The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, June 11, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 33, NUMBER 24 Reckless Drivers Are Killing More Than Wars LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ANSWER TO HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Reckless Motorist Is Greatest Killer Os All Time Strict law enforcement is the one positive "cure” for the prob lem of the motor vehicle, Man ning W. Heard, president of the Association of Casualty and Sur ety Companies, declared recently. In a speech delivered before the Southern Agents Conference, Mr. Heard pointed out that the problem of the motor vehicle is not one of motor vehicle acci dents alone, but embraces three important questions, as follows: 1. Compulsory automobile lia bility insurance. 2. Unreasonable high jury a wards. “Now let us consider the so called panacea called compulsory automobile liability insurance,” Mr. Heard said. “It sounds like a wonderful idea and it has an im mediate and magnetic popular appeal. Murder, mayhem and waste on our American streets and highways alone totaled some 38,000 men, women and children killed, somewhere between a mere 1,400,000 and 2,000,000 more men, women and children crippl ed — many of them for life — and close to $4,000,000,000 in pro perty damage, a vast amount of our economic strength, scattered to the four winds. So out comes the easiest answer: ‘Let’s make these motorists pay for the deaths and injuries and property damage they cause. We should have com pulsory automobile liability in surance! That will do it!’ “At the risk of being called naive, might I ask: ‘Just what will compulsory automobile lia bility insurance do?’ “I can tell you three things it very definitely will not do. It will not save a life. It will not prevent a single injury. It will not save a dollar’s worth of pro perty damage. In fact, there is sound reason to believe compul sory insurance may even produce an increase in all three, at least during the first five or 10 years after it is enacted “I can tell you another thing a compulsory automobile insur ance law will not do. It will not provide complete protection a gainst the economic results of motor vehicle accidents. The pub lic is led to believe that compul sory insurance would provide monetary compensation for all of the widows and orphans of the dead, all of the crippled in theit beds of pain, and all of the own ers of damaged or destroyed pro perty. Compulsory insurance, a large part of the public think, would be complete. It is only af ter they are informed that they know the truth, that it would not —a fact insurance companies have known for years. “Now let me turn very briefly to the second phase of the motor vehicle problem — unreasonably high jury verdicts. I mention this as another facet to the problem of the motor vehicle because there can be no doubt that un necessarily high verdicts contri bute to the upward trend of au tomobile insurance rates, in which both the public and the insurance industry have a vital interest. I speak, therefore, in defense of that dual interest. “Several times in recent months competent and honest judges and attorneys have criticized certain statements by insurance compan ies and insurance agents regard ing the effect of excessive ver dicts on insurance rates. The judges and lawyers in question felt such statements were intend ed to intimidate juries. Certain ly I do not question, even by in timation, that the judges and lawyers were motivated by any thing but a desire to protect our sound judicial system. I do, how ever, suggest that if the courts and its servants are to criticize the insurance industry for de- Brantley Sitrrprise fending itself and for giving the public an honest explanation of the reasons for increasing in surance rates, in judicial fair ness they might also examine the conditions that compelled it to take those steps.” Turning to the subject of rea sonability for highway safety, Mr. Heard, who is also vice pre sident of the Hartford Accident. and Indemnity Company, describ ed "the one positive cure for this whole problem, a cure that can be made effective within a mat ter of weeks if those who already possess the power and authority will only exercise it.” "It is time to stop mincing words and kidding the public and ourselves,” he said. “Years of ef fort have been poured into the theory that the American motor ist could be scared into driving safely by gruesome pictures and stories in the newspapers and magazines. The mounting casual ty lists tell us it has not worked. Billions of dollars are being poured into super-highways, and we have learned only that you can engineer safety into roads but not into the minds behind the wheel. We have tried leni ency at the police level and the court level — and the wotor ve hicle continues to outdistance war as the greatest killer of the ages. “We must demand the one me dicine that will cure not merely part of the problem of the motor vehicle, but all of it — from the accident on the highway to the insurance premium that hits the pocketbook. Already I can hear a few people saying: “But we can’t put everybody in jail.’ No, we can not; and what is more, we will not have to. Once the motorists knows that speeding, drunken driving, reckless driv ing, passing stop signs and red lights, and similar traffic vialo tions mean certain arrest, you will soon see arrests diminishing instead of increasing.” A. S. Mizell Wins 25-Year Award with Insurance Company A. S. Mizell of The Citizens Bank, Nahunta and Folkston, has been a warded a 25-year plaque in recog nition of his services to the Home Insurance Company throughout the past 25 years. Mr. Mizell represents a number of insurance companies, selling the various forms of insurance. He has been representing the Home In surance Company for a quarter of a century and the company has a warded him the plaque and com mended him for his long service. COUNTY SALES VOLUME RISES SINCE JANUARY Brantley County began 1953 with a business volume of $189,621 in January, $211,779 in February and $238,407 in March, showing an up grade swing in business in the coun ty since the first of the year. The statistics, just released in the latest Retail Sales Report of the Georgia State Chamber of Com merce, were based on official Geor gia Department of Revenue sales tax figures. The report reflects total state sales of $788,953,878 for the first quarter of the year, and indi cates increasing volume, February over January and March over Feb ruary. Much favorable comment has been received by the State Chamber upon the introduction of this new busi ness service, according to its Execu tive Vice President, Walter Cates. “Businessmen are finding the re port a valuable indicator of sales trends and a great help in drawing comparisons for business decisions” Cates said. He paid tribute to the coppeja txn of tlie itatc Depar vinext of Revenue in this service and stated that the Report on April sales would be released later this month. Nahunta, Georgia, Thursday, june n, 1953 Agents Announce Local Delegates To 4-H Meeting ... Brantley County will be well re presented when some 300 4-H club members from approximately 25 counties in this Extension Service district meet June 15-16-17 at Abra ham Baldwin College, Tifton, Ga., for the annual 4-H Club Project. Achievement Meeting. Mrs. Eva May Bentley, home de monstration agent, and George A. Loyd, County Agent, said five local boys and girls will be on hand to compete for district 4-H champion ships. Girls from Brantley County, their addresses, . and projects “in which they will compete are: VandiHa Purdom, Rt. 2, Nahunta, Cherry Pie Contest; Evelyn Howell, Nahunta, Junior Dress Revue; Annice Carter, Hoboken, Senior Dress Revue. The County Agent named the following boys who will attend: Carl Dußose, Nahunta, Livestock Pest Control; Addison Strickland, Trac tor Maintenance. Bentley and Loyd said these boys and girls are busy right now getting ready for the meeting. District winners will be chosen on a basis of their record books and demonstrations. In most cases, the senior winners will earn the right to compete for state honors at the Georgia 4-H Club Congress in Atlanta. The junior members will get valuable exper ience that will help them to be tough contenders when they become eligible for senior competition. Carl and Vandilla will also act as voting delegates from Brantley County to elect officers of District 4-H Club Council for 1954. Jones - Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Otis W. Jones, of Enigma, Georgia, formerly of Ho boken, announce the engagement of their daughter, Betty Jo, to Lamar Gibson, of Nahunta. The wedding will be in July. The bride-elect attended Middle Georgia College and Georgia Teach ers College, and taught in Folkston ’for the past school year. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gibson, of Folkston. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1950 and has been practicing law in Nahunta since his release from the Army earlier this year. If you have lost something, find it by placing a small 5h cents ad vertisement in The Brantley En terprise. Everybody reads ’sm. Who, ME? -Most traffic accidents happen to drivers who think accidents are always caused by the other fellow. Remember: only YOU can prevent accidents! Mr. and Mrs. Albert Strickland Married Fifty Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Strickland celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, June 7, at their nome near Nahunta. Mrs. Strickland was Agnes Dowling be fore her marriage to Mr. Strickland on June 5, 50 years ago. In the receiving line with Mr. and Mrs. Strickland was Mrs. Sarah Dowling, 93, mother of Mrs. Strick land. - Mrs. Strickland was - dressed in navy blue and wore a corsage of yellow carnations. The guests were welcomed at the gate and at the door by the sons: Elroy, Avery, Finley and Clifton Strickland. The daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Highsmith, Mrs. Dan Wain right and Mrs. Earl Kelley, assisted in receiving in the living room. Mrs. Mabel Moody had charge of floral arrangements of yellow and white glads and mums in the dining room and summer bouquets in the gift room. Mrs. Avery Strickland kept the guest book. Mrs. Clifton Strickland assisted in the gift room. The three-tiered wedding cako was served by granddaughters Myra and Jane Strickland, Ann Strickland and Vola Strickland. Mrs. Finley Strick land and Mrs. Elroy Strickland pre sided at the punch bowl. Mr. and Mrs. Strickland, the honorees, have both lived in Brant ley County all their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Hickox Celebrate Their 47th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hickox cele brated their 47th wedding anniver sary on June 7. Sharing in the en joyable occasion were 11 children, 36 grandchildren and six great - grandchildren. The children are Mrs. Ethel Johns and Mrs. Idell Crews of Winokur; Mrs. Irene Crews, Mrs. Lois Crews