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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 29
Public Service Commission
Okays ACL Train Rerouting
Rerouting of the ACL passeng
er train West Coast Champion
through Waycross and Blackshear
has been approved by the Geor
gia Public Service Commission.
W. W. Huckeba, division super
intendent for Atlantic Coast Line,
said the railroad plans to put the
route change into effect on Aug
ust 16.
Rerouting of the trains, ACL
No. 91-92, will for the first time
give Waycross direct rail connect
ion with New York and other
metropolitan centers. For many
years, Way cross area passengers
bound for or returning from New
York have boarded and detrained
at Nahunta.
Trains No. 91 and 92 will op
erate through Waycross daily.
Train No. 91, southbound, will
arrive there at 8:10 A. M. daily,
and Train No. 92, northbound,
will arrive in Waycross at 7:15
P. M.
At a Public Service Commission
hearing held July 3, it was point
ed out that only two intermediate
points between Savannah and
Waycross, other than Jesup, used
either one of the trains more than
an average of one passenger per
day.
It was stated that 1.81 passeng
ers per trip detrained from Train
180 at Blackshear and 1.27 pass
engers per trip detrained at Pat
terson.
At the hearing held in Atlanta
last Tuesday, the only opposition
expressed was from J. Robert
Smith, attorney of Nahunta, and
member of the state legislature,
and J. R. Snyder, a representative
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. Mr. Smith also appear
ed in behalf of the Brantley
County Board of Education and
the Brantley County Lions Club.
Mr. Snyder spoke in behalf of
the crews operating Trains 180
and 189.
Baptist Youth
Camp Starts
Next Week
The Youth Camp for Piedmont
and Okefenokee Association will
be held at Camp Way cross next
week, July 23 — 27. All the
churches of Brantley are includ
ed in this camp for boys and girls
9 through 16 years of age.
The daily program will consist
of two mission study classes each
day; two great song services
daily; worship services twice;
and swimming and recreation for
two long periods daily.
Rev. A. J. Harper, of Waycross
is camp manager. Others having
leading parts in the program, are:
Rev. Stafford Hebert, Rev. John
Beach, Rev. Howard Grimes, Rev.
John Newson, Rev. Walter Salter,
and H. B. Reynolds, of Waycross;
Pastor Jesse Alligood, of Patter
son, Rev. Hugh Garner, of Bax
ley, and Pastor Cecil F. Thomas,
of Nahunta. Lady workers in
clude Miss Anne Geer, of Bax
ley, Miss Caroline Carter, of
Waycross, and others.
The young people of Brantley
County are invited to join with
this group from the other counties
around us in making the greatest
camp we have held yet.
The camp will begin at 3:00
P. M., Monday, July 23, and close
at 1:30 P. M., Friday, July 27.
Raft of Fun on a Georgia Lake
Typifying Georgia’s desirability as a summertime vaca
tionland are these three lovely lassies, keeping cool in
the pleasant waters of the Georgia Power Company’s
Lake Oliver at Columbus. The 2,400-acre lake is one of
21 reservoirs formed by Georgia Power hydroelectric
plants throughout the state. Together, the 21 reservoir
areas provide fishing, swimming, and boating fun for
thousands of Georgia and out-of-state vacationers yearly.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Laurie C. Colvin
Died at Hoboken
Saturday Night
Laurie C. Colvin, age 73, died
Saturday night, July 14, after a
long illness.
A retired naval stores operator,
he had been employed for 40
years with K. S. Yarn Company.
He was a native of Wayne Coun
ty and was a member of Hobo
ken Baptist Church where he
served as a member of the Board
of Deacons. He was a charter
member of Nahunta’s Masonic
Lodge.
Survivors include two sons,
James M. Colvin of Thomasville
and John C. Colvin of Brunswick;
four sisters, Mrs. Harry Harper,
Jesup, Mrs. J. T. Smith, Bruns
wick, Mrs. Clyde Nix, Brunswick,
and Mrs. D e 1 m a Thompson,
Brunswick; two half-brothers,
Norman Stewart, and C. C. Stew
art, both of Brunswick; two aunts
Mrs. Mattie Colvin, Hoboken, and
Mrs. Lula Horton, Jesup; and
three grandchildren.
