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VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 18
Rural Electrics
Celebration of
A spectatular parade and pro
gram commemorating twenty
five years of service will take
place May 11th at Warm Springs,
Georgia.
Celebrating their Silver Jubi
lee, forty-one Georgia Electric
Systems will play host to the
national celebration of the crea
tion of the Rural Electrification
Administration (REA).
The late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed Executive Or
der 7037 on May 11, 1935 bring
ing the Rural Electrification pro
gram into being.
Heading the huge parade in the
former President’s automobile,
removed from the museum at the
Little White House, will be form
er Secretary of Agriculture,
Claude R. Wickard; President of
the Georgia Electric Member
ship Corporation, D. Marshall
Pollock; General Manager of the
National Rural Electric Associa
tion in Washington, D. C., Clyde
T. Ellis; and the National Presi
dent of the Association, Walter
Harrison, Millen, Georgia.
Beauty will be represented in
the parade as Miss Betty Big
gers, Keysville, Georgia, the
Rural Electrics Queen, greets
the parade viewers with an of
ficial kiss from her Silver Jubi
lee float.
Jim Thomas Is
Featured in Farm
Magazine Article
Birmingham, Ala. —- Jim Tho
mas, national FFA president of
Patterson is featured in an ar
ticle appearing in The Progres
sive Farmer’s May issue.
Twenty years old and a stu
dent at the University of Georgia,
Jim speaks out on what his work
with Future Farmers of America
means to him.
He says, “I took vocational
Future Farmers of America
while in high school because 1
was interested in beef cattle and
it seemed the natural thing to
do. Vo-ag and FFA have taught
rne three things: 1) to appreciate
both the joys and disappoint
ments in life, 2) they provide
rich opportunities for leadership
training, and 3) inspired me to
set my goals high and work to
ward them.”
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
P.URAL ELECT* IF ICATICN WEEK
BY THE GOVERNOR:
WHEREAS: Rural Electrification hat affected the
lives of a million Georgians and has
contributed much to the economic and social
welfare of our rural people; and
WHEREAS: America’s non-profit rural electric system!
have been good for all Americans; and
WHEREAS: Executive Order No. 7037 was signed by the
late President Franklin D. Roosevelt on
Way 11, 1935, bringing the Rural
Electrification Program into being; and
WHEREAS: The only rural electric cooperative that
ever was dedicated by the late President
Roosevelt took place at Barnesville,
Georgia, on August 11, 1938; and
WHEREAS: The late President Roosevelt said that the
birthplace of the Rural Electrification
Administration was in a little cottage at
Warm Springs, Georgia; and
WHEREAS: Rural Electrics throughout the nation are
celebrating their Silver Jubilee of
twenty-five years of service to their
communities; now
XEWFORE: I, S. Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia*
do hereby proclaim May 8-14, 1960, as
"Rural Electrification Week" in Georgia,
and urge the citizens of thia State to
unite with the Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation in recognizing the
contributions Rural Electric Cooperatives
have mode to the welfare and pxogreaa of
our country,
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GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS “RURAL ELECTRIFICA
TION WEEK” — By proclamation Governor Ernest
Vandiver established the week of May Bth as “Rural
Electrification Week.”
Forty-one Georgia Rural Electric Systems will cele
brate twenty-five years of service to their state.
A hugh Silver Jubilee program is being planned at
Warm Springs, Georgia on May 11th to pay homage to
the “Father of Rural Electrification,” former President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Parade in
Silver Jubilee
Alexander Spell
Funeral Service
Was Held Sunday
Funeral services for Alexander
Spell, 74, who died in Millen
Monday after a long illness, were
held Tuesday at 4. P. M. at the
graveside of the Ammons Ceme
tery at Atkinson.
The Rev. Raymond Wilder con
ducted the services.
