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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes VOLUME 44 — NUMBER 15 Cancer Crusade Volunteer Workers Are Announced for Brantley County The month of April has been de signated as the time for the 1963 Cancer Education Funds Crusade by the American Caner Society. The Crusade Chairman for Brant ley county for 1953 is Guy Chamb less of Nahunta and he has enlisted the support of volunteers through out the county to aid in the crusade. With can er striking in 2 of every 3 homes and affecting 1 of every 4 persons and being the cause of death of more children than any other di sease, it is imperative that through research that the threat of cancer be ended at the earliest possible date. One week sees 5,000 more die of cancer, 91 in Georgia alone. Cancer gives no warning pain or ill feel ing and is no respecter of race, sex or age. The Cancer Crucade Volunteers are composed of the following: Mrs. W. R. Johns, Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hen drix, Mrs. Carrie Herrin, Mrs. Ly man Rowell, Mrs. Norris Strick land, Mrs. Joyce Wilson, Mrs. Har ry Smith, Mrs. Lois Hulett, Mrs. Carl Smith, Mrs. George Loyd, Mrs. Lizzie Highsmith, Mrs. William Ki zer, Mrs. Louise O’Berry, Mrs. Claude Mills, Mrs. Joel Herrin, Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Frances Car ter, Mrs. Ben Ruling, Mrs. C. 0. Popwell, Mrs. E. A. Hunter, Mrs. R. E. Johns, Mrs. Geneva Tucker, Mrs. Pete Thrift, Mr. Charlie Harden, Mr. R. L. Bernard and Mr. Bozo Willis. Colored Volunteers are Jesse Wil liams and William Easton. Births Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Monroe Teague, Jr. announce the birth of a baby boy born April 6, at the Brantley Medical Center, the baby’s name is Donald Eu gene. Mrs z Teague is the former Miss Vaida Lorine Kiser. The analysis tag on seed bags is a valuable source of information for farmers, according to Hugh Inglis, Extension agronomist. The tag re veals the kind, variety, where it was grown, purity of seed, content of inert matter, other crop seed, weed seed, germination percentage and other information. Don't Turn Your Back on Cancer - It May Strike You By William J. Pendergrast, M. D. (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of articles written, by phy sician board members of the Amer ican Cancer Society’s Georgia Divi sion to alert our readers to the best ways to guard themselves and their loved ones against needless suffer ing and untimely death from can cer.) It is “fool’s folly” to think of can cer as “the other man’s problem.” At the present rate cancer will strike one person in every four, and it will strike in two of every three homes and no one is immune to cancer. Georgia men, women and children are developing new cancers at the average rate of 24 each day -- one new cancer patient every hour. Un less the present rate at which can cer is striking is curbed, one-million people now living in Georgia will at sometime during their life have can cer. When danger approaches, the fool ish ostrich sticks his head in the sa nd and rests assured he is safe from harm. This ostrich is no more fool ish, and no more safe, than the per son who turns his back on the dan gers of cancer and says, “It could n’t happen to me.” Your best safeguard against can cer is to first accept the fact that it could happen to you, and then to learn what to do if and when it ever does strike you. Cancer is a very democratic disea se, in a very cruel way. It has abso lutely no respect for age, sex, race, financial status, creed or color. It strikes the wealthy and the poor, the old and the young, the powerful and the weak; it can strike anyone at any age. For example, here are a couple of facts you might not know: (1) can cer claims the lives of more child ren between the ages of one and fifteen than any other disease: (2) cancer each year takes the lives of more men than women. Looking back through history, we find that cancer halted thq lives of some of our most famous figures in the worlds of government, science, sports and the arts - frequently at the height of their careers. Some recent cancer victims es pecially eminent in their fields were: Film great Gary Cooper and Broadway lyricist Oscar Hamerstein 111. Dr. Tom Dooley and baseball great Ty Cobb. John Foster Dulles, U. S Secretary of state, and Aneu rin Bevan, British Labor Party lead er. Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize nov elist. and Francis A. Jamieson, Pul itzer Prize Journalist. Actress Kay Kendall and photographer Lisa Lar- Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. The time for the Easter Sun rise Service on the Courthouse grounds has been set at 6:30 a. m. All the Churches of the area are asked to participate in this joint worship service. Rev. Cecil Thomas, pastor of the Nahunta Baptist Church, will direct the worship service and Rev. Wil liam Whipple, pastor of the Na hunta Methodist Church, will bring the morning message. Mrs. Douglas M. Church and daughter Barbara Ann of Alex andria, Va., visited friends and relatives in Brantley County the past week. Miss Barbara Ann is a college student at Richmond Professional Institute and is on spring holidays. Mrs. Church is the former Miss Vera Drury and a graduate of Nahunta High School. Roger F. Moore, 19, son of Mrs. Vada J. Moore of Hoboken is undergoing nine weeks of ba sic recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. Sidney Highsmith, son of J. Morris Highsmith of Nahunta, visited his father here the past weekend. Sidney returned to his home in New York Saturday. Mrs. Martha Morgan reports that one of her hens laid an egg more than eight inches around. The hen seemed to EGG-agerate on that one. FERTILIZING PASTURES Choosing and applying the right ratio of fertilizers is an im portant step in pastures, say ag ronomists with the Cooperative Extension Service. They explain that the right ratio is just as im portant as applying the right amount, and add that the way to determine both of these require ments is to make a soil test. Best way to carve a tombstone is to chisel in traffic. son. Film producer Maurice (Buddy) Alder and Richard Skelton, son of comedian Red Skelton. Some other cancer victims were: sports greats Babe Ruth, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias; scientists Marie Curie and her daughter, Irene Joliot- Curie; writers Damon Runyon and Mark Kellinger; actors George M. Cohen and Humphrey Bogart; act resses Gertrude Lawrence and Jane Cowl; Generals Chaire L. Chennault. Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stillwell, Senators Robert A. Taft and Brien McMahon. And we could go on and on. It seems that hardly a week pass es that you cannot read in the news paper of another world figure hit by cancer. And these are very few com pared to the tens of thousands who you do not read about in the papers Accept the fact that cancer might strike you, or someone you love Then accept the fact that cancer does not always mean death. Today, with no further discoveries from re search, one-half of those who are struck by cancer can be cured. The chance for cure is based larg ely on how early the new cancer patient gets to his doctor to receive proper treatment. The earlier a can cer is properly treated, the better the chances are of curing it. A person’s best overall protection against needless cancer death is to go to his doctor for a complete heal th checkup at least once a year, no matter how well he may feel. Many times the doctor can spot signs of early, curable cancer before any outward symptoms appear. Day to day, your best protection against cancer is to be alert for the seven danger signals which may mean cancer and to have it checked by your doctor, if one should appear Your signal may not mean cancer; usually it will not, but your doctor i the person to tell for sure. The Seven Danger Signals are: 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 ha bits. 5. Hoarseness or cough. 6. Indigestion or difficulty in swal lowing. 7. Change in a wart or mole. Remember, early treatment is the key to cancer being cured. For additional information on how to guard against cancer, contact your local unit of the American Can cer Society, or write to American Cancer Society, Georgia Division, 2025 Peachtree Road, N. W., Atlan a 9, Ga. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Personals The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 11, 1963 Army Pvt. Isaac Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vandy M. Lee, Route 1, Nahunta, recently completed the eight-week lineman's course at The Southeastern Signal School, Fort Gordon, Ga. Lee entered the Army in November 1962 and re ceived basic training at the fort. The 22-year-old soldier attended Nahunta High School and was en gaged in farming before entering the Army. (U. S. ARMY PHOTO! Pre-School Clinic is Scheduled For April 26 Nahunta Grammar School will hold pre-school clinic on Friday, April 26. All persons who have child ren that will be six years old on or before Dec. 31, 1963, should register them for school on this day. The Brantley County Health Office will be open at 8:00 o’- clock. Parents may bring their children directly to the health office or they may ride the bus to school. Do not carry your child to the Brantley County Medical Center, but to the coun ty health office. Dr. Walker will give each qhijd a free medical check-up at the health office. Childrens Dental Health What is periodontal