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Helen Bryan, Frances Bowden and Helen Teeter show on April 23 to enable purchasers of the new stamps /o
the mailbox they have decorated. This box, supplied by mail their letters,
the Postal Service, will be at Peach County High School
Fort Valley Post Office getting
for issue of camellia stamp
Excitement and tension are building
at the Fort Valley Post Office says
Postmaster C. W Thompson as April
23, 1981 approaches On that day the
post office will issue first day covers for
the new camellia stamp and three other
flowers. Nor only is this a big event for
Fort Valley • a first - it is also rare for
Georiga Postmaster Thompson specu
lated that first day stamps have only
been commemorated in Georgia on rwo
or three other occasions, one being in
1972 when the Sidney Lanier stamp
was issued in Macon, Georgia
With the big day only two weeks
away, plans are still underway and the
postmaster expects to have everything
finalized by April 19th. To get ready for
this commemoration the post office had
to order special equipment such as a
special cancelling machine and a
special dye for the postmark for the
first day issue at Fort Valley. The office
Postal Service tells of plans
for celebration on 23
The l S Postal Service has
disclosed the designs of the bi«x.k of
For, Valley
featured in the designs are a
caraJha.arose. a dahliaandalih
The first day of .ssue ceremony w, n
be held at 11:00 a m in the Peach
County High School auditorium.
Former President Jimmy Carter and
Mrs Rosalyn Carter have been invited
to the ceremony.
The flower stamps are the first to be
issued at the new First-Class mad rate
of 18 cents effective March 22.
The stamp designs reprcxluce
r: ginal paintings of flowers executed
by Lowell Nesbm of New York City, a
®he 5ieafiEr-®rtbune
Home Owned And Operated For Ninety Years
has already received approximately
600 requests for first-day-issue stamps
ranging anywhere from one to a whole
sheet of stamps and expects many
more. “People are sending in pre
addressed envelopes, requesting we
stamp them, postmark them on the
23rd and return them,” says
, m psor>
Tweny applicants from the postal
register have been interviewed and 10
of those will be hired to work for a
three-week penod begmmng April
19th. Thompson does not expect his
regular staff to pull any overtime with
this hiring of the temporary employees
for the first-day issue stamps.
Though Thompson stated there is no
way to really know how many first-day
of issue stamps the post office will
handle, he guestima.es” at least
400.000 during the three-week period
well-known artist whose work has been
widely exhibited m Europe and South
tgZ'S&Tss.iZ
pa.nr,,*, he rendered for rhe Mamp
designs are composite interpretations
of several of h.s prev.ous paintings
and do n<rtirepresent specific species of
flowers . This is his first stamp design
effort for the Postal Service.
All four of the depicted flowers are
cultivated in the United States.
Each of the full-color vignertes in the
stamp background* designs The' appears on a light pink
vignettes dominate
the center of each design and, beneath
each one, in one line of blue type, is the
name of the flower and "USA 18c. ”
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Fort Valley, Peach County, Ga., April 9, 1981
No other post office will sell the stamps
on April 23, it is a Fort Valley exclusive
for that day only. 'Die stamps can be
bought at any post office anywhere on
April 24th and thereafter. Orders for
first-day cancellations can be sent tn
thru June 7th,
The U. S. Postal headquarters and
the American Camellia Society are
coordinating the events and most plans
are still in the planning stage. A stamp
window is to be opened at Peach
County High School from 10:00 a m. -
11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
on the 23rd, being closed from 11:00
-11:30a.m. during the ceremony at the
high school. The Camellia Society also
will have a booth set up and will sell
the envelopes depicting the camellia
society headquarters and a camellia
bush in full bloom. The stamps can be
hand-canceiled at the high school. If
they are mailed they will be
machine-cancelled.
The tentative list of guests include
former President Jimmy Carter and his
wife Rosalyn, Postmaster General
William F. Bolger (or a representa
five) stamp designer Lowell B.
