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Bricks are on sale to complete the Memorial
Plaza to surround the Veterans Monument in
Fort Valley’s Everette Square Park. Purchase
a brick to honor or memorialize an area
veteran, past or present. Up to 3 lines, each
which can have 18 spaces (Letters, commas,
spaces, hyphens) can be engraved with th
Veteran’s name, military branch and or dates
of service.
MEMORIAL BRICK VETERANS’
MONUMENT American Legion Post 76,
PO Box 908, Fort Valley GA 31030 YOUR
NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE/E-MAIL
ENCLOSED $30 PAYMENT BY.check #_
_or moneyorder
Qumum Quota
Peach County Community Chorus-Please
join us for rehearsals each Monday night at
7 in the FV United Methodist Church Choir
Room. Our performance will be June 21. We
will be the Thursday night event of the Peach
Festival.
Cm Satm
Come join Pack 59 Cub Scouts for camp¬
ing, popcorn, Ciill fishing, crafts, sports, picnics,
etc. Kimberly 478-967-1148 or Tammy
478-822-9791
CLCPILEAP
Did you know that Gov. Perdue is
emphasising 3 “Global Georgia”? This
means that Georgia is being looked at around
the world as a place for new companies to
call home. Peach County can be a part of
this growth by increasing its pool of job
ready applicants. If you do not have a high
school diploma or GED, we can help. Even
if you have been working for 10 or 20 years,
you can still get your GED. LEAP and
Middle Georgia Technical College provide
free classes each week for persons interested
in obtaining a GED or Hispanics desiring
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World
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June 13,1967: Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
President Lyndon Johnson appoints U.S.
Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall
to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court
Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. On August [HfHHHHfil ■ gw Jf
30, after a heated debate, the Senate
confirmed Marshall's nomination by a vote of 69 to 11. Two days
later, he was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren, making him
the first African American in history to sit on America’s highest
court.
June 14,1951: UNIVAC computer dedicated
- On June 1951, the U.S. Census
14,
Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the world’s
first commercially produced electronic
digital computer. UNIVAC, which stood
for Universal Automatic Computer, was
developed by J. Presper Eckert and John
Mauchly, makers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose
digital computer. These giant computers, which used
of vacuum tubes for computation, were the forerunners of
digital computers.
June 15,1877: First African American graduate of West
Henry Ossian Ripper, bom a slave in
Georgia, in 1856, is the first African American
to graduate from the United States Military
at West Point, New York. Ripper, who was
Point, was appointed a second
lieutenant in the all-African American 10th
Cavalry, stationed at Fort Sill in Indian
Territory.
June 16,1884: First roller coaster in America opens
On this day in 1884, the first
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h&R coaster in America opens at Coney
in Brooklyn, New York. Known as
switchback railway, it was the
of LaMarcus Thompson,
approximately six miles per hour and
a nickel to ride. The new
was an instant success and by the turn of the century there
hundreds of roller coasters around the country.
June 17,1885: Statue of Liberty arrives
The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the
people of France to the people'of the United States,
arrives in New York City’s harbor.
June 18,1815 : Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon
Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands
of the Duke of Wellington, bringing an
end to the Napoleonic era of European
history.
June 19,1953: Rosenbergs executed
On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel
who were convicted of conspiring to pass
atomic secrets to the Soviets, are
at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New
Both refused to admit any wrongdoing
proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths,
the electric chair. The Rosenbergs were the first U.S. citizens to
convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime and
case remains controversial to this day.
Source: www.history.com
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to si of 0) classes). You may
attend day night classes in Byron or Fort
Valley. Call 825-9072 or 956-7621 and
enroll today. For more information, call 825
9407 or visit our website at www.freewebs.
com/leapinc
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The 27th Annunal Robert Sapp Baseball
Camp will be held June 18-22 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. at Rozar Park in Perry. The camp is
for boys ages 7 to 14, though open for 6 -year
olds skilled enough to play with the 7-year-old
groups. The fee is $120 with team rates avail¬
able. Call Marie Estes (478) 784-3978 or John
Warlick at (478) 987-8645.
