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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 30 1965 Tobacco Auction Season Is Underway USDA Gives Report on Leaf Market Prospects Opening sales of the 1965 crop of Georgia and Florida flue-cured tobacco on July 28 will begin a marketing season looked upon with unusual concern. This es pecial interest is due to the larg est flue-cured stocks on record and the new acreage-poundage al lotment program. The Federal- State Market News Service re ports the 28 Georgia-Florida mar kets sold 8,422,675 gross pounds on the first day last year for an average of $51.54 per hundred. Producers sold 158 million pounds in this belt during the en tire 1964 crop season for 93 mil lion dollars averaging $58.98 — the second highest price in his tory. In all flue-cured types growers sold 1,379 million pounds at a $58.52 average. Production this year in the Type 14 belt is estimated at 134,- 660,000 pounds by the U. S. Crop Reporting Board as of conditions on July 1. This would be 11.1 mil lion pounds, or 8 per cent, below last year’s harvest. Total flue-cur ed production is expected to be 1,- 168,660,000 pounds — 219.1 mil lion pounds, or about 16 per cent under that for 1964. This pound age would exceed the national marketing quota of 1,126 million pounds by nearly 4 per cent. Farmers are allowed to sell 10 per cent more than their quota without penalty under the new a creage-poundage program. Record flue-cured stocks of an estimated 2,540 million pounds (farm-sales weight) were held on July 1, 1965. These stocks include 895.6 million pounds held under Government loan compared with 696.2 million pounds on hand a year ago. Production this year plus July 1 inventories would give a 1965-66 supply of 3,709 million pounds. This would be about 65 million pounds less than the 1964- 65 level. Indications are that do mestic use in the marketing year just ended (July 1964-June 1965) may be the most in 4 years. How ever, exports during the same period were estimated as about 10 per cent lower than during the previous year. The 1965 crop price support le vel for all flue-cured has been set at 57.7 cents per pound under the Government loan program. This is one-half cent more than for the 1964 crop. However, the resulting support level each grow er receives will depend on the quality of tobacco he markets. The individual grade rates for ripe and mature tobacco have been raised chiefly SI.OO to $2.00 over the 1964 levels. On the other □V HEALTH 4^3 FOB ® NTA ALL CS Emphysema Rising As Health Hazard For Men Over 45 The name of the ailment is Emphysema. It’s not only one of the hardest to pronounce (try it this way: Em-fizz-EEM-uh,) but doctors are now calling it one of the toughest to avoid af ter a certain age. For men, at any rate. . . If that seems surprising, consider the word of Dr. Albert Roberts, chief of the Cardiopul monary (heart-lung) Disease Division of the U. S. Public Health Service. He estimated recently that nine out of ten America men over 45 have at least a “slight” case of emphy sema. Between one and two million persons have the disease in severe form, he says. Women are the lucky ones: emphysema attacks a far higher proportion of men. Like a quiet marauder, the disease comes on slowly and sneakily. It attacks and breaks down the numerous little air sacs and tiny blood vessels of the lung. Result: the lung loses its elasticity. Its ability to get rid of stale used-up air is im paired. The breathing process BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. hand, supports for unripe and im mature grades are the same as for last season or SI.OO to $3.00 lower. Rates for untied tobacco, which is the only way flue-cured tobacco is sold in Georgia and Florida, will be 3 cents per pound below tied tobacco. For the past 4 years this difference was 6 cents. The differential has been reduced in line with the narrow ing market price differences be tween tied and untied tobacco in recent years. The Stabilization Corporation received 1.7 per cent of gross sales in the Georgia-Florida belt in 1964. Growers in all flue-cured areas delivered 285.6 million pounds, or 19.4 per cent of gross sales, to the Corporation last year. Marketing regulations will again limit sales to 2,200 baskets per day per set of buyers. Baskets may not contain over 300 pounds. Pre-School Children Story Hour Continues The Nahunta Grammar School P. T. A. is continuing the story hour for pre-school children each Friday at 3:00 P. M. All parents of these child ren are urged to take advan tage of this opportunity for the children to get acquainted and to become familiar with the school. Please bring them'out"fKis Friday and let them join the fun with the other boys and girls. One hour of stories, film and games will be an hour well spent. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express ou ap preciation to all our friends for their many acts of kind ness during the illness and death of our wife and mother, Mrs. Howard Middleton. We are indeed grateful for the liberal donations for hospital expenses and for the covered dishes, the floral tributes and the many words of sympathy. We will always remember your deeds of kindness and pray God’s blessings upon you all. You were our friends in deed in our great bereave ment. Howard Middleton and family. may become a desperate strug gle, often straining the heart until it can no longer function —and death results. Exactly what causes emphy sema isn’t known. A chronic cough and undue shortness of breath are typical symptoms. It’s apt to follow a long succes sion of colds with cough ,or pneumonia, or chronic bron chitis. Cigarette smoking, while not a proved cause of emphy sema, is usually found to have been a long-standing habit with those that have the disorder. No cure is known, either. But a lot can be done to make the sufferer more comfortable, en able him to breathe better with the equipment he has, and help him keep to a reasonably nor mal way of life—if the condi tion is detected in time. Your Christmas Seal Association, which fights all respiratory diseases including emphysema and TB, suggests that you have a doctor look you over if a cough refuses to go away or shortness of breath sets in. Information Office of Your TB Association Softball Scores For the Week The Ladies of Nahunta defeated the Ladies of Hoboken 11 to 8 Thursday. Jackie Nichols led for Nahunta with a homer and two singles, as Nan Ruling and Nancy Brooker made three hits each. Hunkey Dowling led Hoboken with three hits. The Men of the Co-Op were beaten by the Western Auto team 13 to 3. Avory Strickland got five hits for five trips to the plate. Lynn Batten got three hits. Kenny Harris of the Co-Op team homer ed and singled as David Page and Wannis Clelland added two hits each. The Juniors of Nahunta then whipped Hoboken in a runaway game behind the batting of Danny Sears and Bob Long, with three hits each. Danny Sears had two home runs. Hoboken had five hits. Monday The Methodist Midgets defeated the Baptist Midgets 4 to 2 behind the two homers of Clip per Smith and two singles of Kyle Lee. The Hortense Juniors then beat the Waynesville Juniors 10 to 5. Joey Strickland’s homer, triple and single along with Rich ard Unice’s three singles led the victors. More Friday action saw Hor tense men beat the Hoboken Men 12 to 11. Jimmy Rowell led Hor tense with three hits Pete Crosby and Jerry Dickerson led Hobo ken with three hits each. Jim Gibson had two homers, J. C. Harris had a grand slam homer, Pete Crosby, Laverne Buie, and Edward Davis also hit homers. Monday night Western Auto men beat Hoboken 12 to 7. Neil Hendrix was the leading hitter with three hits. Homeruns were hit by Phillip Dowling, Jimmy Hickox, John Jones and Larry Stallings. The Co-Op then handed Hortense their first defeat 21 to 7. Donald Clelland and Kenny Harris led the Co-Op with three hits each. Donald Davis had two homers and a single for a losing cause as Wannis Clelland belted out a grand slam homer and Har ry Raulerson and Harry Smith added one homer each. Jimmy Rowell also had a home run for the losers. The Methodist Midget Boys still lead their league with six wins and no loses. They are followed by Hortense with four wins and two loses. In the Junior League, The Baptists still lead their lea gue with four wins and no loses. The Hortense Men lead the adult league with four wins and one lose. The Nahunta Ladies are leading their league with ease with six wins and no loses. Personals Mrs. George Steedley of Na hunta is a medical patient in Memorial Hospital in Way cross. Mr. Virgil Strickland is a patient in the Waycross hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Tom linson and children attended the picnic held at Laura Walker Park on Sunday, July 25 for the Eastern Star Chap ters in District 28. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Drury spent the weekend with her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. N. O. McDaniel in Con way, S. C. Mrs. Mildred Highsmith of Brunswick and Mrs. Donna Fisher of Miami visited Mrs. Alice Highsmith on Sunday. Mrs. D. C. Clark of Bruns wick and her nieces, Wanda, Lillian and Frances Stephens of Folkston visited Mrs. J. E. Morgan on Wednesday. Commander William (Billy) Highsmith, son of J. Morris Highsmith and Mrs. Laurie Highsmith, and Billy’s two sons, Bill and Bob, visited rel atives and friends in Brantley County the past weekend. Bil ly has retired from naval avia tion after 20 years in service. He is a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Norris Strick land and Gwen and Alan and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chancey and Phyllis, Phillip and Patri cia returned Saturday from Fernandina Beach where they spent last week vacationing and fishing. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 29, 1965 Funeral Services Held Friday for Mrs. Middleton Brantley countians were sad dened to learn of the death of Mrs. Daisy Drury Middleton, 40, of the Atkinson community, whose death occurred early Thursday morning, July 22, at Memorial Hospital in Waycoss following an extended illness. Her passing brught widespread sorrow to a multitude of relatives and friends, for during her lifetime, she had taken an active interest in church, civic and cultural activi ties of her community and coun ty. Mrs. Middleton was a native of Brantley county and was the daughter of the late Samuel C. M. and Daisy Nevada Jacobs Drury. She received her education in the schools of this county and was a devoted member of the Waynes ville Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Waynesville Home Demonstration Club and of the Nahunta Grammar School Parent Teachers Association. Until declining health prevent ed, she was oftimes called to sing on funerals throughout this sec tion and her passing removes from our midst a young woman of outstanding ability. Survivors include her husband, Howard A. Middleton of Hor tense; one daughter, Kathy Mid dleton of Hortense; two sons, Michael Middleton and Greg Mid dleton, both of Hortense; seven sisters, Mrs. C. L. Blocker of Le tohatchee, Ala., Mrs. R. E. Cole man, Mrs. A. E. Parker and Mrs. C. J. Yancey, all of Jack sonville, Fla., Mrs. D. M. Church of Alexandria, Va., Mrs. J. F. Jones of Waynesville, and Mrs. W. M. Brizendine of Jonesboro: five brothers, C. M. Drury and V. M. Drury, both of Vidalia, S. G. Drury of Waynesville, W. M. Drury of Jesup and J. M. Drury of Milledgeville. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon, July 23, at three o’clock from the Hortense Me morial Church with the Rev. Ce cil F. Thomas, assisted by the Rev. Julian Carter, conducting the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing rela tives and friends. Interment followed in the fami ly plot in the Hortense Ceme tery. Serving as pallbearers, all ne phews, were the Messrs. John D. Boyd, Jr., Bobby Yancey, Ralph Coleman, Don Drury, Ray Parker and Carl Drury. The many beautiful floral of ferings attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Fun eral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Canning Plants to Close This Week The Nahunta and Hoboken canning plants will close this week, it is announced by Huey Ham, Vocational Ag Teacher. The Hoboken plant will close after regular operation Thurs day, July 29. The Nahunta plant will close Friday July 30. Canning plant patrons are urged to pick up canned goods on the dates given so that plant records can be complet ed. Births Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mor gan of Route 2, Nahunta, an nounce the birth of a son, July 24, at the Brantley Medical Clinic. The baby weighed six pounds three ounces and has been named Joe Pasco. Mrs. Morgan is the former Helen Moore of Ware County. Visiting at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rock Johns for several days last week were Mrs. Sue Maddox and Linda and Gene and Mrs. Rita Lee and Lisa of Pensa cola, Fla.; Mrs. Celia Cherry and Nancy of Bay Town, Tex as and Isaac Johns of Flint, Mich. MISS WANDA VERNICE LEWIS To Wed Lt. William Gailey New Leaf Controls Explained VALDOSTA — “This is a new day in tobacco and it’s up to you to make it a sunny one,” Georgia- Florida warehousemen were told Friday. The warehouse operator’s re sponsibility in making the 1965 acreage-poundage control of to bacco a success was emphasized at a meeting here. Claud Turner of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture told ware housemen, “No one can relieve you of this responsibility. You are tied to it by law.” Turner, director of the policy staff of the Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation Service, said: “You’ve got to get your signals straight and understand the re quirement and the warehousemen and employes for the new pro gram. It’s up to you to see that the acreage-poundage program works. “There is no excuse for not fully complying with regulations,” Turner said. Controls and allotments for growing and marketing of flue cured tobacco were drastically changed this year. In addition to acreage allot ments, growers were given pound age quotas they can sell when the season begins Wednesday in the 28 market centers in Georgia and Florida. Warehousemen will have to re cord the amount of tobacco sold by farmers to enforce the pound age control regulations. In other action, the group e lected Frank Pidcock of Moul trie for a sixth term as president of the association. Elected vice president was S. S. Edmondson of Tifton. Frank Futch of Live Oak, Fla., was elected second vice-president. Dr. Strickland on Duty for Dr. Walker Dr. J. L. Walker will be out of town August 1-15 serving two weeks tour of duty with the Air Force. He will be sta tioned at Orlando Air Force Base Hospital, Orlando, Flori da. While he is away Doctor Wade Strickland will take care of his patients. Dr. Strickland may be called at the office or at residence of Avery Strick land, HO 2-2555. 