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F’age 4 The Leader Tribune, fort Valley, Georgia Thurtday. April 16, 1961
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Editorial
Opinions
Guest Editorial
A special letter
to the editor
J believe it is about time that we, the
members of (he Peach County
Chamber of Commerce Fine Arts
Committee, congratulated ourselves on
establishing a highly successful joint
program of cultural activities with the
Fort Valley Stair College Special
Events Committee liven though the
joint program has not been an
overwhelming success attendance
wise, what was lacking in attendance
was more than made up in enthusiasm
by the audiences
The quality of performances has
been superb We were inspired by the
outstanding soprano, Mattiwilda
Dobbs, the talented showman, Mac
Frampton, the Women's Ensemble's
performance of the Ceremony of Carols
with the eminent harpist Dedi Henson,
the opera workshop's performance of
Amaltl and the Night Visitors, the
Morehouse College (dee Club, a
versatile group of well-trained young
men; the lively rendering of the opera
Don Pasquale which, surprisingly,
attracted one of out largest audiences,
the Warner Robins Little Theatre's fine
production; the Howard Hanger Jazz
Ensemble, which kept us amused and
entertained with wir, charm and excel
lent musicianship, the dynamic brass
group and, finally, the very' versatile
and master musicians, the Dclphin
and Remain Due 1 believe this pro
gram of events would be difficult to
duplicate by any other city or county of
Milton Brown, a
community advocate
An editorial in The Press Sentinel
(iesup, Ga) prompts this editorial
today An editor injesup devoted his
entire column to the fact that fort
Valley is hosting former President
Jimmy Carter and Postmaster General
William F Bolger on April 23 for the
first day of issue of the i amcllia stamp.
We would like to share the last
paragraph of this editorial "With
spring at its peak, and camellias,
azaleas, dogwood and so many other
flowers making Jesup a place of beauty
and joy to behold, it is fitting that the
morning mail will bear a picture of that
plant that has been one of the
keystones in that beauty We envy Fort
Valley for their place in this event
CM course many people are
responsible for making the camellia
stamp possible We think it is
appropriate, nevertheless, to single out
Milton Brown as executive director of
die American Camellia Society who has
brought a lot of positive thinking into
our community Two years ago he
helped bring an international
gathering oi camellia lovets into town
In so many other projects he has made
us think of what is possible rather than
what cannot hr done
The American Camellia Six’tetv is
Columbia, gem
of the ocean
It is quite fitting that someone had
vision enough to name (he new space
vehicle “Columbia Seeing it blast oft
into space early Sunday morning
brought tears to the eves and chills
down the spine as we remembered
again the thrill of seeing other
American space success stories
That Sunday morning .emotion was
renewed again Tuesday evening as the
Welcome WQBZ
We would like to officially
acknowledge and welcome to the
community radio station WQBZ While
the station might be considered the
new kid on the block, the people who
have made it into a reality are certainly
old-timers to Fort Valiev Each one has
his roots firmly planted into the soil
here and each has made significant
contributions to the community
Vie welcome the additional
competition to the business com
mutiny. Vie can't help but feel that
comparable size in the stare of
Georgia I hope you and the other
members of the committee are as
proud as I am of whai we have
accomplished over the past rwo years
lest you think we have forgotten
who conceived this whole idea, lei me
remind you and your readers that we
are grateful to you for initiating the
joint program and “pushing” it
through the Chamber although I
understand it did not require muc li
pushing
Our committee members have
worked diligently, Milton Brown,
president of the committee, aided so
ably by his charming wife. Ann, the
energetic Jimmy Smith, H I Bryant
whose retirement has not slowed
him down one hit, the gracious
lady Kate Vinson, the vibrant Anna
Lumpkin, Joe and l.il Adkins Bob
Green, Charles Dalits, Mr Dependable
George Adams, and our ''contact’’
man, W C Wyatt, to name .< few,
should all he commended highly for
contributing greatly to the success of
our joint program
Please extend our thanks to
President ( W Pettigrew for Ins
support, to our faithful patrons. i«
Superintendent Anderson and the
Board of Education for use of school
facilities, and to all other persons and
businesses who helped us
Very truly yours,
William S Mathis
FVSC Coordinator of Lyceum Senes
the organization that benefits the most
from Milton and Ann Brown, but their
:alents spill out into many othet areas
of die community
We think that Fort Valleyans should
he eternally grateful for Milton Blown
pushing to change the name of one of
our thoroughfares from Macon Streei
to Camellia Boulevard For years and
years we had to think of ourselves in
relation to out larger sister city to the
north in giving addresses Bv this one
move we have broken another bond of
subservience to that larger city m the
north and now we can call one of our
main streets by a name that is peculiar
to Fort Valley Think how much nicer
the name sounds t amcllia
Boulevard vs. North Macon Street
There are many ways m which the
Browns have served then community
For example he was the first chairman
of the brand new f ine Arts Series that
goi off the ground two visits ago I It
has inspired a number of people to get
involved in making this dream become
a reality
\\ ith the first day of issue ceremony
only days away, we think it is the right
time to tip our hat, to bow deeply, and
tfigive Milton Brown a warm pat on the
back fot being such a community
advocate
TV si teen showed the same ship
touching down at Edwards AFB after
its per lei i flight into space
Who says Americans don’t have
yvhat it takes’ This event, in full view
of the entire world, yy.ts proof-positive
to our ft tends all over the world that
America can yet achieve tremendous
goals
(hen salesmanship will increase the
awareness ot the need for good
advertising among our merchants
Consequently , each one of us tn the
information dissemination business
should reap the benefits^
We look forward to a healthy .
