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NATION At EDITOR I At iMMlk turn Archives and History. State Captol Volume 44 Number 29 Abbeville, Alabama, Thursday, July 21, 1960 Subscription; $2.58 in $3.61 Outside Henry County McSWEAN SPEAKS TO Little Boys' Baseball Tourney United Telephone Co. Ordered KIWANIS ON THREE Peanut Growers Push Promotion For New Types Peanut Products RIVER DEVELOPMENT To Be Held Starting July 25th To Improve Service Oy Oct '61 Peanut growers of Ala The Alabama Public Ser Lindy Money, recreational director, has released plans NEWS, VIEWS GOSSIP By J. EDWARD DODD Guest Speaker ATTENTION BAND MEMBERS I I I Practice will officially be for the Little Boys' Baseball Tournament, composing of gin Monday, July 25, for the vice Commission today issued an order against the United Telephone Telegraph Company of Dothan, Alabama, serving 35,000 customers in 9 counties in perfection of band shows for this fall. Drilling is also scheduled for Wednesday of the same week.

southeastern Alabama, requiring the company to R. H. McSwean, one of the directors of the three-river development board, spoke to the Abbeville Kiwanis Club on the possibilities of this area following the completion of the Fort Gaines and Columbia Dams at their regular meeting Tuesday evening. "Industry," he said, "uses great quantities of water. Many of the larger industries such as pulp wood and paper mills use many millions of gallons of water daily." He went on to say that the three-river development would operate similar to a large chamber of commerce, bringing industry to the area served by the three rivers, VO-AG TEACHERS ATTEND ANNUAL CONVENTION The 1960 Summer Conference of Vocational Agriculture teachers is being held July 20-22 in Auburn with approximately 270 teachers in attendance.

"Vitalizing the Learning Process" is the theme of the three day meeting. Teachers of Vocational Agriculture from Henry County high schools in attendance are W. D. Lucas, New-vine, J. G.

Yeager, Headland and L. E. Porter, ine band, this year is a new one and all members bring its service up to stan dard by October 1, 1961. The should make a special ef fort to be present and ready for hard work. order came as a result of several months of investigations and hearings conducted by the Commission ohl to be young again During Scouting days of another era about as far from home we had the pleasure of traveling was 10 or 15 miles to a weekend camp, but now days.

lucky Scouts are really having the opportunity of seeing the world. We have word from Scouts Louie Gordon, Morgan and Warren Weed, three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Weed, who are en route to Colorado Springs, Colo, for the National Jamboree. Here is a Date Set For at which several witnesses gave testimony about the bama and Georgia, in their national campaign to increase consumption of peanuts grown in this, area, are giving strong promotional support to two new types of peanut products which are attracting wide interest across the country.

The new developments are an "old-fashioned" peanut butter containing only ground roasted peanuts and salt, and a "protein coating" for salted peanuts and peanut candy which will keep peanuts crisp for a year, even in the hottest weather. "The old-fashioned peanut butter is made just about the way it was first invented by a St. Louis doctor back in 1890," says H. H. Knowles, of Headland, president of the Alabama Producers Association.

"The flavor of freshly ground peanuts seems to have appeal to adults, many of whom haven't eaten, peanut but condition of the United ACP to Re-Open teams in District 6, which includes Abbeville, Dothan, Ashford, Slocomb, and Twin City (Headland-Newville). The play-off schedule, which has been released by officials this week, calls for a series of eight games to be played to determine the championship team. All games are to be played in Abbeville's new, well-lighted Little League diamonds at the Recreation Center. The first game, to be played Monday July 25, starting at 7:30, will be Dothan Americans vs. Slocomb.

The second game, scheduled to start at 8:30 will see Twin City vs. Abbeville play what is expected to be a good close game. Second days play will see the winner of the Dothan-Slocomb game meet Ashford. A second game will be played Tuesday at 8:30 between the losers in Game 1 and Game 2. The balance The Commission found that the company would The Henry County Agri cultural Conservation Pro gram will be re-opened be ft have to provide the following improvements or addi ginning August 1, through letter sent us by Bryan Jones, August 19, states O.

