The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, February 29, 1968, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextThe Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 29, 1968 Brantley Enterprise published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia Official Organ of Brantley County Carl Broome Editor and Publisher Mrs. Carl Broome Associate Editor Second class postage paid at Nahunta, Ga. Address all mail to Nahunta, Georgia 31553 Georgia Labor Outlook Bright, Commissioner Caldwell Says ATLANTA — In an optimis tic forecast for 1968, Georgia Commissioner of Labor Sam Caldwell said this week that a favorable business climate will open more jobs, “and the Georgia Department of Labor’s stepped-up training pro grams will provide more skill ed workers to fill those po sitions.” “The department will in increase the emphasis on training, industrial develop ment and special assistance to the unemployed," he said. “The under-educated, unskill ed and handicapped will con tinue to receive concentrated training to speed their entry into the labor force.” Unspectacular, but steady, gains kt employment and earn ings marked the state’s labor picture in 1967, and more of the same is expected this year. That’s the theme of the Georgia Department of Labor’s Annual Report, which will be submitted by Commissioner Caldwell Feb. 1 to the gover nor and General Assembly. Last year was the sixth in a row of uninterrupted eco nomic growth and rising em ployment in’ the state . . .and the higher standard of living that goes with them. Employment in Georgia rose 30,000 from the 1966 level, and more hard-core unemployed than ever before were placed on l jobs as a result of vocation al and technical training. The average weekly earnings of Georgia manufacturing workers in 1967 was $89.50, up $3.50 from 1966. The Atlanta Manpower Cen ter, which provided services to 11,740 since it opened on La bor Day 1967, will make avail able an even greater number of Georgia industry this year, Commissioner Caldwell said, by developing skills which are in demand now. Other programs outside the area of normal job placement i W Lk-.v. . Do yourself a good turn. Switch to flameless electric heat. Tired of the tedious thermostat game: whose turn to turn the heat up or down? Then con vert to flameless electric heat. With electric heat you never have to jump up and adjust the thermostat. Because the tem perature remains constant. The warmth is gently and evenly distributed so it’s never too hot, never too cold. If your old heating system needs to oe re placed, you can’t do better than electric heat. It’s dependable. Efficient. Quiet. And it’s the cleanest heat in the world. Whether your home is large or small, old or new, traditional or contemporary, you can have electric heat installed in a day or so. That’s all the time it takes. Your turn to adjust the heat? Turn to flame less electric heat. Check with your certified electric heating dealer for the type of electric heat best for your home. CFOPCM POWER COMPANY which are initiated by the Georgia Department of Labor in 1967 include: PRISON RELEASE PRO GRAM — More than 350 pris oners were placed in gainful employment by teams of La bor Department counselors which visited state prisoners to interview and take job ap plications from prisoners just itiated job development, uti lizing the full statewide re sources of the department. PRISION TRAINING PRO GRAM — The first of its kind in the nation, this vocational training project provides in struction in eight skills to in mates of the Buford State Prison. Ninety-nine prisoners, many of whom were transfer red to Buford specifically to receive this training, have been enrolled since the program’s inception in October. LABOR MOBILITY — The program assists workers with special skills who must relo cate in or out of the state to find suitable employment. Other major on-going in which the department partici pated last year include job re placement service to veterans, Neighborhood Service Centers, Summer Youth Opportunity Campaign and Job Corps. SHADE GARDEN If part of your garden is shaded during part of the day. you might consider planting broccoli, collards, spinach and most leaf crops in that area. However, Dr. Don Heg wood, horticulturist with the Cooperative Extension Service, points out that you should not plant these garden vegetables too close to a tree. Want a solution to the prob le.m of too much detergent in laundry loads? Miss Annette Ray, Extension Service home economist - home management, suggests adding a cup of vine gar to the last rinse and rin sing once again. Labor Department Steps Up Service to Discharged Gls The change from military to civilian life isn’t easy, but