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SEMINOLE
A SMALL BUT
PROGRESSIVE
COUNTY
$2.00 a Year in Advance
VOLUMN XXXIV
School Audit Completed
T. A. Drake, Chairman of the
Seminole County Board of Educa
tion, announces that' the school
audit of the financial records of
the Seminole Gbujnty Board of
Education has been completed and
a copy of said audit has been
furnished to the County School
D’ville AC Repeats As
Gold Medal Champion
The winner and still champion of
the Gold Medal tournament for
independent teams for 1951 is the
Donalsonville A. C. Boys team. In
the- eliniination meet held in Col
umbia, Ala., from Thursday thru
Monday nights of last week, D’-
»ziHe beat four opponents to win
her title for the second straight
year.
Ten teams were entered in the
annual meet. Hilton, Nip-Ernie,
Rimson, Colquitt, Slocumb, Abbe
ville, Cottonwood, Columbia, Blake
ly and Donalsonville entered and
Rimson, Blakely, Colquitt and Ab
beville were victims of D’ville.
Abbeville, defeated in the finals by
the D’s, finished in second place
and Columbia finished third.
Big Charlie Snow, ace D’ville
forward, was the star of the tourn
ament and was the prime reason
for the success of the Georgia
boys throughout the four games.
Snow gathered an array of medals
at the presentation following the
finals Monday night. He was
chosen for the first all-tourney
team, as the most outstanding
player of the tournament, as
(tournament high-po int mian, as
best offensive player and as dele
gate to Indianapolis. Given a big
hand with each presentation, Snow
proved to be the favorite of the
supporters of all the teams, who
admire an expert, whether on your
team or opposing your team.
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Superintendent and to each mem
ber of the Board of Education.
Mr. Drake states that anyone
interested in this audit is invited
to examine the copy which is on
file in the office of the superinten
dent at the courthouse or to ex
amine a copy held by a board
mermiber.
D’ville dependable Fred “Smo
key” Gibbons was also heaped with
honors by the judges. He was
chosen on the second all-tourney
team, named best defensive play
er of the meet and was chosen
.or the coveted honor of receiving
the sportsmanship medal.
Another big; man, named Tom
Avirette, played inspired ball
throughout the four games and
was honored by being named to
the first all-tourney team. The big
man battled all the way and his
glue fingers that kept getting the
ball off the backboard was an es
sential part of the winnings.
Louie Johnson and Marlin Can
nington were chosen to the third
all-tourney team. Those two com
pleted the jfin£. five that won the
glory by playing most of the
sixteen quarters of the four con
tests. Whenever the enemy’s de
fense covered Snow and Avirette
and Gibbons, Johnson and Canning
ton would open up their scoring
punch.
Snow’s 75 points earned his
high-point honor. Other's scoring
were: Avirette 51; Johnson 44;
Gibbons 34; Cannington 24; and
Wiley 6.
Marvin Wiley and Freddie Bat
tles saw action in all but one game
and were awarded players medals.
The attendance of fans support
ing the champions w T as second only
to the great play they saw. Every
one of the four nights, the number
of people from D’ville was more
than one-half of the entire crowd.
In all the games, the fine defen
sive work and the command of
play under the backboards matched
the lustre of the scoring attack.
Especially in thft finale Monday
night, D’ville managed to have at
least two men covering the man
with the ball as fast as it was
passed. And Gibbons or Avirette
commanded the ball after it left
the boards. While D’ville scored a
total of 234 points for a 58.5 av
erage per game, the defense was
holding four opponents to a total
of 156 or 36.5 per game. All the
teams in the tournament were not
of powerful strength, but there
were powers entered and Colquitt
and Abbeville were strong enough
to give any team trouble.
Coach N. P. Malcom, who has
worked with the A. C. team all the
year, was proud and pleased with
record of play compiled by the
boys this year, when they lost
only five games. Malcom’s able ad
vice and help added much to the
already potent capabilities of the
team.
Rimson 40—D’ville 50
The tournament opened last
Thursday night with D’ville paired
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DONALSONVILLE, (GA.) NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH IG, 1951
Seminole Farmers Urged To
Produce More Truck Crops
Farmers met Friday night at the
courthouse for a meeting with
those interested in growing truck
crops in Seminole county. Silas
Harmon of the Coastal Plains
Station at Tifton spoke to the
farmers, E, L. Davis of Davis
Canning Plant; C. C. Foster, man
ager of the Farmers Market; R. E.
Wheeler, manager of the Chamber
of Commerce; H. E. Ragan, County
agent; and vegetable brokers.
Harmon spoke on growing veg
etables for the Farmers Market
and the Davis Canning PlaiTf, giv
ing information as to how to grow
vegetables and of how to combat
diseases and insects.
It was learned that vegetables
that are not sold at the local
market can be sold at the canning
plant here beginning with the
sale of string beans.
The speaker and' vegetable
brokers pointed out the fact that
this section has the best opportun
ity to find a ready market for
tomatoes than at any time in the
past since there is an extreme
scarcity of tomatoes due to the
Florida drought and unfavorable
weather over the entire country.
