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71ST. YEAR, NO. 20
Peachland
journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
HIGHWAY ROARD MEMBER
BELIEVES IN BETTER ROADS
Several weeks ago this humble
scribbler wrote in this corner an
endorsement for concrete on the
primary highways of Georgia to
reduce maintenance and overhaul
costs through the years. We par¬
ticularly recommended it for the
new super highway in as much
as the federal government will
pay about 90 per cent of the con¬
struction cost and none of the
maintenance costs.
The highway board member rep¬
resenting the part of Georgia we
are in, Robert H. Jordan of Tal
bcrtton, read a copy of our sug¬
gestions and dropped a very nice
note in the mail to us.
(Some 20-odd years ago this wri¬
ter, along with E. W. Bowman,
Jr., from Fort Valley, attended
Ga. Southwestern College in A
mericas with Bob Jordan. And I
must point out that he was a very
capable student and was extremely
liked by other students.)
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to me on the subject.
His expression of a desire for bet- :
ter roads, if carried out, will be
of the utmost importance to all
of Georgia.
The letter follows:
Dear Dan:
I enjoyed very much your edi¬
torial recently concerning the high
way problems in Georgia, and wish j
to thank you for the interest and
suggestions that you made,
1, too, am of the firm opinion
that we need to build better roads
in Georgia, which will stand up
under tlf? treftiendous increase in
traffic. I am pleased to advise
that the last two ten mile Inter
state contracts, which we let in
Lowndes County on May 1st, call
ed for concrete construction. I be
Sieve over the long run that main
tenance will be much less on con
Crete roads than on the asphalt
roads as they have been built in
the past.
Sincerely yours,
Robert H. Jordan
We were pleased to get those
comments from Boh, We know he
is capable of doing a fine job on
the highway board and we believe
that he will
GUY SI LI. AY BROKE THE
RECORD AT BLUE BIRD LAKE
Yesterday was not a sunshiny
day, as days go. But for Guy Sii
lay, a young engineer at Blue Bird
Body Company, the sun was shin¬
ing, the birds were singing, and
God was in His heaven.
He broke the bass record for
Blue Bird Lake!
As we get the story Guy got
up early, way before time to go
to work, went to wet a hook at
the beautiful little lake.
He came home with a four and
one-half pound bass, the largest
ever caught in the lake up until
that time.
I know he caught him for I
was rudely awakened by my wife
and his wife so I could see it. I
didn’t get the full story at that
time as to how he caught it. The
bait, etc., but Pm sure I will be
able to tel! you the next time you
see me.
PINE NEEDLES TO OPEN
POOL NEXT SUNDAY
E. J. Saywell, president of the
Pine Needles Country Club here,
announced last week that the club
pool opening will be at 2:00 p. m.
next Sunday afternoon, following
a pienic dinner.
He pointed out that all mem¬
bers and their guest are invited to
attend the picnic and the opening.
Those attending the picnic will
bring their own lunch, he said.
On the 'ollowing Friday the
Recreation Association will open
the white public swimming pool
at the American Legion Home on
North Macon Street.
Summer is really here when the
r pools open for swimming.
CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE
It is my opin
ion that others
here are inje
in good
roads and will
be interested in
what Bob says
.bout them. So,
am reproduc
ng a portion of
Local Women Play
In Idle Hour Golf
1-Day Tournament
Mrs. Smoak Marshall won the
consolation match in the first
flight of a recent Idle Hour Wo¬
men's one-day golf tournament,
and a number of other local wo¬
men golfers also won in the play.
Mrs. Lowie Young won the con¬
solation in the fourth flight, Mrs.
Edwin Richardson won runner-up
honors in the eighth flight, Mrs.
.Virginia Smith won the runner-up
spot in the ninth flight, and Mrs.
Duke Liine won the consolation in
the ninth flight.
A total of 76 golfers participat¬
ed in the tourney.
Those from the local Pine Need¬
les Club who took part in it were
Mrs. E. J. Saywell, Mrs. Floyd
Smith, Mrs. Robert Turner, Mrs.