the Georgia Department of Labor is making it smoother for more than 1,700 veterans a month by putting them on a job or in training as soon as they come home. Thanks to a new intensified training and placement service called “Project Transition,” that figure will increase in 1968. More than 20,000 returning Georgia servicemen were plac ed on jobs or enrolled in voca tional training by the State Labor Department in 1967, and the monthly rate has risen since “Proiect Transition” was initiated five months ago. “Transition” evaluates the serviceman’s vocational skills before he is discharged, then helps him find a job or places him in training as soon as he becomes a civilian. Working with the Depart ment of Defense, Veterans’ Fmplovment Service and of fice of Veterans’ Re-Emplov ment Rights, the Labor De nartment begins paving the "oad to gainful employment even before discharge. Georgia Commissioner of Labor Sam Caldwell, who sends a personal letter to each -'f the state’s returning service men. has promised them “the Greatest heln possible in ob ♦Mning meaningful, rewarding amnlovment.” Calling the returning veter ans “a prime source of man nower lust waiting to be nut to work.” Caldwell noted that: —Their average age is 92. —More than 80 nercent have «t least a high school educa tiofc —Most aceuirod jobs skills 'n service which o r e b»<9lv needed in the civilian labor market. The voluntary program in ”nives four basic areas: Coun ’°ling, skill training, educa- Hnn and placement. Veterans are contacted ini ♦iallv during the last six months of active dutv. For ♦hose with adennate lob skills, ♦he department initiates place ment service, often having a nosition waiting when the vet eran puts on civvies. For those desiring vocation al training or additional educa tion, three sources are pro vided bv “Transition": —-Existing school courses on the base, on-th«-job training in military skills whieh are civilian related and program med teaming courses whmh can be pursued individually. —Local, state and federal off-base courses established hv the Departments of Labor. Ed ucation and Health, Education FOR TOBACCO BEDS, WE HAVE Fermale - Parzate STREPTOMYCIN (DUST AND SPRAY) FOR FAST GROWING TOBACCO PLANTS GRO-GANIC NEW INSTANT VIGORO SOIL FUMIGATION SHELL DD - DORLONE EDB-40 - W-85 Place Your Order Now For Complete KAISERS LIQUID FERTILIZER LET US SPREAD YOUR FERTILIZER & LIME RED CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES FOR SPRING PLANTING! FULL LINE OF FRESH BULK GARDEN SEED NEW CROP — JUST ARRIVED CENTIPEDE GRASS SEED COASTAL BERMUDA HAY IN BALES A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF PRINT BAGS C. C. O'Neal & Co. Phone 449-5361 Blackshear, Georgia and Welfare. —Courses conducted by pri vate industry to meet specific employment requirements. For those who need it, “Transition” will provide ele mentary and high school train ing to upgrade their education al status, or academic back ground needed in a specialized field such as mathematics. Some military installations permit servicemen to partici pate in job training during duty hours; in others it is done after hours. Each veteran returning to Georgia is contacted by the nearest local office of the State Labor Department, put ting at his disposal the full statewide resources of the de partment. Commissioner Caldwell, ur ging Georgia employers to tan this wealth of employable tal ent. said: “It is good business to hire returning veterans, and vou heln Georgia and the na tion repay the debt we owe them.” BLUE LIGHTS REDUCE BRUISING AMONG BROILERS The instinct of chickens to go to bed at dark may be used t 0 save Georgia broiler grow ers millions of dollars now lost by downgrading of bruised carcasses, provided results of experiments in the lighting of broiler houses can 1 be duplica ted on the larger scale of com mercial production. In these tests — conducted by Dr. Till M. Huston of the poultry science department and Mr. Rex E. Childs, an en gineer with the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture at Athens — use of blue instead of white lights during times the care taker was in the broiler house reduced the bruises of birds 40 to 45 percent. Dr. Huston said the blue light had a calming effect upon the chickens. Whenever the blue lights were turned on the chickens began to bed down just as chickens under normal lighting conditions do at twi light. Consequently, when the caretaker walked about in the house the broilers made little or no attempt to run or fly a way from him as chickens nor mally do. Broilers under blue lights also remained relatively calm while being caught and put in coops for hauling to the pro cessing plant, he said. Dr. Huston credits the quiet