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Volume LXV, Number Sixteen
Community Concert Membership
Drive Will Be Completed Saturday
Workers in the Fort Valley Com¬
munity Concert Association are
this week canvassing the area for
members for the 1963-54 series of
programs. ,
The present drive got under way
last Monday night when workers
from Fort Valley and surround¬
ing area gathered for supper at
the Fort Valley Woman’s Club.
More than 30 workers were pres¬
ent at the supper, Mrs. W. 0. Gar¬
rett, president, stated and plans
were completed at that time for
the one-week drive.
Membership will close after this
week.
Horton J. Greene, membership
chairman of the association, told
the Leader-Tribune that the cam¬
paign will close at 6 P.M. on Sat¬
urday, after which no members
can be taken. The price of mem¬
bership has been set the same as
last year, $6 for adults and $3
for students.
Greene urged all residents of
Fort Valley and area desiring
membership to join this week and
help make the drive even more
successful than the one of last
year.
Mrs. Arthur C. Diehl, a repre¬
sentative of Columbia Artists
Management, met with the work¬
ers last Monday night and will be
in Fort Valley all this week help¬
ing and advising with the mem¬
bership drive.
Headquarters for the drive will
be Jordan Electric Company, which
will be open daily through Sat¬
urday. Mrs. L. W. Smith, secre¬
tary of the association, is in
charge of headquarters.
The Monday night supper was
under the supervision of Mrs. C.
J. Jones, Dinner Chairman, and
those attending reported an ex¬
cellent meal.
Representatives from Reynolds,
Butler, Oglethorpe, Montezuma,
Roberta, and Byron were on hand
for the meeting while Perry and
Warner Robins have indicated that
they will support and participate
in the program.
Youth Rally Is Set
For April I8th
A group of young people from
the Fort Valley Methodist Church
will take part in a youth Rally at
the Mulberry Street Methodist
Church, Macon, Saturday evening,
April 18 at 8:00 P.M.
The Rev. Ralph B. Huston, pas¬
tor of the Beach Methodist Church,
will arrive Friday and be a part
of the Youth Rally. He will preach
twice in the loeal Methodist
Church Sunday and each night
during the week at 8:00 P.M. Rev.
Huston comes to us well recom¬
mended from the church of which
he is the popular pastor and
preacher. He is a graduate of
Washington Jefferson College with
an AB degree in the class of 1942.
He completed his Theology, STB
and studied at Candler School of
Theology in the summer of 1948.
He is in demand as a speaker for
youth groups.
The music for the services in
this church will be under the di¬
rection of Granville Rainey, Jr.
He has been active in choir work
for a number of years. He sang
one season with the Emory-at-Ox
ford Glee Club. The regular coir
will be augmented by a number
of the young people.
Bridge Club Met
Last Wednesday
Mrs. W. G. Brisendine was hos
tess Thursday afternoon to the
Afternoon Bridge Club when she
entertained at her home.
Members of the club are: Mrs.
Brisendine, Mrs. John Lawrence
Brown Jr., Mrs. Houser David
son, Mrs. Barnett Bleckley, Mrs.
S. A. Frederick, Mrs. Sanders Har
ris, Mrs. M. F. Hatcjier, Jr.,
Mrs. W. J. Liipfert, Mrs. S. A.
Mathews, Mrs William Wright,
Mrs. Lewis Green. Guests attend
ing were Mrs. Audrey
Mrs. Cornelius Hall, and Mrs. Net
te Bailey of Kinston, N. C., the
guest of the hostess. An iced re
fection was served.
It is motive alone that gives
character to the action of men.
gea&er ®rttmne
Pre-School Clinic
Begins April 24th
The Peach County Pre-school
Clinics will be held at the follow¬
ing places on the below listed dates
Peach County Health Depart¬
ment in the court house fn Fort
Valley of Friday, April 24, from
me until three P.M. for white
children.
Peach County Health Depart¬
ment in the court hose in Fort
Valley on Thursday, April 30 from
one until three P.M. for colored
children. I
Dr. Way’s office in Byron,
Thursday, May 1 from nine
ten A.M. for colored children.
