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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. NUMBER 13 VOLUME 42 Rhoden and Walker Catch Big Bass Near City Limits Richard Rhoden and Tommy Walker caught a six and one-half pound bass almost within the city limits of Nahunta Saturday morning, March 24. The boys set out their lines and found the fish hooked when they went to attend to the lines. The bass was caught in the canal near the railroad track not far from the Biscayne Restau rant. Riverside Baptist Revival Starts Next Monday Riverside Baptist Church in Brantley County will start a ser ies of revival services Monday night, April 2, it is announced by Rev. Eddie Dixon, the pastor. The evangelist will be Rev. Ed ward Hickox of St. George. The meetings will start each night at 7:30. The revival will continue through Sunday. April 8. On Sunday April 8 preaching services will be held morning and evening. Dinner will be serv ed on the church grounds at the noon hour. New Hope Cemetery Will Be Cleaned The New Hope Cemetery at Hickox will be cleaned off Thurs day, April 5, it is announced. All people who are interested in the New Hope Cemetery are request ed to come and bring tools for cleaning off the burial grounds. Major Colon R. Britt Named Commander at Camp Des Loges Major Colon R. Britt, formerly of Brantley County, has been named Commanding Officer at Camp des Loges, France, it is revealed in an article published in the Pariscope, an army news paper. The article was as fol lows: “Silver Star Medal holder Maj. Colon R. Britt Jr. was named commanding officer of Hq & Hq Co, USAGAR, SA, at Camp des Loges last week. He succeeds Capt. Marshall U. Fisher, who held the post temporarily since mid-August when Lt. Col. Theo dore S. May received a promo tion and was subsequently reas signed as Special Projects Officer at Hq Seine Area Command. “Six-foot, five-inch Maj. Britt, a veteran of both World War II and Korea, began his Army ca reer in July 1948 when he was commissioned a second lieuten ant through the ROTC program at North Georgia College. Earlier, he had served with the US Navy in World War 11. “Arriving in Korea during the first year of fighting, Maj. Britt served successfully as an infan try platoon leader, battalion S-2, military police officer, and ad ministrative officer in a prisoner of war processing company be fore returning to the States in late 1951. He was wounded in Korea. “Assigned to the Sth Inf Div at Ft. Jackson, S. C., his initial job BRANTLEY REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY Life — Auto — Fire CROP HAIL Clint Robinson Day Phone HO 2-4485, Night HO 2-3931 Nahunta, Ga. A. S. MIZELL INSURANCE AGENCY FIRE, THEFT, COLLISION AND LIABILITY INSURANCE. FIRE INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HAIL INSURANCE FOR YOUR CROPS. Phone 2-2171 Nahunta, Ga. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Huge Industrial Development Foreseen For Satilla-St. Marys River Basin in Southeast Area Hickox HD Club The Hickox Home Demonstra tion Club held its regular meet ing at the home of Mrs. Julia Bell Bohannon on March 21. The meeting was called to order by the president Mrs. Janie Brand. The District Home Demonstra tion Meeting will be held in Waycross on April 10. Those who plan to go are expected to meet at the court house at 8:30 A. M. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson dis cussed the things we could do at our workshop next month. Present at the meeting were Mrs. Betty Hendrix, Mrs. Leona Allen, Mrs. Julia Bell Bohanon, Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix, Mrs. Ruth Wainright, Mrs. Janie Brand, Mrs. Eula Lee, Mrs. Daw shene Mathie and Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, Home Demonstration Agent. Mrs. Bohanon served lemonade and cookies. Births Mr. and Mrs. Layton Johns announce the arrival of a baby girl born March 23 at the Wayne Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds 12 ounces and has been namd Orla Eliza beth. For the dairyman and livestock producer, the manufacturers will show equipment that unloads silos, mixes feeds and feeds ani mals automatically. Similar equipment for poultry production will be shown, as well as such equipment as egg washers and heating and ventilation equip ment. was as corrections officer for the Garrison Prison Training Detach ment. Later he served as com manding officer of the Rehabili tation Company. “Ordered