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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 51
Baptist and Methodist Churches
To Combine Services Next Sunday
The Nahunta Methodist and
Baptist Churches will combine
worship services Sunday even
ing Dec. 22 for a worship drama
at the Methodist Church. Two
services will be held during the
evening, one at 6:00 p. m. and
another at 8:00 p. m. The 6:00 p.
m. service was added because of
an anticipated overflow attend
ance.
The worship drama will be a
religious play entitled “The Inn
at Bethleham,” by Anna D. Lutz.
It portrays the influence of the
Christ child upon the lives of
those who first came to his man
ger-throne. The story is in two
acts, which shows the transfor
mation of a selfish innkeeper and
an arrogant princess into loyal
believers. The last scene takes
place 40 years after the birth of
Jesus, and recalls the glory of the
first night.
The seven speaking parts are
carried by Mrs. R. H. Schmitt,
Mrs. Ben Jones, Andy Parse,
Mrs. Clint Robinson, Mrs. Clay
ton Riggins, Mrs. B. T. Huling
and Dr. J. L. Walker. Others in
the cast include Emory Middle
ton, Tommy Walker, William
Royster, Forrest Thomas and
George Thomas. Mrs. W. M.
Whipple is directing the play.
Nahunta Wins
From Camden
And Atkinson
Nahunta played host to Atkin
son County Friday night, Dec.
14, and won both ends of a dou
ble-header. The Nahunta girls
were victorious 51-41 and the
boys won by the score of 62-38.
Annie Ruth Johns and Shirley
Drury scored 27 and 20 points
respectively to lead the girls.
Roger Chancey scored 25 and
Ronald Patton scored 15 to lead
th« b<>v .»
Nahunta invaded Camden
County Tuesday night. The Na
hunta girls won 51-28 and the
Nahunta boys won 53-48. Annie
Ruth Johns had 29 and Shirley
Drury 12 for the girls. Steve
Hendrix had 11, Joey Strickland
10, and Ronald Patton 10 for the
boys.
Camden County won the B-
Team boys game by the score of
22-20.
Nahunta plays Folkston in
Folkston Friday Dec. 21.
Composed 30 Hymns
Martin Luther was one of the
first persons to make congrega
tional singing popular, reports
World Book Encyclopedia. He is
believed to have composed more
than 30 hymns.
Nahunta's Other Johns
By ROY BEMIS
In The Atlanta Journal
While Layton Johns is making
a name for himself at Auburn,
his alma mater is suffering. In
fact, Nahunta hasn’t won a re
gion championship since the sea
son of ’SB, the year that Johns
graduated.
“We ought to be due,” drawl
ed Coach Joe Murray, “but I
don’t know whether it will be
this year.”
Things aren’t going too good
for the team this year, as in
years past. Nahunta’s mark in
the region at the present is 4-6,
but there are several reasons be
hind it: (1) the team is too
young; (2) There is no height,
with the tallest men on the team
being an even 6-0; (3) There is
a lack of experience; (4) There
is a bad lag in shooting; (5) the
team doesn’t play a running
game; (6) the boys make a lot
of mental mistakes.
Murray had only two return
ing players this season, and the
rest of the roster is made up of
sophomores with no experience.
But despite these facts, the Na
hunta team is improving.
“Ball handling is our main
weakness,” said Murray, “It’s
sort of spotty and ragged.”
Murray’s only asset this early
in the season lies in the two re
turning players, Roger Chancey
and Ronald Patton. Chancey and
Patton both can dunk the ball
with both hands, and both are
good under the boards whether
rebounding or going in for a
lay-up.
In the outside lanes, Murray
relies on Steve Hendrix and
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Social Security
For Children and
Dependent Parents
Asked which social security
benefits are least known to the
general public, O. L. Pope, Dis
trict Manager for Social Securi
ty, singled out two types of pay
ments.
According to Pope most peo
ple know that when a worker
dies, retires, or is disabled, his
children under 18 can collect
payments even after age 18.
