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SEMINOLE COUNTY
Georgia’s Peanut Center
The richest and best farming section
of the world, the home of the in
dustrious farmer.
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV.
Bowen Association
To Meet In •
Attapulgus
The Bowen Baptist Association W. !
M. U. Rally will be held at the Bap
tist Church in Attapulgus Wednesday,
November 19. beginning at 10:00 A.
M.
The following program has been
announced:
10:00 A. M.—Hymn.
“Endurance”—Mrs. W. G. Robinson.
10:15 —Endurance in Stewardship—
Mrs. C. H. Darsey.
10:25 —Endurance in Personal Ser
vice—Mrs. A. C. Camp.
10:35 —Mission Study and 100,000,
Club—Mrs. W. B. Jackson.
10:50—Laborers Together in God —j
District Secretary.
11:00—Roll Call and recognition of
pastors and visitors.
11:05—Special music—Mrs. For
rester.
10:10—Endurance in Prayer—Mrs.
R. L. Z. Bridges.
11:25—The whole wide world—
Mrs. D. K. Talbert.
11:55—Specia 1 Prayer.
12:00—Lunch.
I:ls—Devotional Mrs. E. R.
Broadwell.
1:25 —Executive Com. Meeting.
I:ss—Training School and Mar
garet Fund—Mrs. R. E. Zachert.
2:ls—Endurance in Young Peo
ples’ work—Mrs. B. Willoughby.
2:2s—Every Woman giving to mis
sions—Franklin W. M. S.
2:3s—{Special Program by Attapul
t gus Young People.
* 2:so—Regeant—Attapulgus W. M.
S.
3:oo—Consecration —Mrs. A. H.
Mosely.
»• Every ehurch urged to send repre
sentatives. - - ' '• *
, Bring Lunch.
Thanksgiving
To Be Observed
November 27
Thanksgiving will be observed in
Donalsonville on the last Thursday in
November which is November 27, ac
cording to information given the
News.
A full holiday will be observed
with many taking the day for fishing,
hunting, and other forms of amuse
ment.
STATEMENT
OF CONDITION
Commercial State
Bank
Donalsonville, Georgia
NOVEMBER 3RD. 1941.
ASSETS
Bills Receivable $117,510.58
County WarrantsS 5,461.08
Furniture & Fixtures $ 1,444.65
I Building $ 4,466.96
Tax Fi Fass 926.98
C. C. C. Loanss 19,193.50
U. S. Bondss G. 000.00
State of Ga.
W. & A. Cert. $ 5,255.30
CASH $238,995.44
T0TAL5399,254.49 j
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $25,000.00 :
Surpluss 5,000.00 .*
[Undivided Profits 6,312.64
(Reserve 4,910.46
I DEPOSITS $358,031.39
T0TAL5399,254.49
Upon the strength of the above
statement, we solicit your business.'
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Bnnalsntwtllv Nmd
Rev. Jno. S. Lough
Is Transferred
To Claxton
It is with genuine regret that the
News chronicles the announcement
that Rev. John S. Lough, pastor of 1
the local Methodist church for the';
past three years, has been transferred
to Claxton and will leave after the,
Wednesday night service next week,
with his family to take up his work [
there.
It was generally understood pre
vious to the conference that Rev.;
Lough would be returned to Donalson
ville for a fourth year and it was not!
learned until late Saturday that he!
had been transferred.
Coining to Donalsonville three j
years ago, Rev. Lough has been act-;
ive, not only in church endeavors, but:
in the civic and social life of the com
munity. Under his able leadership,
marked progress has been noted in
church activities and he has proven;
invaluable in civic life as a member!
of the Lion’s Club. He is popular
with not only the members of his
own church, but with those of other
denominations of the church.
Rev. Lough will be succeeded by
Rev. C. L. of Sardis, who will!
arrive to take up his duties next)
Thursday.
