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PICTURED ABOVE IS THE architect’s drawing of the $500,000 new woman's dormitory re
cently approved by the Regents of the University of Georgia for construct‘on at The Fort Valley
State College. It is designed to accomodate 150 residents and will include two social lounges, a coun
selor’s office and consultation room, small meeting club rooms, and a beauty aid room. A similar
hall for men will be constructed, also at a cost of $500,000, the announcement said.
Fire RavagesNazarene ChurchToTune
Of $55,000; Lightning Probable Cause
Adams - Ce'ioress
Club Held Meeting
Last Thursday
The Peach County Aclams for
Congress Club held a public meet
ing last Thursday at the Woman’s
Club.
A large crowd enjoyed entertain
ment by guitar players, David
Luckie and Johnny Garwood. The
highlight of the evening was the
address by the candidate, Charles
Adams. He was intrcduced by Mr.
George Culpepper, Jr., Also includ
ed on the program were reports
by the officers on the progress of
the campaign, and the needs of our
for future progress.
Mr. Adams received an enthus
iastic response to his speech. Af
ter the meeting, refreshments
were served by club members.
Other activities of .this group
have been an address on WFPM
Radio by Mr. George Culpepper,
Jr., publicly endorsing Charles R.
Adams and asking Peach County
citizens to rally to the support
of their first local candidate for a
National Office.
On Friday, Mr. Adams made a
speech in Preston at a Barbecue,
where he was well supported by
local voters attending. Monday,
the candidate addressed a meeting
of the Sumter County Electric
Membrship Corporation. Tuesday,
he spoke to the Warner Robins Civ
itan Club, and tonight he is to ad
dress the Jayeees in Gordon.
Several Political parties, the
modern day version of the Barbe
cue, have been held for the Ad
ams’s.
Another public meeting next
week is being planned by the club
and everyone is urged to attend.
North Carolina Manufacturer
Visits The Christophers
Mr. Ben Carlton, of High Point
N. C., one of the largest bedding
manufacturers in the Southern
States was the guest of the Chris
topher’s Stores during the past
week. Mr. Carlton was enroute to
Miami and the Bahama Islands,
where he will meet his family and
spend two weeks swimming and
fishing.
MRS. LILLIAN TAYLOR NOW
ON SUPER MARKET STAFF
S. M. Wheless, manager of the
Fort Valley Super Market, annou
nced last week that Mrs. Lillian
Taylor is now associated with the
local independent food store.
“We are proud to announce her
association with us,” Mr. Wheless
said, “and know that her extensive
experience in the food store bus
iness will be of great value to our
customers and to her. Both Mrs.
Taylor and the firm will be happy
for her friends to visit here here.”
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Leader Tribune, Fort Valley, Ga., Thurs., Aug. 20, 1964
Fire early last Thursday morn
ing caused an estimated $55,000
damage to the Fort Valley Church
of the Nazarene on Knoxville St.
Contractors estimated the cost
cf rebuilding the roof and portions
of the walls at more than $39,000
and church officials estimated the
cost of replacing pews, fixtures,
office equipment, etc., at more
than $10,000.
The exact cause of the fire has
not been determined, but most of
the fire department officals and
others lean to the belief that light
nin 8' started the blaze.
Nearly all of the Fort Valley
Fire Department personnel and all
of their pertinent equipment bat
tled the blaze for three hours and
a half before they got it under
control.
The alarm was called into the
fire department at 3:25 a. m. by
Billy Allen. The fire had appar
ently been under way for some ex
tended period of time, since fire
men reported that approximately
20 minutes after they arrived at
the scene the roof began falling.
The Rev. W. P. Smithson, pas
tor of the church, said that some
$40,000 in insurance was carried
on the building and $5,000 on the
furniture and other contents.
He added that the governing
board of the church had agreed
to raise the insurance on the build
ing to $100,000 and were to se
lect the company and policy at a
meeting to be held last Monday
night.
The work on reconstruction of
the building has already gotten
under way.
Kindergarten Will
Open August 31st
The Peter Pan Kindergarten is
going to begin its 1964-65 season
on August 31, according to Mrs.
Jack Lee and Mrs. Dan Grahl, op
erators of the school.
The directors said this week
that a few pupils will still be ac
cepted. Registration was held sev
eral days ago. Interested parties
were advised to contact either of
the directors.
