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VOLUME 47 — NUMBER 24
$1,123,206
Bid on Pierce
Road Project
Hapeville and Waycross
firms, on a joint bid, were ap
parent low bidders on 8.196
miles of widening, repaving
and other improvements on
State Route 38 from north of
Blackshear to the Satilla River
Bridge near Waycross.
Bids were opened in Atlanta
Friday by the State Highway
Department.
Rogers Bridge Company of
Hapeville and Dixie Concrete
Service of Waycross were the
apparent low bidders at sl,-
123,206.25.
The highway project, largest
in the history of Pierce Coun
ty, begins at a point 446 feet
northeast of the Satilla River
Bridge and extends northeast
to the intersection of State
Route 1903 approximately one
half mile northeast of the Ala
baha River near Blackshear.
Along the route a new bridge
will be constructed over the
Alabaha River, the highway
will be widened, and Clough
curve between Blackshear and
Waycross will be straightened.
In Blackshear, the highway
will take a new route through
a portion of the city, passing
in front of the Pierce County
courthouse.
The contract provides that
work shall begin in 10 days
after signing of contract, and
shall be completed in 340
working days.
T. N. Harrison, chairman of
the board of commissioners of
roads and revenues, said act
ual construction should start
in about 60 days, since the
right-of-way must be cleared
in certain areas.
He expressed appreciation
to Pierce County citizens for
their cooperation and support
during the planning stages of
the project.
The contract is being let as
a federal-aid primarv project
and the cost will be borne by
state and federal road agen
cies, except for 10 per cent of
the richt-of-wav costs, which
are being paid bv the City of
Blackshear and Pierce County.
Beware of
The Bear!
Is there a bear in Pierce
county?
Oden Dixon went fishing
Tuesday of this week at the
Big Satilla River, at the sec
tion that is known as the“ Cut
Off’ and saw some bear
tracks. He wasn’t sure at first
that it was bear tracks, but
Dußignon Dixon came along
and confirmed it.
Dixon said he had been fish
ing on Monday and there were
no tracks, but it had rained
Monday night and the tracks
were evident on Tuesday.
It was reported on Wednes
day morning that some of
Fleming Howell’s bee hives,
located about a quarter of a
mile from where the tracks
were seen, had been tom up
on Tuesday night. They think
that the bear did the damage.
So beware! It looks like
there’s bear running loose in
the county.
Rushin Roulette by Chon Day
Driver error is the greatest cause of highway accidents.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
THE HORSE IS
BACK IN 4-H
The horse is back in 4-H Club
work, but not the kind that pulls
a plow.
Hundreds of Georgia 4-H’ers
are practicing horsemanship for
pleasure and profit, and a brand
new project has been added to
the club program this year to
give boys and girls an oppor
tunity to pursue the activity on
an organized basis.
A committee of county and dis
trict agents, animal husbandmen,
and 4-H leaders of the Univer
sity of Georgia Cooperative Ex
tension Service made final plans
for the new project at a meeting
early this spring.
Dr. T. L. Walton, state 4-H Club
leader, said the horse and pony
activity has been added to the
growing list of projects in order
to keep the youth organization’s
program up-to-date, and to help
it meet the needs and interests
of both rural and urban boys and
girls.
Dr. Walton said county agents
all over the state have participat
ed in a series of short courses
to gain information and knowled
ge sufficient to help them organ
ize and conduct the program at
the local level. He added that
several county 4-H groups have
already held horse shows this
year.
At the district level the new
project will be in the spotlight
for the first time at achievement
meetings next month at Rock Ea
gle. Six shows, one for each Ex
tension Service area, will be held
at the same time 4-H mmebers
compete for district honors in
other projects.
The district events will begin
at 1 p. m. on the following dates:
June 8, Southwest dis
trict; June 10, Southeast; June
12, Northwest; June 16, North;
June 18, Southcentral, and June
23, Northeast.
Both junior and senior club
members will compete in such
classes as the barrel race, West
ern horsemanship, English horse
manship, pole bending, Western
pleasure, English pleasure, rein
ing, and trail horse. Dr. Walton
said there will be a total of 14
classes, plus showmanship.
Dr. Walton said plans are being
made to climax the first year’s
activities in the horse and pony
project with a state show this
fall. He said efforts are being
made to secure the new Coliseum
on the University campus for this
event.
