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‘‘Those who sacrifice
liberty for security are
likely to lose both”
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Volume LXV, Number Twenty-Seven
Peackland
{Journal
By Daniel K. Grahl
IT’S BIRTHDAY TIME
Comes tomorrow and our young¬
est columnist will celebrate his
77th birthday.
Comes Saturday and our country
Will be celebrating its 177th birth¬
day. It will be the 177th birth¬
day of the world’s greatest free¬
dom and should be a period of re¬
dedication of our lives to the very
same principles of freedom and
democracy.
| Getting back to
our “youngest »
columnist though,
v in case you hav
9S»PPWpen’t guessed who
we are talking a- j
bout we are talk- I
i n g about M r.
Dawse Kendrick,
% who writes the I
reminiscing column carried on our^
front page.
Feeling that we had to give *
him a little special recognition I
on such an occasion we have had
a picture of him made and are now'
carrying it in his column. It will
enable his readers to see just how
young and spry he is.
IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE!
The other day our friend James
Dooley, electrical engineer at Jor¬
dan Electrical company and a can-:
didate for mayor two years ago,
went down to a convention of engi¬
neers in a Georgia town.
When he got back he told us
that he was called on to say a
few words about the convention
town and that he made a speech of
only three words!
Now, we have absolutely no in¬
tention of calling Brother Dooley
a prevaricator but we find it dif¬
ficult to believe that any such
thing actually happened.
He says that all he said was,
“We’ll be back.” That is oniy three
words but what we would really
like to have from a disinterested
person is confirmation that tie
speech was made by Dooley.
BEST WISHES TO A NEW
MEMBER OF BLUE BIRD
This week a new member of the
Blue Bird Body Company family
made its debut, w’ith the publica¬
tion of a new monthly plant news¬
paper.
The first issue is tabloid size
and consists of four pages printed
on enamel paper.
The management has stated that
the paper belongs to the employ¬
ees and the first issue is chock
full of items of interest to all
Blue Bird employees as well as
other residents of the town.
A contest is being staged among
the employees to select a name for
the publication but whatever the
name will be we wish for the new
publication all of the success in
the world. We congratulate the
management and employees alike
on this fine move.
ONCE AGAIN, NO CAMERA.
Last weekend it was my privi¬
lege and pleasure to again attend
the annual convention of the Geo¬
rgia Press Association in Savan¬
nah.
And once again I found myself
in a spot to get a good picture
and had no camera.
The convention was held at the
General Oglethorpe Hotel and on
the next to last day a whole load
of people were coming down from,
the upper stories when the elevator
got just a little cantankerous and
didn’t stop at the first floor but
dropped right on down almost to
the basement level, trapping the
entire load just a little below the
first floor.
Some of the enterprising editors
in the elevator opened the trap
door in the roof of the elevator
and managed to get the outside
door open. No one was injured and
after this fact was ascertained it
became rather farcical.
There I was right on the scene,
a good picture on tap, and no
camera.
PEACHES TO CONVENTION
Speaking of the press conven¬
tion this is one year that some of
the famous Georgia peaches, Fort
Valley brand, went along. We had
two baskets with us and we gave
some of our editor friends a real
treat by giving them some of the
fruit.
Incidentally, this convention was
the closing affair of neighboring
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Shown above is 14-year-old Andrew Jackson, son of Mr. and
Hoke Jackson of Fort Valley, as he was presented with an
Award and an Honor Plaque by the Woodmen of the World on May
Young Jackson received the awards as a result of his
actions following the destruction of his home by a tornado on
30. The quick thinking of the youth in making his mother and
and brothers lie down as the storm hit, and hs continuous
to the others about not getting on live w'ires, etc., ater the storm
left, is credited with the probable saving of some of the lives of
family. Young Jackson was injured in the storm and spent about
month in the hospital.
Shown with young Jackson in the picture are Frank Graham, head
the Fort Valley lodge of the Woodmen of the World, and Millard
Brown, scoutmaster of the troop young Jackson is a member of.
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'As Benjamin Franklin left Independence Hall, a woman asked
“Mr. Franklin, what kind of a government have you given us?”
answered gravely, “A Republic, madam, if you can keep it.”
In painting this Independence Day scene in Hometown, U S.A,
artist, E. Franklin Wittmack, has found an echo of Franklin’*
in a quotation from the poet William Cullen Bryant. The
scene of Magna Charta, the rignal light on old North Church
the embattled “rebels” of ; great new nation—symbolize the
victories, and the priceless freedom, which, on Indepen¬
Day 1953, are given every Hometown in the land—not done to !
but to protect.
