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OUT ON A— LIMB by Bo McLeod This .is the time of year for looking to the past with a sigh of relief and to the future with a feeling of fear. You can look back now and see a lot of ex-boogers that have turned into sha dows. The things we thought would surely be fatal in ’63 turned out to be phantoms, else we wouldn’t be here to day, already dreading and fearing what the new year may hold. This is the human way, to dread new days and events, then after they have come and gone, to look back on them and wonder what could have been so frightening a bout them. Can’t seem to get in a mood to try to change things, so let us tremble together, as the last few days of ’63 slip away and the mysteries’ of ’64 come in and take over. I hope all of you will have plenty of blackeye peas and hog jowl on New Year’s day, and plenty on the table on all the other days. I hope the jowl and peas work, and you’ll have good luck all through the year. The way I see it, we’ll need all the luck we can get. n Look inside and you’ll see that several merchants have prepared a fancy welcome to the first baby born in the county in the new year. The youngster will collect ?n as sortment of nice gifts. We know several prospects for the title, but it looks like they will be too late to claim it. It’s up to Bro. Stork, though, and if he wants to add a Zin Code system and speed deliveries like the post office said it was going to, that’s all right. —o— on a Georgia lake: “Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.” SCHS TEAMS SPLIT WITH TERRELL COUNTY The SCHS basketball teams ended their play for this year by splitting a pair of games with Terrell County on Friday night. The next game for the Se minoles will be on January 3 when they go to Cairo. The Squaws easily downed Terrell 61-24, as Jackie Lane scored more than the entire visiting team. The Indians lost a high scoring duel 82-77. The boxscores: Seminole 61 Girls Terrell Co. 24 F Fain 3 Nicholson 3 F Phillips 8 Cross 0 F Lane 31 Lawthorne 5 G Godby Senn G Owens Arnold G Hawkins • Farmer Subs: Seminole, Mims 4, Dozier 4, Butler 1, Brookins 5, Weeks, Cloud, E. Miller, Smith, H. Miller, Blackburn; Terrell Co., Jordan 14, McLendon, O’Stean 2, Ross, Bowen, Hicks, Brown. Seminole 17 9 25 10—61 Terrell Co. 6 6 2 10—24 ♦ ♦ * Seminole 77 Boys Terrell Co. 82 F Johnson 1 Cannon 16 F Miller 25 Miller 14 C Lewis 8 Meinders 8 G Hill 4 Hurst 17 G Butler 21 Downer 14 Subs: Seminole, Mosely 6, Hayes, James 4, Squires 6, Batchelor, Preston 2; Terrell, Mathis 13. Seminole 13 23 20 21—77 Terrell 17 21 23 21—82 jßmtalnnnuilk Nfiui> Single Copies: Ten Cents VOLUME XLV Events of ’63 in review I El BE ' ; F'Wltw I i wMBI ■ / £•<•: >• S'bWiWKi?. :•/ ■ If isl i , w-/ t PERFECT RECORD Fred Hill, left, is doing pretty good percentagewise, as a deer hunter. He has fired only one shot at one, and this is what he got with it. It’s a 4-point, 100-lb buck he killed Saturday near Cedar Springs. Hill and his 13-year-old son Andy, right, were walking through the woods hunting birds when they came up on the deer. Mr. Hill fired once with a 16gauge shotgun and hit the deer in the neck. He is an electrician at the paper mill. Seminole can look to ’64 with hopes for continued growth of economy SEMINOLE County is completing the best year of economic growth in its history. Local farmers reaped their great est harvest and local merchants received their highest retail sales in 1963. This trend should continue in 1964 and farmers and mer chants should be able to look forward to a prosperous new year. In 1963 Seminole farm ers enjoyed their best year. Total farm income was in the neighborhood of 8 I|2 million dollars. This figure reflected an increase of more than mil lion dollars over 1962. Farm income in 1964 should remain near the 1963 figure lf, farmers plan and manage their farming operations in the best possible manner and receive the cooperation of mother nature in this matter. Retail Sales Retail sales in Seminole county should go slightly over twelve million dollars for the year 1963. This figure would be approximately 12% great er than the 1962 total retail sales figure which was $lO,- 638,310.00. Merchants and businessmen should expect 1964 to continue along these Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963 lines of increase. The past two years —1962- 1963, have been good years for Seminole county. The to tal economic growth has averaged over ten percent. This figure is good and the average should hold for 1964. There are some problems that must be faced in 1964; how ever, Seminole countians have not