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The echo., 1950-02-15
Important Mo-ica 10
Presidents

In a few days we will be mailing
out the report blanks for the March
Quarter and we are kindly asking
the presidents to let their secretaries
begin now writing the names of all
members of the lodge on the report
blank.
AS the members pay their Quarter
ly assessments they can be checked
up on the report blank If this ne
thod is used l honestly believe that
it will help the local lodges to keep
their records. We have noted that
some of our presidents invaribly re-
port for one member twice and in
many instances they fail to write
some Of the members names on the
report blank. Al members names
should be written on the blank as
to whether they pay or not.
When a member marries, the Of
flee should be notified. Write the
members name the same way in all
of the boards and not give his real
name one quarter and a nick name
the next quarter. When this is done
it gives the office quite a bit of
trouble.
We have some presidents who will
report for some members this quar-
ter, miss paying for them the next
quarter and go on to the next quar-
ter and pay for them without renew
ing them UP from the quarter that
they fell cut in.
We write the local presidents each
quarter as to the status of their
lodges. If these letters were filed
properly it would save the presidents
lot of trouble and the office too.
Please make up a file for the local
lodge if you have not already done
so.
The echo., 1950-02-15

The famous Fairfield Four of Nash
vile, Tenn, and the Pilgrim Travel
ers Spiritual Singers Of Covington,
La, rendered q program at the Hi
ram Lodge Masonic Hall, Saturday
night, February 4th, sponsored ~
Square Deal Lodge No. 562, F. &,
A. M. and Queen Ester Court No.
$40, Heroines of Jericho. Amount
raised, $4,000
Visitors in the home of Mrs. Viola
Parker and Mrs. Ethel McGrew Sun
day were Mrs Parker, Mother; Mrs.
Emma Reed, Mrs. Cora Thomas, Mrs
Cleo Saucier and daughter, Sylvia;
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Recasner and their
nine children all Of New Orleans.
The echo., 1950-02-15
Annual Reports OH The
Press

We have mailed out copies of an
annual report of our honored dead
as of 1949 to the local presidents
throughout the Association. It is our
desire that the presidents will have
@ copy of tkis report read in the To-
cal lodge and then pass them on to
The different members in order that
they might read for their benefit.
Presidents, please do not throw
these reports away after you have
read them. Keep them for reference
Secretary.
The echo., 1950-02-15
Envelopes for Policies

All policies issued on or after Jan .
uary 10, 1850, are being put in indi-
vidual envelopes with the name of
the insured, his address, the number
of the local lodge, the name, address
and telephone number of the local
president.
This method will help the policy
holder to keep his or her policy nice
and clean and easy to find whenever
said policy is needed.
Before the policy is issued to the
policy holder, the local secretary will
be required to take the policy out of .
the envelope and record the policy
number, etc, on her secretary record
The echo., 1950-02-15

Mrs. Annie Rodgers
Mrs. Irene Allen
Mrs. E. L. Jones
Mrs. Matte Burrell
Miss Lillian Horne
Mrs. Mable Kendrick
Mrs. Calline Everette
Mira Minnie Young
Mrs. Christine Lucas
Mrs. Viola Batson
Mrs. Lizzie Ramsey
Mrs. Angelina Lee
Mrs. Alberta Blanks
Mrs. Luvenia Husband
Mrs. Missouri Barnett
Mrs. Aleatha Smith
Mrs, W. H. Crosby
Mrs. J. E. Moore
Mrs. Annie McMillion
Mrs Ulden Barnes
Mrs. NJ E. Curry
Ms. Fannie Crockett
Mrs. Charity johnson
Mrs. S. E. Brock
Mrs. Eta fairfield
Mrs. Pete Bang
Mrs. Julian Andrews
Mrs. NJ. A. Collins
Mrs. Eula Berkhalter
Mrs. Annie Howe Baxtrone
Mrs. Mary EIcShepard
Mrs. Velma Edwards
Mrs Emma Bolden
Mrs. Cora Neal
Mrs. Matte Spinks
Mrs. Mary A. Walker
Mrs E. L. Sellers
EusuHuGHsuEuHIIHsUEuHiBua
The echo., 1950-02-15

