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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 20
Nolan Davis Jr. of Hoboken
Named to Board of Education
At a called meeting of tne
Brantley County Board of Edu
cation on Thursday, May 10, the
Board elected Nolan Davis, Jr.
of Hoboken to fill the place of
the late J. Floyd Larkins.
The Georgia Constitution of
1945 provides “that in case of a
vacancy the Eoard shall by se
cret ballot elect a successor, who
shall hold office until the next
grand jury convenes at wl ich
time said grand jury shall appoint
the successor member of the board
for the unexpired term.”
Other members of the Brantley
County Boaid are: Elroy Strick
land, chairman; Ted Strickland,
Marshall Dryden, Virgil Allen
and Mrs. Mable Moody.
Form W-2 Important
To Those Applying
For Social Security
“The Form W-2, withholding
tax statement, is very important
to those workers who apply for
Social Security benefits during
the first half of the year,” O. L.
Pope, district manager of the
Waycross Social Security Office
said this week.
Mr. Pope pointed out that the
amount of a person’s monthly
benefit often depends on his
earnings through the past year.
The quickest way for the Social
Security office to verify the total
1961 earnings of an applicant, is
for the applicant to take his W-2
Form with him when he goes to
apply for payments. According
to Mr. Pope, this simple precau
tion may save several days in the
processing of a claim and result
in the applicant receiving his
first check earlier.
If you worked for wages or
salary in 1961, and you plan to
apply for Social Security benefits
between now and July 1, remem
ber to take your 1961 W-2 Form
with you when you go to the
Social Security office.
Home Demonstration
Council Met May 9th
The Brantley County Council
Home Demonstration Club was
held at the Hoboken Brother
hood Building at 2:00 P. M., May
9. Mrs. Norman Lewis, president
called the club meeting to order.
Reading of the minutes was pre
sented by Mrs. Frank Dukes, act
ing secretary.
Guests were as follows. Mrs.
W. A. Chiles, merchants’ chair
man of Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Wombel
gave a lecture on “Piece Goods
and Home Furnishings.” Mrs.
Gordon Prince gave a lecture on
“Buying Washing Machines.”
The main topic of all the lec
tures was “Buying and Selling
Merchandise.” Ladies winning
door prizes were Mrs. Thelma
Thompson, and Mrs. Norman
Lewis. Also, the two lady guests
received a gift.
Ladies attending the Council
meeting were;
Mrs. Harry Raulerson, County
Agent; Mrs. Norman Lewis,
President Nahunta Club; Mrs.
Marguerite Jacobs, Treasurer
Waynesville Club; Mrs. G. W.
Stevens, Reporter Calvary Club;
Mrs. Goldwire Fowler, Mrs. J. E.
Aldridge, and Mrs. J. R. Drig
gers, Calvary Club; Mrs. Ben
Jones, Nahunta Club; Mrs. Thel
ma Thompson, Mrs. Pete Gibson,
and Mrs. Carrol Johns, Waynes
ville Club; Mrs. Chesley Walker,
Mrs. Banner Thomas, Mrs. Ethel
Morre, Mrs. B. G. Bell, Mrs. Lu
ler Walker, Mrs. Frank Dukes,
and Mrs. N. C. Davis Jr., Ho
boken Club.
Plans Announced for 1962
Nahunta High Commencement
The Baccalaureate sermon for
Nahunta High School will be on
Sunday, May 27th, at 11 A. M.
The Reverend Cecil F. Thomas
of the Nahunta Baptist Church
will deliver the sermon.
Graduation will be Wednesday,
May 30th, at 8:00 P. M. The pro
gram will be given by members
of the senior class. The theme
will be “New Frontiers.”
Early on the morning of May
31st, the seniors and their spon
sors along with Mrs. Mable R
Moody, County School Superin
tendent, will leave on their an
nual trip to New York and
Washington, D. C. They will re
turn on June 10th.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Mrs. A. B. Brooker spent Sun
day and Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Bennett and family
in Jacksonville.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Braddock
and little granddaughter, Gina, of
Jacksonville were visitors of Mrs.
Alice Highsmith and family last
weekend.
Mrs. W. R. Strickland is spend
ing a few weeks with her daugh
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Snare at Gainesville, Ga.
