Omer Du bose, Ridgeland, S. C., four sis ters, Mrs. Ola Lightsey, Valdos ta, Mrs. Annie Crosby, Lakeland, Mrs. Lemmer Dowling, Kings land, and Mrs. Elizabeth Robson, Miami, Fla.; one brother, Jasper Dubose, Waycross; 21 grandchild ren, one great-granddaughter and several nieces and nephews. Grammar School Science Fair Was Held Monday Nahunta Elementary School held its first science fair Mon day, March 5. Students in grades 1 through 6 presented a total of 235 science projects. Three Nahunta High School science teachers served as judges of the fair. They were Miss Vir leen Strickland, Mr. Eugene Drury, and Mr. Van C. Woodard. The decisions of the judges re ceived many fine compliments from parents, teachers, and stu dents. The judges presented six ty-four first place ribbons, nine ty-two second place ribbons, and seventy-nine third place ribbons. The top awards for grades 1 through 3 went to a project on birds by Sylvia Schmitt, and a project on electricity by Huey Johns. Top awards in grades 4 through 6 went to a project on bees by Carol Robinson, a pro ject on blood by Jessie Walker, and a seashell collection present ed by Danny Moody. There were many outstanding projects which would have done well in the district or state science fair had we been per mitted to enter the projects. Ar rangements are being worked out to permit elementary students to enter the district science fair next year if possible. Dentist to Come To Nahunta Soon Nahunta will have a dentist about April 1, who will practice in the Medical Building, it is announced by Dr. Lee Walker. Th dentist is Dr. W. B. Pen nington of St. Simons. He will be in Nahunta on Mondays, Tues days, Thursdays and Fridays. His office hours will be announced later. One woman said eight fami lies borrowed her Enterprise each week. I didn’t know there were that many spong ers in Brantley County. New Paving Project Set For Brantley Brantley County will get ad ditional road paving in the Ho boken and Schlatterville area, according to an announcement from the State Highway Depart ment. The Highway Department has asked for bids on 3.565 .miles of grading and paving on the road leading from U. S. 84 to State Route 121, or a completion of the paving already done on that road. The road leads from Schlatter ville southeast to State Route 121. A part of the road is already paved. The Highway Department is running a legal advertisement in The Enterprise this week, ask ing for bids on the project. The bids will be opened Fri day, March 23. Rowell-Wingate Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rowell of Hortense announce the engage ment of their daugh* Ann to Donald Terrence win gate, son of Mr. Ralph Wingate and the late Mrs. Wingate of Jacksonville, Florida. Miss Rowell is a 1960 graduate of Nahunta High School and bu siness college in Jacksonville. Mr. ness college in Jacksonville. Mr. Wingate attended Hilliard High Schoil, Hilliard, Florida, and is presently attending Florida Tech nical College in Jacksonville. Vows will be solemnized at 7:30 P. M. April 21 in Satilla Baptist Church at Hortense. No invita tions are being sent and all friends and relatives of the cou ple are cordially invited to at tend. Widows of Veterans Entitled to Free Drivers Licenses ATLANTA, GA. — Widows of honorably-discharged wartime veterans are entitled to free Georgia drivers’ licenses just as veterans are, Georgia Veterans Service director Pete Wheeler reminded this week. Application for the free li censes must be made to the Geor gia State Patrol in the same manner as that for regular driv ers’ licenses, and the same driv ing tests must be passed. In applying for a free license, the widow should take with her a copy of the veteran’s discharge and proof that she is the unre married widow of the veteran. FATHER-SON BANQUET SET FOR THURSDAY The Nahunta FFA Chapter will hold their annual Father-Son Banquet on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 P. M. in the Nahunta High School lunchroom. Cordell Wainright, president of the Nahunta Chapter, will be emcee on the occasion. Robert Page, President of the Georgia association of Future Farmers will be guest speaker. Junior Farmer degrees, which is the highest degree a boy can receive from the local chapter, will be presented by Mrs. Mable R. Moody, county school superin tendent. Honorary membership will be given to some of the leaders and people in the community who have contributed to the chapter in many ways. A certificate will be presented to these honorary members. Two members of the chapter will be awarded the Star chap ter farmer award. Marian Morgan, chapter sweet heart, and the chapter Quartet will also be on the program.