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Peaches and Screams
What’s Happening In The Valley
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After dancing in the ballroom L-R Shadow Griffin, Sue
Humphrey and Sister Judye. Hiding in the background
Nancy Baraski from Penn
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Claire Houser Dodd
Last weekend of Peaches to
the Beaches fame was an ill
fated day for those of us who had
to run down to Brunswick. The
little towns along the way were
filled with vendors showing
off good lexrking items. No. we
couldn’t stop because we were
running late (as usual). And no,
we couldn’t pass because the
buyer’s and broker's cars were
filling the streets. That was the
big THING of the weekend, not
the through traffic, which we
must admit was not only slow
but sparse. There was practi¬
cally no traffic on the highways
which we must add, was great;
two lanes going both ways and
at 65 mph and everybody was
sticking to the speed limit too!
Mainly because it saves gas and
our bet is that saving gas also
kept a lot of people at home?
Start saving for next year’s
Alphas Award Morse
Palmer Scholarship
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Mr. Octavious Jamal
Callaway, a junior at Fort Valley
State University, was presented
the Morse-Palmer Scholarship
by the Gamma Sigma Lambda
Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Inc. of Fort Valley.
Mr.Callaway is a Middle Grades
science and mathematics educa¬
tion major with a minor in polit¬
ical science from Washington,
Georgia. He received a check
in the amount of $! ,000 from
the fraternity.
Since Mr, Callaway's atten¬
dance at FVSU. he has partici¬
pated in the Student Government
Association where he has served
as Sophomore Class Treasurer
and Sophomore Class Senator,
Pre-Alumni Council! PAC),
Student Coordinator/Advisor
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MARCH 21, 2012
We had to go to the rescue
of a Wesleyan friend. Sharon
Smith-Henderson who was
having a big formal memorial
for her late husband Bob. at
home and swore she couldn't do
it without yours truly. Bet you
didn't know we were in demand
as maid and cook! Neither did I!
Perhaps we were better at moral
support. We were there to help
in any way possible. Sometimes
one just needs a hug or a hand
holder, and we are good at that.
We had an Oop s in last week’s
article about the Byron Baptist
Musical Director-turned Coach
for Upward Basketball. No, that
was not him who was flying
through the air to dunk the bas¬
ketball in the basket. That was
actually Gutsy Fox. the former
mascot of the Atlanta Hawks. If
you glanced at the picture and/
or the article, we bet you figured
that out all by yourself.
The Villa-Capriccio has had
a busy week of it with wedding
shoots, a fabulous jewelry party,
and Saturday night, the Fort
Valley Lions Clubs, 1st Annual
St. Patrick’s Day Party/Dance
took center stage. The Villa
Capriccio's event planner. Emily
Griffin along with members of
the Lions Club did a splendid
job of preparing many delec¬
table Irish dishes for all to enjoy.
Now of course this being the day
of the Irish, the color of the day
was green. I don’t recall anyone
getting pinched as everyone
in attendance wore something
green in some form or fashion.
Music was provided by “Mick.”
the Irish DJ who played many
tunes from back in the day to the
popular tunes of today. Many
of our dancers got some good
exercises by doing “The Bop."
and “The Electric Slide!” The
Lions Club appreciates all who
attended this fund-raising event
and will gladly accept dona¬
tions from anyone who would
like to help with their payed of
providing eye glasses and exams
for needy children and adults in
the area.
We would like to thank Tim
Youngquist for his support and
the use of the Villa-Capriccio as
a venue for community events.
Thanks, Tim we’re glad you
came our way!!!
Peaches to the Beaches as it is
getting bigger and better with
every passing year. And lots of
fun too! We noticed quite a few
folks stopped at the Jolly Nut
Warehouses yard sales early
Saturday morning and heard
they were busy all day with
approximately KM) shoppers.
The nice thing about that is
that while they stopped to look
at items in the yard sale, they
could go into the Jolly Nut
Store for pecans, gifts and a
real treat to see many of the
antiques displayed throughout
the store. This is one of the
Valley’s oldest buildings con¬
structed in the 1800’s.
One fellow from Butler was
really enjoying himself! He
originally came to look at the
Gus & Pete Candy Kitchen
downtown to see if anybody
could give him an idea on how
to make Gus & Pete’s Famous
Hot Dog Sauce. He said; “I
haven’t enjoyed a hotdog since
the Candy Kitchen closed!”
We’re betting that a lot of folks
in these parts feel the same way,
which begs the question; “were
they really that delicious or was
it our childhood appetites that
elevated those little hotdogs to
such star studded acclaim?”
