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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 48 - NUMBER 28 Mincy-Callahan Funeral Home to Formally Open The formal opening of Mincy- Callahan Funeral Home will be held in Nahunta Saturday and Sunday, July 17 and 18, it is an nounced by the manager Gene Callahan. The funeral home is located on Highway 84 in Nahunta. An invi tation is extended to all the peo ple of Brantley County to visit the Home this weekend Saturday and Sunday, from 2:00 p. m. until 6:00 p. m. Dedication ceremonies will be held Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Cecil Thomas and the Rev. Lee Ramsey. The Mincy - Callahan Funeral Home announces that it will have 24-hour ambulance service. Mrs. Marie Callahan is the la dy attendant. Cleve Mincy o f Waycross is one of the partners in the business with Gene Calla han who is local director. School Calender For 65-66 Term At the regular meeting of the Brantley County Board of Edu cation the following school calen dar was adopted: Preplanning August 30-Sept. 4. First day of school Sept. 3. Holidays: District GEA Fall Meeting Nov. 4; Labor Day Sept. 6; Thanksgiving Nov. 25-26. Christmas Recess begins 3:00 P. M. Dec. 17; ends 8:00 A.M. Dec. 29. Spring Recess April 7-8; School closes May 30, 1966. Give a convict enough rope and he’ll skip. My Experiences on the Minnesota Georgia 4-H Club Exchange Trip By Barbara Allen Excitement was building day by day as the time drew near for my departure as one of three girls chosen from the Southeast District on the first inter-state exchange for Georgia 4-H Club Members. The climax to this was a reception given in my honor by the Cloverleaf 4-H club girls whom I taught foods and nutri tion during the last school term. These girls known as “Barbara’s Cooks” prepared refreshments, were hostesses, and served guest who wished me a happy trip. And a happy trip it was! I left the next day and travel ed to Atlanta where I visited my brother Charles and his family. They carried me to meet the group for our Orientation Meet ing. Dr. Tommy Walton, State 4- H Leader, spoke to us and pre sented our leaders Mr. Gene Grimes and Mrs. Lynda Pierce. Mr. Grimes is a District 4-H lead er and Mrs. Pierce is the Glynn Co. Extension Home Economist. Monday Morning, June 21, we left Atlanta and had lunch in Manchester, Tenn, then to Evans ville, Indiana, for the first night. From here we traveled across Illinois stopping in Danville for lunch and on to Madison, Wiscon sin, for our second night. The next day we arrived at the University of Minnesota and at tended their State 4-H Junior Leadership Conference. We took part in their discussion groups and presented programs on Geor gia 4-H Club work. Rock Eagle, and our state. After the conference we met our first host family. Mine were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heublein of Lewiston, Minnesota. The Heu bleins live on a 480 acre farm. They have diversified farming, growing pure bred Angus beef, chickens, sheep, and some dairy type cows. They have one son, David 16, and one daughter, Mar garet 18. Mrs. Heublein is an ac tive 4-H Club leader. On their farm I milked my first cow and gathered many eggs. The farm ers were busy gathering hay and gardens were just beginning t o come in. While with the Heublems, I at tended a Presbyterian church in Rush-ford, Minnesota, where my host family worshiped. I was al so given the experience of speak ing on radio programs, and be fore several 4-H club meetings and picnics. The people were in- BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. MISS BRENDA BRANCH Engagement Announced Branch-Gibson Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Webb of St. Simons Island announce the engagement of her daughter, Miss Brenda Souellyn Branch, to John Pete Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gibson of Waynesville. Miss Branch, a 1964 graduate of Glynn Academy, is employed on Jekyll Island. Mr. Gibson, a 1961 Nahunta High School graduate, is serving a board the aircraft carrier USS Ranger. If you are a subscriber for The Brantley Enterprise, you do not have to BORROW your neighbor’s paper to find out what is happening each week in Brantley County. terested in learning about our Georgia 4-H club work, our farm ing, and my 4-H projects. This was during the time of a cele bration called the “Bowery Days” I rode on a float in the parade which said “Meet Barbara Allen — Georgia-Minnesota Exchange”. I visited a creamery, went to two spots of particular interest in Winona, Garden Heights and the Sugar Loaf. My second host family was Mr. and Mrs. Herb Harmon of Utica, Minn. They have four children: Jeanette 18, Leroy 15, Gary 13, and Craig 9. They live on a 240 acre farm. They also have diver sified farming, with emphasis on dairying, poultry, and hogs. Mrs. Harmon is also a local 4-H club leader. Here I again helped with the