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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. —o ' 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. —o— 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. imtalsmtuille Nraa Single Copies: Ten Cento VOLUME XLVI Tuesday to be Charles Spooner Day Bl WWW HL -wffC I Kjl 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. r 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 k 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. continlued on back page ■pt 4 wßaw 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. fl Bp lb fl W |wT " SK ’• Jot ml 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 continued on back page $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 continued on back page NUMBER 1