disease? The word “periodontal” comes from two Greek words meaning literally “around the tooth.” In periodontal disease the tissues that surround and support the teeth, the gums, the fibers that attach the teeth to the jawbones and the bones themselves are affected. The disease begins as gingi vitis. The gums gradually be come swollen; they may stand away from the teeth and bleed easily when touched. If gingi vitis is not treated and control led, the inflamation spreads along the roots of the teeth and the gums separate from the teeth, forming a pocket which becomes filled with bacteria and sometimes pus. As the disease progresses, the bone supporting the teeth is lost, and the affected teeth eventually be come very loose. What causes periodontal dis ease? Among the local factors caus ing periodontal disease is cal culus, or tartar, a hard, crust like material that is deposited on the surface of the teeth where the gums and the crowns meet, irritating the gums. Worn-out fillings and crowns, ill-fitting partial dentures, sharp edges of badly decayed teeth and food particles retained in a cavity also irritate the gums. The loss of a tooth, if it is not replaced with an artificial tooth by a dentist, may cause the ad jacent teeth to shift into the vacant space. The shifting leads not only to wedging of food into the spaces between the teeth but improper meshing of the teeth upon chewing. The shock and uneven pressures of these poor teeth contacts cause dam age to the periodontal tissues. Teeth that do not come together properly on closing the jaws, re gardless of the cause, can be a factor in producing periodontal disease. If a patient has regular dental checkups, his dentist will dis cover and promptly eliminate any of these possible causes of irritation. Can periodontal disease be cured? Yes, in many cases it can be Miss Lillian Rowell Funeral Service Held Saturday Miss Lillian Row’ell, 50, passed away early Thursday afternoon, April 4, at her home in Nahunta following a short illness. Miss Rowell was born in Way ne, now Brantley, county and was the daughter of Mrs. Verdie Harris Rowell and the late Af ner Thomas Rowell. She was a member of the Nahunta Bap tist Church and had been a res ident of Nahunta for the past eleven years. A-lthough an invalid for the major portion of her life, she took an interest in the affairs of her church and community un til declining health prevented and her passing brings personal sorrow to many. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Verdie H. Rowell of Na hunta. One aunt, three nep hews and several cousins also survive. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, April 6, at three o’clock from the Nahunta Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas officiating. The body lay in state in the church for one hour prior to ser vices. Interment followed in Hic kox cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Edgar Morgan, Thomas ^hapman, Glenwod Dowling, Robert Chapman, J. E. Harris and Quinton Chapman. The beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. the main dish While the dinner menu is most often planned around the main or meat dish, Extension Service nutritionists point out that a special salad or dessert may be the highlight of the meal, with other foods chosen to compliment this dish. Complete Fertilizer A complete fertilizer means one containing nitrogen, phosphate and potash, Extension soils and fertilizer specialists at the University of Geor gia point out. cured, especially if the disease is discovered in its early stages. Calculus and any other causes of irritation within the mouth are removed. If necessary, dis seased gum tissue is removed surgically. In some cases, splints and other appliances are con structed to maintain stability of loose teeth until bone and gums are regenerated. Although treatment by the dentist is necessary, complete cooperation of the patient in home care is most important if the treatment is to be success ful. What is meant by erosion of the teeth? Erosion is a decalcification (dissolving) of the enamel of the teeth. It occurs most frequently at the gum line. There is considerable evidence that suggests erosion is a result of the action of acids. Drinking lemon juice or other highly acid beverages frequently can result in erosion. Once the acid etches the tooth surface, toothbrushing easily removes the softened tissue. As preventive measures den tists usually recommend limiting the amount of strongly acid foods and beverages consumed, proper toothbrushing and reg ular checkups. In some cases, it may be necessary for the dentist to restore the eroded area with a filling or a crown. What is meant by abrasion of teeth? Abrasion is a wearing away of the teeth