The purpose of these preschool
clinics is to give every child en¬
tering the first grade in Septem¬
ber of this year, a complete medi¬
cal examination and the immuni¬
zations to protect them against
whooping cough, diphtheria, small¬
pox and typhoid fever.
The U>eal doctors will partici
pate in these clinics and each child
will be given a medical examin¬
ation and the immunizations, free
of charge. Or, if the parents pre¬
fer to do so, they may take their
child to their private physician
this checkup and pay him for
the visit.
Ernest Anderson, County School
and Mrs. Louise!
Braswell, Peach County Nurse,
requesting each child entering
to attend one of these clin¬
and get the required immuni¬
the medical examination,
a health card, which will be
in the school files.
4 Met With
Edgar e> L.
Circle Four of the Woman’s
Society of the
met Monday night at
of Mrs. Edgar L. Duke,
Avenue. Associate
were Mrs. B. C. Godwin
Mrs. Clyde Wilson.
Dr. Aquila Chamlee was
speaker and his subject for
cussion was Tithing, as taught
the Bible.
Mrs. Jimmie Duke was
director and she presented
devotional feature and
lesson.
There was a business
followed by social features.
Tharpe WMU Met
Monday Afternoon
a'
Mrs. G. „ P. _ TT Hawkins , . was , hostess ,
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night, Meht April Amd 6. 6
Those on the program were:
A. A. White, Sr., who gave
devotional, Mrs. Ruth
Beach Tucker, Mrs. M. K -
Mrs. Ruby Durdeni
Murray, Mrs. John wicker,
Mrs. Robertson gave the les¬
on Mexico.
After the business session
program were finished, the
served delicious refresh
Twenty-one were present and
May meeting is scheduled to
with Mrs. Howard Brown.
JOHNSON ELECTED
OF TECH UNIT
Word was received this week
by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson
of 605 Orange Street that their
son, Ralph Johnson, has been se
lected as the new president of Sig
ma Y-Phalanx at Georgia Tech.
j Young Johnson, who is a mem
j ber of Alpha Tau Omega fratemi
ty, has also been chosen as college
representative for Lucky Strike
and to serve on the finance com
miftee of the Unite4 Christian
Mission.
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IN APPRECIATION
This chapter wishes to thank the
people, whose donations and the
volunteer workers, whose tireless
and unselfish efforts made our
1953 drive successful
Fort Valley Chapter, Red Cross
James Pearson, chairman.
The secret of success is constan
cy to purpose. DisraeK
Fort Valley, Georgia, Thursday, April 16, 1953
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Shown above is the Rev. Ralph
Huston, pastor of the Jackson
Beach Methodist Church in
who will conduct services
the local Methodist Church dur¬
the week April 19-25. The
G. N. Rainey is pastor of the
church.
Sets
Kites
The Kindergarten Coronation
which is being sponsored
tl,e Senior Girl Scouts, closes
afternoon at six o’clock,
said today.
Voting boxes in the contest will
taken from stores throughout
Valley and the votes eount
Coronation of the winner will
place at 7:30 P.M. at the
school auditorium the same
The king, or queen, will
a loving cup. A short pro¬
is planned for the occasion.
Mothers and contestants will be
to the Friday night fes¬
free of charge but a small
fee will be charged fathers, other
relatives, and friends 'who attend.
Memorial Day Will
Be On Thursday
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Confederate Memorial Day will
observed in Fort Valley next
Thursday when there will be a
program at the high school audi¬
torium directed by Miss Harriet
Flournoy of the Charles D. An¬
derson Chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy.
The program will begin at elev-j
en o’clock and will feature South
ern music and a speaker who will
pay tribute to the South and its
leaders of 1860-1865.
Mrs. Clifforde Holmes Prator is
the president of the local chap¬
ter Daughters of the Confederacy.
Following the program at the j
school there will be the annual
luncheon of the chapter at the
Woman’s Club.
