The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, December 16, 1971, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextState EMC’s Conclude 31st Annual Meeting MILLEN, GA. - The 31st Annual Meeting of the Georgia Electric Membership was concluded last week at the Marriott Motor Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia with over 300 rural electric leaders from throughout the state in attendance. The representatives from Georgia’s forty-one Electric Cooperatives met and heard reports on the operations of 1971 from the various committees and officers of Georgia EMC. GEMC is the statewide organization representing the electric cooperatives that have invested more than $221,000,000.00 to build over 77,000 miles of line in Georgia. Last year these member-owned organizations paid more than $1,601,137.00 in local, county and state taxes. During the meeting, the Directors took action on such important matters as wholesale power rate increases, wholesale power supply and territorial integrity. Part of one day’s activities was devoted to information panels that featured some of the state’s foremost leaders on such topics as: Community and Area Development, The Energy Problem, The Environment and Improved Communications. The panelists included R.S. (Rock) Howard, Georgia Water Quality Control Board; Ray Shirley, Georgia State Forestry Commission; Joe Laßoon, Atlanta Gas Light Company; Robert Cassell, Gerogia Tech and Harry Malone of the Advertising firm EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS HELD A Christmas party after an informative demonstration on small appliances gave the Br antley County Extension Homemakers Council a real treat. The regular December meeting was held at the Ok efenoke Electric Co-Op on Wednesday, December Bth at 2:00P.M. Mrs. Elroy Strick land gave a beautiful Christ mas devotional to begin the afternoon event. There's nothing funny about ourl2ooSedan. 72 ISSsS^ 1200&dan luT $1949.00 plus SUM tax TEE. H.E.E.! T.E.E. H.E.E. stand for Technical Engi neering Excellence. And Highly Extravagant Extras. On our 1200 Sedan, T.E.E. H.E.E. refer to such standard equipment as: • Safety front disc brakes • A high-cam engine (expect about 30 miles-per-gallon) • Whitewalls • Front buckets Soo your Datsun dealer. He's the Small Car Expert who'll prove to you T.E.E. H.E.E. is no gag. Drive a Datsun... then decide. wav mpnws MTSUN SALES INC. 6 MILES WEST OF JESUP ON U.S. HIGHWAY 341 Local: Sales Representative DICK PURCELL Telephone: 462-5533 Officers for 1972 are, (I-r): Joe Brooks, Vice-President, Homerville; Theo M. Parkerson, President, Eastman; Walter Harrison, General Manager, Millen,; Russell A. O’Neal, Secretary-Treasurer, Carrollton and Robert Tisinger, General Counsellor, Carrollton. (PRN) of Schofield, Hiers and Malone. Others appearing on the program at the regular General Sessions featured a representative of the legal staff of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Washington, D.C. and a representative of the Georgia Public Service Commission. A special .program was conducted for the women and for the first time, an Arts and Craft Show was on display. Reverend Sam Coker, Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church of Atlanta was the featured speaker at the annual banquet along with entertainment provided by CHRISTMAS PARTY Mrs. Dixie Keifer, Home Economist with the Georgia Power Company out of the Waycross office, demonstrated several small appliances and showed slides of some of the newer things to expect in a- ppliances. Mrs. Goldwire Fowler, pres ident of the Council, presid ed over the meeting and pr aised the fair and banquet committees for their fine Burma Davis, “Miss Georgia of 1968” and Wayne Buffington of Zebulon, Georgia. During the business session, Honorable Theo M. Parkerson of Eastman, Georgia was re-elected President; Mr. Joe Brooks of Homerville, Georgia was elected Vice-President; Mr. Russell A. O’Neal of Carrollton was named Secretary-Treasurer; Col. Robert D. Tisinger of Carrollton was re-elected as General Counsellor and Mr. Walter Harrison of Millen was re-elected as General Manager of the Corporation. The Georgia Electric Membership Corporation is headquartered in Millen, Georgia. work. Mrs. N.W. Hendrix was chairman of the fair committee and Mrs. Jimmy Lee was chairman of the ban- quet committee. Delicious refreshments were made and brought by the members along with their recipes which will be com piled into a Holiday Recipe Booklet. The gift exchange, with Mrs. J.E. Harris as lead er, was enjoyed by all. n pwceiJ SEiflnksJ H ||| ■ \ || $ • . ■ «Mb.