Charles B. Evans, Mrs. Smoak
Marshall, Mrs. Elton Luckie, Mrs.
Fred Fagan, Mrs. Duke Lane, Mrs
W. J, Liipfert, Mrs. Edwin Rich¬
ardson, Mrs. A. B. Young, Mrs.
John Alden, Mrs. E. B. Adams,
Mrs. Corbin Davis, and Mrs. John
L. Brown.
“The girls played much faster
than the men in the Peach Blos¬
som,” commented Rob Hayes, pro
of the Macon club. "It only took
some of»the.m an hour and a half
to play nine holes compared to
a’most two and a half during the
Peach Blossom.”
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Funeral services were held at
the Benevolence Baptist Church
mvir here last Saturday afternoon
:et 3:00 o’clock for Mrs. B. B.
Smisson, 72, who died on May
after a lengthy illness.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. William R. Akins. Burial
was in the Oaklawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Smisson was a member of
the Benevolence Baptist Church
and was well known, in Fort Val
^ an ^ snrrotindthg arest.
Mrs. Smisson was a member of
a prominent Peaoh County family,
Survivors include her husband,
B - B - Smisson; five daughters,
Mrs - Mar >’ Morgan Jones, Mar
-hallville, Mrs. Jack Tharpe, Mrs.
Harold Smith, and Mrs. II, C.
,|on - Fort Valle F- Mr s- Johnnie L.
Caldwell, Thomaston; six sons,
Claude, Wesley, Sanford, and Clif
ford. Fort. Valley, 0. T., Annapo¬
lis, Md., and John S., Macon; 17
grandchildren, two great grand
children, amd two sisters, Mrs.
Will Gas.se.tt, Byron, and Mrs. San
^rd Underwood, Bronwood, Ga.
Pallbearers were .Julian Gassett,
Fnlor y Hatchett, Elwood Gassett,
Lewis Smisson, Hugh Smisson, and
D. W. Wells.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange¬
ments.
Mrs. W. E. Vinson
Funeral Held Here
Sunday At 3:00 p.m.
Mrs. W. E. Vinson died here on
Friday, May 15, and funeral ser¬
vices for her were held at 3:00
p. m. at the Fort Valley Methodist
Church on Sunday, May 17.
Mrs. Vinson, who was the for
mer Miss Mary Van^ Vaikenburgh
and the widow of the late Mr. W.
E. Vinson, was 82 at the time of
her death. She had lived here for
many years and was a member of
a prominent Peach and Houston
County family.
She was a member of the
Valley Methodist Church and ser
vices were conducted there by the
Rev. V. E. Robertson, pastor, Dr.
Aquila Chamiee, and the Rev.
Frank Scarlett, pastor of the
Valley Presbyterian Church.
ini was in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters
Miss Mary Vinson, Fort
and Miss Cleone Vinson,
Ga.- four sons, Clarence Vinson,
Orlando, Fla., Arthur Vinson,
Valley, Bass Vinson, Byron, and
Edward Vinson, Atlanta, Ga.;
grandchildren and one great
child.
PaHbearers were A. L. Luce,
B. J. Hudson, John Duke,
Peavy, Lynn Brown, and
Hancock.
Rooks Funeral Home of
Valley was in charge of
ments.
Leader Tribune, Fort Valley, Ga., Thurs., May 21, 1959
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SURVIVAL PLANS for civil defense action, have
been prepared by all but four states and can be
tested during the civil defense training exercise,
Operation Alert 1959, which begins April 17. The
plans provide emergency evacuation and shelter
City Virtually Clinches 1st Pari
Crown Of City Softball League
The City Slickers arq still ching
j llit to a slim lead in the Jaycee
Senior Softball League as the first
of a three-pant season nears the
end
The City team is on top with
a seven, one, one record and the
Methodists are in second with a
six and two count.
