The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, March 05, 1964, Image 1

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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 47 - NUMBER 10 Nahunta Start on The spring revival of the Nahun ta Baptist Church will be held the week of March 15-22, according to Pastor Cecil F. Thomas. The time of the daily services will be decided in time for announcements to be made next week. The preacher for the meeting will be Rev. Jesse Alligood, pastor of Patterson Baptist Church. Mr. Alli good is at the present time, moder ator of the Okefenokee Baptist Asso ciations, comprised of most church es of the Waycross and Blackshear areas, and is well beloved by all who know him. It is felt that he will give a splendid leadership dur ing this special series of services, and the community is fortunate in having him come to us. Great song services, directed by the local leadership of the church, will be a high-light of each service. Regular, Intermediate, and Junior choirs are planned to include all who will take part. Congregational sing ing, long a favorite time in each meeting, will be stressed for all to take a part in. The weather and conditions in the community, caused by the excessive rains of the past two months, will decide the time of the services, to some extent, still, we want to give our very best to have a real revi val. Tentatively, 7:00 A. M. and 7:- 30 P. M. will be the times planned. If revivals are not being held in the church of your community, each person around Nahunta, is urgently invited to plan to attend. Joseph Herrin Funeral Service Was Held Friday Funeral services for Joseph Hen ry Herrin, who died Wednesday, were held Friday afternoon at Hic kox Baptist Church with the Rev. V. C. Bailey and the Rev. Pierce, Corbitt and the Rev. Marvin Smith officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Herrin is survived by his widow, the former Miss Lula Mae Blocker of Wayne County; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Hendrix, Rte. 1, Nahun ta; three sisters, Mrs. George Wain right, Nahunta, Miss Mary Ann Her rin, Waycross, and Mrs. L. E. Dick erson, Hoboken: five brothers, D. F. Herrin. Ross Herrin and Kay Her rin, all of Waycross, Dan Herrin and Ed Herrin, both of Hoboken; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Charles Craven Died Wednesday Charles W. Craven of Lulaton community died early Wednesday morning March 3, in a Brunswick hospital after a long illness. He was a veteran of World War I. Burial will be in a Smyrna ceme tery. . He is survived by his wife, two brothers, James Everett Craven, Corpus Christie, Texas; E. Frank Craven, Tampa, Fla.; and a sister, Mrs. Viola Harley of Lulaton. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep ap preciation to all our relatives and friends for their many kindnesses to us on the occasion of the death of our loved one, Joseph Herrin. We sincerely thank each and everyone of you for your words of sympathy, the floral tributes and the covered dishes. We will always re member your friendship and helpful ness with heartfelt gratitude. The Herrin Family. 33 Brantley County Boys to Receive Awards in Atlanta for Corn Growing Atlanta, Ga. — The fourteenth an nual Georgia Vocational Agriculture hundred Bushel Corn Club Luncheon will be held here March 14 at the Biltmore Hotel. Members of the Hundred Bushel Com Club are Future Farmers, vo cational agriculture evening class members and young farmers who have produced 100 or more bushels of com on one acre. According to J. G. Bryant, State Supervisor of Agricultural Education, a total of 892 qualified for membership in the Hundred Bushel Club this year, mak ing this the highest number ever to qualify. 844 of these are FFA mem bers. Included among the 892 to receive awards, will be 33 from Brantley county. These boys and their school are: BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Baptist Revival to Sunday March 15 Fay Brooks Died Suddenly of Heart Attack Mr. Jim Fay Brooks, 55, of Na hunta passed away early Friday morning, February 28, shortly af ter having suffered a heart attack while delivering the morning papers. Just a few minutes prior to his death, his automobile had become mired ih the western section of town and he had spent considerable effort in attempting to pull free. He expired shortly after medical aid was summoned. Mr. Brooks was born in Folkston and was the son of the late Jesse and Ellen Roddenberry Brooks. He received his education in the Charl ton county schools and had been a resident of Nahunta for the past 21 years. For a number of years he was employed as a salesman by Moody Bros. Furniture Co. At the time of his death, he was local distributor for daily papers and also worked with the Paloma Mo tel. He was a member of the Nahun ta Baptist Church and of Nahunta Lodge No. 391, F. & A. M. Os affable manner and genial dis position, Mr. Brooks was well known throughout this section and his death brings personal sorrow to a host of relatives and friends. Survivors include one son, Le land H. Brooks of Nahunta; two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Henley of Jack sonville, Fla. and Mrs. G. W. War bington of Fitzgerald; two brothers, Cecil Brooks of the U. S. Army, Camp Polk, La. and John Brooks of Folkston. