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“Those who sacrifice
liberty for security are
likely to lose both”
Volume LXV, Number Seventeen
Peackland
journal
By Daniel K. Grahl
MORNING CONVERSATION
Almost every morning at
house the phone rings just
we leave for the office.
“Hello? ft
“Who’s speaking
“This is Mrs. Grahl.”
“Mrs. Grahl, is Ten dere?”
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tears . out , calling ... to ... his mother ,
dress , , him . so T he can „
go. ®
Aimes .. though, .. , , he gets . ,,
a
streak, * , don’t j ,. want . to . go, and ,
’
(Conversation .. changes . somewhat).
«xt No, t I don j .. t want * to.” t „
(And , . , the ., phone . . not , genlty ,
f is so '
, laid . , to . rest. About 10 minutes
later , . it ., rings . again . and , the ., above ,
conversation .. . repeated. , , After .,
is
about , , 15 minutes the whole , ,
more
routine is repeated . . for , the second ,
time and , then ., the climax
conies
with ... the fourth „ ... of , the ., tele- ^ .
ring
phone. . „ By „ that ., , time ,. tp Ken „
„ , .. ,, „ , , . A
S ° ra ' dS °
pick it up)
“Mrs. Grahl?”
“Y es, C ^raay ^ ?»> .
“JuSt don’t let Ten tome over
to . _ my house , more!”
no
rr, Thus „ closes , another .. series . of
conversatons . , between , four-year- ,
old ,, v Ken „ Grahl , , and , four-year-old .
Grady n j « McDaniel. ■ i
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I think I’ll confine my fishing
to that gentle art of
’shiners” to use for live bait in
bass fishing.
Twice we have gone out to fish
for bream and bass and twice we
have come pr«ev.*ally empty
handed
Once _ T went ^ out to fish for
*i shiners and once I caught
good supply of same. They’re not !
so big, of course, but it sure makes i
your story sound , , better when ,
you
say you caught , 15-20 of them in- .
stead ... of one or two.
One of Paul Janney’s favorite
greetings to us these days is, “Do
you know' where the Leader-Trib¬
une is?”
It’s our understanding that the
good contestants in our recent sub¬
scription campaign talked Paul in¬
to signing up for about 10 years.
Needless to say, no one has to
tell Paul where the Leader-Tribune
is now.
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I m not calling any names, but
Col. B. A. Shipp, George M. Has- j
lam, Jr., and George Culpeppet,
III, told us the other morning 1
that they knew where a desk is
that is piled higher than ours with
papers, pens, books, magazines,
proofs, gadgets, etc.
All we have to say is that who
ever runs that desk must work
overtime to get it nurre clustered
up than ours. We are a firm be¬
liever in the idea that there is an
art in maintaining a thoroughly
cluttered up desk.
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Spring was supposed to have
“sprung” about a month ago but
if the temperature of Monday and
Tuesday of this week is any indi¬
cation something happened to that
it sping.” It must have “sprung ff
backawards into winter. So help
me, the papers said that one of
the major league baseball games
was played in a light snow flur
ry:
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It used to be a scramble for a
parking place on Main Street but
now it’s a scramble for a parking
place in the lot by the Central of
Georgia depot.
That new one-hour parking limit
has really made parking spaces
available on the main “drag.”
CHEST CLINIC TO BE HELD
AT ROBERTA HEALTH CLINIC
Crawford County Public Health
Nurse, Mrs. Sue B. McGee, has
announced a chest clinic to
be held at the Roberta Health
Center, scheduled for April 21. It
will be conducted by the State
Health Department.
Sribime
“Yes,
Just a minute. - •
(Time out
Ken comes to
phone).
“Hello.
“Ten, tome
er to my
and play.”
(Usually
Fort Valley, Georgia, Thursday, April 23, 1953
Methodist Church
Has Large r Crowds
Crowds of enthusiastic
have been greeting the Rev.
B. Huston, the visiting
at the Methodist Church each
this week as the evangelistic
. ices continue. Last night he
of “The Kingdom of God and
Home,” making a particular
pication to the ideal of the
dom of God to the home-life
Christians.
A youth choir,under the
tion of Buddy Rainey,
leadership for the
singing. These services are a
of the United Evangelistic
sion embracing the entire
east.’ Services are in progress
all Methodist Churches in
South Georgia Conference.
