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SEMINOLE COUNTY
Georgias Peanut Center
The richest ahd best farming section
of the world; the home of the in
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UNITED STATES CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATION
The Unitetd States Civil Service
ConunA-i&u aAtiuuirvcs that in —view
of the fact that training facilities an
ticipated did not materialize to the ex
tent expected, and as sufficient appli
cations have now been filed to meet
the immediate needs of the service,
the acceptance of applications for the
position of Mechanic-Learner will be
discontinued at the close of business
on December 12, 1941. Persons inter
ested in applying for this examination
should, therefore, file their applica
tions with the Manager, Fifth U. S.
Civil Service District, New Post Of
fice Building, Atlanta, Georgia, not
later than the close of business on
December 12, 1941.
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Commercial State
Bank
Donalsonville, Georgia
This Bank Is A Member Os The
Federal De posit Insurance
Corporation.
Bunalfinttuilb
Minutes Os Board
Os County
Commissioners
The Board of County Commission
ers of Seminole county met in regular
session on Tuesday, December 2nd,
.with Chairman L. R. Robinson presid
: ing and members present as follows:
IE. J. Greene, Fred Childree, R. L.
j Johnson and D. H. Miller.
Minutes of previous meeting were
! read and approved.
Current bills were inpected and or
i dered paid *vhen found in regular or
'i der.
Several adjustments in taxes were
! made when examinations revealed
j that the claims were just.
C. L. Perry appeared before the
I board asking that the county acquire
I the ferry at Butler’s Ferry over the
! Chattahoochee river in the southern
] part of the county and operate same
I free of toll. The Board decided that
there was no necessity for a ferry at
this place as traffic was not sufficient
over the river at this point. The board
stated that it would be willing to co
operate with the Jackson County
i Florida commissioners and work out a
I plan for opening the ferry.
The following employees were elect
ed for the year 1942, with salaries to
remain the same as for 1941, subject
■to change by the board:
County Warden —Macon Poston.
County Clerk—Mrs. E. B. Hay.
County Attorney—E. P. Stapleton.
There being no further business,
the board adjourned, subject to call.
L. R. ROBINSON, Chairman,
E. B. HAY, Clerk.
Ban Lifted
On Christmas
Lighting
The ban on Christmas lighting,
which had been ordered here several
i days ago by officials of the Georgia
; Power & Light Company, was can
■ celled this week and residents of Don
alsonville may burn outside lights as
is customary.
The ban on outside and store-win
dow lighting was not ordered here,
due to the fact that the Florida Pow
! er Corporation which furnishes cur*
j rent to the Georgia Power & Light
Company has a surplus of current and
serves only a few defense projects.
Rainfall in North Georgia has al-
I leviated the critical shortage in pow
* er over Georgia and the ban has been
j lifted in many instances.
'Trustees To
Be Elected
Notices are being published this
week announcing the call of an elec
tion to be held in the Donalsonville
and Iron City School districts to elect
one trustee in each district.
The Donalsonville election will be
held at the office of the Ordinary on
December 30th from 10 a. m. to 3 p.
m. The same hours will apply in the
Iron City district and the date of the
election will be the same.
I The qualifying time expires on De
icember 16th at 12 o’clock noon, with
! candidates being required to qualify
with County School Superintendent
N. P. Malcom prior to noon that date.
The trustees will be elected for
three-year terms beginning January
Ist. 1942.
DONALSONVILLE VERSUS
WHIGHAM TO-NIGHT
Playing for the first time in an im
proved Basket-Ball Shell the Semi
nole Indians are host to two teams
from Whigham, Georgia tonight. Tire
Shell has very good lighting facilities
now and the interior has been ceiled
throughout for the comfort of those
who attend the games.
At the half time the Home Defense
guard will go through some brief
tactics dressed in their latest uni
forms.
This game will begin at 8 o’clock
with the same prices of 25c -10 c.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, DECEMBER STH, 1941.
