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Volume 34 — number 10
ACTION UNDER THE BASKET - George Brantley of
Blackshear, though obscured by Leroy Ham, No. 15, of
Nahunta, is hooking a shot into the basket in the game
Blackshear won from Nahunta, 64-39, in the Bth District
tournament finals-
GIBSON TAKES
REA COURSE
AT OECR6IA U
ATHENS. Ga., March 10 -Twen
ty-four representatives of Elec
tric Membership Corporations reg
istered at the University of Geor
gia Thursday for a short course
on executive development.
The course, designed for exe
cutive i rsonnel and cooperative
manager of Electric Membership
Corporations, is sponsored by the
Unive ■ of College of Business
Adn iion and the Division of
General Extension.
Th< se registering for the course
are Ji ILChambJes^Alamo; James
P. SlrAvd. AJinaf^j. ,F. Lancas
tet lAt^tell; WJ Y. A-nderws, Bar
nes-. v Ernest G. Smith, Camil
la; J. E. Robinson, Covington;
Frank M. Chancey, Cumming.
Arthur B. Reynolds, Donaldson
ville; T. S. Mason, Hartwell; R.
A. O’Quinn, and R. F. Armstrong,
Jackson; Bob Kelly, Jefferson; G.
M. Stradee, Lyons; Cleo E. Miles,
Metter; Kermit J. Chance, Mil
len; John Taylor, Monroe; H. S.
Glenn, Moultrie;
Pete J. Gibson, Nahunta; John
J. Hood, Newman; M. K. Mulkey,
Jr., Vienna; James Short, Wash
ington: John Ford, Montgomery,
Ala.; M. C. Stewart, Fort Payne,
Ala.; and Homer T. Welsh, Jr.,
Ft. My ers, Fla.
FIRST TWINS AT PIERCE HOSPITAL - Nurses Aides
Mrs. W. P. Strickland Jr., left, and Mrs. Neil Johnson are
shown holding the first set of twins born in the Pierce
County Hospital. The twins, both boys, were born Friday
night to Mr. and Mrs. Randall Jones of the Walkerville
Community. (Photos by J. B. Hendry.)
Sratitky
Miss Ann Royster
Honored with Shower
Miss Ann Royster, bride-elect,
was honored with a “Shower” on
Wednesday afternoon, March 10 at
the home of Mrs. I. J. Crews with
Mrs. J. C. Dykes as co-hostess.
The hostesses were assisted in
serving punch and cake by Miss
Margaret Crews and Miss Janice
Royster.
Present were Mrs. Collis High
smith, Mrs. Oscar Burden, Mrs. Bill
Harris, Mrs. A. S. Mizell, Mrs. J. C.
Moody, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs.
Clinton Robinson, Mrs. J. T. Roys
ter, Mrs. E. L. Sears, Mrs. G. C.
Rogers, Mrs. Dan Jacobs, Mrs. W.
W. Carter, Mrs. Taiford Highsm ith,
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland, Miss Lula
Mae Harrison and Miss Lenora Lee.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs. L.
B. Thomas, Mrs. Howard Thomas,
and Mrs. LaCount "Walker from
Blackshear, and Mrs. Josephine
Hart from Waitertown, N. Y.
Birth Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Johns,
who are living in Orlando, Fla.,
announce the birth of twin boys
on March 1. They have been named
Howard Rogers, weighing four
pounds and nine ounces, and Mic
hael Ira, weighing four pounds and
twelve ounces. They will be called
Mikey and Rodney. They are the
grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. Ira E.
Johns- of Hickox.
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Jana Laverne is the name Os
the new baby girl born to Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Jones on February
5, 1954.
nahunta, Georgia,-
GEORGIA POLICEMEN ARE POORLY
PAID, UNIVERSITY STORY SMS
Georgia policemen, whether they
work in the city or a small town
or whether their hours be long 'op
short, are by most any standard,
poorly paid.
That is the conclusion reached
in a study just conducted by .'the;
University of Georgia’s Bureau of
Public Administration in coopera
tion with the Peace Officers As
sociation of Georgia.
