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Volume XLVIII, No. 20
PeacIilanJ,
journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
HERMAN TALMADGE SHOULD
MAKE A GOOD SENATOR
The people of Georgia, and in
truth the people of the nation and
the world, heard two announce¬
ments last week which will prove
of great importance.
First, Senator Walter F. George
announced his decision not to run
for re-election. He was the dean
of the senate with 33 years ser¬
vice to his state, nation and the
free world.
Secondly, former Georgia Gcv.
Herman Eugene Talmadge annou¬
nced that he will run for the po¬
sition.
Senator George served long and
ably in the senate. By virtue of
his ability and length of service
he wielded a vast amount of pow¬
er in the national and international
governments. His shces will not
be easy to fill.
It is our firm
conviction that -Jk jSSit
.
Herman K. Tal-M®
madge can fill
them adequately
and that he will §HM| S
be one of the
outstanding and
leading members
of that body be
fore many years iUPp i 5
pass.
TALMADGE MADE FINE
RECORD AS GOVERNOR
We were one of those who op¬
posed Gov. Talmadge when he
first ran fcr the governor’s of¬
fice. We felt at that time
he was running just because he
thought he had a prior claim on
the office due to the death of his
father Gene Talmadge, just
fore his inauguration for a
term.
Herman won the election
in the succeeding six years
proved to be a most capable a '
ministrator, a staunch
of states’ rights, and a most
ficient politician.
During his six years in
his administration paved
roads than the administrations
a 1 previous governors combined.
During his administration
were more hospitals built,
welfare benefits, and like
than any of the previous
nors had supplied the people
Georgia.
He was an able enough
cier to leave the state free
debt and with a surplus in
treasury.
During his time in office
proved time and again that
is firm in his beliefs on
rights. There is no reason to
lieve anything other than that
will take that fight vigorously
the flcor of the U. S. Senate.
believe he will do that.
CONDUCT ON TV PANELS
WAS EXEMPLARY
In 1952 Herman went with
Georgia delegation to the
Democratic Convention in Chica
go. While there he conducted
self in such a manner that he
admiring words from many of
previous enemies. Subsequent
duct and forthrightness o»
TV panels, si f as Meet the
won him deserved ar 4 :l
admirers.
In ite of the fact that he
be a junior senator we believe
will make himself well-known
the people of this nation and
world. We are aware that he
what some people believe to
shortcomings, but it is cur
belief that he has the ability
perseverance to make himself
Georgia a truly outstanding
ator. It will be squarely up
him, for we do not believe
ma hi in Georgia can beat him.
We do not believe any man
a ‘hide-bound right’ to any
tive position in the nation, but
do believe that Gov.
record and proven ability as
ernor are more than enough
elect him to the senate in
ber.
Summer Hours
For Local Library
Miss Gena Riley, librarian
the Thomas Library,
this week that the summer
will be 10:00 a.m. til 12:00
and from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
She also announced that the
brary will be closed on
afternoons.
I Mrs. Ricks Dies In
A Macon Hospital
Mrs. Frances Smith Ricks of
Reynolds, Ga., passed away unex¬
pectedly at a Macon hospital on
May 12 as the result of a heart
ailment.
Mrs. Ricks, a sister of Miss
Florence Smith, a former music
teacher in Fort Valley, was a na¬
tive of Talbot County where she
was b rn 74 years ago, the dau¬
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
L. Smith.
She was one of the most active
members of the Reynolds Metho¬
dist Church, where she taught in
the Church School for 50 years.
She was a life member of the
Woman's Missionary Society and
for 26 veaTs was president of this
organization. She also served of¬
ficially in the South Georgia Con¬
ference with the WMS. She was
chairman of the Historical Com¬
mittee of the Reynolds Methodist
Church.
She was past president of the
U. D. C., Gordon-Carson Chap¬
ter, a member of the D. A. R.,
John Houston Chapter, and the
treasurer of the Taylor County
chapter of the American Red
Cross.
