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by Bo McLeod
I’m not one to try to tell
the Methodists how to run
a church. I don’t even try to
tell the Presbyterians how to
operate very often, and good
ness knows 1 they could use a
little advice, especially in the
upper echelons.
Rev. J. Howell Perry gave
me the clue several years ago,
about the coming and going
of preachers. I was telling
him I was sorry to hear he
was leaving our town, and, be
sides, how were the Baptists
here going to get along with
out him? I asked.
Without much of a smile,
he told me, “If the Lord calls
me to go away, He’ll call an
other to take my place here.”
And he was right.
What’s more, if I say I’d
like for Bro. Erwin to stay a
while longer, Bro. Knight is
liable to think I’m trying to
keep him from coming. This
is not wihat I mean when I
take a few seconds of my own
time to deplore the departure
of the Henry Erwins.
In case Bro. Knight shoots
something more deadly than
a bow and arrow, let me hast
en to say that I’ll miss the
Erwins because they have
been important citizens to our
community. They could not
keep their field of influence
bound by denominational lines
and they were available for
worthy things within and
without the doors of their
own church-
A Bro. Knight may be the
same kind of person, but the
thing that really counts is he
doesn’t- have more ‘gal’ type
children than I have. That
makes a difference, friends.
I like to test my old reliable
memory once in a while by
dialing the number as I re
member it, without checking
the phone book. I do all right
lots of times, but once in a
while I guess Jeff Spooner’s
equipment makes a mistake- x
Just then I tried dialing the
city clerk’s office, and Moore
Funeral Home answered.
Our city fathers are evi
dently dead serious about this
garbage fee system. Look in
side this issue, read the ordi
nance there, and you’ll see it’s
a pretty strong thing.
It says there that if you
won’t or don’t or can’t pay
the garbage collection charge,
the city can sell your proper
ty at public outcry to satis
fy said charges.
I guess the thing is reason
able. If you don’t pay your
water bill they can cut off
your water and sooner or lat
er in this kind of weather,
you’ll get thirsty enough to
settle up. If you don’t pay
for garbage collection there is
no way for them to bring
your garbage back, so I sup
pose they have to have a lev
er of some kind.
But it seems cold and cruel,
to threaten a man with the
seizure of his possessions for
such a small crime or sin as
failing to contribute to the
garbage gatherers fund.
Wonder if LBJ considers
a situation like this a part of
his War on Poverty? Some
how that ‘War’ and garbage
seem to kinship.
It’s just too dam hot to
spend energy complaining a
bout how hot it is, ain’t it?
Binalannutlk Nmfl
Single Copies: 'Ten Cents Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
VOLUME XLVI
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WINNING WAYS—Here are ten of the twelve Seminole 4-H club members who went
to district achievement meet in Rook Eagle recently ~and brought home a wide asi
sortment of honors. Left to right, front row are first p’ace winners, Gail Moody, muf
fins; Rose Dutton, yeast breads; Carolyn Reagan, clothing; Harry Cobb, rifle, and Joy
Barber, public speaking. Others participating were, back row, Kathy Singletary, teen
fare; Sherry Ivey, better breakfast; Joy Miller, biscuits, second place; Jane Roberts,
recreation, third place; Boj button, third place, gardening, and Mrs. Leon Barber, ad
ult advisor who accompanied the group with agents Ray Payne and Miss Mary Ann
Eason. First place winners will compete for state honors in August. Absent from pho
to are Nancy Spooner and Luke Spooner, who won first places in junior and senior
horsemanship. Earlier, the Seminole team had won first place in livestock judging.
Pierce Harris will speak at genual
ladies nite, Lion officer installation
THE LADIES night meeting of the Donalsonville Lions Club
will be held in the Baptist church annex at 8:00 o’clock
on Monday evening, June 22.
Dr. Pierce Harris, paste of
the First Methodist Church
of Atlanta and Atlanta Journ
al columnist, will be the mnn
speaker at the event. Dr.
Harris is a much sought-after
speaker and one of the lead
ers of the religious life of the
state.
The climax of the evening
will come when J- B. Clarke
installs the club’s officers for
1964-65. Jack Brannon will
succeed Darby White as pres
ident of the 100-member or
ganization.
Other new officers will be
Dr. Robert StarTng, Mercian
Minter and Wallace Drake,
vice presidents; Leon Barnes,
AT DUNN THEATRE—
Three Notch annual meet Wednesday
THE THREE NOTCH Electric Membership Corporation will
hold its annual membership meeting on Wednesday,
June 24, at 10:00 a.m.
