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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 49
MISS SANDRA JACOBS
Wins SSOO Scholarship at Chicago
Sandra Jacobs Wins SSOO
Scholarship As National
4-H Recreation Champion
CHICAGO, Dec. 2 —A Georgia
4-H Club girl who taught young peo
ple of her county how to enjoy
wholesome fun today was named na
tional recreation champion and reci
piet of a SSOO college scholarship
at the National 4-H Congress here
She is Sandra Jacobs, 17, of Rte
1, Nahunta. The scholarship was a
warded by John Deere and Co., Mo
line, 111., sponsor of the 4-H Club
recreation project. Sandra is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
T. Jacobs. '
In the past three years Sandra
provided the leadership and train
ing that resulted in the organization
of two square dance clubs in the
county, and led to the construction
of a recreation center that was dedi
cated on August 17 with a “Teen
Fun Festival.”
She and the square dancers she
helped train have been invited to
appear in several Georgia and Flori
da counties to encourage other
young people to develop similar re
creation programs.
“Recently,” Sandra said, “two
squares and five leaders of our ‘Knee
Knockers’ 4-H recreation project club
drove 40 miles to a town in another
county because a Presbyterian min
ister had heard about us and our
program. He wanted us to show the
teen-agers in his county something
about our good wholesome recrea
tion."
Returning from this trip, Sandra
recalled the situation in Brantley
County when she entered high school
three years ago. “We are one of
the smallest counties in the state,”
she explained, “and the largest
town has a population of 989. Be
fore television came along we had
a theater, but for the last eight
years there had been no recreation
for ten-agers except school and
family activities. It required a trip
of at least 23 miles just to see a
movie.” .
Sandra has participated in the
4-H recreation program five years,
but it was only three years ago that
she saw an opportunity to provide
some real leadership in it. The youth
committee of the Brantley County
Resources Development Board met
to discuss ways of providing recre
ational opportunities for teen-agers.
At this meeting Sandra got the
idea of getting a group of 4-H mem
bers together and forming a recrea
tion project club. She talked about
it with Mrs. Virginia Raulerson,
home demonstration agent with the
Cooperative Extension Service, Uni
versity of Georgia, and together they
came up with a list of boys and
girls to contact.
Five 4-H'ers attended the first
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
meeting at the home of a volunteer
local leader, Mrs. Cecil Moody. O
ther members were invited and ad
ditional meetings held. Eventually,
a constitution and by-laws were a
dopted and the “Knee Knockers” or
ganized.
A new doctor moved to Nahunta
to occupy a modern medical build
ing which the community had built.
The doctor w a s a square dance
teacher, and the 4-H’ers invited him
to a meeting of their recreation
club. Since June of 1961 he has de
voted each Thursday night to these
boys and girls.
After Sandra and the “Knee
Knockers” had learned the basic
steps in square dancing, Sandra be
gan classes for 60 junior and clover
leaf 4-H members. She worked with
these boys and girls twice a week
for 18 weeks, and then began another
class for additional youngsters. This
led to the organization of the “Buz
zin Bees” recreation club.
The Brantley County Commission
ers became interested and purchased
a record player and public address
system to be used in the county.
The 4-H Council purchased 75 square
dance records to go with the record
player.
For the past two years the “Knee
Knockers” have performed at the
Florida Folk Festival at the Stephen
Foster Memorial.
Sandra has become popular as a
square dance caller in Georgia and
Florida, and already has called 252
dances for 128 groups. She has
taught three classes, a total of 63
lessons. She has prepared 122 recre
ation exhibits at local, district, and
state fairs, and has given 436 edu
cational demonstrations showing
how recreation projects and activi
ties can be carried out.
Herrin Grocery
Is Burglarized
The Neville Herrin Grocery Store
was burglarized Saturday night, Nov.
30, it is reported by Brantley County
Sheriff J. Walter Crews.
The burglars knocked the glass
out of the door and unlatched the
door. The cash register was dam
aged but it contained no money.
There was $75 hidden in a cigar
box, taken and S3O from the coin
machines in the store.
Packages of-egarettes were stol
en also. Places in and near Jesup
were burglarized the same night, it
is reported, seeming to indicate that
the thieves were passing through
this section.
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The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 5, 1963
4-H Corn Champs
To Be Honored
By Power Co.