BY .1. DAWSON KENDRICK
METHODIST CHURCH
In view of the fact that the
Valley Methodist Church is
in a preparatory stage of
■ ,
programming . a u “protracted , . _ meet
we will make this article on
j the history of that church. The
meeting will be from April 17
| through April 2 6 and the Rev.
Ralph B. Huston, pastor of the
,
i Jacksonville Beach Methodist
■ Church, will be the guest evange
list,
A religion without Christ is
like a garden without flowers, a
fountain without water, and a
home without love. A church is
a house set apart for Christian
worship for any body of Christ
ians. The church is the foundation
of civilization. How would you
like to live where they have no
churches? No God?
Fort Valley Methodist Church
is very fortunate in having for
its pastor the Rev. G. N. Rainey,
a Godly man, a tactful man, a
common sense man, a good preach
er and a good pastor,
There are today, still in preser
vation, copies of the minutes of
the Fort Valley Circuit Conference
for the years 1848-1884, and many
interesting facts are obtainable.
Our First Church dates its be
ginning from the Old Pond Church
erected in 1840 about a mile from
Fort Valley proper on the north
side of the old golf course and
the Southern Railroad. All that re
mains there today are a few neg
lected graves that were in the old
burying ground surrounding it.
In 1847, when Fort Valley had
developed into a good sized village
and its growth assured by the
coming of the Southwestern Rail¬
road (Central of Georgia), mem¬
bers of the Old Pond Church mov¬
ed their membership to the city,
Bf. Shepard _
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i» FI I /La PM til III AIT AI A1UII1U I I OHIO
1 The death of Dr. Wallace Shep
an i formerly 0 f Fort Valely, oc
cumd at his home jn Bellville,
’Georgia, last week. The body was
j 'funeral brought to Fort Valley for the
service at the Methodist
Church j, ere an£ [ interment was in
j Cemetery.
Shepard spent many years
of his youth in Fort Valley, at
tending school here. He was the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Wesley Shepard who resided for
many years in Fort Valley, hav
ing residence on Church Street.
His death followed by three
weeks the death of his brother,
Willie Shepard, which occurred
in Hialeah, Florida, and he was
sick only two weeks following a
heart attack.
There is a large family connec
tion in Fort Valley and his near
est relative here is one sister, Mrs.
Frank Vance.
Dr. Shepard was a prominent
druggist of Bellville where he and
his family resided. The immediate
family includes his wife, the for
mer Miss Bennie Witcher, of Un
ion Point; three daughters, Miss
Helen Shepard of Columbus; Mrs.
H. Heath of Savannah; Mrs.
George Baker of Monroe; two sons,
Charles W T . Shepard of Atlanta,
xnd John W. Shepard of Wash
ington, D. C.; one sister, Mrs.
Frank Vance, Fort Valley.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong
to none. —Shakespeare
Legion To Sponsor
Events Calendar
William C. Khoury, commander
of the local American Leg-ion post,
and James Stephens, chairman of
the committee handling the pro¬
gram, announced this week that
•i group of local girls are now in
the process of soliciting help from
residents in the completion of a
"community calendar” program.
Funds raised through this pro¬
gram will be added to the grow¬
ing fund for construction of a
municipal swimming pool, Com¬
mander Khoury told the Loader
Tribune.
Chairman Stephens, in making
the announcement of the solicita¬
tion, explained the program for
the benefit of those being qontact
ed.
“The community calendar is de¬
signed to make available to ev¬
eryone the birthdays of jfriends
and relatives, give dates of club
and lodge meetings, and tt> furn¬
ish advertising for participating
merchants,” Stephens said.
According to the plan each day
listed on the calendar will carry
the names of those subscribers
who have purchased the listing.
It may also be used to list the
meeting days for lodges and clubs.
The price for a name listing is
25c while the price of the calen¬
dar is 50c each. In addition to
birthdays and meeting dates, an¬
niversaries or similar items may
be listed.
