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VOLUME 40 - NUMBER 35
Georgia Farm Bureau Awards $2,000
To Four Youths in Scholarship Program
Macon, Aug. 28—Four rural youths,
each with plans to study agricul
ture or home economics, have been
declared winners of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation’s $2,000
College Scholarship program.
Winners from a field of 69 con
testants were: Miss Alva Ruth Hay
nes, Hall County; Miss Evelyn La
wana Carver, Floyd County; Paul
Hart, Effingham County; and James
M. Gaston, Jr., Sumter County.
Each contestant will receive SSOO
to be applied toward their studies
at the college level.
The program is sponsored ann
ually by the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation and the Georgia Farm
Women’s Committee. Mrs. Wille'/
Robinson, State Women’s Chair
man, said this marked the fifth
year of the Federation’s sponsorship
of the scholarship program.
James Gaston, a graduate of
Plains High School, will enter Geor
gia Southwestern College this fall,
and plans to attend Abraham Bald
win Agricultural College after his
first year at the former college.
James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Gaston, will study Agricultural edu
cation.
Paul Hart, a graduate of Effing
ham County High School, plans to
enter Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College the fall quarter. He plans
to study general agriculture and la
ter attend the University of Geor
gia. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Hart.
Miss Alva Haynes, 18 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Haynes of Clermont, will enter North
Georgia College the fall term, and
later attend the University of Geor
gia. She plans to major in Home
Economics.
Miss Lawana Carver, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Carver, will
enter the University of Georgia the
fall quarter. A graduate of Johnson
High School, she plans to major in
Home Economics and Journalism.
Hubert Knox
Died in France
Relatives of Sgt. Hubert Knox,
U. S. Air Force stationed in Eng
land, received word of his death
which occurred on Aug. 21. He
was 47 years old and had been
in the service many years.
The telegram stated that he
died of a heart attack in France.
It was understood that he and his
wife were vacationing in France.
The funeral will be held in
Greenville, S. C., when the body
arrives from overseas.
Survivors besides his wife are
three sisters, Mrs. Jasper Johnson
and Mrs. Dick Allen of Nahunta;
Mrs. Art Landry of Miami; one
brother, Fred Laverne of Chicago.
Misses Mary and Lera Knox of
Nahunta are his aunts.
Negro Major Says Race Agitators Have
Practiced Greatest Fraud in Century
An official of Fort Valley
State College, a Negro unit of
the University System of
Georgia, has sharply criticized
civil rights leaders who he says
have “perpetrated the great
est fraud upon the American
people within the past 100 years.”
Major Hughes Alonzo Robin
son, commandant of ROTC cadets
at the college for the past 6 years,
also has commended the 1,100
member student body of the col
lege “for having avoided assoc
iation with those who devote
their time and energy in creating
disturbances of the type that in
’ volve conflict with constitutional
authorities.”
Major Robinson, an Army Re
serve officer who says he does
not belong to nor support any
civil rights organizations, said he
has made a survey of the results
of anti-segregation demonstra
tions led by the Southern Christ
ian Leadership Conference (head
ed by Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.) and others.
The results, he said, “thus far
clearly indicate that Negroes
have suffered greatly economic
ally because of the demonstra
tions, and the only persons who
have benefitted are the leaders
who exploit the ignorance of the
Negro people for their own good.”
The demonstrations, he added,
“have put the Negroes back 75
years, economically and the Ne
gro people would be better off if
the Rev. Martin Luther King and
others would desist in their ef
forts."
Maj. Robinson said “thousands
of jobs are lost, and in turn thou
sands of homes are reclaimed by
lending agencies because of the
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BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Walter Dowling
Takes Job with
Ford Foundation
A Brantley county native who
had made a career of the diplo
matic corps is leaving the ser
vice to become a consultant to
the Ford Foundation.
Walter C. Dowling, 58, most re
cently was U. S. ambassador to
West Germany. He had been in
the foreign service since 1931 and
also held the posts as ambassa
dor to Korea and as assistant se
cretary of state for European af
fairs.
A Ford Foundation spokesman
said Dowling will assume his new
duties, which have not yet been
defined, on Oct. 1.
He said Dowling will work as
an advisor to the foundation’s in
ternational affairs program which
provides grants “to strengthen
the Atlantic partnership between
North America and Western Eu
rope, to improve knowledge of
foreign affairs with the U. S. and
to strengthen key international
organizations.”
