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VOLUME 42
NAHUNTA PASTOR IS ON MERCER
RACE POLICY STUDY COMMITTEE
Nahunta Baptist pastor, Rev.
Cecil Thomas, has been appoint
ed a member of the Georgia Bap
tist Convention committee to
make a study of racial policy at
Mercer University.
James W. Merritt of Gaines
ville, retired executive secretary
treasurer of the Georgia Baptist
Convention, will head a five-man
committee to study, along with a
Mercer trustees committee, the
question of integration at Mercer
University.
At the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion in Macon last month, the ex
ecutive committee voted to ap
point the five-man group on an
invitation from the Mercer trus
tees, which earlier had already
appointed its own committee of
nine to study the question.
The executive committee repre
sentatives will meet with the
trustees’ group and will report
back to the committee some time
next year.
Other members serving with
Mr. Merritt are Dr. J. Thornton
Williams of LaGrange, new presi
dent of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention; Rev. B. A. Winburn of
Hawkinsville; Rev. Cecil F.
Thomas of Nahunta, and Lamar
Plunkett of Bowdon, a Baptist
layman and new member of the
Georgia Senate.
Tom Ellis Wins
Reelection As
Hoboken Mayor
Tom Ellis won the race for re
election as mayor of Hoboken in
the city election held Wednesday,
Dec. 5.
The vote among the four can
didates for mayor was as fol
lows: Tom Ellis 59, C. W. Easter
ling 37, A. J. Lee 33 and G. R.
Stone 3.
In the race for the six places
a? X Jarmen the winners were
as follows: Ira Thomas 99, L. E.
Dickerson 93, N. C. Davis, Jr. 92,
O. U. Davis 60, Mrs. C. F. Dukes
59 and Johnny M. Jones 57.
Losing candidates for aidermen
were E. H. Kelly 54. A. L. Dukes
50, Mrs. Frances Carter 46 and H.
H. Colvin 34.
The Garden Club party will be
held at the home of Mrs. Dorothy
Brooker on Dec. 21 at 7:30 P. M.
Co-hostesses with Mrs. Brooker
will be Mrs. Dan Jacobs and Mrs.
Elroy Strickland.
Legal Advertising
SECTION I
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed proposals from general
contractors will be received by
the Board of Education of Brant
ley County, Nahunta, Georgia, in
the Brantley Court House, Na
hunta, Georgia, until 10:00 A. M.
EST, Tuesday, December 18, 1962
for the construction of and
ADDITION TO THE NAHUNTA
COLORED SCHOOL, NAHUNTA,
GEORGIA, at the time and place
noted above, the proposals will
be publicly opened and read. No
extension of the bidding period
will be made.
Bidding documents may be ob
tained at the office of JOHN T.
HUFF, ARCHITECT, 504-6 Bunn
Building, Waycross, Georgia. Ap
plications for documents together
with a deposit of $50.00 per set
should be filed promptly with
the Architect. Bidding material
will be forwarded, shipping char
ges collect, as soon as possible.
The full amount of deposit for
one set will be refunded to each
general contractor who submits
a bona fide bid upon return of
such set in good condition within
30 days after date of opening of
bids. All other deposits will be
refunded with deductions approx
imating cost of reproduction of
documents upon return of same
in good condition within 30 days
after date of opening of bids.
Contract, if awarded, will be
on a lump sum basis. No bid may
be withdrawn for a period of 30
days after time has been called
on the date of opening. Bids
must be accompanied by a bid
bond in an amount not less than
5^ of the base bid. Both a per
formance and payment bond will
be required in an amount equal
to 100^ of the contract price.
The Owner reserves the right
to reject any or all bids and to
waive technicalities and informa
lities.
THE BRANTLEY COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA
By Elroy Strickland,
Chairman. 12-13.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
NUMBER 48
Tobacco Allotments
Cut Five Percent
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville L. Freeman announced that
flue-cured tobacco acreage allot
ments for 1963 for most farms
will be five percent smaller than
for 1962.
Secretary Freeman also an
nounced that the discount variety
program on flue-cured tobacco
will continue in effect on the
1963 crop and two additional
varieties — Coker 316 and Reams
64 — will be added to the dis
count list.
Discount varieties are support
ed at one-half the support for
other varieties.
