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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 44 - NUMBER 34 Broome and Davis Are Interviewed For National Educational Television A camera crew from National Educational Television came to Nahunta Thursday afternoon, Aug. 15, to film interviews with Nolan C. Davis, Jr., Hoboken merchant, and Carl Broome, ed itor of The Brantley Enterprise. The interviews concerned the race problem and the proposed civil rights bill now before Con gress. The TV crew consisted of three men, besides Mr. Nelson Hitchcock, manager of WXGA Station in Waycross. The interviews were recorded on tape at the Brantley Enter prise office. Mr. Davis gave his TV interview standing in front of the Harper Building and Mr. Broome’s interview was carried out inside the newspaper office. Two cameras and an array of lighting equipment were used in making the picture-interviews. The films were made under the sponsorship of the University of Georgia for National Educational Television, to be shown on the NET network sometime in the next three months. Two half-hour programs are being made, Mr. Hitchcock said, and the time for their showing will be announced later. Inter views will be shown with people from Virginia through the Caro linas, Georgia, Alabama and Mis sissippi. Triple Play Auto Thief Visits Nahunta A car thief made a triple-play at Brunswick, Nahunta and Doug las Wednesday night and early Thursday morning by stealing a car in each place, according to Brantley County sheriff J. Walt er Crews. The play started locally when Shelton Morgan, who lives near the county supply house in Na hunta, discovered someone try ing to steal gasoline from the county supplies. Mr. Morgan notified county overseer Ottis Morgan who rush ed to the scene. Both Shelton and Ottis Morgan chased the thief a round the county building. The fleeing man suddenly shot at Shelton Morgan and then Ot tis Morgan shot at the fugitive. Neither shot seemed to have scored a hit. Track dogs were brought from Waycross and the fugitive was tracked to the vicinity of the Nahunta Motel, where the trail was lost. In the meantime it was discovered that the thief had left a stolen car near the county sup ply house. The car was one re ported stolen in Brunswick ear lier in the night. When the thief’s trail was lost near the Nahunta Motel, the offi cers discovered that a car belong ing to Leroy Ham had been stol en from the rear of his home. The Ham car was later found in a ditch at Douglas, Ga., where a third car was stolen, evidently by the same thief. No further trace of the triple steal thief had been reported this week. BLACKSHEAR TOBACCO MARKET Report of Sales and Prices LBS. SOLD AMT. AVERAGE Thursday, July 25 606,010 $250,440.14 $41.33 Friday, July 26 557,672 $227,543.32 $40.80 Monday, July 29 678,944 $359,829.79 $53.00 Tuesday, July 30 643,322 $358,761.28 $55.77 Wednesday, July 31 714,300 $409,294.19 $57.30 Thursday, Aug. 1 702,888 $414,977.54 $59.04 Friday, Aug. 2 670,876 $405,371.20 $60.42 Monday, Aug. 5 745,394 $468,834.55 $62.90 Tuesday, Aug. 6 783,930 $494,690.10 $63.10 Wednesday, Aug. 7 785,868 $502,325.16 $63.92 Thursday, Aug. 8 759,022 $477,345.49 $62.89 Friday, Aug. 9 764,574 $475,507.30 $62.19 Monday, Aug. 12 774,698 $488,698.50 $63.08 Tuesday, Aug. 13 756,692 $458,397.65 $60.58 Wednesday, Aug. 14 674,844 $393,282.38 $58.28 Thursday, Aug. 15 281,836 $168,965.10 $57.11 Friday, Aug. 16 319,092 $185,177.17 $58.03 Monday, Aug. 19 265,490 $151,114.89 $56.09 Tuesday, Aug. 20 c 84,108 $46,678.20 $55.05 TOTA L 11,569,560 $6,729,233.95 $58.16 BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Sp. 5 Allison Lee Receives Award For Good Service Allison Lee has received a ci tation for distinguished service from Lt. Col. John A. Brock, Professor of Military Science, at Jacksonville State College, Jack sonville, Ala. Spcjs Allison Lee’s wife is the former Patricia Ham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ham of Na hunta. The citation was as fol lows: CITATION SPECIALIST 5 ALLISON RICHARD LEE, RA14334541, USA Instructor Group (Sr ROTC), Jacksonville State Col lege, IV US Army Corps (Field) (3-A-3300-2) Jacksonville, Ala bama, distinguished himself by performance of exceptionally meritorious service for the peri od 3 August 1960 to 1 September 1963. As principal instructor in com munication his outstanding inst ruction developed a high degree of knowledge and proficiency in his students. Without prior train ing or experience he assumed the duties of Unit Supply Ser geant and greatly improved the supply records and operations. As coach of the Jacksonville State College ROTC Rifle Team he not only produced the most successful rifle team in the his tory of the college, but also in