farm chores, attended meet ings, and they carried me to Ro chester, Minnesota for a visit to Mayo Clinic and its museum. I also visited White Water Springs which is a tourist attraction. The time arrived for me to leave my host family and assem ble with our 36 Georgia dele gates in Minneapolis. We toured the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, the Twin Cities, the University of Minnesota Natural History Mu seum, and attended the Univer sity of Minnesota Show Boat Per formance. This was an interest ing play held on one of the 10,- 000 Minnesota Lakes. Then on July 4, we were home ward bound across Wisconsin to Chicago for the night and a tour of the Windy City. We came back through Terre Haute, Indiana, an on to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, for our last night on the trip. We shared our experiences of the tour with each other and express ed our appreciation to our chap erones for having been so nice to us. By this time they were known as Mama Pierce and Dad dy Grimes. The next morning we headed for Atlanta. To have had the opportunity to live with families, help with their everyday living chores, meet so many wonderful people, speak be fore groups, attend banquets, share in their recreation, and learn. Yes, I gained knowledge and had experiences I never dreamed possible. Next year Min nesota delegates will visit us. Both of my host families told me they wanted to see our sec tion of the country. I hope they will find us as kind, warm, fri endly, and interesting as I found them. M. L. Sears Died Suddenly On Wednesday Mr. Milford Lee Sears, 62, of Nahunta passed away shortly af ter noon Wednesday, July 14, fol lowing a coronary seizure at his home on the Waycross highway. He had visited his physician ear lier in the day and had come home, had dinner and upon awak ing from a nap suffered the at tack and passed away before medical aid could be summoned. Mr. Sears was born in Stewart County, Georgia, and attended school in Webster county. He was a member of the Baptist Center Church in Savannah and resided in that city for approximately 20 years prior to his retirement. For many years he was engaged as a painting contractor and had re sided in Nahunta for the past two months. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Claudia Lanier Sears of Nahunta; a step-son, Benny Brinson of Sa vannah; two sisters, Mrs. Marcia Morgan of Richland and Mrs. Su sie McGee of Lincolnton; one bro ther, E. L. Sears of Nahunta; two half-brothers, Milford Sears and Fletcher Sears, both of Sumter, S. C. Two grandchildren, several nie ces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, July 16, at three o’clock from the Baptist Center Church in Savannah with the Rev. John Beam, pastor, offi ciating. The body will lie in state in the church for one hour prior to services. Interment will follow in the Hill crest Abbey Cemetery in Savan nah. Serving as pallbearers will be the Messrs. Talmadge Lanier, Henry Lanier, Jerry Lanier, Al len Lanier, Danny Sears and Joe Sears. The cortege will leave Nahunta at twelve o’clock noon Friday. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta is in charge of ar rangements. Baptists Plan Youth Camp At Waycross A Youth Camp for Juniors and Intermediates from the churches of Piedmont and Okefenokee As sociations, which includes church es of Brantley County, will hold the annual camp beginning Mon day afternoon, July 26, to run through Friday noon, July 30, with registration beginning at 2:30, Monday afternoon. This youth camp has been an annual affair for the boys and girls of our area, and has been well attended in the past. A good attendance is expected this year, also, according to pastor Cecil F. Thomas, who is program di rector again this year. The ages will be 9 through 17 years o f age, and classes will be held for all ages. Outstanding leadership for the Camp Waycross meeting, will in clude Rev. Virion Griner, camp pastor; Rev. A. J. Harper, busi ness manager; Mr. Elbert Cole man of Baxley, song director; Mrs. Essie Batista, missionary, and other pastors of these as sociations. Remember the time: Monday, July 26, at 2:30 P. M. Ready to camp for that week, until dinner on Friday, July 30. Nahunta^Hoboken Get $3,000 Each From State Fund Hoboken and Nahunta have re ceived checks for S3OOO each from the state for the purpose of build ing streets and for traffic regu lations. The money was appropriated by the recent session of the Geor gia legislature and allotted to ci ties and towns on a formula bas is. Large towns get more money than smaller ones, but there is a minimum for the smallest towns. Nahunta and Hoboken both came under the same category and received the same amount, S3OOO. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 15, 1965 HAROLD B. CALLAHAN Business Leader Harold Callahan Died in Folkston Harold B. Callahan, age 38, owner and operator of the Folk ston Super Food Store died Tues day, July 6, of a heart attack. He was enroute from Waycross to Folkston when he was strick en and was dead upon arrival at the McCoy-Jackson Hospital in Folkston. Mr. Callahan was a native of Ware County, Georgia, and a graduate of Waresboro Schools. He operated a food store in Way cross for 12 years before mov ing to Folkston, and had owned and operated the Folkston Super Food ^tore for the past 5 years. Mr. Callahan was a member of the Folkston Volunteer Fire Department, the Folkston Lions Club, the Waycross Elks Club, and president of the Charlton County Flying Club. He also had been past president of the Charl ton Athletic Boosters Club and the Waresboro Athletic Booster Club at Waycross both of which he helped to found. He was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church of Waycross and attended the Cal vary Baptist Church in Home land. Survivors include his widow, the former Miss Mary Lee Davis of Waycross; 2 daughters, Miss Mil lie and Donna Marie Callahan both of Folkston; 1 son, Arthur Callahan of Folkston; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Callahan of Waycross, 4 sisters, Mrs. W. K. Sloan and Mrs. Robert Hendrix both of ’^aycros’: Mrs. J. T. Las tinger of Columbia, S. C. and Mrs. Nelson Wingard of North, S. C.; 4 brothers, Carl Callahan of Blackshear, E. C. and Rev. O tis Callahan, both of Waycross; and Kenneth Callahan of Folk ston. Memorial services were held Thursday, July 8 at 11:00 A.M. at the Calvary Baptist Church in Homeland, with the Rev. Brice Sons and Rev. W. J. Presley of ficiating. Further funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 P.M. at the First Pentecos tal Church in Waycross with the Rev. W. J. Presley officiating, assisted by the Rev. C. C. Fore hand and the Rev. Brice Sons. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross. Active pallbearers in Folkston were Bennie Smith, Tom Akin, Ralph Davis, Marion Gantt, J. S. Haddock, Walter Crews and Robert McDonald. Active pallbearers in Way cross were Ronald Callahan, Billy Kay Sloan, Rodney Callahan, Lamont Lastinger, Jerry Sloan and Rob ert Callahan. The untimely passing of Mr. Callahan caused deep sorrow a mong his many relatives and fri ends. The Mincy-Callahan Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Smith Couple Observe 63 rd Wedding Day Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Smith, Sr. observed their 63rd wedding an niversary at their home in Way nesville on Sunday July 11. Mrs. Willie Mae Phillips o f Franklinton, La., their oldest daughter presided at the punch bowl. Mrs. Ollie Dee Whitner of Jacksonville and Mrs. E.J. Smith, Fernandina Beach served cake. The table was covered with a white cutwork table cloth. A white chrysanthemum arrangement was the centerpiece. Mrs. Rosa Robinson, Waycross; Mrs. Nellie Ammons, Nahunta and Mrs. Nell Wilder, Waycross were three persons present who were present at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Smith 63 years ago. Out of town guests were E. J. Smith, Fernandina; Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Garnet and Mrs. Lu cille Parker, Jacksonville; Mrs. Dera Church, Washington, D. C. Many of their friends of Waynes ville, Hortense and Nahunta vis ited the couple. Ga. Tobacco Markets Will Open Wednesday, July 28 Hortense School to Be Consolidated At Nahunta Grammar, High School At the regular meeting of the Brantley County Board of Educa tion, July 12, 1965, the following resolution was unanimously a dopted by Board members and Superintendent.: WHEREAS, the attendance in the Hortense School has dropped to 106 average daily attendance for the year 1964-65 in grades 1-8, and WHEREAS, this necessitates that one teacher teach two grades because the school will only earn four teachers for term 1965-66; and WHEREAS, the State Depart ment of Education in recent mon ths has made it very explicit that a school to earn state funds would have to maintain an aver age daily attendance of 200 pu pils: BE IT THEREFORE, RESOL VED that the Brantley County Board of Education after due con sideration for all concerned and acting for the best educational interest of the boys and girls in the Hortense School, declare the consolidation of this school with the Nahunta Grammar and Na hunta High School beginning with the September, 1965, term. