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VOLUME LVIV— NUMBER TWENTY
FIFTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
W ILL GET DIPLOMAS MAY 31
Graduation exercises for 50 high
school girls and boys will be held in
the high school auditorium on Friday
evening, May 31. The commence¬
ment address will be made by Dr. L.
H. Browning, president of Middle
Georgia College, Cochran, Ga., and
distinguished Georgia educator.
Diplomas will be awarded to the
following: Carlton Alford. Marion
Allen, Stewart Avera, Manning Cul¬
pepper, Bruce Haddock, Carl Hill.
Jack Johnson, Bobby Jones, Earl W.
Jones, Freeman Leverett, Morris
McDaniel, William Mathews, Alfred
Middlebrooks, Jimmie Robinson, Da¬
vid Sammons, Edwin Thames, Mar¬
shall Young, Emory Wilson.
Mae Andrews, Martha Ann Bass,
Geneva Belflower, Gloria Bowden,
Lunita Briscoe, Iris Butler, Doris
Cadenhead, Betty Jean Collier, Mary
English, Harriet Halprin, Carolyn
Harvey, Ann Hester, Margaret Hob¬
by, Ouida Howell, Rubye Joyner,
Florence Kemp, Jean Lancaster, Jew¬
el Mathews, Betty Parham, Jeanette
Parks, Ann Poole, Bessie Presley,
Billy Faye Reagan, Mildred Robert¬
son, Ann Smisson, Frances Smisson,
Virlyn Smith, Lueile Swearingen,
Mary Frances Walton, Corine Wells
and Betty Joyce Wilder.
Honor graduates, selected upon the
basis of a four-year average in high
school, have been announced as fol¬
lows: first, Frances Smisson; second,
Rubye Joyner; third, Betty Parham;
fourth, Harriet Halprin. These stu¬
dents have made an average above
93 per cent throughout high school,
and will represent their class on the
commencement program.
On Sunday morning, May 26. the
baccalaureate sermon will be deliv¬
ered at the Methodist church by the
Rev. Henry A. Erion, minister of the
Presbyterian church.
Miss Rena Durden is in charge of
the music for the commencement ex¬
ercises and the baccalaureate ser¬
vice.
A program of social and
activity will precede the formal grad¬
uation exercises. On May 14 Miss
Norma Boyer’s speech pupils will be
heard in recital; May 17 there will be
a high school band concert conducted
by L. R. Culpepper; Miss Rena Dur
aen will present her music pupils in
a recital on May 21.
The junior-senior banquet will be
held at the Woman’s Club Thursday
evening, May 23; May 24 is the date
selected for annual Class Day which
will be held in the high school audi¬
torium. Following the program the
seniors will hold their class picnic at
Houston Lake. The Junior-Senior
dance will be given on May 30.
Norman English In
New Law Firm
Frends of Norman E. English, for¬
mer Fort Valleyan now living in
Macon, will be interested to learn
that he has recently associated him¬
self with Robert W. Wesley in the
practice of law in Macon.
Under the firm name of English
& Wesley, Mr. English and Mr. Wes
ley have established offices in the
First National Bank building in Ma¬
con.
Sgt. W. E. Green Back
In Civilian Life
Sgt. William E. Green, Jr., of
Powersviile, has received his honor¬
able discharge after 27 months in
the Army. Overseas for 13 months,
Sgt. Green was a rifleman with the
86th Division, 343 Infantry.
With a splendid record in four
theaters of operations, Sgt. Green is
entitled to wear the Combat Infantry
Badge, the Good Conduct medal, the
American Theater, Asiatic-Pacific
Theater, the European Theater and
the Philippine Liberation service rib¬
bons, the two latter with 1 battle
star each.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Green and before entering the Ar¬
my w - as employed in the aircraft in¬
dustry in California.
BYRON 4-H CLUB’S PICNIC
Approximately 75 boys and girls
in Peach county, members of the By¬
ron 4-H Club, enjoyed an outing at
Houston Lake Monday. Accompanied
by County Agent R. P. Swan and
Mrs. Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Peavy, Byron, and Mrs. O. E. Shel¬
ley, the young people spent the day
swimming and boating, and at noon
a picnic lunch was served.
®he Cea&er-Strilmne
Read widely by the people of progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
KEY CLUB PRESENTS
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Members of the Fort Valley Key
Club were honor guests at last Fri¬
day’s meeting of the Kiwanis Club
and presented a thoroughly enjoya¬
ble and interesting program.