and Mrs. Katie Griffin of Nahunta; Mrs. Myrtle Douglas of Atlanta; Mrs. Annie Walker of Opelika, Ala.; Mrs. Pearl Griffin of Thomasville; Mrs. Leola Walker and Mrs. Mary Lou Flynn of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mr. J. D. Hickox of Folkston. Mrs. Agnes Crews of Taft, Fla., was the only child uhhble to attend. Mrs. Annie DePratter, only living sister of Mr. Hickox was present; also many of their friends and other relatives. Everyone enjoyed the picnic din ner served in the yard of the family home. by Robert Osborn GIRL KILLED, NINE INJURED HI 3-CAR WRECK NEAR BLACKSHEAR A 15-year-old girl is dead, nine other persons injured, and a Meigs, Ga., man fe in jail under charges of man slaughter and driving under the influence of an intoxicant as the result of a three-vehicle accident Saturday night near Blackshear. Lewis — Tolbot Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lewis of Na hunta announce the marriage of their daughter, Virginia, to James Ray Tolbot of Los Angles, Calif. The wedding occurred on Sun day, morning, June 7, at Kings land, Georgia. The bride is a graduate of Na hunta High School and has ..been employed in Savannah for some time. The groom is in the U. S. Air Force, stationed at Savannah. The young couple expect to make their home in Savannah. 3rd District PT A Has 5620 Members The Third District of the Georgia PTA ended the year with 5620 mem bers in 44 units, according to the report of Mrs. H. M. Kandel, state president. Mrs. Robert G. Harley of Brunswick, is district director. The district includes the counties of Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce, Ware and Wayne. Largest membership in the district was that of the Sidney Lanier PTA, which has 532 members. The PTA’s in Brantley county are at Hickox, Hoboken, Hortense and Nahunta. ROYAL Theatre Nahunta, Georgia Monday to Friday 8:00 P. M. Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. M. . PROGRAM THURS., FRL, JUNE 11-12 “Million Dollar Mermaid” With ESTHER WILLIAMS - VICTOR MATURE, WALTER PIDGEON and DAVID BRIAN SATURDAY, JUNE 13 “Trail of San Antone” With GENE AUTRY MON., TUES., JUNE 15-16 “The Prisoner of Zenda” With STEWART GRANGER - DEBORAH KERR and JAMES MASON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 “Sky Full of Moon” With C. CARPENTER THURS., FRI., JUNE 18-19 “Sound Off” With MICKEY ROONEY and ANNE JAMES SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Double Feature “Red River Range” With JOHN WAYNE ALSO: “Three Musketeers” OFFICIAL ORGAN The dead girl is Jeanette Aid rich of Owens in Pierce county. She died Sunday morning in the Ware County Hospital from in juries suffered in the accident, which took place at the intersec tion of State Route 38 and the old State Route 121 near Black shear, State Troopers F. F. Cornelius and M. R. Hamrick reported that Clark J. Medley, 28, of Route 2, Meigs, was lodged in the Pierce county jail and charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Miss Aldrich was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by her father, Floyd Aldrich, 42. He was also injured, along with two other daughters, Ouida and Ja nice Aldrich. Mildred James, 18, of Blackshear, was another pas senger in the Aldrich truck and was listed in critical condition at the Ware County Hospital with severe head and internal injuries. Four occupants and the driver of another pickup truck were also injured in the mishap. They were Mr. and Mrs. Dorris DeLoach of Blackshear and their son, Dwight and Edward, and baby boy, Tra vis. Troopers Cornelius and Ham rick reported that Mr. Medley was following behind the Aldrich pickup truck and rammed into it from behind, knocking the truck into the path of the DeLoach pickup, which was traveling in the opposite direction. Medley, a merchant seaman, had left his ship in Savannah, and was en route home for the • weekend to visit his parents at Meigs, and return to ship in Savannah. Funeral services for Miss Aid rich will be held at three o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Laura Chapel Baptist Church in Pierce county with the Rev. H. Lester Dixon officiating. Burial will be in Old Ritch Cemetery in Wayne county near Screven. Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. Aldrich; two sisters, Miss Ouida and Janice Aldrich; and a brother, Zadock Aldrich, all of Blackshear. Pallbearers will be Eustace. Strickland, Max Strickland, Ken neth Johnson, William Wall, Travis Walker, Ranford Hender son, Bernard Wainright and Ro bert Jones. Darling Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. DISTRICT LEGION TO MEET AT BRUNSWICK The Eighth District American Le gion Convention will meet at- the Oglethorpe Hotel at Brunswick Sat urday and Sunday, June 13 and 14, it is announced by Henry Bostick, district commander. Registration for the convention begins at nine o’clock next Satur day, June 13. A social hour will je held at the Legion home from six to seven in the afternoon. A lance will be held at the Oglethorpe Hotel at nine P. M. Sunday will be flag day and Le gionaires will attend the church of their choice in Brunswick. They will convene again at the hotel at 1:30 P. M. for arf address of wel come by mayor Robert Sapp of Brunswick. The convention will conclude with a business session, then light re freshments at the Legion Some. If you want to post your land, get the signs from The Brantley Enterprise. Signs read as follows: ‘Posted, No Hunting or Jrespasaing Allowed”. Signs cost only'five cents each. ’ "