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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 23 Judge Hodges Asks Election For Full Four-Year Term Willie Crews Funeral Services Held Thursday Funeral services for Willie Crews, who died Monday in a vet erans hospital in Lake City, Fla., were held at the Rosebud church Os God Thursday, May 31. Burial was in Hickox Ceme tery in Brantley County. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Donna Courson; five daughters, Mrs. Royal Johns, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. W. J. King, Waycross, Mrs. E. J. Price, Norfolk, Va., Mrs. J. R. Kazas, Stanford, Conn, and Mrs. J. M. Bochers, St. Louis, Mo., two sons, Noah B. Crews and James D. Crews, both of Waycross; two sis ters, Mrs. Everett Johns, Nahun ta, and Mrs. Alvin Moore, Holly Hill, S. C., one brother, S i m Crews, Waycross; 25 grandchild ren. Brantley Teachers Hold Last Meeting Os School Year The Brantley County GEA held its last meeting of the 1961-62 school year at Nahunta High School with a luncheon on Mon day, June 4. After a barbecue dinner, Presi dent Carter Morton presided over the business meeting. Reverend L. J. Edgy brought the devotional. Mrs. John H. Calhoun installed the incoming officers. They are as follows. President, Mrs. Wesley Burden; Vice-Presi dent, Mrs. Lucille Parks; Secre tary, Mrs. Lee Herrin. She challenged them to launch one of the best school years ever with three rockets, on which she said this could be done by using Knowledge, Understanding, and Love. Afterwards, the teachers met by groups and set up objectives for the coming year. Hortense Church Revival Starts Sunday, June 10 A revival will begin at the Hor tense Congregational Methodist Church on Sunday morning, June 10, at 11 A. M. Services will be held each eve ning during the week at 8 P. M. The Rev. Jack Dial of Way cross will be the evangelist for the meetings. The Rev. Forrest Buchanan is pastor of the church. Everyone is cordially invited to come and worship together in the services. BEAUTY CONTEST WINNERS Left to right: Trellis Morgan, second runner-up; Mary Lou Ellis, Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Judge Ben A. Hodges of the Waycross Judicial Circuit, now serving the unexpired term of the late Judge Cecil Roddenberry, announces that he is seeking e lection to a full four year term of office. Hodges was appointed by the Governor on February 5, 1962. The present term expires on January 1, 1963. The Waycross Judicial Circuit is composed of Charlton, Brantley, Pierce, Ba con, Coffee and Ware Counties. Judge Hodges is well known throughout the six county cir cuit. He attended Georgia Teach ers College and graduated from Law School at the University of Georgia. He served six years in the Armed Forces during and im mediately after the second World War. He practiced law in Waycross, Ware and surrounding counties for 12 years prior to his appoint ment as Judge of the Superior Court. Hodges was three times elect ed Representative to the General Assembly from Ware County, and was appointed Judge of the Superior Court while serving his sixth year as Representative. Judge Hodges married the for mer Miss Janie Frazier of Shreve port, Louisiana. They have three sons, John, Bill and Mark, and live at 1405 Suwannee Drive in Waycross. Judge Hodges states that “It is my desire to see and discuss my candidacy with all the people of this Circuit. The duties of my office have required my undivid ed attention since my appoint ment on February 5,1962. I will make every effort to see the people of this Circuit before September 12.” Doctor and Dentist To Take Vacations The Brantley County Medical Building will be closed June 13 through June 17 while Dr. Walk er and Dr. Pennington are on their vacations, it is announced. Emergency cases may be taken to the doctor of your choice or to the Blackshear or Waycross hospitals. The medical building will reopen for medical and den tal service on Monday, June 18. We wish to express our sincere thanks to all our friends and re latives for the many kindnesses to us on the occasion of the ill ness and death of our loved one, Mrs. Julia Griffin. We deeply appreciate your words of sympathy, the floral tributes and the covered dishes. May the Lord