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69th Year, No. 44
Peachland
journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
GARDEN CLUBS AND OTHER
INTERESTED PEOPLE ARE
DOING A FINE JOB
The members of the Federation
4*f Garden Clubs in Fort Valley
are doing a fine job in beautifying
the town and area with the money
and help that they are getting.
Just a little over a year ago the
Fort Valley Forward! movement
got under way with the endorse¬
ment of the civic clubs, the mem¬
bers of city council, etc., and the
long range plans called for the
beautification of the city in many
ways.
Irving Rigdon accepted the gen¬
eral chairmanship of the project
and the movement
• i
years ahead. It will take a number
of years for the city to reap the
full benefit of that project.
The group then moved to make,
the center areas at “five points
pretty, along with the triangle
park area in the center of the bus¬
iness area and the area to the
east of the railroad depot.
Those places are prettier today
because cf the efforts of the mem¬
bers of the garden clubs and other
civic organizations.
One of the finest projects of
the group, however, lies outside
the city of Fort Valley, and even
cutside the county. We are talking
about the new roadside park near
Lake Henry, in Crawford County.
That park has been in use now
for several months, but it was
formally dedicated for use only
s seek or so ago.
Located in a'beautiful spot, it
is the prettiest (and the biggest)
roadside park we have seen in
Georgia.
The land for the park was dona¬
ted to the Garden Clubs by Mr.
Henry Horne, of Crawford Coun¬
ty, and Mr. Frank Jamison, rep¬
resenting an Atlanta group.
The State Highway Department
participated in the building and
■will take care of the maintenance
cf the park.
Irving Rigdon says the park will
be completed when a well is pro¬
vided and rest rooms are built.
Anyone desiring to help, either
with money or labor and materials,
are urged to contact Mr. Rigdon.
The ladies of the various gar¬
den clubs have worked long and
diligently at the business of be¬
autifying the town and we thank
and commend them for their work.
BLOSSOMS FROM THE
MAIN STEM —
We don’t mean to have this cor¬
ner monopolized by Irving Rigdon
but we have been waiting for sev¬
eral weeks to report something
he said relative to the action he
felt we in the South ought to take
following the invasion of Little
Rock. .. ,. . “We ought to secede—”
he said and at that point we inter¬
rupted him to remind him of the
fact that we had tried that once
and it failed. He didn’t even slow
down “-—and apply for foreign
aid!” . . . "When the significance
of that soaked in we heartily ap¬
plauded his statements. . . . Ind a
is the most segregated country in
the world, we believe, and Uncle
Sugar has poured billions and bil¬
lions of your dollars down their
“drain” and nary a peep out of
him about the segregation in that
country' . . . And the same g es
for many of the Middle East coun
tries But in tha Southern
part of the good old U. S. A., per¬
haps the one part which has been
the most patriotic in times of war,
what happens? . Why, Gen 2 -
eral Eisenhower invades Little
Rock, of course! The only
goed thing we know to talk about
in the invasion of Little Rock is
the fact that General Eisenhower
had a chance to “keep his hand
in” in the matter of military tac¬
tics. ... It must have been a hol¬
low- victory, though, for the man
who directed the victorious cam¬
paign of the Allies against Hitler,
Mussolini, etc.
Continued on Page Five
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Many beaut y
-conscious people
were cooperat
ive to the point
that they plant¬
ed trees in the
manner request¬
ed & then they
agreed t o care
for them in the
Fort Valley, Peach County, Ga., Thurs., October 31, 1957
Greenwave Idle This Week And Next
As West Point Game Is Postponed
MASONIC NOTICE
Regular Conclave of Ivanhoe
Commandery No. 10 K. T. Tues¬
day November 5th at 7:00 P. M.
The order of the Temple will be
conferred in full fcrm on quite a
number of candidates. Please at¬
tend. All fraters are urged to
dress in full uniform and‘assist
the officers. We need your help.
