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VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 44
'Jim Thomas Day' Proclaimed for Nov. 18
Sweeping the Country
STATE HOSPITAL AT MILLEDGEVILLE
NEEDS IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL HELP
The State Hospital for mental patients at Milledge
ville badly needs a great deal of financial help immedi
ately. 1 arrived at a definite conclusion of this matter after
a tour of inspection of the institution with a number of
legislators and newspaper people last Monday.
Words cannot express the dire needs of the institution
for new buildings, many more doctors, nurses and aides
of all kinds.
The hospital is woefully understaffed. It is crowded
beyond comprehension with a mass of pitiful patients who
live under conditions that are a shame to every citizen
of the state until these conditions are fully alleviated.
I readily grant that a great deal of progress has
been made at Milledgeville in the last few years and that
the management has done about all that could be expected
with the money and facilities available.
It is simply that the needs of the institution haye
outgrown the increase of funds received from year to year.
As we toured those crowded, malodorous, ill venti
lated buildings, erected cheaply during the first days of
the Big Depression, I wondered where the heart and
conscience of Georgia had gone to allow such a condition
to continue, even for a few months.
HOSPITAL STAFF DEDICATED
TO WELFARE OF PATIENTS
In talking with Dr. MacKinnon, the superintendent, and
with a number of other supervisors, nurses and aides I
was much impressed with their dedication to the welfare
of their many patients.
They all seemed to have hearts of sympathy and
compassion toward the patients and were striving under
adverse conditions to help the unfortunate people in their
charge.
One of the greatest needs is for the removal of the
antiquated wooden buildings and their replacement by
modern stone or brick structures, air-conditioned and
modernized as to every facility.
Another great need is a thorough system for deodor
izing all the buildings. The stench in some of the buildings
is something to appall the senses.
And the greatest need of all is for many more doctors,
supervisors, nurses and aides. The institution is woefully
undermanned. And all the workers should be paid better
salaries so that capable workers could be secured when
needed.
It is my conviction that the institution should be placed
at the very top in priority for state funds until the hos
pital is made a credit to the state and the patients are
given the care and treatment they deserve.
DISAPPOINTED IN NEWSPAPER PEOPLE
OF THE FIRST AND EIGHTH DISTRICTS
I was greatly disappointed that so few newspaper
editors were at Milledgeville Monday and Tuesday. I
understand that a representative from every newspaper
in the First and the Eighth districts was invited. Only
two papers out of about 40 in the two districts were repre
sented. But many legislators from the two districts were
on hand and every one of them seemed stirred by a desire
for action to remedy the situation that confronted them
at the mental hospital.
Three more tours of inspection will be made this
month, on each Monday and Tuesday. Every editor should
see that a responsible member of his staff makes that
meaningful tour of inspection of our only great institution
for the care of the mentally ill.
Secondhand knowledge may be sufficient in some
cases but in this case only seeing can be fully believing
as to the dire need at Milledgeville. Also, other citizens
who wish to find out the full facts will be welcomed at
these inspection tours.
Sheriff J. Walter Crews of Brantley County accom
panied me to Milledgeville Monday. He had been there
many times to carry ihentally ill people, but he stated that
he never fully realized conditions there until he went
through the crowded buildings and saw the whole .picture.
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Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 5, 1959
Miss Purdom’s Car
Stolen at Waycross
Miss Vandilla Purdom’s car
was stolen at the Fair grounds
at Waycross Monday afternoon,
Nov. 2.
The car was a 1959 Ford, tan
and white, tag number 88-1495.
Miss Purdom is Home Demon
stration agent of Pierce County
and formerly from Brantley
County.
Goodner-Nall
The Rev. C. E. Milton of
Bloomingdale, Ga., will officiate
when Mary Ann Goodner be
cames the bride of Charles Led
better Nall at 5:30 o’clock on
Saturday, Nov. 7, at the First
Baptist Church of Nahunta.
After the ceremony, Mrs.
Thomas S. Goodner will be hos
tess at a reception in the church
parlors.