stilled in the individual members the sense of fair-play, a keen de sire to excel, a high degree of personal appearance, courtesy and conduct and a sincere devo tion to duty. His outstanding service was of material assistance of the furth erance of the important mission of the United States Army. Sandra Jacobs Wins First in 4-H Contest Sandra Jacobs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jacobs of Na hunta, won first place in the state 4-H Club Recreation Con test in the competition in At lanta Wednesday, Aug. 21. Crosby-Hill Reunion The descendants of the late Jos. W. and Louisana Hill Cros by will hold their annual family reunion at Laura S. Walker State Park on Sunday Sept. 1, it is announced by Mrs. Ethel Crosby Strickland. Registration will begin at 10:00 A. M. and a basket lunch will be served at 12:30 noon. All relatives and friends are requested to be present. Watch the label on your paper — don't let your subscription expire. Th* Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga„ Thursday, August 22, 1943 New Recreation Center Was Dedicated Aug. 17 The Brantley County Recreation Center was dedicated Saturday, after noon, Aug. 17. After a resume of the develop ment of the building by Pete J. Gibson, president of the Lion’s Club, the building was dedicated by mem bers of each of the sponsoring or ganizations. Mr. Gibson gave the highlights of the development of the center to this point. He related how over three years ago the Lion's Club con ceived the idea of a recreation cen ter. When land was donated, the project was actually started. Be cause of the size of the project, aid was enlisted from the four other or ganizations now cooperating. A solicitation and fund raising campaign was instituted by all the clubs to include the entire County. At the same time a plan was pre pared by the Industrial Develop ment Branch of Georgia Tech. Work was begun by donations of machinery and labor, and a building was erect ed. Projects to complete the building have included a hardwood floor, a heating and air-conditioning sys tem, rest room and kitchen facili ties. Three ministers who were present in the dedication service gave recog nition to the value of such a center for the welfare of the community. They asked for spiritual guidance and challenged the center to work in co-operation with the character building efforts of the churches. Rev. Chesley Walker and and Rev. Cecil Thomas gave the invocation and benediction. Rev. William Whipple spoke on the values of recreation in relation to moral principles. Mrs. Neil Hendrix, Mrs. Joe Walk er, Carroll Johns and W. C. Long represented the five organizations in the dedication service. Health Exams Recommended Before School School bells soon will call mil lions of boys and girls back to another year of educational act ivities, and many Georgia chil dren will enter school with un recognized health problems that interfere with learning. And once in school, handicap ping conditions — such as visual difficulties, hearing deficiencies, and others — may develop and go undetected for a period of time. Those observations were made this week by Miss Lucile Higgin botham, head of the Cooperative Extension Service health depart ment at the University of Geor gia. Miss Higginbotham said peri odic health examinations provide part of the answer to such health problems. “For this reason,” she contin ued, “parents should have their children examined by a physician prior to the opening of school at certain school levels.” The University of Georgia specialist said health and medical authorities recommend a mini mum of four health examinations during the school career. One should be scheduled prior to en tering school for the first time. Others may be made at entrance to the intermediate grades (4-6), during junior high school (grades 7-9), and during senior high (grades 10-12). “Os course,” Miss Higginboth am stated, “there is no substitute for continuing health supervision by the family physician from the prenatal period throughout childhood annd youth.” She pointed out that during regular visits for checkups, the physician gets acquainted with the child when he is well, be comes familiar with his health history, gives the necessary im munizations, and makes tests or special examinations when the preventive medicine program de dicated to preserving rather than restoring health,” Miss Higgin botham explained. At best, however, the physician sees the child only sporadically, and health problems may develop overnight. Because of this, Miss Higginbotham pointed out, par ents, teachers, the school nurse, and other adults who are with the child regularly have a vital role to play in the preventive program. “Alert parents and teachers can often