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SEMINOLE COUNTY
Georgia’s Peanut Center
The richest and best farming section
of the world, th6 home of the in
dustrious farmer.
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV.
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YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE RICH to help American Defense. That’s the theme of the above poster,
one of the newest of the Defense Savings promotional pieces now going up in streetcars, on bulletin
boards, and at other public places. This poster emphasizes the point advanced by the '1 reasury Depart
ment that every American can—and must—pitch in if the United States is to have the arms and t le
I tools necessary to protect her freedom.
Guard Leader
Lauds Local
State Guard Unit
Lt. Col. Geo. M. Sweeney, Com
manding Officer of the Infantry Divi
sion of the Georgia State Guard, and
his staff together with Maj. J. M.
Clark and his staff of the 11th Dis
trict, inspected the Guard of the lo
•cal Unit No. 125 at the Alaga Rail
road Bridge on last Sunday. Col.
Sweeney stated that on the basis of
inspection by Regular Army Officers
the Georgia State Guard had advanced
from fifth in the United States to
first in the nation in efficiency, and
that of the State Guards relieving the
\ Army on assignments of this nature,
\ one fourth of the posts covered were
vheld by Georgia State Guards, and
the Georgia State Flag was now
flyiajg in three neighboring States. He
further seated that of in
the State, the one at Camp Lonely was
the best on general military aspects
and morale in the State.
Captain Beardsley and the men of
the local Unit are very proud of this
record and feel that the public should
be apprised of this rating After in
s’,pection the eleven visiting officers
were served a chicken dinner prepar
ed at the camp by Sgt. B. (•'. Fletcher.
The staff officers were avejmpan:-d
by Capt. E. W. Cox and Lt. L. L.
Drown of the Decatur County Unit.
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The battle now belongs to “we, The
People.” Have YOU volunteered for
work in local Civilian Defense? If not,
do so at once!
buy defense bonds
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Rent on-*’of our safety deposit
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papers. Jewelry, Insurance Policies,
Wills. Deeds, etc.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
Nation Will
Move Time Up
Another Hour
Donalsonville time will be moved
up another hour on the night of Feb
ruary Bth, along with the entire na
tion as daylight-saving time goes in
to effect as provided in legislation
passed by Congress and signed by
President Roosevelt this week.
The purpose of the bill is to con
serve on electrical energy, it being
pointed out that approximately 500,
000 killowatt hours of electricity will
be saved through the operation of
business on the new time.
On the night of February Bth, be
fore retiring move up your clock one
hour, from 10 to 11 or from 11 to 12
as the case may be. Then begin work
the next morning at the usual hour.
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Seminole Fountain
Edits School
Magazine
(The following item is taken from
last week’s issue of “The Blue Stock
ing”, weekly school paper of Presby
terian College at Clinton. S. C.)
BEARDSLEY ISSUES
COLLEGIAN TUESDAY
It’s reduced in size, but neverthe
less, you’ll get an issue of the Colleg
ian come Tuesday evening.
The first issue of the College’s
literary magazine is scheduled to
come from the presses and be deliv
| ered to students in the dining hall on
| that date.
■ Possessed of a format similar to
| Reader’s Digest, the magazine con
• tains poems by Ben Hammet, Tom-
I Beardsley, Charles MacDonald and
; Dr. Lenthiel Downs, professor of En
glish. Short stories are “Error in
( Happiness” by MacDonald and “. . .
And the Fog . . . and the Rain” by
MacDonald and Hugh Jacobs, of the
class of ’4l.
A special feature is an article en
titled “Plus Areas” by Dr. Anthony
W. Dick, pastor of the First Presby
terian church of Spartanburg and a
graduate of PC. Also included is a
' book review written anonymously in
j the style of Munro Leaf in the Ameri
: can magazine.
Tom Beardsley, senior, is editor of
the publication.
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FARMERS MEETING
Seminole County Fanners are meet
ing this week in community groups
to discuss their part in the war effort.
