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SEMINOLE COUNTY Georgias Peanut Center The richest ahd best farming section of the world; the home of the in dustrious farmer. 11.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME £XV. A ThW SPECIAL UNTIL JAN. IST. We honestly believe that our paper is worth far more than we have been charging for Subscrip tions. But we need circulation, and you need the paper. So from now until January Ist, in Seminole, Mil ler, Early and Decatur counties, we are offering a Two years subscrip tion for the price of one, which is SI.OO. One year Subscriptions will be reduced to 75c. No subscription will be taken for less than one year. Remember this offer is only good until January Ist. r„. 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. If S? W/ INSURANCE O I I S IwL fo r EACH Aw 5 I \\ depositor W/ Jg // PAY BY CHECK- One of the most valuable pri vileges enjoyed by the aver age citizen in this country is that of paying bills by check, safely, conveniently and at low cost. It is the American way. Open a checking account with us today. 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” til I ■ ■ » NUMBER 45.