The Junior Class of the Na
hunta High School will entertain
the Senior Class with a recep
tion Saturday night May 19 in the
cafeteria of Nahunta High School.
Owen K. Herrin Jr., boilerman
second class, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Owen K. Herrin of Route 1,
Nahunta, is serving aboard the
attack aircraft carrier USS For
restal, a unit taking part in Exer
cise Quick Kick, a joint training
operation held May 7-10, at Camp
Lejeune, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chambless
Jr. attended the Georgia Funeral
Directors Assn, convention at
Jekyll Island on Monday and
Tuesday of this week.
Albany Girl
Wins Title of
'Miss Georgia'
Miss Kathern Eugenia Cross
was crowned Miss Georgia of 1962
in Columbus late Saturday night,
May 12, by Miss Glenda Brunson
of Savannah, Miss Georgia of
1961.
Miss Cross represented Albany
among the 42 beauties vying for
the title and a chance to compete
for the Miss America Crown.
Miss Emma Jo Jones of Athens
was named first runnerup and
Miss Joyce Butler of Moultrie
was named second runnerup with
Miss Linda Hinton of Atlanta as
third runnerup. Fourth runnerup
was Miss Joyce Bell of Cherokee
County.
Miss Cross, the 18-yearold
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
E. Cross, will represent Georgia
in the Miss America pageant to be
held at Atlantic City in Septem
ber.
The new “Miss Georgia,” who
wants to be a school teacher,
stands five feet, six inches and
has green eyes. Her vital statis
tics are 37-23-35.
Miss Jane Ann Johnson of Al
ma, “Miss Southeast Georgia,”
who represented several counties
in Southeast Georgia in the an
nual contest, after having w on the
Pierce county event last fall, was
one of the ten semi-finalists in
the Miss Georgia Pageant.
In the talent contest, she com
peted with a modern jazz dance
routine.
The 19-year-old brunette,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Johnson of Alma, is a freshman
at Wesleyan College in Macon.
Working Planned at
Bethlehem Cemetery
Cemetery working at Bethle
hem church will be on Tuesday
May 22.
All parties interested please
come early and be prepared te
stay until the work is done.
This announcement is made by
T. V. Rhoden.
Knox Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
Saturday, May 19
The Knox cemetery will be
cleaned on Saturday, May 19, it
is announced.
All who are interested in the
cemetery are asked to c-mc on
that day and bring tools to work
with. Or if you can’t come send
someone in your place to help
with the work.
Brantley Enterprise
PERSONALS
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahanta, Ga., Thursday, May 17, 1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
When and How to
Apply Nitrogen Are
Important Questions
By George A. Loyd
County Agent
When and how nitrogen should
be applied is a question facing
farmers today. Nitrogen can play
a vital role toward increasing
crop yields and farm profits.
However, it is important that
nitrogen be applied to crops at
the right time and in the right
way for the nutrient to be most
effective.
More careful management is
needed for the efficient use of
nitrogen than for most other
fertilizer elements. Farmers not
only need to maintain the nitro
gen supply in the soil, but they
also need to be sure that their
crops have nitrogen when they
need it during the growing sea
son.
The time of applying nitrogen
to corn can be almost as im
portant as the rate. Corn yields
usually are higher when nitrogen
is applied when plants are about
two feet high. Yields are reduced
markedly when nitrogen appli
cation is delayed to pre-tasseling
stage or later.
Split broadcast applications of
nitrogen on Coastal Bermuda us
ually will give increased yields
as compared with single applica
tion made in the spring. This prac
tice also will increase the succul
ence and protein content of the
late summer and fall grazing.
Research has shown that extra
nitrogen, up to 200 pounds per
acre, on Coastal Bermuda can be
expected to return over two
pounds of beef per pound of ni
trogen applied, even in dry
years.
The last application of nitrogen
should be made in July or Au
gust.
Nitrogen sidedressing for cotton
should be placed so that the young
plants can begin using the nitro
gen quickly. The roots of young
cotton do not extend much far
ther from the plant than the tops
are high. If nitrogen is applied
in the middle, the roots have to
grow to it, which will delay
growth. Nitrogen, therefore,
should be applied at the edge of
the root zone, which can be de
termined by removing the soil.