M. A. Chapman, Em Com.
W. T. Bateman, Recorder
Hunt IIi"h School
u
Wins Hoinecomin<*
Game Bv 49-0 Rout
-
The blue and w-h:tc clad Tigers
of Hunt High School ate up the
Bulldogs of Sumter County High
School, 49-0, last Friday night at
’he Hunt High School athletic
field in their annual homecoming
game.
After a colorful Friday after¬
noon parade through the down¬
town area and South Macon St.,
the stage was set for the game
which was to climax the home¬
coming activities. The other out¬
standing event of the homecoming
season was the crowning of Miss
Hunt High—Miss Jewel Hollin
,hed—in a solemn ceremony.
On the first offensive play of
the football game, Paul Dennis
gave a' picture of what was to
come. He took a handoff from
Goss and scooted 43 yards to set
he stage for a quarterback sneak
for the first score. After then
there was a parade of touchdowns
for the Tigers and as the scores
rolled on by halftime Hunt led
by 24-0. Touchdowns in that half
were scored by Goss, Dennis, Bob¬
bie Thompson, and Ben Allen.
During the second half of the
game Hunt scored four more and
added one extra point off the toe
of Bonnie Washington. Sammy
Tukes scored two of the last four
markers, Marshall scored one, and
the final one came on a pass from
Goss to end James Rice.
Pocahontas Is In
Fort Valley Today
Guess what! Pocahontas is in
town!
No, this isn’t the one one who
saved Capt. John Smith’s head.
This is "Miss Pocahontas”, a love¬
ly Indian girl who is a represent¬
ative of Pocahontas brand foods.
She is here under the auspices
of the Fort Valley Super Market
and will make an appearance at
the Primary school and at the
Peter Pan kindergarten this morn¬
ing. The remainder of today only
she will be at the Fort Valley
Super Market.
She is in reality Serena Wawi
ens Waters, born in Spooner, Wis.
An only child, her father is a
Chippawa Indian and her mother
a Cherokee.
S. M. Wheeless, manager of the
Super Market, invited all of the
children in this area to visit her
at the store any time today. He
said she will have free coloring
books for the children.
Benevolence WMS
Meeting Is Held
The WMS of the Benevolnce
Baptist Church held their month¬
ly meeting at the Church on Thurs
day, October 24.
The president, Mrs. Dot Slappey
presided over the business session
after the installation of new of¬
ficers.
Officus installed are: Presi
dent, Mrs. Dot Slappey; first vice
president, M Annie Reeves;
Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs.
Mae Greer; second vice-president
and program chairman, Mrs. Kath¬
arine Clarke: corresponding secre¬
tary and publicity chairman, Mrs.
Hazel Wilder; prayer chairman,
Mrs. Mattie McEarchern; Mission
study chairman, Mrs. Lillian Smis
s n; Stewardship chairman, Mrs.
Manary Slappey; Community Mis
sions chairman, Mrs. Minnie Tay
lor; Social Committee, Mrs. Claud
ia Clarke, Lola B. Mullins, Mrs.
Rosa- Greer and Dora Slappey.
| Hostesses for the meeting were
Mesdames Madge Hobby aud Catb
er.ne Clarke.
Philip Young and the Green
wave came into their own last
Thursday night as they kept their
slate clean from top to bottom
by . blanking Harris County, 26-0.
This week’s game with West
Point, originally set for Anderson
Field here tomorrow night, has
been postponed until Thursday
night, November 21. The West
Point team has too many players
ill with the flu, according to the
announcement fr<m Coach Nor¬
man Faircloth of the Greenwave.
No team this year has crossed
he Greenwave goal line and the
?! mbers of the varsit y Sf ' uad are
determined that L none shall pass.
The local team has already won
the Region 3-B, South title and
w iII meet one of three teams later
in the season ft. r the region crown.
Trion, the winner last year in
a playoff against Fort Valley at
Bremen, is expected to be their
opponent, but they have two more
region games to pass, one with
Bowdon this week and a final re¬
gion game with Model next week.