overseas in Septem ber 1953, Maj. Britt served with the 26th Inf Regt, Ist Inf Div, in Europe. He held various posts with the unit while in Europe and returned to the States with them to Ft. Riley, Kan. Before leaving the 26th Inf, Maj Britt held the post of battalion S-3. “He attended the Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Ga., in late 1956 and was graduated in April 1957. His next assignment was as assistant professor of Military Science and Tactics with the ROTC at Gordon Military College in Barnesville, Ga. “He served at the college until ordered to France for duty at Seine Area Command. Prior to his present assignment as com manding officer of one of the largest battalion-size company in Europe, Maj. Britt served as Administrative Officer for the Dependent Schools in the S-l Div of Seine Area Command. “Among his many decorations, he wears the Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge. “The new company commander resides in Suresnes, just outside Paris, with his wife, Betty, daughter, Laura, 7, and son, Wil liam, 6” Brantley Enterprise A four-fold increase in per sonal income in 38 years — to $1 billion annually by the year 2000 — was envisioned today for the Satilla-St. Marys River ba sins. The income projection was part of long-range suggestions for economic development, recrea tion, water resource improve ment, navigation and pollution abatement presented by the U. S. Study Commission, Southeast River Basins. The report, released at a gath ering in the Ware County Court house, was the commission’s sec ond from a two-year study un der the chairmanship of J. W. Woodruff Jr., Columbus. The first covered the Ogeechee River Basin and was released in Statesboro Tuesday. The Satilla - St. Marys basins extend roughly from Macclenny, Fla., to Talbot Island on the coast, northward to St. Simons Island, northwestward and west to Baxley and the Ocilla vicinity, thence by Pearson and Waycross back into Florida. The commission estimated that to meet employment needs 480 new jobs a year must be pro vided in manufacturing and 1,200 in trade and service industries through 2,000. It said that an av erage annual expenditure of some $6.7 million from private sources was indicated for manufacturing facilities, much of it for process ing of agriculture, forestry and chemical products. Most trade and service-type job opportuni ties, it suggested, will come from catering to tourism and recrea tion. In industrial development, the commission said inexpensive marshland property along the in tercoastal waterway connected with Cape Canaveral may well became the site for plants pro ducing missile products. It proposed more modern and intensive methods in agriculture and forestry and suggested that commercial fisheries may be ex panded and made more profit able. The oyster fishery may be restored and the cultivation of shrimp, oysters, pompano and other food fishes undertaken, it said. The commission reported that a multi-purpose dam on the St. Marys River to generate about 23 million kilowatts of power has possibilities but that the area’s power requirements will have to be .met in the main from the outside, barring steam- plant generation. It mentioned the advisability of a number of new reservoirs with access areas and facilities for recreation, irrigation, low flow regulation for fish and wildlife, pollution abatement and incidental flood control. Possible sites included Big Satilla Creek, Satilla River, Hurricane Creek, Nassau River and St. Marys Riv er. To enhance the attraction of fish and wildlife resources for visitors, the commission outlined a needed program including: Development of six new up land-game-management areas. Federal development of the Satilla marshes primary for wat er fowl purposes. Private development of 1,000 acres of small impoundments in coastal .marshes for waterfowl. Creation of 10 artificial reefs along the coast to improve salt water fishing. The Commission report listed many of the area’s parks and tourists attractions, some of them of keen historic interest. It urged that they be given careful attention and whenever possible expanded and improved. Especially to be preserved for their historic and cultural inter est, it said, are Fort Frederica, Fort Clinch, Tabby Sugar House Ruins, parts of the town of St. Marys and Bartram’s Ixia a small wild flower now almost extinct. For improved navigation, shoals in Umbrella Creek, a tidal stream between Little Satilla and Satilla Rivers, would be remov ed to restore the channel to its original condition. Diversion works would be provided to di rect flows through the restored channel for its maintenance for creation and fishing craft. The commission calculated that small watershed projects propos ed for stream tributaries in the basin would provide flood con trol in combination with drain age on about 634,000 of crop land, woodland and pasture by the year 2000. