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The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
J. H. Doak Addressed
Rotary Club tuesday

j. H. Doak, executive secretary
of the Mississippi Cattlemen's as
sociation, was guest speaker at
the Lexington Rotary meeting
and luncheon at the grammar
school Tuesday, January 10.
Mr.. Doak, who was introduced
by o. A. Cleveland, program
chairman, stated that if the econ
omy of any agricultural state is
to be prosperous and stable, it
must have a well balanced live
stock program. He also stated
that the soil and the people were
the most important natural re-
sources of any community, and
that if developed could do more
for the community than the es-
tablishment of factories. Factor
les will come, and they should be
of type to take care of the goods
developed in the area, he said.
Visitors recognized were c. w
Lorance, Goodman, c. d. Will
liams, Yazoo City and Munford
Jones, Tchula.
j. F. Bond, Jackson, will be
guest speaker at the next meet
ing.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Polio Can Hit Twice.
Says Mr.. Brown

One attack of polio may no&
mean immunity for life, it was
revealed today by Mr.. M. B.
Brown, chairman of the Holmes
County Chapter of the National
Foundation of Infantile Paraly-
sis.
The chairman of the March uc
Dimes organization stated that a
recent research report from Ma
tlonal headquarters indicates
there are at least three kinds Of
polio virus capable of producing
the human disease and that in
fection with one does not result
in resistance to either of the other
two.
Prior to the knowledge that
three kinds of polio virus exist,
MIR. Brown said, physicians had
been puzzled by the numerous in
stances of polio occurring more
than once in certain individuals.
He recited the case of a young giri
in Texas during last summers
epidemic, who came down with
an attack of polio just one week
before she was to enter the hos
pital for surgery on a leg which
had been paralyzed by polio tive
years previously.
More of these cases. Mr..
Brown declared, "are being re-
ported by physicians. Recogni-
ton of the three different polis
viruses now offers sound scien-
tific explanation for these tragir
multiple attacks"
Mr.. Brown revealed that scien-
lists believe there may be other
polio viruses in addition to the
three recently discovered. He
added that last year $1,37O,000 IN
March of Dimes funds were given
to four leading universities to de-
termine the actual number of po-
ITO VlruSeS existing.
If a possible preventive for
polio such as a vaccine is to be
made" went on Mr.. Brown,
Scientists must first know how
many polio viruses are capable
of causing the human disease"
The four universities engaged
in this essential polio research, ac-
cording to Mr.. Brown, are Uni
versity of Southern California,
+ University of Utah, University oe
Kansas and the University of Pit
tsburgh. Mr.. Brown concluded
with the statement that a dead
line had been set for the compile
ton of this study by the end Of
1851. {
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
District Scoufers Met
tuesday; Elected
Officers For 1850

The Holmes County District
Scouters met Tuesday evening,
January 10, in Lexington and
held elections of district officers
for the coming year.
Norman Weathersby, who has
served as district chairman for the
Holmes district for the past two
years has been nominated as one
of the four vice presidents of the
Andrew Jackson Council of Boy
Scouts of America by the council
governing body in Jackson. Law
renee Rabb. Jr., of Lexington, was
elected chairman of the Holmes
district, Marshall Bennett, Tchu-
la, vice president and Neil Bran
um of Lexington, commissioner
of the Holmes district. Mr.. Bran
um recently moved to Lexington
from Greenwood where he served
as Scoutmaster of Troop 40, which
won the trophy as outstanding
troop in the Delta council in 1949
A bronze Boy Scout staturette
was presented by the Holmes dis
trict to Mr.. Weathersby in token
of its appreciation for his OUT
standing work in guiding the dis
trict to considerable progress in
the past two years. Jack Lacy,
field executive for the council,
presented the commissioners
award for unit inspection of the
Lexington and Tchula troops to
the respective Scoutmasters of
these troops, Dick Temple and
Frank Gwin, Jr.
Plans for installing troop at
Cruger were made at the meeting
and Henry Forrest Fleming of
Cruger, who will serve as Scout
master of the new troop, attend
ed.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Desperodoes Wanted In
Slaughter Of 3 Negro
Children Captured

