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BY DANIEL K. GRAHL
CKEENWAVE MADE IT 10 IN
A ROW LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
The football team of Fort Val
,y High ended their regular
season of play last Friday night
y winning their 10th game with
ro losses or ties.
It is a wonderful record and no
matter now the playoff games go,
it is a record to be proud of for
:: y team.
. >u) i ig the 10 games the Wave
s red a total of 203 points while
their opponents scored only 27,
with no opponent getting more
than seven points per game.
I:i only one game did the Wave
seore les- than three
and in that one they scored two
touchdowns and a field goal.
The season’s scoreboard reads
like this: Fort Valley 20, Wash
ington County 7; Fort Valley 20,
Dublin 0; Fort Valley 26, Crisp
County 7; Fort Valley 28, Jack
s r: 7; Fort Valley 20, Dodge Co
unty 0; Fort Valley 34, Forsyth
6; Fort Valley 26, Manchester 0;
F tt Valley 10, Hawkinsville 0;
Fort Valley 41, Harris County 0;
and Fort Valley 32, Hogansville 0.
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out a single really brilliant and
r; ...in.: i' o:: it. Wa say
that without fear of being mis
under because we say that
IS a ti- n with ! 1 stars on it,
the 11 player, who may be on it
at any given time.
1* is n amazing team because
all of the members of the, squad
really want to play ball, because
4-V iey apparently like each other
a> d pparently like to play to
gether. and because they don’t
s -cm to care who scores just so
the scores are made.
Of course, there are players on
the t; im who can do certain
things uetter than some of the
other players. Some can block a
little better, some can tackle a
l.t le better, some can kick a little
better, some can throw a little
better and some can run a little
faster.
None can outshine any of the
r, though, when it comes to
(,e .re to play and desire to win.
And that is what makes them a
great team, no matter what hap
pens in the future.
Everyone here is proud of the
team and proud of their record.
We are ail proud of their playing
together as a good team and of
the clean, hard football they play.
However, we think we are all
proudest of the fact that they are
the kind of young men who can
go to a restaurant in another
and have the proprietor cail to
their home town and say: ‘‘Your
football team is the nicest bunch
of boys who have ever eaten at
our place. They not only can play
football, they are real gentlemen.”
That happened this year to this
team, and we are extremely proud
of that.
We salute the team, the two
very fine coaches for their out
standing job, and want them to
know that we are for them all
the way, win, lose or draw.
Of course, we think they are go
ing to win.
BLOSSOMS FROM THE MAIN
STEM........
The Secretary of War, who has
never lived jn the “country” be
fore, is already claiming the air
smells better.....and we can’t
be more than a few feet from the
city limits.....Let’s see, Ralph
“Smoky” Harrison and John A.
Rhodes recently went fishing, said
thev caught some; Billy Wall. \\ il
bur , Sutton. „ Lew Armstrong , and ,
Harold Smith recently went fish- ,
said they caught some, and ,
ing,
of . , have
in none tne cases we seen
any fish , .... .Looks , , like ... ,,
could bring few , by and , let. , ,
a us
them , that . close ,
see since is as as
we’ ll ,, get . to .... catching
ever again
some ourself.....Lynn ,, , Brown „
and Sir. oak , Marshall , .. apparently
got an eyeful . , of some good , golf
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Ceafcer ©tribune
The pres e n t
squad if Wave
players comprise
one of the most
amazing teams
it has ever been
our pleasure to
watch perform.
We say that it
is a team with-
Methodists Will »,*ve Homecoming
Sunday; Dr. Freeman To Speak
The Fort Valley First Methodist
Church will celebrate its 121st an
niversary with Homecoming on
Sunday, November 12.
The guest preacher for the morn
-hg stf.iee will be Dr. G. Ross
Teem::,! and for the evening- ser
vice it will be the Rev. L. K. Wil
liams, former pastor of the church.
Following the morning service a
picnic dinner will be served in the
Fellowship Hall at 1:00 o’clock.
The church has extended a cor
dial invitation to former pastors,
members, and friends to attend
the anniversary and homecoming
occasion.
The Fort Valley Methodist
Church was constituted and estab
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lj 3 hed in 1840. It came as the out
growth of a great spiritual awak
! ening led by the Rev. Samuel An
thony, pastor of the Houston Cir
cuit, in which 1600 converts were
received into Methodist Churches
of this area. At first it was called
vhe Old Pond Church and w-as lo
cated one mile northwest of Fort
Valley.
In 1848 the church was given
to the Negroes and the congrega
tion moved to a new location
known as Everett Square. After
the community obtained a post of
fice the Old Pond Church was re
named the Fort Valley Metrodist
Church.
