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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 7 Bridesmaid Loses Life As Wedding Eve Fire Destroys Home at Hoboken A young woman from Macon who came to Hoboken to be a brideesmaid in her cousin’s wed ding died Saturday night when fire destroyed the home of the bride-to-be. The body of Miss Mary Ellen Russell, 20, was discovered in the ruins of the house Sunday morning about 8 o’clock. She ap parently had been overcome by smoke as she tried to leave the burning house through a door to the terrace. Members of the family said the door was stuck because of weath er conditions. The blaze, which apparently started in the dining room when paper from gifts got into an elec tric heater, completely destroyed the $20,000 brick home of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Kelley of Hoboken. The house was located on Georgia Highway 121 inside the city limits. The entire contents of the house as well as wedding gifts were destroyed. The wedding dress of Miss Sylvia Carol Kelley, who was to have been married to Ron nie Thomas Carter of Hoboken Sunday afternoon at Hoboken Bap tist Church, and one going away bag was saved by one of the girls as she fled from the house. The wedding was postponed and funeral services for Miss Russell were held in Macon on Monday. Miss Kelley, three girls who were to be in the wedding, and her mother were in the house when the fire was discovered a bout 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Kelley left the bedroom where they were getting dressed and started to the kitchen. She discovered the dining room in flames. An attempt to extinguish the fire was unsuccessful and the girls ran from the house. Miss Russell went in the direc tion of the telephone and then apparently tried to leave the house by the terrace door. Law enforcement officers and firemen were called to the scene but were unable to be of any as sistance in saving the house which was enevloped in flames when they arrived. Firemen on the scene included the volunteer firemen from Na hunta, and fire trucks and water tanks from Ware County and Blackshear. , In addition to members of the Brantley Sheriff’s Department of ficers on hand included members of the Hoboken city police, Ware County police, and Nahunta city police. State Fire Marshall J. W. Swin dell of Waycross was called to the scene and stayed on hand until Miss Russell’s body was found. Miss Russell was an honor gra duate of McEvoy High School and was a sophomore at Mercer Uni versity in Macon. She was a mem ber of Mabel White Baptist Church and a member of the church’s Sunday School and Training Union. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Russell, Macon; one sister, Miss Joann Russell, Macon; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. J. T. Russell Gray. TOBACCO DOLLAR GOES ROUND AND ROUND A dollar paid to a tobacco farm er was recently tagged and trac ed by the North Carolina Farm Bureau through ten different kinds of purchases. Purchases ranged from eggs to books to a record entitled, “Do Wah Diddy Daddy,” reports Tobacco News. New Rambler Fastback Introduced American Motors’ all-new Marlin hardtop features fastback styling with full six passenger room and comfort. The sporty two-door Rambler fastback has a wheelbase of 112 inches and an over-all length of 195 inches. It is 54 inches high. Such features BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Hendrix-Deen Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Hendrix of Nahunta, announce the forth coming marriage of their daugh ter, Miss Sherry Hendrix, to Charles Deen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Deen of Lulaton. The wedding will be an event of February 28, at the Nahunta Methodist Church. Personals Mr. H. R. Highsmith of Ar lington, Fla., visited Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Harris of Nahunta Thursday, Feb. 11. He is a former resident of Brantley County. Robert D. Vickery, son of Rev. and Mrs. Walter D. Vic kery of Hortense, is stationed at Viet Nam on board the navy ship Coral Sea. A recent letter received by his parents indi cated he was getting along fine. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walker have returned home after spending a few days in Moores ville, N. C. visiting their daughter Mrs. Cecil Tucker. Mrs. L. E. Edgy accompanied them on the trip. Satilla Chapter 365 O. E. S. of Nahunta and Okefenoke Chapter No. 474 of Waycross will meet at the Waycross Shrine Club in Waycross on Friday evening. January 19 for the official visit of Mrs. Ethel Camp, Worthy Grand Matron, Order of Eastern Star, State of Georgia. Mrs. Lurline Broome, Worthy Matron of Sa tilla Chapter urges all officers to be at the Waycross Shrine Club at 7:30 P. M. Mrs. I Martha Morgan and Mrs. Perry Crews came back Tuesday from Callahan, Fla. where they visited Mrs. Ger trude Maddox for two days. Brenda and Sabrene Maddox accompanied them to Nahunta to spend several days with their grandmother, Mrs. Mor gan. Lt. jg, and Mrs. James E. Stewart returned on Friday from Panama where they visit ed Captain and Mrs. George Stewart for ten days. Mrs. J. W. Crews, Mrs. For est Thomas and Laura and Mrs. I. J. Crews visited Mrs. Owen Strickland in Swains boro on Thursday of last week. Mrs. I. J. Crews stayed over and returned on Saturday. Mrs. Emmie Newton return ed home Tuesday after spend ing two weeks with her sister and family Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Jones in Orange Park, Fla. Births Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Walker of Route 1, Hoboken, announ ce the birth of a daughter, Sheila Ann, on February 12, at The Brantley Medical Clinic. She weighed seven pounds and thirteen ounces. Mrs. Walker is the former Barbara Stone of Way cross. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tucker announce the birth of a daugh ter, Linda Catherine at Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville, N. C. Mrs. Tucker will be re membered as Frances Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walker, Waynesville, Ga. as power-disc brakes, individual reclining seats, Weather-Eye heater and ventilating system, and the Torque Command 232 en gine are standard equipment on the Marlin. A 198 horsepower V-8 and a 270 horse power V-8 are offered as options. Twin Rivers Baptist Church In New Building The congregation of Twin Rivers Baptist Church is now worshipping in their new church building and holding Sunday school in some of the rooms. The buliding is not entirely completed and the new pews have not been installed. The congregation held services in a store building at Twin Riv ers while the new structure was being built. Rev. Walter D. Vickery is the pastor. The church will hold a chicken supper Satur day night at the W. E. Eldridge store at Hortense for the benefit of the buliding fund. Landowners May Get Soil Survey According to Perry Rozier Satilla River Soil & Water Conservation District super visor. 11 landowners in Brant ley County had a soil survey made of their land in January. These surveys were made for private landowners who request assistance from the Satilla Soil & Water Conser vation District. • The survey is made by a soils specialist who is highly trained in soil classification. The conditions he encounters in going over the land are re corded on an aerial photo graph. This map is used in helping landowners decide what management practices he can use to improve his soil and water conservation program. Any private landowner who wishes to receive assistance from the Satilla River Soil & Water Conservation District should contact W. C. James, Jr. at Nahunta. Waynesville HD Club Met Monday The Waynesville Home Dem onstration Club met at the home of Mrs. P. J. Gibson Monday afternoon Feb. 15. Mrs. Don Smith gave a demonstration on congealed salads and how to make our meals more apetizing. Present at the meeting were Mrs. M. Jacobs, Mrs. C. D. Gibson, Mrs. Don Smith and Mrs. N. Gibson. The club urges more women of the Waynesville community to join the club and promote better homemaking. Mrs. P. J .Gibson, Reporter. Grand Jury Resolution on Public Roads We the Grand Jury recommend that the County Commissioners of Brantley County, Georgia, in struct the County Road Foreman to put a stop to the practice of timber operators using public thorofares and roads for brows, and ramps, and leaving the ditches of said roads full of tops and limbs. We recommend that legal action be taken if necessary to stop this practice. We recommend that this resolu tion be published in The Brantley Enterprise for four consecutive weeks. 