A heavily armed posse Wednes-
day captured without a struggle
two men identified as Leon Turn
! ~, 38, former convict, and Wen
dell Whit, "a, in a sparsely set
tied region of swamps and wood
lands south of Sails.
Officers had surrounded the
area early Wednesday morning
and Sheriff Roy Braswell of At
tala county and his deputies join
ed the hunt just before dawn.
Whitt's older brother, 32-year-old
Malcolm, was captured at his
home Monday, and is being held
i'm secret Jail, according to Sher-
iff Braswell.
The trio had been jailed on
armed burglary and other charges
during previous attack on the
home of negro sharecropper.
They remained in the Attala
county Jail for 8 days, and on
december 20, dug their way to
freedom with can opener.
Victims of the terrorists were
Ruby Nell Harris, 4, Thomas Har-
ris, 81, frankie Thurmond, 10,
and Mary Burnside, 8.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
'LADA To Meet Mon.
Night, January Is

Every member of the Lexington
Agriculture Development associa-
ton is urged to be present at the
regular monthly meeting on Mon
day night, January 18th, at TOO
pm. at the city hall or the court
house. Notice will be given as
to the exact meeting place.
This is by far the most important
meeting of the Lexington Agri-
culture Development association
since its organization and the at
tendance will determine whether
or not Holmes county will be
able to inaugurate the program
that the EADA is sponsoring
along with other organizations OF
the country.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12

hour nursing service was very ex-
pensive. Her family couldn't pay
for this without denying their
other children's needs. But her
county chapter of the national
foundation, with March of Dimes
money, paid the cost, just as coun-
ty chapters have come to the res
cue of polio victims all over the
country.
Knowing how much money it
takes to help other children who
need such treatment so that they
can fully recover or be left with
only slight effects, Nancy urges
all MissisSippians to make the
1850 March of Dimes a memor-
able one, an all-out effort to re-
place funds completely wiped out
by the epidemics of 1949. During
that year $50 people were stricken
by polio in Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Conservation Notes
by A. p. curroll

Since November lst, the forest
and grass fires in Holmes county
have killed millions of small pine
seedlings. If these seedlings had
been properly protected and man.
aged until they were ten to IL
years old, they would have been a
valuable asset to the farmer in
making fence posts and to cut for
pulp wood, and in addition, if a
good stand for saw logs are left
when the posts or pulp wood are
cut, it will enable the farmer to
cut from five to ten thousand
board feet of timber from this
land within ten to II years.
The Holmes County Soil Con-
servation district is planting
800, 900 pine seedlings in the head
waters of Black creek. These
trees are furnished by the Soil
Conservation service by the State
Forestry service, and are to be
planted in this flood control area
planted in this flood control area.
1t is very expensive to produce
and plant these trees, yet thous-
ands of young seedlings in Holm
es county are being DESTROYED in
only few minutes when these
fires are raging When these
trees are destroyed, the farmer is
not only losing a source of future
income, but he loses his best soil
through erosion, for if these trees
are allowed to grow they help to
nail the soil down. If this rich
soil is constantly being moved
from the hill farms, then the
farmer and the entire county is
being effected. This silt and
sand is being dumped into our
streams and lakes and the con-
slant filling of these is what caus-
es the floods of the nature we had
this past week. Some of our best
bottom land in the hill section is
being damaged, and especially is
the good rich Delta land around
the foot hills being ruined with
this silt and sand. We are not
only losing our land, but two of
our Delta towns are being greatly
affected by this flood water.
Already, the lower end of Tchu-
la lake from Mileston to the va
zoo river is filled to the point that
it usually takes the high water
from three to four times as long
to move out of the low areas along
Tchula lake. If the people along
that area would check the filling
of this lake, by silt and sand. they
would be amazed to know lust
how fast it is filling.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Hue Cagers Meet
Copiah-LincoIn And
). W. Fri. And SAT.
by r. w. Almond