Survivors include her husband,
F. A. Ricks; a daughter, Mrs.
Oscar Thompson, Atlanta; two
sons, Charles and James Ricks,
Reynolds; and a sister, Miss Flo¬
rence Smith of Reynolds and of
Jackson, Mississippi.
YWA’s Held Meel
On Monday Night
The YWA’s met Monday night
j at ‘ the heme of Betty Jean Smith.
j Business concerning a commun¬
j ity oroject was discussed after
j which an interesting program was
presented by Beverly Poole. Doris
Pender and Dorothy Jordan were
elected social chairmen.
Delicious refreshments were ser
ved after the meeting.
Christine Walker was elected
ecretary of the YWA Council at
‘he Associations! meeting held in
Warner Robins recently.
Those present for the meeting
were Betty Jean Smith, Dcrothy
Jordan, Joyce Dyes, Christine
Walker, Beverly Poole, Betty
Grace Tharpe, Anna Laura Wil¬
lis, Mrs. John Battpn, their leader,
and two new members, Doris
Pender and Betty Jean Andrews.
Pine Needles Is
Host To Ladies
Day of Golf Play
The ladies of the Pine Needles
Golf Club were hostesses on Tues
lay of this week to ladies from
vlacon, Perry, Warner Robins and
other nearby towns for a day of
golf play.
A total of six flights of golf
were played and Macon and War¬
ner Robins golfers walked away
with most of the first place spots.
Mrs. Margaret Lane of Warner
Robins won the championship spot
by dropping Mrs. Scotty Weems
of Perry., Mrs. Plant Brown won
; the consolation prize for this unit
In the second flight Mrs. Edye
j Owens of Warner Robins won over
| | Mrs. Kay Harpster. Mrs. Lowie
Young of Fort Valley won the
J consolation flight. In the play second for flight the first Mrs.
Bessie Hart of Macon was the
winner over Mrs. Ceil McKenna.
Mrs. Alice Jackscn, also of Ma¬
con, won the consolation for this
flight. Mrs. Mary Daniels of Ma¬
con won the third flight and Mrs.
Lois Corley, also of Macon, won
the consolation. Mrs. Mary Grice
of Maccn won the fourth flight
and Mrs. Elmira Eaton of War¬
ner Robins won the consolation.
Floating hostesses for the day
included Mesdames Lillian Say
well, Amy Liipfert, Maurice Mc¬
Cord, Belle Hatcher, Kate Vin¬
son, Frances Hafer, Sally Evans,
Nita Cleveland, Sara Little, Hope
Liipfert, Caroline L»ne, Farrion
Frederick, Patty Liipfert, and A
melia Greene.
Mr. Sinclair Frederick, John L.
Brown, and Ellis Brown were the
tarters fcr the matches.
“The great bulk of distressed
farmers and unemployed agricul¬
tural workers are concentrated in
regions where the economic re¬
sources have been wrecked by e
rosion and deforestation.” —Ward
Shepard
Fort Valley, Georgia, Thursday, May 24, 1956
Mrs. L. O. Adams
Dies After Illness
Mrs. Louella Owen Adams, 78,
died here last Friday after iC len¬
gthy illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Fort Valley Baptist Church
on Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock.
The Rev. Norman E. Hodges,
pastor of the local Baptist Church,
officiated at the funeral services
and interment was in Oaklawn
Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, E.
B. Adams, Fort Valley; one dau¬
ghter, Mrs. Betty Whigham, Tus¬
caloosa, Ala; two sisters, Mrs. Joe
Marsh, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Al¬
len Daniel, Pelham, Ga.; one bro¬
ther, Lester J. Owen, Jacksonville.
Fla.; two grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. J. V. Duke, Macon Road,
is a grandchild of Mrs. Adams.
Pallbearers at the funeral in¬
cluded Bill Tom Jones, Millard
Vinson, Philip Mathews, E. D.
Leverett, Morris McDaniel, and
W. T. Bateman.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
ments.
4-H Club To Have
Benefit Barbecue
t
The 4-H Club, composed of boys
and girls of the Friendship Com¬
munity, are sponsoring a benefit
barbecue next Sunday, May 27,
to be held at the Community
House.
