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VOLUME NO. 79, NUMBER 30
Peachland
Journal
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
IS finally in the south
The official record shows that
major league baseball came to At
lanta and the south last year, hut
the brand the Braves played most
of last year was strictly from the
minors.
The brand the Braves are play
ing right now though, is of the
major league variety. The Braves
as of this writing are in third
place in the standings, only four
and a half out of first.
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base. Boyer is recognized as one
of the finest fielding third basemen
in baseball, but was supposed to
be a weak hitter.
Lately he has blossomed into a
very fine “clutch” hitter. He has
something like 15 homeruns and
more than 50 runs batted in.
Injuries have plagued a few of
the players but when they are in
the game Henry Aaron, Joe Torre,
Felipe Alou and Dennis Menke are
playing good ball.
In addition to Boyer’s play, the
most gratifying thing lately is the
pitching of Pat Jarvis, Ken John
son and Phil Niekro. They are be
ginning to pitch like major league
pitchers are supposed to.
Last night was Ft. Valley Night
at Atlanta stadium. We were told
that more than 400 were expected
to make the trip. The Braves were
to play a doubleheader with Cin
cinnati and we hope by have the time
read this the Braves won
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both ends of
At any rate, I believe one can
now truthfully say “our Braves
have brought major league ball to
the south.
GREENWAVE TO BEGIN FALL
PRACTICE ON AUGUST 7TH
There’s one thing I can say of
the fall football practice of the
Fort Valley High School Green
wave It’s starting on a fine day,
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my birthday!
Coach Norman Faircloth told us
he is expecting about 40 boys to
be on hand for the opening jprac
tice at 9:00 a. m.
Quite a few lettermen will re
turn this year, providing a good
nucleous around which to build a
fine team. Two new assistants are
to be on hand to help Faircloth.
The first game for the Wave
will be August 25 at Washington
County. Then will come games
with Terrell County, Vienna, Ran
dolph County, Cochran, Macon Co
unty, Manchester, Jones County,
Mary Persons, and Hawkinsville.
Terrell will be the first home
game and will be followed later in
the season by Macon County, Man
chester. Mary Persons and Haw
kinsville.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN
ORDER FOR TWO LOCAL MEN
We extend our congratulations
to Durnell McLaughlin and Frank
Marvin Rumph, both of Fort Val
ley.
We have received word each of
them has received a medical schol
arship from the state worth 81,250
a year for four years.
The money is in the nature of
a loan, and the men will receive
$1,000 credit for each year they
agree to spend practicing in com
munities of 5,000 or less.
They were two of only 39 chosen
this year, and all selected were
required to have a college average
of 85 or better.
Durnell will study at Meharry
College in Nashville, Tenn., and
Frank Marvin Rumph at the Med
ical College of Georgia.
Their selection speaks very well
of them and we offer our sincere
congratulations to them.
This program is one of several
the state of Georgia has to enable
students who desire to to get col
lege educations.
It appears now
that the best of
the trades made
by the Braves in
the off season
was tho one in
which they ac
quired the ser
vices of Clete
Boyer at third
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
A Leader - Tribune, Fort Valley, Ga., Thurs., July 27, 1967
Era In Telephoning
Ends With Madison
Funeral Held For
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I UeSClcIV At 4 P. M.
Funeral services for Mr. Emory
Clyde Lavender, 56, who died un
expectedly m Siler City, N. C. on
July 21, were held at the grave
side at 4:00 p. m. on July 25.
The Rev. Woodrow Dorsey offie
iated and burial was in Oaklawn
Cemetery.
Mr. Lavender was a native of
Laurens County but had lived in
Peach County for many years.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Lucile Bradshaw of
Fort Valley; three sisters, Mrs. L.
L. Rogers and Mrs. Henry Bras
well of Fort Valley, and Mrs. E.
B. Lopez of Atlanta; and four bro
thers, Lewis Lavender of Fort Val
ley, William Lavender of Miami,
Desmond Lavender of Fort Lau
derdale, Fla., and Emmett Laven
der of Savannah.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
ments.
Local Girls Lose
In Finals Of
Softball Tourney
The girls varsity softball team
was defeated in the finals of the
Weaver Park Tournament at Thom
aston last Thursday. They had
previously won their first game
against Barnesville on Wednesday
by a score of 8-5 Virginia Belson
contributed mightily with a home
run with two on base. In the cham
pionship game against Thomaston
they were downed 10-6.
