The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, March 08, 1973, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextBrantley county rescue unit 462-5007 VOLUME 51 - NUMBER 10 Glynn Griffin established new record . . . Griffin set one of six new Georgia marks Nahunta —Hoboken receive partner funds Checks for $3,687.63 and $2,173.79 were delivered this week to the cities of Nahunta and Hoboken by E.E. Pritc hard, Local Manager, Geor gia Power Company. These checks represent a percentage of the gross recei pts received in 1972 by the company from the sale of electric power to commer cial and residential custom- FOR RESCUE UNIT Brantleys’ CBers donate funds At the March meeting of the Brantley County Radio Club, Saturday nightchecks amount, ing to SIOB.OO was presented to Rescue member Sid Hul ett from Valdease Morgan, President of the Radio Club. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. THIS WE BELIEVE! IF YOU FIRST SUBMIT, YOU WILL LATER SURRENDER " ers in the city. The payment is made under the Municipal Partnership Plan. It is in addition to the company’s pr operty taxes, which on a sta tewide basis last year totaled approximately $19,826,392. More than $8,300,350 in 1972 gross receipts taxes is being paid this year to the communities of Georgia. This ' is an increase of approxi- The donations presented by the Radio Club was money that was received during the Gospel sing that was held at the Nahunta Gym February 17. Rescue member Hulett said TRACKSTER SHATTERS RECORDS 'Hoboken’ Griffin earns fame re* printed from the Daily News, Athens, Ga. Vince Dooley , how would you like an offensive or de. fensive lineman that weighs 245 pounds and stands six feet tall ? Relax. Don’t let your blood pressure soar too high. I’m really only kidding. Or, at least, I think so. But there is a young man of the aforementioned physi* cal measurements residing right under your nose in Mc- Whorter Hall. He lives in 40 3-B. His name ? Walter Glynn Griffin. If you like, you may call him " Hoboken ” or perhaps the “ Golden Arm.” Unfortunately, Mr. Griffin has never tried the game of football. You see, his high school, Brantley County, did n’t even get a team until Glynn was nearly ready for graduation. Griffin enjoyed basketball in the small South Georgia town of Hoboken ( population 500 ) but never tried out for the school team because at the time he was too short. So when you don’t play foot ball or basketball, what does a young man’s fancy turn to, how about track ? One day, many days ago in Hoboken, our subject pick ed up a shot put and tossed it around a few times. He must have said to himself, mately $1,025,350 over the amount paid last year. The company’s total tax bill for 1972 was $61,329, 388. This does not include the sales tax the company collects from its customers for the State of Georgia, nor does it include the sales tax the company pays on ma terials used in its operation. “ the money is very much appreciated and needed, and that the Radio Club has done more than their share in ra ising funds for the Emergency Rescue Unit.” THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 8, 1973 “ This looks pretty easy, I bet I can throw it with no trouble at all.” Glynn was right. He prac ticed up a little bit and join ed the Hoboken High team. In his first mpet, Griffin rear ed back and chunked the 12 pound steel ball 42 feet ! Now, whether you know it or not, that’s quite a feat. If you don’t think so, go over to your local track and try a few throws. You’ll never reach 42 feet unless you’re a undiscovered track talent. Anyway, back to the Griffin story. By the time Glynn was ready to graduate and move on to college, he had tossed the shot 57 feet. Graduation came and went and Griffin awaited the college scholar ship offers. Perhaps he would go to Tennessee or Florida or up to one of the eastern power houses. But a funny thing happened, nobody came running after Griffin for services. It seems that the Hoboken track great was a complete unknown. He had been overlooked. That is, he had been passed by until Forrest “ Spec ” Towns came along with a scholarship to the University of Georgia. ” Chuck McKinney , a for mer coach at Athens High, knew me and I guess he told Scholarship awaits best editorialest Entries in the 11th annual Jack McDonough Editorial A ward competition are being accepted by the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism. The competition, named in honor of Georgia Power Com pany’s retired board chair