The location of the Community
House is near Roberta and Byron
and just off the Taykr Mill Road
near Massey’s Store.
The barbecue will be served
from 12 o’clock Sunday until 7:00
in the evening. The profits from
the sale will be used to complete
the equipment for the Communi¬
ty House rest-rooms.
The public is invited to attend
the barbecue and the cost will be
$1.00 for adults and 50 cents for
children.
WSCS Officers Are
Installed Monday
At the general business meeting
of the W.S.C.S. on Monday new
officers were installed.
The installation ceremony was
conducted by the Rev. G. N. Rain
ey.
Officers installed were as fol¬
lows: President, Mrs. George Luce
1st vice-president, Mrs. Ben Fin
che r ; secretary promotion, Mrs.
Sam McGehee, Jr.; treasurer, Mrs.
E. M. Whiting; recording secre
tary, Mrs. J. N. McGarity; spirit¬
ual life chai r man, Mrs. John E.
Wilson; assistant spiritual life
chairman, Miss Wilma Orr; mem¬
bership chairman, Mrs. Furman
Cliett; missionary education chair
man, Mrs. C. FI. Prato r ; student
work, Mrs. C. W. Walton; Youth
work, Mrs. Ed Mathews; litera¬
ture and publications, Miss Mary
Vinson; parsonage, Mrs. Russell
Houser; social relations, Mrs. Geo
rge Haslam, Sr.; supplies, Mrs.
J. B. Hunnlcutt, Jr.; status of
] women, Mrs. J. B. Hunnicutt, Sr.;
I children’s work, Mrs. Wayne Mon
j roe; flowers, publicity, M r s, R. L. March
man, Sr.; Mrs. G. B.
Culpepper, III; specials, Mrs.
ace Avera.
During the session Miss Mary
Vinson, retiring president, was
horn red with an Honorary Life
Membership in the society. This
was presented by Mrs. Ben Fin¬
cher who praised Miss Vinson for
her wo r k as president the past
two years.
Honorary Baby Memberships
were presented to the twin grand¬
daughters of Mrs. Maxwell Mur¬
ray and to F r ances Davidson, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Davidson, Jr.
Error Is Made In
Peach Theatre Ad
The advertisement in this week’s
issue of the Leader-Tribune for
the Peach Theatre inadvertently
reversed the dates for the show¬
ing of two pictures next week.
“I’ll Cry Tomorrow,” featuring
Susan Hayward will play the local
theatre on Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, May 27, 28, 29 and “The
Creature Walks Among Us” will
play on Wednesday and Thurs¬
day, May 30 and 31.
Seedling Pi ogram
Outlined by GFC
By FRANK .LOWERY
Soil Conservation Supervisor
The Georgia Forestry Commis
s:on advised the Peach County
Soil Conservation Work Unit of¬
fice this week of several changes
in the seedling distribution pro
gram for the 1956-57 planting sea
son. The new changes in the dis¬
tribution of seedlings are listed
below:
1. Orders will be accepted from
June 1 to October 1. No orders
will be accepted prior to June 1,
1956. The Soil Conservation work
unit office of Peach County has
the order forms and will be glad
to assist in ordering your seed¬
lings.
2. No invoices will be mailed
to landowners. Payment in full for
seedlings must accompany the or
der.
3. Miscellaneous species such as
Arizona Cypress, Eastern Red
Cedars, Yellow Popular, l.ongleaf
Pine and Eastern White Pine will
be shipped from December 27 to
January 15 only.
4. New prices for all species
are listed below with the cost giv¬
en for per 1,000 trees:
Arizona Cypress, $10; Eastern
Red Cedar, $10; Loblolly Pine,
$3.50; Longleaf Pine, $3,50; Yel
low Poplar, $6.50; Eastern White
Pine, $6.50; Slash Pine, $3.50.
A transportation charge of 25c
per thousand will be made to cov¬
er seedlings delivered by State
truck.
Orders shipped by State truck
to Peach County will be delivered
to the Work Unit Conservationist.
Railway Express shipments are
made collect at the purchaser’s
expense.
Minimum acceptable o r der for
each species is 500 seedlings.