Million Telephones In World
At the latest counting there
total of
0,000,000 telephones serving the
more than half of which
in the United States, accord
to K. A. McClung, Suburban
of Southern Bell Tele¬
and Telegraph Company.
Mr. McClung said that he got
information from the latest
of “Telephone Statistics of
World”, published by the
Telephone and Telegraph
This information, which
about a year to collect from
than 250 governments and
throughout the world,
correct as of January 1, 1952.
The 1 net gain of world telephones
1951 was 4,600,000, more
half of which was in the
States which has otnjy
per cent of the world’s inhab¬
“And our rate of growth
in the South is greater than
of nearly all other sections
the United States” Mr. McClung
“During 1951 Southern
Bell alone added approximately j
270,000 stations and our gain in
Georgia was 40,000.,,
There was a telephone for one
out of every three persons in the
U. S. on January 1, 1952 while
outside this country, on the av¬
erage, every sixty-eighth person
had one.
In the proportion of telephones
to people, the Scandinavian coun¬
tries ranked high, Sweden was
second only to the United States
with about twenty-five tele¬
phones per 100 population com¬
pared with more than 29 for the
U. S. Nine countries had more
than a million phones-the U. S.
United Kingdom, Canada, West¬
ern Germany, France, Japan,
Sweden, Italy and Australia.
New York City, with 3,349,323
telephones on January 1, 1952, had
more than any other city in the
world, all of France or the con
tinent of Asia. Greater London,
with 1,710,000, was the highest
among foreign cities. Washington,
Fort Valley, Georgia, July 2, 1953
Contract Let To Build Peach County
Health Building For $43,498.55
Baptists Plan
Special Services
On Sunday, July 5, the schedule
I of services at the Fort Valley Bap
tist Church will be a bit different
i from the usual plan. At the morn¬
ing worship service the congre¬
gation will observe the Lord’s Sup¬
per. The entire hour will be given
over to this observance, and ev¬
erything will center around the
Lord’s Table. Special music at the
morning service will feature Mrs.
Elton Luckie, soloist, and the
Adult Choir for several responses,
It is hoped that every
of the church can be present for
this Communion Service.
The schedule for evening serv
ices on July 5 is as follow's: At
6 o’clock, all members of Train
ing Union are invited to be pres
cnt for a light supper
At. 0:30 p. m. the Training Union
will begin. (Please note that this
is 15 minutes earlier than usual).
The evening service will begin
at 7:15 p. m. and will be a Vesper
Service. The service will consist
of Scripture and Prayer and
gregational singing. Special musi
cal numbers will be rendered by
the Choir, and by the Pastor, Rev.
Norman E. Hodges, soloist. All
are invited to attend this Vespec
Hour.
These evening services are so
scheduled to allow all our mem¬
bers to attend the Presbyterian
Church at 8 p. m. for the Ordina¬
tion and Installation of their min¬
ister, Rev. Anderson Buchanan.
Overstreet Gives
'8. 8. Statistics
Eighty percent of all workers
'in the United States are engaged
in employment covered by social
security and are building an in¬
sured status under the old-age and
survivors insurance program, Mr.
J. W. Overstreet, Jr., manager of
' the Macon social security office,
announced today.
About twenty-five million work¬
ers have been in jobs under social
security long enough to be assur¬
ed of retirement benefits for them¬
selves at 65 and survivor benefits
for their families. Four out of ev¬
ery five mothers and children are
protected under the program in
the event of the death of the fam¬
ily breadwinner, declared Mr. Ov¬
erstreet.
For the workers over 65 who
retire and for the survivors of
workers who die at any age, old
age arid survivors insurance pro¬
gram provides substantial month¬
ly benefits. In those cases where
benefits may be based on the av¬
erage earnings since 1950, the av¬
erage monthly payment for a re¬
tired worker without dependents
is about $65; for an aged couple,
somewhat more than $100; and
for a widow with two children,
about $150, according to Mr. Over
street.
D. C. had the greatest density
of telephones per population with
about 64 for every 100 persons.
Atlantic City was second with
nearly 55 and San Francisco was
third with about 54. The foreign
city reporting the greatest tele¬
phone saturation was Stockholm
with almost 50 telephones per 100
persons.
Canadians averaged 378 tele¬
phone conversations per person
during 1951, the highest per capita
usage reported. This country
ranked second with approximately
376 conservations and Sweden
third with about 309.
