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Newspaper Page TextIf you are a subscriber to The Brantley Enterprise, you don’t have to borrow your neighbor’s paper to see what is going on in your county. VOLUME 41 HOW MIXED SCHOOLS GET UNMIXED AGAIN “Reprinted from ‘U. S. News & World Report,’ published at Washington.” In city after city the story is the same — The tide is running back to ward racial segregation in the public schools. All-Negro schools tend to stay that way. All-white schools, af ter official integration, often be come all-Negro as white leave. Mass migrations of city people upset all calculations. Now a new word is cropping up in the news —“resegregation.” It is used to describe what’s happen ing in many schools. A few years ago, the talk was of school integration under court order. But, because of population shifts and other factors, integra tion often is moving on to a new phase. Many schools that were once all-white are becoming all-Negro schools. A few schools that had some Negro pupils for a time now are all-white once again. This resegregation is showing up in Southern and Border State cities all the way from Baltimore to Oklahoma City. One result, some Southern edu cators say, is that there are more all-Negro schools in the South now than there were before the U. S. Supreme Court’s desegrega tion decision of 1954. Resegregation is strikingly ap parent in Washington, D. C., the nation’s capital, where 131 of the city’s 175 public schools are at least 90 per cent Negro or 90 per cent white, as shown in the ac companying chart. Yet Washing ton’s schools have been “fully in tegrated” since 1954. Educators agree that a school where 90 per cent or more of the student body is of one race can not hope to carry out the educa tional aims of integration. An on-the-ground report of how resegregation is affecting school systems in some American cities is given by “Southern School News,” a publication of the South ern Education Reporting Ser vice. Changes in Baltimore. A .mass migration of white residents from the city of Baltimore to its su burbs in the last 10 years has re sulted in the resegregation of many of Baltimore’s schools. Houston R. Jackson, a Negro as sistant superintendent of schools, has reported that Baltimore now has more segregated schools than it did in 1954, when mixing of schools was begun. Most of the all-Negro schools have remained so, he said, while a large number of formerly all white schools have become predo minantly Negro. In addition, 11 new schools have been built to serve Negro residential districts. Mr. Jackson said that through the last school year only 27,000 of 87,000 Negro children had entered formerly all-white schools. He be lieves that Negroes feared they couldn’t meet white standards, that they would lose class posi tions and prestige, and that they would be left out of school acti vities. As for the effect on school facilities, Mr. Jackson said: “When the Negroes in a school reach 50 per cent, that’s when the white teachers begin to ask for transfers.” The St. Louis story. A similiar story is reported in St. Louis. William A. Kottmeyer, deputy su perintendent of instruction, said the public schools of St. Louis probably have more actual segre gation than existed shortly after the city system completed official desegregation in September, 1955. One reason why racial mixing of the schools has backfired, said Mr. Kottmeyer, is that white re sidents tend to move out of neighborhood areas as Negro fam ilies, generally migrating from the South, move in. Once a school gets a sizable proportion of Negroes, he said, the number of white students quickly drops. Before 1955, St. Louis had nearly 45,000 whites and 28,000 Negroes in the elementary schools. Now, Negroes are esti mated to make up 55 per cent of the 85,000 elementary-school population. Miami’s experience. A neigh hood changing from white to Ne gro has upset a school-desegrega tion program in Miami, w’here racial mixing was first introduc ed in Florida. Orchard Villa elementary school was first opened to Ne groes in 1959. Early in the se cond year of desegregation, the last white pupil was withdrawn. In eight biracial schools in Miami’s northwest district, Ne groes are filling classroom seats vacated by white children. Joe Hall, school superintendent, says Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. NUMBER 52 the population shift appears to be accelerating and that administra tors are preparing to absorb more and more Negroes into formerly all-white schools. Turnabout in two years. Okla homa City also is experiencing rapid resegregation. Creston Hills elementary school, formerly all white, registered its first Negro pupils in September, 1955. By the end of the school year in May, 1956, the Negroes outnumbered the whites. In September, 1956, a Negro faculty replaced the white teach ers and all the white pupils transferred, leaving Creston Hills an all-Negro school. Culbertson elementary and Webster junior high schools ex perienced similar conversions from all-white to all-Negro over a period of several years. Oklahoma City lost three more biracial schools with the opening of the 1961-62 school term. Wal nut Grove elementary school en rolled no white pupils after the assignment of an all-Negro facul ty during the summer. Wilson and Emerson elementary schools also left the biracial list. Wilson had one Negro student They did not return this autumn. Reluctance to change. Another Oklahoma community, Muskogee, desegregated for six years, has 29 of its 2,000 Negro students in schools with whites. School