The meeting will be held at
Dunn Theatre, according to
A. B. Reynolds, manager.
Reynolds says members will
gather to hear reports of the
progress and condition of the
organization. They will also
elect three members of their
board of directors. A nomi
nating committee has nomi
nated H. O. Cummings, of
Seminole County, L. A. Pitts,
Early, and Warren L. Davis,
Jr. of Miller for three-year
terms to succeed themselves
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1964
secretary; Gil Kelley, tail
twister, William irden Park
er, lion tamer. Directors to
serve two-year terms are Dr.
C. C. Stewart and David
Davis. Serving one-year terms
are ho’dover directors Luth
er Spooner and Watson Lee.
White, as immediate past
president, will also be a di
rector.
Mrs. Manion Roberts is the
club’s siweetiheart.
* * *
There will be no meeting
of the club at noon on Tues
day, June 23, White says.
The next meeting will be at
Moseley Hall at noon on Tues
day, June 30.
on the board.
Cummingsjs president of
the co-op, L. H. Baughman is
vice president. Gordon Spoon
er is secretary-treasurer.
Other directors are T. P.
McDonald, C- E. Wills, Gra
ham Bolton, and Charles
Bridges. E. P. Stapleton is the
board’s attorney.
6426 Members Now
The Three Notch EMC was
started in 1988. It now has
over 1644 miles of line and
over 6426 members.
30 ■ day weather
outlook
The thirty-day agricultural
weather outlook for mid-
June thru mid-Jiuly for South
Georgia, southeast Alabama
and northwest Florida:
Temperatures during the
next 30 days are expected to
average above normal over
all of the tni-state agricultur
al area. Daily mean tempera
tures should average between
78 and 84 degrees. Maximum
temperatures will average be
tween 90 to 94 degrees with
afternoon temperature reach
ing 95 degrees on six or seven
days. Daily minimum temper
atures will average between
68 and 72 degrees with no
minimum temperatures below
' 60 degrees. (
Rainfall during the period
|is expected to vary widely
from place to place but sihould
average between 2.50 and 3.50
inches occurring mostly as
afternoon and evening thund
ershowers on six to eight
days through the period-
Sunshine during the period
is expected to average about
75% of possible with no ex
tended cloudy periods.
Soil temperatures during the
next 30 days are expected to
level off with four-inch soil
temperatures averaging be
■ tween 80 & 86 degrees. Tem
peratures at a seeding depth
of two inches will frequently
exceed 100 degrees during the
afternoon.
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Every man needs a wife,
because so many things go
wrong that he can’t blame on
/ the government.” —copied
$3.00 a Year in Advance
Graded calf sale
set for June 25th
The Seminole County Cat
tlemen’s Association, in co
operation with the Seminole
Auction Market, will conduct
;he third annual feeder calf
sale on Thursday, June 25.
More than 1,000 invitations
have gone out to buyers in
eastern and southeastern
states, informing them of the
sale. These notices to these
buyers should give cattlemen
the highest possible prices for
their calves.
J. B. Clarke, chairman of
the feeder calf sale commit
tee, states that the sale is
still open to producers who
wish to consign calves and
will be open until and includ
ing the day of the sale.
Open to Non-MemberSt Too
Clarke pointed out that
ducers do not have to be
members of the cattlemen’s
association to consign calves,
nor do they have to be resi
dents of Seminole County. He
said that calves would be ac
cepted from any farm or area
so long as they meet the rules
and regulations as set forth
by the committee. Main rules
are:
Calves must be between 300
and 600 pounds, grade med
ium or above, be dehorned and
castrated. Calves will be re
ceived from 6:00 a.m. until
not later than 4:00 p.m. on
June 25. The sale will begin
at 8:00 p.m.
Farmers who desire to en
ter calves may contact the
county agent’s office, Semin
ole Auction Market, or Clarke.
Prices May Be Better
Clarke also pointed out that
farmers who have calves
meeting the specifications' of
the event should consider con
signing them to the sale. The
highest market price possible
will be obtained for the ani
mals, perhaps running one to
two cents per pound above the
normal market at the time,
he added.
NEW PREACHER TO GIVE
FIRST SERMON SUNDAY
The new pastor of Friend
ship Methodist Church will
deliver his first sermon here
on Sunday morning.
Rev. Clarence Knight, Jr.,
has been assigned to the Don
alsonville church, to succeed
Rev. Henry Erwin.
Rev. Knight was a business
man in Albany before he was
called to preach in 1955. He
has a BD degree from Emory
University’s Chandler School
of Theology, and has been
serving the church at Wares
boro. He and his wife, Eliza
beth, have three sons and a
daughter.
Rev- Erwin has been here
for four and one-half years.
He is moving to Waynesboro.
Rev. Erwin says his time
here has been “wonderful
vears.” “We hate to leave,
but we knew when we came
that a ‘time to leave’ would
come.”
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