Private First Class Cornelius
Weems. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekiel
Weems Of sol Third Street, Picayune,
is a member Of the oath Infantry
Regiment, ow stationed at Gifu,
Japan. The oath Infantry is a part
of the 25th Infantry (Tropic Light
ening) Divi0i91, cor r2nded BY Ma
jor General William B. Kean.
Private First Class Weams is q
rifl2u4I in Ae-lo~a-,crs Company
3rd Battalion and reneeui~ returned
to Camp Gifu, from winter maneu-
The echo., 1950-02-15
Notice 70 Pga9;denis

Do you have a deceased member
in your lodge?
have you ever filled out the
Death Certificate and mailed it to
the office?
Have you informed the beneficiary
If the deceased that this claim will
be paid in the ~ 5oard?
Do you need form M222 for your
deceased member?
Have you notified the beneficiary
that they are to bring the policy to
the Board or send it if they are not
coming?
L 4 ~ impossible Il y,u as Pres
lce.t e ----aa - 2--,- - you
have a deceased member in your
lodge. please write the office let
ter identifying the person who lis
representing you. It is quite en-
oarassing for a beneficiary to come
to the Board to make a collection
on a deceased member and the Pres
ident is not present to identify said
beneficiary. President, please think
on these things.
The echo., 1950-02-15
a BEAUTIFUL WATCH WILL BE
GIVEN

The Lajy's Popularity Cont S t
launched in the December Board
has begun to take shape, The first
day after the close Of the December
Quarterly Board, the last Quarterly
board for the year 1949, the presi-
dents had begun to send in applica-
tons for new members. The votes
to be cast for the ladies Of their
choice. We are publishing the names
of all ladies who head local lodges
in the entire Association and we are
asking all concerned to please cast
your vote for the lady of your
choice. We are kindly asking you
to write the name of the lady that
you desire to vote for across the back
of your application blank.
All new members and renewals
from the September Board anu Dacn
will be counted in this contest. We
wish it were possible to run the cuts
of all of our fair ladies, however, we
o,l,, b.,,o o fo,,, o,,+s of do 1.-lio- ~
hand and we feel that it would not
be fair to those ladies who do not
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have them.
In the March Board, 1850. a beau
The echo., 1950-02-15
PicaYune News

A surprise birthday party was Civ
en- in honor of Mrs. Eliza Anderson,
Sunday afternoon in the home Of
Mrs. VIM. johnson. The honoree was
greatly surprised and received many
lovely gifts The members of Circles
No. and 2 Of Pleasant Valley Zap
fist Church sponsored the affair.
The echo., 1950-02-15

vers at the bast of Mt Full, Japan's
most 4-nluus mountain.
Private First Class Weems entered
the Army in April, 1914, received
his basic training at Fort Warren,
Wyoming, and departed for overseas
duty in November, 1949.
The echo., 1950-02-15

James Monroe Colley, Jr., Neigh
borhood Shoe Shop, $40 Fancy Ave,
East Side quality shoe rebuilders.
A stitch in time saves nine"
Mrs Ethel McGrew, Reporter
The echo., 1950-02-15
Ladies Popularity
Contest

The Ladies Popularity Contest is
making a big Roadway A few of
the local presidents are forgetting to
write the name of their contestants
on the back of their application
blanks. When you fail to do so, it
necessitates our writing you for said
name. Whereas, if you viii write
the name across the back of the
blanks before sending them to the
office it will save the office time and
The echo., 1950-02-15
Joining Zee

l'he joining fee continues at $500
Der applicant. The president will
retain half of the poining fee and'
forward the other half to the office.
The echo., 1950-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Foster were
end guests in the home of Mr. Eos
ter's niece, Mrs. Alice Watts, of Prem
tiss, Miss.
Mrs. Laura B. Sherman is recup-
Grating from a major operation at
Martin Sanitorium
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08
"CUFF' NOTES ON THE CUFF!

Loads of gossip the soon-to-be-appointed Negro
jurs The whispering assassins amenting the fact
that neither of three legal minds sure-sho for
the They however, that young Johnny Johnson
would be the safest choice Thomas Graves Any
way looks like d. A. Douglas of Atlanta Life is being
primed should ayman be consideration too, since
Chas C. North, the newsman surrendered his top posi-
ton Loma Green and Maria Edwards, lighting up
all ready Observation-Disclosures baseball park with their
beauty smiling kissers Leona Everett has repac
ed Hattie Dimp) Rice Avalon Studios in Liberty City
And, speaking of Avalon, Charlotte Magri the boss
looks clipper with her hair cut but I'll settle for her long
tresses any day.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08
New Shelley Winters
Hit At Ritz Sunday

