Newspaper Page Text
EDITOR’S MOTTO
“Be not diverted from your
duty by any idle reflections
the silly world may make
upon you, for their censures
are not in your power and
should not be at all your con
cern”—Epictetus,Roman philo
sopher.
VOLUME 44 - NUMBER 34
S., Ga. Act to Rid
u.
Highways of Hazards
The Federal Government
and Georgia are cooperating
in a $7.3 million “spot im
provement” safety program
aimed at eliminating high-ac
cident locations from the
State’s highway system.
Federal Highway Adminis
trator Lowell K. Bridwell
says “the spot improvement
program represents an im
mediate opportunity — with
fast pay-off — in the job of
reducing the mounting toll of
traffic deaths and injuries.”
Since March 1964 when
President Johnson directed the
Bureau of Public Roads to
use Federal-aid resources to
help the States expand this
type of work, Georgia has
programmed 86 such projects
at a total cost of $7,392,952,
split 50-50 by the State and
the Federal Government.
By September 1969, the
Georgia program is expected
to total 213 projects on
Federal-aid highways at a cost
of $24,311,000, financed by
Federal-aid and 100 percent
State funds.
Administrator Bridwell paid
tribute to Georgia for the
work it has done on its own
in this field: “The Georgia
State Highway Department
has let to contract or
has completed with its own
forces 76 projects on its roads
since 1964 at a cost of $3.3 mil
lion, a very commendable
achievement.”
“Many of these spot im
provements,” he explained,
“are comparatively small jobs
not involving huge sums of
money, but they bring almost
immediate results.”
As an example, he cited a
project on Interstate 20E a
bout four miles west of At
lanta where 2.1 miles of road
way were re-grooved to per
mit the run-off of water which
had been causing cars to skid.
During a five-month per
iod from January 1 to June 1,
1966, that stretch of roadway
was the scene of 14 accidents
in which three persons were
killed and 15 injured. Five
cars crossed the median.
At a cost of $12,000 in
State funds, the pavement was
scored to reduce the hydro
planing effect. In a six
month period following the
improvement, the number of
accidents remained the same
but there were no fatalities.
Injuries dropped to three.
The injury rate fell from 70.8
per 100 million vehicle miles
to 9.9 The fatality rate drop
ped from 14.1 to zero. Only
one car crossed the median.
The spot improvement pro
gram in Georgia and the
other States involves such im
provements as widening
bridges, traffic lanes and
shoulders; realigning curves
and slopes for beter sight dis
tances; reconstruction and
channelization of intersections;
installing uniform control de
vices; installation of guard
rails, and railroad grade cros
sine elimination or protection.
The Bureau of Public Roads
reports that across the nation
17,580 spot improvement pro
jects have been programmed
or completed since 1964 at a
cost of $1,176,563,000. Os
these, about 4,200 were Fed
eral-aid projects, accounting
for $771 million of the total
cost with the Federal share
fixed at $394 million. The
a Tips from a Pro
Wray Mundy
NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVER OF THE YEAR
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive Peoj>’e.
remaining 13,380 projects
were financed with State
funds alone at a cost of $406
million.
A recent nation-wide in
ventory showed there are a
bout 20,620 such locations
which are proposed to be cor
rected at a total cost of a
round $2.1 billion.
Mr. Bridwell noted, too, that
the Congress in 1966 enacted
into law “the greatest and
most comprehensive attack on
highway accidents in the his
tory of automotive transpor
tation —a program setting
performance standards for mo
tor vehicles and offering
grants for States and local
communities to expand and
improve their own highway
safety program.”
One of the Federal-aid spot
improvement projects pro
grammed in Georgia is in
Pierce and Brantley Counties,
involving the widening of sev
en overflow bridges a t
the Little Satilla River on
State Route 32, at a cost of
$227,000.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chesser
and children, Elaine, Arlene
and Barry, have returned
home after spending a week
with Mrs. Chesser’s brother,
Ruel Highsmith, in Sheridan,
Arkansas.
Miss Dana Brand of Nahun
ta returned home Saturday
after visiting her uncle Mr. J.
O. Herrin and family at Bryce
ville, Fla.
Mrs. Lila Crews returned
home on Wednesday of last
week from a three weeks visit
with relatives in the Carolinas.
She visited Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Brady and family,
Statesville, N. C. and Mr. and
Mrs. James Stewart and fami
ly. Beaufort, S. C.
Lynes Family
Holds Reunion
The descendants of Samuel
W. Lynes and Mary Hickox
Lynes held their annual fam
ily reunion at Laura Walker
Park Sunday, Aug. 25.