Visiting teams of laymen
each night in the homes of
people of the community ”,
. mg the claims ... of , Christ to the
dividuals. t Two days, Sundav „ ,
| Monday. 2,113 people -A , . have ,
j won , to f,, Christian . Discipleship . , , ,
membership , ,• in ■ the ,, Methodist ,, „ .. , ,
' ches ... of . the conference this .
The services . will ...
through Sunday, 0 , April . .. 26 and
Rev. Huston Tr * will ... , be , ■
Thursday night on the .. ,.
Big -- Enough , and , Small „ „ „ ,
Friday « •. night . , , , he . has chosen . ,
his , • theme: ,, “To Save „ TT .. /
rp, ihe services . will close , _
, with the pastor, Rev. G. N. .
deliverin g the final message
^ been ^ set as Membership Sunday May Day 17
the ndw members will be
t,, The candidates ... , are invited . ^ to
mid-week . , , . April ... „„ 29,
services as
period if-, of instruction. .• m, The , ,
'Will ... , be formed , , into . class ,
a
be instructed by the pastor.
bpecia 0 . effort , is . . being made „
a record attendance at the
School morning.
Farm Bureau Met
At Regular Meet
Crawford , . County _ . .
Farm Bu
reau held its regular monthly
tinjj on Monda April 13, with
c E Thaxton> County Presjdent>
pres j dinK
A « committee on planning i • r for
a „ farm ____ renovation .. program report
ed ^ to tu, the members present . and , it ..
was recommended by the commit
tee to hold a farm renovation day
this fall. The members present
voted to have the Farm Renova
tion Day and the date for a draw
ing for the Farm Bureau mem
ber to receive Farm Renovation
assistance was set for the regular
monthy meeting on the second
Monday in May. It was decided
by vote of the members present
that only those members present
on the date of the drawing would
be eligible for the drawing. A
complete list of the rules and
regulations governing the proce
dure to be used will be presented
the meeting at the time of
the drawing,
The program for the meeting
of brief discussion by
H. Willis, PMA County Ad
Officer; H. G. Breed
SCS Technician; and J. H.
County Agent on the func
of their respective agencies,
The Crawford County FFA
under the direction of J.
Lowrey, vocational teacher, pre
a model program with John
president of the chap
presiding. Entertainment was
by Jimmy Guthrie, E.
Ivey and Jule McGee, mem¬
of the FFA chapter.
Not Hurt
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V^Oltl oliap
The cold snap of last weekend
early this week did not in
the peach crop in this im
area according to reports
the Leader-Tribune from
sources. ;
Although some damage to some
crops was experienced the re
indicated that peaches were
damaged except in a few iso
instances. Dr. J. H. Wein
director of the part of the
Experiment Station here
that work, was not avail
yesterday for any official
on the matter.
Other reports reaching Fort Val
however, indicated that crops
north did suffer consider
damage.
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W. H. SLEDGE of the Lakeview Community in Peach County
has teraces on his farm like the one pictured above. Sledge built
his terraces last spring with the assistance of the Ocmulgee Soil
conservation District.
The following points are some of the things that terraces do
for the land:
1. Terraces break the length of slope and prevent dangerous
concentrations of water farther down the slope. They convey the
run-off from the terrace interval at a non-erosive velocity to a
stabilized outlet.
2. Terraces serve as permanent markers for row layout and
contour cultivation.
3. Terraces form a permanent pattern for a vegetative pro¬
gram for erosion control and soil mprovement.
4. Terraces help to conserve moisture that contributes to
profitable crop production.
I 5. The standard terraces are cultivated, therefore, no land is
lost through the use of the practice.
6. Standard terraces propertly constructed and maintained do
not interefere with farm machinery operations in the field.
7. Terraces can be constructed with the equipment found on
the farm.
8. Terraces can be maintained with the usual land—prepara¬
tion machinery.
HISTORY OF FORT VALLEY
As I Remember
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i BY DAWSON KENDRICK
J.
Methodist Church (Part 2)
Any institution which has
the contribution to human
that the Church has made
the last 1,900 years deserves
support of each of us and our
sonal assistance to the full
of our ablity.
Here is a man we all loved
admfred very much, Judge H.
Mathews. In 1895 the
appointed the judge to the
manship of a Board of
Building, authorizing him to
termine the question of
a new church, provided as
as $5,000 could be raised.