M. Shel ley, Chairman of Henry ASC County Committee. The purpose of re-opening REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN SUNDAY AT UNION CHURCH Revival services have been scheduled at Union Free Will Baptist Church for next week. Services will begin Sunday, July 24 and will continue through Friday, July 29. The Reverend Damon Dodd of Savannah, Ga.

will be the' guest speaker for the services which will be held daily at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The pastor, the Reverend the program according to Shelley, is to give farmers an Chattahoochee, Flint, and Appalachicola. McSwean said a nominal membership cost for individuals and organizations would be used to employ a top flight man for this development. All members were urged to notify the Kiwanis president or secretary relative to their intentions of attending Ladies Night at the Holiday Inn in Ozark, August 2nd.

W. R. coryell, resident engineer at the Fort Gaines Dam, was guest of Fred Jones who was in charge of the program. Pat Patrick was welcomed as a new member. opportunity to file applica tions for Federal Cost-Share to assist in establishing ap ter in years.

Thus we hope we are helping to open up proved Conservation Practices on their farms this fall. Mr. a whole of pea one of the boys in the two bus loads of Scouts from the S. E. Council.

(Bryan is the son of the publisher of the Troy Messenger.) "For the last three days the Southeast Alabama Jamboree contingent has been traveling across Louisiana and Texas. "We spent the night of July 14 in the Sam Houston Hotel in Houston, Texas. "On July 15, we left Houston and traveled to San Antonio, where the boys "had a good time visiting The Alamo. We left the city and went on to Sonora, Texas, where we spent the night. "A welcome surprise was awaiting us in Sonora.

Ear of the week has been sche nut consumption." Shelley emphasizes that requests must be made at the DR. C. A. ANDERSON Rev. H.

Gerald Walker announces this week that Dr. C. A. Anderson will supply the pulpit Sunday morning and evening July 24, while he and his family are on vacation. Dr.

Anderson has just come to Judson College, Marion, Alabama, from Mary Hardin Simmons College in Texas where he served as Dean for six years. Dr. Anderson is the new president of Judson. A native of Wisconsin he moved to Alabama to attend the University of Alabama where he received his A.B., M.A and Ph.D. in history.

A cordial invitation has been extended to the citizens of this area to hear Dr. Anderson at both services. Delegates from each of Paul Mallory, extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend the services. County ASC Office on Form ACP-201 during the re-open Alabama's peanut-producing counties and Georgia repre sentatives will hear a re ing period to be eligible for approval. Approved practices port on the grower-financed SPEED CAUSES MOST ACCIDENTS ON HIGHWAYS normally carried out during duled for winners and losers of these games until the final play-off Friday, July 29 at 7:30 to determine the champions.

The public has been invited and urged to attend these games to assist in the program of financing baseball for the younger set. A small admission charge will be made. the fall months are: Estab promotions as part of the annual meeting of the APPA tions in service in order to comply with the Commission's order by October 1, 1961. 1. Install additional telephones in excess of 5 thousand in the United area.

2. Establish upgrades in party line service whenever required. 3. Establish and maintain adequate local and toll switching facilities. 4.

Develop a sufficient public relations program in dealing with its subscribing public. 5. Eliminate excessive transmission noise. 6. Eliminate excessive outages resulting from deferred or inadequate maintenance of switching equipment.

7. Eliminate excessive delay in restoration of service. 8. Eliminate excessive malfunctions in its central office dial and related equipment which have resulted in reaching the wrong number, false busy signals, inability to break dial tone, and absence of adequate ringing cycles on called numbers. The Commission required the company to initiate and.

complete this new program on or before October 1, 1961, and to report at the end of Despite anti-speeding cam lishing a permanent vegeta tive cover by seeding ap paigns that were conducted Wednesday (July 20) at the Headland experiment sta Sardis Church To Have Revival The Sardis Baptist Church in many parts of the United proved grasses and legumes; tion, he said. States during the past year, establishing forest trees, con nearly 1,000,000 men, wo The peanut growers' promotional headquarters 37 different manufac structing terraces and sod waterways, and establishing men and children were 1959 victims of the fast driver. winter cover crops. will have as guest speaker turers have added "old- June Bond Sales for their revival the Rev. fashioned" peanut butter to HENRY COUNTY HOSPITAL David B.

Tew, a former pas Reported For Statistical reports describing what happened on our highways during 1959, state that drivers exceeding the speed limit were involved in tor, during the week of July 24-31, according to Rev. Olen Riley, pastor. ADMISSIONS AND DISMISSALS July 12-19 Henry County FRANCIS E. BLALOCK Funeral services were held Sunday in Piedmont, Ala. for Francis E.

