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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, January 19, 1956
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
CARL BROOME EDITOR and PUBLISHER
Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as
second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
Official Organ of Brantley County
Religiously Speaking
By Rev. Howard D. Blalock, Pastor
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Blackshear
MISTAKEN NOTIONS
ABOUT OLDER PEOPLE
For the first time in human
history people over sixty consti
tute a significant proportion of
our population. In fact “Business
Week” points out that there is a
growing need for special clothing,
special housing, special recreation
for people over sixty. But so far
this need has been overlooked
by most industries.
Unfortunately, most public dis
cussions of older people have
been as “problems”. The most
damning thing a late president
thought he could say about the
Supreme Court was that it was
composed of “ nine old men”.
We have grown accustomed as
the younger generations, to think
ing of older people as “moss
backs”, “has-beens”, and “old
fogies”. The most primitive soc
ieties held the aged in great ven
eration and respect. Why is our
respect for them not higher?
Probably because we do not un
derstand them and their prob
lems.
There are many mistaken not
ions about older people. These
false notions have tended to color
our relations to them.
, One mistaken notion is that
which confuses age with disease.
Chronic illness (as contrasted
with injuries and infectious dis
eases) is constantly confused with
old age. Because of this confus
ion many older people are neg
lected. Those who care for them
say “these are just old age pains”
and seek to make the person com
fortable rather than seeking med
ical cure. Only about 15 per cent
of the chronically ill are older
people. Most of such people are
in the 34-45 age group. With the
proper care there is no reason
why older people of today need
to live in dread of disease and
disability any more than youth.
Another mistaken notion about
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Chevrolet Introduces New Trucks
Headed by • newly developed automatic trans
mission, tubeless tires and more powerful six- and
eight-cylinder engines, an impressive list of im-
older people is that growing old
is synonymous with “second
childhood”. Growing old, how
। ever, is a period of life like in
| fancy and adulthood. “Second
childhood” is a disease of the
mind of abnormal people. “Sec
ond childhood” is a loss of impair
ment of mental capacity brought
about by a breakdown of the
body’s assimilation of its foods
or by injury, or by the accumulat
ion of toxic substances around the
cells. It is a disease like kidney,
liver, or stomach trouble. Just
because some older people have
this disease why should we con
clude all older people have it?
Another fallacy is that “you
can’t teach an old dog new
tricks”. This is nothing but sour
grapes rationalization. Studies
show that the ability to learn
reaches its peak at about 20 years
of age on the average and then
declines very slowly. On the av
erage a man of 80 can learn a
bout as well as a child of 12.
However, we must hasten to say
that ability to learn is subject
to such things as motivation,
practice in learning, native abil
ity, and the mastery of techniques
of study. The chief problem older
people have here is the difficulty
of unlearning many ingrained
habits, and the overcoming of
a feeling of inferiority which
keeps them from trying to learn.
Another fallacy is to assume
older people want to give up re
sponsibility and be made com
fortable. They need to be relieved
of a too strenuous schedule, but
to wrap them up in cotton and
smother them with “baby talk”
is a grave disservice.
The Canadian “Financial Post”
says: “If everyone over 65 in
Canada retired, there wouldn’t
be enough people left working to
provide food and shelter, and
other necessities. Most people are
happier, healthier, wealthier to
keep on working past usual re
tirement age”.
While we have a lot of mis
taken notions about the losses of
old age, we fail to realize many
compensations come only with
years of experience. There is a
maturing sense of pleasure in hu
man relations. Enjoyment of art
music, drama, and literature may
ripen only with experience which
is denied to youth. There is a
greater peacefulness, the sense
of satisfaction of achievments and
a great store of memories.
The most fundamental com
pensation is maturing religious
experience which makes possible
a deeper religious faith. As the
body wanes, spiritual awareness
becomes the essential reality. No
one should deny himself this
crown of life and hope of the
future.
FOR SALE
The Best L. P. Gas that you
can buy and good service too.
Brantley Gas Company, Nahunta,
Georgia. Phone 2-2222.
FOR SALE
Gas Tanks all sizes from 150
gal. up. Brantley Gas Company,
Nahunta, Georgia. Phone 2-2222.
Shop in local stores.
provements marks the new Chevrolet trucks. The
above half-ton pickup typifies the styling, visi
bility and convenience of the 1956 line.
Use Free Calf Vaccine
Program, Farmers Urged
ATLANTA — The failure of farmers to take advan
tage of a free program for livestock is costing Georgia
agriculture thousands of dollars each year.
In addition some 67,000 doses of free vaccine may
be given to other states because Georgia farmers are not
using it to help stamp out the dread brucellosis disease
in cattle.
In addition some 67,000 doses
of free vaccine may be given to
other states because Georgia
farmers are not using it to help
stamp the dread brucellosis di
sease in cattle.
