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Contests
69th Year No. 24
journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
THIS IS EVERY CITIZEN'S
TOWN—OR SHOULD BE:
We have written in this
cm several times in the past
the possibility of securing
and additional industrial
ment.
It has been in the past,
still is, cur contention that
ional industry, of the proper
ture, is needed to a certain
gree to round out the economy
our town and area.
Apparently
great many
I ers agree
I me for some
■ ) them
are
idle and are
tinuing
to get a
industry to
in ‘our town.’
We contended before, and we
again, that this problem is not
'‘one man’’ proposition. It will
quire the interest and active
of all citizens.
One may say that there is
ing he or she can do to help.
we think there is, even if it
only threugh your attitude.
is an article we found recently
a magazine, author unknown.
gives a pretty good slant on
kind of things one should try
do and think about “our town.”
MY TOWN
“My town is the place where
home is found, where my
is situated and where my v; te
cast. It is where my eh.idien
educated, where ray
dwell, and where my life is
lived. It is the home spot for me.
“My town has the right to
civic loyalty. It supports me
I should support it.
“My town wants my
not my partisanship: mv
ness, not my dissension; my
pathy, not my criticism; my
igence, not my indifference.
“My town supplies me with
tection, trade, friends,
schools, churches, and the
to free moral citizenship. It
some things that are better than
others; the best things I should
seek to make better; the
things I could help to suppress.
“Take it all-in-all, it is my town
and it is entitled to the best there
is in me.”
We are sorry to say that we
don’t know who wrote the above,
but that doesn’t keep us from be
wg in agreement with him.
SOME THINGS A 100-MAN
PLANT WOULD DO
The United States Chamber of
Comerce recently completed a stu¬
dy of what happened in nine com¬
munities for each 100 workers add¬
ed by a new industry. Eight ‘of
the cities studied were Southern
cities. The results of the study
will probably amaze the average
citizen.
Each 100 new workers meant:
296 more pec pie, 112 more house¬
holds, 51 more school children,
$590,000 more personal income per
year, $270,000 more bank deposits,
107 more passenger cars register¬
ed, 174 more workers employed,
fpur more retail establishments,
and $360,000 more retail sales per
year.
Of course, we are net naive to
the extent that we think all that
comes from new industry is good.
It will of certainty increase the
school and traffic problems, it may
increase the crime and delinquen¬
cy problems, and it will almost of
a certainty increase the housing
problems at the initial operation.
However, the good things will
greatly outweigh the bad, in
opinion ,if the problem is handled
on a sane, businesslike basis. We
believe the increase in and the di
versity of the economy will defi
nitely be of great value; we be
lieve that the people will be
to have better homes; we believe
the schools will be better equipped
to provide the proper education
for the children growing up in
scientific and ever-changing world;
we believe the recreatioaal facil¬
ities will be increased in number
and in moral and physical value;
we believe that a stronger econo¬
my will provide for better and
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@112 gentler: flitihune
R. M. Antboine To Be Honored By
Masons Tonight For 50 Years
Thomas Moore Anthoine,
has been a member of the
Masonic Lodge for half a
will be presented with a
gold pin in a public ceremrny
night, June 20, at 8:00 o’clock
the Lodge.
Making the , presentation . on
half h-iif of h, the Grand r , Master ,, , of ,
Grand Lodge of Georgia will
William J. Penn, Jr., of Macon
“M Mr t ‘ om » as he is .
- >
ately called by his friends,
made a Master Mason by the
Valley Lodge No. 110, F. &
on June 12, 1907. Since that
he has taken part in the
tegrees of all the York Rite bodies,
He has served as secretary and re
'order of all the chapters for more
ban 20 years.
„ Having . served
each as presiding of
te ! 0 of the fou r chapters,
, el:giWe
co eted r honorary degree to receive cf Knights the
if the York Cross of Honor, which
was consequently bestowed on him
n September of 1956. Only seven
other Masons a'" 18 j* rea hold
his nis honorary degree and < nly 125
in the entire state.
Invitations to the event have
been extended to all Master Ma¬
sons and their ladies, according to
Calvin Poole, Worshipful Master
of the iocal organization.
L:ght refreshment will be ser
ved and a program of entertain¬
ment has been planned.
Boys To Register Saturday For
Baseball; Vinson Ramsd Director
son of Dr.
