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VOLUME 76, NO. 42
Mrs. Mary Baldwin
Buried Thursday
Iu Marshallville
Mrs. Mary Davis Baldwin, 76,
died October 21 in Marshallville
and was buried at 11:00 a. m. on
October 22.
The services were held at the
Marshallville Methodist Church
with the Rev. Harden and the Rev.
Bill Tribble officiating. Burial was
in the Marshallville Cemetery.
A native of Houston County,
Mrs. Baldwin had lived in Marsh
allville for many years. She was
a member of the Marshallville
Methcdist Church.
Survivors include her husband,
Robert F. Baldwin, Sr.; of Mar
shallville; one son, Robert F.
Baldwin, Jr. of Atlanta; two sis
ters, Miss Minnie Davis of Mar
shallville and Mrs. Jasper Har
dison of Byron; one sister-in-law,
Mrs. M. M. Lowery of Marshall
ville; and several nieces and ne
phews.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
ments.
Wesley W. Howard
Rites Are Held On
Oct. 22 At Tharpe
Funeral services for Mr. Wesley
Warren Howai'd, 82, of Route 2 in
Byron, were held at 3:00 p. m. on
October 22 at Tharpe Memorial
Baptist Church on U. S. Highway
No. 41.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. John Simmons, the Rev.
E. M. Clapp, and the Rev. Mervin
Watford. Burial was in the How
ard Cemetery.
Mr. Howard was a native of
Peach County and was a retired
farmer. He had lived in this area
most of his life.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Mattie V. O’Neal of
Byron; three daughters, Miss Mat
tie L. Howard of Byron, Mrs.
James Holt of Byron; Mrs. Irvin
Davidson of Bonaire; three sons,
Edward Howard of Byron, Fi-ancis
Howard of Macon, and Joseph W.
Howard of Thomaston; 10 grand
children and eight great-grand
children.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
ments.
Citizens Bank To
Have Open House
House November 4
The Citizens Bank of Fort Val
ley will have “open house” in their
new bank building at Five Points,
next Wednesday, November 4, ac
cording to Mr. Cleon Moore, pres
ident of the bank.
Mr. Moore said that the public
is cordially invited to attend the
open house.
The Citizens Bank moved here
last winter fi'om Marshallville, and
are now completing a new and a
very modern building.
Mr. Moore also pointed out the
fact that there is ample parking
space at the bank site.
Mr. C. C. Haslam is Chairman
of the Board of the bank, and in
addition to him and Mr. Moore,
the directors of the bank are Fred
F. Virden, G. D. Gassett, E. H,
Hart, Jr., I. F. Murph, James C.
Liipfert, Frank D. Jamison, Wil
liam J. Wilson, Daniel E. Nathan,
and William C. Nichols.
LEGION AUXILIARY PAST
PRESIDENTS’ BREAKFAST
Past presidents of the American
Legion Auxiliary plan a Party
Breakfast to be held on November
5th at 9:30 A.M. at Mrs. K. K.
Thurmond’s Cafe, East Main St.
All Past Presidents are request
ed to be present. Mrs. Emmie
Hartley is party chairman.
NOTICE
Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 3rd,
the deadline for news and adver
tisements is Tuesdays at 12:00
Noon. Your cooperation will be a
ppreciated.
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
Leader Tribune, Fort Valley, Ga., Thurs., Oct. 29, 1964 $3.50 PER YEAR — IN ADVANCE — SINGLE COPY, 10c EACH
Fort Valley Bank
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Albert McCowen, Jr., president
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m .........i ' this the week .that Bank excavation of Fort Valley work
for new
building on North Macon Street
L-. J $er«P has begun and as a consequence
11 that bank’s drive-in banking facil
ities, located on the property to
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be curtailed temporarily to the use
of one window.
Mr, McCowen asked the drive
in facility customers to enter the
area through the Commex-cial
Heights (Fairground St.) entrance
and exit on North Macon Street.
The bank official also said that
a completely new drive-in facility
SAILING POPULAR AT JEKYLL IN AUTUMN will be provided in the future, and
Clusters of sailing vessels present a refreshing spectacle trmaj that the contract was to be signed
Jekyll Island shores in the fall. These are snipes participating this week for the construction of
in an internationally-sanctioned race held in Jekyll waters., jv a completely modern main banking
building at the site
Peach Voters Approve Bond Issue For
Schools By 1405 To 199 Count
Peach County voters on Tuesday
voted by a little mox-e than 7 to 1
to approve a $460,000 bend issue
to build a new Hunt Junior High,
School, air condition all cf the pub
lic schools in the county, addition
cf seven rooms to the Fort Valley
Elementai'y School, an auditorium
and a foui’-room addition at the
Byron schools, and for the renova
tion of doors and floors at Fort
Valley High School.
