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by Bo McLeod
It’s been a little more than
a year since it happened, but
I’m sure most of us can re
member the Cuban situation
of last October. It was a tense
time, though we can look back
now and see there was little
to fear.
Right after the crisis pass
ed, several people told me
they had not been frightened
at all. None said this during
the thing, remember, but
right after, something is over
there are ‘brave folks all over
the place.
Next time it happens, I’d
appreciate it if the brave
boys would act brave during
the danger, not afterwards.
I wasn’t so nervous after it
was over.
It always rains at the end
of a dry spell and according
to that, now would be a good
time for a few inches of water
to fall.
In times like these it’s good
to have a source of sound in
formation, so I consulted the
handy almanac. According to
Cardui, it’s been raining here
since Tuesday and it will con
tinue through Saturday. The
first of next week will be fair,
then it’ll rain again the last
of next week.
—O—
It looks like fun for many
at the Hallowe’en Carnival
here next Wednesday even
ing, when the'PTA presents
all kinds of entertainment.
Starting with a jailop sup
per at 6, and continuing thru
the baby parade at 9, there
will be pleasant things for the
entire family to eat, do and
see.
I’m looking forward to see
ing Carlton Kelley, Roscoe Al
day and Sol Guterman dressed
as babies, and Les Kidd, Bu
ford Quimby and Finley
Perry as mamas.
You don’t get to see things
like this every day, so don’t
let the chance pass by.
—o—
is to apologize to the
folks out at the Rocky Ridge
Baptist Mission. A few weeks
ago we published a story that
their pastor was attending
881 at Graceville. This was a
mistake.
Rev. W. R. (Dick) O’Steen
ds now the pastor at Rocky
Ridge, and he is a graduate
of Norman College and Mer
cer University. He attended
New Orleans Seminary and is
now studying at Florida State
’ University.
This proves something that
ought to encourage Rev. O’-
Steen: the folks in his flock
at Rocky Ridge appreciate
him, and they don’t hesitate
to “sound him.
Here’s something I read to
day, and it seems to fit a lot
,of us: “Any fool can criticize,
condemn and complain and
most fools Carnegie.
Al Ronge notes that two
teams will play in Dawson on
Friday night and together
they have lost 14 games this
year. In a case like this, some
thing has gotta give, and the
team that breaks the losing
string will be the one with the
greater desire.
Hoping for the best, Al says
the score will be Seminole 13,
Terrell 12.
Cautions Al: Dawson will
■ be extra anxious to win, too!
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REHEARSING Proving again that people will do just
about anything for the PTA, a group of local men is
practicing for an appearance at the. Hallowe’en Carnival’s
grand finale on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The “stars” will dress
as babies, mamas, and even that famous Cupid who causes
so much trouble. Mrs. Charles Burke is director of the pro
gram, and among those who will appear are, left to right,
Wink Houston, Bobby Stewart and Jabo King. Stewart will
represent a New Year’s baby, while King practices his marks
manship with the bow and arrow as cupid.
Two winless teams collide on Friday
when Seminoles journey to Dawson
TWO TEAMS that have lost every game played this season
will tangle in Dawson Friday night at 8:00, when the
Seminole Indians meet the Terrell County Green Wave.
Between them, the two
groups have lost 14 games,
and this has to be a battle
for possession of the celler of
region IB west. The Indians
hold the longer losing string,
though, as they have not
tasted victory in the past 21
games.
Coach Denvard Snell says
he will open with a team com
posed of nine sophomores and
two freshmen. He says the
starting line will be all sophs,
and two freshmen, Sid Shing
ler and Larry Grant will be in
the backfield. The other backs
will be Ray Smith and Mike
Bowen, both sophomores.
Coach Snell says the team
has looked better and shows
much improvement since he
started using more lower
classmen, and he believes the
team will continue to improve
because of it.
Grant, Smith and Shingler
moved the ball well in losing
the Cuthbert game last week,
and Bowen appeared to have
more confidence at the quar
terback slot.
POSTAL RECIPTS SHOW
INCREASE AGAIN
Postmaster O. M. Roberts
reports another increase in
receipts at the local post of
fice.
Roberts says the first quar
ter of the fiscal year shows
sales of $15,282,83, compared
to the same period of last
year, which had sales of $12,-
897.99.
Roberts says this was an
increase of 18.5 percent, and
, brings total sales for the
calendar year to $39,700.28
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1963
The use of “rookies” is also
necessary because of injuries.
Fullback Lawrence Davis is
not fully recovered from the
injury he sustained in the
Hahira game but he may see
.'some action against Terrell.
| Coach Snell expects Daw
son lineup to weigh about the
same as Seminole’s. He says
They’ll be scrapping to gain
a win, too, so he expects no
easy time of it.
I ANOTHER EASY ONE!
Does it seem to be getting
easier to recognize the
“m"stery” picture each week?
It should. !
This week’s guest is so well
IBwell known,
and looks
enough like he
when this
picture was
* no clues
be given.
Guess his
jgf and have
iFk 'it in The
i\ews office in writing by
noon on next Tuesday, and
you’ll have a chance toward
winning a two-year subscrip
tion to The News.
