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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 19
2 Candidates
In Race for
Representative
Two candidates are in the race
for representative in the Gen
eral Assembly for. ''•Brantley
County.
The candidates are J. Robert
Smith, the incumbent and Hoke
S. Wilson.
Mr. Smith is serving his first
term in the legislature. He is
an attorney at Nahunta and is
now also city attorney.
Hoke Wilson is a wholesale
dealer for Sinclair Oil products.
He served several terms on the
Nahunta city council and has been
prominent in Brantley County
business and civic affairs for
many years.
Mrs. Morgan, 31,
Dies After Illness
Mrs. Christine Laverne Morgan,
31, died Saturday, May 5, in the
Wayne Memorial Hospital after
an extended illness.
Survivors are her husband,
Edgar Morgan, Nahunta; one
daughter, Sherry Morgan, Nahun
ta; her mother, Mrs. Minnie Row
ell, Patterson; 2 sisters, Mrs. Ber
nice Drury and Mrs. Wilma Ham
il, both of Patterson; and one
brother, R. T. Rowell of Patter
son.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday at 3 P. M. at the Hor
tense Congregational Methodist
Church by Rev. Forrest H. Buch
anon and Rev. Alvin Williamson.
Active pallbearers were Wilder
Brooker, Ben Jones, Claude
Smith, Sam McAfee, Joel Herrin,
Ted Strickland. Honorary pall
bearers were Johnnie Eldridge,
Emory Middleton, Pete Gibson,
Ernest Manning, Edwin Strick
land and Milton Highsmith.
Burial was in the Raulerson
Cemetery.
DeWitt Moodys
Entertain for
Faculty, Seniors
One of the delightful events of
the commencement season was the
tea given by Mr. and Mrs. De-
Witt Moody for the faculty and
seniors of Brantley County
schools Sunday afternoon, May 4.
Greeting guests at the door
were Mrs. Dorothy Graham and
Mrs. Geneva Melton.
Forming the receiving line in
the living room were Superin
tendent Moody and her husband,
Board Members and their wives
including: Mr. and Mrs. Elroy
Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Dryden and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Allen.
The guests were ushered into
the dining room where dainty
sandwiches and cakes in the
school colors were served by Mrs.
Dorothy Griffin and Mrs. Ruth
Davis. Lovely arrangements of
spring flowers were seen on the
dining table and in the living
room arranged by Mrs. Audrey
Brooker.
Serving punch on the breeze
way were Mrs. Ann Long, Mrs.
Rachel Burden and Mrs. Lilia
Mae Brauda.
Approximately 125 guests called
between the hours of 4 and 6
o’clock.
Mary Lou Ellis
Wins Title of
Miss Nahunta High
The 1962 Annual Beauty Page
ant, sponsored by the Senior Class
of Nahunta High School, proved
to be a great success last Friday
night. The Pageant was broken
down into three divisions, and
three winners were chosen.
In the Senior division of the
Pageant, Miss Mary Lou Ellis
was chosen Miss Nahunta High.
First and second runner-ups
were Miss Frances EUis and Miss
Trellis Morgan, respectively.
In the Miss Junior High Con
test, Miss Faye Coker was chosen
as first place winner. Nancy
Moody was first runner-up, and
Miss Jeannette Carter was second
runner-up. . ...
Little Miss Evelyn Wainngh
was chosen Little Miss Nahunta.
Ann Aldridge was first
up, and Mary Ellen Robinson
was second runner-up in the ele
mentary division.
There were 129 contestants in
the Pageant.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday for
B. F. Wilson, 38
Mr. Benjamin Franklin Wilson,
38, of Nahunta passed away ear
ly Sunday evening, May 6, at his
residence following a sudden ill
ness.
Mr. Wilson was born in Brant
ley county and was the son of
Mrs. Minnie Hendrix Wilson and
the late Joseph Wilson. He receiv
ed his education in the local
schools and for a number of years
was engaged as a power linesman
with the local electric utility. He
was also employed as a linesman
for some time with an electric
utility construction company. At
the time of his death, he was op
erating a package store.
Possessed of an affable man
ner and genial disposition, he
enjoyed a wide circle of friends
and his death brought personal
sorrow to many throughout this
section.