Mrs. Trank Vinson, has been
lee ted to direct the youth
a - the new recreational center
ing opened here for the summer
the local Jaycee and other
organizations.
m. The announcement of
young
son \s appointment was made
David Sammons, president of
local Junior Chamber of Commer
At the same time Sammons
nounced that registration for
interested boys will be held
Saturday morning, June 22, at the
baseball field on Montrose
at nine o’clock.
All boys between ages of six
and 15 are urged to attend the
Saturday meeting and register for
participation. Sammons said that
about 75 boys are expected to be
registered and plans call for a
number of teams to be formed.
Future plans for the program in¬
clude swimming and tennis activ¬
ities he said.
The new director of the youth
activities is a student at Emory
University. His home is in Fort
Valley and he is well known to
most people here. He was chosen
for the work over several others
under consideration.
Gov. Griffin Reveals State Plans
Augusta, - (GPS) Gov. Marvin
Griffin took the occasion of the
recent 71st annual convention of
the Georgia Press Assn., just con
eluded in Augusta to disclose
some big plans for Georgia’s fu¬
ture development in his “State cf
the State” address.
Addressing fellow members of
Georgia’s Fourth Estate for the
third rime since becoming chief ex
ecutive in January, 1955, the Gov¬
ernor who is editor and publisher
of the Post-Searchlight at Bain
bridge, revealed that:
1. Thought is being given to
the establishment of junior level
colleges in urban areas such as
Maccn, Augusta, Savannah and
Columbus.
2 . He feels the University sys¬
tem should expand its curricula by
adding the Bachelor of Arts de
gree at the Georgia State College
0 f Business Administration in At
I lanta.
3. Long-range plans are being
formulated to open up the North
Georgia mountains as a national
scenic attraction by constructing
a scenic highway thri. ugh the area.
Here specifically is what he said
about the proposed plans for the
future of higher education in Geor
gia.
“The increased enrollments in
every branch of the University
Fort Valley, Peach County, Ga., Thurs., June 20, 1957
Oops! Anyone Got
A Boat For Hire?
i i r -t Monda \r a v morning
. we
i almost afraid we were f goina* g 1
I i h have . lvo f to be m the market to rent
i I‘ a j>o»t
* Leade, i - Tr >bune , basement,
1 a . , on 8 with that of Harrison Bros.
j Grocery, located right here on cur
i j town’s Main Street, were flooded
with water.
Sometime during the weekend a
j water pipe out under Main Street
! had sprung a leak and the water
had run into the two basements
! However T a ,,
! ‘ ‘
g ine er, Harold Estes and others
| j working ny-on-the-spot” with the city were “John
with the necessary
| i answers and speedily lccated the
leak, repaired it, and pumped the
i water out of the basements.
: Keep that boat handy, though,
I i in case we spring another leak
! and the city’s fine workers are
! not so readily available!
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our deep
and sincere appreciation for the
cards and beautiful floral offer
mgs, visits, and other expressions
of sympathy extended to us dur¬
ing cur recent bereavement.
The Family of Ulma Barfield
Allen
jyr ^tlZareiU 1 N‘F O V M*<*S •
! o ri SllIltlaY _
r OF
: By REV. BRUCE B. HALL
Often there are those who, af
t er having started to live the
j Christian life, question the ability
| of G od to keep them. The scrip
| ture gives many promises to the
effect that Ged is well able to
keep.
The pastor’s message for the
II o’clock service is a theme that
will help one to realize that God
is abundantly able. The message
for the evening service will be
, on the subject, What Believers
' Are to The World,
Sunday School, with classes for
all ages, meets at 10 a. m. Young
Peoples service, with an interest¬
ing program, will be held at 7:00
p. m.
Mid-week prayer amd praise ser¬
vice, with special Bible Study, is
cn Wednesday night at 7:45. Jun*
iors meet at the same time in
the downstairs auditorium.
Mrs. John E. I.ee is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Loyd Preacher, in At¬
lanta.
System has been of grave
to this administration. At a
when our institutions of
learning are growing more
mi re crowded each year,
is being given to the
of junior level colleges in our
ban areas such as Macon,
Savannah and Columbus.
“This program not only
relieve the crowded conditions
our major educational
hut it wculd make a college edu¬
cation a reality for additional
thousands of young Georgians,”
“The curricula of the
System should be expanded where¬
ver possible, and I feel that the ad
dition of the Bachelor of Arts de¬
gree at our newest University Sys
tern unit, the Georgia/ State Col¬
lege of Business Administration,
would greatly enhance the present
positidn of leadership that this col
lege maintains.”
