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FEBRUARY IS HEART FUND MONTH
O** 2 A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
8 1954
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70th Year, No. 7
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Masonic Notice
Regular Convocation cf Austin
Chapter No. 10 R. A. M. Tuesday
February 18th 7:00 P. M. The
Mark and Past Masters Degrees
will be conferred so please attend.
Visiting Companions always wel¬
come.
J. Bruce Haddock
High Priest
Local A&P Store
M ins Honor
Store Award
Competing wi other scores in
tVtri me es elnssific iti n.
local A&P Food Store at Fort V
ley, Georgia has won one t>f A&
lio-uir S r Is. 6v
€T a period of. t NY
Store received outstan n&’ super
visory r n.p in the ivi a
of Courtesy a d s'
He-usekeepi y ore O .i.tton
and Sales Performance.
The purpose of the award is to
encourage those shopping Condit¬
ions which best meets with the. ap¬
proval cf the many cust.-mers of
A P, D
Mr. H. J. Woodall, the manager,
and all the employe of the local
A&P lected valuable prizes as
their reward. In addition,
person received a certificate sign
ed by A&P Southern Division Pres
ident R. M. .Smith and Vice Presi
dent Geo. L. Rankin. Award signs
in the store and buttons on the la¬
pels of all employees announce to
the public that the heal A&P is
a winner.
Mr. S. C. Road, the rea super¬
visor, /nad'i *he Honor Store A
wards presentation at a meeting
held in Fort Valley,
Mr .and Mrs. Nick Strickland
are spending several days this
week at Daytona Beach and will
return home the latter part of the
week.
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BEWARE LITTLE DOGIES — Petite Judy Knudsen coils her lariat
preapring to rope-in the honors of Queen of the Rodeo’to he held in
Clearwater, March 21, 22, and 23. World Championship riders will
participate in the three day event to be held in the High School Sta
dium.
HELP YOUR HEART FUND ■> £ 1 , > 1
geafoer
Fort Valley’s Greenware boys
basketball team will play their
first game of the Region 3-B South
basketball tournament on Friday
night of this week when they are
>et to tangle with the winner of
the Harris County-Fayette County
game in Manchester.
The local girls’ will play their
first game of their tournament on
Saturday night when they play
Mogansville at 7:30 at the Pike
C.unty gym in Zebulon.
"Torn Thumb* To
i -« Be Married Again
Toni«hl At 7:30
The “Tom TamilV wedding pre
-ei h F o C V Hi
u ill be pre !
•d again thi T ‘S'iPv’ i
corn . m. at he
•on. Valley 1 J:-, >01
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l)u e to last we k'-s inclement
weather, many -people did not get
o attend the first performance,
club officers su'd, and the repeat
performance is due-to pc pular de¬
mand.
Admission prices are 75c for
adults and 35c for children,
j (Editor’s Note: Our gal
j reports that the wedding of Tom
i Thumb is probably the most im
j portant event of the sociaI sea .
on. Attending arc such personali¬
ties as the Hon. rable Mrirvih Grif
f n, Governor cf Georgia, and Mrs.
Griffin; the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor; President and Mrs. Eis¬
enhower; and Marilyn Monroe, to
mention a few. She also reports
that the bride’s gown is a hand¬
made import’; aiid that, the at¬
tendants' dresses were designed
and executed by that well-known
designer, “Miss Lucy Finney.” The
minister who will unite this p, pu
lar couple is Kendall Grahl, who is
following in the footsteps of his
late paternal grandfather, the Rev.
J. S. Grahl.)
Fort Valley, Peach County, Ga,, Thurs., Feb. 13, 1958
Meanwhile the local boys added
four victories -to their slate during
the past week while the girls con¬
tinued their slate with no victor¬
ies while dropping four.
On Friday night of last week
the boys won from Hawkinsville,
n Hawkinsville, by a 48-30 score,
while the girls were dropping a
41-31 decision.
On Saturday night at the Leal
gym the teams again split a twin
bill, with the local girls dropping
a 47 to 34 contest and the local
boys taking a one-sided 7fi to -11
victory.
On Monday night of this week
the local boys dropped Milner by
a 75 to 47 count while the Milner
"Is took Fort Valley’s girls by a
j * ; 10 19 score.
