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OUT ON A— LIMB by Bo McLeod Ah, to be ‘young’ again, looking forward to little other than picking up a high school diploma and going out into the mean old world and mak ing my fortune. I did the first part of that all right. I took the diploma from the hand of whoever was giving them out, and I went forth into the mean old 6 world. The part I haven’t done yet is the making of a fortune. This may seem to 'be a com plaint, but it’s noCmeant that way. Actually, I’m kinda glad I haven’t made my fortune, for it means I have something to look forward to. Pity the man who is already so rich he’ll never know the joy of attainment. All he can rejoice in is the thrill of hav ing. Oh, I tried to do like the commencement speakers said. I always try to look ever on ward, ever upward, unafraid and full of hope. I strive and I dare, just like the people told me to, but so far it hasn’t brought the rewards they said would be along. —o ‘ ‘ One of the bigger troubles with “youth” is that few ap preciate it while they have it. It takes a number of years for the person to realize how nice it is to be young enough to endure just about anything, and to enjoy just about every thing. But, shuck’ens- I am not qualified to advise the young folks how to make a life out of a few years. They’ll get plenty of advice now-a-days, I’m sure, so all I could recom mend would be a headache pill or powder. Instead of wise words for the classes of 64, I’d rather ex press sympathy and a wish for stout hearts and steel nerves, for they have a new style of problem to face: Whether ’tis better to try to work hard and save and gather a fortune; or to loaf around and let Uncle Lyndon support you. It’s not an easy choice, and much concentra tion should. be used before a final decision is made. This year’s graduate faces this kid of mess: If he decides to try to make it on his own he’ll have to pay a pile of tax money, so Uncle Lyndon can support those who decide to qualify for the poverty drive. > If ambition carries him only a few notches above that which establishes a right for government aid as a pauper, look at the time and energy he’s wasted. If he elects to coast in and take advantage of the “war on poverty,” there’s | the danger that too many may make the same decision. It’s unfair, but some have to work hard to get money to pay tax es, so others can live off those same tax monies. That makes for a consider able problem, and thank good ness our generation did not have to face it. We just went out and failed. There was no second choice. They’re searching for that greasey kid stuff in our coun ty again, and I hope they find it. However, I don’t believe it takes so much equipment to find oil. Jed Clampett did it by nothing more complicated than an old shotgun. itonalantwillf Nmd Single Copies; Ten Cents Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia $3.00 a Year in Advance VOLUME XLVI DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1964 NUMBER 5 I > " I : H ■ I * .11 rank § <3 | p a r ;> I W' ' w ' ■r? cl OBJECTS iHMF J i taWßi AMONS & H •'gQA. < 'la H -'-r • • I | 3!,<t I * t HOWI Ta ’**• ‘ 4,< *" d IwH MroWM: » I MHHIIHbd ;hJI ■ ’'X ilHEsrab NEW PT A LEADERS —These are the new officers of the Seminole County PTA Chapter. Left to right are Mrs. Hugh Broome and Charles Bridges, co-chairmen of the high school unit; Mrs. Ross Thomas, co-ordinator of the two units; Mrs. J. R. Pinson, Baconton, a past presi dent of the Georgia PTA congress who conducted the in stallation service, and Mrs. Clifford Moody, who with Mrs. Roy Pierce (absent from photo) serves as co-chair men of the elementary school unit. SCHS class of ’64 to receive diplomas in exercises Monday, June 1 at 8:30 SIXTYONE members of the class of 1964 will receive their diplomas from' Principal J. B. Jenkins of Seminole Coun ty High School on Monday evening, June Ist. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached on Sunday evening, May 31, at 8:00 o’- clock. Rev. Roy Lewis will preach the sermon, and he will be assistel by Rev. L. E. Pierce, Rev. Henry Durham, Rev. Jack Zorn, and Rev. Hen ry Erwin. Buddy Herrington will play for the service to be held in the high school audit orium. Ushers will be Kaye Can nington, Wanda Brooks, Bren da Dozier, Jenny Johnson, Sue Reynolds, Wanda Webb, Dur wood Morris, Joey Brunson, Hoke Parker, David Pearce, j | John Ray Stout and John Wil-1 i son. McCaskill to Speak Rev. Ralph McCaskill, Jr., pastor of a Presbyterian church in Pensacola, Fla. will be the principal speaker in I the graduation program to be held in the football stadium on Monday, June 1, at 8:30 p.m. He is a former pastor of the Donalsonville Presbyteri an church. Rev Henry Durham will give the invocation, Jenk ins will present the speaker, and diplomas to the graduates, and the school band will play. Honor Graduates Honor graduates are led by Mary Ann Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Baker, valedictorian, Harriett Lane, daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. A. Lane. Iron City, salutatorian, and Bert Trulock, son of Mr. ’and Mrs. E. P. Trulock. who will give the graduate’s creed < as third honor student. Other honor graduates in-.1 elude Joy Barber, Harry Cobb, David Cliett, Maxie Hayes, Ronnie King, Sharia Lee, Don na McCalvin, Gerald