Former pastors of the local church 1
received appoinments as follows:
Rev. A. S. Trulock returned to First,
church in Waycross.
Rev. J. O. Stanaland returned to!
Sylvester.
Rev. W. S. Sawyer transferred from;
Folkston to Morris Memorial church i
in Macon.
Rev. E. J. ‘Garbutt returned to
Swainsboro.
Appointments for the Thomasville
District are Vs fbllows:
W. M. Haywood, district superin
j tendent.
Albany, First Crurch, J. E. Fain;
Albany, Trinity-Grace, J. P. Touch
ton; Arlington, O. B. Chester; Atta-:
! pulgus, W. C. Bryant; Baconton, D. A.
Lastinger; Bainbridge, H. H. Heisler;
Barwick, F. C. Meyer; Blakely, W. F.
Burford; Boston, H. P. Stubbs; Brin
son, Marvin Vincent; Camilla, N. H.
j Williams; Cairo, W. E. McTier; Cairo
let, J. W. Lilly; Colquitt, J. S. Willis;:
Donalsonville, C. L. Nease; Early j
county ct., L. C. Wimberly, supply;
I Edison, W. S. J>!.r.« n; Faeevilie J.;
A. Wiggen?, I.vary W. W.,
Taylor; Meitr-'-Ochlochnee, J. W. M i
Stipes; Metcalf, J. O -Vk -n; Pavo, J.|
W. Hays; Pelham, E. J. Grimes: Sale
City, Jas. Agee; Thomasville, J. C. G.
Brooks; West Bainbridge, J. Paul Bar
rett; Whigham-Climax, B. R, W.
Knowles.
District missionary secretary. E. i
l J. Grines.
AIR CORPS TO TRAIN CIVILIAN j
AVIATION MECHANICS
Young Men between 17 and 25 needed.:
Men selected will receive pay while
in training.
The huge expansion in the aircraft
, industry has created a shortage of
! skilled aircraft tradesmen.
' Preparing for the great demand for)
; civilian aviation mechanics, the U. S. |
Army Air Corps is offering young
men between the ages of 17 and 25 an j
opportunity to learn an aircraft trade, j
Original appointments will be made
to the positions of Trainee, Aircraft!
i and Engine Mechanic at a salary of !
i approximately SSO a month. At the
! successful completion of a six months’!
i training period, it is planned to pro
i mote trainees to the positions of Jun-:
ior Aircraft and Engine Mechanics at
a salary of SI6BO a year. Further op
portunities for advancement in the
Army Air Corps are excellent in view
of the shortage of qualified aircraft
mechanics.
I
Necessary forms may be obtained:
from the Civil Service Secretary at
any first or second-class Post Office,
or from the Manager of the Fifth U.
S. Civil Service District, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Mrs. E. W. Mosely, Mrs. J. B.
Mosely, and Mrs. O. C. Smith attend
ed the South Georgia Annual Confer
ence Friday in Valdosta. They were
accompanied home by E. W. Mosely
who was a delegate to the Confer-*
ence.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
F. S. A. Improves
Living Standards
Says Gleaton
Improved farming methods in Mil
ler and Seminole Counties, and high- i
er standards of living on the farm, j
are bound to be the result of the U. S.!
Department of Agriculture’s Farm !
Defense program, said Hugh E. Glea-1
ton, county farm supervisor of the!
Farm Security Administration, today.
“Farmers generally, large and
small, are pledging themselves to
raise more food and feedstuff,” Mr. j
Gleaton said, “in keeping with Sec
retary Wickard’s appeal.
“Since the average farmer, parti
cularly the farm family on the FSA
program, can’t get more acres to cul
tivate, and since there is a practical
limit to the added number of livestock
to be purchased at once, the thing to
do in fulfilling this pledge is to in
crease yields, feed livestock for more
i weight and more production. This
means better farming. It may be that
the increased emphasis on ‘Food for
Freedom” will be the greatest boost
for intelligent and painstaking farm
ing we have ever had in these coun
ties.”