A basket lunch was served
at noon.
Among those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lyons and
family; Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Morgan and family; Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Lynes; Mr. and Mrs.
Lamar Lynes; Mr. and Mrs.
B. D. Jones, all of Waycross.
Mary Well, Josephine Wells
and Paul Anderson of Jesup;
James Pittman of Brunswick;
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lyons, Wal
ter Lyons, Jim and Dona of
Darien; A. H. Stewart, Har
ley Stewart, Lucill Jones
Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Lyons, Mrs. Talmadge Jones
and children; Mr. and Mrs.
David Lyons, George Stewart
and daughters; and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Lyons and fam
ily, all of Nahunta.
The production of tall fes
cue seed in Georgia during
1968 is estimated to be ten
percent from last year, ac
cording to the State Crop Re
porting Service.
FARM FACTS
LIMING FISH PONDS
Most of us know lime plays
an important role in increas
ing production of crops and
in improving the quality and
growth of pastures and lawns.
But what about fish ponds?
Did you know the addition of
lime to a pond, in many in
stances, plays an important
role in getting the most out
of your pond fertilization pro
gram? And in some cases, the
addition of lime cuts fertiliza
tion costs by 50 percent.
If you have been following a
prescirbed fertilization pro
gram for your pond and it has
not gotten the desired green
color, chances are you need to
add lime. A large number of
ponds in the state suffer from
lack of lime. It is safe to as
sume that if the surrounding
watershed needs lime, so does
your pond.
However, to definitely de
termine whether or not your
pond needs lime, it is neces
sary to run a test to deter
mine the “total water hard
ness.” Lime needs in the soil,
as you may know, are deter
mined by measuring the pH.
But pH measurements in
ponds normally are not a reli
able means of determining
lime deficiencies. This is be
cause these measurements vary
according to the time of day.
Total water hardness remains
constant, regardless of the time
of day. Therefore, it is a more
reliable test.
For maximum fertilization
results, the total water hard
ness should be around 20 parts
per million. Most ponds in the
state are far below this. But
the addition of lime could
raise the water hardness to a
desired level. There are two
types of lime that can be used
in ponds—builder’s or hydrat
ed lime and agricultural lime.
The amount that should be
applied varies from pond to
pond, but as a general rule
a ton of agriculture lime or
100 pounds of builder’s lime
per surface' acre will give the
desired results. Builder’s lime
should give almost immediate
results. But it lasts only a
couple of months, so periodic
applications during the year
are necessary. For this reason,
agricultural lime should also
be added. This type of lime
provides good results from one
to three or more years, depen
ding primarily upon the a
mount of water flowing
through the pond.
Should you desire to have
your pond checked for lime
needs, contact your county Ex
tension agent, Soil Conserva
tion Service representative
or the State Game and Fish
Commission office nearest
you. They will also be able
to provide additional infor
mation on liming fish ponds.
SHELTER PLANNING
GUIDE READY FOR
COMMUNITY USE
A new Cooperative Exten
sion Service publication on
community shelter planning
was announced this week by
the local county Extension
Service office.
Community shelter planning
is designed to help all the citi
zens of the county find shelter
in case of natural disaster or
nuclear attack. Its purpose is
to match people with their
“best available” shelter
through a process of allocation.
This shelter planning guide
calls for local participation
in its implementation to fit
the needs of the various com
munities. According to the
county Extension agent, shel
ter allociation will be design
ed so people within certain
boundaries will be assigned
to certain areas where shelter
is available. For example, if
the city hall has 100 shelter
spaces people living in an
area near the city hall will be
allocated to that shelter.
The guide also points out
how a county committee work
ing with the local civil defense
director can survey the com
munity and determine avail
able shelters, provide local
citizens with maps to these
shelters, answer questions on
school shelter programs and
transportation to the shelter
areas.
Interested persons may ob
tain copies of the new pub
lication at county Extension
Service offices.
Georgia produces a third of
all monumental granite used
in the nation.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 29, 1968
CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH
I have a rather large family
—five children—and I find it
difficult to afford regular
dental care for everyone, in
cluding my wife and myself.
Is. there any way I can cut
down on dental bills or at
least work out some type of
payment method with my
dentist?
Regular dental care, start
ing at an early age, is not
costly. A child should be taken
to the dentist for the first
time at the age of 2% or 3,
and then at the intervals the
dentist suggests. In this way,
any problems can be treated
when they are minor.
