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VOLUME NO. 80 NUMBER 26
Peachland
Journal
BY DANIBL K. GRAHL
IF PRES. JOHNSON WONDERS
WHY PEOPLE OPPOSE HIM,
THIS IS JUST ONE REASON
We hear and have heard a lot
of reasons to vote against Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson—and we
agree with most of them.
However, this week we were all
treated with one good reason not
to vote for bim, or people like him.
He came out publicly and asked
a firearms control bill to be pass
ed that would require all firearms
to be registered, no one under 21
allowed a sidearm (pistol, general
ly). no one under 18 a rifle or a
shotgun, and with stiff penalties
for all who violate these require
ments at any time.
Sr?.
mendments to the Constitution of
the United States.
This Article says “A well
ulated Militia being necessary to 1
the right security of the of people a free to keep State, and the |
bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Where does Pres, Johnson or
any other public official stand in
the light of that Article ?
Like all responsible persons, we
deplore the large number of deaths
from the irresponsible use of fire
arms. We do not profess to know
the dorrect answer to the problem.
However, it is our belief that
the entire nation needs to return
to the strict and proper enforce
ment of the laws now on the rec
ords. Judicial opinions by the na
tion’s highest courts have made it
almost impossible to enforce laws
designed to curb civil and crimi
nal disobedience.
The respect the public used to
have for law enforcement officers
is almost a thing of the past.
And it will continue to be so so
long as the president of the Unit
ed States and other high govern
ment officials continue to approve
and encourage civil disobedience.
President Johnson says he de
sires a law requiring the registra
tion of firearms, no person under
21 being issued a hand gun, and
no one under 18 having a rifle or
shotgun. We’re glad he at least
lowered the age for rifles to 18.
If he had not done so he would
have had to bring back a lot of
soldiers from war areas.
I personally have no objection
to registering our shotgun and ,22
rifle, as no responsible person will
object. But then, no responsible
person is going to shoot the pres
ident or other officials.
What about the irresponsible in
dividual? Does the president think
that person is going to voluntarily
register his or her firearm? Of
course they’re not. And they will
continue to get the guns.
What really frightens me about
such a law is the fact that it is
only one step away from the con
fiscation of all firearms. And on
ly a/bout two steps from a dicta
torship. That has been the pattern
in many of the nations that have
wound up with dictatorships.
Our constitution provides that
citizens can bear arms in defense
of their lives and property. And
we must eye warily any attempt
tjo infringe on that right.
As we said before, we do not
profess to know all the answer to
the problem. We do feel, though,
that the proper place to start is
to put respect back in our law
enforcement personnel and return
to them the right to enforce laws
already on the books.
Elswhere in this issue is an ar
ticle about the matter from the
eyes of Dean Wolgemuth of the
Georgia Game and Fish Commis
sion. We commend it to your read
ing and understanding.
Next week we plan to give you
some figures on the use of guns
in the bommission of crimes.
Funeral Services
Held Sunday J For
Mrs. Bledsoe, 85
Mrs. Bmma Anderson .Bledsoe.
85, a lifelong resident of Fort Val
ley ard member of a prominent
Middle • Georgia family, passed a
way at her home Friday morning,
June 21st after a lengthy illness.
Her husband was the late James
Ernest Bledsoe.
She was an active member of
the First Methodist Church, hav
ing served a number of years as
officer in the Woman’s Missionary
Society. She was a member of the
Adult Bible Class.
Mrs. Bledsoe was the last char
ter member of the Governor Treut
len Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. She was
a faithful member for sixty years
and was Regent at one time. She
was a member of the Charles D.
Anderson Chapter of the United
daughters of the Confederacy.
Surviving her are a daughter,
Ernestine Bledsoe, a brother, Da
vid Houser Anderson, and a num
ber of nieces and nephews.
| Services were held in the Fort
Valley Methodist Church Sunday
afternoon, June 23rd, at 4:00 p.m.
with Rev. G. N. Rainey and Rev.
(
Reece Turrentine, pastor, officiat
ing. Interment followed at Oak
lawn Cemetery,
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State College ” Is
Recipient * of $18000
J| £) Grant
It was recently announced by
Dr. W. W. E. Blancet, President,
Fort Valley State College, that the
college has been awarded a re
search grant for Human Resource
Development in the amount of
$18,000 by the Federal Govern
ment.
The grant is being administered
by the college’s Division of Agri
culture where Dr. Ocleris Simpson,
a research nutritionist, is serving
as director of the project. Mr. M.
C. Blount, Dr. Syed Rahman, Dr.
■C. L. Ellison and Dr. H. Stallworth
of the Plant Science Department
are co-directors of the project.