Mathews and Dr. W. C.
gave the property which was
present site on the Simpson
nfir , Miller and Church
The building was completed
1901 when the Rev. O. A.
was pastor,
1 A commodious Sunday school
cational plant was added in
at the approximate cost of
Dr. W. F. Quillian was the
and Dr. W. C. Wright was
man of the board of stewards.
1936 a new brick parsonage,
of the prettiest in the state,
erected at a cost of
$12,500 and which was without
debtedness. J. D. Kendrick
chairman of the board of
and the Rev. J. E. Sampley
pastor. He was also architect,
tactor and purchasing agent.
church made the largest
tion in Southern Methodism when
the Centenary movement was on
in 1919. The quota was approxi
mately $22,000, the church pledged
$120,000 and then paid $75,000
this amount even though Fort Val
ley suffered during the business
depression in the following two
years.
Some of the outstanding pastors
in Georgia Methodism have served
church. A complete record is
except for the years of
1885-1891. The minutes from this
have been lost. The church
Wesleyan College with
of its presidents, Dr. Charles
Jenkins and Dr. Wiliam F. Quil
The church has had many
whose records are indelibly
into the hearts of citizens
Fort Valley.
A roster of pastor who have
the church, with the ex
of the period for which
have been lost, follows:
For 1847, Daniel Kelsey; 1848,
Pennington; 1849, Ja mes Dun-
1850-51-52, J. Blakely
and John W. Knight; 1953,
Anthony; 1854, A. T. Mann;
J. B. Wardlaw; 1856, W. F.
1857-58, D. Blalock; 1859,
A. Clonts; 1860-61, G. C. Clark;
W. G. Allen; 1863, Josiah
1864-65, J. M.
1866, W. J. Cotton; 1867-68-69,
E. H. McGeehee; 1870, B. F. Breed
love; 1871, J. S. Key; 1872-73, F.
A. Branch; 1874-75-76, B. B. Les
ter; 1877, P. S. Twitty; 1878-79,
B. McGhee; 1880-81-82, N. B.
Ousley; 1883, W. M. Hayes; 1884-
85,W. F. Lloyd; 1886-87, McK. F.
McCook; 1888, J. M. Austin; 1889,
90, F. A. Branch; l»9l, J. A.
Thompson; 1892-93 J. O. A. Cook;
1894-95, J. B. Johnston; 1896-97,
W. C. Lovett; 1898, P. S. Twitty;
1899, T. M. Christian; 1800-01, O.
A. Thrower; 1802-03-04, E. M.
Whiting; 1805-06-07-08, T. J. Long
j 1909, C. R. Jenkins; 1910, J. P.
Wardlaw; 1911-12, J. E.
j 1913-14-16, J. A. Harmon; 1916-17- !
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18-19, W. F. Quillian; 1920-21, C.
r. Jenkins;1822-23-24, Loy
wick; 1925-26-27, T. H. Thompson;
1928-29-30-31, N. H. Williams;
1932-33-34-35, J. H. House; 1936-
37-38, J. E. Sampley; 1939-40-41,
, L. E. Williams; 1942-43, J. N. Pea
cock; 1843-44-45, J. M. Yarbrough;
1946-47, J. Lytle Jones; 1948-49-
50-51, David Cripps; and at the
1952 conference the Rev. G. N.
Rainey was appointed.
Under the leadership of Rev.
Rainey the church has been mak
ing good progress this year. Rev.
Rainey moved to Fort Valley from
Cairo, Georgia, where he had ser
j ved with distinction for four years,
j Progress ahead of the church un-
1 der his leadership is a church Fel
Building at a cost of ap
proximately $50,000, and renova
ting the lovely brick parsonage at
an expenditure of some $1,500.
The Methodist Church leader is
the Rev. Granville N. Rainey. It
was said of him before he came,
and I repeat, “He may not preach
you into heaven but if you will
let him he will love you
Located on a beautiful site at
the corner of Miller and Church
Streets, the Fort Valley Metho¬
dist Church is one of the most
attractive and imposing buildings
in the city. It is located in the
heart of the city, one block from
the busines district, and is valued
at $250,000.00.
The present parsonage, located
on the west side of Everett Square
is one of the prettiest in the state
j and has a building cost of $30,000.
Fort Valley Methodist Church
j renders great service to its mem
bers and to the city.