The Model game will be played
in Model and Trim has never
beaten Model on Model’s home
field. If one of the two remaining
teams on Trion’s schedule should
beat them, then Fort Valley will
meet Villa Rica for the region
crown since Villa Rica has played
more Class B teams than either
Trion or Me del.
Philip Young personally counted
for three of the local touchdowns
last week, intercepted two Harris
County passes, called the offensive
signals for the locals for a major¬
ity of the time, and made abcut
35 per cent of the tackles in the
local backfield to lead the locals
to a decisive victory over a game
but outclassed Harris County
team.
The Greenwave scored a touch¬
down in each of the four periods
to rack up the victory.
While Yeung scored three of the
touchdowns, the victory was still
a team victory, just as all of the
seven wins this year have been.
The local line and backfield per¬
formed better at blocking and at
tackling than they have for the
past game or two but it was not
up to the level it was in the first
two or three games of the season.
The local team scored one mark¬
er in each of the periods with the
local quarterback-halfback, Philip
Young, rolling out to race some 40
yards for the marker. Richard Wil
son raced through the line for the
extra point.
In the second quarter Philip
Young again raced over for the
tally, this time fram the 20-yard
stripe. The try for the extra point
was missed.
In the third quarter Young took
a Harris County punt on the 45
yard line and raced with it to the
nine. Vandy Gates, Fort Valley
fullback, carried to the one yard
stripe and then Bobby Jones mov¬
ed it over for the tally. Again
Richard Wilson carried it over for
the extra point.
In the final period Young again
rolled oui from the six and went
over for the final marker of the
game. 4 he try for the extra point
was missed and the final tally was
26-0.
It should be pointed out again
that the result was brought aoout
by teamwork. The local line was
again magnificent of defense, ai
lowing Harris County to enter the
Fort Valley half or the field only
once in the entire game.
As a result of his outstanding
performance against Harris Coun¬
ty, Philip Young was chosen by
the Macon Telegraph and News &
.he Macon louchd.wn Club as the
‘Player of The We~.c” for Middle
Georgia.
The local team will be idle ofr
two weeks, their next game now
being with Warner Robins, there,
on November 15.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this opportunity
to express my sincere appreciation
for the many visits and express
: ions of sympathy during my re
cent confinement to the Peach Co
unty Hospital. I also want to ex
press my thanks for the wonder
ful treatment accorded me by th‘
staff of the hospital. May G«v
be kind and generous to each o
you.
James Dooley
Tourney J Slated
For Pine Needles
A four-ball “Turkey ** golf tour¬
nament is slated to be held at the
Pine Needles Golf Club here on
Sunday, November 17, according
to W. Heard Bartlett, club man
ager.
The tournament is limited to
the first 40 teams entering and
as of yesterday only 11 places
were left in the tournament.
A barbecue chicken dinner will
be serevd the players as part of
their entrance fee of $10, and the
manager said that additional din¬
ners may be purchased for $1.25
each by making reservations and
sending payment ahead of time.
Tic” Forrester To
Speak Here Nov. 8
At Lesion r- Home
A special Veterans Day program
has been planned for the Freder¬
ick Withoft Post No. 76 of the
American Legion in Fort Valley,
Friday, Ncvember 8th, it was an¬
nounced by C. D. Thurmond, chair
man of the committee.
A barbecue will be served at the
American Legion Home on Macon
Highway at 6:15 to 7:15 am!
then the guest speaker will be the
Honorable E. L. “Tic” Forrester,
congressman from the 3rd Dis¬
trict. He will be introduced by
Honorable Sam Matthews of Fort
Valley.
The general public is invited and
the barbecue will be served at $1.
25 per plate including the drink.
From all reports, Mr. Forrester
has made some fine talks on seg¬
regation, and it is felt that the
talk will be of interest to every¬
one.
Mr. Thurmond commented that
this years veterans day will stress
the many things that veteran*
have done for their country and
community since leaving the ser¬
vice, ais welFas the overall theme,
“Peace With Honor”. He went on
to remark, ‘'We believe that the
general public: will be amazed at
some of the peacetime contribu¬
tions of veterans in positions of
leadership, and of responsibility.
