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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 16
Legal Advertising
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
GEORGIA STATE HIGHWAY
AUTHORITY PROJECT
NO. RA 3-15 (8)
COUNTIES OF CHARLTON,
BRANTLEY & PIERCE
Sealed proposals will be re
ceived by the Georgia State High
way Authority at its General Of
fice at No. 2 Capitol Square,
Atlanta, Georgia, until 11 A. M.,
Eastern Standard Time, April 27,
1962, for furnishing all labor,
material, equipment and other
things necessary for construction
of 23.21 miles of resurfacing on
the Folkston-Blackshear Road,
State Route 15, beginning at State
Route 23 at Racepond and ex
tending north to State Route 38
in Blackshear.
Plans and Specifications are on
file at the office of the undersign
ed at Atlanta, and at the office
of the State Highway Depart
ment, No. 2 Capitol Square, At
lanta, Georgia, and at the office
of the Division Engineer of the
State Highway Department at
Jesup, Georgia, where they may
be inspected free of charge.
Copies of the plans may be
obtained upon payment in ad
vance of the sum of $5.00. Copies
of the Standard Specifications
may be obtained upon payment
m advance of the sum of $3.00,
which sums will not be refunded.
The Standard Specifications of
the State Highway Department
of Georgia have been adopted by
the Georgia State Highway Au
thority and will govern any con
struction under these proposals.
THE APPROXIMATE QUAN
TITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1100 Cu. Yds. Unclassified Ex
cavation
1700 Cu. Yds. Soil Cement
Stabilized Base Course — Patch
ing
720 Bbls. Portland Cement
630 Gals. Cutback Asphalt
Prime
30400 Gals. Emulsified Asphalt
Tack Coat, AE-O
4400 Tons Asphalt Concrete
B”, “E” & “F” * •
25740 Tons Asphalt Concrete
“E”
505900 Gals. Asphaltic Material
15 Tons Aggregate for Pene
tration Macadam Base — Rail
road Crossing
240 Gals. Bituminous Material
for Penetration Macadam
11 Each Manholes Adjusted to
Grade
Said work shall begin within
ten (10) days after formal exe
cution of contract and shall be
completed within 75 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 State Highway Authority
as such. Said contract will not
create liability, expressed or im
plied, against the undersigned
Chairman of the Georgia State
Highway Authority as an indi
vidual, nor against any employee
of the Georgia State Highway
Authority in his or her individual
capacity nor against the State
Highway Department of Georgia,
nor against any officer or em
ployee of the State Highway De-
Waycross Livestock Market
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA'S LEADING
LIVESTOCK MARKET
HONEST WEIGHTS AND COURTEOUS
SERVICE.
At our sale on Monday, April 16,
710 head of hogs and a light run of
cattle were offered for a total volume
of $28,057.32.
Regular No. 1 hogs sold at $15.95,
Li’s at $15.91, No. 2’s at $15.05, No.
3’s at $13.99. No. 4’s at $13.81, and
No. s’s and Ls’s at $13.80. Feeder
pigs sold up to $18.25.
Calves sold up to $26.60, steers and
heifers up to $25.00, cows up to $20.-
50 and bulls up to $22.25.
For pick-up or contact for sales please call
Woodrow Wainright Phone HO 2-3471 Nahunta,
Georgia.
Waycross Livestock Market
W. H. Inman and O. A. Thompson
Operators and Managers
Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
partment in his or her individual
capacity.
Proposals must be submitted on
regular forms which will be sup
plied by the undersigned, and
must be accompanied by a certi
fied check, cashier’s check, ne
gotiable United States Bonds or
other acceptable security in the
amount of $9000.00, 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 ad
visable by the Authority to hold
one or more checks. If an unusual
condition arises, the Authority
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 successful bidder as re
quired by law for contractors
contracting with the State High
way 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 issu
ed 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 delay
the award of the contract for a
period of not to exceed thirty
(30) days from the late of open
ing bids, during which period
bids shall remain open and not
subject to withdrawal. Right is
reserved to reject any and all
bids and so waive all formalities.
