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OUT ON A—
LIMB
by Bo McLeod
In last week’s Limb, I said
something' about how I could
not understand how preachers
could endorse the Supreme
Court decision o n public
school prayer. I made this
comment under the error
that most of our local preach
ers were out of town for
first one reason and another,
and I didn’t expect many of
them to see it, much less take
’tofher side. But one did, and
here’s how:
“With reference to a recent
comment regarding preach
ers, prayer, the first amend
ment and the Supreme Court:
“That’s all right. Editors
have sometimes said things
that preachers don’t under
stand.”
Sincerely, Henry Durham.
That Durham is a shrewd
one. He got to his point, sign
ed off and stopped. He left
me no opening for a retort,
so let’s let the case rest, for
it’s a mite tired.
Any time you can’t think
of a deep thought to express,
use this one: Time flies! for
it certainly does.
It’s less than a month be
fore football season opens!
If some of the candidates
are having trouble drawing a
crowd when they make a
speech, they are welcome to
use this handy recipe: serve
strawberry Koolaid, mullet
fish and grits. That’ll draw
plenty of folks, even though
all of them won’t vote for
you. There is no recipe for
insuring a vote for every
voter at a rally.
For some reason, I’ve been
thinking about camps this
week, how little people go
away for a week and the
house is empty and lonely and
depressing, just because there
is one less at a meal, an empty
bathroom, and gaps in the
conversation.
I know the reason, thank
goodness. It’s not strange at
all, for Janet is up at Rock
Eagle this week with about 20
qther 4-H clubbers and I
nope, trust and pray—a num
ber of adult advisors, counsel
lors and guides. This is the
first time she’s been away
from home this long, and I
don’t mind admitting it’s an
unsettling experience at the
house I live in.
“Let her grow up, ’ Don t
be such a worrier” and things
like that they tell me, and I
know they are right. But they
don’t understand. I’m not try
ing to stunt her growth. It’s
just that I am used to having
her around. Because I’m not
used to not having her a
round, it makes a difference.
Going to camp is a good
experience. I’m glad she could
go, and I appreciate the ex
tension workers for the way
they have helped.
H. C. Cherry says you
young boys must remember
that vou have to register with
the draft board, as soon as
you get old enough. That’s not
his ruling or mine, but some
thing Uncle Sam requires, so
don’t take a chance on getting
into trouble. Register when
you’re 18!
No matter how nimble you
are, yau can’t ‘dodge’ the
draft board. That’s accidently
or purposely, it’s impossible.
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HARVEST xiME—L. L. Cannington retired as Donalson
ville’s chief of police in February of this year. He said
he was going to spend his time resting, visiting and working
in his garden, and it looks like he has had lots of luck with
ail! Os this. Here he inspects l some of the beans in his garden
that contains all kinds of seasonal good eating. Canningtton
says he has become accustomed to retirement, but he still
feels the urge to reply when he’s down town and the police
siren wails or the department’s phone rings.
Football drills to begin on Monday;
season opens in Lowndes county
Denvard Snell, SCHS foot
ball coach, announces that
pre-season drills for the In
dians will begin within the
next few days l , to prepare for
the season opener in Valdosta
od August 31.
The Seminoles will be play
ing the class AA Lowndes
County team in Valdosta in
the openers, then return here
i for the home opener on
' Sept. 7, playing class AA Cen
tral High of Thomas County.
The third game will be with
strong Blakely’s Bobcats,
To get ready for such a
fast starting season, Snell wi’l
issue football * shoes to his
candidates Friday afternoon,
August 3. He will be at Mal
com gym and asks team can
didates to come there.
Practice sessions wiil start
on Monday night, Aug. 6, at
8 o’clock. The first week can
4-H MEMBERS ATTEND
ROCK EAGLE CAMP
4-H Club members are at
tending camp this week at
Rock Eagle near Eatonton,
Ga. They were accompanied
by Miss Alta Phillips, home a
gent and Mr. Ronald Henning,
assistant county agent.
Mr. Alton Thomas drove
the school bus.
Among those attending
were Janie Crosby, Ronnie
King, David Earnest, Carolyn
Waddell, Les Robinson, Louie
and Ronnie Sirmons, Joe Ali
good, Nancy Spooner, Mary
Ellen Trawick, Wade Allen In
gram, Randy Ingram, Bob
Dutton, Joy Miller,- Phillis
Spooner,. Buster Ausley, Joy
Barber, Janet McLeod, Linda
Reynolds, and Brenda Swan
ner.
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of (Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS
be used for workouts in
shorts, with other equipment
to be issued in keeping with
state rules.
Snell says the outlook for
the coming team is ‘‘possibly
pretty good” but he said it’s
too early for a close forecast.
Coach Snell has been at
tending a football clinic in At
lanta this week.
This will be Snell’s third
year as Seminole’s coach.