In 1870 the fourth annual meet
ing of the South Ga. Conference
met in Fort Valley with Bishop
Pierce presiding. It was at this
conference that the Rev. John B.
Culpepper joined. It is said
he was one of the lending evange
lists of the 19th and 20th centur
• s and that 2 ,0,000 people joined
he Methodist Church u-der his
ministry. In 1875 the Woman’s
Missionary Society was organized
and in 1895 the annual conference
convened in Fort Valley with Bish
op Cranberry presiding.
In 1900 a lot was purchased and
thc present building erected. The
late Judge H. A. Mathews was the
chairman of the building commit-
Mrs. Geo. Wheaton Chosen Pres.-Elec!
Of Georgia Visiting Teachers Assoc. I
By MRS. EARL ADAMS
The Georgia Association of Vis
iting Teachers, meeting at the
Dempsey Motor Hotel in Macon
iast week, elected a Reach County
teacher, Mrs. Jeanette Wheaton,
as president-elect of their orga
nization.
Mrs. Wheaton has lived in Fort
Valley all of her life, with the ex
ception of a few years spent in
Griffin, Ga., where her husband
was in the building supply busi
k ss They returned to Fort Valley
in 1940.
After finishing high school here
Mrs. Wheaton attended Agnes
Scott College, then went to Short
er College for a year. She later
^tended Mercer University where
she received her A. B. and M. A.
degrees.
She joined the Fort Valley High
School faculty in 1949 arid has
been with them ever since, ser
ving as visiting teacher for the
local schools. i
Mrs. Wheaton is a member of
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Fort Valley First Methodist
Church and is a member of the j
church choir. She is also a !
oer of the Library Auxiliary and!
of the Study Club. I
Mrs. Wheaton and her husband,
George H. Wheaton, live on the j
Macon Road. Their son, Henry,
Wheaton, is with the U. S. Air I
Force, stationed at Lackland AFB,'
San Antonio, Texas.
Some 150 visiting teachers from
Georgia attended the eonventioon I
last week. Miss Florence Poole,
profe: xor of Social Work at the
University of Illinois’ School of
Social Work was the leader of the
conference,
One of the highlights of tne con
ference was an address a, bv , ,, Mrs.
Mamie . K. Taylor of Atlanta, , who ,
spoke on “Citizens . Responsibility
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to Georgia Children and Youth, ,,
1 he talk dealt with information .
revealed . . of ,. children .
in a survey '
in jails, J . ., made , recently , by Juve- .
rule Court judges of the state t , with ...
the help of , tne ,, visiting .... teachers, ,
GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
Leader Tribune, Fort Valley, Ga., Thurs., Nov. 9, 1961
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tee and the late Rev. E. M. Whit
ing was pastor. In 1918 the Sun
day School annex was completed
under the leadership of the late
Rev. W. F. Quillian. In 1919 the
church pledged $106,000 to the
Centenary movement—most of
which was paid. In 1938 the pres
ent parsonage was erected under
the leadership of the Rev. J. E.
Sampley. In 1940 the Centennial
was held, with the Rev. L. E. Wil
liams as pastor and the message
was brought by Bishop Arthur J.
Moore. The Fellowship Hall and
Chapel were completed in 1955
with the Rev. G. N. Rainey as the
pastor. In 1966 Dr. V. I.. Brown
deeded to the church his home and
lot next door to the church. The
Sanctuary was redecorated in 1959
un der the leadership of the present
pastor, the Rev. Vernaid K. Robert
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Officials of the church ai l |
“The Ft. Valley Methodist Church
fc.. s had 121 years of glorious his
■ ary. Through its portals have
come many fine Christian laymen,
pastors, and missionaries. It is our
hope that the anniversary and the j
homecoming occasion will not on-]
ly be a day of sweet memories but |
a day of challenge as we join
hands in service for the Master.”
Second Baptist Has
I i\y ' L-»V 1 |> atftHJI i. .
The Rev. Cecil G. Irwin began
his ministry at the Second Baptist
Church on November 5th. He form
erly served as pastor of the Zebu
Ion Baptist Church, Eastman, for
the past three years and pastored
two years at Corinth Church near
Hawkinsville before going to Zeb-
uion.
Rev. Irwin is a graduate of Mer
cer University, Macon. He has
served for the past two and a half
years as a member of the Execu
tive Committee of the Georgia
Baptist Convention and as Chair
man of Evangelism for the Dodge
County Baptist Association for
three years.