In addition to his mother, sur
vivors include his wife, the for
mer Miss Joyce Richardson of
Nahunta; three daughters, Miss
Sue Wilson, Miss Vivian Wilson
and Miss Frances Wilson, all of
Nahunta; one son, Joe Wilson of
Nahunta; two sisters, Mrs. W. A.
Lyons of Nahunta and Ray Strick
land of Jacksonville, Fla.; three
brothers, Norman Wilson, Hoke
Wilson and Monsie Wilson, all of
Nahunta.
Several nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon, May 8, 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. Charles Wilson, Billy
Allen, Bobby Wilson, Johnny
Allen, Cleve Wilson and George
Stewart.
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
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Funeral Services
Held Sunday for
Herbert C. Baumert
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon, May 6, at three
o’clock from the Hortense Con
gregational Church for Mr. Her
bert Carl Baumert, 70, who pass
ed away early Thursday morning,
May 3, in the Twin Rivers com
munity following a brief illness,
with the Rev. Wilbur V. Hartley
officiating.
The body lay in state at the
church for one hour prior to
services.
Interment followed in the Hor
tense Cemetery.
Mr. Baumert was born in Roc
ky Ridge, Ohio and was the son
of the late Harman and Katherine
Kahler Baumert. He received his
education in various schools and
colleges in Ohio and first came
to this section in 1910 where he
was engaged as a teacher in the
Broadhurst school of Wayne
county. From 1915 until 1940, he
was employed as an accountant
with the Commerce Dept, of the
Federal government. After re
signing from this position, he was
engaged in a similar capacity for
a number of years in the Phili
ppine Islands.
He was a member of the Lu
theran church and had resided in
Brantley county for the past eight
months.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Rose M. Baumert of Patterson;
ond daughter, Mrs. Edith D. Hay
es of Arlington, Va.; one son,
Herbert P. Baumert of Alexan
dria, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Mar
tha Bearden of Brunswick and
Mrs. Elsie Perry of Reading,
Michigan; one brother, Ernest H.
Baumert of Salt Lake City, Utah.
4 grandchildren, 1 great-grand
child, several nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Troy Harper, Perry Roz
ier, Farley O’Berry, Joe Smith,
Wendol Rozier and Van W.
Strickland.
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.
Brantley Enterprise
Cecil Drury of
Hortense Honored
For Scholarship
Cecil Drury, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ceeil F. Drury of Route 1,
Hortense, was awarded a key as
runner-up to the Best All-Round
Boy at South Georgia College’s
Honors Day Banquet Thursday,
May 3,1962. Cecil also won re
cognition as runner-up to the
sophomore with the highest sco
lastic average.
The Best All-Round Awards are
the highest honors according to a
Student at South Georgia College.
Cecil was a member of the Fu
ture Teachers of America Club,
the Letterman’s Club, and a pitch
er on the baseball team.
Mrs. McCurdy, 61,
Dies in Alabama
Mrs. George H. McCurdy, Sr.,
61, mother of Mrs. Guy Cham
bless, Jr., of Nahunta, passed a
way early Monday morning, May
7, in the Piedmont, Alabama,
Hospital following a week’s ill
ness.
Funeral services were held
from the First Methodist Church
in Piedmont Wednesday after
noon, May 9, at three o’clock with
the Rev. J. W. Forshee and the
Rev. O. H. Boyd conducting the
rites.
Interment followed in the Pied
mont Cemetery.
In addition to Mrs. Chambless,
survivors include the husband,
three other daughters, five sons,
20 grandchildren and other rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keene
announce the arrival of a baby
girl at Memorial Hospital in Way
cross on May 6, weighing six
pounds and six ounces. The little
girl has been named Angela Fran
ces and will be called Angela.
Mr. and Mrs. Wain Brooker
of Athens, Ga., announce the
birth of a baby boy in Brunswick
hospital on May 2, weighing eight
pounds and three ounces. His
name is Matthew Brown and he
will be called Matt. The grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Brown
Brooker and Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Hendrix of Nahunta. The mother
and new baby will remain with
her parents for a few weeks.
BETTER BEEF
There have been substantial in
creases in the amount of choice
and good grade beef and decreases
in the amount of lower grades
produced in recent years. Changes
toward better quality meat has
benefited both the beef producer
and consumer, according to Dr.