Breeders of Coker 316 and
Reams 64 have advised USDA
that seed of these varieties is be
ing withheld from distribution.
These varieties are being added
to the discount variety list to
insure seed of these varieties
now in the hands of farmers and
seed dealers will not be planted.
Farmers are urged to consult
with county agricultural agents
or agricultural experiment sta
tions for advice in selecting varie
ties for planting in 1963.
Nahunta High
PTA Meets
Monday Niaht
The Nahunta High P. T. A. will
meet Monday night at 7:30. The
High School Glee Club, under
the direction of Miss Carolyn
Higginbotham, will present the
annual Christmas concert. The
glee club is composed of 63 mem
bers, and will give “The Christ
mas Story in Song.”
The F. F. A. boys are responsi
ble for attendance and everyone
is invited to attend.
Brantley HD Council
To Meet Wednesday
Miss Elna McClelland of Ware
County will be the guest speaker
at the Brantley County Home Dem.
Council Wednesday, Dec. 12, at
2:00 at the Okefenoke Co-op.
Elna represented Georgia as the
girl International Farm Youth Ex
changee to Wales last summer.
Homemakers who are interested
are invited to attend as guest.
Gifts will be exchanged at this
meeting.
GEORGIA GAME AND FISH
COMMISSION
Take notice that One (1) 1957
Ford Tudor Sedan Automobile,
vehicle identification no. B-7NG
-110757, and one (1) 22 caliber
Magnum Kodiak rifle, serial no.
15925, will be sold before the
Court House in Nahunta, Brant
ley County, Georgia, to the high
est bidder for cash during the
legal hours of sale on or about
10:00 o’clock A. M., EST, on the
Ist Tuesday in January, 1963, or
on such other time and date as
it shall be ordered by the Court.
Said vehicle will be sold by the
undersigned as Director of the
Game and Fish Commission of
the State of Georgia as confis
cated and forfeited property un
der authority of law and as pro
vided thereby. Such sale resulting
from the use of said vehicle and
firearm in the unlawful hunting
of deer in Brantley County,
Georgia, on or about the Ist day
of December, 1962.
This 4th day of December, 1962.
|s| Fulton Lovell, Director
Georgia Game and Fish
Commission. 12-13
GEORGIA GAME AND FISH
COMMISSION
Take notice that there is now
pending in the Superior Court of
Brantley County, Georgia, Case
No. 2014, styled Fulton Lovell,
Director, Game and Fish Com
mission, State of Georgia v. One
(1) 1957 Ford Tudor Sedan Auto
mobile, vehicle identification no.
B-7NG-110757, et.al. for the pur
pose of condemning said vehicle
and any and all interest and right
therein arising from the use of
said vehicle in the unlawful
hunting of deer on December 1,
1962, in Brantley County, Geor
gia.
This 4th day of December, 1962.
s| Fulton Lovell, Director I
Georgia Game and Fish |
Commission. 12-13
Brantley Enterprise
NOTICE
NOTICE
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 6,1962
MISS JANICE CAROLYN HIGGINBOTHAM
Engagement Is Announced
Higginbotham
-Thomas
Mrs. Ernest Tillman Higgin
botham announces the engage
ment and approaching marriage
of her daughter, Janice Carolyn,
to Mr. James Elijah Thomas, son
of Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Forrest
Thomas of Nahurtta.
The bride-elect attended the
Womans College of Georgia. She
is a graduate of Georgia South
ern College, where she became
a member of Sigma Alpha lota,
a national music fraternity for
women. She is now employed by
the Brantley County Board of
Education, serving on the Nahun
ta High School faculty.
Mr. Thomas is a graduate of
Brewton Parker Junior College,
where he was president of the
Student Council. He is also em
ployed in Nahunta.
The wedding is to be an event
of Saturday, December 22, at 6:30
P. M. at the First Baptist Church
in Nahunta. Formal invitations
are not being issued locally. All
friends and relatives of the cou
ple are most cordially invited to
attend the ceremony and recept
ion.
Fight Tuberculosis—
Decorate Your Mail
With Christmas Seals
This is the time of year when
people begin to decorate their let
ters, cards and packages with
Christmas seals.
The proceeds of sale of Christ
mas seals go for research and work
on tuberculosis prevention, as well
as diagnosis and treatment of pa
tients.