Mrs. Irwin, the former Martha
Ann Raekley, is a graduate of
Crandall Business School and has
attended Mercer University ami
Middle Georgia College. She was
m . p]oyed torn time as church sec
retary at Emmanuel Baptist Chur
eh, El Paso. Texas.
Rev. and urns, irwin have a dau
* >l ’ Ll nn who will soon
be foul ' yt? ' lvs ol<, ‘
The Irwins are originally from
Unadilla, Georgia and will move
ta Fort Valley November 11th re
siding at 407 Peachtree St.
VcGllcd F(jI*
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Stafford Rooks, chairman of the
Fort Valley Planning and Zooning
Commission, this week issued a
reminder to the citizens of the
city that a permit must be secured
before any construction can be ac
complished legally in the city.
He pointed out that this ruling
includes any altering of present
buildings as well as construction
of any new buildings.
Building permits, he said, may
be secured from the City Clerk’s
office.
Merchant’s Com.
Meeting r~ Tonight in
The Merchant’s Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce urgent
ly requests you to attend a meet
ing of all merchants of Fort Val
ley and Peach County to be held
at the City Hall Thursday night,
November 9, 1961 at 7:30 p.m.
The subnet for discussion will be
a community wide plan of stimu
lating Thanksgiving and Christmas
business.
Also a discussion will be held on
the 'subject of downtown traffic
and parking problems.
Will you make special effort to
attend ?
Pete Peterson, Chairman, Mer
chant- Commi.tee.
Warren Greece, President, Cham
her of Commerce.
Irving Rig ! m, Secretary, Cham
ber of Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilson, Jr.
and two children of Baltimore,
Md., are spending several days
with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilson,
Sr., at their home on Persons St.
They are moving from Baltimore
to Cordele. Mr. Wilson has already
gone to Cordele, and his wife and
children remained with his parents
for a longer visit.
GARDEN SNOOPER
Enjoy the several Ginkgo
trees around town this week as
their beautiful foliage will be
gone next week.
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LEROY LITTLE
lissionarv J Printer
t o Speak Tonight
Vl (’on vent ion
Mr. Leroy Little, a printer who
has been serving as a missionary
n Urundi, Africa, will be one of
he speakers at the Georgia State
’rayer Band Convention at the
e hodist Church, on Thursday
and Friday, November 9 and 10.
-’or the past five years Mr. Little
ms managed the Grace Memorial
Press at Mweya in Urundi.
With his staff of more than a
dozen Africans, Mr. Little has pro
duced a monthly magazine, many
books and millions of booklets and
leaflets. Dr. Billy Graham and his
team used many thousands of these
leaflets during a series of cam
paigns in Africa. Type had to be
set by hand until about two years
ago when a linotype, a press and
several other pieces of equipment
were installed to greatly speed
production.
Mr. Little states that one of the
greatest needs of Atri a today is
Christian literature. Millions of
Africans are learning to read in
mission and government schools,
but the Communists and Modems
have distributed much more liter
ature than the Christians.
While attending college, Mr. Lit
tie earned his livlihood as a print
er at Dallas Texas. He accepted a
missionary appointment in 1951
World Gospel Missioon, an
interdenominational organization
.•rving in 11 areas around the
world. He and Mrs Little were then
sent for a year of study in Bel
gium before going to Africa in
1952. The Littles have five boys,
all born in Afrca.
Because it is not possible to se
cure a qualified missionary of na
ive of Urundi to manage the prin
ing work, Grace Memorial Press
was closed when Mr. Little recent
ly left Africa. He is shortening his
furlough in the United States and
plans to return to Urundi early in
1962 to help meet the urgent need
for Christian literature. Before re
turning he will be speaking in
many areas of this country.
Greenwave Ends Season 10-0, As
Hogansville Falls 32-0; Playoff on 17
New Water Well To
Be Drilled By City
A contract has been let to the
Layne-Atlantic Company to drill
a new water well for the city of
Fort Valley, according to T. A.
Jones, city engineer, at an appvox-
1118 : (- cost of $25,000.00.
Mr. Jones said the new well is
necessary to replace one which had
o be abandoned because of sides
of the well caving in, causing sand
o be pumped into the water.
He added that the abandoned
well, known as No. 2, was drilled
in 1936, and that it had been giv
n S some trouble for the past year.
About two weeks ago, when the
sand was again found in the water,
the Albany firm was called in, re
moved the pump, and blew out the
casing. The well was placed back
in operation but it lasted only an
hour or so before it was again
pumping up sand. That is when
it was decided to abandon it and
rill another.