He is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Walter F. Fouche, Bruns
wick; one brother, Steve Spell,
Tampa, Fla.; and several nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers were J. T. Fouche,
Glynn Fouche, Clinton Knight,
Ernest Fouche, Charles Fouche
and Gary Fouche.
Whole Farms In Soil
Bank Bring Results
Each dollar spent by the gov
ernment as rental for Conserva
tion Reserve land brings a much
higher return in value of crop
adjustment when all eligible
cropland on a farm is retired than
when only part of the cropland is
placed under contract, according
to Dan H. Jacobs, manager of
the Brantley Agricultural Stabli
zation and Conservation Office.
Mr. Jacobs said the statement
is based on studies made by the
Agricultural Research Service of
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture in five different areas.
Madrigal Choir Sings
At Baptist Church
Thursday Night
The Madrigal Choir of G. S.
C. W. at Milledgeville will sing
in the church social hall at the
Nahunta Baptist Church on
Thursday evening, May 12 at 8:00
P. M.
Students at G. S. C. W. who
are members of the choir are
Miss Vieleen Strickland, Miss
Rose Mary Smith, Miss Lillie
Ruth Thomas and Miss Janice
Royster.
Everyone is invited to attend.
POSTED SIGNS
Get posted signs to post youi
land at The Brantley Enterprise
office. Five cents each.
Brantley Enterprise
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 5, 1960
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold D.
Keene, Route 1, Waynesville,
recently completed eight weeks
of .military police training at
The Provost Marshal General’s
School, Fort Gordon, Ga. Keene
received instruction in self
defense, traffic control and the
basic procedures of civil and
military law. The 18-year-old
soldier entered the Army in
December, 1959 and completed
basic training at Fort Benning,
Ga. He is a 1959 graduate of
Nahunta High School.
(U. S. Army Photo)
Flower Show
Was Held by
Garden Club
The annual Flower Show of
the Nahunta Garden Club was
held last Saturday in the High
School Cafeteria with a good at
tendance to observe the beauti
ful flowers. Mrs. Elroy Strick
land was chairman of the Flower
Show. Mrs. Herschel Herrin is
president of the Garden Club.
Mrs. W. S. Robinson won the
Achievement Award in the Ar
rangement class. The award was
won in the horticulture class by
E. L. Sears. The award in the
Junior Achievement classes was
won by Dan Moody for his shell
collection.
The judges were Mrs. T. E.
Dekel, Mrs. Fred Harper and
Mrs. J. H. Chaffin of Jesup.
Mrs. J. Siegel, chairman of
flower show luncheon, entertain
ed the judges and others at the
luncheon. She received the award
of appreciation for her work.
The theme of the decorations for
the luncheon was “Day is Break
ing.” She used yellow ropes on
amber containers and a cranberry
glass chanticlear to center the
beautifully appointed table.
Lulaton Baptists
Will Celebrate
Homecoming Day
The Lulaton Baptist Church
will observe Homecoming Day
next Sunday, May 8, with ser
vices all day and dinner on the
church grounds.
Preaching service will be held
at 11:00 in the morning. After
dinner a program of songs, talks
and prayer will be held during
the afternoon.
Everyone is welcome to attend
the homecoming. The church in
vites all to attend and help ob
serve both Homecoming Day and
Mothers Day.
J. Robert Smith
Becomes Candidate
For Representative
J. Robert Smith, Nahunta at
torney has qualified with the
Brantley County Democratic
Committee as a candidate for re
presentative from Brantley Coun
ty.
Brantley County will nominate
a representative and a state sena
tor in the state primary election
to be held the second Wednesday
in September.
Rumors have it that other can
didates will announce for the
two places. Mr. Smith’s an
nouncement is carried in this is
sue of the Enterprise.
Between-meal smacks should
be avoided unless planned as a
part of the total allowance for
calories, says Miss Nelle Boyd,
nutritionist. Agricultural Exten
sion Service.
Edgy Discusses
Politics and .