Upon compliance with the re
quirements of the standard speci
fications, 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
withm thirty (30) days after
final estimate is approved by the
Engineer.
This the 6 day of April 1962.
Georgia, Brantley County
To Whom It May Concern:
Wynette L. Carter having filed
her petition seeking leave to con
vey all real estate set aside to
her and DeWaine Carter out of
the estate of Oliver Carter, de
ceased, as a year’s support, for
the support, maintenance and
education of said child, this is to
cite all to show cause, if any
they can, before me on the 20th
day of April, 1962, at 10:00 A.
M., why said petition should not
be granted.
This 9th day of April, 1962.
|s| Claude A. Smith,
4-19
Brantley Enterprise
GEORGIA STATE
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
JIM L. GILLIS, SR.,
CHAIRMAN
WILLIS N. HARDEN,
MEMBER
CLARKE W. DUNDAN,
MEMBER 4-19
Ordinary
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 19, 1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Congresswoman
Blitch Will Not
Seek Reelection
Mrs. Iris F. Blitch of Homer
ville announced Tuesday in Wash
ington that she will retire from
active politics at the end of her
present term in the U. S. House
of Representatives.
The Bth District Congresswo
man said she will not seek re
election in the Sept. 12 state
Democratic primary.
Her surprise statement im
mediately stirred speculation of
the entry of several other candi
dates in the race, in addition to
two already announced.
Mayor J. Russell Tuten of
Brunswick and Charlton County
School Supt. William S. Smith
of Folkston have previously an
nounced they will seek the Bth
District Congressional post.
Others indicating they are like
ly or possible candidates are W.
M. (Don) Wheeler of Alma,
Senator John Greer of Lakeland,
Braswell Deen Jr. of Alma,
Former Governor M. E. Thomp
son, Ronald Adams of Jesup, and
Wallace Jernigan of Homerville,
secretary to Governor Ernest
Vandiver.
New Laws on
Game and Fish
Now in Effect
Editor
The Enterprise
Nahunta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
The following bills relating to
game and fish were enacted by
the last session of the General
Assembly and are now law:
H. B. 863 — This bill provides
that it is illegal to use rough fish
baskets in any stream of the
State, with the exception of the
streams in eastern Georgia, be
ginning at the Seaboard Airline
Railway in Chatham, Bryan, Lib
erty, Mclntosh, Glynn and Cam
den counties and artificial im
poundments.
H. B. 1125 — This bill extends
the legal length of minnow seines
from 10 to 20 feet. A 20 foot min
now seine is now legal for use.
H. B. 1142 — This is a confisca
tion law providing that a vehicle
or car, boat, animal and firearm
used in hunting deer at night will
be forfeited to the state and will
be sold, unless properly redeem
ed as provided for in this law.
Game and Fish Regulation
states that any person fishing
with a “Trot Line” with more
than fifty (50) hooks will be
classed as a “Commercial Fisher
man” and will be required to
have a commercial license.
Yours truly,
Mallory Hatchett, Chief
Waycross District
Pine Cone 4-H
Club Meets
The regular meeting of the
Pine Cone 4-H Club was held on
April 12, 1962, being called to
order by the President, Beth
Herrin.
A film on “Nutrition” was
shown.
The pledges to the American
Flag and the 4-H pledge were
given. Deborah Rhoden and Me
linda Wilson led in the singing.
The minutes were read by
Freida Manning and were ap
proved as read.
There being no further busi
ness the meeting adjourned.
Virginia Allen
Reporter
Raybon Advent
Church Planning
Spring Revival
The Raybon Advent Christian
Church will begin its spring re
vival Monday night, April 23 and
will continue through Sunday,
April 29. Services will begin each
night at 7:30 P. M.
The Rev. Francis Newell of
Swainsboro will be the evange
list. The public is invited to come
out to each service and hear
him.
Fellowship day will be observ
ed Sunday, April 29, with din
ner on the grounds and an af
ternoon program of singing, ac
cording to Albert P u rdom,
church clerk.
Eastern Star
Officers to
Be Installed
The newly elected officers of
Satilla Chapter 365, O. E. S., will
be installed at a called meeting
on Thursday, April 26, in the
Lodge Hall in Nahunta. The pro
gram will begin at 8:00 P. M.