primarily as the re sult of mechanical action. Pipe smokers’ teeth often are abraded in the area where the stem of the pipe is held. Carpen ters, shoemakers and upholster ers frequently hold nails be tween their teeth. This habit can cause notches in the cutting edges of the teeth. Holding pins or bobby pins between the teeth can cause similar damage. There also is some evidence that improper brushing of the teeth may cause abrasion, usu ally of the outer surfaces, near the gum line. To prevent abrasion, one need only identify and avoid the hab its that may lead to this problem. Side Dressing With Nitrogen Vital to Corn “To grow economical corn,” County Agent George A. Loyd observed this week, “you need three basic plant nutrients — nitrogen, phosphate and potash." He pointed out that nitrogen is an essential plant nutrient be cause it produces rapid growth, increases yields, and increases the protein content of corn. “Nitrogen is w'hat gives a com plant its dark green color, “he remarked. “Some nitrogen is needed to get the corn started,” he went on. “This amount is supplied in the basic fertilizer along with the phosphate and potash. The ‘s’ in a 5-10-15 fertilizer, for example represents the amount of nitro gen contained in this particular analysis. This ‘s’ means that a 100-lb bag of this fertilizer contains five pounds of actual nitrogen.” The county agent said that crop residues in the soil contain pro teins that upon decomposition release some nitrogen. But corn plants cannot use nitrogen in soil organic matter until it is decom posed and nitrogen released in the form of nitrate. “Since Brantley County’s soils । are low in organic matter,” he explained, nitrogen must be sup plied to corn plants through commercial sources. Most of the required nitrogen is applied as side dressing from 35 to 40 days after planting. However, if slow acting materials such as cynna mid, or anhydrous ammonia are used, all the nitrogen needed may be applied at planting.” The county agent said that, generally, about 500 or more pounds of 6-12-12 or 5-10-15 fer tilizer per acre is applied to com at planting. Later, about 30 pounds of nitrogen per acre is applied as side dressing. Corn growers should not guess at their corn’s nitrogen needs, however. The county agent said that by testing their ami they can know exactly how much ni trogen they need to apply for optimum yields. Increased Fertilizer Use Makes Available Land Produce More A rapidly expanding world population has given rise to the question — “How can we feed more millions with fewer apd fewer acres of' land?" • This is an important question and one that will have to be answered in the future — but it may not be as urgent as once thought. According to the National Plant Food Institute, a federal study has shown that the use of one ton of plant nutrients in fer tilizers is roughly equivalent to the production of 11 acres of land. On this basis, the rise in fertilizer use since 1954 has equalled the amount of product ion possible from an additional 23 million acres of new land. This study also shows that the use of fertilizer to raise output costs less than to add new land to production if land rental av erages more than seven dollars per acre. Use of fertilizer in creases production efficiency, too. This means that more production is obtained from each acre with out a corresponding increase in production costs. With the trend to larger farms with more and more land to cover, farmers searching for ways to increase net income may find it more economical to in crease use of fertilizer instead of adding more land to pro duction. Emory Dean Traces Ten summers spent tracing the steps of St. Paul have resulted in a book by the dean of Emory Univer sity’s theology school. “Journeys after St. Paul,” is the personal report of an odyssey which began in Asia Minor in the summer of 1951 and ended, amid the excite ment and competition of the Olympic games, in Rome in 1960, according to Dean William R. Cannon, the au thor. Dean Cannon visited every site in which the New Testament says Paul had been during his lifetime in the first century. Cancer has become disaster like in deaths, suffering, econo mic loss. Cancer will strike in two out of every three homes in America, one of every four per sons alive today at the present rate. Yet, half of those cancer strikes can be cured if treated early. The American Cancer So ciety, Georgia Division urges you to learn cancer’s seven danger signals and to have a regular physical check-up by your doc tor every year. Over one mil lion have been cured of cancer. OFFICIAL ORGAN BKANTLBY COUNTY AND CITY OF NABUNTA Governor Sanders Signs Bill Providing $954,000,000 State Funds for 2 Years FFA Members Win Places in Area