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Karen Leigii Mason
Karen Leigh Mason to
wed Charles Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Mason
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Karen Leigh, to Charles
Randall Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Smith, Jr. of Warner
Robins.
The bride-elect is the granddaugh¬
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry
T. Blackburn of Macon and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mason of Byron.
She received an associate's degree
of nursing from Macon College and
a bachelor’s degree from Georgia
Southwestern in Americus. She is
Dana Lynn VanOstran to
wed Paul William Kellis
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Van
Ostran of Avon Park, Florida, for¬
merly of Marshallville, Georgia,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Dana Lynn to Lieutenant
Paul William Kellis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Jack Kellis of Winter
Park, Florida.
Dana is a 1985 graduate of
Westfield High School in Perry,
Georgia and a 1989 graduate of
Georgia College in Milledgeville,
Georgia. She has a Bachelor of Sci¬
ence degree in Early Childhood Ed-
Fifth graders Jump Rope for Heart
Fifth grade students from Hunt
Elementary School will participate
in Jump Rope For Heart during
gym class on February 27, 28, and
March 1st from 10:15 to 11:15
a.m. The three hour event is spon¬
sored by the American Alliance For
health, physical education, recre¬
ation and dance and local physical
education teachers to benefit the
American Heart Association.
Gail Rumph is an author
Not only a writer but a publisher,
too to bring her history to kids
By Halite Kigdon
Fort Valley State College gradu¬
ate Gail Rumph is a sixth grade
teacher in Northeastern Elementary
School in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
She has had a life long interest in
black Americans who have made a
contribution to the history that has
formed our country. Celebrating
Black History Month each February
wasn't enough for Gail.
Gail has written a book designed
especially for fourth through sixth
grade students, Black Chronological
Activity Book 1619-1877, to bring
into focus the contributions of
black Americans that have remained
obscure to history. After writing
the workbook, she published it her¬
self through her own publishing
company, QVJ, Inc.
"I never even considered giving
someone else the book " said Gail,
"I just formed the publishing com¬
pany and wrote the book at the
same time. Other companies have
asked for the rights to die first vol¬
ume but I've said 'no.' There will be
twelve volumes of history before
the series is finished." There is also
an illustrated version with captions
for kindergarten age children.
employed by Central Georgia Re¬
habilitation Hospital in Macon and
is a faculty member with Macon
College Department of Nursing. t
The groom-elect is the grandson
of the late John F. Smith, Sr. and
Helen Smith of Warner Robins and
the late Hezzie Bass of Macon and
Nettie Bass of Byron.
He received an associate's degree
from Macon College and is self
employed.
The wedding is planned for March
16 at Ingleside Baptist Church.
ucation and is currently teaching
first grade at Bethune Elementary in
Haines City, Florida.
Paul is a 1984 graduate of Lake
Howell High School in Winter
Park, Florida, and a 1988 graduate
of Georgia College in
Milledgeville, Georgia. He has a
Bachelor of Business Administra
tion degree and is currently sta¬
tioned at For Irwin, California.
A November wedding is
planned.
Students will ask family,
friends and neighbors to
them for every minute their team
jumps in the event. The money
will fund AHA's heart and blood
vessel research, public education
and community programs. Most
all, the students will actively be in
votved in learning about their hearts
and heart-healthy lifesytles.
1 saw the need," said Gail,
just took on the project.
proved ditlicult as there wasn
much on black Americans in
mazoo. I came back to Fort
and then went to New York to
all the materials I wanted. It
quite an undertaking! I don’t like
see black history recognized
one month out of the year,
should be taught all year along
regular history so that our
get a balanced picture of how
tory was formed."
uail is a member of Alpha
Alpha Sorority whose sisterhood
devoted to balanced education for
children. She earned her
degree in middle school
from Western Michigan
in 1988. Gail's husband. Jerry,
employed by Upjohn
cal Company. They have three
dren, Victor, Qianna and Justin
QVJ of Gail’s publishing
pany). The family makes
home in Kalamazoo.