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 29, 1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Ohio Couple Killed in Auto Crash A head-on collision on US 301 north of Nahunta in the Twin Rivers community late Thursday afternoon, March 22, claimed the lives of a young Amsterdam, Ohio, couple and critically injur ed a Jacksonville, Fla. man. The young Ohio couple, identi fied as Dutton Victor Nelson, 27, and his wife, Mrs. Larraine Nix Nelson, 26, were headed north on US 301 and were met head-on by an automobile driven by William Nicholson of Jacksonville, Fla. The force of the impact totally demolished the auto occupied by the Ohio couple and Mrs. Nelson was killed instantly. Mr. Nelson expired approximately five min utes following the accident. Mr. Nicholson was carried to the Waycross hospital by a Chamb less ambulance and was transferr ed Friday morning to a Jackson ville hospital. Mr. Nelson was a native of Steubenville, Ohio. He received his education in the schools of that city and at the time of his death was engaged as a steel worker. He and Mrs. Nelson were returning home from a vacation trip to Florida. Mrs. Nelson was born in Union port, Ohio and received her edu cation in the schools of that city. The young couple are survived by two children, their respective parents, and other relatives. The bodies were returned to Hopedale, Ohio, Saturday after noon, March 24, via rail and fun eral services and interment were held Monday, March 26. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of local arrangements. Southern pine provides enough lumber annually to build nearly a million homes. In addition, more tharthalf the nation’s pulp and paper is derived from the species, as well as chemicals, na val stores, furniture, and other products. Their manufacture gives jobs to nearly three quarters of a million persons in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Okla homa, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. When families and de pendents of these workers are considered, the number of per sons owing livelihoods to forest industries based on Southern Pine comes to more than 2% mil lion, according to Extension For estry Marketing Specialist H. O. Baxter. Commercial Forest Land On Increase in Georgia Georgia’s present and future role in Southern forestry is clearly painted in a recent sur vey of the State’s forest land. An increase in commercial for est land and a decrease in idle acres has been favorably received by forestry leaders throughout the State. Statewide, forest area and pine volume continue to rise and at a faster pace than dur ing the 1936-52 period. The areas of pine and oak-pine types and pine sawtimber vo lume have shown an increase since 1953. However, a slight de cline has been noted in hardwood sawtimber volume. Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley said, in creased market opportunities, brought about by expansion of old and establishment of new forest industries, have played a large role in the timber changes. The Commission’s fire protection program, 153 counties or approxi mately 23,600,000 acres; improv ed management services in grow ing, harvesting and marketing of timber; reforestation, with a boost from the Soil Bank Pro gram; and forest research are contributing factors to Georgia’s timber growth, Shirley added. The survey is a yardstick by which industry can expand its facilities and new industry can build. Shirley pointed out that the .availability of our raw ma terial is now pinpointed so the State and each community can evaluate its forest resource con dition in planning present and future growth. The South will be heavily counted on to supply the nation’s raw forest material in the future and Georgia will be expected to carry much of this responsibility. Comparative figures show that Georgia’s forest Land increased eight percent in the past decade. The State’s 25,772,200 forest acres, Avery Strickland Given