detect the be ginning of an illness and make medical referrals early when treatment is most effective,” the health specialist concluded. Parker Dodge, Postmaster, Died Tuesday Mr. E. Parker Dodge, 61, Nahun ta Postma-ter, passed away unex petedly at his residence late Tues day afternoon, August 20, following a sudden illness. Mr Dodge was a native of Rhode Island an 1 was the son of the late Edwin Parker and Hope Briggs Dodge He received his education in the public schools of Buffalo, N. Y. and for a number of years was en gaged in detail work with a pharma ceutical firm. He was twice married. His first marriage was to the former Miss Eva Sears, who preceded him in death. His second mariage was to the former Mrs. Sarah Gunn Dan iels who survives. A Navy veteran of World War 11, Mr. Dodge was a member of Brant ley County Post No. 210 of the Ame rican Legion. He had served as Postmaster for the past 12 years and was scheduled to retire in ear ly December of this year. Prior to his appointment as Postmaster, he had owned and operated a package store in Nahunta. Possessed of an affable manner and genial disposition, Mr, Dodge was well known throughout this section and his passing brings per sonal sorrow to many. In addition to his wife, survivors include three step-daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Hiller of Atlanta, Mrs. Will iam Isengard of Alberqueque, New Mexico, and Mrs. B. J. Chanclor of Brunswick; one step-son, David S. Simpson of Athens. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held from the Nahunta Methodist Church on Thursday afternoon, August 22, at three o’clock with the Rev. W. M. Whipple officiating. The body lay in state in the church for one hour prior to ser vices. Interment will follow at ten o’- clock Friday morning, August 23, in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens, Ga. Serving as pallbearers will be Messrs. R. H. Schmitt, Cecil Moody, J. W. Harris, Clayton Riggins, Allen Rowell and Emory Middleton. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta is in charge of arange ments. Look Both Ways When Backing Thousands of collisions occur be cause drivers are careless when backing their automobiles out of driveways and in and out of parking spaces. And each year, hundreds of pedestrians suffer crippling injuries in accidents of this type. Before backing your car in any situation, make certain the way is clear, the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies advises. And while you are backing up, continue to watch for cars and approaching pedestrians. Tourist Welcome Station on U. S. 301 1$ Visited by Thousands of Travelers MORE DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS IN THE SUMMER There are more accidental deaths in the United States in the summer than in any other season, according to Miss Lucile Higginbotham, head of the Cooperative Extension Ser vice health department. The University of Georgia special ist said the fatally injured during June, July and August add up to a bout 25,000 persons. “This is an av erage of 270 per day,” she declared. Miss Higginbotham pointed out that the unfavorable accident record for the “vacation months” reflects the sharp increase in drownings. Due to increased participation in out door water sports, about half of the more than 6,000 drownings each ye ar occur during the three summer months. Fatal motor vehicle accidents, while not quite at a peak in the sum mer, outrank every other cause of accidental death in that season, as they do in other months of the year. Miss Higginbotham said the loss of life from such accidents in June, July and August exceeds 3,000 a month The health specialist said this re flects the greater use of automobiles for vacation and recreational activ ities. Fatal injuries resulting from ac cidental falls, ranking second to mo tor vehicle accidents during the year, show little seasonal variation. Miss Higginbotham said reports show that falls cause from 1,500 to 1,700 deaths a month. Peace Corps Examinations Set for Saturday A new round of Peace Corps placement tests will be adminis tered at more than 800 post offi ces and college campuses begin ning at 8:30 A. M. local time, August 24, and continuing throughout the day. The test is non-competitive. As its name implies, it enables the Peace Corps to place prospective Volunteers in an appropriate overseas situation. Everyone in terested in becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer must take the test — in addition to filling out a Peace Corps Questionnaire. The August 24 testing date will be the last general opportunity to take the Peace Corps Place cent Test until October 19. Those selected for training will spend from 10 to 12 weeks on a college campus which