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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 11 A Voice in the Wilderness FUTURE FARMERS ARE GREAT GROUP OF BOYS The Future Farmers of America are among the great groups working for the betterment of our country. They represent the basic industry of our economy and are car rying on their work in an amazing efficient and inspiring manner. One of the finest hours in the activities of the Future Farmers is the Father-Son banquet, held annually by the various Chapters throughout the land. The Father-Son banquet held at Nahunta Friday night, March 6, was a wonderful demonstration of the effectiveness of the Fu ture Farmer program. To see those splendid boys in action and to hear the summation of their aims and their achievements was an inspiring and informative experience. It not only showed the high purpose and the great achievements of the boys themselves, but also revealed the results of the dedicated and energetic leadership of their teachers and their par ents. I gladly pay tribute to the Future Farmers. I am proud of them. Our county, our state and our country have many serious problems, but as long as we have boys like the Future Farmers coming to leadership in our society we can look ahead with firm confidence that our social order will endure and that we will have men of char acter and vision to lead us on to greater heights. ENTERPRISE EDITOR MADE HONORARY FUTURE FARMER The editor of The Brantley Enterprise and a represen tative of The Waycross Journal-Herald were named “Honorary Future Farmers” at the banquet Friday night. This was done to express the appreciation of FFA for the publicity given to FFA activities. But the fact is that we, as newspaper people, are indebted to the Future Farmers for their live and meaningful news stories. Some of our issues would be dull if we did not have the accounts of the lively and interesting activities of the Future Farm ers. It makes us feel like making the Future Farmers “Honorary Editors and Reporters.” I WAS BORN 40 YEARS TOO SOON When I received my “Honorary Certificate” Friday night I remarked that I was born 40 years too soon. It made me feel that my certificate was a diploma for plow ing a mule and thus laying the foundation for present-day tractor farming. The boys of today are far ahead of us of that time 30 to 40 years ago. They are ahead in knowledge and vision and achievement. Os this I am glad. In my plowing days we could “run around” three acres of cotton in a day. Or “bust out” six acres of cotton row middles, one furrow to the row. Or we could “break ground” an acre to an acre-and-a-half a day. Now, with a modern tractor a boy can really cover ground, breaking land or cultivating crops. No more is the sound heard of “Gee!” and “Haw!”, at least not very often. Farming is now done in a really business-like man ner, better, faster, more profitable than in former times. But I am proud that I was raised as a farm boy and that my successors on the farm have it so much better than we did in past years. Senator Russell Appeals for Support Against Proposed Civil Wrongs Bill WASHINGTON - The leader of the Southern forces in the Senate — Georgia’s Dick Russell — has warned a nationwide TV audience that the so-called civil rights bill would destroy rights of all Ameri cans — not just of Southerners. Russell, who pledged to fight the bill now before the Senate “to the bitter end,” urged Americans from every section to wake up to the dan gers in the proposed legislation. Georgia’s senior senator was in terviewed last Sunday (March 1) on the CBS television program, “Face the Nation.” Network officials said the program was carried by more than 80 television stations and 175 radio stations to an audience esti mated at 2.5 million throughout the country. The historian of the future, Rus sell said, will be puzzled because most of the opposition to the pend ing bill is coming from Southern people, whereas the effect of the bill on our free institutions is na tional in scope. He said the South will be no worse off than any other section of the nation if the bill is passed over the last-ditch opposition of the Southern Senators. Russell said the three parts of the bill likely to cause the most violent reaction over the nation, if fairly enforced, are the so-called equal accommodations section; the fair employment practices section; and the provision to permit bureaucrats to cut-off federal assistance to states or sections. “If the American people ever un derstand the full import of this bill there is no doubt in my mind it would be overwhelmingly rejected,” BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE By Carl Broome Senator Russell said. “This bill is a massive blow at our whole sys tem of government. “It denies the division of powers between the three branches. It up sets the system of checks and bal ances that protect us in all of our liberties.” Senator Russell said he saw no room whatever at the present time for a compromise on the bill. “It seems to me that we are just about to come to a state where it will be necessary for us to fight this bill to the bitter end.” Mrs. Martha Loper Funeral Service Held Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Martha H. Loper, who died last Wednesday, were held Saturday afternoon at Hortense Methodist Church, conduct ed by the Rev. Kay