The starting line-up for the first
game was: Pitcher, Nancy Mar
shall, Catcher, Ann Harrelson; 1st
Base, Virginia Belson; SRF, Cher
yl Bridges; 2 nd base, Ginnie Red
dick; SS, Donna Walton, 3rd base
Linda Crowder; LF, Marsha Beck
ham; /CF Lucile Liipfert, and Mari
lyn Windham’s as RF. A total of
19 girls attended the first day to
give the players moral support
Saturday night beginning at 6:00
to cheer them on to victory.
All parents are urged to
the ball games every Wednesday
and Saturday night beginning
6:00 o’clock.
The girls are going to
Wednesday night to the Braves
play ball. The Fort Valley
Club sponsores the girls softball
games.
Troop 1 59 Attends
Summer Camp r
Troop 59 of the Boy Scouts of
America was represented by
boys at Camp Benjamin Hawkins
summer camp this past week.
The troop was led by: Steve Luce
Ken Joyner and Greg Whitley.
The adult leaders for the week
were; Joe Luce, D. R. Whitley,
O. B. Brown, Bland Massee Sr.,
Edwin Jones and H. L. Hammett.
Special awards went to: Steve
Luce and Mallard Shy for pre
| marksmanship, and to Ken Joyner
Scooter Massiei Sandy DeGraw,
Don Doles, Mallard Shy and
ITammitt for completing the mile
swim.
PERSONAL —
Mr. and Mrs. John Larsen
Abilene, Texas, spent last
with their parents, Mrs.
Tribble and Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Larsen. 7
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Ayers
their grandson, Jimmy Cook,
ing with them last week, while his
parents and sister vacationed
Daytona. Jimmy is the son of
and Mrs. James Price Cook
Gray, Ga. Mrs. Cook will be re
membered as the former
Ayers of Fort Valley.
Mrs. James Dupree and
Holly Dupree left Monday for
Angeles, California where they
visit for a few days.
An era in Georgia passes from
the scene Sunday, July 16. It is the
day that Madison, Georgia, the
state’s last manual telephone ex
change, converts to dial.
Since 1897, when Southern Bell
purchased the Madison exchange,
telephone operators have handled
quite a lot of telephoning. And
these operator have put on head
sets in quite a few exchange build
ings around town.
The new exchange will be con
nected with Rutledge’s new facili
ties by EAS; dial service between
the towns will be on a non-toll
basis.
At the same time, the cities will
get DDD (Direct Distance Dial
ing), which will enable customers
to call station-to-station on long
distance calls wdthout an operat
or’s assistance.
There is quite a contrast bet
ween the 1967 exchange and the
1897 exchange. The first exchange
was housed in the Vason Building
over the present Bailey’s 5 & 10c
store until 1939. In late Februray,
1939 the exchange was destroyed
by fire. Mrs. Sebye H. Wood, a
retired Madison operator now liv
ing in Sparta, Georgia, recalls:
“The fire broke out about seven in
the morning. The alarm-the bell
sounded at 7:15 that Sunday morn
ng. By the morning’s end the com
pany had set up three wall long
distance phones in an old store on
a back street. We stayed there un
til November 1939, when we moved
to the building where the exchange
has remained.”
The red brick exchange which
held Madison's manual facilities
for the past 28 years is now a part
of the past just like the" old store
on a back street.” Today automa
tic equipment is housed in a lovely
traditional brick building just two
doors from this last manual ex
change site. The $218,850 building
and work center contains 6,721
square feet of space. In the front
of the new exchange, there is an
up-to-date business office. The
spacious office will aid the
ient service representative in giv
ing customers prompt attention
and help.
seems that Madison residents
i-ig-Hty should do a lot of telehon
ing. They not only have a new
dial system to put the calls thro
ugh on they also have quite a lot
history ti discuss when they
make connections.
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DODGERS 0 to 9
THE TOP FIFTEEN
(20 or more at bats)
Player & Team AB H Avg.