Nitrogen applied at the right
time will give crops the green
light to grow — and to keep on
growing — to an era of higher
yields and bigger profits.
New Publication
Gives Information
On Sewage Systems
A new publication intended to
help farmers and suburbanites se
lect sites for private sewage dis
posal systems is now available
from the U. S. Soil Conservation
Service.
A copy of the publication “Soils
Suitable For Septic Tank Filter
Fields” may be obtained from the
local SCS office located in the old
jail building, Mr. W. C. James,
Jr. Soil Conservationist, said.
Mr. James said the well illu
strated, 12 page publication, writ
ten in popular style, tells why
filter fields fail, how soil surveys
show areas suitable for filter
fields, how to use a soil map to
select a filter field site, how to
calculate the size of filter need
ed, and how to make a percolat
ion test.
THE "PAP” SMEAR *l*
23,000,000 WOMEN
don’t know it exists.
16,000,000 WOMEN
know about it but have never had it.
10,000,000 WOMEN
had a “Pap” smear examination over a year ago.
They need to have it repeated immediately.
8,000,000 WOMEN
had it within the past year, and should have it again
this year.
The “Pap” smear is a simple, painless examination to
detect uterine cancer in an early stage when it is
almost 100% curable.
HELP CONQUER UTERINE CANCER. EVERY WOMAN
SHOULD HAVE A “PAP” SMEAR EXAMINATION AS
PART OF HER ANNUAL CHECKUP.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
Liquor Still
Is Destroyed,
One Arrested
Sheriff J. Walter Crews reports
that he and Deputy Sheriff W.
M. Burden destroyed a still 3
miles south of Hoboken near
highway 121.
One man, Eugene Lewis, was
arrested. Another man got a
way. Lewis is out under bond.
Sheriff says the still was a 100
to 150 gallon still pot, and one of
the best equipped that he has
found. They confiscated 500 lbs.
of sugar and poured out 500
gallons of mash. Everything was
in readiness to run, it was re
ported.
This makes three stills destroy
ed in the past six weeks by the
Sheriffs department
Blackshear Man
Gets Year for
Officer's Death
A Pierce county jury found
Olen Smith, 22, guilty of invol
untary manslaughter in the death
of former Blackshear Police Chief
J. Frank Knox Jr., and recom
mended that Smith serve not
less than one year, and not more
than one year in prison.
The verdict was rendered late
Thursday after a one-day trial.
Smith had been charged with
murder following the death of
Chief Knox on April 4. The
Blackshear officer suffered a
heart attack after he attempted
to arrest Smith at a theatre in
Blackshear.
Smith was allegedly drunk at
the theatre and resisting arrest
during the incident on April 1.
Witnesses for the state testified
that Smith had attacked Knox
and squeezing him around the
chest.
In the scuffle, Smith himself
was hit on the head with a black
jack, it was stated. Later, in at
tempting to get Smith into a po
lice car, M. L Dixon, husband of
the theatre manager, hit Smith
on the head with a pistol, accord
ing to testimony.
Smith’s attorney, Leon Wilson
of Waycross, argued that Smith
had been hit over the head once
with the blackjack and in grab
bing Knox was only trying to
prevent another blow.
“I didn’t mean to hurt Mr.
Knox,” Smith said in an unsworn
statement.
Others testifying in the case
were Mrs. Dixon, theatre mana
ger; Dr. L. C. Durrence and Dr.
W. A. Hendry, who testified on
the cause of death; W. B. Owen;
H. D. James; and Sheriff J. H.
Pittman.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. John I. Lee an
nounce the birth of a daughter
on May 14, 1962, at the Nahunta
Medical Center. She weighed
nine pounds and 10% ounces
and has been named Myra Ann.
Trouble that looks like a
mountain from a distance, usually
is only a hill when you get to it.
2nd Nahunta Class
In Square Dancing
Will Graduate'
The second Nahunta class in
western style square dancing is
graduating on Friday night, May
18th. Nine couples are candidates
for the “do-ci-do” degree.
They are: Wilder and Liz
Brooker, Andy and Delene Parse.