Shelley Winters. who is being
hailed as the screens newest
blonde bombshell'' following her
work in Take One False Step" and
Johnny stool Pigeon" displays her
versatility in her new Universal-In-
ternational picture. South Sea Sim
ner," from the sensational screen
play, East of Java" in which she
Sings four songs.
In South Sea Sinner" which
opens Sunday at the Ritz Theatre,
Miss Winters is cO-starred with
Macdonald Carey and Helena Car
ter. The cast also includes Frank
Lovejoy, Luther Adler and Liberace.
the new sensation of the piano.
In her role as Coral, Miss Winters
sings BLUE Lagoon" I'm the Lone
soonest Gal in Town." 1T Had t
Be You" and zone Nan Woman"
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08
SALT WATER TAFFY!

What's this hear about aged Negro woman work
ing ON Beach, who aegedy has loot than her
employer? She supposedly accumulated her vast wealth
thru the sale of books she had published The Isaac
Retha Rich) Yewis' Eunice Lewis of Brooklyn and
Phy motoed Sunday but returned to their Eastern
cgous Outgoing their nephew, Purcell Simpkns, along)
TUESDAY, mite Arthur Montgomerys left wing (broken
sometime ago) was booked shed its of plaster of
paris Thursday In the meantime, Monys Luncheonette
along 18th been the market block since his
INABILITY to operate Lanky Willie Lamar is about tr
ed of leading single life. If he decides to forsake the
bachelor brigade, look for with New Orleans
creole.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08
NOTES OFF A NAPKIN!

J. r. Taylor, to my mind, is still the towns most
dapper G. Robert Love and the deceased Jim
Grant made up The Big Three Glad to meetcha, John
E. Fuster of the Cleveland CalPost down to
again sometime Jimmie Wilson's (pretty
Bertana Lea the Latin) should be sporting 1850 Ods
(98) while you're you're reading about it here Has it
been reported that Carl MtchelPs home ransacked
by ntruders who walked awaywith jewelry etc Ma
thaniel Mussolini Cleare became ~ Tuesday and he
celebrated the occasion with the boys at the Pool
Dapper Kenny Preston lays down swell piece of blues
warbing whenever the occasion arises. He's top balla
dier, however.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08

Organ music added to the sophisticated atmosphere
of the Mary Elizabeth lounge would be shotin-thea
to biz Rockland Palace boss Bill Davie and the
sus, enjoying the final exhibition at Miami Stadium
between the Dodgers and Athletics but looking sadeyed
(as did all of us) because Our Team lost The Norma
Miller dancers 195O verson) versatile contortonists
even minus Miss Miller from the Her calypso
ties have plenty the ball Rose Knowles, still high up
among the reserved dolls have loads of good looks
and um-phump Bea Payne, Rockland thrush, and Lee
roy Langs music ougha get together Happiness
Is Thing Called Joe. The Lang boys cramped her sty
ing" of the tune Sunday nite-off key.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08
THE GUTTER GAZETTE!

Who was the little Cucklng that broke the platter Il
Love You Yes Do the head of her twotming boy
friend Is that big money man really going to marry
his Liberty City girl friend he tells herr he just
lousng up her chances to get herself husband Now
that everything hankydory with that Browns sub chick
and her curyheaded lambepe she has sworn off ever
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08
E@8( /Mze ozM7e t Isl
|E4G8 eq Stanley SweetinS1 OD
MIAMI-BUT IT'S MY TOWN!
sq Stanley Sweet

The Ralph NAOMI Ward) Symon-
cites slipping cocktails at the Elks' Club,
and Ralph, apparently, trying to drive a
point home 4. That Vivian Nimmo is gett-
ing prettier and prettier every day. Under
soft lights she looks like star dust >. The
Jimmie (Lois) Wallace and their kiddie
are returning home from Harlem for keeps
that is, if his plague of asthma permits
-. Don't look now, but a sizzling romance
of long standing Involving prominent
Id a pretty bachelor girl) is headed for the
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08

going to the Eks Club with her substitute again What
has happened the big black sedan that used to park
5th Ct every darktime while the occupants
Dog-patch style If the little drug store clerk
would check up where she and her taxidrving boy
friend in the movie the other ne she'd find the spot
where dropped her hanky with all her dough That's
it. folks!
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-08

young medic and pretty bachelor GRID headed for the
altar come Easter Low Sunday Despite the years,
Ernestine Ward (now at Keep-U-Neat Cleaners) con-
tinues to hold on to that eye-arresting figure
Evening star., 1950-02-12
By jones BirchfieId