If parents try to put off
dental care for their children,
in nearly all cases the cost
will be much higher, in terms
of money and of loss of teeth,
because there is more damage.
Neglect is expensive. As an
example, a child who loses
some of his baby teeth pre
maturely because of neglected
decay may as a result have
an orthodontic problem when
he is a teen-ager.
Os course, good home oral
hygiene is important too. For
example, if you follow general
dental hygiene habits by
brushing after every meal and
if you cut down on sweets, it
is most likely that tooth decay
and gum diseases will be re
duced. In addition, fluorida
tion of the water supply will
reduce decay by as much as
65 per cent.
Perhaps the best way to fi
nance routine dental care for
a family is dental prepayment
or insurance. There are now
many prepayment programs in
operation, mainly available on
a group basis as a benefit of
employment. Today, almost
four million persons are cov
ered by dental insurance, and
we expect about 50 million
to be covered by 1975.
Prepayment plans usually
pay for most dental treatment
— sometimes excluding such
procedures as orthodontics and
denture fabrication — on a
co-insurance basis. For exam
ple, the insurance may pay for
80 per cent of the bill, with
you paying the remaining 20
per cent, plus an initial de
ductible of perhaps $25. At
the moment, dental prepay
ment is not widely available
on an individual basis, al
though a few companies mar
ket individual or family poli
cies.
Another type of dental fi
nancing is postpayment, or
budget payment, usually ar
ranged through a bank loan
uoon completion of treatment.
You then repay the loan to
the bank in installments with
an interest fee.
If you wish further infor
mation on dental prepayment
or postpayment, I would sug
gest you contact your local or
state dental society. It should
be listed in your telephone
book. Or you may wish to
write the American Dental
Association, 211 East Chicago
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611,
for information.
Blackshear Tobacco Market
Report of Sales and Prices
^Wednesday, July 31
^Thursday, Aug. 1
> Friday, Aug. 2
Monday, Aug. 5
Tuesday, Aug. 6
'I Wednesday, Aug 7
Thursday, Aug. 8 618,402 $448,719.00 $72.56
i Friday, Aug. 9 371,120 $269,977.00 $72.75
| Monday, Aug. 12 624,868 $462,038.00 $73.94
.Tuesday, August 13
t*
Wednesday , Aug. 14
' Thursday, Aug. 15
.Monday, Aug. 19
^Tuesday, Aug. 20
* Wednesday,Aug. 21
.Thursday, Aug. 22
Monday, Aug. 26
Tuesday, Aug. 27 63,876 $33,436.64 $52.35
TOTALS 8,667,476 $6,007,611.99 $69.31
S:d Hulett Is
Candidate
For Coroner
TO THE VOTERS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I, Sidney (Sid) Hulett, wish
to announce my candidacy for
Coroner of Brantley County.
I would like the voters of
Brantley County to take this
as my personal request for
their vote and support in the
forthcoming election.
I have lived in Brantley
County for over half of my
life and feel that I am qua
lified to serve you as coroner.
Why not make your vote
count? VOTE FOR SID!
SID HULETT. 9|5
Herrin-King Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
The Herrin-King families
will hold a reunion at Laura
Walker Park Sunday, Sept. 1.
A basket lunch will be serv
ed. Friends and relatives are
invited.
Bookmobile Schedule
Given for September
Wednesday, Sept. 4, Waynes
ville, Hickox, Nahunta.
Wednesday, Sept. 18,
Schlatterville, Hoboken, Hor
tense.
Legal Notices
Citation
In the matter of: Estate of
Charles H. Stahl.
. In the Court of Ordinary of
Brantley County, Georgia.
To Whom It May Concern:
J. L. Raulerson, Jr., having
applied in proper form for
Letters of Administration
upon the Estate of Charles H.
Stahl, who died intestate a
resident of Brantley County,
Georgia, this is to cite all
and singular the creditors and
next of kin of said intestate
to show cause, if any they can,
at the next regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said
County, to be held on the
first Monday in September,
1968, why permanent Letters
of Administration should not
be issued as prayed.
This August 6th, 1968.
Perry U. Rozier,
Ordinary,
Brantley County,
Georgia. 8j29
Late varieties of peaches
that are ready in August and
the early varieties of apples
that will be harvested this
month make this an ideal time
to process a complete winter
supply of jellies and preserves,
according to Extension Ser
vice food preservation special
ists.
LBS. SOLD AMT.