ing effect of the blue lights upon the broilers with the re duction in bruising. Previous research has shown that most bruises sustained by the birds are inflicted by the chickens themselves as they strike feeders and waterers inside the house while running and flying about. Research also has shown all bruises are in flicted during the 24 hours im mediately prior to slaughter. Catching, loading and hauling to the processing plant is usu ally done during this period, he explained. Dr. E. Broadus Browne, di rector of the College Station, University of Georgia College of Agriculture Experiment Stations, Athens, where the re search was done, said that trials to test results of the ini tial experiment on a commer cial scale are underway. 300-Bed VSC Men's Residence Hall Approved A 300-bed men’s residence I ’ jhmi ... I've never found a better place than here to save. My savings are safe ... and interest is bank guaranteed. This is a good feeling. ... Do what you want . . . but i'll use the drive-in window. This way I save time and I don't have to get all dressed. The Citizens Bank FOLKSTON ANO NAHUNTA, GA. Federal Deposit Insurance Now $15,000 On Deposits in This Bank Ah week ' £W<> Station. CSnotwsH V Oibt W-aM'. ~ , \ > ~ s'X y... <*"*/, SELL TOMORROW with a WAm AD TODAY! J f♦— •• 7 ajfflWC7ltvTrwi _ hall for Valdosta State College was approved by the Board of Regents at their recent meet ing in Atlanta, according to VSC President S. Walter Mar tin. The more than $1 million structure will be located on the North Patterson Street side of the Main Campus in the vicinity of Brown and Lown des residence halls. The re sidence hall is expected to be three stories. Dr. Martin said Thomson and Sanders Architects of Val dosta was named to develop the new building, and prelim inary discussions and plan ning is underway between the firm and VSC Dean of Stu dents George Young and comptroller Shealv McCoy.lt is hoped the building may be ready for occupancy in 1969. Approval of this new 300- brings construction of resi dence space to 1,000-beds, eith er under construction or in bed hall, Dr. Martin said, various planning stages. i | "PHOOEY ON YOU" SENATOR DEAN REPORTS oil help for education and youth Km mother was « school education is better prepared to make a success m our slate School dropouts are the problem. We must provide the educational system that will keep them in school. new industry, jobs and payrolls Under a new bill before the legislature, House Bill 933, toca banks would be able to buy general obligation bonds for ,Ddu s trl f* development on a local level, which they have been unable to do in the past. This will bring more and new money into circulation and allow for more industrial development on the local level This would bring about new industry, jobs and payrolls, it would also mean that expanded and new industrial plants would enable loeal and county governments to give better services without a tax in crease because of the increased revenue from the industry. Your State Senator is doing everything possible to bring new and ex panded industry to our district. . The $l5O million dollar nuclear power plant to be built in the area near Baxley, Georgia, is ample evidence that we in the Sixth Senatorial District have the labor, climate and needs for any in dustry. Not one penny of local tax money had to be spent to get this new plant. The industrial tour that 1 sponsored for leaders of industry a couple of years ago has helped acquaint them with the advantages of our area. The nuclear power plant is an example of the success of such a tour. MORE AND NEW ROADS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS Cities and counties in our district, during the period from July, 1906 to July, 1967 (the latest available figures), received greatly increased funds for highway construction, county con tracts, interstate systems, primary and secondary roads, street paving, airport construction, engineering and bridge building and maintenance on all types of highways and roads. The county-by-county allotment shows Appling received $613,- 579.51; Bacon got $683,142.53; Brantley $554,905.01; ( arnden $920,- 377.96; Charlton $389,994.40; Jeff Davis $181,896.50; Pierce sl,- 022.285.09; and Wayne $1,773,749.76. Our Senatorial District is receiving more money for highway and street construction and maintenance since my le election last year than in a long time. Today our cities and counties are receiving more money through the direct grants program than ever before in our history. Shortly after I became Senator, the grants program was inaugu rated and for the yeai ]«««(>«. county grants will total more than sl2 million. The cities will receive sl4 million. (Advertisement)