J. WELI BORN JOHNSON
PURCHASES DRUG STORE
J. Wellborn Johnson recently
purchased the local drug store,
which was owned by Milton Reeves
of Roberta since 1944 and co-own¬
er witlr the late A. Holmes Clark
since 1914. It is one of the , old
est businesses in Roberta,
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS
One Hour Parking Limit Now
In Effect In Business Area
Progress Is Made
In Gas Installation
Fort Valley’s natural gas sys¬
tem is moving along at a more
than satisfactory pace, Mayor T.
A. McCord said yesterday.
Although still laying pipe in
some areas of the city the Mod¬
ern Welding Company, of Owens¬
boro, Kentucky, this week began
installation of the main pipe ine
connecting the city with their sup¬
ply source at a point near Musel
la.
The mayor pointed out that this
portion of the system will be com¬
pleted in approximately 6-8 weeks.
Present plans call for the gas
system to be connected and in op¬
eration sometime around August
1, 1953.
Thurmonds Buy
Truck Stop
Childree’s Truck Stop, located
on U.S. Highway 341 just south
of the Fort Valley business sec¬
tion, went under new management
last week as it. was announced
that it has been purchased by Ker
mit and Rudolph Thurmond, for¬
merly of Bennetatsville, S. S.
The new residents of Fort Val¬
ley told the Leader-Tribune that
the business will continue to fea¬
ture Shell gasoline and oil prod¬
ucts and that the cafe would be
operated as in the past.
Open 24 hours a day, seven days
a week, the new owners said that
they will offer the finest prod¬
ucts and service available any¬
where to residents of Fort Valley
and transients alike.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Thurmond
will make their home on East Main
Street in the house of Mrs. M. L.
Hickson, Sr. They have two chil¬
dren, J. B. who is srf ving with
the U. S. Army in Korea, and Ann,
who will reside with them here.
Rudolph Thurmond is not mar
ried. He is at present making his
home with another brother and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Thur
on Central Avenue. C. D.
Thurmond is the manager of Foun
tain’s Dry Cleaners and Laundry
in Fort Valley,
Peach Growers
To Vote Friday
(From Macon News)
Georgia peach growers will vote
through April 30 on recom¬
changes in the marketing
and order program
since 1942 has regulated
size and maturity the inter¬
shipment of fruit.
The proposed amendments were
to growers and shippers
a hearing in Macon March 17.
have been approved by the
S. Department of Agriculture.
The changes would redefine the
“adjacent market area” to
Mississippi and the part
Louisiana east Of the Missis¬
River, proved a method of
shipment of peaches in
to “adjacent markets” with¬
exemption certificates and pro¬
for the issuance of regulations
respect to other than adja¬
markets during periods when
are not effective with
to “adjacent” markets.
Referendum ballots have been
by D. K. Young of the
of Agriculture’s fruit
vegetable branch in Atlanta.
Young said that any not receiv
from the county agent or
ballots by mail can obtain
office.
Voting will be by mail and al)
must be postmarked not
than midnight, April 30.
Sandefur Is
To Office
Peach County sub-district of the
Fellowship of the Metho¬
Church met this *week and
Miss Luleen Sandefur of
as president and Miss
Spillers of Roberta as sec¬
Miss Sue Lester of Fort
was named vicepresident
Ronald Wetherington of War¬
Robins was chosen treasurer.
Bank Will Close
Monday, April 27
H. Huckabee, vice-president and
cashier of the Bank of Fort Val¬
le, told the Leader-Tribune this
week that the local bank will be
closed all day on Monday, April
27.
The bank is closing in ecogni
tion of Memoial Day, the local
banker said.
U. Of Ga. Will Hold
Annual Law Day
ATHENS, Ga. — The Universi¬
ty of Georgia will hold its sec¬
ond annual Law Day April 25, with
reunions and an address by for
fer Governor Ellis Arnold set for
the day’s activities.
Law Day is sponsored by the
School of Law’s Student Advisory
Council, and invitations have been
extended to Law School alumni
who are members of the bar.
Mr. Arnall will speak in the
chapel at 11 A.M. He will be in¬
troduced by Dean J. Alton Hesch,
and John W. Love, president of
the Student Advisory Council, will
preside.
The luncheon speakers will be
Charles J. Block, member of the
university system Board of Reg¬
ents, and Roger H. Lawson, presi¬
dent of the University of Georgia
Law School Association.
Class reunions and a coffee hour
will follow in the afternoon.