bless and keep you all. LIVESTOCK RECEIPTS Cash receipts of Georgia farm ers for livestock and livestock products amounted to $411,213,- 000 in 1961, according to the Geor gia Crop Reporting Service. Miss Nahunta; and Frances Ellis, first runner-up. Card of Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ryals and family of Julia Griffin. Brantley Enterprise Personals Pvt. John W. Willis, son of Mrs. Verdie L. Willis, Route 2, Na hunta, was one of the 600 repre sentatives of the 82nd Airborne Division to march in New York City’s Armed Forces Day Parade May 19. Willis, a radio operator in Headquarters Company of the division’s 501st Infantry, entered the Army in January 1961 and completed basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. Cecil Drury, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil F. Drury, Route 1, Hor tense, received his diploma from South Georgia College at Douglas, Ga., in graduation exercises there on June 1. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Davis and daughter, Phyllis, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Strickland left for their home in Hamburg, N. Y., on Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Davis is a sister of Mrs. Strickland. Cpl. Robert Keene, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Keene has re enlisted in the Army for three years after serving in the armed forces for 27 months. He return ed to his station at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N. M., the past weekend. A2C Richard T. Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Howard of Nahunta, has returned to the United States and is home with his parents for 30 days. He has just returned from a three year tour where he was stationed in Paris, France. After his visit with his parents he will be stationed at Shaw Air Force Base in S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sears and little Denise spent the past week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Popwell, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sears. Mrs. Mae Bromelow of Miami, Fla., is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Lucille Johns. Noe) Schofield of Miami visited friends in Nahunta this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. James Lee and family in Orlan do, Fla. Their son escorted them home on Sunday evening and left Nahunta on Monday morning to go to North Georgia. Miss Karen Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hood and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johns of Atlanta were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Willis last weekend. Frances Ellis Will Enter Beauty Contest Miss Frances Ellis, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carl Ellis, of Nahun ta will represent Brantley Coun ty in the Golden Crown Fiesta at Fernandina, Fla., which will take place Friday, June 8 through Sun day, June 10. The Lions Club of Nahunta is her sponsor. Miss Mary Lou Ellis, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ellis, won first place in the beauty contest sponsored by the senior class of Nahunta High School in May. Her sister, Miss Frances Ellis, was first runner up. Mary Lou is in Washington on the senior class trip. So the first runner up will represent the county at Fernandina. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 7,1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Brantley County met in regular session on Tuesday, May 1, with all members present and the following business was transacted. A resolution was passed adopt ing a Civil Defense Program with the City of Nahunta and Hobo ken jointly. Also a resolution a dopting a Code of Ethics, as set out by the County Commissioners Association of Georgia. These resolutions were passed unani mously. After passing the resolutions and discussing other matters of business, they ordered the follow ing bills paid for the month of April. ROAD DEPT: Arthur C. Alt man, $104.40, Salary; Ellis Alt man, $169.10, Salary; Perry Crews, $251.44, Salary; Talmadge Gunter, $193.74, Salary; Weita Herrin, $191.58, Salary; Gillis Hickox, $203.92, Salary; Mitchell Hulett, $189.76, Salary; Alex B. Lee, $171.29, Salary; John H. Mercer, $178.14, Salary; Virgie R. Murray, $181.90, Salary; Fred