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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. -« ~ j a? ■■ * Ww 5 , IB ■ in America .. </lrj ! H * k . .. 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. BUY DEFENSE BONDS 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 SAFETY DEPOSIT i v BOXES For Rent T, Fire Proof Burglar Proof $1.20 Per Year Including Federal Tax Rent on-*’of our safety deposit boxes for safe keeping of valuable papers. Jewelry, Insurance Policies, Wills. Deeds, etc. Let Us Show Them To You. I COMMERCIAL STATE ] BANK I Sr 9/ insurance C !• | 15 FOR EACH aW/sUi| iXy ★ // Bnttalsnmnllr Nma 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. BUY DEFENSE BONDS 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. BUY DEFENSE BONDS 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. | BUY DEFENSE BONDS 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). BUY DEFENSE BONDS OUVfT THEATRE Saturday Only Charles Starrett, In “WEST OF ABILENE” Monday and Tuesday Fredric March - Martha Scott, In “ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN” I T— , j Wednesday Only Ronald Reagan - Joan Perrv, In • “NINE LIVES IS NOT ENOUGH” Thursday and Friday Merle Oberon, In “AFFECTIONATELY YOURS” : Midget Theatre Saturday Only Billy Conn, In “THE PITTSBURGH KID” NUMBER 52.