Bob and Becky Griner, Bob and
Rita Smith, Gene and Vee Lewis,
Ray and Joyce Johns, Carroll and
Agnes Johns, Edward and Bar
bara Chancey, Harry and Vir
ginia Raulerson.
The graduation dance is to ■w
held at the High School cafeteria
immediately after the chicken
supper. Bill Camp from Jackson
ville, Fla., will be the caller. The
Tobacco Trail Square Dance
Club is host for the evening.
The public is invited to come
and see what real western square
dancing is like. The Tobacco Trail
Square Dance Club meets every
Ist and 3rd Friday with Bill
Camp calling.
The club will sponsor another
class in the late summer, those
from 8 to 80 interested in register
ing for this class please contact
any member of the club or call
HO 2-3043.
Lawn and Shrub
Tips Are Given
In Two Circulars
The coming of Spring brings
out the green thumb in all of us.
This is the time of year we want
to get done those needed land
scaping improvements around the
house.
As the face lifting begins, the
homeowner begins to wonder if
he is planting the right grass for
his section of Georgia; if shrub
bery would grow better if it
were not planted so deep; if the
mower blade is at the proper set
ting for his lawn, and if he has
chosen the right location for a
shrub.
To answer these and similar
questions and to aid the home
gardener in developing his yard,
the landscaping and horticulture
departments of the Cooperative
Extension Service of the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agri
culture have produced two up
to-date publications on lawns
and shrubbery.
Thomas G. Williams, Jr., head
of the Extension landscaping de
partment, and Gerald E. Smith,
Extension floriculture and nurs
ery specialist, combined to re
vise and enlarge Extension Cir
cular 380, “Lawns.” Mr. Smith
authored the second publication
entitled “Planting Shrubs.”
In “Lawns” the authors des
cribe and discuss 13 different
grasses for Georgia lawns, soil
preparation, fertilizers, weed
control, and grass substitutes.
30 Meetings on Tobacco Order
Scheduled for Georgia Growers
Georgia growers will be given
information on the purpose of
Marketing Order No. 6, Flue-Cur
ed Tobacco, in a series of 30
meetings throughout the tobacco
belt beginning May 21, according
to Otis G. Turner, chairman of
the recently activated Commodity
Commission for Tobacco.
Representatives from the State
Department of Agriculture, the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
and Cooperative Extension Serv
ice will lead the discussion on
the marketing order which makes
possible a self-help program un
der which growers may assess
themselves to provide funds for
expanding promotion, research
and education in flue-cured to
bacco.
Mr. Turner emphasized the
importance of all tobacco grow
ers attending one of the meet
ings in view of a coming refer-
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To Manage Sanders Campaign
Program Friday
At Hortense to
Honor Teachers
Friday, May 18, at 7:30 P. M.
at the Hortense School will be
the time to come and meet your
child’s teachers and tell them
“Thanks.” There will be a pro
gram in honor of the teachers
tc show them your appreciation.
The students will take part in
the program. After the teachers
program there will be installa
tion of new PTA officers.
Each family is asked to bring
something to eat and there will
be a social hour in the lunch
room afterwards. There will be
coffee and drinks.
Everyone is welcome to come
and show the teachers your ap
preciation of them. Bring the
whole family.
Cotton Grower
Tells How He
Made High Yield
C. M. Johnson, a semi-retired
farmer of Oconee County, is
pointing the way to high cotton
yields for farmers in northeast
Georgia, according to Larry T.
Torrance, special cotton agent of
the University of Georgia Ex
tension Service.
Mr. Johnson had the highest
yield of the 29 northeast Georgia
members of the 1961 Bale and
Half Cotton Club. His production
was 1,030 pounds of lint per acre
on eight acres.
To attain this yield, Mr. John
son follows soil test recommend
ations and uses 6-10-15 fertilizer
since his soil is lower in potash
than in phosphate. He applied
lime in 1959.
Oconee County Agent Bobby
Thomas says that Mr. Johnson
does an outstanding job on cot
ton each year. He follows a
sound program of fertilization
and insect control. The county
agent pointed out that Mr. John
son made 12 applications of in
secticides resulting in very good
control of insects.