2-25 The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 18, 1965 Forest Management Assistance Is Offered Landowners in This Area The Georgia Forestry Com mission is providing technical forest, management assistance to the private landowners in the Turtle River Watershed Project, located in Glynn, Brantley and Wayne Counties. Forestlands in the project consists of 137,067 acres, and the condition of this land is a key factor in the success of this watershed project. Ap proximately 82,240 acres of the total forest land has an excess of surface water and its con dition is very poor compared to its potential. Excess surface water, lack of water control, inadequate outlets for accumulated water has retarded the growth and reproduction of the desired tree species. Removal of excess surface water from sites adapt ed to growing the more desir able species will make it pos sible to develop fully stocked, rapid growing stands of the more desirable pines. The Georgia Forestry Com mission has appointed William A. Lassiter as Project Forest er on the watershed. Mr. Las siter urges all landowners in the watershed to utilize the services offered by the Fores try Commission by contacting him and he will be glad to help you with any problems you may have with your for estlands, whether it be wood land drainage or advice on general forest management. Also offered is a complete for est management plan along with an areial photograph of your land designating areas that need to be improved. For further information, contact William Lassiter at the Glynn County Forest Unit or your local County Ranger. Nahunta FFA Holds Tractor Driving Contest The Nahunta F. F. A. Chap ter held their annual Tractor Driving Contest Thursday, Feb. 11. In the contest were E. C. Crews, Reggie O’Berry, Law rence Flowers, Otis Bohanon, Jim Strickland, James Harris, Terry Griffin, Terrell Herrin, David Griffin, Mike Hendrix, James Crews, Bicknell Manor, Del Reha, Gary Velie, Dale Middleton, Charles Strickland, Wayne Chesser, Curtis Johns, Edward Lee, Loyd Flowers, Benny Thomas, Roger Steed ley, Kenny Johns, Keith Mid dleton, Terry Strickland. Out of these 25 boys Kenny Johns got first place and Roger Steedley got second place. The trophies will be given to the boys at the Father and Son Banquet Feb. 26. Kenny Johns will go to represent the Chapter in the District Con test. The Contest was sponsored by L & M Motor Company of Nahunta. Pine Cone 4-H Club Met Wednesday The Nahunta Pine Cone 4-H Club met Feb. 17, in the Na hunta Grammar School Audi torium. The meeting was called to order by Jerry Crews, Presi dent. Cindy Raulerson lead the devotional and singing. We sang America. The president led us in the pledges and pray er. When new business was brought up Mr. Loyd told us about community and county contests. Cindy Raulerson and Debra Harris led some 4-H’ers in a game. Mr. Loyd gave us a demon stration on spraying livestock for lice control. Reporter, Cindy Raulerson Post Office to Close on Monday The Nahunta Post Office will be closed all day Monday, Feb. 22, George Washington’s birth day. There will be no rural route service or money order service that day. General delivery window will be opened from 8:30 to 9:00. Pa trons that do not have boxes will please call for their mail during this period. Pope to Speak At Lions Club The Nahunta Lions Club will hold its regular meeting Monday bight, Feb. 22 at 7:00 at the Red Pig Restaurant. Guest speaker will be Mr. Pope of the Red Cross district office. All mem bers are urged to attend as this Will be an outstanding program. Screven Wins Two Games From Nahunta Nahunta was beaten by Scre ven twice Saturday Feb. 13. The Wildcattets score was SO SO. The Wildcats’ score was 76-64. Martha Thomas and Brenda Allen scored 14 points each and Catherine Johns contri buted 2 for the Wildcatetts. Dennis Raulerson did a very fine job of defense in the Wild cat’s game and was also high scorer with 20 points. Girls: Martha Thomas 14, Brenda Allen 14, Catherine Johns 2, Evelyn Wainright, Dale Sloan, Iris Proctor, Gail Riggins, Barbara Wiggins, Linda Burden. Boys: Dennis Raulerson 20, John Jones 17, Joey Strick land 12, Jeff Morgan 2, Mich ael Lee 2, Hymerick Thomas 3, William Hursey 2, Eugene Crews 4, Freddie Hendrix 2, Caravella King. Johnny Walker Attended Kansas City Conference Johnny Walker returned Sunday, Feb. 14, from Kansas City, Missouri, where he spent four days, as a Georgia Dele gate to the Junior Poultry and Egg Fact Finding Confer ence. Johnny, who is a high school senior this year, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walker of Waynesville. He has been active in 4-H Club since he became a mem ber when he was ten years old. In addition to being select ed as one of three boys to serve as delegates from Geor gia, he won Ist place in Poul try, at the District Project Achievement meeting in 1964, attended the State 4-H Con gress held in Atlanta, in Au gust of 1964, and served as reporter of the South East Georgia 4-H Council in 1963- 64. Suburban HD Club Met With Mrs. Johns The Suburban Home Dem onstration Club met at the home of Mrs. Layton Johns, Tuesday, Feb. 16. Mrs. James Altman presided over the meeting. Mrs. George Brantley gave the devotional. A demonstration on congealed salads was given by Mrs. Bill