man, seeks to recognize the high school junior or senior who writes the best editorial on free enterprise in Ameri ca and has the editorial pub lished in his school news paper during the 1972-73 sc hool year. The winner will receive a $750 scholarship to the Henry W. Grady School of Journal- ROSCOE PLEASED Drawbidge bill passes senate Sen. Roscoe Dean, 6th Dis trict , expressed satisfaction over the Senate’s passage to day of Senate Bill 314 of wh ich he is the sponsor. The Bill requires that automatic warning signals be placed at the foot of drawbridges in stead of on the portion of the bridge which goes up. The Bill is applicable to all dr awbridges in Georgia. Senator Dean noted that the Bill was in response to an accident in which a ship pass ing under a drawbridge near Brunswick last year collided with the bridge. A score of 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY A 50th wedding anniversary celebration will honor Mr. and Mrs. Owen Prescott on Sun day, March 11, 1973 at their home, on Route 1, Hoboken, Ga. .. . and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore," Ephesians 6:13,14 the people there about me,” Griffin said in explaining how Georgia knew he existed. “ Anyway, Coach Gainey ( Lewis ) came down to see me and offered me a schol arship”, Griffin, a big, fr iendly kid, smiled. Since then, the Georgia co aches have kept a big smile on their faces everytime they watch Griffin throw the shot. It seems that whenever Gl ynn picks up the 16-pound steel ball, he establishes some sort of record. Two weeks ago in the Senior Bowl meet in Mobile, Ala., “ Hoboken ” ( most of his friends call him that) threw the shot 57 feet, seven in ches. That was a meet re cord. Griffin already holds the Georgia shot record and is now aiming at reaching 60- feet this spring. ” Before I’m through, I’d like to may be throw it 63-feet,” Griffin continued. “ I think I’m cap able of going that high.’’ What’s Griffin’s secret ? How can he throw the shot such great distances ? Is there any special formula to being a good shot put man? “ Well, one guy, a former champion, once said that th rowing the shot was 65 per cent strength, 20 percent te chnique and 15 percent speed. I guess he was about right.” To get that number one in gredient, strength, Griffin sp. ism, a portable electric type writer and a plaque. In ad dition, the faculty advisor of the winning student’s news paper will receive a portable electric typewriter. There is no limit to the number of editorials a stu dent or school may submit. Entries should be sent to Dean Warren Agee, Henry W. Grady School of Journal ism, University of Georgia, Athens. A faculty committee will select the winner. Deadline for entries is A pril 6. The award will be presented in May at the an nual meeting of the Georgia Scholastic Press Assn. motorists lost their lives when the bridge collapsed. Senator Dean commented; “ If this bill had been in effect there would have been no tragic deaths when the ship African Neptune smash ed into the Sidney Lanier Bridge near Brunswick last year.” The Senator expressed the hope that this legislation will prevent such disasters in the future. Senator Dean is Chairman of the Natural Resources and Environmental Quality Co mmittee. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Prescott will honor th eir parents with a reception from 2;30 to 5:00 P.M. All friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend. ends the off-season lifting wei ghts. He now bench presses 430. Then come November, Glynn starts tossing the steel ball and doesn’t stop until the Georgia season ends in the spring. The summers are filled with more weight lifting and not much throwing. “ I don’t have any competition then and don’t like to just go out and throw by myself. You pick up too many bad habits that was that can hurt your form.” Only a junior, the young man they call ” Hoboken ” hasn’t gathered too many bad habits during his track car eer. In fact, Coach Towns would love to have a few more Gl- Now, if Towns can only get Mr. Dooley to mind his own business and come to the Ge orgia track meets as only a spectator everything will be fine. Glynn Griffin has quite a future as a shot put man. The first two women se lected for training as FBI agents were sworn in dur ing July 1972, and the first five women to become Spec ial Agents in the U.S. Se cret Service were appointed in December 1971. Revival Planned The Twin Rivers Baptist Church will hold Revival Ser vices March 12 through the 18th. Services