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71ST YEAR, NO. 19
Peachland
journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE SENIORS OF FORT
VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, 1959
The list of graduates and the
graduation programs have been
announced for the 1959 senior class
of Fort Valley High School, and
we want to extend to every mem
ber thereof our sincere congratu¬
lations.
You know, that class was appar¬
ently something a little unusual,
as senior classes go.
They set a record of point-get¬
ting in the state literary meet
that will probably go unchallenged
for many years. They won the
state Class B literary crown with
an amazing total of 73 points, a
total which completely shattered
the previous state record, also set
by a previous Fort Valley repre¬
sentation.
Of course, all of those students
representing Fort Valley were not
members of the senior class, but
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hand to participate again next
season. The literary record was
indeed a good one, and those who
may have thought that too much
emphasis was being placed on the
athletics can rest in peace.
And yet, the class was remark¬
able from the athletic standpoint.
The varsity football team, you
might say, came within one touch¬
down of winning the state crown.
They lost to Morgan for the N
Ga. crown by one TD and Morgan
easily beat Camilla for the title.
About 12 members of the var¬
sity squad were seniors.
Fort Valley won third in the
state track meet, and seven of the
participants were members of the
senior class.
There is one other thing which
particularly endears this class to
us, however, and that is the fact
that one member of it is our own
■daughter. And because of her we
have come to know many of the
members probably better than we
would normally have known them.
It seems only a few short mon¬
ths since she would come running
down the sidewalk to meet me
as I came from work crying “Take
a baby, Daddy! Take a baby!”
Yet, I know she is graduating be¬
cause of the receipt of the college
entrance fee says she is..
It is sort of coincidental but
she is graduating almost exactly
27 years after her Daddy did and
exactly 20 years after he got his
degree from college. Terapus sho’
does fugit!
One of the things I have enjoy¬
ed most about this class, as I said,
is the fact that I have gotten to
know some of the members better
than in the past. Particularly the
girls. I will always remember Kay,
Edith, Mary, Polly, Beth, Bever¬
ly (what a great battle she made
against polio, and what a wonder¬
ful voice she has!), Carol, Mary
Julia, Janette, Dena, and Kay a
gain. I probably know more teen¬
age girls now than I have known
since I was a teenager!
And I don’t want t« forget the
boys. Flow can I forget such stal¬
warts as Joe, Skeeter and John
(and their successful rocket!),
Gene, Jack, Nelson, Alan, John,
Vandy, Victor, Earl, Julian, Ken¬
neth, Bobby, Dan, Bobby again
(this one the newspaper salesman,
and a good one!) James, Mike,
James again, Nelson, Gordon,
Clyde (and hi- golden trumpet &
good bass voice!) Richard, Hugh,
Jimmy, Danny, and dear old Coal
son (waiter par excellence!).
Of course, they are just like all
the others who graduate, but they
are just a mite more special to us
'because they are graduating as
classmates of our daughter. |
There seems to be, from the
record, a great deal of talent in
the graduating class. Apparently
a bit more than in the average
class graduating.
It is our earnest hope that all
of those graduating will utilize
all of the talent they have in the
proper pursuit of knowledge, the
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ffihe gett&er i A i y tribune
about a dozen
of the contest
ants, along with
the entire class
in spelling, were
seniors. Fortu¬
nately some of
the participants
were not seniors
and will be on
Last Wednesday afternoon a
team of people from Robins Air
Force Base and the city of War
ner Robins came to Fort Valley to
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the base next Saturday, May 16,
and witness the Armed Forces ex¬
hibitions and displays to be shown
at that time.
The helicopter, bringing some
of the welcoming party, landed at
the Elementary School in West
view and many of the children had
an opportunity to see it at first
hand and to examine it.
An elaborate program depicting
the powerful protection offered
by the IT. S. Armed Forces has
been planned for Open House at
Robins Air Force Base on Armed
T-: Forces -p. Day, oil Saturday,, May AA 16.
Power for peace is again the
theme for this year’s Armed For
ces Day, Col. W F Kutschere, Ro
b:ns’ AFD Open House project of¬
ficer announced. I
The programmed activities will
begin at 1 p. m. and end at 5 p. m.
Capt. R. D. Searle is assisting
Col. Kutschera in making prepa¬
rations for the thousands of Mid¬
dle Georgians expected to attend.