Home Defense
Corps Sponsoring
Radio Show
The Home Defense Corps of Donal
sonville is sponsoring a Radio Barn
Dance Show to be held here three days
next week, Thursday-Friday and Sat
urday at the school audittorium. The
proceeds of the show are to be used
for expenses and equipment necessary
to the defense unit.
Miss Charlotte Dellinger, skilled
and talented director from Louisville,
Ky., will hold “Auditions” in the
School Auditorium Friday and Mon
day nights, from 7 to 9 P. M., and will
give expert training to all the local
(people who desire a place in this Big
Radio Show.
It is being sponsored by the Donal
sonville Home Defense Unit to give lo
cal talent a chance to show their abili
ty in impersonating favorite Radio
stars and to give them an opportunity
to have the coaching and directing of
an expert. The show is styled after the
famous Barn Dance Shows on the air.
Miss Dellinger points with pride to
many of the famous Radio Stars to
day who got their start in one of
these Home Talent Shows.
Miss Dellinger, and the local com
mittee which is composed of Capt. C.
W. Beardsley, Lieut. R. C. Roberts
and members of the Defense Corps,
extends a cordial invitation to all who
would like a place in this cast and es
pecially to anyone who plays a man
dolin, violin, guitar, harmonica accor
dian, fiddle, banjo, or any musical in
strument as well as any singers, danc
ers, yodelers, comedians, or whistlers.
She wants those who play, “mountain
type”, hillbilly, classical, popular, or
swing. Two sets of square dancers are
wanted.
Come and shbw what y&ir can do
and have a good time.
Navy Recruiter
To Visit
Donalsonville
Chief Machinist’s Mate, Claude A.
Kingery of the U. S. Navy Recruit
ing Substation in Albany, Georgia
will be here Friday, December 5, 1941
from 4;30 P, M. until 5:30 P. M. to
interview young men who may be in
terested in enlisting in the Navy or
Naval Reserve.
The Recruiter would like to see all
the young men of the city and espe-,
cially those who have received the:
Navy Booklet from the Donalsonville;
News.
LIBRARY NOTICE
.
After an interruption of service, on!
account of sickness, the Seminole M.
P. A. Library has resumed regular
library hours. Some readers still have
books which were due during the time
the library was closed; please bring
them in at once.
We have in the library the books
from which some of the new out
standing pictures were taken- You
will want to read the book before you
see the picture. One is “How Green
was My Valley”, by Llewellyn. This
is the story of a Welsh owning town
master fully presented by Walter
Pidgeon and Maureen O’Hara.
“One Foot In Heaven” by Spence is
another one you must read. This story.
tells of the trials and tribulations of
a Methodist Minister with such frank
ness that makes it charming.
In the picture Fredric Marsh plays
the role of the young minister with
lovely Martha Soott as his wife. These
are just two of the popular best seller
books we have for you to read.
LILLIE SEALE, Librarian.
IS PROMOTED
Lieutenant Wm. G. Goodner, of
Camp Stewart, formerly of Donalson
ville, has recently completed the
Antiaircraft Artillery Course of the
Coast Artillery School at Fort Monrot
Va.
He has also recently been promoted
from 2nd Lieutenant to Ist Lieu
tenant.
Arnall To Give '
Report On Race
Saturday Night
Ellis Arnall, only announced candi
i date for the governorship of Georgia
Ito succeed Eugene Talmadge next
year, will make the first public de
claration of his campaign since his
announcement speech, when he talks
to the people of Georgia over radio
station WSB next Saturday night at
7:30 o’clock.
The Newnan attorney general, who
tossed his hat in the ring on Novem
ber 1 and immediately followed it
with a well-planked platform of his
principles for the gubernatorial race,
intends to devote his radio time to a
report on the response of Georgia vot
ers to his announcement and a sum
mary of the progress of his campaign.
1941 Farm Income
Is Highest In
Ten Years
;
Rising farm prices, more part-time
work off the farm and better farming
methods have boosted incomes of
Seminole county’s small farmers to
the highest levels in ten years. This
prosperity is reflected in the way they
are meeting their obligations to the
Farm Administration.