The bride-elect will be at
tended by her sister, Mrs. Dor
othy G. Graham, as matron of
honor, and her nieces, Dera Ann
Goodner of Crawfordville, Ga.,
and Jane Goodner of Birming
ham, as junior bridesmaids.
Children in the wedding will
be Ann Healey of Atlanta as
flower girl, and John Goodner,
Birmingham, Ala., as ring bearer.
Howard M. Cone of New York
will serve as best man for his
brother-in-law, and seating the
wedding guests will be Robert
A. Nelson of New Orleans, Bill
Goodner of Birmingham, Den
nis Ledbetter of Sarasota, and
Harold Ledbetter of Adel.
Lois Cason of Atlanta will keep
the bride’s book and assisting
in entertaining at the reception
will be Rita Garner and Mrs.
Ralph S. Healey of Atlanta, Mrs.
Dennis Ledbetter of Sarasota and
Mrs. Harold Ledbetter of Adel.
J. W. Goodner, brother of the
bride, will give her in marriage.
The bride-elect was honored
with a number of parties by
friends in Atlanta before coming
home to Nahunta on Monday of
this week.
Mrs. Abit Nix of Tifton, aunt
of the future bridegroom, will be
hostess for the rehearsal party
in Waycross on Friday evening,
Nov. 6.
New Power
Plant to Be
Dedicated
Dedication of the Georgia Pow
er Company’s new $14,410,000
hydroelectric generating plant
on the Chattahoochee River at
Columbus has been scheduled for
Nov. 12, John J. McDonough,
president, announced this week.
The special ceremonies are ex
pected to attract thousands of
visitors from throughout Georgia
and the Southeast.
Governor Vandiver will be the
chief speaker for the event. Guest
of honor will be James M. Oliver,
for whom the dam is named. Mr.
Oliver is a veteran of 44 years’
service with the Alabama Power
Company and Georgia Power
Company.
Guilded tours, a barbecue, and
a band concert will add a holiday
atmosphere to the “open house”
ceremonies. The program will be
gin at 11 a. m. and the barbecue
is scheduled for 12:30 p. m. The
tours start at 2 p. m. Large tents
will be provided for the dedica
tion services and for dining.
The newly completed 60,000-
kilowatt Oliver Dam is the com
pany’s second most powerful hy
droelectric installation on the
Chattahoochee, being exceeded
in generating capacity only by
Bartlett’s Ferry. The plant’s four
turbines can produce 255 million
kilowatt-hours a year, or enough
electricity to supply the needs of
65,000 average homes.
The eight and one-half mile
long lake created by the dam
covers 2,400 acres and is expect
ed to become an outstanding re
creation area. A portion of the
lake is within the Columbus City
limits, and the Georgia Power
Company is providing the City
of Columbus with lakefront pro
perty for use as a recreational
park and for access to the lake.
In a state-wide proclamation,
Governor Ernest Vandiver has
proclaimed November 18, 1959,
as “Jim Thomas Day” in Georgia.
The governor signed the official
document on Monday afternoon
of this week.
On Tuesday morning he and
other officials met with a Pierce
county group for an official sign
ing and picture taking.
Representing Pierce county
were Chairman of Commissioners
T. N. Harrison and Commissioner
Charlie Waters. Also on hand
were Mayor J. P. Barnard Sr.
of Patterson, and Oswell Smith,
vocational agriculture teacher,
under whom Jim studied and
carried out his FFA activities.
The signing took place in the
governor’s office at 10:30 A. M.
in the presence of Dr. Claude
Purcell, state school supertin
tendent, T. G. Walters, state
supervisor of vocational agricul
ture, T. D- Brown, executive se
cretary of the State FFA, and
Mrs. Gladys Gilmer, editor of
the Georgia Farmer, state FFA
magazine.
Also on hand were personnel
from the State Department of
Education Public Information
Service, and reporters and photo
graphers from the Atlanta news
papers.
Information for the proclama
tion was flown to the governor’s
office Monday morning by Mrs.
W. P. Strickland Jr. of Black
shear and Paul Seasholtz, pilot
from Waycross. W. P. Strickland
accompanied them in a private
plane.
