The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, April 16, 1964, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when you< address changes Grantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 47 - NUMBER W Teacher of Agriculture Huey R. Ham of Hoboken High School observes Hoboken and Nahunta FEA win ners in barrow show. Left to right, Wayne Chesser whose barrow won first place; Terry Altman whose barrow won reserve chc-mpion; and Huey R. Ham. Community Development Plan Adopted To Assist in Child Welfare Problems A Community Development Pro gram to assist local communities in developing activities to aid Georgia’s troubled children has been announced by the Division for Children and You th of the State Department of Fam ily and Children Services. According to Jim Parham, Divi sion Director, Community Develop ment personnel will assist county de partment personnel in enlisting ac tive support from local citizens to ward the creation of adequate ser vices for children and youth. Their duties will include assisting in gathering of information to iden tify child welfare problems faced by the county in question, gather infor mation to evaluate resources avail able to deal with these problems, and assist local citizen groups in deter mining what is needed and what should be given priority in develop ing. Three community development re presentatives have already been named. These workers and their ter ritories are: Mrs. Hellice Clark, Atlanta, serving middle Georgia and urban areas; Solon Couch, Calhoun, Northern Georgia; and Tom Mann, Macon, serving South Georgia. Community development represent atives will maintain close communi cation with child welfare field re presentatives and county directors of the FACS. This new program of the Children and Youth Division is aimed at meeting the needs of troubled child- Know Your Land Better with Map Showing Capability of Your Soil By : Howard T. Stoner, Soil Scientist The land capability map prepared by a soil conservation service tech nician is the first step taken in pre paring conservation plans for far mers. These maps serve as a guide for better land use and conservation farming. The land capability map is actual ly an inventory of the soil on each farm. The soil scientist walks over the land to prepare the map. He makes soil borings and studies such soil characteristics as surface tex ture, subsoil texture, color, depth of root penetration, depth to seasonal watertable, and layers that restrict water and air movement. He car ries an aerial photograph on which he writes down what he finds out about the soil. After the scientist completes his inventory of the soils studied on the farm he is ready to prepare the land capability map. Based on his findings, different positions of the land are divided into different land capability classes. Each class of land differs in the kind and degree of use that it is suitable for and the practices needed to control erosion and maintain its capability to pro duce permanently. A farmer receives with his conser vation plan a land capability map with each class of land designated by a standard color. The colored map is a ready reference to the suit ability of his land for cultivation and other uses. Brief descriptions that go with the map tell him something about the principal conservation practices needed on each class of land for farming the conservation way. Many farmers use their land capability maps as a guide in se lection of soil samples. The soil sam ples are sent to a soil testing la boratory for analysis, which in turn is used as a basis for making ferti- BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE ren no matter where they live in Georgia. Bernard Meyers Places First in Speaking Contest Bernard Meyers, a Nahunta High School FFA member and son of Mrs. Dola Meyers of Route 1, Waynes ville, won top honors in the Area FFA Public Speaking Contest. The contest was held in the Jesup High School Auditorium April 9. un der the direction of the Jesup Voca tional Agriculture Department. A large number of schools parti cipated in the contests which include: Chapter Public Speaking, Chapter Quartet, Chapter Sweetheart and Chapter String Band. Other schools participating were Jesup, Blackshear, Patterson, Alma, Glynn Academy, Ludowici, Screven, Odum and Appling County. Members representing the Nahunta Chapter other than Meyers were Quartet, Kenny Batten, John Jones, Marshall Allen and Bobby Warren; Chapter Sweetheart, Kathleen Ches ser. Bernard will represent his chapter in the Bi. Area Elimination to be held in the Wheeler County Voc. Ag. Dept. Tuesday, April 21. lizer recommendations. The information gained from a land capability map is necessary in designing irrigation systems. The land capability map tells them about the effective depth of the soil, sur face textures, subsoil permeability and other factors which influence the