“Approximately $8,000.00 has been
paid on accounts by the 65 farmers
cooperating with our program in this
county” report Hugh E. Gleaton,)
Farm Security county supervisor.
amount represents an in
crease of 35 percent over the amount
collected up to this month last year.”
“Snmp of these accounts have been
due since 193 G,” said Mr. Gleaton,
and debtors are taking this oppor
tunity to wipe the slate clean. Others
are paying their debts ahead of sche
dule, realizing that money might not
be so plentiful a couple of seasons
from now.”
Advance payments on land have:
been made by a number of men buying !
farms through the tenant-purchase,
program.
Mr. Gleaton pointed out how much
easier it seems to be for these men,
who have a permanent home they
have been building up, to use their ex
tra earnings wisely than for those ;
who must spend a large part of it for I
store-bought food, increased rent, etc. 1
“By the end of this season I ex-i
pect a good many farmers who have;
been working with us for several;
years will “graduate”, so to speak,!
from our rehabilitation program,” |
said Mr. Gleaton. “Most of them arc!
leaving us not only debt free but with I
mules, stock and tools enough to car-'
ry on their farming operations and,]
more important, a knowledge of sim- j
pie farm record keeping, home gard
ening and the real meaning of “live-,
at-home” farming.
“These people came to us because
they could get help from no other
source. They were without work stock,
without the proper toojs, and most of!
them were in debt- When they are;
able io carry on by themselves- —as
this group of graduates are—they
have fulfilled the Mole objective of the
Farm Security Administration pro
gram.”
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that ap e|ep-1
tion will be held on Tuesday, Decent’)
ber 30 between the hours of ten ]
o’clock A. M. and three o’clock P. M. j
at the Iron City Courthouse, for thej
purpose of naming one trustee of the
Iron City school district, for a throe
year term, beginning January 1, 1943, !
Candidates must qualify with the i
County School Superintendent not lat- j
er than twelve o’clock noon, E|. S. T,,i
December 16, 1941. Candidates must
qualify in their own handwriting.
All rules and regulations govern
ing general elections for said county
are adopted and declared the rules
that shall govern said election.
Done and ordered this 2nd day of
December, 1941.
SEMINOLE COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION.
Rev. J. A. Duren
Accepts Call
To Colquitt
Rev. J. A. Duren, pastor of the Don
alsonville Baptist Church, announced
Sunday that he had accepted a call
to be pastor of the Colquitt Baptist
Church, and would close his ministry
here with the Sunday evening service
! ntxt Sunday.
Rev. Duren moved here several
i months ago to supply for the local
j church while Pastor E. B. Brooks is
! away as Chaplain at Keesley Field,
; Mississippi, Rev. Brooks having been
i called to active duty as a member of
the U. S. Army Reserve Corps. The
local church granted Rev. Brooks a
leave of absence for a year to answer
the call to service, and his time will
expire in January. At the present
time, however, it is possible that Rev.
Brooks will be retained for another
year.
The membership of the local church
regrets very much to lose Rev. Duren
as pastor. He is an able and efficient
minister and is quite popular with the
people of the community.
The local church was placed in a
most peculiar position id the matter
iof a pastor. Fully appreciating their
i obligation to Pastor Brooks, the
church was anxious to retain Rev.
Duren in the event that Rev. Brooks
could not return. On the other hand,
Rev. Brooks could not receive any def
inite information from his superiors
as to whether he would be released in
' January. The call for Rev. Duren to
| accept at Colquitt requested an im
mediate answer and in view of the
situation the membership and Rev.
Duren agreed that the only alterna
tive was to accept the Colquitt call.
INFANT DIES
Little Flora Anne Spooner, week
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. I.
1 Spooner, Jr., died early Saturday
mornnig at an Albany hospital, where
it had been seriously ill since birth.