Guided automobile tours of War¬
ner Robins wil be offered by the
Warner Robins Chamber of Com¬
merce, which is sponsoring AFD
observances in the city this year.
The helicopter which visited Ft.
Valley'also dipped down at other
Middle Georgia towns Wednesday
and Thursday, including Roberta,
Perry, Byron, Reynolds, Hawkins
ville, Cochran, Jeffersonville ami
Macon.
Hunt Nigh School To Graduate 76,
Largest Glass In History Of School
The Commencement season for
the Fort Valley Negro Schools
will witness the largest graduat¬
ing class in the history of the
Hunt High School.
Seventy-six seniors will receive
diplomas on Thursday night, May
28, at 8:00. Commencement exer
cises will be held in the Hunt High
gymnasium.
The top six honor students in
the order of their rank are Jo¬
anne Dugas, Mary Anne Harris,
William Banks, Louis L. Duncan,
Christine Ragin, and Charlie Pon¬
der.
Commencement speakers are:
Baccalaureate, the Rev. J. C. Sim¬
mons, pastor, Trinity Baptist- and
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Armed Forces Day will be observed at Robins Air Force Base on Saturday and
an official welcome was extended to the people cf Peach County last Wednesday as a
helicopter drooped down here, along with a car-filled delegation, to extend a personal
invitation to visit the base Saturday and see the many exhibits that will be on hand.
The helicoper landed at the new elementary school and the children were per¬
mitted to see the machine at first hand. It was recess time when the plane landed.
Shown above is Dreyfuss L. Fountain, president of the Citizens State Bank in
Warner Robins and chairman of the city’s publicity committee, shaking hands with
Fort Valley Mayor Irving Rigdon. Also shown are Wilbur K. Avera, city clerk, Col.
Walter F. Kutschere, Councilman G. C. “Dud” Poole, Major J. R. Mcckbee, Captain
Ralph D. Searle, city attorney George B. Culpepper, III, and local American Legion
Commander Emory Wilson.
Armed Forces Day Saturday
At Robins Air Force Base
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Fort Valley College
A showing of a ‘Liberty Stingey*’
missile and speeches by Lt. Col.
Janies P. Irvine, USA, Fort Ben
ning, and Lt. Col. Albert L. Smith,
Chaplain, USA, Fort Benning, will
highlight an observance of Armed
Forces Day at Fort Valley State
College on Friday, May 15, ac
cording to Maj. H. A. Robinson,
Assistant Professor of Military
“f ence an(1 Tactics at the Iocal
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P™ntel, tactical . adaptation of
the V ‘ 2 ’ Maj ’ Robla30n sald ’ and
was used at Cape y Canaveral, Fla.
Ihe Red wing: tow target, which ,
wo alsQ hope to get> is the same
ag U3ed at EgHn Air Force Base>
Ploridaf for testing .»
A formal program will be held
at the school between 11:00 A.M.
and 12:00 noon, on Friday.
Dr. C. V. Troup, president of
the college, and other school offic¬
ials, will participate in the pro¬
gram.
Major Robinson said that a
number of local businessmen and
financiers have been invited to at
the services.
The general public was also in¬
vited to attend the exhibits.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilansell Young 1 and
little daughter, Sally, spent moth¬
er’s Day in Cochran with the par¬ I
ents of Mrs. Young, Mr. and Mrs:
John Coley, Sr.
Commencement, Dr. W. J. Lyda,
chairman, Graduate Division, Fort
Valley State College.
The Sunday exercises will be
held at the Fort Valley State Col¬
lege auditorium.
On Wednesday evening, May 26,
the graduates of the Peach Coun¬
ty Elementary School, 114 in num¬
ber, will receive certificates of
' graduation from the seventh grade
This group, as in former years,
will present an original graduation
play.
This activity is under the super¬
vision of Mrs. Frances S. Beil,
.with assistance from Mr*. Bessie
M. Davis, Mrs. L. Lemon, and Mes¬
sers Collins and Reed.
FIIA Installs New
Officers At Mother
Daughter Banquet
New' officers for the Fort Val¬
ley High School chapter of the
Future Homemakers of America
were installed last Wednesday at
the Mother-Daughter banquet held
in the high school cafeteria.
Zaire Barr, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Br.-rr of Marshaliville.
was installed as president, .lc
ceeding Artie Giahl who presided
at the banquet and during the in¬
stallation ceremonies.
