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by Bo McLeod
Now is the time for all good
citizens to try harder to be
better citizens, because the
old homeplace has suffered a
pretty big loss of late.
Three men have moved a
way, and shame on the police,
chamber of commerce and
vigilantes for letting them
get away.
Hunlter Parker made a big
contribution to the musical
life of our town and county.
He planted seeds that wild be
growing and blooming for a
long time to come.
Z'ack Williams was a fine
gentlemen and meant much to
our people, especially by his
interest in young! pebple and
the good example he set for
them. Since coming here as a
coach of boys basketball, Zack
built a special place for him
self in the heart of the com
munity.
Shame on our young gals,
by the way, fbr failing to
“trap” Zack : .irt the bonds of
matrimony.: That would have
made him too«po’ tq move!
And Dr. E.''M. Larhbe, Jr.
was about as. dynamic,, ener
getic and enthusiastic -a citi
zen as we’ve ever had. He
could get excited about Don
alsonville and Seminole Coun
ty and many times his excite
ment would rub off and in
spire others.
This trio of men and their
families will be greatly miss
ed, until we can figure some
way to get them back!
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I hate having to credit an
other with this. I wish I had
thought of it myself:
“Just think, and this stag-
the imagination—it used
to be that we got mail stamp
ed “Missent to Dawsonville,
Ga.” But now we can get it
stamped “Missent to 31746,”
or “Missent to APO 32856.”
—O—
Social note: Luther Spooner
and daughter Nancy, horses
Penny and Top Hitch got up
early last Saturday morning.
They washed up and dressed
up real pretty, then loaded up
and drove to Wewahitchka
for the horse show thafrwon’t
be held until next Saturday.
What would a town with a
name like Wewahitchka want
a ZIP number for?
I dedicate that word to Gill
Kelly.
Today’s question without
an answer:
How could President Ken
nedy send troops into Missi
ssippi and Alabama on a pre
tense of being there “just in
case” violence broke out, but
he won’t send them to Har
lem, CamMßdge, Detroit and
other places * s
already
And it is still nothing but
fair: if the liberals insist on
withholding federal money
from areas where things are
not done to suit their idiotic
notions, let them cease the
collection of federal taxes in
the same areas.
I still predict there will be
a lot of disappointed colored
people and liberals if or when |
complete integration takes
place. It won’t be as heavenly j
as they’ve been led to expect,
for there are plenty of troub-1
les and woe on both sides of
the color line.
Bnnalsnnu ille
Single Copies: Ten Cento Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia $3.00 a Year in Advance
VOLUME XLV
Georgia: Recreation Land
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Paddling their own canoe and making a pretty picture
at the same time are Martha Jo Logue and Faye Pra
ther. The young voyagers are having fun on Lake
Sinclair ii Middle Georgia. The lake, second largest
wholly • i the state, B one of 20 reservoirs formed
by Gee ower Company hydroelectric developments.
Equal space is offered to anyone who looks this good,
paddling a canoe on Lake Seminole. —Ed.
Work continues on preparations for
Dixie Youth tournament on July 29
IT TAKES a lot of work to prepare for a baseball tournament,
and a group of men in Donalsonville is finding out there
are many details to attend tc.
The objective of the group
is to be ready when the Dixie
Youth baseball South Geor
gia playoff opens on July 29.
Besides preparing a schedule,
seeing that the ball park is
ready, and that there are
plenty of balls, bats, drinks
and sandwiches on hand, the
host town must make
arrangements for a minimum
of about 80 players and their
coaches, plus no telling how
many parents, friends, kin
and just plain fans who will
accompany the teams.
Donalsonville is host to the
South Georgia playoff, and
among the teams to come are
Lawrenceville, Swains boro,
Calhoun and Milledgeville The
tourney will continue each
night during the week until a
champion emerges. After the
regional playoffs comes the
finals, then a series with
Virginia’s state champs, and
eventually the Dixie World
Series on August 19 in Huey
town, Ala.
But Bill Brigham, chairman
and other members of the
Lions club which sponsors the
youth baseball program 1 here,
are not concerned with any
thing beyond the regional
tournament. They have ar-|
ranged for a place for the vis-•
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iting teams to sleep. They will
convert the recreation hall at
Cypress Parte pool into a huge
bedroom, and the Air Force
has agreed to let the boys use
enough folding cots so each
lad can sleep well.
Further planning sessions
are to be held to arrange for
the feeding and entertaining
of the boys.
Brigham says many re
quests for reservations have
been received by local motels
and the hotel, and it looks
like sleeping space for adults
who come with their teams
will be scarce.
