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VOLUMEJtLVIV— NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
W. IL Harris Tells
Local History
In Kitennis Talk
Guest speaker at the regular meet
ig of the Fort Valley Kiwanis club
last Friday was W. II. Harris, who
with his delightful reminiscences of
local history, held the interest of
every member.
Incidents, personalities, geogra
ppby, history, and humor, were com
bined by Mr. Harris in his thorough
ly interesting and informative talk.
He told how certain streets were
named; the locations of early resi
dences, schools and business houses;
discussed old customs and manners
during the “horse and buggy
Mr. Harris was introduced by Ches
ter \\ ilson who haa charge of the
program for Friday’s luncheon.
It was announced that the Kiwanis
club will not hold a luncheon meet
ing Friday, September 27, but will
meet Fi'iday evening at the American
Legion Home where supper will be
served. Kiwanians from clubs from
neighboring towns will he invited to
be present and meet ;h the
Valley club. A special program has
been planned to follow the supper
and a good attendance is expected.
On Tuesday night, October 1, the
entire membership of the club will
attend in a body, the re’ service
at the Methodist chutch. October 1
has been designated by the Rev. J.
Lytle Jones, pastor of the
as Kiwanis night.
Mrs. R. M. Mathews of Millen has
returned after a short visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Mathews.
Mrs. J. I). Kendrick has returned
from a two weeks visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. O. J. Taylor in Hurtsboro,
Ala.
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CAPT. SCARBOROUGH
SAILS FOR ALASKA
Capt. Leon T. Scarborough of Fort
Valley sailed from the United States
on September 7 aboard the U. S. S.
Sea Star for Fairbanks, Alaska,
where he will be stationed with Task
Force “Frigid,” an Army Ground
Forces testing unit set up to test
all types of personal and operating
equipment for the Army, in sub zero
weather this winter.
He arrived at Whittier, Alaska, on
September 12, and fro mthere pro
ceeded on to Ladd Field, Fairbanks,
Alaska.
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Ki 11(111 is President
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Dr. B. B Bishop was elected pres
ident of the Fort Valley Kiwanis
club at the regular meeting last
; day, and will be installed early next
year. Dr. Bishop served as vice
j president during -the past and
i year
will succeed E. C. Patterson as head
j of the club.
j Other officers elected were: vice
president, E. .J. Say well; secretary
treasurer, W. G. Brisendine. The
following will serve as directors: E.
C .Patterson, W. C. McConnell, Bill
Tom Jones, Chester Wilson, D. K.
Houser and Warner Wells.
| The nominating committee was
composed of Homer Avera, chair
i man; Jimmie Davis and Henry Har
ns.
Mrs. Tom Muery, Mrs. J. H. Ar
nold, Mrs. A. E. Auterhoff of Mia
mi, Fla... and Mrs. Blanche Butler
Macon spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. N. E. Horne and family
Roberta.
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1936
School of Missions
Begins at Baptist
Church Sunday
A School of Missions will be held
at the Baptist church beginning
Sunday night, September 29, at 8:00
o’clock, to continue through Friday
evening, October 1. according to an
announcement by the pastor, the
Rev. Raymond L. Harvey.
Outstanding figures in Baptist
foreign and home mission fields will
attend the school, bringing inspira
tional and informative messages con
eerning Baptist mission work.
Dr. John Caylor of Atlanta, Educa
tional Secretary Baptist Home Mis
sions, and a leader in mission work,
will speak Sunday evening. Monday
the speaker will be Miss Clifford
Barrett of Greenwood, S. C..
missionary to China, and on Tuesday
J even j n g Rev. Luke Johnson, long a
missionary among Indian tribes in
Arizona. wi u address the congrega
tion. Rev. Johnson is a pastor and
evangelist of recognized ability and
is expected to bring a stirring
sage.
Miss Minnie Berry of Scottsboro,
Ala., will speak Thursday evening,
She is a graduate of the Louisville
Training School, a teacher of Bible,
and a rural worker with Baptist
Home Missions. Friday evening the
speaker will be Dr. Arthur Johnson
of Atlanta, who is well-known here.
He is Executive Secretary of the
Georgia Baptist Foundation.
Study courses will he held each
evening in connection with the
School of Missions, and will be di
vided into three groups. Louis L.
Brown, Jr., will teach theadult
course; Mrs. Louis L. Brown, Jr.,
will teach the intermediate group,
and Miss Christine Wortham will
have charge of the junior
These groups will meet at 8:15, be
ginning Monday evening, At
o’clock they will .join the congrega
tion for the evening address.