Willis, $198.16, Salary; Woodrow Wilson, $169.10, Salary. GENERAL EXPENSE: R. B. Brooker, $17.21, Salary; R. C. Harrell Jr., $16.06, Salary; Silas D. Lee, $29.06, Salary; Louis Prescott, $17.21, Salary; Major Riggins, $29.06, Salary; C. Win ton Adams, $53.15, Salary; John M. Wilson, $83.44, Salary; Archie A. Johns, $77.50, Salary; Morty Griffin, $89.28, Salary. EXTENSION SERVICE: Geor ge A. Loyd, $207.63, Salary & travel; Virginia N. Raulerson, $120.62, Salary & travel. HEALTH DEPT.: Dr. Hart S. Odum, $62.00, Salary and travel; Alvin M. Powell Jr., $12.00, Sal ary & travel; Vaxter G. Ham mond, $100.70, Salary and travel; Rebecca D. Griner, $357.11, Salary, travel and - contingent fund; Charlott O. Wilson, $195.29, Sal ary; Dr. E. A. Moody, $30.00, Sal ary; Romona Stallings, $12.36, Salary. SUPERIOR COURT: W. J. Summerall, $46.00, Salary; Dewey Hayes, $113.34, Salary. WELFARE DEPT.: Department of Public Welfare, $690.95, Bud get; Daniel Roberson, SIO.OO, Pau per; Robert Riggins, SIO.OO Pau per. GEORGIA FORESTRY DEPT.: Georgia Forestry Commission, $600.00. INVOICES: General Business Service, $130.50, Office Signs and Supplies; Comet Manufacturing Co., $93.06, Janitor Supplies; Standard Oil Co., $301.86, Gas, Oil and Grease; Carlton Company, $641.13, Repairs on Patrol; Mer cer Wooten, $122.50, 500 feet s|B Fiber Core Cable; Strickland Plumbing Co., $16.90, Repairs; Professional Insurance Corp., $54.10, Insurance Premium; Mar shall & Bruce Co., $37.68, Office Supplies; Getz Exterminator, $20.00, Spraying Jail; Waycross Woodpreserving Co., $266.34, Post; R. E. A. Corporation, $2.50, Caution Light; Marshall & Bruce Co., $31.37, Supplies For Office; Foote & Davies Inc., $47.48, Office Supplies; Dr. E. A. Moody, $3.50, Treating Prisoners; J. W. Crews, $202.45, Service Rendered; J. W. Brooker, $47.70, Road Supplies; D. F. Herrin, $47.00, Court Cost and Stamps; Ed Waterhouse Business Forms, $90.51, 1-Deed Book; Morty Griffin, $0.33 Gas for Mower; The Brantley Enter prise, $12.50, Advertising and Supplies; L. &. M. Truck & Trac tor Co., $301.75, Repairs; Road Dept., Charles Service Station, $95.30, Repairs; Wilson-Wain right Oil Co., $62.74, Gas and Oil; City of Hoboken, $220.00, Tank; DePratter Service Station, $15.00, Repairs; Dr. J. H. Spratling Jr., $16.00, Special Fund, for Mrs. Cora Jones; Mills Funeral Home, $25.00, Special Fund, Odis Wil liams Funeral; Owen Prescott, $35.00, Post; Pierce County Hos pital, SIOO.OO, Special Fund for Willie Hayes; C. W. S. Co., $5.11, Office Supplies; Brantley Gas & Appliance Co., $61.20, Fuel, Court House and Health Office; Ellis Drugs, $58.80, Drugs Special Fund; A. J. Lee, $78.28, One Tire and tube; Mrs. J. A. Campbell, $45.99, C. O. D. Bus Charges For Sids Service Station Parts; Mrs. J. A. Campbell, Bus Charges For Parts, $21.68; Georgia Power Co. $50.81, Light Bill. Being no further business the meeting adjourned. Posted Signs for Sale At Brantley Enterprise 3 Killed, 13 Injured in Traffic Accidents on Highways 301 and 121 1961 Accidents Involving Boats Took 17 Lives Atlanta — Seventeen persons were killed in Georgia during 1961 in accidents involving boats numbered under the State’s Motorboat Registration and Safe ty Act. The State Game and Fish Com mission’s report to the U. S. Coast Guard shows a total of 46 accidents last year. Fourteen of the accidents re sulted in the death of 17 per sons. There were nine non-fatal injuries in 1961 and 22 accidents resulted only in property dam age. Boat owners estimated their losses at $21,300. Georgia has 41,500 pleasure boats registered under the 1958 law, which requires all pleasure craft of 10 horsepower or more to be registered and assigned. The Coast Guard report shows that in the 40 states with ap proved numbering systems there were 959 boating facilities last year. These included 51 persons who perished aboard boats or on shore after being rescued. A total of 1,506 persons was involved in the accidents and 1,455 were "in peril” in the water, with 908 of them dying, including 792 by drowning. Os the 908 persons who per ished in the water, 794 had no lifesaving device, the report said. Miss Patsy Herrin Given Bridal Shower Miss Patsy Herrin, bride-elect, was honored with a shower at the REA building in Nahunta Thursday evening, May 