As for the low-income farmers who
! participate in the FSA program, Mr.
I Gleaton said, the first consideration
1 will be the production of more food
for themselves, and the learning how I
Ito use this food better for sake of *
i health.
The next thing that the little farm- i
j er will be urged to do will be to raise
I more feed for additional livesttek and
j poultry that he undertook to raise in
connection with FSA’s “Food for De
fense” program last May and June.
And these fwo things will lead natur
ally to’production of rtforc things to
be marketed.
“It is on both the production and
marketing end that the Farm Securi
ty Administration will help through
encouraging county purchasing and
: marketing associations,” he said.
“This will be the means for the low
income farmer to get the seed,, ferti
lizer, machinery and breeding stock
that they can’t get otherwise. And this
: will be the means of commanding mar
! kets, because he will be able to join i
; hands with his neighbors to produce;
j enough to attract dependable mar
: kets.
! “Next comes our job of trying the!
: increased production to the needs of ‘
I people, with the idea that home plans i
! are no less important than farm plans.)
“Not only the Farm Security Ad-i
ministration but all other agencies of
the Department of Agriculture have!
gone into this program with the idea
of building agriculture on a sounder;
i basis—not to plow up vast areas that
will be left to blow away after the
emergency passes, as happened in the
last war, but to plan carefully, we’re
all looking to the long future after the
: emergency passes, when our new
- knowledge of how to grow more food
will be turned to our own service and
improvement.
We’re out to feed not only hungry ;
people and livestock, but also the land
itself, and to make people more secure
* on the land they till, whether they
• own it or merely rent it.
Funeral For
Mrs. Pope Godby
Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Pope God-j
by, age 28, of Ojus, Florida, were held
at Enterprise Church Thursday morn
ing at 11:00 o’clock, Rev. A. P. Nor
ris conducting the services.
Active pallbearers were: Joe Swain,
Ernest Galloway, 11. R. Dozier, James j
Alligood, George Ard, and Bill Alday.
Mrs. Godby, before marriage was
Miss Louise Williams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Reason Williams of near
Iron City. She died suddenly Novem
ber 4.
Survivors are her husband and two
daughters, Linda, five years old and I,
Marion, two years old.
Interment was in the Enterprise
Cemetery with Evans and Son. funer
al directors, in charge.
Mrs. L. J. Cowart spent Saturday in
Colquitt.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 1941.
$297,600 Spent
In Seminole County
By W. P. A.
Services and facilities that have
benefitted every person in Seminole
County have resulted from a program
of public improvements conducted dur
ing the past six years by local govern
ment officials in cooporation with the
WPA, according to a report released
today by Harry E. Harman, Jr., Geor
gia WPA Administrator.
This report shows the work in Semi
nole County has consisted a large a-
I mount of construction, such as streets,
roads, schools and similar facilities.
In addition, many contributions have
been made to the health and welfare
of citizens generally, and particularly
to those in the lower income brackets.
“This cooperative program has been
one of the largest factors in the well
being of the county,” Mr. Harman
said. “It has been a program of in
finite variety, designed primarily to
give employment to jobless people,
but the benefits are permanent, and
will be a credit to the county for many
years to come.”
A total of $297,600 has been spent
on WPA projects in this county since
the program began. Os this amount,
about twenty-six percent came from
local public funds in the form of spon
sors contributions. The remainder was
! federal allotments brought into the
county as payrolls and as payment
for materials. Th ip has formed aniru
-1 portant part of the local purchasing
power for six years, going
to merchants, property owners, doc
tors and others in payment for needed
services. >■
It is imposeiMe to list all the accom
plishments oi I'uMM egrim, but a se
lected list of major results follows:
WPA Funds,s22o,9oo
Local Funds 76,700
Total $297,600
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Highways, Roads, and Streets—
-17.2 miles of unpaved roads con
structed or improved.
