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i 1954
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A Contests
72ND. YEAR, NO. 8
Peachlt^ journal
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
BROTHERHOOD WEEK - I960
This is Brotherhood Week.
It is a time set aside by many
people in our great land, and in
truth, in the world, to re-dedicate
themseh :*s to the principle that
there are certain basic things that
nil people are entitled to.
It is appropriate that such an
observance be made, but it is even
more appropriate that ALL peo¬
ple stop and realize that the other
person has a few dignities and
rights that he is entitled to.
We hear much in our section of
our great land today about race,
and the problems is brings forth.
These are not only trying times,
they are tortuous times, and as
such we believe that our position,
speaking in generalities, should
he reappraised.
First, let us stop and take into
consideration that all of us have
to live together, for better or for
worse, and that tolerance is a very
necessary ing »i:ent.
By tolerance we mean a mutua'
understanding of and sympathy
for the other persons problem or
condition.
Tolerance, then, as we have de¬
fined it, is a necessary ingredient
of r-!v effective brotherhood.
m
x
a imnenjeus stride has been ta¬
ken toward the realization of the
leal meaning of brotherhood.
The third ingredient necessary
for real brotherhood is the belief
and understanding that we are all
children of God, and as such we
must be judged on our own merits.
We do not believe that brother¬
hood requires that we attend a
Negro school, or a school in China
or India. We do not believe that
we are being discriminated against
because we are not able or are not
allowed to attend such a school,
BUT, we do believe that we are
discriminated against if we are
not provided with equal facilities,
both from a physical as well as
an instructional standpoint where
public funds are used.
We do not believe that we are
discriminated against if we are
allowed to vote when we pass the
name test as others as to intelli
genee, property ownership, taxes
paid, etc.
BUT, we would feel that we are
discriminated against if we passed
all of those tests, met all of the
standards, and still were denied
the right to vote.
We believe that the minority
groups, one of which we happen
to be a member of in so far as
membership in Congress is con¬
cerned, should also be tolerant,
and understanding. Tolerance is
no one-way street, It should be
observed and practiced by the
norities as well as the majorities.
No person has any control over
what race, nationality or country
he or she is born to. Each, in the
words of our own Declaration of
Independence, is entitled to lib¬
erty, justice and the pursuit of
happiness. Each person is entitled
to equality so far as the law is edn
oerned, and to their own religious
beliefs. At no place is one entitled
to a greater share of public facil
ities, both physical and instruct
ional, than the other.
We in our section of the country
have a greater responsibility, in
■mm* 1 respects, than peop’e in the
other sections.
We have a race problem, and no
pussyfooting can call it anything
else, that no other section of our
nation has, and yet I must in fair¬
ness say, we think our section has
done more with that problem than
any other group of people in the
history of humanity.
And yet, we must do more.
We must recognize that many
social and racial problems are pre¬
valent here and are prevalent else¬
where in the nation. Understanding
of a problem is nece -ary before
any real brotherhood can be ef¬
fected.
We heVev? ; n an effective and
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Sherriff W. Herbert Breland Coroner G. C. “Dud” Poole
j Reach County Sheriff W. Herbert Beeland and Coroner G.
j C. “Dud” Poole, shown above, were re-elected to their offices
last Wednesday in the Peach County Democratic Primary.
Sheriff Beeland polled a total of 1,823 votes out of 2,320
cast to outdistance two opponents, Frank E. Flowers and J. W.
Bradshaw. Flowers polled 389 votes and Bradshaw garnered 270
in the primary balloting.
In the coroner's race Poole tallied 1,401 votes and L. B.
Knight, his only opponent, received 831 votes.
All other county office holders were unopposed for re-elec¬
tion in the Democratic primary.
Spring Flower Show To Be Held
At Armory Here On March 16th
Mrs. J. J. Greg., who is chair
of the Fort Vail 1960 Flower
now has (leased the name.; of
he v committees who will
erve.
j ,ie theme of the Flower Show
< “WE SALUTE OUR TOWN”.