Blalock, age 36, who perished in, the crash of the Navy blimp off the New Jersey coast on July 6. The body was removed from the blimp on Tuesday, July 12, and brought to piedmont for Admitted to the Henry 43.1 percent of the fatalities Services will be held twice Series and sales for County Hospital the past week while speeding drivers fig lier, an invitation to be the first tourists to go through Sonora Caverns on July 16 was turned down because of our early time of departure. It was arranged however, for us to go into these beautiful caverns that night. "We accepted, and were the first tourists to enter the caverns, which opened officially today (July 16). "We left Sonora an hour earlier than usual so that we could arrive at Carlsbad Caverns in time for the 1 o'clock tour.

"The troops ate lunch in the underground lunchroom in the majestic caverns. "We, stayed at Carlsbad Caverns until about 8 o'clock their regular stabilized lines, Mr. Knowles said. Among the manufacturers who have received grower promotional support is a large West Coast processor, using 100 Alabama-Georgia peanuts, who grinds peanut butter fresh almost daily to sell in volume from refrigerated dairy counters in supermar daily at 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 the month of June amounted ured in 38.8 percent of the p.m.

to 3,532,85. This is 10.6 traffic injuries. increase over June of 1959 The public has an invita Total sales for the 6 months in Alabama read $22,928,555 tion to attend all or any of the services. Of the 37,600 traffic deaths during the year, 12,980 were the direct result of drivers kets. or 48.6 of this year's $47, 200,000 goal.

each month the company's progress so that the Com burial. Mr. Blalock was born and reared in Hartford, and enlisted in. the Navy, at an early age. He and his family had made their home in exceeding the speed limit PERSONALS "Because Alabama and No other single action of National sales for the first mission can determine if Mrs.

Irene Holland had were Maxie E. McCall, Mrs. Ridonna Mrs. Margaret K. Riley, all of Abbeville; Walter E.

Stinson and Wavie Annette Cook of Abbeville, Mrs. Lovie Douglas Wilson of Headland; John William Baker, Lucy Mae German, Linda Gail German, all of Headland, Burley Vester Knowles and Albert H. Scott of Columbia, and Cecil Vaughn Walker of Skip-perville, Rt. Colored Annie Lu Dozier, Georgia peanut growers pro drivers was even close to the adequate progress is being as her guests during the past 6 months of 1960 amounted to $2,281,000 or 49 of the duce most of the peanuts grim record of speed. Piedmont and Lake Hurst, New Jersey, for a number of weekend Mr.

and Mrs. Tommy Spruiell of Auburn and Cited as causing 4,790 $4.6 billion goal. used in the nation's peanut butter, we stand to benefit directly from every addition made. The order was signed by Commissioners C. C.

Owen, -Ralph Smith, and Sibyl Pool. deaths during 1959 were the so that we could see the bats Mrs. L. H. Pendleton of Phe- years.

drivers on the wrong side of Sales for Henry County for the month of June amounted to $2,492. County chairman M. He is survived by his inx City. Mr. and Mrs.

G. P. the road. Their mistakes ac Vinyard and family of Balti counted for 15.9 percent of W. Espy stated this represents more, Maryland, and Mrs.

widow, Mrs. Francis payne Blalock, two daughters and one son, all of New Jersey the death toll. The drfter 59.9 of our 1960 goal. Roy Spruiell and Miss Jean Sallie Mae Kimbrough, Julia al pound of peanut butter sold," asserted A. J.

Single-tary, of Blakely, chairman of the Georgia Agricultural Commodities Authority. Georgia peanut growers this year have joined in the na MRS. MATTIE BAREFIELD Mrs. Mattie Covington Barefield, 64, of the Bertha Community, Newville Rt. 2, who did not have the right ne Spruiell of Leeds, Ala "The purchase of U.