Dr. (Simpson says, “the major
objective of the project is to see
how effective a combination of
synthetic meat and ground beef
will be in improving the overall
nutritional status of human sub
jects.” According to Dr. Simpson,
a recent experiment at the college
demonstrated that the status of
protein nutrition was better a
mong individuals fed a similar
combination than where bieef was
the only source of protein. Syn r
thetic meat can be fabricated to
include any given amount of vita
mins, minerals or calories which
makes it important for research
to consider it as a potential meat
replacer or extender.
Dr. Simpson states that synthe
tic meat is based on protein iso
lation of soybeans. Mr. Blount and
Dr. Rahman will be experimenting
on ways to increase the nutritive
content of the natural soybean
plant. Dr. Simpson will be concern
ed with evaluating the physiologi
cal responses of individuals before
and after exposure to the synthe
tic meat dietary regine.
Camp Meeting Set
For Taylor County
The annual Taylor County Camp
meeting is scheduled to be held
this year from July 4 through the
14th, acording to the Rev.. M. J.
Wood, president of the camp.
An annual event for many years
the camp this year will feature
the preaching of Dr. J. Harold
Homan and Dr. Robert E. Cole
man. Mr. Evered Veal will be the
song leader.
Bible study will be conducted by
the Rev. William B. Coker. Dr.
and Mrs. Don Rollings will again
be the youth directors for the
camp meetings.
Preaching will be daily at 11
a. m. and 7:45 p. m. and at 3:00
p. m. on five afternoons.
The camp ground is located six
miles north of Butler on U. S. 19.
The public has been invited to
attend any or all of the services.
ATTEND SUNDAY SCHOOL
The only thing
we have to say
is that Lyndon
B. is nuts, if he
or anyone else
believes the A
merican people |
are going to for
get Article II of
the first 10 a-
\ lEA J f BT TRIBUNE
Leader-Tribune, Fort Valley, Ga., Thurs., June 27, 1968
Jr. C. J. Duncan
To Retire After
29-Year Career
Dr. Catherine J. Duncan, Pro
fessor of Education, Chairman,
Division of Education, at The Fort
Valley State College since 1949, is
retiring after more than 29 years
of service. She joined the faculty
in 1939 and has the distinction of
serving under three presidents.
Dr, Duncan, known to her inti
mate friends at “Cat” Duncan is
a native of Battlesboro, N. C.
Early in life her parents and a sis
ter moved to Tuskegee, Ala,, where
she spent many memorable years.
Her years at Tuskegee Institute
remain high on her list of exper
iences.
Dr, Duncan received the A.B.
degree in Home Economics from
Fisk University. She taught at
high schools in Kentucky and Ge
orgia and was Jeanes Supervisor
for Peach and Macon Counties for
several years before *ontinuing
her education. Among her most re
warding experiences were the
years spent as a teacher at the
Red Oak Experimental Rural
School, near McDonough, Georgia.
During these early years, she
wrote a book entitled, “Hog Kill
ing, Time in Georgia” through fin
ancial support from the Rasenwaki
Fund. The primer typewriter which
was used is still a part of the e
quipment at Fort Valley.
Dr. Duncan, who holds the A.
M. degree from the University of
New Mexico and the Ph.D degree
from Ohio State University has
been the life of many faculty soc
ial affairs with her spontaneous
ingenuity.
She was a Fulbright Lecturer to
Fourah Bay College, West Africa
in 1951-52. Her entire life has
been that of a true and dedicated
educator and countless students
will remember her for her kind
and gracious ways.
Dr. Duncan has had several of-:
fers to serve as a consultant upon’
retiring, Fort Valley State College
heads the list; however, her pres
ent plans are to travel and just
stay busy.
Fort Valley Girls
Attend Conference
The Fort Vallay YiClubs were
well represented recently when
nine officers and their .advisor
attended the Rock Eagle Officers
Training Conference sponsored by
the State YMCA of Georgia.
The group includued Miss Beth
Hunt, advisor to the Sr. Tri-Hi-Y;
Ann Marshall, Tavie Cleveland,
Donna Walker, and Rita Elling
ton, representatives of the Jr. Tri
Hi-Y; and Jan Lee, Margaret Ma
thews, Nancy Dodd, Marilyn Win
dham, and Julie Posey, represent
atives of the Sr. Tri-Hi-Y.
The conference concentrated on
training each delegate for her par
ticular office in the Y-CTub.
Little League News
Victories by the Mets and the
Redlegs began the second half of
the Little League on Monday site.