Pope said that in the 13 coun
ties served by the Way cross Dis
trict Office 341 disabled child
ren draw $7,370 in social securi
ty payments each month. “We
suspect there are more who
could get these payments if they
knew about them,” he said.
The other type of social securi
ty payment that is unknown to
many people is dependent par
ents payments. These payments
are made when a worker, who
was supporting his mother or
father, dies. To get these pay
ments, the parent must have got
ten one-half of his total support
from the worker during the 12
months just before the worker
died. These payments cannot
start until the parent is 62. How
ever, the parent must contact the
social security office within two
years of the worker’s death.
In the 13 counties served by
the Waycross District Office, 53
dependent parents get these pay
ments each month.
Pope said that anyone who
thinks he might qualify as a dis
abled child or as a dependent
parent, should come in to the
social security office at 704 Jane
St., Way cross, right away.
Miss Mary Knox returned home
on Sunday from Memorial Hos
pital in Brunswick where she
was under treatment for several
days. She is now improving.
A3|c Evan J. Lewis Jr. will
leave on Dec. 27 for Topeka,
Kas. where he will be station
ed at Forbes Air Base. He is
home on a two weeks leave. He
has been stationed at Lackland
Air Force Base in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland
visited Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Strickland and their new baby
in Augusta on Sunday.
Mrs. Myrtice Smith is spending
a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Strickland and new boy in
Augusta. Mrs. Strickland is a
daughter of Mrs. Smith.
Dennis Raulerson. “Hendrix is
good on the outside,” commented
Murray, “and so is Raulerson.
Raulerson has a long one-hander,
but he has to have time to get it
off.”
The tougher part of the season
is over for Nahunta, but there is
still a long way to go. And then
there is Clinch High, the real
power in Class 1-B. However,
Murray says that he will be in
the running for the class crown
this season.
On the other hand, the Na
hunta girls’ team, led by Annie
Ruth Johns, sister to Layton, is
holding down the competition in
the region. These lassies are a
ball of fire on the court, and their
9-1 record proves it.
“Now Annie Ruth,” said Mur
ray after he changed the sub
ject, “is good. Right now, she is
averaging 30 points a game.”
Nahunta’s female eagers are a
threat in any direction. They
run a woman-to-woman defense,
and they are pretty good at it
— just ask their nine victims.
The team has some good height,
they are experienced, they’re a
threat on the outside, and then
they have Annie Ruth, who is
good anywhere, and some even
say that she is better than
brother Layton.
“This girls” team is one of the
top contenders in the region,”
said Murray, “and Annie Ruth
nearly breaks her back to win.”
Ronald Patton (6-0), Roger
Chancey (6-0), Cullas Wilson
(6-0), Billy Rowell (5-11), J. L.
Jacobs, (5-10), Steve Hendrix (5-
9), Joe Strickland (5-9), and
Dennis Raulerson (5-8) make up
the Nahunta High boys’ team.
Personals
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Brantley Enterprise
Elvin L. Moody
Died in Waycross
Elvin L. Moody, age 60, died
Monday, Dec. 17, in Waycross
hospital from injuries received
in an auto accident.
Moody was a native of Brant
ley County but had made his
home in Way cross for the past
30-years. He was the son of the
late J. M. Moody and Molly
Jacobs Moody.
Moody was associated with the
Georgia Highway Department for
40 years and was to have re
ceived his 40-year pin in At
lanta Monday. He was a mem
ber of the Georgia Highway En
gineers Assn.
Survivors ane his widow, the
former Miss Idell McLamb of
DuPont; two daughters, Mrs. R.
D. Kilcrease Jr., Waycross, and
Mrs. J. N. Howard, Savannah;
one sister, Mrs. R. O. Davis,
Waynesville; five brothers, Cars
well Moody, V. O. Moody and
Earl Moody, all of Waynesville,
O. S. Moody, Nahunta, and W.
W. Moody, Rome; four grand
children and several nieces and
nephews.