Introduced by Harris Dyes, the
boys took over and their program
was a take-off of the weekly Kiwanis
meeting. Jimmy Robinson presided
and the music was in charge of Billy
Wood, Jr. The invocation was given
by Manning Culpepper. Grady Bar¬
rett acted as program chairman. Mar¬
ion Allen gave a report of the recent
convention of Key Club Internation¬
al which he attended in New Orleans.
Jack Swan gave an interesting skit.
The entire Key Club of 14 members
was present.
Rev. Walter D. Roberts reminded
Kiwanians of the coming Emergency
Food Collection and urged full co¬
operation in this humanitarian cause.
Church Mem hers
Asked to (rice
To Food Drive
Every person in Fort Valley who
attends church and Sunday school
next Sunday morning is asked to
take contributions to the local Emer¬
gency Food Collection—-at least 1
can of food and 10 cents in cash.
Collection boxes will be found in
every church for this purpose. Con¬
tributions will be sent to relieve
hunger and starvation in famine
sti icken lands, The collection of
cash to buy food economically in
large quantities and of gifts of
food canned in tin is on behalf of
UNRRA.
J. L. Mullis Receives
Army Discharge
j Joseph L. Mullis received a dis¬
charge at Fort McPherson after 28
mont h s i n the Army, Sgt. Mullis
served with the Eastern Defense
Command and wears the Good Con
duct Medal and the American Thea
ter ribbon. His wife has made her
j home here whi!e h( , wa8 in the ser
j vice.
Montezuma Plant
Plans Openin^ if
Representative peach growers, far¬
mers and business men in this section
have been invited to attend an ad¬
vance opening and inspection of the
new plant of Southern Frozen Foods,
Inc., at Montezuma on May 23, from
1 la, m. to 2 p. m. Guests will be
served a complimentary barbecue
dinner at 12:30 o’clock .
President of this modern freezing
processing plant is W. H. McKen¬
zie, Jr., of Montezuma. The plant
has a freezing capacity of 50,000
pounds daiiy, with a total capital
outlay of $150,000.
A large group of Fort Valleyans
expect to be present at the opening.
St. Andrew’s Members To
Aid Food Relief
Sunday’s plate collection at St.
Andrew’s Protestant Episcopal church
will be given to the Emergency Food
Collection, which is now being con¬
ducted throughout the United States.
The lay and clerical representatives
of the Diocese of Atlanta at the meet¬
ing of the Council in Macon last week
voted to take such a collection in ev¬
ery Protestant Episcopal church in
the Diocese.
DOCTORS AND DENTISTS
LICENSED IN GEORGIA
Within the past 30 days, 208 new
doctors and 88 dentists have been li¬
censed to practice all aver Georgia,
Secretary of State Ben W. Fortson,
Jr., has announced.
Of the new doctors 152 were li¬
censed by the State Booard of Med¬
ical Examiners and 56 because they
already hold licenses in other staates.
The State Dental Board licensed the
new dentists.
“By far a majority of those li¬
censed by reciprocity are planning to
move to Georgia, and some of them
will no doubt go to communities
where no doctors are now available.
It will be a great thing for the
state,” Fortson said.
Joe Luce, AOM 3-C, is stationed at
the Naval Air Station, San Diego,
Calif.
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1946
i Cool Weather Slows
Peach Movement
Recent cool weather retarded the ■
movement of peaches toward north-! |
evn merkets, but shipments by car |
load lots are expected to be resumed
this week from Fort Valley. J
Last year a total of 1795 cars was ;
shipped from this county. 1589 cars
went from Fort Valley and 206 from
Byron.
Spring Basketball Practice
To Close Friday
Determined support of the Green
Wave was evidenced as 46 basketeers
donned the green and gold in answer
to the call for spring training. These
candidates for next year’s high school
team represent the largest turn-out
in school history. The boys will end
an enthusiastic two-weeks training
period Friday when they put away
their uniforms until fall. With three
letter men returning, including only
Joe Jones from last season’s starting
line-up, an inexperienced team will
face the next Green Wave schedule.
23 high school and 23 seventh grade
boys have been working daily from
3 until 5:30 p. m., in the high school
gym; thereby getting full view of the
task ahead before the summer lay¬
off season begins.
