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Funeral 1 or
Houston Lee Grant
Held Monday
Funeral services for Houston Lee
Grant, who passed away at his home
in Columbus after an illness of two
weeks, were held at Corinth Church
Monday afternoon. Rev. A. P. Norris
•conducted the services, assisted by
Rev. M. J. Wilson, of Columbus.
Mr. Grant was a well-known farm
er of this county for twenty-five
years and had moved to Columbus
•only a few months ago.
j Pallbearers were Glen Corbin, Bill
‘’Corbin, 0. Z. Lawson, H. C. Lawson,
J. L. Kelly, all of Florida,
and Eugene Grant, of Columbus.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary
Grant; B. Grant, Elbert Grant, of Tal
lahassee, Florida; Hubert Grant, of
Donalstytvilk; M»s. C Bowden ,
Mrs. Lawrence Hardy, D. L. Grant,
.and Wallace Grant, of Columbus; his
father, Mr. J. A. Grant; and three
brothers, Rue Grant, of Pensacola,
Florida C. C. and I). G. Grant, of
'Columbus.
Also eight sisters, Mrs. Julia Cor
bin and Mrs. Annie McDavid, of Cot
tondale, Florida, Mrs. Mary Newsom,
•of Chattahoochee, Florida, Mrs. Jam
<es Dukes, of Brinson, Mrs. Colbert
Mann, of Miss., Mrs. Floyd Hendrix,,
•of Alexander City, Mrs. Ivey Mc-
Daniel, of Columbus, and Mrs. R. T.
Alley, of Atlanta.
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I ANOTHER SEMINOLE BOY
CALLED TO SERVICE
The many friends of Lieut. John
jL. Clarke, Reserve officer in Coast
! Artillery, will be interested to learn
he has been ordered to report for ac
tive duty this week at Fort Custic
Virginia.
After graduating from Ga. Tech
Mr. Clarke taught in Donalsonville
High School for two years. At present
ihe is principal of Fort Valley High
School where he has been for the past
seven years.
Mr. Clarke and family spent last
week end with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. M. G. Clarke.
First Aid Course
At FDR School
The American Red Cross First Aid
Course is now being offered at the F.
D. R. High Schoch All high school
students and teachers are required to
take the course. An adult class will be
held each Tuesday and Thursday
nights at nine o’clock war time for
five consecutive weeks. Everyone is
urged to attend these classes.
Certificates will be given for those
completing the necessary require
ments. Miss Margaret King is the in
structor.
Funeral For
Willie D. Barbree
Held Saturday
Funeral services for Willie D. Bar
bree, 52 year old Early County Farm
er, who passed away at his home in
the Springfield Community Thursday
night, were held at Bethel Church Sat
urday afternoon, Elder Tom Crawford
conducting the services. A heart at
tack causing his death.
The deceased was born and reared
in Early County and had spent his en
tire life there where he was engaged
in farming. He was a member of the
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church and
a Trustee of the Springfield Consoli
dated School.
He was survived by his wife; three
daughters, Mrs. Malcom Wade, Mrs.
Curtis Humphrey, of Fort Gaines, and
' Billy Jo Barbree; and two sons, Jack
Barbree and Larry Barbrec, of Fort
Benning.
I Evans and son, funeral directors,
were in charge.
■ To Preach Here
Rev. Paul V. Berry, of Augusta, will
fill the pulpit of the Baptist Church
next Sunday at both the morning and
evening services.
Service hours will be as follows:'
Sunday school at 11 a. m., morning
worship at 12 o’clock, evening worship
at 8:30. All times are war time.
Members of the church and visitors
are cordially invited to hear Rev.!
Berry.
Rye can be used for grazing or for:
soil conservation and improvement.
Farm income from sale of dairy
products has been increasing since
1939 in 1941 was 20 percent larger
than in 1940.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
National Lottery For New
Registrants Set For March 17th
Drawing Will Effect Only
Those Men Who Registered
February 16th
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23,—The na
tion’s new draft lottery was fixed to
day for March 17—St. Patrick’s Day.
And there will be green capsules to
hold the numbers that will decide the
order in which between 8,000,000 and
9,000,000 more men will be subject to
call for possible military service.
The completion of arrangements for
the lottery so quickly after the Feb
ruary 16 registration date bespoke an
official determination to have this
new reservoir of man power ready to
meet war demands with the least pos
sible delay.
There was an indication, too, that
some of the latest registrants might
get their call to the colors relatively
soon. Selective Service officials hinted
at that when they said new registrants
need not expect a call for about two
months after the lottery.
The drawings will affect only those
men who registered on February 16,
when all men from 20 through 44 and
not already registered signed up with
their local draft boards.
The mechanics of the lottery will be
as fololws:
Between now and March 17, local
draft boards will shuffle the new
cardo and then number them T-l, T-2,
T-3, etc., the initial “T” designating
the third registration.