1.2 miles of paved streets construct
ed.
1 bridge constructed at a length of
1106 feet.
48 culverts installed with a total
length of 2,068 feet.
.5 miles of roadside drainage ditches
I dug.
.7 miles of roadside drainage pipe
! installed.
2.0 miles of roadside landscaped.
4.0 miles of paved road constructed.
Buildings—
-1 school building constructed:
Spring Creek School
1 county courthouse repaired at
I Donalsonville.
1 teacherage constructed at Donal
i sonville.
Sanitation and Health—
-6.3 miles of malaria drainage
ditches dug.
Non-construction Projects—
Book Repair—
-2,200 volumes renovated.
Education —
225 persons taught to read and
write.
Negro Near
Death After
Shooting Scrape
Dean Harris, Iron City Negro, is in
a local hospital with bullet wounds in
his stomach which he alleges was fir
ed by John Baker another Iron City
Negro on Saturday night.
According to meagre information
which could not be verified it was re-I
ported that Baker was drunk when he!
called at the home of Harris. Calling
Harris out of the house he fired the
shot that inflicted the wound. Offic
ers stated that the two had had trou
ble prior to the shooting but this al
so could not be verified.
Baker denies any knowledge of the
shooting but is lodged in the local jail.
Harris’ condition was regarded as
critical.
Mrs. C. S. Forrester and Mrs. Elli
son Dunn spent Wednesday in Al
bany.
Mrs. L. E. Hay visited relatives in]
Elba, Ala., Sunday,
Local Defense
Unit Goes To
Thomasville
I
! The local unit of the Home Defense
' Corp attended the Armistic Day cele-
• bration and maneuvers at Thomas
i ville Tuesday, about thirty-five mem
' bers of the Donalsonville Unit attend
' ing. Arriving about 8:00 o’dock the
i members were entertained at break
fast at the Legion Home. At 9:00!
o’clock the maneuver was staged as
i if a tornado had hit Thomasville, var
‘ ious units from Moultrie, Thomasville,
i Cairo, Meigs, Bainbridge, and Don
‘alsonville being assigned to guard
i duty covering the entire business dis
! trict.
; At 10:00 o’clock a parade of all
' units was held. Legionaires, school
i children, Red Cross units and others!
joined in the parade.
At 11:00 o’clock an Armistice Day
i program was held in the City Hall
i auditorium where Rev. J. Ed Fain,
, Legionaire from Albany, rendered a
! most timely address.
j At 12:00 o’clock Legionaires and
| Home Defense units were entertained
at a barbecue by the Georgia Packing
I Co.
On their return to Donalsonville,
: the Local Unit paraded from,, the
j Court House through the business
I district of town. With new uniforms
! and rifles, led by the boy scouts, the
unit presented an inspiring spectacle.
Attending were: Capt. C. W. Beard
sley, Lieut. R. C. Roberts, Sgts. B. E.
Sullivan, Ellison Dunn, T. F. Spoon
er, and B. F. Fletcher. Cpls. M. C.
Fain, Jr., George Walden, and Qrady
Richardson.
Privates First Class Frank Bragg,
Fred Gibbons, Sidney Shingler, and
Joe Roberts. Privates J. C. Ashley, J.
! H. Davis, E. D. Harrell, J. M. Baker,
jN. L. Gilbert, Y. L. Roberts, E. B.
' Avirett, T. H. Faircloth, W. J. McMul-
I len, T. F. Joiner, J. G. Harrell, H. E.
i Miller.
J. C. Whatley, Lewis Wren, Cecil ■
; Drake, R. E. Galloway, E. H. Howard,
W. J. Helms, Phil Spooner, Bruton
Kelly, J. D. Harrell, S. D. Miller, and
V. A. Miller.
Several Real
Estate Transferrs
Noted Here i
Transfers of real estate in Donal-:
' sonville and Seminole County have I
been noted as quite active during re-j
cent weeks.