Teacher Firing
When I received my letter stat
ing that my services were no
longer needed in this county, I
was not surprised because I had
already received the message.
When I was first told what would
happen, if I did not vote right, I
thought that it was in fun, but
as attitudes changed and friend
liness ceased, I knew that it was
no joke.
The next time I got the mes
sage was on February 17 around
4 A. M. My phone rang and a
voice said to me, “Do you know
who won the election?” Before
I could reply, he said, "Mr. Her
rin won and you are fired.”
The third time I received the
message in these words, “Tell
Edgy that he won’t have his job
next year because he talked too
much.” So I was well prepared
for the official message that came
on April 8.
I was accused of politicing in
the classroom and in the county.
Each one of you that is reading
this article knows that to be un
true. I can truthfully say that I
have never taken any active part
in politics because I have wanted
to keep myself free from political
entanglements. I don’t know why
1 was drawn into it this time.
I have always voted my convic
tions and 1 intend to do that, no
matter what it might cost me.
I have been told that I was
inefficient. Seventeen years of
my teaching have been in this
county. My deepest interest has
been in helping your boys and
girls to be good citizens. I have
put forth every effort to help
them mentally, morally and
spiritually. If I have been ineffi
cient this year, I am not willing
to accept all the responsibility. I
have worked just as hard and
have performed my duties as
faithfully as I have in the past.
Teaching school is a big job,
and it takes cooperation to get
the job done as it should be.
The principal and every teacher
should work together toward the
same goal, with the interest of
the children at heart.
I do not deny that there has
been inefficiency in our school
this year. I realize that I am not
perfect and I know that I have
weaknesses. But when one starts
pointing out weaknesses in teach
ers, “who can call the kettle
black?” I just can’t understand
how only three teachers could
be responsible for the mess that
the school has been in this year.
I am not hurt with anyone,
neither am I concerned about my
personal welfare. I am greatly
concerned though, that some citi
zens of our county have acted
as though the county offices are
inherited, and that other people
should not attempt to be elected
to these places of service. Such
thinking brings about chaotic
conditions.
To the present school adminis
tration and my co-workers, I
would like to leave this thought,
“The most important thing that
you and I have to make is not
a living, but a life. Let us put
patience, kindness, sympathy,
courage and good honest toil into
our task. Thus we shall be plant
ing eternal truths and eternal
values into the character that
God would have us to build.”
L. J. Edgy
Nahunta Team
Takes 2 Games
From Hinesville
The Nahunta baseball team
won a doubleheader from Hines
ville on the local diamond Sun
day, May 1, with scores for the
two games being 5 to 4 and 14
to 3.
Batteries for Nahunta in the
first game were Drury and Davis,
second game Luke and Wannis
Cleland.
The double win Sunday gave
the Nahunta boys six games won
for the league season, with only
two losses, for an average in the
league standings of 750.
Ben Jones hit a home run Sun
day. The team goes to Arco next
Sunday for games with that nine.
Nahunta and Glenville have thus
far proved to be the fastest teams
in the eight-team South Georgia
Baseball League.
Enterprise Office
To Be Closed
Friday, Saturday
The office of The Brantley En
terprise will be closed Friday and
Saturday, May 6 and 7, to allow
the editor and his wife to attend
the National Editorial Association
convention in Atlanta.
The office will be open again
for business Monday morning.
May 9.
Nahunta FFA Boys
Promoting Better
Breed of Hogs
Several years ago our FFA
Chapter, with the help of Mr.
A. S. Mizell and the Walker
Chevrolet Co. of Waycross, be
gan a pig chain. Each year sev
eral boys have been able to carry
a good pig home. He was supposed
to feed this gilt, raise a litter of
pigs and return two of the best
gilts, so that two other boys
would be able to get into the hog
business.
Although some of the pigs died
and some boys failed to return
their pigs, we have had good re
sults from this chain. This week
eleven boys were able to carry
a pig home because of this chain.