Regarding the state’s future
plans for the mountain region, Gov
Griffin declared:
Long-range plans are now be
ing formulated to open up the
North Georgia mountains as a nat
ii nal scenic attraction to the thou
sands of tourists from Georgia and
the nation. What we have in m:nd
is to provide a scenic highway,
which when completed, would
make the State Parks in the Geor-
BOYS MUST REGISTER THIS
WEEK FOR JULY CAMP
Fort Valley Police Chief
Cochran said this week that
boys in the Junior Police and
Schoolboy Patrol who plan to
tend the annual camp at
Blackshear should drop by the
lice office and register.
The camp will be held on
14, Cochran said, and he
that it is necessary f t r him
know the number planning- to
tend as soon as possible.
Brotherhood Met
Monday At Local
Baptist Church
The Men’s Brotherhood of
Bapt ' st Church met Monde,
ning in the Educational Bu
^ /' '! aS f / ireCted Sc arborf by utfh
* 1 reCt ° r for the ,
was Mr. T. A. Jones.
Mrs. Elton Luckie was
and sang the song entitled,
cause He Loves Me So.”
There were two numbers
by a quartet composed of
Luckie, Rev. Norman E.
Mr. J. E. Bozeman, and Mr.
Mullis.
Plans were made fer the
meeting which will be the third
Monday evening in July when La¬
dies’ Night will be observed and
the members and their wives will
attend.
Farm Agent Gives
in Control
()f Hessian Fly
V
Recommendations for future pre
vention and eontrcl of damage to
wheat by the hessian fly were an
nouneed today by County Agent
R. P. Swan. He pointed out that
such damage has been unusually
heavy in many areas of Georgia
this year.
To reduce the Hessian Fly infest
ation for next season, the County
Agent advised wheat growers to
turn wheat stubble under deeply
and completely. Flies will be able
to emerge if stubble ends are ex
pcsed, he explained.
Any volunteer" wheat should be
destroyed to prevent additional
build up of the fly. Oats or Rye
should be planted early for grazing
instead of wheat. Plantings for
wheat should be made as late as
practical, the County Agent said,
not before October 15 (in north
Georgia), November 1 (in south
Georgia) in the County.
County Agent Swan, explained
that the recommendations for hes¬
sian fly control were agreed upon
in a recent meeting of 10 entomol¬
ogists and agronomist of the Ag¬
ricultural Extension Service and
Experiment Stations, College of
Agriculture, University of Geor¬
gia.
SHOP IN YOUR HOME TOWN
| gia mountains, such as Unicoi, Am
icalola Falls, Vogel, Black Rock
Mountain, Cloudland Canyon, Fcrt
Mountain, New Echota and others
more accessible,
“Already we have let the con
tract to have a new road reaching
to the top of Brasstown Bald Moun
tain, which is the highest point in
Georgia. This new over-all scenic
route will be comparable to the
other scenic highways in the na¬
tion, and will contribute greatly
towards making Georgia one of
the leading tourist states in the
United States.”
All in all Griffin’s address was
a comprehensive report to the peo¬
ple of Georgia through the men
and women of the working press
ever the state. He said the “State
of the State is excellent.” He re¬
viewed in considerable detail the
progress the state has made under 1
his administration, particularly in
the areas of education, highways,
welfare and public health.
! In the field of common schools,
for instance, the Governor point¬
ed out that he has just approved
i a budget of $139,781,460.70 for
Georgia’s public schools for the
next school year, the larest public
school budget in the state’s his
I tory and $15,580,000 greater than
| last year's budget.
Source of the general budget is
Peach Market Tumbles Then
Levels Off Early This Week
Youths Attending Of
Assembly Held At
Wesleyan */ College CJ
By Rev. Vernard Robertson
Beverly Hall and Victor
Jr., are representing the
MYF of the First
Church at the Y’outh
being held this week at
College in Macon.
Nearly 400 young people
all over South Georgia have
together for a week of
study and inspiration.
Sunday schedule at the
dist Church shows Church
at 9:45 a.m., Morning Worship
11:00 a.m., Methodist Youth Fel¬
lowship at 6:00 p.m., and
Worship at 8:00 p.m.
The paster, the Rev, Vernard
Robertson, will preach at both of
the worship services.