The Flower Show is scheduled
for V.’e iaesday, March 10, from
1:03 to li.vO P.M.
The committees who will serve
ire:
STAGING
National FFA
Week is Being r
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Future Farmers of America
members throughout the nation
are scheduling special activities to
focus public attention on the work
of their organization during the
National FFA Week, February
20-27.
Locally, members of the Fort
Valley FFA Chapter plan Radio
Programs, Window Displays, put
ting up display posters, also hold
ing local chapter meeting, bulletin
boards in ILgh School, use of
stickers and emblems on car win¬
dows a.id letters and other acti¬
vities.
The Fort Valley FFA chapter
has 26 members. President this
year is Larry Borders. Mr. C. E.
Thomas, Vocational agriculture
instructor in Fort Valley Hibh
School, serves as advisor of the
FFA chapter.
The national Future Farmer or¬
ganization had 370,000 meftnbev
j with 9,000 local chapters in he
-G states and Puerto R co. Mcm
bership in Georgia totals over t8,
000.
Future Farmers choose .tie week
of George W :.~h: ’g'on’s birthday
each year for the f V.ervance of
National FFA Week, Although
usually recognized as a Revolution
ary War General and our first
President, Washington’s first love
was the farm he called Mount Ver
ion.' There, he was one of 'he
' first in the nation to practice con
ur p'antirg, crop rotations, fe r -
'Jhzatson, and other so! con no¬
vation and improvement method; .
It was more than a century after
Washington’s death before ire -
•;al use was made of many of h-
1 <oun *l agr.ci.tural practices
he advocated.
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| Meet March 1st
The Fort Valley Woman’s Club
will meet on Tuesday, March 1,
at the club house at 3:00 p. m.
for their annual business meeting.
Mrs. T. A. Jones, president, w 11
pre.-.lde over the business session.
Hostesses are to be Mrs. E. R.
Anderson, Mrs. L. F. -Stephens,
Mrs. A1 Rube!, Mrs. W. H. Hop¬
kins, Miss Lelia Mae Royal, and
Mrs. J. W. Lancaster.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
Leader Tribune, Fort Y'alley, Ga., Thurs., Feb. 25, 1960
r :mnan - s •s. Ray Schofield
Co-chairman . Mrs. llu- all Rear
Mrs. Norman Faircloth, Mrs.
Robert Lanyon, Mrs. Ed Wilson,
j Mrs. E. W. Bowman, Jr., Mrs.
\ ’bar! Burnett, Mr. ’S. Don Kin
: nett, Mrs. Hugh Sawyer, Mrs. A.
H. Barnett, Mrs, Frank Goodrum,
Mrs. Edwin Richardson, Mrs. W.
| E. Greene, Mrs. L. R. Newberry,
Mrs. Elton Luckie, Mrs. Tom An
thoine, Mrs. William Khoury.
AWARDS
Chairman Mrs. T. A. Jones
ENTRIES
! Chairman - Mrs. F. B. Little, Jr.
Mrs. T. W. Cleveland, Mrs. Leon
Bridges, Mrs. Lewis Green, Mrs.
| John Lee, Mrs. A. M. Solomon,
: Mrs. Charles Bartlett, Mrs. Rob
! ert Walker.
CLASSIFICATION
Chairman - Mrs. C. B. Aimon
Mrs. E. L. Duke, Sr., Mr. Turn
I er > Mr. R°y ce Bartlett.
CLERKS
‘ r Harman - Mrs. Homer Duke
Mrs. J. H. Kline, Mrs. Dcxton
Whitley, Mrs. David Sammons,
1 Mrs. I 1 . B. Childre, Mrs. F. M.
Williams, Mrs. Earl Adams, Mrs.
Jimmie Stevens, Mrs. William
Khoury, Mrs. Frank Scarlett.
JUDGES
Cha : rm n n - Mrs. L. W. Smith
JUDGES LUNCHEON
Chairman - Mrs, Clyde Wilson
Mrs. Joe Douglas, Mrs. Bill Tom
Jones, Mrs. Willard Pearson, Mrs.