The officers are Mrs. Malva
Alice Keen, worthy matron; D.
F. Herrin, worthy patron; Mrs.
Elizabeth Robinson, associate
Matron; J. Walter Crews, asso
ciate patron; Mrs. Louise Drury,
conductress; Mrs. Effie Strick
land, associate conductress; Mrs.
Ruby Herrin, secretary; Mrs.
Lurline Broome, treasurer.
The appointive officers are
Mrs. Lila Crews, chaplain; Mrs.
Ocie Keen, marshall; Mrs. Agnes
Drury, organist; Mrs. Nadine
Prescott, Adah; Mrs. Verona
Crews, Ruth; Mrs. Lucille Rober
son, Esther; Mrs. Joyce Johns,
Martha; Mrs. Bertha Miller,
Electa; T. H. Purdom, warder,
and Alvin Drury, sentinel.
The new worthy matron has
chosen little Gertrude Powell as
“Sweetheart” and Ephriam Keen
as mascot for the chapter.
The installation is open to the
public and relatives and friends
are invited.
Mrs. Moody Attends
Conference for
Superintendents
Mrs. DeWitt Moody, County
School Superintendent, is attend
ing a superintendent’s conference
at Lake Jackson, Covington, Ga.,
April 18-20, another in a series
of “Operation Bootstraps” de
signed along the line for solving
problems of concern to superin
tendents.
The two most outstanding ses
sions of this conference will be a
panel discussion on the Teaching
of Reading and an address by
Dr. Norton L. Beach, Professor
of Education, Columbia Univer
sity, New York City. His subject
will be “The Role of the Super
intendent in the Development of
Educational Programs.”
Mrs. Moody has been invited
along with four other superinten
dents to serve on the panel dis
cussion on “The Teaching of
Reading.” The consultants for
this panel group will be Dr. I. E.
Aaron, Director, Reading Clinic,
University of Georgia and Dr.
W. M. Sheldon, Director of Read
ing Clinic, Syracuse University.
This type of conference for the
benefit of superintendents is
proving so helpful that other
State Departments of Education
are providing similar experiences
for their superintendents.
Pre-school Clinic
Will Be Conducted
Friday, April 27
Pre-school clinic will be held
at Nahunta Grammar School Fri
day, April 27. All children who
will be six years old on or be
fore December 31, 1962, should
be registered during pre-school
day.
Parents should bring their
children by the county health of
fice between 9 and 12 A. M. for
their physical examinations.
Every child must have their birth
certificate in order to register for
school.
After children have been by
the health office they may visit
the school for the remainder of
the day or return home with their
parents. Pre-school children may
ride the school busses if par
ents can not bring them on this
day.
The price of lunch for pre
school children will be 20c and
30c for adults.
FHA Holds Mother-Daughter Banquet
The Nahunta High School F. H.
A. Club held its annual Mother-
Daughter banquet in the high
school cafeteria Tuesday night.
The occasion was most lovely
with the Easter colors predomin
ant in the decorations, and ar
rangements, and dress. The one
hundred thirty mothers and
daughters present speak for the
interest in the organization and
the good work it is doing.
Before being seated poems on
Mother - Daughter Appreciation
were given by Judy Highsmith
and her mother, Mrs. Collis High
smith.
The following program was en
joyed:
Opening ceremony, Elaine Al
len, Janice Willis and Janice Nig-
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday for
W. 0. Highsmith, 52
Mr. William Oliver Highsmith,
52, of Nahunta passed away
early Monday morning, April 16,
following an extended illness.
Mr. Highsmith was born in
Wayne, now Brantley, county
and was the son of the late Ja
cob and Kate Courson Highsmith.
He received his education in the
local schools and in early man
hood engaged in farming opera
tions. He was employed for 12
years as a steelworker in Pitts
burgh, Penn. For the past 9 years,
he had resided in Nahunta and
was the owner of the Pittsburgh
er Motel.
He was a member of the Na
hunta Baptist Church and of Na
hunta Lodge No. 391, F. & A. M.