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon, March 1, at three o’clock from the Nahunta Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil F. Tho mas, assisted by the Rev. Huey Dixon, conducting the rites. Interment followed in Bethlehem Cemetery with Masonic rites con ducted by Nahunta Lodge No. 391, F. & A. M. Masons served both as active and honorary pallbearers. The many beautiful floral offer ings attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereave ment. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrange ments. Nahunta Garden Club Met Tuesday The Nahunta Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Jos. B Strickland on Tuesday, March 3 with Mrs. Emmie Newton as co-hostess. The newly elected officers were installed by Mrs. J. B. Lewis. They are president, Mrs. Dorothy Brook er; Ist vice-president, Mrs. Emmie Newton; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Bertha Jacobs; secretary, Miss Mary Knox; treasurer, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson. Chairmen of committees: program, Mrs. Dorothy Graham: flower show, Mrs. Elroy Strickland: horticulture, Mrs. J. J. Lee; City beautification, Mrs. Avery Strick land; garden therapy, Mrs. Cecil Thomas; membership, Mrs. Lee Her rin; hospitality, Mrs. A. S. Mizell; publicity, Mrs. J. B. Lewis; finance, Mrs. Allen Barnard; holiday arts, Mrs. Ruby Herrin; Junior Garden, Mrs. Guy Chambless. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson showed slides on “Roses”. Present other than those named was Mrs. J. C. Allen. The hostesses served ice cream, cake and coffee. HOBOKEN HIGH - Eddie Bell, Harry Chesser, Mike Dowling, For rest Griffin, Jimmie Griffin, Harry Lee, Larry W. Lee, Ronnie Lee, Harry Melton, David Page, Robert Page, Lamar Thomas, Jimmy Lane. NAHUNTA HIGH - Donny Batten, Kenny Batten, Morris Chesser, John nie Crews, Freddie Hendrix, Steve Hendrix, Edgar Highsmith, Curtis Johns, Kenny Johns, John Jones, G. W. Knox, Edward Lee, Bernard Mey ers, Frank Meyers, Laurence O’Ber ry, Van Strickland, Jerry Thomas, Barry Wainright, Charles Wainright, Wilton Herrin. Awards totaling $450 will go to top producers in the four vocational dis tricts in the state and the member producing the highest yield in the state will receive $l5O. TNji*Ti*C7 PutNT The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 5, 1964 Highway 84 Closed Because Os High Water Highway 84 east of Nahunta was closed to through traffic Saturday, Feb. 29, and has remained closed on account of high water at the Sa tilla River by-pass. New bridges are being built a cross the river and a good by-pass has been in operation for months. But the heavy rains of the last week have raised the water high enough to endanger traffic over the by-pass. Traffic has been routed byway of Hortense and thence down Route 32 to Brunswick. Fertilizing of Pastures Pays, Loyd Advises Why is fertilizer for use on pas tures a good buy for dairy farmers and beef cattle growers in Brant ley County? In reply to this question, County Agent George A. Loyd said this week that most fertilizer research infor mation and farmer experience indi cates that pasture fertilization is a profitable investment. “Every farmer knows that farming is a business requiring a lot of faith in the future, his land and himself and that certain risks are involved in any farm enterprise.” he declared. “When he invests money in any ph ase of farming he knows that he may make a profit, take a loss, or break even. For every dollar he spends each farmer must choose the investment which he believes will give him the greatest return on his money. , “For example, if a farmer depos its SIOO in a savings account at the bank, he can expect a return of a bout three cents on each dollar at the end of a year. If he invests SIOO in protein feed for cattle, he can reasonably expect a return of 25 cents on each dollar spent for this feed, _ . .... “But by investing SIOO in fertili zer and applying this at recommend ed rates and amounts on his pas tures, he can reasonably expect a return of $3 for $1 invested. While his risk is greater, by adding this relatively small investment for fer tilizer to his fixed pasture costs — land, labor and equipment — he stands a good chance of breaking the fertility barrier and realizing the maximum profit from greater yields of higher quality and forage.” One of the major objectives of the Big M Pasture Program in this county, the county agent said, is to increase the carrying capacity of pastures from .8 animal unit per acre to 1.5 animal units per acre. (An animal unit is one mature cow or two calves.) Proper liming and fertilization of pastures will make possible a major part of this increase. DePratter-Crews Mrs. Ray Depratter announces the engagement and wedding plans of her daughter Alice Sue to Mr. Ro bert E. “Bobby” Crews of Folkston and St. Marys. Alice Sue is the daughter of Mrs. Ray DePratter and the late Mr. De- Pratter. She is a graduate of the Nahunta High School and completes the requirements for the B. S. De gree in Home Economics next week at the Georgia Womens College in Milledgeville. She has recently been employed as Home Demonstration Agent in Camden County and will begin her duties April first. Bobby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus F. Crews of Folkston. He graduated from Charlton County High School and attended Jackson ville University. He is presently em ployed in St. Marys. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride, March 28, at 7 o’clock P. M. Friends are invited to attend. Retail Sales in Brantley County Show Increase Retail sales in Georgia for 1963 have topped the six billion dollar mark for the first time, according to a report released today by the Georgia State Chamber of Commer ce. Chamber Research Director Mor ris Ward noted that 138 counties reg istered increases over retail sales for . 962. “Going over the six billion dollar mark is a firm indication of the growth of Georgia and a tribute to the favorable business climate we are enjoying.” Ward said. The business volume in Brantley County totaled $4,770,037 in 1963 as compared to $4,579,826 in the year 1962, an increase of $190,211. 3 Killed and 3 Injured in Headen Collision Three persons were killed and three others seriously injured in a head-on collision of two cars on Highway 301 five and a half miles south of Nahunta Friday, February 28. State Patrolmen identified the dead as Mr. and Mrs. William J. Reid of Amsterdam, N. Y. and Mrs. Ruth M. McGee of Worthington, Ohio. The injured were Curtis L. Mc- Gee of Worthington, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Scott of Amster dam, N. Y. All the injured were brought to the Brantley Medical Building by Chambless ambulances for emergency treatment and Mr. McGee and Mr. and Mrs. Scott were later transferred to Pierce County Hospital in Blackshear for further treatment. Investigating officers reported that the car driven by Mr. Reid attempt ed to pass another vehicle and turn ed out without proper clearance and crashed head-on with the vehicle driven by Mr. McGee. The McGee’s were headed to Florida on vacation and the Reid’s and Scott’s were headed north af ter a vacation trip to Florida. The body of Mrs. McGee was sent to Winston-Salem, N. C. for funeral services and interment and the bo dies of Mr. and Mrs. Reid were sent to Amsterdam, New York. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of local ar rangements. Nahunta-Odum Benefit Game Saturday Night The Nahunta Atheletic Club and Odum Athletic Club will play bas ketball game Saturday night, March 7, at 8:00 P. M. at School gymnas ium for the benefit of the kitchen fund for the County Recreation Cen ter. The Brantley County Home Demon stration Council is the sponsor. The players of Nahunta Club are Claude Smith, Melvin Griffin, Terry Allen, Johnny Cleland, Leroy Ham, Waine Brooker, Carrol Chancey and Layton Johns who is an all South eastern Conference man. The players of Odum Club include Bo Warren and Chester Webb who are Small College All American players and Don Miller. The Nahunta team defeated the Odum team in the last game they played by three points. (Adv.) STUDIES SHOW DRIVER TRAINING CUTS ACCIDENTS The head of the Cooperative Ex tension Service health department at the University of Georgia said this week that the results of driver edu cation in New York and Michigan are a strong boost for driver educa tion everywhere — including Geor gia. One-third fewer traffic violations and one-fifth fewer accidents was the experience of a driver education group in New York State, reported Extension’s Miss Lucile Higginbo tham. She said the survey, ; made by New York’s Department of Motor Ve hicles, involved 960 students with driver education and a like number without the course. Each group in cluded 465 men and 495 women, and all had driver’s licenses for at least 18 months. The Michigan study, Miss Higgin botham said, showed that driver edu cation graduates of Lansing Public Schools have accidents only half as frequently as the national average for drivers in the same age group. This study was conducted jointly by the Lansing Police Department, the Safety Council of Greater Lans ing, and the Highway Center of Mich igan State University. Births Twins Bom At Medical Center Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lewis Lilly of Atkinson announce the birth of twins, bom at the Brantley County Medical Center Tuesday, March 3. The boy has been named Robert Lewis and weighed four pounds one ounce. The girl has been named Anna Marie and weighed four pounds 11 ounces. Kimberly Aileen Willis Mr. and Mrs. Troy Willis announce the birth of a daughter, at the Bruns wick Hospital. She will be called Kimberly Aileen. Mrs. Willis will be remembered as the former Becky Ann Omick. State Revenues Increase Over 5 Millions State Revenue