Holmes Junior college boys and
girls will play their first post
holiday basketball games at home
Friday and Saturday. Copiah-
Lincoln teams will come to the
campus Friday morning for a
doubleheader that night, and
Southwest from Summit will be
entertained Saturday night. The
games will get under way each
evening at Z pm. with the girls
playing the first game on both
nights.
Holmes won three of their four
games last week while on a road
trip to East Central, Decatur; and
East Mississippi at Ecooba. East
Central boys defeated the Holmes
five 69-58 while the Holmes girls
won from East Central six by a
score of SO to AZ. Holmes won
both games played at Scooba with
the East Mississippi teams. The
boys were victorious by a 64-44
score and the girls made it two
straights by turning back the
East Miss. Sextet 45-32.
The local boys have record
to date of five conference wins
against two defeats. Northeast
won over Holmes at Bonneville in
pre-holiday game while the
East Central win last week was
the second loss for the season
charged against the Holmes quint.
In addition to the last win last
week over East Mississippi the
locals have defeated Northwest
twice and also won both games
from Ittawamba. The girls have
a Al record in conference play.
The local sextet won both of their
games from Northwest, and lost
to Ittawamba in pre-holiday
games in addition to the two wins
last week at Decatur and Scooba.
The Copiah-Lincoln teams are
reported to be among the strong
est teams in the conference this
season. The Colin boys are de-
Tending champions, having won
the top junior college laurels the
past two seasons. However, the
veteran team of 1949-49 has
graduated, and a new coach is in
charge this season.
Holmes will be exerting every
effort to better their conference
standing in the games to be play
ed this weekend at Goodman.
Coach Frank Branch will rely
heavily upon James Duke and
James Free, veteran forwards
from last season to carry on with
the heavy scoring end of the load.
Shuman Allen, guard, has found
the hoop in recent games and
should be a great help to the
Holmes offense. Other locals sure
to see plenty of service in the
forthcoming games include: Ho-
ward Guthrie, Jimmie Campbell,
George Huffman, Redford and
Brockway.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Mike Grades Announced
Junuury !, 1850

AS OF January l, 1850, grade A
pasteurized milk is sold in every
town and in several rural schools
of Holmes county, according to a
release from the Holmes County
Health department.
This milk is processed and sold
by Henry Dairy Products COMP
any, Lexington, Grenada Farms,
Grenada, and Leflore Dairy
Products Co., Greenwood, and
each of the plants that process
this milk is carefully inspected
at regular intervals by competent
public health officials and sam
pies of the milk are analysed by
the State Hygienic Laboratory at
Jackson.
The following dairymen sell
grade A raw milk for pasteuriza-
ton to Mr.. Henry's plant in Lex
ington: j. N. Hall, H. Russell,
and w. <. Moore.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Extension Specialists
Enrich Corn Meal
In Holmes County

Corn meal, one of Holmes coun-
tvs most popular foods, is going
to be made more nourishing. j.
w. Helms, Extension specialist
from State college in charge Of
the corn meal enrichment pro-
gram, will work with the millers
of the county beginning January
10.
County Agent w. r. Sullivan
and Home Agent Joyce Williams
announced this week that the
grist mill operators will be told
how they can add the needed
vitamins and minerals TO the meal
they produce. These added ma
terials, the agents say, help pre-
vent anemia. rickets, poor eye
sight, and nervous disorders. The
enrichment is the same as is add
ed to bolted meal and flour and
will make corn bread real heal
tn food.
A program aimed at getting all
of the corn meal produced in
Holmes county enriched with
these materials was recently
launched by the Extension SER
vice at Mississippi State college.
According to State college nu-
tritionists. numerous dietary
studies carried on in different
parts of the United States have
indicated that the diets of near
ly half of our people are deficient
to a greater or lesser extent in
minerals and vitamins."
The program is endorsed by the
State Board Of Health, Mississip-
pi Experiment station, State De-
partment of Agriculture, Missis-
sippi Home Economics association,
and the Mississippi Dietetic asso-
citation.
Since a large per cent of our
people consume home ground
meal, it is urgent that it also be
enriched the same as bolted meal
and white flour. This would be
an important means of improving
the health of our people in the
state.
IT, corn millers of the county
can make an important contribu-
tion to the health of their custom
ers by enriching all the meal they
produce, the agents stated.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
New Plymouth Goes
On Display Today