A group of Fort Valley High
School girls are soliciting the sub¬
scribers to the calendar and resi¬
dents were urged by Khoury and
Stephens to sign up with one of
them. Girls participating include
Martha Jean Bunch, Pat Anthoine,
Katherine Fagan, Zadie Lawhorn,
Jane Doles, Norma Cotney, Ann
Schultz, Pat Goodman, Pat Hall- |
and Joyce Dyes.
Young Is
Dean’s List
Donnie E. Young, of Fort Val¬
was named to the winter quar¬
dean’s list at Mercer Universi¬
according to a release issued
week by the Baptist institu¬
in Macon. j
A minmum of two “A’s” and 1
"B” is necessary before a per
is eligible for this recognition
t Mercer.
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OF FORT VALLEY
s Remember I
where a new building was
in 1848 on ground donated
James A. Everett and
Dorsey. The site was the
location of the Fort Valley
mar school on Everett Square.
Preserved records dating back
to 1847 show the membership
then of 45 males and 50 females.
Back in those days the males all
sat on one side of the church and
the females sat on the opposite
side.
The Old Pond Church property
was donated to the colored mem
bers of Fort Valley, who before
that time had worshipped in the
balcony of the new church in Ev¬
erett Square. The balcony was pre¬
pared for them when the church
was built. Later their membership
was placed in Usher’s Temple, the
oldest CME church in the city and
the first brick church ever erected
in Fort Valley.
The Fort Valley Church was in
the Fort Valley Circuit, composed
of Shiloh, New Providence, Mt.
Carmel, Olivet, Hopewell, Flint
River Chapel (now Marshallville)
and Asbury Chapel, Hebron, Wes¬
ley and Liberty. There are only
three of these churches still ac¬
tive so far as historians have been
able to check. They are the Mar¬
shallville, Fort Valley and Hebron
churches. The last named is on
the Roberta circuit.
We find on the minutes that
Dr. W. C. Lovett, who died in
1940, and served the church as
pastor in 1896, is now enrolled
among the saints. He said, “Our
membership has been as free from
flagrant violations of moral and
church law as ever I’ve known of
a membership as large. Many are
truly pious and some have marked
signs of spiritual progress. Con¬
gregations are good and attend
(Continued on page 8)
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Subscription Campaign Awards
Lriven Contestants ^,, ,
Judges Statement
The Leader-Tribune «< Auto and Cash Offer” Campaign
We the undersigned, April 11, 1953
Leader-Tribune “Auto duly appointed to canvass the returns of the
and Cash Offer” Campaign, do hereby certify
that the campaign was closed .according to the rules governing same
and that we compiled the subscriptions and remittances and the cam¬
paign department’s records of the subscriptions turned in during the
campaign by the various candidates and members, and we find the fol¬
lowing named persons entitled to the awards governing their distribu¬
tion :
AWARD VOTES
1st Award, 1953 Chevrolet 2-Door Sedan
Mrs. Frank McDaniel 15,039,850
2nd Award, $500.00 in Cash
Mrs. A. L. Hutto _____________________________________ 12,979,605
3rd Award, $200.00 in Cash
Mrs. Tommie Hortman _______________________________ -i 8,940,886
4th Award, $100.00 in Cash
Mrs. F. L. Passmore _______________..._______ .........8.891,800
COMMISSION WINNERS VOTES
Lester W. Bradshaw ____________________________________ .....7,630,700
Marcus L. Hickson, Jr. __________________________ ........ 4,163,150
Mrs. John Batton, Jr____________________________________ __________3,650,800
Mrs. Cynthia Barr _________________________________ .......... 3.508,500
Mrs. Cecil Milton _______________________ ........ 2,595,750
Mrs. Connie Hobbs __________________________________ ...........2,251,750
Mrs. Helen Ault man ....... ...................... 1,687,000
Mrs. Nick Strickland _______________________________ -..... 1,350,500
Mrs. F. N. Poole _______________________________________-......... 866,250
Extra $50 winner: Mrs. Tommie Hortman-Extra $25 winner: L. W.
Bradshaw. Protect You Vote Winners: Mrs. Frank McDaniel; Mrs. A.