Forty-eight Georgia 4-H Club boys
who have contributed to the state’s
record corn yeild this year will be
honored in Atlanta on Tuesday, Dec.
10.
The occasion will be the annual
awards meeting of the 4-H hybrid
corn program sponsored by the Ru
ral Division of Georgia Power Co.
The program was started in 1947,
with 12 boys in each of 12 counties
planting at least one acre of corn
to demonstrate the value of using
hybrid seed and other recommended
practices.
Declaring that the 4-H program
has achieved its purpose, Agrono
mist Harold Gurley of the Coopera
tive Extension Service, University of
Georgia, said less than 20 percent
of the corn planted in the state 16
years ago was of adapted hybrids.
“Today,” he continued, “95 percent
of our corn acreage is planted to
adapted hybrids.”
Mr. Gurley said the average corn
yield in Georgia when the 4-H pro
gram started was 12 bushels per
acre. This year’s yield is expected
to be a record-breaking 43 bushels
per acre.
The 4-H hybrid corn program has
now been carried out in every coun
ty in the state at least once, and
some counties have participated
twice.
Boys participating this year are
from Appling, Bacon, Calhoun, Cher
oke, Clay, Hart, Polk, Tift, Troup,
Walton. White, and Worth Counties.
On hand for the meeting next
week at the Georgia Power Co.
building will be the top four boys
from each county, along with their
parents and county Extension agents.
The meeting will begin at 11:30
a. m. with a welcome from Georgia
Power Company Chairman of the
Board J. J. McDonough, and a tour
of the utility company’s building.
An awards luncheon, with Georgia
Power’s Rural Division Manager Olin
Ginn serving as master of ceremon
ies, will be held at noon.
Awards valued at SSO, S4O, $25,
and $lO will be presented to first,
second, third, and fourth place win
ners in each county. Three state
awards—worth $l5O, SIOO, and $75
—will go to the top three boys in
the program. C. M. Wallace, vice
president of Georgia Power, will pre
sent the awards.
Cotton Farmers
Urged to Vote
December 10
Cotton farmers are urged to check
with their ASCS County Office if
they have any questions about their
eligibility to vote in the December
10 marketing quota referendums or
if they wish additional information
about the 1964 cotton program.
The referendums will decide whe
ther marketing quotas will be in ef
fect for the 1964 upland and extra
long staple cotton crops. Approval
by at least two-thirds of the pro
ducers voting is necessary to keep
the quotas in effect.
Farmers eligible to vote in the
cotton quota referendums are all
those who were engaged in the pro
duction of the cotton crops in 1963,
and all those whose farm’s cotton
history was legally maintained un
der special program provisions even
though not actually growing cotton.
Bookmobile Schedule
Monday, December 9, Hoboken
Hortense.
Tuseday, December 10, Nahunta
High School, Nahunta Elementary
School.
Wednesday, December 11, Waynes
ville, Hickox, Nahunta (Town Stop).
Thursday, December 12, Nahunta
Colored School.
759 Baptist Training Union Members
Attended Meeting at Nahunta Monday
The Baptist Training Union “M”
Night or “Mobilization Night” held
at Nahunta Monday night, Dec. 2,
was attended by 759 members from
the 29 churches in the Piedmont Bap
tist Association.
The meeting was held at the
Brantley Recreation Center, with 100
local Baptists attending the meet
ing. The main speaker was Dr. Ro
bert Whitty, pastor of Central Bap
tist Church, Jacksonville.
The attendance trophy was won
by Mt. Calvary Church, Hoboken,
with 146 members present. The per
centage trophy was won by Hobo
ken with 126 present. Runner-up tro
phy was won by Satilla Baptist, Hor
tense, with 119 members present.
Sabin Oral Vaccine Will
Be Given Sunday, Dec. 8
Teller Machines Are Being
Installed at Citizens Bank
The machine age will claim an
other victim this week when The
Citizens Bank eliminates the famil
iar checking account passbook and
introduces commercial tellers’ ma
chines to speed up transactions and
relieve bank traffic congestion.
Beginning Monday, Dec. 9, the
passbook will be as obsolete at Ci
tizens Bank as the green eyeshades
and black alpaca sleeves that tell
ers once wore behind the grills. Cus
tomers now will receive printed, re
gistered receipts numbered to cor
respond with entries in the bank’s
records.