Normally three wells furnish the
water for Fort Valley and all of
them are located within 100 yards
of each other near the downtown
water tank. The new well will be
drilled approximately 20 yards
from the old one.
Work will begin on the new well
within two weeks and it. will re
quire six to eight weeks to cum
j plete it.
1 Local Auxiliary To
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Sell Poppies Sal.
I The members of the Ai. ericun
Region Auxiliary will be selling
poppies on Saturday, November
| 11, Poppy Day.
The poppies are made by dis
ablcd veterans confined to their
beds and wheel chairs on the Vo -
rans’ Hospitals. This is the only
means some of them have to ear.
extra money for themselves.
The money made from the sale
of the poppies goes into the Chile
Welfare Program and Rehabilita
tion.
Mrs. Lois Masters is poppy
chairman and urged all member:
to help the junior members and
Girl Scouts sell poppies.
Mr. William Carithers at Carith
ers’ Furniture Co, will have the
poppies for distribution.
Hunt High Tigers Win Homecoming Tilt 1
From Cordele By Score Of 54-2 j
Trailing 2-0 at the end of the
first two minutes, the Hunt High
Tigers came stamping back to
swamp A. S. Clark by a score of
54-2. The game was a culmination
of homecoming activities that in
eluded a coronation of Miss Hunt
High, a parade and the game.
The game opened with Cordele
kicking to Hunt. On fourth down
a bad pass from center by
caused the ball to become dead in I
the end zone for a safety, giving
Clark 2 points. i
After the kickoff to Clark things ',
st. rb'd happening. Cosby retu.
ed an intercepted pass for 60 ya"
■ I a T.D. On the next series of 1
downs, L, McGhee did the same
th'ng for 45 yards to complete '! c |
scaring for the first quaiscr
In the second quarter, McCoy
sneaked 5 yards and a touchdown,
and Cosby scored on a sweep from
20 yards out. No extra points were
added and Hunt led 26-2 at half
time.
After half time activi s > B.
Marshal! resumed the Hr:; s *or
ing with a 25 yard gallop fo>- a T.D.
The rest of the Hunt TU's be
longed to Clifford Po: ter. He scor
ed on passes from Me' 1 f 15:
yards also and recovered one for 19 blocked yard s Port- it! J
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by Paul Jones for another 6 poio
er to make him the highest scorer
of the day with 18 points.
The Hunt line was even more ag
gt-essive as it is limited the Clark
Rams to a mere first downs, both
hv penalties. Daniely, Batimore,
Jones, Johnson, Anderson, Watson
d bind ey were the standouts.
'Inis ween Hie Tigers o..
Dublin in their lust regular season
game in Fort Valley. The Tigers
must replay Thomaston however,
as they both stand tied for the
sub-region title.
LlllHM’al ScrVlCCS
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JJcSlI Ill VIilUOll
Funeral services for little Jerry I
R ' Kane y- 4 years, of Jackson- j
ville, Fla. were held iri Macon atj
the First Church of the Naxasene,
in I' "iday, October 27 at 2 p.m. ]
The child died at the Baptist j
Ho pita! in Jacksonville on Oc o
iur 25 after a brief illness. He
was * rn in Bibb County, the son
of Robert Pat Kaney, Jr., and Reg
gy Smithson Kaney and lived , ere
until two years ago when his par
ents moved to Jacksonville.
Burial was in Macon Meinoi ai
Park. Pallbearers were; Joanny
Steiben, Woody Davis, Raip <
ter, and Robert Webb.
Survivors besides his parents arc
a sister, Donna Kaney, Jackson
yille; paternal grandparents, Mr.
am | Mrs. R. P. Kaney, Sr., Macon,
and matero- 1 f" {parents, Rev.
: r ] Mrs. W. T. Smithson, For.
< • 1 y a ed several uncles arid
aun..i.
The Rev. .Smithson is pa tor o.
the Nasartu. Church in Fort Val- ;
ley. j j
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
$3.50 PER YEAR — IN ADVANCE
Fort Valley High School’s foot
ball Greenwave last Friday night
wrote finis to an undefeated and
untied 10-game regular season as
they walloped a game Hogans
’ ville crew, 32-0.
I Having already won the Region
3-B, South crown, Coach Norman
j Fail-cloth’s crew will go to Man
chester on Friday night, Novem
ber 17, to meet North Cobb of
Acworth for the region tide.
North Cobb is undefeated or
tied in the region, and has, lost
only two games this season, both
of them to Class AAA school.,
Spraybeiry and Sou.h Cobb.