608,424 $424,593.34
593,806 $413,695.82 $69.67
514,186 $357,489.20 $69.52
630,522 $453,869.40 $71.98
585,212 $415,658.26 $71.03
620,330 $451,761.00 $72.82
622,186 $446,294.00 $71.73
423,430 $296,052.00 $69.92
500,197 $343,066.00 $68.59
641,036 $428,284.00 $66.81
567,495 $358,782.00 $63.22
180,315 $107,701.00 $59.73
218,836 $130,499.00 $59.63
284,233 $166,696.26 $58.65
Mrs. Julia Gibson
Funeral Service
Held Monday
Brantley countians were
saddened to learn of the pass
ing of Mrs. Sarah Anderson
Gibson, 93, a lifelong resident
of the Waynesville commun
ity, whose death occurred late
Saturday night, August 24, in
a Brunswick nursing home
following an extended illness.
Her death brings personal sor
row to a wide circle of rela
tives and friends throughout
this section and removes one
of Brantley County’s oldest
and most beloved residents.
Possessed of a quiet manner
and gentle disposition, she
was a kind and true friend,
devoted to her family, always
thoughtful and unselfish. She
loved and served her church
well and her dedication to
Christian principles had a tre
mendous influence for good in
her community.
Mrs. Gibson was the daugh
ter of the late Berrien and
Julia Drury Anderson. She re
ceived her education in the
public schools of her com
munity and was a charter
member of the Waynesville
Baptist Church.
She was the widow of the
iate William Richard Gibson.
Survivors include one
daughter, Mrs. Daisy G. Hunt
er of Waynesville: five sons,
Fred W. Gibson, Pete J. Gib
son and Charles D. Gibson, all
of Waynesville, Clinton E. Gib
son of Tampa, Fla., and George
W. Gibson of Rome; two step
daughters, Mrs. Marie Ander
son and Mrs. Eliza Coulter of
Tampa, Fla.; one sister, Mrs.
Martha Benjamin of Tampa,
Fla.
13 grandchildren, 8 great
grandchildren, several nieces,
nephews and other relatives
also survive.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Monday aft
ernoon, August 26, from the
Waynesville Baptist Church
with the Rev. Duane Partin,
assisted by the Rev. C. T.
Smith, officiating.
The body lay in state in the
church for one hour prior to
services.
Interment followed in the
family plot in the Baptist cem
etery near Waynesville.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. Billy Gibson. John
Gibson, Tom Gibson, William
Gibson, Joe Gibson and Eddie
Hunter, all. grandsons.
The honorary escort was
composed of the Messrs. Car
roll Johns. K. E. Kelly. Cars
well Moody, Osborne Moody,
Henry Edgy. Frank Walker,
Willie Bell, Lester Harrison,
Norman McVeigh, R. L. Ber
nard, J. Q. Smith, Jr., H. H.
Hunter, Henry McVeigh, Clay
ton Harrison, Herbert P. Kan
ey, H. S. Howe, Grady Boyd,
Clinton Popwell, Franklin
Gibson, Clinton Robinson and
Porter Hunter.
The many beautiful floral
tributes attested to the esteem
felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
Layton Johns
Asks Election
As Sheriff
AVERAGE
TO THE CITIZENS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I am again seeking your
support for Sheriff of Brant
ley County. When elected I
promise to carry out the dut
ies of the office in a fair and
responsible manner and:
1. To uphold law and order
in Brantley County with all
my energies so that we may
have a desirable atmosphere
in which to rear our chiHren.
2. To create and ma itain
an atmosphere in Brantley
County to welcome tourist and
industry.
3. To have and maintain
adequate records and to con
duct the affairs of the Sheriffs
office in such a manner to
never “cast a doubt” on my
honesty and integrity or that
of the people of Brantley
County.
4. To serve all areas of the
County.
YOUR VOTE AND SUP
PORT WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
LAYTON JOHNS.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Georgia Power Asks 2.172 Percent
Rate Increase to Offset Surcharge
Georgia Power Company
has made application to the
Georgia Public Service Com
mission to include an income
tax adjustment provision in
its electric rates.
The electric utility has in
creased its rates only twice in
over 40 years as compared
with 10 general reductions put
into effect in the same per
iod. The tax provision, or
rider, is designed to help off
set the 10 percent federal in
come tax surcharge.
Electric bills would be in
creased by 2.172 percent. For
the average residential cus
tomer this would amount to a
bout 19 cents a month. The
company proposes that the
increase become effective
with meter readings on or
after Se^'^mber 1. It W’ 1 !
be eliminated au'omatically
on June 30. 1960 if th n '■u”-
charge is t"’’minated as pro
vided v y law.