In comparing Mr. Johnson’s
fertilizer use to all 1961 Bale
and Half members, it was found
that he used 20 pounds more
nitrogen, 18 pounds more phos
phate and 18 pounds more pot
ash per acre. His yield exceeded
the average of all members by
224 pounds of lint per acre. Mr.
Johnson says that adequate ferti
lization is necessary to produce
top yields.
endum to determine whether or
not the marketing order will go
into effect. The referendum is
to be conducted during the
period May 14- June 20.
Because of the rush of farm
work during this season, the
meetings will be limited to one
hour each, Mr. Turner said.
County agents will arrange for
meeting places, and further in
formation about any of the meet
ings may be obtained from these
county agents.
The schedule of meetings in
this immediate area includes the
following:
May 24 — 10:00 A. M. Baxley;
2:30 P. M., Jesup; and 8:00 P. M.
Blackshear.
May 25 — 10:00 A. M., Homer
ville; 2:30 P. M., Waycross; and
8:00 P. M., Alma.
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Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county .... $2.58
Outside county, in state .... $3.09
Outside state $3.00
Carl Sanders, Candidate for
Governor, has announced the ap
pointment of W. A. (Wyck) Knox,
Thomson, McDuffie County, as
his General Campaign Manager.
Mr. Knox will be in charge of
State Headquarters located in the
Dinkler-Plaza Hotel in Atlanta.
Wyck Knox, 52, born in Brant
ley County, has lived in McDuffie
for fifty years. He is in the con
struction business, principally
road building and is President of
Knox-Rivers Construction Com
pany and has other construction
interests. He is formerly a cattle
and timber farmer, a sawmill op
erator with plants in Greene, Jef
ferson, Treutlen, and McDuffie
Counties, and was Vice President
of Knox Homes.
Mr. Knox is and has been
Chairman of McDuffie County
Board of Education for the past
ten years and is currently Presi
dent of the Georgia f>’
Boards Association fie; vnich
position he has tendered his resig
nation, effective May 9th in or
der to devote more time to Sena
tor Sander’s campaign.
Mr. Knox is former mayor of
City of Thomson and when elect
ed at the age of 25 was Georgia’s
youngest mayor. He is a former
member of the Georgia Highway
Board. He has also served as a
member of the City Council of
Thomson and is a past President
of his Rotary Club.
For many years Mr. Knox has
been vitally interested in youth
programs, having served in a
number of capacities in the Boy
Scout program, having received
the Silver Beaver and Silver An
telope awards.
He is married to the former
Byrnece Purcell who formerly
lived in Metter and Cochran,
Georgia; he is the father of two
children, Mrs. S. Stetson Fleming,
111, of Savannah, and Wyck
Knox, Jr., a Law student at the
University of Georgia, and a re
cognized leader ck. that campus.
Report Given on
Library Project
At Nahunta High
The Nahunta High library pro
ject has proven to be a wonder
ful public relations project.
Our contacts have revealed the
following:
944 contacted, 325 in Brantley
County, 266 other places in Geor
gia, 326 other states, seven over
seas in Pacific area, 10 overseas
in the Atlantic area, 27 deceased
(present count).
It is interesting to note the
number residing in Brantley
County and other parts of Geor
gia.
Os the other states represent
ed there are: 123 in Florida with
majority in Jacksonville, 17 in
New York, 16 in Alabama, 13 in
California, 12 in South Carolina,
11 in Texas, and five in Michi
gan.
These numbers are not repre
sentative of the complete num
ber of graduates, but of those con
tacted thus far. The program will
continue until all are contacted.
Letters received from students
have expressed joy over hearing
from their Alma Mater.
There are students in 40 of our
states.
The library has received 150
books. There are books in every
classification. This adds to our
number of books and shows a
wonderful school spirit still exist
ing in the Nahunta High School
graduates.
The most recent books were
from: Mr. Allan Sloan, Mr. Bus
ter Middieton, Mrs. Ivene Lang
ley, Miss Betty Jean Turner.
The library will be open from
3:00 unil 5:00 P. M. and from
7:00 until 9:00 P. M. Friday May
25 for open house. Please visit
the library at these hours and
review the books received.