will be held each night beginning at 7:30 P.M., and there will be spec ial singing each night. Reverend Fred Stephens of Moultrie, Georgia will be the guest speaker. Everyone is invited to come and worship with us. 50 YEARS EDITORIALS Just as we were preparing to print, we had the misfor tune of dropping two pages. This will be ^ie explanation for left out correspondence, advertisements, etc., as there will be lots of stuff, we won’t be able to reset this week. About a disgusting a thing a man ever witnessed is: To see some old dame, who is old enough to be a gran-ma “ putting on airs.” she can dance a jig, spin and giggle, but the years and not the ‘airs ’ will surely tell. An X on your paper means your time is out. We would like to have your renewal. $1.50 will entitle you to it another year. There are some women be tween age of 30 to 50, who wear them real short and yet deceive nobody but themsel ves. Put your boy in a corn club and don’t let ” a boy’s case become pa’s cow,” at gather ing time. Give him some pr operty rights, then you will not have to worry about how to keep the boys on the farm. We would suggest that the ladies consolidate about a half dozen of their organi zations. This would avoid the necessity of having to adjourn one meeting in order to attend another. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA ARLENE RETURNS Burn victim back from hospital Arlene Harris has return ed from the hospital in Gal veston, Texas where she un derwent major skin graft af ter a severe burn at her home January 14. Arlene and her mother, Mrs. Shirley Harris came by the ENTERPRISE office Tues day afternoon of this week to demonstrate the fine work re ceived at the hospital . Ar lene posed for the above plc ture and said that she feels fine. Mrs. Harris said that Arlene is in satisfactory con dition now and that under Doctors instructions she con tinues some treatment. Manis Davis was not given credit last week in the EN TERPRISE for receipt of a " mini - grant ”. The ENTERPRISE errored by listing Manley Davidson The first thing that a worn an learns when she reaches the age of maturity is: To find all the fault that she possibly can with the very things that don’t concern her. It is an evident fact that some wom en's one tract mind have nev er shown them a more pro fitable occupation. A bluff is alright as long as you are dealing with a bluffer, but your bluff will cause someone to take you at your real valuation. We have reason to believe that our little city has within it’s boundaries “ a knocker organization ”. March came in like a lion and it looks as if it will go out likewise. Don’t be a slacker. Keep up your part of the boosting. KNOCK AND BE KNOCKED Immediately after this pa per is printed we are going fishing. There have been some few changes to take place since gran-ma was a girl. Those who do favor good should take a trip from Na hunta to Hoboken in a Ford just after a rain. soma time we sure do hate MEMBER Ofc Association - Founded 188 S Mrs. Harris said that “ I can never thank the people of Brantley County enough for their help ”. Mrs. Har ris told of the many children that she seen in the Texas hospital without any of their kin with them. She said that she felt so sorry for some because in addition to their burn pain they wanted their mamas. ” I took up as much time with as many as I could and still take care of my daughter.” " Our thanks go to all the warm hearted people that helped me be with my daug hter said Mrs. Harris. Correction as being the recelpient of the grant. Apologies are extend, ed to both. However it is known that both gentlemen has a vast interest in our ecology. to do this sort of stuff. It would be a good idea to help finance an enterprise before you try to dictate how it should be run. Women say the time has passed when they must stay at home and also give birth to children. Maybe so, but we don’t know who will take their places. Have you planted your gar den ? If not , get busy. Get your friends to sub scribe to the Banner. It will be a favor to them and a big help to us. Good roads pay. Doing business without the aid of advertising, is like a couple who start out to be married without a license. Police records show that dr- dope is replacing liquor. Will we be benefited any by the change ? Many people worship in sp. irit ( S ) who are not the least bit concerned about the truth. Behind the camouflage of peace talks and peace pacts, Mars is readjusting his ar mor, in anticipation of the next war.