Mary Gibbs, Extension consumer
marketing specialist.
Brantley Enterprise F. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 10, 1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
MARY LOU ELLIS, 1-B TENNIS CHAMP
Represented region in state tournament.
Births
Nahunta Girl in
State Tennis Meet
Mary Lou Ellis, Nahunta High
School senior, goes to Macon,
Wednesday, May 9, to play in the
state tennis finals. She won the
championship of Region 1-B
(Southeast Georgi?) in the meet
at Camden County some two
weeks ago. The best wishes of all
our region, especially of Nahunta
community, as she goes to repre
sent us in the state contest.
Miss Ellis is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Ellis, and has
been active in almost all the ac
tivities of her school.
She will be accompanied to
Macon, by Mrs. Mable Moody,
County School Superintendent of
Brantley County; Coach Forrest
Thomas; and her alternate in
championship tennis play, Wanda
Rozier, who is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rozier, of
Hortense.
Rev. Johnston
Plans to Publish
His Seventh Book
The Rev. Henry J. Johnston,
of Alma has announced that he
is writing his seventh book, the
subject of which is the Youth for
Christ revival held in Alma re
cently.
The inter-denominational re
vival services were planned to be
held at the Baptist Church in
Alma, but such large gatherings
caused the services to be held in
the high school gymnasium,
where the crowds would number
approximately 2,000.
Young Freddy Smith, 21-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Smith, was the evangelist at the
youth revival. Freddy, well
known in Pierce county, was or
dained to the ministry last fall.
Rev. Johnston said that this
book would be in story form and
would carry pictures and testi
monies of youth from Bacon
County High School. It will be
published about the middle of
May.
Rev. Johnston has already writ
ten 6 books, of which the largest,
“My 50 Years in the Ministry,”
was published last year.
LAWN DISEASES
Diseases such as dollar spot,
brown patch and leafspot have
disfigured many lawns in Geor
gia in the last two years. Leaf
spot causes variously shaped are
as of the blades of grass to turn
tan or dark brown in color. Dol
lar spot starts off with small pat
ches of turf about the size of a
silver dollar and which increase
in size rapidly. Brown patch
starts off more widespread in
various patterns which often in
terlock in a pretzel pattern or
quarter-moon design. Sprays re
commended for control of these
diseases are Tersan O-M and Pan
ogen Turf Spray solution, accord
ing to Extension Horticulturist
Gerald Smith.
GARDEN CLUB
MET TUESDAY
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland and
Mrs. Mollie Highsmith were hos
tesses to the Nahunta Garden
Club at the home of Mrs. Jos B.
Strickland on Tuesday afternoon,
May 8.
Mrs. Strickland, the president,
presided during a discussion on
plans for a better spring flower
show with less work for the reg
istrars and classifiers.
Present were Mrs. Allen Barn
ard, Mrs. Dorothy Brooker, Mrs.
Dorothy Graham, Mrs. Dan Ja
cobs, Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. J. B.
Lewis, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson
and Mrs. James Stone.
Short cake and tea were served
during the social hour.
4-H Members Dance
At Folk Festival
The 4-H members who perfor
med at the Florida Folk Festi
val at the Stephen Foster Memo
rial at White Springs, Fla., did
very well.
The group under the direction
of Dr. J. L. Walker gave two
dances; one in the afternoon and
one at night.
The highlight of the program
was the unscheduled performan
ce of the group while the crowd
was gathering between 7 and 7:30
P. M. While music was played
by a group of adults, the Brantley
boys and girls started dancing
in the aisle.
They were invited to the plat
form by the Music Makers. They
danced the Patty Cake Polka, A
Virginia Reel and the Alabama
Jubilee. Ken Walker told the
audience they would have to ex
cuse him since he had never call
ed a set before, but he did an
excellent job calling the Virgin
ia Reel and the Alabama Jubilee.
The crowd gave them a big hand.
It made the adults who were
present a big thrill to know that
Sandra Jacobs and Dr. Walker
had given the boys and girls such
excellent training that unre
hearsed and unscheduled and
without any adult supervision
they gave the best performance
of the day.