Supporting the three veterans, Bil¬
ly Cannon, Charles Bartlett and Joe
Jones, are twenty newcomers from
the high school ranks, as follows:
Billy Jones, Gordon McDaniel, James
Hutto, Horace Belflower, Artemus
Cape, Kenneth Johnson, Wesley Mid¬
dlebrooks, Phelan Lowe, Jack Swan,
Hugh Jones, Billy Wheelis, Dexton
Whitney, Bobby Wilder, J a m e s
Thorpe, David Patterson, A. D.
Brown, Jr,, Thad McGroths, Marion
Johnson, Bob Almon, Richard Mor¬
rell.
The seventh grade candidates who
hope to clear (.lie barrier and break
into high school competition next
year are: Ni<-k Strickland, Oliver
Snapp, James Bozeman, Joe Hopkins,
Morris Lavender, Reginald Barfield,
Jimmie Hobbs, Harris Dyes, Jimmie
Thomas, Donnie Young, Gene Bart¬
lett, Rudolph Mills, Franklin Fen¬
nel, Harold Parker, Reginald Wilkes,
Clayton Smisson, Ellis Scarborough,
Ralph Johnson, Billy Miller, Edward
Jones, Joseph Akin, Carrol Patter¬
son. Larry Sandefur.
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT PEACH COUNTY
Peach county’s birth rate for ev
ery thousand persons was 21.5 in
3940, its death rate only 10.9. In
per 1944 capita--a its state good income-tax index of payments luxury j j
buying power- -were $1.03, ranking
it 32nd among Georgia’s 159 counties.
Its popular votes cast per unit vote
in the gubernatorial primaries of
1942 and 1940 were 434 and 506, as
compared with the state averages of
739 and 866. In the same elections
the winning candidate’s percentages
of its vote were 46 and 51, as com¬
pared with the state averages of 58
and 52 per cent.
These were but a few of the t.hous
ands of facts about Georgia contained
in a big, 179-page book called “Geor¬
gia Facts in Figures,” which has just
been published by the University of
Georgia Press.
Because it makes available so much
detailed information between the
covers of one book, Governor Ellis
Arnail has called it “a splendid pan¬
orama of our state'as it exists to¬
day” and a “prime requisite for any
program for the development of
Georgia.”
“Georgia Facts in Figures” was
produced as a non-profit project by
the Fact-Finding Movement. Thor¬
oughly indexed, it may be obtained
in most book stores or upon direct
order from the Fact-Finders, 818
Forsyth Building, Atlanta 3, Ga.
Pea chC ountyS ingers
To Meet Sunday
Peach county singers will meet at
the Congregational church Sunday
afternoon and a good attendance is
urged. New books have been se¬
cured and an invitation is extended
to the general public to be present.
T. F. Young is president of the
Peach County Singers, T. G. Sutton
is song leader and Miss Louise Sut¬
ton is pianist.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Duke were re¬
cent guests of Mr. Duke’s sister,
Mrs .J. H. Powell, in Albany.
Georgians Buy More Bonds
Than They Cash
Reports show that Georgians are
buying - more Savings Bonds than they l
are cashing. The total 1946 sales
in this state to date amounts to $26,-
487,435.
April sales in Peach county totaled
$28,831. $7,931 worth of E bonds
were bought, and $30,900 worth of
F and G bonds.
HERE’S 1 A GOOD
FOR YOU
Your cash gilt to the Emergency
Food Collection now tinder way, can
serve two purposes. It will buy food
for those who have none; it may re¬
turn to Peach county in the form of
a prize.
An anonymous Georgia donor is
offering $1,200 in cash prizes to
counties securing the largest cash
donation PER CAPITA. First prizi
is $750 — second, $500 — third, $250.
Just remember—(he largest coun¬
ty cash donation PER CAPITA.
The humanitarian purpose of the
Emergency Ford Collection is caus¬
ing almost every person in (his coun¬
ty to make a contribution. Have you
made yours?
New Veteran Post
March 28, 1946, marked the official
installation of Peach County Post No.
6330 Veterans of Foreign Wars with
nineteen members present. The fol¬
lowing officers were elected and
sworn in by the representative from
State Headquarters: Robert C.
Tharpe, Commander; Walter B.
Tharpe, Quartermaster; Victor H.
Tomlinson, J. W. Murphy and Mor¬
ton J. Morse, Trustees.