Attend Sunday School and
1 church each Sunday,
Dr. Cliamlee Guest
Speaker At Baptist
W. M. S. Meet in r? nr
Dr. Aquila Chamlee was guest
speaker at the meeting Monday
afternoon of the Woman’s Miss¬
ionary Society of the local Baptist
Church.
His subject was Stewardship,
and he based his message on teach
ings found in the Book of Malaehi,
* which relate to the words of the
Lord of Hosts who said: ‘Bring
the full tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my
house; and thereby put me to the
test if 1 will not open the windows
of heaven for you and pour down
fer you an overflowing blessing ...
I will rebuke the devourer for you
so that it will not destroy the
fruits of your soil; and your vine
in the field shall not fail to bear .. '
then all nations will call you bles¬
sed, for you will be a land of de¬
light, says the L< rd of Hosts.”
The Wright Circle presented the
program, directed by Mrs. Earl
Adams, chairman.
Business features were directed
by the president, Mrs. Henry Out
ler. Mrs. Grover Cleveland told of
Aims for W. M. U. Advance. Oth¬
ers taking part on the program
were Mrs. R. P. Swan, Mrs. T. A.
Parham, and Mrs. W. J. Braswell.
Plans were made for the study
of a mission book entitled, “A
Practical Primer on Prayer”, be¬
ginning in July.
Miss Mary Mathews is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Collins in
Virginia.
$122.1-million from the genera
appropriations bill and $12.4-mill
ion from the second or “contin¬
gent” section. Of the increase, $10,
480,00 is from state funds applied
to the Minimum Foundation Pro¬
gram for Education. Among other
things, the increase will enable
Georgia’s 26,000 teachers to re¬
ceive a $200-a-year, across-the
board increase, which makes a to¬
tal rtf $500 in salary raises they
will have received since Gov. Grif¬
fin took office.
The chief executive touched on
many other subjects, including the
County Unit System and segrega¬
tion. On these points he said “our
traditional County Unit System
is being preserved and will be han
ded down inviolate to future ad¬
ministrations” and “we are stand¬
ing firm as the Rock of Ages in
fUr defense against attacks on our
system of segregation.”
Actually, Griffin summed up
the “State of the State 1 when he
said: “Georgia is no longer the
bottom when the roll of states is
called. She is moving up to her
rightful place among the sister¬
hood of states, Working t get
her, we are assuring a better way
of life for all our people.”
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
$3.00 Per Year — In Advanca
Dr. T. M. Hall Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Dr. T. M. Hall, psychiatrist,
guest speaker at the meeting
Friday of the Fort Valley
Club and was heard with much
terest.
Dr. Hall was presented by
Frank Vinson program
fer the day.
Dr. Hall spoke on the
of mental illness. He
some of the causes and
effect of mental illness. He em
phasized the importance of im
mediate treatment of such a con
dition and stated that in many
cases the effected patient is re¬
habilitated and completely restor¬
ed to his normal activities. He ur
ged increasing interest in treat¬
ment for mental diseases.
Dr. Aquila Chamlee, a guest fer
the day, offered the invocation.
Clayton Smisson, a medical stu
dent of Johns Hopkins, was pres
ait and was introduced. The Rev.
Vernon Robertson, now pastor of
the Fort Valley Methodist Church,
was present and was introduced.
Col. B. A. Shipp, president, di¬
rected the opening features.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Haussner
announce the birth of a son, Nor¬
man Dale, on June 5, 1957, at
High Point Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Haussner is the former Miss
Iris Butler, of Fort Valley.
Mrs. W. W. Carson, of Miami,
and formerly of Fort Valley, has
been the guest several days of
Mr. and Mrs. 1,. VV. Smith, Oak¬
land Heights. Other guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Smith during the week
were Major and Mrs. John Otts,
and young son, John, of Albuquer¬
que, New Mexico, and Mr. Jack
Watson, of Miami, brother of Mrs.
Carson. The visitors will leave on
j Friday for Cashiers, N. C., where
they will visit with Mr. and Mrs.
; William Charles and family at the
resort.
Peach County Again Passes Quota
In Drive For Funds For
News of Friendship
Community J Life
There will be held in all the
five churches of the Friendship
Community services on Sunday,
June 23, to which the public has
been cordially invited.
At the Little Union Primitive
Baptist Church in the Friendship
Community, of which the Rev. W.
H. Hancock is the pastor, there
will also be a service on Saturday
evening, June 22, to which all are
invited.