Mrs. Dorothy Graham is chair
man of the Brantley County Christ
mas Seal committee. She will be
glad to supply seals for anyone who
will contribute to this u’orthy
cause.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Lee
announce the birth of a baby boy
at the Brantley Medical Center on
December 1. The baby weighed 6
pounds and eleven ounces and has
been named Tony Lawrence Lee.
Mrs. Lee is the former Miss Char
lotte Mozelle Johns.
CITATION — Administration
Georgia, Brantley County
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN:
Bertha L. Brockington having
applied for Permanent Letters of
Administration on the estate of
E. S. Brockington late of said
County, this is to cite the credi
tors and next of kin of E. S.
Brockington to be and appear at
my office within the time allow
ed by law, and show cause, if
any they can, why permanent
administration should not be
granted Bertha L. Brockington
on E. S. Brockington estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 4 day of December
1962.
Claude A. Smith, Ordinary
C. Winton Adams, Attny.,
For Petitioner. 12-27
Balance Important
Element in Farm
Success Story
Balance is pretty important to
everyone, but Dr. C. R. Hodges,
Albany, feels it is especially val
uable in his farm operation, says
Larry T. Torrance, agronomist of
the University of Georgia Cooper
ative Extension Service. Dr. Hod
ges trie' to balance his row crops,
livestock and pecans for best in
come distribution and then balan
ces his soil fertility requirements
for best yields.
Dr. Hodges has about 100 acres
of corn, 100 acres of peanuts 68
acres of cotton and 250 acres of
pecan grove pasture. He also grows
28 acres of wheat. Livestock on the
farm consists of about 250 cattle
and from 300 to 500 hogs.
Balanced soil fertility pays off
in top yields and quality nuts. He
follows a liming program so those
fields showing a low pH are
“sweetened up.” Fertilization of
the pecan pasture acreage is com
plementary to the production of
both grazing and nuts. Soil tests
serve as a basis for fertilizer use,
but Dr. Hodges admits he may ex
ceed the suggested amount at times
in striving for an extra yield
Dougherty County Agent J. D.
Davis recalled that Dr. Hodges was
the 1961 county cotton champion,
producing an average of 867 pounds
of lint per acre on 68.8 acres. He
used a 5-10-15 fertilizer for his cot
ton since the soil test showed the
soil to be low in potash.
Freezing Water
Spells Trouble
For Farm Machines
Water used in farm machinery for
different purposes can cause a lot
of damage when temperatures drop
below the freezing point
This is not limited to water in the
cooling systems of tractor and
truck engines, but is true of several
other uses in farm machinery that
may be easier to overlook.
Extension Engineer H. B. Gools
by of the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture made the
following suggestions for prevent
ing damage from frozen water to
farm machinery:
Add anti-freeze to all water
cooled engines that will be oper
ated during the winter. Be sure
all engines that will be used during
cold weather are drained, and be
sure the block as well as the ra
diator is emptied of water.
This precaution should be taken
on all water-cooled engines. This
would include engines on some
combines, forage harvesters, spray
ers, hay balers and other auxil
iary engines. It also includes en
gines of irrigation systems.
When water is used in tractor
tires for weight and traction, either
drain the water or add calcium
chloride. Water freezing in the tires
damages the inner fabric, Mr.
Goolsby said.
Other equipment that should be
drained of water includes irrigation
pumps and cotton pickers, where
water is used as the moistening
agent in the picker.
He added one other caution:
Farmers sometimes fill the cooling
system of a little-used tractor dur
ing winter and then drain it again
I when through using it. In extreme
.to crack the block
NAHUNTA CITY
RECEIVES SSOO
FOR STREETS
The City of Nahunta has received
SSOO from the State of Georgia for
street improvement, under the new
law providing help from the state
for city streets, it is announced by
Mayor T. E. Raulerson.
The minimum grant for any mu
nicipality was for SSOO. The larger
cities and towns received larger
grants, according to their popula
tion.
The money from the state is de
rived from the gas tax and is in
tended to help the cities build and
maintain their streets.
Mayor Raulerson stated that Na
hunta would receive approximately
$5,000 from the state next year, for
street purposes.