OFFICERS HOSTESSES AT
! I.l NCIIEON FOR FINE
ARTS CLUB
At a luncheon held at the Woman’s
Club Tuesday at 1 o’clock, members
of the Fine Arts Club opened their
new club year. Officers of the
club, Mrs. W. C. McConnell, presi
dent; Mrs. Willard Pearson, histo
rian; Mrs. Bill Tom Jones, treasur
er; Mrs. James Dupree, press secre
tary; and Mrs. Bennett Rigdon, cor
responding secretary, acting as
esses. Mrs. McConnell
members at the door.
Vases of cut flowers and potted
plants and greenery were
placed throughout the club room.
color motif of green and yellow
dominating. A delicious salad
with dessert was served by the
esses.
Mrs. McConnell introduced
guest speaker, Mrs. Maxwell
ray, who talked most
on club work. An invitation from
the Woman’s Club was
members of the Fine Arts Club
be guests at a luncheon to be held
next Tuesday. Several piano
tions were rendered by Mrs. Wesley
Short and bridge was played
the afternoon with Mrs. Oscar Pear
son, Jr., winning high score prize.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones of Fon
tana, Calif., were recent guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. McElmurray. Mr.
Jones, for several years, was con
nected with the Central of Georgia
railway here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kell and Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Tomlinson attended
the wedding of their cousin, Miss Lu
cile Epting, in Macon Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Frank Young has returned
from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Young and family in Gainesville.
Drue Arnold is undergoing treat
ment at the Clinic in Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Leverette ac
companied their son, Freeman, to
Atlanta Monday where he has been
enrolled at Georgia Tech.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Duke have
returned from Fort Wayne, Ind., and
were Accompanied home by their
daughter, Mrs. I. G. Sapp.
Mrs. W. F. Mathews is at the Mid
dle Georgia Hospital where she un
derwent a major operation last Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Emory Stroburg of Atlanta
is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. J. Say
weli.
Crusade For Christ
Underway At
Methodist Ch urch
i Crusade for Christ revival services
began at the Methodist church Wed
nesday evening at 7:.‘>0 o’clock. The
opening sermon was preached by the
pastor, the Rev. ,1. Lytle Jones, in
the absence of Rev. Raymond P.
| Powers who was unable to be pres
ent due to an automobile accident in
which his wife wKs injured. Rev.
Powers arrived here today and will
> conduct services for the remainder of
j the revival.
Night services will continue
throughout this week, including Sat
urday, and will begin at 7:30
o’clock.
There will be no day services un
til Sunday. Next week morning ser
vices, the Morning Spiritual Clinic,
will be held each day in addition to
the evening services. Further an
\ nouncement concerning day services
will be made Sunday,
j Prayer services will* be held he
jen’s each morning service; the worn
service in the church prayer
room; the men’s service in the Men’s
j Bible Glass room.
Special nights have been desig
noted for various groups and include
the following: Monday even i n g.
Women’s Society of Christian
vice; Tuesday even v
Wednesday, Stewards; Thursday,
Young People’s Night. Others will
he announced later.
Rev. Jones is requesting singers
in the community to assist the regu
lar church choir (lur ing the revival,
“This voluntary service will be great
ly appreciated,” he said. A junior
children’s choir is now in process of
organization.
YOUNG PEOPLE PRESENT
MISSIONARY PROGRAM
The September meeting of the Wo
man’s Missionary Society o the
Baptist church which was held at
the church Monday afternoon £ ea _
tured a spec rial program presented
by the Girls’ Auxiliary under the
leadership of Mrs. L, L, Brown, Jr.,
arid Mrs. George McDearmid.
The devotional was presentted by
Mrs. W. A. Wooddall and reports on
camp life at Lake Louise, which is
the camp of the Girls’ Auxiliary,
were given by the four girls who
attended the camp in August,
ing part were Wynelle White,
George Ann Harris, Ann Monk and
June Capes. Nan Fagan sang.
The business session was presided
over by the president, Mrs. .E. D.
Leverette. .
Wednesday afternoon a
prayer service for state missions
was held at the church by the
man’s Missionary Society. Those
taking part on the program were the
president, Mrs. E. D. Leverette, Mrs.
L. P. Taylor, Mrs. Edgar Murray,
Mrs. R. R. Ransome and Mrs. John
E. Lee.
C. Phm. Mate Lee Mathews, of
Portsmouth, Virginia, is visiting rel
atives here; having been called home
because of the illness of his mother.
Mrs. Florrie Couch of Warner
Robins was the week-end guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee.
Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Smisson spent
last week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Terbert in Hurtsboro, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cornett, of Ath
ens, were the week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jeanes. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Jeanes.