“The new service,” says J. H.
Lester, president, “has been design
ed to permit much faster window
service for our commercial checking
account depositors. It is more con
venient and machine registration
minimizes chances of error. Check
ing account customers will continue
to make out deposit tickets, as is
now the case, but will not have to
make out duplicate tickets. If they
wish a record for thier own pur
poses, the bank will furnish as
many duplicate receipts as are de
sired.”
Lester pointed out several other
ther advantages of the new service
besides time-saving. The new depos
it receipt is identified by number
only. In case of loss, no one else
can obtain information about the de
positor’s account. Deposit slips are
non-negotiable and cannot be easily
altered. Further, the receipts can be
checked against bank statements
and then destroyed.
The machines make a continuous
journal tape record of each day’s
transactions. Receiving tellers have
only to depress a key to make to
tals of cash-in and cash-out. Strik
ing a balance is a swift, simple op
eration compared to former methods.
“Banking has undergone many
changes in the last few years,” Mr.
Lester said. “Services as well as
the mechanics of banking have been
altered and expanded to fit the
needs of the community. The advent
of teller’s machines indicates an
other advancement in our interest
to provide better banking services.”
State Revenues
Show Increase
In November
State Revenue Commissioner Hi
ram K. L'ndercofler reported col
lections for the month of November
were $34,013,493.00, an increase of
$2,112,991.00 or 6.6 percent over the
amount collected during the same
period last year.
This brings total collections for
the first five months of the fiscal
year to $170,416,936.60, an increase
of $12,127,244.00 or 7.02 percent over
the same five months last year.
“This increase is once again over
two million dollars better than that
collected for the same month last
year, and it represents an increase
of approximately seven per cent.
This is in line with increases we
have had for the previous months of
this year,” he pointed out.
No other medium brings
such consistent, profitable
results as newspaper adver
tising.
Pastor Cecil Thomas of Nahunta
gave the devotional. Pastor Marvin
Smith of Hickox Baptist Church wel
comed the delegates. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Scott of Blackshear had
charge of the music,
Mrs. Dennis Rowell, attendance
chairman, was commended for .the
large attendance. Nahunta and Hic
kox Baptist churches were joint hosts
for the meeting.
Clarence Woodall of Blackshear
is associations! director of the BTU.
Mrs. Betty Hendrix of Hickox and
George Dowling of Nahunta are lo
cal directors of the BTU.
The meeting was termed one of
the most successful ever held by the
Baptist Training Union.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Barnard
had as their dinner guests Sun
day Mr. and Mrs. Don Atkinson
and children Donna, Danny, Den
ise and Daniel of Kingsland.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. Linton Brooker
and children, Tim and Ronnie, of
Brunswick, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wilder Brooker and children,
Jack, Sandra, Derwin and Terry
were all dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Barnard Sunday.
• » »
Mrs. Harold Calhoun, mother
of Mrs. Charles Wilson and two
brothers, Dave and Don, and a
sister, Loraine, and a friend all
of Tarrytown, Ga., visited Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson for the holidays.
* * *
Mrs. Alice Highsmith and
daughter, Irene, have returned
from Jacksonville where they
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Bradock returned with them to
spend a few days.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. John B. High
smith of Brunswick were visitors
of Mrs. Alice Highsmith on Sun
day.
• * *
The Rev. Gunn of Jseup will be
the evangelist in revival services
which begin at the Rabon Church
of God of Prophecy on Sunday
night, Dec. 8, with services each
evening at 7:30.
• * •
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome at
tended a Thanksgiving dinner
and a reunion of Mr. Broome and
his three sisters and their fami
lies on Sunday. They met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan
Milner in Macon.
Suggestions
Given to Speed
Christmas Mail
The Post Office Deparment of
fers the following suggestions to
aid you with your Christmas
mailing:
Check your mailing list. Be
sure you have the correct addres
ses. When preparing parcels for
mailing:
Obtain a container strong e
nough to protect your gifts. Use
ample cushioning material to
avoid damage to breakable items.
Do not leave an air space in the
container; this tends to permit
contents to rattle, and also liables
it to crushing.
Place an address inside the par
cel, this is a safe guard to assure
delivery, if the outside address
is lost.
Wrap well and tie securely
Address completely, be sure to
have your return address in the
upper left hand corner.
