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OUT ON A— LIMB 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. —o— 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. —o— 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 VOLUME XLVI •x ?? ■ ~.. jtk! f Alik : I H 081 ' f Um- A..'-- , ' ' ' J < A . . &s.♦ ' ■ ■ • : ' '' • « •••vx- •• x : : Yijjxxf?- ... x 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 Continued on back page [ : 9 It 4 9 '' 9 ' ** ■ 9 1 sag- 8 -1 ■•I 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. With the ] - church still backir fi- * -ih , - ■ r - . y • ■ yy ; ‘ .gt Con tint NUMBER 7