Claude B. Wilson.
PUBLICITY
Mrs. A. L. Pearson, Mrs. Wil¬
lis Webb, Mrs. Norman Faircloth.
FINANCE
Mrs. Bill Tom Jones
HORTICULTURE
Cha'rman - Mrs. Willis Webb
Mrs. Maxwell Murray, Mrs.
; Jach Duke, Mrs. Henry Holland.
ARRANGEMENTS
Chairman - Mrs. Jimmie V. Duke
Consultant - Mrs. Bill Liipfert
Mrs. Elton Luckie, Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, Sr., Mrs. Robert Hess,
Mrs. L. W. Smith.
Jr. Division
Mrs. E. W. Bowman, Jr., Mrs.
Vo man Faircloth, Mrs. Willis
’ebb, Mrs. Hugh Sawyer, Mrs.
t. L. Pearson, Mrs. Robert Lan
yon.
HOSTESS
cairman - Mrs. Robert Hess
( Mr=. Richard Parks, Mrs. John
Sanders, Mrs. Charles Sims, Mrs.
PH ■hton Shepard, Mrs. T. M. Bail
ey, Mrs. W. J. Braswell, Mrs. Ches
ter WiUgm, Mrs. Waltpr Pearson,
Mrs. C. H. Sammons, Mrs. B. A.
Shipp, Mrs. Carson Slappey, Mrs.
Richard Sadler, Mrs. Tamp Cline,
Mrs. W. E. Bowman,
Mrs. J. E. Bozeman, Mrs. Rob
. ert Morrell, Mrs. Ira Sammons,
I Mrs.. Homer Allen, Mrs. Charles
Evans, Mrs. V. L. Brown, Mrs.
8 Halprin, Mrs. John Pearson,
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Mrs. O. B. Bankston, Mrs. Herbert
Hiiey, Mrs. George Haslam, Sr„
Mrs. J. W. Lancaster.
EDUCATIONAL
Chairman - Mrs. R. P. Swan
SCHEDULE
Chairman - Mrs. A. L. Pearson
Funeral Today For
Mrs. C. M. Orr, 90
Funeral services for Mrs. Clif
ford Merry Orr, 90, will be held
oduy at 4:00 p. m. at her home,
424 West Church Street, in Fort
Valley. Mrs. Orr died yesterday
after a lengthy illness.
A native of Lumpkin, Georgia,
Mrs. Orr had lived in Fort Valley
for many years. She was a mem
j her of the Fort Valley Methodist
Church and of the local chapter
of the U. 1). C. She was a for¬
mer member of the D. A. K. and
of the Garden Club.
The services will be conducted
by the Rev. V. L. Robertson, pas
;or of the Fort Valley Methodist
Jhureh. Burial will be in Oaklavvn
Cemetery.
She is survived by her daugh¬
ter, Miss Wilma Orr, of Fort Val¬
ley.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley is in charge of arrange
men ts.
Federated Garden
Club Executive
Board Met Tties.
Plans were discussed for the
Flower Show which will be on
March ,16th at the Armory when
the executive board of the Fort
Valley Federated Garden Club
gathered at the home of Mrs.
Clyde Wilson on Anderson Ave.
,ni Tuesday m miing, February 23.
Mrs. Lawton Pearson, president
of the Club, presided over the bus¬
iness meeting.
The Federated Garden Club has
a garden center at the store of
Mr. R. C. Poole on Vineville St.,
and the center is open each Tues¬
day afternoon from two until four
o’clock and each Thursday morn¬
ing from nine until eleven o’clock
with a member of the club pres¬
ent at this time. On Thursday
morning of this week Mrs. L. W.
Smith will be at the center and
w li represent the Fort Valley
Club. Members of the club that
are at the Gt .'den Center will help
anyone if they so desire in the
selection of seeds and plants for
seasonal planting.