Sloan. Burial was in the Hortense cemetery. Pallbearers were Maurice Am mons, Frank Cowart. Curtis Cowart, W. A. Sloan, Oran Harris and Ross Flowers. Mrs. Loper is survived by five daughters, Miss Isabell Loper and Mrs. Ina O’Berry, both of Hortense, Mrs. Dora Myers, Waycross, Mrs. Doris Simmons, Garden City, and Mrs. Janie Thompson, Jacksonville, Fla.; five sons, Major Loper, Hor tense, Joel Loper, Jesup, Robert Lo per, Jacksonville, Fla., Timothy Lo per, Cocoa Beach, Fla., and James Loper, Millegeville; 24 grandchild ren, 27 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 12, 1964 MISS RUBY JOHNS Hoboken STAR Student PROF. HUGH BELCHER Hoboken STAR Teacher Ruby Johns Is STAR Student At Hoboken High Ruby Johns has been named the 1964 Star Student for Hoboken High School. She is a senior at Hoboken High School and is the daughter of Mrs. Irene Johns. She was chosen on the basis of her scores on the College Board and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and her scholastic average for the first semester of her senior year. Ruby is an active member of the senior class. In addition to her scho ’astic record, she is active in the following clubs: 4-H Club, secretary of the Science Club, Beta Club, F. T. A., co-editor of the Annual, Tri-Hi-Y, and vice president of the senior class. She selected Hugh Belcher, science teacher and girls’ basketball coach, as her Star Teacher, the teacher who made the greatest contribution to her scholastic achievement. Nahunta Girls Team Meets Stone Mountain The Nahunta girls basketball team face Stone Mountain in their first game of the State B tournament at Columbus Thursday evening, March 12, at 6:40. Seminole County, last year’s champions, meets North Gwinnett County at 4:00 in the afternoon. The Seminoles are expected to go to the finals this year, possibly facing Na hunta to decide the 1964 champion ship. Highway 84 Is Still Closed Water still flows some two feet over the Satilla River bypass be tween Nahunta and Brunswick on U. S. 84. For more than a week traffic has been rerouted byway of Hortense and Georgia 32. State Patrol Cpl. D. M. Griffin said the road would remain closed for an indefinite period — at least until the water has subsided and State Highway Department engineers have had an opportunity to check the bridge for safety. The bridge, built on the bypass while the main road bridge is under construction, is on a lower level than the main road. It is located six miles east of Nahunta. CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my thanks to all my friends for their visits, their flowers and cards received while I was in the hospital. I am grateful for every expression of friendship and sympathy. Sarah G. Dodge. Crews, Wilson, Moody, Herrin, Rozier And Willis Win County-Wide Races Mrs. lona Sikes Funeral Service Held Tuesday Mrs. lona Danielson Sikes, 57, passed away early Sunday morning, March 8, at her residence in the Lulaton community following a short illness. Mrs. Sikes was born in lona Is land, N. Y. and was the daughter of the late John Frederick and Au gusta Johnson Danielson. She re ceived her education in the public schools of Indian Head, Maryland and was a member of the Episco pal Church. She was the widow of the late Leon Edward Sikes, Sr. and had been a resident of Brantley coun ty for the past eleven years. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Jimmy Ham of Nahunta; four sons, Leon Edward Sikes, Jr. and George Winston Sikes, both of Na hunta, John Frederick Sikes of Cal lahan, Fla., and Paul Kinson Sikes of Rome, N. Y.; three sisters, Mrs. C. L. Wood of Wetmore, Texas, Mrs, S. M. Payne and Mrs. Joseph Pur vis, both of Waldorf, Maryland, two brothers, William Danielson and Henry Danielson, both of Indian Head, Maryland. Four grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives also sur vive. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon, March 10, at three o’clock from the Lulaton Baptist church with the Rev. W. O. Britt conducting the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing rel atives and friends. The body lay in state in the church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in Smyrna Ce metery. ”- Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Eber Rhoden, Dan Wain wright, Willie Griffin, David Knox, Jr., C. E. Smith and Newborn Ro binson. The many beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. 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. Baptist Revival Announcements Made by Pastor Three very special early morning services are planned as part of the revival meetings at the Nahunta Baptist Church. Beginning with the Wednesday morning, the time of service will be 7:00 A. M. for that day, Thursday and Friday morning. Breakfast is planned for each one attending, so that the school child ren, and those going to their jobs of work, can attend the early wor ship hour, and then eat their break fast at the church, at about 7:45. A welcome is extended to all to come to these special days, Sunday, March 15 to continue through Sun day, the 22nd. The time of the night services will be 7:30 for the beginning of the song service each night. The sermon will begin a little after 8:00, each night, and will be brought by Rev. Jesse Alligood, of Patterson, who will come to us beginning Monday night. There will be no morning service Mpnday or Tuesday, until