Advisory Council President Love
says that Law Day is “essential¬
an event which we hope will
felowship and understand¬
between the future lawyers
the present leaders of the le¬
profession. II
Marks
Anniversary
C. D. Thurmond, manager of
Dry Cleaners and Laun¬
this week announced that his
is celebrating its second year
operation and service in Fort
We are grateful for the fine
given our firm in the
two years,” Thurmond said,
we promise to continue in
efforts to provide the finest
available in dry cleaning
laundry. ft
Fountain’s Dry Cleaners and
is located on South Ma¬
Street next to the bus ' sta¬
News Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Barfield,
and young son Bob have mov
to their new home on Montrose
M.r and Mrs. T. C. Johnson, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mann of
motored to Thomasville,
on Wednesday
REAIi THE CLASSIFIEDS
$3.00 Per Year—In Advance
Leader-Tri bune
Rates Increased
The subscription price of
Leader-Tribune was advanced
per year on April 11, making
rates now read as $3.00 (plus
tax( per year within Georgia
$3.50 (plus sales txa) for uot
state.
This increase in subscription
price cafe at the close of the re¬
cent circulation campaign of the
local paper and after ample op¬
portunity was give to all resi¬
dents of the city and county to
subscribe at the old rate.
The reason for the increase in
rates was given as an increase
in the cost of production. Ad¬
vances were made in the price of
paper and materials several
months ago, the local management
said.
Incidentally it’s not exactly in¬
flation. We have in our office a
framed “Prospectus of The Fort
Valley Weekly Ledger.” The sub¬
scription price for the paper is
listed at $3.00 per year. The
date? Oh, that was August 2,
1860.
P§2*&fflEEMW
Most of the downtown section
of Fort Valley has became re¬
stricted to one-hour parking dur¬
ing regular business hours this
week
Those sections of the town re¬
stricted include both sides of Main
Street from the Post Office to
the railroad; both sides of Church
Street from the Post Office to
the railroad; both sides of Macon
Street from Main Street to Cen¬
tra] Avenue; and the west side
of Railroad Street between Church
Street and Main Street.
The ruling setting up the new
parking hours came some time
back when the mayor and city
council passed the new ordinance.
The new procedure was not put
in operation until this week when
the new street signs arrived and
were installed.
Merchants in the business area
had instituted, through the Fort
Valley and Peach County Cham¬
ber of Commerce, a survey regard¬
ing the type parking desired by
both residents and businessmen.
The majority of replies favored
the limited parking rather than the
use of parking meters and the re
suts of the survey were turned
over to the city govenment for
their consideration.
Mayor T. A. McCord told the
Leader-Tribune yesterday that the
new parking ordinance was put
into effect Tuesday afternoon and
will be strictly enforced for six
days each week.
The comments of merchants
along the business area was var¬
ied. Most of them expressed their
opinion in favor of the new pro¬
cedure and pointed out that cus¬
tomers now will be able to find
parking places in the area at any
time of the business day whereas.
A number of housewives were
asked their opinion of the new
ruling and all of them asked ex¬
pressed a liking for the new pro¬
cedure.
Award Winning
Movie Coin in as <r
John Harvard, manager of the
Peach Theatre here, announced
this week that the local theatre
will feature for a fiveday period,
beginning on April 28, the Acad¬
emy Award winning, ‘Greatest
Show on Earth. >>
A story of the Ringling Broth¬
ers, Barnum & Bailey circus, the
cast will feature Betty Hutton,
Cornel Wilde, and Jimmy Stew¬
art. Stewart is cast in the role
of a circus clown. The picture
was awarded the designation as
best motion picture of the
at the recent Academy Award
Three complete shows will be
daily, Harvard said, with
beginning at 2:30, 5:30
8:30 o’clock except on aSt
The theatre will open at
A.M. on Saturday, he added,
four complete showings will
given.
Elsewhere in this issue of the
will be found a
advertisement giving the de¬
of the picture and its local
Store Has
Location
D. N. Herbert, local jeweler and
leader, this week announced
his store will open Friday
at its new location at
South Macon Street.
We are moving into a larger
in order to provide the
service possible to our cus¬
ft Mr. Herbert told the
‘This move is
possible by the business giv¬
us by our customers and we
appreciative. We would like
extend to evreyone a cordial
to visit with us Fri¬
and any and and every day. *'
The local jeweler, as an expres¬
of his appreciation, is giv¬
away several valuable prizes
Friday. He will also give free
to the first 100 ladies vis¬
the store on Friday.
The new location is directly,
the street from the old.