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SEMINOLE
A SMALL BUT
PROGRESSIVE
COUNTY
$2.00 a Yea* in Advance
VOLUMN XXXIV
Annual Red Cross Fund Drive Begins Monday
It was announced by the local
Chapter of the American Red
Cross that Mr. Hugh D. Broome
has graciously accepted the chair
manship of the fund raising drive
fbr this year’s needs of the Ameri
can Red Cross, which gets under
way in Seminole County Monday,
March sth.
In accepting the chairmanship
and learning that the goal for
“.. . LIKE DAYS OF OLD .. .”
Hopeful Wins Two In Torrid Tustle;
D’ville AC Beaten Before Full House
Audience Thrilled
By Young Actors
At School Play
A large' audience was captivated
Friday evening 'by the superb per
formance of third and fourth grade
children in the beautiful operatta,
“■Seasons of Happiness.”
Teachers directing, the enter
tainment were, Mrs. Alfred King,
Mrs. Lloyd Gray, Mrs. Warren
Davis and Miss Ethel Lane, with
Mrs. Wallace Drake, teacher of
public school music, assisting in
the musical parts.
Between acts, Patricia Herring
ton gave a piano selection and
Lamar Cobb gave a reading.
The climax of the play was the
crowning of iSpring as queen when
a grand ensemble, of all pupils or
characters of the operetta and the
members of the choruses made a
colorful picture
The main characters were Moth
er Nature, Kaye Stapleton; King
Winter, Bruce Gruber; Spring,
Gloria Reagan; Summer, Charlotte
Thomas; and Autumn, Jimmy Ai
ken.
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Seminole County was $747.00, Mr.
Brocme said,
“I feel that the goal is high for
the County and that it will he
hard for our people to raise this
amount but, in view of the Korean
situation and rearmament program
I believe that all of us will double
our efforts and that Seminole
county will meet its quota.”
Mr. ißroome stated that he ex-
It was like the days of old, on
Wednesday night at the high school
gym here as a powerful pair o"
fives met in one of the closest,
hardest fought basketball game to
be seen in years. Mighty Hopeful,
with a roster of players that sound-
On Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday nights of next week, the
D’ville boys will be playing in
the Gold Medal tournament in
Columbia, Ala., to defend the
championship they won there
last year.
ed like an all-star roll call, had
their hands full with a strong and
skillful five from Donalsonville,
but when the shouting was done,
the invaders had scored a narrow,
§2-60 victory before A shell packed
with roaring fans who displayed
their appreciation for both teams
with a steady din from start to
finish.
With the locals leading 31-25 at
the end of the first half, D’ville
seemed set for a triumph as they
had come from behind a deficit of
19 to 14 daring' the second period.
But stars named Bo Clifoton, who
paced the scoring with 21 points,
big Jim Nolan, who added 16, and
H. L. Rainey, with 9, plugged back
in the bottom half to win. Actually,
the clock and the referees decided
the game as most of the starting
players on both teams had fouled
out rand reserves finished the close
last minutes of the game.
Davis and Hayes added 8 points
each to complete the Hopeful of
fense. Nolan was a star at Georgia
Tech and Clifton and Rainey were
mainstays of the University of
Georgia.
For the losing D’ville team, the
same one paced it with high points
as Charles Willis hit the hoop for
17. Snow ran second with 16 and
Gibbons had 10. Ellison Willis put
9 in the pot and Avirette added 8.
Camnington was held scoreless,
as was Wiley and Battles.
It marked the first time this
year that a team had beaten the
D’ville team two times.
Hopeful (62) D’ville (60)
Davis (8) F Willis (17)
Clifton (21) F Snow (16)
Nolan (16) C Willis (9)
Rainey (8) G Gibbons (10)
Hayes (8) G Avirette (8)
Subs: Hopeful—Kemp, Davis;
D’ville—Cannington, Wiley, John
son, Battles.
On Monday night, Hopeful top
ped the D’ville five in the initial
game, 61-51. Playing in the Hope
ful gym, Cliftpn paced the winners
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DONALSONVILLE, (GA.) NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND, 1951
pected to organize field workers
but would appreciate the people
mailing their subscription to him.
He stated,
“Those who mail in their sub
scription will be sent a member
ship card.”
Through the wars and many
disasters, the Red Cross has
brought comfort to servicemen in
camps and hospitals and to their
13th Annual Fat Cattle Show To Be
Biggest Ever Held In Seminole County
Seminole Passed
Bond Quota In ’SO
Wurst Tells Lions
It was announced at Lions meet
ing Tuesday that Lions John J.
Cummings, Dallas Wurst, Perry
Walker and president W. H. Min
ter, with their wives, attended the
Ladies Night banquet at Radium
Springs Tuesday night with Albany
Lions as hosts. '
Bill Fowler of Albany was guest
of the Club Tuesday and J. J.
Cummings, Sr., was presented the
Constitution and By-laws as a new
member. The Lions button was
placed on the lapel of Mr. Cum
mings by Dallas Wurst.
