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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 11 Nahunta Girls Basketball Team: Enters State Class B Tournament at Columbus Nahunta High School girls’ bas ketball team goes to Columbus Thursday, March 14, to make their bid for the Class B State Champ ionship. Nahunta, runner-up in Region 1-B, will move into action on Thursday. The charges of Coach Forrest Thom as meet Heard County at 6:40. Seminole County, Region 1-B champions, battle Villa Rica at 1:20 p. m. Thursday in the opening class B tourney game. Despite the loss to Seminole Coun ty in the finals of the Region 1-B tourney, Nahunta is being rated as favorites in the state meet. Coach Thomas’ Wild Kittens post ed a 24-2 regular season record, los ing once to Screven and once to Hoboken. In 1-B East eliminations, the Nahunta six copped the division crown. Nahunta then defeated Pelham in regional semi-finals before losing to Seminole County in the finals. This gives Nahunta a 28-3 chart going into the state tourney. Annie Ruth Johns, Shirley Drury, Frances Ellis and Beth Calhoun have been the main offensive performers for Nahunta this season. Top defenders for the Nahunta las sies have been Wanda Rozier, Win nie King and Helen Jacobs. Miss Johns enjoyed a brilliant sea son, shooting as many as 51 points in single game performances and having about a 40-point per game average for Nahunta. Miss Drury and Miss Ellis have played brilliantly all season and earned heroine honors in many games. Both are excellent ball hand lers and set up plays around Miss Johns. “Getting The Most Out Os Your Sewing Machine” will be the sub ject of a two-day training meeting for Northeast Georgia home demon stration agents in Augusta on March 21 and 22. Miss Peggy Ott, Extens ion clothing specialist at the Univer sity of Georgia, will be in charge. Mrs. Martha Harrison, district a gent, said the workshop will help county home demonstration agents prepare themselves to train volun teer county 4-H clothing instructors. Brantley HD Council Gives Banquet For 4-H Club Members and Parents The Brantley County Home Dem onstration Council was hostess to a banquet for 4-H Club members and their parents who did outstanding 4-H Club work during 1962. The ban quet was held last Friday night, March 8, during National 4-H Club Week to celebrate the occasion, at the Nahunta High School lunchroom. Johnny Walker, President of the County 4-H Council presided over the banquet. The Rev. W. M. Whipple gave an inspiring invocation Mrs. N. W. Hendrix, President of the Home Demonstration Council welcomed the guest and Joan Johns told how buch the 4-H members appreciated the banquet. Introduction of guests was by Johnny Walker; Years Progress Report for 1962, Anna Dee Wilson, and Camping Report, Sandra Jacobs. Awards were presented by Mrs. Virginia N. Raulerson, Home Dem onstration Agent, and Mr. George A. Loyd, County Agricultural Agent to the following boys and girls: A chievement, Melinda Wilson and Barbara Allen; Agricultural, David Bth District STAR JEREMY W. JAMES Bth District STAR Student A father and son of Folkston, Ga., Pierce county na tives, have been named STAR Teacher and STAR Student for the Bth District. Jeremy Walker James, Charlton County High School STAR Student, named his father, D. Ray James, as his STAR Teacher. The two were later named district win ners. The James family moved to Folkston 11 years ago from Patterson, where Mr. James had served as school princi pal. He also previously taught in the Blackshear schools. Jeremy and his father have many friends and relatives in Pierce county who are proud of the honor that they have achieved. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Brantley FFA Chapters Win Corn Honors Terry Thomas of Nahunta F FA chapter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thomas, Jr. has been named top corn producer in FFA chapters throughout 42 Southeast Georgia counties. He received this award from Mayor Ralph Smith of Swainsboro at the annual Corn Banquet. Terry competed with 43 of his fellow FFA members for this award. He produced 157.04 bushels of corn per acre and was also winner of the corn contest in his local FFA chap ter. Hoboken FFA chapter was named first place chapter out of the 42 coun ty area. For this award they re ceived a cash award of SIOO. During the last four years of this contest, the District winner has been from Brantley county. Hoboken chapter advisor is W. J. Moore, Jr. and Nahunta chapter ad visor is Carter Morton Jr. Mrs. Gretchen Harris became the bride of Edd Harrell of Elizabethton, Tenn., in a double ring ceremony at the home of Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Allen on Saturday, March 9, in the pres ence of only a few close friends. Rev. Allen performed the cere mony. Mr. and Mrs. Harrell made a short trip to Florida and return ed to Nahunta where they will make their home. Mr. Harrell is employed in Savannah. Watch the label on youi ■>aper — don’t let your sub- cription expire. Jacobs; Beautification of Home Grounds, Dennis Raulerson; Canning, Jane Wilson; Clothing, Laverne Mid dleton, Edna Mae Harrison, Joan Johns and Wanda Douberly; Dress Revue, Edna Mae Harrison, Joan Johns and Susan Smith; Electric, Douglas Purcell and Anna Dee Wil son; Entomology, Reggie O’Berry; Field Crops, Otis Bohanon, David Jacobs and Benny Thomas; Foods and Nutrition, Jewell Wilson, Hazel Rowell, Virginia