Besides the Bell System, compr¬
ising the AT&T Company and
20 principal Bell Telephone Com¬
panies, such as Southern Bell, tele¬
phone principal Bell Tellephone
Companies, such as Southern Bell,
telephone service in the United
States was provided by nearly'
5,500 other privately owned tele
phone companies on January 1,
1952.
Presbyterian To
Ordain Minister
Next Sunday night at
o’clock the new minister,
Buchanan will be ordained to
Gospel Ministry of the
ian hurch in the U. C., and
ly installed as the full time
ister of the Fort Valley
terian Church. The ordination
installation service will be
ducted by ministers from
Macon Presbytery who will
■ here especially for this occasion.
j Dr. Albert G. Harris, pastor
the First Presbyterian Church
1 Macon, will preside at this
ice. Rev. teroy V. Secrest,
of the Warner Robins
ian Church, Warner Robins,
will preach a sermon
to the occasion. A
elder, Mr. N. D. Mallory, of
Presbyterian Church, Macon,
charge the congregation of
duties, and Rev. R. L. Forbes,
pastor of the First
Church of Moultrie, Ga. will
the minister concerning his
and responsibilities. Although
Rev. Mr. Forbis is not a
of Augusta-Macon Presbytery,
will be here for this service
special arrangement since
Buchanan formerly served as
assistant at Moutrie.
The regular Sunday
day School at 10:00 a. in. and
services will be held with Sun
Sunday morning worship at 11:00
a. m. The subject of the sermon
at this time will be, “Salvation Is
a Gift.” The Presbyterian Youth
Fellowship will meet at 7:00 p. m.
after which refreshments will be
served. You are never a stranger
here in God’s House, and everyone
is invited to attend these services.
BAPTIST PROGRAM TOLD
FOR LAST SUNDAY
The message of the Rev. Nor
man E. Hodges at the Baptist
Church Sunday morning, June 28,
was on the subject, The Devil’s
Prayer List.
The Scripture lesson was tak¬
from the Book of Job, the first
and from the 22nd Chap
ter of the Gospel according
to Saint Luke referring to the
word's of the Christ spoken to Pe¬
“Satan hath desired to have
that he may sift you as
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Mr. Hodges emphasized the fact
Satan seeks to disfigure the
disarm the church, and
the cause, through scars
and destrictive criticism,
Andrew’s
Church
u Be still and know that I am
I will be exalted among the
and I will be exalted in
earth. rt
The Lord’s Day begins with the
of Holy Communion at
a. m. There will be a cele¬
of the Holy Communion
11:00. At both of these services
will be offered for free¬
and lberty, remembering
Day. The Church
will meet at 10:00 a. m. j !
The special prayer of Indepen¬
Day found in the Book of j
Prayer is one which we I
stop and' give some thought.
> - O eternal God, through whose'
power our fathers won
liberties of old; grant we be- j
thee, that we and all the
of this land may have grace ^ !
maintain these liberties j n
and peace; through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
You are cordially invited to at
end the services at St. Andrew’s
Church. The church is
cooled for your com-,
and the people are friendly.
WILL CLOSE MONDAY
The Bank of Fort Valley will
open for business as usual on
July 4 but will be closed
observation of the holiday on
July 6.
The above announcement was
this week by H. Huckabee.
$3.00 Per Year—In Advance
Ministers Will
Form Association
On Monday morning at 11:00 a.
m. the following ministers met at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. Hugh
Saussy: Rev. G. N. Rainey, Rev.
J. O. Fuller, Rev. Norman E.
Hodges, and Rev. Andy Buchanan.
At this meeting it was decided
that a permanent Ministerial As¬
sociation should be formed. Rev.
G. N. Rainey was elected chair¬
man of this group and Rev. Andy
Buchanan was elected secretary
j treasurer.
A schedule for the broadcast of
Sunday morning services was for¬
mulated and a new schedule for
morning devotionals was* discuss¬
ed. The Association voted unani¬
mously to participate in a new ra¬
dio program called “The Pastor
Answers.’ At present this is a fif¬
teen minute program on Saturday
mdrnings beginning at 10:15 a. m.
on radio station WFPM.
After the meeting the group re¬
tired to the dining room where a
luncheon had' been prepared by
Mrs. Saussy. After the luncheon
the group was dismissed in prayer
led by Rev. G. N. Rainey and it
I was agreed the next meeting of the
Association would be called by the
chairman.
Sliapard Is Crazing Contest Winner
Magnolia Hereford Farm own
ed by R. P. Shapard was declared
third place winner in the South
west Georgia District in the
gia Grazing ontest. The contest
was sponsored by the Plant Food
Educational Society, Inc. and was
conducted by thg Georgia Agri
cultural Extension Service. Mr.
