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70th Year, No. 10
Peachland
journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
PASSING OF MISS SHEPARD
IS GREAT LOSS TO ALL
Last Friday night Miss
Shepard died suddenly and
pectedly.
Her passing came as a shock
to the entire community, and
brought to a close a life devoted
to service to the pec pie of the
community.
A teacher in the local h ; gh
school for the past 16 years. Miss
Shepard was loved and respected
by the students. Her success as
a teacher i3 manifested in the
lives of the many who have gone
from the school richer in know¬
ledge because of her efforts.
Active in the
civic affairs of
the community,
her cheerfulness
ill and willingness
to serve made
her loved and
respected by a
dults as well as
by her students.
She will be sorely missed by
all who knew her and our town
is the poorer because of her pass¬
ing.
We, along with the entire city,
express to her family our sincere
and heartfelt sympathy.
LOCAL POLITICAL POT IS
GETTING SET TO ‘COOK’
W’ith only one week left for
candidates to qualify and for vo¬
ters to register, the local political
pot is getting ready to ‘cook’.
Two ewididates are out for the
mayor’s post. Mayor Marion A.
Allen is seeking a third term and
is being opposed at the polls by
Irving Rigdon.
None of the incumbent council
men whose terms expire this year
are seeking re-election. That field
currently has seven candidates for
the three posts. Calvin Poole, Mrs.
Frank Vinson, Bill Liipfert, J. H.
(Howdy) Thurman, Guffie L. Gar¬
rett, Claude E. Barfield, Sr., and
William Khoury are offering for
the positions.
Two positions are up for filling
on the Utilities Commission and
the two incumbents, T. M. An¬
thoine and J. E. Bozeman are
seek re-election. Also running
the two posts will be Mrs. Cor¬
nelius Hall, R. C. Evans, Jr., and
J. W. Bradshaw.
All of these candidates are
citizens.
The date for qualifying, both
for office tvnd for voting, is
Wednesday, March 12, at
To vote one must have been
here for six months, eligible
vote for members of the
Assembly, and must have paid
taxes due the city.
If you are not now
let us urge you to do so
the deadline. And then, let us
you to vote for the candidates
your choice in the city primary
be held on Wednesday, March
BURGLARS HIT FORT
AGAIN; CUT THROUGH
Burglars hit Fort Valley
last week when they repeated
method used seme time back
the Fort Valley Super Market
enter J. F. Lowe & Son store.
Sometime last Friday night
burglar, or burglars, climbed
light pole nearr the side of
building, stepped over on top
the building and then
to cut a hole in the reof and
the store.
They broke open a safe in
store and escaped, apparently
way of the hole in the roof,
a considerable amount of
and other valuables.
The city police department,
sheriff’s office, and the GBI
working cn the case, have a
ber of suspects, and hope to
a solution before long.
The job certainly looked like
‘‘professional” one.
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS
DUE ON ROCKET PICTURES
Just two weeks ago the
Tribune ran a story and two
tures of a rocket firing by
Bowman and John Duke.
The engravings came in a
late on publication date and in
rush we failed to give credit
the photographer. Such credit
due , and we herewith want
say that they were taken by
Evans.
Miss Annette Shepard Dies Suddenly
| n Savannah Of Heart Seizure
Services Are Held
Sunday For Mrs.
Emily T. Collins, 68
Funeral services were held in
the chapel at Rooks Funeral home
here at 3:00 p. m. last Sunday for
Mrs. Emily Taunton Collins, 68,
who died Friday at her residence
on Route 2, Fort Valley.
Mrs. Collins was a native of
Taylor County but had been living
near Fort Valley for a number
of years.
The ™ services _. conducted . . . by ,
were
the Rev. B. J. „ Reeves and , the ,, Rev. „
Green. r. Burial t> -i was m the Howard ■
Cemetery, „ Howard, .. . Ga. _
c Survivors include ■ i j her i , husband, , .
B. C. Collins; one daughter, Mrs.
Paul Jones, Howard, Ga.; three
sons, C. B. and H. D. Collins, of
Fort Valley, and W. D. Collins
of Henderson; two sisters, Mrs.
J. C. Cox, LaGrange, Ga., and
Mrs. E. I.. Jenkins, Reidsville, Ga.;
and three brothers, Alien Foun¬
tain, Reynolds, A. J. Fountain,
Miami, Fla., and G. N. Fountain
of Butler, Ga.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange¬
ments.