57 Counties Grow Tobacco ATHENS — The Georgia Crop Reporting Service says tobacco is grown to some extent in 57 Geor gia counties. However, the bulk of the crop is produced in about three dozen counties. Among the 14 counties with the most acreage are Bulloch, Coffee, Appling, Bacon, Pierce and Tatt nall. Ernest Brooker Funeral Services Held Monday Mr. Ernest Brooker, 64, of the Waynesville community passed away early Saturday morning, July 24, at the Glynn - Brunswick Memorial Hospital following an illness of several weeks duration. Mr. Brooker was born in Wayne, now Brantley, county and was the son of the late John and Hattie Harper Brooker. From early man hood until his retirement due to declining health, he had en gaged in pulpwood work. Early in July of this year, he suffered a heart attack and had been hospitalized since the third of July. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Ammons Brooker of Waynesville and one daugh ter, Miss Thelma Louise Brooker of Salisbury, N. C. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held from the graveside in Hortense Cemetery Monday afternoon, July 26, at three o’clock with the Rev. Horace E. Hudgins officiat ing. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. Joel Herrin, Law rence Reddick, R. T. Rowell, Ralph Raulerson, Allen Row ell and Mack Carver. The family has the sympa thy of their many friends in their bereavement, . The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Tobacco Quota Marketing Cards Sent to Farmers Tobacco marketing cards have been prepared in the county of fice and mailed to farm operators, George Dykes, Chairman of the County ASC Committee announc ed. The marketing cards to be us ed under the new acreage-pound age program are similar to those used in prior years. The farm’s poundage quota will be shown on the inside front cover of the cards this year and a cumulative total of marketing will be carried so that farmers will know at all times just how much of the pound age quota has been sold and how much remains. Under the acreage-poundage program, farmers will be requir ed to take their marketing cards to the warehouse when the tobac co is delivered and to leave it there until they pick up their checks. Two or more marketing cards will be issued for a farm upon request of the farm opera tor. If more than one card is is sued for the same farm, the farm er must indicate how much of the farm’s poundage quota he wishes to have assigned to each card. The quotas assigned to the cards will be changed upon re quest. The acreage-poundage law pro vides that if marketings from a farm are less than the farm’s poundage quota, the difference will be added to the farm’s quota for the next year. Likewise, any marketings in excess of the farm’s quota will be deducted from the farm’s acreage allot ment and poundage quota for next year. If any tobacco is marketed on the marketing card issued for a farm other than the farm on which the tobacco was actually grown, the law provides for a re duction in the acreage allotment and poundage quotas for both farms for the following year. The law provides also for a re duction in the acreage and pound age quotas for a farm if any pro ducer on the farm makes any false report with respect to the production or marketings of the tobacco grown on the farm, or fails to account for the disposition of any tobacco. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA TOP GRADES BRINGING 72 CENTS PER POUND Auction sales of the 1965 flue-cured tobacco crop got underway Wednesday, with brisk bidding by buyers. Volume on warehouse floors in Blackshear was approximately enough for one day’s sale as the mar ket opened. A larger volume is expected to move to the market this weekend and full sales are expected by next week. " ~~ ~ Most tobacco was selling above the government support price level. Top grades were selling as high as 72 cents per pound, with a substantial amount of the leaf going at this price. Sales began at 9:00 A. M. Wed nesday, but will start at 8:30 each day throughout the remainder of the season. Ten companies are represented with buyers on the Blackshear market this year. The local mar ket has two sets of buyers and six warehouses to serve growers. Opening day average prices were