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by Bo McLeod
Let’s face it, there’s not
much going on this week, ex
cept the Republican Conven
tion in San Franciso. And
most of what can be said a
bout that affair is being said
out there.
Os course we have a few
observations on the thing:
It’s still fascinating to me,
the way the chairman knows
the ‘ayes’ or ‘nays’ have it,
even before the vote is made.
They break right in and pro
nounce the decision without
waiting for any minor details,
like tabulations, or weighing
the expressions. This proves
the chairmen are really effi
cient, or they’re a little bit
prejudiced.
It was good to see the lib
erals filing a ‘minority’ re
port, wasn’t it?
Nelson Rockefeller made a
plea, amidst boo’s, for a plat
form plank to throw “ex
tremists” out of the party. I
wonder what he would have
done if the plank had been
adopted, because it’s impossi
ble to imagine anyone who is
more extreme than he is.
You found yourself wond
ering if maybe GOP stands
for Grumpy and Ornery Peo
ple, after seeing how they
attack one another.
The planners were very
shrewd in holding the conven
tion in ’Frisco. They knock
ed all the “prime time” TV
programs off the air but they
didn’t interfere with “Love of
Life” or “Search for Tomor
row.” To bum(p the soap
operas would have cost them
to many “backlash” votes and
they knew better than to risk
it.
Gov. Scranton has a new
theme song: “I lost my (bleep
bleep*) in San Francisco.” At
the same time, Barry goes
about humming, “I’m sitting
on top of the world.” Rocke
feller croons “It’s been a long,
long time,” and Nixon softly
croons, “Long, long ago.” Ike
was chanting a few medleys,
and it was hard to recognize
anything distinct or clear.
♦campaign, that is.
Seeing these conventions in
action (?) ought to help stop
talk of forming another par
ty. The Democrats still have
to hold their convention, and
bv then we’ll be fully con
vinced the country needs few
er political parties, not more.
I haven’t seen any topless
iswim suits out there, but I
did hear a few headless
speakers.
They call it Cow Palace be
cause so much ‘bull’ is shot
there, I guess.
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The way I figure it, the
summer vacation is just a
bout half over this week end,
so be of good cheer, kids. You
can go back to school pretty
soon- I know how anxious you
are to do this, but please be
patient.
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It didn’t take them long to
recapture that convict below
town on (Monday afternoon.
I imagine that Inmate Rod
gers most have felt pretty
frustrated by it all. because
all he had to show for his ef
fort was a sore leg and a long
er sentence.
Thank goodness Rodgers
was captured nuickly. I don’t
believe we could have stood
another round of rumors, like
when Ben Mathis was loose.
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WATERSHED the preliminary plan
ning of a watershed along Fish Pond Drain are these
supervisors of the Flint River Soil and Water Conservation
District. Seated left to right are Reid Andrews, of Calhoun
County, Judson Mayfield, Grady, John Collins, Mitchell!, and
Mac Sloan of Miller. Standing are Clarke Mosely, temporary
chairman of the project, and R. P. Armstrong, Seminole’s
soil conservationist. Newspics
STILL 180 DAYS'—
Seminole schools to open August 28
THE SCHOOL calendar for the 1964-65 term has been re
leased by N. P. Malcom, Seminole County’s superintend
ent of schools.
The white schools will be
gin the new term' at 9:00
a.m. on Friday, August 28.
The first holiday comes on
October 29, when the district
GEA meeting is held.
Other holidays include No
vember 26 and 27 for Thanks
giving; December 18 thru
January 4, for Christmas,.
March 4 for the cattle show,
and April 16-19 for Easter.
Schools close on May 28,
after 180 days of classes.
More Work for Teacher
Teachers will have ten more
working days following the
recent ruling by the State De
partment of Education. They
will work from August 17th
thru August 29th on pre
planning, and from May 31st
thru June 11th on post-plan
ning.
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1964-65 School Calendar
White Schools
Pre-planning (teachers)
August 17 thru 29.
School opens': August 28
District GEA: October 29
Thanksgiving: November
26 and 27
Christmas: dismiss Decem
ber 18 and return January 4
Cattle show: March 4
MELON SEASON ENDING,
PEAS COMING NOW
Marvin Wright, manager
of the s+ate farmers market,
says this vear’s watermelon
season about over, but peas
have started coming in vol
ume.
Wright said the market is
now handling 20 to 40 tons of
peas each night-
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Want Ads Get Results!