L. Hutto; and Mrs. Tommie Hortman.
JUDGES
GEO. B. CULPEPPER, JR.
C. D. THURMOND
E. C. PATTERSON
Ilisrli P5 School Wins
Firsl Places
Fort Valley High School won
first places at the Third
District Meet in Americus last Fri
The senior class won first
in spelling with a grade
Miss Beth Matthews won
in girls reading and Bobby
first in boys typing.
Others who placed were: Miss
Fuller, second in shorthand;
Betty Green, third in girls
Miss Patsy Dooly, third
Girls solo; Misses Nan Cari
Nan Fagan and Kay
thu d in Tno; Lmghton
fourth in Declamation;
fourth in Roys’ Ready
Frank Singleton, Ralph
Dickie Weinberger, fourth
quartet.
The school received a trophy
winning spelling and Beth Mat
and Bobby Holley received
medals
John Q. Adams Is
Taken By Death
John Quincy Adams, 84, of Fort
Valley died suddenly Thursday,
April 9 at his residence here.
Funeral services for the retired
merchant weer held at 5 P.M. Fri¬
day, April 10, at the Fort Valley
Baptist Church. Dr. Aquila Cham¬
lee officiated and burial was in
Oaklawn Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Luella Owens; one
daughter, Mrs. Jimmy Whigham
of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; one son, E.
B. Adams of Fort Valley; two sis¬
ters, Miss Pearl Adams and Mrs.
Billy Petecost, both of Tampa,
Fla.; one granddaughter, Mrs. J.
B. Duke of Fort Valley, and two
great-granddaughters.
Rooks Funeral Home was in
charge or arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reddick vis¬
ited relatives in Cuthbert Sunday.
$3.00 Per Year—In Advance
Eastern Star Elects
j Officers. Installs
j The Fort Valley Chapter, Order
of Eastern Star held its Institu
tion Night on Friday, April 9.
The Institution rites were con
ducted by the Fort Hawkins Chap
ter of Macon,
The following officers and char¬
ter members were present:
OFFICERS: Worthy Matron,
Mrs. Ne i] B . Gillespie; Worthy Pa
tron, R. D. Gillespie; Associate
p atr on,A. H. Law; Secretary, Mrs.
Bertha D. Bateman; Treasurer,
Mrs. Verlyn G Wells; Conductress,
M rs. Elizabeth S. Latson; Associ
ate Conductress, Mrs. Frances H.
Wells; Chaplain. Mrs. Mayme M.
Lee; Marshal, Mrs. Ruth B. Evans;
Organist, Mrs John Hinton; Adah,
Mrs. Ruth T. Kemper; Ruth, Mrs.
Alma E. Lawhorn; Esther, Mrs.
Ruth S. Moss; Martha, Mrs. El
oise H. Brown; Electa, Mrs. Lyd
ia P. Birdsong; Warder, Mrs. Evie
P. Austin; Sentinel, Mrs. James
E. Brown.
CHARTER MEMBERS: Mrs. | !
Doris D. Law, Mrs. Lydia P. Bird
song, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Latson, !
Mrs., Estelle W. Hallman, Mrs.
Eloise H. Brown, Mrs. Mabel G.
Borders, Mrs. Bonnell R. Borders,
Mrs. Carolyn A. Shy, Mrs. Nell
B. Gillespie, Mrs. Ruth Kemper,
Mrs. Bertha Bateman, Mrs. Verlyn
G. Wells, Mrs. Alma E. Law horn,
Mrs. Mary B. Allen, Mrs. Ruth S.
Moss, Mrs. Frances H. Wells, Mrs.
Evie P. Austin, Mrs. Mae S. Poole,
Mrs. Katie L. Dent,
Also, Mrs. Katherine II. Hunni
cutt, Mrs. Ruth B. Evans, Mrs. Lu
reen E. Evans, Mrs. Sue N. Har¬
rison, Mrs. Mayme M. Lee, A. H.
Law, John Hinton, >Gordon E. El¬
lington, J. H. Hallman, James E.