Gail has two sisters, Alveta
Taylor T of Fort Valley and ... Mrs. ^
los S. Wright of Montezuma,
are very proud of her work.
Garden
Club
News
Marshallville Garden
officers
During the February 12 meeting
of the Marshallville Garden Club
the following were elected as new
officers: Betty Hotchkiss, president;
Dura Stokes, vice president; Court¬
ney Budd, secretary and Celetta
Grice, treasurer.
Mrs. Carolyn Webb of Plains,
Georgia presented the program enti¬
tled, "Flowers of the Bible," which
proved to be an inspiring program
for those in attendance. Everyone
learned a great deal and enjoyed see¬
ing the beautiful illustrations
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Miss Eleanor Bell and Lawrence D. Allison
Bell and Allison make
quite a STAR pair
The Peach County Chamber of
Commerce announced that Law
rence D. Allison has been named
the 1991 STAR Student for Peach
County High School. Lawrence is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Allison of Byron,
The announcement was made as
part of the statewide Student
Teacher Achievement Recognition
(STAR) Program which is adminis¬
tered by the Business Council of
Georgia and the Georgia Depart¬
ment of Education. The Peach
County Chamber of Commerce has
sponsored the local STAR students
and teachers for ten years. Selection
of the STAR students is based upon
the College Board Scholastic Apti
tude Test (SAT), class standing and
Dolores Carter
is promoted
Dolores Carter has been promoted
to case manager specialist with the
U.S. Department of Justice. Her
new duty station will be the Federal
Correctional Institution in Mem¬
phis, Tenn. She reported for work
on February 22.
Ms. Carter worked as a correc¬
tional officer for two years at FCI
in Marianna, Florida. She is a
member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority and a graduate of Peach
County High School and Florida
a&M University where she re
ceived a bachelor's degree in crimi
nal justice,
She is the daughter of Mrs. Min
n j e Carter and the late David Carter
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Felton reunion
being planned
The Eugene Felton Family Re¬
union is scheduled for July 19-21 in
Chicago, Illinois. A planning
committee has been formed and will
"J®? the 1 e St ^ch James Tuesday C.M.E night Church at 7 p.m. in
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Marshallville. h The members of the
Pining committee and ‘° other ^ fam
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0 time ’ P ease -
T l , he people to contact are Eugene
Felton, 967-2639; Ann Howell,
967-2349; Edward Kendrickk, 825-
76 80 and Richard McGhee, 825-
3883.
Memoers were reminded of the
Flower Show School to be held in
Tifton March 11-13. Several mem¬
bers volunteered to decorate the ta¬
bles for the Peachland Garden
Council's annual meeting on
February 26. All members were en¬
couraged to attend the meeting and
covered dish luncheon.
After the program, the hostesses,
Carolyn Virden and Mary Jim
Walker, served delicious refresh¬
ments.
scholastic averages as reported b,
high school principals to the Busi
ness Council of Georgia.
Lawrence has selected
Eleanor Bel! as his STAR
because of the great
she has made to his scholastic de¬
velopment. Lawrence said,
Bell makes her classes challenging
and interesting. The atmosphere in
her classroom is one of mutual re
spect. She makes it a point
know every student as a person."
We had a picture of Lawrence in
The Leader-Tribune when he and
two of his fellow students were no¬
tified about qualifying for the Na¬
tional Merit Scholarship program.
Lawrence has since been notified
that he is a finalist. "I owe a lot
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Staff Photo by Hama Rigdon
National FBLA Week proclaimed by the mayor
Pictured are members of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) as Fort Valley Mayor C.W.
Peterson signed a proclamation. Pictured are Claire Miller (advisor), Mayor Peterson and Gail Swain
(advisor), seated. Standing are Robyn Rader (secretary), Kirk Scott (president), Timothy Deas (vice
president) and Chris Barker (reporter). Not pictured is Patricia Smith, historian. We regret that space
would not allow this photo to be run during FBLA week.
Sean Gourley is going to
the Soviet Union!