11 1954, when Congress replaced
Armistice Day with its present
designation, November 1 Ith hon¬
ored only veterans of World War
1.
Through our Veterans day ob
servance it is hoped to renew pub¬
lic interest and appreciation
those who have defended our na¬
tion. By honoring those who have
served, we hope to encourage the
maintenance if an honorable peace
by adhering to the principles of
truth and loyalty and by prepar¬
edness to meet agression” Mr.
Thurmond concluded.
Peach County Schools Get $53,000
For “Maintenance And Operation
The Leader-Tribune was notified
this week by the office of U. S.
Senator Herman E. Talmadge of
the approval of $53,234.68 by the
Department of Health, Education
md Welfare for Peach County
;:-h ols under the provisions of
public law 874.
It was a tentative entitlement
but some $39,926.00 was certified
r or immediate payment.
Peach County Superintendent
Ernest R. Anderson pointed out
hat the funds are commonly rec¬
ognized as maintenance and ope
ation funds and are allotted to
the various school systems of the
nation which have children of IJ.
j. government employees enrolled.
He added that the amount is
governed by the average- daily at
endance of the children of gov¬
ernment employees, with some $75
ir $76 for each child.
The county has more than 900
children whose parents are em
jloyed by the government.
ill are employed at Robins Air
force Base, 49 at the Byron
al Dep t, eight at the Navy
nance plant in Macon, and seven
it the horticultural laboratory in
Fort Valley.
Mr. Anderson also pointed out
’.hat most of the funds received in
this manner are used for capital
investments. For instance, he said,
the preseut entitlement has al¬
ready been used for the construe
ion of-12 additional class ro. ius
at Hunt High School (Negro) last
summer.
$3.00 Per Year In Advance
Approval Giv For $150,000
Addition To Peach Hospital
Carnival is Set For
Tonight At 6 P. M.
Sputnik won’t be the only thing
flying through space tonight.
He will be joined by countless
numbers of witches, mounted on
their brooms and earthward bound
And then the fun will begin! They
will be joined by cats, spooks,
goblins, and all sorts of eerie crea¬
tures.
Good authority has it that the
whole lot of them will then pro¬
ceed to the triangle in downtown
Fort Valley for the Hallowe’en
Carnival.
No need of them arriving before
6:00 p. m., though, for the con¬
cessions will not be open for bus¬
iness until that time. This is to
give the merchants and people
who work a chance to get in on
the fun.
Byron W M .S.
Installs Officers
On Monday evening, October 13,
new officers and chairmen for By
ren Woman’s Missionary Society
were installed at Byron Baptist
Church.
The installation service was con¬
ducted by Mrs. Howard Brown
Superintendent of Re.hoboth As¬
sociation W.M.U.
Those installed were—President
Mrs. E. J. Gassett, Vice-President
Mrs. C. C. Rigdon, Secretary-Mrs.
H. C. Jackson, Sr., Program Chair
man-Miss Dorothy Holland, Mis¬
sion Study Chairman-Mrs. R. L.
Murdock, Community M;ssi< ns Cha
irman-Mrs. S. W. Hardison, Stew¬
ardship Chairman-Mrs. P. L. Etch
ison, Publicity Chairman-Mrs. H.
C. Jackson, Sr., Publications Chair
mamMiss Agnes Holt, Social Chair
man-Mrs. H- J. Williams, Prayer
Chairman-Mrs. Ruby Tucker, Flow
er Committee Chairman-Mrs. II. M
Davis, Couneelors-Beginner Sun
beams-Mrs. R. L. Hentz, Primary
3unbeams-Mrs. Berry Brown and
Mrs. C. C. Rigdon.
Junior Girls Auxiliary-Mrs. F.