Much credit is due our quarter¬
master, Walter Tharpe, in getting
the post organized as he gave much
of his time iii assisting the state or¬
ganizer. It was first agreed to meet
twice monthly for the purpose of
getting better organized and the
membership has now grown to forty
eight with more buddies coming in
each day. The third meeting was
held at the Legion Home where a de¬
lightful chicken supper was enjoyed
by more than forty of the members.
Our hats are off to Lowell Hutto who
was appointed chairman of the com¬
mittee responsible for this feast.
It was decided at the regular meet¬
ing held May 15th to change the
meeting dates which conflicted with
other organizations and our meetings
will now be held once each month,
that being every third Tuesday. Itl
j s hoped that all members will take 1
notice of this change who were not
present at the last meeting.
June 1 will mark the 25th annual
poppy sale the proceeds of which
will be used to help disabled veter¬
ans, their widows and orphans. It
is hoped the public will respond to
this worthy cause.
Don’t forget, Comrades, our next
meeting will be held June 18th at the
Legion Home at 8:00 p. m. Come and
bring a buddy.
V. H. TOMLINSON, Trustee.
1,266 Georgia Veterans
Get Federal Positions
1,266 Veterans in the State of
Georgia were placed in Federal Gov¬
ernment jobs during the month of
March of this year announced Direc¬
tor O. E. Myers, Atlanta, of the Fifth
Region of the United States Civil
Service Commission. There were
4,928 veteran placements in the en¬
tire region consisting of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Puerto Rico.
Largest employer was the War
Department with 2,359 placements,
the Navy Department was second
with 1,371, the Post Office Depart¬
ment third with 636, while the Vet¬
erans’ Administration was a large
employer with 317. World War II
veterans accounted for 4,720 posi¬
tions, while widows or wives of dis¬
abled World War II veterans ac¬
for 32. Veterans and wid¬
ows or wives of disabled veterans
of other wars filled 170 positions,
the month’s total to 4,928.
placements in the Fifth Re¬
totaled 11,306 for the first 1
months of this year.
Placements of veterans to fill
temporary positions are now made
through direct application to
agencies where heip is needed.
Mrs. Geo. Mathews has returned
Cuthbert where she visited Mr.
Mrs. Jack Shepard and children.
FARM BUREAU
HOLDS LAST
SUMMER MEET
The Peach County Farm Bureau
held its monthly meeting last Friday
night at the American Legion Home.
Approximately 100 were present.
R. P. Swan, county agent, pre¬
sented the interesting program. He
introduced W. T. Middlebrooks who
gave a brief talk after which he
showed a new motion picture on poul¬
try entitled, “Feathering the Nest.”
10 4-H Club members exhibited coops
of 5 chickens each. The chicks were
8 weeks old. Each member kept a
record showing the amount of feed
used and the cost per chick raised.
A splendid record was made by all
the boys and girls.
These hoys and girls started March
15, with 100 day-old chicks that were
given them by Sears-Roebuck Co.,
through County Agent Swan. In
September they will return 12 pul¬
lets, 6 months old, to Mr. Swan.
These pullets will be judged along
with the club members’ records.
Prizes will be awarded. The 12 pul¬
lets from each member will be sold
and the funds used to buy chicks
for other club members.
At the close of the program the
ladies served ice cream and cake.
Atention is called to the fact that
the bureau will not meet again until
the second Friday evening in Sep¬
tember. There will be no meetings
in June, July and August.
Dr. Nathan Takes Up
Practice in Fort Valley
Fort Valleyans are extending a
warm welcome to young former flight
surgeon of the U. S. Army Air
Force, Dr. Daniel E. Nathan, who has
returned to his family here and is
now engaged in the practice of med¬
icine.
Receiving his commission in the
Air Force in February 1942, Dr. Na¬
than served with distinction for 20
months as flight surgeon with the
15th Air Force in Italy. His decora¬
tions include the following: Author¬
ized Flight Surgeon wings, American
Defense ribbon, Victory Medal with
1 Star, European Theater ribbon with
9 battle participation stars, the Air
Medal, the Soldiers Medal, the Pres¬
idential Unit Citation with one Oak
Leaf Cluster, and three overseas
bars.