We believe that it has helped
our hog production and that the
hogs in this community are of
better quality because of these
animals.
The boys receiving pigs this
week are H. C. Morgan, Alton
Depratter, Don Hendrix, Ronnie
Hendrix, George Gaudette, Nor
man Wilson Jr., Eddie Roberson,
Cordell Wainwright, Jack Knox,
Benny Crews and Kenneth
Moody.
When pigs are available, the
boys who want pigs place their
name in a hat and a name is
drawn out for each pig. We
should have more pigs within a
few weeks, and then we shall
have another drawing.
Not only does this give the
boys a project at home, but the
boys get experience in innoculat
ing and worming these pigs be
fore they are carried to the farm.
We believe that you learn by do
ing and when you are doing for
yourself, you may learn even
more.
Franklin Knox
Funeral Service
Was Held Sunday
Funeral services were held from
the graveside at Knox Cemetery
Sunday afternoon, May 1, at
three o’clock for Mr. Franklin
Knox, 51, a former resident of
Brantley county, who passed a
way suddenly in Sanford, Florida
Thursday, April 28.
Mr. Knox was born in Wayne,
now Brantley county and was the
son of the late James Franklin
and Mollie Wainright Knox. He
received his education in the
schools of the county and for the
past several yeqrs has resided in
Florida where he was employed
as a bulldozer operator.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Robert Robinson of Na
hunta; one son, William Knox
of Wauchula, Fla.; two sisters,
Mrs. Kate Mizell of Homestead,
Fla., and Mrs. Isabelle Brannon
of Atlanta; two brothers, Bill
Knox and Roy Knox, both of
Folkston; four grandchildren.
Several nieces and nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Mack Strickland, Ed
Smith, Harry Knox, Ray Rob
erson, Roy Ham, and Jimmy
Ham.
The floral offerings attested to
the esteem felt for the deceased.
The family have the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Political
Announcement
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY
This is to announce that I have
qualified as a candidate for Re
presentative subject to the rules
and regulations of the Democra
tic Primary to be held on Sep
tember 14, 1960.
Your support and influence in
behalf of my candidacy for this
important office will be greatly
appreciated.
Respectfully Yours
J. Robert Smith
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Hoboken High
State Class C
Eighth District
Census Workers
Complete Tally
The Eighth Congressional Dis
trict is the first District in the
Region, composed of Georgia,
Florida and Tennessee, to com
plete formal enumeration in the
18th Decennial Census, announc
ed Mrs. Arthur Sewell, District
Supervisor. Crew Leaders for the
District were released on Friday,
April 29.
Mrs. Sewell said that Mrs
Mary Brantley has done an ex
ceptional job as Crew Leader for
her District and also expressed
appreciation for the fine work
of the enumerators. Population
figures will be forthcoming with
in the next few weeks for this
area.
An effort has been made to
reach each and every person in
the entire Bth Congressional Dis
trict. In the event anyone feels
that he has been missed in the
census enumeration, Mrs. Sewell
requests that they contact the
District Office of the Bureau of
the Census, which will remain
open in Waycross for the next
few weeks for the completion of
Quality Control.
A reception will be given in
honor of the Queens immediately
following the service in the edu
cational wing of the church.
Everyone is invited to attend and
extend congratulations to the
Queens.
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SINCE THE TIME of Noah,
history has recorded heroic efforts
of farsighted men to warn their
fellow citizens of the inevitable
results of their follies. Many,
like Noah, were vindicated only
by the occurrence of the very
consequences they predicted.