Maui HSUS
Narconon of Georgia offers Out-Patient
help for Drug and Alcohol Addiction. For
more information, call Narconon of Georgia
at 1-S77-413-3073* Narconon offers refer
rals, assessments, drug education and out¬
patient rehabilitation.
Bridges Fawix Rtvxm
Saturday, July 28, 2007, Christian Life
Center (Old Baker Academy), Hawkinsville
1-5 PM. Relatives & Friends of Ethel, Leigh,
Perry, Annie Bridges and Mattie Lou Sangster
(1st wife of Leigh) are welcome.
Bring any old photos to share (will make
copies). Bring covered dish. Contact Minnie
Bridges Davis, mini28@cox.net, 478-923-4061
or Ann Bridges Ray, anndanray@cox.net, 478-
328-9230 for details.
FAMA
FAMA (Families Against Methamphetamine
Abuse) is having a meeting on June 19, 2007
at 6 p.m. Our guest speaker this month is John,
he is a member of Narcotics Anonymous and a
recovering addict. Anyone interested in coming
out to support FAMA or interested in informa-
Local band to open
for Mother's Finest
at Peach Festival
I Who: The Skeeterz
What : The opening
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« A Peach Festival
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When: Annual Georgia
Peach Festival in down¬
It | town When: Fort Saturday, Valley June
23
n Tickets: $15
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tion, call 825-5986
Byjanajones
Special to the Tribune
Popular local band The
Skeeterz will open for Mother’s
Finest on Saturday June 23 as
part of the 21st Annual Georgia
Peach Festival in downtown
Fort Valley.
Richard Woods (bass), Jim
Souleyrette (guitar and vocals)
and Grant Kersey (drums)
have been together for five
years. When their lead singer
left them last November, they
had the opportunity to add
Dawn Palmer, formerly of The
Buttercats, to the group. The
revitalized Skeeterz are a fixture
of the nightclub circuit in middle
Georgia with a full calendar of
gigs. They are currently work
ing on their first original CD.
Their set list includes classic,
southern and blues rock with
some country thrown into the
mix. Their musical influ
ences include The Police, Led
Zeppelin, BB King, Susan
Tedeschi, Bad Company,and
The Rolling Stones, to name a
few. Members of The Skeeterz
have appeared with such acts
as The Charlie Daniels Band,
Driving and Crying, Toby Keith,
Bachman-Tumer Overdrive and
Asleep at the Wheel.
The Skeeterz will perform
at 5:30 p.m. in the Courthouse
parking lot at 205 West Church
Street in downtown Fort Valley.
At 8:00 p.m. Mother’s Finest
will take the stage for a dynamic
tion on IS Wl to join.
FAMA meetings are held every third Tuesday
of the month at 6 p.m. at the Centerville Lions
Club. For more information call (478)-953-
6955, or visit the website at www.middlega
fama.org.
Water Report Availabijl
City of Fort Valley Water Quality Report
for the year 2006 is available upon request
from the Utility Commission. Every com¬
munity water system is required to provide
a Consumer Confidence Report, also called
a Water Quality Report, to its drinking water
customers by July 1 each year. Additionally,
the report can be found at www.fvutil.com
UPC TO MEET AT BOLDEN KKsmENCR
The Charles D. Anderson chapter of
United Daughters of the Confederacy will
meet at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 at the
residence of Phyllis Bolden in Centerville
where program chairman Barbara Sizemore
will speak on “Hispanic Confederates.” If
you have questions call Pete Nichols at 825-
2466.
Project Wings Sign-Up
The Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) announces the 2007 Wildlife
Incentives for Non-Game and Game Species
(Project WINGS) sign up, which will run
until July 15, 2007. Project WINGS is a
rights-of-way management program, devel¬
oped to create new wildlife habitat along
electrical transmission and gas lines. Grants
are determined by the amount of rights-of
way to be managed with payments of $50.00
per acre (10 acres maximum). To request
an application, please contact the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) at
478.956.6490.
performance. Mother’s Finest
was formed in Atlanta in 1972
by Joyce “Baby Jean” Kennedy
and Glenn Murdock and was
one of the first real rock bands
with both black and white mem
bers. Their sound is a fusion of
funk, rock, gospel, R&B and
metal. At their inception, this
style of fusion music was rare;
but the versatility and originality
of Mother’s Finest broke down
many musical barriers and, over
the years, the band has influ
enced such artists as Prince,
Lenny Kravitz and Living Color.
