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OUT ON A—
LIMB
by Bo McLeod
Warning: if you’re on a
diet, skip the next part, for
it’s sure to put you in a mood
for some fancy eating. It’s the
menu for the annual junior
senior pilau:
The crown jewels, breast of
guinea, emeralds in ermine,
touch of magic, knight in ar
mor, spears and lances, the
queen’s bread and honey, pol
ished jade, crowning glory,
royal burganuy, r oasted chest
nuts, ano, x undguie, bicarbon
ate of soda.
1 don't Know wheie the
younger generation is headed,
but it looks lixe they'll eat
pretty good on the way.
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The “Charles Spooner Day”
thing is something new and
different for D’ville. As far as
I know, we’ve never tried any
thing like it before. No mat
ter, the way Howard Rogers (
is barking orders and direct-.
ing activity, it’s sure to be one
of the best of its kind we’ve
e’er had.
It’s Charlie’s day, and while
other folks are sharing the
satisfaction of it, The News
must claim its part, too.
According to the facts, this
was the first newspaper to
publish anything about Char
les and his basketball playing.
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Yankee Senators are
now threatening our men in
Washington with that old
‘gag’ rule thing again. They
say Sen. Russell and his noble
warriors must knuckle under
at once or face a vote on clot
ture, or ending of debate on
the civil rights bill- i
I’m not surprised at the
threat, and I don’t doubt a
few of the liberals will be eag
er to bring up the gag on the,
CR debate. The public is find
ing out a few of the boogers
in the bill, as the debate goes
on, and if enough is discover
ed about it, the bill will have
less chance of final passage.
Free people simply don’t
agree with laws to place them
under government orders and
control, .if they know 7 it, and
further debate might warn
them of the dangers involved.
See in The News’ that our
postal service is going to be
drastically cut back after all.
This is mere severe than the
cut announced last 1
Now that the service haS.
been placed back there, I’m
sure the department will soon
be asking for a reduction in I
postal rates, too.
I don’t know what we’ll do
for rainfall when Mr. Carl and I
his mizzus move to California. |
Os course he’s well ahead of
the average for this time, of
the year, but that lead won’t
last long. . . i
It would suit me fine if the
Pattersons would change their
plans and decide to remain
here where they belong.
We’re obliged to have a
smaller paper this -week for
several reason. The illness of
George Odom took Theda out
of the shop, and to add more
troubles to- those we already
had, the old reliable press we
print the paper on jumped a
cog or two out of time, costing
us a few hours of shop time-
As far as I am concerned, J
the biggest news of this week
is that there is a News this
week.
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Single Copies: Ten Cento
VOLUME XLVI
Tuesday to be Charles Spooner Day
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The Athletic Director
Bobby Dodd
Lions club to present Minstrel of ’64
in two performances May 7th, Sth
THE LIONS Club Minstrel! show of 1964 will be presented
for two performances, Thursday and Friday, May 7 and
8, in the high school auditorium at 8:00 o’clock each evening.
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Admission prices will be
50c tor students and SI.OO for
adults. Proceeds will be used
to f inance the club’s communi
ty service projects, including
the school music program, the
little boys baseball project,
sight conservation and treat
ments, and others.
Mrs. Kathryn Franklin is
directing tne production for
which members of tne club
have been practicing for many
hours.
Most of the ones who will
appear in the local talent af
fair could claim “star“ bining,
and among the ones who will
perform are:
Luther “opoon Belly” Hast
ey, Jabo “bunflower' King,
J. B. “Sourbottcm” Clarke,
Gil “Suntan” Kelley, John
“Cyanide” Hanna, and Bo
<f Celery Head” McLeod, as the
endmen. Roy Lewis appears as
Mr. Interlocutor.
Meyer Klempf will make an
inspection of the cast, and
Ray Payne answers a tele
phone.
To flavor the comedy, a
large assortment of musical
numbers will be staged. A
mong those with solo numbers
are John Hanna, Foster Wurst
Dr. Ronnie Harrell, Watson
Lee, Ed Pumphrey, Wallace
Drake, Sol Guterman, Wood
row Jernigan and William Ar
den Parker.