Peach Marine Is
Buried Wednesday
At Powersville
Funeral services were held at
3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon
it the Powersville Methodist
church for Staff Sergeant Paul
Lawson Holer mb, Jr., 28 a mem
her of the U. S. Marine Corps.
Sgt, Holcomb was stationed in
Hawaii at the time of his death.
He was the victim of a drowning
accident there on February 23.
Military services Were held at
the graveside by a detachment of
Marines from the Marine base in
Albany, Ga. Burial was in Oak
lawn Cemetery in Fort Valley.
The funeral services were con¬
ducted by the Rev. A. L. White
and the Rev. Gene Payne.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Holcomb, Sr.,
Byrcn; two brothers, Ronald G.
Holcomb, of Macon, and Bobby
A. Holcomb, U. S. M. C., Camp
Lejeqne, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs
C. H. Stallworth and Mrs. J. H.
Hardison, Jr., of Macon; and one
niece and one nephew. His Pater¬
nal grandparents are Mr. a*nd Mrs.
W. A. Holcomb and his maternal
grandparent is Mrs. D. F. Ray.
Rooks Funeral Heme of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange¬
ments.
Town S Country
Darden Club Meet
_ and Country
L., Garden
j Club will hold its regular March
meeting on Tuesday morning,
ch 11, at 9:45, at the home of Mrs.
Jimmy Duke.
At this meeting plans will
made for the Spring Flower
to be held by the Fort Valley
eration of Garden Clubs in
Officers for the coming
will be elected.
Mrs. Edgar L. Duke, Jr.,
preside.
Johnson Circle
The Johnson Circle of the
man’s Missionary Society of
Baptist Church assembled for
March meeting at the home
Mrs. W’alter T. Pearson, the
lanta Road, on Monday
In the absence of the
Mrs. John E. Lee, the
was directed by Mrs. G. H.
land, Sr.
The Mission Study Book
taught by Mrs. I guis L.
! There was a social hour
the study.
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j ‘ Others Mrs. who attended Pearl the
:ng were Kinard,
j doc M. D I. Mrs. Johns, Ray Mrs. Matthews, Grace C.
; ^
Oollier, Mrs. J. E.
j nc D Mrs. Ben Bowman, and
j ^ nard Bryan.
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS
Fort Valley, Peach County, Ga., Thurs., March 6, 1953
By MRS. W. J. BRASWELL
The death cf Miss Annette Shep
ard, a much loved member of the
faculty of the Fort Valley High
School for the past 16 years, oc
| eurred last Saturday at 2:00 a. m.
j ln the DeSoto Hotel in Savannah. |
| Miss Shepard had gone to spend
| t ' le weekend there and suffered
j a heart ivttack. She was 49 years
a 8 e -
She was the daughter of the
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Shepard,
and was a native of Fort Valley.
The news of her deaUi brought
1 ™ uch sadness > for she was loved
!>> ad a?es the community and
bad many friends throughout the
state , , ami ... elsewhere,
b'he ,,, taught . of the ,
many young
people , Fort .. Valiev ,,
growing up :n
ana Wielded ,, , fine ,. influence .
a over
them. They appreciated her happy
outlook on life and through her
cheerfulness she encouraged and
blessed the hearts anC lives of
many' of the old and young. She
found jo,y in service and was ap
predated and loved by all of the
groups in the community with
which she was associated.
She was a member of the Fort
Valley Methodist Church, and the
funeral services were conducted
here last Sunday afternoon at
1:30 by the Rev. Vernard Rob
ertson, the pastor. Burial follow
ed in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Immediate surviving members
of her family include one brother,
C. L. Shepard, Jr.; one niece, Mrs.
Edwin Richardson; and one neph¬
ew, C. L. Shepard, III, all of Fort
Valley.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge cf a rrange
meats.
! / Elders of Church
Are Entertained
The Rev. and Mrs. Frank M. [
Scarlett, Jr.; entertained the el¬
ders of the Fort Valley Presby¬
terian Church and their wives at
dinner on Monday evening, March
3, at the manse.
Following the dinner the March
meeting of the session of the
church was held.
All of the elders of the church!
and their wives were invited.
The elders are A. L. Adams,
Dr. Earl Beatty, Jr., W. A. Ca
rithers, T. W. Cleveland, Jr., M.
L. Hickson, Jr., R. W. La whom,
C. P. Murray, J. J. R uss Ward
,
Sheppard, and Paul Young.