Sloan's Hill
To Hold
Chicken Supper
The Sloan’s Hill Church of God
will hold a chicken supper Satur
day afternoon, June 13, beginning
at 5:30. The supper is for the
benefit of the building fund.
Davis-Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Davis
of Nahunta announce the re
cent marriage of their daugh
ter, Cheryll, to David Morgan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Morgan of Nahunta.
Hoboken Honor
Roll Announced
Mr. Wilbur Stanley released
the honor roll for the sixth six
weeks period. To be eligible for
the honor roll a student must
have an average of 90 and an
A on deportment.
sth Grade: Donna Aldrige, Don
na Bell, Donna Faye Pierce, Pat
sy Rhodes, Judy Davis, Steve Alt
man, Lawrence Melton, David
Riggins, Terry Dean, Marie
Stevens, Debbie Crews, Ernest
Leet, Bobby Stokes.
6th Grade: Gary Cason, Glynn
Griffin, Alec Jacobs, Ruby Ches
ser, Lydane Dickerson, Lynnel
Griffin, Glenda Hickox, Nancy
Justice, Marilyn Lee, Sharon
Prescott, Pamela Fewox, Darlene
Carter, Sandra Griffin.
7th Grade: Claude Dryden, Jan
ice Lucas, Margaret Jowen, Char
lene Jacobs, Sandra Melton, E
laine Chesser, Tony Thrift, Dickie
Cox, Monroe Griffin.
Bth Grade: Betty Stone, Carole
Rhuehlen, Mallie Griffin, Vickie
Easterling, Jessolene Crawford,
Sara Jones, Carolyn Thornton,
Ann Riggins, David Justice, Phil
lip Gillis.
9th Grade: Elaine Pierce, Sa
rah Justice, Melissia Chesser,
Leea Walker, Wilma McCarty.
10th Grade: Diane Davis, An
nette Lane, Susie Jones, Barbara
Dryden, Frances Givens, Gail
Cason.
11th Grade; Cheryl Kelley,
Linda Hickox, Rita Fowler, Ann
Lee, Margie Lewis, Chelsa Wal
ker.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome will
attend the Georgia Press Asso
ciation convention at Jekyll Is
land Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, June 11-13. Mr. Broome's
sister, Mrs. Maude Chapman of
Atlanta, will accompany them.
Mr. Gadis White recently
cautht one of the largest yellow
breast perch. It weighed a pound
and a quarter.
Mrs. Ivey O. Herrin returned
from California and Arizona Sun
day after visiting her daughters,
Mrs. Audrey Gajbarak and Mrs.
Eureta Erwin. She spent the
winter in the West.
Charles King, seaman appren
tice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. King of Route 1, Nahunta,
has reported for duty aboard the
Navy landing craft repair ship
USS Krishna, operating out of
Norfolk, Va.
Herbert Manning of Nahunta,
a rising third year student in the
School of Medicine of the Medical
College of Georgia, has been se
lected for a Summer Student Re
search Fellowship in the health
sciences. The appointment will
give Manning an opportunity to
contribute to an important medi
cal research project. He is a son
of Mrs. Ida Strickland, Route 2,
Patterson.
Mr. Dan Wainright who suf
fured severe injuries in a log
ging accident last week is
still in the Waycross Hospital
and convalescing.
Mrs. W. S. Fletcher and
David, Sharon and Cynthia of
Huntsville, Ala., are spending
this week with Mr. and Mrs.
W. V. Strickland and Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Strickland.
Miss Mary Knox visited rel
atives in Moultrie last week
end.
Carl Bennett and Gary Fisher
of Jacksonville are spending this
week with their grandmother,
Mrs. A. B. Brooker.
Mrs. Sherman Tomlinson has
returned from LaGrange, Ga.
where she spent several days
with her aunt, Mrs. Julian Trippe.
Mrs. Myra Raulerson and son,
^mory. are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland.
Trinity Church to
Hold Vacation
Bible School
The Trinity Church of the Naza
rene, located on the Old Post
Road near the Glynn County line
will begin a Vacation Bible School
Monday, June 15.
The school will continue
through Friday. June 26. Mrs.
Veinter Rooks is superintendent
of the school. Ages three to 15 are
eligible to attend the school.
The hours of the school will be
6:30 to 9:00.
