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Volume XLVIII, No. 16
Peachland
journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
TODAY’ IS MEMORIAL
DAY’ IN GEORGIA
Today the people in Georgia
some other Southern States
observe what has become
as Confederate Memorial Day.
It is
to the
cf those
fought for
Southern
!■ in the War
rn H tween
-' v States.
■ is no
■ or prejudice
P* volved in
observance. It is simply and
cerely in honor of those who
lieved in a principle and who
willing to fight and die for
principle. It is as Southern
cornbread and grits, yet it
American, too. At ceremonies
this day two flags are
displayed. On the one side is
American flag and on the
is the Confederate battle flag.
The way of life of the South
1860 is gone, but the fine
ences of that period live on in
hearts of countless numbers
our people. As in most
else, occasionally instances
have been noted when radical
ements have tried to inflame
hatred where none was or
have been felt. By and large
groups leading this
memorial services have been
from such elements. The
Daughters of the
have preserved in their
and in their observances of
memorial a notable spirit.
have not only perpetuated
memorial observance but
have kept alive in our
the fine things of our
We would like to pause
them for a moment on this
and pay our small tribute to
indomitable spirit of those of
pec pie who have_ been _ willing
live and die for a principle,
matter what part of the
they have come from or what
flict they participated in when
chips were down.
GARDEN CLUB WINS
RECOGNITION
The Fort Valley Garden
last week was the recipient of
first place award at the
meeting of the Georgia
Clubs in Savannah.
The local club won this
nition for their work in
fying parks and like places in
city.
We offer to them our
congratulations, both for their
ognition and for their fine
Mrs. Lawton Pearson is
president of the local group
the work has been made
by the fine cooperation of all
club members and of the people
Fort Valley.
SUPREME COURT NOW
BELIEVES ITSELF TO
BE “SUPREME”
The U.S. Supreme Court
tinues to hand down
with , clocklike regularity
manage to usurp, each in its
small way, some additional
of the people.
Southern congressmen have
ally awakened to the fact
they will have a monster on
hands, in the way of the
if they do not make a
effort immediately to stop
law-making power taken over
the court. The only catch is
the Southern people can’t
them by themselves. The
der of the country is going to
to realize that the court’s
are going to affect them too,
they haven’t already done so.
If the court is going to
pate in politics then it is our
lief that they should be placed
them directly, This can
easily be done by letting the
tices be elected by the
and by putting a time limit
their' tenure in office.
Under the present set-up
are appointed for life and it
easily be seen that if a
minded justice is appointed he
able to continue his
without fear of being
from office.
The voice and vote of the
ple are the only things which
kept our country free. If we
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LEFT TO RIGHT: Frank Williams, vice president; Charles Bagley, vice pres¬
ident; Jack Cobs, vice president; Roscoe Dean, Jr., State President; Raymond
Webb, vice president; Thad Kaminsky, vice president; J. B. Bearden, vice
president. Not pictured, Milton Jones, Treasurer; Charlie Lewis, vice presi¬
dent; Daniel Smith, vice president.
Second Street
Is Re-Named
Second Street in Fort Valley is
now Forrest Drive, so enacted by
the mayor and council last week
upon a petition from residents of
the street.
The street was re-named in hon¬
or of General Nathan Bedford
Forrest, Confederate cavalry gen¬
eral of the War Between the
States.
MASONIC NOTICE
Regular * conclave of Ivanhoe
Commandery No. 10 on Tuesday,
May 1. The Orders of the Red
Cross and Malta will be conferred
cn a large class. All Praters are
urged to attend. The hour is 8:00
p. m.
R. L. Wells, Jr. FIm. Com.
YV. T. Bateman, Recorder.
Bird Watchers
See Rare Birds
Mrs. Frank Vinson, Mrs. John
Rue, Johnny Rue, Warren Wall
and Billy John Edwards last Sat¬
urday morning had a rare privil¬
ege for bird watchers.