suitability of the land for irrigation. Surface textures and subsoil permea bility influences the soil intake rate of water, length of irrigation runs and time required for water appli cations. Land capability maps are also used in the design and lay out of drain age systems and land bedding. Land capability maps are fast be coming valuable working tools for individuals and organizations other than farmers. Agricultural research stations use land capability maps and data as a basis for their investigations and publications dealing with agriculture problems. Real estate dealers are finding land capability maps help them to inform prospective buyers about land that is offered for sale. Land appraisers in many locations are interested in land capability maps as a source of land facts. Banks and other credit institutions frequently turn to land capability maps for information to guide them in loans on land or advancing gener al economic improvements. Highway departments are using 'and capability maps to plan and lo cate roads and to locate, gravel, sand, and other construction mater ial. By now you are probably wonder ing how you can obtain a land cap ability map of your land. This isn’t hard to do. Just call at your Soil Conservation Service Office or con tact one of the Supervisors of your Soil Conservation District and tell them you would like to have a land capability map of your land. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 16, 1964 Miss Eldridge Honored with Bride Luncheon Miss Johnnie Faye Eldridge, bride of last Saturday, was entertained at a delightful luncheon Saturday by Mrs. W. C. Long and Mrs. D. S. Moody at the home of Mrs. Moody. A color scheme of pink, white and blue was carried out in attrac tive table appointments. The table in the dining room, covered with a pink cloth, held a minature bride and groom in the center flanked by arrangements of pink carnations and minature mums arranged in brides maid bouquets. The tables on the breezeway were covered with cut work cloths and held similar arrange ments with minature bride’s maids in pink and blue. The pink and white color scheme was carried out further by place cards and nut cups shaped like bride’s maids. The bride took this opportunity to present gifts to her attendants who were Mrs. Joann Blanchard, Miss Wanda Rozier, Miss Shirley Ann Dru ry, Miss Irma Lanier, Miss Linda Burden and Mrs. Lester Edgy. Sixteen people enjoyed the lunch eon with the honoree including her mother, Mrs. J. W. Eldridge, and the bridegroom’s mother, Mrs. Roy Rowell. Liquor Still Destroyed in Brantley County A large illicit liquor distillery was destroyed Friday, April 10, by Brant ley County Sheriff J. Walter Crews and state revenue agents. No arrests were made but Sheriff Crews said charges were expected to be filed shortly. Crews said the moonshine still was located about one-half mile from the Brantley-Glynn County line. The op eration was said to be capable of producing about 800 gallons of liquor per week. The Brantley sheriff said the still consisted of three large pots of about 1,000 gallons capacity each. He said these were loaded and ready for a run. The sheriff and agents used 15 sticks of dynamite to destroy the still. Emory Middleton Seeks Office of City Aiderman TO THE CITIZENS OF NAHUNTA: I am a candidate for Aiderman in the election to be held Wednes day, April 22nd. This vacancy was created by the death of Mr. George Dowling. Your support and vote in my be half is solicited. You can be assured that I will work with any individual, any club, or in behalf of any com munity organization or business, in those undertakings that will improve the community life and the business life in Nahunta. May I urge you to be sure and vote? Express your views with your ballot. Nahunta is your home. Yours truly, Emory A. Middleton Brantley Ceunty FFA Boys Win Honors at Swine Show Nahunta to Elect One Aiderman Next Wednesday A special election to name a Na hunta city aiderman will be held Wednesday, April 22, to fi'l a va cancy created by the death of George Dowling. Three men are candidates for the post. They are Bobby Chancey, Em ory Middleton and Rudolph Morgan. The hi uh man will be the winner and will serve out the unexpired term ending the first Wednesday in December 1965. Henry Smith Home Burns at Hortense The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith of Hortense burned down ear ly Monday morning, April 13, with the loss of all household furnishings. The Smith were in Brunswick when their house burned and the fire was discovered too late to save anything. Neighbors are donating items of house furnishings to aid the family in their loss. Anyone in Brantley County who will contribute to this worthy cause will be gratefully re membered. Either donations of money or fur nishings will be of great help. Farm Storage Facility Loans Are Available Loans to farmers for the