Charles F. Wallace, merchandise
broker of Columbus, told the farm
ers that they could sell every ton
or bushel of tomatoes that are
marketable and that there is a
crying need for canning tomatoes
everywhere.
The information on the growing
of tomatoes as well as other veg
etaib'les discussed which was fully
given by Mr. Hannon, can be
obtained also either from the coun
ty agent or from the Experiment
Station.
It was learned that this partic
ular locality is especially suited
to the growing of tomatoes but
they should be planted behind
nematode resistant crops, such as
corn, cotton or oats.
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Sing Sunday
There will be an all-day sing
at Salem Baptist Church Sunday,
March 18. All singers and lovers
of good gospel singing are invit
ed to attend.
The sing will begin at 10:00
a. m. and dinner will spread on
the ground.
Revival Services
Everyone is specially invited to
be present for the two revival
services to be held Sunday, March
18, at the First Methodist Church.
There will be no service Saturday
morning but all are asked to at
tend the Saturday evening service
at 8:00.
The Rev. Alton Davis, guest
minister announces that Sunday
morning his subject will be “Fol
lowing Jesus,” or “Where Jesus
Goes and Where are We to Fol
low?”
The theme for the evening or
closing service is “Yielding Our
Will to the Will of God.”
There will be special music led
by th Rjv. Walter Blanks.
Senior Class Play Tonite
The Senior Class of Seminole
High School will present their
play tonight at 8 o’clock at the
school auditorium.
The story of the play:
For many years now, thirteen
year-old Wilbur Maxwell has
wanted a bicycle. He has dreamed
of peddling through town, getting
fond gazes from the girls and
boastfully shouting, “Look, no
hands!” But he still can’t persuade
Mama and Papa to buy him one.
So, when Pop is called away for
a week-long business trip, Mom is
persuaded to go with him for sort
of a second honeymoon and the
house is left in charge of sister
Connie and sister Betty Lou,
Wilbur gets his idea. He’ll make
Seminole $200.00 Short
Os Red Cross Fund Goal
Hugh D. Broome, local fund
raising chairman for the Red
Cross, this week appealed to Semi
nole county citizens for contribu
tions. Mr. Broome states that
$558.00 of the $747.00 goal has
now been reached. He adds, how
ever, that many people have not
yet made contributions.
The slogan of the 1951 campaign
keeping with this theme, the fol
lowing services of the Red Cross
are called to your attention:
Tile blood program; first aid;
nurses aides and home nursing;
disaster services; and services for
the armed forces. These are only
a few, this great organization
brings comfort to numbers of
people in disasters other than in
war.
World events have placed upon
the American Red Cress the
greatest responsibility it has ever
had to assume except in time of
all out war. This is your organi
zation and the responsibility falls
on you. If you have not made your
contribution, do so today.
Donors who have given are:
Jones Lumber Company $25;
Seminole Building Supply 10.;
Lord Lumber Company 10.; Nell
K. Baxter 5.00; E. P. Stapleton
10.; Hugh D. Broome 10.; Jno. L.
Drake 10.; Peoples Supply Com
pany 10.; Jitney-Jungle 10.; Sem
inole Hardware Company 25.;
Commercial State Bank 25.; Gib
son Construction Company 25.;
Donalsonville Grain & Elevator
Company 25.; Seminole Motor
Company 10.; J. L. McCrackin 1.;
W. A. Mims 2.; Mac Fain, Jr. 5;
Boy Scouts of America, FDR 6.85;
Merchants and Farmers Bank 15.;
C. D. Thomas Hardware 10.
Dr. Harris Minter 10.; Dr. Earle
Moseley 10.; Dr. E. C. Bridges 5.;
Georgia Power and Light Com
pany 10.; Drake and Owen 10.;
City Motor Company 15.; B. L
DONALSONVILLE
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Five Cents Per Copy
his own money and buy his own
bicycle. He’ll open up a boarding
house right here.
Wilbur knows there’s a fright
ful housing shortage, he knows
people need a place to sleep, and
he knows for a whole week he can
really clean up and just be rolling
in bicycles.
So into the paper goes the ad,
and that night the whole Maxwell
house is crawling with people.
What happens with a houseful
of zany characters and the way
things happen when Papa and
Mama return early, make up a
side-splitting, rib-tickling comedy
that will leave your sides sore
from laughter for days.
Proceeds go to the Senior Trip
Fund.
Davis 5.; L. C. Fulford 10.; John
F. Spooner 3.: Homer Bearden 5.;
Herbert McLaney 2.; Darby White
5.; Herbert Bridges 10.; B. B.
Clarke 15; M. T. Simmons 5; Semi
nole Hog and Cattle Company
25.; F. Gibson Youmans 10.; Joe
Balliett 5.; C. O. Herrington
Julian Welbb 1.
Dr. A. B. Davis 10.; Ralph Tra
wick 5.00; Harvey Implement Co.
5.; Virginia Harvey 5.; Dr. H. B.
Jenkins 5.; B. C. Cobb 10.; T. W.
Miller 5.; Henry O. Cummings 5.;.
Dunn Theatre 5. /
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