Allen and Edith Middleton; Garden, Bill Middleton: Health, Jesse L. Walker and Caro lyn Middleton; Home Economics, Me linda Wilson, Sandra Jacobs, Anna Dee Wilson and Joan Johns; Leader ship, Sandra Jacobs, Johnny Walk er, Jack Brooker and Anna Dee Wilson; Poultry, Johnny Walker; Re creation, Susan Smith, Dale Ja cobs, Dan Moody and Oliver High smith; Tractor, Keith Middleton; and Public Speaking, Nancy Moody. Following the program Sandra Ja cobs led in Recreation. Student and Teacher BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Harris-Harrell D. RAY JAMES STAR Teacher for District The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 14, 1963 Raybon Advent Church to Hear Two Lectures Rev. F. E. Highsmith will give two lectures at the Raybon Advent Christian Church this Sunday, March 17, on the subject “The Course of History.” The hours of meeting are 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. The speaker will use a chart to illustrate his interpre tation of Bible prophecy. The people of this entire section are invited to hear the lectures which interpret Bible passages from the Book of Daniel. Daniels Youth Meets Death in Car Accident An auto accident on State Road 110. approximately 3 miles south of Atkinson, claimed the life of a 13-year-old Brantley countian early Monday night, March 11. The victim was identified as Ar chie James (Jimmy) Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Daniels of Route 1, Waynesville. According to investigating offi cers, the youth was the driver and sole occupant of the automobile and was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the accident. As the vehicle went into a curve, the driver apparently lost control and the auto mobile rolled over several times, throwing the driver from the car and causing instant death. The youth was a native of Brantley county and was a 6th grade pupil in the Nahunta Elementary School. In addition to his parents, survi vors include his sister, Miss Barbara Daniels of Waynesville; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Beatrice Brock ington of Waverly; paternal grand mother, Mrs. Julia McKenzie of Brunswick. Several aunts, uncles and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning, March 13, at eleven o’clock from the Palmetto Church of God with the Rev. C. W. Woods con ducting the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing rela tives and friends. Interment followed in the Daniels Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Charles O’Quinn, Harry Ed gy, Mike Keene, Bernard Myers, Johnny Walker and Frank Myers. The Honorary Escort was com posed of Jimmy’s class from the Na hunta School. The many beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem felt for the de ceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereave ment. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrange ments. Mrs. Fred Parse Funeral Service Held Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Parse, who died Wednesday at her Nahunta residence, were held Fri day afternoon at Nahunta Methodist Church. Officiating were the Rev. W. M. Whipple, the Rev. Bill Dupree, and the Rev. Cecil Thomas. Burial was in the Greenlawn Ceme tery. Active pallbearers were R. H. Schmitt, R. Brown Brooker, Glenn Conditt, E. P. Perdue, Opal Herrin, and Clyde Smith. Mrs. Parse is survived by one son, Andy Parse, Nahunta; three grand children, Gary Parse, Jody Parse and Andelyn Parse, all of Nahunta; one sister, Miss Maude Strawn, Ko omo, Ind. Pvt. Wiliam Purdom Serves in Korea Army Pvt. William J. Purdom, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Hick ox, lives on Route 2, Nahunta, recently took part in Exercise WINTERSNAP 11, a cold weath er field training maneuver in Korea, with other members of the I Corps. Purdom, a radio operator in Company B of the 51st Signal Battalion in Korea, entered the Army in August 1962, completed basic training at Fort Gordon, Ga., and arrived overseas in Feb ruary 1963. The 19-year-old soldier is a 1961 graduate of Nahunta High School. During the past five years in Georgia, Easter Seal scholar ship grants, totaling $20,891.21. have helped to train physical therapists, occupational and speech therapists. Ernest Hunter Funeral Rites Held Sunday Mr. Ernest A. Hunter, 65, of Waynesville passed away Friday afternoon, March 8, in Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup fol lowing a short illness. Mr. Hunter was born in Liber ty county and was a son of the late Jobe Wright Hillman and Mollie Middleton Hunter. He re ceived his education in the schools of Wayne, Appling and Coffee counties and for many years was engaged as a power crane operator in the coal min ing industry in Tamaqua, Pa. For the past thirty years, he had been a resident of Waynesville. At one time he operated a feed store in Nahunta and since 1954 had been engaged in the mercan tile business in Waynesville. He was a member of the Mid dleton Methodist Church and Na hunta Lodge No. 391, F. & A. M. He was also a Royal Arch Mason and a member of Satilla Chapter 365 Order of the Eastern Star. Os affable manner and genial disposition, he enjoyed a wide circle of friends and his death removes one of Brantley county’s most prominent residents and brought personal sorrow to many throughout this section. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Daisy Gibson of Waynesville; one daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Hunter of Waynesville; one son, Edward A. Hunter of Waynesville; two sis ters, Mrs. A. O. Townsend of Brunswick and Mrs. J. L. Inman of Savannah; three brothers, Ben T. Hunter of Shellman Bluff, Porter Hunter and Hillman (Bud) Hunter, both of Waynes ville. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, March 10, at three o’clock from the Waynes ville Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, assisted by the Rev. L. J. Edgy and the Rev. Clarence H. Roland, con ducting the rites in the presence of the family and a large number of relatives and friends. The body lay in state in the church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in Baptist Cemetery near Waynesville with Masonic rites at the graveside. Serving as active pallbearers were Messrs. Grady Boyd, Char lie Higginbotham, D. F. Walker, Calvin Walker, DeWitt King and Willie Bell. The honorary escort was com posed of members of Nahunta Lodge No. 391, F. & A.. M. and Satilla Chapter 365, Order of the Eastern Star. The many beautiful floral of ferings attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. HD MEETING SET Dates and meeting places for the 1963 southcentral district Home Demonstration Council meetings were announced this week by Mrs. Jessie G. Hardy, district HD agent with the Cooperative Extension Ser vice. The meetings will be held March 21 at Moultrie’s First Bap tist Church, and March 22 at Dub lin’s Jefferson Street Baptist Church. Deadline for Buying Your Car Tag Is March 31 Be sure to come early and avoid delay of waiting. Remember the legal deadline for 1963 auto and truck tags is March 31. D. F. Herrin, Tag Agent College Choir To Sing at Nahunta Friday The A Cappella Choir of the Woman’s College of Georgia, un der the direction of Dr. Max Noah, will present a concert at the Nahunta High School gym nasium on Friday, March 15, at 10:30 A. M. This is an all-woman’s choir which tours the eastern states giving concerts. They are on their Annual Spring tour and are enroute to Miami for a concert. Mrs. Janie Kuhns Funeral Service Held Friday Mrs. Janie Middleton Kuhns, 65, of Route 1, Hortense, passed away early Thursday morning, March 7, at a Jesup nursing home following an extended illness. Mrs. Kuhns was born in Wayne, now Brantley, county and was the daughter of the late Thomas Walton and Susan Lynn Middleton. She re ceived her education in the schools of the county and was a devoted member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include her husband, Jesse W. (Jack) Kuhns of Hortense; two daughters, Mrs. J. Glenn Day of Brunswick and Mrs. Eccles Wall of Kinston, N. C.; one sister, Mrs. Ellen Langdale of Columbus; one brother, Luther Middleton of Way cross. Six grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Friday afternoon, Mar ch 8, from the Hortense Congregat ional Methodist Church with the Rev. C. C. Wheatley, assisted by the Rev. Mack Thompson, officiating. The body lay in state in the church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in the Hortense Cemetery. The many beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem felt for the de ceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereave ment. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrange ments. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dixon and little son, who have been living in Blackshear, moved to Nahunta last weekend. • • • Robert D. Sloan, electronics tech nician third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Sloan of Hor tense, is serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Independence, currently at the Norfolk Naval Ship yard, Portsmouth, Va. ♦ • ♦ Mrs. Lila Crews and Mrs. Al len Barnard attended the State WMU Convention in Columbus, Ga., this week. David C. Haney, storekeeper second class, USN, son of Mrs. J. L. Riggins of Route 2, Nahunta, is serving aboard the attack air craft carrier USS Independence, currently at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTa PTA Hears Panel Discussion on Single High School for Brantley County The Nahunta High Sch<x>l PTA heard a panel discussion on the question of a single high school for Brantley County at its regular meet ing Monday night, March 11. The panel, moderated by Dr. J. L. Walker, consisted of Mr. Barney Go wen, immediate past chairman Camden County Board of Education. Mr. Bill Smith, superintendent of schools for Charlton County, Mr Wilbur Stanley, principal of Hobo ken High School, Mr John Calhoun, principal of Nahunta High School, and Mrs. Mable Moody, superinten dent of schools of Brantley County. Mr. Gowen related the experiences of Camden County in changing it from a five to a one high school sys tem He discussed in detail the dif ficulties of making such a change and pointed out that money would be saved by eJimination of duplicate facilities such as library, lunchroom, gym, shop, science lab, mainten ance, etc. 