Chances are that somehow
all the details will work them
selves out so that on the
night of Monday, July 29, all
things will be ready and two
teams of 11- and 12-year-old
boys will take the field to be
gin the tournament.
To Call on Others for Help
In the meantime, Brigham
and members of the Lions
club will be calling on other
people of the community as
they seek help in publishing a
tournament handbook, ar -
ranging a schedule of play,
mowing grass, replacing light
bulbs, and so many things
necessary to having a success
ful week.
Leaders hope for early adoption of
drainage project for three counties
A MEETING of leaders of a proposed watershed development
affecting extreme southwest Georgia was held here Tues
day, and reports from the gathering told of the officials being
“very hopeful” of an early adoption of the project.
The project would consist
of a drainage system begin
ning at Spring Creek in De
catur County, and extend 38
miles irito Seminole and Miller
counties.
The objective would be to
provide drainage and flood
control for this area. The cost
of the operation would be ap
proximately $541,000.00,- of
which $349,000. would be fur
nished by the soil conserva
tion service.
Planning for the project
has been underway for a long
time, and now the next step
would be authorization by
county authorities, the sub
mitting of the plan to the
Congress, and if and when it
is approved, the work, would
begin. The work would be
spread over a five-year per
iod.
Touched by the plan would
be 238 landowners, holding
about 18,000 acres in crops,
3,800 in pasture, 8,000 in
woodlands and 1,500 in roads
and built-up areas.
Attending the meeting were
commissioners from Decatur,
Miller and Seminole counties,
directors from four counties,
supervisors from Grady, Mit
chell, Miller, Early, Decatur
and Calhoun counties, and
state and federal officials.
The project would be spon
sored by the board of direct
ors of the project, and the
boards of commissioners of
the three counties. The spon
sors would be required to pro
vide $31,400 in construction
cost and $53,000 for property,
easements.
State and federal agencies!
would furnish plans, super
vision and inspections, in add
ition to their part of the fi
nancial portion, i
Among the construction i
terns will be 18 miles of ter
races, 15 miles of laterals, 60
acres of grassed water way,
10 miles of field borders, 11*
miles of field drainage, 450
acres of odd areas for water
lines, 690 acres of land
smoothing, and directly bene
fited will be 4543 acres.
The channel of the drainage
would average 39 feet in wid
th and six feet in depth.
Among the agencies repre
sented at the meeting were
V. H. Smith of the Forestry
service; Harold Cadenhead,
ASC and AGP, Willis Houst
on, extension service, J. 0.
Whiteside, W. V. Johnston,
FHA, Atlanta, Carey L. Gert
man, FHA, Moultrie, Frank
Denan, secretary of the soil
conservation committee, and
C. W. Chapman, state con
servationist.
A deadline of August 10
was set as a time by which
the county commissioners
could complete local approval
of the plan, so further steps
could be made toward secur
ing the approval of the Con
gress.
Eclipse can cause
damage to eyes
Southwest Georgians will
be able to view a partial
efilipse of the sun on July 20,
providing the skies are clear.
But, unless they want to
risk severe eye damage, even
possible blindness, they
should heed a few warnings
issued by the National Society
for prevention of Blindness,
Inc., and the Georgia Opto
! metic Association.
In short, no not look at the
sun to see the eclipse.
I Do not look at it through
f anything smoked glasses,
> darkened lenses of sunglasses,
i welder’s goggles or exposed
s film!
The best way to see it, and
! the safest, wiill be on televi
sion.
The only other safe way to
see it is through reflection of
the sun’s image on a piece of
white cardboard.
, Twenty-one persons were
reported completely blind in
Utah following their viewing
of an eclipse of the sun in
1960. In Australia in 1959,
170 persons suffered partial
loss of central vision after
i watching an eclipse for a few
seconds.
These people probably used
dark glasses, smoked glasses,
letc.
Burns from the infra-red
rays of the sun are incurable.
These rays go right through
any lens, whether darkened or
not.
If you must look at the sun,
here is the way to do it.
Take two pieces of card
board, one of them white.
Punch a clean pin hole in
one of them.
Turn your back to the sun
and hold the cardboard with
■Continued on second page)
POSTAL RECEIPTS UP
AGAIN
Postal receipts at the Don
alsonville post office were
$24,417.35 for the first six
months of 1963. For the same
period of 1962 receipts total
ed $19,779.91, showing an in
crease of $4,637.44 or about
18 percent over ’62.
The figures were released
by O. M. Roberts, postmaster.
Fiscal year 1963, ending
June 21 totaled $48,534.45,
compared to $43,119.10 for
the same period a year ago.
This shows an increase of
$5,415.35 or about 11 percent,
Roberts said.
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