Nesbitt, Thomas C -^Ser Evans - preset
of the
American Camell.a Society Mrs.
Ro „,, t & || . president of ,he Garden
Club of Georgia, and many other local
and state officials.
Theory of Fort Valley should receive
a lot of recognition from this event as it
^ ^ een annoU nced in the U. S. postal
bulletin as well as several stamp
magazines -JL-astic Postmaster Thompson says
sta mD collectors could
ZZrenZ f p pToffice over t ^ e wor | d an d
the has already
rece ived a first-day of issue order from
r anada
Fvervone at the post office will most
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All high school students
must take TB skin test
A firm policy was unanimously
adopted Tuesday night by the Peach
County Board of Education requiring
that all students at Peach County High
School he required to take a skin test
for tuberculosis. Failure to take the
test, according to the board’s action,
will result in immediate suspension
from school.
This strong action was taken after
the Peach County Board of Health
asked the board's cooperation in
quelling what it calls an “epidemic" in
the local school. In a letter to Superin
tendent of Schools Ernest Anderson,
| District Health Director Robert B.
Wright said that last April one high
school student was discovered to
have active tuberculosis. “Indeed, at
the present time, there are four more
students in the school with active
tuberculosis,'' said Dr. Wright.
As a result of skin testing last fall, 53
students were found to be "infected”.
These 53 are now on medication,
Board agrees with decision to
withhold from
A decision made by Peach County
High School Principal B. ) McClendon
and Head Football Coach Charlie
Smith to withhold athletic jackets to
two students was upheld by the Board
of Education at its meeting Tuesday
night which
After an executive session
lasted nearly one hour, the board
announced its decision and at the same
time encouraged Carey Mincey and
Hollis Towns not be be either
“fearful’’ or to feel “sheltered” by the
students' decision to bring the matter
to the board for review Principal
McClendon told Mincey and Towns
that he felt no personal offense
toward them tor bringing the question
to the hoard, but that they would have
to 8° oul aiK * P la y b ; dl ;tn| l take your
-•chances m or( * cr to eligible to
receive a football jacket next year.
McClendon said that if they meet every
other requirement, they will be eligible
to participate in future sports
programs. first
'Die question of the jackets
came to the board on March 10 when
attorney Alvin McDougald asked the
board to reverse McClendon’s and
Smith’s decision. At the earlier
meeting, Chairman A. B. Johnson
asked the attorney to review the
question with Supermtendent of
Schools Ernest Anderson before
bringing it to the board formally,
McDougald agreed at that time to the
suggestion. XtV'r’JXS . _ ,
When uskc d ,
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Charlie Smith , said that Towns a if
Mincey were two of eight students who
failed to come to a practice last fall. As
a result of that, Smith said that the
team members voted to suspend the
eight from the team even though
games with Dublin and Crisp County
remained to be played. Smith said that
six underclassmen were later allowed
to become eligible again if they
participated in Spring practice and
maintained good attitudes. Both Towns
and Mincey are juniors,
When a player comes out for foot
ball, he must practice- he must have >
practice discipline, said Coach from Smith.
A player may be dropped a team
if be does not practice on a reguar
basis - if he willfully, knowingly cuts
practice. If a player does not complete
the season, he does not get a jacket,
^^Clendon told the board
that the eight • students were
"boycottmg” P ract ' cc ^ a 4 e ^
n.ght opponent. "They d.dn t like .he
way the caches were coaching and
deeded to boycott, said
McClendon
Attorney McDougald pointed out
that Mincey and Towns had been
allowed to play a game at the
conclusion of the Spring practice,
Principal McClendon said that he had
not approved their eligibility to play in
the Spnng game
Towns spoke up and said the cause
for concern from the eight players was
that while they were upset over Coach
Smith's call the prev.ous Friday night,
Copies 25ct. each, l Year (local) Subscription $7.80
according to Dr. Wright, and if they
continue to take the medication for one
year, they will not come down with
“active tuberculosis".