The vote was, in the county as
a whole, 1,405 for the bond issue
and 199 against the issue.
The vote breakdown was, Fort
Valley, 1,239 for and 138 against;
Byron, 98 for and 42 against; Pow
ersville, 52 for and six against;
and Claude, 16 for and 13 against.
In the Fort Valley precinct a
total of 913 white votes were cast
and 497 Negro votes were cast. A
total of 33 ballots were voided be
cause of incorrect marking.
The bond issue, which will be
matched by $139,814 in state buil
ding funds, will add a two-mill
tax levy for the next 30 years. At
the same time, it was pointed out
that a present two-mill tax levy
for schools will end 11 years from
now, and thus making for the next
19 years a tax levy the same as
it is today.
Peaeh County School Superin
tendent Ernest R. Andersen said
at the beginning of the drive for
the bond issue that Hunt High and
the Fort Valley Elementary School
were overcrowded, that several
grand juries had declared the By
ron auditorium in need of rebuild
ing, and that Fort Valley High
School was in need of doors and
floors repairs.
It was also pointed out that the
cost of air-conditioning the new
Hunt Junior High School would be
a great deal cheaper if dene dur
ing construction.
Supt. Anderson yesterday ex
pressed his appreciation to the
citizens of the county for their
vote in the matter. He said it was
a vote for the future of the county.
Mrs. Annie Gassett
Died In St. Simons
On October 21st
Mrs. Annie Laura Gassett, 54,
a native of Taylor County but re
siding at St. Simons, Ga., died on
Octoiber 21.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gas
sett were held at 2:00 p. m. on
October 26 at Turners Chapel at
the graveside. Burial was in Tur
ners Chapel Cemetery. The Rev.
William Irwin officiated.
Survivors include her husband,
W. M. Gassett of St. Simons .Is
land; one daughtei’, Linda Elaine
Gasset of St. Simons; two sons,
Brice K. Gassett of U. S. Army in
Okinawa, William C. Gassett of
St. Simons ; one sister, Mrs. Leila
Howell of West Palm Beach, Fla.;
and one brother, Elmira Posey of
Reynolds, Ga.
She was a member of the St. Si
mon’s Methodist Church.
Rooks Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Fort Valley Bank
Changes Drive-In 0
Albert McGowan, Jr.. president
of the Bank of Fort Valley, said
this week .that excavaitil'n work
for the new Bank of Fort Valley
building on North Macon Street
has begun and as n vullxequenCO
that bank’s drive-in banking facil—
ities, located on the property to
be used for the new building, will
be curtailed temporarily to the use
of one window.
Mr. McCowen asked the drive
in facility customers to enter the
area through the Commercial
Heights (Fairground St.) entrance
and exit on North Macon Street.
The bank official also said that
a completely new drive-in facility
will be provided in the future, and
that the contract was to be signed
this week for the construction of
a completely modern main banking
building at the site
Hunt High Tigers Tied ThomastonO-O,
In Thomaston; Play Rfcdcucugh There
The Hunt Tigers and the Drake
yellow jackets fought to a 0-0 tie
in Thomaston last Friday night.
Everything that can happen in a
football game happened in this
one. Everything, that is, except a
score. Both teams had good op
portunities to score, but neither
was able to capitalize at the prop
er time.
The tiger forward wall rose to
the occasion at two diffex-ent times
to refuse the yellow jacket’s bid
for scoring via touchdowns. The
tigers were stopped on three oc
casions when scores seemed evi
dent. Two of these times, it ivas
the tigers’ own miscues that led
to their downfall. In the first half,
the tigei’s fumbled the ball on the
one foot line on first down, and in
the second half, after Hunt had
fumbled the ball on the one foot
line on first down, and in the sec
ond half, after Hunt had held
Drake on the 4 yard line, initiated
a drive that carried to the Drake
20 yard line. At this point, a tiger
pass attempt was errant and was
intercepted by Drake.
This game was evidenced by the
ferocious line play that has char
acterized all of the tigers’ games
this year. Led by Brown, Rumph,
J. Glovex-, F. Glovex-, Ellison, How
ell, Dugger and Joe Brown, the
forward wall was equal to the oc
casion whenever it became neces
sax’y.
This game leaves the tiger sea
son record at 3-1-2 and the region
record at 2-0-1 with three games
to play. Only one region game re
mains and that one is against Mon
tezuma on November 6. This will
also be the homecoming game for
the tigers. The homecoming week
will feature 3 outstanding activi
ties. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Miss
Hunt High of 1964-65, Miss Bar
bara Jefferson will be crowned in
the Hunt High Auditorium at 8:00
P.M. On Friday, November 6, a
Pregame Parade will be held. Time
and route will be announced later.
This week the tigers will play
McDonough in a non-region tilt in
McDonough.