By Hallie Rigdon
"I read about die exchange in the
Macon Telegraph," said Sean Gour¬
ley, "and applied to be one of the
students for die trip. We'll be in the
Soviet Union for three weeks!"
Sean is the son of Tom and
Karen Gourley and is a freshman at
Peach County High School.
The archaeological expedition of
30 students from the United States
is sponsored by the People to Peo
pie Youth Science Exchange, a
foundation established by President
Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. Eisen
hower's idea was diat peace could be
achieved over the long haul by one
on-one peopie-to-people friend
ships.
Sean is one of live Middle Geor
gia students chosen to be a part of
the group from the United States,
Each student will be busy getting
sponsorship to fund the S3,650
trip
"Last year 1 went on the archaeo
logical dig with Mr. (Maxwell)
Duke and really loved it. When I
heard the exchange in Russia was
related to archaeology, I really
wanted to go," said Sean. ' We will
be visiting with local families, gel
ting to know Russian students and
will be working at the base of the
Ural Mountains in a dig that is
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Robert Dylan Hancock
Rusty and Kim Hancock of Fort
Valley proudly announce the birth
of their son, Robert Dylan, bom on
December 31,1990.
His grandparents are Maxwell and
Lou Hancock of Fort Valley and
Ruby Horton of Hampton, Georgia.
Nikkia Chandrelle Langston
There is a new person in the fam¬
ily. 2nd Lt. Charles N. Langston
and Yolanda Langston were blessed
with the birth of their daughter,
Nikkia Chandrelle, on February 7,
1991 at 5:30 a.m. The baby
weighed 6 lbs. 8 oz. and was 18-1/2
inches long. The baby is doing
fj ne
Nikkia's brother, Cody, and
grandmother, Mrs. Wilmetta
Langston, are just glowing with
joy.
Sade Shamone Owens
Sade Shamone Owens was born
this to my dad,” he said, "because
ever since I was a little kid he
stressed the importance of education
and learning."
After graduation in June,
Lawrence plans to attend Georgia
Tech and major in biology with a
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supposed to be a 2000 year old
burial site. It's going to be great!”
Sean has his passport in hand but
is putting off his trip to the Health
Dept, for shots as long as he can. "I
don't look forward to that," he said.
A Milledgeville teacher, Jane
Miller, will be the advisor from
this area to accompany the students
on the dig. She meets with the stu¬
dents in preparation for the trip,
"Right now we're learning just
the basic things in Russian," said
Sean, "like how to say 'please' and
'thank you.' We all have a lot to
leam and I don't have any illusions
about the language barrier. It'll be
hard. But I get along easily with
people and we're going to have the
dig i n common and we hope that it
will be a fun as well as educational
trip."
The American delegation will be
departing from Newfoundland in
early July and reluming at the end
0 f the month. The burial site at
Mangilogorsk will be studiously
excavated by students from both the
Soviet Union and the United States.
Friendships will be made, cultures
exchanged, languages learned. And
hopefully, people-to-people will ac¬
complish the goals that Dwight
Eisenhower intended - steps toward
peace.
on January 22, 1991 to Jacqueline
Oliver and Roy Owen at the
Medical Center of Central Georgia.
Quintaybus Amhad Lowe
Collis and Larry Lowe of Byron
are pleased to announce the birth of
their son, Quintaybus Amhad, bom
on January 28, 1991 at Medical
Center of Central Georgia.
Nicole Elizabeth Buchan
Mrs. Theresa Buchan of Madison
proudly gave birth to her first child,
Nicole Elizabeth, on January 31,
1991. Nicole's father, David, is one
of the soldier's in Operation Desert
Shield.
Nicole's great-grandmother, Mary
Drummond, was visiting Warner
Robins from Madison, Ohio. The
Warner Robins relatives are grand¬
parents Claude and Sharon Buchan
and great aunt Gail Williams, all of
Warner Robins.
minor in chemistry.
Miss Bell has been teaching in
Peach County for 53 years in the
mathematics fields. She is leaching
calculus, advanced Algebra II,
trigonometry, and analytical math¬
ematics.