Davis - Pearson
Wedding Told
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Eugene
Pearson, Jr. announce the mar
riage of their daughter, June, to
Jack L. Davis, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. James Montgomery Da
l vis of Pinehurst.
The ceremony took place on
March , 1st at Phoenix City, Ala¬
bama.
1 The bride is a graduate of the
|Frrt Valley High School. She is
now a student at Huntingdon, Col¬
lege, Montgomery, Ala.
The bridegroom is a graduate
of Fort Valley High School. He
' s employed by the W’oolfolk Chem
ical Co. of Fort Valley.
GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY
Greenwave Meets
Today In State
Fort Valley High School’s boys
basketball team will meet Glen
ville at four o'clock this after¬
noon in their first round mntch
of the State Class B tournament.
The tournament is being held
at the city auditorium in Macon.
Fort Valley, with a 20 won and
five If st season record, is in the
tournament by virtue of winning
the Region 3-B title. Glenville,
with a 15 won and 11 lost season
record, is in the tourney as runner j 1
to Perry for the Region 2-B title,
In the event Fort Valley wans
their first game today they will
meet the winner of the Nuhunta-
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DR. LESTER RUMBLE
Methodist Revival
To Begin Here On
Sunday J Morning tS
Dr. Lester Rumble, district su¬
perintendent of the Atlanta West
District, will be the guest preach¬
er for the Methodist revival which
begins here next Sunday morning,
March 9th.
According to the pastor of the
local church, the Rev. Vernard
Robertson, the revival services are
set to continue through the fol¬
lowing Sunday, with the exception
of Saturday. The Sunday services
are 11 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. and
the weekday services will be a’.
10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The guest preacher was born in
Smarr, Monroe County, Georgia.
He received his A. B. and B. D.
degrees from Emory University,
and served in the first World War
as a lieutenant in the U. S. infan¬
try overseas. Some of his recent
pastorates have been First Church
in Athens, St. Mark in Atlanta,
and St. John in Augusta. He has
been a delegate to the General
Conference of the Method) s t
Church since 1938.
The Rev. Robertson said that
singing will play an important
part in the reviva > »« d announced
that it will be under the direction
of Lucius Powell, music director
for the local church.
This week is being observed as
Preparation Week, Rev. Robertson
said, under the leadership of Miss
Mary Culler White. Thursday (to¬
night) at 7:30 cottage prayer
services will be held.,in the follow¬
ing home: Dr. A. D. Brann, Geo.
E. Luce, Victor H. Tomlinson, Rev.
Samuel Taylor, Mrs. W. R. Ed¬
wards, H. A. Mathews, Mrs. Frank
Vance, Francis Williams, Dr. V.
L. Brown, J. W. Anthoine, and
E. R. Anderson.
Friday there will be a Prayer
Vigil in the Chapel from 6:00 to
12:00 p. m., to which people are
are invited to come and pray at
any time.
The following special nights will
be observed next week: Sunday,
Church Night; Monday, Men’s
Night; Tuesday, Ladies’ Night;
Wednesday, Family Night; Thurs¬
day, Youth Night; and Friday,
Sunday School Night.
The public has been cordially
invited to attend all of the ser
vices.
MASONIC NOTICE
Regular Communication of Fort
Valley Lodge Nc. 110 F. & A. M.
Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00 P.M.
The Master's Degree will be con¬
ferred. A lavge attendance is urg
ed.
F. D. Moss,
Worshipful Master
Franklin County game in a second
round match on Friday night a*
nine c’clock.
The finals for the tourney ar r
set for Saturday night.
In the meantime, the Greenwave
won a “rubber” game from Mon¬
tezuma last Friday night at th
local gym, CO to 48.
The teams had played twice 'n
the regular season and each had
one game, with each victory
romln ^ 1,1 Periods of play.
The game Prki':y was never in
serious doubt though as Coach
Norman Faircloth let most of his
Burglars
Take
James C. Liipfert
Named Chairman
Of Red Cross Drive
James C. Liipfert, well known
local business man and civic lead¬
er, has been appointed chairman
of the Peach County American
Red Cross Fund Campaign for
1958, it was announced by C. W.
Peterson, Chapter chairman, this
week.
A graduate of Fort Valley High
School, Liipfert is connected with
the Woo if oik Chemical Company
here. He has been associated with
the company for 12 years.. He at¬
tended Georgia Tech and graduat¬
ed in 1943, He served as a lieu¬
tenant in the Navy for three years
during World War II.