Complete Program
Gives Profitable
Cotton Production
High per-acre, money-making
cotton yields can be made in
Georgia if farmers follow all re
commended cultural practices,
says P. J. Bergeaux, Extension
agronomist at the University of
Georgia.
Two of the most important of
these practices, he said, are ade
quate fertilization and proper
insect control. “These two go
hand in hand; one without the
other will not get the job done.
“High fertilization rates with
out adequate insect control can
result in rank cotton barren of
bolls,’’ he continued. “On the
other hand, proper insect control
without adequate fertilizer can
result in a small, stunted cotton
plant incapable of producing
high yields.”
R. H. Williams, a Wilcox coun
ty cotton farmer, combined all
recommended practices in grow
ing and produced an average
yield of 1,057 pound of lint cot
ton per acre on 16 acres, the
agronomist said. He participated
in a complete cotton demon
stration under the supervision of
Dr. R. C. Jordan, Extension
entomologist, and W. H. Sell,
Extension agronomist of the
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture.
How did Mr. Williams make
this extremely high per acre
cotton yield? He first took care
of his soil fertility requirements
by soil testing and then following
through on the recommendations.
He applied 900 pounds of a 5-10-
15 fertilizer at planting and side
dressed with 90 pounds of ad
ditional nitrogen.
Insects were kept under con
trol with five early season ap
plications of insecticide and 13
mid and late season applications.
The timing of the insecticide ap
plications was an important fact
or in keeping boll weevils and
bollworms under control, accord
ing to Mr. Williams. He also
used a sprayer which gave good
coverage of the insecticide re
gardless of wind condition.
Mr. Williams was well pleased
with his cotton demonstration,
according to County Agent W. N.
Hudson who worked very close
ly with him. Mr. Hudson stated
that this demonstration was a
good example of what can be
done in cotton production if all
recommended practices are fol
lowed by Georgia farmers.
County School Superintendent
Reports on Athletic Finances
A report on receipts and ex
penditures of the athletic depart
ments of Nahunta and Hoboken
High Schools for the 1961-62 year
is published this week in The
Brantley Enterprise.
The report is published by
Mrs. Mable R. Moody, county
school superintendent and will
be found elsewhere in this issue.
It shows income of $2,723.98
and expenses of $1,966.02 for the
Nahunta High School athletic
fund, and a balance on March 31,
1962, of $1,456.20.
Income of $1,722.26 for the Ho
boken High athletic fund is
shown, and expenses of $1,127.75,
leaving a balance March 30 of
$825.82.
Receipts of the athletic funds,
it is stated, come from door re
ceipts at basketball games. Funds
on hand as of March 30, 1962,
will be used to finance sports
engaged in after that date, which
are track, tennis and baseball.
Political
Announcements
Hoke Wilson Is
Candidate for
Representative
Georgia, Brantley County
To the Voters
Os Brantley County:
This will announce that 1 am
a candidate for the office of Rep
resentative from this County in
the Democratic Primary to be'
held this September.
As you know, I have been a
resident of this County all my
life, and when elected I promise
you that I will faithfully repre
sent your interests in the General
Assembly of Georgia.
I invite your support, advise,
counsel and careful consideration
in this most difficult time that
rural Counties have ever faced.
Yours sincerely,
HOKE S. WILSON 9-6
Jesup Minister
Named Chaplain
Os Soil District
Rev. Peyton E. Splane, Rec
tor, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
Jesup, has been named the first
chaplain of the Satilla River Con
servation District by the Super
visors.
A state-wide training session
for the newly appointed Chap
lains of the 27 Conservation Dis
tricts was led April 13 in Macon
by Dr. G. Ross Freeman of Emory
University, State Chaplain, Mr.
Cecil W. Chapman, State Conser
vationist, and Mr. Harold Hay
good, President of the Georgia
Association of Conservation Dist
ricts.
An effort was made to provide
the biblical and theological foun
dations for conservation, back
ground information which the
chaplains will need for their
work, plans for the 1962 soil
stewardship week, and other ways
in which these ministers can re
mind people of the state of their
dependence upon the natural re
sources which God has given.
“So far as I know,” Mr. Chap
man told the ministers, “no other
state has named District Chap
lains. You are pioneering in a
very worthwhile effort to empha
size the spiritual implications of
conservation.”
