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by Bo McLeod
First of all, let us get some
thing straight.
I am not a Johnson man or
a Goldwater man. I can’t be
pushed into either side, for I
can’t feel comfy in either
place.
I have not turned over my
opinion and right to choose,
to anyone. When and If I de
cide between two sorry
choices, and when and if I
decide to make it known, I’ll
find some way to do it. In the
meantime, w’hile all the candi
dates wait with frantic fear,
less I endorse the wrong one,
let’s keep looking at both
sides.
The advertising space in
The News is open to all sides
and factions. We want to be
of service to all, although
there are certain rules we
must follow. Ad copy must be
clean, rational and free of
libel or bad taste. We do not
have to publish anything that
comes along, and we will not-
However, we promise to be
fair and impartial as possible.
It’s a disappointment to
have to publish such remarks
as these again, but it seems
to be in order. So there.
A man who can’t allow an
other to hold a different
opinion in politics—or in any
category, for that matter—is
to be pitied above many oth
ers for his is a sad ailment.
Khrushchev raised a few
more eyebrows this week
when he said the Russians
have a weapon strong enough
to wipe out all humanity with
one blast. I imagine we have
such a weapon, too, so now
the only thing to do is set up
some ground rules to see
which side gets credit for it,
if and when it happens. I re
fuse to help with this.
Hurricane Dora came and
went and our part of the
country escaped with only
minor damage from rain. It
could have been—and nearly
was—much worse.
But shuck’ens, with just a
little more wind we could
have qualified for some of
that disaster money-
It’s a shame Lyndon could
not make it to the scene be
fore the storm arrived, tho.
Anyone who can make Hubert
Humphrsy into a Southern
dish could surely say Peace,
Be Still, and the wind and
wave would obey. All that
damage would have been a
verted, even that bent TV
antenna in Echols County.
It’s a good thing those
demonstrations over shuttling
school children across town
are taking place in New York.
This means they are not “ra
cial” in nature. .
If they’d happened m the
South, there’d be so many
marshals, marines and na
tional guardsmen around, the
problem would solve itself.
The buses couldn’t get thru
the police lines.
Al Ronge, outcumbent (one
of the few remaining like
that!) predicts a close runoff
and passoff and kickoff be
tween the Indians and the
Cubs Friday night, and he al
so foresees an end to a sad,
lonely string, b y ,°f
TD’s. The score will be 2713
in favor of the Indians,
deserve to be on the winning
side at last, says Al, and I 2nd
the motion.
JlnnalfiimiiilU NfW
Single Copies: Ten Cento Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville. Georgia * Year in Advance
VOLUME XLVI
i JI
PLANNING INVASION The Seminole Indians will
take a new lineup to Vienna Friday night, and here
the Tribe’s leaders check their plans to defeat the region
IB Cubs. Left to right are Al Stevens, assistant coach,
fullback Paul Brimlow, and Coach Denvard Snell. Brim
low is also captain of the Indians. He-moves from end to
fullback in the effort to bolster the Indian offense.
Indians invade Vienna Friday for a
region IB game; Cuthbert here next
9 7
THE SEMINOLE Indians will
to Vienna on Friday nigh
with the Cubs of that city. Gai
Coach Denvard Snell says
he will open with his adjusted
lineup in Vienna, and he be
lieves the changes will enable
his lads to break their long
lean streak that started in
1961.
Among the changes are the
shifting of Paul Brimlow
from end to fullback and the
placing of John Pumphrey inj
Brimlow’s end spot. Luke
Spooner moves from fullback
to left guard. Mike Bowen
shifts from quarteiback to
lefthalf,- and Bruce Baker
takes Bowen’s, spot at the
quarter-’ Jack Ivey at right
half completes the starting
backfield.. . .
Snell says King Clayton
will return to fulltime duty
i Friday night and he’ll add a
jlot of speed to the attack. Sid
Shingler is still absent, Tom
McGowan is not expected to
play much because he has
been suffering with a virus
this week, and Augie Clayton
will- start at his spot on the
line.
The team suffered a loss
this week when Joe Hastey
sustained a shoulder injury
and he will be out for several
weeks. Snell says he’d count
ed on a lot of work from
Hastey in helping Baker at
the quarteiback slot.
The Indians have played
only one game this season, a
19-0 loss to Blakely. The game
scheduled for last week with
the Bainbridge B's was can-
SEMINOLE ANNUAL
IS ON SALE
Orders are being taken now
at SCHS for the 1965 annual.
jThe full price is $3-50, or a de
posit of $1.50 may be paid.
Orders will be taken Until Fri
day, September 25. .
If you "would like to place!
an order, see Wanda Webb,
Gwynn Fain, Patricia Davis
or Mrs. Othell Evans. ,
DONALSON VILLE (GA.) NEWS
take their search for a victory
it for a region IB west gam«
me time will be 8 :00 o’clock.
elled because of k hurricane
Dora and will not be played.
Vienna has played twice.
They lost to Cuthbert, then de
feated Hahira 20-0 last wee!
in a driving rain. Coach Snel.
says the Cubs are big and fasl
. and build their attack around
■ ,hcir quarterback. The team
j threw 30 passes against Cuth
bert and the weather prevent
ed much throwing against
Hahira.
“Our boys are in good
hape. except those mentioned
already as injured. They seem
to be in good spirits, and they
have worked hard this week
to get ready for Vienna. We
hope to be able to ‘break the
ice’ and maybe start on some
thing better, in Vienna,’ 1
?oach Snell said.
