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VOLUME NO. 79, NUMBER 22
Peachland
Journal
BY DANIEL K. GRAHL
AN OPEN LETTER TO MY SON
- AND ANYONE’S SON - UPON
GRADUATION FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, 1967 —
DEAR SON:
A little over 18 years ago you.
were born, not quite four years
after World War II officially end
ed.
Since you were born the United
States has gone through the Ko
rean conflict and is currently en
gaged in the Viet Nam struggle.
A great deal has happened in
this old world since your'birth, and
I want to talk with you about
some of it.
First, let me say that no one is
prouder of you than vour mother
and me. We were proud last Sun-|
day night when you and all the
members of your class marched j
down the aisle for the Baccalaur-1
eate Service. We will be just as
proud tomorrow night when all of
you march down to receive your
diplomas. 1
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not as good a one as you could get
with more formal education. It can
be, but I sincerely hope not, a tick
et to nothing. My hope is that you
and all of your classmates use it
as a ticket to a college education,
which in itself will be a ticket to
even greater , things. ... &
By and large, you have been a
good boy. Of course, you have
been a boy and there have been;
times when some amount of dis
cipline has been needed and your
mother and I have had to adminis
ter this discipline. It has been be-j
cause of love and a desire to see j
you become as good or better man
than you have been a boy.
We older people sometimes like
to talk about how little we had in
comparison with you young people
of today. Nevertheless, we have
tried to see that you had more ad
vantages than were available to
us at your age. Perhaps we were
wrong in doing that, but again,
it was done out of love. Time will
tell if we were wrong in this ef
fort.
There is always some talk about
the “present generation going to
the dogs”, etc., but that in itself
does not worry me. The present
generation is far smarter in some
ways than our own or previous
generations were at your age. You
have in many ways exhibited an
ability to accomplish things that
was not known to any of our gen
eration.
There are things about today
though, that do worry me, and I
want to talk with you about them.
First, to clear the air a little,
let me say that I think my own
generation inherited a better so
ciety and condition than we are
handing to you. Many of us for
years have tried to do something
about many conditions but our ef
forts have been short of full ac
complishment.
Our inheritance came after
World War I, the war to end all
wars. We inherited the Roaring
Twenties, with their period of then
unheard of prosperity in terms of
money. Then our inheritance, thr
ough greed and mismanagement,
included the greatest economic de
pression this nation has ever
known. During our teens and early
manhood the creeping seeds of so
cialism made their greatest gains
in our nation. Then, in 1939, be
gan World War II, which lasted
officially until August, 1945.
After the war is apparently
where we goofed the most, for not
only did socialism make even
greater strides, but before many
years had passed we were fighting
again, this time in Korea. I will
say that the only good thing about
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""E LEADER-TRIBUNE
Your diploma
from high school
is a ticket, but
a limited one.
14 is a ticket to
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further study, if
that is what you
want. It is a
ticket to a job,
though perhaps
There were various social events
and several business meetings, the
most important of which was the
election of State Officers and Di
rectors for the Georgia Jaycees,
and officers for the Georgia Jay
cettes.
Social Security
Information
Q.—I go to Fort Valley High
School. I expect to work in peach
es this summer. I am only 10 and
do not have a social security card.
Do I need a card or am I too
young to get one?
A.—You will certainly need a so
cial Security card and should ap
ply for one immediately. There is
no age limit on getting a social
security card.
Be sure to show your card to
each new employer before you go
to work.
Circle
The Hilliard Circle of the First
Baptist Church will meet on Mon
day, June 5, at 3:00 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. R. S. Jones, Sr.
Mrs. R. R. Ramsome, Circle
Chairman, urges all members to be
present for the meeting.
Leader-Tribune, Fort Valley, Ga., Thurs., June 1, 1967
Hardison Baptists
Build Sanctuary
Funeral Held For
Mr. John Hughes
On Last Thursday
Funeral services for Mr. John
G. Hughes, 60, of Atlanta, were
held at the Glenwood Chapel of
Horace A. Ward, Inc. in Decatur,
on Thursday, May 25, at 2 p. m.