A. Bazemore, Intermediate Girls
Auxiliary-Mrs. Andy Bonner, Roy
a ' Ambaasadora-Mrs. L. W. Blan¬
chard and Mrs. Billy Gresham,
Yi.ung Woman’s Auxiliary-Miss
Dora Poole and Mrs. Ruby Tucker.
Mrs. H. C. Jackson, Sr.
Publicity Chairman
GO TO CHIJRCH SUNDAY
HEBRON METHODISTS TO
HAVE FAMILY DAY
Hebron Methodist Church will
have Family Day on nbxt Sunday,
November 3, at the regular 11:00
worship serv : ce, Former pastors
and members are invited. A bas¬
ket lunch will be served at noon.
Rev. C. T. Lawhorn is pastor of
the Church and Rev. Bill Little¬
ton is assistant pastor.
Revival will begin on Monday
night following Family Day and
continue through Friday night.
Services will begin at 7:30 t’clock
at night.
BIRT H AN N O UNCEMENT
Lt. and Mrs. Samuel Moore Ma¬
thews, Jr., announce the birth of
a son, Samuel Moore Mathews,
III, on October 28 in New York
City.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Moore Mathews
| of Fort Valley. Maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. L. Scheri
of New York City.
Lt. Mathews is currently stat
j i 0 ned in Tripoli, Libya. Mrs. Ma¬
thews is with her parents in New
York.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bateman, Jr.,
of the Friendship Community, have
returned home from New Ycrk
where they spent several days and
I attended the wedding of Miss
j Barnes, the sister of Dr. R. C.
ys-neH, of Byron.
Sutton’s Joins Ad
Family Of
Sutton’s Cash Market and
cery this week joins the
of local grocers advertising in
the Leader-Tribune.
Also, beginning tomorrow,
ton’s is beginning a series cf pro¬
grams calling for the gift of a
large basket of groceries every
two hours each Friday and Sat¬
urday.
Wilbur Sutton, owner and man¬
ager of the store, said that any¬
one can register for the drawings
at any time, without having to
purchase anything. He invited the
public to visit with them at their
Church Street store and register
for the drawings.
Shrine Circus To
Be November 25
John Armstrong, president of
the Peach County Shrine Club,
announced this week that the an¬
nual Shrine Circus at the Munici¬
pal Auditorium in Macon will be
held Monday, Nov. 25th. through
Saturday, Nov. 30th., 1957.
The local Shriner pointed out'
that admission price to the circus
is only 25c, and that a number
of valuable prizes will be given
away during the event. Two of the
prizes will be a 1957 Belvedere
Plymouth 1957 Firesweep
DeSoto sedan. Ticket buyers do
not have to be present to win one
of the prizes.
Tickets for the circus may be
purchased from any member of
the local Shrine Club.
The circus features fine enter¬
tainment for the children and the
adults. Proceeds received from the
event will be used in the valuable
work of the Shrine to help crippl
ed children.
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Airman lc A. S. Jackson
Airman Jackson Is
Airman of Month
Moody AFB, Ga., Airman First
Class Alfred Smith Jackson of
Fort Valley, Ga. was selected here
as Mo dy AFB, Airman of the
Month.
Airman Jackson is now on his
second enlistment having complet¬
ed a four-year tour of duty in
December of last year.
Jackson came to Moody on Mar.
7, and is assigned to the Photo¬
graphic Labrratory.
Sergeant Watterman, NCOIC of
Photographic Laboratory nearly
passed out when Airman Jackson
reported to the Lab in March.
Jackson was to report here in
January but Sergeant Watterman
had received official notice that
Airman Jackson was dead.
But, he was very much alive al¬
though badly injuried from an au¬
tomobile accident while enriute
from Forbes AFB, Topeka 1 , Kan.-,
:o Moo AFB.
The freak report of Jackson’s in
juries reached Sergeant Watter¬
man only a few days prior ti
March 7 when Jackson reported i:
telling the Sergeant, “I’m Airma;
Jackson.”
