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LIMB
by Bo McLeod
I don’t understand it. The
Yankees lose the World Ser
ies to the Cardinals, and
Nikita loses his job. Maybe
it was a mere coincidence, but
someone ought to look into it.
Maybe Lyndon or Barry could
make a campaign issue out
of it.
Since Khrushy’s downfall,
our side is having to place
station-to-station calls on the
“hot line.” No telling who’s
going to answer-
And haven’t the “experts”
been busy since “it” happen
ed, telling us what they think
it means, ought to mean, does
not mean, etc. They’ve been
so busy telling it, pore old Ni
kita couldn’t get a word in
edgewise, if he should want
to tell how he saw it.
Any way you look at it, it’s
a rough year on incumbents.
Some folks are fussing
about what a dirty campaign
it’s turned into being. I don’t
know how dirty it is in other
places, but it’s been fairly
clean here so far.
After all, I don’t expect
Barry to praise Lyndon all
over the place, for if he could
praise him, he shouldn’t be
opposing him.
And why should Lyndon
be reluctant to accuse Barry
of a few things? Barry’s after
his job, it’s natural to oppose
such a motive.
The trouble is, no matter
what one side says against
the other, it’s most likely
true, at least to some extent.
That’s the part that scares
me.
Mud slinging is bad, but
it’s worse when it ain’t all
mud.
Former President Herbert
Hoover is dead. The man who
today is the abject of eulogy
and praise for a long life of
public service has gone the
way of all but his mem
ory will long endure, as people
say he was or was not to be
blamed for the ‘Hoover days’
of over 30 years ago.
He was president at a cruc
ial time in the nation’s his
tory, and whether he was the
reason or not, he was the in
spiration for Hoover gravy’,
the Hoover cart, and several
other items of his time.
One day history will be able
to lay aside error and false
accusations and decide how
much the late president was
at fault for the great depres
sion that left many a scar in
the memory of people. The
time is not now.
The Red Chinese have an
‘A’ bomb, or they had one un
til they went to showing off
and exploded the thing. It
may not be true, but I heard
that stamped under the bot
tom of the thing was that old
saving, “made in Japan.
—O—
For what it’s worth:
WMGR held a “straw vote”
for president this week, and
Goldwater received 236 to 6
for Johnson in Seminole, 465
to 9 in Decatur, for a total of
701 for Goldwater and 15 for
Johnson in the two counties.
That’s pretty one-sided, so
clip and hold this until Nov.
3, and let’s see how accurate
it is.
And also for what it’s
worth (a dam low price at
that), Al Rouge says watch
this one: Terrell County 19,
Seminole County 13.
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Single Copies: Ten Cent* Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia $3.00 a Year in Advance
VOLUME XLVI
MASTER FARM FAMILY—A Seminole County family
was one of nine added to the state’s honor roll of
Master Farm Families in a service at Rock Eagle 4-H
club center recently. Their selection was announced by
the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of
Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. I. (Phil) Spooner, center, and
their sons John Phil Spooner, left, and Jim Spooner pose
with the trophy they received. Newspics
Indians play final region game when
Terrell County comes Friday at 8:00
THE SEMINOLE Indians will play their final region IB west
game of the season Friday night at 8:00, when the Ter
rell County Green Wave comes to Seminole Stadium.
The Indians end their home
season on next Friday night,
when Blakely’s Bobcats come
here for a second game. In an
earlier meeting, the ’Cats won
from the Indians 19-0.
After the Bobcats, the In
dians go to Cuthbert for the
final game of the year, play
ing the Vikings for the second
time, too.
But the Indians will have
plenty to think about this
week- Terrell has won five
and lost one this season. Last
week, while the Indians were
losing to Ashburn 26-7, the
Green Wave was winning over
Vienna 20-7. Blakely beat the
Wave 7-0 for their only loss.
Coach Denvard Snell of the
Seminoles says he will open
with about the same lineup as
he used in Turner County. He
says his squad is in pretty
good shape, but Mike Bowen,
Paul Brimlow and Harry
INDIANS FALL TO
REBELS 26-7
Four long touchdown runs
by Ashburn’s Rebels handed
the Seminole Indians another
defeat last Friday night. The
score was 26-7.
Turner scored first when
fullback Mike Williams went
56 yards on a run. Seminole
came back with a 31-yard pass
play from Bruce Baker to
Mike Bowen for a TD, and a
pass from Bowen to end John
Pumphrey for the point after.