Dr. Charles Stewart will
back up the songs on the piano
and he will tickle the ivories
in a special number, to boot-
Forming a melodious back
ground of assorted voices are
the minstrel chorus which is
composed of such talents as
Royce Hall, Payne, Arden
Parker, Darby White, Don
Romine, Leon Barnes, Charles
Burke, Merrian Minter, Kiss
Roberts, Jack Brannen. Fran
cis Santi, John Miller, Dr. Bob
Starling, Joe Harvey, Taylor
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWIS THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964
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It’s His Special Day
Charles Spooner
Thomas and Klempf.
Young Danny King, a prod
uct of the school music pro
gram which the club helps
finance, has made a repay
ment of the favor by directing
the song rehearsals, and he
will help the men find the tune
on show night. Mrs. Wallace
Drake has also helped with
the rehearsals.
Mrs. Morrison Shingler will
provide organ music during
the intermission between the
minstrel and the “Olio” which
will feature Erin O’Neal, Fed
erico Santi, Francesca Santi
and Bill Steiner as South
Georgia’s Beatles. Christine
King will give a reading, then
Susan and Rusty Hall will tap
out a dance.
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THIS IS THE END—They don’t look so happy here, but these
are some of the comedians who will lead the merry mak
ing in the Lions club minstrel show next Thursday and Fri
day in the high school auditorium. Left to right are Foster
Wurst, Gil Kelley, Jabo King, Meyer Klempf and J. B. Clarke.
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His Basketball Coach
Whack Hyder
POSTAL CUTBACK TO
BEGIN MAY 4TH
Limited post office service
at Donalsonville and all other
post offices throughout the
nation will go into effect the
week of May 4, O. M. Roberts,
postmaster, announced today.
! The cutback was ordered by
i Postmaster General John A.
Gronouski as part of Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson’s ec
onomy program, the post
master said.
Under the program, parcel
post will not be delivered on
Thursday, May 7, and each
Thursday thereafter. The
post office will be open only
four hours on Saturday, be
ginning May 9, the hours to
be 8:39 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Only one window will be
open during the period for
stamp sales, acceptance of
registry, parcel post and COD
items, and for general deliv
ery service. No money orders
will be sold at the office or by
* any rural carrier. No box rent
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$3.00 a Year in Advance
Coach Dodd to
speak
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
Tuesday, May sth, will be
“Charles Spooner Day” in
Donalsonville, in recognition
of the youngster who has com
pleted four years of play for
the Georgia Tech basketball
Yellow Jackets.
Athletic Director Bobby
Dodd of Tech will be the main
speaker at a banquet to pay
tribute to the young man who
was the first in the history
of the Seminole County High
School to receive a basketball
scholarship to a Southeastern
Conference team.
Others who will take part
in the program include Tonto
Coleman, assistant athletic
director, John C. (Whack)
Hyder, basketball coach of the
Jackets, and his assistant By
ron Gilbreath. Spooner’s high
school coach, Zack Williams,
. will also appear on the pro
gram.
Senator Julian Webb will be
master of ceremonies for the
occasion to be held in the ele
mentary school lunchroom.
Lion President Darby White
will preside over the meeting.
Roy Lewis 1 , a Tech graduate,
will introduce Dodd. Henry
Durham will give the invoca
tion.
Special guests of the club
for the night meeting will in
clude the boys and girls bas
ketball teams of SCHS. The
girls of Coach N. P. Malcom
|are the reigning state champ
ions, and the boys of Coach
ijere Tillman hold the district
championship.
Coaches, sports writers and
other notables have been in
vited from the area, says Ho
ward Rogers, who is planning
the event for the Lions club,
its sponsors. Rogers says the
meeting will be open to the
general public and tickets are
now on sale for $1.50 a per
son. Advance sales will stop
at noon on Monday, he cau
tions, and no more will be sold
after that time.
Young Spooner is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Spooner,
Jr. He is married to the form
er Miss Shirley Settles.
While in high school, he
climaxed an outstanding ca
reer by helping Zack Williams
win the district championship.
He has been at Tech since
that time, during which he
was held out of varsity com
petition for a year. He was al
ternate captain of the Jackets
during the past season.
While at Tech, Spooner had
a reputation for being a “real
leader and clutch player,” ac
cording to the team's publicity
department. It said he “has a
fine jump shot from the corn
ers and although only 6-2, his
great jumping ability enables
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