On Tuesday of this week the
: locals wound up their regular sca
soil by again splitting . 1 The boys
ven bv a (;o to 22 margin while
. ^ il ls dropped another decision,
11 to 2 ( 1 .
If the local boys win rn Friday
night- they will play a ain on Mon
day night, with tV ■ finals slated
for Tuesday night of next week.
Both the winner and runner-up fo
the sub-region tourney will piay
in the, region tourney to be held
in Rome on February 20 and 21.
The winner aud runner-up in the
■ region finals will lath enter the
stele tourney in March in Macon.
The girls will meet Hogansville
in the sub-region tourney on Sat
urday night in Zebulon.
The same procedure for the girls
will apply as for the boys
.
Peach County
Schools To Help
Heart Fund Drive
Peach County’s school children
will join the 1958 Heart Fund Cam
pa'gn tomorrow, February 14 th,
contributing to the nationwide
f ght against the disease! That af
Hict more then 500,000 of the na¬
tion’s youngsters.
The children will contribute to
the campaign by inserting their
Heart Fund g’fts in specially-de¬
signed coin-cards which have been
passed out in each classr, om. The
children will also revive instruct¬
ion on the function of the human
heart and circulatory system.
Teachers are being supplied with
a-n assortment of educational ma
ter’al so that they may fully ex¬
plain the heart and circulatory
system.
The collection is part of the
month-long drive being conducted
by the Georgia Heart Association
throughout February, designated
as Heart Month. The goal of the
local campaign is $1145.
While the Heart Fund makes it
possible for the Georgia Heart
Association to conduct public and
professional educational programs
as well as to pr. vide community
heart services, its major function
' to provide for ex j Kiel medical
re y ean
Because youth in particular has
profited from .research discoveries”
Dr. Goodloe Erwin, President of
the Ge 1 ga Heart Association
said it seems particularly ap
propriate that our school ch Idren
help the Hear! Fund, the Primary
function of which is to support
continued research from which
they, certainly, stand to in the
greatest returns.”
THE STUDY CLUB
.
The Study Club will meet next
-Taenia; iy; Fab. 18, at 3:36 P.M. at
j the home of Mrs. Albert Evans, Jr.
i The meeting will he directed by
Mrs. N. W. Jordan, Jr. president.
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Rev. A. E. & Pauline Miller, of
; Mt. Gilead, Ohio are to arrive m
Fort Valley next week to begin
revival se ■vices in the local Church
of the Naz; : 1 ! i • on Wgdnerdat
night, the 19 th.
l or the past fourteen year- th
Millers have conducted re viva'
, campaigns in many of the If
j } states, and have been instrumental
in starting new churches in some
areas. Before they be an evungc
listic work Mr. Miller pa-tore.
several churches in Ohio.
The Millers are an effeetivt
team. Mr. M llei ' is recognized a
n zealous Oil i winner and con
sistent Bible preacher, and Mrs.
Miller is acclaimed as a singer,
musician, chalk artist and chlld
ren’s worker. Their ministry has
been wide and has included ex¬
tensive radio work.
Tommy Fagan C? lias
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Song Recorded By
RCA And Artist
Tommy Fagan, son of Mr. and
Mr.-.Frederick Fagan of Oak St.,
:u Fort Valley, has written a song
which has been recorded on an
RCA-Victor record.
The smg, ‘Remember Tifa Night’,
was introduced coast to coast on
Saturday night, February 1 , on
the ‘End of The Rainbow’ televis
ion program. Some 110 television
stations carry this show, with a
viewing public of approximately
30 million people.
The s; ng is a ballad, and Tom¬
my wrote both the words and mu¬
sic during his senior year at the
Fort Valley High School.
According to his parents he has
signed a contract with the Tree
Publishing Company of Nashville,
Tennessee, who helped him get
his song copyrighted.
The original ‘cutting’ was for
50,000 records, and T, mmy will be
given a royalty on each of them.
He also receive $100 each time the
smg is sung over television.
Autrey Inman is trip vocalist
who introduced the song on the
‘End of The Rainbow” program
and is the vocalist on the initial
icc riling.