Present at the executive board
meeting were Mrs. L. W. Smith,
Mrs. J, J. Gregory, Mrs. Bill Tom
Jones, Mrs. E. W. Bowman, Jr.,
Mrs. Claude Wilson, Mrs. B. A.
Shipp, Mrs. C. B. Almon, Mrs.
Lawton Pearson, Mrs. Ray Scho¬
field, Mrs. Frank Goodrum and
Mrs. Clyde Wilson.
Mrs. Russell P. Houser and
Mrs. Adelaide Kell attended the
Georgia State Floral Association
Convention which met in Macon
on Monday and Tuesday of this
week.
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Mayor Rigdon Seeks Re-election
March 23; Deadline On 9th
Cheshire Cats Will
Play Albany Here
On Saturday Night
The Cheshire Cats, Macon’s pro¬
fessional basketball team that is
riding a 20-3 record, will meet the
Albany Blues in a return game
here next Saturday night at the
high school gym.
The game was switched from
Macon because of the State AA
tourney now in progress there.
The Albany team defeated the
Cheshire team, 79-71, in Albany
and the Cats say they are deter- j
mined to get things square.
Both teams are loaded with ex¬
college players. The Blues center
their attack around (5’ 8" Bob
Flower, a coach at Albany High,
Jack Roth, brother of famous Bob
Roth of the House of David, and
James Hughes, ex-Mercer ace, and
Phelan Lowe, a Fort Valley man
vho is now head coach at Albany
High School.
The Cats will have Doug Harris
and Donnie Veal, two of this years
Mercer stars, and Tommy Mixon,
Jill Fitch, Norman Carter, Claude
Green, Jim Holton, and Milton
McBryant.
The Fort Valley Recreation As
sociation is sponsoring the game.
They will also sponsor the pro¬
fessional tournament here again
this year on March 14, 15, Hi.
Toisriiey AI 1 o Be
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The finals of the state Class
“A” and “C” basketball tourna¬
ment will be held in the Fort Val¬
ley area this Friday and Saturday.
After a session in the Houston
County Gym in Perry Friday af¬
ternoon, the tourney will move to
the Hunt High Gym for a Friday
i uveu n K session bcg.nning at 5:00
p.m.
(Saturday morning all games
move to the Health and Physical
Education budding at The Fort
Valley State College. It is the o
pinion of the majority of persons
connected with the tournament
that this is the only facility in this
area with adequate space for fans
and team.;. Earlier sentiment fav¬
ored the use of the Hunt High
Gym, but the limited facilities
caused a change of mind.
A large facility is needed
cause fans sertse a rematch of the
District 4 finals when Hunt de
feated Perry 49-37 for the Champ
ionship.
$3.50 PER YEAR — IN ADVANCE
Green wave Drops
Tilt To Heard And
Is Out of Tournev
Fort Valley High School’s boys
basketball team come to the end
of the trail for this season when
.ieard County dropped them, 43-
27, on Wednesday night of last
week in the region tournament in
X.aGrange.
Failure to hit their baskets, in
addition to accuracy and good ball
handling on the part of Heard ac
counted for the defeat.
Ray Rear on led the local of- j
fensive efforts as he counted for |
i2 porn x ee Faircloth followed
with six points and Donnie Hall
nan hit four.
C. Awbrey got 13, R. Dabney
12, and L. Nutt 10 for Heard.
Some 15 fouls were assessed a
gainst Fort Valley, and Heard hi;
nine of 18 foul attempts. Heard
was charged with only five fouls
and Fort Valley hit three of five,
Kiwanians Heard
Dr. J. P. LaRocca
At the luncheon meeting last
Friday of ‘be Fort Valley Kiwani
Club the guest speaker was Dr.
J. P. LuRocca, Professor of Phar¬
maceutical Organic Chemistry, at
be University of Georgia.
Dr. LvTloccn spoke of Research
"Yon-re and Manufacture of
iru'rs and was heard with much
interest.
The speaker was presented by
Mr. C. W. Peterson, program di¬
rector for the meeting.