failed to meet and solve their problems in the past and 1964 should not be an ex ception. Stores to close for New Year s Day The stores and business houses of Donalsonville will be clos>ed all day on January Ist in celebration of New Year’s Day. included will be the post offices, government agencies, and the banks. Year was filled with many activities THERE WERE many news highlights on the national and international scene during 1963, and quite a few events of interest happened here, too. As recorded in the pages of The News, here are some of the things that happened dur ing the year now ending: January Postal rates increase began Monday morning. The four cents letter rate, which had been in effect since August 1, 1958, goes to five cents. Post 14 is trained to provide emer gency treatment in accidents. Contract for construction of nine elementary classrooms is won by Blakely firm. Julian Webb installed as senator for 11th district. Miss Julia Hick son receives award as Good Citizenship winner. Efforts made to provide care for Friendship Cemetery. Grand opening of Esso station. The Squaws win, Indians lose two basketball games during the week. Webb placed on com mittee to study revision of state constitution. February Harriett Lane and Harry Cobb chosen boy and girl of month at SCHS. Band and glee club give concert. Miss Patricia Sirmons chosen 1963 Star student, Mrs. Ann Smith her star teacher. Merchants elect new officers, decide holi days to be observed during ’63. School for adult 4-H lead ers held. March Gov. Ctrl Sanders speaks to 25th Seminole cattle show. SCHS Squads play Terrell County girls Monday night in Pelham. Seminole members plan activities to celebrate National 4-H club week. The Squaws are region basketball champs again. John Ray Stout shows the champ at cattle show, Charles and Marjorie Burke win first place in adult twist contest. Squaws win the state championship again by nipping Nahunta in the finals 43-29. Drive extended for chamber of commerce mem bers. Buddy Lord named FFA star farmer of Miller County. Delegates attend youth as sembly in Atlanta. “Some thing” breaks store windows in D’ville, fast plane suspect ed. Steve Spooner named star farmer by Seminole’s FFA chapter. Going away party for First Presbyterian Church’s pastor, Rev. and Mrs. Ralph McCaskill, Jr. April Youth center planning und erway, opening expected soon. Pre-school clinic held. Work on enlargement of egg plant begins. Sunrise service at cemetery leads Easter observ ance. Director named for the youth center. Two-headed calf born on R. F. Spooner farm. Hugh Broome named to new $3.00 a Year in Advance state highway board by Gov. Sanders. David Pearce shows reserve champion Hereford of 16th Georgia livestock ex position in Atlanta. Reuben Roberts and Linda Reynolds named Mr. and Miss SCHS. Donna Lane and Joe Hastey named boy and girl of month. Charles Spooner elected alter nate captain of Tech basket ball team. HiYior grads nam ed: Julia Hickson, Marvilyn Wright and Joy Lane. Rabid dog, cow found. SCHS band member, Joe Glawson, rated superior at all state junior high band meet. Ray Stout ! showed grand champion steer 'at 30th southwest Georgia i cattle show in Albany. SCHS trio awarded second place in state literary meet. Members of group were Susan Shing ler, Marvilyn Wright and Shirley Phillips. May Mrs. B. B. Clarke honored at library week social in Bain bridge. National home demon stration club week observed. Seminole among first counties to join concerted area devel opment effort. Lions club e lects Darby White president. Band concert given. SCHS juniors entertain seniors’ at annual banquet and dance. Miss Particia Herrington re ceived top single award at honors day program at Val dosta State College. Picnic at Cypress Park sees opening of youth recreation program. Seminole PTA chapter begins effort to revitalize interest in schools. Friendship Methodist is district’s “church of the year” for 1962-63. Indians de feat Camden County for dis trict baseball crown. Farmers favor wheat quotas. Jakin High graduates five seniors in last exercise before closing. Peggy Bush named princess (continued on back page) Schools open Jan. 2nd The schools of Seminole County will re-open after the holidays, at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 2nd, says N. P. Malcom, county school superintendent. COMBINED SERVICE AT BAPTIST CHURCH The congregations of the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches will join in a united worship service at 7:30 on Sunday evening, December 29, in the Baptist church. Rev. Henry Erwin of the Methodist church will preach. NUMBER 35