R. D. Gillespie, Jas. E. I
Borders, W. T. Bateman, Robert
Lawhorn, F. D. Moss, R. L.
Jr., G. C Poole, W. J. Dent,
R Hunnicutt, Woodrow W.
Byron Methodists
To Begin r Program O
The Byron Charge will partici¬
pate in the Methodist United
Evangelistic Mission during the
week of April 18-26. Services for
entire charge will be held in
Byron with all four churces, By¬
Jordan Chapel, Powersville,
Wesley Chapel, cooperating.
John A. Briey, pastor of the
Memorial Methodist
of Jacksonville, Fla., will
beginning with the service
at 11:30 A. M. Sunday and going
through the evening service on
Friday. i if
Services will he held every ev¬
ening at 8:00 through Friday. The
closing services at 11:30 A.M. and
8:00 P.M. on Sunday, April 26,
will be held in the Powersville
Methodist Church.
During the week of the Mission
laymen will be going out each ev¬
ening to carry on the program of
home visitation evangelism. Four¬
teen laymen and lay women from
the charge will be partcipating in
this visitation work. They are: W.
D. Aultman, O. C. Hammock, Ii/m
Goss, Miss Sara Lowe, Mrs. Reese
E. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Thames and William Vinson of
the Byron Church; William Giles
and Morris Williams af the Jor¬
dan Chapel Church; and George
Lamar, J. P. Newell, Roy Allred,
and Ottis Lansford of the Powers¬
ville Church.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all the people throughout this
section to attend these services.
*>3 w*> Ul freedom
is
Mrs. Frank McDaniel of Fort
Valley was grand prize winner in
the Leader-Tribune big Automo¬
bile and Cash Award campaign
which closed last Saturday even
ing with the awarding of the $1865
two-door deluxe Chevrolet sedan
and cash prizes totaling $875 in
addition to cash commissions paid
all contestants not winning one
of the prizes.
Mrs. A. L. Hutto of Fort Val¬
ley, who polled the second larg¬
est number of votes in the six
weeks’ campaign, received a cash
Prize of $500.00 The $200.00 cash
prize for third place went to Mrs.
Tommie Hortman of Fort Valley,
Rt. 1, and Mrs. F. L. Passmore
of Fort Valley, fourth place win¬
ner, received over $161.00.
Mrs. Hortman, in addition to
third place award, won the extra
$50 award offered during the
fourth period to the contestant
turning in most money. Lester W.
Bradshaw, of Fort Valley, who fin¬
ished fifth in the campaign, won
an additional award of $25 in the
second period securing the most
new subscribers during that per¬
iod.
The success of the campaign
was most gratifying with the
Leader-Tribune more than doub¬
ling its list of subscribers and ob¬
taining hundreds of renewals from
old subscribers. More than 2,000
people now subscribe to the Lead¬
er-Tribune.
Judges for the contest were At¬
torney George B. Culpepper, III,
Laundryman C. D. Thurmond, and
Banker E. C. Patterson. Presenta¬
tion of awards were made by D.
K. Grahl, editor of the Leader
Tribune, and A. M. Alexander,
campaign manager.
In addition to the four winners
already listed the contestants were
Lester w . Bradshaw, Fort Val¬
ley . Marcus L Hickson, Jr., Fort
Valley; Mrs. John Button, lrr Jr., Fort
Valley . e^ Mr , Cvnthia ^Ceci l* B Mar
s ha 1 h/i 11 Mr Mi Ron, For t
Valley; Mrs . Connie H obbs, Fort
Valley . Mrs Heien Aultman, Fort
Valley; Mrs. Nick Strickland, Fort
Valley; and Mrs. F. N. Poole, By¬
ron.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Alexander,
0 f Roanoke Va., who were in
charge of the campaign, did a re
markable job for the Leader-Trib
une. Mr. Alexander is a veteran
of the business with 25 years of
successful campaigns. In a state
ment issued before leaving for
their home the couple declared that
they had never worked with a fin¬
er group of contestants and that
their work here was especially
pleasant.