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VOLUME 41 —
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Walker and their three
sons, Tommy, 14, Ken, 11, and Jesse 9
Nahunta Stores
Close 2 Days
July 4 and 5
The stores and other business
places in Nahunta will be closed
for two days Tuesday, July 4,
and Wednesday, July 5, it is an
nounced by the city Merchants
Association.
The July 4 holiday will be con
tinued through Wednesday, July
5, because of the customary half
holiday on Wednesdays. The
stores and other business places
will re-open Thursday, July 6.
Brantley Lions
Club Elected
Officers Monday
At the regular meeting of the
Brantley County Lions Club, held
on Monday, June 26, W. C. Long
was elected president for the en
suing year.
First Vice-president will be
Claude Smith and Second Vice
president will be J. Robert
Smith.
Elected as Tail Twister was R.
H. Schmidt, and Guy Chambless
was elected as Lion Tamer. Pete
J. Gibson was re-elected to serve
as Secretary-treasurer of the club.
The new officers will take of
fice at the first meeting of the
club in July.
Medical Center for Brantley County
From The Waycross Journal-Herald
The Journal-Herald shares with the people of Nahunta
and Brantley County their pride in the new medical cen
ter which was dedicated yesterday.
It is with good reason that Brantley Countians are
proud of their hospital. The medical center was a com
munity project, built with funds raised through the pub
lic sale of bonds.
The Brantley County Lions Club and the Home Demon
stration clubs of the county were leaders in the movement
for the medical center.
Approximately two years ago a mass meeting was held
at the courthouse in Nahunta to determine whether
Brantley County citizens were interested in building a
medical installation and obtaining a doctor.
One of the things the Home Demonstration clubs did
was make a survey to determine the cost of medical care
for Brantley people, how far they must travel to obtain
treatment and other related factors.
Having determined that they should move forward with
the project, Brantley citizens formed a corporation for
the purpose of issuing bonds. Various civic groups includ
ing the Lions and Jaycees assisted in promoting the bond
sale.
The Brantley County Enterprise, edited by veteran news
man Carl Broome, played a major role in the project.
With the medical center under construction, the next
problem was finding a doctor. Several were invited and
came to Nahunta.
Finally last summer a native Georgian living in Virginia
was contacted. Dr. J. L. Walker and his family liked what
they saw in Brantley County.
Several weeks later Dr. Walker informed the leaders of
the medical center corporation that he would come to Na
hunta in June of 1961 if the facility was still available.
The people of Brantley County notified the doctor that
it would be and that they would welcome him and his
family to their community.
The Walkers arrived on June 4. Yesterday almost every
one in Brantley County turned out to meet them and to
inspect the new medical center.
It was a great day in Nahunta. We rejoice with our
neighbors and express again our admiration for their
vision, determination and initiative.
Brantley Coi
NUMBER 26
3 Brantley 4-H
Club Members
Win Awards
Three Brantley County boys
and girls won first places in the
District Project Achievement
meeting at Rock Eagle 4-H Club
Center at Eatonton Thursday and
Friday of last week.
Sandra Jacobs, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Jacobs won first
place in the senior class contest
on Recreation.
Nancy Moody, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Moody won in the
junior class contest on Recrea
tion.
Terry Thomas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Thomas, won first
place in senior Tractor Mainten
ance.
The contestants were required
to give demonstrations of their
work in the various classes. The
contests were for the 27 counties
of the southeast Georgia Exten
sion District.
Sandra Jacobs, one of the
Brantley County winners, was
elected secretary-treasurer of the
southeast District 4-H Club Coun
cil.
George Loyd, county agent, and
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, home
demonstration agent, accompani
ed the 4-H club members to the
meeting. Others who accompanied
them were Mr. and Mrs. Wilder
Brooker, Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs.
Horace Jacobs, Mrs. Cecil Moody,
Dan Moody and Mrs. M. H. Rob
inson.
Brantley Enterprise
ity — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 29, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Proceedings of
Brantley County
Commissioners
The board of commissioners of
Brantley County Georgia, met in
regular session Tuesday June 6,
1961 with all members present
and ordered the following bills
paid for the month of May.
Road Dept., Arthur C. Altman
177.69 Sal. Ellis Altman 208.04
Sal. J. M. Chancey 207.75 Sal.
Perry Crews 227.44 Sal. Ira C.
Harris 190.94 Sal. Weita Herrin
177.69 Sal. Gillis Hickox 173.04
Sal. Alex B. Lee 142.65 Sal. John
H. Mercer 189.95 Sal. Virgie R.
Murray 220.85 Sal. Mitchell Hu
lett 198.05 Sal. Fred Williams
227.44 Sal. Woodrow Wilson 208.-
04 Sal. (General Govt.) S. E.
Blount 97.00 Sal. R. C. Harrell
Jr. 16.00 Sal. R. B. Brooker 18.-
o 5 Sal. Silas D. Lee 30.00 Sal.