purchase of facilities in which to store grain and soybean crops are available through the local ASCS Office accor ding to an announcement by George Dykes, Chairman, Brantley ASC Committee. Program regulations have been recently revised which change the provisions as to making loans. Under the facility loan program, farmers may borrow up to 85 percent of the unerected delivered cost of the movable facility or 50 cents per bushel of storage capacity, which ever is smaller. The loans run for not more than five years from the date of disbursement. They may be repaid in not more than four an nual installments with the first in stallment due on the first anniver sary of the loan. Interest is charged at the rate of 4 percent per annum on the unpaid balance. Mr. Dykes points out that it is not too early for farmers in Brant ley County to start thinking about adequate storage for this year’s crop of grains and soybeans. To take full advantage of CCC price support loans on grains and soybeans, it is neces sary that the farmer have his com modity in an adequate storage faci lity. The erection of good on-the-farm storage enables a farmer to place his crop in good storage and obtain a loan at harvest time when prices are usually depressed. The crop can be sold at a later date when mar ket prices may be more favorable. The CCC price support commodity loan program and the farm storage facility loan program combine to make a very useful tool in the de velopment of orderly marketing. Details of the farm storage facil ity loan program may be obtained from the Brantley ASCS Office. Social News Mr. and Mrs. W. C. James, Jr. and sons attended the Bth Annual Soil Conservation Society of America meeting at Rock Eagle, Ga. Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11. Mrs. Mab’e Moody is attending a Superintendent’s Conference at Lake •Jackson on April 15, 16 and 17. The Nahunta Grammar School Pa rents-Teachers Association will spon sor a chicken supper in the school ’unchroom, Friday May 1, and will begin serving at 6.00 P. M. Mrs. Mable Moody attended the Mental Health Planning Conference in Waycross Tuesday, April 14. Diane Colvin, a freshman science major from Hoboken, has been se eded to be in the cast of the Geor gia Southern College Masquers’ Spring Production, “Noah,” to be pre sented in McCroan Auditorium, May 5-8. Miss Colvin, a 1963 graduate of Hoboken High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Colvin of Ho boken. The Nahunta and Hoboken FFA Chapters competed in the first an nual barrow show at the Waycross Livestock Market Monday, April 12. The members from the Nahvnta and Hoboken Chapters were the following boys: Wayne Chesser, Laurence O’Berry, Morris Chesser, Freddie Hendrix Edward Lee, Roger Steedley, Char les Wainright, Joe Thornton, Terry Altman, Larry Crews, Glynn Lee Terry Utrum, Jerome Griffin, Phil lis Gillis, David Page, Lamar Tho mas, Larry Bell. The first place winner in the light weight were Wayne Chesser with a 165 pound Duroc Barrow. The second place winner was Laurence O’Berry 165 pound Duroc Barrow. The third dace winner was Larry Crews. The fourth place winner was Glynn Lee In the medium class the first place winner was Morris Chesser. The sec ->nd pla°e was Terry Altman. The 'hird place winner was Joe Thorn ton and fourth place winner was Jerome Griffin. In the heavy weight class the first olace winner was Phillis Gillis. The econd place winner was Charles Wainright. The third place winner ■as Lamar Thomas. The winners in Showmanship were 14 place winner Lamar Thomas. ?nd David Page, 3rd place Larry Bell, 4th La’-ren-e O’Berry. The Grand Champion was shown by Wayne Chesser of the Nahunta FFA a 165 nound Duroc Barrow. Mr Claude Smith bought the barrow for 50c a pound. The Reserve Grand Champion was Terry Altman with a 210 pound barrow. His was bought for 37c a pound by Production Cre dit Association. Teachers of Agriculture Carter Morton and Huey Ham and County Agent George Loyd termed the show a great success and had high praise for the Brantley County and Way cross merchants and individuals who sponsored the show and bought the hogs from the boys. Rambler Car Wins Crown in Economy Run NEW YORK, April 9 — Rambler has added new lustre to its econ omy-champion crown by again post ing the best mileage average in a Mobil Economy Run. A 1964 Rambler American 440 four door sedan with 125 horse-power av eraged 27.8336 miles per gallon on the 3,244-mile trip from Los Angeles to New York. The American was entered in Class B (large engine com pacts). The average of all 45 cars enter ed was 21.7733 MPG. This was the third consecutive year in which Rambler topped all other cars in the Mobil event. All cars entered in the 1964 Mobil Economy Run were equipped with automatic transmissions. Public Notice City of Nahunta The Mayor and Council of the City of Nahunta, Ga., in regular meeting April 6, 1964 passed the