31. The hostesses were Miss De lores Chowning, Miss Frances Ellis, Miss Gail Strickland and Miss Lynn Herrin. Miss Beth Herrin and Miss Dale Jacobs kept the bride’s book which was bell shaped and in the bride’s chosen colors of yellow and lavender. These colors accented the bridal table of floral arrangements and crystal appoint ments. Miss Lynn Herrin presid ed at the punch bowl. Miss Gail Strickland led the group in playing games. The bride elect was assisted in opening the gifts by Miss Frances Eliis, with the gifts being registered by Miss Delores Chowning. Mrs. Jim Herrin of Thalman, mother of the bride-elect, and Mrs. Horace Jacobs of Nahunta, mother of the groom, were among the 25 guests present. Card of Thanks We wish to express our sincere appreciation and our thanks to every one in Brantley County for their expressions of kindness and sympathy to us at the death of our mother, Mrs. Nora Carter. We appreciate the beautiful floral offerings, the covered dish es and everything you did for us. Sincerely, The Family. Retail Sales Show Decrease In Brantley Georgia retail sales totaled sl,- 300,102,906 during the first quar ter of 1962, as compased to sl,- 179,473,069 during the same peri od last year, a State Chamber of Commerce report showed today. All but 19 of the State’s 159 counties registered increases over the same quarter in 1961. Counties showing decreases were: Barrow, Brantley, Catoosa, Columbia, Dade, Dawson, Deca tur, Echols, Floyd, Gordon, Har ris, Hart, Long, Montgomery Pierce, Troup, Twiggs, Walker, and Wilkinson First quarter business volume in Brantley County totaled sl,- 166,589 in 1962, compared with the $1,239,112 for the same period in 1961. Two persons were killed and six others injured in two separate au to accidents on U. S. Highway 301 Sunday, June 3. The State Patrol said Byron Hope, five-year-old Winter Ha ven, Fla., youth died in a Way cross hospital about two hours after the first accident near Na hunta. Mrs. Nora Carter, 58-year-old Charlton County woman, was dead on arrival at the hospital af ter being struck by a car 13-miles north of Folkston, the patrol re ports. According to a hospital spokes man, five members of the Hope family and another passenger in the Hope pickup truck were injured. Listed in good condition at the hospital were Boyd Hope, the boy’s father, Craig Hope, a brother, and Carolyn Wells, a passenger. Mrs. Boyd Hope, the victim’s mother, and two other brothers, Edward Hope and Michael Hope, were reported in fair condition at the hospital. Brantley County Deputy Sheriff W. M. Burden said the pickup truck driven by Boyd Hope ap parently ran off the road south of Nahunta, went down into a ditch, came back up on the high way and flipped over. Burden said Mrs. Hope was pin ned beneath the wreckage until the wrecker removed the truck. According to Brantley Sheriff Walter Crews the mishap occurr ed about 5 A. M. Sunday. State Patrol Cpl. D. M. Griffin said Mrs. Nora Carter apparently stepped into the path of an auto 13-miles North of Folkston at 4:45 P. M. Sunday. Griffin said the auto was driven by Larce Estel Revlett of Jacksonville, Fla. According to Griffin, Mrs. Car t< ”is dead on arrival at the h . H itai from a skull fracture and other injuries. Nahunta Garden Club Holds Annual Picnic Members of the Nahunta Gar den Club and their families held their annual family picnic op Tuesday afternoon, May 5, on Jekyll Island, meeting on the picnic grounds. Following the picnic dinner the group enjoyed demonstrations by each other on their versions of the twist and the stomp. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Lee Herrin and children, Mr. and Mrs. A.- very Strickland and family, Mrs. Wilder Brooker and children, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. Linton Brooker and child ren, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs. Cecil Moody and children, Miss Mary Knox, Miss Lera Knox, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. Emmie Newton, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland, William Hinesley, Don Griner and Miss Joan Kelly. Swallowing your pride will give you indigestion. 