Kizers Celebrate
Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Kizer of Na
hunta celebrated their Golden Wed
ding anniversary Sunday, Dec. 2,
with an “at home” gathering of
friends and relatives.
Scores of friends and relatives
assembled from 2:00 until 5:00 in
the afternon, offering their congrat
ulations to the popular pair.
Refreshments were served to the
guests and many expressions of fe
licitations expressed. Mr. Kizer is
coroner of Brantley County.
WINTER WEATHER
INCREASES POULTRY
HOUSE FIRE DANGER
Fires, many of them due to faul
ty electrical systems, destroy many
poultry houses in Georgia every
winter.
These fires are usually due to
the extra load put on the electri
cal system combined with condi
tions in poultry houses that in
crease the danger, according to
Jerry Cox, Extension poultryman
for the University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture.
A little time spent in checking
and getting the electrical system
in shape for cold weather can help
prevent costly fire, he said. He
suggested the following points to
cheek and correct if needed:
In poorly ventilated poultry hou
ses during the winter months
moisture accumulates. If insulation
is broken or weak, this moisture
can cause failure. Check condition
of the wire at least once a year,
preferably in the fall, and replace
any with broken insulation. These
wires can also be extremely dan
gerous to those working in the
house.
Dust is another condition that
creates dangerous situations. Dust
can accumulate inside motors of
automatic feeders and other elec
trical equipment. If these motors
are not cleaned regularly, the dust
can cause motors to bum out and
possibly start a fire.
One method of removing dust
from motors is with a vacuum
cleaner. When purchasing a new
motor, consider one that is dust
proof, he suggests.
Dust from poultry houses settles,
among other places, on light bulbs.
This is another danger spot in addi
tion to greatly reducing the effi
ciency of the lighting system. Clean
light bulbs at least every two
weeks.
Improper fusing is another cause
of fires. Be sure the right size fuses
are used and that the wiring sys
tem is adequate for peak loads it
will carry.
SHELLING PECANS
Pecans may be shelled as un
broken halves by dampening im
mediately before cracking, says
Miss Nelle Thrash, Extension
food preservation specialist. One
method is to double a towel or
clean cloth bag, spread it flat
and cover with pecans three lay
ers deep. Spread the towel over
the pecans and dampen thorough
ly, allowing nuts to remain over
night before cracking. A faster
method is to place enough water
in a pressure cooker to cover the
rack in the bottom. Fill with pe
cans and steam under five pounds
of pressure for 10 minutes.
SHRUBBERY BUYING
POINTERS
In buying shrubbery for land
scaping this fall and winter, find
out how big it grows, color of
blooms, whether it is evergreen
or deciduous in nature, exposure
in which it will grow best and
rate of growth. A little basic
planning can prevent a lot of
problems and moving of shrubs
later, says Extension Landscape
Specialist T. G. Williams.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
OKEFENOKEE CO-OP IS GRANTED
SIOO,OOO LOAN FOR APPLIANCES
3 Arrested for
Night Hunting
And Doe Killing
Three men have been arrested
and placed under SSOO bond each
under charges of night hunting
in Brantley County, according to
sheriff J. Walter Crews.
The men were arrested about
midnight Saturday night, Dec. 1.
They are Daniel Edward Lane
and Douglas Morgan, both of
Route 3, Brunswick; and James
Douberly, Jr., of Route 1, Hor
tense, according to Ranger A. M.
Rowell.
They are charged with killing
and possession of doe deer at
night. The auto, gun, light and
slain doe deer were confiscated,
according to Ranger Rowell.
The men were brought in by
Ranger Rowell, Chief Mallory
Hatchett and deputy Ranger Bob
Rowell.
Hortense PTA Will
Hold Christmas Party
Hortense Parent Teachers As
sociation will hold their Christ
mas party December 13 at 6:30
P. M. at the lunchroom. Each
family will bring a covered dish
for a buffet supper. There will
be no gifts exchanged.
The Boy Scouts committee have
been organized. The following
Institutional Representative, W.
R. (Bob) Strickland, Chairman
Norman Brauda, activities; Jim
Gibson, Homer Anderson; Ad
vancement; Lester Brauda, Bob
Strickland; Treasurer, R. T.