In the first game the Mets de
feated the Angiels 13-5. In the se
cond game at 8.00, the Reds hand
ed a loss to the Tigers, 11-4.
On Friday, June 28, the Redlegs
meet the Angels at 6:00. Fot the
second game the Mets will face
the Tigers.
Girl’s Softball
Due to rain, only two games
were played in girl’s softball this
week.
The Waves defeated the Tom
Boys 5-4 in the 6:30 game, The
Waves were led in hitting by Katy
Taylor who had 3 for 3 including a
run.
The Tom Boys were led by Gin
ger Lane and Debbie Bruce who
each collected two hits.
In the 8:30 game, Corrine Irby
paced the Dynamites to a 8 - 7
win over the Sugar Bears. Corrine
had a double and a home run but
was given extra hitting support
from Delbbie Cross and Nancy
Byrd who also had two hits.
The Sugar Bears were led by
Sherry Taylor and Susan Mar
shall.
PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY
Local Kiwanians
I
Honor Officers
At Meeting Friday
BY STEVE DUGAN
The Fort Talley Kiwanis Club
paid special tribute to local law
enforcement officials and agencies
at its regular meeting last Friday
Dr. Frank Vinson was program
chairman for the event and vice
president Don Kinett presided be
fore a full house at the American
Legion Hall.
Guest speaker for the occasion
was Mr. Frank Hitt, head of the
Georgia Division of the F. B. I.
Mr. Hitt joined local Kiwanians
in praising Fort \ alley and Peach
County Law Men. Hitt also had
very kind words for Fort Valley.
T really believe”, he comment
ed, “that your town has an envi
able reputation as a pleasant place
to live in and visit. This is due, in
a great extent, to your outstand
ing law enforcers.”
Several outstanding members of
the police force and Sheriff’s de
partment were cited including- Lt.
Baggarly and Capt. Barfield. Peach
Sheriff Reg Mullis was given spe
cial credit for his work in. break
ing up mooirs’nine operations. F. B.
I. Director Hitt said the Sheriff
had done a tremendous job since
he took office.
The man receiving the most
plaudits was Fort Valley Police
Chief Grady Cochran. Cochran was
congratulated for his fine record
as head of local police. Dr. Vinson
and Mr. Hitt related that Cochran
had recently /been named as Geor
gia s Outstanding Police Chief.
Also, Cochran has been chosen for
this year’s edition of Community
Leaders in America. The book’s
publishers wrote Cochran saying
he was chosen for “the tremen
dous contributions made to the
community in the past years.”
Attending ceremonies at the
meeting was Mr. Dave Lane, form
er Fort Valley office holder who
was a member of the city govern
ment when Chief Cochran was or
iginally hired.
Second Annua]
Ga. Peach Festival
At Reynolds Sat.
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The Second Annual Georgia
Peach Festival will be held in
Reynolds,, Ga. on Saturday, June
3rd.
Festivities will get underway at
9:00 a.m. with a low ball golf
tournament, at which all peach
packers, growers and other nelat
ted agri-businessmen are eligible
to play.
At 10:00 a.m. a Peach Dish Con
test will take place. Entries are to
be on exhibit in the Flint Electric
Building and will he open to the
public from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
There will be two divisions of
this contest (Youth-and Adult).
Peach dishes will be arranged by
category as follows:
Cakes, pies (deep dish, cobblers,
others) Salads, novelties (garn
ishes, candies, etc-) cookies, breads
and desserts.
Rules are that the majorr ingred
ient must be peaches, preferably
Georgia grown. The dish should be
on display at the Flint EMC Build
ing by 10 a.m. on June 29. Two
written recipes must accompany
the dish. Each dish will be judged
on flavor, appearance and quality.
A competitive Peach Queen Con
test wil be held at 4:00 p.m. at the
Reynolds Kiwanis Golf Course and
Swimming Pool.
Senator Herman E. Talmadge
will be the featured speaker at
6:00 p.m. at the Golf Course.
A barbeque will be held at the
Grolf Course immediately follow
ing Senator Talmadge’s speech.
A dance will be held at the Na
tional Guard Armory, starting at
9:00 p.m.. Climaxing the festivit
ies will be the parade of contest
ants, escorted by their sponsors,
and the crowning of the Peach
Queen.
An infbrmation booth will be lo
cated in the middle of town to as
sist in directions, etc. for the day.
Wainwright Peach Packing Co.,
which will be open all day to the
public, is located on Georgia 96,
West of Reynolds.
Related industries finance the
activities of the day.