Responsibility for promoting
Soil Stewardship Week activities
May 27-June 3 is the first major
assignment of the District Chap
lains.
Legal Notice
Georgia, Brantley County
To Whom It May Concern:
John K. Larkins, having been
selected by next of kin, and hav
ing applied for Letters of Ad
ministration on John Floyd Lar
kins Estate:
This is to cite all creditors and
heirs of said deceased to show
cause at the June Term, 1962, of
this court, why Letters of Ad
ministration should not be grant
ed.
This 7th day of May, 1962.
|s| Claude A. Smith
Ordinary and Ex-Officio
Clerk of Court of Ordinary
J. Robert Smith
Attny. For Applicant 5-31
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county .... — $234
Outside county, in state .... $3.09
Outside state .......... $3.00
Nitrogen Is Key
To More Profit,
Says Farm Agent
“Crop yields, in regions where
rainfall is adequate, are determin
ed more by soil nitrogen than by
any other element supplied by
the soil.” This, says County Agent
George A. Loyd, is the situation
in Brantley County.
“Nitrogen is of special impor
tance because it has more im
mediate beneficial effect on crop
growth and yield than any other
element. It promotes rapid, lu
riant growth, dark, green plant
foilage, and conditions the grow
ing crop to utilize other nutrients
more efficiently.”
In this day of improved crop
varieties, better and more effi
cient insect and disease control,
and the constant struggle for
higher yields at reduced costs,
nitrogen can easily be The Key
To Profits. Modern farming de
mands higher rates of nitrogen
per acre for top yields. It must
be kept in proper balance with
other plant nutrients, especially
phosphate, potash, calcium and
magnesium.
According to the county agent,
nitrogen usage is hardly more
than half of what is presently re
commended by the extension Ser
vice. For Pasturesand grasslands,
we have hardly scratched the sur
face as far as profitable use of
fertilizer is concerned.
Quoting from a new Georgia
Extension Service Publication,
Circular 428 entitled "Nitrogen,”
the county agent says: "Nitrogen
should be considered as actual
pounds of nitrogen rather than
pounds of material. For example,
to apply oil pounds Nitrogen per
acre it requires 500 pounds ni
trate of soda, but only 240 pounds
ammonium nitrate. The amount
of nitrogen to use per acre will
depend on the kind of crop, soil
fertility, yield expected, previous
fertilizer practices, and other
factors.
“For greener fields and more
economical yields, establish a
sound soil fertility condition and
apply recommended rates of nit
rogen purchased on the basis of
cost-per-pound.”
Copies of Georgia Extension
Service Circular 428 on Nitrogen
may be obtained free at the
county agent’s office. V
Hospital Week
Is Proclaimed
The week of May 6-12 has been
proclaimed by Governor Ernest
Vandiver as “National Hospital
Week” in Georgia.
All Georgia hospitals are ob
serving this designated time as
Hospital Week in citing progress
of community service.
The proclamation from the Gov
ernor states that “hospitals are
developed in the public interest;
assemble the professionally train
ed to care for the ill and injured;
keep abreast of the progress made
in medical science for the indi
vidual and the community; pro
vide individual care to meet the
physical, personal, spiritual and
emotional needs of each patient;
and stand ready to meet any
emergency at any hour of the day
or night.”
Personals
The nine-week training includes
classroom instruction in such na
val subjects as seamanship, ord
nance and gunnery, damage con
trol and military customs and
courtesies.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Adriance
of Indiantown, Fla., and Mrs.
Mabel Stanley of New York City
were guests of Mrs. Alice High
smith and family last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chambless,
Jr. of Nahunta have returned
home from Piedmont, Ala., where
they were called Wednesday, be
cause of the illness of Mrs. Cham
bless’ mother, Mrs. George H.
McCurdy, Sr., whose death oc
curred on Monday of this week.
Mrs. O. L. Sikes and son, O. L.
Jr., of Garfield, Ga., were guests
of Mrs. Bertha Miller on Sun
day.
Donald R. Carter, son of Mrs.
L. U. Carter of Route 1, Hortense,
Ga., completed recruit training^
April 13, at the Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, 111.