Dowling was born at Atkinson
in Brantley County and a grad
uate of Mercer University. His
mother, Mrs. Alice Dowling, lives
in Jesup. Mrs. E. F. Higginboth
am and Mrs. Zoie Pickren of
Waycross and Mrs. Ernest Wilh
iams of Blackshear are aunts.
Mrs. E. A. Herrin of Waycross is
a cousin.
Citizens Bank
Will Close
For Labor Day
The Citizens Bank of Nahunta
will be closed all day Monday,
Sept. 2, for Labor Day, but will
be open all day Wednesday, it
is announced by the management.
The hours Wednesday will be
from nine until two o’clock.
After the Labor Day closing the
bank will be open each day du
ring the rest of the week.
Linton Broome Is
Appointed Member
Doraville Council
Linton Broome, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Broome of Nahunta,
has been appointed to the Dora
ville, Ga., City Council to suc
ceed a member who resigned.
The unexpired term runs
through December of this year.
Linton is editor of the Decatur-
Dekalb News and lives in Dora
ville, an incorporated suburb of
Atlanta and Decatur.
evil influences of the demonstra
tions.”
In a letter of commendation to
his ROTC students, the major
said that “mob rule is alien in
its very character and nature” to
this country and “is destructive
of all that is desired by lawabid
ing citizens and peaceful inhabit
ants.” "
He said that “without effective
enforcement of local laws, an
archy would prevail and there
would then be no supreme auth
ority to protect life and property.”
“Those of our citizens who are
interested in our nation’s future
and desire to contribute to its
future growth and further devel
opment,” he said, “will not per
mit themselves to be associated
with those who disregard consti
tutional authorities in Georgia
and elsewhere.”
Major Robinson urged the stu
dents to turn to the courts for
any grievances they may have.
“The rights and privileges of
citizens in a free society may
be determined by legal and con
stitutional processes,” he said.
“What may appear on the sur
face to be your rights and privi
leges, may, if obtained by force,
deprive others of their inalien
able rights and privileges,” he
declared.
Major Robinson said the stu
dents should “be concerned with
values and accepted standards up
on which our civilization is based”
and urged them “to prepare for
better citizenship” and maintain
“an abiding faith in our constitu
tional processes and a respect for
the rights and privileges of
others.”
—from Atlanta Journal
Th* Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August n, IH3
New Dentist to
Open Office at
Medical Center
Thomas A. Roberts, the new
dentist at the Brantley County
Medical Center, is announcing his
office hours in this issue of the
Enterprise.
He will be in Nahunta two days
each week, on Tuesdays and Sat
urdays. He also has an office in
Brunswick where he has prac
ticed dentistry for four years.
Dr. Roberts is a graduate of
the University of Tennessee Den
tal School. He is married and has
one daughter. Prior to going to
Brunswick he practiced in Rome,
Georgia.
Singers Will Meet
At Atkinson Church
The monthly Brantley County
singing convention will meet at
the Atkinson Methodist Church
Sunday afternoon at two o’clock,
it is announced by J. R. Proctor.
There will be a supply of
new song books. Everyone is
invited to attend and help in the
singing.
CARD OF THANKS
Words can never express our sin
cere gratitude and deepest appre
ciation for the messages of sympa
thy, the floral offerings, the covered
dishes and other acts of kindness
shown us during our recent bereave
ment.
May God’s richest blessings abide
with each of you.
The Family of E. Parker Dodge
Rob Lewis Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The Rob Lewis Cemetery will
be cleaned off on Saturday,
Sept. 7, it is announced.
Everyone who is interested in
the Rob Lewis Cemetery is re
quested to attend and bring tools
for cleaning off the burial
grounds.
Knox Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The Knox Cemetery near Lu
laton will be cleaned off Satur
day, Aug. 31, it is announced by
Mrs. Turner Highsmith. All per
sons interested in the Knox Cem
etery are requested to come to
the burial grounds Saturday and
assist in the work.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Johns an
nounce the arrival of a son Wed
nesday, August 21, in Waycross
Memorial Hospital. The baby has
been named Jerry Lane. He
weighed eight pounds, 12 ounces.