Football Season
Tickets On Sale
Season tickets to the five home
games of the Fort Valley High
School Greenwave football team
are now on sale, Coach Charles
Sims said this week,
Coach Sims said that assistant
Coach Jim Niblett is in charge of
the sale of season tickets. All in
quiries or purchases should be di
rected to Niblett.
Season reserved seat tickets are
priced at $6.00 each for adults and
$3.00 each for children. Regular
admission season tickets are $4.80
each for adults and $2.40 for chil
dren.
PERSONALS—
Mr. and Mrs. William Khoury
and their sons, William James and
"Wade Khoury, had as their guests
for a few days:
Dr. Joseph A. Smaha, M.D., of
Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Sam
Shelhoub, Misses Judy and Anita
Shelhoub, Raymond and William
Shelhoub, all vf Burbank, Califor
nia; Mrs. A. B. George, Misses
Kathleen and Anita George, Miss
Joan Boackle of Birmingham, Ala
bama; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sma
ha and Jerry Smaha, Miss Carol
Smaha of Macon; Miss Margarette
Smaha of Griffin.
Revival Scheduled [For Firs! baptist
Church August 23-30; Public Invited
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REV. W. H. RITTENHOUSE, JR.
The Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse.'Ji.,
pastor of Roswell Street Baptist
Church, Marietta, Georgia will be
the visiting preacher for revival
services at the First Baptist
Church of Fort Valley, August
23rd through 30th.
Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse, Jr. was
born in Macon, Georgia, and being
the son of a Baptist Minister, liv
ed ir. different places throughout
his childhood. He graduated from
the Melbourne High School, Mel
bourne, Florida where he was Val
edictorian of his class. His minis
terial preparation includes grad
uate work at the University of
North Carolina and Duke Divinity
School where he obtained his Mas
ters and PH.D. Degrees.
Rev. Rittenhouse felt called to
preach after being shot down and
imprisoned in Rumania during
World War II. He served as camp
chaplain during the time of his
imprisonment.
He is the author of the book,
“God’s P. O. W.” The ABC-TV pro
gram, “CROSSROADS” used the
story of his book as the basis for
their program, “The Barbed-Wire
Preacher”. Before going - to the
Roswell Street Baptist Church two
years ago, he was pastor of the
Sylvan Hill Baptist Church; At
lanta, Georgia.
Mr. Bruce Powers, Minister of
Music, Tattnall Square Baptist
Church, Macon, will be Revival
Song-Leader.
Mr. Powers has held the position
as Minister of Music at Tattnall (
Public Schools To
Register Monday;
Classes on Tuesday J
Peach County’s public schools
will register all pupils, including
the first grade, on Monday, Aug
ust 24, from 8:00 a. m. until 4:00
p. m., and classes will start on Tu
esday, August 25, Superintendent
Ernest R. Anderson said last week.
He added that all students are
to report to their respective build
ings and receive their books. Any
stude;.t entering the first grade
must present a birth certificate
showing him or her to be six years
of age on or before December 1.
Classes are scheduled to begin
at 8:30 a. m. on Tuesday. School
will be dismissed each day at 3:00
p. m., and the school buses will
begin operating on August 24.
The same grades will be housed
in- the same buildings they were
in last year.
The Minimum Foundation Pro
gram for Education requires the
teachers to work an additional 10
days a year, and on those work
days for the teachers the students
will have a holiday. The dates of
the local holidays are: Friday, Oc
tober 2; Friday, November 13;
Thursday and Friday, January 14
and 15; Friday, February 26; and
Thursday and Friday, April 15 and
16.
On each Saturday morning fol
lowing distribution of report cards
from 8:00 a. m. until 12:00 noon,
teachers will be at their respect
ive schools and in their classrooms
to be available to parents for con
ferences concerning the progress
their child is making in school. Pa
rents were urged to see the teach
ers at this time rather than call
ing them at their homes.
MR. BRUCE POWERS
Square Baptist Church for the
past five years where he has de
-oad .uoqo papu.tS Agnj u podopA
pram that has been awarded the
“Standard of Excellence’’ for the
last three years. He is Director
of the Music Department of the
Macon Baptist Association and Re
gional Director for the Georgia
Baptist Music Department, serv
ing on the Georg'ia Music Confer
oq uno SutAjag -pinog oous
has been judge and presiding of
ficer for the music festivals and
has served on the State School of
Church Music faculty. He is an
alumnus of Mercer University,
having majored in Religious Edu
cation.