Sheldon Harrell
Funeral Service
Held Saturday
Sheldon W. Harrell, 44, died
Wednesday morning in the Vete
rans Hospital, Dublin, Ga. after
a long illness.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Margo Swanson Harrell, Horten
se; one daughter, Miss Mallie
Ruth Harrell, Hortense; 2 sons,
Willet Ray Harrell, Ft. Campbell,
Ky., Robert K. Harrell, Valle
jo, Calif.; his father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Harrell,
Hortense; 2 grand daughters; and
one sister, Mrs. Dorothy Lee
Laws of Brunswick, Ga.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday morning at 11 o’-
clock in the Philadelphia Wes
leyn Methodist Church by Rev.
W. V. Hartley.
Pallbearers were Clinton Pop
pell, Clayton Harrison, C. D. Gib
son, Paul Lewis, Joe Cheney and
W. V. Gibbs.
Burial was in the Hortense
Cemetery under the direction of
the NeSmith-Harrison Funeral
Home.
Nahunta Canning
Plant to Close
Tuesday, July 24
The Nahunta Canning Plant
will close for the season on Tues
day, July 24. This announcement
is made by Carter Morton, Jr.,
Teacher of Agriculture.
If anyone has a sufficient a
mount of canning to warrant re
opening of the plant please con
tact Mr. Morton.
This early closing date is due
to the fact that the people do
not have enough canning to do
to keep the plant in operation.
Brantley Enterprise
School Custodians
To Attend Clinic
At Middle Georgia
The Brantley County School
System’s Custodians will be at
tending a “Training Program for
Maintenance and Custodial Care
of School Buildings” at Middle
Georgia College in Cochran,
Georgia, July 22-25.
This clinic is sponsored by the
State School Plant Service De
partment. This Department
thought it wise to hold such a
training program since Georgia
has invested in school property
approximately six hundred mil
lion dollars, to which is being
added several million dollars each
year. More than twenty million
dollars is spent each year to
maintain and operate this huge
school plant.
The purpose of this course is
to stimulate the interest of custo
dial employees in their jobs, and
to present information that will
help school administrators and
their staff to become more effi
cient and economical in directing
the care, operation and mainten
ance of the School Plant.
Those i n attendance from
Brantley County are Cleyon
Turner, Nahunta High School; I.
B. Thornton, Hoboken High
School; John Buckley, Hortense
School and Mrs. Alma Griffin,
Nahunta Grammar School.
Principals were invited to at
tend, also. W. R. Strickland,
Principal of Hortense School
and John H. Calhoun, Principal
of Nahunta High School will at
tend the clinic.
Nahunta Baptist
Church Will Be
Air Conditioned
Something that the hot weather
of the past few weeks has em
phasized, the need to air con
dition the Baptist Church at Na
hunta, has resulted in the placing
of air conditioning in the sanctu
ary and little auditorium, and is
scheduled to be in use this com
ing Sunday, July 22, for both
morning and evening services.
The people have shown that they
are looking forward to this ad
dition to their church equipment.
The committee that has carried
out the instruction of the church
in this matter is composed of:
Virgil Strickland, Chairman; J.
T. (Dick) Morgan, and Avery
Strickland.
Therefore, another church of
Brantley County joins the many
in this area, who are striving to
make the Lord’s House at least
equal to any in their community.
Mrs. Leila Crews
Funeral Service
Was Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Leila
H. Crews, 73, of St. Marys, were
held Sunday, July 15, at Bethle
hem Church in Brantley County.
Mrs. Crews is the mother of
Mrs. Faye Brooks of Nahunta.
Other survivors are daughters,
Mrs. L. D. Lee, Mrs. A. C. Elder
and Mrs. Calvin Jones all of St.