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1964
Easter: April 16-19
School closes: May 28
Post-planning (teachers) —
May 31 - June 11.
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Colored Schools
Prc-p.anning (teachers)
August 31 - Sept. 12
School opens: September 11
District educational meet
ing: October 7
Thanksgiving: November
26 and 27
Christmas: dismiss Decem
ber 22 and return January 4
School closes: June 4
Post-planning (teachers)
June 7 thru 18.
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OFFICIALS CONFER—State highway department officials
and members of the Seminole County Board of Commis
sioners confer on details affecting roads in the Fish Pond
Drain watershed proposal. Left to right are Wilson Roberts
Earl Olson, Bartow Gibson, M. G. Driskell, Hugh Broome and
Leon Barber. Olson and Driskell are sta'/j highway engineers,
and Broome is a member of the state highway board- Rob
erts, Gibson and Barber are Seminole county commissioners.
Convict escapes from work detail
near here, captured two hours later
A CONVICT was recaptured only two hours after he escaped
from a road gang that was working south of Donalson
ville Monday afternoon.
The convict, Charles Fran
cis Rodgers, white male, 38
years of age, ran from: a work
detail assigned from the state
prison at Bainbridge, around
2:GO p m., Monday. The detail
was working on Georgia high
way 91, near the Riverturn
store.
The guard, Wiley Jack
Helms, fired a shotgun blast
at Rodgers as he ran, striking
him in the right leg.
Dr. John Davis and Phil
Spooner were inspecting cat
tle in Spooner’s field east of
the point of escape, and they
spotted Rodgers, who was 1 in
his prisoner’s uniform. Davis
called his wife on his truck
radio and she relayed the in
formation to the local state
patrol station. Several troop
ers went to the field where
Rodgers had been seen, and
Ed Pumphrey made the ar
rest of the convict, about two
and a half miles east of the
place where he had left the
work detail. The leg wound
inflicted by Helms had slowed
the escapee, making recap
ture possible.
Others taking part in the
manhunt were Troopers Cecil
Franklin, Jr., Morris Stewart,
C. L. Marchant and Lt. J. R.
Lee.
Hugh Broome used an air
plane to help locate the con
vict in the field while troop
ers were coming. Also head
ing for the search were offi
cers and dogs from the Bain
bridge prison.
According to the Bainbridge
prison office, Rodgers is now
in confinement and will fully
recover from the leg wound.
He may be transferred to a
prison in Atlanta.
Rodgers has a record of
crimes and sentences dating
from 1942. He has served
varied terms in many prisons
in New York, Connecticut,
New Jersey and Maryland.
He was sentenced at Lumpkin
in Stewart County on April 4,
1964 and sent to Bainbridge
to serve a 66-year term for
burglary.
He had a previous escape
attempt on his lengthy rec
ord, as he tried to escape
from a Goshen, N. Y. prison
several years ago.
Watershed meet
coming July 30
A meeting is scheduled to
be held at the courthouse on
Thursday evening, July 30,
as another step in the prelim
inary planning for a water
shed along Fish Pond Drain.
Dan Searcy, who is a speci
alist in watersheds for the
state of George, will speak at
the gathering, and he will ex
plain the things that must be
done locally to bring the pro
ject into being, says R. P.
Armstrong, Seminole’s con
servationist.
The Seminole chamber of
commerce will send letters
about the meeting to all land
owners along the proposed
route, and all interested per
son are invited to attend, too.
“The people of Donalson
ville should be vitally inter
ested in the project,” Arm
strong said. “It offers a solu
tion to the community’s drain
age problems, and a display
of interest by the people of
Donalsonville would be help
ful.”
Armstrong said that J- M.
Flanders, acting area conserv
ationist, E. R. Pullen, area
engineer, and Brown Nevells,
Miller County’s conservation
ist, were here this week. Aft
er an inspction of the water
shed route, the .men expressed
ootimism over chances for
the project's success.
The project would involve
55.000 acres, mostly in Sem
inole County, with parts in
Earlv and Miller counties. It
would begin in the southern
tins of Early and Miller, and
move through Donalsonville,
to d»-ain into Ray’s Lake near
FDR school.
A number of steps must be
made to bring the project in
to existence, Armstrong says.
A request must be made by a
local organization, then it is
to be inspected and approved
by area, state and federal
agencies, before it can be sub
mitted to the agriculture com
mittee of the Congress for
authorization.
Clark Moselv is temporary
chairman of the organization.
Perry Walker is secretary.
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