Bathing Beauty
Gets Toe Stuck
In Water Faucet
Linda Jane Hinchman is a
freshman at Colorado Women’s
College. She is a lovely brun
ette, 17 years old, from Glen
wood, Ind.
She was taking a bath Thurs
day night when she decided to
stick her toe into the water fau
cet.
It got stuck.
A distress call brought four
Denver squad cars with sirens
screaming, fire equipment and
ladder crews.
Five Denver firemen charged
up the stairs and dashed into the
bathroom, by now crowded with
giggling girls as well as the
well-bundled Miss Hinchman.
Assistant Fire Chief John De
Jong said, “We did our job and
get the hell out of there.”
The firemen sawed off the fau
cet and extricated the toe with
petroleum jelly.
Miss Hinchman kept the fau
cet for a souvenir.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Harris of
Rabon community announce the
birth of a baby boy born Sunday,
Dec. 16, in the Wayne Memorial
Hospital in Jesup. He weighed
eight pounds two ounces and has
been named Donnie Gene.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Strickland of
Augusta announce the birth of a
little boy on Dec. 14 weighing eight
pounds and twelve ounces. He has
been named Donovan Wade. He is
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Strickland and Mrs. Myrtice Smith
of Nahunta.
Joint Birthday
Tobacco taxes and the Internal
Revenue Service were born to
gether in 1862 to help finance
the Civil War.
Stand Improvement
Necessary in Forest
By George A. Loyd
County Agent
Good trees have much more
value than poor trees and tim
ber stands can be improved. In
our two previous articles on our
six-step forest management pro
gram we discussed the first two
steps — fire control and refor
estation. The third step is stand
improvement. It is a badly need
ed step in many woodland man
agement programs.
A recent survey and study of
Georgia’s forests revealed that
almost a third of the forest area
is growing trees of very poor
quality. Much of this wood is
actually cull material. Many
woodland acres are not growing
enough merchantable wood each
year to pay the land taxes.
The best way to improve a
stand of trees is to always leave
the better trees when cutting.
Keep cutting the poorer trees.
You will end up with a stand of
vigorous trees of good quality.
We can double the production on
many of our woodland acres by
removing low-quality hardwoods,
brush and stunted and poorly
formed pines.
In timber stand improvement
work we must consider control
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 20, 1962
Births
Nahunta Stores
To Close 4 Days
For 2 Holidays
Nahunta stores will close for a
total of four days for the two
holidays of Christmas and New
Year, it is announced by the
Merchants Association.
The stores will close Tuesday
and Wednesday, Dec. 25 and 26,
for Christmas holidays and will
also close Tuesday and Wednes
day, Jan. 1 and 2, for New Year
holidays.
The bank and the post office
will be open on Wednesday
mornings of the two holiday sea
sons. The bank will close Christ
mas day and New Year’s day,
also the Wednesday afternoons
following the two holidays.
The post office will be closed
Christmas day and New Year’s
day, and also the Wednesday
afternoons.
The rural mail routes will not
run on Christmas Day or New
Year’s Day.
Mrs. Emma Griffin
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Mrs. Emma C. Griffin, age 80,
died Friday, Dec. 14, in a Way
cross hospital following an ex
tended illness.
A native of Brantley County,
Mrs. Griffin had made her home
in Waycross for the past several
years. She was the daughter of
the late Nathan Dryden and wid
ow of the late Irvin Griffin.
Mrs. Griffin was a member of
the High Bluff Primitive Baptist
Church.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Hillery Fort and Miss Mae
Griffin, both of Waycross, and
Mrs. Dave Willis, Orlando, Fla.;
one son, Wilson Griffin, Atlanta;
two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Dowling,
Nahuflta, and Mrs. Rhoda Davis,
Waycross; 19 grandchildren and
28 great-grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews, including
Reavis Mercer of Waycross and
Mrs. Malinda Sams, Jacksonville.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 11 a. m. at High
Bluff Primitive Baptist Church.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
PEANUT USE
A total of 75.9 million pounds
of peanuts, on a shelled, raw
weight basis, were used during
August in edible products. Os
this amount, 28.9 million pounds
were used in peanut butter, 17.1
million in salted peanuts, 16.5
million in candy, 1.6 million in
peanut butter sandwiches and
about 1.8 million in other edible
products. This was the second
highest use for the month on rec
ord, exceeded only by the 81.6
million pounds used in August
1961.