Next week, the Indians play
at home w’hen the powerful
Randolph County Vikings* of
Cuthbert come to Seminole
Stadium. The Vikings have
blayed two games this year,
with Vienna and the Miller
bounty Pirates and have won
both of them.
PEANUT FESTIVAL QUEENS—
Beauty contest coming October 3rd
Entries are now being ac
cepted for young ladies who
would! like to participate in
the contest to crown two
beauties to represent Semin
ole County in the annual pea
nut festival in Dothan next
month-
The local contest will be
held on Saturday night, Octo
ber 3, in the high school audi
torium. Entries will be ac
cepted until Sept. 25 by Jun
f ior Widner, Eceal Ham or
1 Billy Lisenby. EiSenby is the
commander of the Seminole
, County Post of American Le-
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1964
Runoff Wednesday to settle races
for commission, congress, justice
TO COMPLETE the job, the voters of Seminole County will
return to the polls to take part in a runoff primary on
Wednesday, Sept. 23rd.
At stake are the offices of I
public service commissioner, :
congressman and justice of '
peace for the Donalsonville ]
district. <
Bill Brigham, chairman of
the Seminole County Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
says the rsame rules will be
followed in .this runoff as
governed the primary on Sept
9th. Polls will open at 7:00
a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m.
THE 30-DAY WEATHER i
FORECAST
The thirty-day agricultural
weather outlook for the per
iod from mid September to
mid Octpber for South Geor
gia? Southeast Alabama and
Northwest Florida issued by
the weather bureau at Tifton.
Temperatures during the
’ next 30 days are expected to
average ibelow normal over
all of the tri-state area. Daily
‘ mean temperatures will aver
age between 70 and 75 de
grees. Maximum tempera
j itures will average from 80 to I
85 degrees with afternoon
. temperatures reaching 90 de
■ grees or higher on three or
: four afternoons-,: Daily mini
! num temperatures will aver
: *ge between 5Q< and 65 de-
I rrees with temperatures fall
i ing below 55 degrees two ok
• ithree mornings away from
• | the immediate coast.
; | Rainfall during the period
mid September through mid
[ October will range from 2.00
I to 4.00 in Southeast Alabama,
i Southwest Georgia and in
Northwest Florida, to 3.00 to
: 6.00 or more in Southeast
i Georgia. Rainfall is expected
• to occur as showers on four or |
five days with one or two
’ periods of general rain.
I Sunshine during the period
is expected to average 65 to .
I 70 percent of possible with i
one or two periods of extend
ed cloudiness.
Soil temperatures during
the next 30 days will continue
slowly downward, reaching
averages in the 70’s at the
four inch level by October Ist.
gion which is sponsoring the
Seminole entries.
1 Widner says 24 young lad
ies have already entered the
senior queen contest, and
; there are 18 entries for the
little miss peanut crown.
Miss Carolyn Reagan was
last year’s senior winner, and
little Rhonda Holley was the
•junior representative.
The winners will take part
in the many activities and
festivities of the annual pea
nut festival which always
draws thousand of visitors
from many states.
NUMBER 21
Candidates are prohibited
from passing out literature
within 250 feet of the polling
places, and no one but a .candi
date can do any kind of “poli
ticking” within that limit.
One State-wide Race
The only state-wide race
places incumbent Allen Chap
pell versus challenger Alpha
A. Fowler for a seat on the
Georgia, public service com
mission, .Chappell was high
here on Sept. 9, drawing 352
votes to 278 for Fowler. Two
other candidates split 98 votes
and these results plus others
over the state forced the run
off when neither candidate
'eceived a majority.
A similar situation develop
ed in the race for the office
tow held by J. L. Pilcher as U-
S. Representative. Maston
O’Neal and Harry L. Wingate,
Jr., are running again, be
cause neither gained a ma
jority of the votes on Sept. 9.
O’Neial lead in Seminole with
339 votes to 275 for Wingate,
I but Wingate was the leader
over the entire second dis
trict. David Jones, Jim Key
ton. C. B- King and Gerald
Tuck were eliminated from
the race.
In the race for justice of
peace for the Donalsonville
district, the runoff will be be
tween incumbent M. C. Fain,
Jr., and the challenger, J. W.
Wren. Wren drew 255 votes
to 195 for Fain on Sept. 9,
but again this was not a ma
jority of the votes, because
J. E. Fowler polled 71. Fowl
er was eliminated, and now
the voters must choose be
tween Fain and Wren.
1 Fain has held the office
for the past 11 years. He is
now in a hospital in Oteen,
South Carolina. Wren is a
former policeman in Donal
sonville.
( Under the old rules, it was
possible for a candidate to be
nominated in a primary elec
tion with only a plurality of
votes. That is, if there were
three candidates for one of
fice, the one with the most
votes was elected. This could
have been with one vote more
than a third, for example.
Now a candidate must receive
at least one vote more than
half of all votes cast.
HIGH SCHOOL PTA TO
MEET MONDAY
The high school unit of the
Seminole County PTA will
meet Monday, Sept. 21 at 8:00
p.m., at the high school lunch
room. '
Mrs. Hugh Broome will be
in charge of the program.
Mrs. Charles Bridges is
chairman, Mrs. Broome is co
chairman. Mrs. Arthur Bram
lett is secretary, Mrs. Bob
Ward is treasurer, and Mrs.
E. P. Trulock, Jr. is pariia
' mentarian.