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in this space age of paved highways, good cars, television, radioes, telephones, theaters, baseball parks, camping facili ties, beaches, and all other plac es of amusement, that the school is no longer the center of com munity entertainment. This being true, the Brantley County Board of Education does not feel that in removing the school in order that better educational opportun ities can be given to the Hor tense children, that the commun ity life and activity will be cur tailed. (Adv.) Mechanical Pickers Increase in State; Schools Announced Metal spindles — not human fingers — will pick most of Geor gia’s cotton crop this year. H. B. Goolsby, Extension engi neer at the University of Georgia, said 2,311 mechanical cotton har vesters were in operation in the state in 1964. The number is ex pected to increase this season. The advent of machinery, while making it possible to pick more cotton in less time — thus reduc ing harvesting costs — has also brought on some problems. To help owners and operators of mechanical pickers find ans wers to these problems, the Ex tension Service, in cooperation with farm machinery companies, is sponsorng a series of schools over the state. The first session was held on Wednesday of this week at Dawson. Others are sche duled for July and August, as follows: July 12 at Americus, July 14 at Sylvester, July 19 at Pinehurst, July 22 at Cordele, August 3 at Midville, August 5 at Watkinsville, and August 11 at Calhoun. Mr. Goolsby said the schools are designed to teach proper ad justment and operation of the ma chines as a means of increasing picker efficiency and quality of the harvested cotton. A major portion of the instruc tion will be handled by represen tatives of companies that manu facture mechanical pickers. In ad dition to movies, slides, and dis cussions on proper adjustment and operation, there will be out side demonstrations showing cor rect settings of the various ma chine parts. PINE TIP MOTH Damage this time of year to tender, young shoots of small pines in the yard is pro bably due to the pine tip moth. The moth bores into the ten der tips of the branches. Con trol measures, according to Extension Service foresters, call for spraying new growth thoroughly with a one percent DDT solution. Spray at two week intervals through Aug ust. Softball Game Scores Given For Past Week Wednesday the Methodist Mid gets clipped the Nahunta Baptists softball team 11 to 1. Kyle Lee made three hits for the winners and Robert Ham hit two safeties for the losers. Thursday the Nahunta Ladies added another victory to their list as they squeaked by the Hor tense ladies 8 to 6. lene Smith was the leading hitter for Nahun ta ladies with three hits and Jean Smith added two hits. Shirley Harper’s three hits and Dorothy Brauda’s two hits weren’t quite enough for the losers. Following the ladies’s game the Western Auto Team nipped Hobo ken in a slugging duel, as they won by a score of 16 to 14. Lynn Batten lead for the winners with four hits, while Avery Strickland and John Jones added three hits each. Michael Dowling collected four hits for the losers. Home run hitters for this game were one each for Lynn Batten, John Jones, Phillip Dowling and Henry Flanders. The Juniors from Hortense and Nahunta Baptists took up their sued and after 10 innings the Bap tists had won by a score of 10 to 9. Danny Moody led the way with three hits. For the losers Mike Rowell, Butch Gibson and Mack Jacobs had three hits each. Friday was no exception as Midgets of Hoboken and the Na hunta Methodists squared off and had to play three extra innings to determine a victor. The Meth dists won 10 to 9 on the pow er hitting of Bruce Griner who collected six hits. For Hoboken Ronnie Jacobs and Butch Clem got two hits each. Both of Ron nie Jacob’s hits were home runs, one of them being the first and only Grand Slam homer of the season. The Juniors of Hortense and Waynesville then clashed and Hor tense won by the score of 13 to 11. Benny Carver was the lead ing hitter for Hortense with four hits while Derwin Dury had four hits for the Waynesville team. The Jaycees barely edged by the Western Auto team 5 to 4 in the nightcap. Claude Smith col lected two hits for the winners, one of them being his third home run for the season. John Jones al so got his third homer as he and J. V. Nichols got two hits each. Monday the Midgets of Ho r tense and Nahunta Baptists met in a doubleheader that was won by Hortense, as they won the first 8 to 7, and the second one in two extra innings 5 to 4. The leading hitters for Hortense were Gene Douglas and Al Strickland with three hits each. And for the losers Michael Johns collected three hits. Following the Midget game the adults of Hoboken and the Co-Op met. The Co-Op won this game 7 to 5. Harry Raulerson and Donald Cleland collected two hits each and Wannis Cleland hit a home run for the winners. Michael Dowling, Edmund Jacobs, and An dy Suttorr collected two hits each for Hoboken and Jimmy Hickox hit a homer for the losers. The Nahunta girls still hold the lead in the Midget girl league with no action this week. The Na hunta Methodists lead the Midget league with five wins and no losses. They are closely followed by the Hortense Midgets with four wins and one loss. The Junior League is led by the Nahunta Baptists with three wins and no losses. The Adult league is led by the Jaycees with three wins and no losses. Told that her young son was having