Local Revenue
States, counties and cities in
the U. S. collected more than
$1 billion last year from special
excise taxes on tobacco products
— mostly from cigarettes.
Is Third Step
Management
of insects and diseases. In many
cases infested trees must be re
moved. Some chemical control
may be necessary at times.
Thinning over-crowded stands
is another phase of timber stand
improvement. Thinning can be
profitable to the landowner and
improve the stand of timber.
Trees must have sufficient
space, light and soil nutrients to
produce at a maximum.
Many of us wait too late for
the first thinning and quite often
the thinning is too light. Don’t
be afraid to thin. Remember
you’re growing wood — not
trees. As trees get larger we need
fewer of them to the acre. As a
guide let me suggest the follow
ing number of trees per acre ac
cording to tree diameters: 6-inch,
400; 7-inch, 300; 8-inch, 220; 9-
inch, 175 and 10-inch, 140.
About what size are your
trees? Why not count the trees
on a few sample plots of one
tenth-acre each and see approxi
mately how many trees per acre
you have? You may find that a
thinning is past due.
In our next article we’ll deal
with step four — diversified
utilization.
Observance of
Christmas Was
Once Illegal
Celebration of Christmas —
the most widely observed reli
gious holiday of the modern
world — was at one time illegal
in early American history.
Colonial New England did not
celebrate Christmas, according to
researchers at Compton’s Pictur
ed Encyclopedia, because the
stern Puritan colonists believed
that such activities were wholly
pagan and forbade them by law.
Christmas came to the American
colonies while it was the subject
of strenuous controversy in Eng
land. English Puritans condemn
ed it as “popish” and the secular
celebration as a “wanton Bac
chanalian feast.”
Opposition of the English Puri
tans to festivals culminated in
an act of Parliament in 1647
which abolished the observance
of Christmas, Easter and Whit
suntide. This was echoed in the
American colonies in 1659 when
Puritans enacted a law in the
general court of Massachusetts
to punish those who “kept Christ
mas.”
The law read “Whosoever shall
be found observing any such day
as Christmas or the like, either
by forebearing of labor, feasting,
or in any other way . . . shall
be subject to a fine of five shill
ings.”
The law was repealed in 1681
but many of the Puritans were
not reconciled to this action. Se
cular reveling at Christmas had
often interfered with religious
devotions and offended the Puri
tans’ moral sense. This intensi
fied their sectarian hostility to
the religious observance of
Christmas — an attitude they
maintained for the better part of
two centuries in parts of New
England.
The fun-loving Dutch colonists
of New Amsterdam, however,
celebrated Christmas as their
chief holiday. They brought the
old customs from their homeland,
especially the Christmas stock
ing and observance of the feast
day of St. Nicholas.
In the Southern colonies, the
planters celebrated the yuletide
with feasting, singing, and danc
ing. On many plantations slaves
were given a holiday as long as
the great yule log burned.
The latter half of the eighteen
century saw a swing of attention
to the realm of economics and
politics and religious controver
sies became of less importance.
The fact that England and Hess
ian troops celebrated Christmas
during the Revolutionary War
may have added a patriotic note
to the denominational controver
sy.
General Washington crossed
the Delaware River on the night
of December 25, 1776, to surprise
and defeat the Hessian troops
stationed at Trenton, N. J. In
the opinion of one writer, Wash
ington’s bold venture succeeded
because the Hessians were enjoy
ing their customary Christmas
revels and failed to maintain
the usual watch and patrols.
However, denominational oppo
sition to the ecclesiastic observan
ce of Christmas continued into
the second half of the nineteenth
century. An account in the New
York Daily Times for December
26, 1855 read:
“The churches of the Presby
terians, Baptists, and Methodists
were not open on Dec. 25 except
where some Mission Schools had
a celebration. They do not accept
the day as a Holy One, but the
Episcopalian, Catholic and Ger
man Churches were all open. In
side they were decked with ever
greens.”