J. C. Stepens, former principal
of Fort Valey High School, was
the speaker for the occasion and
made a thought provoking and
very well received talk on the im¬
portance of “homemakers” and
motherhood. He pointed out in a
very interesting manner how the
girls present were entering, or
would enter soon, the very vital
realm of homemakers and mother¬
hood.
Other officers installed for the
new year included Linda Colquitt
as vice president; Lou Gassett as
secretary; Janet Wade, treasurer;
Dena Wilson, reporter; Becky Ay¬
ers, parliamentarian; Ruth Gas
sett, historian; Judy ,Sullivan
chairman of the degrees; Genie
Tribble, chairman of projects; and
Ann Lee, chairman of recreation.
Honorary memberships in the
organization were presented to
School Superintendent E. R. An¬
derson and Ag teacher Charles
Thomas.
Members of the FFA served the
barbecue supper to those attending
the meeting.
Miss Tommie Guess, home ecor
nomics teacher, is sponsor for the
local FHA chapter.
REV. HAROLD B. WITHERS
ACCEPTS PASTORATE HERE
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
The Rev. Harold B. Withers re¬
signed his pastorate at the McRae
Baptist Church, Sunday, May 10,
to accept the call of the Fort Val¬
ley Baptist Church.
He will begin his work here the
16th of June.
He will take the place of the
Rev. Norman E. Hodges who re¬
signed as pastor here to do work
with young people in Louisiana.
Dr. Aquila Chamlee and the Rev.
Tom Campbell have been filling
dn as pastor of the church in the
absence of the pastor.
Recreation Unit
Has Annual Meet;
Pool Opening Set
The annual meeting of the Fort
Valley Recreational Association
was held on May 5 and the open¬
ing date of the swimming pool
(whiter was verified as being May
29 th.
Emory Wilson, president of the
association presided at the meet
ing, and as the first order of bus¬
iness he heard the reports of the
other officers.
He also reported that Mrs James
Carlton Stephens has been hired
by the board to run the poqi for
the coming season.
Mrs. Bob Hess made a request
that a pa?) telephone be installed
at the pool. Ted Jones made a rao
tion to contact nursery for com
pletion of landscaping. Mrs. Hess
also asked about two picnic tables
in the trees. J. \Y. Poole asked
about barbecue pits promised by
a local concern, and suggested
the firm be contacted immediately.
The possibility of a sidewalk to
the pool from F'ive Points was dis
cussed and Irving Rig'don suggest
ed a formal request be made of
the city.
The group discussed having a
special opening, and included was
ways of getting information to
the people of the community, in¬
cluding handbills, signs, newspa
per, and radio.
Free swimming for all school
children will be available on May
29, opening date.
Ways to get additional funds
were discussed, and the president
then announced that additional
land was being acquired from the
county.
City Clings n to Lead
In Softball League
By Slender Margin
The City Slickers are still in
front in the Jaycee Senior Soft
ball League by a slender margin.
The Methodist team is close be¬
hind.
Last Thursday the Methodists
took a victory over the F’ire De¬
partment and the City won frim
Blue Bird. On Friday the Jaycees
bowed to the Baptists and Blue
Bird won a decision from the Fire
Department.
On Monday of this week the
Fire Department took an 8-7 de¬
cision from the Jaycees and the
Blue Bird team eked out a 7-6 win
over the Baptists.
No games are on tap for tot
night, as those scheduled have
been postponed. Only one game
will be played on Friday night,
and that one will pit the Jaycees
against Blue Bird at 8:00.
Two good games should be on
tap next Monday night as the City
meets the Baptists at 6:15 and
the Jaycees will meet the Metho¬
dists at 8:00.
David Sammons, commissioner
of the league, said this week that
the Jaycees last Tuesday moved
the scoreboard closer to the spec¬
tators in order to facilitate seeing
the score. He added that the field
had also been cleaned.
The league standing are:
TEAM Won Lost Tieil
City cn H-i 1
Methodist cn LO
Blue Bird co tf*. 1
Fire Dept. co CH
Jaycees us wU 1
Baptist to 1
MISS BRENDA NEWELL IS’
HONORED WITH BIRTHDAY
PARTY LAST SATURDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Moultrie Newell
honored their niece, Brenda New¬
ell, with a birthday party and we
iner roast at their home near Pow
ersville on Saturday afternoon. In
vited to the party were members
of Brenda’s Sunday School class
a t t h e Powersville Methodist
Church.