Salaries for Georgia policemen
stand far down tne scale wneiner
compared with tnose of police
men across the nation or with
those of men in other types ox
employment requiring similar qual
ifications, the study points out.
Pay for Georgia police chiefs
in cities of 10,000 or more popula
tion compare favorably with tnose
of chiefs in otner sections of tr?
country, but tne salaries of px
trolmen are consistently io. r.
“In fact,” the study ccndnues,
“in most of the instances listed,
the Georgia maximum salary for
patrolmen is lower than the na
tional minimum for cities of the
same popular class.”
Findings of the Georgia study
have been published in a booklet,
“Georgia Municipal Police,” which
is now being distributed. It in
cludes facts and figures pertaining
to 2,388 police employees in 83
of the 99 municipalities in Geor
gia with a population of 2500 or
more.
“The median salaries for police
chief, in Georgia drop sharply in
the lower population brackets,”
the study says. “While the median
for cities of 50,000 and over is
56,326, the figure for cities of
2,500 to 5,000 is only $2,970.”
“There is a correspondingly wide
range in median salaries of as
sistant chief, captain, lieutenant,
sergeant, and detective. In the case
of patrolmen, however, the range
is much narrower. The median
minimum salary for patrolmen in
tne lowest population group .is $-
2,400 and this figure increases by
only S3OO in the highest popula
tion class.”
To earn their pay the Georgia
policeman may work anywhere
from 40 to 86 hours on from five
to seven days a week. More than
two-thirds of the towns under
5,000 population require at least
a 60-hour work week of their
police employees.
Most cities provide no compen
sation for overtime but do give
the policeman a paid vacation and
sick leave.
Physical standards for police
men vary widely, the general rule
being that the smaller the town,
the less rigid the specifications.
Nearly every town, however,
wants its policemen to be at least
five feet seven inches tall, weight
130 pounds, and have a 6th grade
education.
The study was prepared prim
arily by Mrs. Olive Hall Shadgett,
research assistant in the Bureau
points out that there is no such
thing as a “typical Georgia Police
man.”
“The study shows that 57 per
cent of the total estimated police
personnel in the urban places of
Georgia are employed in the five
largest cities of the state, where
salaries working conditions, and
standards for employment are
higher than corresponding condi
tions in smaller towns.”
“The ‘typical’ policeman in lar
ger cities is certainly quite dif
ferent from the ‘typical’ policeman
in smaller cities,” she says.
Parent'Teachers
Will Meet at
Hickox School
The Nahunta PTA will meet on
Tuesday night, March 16, at the
Hickox School at 7:30, it is an
nounced by the president, Mrs. I.
J. Crews.
Mrs. Lee Godwin will have charge
of the program on ‘‘What They
Learn About Health”.
The hostesses for the evening will
be Mrs. Ruby Wainright, Mrs. Sebe
Highsmith, Mrs. Mathew Strick-
Ihnd, Mrs. Harry Knox, Mrs. Carl
Smith, Mrs. Maude Highsmith and
Mrs. Clifton Strickland.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954
Mrs. J. S. Craven
Died at Lulaton
.Funeral services for Mrs. J. S.
graven, who died Wednesday
night, March 3, at her home in Lu
latoh, were held Friday afternoon
at the graveside in Smyrna cem
etery.
Survivors include four sons,
Everett Craveri, Waverly, Ohio,
Jeff Craven and Frank Craven,
both of Tampa, Fla., and Charlie
Craven, Lulaton; one daughter,
Mrs. Viola Harley, Lulaton; four
grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Swindlers Operate
In Ga. Codiities
(From the Ellijay Times-Courier)
Business houses in this area
might well exercise more than
usual caution in dealing with
strangers.-trying to cash checks
or sell magazine subscriptions.
Several nearby counties have
been visited recently by smooth
talking men who usually make
small purchases at a store and
try to pay with checks of con
siderable amounts, taking the
change. In some- cases the print
ed blank checks of local busi
ness houses were stolen and
forged.