Miss Harriet Flournoy of Atlanta
was the recent guest of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Flournoy.
Mr. and Mrs. Drue Arnold attend
ed a reunion of the Arnold family
in Americus, last Sunday.
Miss Ruth Lucas spent last week
end in Byron as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Bateman.
A group of friends who enjoyed a
luncheon at the Perry Hotel Wednes
day were Mrs. Roland Hiley, Mrs. J.
W. Rundell, Mrs. Nelle Dure, Mrs.
Chester Wilson, Mrs. J. E. David
son, Mrs. C. H. Prator, Mrs. V. L.
Brown, Sr., and Mrs. John Vance.
Miss Sara Jolley of Tifton and
Mrs. Margaret Goumas of Macon
were the recent guests of Miss Ruth
Lucas. \
Mrs. Pearl McDonald and Miss
Iris Van Houten, ,of Albany, Ga.,
were week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Austin.
Presbyterian Group
Hears Talk
By Mrs. Cartier
The Woman’s Auxiliary District
Conference was held at the Presby
terian church on Tuesday, September
24, with Mrs. Paul Murray, district
chairman, presiding. Morning devo
tionals were led by Mrs. R. L. Thotn
ble.v of Macon, and reports were made
by the several auxiliaries represent
ed. The highlight of the morning
was the message brought by Mrs.
j G. L. Garner of Fort Valley. Mrs.
I Garner and her husband have served
as missionaries to India for eight
years, and have been on furlough
since August 1945, staying with their
three children in the home of Mrs.
Garner’s mother, Mrs. Frank Vance.
Mrs. Garner spoke of conditions in
India which are the result of Hin
duism and Mohammedanism, the two
leading religions in that country, and
stressed the fact that these eondi
t ions make Christianity the greatest
need for India today. Extremes o
beauty and squalor, of great wealth
and abject poverty exist within a
mile of each other in that country |
where no compassion is shown for \
needy ones by the ruling classes and i i
where women are considered without
souls, to be used as slaves for men.
India’s progress is re tarded, accord- caste!
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system, with its sixty millions of
people who belong to no “caste” at
all, who are called “untouchables” by
the caste people. Yet, when these
j outcasts follow Christ, the speaker
j pointed out, they may wield a great
j influence for good because of the
j change that, the caste people can see
|j n their lives. With Christians such |
a small minority in India, there is
; excellent cooperation among the va
j rious Protestant groups who are
I there to further the cause of Christ.
| Mrs. Garner also mentioned the work
that she and her husband did in a
I Bible School where they have been
I helping train some 20 young men for j
| the gospel of ministry and 15 girls wh o
Hre wives some of the ministers*
to-be. Mrs. Carrier closed her talk '
with a challenge to women to en
courage young people in Christian
service, to help them see what can he
done and how great is the need for
true Christian leaders in today’s
world.
Mrs. E. M. Harrington of Plain
field, also spoke at the morning ses
: si on, bringing a message on the
Home Mission work of the Presby
terian church in our Southland and
a prevue of the study book for this
season. Mrs. Henry Erion led a pe
riod of guided prayer to close the
morning period, and luncheon was
to the delegates in the church
dining room.
Vital Christian Living was the
theme of the inspiring address which
closed the afternoon session. Mrs.
R. M. Hitchcock, Presbyterial presi
dent, was the speaker. She stressed
indifference among church members
toward prevailing social evils and
urged Christian women to do more
to erase these problems of juvenile
delinquency, social drinking of al
coholic beverages, and other social j
ills of today.
The president of the Fort Valley
Woman’s Auxiliary, Mrs. C. B. Al
mon, closed the meeting with a pray
er.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Greene have j
returned from Hot Springs, Ark., -
where they spent two weeks.
Miss Helen Hartley is teaching in j
the Dodge county high school at j
Eastman, Ga.
Miss Frances Duke has returned !
from a visit of several weeks in
Grosse Point, Mich., and Washing- j
ton, D. C.
Mrs. Paul Chapman and young
son, Stephen, have returned to their
home in Sanford, Fla., after visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Austin. They were accompanied
home by Mr. Austin and Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Lowe and Chester, Jr.
Messrs Frank Titus, John Beeland
and Richard Holland have returned
from a fishing trip to Carabelle, Fla.
Mr. arid Mrs. Francis Wright of 1
Macon were week-end guestts of Mr. I
and Mrs. Hugh Smisson.
Henry Summer has accepted a •
position in the Macon Vocational
Training School as teacher of math- ;
ematics and science.