WHERE TO GET VITAMINS
Most individuals do not need
to buy vitamins and minerals in
pills and powders. Miss Lucile
Higginbotham, Extension health
specialist, says health and med
ical authorities agree that the
best way to buy vitamins and
minerals is in foods selected daily
from the four food groups neces
sary for good health.
Brantley County Is Congratulated
On Opening New Recreation Center
(From The Waycross Journal-Herald)
Congratulations to our Brantley County neighbors on
the official opening and dedication of their new recreation
center today.
Five Brantley organizations cooperated in the construc
tion of the new building which is completely air-condition
ed.
The floor, made of pecan hardwood, has been des
cribed as ideal for skating, square dancing and similiai
activities. There is a kitchen and other facilities.
This is only the first unit of the Nahunta-located center.
Plans call for a swimming pool, other recreation build
ings and picnic area.
Organizations sponsoring the recreation center pro
gram include the Nahunta Lions Club, Tobacco Trail
Square Dance Club, Brantley County Jaycees, Nahunta
Junior Woman’s Club and Brantley County Home Demon
stration Council.
Dr. John Walker, Nahunta physician, is chairman of
the Joint Operations Committee and one of the leaders
of the movement that produced this fine facility.
As we have noted many times, nothing gives us greater
pleasure than to see our neighboring counties make pro
gress. The Brantley County Recreation Center should be
a valuable asset.
Moreover, it represents in an admirable way people
at the local level doing things to improve the attractive
ness of their community and to enhance the pleasure of
living.
Ernest Harper
Died Tuesday in
Augusta Hospital
Mr. Ernest F. Harper, 53, of the
Atkinson community passed away
late Tuesday afternoon, August 27.
at the Eugene Talmadge Memorial
Hospital in Augusta following a brief
illness.
Mr Harper was born in Wayne,
m? v Brantley, county and was the
son of the late Jim and Fannie An
derson Harper He received his edu
cation in the public schools of the
county and from early manhood had
been engaged in farming and tur
pentine operations.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Sudie Phillips Harper of Hortense:
three sisters, Mrs Jesse Jacobs and
Mrs. Nora Browning, both of Bruns
wick and Mrs. Lillie Mae Perry of
Greenville, S. C.; one brother, Al
vin Harper of Waynesville.
Several nieces, nephews and other
relatives also survive.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon, August 30, at three
o’clock from the Hortense Congrega
tional Methodist Church with the
Rev. Alvin Williamson officiating.
The body will lay in state in the
church for one hour prior to services.
Interment will following in the Hor
tense cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers will be
Messrs. Farley O’Berry, Ernest
Campbell, Robert Edgy, Osbyrn
Pearson. Raymond Jacobs, Winton
Jacobs and Olan Lanier.
The family has the sympathy of
their many friends in their bereave
ment.
The Chambless Funeral Home of
Nahunta will be in charge of ar
rangements.
6 Injured in
Head-on Collision
Near Nahunta
Five Pennsylvanians and one Flo
ridian were injured in a head-on col
lision 8 miles south of Nahunta on
US 301 early Wednesday morning,
August 28
An automobile driven by Jeffrey
Riner, 17, of Ocala, Fla. attempted
to pass another vehicle and collided
head-on with an automobile being
driven by Mrs. Elizabeth Way, 48,
of Springfield, Penn. The Riner car
was headed south and the Way ve
hicle was traveling north.
According to the Sheriff’s office,
Mrs. Way suffered lacerations of the
scalp, mouth injuries and a frac
tured right wrist. Her daughter.
Miss Nancy Way, 18, suffered back
injuries and lacerations of the face.
Another occupant of the Way vehi
cle, 22, suffered leg injuries. The
other two occupants of the vehicle,
Miss Barbara Leigh Way, 17, and
Nicholas John Salla, 17, suffered
bruises.
All of the injured were carried to
the Brantley Medical Center by
Chambless ambulances and Mrs.
Way, and Nancy Way were later
transferred via ambulance to Me
morial Hospital in Brunswick for
further treatment. The other victims
were treated and released.
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Worth L Keene
Funeral Service
Was Held Sunday
Mr Worth L. Keene, 64, passed
away early Friday morning. August
23, at his residence in the Atkinson
community following an extended
illness.