We Do All Kind*
of Job Printing.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 11, 1964
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Leon Davis Jacobs
Graduate at
Georgia Medical College
2 Young Brantley County Doctors
To Intern at Hospital in Macon
Human Error Is
Biggest Cause of
Traffic Accidents
More than eight out of every
ten casualties on the nation'!
highways in 1963 were caused by
human error and lack of judg
ment. And the speedster still
ranks as the number-one killer
on the road.
These and other grim remin
ders were disclosed in a report
issued by the Travelers Insur
ance Companies. The report is
compiled annually from informa
tion provided by state motor ve
hicle departments.
Os the 42,700 persons who lost
their lives in traffic accidents
last year, 34,700 died in accidents
caused by driver error and traf
fic law violations. Moreover, ac
cording to the report, nearly 3,-
000,000 persons were injured in
auto mishaps caused by driver
error.
The fast driver continued to be
the greatest menace on the high
ways. More than 14,000 deaths
and 1,223,000 injuries were direct
ly attributable to excessive speed
ing.
A Travelers spokesman point
ed out that - like the majority
of accidents in other categories
most highway casualties could
have been avoided. They were
caused by human rather than
mechanical failure, he said, and
stressed the importance of get
ting this message across to the
American public.
“If we can do this effectively,”
ne added, "we have an oppor
tunity to make dramatic improv
ments in the field of traffic safe
ty.”
Avery Wade Strickland
Graduate at
Georgia Medical College
Augusta, Ga. — The Medical
College of Georgia has conferred
the degree of Doctor of Medi
cine on Leon Davis Jacobs and
Avery Wade Strickland of Brant
ley County.
The degrees were awarded by
Dr. Harry B. O’Rear, college
president, during Commencement
exercises Saturday night, June 6,
in Augusta.
Graduation comes as the cli
max of four years of concentrat
ed study, laboratory work, and
clinical assignments in clinical
and behavioral sciences.
The formidable medical curri
culum has included instruction in
anatomy, biochemistry, physiolo
gy, human development, microbi
ology, pathology, pharmacology,
obstetrics, pediatrics, internal
medicine, psychiatry, surgery,
and other clinical sciences.
Dr. Jacobs is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon A. Jacobs of Hoboken
and Dr. Strickland is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland of
Nahunta.
Both young doctors have ac
cepted internships at Macon Hos
pital.
Dr. Jacobs is a graduate of Ho
boken High School, South Geor
gia College and University of
Georgia. Dr. Strickland is a gra
duate of Nahunta High School and
University of Georgia.
GO SLOW ON SUN
It’s time for fun in the sun,
but you shouldn’t overdo it,
advises Miss Lucile Higgin
botham, head of the Extension
Service health department.
“Get your sun a little at a
time — don’t rush out into the
sun for an all-day outing the
first time.” She adds that 20
minutes is long enough the
first time.
Towers of Light—l9ol Version and Today's
Back in 1901 when Georgians made the long trek to
Buffalo, N.Y., to view the Pan American Exposi
tion, they were greeted by the sight at the left, the
exposition’s Tower of Light, a 409-foot high structure
studded with 20,000 incandescent lamps. Today,
visitors to the New York World’s Fair will view the
12-billion candlepower Tower of Light, at right The
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
18-Year-Olds Face
Physical Exams
Beginning July 1
By an executive order, the Pre
sident of the United States has
directed that 18-year-old regis
trants of Selective Service be giv
en a physical examination as
early as practicable after reach
ing their 18th birthday, beginning
July 1.
The purpose of the examination
is to permit the early referral of
rejectees to the appropriate agen
cies for remedial action or voca
tional training.
The local board would like to
stress the fact, to these young
men, parents and the public
that they will NOT be inducted in
to the armed forces any sooner
than in the past.
Also, it is stressed that no reg
istrant will be sent for phy
sical examination who is in
school or in a deferred classifica
tion.
The manpower conservation
program examination of 18 year
old registrants is designed to help
young men at an early age to de
termine their status in life, and
to assist them in having a better
way of life.
If they are not found acceptable
services in the Armed Forces due
to physical, mental or moral rea
sons, they will be referred to the
proper agency for assistance and
guidance.
Whipple, Brooker
And Walker Attend
Methodist Conference
Two members of Nahunta Me
thodist Church and the pastor are
attending the South Georgia An
nual Conference in Albany, Geor
gia.
Brown Brooker is the delegate
and Dr. Lee Walker is the alter
nate. Rev. William Whipple is at
tending as pastor. They are re
presenting Nahunta, Pierce Cha
pel, and Atkinson Methodist Chur
ches.