The crooks “case” the com
munity id.'advance so they can
name several “neighbors” in re
mote sections where they claim
to have lived for some time. To
allay suspicion they “buy” heavy
goods such as livestock of poul
try feed “to be loaded when their
truck afrives later in the day,”
but doesn’t. ’
The same counties have been
infested by magazine “subscrip
tion agents” who travel in groups,
enter homes without knocking
at the door, and use high pres
sure methods. All are crippled
people expert in their sympathy
appear, and the suckers they'
hook get no magazines.
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Saturday 6:47 and 8:15
PROGRAM
THURS., FRI., MARCH 11-12
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO in
“It Ain’t Hay”
SATURDAY, MARCH 13
/'Three Texas Steers”
With JOHN WAYNE
Mon., Tues., March 15-16 ‘
“Roman Holiday” j
With Gregory Peck and
Audrey Hepburn
Wednesday, March 17
“The Vanquished”
With John Payne
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Thurs., Fri., March 18-19
“Mogambo” L
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W’ith Clark Gable and
Ava Gardner
Saturday, March 20
“Wyoming
Roundup” :
With Whip Wilson
TROPHY AWARDED NAHUNTA TEAM - Ray James,
principal at Patterson High School and president of the
Eighth District High School Athletic Association, is shown,
presenting a trophy to the Nahunta High School basket
ball team^for wishing second place in the district basket
ball tournament. The Nahunta players, left, to right,‘‘are
Leroy Ham, Bobby Chancey and Carl Highsmith. ■
Nahunta Methodists
Hold Family Night
Family rright was .observed at the
Nahunta Methodist Church on Wed-
nesday night,.. March, j, with a
smorgasbord, - shipper; ’’ Prayer ser
vices followed' the supper.
Present were Charles, Carroll
and Terry Allen; Mrs. Ben Brown,
Mrs. Charles Burns, Glynn Conditt,
Roger and Carroll Chancey, Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Carter. Mirs. Effie
Drury, Coleman Drury and Tommy
Cason of Brunswick; Miss Miriam
Floyd/ Mrs. Dorothy Graham and
Taming Mrs. S, S..Sar<is, Mr. and
Mrsi^-CAS. Kiser,. Mr. and Mrs.
J. BV'tewis, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Long and Bobby and Joe; Mr. and
Mrs. Emory Middleton and child
ren; Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mizell,
Mrs. E. A. Moody and Nancy Moo
dy; Mrs. Ryals. Rev. and Mrs. C.
F. Starnes and Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Sears.
IN THE UNITED STATES 1952*
DISEASES OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS
OQOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
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CANCER
224,000 sHu
ACCIDENTS tach figure represents SO,OOO deaths
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PNEUMONIA
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47,000 S (very second death in the United States
is caused by Heart Diseases.
TUBERCULOSIS »«
C
' 25,000 J
z . DIABETES reaouno is • miwci meat itUKUHM
25,000
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r/IPORT^CE O.F THE 1954 HEART FUND is clearly
i. G.e above chart showing that diseases of
the hea^t a-jxdcirculation are responsible for nearly twice
as many* deaths as the next-five causes of death combined.
^•Tho-Jieast £und, sponsored by the American Heart As
ssoiSation and ~fts~ affiliates, ’’combats diseases of the
heart'^nd fij^^tion through research, education and
^ communfty"'heaTt-programs. Send-your contribution to
your local Heart Association, or to ‘ HEART”, care of
Post Office.
METHODISTS AT
HOBOKEN START
REVIVAL SUNDAY
The Hoboken Methodist Church
will begin a series of revival ser
vices next Sunday afternoon at
three o’clock.
The meeting will continue thru
the week, with services each night
at 7:30. The revival will close on
Friday night, March 19.
The pastor of the church, Rev.
C. F. Starnes, will do the preach
ing during the meeting. Everyone
is invited to attend all the ser
vices.
Marine S|Sgt. John D. Griffin,
Route 1, Hoboken, is with the
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing tak
ing part in huge amphibious train
ing exercises in Puerto Rica.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN
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