Mr. Keene was born in Wayne,
now Brantley, county and was the
son of the late James Tom and Sara
Jane Taylor Keene He received his
education in the schools of this coun
ty and from early manhood until
his retirement had been engaged as
a barber. For a number of years,
he resided in Fayetteville, N. C., and
had resided in Brantley county for
the past 3 years.
Survivors include three daughters,
Mrs. Donald Black of Los Angeles,
Calif., Mrs. Jackie Burns of Con
cord, Calif., and Mrs. Joseph Champ
villion of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.;
two sons, Charles T. Keene and Don
ald Keene, both of Greensboro, N. C.
Twelve grandchildren, several
nieces, nephews and other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon, August 25, at three
o’clock from the Oak Grove Metho
dist Church with the Rev. George
R. Lee, assisted by the Rev. W. V.
Hartley, officiating.
The body lay in state in the chur
ch for one hour prior to services.
Interment followed in the Lane
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Philip Warner, Henry War
ner, J. W. Keene, Jimmie Lee, Ral
ph Cobb and W. T. Norton.
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
The Nahunta Garden Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. H. K
Persons on Tuesday, September 3,
after recessing for the summer
months. Mrs. Avery Strickland
and Mrs. Dorothy Graham will
be co-hostess. Mrs. Jos B. Strick
land, president, urges that all
members be present.
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Mrs. Martha Morgan and Con
nie, returned Sunday from Cal
lahan, Fla., where they spent a
week with Mrs. Gertrude Mad
dox.
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stephens
and Mark of Atlanta are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Broome, this week.
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Mrs. Lilia Belle Travis of
Churchill, Tenn., is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Kizer.
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Descendants of the late O. P.
and Nancy Herrin will hold their
annual family reunion on Sun
day, Sept. 1, at Laura S. Walker
Park. A basket lunch will be
served at the noon hour.
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James K. Proctor, seaman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Proctor of Route 1, Nahunta, is
serving aboard the attack cargo
ship USS Seminole, a Pacific-
Fleet unit recently selected to re
present Amphibious Squadron
Five in the Force Commander’s
Personnel Excellence Award com
petition.
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Frankie L. Harris, 17, son of
Mrs. Mary W. Harris of Route 2,
Nahunta, is undergoing nine
weeks basic training at the Nav
al Training Center, Great Lakes,
111.
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The descendants of the late
Joel Crosby of Brantley and
Ware counties will hold their an
nual family reunion at Laura
Walker Park Sunday, Sept. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Saxon and
daughter, Zonie, of Detroit, Mich.,
visited his sister, Mrs. C. I. Rho
den, and nephew, Clyde Harley,
and family of Lulaton the past
weekend. They returned home
Sunday.
Avery Rowell, State Forest
Ranger, has returned home from
the Brunswick Hospital where he
was treated for a bad case of
double pneumonia. He is rapidly
improving in health.
Susan Lold of Macon, Ga., re
turned home Saturday, Aug. 24,
after spending a week with her
cousin, Mary Beth Loyd, of Na
hunta.
George W. Thomas, son of Rev.
and Mrs. Cecil Thomas of Nahun
ta, has been accepted as a fresh
man dental student at the Emory
University School of Dentistry.
Misses Dollie and Joe Warren
visited their mother and family
the past weekend. They are both
now employed in Jacksonville,
Fla,, but Dollie will return to
Georgia Women’s College in
September.
OFFICIAL OBOAN BBANTLBY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAMUNTA
ASC Community
Committees
Are Elected
Election returns from three
county agricultural communities
have been tabulated and approv
ed by the county committee, Mr.
George Dykes, Chairman of the
Brantley ASC County Commit
tee, announced.
The following were elected to
serve on the ASC community
committees for the following
year:
Hickox Community: George M.
Johns, chairman, re-elected, W.
M. Batten, vice-chairman, reelect
ed, J. R. Herrin, regular member,
new, Joe Herrin, first alternate,
re-elected, Riley Johns, second
alternate, new.
Hoboken Community: J. B.
Carter, chairman, re-elected,
Donald Shuman, v i c e-chairman,
new, L. E. Dickerson, regular
member, new, A. J. Hickox, first
alternate, new, Eustis Griffin,
second alternate, re-elected.
Nahunta Community: A. L.
Johnson, chairman, new, Moul
trie Purdom, vice-chairman, new,
James A. Herrin, regular mem
ber, new, Lonnie Wilson, first
alternate, new, Charles P. Davis,
second alternate, new.