New bleachers have 'been
installed on the visitors side
at the football field. This will
give n seating capacity of ap
proximately 400. ,
Mrs. Nellie Howard is in
Alexandria, Va., visiting Lt.
Col. and Mrs. Carrol Howard
and family for several weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Phil Yar
brough and Mr. Taylor Drake
leaves on Friday for Atlanta
where Mr. Drake will remain
for a visit with Mr. and! Mrs.
H. A. Drake and Mr and Mrs.
G. L. Sawyer. Mr. and Mrs.
Yaibrough will emplane on
Saturday for San Francisco,
Calif., to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Yarbrough for a cou
ple of weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Phil
lips have a little daughter,
Felicia Jane,- bom July 10th.
♦ • ♦
On Sunday Mr. T. A. Drake
celebrated his 86th birthday.
With him for a picnic dinner
were Mr. and Mrs. Issac
Whigham and Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Brock, FaceviHe, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tabb and
children of Macon, Mrs. J. K.
Pace of Jacksonville and Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Yarbrough.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2,1962
Chamber seeking rental space for
expected influx of mill workers
The Chamber of Commerce
is making a new appeal to all
residents of this community,
SPOONER ELECTED
TO CITY COUNCIL
In Monday’s special city
election to name a successor
to Frank Rachel, Carl Spoon
er, Jr. was without opposi
tion and he received all of
the 31 ballot® cast. ,
There were no write-ins
Spooner returns to the
board on which he has served
three terms. He takes the
place of Rachel who resigned
and will arsumte his duties
immediately.
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OIEM
ARMSTRONG COMPLETES
ROTC TRAINING
Cadet Robert K. Armstrong
whose wife, Barbara, lives on
Route 3, Donalsonville, is
scheduled to complete six
weeks of Army Reserve Offi
cer Training Corps (ROTC)
summer training at The Ar
tillery and Missile Center, Ft.
Sill, Okla., Aug. 3. The 20-
cadet is a 1959 grad
uate of Seminole County High
School and is a member of
the ROTC program at Auburn
(Ala.) University. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert P.
Armstrong, live on Rt. 3 also.
While at camp Armstrong
participated in the Triathlon
.meet. Three major events,
the two mile distance run, the
pistol match and the swim
meet (209 meter freestyle).
He won third place in pistol
and swimming but his total of
2191 points, against second
place of 2035, gave him top
award and) a trophy.
ATTEND CONVENTION
IN MACON
Attending the American
Legion Convention in Macon
last week were Jim Doster,
commander of local Post 157,
Earl Thursby and Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Armstrong.
W. D. Harrell, of Bain
bridge, was elected State
commander.
Harrell is veteran service
officer of Seminole County.
The Second District led
the parade on Saturday, for
having the highest member
ship for 1961-62
Single Copies: Ten Cents
to list with the chamber all
furnished rooms, apartments
and houses, and unfurnished
units they can offer for rent.
During the month of Au
gust there will be a great in
flux of paper mill
tion workers and their fami
lies, says Francis Santi, man
ager of the chamber. He says
they will need all the space
available.
Space listing will be compil
ed by the chamber and then
forwarded to the mill site.
Here it will be given to the
Jamison Construction Com
pany, the Babcock and Wilcox
Construction Company, and
the Duncan Electrical Com
pany. I
Santi says anyone with
rental units can call him at
the chamber office (JA 4-
2588) or at his home (JA 4-
5462) and he will accept the
information.
SEMINOLE COLTS LOSE
TOURNEY OPENER
The Seminole County entry
in the Colt baseball tourna
ment being played in Rome
this week, lost its opening
game .to Rpme 9-5 Tuesday
night.
On Wednesday night, the
Seminoles were to play Sav
annah or Atlanta.
This is a double elimina
tion tourney, and one more
loss will remove the Semdnoles
from contention.
CANNING PLANT DAYS
Tho canning plant will be
open on Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons only, until
further notice, says B. B.
Baker and C. W. Smith.
The public is requested to
have products in the plant by
3:00 p. m. each day.
RAINFALL REPORT
Rainfall of 4.04 inches was
recorded officially by C. J.
Patterson in July, bringing
the year’s total to 31.44 for
the first seven months of the
year.
Patterson says 27.40 inches
fell during the first six
months. He says the average
for this section is “about an
inch a week,” and the year’s
total is now “just about an
inch' above normal” so far.
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SOFTBALL SCHEDULE
The softball schedule for
this afternoon:
Telephone company vs. Tas
tee Freez at 5:30, Davis' Jew
elry vs. Tastee Freez at 6:30.
Games are played at the
high school.
Mrs. Harold Rigsby, Jimmy
and Sara Ann of Valdosta
were week-end guests of Mrs.
B. O. Merritt of Jakin.
While here Jimmy enjoyed
playing in the goM tourna
ment each day. Sara Ann re
mained for a weeks visit with
her cousin, Georgianne Mer
ritt in Donalsonville.
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