They, along with Mr. and Mrs,
Tom Cater of Warner Robins,
were at Houser’s Mill when they
saw a Prothornotory Warbler, a
briHiant orange colored songster
which is one of the rare birds of
America.
Their two-hour visit there also
showed them a number of Ken¬
tucky and Myrtle Warblers, they
said.
George Luce
Guest Speaker
Jaycees’ Monday
George Luce spoke to the Fort
Valley J. C.’s and their guests at
the installation meeting Monday
night, April 23. Also on hand for
the occasion was Robert Young of
Carrollton, Georgia, National J.C.
Director.
The customary “Ladies’ Night”
is also the time for installation of
officers for the new year, Offic
ers for 1956 are:
President Manning Culpepper;
1st V.-P. Bill Davidson; 2nd V. P.
Wilbur Rumph; Treasurer,
Sammons; Secretary, T ora m y
Webb; Directors: Nick
Bill Nichols, Jasper Bryan, Dexton
Whitley, Don Cunningham.
St. Directors: Don Cunningham,
J. H. Thurman, Alternate.
Library Auxiliary
To Hold Meeting
Mrs. Louis YV. Smith and Mrs.
C. W. Peterson will he hostesses
at the meeting of the Thomas Li¬
brary Auxiliary which will be
held next Wednesday afternoon,
May 2, at 3:30 o’clcck, and the
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Smith, Oakland Heights.
The program director will be
Mrs. Leighton Dure. Mrs. W. A.
Wood, the president, will preside.
Miss Gena Riley, the libmrian,
will make a report.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer J. Avera
spent several days in Savannah
this week where they attended a
pharmaceutical convention.
READ THE WANT-ADS
Fort Valley, Georgia, Thursday, April 26, 1956
Roger H. Lawson, Highway Board
Member, To Speak Here Tomorrow
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D. A. R. Meeting
The Governor Treutlen
Daughters of the American
lution will meet May 9th at
Woman’s Club at 3:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Forrester Little, Jr.,
direct the program and the
ject will be tt Freedom of
Press.”
Hostesses will be Mrs.
Jordan, Mrs. S. B. Wilson
Mrs. David Bland.
St. Andrew’s
The regular Sunday services
this F’ourth Sunday after
will begin at 8:00 a.m. with
Holy Eucharist. Church school
gins at 10:00 a.m. and the
service of worship will be at
a.m. with morning prayer and
mon.
When we think, or try to
of our Lord, we oftentimes do
know where to start. It is
trying to grow more in the knowl
edge of “music” without
to any particular work of
It is hopeless to gain any
i the smallest amount of
| knowledge of anything
i going directly to some
thing.
The great spiritual giants
Christianity have suggested
specific things that
] ed in our Lord’s life to think
They are the sources of
spiritual insight if we direct
meditations exactly to them.
They are: The
(Luke 1:26-38); The
(Luke 1:36-56); The
(Luke 2 : 4-20, and Matt.
The Presentation (Luke
and The Finding in the
(Luke 2:41-52). These are
the Joyful Mysteries of
work in Christ, and have
the basis for the ancient
al exercise, the Rosary.
Garden Club
The Fort Valley Garden
will meet May 3 at the
Hall. There will be a covered
supper and guests will be
by the members. The group
assemble at 7:30 o’clock.
Hostesses will be Mrs. J.
Pearson, Mrs. Millard
Mrs. T. A. Jones, Mrs. J. D.
Mrs. J. D. F’ountain, Mrs. G.
Tribble.
Roger H. Lawson, member ot'
the State Highway Board of Geor
gia and Chairman of the Georgia
Rural Roads Authority, will be
the guest speaker at the Friday j
noon meeting of the Fort Valley j
Kiwanis Club.
The Hawkinsville, state official Is a resident where! j
of Georgia,
he is an attorney and former So- I
licitor General cf the Oconee Cir- I
cuit. He is a graduate of the !