The 40 acres is a small place as
farms go. And yet, never a week
passes that I do not learn some
thing new about my land. be-
lieve I could spend a lifetime here
and never know all that goes on
within sight of my house.
From the high ground where the
house and barn are located I can
look back to the great pine and
rows of cedars that mark my back
line, and into the three fields that
are gradually being reclaimed from
the weeds and briers that matted
them when we first took over.
From the front porch I can look
down on the three tremendous
oaks that lend a sense of majesty
to my. small woodlot.
There is something pleasant
about being able to stand and look
over all of your land. To watch
how the cows seek the shade of
the small locust trees in summer,
and pick over the clumps of brown
ing grass in the winter months.
Without going too far afield,
can watch the new grass seeding
spread a pale green shade over
the hay field. It seems an eternity
between the time the seed is sown
and the first green blade of grass
breaks through the ground.
X X X
Out in the paddock beside the
barn. the filly goes through her
exercises. and her motions have
the rhythm of a melody. There is
never a false movement, or an
awkward pass as she rears and
prances about her small inclosure.
Almost anything seems to put
her into a fit of simulated fright
the setter moving through the
weeds below the paddock, one of
the heifers moving down to water
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Higher Producing Cows
Purebred Breeders Told to Look
ToProduction Rather Than Ancestry

could be drawn on with assurance
of improving the utility value of
the herds owned by men inter-
ested in the genetic improvement
of their cattle"
The bred associations
might also improve the production
quality of their cattle by adopting
the open herd book, DR.. Reed be-
lieves. Under this plan the asso-
Citations could capture and make
use of good germ plasm that may
be in unregistered, or grade cows.
This plan also would give the
owners of good grade herds in
centive to build herd of pedi-
greed cattle, and would provide
a market for good bulls to be used
in the grading up program.
After all, Dr.. Reed said. the
pedigrees of many imported cows
registered in our herd books in
|clude foundation COWS that sprang
from such humble beginnings as
the open herd book.
Discussing the bureaus breed
ing research at Beltsville, DR.. Reed
said 30-year experiments in
which proved sires have been
used exclusively in the bureaus
Holstein and Jersey herds have
shown the effectiveness of using
good sires.
Yields by Cross breeding.
He said cross breeding expert
ments indicate that farmers with
grade herds might get higher pro-
ducing COWS quickly by using good
sires of one breed on cows of an
other.
In the Beltsville experiments,
he said. it took only two genera
tions of cross breeding to get an
increase of 155 pounds of butter
fat, while it took from six to eight
generations of proved sire matings
to get a 200-pound fat increase
in the registered purebred herds.
DR.. Reed said that too little i'm
provement in the utility value of
purebred cattle has been made in
the last half-century, or else I'VE
could boast of much higher per-
centage of purebreds in our ordi-
nary farm herds, and also a higher
milk production for the country
as a whole"
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Livestock
Notes
By Don Henderson

j. M. Hatcher at Delaplane, Va,
has brought his 1925 acres to a
capacity of 800 grade breeding
COWS. He uses a purebred Angus
bull with so Angus cows. The
bull came from the Hillcrest farm
of B. A. and John Rucker. He
uses a Shorthorn bull on a herd
of Herefords, the bull coming
from the Alvin Baird farm, the
old John Marshall place.
Then there are five Hereford
bulls on the remaining cows, which
include mostly dairy types. One
of these bulls is from the Cobbler
Mountain farm of John TySsow-
ski. Mr.. Hatcher markets his
heifers rather than growing them
on for breeding. His contention
is that they have to be held too
long for production, while he can
buy COWS for that purpose and
market his calf crop twice during
that waiting period.
The steer cattle operation of
G.. E. Strother is in the same val
ley as Hatcher's project. 1t covers
3,700 acres. His turnover is 1000
steers annually. He counts on a
400-pound gain per head, buying
at an 800-pound average. He
stresses the Importance of flesh
ing to grade good" instead of
commercial" This is 3 cents
a hundred on the hoof and 6 cents
on the hook. On a 1,200-pound
steer it amounts to $36, the differ
ence between a good profit and a
one. He buys so that
he may stagger his marketable
animals. When the market is rea-
sonably advantageous he buys di-
rectly after selling. Raising his
own feeds, he winters his cattle
on 4 pounds per head of grain
run through the hammermill,
with l pound of cottonseed meal.
ALI the silage they will clean up
In the morning is given, and the
rest of the day they have hay or
straw. He is emphatic on the
need for keeping the steers with
distended stomachs.
"Once Shrunken by insufficient
feed, it is hard to distend them
again." he says.
He believes in intensive farm
ing by abundant fertilizing and
lining of the land, then stocking
to capacity.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Farm and Garden
Regular Annual Pruning Essential
For on Attractive Shrub Border
By w. H. Younemon
Garden Editor

