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by Bo McLeod
Special congratulations to
Hugh D. Broome on his ap
pointment to the newly creat
ed state highway board.
Biocme’s term will run for
five years, and is a distinct
compliment to him, as well as
to his home county.
Some say Broome received
his training and preparation
for the job by watching all
the surveying, re-surveying,
and re-re-surveying, etc. that
went on for so long prior to
the four-laning of 84.
Hooray for Charles Spooner
who has been elected alter
nate captain of Georgia
Tech’s Yellow Jacket basket
ball team for the season com
ing. This is a big honor, and
again all of us can share in
the enjoyment of it.
They speak highly o f
Charles up there. He’s made
a hit with coaches, team
mates and fans.
Still more congratulations to 1
Julian Webb, on his election
as president of the South
Georgia Methodist Home for
the Aging. . . To David
Pearce for showing those
folks in the big city that Se
minole County is the place
that leads them all in produc
ing and showing fine cattle. . .
To Luther Spooner and his
Luther Muscles, Jr. (that’s a
hoss!) for winning first place
in the one-year-old class in
the show at Pensacola last
week.
A note from Rev. Victor
Schroeder in Ohio compli
ments Phil Spooner’s article
in the recent issue of The
Christian Herald, in which
Phil tells about his tour of
Russia.
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is an old “gag” in
newspaper circles about how
dull are the stories covered
by a weekly newspaper. Since
we don’t have much to do
with riots, murders, interna
tional intrigue, etc., they
tease us about having nothing
but circle meetings to write
about. And they often quote
an imaginary headline about
“Farmer Brown’s Cow ha s
Two-headed Calf,” as if it
were the most boring, com
mon place event of all.
I’ll' tell you herewith it just
ain’t so. Two-headed calves
are pretty seldom, and the
one this week may be , the
first one since the D’ville
News started appearing in
1916. I’m not making a flat
claim of this, now, I’m just
suggesting it.
The calf didn’t live but a
little while after it was born,
and this is a shame. We could
have had hundreds of tourists
in Bermuda shorts spending
money and talking Yankee
talk, While they stopped to
see the famous animal.
Our chamber of commerce
should note how close we
came to having a touijister at
traction and tryjiarder.
April 21-27 will be Nation
al Library Week, in Georgia,
Seminole and Donalsonville,
and it will be a good time to
notice our library facilities
and try to find ways to make
them better. We’re in better
shape now, library-wise, than
we used to be, and many of
our people are taking advant
age of the services provided,
but we can always keep try
ing to make the operation
even better.
Bmialanmnllr
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DOUBLE HEADER— R. F. Spooner, left, and Dr. John B.
Davis pose with the two headed calf born to one of
Spooner’s Herefords this week.
Two heads are too many for this calf
A two-headed calf was born
this week to a Hereford be
longing to R. F. Spooner.
Dr. John Davis says the
birth is very rare, probably
one in a million. In fact, in
the 42 years of practice here
by Dr. Davis and his father,
the late Dr. A. B. Davis,
there has not been one in Se
minole County.
The calf was normal ex-
Closer view of animal’s heads
SCHS baseball team opens its home
slate playing Dawson here Friday
The SCHS baseball Indians
will play their first home
game of the new season when
Pony teams play
here Friday
The Seminole Pony league
will play Dothan’s Pony lea
gue team here Friday night
at 8:00 o’clock, says Champ
Bridges.
Admission will be free and
Bridges urges the public to
attend. “You can see a good
ball game and the boys will
appreciate your interest,” he
says.
Bruce Baker or Joe Womble
will pitch, and Buddy Whit
taker will catch. Other players
will be Cleve Bridges, first
base; Billy Fain, second base;
Mack Trulock, short stop; Joe
Hastey, third base. In the
outfield will be John Pumph
rey, Ed Hudson and Sid
Shingler. Ward Trulock, util
ity man, will be ready to help
cut anywhere.
Bridges reports that over
200 boys have enrolled in the
program this year, and the
regular season will open early
in May.
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1963
cept for the two heads and
died immediately after birth.
It had two complete heads,
with two eyes and tw*o ears
on each one.
Recalls One Other
Dr. Davis says he recalls
the birth of a two-headed
calf in Early County “several
years ago” but that is the
only one he recalls in this
section.
they host Dawson at 4:30 p.
m. Friday.
Games are played at the
high school and no admission
fees are charged. The public
is invited.
The Indians have started
the season on a happy note
by defeating Pelham 7-2
Tuesday afternoon in a region
IB contest in Pelham.
Benny Hodges pitched the
first six innings and picked
up the win. He fanned 12
Hornets before being relieved
by Junior Whittaker in the
last stanza. Whittaker fanned
the three batters he faced.
The Indian hitting was led
by Whittaker with a double
and a single. Don Butler, Leo
nard Spooner, Buddy Odom
and Hodges had a single each.