University of Georgia Law School i
and during the war years he was
a special agent for the F’ederal j
Brn-eau of Investigation.
Mr. Lawson is the |
son of the
late Judge Harley Fleetwood Law- i
son and Mrs. Rena Brandon
son. He is {parried to the for¬
mer Miss Barbara Daniel, daugh¬
ter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Daniel,
of Claxton. He is a member of the
Methodist Church, the Masons and
of the Hawkinsville Rotary Club.
The guest speaker is the repre
sentative on the highway board
for the middle area of Georgia,
the area in Which Peach County
lies. He was appointed by Gov¬
ernor Griffin to fill the place for¬
merly occupied by Dixon Oxford
and was named by Griffin to head
the first Rural Roads Authority
in Georgia history.
Mr. Lawson was invited to
speak to the local group by Peach
County legislator William J. Wil¬
son.
Fort Valiev Bov
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Award Winner
Robins Air Force Base, Ga.,
March 21—In recognition of his
outstanding, contribution to the
Warner Robins Air Materiel Area
Management Improvement Pro¬
gram, James C. Shy, Jr., of F’ort
Valley, Ga., has been presented
the Joe B. Thrifty Award. Pre
sentation was made by Major
General A. V. P. Anderson, Jr.,
Commander, WRAMA, at a spe¬
cial ceremony conducted in the
presense of the WRAMA staff.
Shy, a production specialist in
the Field Liaison Division, Direc¬
torate of Maintenance Engineer
ing, developed and implemented a
procedure whereby communica
fiens construction crews could pro¬
cure small parts locally at the con¬
struction site. It has been esti¬
mated that his suggestion will
save approximately $34,400 annu¬
ally.
In addition to a sterling silver
lapel pin symbolizing “Joe B.
Thrifty,” the humanized jet, and
a letter of appreciation signed by
the WRAMA Commander, Shy
was presented the Joe B. Thrifty
trophy which he will be allowed
to display at his place of work
for a thirty-day peril d. Shy is
the twenty-sixth recipient of this
award.
Eastern Star
The F’ort Valley Chapter No.
430 Order of the Eastern Star
will meet Thursday night, April
26, at the Masonic Hall at eight
o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom F’utral and
ittle son, of Griffin, were in F'or’
Valley for the week-end, guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beckham.
Stunt Night Set For Tomorrow
At School At 8 P. M.
Rav Schofield
Is Associated
With Blue Bird
A. L. Luce, Jr., General Man
ager of Blue Bird Body Company,
announced the appointment of Ray
Schofield as Western Division
Sales Manager. In this position,
Schofield will be in charge of the
sales of Blue Bird School Bus
Bodies and Coaches in the Wes¬
tern Area of the United States.
Schofield is a native of Oregon.
He served for 17 years as a school
administrator and superintendent
in the Michigan system. For the
past 11 years he has been closely
associated with the school bus
industry. His experience will add
much to the Blue Bird organiza¬
tion in the Western States.
Mr. and Mrs. Schofield have
taken occupancy of their - new
home at 702 Second Street, Fort
Valley. The Schofields have two
daughters and two sons. The old¬
est daughter, Deris, is married
and resides at Ann Arbor, Michi
gan; Marjorie is attending Ander
son College, Anderson, Indiana,
where she is majoring in educa
tion and minoring in Religious ed
ucation. The oldest son,
Bruce Bradley is now in the Unit
ed States Navy at Memphis, Tenn.
Paul (Bumpy) Bradley is a
in high school,
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Camping Season
For Yon n a o
Methodists
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CAMP COLLEGE
Epworth - By - The - Sea
St. Simons, Ga.
With close of school in
the camping season at
hy-the-Sea, the Methodist
ference Center on St. Simons
land, will open its camping
son for young Methodists.
A new ca-mping area has
been opened at the center ccn
sisting of six new cottages and a
pew swimming pool capable
taking care of 108 extra campers.
