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by Bo McLeod
It must be tough on Presi
dent Johnson and his advisors
and helpers, to have to get on
a ’plane or auto and fly or
drive for miles and miles, to
be able to see some real-life
pore folks.
You and I are better off
than the president, in this
category if no other. We can
see pore folks just by glanc
ing out the door, down the
street, or in the mirror.
Prediction: LBJ’s war on
poverty wiil be a success-
It’s object is to gain votes
for LBJ, and it’ll do that.
As for it’s wiping out of
poverty, I doubt it. I say it
again, Poverty is rugged and
long lasting. No minor cam
paign will beat it.
And this may not be so
bad, after all. If pore folks
are so scarce our officials are
having to travel miles to see
one in person, before long a
pore lad will be in great de
mand as a sort of latter day
freak. He can become famous,
popular and wealthy (huh?)
just for being one of the last
of the poverty patients.
I’ve always said poverty is
not at all bad, once you get
used to it. But I didn’t know
it was to become such a
sought-after thing.
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Senate has voted clot
ure on the “Civil Rights” fili
buster, they called it. They
have moved to make the noble
Southern Senators stop tell
ing why the bill should not
be enacted.
This was natural and was
not unexpected. You see, sup
porters of the thing could not
afford for too many people to
find out what the thing says.
It took sheer weight of
numbers to crush the voices
opposing the measure. I reck
on that’s an omen of how the
thing will work in crushing
the rights of people to oper
ate their own business as
they want to, to hire and fire
as they please, and to gener
ally be free.
The absurd part of the
whole she-bang was illustrat
ed by no less than LBJ him
self the other day. In a speech
in New York, the president
said We’re going to pass the
strongest civil rights bill in
historv. Then he went on to
say Laws won’t cure the
problem. It will be solved on
ly in the hearts of men . .
In other words: it won’t
work, so we’re going to pass
it. I don’t understand.
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would have ne’er guessed
it, but Ace T. Adams, former
ly of the New York Giants
and Iron City community, is
in the tombstone and monu
ment business in Albany.
Hadn’t seen the Ace in a
bout ten years, but he hasn’t
aged much. Must be because
life is still good to the former
“Iron Man” of the Giants,
who did a little pitching in
the old Flint River League,
too.
We’ll have some ads about
Ace’s new business soon, so
be a-watchin’.
Hooray for Jere Tillman. I
admire a man who has the
courage to make such a step,
and I hope it proves to be an
other winning move for him:
If he goes after the devil
like he goes after a basketball
victory, look out devil!
Sonalßonmlle Nraud
Single Copies: Ten Cents Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia $3.00 a Year in Advance
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PROGRESS—City engineer Timothy Williams looks o
ver progress on the construction of a new water tank
for Donalsonville. R. D. Cole of Newnan, Ga. is installing
the tank on seventh street, and completion date has been
set for September Ist. Costing approximately $48,000-,
the tank will hold 260,000 gallons of water and should
be large enough to provide plenty of water—at greater
pressure—for twenty years of continued growth, the
planners say. photo by Jack Wright.
Winning ball games didn’t satisfy,
so coach answers call of ministry
WHEN A basketball coach crowns a winning season with a
district championship, and loses in the state tournament
only to the eventual state champion, you’d think he would
be pretty satisfied.
But Jere Tillman, coach of
the iSemdnole County High
School’s Basketball Indians
for four season, was not sat
isfied. He wanted to preach.
So Tillman had to make a
decision. He had to choose
between the basketball he
has loved all his life, or to
answer the call of the minist
ry. And it was not an easy
choice to make.
For one thing, there was
study and preparation to be
attended to, if he decided to
be a preacher. There was a
family, wife Janice, daughter
Sandy, three years old, and a
second child coming in Sept
ember. There was no ‘guaran
tee’ that such a venture
would be successful one.
On the other hand, basket
ba’l bad become a comfortable
ca: • Tillman was on
hi becoming one of
the ’ brightest young
coaches.
Jere Tillman started play
ing basketball in elementary
school- He went on to a start
ing position on his high
school team in Columbus. A
scholarship to Troy State
Teacher« College, brought by
his basketball skill, brought
a B S. decree in physical ed
ucation. He later received a
master’s degree in physical
education and administration
from Peabody College, Nash
ville. Tenn.
Tillman started his coach
ing career in Entemrise, AH
He was there for two years.
