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a I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death. fi 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.