The swimming pool is the gift
two libelal laymen of the church.
The total outlay for the
is $100,000, and the
Youth Fellowships cf the
ence have volunteered to
$20,000 of the total amount.
time set for the campaign
the conference is April 22 -
13th. The young people of
local Methodist Church will
sent the matter to the
tion Sunday April 29th for
ever effering the people want
make. The program locally
been planned by Dr. Homer
Charge Layleader; John F.
Counselor for the local MYF’;
Holcomb, President of the
Lucius Powell and the pastor.
F’our youngsters from the
ior Department are already
tered for the camp at the
this summer.
State School
Fire Safety Plan
Lists Over 26,000
ATLANTA—Over 26,000
fire marshals and inspectors
new on duty in Georgia’s vast
lic school system under the
F’ire Marshal plan of the
F’ire Commission,
Zack Cravey said today.
Mr. Cravey pointed out that
number greatly exceeds that
any year since his body
urated its curricula of school
prevention and safety in 1950.
“Not only are these
serving their schools aad
mates in saving lives and
ty but they also are seeing te
that the messages of fire
learned in the classroom are
ried home to their parents,”
missioner Cravey declared.
$3.00 Per Year — In Advance
Garden Club
Wins Awards
The Fort Valley Garden Club
won first place award in the State
for parks, streets and civic im¬
provement. The report submitted
for judging this project was in
the form of a scrapbook showing
-‘before” and after” pictures,
costs of planting and scaled draw¬
ings of work completed.
The Fort Valley Garden Club
also w n third place in the State
for conservation.
With 60S Garden Clubs in the
State of Georgia, Fort Valleyans
take pride in the fact that then
town was recognized with two hon
ors.
Woman’s Club To
Meet May 1st
The Fort Valley Woman’s Club
will meet next Tuesday, Mary 1,
at three o’clock.
The subject is “American H< me
Today” and Mrs. Dan Grahl will
direct the program.
Hostesses for the meeting are
Mrs. John E. Lee, Mrs. W. B.
Austin, Mrs. John Sanders, Mrs.
Ben English.
Mercer University
Student Election
Held Tuesday
MACON, Ga.—More new offic¬
ers of the Mercer University stu¬
dent government were announced
today, following re-counting- of
votes cast Tuesday for e’ght can¬
didates.
In one contest the vote count
had been tied, and in three others
the margin was so close that a re¬
count was necessarV.
The Student Elections Commit¬
tee announced today that Lehman
Lindsey of Dawson, defeated Tom
my King of Macon for the office j
of business manager of the uni
versity yearbook.
Billy Lee of Atlanta won over
F'urman Ycrk of Clayton for the
presidency of the junior class, and
Carol Cobb of Decatur scored a
victory over Nan Fagan of F’ort
Valley for junior class secretary
treasurer.
A run-off will be held Tuesday
in the race for the vice-presidency
of the senior class. Bill Nash of
Atlanta and Charles Carter of
Toccra are tied for the position, i
The main election of Student
Government Association officers
was held last Tuesday when Wal¬
ter L. “Buddy” Moore of Meridian,
Miss., defeated Gene Temple of
Macon for the office of president.
Mercer students are divided into
two mythical political parties, the
“Progressives” and “Cc-operat
ives,” each of which presented a
slate of candidates for top stu
dent government offices. i
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Mrs. Lee Houser and Mrs. W. O. |
Garrett are spending several days
in Atlanta.
Quartermaster Reserve Unit To 8e
Activated Here; 1st White Unit Here
Church of Christ
R. W. GANN, Evangelist
The Church of Christ at Fort
Valley is sponsoring a Ten-Day
Gospel Meeting, beginning April
23rd and is to end on May 4th,
at Byron, Ga. The tent is located
on Macon Read in the city limits
of Byron, R. YV. Gann will be the
speaker, good gospel singing will
he given each evening. No col¬
lection will be taken, all we ask cf
you is to come and bring your
Bible. Meet with us each evening
at 8:00 p.m. wh'le we study to¬
gether God’s word.