The Youth Choir of the church
will sing at the Sunday Evening
Service, August 23rd. A Revival
Choir, composed of Adults and
Young People from the church,
will sing at all of the Week-Day
evening services. Mrs. Fred Fagan
and Mrs. J. E. Hollingsworth will
be the accompanists.
The revival will begin at the
Sunday Evening Service, August
23rd and will continue thru the
Morning Service on Sunday, Aug.
30th. Services will be held Monday
through Friday at 7 A.M. and 8
o’clock P.M.
The officials of the First Bap
tist Church extend a cordial invi
tation to the people of Fort Valley
and of this community to attend
all of these services during the
week of August 23rd through 30.
$3.50 PER YEAR — IN ADVANCE — SINGLE COPY, 10c EACH
FBI Law Enforcement Conference
Held Here Yesterday At Armory
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PEACH COUNTY SHRINE CLUB hosts to distinguished visitors.
President Robert S. Peek, left, poses with David Sammons, Honor
able Mayor of Fort Valley and Noble Nat Massey, Illustrious Po
tentate of AL SIHAH Temple in Macon. Potentate Massey praised
the local club for its charitable contributions :-n Peach County and
high praise for their support of Shrindom.
Ga. Angus Ass’n.
Field Day In
Crawford County
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The Georgia Angus Association
will hold a Field Day at the Ab
erdeen Angus Farm in Crawford
County on August 22nd.
The program will begin with
degistration and visiting the farm
at 3:00 P.M. and will be followed
by an underground barbecued beef
dinner 6:30.
At 3:30, a beef cattle type dem
onstration wiil be presented by
Dr. A. A. Long, Head of the
mal Husbandry Department at the
University of Georgia, Athens.
A registered Angus bull will be
given to a 4-H club or FFA mem
ber by Mr. Billy Dick. Crawford
County Agent on behalf of the
Aberdeen Angus Farm. A bull will
be given by the farm each year
to a boy or girl in the county. This
is concrete evidence of their inter
i est in young people and in im
proving the quality of beef cattle
in Crawford County.
The highlight of the program
will be an exibition of showman
ship and groomed cattle by about
25 boys and girls who own cattle
on the farm. These boys and girls
have been working all summer get
ting their cattle looking their
best for this day.
An underground beef barbecue
dinner, courtesy of Rev. Dick
Horne, will be served to all guests
at 6:30.
Everyone interested in beef cat
tle is invited to the educational
program and dinner.
F H A Plans
New Year
Members of the local Future
Homemakers of America spent the
past weekend at Jekyll Island
planning the program for the 1964
-1965 school year. Some of the
main projects decided on were the
Miss Vallihi Contest, White Christ
mas, Little Miss Valentine Con
test, and a banquet at the end of
the year. They also set up rules
and objectives to make the FHA a
more prosperous organization.
Those who went to Jekyll,were
Charlotte Jackson, Ginny Wilson,
Cissie Reddick, Ann Pearson, Jan
elle Hudson, Ellen Evans, Joan
Brindel, and Olivia Ruhling. The
girls were chaperoned by Misses
Alice Chambliss, Joy Graham, and
Susie Bell.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Belflower
have returned from Valdosta after
being there while Sandra Belflow
er, their granddaughter had her
tonsils out.
RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
READ THE WANT-ADS |
Nearly 200 Middle Georgia law
enforcement officers attended the
second of five 1064 Law Enforce
ment Conferences in Fort Valley
yesterday.
Those attending the conference
heard Joseph K. Ponder, special
agent in charge of the Atlanta of
fice of the FBI, say that good
cooperation between all law en
forcement officers in Georgia was
the prevalent feeling. He added
that it had been enjoyed for many
years and that he believed it will
be so in the years to come.
Agent Ponder reviewed the role
of local law enforcement officers
under the 1964 Civil Rights Law,
and stated that their prime duty
and most important job is to main
tain peace and order in the vari
ous communities.
The principal speaker was in
troduced by Mayor David I. Sam
mons of Fort Valley.