Louis Prescott 18.05 Sal. Major
Riggins 30.00 Sal. C. Winton A
dams 38.05 Sal John M. Wilson,
86.25 Sal.
Archie A. Johns 80.00 Sal. (Sup
erior Court) Cecil M. Roddenber
ry, Judge Sal. 47.00 Dewey
Hayes 63.34 Sal. W. J. Summer
all 46.00 Sal. (Extension Service)
George A. Loyd 209.13 Sal. &
Travel, Virginia N. Raulerson
121.37 Sal. & Travel. (Health
Dept.) Alvin M. Powell Jr. 12.00
Travel. Elvin F. Cooper 118.85
Sal. Travel & Expense Rebecca
D. Griner 330.09 Sal., Travel &
Contg. Fund. Dr. E. A. Moody
30.00 Sal. Dr. Hart S. Odum 62.-
00 Travel, Charlotte O. Wilson
183.40 Sal. (Georgia Forestry
Commission) Budget 600.00 (Wel
fare Dept.) Budget 698.25 Robert
R. Riggins 10.00 Pauper, (In
voices for Month of May.) Geor
gia Cresoting Co. 654.21 Piling
and Lumber. City of Nahunta
49.00 Water Bill, Wilson-Wain
right Oil Co. 579.02. Satilla Lum
ber Co. 96.92 Bridge Lumber,
Standard Oil Co. 332.37 South
East Sales Co. 87.60 Cable, E. I.
Smith Supt. Telegraph Co. 19.46
moving wire, Carlton Company
37.49 Repairs, Hatcher Iron &
Metal Works 400.00 Tank Car,
R. E. A. Corporation 3.58 Coution
Light Hortense, The Brantley
Telephone Co. Inc. 73.63 Phones
& Calls, The Brantley Enterprise
19.75 Adv. and Supplys, O. A.
Jones 12.36 Repairs on Lawn
mower, Bennett Brothers 84.65
Filing Cabinet & Supplys, Getz
Exterminators 5.00 Spraying Jail,
Smith Hardware Co. 14.00 Spikes,
J. W. Brooker, Hardware 417.13
Supplys, Professional Ins. Co.
99.65 Employes Insurance, Foote-
Davies Inc. 25.76 Office Supplys,
Mrs. Elma Crews 2.00 Memo
graphing Tax notices, Roy’s Ser
vice Station 1.50 Greasing Tractor,
Waycross Skindiving Club 25.00
for recovering Griffin Family,
Wilson’s Garage 269.36 Repairs,
South Georgia Communication Co.
44.20 Repairs on Sheriff’s Radio,
R. V. Gibbs 550.00 Concrete
Bridge.
J. W. Crews 143.05 Service Ren
dered C. S. Kizer 43.00 Inquest
Willie Tootle, Dr. E. A. Moody
75.00 treating prisoner and In
quest, Georgia Power Co. 44.39,
Cotton States Ins. Co. 15.55 Em
ployes Insurance, Georgia Hospi
tal Service Association 228.05
Employes Ins. Director of Inter
nal Revenue 20.00 Per. Tax Levy,
For a total expenditure for the
month of May in the amount of
9,967.08.
This the 6th. Day of June, 1961
Brantley County Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues.
The first women’s secret so-
ciety was organized at Wesleyan
College, Macon, May 15, 1851
New Brantley County Medical Building Was
Formally Dedicated and Opened Sunday, June 25
Stork Visits Two
Families in Same
House Same Day,
Brings 3 Babies
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Johns
and Mrs. and Mrs. Jim B. Griffin
of Nahunta live in duplex .apart
ments in the same house. Three
babies were born to the two
mothers, Mrs. Gordon C. Johns
with twins, a boy and girl and
Mrs. Griffin a little boy, all bom
on the same day, June 21.
The twins of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon C. Johns ,the boy weigh
ed four pounds and six ounces
and has been named Donald Gor
don and the little girl weighed
four pounds and three ounces and
is named Kathy Jewel.
The little boy born to Mr. and
Mrs. Jim B. Griffin has been
named Jim Darling and weighed
six pounds and twelve ounces.
All three babies are doing fine.
Nahunta Jaycees
Coffee Break Set
For Saturday
Nahunta Junior Chamber of
Commerce members will carry
out what is known as a “Jaycees
Coffee Break” Saturday night,
July 1, it is announced by Keith
Strickland, Jaycees president.
The Coffee Break involves giv
ing tourists coffee and cold
drinks. The Jaycees will start
their coffee break operation on
Highway 301 in north Nahunta at
8:00 P. M. Saturday and the cof
fee break will last for the great
er part of the night.
Tourists who stop at the signals
will be given hot coffee or cold
drinks.
