The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, April 17, 1969, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextThe Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 17, 1969 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 Ca, Address all mail to Nahunta, Georgia 31553 Stockholders of AT&T Meet in Atlanta; First Time in South A Georgia City — Atlanta — is the site of the 1969 meeting of share owners of the Amri can Telephone and Telegraph Company. It is the 84th annual meet ing of AT&T stockholders, but the first held in the South. John Bankston, .manager of Southern Bell Telephone Com pany here, said, “In recent years, AT&T had held its meetings in cities other than New York so that more share owners could have the oppor tunity to attend.” He said he expected that many AT&T share owners from this area of the state were to be at the April 16 meeting AT&T is the parent company of Southern Bell. “We are delighted that a city in our company's terri tory, and particularly a Geor gia city, was chosen, “Bank ston said. “The meeting was in Atlanta’s new Civic Cen ter auditorium one of the nation’s most outstanding fa cilities of its kind.” He said that exhibits fea turing new telephone equipmnt and services and] new dvlop mnts in telephone science was housed in modern “para-wing” structures on a plaza along side the auditorium. “Share owners were able to see first hand som of the ad vances being made in com munications, such as Picture- I ANNOUNCEMENT The Brantley County Medical Center, Inc., is pleased to announce that Carl M. Drury, M. D. will engage in the practice of medicine on Wednesdays only at the Medical Center in Nahunta. For appointment call Mrs. Lena Rowell in Hoboken at 458-3455. byline Braves APRIL f © Day Games C Night Games ’ • • Double Header ©Locally Televised [E^ZKifflEiiiNS / <o®< H-< EO HUM ' * T « «t « «r lIM 1J HOU HOU HOU CM CM 2- j] crj < g c c^pc « MT IT MT MT «T MT CM SD. S.D. SJ. SJ. ,UL U kj ck] tfe] q |j|Qy |HQU.|S D I ^M****: MAY Large Type-Home Games El 3 Small Type-Road Games H. ULILA.J Wfrani¥fT7 B® ~ 7™4]®€KJ < H £T< AT / AT AT AT I AT AT PHIL N.Y N.Y. NY. | MIL KU. n "OTLOrt sr< ALa N.Y. NX PHIL PHIL ® 3~< ?T~< m'm iT^ IT® WIL ST.L ST.L ST.L Aij phone service. Many of the exhibits contain activated equipment,” Bankston said. Closed circuit television sets in lobby, corridor, and exhibit areas enabled share owners to follow the meeting when out side the auditorium. Television in a special press room allowed newsmen to cover the meeting when away from seats reserved for news media representatives in the auditorium. H. I. Romnes, chairman of the board and chief executive officer at AT&T, presided at the stockholders meeting, which began at 2 p. m. Ben S. Gilmer, prseident of AT&T and former president of Southern Bell, was among AT&T directors attendiug a board meeting preceding the share owners meeting. The 1968 AT&T share owners meeting was held inn Boston and lasted about five hours. More than 6.060 stock holders attended. There are about 3,100,000 AT&T stock holders. Admission to AT&T annual meetings was by ticket only, which were available to share owners. THE DRIVER-PEDESTRIAN In 1968 there were 103 mil lion licensed drivers in the United States, about 199 mil lion potential pedestrians. 3rd Annual Arts Festival Will Begin This Friday in Waycross Waycross — Liston D. El kins, president of the Waycross and Ware County Chamber of Commerce, announces the Third annual Waycross Arts Festival will commence April 18 with a concert by the Uni versity of Georgia Dixie Red Coat Band and will bring down the curtain nine days later, April 27, with Shutter-Bug Days at the Okefenokee Swamp Park (an amateur camera contest); “El Arte De Las Americas,” (an exhibit of Latin American Arts a^d Crafts); and a Tour of the City Greenhouse. During the nine days, twen ty Waycross organizations join the Chamber of Commerce in sponsoring spectator and spectator-participation events that run from a “Pedigrees Don’t Count Pet Show” to a three - act broadway hit play, “Cheaper By The Dozen.” The activities scheduled al so include a senior citizens arts and crafts exhibit, a Side walk art show, a “Battle of the Bands” contest, a concert of popular music by the Waycross High School Band and Chorus, a contempary art exhibit from the Atlanta School of Art, a program of sacred