competitive relationship with rhe ncyy
radio station We believe that we can
work together for the merchants'
benefit
And so. welcome Zl06!
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On Tuesday morning the county commissioners of
ficially thanked former county officers J. K. “Reg"
Mu/h.s, Walter Tharpe. and Julian Jones for their
tong years of service to Peach County. Lath was
presented with a plague and a piece of luggage,
however Julian Jones was not in town for the occa-
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My Him
Charlie Smith
By now the news is out to all in rhe
hinterlands that Charlie Smith is no
longer the head football and basketball
coach at Peach County High School
Since 1 have written about Charlie in
this column once before, I think it is
appropriate According to wntr about him again
to some very reliable
sources Charlie and the ►chool
administration have had a parting of
the ways. Tins has resulted in Charlie’s
resignation as a coach I think that it is
fair to say that this may not have been
his idea initialh, but he has handled
die situation with a lot of class
Without going into a lot of the whys
and wherefores, 1 think it is sufficient
lO sav that Charlie is a man among
n)f , n
Thinking back over the five seats
rhat Coach Smith led the Trojans into
battle on the gridiron, tJiere arc some
things that really stick out in my mind.
Of course I II always remember'* the
r* 2 * X
Focus
by Robert Thompson
Like a giant sword, slashing and
glimmering in the morning sun tt slices
alt humanity into rwo groups That
slicing event is the resurrection. It
divides everyone into one camp or
another One camp is named Hope, the
other is named No Hope These two
camps have always been around In the
day of lesus there were those who had
no hope because they did not believe tn
a resurrection.
For those who believe in the
resurrection of Jesus and thus their
own personal resurrection there is
«*■
The human factor
by Vicky Mcllrath
“To err is human '' I wish I had a big
banner on my wall proclaiming just
that at times. I'm sure every journalist
knows what I’m talking about Around
here we jokingly kid about the
“hoo-boo of the week award ' Though
at the time vve are only kidding, it only
becomes humorous to the person
involved sometime later after they
have had time ro get over it
I received that award this week for
an error that 1 do not feel necessary to
repeat The error was done quite
inadvertently on my part, but it was
rather embarrassing My cohorts even
jokingh asked me where 1 would like to
hide —- Mexico or Canada I chose
Japan It somehow seemed more
appropriate and farther away than the
other two.
sion. We'd like to add our thanks to each of these
three men who have served the sount\ so well. They
have always been cooperative with us in trying to
make sure that people of this county knew what was
going on.
wins over Perry especially the me
three years ago when we whipped
them so badly when we were
underdogs There are other wins hat
sock out
Probably the me t tmportan huu»
however, in my memory bank is the
time that Charlie Smith held Johnnie
Gate out if r| game
suspected a knee mjui There is no
doubt that < Mit probably would hast
made the difference between a win and
a It that night •ut the most
important thing m Charlie mincf was
the boy s future AnorJiet injur to
knee very hkelv could have been
permanent There v ■as Si line criticism
of the coach for that ive, but Charlie
did what he believed to be That
was a mark of a man
! firmly believe that Coach Snmh
was more concerned about his players
long-term welfare This attitude may
have lost him some games here and
hope. This hope is extended beyond
ourselves and to friends and loved
ones we believe His words that
because He lives wr will also live That
makes Easter even mote glorious than
pretty flowers, prettv clothes and all
the family getting together again
Further, hope in the resurrection
also affects our daily living \Xc can
have hope from due to day One of the
benefits of having a secure hope and
faith is that it is at work tight now. We
do not have to watt until someday
Hope may be compared to our skin It
But having made quite a few
mistakes in nn tenure with journalism.
I have learned that once it is read in
black and white, all that is left to do is
grin and bear it and apologize. My
apology this week was received with
true grit and 1 am thankful for that.
