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OUT ON A—
LIMB
by Bo McLeod
This is a big season for our
community. Today is cattle
show day, and these days are
always preceded by a lot of
long hours of hard work by
a lot of people.
It’s good to have grown
folks who will put out effort
with no motive or hope of re
ward, other that that our
youngsters can benefit.
Each youngster who works
with a steer for months and
shows it is certain to gain
from the experience. A cattle
show is a good teacher, wor
thy of support.
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While our basketball teams
are competing for honors in
Columbus, let’s not overlook
the news that our band will be
in district competition in Al
bany Saturday.
So, good luck to everybody,
every where, always.
That ought to cover most
of them.
—o—
Ruby has entered a
plea of not guilty in Dallas,
in that naughty change of
shooting Lee Oswald.
I can’t wait to see Ruby’s
defense as it tells us:
A. Ruby didn’t know it (the
TV camera) was loaded, or
B. You can’t believe what
you see on TV, anyway.
I have a lot of admiration
for the workings of the law.
I have seen Perry Mason pull
enough clever capers to appre
ciate how tricky the law is,
and how difficult it is to see
that justice is carried out.
But I cannot get the “feel
ing” of a lad who shoots a
nother, in plain view of do
zens of policemen and re
porters, and millions of TV
viewers, than starts yelping
how “I can’t get a fair trial!”
What’s to be fair about?
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soon, according to
the experts, the tax cut takes
effect and you’ll have another
buck or so in take home pay.
I mention this again be
cause it is such a pleasant
subject.
Uncle Sam’s experts are
betting you’ll spend every
penny you get in tax relief,
and this is how they expect
the federal treasury to make
more money by taking less
from you (by income tax). .
It boils down to the point
that only a spend-thrift is a
patriot, and if you try to bank
the extra money, you’re a
traitor.
Bill Ott of the Macon Tele
graph told me about a town
that was so small the hiway
signs proclaiming the name of
the place were back to back.
Earl Wilson reported a lit
tle place that was so small
its Howard Johnson’s had on
ly one flavor.
I submit a place so small it
doesn’t even have a Zip code
number. That’s small, friends.
Sure I can prove it.
Make-up clinic for polio vaccine set Frid
A total of 6684 people re
ceived the Sabin polio vac
cine in the first feeding of
the oral medication on Sun
day in Seminole County.
Herb Crosby, chairman of
the Lions club committee
planning the project, says
95.5 percent of the countys
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GETTING READY—Members of 4-H clulbs and the Future
Future Farmers of America are spending these last few
days applying finishing touchs to the animals they will dis
play in the 26th Seminole cattle show and sale, to be staged
Thursday and Friday (March 5 and 6). Sometimes a litt'e
teamwork helps make the task easier, and that’s what is hap
pening here. Ronnie Ingram left, lends a hand to Travis
Burke’s Angus. Brushing takes a lot of time and both FFA
members will have their steers looking-sharp by shew time
Thursday morning. 59 club members from four counties have
entered 75 steers in the show, one of the state’s oldest.
STATE TOURNAMENT OPENS—
Seminole Indians play at 6:40 today
COACH Jere Tillman takes his Seminole Indians to Columbus
today for the purpose of bringing back the state class ‘B’
boys basketball championship.
The tournament will be
played in the municipal audi
torium.
There will be seven other
coaches and teams with the
same idea in mind, though,
and only one delegation can
succeed.
The affairs begins at 1:20
in the afternoon with Blak
ely’s Bobcats playing Frank
lin County of Carnesville. At
4:00, Central of Carrollton
plays Vidalia. The Seminoles
play Clarkston at 6:40, and at
9:20 Glennville plays Pike
County.
If the Indians win, they
NO SCHOOL THURSDAY,
FRIDAY, MARCH 12-13
There will be no school in Sem
inole County on next Thursday and
Friday, March 12-13, says N. P.
Malcom, county superintendent.
Students will be free to attend
the girl’s state tournament in Col
umbus, he said.
The days will be “made up” later
because the schools must operate
180 days a year, he emphasized.
population participated in the
mass effort to control the
disease.
Crosby reported a make-up
clinic will be held all day on
Friday, March 6, in the coun
ty health department office
in the courthouse annex. The
same procedure will be held
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1961
play again at 6:20 on Friday.
If Blakely wins its first game,
they play at 9:00 Friday. The
championship comes at 8:30
on Saturday.
