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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 47 - NUMBER 52 Power Company Will Pay of Receipts Cities 4% The board of directors of the Georgia Power Company today approved plans to increase from three to four per cent the amount of gross receipts which the company annually pays Georgia cities participat ing in its municipal partner ship plan. John J. McDonough, chair man of the board, said that details of the plan will be presented to the municipalities by company representatives. Mr. McDonough reported the increase will result in an addi tional $1,200,000 paid by the power company to the 396 Georgia cities and towns par ticipating in the partnership plan. Payments are based on electric sales to residential and commercial customers in each city. Instituted in 1947, the part nership payments are made in place of occupational license taxes. They are in addition to the company’s property tax payments, which on a state wide basis totaled $8,500,000 this year. The increase will become ef fective Jan. 1, 1965, and pay able early in 1966. Mr. McDonough reported the increase was made possible by savings anticipated from the federal income tax cut passed by Congress earlier this year. Last week, the Georgia Public Service Commission approved a rate decrease by the com pany, saving residential custo mers more than $2,700,000 an nually. This, too, was a result of anticipated savings from the income tax cut. “In recent years,” said Mr. McDonough, “more and more of our Georgia cities have been facing the problem of ade quately financing an ever growing number of services and operations. With that thought in mind, the board of directors has voted to use some of the anticipated savings to helo alleviate this economic problem of the municipalities. It is hoped that these addition al funds will be used for vital municipal services.” Outdoor Lights If you are planning to have decorative lights outside the house during the Christmas season, be sure they are heavy duty strings of lights made es pecially for outdoor use, says the National Board of Fire Underwriters. And, be sure they bear the UL label. Os course, any strings o f lights that have cracked or broken insulation should be replaced. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Foerman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Foerman were married Dec. 28. Mrs. Foerman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Barber of Waycross and Mr. Foerman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Foerman of Nahunta. Mr. and Mrs. Foerman are residing in Mulberry, Fla. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting. Fishing — and Progressive People. Paper to Be Published Early Next Week The Brantley Enterprise will be published one day earlier next week and all copy for news and advertising must be in the office before noon Tuesday, Dec. 29. The early publication is neces sary in order that the paper go out on the rural routes Thurs day, Dec. 31, prior to New Year’s Day. Get your news and advertising early, on Monday if possible, not later than Tuesday noon, so that the paper can be printed Wed nesday and be distributed Thurs day. Personals Army Specialist Four Alton L. Morgan arrived home from Ger many on Dec. 18 to spend Christ mas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Morgan. He will return to German Jan. 15. Pvt. Ronald B. Johns of Fort Devens, Mass., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Johns of Route 1, Nahunta, arrived home Sun day morning to spend the holi days with relatives and friends. Army Specialist Four Willard M. Beasley whose wife, Myrna, lives in Hortense was assigned to the U. S. Army Support Com mand, Vietnam, Dec. 8, as a me chanic. Beasley entered the Army in August 1949 and was last sta tioned at Fort Rucker, Ala. Airman Third Class Sammy D. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jones of Rt. 1, Hoboken, has graduated from the training course for U. S. Air Force jet engine mechanics at Amarillo AFB, Tex. Airman Jones, a graduate of Hoboken High School, is being reassigned to Wheelus AB, Libya, for duty. Mrs. Joseph Siegel of Nahunta is spending the holidays in Aber deen, S. D., with her son and his family. She will also visit friends in Sioux Falls and Elk Point, S. D. and in Omaha, Neb. GEA to Salute Ga. Newspapers The Georgia Education Associa tion will salute Georgia news papers and broadcasters at the March 1965 GEA Convention with the first annual School Bell A wards. Awards will be made to daily and weekly newspapers and radio and television stations for outstanding journalistic contribu tions to education. Many Have Lamented Passing Os 'Old-fashioned Christmas' “Tis the season to be Jolly.” But then there are minority opin ions on everything. Plenty of folks are complaining that Christmas isn’t what it used to be. They say stacks of Christmas cards, fran tic last-minute shopping, “Amahl and the Night Visitors” on the TV, and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on the stereo don’t make a Christmas. “We’ve got to get back to the old-fashioned Christmas,” they cry. But we’d better not go back too far. To put it bluntly, the Puritans were against Christmas. They labeled it a “wonton Bac chanalian feast” and spent their first Christmas on these shores pointedly rejecting joy and doing carpentry. By 1827, however, Christmas had evolved to the point that an Episcopalian bishop was complain ing, “The devil has stolen from us . . . Christmas, the day of our spiritual redemption and con verted it into a day of worldly festivity, shooting and swearing.” And by 1876 The Youth’s Com panion. a popular magazine of the time, was lamenting the passing of the old-fashioned English Christmas: “We in America have received many, if not most, of our Christ- Baby Sitter Tip If you are going to employ a baby sitter during the com ing holiday season, be sure she knows what to do in case of fire, says the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Make sure she understands that if a fire occurs, she should get the children out of the house quickly. Be sure she knows two alternate routes of escape from the house so that if fire blocks one of them, she and the children can leave the house by the other one. SPREADING TREES The amount of forest land in Georgia has shown a 12 percent increase in the past 25 years, ac cording to a report by Coopera tive Extension Service foresters. A quarter century ago 57 per cent of the state’s total land a rea was in forests. Today forests occupy 69 percent of Georgia. • • • • • • • © b I W I 2 Ik ~2 2 <.• 2*o^^^ • * \ twi • • ~ Ji / • Ip p- • | i 2 rat • • la Happiness, I | <| 1964 | j 2 . 2 Southeastern Brick Company WAYCROSS, GEORGIA • The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 24, 1964 mas customs from our parent country, ‘ merrie England;’ but in England Christmas is no longer the day of games and fine old traditional ceremonies it once was. It is rarely that the yule log is burned nowadays . . . and whereas the Christmas game, in the times of good Queen Bess, lasted for more than a month, a week is all the modern, money making English can devote to it.” Could it be then that this per ennial dissatisfaction with pre sent customs and longing for “the old-fashioned Christmas” merely shows the power of this season to evoke nostalgic memories of hap py childhood, bygone pleasures, and the joys of Christmas past . . . the exchange of greetings, the singing of carols, the tree, mis tletoe, the festive meal, and the outdoor fun? One last dip into the yellowed, crumbling pages of The Youth’s Companion gives an even better reason to wish for a simple celebration of Christmas. “It is right for us to derive all the innocent pleasure possible from the happy season, not for getting, the while, how solemn and glorious is the event which we thus joyously commemorate, with its beautiful lesson of ‘Love to our fellow man’.” Births Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomas Kersey of Route 1, Hortense, an nounce the birth of a son on Dec. 20, at The Brantley Medical Clin ic. The baby weighed eight pounds eight ounces and has been named Rochelle Warner. Mrs. Kersey is the former Miss Jane Elizabeth Warner of Waynes ville. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Henderson of Nahunta announce the birth of a son on Dec. 20, at the Me morial Hospital in Waycross. He weighed five pounds fourteen ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Morgan of Nahunta announce the birth of a son Dec. 20, at the Brantley Medical Clinic. The baby weighed eight pounds one ounce and has been named Wendell Joe. Mrs. Morgan is the former Miss Ern estine McDonald of Glennville, Ga. Dodge-Porter Mrs. Sarah Daniel Dodge of Na hunta announces her approaching marriage to Lewis Porter of Brunswick. The ceremony will take place Sunday, Jan. 3, at three o’clock in the afternoon at the Dodge apartment house. Invitations will not be sent but friends and relatives are cordially invited to attend the wedding and the reception which will follow. Keep Christmas a Happy Time for Small Children Householders were urged today to be particularly watchful of small children and elderly people during the Christmas holiday sea son to be sure that they are kept safe from fire. Last year 11,800 persons lost their lives in fires and the far greater percentage of these fatali ties occurred among the very young and elderly groups. Last year there were 31.6 fire deaths for each 100,000 population in the United States, and of these, 8.8 were children 14 years old or younger; 6.8 were children un der 4 years of age. And, there were 13.7 fire deaths for each 100,000 persons 65 and over. It is a good plan to impress upon children and elderly people that if fire occurs they should quickly get out of the burning house or apartment and never re enter a burning building Also every home should have an escape plan with all members of the household familiar with two alternate ways to get out of the house. In addition, all members of the family should agree to meet in some particular point outside the house, so that it can quickly be determined if all members have escaped. Florida Man Killed in Wreck on 301 A 42-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., man was killed instantly Friday night in a traffic accident on U. S. 301 south of Nahunta. State Troopers H. B. Jordan and W. R. Jordan said William Henry Dolley Jr., died instantly when his small foreign-made auto went out of control and struck a culvert about 1.5 miles south of Nahunta. Investigators said the vehicle believed traveling at a high rate of speed crossed the highway, skidded 120 feet on the shoulder and struck a culvert. The vehicle then skidded an ad ditional 120-feet before running into the ditch, officers said. According to the troopers, Dol ley was traveling north and was alone in the auto. The accident occurred about 11:30 Friday night. Broiler-fryers Suggested for Holiday Menus Place broilers at the top of the list for main course fare when planning holiday menus, suggests the U. S. Department of Agri culture. Broiler-fryers are plentiful at southeastern foodstores, according to USDA’s Agricultural Market ing Service, and homemakers will find them at economical choice throughout December and Jan uary. USDA offers the following re cipe for chicken in a puff —a tasty entree for holiday guests. Use one 214 pound broiler cut up for 5 to 6 servings. Have ready 14 cup flour, 2 teaspoons salt, 2 teaspoons paprika, 14 teaspoon pepper, and 14 cup fat. To brown chicken, combine flour, salt, paprika, and pepper in a paper bag. Shake chicken in bag, 2 or 3 pieces at a time, to coat evenly. Save leftover flour for gravy. Brown pieces of chick en slowly in medium hot fat in a skillet, turning to brown lightly on all sides, for 15 to 20 minutes. Drain chicken after browning. Next, prepare egg puff. Ingre dients are 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, % teaspoon salt, 3 well-beaten eggs, 1 cup milk, and 2 tablespoons melted fat. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Sift together into a bowl, and form a “well” in the center. Blend eggs and milk and pour in to the well. Add fat and blend mixture slowly with rotary beater until all flour is moistened. Then, beat thoroughly until batter is smooth. Pour into greased 11% x 714 x 114-inch baking dish. Yule Carols Originated by St. Francis At the most joyous seasons, have you ever wondered how our modern-day Christmas carol came about? None other than St. Fran cis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, is credited with origina ting the Christmas carol as we know it. It was he who first conducted a Christmas mass, singing the Gospel and giving the main ser mon in song. This new and won derful way of saying the mass was kept alive till the time of Richard the Lion-hearted. Min strels and folk-singers passed them on from generation to gen eration. During the 15th Century the singing of the