Marys; Mrs. J. W. Blocker of
Hickox; two sons, Herschel Crews
of Winokur and Carroll Crews of
St. Marys. She is survived by a
number of grandchildren.
CARD OF THANKS
Words can never express our
sincere thanks and appreciation
for the messages of comfort, flo
ral offerings, covered dishes and
other acts of kindness shown
during the illness and death of
our loved one.
May the Lord bless each
you.
The Family of
Randle E. Lee
FARM INVESTMENTS
Farmer investment in agricul
ture is $215 billion in the United
States. This is equal to three
fourths of the value of current
assets of all corporations in the
United States, according to Ex
tension Farm Management
Specialist Edward Brown.
JIMMY bentleFJCS
_ COMPTROLLER / INSURANCE
GENERAL / COMMISSIONER F
THE MAN FOR THE JOB!—
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 12S, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday,, July 19, 1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLIY COUNTY AND CITY OF NADUNTA
Randle E. Lee
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Mr. Randle E. Lee, 66, of Route
1, Nahunta, passed away at his
residence Saturday morning, July
14, following an extended illness.
Mr. Lee was born in Wayne,
now Brantley, county and was
the son of the late George and
Frances Corbitt Lee. He received
his education in the schools of
the county and was a member
of the Hickox Baptist Church. He
was an Army veteran of World
War I, and a former member of
Brantley County Post No. 210,
American Legion. From early
manhood until declining health
forced his retirement, he engaged
in farming.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Lois Hale; two
daughters, Mrs. Colonel Keen of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Char
les Ingram of Forrest Park; two
sons, George Lee of Nahunta,
and Aley Lee of Forest Park; four
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Crews of Fort
Meade, Fla., Mrs. Sara Johns of
Waycross, Mrs. Curtis Robinson
of Folkston, and Mrs. Cora Jones
of Nahunta; one brother, Harvey
Lee of Nahunta; two half sisters,
Mrs. Georgiann Butler of Kings
land and Mrs. Duncan Merrow
of Jacksonville, Fla.; one half
brother, Vandy Lee of Nahunta.
10 Grandchildren, several nie
ces, nephews and other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon, July 15, at 4:30
o’clock from the Hickox Baptist
Church with the Rev. Marvin
Smith, assisted by the Rev. E. P.
Corbitt, conducting the rites in
the presence of a large number
of sorrowing relatives and
friends.
The body lay in state in the
church for one hour prior to
services.
Interment followed in Bethle
hem Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Woodrow Hendrix, Ly
man Rowell, Horace Jacobs,
George Loyd, W. L. Bohannon
and Jasper Johnson.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the high es
teem felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympathy
of their many friends in their be
reavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Births
Mrs. Llawanna Morgan had a
telephone call Monday from her
son, James I. Walker of Munich,
Germany announcing the arrival
of a new baby boy weighing eight
pounds and five ounces born on
July 16 to James and Mrs. Walk
er.
James has been on a tour of
service in the U. S. Army in
Germany since May of 1960. He
married in Germany and they
have another little boy, Michael,
a year old. The family will re
turn to the United States in May
of 1963.
Lottie Moon Circle
Met Monday Night
The Lottie Moon Circle of the
First Baptist Church, met for
their regular meeting at the
church, Monday night July 16.
After cooking and serving a steak
supper to the Brotherhood, we
met for our regular meeting.
Miss Mary Knox was in charge
of the program, “That Thy Way
May Be Known.” Those present
were, Mrs. Leila Turner, Mrs.
Malva Alice Brown, Mrs. Nellie
Griffin, Mrs. Lillian Baxter, Mrs.
Louise Drury, Mrs. Ruby Herrin,
Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson, Mrs. Ocie
Keen and Miss Donna Tucker.
COMBINE FLAVORS
Combine different flavors in a
meal. Don’t have too many
strong flavors, too many sweet
flavors or too many sour flavors
in the same meal. Also, try not to
serve the same food twice, such
as serving tomato soup with to
mato salad, suggests Miss Nelle
Boyd, head of the Extension nu
trition department.