I think rhat it is healthful ro be able
to laugh at your mistakes and not let
them bog you down. Everyone makes
them. It’s only human. The important
thing is n learn from them and not
keep making the same ones Unless I
have to do this same story again. I’m
confident 1 wont be making that
mistake again. But even though I'd like
to deny it, I'm sure there will be
another week that I’ll make a gross
error. But tomorrow is another day and
after a day or so, it will be just as funny
to me as it is to everyone else After all,
Patriot’s
perspective
by Cornelia B Nichols
One wonders if the media are trying
to give the government troops of El
Salvador the same treatment that they
gave President Somoza of Nicaragua
In Sunday’s Atlanta Journal and
Constitution a cartoon told the story of
Salvadoran government troops ex
touting unarmed guerrillas consisting
of women and civilians and “a couple
of’ Communists, The implication is
that the government troops shot from
the hip and wantonly murdered
innocent persons. Wolfson,
According to Norman a
public relations man for Somoza, the
Nicaraguan president received similar
biased reporting in the American
press An article in the July 20, 1979,
National Review gave examples of the
brainwashing the American public
received about Somoza from out
media
First, (he media told outright lies
about Somoza and his government
Depu ting Somoza as an egomaniac, a
New York Times article stated that the
airport in Nicaragua is named for the
president when in fact it is named Las
Mercedes In addition, the same
reporter misrepresented the number of
a tin-Somoza demonstrators at public
protests. omission of
Furthermore, pertinent
facts and complete lack of objectivity
characterized media reporting of the
Nicaraguan situation. Dan Rather and
other CBS reporters, The Washington
Post, Time, AB( radio and the Los
4»> 'es Times did a notorious hatchet
job on Somoza and his government
Somoza emerged as a tyrant who
tortured political prisoners and
assassinated his political opponent,
Chamorro No evidence was found to
substantiate either charge In one
magazine article a reporter devoted
one paragraph to presenting Somoza’s
views and many more to charges by his
opposition, need
\\ e patriots to remember that
the New Yuri Times portrayed Fidel
Castro as an agrarian reformer. We
sL uid not swallow whole media efforts
paint the Salvadoran government
troops as igres guilty of atrocities
against innocent individuals. These
tnnoc *nt individuals arc trying to send
their country the wav of Cuba and
Nicaragua
Letters to
the editor
Editor
1 would like to thank everyone who
participated with the clean up day
April 11, 1981
The appearance of our county' is a
reflection of all citizens. We hope rhat
the clean up day not only helps the
looks hut serves as a reminder to keep
our runty clean
Tracy River .
Editor:
All the ladies of United Methodist
Women of the Fort Valley Methodist
Church appreciate so much Mr
Fletcher Barnes carrying Christian
Jjroadcasting on channel 8. We feel
that with all the violence, crime and
sex being televised, it is especially
important and vital that there be
influence for good. decency and
Christian faith on T V.
We are watching and we are telling
everyone we see to watch.
Most sincerely.
Betty Wilson, secretary U.M VC
(Mrs Henry A.)
®lje Ceabcr
(Jribune
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but I’ll wa :*r th this world is
tetter off w namfestanon
>f values than wit -i another >r
ret d hook
x Hit iootbalt
ft iaskrrball ■. ' an zr r included
ft h i winking <; Hr lose £ ; I'd rather
Is being equippec to win the
b; JlJj m life than just to wan a game
urc, I grouse when wc ani
grin when "t : win But it all mes
down to p critics and 1 believe ihat
Charlie $ni i h hit s h priorities the
right place
I think that t c f c 5
all of us that C< j=
stay in fort Valley He
statement that there art me
people here I’d like to add that with h
ill his family staying, our numbe
will not be diminished
ft S g*x. have some ciass in our
cww
goes where we go. fits all the rime and
always does the job for which it was
intended.
Going back to the start, there are two
camps One is composed of the hopeful
and the othet of thi iar pelfcss No one
lias to be tn the he ess camp The
gates to Camp Hope are open wide. All
who want to may come in. My hope for
y ou at this Faster season is that vc >u arc
walking in hope; that you know that
because He lives you shall live also
That living can begin todav May vour
Easter be real, a holy day, not just a
holiday
1 am only human
Just in case you haven’t found out
> et - 1 thought I'd inform you —- the
mosquitos are out, I found out just by
chance the other night while we
decided to sit on our front porch in the
swing For some reason I had kidded
mvsdt that it was just too early for
them to be .-ut. Boy. was I wrong. And
1 found out the hard way No more
nights out on the porch in the swing
w ithout -<>me kind of protection
Thinking about the mosquitos brought
to mind something else to look for
ward to in the very near future —
gnats If the gnats don t get you, I
reckon the mosquitos yvtll But no
matter, neither of them is going to
spot! my fun outdoors.