S. Sav Mae Williams, Georgia Shell and. Piedmont; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Blalock of wav caused more than Horns, Johnny Mack Kelley, bama, are guests in the Holland home this week.

ings Bonds has a three fold benefit to every American half a million people to suf passed away early Wednes Robert Tom Culver, all of of Birmingham; one brother, Major Charlie Blalock, of the fer injuries 22.8 percent leaving the cave in search of insects. 'Then the busses drove into the town of Carlsbad, where we will spend, the night. "Tomorrow, we will go down Into Juarez, Mexico. I think everybody is pretty excited about that." Grandmother Searcy told us over the phone Wednesday that the boys would arrive in Colorado Springs that night and that they Abbeville; Ruby Lee Cotton tional campaign for the first day morning, July 20, in an Abbeville hospital after a of the injury toll. of Shorterville, Rt.

citizen," stated Chairman Espy. "Savings Bonds strengthens America's Peace Power, short illness. time, with individual grow-e voluntarily releasing Dismissed during the same Reports, show that more than 900 additional deaths occured on our highways Mrs. Barefield, the widow period were Mrs. Margaret funds previously collected Mrs.

Ervin E. Stricklin and children, Ronald and Deborah, of Ft. Campbell, arrived Sunday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kennedy.

deters inflation and it is the easy automatic way to the K. Riley, Mrs. Ossie Hudspeth, for research and promotion. during 1959 as compared Stanley H. Pittman and Mrs, US Army.

Among relatives attending the funeral from this area were Mrs. Robert E. Culpepper, Mrs. Rose Blalock, Abbeville; Mr. and Mrs.

Jeff Woolf, Shorterville; Mrs. Murphy Spears and Herbert Wynn of Hartford, Ala. big things in life." Grower groups in both of Dempsey Dowd Barefield, was a lifelong resident of Dale County. She was a member of the New Hope Rhydona Skinner, all of Ab Chairman Espy reminds states have helped publicize beville; Charles Wesley with the preceding year. In juries soared to 2,870,000 re fleeting an increase of near ly 50,000.

Henry Countians that savings to the peanut trade the re Baptist Church. Strickland. Arthur H. Austin. Mr.

and Mrs. Averett and sons, Jeffrey, Joe, Surviving are five sons. were having the times of their young lives. Eighty-four boys are in the group from this section. Mrs.

Addie Bailey, Mrs. Mar bonds may be purchased on the payroll savings plan where you work or at your R. D. and Jarrell Barefield, and Joel, of Mobile visited jorie Ann Turner and Walter Miss Vickie Jean Nordan Newville Rt. 2, Jessie Bare-field of Dothan, Byrd E.

Stinson, all of Abbeville, John William Baker, PERSONALS Mr. Horace S. Maddox, underwent surgery at the Mr. Kelley's mother, Mrs. Kate Kelley, during the weekend.

is attending summer camp bank. Everyone should take advantage of one of these methods for the systematic at Camp Grist, Selma, Ala. cent development of "protein-coating" of shelled peanuts by Army food technicians and private researchers. "Marketing of peanut candy and salted nuts is more difficult in the summer," Mr. Singletary said.

"Some types of products are almost withdrawn from sale because Headland, Mrs. Evelyn Jenelle Ham, of Newville, University Hospital in Birmingham, Monday. His Willie A. Herndon, Burley V. purchasing of "Shares in America" U.

S. Savings Bonds. nvg to baptist assembly Rev. and Mrs. Jack Espy and son, Joe, accompanied by Miss Jane Espy and their sister, Mrs.

Rupert Aman of Montgomery, left Wednesday for Local LP. Gas Manager To condition is reported much Knowles and Albert H. Scott, all of Columbia, Rt. improved at this time. Barefield of Defuniak Springs, Charley Foy Barefield of Birmingham, one daughter, Mrs.

Mattie Lois Snell, Newville Rt. a brother, Sterling Covington of Defuniak Springs; two sisters, Miss Lonie May Covington, New Attend Convention at Point Clear Colored Letha Mae Cole ANNUAL HOMECOMING Miss Barbara Herndon and the Glorietta Baptist As Jim Kirkland, of the Re Miss Lucky Crawford attend TO BE HELD AT CHURCH NEAR FORT GAINES sembly at Glorietta, New liance Gas Abbeville, Mexico, for several days, ed the Judson House Party in Marion, last week. Announcement is made will be among the 250 deal shelf-life Is so short. But Army tests of this new coating indicate that the peanuts can be kept for as long as a year at 100 degree tem man, Johnny Mack Kelley, Annie Lu Dozier, Sallie Mae Kimbrough and Julia Mae Williams, all of Abbeville; Cad CuUen of Abbeville, Rt. and Ruby Lee Cotton of this week by Harry C.

Hub Their plans also include sight-seeing tours to and ers, suppliers and manufac turers representing the lique ville Rt. 2, Mrs. Hattie Bell of Malone, Fla. and eight grandchildren. Citizen." Robert O.