Miller, Carolyn Reagan, Barbara Rit chie, and Amy Jo Spooner. Other members of the grad uating class, in addition to honor graduates already nam ed, are Glenda Braswell, Lin ia Bridges, Gale Burke, Mount Vina Chandler, Terry Chest nut, Lawrence Davis, Joe Dick, Bob Dutton, Patsy Ethridge, Arthur Glass, La joy Hagler, Charlotte Hawkins, Benny Hayes, Kenneth Horne, Sidney Ingram, Mary Ann Jenkins, Sharon Jernigan, Milton Jones, Lucia Ann Kidd, Allen Lewis, Tommy McMullen, Jack Murk ison. Bud Merritt, Jan Middle ton, Willard Mims, Brenda Mizell, John Mosely, William Murkerson, Elaine North, Bill Nunnery, Linda Faye Phillips, Rollin Rathel, Johnny Reynolds, Mike Sand ers, Federico Santi, Barbara Smith, Gail Smith, John Phil Spooner, Sandra Spoo ne r, Steve Spooner, Alice Taylor, Bert Thomas, Derrell Tomlin, David Webb. Ruth Wethering ton, Junior Whittaker and Don Wright. CANNING PLANT PLANS The D’ville canning plant will be open on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons until further notice. All products should be in the plant by 3:00 o’clock p.m. B. B. Baker and C- W. Smith made the announcement. Search for oil is underway again in Seminole as drill starts into earth h The search for oil is under | way again in Seminole Coun [ ty, after a rotary drilling rig ' started into the ground on land owned by J. B. Gibson and Woodrow Gibson, seven miles south of Donalsonville on the Hebrew road. Drilling was set to begin on Wednesday. | H. J. (Jack) Prince of Dall- I as, Texas and Donalsonville, I is directing the operation. He I has had over 40 years of ex- I perience as an oil producer I and “wild catter,” and he is I well known is the oil fraterni- I ty- ] Prince and his associates I have a permit to drill to a I depth of 12,000 feet, but he I says the present plan calls for drilling only to 7,000. If oil is not found in sufficient quanti ties at that depth, other plans will be considered, he said. Prince says the geology [reports on the land in South ern Seminole County gives 'good reason to believe oil is here. He said the formations - here are the same as in many producing areas and fields. J The geology survey was made for Prince by M. E. Dou glas of the Douglas Radiation Service of Wesson, Miss. This r included magnetic work and - surface geology. B & N Drill ing Company of Laurel, Miss, has the contract to do the drilling. Other attempts at drilling c or oil have been made in Seminole County, the last hav ’ ing been by the late Bob Seal ey. Prince’s well is located a . way from Sealey’s operations, j and he speaks optimistically . about chances for bringing in . a well. [■ “Os course we have no . ‘guarantee’ we’ll hit anything, but we certainly believe oil is down there, or else we would ’ not be drilling,” Prince said. ’ He would make no comment T about how long it will take to settle the question. So the well goes into the earth.and the people cross ’ their fingers . . . maybe this . one will hit it • . . i > • S Jjl t . .. I : kjm | p To Attend Honors School Buddy Herrington SHCS JUNIOR TO ATTEND HONORS SCHOOL Seminole County’s repre sentative ih the Governor’s Honors School at Wesleyan College in Macon this summer will be Buddy Herrington, a 16-year-old junior in Seminole County High School. Young Herrington has been selected from 2647 nomina tions by school systems over the state. His specialty is music, and he gained the 1 scholarship because of his ex cellence in music, including mastery of the cornet which i he plays in the school band, • the piano and organ. ! Another factor was Her ’ rington’s straight ‘A’ scholas > tic record. He was recently • elected president of the school i Hi-Y club, he is a past presi dent of the Sowega sub dis- ■ trict Methodist Youth Fellow- ■ ship, president of the Thomas i ville district M.YF., Outreach t chairman of the South Geor i gia Conference of the M.Y.F., ' and he is a member of the choir of Friendship Methodist i Church. Buddy is an Eagle Scout and holds 38 merit badges, naturally including the music award. He is now serving as assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 711 and is president of the Explorer post. He holds the coveted Order of the Ar row and of the Arrow Broth erhood. His music study began sev eral years ago, and he has been a member of the school band for five years. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Herrington. Os the 2647 students recom mended by 90 of Georgia’s 197 school systems. 401 were sel ected. Those finally chosen for the honors program were given the Ohio psychological test, and a scholastic aptitude test. They scored higher than 90 percent of the nation’s college freshmen, yet will be in their junior and senior year of high school studies next year. Prestige Program The honors school is ex pected to become the “prestige program of education in the state of Georgia,” and can be come “the greatest honor that could come to a student dur ing his entire school experi ence.” Senate Bill 180 authorized the State Board of Education to inaugurate the summer Honors program for students in oublic high schools in the state who have exceptional abilities, unioue potentials, and who have made the high est academic achievements. Sharing in Buddy’s accom plishments are J., R. Jenkins, of SCHS, Robert Strickland, band director, and Timothy Williams, Ms Scout master.