Edwin T. Hatch president of
Georgia Power, said the last
rate increase th° utility re
ceived was in 1952 when a
fuel adjustment clause was
authorized by the Commis
sion. This fuel adjustment
clause has been in-operative
for many years due to increas
ed efficiencies in electric pow
er generation.
The latest Georgia Power
rate reduction came in 1965.
At that time the company
passed on its customers the
benefits of a federal income
tax reduction.
Mr. Hatch pointed out that
Georgia Power’s average
price per residential kilowatt
hour has dropped from 7.6
cents in 1927 to 1.69 cents in
1967, and is now nearly 22
percent below the national av
erage.
“Even with the tax adjust
ment,” Mr. Hatch said, “the
price would be only 1.72 cents.
No other electric company in
the Southeast has a price low
er than Georgia Power’s. Only
one other company has a
price as low, and that com
pany. too, is seeking tax re
lief from its commission.”
“In the face of declining
prices for electricity over a
period of four decades, our
own costs of doing business
continue to grow,” Mr. Hatch
commented.
In the following statement
he listed some examples of his
company’s rising costs: “Labor
costs have increased 50 per
cent since 1957. Skilled
workmen who were
paid $459.10 . a month in that
year receive $688.10 today.
Freight rates on coal burned
ODC
Cleaning Day-Soup and Sandwich Time
@At the end of a day of house cleaning, cooking
holds very little charm. Use your supply of eggs
and prepare a delicious soup and sandwich dinner.
This “Danish Egg Salad Sandwich” makes an
'easy summertime entree. Accompany the sand
wich with an easily prepared canned chicken
and rice soup and dinner will be ready before
you know it
BARB-
BAKER
V hard-cooked eggs
% cup finely chopped celery
1 tablespoon finely chopped
onion
% cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon vinegar
To Prepare: Slice two hard-cooked eggs and reserve four center
slices for garnish. Chop all eggs and put in bowl. Add celery
and onion to eggs and toss lightly. Stir vinegar. Tabasco and
salt into mayonnaise until well blended. Pour dressing over egg
mixture and stir until moistened throughout. Spread each slice
of bread with butter. Cover bread with leaf lettuce. Scoop
egg salad on top of lettuce, dividing it between the four sand
wiches. Top each with a reserved egg slice and pimiento strips.
Makes 4 servings.
SUBSCRIPTION PRiCfe
AND TAX
Inside county
Outside county, in state ...
Outside state
in electric generating plants,
one of the major items of ex
pense, have been boosted
twice in the past year and
still another increase has been
proposed to the regulatory
agency. We have to pay
sharply higher prices for
materials and supplies just
as everyone else does.
“But the biggest problem, a
side from increasing taxes,
is the interest cost on the
money we must raise to fi
nance construction of power
plants and other electric
facilities. On 10 series of
bonds issued between 1941 and
1956 the interest rate varied
between 2-7/8 and 3-5/8 per
cent. Last year we paid 6-%
percent on SSO million of ad
ditional debt and practically
the same rate on sl2 million
of preferred stock.
“Two weeks from now we
will again have to go to mar
ket for S6O million Os new
funds, an^ the prospect is that
the cost of money will be in
the neighborhood of 7 per
cent.
“To keen up with Georgia’s
ever-growing need for electric
power the company will have
to invest $532 minion in the
three years from 1968 through
1970. Non-utility types of
business can expand or not as
they see fit. We will always
live up to our obligation to
meet the power requirements
of the State of Georgia; and.
therefore, the half-billion dol
lars and more must be spent
now. It cannot be deferred.
The granting of the income
tax adjustment rider will
help to slow down the ero
sion of the company’s earn
ings which has been caused
by increasing costs of every
kind,” Mr. Hatch said. “Un
regulated businesses are free
to raise their prices to offset
increased costs. Our only re
course is to apply to the Geor
gia Public Service Commis
sion for urgently needed re
lief.”
Bell-Griffin Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
The Bell-Griffin family re
union will be held Sunday,
Sept. 1, at Laura Walker Park,
when the descendants of the
late Leon Bell and P. U. Grif
fin will assemble.
All relatives and friends are
invited to attend.
A basket lunch will be serv
ed at noon.
or Uglily
Salad Sandwich
% teaspoon Tabasco
1 teaspoon salt
4 slices white or rye bread
' Softened butter
Leaf lettuce
Pimiento for garnish
Barb Baker
Poultry and
Egg National
Board