Superintendent Harry Simmons says that, despite en couragement from their parents and Negro organizations, Negro youths have a definite desire to attend their “own” schools. “We let the Negroes do what they want within reason,” said Mr. Simmons. “We provide them with the best facilities, many times superior to the facilities for whites, and you see |he results.” But one Negro resident of Mus kogee, a hospital orderly, gives a different reason for the apparent reluctance of the Negroes to go into white schools. He said they have not enrolled because they don’t want to “stir up trouble.” Shifting in Kansas City. School integration in Kansas City, Mo., “follows neighborhood patterns,” says an education official there. “When the Negro enrollment in any school rises to 50 per cent, the whites move out.” Since 1955, one senior high, one junior high and four elementary schools that once were all-white have become predominantly Ne gro—up to 90 per cent. But, in an area where urban re development is in progress, a school that was all-Negro in 1955 now has become all-white. What a survey shows. In city after city, “Southern School News” reports, removal of ob stacles to the admission of Ne groes to schools with whites has not always resulted in large-scale desegregation. In fact, a survey shows that more and more segregation seems to be the case less than eight years after the Supreme Court acted to bring about racial mix ing in public schools where it had not existed before. “Copyright 1961 United States News Publishing Corporation.” w W/’l DANGER ~ SIGNALS 4 “ CAN BE J SAFETY k W r SIGNALS Be alert to the seven danger sig nals that could mean cancer: 1. Unusual bleeding or discharge. 2. A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere. 3. A sore that does not heal. 4. Change in bowel or bladder habits. 5. Hoarseness or cough. 6. Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing. 7. Change in a wart or mole. If your signal lasts longer than two weeks, go to your physician. Give him the chance to give you the chance> \ of a lifetime. C > AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY*?* Ad Nd. 1279-fc 1 c©l. x 70 Hnn Brantley Enterprise Shown placing 10-inch thick concrete on Interstate Route 75 in Lowndes County, near Valdosta, is a Koehring 34E Tribatch paver, the biggest such piece of road building machinery ever used in Georgia. Pushbutton-operated by one man the huge machine is capable of placing 37 cubic feet (approximately two and three fourths U. S. tons) of concrete every 29 seconds. Note reinforcing dowels in fore ground. This $2,618,602.85 paving job is being done by Clinchfield Concrete & Construction Company of Nashville, Tennessee. Tree Seedling Shipment Is Now Underway The shipment of Georgia For estry Commission custom grown, field graded seedlings is under way. Forestry Commission Director Ray Shirley said that the disease free, bed-graded stock is being shipped 100 percent in Commis sion developed ‘wraparound’ crates. Limited use of the crates last year proved them more effi cient, both from the landowner and nursery standpoint. In producing the high quality trees, seed bed density was reduc ed which cut the number of culls, controlled heignl and increased diameter growth. The Commis sion’s quality product is a short stocky plant with a balanced root top ratio. Shirley pointed out that the 90,- 000,000 seedling crop is being grown at all six Commission nur series. The nursery .and specie be ing grown include Davisboro, slash and loblolly pine; Herty, slash, loblolly, and longleaf pine and Arizona cypress and yellow popular; Hightower, loblolly, shortleaf, Virginia, and eastern white pine; Walker, slash, loblol ly, and longleaf pine and Arizona cypress; Page, slash pine; and Morgan, slash, loblolly, and long leaf pine and Arizona cypress and eastern red cedar. All pine seedlings, are $4 per thousand, Yellow popular, eastern red cedar and Arizona cypress are $lO per thousand. Shirley added that eastern white pine and eastern red cedar are sold out. A transportation of 25 cents per thousand must be added if deliv ery is by State truck to the coun ty rangers headquarters. The minimum acceptable order is 500 for each tree specie. Seedling order forms are avail able from county rangers, county agents, Soil Conservation Service technicians, or Georgia Forestry Commission, P. O. Box 1077, Ma con. Payment must be made when the order is placed. Only checks, money orders, or government pur chase orders payable to the Geor gia Forestry Commission will be accepted. Assistance in establishing your tree plantation can be obtained from your county ranger or dis trict forester. Important Notice To All Motor Vehicle Owners Georgia, Brantley County To All Motor Vehicle Owners: All 1962 tags will be on sale on and after January 2nd and your attention is invited to the follow ing law: applicants applying for license tags shall present as a part of said application an affi davit showing the payment of all ad valorem taxes due the State and any city, county, or school district thereof for the previous year on such vehicles for which an application is made. Tax receipts or a signed state ment from the Tax Commission er will be acceptable instead of the bove affidavit. Respectively yours, D. F. Herrin Tag Agent 1-11 Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 2«, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLIT COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA BIGGEST PAVER EVER USED IN GEORGIA High School Science And Math Teachers Offered Fellowships One hundred fellowships