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DONALSONVILLE NEWS
Established February, 1916. ;
Entered as second class matter
February 12, 1916, at the post office
at Donalsonville, Georgia under the
act of March 3, 1879.
ELLISON DUNN, editor-owner
Official organ of Seminole County
and the City of Donalsonville, Georgia.
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SUNDAY MOVIES
Next week, on Wednesday, the vot
ers of Donalsonville will have an op
portunity to express themselves re
garding Sunday movies. The election
will be held at the local city clerk’s of
fice the polls being open between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. It is the
duty of every citizen to vote regard
less of their opinion in the matter.
From the financial standpoint, there
appears to be no argument against
Sunday movies. It is a matter of pro
vable fact that Sunday movies in
Dothan. Marianna, and Bainbridge,
while Donalsonville had none, took
thousands and thousands of dollars a
way from county business interests.
We aren't thinking of the money spent
for movie admissions, alone, but of
that spent for food and soft drinks
and gasoline during trips to Sunday
movies in the neighboring cities; and
of that spent on dresses and suits and
all manner of merchandise which Sun
day window shoppers see in windows,
and return to buy or else order by
mail on week-days.
But the money factor alone should
not be the determining one; if there
are valid moral objections to Sunday
movies, and if a continued ban upon
them would make Seminole County a .
better county, then they ought to bej
banned. Is there any real reason to
think that Sunday movies will detract
in any way from the moral standards
of the community? This is the essen
tial question.
This newspaper believes that the
answer is that Sunday movies will
not hurt the county in any way, will
not handicap the churches, but if any
thing—will be of general benefit.
If most of the people of Seminole
County spent all day each Sunday in
reverent contemplation, devout wor
ship and prayer, there wouldn’t be a
Sunday movie problem, because it
wouldn’t pay the theatre owner to
open. To be sure, there are many
families which hold to the old stand
ards and keep the Sabbath as a day
of full devotion. But how many? That
may best be judged by looking at the
number of Georgia license plates on
cars parked on the streets of Dothan,
Marianna. Bainbridge even at the
beaches on Sunday afternoon or even
ing; by the cars on the highways;
golfers, tennis players or fishermen.
Rightly or wrongly, the overwhelm
ing majority of people in America—
and WC believe the proportion in Semi
nole County is not greatly different
from that irt other sections —has made
of Sunday a day to be spent partly in
devotion and partly in recreation.
More and more, wholesome recreation
has come to be recognized as a sound
and proper element in the well round
ed life, and for many persons, Sunday
is the only day open for recreation.
The question narrows down to this:
is it moral to attend a Sunday movie
in Dothan or Bainbridge but immoral
to attend one in Donalsonville? Is it
moral to swim and cavort at swim
ming Pools or Beaches but immoral to
attend a movie at home? Is it moral
to play golf, tennis or fish on Sunday,
but immoral to relax in a theatre seat
within the county?
All these things are done by many
leaojng members of the churches of
the county. Why discriminate against
those citizens who wants to attend a
theatre at home?
There remains the question whether
Sunday theatres are likely to reduce
evening church attendance. Since most
of the attendance at Sunday show’s
here would be made up of persons
who heretofore have gone to other
towns to see Sunday show’s, this does
not seem to be an important argu
ment. Anyone who has really w’anted
to see a Sunday show’ in the past, has
managed to do so. The travel time to
and from the city the Sunday movie
goer has picked out, added to the time
taken by the movie and half an hour
or so for a sandwich, doesn’t leave
much time for evening services. With
movies at home, there is ample time
for both church and movie.
' Thinking in terms of young people,
sure*/ it is better to have them close
to h«niw than jaunting on the high
ways, with jook joints and side roads
ever at hand.
With the rationing of tires and ga
| soline many who have been attending
Sunday shows elsewhere will be de
nied this privilege. Still others who
| have no mode of transportation, who
, work long hours during the week
■ would find pleasure and recreation in
Sunday movies.
The hours of operation of the
theater would be controlled by City
Council so as not to interfere with
any church services or activities.
