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by Bo McLeod
Poes this mean anything
deep and important: At the
time when the Russians were
setting records in the space
race, some of our people were
seating new records in the a
mount of money stolen in a
single robbery.
—o—
it is a week from the
opening of the new term of
school. Or, in space lingo, it’s
seven days to blastoff and
still counting. . . .
This has been another of
those “quick” summers. Time
has stopped 1 marching and
started double time- %
This sounds incredible but
they tell me that there’s an
outfit now that’s trying to
get laws passed to force ani
mals to wear clothing. . .
I would say this is the
silliest one yet, but that’s
taking in a lot of territory,
since the world is full of nuts
and screwballs. And I would
not expect much to come of
it, but the way things happen
now, you can never be sure.
The thing to wonder about
is what will they wear? Will
the styles change from year
to year? Who will go around
and see to it that every ani
mal is clothed? Oh, the ques
tions we could ask-
I expect this will force
♦Dr. John Davis to put a new
sign out front, saying like
“Veterinary Hospital and Ha
berdashery.” That’s the price
of being a vet, John, you’ll
have to look after this for us.
I’m having enough trouble
trying to keep my chillun
clothed I’m not about to
start worrying about a naked
monkey or a nude rabbit. Nor
even an uncovered mule.
♦Dr. for dresser?
They call it a democracy,
but when JFK went to the
beach ’tother day, everybody
shouted Hopray! and Whoop
ee! I went to the beach the
other day, and nobody said
anything, except for a whisp
ers of HaHa and Lookathere,
as they stared at mv legs-
JUNIOR HEREFORD
GROUP FORMED
A junior hereford associa
tion was organized recently,
at a meeting at Calloway He
reford Farms, in Hamilton,
Georgia.
There are 39 charter mem
bers, and three of the officers
are from Donalsonville. The
purpose of the association is
to promote more herefords
and to encourage more junior
breeders. ✓
The officers are, Jimmy
"Mitchell, Hamilton, president;
David Pearce, Donalsonville,
and Charles Nash, Newman,
vice presidents; Dannette Da
niels, Athens, secretary; Ran
dy White, Athens, treasurer;
John Ray Stout, Donalson
ville, reporter; and John Phil
Spooner, Donalsonville, Mike
Sweet, Athens, and Mary
Rush, Perry, directors.
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REV. WALTON LEAVING
Rev. R. L. Walton has re
signed as pastor of South Mt.
Zion Church of God. Sunday
night services, August 26th,
will be his last sermon here.
Rev. Walton and his wife
have been here four years.
They are moving to Nichols,
Ga., where he will do pastoral
service.
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VOLUME XLIV
Some gloom, some cheer in Indian
camp with the opener a week away
Help Wanted: More candi
dates for jobs on the Semi
nole County Indian football
team. Apply Coach Denvard
Snell, anytime, the quicker
the better.
That about sums up the
outlook for the Seminoles, as
the season opens with Lown
des County’s Golden Eagles
looms bigger and bigger. In
fact it’s only about a week
away, because on Friday
night, August 31, in Valdosta,
the season opens-
Coach Snell has never been
a pessimist, and he’s not yet
turned into one, but he says
his Indians need help. He says
the most varsity players at a
practice have been 19 boys.
This doesn’t give him enough
players to run scrimmage ses
sions, but he says several
more will arrive when they
get through working on cot
ton and peanut harvests.
“The boys who have been
coming to practice are getting
into good condition, .and their
morale is good,” said Snell,
“The outlook is we’ll be light
and inexperienced, and we
need more reserve strength,
but we’ll have a hustling,
spirited ball team.”
Lowndes County has also
been described as a light
team, weightwise. They won
seven, lost two and tied one
last year, as a class AA
school, but they were not
playing a region schedule.
They played several good
■teams and scored * well on
them.
The Indian camp was
struck by hard luck this week,
when Benny Hodges cracked
a bone in his ankle. This will
remove the prospect for at
least four weeks.
Hodges was making a de
termined bid for the job as
starting quarterback, making
it possible to move Reuben
Roberts to a halfback slot-
Snell says Hodges was show
a lot of ability, especially at
throwing the ball, and when
he gets back in shape he’ll
have another chance at the
job-
The darker the night, the
brighter the lights, maybe, so
Snell was quick to commend
Hodges. Bunky Whittaker,
Luke Spooner and Johnny
Reynolds, among others.
Snell said Spooner is making
a serious bid for a tackle spot,
despite the fact that two
seniors are also after the
same task. Spooner is a 9th
grader but he is developing
into “one of the best extra
point men I’ve ever had.” He
kicks 13 of IS' through the
goalposts and seems to be
getting even better, his coach
says.
Reynolds is another Indian
who has a talented toe, and
he will be giving Spooner a
race for the duty of kicking-
Whittaker is another nine
th grader, but he has the
starting center spot practical
ly settled* Snell says he is
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1962
looking “mighty good” there.
The home opener comes a
week after Lowndes County,
when Central of Thomas
County comes here on Sept
ember 7th.
76% OF BALLOTS RETURNED
Friday last day for casting ASC ballot
With the deadline for returning ballots set Friday, August
24, seventy-six percent of the county’s eligible voters have
returned votes for county ASC committeemen for 1963.
This was the summary as of Wednesday morning. It means
that out of about 650 ballots mailed, 492 have been returned,
with approximately 158 not returned.
Leon Barnes says the ballots must bear a postmark of Aug
'ust 24 in order to be eligible, and he urges all who have not yet
returned a ballot to do so at once. Ballots will be opened and
counted by the county leaders, at 9 a. m. Monday.