Two local duals of interest are those I
in which J. W. Gibson purchased thej
home formerly by Miss Bessie Cow-!
i art from O. H. Lewis, a recent owner.;
Mr. Gus Youmans has purchased)
* the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Smith:
I and will be given possession of Jan
uary Ist., Dr. and Mrs. Smith moving!
; to their farm four miles west of Don-'
lalsonville where they will construct a ’
new home.
Another deal was that in which Dr. j
A. B. Davis acquired some farm land’
from J. W. Gibson, adjacent to the|
Southeastern city limits of Donalson-|
j ville.
Several other farms have changed
1 hands during recent weeks.
BASKET-BALL SHELL
BEING REMODELED
By Lewe Johnson. Jr
There is great joy among the stu
dents of Seminole High over the fact
that the cherished basket-ball arena
I is being improved in the interior. We
can now offer a fine shell for the op
ponents to play in.
The students cannot express their
gratitude enough to the men who form
the Board of Trustees for their work
towards this achievement. Surely
nothing other than work within the
shell at this time could be more great
ly appreciated. The players of the two
basket-ball teams extend their wel
come to you to come to the games to
be played in such a fine shell.
Mr. N. P. Malcom, your work to
wards this accomplishment is highly
ippreciated by the school and it will
not be forgotten. Our next game will
>e with Whigham on December 5,
1941. here.
DONALSONVILLE
Capitol of Seminole County
The home of progressive jpeople, pret*
ty homes, good churclies, splendid
schools and the best of climate.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
R. V. Griffin, 52
Dies In Bainbridge
Hospital Tuesday
Many friends here of Sgt. Ben IL
Griffin, of Camp Stewart sympathize
with him in the death of his father,
R. V. Griffin, age 52, who passed a
way at the Riverside Hospital in
Bainbridge Tuesday, a stroke of para
lysis causing his death.
Funeral and interment were at
Bethel cemetery Wednesday afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock, Evans and Son, local
funeral directors, being in charge.
The deceased is survived by his sec
ond wife and two daughters, Vivian
and Barbara. By his first wife the fol
lowing survived: two daughters, Mrs.
H. M. Moore, of Tallahassee, Florida,
and Mrs. J. D. Turvaville, of Panama
Canal Zone; and Sgt. Ben Griffin, of
Camp Stewart.
Turkey And Quail
Will Be In
Season Nov. 20
Hunting season in Seminole County
for quail and wild turkey officially
opens next Thursday, November 20.
The dove season which ordinarily
opens at the same time will not open
until December 1 and will close Jan
uary 10. The dove season was short
ened by Federal authorities due to thb'
noticable decrease in the number of
these migratory birds. Extreme cold
in the northern states two years ago
was said to have frpzen the birds by
the thousands,, hence the shortage.
Dove season is cut in half; formerly
opening November 20 and closing Feb.
I.
The bag limit on quail per day re
mains at fifteen while the limit on
wild turkey is two per season.
Named Chairman
Mr. E. W. Mosely has been named
Red Cross Roll Call Chairman for the
Annual Red Cross Roll Call which is
now in progress. The public is earn
estly requested to enroll this year
for the need is more urgent than ever
before.
Friends of Mrs. Eunice Hudson re
gret to learn of her illness at her
home here with pneumonia. '
OLIVE
THEATRE
Big Midnight Show Halloween
Saturday Only
William Boyd, In
“PRIVATES ON HORSEBACK”
Monday And Tuesday
Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett, in
“WILD GEESE CALLING”
Wednesday
Robt. Mongomery, in
“HERE COMES MR. JORDAN"
Thursday And Frtady
Marx Bros, and Tony Martin, in
“THE BIG STORE”
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MIDGET THEATRE
SATURDAY
Wayne Morris-Brenda Marshall, in
“SMILING GHOST’
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NUMBER 42.