He is a member of St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church and is active
:n the Fort Valley Jaycees and
the Kiwanis Club. He is m past
president of the Jaycees and is
presently serving on the Board
of directors of the Kiwanis Club.
He is married to the former
Miss Patty Barbour of Yazoo City,
Miss., and they have four children.
Mr. Liipfert has completed his
plans for the forthcoming fund
campaign and has announced h xS
various chairmen.
Felton Hatcher and C. W. Peter¬
son will head the division in the
business district. Mr. Sanders Har¬
ris will head the division for out
of-town contributions. R. P. Swa i
will head the division consisting of
the rural areas, and Mrs. Sam
McGehee, Mrs. Jack Evans, Mrs.
J. B. Hunnicutt, Jr., Mrs. S. A.
Frederick, and Mrs. J. C. Liipfert
will head the divisions covering -
the residential area of town.
The Negro residential area and
fort Valley State College division
chairmen are Mi'S, Benjamin An¬
derson and Mrs. 0. Smith.
A luncheon was held recently
at the Steak House for the var
ious division chairmen and Red
Cross workers to officially open
the fund campaign in Peach Co¬
unty.
Baptist News
Plans aTe under way for A Ser¬
ies of Revival Services which will
begin on Sunday, March 30, and
continue throughout the week to
follow. Other announcements will
be made in the weeks to come.
Watch the Leader Tribune for
further details.
D. A. R. MEETING TO BE
The Governor Treutlen Chapter
of the Daughters of the America n
Revolution, of Fort Valley, will
meet on March 12th at 3:30 at the
home of Mrs. 0. I. Snapp on Per¬
sons Street. Mrs. Snapp will be
hostess with Mrs. Frank Vance
and Mrs. Gecrge Culpepper act¬
ing as Co-hostess. Mrs. C. B. Al
mon will be the Program Chair¬
man.
Mrs. Robert Martin, of Sav
annah, was the recent guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Lane and f: ma¬
il y.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
READ THE WANT-ADS
players go through their paces.
Ray Anthoine again led the lo
cal scoring attack, this time with
9 points. Wayne Young hit for
15, Vandy Gates for 11, and Jim¬
my Sutton rang up 10. Philip
Young tallied nine.
F' r Montezuma Griggers and
Jones led the scoring with 16 and
12 points respectively.
Perry, arch rival of Fort Valley
:n previous district tourneys, will
also be in the s’ato affair but are
in the opposite bracket from Fort
Valley and the only way for them
to play will be in the finals.
$3.00 Per Year — in Advance
Local Store;
Other Valuables
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Harrison Observe
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrison
celebrated their 50th wedding an¬
niversary Monday, March 3rd.
They were entertained at a mid¬
day dinner at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Anthoine, Cal¬
houn Street.
On Monday afternoon tney were
given a- surprise tea and ‘at home’
party. The hostesses were Mrs.
W. A. Woid, Mrs. Millard Vinson,
Mrs. George Spear, Mrs. Sura El¬
la Pearson, and Mrs. T. A. Jones
and S. J. Crawford.
The table was overlaid with a
lace cloth and the central deco¬
ration was an arrangement of yel¬
low gladioli and yellow chry san
themums.
There was a golden wedding
wedding cake. Nuts and other eats
were served .
From a silver coffee and tea ser
vice Mrs. Millard Vinson served
the beverage throughout the after
noon as many guests called to of¬
fer felicitations.
The Saturday Evening Bridge
Club presented a golden cake plate
to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison on their
anniversary.
For the occasion a boutonnalre
and corsage of gold-shaded chry¬
santhemums were given to the
honored couple.
Major and Mrs. W. L. Turner
and little son, Glenn, were guests
week-end before last of Mr. and
Mr;s. R. R. Ransome and Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Ransome and other
relatives here. Major Turner veil!
leave in March for Korea where
he will be stationed with the U.
S. Army. Major and Mrs. Turner
and son also visited Mr. and Mrs.
A. F. Turner and Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Turner in Macon.
Mrs. Charles Ingram, of Falls
Church, Virginia, arrived Tues¬
day of last week fer a visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L.
Duke, Persons Street, and other
relat:ves here. Mrs. Ingram is
the former Miss Helen Duke of
Fort Y’alley.
Friends and relatives of
Clara Anthoine will be happy to
learn that she has returned home
after undergoing an operation at
the Macon Hospital.