Miss Vergie Elaine Allen
Engagement Ls Announced
Allen-Steedley
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Allen an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Vergie Elaine to Geor
ge Ernest Steedley of Nahunta.
The bride-elect is a 1962 grad
uate of Nahunta High School.
The groom-elect graduated from
Nahunta High School in 1959 and
is now employed in Brunswick.
The wedding will take place
on August 5 at five o’clock in the
afternoon at the Hickox Baptist
Church.
No invitations are being sent.
All friends and relatives are in
vited to attend.
Bodenhamer
Will Vote for
Carl Sanders
William T. Bodenhamer, who
was a candidate for governor four
years ago, has endorsed Carl
Sanders for governor and says
he will vote for him on Sept. 12.
His statement supporting San
ders was as follows:
Os the five gubernatorial
candidates in the forthcoming
Georgia Democratic primary, I
believe that Senator Carl E.
Sanders is the best choice for
Georgia’s way of life, for Geor
gia’s progress and for integrity
in State government.
“After carefully considering
the political situation, I am con
vinced that the Sanders’ opposi
tion led by Roy V. Harris, polit
ical member of the University
System Board of Regents, and
James H. Gray, Chairman of the
State Democratic Committee, is
attempting to set up straw men
and to raise bogus issues to con
fuse the people of Georgia. These
political opportunities simply are
trying to hide their own deceit
and to cover their own failure.
“Mr. Harris and Mr. Gray have
been prominent in recent deba
cles which destroyed segregation
and the County Unit System in
Georgia. In 1958, they were in
the same political bed with the
Atlanta newspapers and the
NAACP. They succeeded in gain
ing control of the State govern
ment. They have been in control
since January, 1959. They have
let Georgia’s schools become in
tegrated. They have not demon
strated a willingness to preserve
the County Unit System. Know
ing how these men have failed
Georgia, I cannot support any
candidate of their choosing.
“Therefore, I shall vote for
Senator Sanders on September
12.”
Atkinson Methodist
Church Revival
Will Start Sunday
The Atkinson Methodist Church
will begin a revival meeting Sun
day July 22, it is announced by
Rev. Carl Taylor, the pastor.
The meeting will continue
through the fifth Sunday, July 29.
The church will observe its an
nual Homecoming Day on Sun
day July 29, with dinner on the
church grounds.
Services will be held each night
at eight o’clock.
The public is cordially invited,
to attend all the services.
Bookmobile
The bookmobile did not finish
in Nahunta on Tuesday, the
scheduled day, but announces that
is will be back in Nahunta at
the courthouse on Friday morn
ing, July 20, to serve any one who
will meet them there at 9:30 A-
M.
Nahunta Methodist Church to
Hold Youth Activities Week
Personals
Joseph J. Davison, Jr., Chief
Shipfitter, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Josh Davison, Sr. of Hor
tense, Ga., is serving aboard the
Atlantic Fleet submarine tender
USS Howard W. Gilmore, operat
ing out of Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, in the Caribbean.
Army Pvt. Joseph I. Allbritton.
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen D.
Allbritton, Route 1, Nahunta, Ga.,
recently completed the eight
week advanced individual train
ing course with the Ist Armored
Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He
entered the Army last December
and completed basic training at
Fort Gordon, Ga. He attended
Nahunta High School.
PFC Leland Brooks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Faye Brooks of Nahun
ta was called home last week
because of the death of his
Grandmother, Mrs. Leila H.
Crews. He returned Wednesday
to his post at Ft. Lee, Virginia.
Mrs. Mable Moody is attending
a Conference of County School
Superintendents in Athens, Ga.,
this week on 18, 19 and 20.
Mrs. Johnnie Herrin and
daughters,, Vicki, Anita, Tonesa
and Leah have been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Strick
land for the past week. They
also visited Mr. Herrin’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Herrin, Mr.
Herrin is finishing naval train
ing school at Memphis and they
will soon be stationed at San
ford, Fla.