for study at Cornell and Stanford Universities during the summer of 1962 are being offered to high school science and mathematics teachers and supervisors by Shell Companies Foundation, In corporated. Called the Shell Merit Fellow ships, the program is designed to help improve instruction in high school chemistry, physics and mathematics and at the same time to recognize meritorious teachers in these fields. The fellowship program, now in its seventh year, has 'provided special study for more than 550 teachers and supervisors, six of whom are from Georgia. The fellowships are available to high school teachers and super visors of science and mathema tics who have had five years’ experience and have shown qual ities of leadership. Each fellowship provides for full tuition, fees, board and lodg ing in university facilities, a transportation allowance and a stipend of SSOO to compensate partially for salary that might have been earned during the summer. The Cornell seminar will last [from June 28 to August 10 and [the Stanford seminar from June 25 to August 19. Requests for fellowship appli cations should be sent directly to the two universities. Teachers liv ing east of the Mississippi River should write to Dr. Philip John son, School of Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Teachers living west of the Mississippi should write to Dr. Paul De Hurd, School of Education, Stan ford University, Stanford, Cali fornia. Applications should be filed as (soon as possible. Completed forms i must be mailed to both schools by 'January 4,1962. Selections will be made by the two universities, and teachers will be notified ear ly in February. Teachers and supervisors re ceiving fellowships — 50 at Cor nell and 50 at Stanford — will attend graduate level seminars. They will take special courses in their own fields and learn of modern theory and practices. They will study the applications of science and .mathematics in re search and development and will learn of advanced techniques in the teaching of high school science and mathematics. In ad dition, teachers will meet with outstanding scientists, mathema ticians and engineers and take field trips to nearby industrial and research laboratories. In most cases, courses successfully com pleted may count as university credits. The Shell Merit Fellowship program is among several aid-to education programs sponsored by the Shell Foundation. Donations toward these programs in 1961 total more than $1,000,000. STORED GRAIN INSECTS Shelled com can be protected from insects by the use of Malathion. This chemical pro tectant gives outstanding results in preventing insect infestations under reasonable conditions of temperature and humidity, ac cording to Extension Entomolo gist C. R. Jordan. County agents can give recommendations for using protectants to control in sects in stored grain. Mrs. Mamie Orser Funeral Service Held Saturday The entire Nahunta community was saddened to learn last Thurs day afternoon of the passing of Mrs. Mamie King Orser, 77, whose death occurred early Thursday afternoon, December 21, at the Citizens Hospital in Talladega, Alabama, following a brief ill ness. Mrs. Orser was stricken while on a visit with her son and his family in Talladega. Mrs. Orser was born in Frank lin, Georgia, and was the daugh ter of the late John Henry and Hannah Jane Dixon King. She had been a resident of Nahunta for the past 31 years. She was a member of the Nahunta Baptist Church and was also a member of Satilla Chapter 365 of the Or der of the Eastern Star. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. John Henningsgaard of Jacksonville, Fla.; four sons, R. L. Orser of Blackshear, Charles Orser of Jacksonville, Fla., J. H Orser of Talladega, Ala., and J. D. Orser of Nahunta; one sister, Mrs. H. M. Daniel of Atlanta; two brothers, R. E. King of Jack sonville, Fla., and J. H. King Jr. of Waycross. Thirteen grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other rela- j tives also survive. Funeral services were held Saturday morning, December 23, at eleven o’clock from the Nahun ta Baptist Church, with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas conducting the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends. The body lay in state at the church for one hour prior to ser vices. Interment followed in Oakland Cemetery at Waycross, Ga. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. J. Walter Crews, Avery Strickland, Elroy Strickland, Ro bert Wilson, Fred Dowling, and R. B. Brooker. The many beautiful floral of ferings attested to the high es teem 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. Bill Harris Receives Certificate of Community Service A handsome certificate recogn izing five years of service to his community has been awarded to W. B. Harris, owner of the West ern Auto Associate store here. The certificate, framed for dis play in his store, has his name artistically lettered across the center. It was forwarded from Western Auto Supply Company’s general offices in Kansas City, Mo., and presented through the firm’s division offices which serve this area. Recognition of community ser vice by local Western Auto As sociate store owners is given by the company at five-year inter vals. The honor indicates the dealer has completed a specified period of outstanding merchand ising service to his customers and community. Use of Electricity Increased In Georgia During Past Year 2 Injured in Car Crash Friday Night Two people were injured and hospitalized Friday night, Dec. 22, when one car crashed into the rear of another car near