The Rebels went back to
score 14 points in the second
period and 6 more in the third
to win.
The Indians threatened la
er but could not score.
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1964
Whitaker have not been prac
ticing this week. They are out
letting bruises heal, but they
will be ready for Terrell.'
Snell says the Indians will
probably use the ‘l’ formation
against Terrell. t-
Last year, Dawson whipped
Sminole 20-13.
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SEMINOLE BUILDING—Soon there’ll be a little bit of
Seminole near the city of Atlanta. Here Dr. Harris
Minter waves from a tractor which is being used in the
construction of the Seminole Professional Building at
2508 Carroll Avenue, Chamblee. Minter is president of
Seminole Investment Company which is erecting the cen
ter just off the Northeast Expressway at the Chamblee-
Tucker Road.
The building will contain 5,000 square feet of office
space, with plans for a second floor later. It is expected
to be completed by the first of 1965, and will contain six
office suites. Housed there will be the Jackson Realty
Co., Fenn & King, C.P.A.’s, Frank Disharoon, public-ac
countant, Drs. Barnett and Lang, M.D.’s, and Garland C.
Cook, attorney.
Dr. Minter says the name of the investment comp
any and the professional building is a salute to Seminole
County. where he lived until nine ’ rs ago.
Seminole voters to approve or reject
14 amendments to state constitution
THE VOTERS of Seminole County will vote on 14 proposed
amendments to the state’s Constitution on Nov. 3, when
they go to the polls to vote in the presidential election.
The proposed amendments
include:
No. 1: To create a new
State Highway Board and a
director of the department.
The board would be composed
of one member from each
congressional district. He
would be elected by a caucus
of the members of the Senate
and House of Representatives
in each such district. He
would serve for five years,
and the director would be
elected by the board. It also
authorizes the General As
sembly to provide for the
powers, duties, qualifications
and compensation of the
members of the board and the
director.
No. 2: To authorize the
General Assembly to provide
for the creation of a State
Scholarship Commission t o
begin a program to provide
scholarships to students de
siring to study in the para
medical, professional or ed
ucational fields. It also autho
rizes the Assembly to appro
priate funds for this purpose.
No. 3: Provides a method
for the merger, consolidation,
division or dissolution of
counties in the state- Actual
ly there are two methods pro
vided for: the General As
sembly, with the concurrence
of a majority of the qualified
voters voting thereon in each
county affected, can do this;
or, a petition may be filed
with the ordinary of a county
signed by not less than 20%
of the qualified voters of the
county seeking such an action.
The petition would be pub
lished in the official organ of
the county, and if a similar
petition is filed with the or
dinary within two years after
such publication, an election
will be called, for within 30 to
60 days. No such election
would be effective unless 51%
of the registered voters of the
portion or portions of the
county affected shall have
voted in the election.
No. 4: Authorizes the
General Assembly to provide
for a program of guaranteed
student loans and for the pay
ment of interest on student
loans for higher education,
and to create an entity to ad
minister such a program.
No. 5: Provides that the
General Assembly shall cre
ate a State Dental Education
Board of Georgia, to super
vise the granting of loans or
scholarships to dental stu
dents who are citizens and
residents of Georgia.
No. 6: Authorizes the
General Assembly, in periods
of emergency resulting from
enemy attack, to provide for
'succession to the powers and
I duties of persons holding of
fice in the executive, judicial
and legislative branches of
state and local governments,
when the incumbent may be
come unavailable to carry on
such duties. Intended to in
sure the continuity of govern
mental operations in such
emergency.
No. 7: Authorizes county
boards of education to pro
vide for workmen’s compen
sation coverage for school
personnel, and to pay for such
coverage from educational
funds.
No. 9: Authorizes the
General Assembly to treat
motor vehicles in a different
manner from other property
for ad valorem tax purposes.
It could use a different meth
od of evaluating motor ve
hicles, and could set another
date for returning vehicles
for taxation. Designed to
prevent “any person, firm or
corporation from escaping
payment of their fair share
of ad valorem taxes on said
motor vehicles.”
No. 10: This one amends
the medical loan and scholar
ship provision of the consti
tution. Provides credit on a
loan or scholarship for ser
vice at Milledgeville State
Hospital, or at any prison or
detention camp or work camp
operated by the State Board
of Corrections.
No- 11: Provides that the
General Assembly may autho
rize the governing authorities
of the counties of the state to
assess and collect license fees
and taxes upon businesses
located in the county but out
side the limits of any incorp
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