Peter Pan Pupils
i
Hold Graduation
The Peter Pan Kindergarten,
under the direction of Mrs. Dor¬
othy Lee and M r s. D. K. Grahl,
held it graduate rr exercises last
Friday night at the Fort Valley
Elementary School on Everett
Square.
Miss Neoline Boykin, principal
of the school, presented diplomas
to 24 kindergarten pupils.
Those receiving diplomas were
Bucky Duke, Jan Armstrong, Rich
aid Bentley, Claire Pearson, Be
Ann Harrell, Jimmy Bennett, Be¬
linda Moc r e, Debra Hatchett, Hon
to Winder, Boh Hardeman, Bobby
Lane, Carla Shy, Lew Culpepper,
Alan Vennes, Sara Louise Luce,
Rip Anderson, Larry Luce, Bill
Greene, Jim Muling, Mark Greene
Bobby Zook, Lee Poole, Fran Mc
Co r d, and Tom Cleveland.
Attendance certificates were
presented to Pat Smith, Jill Bow¬
man, Guy Pearson, Paula Young,
Marthalyn Monroe, Chobby Ev¬
ans, Linda Ann WOieeler, and
Terry Hayes.
The kindergarten directors also
announced that the Peter Pan
Playschool will open June 1 and
will run two afternoons per week,
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Regis
trations are being taken now for
the school.
j They also said that next year’s
! kindergarten class is forming and
those wishing to have their ehil
dren attend should contact one of
the directors.
Dr. Connell Will
Fill Local Pulpit
Dr. George B. Connell, presi¬
dent of Mercer University in Ma¬
con, Ga., will be the guest speaker
at both services next Sunday, May
27.
The pastor of the Fort Valley
Baptist Church, the Rev. Norman
E. Hodges, will be en route to
Kansas City, Missouri to attend
the Southern Baptist Convention
which mets the folowing week.
Dr. Connell is no stranger to
the Baptists of Georgia, and es¬
pecially is he well known in Mid¬
dle Georgia. The people of the
Fort Valley church, and all other
visitors who can attend, will hear
him with profit and pleasure.
R. C. Poole, chairman of the
Deacons, will be presiding at both
services on May 27.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
READ THE WANT-ADS
37 High School Seniors To Get
Diplomas Tomorrow Night
Funeral Held For
Helen Giles, 3
Funeral Services were held at
the Union Primitive Baptist
Church last Saturday afternoon
at 5:00 o’clock for Helen Dorothy
Giles, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer M. Giles.
The services were conducted by
Elder B. T. Yeung. Interment was
in the churchyard cemetery of the
Union Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include his parents,
one sister, Betty Giles; one bro¬
ther, Howard Giles; a paternal
grandfather, S. M. Giles of Fort
Valley and her paternal grand¬
mother, Mrs. Mollie Giles, Rober¬
ta, Ga.
Pallbearers included Ern e s t
Giles, J. Giles, Walter Lee San
difer, and Frank Johnson.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge cf arrange¬
ments.
Church of Christ
News Of The Week
R. W. GANN, Evangelist
We can learn from John 4:24,
that we are to worship God in
Spirit and in truth. To worship
God in Spirit is to wo r ship him
sincerely, willingly and in order.
To worship God in truth, is to
worship him as the word directs.
If we expect our worship service
to be pleasing in his sight, we
must wo r ship him in Spirit and
In truth.
SUNDAY
10:00 A. M. Bible Study
11:00 A. M. Worship Service
1:30 I’. M. Radio Program
7:30 P. M. Worship Service
WEDNESDAY—
8:00 P.M. Bible Study
Methodist Church
Weekly J News
By REV. G. N. RAINEY
Christians do not take vocation
from their religion. Neither doe 1
a church suspend its se r vices for
the summer. You will want to be
in your place in your church Sun¬
day for Sunday School and the
worship services.
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. wit!
departments for every age. Mive
classes fo r adult and young
classes.
The worship services are held
at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The
pastor has chosen for a sermon
theme Sunday morning: ‘Obliga¬
tion In Privilege.” The nursery
will be open to care fo r small
children.