Dr. Nathan was born in Tifton and
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Na¬
than of Savannah. He is a gradu¬
ate of the Savannah high school,
class of 1933, and graduated from the
UniVer Tr ' slty ° f Georg,a m 1S37 - He
»'f“ived his M. D. from the Under¬
' s)ty of Georgla Sch ° o1 of Medicine
in 1940. While in college he took
an active part in scholastic activi¬
ties. He was president of the Phi
Delta Epsilon ^ledical Society, a
member of the Alphaa Epsilon Pi
fraternity and the Demostheniaan
Literary Society. During his fresh¬
man year he was a member of ’the
boxing team. An expert horseman,
he was on the stunt horsemanship
team of the University of Georgia
R. O. T. C.
Upon graduation from medical
school Dr. Nathan interned at New
York City Hospital, New York, N.
Y., and St. Elizabeth Hospital, Eliz¬
abeth, N. J. Following his separa¬
tion from the service he did 2 months
post graduate work on the surgical
resident staff at New York City
Hospital.
Dr. Nathan has established offices
in the Evans building. Mrs. Nathan
is the fromer Miss Muriel Halprin
and they have a small son.
High School Band
Gives First Concert
The high school band will give
its first concert Friday night, May
17, at 8:30, in the high school audi¬
torium.
The concert will be a well rounded
consisting of a waltz, sere¬
novelty tune, two marches, and
other numbers.
High lights in the concert will be
saxophone quartet, clarinet trio,
an exhibition of baton twirling.
featured with the high school
will be the Tonette Band from
grammar school.
The band is under the direction of
Leon Culpepper and consists of
members.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Vennes of
Ga., visited Mr. and Mrs.
McElmurray last week-end.
$2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE
Lt, Rammage Murray One o f Hosts
At Party for Little Alsatians
When United States Artny
cers in Paris entertained 60
nourished Alsatian children at
eon on May 3, Lt. William
Murray, of Fort Valley, wifs one
the hosts.
A delightful account of the
written by John O'Reilly was clipped
from the New York Herald Tribune
and sent to Lt. Murray’s mother,
Mrs. W. E. Murray, by Robert
Bruce, of New York. He wrote,
“Thinking you might not otherwise
see this, I clip and send it with my
compliments, for your scrapbook.’’
The envelope was addressed, “To the
Family of William R. Murray,
(In service overseas), Fort Valley,
Ga.”
The ages of the little guests ranged
from five to ten, and those of then
hosts ranged from twenty-eight to
sixty. Said the news story ‘For
the group as a whole the caloric in¬
take was in inverse ratio to the ag - e
of the eater.” The children were
passing through Paris on their way
to St. Jean de Lux, near Biarritz,
where they will remain for three
months as guest sof the American
Unitarian Relief Committee.
Each officer took a child by the
hand. There were no formal intro¬
ductions but every small guest had
his or her name on a tag which hung
from a jaeqet button. Lt. Murray
had seven-year-old Anne Ilernann as
his luncheon partner. “A waitress
took away Anne’s plate while there
was still a small bit of food on it.
Anne didn’t complain, but when she
got her salad, she held on to the plate
with one hand until she had eaten ev¬
ery bit of the salad.” According to
the story a major crisis arose during
the luncheon. “In the midst of the
dessert an officer across the table
yelled: ‘Look out, she’s got ice cream
all over her.’ Murray blushed as
he said: ‘Wait a minute, Anne. Hold
up your head so I ^ftSU.Tix your nap¬
kin.’ He made Anne presentable
again, while nearby officers made
caustic remarks about Murray’s ru¬
dimentary knowledge of child care.”
The menu included boiled codfish,
mashed potatoes, peas, salad, ice
cream and cookies, cocoa and lemon¬
ade. And pockets stuffed with can¬
dy. Each child was given a shovel
and pail because they were going to
the seashore. The pails were filled
with candy bars supplied by Wacs
stationed at headquarters. Not until
the last little guest had gone was
military routine resumed at head¬
quarters.
Lt. Murray has been in the Army
for almost four years and overseas
for two and one-half years.
Services At
Congrega t ional
Ch urch Sunda y
The Rev. Crawford Moncrief will
preach at eleven o’clock Sunday
morning and 7:30 Sunday evening,
with song services at both hours.
Subjects will be announced Sunday
morning.
T. G. Sutton is song leader and
Miss Louise Sutton is pianist.
You are cordially invited to attend
each of these services and bring
your friends.
Beauty Shop Changes Hands
One qf the best equipped and suc¬
cessful beauty shops in this section
changed hands this week when Gar¬
rett’s Beauty Shop was sold to Mrs.