Mother’s Finest has toured with
Parliament Funkadelic, The
Who, Aerosmith, Earth, Wind
and Fire, Black Sabbath, Marvin
Gaye, AC-DC,and Santana
among others,
Recently Kennedy has
been seen on the international
Daughters Of Soul tour along
with Sandra St. Victor, Nona
Hendryx, Lalah Hathaway and
Indira Khan.
Today Mother’s Finest has
a huge international following
and is a favorite concert band
throughout the southeast,
A fireworks display will be
presented following the con
cert, which will close the 2007
Georgia Peach Festival.
Conceit tickets are $15 each
and may be purchased online
at www.gapeachfestival.com or
at The Troutman House, 201
Oakland Heights Parkway, in
Fort Valley. For more informa
tion call 478-825-5986.
Peath Festival
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When Peach Festival time
comes around each year, our
thoughts return to the Chicken
Salad Lunch served by the Peach
County Historical Society.
This year’s meal will be served
Saturday, June 23 from 11:30
a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the head¬
quarters located at 201 S. Miller
Street in Fort Valley.
Be sure to get a ticket for $7
and enjoy the beloved menu.
Lunch will be served in the
house or as take-out.
For more information call
825-5678 or 822-9925.
Hope to see you there!
The history
of Flag Day
The Fourth of July was tradi¬
tionally celebrated as America’s
birthday, but the idea of an annu¬
al day specifically celebrating
the Rag is believed to have first
originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand,
a schoolteacher, arranged for the
pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin
Public School, District 6 , to
observe June 14 (the 108th anni¬
versary of the official adoption
of The Stars and Stripes) as ‘Flag
Birthday*. In numerous maga¬
zines and newspaper articles and
public addresses over the fol¬
lowing years, Cigrand continued
to enthusiastically advocate the
observance of June 14 as ‘Flag
Birthday’, or ‘Rag Day’.
On June 14, 1889, George
Balch, a kindergarten teacher in
New York City, planned appro¬
priate ceremonies for the chil¬
dren of his school, and his idea
of observing Rag Day was later
adopted by the State Board of
Education of New York. On June
14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House
in Philadelphia held a Rag Day
celebration, and on June 14 of
the following year, the New
York Society of the Sons of
the Revolution, celebrated Flag
Day.
Following the sugges¬
tion of Colonel J Granville
Leach (at the time historian of
the Pennsylvania Society of
the Sons of the Revolution),
the Pennsylvania Society of
Colonial Dames of America on
April 25, 1893 adopted a reso¬
lution requesting the mayor of
Philadelphia and all others in
authority and all private citizens
to display the Flag on June 14th.
Leach went on to recommend
that thereafter the day be known
as ‘Rag Day’, and on that day,
school children be assembled for
appropriate exercises, with each
child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8 th,
the Board of Managers of the
Pennsylvania Society of Sons
of the Revolution unanimous¬
ly endorsed the action of the
Pennsylvania Society of Colonial
Dames. As a result of the resolu¬
tion, Dr. Edward Brooks, then
Superintendent of Public Schools
of Philadelphia, directed that
Flag Day exercises be held on
June 14, 1893 in Independence
Square. School children were
assembled, each carrying a small
Flag, and patriotic songs were
sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New
York directed that on June 14 the
Rag be displayed on all public
buildings. With BJ Cigrand and
Leroy Van Horn as the moving
spirits, the Illinois organization,
known as the American Flag
Day Association, was organized
for the purpose of promoting
the holding of Rag Day exer¬
cises. On June 14th, 1894, under
the auspices of this association,
the first general public school
children’s celebration of Rag
Day in Chicago was held in
Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt,
Lincoln, and Washington Parks,
with more than 300,000 children
participating.
Adults, too, participated in
patriotic programs. Franklin K.
Lane, Secretary of the Interior,
see FLAG, pg. 7A
Holmes Terry
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