A re-union of the Hatchett
Patterscn families was held last
Sunday at the Friendship Com¬
munity Clubhouse which assemb¬
led more than 200 family relations.
Honor guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Hatchett, who are visiting in
the states and who now make their
honie in Panama.
A picnic dinner was served in
the building. Mrs. Hatchett is the
former Miss Veeta Patterson, who
was reared in the Friendship Com¬
munity.
The Home Demonstration Club
< f the Friendship Community held
its regular meeting last Friday
evening, June 14, at the Commun¬
ity Clubhouse.
The meeting was directed by the
president, Mrs. Homer Bryant.
Mrs. W. M. Ray presented the
devotional feature of the program.
Mrs. H. W. Blasingame, who is
the treasurer cf the group, made
a report relative to the construc¬
tion of the rest room, stating ad¬
ditional funds will be needed for
the completion of the plans.
There was discussion of plans
.o have another benefit barbecue
it an early date.
RENEW „„„ YOUR SUBSCRIPTION i
The eastern market for Georgia
peaches took a heavy tumble over
last weekend but by Wednesday
of this week had shown a consid¬
erable gain of strength.
F. O. B. prices for the fruit in
the eastern area took a drop of
as much as 82.50 per half for the
yellow-meated fruit and as much
as $1.75 for the white meat va¬
riety.
Last Saturday’s market showed
a drop from as high as $5.50, per
half for yellow to $3.00 per half,
and the white showed a drop from
$4.50 to $2.75. These prices are
for two inch and up size fruit.
Mr. Palmer Eastwood and Mr.
Jim McMichael, of the American
Fruit Growers Association, told
the, Leader-Tribune that the rea¬
son for the drop was two-fold.
They explained that some of the
yellow fruit shipped last week was
water-filled and did not carry too
well, with the retail outlets slow
ing down on using the fruit due
\ to this condition. That, it was ex¬
plained, backed up some cars on
the market and then it was fol¬
lowed by a great influx of the
white Pearson Hiley on the mar¬
ket.
The market began to steady cn
Monday, however, and by Wednes¬
day it seemed to be settled into
a firm condition. The white fruit
was bringing $2.75 per half, with
practically all of the Pearson Hi
leys already shipped, and the yel¬
low meat Dixi Gem variety bring¬
ing $3.25 per half.
The association spokesman al¬
so pointed out that the crop if
Dixi Gems will only run to soma
15-20 cars whereas the area in a
“normal” year will produce some¬
thing like 250 cars. They added,
again, that the entire crop will
be considerably shorter than last
and that realization seems to have
reached the people in the east and
will have a decided tendency to
strengthen the market.
The ridge section of South Car¬
olina also began some shipments
early this week but their shipments
are not expected to reach any vol¬
ume until next week.
Peach County has again exceed¬
ed its quota in the Education
Funds Crusade of the American
Cancer Society.
Contributions to date have ex
ceeded the quota by some $100,
with possibly a few more to com#
in. Total gifts amount to $1,359.47
with neighborhood collections com¬
ing to $689.12; Negro contribut¬
ions, $165.19; and other contribu¬
tions $504.66. Included in the neigh
borhood contributions was a check
for $79.95 from General Mills as
proceeds from the sale of Betty
Crocker products in four iocal
grocery stores.
Memorial contributions were
made in memory of the followin 3
persons during the drive: Mr. A.
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Billie Ray
Beck, Mrs. C. H. Whittington, Mr.
Clyde C. Hess, Mr. Marion N.
Childs and Susan Goen.
Mrs. Sinclair Frederick was gen¬
eral chairman of the Peach Unit
cf A. C. S.; Mr. R. P. Swan was
president; Mr. George M. Haslam
was Funds Chairman for Special
Gifts; Mrs. Sara Ella Pearson,
Neighborhood Education; and Mrs.
Louise B. Braswell, Health Edu¬
cation for Schools and Colleges.
These and other officers worked
tirelessly along with the 35 wo
men who participated in the neigh¬
borhood canvass to make the drive
the success it was.
Mitchell Vinson, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Frank Vinson and a stident
at Emory-at-Oxford is spending
the summer vacation here with his
parents.
Miss Sylvia Scatbor ugh is
spending this month in Roya! Oak.
Michigan with friends.
Pat Swan has reiurned horns
from For*. Worth, Tex: where ha
attended the we Iding o. a Vu ider
bilt student and foo'- -v rugate
ci» -ouk place las: Friday, June
14th.