The City has one more game to
play, with the Jaycees at 8:00 on
next Tuesday night, and the Meth
j j 0{ j ist3 have two more, one against night
Blue Bird at 6:15 tomorrow
and a make-up game with the
Baptists which has not been sche
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! The only game slated tonight
w j]j see ni ue gird tangle with the
j Eire IDepartmer^.
j The league Commissioners annou
need this week that the second
part of the season will begin next
Monday night with two games set
to be played.
The City and the Methodists are
to play at 6:30 and the Fire De¬
partment and Blue Bird at 8:15.
The commissioners called at ten
t on to the new starting times for
j the games.
The standings are as follows;
TEAM WON LOST TIED
City 7 i 1
Methodist 6 M
Jaycees 3 tC I
Blue Bird 3 tc 1
Fire Dept. 3 tc
Baptist 2 to 1
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BAPTIST VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL TO START
ON JUNE 5TH
The Fort Valley Baptist Church
announces the dates for their va¬
cation Bible School. Preparation
Day will he held June 5, 10:30 at
11 a.m. The dates of the school
are June 8 - 12, the hours are
8:30 - 11:30 am.
The faculty member are Mrs,
William Hudson, principal; Mrs.
G. W. Cleveland, Jr., Pianist; Mrs.
Billie Jeannes, Chorister; Depart¬
ment Superintendents are Mrs. T.
V. Roberts, Babies; Mrs. Fred An
del, Nursery; Mrs. Hubbard Step¬
hens, Beginner; Mrs. John Lee,
Primary; Mrs. Don Emig, Junior;
and a large group of teachers and
helpers.
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Congratulations were in order
j this week for Bobbie Jean An
i vhoine, 10-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anthoine,
j w ho wf/n first Contest, place for in the the Middle Girl
Scout Art
j Georgia District held in Macon
recently.
Bobbie Jean’s drawing will be
sent to Denver to compete with
other girl scout drawings from
throughout the U. S. A. She won
second place in the Art Show held
here ; n March. Mrs. Ernest An
. ie) . son j, her Scout Leader,
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Mrs. L. W. Smith and Mrs. Jake
Gregory will be judges at the
Houston Heights Spring Flower
Show at the Garden Center in
Macon on Friday, May 22.
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procedures for states, cities and communities In
event of enemy attack. New Mexico and Pennsyl¬
vania have their plans 75 per cent finished, Indiana
50 to 75 per cent, and South Carolina less than
50%. There are also 240 area plans within states.
Mrs. Bridges Riles
Held Here Last
Saturday Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Lurline Bridges, 64, were held in
the chapel of Rooks Funeral Home
here last Saturday morning at 11:
00 o’clock.
Mrs. Bridges was a member of
the Thomaaville Methodist Church.
She was the mother of Mrs. Paul
Peed, of Fort Valley. She was a
graduate of Wesleyan College and
was a teacher for a number of
years.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Bruce Hall, former pas¬
ter of the local »Nazs|rene Church,
and Dr. Mack Anthony, superin¬
tendent of the Macon District of
the South Georgia Methodist Con¬
ference. Burial was in Oaklawn
Cemetery.
Survivors include, in addition to
Mrs. Peed, ore son, Francis R.
Bridges, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla.
Pallbearers were A. L. Luce,
Jr., Graham Lowe, Fred Shepard,
Lynn Brown, Flem Hill, and Rus¬
sell Tomlinson.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange¬
ments.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Matthews
and Mr. and Mrs. Harrold Mat¬
thews and children, Linda/ Ann,
Charles and Randall, of Barnes
ville spent Sunday here with Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Matthews.
Cerebral Palsy Telethon To Be This
Weekend On TV Station W¥AZ
The annual Middle Georgia Cer¬
ebral Palsy Drive will be held
this weekend with “Doc” and “Kit¬
ty”, of Gunsmoke fame, appearing
on the WMAZ Telethon beginning
at 10 o’clock on Saturday night
and running through 4:30 Sunday
afternoon.