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ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
Funeral Held For
J. T. Giles, Sr., On
Friday, October 23
Funeral services for Mr. John
Thomas Giles, Sr.. 78-, of Route 2,
Byron, who died ;on October 21st,
were held at 11 p. m. on October
23 at the Jordan Chapel Metho
dist Church.
The Rev. A. C. Prickette offici
ated and bux-ial was in the church
yard cemetery.
Mr. Giles was a native of Craw
ford County and had lived in this
area all of his life. He was a re
tired farmer at the time of his
death.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Cornelia Smith, of
Byron; one daughter, Mrs. J. T.
Hencley, Jr of Byron; one son,
John T. Giles, Jr. of Byron; two
sisters, Mrs. Lester Rowland of
Fort Valley and Mrs. George Row
land of Fort Valley.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
ments.
Library Auxiliary
To Meet Nov. 4th
The Library Auxiliary will meet
on Wednesday, November 4, at
3:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Ed Murray.
Mrs. W. B. Norton will be co
hostess and Mrs. Nell Dure will
present the program.
Instructions Given For Nov. 3 Ballot
By DANIEL K. GRAHL
Editor, The Leader-Tribune
Peach County voters will go to
the polls on November 3 in a gen
eral election to make their select
ion for president, congressman,
county officers, numerous judges
throughout the state, and to de
cide whether or not they want any
or all of 14 proposed amendments
to the Georgia constitution.
And they will be voting on one
of the largest and most confusing
ballots in a number of years.
Peach Ordinary B. A. Young,
manager of all general elections
in the county, this week laid down
some of the things a voter should
and should not do to vote the bal
lot correctly and not have it void
ed.
The ballot is divided into four
general parts. There is a column
for voting the Democratic ticket,
one for voting the Republican tick
et, one for write-in votes, and one
for the proposed amendments.
At the top of the Democratic
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For President, Congressman Tuesday
Greenware Loses To Dublin By 41-13;
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Sen. Talmadge To
Speak Here Next
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Georgia’s U. S. Senator Herman
E. Talmadge will speak at the Fort
Valley High School at 11:30 a. m.
on Wednesday, November 4, under
the subject of “Education.”
The public has been cordially
invited to attend the meeting and
are urged to attend.
Sen. Talmadge will speak as the
guest cf the Fort Valley Woman’s
Club, at the invitation and under
the direction of the Educational
chairman of the club, Mrs. Ches
ter Wilson.
Sen. Talmadge’s speech will be
bi-oadcast over radio station WF
P.M. However the public has been
cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
Following the program at the
school a luncheon will be held for
Sen. Talmadge at the local Wo
man’s Club buildilng.
OOPS, We’re Sorry
Mr. Pace. It Was An
Error of The Mind
Last week the Leader-Tribune
published an article on it’s front
page stating, in part, that all of
the former Democratic candidates
for Congress from the third dis
endorsed.
We’re sorx-y Mr. Pace. It was
a mistake of the mind, not the
heart. As you pointed out in your
letter of yesterday, you have not
endorsed either candidate for the
Congress from this district.
We are happy to set the record
straight, and send our thanks and
apologies to Mr. Pace.
column is a large box, and at the
top of the Republican column is
one just like it. A voter, in order
to vote a “straight” party ticket,
need only place an “X” or a check
mark in the box at the top of the
ticket he or she wishes to vote for.
No other marking of the ballot is
then necessary except for the indi
vidual amendments and-or the JP
and Constable in the various pre
cincts of the county. Those names
will be found under the “write-in
candidates” column.
The second block found under
the two party ticket columns calls
for a vote for either candidate for
president, as the case may be, and
for the voting of the presidential
electors listed thereunder.
By not marking the square at
the top of the party tickets and
by marking the second square for
president and electors, one may
cast a split ballot if so desired
according to Mt. Young.
For example, one may check
either square for president and
The air at Anderson Field last
Friday night was ful of footballs,
and most of them were bombs fall
ing on the Greenwave of Fort Val
ley High School.
The Dublin High Class AA Irish
stormed into town and left with
the Class B Greenwave scalp to
the tune of a 41-13 victory. Dub
lin is undefeated this season.
Three of the Dublin touchdowns
came in the fii-st stanza as they
ran only passing plays for virtual
ly the entire quarter.
Four of the Dublin touchdowns
were scored by passes, and five of
their extx-a point trvs were from
place kicks.
Fort Valley controlled the ball
for most of the second period but
was able to score only one touch
down in that stanza. They scored
their only other tally in the final
period.
David Luckie took a pass from
Duke Lane for one score and Jeff
Liipfert bulled it over from two
yards out for the other. Liipfert
also scored one extra point on a
run from scrimmage.
