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It always startles me when
a plane “breaks the sound
barrier” and sends back a big
boom that will shake build
ings and break windows. I
know we’re living in a mo
dern age and we must get
used to being scared every
now and then, but I’m having
trouble doing it.
Most of the blasts have
been harmless except as
nerveshakers, but things are
getting pretty darn serious
when something happens like
it did Wednesday morning.
Among the casualties of
the blast were two pints of
Scotch whiskey and a half
pint bottle of bourbon which
exploded on the shelf at Ros
coe Burke’s oasis. Roscoe had
the bottle tops and the aroma
that proves to me that some
thing tragic has happened.
Some said the stuff might
have exploded of its own
power, but I doubt this. The
brand is not easy to recog
nize, but I don’t believe it
had enough yeast or corn
mash in it to be a hazard
without an outside assist.
I don’t want us to try to
stop our airmen from flying
around and having fun. They
must be free to “let ’er buck”
now and then. But I do think
we ought to try to arrange
it so they’d have to do these
stunts over another town for
a while.
One “eye witness” assures
us it was an incident of a
fast plane breaking the sound
barrier because he saw a
piece of it (the barrier) fall
down on the Dunn theatre
building.
With evidence like this, we
can go to Washington and
demand a small investiga
tion and a big pile of money.
That’s the good part of
having a rich man in the
white house. He can pay for
our windows himself and I
am sure he’ll be glad to do
it, with vigah, even.
Regarding the Butts-
Bryant, etc. telephone call
that’s stirring up more ex
citement than any message
since Paul Revere went a
bout ydlling his news, the
latest news is that they’re
going to give lie detector
tests to the lie detectors.
I’m not ready to take a
side in the fuss, but I am
obliged to say this: if Butts
and Bryant can disprove the
Post’s story, I hope they get
every dime the publishers of
the thing have and can obtain.
I’m not saying if the coaches
can prove they didn’t do it,
now, I’m saying if the Post
can’t prove beyond a doubt
that it was done.
It’s still supposed to be a
part of our way of doing
things for a man to be inno
cent until proved guilty. And
one man’s word against tw’O
other’s is a poor source of
proof.
I believe every publisher
of a newspaper, magazine or
any kind of paper has a stake
in this thing. We must retain
freedom of the press, even
the freedom to go off half
cocked, but the public must
be protected from malicious
attack and abuse just to sell
a few more copies of a
magazine or paper.
It’s pc or exchange—the re
spect of the public for the
few extra pennies.
Bmalanmidk Nma
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VOLUME XLIV
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ASSEMBLY DELEGATES—The SOHS ‘Y’ clubs will be re
presented at the 18th annual state YMCA Youth Assem
bly in Atlanta this week by this group of young people. Left
to right, front row, are Carol Ann Owen, Sue Reynolds,
Wanda Brooks and Glenda Newberry. In the rear are Julia
Hickson, Jim Jernigan, and Bert Trulock. The Seminole dele
gates will introduce a bill at the assembly which is patterned
after the Georgia General Assembly. Similar procedures of
passing laws and resolutions are followed and several present
laws came after being first passed by a youth assembly.
Seminole to send delegates to 18th
Youth Assembly in Atlanta today
THE 18th ANNUAL Youth
YMCA of Georgia will be
lanta on March 28, 29 and 30.
State officials will cooper
ate in the project, designated
to introduce the young people
to the way in which their
state government operates,
and to encourage them to be
come interested in it. About
953 adults and delegates are
expected to attend.
Seminole County High
School’s “Y” clubs will be re
presented by Carol Ann
Owen, Sue Reynolds, Wanda
Brooks, Glenda Newberry, Ju
lia Hickson, Jim Jernigan and
Bert Trulock. They will in
troduce a bill in the Senate
to provide for the deduction
of federal income tax from
state income tax.
Other clubs over the state
will also introduce legislation
which is subjected to the
same rules of procedure, com
mittee attention and debate
as bills presented to the of
ficial state law making body.
Some will be passed, others
will be refused.
Several laws now on the
state books were first pre
sented at a youth assebly.
They were worthy of consid-
Miss Brenda Trawick and
Miss Mary Ann Williams of
WCG, Milledgeville, spent the
spring holidays at home with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Trawick and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Williams.