Faircloth - Tigers 23 14 .609
Estes - Tigers 34 18 .529
Jones - Twins 23 12 .522
Sims - Braves 24 12 .500
Bryan - Redlegs 20 10 .500
Armstrong - Redlegs 23 11 .478
Campbell - Redlegs 20 9 .450
Doles - Dogers 23 10 .435
Rigdon - Tigers 28 12 429
Reagin - Braves 28 12 .429
Lee - Redlegs 22 9 .409
Brown - Braves 29 11 .379
Bozeman - Tigers 24 9 .375
Barrett - Braves 31 10 .323
Liipfert - Braves 20 6 .300
GUERNSEY COW PRODUCES
HIGH RECORD
Emroy Premier Sheba a Junior
cow, owned by H. J. Haga, Fore
Valley, Georgia, has completed an
three year old, Registered Guersey
official DHIR actual production re
cord of 12,210 pound of milk and
055 pounds of butterfat, in 305
days 2 times a day milking, accor
ding to The American Guernsey
Cattle Club.
Guernsey milk is world famous
for it’s high protein, delicious fla
vor and golden yellow color.
The testing was supervised by
University of Georgia.
Mrs. Grady Tucker
Rites Were Held
Y ester da v Morn 1112 e
Final rites for Mrs. Bobbie Lee
Howard Tucker, 63, of Route 2,
Byron, were held at 11 a. m. on
July 26 at the Byron Baptist
Church.
The Rev. William Berry conduct
ed the services and burial was in
the Byron Cemetery.
Mrs. Tucker was a native of
Houston County and had lived in
this area most of her life. She
was a member of the Byron Meth
odist Church.
Survivors include her husband.
Grady Tucker of Byron; four dau
ghters, Mrs. James Melton of By
ron, Mrs. Bob iCotney of Baldwin,
Fla., Mrs. Herbert Woodall of Ft.
Valley, and Miss Evelyn Tucker
of Miliedgeville; three sons, Rob
ert Tucker of Byron, Steven Tuck
er of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Ralph
Tucker of the U. S. Navy; her mo
ther, Mrs. R. L. Howard of By
ron; and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew
Aultman and Mrs. Mattie Lou Sul
livan of Fort Valley.
Rooks Funeral Home of Fort
Valley was in charge of arrange
ments.
Maddox, Smith At
Odds Over Local
Sales Tax Plan
The split between Gov. Lester G.
Maddox and House Speaker Geo
rge L. Smith over the local sales
tax issue apparently is widening.
This became evident recently when
Maddox intensified his opposition
to the proposal in strongly-worded
speeches and Smith held an Atla
nta press conference to rebut the
governor’s argument.
In a hard-hitting speech to the
Trion Rotary Club in Summerville,
Gov. Maddox declared:
“This is a fight I am bringing
to the people of the State of Geo
rgia today, and this is the beginn
ing. I enlist your help and support.
I ask that you talk to your repre
sentatives and senators in the Gen
eral Assembly. I ask you to help
me to sustain my position on this
issue which I deem vital to Geor
gia’s future welfare and interest.”
At another point, the governor
said: When anyone proposes that
our state government be drained
of its substance, that it be weaked,
that the right of the General As
sembly be abolished, that the pow
er of the governor and the budget
authorities be destroyed and trans
ferred, 1 have this to say:
“These schemers have picked the
wrong governor at the wrong place
at the wrong time, and have pick
ed the wrong battlefield to make
their move to wrest control of
Georgia from its rightful owners,
the four and onehalf million peo
ple who inhabit this state. . . I
not by the hair of my chiny, chiny
chin.”
Speaker Smith, who led the fig
ht to get a local option sales tax
bill through the House of Repres
entatives earlier this year only to
see it defeated in the Senate lar
gely through the efforts of Mad
dox forces, called a press conferen
ce immediately following Maddoxs
Summerville speech.
Smith said he “regretted” the
governor had used such strong
language in his speech, and added
that he didn’t think “there is a
chance a statewide sales tax in
crease will get through the Gener
al Assembly next year.” He also
said Maddox should reconsider the
bill (which was defeated) with the
provision that the state remit the
local tax on a per capital basis.
But Maddox’s answer to that
suggestion obviously was contain
ed another spirited speech the gov
ernor delivered a few hours later
in VVaycross. He told the 8tb Dist
rict County Officers Association:
“The people of Georgia know full
that Lester Maddox has never quit
a fight, and I want to assure you
that this one will be exception,
and it has just begun.”