The Greenwave r aiai: ed in the
No. 1 spot in the Atlanta Consti
tution’s statewide Class B ratings
and No. 2 in several of the other
ratings. Morgan County of Madi
son made a big jump in the Con
stitution's ratings last week by
defeating Washington-Wilkes. The
Constitution placed them in their
No. 2 spot, and it is conceivable
that Fort Valley may meet them
for the North title. This will hap
pen if they bom win their region
crowns.
in last Friday’s game the end
was not long is doubt as the Wave
pushed across four TDs in the
first half and then added another
in the third period.
The first score came in the first
period, following a Wave recover
ed Hogansville fumble at the mid
field line. From that point they
moved on the ground down to the
visitors' nine. Jody Hardeman im
mediately crashed over from that
point. The try for extra point was
missed.
After an excha ge of pun is ihe
Wave had the ball again on their
own 30, with the second quarter
only seconds old.
Lightning struck again f ini
this point as Jody Hardeman slant
ed off his left side, cm, and then
with several good blocks and some
fancy running, :aced 70 yards to
paydirt. Again the try for the ex
tra point failed.
Fort Valley kicke ! off, !' ? line
forced a punt, and the Wave had
the ball again, this time on their
own 35. Moving rapidly oa the
ground and in the air, the Wave
pushed down to the visitors’ 35.
At that point Richard La whom
took a handoff, turned right end,
and raced in for the score. Fur
the third consecutive time the ex
tra point try failed.
The final score in the first half
came when quarterback Dave Har
deman threw a pass good for 35
yards and the TD to end Nim
Tharpe. This time Warren Wall
blasted over for the extra point.
When the second half opened
tiie Wave took the kickoff and im
mediately turnerj on the power
n:'d map-'.! ; j the visitor*’
12. Ac that point Wall again took
i ver and went for the final touch
down. Quarterback Tee Fairclolh
passed to Nim Tharpe for the ex
. ra point, and that was the scoring
for the night.
Again, as it has all year, the
.ard blocking and tackling of the
’ort Valley line played an enor
nous part in the victory. In fact,
..he blocking and tackling of the
entire team has been good.
The defensive work of such as
lay Pearson, Thomas Greathouse,
;immy G ;, es> j ohnny Walker, Nim
fharpe, Hugh Barr, and Dave Har
ieman was outstanding, and that
tVu? others was most commend
ible.
Offensive-wise ihe hard running
if Jody llard imaq Richard Luw
^ oln . m( [ Wane.it Wall was out
iLan< ii .g ; um i the ball handling
uk! passing o. Dave Hardeman
and Tee Faircloth.
Bank Will Be Open
Sal., (Josed Wed.
The Bank of Fort Valley will
Ye open during its regular busi
ne.-s hours on Saturday, Novem
ici- II, according to Mr. Herbert
Huckabee, vice president and eash
ier, and will be closed all day on
Wednesday, November 15.
November 11, Veterans’ Day, is
legal banking holiday.
Mi. Huckabee said that this
is being made as a con
to merchants and other
Highway Dept. To
Survey IN. Macon
Clarke Duncan, member of the
State Highway Board, advise !
Fort Valley Mayor Irving Rigdon
last week that a survey of North
Macon Street from Five Points
to Main Street has been authorized
by the Highway Board.
The survey is to determine the
cost and feasibility of widening
that portion of the street in order
to facilitate traffic. It is a part
of U. S. 341.
Mayor Rigdon said this week
that he called District Engineer
John Wade in Thomaston and that
Mr. Wade assured him that the
survey would be started immedi
ately.
Plans for the possible construct
ion of a road connecting U. S. 341
and Ga. 49 at a point just north
of Georgia Products Co. were al- j
so discussed. The feasibility of a
survey of such a project is being
considered by Mr. Duncan.
Such a road has been requested
by several local concerns. [
Funeral Held For
W. Miles Johnson I
Yesterday At 3:00
Funeral services for William
Miles Johnson, 72, of Fort Valley,
who died Monday after a lengthy
illness, were held yesterday after
noon ul 3:00 at the First Metho
dist Church.
Mr. Johnson was a native of
Pulaski County but had lived in
Fort Valley for many years. He
was a retired salesman and was a
member of the First Methodist
Church of Fort Valley.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Vernard E. Roobertxon,
pastor of the church. Burial was
in Oaklawa Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Addie Holt, of Fort
Valley; one brother, Steve L. John
son, of Hawkinsville; one niece
one nephew, and one great-neph
ew.
Pallbearers were Holmes Harri
son, H. J. Avera, Fred Champion,
E. D. Leverett, Ralph Harrison,
and D. K. Houser.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange*
aents.