According to County Agent Bill
Brigham, 125 farmers and farm
women attended a meeting for this
purpose at F. D. R. School Monday
night, and 150 at Iron City Tuesday
night of this week.
Other meetings are being held at
the County Cosrthouse Friday night
at 8:00 o’clock and a special meeting
for negro farmers at St. Johns Meth
odist church Thursday night at 8:00
o’clock.
BUY DEFENSE BONDS
Your county, your state, your town,
all need air raid wax-dens, auxiliary
police and firemen, nurses, messen
gers, drivers, demolition and road re
pair crews, and many others for Civi
lian Defense. Register now as a volun
teer! -
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 1942.
Presidents Ball
To Be Held Here i
Next Friday
Announcement was made this week I
by Ellison Dunn, chairman of the '
dance committee fox- the President’s 1
Birthday Ball, that a ball and Barn
Dane, would be held at the local i
basketball shell on Friday night i
January 30th beginning at 8:30
o’clock. Proceeds of the ball will go to
the birthday fund for aiding in the
fight on infantile paralysis.
A string band and several good call
| ers will be on hand for the barn dance
: and a victrola will be used for the .
round dance.
Tickets will go on sale this week, !
the square dance admission being 50c ,
per couple and the round dancers tick- i
ets will go on sale this week by a
committee selected for this purpose
and admission to the danqp. will bi
50 cents pertnan. Due t>. th- shoring
of men by reason of the large number;
J now in the army the dance will be a i
I girl break and all ladies and girls will
be admitted free and all are invited [
to attend whether they can secure a
male escort or not.
Plenty of fun will be had by those
attending and a good crowd is urged j
■ to be present. ;
BUY DEFENSE BONDS !
Preservation Os
| Tires Cited i
By Authorities
j ATLANTA, GA., Jan —Automobile i
itires, which are fast becoming as i
scarce as radium, will last much long
er if properly maintained and stored,!
Lieutenant Colonel C. W. Richmond, 1
• motor transport officer on the staff
iof the Fourth Corps Area Quarter-:
1 master, revealed today,
Citing a manual just released by the ,
Office of the Quartermaster General ’
at Washington, Col. Richmond outlin-:
ed a few methods by which tire own-;
ers and dealers may obtain greater;
wear and longer life from casings. j
Correct tire storage is a very impor-1
tant part of tire maintenance, the of- I
i ficer asserted. Vehicles in storage >
' should be placed on blocks so that the[
weight of the car does not rest on the
[tires, Ajr pressure should be reduced
to a few pounds.
“Tires that must remain outdoors
should be coated with a synthetic
rubber paint as a protective cover
ing,” Cd. Richmond added. “A cover
or wrapping of heavy canvas, or a
; similar material, may be used for the
’ same purpose.”
Rubber js rotted, to varying de
'grees, by light, heat, ajr in motion,
icils, dust and dirt. Stored tires will I
'last longer if protected against those
(agents. The new Army manual tellsi
what to do under these circumstances.
“New or dismounted tires,” says the
text, “can be protected against light, ■
• air and dirt by covering them with a
tarpaulin or other heavy, tightly-
i woven fabric. The darker the storagei
place the better. Seventy or eighty de- {
grogs should be the maximum storage:
temperature."
: Tubes not in casings should be de
j blated and folded, thencovered to pro
; tect them from air, moistture, grease
and other destructive agents, the man
ual reveals,
1 BUY DEFENSE BONDS •»
State-Wide Registration For
Civilian Defense Starts Today
14 Branches From Which To Choose
(Teacher Suspended
After Refusal To j
Salute Flag
Supt. N. P. Malcom, of the Seminole
County Schools, suspended a teach-I
, er in the F. D. R. School in this county
I Tuesday fox- failure and refusal to sa
i lute the American Flag, and fox- other
reasons. '
In an interview with Supt. Malcom
[ he explained that a patriotic program
i was held at the school last Friday and
’ the program called fox- both teachers
; and pupils to salute the American
: flag. It was noted in the exercises
i that Miss Moore failed to salute the
flag and Supt. Malcom was advised |
of her action.