expected to be well above the 48.05 cents opening day aver age of last year. Last year’s sea son average (gross) was 59.03 cents per pound on a volume of 10,500,090 pounds. Kimbrells and I Crawfords Will Hold Reunion The Kimbrell-Crawford clan will meet Sunday, August 1, at Laura S. Walker Lake for their annual family reunion. All descendants, relatives and friends of the late Frances Fe lin Kimbrell and Piety (Dixon) Kimbrell, and Ezekiel M. Craw ford and Sarah (Raulerson) Crawford are cordially invited to attend. A basket lunch will be served at 12:30. Picnic shelter No. 300 has been reserved for the occasion. No Extra Riders Enforce the rule of no extra riders on farm machinery. Small children are often injured by ma chinery in driveways and work areas. lIUSMIIw amb vi a mHKiMAN iALIHiMMSH Es From fl II iIIs HINCTON f i I M i wiir ■ THE FIGHTING in Viet Nam grows day by day into a bigger and deadlier war which, unless the situation unexpectedly takes a turn for the better, could lead to a much wider, Korea-type conflict. The American people are be soming in :reasingly con serned about this prospect, and justifiably so. No one wants an all out war, not in Asia nor any where else in the world. The United States is commit ted to maintaining peace and will not precipitate a large-scale war. But at the same time, our resolve must be just as strong not to back down to Communist aggression, not at the bargain ing table and not in the field of combat. • • * THIS RESOLVE is now bei-g demonstrated in Viet Nam, and despite their understandable feel ing of apprehension, I believe a vast majority of the American people are convinced that our stand in Southeast Asia serves the best interests of the United States as well as the entire Free World. Although it is highly ques tionable whether we should have entered into the Vietnamese con flict in the first place, we are in volved and have solemnly pledged to assist in the fight against the expansion of Communism. This is a commitment which must be kept. To pull out now would be (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 Lyons-Herrin Miss Latrelle Lyons and Lin ton A. Herrin were united in marriage Sunday, July 25, at 6:00 P. M. by the Rev. Hilton Morgan. The ceremony was perform ed in the lovely new home of the couple on Oak Grove Highway at Raybon. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lyons. Mr. Herrin’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Herrin. The bride wore a street len gth dress of bridal silk with a lace bolero. Her corsage was of orchids. A reception was held in the dining room of the couple’s home after the ceremony. Beautiful arrangements of Glads, tube Roses and Mums were used throughout the home. The bride’s table was cover ed with a white linen table cloth. Centering the table was a three-tiered wedding cake, richly embossed with mini ature bride and groom. Miss Sherrell Crews and Miss Brenda Morgan served cake Miss Diane Johns and Mrs. Lee Willis presided at punch service. A large number of friends and relatives attended. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Lyons, Bruns wick, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miz elle, Hortense, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jacobs, Hortense. Mr. and Mrs. Manning Guy, Folks ton, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Highsmith, St. Marys, Mr. Douglas Herrin, N. Y. Guests from Nahunta were: Mrs. Hoke Wilson, Mrs. Mollie Bryan, Mrs. J. L. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Bozo Willis, and Mr. and Mrs. Brown Brooker. tantamount to defeat and the consequences of an American withdrawal would be felt throughout the world. Aside from the immediate fall of South Viet Nam into Commu nist hands, our withdrawal would encourage more Communist ag gression in Asia, Europe and Latin America. This is why it is of the utmost importance thaWve demonstrate to the Communists and the rest of the world that America wants to keep peace and preserve free dom and will if necessary fight to do so. * * * AS THE FOREMOST expon ent of freedom, it becomes our role to also be its guardian. Be cause our freedom and that of other people of the world is at stake, the United States is un avoidably involved in the strug gle against Communism. We have no other choice but to de fend our vital interests when ever they are challenged and with whatever means necessary. It is indeed encouraging to see —in Viet Nam and in Santo Domingo recently—that our for eign policy makers are growing out of a reluctance to take strong and decisive action to halt the spread of Communism. Notwithstanding irrational at tacks by our critics, our primary concern should be the preserva tion of peace and freedom and that we always act in accordance with our role of world leader ship.