The Rev. John J. Buell offieated
f the Decatur service. Burial was
in Oaklawn Cemetery in Fort Val
ley with the Rev. Harold Withers
conducting the graveside service.
Honor-ary pallbearers were mem
bers of Crusaders Sunday School
class and fellow workers of Sou
th f rn Frei S ht and Tariff Bureau
where Mr. Hughes had been em
the na-' 42 years. He
was a deacon of White Oak Hills
Baptist Church, Atlanta, and a
member of Shawnee Masonic
Lodge, Louisville, Ky.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Marjorie Cleveland
01 f ort Valley; three children, Mr.
John A. Hughes of Memphis, Tenn
an< J Mrs. Douglas Jennings and
Mr. Bill Hughes, both of Atlanta;
two sisters, Mrs. A1 Vosburgh and
Mrs Bill Kuhn, both of Louisville,
Ky.; and one grandchild and a
cousin,
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For Sparks Infant
Final rites were held for Mari
lu Julee Sparks, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Sparks,
, the graveside m at * ii 11:30 on a. m.
or ‘ m May 9 «
The Rev. Harold Witjiers, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, per
formed the service. Burial was in
!awn Cemetery,
Survivors include, in addition to
her parents, her grandparents, Mr.
an( j Mrs. Henry Outler and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert B. Sparks, all of
Fort Valley.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
merits.
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Hold Convention
The State Convention of the
Georgia Jaycees and Jaycettes
was held May 25th through 27th
at Jekyll Island, Ga.
The Jaycees were represented
by Floyd Littleton, outgoing pres
ident, Larry Lacey, who was re
cently elected President for 1967-
68, and Peter Hopler, incoming 1st
Vice-president. The Jaycettes were
represented by Delores Littleton,
outgoing president, Ginger Hopler,
newly elected for 1967-68, and Kay
incoming president.
By Mrs. H. W. Peavy, Jr
To most people the idea of build
ing a church sanctuary appraised
at more than 75,000.00 in the coun
try with only 205 members and
without a penny in the building
fund would seem preposterous, it
would to most people, but not to
the congregation at Hardison Bap
tist Church, located just outside
the Byron city limits. In Novem
ber the members undertook this
tremendous project without having
raised a dime and are now only
six months later nearing the com
pletion. This is a story of true
giving, not just in a monetary
sense, but giving of time and tal
ent as well.
At no time was there a gift of
more than one thousand dollars
stated the Rev. Boyd Dickey, pas
tor there for more than eighteen
months. Most of the money came
in slowly in small amounts as the
Junior Sunday School Class that
gave $21.00 they had earned doing
odd jobs or the widow who gave
S100 of her savings. There was
never any attempts to solicit mon
ey. The building was constructed
however for less than one third of
the appraised value because 95
percent of the work was done by
the congregation, who worked in
shifts 16 hours a day.
The people at Hardison had
long since outgrown their small
sanctuary constructed 66 years a
go when the church began i n Har
dison Community. Yet in this new
building they have tried to preser
ve the old country church.
The white exterior with the
steeple , , bell, the stained glass
win
dows, , the red the
c-arpeting, and
lovely white pews all make you
feel you hapt; ste pped into the ty
p j ca j Christmas card church,
As a climax for this half year
of hard work and to give everyone
the opportunity 'to see the fruits
of their labor the members have
planned a Homecoming weekend.
On Saturday night, June 3rd at
8:00 they will have a singing. Out
of tow-n guests and participants on
the program for this event will be
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Payne, a form
er pastor and his wife; Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Morris, the music direc
tor at Mikado Baptist Church in
Macon; and Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Wells, another former pastor. The
program will include local talent
as well. There will be songs by
Mrs. Doris Almaroad, Mrs. Grady
Bassett, Jr., Mrs. Joe Graham
and the Hardison Baptist Choir,
under the direction of Mr. Bobby
Clark. The Rev. Dickey, a poet
who has published some of his
poems in a booklet entitled “Fill
ed With Blessings” will do a reci
tation of his latest work.