Os affable manner and genial
disposition, Mr. Highsmith was
well known throughout this sec
tion and his death brings per
sonal sorrow to a large number
of relatives and friends.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Esther R. Highsmith; one daugh
ter, Miss Estelle Highsmith of
Nahunta; two sons, Oliver High
smith and Tommy Highsmith,
both of Nahunta; one sister, Mrs.
T. S. Williams of Macon; two
brothers, James H. Highsmith
and Elmo Highsmith, both of Na
hunta.
Several nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon, April 18,
at four o’clock from the Nahunta
Baptist Church with the Rev. Ce
cil F. Thomas officiating.
The body lay in state at the
church for one hour prior to ser
vices.
Interment followed in Smyrna
Cemetery, with Masonic rites
conducted by Nahunta Lodge No.
391, F. & A. M.
Serving as active pallbearers
were Messrs. Parnell Highsmith,
Travis Highsmith, Leslie Gazsi,
Edward Gazsi, Elroy Strickland
and Avery Strickland.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the esteem
felt for the deceased.
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.
Factors Which Lead
To Tax Return Audit
Listed in Magazine
Whose tax returns are audited?
There’s no hard and fast rule,
according to Changing Times, the
Kiplinger Magazine, but there are
some factors that constitute a
general pattern.
An article in the current issue
of the magazine states that most
returns showing an income over
$30,000 will be audited — that is,
the taxpayer will be asked to
account for all or part of the
statements in his return. In add
ition, from 25 percent to 50 per
cent of returns showing an in
come of SIO,OOO to $30,000 will be
audited, with “the odds . . . clos
er to 50-50 if you itemize de
ductions.”
The likelihood of an audit in
lower brackets, though small, is
growing every year as more
agents are hired and electronic
machines come into use, Chang
ing Times reports. Other things
that increase the chances are: big
amounts of income on which tax
es are not withheld, such as in
comes of doctors, lawyers, farm
ers, cab drivers or proprietors;
deductions running far above
average for the taxpayer’s in
come bracket; unusual transact
ions or unexplained items; a
large refund claim, especially
over $200; almost any claim for
a refund on a previous year’s in
come tax return.
ginbotham; welcome, Charlene
Gibson; response, Mrs. Mary Lou
Gibson; invocation, Mr. John H.
Calhoun; piano solo, Marian Mor
gan; introduction of guests, Aleta
Bourgeois; presentation of A
wards and degrees, Marilyn Her
rin; closing ceremony, Elaine Al
len. Thanks to Mr. Carter Mor
ton, Jr., and his F. F. A. boys for
a job well done.
Mrs. Lee Herrin is sponsor for
the club and xs due much credit
for the over-all enthusiasm shown
by the students, and the well
planned event which was plan
ned in detail by them.
Several students received a
wards and degrees.
Patsy Walker, Reporter
Local STAR Student and Teacher
Among Those Honored in Atlanta
Chapel Fund Reaches
Total of $500,000
ATLANTA — Mrs. Ernest
Vandiver, state chairman of the
SBOO,OOO Chapel of All Faiths
campaign, has announced that,
although only partial returns
have been received from a few
of the counties participating in
this state-wide drive for funds
to build churches at Milledgeville
State Hospital, the $500,000 mark
has now been reached.
These returns, though incom
plete, represent the results of the
Chapel Day, Sunday, April 1,
concentrated solicitation in
churches and house-to-house can
vasses, in addition to advance
gifts from businesses and individ
uals. Some $20,000 was raised
through house-to-house solicitat
ions within the Greater Atlanta
area alone. Contributions to the
special collections made through
Atlanta’s more than 400 churches
have not been fully tabulated.
Until a larger number of coun
ties can report complete returns
from Sunday’s appeal, it is im
possible, according to Mrs. Van
diver, to estimate what the final
figure will be.
For this reason, she is urging
all county chairmen to complete
their tabulation of all contri
butions received to date and to
get their reports in as soon as
possible.
Even so, Mrs. Vandiver ex
pressed herself “deeply grateful
for the magnificent response to
the Chapel movement through
out the state, and most optimistic
that it will achieve its SBOO,OOO
goal.”