Those present were Beth Hays,
Juanita and Barbara Preston, Ann,
Claire and Brenda Newell, Wen¬
dell Carter, Clifford and Calvin
Pierce, and Ronald Preston.
Other friends and relatives pres¬
ent were Mrs. J. P. Newell, Miss
Suzanne Newell, Mr. and Mrs. Em¬
mett Preston, Mr. and Mrs. War¬
ren Newell, parents of the hon
oree, and tho host and hoste33.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
By JANETTE WELLS
Just a week away from the op¬
ening of the production “South
Pacific” everyone connected with
the play is anxiously awaiting its
first night.
Upon walking through the high
school auditorium, one can see Vic¬
tor Hobbs and bis crew painting
and hanging the backdrops. On
stage different groups ,arg rehear¬
sing dances and routines. In off¬
stage rooms the directors coach
the leading actors and actresses
in their pronunciations and French
accents. Everyone is co-operating
to help make the play a smashing
success.
Tickets are now on sale at Tay
lor’s Drug Store in Fort Valley
from 3:30-6:00 p. m. during the
week and from 9:00 a. m. until
7:00 p. m. on Saturdays. They can
also be purchased at any time at
the Camellia Drive-In in Marshall
ville.
The show will \>e on May 21 and
22 at the high school auditorium
in Fort. Valley. A third perform¬
ance will be given Saturday May
23, at 8:00 , if the demand for
tickets is sufficient.
The following people are evinc¬
ing a gigamtie effort of teamwork
to produce a tremendously enter¬
taining show: Holly Hess, John
Thurman, John Rue, Lynn Pearson
Tom Campbell, Patsy Thomas,Bob
$3.00 Per Year — In Advance
61 Seniors To Graduate At Fort
Valley High School On June 5th
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Ilaslain Is Medalist
In State Golf Meet;
Tennis Teams 2nd
"Bud Haslam, son of George M.
Haslam, Jr., tied for low medalist
in the stpte Class B golf tourna¬
ment held on May 4 and 5th at
Waycross, but the local four-man
team finished second to Perry in
the final results.
Haslam had an 18-hole total of
149, while the local team had a
total of 678 strokes for the 36
hole play. Perry won with a total
of 638 strokes,
Other members of the local team
were Richard Wilson, Ernest An¬ I
derson, and Ellis Brown.
On May 6, in matches played
at Mercer University in Macon,
both of the Fort Valley doubles
tennis teams won second place in
the state meet.
Cherry Dupree and Gail Hutto
performed as the local girls’ team
and were eliminated in the finals
only after a hard-fought match.
Local boys’ representatives in the
boys’ doubles were Bobby Jones
and Gary Cliett.
Fort Valley’s representatives in
the singles matches, John Duke
^ or the boys and Virginia Fair
for the girls, were elimina¬
ted in the first round.
Kindergarten Will
Graduate Mav 28tli
The Peter Pan Kindergarten,
operated by Mrs. Jack Lee and
Mrs. D. K. Grahl, will have grad¬
uation exercises for 1959 on May
School auditorium on Everett
28 at 8 p. ra, at the Elementary
Square.
The children will present an op¬
eretta, “The Children of Old Mo¬
ther Goose.”
A total pf 28 will receive diplo¬
mas and five will receive eertiri
cates of attendance.
Hospital Names A
New Nurses Supt.
Mrs7 Margaret Williams was na¬
med Superintendent of Nurses at
the Peach County Hospital last
week.
Mrs. Williams, a widow, comes
from Shawinut, Alabama. She was
employed at the Lanier Memorial
Memorial Hospital at Lane-dale,
Alabama.
She has one daughter, Julia,
who will join her here as soon as
school is out. She is residing with
Mrs. J. C. Loyd on Persons Street.