In the twentieth century, all
denominations have embraced
Christmas widely both as a reli
gious and as a social celebration.
Today, men, women and children
in every Christian land crowd
into churches to give their
thanks. More than one fourth of
the world’s population —about
800 million people profess some
form of Christian faith.
The splendor and beauty of
Christmas observers is very dif
ferent from the humble stable in
Bethlehem where Christ was
born; but the message He brou
ght to the world is the same —-
“Glory be to God in the highest;
and on earth peace, good will to
ward men.”
CHURCH FIRES
Christmas is an especially
dangerous time for fires in
churches and other institutional
buildings. Church fires rank sec
ond in number among all in
stitutional fires. In 1960, there
were 3,100 fires in churches in
the United States, with property
damage amounting to $14,700,-
000, reports the National Safety
Council.
OFFICIAL ORGAN B&ANTLBY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
3 Brantley Men Are Honored for
Saving Life of Elias Herrin, Jr.
Highway Patrol
Sees 37 Holiday
Traffic Deaths
ATLANTA — Thirty - seven
persons are marked for death in
Georgia traffic accidents during
the Christmas-New Year holiday
periods.
That's the grim prediction of
the Georgia Department of Pub
lic Safety for the gay holiday
periods extending from 6 P m.
Friday, Dec. 21 through mid
night Tuesday, Dec. 25, and for
the same hours from Friday,
Dec. 28 through midnight Tues
day, Jan. 1. Each of these periods
covers 102 hours.
The prediction was made, ac
cording to Col. H. Lowell Con
ner, state public safety director,
after a review of fatality records
for Christmas and New Year'
holiday periods over the past
several years and on the basis
of present trends. It calls for 22
Christmas period deaths; 15 for
New Year’s.
“Each individual should keep
in mind at all times they are
on the streets and highways that
their life is in danger,” Col. Con
ner said. “If they realize this,
they will conduct themselves ac
cordingly. Drivers should make
sure they obey traffic laws which
are designed to protect lives,
limbs and property.”
All members of the State
Patrol, the Bureau of Investiga
tion and other service personnel
of the Safety Department will be
working around the clock in an
effort to save lives and make
the highways safe for motorists
and pedestrians.
State troopers will be patrol
ling all Georgia roads, using
every possible device and meth
od, including radar machines, e
lectronic speed-timers, roadblocks
and airborne spotters, in the con
centrated drive to hold down ac
cidents and resultant deaths.
Col. Conner, who will person
ally direct the massive enforce
ment operation, requests the aid
of all other traffic law enforce
ment agencies throughout the
state to help maintain safety dur
ing the holiday periods.
The Department of Safety a
gain solicits the aid and support
of the press, radio and television
stations and civic organizations,
and especially the driving pub
lic, in helping to prevent Geor
gia’s highways and streets from
becoming scenes of slaughter.
HOME STORAGE OF PECANS
The best pecans to use for home
storage are those that ripen in
mid-season and are plump, well
filled out and characteristic of
their variety. Unshelled pecans
resist insects, molding and ran
cidity longer than those shelled,
but it’s recommended that shells
be removed before storage to re
duce weight and space occupied
to about one-half. For complete
information on home storage of
pecans, contact any Georgia home
demonstration agent, suggests
Miss Nelle Thrash, Extension
food preservation specialist.
HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS
Three out of four fatal Christ
mas accidents involve driving
too fast for conditions or in ex
cess of the speed limit. Most fix
ed object collisions, nearly all
non-collision accidents and most
collisions with other vehicles in
volve excess speed, according to
Extension Engineer Willis E.
Huston, chairman of the Georgia
Farm and Home Safety Associa
tion.
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY PAYS
$7,305,000 PROPERTY TAXES
Checks bringing the amount of
the Georgia Power Company’s
1962 property tax payments to
$7,305,000 are being presented
this week to municipal and coun
ty government officials, accord
ing to B. F. David, local mana
ger.