“This disease (tuberculosis) is
considered to be devastating if missed,
and curable, if found by this simple
skin testing procedure. The state will
provide, without cost, appropriate
medication to all students who need
it,” said Dr. Wright in his letter to the
superintendent.
Anderson told the board members
that about 800 students our of 1100
voluntarily took the test last fall when it
was administered. He asked the board
to decide whether to require the test
and to what extent the board would be
willing to enforce the policy if set.
Board member Louise Powell said that
if she was a parent of a student and
knew that the school board did not
require the test while it knew of the
consequences, that she probably would
they had tried to talk to him (the coach)
about it, but that Coach Smith refused
to talk to them. “If Coach Smith was
mad, why should we play for him,”
Towns said the group wondered.
Chamber meeting is April 14;
will feature Senator
The annual meeting of the Peach
rounty chamber of Commerce will be
Md nm Tuesday nighti Apr i| 14, at
fhc Pcach County High School lunch
room The speaker for the annual fete
j s Senator Mack Mattingly.
Duane Cassidy, who is in charge of
ycar - s ine eting, said that a special
“ sur prise” is in store for those who
aucnd He would not elaborate, but
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Area captains for the clean-up are, left to right: Clinton Mitchell Sr.,
Chairman Clarence Jones, Bill Gourley, Ann [.anter, Patsey Massey, and
F.rnest Bunch.
County-wide cleanup
is for
A county-wide clean-up day will be
held this Saturday, April 11 in
SJTSLJ r , on
April 23 A number of guests are
PeSf^un^onX ^ day^^
’“f"' ^ “'rce '"unf ^ ’The
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counc il of For. Valley
wi ll be coordinated by
chamber ChamDer of 01 Commerce commerce President
Tracy Rivers. Pat Joiner, president
elect of the Chamber, will oversee the
efforts in Byron. Clarence Jones wi
head the mayor s council work.
The garden club in lyron wj
concentrate on Georgia Highway 49 m
Byron. The Byron Jaycees 1 w
down Highway 49 towards fort Valley
The Perry Jaycees w.l wor : down
Highway 341 towards Fort Valley,
sue the board of education.
Chairman A. B, Johnson explained
to the board that it could not force the
students to take the test, but it (the
board) could keep the students from
attending school tf the students do not
take the test. Ed Dunbar suggested
that the students be given the option to
take the test either at school or from a
private physician. Grover Nelson said
that a time limit would have to be
enacted if a student receives the test
privately. This discussion resulted in
the board's additional decision to
require any student to have the test
results available on the day that the
state sends a team into the school to
administer the skin tests.
Dr. Wright’s letter indicated that the
entire student body can be tested in
one day and the results of those tests
will be available two days later. “No
one student should miss more than one
class, ’ ’ said Dr. Wright in his letter.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
Chairman Johnson told Towns and
Mincey that forming a group under
protest “is not a student’s prerog
ative” as a team player,
reliable sources indicate that a new
county advertising program may be
launched.
The chamber’s annual meeting will
he arranged by Mrs. Ann Kinnerr and
Mrs. Betty Clark, thereby assuring a
gala event. Tickets are now on sale at
the Chamber of Commerce office on
Vineville Street.
meeting workers from Fort Valley
halfway. The Reynolds Jaycees will
come up Georgia Highway 96 and
representatives of Marshal,v„.e will
come up Highway 49 to the Camellia
fiveryone is asked to make sure that
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Also helping Lfy with rhe project w.ll be
Blue Bird Company, Bibb
Company and For. Valley State
College, B among 8 other local businesses
and organizations,
Those who volunteer their .
can time
to the project are asked to come to the
Blue Bird parking lot at a.m.
Saturday, Aprtl 11 where the project
will be officially kicked of .
Coffee and donuts will be served,
an d the Coca-O)la Bottling Company
will furnish free Cokes.