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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 10 ’
Georgia Power Company Begins
Supplying Electric Service to
20 Southeast Georgia Counties
ATLANTA, Ga., March 1 —
The Georgia Power Company
today began supplying electric
service to 38,200 customers form
erly served by the Georgia Pow
er and Light Company in 20
counties of South Georgia.
Contracts transferring the pro
perty of Georgia Power and
Light to Georgia Power were
signed here today by John J.
McDonough, president of Georgia
Power, and W. J. Clapp, presid
ent of Florida Power Corporation,
of which Georgia Power and
Light is a subsidiary. Mr. Mc-
Donough delivered to Mr. Clapp
checks totaling $11,164,145 to pay
for the electrical facilities. A
final acounting and settlement
will be made in 30 days.^ln addi
tion, Georgia Power will assume
Georgia Power and Light’s bond
ed indebtedness of $7,705,000.
Mr. McDonough said the trans
fer of the property would not
involve any present change of
personnel since all employes of
Georgia Power and Light have
elected to remain with - Georgia
Power. John W. Lastinger, presi
dent of Georgia Power and Light,
is now the Valdosta division Man
ager. He was elected a vice presi
dent of Georgia Power Company
at the last directors’ meeting
February 20.
Franchise arrangements under
which the Georgia Power Com
pany will operate have been
made in the incorporated muni
cipalities formerly served by
Georgia Power and Light.
Wildes Birthday
Celebrated Sunday
A birthday dinner celebrating
the 78th birthday of Mark F.
Wildes was held at the Wildes
home near Nahunta Sunday,
March 3, with many relatives and
friends visiting Mr. Wildes dur
ing the day.
Most of the Wildes family clan
was present, also a number of
friends from over Brantley Coun
ty. Mr. Wildes is one of the best
known citizens of this section
and is highly regarded by all
who know him.
His friend congratulate him on
his long and useful life and wish
for him many more years of ser
vice to his community and sec
tion.
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(Editor's Note: The following is guaranteed by the Constitu-
the first in a scries of three
columns dealing with the civil
rights proposals pending before
the 85th Congress.)
HISTORY TEACHES US that
people lose their civil rights as the
result of governmental action. It
was because of that fact of life
that our founding fathers deemed
it wise to enumerate in the Bill of
Rights of our Constitution the in
alienable rights of free men and
to insure their perpetuity by pro
hibiting governmental interference
v Ith the enjoyment of them.
These guar
antees are stat
ed clearly- and
are made all in
; elusive. They
provide that
Congress shall
make “no law”
£ respecting th^m
jajaE and establish
recourse in Federal Courts for
those persons denied any of them.
Because of them legislation on the
subject of civil rights not only is
unnecessary but also would be
duplicative of, and perhaps in
direct conflict with, the Constitu
tion and the Bill of Rights.
* * *
TO THOSE WHO insist that the
enactment of new laws and the
establishment of new procedures
are necessary to the protection of
civil rights in this countrv, I
would like to ask these questions:
What rights would you pro
tect which already are not
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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Costs of Polio
Cases Revealed
For 45 Counties
Treatment costs for 189 polio
cases totaled $101,613.00 in 1956
in the Southeast Georgia area of
45 counties. The Waycross office
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis complied this
information from the county trea
surers’ reports.
Os the 189 cases, 23 were stric
ken in 1956 and 166 in previous
years.
Brantley County Chapter spent
$923.61 on 4 patients in 1956. It
was not necessary for the local
chapter to request additional help
from headquarters, but 13 South
east Georgia counties received
emergency help in the amount
of $29,525.00.
An estimatedd 80,00 polio pat
ients in the U. S. need continued
treatment.
Eighth District
Legion Will
Meet at Alma
The Eighth District meeting of
the American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary will be held at
Bacon County Post 69 at Alma
Sunday, March 17, it is announc
ed by E. Parker. Dodge, adjutant
of Brantley County Post 210.
The meeting will begin at one
o’clock in the afternoon with
registration of members of the
Legion and the Legion Auxiliary.
The address of welcome will be
made by Tim Hall of Alma and
the response by H. B. Edwards,
Jr., of Valdosta.
The guest speaker will be
James T. Powers, National Ex
ecutive Committeeman. He will
be introduced by J. P. Barnett.