Appointments for the new Con
ference year will be made on
Friday.
Johns Family
Reunion to Be
Held June 21
The descendants of the late
Emory and Elizabeth Lee Johns
will hold their annual family re
union on the third Sunday, June
21.
The reunion will be held at
Laura S. Walker Park. A basket
lunch will be served at the noon
hour. All relatives and friends
are invited to attend the gather
ing.
structure houses the Electric Power and Light exhibit,
sponsored by the Georgia Power Company and 140
other investor-owned utilities throughout the nation.
Inside the pavilion, visitors step onto a revolving ring
that takes them through seven major exhibit cham
bers, where they view a musical revue, “The Brightest
Show on Earth,” produced by top Broadway talent.
Thomas Williams
Injured in
Woods Accident
Thomas E. Williams of the
Lulaton community was in
jured in a logging accident
Wednesday, June 3.
A tractor was backed into a
load of logs and Mr. Williams
was caught between the
tractor and the logs.
He suffered injuries to a
hip and other bruises. He was
carried to the Waycross Hos
pital by the Chambless Fun
eral Home ambulance after
being given first aid treat
ment at the Brantley Medical
Center.
Questions About
Welfare Service
Are Answered
Mrs. Leila Turner, Brantley
County Director, answers ques
tions about Family and Children
Services?
1. What medical care benefits
are available from the Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services?
At the present time, the only
medical care benefits available
are hospital care and nursing
home care. These benefits are
paid directly to the vendor, that
is the hospital or nursing home,
instead of to the recipient.
2. Who is eligible for medical
care benefits?
Medical care is available only
to those people who are already
approved for and receiving pub
lic assistance under one of the
adult programs such as Aid to
the Aged, Aid to the Blind, or
Aid to the Permanently and To
tally Disabled.
3. Are these benefits available
to a recipient of aid under one
of the adult programs of public
assistance no matter what hos
pital or nursing home the per
son receives servicee from?
No. The Medical Care Division
of the State Department of Fam
ily and Children Services issues
a list of approved hospitals and
nursing homes in Georgia and in
order to receive assistance
through the Medical Care pro
gram, one of those approved in
stitutions must be used. At the
present time there are 143 ap
proved nursing homes and 143 ap
proved hospitals participating in
the program, placing an approv
ed facility near almost any point
in Georgia. Further and more de
tailed information is available at
any time to any person at the
County Department of Family
and Children Services in the coun
ty of residence.
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state $3.09
Outside state $3.00
Contract Let
For Resurfacing
Highway 84
Low bidder on the contract for
resurfacing and widening High
way 84 from Nahunta to Bruns
wick has been announced as fol
lows:
BRANTLEY-GLYNN — 31.12
miles of resurfacing on the Na
hunta-Brunswick Road, State
Routes 50 & 25, beginning on
State Route 50 at State Route 23
in Nahunta and extending east to
State Route 25 & 303, thence east
on State Routes 50 & 25 to the
intersection with the Jekyll Island
Causeway, thence north on State
Route 25 to the south end of the
Sidney Lanier Bridge at Bruns
wick excepting 1.75 miles at the
Satilla River & the intersection
with State Route 303. Apparent
low bid: $300,710.00 J. F. Kleck
ley & Company, Orangeburg, S.
C.
Retail Sales
Increase in
Brantley County
First quarter retail sales in
Georgia this year totaled $1,527,-
373,170 as against $1,382,414,372
during the same period in 1963,
the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce reported today.
Chamber Research Director
Morris Ward reported that 145
counties showed increases over
the first quarter of 1963.
The Business volume in Brant
ley County totaled $1,312,898 dur
the first quarter of 1964 as com
pared to $1,150,610 in the same
period of 1963, an increase this
year of $162,288.
Nahunta Garden
Club Held
Picnic Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Strickland
were hostesses to the Nahunta
Garden Club Annual Picnic for
the families of members at the
Strickland Lake on their farm on
Tuesday June 9.
Those enjoying the picnic were
Mrs. Dorothy Brooker, Mrs. Wain
Brooker and Matt, Mrs. H. K.
Persons, Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Strickland, Mrs. Myra Raulerson
and son, Emory of Mobile, Ala.,
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mr. and
Mrs. Keith Strickland, Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Strickland, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Dowling, Mrs. Jos. B.
Strickland, Mrs. Dorothy Graham
and Mrs. J. B. Lewis.
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