Wednesday morn ing- ' . There are some 25 Baptist church es holding revivals during this great season, during which' Baptists of A merica are remembering 150 years ago, when we organized for the car rying of missions to all the world, 1814. We hope and pray to be able to do more to play some small part in helping the whole world to know about Jesus Christ. Therefore, all people are invited to be a part of this revival, March 15-22. Mrs. Carolyn Thomas will be as sisted in the song leadership by George Thomas and Albert Kenning ton who recently has moved to our community. Births Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Goddard Grant of Atlanta announce the birth of a baby girl on March 3, weighing seven pounds and nine ounces. She has been named Catherine Elizabeth. Mrs. Grant will be remembered as the former Miss Alvis Herrin of Na hunta. George Dowling Funeral Service Was Held Sunday The entire Nahunta community was saddened Thursday morning, March 5, when it was learned that Mr. George Parker Dowling, 39, had died as a result of injuries received earlier Thursday morning in an auto mobile accident at the intersection of the Old Post Road and Highway 32. Mr. Dowling was a native of Brantley county and was the son of the late David Allen and Nancy Lil lian Highsmith Dowling. He received his education in the Brantley county schools and was a member of the Nahunta Baptist Church. In the church, he was the Training Union Director. He was a Navy veteran of World War 11, Chaplain of the Management Club of Babcock & Wilcox in Bruns wick and was a Nahunta city coun cilman. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Vemease Hewitt Dowling of Nahunta; two sons, Michael Dowling and Allen Dowling, both of Nahunta; three sis ters, Mrs. Alvin Drury of Nahunta, Mrs. N. O. McDaniel of Conway, S. C., and Mrs. A. G. McDaniel of Mul lins, S. C.; two brothers, Clyde Dowling and Edwin Dowling, both of Nahunta. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held from the Nahunta Baptist church Sunday afternoon, March 8, at three o’- clock with the Rev. Cecil F. Thom as, assisted by the Rev. Carl E. Milton, officiating. The body lay hi state hr the church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in the Knox Ce metery. Serving as pallbearers were Mes srs. W. C. Long, Clayton Riggins, Wesley Burden, Hubert Sasser, Cul bert Johns and Jimmy Thornton. The Honorary Escort was compos ed of members of the Management Club. The many beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. 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. Easter Seal Fund Raising Campaign Starts Alfred W. Jones, of Brunswick, will direct fund raising activities for the 1964 Easter Seal Campaign in Brant ley County. The drive is now under way and continues through the mon th of March. Serving with Mr. Jones as treasur er for the annual Easter Seal Ap peal is Layton Johns of the Citizens Bank in Nahunta Last year in Georgia 2,803 crip pled children and adults received Easter Seal care and treatment, re gardless of age, race, type of crip pling disability or ability to pay for services received. Trinity Church Revival Starts Wednesday Night The Trinity Church of the Naza rene will begin a series of revival services Wednesday, March 18, with services each night at 7:30. Rev. H. H. Strickland is the pas tor. He will be*lhe revival preacher. Special prayer services will be held and a series of sermon given on the subject of the Ressurection. The public is cordially invited to attend. The church is located on the Post Road at the Glynn-Brantley county lines. Memorial Church to Hold Special Meeting Rev. Vernon Swanson, a mission ary returned from Sieraleon, Africa, will speak at a special meeting at the Hortense Wesleyan Methodist Church on Friday March 17 at 7:00 o’clock P. M. Rev. V. W. Hartley is pastor of the church. People m surrounding communities are invited. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Brooker, Riggins, Griffin, Eldridge And Wainright Win for Commissioner Hoboken Girls Team Wins Over Wadley Hoboken girls basketball team downed Wadley eagers in their first game in the state tournament at Co lumbus Wednesday evening, March IL The score was 64 to 56 in the Class C championship tournament. The Ho boken girls play again Thursday af ternoon. They have one of the best teams in the tournament and Brant ley County people are pulling for them to cop the 1964 state champion ship. Brantley County has two teams playing in the Columbus meet, Ho boken in Class C and Nahunta in Class B. Personals Mrs. Dan F. Jones of Orange Park, Fla. and Mrs. W. S. Jones of Belle Glade, Fla., visited Mrs. Mamie Knox on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Roy T. Jefferies, gunner’s mate seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Plas Jefferies of Nahunta, is serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Ranger, operating out of Ala meda, Calif. The Medical College of Georgia has announced the selection of Carl Bennie Highsmith for admission to the first year class of the School of Medicine. Highsmith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Highsmith of Route 2, Nahunta. He is a graduate of Nahunta High School and is now attending Georgia Southern College. CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sincere thanks to all friends and relatives who