Rowell; Health and Safety, Wen
del Rozier; Training, Henry
Brauda, Mack Carver; Public
Relations, Jr. Knight, Norman
Brauda. The committee voted
Billy Rowell as Scout Master.
Thursday Dec. 6 at 7 o’clock
at the lunchroom all boys inter
ested in joining the scouts, ages
of 11-16, will meet the leaders,
with the boys fathers.
Dorothy Brauda,
Reporter.
PIEDMONT BAPTIST
COMMITTEE TO MEET
IN NAHUNTA MONDAY
The Executive Committee of
the Piedmont Baptist Association
will meet at the First Baptist
Church, Nahunta, next Monday,
December 10, at 7:30 P. M.
Rev. Gower Latimer, pastor of
First Baptist Church, Folkston,
is the chairman of the Committee
and is also moderator of the
Piedmont Association. Rev. A.
J. Harper, pastor of the Second
Baptist Church, Waycross, is the
clerk.
The Executive Committee is
composed of the pastor and one
layman elected to serve on this
committee from each church in
the association. It is important
that each church be represented
at each of the committee meet
ings.
Money spent at home will come
back to you to be spent again.
4-H Winners Check Industry Safety
Exploring the field of industrial safety are state winners in the
1962 National 4-H Safety Program during the 41st National 4-H
Clab Congress in Chicago. Explaining some of the safety devices
used by industry for protection of employes is Anthony G. De
Lorenzo, General Motors vice president. He pointed out that for
every twenty accidents GM employes have, only one is on the
job. General Motors is safety awards donor for the 18th consecu
tive year. State winners received all-expense trips to the Con
gress. Eight national winners were selected from among the
state winners to receive S4OO college scholarships in addition to
their Chicago trips. Left to right are: Puerto Rico Winner Leticia
Santiago, San Sebastian, P R.; Mr. De Lorenzo; Georgia State
Winner Robert Dixon, Blackshear, Ga.; and Florida State Winner
Patricia Stoltz. Bartow. Fla.
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state .... $3.09
Outside state ...„ $3.00
A letter from U. S. Senators Rus
sell and Talmadge, received by The
Brantley Enterprise, announces a
new loan of $100,000.00 to the Oke
fenoke Rural Electric Membership
Corporation
The letter is as follows:
November 30, 1692
Advised today by the White
House of an Rural Electrification
Administration loan of SIOO,OOO to
the Okefenoke Rural Electric Mem
bership Corporation in Nahunta,
Brantley County.
This loan will affect the Bth Dis
trict in Georgia and also the 2nd
and Bth Districts in Florida, with
S7O,(MX) for Georgia and $30,000 for
Florida.
Loan will help finance the wiring
of consumers and assist them in
the installation of electrical and
plumbing appliances and equip
ment.
Richard B. Russell
Herman E. Talmadge
Lee Broome
Reelected Mayor
At Blackshear
Lee Broome was re-elected ma
yor of Blackshear in the election
Wednesday, Dec. 5, by a margin of
only 26 votes over his opponent Les
lie L. Tanner.
Broome received 362 votes to 336
for Tanner
One of the six places up for elec
tion to city council resulted in a tie
vote between Mack Carter and
Lannis Thomas. A special election
to break the tie has been planned.
The five winning candidates for
councilmen and their votes were:
Aubrey Geiger 561, .James N. Wood
111 545, E. L. Darling, Jr. 456, W.
V. Bowen 395 and Paul Foster 351.
Mack Carter and Lannis Thomas
finished in sixth place with votes of
342 each
Losing candidates and their votes
were: Ralph Parrish 321, Ancil Da
vis 271, and Roscoe Turner 260.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks to
all our friends and relatives
whose acts and words of sympathy
gave us great consolation on the
occasion of the death of our loved
one, Mrs. Sallie Roberson.
We deeply appreciate your every
thought and act of kindness in our
bereavement, also for the floral
tributes. May the Lord bless and
keep you all.
The Roberson Family
Donald D.Riner
Funeral Service
Held at Tifton
Funeral services for Ronald
Deen Riner, 36, were held in Tif
ton on Sunday, Dec. 2.
Mr. Riner is a brother of Mrs.
G. A. Loyd of Nahunta. He was
formerly employed at Nahunta.
Those from Nahunta attending
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Loyd and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Thomas and two
children.