$2.00 I*ER YEAR—IN ADVANCE
Fort Valley Store Sends
(Hits To France
From France to France by way of
Fort Valley might be the title for
the little song of praise sung last
night by Mrs. M. J. Whitman, Macon
chairman for French Relief, as she
announced the donation of several
hundred pairs of brand new shoes t<
the organization.
L. F. Armstrong and G. B. Davis
of the Edwards Department Store
gave the new shoes, to Mrs. Whit
man to send back to the country from
which they came.
“The gift was gratefully re
ceived,” Mrs. Whitman said. “Shoes
are very scarce in France and the
gift ^vill be received with the ut
most joy and deepest gratitude by
the needy French people.
This is the second donation of
shoes to the French Relief by a Fort
Valley store, the chairman added.
NEW PULLMAN ON
RAILWAY
A new Pullman sleeping car line
Atlanta, Ga., and Panama
Fla., over the Central of Geor
Railway and the Atlanta & Saint
Bay Railway, has just been
by those railroads. Mod
twelve section drawing room air
Pullmans will commence
southbound from Atlanta,
October 1, and northbound
Panama City, Wednesday, Oc-
2,
The car will be handled over the
Central of Georgia Railway between
Atlanta and Dothan, Ala., via Macon
Albany. The Atlanta & Saint
Arui Irews Bay Railway will handle
between Dothan and Panama City.
Southbound the car will leave At
lanta at 11:00 P. M. Eastern Stand
ard time, leave Fort Valley at 3:30
A. M., arriving Albany at 6:45 A.
M., leaving at 7:15 A. M. Eastern
Standard time, reaching Dothan at
9 A. M. Central Standard time, and
Panama City at 11:20 A. M. Central
Standard time.
Northbound the new Pullman will
leave Panama City at 4:25 P. M.
Central Standard time, leaving Do
than at 6:40 p - M - Central Standard
en route to Albany which it
will reach at 10:15 P. M. Eastern
time. Leaving Albany at
P. M. the car will pass through
Valley at 12:55 A. M., and reach
at 7:15 A. M. Eastern Stand
time.
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford Holmes Pra
recently of Washington, D. C.,
making their home in Los Ange
les, Calif., where Dr. Prator is af
with the French department
the University of California.
Mrs. E. B. Greene and
Carol, and Miss Christine
Dublin, visited relatives here
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confidential.
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BANK OF FORT VALLEY
Deposits Up To $5,000 Fully Insured By Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
BANK CREDIT the ARM is CREDIT
»t Those who sacri
fice liberty for securi
ty are likely to lose
both. M
7 FOOT RATTLER
KILLED ON
MAIN STREET
Pedestrians on East Main street
were startled by an unusual and fear
ful sight early Wednesday morning,
a 7-foot rattlesnake lying in the
street. The reptile was dead, ap
parently killed by a passing automo
bile while crossing the street Tues
day night near the Scarborough
home.
MRS. H1LEY HONOREE AT
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Roland Hiley was the guest
of honor at a surprise birthday party
when a group of friends gathered at
the home of Mrs. Chester Wilson
for Rook, Tuesday afternoon.
Fall flowers were arranged in the
living room where two tables of
players were assembled. Each guest
presented Mrs. Hiley with a beauti
ful handkerchief. Delicious refresh
ments were served during the aftt
noon.
Southern Bell Serviee
Increased In Fort Va^ey
The demand for telephor ■ in the
South, as related to the ft " :ent now
in service, is about twice tnat of any
other region of the coun , President
Hal S. Dumas, of South :i Bell Tel
ephone Company, annou: css.
In Fort Valley the volume of local
and long distance calls has increased
substantially. Long distance calls
originating here during July totalled
8388, or 33% over July, 1945.
In Fort Valley, local calls average
-about 630 daily at present, a 31%
increase over the daily total in the
comparable period of 1945, and 81%
above the total for this period in
1940.
At present, Fort Valley has 884
telephones, an increase of 149%
over the number in service. 10 yeaese
ago. Since Pearl Harbor, approX
inmtely 369 telephones have been .
! added to those in service here, de
spite continuing material shortages.
About 36 persons are waiting' for
service in Fort Valley.
Fla it t Qua r anti tic
In Peach County
It’s another quarantine for Peach
county. C. II. Alden, state entomol
ogist, announced that movement of
plants going in and out of Peach
county will be limited as a move
against the destructive white-fringed
beetle.
A number of other middle Georgia
counties are included in the quaran
tine which is operated jointly by the
, state and federal governments.
Cadet Sgt. Mark Murray of G. M.
spent the week-end with his par
ents > Mr - anci Mrs - Paui Murray.