Dublin made 16 first downs to
only eight for Fort Valley. Dublin
got 115 yards rushing to 111 for
the Greenwave, 190 yards passing
to 88 for Fort Valley, completed
14 out of 29 pass attempts to eight
of 19 for Fort Valley, and Dublin
was assessed 35 yards in penalties
to 40 for Fort Valley.
Next Fi-iday night the Green
wave will meet traditional rivals
Mary Persons of Forsyth, there, in
the next to last game for the lo
cals this season.
Mr. Landon Brent
Spoke To Baptists
Last Sunday A.M.
Mr. Landon Brent, Assistant
Coach of Lanier High School, in
Macon and representing the Gid
eons, was guest speaker for the
morning service at the First Bap
tist Church in Fort Valley on Sun
day. He was introduced by the P.ev
Harold Withers, Pastor of the
Church.
The Giie..n Asso-Vion is non
sectarian and is composed of
Christian business and profession
al men. These men are carrying
out a broad ministry of Scripture
distribution in about 60 countries.
The Gideons are best known for
their placing Bibles in Hotels,
schools and Hospitals, but. this
does not include all of thei* work.
At the close of the service a
nice cash gift was given Mr. Brenl
then move over and vote for any
individual candidate for any po
sition on the opposite ticket. How
ever, Mr. Young cautioned against
voters placing a mark in the very
'top square of either party and
then moving over to vote for an
individual candidate in the other
ticket. He advised that such a vote
will not count for either candidate
for the post in question.
For example, on this ballot there
is a Republican candidate for con
gress and a Democrat candidate.
A voter cannot mark the top
square in the Democratic column
and then move over and vote for
the Republican candidate for a po
sition, or vice versa.
Mr. Young also said that the
new Election Code of Georgia al
so calls for any ballot marked
with anything other than an “X”
or a check mark in the appropriate
square, or any ballot having eras
ures on it to be voided. For in
stance, voters cannot “strike thru"
any candidate they do not want to
vote for. They MUST put an “X."
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Next Tuesday, November 3, the
voters of Peach County, along- with
the rest of the nation, will go to
the polls to express their choice
for president and vice president.
In addition, local voters will se
lect a Congressman from the dis
trict, and will give the official
stamp of approval on all county of
ficers nominated in March and in
September.
Peach County Ordinary B. A.
Young, who is superintendent of
the polls in this general election,
said that polls in Peach County’s
four precincts will be open from
seven a. m. until seven p. m.
He added that the polling places
in each of the precincts will be in
the same location as in Septem
ber’s primary.
Computation and canvassing of
the votes will be at 10 a. m. on
November 4, he said.
Mr. Young also pointed out the
fact that the ballot in this election
is long, will probably require a
bit of time to cast, and urged all
voters to go to the polls as early
as they can in order to avoid last
hour rushes.
Records revealed this week that
4,506 citizens in Peach are quali
fied to vote in Tuesday’s election.
The Fort Valley precinct has a
total of 3,710, the Byron precinct
568, the Powersville precinct 147,
and the Claude precinct 81.
Some 3,207 whites are qualified
and 1,299 Negros.
In Peach County the most inte
rest in the election is being shown
in the Third District Congressional
seat vacated by E. L. “Tic” For
rester. Garland T. Byrd is the Dem
ocrat nominee for the post, hav
ing won in a primary race against
five opponents and then winning
in a run-off, and Howard “Bo”
Callaway, the Republican named
nominee.
The Johnson-Goldwater race for
the presidency is also calling out
a great deal of interest in Peach.
Wm. J. Wilson Told
Cordele Rotarians
Of Byron Facility
William J. Wilson, former chair
man of the Fort Valley Utilities
Commission and a former state
senator, yesterday went to Cor
dele to talk to the members of the
Rotax-y Club there about the new
Southeastern Region Fruit and
Nut Tree Laboratory to be locat
ed at Byron.
Mr. Wilson told members of the
club and their guests that plans
call for an inititial staff of eight,
although funds have not yet been
released for their hiring.
He also pointed out that Con
gress authorized $500,000 for con
struction. The Navy has also made
available the “old” Naval forms
building and plans are under way
to remodel it.
or a check mark in the appropriate
boxes.
The Ordinary also said that the
“Number Stub” on the voter’s
ballots must be removed from the
ballot before it is placed in the
box or the ballot will be ruled as
void. The number will be on a per
forated stub.
Any voting for the proposea a
mendments will not have any ef
fect on the remainder of the bal
lot, Mr. Young said.
A sample copy of the Official
Absentee Ballot for Peach County
is printed on an inside page of
this issue of the Leader-Tribune.
It is printed as a public service
by the Leader-Tribune. The bal
lots used in the various precincts
will be just like it except for the
candidates for Justice of Peace
and Constable, and except that the
ballot will have a numbered stub.
It is suggested that the sample
ballot be examined in light of the
above instructions in order that vo
ters may familiarize themselves
with the proper manner of mark
ing ballots.