White. Others attending were Mrs. Don Mathie, Mrs. Johnny Cle land. Mrs. Joe Sears. Mrs. Glen Strickland. Mrs. Wain Brooker, Mrs. W. C. James, Jr. Refreshments were served bv the hostess. Square and Round Dancing Friday Night Brantley Recreation Center will present Square and Round Dancing, Friday. February 19 at 8 P. M. Bill Camp from Jacksonville, Florida, will be the caller and music wil be furnished by The Travelers, FFA band from Hoboken. Ad mission 50c students and 75c adults. (Adv.) Improvement Clubs There are now over 400 com munity improvement clubs locat ed in 88 Georgia counties. Through their programs, explains Richard E. Smith of the Ex tension Service, communities or ganize under their own leader ship, take stock of their com munity problems and needs, and carry out their own programs of community development and im provement. Nahunta Teams Beat Odum in Both Games Nahunta won two games from Odum here February 12. The Wildcats won their game 65-52. The Wildcattets wop 32-28. In the opening game Martha Thomas was high scorer for the Wildcattets with 18 points. The Wildcats were sparked to victory with outstanding playing of Jeff Morgan who scored 20 points. Hymerick Thomas did out standing floor play and contribut ed 11 points. Martha Thomas 18, Brenda Al len 3, Evelyn Wainright 4, Cathe rine Johns 7, Beth Herrin, Dale Sloan, Iris Proctor, Gail Riggins. Barbara Wiggins, Linda Burden. Jeff Morgan 20, Joey Strick land 16, Dennis Raulerson 8, John Jones 8, Hymerick Thomas 11, William Hursey 2, Michael Lee. Hunting Seasons For 1965-66 Are Announced The State Game and Fish Com mission has set the 1965-66 hunt ing seasons. They are as follows for the local areas. Deer: October 15 — January 1, 1966. Bag limit two (2) in the following counties: Screven, Bul loch Effingham, Tattnall, Evans, Chatham, Bryan, Candler, Liber ty, Long, Mclntqsh, Wayne, Glynn, Brantley, Camden, Charl ton, and that portion of Pierce County lying south of U. S. 82 and east of Georgia 121, and that portion of Echols County lying east of U. S. 129 and south of Georgia 187, and that portion of Clinch County lying south of the Atlantic Coast Rail Line and east of the Suwannoochee Creek. Season on Wild Turkey are as follows: Spring season March 12, 1965 through March 28, 1965. Bag limit one turkey gobbler in the following counties, Screven, Bul loch, Effingham, Evans, Tattnall, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Long, Mclntosh, Wayne, Brantley Glynn, Camden, Charlton, anti Pierce. Fall season in the above counties will be November 30, 1965 through January 31, 1966. Bag limit one (1) turkey gobbler. Squirrell: October 15, 1965, through February 28, 1966. Bag limit ten (10) daily. There shall be no closed season on Raccoon in South Georgia. Quail: November 20, 1965, through February 28, 1966. Bag limit twelve (12) daily. Rabbit: November 20, 1965, through February 28, 1966. Guns for hunting deer are limit ed to .20 gauge shotguns or lar ger loaded with slugs or buck shot or to rifles using any center fire cartridge with expanding bullet, .22 caliber or above with the following exceptions: .25-.20; .32-.20; .30 Army Carbine; .22 Hornet; .218 Bee; .22 Jet; .221 Fireball; and .256 Hawkeye. Firearms for hunting small game shall be limited to shotguns loaded with No. 4 shot or small er, pistols, or .22 Rimfire Rifles. Mallory Hatchett, Chief Waycross District Southern Region Georgia Game and Fish Commission CIGAR STORE INDIANS The cigar store Indian, which once stood guard at 100,000 tobac co shops, is now a collector’s i tem. At auctions in recent years, three wooden Indians sold for $2,- 050, $1,300 and $725. THANK YOU For your contribution to Christ mas Seals in their fight against TB and other respiratory dis . eases... and for the time and effort you so generously gave« Thanks for the Gift nf Good Health—From Your TB Association OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Okefenoke Co-op Refunds $105,638 to Members Salary Bills Introduced By Hoke Wilson Rep. Hoke Wilson Tuesday introduced two salary bills for Brantley County. One would abolish the fee system for the sheriff in Brant ley and place him on an annual salary of $7,000. The sheriff is authorized un der terms of the bill to name a deputy sheriff. The deputy’s salary would not be less than $4,600 a year nor more than $5,200. Brantley would be authoriz ed to purchase two automo biles equipped with communi cation devices and to be used by the sheriff. A second bill would set the salary of the treasurer of Brantley at SIOO a month. The salary would be raised from the present SBO per month. Plant Good Seed Don’t plant seed that have