12 Rules Given on How to Make Your Child a Crook The archdeacon of Chesterfield gave his Church of England par ishioners a handy guide on “how to turn your child into a crook.” Drawing a bead on indulgent parents the Venerable Talbot Dilworth-Harrison listed these 12 “rules” in his parish magazine: 1. Begin from infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to be lieve that the world owes him a living. 2. When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. It will encourage him to pick up “cuter phrases” that will blow the top of your head off later. 3. Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is 21, and then let him decide for himself. 4. Avoid the use of the word wrong. It may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later when he is ar rested for stealing a car that so ciety is against him and he is being persecuted. 5. Pick up everything he leaves lying around — books, shoes and clothes. Do everything for him so he will be experienced in throw- Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state .... $3.09 Outside state $3.00 2 Accidents on Tuesday Added to Area Traffic Toll Two area traffic accidents took one life and injured seven others within 10 minutes of each other Tuesday afternoon. Sgt. George Sims of the Way cross State Patrol said that Mrs. Grace B Bronner, Lakeland, Fla., died instantly and four others were injured when a car in which she was a passenger was hit head on by another auto 10 miles north of Folkston on U. S. 301 at 1:30 P. M. In the other accident which occurred 10 minutes earlier at the intersection of U. S 84 and State Highway 121 in Hoboken three persons were injured. The patrol officer said that running a stop sign caused the accident. He listed the Hoboken mishap injured as Mrs. Daisy Watkins, Clemsor. S. C., chest and back : juries; Dax ’’Atkins, also dx Clemson, h.— George Cooper, Southern .. N. C., cuts and bruises. They were carried to Memorial Hospi tal, Waycross. Those injured in the Charlton County collision were listed as Ronald Gemsheim and his wife Paula, Derby, N. Y., bruises and lacerations; Arthur McShane, Hillsborough, Fla., hip and facial injuries; McShane’s wife Bertha, broken legs and other possible in ternal injuries. Sims said that Mrs. McShane was the most seriously injured. The injured were taken to a Folkston hospital. The dead woman was a passenger in the McShane car. Investigating troopers Cpl. D M. Griffin and Trooper G. M. Chris tian said the Highway 301 headon crash occurred when the Gem sheim vehicle crossed over the center line and struck the oncom ing McShane auto. Gemsheim was charged with driving on the wrong side of the road. Damage to the McShane car was estimated at $2,000 and to the Gemsheim car S4OO. In the Hoboken crash the Watkins car failed to stop at the intersection while traveling north 'on Highway 121. A tractor-trailer 'driven by Cooper was struck in the side as it moved eastward on Highway 84. Trooper B. A. Turner investi gated and placed damage to the large truck at S7OO and to the Watkins car at SSOO. Failure to stop charges were placed against Watkins. HOME LANDSCAPING The modern trend in landscape development for Georgia homes is the idea of “living gardens,” says Extension Landscape Specia list T. G. Williams. This is a re sult of smaller contemporary houses, a good climate and a natural desire to stay out-of-doors. Small houses, he says, have mag nified the need for better organi zation of space around buildings for relaxing, eating, entertain ing and playing. ing the responsibility on to oth ers. 6. Let him read any printed matter he can get his hands on. Be careful the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized but let his mind feed on garbage. 7. Quarrel frequently in the presence of the children. Then they won't be too shocked when the home is broken up. 8. Give the child all the spend ing money he wants. Never let him earn his own. Why should he have things as tough as you had them? 9. Satisfy his every craving for food, drink and comfort. See that every desire is gratified. Denial may lead to harmful frustration. 10. Take his part against the neighbors, teachers and police men. They are all prejudiced against your child. 11. When he gets into real trou ble, apologize for yourself by say ing, “I never could do anything with him.” 12. Prepare for a life of grief — “you will have it.”