Whatever, the answer, we’d cer¬
tainly love to have one RIGHT
NOW!!!
to the African American Male
Learning Community, Director
of History and Business
Administrator of Black Men
with Initiative. Political Science
Association(PSSA), and the
SHIFT Community Service
Project.
Mr. Calloway states that “
despite coming from one of the
poorest Black neighborhoods
where statistics share that only
one out of three black males
will graduate from high school
and one out of five will attend
college, intrinsic motivation
has allowed me to overcome
several impediments throughout
the past few years of my life.
Living through God himself,
my drive has impelled me to
reach goals that arc wry rare
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In a recent issue of “School
Transportation News" maga¬
zine I read an article about
Blue Bird having been the only
American bus manufacturer
to participate in a “first ever
exhibition of school buses" in
Beijing, China last month. The
article said they are exploring
partnerships with companies
in China to begin supplying
schools there with sale trans¬
portation for their children and
thousands of Chinese people
attended the show. However, it
was not the first time Blue Bird
has showed a bus in China.
As 1 mentioned in a previ¬
ous articles titled “China: A
Friend or an Enemy?”, a group
of Governors from several dif¬
ferent provinces in China who
were interested in building a
Blue Bird plant in their country
came to visit the Fort Valley
plant. The Luce brothers decid¬
ed not to invest in a Communist
country which was unwilling to
offer protection guarantees for
the plant or its products, but
they did want to investigate the
possibilities there and shipped
a new All American model bus
to Beijing.
So long before any other
bus company had interest in
the Chinese market. Blue Bird
had one of their buses there
on exhibit. Afterwards the
Chinese government wouldn’t
allow that bus to be sold in their
country, so the Luces donat¬
ed it to a missionary school
in Honduras instead, China
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family."
The Morse-Palmer
Scholarship is named in honor
of two very distinguished
retired educators. Those educa¬
tors are Dr. Carlton H. Morse
and Mr. Thomas J. Palmer.
Both are retired educators from
Fort Valley State University,
and they arc both members of
the Gamma Sigma Lambda
Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Inc.
Pictured: Mr. Thomas J.
Palmer, Mr. Octavious Jamal
Callaway. Mr. Benjamin
Roundtree, and Dr. Carlton H.
Morse
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Abby Jayne Hall
Jason and April Hall of
Fort Valley announce the birth
of their daughter, Abby Jayne
bom on November 2, 2011 at
Medical Center in Macon.
The grandparents are Gary
Blue Bird in China
never took any further interest
in improving the safety of their
student transportation over the
following years until a horrible
accident not long ago involv¬
ing 62 kindergarten children all
packed into a small van.
Twenty one of the children
were killed and all of the other
forty one were injured when the
van was hit by a truck. That
terrible incident sparked such
an outrage from parents across
the entire country of China the
government finally decided to
make major changes in their
school transportation. I hope
that this time the owners of
Blue Bird will be able to enter
the bus market in China and
provide the same high level of
safety to their school children
as we have for ours here in the
United States.
The same article about the
China bus exposition also stated
that more than half of the over
500.000 buses manufactured by
Blue Bird since 1927 are still
being used in over 60 countries
world wide. I know this is true
because I spent 37 years sell¬
ing them in about 100 different
countries and since my retire¬
ment I have sold hundreds more
used Blue Birds from school
systems all over the country
to places where they continue
to work every day transporting
people under the most severe
conditions.
Even today in Central
America many of the buses I
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and Kalhi Hall of Fort Valley,
and Diane Barnes of Fort
Valley,
Abby has a big brother.
Max, who is 4-years-old.
sold new there as far back as
the early I960’s have had their
bodies transferred to new chas¬
sis several times and they are
still on the roads. That goes
to show that Blue Bird's buses
arc probably one of the most
durable products manufactured
in this country. Wherever you
go in the world if you see a Blue
Bird bus carrying people on the
roads the ID plate with “Fort
Valley, Georgia” inscribed on
it stands for a well respected
American product.
Things have changed a lot at
Blue Bird though. Last year
when I was in Fort Valley for a
visit I made a stop at the plant
so I could take the tour and see
how their operations are run
now. 1 was told by a security
employee at the gate that they
no longer offer tours of the fac¬
tory for the public, which made
me a bit sad. I have a lot of
great memories of being inside
that plant for several decades
and of the many wonderful peo¬
ple who worked there with me
over those years.
I wish Blue Bird the very best
success in the years to come and
I know that the people work¬
ing there today from Middle
Georgia are still building one
of the finest products in this
country. The new buses from
Fort Valley are continuing to
serve communities all over the
country and safely transporting
our most precious treasure to
schools every day, our children.