Mr. James C. Liipfert, the pres¬
ident of the Kiwanis Ciub con¬
ducted the business features.
Mrs. Paul Chapman and Mrs.
Chester Lowe, of Macon, were
guests last Sunday of their moth¬
er, Mrs. W. B. Austin.
Garden Snooper
Be sure and keep an eye on
the Japanese Magnolias in
front of the Thomas Public Li¬
brary. They are beginning to
burst into bloom and will be
beautiful soon.
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Poole To Seek Post
On City Council
Fort Valley Mayor Irving Rig¬
don yesterday qualified with the
Fort Valley Democratic Executive
Committe to run for re-election in
the primary to be held here on
March 23.
Rigdon has been mayor of Fort
Valley for the past two years.
G. C. “Dud" Pcole, eieeled last
week to succeed himself as Peach
County coroner, also qualified yes*
terdav to succeed himself as a
member of city council,
Cecil Martin, local electrician
mid Robins Air Force Base employ
e e, last Saturday paid his qualify*
ing fee to run for a full four-year
term on the utilities commission.
His fee was accepted by the Ex
ecutive Committee co ’dlliona'ly.
H. J. Avera, chairman of thfl
committee, said that the fee wa*
accepted conditionally pending a
elarif'cation by the Civil Service
Commission of Martin’s eligibility
to make the race. Civil Serviee
regulations, in some instances, pro
hibit civil service employees from
active participation in political
activities.
Mr. Avera said that such clari
f'cation has been requested from
the commission in Washington.
Prior to yesterday two present
members of the utilities commis¬
sion, William J. Wilson, chairman,
and Jack Hunnicutt, had qualified
for re-election co their posts, and
Wallace B. Hardeman, Jr., had
qualified for the unexpired term
of the L.Je Mrs. C. Hall on that
body.
Clinton Hutto, a member of city
council for the past four years
haii qualified to succeed himself.
Since Poole’s qualifying, John
Armstrong is the only incumbent
councilman whose term is up who
lias not qualified.
Mr. Armstrong t<j!d the Leader
Tribune yesterday that he will dof
initely not be a candidate for re
election.
Qualifying deadline for the city
primary is noon on March 9, and
voter registi'ation deadline is noon
on March 12. The primary will
be held on March 23. The polls
will be open from 7:30 a. m. to
6:30 p. m.
The mayor is elected for a< two
year term and the councilmen aad
commission members are elected
for four years. One commission
member this year will be elected
for two years, to fill the un-expir
ed term of Mrs. C. Hall, and can¬
didates for that office must so
specify.
The c.ty has six councilmen and
four members of the commission,
with three of the councilmen and
two of the commission members
coming up for election each two
years.
The voters on March 23 will al
so elect three members of the city
Democratic Executive Committee
for four year terms.
In addition to Mr. Avera the
present member.' »t he committee
are Geo. M. Haslazn, Jr., secretary,
and Leman P. Duke, (treasurer.
The general elccuan of city of
fic.als will he hold in April in ac¬
cordance wil l the citj charter.
Bicycle in section
To Be lie3 -1 Friday
Fort Valley Police Chief Grady
W. Cochran sa d ' >•' ■■ week that
a bicycle i. sp'-o ■ •111 he held
v the local schdoi 1 Friday.
He said la ; gie’on, of
.0 ; Macon olice ■ men;, and
I! •• . eld, iha Georgia
H trX wav. j airo’ - ; be on hand
0 vs i tii in e .on.
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The cii’i i is 3 U ■ the first
.nspectioii ;ii a he primary
school on ver§ to a' 9:00
i. m. At ; ) o’clori, ihey will go
to the II. Hunt school. At 11
’r loci: th ; will go ip ihe white
b’gh sch-.o: and v.-;.l wind up the
inspec 'on at the white elementary
chooi at 2:00 p. m.
C.Cef t. nr. ‘ a his
appreciate \ to county sehcol su*
or.n.e..d Erne c: ■on,
ml to oil >r school officials, for
heir “very fine e..operation” in
having the inspection.