The elected chairmen of the
committee served as delegates to
the county convention held Aug.
28, to elect an ASC County Com
mittee Chairman, Vice-Chairman,
a third member and two alter
nates.
Both county and community
committeemen will take office on
September 1.
Os an estimated 610 farmers
eligible to vote 490 voted for a
percentage of 80.3.
Nahunta Baptist
Revival Starts
Monday Night
Revival services at Nahunta
Baptist Church, will begin Mon
day night, Sept. 2, at 7:45, to con
tinue through Sunday night,
Sept. 8. The revival is sponsored
by the youth and younger adults
of the church.
The messages in sermon will be
brought by the young pastor of
the Ten Mile Church, Baxley,
Rev. Freddy Smith. This young
evangelist is a native of Way
cross and is well known through
out this area.
Great song services will be
featured each night with Junior,
Intermediate, and regular Youth
Choirs leading. The song program
will begin with practice time at
7:15.
Rev. Walter Salter, of Craw
ford Street, Waycross, will direct
the song service, assisted by Mrs.
Carolyn Thomas, and George
Thomas. Singing will begin at
7:45 each night, with the sermon
at about 8:15.
All people who will, are cord
ially invited. There will not be
day services, Pastor Cecil F.
Thomas announces.
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GEORGIA HERITAGE — One of the most interesting early In
dian historical sites in Georgia is the Etowah Indian Mound
group near Cartersville. The mound village area was occupied
for some seven centuries between about 800 A.D. and 1550 A.D.,
serving as headquarters for political and religious activity in the
Etowah River valley. Protection from marauders was obtained
by the river on one side and adjoining C-shaped wooden “toe*"
ade and moat Possibly several thousand lived in the fortified
town during its height Village houses were made of clay-plast
ered walla over post-frameworks, with thatch or cane-mat roofs.
Th® site has been maintained since 1953 by the Georgia His
torical Commission, which supervises excavations and museum
exhibitions there. On display are artifacts found in the mounds,
arranged to show crafts, clothing, religious rites, warfare cus
toms, etc. Os particular interest are two grotesquely carved
white marble nude and female figures which still bear portions
of their original paint.
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Mrs. Stanfield
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Mrs Pearl Crews Stanfield, 49,
of Hapeville passed away Mon
day morning, August 26, in an
Atlanta hospital following an ex
tended illness.
Mrs. Stanfield was born in
Wayne, now Brantley, county and
was the daughter of the late
Charlie and Lillie Johns Crews.
She received her education in the
county schools and was a mem
ber of the Baptist church. She
was a resident of Lousiville, Ky.,
for 20 years and had resided in
Hapeville for the past 6 years.
Survivors include her husband,
Harry Stanfield, of Hapeville; one
sister, Mrs. Major Riggins of Na
hunta; one brother, Otis Crews
of Taft, Fla.,
Several nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternbon, August 28,
at two o’clock from the River
side Baptist Church with the Rev.
E. J Dixon conducting the rites
in the presence of a large number
of relatives and friends.
The body lay in state in the
church for one hour prior to ser
vices.
Interment followed in Bethle
hem Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Clayton Riggins, Grady
Riggins, Archie Crews, Woodrow
Hendrix, Neal Hendrix, W. L.
White, Jim R. Herrin and Cager
Crews.
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
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of
arrangements.
Couple Abandons
Car and Land
In Nahunta Jail
A man and a woman who of
ficers say claim to be brother and
sister are being held in the Brant
ley County jail for investigation
after they abandoned an auto
near Nahunta Monday.
Brantley Sheriff J. Walter
Crews said he was holding the
two for investigation. Crews said
they gave as their names Patrick
Ann Lloyd, 23, and Robert Allen
Lloyd, 26, and listed Washington,
D. C., addresses.
The sheriff said the two drove
an old model auto about 200 yds.
off U. S. 301 and abandoned it
Monday afternoon. The auto was
abandoned about five miles South
of Nahunta.
Crews said the two fled into
the woods Monday afternoon but
were spotted walking the railroad
tracks Tuesday morning. The
sheriff said when he approached
them they again fled into the
woods but were tracked down
and apprehended.
The sheriff said he had called
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion into the case.