Shapard and iflr. Swan were in
vited to the banquet at the Henry
| HISTORY OF FORT VALLEY
As I Remember
By J. DAWSON KENDRICK
In Fort Va'ley Since 1876
It is a God given right to have
birthdays. History repeats itself
once a year. Premiums of age—
our piled up years bring their
premium.
They release us |
' servitude to
from ■
endless unimpor-BP’ 4 S m
tant bowers to ■
which we have !S': j
been enslaved.
Vain old ambi
tions are to laugh
at now. Bugaboos
that once fright-)
ened us frighten us no more. The
piled up years bring also penalties.
One of our losses is our mounting
forgetfulness. We mislay the names |
of our friends — the birds and
even the people we know best and
love the most.
On July 3d, I have ived an¬
other year and splendid old Fort
Valle y S rows dearer and dearer
to me with each passing day. Any
way, except for one brief lapse
over which I had no control, I
have always lived in the Valley,
The lapse concerns my birthday.
It was Macon County a situation
mother quickly remedied at
the death of my father by moving
back to Fort Val'ey when I was
three weeks old. My birth was
about eleven years after the close
of the Civil War, the roll of the
drum, roar of artillery, the rat
tie of the musket and charge of
the legion was no longer to be
heard about the grand old hills.
When the smoldering walls told
the story of the enemies torch,
but still dear to us even in the
pathos of defeat and desolation. I
came as a babe in swaddling
clothes tightly embraced in my
dear mother’s arms to live with
her in the old home with her
splendid people. Here I am and
I expect to remain uhtil I am ush¬
ered out to Oaklawn Cemetery
where I will gently be placed at
the foot of my sainted mother and
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County Manager Bernard Young
announced this week that the win¬
ning bidder for the construction of
the Peach County Health Center
is the Mid-State Construction Co.
; of Fort Valley.
The local concern, owned and
managed by Jack Evans, entered
a bid of $43,498.55 to win the con¬
tract.
The bids submitted on the job
were opened last Friday and the
contract was signed on Wednes¬
day of this week, Manager Young
told the Leader-Tribune.
Mr. Young stated that it will,
be necessary to secure Federal ap¬
proval of the contractor selected
and that work is scheduled to be¬
gin on the building within 10 days
after this approval is received.
Completion of the work is ex¬
pected to be on or before December
10 if no unforeseen snag is struck,
he added.
Th,e 3,400 foot building will be
located 1 just to the south of the
American Legion home on North
Macon Street on property which
is already owned by the county.
Plans call for the building to
have clinic rooms, x-ray rooms,
offices, and waiting rooms. It is
to have approximately 12 rooms.
Grady Hotel in Atlanta where the
winners were honored and cash
prizes were awarded,
Mr. Shapard has 600 acres of
fine pastures consisting of fes
cue bermuda grass, dallis gras,
and crimson clover. Mr. Swan says
that Mr. Shapard has a splendid
grazing system and urges local
men to look over these fine pas
tures.
father, for my long sleep.
For me another link has been
broken from the hereafter, and an¬
other year slumbers in the grave
of the past — its moments have
fled ,its days are numbered, its
days are chronicled with the things
that are no more. My heart fills
with gratitude to the “Ruler of
All Things” that I have been per¬
mitted to live this long in this
beautiful world; to me Fort Valley
is its center. I have lived over my
allotted time. I thank the good'
God in Heaven for that. I am
grateful for the friendship of
many, many people in all walks of
life whereever I know them —
my young lady and young men
friends, my co-workers in the busi
ness world have practically all
passed on but their sons have tak¬
en over with the zeal and energy
of their dads, congratulations my
boys! My splendid good friends, of
the municipality ' of the city of
Fort Valley, that I served so long,
you are all so kind and consid¬
erate of me. My magnificient ar¬
ray of Insurance men I served
with for a quarter of a century, I
must say I hold in the warmest
esteem: To my few scattering com
rads that I’ve fellowshipped' with
all these years, our friendly inter¬
course will soon come to an end
on this earth. To the officials of
the Methodist Church of which
board I was a member for 38 years
to the good church people of all
denominations who are the
strength and backbone of our civil¬
ization. To my new made friends,
especially Editor Dan Grahl and
the entire Leader-Tribune staff, to
my good colored friends — to you
all I send greetings.
My wedded life has been a long
rich one in the joys of mu¬
tual love and a contentment sur¬
my fondest dreams.
I will meet with smiling lips
unclouded brow my new born
year, with malice toward none and
toward all.