music, an historical exhibit, a science ex hibit and lecture, an evening of tales from the Okefenokee, a puppet show, a variety show by South Georgia College, a performance by the Middle Georgia College State Band, and the “Beaux-Arts Ball.” The Festival contributed to Waycross’ statewide win in the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Stay and See Georgia pro gram during 1968, and Cham ber President Elkins cordially invites all Georgians to visit the Okefenokee Gateway City during this week. Our Byliners Bring You Sports Reports With A Wallop All Season WHMMMI HBBk UMI MM S JMM M ML »7*^MM WAYNE JESSE WILT FURMAN MINSHEW OUTLAR BROWNING BISHER Use the handy schedule printed here to know when and where the Braves play. And subscribe today so you can follow the action in the Constitution reported by baseball writer Wayne Minshew and Sports editor Jesse Outlar—and in the Journal by baseball writer Wilt Browning and Sports editor Furman Bisher. W Atlanta Suumai Subscribe today by a ^ail or contact ____ __ . ~.__. __ . your local dealer THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION _ T^r .SputA a ^aftdani .Vuk/m/vf Registration for Adult Education Courses Announced Registration will be held Monday, April 21, at the Isa be’la Street School, 1010 Isa bella Street, Waycross, to reg ister all interested adults who have not received their high school diploma. Classes will begin Thursday. April 24, 1969 at 6:50 P. M. at the Isabella Street School. This is for all adults 18 years of age or older who did not grad uate from high school. No tuition is charged for this instruction, but there is a charge for textbooks and workbooks used in each course of studv leading to a high school diploma. Clyde O’Quinn, Coordinator will explain the program Monday and register all inter ested adults. Subiects offered are: Eng lish 11, English IV, General Math, General Science, U. S. History, Health & Safety, Sec retarial Practice and Book keeping and Psychology. LEFTOVER YOLKS To store leftover egg yolks, cover them with cold water and store them in the refrig erator in a covered container. Extra egg whites should also be refrigerated in a covered container, according to home economists with the Universi ty of Georgia Cooperative Ex tension Service. Expect cotton acreage to in crease in 1969. This is the pre diction of Cooperative Exten sion Service agronomists at the University of Georgia. Acreage available to be planted in Georgia this year will be ap proximately 750,000. Smokey Says: ^MYBUSINESS IS FORKT\V FIRE PREVENTION- / IQ I r 1 ’i I 1 Your business — being careful with any fire! PUT POT Hat CI6AREITE/ lot AtMUKiM OMMrrt nmw tntMvtr. uu Mt test MT AHW CMtUStfCft HIGH SCHOOL BOYS MAY APPLY Natural Resources Conservation Workshop Schedu Applicants are now being re ceived for the Bth Annual Natural Resources Conserva tion Workshop to be held at Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College, Tifton, June 8-13. The Workshop gives high school boys a week-long in tensive study of Georgia’s natural resources and how they can best be .managed. This Workshop is co-spon sored annually by the Georgia Chapter, Soil Conservation So ciety of America, and the Georgia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict Supervisors. Sa.m Dun away, SCS. Winder is the workshop director. A number of state and fed eral agencies cooperate by fur nishing instructors and coun selors. These include Soil Con servation Service, Georgia For estry Commission, Agriculture Research Service, and Fish and Wildlife service. The’ week’s activities include classroom lectures, outdoor land judging and tours to ob- Deadline for News In This Newspaper Is 10 A. M. Wednesdays If It Is Worth Printing, It's Worth Getting in On Time for Printing. ADVERTISE! BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE led June 8 to 13 serve conservation work. This year’s Workshop has been ex tended one day to include an all-day trip to Okefenokee Swamp near Waycross. Boys interested in attending the workshop can obtain an application from J. Charlie Waters, Supervisor of the Sa tilla River — Soil and Water Conservation District, Black shear, or from any of the co operating agencies listed above. Final selections of boys to attend will be made by the District supervisors. 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