He contacted Miss Moore and stat
! ext that she refused to salute the flag,
■ to pledge allegiance to the flag and
|to teach patriotism in the schools.
I Upon refusal she was immediately dis
j charged by Mr. Malcom.
Mr. Malcom states that the Georgia
! Laws of 1935 stipulate that no teacher
shall be employed in the state school
system the university system or any
other position of trust in the state who
'fehxHl 'ail to take or subscribe I ** such
s loath. T.bc law provides further that!
'any person violating these- provisiolis j
i shall be guilty of a misdemeanox- and
I shall be immediately discharged from
; his or her position.
When contacted by Mr. Malcom,
Miss Moore is said to have explained
that she was a member of the reliff-'
[ious sect known as Jehovah’s Witnes-■
| scs, and that she conscientiously ob-l
I jected to the oath and saluting the
j flag, it is said.
Miss Moore has been a teacher in i
i this county for several years and was i
, instructoi' of the First grade pupils
1 at F. D. R. School.
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County Schaols
I To Operate On
Six Day Week
[ Seminole County Schools will op-|
j crate Gdays a week efective with Sat-
I urday of this week, it was announced!
I by Supt. N. P. Malcom Wednesday, i
1 This step was taken in compliance [
I with a ruling recently sent out by the,
' State Superintendent of Schools, it is;
! said.
Mr. Malcom states that there are j
* several reasons for the extra hours‘
! of school. His statement to The News
!says:
1 “The government wants a large
supply of farm products such as vege
blcs, corn, peanuts apd foot! crops.,
Because of this, farmers will i;4Vfc !
probably the largest crops in history ,
this year.
“The farmers have less labor be
cause of men being called into the (
axrrny, navy and defense work. By hav
ing school on Saturday we can teach
the same amount and promote the,
pupils and the school term will end
about one month earlier.
1 “By ending the term a month ear-
* Her many white and colored children
' will be able to assist In hoeing and
cultivating crops, providing addition
al labor which will be sorely needed.
“Colleges are to start their terms
' about June Ist and run through the
' summer and graduate a student in
three years. With Seminole schools
| closing May Ist, the boys can enter
! within a few days.”
Hours on Saturday will be the same
as other days of the week, Mr. Malcom
states.
BUY DEFENSE BONDS
Friends of Dr. Jno. I. Spooner will
regret to learn of his continued iUaoss
* at his home here.
Place Os Registration Will Be At AH
Schools, (White And Colored) And
Office Os County School Supt.
Atlanta, Ga.—A statewide drive
I to register not less than 500,000 Geor
gians—men, women, boys and girls,
white and colored—fox- voluntary ser
vice in 14 branches of civilian pro
tection was announced today by Rob
ert B. Troutman, chairman of the
Georgia Citizens Defense Committee.
The registration will begin on January
23 and will be open through January
31. Places at which citizens may re
gister, in addition to all Georgia
schools, will be announced by local and
county chairmen throughout the
’ state.
“The time has come,” said Mr.
Troutman, “for the entire state of
Georgia to get under way with its
citizens protection plans. Hundreds of
instructors are now being trained to
take charge of classes in the more
important defense services, and addi
tional instructors will be made avail
able as they are required. Citizens
who have been asking ‘What can I
do?’ now have an opportunity to find
quick answers to that question by re
| gistering during the period January
, 23-3 those who have
' ready registered for civilian defense
work with local committees in some
of the cities and towns need not re
gister again.”
It was pointed out by Mr. Trout
-1 man that courses of instruction will
be scheduled at various locations ixx
: the state immediately following the
statewide registration and upon com
; pletion of an analysis of the registra-i
: tion cards by local committees. Each |
i course will follow the requirements j
which which must be met in order for l
the volunteer worker to qualify fox
Federal recognition implied in award
of the arm-brand insignia for the
course.