Mrs. Mollie Highsmith return
ed last week from a Jacksonville
hospital where she had been for
several weeks following an oper
ation.
Rambler Sales
Set New Record
For 9 Months
JACKSONVILLE — Rambler
retail sales in American Motors’
Jacksonville Zone set a new rec
ord in the first nine months of
the 1962 model year, according
to F. S. Johnsen, zone manager.
The Jacksonville Zone covers
Rambler dealers throughout
Florida and portions of Georgia,
Alabama and South Carolina.
Rambler sales in the zone
climbed to 12,774 an 18 per cent
increase over the 10,845 sold in
that area in the year-earlier peri
od, Johnsen said.
On a national basis, American
Motors also set an alltime record
for the months. Rambler sales
rose to 333,789, a 15 per cent gain
over the year-earlier period.
Posted Signs for Sale
At Brantley Enterprise
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PERSONNEL WIN
TOP INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR sth CONSECUTIVE YEAR
ATLANTA—Personnel of the Georgia Department of Labor
have won the top International Achievement Award for the sth con
secutive year. Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet is shown (right)
being congratulated by Robert K. Salyers, Assistant to the Under
secretary of Labor in the United States Department of Labor. The
International Association of Personnel in Employment Security
established the award 12 years ago, and since that time it has come
to the Georgia Department of Labor seven times. This professional
organization is made up of personnel in public employment security
work from all the states, the District of Columbia, territories and
countries from all parts of the world. The annual nvxting was held
this year in Des Moines, lowa, where the announcement was made
that Georgia was again the winner. In accepting the engraved
plaque, Mr. Huiet said, “This award belongs to the Department of
Labor workers tl oughout the state, for without their day-to-day
devotion to duty in matching men and jobs, this honor would not
have come to our state.’’
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state ... $3.09
Outside state _ $3.00
A Youth Activities Week will
be held next week at the Nahun
ta Methodist Church, Tuesday
through Friday evenings, July 24-
27, beginning at 7:00 P. M. The
theme for the week will be “Lord,
I Want to be a Christian,” with
Christian Vocations as the main
emphasis. Each evening will con
sist of a class, singing, worship,
and recreation.
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of Dillard Methodist Church
in the North Georgia Mountains
will join the group. Nine young
people and their pastor and coun
selors will spend the week here,
staying in the homes of Church
members. The two Youth Fellow
ships will combine their leader
ship and program to have a bet
ter week of activity. Rev. and
Mrs. Burchard Berry are in char
ge of the group that is coming.
Rev. Berry and Rev. Whipple
will be teaching the Junior High
and Senior classes and speaking
at the worship services. Film
strips on Christian vocations will
be used. A time of singing will
begin the evening’s activities.
The worship will be planned by
the young people themselves.
The entire group will partici
pate in outings each day. On
Wednesday, they will go to Ep
worth-by-the-Sea on St. Simon’s
Island and have a worship service
in the chapel there. Thursday, the
group will visit Okefenokee State
Park, and Friday will go to
Jekyll Island.
All Youth, ages 12 to 21 are in
vited to attend the Youth week.
Parents of the young people who
attend are asked to co-operate
fully with the program.
Bill Smith to
Hold Big Rally
Campaign Kick-off
In Waycross Friday
Bill Smith of Folkston, Eighth
District congressional candidate,
and Charlton County School Sup
erintendent, will hold his official
campaign kick-off rally in the
vast Waycross Memorial Stadium,
Friday night, July 20, at 8 o’-
clock.
Free entertainment on the pro
gram will be offered by television
personality Jimmy Strickland
and his band, and free hot dogs
and Coca Colas will be available
for those present.
Smith, who formally announc
ed his candidacy on January 4th,
has been canvassing the 20-
county district since, lining up
support and making talks to civic
and fraternal groups.
This week marks the start of
what he calls the “victory swing”
portion of his campaign to get
his program across to the voters
of the district. He said that seve
ral motorcades from neighboring
counties are planning on converg
ing on Waycross for the rally
Friday night.