Plans are now underway for
a suitable celebration in Pierce
county on Nov. 18.
James R. Tyre of Patterson,
Chamber of Commerce director,
and recently named chairman of
the Southeast Georgia Industrial
Development Committee, has
been named county-wide chair
man and R. W. (Bobby) High
smith of Blackshear, newly elect
ed Chamber of Commerce vice
president, has been named trea
surer to head the county’s plans
for the day.
Chairman Tyre has called a
meeting of the heads of Pierce
county’s civic organizations, etc.,
for this Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30
P. M. at the home of Mrs. I. L.
Echols in Patterson.
Personals
Mrs. Shirley M. Howard is now
working as clerk and typist at
the Brantley County Health
Office, it is announced by Mrs.
Robert Griner, county health
nurse.
Airman Second Class Justice
R. Rowell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hardie Rowell, Hortense, Ga., has
recently been promoted from
Airman Third Class to his pre
sent rank in the Air Force. Sta
tioned at Hunter Air Force Base
since March 1959, Airman Rowell
is assigned to the 2nd Food Ser
vice Squadron. Airman Rowell
entered the service in December
1958 and prior to that time at
tended Nahunta High School, Na
hunta, Georgia from which he
was graduated.
John B. Smith and family and
H. B. Highsmith and family of
Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Stokes and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Connie Harrison of Thal
man; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Browne
and son and Mrs. J. F. Browne
of Jamesville, Wisconsin were
guests of Mrs. Alice Highsmith
and family during the weekend.
Mrs. C. T. Stephens will enter
tain for her father, J. E. Morgan
on the occassion of his birthday,
Sunday, Nov. 8, at her home in
Nahunta. Friends and relatives
are invited to visit him there on
Sunday.
Sp 4 Clara G. Peeples, who is
stationed at Ft. McClellan, Ala.,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Peeples at Waynesville this
week.
Mrs. Lilly Pharr, District
Grand Deputy of District 29,
O. E. S. of State of Georgia, will
be present at the regular meet
ing of Satilla Chapter 365,
O. E. S. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at
8:00 o’clock P. M. in the Nahunta
Lodge Hall. All members are
urged to be present.
WASHING SWEATERS
Miss Doris Oglesby, housing
equipment specialist, Agricul
tural Extension Service, advises
washing sweaters often. She says
they not only will look better,
but wear longer if they are
washed before they become real
ly dirty. She recommends turn
ing sweaters inside out before
washing them and always using
warm water.
Good Seedling
Planting Season
Seen This Year
Tree seedlings still may be
ordered from the Georgia Forest
ry Commission to be planted in
Georgia.
Georgians have a wonderful
opportunity in planting seedlings
this year. The nurseries have an
excellent crop of seedlings. They
are of good uniform size which
will make mechanical planting
easier. The rains this year have
left us with a good underground
water supply and it seems there
is going to be good season in the
ground at planting time which
is not far away.
Seedling order forms may be
obtained from County Rangers,
County Agents, Soil Conservation
Technicians or from the Georgia
Forestry Commission, P. O. Box
1183, Macon.
ASC purchase orders will be
accepted, as well as checks and
money orders. Longleaf, loblolly,
and slash pine seedlings will cost
four dollars per thousand. East
ern red cedar and yellow poplar
will cost ten dollars per thou
sand. Eastern white pine will
cost six instead of nine dollars
per thousand this year, because
the Commission has grown its
own. Orders will be filled on a
first come first served basis as
long as seedlings are available.
Be sure to get your order in as
early as possible.
Birmingham, Ala. — In its
November issue, The Progressive
Farmer cites Jim Thomas, of Pat
terson, Ga., for his outstanding
work with the Future Farmers
of America.
Jim was elected president of
the National Future Farmer or
ganization in October. He is the
first Georgian to hold this post
as leader of the more than 300,-
000 members, says the magazine.