Jake Lane is county chairman, and serving with him are Jeff
Murkison and Rayo King.
Seminole now stands second in the district in ballots returned
this year, and stands a chance of being in first place, if a large
. portion of the late ballots come in, Barnes says. The county
was high among the district counties last year, when 74 per
cent of the ballots were cast, so this year is already better than
last.
ASC committeemen have important duties and because of
this, every eligible voter should be willing to add his opinion
toward naming them, Barnes says.
TEMPERATURES “ABOUT NORMAL”
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Thirty-day weather outlook is given
The thirty-day Agricultural
Weather Outlook for the tri
state area of southwest Geor
gia, Quincy District of north
west Florida, Suwannee Dis
trict of-north Florida and
the Wiregrass Area of South
east Alabama issued by Ad
visory Agricultural Meteoro
logist, Weather Bureau Agri
cultural Service Office, Tif
ton, Georgia.
From mid-August to mid-
September temperatures are
expected to average about
seasonal normals. Daily mean
temperatures are expected to
range from 72 to 83 degrees
with accelerated march down
ward last of the period. Ex
cept along the Gulf Coast,
afternoon temperatures are
expected to reach 90 degrees
or higher on most afternoons
and 95 or more can be ex
pected to occur about 10 times
during the next 30 days. A
long the Gulf Coast afternoon
temperatures are expected to
reach upper 80’s most days.
Eycept along the Gulf Coast
morning low temperatures are
expected to reach 70 degrees
or less about 15 times and
65 or foss about 6 times. A-
DRAWING WINNERS
Mrs. Darid Givens won SSO.
in the treasure wheel drawing
last Saturday afternoon. The
drawing program is sponsor
ed by the local retail mer
chants association.
Mrs. Harry King was a re-
I eat winner. She received
$20., and Mrs. W. F Glisson
won $5.00.
About 51 local merchants
are participating in the pro
gram.
SIOO million industry within 10 years
seen for mill by chairman of board
A SIOO million corporation
producing 12 to 13 million
tons of linerboard and 90,000
tons of newsprint yearly
within the next ten years, was
predicted by J. H. Stanley,
long the Gulf Coast morning
lows are expected to be in the
70’s.
Rainfall is expected to oc
cur mostly as afternooi) and
evening showers and thunder
showers. Rainfall is expected
to vary widely in time and
place, ranging from about 3
to 7 inches.
Sunshine is expected! to
average 70 to 75 per cent of
possible but one or two days
may be without sunshine.
Motor Vehicle Certificate .
( Application for a Georgia
Motor Vehicle Certificate of
Title must be made on all
1963 year model vehicles
and all year model vehicles
that have been issued a Cer
tificate of Title by another
Title State that comes into
Georgia after July 1,1962.
Application will be made at
the County Tag Agent’s of
fice when applying for a ve
hicle license plate that is
required to be purchased at
the County Tag Agent’s
office. ,
If the vehicle was pur
chased from a Georgia Deal
er, the application must also
be signed by the Dealer. If
the vehicle is a newly pur
chased 1963 year model, a
Manufacturer’s Certificate of
Origin must be submitted
with the application as proof |
of ownership. If the vehicle
has been issued a Certificate
of Title by another State,
that Certificate of Title must
be submitted with the appli
cation as proof of ownership.
'The fee for a Georgia Mo
tor Vehicle Certificate of
Title is SI.OO.
Single Copies: Ten Cents
chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Southern Land,
Timber and! Pulp Corporation,
in a speech to the Lions club
this week.
Stanley says the mill, to be
located at Cedar Springs, is
expected to be in operation
“within a year” and he pre
dicts great increases in the a
mount of industry in this
area, in addition to that
brought in directly by the
mill.
The chairman told of the
creation of the corporation in
May of 1952, and he traced
its growth to today, when its
worth is over $22 million.
He said the firm is owned by
27 to 28,000 Georgia people.
The mill at Cedar Springs
will cost about $42 to $47
million.
Stanley explained the pro
ject’s recent financial pro
blem- He said the original
plan was to sell about half
of the needed amount in tax
free Early County bonds, but
New York lenders would not
buy this type bond- They
would purchase bonds in the
project if the company could
secure enough advance orders
for their products to guaran
tee the bonds, interest and
other costs. He said this was
unfeasible because no buyer
wanted to commit himself
for orders ten years in the
future.
“Later we were approached
by officials of the Great
Northern Paper Company,
and from our discuseions we
have decided to accept the
idea of a joint venture be
tween Great Northern and
Southern Land. This will al
low the plant to be owned
half by Great Northern and
half by our corporation,”
Stanley said.
Stanley explained that
Great Northern was doing a
large volume of business in
the Southeastern states and
they w’ere looking for a South
ern plant. He termed Great
Northern “one of the biggest
companies of this type” in
the world-
The board of directors of
Southern Land will meet at
the mill site on Saturday,
August 25, to formally ap
prove plans for the joint ven
ture, but this can be accom
plished only if enough stock
holders return signed proxies
by that time. “We must have
at least two-thirds of the
stock in signed proxies by
that time, in order to proceed
on this plan, and therefore I
want to urge everyone who
holds stock in Southern Land
to mail their proxies in at
once”, he said.
The chairman says the im
mediate goal is to complete
the mill and open with a ca
pacity of producing 800 tons
of liner board daily. He said
the plant is being constructed
to allow for the later placing
of a second liner machine or
a newsprint machine, which
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