Bates, regional sales manager of Dearborn Stove Dallas, Texas, will address the convention on "The LP-Gas Appliance a Necessary Evil bard of Fort Gaines, Ga. of CAD T. STINSON fied petroleum gas Indus Funeral services for Cad from their destination. avg the annual homecoming at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, lo Funeral services will be Shorterville, Rt.

perature without loss of crispness or flavor." The new coating is reportedly tasteless and in try will begin assembling this weekend at Point Clear, cated on the paved road be held at 2 p.m. today, (Thurs Or a Necessity for Survival." on dean's list Donald Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. tween Ft. Gaines and Bluff- After the speeches and day) July 21, at the New Hope Baptist Church in Ber BIRTH A son, Marvin Ellis was born to Mr.

and Mrs. Alabama, to attend what promises to be one of the largest conventions in the ton, Clay County, Georgia. fun and play, Alabama LP-Gas dealers will elect and T. Stinson, 83, who passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 12, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ida Stone, at Graball, were held at 4 p.m, Friday, July 15, at the -Abbeville First Baptist Church with the Rev.

W. R. Ham Members and friends of tha with the Rev. Charlie R. Johnson and the Rev.

Paul Shelby Lee Skinner on July to install new officers at the the church are invited attend. creases the nutritional value of the peanut itself, he said. As a result of grower publicity and samples, many manufacturers are experimenting with or actually 13, at -the Henry County Hos Cutchen officiating. Inter group's history. The Grand Hotel on Mobile Bay will serve as headquarters for the 1960 con pital.

The family resides at convention for 1960-61. J. E. Moore of Anniston and W. L.

Mattox of Eufaula are presently serving the asso 305 Trawick Street in Abbe ville, Ala. mock of Phenix City and the Kendrick of Al marketing products with ment will follow in the New Hope cemetery with Headland Mortuary in charge of arangements. The body will be at the residence until the funeral. vention of the Alabama LP-Gas Association, which gets coated peanuts. ciation as president and vice president, respectively.

"What we are trying to PERSONAL PERSONAL Master Clay and Craig Pettis of Selma spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sowell and Miss Merle Sowell while their parents, Mr.

and Mrs. D. C. Pettis, at underway on Sunday, July do in this promotion pro 24. Mr.

and Mrs. Hank Stroup A four hour show and Jesse Murphy of Abbeville route two, has been named on the Dean's List for the Spring semester at Mississippi State College, Starkes-ville, for superior accomplishments. Donald is majoring in physical education with his sights set on coaching career. Congratulations. -ovg completes studios Gordon W.

Holmes, who teaches general science in Abbeville High School, is one of the seventy science and mathematics teachers from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tex-(Continued on Page 8) bany, Ga. officiating. Interment followed in the Abbeville city cemetery with Headland Mortuary directing. Surviving are five daugh gram," Mr. Singletary 'de dance will cap the conven Highlighting dinner meet and family have moved to the McDaniel apartment on tion on Tuesday night.

PERSONAL LCdr. Dan Gordon Griffin, ings of the convention will be speeches by a Birming clared, "is to help the manufacturer get the peanut to the consumer in new and The LP-Gas industry in USN who has been Alabama, comprised of 111 ters, three sons, a West Washington Street in Abbeville. Mr. Stroup is associated with the HenryyMo-tor and Tractor Co. here.

tended the Abbott Laboratories Sales Convention held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New. York City. During ham industrial leader and an Atlanta sales executive. visiting his mother, Mrs. local dealers, supplies home two sisters, 30 grandchildren James Alexander Griffin, at and factory alike with to Herbert E.

Smith, Jr, presi and 19 great grandchildren. tempting ways which maintain the natural flavor and quality of the peanut. By working together we see our markets growing and we think in a few years the pea- They came to Abbeville from Headland where Mr. Stroup day's most modern fuel. Well over 100 million gal the convention, Mr.

Pettis was awarded the top cash award as salesman in the her home in Abbeville, will return Saturday to his home at Oak Grove Point, Norfolk, dent of the Vulcan Rivet Bolt Birmingham, will talk on "Some Old Fashioned Thoughts On Being a nut farmers in this area are going to be proud of what they have achieved." held a position with the Wal- lons of LP-Gas will be con den Motor Company. Southeastern Region. Virginia. sumed in the state this year..