In recommending Airman Jack
son ft r the award of Airman oi
The Month for September, Per¬
sonnel Morale Officer, Maj. Home
C. Smith said, “Airman Jacksoi
has made a definate contribution
of ideas, examples of leadership,
and fine standard of workman¬
ship to those who direct aud wort
with him.
SHOP IN YOI/K HOME TOWN
WL
The Peach County Hospital Au¬
thority has been notified that the
U. S. Department of Health, Ed¬
ucation and Welfare has approved
a proposed $150,000.00 expansion
of the present hospital facilities
here, W. E. Greene, chairman of
the authority, said this week.
The approval was for a total
of $181,000.00, with the money
above the cost of construction be¬
ing used for additional equipment
and for the architects’ fees.
Mr. Greene said that the new
construe.ion will include the con¬
struction of 10 additional private
rooms with baths on the white
wing, one additional operating
room, a recovery room, an equip¬
ment room, a library for the doc¬
tors and nurses, and a patients'
lounge and sun perch.
The Peach County Hospital ha 3
a 27 bed capacity at the present
time. The additions will bring the
normal bed capacity to 37, with
a maximum bed capacity of 46.
The total of $181,000.00 will ba
shared equally by the federal and
state government and local au
thority. It was pointed out that
approval had already been recei¬
ved from the state for their por
tion and that a go^d portion of the
local share is on hand from the
operation receipts of the hospital
for the past four years.
Advertisement for construction
bids is currently running in the
Leader-Tribune and those bids are
to be opened at the courthouse
here at 10 a. m. cn November 20,
1057.
Construction is expected to be¬
gin within a few weeks after the
bids are opened. Local officials
estimated that the new rooms will
be ready to use about June, 1058.
The Peach County Hospital, op¬
ened in October, 1053, has com¬
pleted each of its fiscal years of
operation “in the black.” On Nu¬
merous occasions it has b^en over¬
flowing with patients. It is used
by local physicians, some from
Houston, Crawford and Macon
Counties.
In addition to Mr. Greene, the
chairman, the local authority is
composed of Mr. H. Huckabee,
treasurer, Mr. W. C. McConnell,
secretary, Mr. A. L. Luce, Jr.,
Mr. J. H. Pearson, Mr. W. T.
Pearson, Mr. FelUn Hatcher, and
Mayor Marion A, Allen and Coun¬
ty Manager B. A. Young are ex
officio members.
Dr. Daniel Nathan is present
chief of the medical staff at the
hospital and Mr. Dexton Whitley
i3 the administrator.
Woman’s Club To
Meet November 5
The meeting of the Fort Valley
Woman’s Club on Tuesday, Novem
ber 5 at the Club House will be in
the form of a covered dish lunch¬
eon.
Mrs. Chester Wilson, program
chairman will introduce the guest
of honor, Mrs. S. L. Taylor, of
Manchester who is Second Vice
President of the Georgia Federa¬
tion of Women’s Clubs.
Hostesses for the luncheon will
be the Mesdames Millard Vinson
Jack Duke, J. D. Fountain, A. L.
Hutto and Herbert Hiley.
Lunch will he served at 12:30
P. M.
DEN FIVE SCOUT NEWS
Four of us were there before
the others. In five minutes wr
were all there. We had our reive i
merits and we talked of what >
were go ng to do th s mon . i.
er that my mother gave us a 1
jo. a <n flags. We made some
O ck or Treat’ bags with hands
too.
Robbie Hess
CHURCII OF CHRIST HAS
NEW MINISTER IN F. VALLEY
Off.ciais ot the local Church of
Christ announced this ’./tic; ti tlr.i;
R. E. Strickland, minister cf t in
Church of Christ in A n.s’.o . Ala-,
is now working full t me w. h :h*
Fort Valley church.
Sunday services were ■nnounc ■ l
as follows: Bible Study, 10 a. rn,
Morning Worsh.p, 11 *, in., Eve¬
ning Worship, 7:00 p. m., Wsdii.e-;
day Bible Study, 7:8) ;». u». This
church is being held at the Bo/
Scout building on F. ina-ia Str-.;t