Gospel broke away from the austere, sombre chants of the Church, going on to achieve greater magnificence and musical splendor. In the 17th century, during the Puritan’s time, the Christmas car ol went into a decline because of the belief that celebrations should not be joyous. Not until the 19th century did the Carol have a semblance of returning with all of its jovial popularity. And this was achieved only through illegal printing and sing ing of carols in private homes. It was not until 1840 that the Christmas carol regained and maintained all of its popularity For during this year the world’? most famous Christmas carol was published, “Silent Night.” Up to this present day all of its joy and hopes and reverence are still felt in all its simple beauty. Brantley HD Council Met Wed., Dec. 16 Thirty-three members of Brant ley County Home Demonstration Council met Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the Brantley County Recrea tion Center. “What is Christmas” was por trayed by members with Mrs. Neil Hendrix as leader. Christ mas is a spirit by Mrs. W. W. Hendrix; Christmas is doing things together, Mrs. Arthur Keene; Christmas is gifts, Mrs. J. C. Allen; Christmas is devotion, Mrs. Harry Raulerson, Christmas is a place, Mrs. Don Smith and Christmas is love by Mrs. C. F. Allen. A memorial service for the late Mrs. M. H. Robinson, who was a out-standing Home Demonstration Club member, was led by Mrs. C D. Gibson, president of Waynes ville club. A report of State Council meet ing was given by Mrs. James Alt man, president of Suburban Club. Mrs. Marguerite Jacobs gave a report on the 1964 Brantley County Home Demonstration Council achievements. Officers for the new year were installed by Mrs. Marguerite Jacobs. They were, Mrs. Elroy Strickland, president; Mrs. Neil Hendrix, Ist vice president; Mrs. Goldwire Fowler, 2nd vice-presi dent; Mrs. James Altman, 3rd vice-president; Mrs. Ben Jones, secretary and treasurer. Project chairmen for 1965 are Mrs. W. W. Hendrix, Mrs. C. D. Gibson, Mrs. Don Smith, Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs. Bill White and Mrs. Marguerite Jacobs. A buffet lunch was served by Hickox Club and Christmas gifts were exchanged. Other members present were: Marion Gibson, Ruth Smith, Dor othy Gibson, Daisy Middleton and Thelma Thompson of Waynesville Club; Leona Allen, Ruth Wain right, Eula Mae Lee, Shirley Johns, Mrs. J. E. Harris and Ly dia Johns, Hickox Club; Mrs. Mary Ryals, Mrs. Minnie Mor gan, Mrs. Albert Purdom, Mrs. Perry Crews, Mrs. Everett High smith, Raybon; Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mrs. Ben Huling, Mrs. Allen Barnard, Nahunta; Mrs. John R. Driggers, Mrs. J. E. Aldridge, Calvary Club and Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, H. D. County agent. LEGAL NOTICE GEORGIA, BRANTLEY COUNTY Stella W. Proctor and Joel Her rin, Administrators of Lillian Baxter Estate, represents to the Court in their petition duly filed that they have fully administered said Estate. All persons concern ed are hereby cited to show cause why said Administrators should not be discharged on the first Monday in January, 1965. This 7th day of December, 1964. /s/ Claude A. Smith, Ordinary GRIFFIN & SMITH 302 Main Street Blackshear, Georgia Attorneys for Applicants 12-31 CITATION GEORGIA, BRANLTEY COUNTY: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: JOEL LEE, as GUARDIAN of LARRY LEE and LINDA LEE, minors, has filed his petition ask ing for an order allowing him to encumber the one-sixth interest, each, of his said wards in cer tain property described in his pe tition for the purpose of support ing, maintaining and educating said wards. All interested persons are hereby cited to show cause before the Court of Ordinary of Brantley County, Georgia, on the First Monday in January, 1965, why said order should not be granted as prayed. /s/ Claude A. Smith Ordinary of Brantley County, Georgia 12-31. GEORGIA, BRANTLEY COUNTY. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: MRS. LINNIE GRIFFIN, as guardian of KAREN GRIFFIN having filed her petition asking for an order allowing her to sell the interest of her ward in cer tain property, all interested per sons are hereby cited to show cause before the Court of Or dinary on the first Monday in January, 1965, why said order should not be granted as prayed. CLAUDE SMITH, Ordinary, Brantley County, Georgia GIBSON AND McGEE Attorneys 12-31 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY ANO CITY OF NAHUNTA Robert Page Day to Be Held in Hoboken Jan. 6 Georgia Power Pays $5,648 In Local Taxes The Georgia Power Company this week presented to Nahunta, Hoboken and Brantley County checks totaling $5,648.09, repre senting the utility’s local proper ty taxes for 1964. Os the total, Brantley County received $5,364.43; the cities of Nahunta $197.63 and Hoboken $86.- 03. In presenting the tax payments, E. E. Pritchard, Local Manager, said this was part of approxi mately $8,405,000 in property taxes being paid by the company this week to municipal and coun ty governments throughout Geor gia. Some $3,778,000 of that sum goes into general county funds, $3,012,000 to school district, sl,- 430,000 to cities and towns, and $141,000 to the State of Georgia and to adjoining states. The company’s total tax bill for 1964, including federal, state, county and municipal payments, will exceed $38,000,000. This is 43 per cent more than total annual salaries paid to employees who operate this company. Residential Customers to Save Under Reduced Power Co. Rates Reduced e^ctric rates that will save residental customers of the Georgia Power Com pany an estimated $2,700,000 during 1965 have been an nounced by Crawford L. Pil cher, chairman, Georgia Pub lic Service Commission. The reduced rates, effective with January bills, are direct results of federal corporate income tax reductions enact ed by Congress earlier this year. Thus, the power com pany is passing along to its residential customers the ben efits from the tax cut, the Commission pointed out. Mr. Pilcher stressed that the rate reduction is appli cable to all the company’s re sidential customers. The previous low price of 1.6 cents per residential kilo watt hour for monthly usage over 600 kilowatt-hours will now be 1.5 cents. The mini mum bill will remain sl, but for this amount the customer can use 23 kilowatt-hours in stead of 20. Additional sav ings will result from a season- K. ' 1 1964 / | / I MOR anoo W YOU IS BORO H CHIS DAY ID CHe CICY OF 11 DAVID A g Savioor, al 1S S L Chrisc cne ; i| Kw, ^W ORD - W z A ’ ■ J ij 7 ] iJSss&’ Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Long Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state $3.09 Outside state $3.00 Brantley County will celebrate “Robert Page Day” Wednesday January 6, at Hoboken School. Robert, son of Mrs. Maggie Page, was recently elected National Vice-President of the Future Farmers of America. Robert has been outstanding in his work in agriculture for a number of years, having served as Chapter President in his school, State President and now National Vice-President. Plans are being made to make this a memorable day in the county. Local people are urged to cooperate with the planning committee, composed of the fol lowing: W. C. Long, General Chairman; Ernest Thrift, Sec.;, Hub Colvin, Treas.; Huey Ham, Local Ar rangements; Jack Moore, F. F. A. Advisor; Owen Griffin, County Comm.; J. F. Jacobs, Pres. Farm Bureau; Carl Broome, Edi tor Brantley Enterprise; Nolan Davis, Jr., Bd. of Ed.; Tom El lis, Mayor of Hoboken; Alvin Ja cobs, Mayor of Nahunta; Mrs. Mable Moody, County School Sup erintendent. Plans are being made for a barbecue and a good program with a number of National, State and local people participating in honoring this splendid young Brantley Countian. al discount; of two mills per kiowatt-hour on power in ex cess of 1,250 kilowatt-hours used in any of the months of December through March. The total-electric customer billed on an annual basis will receive a reduction of $9 per year. Other customers’ savings will vary according to usage. Mr. Pilcher cautioned that individual customers should not expect big decreases in monthly bills. “Many people will be sharing the rate re duction,” he said, “and cus tomers generally continue us ing more electricity.” This will be the tenth gen eral residential rate reduction since the power company’s organization in 1927. Mr. Pilcher observed that in 1927 residential customers of the Georgia Power Com pany paid an average of 7.6 cents per kilowatt-hour. To day that average is 1.8 cents — one fourth of the 1927 price and 22 per cent below the national average. And it will decrease even more with the new rate.