A business session will be held
beginning at four o’clock. A
dinner at the Alma Legion home
will be held at six.
Money spent at home will come
back to you to be spent again.
tion and the Bill of RightsT
Why is it necessary to
create a Commission to do
what State and Federal
Courts already are empowered
to do? Is it because the Courts
have failed? If so, in what
way?
What procedures or re
courses for redress in cases of
civil rights violations would
you substitute in lieu of those
already established by the
Constitution and Bill of
Rights?
Why do you feel that the
constitutional guarantees and
processes under which this na
tion has achieved the great
ness, prosperity and liberty it
enjoys today are not adequate
to meet the needs of present
and future generations?
THE PROTECTION OF the civil
rights of opr citizenry lies not in
the enactment of a welter of con
fusing, contradictory and possibly
unconstitutional laws but rather in
a strict adherence to the constitu
tional guarantees, processes and
prohibitions which already are the
law of the land and which, without
question, are adequate to meet
every requirement of those who
are concerned about protecting the
rights of the American people.
at rapaaaa)
BratitUy BtimiraE
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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 7, 1957
Honor Roll
Os New and Renewal
Subscriptions
The Brantley Enterprise ex
presses its thanks to the follow
ing subscribers for their NEW
or RENEWAL subscriptions
which have been recently re
ceived:
J. W. Thrift
Route 1
Nahunta, Ga.
Roy Harper
Hortense, Ga.
Ross Flowers
Route 1
Hortense, Ga.
John I. Lee
Route 1
Nahunta, Ga.
J. Riegel
Nahunta, Ga.
Guy Strickland
Route 2
Hortense, Ga.
Doyle L. Dowling
Arnold, Md.
Grady Boyd
Route 1
Waynesville, Ga.
J. F. Jacobs
Route 1
Nahunta; Ga.
Rosa Lee Hall
Waynesville, Ga.
A-3C David H. Purdom
Lincoln AFB, Neb.
Brantley Girls to
Head College
Newspaper at GSCW
The Colonnade, student news
paper at the Georgia State Col
lege for Women, will have as
editor and business manager two
students from Brantley County
next year. Betty Jean Sadler has
been elected editor, and lona
Johns has been selected as busi
ness manager.
Miss Sadler, a junior who is
studying business administration,
has been a member of the Baptist
Student Union, Beta Alpha, Geor
gia Business Education Associa
tion, and the Colonnade staff.
With her work on this student
newspaper she has served as re
porter and exchange editor.
Miss Johns, a junior studying
mathematics and science educa
tion, has also served as a reporter
for the paper at GSCW. She is a
member of the International Re
lations Club and the Chemistry
Club.
Miss Sadler is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Naron Sadler, and
Miss Johns is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie A. Johns.
Fire Department
Raising Funds to
Buy Resuscitator
The Nahunta City Fire Depart
ment, with Clint Robinson as
Fire Chief, in planning to buy
a resuscitator to be used in
emergencies in Brantley County.
This announcement was made by
Fire Chief Robinson.
He states that a number of civic
organizations and other clubs
have made contributions to the
fund which is being raised for
the resuscitator. The Oleander
Garden Club has made a contri
bution. The Satilla Chapter 365
O. E. S. is having a benefit chic
ken supper on Saturday night of
this week and will made a contri
bution.
Mr. Robinson stated he hoped
the resuscitator might be pur
chased in the near future in order
that it might be available next
summer. He said members of the
Fire Department will take special
training in the use of the resusci
tator.
Nahunta Wins from Valley Point and
Milner to Enter Tourney Semi-Finals
Beat Milner
In Overtime
By 2 Points
Nahunta High School’s Wildcats
squeezed out an overtime victory
from Milner by a score of 64 to
62 Thursday afternoon to enter
the semi-finals of the Class B
tournament at Macon Friday.
An extra period was required
to decide the hard-fought Na
hunta-Milner game and details
were not available at the time
of going to press.
Nahunta High School’s Wild
cats, champion on the Eighth
District Class B, fought their way
to a close-shave victory over the
highly-touted Valley Point team
from the Seventh District in the
first game of the state tourna
ment Wednesday night at Macon.