Awards For 25 Years of Fine Service District PT A Will Meet at St. Simons The Third District of Georgia of Parents and Teachers, Spring Conference will be held Satur day, March 31, at the Epworth- By-The-Sea at St. Simons Island. Registration will be from 9:15 to 10:00. The conference will be gin at 10:00 o’clock. Mrs. Cicero A. Johnson, presi dent Georgia Council Parent- Teacher Association, will bring greetings. The host will be the Glynn County Council Parent-Teacher Association. The theme will be “This Is a Time of Greatness.” Mrs. George C. Hahn of Savan nah, President of the Georgia Branch of the American Associa tion of University Women, will be guest speaker. Mrs. Hahn is a past PTA vresident. Dorothy Brauda, 3rd District Publicity Chairman Contract Let For New Paving In Brantley The State Highway Board has let a contract for three and one half miles of new paving in the Schlatterville section of Brantley County. The contract was let Friday, March 23, to Littlefield Construc tion Company of Waycross for $138,292.50. The new paving will extend from the previous section of pav ing on to Route 121 south of Ho boken, making a complete con nection of paved roads from Route 84 to Route 121. More men than women die of cancer each year. The ratio is 54 to 46 among the 270,000 who died in the U. S. last year, the A merican Cancer Society, Georgia Division reports. Annual physical check-ups and observance of the seven danger signals that may mean cancer could save over half of those it strikes. Today one third are being cured. 68.9 percent of total land area, are primarily owned by private landowners, 93 percent. Os this figure, farmers own 58.4, indus try, 15.3; and miscellaneous 19.3. The remaining forest acreage in cludes federal, 6.6 percent, which includes national forests and parks, military land and a wild life refuge. The State owns a little more than .3 percent and county and municipalities Jess than .1 percent. With the increase in commer cial forest land, hardwood types increased 11 percent over 1953 to 8,959,100 acres. An additional six percent was added to the vine and oak-pine types making 16,- 812,200 acres. The net annual growth rate of softwoods is 184 board feet per acre in comparison to the hard wood rate of 126 board feet per acre. In the pulpwood size, the net annual growth rate is .7 cords per acre for softwoods and .5 cords per acre for hardwoods. The inventory was divided in to five geological units; coastal plain, one and two; southern piedmont, three; northern pied mont, four; and mountains and foothills, five. The survey by units follows: SOUTHEAST: Commercial forest acreage is increasing and cull timber volume decreasing in Southeast Georgia. The commercial forest area, eight million acres, is four percent greater than in 1952. Almost half of the increase has been in pine and oak-pine types. Since 1952 there has been a reduction in softwood cull timber from 3,186,- 301 to 749,315 cords in hardwoods from 12.152,055 to 6,136,980 cords. Approximately 1.2 billion board feet of softwood and hardwood are being cut annually for saw timber and pulpwood. The annual net growth rate is 1.4 billion board feet. Avery Strickland, Forest Ran ger for Brantley County, has re ceived recognition and awards from the 4-H Clubs, from Future Farmers and from state officials for his 25 years of service in Brantley County. At a recent 4-H Club banquet Mr. Strickland was awarded the 4-H Club Honor Pin for his work in aiding the clubs with their ex hibits and projects in this section. At the recent Father and Son banquet of Future Farmers of America, Mr. Strickland was a warded the Golden Emblem of the FFA for assisting the Future Farmers in their forestry pro jects and for his long service in forestry preservation in Brantley County. The forestry officials gave Mr. Strickland the State Appreciation Award at a meeting held in Folk ston on March 15. He was award ed a certificate which stated, “Given in appreciation of 25 years of faithful service to the State of Georgia.” The certificate was signed by Governor Vandiver and Forestry Commissioner Director Ray Shirley, also by other members of the Forestry Commission. Mr. Strickland has served as Forest Ranger in Brantley Coun ty since 1936. He has made a splendid record in holding down fire losses and in promoting for est conservation in this entire section of Georgia. Mr. Strickland expressed pro found appreciation for the