Under a joint State-Federal
program farmers may have their
calves vaccinated against bruce
llosis at no cost to them whatso
ever. All the farmer has to do is
tell his local veterinarian he
wants to participate in the pro
gram and the government will
not only furnish the vaccine but
will pay the veterinarian to vac
cinate the farmer’s calves.
But Georgia farmers are not
taking advantage of the program
as they should, according to the
State Department of Agriculture.
A total of 87,000 doses of the vac
cine was stored in Georgia to
treat an estimated 7,250 calves a
month but only around 2,000
calves are being treated each
month and the expiration date
on the vaccine is running out.
Unless farmers increase their re
quests for its use, thousands of
doses of the vaccine wil be trans
ferred to other States where
farmers are taking advantage of
the program.
The State Department of Agri
culture, in cooperation with the
Federal government, has set as
its goal a brucellosis free Geor
gia by 1960 and one of the most
effective means of halting the
disease is calfhood vaccination.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Phil Campbell is urging all farm
ers to take advantage of the free
calfhood vaccination program. He
points out that one out of seven
calves is lost to dairies, farms
and ranches because of abortion
and sterility caused by brucellosis
and one out of every five cows
is cancelled out as a milk pro
ducer because of the disease.
“With farmers facing a steady
drop in income,” Campbell said,
“they certainly should not take
a chance on losing livestock when
it costs them nothing to insure
against such losses with this free
vaccination program.”
WANTED
To sell more Gas Ranges, Gas
Tanks, Water Heaters & Space
Heaters. Brantley Gas Company,
Nahunta, Georgia. Phone 2-2222.
FOR SALE
Water Heaters, Ranges and
Space Heaters, all sizes, new.
Brantley Gas Company, Nahunta,
Georgia. Phone 2-2222.
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Knight-Vickers
Drug Store
Ernest Knight, Carey Jones,
Gordon Hardie, Pharmacists
Phone 2254 Jesup, Ga.
Waycross Church
Will Be Host to
Okefenokee WMU
The First Baptist Church of
Waycross will be host church for
the meeting of the Okefenokee
Associational W. M. U. to be held
Friday, January 20, beginning at
10:00 A. M.
Mrs. Sydney Goldfinch, mis
sionary to Paraguay, will be the
missionary speaker. Others to ap
pear on program will be Mrs.
Mel Price, Divisional vice-presi
dent and Miss Janice Singleton,
state executive secretary of W.M.
U. work. Mrs. R. C. Johnson,
associational Young Peoples lead
er will also present a phase of the
young peoples’ work.
Mrs. E. F. Higginbotham of
Waycross, Associational superint
endent, will preside at the meet
ing.
Dinner will be served during
the noon hour.
Patterson High
Debate Team Is
District Winner
The debate team of Patterson
High School won the Bth District
debate meet for class B schools
held at Nahunta last Thursday,
Jan 12.
The teams consisted of Bertie
Joe Womack, Jim Thomas, af
firmative; and Sammy Herrin
and Dedi Thomas, negative. They
debated the proposition, “Resolve:
that the federal government
should guarantee higher educat
ion to qualified high school grad
uates through grants to colleges
.and universities”. This is the ap
proved topic being used by high
schools throughout the state of
Georgia this year.
In the first round of debates
the Patterson teams opposed
teams from Homerville and Brox
ton, winning these, 6-0. In the
final round Patterson opposed
Nahunta and emerged with a 4-2
victory.
Patterson teams will travel to
Athens on January 28 to repres
ent the Bth District in the State
meet. They will be accompanied
by the team sponsors, Mrs. J. C.
Olliff and Mershon Aspinwall Jr.
REAP All. OF THIS!
AUTOMOBILE TAGS
Will Be Sold In The Brantley County Court House
Applications Must Be Filed On Proper Color Forms
• PASSENGER CARS — BLACK form with GREEN 1953.
6 TRUCKS — BLUE form with RED 1956.
S TRAILERS — RED form with BLUE 1956.
Applications Must Be Completely Filled Out
And Your Signature Notarized
Tags Will Be Sold To Persons That Live in Brantley County, Which Includes All
Cities and Towns Therein.
DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS
NO PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR MAILI NG TAGS.
Firms having fleets of cars or trucks should not stand in line; they may
hand in their applications which will be processed as soon as possible.
FALSE SWEARING OR FORGERY on tag applica
tions subjects a penalty of up to SI,OOO FINE and im
prisonment of not less than one year, or more than five
years, or both.
DEPARTMENTOF REVENUE, ATLANTA, GA.
If The Above Instructions Are Followed, You Will Have No Trouble Receiving
Your 1956 Tags.
D. F. HERRIN, Clerk Superior Court
BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Attorney General
Issues Ruling on
School Contests
Attorney General Eugene Cook
has issued the following unofficial
opinion in reply to an inquiry
from Whitfield County Public
School Superintendent as to whe
ther it is legal for a school to
sponsor a carnival, bingo party,
beauty contest or other enter
tainment of that type:
“Webster’s New International
Dictionary defines ‘sponsor’ as
‘one who binds himself to answer
for another’s default; a surety; to
accept responsibility for.’