DePrat ter Service Station. Leon Strickland and Mrs. Strickland were in a pickup truck and stopped to make a left turn near the service station. They were .meeting traffic and the oncoming cars had failed to dim their lights. Will Blount was going north and was blinded by the bright lights, it is reported. He crashed into the rear of the Strickland car. Mrs. Strickland suffered two broken ribs. After receiving e mergency treatment at the medical building in Nahunta she was taken to the Jesup hospital by Chambless Funeral Home am bulance. Mr. Blount was given first aid at the medical building, then car ried to the Waycross Hospital by the Chambless Funeral Home am bulance, where he underwent an emergency surgery. His condition was reported as good Wednesday morning. Births Mr. and Mrs. Jesse O’Neal of Nahunta announce the arrival of twin boys, born Wednesday morning, Dec. 27, at seven and eight o’clock respectively at the medical building. The first twin to arrive weighed five pounds three ounces and has been named Terry Alfred. The second twin arrived an hour later, weighed six pounds nine ounces and has been named Jerry David. Personals Ronnie O’Neal, son of Mrs. Ot tis Morgan of Nahunta, is in the U. S. Navy and is stationed at San Diego, Calif. He enlisted in the navy in November. Patricia Ann Ammons of Ho boken attained the dean’s list at Georgia Womans College for the fall term. The list is attained by high scholastic achievement. Elder Charles Aiderton of West Virginia will conduct church services at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Riggins on Tuesday night, Jan. 2 at 7:00 o’clock. Book of Poetry Is Published by Rev. Johnston The Rev. H. J. Johnston of Alma has published a book of poetry entitled, “Poems of Hope." The book, one of several which have been published by Rev. Johnston, was issued in Decem ber and contains 48 pages of Poems and other inspirational material. The author is a former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Blackshear. American Cotton Use Americans used 24 pounds of cotton per person in 1960. That is the equivalent of 24 house dresses or 30 men’s shirts. GEORGIA INDUSTRY WEEK-’62 is officially proclaimed by Governor S. Ernest Vandiver for January 21-27, 1962. Shown with Governor Vandiver are (left) Jack Minter, Director of the Georgia Department of Commerce, and (right) Cliff Clarke, Executive Vice President of the Associated Industries of Georgia. The Department of Commerce and AIG co-sponsor this annual salute to Georgia industry with local communities and Jaycee organizations. One woman said eight fami lies borrowed her Enterprise each week. | didn’t know there were that many spong ers in Brantley County. Consumption of electricity, re garded as an index of economic development, increased by ap proximately six per cent in the Georgia Power Company’s ser vice area during the past year, John J. McDonough, company president, announced this week. Company sales of electricity for use within the state climbed from a record of 10.8 billion kilo watt-hours in i 960 to a new high in excess of 11.5 billion kilowatt hours, Mr. McDonough, reported. Compared to the national aver age, the average home served by the Georgia Power Company dur ing 1961 used 8.4 per cent more electricity and paid 21.5 per cent less per kilowatt hour. Residential customers used 2.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electri city during 1961, a gain of 4.2 per cent over the previous year. Commercial and industrial cus tomers used 6.6 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of nearly 5 per cent over 1960. More than 18,000 new customers were added to the lines of the power company, bringing a year end total of nearly 734,000. Os the new customers, 16,300 were resi dential and more than 2,000 were commercial and industrial power users. Boren-Evans Miss Mary Faye Boren became । the bride of James Arthur Evans on Saturday, Dec. 23 at the home lof her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Rowell of Nahunta in a beautiful ceremony, with , the Rev. Hilton Morgan perform ing the rites. The bride is the daughter of Mr. James R. Boren and Mrs.- Thelma L. Boren of Jacksonville. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Evans of Jacksonville. The bride wore a ballerina length gown of white taffeta topped with nylon and chantilly lace fashioned with a scalloped neckline and three quarter length । sleeves. Her short veil was at jtached to a pearl covered tiara. She wore a single string of cul tured pearls. An arrangement of white carnations formed the bridal bouquet. Miss Betty Crawford of Jack sonville was maid of honor. She wore a tweed suit with a cor sage of white carnations. Dennis Benny of Jacksonville was best man. Following the wedding a recep tion was held at the Rowell home. Cake and punch were served. Immediately after the recep tion the young couple left for Florida. They will make their home in Jacksonville. The bride chose a pink wool dress with black accessories for traveling. Hickox Home Damaged by Oil Stove Fire The Nahunta fire department responded to a call from the home of Tim Hickox Sunday night a bout 10:00 o’clock where an oil stove heater had caught fire. The fire was quickly put out but smoke and water damaged the room in which the fire start ed. The house is located northwest of Nahunta outside the city limits. The Nahunta fire truck used the water in the truck tank to put out the fire. The road to the Hickox home was jammed with cars for half a mile or more but luckily the fire truck had preceded the cars to the scene.