The Yancey Company, of Atlan
ta, distributes for RCA ^in this
area and said the record should
be available here in the next week
or 10 days.
Tommy, who played J'ootbal
and basketball at Fort Valley High
School, is a junior at A. P. I., Au
Ala.
METHODIST W. S. < . S.
MEETING IS HELD
The February business meeting
of th;- iLt ■ ethodist ! W.S.G..S. was
held in tlie Church Chapel on Feb.
5.
Mrs. Ruth Garrett announced
that a Mission Study on Japan
will be held the week of Feb. 24
Mrs. G. M. Haslam, Sr. was in
charge of the program. She pre¬
sented Mrs. Russell Lennox, wife
of the Pastor of Perry Methodist
Church, who g ive an inspiring
talk on the characteristic:, of a
Christian.
5 More Enter Council Race As
Mayor Marion Allen Qualifies
Peach TB Group
Has Meeting O Here
The Peach County Committe of
the Georgia Tuberculosis Associa
j(;n reported this week on their
iove. mail sale fund raising
campaign.
The committe said that oven
..hough the number of deaths have
been lowered by the early detec
ton of the disease and by the use
of the so-called 'wonder drugs’, it
s still a formidable assassin.
A new ease is discovered every
five minutes in the United States.
The committee reported that the
oral e. unty’s quota was short
; 19.39. They pointed out that if
you had forgotten to send in your
contribution during the “holiday
rush” now was the time to do SO.
Pifton Mr. and Mrs. the J. guests H. Hancock Saturday of J
were
if Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lancaster
ind Mr. and Mrs. Brown Rogers
f Fort Valley. Mrs. Hancock is
he former Miss Ophelia Hoiten!
who was a member of the faculty
if the Fort Valley High School.
Fine Arts Club
Has Meetiiio fc?
The Fine Arts Club, of which
Mrs. J. N. McGarity is the presi
lonl, met on Tuesday afternoon
it the home of Mrs. D. D. Kinnett,
Westview Drive.
Associate hostesses were Mrs.
'harles Bartlett, Mrs. C. L. Bum
rite, and Mrs. Eddie Campbell.
I he speaker L r the meeting
was Mr. R. P. Swan.
Mrs. Miller, of Macon, who is
Division Chairman of the Cane or
Drive, was presented h.v Mrs. D.
”• Whitley and spoke briefly rel¬
ative to staging the Cancer Drive
u Fort Valley. The Fine Arts
Club is directing the drive.
Following the business session
mi program there were social
features and the hostesses served
ref j eshments.
The nxet meeting will be held
it the h; me of Mrs. F. 1). Jami¬
son on Westview Drive.
Anuual Inspection
Of Ivanhoe
Coiumandery Held
By W. Tom Bateman. Recorder
The annual inspection of Ivan¬
hoe Command,iry No. 10 Knights
Templar was held February 0th,
1958 8:00 P. M. Preceding the in¬
spection the knights assembled at
he American Legion 11 me wb ,<>
1 banquet wa held honoring our
Inspecting Officer, Sr Knighi
Carl 1’. Lester, Jr, of Decatur, the
Eminent Giacul Standard Bearer
of the Ora icPGemmatidery of Gam
•;ia Knights Templar.
After enjoying the deliivou
meal, served 1 the ladies of tii
•la-acm Star, we were entertain?
vith several inus 1 select ons
Livid Luckie and Jimmy William
rendered vocal selact’ons and Jim
my cn-tertiv.neu us with a numbei
• on the accordian. These younj
’ mpanied at the pi
men were ace;
ano by Mrs. Fred Fagan, thei
jaunt. The quartet from Reynold,
Ga., composed of Donald Whatley
Andy Borders “Ducker” Whatley
and Wocxlfin If’nton, with Mr
Edgar Whevtley at the Piano, sail
“.Mary Stood The Cross -Beside’
this number is always sung a th
Annua! Conclave. Mr. Donal
j Whatley also rendered Three v, e:
I aolos. All the entertainment w.
thoroughly enjoyed,
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$3.00 Per Year — In Advanca
Officers Of F.F.A.