Fort Valley and Peach County
are included in the Middle Georgia
dHve and a11 Feop!e in th e f ouri ' y
desiring to f make a contribution f K to
the caHS ® were ur R efl b Y Rolice
Chief Grady Cochran, chairman
for the county, to call either the
. police department at TA 5-2323 or
Stafford Rooks at TA 5-2424 or
TA 5-5949. People in Byron «r
, the Byron area were urged to call
; Byron Mayor Henry W lliams at
j Woodland 3-4531 or to drop by his
| store and make a has donation. been going
This program
on in Middle Georgia for several
years, Chief Cochrain said, and
Peach County has always made a
sizeable contribution to the drive.
He urged the citizens to keep
the record clean this year by ma>
king good contributions and by
fating them in early
Every year the WMAZ televis
ion station arranges for one or
two stars of movies or television
to appear on the telethon and try
to raise the money necessary for
the cerebral palsy program in the
state of Georgia.
“South Pacific” To Open Tonight
At High School At 8:00 O’Clock
Fort Valley Tent
Revival To Begin
Sunday, May 24
Sunday night, May 24th at 8:00
p.m. will be the opening service
of a) two week tent revival in Fort
Valley. The tent will be located
at the corner of Vineville and An¬
derson streets.
Don Emig, a member of the
Fort Valley Baptist Church will
be the evangelist, and will bring
the messages nightly. Some of the
messages will be: “Revival Now or
Never”, “The Worldly Business
Man”, “The Love Of God”, “The
Blood of Christ”, “The Pharisee
and the Publican”, “The Marks of
a Hypocrite”, “The Second Coming
Of Christ”, “Jonah” and many ot¬
her Bible messages.
Lamar Welch will lead the con¬
gregational singing. Mrs. Don E
mig will be in charge of the spec¬
ial music. Special music has been
arranged for each night, among
those participating will be Miss
Phylis Chapman, Miss Geneva
Moon of Macon, Lamar Welch,
Mrs. Bill Hatchett, Mrs. Frank
Goodrum, Clyde Wilson, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Broome of Ma¬
con, Mrs. Fred Fagan, Mrs. Elton
Luckie and many others. Dick
Bowers of Macon will bring in¬
spiring unmbers on the saxophone.
Special nights will include, Blue
Bird Body Night, Thursday, May
28th, Youth Night, Saturday, May
30th, and Old Fashion night, Sat¬
urday June 6th. Everyone is in¬
vited to come in their work clothes.
This is a special night so late
workers will fee! free to come as
they are and enjoy the service.
Everyone of ail denominations
are cordially invited to attend this
Revival.
MISS POCAHONTAS WILL BE
AT SUPER MARKET FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY, MAY 22, 23
Miss Pocahontas, an Indiaq and
a representative of a large Amer¬
ican food company, will be at the
Fort Valley Super Market on Fri¬
day and Saturday of this week.
In addition to appearing at the
local store, the American Indian
maid w?!l go to the Peter Pan Kin¬
dergarten and to the Fort Valley
Primary School for visits Friday
morning.
Officials of the Fort Valley Su¬
per Market told the Leader Trib¬
une that Miss Pocahontas will be
giving gifts to the children who
visit the store on Friday and Sat¬
urday.
The public was invited by the
management of the store to visit
with Miss Pocahontas on Friday
and Saturday.
Recent guests here of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Lancaster were: Rev.
and Mrs. Billy Lancaster and child
ren. Dianne and Mark of Jack¬
sonville, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin MeCants and sons, Rich¬
ard and Jerry of Butler, and Miss
Ruth Lancaster of Buena Vista,
Ga.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
$3.00 Per Year — In Advanct
Little League To
Begin Sat., May 30
Tlie Jaycee sponsored Little
League Baseball season will begin
its activities on Saturday, May 30,
with registration a/t 10:00 A. M. at
the Jaycee Field. All interested
players, ages nine (9) to fourteen
(14) should be there at that time
to register. Players will be divided
into age groups and names drawn
from a hat to make up four teams.
The teams will be the TIGERS,
coached by A1 DoGraw; the DOD¬
GERS, coached by Elton Luckie;
the RED SOCKS, coached by Rob¬
ert McCormick, and the BRAVES,
coached by Vernon Bowden. Each
manager will be given 2400 points
to use in trading players to bal¬
ance the strength of the teams.