difficulty with reading and writing, a wealthy New York mother was uncon cerned. “It doesn’t matter,” she said. “He”ll always have a secretary.” OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Personals Martin Brooker, Teagle Bohan non and Paul Foerman returned Saturday from Blythe Island near Brunswick where they spent last week at Tolochee Boy Scout Camp. Mrs. Willie Brooker and Mrs. Julia Bohannon attended family night and picnic on Wed nesday night. Guests at the home of Mrs. C. L. Middleton last week were Mrs. Elsie Middleton and Sandy and Doug of St. Simons and Dr. Jim my Dalenti and Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Middleton and Bill of Brunswick. Weekend visitors of Mrs. Alice Highsmith were Mr. James Han sen and Jimmie, Jacksonville; Mrs. Connie Harrison, Mrs. Ella Martin, Mrs. Lorene Barrel and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey all of Thal man, Ga. Fireman Apprentice James D. Jacobs, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jacobs of Route 1, Nahunta, is serving aboard the at tack aircraft carrier USS Frank lin D. Roosevelt, currently oper ating with the U.S. Sixth Fleet irr the Mediterranean. Miss Marian Morgan, a senior elementary education major from Nahunta, has been elected trea surer of the Veasey Hall House Council at Georgia Southern Col lege for the summer quarter. The House Councils are the governing bodies of the student dormitories. Miss Morgan, a 1962 graduate of Nahunta High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morgan of Nahunta. Boilermaker First Class Owen K. Herrin Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen K. Herrin of Route 1, Nahunta, is serving a board the attack aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, cur rently operating with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Mr. and Mr. H. D. Keene and family of Waynesville visited their son and his family at Albuquer que, N. M. They also visited many points of interest in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hall and son Charles and Mr. Jack Mitchell of Angola, Ind., are visiting their brother Gordon Mitchell and fam ily at Waynesville. Births Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Cook of Clio, Mich., announce the birth of a daughter. She weighed nine pounds six ounces and was nam ed Chimene Lynn. The mother is the former Linda Beth Manor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Manor. Georgia Gift to Copenhagen John J. McDonough, president of the Georgia Society for Crippled Children and Adults, and 17-year-old Donna Dixon of Albany, Georgia’s goodwill ambassa dor to Denmark, discuss the Athos Menaboni plates she will present to the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen. Donna is one of 53 handicapped young Americans who will be the guests of the Danish government for three weeks. The plates Donna will present bear re productions of bird paintings by the Georgia artist. Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state $3.09 Outside state _.. $3.00 Georgia Commissioner of Agri culture Phil Campbell Wednesday set July 28 as the opening date of the 1965 tobacco auction sea son in the state. The Agriculture Commissioner set the market opening date up on recommendation of an eight man Tobacco Advisory Board which met in Macon Wednesday morning. State Senator Roscoe Dean o f Jesup notified The Brantley En terprise of the July 28 opening date. Dean said the date was pick ed after a survey was made by the Board in 40 Georgia counties which grow tobacco. He said growers in 30 out of 40 counties surveyed preferred the July 28 date. Other dates which had been recommended and considered were August 4, August 11 and August 15. Dean said the Wednesday, Ju ly 28, opening date would allow for 20 sales days with top buy ers on Georgia markets, where as a later date would have meant only 15 days with top buyers on hand. Mass Meeting Set in Atlanta On 4-laning 301 State Senator Roscoe E. Dean Jr. of Jesup today announced plans for a mass meeting about four-laning of U.S. Highway 301 to be held in Atlanta at the State Capitol on Wednesday, Au gust 11, at 10 A.M. in the Gov ernor’s office. Dean stated the meeting will be held with the Governor and the Director of the State Highway Department. All interested par ties who reside or have interests on U.S. Highway 301 from the South Carolina to the Florida line are invited to attend the meet ing. Senator Dean said he hoped fl ver 400 citizens from Folkston, Nahunta, Jesup, Ludowici, Glenn ville, Claxton, Statesboro and Syl vania would attend the mass meeting in Atlanta and let the Governor know we mean business about getting U.S. 301 four-laned. “I have already called upon one of the top highway engineers to make a study of our situa tion and report to us and the Governor at the meeting. I firm ly believe the people want less talk and more action,” Senator Dean added.