SUNDAY—
10:00 A. M. Bible Study
11:00 A.M. Worship Service
1:30 P.M. Radio Program
7:30 P. M. Worship Service
WEDNESDAY—
7:30 P.M. Bible Study
Come reason with us.
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Dress rehearsal of the Fort
Valley “Forward” All Civic Stunt
night will be held tonight with the
main performance all set to get
underway at the High School Au*
ditorium tomorrow night at 8:00
o'clock.
Under the sponsorship of the
local Kiwanis Club, the program
is being directed by the Rev. Ncr
man E. Hodges, pastor of the Fort
Valley Baptist Church.
Proceeds from the program will
he used in the beautification pro¬
gram started some weeks ago by
the local Garden Club and which
is now being participated in hv ail
the local civic groups. Irving
Rigdon is general chairman of the
beautification program.
All of the lccal organizations
are participating in the program.
The list includes the Woman’s
Club, Junior Chamber of Com¬
merce, High School Key Club,
Daughters of the American Rev¬
olution, Donna and Elaine Hunni
cutt, the Study Club, United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
High School Dramatic Club, Ki*
wanis Club Quartet, Fine Arts
Club and the Lions Club.
Group singing is to he directed
by Harris H. Hafer.
Prizes will he awarded the three
best stunts and judging will ha
based cn originality, degree of en¬
tertainment, perfection of pre¬
sentation and costuming. Judges
will he Dr. Mark Smith, superin¬
tendent of the Bibb County schools
and Hamilton Holt, president of
Clark Memorials in Macon.
Admission fees to the program
are 75c for adults and 35c feet
children.
Miss Helen Winn
Is Guest Speaker
Miss Helen Winn, of Macon,
of ,l.e Sixth District Welfare De
parlment cf Georgi a, was guest
peaker at the meeting last Wed¬
nesday of the American Legion
Auxiliary, Miss Winn was pre¬
sented by Mrs. L. E. Houston.
The program director was Mrs.
Louis W. Smith. Miss Win a
spoke on the subject of Child
Welfare, of what is being done for
dependent children, for the blind,
and of matters relating to the
adoption of children.
The meeting was directed by
Mrs. Lcuis E. Smisson, the presi¬
dent.
hostesses for the meeting
vvere Mrs. Jack F. Duke, Mrs. E.
^ ■ Bowman, Mrs. J. A. Houses,
Jr., Mrs. Carlton Shy, Jr., Mrs.
Roger Carter, Mrs. Victor Tomlin¬
son, Jr.
There were social features alter
the program.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pilcher, of
Warrenton, were guests the past
week-end of their daughter, Miss
Joan Pilcher, here. They attend
ed the luncheon given at the Wcm
an’s Club Sunday at 12:30, and
the wedding in the afternoon of
Miss Jane Wilson and H. Seamon
Blood worth.
The 994th Quartermaster Ser¬
vice Company (reserve) has beea
appr. ved for activation in F’ort
Valley, effective April 15, accorj
to an announcement made tin 4
week by Lt. Col. Floyd L. Brov .
This unit will bring to th. s
the number activated in F’ort \
ley. Two Negro units are already
operating but this will be the
first white unit.
The officers stated that as soon
as the general orders are receive!
the unit wMl begin meetings, iu
was pointed out that any obligat¬
ed reservists, ex-service men, an.I
non-prii r service men between tr :
ages of 17-26 are eligible F,r.
membership.
Plans call for the unit to meet
once each week for two h> ,n ,
between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., :>k,j
tw* weeks of active summer c.uj; .
The time and place of the i .ee -
■ings will be set at a later da e.
Interested men in this 'U'vi
should contact Emory Wilson,
F’ort Valley, immediately.