On March 17 the capsules in the
goldfish bowl will contain a corre
sponding set of numbers. Officials es
timate that between 8,000 and 9,000
numbers will be drawn in the lottery
—as many as the greatest number of
men newly registered in any one local
draft district.
The men holding the first numbers
drawn will be the first of the third re
gistration list subject to call for pos
sible military service.
The latest registrants, however, will
be placed at the end of the existing
local draft lists, and will not be sub
ject to call until the local boards reach
the end of their existing lists.
Brigadier General Lewis B. Her
shey, Selective Service director, au-i
thorized the publication of order num-,
bers and names in communities.
Prominent Seminole
County Fanner
Passes Away
Mr. Fred Childree, prominent
Seminole County farmers and a mem
ber of the Board of County Commis
sioners passed away at a local hospi
tal Sunday afternoon following an ill
ness of several weeks. Complications
following an attack of pneumonia at
tributed to his death. He was fifty
four years old and had resided in this
county for the past ten years.
The deceased was born near Mid
land City, Alabama where he spent |
most of his life engaged in farming. |
Upon moving to Seminole County he j
became identified with community as-j
fairs and at the time of his death was .
serving as County Commissioner from ■
the Steam Mill District.
He was a member of the local.
Methodist church and held the esteem
and confidence of numerous friends;
and acquaintances throughout the ,
county.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the local Methodist
church, the Rev. C. L. Nease, pastor,
conducting the services. Pallbearers
were Messrs L. C. Hay, D. F. Wurst,
R. T. Bolton, J. H. Hanna, J. W. Gib
son, and R. A. Williams. Members of
the Masonic Lodge of which he was
a member assisted with the services
at the local cemetery where he was
interred. ~
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rhoda
Childree; two children, Mrs. Bunck
Parker, and Miss Mavis Childree;
four brothers, L. L. Childree of Don
alsonville, Edd Childree, of Reynolds
ville, Barney and John C. Childree, of
Midland City, Alabama; and one sis
ter, Mrs. Nathan Hicks, of Jakin.
Evans and son, funeral directors,
were in charge.
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DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 1942.
Seminole Girls
Lose To Sylvester
In Final Play-off
Racing off to a 16-3 lead in the first
five minutes of play, Sylvester's
Eaglelets completely humbled a set
of Donalsonville Squaws before a
screaming crowd, to win the 1942 Se
cond District Class B girl’s basketbull
championship, which was played in
Camilla Tuesday night.
All three Sylvester forwards, M.
Gay, W. Gay and the redoubtable
Pauline Blackburn were hotter than a
country stove on a wintry night as
i they accounted for 51 of their club’s
total.
As the teams turned the first quar
ter, Sylvester, which upset Moultrie
and Albany to gain the finals in the
biggest basketball noise created in
South Georgia in the last five years,
held an 18-6 advantage, nearly a
cinch.
Hastey Top Squaws.
Captain Hastey was the siege gun
of Donalsonville with 12 points, trail
ed by Fain with 10. After the game
Supt. J. L. Yaden of Moultrie present
ed Capt. M. Gay of Sylvester the tro
phy emblematic of the title and a
warded a runnerup cup to Captain
Hastey of the losers.
Box score:
D’VILLE (35) SYLVESTER (53)
Cowart, f M. Gay, f (12)
Fain, f (10) W. Gay, f (12)
Hastey, f (12) Blackburn, f (20)
Lynn, g Holton, 9
Roberts, g Bennett, g
Hayes, g __ Bateman, g
Subs: D’ville—Goodwin (13); Syl
vester—Turner, Knight (2), M. Don
ald, Massey, M, Knight,
Score by periods:
D’ville 6 12 16 35
Sylvester 18 32 51 53
Officials: Lester and Brinson.
Bicycles Take
Place Os
Autos Here
Bicycles are the order of the day
in Donalsonville since the rubber
shortage has stopped the sale of auto
tires as well as the production of new
automobiles.
More than 50 new bicycles have
been sold to various residents of Don
alsonville, the bicycles being used by
the owners as a means of conveyance
to and from their work while several
housewives are using them for shop
ping. Use of the bicycles will repre
sent a saving in gasoline, autos, and
tires. At the same time, some are us?
ing the bicycles as a means of exer,
cise and pleasure,
$173 Paid In
Unemdovment
Benefits Here
T'nemnlovment benefits amounting
to $173.00 were paid to 18 county
workers under the state Unemploy
ment Compensation law in January.
Commissioner of Labor Ben T, Huiet
has announced.
Total payments for the month, his
renort showed, amounted to $488,706.
the highest since August of 1940 when
more than a half million dolars was
disbursed, and an increase of approxi
mately $125,000 over the previous
month.
Post-Christmas lay-offs and dis
placements resulting from the war
production program accounted large
ly for the increase, Commissioner
Huiet said.
Within the past few weeks, number
of claims for benefits filed have shown
a decided increase.