( - ;
JIM THOMAS DAY
WHEREAS* A native of Georgia, Jim Thomae of Patterson, Pierce County, has been
elected National President of the Future Farmers of America, an organization
of more than 381,000 farm youth throughout the nation, at their National
Future Farmers of America Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, on
October 15, 1959, and 7 ’ ’
WHEREAS* This young man has brought nationwide attention to Georgia and his home
conmunity, and will continue, during his term in office, through national
tours and speaking engagements, to bring honor and attention to his state*
and *
WHEREAS* The character and personality of Jim Thomas exemplifies the finest of
Georgia’s youth and his traits and deeds, as shown by his actions and
accomplishments at the age of twenty are most commendable, and
WHEREAS: He is widely recognised in Georgia agricultural and educational circles
“ Y? 1 " the P reßß » for accomplishments, including,
district FFA public speaking champion and state runner-up for four yearn
while In Patterson High School; participation on the school’s debate team
which competed in the state finals three years in succession; the raising
of prise winning beef cattle, including a county Grand Champion Steer
while still in elementary school; active participation in extra-curricular
activities such as school quartet, varsity football team, Student Council,
Beta Club, a leader In the school’s FFA Chapter, State FFA President in
1956-57, and
WZBBABt The splendid record and acconpllahments of this Georgia youth deserve the
recognition and acclaim of his fellow Georgians, now - —
01800®’ ?• Ern “ t Governor of Georgia, do hereby proclaim November 18.
1959, as "JIM THCMAS DAT* In Georgia, and urge all citizens to observe thio
day in recognition of Jim Thomas and youth like him, who, even now, are
asking Georgia a better state in which to live.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Pistol Expert
To Lecture at
Legion Meet
The Brantley Post 210 Ameri
can Legion will hold a public
program Thursday night, Nov. 12,
at which time the State Game
and Fish Commission will show
a movie concerning the problems
of wildlife, hunting and trapping.
Also John West, agent for the
U. S. Border Patrol, will give a
lecture on gun safety and a de
monstration of trick pistol shoot
ing. Mr. West is an expert on
handling firearms and has been
presented on a number of major
television programs.
Uoboken Basketball Schedule
Surrency, Oct. 30, There.
Manor, Nov. 3, There.
Ludowici, Nov. 6, Here.
St. George, Nov. 10, There.
Nahunta, Nov. 17, There.
Ware County, Nov. 20, Here.
Waycross, Nov. 24, Here.
Patterson, Dec. 1, Here.
Odum, Dec. 4, There.
St. George, Dec. 8, Here.
Folkston, Dec. 11, There.
Ware County, Dec. 15, There.
Hoboken Alumni, Dec. 29, Here.
Blackshear, Dec. 31, Here.
Nahunta, Jan. 5, Here.
Odum, Jan. 8, Here.
Screven, Jan. 12, There.
Manor, Jan. 15, Here.
Waycross, Jan. 22, There.
Homerville, Jan. 26, Here.
Folkston, Feb. 2, Here.
Blackshear, Feb. 5, There.
Ludowici, Feb. 9, There.
Surrency, Feb. 12, Here.
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Smith Garage
Burglarized
Tuesday Night
The Smith Garage in Nahunta
was burglarized Tuesday night,
Nov. 3, it is reported by police
man C. T. Stephens.
The burglars broke in through
the back window and stole about
$65 in cash and several cartons
of cigarettes. They dropped car
ons of cigarettes and some
wrenches outside near the win
dow.
Sheriff J. Walter Crews, Po
liceman Stephens and patrol of
ficer Lt. Johnny Dixon are in
vestigating the burglary.
No city policeman was on duty
at the time, according to officer,
Stephens, a s night policeman
Herrin was laid off recently. City
officials plan to hire another
night officer soon, it is under
stood.
Nahunta PTA Will
Discuss Community
Problems Monday
The Nahunta High School Pa
rent-Teachers Association will
meet Monday night, Nov. 9, at
the high school, it is announced
by the president, Mrs. J. T. Roy
ster.
The subject of the meeting will
be “In Step with Our Communi
ty”. Projects of the various PTA
committies will be presented at
the meeting.
The Nahunta High School b^nd
will provide music for the ’ TA
meeting. The parents and teach
ers are all urged to attend.
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