Funds raised through this pro
ject will be used to build six
chapels strategically placed
throughout the vast thousand
acre hospital campus, each chapel
to accommodate the spiritual and
therapeutic needs of 2,000 pat
ients. With a capacity, now filled,
for 12,000 patients, Milledgeville
hospital is the second largest
mental institution in the nation.
Equally as important, the
Chapels will also meet the need
for a Georgia facility to train
ministers, chaplains, social work
ers and others in handling emo
tionally disturbed people.
James Crews Is
Citizenship
Contest Winner
The John Palmer Davis citi
zenship contest was concluded at
Nahunta Grammar School Mon
day, April 16.
The winner of the John Palmer
Davis citizenship award was
James Crews, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Allen.
Both boys presented an out
standing essay on “Citizenship.”
They were recommended by their
teachers as possessing the quali
ties of good citizens, and of prac
ticing good citizenship in the
school.
It happened 100 YEARS ago
The oldest incorporated trade association In the country, the
United States Brewers Association, was organized in 1862 .. .1
the same year that
IN GEORGIA, the "Great Locomotive Chase" took place.
Federals seized a train in Marietta, reduced it to 3 cars, and
raced for Chattanooga with a plan to burn all bridges behind
them. In another engine, running in reverse, Capt. W. A. Fuller
of Atlanta overtook them near Ringgold and thwarted the plan.
Then, as now, beer was the traditional beverage
of moderation. But beer means more than en
joyment to our state. The brewing industry con
tributes more than 12 million tax dollars to
Georgia each year — money that helps support
our hospitals, schools, and highways.
TODAY, in its centennial year, the United States
Brewers Association still works constantly to as
sure maintenance of high standards of quality
and propriety wherever beer and ale are served.
One woman said eight fami
lies borrowed her Enterprise
each week. I didn’t know
there were that many spong
ers in Brantley County.
Miss Janice Willis, star-stu
dent for Brantley County, and
Mrs. Lee Herrin, home economics
teacher, who was named by
Janice as her star-teacher, at
tended the annual Student-Star
tea and banquet which was held
in the Exhibit Hall of the Atlan
ta Biltmore Hotel on April 11.
Janice and Mrs. Herrin con
sidered the tribute to scholars by
Mr. W. Thomas Rice, President
of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company, as the outstanding
event of the entire program.
The STAR Student and teacher
are sponsored in Brantley Coun
ty by the Lions Club and is in
dicative of the local interest in
scholastic affairs of the county.
Janice, with an over-all aver
age of 98 in high school, is a
most outstanding student and
well deserved the honor of re
presenting the county.
The State Chamber of Com
merce proves that Georgia busi
ness and industry applauds scho
lastic achievement by their four
educational efforts; student,
teacher, achievement, and recog
nition.
Rambler Sales in
Zone Set Record
JACKSONVILLE — Rambler
retail sales in American Motors’
Jacksonville Zone set a new re
cord in the first six months of
the 1962 model year, according
to F. S. Johnsen, zone manager.
A new March record also was
established.
The Jacksonville Zone covers
Rambler dealers throughout
Florida and portions of Georgia,
Alabama and South Carolina.
Rambler sales in the zone
climbed to 8,588, a 13.4 per cent
increase over the 7,573 sold in
that area in the year-earlier per
iod, Johnsen said. March sales a
lone totaled 1,472 Ramblers.
On a national basis, American
Motors set alltime records for
the six months, the January-
March quarter and for the month
of March, resulting “in a re
writing of the Rambler record
book,” he said.
The sales total for the six
months climbed to 211,070, com
pared with 184,993 last year. In
the first quarter of the calendar
year dealers sold 100,670 new
Ramblers, against the 80,476 of
the January-March period of
1961. March sales rose to 45,402,
a gain of 60.3 per cent over Feb
ruary and 31.2 per cent over
March a year ago.
Enterprise Editor
To Enter Hospital
Carl Broome, editor and pub
lisher of The Brantley Enterprise,
has been ill at his home for sev
eral days.
Mr. Broome was scheduled to
enter Memorial Hospital in Way
cross for surgery on Thursday of
this week.