His team won 17 and lost six
that first season, and the foll
owing vear they won 18 and
lost eight. The team won the
Hartford Invitational Tourna
ment and was in the district
finals the second year.
In 1960, Coach Tillman,
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1964
[with two years of experience
under his belt, came to Sem
inole County High School. He
was walking into a severe
testing ground for young
coaches, because N. P- Mal
com was riding the crest of
one of the state’s all-time
winning streaks (and he still
is!) and the departing boy’s
coach was Zack Williams who
had used Charles Spooner and
several other outstanding
lads to bring Seminole its
first district boy’s champion
ship in many years.
Despite this challenging
atmosphere, Tillman went to
work and had a series of
teams that won 66 games and
lost 35. The first year the
Indians won 18 and lost sev
en, and they won their first
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LOOKING IT OVER The Jere Tillmans look over a
scrapbook of the coaching career Tillman has ended,
following his decision to enter a fulltime ministry in the
Methodist Church. He’ll teach in the Donalsonville Ele
mentary school text term, while studying for a license to
preach. That’s daughter Sandy, three years old, between
Janice and Jere. Jack Wright photo
Seminole 4-H’ers bring back honors
from district achievement contests
TWELVE YOUNGSTER'S went to the district 4-H Club
achievement meet in Rock Eagle this week and brought
home more first-place awards than ever before.
With 27 counties represent
ed, about 450 club members
gathered to compete for hon
ors in a wide assortment of
projects. The competition was
keen, but Seminole members
gained the top spot in these
categories:
Joy Barber, public speak
ing; Rose Dutton, yeast
breads; Harry Cobb, marks
manship ; Carolyn Reagan,
clothing, and Luke Spooner,
horsemanship, all in the sen
ior division.
In the junior division, first
place winners were Nancy
Spooner, horsemanship, and
Gail Moody, muffins.
Second place winner in the
junior group was Joy Miller,
biscuits; and third place win
ners in the senior group were
Jane Roberts, recreation, and
Bob Dutton, gardening.
Others competing included
Kathy Singletary, teenfare;
Sherry Ivey, better breakfast,
and Dorsey Spooner, live
stock.
The group was accompani
ed to the meet by extension
agents Ray Payne and Mary
Ann Eason, and Mrs. Leon
Barber and Luther Spooner,
adult advisors.
The contestants had earn
ed the right to represent the
county in eliminations held in
March. First place winners at
Rock Eagle will go on to state
competition in August.
In the election of district
officers, Seminole’s Rose Dut
ton came within one vote of
being named president. She
was defeated by Helen Lester
of Dooly County, by 32 to 31-
Three other candidates re
ceived a total of 26 votes.
Seminole did not win more
points than all other counties,
but they had more first place
finishes per entries than any
other, and their proud advis
ors and leaders were ready to
about this to anyone
who would listen.
Earlier, the Seminole senior
livestock judging team had
won the Southwest Georgia
judging contest. Members of
the team are Luke Spooner,
John Phil Spooner and Harry
Cobb.
Church of Christ
completes new
building
It’s been a year since the
Rev. and Mrs. Jack Zorn and
their two children moved to
Donalsonville. Their mission
was to establish a new church
and they have succeeded.
The Zorns were sent to
Donalsonville by the Belle
view Church of Christ of
Pensacola, Fla. They had no
place to hold worship services,
and they did not know any
people here, but hard work
by the young couple, and
faithful support by the Belle
view church enabled them to
organize a church and to be
gin a building program that
has resulted in the comple
tion and dedication of a sanc
tuary that seats a hundred
persons.
The building is located on
the Marianna highway on the
south side of Donalsonville.
A seven-acre tract of land
was purchased from Ellison
Dunn, and included in the
deal was the old drive-in thea
tre’s projection room and
snack bar-
Rev. Zorn says the first
plan was to tear down the old
building, but Claude Peacock
of Dothan, who conducts art
classes here, designed an a
daptation of the theatre
building, making it into an
impressive worship center.
Rev. Zorn and their “chart
er” members had been using
Cypress Park recreation cen
tr and Zorn’s home as a place
to worship. There were no
known members of a Church
of Christ heie when the ef
fort was started, but now
there are about 20, and aver
age attendance at services is
25 to 30.
When the < ision was made
to renovate vhe drive-in re
mains, Rev. Zorn and his
small congr* ation, and the
friends they d made pitch
ed in and do 4 their labor.
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