Mr. David reported the amount
compares with a total of $6,719,-
098 paid by the company for its
1961 property taxes.
Os this sum, $3,496,920 goes
into general county funds, $2,-
498,925 to school districts, $1,179,-
044 to cities and towns, and $2,-
308 to Georgia and adjoining
states.
Payments of $157.45 went to
the City of Nahunta, $78.74 to
the City of Hoboken and $4,696.-
80 went to Brantley County.
Earlier in the year, municipal
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, tn state .... s34s
Outside state ..._ s3.os
Prompt action, good judge
ment and the successful applica
tion of pole top resuscitation
saved the life of Elias Herrin Jr.,
and brought honor to Edward
Brand, Andrew Turner and Ron
nie Smith.
Herrin is an apprentice service
man for the Okefenoke Rural
Electric Membership Corporation
of Nahunta, Georgia. Brand is
a serviceman and Turner and
Smith are groundmen for the
electric system.
On the afternoon of August
30, 1962, Herrin was hooking up
a new service wire on a primary
pole with a 110-220 volt second
ary under the primary line. It
was hot and humid. Herrin lean
ed back in his belt to rest, re
moved his rubber gloves and
placed them across his belt. Af
ter resting he shifted his posi
tion on the pole and lost his bal
ance. While attempting to re
gain his balance, one hand con
tacted a guy wire, the other con
tacted a 110 volt secondary wire.
Herrin’s hand line was under
his arms. Groundmen Smith and
Turner saw his trouble, jerked
on the hand line and broke Her
rin's contact with the energized
line. Brand, in the meantime, put
on his climbing gear, went up the
pole and immediately started
pole top resuscitation. After two
minutes Herrin began breathing
and Brand helped him down the
pole. After observation by a doc
tor for two hours, Herrin was
pronounced out of danger.
At a special award cermony,
Brand, Turner and Smith were
presented with engraved gold
wrist watches by Employers Mu
tuals of Wausau, Wisconsin, the
electric system’s Workmen’s Com
pensation insurance carrier, to
honor the splendid achievement.
The watches were presented to
the men by R. C. Pitts, Atlanta
safety engineer, who paid tribute
to the men for their alertness
and knowledge in an emergency.
The presentation was made at
the Co-op’s Christmas Party at
tended by the employees, direc
tors and their families, Monday
night in Nahunta. Mr. Jack Lof
ton, of Savannah entertained
with music and songs and a
couple of short skits.
A Christmas tree was held for
the children. The co-op em
ployees presented gifts to assist
ant manager, Emory Middleton
and manager, Pete J. Gibson.
The door prize, an Arvin clock
radio, was won by James Alt
man.
Members of the “Tobacco
Trail Squares," square dance
club in Nahunta gave an exhibi
tion by dancing two numbers. J.
Robert Smith, a member of “To
bacco Trail Squares” and also
co-op attorney, called the dances.
The party was held at the A
merican Legion Building in Na
hunta which was beautifully de
corated for the occasion.
Chancey's Service
Station Now Open
Chancey’s Service Station
which was scheduled to open Sat
urday had to delay opening until
this week, on account of delay in
completion due to the unseason
ably cold weather.
The splendid new Standard Oil
service station is now open for
business the proprietor, Edward
Chancey, is receiving the congra
tulations of Brantley County people
for the great improvements made
in remodeling the station.
partnership tax payments total
ing $2,488,066 were paid by the
company to the 392 cities, towns
and communities in which the
। firm’s partnership franchise a
greement was in effect. Under
this agreement, the company
pays each municipality in which
it opreates three per cent of its
gross revenue from the sale of
electricity for residential and
commercial use. These munici
pal partnership tax payments
were in addition to property tax
payments.
The Georgia Power Company
official pqinted out that more
than 18 per cent of the com
pany’s total revenue goes to pay
taxes, including federal and state
income taxes, municipal partner
ship taxes, and others.