Bill Cooper Named
Chairman Of Local
Congress Club
Steve Dugan, District Chairman
of Corgress Clubs, announced this
week the appointment of Bill Coo
per as Chairman of the club’s Fort
Valley Chapter.
Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Cooper of Westview Drive, will
begin his duties as Chairman im
mediately.
The purpose of the Congress
Club is to give young people an
opportunity to more actively par
tieipate in their government. Spon
sored by Congressman Jack Brink
ley, the organization works close"
]y with him in promoting the
“Youth in Government” idea.
Dugan visited Cooler this week
and at that time said Congressman
Brinkley was very interested in
gaining the advice and counsel of
young people through their parti
cipation in a Congress Club.
Cohgressman Brinkley has said,
“if we can show young people
they can accomplish things within
the law, they won’t be seeking at
tention through lawlessness and in
the streets.”
Congressman Brinkley has pro
m i se d to work with the young peo
pie in every way possible. He said
he felt the exchange of ideas be
tween young people and their Rep
resentatives in Congress would be
beneficial “to the Congress, the
young people, the District and the
Nation.”
Cooper stated the club has form
a Board of Directors and the mem
'bership will be increased to in
elude all young people interested
in participating in their govern
ment.
Anyone interested in joining
should contact Bill Cooper, West
view Drive, or phone 825-5608.
Those seeking) more information
ma y contact Steve Dugan, District
Chairman, Congress Clubs, Harde
Avenue. Fort Valley, Geor
gia.
ATTEND SUNDAY SCHOOL •
CHURCH THIS SUNDAY
A Layman
Out For God
By E. B. ADAMS
CORRECTION—Last week we
failed to include the sentence (He
told me to sell the cottage I had
down on Lake Blackshear). This
should have preceded the sentence:
‘I told Him I couldn’t sell it un
less He sent me a buyer),
-MY TESTIMONY — Continu
ed from last week—
Some time afterwards, I began
thinking, Oh, how I wish I knew
the date back there over forty
years when Jesus saved me. And
how I wish I knew the name of
the evangelist, and the title of the
invitational song. My first thought
; was to ask the cteurch secretary
if it would be possible to secure
this information from the church
records. But when I realized how
much trouble this would be, I de
cided against it.
At a later date,
I wrote Mrs.
Ben Fincher,
(Miss Jennie),
thinking Mie
might remem
ber the evange
list and the date
of the revival.
At this time,
they were liv
ing in Tampa,
Fla. Miss Jennie, as you will re
call, is the one who came that
night and knelt in the isle beside
me; and who has now gone on to
be with Jesus. She urged me to go
and walked down the isle and
knelt at the altar with me. If she
had not abeyed God that night, I
wonder if today I would be a
Christian,
In a few days I received a re
ply to my letter to Miss Jennie.
And thinking you might be inter
ested in reading it, I asked for
and received permission to publish
it. This letter is post marked at
Tampa, Florida, May 4, 1959,
which is a little over a year after
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Mayor Names Chmn.
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Of Reg. Committees
At the regular meeting of the
Fbrt Valley city council last Thurs
day night Mayor David I. Sam
mons announced the appointment
ment of standing committees and
their chairmen.
Cemetery, L. B. Knight, chair
Educator Visits
Upward Bounders
Project Upward Bound welcomes
a most distinguished visitor to Ft.
Valley State College. Mrs. Lawa
na Trout is from Edmond, Okla
homa, and she has lectured and
traveled all over the world. Mrs.
Trout is noted as a speaker and
writer in the field of education,
In 1958, she was eleeted National
Teacher of the year.
A reception honoring Mrs. Trout
was held last Friday night at 8:00
p.m., in the Conference Room of
the Lottie M. Lyons Student Cent
er.
The next resident fellow to
spend the weekend with the Pro
ject family is Dr. Michael Carru
ba, who is doming on June 28th.
The objective of inviting noted
scholars is to inspire young peop
le and motivate them to set high
er goals in school and in life.
Canning Plant To
Open July 2nd
The community canning plant
at Byron will open on July 2, 1968.
The canning plant will be open
on Tuesdays and Thursdays each
week.
Hours will be from 8 until 3 p.
m . {Charge for canning will be for
cans only. No. 2% cans 10c and
303 cans 8c.
The staff for this year will
Mrs. Lucille Young, Home -
Teacher, Mr. Janies Gibson, \
Teacher, and Mr. Judson
Vo-Og. Teacher.
my full surrender to God in March
1958.
“Dear Eeton, Bless your heart!
How I wish I could give you the
desired information, but I cannot.
I cannot remember the date or the
preacher, but I do remember the
important thing - your experience.