may in clude four weeks at a Peace Corps camp in Puerto Rico. The training programs include an in tensive study of the language of the host country, its history cus toms and culture, American af fairs, world political problems, health problems in tropical con ditions, etc. Volunteers agree to serve two years in the Peace Corps, includ ing training time. The minimum age for Volunteer service is 18, with no upper age limit, and a number of persons in their seven ties are among the 6000 Volun teers now serving in 46 nations. The examination will be given at the Waycross Post Office and in Brunswick in room 357 of the Federal Building. Births Mr. and Mrs. Aley Lee of For est Park, Ga. announce the birth of a little girl, born on Tuesday, Aug. 20, weighing 5 pounds and nine ounces. She has been named Nancy Lucille Lee. The little girl is the granddaughter of Mrs. Randle Lee of Nahunta. Stanley Vernon Nichols is the name of the new baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nichols on Wednesday Aug. 14. He weigh ed 7 pounds and 11 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McDonald of Reynolds, Ga., announce the birth of a daughter, bom in a Macon hospital Monday, Aug. 19. She has been named Cynthia Lynn and weighed six pounds 10 ounces. Mr. McDonald is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McDonald of Brantley county. Bethlehem Cemetery Will Be Cleaned The Bethlehem Cemetery will be cleaned off on Friday, Aug. 30, it is announced by T. V. Rho den. All people who are inter ested in the Bethlehem Cemetery are requested to come and bring lawn mowers and other tools for cleaning off the burial grounds. The month of July saw a re cord 8,329 persons stopping at the Georgia Tourist Information Center on U. S. Highway 301 near Sylvania. This is the largest number of visits in any single month since the opening of the station in January 1962. June, 1963, had been the most active month with 5,987 persons stopping, but July topped this figure by 39 percent. The Bureau of Business Re search keeps a count of visits to each welcome station as part of its continuing program of re search into the tourist and travel industry in Georgia. Visitors to a station sign a register or fill out questionnaires which are sent to the Bureau each week where the information is punched into cards and compiled for the Geor gia Department of Industry and Trade. During the 19 months that the Sylvania Station has been in operation, 49,400 persons have signed the register. The actual attendance is in excess of this figure as many fail to register. Approximately 95 per cent of those who visited the station were from out of the state. Most of these persons had traveled in the state previously but during the summer months, the figures showed that one-third of those who stop were on their first visit to the State. One-half of all out-of-state visitors to the station spend at least one night in Georgia. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLKY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA 1963 Tobacco Season Ends With 11 h Million Lbs. Sold Personals Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Purdom of Ocalla, Fla. spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Purdom. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Strick land and daughter, Valerie of Dawson, Ga. spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. W. R. Strickland. Visitors with Mrs. Alice High smith last week were Mrs. Mary Kelly and daughter, Roberta of Miami; Mrs. Graham Utley, Nia gara Falls, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Spell and daughter, Don na, Indiantown, Fla. and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Misner of Coral Gables, Fla. Mrs. Ivey O. Herrin of Nahun ta returned home Tuesday, Aug. 20, after spending two months with relatives in southern Flori da. She will leave Friday to spend a few days with her daugh ter, Mrs. Eloise Schutte, at Tam pa, Fla. Capt. Malcolm Strickland and Mrs. Strickland who have been stationed in Albany, N. Y. are visiting their mother, Mrs. Ger tie Strickland. They will leave about the first of September for Verdun, France, where they will be stationed. Mr. John Curtis Strickland left on Friday to return to his home in Port Arthur, Texas after spend ing a week with his mother, Mrs. Gertie Strickland. Jim C. Roberson, boatswain’s mate second class, USN, son of Mrs. Janie Stuckey of Nahunta is serving aboard the guided mis sile frigate USS Halsey which was commissioned July 20 at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Mrs. Julia Trippe of LaGrange, Ga. is visiting Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Tomlinson this week. She is an aunt of Mrs. Tomlinson. Layton Albert Johns of