not been tested, advises Hugh A. In glis, Extension Service agrono mist. Georgia seed laws require that seed offered for sale be test ed for germination and purity by an official seed laboratory. And this information is on the seed tag or label, Mr. Inglis pointed out. Smokey Saytt I NO BEAUTY HERE, FOR A LONO TIME ! ■nWllMaUSfiNllE • . . No harvest of forest products, either! /kN TAINIJLOO6' Reports From W ■ |sff IN CTON IJ THERE IS increasing con cern over the outflow of Amer ican dollars and our shrinking gold reserve, and justifiably so, because it is vitally important to the security of the United States that we maintain a stable currency. Stop-gap measures to alleviate the gold - dollar problem may provide tem porary relief, but they fall short of a real and lasting so lution. The heart of the prob lem is the fact that we are placing too much of a burden upon the dollar. The dollar is strained almost beyond limit by the load it must carry for foreign aid and mili tary defense throughout the en tire Free World. Year after year, we end up spending more abroad than we take in. The re sulting balance of payments defi cit leads to a drain upon our gold supply, which has decreased about $9 billion in just the past 14 years and reached its lowest point in 25 years. * * * THE UNITED STATES now has approximately $15.1 billion in gold stocks, of which more than sl3 billion must by law be held in reserve to back our dollars. This leaves less than $2 billion in so-called “free gold” to meet foreign claims now totaling more than $26 bil lion. A loss of confidence in the dollar abroad could cause a run (Not prepared or printed at government expense) Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state $3.09 Outside state $3.00 Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Corporation has mailed checks totaling $105,- 638 to its members for refund of the 1958 capital credits. For individual members the checks range from a few cents for those who hail service for on ly a month or two to several hundred dollars for the larger users. This is the sixth consecutive year that refunds have been made and brings to $360,028 the total amount refunded. The refund of capital credits is a sign of continued progress and success. Capital credits are monies collected over and above the actual cost of providing ser vice. The capital credits being re funded were earned in 1958. Each member is getting back 22.63 per cent of the money he paid to the co-operative in net electric energy bills that year. It was planned from thee be ginning that Okefenoke Co-op would be non-profit. Its pur pose for existence is to pro vide the best possible service consistant with sound opera tion at the lowest possible cost. Okefenoke Co-op serves 5,800 meters over 1,500 miles of power line in Brantley, Charl ton, Camden, Ware, Wayne and Glynn Counties, Georgia and Nassau, Duval and Baker Counties, Florida. Live Oak 4-H Club Met Friday Feb. 12 The Live Oak 4-H Club met Feb. 12. The meeting was called to order by the president, Jesse Walker. After pledges to the flags were given, Diane Dowl ing read the devotional and Linda Harden read the minu tes of the last meeting. Old and new business was discussed. Mr. Loyd then took charge. His topic was Live stock. He showed us two dif ferent kinds of spray to spray cows with. He also showed us the kind of spray used by most of the farmers. Reporter, Faye Allen upon our gold which would pre sent an impossible situation. It is a condition we should not allow to continue. Last year, the Congress took action to curb the outflow of American funds invested abroad in an effort, to improve our bal ance of payments, and earlier our monetary authorities took other credit-tightening steps to ease the problem. And now there are proposals to modify the requirement that our gold reserve be at least large enough to constitute 25 per cent backing for the U. S. money supply. It is true that if the pres ent situation continues, we will not long be able to dip into our “free gold” to meet foreign claims. Some action will prob ably be taken by the Congress to buy time. We cannot afford to repudiate foreign demands for gold and destroy confidence in the dollar. ♦ * * DESPITE measures that may be taken to temporarily relieve our balance of payments deficit and the gold drain, it seems to me that the United States will continue to be faced with this problem so long as it spends more abroad than is collected. Certainly our European friends whom we have pushed along the road to prosperity should begin to share more of the cost of the defense of the Free World and of aiding un derdeveloped countries.