Ed Cheshire of Moultrie
and Harvard and Bob Immer
man of Yonkers, N. Y., and
Harvard are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Julian Webb for
their spring vacation.
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963
Assembly sponsored by the
held at the state capitol in At-
eration and passage by the
adult counter-part.
The youth gathering has
been called “Georgia’s finest
expression of Christian citi
zenship.” Theme for this
year’s gathering is “Needed
as never before, Youth dedi
cated to Democracy.”
A total of 116 towns and
communities, and 144 schools
will send delegates to Atlan
ta this week.
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STAR FARMER Steve Spooner was selected the Star
Farmer of the Seminole High School’s FFA chapter at
its annual father-son banquet this week. Her he poses with
left to right, his father, R. F. Snooner, his mother, Mrs.
Spooner, and Norman Gay of Sumner, state FFA president,
who appeared on the program. Steve is a junior at SCHS.
‘Something’ breaks store windows
in D’ville; fast planes suspected
“SOMETHING” STRUCK Donalsonville’s business district
and some homes about 9:30 Wednesday morning, and
residents are still cleaning and sweeping up, and counting
the extent of their losses.
No estimate of the damage
is available, but it would run
into several hundreds o f
dollars.
Observers heard a loud ex
plosion similar to many others
fedt when airplanes break
the sound barrier and send
vibrations back to earth.
City officials contacted the
Air Force shortly after the
incident and a representative
from Turner Air Force Base
was in Donalsonville shortly
after it happened.
The blast shattered and
broke show windows, rattled
ceilings and shook walls. One
person said it lifted him off
the sidewalk.
ROCKY RIDGE REVIVAL
BEGINS APRIL IST
The newly organized Rocky
Ridge Baptist Mission under
sponsorship of the local First
Baptist Church, plan to start
a Revival April 1 through 5,
with night services only, be
ginning at 8:00 each evening.
Rev. Fredrick Kelly of En
terprize, Ala., will be the
guest speaker. Jessie Holley,
local mission worker, will be
leading the congregational
singing. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend each ser
vice.
The local mission has not
been organized but seven
months, but has made very
good progress. Total member
ship stands at 20, with full
time service. Services are at
11:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
each Sunday. Sunday School
at 10:00 a. m. and Training
Union at 6:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting each Wednesday
night at 7:30.
$3.00 a Year in Advance
No reports have been re
ceived of any injuries, but
there could easily have been,
from .the flying particles of
glass.'
Among the business houses
damaged were Mac 10c Store,
B & B Electric Company, Lois
Case, Leon’s Cleaners, West
ern Auto Store, the Children
Shop, Donalsonville War e
house, Piggly Wiggly, the
post office, City Motor Co.,
Seminole Motor Co., and Ro
ger Tractor Co., Highway
Case, and The Surprise Store.
At the home of Howard
Rogers, a light fixture was
knocked from the ceiling and
it fell to the floor.
No indication has yet been,
received as to how much, if
any, of the liability will be
assumed by the Air Force, or
if they are accepting the
blame for the incident.
SHERIFF DENIES ‘TRAP*
FOR VISITORS TO
THE LAKE
There is no “trap” await
ing visiting fishermen on
Lake Seminole. Game war
dens are enforcing rules and
regulations, but this has been
going on all the time.
So says Sheriff Dan White.
White was commenting on
reports that Georgia wardens
have been “after” fishermen
from neighboring states.
“There have been viola
tions of game, fish and boat
ing laws by local and visiting
fishermen. Many of the viola
tors have not been apprehend
ed, but some have, and that’s
about the extent of it,” the
sheriff said.
White reminds all sports
men of the requirements for
fishing on the lake, which
include the possession of a
valid fishing license, that
each boat be registered, and
that there be an approved life
jacket or cushion for each
person in the boat.
“Ski belts have not been
approved and will not be ac
cepted,” he explained.
“These laws and regula
tions have been in force for
a long time. Every person
who fishes should be aware
of them by now. If they are
found failing to obey reason
able and practical regulations
they are subject to arrest,
but we are definitely not try
ing to trap anyone,” White
said, and he added,
“We enjoy having visitors
come to Lake Seminole. We
want them to have a good
time and return home safely.
We resent any inference
that we would take advant
age of a visitor, for each one
is welcome. If we can be of
service to anyone who comes,
we invite the opportunity,
even as we insist that boat
ing and fishing rules and re
quirements be heeded.”
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