The final score was Nahunta
78, Valley Point 75, but in be
tween the first whistle and the
final buzz that ended the fray
there was packed some of the
fanciest basketball state tourna
ment play has ever seen.
The Nahunta team led all the
way, but the Valley Point boys
were very persistent and refused
to lie down and say “Uncle”.
They scared the daylights out of
the Nahunta rooters by inching
up behind the phenomenal shoot
ing of their guard Frank Collins
who shot 36 points for Valley
Point.
Melvin Griffin, who went
“point crazy” according to an
Atlanta newspaper story of the
game, hot 35 points for Nahunta.
Cleland was second for Nahunta
with 17 points.
The Nahunta team started off
as smoothly as greased glass and
worked up what was thought to
be a commanding lead. Then the
Valley Point boys woke up and
saw what was happening to them.
They saw there was a basket at
their end of the court and started
shooting at it. They began to hit
that basket with amazing re
gularity and began to make a
contest of the affair. )
Nahunta managed to stay ahead
and lead at every quarter but
they could not shake off the hbtly
pursuing Valley Pointers who
were always breathing down
their necks during the last quar
ter.
Nahunta was to meet Milner
Thursday afternoon at 1:30 P.M.
for their second game of the
tournament. Milner had drawn
a “bye” and did not play Wed
nesday.
Harold Scott, the popular Na
hunta coach, was not making
any predictions as to the outcome
of this second game but he ex
pressed himself as feeling good
over the fine play of his team
against the rugged Valley Point
boys.
BOX SCORE
Nahunta 78
Griffin 35
Cleland 17
Johns 9
Allen 15
Brooker 1
Royster -1
Valley Point 75
Wininger 14
Benson 2
Bagley 3
Collins 36
Jones 18
Brttmlow 2
Howard L. Davis
Elected Member
Angus Association
Howard L- Davis of Nahunta
has been elected to membership
in the American Angus Associa
tion at St. Joseph, Missouri, an
nounces Frank Richards, secre
tary.
Mr. Davis was one of nine
purebred Aberdeen-Angus breed
ers in Georgia elected to mem
bership during the past month.
Watch the label on your
paper. It indicates the date
your subscription will ex*
pire.
Hoboken High School Girls Team that won the Eighth District Class C Basket
ball Championship — Standing, left to right, Coach Dudley Spell, Sue Carol
Moore: seated, left to right, Iris Griffin Cynthia Rose Dowling Carolyn Sapp,
Dorothy Lucas, Carolyn Aldridge, Iva Lee Aldridge, Ann Milton, Peggy Queen,
Lucille Hickox, Carolyn Herrin, Shirley Queen, Nancy Jones, Winnie Brannon,
Wannell Pierce.
Hoboken Girls Team Wins Class C
District Basketball Championship
Personals
Mrs. Johnny Jones and chil
dren visited Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Lee the past week. They returned
to their home in Okechobee, Fla.,
Saturday.
♦ • •
Mrs. A. C. Lee and Mrs. Johnny
Jones and her children visited
Mrs. Edwin Sanders and Mrs.
Betty Jean Stewart in Waycross
last Wednesday.
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Mrs .1. J. Crews returned on
Saturday of last week from Lake
land and Jacksonville, Fla. where
she spent three weeks with re
latives.
• * *
Mrs. Frank Smith will return
to her home in Savannah on Sun
day after spending two weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Alfred
Thomas who has a new baby boy.
♦ • •
Chief James Edward Stewart,
who has been home with his
wife and two children, Greg and
Karen, for ten days, left on
Thursday of last week to return
to Davisville, R. E. He is to be
transferred to British West Indies.
♦ • •
The Nahunta High School Par
ent-Teachers Association will
meet Tuesday, March 12, imme
diately after school, Mrs. Karrol
Kitching, the secretary annou
nces. Everyone is cordially in
vited and urged to attend.
Hickox W. M. S. Met
Monday Afternoon
The W.M.S. of the Hickox Bap
tist Church met at the home of
Mrs. Lyman Rowell on Monday
afternoon, March 4. Mrs. Betty
Hendrix was co-hostess with Mrs.
Rowell.