The United States today has
such a farsighted leader in the
' ’ Oil^f I
tion’s best-informed expert* on
fiscal affair*, he ha* spoken out
repeatedly against departure
from sound financial policies of
government He has emphasized
the lesson to be learned from the
experiences of nations like Ger
many and France in our own time
and has hammered away at the
danger of the welfare state philo
sophy which, he points out with
great truth is "a subterfuge for
good government... (which) ha*
brought grief to every nation in
all history that has tried it”
THE MARCH ISSUE of Dun’s
Review features an interview with
Senator Byrd in which he again
warns of the consequences of pur
suing to their ultimate conclusion
present fiscal policies and atti
tudes which have piled up a tril
lion-dollar public and private in
debtedness in this country.
The Virginia Democrat conced
ed that the preservation of fiscal
soundness is not easy, particular
ly when the voting public is de
manding ever-greater government
expenditures. During the course
of the debate on federal aid to
education last February, he gave
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Athletes Win
Track Meet
Roy “Little John” Griffin
sparked the Hoboken High School
track team to the state class C
championship in Macon Satur
day. Griffin was the only dou
ble-winner in class C, copping
the shot put and the discus.
The Hoboken lad scored 10 1-4
points running a leg of the 440-
relay which placed fourth be
sides his two first place wins.
Hoboken scored 22 points to
win the meet. Bremen was se
cond with 18 points.
One other Hoboken youth won
a first place. Douglas Prescott
copped the 880-yard run, beating
the Region 3-C winner who edg
ed him in the regional meet. He
had a tune of 2:07.8 in the half
mile.
Roy Griffin hurled the discus
124 feet, 7 1-4 inches and tossed
the shot 47 feet, 7-inches, more
than five feet farther than his
closest competition.
Other Hoboken lads placing,
with points allowed for the first
four finishers and the fifth place
finishers receiving certificates
were:
LaDon Dickerson fourth in the
high hurdles; 440-relay team of
Roy Griffin, Avery Griffin, La-
Don Dickerson and Marvis Ro
berts, fourth; Wayne Altman,
fourth in the mile; Avery Griffin
second and Roy Griffin fifth in
low hurdles; LaDon Dickerson,
fourth in pole vault and fifth in
high jump.
The Hoboken mile relay team
of Gene Williams, Earl Woods,
Richard Rowell and LaDon Dick
erson turned in an excellent per
formance but was disqualified
when a member of the team un
avoidably collided with another.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Keene of
Waynesville attended the gradua
tion of their son, Pvt. Harold
Robert Keene on April 14 Pvt.
Keene graduated from P. M. G. S.
at Fort Gordon, Ga., and is now
stationed at Sandia Base, Albu
querque, New Mexico.
He noted that when he came to
the Senate in 1933 federal grants
in-aid to states could be counted
on the fingers of one hand and
totaled only about SIOO million
while by 1959 the number of pro
grams had grown to 60 and the
appropriations for them swelled
to $6.4 billion. Those, he added,
do not include subsidy, direct pay
ment and retirement programs
which run the total to 90 and the
cost to the Federal Government
to more than $9.5 billion.
wise and re
epected Sena
tor Harry F.
Byrd of Vir
ginia. As
Chairman of
the Senate
Committee on
Finance and aa
one of the na-
spending, cease profligate spend
ing which has strained our finan
cial position, reduce the national
debt and Lighten the burden being
piled on the next generation.
"There is a limit beyond which
the American taxpayer eannot be
taken,” he declared. "If the
strength and integrity of the
American dollar is not maintain
ed, we shall not meet our com
mitments at home or abroad.”
The American people will ig
nore Senator Byrd’s warnings at
their own peril. They, and they
alone, can effect the remedies
which he so urgently recommends
because they elect the Members
of Congress and, as the Virginia
Statesman so aptly put it, “Con
grees will be quick to cut appro
priations if it becomes apparent
that the people want it done.”
(eel prepared er
Personals
a graphic example of what public
pressures for spending have done
to the federal budget.
SENATOR BYRD TOLD his in
terviewer that four steps must be
taken immediately if the nation is
“to protect the fundamentals on
which our form of government
and our enterprise system are
founded.” He listed them as:
stop nonessential and postponable
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