Coach Tillman says his In
dians are ready, physically
and mentally, for combat. He
says the boys have rested up
from the tiring district tour
nament, and all hands should
be ready for action.
Tillman says his open : ng
round foe, Clarkston has four
boys back from last year’s
team that. was in the state
tournament until Turner
County, the eventual cham
pion, eleminated them by
three points. This year’s
team averages 6’l” and is
one of two “favored” teams
in the tourney.
The Indians are region IB’s
No. 2 team, and the Bobcats
are No. 1.
This is the first trip to the
State tournament for a Semi
nole boys team since 1959
when Coach Zack Williams led
them there.
here, he added.
The office will be open 8-12
a.m. and 1-5 p.m.
It is hoped that all who
missed the vaccine on Sun
day will take it on Friday. A
second and third dispensing
of the vaccine will be held
iin April and in May, he added.
Cattle show day arrives as the 26th
consecutive Seminole display opens
THIS IS the day 59 club members and 75 steers have been
working for, the day of the 26th annual Seminole County
Cattle Show.
It wiil be a long and busy
day, too, for the young boys
and girls of the FFA and 4-H
clubs of Early, Miller, Decat
ur and Seminole counties with
all the activity building to
ward the moment when the
top animal of the show is
chosen and crowned.
I D. F. Wurst, chairman of
I the planning committee of the
’ Donalsonville Lions Club, the
sponsors of the show, in co
‘ operation with the cattlemen’s
association, says all details
have been attended to, and
the time to sit back and see
how it comes out is all that
remains.
Wurst expressed his appre
ciation to the “many people
who have worked hard to get
RMA to bold vital
meet Tuesday
The Donalsonville Retail
Merchants Association will
hold an important meeting at
1:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 10,
according to William Arden
Parker, president.
Parker says matters to be
considered include the election
of officers, setting of closing
days and times, and other im
portant topics.
Parker urges all merchants
to attend. The meeting will be
held at Moseley Hall.
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PT A INVITES YOU TO
A SUPPER!
The high school PT A invites
parents of hi school students
to supper on March 17. Look
on the back page for more in
formation and reply form. -
Seminole to elect sheriff Wednesday
THE VOTERS of Seminole County will go to the polls on next
Wednesday, March 11, to nominate a slate of county
officials in a Democratic primary in which only one incumbent
is opposed.
Sheriff Dan White is being challenged by Jim Doster,
for the nomination which is tantamount to actual election.
White has served for three terms and seeks a fourth. Doster
is making his first bid for public office.
Incumbent officials without opposition are Mae S. Gar
wood, ordinary; L. H. Hastey, clerk of superior court; Champ
Bridges, tax commissioner; J. O. Brackin, representative;
N. P. Malcom, superintendent of schools; Carolyn Lane, treas
urer; Paul Mosely, coroner, Earl Thursby, surveyor, and
Aubrey Alday, county commissioner for Spring Creek. J. Bj
Gibson succeeds Acie Mims as commissioner for the SteaM
Mill district.
Polling places will be open in the usual locations.
Crosby reported that 2750
doses were given at Seminole
County High School, 2312 at
Seminole Training School,
813 in FDR community, 748
in Iron City, 23 in the Donal
sonville Hospital, and 38 in
Seminole Memorial Hospital.
The figures reflect 96.6 of
things ready for this show.”
Early Starting
The at 5:30 this
morning, with the receiving
and classifying of cattle at
Seminole Stockyards. At 9:00
a. m. came the beginning of
the judging of the show
steers, continuing until 1:00
p. m. when the important
showmanship contest is held.
John Phil Spooner won this
event last year.
At 2:00 p. m., the show of
ficials will be busy setting the
sale order, and at 5:00 comes
the parade through the main
street of the city.
Francis Santi and Morrison
Shingler are leading the par
ade planning and they predict
“a fine showing.” Featured in
the march will be the out
standing Seminole school
band,, they said.
The action moves to the
elementary school lunch room
at 6:00 for the annual ban
quet. This event is also open
to the public and is designed
to honor the young exhibitors.
Tickets can be secured from
any member of the show com
mittee.
Phil Campbell, commission
er of agriculture of Georgia,
will speak at the banquet and
Wurst will hand out awards
won by the exhibitors earlier.
Starting at 7:00 o’clock,
Teddy Raven and his Gems
will entertain in the football
stadium. A twist contest will
?e a lighligiht of this gather
ing, and the public is invited
to enter.
Mrs. John I. Spooner, is
chairman of the twist contest.
There will be four divisions,
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