Social & Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Thomas and
Mrs. Bill Stewart of Fort Pierce,
Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thomas
and children of Jesup; and Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Williamson and
son of Savannah were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morgan over
the weekend being here in pre
paration to attend the Griner
family reunion at the Patterson
Lions Club Park at Patterson on
Sunday. Those from Nahunta at
tending the reunion were Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Morgan and
daughter, Marian and Tyrus Man
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira F. Brown re
turned home Thursday from a
trip where they spent a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick
Burns in Bethsadia, Md. and
visited points of interest in
Washington, D. C. and other
places.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham re
turned on Friday from Lagrange,
Ga., where they spent several
days with Rev. and Mrs. Omer
Graves.
Miss Betty Johns, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Johns of Ho
boken, leads the student nurses at
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta. She
is now on affiliation at the
Children’s Hospital, Birmingham,
Ala., from the Piedmont Hospital.
Mr. Mitchell Hulett has return
ed home after spending a few
days in the Waycross hospital.
Mr. D. Claude Smith of the
Hickox community is a patient in
the Waycross Hospital.
Couple Injured
When Car
Turned Over
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Deitz of
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., suffered
back injuries when their Renault
car overturned about seven miles
south of Nahunta Wednesday
.morning about 10 o’clock.
The accident was witnessed by
deputy sheriff C. T. Stephens who
was driving north on Highway
301 when he saw the Dietz car
turn out to pass another car.
Mr. Dietz then tried to turn
back into the right-hand traffic
lane and his car began to skid. It
then turned over several times
and landed beside the road.
Mr. Dietz is 65 and his wife 62.
They were first carried to the
Brantley Medical Center by the
Chambless Funeral Home ambu
lance, where they were given first
aid by Dr. J. L. Walker. They
were then carried to the Way
cross Hospital.
Mt Calvary Baptist
Church Homecoming
Set for Next Sunday
The Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
near Hoboken will hold their
Homecoming Day service next
Sunday, July 2, with preaching
all the morning hour and dinner
on the church grounds at noon.
Rev. Alvin Williamson, pastor
of the Satilla Baptist Church,
will preach at the morning hour.
Services will also be held at
night, with the pastor Rev. W. F.
Haynes preaching.
The afternoon service will be
featured by singing. Members of
the Ware County Singing Conven
tion will join in the singing.
From June 26 through June 28
the Director, Mrs. Leila H. Turn
er, of Brantley County Depart
ment of Public Welfare attended
a workshop at the Center for
Continuing Education at the
University of Georgia in Athens.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen of
Nashville, Tenn., are visiting re
latives in Nahunta and Brantley
county this week.
Mrs. Johnny Cleland is a pa
tient in the Waycross Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Coleman
have returned to their home in
Buford after spending a few days
with Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Walker.
Mr. Bernard Pearson is spend
ing some time at home between
college quarters. He attends the
College of Embalming in Cincin
nati, Ohio, and will graduate in
September.
Mrs. J. R. Proctor of the Hic-
kox community is a patient in
the Pierce County Hospital in
Blackshear.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scott of
Morrisville, Pennsylvania, are
visiting Mr .and Mrs. Lonnie Was
din and Mr. Mark F. Wildes.
Miss Mattie Lou Wildes of At
lanta visited her father, Mr.
Mark F. Wildes over the week
end.
Sgt. and Mrs. H. D. Sosbee and
children, Donna and Danny who
are stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga.
have been guests of Mrs. Gret
chen Harris for a few days. While
here the Sosbee family and Mrs.
Harris family visited Jekyll Is
land.
Brantley Medical Center Was
Dedicated and Opened Sunday
A project which a few years
ago was but a dream in the
minds of many Brantley coun
tians became a reality Sunday
afternoon, June 25, at two o’clock
when the new Brantley Medical
Building was dedicated and form
ally opened to the public for
their inspection with appropriate
ceremonies.
Master of ceremonies for the
occasion was Pete J. Gibson.
The invocation was offered by
the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, pas
tor of the Nahunta Baptist
Church.
The master of ceremonies then
introduced the Board of Direc
tors and committee members of
the Brantley County Medical
Center, Inc.
This was followed by the in
troduction of visiting physicians
from other towns and the pre
sentation to those assembled of
Dr. J. L. Walker, who will oc
cupy the new facility, who in
turn introduced members of his
family.
Greetings from the Medical As
sociation of Georgia were extend
ed by Dr. Joe Mercer of Bruns
wick. In his remarks, Dr. Mer
cer emphasized the desire of
many doctors to locate in rural
communities where adequate faci
lities were available such as the
facility which was being dedicat
ed on this occasion. He commend
ed Brantley countians for their
part in working to make a dream
become a reality.
A plaque commemorating the
occasion was presented Dr. Wal
ker in behalf of the Foundation
by Ralph Russell of Atlanta.