Mail early, as possible, in the
day. This permits the Post Office
personnel to dispatch this mail
on the mid-afternoon mail truck.
Mail overseas parcels at once.
All mail is received and dispatch
ed by truck. Use Air Mail to as
sure delivery before Christmas.
By using a four cent stamp,
and showing your address, you
get the best service for your
Chrismas greeting messages.
This permits forwarding to a
new address if necessary, or re
turn to you if undeliverable, list
ing the reason why.
Too, you may seal and add a
personal message of cheer. All
first class mail is given priority
handling.
When a four cent stamp is used,
the letters must not be sealed. If
they cannot be delivered as ad
dressed, they are considered as
waste.
The Post Office personnel is
anxious to help you with your
Postal problems at all times, and
especially desirous to assist du
ring this Christmas Season.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLKY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTa
The Gift That
Means the Most
The Longest Time
A subscription to The Brantley
Enterprise makes a good Christ
mas Gift for your friends and
relatives.
Your relative or friend recei
ves the paper each week for 52
weeks reminding them of your
kindness and friendship.
The sentiment accompanying
the gift is sustained for 52 weeks,
a whole year.
CONTINUING REGARD is the
MESSAGE such a gift sends for
52 weeks.
What other gift can mean SO
MUCH SO LONG?
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen of
Jesup announce the birth of a
son on Nov. 18, weighing seven
pounds and ten ounces. He has
been named Robert Derrell. The
baby is grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Allen.
Lisa is the name of the daugh
ter bom to Mr. .and Mrs. Maxie
Allen of Tallaliewee Fla ,b :
Nov. 14. She weig e ’ Mrs.
pounds and fom^een ~ur.ce
is granddaughter of Mr. ano
Dick Allen. name
". and
Jay Patrick Ham is the
of the b,aby boy bom to Mi
Mrs. Lee Roy Ham on Saturday,
Nov. 30, in Memorial Hospital in
Waycross. He weighed nine
pounds and three ounces. The
mother is the former Miss Jo
Ann Wilson.
GOOD TV PROGRAMS
Miss Audrey Morgan of the Exten
sion Service family life department,
says parents can teach their children
to choose good TV programs by
teaching them to choose good books,
movies, clothes, food, and other as
pects of life.
REMEMBER SUNDAY
Is the Date for Your
Second Round of Sabin
Oral Polio Vaccine.
The Type 111 Vaccine Will Be Ad
ministered Sunday, Dec. 8, at the
Same Stations from 12 Noon until
Six O'clock.
At Nahunta High School, Hoboken
High School, Hortense Elementary
and Nahunta Colored School.
.. ■: J •. • J
It is urgent that every person in
Brantley County receive this im
portant anti-polio treatment.
.Births
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state .... (3.09
Outside state $3.00
Second Round
Be Administered
YOU HAVE A DATE!
All citizens of Brantley County
are urged to get their Type HI Sa
bin Oral Polio Vaccine on Sunday,
December 8.
Hie findings of an autopsy report
on a colored child from Waynesville,
who died several weeks ago, were
strongly suggestive of Polio. The in
crease in cases reported in Jack
sonville, Valdosta, and Waycross
proves that the dread disease is
still with us.
Those who missed the first feed
ing of Type I Vaccine may begin
with Type 111 this Sunday. Due to
the number of known cases near us,
and a very probable case of our
own, arrangements will be made to
give Type I vaccine again in the
spring.
For those who can not possibly re
ceive vaccine on Sunday it will be
available at the local health depart
ment on Wednesday and Friday next
week.
The same stations and hours will
be observed as before. The Hoboken
and Nahunta High Schools, the Hor
tense and colored elementary
schools, from 12 noon to G p. m.
Please bring your card with you.
C SCS md RA's Will
Foiled Used Toys
,or Santa Claus
’The W. S. C. S. of the Methodist
Church met Monday night at the
education building. Plans were com
pleted for the annual Christmas
party and Christmas projects.
The Christmas party will be in the
education building on Dec. 18, at 8:-
00 p. m. The W. S. C, S. will join
forces with the R. A.’s of the Bap
tist Church in collecting and re
pairing used toys for the needy of
Nahunta.
Everyone is urged to collect and
send in all their toys as soon as
possible.