At the present time the following
towns in Georgia South of Atlanta,
have Sunday movies: Albany, Bain
bridge. Fort Gaines, Butler, Cordele,
Columbus, Macon, Atlanta, Augusta,
Hahira, Valdosta, Pearson, Manchest
er, Fitzgerald, Vidalia, Claxton, Glen
ville, Millen, Lyons, Swainsboro, Met
ter. Wrightsville. Waycross, Gordon,
Milledgeville, Americus, West Point,
Jesup, Eastman, Mcßae. Cochran,
Baxley, and others. In adjoining
states near Donalsonville there are
1 Dothan, Headland, Ashford, Columbia,
■ Eufaula, and Hartford in Aalabama
and Marianna, Chattahoochee, Quincy,
Havana, and Tallahassee in Floriad.
Are we so different from our neigh
bors, or are we just old-fashioned in
our ideas? ? ? ? ?
JUNIOR TRLHbY
MEETS,—
The Junior Tri-Hi-Y met at the
home of Miss Mildred Ashley.
Old members present were: Mildred
Ashley, Martha Garwood. Ileana Gil
bert, Gloria Wurst, Janycr Richard
son, Bernice Corley.
New members present were: Maxie*
Cherry, Jo Ann Fergerson, Emily
Goodwin, Dorothy King, Martha Lou
McCracklin, Norma Jean Parker,
Mimie Timmerman, Maxie Warren,
Juanita Wren.
Our Sponsors are Miss Lane.
Church Sponser. Miss Carson Schoo]
Sponsor, Mrs. D. F. Wurst Home
Sponser.
The Tri-Hi-Y is all set to do a nice |
piece of work for the coming year.
Ileana Gilbert, Reporter.
GARDEN CLUB
MEETS.—
The Donalsonville Garden Club held
; its open meeting at the Courthouse, j
. Tuesday afternoon, October 13, with |
Mrs. B. B. Clarke, Mrs. J. H. Cham
pion, Mrs. M. C. Liddell, Mrs. J. B.
Gibson. Mrs. J W. Gibson, Mrs. W.
H. Etherjdge, and Miss Zora Carnes
as hostesses. The courtroom was beau
tiful with a profusion of fall cut flow,
ers,
Each member brought a guest. Mr,
Roy Bowden of the department of
I horticulture. University of Georgia,
1 was unable to fill his appointment as
1 guest speaker, however. Mrs, L. J,
Cowart made a very appropriate talk
on the conditions of the day and then
read several inspiring poems from
Edgar A. Guest.
Mrs. Leon Barber, reporter.
MR. CANINGTON
, HONORED AT PARTY,—
On Thursday evening Mrs. Weyman
| Canington entertained in celebration
of the twenty-eighth birthday anni
versary of her husband. Roses an<J
i blue ageratum were used in the deco,
rations. In front of the mirror on the
buffet was placed the birthday cake
embossed in pink rosebuds. Small tab
les were placed about the room, cen
tered with small vases of ageratum
and yellow asters.
Bingo was played and the honoree
won the prize for gentlemen. Mr. Can
ington’s mother, Mrs. L. L. Canington,
won the prize for ladles,
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Canington and Miss Billie Canington,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Barber, Mrs. O. B.
Kelly and children, Bert and Patsy
Kaye, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Barber, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Williams and daugh
-1 ter. Patricia, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Jer
nigan and daughter, Barbara Lee, Mr.
and Mrs. Reuben Roberts and buby,
Sheila.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTICE
Services held in this church every
Sunday except, Second and Fifth Sun
days,
Next Sunday, October 18th.
Sunday School—ll-00 A, M,
Divine Worship—l2:oo A. M.
Preaching—B:3o P. M.
Sunday morning the pastor will de
liver a sermon on the subject—“ Mou
ntain Climbing.”
We think this service will be very
interesting to a]| who come and hear
it.
Special music at this service, a vocal
solo, entitled ‘O Brother WilDYou Go?
Come and worship with us we will
do you good.
TO TEACH STUDY COURSE HERE
Miss Dollie Hiett, of Atlanta, Bap
tist Field Worker, will teach a Mis
sion Study book at the Baptist Church
here Monday, October 19th, beginning
at 11:30 a. m. All members of the W
M. S. are urged to attend and bring
lunch.
"DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 1942,
MILITARY MAIDS ATTEND
DANCE.—
On Friday evening, October 9. the
Donalsonville Military Maids were a
gain guests of the Enlisted Men sta
tioned at the Bainbridge Army Air
Forces Flying School at another of the
series of dances held at the Communi
ty Club House in Bainbridge.
The highlight of the evening was
the floor show by the Gypsy Revelers
under the direction of Mrs. Y. L. Rob
erts, of Donalsonville. Misses Martha
Carter, Anne Greene, Mildred Ashley,
and Ilena Gilbert rendered vocal so
los after which the entire choir sang
several gypsy songs. Others taking
part in the program were: Mrs. C. W.
Beardsley, Miss Dorothy Beardsley,
Mrs. Harry O’Neal, Miss Aliene
Fletcher and Miss Mabel Daniels. 9
Music for the dancing was furnished
by the Lynn Field orchestra, only re
cently organized and composed of men
from the Base.
Chaperones attending were: Mrs.
CITATION
GEORGIA. SEMINOLE COUNTY
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
M. L. Denson, Natural Guardian of
Lottie Bell Denson, Lula Helen Den
son, M. L. Denson, Jr., and Dave Den
son, minors, having in duo form ap
plied to the undersigned for leave to i
sell certain lands of said minors for
maintenance and support of said
minors, notice is hereby given that
the application will be heard at the
next term of Court of Ordinary of
said County to be held on the first
Monday in November, next,
This sth day of October, 1942.
Q. B. GARWOOD, Ordinary,
Seminole County, Georgia.
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Our boys are fighting on the battle
fronts of the world. Wherever our
Army, Navy or Marine Corps go into
action, Southerners are in the middle
| ,1 of the fight.
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Here at home Southerners are
carrying on in defense work of every
description with the same enthusiasm
our boys are showing on the fighting
fronts. Every defense plant in the South
has had to overcome tremendous prob
lems in bringing their production to
the record peak necessary to supply the
ever-increasing demands of war.
* Here in the Atlantic Company we
too are meeting the problems brought
on by the war in the traditional South
ern spirit.
Shortages of metal for bottle caps,
restrictions on deliveries to conserve
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Y. L. Roberts, Mrs. C. W. Beardsley,
Mrs. Grady Richardson. Miss Carolyn
Lane and .Mrs. J. D. Rabon.
Military Maids present from Don
alsonville: Misses Billy Canington,
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We’ll keep things hum
ming down here while you’re
fighting up there.
So far a large percentage
of our total male employees
have joined you fellows in
the Armed Service and are
fighting all over the world,
while many others have gone
with other war industries.
Yes, sir, you left the ranks
of the Georgia Power &
Light Company, to do a
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Dorothy Beardsley, Wynellc Daniels, ,
j Jessie Mae Roberts, Ellen Goodwin. I
Martha Anne Goodwin, Doris Drake,
Adalene Richardson, Margie Richard
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bigger job and even though
we’re a smaller army here,
we’ll do our best in the
battle of production.
We’ll see that there’s
plenty electricity available
at camps and air fields and
for the production of planes
and tanks and guns. And
we’ll try to keep it flowing
to Mother, Dad and the folks
back home.
Ours like yours is a spe
cialized work and we mem-
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rubber and gasoline, shortage of man
power due to enlistments of personnel
in the Armed forces—and faced with
unprecedented demand, we have in
creased our production to the limit of
our capacity without sacrificing quality
one iota, in order to take care of the
business that has formerly gone to
competitors who have abandoned this
market and are now devoting all their
efforts to serving their own home com
munities.
Realizing that the demands of the
wartime job create strain and tension
which make all the more vital the need
for a relaxing glass of good Ale or Beer
occasionally, we pledge ourselves to
make every effort humanly possible to
insure both our customers and trade
alike against any avoidable shortage of
Good Old Atlantic Ale and Beer.
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Donclle Aspinwall, Henrietta Carson,
and Martha Carter.
Throw Your Scrap At The Japs
Help With The Scrap Drive.
bers of the Georgia Power
and Light Company will con
tinue the fight where you
left off and when the war is
won and you rejoin us, to
gether then we’U build a
better world.
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