Misses Martha Jane Clark and Bet
ty Martin, student at Southwestern
Teachers’ College, spent the week-end
at their homes here.
Gigantic Mystery
Circus Coming
To Donalsonville
Thrills and plenty of fun is promis
ed local people when THE GREAT
VIRGIL, famous magician and illus
ionist, with his skilled company of
merry miracle workers brings his
show of a thousand wonders to the
stage of the High School auditorium
Friday, February 27th, at 8:30 p. m.
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The GREAT VIRGIL is considered
the fastest and most mystifying ma
i gician on tour today, presenting as
many as nine baffling mysteries in the
course of three minutes.
Starting with such feats as snatch
ing live birds and bowls of fire and
water out of thin air, THE GREAT
VIRGIL goes swiftly into the more
sensational effects of Chinatown Af
ter Dark, The Dissolving of the Bod
ies of Two Human Beings, making it
possible for them to pass through sol
id walls. The Beautiful Hindoo Prin
cess Asleep in Mid-air, Satan Bums
a Man, An Execution on Mars, Chinese
Opium Den Mystery, and dozens of
others using tons of elaborate equip
ment that will tax the capacity of
the stage.
The Seven Unsolved Mysteries of
India, which THE GREAT VIRGIL
brought to this country, have baffled
American magicians for the past three
years. THE GREAT VIRGIL has ac
tually solved the two greatest my
steries of the Hindoo magicians; The
Basket Mystery and the Hindoo Rope
Miracle, which he now includes in his
performance, During the Hindoo Rope
Miracle, VIRGLE casts a rope high in
the air where it remains suspended in
space; a boy climbs to the top of the
rope and without being covered in any
way, vanishes and the rope falls back
to the stage.
One of the most strtling and breath
taking scenes in THE GREAT VIR
GIL’S performance is when he intro
duces Simba, the real live African]
Lion. Simba is placed in a strong j
cage ami hoisted in mid-air by means
of a block and tackle and while in full
view Simba disappears in a puff of
smoke.
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A special feature of this mystery
extravaganza will be Julie, the girl
with the mind 4000 years ahead of ■
our time. Julie will leave absolutely■
no doubt as to her ability to read
minds as she actually tells many mem
bers of the audience exactly what is
passing through their minds. Julie,
claims that what she does is due to
a highly scientific development of the |
mind? and that communication by i
means of mental telepathy will be in
common use 4000 years from now.
Six dazzling changes of scenery/
dozens of beautiful costumes and a
ompany of highly trained assistants
and stage technicians are used during
the two hour presentation of this ela
borate mystery production.
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Work Begins
This Week On
Patrol Building
Construction work on the Georgia
State Patrol Headquarters was begun
this week by a crew of State workmen
from the Georgia Public Safety De
partment augmented by convict labor.
The building is to be of concrete
tile and wood construction and is es
timated to cost approximately $5000.-
: 00. Plans and specifications for the
: building were drawn by architects
connected with the Public Safety Dc-
I partment of Georgia. Construction of
i the building was made possible
I through the efforts of the Donalson
ville Lions Club and the Board of
County Commissioners, a part of the
[ unds being raised locally to cover
i the cost of construction. Should the
i building be discontinued as Patrol
Headquarters, Seminole County as an
option to buy the building by paying
to the State the amount of the cost
of construction.
Hit And Run
Driver Held
On Murder Charge
State Patrol J. Edd Osborne and J.
T. Channell who are located in Don
alsonville, pulled some nice detective
work this week to place the blame
for a hit-and-run slaying of Grady
Velma Jones in West Bainbridge Sun
day which resulted in warrants charg
ing murder being issued for Willie C.
Dollar and Jess C. Dollar of Bain
bridge.
A headlight rim from the car which
struck Jones, 41-year-old farmer, was
found in a ditch at the acene of the
accident, according to State Trooper
Ozburn. It was found to have come
from a 1941 model Studebaker. A
check revealed that there were 31
such cars in Decatur county, and the
28th auto investigated was found to
have been the one from which the rim
was lost, Ozburn said. Further evi
dence was furnished by a smashed
headlight and a bent fender, he added.
Willis B. Dollar was the owner and
driver of the car, and his brother, J.
C. Dollar, was with him at the time of
the accident, the trooper said.
The hit-and-run victim, wht> wus
killed instantly when struck by the
car, was buried yesterday at White’s
Spring Cemetery, near Colquitt.
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□LIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
Charles Starrett, In •
“THUNDERING FRONTIER’’
Monday and Tuesday
Robert Young - Ruth Hussey, In
“MARRIED BACHELOR’’
Wednesday Only
Ken Murray - Frances Langford, In
“SWING IT, SOLDIER”
Thursday and Friday
Biran Aheme - Jeanette
MacDonald, In
“SMILIN’ THROUGH”
Midget Theatre
Saturday Only
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
In
“GO WEST YOUNG LADY”
NUMBER 5.