Young People will meet at 6:00
p.m.
At the evening hour the
will speak from the text: “I Can
Do All Things Through Christ.”
Buildings are relatively
table and the people are
Rigdon Thank*
City Officials
Irving Rigdon, chairman of
Beautification Committee of
Fort Valley Garden Club, this
week expressed his and his com¬
mittee’s appreciation for the co¬
operation of the city officials
maintaining the a r eas which
been improved.
His statement follows;
‘Officials of the City G<
ment have manifested a willing¬
ness to cooperate with ns : n wood
ing and mowing the public
we were instrumental in
planted this past season, which
we appreciate very much.
“It is highly important that all
trees and plants put out be noticed
carefully all this summer and kept
wate r ed when needed.
Permit us to respectfully urge
the city officials, all home owners
and all property owners to cut
hedges, trim shrabbery, clean va¬
cant lots, and keep paper and
trash cleaned up, that we might
put on ou r best front during the
fruit season and all summer f r
the obvious good of our commun¬
ity. Thank you.”
Irving Rigdon
Beautification Chmn.
$3.00 Per Year In Advane#
Garden Club Will
Meet Here Friday
A meeting of the Fort Valley
Garden Club has been called for
Friday afternoon, May 25, at 3:30
O’clock. The Garden Club mem¬
bers will assemble at the Parish
House, Central Avenue, for a
brief business session when there
will be recommended plans for a
re-organization of the Garden
Club into four groups Officers
will be elected for the organiza¬
tion of the Fort Valley Garden
Club Federation.
The meeting will be directed by
Mrs. A. Lawton Pearson, who has
served for two years as president
of the Fort Valley Garden Club.
There was a meeting of the Ex¬
ecutive Board of the present or
ganizath n held Tuesday morning
at the home of Mrs. Pearson. A
previous board meeting was held
two weeks ago at the home of Mrs
Joe Luce, relative to the change.
Rev. Scarlett Will
Accept Call To Ft.
Valley Church
The Rev. Frank Scarlett, assis¬
tant pastor cf the Hyde Park
Presbyterian Church, Tampa, Fla.,
has accepted a call to the Fort
Valley Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Scarlett and his wife, Mrs.
Scarlett, will arrive in Fort Val
■ey sometime in the first part of
June and will make their home
at the Presbyterian Manse, Cen¬
tral Avenue. Mr. Scarlett is a
native of Brunswick, Ga.
They will be welcomed in Fori
Valley not only by the members
of the Presbyterian Church bu
by all the people of the city.
ADVERTISING
IT PAYS!
W. Tom Bateman Elected As Grand
Warden Of Grand Commandery - Ga.
■;
I
W. Tom Bateman
Manv Knights Templar an; l
their ladies from Fort Valley at
tender! the 95th Annual Conclave
of the Grand Commandery of
Georgia which was held in Atlanta
on May 1 Gth-17th. These included
Eminent Commander Robert L.
Wells and Mrs. Wells, Generalis
simo Martin A. Chapman and Mrs.
Chapman of Butler; Captain Gen
eral J. Bruce Haddock; Sword
Bearer David E. Bland; Warder
W. C. Eva. s, Jr., J. O. Coleman
of Perry; Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson
Bryant; Past Commander G. C.
(Dud) Pi ole and Mrs. Poole; Past
Commander W. Tom Bateman and
Mrs. Bateman; Past Commander
Jack C. Evans and Mrs. Evans;
Past Commander D. N. Herbert
and Mrs. Herbert; Past Command¬
er Ralph L. Harrison; ami Past
Grand Commander D. Warner
Welts and Mrs. Wells.
At this Conclave of the Grand
Commandery, Sir Night Pooie ser
ved on the committee on Charters
and By-Laws; Sir Knight Bate¬
man was chairman of the Finance
Committe, and Sir Knight Wells
was Chairman of the Jurjsprudea-
Graduation exercises for 37 sen- 1
iors of Fort Valley High School
will be held at the high school
auditorium tomorrow night at 8
o’clock.
