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by Bo McLeod
The report of retail sales
for the second quarter of this
year is interesting. Again it
shows an increase in the total
amount of money spent in our
county, and this is good.
It shows a whale of an in
crease in the amount of money
spent in Early County, tho,
if the figures are correct, and
I suppose they are.
I have known for a long
time that there was a lot of
action in Early, but I certainly
can't claim to have believed
there was so much!
In next to no time at all,
as the old saying goes, Early
went by and surpassed Decat
ur County. If it’s the paper
mill that did it, let’s go out
and get up another one, Now!
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Friday evening, the foot
ball season opens, and our In
dians will be playing host to
a strong group of young lads
from Lowndes County High.
Kickoff time is 8:00, and you
should be there.
Advance reports about the
strength of our team for this
year have not yet appeared.
Our man in charge of looking
ahead and* predicting things
is still up at Athens, wonder
ing what else was going on
up there last winter.
“No wonder the Bulldogs
lost so many games least sea
son,” said Al in a postal card
covered with Zip numbers and
other secret messages. “All
the sports were busy in places
other than the gridiron, and
in sporty pasttimes not called
' football”
So Al doesn’t have anything
to tell us about the Indians
and how they’ll make out dur
ing yon approaching season.
Guess we’ll have to take it as
it comes.
Hurry home, All. That’s no
place for an innocent old fossil
even.
Gov Wallace continues to
make himself highly unpopu
lar around the Kennedy camp,
and evidently this isn’t worry
ing the governor very much.
Again he doesn’t have too
many chances to win, but it
is a pleasure to see a public
official do after election what
he said he’d do while trying
to get elected.
He may lose, but hooray for
a fighter.
Let’s see if we can get this
thing straight:
They want Uncle Sam to
practice discrimination again
st any community that prac
tices discrimination. I think
that’s the gist of it.
I still say: Okay, but let the
federate be restricted from
collecting in places where they
don’t want to spend it. This
could be a real good thing, by
the way.
Values: In Timbuktu, wives
sell for as little as $45. but it
takes as much as $56 to buy a
good mule, it says here.
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Seminole vs Lowndes here Friday Night
1963 Football Sea-son opens in Seminole Stadium at 8:00 o’clock
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ONE WAY ONLY—When school opened in Donalsonville last
’ week, the parents and teachers found that something
new has been added. The street in front of the consolidated
elemetary school has been changed to one-way traffic only,
and it is taking a few days of special effort by the police de
partment to change the habits of drivers taking children to
school. Here Assistant Chief Bill McLendon and Chief Spurg
eon North point to the signs and urge motorists to heed them.
Traffic now flows from west to east in front of the building,
and the street in the rear, between the elementary and high
schools, is being closed completely during school hours.
Entries from seven states expected
in sports car races September 21-22
ENTRIES FROM seven states are expected in the divisional
sports car races to be held here on Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 21 and 22, say Jack Brannon and Jimmy Baxley, co
chairmen of the event.
The Donalsonville Lions
Club will sponsor the event,
and profits will be used for
the club’s community service
projects, including the school
music program, the youth
baseball program, sight con
servation and many others.
The races held last fall
brought several hundred doll
ars to the sponsor.
Directing the event will be
the Dixie, Sowega and Central
Alabama regions of the Sports
Car Club of America. This
will be the final event of the
season and entries are antici
pated from Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Tennessee, South |
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RACE PLANNERS —Jack Brannon, left, co-chairman of the
event, points to the map to illustrate the fact that
seven southeastern states will be involved in the sports car
races to be held here on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21-22.
Looking on are Dr. Robert Juniper -Starling, awards chair
man, Darby White, club president, and J. B. Clark.
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1963
• Carolina, North Carolina and
> Georgia.
‘ j The cars will race on a two
• mile course on the Donalson
| ville airport. Included will be
, nine turns, and two half-mile
straight ways. The cars reach
speeds of 135 miles per hour
on the stretches, and forty
miles on the curves.
Entries will include cars of
production and specialty class
es, built for racing and high
way use. Some cost as high as
$15,0C10. and over a half mill
(ion dollars worth of racers
will be in action. Os the ex
pected 75 to 100 entries, many
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It’s King vs. Easom in city primary
on Sept. 24th; Wright is unopposed
THREE MEN are candidates for two seats on the Donalson
ville city council, in the primary election to be held on
Tuesday, Sept. 24th.
L. J. Easom has challenged
Harry King for Post No. 2 on
the council, and Jack Wright
is unopposed for Post No. 1,
now held by Jack Brannon,
who did not seek re-election.
Easom qualified shortly be
fore candidate entry deadline
at noon on Tuesday. King was
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LET’S TRY HARDER!
Nobody guessed the name
of last week’s mystery picture
so we’re giving a slight hint:
This youngster grew to be a
manager of one of the coun
ty’s larger businesses.
That’s all we can say, be
cause the baby looks very
much like the man, especially
in facial expression.
First correct guess wins a
two-year subscription to The
News. No phone calls accepted
and guess must be in writing.
Mail guesses welcome. Just
be sure to include date and
exact time of day guess is
being made.
Someone ought to win this
one. Why not you? —Ed.
Sales continue to grow in Sowega
SEMINOLE AND three neighboring counties showed increas
ed sales in 1963 over 1962 in the latest release of sales
figures for the period.
Retail sales in Georgia dur
ing the second quarter of this
year totaled $1,525,097,721, as
compared to $1,436,238,881
during the same period in
1962, according to a report
released today by the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce
research department.
Research director Morris
Ward reported that 115 coun
ties recorded an increase dur
i ing the last quarter.
Second quarter business
1 volume in Seminole County
totaled $2,890,1C9 in 1963, as
* against $2,352,086 in the same
quarter of 1962. This shows
i an increase of $538,023.
Seminole’s school band to present big show during the game
the first to qualify after the
books were opened.
King is seeking nomination
to his third consecutive term
of office. He has also served
two term in the 1940’5. He is
owner - operator of King’s
Barber Shop here.
Easom owns Easom’s Gar
age. He served in the Air
Force and is a member of the
American Legion. He and Mrs
Easom have three sons and a
daughter. Thirty years of age,
this is his first try for a politi
cal office.
Wright is manager of the
Brigham Farm Supply. This
is also his first attempt for a
public office, and he seems to
have made it the first time.
While nomination in a prim
ary is not official and final
election—this is done in a lat
er general election—it’s about
settled.
King and Brannon will end
their present terms of two
years on December 31, and
the successors will take office
on January Ist for two more
years.
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1742 ENROLLED IN LOCAL
SCHOOLS
Total enrollment in all the
schools of Seminole County is
1742, according to N. P. Mal
com, superintendent.
Malcom says opening day
enrollment was 626 at the
elementary school, 468 at the
high school, and 648 in the
colored school.
The figures were more than
expected at the white high
school but less at the element
ary. Negro enrollment is down
from the expected, too, and
an increase is expected at the
end of the harvest season.
Early County showed the
most amazing increase in its
history, if the figures are cor
rect. The report shows total
sales there were $2,586,827 in
the second quarter of 1962,
and $8,629,480 for the same
period of this year! This was
an increase in sales of $6,042,-
653, nearly three times more!
Decatur County had to set
tle for a small increase of
$16,290. Second quarter sales
in ’62 were $5,969,970., and
$5,986,260 in ’63.
Miller County’s second quar
ter sales in 62 were $1,420,231
and $1,512,653 in ’63. This
was an increase of $92,422.
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