This was followed by a dedi
catory prayer offered by the Rev.
Thomas.
J. Robert Smith introduced the
speaker for the occasion, Wallace
E. Jernigan of Homerville. In his
address, Mr. Jernigan reviewed
the progress and work of the last
legislative session and reminded
the audience of the huge expendi
tures allotted to the school sys
tems throughout the state. He
stressed the need for advanced
education of more scientists,
chemists, doctors and other pro
fessional people in our struggle
for survival.
The benediction was offered by
the Rev. H. D. Overman, pastor
of the Nahunta Methodist Church.
Immediately following the
benediction, a ribbon cutting
ceremony was held at the en-
HERMAN TALMADGE
nil £^f^Vl e P or,s From
Washington
THE GREATEST safeguard
which the American people have
against the excesses of central
ized government is the power of
Congress to appropriate funds.
That power is derived from
Section 9, Article I of the Con-
fXJ i
/-1
sti tution of
the United
States which
provides that
“no money
shall be drawn
from the Trea
sury, but in
consequence of
appropriations
made by law.” It was written
into the Constitution by its
framers to make certain that
ultimate control over all func
tions of the Federal Government
always would rest in the hands
of the people’s elected repre
sentatives. Strict adherence to
it gives Congress the means by
which it can bring to heel any
agencies or officials exceeding or
abusing their authority and can
require prompt and complete ac
counting of the stewardship of
the taxpayers’ dollars.
• * *
THROUGH A DEVICE known
as “backdoor spending,” intensi
fied efforts are being made to
short circuit that authority and
thus to thwart close and con
tinuing Congressional control
over government spending, par
ticularly in the fields of welfare
and foreign aid.
The procedure is one of fi
nancing government programs
by borrowing from the United
States Treasury and adding the
amount to the national debt. It
is nothing new as it was first
employed in 1918 to capitalize
the Federal Land Banks and was
widely used under the New Deal
to finance the various anti
depression programs. Over the
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trance of the new medical facility.
Participating in the ceremony
were Mr. Jernigan and Dr. Wal
ker.
Following the ribbon cutting
ceremony, open house was held
for inspection of the new facility
by the assembled guests.
The medical building is modern
in every respect and consists of
waiting rooms for both white and
colored, a business office, consul
tation office, four treatment
room, .medical laboratory, utility
room and x-ray facilities. In ad
dition, there are facilities avail
able for maternal care.
Brantley countians can well be
proud of the new medical build
ing and those who could not at
tend the formal opening are urg
ed to visit the new facility at
their earliest opportunity and
see for themselves what communi
ty effort can accomplish.
Money Order
Fees Go Up
The charge for domestic money
orders and some Special Delivery
fees will advance Saturday July
first, along with foreign overseas
mail addressed to civilian ad
dresses.
Overseas mail addressed to
Military addresses will remain
the same as at present. The new
rates for money order fees fol
low.
S.OO to 10.00 —2O c
$lO.Ol to 50.00 —3O c
$50.01. to 100.00 -35 c
For detailed changes on foreign
mail and Special Delivery on
packages; consult your local Post
Office or mail carrier.
The Nahunta Post Office will be
closed all day Tuesday July 4,
for the usual observance of the
Fourth of July holiday. The rural
routes will not operate. The gen
eral delivery window will be
open from 8:00 A. M. to 8:30 A.
M. and from 4:00 to 4:30 P. M.
for the sale of stamps only and
all mail deposited in the Post Of
fice before 4:30 P. M. will be
dispatched as usual.
E. Parker Dodge
Postmaster
last 30 years, such authoriza
tions have financed $114.5 billion
in federal spending and, of that
amount, $53.6 billion is part of
today’s public debt. At this
time there exist unused authori
zations for an additional $25.7
billion in similar expenditures.
Prior to World War 11, this
method of financing was used
almost exclusively to provide
funds for so-called government
corporations, like the Commod
ity Credit Corporation, created
to perform specific functions.
During the war it was employed
for military and related spend
ing and, since the war, has been
utilized by various international
lending institutions like the
World Bank.
• * •
NOW IT IS proposed that this
method be used for financing
general programs for which no
reasonable excuse can be given
for exempting from the control
of annual appropriations by
Congress and subsequent scru
tiny by the General Accounting
Office. The Senate already has
approved it for the S3OO-million
Area Redevelopment Revolving
Fund and the $9-billion Hous
ing Act. The Kennedy Admin
istration wants it incorporated
into its proposed $7.3-billion,
five-year foreign aid bill.
It is alarming to see Congress
voting away by degrees the one
power it has to work the will of
the people it represents. Aside
from the defense and security of
the nation, there is no program
so worthy and no project so
urgent that they must be under
taken at the expense of fiscal
responsibility and constitutional
principle.