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS
“South Pacific” To Be Presented
Next Week; Tickets Now On Sale
Wells, Bobby Jones, Ellis Brown,
Warren Wall, Ed Mathews, Jerry
Anthoine, John Davis, Richard Wil
son, Hugh Barr, David Bramblett,
Loring Teeter, Bobby Turner,
Johnny Walker, Tom Turner,
Cherry Dupree, Kaye Mathews,
Ann Saywell, Gayle Vinlng,
Jean Doles, Kay Hardeman,
Kay Moody, Rachael Bankston,
Judy Bankston, Judy Maddas, De
ena Wilson, Vivien Johnson, Car¬
ole Hutto, Jane Pearson, Gordon
Smith, Donnie Vennes, Joe Ault¬
man, Bill McGehee, Bud Haslam,
Mike Pearson, Frances Snepp, Ed¬
wina, Haslam, Ann Bland, G’end
olyn KenKnig-ht, Linda Colquitt,
Jean Hancock, Becky Ayers, Sara
Bloodworth, Frankie McDaniel,
Janice Whitaker, Sandra Bunch,
Annette Hille, Beth Beeland, Mol¬
lie Jones, Kay Barr, Nancy Dyes,
Janet Wade, Zayr.e Barr, Anne
Wade, Nancy Atkinson, Linda 1 Has
lam, Beth Ck,» eland,, Ann Lee,
Ruth Gassett, Lou Gassett, Genie
Tribble, Martha Seay, Martha Lou
North, Sandra Hiley, and Bever¬
ly Hall.
Crews include: Sound effects-
Seaborn Moss, Randall Vea'.e,
Gary Franklin, Charles George;
Lights--Jack Duke, Ed Duke, Wal¬
ter Bowman; Scenery—Bill Mc
Gebee, Hugh Barr, John Hol¬
comb, Charles Vinson, Ray Pear
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Sixty-one seniors at Fort
ley High School will receive their
diplomas in graduation exercises
to be held in the High School Aud¬
itorium at 8:30 p. m. on June 5,
according to an anouncement this
week by Supt. Ernest R. Ander¬
son.
Mr. Anderson also said that the
annual baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered at the Fort Valley
Methodist Church on Sunday night
May 31, at 8:00 o’clock.
The I’ev. Frank M. Scarlett,
pastor of the Fort Valley Presby¬
terian Church, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon.
The first four honor graduates
of the class will provide the pro¬
gram for the Commencement ex
ercises on June 5. Their contri¬
butions will be announced later.
The four honor graduates are
Charlotte Thames, with a four
year rege of 98.28; Gordon
Smith, 98.11; Dan Joyner, 97.17
and Beth Beeland, 96.87.
Mr. R. T. Hancock, Sr., chair¬
man of the Peach County Board
of Education, will hand out the
diplomas.
The class is composed of 26
girls and 35 boys.
Girls are: Lola Beth Beeland,
Edith Marie Collins, Gloria June
Collins, Mary Lucille Curtis, Sar
alaine Evans, Edwina Kay Gas
sett, Mildred Anne Grahl, Bever¬
ly Ann Hall, Dena Pearl Hallman,
Polly Frances Hamlin, Annette
Evelyn Hill, Mary Julia Jackson,
Vivien Elizabeth Johnson, Mollie
Anderson Jones, Sylvia Mae Dean
Jones, Edwina Laney Moore, Mary
Jane Pearson, Mary Esther Pen¬
der, Frances Virginia Perry, .Lucy
Mae Ray, Carol Ann Sanders, Gail
Smith, Charlotte Corinn Thames,
Billie Walker, Janette Elizabeth
Wells, and Eleanor Kay Young.
Boys are: Jimmy Anderson, Jo¬
seph Webb Aultman, James Wil¬
lard Blasingame, E. Walter Bow¬
man, III, William Neal Chapman,
Geofge Clibby Clarke, II, Gary
Nelson Cliett, Howard William
Dasher, Lynwood Jackson Doles,
John Franklin Duke, III, John
Thomas Edwards, Jr., Alan Dean
Evans, Dothan Hugh Fennell, Van¬
dy Stephen Gates, Danny Harold
Greer, Victor Hugo Hobbs, Ronny
Earl Holland, Julian Flint Jones,
Jr., Kenneth Jone , Robert Win
lock Jones. Rodney Daniel Joyner,
Rob o' 1 Charles Ken Knight, John
Christian Larsen, Lester Garland
Nelson, James Ronald Oakes, 03
car Eugene Pearson, III, Walter
Thom::.- Pearson, III, Coalson Lee
Pender, Jr., James Roy Ray, Nel¬
son Fillmore Schofill, Harold Gor¬
don Smith, Jerry Watts Tharpe,
Emory Clyde Wilson, Jr., Walter
Richard Wilson, and Edward Cleve
land Woodard.