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by Bo McLeod
Folks can start a big fuss
over little or nothing, and
that might help explain why
there so many varying opin
ions about the new topless
bathing suit.
Actually there is darn lit
tle to base an argument up
on, as far as I can see, which
could be pretty far, according
to some reports.
You find seme men who
violently object to the top
less style. As soon as theii
wives get out of earshot, they
are much more tolerant.
In the interest of reaching
a decision on whether the
men of Seminole approve of
the one (that’s all!) piece suit
I have conducted a little sur
vey. It might be of some help
if we have to issue a proclam
ation endorsing or opposing
the fashion.
Not that I expect it to be
worn much here- bio more
than it has always been, that
is, by gals of Carol Ann s age
group. Girls — and boys —in
this age group have been
known to get away with wear
ing topless and bottomless
numbers in public, and few
arres'ts have been made.
There is a big flaw in my
survey in that the percent
ages don’t balance. Some of
recnle interviewed would in
dicate one opinion by v° ice ’
then they’d wink and throw
the computer off balance.
Here are the results ot tne
SU What do you think of the
new topless swim suits and
dresses:
Approve
Disapprove
Wow! r
*See, there went the winks.
Do you think that anyone
who wears such a suit ought
to be arrested?
No ZZZZZZ *50%
Undecided but looking
into the matter 100%
Decided but looking
into the matter lOO%
I could see we were not
going to reach l a scientific
conclusion, since practically
every man interviewed admit
ted he needed to inspect the
evidence closer before reach
ing a verdict. Mavbe it helps
some, though, to hear a com
ment or two they made:
One fellow said the only
people who would wear such
a suit would be doing it pure
ly because of the usual urge
to “keep out with the Jones
es.” Another said there is no
need to get excited or in an
uproar over the fashion. It
will be passed and forgotten
More the green stamp re
demption stores have them.
Another says that, the next
time his wife complains about
not having a thing to wear,
he’s going to rush right out
and buy something, before
she starts another new fad.
An egghead wanted to show
off bv Quoting Shakespeare, I
reckon. He «aid *he whole
controversy is “Much Ado
About Nothing.”
The state legislature can
enact an election code, and it
has the power to reappor
tion itself, but the judge can
tell it that it can’t submit a
constitution to the people.
It’s probably just as good-
The way federal judges have
been running the country for
so long, who needs a constitu
tion?
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LION OFFICERS—These men are the new officers of the Donalsonville Lions Club-
They were installed Monday night and will lead one of the largest clubs in Geor
gia for a year. Seated, left to right, are Gil Kelley, tail twister, Dr. Robert J. Star
ling, first vice president; Jack Brannon, president; Leer Baines, secretary-treasurer,
and Merrian Minter, second vice president. Standing are William Arden Parker, lion
tamer, Danby White, past president; and directors Luther Sipooner, Dr. C. C. Stewart,
David Davis and Watson Lee. Wallace Drake, third vice president, was absent.
She starts working each morning at
4:30, and has no plans for retiring
SHE GETS UP AT 4:30 every morning, mi’ks five cows,
churns by hand, and distributes sweet mil I ', buttermilk
and butter around town, driving her own car and attending
to all the details of her small dairy business.
She is not wealthy but she
:ould live comfortably with
out such long, tedious hours.
She has not missed Sun fay
School but five times s.nce
she joined the church as a
young girl, and it’s been G"er
forty years since she w°s ab
sent from her post as a teach
er in the young peoples de
partment.
These things are outstand
ing enough, but multiply
them by the fact that Mrs.
B. P. Coachman is 78 years of
age, and still going strong,
with no plans for retirement
or slowing down, and you re
alize this is a rare ‘character’
in these days of the 40-hour
week, early retirement and
what they call the “easy way
ior living.”
-re’s a reason why Mrs.
( an keeps working so
1- n she could manage
without it. She
works “make more so
I can g an admiss-
ion she . .tantly makes.
She didn’t have to go into de
tail about the things she does
with her money, though, be
cause they are well known
around the community. She
is usually the first one to
come forward with the cash
when something needs to be
done at her church, and she
has helped countless causes
around her.
Mrs. Coachman’s devotion
to her church has been evi
dent a.M her life, and she
joined the Methodist church
here when she was 12 years
old. She had been born about
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1964
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homo and recalls that she
joined the church “as soon as
I was old enough to join.”
Then began a record of
loyalty and faithful attend
ance that is so impressive it
is almost unbelievable, but
it is true. The church here
mows it, so much they have
made her an honorary mem-
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LOOKING AT THE LESSON Mrs. B. B. Coachman
looks over the Sunday School lesson with a step
great granddaughter, Martha Roberts. She’s been doing
this as a teaicher for over fifty years, and hasn’t missed
Sunday School in the past forty years.
Stores to close on
Fourth of July
The stores and business
houses of Donalsonville will
be closed all day on Saturday,
July 4th, in observance of In
dependence Day, according to
Charles Burke, president of
the retail merchants associa
tion-
Burke says merchants want
their customers to plan their
shopping needs accordingly.
Also closing will be the
banks and the post office.
The decision to close was
made at a recent meeting of
the association, Burke said.
Next holiday: Thanksgiving.
$3.00 a Year in Advance
Local retail sales
show increase
First quarter retail sales in
Georgia this year totaled sl,-
527,373,170., as compared to
$1,382,414,372 during the
same period in 1963, the Geor
gia State of Commerce has
reported.
Chamber Research Director
Morris Ward reported that
145 counties showed increases
over the first quarter of last
year.
The business volume in
Seminole County totaled $3,-
207,721 during the first quar
ter of 1964, as compared to
$2,715,171 in the same period
of 1963. an increase for the
three months of $492,550-
Other southwest Georgia
counties showed gains, but
Early County fell from 1963’s
$10,046,015. to $4,756,130 in
1964, the report said. This
i was a loss of $5,289,885.
Decatur’s sales in the first
quarter of 1964 amounted to
$6,156,724, compared to 1963’s
$5,592,945., an increase this
year of $563,779.00
Miller County showed an in
crease of $167,020. Sales in
1963 totaled $1,594,901, com
pared to $1,671-921 in 1964.
The. retail sales figures are
based on actual bank deposits
of the Georgia State Sales
and Use Tax collections and
are furnished through the co
operation of the Georgia De
partment of Revenue, the
Sales and Use Tax Unit, the
Georgia Department of Labor
and the Georgia State Cham
ber of Commerce.
In seme cases, the figures
may not reflect an entirely
accurate economic picture of
a particular county because
of collections of delinquent
taxes, lump sum' tax payment
on large purchases of build
ing material, industrial mach
inery. equipment, etc.
The figures represent only
the taxable sales within any
given county.
Little rain cames
but more needed
R. P. Armstrong, Seminole’s
new official rain recorder, re
ports that 3.31 inches have
been received in Donalsonville
this month.
Armstrong says some sec
tions of the county have re
ceived six or seven inches, by
unofficial reading-
On Sunday in Donalsonville
.57-inch was recorded by the
official station, and some ar
eas of the county reported
over two inches. There was
some hail south and east of
I town, and some damaging
wind around the Leia com
mum , Armstrong said.
Ra Payne, assistant coun
ty ° it. says the rainfall
hel ah of the crops “tre-
especially the
corn which was suffering for
moisture. More rainfall would
be welcome he added.
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