Members of a panel discussing
the civil rights subject were Fort
Valley Police Chief Grady Coch
ran; Peach County Sheriff-elect
J. Reg Mullis; Bibb County Sher
iff Jimmy Blood worth; Warner
Robins Police Chief Harvard Nor ■
red; and Columbus Police Chief
Clyde Adair.
The conferences are held each,
year for the purpose of discussing
problems facing the law enforce
officers. They are conducted by the
Georgia department of the FBI.
Similar conferences have been
held this year at Atlanta and at
Moultrie, and others will be held
at Rome and Gainesville.
The meeting yesterday began at
9:00 a. m. Following the speeches
and discussion a barbecue dinner
was served to those attending.
wasserved to those attending.
Soil Test Report
Is Compared With
Rank Statement
By R. P. Swan, County Agent
How is your soils Bank Account?
County Agent R. P. Swan says
the only way to find out whether
you are overdrawn or not on your
soil plant nutrient account is to
have your soils tested.
Mr. Swan states that if you con
tinue to write checks on your bank
account without making a deposit
you will soon have your checks
bouncing. Any successful business
man knows that this will eventual
ly lead into bankruptcy. Yet, many
Peach County Farmers are over
drawn on their Soils Account and
are failing to balance this account
by application of the proper a
mounts of lime and fertilizer ac-.
cording to soil test recommenda
tions.
Your bank statement tells you
whether you are overdrawn on
your hank account or whether you
have a cash surplus. A soil test re
port gives you similar informa
tion. It tells you the level of lime,
Phosphate and potash in your
soils and recommends the neces
sary amounts of lime and fertiliz
er to correct any unbalanced soil
conditions for economical crop
production.
Do not be overdrawn on your
soils account, your County Agent
urges. Find out your soil fertility
level by having a soil test made.
Then you can correct any unbal
anced fertility conditions by fol
lowing through on the soil test
lime and fertilider recommenda
tions for profitable crop yields.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. John Belflower of
Valdosta announces the birth of
a son, Matthew Russ, horn on June
8th. The maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. John Russ of
Valdosta and the paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. M. O.
Belflower of Fort Valley.
BEAUTY SPOT OF WEEK.
(Sponsored by Federated Garden*
Clubs of Fort Valley)
Rose Garden at the home of Mrs.
Louise Hillyer, Westview Drive.
Farmers Reminded
To Vote By Friday
For ASC Officers
Friday, August 21, is the final
date for farmers to return their
ASC ballots, according to L. E.
Smisson, Chairman of the Peach
ASC County Committee. Votes will
be tabulated publicly August 24 at
the ASCS County Office. A chair
man - vice-chairman, member, and
two alternates will be eleeted.
The ASC County Committees ad
I various farm programs
enactef J by Congress. Under the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram, assistance is given to help
ccver many acres of land to pre
vent erosion and assist with water
control. This is of benefit to the
city dweller as well as to the farm
er as it protects the water supply
for all. Allotments are determined,
based primarily cn the past his
tory of planting on the farm, for
cotton, peanuts, and wheat in this
county. Price support for many
commodities is handled through
the committee. Among the other
farm programs administered by
the committee are the Conserva
tion Reserve Program, Feed Grain
Program, and Wheat Diversion
Program.
Civil Rights Law
Will Be Printed
Beginning next week the Lead
er-Tribune will print the entire
new Civil Rights Law as pass
ed by Congress.
The controversial new law in
its entirety fills some 28 six by
nine inch printed pages. We will
of necessity have to print it in
successive installments.
It is our belief that some of
the provisions are misunder
stood by some people, and we
further believe in full dissemi
nation of correct information on
matters affecting the public.
Watch for the first installment
in next week’s edition.
—The Editors
Steve Pace, Jr. Will
Speak To Kiwanis
Steve Pace, Jr. of Americus, a
candidate for Congress from the
Third Congressional District, will
speak to the Fort Valley Kiwanis
Club at noon on Friday.
Wilbur K. Avera, program chair
man for the day, will introduce
the candidate.
Mr. Pace, a native of Americus
and an attorney, is currently soliei
tor general of the Flint Judicial
Circuit. He is a graduate of the
U. S. Military Academy and a vet
eran of eight years service in the
army. He at one taught American
history at Georgia Southwestern
College in Americus.
Members were urged to attend
the meeting.
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