Ringing At Bliss
There will be a gospel singing
at Bliss Baptist Church on Sun
day night, July 30th at 8:00 p.m.
featuring the Sunny Land Boys.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public.
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City Council Adopts Budget Of
$358,878; Millage Is Set At 13
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BERT MCCOWEN, PRESIDENT OF THE Bank of Fort Valley,
and L. R. Newberry District Supervisor of Soil and Water Conserva
tion, are shown above congratulating Charles Brown, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Jackson of Fort Valley, on his return from the 6th
Natural Resources Conservation Workshop held in Tifton. Charles
represened Peach County at the meet and was rated in the top 10
per cent of those participating in the contests. (Photo by A. Brann)
4-H Clubbers Are
In Southwest
District Contest
According to a report from the
local County Agents office, eleven
4-H club members in the Cloverleaf
and Junior Divisions competed for
honors in the Southwest District
Achievement Project meeting at
Southwest Georgia College on Fri
day, July 21.
Three members of this group won
first place honors, two won second
and two won third place honors.
First place winners were Paul
Clark, Beef Production; Michael
Hospins, Housing & Equipment;
and Ronald McCrary, Home Furn
ishing and Art. Second place win
ners were Robert Brown, Poultry
Production and Joe Tyner, Agron
omy. Third Place winners from
Peach County were Mark Rumph,
Beef Production and Denice Cor
nelius, Wildlife.
Other participants were Phillip
Lavender, Vegetable Production;
Venda Cornelius, Wildlife project;
Corlis McCrary, Health; and Fred
erick Corelius, Entomology.
All participants received certi
ficates for participation and two
clubbers received cash awards as
well as valuable experience. More
than 500 club members from the
Southwest district participated in
this annual event.
Peach County clubbers were
supervised -by the local Extension
Agents and were assisted by par
ents and adult and Junior 4-H
club leaders.
Pvt. E. H. Gaultney
Receives Training
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. (AHTNC)
Army Private Emory H. Gaultney,
22, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Gaultney, Route 1, Culloden, Ga.
completed eight weeks of advanced
training as a combat engineer on
May 19 at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
During his training, he received
instruction in combat squad tac
tics, use of infantry weapons and
engineer reconnaissance.
He also was trained in the
tehniques of road and bridge build
ing, camafrage, and demolition.
Pvt. Gaultney’s wife, Janice,
lives on Route 2, Fort Valley.
JIMMY GRAHAM TO PLAY
IN ALL STAR BALL GAME
Jimmy Graham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Graham of Fort Val
ley, left yesterday for Savannah
where he will play in the North
South All Star high school basket
game on Wednesday, Aug. 2.
Jimmy, who graduated from Ft.
Valley High School this year, was
the first string center on the local
team for several years.
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The mayor and city council of
. Fort Valley last Thursday night
!adopted a budget for the next
j fiscal year and set the tax mill
; ago rate.
A budget calling for $358,878
was adopted and the tax millage
was again set at 13 mills.
The budget was presented to the
body by William J. Liipfert, the
chairman of finance committee.
The budget calls for $61,981.00
for general government operation,
$95,937.00 for operation of the po
lice department, $42,675.00 for the
fire department, $11,500.00 for the
cemetery department, and $146,785
for the sanitary and street depart
ments.
The property tax digest was es
I timated at $9,671,090.00 and the
auto tax digest at $1,351,193.00.
The two other largest items of
estimated income were listed as
$44,500,00 from the sanitation tax
and $42,500.00 from the beer tax.
Some $48,260.00 will he received
from the state for streets.
The tax millage rate of 13 mills
is the same as last year.
Other action taken at the meet
ing by the mayor ami council was
the approval of a beer license for
Ed Chelliers at the old location of
Baptist Youth
Choir To Appear
On WMAZ - TV
The Youth Choir of the First
Baptist Church will be featured on
the Del Ward Show on WMAZ-TV
station at 1:15 Friday afternoon,
July 28. A portion of the recent
concert given by this group will
compose the program.
The accompaist of the choir is
Miss Carol Jones, daughter of Mr.
ad Mrs. George E. Jones, and the
director is Mrs. Harold Withers.