On Sunday, June 4th beginning
at 9:45 a.m. there will be a dedi
cation service preached by the son
of the founding pastor, Dr. L. C.
Cutts, of Vidalia, Ga., followed by
dinner on the grounds. In the even
ing Rev. Dickey will preach a ser
mon entitled “Remove Not The
Ancient Landmarks”. This lovely
white country church on the Ro
berta highway is truly one of the
ancient landmarks. To the people
at Hardison it is “my Church” and
indeed a gift of love.
Cooper Team Wins
Golf Tournament
The golf team captained by Bud
Cooper of Powersville and compos
ed of Ed Dunning, Elwood Broad
rick and Ray Berry captured the
annual Family Day Scramble Golf
Tournament last week at the Pine
Needles country club.
The team had a low ball score
of 62.
The team of Grant Venes, Ed
O’Connell, Bill Nichols, and Dr. O.
I. Snapp captured the most birdies
with a total of 19
Prizes were awarded to the win
ners and runners-up. Some 40
players took part in the tourney.
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MRS. BEN SPEARS
Former Resident
Is Recipient Of
College r Award
Mrs. Ben Spears, of Rome, Ga.,
the daughter of Mrs. E. J. Say
well, Jr., was presented with the
Mathews Award at Berry College
on May 24th.
The Mathews Award, establish
ed at Berry College by Aubrey
Mathews of Rome, is made each
year to the outstanding graduat
ing Berry College Senior. The a
ward is merited by academic a
chievement, leadership in college
activities, good character and fu
ture promise. Accompanying the
award is a check for one hundred
dollars.
Mrs. Spears will receive her B.
A. degree in English from Berry
College on Sunday, June 4th.
Maddox Praises
Work Of Georgia
Peace Officers
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, describ
ing himself as “the best friend
law enforcement has ever had in
the State Capitol,” told the Geo
rgia Peace Officers Association’s
“what we need in America today
is a widespread program designed
to educate the general public on
the problems and the value of law
enforcement.”
The meeting was held to observe
National Peace Officers Memorial
Day and pay tribune to officers
who have died in the line of
duty. Introduced to the large gat
hering of Georgia lawmen and
their families by Col. R. H. Burson
state public safety director, Gov.
Maddox declared:
"Every citizen regardless of
where he or she lives should be
appraised of the good work and
lasting contributions law enforce
ment officers perform in our soc
iety.
“There’s no doubt in my mind
that, once this is accomplised, pub
lic apathy and indifference toward
law enforcement and those respon
sible for it would be virtually elim
inated. Your association is to be
commended for its many worth
whileacts which encourage a clos
er rejationship between the man
on- the-street and members of
your profession.”
The governor said as director of
the budget he has requested that
the Department of Public Safety
provide 135,000 for the purpose of
hiring summer radio operators
for the Georgia State Patrol at its
various stations.
He said after discussing this
possibility with Col. Burson, “it
was our decision to employ sum
mer radio operators to reduce the
effect of vacations on patrol sched
ules, and to make available more
patrolmen during the peak periods
of summer traiffic.
“If this plan works satisfactory
and I have every reason to believe
it will - I will then ask the Gen
eral Assembly to appropriate suff
icient funds at its next session to
make this a continuing program.”
The governor also reminded the
law officials that he has proposed
two constitutional amendments to
provide assistance for peace offi
cers who are disabled peace offic
ers from ad valorem taxes on
their homes and would relieve the
widow of an officer killed in line
of duty from the same taxes so
long as she remained unwed.
$4.00 PER YEAR — IN ADVANCE — SINGLE COPY, 10c EACH
Mrs. A. E. Ware, 62,
Of Marshallville
Funeral services for Mrs. Bon
nie Kate Ware, 62, of Marshall
ville, who died unexpectedly in Ma
con on May 23, were held at 4:00
p. m. on May 26 at the Marshall
ville Baptist Church.
The Rev. Robert Cantrell and
the Rev. Dan Hodges officiated.
Burial was in the Marshallville
Cemetery.
