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oi* aa 4 Prize-Winning Newspaper m 1954 H Clltf Better Newspaper Contests 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 ♦ 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. as ./'egg Ps'ski •7; m f 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