'Phe advantages to be expected from improved curriculum resulting from a single highschool was dis cussed by Mr. Smith. He pointed out that many courses of study not pos sible in the small high school could be provided in the larger single schooL It was pointed out that our ele mentary school buildings were ob solescent and had more than served their purposes and will need replace ment soon. Mrs. Moody said that the state will provide money for a high school building but not for elemen tary schools. The present high school building could be renovated at no minal cost and serve our elementary school needs quite well. It was further stated that if the financial status of the school board continues to improve that we should be able to provide our part of the building program -e. g. gym, gar age, principals home; out of our present revenues without necessity of raising taxes. Several questions were asked of Mrs. Moody and she stated that she was in agreement with two evalua tion committee's and other authori ties who had recommended a single high school system for Brantley County, and that Brantley County can have whatever kind of school system the people want. In response to a <(uestion, Mrs. Moody said that any movement for a single high school should come from the people and that she and the Board of Edu cation would welcome expressions of interest in such a movement from the PTA, other county clubs, and the individual citizens. Upon motion from the floor the chairman asked for an informal vote on the question of a single high school and the group voted almost I TALMADGE Be a torts From " JI HINGTON L J THE TWO-PRICE cotton sys tem hangs like a stone from the neck of the American textile Industry, slowly bat surely drag ging it down to the depths of economic disaster. Textile mills and cotton farm ers an struggling for survival •gainst unfair foreign competi tion. brought about not only by the fnequit-1 able two-price I cotton, system,! but also by| cheaper wages t and other low-! er cuata of I manuf act-1 tiring overseas. I The off-l shore mill can buy cotton — whether it is grown overseas or in the United States—at $42.50 Jess than mills here must pay. Foreign textile products are made cheaper, sent to this coun try and sold cheaper, thus dis placing products made in the United States from American cotton. Inevitably, a loss of a market for domestically-made cotton textile products is translated into a loss of market for Amer ican-grown cotton. AS POINTED OUT by the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, the problem reaches far beyond the textile industry'. Cotton consumption in the U- S. is on the decline. Acreage is be ing reduced and cotton farm in come is suffering. Competing fibers and other products are taking over cotton’s markets. Cotton is piling up in govern ment hands at great costs to the taxpayer. Many mills have dosed and others are operating on short time. (tt fnftrU tr frintfi •< fovtmmtni npw) Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Gutside county, in slate .... $3.09 Outside state ..._ _ $3.00 unanimously in favor. The meeting was conducted by President John I. Lee and was well attended. Brantley Retail Sales Increase Georgia retail sales for 1962 totaled $5,731,463,157, an increase of 11.19 per cent over the $5,154,- 353,718 collected in 1961, the Georgia State Chamber of Com merce reported today. The year end total for Brantley County came to $4,579,826 as compared to $4,404,926 for 1961. Fourth quarter total for 1962 for the entire State amounted to $1,549,197,374, compared to $1,404,399,230 for the same period during 1961, the State Chamber reported. Brantley County’s total for the fourth quarter is $1,074,867 com pared to $988,316 for the fourth quarter of 1961. Mrs. Ocie Griffin Funeral Service Held Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Ocie Gertrude (Gertiner) Griffin, age 83, who died Thursday night at her residence Rte. 1, Hoboken were held Sunday morning at High Bluff Primitive Baptist Church, conducted by Elder Oli ver Lewis. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Griffin is survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Frances Thomas. Mrs. Minnie L< J, Miss Mattie Griffin, Miss Annie Grif fin, and Miss Evelyn Griffin, all of Hoboken, Mrs. Lillian Thorn ton, Screven, Mrs. Ocie Ferreira, Fernandina Beach, Fla.; one son Lewis Griffin, Waycross; five sis ters, Mrs. Clara Stevens and Miss Lou Strickland both of Waycross, Mrs. Cora Roberson, Brunswick, Mrs. Frances Bennett and Mrs. Ida Bennett, both of St. Augus tine, Fla.; one brother, Levi Strickland, Nahunta; 40 grand children, 84 great-grandchildren, 4 great- great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The cotton grower suffers, the textile worker suffers and the nation’s economy, which already leaves much to be desired, suf fers further. a a a THE CRUX of the problem is the two-price cotton system, and nothing short of a complete re turn to a one-price system will put our cotton on a competitive basis with that grown overseas. The future of the entire cot ton economy demands nothing less than an American textile mill, employing American work ers, being able to buy American cotton at the same price as it is sold abroad. The Talmadge Farm Plan would accomplish this and more. My plan, as it relates to cotton, would eliminate the two-price system, do away with export subsidies and alleviate the ma jor problem now confronting the cotton growers and the textile industry. a a a MY PLAN would allow Amer ican cotton to move freely in world trade at world price with out subsidy and make it possi ble for American textile manu facturers to buy their raw cot ton at competitive prices. Money now being paid for ex port subsidies could go directly to the farmer, thereby boosting the nation’s agricultural econ omy. There can be no letup in our efforts to correct the existing situation, and the increasing support for the Talmadge Plan is encouraging.