Jerome Maasee Walker, Jr., is
the first honor graduate and will
deliver an essay, ‘'Responsibilities
In A Changing Wcrid.” He is tha
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome M.
Walker of Marshallville.
Beverly Jean Hudson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hudson,
Fort Valley, will deliver the st¬
atutory essay, “Some Lessons
Learned.”
Also included on the program
will be a reading, “Song of Tha
Open Road,” by Gaynelle Ayers.
Pat Hallman will give the read¬
ings, “Work,” and “Life.”
The diplomas will be delivered
by R. T. Hancock, Sr. The Rev,
Bruce Hall will give the invocation
and the Rev. G. N. Rainey will
pronounce the benediction.
Following is a list of the stu¬
dents who will receive diplomas.
GIRLS
Betty Jean Andrews, Mary Gay
nelle Ayers, Jo Beth Bartlett, Lau¬
ra Elizabeth Campion, Peggy June
Chi Id re, Dorothy Rose Collins,
Trinchua Eloise Cone, Olie Wy
nelie Cummings, Mary Jeanette
Dixon, Ruby June Gibscn, Ruby
Lee Greene, Patricia Anne Hall
man, Mary Killen Houser, Beverly
Jean Hudson Claudia Elizabeth
Knight, Elaine McMonigal, Bar¬
bara Ann Stafford, Doris Vining.
BOYS
Robert Michael Borders, Eugene
F. Crowe, Albert Woodrow Dor
sey, John Campbell Evans, Gary
Edward Hortman, Alton White Hu
tto, Harrell Dean Mlddlebrooks,
Herschel N. Pcllard, Jr., Russell
Edward Ray, William Clifford
Schof ill, Thomas Paul Spahos,
Ronnie Eugene Stanley, William
davi.-t Tarpe, III, Jerome Massed
Walker, Jr., David Lloyd West¬
moreland, George Henry Wheaton,
!r., Clifford D- White- Jr., Robert
ug-ene Worsham, ! aruf Bennett
Bell.
‘e Committee.
Sir Knight William Thomas
Bateman, Past Commander of I
■anhoe Commandery and now
serving as Recorder, was elected
i) the office of Grand Warder of
he Grdnd Commandery. Sir Knig
it Bateman has been quite active
n all branches of Masonry. He is
Past Master of Fort Valley Lodge
No 110 F. & A. M., is now Illust¬
rious Master of Fort Valley Coun¬
cil No. 35, R. & S. M., and is the
lei'uty of the Grand High Prie3t
for the 12th district Royal Arch
Masons of Georgia. He is also a
Knight Commander of the Court
of Hououn cf the Scottish Rite of
Masonry and a member of the
Sihab Temple of the Shrine.
The election of Sir Knight Bute
man brings, another high honor
to Ivanhoe Commandery No. 10.
j In 1904 the late Sir Knight Frank
0. Miller of Fort Valley served as
Grand C. mmander and in 1954
'
Sir Knight 1). Warner Wells ser¬
ved as Grand Commander. Ivan¬
hoe Commandery has shown a
marked increase in membership,
attendance and interest in Term
plary in General and with the elea
j | tion of Sir Knight Bateman to the
Grand Line, it is anticipated that
it will show even more interest
and increased activity.
Other officials elected a d n
stalled include: Lee Aaro ■ i
of Atlanta, Grand Commander;
Cody Odell James of Buford, Dep
uty Grand Commander; John Sam
pie Dodd of Macon, Grand Gener¬
alissimo; Walter Able of Albany,
Grand Senior Warden; William
Arthur Patat of Toccoa, Grand
Junior Warden; Rev. William V.
Dibble of Savannah, Grand Pre
l u te; Jamas C. Newton of Atlanta*
Grand Treasurer' William J. Penn
of Macon Grand Recor L+r W’^iem
Clift Sunders of Cordele, Grand
Standard Bearer; am. Lan F. Lea
ter, Jr., cf Atlanta, Grand Sword
*earer.
The 96th Annual Conclave will
■j held w'th Malta Commander/
.. Vuidus.a vv May 7-8, ly57.