Funeral services were held at IQ
o’clock Sunday morning at the resi
dence of her grandparents, Mr, and. l
Mrs. C. V. Horne, *the Rev, J- Ed. |
Fain, pastor of the First Methodist)
Church, conducting the service. In
terment was in the Donalsonville
cemetery, Rev. J, A. Duren, pastor of
the Baptist Church, officiating.
Credit Service
To Help Food- |
For-Freedom
■
Returning from a conference with;
Farm Credit officials in Albany on ]
November 21-22, George N. Guest,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Bainbridge
Production Credit Association, whichi
serves Decatur, Grady, Miller and
Seminole Counties, said today that his
organization's credit service will be a
dapted to help the need for additional
funds caused by adjusted farm pro- j
grams resulting from defense produc-,
tion goals in connection with the)
“Food for Freedom” program.
“It is important to the future of
our Democracy that defense produc
tion goals in the ‘Food for Freedom’
program be reached,” Mr, Guest said,
“and the service of uur production
credit association will be administer
ed in such manner as to be of the most
possible assistance in meeting the
credit needs of farmers participating
in this worthy program.”
Mr. Guest pointed out that the as
sociation is a non-profit farmers’ co
operative organization interested in
the general welfare of agriculture and
that it desires to serve as a secure of
sound eredit information and advice
for farmers in this section.
“It is essential that our American
way of Life be preserved,” he said,
“and our association will be glad to
discuss with any firmer, credit pro
blems which may arise in connection
with his adjusted farm program.”
Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gibbons had
as their guest last week, Mr. and Mrs.
G, L, Jax, of Dublin,
DONALSONVILLE
Capitol of Seminole Cdtmtj
The home of progressive people, pret
ty homes, good churches, splendid
schools and the best of climate.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Safety Patrols *
Organized In
Schools •
Safety patrols including both boys
and girls were organized this week in
the Donalsonville, Iron City and F. D.
R. Schools in this county by Corporal
J. O. Goodwin and Trooper L. M.
Jones of the Georgia Highway Pa
trol.
The children, appointed to mem
bership on the patrol by teachers in
the various schools, were sworn in by
the troopers and given an official
badge. They are now bonafide mem
bers of the state organization with full
authority to arrest any violators of
traffic rules, or passing school buses
while loading or unloading school
children.
Many of the members of the school
patrols were selected from those who
come to school on the buses in order
to have them on hand to prevent ac
cidents.
In administering the oath to the
children, the troopers also gave a
safety talk and instructions as to their
duties. Films were shown to give them
more information as to how to pre
vent accident.
According to figures released Geor
gia had the fewest school children
killed than any state in the nation,
due directly to the patrols. Four years
ago Georgia had the worst record of
any state in the nation.
The troops also secured the cooper
ation of the teachers in the school in
putting on a birthday fund drive to
raise funds to equip the patrol stu
dents with belts and raincoats and to
pay the expenses of one patrol mem
ber from each school to the National
Convention in Washington next
spring:
The following members were se
lected to from the patrols in the va
i rious schools:
F. D. R. School
J. C. Booth, principal—Captain.
Richard B. Miller, Jr., Jimmie Odom,
Jr., Paul Alday, Tarvin Nichols, Ed
Burke, Alva Coleman, and Ed Alday,
Iron City School
C. L. Drake, principal—Captain.
Grace Everette, Selma Perry, Charles
Faircloth, Basil Cross, Susie Miller,
Eunice Smith, Doris Strickland, Jean
Howard, Florence Woodham, Jimmy
Bodiford, Margie Hornsby, Alf
Greene, Tom Drake, and Bernard
Peters.
OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
Johnny Mack Brown, In
“PONY POST”
Monday And Tuesday
Greer Carson - Walter Pidgeon, in
“BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST”
Wednesday
Jinx Falkinburg, In
“Two Latins From Manhattan”
Thursday And Friady
Joan Crawford - Robert Young, In
“WHEN LADIES MEET”
IH"Ji
MIDGET THEATRE
SATURDAY
Ann Southern - George Murphy, In
“RINGSIDE MAISIE”
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