awards and the certificate of Faithful Service. He also expressed his gratitude to all who have helped him make the great record of the past 25 years. Eastern Star Elected Officers Tuesday Night Mrs. Malva Alice Brown was elected Worthy Matron of Satilla Chapter 365 O. E. S. for the com ing year at a regular meeting on Tuesday night, March 27. Other officers elected at this meeting were D. F. Herrin, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, Associate Matron; J. W. Crews, Associate Patron; Mrs. Ruby Herrin, Secretary; Mrs. Lurline Broome, Treasurer; Mrs. Louise Drury, Conductress and Mrs. Effie Strickland, Associate Conductress. Other officers will be appoint ed by the Worthy Matron elect and named later. cotton planting Take the soil’s temperature be fore planting cotton, advises Ex tension Agronomist Larry Tor rance. Cotton seed germinates poorly at temperatures lower than 70 degrees. Seedlings from seed that germinate at low tempera tures grow more slowly and less vigorously than those from seed that germinate at 70 to 85 degrees. Florence Mayo Jet Tobacco Curer We are agents for the famous Florence Mayo Jet Tobacco Curer. It burns diesel fuel and one of the most economically operated tobacco curers on the market. This tobacco curer is on display at Strick land Plumbing Company, Nahunta, Ga. For prices see Julian C. Strickland or W. B. Willis. Car Tag Deadline The deadline for purchasing auto tags is Saturday, March 31. Penalty after March 31 is 20 percent plus sl. Please get your license tag Friday or Sat urday and avoid penalty. Delma F. Herrin Tag Agent Nahunta, Georgia One woman said eight fami lies borrowed her Enterprise each week. I didn’t know there were that many spong ers in Brantley County. Personals Mr. Everett Cooledge and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Anteka of Green ville, Tenn., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis on Tuesday. The Nahunta Garden Club will meet Tuesday afternoon April 3 at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. Lee Herrin. Miss Mary Knox and Mrs. Cecil Thomas will be co-hostesses with Mrs. Herrin. The year book committee met at the home of Mrs. Lewis and made plans for the program for the year book which will be ready for the April meeting. Mrs. Em mie Newton, Mrs. Elizabeth Rob inson, Mrs. Lee Herrin and Mrs. Dorothy Graham are members of the committee. Mr. Bob Strickland is serious ly ill in Memorial Hospital in Waycross, following an operation last week and another on Tues day night of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson and children Delera, Kenneth and Ken of Jacksonville, Fla., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Barnard. Mr. and Mrs. Linton Booker and children Tim and Ronnie of Brunswick spent Sunday with his mother Mrs. Allen Barnard. Mrs. Letha Tucker spent most of last week in New York City where she attended the Interna tional Hair Styling Convention. Mr. S. B. Highsmith of the Lu laton community has returned home following treatment in the Waycross hospital. Mr. W. R. (Bob) Strickland continues as a patient in the Waycross hospital. Mr. Oliver Highsmith is a pa tient in the Waycross hospital. Mr. L. P. Carter has returned home after receiving treatment in the Waycross hospital. Mrs. Jean Esther Peeples is a patient in the Waycross hospital. Miss Josephine Warren of Jacksonville spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Amos Warren. Stan Siegel of Aberdeen, S. D., has arrived in Nahunta for a visit with his folks, Mr. and Mrs. J. Siegel. Stan and his father will attend the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta April 5 thru 8. Keith Strickland has been nam ed chairman of the Chapel of All Faiths Fund Campaign in Brant ley County. The campaign is to build a house of worship for all faiths at Milledgeville State Hos pital. Susie Lee Bell of Hoboken has been named to the Dean’s list at Georgia Womans College, Mil ledgeville, because of her high scholastic standing. Myrna Jane Strickland and George Thomas were placed on the Dean’s list at Georgia South ern College for the winter quart er because of their high marks during the term. The Wheelchair quartet from Macon, Georgia, will present a program at Pleasant Valley Bap tist Church, Wednesday night, April 4 at 8 P. M. The public is cordially invited. Good forest management re quires frequent thinnings of pine stand, says Extension Forester B. R. Murray.