Attend Clinic
In Ellaville
On Thursday, February 0 , 1058
the officers of the Fort Valley
Chapter of the Future Farmers of
America attended the leadership
clinic for district 1 that was held
■'n Ellaville. The FFA officers
from all chapters In dsitrict 1
were welcomed to Ellaville by Mr.
Morris, the local ag. teacher; and
Mr. Palmer, principal of Eliaville
High School.
At this meeting the offeers en
j y fellowship with each other arid
exchange on yvays to im
prove their chapter. Each off’car
wad adviser was given a report of;
the accomplishments .of district 1
lor this past year. The report told
us that district I had been out¬
standing :n its achievements,
lhat It National was announced at the clinic j
F.F.A. Week will be I
Observed from February 9-> L j
March 1 , 1958. This is to be j
week \ven the FFA strives to
place it and its |
woik in the pub
e s eye.
At the end of the meeting we
adjourned to the cafeteria of the !
lew Ellaville Elementary School
where we enoyjed a eh‘cken-que.
The funds from this chickcm-que
ire going toward the improvement
f the state FFA camp at Lake
Jackson, Georgia, There will he
1 Ohicken-que held in Fort Valley
ui May J, 1958 to raise additional
funds for the camp.
FREDERICK J. A NDEL
ENROLLS AT MILWAUKEE
Frederick J.
and Mrif. Fred J. Andel Rt 1,
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Perry, Gecrgia has enrolled ; as an
electrical technology student in
the 1958 winter quarter at the
Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Andel is a graduate of Fort Val¬ |
ley High School. j
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WOMAN’S CLUB EXEC
BOARD MEETING
The Executive Board of the Fort
Valley Woman’s Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. M Hard Vinson
on Westview Drive on Tuesday,
February 18th at 12:30 P. M. for
a luncheon and business meeting.
Associate hostesses are Mrs. In
aid Bryan and Mrs. L. W. Smith.
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(As recorded by l'. S. Horticulture
Field Laboratory, Fort Valley.)
Monday, Feb. 10 - 1,119 Hours
Average for Feb. 15 - 1,054 Hours
Mayor Marion A. Allen thifi
week officially (Qualified to run
for re-election and five more peo¬
ple qualified to run for the three
eouncli positions to be voted on
on March 20 in the city Demo¬
cratic primary.
William Khoury, owner and op
erater of Khouvy’s Department
Store and the Fashion Shoppe:
Claude E. Barfield, owner and op¬
erator of the Fort Valley Billiard
Parlor; Guffie L. Garrett, Pure
Oil Distributor for this area; Bill
Liipferf, an official of Woolfolk
Chemical Company; and J. H.
Howdy" Thurman, also an em
ployee of Woolfolk Chemical Co.;
ofrictally qualified for the race for
the three council positions to make
that total seven.
M ■ Frank Vinson and Calvin
r’oole qua! Tied last week for the
council race.
Irvinfr igdon is the. only can
rlidatc other Hi an incumbent Mar¬
ion Allen who is currently seek
ing the mayor’s job.
Two positions are to be avail
able for the Utilities Commission,
but no one has as yet qualified to
succeed .1. E. Bozeman and T. M.
Anthoine.
The date for qualifying has been
set by the executive committe at
noon on March 12 , one month
from the present t.me.
Qualifying fee for all of the po
sitions has qben set at $35 by the
executive committee.
The may, r of Fort Valley in
elected to serve a two-year term,
while members of the council and
the utilities commissi' n are elect¬
ed for four-year terms with the
terms staggered so that half Of
each group is elected each year.
The three positions presently up
iVr fining o.-t the council are ielu
by Tommy Hunnicutt, Dean Gil¬
lespie, and Eschcl Bennett. Hunni¬
cutt and Gillespie both told the
Leader-Tribune that they are not
going to seek re-election while Es
chol Bennett said that he has not
decided just what he will do about
seeking another term.
J. E. Bozeman and T. M. An¬
thonie are the incumbents on the
Utilitio„’ Commission and neither
of them have indicated their in¬
tentions about seeking re-election.
The many friends of Mr. Luw
renceE. II uston who is receiving
treatment at a hospital in Savan¬
nah are wishing for him an e t!y
recovery and return to his home
here.