Commissioner Hir am K. Undercofler reported collec tions for the month of February were $32,292,420.04, an increase of $5,215,- 332.31 or 15.3 percent for the same period last year. This brings total collections to date for the fiscal year beginning last July Ist, to $281,606,034.84, an increase of $21,699,370.90 or 8.3 per cent for the same period last year. Commissioner Undercofler pointed to several reasons for the sizeable gain for the month. “First, liquor revenue increased over 1% million because liquor dealers made exten sive purchases to fill our inventories prior to the new tax on liquor which became effective March Ist. “Also, income taxes were up near ly two million dollars, leading a gen eral increase by most other Units of the Department. These increases re flect the continuing high level of business activity in the state and, to some extent, they reflect the im provement made by our people in the collection and depositing of cash.” Did You Miss Your Sugar? Plans are being made to hold a make-up clinic the week after Eas ter, March 30, 31 and April 1,2, 3, for those who missed a feeding of Sabin Oral Polio vaccine. In order to estimate the amount of vaccine to buy we need to know who will need which type of vac cine. If you missed one dose, please contact the Brantley County Health Department and tell them which one you need. PAVING HELPS BOOST GAINS IN FEEDLOT Paving feedlots for steers is not only desirable but actually necessary if maximum weight gains are to be realized, according to the head of the Cooperative Extension Ser vice engineering department. Cattle kept out of the mud simply gain more on the same amount of feed—in fact, up to one-third more, said Paul A. Crawford, Jr., of the University of Georgia. Besides stepping up weight gains, Mr. Crawford continued, paved feed lots contribute to reduction of dis ease, reduction of time spent on chores, and to the saving of valu able manure. The Extension engineer pointed out that stock-feeding is becoming increasingly important in the Geor gia agricultural picture, with more and more progressive farmers turn ing to it for additional revenue. The aim of any stock-feeder is maximum gains with minimum feeding. Mr. Crawford pointed out that, in a 60- day test conducted at the lowa Agri cultural Experiment Station, steer calves kept on concrete gained an average of 146 pounds per head, as compared with a 125-pound-per-head gain for animals fed in muddy lots. Feed consumption was higher in the muddy lots, too. Mr. Crawford said agricultural au thorities generally agree that the more concrete in the feedlot, the better. However, he continued, it is most important to have pavement four inches thick at feed bunkers and waterers. The slabs should be at least 10 feet wide. Mr. Crawford recommended pav ing feed alleys, using concrete six inches thick and at least 10 feet wide. Soil-cement can be used here, but is should be topped with as phalt. If soil-cement is used, it must be well compacted. To prepare for paving, soft ma terials should be removed and the subbase tamped. Water should be sprinkled on the tamped subbase just before concrete is placed. Plas tic concrete should be spread or screeded, then air pockets should be worked out with a wooden float. Floating will give a nonskid sur face, but this can be improved by scoring the floated surface with a stiff broom or wire brush. The slab should be thoroughly cured by keeping it moist for six or seven days. This will permit thorough hydration of the cement content, and can double the strength of the concrete. Mr. Crawford said a quality con crete should be ordered from a ready-mix plant, and that it is a good idea to specify a six-bag mix. Such concrete, when properly cured, will resist hoof abrasion and barn yard acids. In all cases, the engineer stated, it may not be feasible to pave the entire lot at one time, but feed-bun ker and waterer areas should be paved as soon as possible. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTa George Dowling, 2 Others Are Killed in Car Crash SOIL TEMPERATURE The temperature of the soil at the time of planting cotton has a lot to do with the stand a grower gets, according to agronomists with the University of Georgia Extension Ser vice. Cotton seed germinate poorly at temperatures lower than 70 de grees. The average family’s front door is opened more than 15, 000 times in a year, reports Miss Doris Oglesby of Exten sion’s home improvement de partment Nahunta Girls Cage Team Goes to State Leaf Tobacco Stocks Up Slightly Jan. 1 Leaf tobacco stocks inventories on January 1 were slightly larger than a year earlier, the U. S. Department of Agriculture reports. Inventories of leaf tobacco in the United States, including Puerto Ri eo, totaled 5,244,647,000 pounds, farm sales-weight, based on quarterly stocks reports of dealers and manu facturers. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service says this was an increase of 145,355,000 pounds from January 1, 1963. Higher stocks of flue-cured and burley tobaccos was the principal factor in this overall increase. Marketings by tobacco growers of the 1963 crop prior to January 1, 1964, totaled about 1,835,000,000 pounds, or 82 percent of the produc tion. Stocks as of January 1 included about 982.000.000 pounds, farm-sales weight, of leaf tobacco under govern ment loans. This was 268,000,(MX) pounds more than a year earlier. Larger flue-cured and burley loan holdings accounted for most of the increase. Tobacco stocks as of January 1, 1964, with percentage change from a year earlier, as reported by the Agricultural Marketing Service’s To bacco Division in the quarterly stocks report, follow: Flue-cured, Types 11, 12, 13, and 14 — 2,878,905,000 pounds, up 2.2 percent; Burley, Type 31 — 1,- 519,485,000 pounds, up 5.3 percent; Maryland, Type 32 — 76,485,000 pounds, up 13.6 percent; Fire-cured, Types 21, 22, and 23 — 103,272,000 pounds, up 3.6 percent; and Dark Air-cured, Types 35, 36, and 37 — 63,780,000 pounds, up 6 percent. IAN TALMADGE II I] i M tßeports From ares ■ THE PRESIDENT, as the chief executive, is chiefly re sponsible for the formulation of the foreign policies of the United States. This power, which is wide in scope and vastly important, is vested in him by the Constitu tion. Whatever the Congress does in the area of foreign relations is al ways greatly conditioned by whatever di rection the President has given to our foreign policy af fairs. Also, it is not the duty of the Congress to see that foreign policy is carried out. This is the responsibility of the Depart ment of State and the Secretary of State, who is the President’s chief advisor in our relations with foreign powers. • • • AT A TIME when it seems that . jr,foreign policy in many areas of the world leaves much to be desired, the American peo ple have justifiably become con cerned. They want to see the United States stand firm and insist on its own rights whenever and wherever they are challenged by Communist aggression. While realizing that there are no pat answers to problems of interna- The new paving will extend half the distance from Atkinson to Need more and it is understood that the remaining mileage on the road will be let for paving in a few months. Bids will be received for the pro ject by the Highway Board up to Friday, March 20, according to the advertisement. tional relations and that such matters must be handled with great care, they are tired of having to bear repeated setbacks around the world. Much of this concern of late has been generated by the arro gance of Castro’s Cuba, Nkru mah’s Ghana, Panama and other such troublesome situations such as that now existing in Viet Nam. In this Cold War, we are in a race for survival, and not en gaged in a popularity contest. If we are to continue as the leader of the free world, we must pursue a foreign policy in keeping with this position. In my judgment, we must take whatever action is necessary to prevent the take-over of one nation after another by the evil forces of Communism. Sooner er later, we are going to have to stop turning the other cheek. The sooner our policy-makers realize this, the better off all of us and the rest of the free world will be. * (not pttparti or printog «t povommont txptntt) Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state .... $3.09 Outside state $3.00 George Dowling, Nahunta city councilman, and two others were killed in a traffic accident on Route 32 at the Brantley-Glynn line Thurs day morning. The two others killed were a Cam den County deputy sheriff and a patient he was carrying to a Mil ledgeville hospital. Six other people were injured in the accident. They are Carroll Bat ten, C. W. Riggins, Johnny Trip, Gene Dixon, Ed Smith and Gene O’- Neal, according to fragmentary re ports received by this newspaper minutes before going to press. Tournament The Nahunta High School girls bas ketball team goes to the State B basketball tournament at Columbus Thursday, March 12, to contest for the state championship. The Nahunta team will play Stone Mountain at 6:40 p. m. Thursday. If they win from Stone Mountain, they will play again at 6:20 Fri day, March 13. The Nahunta girls went to the fin als in the regional tournament at Douglas last week. They won from Pelham 54 to 46 in the game Fri day night and lost to Seminole Coun ty in the finals Saturday night by a score of 65 to 58. The win against Pelham was the 33rd straight victory for the season. The Seminole County team finally stopped Nahunta’s win streak Satur day night. It was the same team that downed Nahunta in the finals last year. 5 Miles Paving Scheduled for Atkinson Road The State Highway Department is asking for bids on paving 5.145 miles of road on the Atkinson to Need more road, beginning at Atkinson and extending north toward Need more, it is revealed by a legal ad vertisement now running in the En terprise. • • • I SHARE this concern and have long believed that it is a mistake not to formulate Amer ican foreign policy on the basis of enlightened self-interest and self-preservation, and not on what kind of image we may be making.