Inez Yearwood, well known beauti¬
cian who has been associated with the
business for some time.
Operating under the name Peach
Beauty Salon, Mrs. Yearwood has re¬
tained the setvices of the entire per
sonnel of the shop in addition to an
other experienced operator, Mrs. Jean
Daniel, The new owner has lived in
Fort Valley for a number of years
and makes her home with her sister,
Mrs. W. A. Wooddall.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Garrett, the
former owners, will leave this week
for Miami, FTa., where Mr. Garrett
holds a position with Eastern Air
Lines. Both have many friends here
who will regret to see them leave.
Rev. Harvey To Preach
Commencement Sermons
The Rev. R. L Harvey will preach
the commencement sermon at the By
romville high school Sunday morn
ing and on Sunday evening will
preach the commencement sermon at
the Pinehurst high school.
it Those who sacri¬
fice liberty for securi¬
ty are likely to lose
both. 5?
Mr. Fortney To Fill Pulpit
At Baptist Church Sunday
In the absence of the pastor, the
Rev. R. L. Harvey who will be in
Pinehurst, the pulpit of the Baptist
church will be filled next Sunday
morning by Mr. J. L. Fortney of the
Georgia Baptist Children’s Home.
Mr. Fortney will be accompanied
by several children from the home
who will present a program of spec¬
ial music.
At the evening service the Rev.
George L. Griffin of Pinehurst will
deliver the sermon.
Atkinson Enters
judgeship Race
Judge Mallory C. Atkinson of the
Superior Courts of the Macon Cir¬
cuit, has announced that he will he
a candidate in the July 17th Dem -
cratic primary to succeed him: If
“Upon the resignation of H A.
M. Anderson in March, 1944, 1 was
appointed by Governor A mall to
succeed Judge Anderson,” Judge At¬
kinson said. “During the summer of
that year I was a candidate for elec¬
tion for the balance of that unex¬
pired term. The people of this cir¬
cuit on that occasion elected me to
fill that unexpired tern' without op¬
position. I very much hope the con¬
duct of this office since that time
has served to justify that confidence
placed in me and further warrant
their continued endorsement and sup¬
port.”
Sgt. Henry Holland Home
From Overseas
On May 4 Sgt. Henry F. Holland,
Jr., received an honorable discharge
from the Army and has returned
home to be with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Holland, Sr.
Sgt. Holland served for 30 months
an<) . for „ the P 88 * 16 months has been
overseas. The last year he was with
the First U. S. Army of Occupation
in Sudetan Land and Germany. At¬
tached to the 16th Armored Division,
j young Holland acted as communica
|tions chief. Throughout his lengthy
J it service will be he remembered made a fine record, and
. that his unit
was among those chosen to act as a
guard of honor at the funeral of the
late General Patton.
A graduate of the Foort Valley
high school, he was a student at
Georgia Tech when he entered the
Army and plans to resume his edu¬
cation as soon as possible.
Candidates for
State Of f ices
Open Campaigns
Georgia’s gubernatorial candidates
are in the limelight as they fire the
opening guns in the political battle
to end in July.
Last Saturday former Governor E.
D. Rivers formally launched his cam
paign at a rally in Waycross, his
home congressional district, He
based his first speech on expanded
school facilities and extension of the
state highway system.
On the same day James V. Car¬
michael opened his campaign for
nomination at Moultrie. The Marietta
lawyer-industrialist amplified his two
plank platform of honest govern
ment and good government by a
detailed presentation of his program*
for state government.
Another former governor, Eugene
Talmadge, opens his statewide cam
paign at Lyons on Saturday, May
18. He is expected to elaborate on
issues previously announced.
A new candidate for the office of
governor entered the field Saturday
when S. E. Everett, Waycross insu¬
rance man, announced his platform
for governor and promised to “take
the state out of the hands of the
boondogglers and grafters of Wall
street and give it back to the Crack¬
ers.”
The race for lieutenant governor
is warming up. Six candidates have
announced for the post, M. E. Thomp¬
son, state revenue commissioner,
Frank Gross, president of the state
senate,Belmont Dennis, weekly news
paper publisher and president of the
Georgia Press Association, Spencer
Grayson, Savannah attorney, Dr. L.
N. Huft, Atlanta optometrist, and
Marvin Griffin, state adjutant gen
eral and recent candidate for the of¬
fice of governor.