John I. Spooner, Jr., introduced
Mr. Cummings as one of the oldest
breeders of Hereford cattle in
this section and stated that the
new member was a member of the
Cattlemens Association recently
organized in Seminole county and
will assist with the forthcoming
cattle show.
Dallas Wurst reported as chair
man of U. S. Bond sales for 1950
in Seminole county, that the sales
last year amounted to $61,000. The
quota for the county being $55,000,
Seminole county sold 111 percent
of the quota.
Mr. Wurst also reported for the
cattle show committee, stating
that the annual fat cattle show will
be held April 27 and that the show
will be the 13th sponsored by the
Donalsonville Lions. It is planned
to make this year the biggest and
best in the history of the county..
Rev. Liddell Dies
The saddening word of the death
of Rev. M. C. Liddell, at Crawford
W. Long Hospital in Atlanta was
received here Thursday morning.
Rev. Liddell, a former pastor of
the Presbyterian church here, died
Wednesday afternoon but details
are not available at press time.
More complete details will be
carried next week.
Tonight’s the Nite!
Tonight at 8:00 p. m., the
Senior Class will present the
Womanless W T edding with a cast
of local talent at the school audi
torium. Everyone is invited to
attend.
families, and in disaster areas has
provided food, clothing and shel
ter during the emergency periods,
and the Red Cross has never fail
ed this Nation when called upon
in such crisis. The Red Cross is
now providing a tremendous
amount of blood plasma for in
jured servicemen, training twenty
millions person in first aid and
hundreds of thousands of women
Plans for the 1951. Seminole
County Fat Cattle show and sale
were announced today by D. F.
Wurst, Chairman of the Lions Club
Livestock committee. This annual
event, sponsored by the Donalson
ville Lions Club, will be held at the
Seminole Stock Yards Friday, Ap
ril 27. The show will begin at 10
a. m. and the sale at 2:30 p. m.
According to Mr. Wurst, the
ILSI shew, the 13th Annual, will
be the largest fat cattle show that
has ever been held in Seminole
county, and one of the most out
standing shows in this entire sec
tion. 350 adult cattle and 60 club
4-H and FFA calves have already
been entered. More entries are ex
pected. Most of these cattle are
high quality, well-fed animals.
The show will be judged by R. J.
Kinzer, retired Secretary of the
American Hereford Association and
present Chairman of the Board of
Directors of that organization. He
will be assisted by Dr. M. P. Jarni
gan, Livestock Specialist, of the
Ga. Extension Service, and retired
Head of the Animal Husbandry De
partment of the University of
Georgia. Both of these gentlemen
are nationally recognized as live
stock experts. Mr. Kinzer has also
judged in cattle shows outside the
United States. A Packer or chain
store buyer will be selected as the
3rd judge.
In addition to the judges, other
dignitaries have accepted invita
tions to attend the show and sale.
Members of the fat cattle show
committee, headed by Mr. Wurst,
are: Hugh D. Broome, Jno. I.
Spooner, Jr., John J. Cummings,
B. B. Clarke, A. A. Parker, and
W. L. Davis, Jr. Technical advisors
are: L. R. Robinson, B. B. Baker
and H. E. Ragan.
Attractive prizes have been set
up for junior single entries and
adult pens of 3 and car lots of 10.
Loving cups and rosettes will be
awarded in addition to the cash
prizes. Copies of the rules and reg
ulations and prize list can be ob
tained at the county agents office.
FFA members entering calves in
the show are: Edgbert Williams,
Wilford Tyler, Douglas Harvey,
Billy Wade Lewis, Randall John
son, Rex Trawick, Garner Tra
wick, Buddy Ingram, Kenneth
Herring, Ray Spooner, W. H. Mil
ler, Billy Charles Parker, Bonnie
Barber, Wayne Easom, Bobby In
gram and Norman Alday.
4-H Club entries are: Craig
Faircloth, Kenneth Williams, Jim
my Hornsby, Bobby Hornsby, Thel
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in connection with our Civil De
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In view of the world conditions,
it is most important that you
double your contribution to this
great national organization.
A list of donors will be published
in the later issues ot the News..
The Red Cross needs your dimes
and dollars.
Directors Name
New C of C Officer
At Meeting Here
The directors of the Cham 7 , er of
Commerce held a meeting Friday
afternoon, with the new board, for
the purpose of electing officers.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: D. F. Wurst,
president; Ellison Dunn, Ist vice
president; Dr. E. E. Moseley, 2nd
vice-president; Julian Webb, sec
retary of the Board; J. L. Jernigan,
treasurer; and R. E. Wheeler,
manager.
■Several important projects were
brought to the attention of the
hoard anil at the proper time,
results will be announced,
The holdover directors are: Elli
son Dunn, Dr. E. E. Moseley, A. A.
Parker, P. E. Sfhingler, R. H.
Thomas, D. F. Wurst, and J ulian
Webb. The new directors for the
ensuing 2 years are: Hugh D.
Broome, H. O. Cummings, R. L.
Evans, A. J. Jones, Dr. W. H. Min
ter, E. C. Mosely and E. P. Staple
ton.
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