Coach Walter Daniels says
his team is in pretty good
shape for the season, with
eight returnees from last
year’s team that won six
and lost three.
Hodges is Daniels’ main
pitcher. Junior Whittaker
helps with the tossing, and
the other time he is the start
ing first baseman. Ronald O
dom helps him hold the first
sack.
(continued on back page)
Seminole man named to new state
hiway board by Gov. Carl Sanders
Governor Carl E. Sanders
has announced the appoint
ments of 10 prominent Geor
gians to serve as members of
the reorganized State High
way Board.
The 10 represent the
St a t e’s Congressional Dis
tricts.
They are, L. C. McClurkin
of Savannah, First District;
Hugh D. Broome of Donalson
ville, Second District; Clarke
W. Duncan of Buena Vista,
Third District; John R. Hines
of Hoganville, Fourth Dis
trict ; Robert H. White of At
lanta, Fifth District; Reginald
Trice of Macon, Sixth Dis
trict; N. N. (Asa) Burnes,
Jr., of Rome, Seventh Dis
trict; E. J. Gaynor of Bruns
wick, Eighth District; Willis
N. Harden of Commerce,
ninth District; George A.
David Pearce shows reserve champ
of 16th Georgia livestock exposition
David Pearce, 16-year-old
Jakin 4-H’er son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Pearce, last week
won reserve grand champion
ship honors in the 16th an
nual Georgia Livestock Ex
position in Atlanta.
Young Pearce, already well
on his way to becoming a
full-fledged cattleman, is vice
president of the Georgia Ju
nior Hereford Association.
His 869-pound steer stood se
cond to the grand champion
in the medium weight Here
ford class, described by the
judge as comparable in qual
ity to steers found in Chicago
shows. David’s steer was the
reserve Hereford champion,
for which he received a $25
savings bond from the Geor
gia Hereford Association. He
also received the Georgia
Livestock Association trophy
from Executive vice-president
John O. Robertson at the an
nual cattle show dinner.
SCHS’s 1963 honor grads are named
The names of honor gradu
ates for Seminole County
High School’s class of 1963
have been released by J. B,
Jenkins, principal.
Miss Julia Hickson, daugh
ter of Mrs. Vic Hickson, tops
the list of outstanding stu
dents and she will make the
valedictory address in gradu
ation ceremonies on June 3rd.
Miss Hickson was recently
chosen the second district’s
Good Citizen by the DAR. She
is a member of the Baptist
Church and plans to attend
Mercer University. She is
president of the FHA and a
member of the 4-H club, lib
rary club and the glee club.
She was on the staff of the
annual.
Salutatorian is Miss Mar
vilyn Wright, daughter of Mr.
rnd Mrs. Marvin Wright.
She is a member of the lib-
$3.00 a Year in Advance
Sancken, of Augusta, Tenth
District.
Five-Year Term
Broome will serve for five
years. He is a former presi
dent of Commercial State
Bank and now serves on its
board of directors. He is a
farmer, businessman and
leader in civic affairs.
In appointing the Board,
Governor Sanders said!:
“These men are leaders in
Georgia, and I know that
their actions as members of
the reorganized State High
way Board will reflect well
upon our State.
“I am delighted they have
consented to serve in this im
portant function of State
Government, and I commend
them for their service to the
four million citizens of Geor
gia.”
Winn-Dixie paid 67 cents a
pound for the reserve grand
champion shown by the Semi
nole County 4-H’er.
David placet! fourth in the
senior fitting and showman
ship contest. A Seminole
County FFA member, John
Ray Stout, placed his Here
ford fourth in the same
strong medium weight class
but did not sell his steer.
Active 4-H Member
David is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Pearce, who
operate a commercial Here
ford farm near Jakin. He has
been an active member of
4-H club for the past seven
years. His reserve grand
champion entry was bred by
a son of SR Prince George,
owned by Sellman Ranch, Wa
trous, New Mexico. Phil
Spooner, Donalsonville, was
the recorded breeder. David’s
County Agent is Ronald Hen
ning.
rary club and Senior Tri-Hi-Y.
Miss Wright plans to at
tend Florida State University.
She was a member of the
high school trio which won
first place in the recent liter
ary meet and which will re
present the district in Macon
at the state finals Saturday.
Miss Joy Lane, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Lane,
Iron City, will give the grad
uate’s creed.
Others among the class’s
top ten scholastically are
Reuben Roberts, Glenda New
berry, Baxley Mills, Ronald
Odom, Patsy Sirmons, Patsy
Hodges and Patricia Baxley.
Mr .and Mrs. Norman Hat
cher, Norma Ann and Terry,
Mrs. J. H. Hatcher and La
mar were in Jesup for the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
S. N. Haynes and John.
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