Mrs. YYare was a native of Gor
don County, Ga., but had lived in
Marshallville for many years. She
was a member of the Marshall
ville Baptist Church and was ac
tive in the W. M, U. of the church.
She was also an active member
of the Marshallville Garden Club.
Survivors include her husband,
A. E. Ware of Marshallville; two
sons, Adeil Ware of Perry and Wil
liam C. Ware of the U. S. Army
in Germany; one sister, Mrs. W.
H. Wortham of Fort Valley; one
brother, R. F. Borders of Macon;
one granddaughter; and several
nieces and nephews.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
ments.
Teen - Agers Plan
Benefit Dance
“The Stepping Stones”, a popu
lar Middle Georgia teen-age dance
band will play a benefit dance at
the Rocket Room near Fort Val
ley on Saturday, June 3.
The Epilepsy Association of Ge
orgia, Inc. has arranged dances
throughout Middle Georgia in or
der to raise funds for the associa
tion. The Rocket Room, Inc. is the
local sponsor.
The hours of the dance are from
8:30 to 11:30 p. m. The admission
will be $3 per couple and $1.50
stag.
Officials urged all teen-agers
to attend and help make the dance
a success for the association.
Future Concerns
South More Than
Past - - Talmadge
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge
portrayed the Southeast as “a re
gion with a promising future that
is more interested in building than
in tearing down.”
Addressing the American Feder
ation of Government Employees’
5th District convention in Atlanta,
he asserted that “in recent years
of widespread strife and turmoil in
many parts of the country, the
states of our region for the most
part have been preoccupied with
planning and growing and looking
ahead.
“Our people have demonstrated
that they ar« more interested in
the future than in they would rat
her erect new edifices to progress
than hold a weeping wake over
dead institutions of years gone by.
Sen. Talmadge said he knew of
“no other region which showed
more responsibility toward local
and state government, and toward
the nation and its commitments,
than the Southeast. There have
been difficulties and there no dou
bt will be more, but they are small
compared to some of the things we
see taking place in other part of
the country. And for them, I fear
it will get far worse before it start
getting beter.”
Citing the growth and economic
expansion of the South in recent
years, the senator declared that is
“only part of the reason why this
is such a great place to live, and
work, and make one’s home.”
He told the government workers:
«You see this growth all around
you. You have seen it developing
in recent years to heights which
have exceeded even the most opti
mistic expectations. All this did
not come about by accident. It is
the result of the work of a forw
ard-looking people.
“And thus it will he in the year
ahead when continued growth, at
an even faster rate, is assured for
our region.”
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Single
Section
FY SC To Graduate
220 On Monday
Folk Concert
Planned For
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Kent Kilbourne, a junior at As
bury College, will be presenting
a folk concert Sunday night, June
4th, at 8:45 in the Fellowship Hall
of the Fort Valley Methodist
Church.
Kent has lived most of his life
in Korea where his parents are
missionaries with the Oriental
Missionary Society.
Mr. Kilbourne presents con
temporary style of music with em
phasis on the Christian life. This
handsome baritone sings such
songs as “Georgia Girl” and
“Freight Train”, while he plays
guitar. This concert in Fort Val
ley will be his first appearance of
a nationwide tour.
His experience includes working
with Ed Beck of the Methodist
Board of Evangelism at Daytona
Beach in an Easter week evange
listic program and also a ninety
day tour in the summer of 1966.
In Kent’s words, “This has
shown me the need for a contem
porary type of Christian witness
for young people today and I have
been challenged by it”.
Thomas Public
Library j News
The library will be closed on
Thursday afternoon during the
summer months. YVe will be open
on Thursday morning.
Reading Club starts this morn
ing'. Everyone come and get start
ed as soon as possible.
YY’e are starting a new program
this year called “Junior Reading
Club”. This is for children who
are going into the first and second
grades, and preschool children. We
will award Reading Club certifi
cates to children these ages who'
have had ten or more approved
books read to them. The purpose
of this program is to encourage
parents to read to their younger
children. Every effort should be
made to stress the fact that an
early introduction to good books
will give children a head start
when they go to school.