Some many times I have thou
ght of our conversation after the
service when we were sitting about
*he second or third seat from the
front on the right hand side as you
enter the front door of the church.
We were just talking to-gether
and you said, “T used to like to
gamble but now I despise the
word.” That seemed to be one of
the big things that had so often
tempted you and and to which you
yielded, but now, no more.
It would be fine if you could re
member the name of the preacher,
the date and the text, but too of
ten that is not the case. Those
things pale into insignificance when
you remember you and God met at
that altar and you then gave Him
your life. How I would just love to
see you and chat this day.
W'e miss our good friends so
much and that leaving them is the
big price we had to pay in mak
ing our decision to come and be
near our children. I still believe
we made the right choice and we
are very happy.
Ben is playing golf this morning
with fellows he "struck up with”
and they play regularly. Sorry 1
could not be of more help. Love to
you, Julia and all. Come to see us.
“Miss Jennie".
I would like to say the most
precious years of all of my life
time have been these past ten
years, and I wouldn’t exchange
the joy, peace, comunion and fel
lowship I’ve had with Jesus dur
ing this period for the material
possessions of all of the people
who live on the face of this earth.
I have never had so much real
fun and enjoyed the worthwhile
man and N. W. Jordan and David
; akker.
Po ifc e , Clinton Hutto, chairman,
and W. J. Liipfert, III, and G. C.
Poole,
Finance, W. J. Liipfert, III,
chairman, N. W. Jordan and Da
vid Parker.
Sanitation, David Parker, ehair
man, N. W. Jordan and L. B.
Knight.
Fire, G. iC. Poole, chairman, and
Clinton Hutto.
i Street, N. W. Jordan, chairman,
, L. B. Knight and David Parker.
' License, L. B. Knight, chairman
y and Clinton
Hutto and G. C. Poole.
Mr. Larry Lacy and a delegation,
representing the Kiwanis Club,,
hhe Chamber of Commerce, and
the Lions Club, requested a sur
vey be made by the state regard
a community-wide recreation pro
gram. Mayor Sammons said that
such a request had already been
mad/e and that the survey would
require jfbout three months to be
completed.
Two pieces of property in the
city were re-Joned. The property
of Mrs. Mary Ella K. Haslam on
Central Avenue was re-zoned to.
(IN) Institutional from (R-2) Re
sidential. Property of B. F. Rigv
don on Vineville Street was re
zoned from R-2 to NS-2.
Peach County Sheriff J. R. Mul
lis requested the city to assist in
maintaining county prisoners by
allowing them to be kept in the
city jail. (Motion was made by Mr.
Hutto and seconded by Mr. Knight
that this be done on a temporary
basis. Motion passed.
Mr. Ernest Anderson; requested
curbing and guttering on Tulip
Drive to Hardeman Avenue. Coun
cil voted to do provided the coun
ty participated by paving and or
resurfacing said area.
City marshal and the city attoa
ney were instructed to do beet all
outstanding taxes at the earliest
possible date.
things and pleasures of this life as
much as I have during these past
few years.
Man has not really and truly
Jived until he lives in Christ in the
fully surrendered way; until self,
talents, time, possessions and our
very all becomes unconditionally
His.
This is my testimony. I don’t
know what yours has been. I only
know about s own. And if it
were not so, would have told
you.
In closing I would like to ask,
how is it with you ? Have you had
a similar experience? Have you
been saved, bom again ? Are you
sure? Do you well remember the
experience? I s every area of your
life under God’s control? If not,
why not let it be so. You’ll never
have this lasting peace which con
tinues, even while there are wars
and rumors of wars, misfortunes
or sorrows, until you become com
pletely His.
T ou may have a shallow or tem
poral peace, the kind the world
affords, but you will never share
the sort of peace that ‘passeth all
understanding.’ ‘My peace I give
unto you; not as the world giveth.’
Phil. 4:7 and John 14-27. You
can’t have the joy, happiness and
full assurance of eternal life, and
some day to be in Heaven with
Jesus, your loved ones and friends,
who will be there, until God has
all of you.
This joy, peace, happiness and
full assurance comes only as we
yield Him our body and soul, our
all. All to Him I must surrender”
We are missing the boat until we
do. There s another song - in oar
hymnals bearing the title “Is your
all on the Altar?” The first verse
goes like this. “You have longed
for sweet peace and for faith to
increase, and have earnestly, fer
vently prayed; 'but you cannot
have rest or be perfectly blest,
until all on the artar is laid."
Read this song in your hymnal
and you will be reading one of the
most truthful truths ever to be
written in song or otherwise.
We'll be with you next week,
God be willing.