A citizen who indicates his or her
desire to qualify, fox- example, as a
Fire Watcher will be required to take
a 12-hour course consisting of: Fire
Defense, 3 hours; Gas Defense, 2!
i hours: General Course, 5 hours; Drill, j
> 2 hours,
Those wishing to qualify for the!
! Emergency Food and Housing Corps |
will be required to take a 7hour course
as follows: Gas Defense, 2 hours;
■ General Course, 5 hours. The drivers
' corps course of instruction will require
40 hours work, while other courses
; will necesitate work of from 12 to 42 .
! hours.
Boys and girls betw-een the ages of
i 15 and 21 may register for service as
messengers and qualify- for the arm
band insjgng by completing a special
22-hour course consisting of First
Aid, 10 hours; Fire Defense, 3 hours;
■ Gas Defense, 2 General Course, 5
hours; Drill, 2 hours.
Colored men and women are invited
and urged to register for the various
civilian protection worker gloups.
“There are many types of emergency
work for which our colored people are
needed and for which they must be
trained,” said the announcement from!
the Georgia Citizens Defense Com- j
mittee, “and it Is hoped that they will
volunteer In large numbera. Classes of
instruction will be provided for them.
The need for colored volunteer work
er groups in Georgia’s larger cities
and towns is especially urgent.”
Following is a list of the 14 civilian
protection services for which Geor
gia citizens may volunteer together
with the number of instruction hours
necessary for them to qualify for the
arm-band insignia for each;
Staff Corps, 22 hours; Messenger,
22 hour* 1 -; Drivers Groups, 40 hours;
Auxiliary Firemen, 32 hours; Rescue
Bquads, 42 hours; Auxiliary Police,
'2B hours; Bomb Squads, 19 hours;
DONALSONVILLE
Capitol of Seminole County
The home of progressive people, pret
ty homes, good churches, splendid
schools and the best of climate.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
iFire Watchers, 12 hours; Demolition
and Clearance Crews, 12 hours; Em
! ergency Food and Housing Corps. 7
hours; Road Repair Crews, 12 hours;
Decontamination Corps, 22 hours; Air
Raid Wardens, 40 hours Minimum;
Volunteer Nurses’ Aides, 80 hours;
Courses for Volunteer Nurses’ Aid
es and Emergency Food and Housing
Corps will be conducted under super
vision of local Red Cross chapters.
Registration will be at each of the
county schools, white and colored, and
at the office of the County School
Superintendent, beginning Friday,
January 23, and continuing through
anuary 31, Chairman C. W. Beards
ley of the Seminole county civilian de
fense council, announced Wednesday.
BUY DEFENSE BDNDB-
Names Listed -
Who Received
Tire Certificates
N P. Malcom, chairman of th*?
| SenxiiiMenibdniV tin* j-aiYonn»g
• for the office of Price Administration
! announces the names of those to
whom the Tire Rationing Board has
issued certificates fox- the purchasing
of new tires. The list is as follows:
Claud Beardsley, 1 (passenger car
tire), 1 (passenger car tube).
John J. Cummings, 2 (tractor
j tubes).
A. R. McLeod, 1 (truck tire), 1
(truck tube).
! Joseph C. Swain, 1 (obsolete tire),
1 (obsolete tube).
Dr. E. C. Smart, 1 (passenger tax
tire), 1 (passenger car tube).
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“WEST OF ABILENE”
Monday and Tuesday
Fredric March - Martha Scott, In
“ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN”
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Ronald Reagan - Joan Perrv, In
• “NINE LIVES IS NOT ENOUGH”
Thursday and Friday
Merle Oberon, In
“AFFECTIONATELY YOURS”
:
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Saturday Only
Billy Conn, In
“THE PITTSBURGH KID”
NUMBER 52.