offered sympathy and helpful ness on the occasion of the death of my father, Fay Brooks. Your com forting words of sympathy and the floral tributes are deeply appreci ated and I will always remember you with heartfelt gratitude. May the Lord bless you all. Leland H. Brooks. Nahunta FFA F ather-Son Banquet Attended by 185 Guests Friday, March 6 The Nahunta FFA Chapter held its annual Father-Son Banquet, Fri day March 6, with 185 guests pre sent. The theme for FFA Week was carried out in the program and de corations — “Agriculture is more than Fanning ... Dynamic and Chal lenging.” The welcome was given by Mar shall Allen and the response was given by Mr. Virgil Allen. The In vocation was given by Laurence O’- Berry, our chaplain. After a delicious meal was served by the FHA girls, Kenny Batten, President, presided over the program. Bernard Meyers, a fourth year Agriculture student, introduced guests and guest speaker, Lendon Tootle. He pointed out the great im portance of agriculture to every in dividual. Laurence Flowers, E. C. Crews, Eugene Crews, and Otis Bohannon gave some of the chapter accom plishments for the past year. Among toe most outstanding was the chap ter placed second in the district corn contest. Three boys received the Georgia Planter Degree, they are: Bernard Meyers, Barry Wainwright, and Wil ton Herrin. Mr. W. B. Willis, of the Standard Oil Company, presented the public speaking trophies to Bernard Mey ers, first place; Harry Edgy, second Place; and Frank Meyers, third place. Mr. Elroy Strickland presented corn trophies to Laurence O’Berry, first place with a yield of 145.61 bushels. Van Strickland second place with a yield of 136.05 bushels, and Frank Meyers, third place with a yield of 125.42 bushels. Blackshear Manufacturing Company make these awards possible. The tractor driving awards were Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state .... $3.09 Outside state $3.00 In a record turnout of Brantley County voters four incumbents won in county-wide contests and two in cumbents lost, one by a small ma jority in the Brantley County pri mary election Wednesday, March 11. More than 3000 voters cast their ballots. Sheriff J. Walter Crews won re election over Ben Jones by a vote of 1893 to 1141. Tax Commissioner John M. Wilson won a majority over two opponents, Keith Thomas and C. L. King. The vote was Wilson 1838, King 735 and Thomas 423. In the hotly contested race for county school superintendent the in cumbent Mrs. Mable Moody rolled up a good majority over Mrs. Lee Herrin. The vote was Moody 1753, Herrin 1293. Delma F. Herrin incumbent clerk of court won over Woodrow J. Wain right 1920 to 1109. The closest contest was between Claude A. Smith, incumbent Ordin ary and Perry U. Rozier. Mr. Rozier led by only 15 votes, the count being Rozier 1530, Smith 1515. Kenneth "Bozo” Willis defeated C. S. Kizer, incumbent coroner, by a vote of 1529 to 1312. In the five races for county com missioner the results were as fol lows: Nahunta district, R. B. Brooker 486, J. T. Morgan 413. Hickox district, Major Riggins 248, R. B. Hayes 136. Hoboken - Schlatterville district, Owen Griffin 464, Ernest Thrift 348. Hortense - Waynesville district, W. E. Eldridge 370, R. C. Harrell, Jr., 237. Atkinson-Lulaton district. Banner Wainright 126, Mack Strickland 81, Elliot C. Edgy 56, Julian B. Middle ton 47. Archie Johns was reelected county treasurer without oposition, as was county surveyor David Page. Tabulated returns will be given in next week’s paper. Trees contribute more than just timber and pulpwood. Nelson Brightwell, Cooperative Extension Service forester, says they make for better hunting and fishing. He adds that well-managed forests also pre vent erosion and silt pollution in streams and lakes, thus assuring a constant flow of better quality water. presented by Mr. W. C. Long of L & M Truck and Tractor Company. First place went to Rogers Steedley; second place trophy went to Corbet Wilson. This contest give boys skill in operation, care and maintenance of the tractor plus give the boy a chance to demonstrate his driving skill. On the basis of his supervised far ming program, scholarship, leader ship, Kenny Batten, received the Outstanding Senior Award. Mr. H. W. Sasser presented this award to Kenny. Mr. George Brantley of the Citi zens Bank presented project awards. Beef Cattle - Barry Wainwright; Dairy Cattle - Kenny Batten; Pub lic Speaking - Bernard Meyers; Hogs - Rogers Steedley; Livestock Judg ing Team - Benny Thomas, Barry Wainwright, Larry Byrd, Freddie Hendrix; Program of Work - J. B. Willis; Poultry - William Hursey; Quartet - Kenny Batten, Bobby War ren, John Jones, Marshall Allen; Secretary - Rogers Steedley; Tobac co - Kenny Johns; Treasury Book - Mikel Crews; Reporter - Morris Chesser; Chapter Leadership - Ken ny Batten; and chapter scholarship- Donny Batten - 92 average. Outstanding Service Awards — based on service to the FFA Chap ter for a period of 4 to 6 years was presented to Mrs. Lee Herrin, Home Economics Teacher at Nahunta High School and Mrs. Mable Moody, Coun ty School Supt. and Board of Edu cation. The Degree of Honorary Chapter Farmer was awarded to: Mr. Neil Hendrix and Mr. Farley O’Berry, both a member to the Agricultural Committee and Mr. J. T. Morgan, Mr. Carl Broome, Editor of the Brantley Enterprise, and Mr. H W. Sasser, Principal of Nahunta High School.