We have all heard the term
pruning often enough to know
that Towering shrubs must be cut
in some fashion to keep them in
good appearance. Unfortunately
however. few take time to figure
out just what it is we seek to
accomplish when we do cut them.
Briefly, the objectives of prun-
ing are:
l. To renew the top of the
shrub so as to maintain an appear
ance of youth and vigor. 2. To
prevent the accumulation of
diseases and nesting place for
insects. 8. To produce the best
floral displays. 4. To keep shrubs
and trees within bounds. S. En-
courage some kinds to be more
ever-blooming. 6. Prevent some
kinds from becoming bare
legged" and unattractive
The listing of objectives might
well have stopped with Number /.
If that objective is kept before us
whenever we think of pruning, the
others will be taken care of. Our
pruning program thus boils down
to a renewal program, which may
be expressed as an annual prun-
ing by which a portion of the
canes, stems, or branches, are re-
moved at or near the ground-li
Renewal Pruning.
A renewal pruning program
should result in the removal of
from fourth to a third of the
top each year. This may seem
indefinite because the gardener
wants to know which of the canes
are to be taken out. 1t is not
that difficult because the oldest
canes are easily recognized-their
bark is darker, sometimes it has
begun to scale or curl up. It is
the oldest canes that are removed
in renewal program.
Sometimes removing the canes
on old shrubs may be a chore and
a special type of pruning shear
known as Topping" shear may
be needed. And, few canes may
be so large as to necessitate the
use Of a pruning saw. In any
event, the tools should be sharp
and well oiled to make this job
as easy as possible.
The next question to be an
swered is when to prune?" The
standard rule for the early spring
Towering shrubs. such as the
spirea and forsythia, is to prune
in the summer after they have
fiowered. No one will disagree
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Life in the Countrywide Fi|Iy at Play

and if you didn't know her you
might believe she was about to
tear through her paddock fence.
But she knows her limits, and
every inch of her yard. At full
speed she can stop an inch before
she reaches her fence, wheel and
be off again to the other side.
She is now going through her
childhood days of freedom, taking
advantage of the time before she
must settle down to her job Of
carrying a rider.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

pest that causes heavy damage
to ornamental shrubbery and
roses.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

The first requirement of a dairy
COW is to- produce milk.
Low producing COWS have nc
place in the barns of dairymen
who must make a living out OF
the sale of milk. And breeders
who offer pedigrees alone will find
a small market among the dairy
farmers who insist on performance
records behind the cows they pur-
chase.
DR.. o. E. Reed, chief of the
Agriculture Departments Bureau
of Dairy Industry. believes the
breeders of purebred dairy cattle
in the United States can best
maintain a position of leadership
by improving the utility value of
their animals, thereby spending
less time and effort in promoting
breed characteristics that have a
questionable relation to milk
producing ability.
DR.. Reed pointed out that less
than per cent of the 24,000,00
milking cows on American farms
are registered. The other 95 per
cent. he said, are largely grades
of various dairy breeds. crossbreds,
or just common cows"
Standards Should Be Raised.
The purebred breeder who is
worthy of the distinction he often
enjoys as a local leader, DR.. Reed
believes, should spare no effort
to help raise the production of
the average cow in his community.
How can this be done?
DR.. Reed emphasized the i'm
portance of including record of
performance as a requirement for
registration, adding that there "is
hardly logical excuse for con-
tinuing the registration of ami
mails solely on a basis of ances-
try" Purebred animals then
would be required to meet Ger
tain production standards before
they would be subject to regis
tration.
Open Herd Book.
"By including a performance
record as a requirement for full
registration" DR.. Reed said, "the
pedigreed livestock associations
would take a long step toward
setting up their herds as reliable
sources of germ plasm which