—d— CHRISTMAS FRAUDS Unfortunately, Christmas is not only the season of joy and giving; to some it’s the best time of the year for taking. Christmas offers the confidence man and the gyp artists opportunities they don’t have all year round, and many people, carried away with the Christmas spirit, are more gullible than they would ever be from January to November. Nobody could list all the frauds and gyps that pop up around Christmas time, but we can explain the ones you’re most likely to meet. Probably, the most vicious swindle in the world is a thing called the Death Vulture Confidence Game. There are two variations of this. The first, classic version of the fraud starts out with the swindler reading the obituary pages. Then, a couple of weeks later he shows up at the home of a relative of someone who died, and claims that the deceased had ordered a gift for the relative, but hadn’t paid for it. The relative naturally, is only too happy to pay for the alleged gift, and the con man pockets the money and vanishes. In some cases an item that is supposed to be the gift is actually delivered to the relatives, but it is junky, and was not really ordered by the deceased. T he second variation victimizes relatives of servicemen who were killed in Vietnam. A few weeks after they get the bad news, a letter comes saying that the serviceman had spent his last leave in Tokyo or Hong Kong and had ordered a gift like a pearl necklace for his wife, mother, etc. Sometimes they even claim that he made a down payment but the balance is still due. If you find yourself in this situation, you can get help from the counseling service at the nearest military base. Another common gyp involves the sale of cheap Bibles at high prices. Con men who try this sometimes use Death Vulture tactics, such as stamping the name of someone who died on the cover in gold, and taking it to the surviving relatives, saying the deceased had ordered it. Even if a salesman is just pressuring you to buy the Bible, be careful. A lot of people have believed that a man selling a Bible would not cheat them, only to find that the pages fell out, and the print ran if exposed to moisture. People have paid as much as fifty dollars for such poor quality books. Another gyp that increases during the Christmas holidays involves phony coats-of-arms and family trees. The way this one works is that you get a letter from some total stranger that says they have discovered something very interesting about your family, and they’ll tell you about it for a price. They will then try to sell you a family tree or coat-of-arms “suitable for framing.” If you want it for decoration, 0.K., but such family trees rarely have any genealogical significance. There are some cases in which the phony genealogists took one family’s coat-of-arms, and just put somebody else’s name on it. If you really are interested in your family background, you 4-H SALUTES ELDERLY The Thanksgiving season can be a lonely time of the year for many elderly Georgians who live alone or have no relatives. Mrs. Jana Guy, special agent of the State 4-H staff, reports that 4-H’ers are going all-out to make senior citizens feel more a part of this family-oriented Fill Cracks And Holes Better nanaies iikb puny. narosns ii« wooc. PLASTIC WOOD* Th* gcrxz/zw-Accept No Substitute. PUTTIN' ON THE DOC (listem, bonz/, \ (what i ' Z THINK YOU'RE) ( D'YA ) X* crooks’? > MEAN^J s' should contact the Georgia Archives in Atlanta for information and advice. Be careful in giving to charities during the holidays. Indeed many worthwhile organizations, such as the Salvation Army and the Empty Stocking Fund, do conduct drives for such donations during the Christmas season, and that is a perfect cover for illegitimate operators. Be sure that someone soliciting for “charity” actually represents the organization he claims. There are cases in which people claiming to represent a boys club or other worthwhile project collected hundreds of dollars in various neighborhoods, and the only charity it was going to was the con man’s pocket. Another old, old gyp that still works is the C.O.D. gimmick. The con man knocks on your door and explains that he is trying to deliver a C.O.D. package to your neighbor, but she isn’t home. He then tries to talk you into paying for the package for your neighbor. In reality, of course, the neighbor had not ordered anything. Never pay for a package for someone else, unless that person specifically asks you to do it. You may receive unordered merchandise at Christmas time, closely followed by threatening letters demanding payment. If you receive unordered merchandise that you don’t want mark it “delivery refused,” and send it back. The company will have to pay the postage. Credit card schemes, always around, increase during the holidays. Among the tricks are stamping your credit card on a blank form, and later charging the cash purchase to you and pocketing the money; adding a charge for something you didn’t buy to your bill; and, giving you a stolen credit card in place of your own. (After all, how many people look at their own credit cards?) Check your credit cards carefully, watch what is done with it when someone else has it, and, if a credit card is lost or stolen notify the store or bank immediately, or