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by Bo McLeod
This is a week when we
need a bigger front page. We
need to give prominence to
the polio project, the cattle
show and the basketball
teains, among others.
I hope we have 100% parti
cipation in the polio effort.
It’s important and will take
only a few minutes, tho it
would be worth several hours
of anybody’s time.
The cattle show is always a
big thing in our town. The
26th one looks like another
of that type, too, and I look
forward to seeing it come a
long again.
As for the basketball teams,
we have the good fortune of
having the boy’s region
champs this year, and at this
writing we have hopes of
having a girls team in Colum
bus, too.
This means our coaches arid
players have been doing a
good job of late. It also means
that we can’t say too much
about it right now, because
we don’t want to “booger up”
anything.
Suffice it to: congratula
tions, Coaches Malcom and
Tillman! And to each boy and
girl in a green suit. We’re
pleased with the way you’re
playing.
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The twist contest of next
week’s cattle show should
create a lot of interest again.
It was one of the best parts
of last year’s show.
I think it nothing but fit
ting, though, that the leaders
of the show should lead the
grand march into the Twist
territory. They do it like this
at other places, so I’m looking
forward to seeing the line of
happy, frisky twisters being
led out of the starting gate
by D. F. Wurst and Royce
Hall.
Wurst and Hall shouldnt
be allowed to compete for
prizes, of course.
I’m depending on Finley
Perry and Gyp Youmans to
represent us again.
Carolyn and I made our an
nual sojourn to Athens last
week to attend the Georgia
Press Institute. We had fun,
met nice people, renewed an
acquaintance or two, and were
made aware of how far we
are from being authenic
Newspaper people, again.
O—
I wish I had a nice picture
of the Clay-Liston fight, so
I could have it framed, too.
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senate finally passed
the tax reduction bill and as
soon as President Johnson
signed it, it meant a slight
raise in pay for millions of
Americans. This is because
the withholding part was cut
a little, leaving a little more
for the take home portion.
Someone has said it’s called
take home pay because that’s
the only place you can go with
I’m glad they have reduced
the taxes a little, anyw
Maybe the savings can I .
us pay last year’s taxes.
Seminole Indians going to state tou
Squaws advance to district IB she
Indians will play Clarkston in Columbus at'6:4o on March sth Squaws* to play Nahunta or Pearson in Doug!
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STOP POLIO The sign the men are holding should read
“Stop Polio Sunday, March 1, Everybody Go,” and it
points up the fact that an important health event is coming
to Seminole County. Sponsored by the Lions Club, and en
dorsed by the doctors of the county, the project is to distri
bute and administer oral polio vaccine to every person in the
community. Holding the sign are postmaster O. M. (Kiss)
Roberts and Herb Crosby, chairman of the project.
Twist contest is added to festivities
planned for cattle show next week
A TWIST contest has been added to the festivities planned
for the 26th annual Seminole cattle show and 1 sale days,
coming on Thursday and Friday, March 5 and 6th.
Teddy Raven and the Gems
will furnish the music for the
contest which was one of the
highlights of last year’s show.
Raven is Willie Hunt, Semin
ole native, who played for the
show last year.
D. F. Wurst, chairman of
the show planners, has re
leased this schedule of events
for the two-day affair:
At Seminole Stockyards:
5:30%- 8:00 a.m., receiving
and classifying cattle
9:00 a.m., judging steers
1:00 p.m., the showmanship
contest
2:uo p.m., setting sale order
S:CO p.m., parade
6:00 p.m., the* banquet at
the elementary school lunch
room, tickets are available
from any member of the show
committee. It will be open to
the general public. Prizes and
trophies of the day’s showing
will be made to the young
NO SCHOOL THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY
There will be no school in
Seminole County on Thursday
and Friday, March 5 and 6,
according to N. P. Malcom,
county superintendent.
Malcom says the Thursday
holiday is for the cattle show,
and Friday’s day off is for
the SCHS boy’s basketball
team which is playing in the
state tournament.
rp) ' Jays will be made up
later, Malcom said, because
the school must operate 180
days a year.
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1964
exhibitors.
The scene shifts to the high
school football stadium for
the remainder of the activi
ties of the day.
At 7:00 p.m., Teddy Raven
and the Gems will entertain
and the twist contest will be
held. At 7:30 comes the final
grand championship judging,
and announcement of the top
animals and exhibitors.
At 8:00, Phil Campbell, the
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THEY’RE HOPEFUL lndicative of the excitement and
anticipation felt by 75 steers and 59 FFA and 4-H club
members is that showing on the face of Rusty Hall, 11-year
old son of County Agent and Mrs. Royce Hall, shown with
the Hereford he will exhibit in the 26th annual Seminole
County cattle show and sale next Thursday. Young Hall is a
member of the Seminole 4-H club and this will be his second
attempt to gain the coveted championship of the show.
First dose of oral polio vaccine to be
given Sunday afternoon, March Ist
THE FIRST phase of the “'Stop Polio” campaign in Seminole
County comes Sunday, March 1, when the first of three
doses of oral vaccine will be given.
The vaccine will be given on
small cubes of sugar. No need
les or “shots” will be used.
The medicine will be available
at the school buildings in the
FDR and Iron City communi
ties, and at Seminole County
High School and Seminole
County Training School. >
Clinic hours will be from
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
There will be no charge for
the vaccine, but each person
will be given an opportunity
to donate 25c for each dose, to
help take care of costs of vac
cine, sugar, publicity mater
ials and other expenses, says
Herl? Crosby, chairman of the
Lions club committee plan
ning the project.
“We want to emphasize that
while we want those who can
do so to make a contribution,
we want everyone to take the
vaccine. We do not want any
one to miss the protection if
he cannot contribute, so we
urge everyone to come,” Cros
by said.
Dr. Robert J. Starling is
medical chairman of the pro
ject. He says all the doctors
of the community have given
their approval and endorse
ment of the campaign, and
a doctor will be at each clinic
in the county.
“Doctors' realize possibly
more than other people, the
importance of all of our peo
ple participating in this pro
gram,” Starling said.
Starling said he has had
many questions about the pro-
$3.00 a Year in Advance
gram, and he would answer
by saying:
Everyone should take the
oral vaccine, no matter if they
have already had a “shot.” A
person could still be a ‘carrier’
of the disease even after tak
ing the inoculations.
People of all ages, from
three months through the
“very old” should take the
vaccine. The project cannot
be a complete success with
thorough cooperation.
No Reaction
Diabetics and people taking
other medication can take the
small, dose and the sugar with
out reaction or after-effect.
The vaccine has been tested
by millions of people over the
world and has been proved to
be safe, effective and simple
to administer, Starling added.
Grosby said the dose is
tasteless and protection can
be administered in a few
“minutes or less”, and there
should be no waiting in line at
the clinics.
The chairman says that if
the head of each family will
have a “request for oral vac
cine” filled out and signed
when the group comes, the
time required will be very
short. j,-
Mrs. J. B. Gibson is chair
man of the clinic planning.
Assisting will be doctors,
nurses and members of the
Lions club. Henry Durham is
inance chairman of the pro
ject.
Two other feedings will be
held later, Crosby added.
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