Members of the person’s
immediate family are not eli
gible, and previous winners
cannot win again. No other
restrictions, so try your luck.
A dozen people guessed cor
rectly on Jabo King’s picture
last week. Mayor Arden Par
ker drew the winner’s name
from that dozen, and I. E.
Gibbons has a free subscrip
tion because of it.
I Thanks for trying! —Ed
Baby contest is feature attraction of
PTA carnival coming Wednesday
A “BABY CONTEST” will be the feature event of the even
ing on Wednesday, Oct. 30, when the Seminole County
PTA Chapter presents its Hallowe’en Carnival.
The carnival will be held
in the high school lunchroom,
and auditorium, and on the
campus, and many outstand
ing features will be displayed, I
The activities begin at
6: o'o with the serving of a !
chicken jailop supper in the
lunchroom. Mrs. Woodie
King is chairman of this pro- 1
ject, and she lists the menu
as jallop, slaw, homemade
cake, tea and coffee. She
says serving will begin at
6 and last until everyone is
fed or the supplies are ex-
I hausted.
Serving with Mrs. King are
Mrs. Don Spooner, Mrs.
Wayne King and Mrs. Wayne
Carr. Plates will sell for 50c
for children and SI.OO for
• adults.
At 7:00 o’clock the action
starts on the “midway” on
the campus. Here visitors will
find such things as archery,
basketball shooting, fortune
telling, a fish pond, country
store, hall of horrors, a side
show or two and many re
freshments such as hot dogs,
i pop corn, peanuts, snow
cones, etc.
At 9:00 o’clock, the cur-
NAZARENE CHURCH TO
HAVE HOMECOMING
The First Church of the
Nazarene will hold its annual
homecoming service on Sun
day, October 27, beginning at
10 a. m. Dinner will be served
at 12:30.
The church will be cele
brating its 61st anniversary,
says the pastor, Rev. James
Foster, who invites the public
to attend.
A former pastor, Rev. R. L.
Merriman of Ozark, Ala.,
will preach the sermon.
'Near normal’ temperature is outlook
THE 30 DAY agricultural weather outlook for the period
mid October through mid November, for South Georgia,
Southeast Alabama and Northwest Florida, as issued by the
weather bureau at Tifton:
Temperatures during the
next 30 days are expected to
average near normal over the
TriiState Agricultural Area.
Daily mean temperatures
should average between 60
and 66 degrees. Maximum
temperatures will average
mostly in the 70s with after
noon temperatures reaching
85 degrees or higher on three
or four days. Minimum tem
peratures will average be
tween 48 and 55 degrees, but
will fall below 40 degrees on
two or three mornings over
inland areas. The probability
of freezing; temperatures will
increase to one in ten by the
end of October and to two in
ten or higher by mid Novem
ber.
Rainfall during the period
mid October through mid
tains will rise on the baby
contest. Directed by Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Burke and Mrs.
Finley Perry, this production
i will feature local men dressed
as babies, mamas and other
I characters. Out-of-town judg
es will pick the outstanding
baby from a cast including:
| C. S. Waddell as baby Peb
-1 bles; Harry Gay as Mother
Wilma; Billy Jones as baby
Seminole and Finley Perry as
Mother Decatur; Carlton Kel
ley as Sparkle Plenty, and
' Smokey Gibbons as Mother
; Gravel Gerty; Bobby Stewart
as baby New Year, and Wink
• Houston as Father Time; Ja
;bo King as baby Cupid, and
I Jack Wright as Mother Eros;
'! Roy Pierce as baby Sweet Pea
! and Bud Youmans as Mother
1 Olive Oil; Don Swanner a s
baby Moses, and Bill Dozier
; as Sister Miriam ; Sam Burke
1 as baby Snooks, and Marlin
’ Cannington as its mother;
: : Herbert Williams, Rockabye
| Baby, Les Kidd, Mother
: Goose; Roscoe Alday, Baby
Future, and Buford Quimby
; as Mother Present.
The Dancers
A dance team will be form
ed by Paul Stout, Darby
White, Art Durshimer, Benny
Lane and Sol Guterman.
Participants will be dressed
lin diapers, dresses, and other
items of clothing. '
The primary purpose of the
I carnival is not to raise money,
, though the profits will be
| used to benefit the schools.
The first object is to bring
members of the association
closer, and to give them a
chance to enjoy fellowship.
The chapter now has over
200 members since it was re
activated at the start of this
I term of school.
• November is expected to be
' light averaging near or be
low seasonal normals. Rain
fall totals will range between
• one and three inches occuring
1 mostly as showers on three or
four days with one period of
:, prolonged rainfall likely.
| Sunshine during the next
i 30 days is expected to average
> j about 75 percent of possible
, with one period of extended
j cloudiness likely.
Cooler Soil, Too
Soil temperatures will con
tinue to drop during the next
30 days. Average 3 inch bare
soil temperatures will range
from the lower 60s in North
west Florida and extreme
• south Georgia to the upper
I 50s over northern portions of
I the Coastal Plains in Alabama
I and Georgia.
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