Three nights of exhibition ball
will be played prior to the be¬
ginning of the league schedule on
June 16. The exhibition games
wall be played on June 6, June 9,
and June 13. All games will begin
promptly at 6:15 and 8:00 p.m.
Pine Needles To
Country Club To
Open Pool May 24
Members of the Pine Needles
Country Club, and their guests,
are invited to a family picnic
this Sunday, May 24-th, for the
opening of the swimming pool for
this season. Each member is urg¬
ed to pack a lunch and come out
to join the fun. The pool is sched¬
uled for opening at 2 o’clock p.m.
Season tickets are available, at
last year’s prices, from Mrs.
Heard Bartlett.
New facilities have been added,
this year, to the Country Club;
and members are very proud of
the new club house that is near
completion. This club house is
available to all members for en¬
tertainments, with adequate ac¬
comodations for either large or
small parties.
With the steady increase id in¬
terest of golf, and the present
nine-hole course being taxed to
its limits, there is now talk of in¬
creasing the capacity of Pine Ne¬
edles Golf Course to eighteen
holes.
REMEMBER, Sunday, May 24,
Family Picnic and Grand Open¬
ing.
GOA MET IN DUBLIN; JUNE
MEETING WILL BE IN
Safeguarding: vision against the
glare of 'the summer sun will be
discussed at a meeting of the 6th
District Optometric Society at Ma¬
con on June 1.
Dr. W-illis L. Webb of Fort Val¬
ley was among those who attended.
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The crystal clear water of Dream Lake in the depths of Luray Caverns,
Va. make* a perfect mirror reflecting the images above. While the
WOter i* actually only 18 " deep, the effect of great depth is created
<k|B to the distance of the stalacfite formation above the water level*
Tonight art 8:00 p. m. the cur¬
tain opens on “South Pacific” at
the Fort Valley High School Aud¬
itorium.
Officials reported that tickets
have been selling well, and some
500 people from Fort Valley, sur¬
rounding communities, and out-of
state towns are expected to be on
ha/nd for the thrill of opening
night.
Eight weeks of gruelling rehear¬
sals have gone into the product¬
ion of the show and spokesmen
say that the labor has not been in
vain. The choruses, featuring 40
students, are in good form, and
the actors have reached the open¬
ing night peak. All things consid¬
ered, they say, the play is color¬
ful, gay, and highly entertaining.
The backdrop, painted by Fort
Valley High’s own Victor Hobbs,
provides the perfect atmosphere
of ocean, beach, and paJms of the
South Pacific isles. This piece of
work, along with the other scene¬
ry, including many of the tropical
plants, provide a beautiful setting.
The directors, of course, are at
work in an effort to work out all
the last minute technicalities con¬
cerned with sound effects, lighting
and scene changes. With 100 stu¬
dents back stage, there would nat
urally be a great many problems
to be ironed out. But, spokesmen
say, the directors have said re
pea tedly that the students have
handled their jobs very well and
are to be highly commended.
A second performance will be
given Friday night at 8:00. There
will not be a third performance
unless the demand for tickets is
sufficient, since the royalty for
this Broadway show is understand
ably high. If a third performance
is necessary an announcement to
the effect will be made at Friday
night’s performance and on radio
the next morning. Such a third
performance would be given on
Saturday night, May 23, at 8:00.
Pine Needles Has
A Ladies’ Lounge r
Members of the Pine Needles
Country Club Golf Association
(the womens group) are taking
a special interest in the Ladies’
Lounge of the new ciub house.
Almost completed, the ladies
and other members are cooperat¬
ing to see that the lounge gets
ready for occupancy and use in
the early part of the summer.
The old pavilion by the swimm¬
ing pool was enclosed and a kit¬
chen, ladies’ lounge, and storage
room were added to make the
new club house building.
Members of the club were urged
to utilize it and were advised that
it is available for parties, dances,
etc., that the members want.
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