you may have to pay up to fifty dollars on eaqh card, if someone uses them. Be careful of buying something from someone who approaches you on the street. In some cases they may be selling shoddy merchandise at a high price, and in others the item being offered for sale is stolen. People frequently think they are getting a good buy on perfume sold on the street, because the seller tells them some story about it’s being rebottled. In many cases, it’s rebottled alright, and half water too. Remember burglaries and thefts increase at this time of year, too. Carry your pocketbook under your arm, not by the strap; men should carry their wallets in their breast pocket not their hip pocket; never leave your house or office keys on the ring with your car keys in a public garage; lock car doors and put your packages in the trunk, not on the car seat; and, if you go out of town, be sure to cancel newspaper and milk deliveries while you are gone. holiday. Such activities as “meals on wheels,” taking meals to isolated elderly, “adopt-a-grandparent” programs and “once-a-day check-in” on the elderly are being planned. The move is part of a nation-wide project promoted by the Nixons and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower. ALL PURPOSE 3INONEOIL Oils Everything Prevents Rust REGULAR — OIL SHAT - ELECTRIC MOTOI Economic Stabilization Questions and Answers Internal Revenue Service Q- What kinds of prices in creases are permitted during Phase II? A- The basic policy set by the Price Commission is that price increases will not be allowed except as justified on the basis of cost increase in effect, on or after November 14, 1971, taking into account productivity gains. While prices increase, in the aggre gate, must not exceed 2 1/2 per cent per year, many ad justments willbe below 2 1/2 per cent, and some will be above this figure as justified by cost increases and other factors. Price increases will not be granted to any individ ual or firm to compensate for looses from increases costs that couldn't be passed on duringthe August 16-Novem ber 13 freeze? Q- How do these rules apply to manufacturers and service industries? A- Prices charged by man ufacturers, service industries and professions may not be increased over freeze period levels, except as a result of allowable cost increases in effect on or after November 14, adjusted to retlect pro ductivitygains. In any event, price increases must not result in any increase in a firm's pretax profit margin (as a per centage of sales) as establish ed during the firm's base per iod. Q- How are retail and whole sale prices controlled? A- Retail and wholesale prices are controlled on the basis of customary initial per centage markups which are applied to the cost of the mer chandise or services. These customary initial percentage m arkups cannot be higher than those in the markup base per iod. Moreover, a firm may not increase its prices beyond that amount which would br ing its net profit rate before taxes(as a percentage of sales) to a level greater than that in the base period. Q- Next month I am sched uled to receive a pay increase higher than 5.5 per cent un der the terms of a contract negotiated before August 15. Can I get the increase? A- Yes. Q- Are rent increases still frozen? A- Yes. LN TON'S Garment's ARE soaked in qlive Oil . before TMEv ARE V/ASMED! TAIS IS AN OLD CVST&M SUPPOSED Tfe INSURE CLEANLINESS' / fWCIFVT '//A^SCRIPTiom C/fftßS B6OSHEUS M powder''- — IB Mig P” D honey'! [P g YOU SOLD ME SOME IL stupp WHICH WAS A NOW \ < SUPPOSED TO BE I LISTEN A WOW AND IT J[ HERE—J WASN'T AT ALL ! i y7« Hi' '' 1 I A The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Georgia, December 16, 1971 WINTER IS \ / CALL FOR YOUR IN THE AIR —* GAS NOW fl I %e a hi DOMESTIC Folkston Gas Company PHONE- 462-5736 NAHUNTA, GA. ***** CRACKING SERVICE HAVE YOUR PECANS CRACKED FOR YOUR FREEZER $.lO PER LB. (HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR PECANS) JOE FULFORD PECAN CO ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Will do sewing in my home. Reasonable rates: Call Mrs. Sheffield at 462-5750 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays or come by my residence located in Nahunta, known as the Elizibeth McDuffie house. How to get a paper cup to save your kid’s appetite. Ulp • If Serve light, jiggly KI t - A /w h/ paper-cup Jell-O” Brand w. n pfe Bi sh/ Gelatin instead of heavy Win I I t /f/snacks. Just make Jell-0 TO I M U m ?f / as usual, but ksssssssk Ipv v 11 ti i I Pour* l ’ lllo h JV In J ffi cups J JEU® ■ I y | UANQ GELATIN Jell-O is a registered ttademark of the General Foods Corporation. IT’S AMAZING! OPOSSUM )) MOYHER . . OFTEN 4'/ T^KES HEC little ones- HE,? BACK- J®® 11 '&OYWDE*! ( IT AIN'T MV f -me EL EPHA N FALSE re If T J M? LtrnE <5 PECAN NEED SOMEONE TO SEW? Aw ovd MMwesofh lew forbids -te hanging of wash on W 'ROOP! In oldFn -CimFS, ><iOUAYORS WFRF HORse-WHIPPfo IN <HF PUBLIC SQUARE !