fol lowing resolution: Beginning April 1, 1964, if water bills are 70 days over due, the wa ter service will be cut off by re moval of the meter and a $lO ser vice charge will be made for re connecting the meter, plus all wa ter bills that are due. Mrs. E. T. Higginbotham, Clerk Spivey's Sister Killed in Auto Accident Mrs. Katherine Spivey Taylor, 42, sister of Mr. Clyde Spivey of Nahun ta, was killed instantly in an auto mobile accident in her home town of Orangeburg, S. C. last week. Funeral services were held in an Orangeburg, funeral home Friday, A pril 10. Mr. Spivey returned home on Sat urday. Bachlott Church Os God Revival Starts Thursday Revival services will start at the Bachlott Church of God Thursday night, April 15, with the Rev. Wil liam Brooks doing the preaching. Rev. Loyd Davis is pastor of the church. Services will start each night at 7:30. The meeting will continue for about a week. The public is invited to attend the services. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA FIVE GENERATIONS REPRESENTED — The photo above is of five generations, Mrs. Kate Parrott, the great-great-grandmother, seated; standing, right to left, Mrs. Mamie Smith, great-grandmother; Mrs. David Walter, mother, of Imperial Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Waldo Morgan, grandmother, holding Sherril Lyn Walter, baby girl. Mrs. Kate Parrott will celebrate her 97th birthday on April 26. Mixed Fertilizer Contains Potassium For Pasture Plants By George A. Loyd Potassium, one of the iree ma jor plant nutrients needo. by pas ture plants, does not exist in the elemental, or pure stage in nature. It exists only in combination with other chemical elements. Potassium is supplied to the soil in mixed fer tilizer as potash. Very little of the total potassium in Brantley County soils is available to plants. Most of our soils contain enough potassium to get plants start ed, but practically all our soils run out of potassium before the plant growing season advances. The addi tional potassium needed to grow gra zing crops must be supplied in mix ed fertilizer. Correction of low potash soils in the county is one of the major ob jectives of the Big M Pasture Pro gram. All farmers should make soil tests of their pasture soils and then ap ply the grade and amount of mixed fertilizer recommended by the soil test report. This will add adequate amounts of potash and other major plant nutrients needed, nitrogen and phosphate. As more and more potassium is added to the soil by applying mix ed fertilizer, the amount of potas sium that becomes fixed in the soil tends to increase. Liming pasture soils according to soil test recom mendations will tend to prevent this potassium fixation. Potassium is lost from the soil by leaching, crop removal and grazing. The body of a 1000-pound cow con tains 1% pounds of potassium. There are 12 pounds of potassium in 10,- 000 pounds of milk. Much of the potassium removed from pasture soil by grazing can be returned to the soil by handling manure proper ly. The only way to be sure that the proper level of potassium is main tained in soil is to take soil tests every year. I w> m nz/ L ' BF* W OIW WHO t / / \ V / \ 11 / \ • / I _ . X/ -1 @Read your state driver’s manual Observe signs and signals County Agent Subscription Price and Tax Inside county ..._ $2.58 Outside county, in state .... $3.09 Outside state $3.00 Tuten Visits Constituents During Recess Rep. Russell Tuten, who says a Congressman should “stay close to the people,” spent the Easter recess of Congress hob-nobbing with the folks of Ben Hill, Ir win, Atkinson and Coffee coun ties. Driving alone through these counties he visited towns and hamlets, stopped at crossroad stores and pulled over whenever he saw a farmer in a field. People in an Irwin county community told him it was the first time in their memory a Congressman had paid them a visit. Rep. Tuten was invited to stay for supper at one farm home and wound up spending the night. A farm boy himself, he says he’s “done his share” of tobacco suckering, cotton chopp ing, potato digging and other chores — and “feels right at home” on the farm. When Rep. Tuten showed up at Alapaha the folks got up a barbecue in his honor. It was hastily arranged, but citizens from four surrounding counties came to it. Mr. Tuten surprised Masonic lodge members in Ambrose (Ir win county) by showing up at a lodge meeting. He is a Mason himself. Although most of his time was spent meeting and talking with the people, the Congressman did make a couple of speeches during the week — to a joint meeting of civic clubs in Fitzgerald and to an informal group of Farm Bu reau members in Douglas. “But I came to listen, not to talk,” he said. “I really believe the only way a Congressman can keep in touch with his people is to see and talk with them person ally. I expect to be visiting other parts of my district in the near future.”