Other choir officers are president,
Randy Runyan; vice - president,
Scott Walker; Secretary, Linda
Lister; Librarian, Diane Rowland;
Robe chairman, Butch Bennett:
Social chairmen, Debra Hatchett
and Susan Outz.
Last Thursday, the Youth Choir
accompanied by Mrs. Henry Out
ler, Mr. Edward Lister, Rev. and
Mrs. Bill Adams and Rev. and Mrs
Harold Withers spent the day at
“Six Flags Over Georgia" located
near Atlanta.
Baptist Youths
Attend Camp
The Church Music Department
of the Georgia Baptist Convention
sponsors a Youth Music Camp held
each year at the Georgia Baptist
Assembly located near Toccoa, Ga.
Over 200 teenagers from over the
state are selected to study, have
fellowship, and receive inspiration
for a ten-day period in the moun
tains of North Georgia. Seven
from the Youth Choir of Fort Val
ley will have the honor of attend
ing. They are Jill Bowman, Debra
Hatchett, Susan Hudson, Lorraine
Kitchens, Susan Outz, Joe Burnett,
and Truett Pirkle.
On August 9 other citizens from
Fort Valley, Ga. will travel to
hear the final program of music
presented by the campers.
MITCHELL V IN SON IVINS
SHEET SHOOT IN NEBRASKA
Shooting in the Nebraska State
Championship Skeet Shoot Satur
day and Sunday, Dr. A. Mitchell
Vinson, son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank
Vinson, won the Class C 410 gauge
trophy and tied (96 out of 100)
for the Class E 12 gauge trophy.
He was awarded 2nd place in the
12 gauge shoot for 40 consecutive
breaks.
Dr. Vinson, on duty with the U.
S. Air Force, is stationed at the
125 bed General Hospital at SAC
Headquarters, Ohama, Neb.
Beauty Spot -
The Beauty Spot this week is a
warded to the Citizens Bank on
North Macon Street for the lovely
red Geraniums.
Moncrief’s Grocery on Church St.
The council also voted the fol
lowing locations hazardous, unheal
thy and unmoral: Glover property
on Walden Street, A. T. Walden
property on Vienna Street, Hen
rietta Bassett property on East
Church Street, Frank Wilderson
property at 202 College Street.
Taylor’s Estate on East Main St.,
and tne John II. Jefferson Estate
at 230 Hiley Street.
Mayor David I. Sammons presid
ed at the meeting. Councilmen W.
J. Liipfert, N. W. Jordan, Cr. C.
Poole, Clinton Hutto, David Par
ker, and L. B. Knight were in at
tendance.
Local Youths Flv
To Foreign Lands
On Vacation
Erie Simmons, son of Mr. & Mrs
Cyrus Simmons, Jr., and Way
ne Robinson the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Robinson departed
last Tuesday for an extended vac
ation in Virgin Island and Puerto
Rico.
They were accompanied by their
families to Atlanta where they
took an Easten Airline flight to
St. Croix, Virgin Island. They are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Pickard of Christensted St. Croix
Mrs. Pickard is the aunt of wayne
Robinson.
Their iternary include visits to the
island of St. Thomas, St. John and
some of the British possessed Isl
ands. They will spend part of their
vacation in San Juan, Puerto Rico
as guests of Tech Sargeant anc
Mrs. Lester Hayes. Mrs. Hayes is
also the aunt of Wayne Robinson.
At Puerto Rico they will tour the
University of Puerto Rico where
Mrs. Hayes is now employed. Visit
to public scrools of both the Vir
gin Islands and Puerto Rico are
included.
The first week of their vacation
they attended a boys camp.
Eric and Wayne are fourth grade
student at the Peach County Trai
ning School. Prior to leaving they
were participants in the Element
ary workshop at the Fort Valley
State College The boys have sent
back repors of having a wonderful
time.
1st Lt. Grins tead
Completes Course
FT. KNOX, KY. (AHTNC)- 1st
Lieut. Benjamin W. Grinstead, son
of Mr. and Mrs. George M Grin
stead, 508 Jackson St., Hawkins
ville, Ga. completed an officer bas
ic course at the Army Armor
School, Ft. Knox, Kv., July 19.
The nine-week course covers
branch training in armor for new
ly cominisisoned officers with spe
cial emphasis on duties of a pla
toon leader.
His wife, Norma, lives at 214
Knoxville St., Fort Valley.