Contests The Area I FFA Public Speak ing, Quartette, Chapter Sweet heart and Stringband Contest were held in the Wayne County High School on Tuesday evening with Mr. Vincent Lee, Area FFA. Advisor presiding. A total of eight schools were present for the different areas of competition. This phase of the FFA program training toward developing their agricultural leadership abilities. Bernard Meyers represented the Nahunta Chapter in Public Speaking and placed first in com petition with four other speakers. The quartette, accompanied b y Mrs. Carolyn Thomas, placed first in competition with eight other quartettes. Membership in the quartette consists of Cordell Wainright Kenneth Batten, John Jones and Lamar Thrift. JoAnn Young, Chapter Sweet heart and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Young, tied for sec ond place Sweetheart in com petition with eight other chapter sweethearts. The girls are judged on the basis of talent, poise, beauty and personality. Accompaning the group to Jesup were Mr. and Mrs. Willis Young and son Mrs. Lee Herrin, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Morton, Jr., and Mr. W C. Long, who served as ( judge in events. Church-Grant Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Church of Alexandria, Va., an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Ann, to Roger Williams Grant, (Jr.-, of Mc- Lean, Va. The wedding will take place June 29. Miss Church is attendisg the Richmond Professional Institute. Mr. Grant is a senior at the Uni versity of Richmond and plans to attend Officer Candidate School U. S. N., in Newport, R. I. upon graduation. • t FROM LITTLE* *S PARKS « GIANT FOREST FIRES GROW I A stray spark from a brush fire leaps into 4^trkCtVof woods. First it them it bursts into flames^ consuming every thing in its path. Finally there are only the charred remains of a once beautiful anil pro ductive Southern forest. If you iqust burn brush . . . take eVcry, precaution. And stay dntH the LAST SPARK IS OUT. REMEMBER. .£^l. EVERY TIME A FOREST MLgM FIRE BTRJRES. YOU GET BURNED! USE YOUR HEAD NOT YOUR FEET > X. GOG OR YOU WON’T MAKE IT ACROSS THE STREET A different evening will be set aside for Junior High you th, seniors and young adults, married couples and families as a whole. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Plans Revival k The Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, located in the Schlatter ville^^ommunity, will begin a series of revival services Sunday, April 14, it is announced by Mrs. Ernewt Thrift. The pastor Rev. Baxter James will do the preaching. Services will., be held Sunday morning and night and each night of the .week at eight oVlock. The meeting .will continue through Sunday, April 21. Ev eryone is invited to^atend and take part in the services. American Trucking A»»ociations, Inc. Subscription Price and Tax inside county 12.58 Outside county, in state .... $3.09 Outside state ..._ $3.00 Governor Carl Sanders has sign ed into law the State’s record $954 million appropriations bill to finance State spending for the next two years. Governor Sanders said he hopes that anticipated increases in revenue during his administration will fin ance the State’s spending program without a tax increase. Recent reports from the State Re venue Department indicate that Gov ernor Sander’s prediction of increas ed revenue is a good one. State Revenue Commissioner Hi ram Undercofler announced that cur rent revenue collections are running ahead of last year’s. Figures released by Commissioner Undercofler show that revenue col lections for the first nine months of the current fiscal year show an increase of $23.3 million over the corresponding period a year ago. Governor Sanders figured his bud get on an anticipated revenue in crease of $22.1 milion during the up coming fiscal year. Governor Sanders also signed a measure that makes automobile in spection compulsory. The bill, au thored by Macon Senator Taylor Phillips, will become effective in 1965. The new law requires annual inspection of all motor vehicles. Methodists Plan Family Life Conference The Nahunta Methodist Chur ■u w’U sponsor - E '-'mily Life ife ence ommunity on May 6 ie 9, Rev. W. M. Whipple announced. The Conference will consist of a panel of four members each evening, and will give a presen tation of marriage from medi cal, legal, pastoral and social points of view. Following the presentation by members of the pan.l, the con gregation will have an opportun ity to discuss and question what has been presented May 5 through the 12 is kno wn as National Family Week. It begins with Children’s Day and ends with Mother’s Day. The church is making this pre sentation with the view of preparing for their future roles. L L U 11l LtL H L