—Mrs. Jones, Librarian
Ga. State Parks
Expect Further
Gains Tbis Year
Georgia’s state parks, which have
recorder substantial increases in
attendance in each of the past four
y ears are expecting another record
breaking season in 1967. As the re
creation areas are being spruced
up for the approaching peak sea
son, here’s how State Parks Dire
ctor Horace G. Caldwell views the
situation:
“If we have good weather dur
ing the summer season we expect
our visitation to increase between
15 and 20 per cent over last year
when our parks system served a
little over 6-million visitors to the
43 park areas.
“This increase will be brought
about by the completion of many
new facilities on our state parks
as well as the increased interest in
outdoor recreation and the Geor
gia economy which is flourishing
at this time.”
Maddox Has Hi<rh
Praise For Work
Of Grand Juries
Citing grand juries as “the peo
ple’s guardian,” Gov. 1,ester G.
Maddox, in an Atlanta speech to
the Fulton County Grand , Jurros
Assn., called on its member to
join with him for “honest and con
structive government.”
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Graduation exercises at Fort
Valley State College, a unit of the
University System of Georgia,
have been set for June 4th and 5th
according to college officials.
Baccalaureate Services are set
for June 4th at 4:30 p.m. and Com
menc-ement Exercises will be on
June 5th at 10:45 A.M.
The exact number of students to
receive degrees is unknown at the
present time, however, officials
have said that approximately 220
will receive degrees. Twelve are to
receive graduate degrees of that
220, eight will be in the area of
Counseling and Guidance and four
in the area of Elementary Educa
tion.
The institution is enjoying 27
years of tremendous growth since
being designated The Fort Valley
State College. Each year seems to
open new doors with fresh ideas
tor college at large and for the
increasing needs of students.
Records for the fall quarter of
1966 showed 1,654 students en
roiled in the college as opposed to
225 in 1939-40 which was the year
the first class started in the newly
formed state college. 28 people
received degrees in that first class.
Today approximately eight times
that number are to receive de
grees. Predictions for the 1967 fall
quarter exceeds last year’s record
breaking enrollment by an additi
onal SO-100 students.
Growth in the physical plant is
enevitable. Five buildings dawned
the campus in 1939-40 and today,
twenty-eight buildings with plans
for new ones to take form in the
near future grace the campus at
Fort Valley State.
Along with the increasing en
rollment and physical plant, the
faculty and educational programs
have more than doubled since the
institution first opened its doors
to students.
The Baccalaureate and Cornmen
cement speakers for the exercises
will be two former graduates who
have made outstanding contribu
tions to society and the welfare
of mankind for which the college
is very proud. Reverend George
Gay, Jr., class of 1955, will be the
Baccalaureate Services and State
Representative William Alexander
of the class of 1950, will give the
address for Commencement Exer
cises.
MISS JUDY KLOUDA WINS
HONORS AT UNIVERSITY OF.
GEORGIA ON MAY 17TII
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Klouda of
Fort Valley attended the annual
University of Georgia Honors Day
Program in Athens on Wednesday,
May 17, 1967. Their daughter. Miss
Judy Klouda, was honored for be
ing in the first five percent of the
Senior Class in the School of Home
Economics.
Miss Klouda has also been sel
ected to be one of 164 residents of
the new Honor Dorm for the Fall
Quarter of 1967. These women
were selected on the basis of schol
arship and outstanding citizenship
in the University. This Dorm will
be on the Honor System and will
have fewer restrictions than the
other dormitories.
Connie’s Corner
BY MATTIE C. ADAMS
BRILLIANTS
The mind, like the soul, is re
freshed and strengthened by quiet
meditation.
'Individuality is man’s noblest
triumph over fate, his most heav
enly assertion of the freedom of
the soul; and a world in which in
dividuality is made impossible is a
slavish world.
Those who know least, not only
misunderstand us, but they are
often the quickest to condemn.
It is our worst misfortune that
we have no ideals.
A righteous cause can never be
truly served either by the timid
or the insincere.
—Spalding
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