Bozeman Enters Race Us Deadline
Rears Fer Qualifying For
Mable Withoft Class
The Mable Withoft Class cf the
Baptist Sunday School will meet
Tuesday evening, March 11, at sev
en-thirty o’clock at the home
Mrs. D. W. Wells in Oakland
Heights. Associate hostesses will
be Miss Louise McCowen and Mrs.
Elmer Johnson.
Mrs. T. A. Parham is the
er of the class.
Cub Scouts Held Annual
Banquet Thursday As
More Than 160 Attended
The Cub Scouts, Pack 59,
joyed , the , annual .-.-I Scout
last . , Thursday , evening . at , the - ,
cal Methodist Church.
There'were approximately 160
Scouts and members of the r
Hies who attended, including Den
mothers.
| The committee serving the ban
quet included Mr , Greene Gas
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| sett, Mrs. Joseph Kinney, Mrs.
Robert Hess, Mrs. Duke
Mrs. Bill Jones, and Mrs. R.
Prestcn. Assisting the committee
were Mrs. David Lane and Mrs.
Will Buck Pearson.
Present also was the
Cu master, Mr. William
.jnd the incoming leader, Mr. Syd
nor Cook.
SHOP IN YOUR HOME TOWN
A burglar, or burglars, cut a
hole in the roof of J. F. Lowe &
Sen’s store here last Friday night,
broke open a safe and escaped
with approximately 84,600 in mos¬
ey and several rings and other
valuables.
Police Chief Grady W. Cochran,
Peach County Sheriff Herbert
Beeiand, and GBI Agent C. D.
Leverett are investigating the
case and have several suspects
being questioned and investigated.
No arrests have been made but
a reliable source told the Leader
Tribune that several of the leads
are “hot” and that a solution of
the case may be imminent.
No d ors or windows were bro¬
ken open in the building and in¬
vestigating officers said that the
burglar apparently climbed a light,
pole near the rear and at the side
of the building.
The building is both a two and
one story building. The rear part
is the one-story section and it was
through the roof of this that en
try was made.
A hole some 10 inches by 16
was cut in the rrof and the in¬
truders lowered themselves down
into the store.
Two saifes were located in the
store near the front One of them
was not locked and so was not
damaged. The other was rolled
by the burglar, or burglars, to the
rear of the building, away from
the windows, and broken into.
The intruders apparently climb
up some shelves and left the same
way they came in.
The same type of entry WU3
made into the Port Valley Super
Market several months ago. No
money was taken from the super
market, however.
Patsy Hilliard Circle
Mrs. Hett:e McDaniel was host¬
ess at the meeting of the Patsy
Hilliard Circle of the Woman’s
Missionary Society Monday after¬
noon.
Mrs. R. P. Swan, the chairman,
directed the meeting and read the
136th Psalm for the Bible Stu<iy.
Mrs. E. D. Leverett taugh t the
Mission Study relating to mission
fields of "The Cities.”
Following the program refresh¬
ments were served by the hostess,
Mrs. McDaniel, who was assisted
in serving by Mrs. Nick Strick
land.
J. E. Bozeman, incumbent, an¬
nounced this week that he will be
:n the race seeking re-election to
the Utilities Commission in the
city primary set for March 28
waa the only candidate to
: announce during the week and his
' can didacy brings five the
to num
* jer seeking the posts now held
alld M. Anthoine.
Anthoine had previously announ
ced for re-election and Mrs. Cor¬
nel :us H&ll, J. W. Bradshaw ar.d
R. C. Evans, Jr., have all entered
the race.
The deadline for qualifying fer
the race, as well for qualifying
i to vote, has been set by the city
Democratic executive committee at
noon on Wednesday, March 12.
In order to vote a person mast
ha/ve Bved in Fort Valley six rau.i
h -. must ^ be eligible ... to . vote f r
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menu,era m ur , of the General - . Asembly, ,
and must have pa:-d all taxes due
the city.
No new entires were announced
for the mayor’s post and the three
, positions on city council.
Mayor Marion A. Allen is -eek
a third term and is being oopoaud
at the present time by I rv kg
I Rigdon.
| Seven have qur’if'ed f r the
; '•nuncil rnr • Tie;;, :.
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J Garrett, BII Liipfert, Claude K.
Barfield, Sr.. William Khourv, J.
; H. (Howdy) Thurman. Mrs. Frank
Vinson, and Calvin Poole.
The incumbents who are not
j seeking re-election are Dean Gil¬
1 lespie, Eschol Bennett, and Tom
ray Hunnicutt.