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« E&sgghe rieober -GrtUune ^ g KEEP OUR FORESTS 1 * ’2?th geahet-flttibune 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 SSj: h : v j : : ! ||§f 1 | ■3 Changes r Drive-In Albert McCowen, Jr., president m I of the Bank of Fort Valley, said 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 % -* 1 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 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. Smolcey Saytt m % m * m II takas only one—be careful! • 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 $3.50 PER YEAR -- IN ADVANCE -- SINGLE COPY, 10c EACH 4598 Peach Voters To Make Choice For President, Congressman Tuesday Greenware Loses To Dublin By 41-13; Count As Irish Go Pass Happy . I | mm . A: : :■ i •§p . > pi® I; . i:£; wmm ■ . L J k ' m SEN. HERMAN TALMADGE 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." KEEP OUR FORESTS «mm Be Careful wifl; Fire! 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.