“Georgia Code Annotated, Sec
tion 32-942, provides that educa
tion ‘funds shall be used for edu
cational purposes and none other.’
See also Burke vs. Wheeler
County, 54 Ga. App. 81. It is clear
that a county board of education
cannot ac^ as surety, accept re
sponsibility for, or bind itself to
answer for another’s default for
anything that is not an educa
tional purpose.
“In addition, I have been in
formed that the State Board of
Education has adopted a resolu
tion stating ‘that no public school
in Georgia be allowed to use
games of chance, raffles and lot
teries to raise money for the
school, nor be allowed to conduct
contests of popularity based upon
the raising of money.”
Emmanuel Church
Will Be Host to
Piedmont W.M.U.
The Piedmont W. M. U. Assoc -
iational meeting will be held at
the Emmanuel Baptist Church in
Blackshear Friday, January 27,
beginning at 10:00 A. M. Mrs.
Robert Walling, super tintdent of
the association, will preside at
the meeting.
The missionary speaker will be
Mrs. Sam Mayo, missionary to
the migrants. Mrs. Mayo will
speak at 11:A. M.
Others to appear on the pro
gram will be Mrs. Mel Price,
divisional vice-president, who will
speak at 11:45 A. M., and Miss
Dorothy Prior, state Y. W. A.
secretary, who is scheduled to
speak at 2:30 P. M.
Dinner will be served at 12:30
by members of the Emmanuel
W. M. U.
All churches in the Piedmont
Association are expected to send
delegates to the annual meeting.
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LEGAL
ADVERTISING
CITATION—Year’s Support
Georgia, Brantley County.
The return of the appraisers
setting apart twelve month’s sup
port to the widow of James N.
Stewart, deceased, having been
filed in my office, all persons
concerned are cited to show
cause by the 7th day of Feb.,
1956, why said application for
twelve month’s support should
not be granted. This 4th of Jan.
1956.
Claude A. Smith, Ordinary.
C. Winton Adams, Atty. 2,2
ClTATlON—Administration
Georgia, Brantley County.
To All Whom It May Concern;
Mrs. Melissa C. Shuman hav
ing applied for Permanent Let
ters of Administration on the es
tate of A. J. B. Shuman late of
said County, this is to cite the
creditors and next of kin of A.
J. B. Shuman to be and appear
at my office within the time
allowed by law, and show cause,
if any they can, why permanent
administration should not be
granted Mrs. Melissa C. Shuman
on A. J. B. Shuman estate.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this 3rd day of Jan.,
1956.
Claude A. Smith, Ordinary.
C. Winton Adams, Atty. 2,2
Waycross Chiropractic
Center
DR. DELLA HICKOX,
Director.
All New and Modern Equip
ment. Scientific Chiropractic
Physiotherapy; Spinal Analy
sis Physical Examination.
Complete Adjustment includ
ing X-Ray.
604 Hicks Street
Office Hours 10 to 12
2 to 5 Wed. & Sat. 10 to 12
PHONE 3345
WANTED
More L.P. Gas Users in Brant
ley county. Brantley Gas Com
pany, Nahunta, Ga. Phone 2-2222.
STRICKLAND
INSURANCE AGENCY
All Your Insurance Needs, Except Life.
Fire, Automobile and Bonds.
Phone 2-3375 Nahunta Ga.
FOR RENT
Gas Water Heaters, 30 Gal.
capacity. New Automatic type, 10
years warranty. Brantley Gas
Company, Nahunta, Georgia.
Phone 2-2222.
FAIR TRIAL
Let the Legislature give Geor
gia’s new small loan law a fair
trial; let the people of Georgia have
the facts.
That’s all Comptroller General
Zack Cravey, who administers the
law, is asking.
Only eight months ago Georgia’s
new industrial loan law went into
effect. It provides far more reg
ulation and supervision than the
Georgia loan business had ever
known before. Under the new law
there is now being accumulated
more factual information on small
loans than this or most other
states ever had.
But now —even before the new
law has been in effect long enough
to complete the first columns of
a true record —an effort is being
made to tear up the law and throw
away the record to date. What
selfish interests and what under
cover political motive are behind
this effort, we will leave to your
imagination. But we do want to
call to your attention this state
ment recently made by Mr. Cravey:
"You can’t diagnose any law un
til you give it a chance, and see
how well it works . . . We are
studying the results . . . When we
have had time to diagnose the in
dustrial loan law, I will recom
mend such changes as seem de
sirable in the public Interest. I
might ask for some real changes;
and I might not. But I am not go
ing to make any recommendation
until we have the records and the
facts.”
That is a fair and logical state
ment of position to which this or
ganisation wholeheartedly sub
scribes.
GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF
FINANCE AND LOAN
COMPANIES
Toe Sessions, President