Nahun ta will receive the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education at Auburn University Saturday, August 24. Troy Danny Harper, 10-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Harper of Hortense, killed a 6- foot rattlesnake at the home of Horace Harper Friday, Aug. 16. Danny is reported to have had an exciting time killing the huge snake. BiAi Al L Reports FnNofflß^B * - * faHINGTON t J THE RECENT directive of the Defense Department con cerning ■ so-called off-base dis crimination is an outrageous and unwarranted attempt to give the military control over purely civilian affairs. Secretary McNamara, in a report to the President with respect to equal opportu nity in the armed forces, said that “the damage to mil itary effective ness from off base discrimination is not less than that caused by off-base vice.” This, it seems to me, should certainly be insulting to owners of private establishments who operate their businesses in keeping with local law and pro priety. They, of course, are in no way comparable to vice dens which the military must some times take action against in order to protect the moral and physical health of servicemen. • • • IN AN ORDER designed to implement Defense Department policy, Secretary McNamara said that "all members of the Department of Defense should oppose such (alleged discrimina tion) practices on every occa sion,” and “every military com mander has the responsibility to appose discriminatory practices affecting his men and their de pendents and to foster equal / opportunity for them, not only • • * • • • • • • • • • • • * • • ♦ • • * • • • • • • (Ml rnpmvS sr sHsle* at «ep«nw) Subscription Price and Tax Inside county - —. $2.58 Outside county, in state .... S3A9 Outside state $3.09 Auction sales of tobacco on the Blackshear market closed on Wednesday of this week with volume and average price lower than last year for the same period. A total of 11,569,560 pounds of leaf had been sold on the local market through Tuesday. Wed nesday’s sale figures were not available at press time. The leaf sold through Tuesday, 19 days of sales, brought a total of $6,729,233.95, for an average price per pound of 58.16 cents. This compared with a 19-day total of 12,574,986 pounds for 1962, bringing $7,481,290.34, for 59.49-cent average. The market remained open for 22 days last year, two days more than were scheduled for this season. Total sales for 1962 amounted to 12,746,529 pounds, gross money paid reaching $7,574,918.34, with a season’s average of 59.43 cents per pound. Pierce Chapel To Observe Homecoming Day The annual Homecoming will be held at the Pierce Chapel Methodist Church Sunday Aug. 25, with church services at 11:30 a. m. Rev Carroll Taylor, a former pastor of the church and now pastor of the Folkston Circuit, will bring the morning message. Rev. William Whipple, pastor of the church, will bring a closing devotional and will also preach on the preceding Saturday eve ning at 7:45 P. M. to close the revival this week. There will be a dinner-<m-the grounds following the worship hour. The people of the area are invited to come to the annual event. Joint Birthdays Are Celebrated A birthday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Strickland on Sunday of last week celebrat ed the birthdays of Glen A. Pur dom, Mrs. Myrtle Morgan and Mrs. Rhoda Strickland, holding a joint birthday celebration. Mem bers of their families were pres ent. Mrs. Elroy Strickland made and decorated a three-tiered birthday cake for the occasion. in areas under his immediate control, but also in nearby com munities where they may live or gather in off-duty hours.” The military, in the enforce ment of this directive, is given authority to declare civilian establishments off-Umits to serv icemen. This, of course, places the military squarely in the middle of local politics and gives base commanders a status of mayor, commissioner or city councilman. « • « THIS ACTION is strangely reminiscent of the military dis tricts which were created during Reconstruction when great por tions of our Nation were dividedl and ruled by bayonets. To my mind, it is the most unwarranted order in connection with the military establishment that I have ever heard of in my lifetime. We live in a Nation of law, not of man, and certainly not under a military dictator ship. As we all know, the mission of the military is to defend our country' in time of war, and it is not its business to meddle in the affairs of local civilian govern ment or. to extend its control beyond the boundaries of bases. We should certainly do all that we can to see that this ex treme and far-reaching order is rescinded if we are to keep our Army, Navy, Air Force and Ma rines out of the political arena.