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OUT ON A— LIMB by Bo McLeod Well, Charles Spooner Day has passed this way and is slowly fading away into the realm oi history. It was a smashing success, thanks to several reasons. Second of all, Howard Rog ers was the straw boss of the planning committee. Howard won’t take just any old job you throw at him, but when he accepts a task, everybody get back out of the way. He points his finger and barks orders or suggestions, with all the timidity of a diui sgt., and first thing you know” things are in place and the work is finished. Thirdly, there was a meal fit for a king, queen or even a Beatle. There was cracklin’ bread, turnip greens, blackeye peas, syrup, and pie. (There ain’t but one kind, and that’s ’tater.) The gulps* and slurps, the smacks and the sighs were proof enough that the people enjoyed eating it. Fourthly, the speakers 1 were in rare form. By that I mean they stood up, spoke, up, and shut up. That’s one sure way to have a fine evening. You thought I had miscount ed, but Firstly, they picked a fine young man to honor. This was the real vital ingredient, and Charles Spooner fits the position perfectly. Note I haven’t said too much about the way Charles played basketball. And I have never gone into details about the fine points used by people like our N. P- Malcom. I like to brag about them, and we have always tried to tell our readers about how well they do things, but I do not care to get into a debate about the inside of the sport. There’s a reason for this, naturally. I don’t know much about the game because of an early ex perience that made a lasting impression upon a young lad’s mind. , .. They called for basketball candidates on Monday. I went out for the team on Tuesday. They decided not to even have a team on Tuesday, too. This is a true story, or you can bet 1 wouldn’t tell it. Don’t forget to go for to get your third and last polio vac cine on Sunday. This is some thing yoi# ought to be sure to do, even if you have to miss your nap to do it. President Johnson comes to North Georgia to look for pore folks. He wasn’t very serious about finding ’em, or he would come on to Seminole. After all that rain last week, we’re all a few bucks poorer. George Wallace ought to be ashamed, the way he goes in to a Yankee state and takes votes away from the home stand governors- And he ought to feel bad for putting the news experts to so much trouble making up new “reasons” for the way he is running. The Alabama governor has received ail these votes while being strongly opposed by BOTH —political machines. What would he do with an even chance? They’ve always said, “Let George do it.” Reckon Wallace takes that personally. HntialHumnlle Nmfi Single Copies: ”«n Cent* VOLUME XLVI IK -41 SI <:■ sin JWIt WbewwWWM vSB JsMWWwWMy jsHEmShh/ i w k /I LAST CHANCE I —Seizing a “last chance” to polish their solo numbers in the Lions club’s Minstrel show to be presented tonight and Friday night in the high school auditorium are Woodrow Jernigan, left, and Ed Pum phrey. Accompanist is Dr. Charles Stewart. The show features about 45 people in the cast. Curtain goes up tonight at 8:60 for Lions club’s Minstrel Jubilee of ’64 THE CURTAIN goes up at 8:00 o’clock sharp this evening in the high school auditorium when the Lions club’s Minstrel Jubilee of 1064 begins. The show will play for two Lee” by the entire company, performances, one each on “Dark Town Strutters Ball” Thursday and Friday even- Sol Guterman ings. Admission prices will be “Kentucky Babe,” by Ed SI.OO for adults and 50c for Pumphrey students. Advance tickets are on sale and can be secured from members of the sponsor ing club. Holders of advance | tickets will be allowed first entry into the auditorium, at 7:00 o’clock, allowing them to choose a seat before the door tickets are sold. The box office will open for general ad mission sales at 7:15. Profits from the show will be used to help finance the club’s many community serv ice projects, including the school music program, sight conservation and treatment, youth work, baseball, etc. Mrs. Kathryn Franklin is the director and cheer leader lof the production. Danny King is music director, and i Dr. Charles Stewart will play 'the piano with the soloists, and he will render a solo on the instrument himself. William Arden Parker is in charge of props, Luther Join er the electrician. Sol Guter man is handling advance tick et sales, Foster Wurst and Gil Kelley produced the pro gram. Jack Brannon is treas urer, and Merrian working the audio problems. T. W. Beauchamp is chair man of the ticket sellers at the box office, and ushers, his aides include Hudson Owen, Leon Barber, Vester King, Bill Brigham and Lonnie Jern- * Among the musical numb ers will be these: “Waiting for the Robert E. Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS ! “Dixie” by the company. “Lil’ Liza Jane,” William Arden Paker “Five Fcot Two” by Foster Wurst I “In the Evening by the Moonlight,” Wallace Drake i “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” Woodrow Jernigan i “My Darling Clementine,” Dr. Ronnie Harrell “Heart of My Heart,” John Hanna “I Want a Girl,” Watson Loe “Toot Toot Tootsie,” by the entire company Roy Lewis will be Mr. In terlocutor, and “end men” in clude Jabo King, J. B. Clarke. Hanna, Luther Hastey, Gil Kelley and Bo McLeod. Mever Klempf will be an inspector. Mrs. Morrison Shingler will play the organ during the in termission. Starring in the olio portion of the entertainment will be: Erin O’Neal, Federico Santi, Francisco Santi and Bill Stein er as the South Georgia Beat les; Christine King will give a*neading. then Susan and Rusty Hall will give a tap dance- A boy’s trio made un of Lawrence Davis, Allen Lewis and Paul Brimlow will sing a pair ofc’songs, then a girl’s trio will‘do the same. The girl’s group is" formed by Su san Shintf&f,* Jenny Johnson and Carolyn Reagan. A skit entitled Looking Into (continued on back page) THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 Survey is underway to determine extent of damage caused by rain A DISASTER committee composed of federal agency officials is surveying damage to Seminole County this week as water from the week end’s heavy rain slowly subsided ini fields and roadways. Members of the committee I include representatives of the i county agent s office, the FHA and the ASCS committee. Ra yo King is chairman, and Leon Barnes is secretary. Barnes says the group will meet next week to attempt to evaluate the extent of damage to the farms, and possibly to request emergency federal aid because of it. The damage was caused by up to 5 I]2 inches of rain that fell last Saturday morning. It came to fields and streams already satuarated by earlier rainfall, as the year continued its move toward becoming one of the wettest in recent his tory. C. J. Patterson, official U.S. weather bureau rain recorder for the county, said he meas ured 4.30 inches in Saturday’s downpour, which came be tween 7:00 a m. and noon. But he said other parts of the county received more rain. An unofficial report at Iron City, for instance, listed rain fall during the period of 5 112 inches. Saturday’s rain fell into fields already soaked with an official total of 34.88 inches this year. During the same period last "'’ear, only about 14 inches of LAST CHANCE TO STOP POLIO— Final oral polio vaccine clinic Sunday THE FINAL feeding of Sabin oral polio vaccine will be made Sunday, May IC, says Herb Crosby, chairman of the Lions club’s step polio committee. Ciosioy says Type 111 vac cine win be administered on smah cubes of sugar again, and the same procedure will be followed as was used in the tirst two clinics. Clinic Locations i Feeding stations will again be located at the school build ings in FDR and Iron City communities, at Seminole County High School and at the Seminole County Training School. Clinics will be open from one to five p.m., and volunteer doctors and nurses will be in attendance at each clinic. Dr. Robert J. Starling, med ical chairman of the project, urges “everyone to be sure to attend this clinic. Our percent age of participation dropped at the second clinic, and we hope the percentage will be high again for this last one.” “It is important that each person takes all three types of vaccine, for complete protec ' tion against all of polio. Those Who missed the first or second feedings should go on ito this third clinic, then con sult their private physician about making up missed vac- $3.00 a Year in Advance rain had been recorded. The average annual rainfall for the county is 52 inches. Patterson said 8.33 inches of this year’s rain came dur ing April and set the ground up for Saturday’s flooding. Last year, oniy 1.24 inches fell during the month. Barnes says cotton farmers were hardest hit by the flood. He believes much of the pea nut crop will be saved if the farmers can get into their fields on time. But county agent Royce Hall said plowing would be the big problem, since fields would be too soggy for heavy equip ment for several days. Both agreed that among the losses would be included terraces, top soil, seed and fertilizer. In Donalsonville many lots were covered by water, and Some homes were entered by it. Several roads around the county were closed when the water covered them. ♦ * * FINAL SIGNUP TIME This week wil be last time to siernun for plav in the jun ior baseball program. Those not enrolled by that time will rot be eligible to olay during this season, says Champ Brid ges; director. cine,” Starling added. in the first clinic 7064 per sons took the vaccine, tor over 100|% response, but the num ber of doses fell to 6768, and the percentage of participa tion fell to 97% in the second feeding. Each person who takes the vaccine will be given an op portunity to contribute 25c per feeding, but sponsors in sist no one should let inability to contribute prevent their attending a clinic. “The protection can be con sidered complete only if Large percentages of our people take advantage of this opportunity. The contribution of 25c per person will be used to help de fray costs involved, but our primary purpose is to distri bute the vaccine to all of our people,” says Henry Durham, finance chairman. All ages should participate, and each person should take the oral vacine even they have already had the vaccine by - The oral vaccine is tasteless and odorless and there are no aftereffects. On ly a few minutes of tinw>*are required to take the medicine. NUMBER 2