Mrs. Betty Hendrix was in
charge of the program with the
Week of Prayer for Home Miss
ions being observed. Taking part
of the program were Mrs. Lor
aine Jacobs, Mts. Lizzie Mae Hen
drix, Mrs. Aletha Mae White and
Mrs. Jaunita Allen.
Mrs. Betty Hendrix, president,
was in charge during business
session. Plans were made for a
chicken supper for the benefit of
the church building fund.
Mrs. Rowell and Mrs. Betty
Hendrix served cakes and soft
drinks.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Mrs. Hendrix Was
Hostess to Hickox
Home D. Club
Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix was
hostess to the Hickox Home Dem
onstration Club on Wednesday of
last week.
The devotional was led by Mrs.
Woodrow Hendrix. Mrs. Clarence
Allen is president.
Miss Sara Simpson, Home Dem
onstration agent of Brantley
County, demonstrated clothing.
Mrs. Clarence Allen showed a
number of garments made from
feed sacks, including, house
dresses, play clothes, sleepers and
underwear.
Chocolate pie, sandwiches, crac
kers, tea and coffee were served.
Others present were: Mrs. M.
L. Anderson, Mrs. Ronald Hen
drix, Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs.
Bill White, Mrs. O. A. Jones arid
Mrs. G. A. Loyd.
Crew® Infant Died
In California
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Billy R. Crews of Hoboken,
Ga., died Saturday in Fairfield,
Calif.
Besides her parents the infant
is survived by her maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lam
ar Clark; and paternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Crews
of Hoboken; and several uncles
and aunts.
Nahunta Men Win Wayx
City Basketball Championship
The Nahunta quintet copped
the Waycross 1957 YMCA City
League men’s title Saturday
night, defeating ACL 80-62 in
the final playoff game of the
sudden-death series between the
three teams that had ended the
regular season in a dead heat
for the leadership. The Brantley
County squad had trimmed Way
cross Plumbers 63-42 on Friday
night.
Led by Clayde Smith, Lonzo
Griffin and Lee Ham, the Na
hunta five put on a great show
of offensive power in the Recrea
tion Center to win the men’s tro
phy for the year. ACL took a
one point lead in the first per
iod but fell to a tremendous
shooting display by Nahunta in
the second and third periods.
Trailing 18-17 after eight min
utes of action, Nahunta rolled in
to a 40-36 halftime lead and on
to a 65-50 lead at the three-quar-
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The girls basketball team of
Hoboken High School won the
Class C championship of the
Eighth District by beating Lum
ber City 64 to 54 at Baxley Mon
day night, March 4.
Iva Lee Aldridge shot 42 of the
64 points made by Hoboken. Bon
nell Partin and Geraldine Varna
doe each scored 22 points for
Lumber City.
By beating Lumber City, Hob
oken earned the district title and
also the right to represent the
Eighth District in the state Class
C tournament in Macon.
Box Score
Hoboken 64.
L. Aldridge r 42
C. Aldridge 7
Prescott w 15
Queen, Milton, Griffin, Lucas,
Hearn.
Lumber City 54
Partin 22
Clements 10
Varnadoe 22
Pittman, Harmon, Yeomans,
Sandifors.
The Hoboken girls team won
17 games and lost only seven
during the regular season.
In the tournament play their
record was as follows:
Hoboken 66, Workmore 17.
Hoboken 90, Surrency 66.
Lumber City 70, Hoboken 53.
Hoboken 47, Statenville 39.
Hoboken 64, Lumber City 54.
ter mark. The squad from Brant
ley County slowed some in the
final period but added three
points to the margin to win SO
-62.
Claude Smith poured in 23
points to take game scoring laur
els for Nahunta. Lonzo Griffin
added 18 and Lee Ham 16 for
the winners. Johnny Cleland and
Ty Raulerson had nine each and
Bobby Chancey five for the
champions.
W. S. Booth sparked the ACL
offense with 22 points. Frank
Pittman and Bobby Hough b?d 14
each, Jerry Lee six, Larry Welch
four and Andrew Sm th two for
the Y quintet.
Members of the Nahunta team
of the Waycross City League for
the season were Ty Raulerson,
Wannis Cleland, Bobby Chancey,
Lee Roy Ham, Harold Scott,
Claude Smith and Lonzo Griffin.