The 1850 Plymourn car, with
important changes and improve.
ments for safety and riding com.
fort, will 60 on display here and
throughout the country January
IL, w. L. Ellis and Son announced
today
There are new lines in the sill.
houette which give the new Ply
mouth longer, lower, more
streamlined appearance. The
changes are readily apparent
whether viewed from front, rear
or side.
The new Plymouths may be
seen here at w. L. Ellis and Son
Lexington.
Rear tenders, which are polted
on for economical removal in case
repairs are necessary, have been
restyled and heightened. A larg-
er rear window on club coupes
and four-door sedans, slightly
greater overall width, and altera-
tions on the rear deck provide q
longer, heavier, road-hugging ap-
pearance for all models. The
grille has been simplified and
made more massive. 1t consists
of two large horizontal bars with
a curved-down top member and q
single vertical bar at the center
Above the grille the Plymouth
nameplate appears in larger block
letters, and a bigger. more color
full medallion has been placed
over the nameplate.
The front and rear trend have
been increased, factor which in
creases stability, eases tire load
ing stress on curves, and enhances
the cars general appearance
Thirty-two per cent larger than
on previous models, the new rear
window increases visibility and its
lines blend into the cars new
streamlining motif. The window
is set in newly designed lock-
ing rubber seal.
There are larger bumpers on
both front and rear. In addition
to providing greater protection
for the grille. rear deck and fen
ders, the bumpers add materially
to the general appearance of mas
siveness.
Features for performance, COM
fort and safety which were pre-
viously introduced in the Ply
mouth line have been retained.
The car has characteristic inter-
ior roominess, ample head and
leg room and wide, deep chair
height seats. The six cylinder, OF
horsepower engine has a 7 to l
compression ratio. The combina-
tion ignition and starter, automa-
J tic electric choke, super-cushion
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12

Little brown haired Nancy
Cleveland, six-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Cleveland,
of Meridian, spent ten critical
days in an iron lung. When polio
struck her, she was rushed to the
polio treatment center at Vicks-
burg, where the battle for her re-
covery began.
Now Nancy is not only playing
again, she is in school and happily
carrying on her work with other
first graders. A dynamic little
personality, she has been ap-
pointed by DR.. Felix j. Under
wood to serve as state chairman
of the Children's division of the
1850 March of Dimes. She is do
ing this job with the same cour-
age and zest she puts into every
thing.
Her treatment. requiring "a
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
The Epiphony Is
Observed At St. Mury's

The Epiphany, January the 9th,
was fittingly observed by the
Sunday school at Saint Mary's
Episcopal church Sunday morning
at the regular Sunday school
hour. The program opened inn
pressively with the children
marching in with lighted candles
and singing one of the Epiphany
hymns after which special num-
bers were given by Patty, Al, and
Gretchen Povall, Neal Warren,
Kit CHM, and Edward Thurmond.
Following this. gifts were distri-
buted to all the children. The
recessional. Joy To The World,
was sung by the choir and congre-
CATION.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Change Announced In
'VFW District MEETING

The VIEW. district meeting
which was to be held at the Alb
Taylor Memorial home January
19, has been postponed until Feb
ruary 16. The reason for the
change, according to V.F.W. Of
ficials, is that state Commander
Bill Jolly, Columbus, who was to
be guest speaker, found that he
would be unable to attend the
January meeting
All members of the v. F. w. and
v. F. w. Auxiliary of the Otho C..
Byrd Post are urged to attend the
meeting on February 16.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
N. B. Brown To Direct
March OF Dimes Drive
In Holmes County

With the completion of state
wide organization for the 1856
March of Dimes scheduled Jan
uary 1851, DR.. Felix j. Under
wood, state chairman, announced
that M. B. Brown, prominen
business and civic leader of Lex
ington, will direct the drive il
Holmes county.
This has been our blackes
year for infantile paralysis stat
ed DR.. Underwood. "All through
the summer and fall months, tn,
fight against it ragged, while tn,
disease continued its vicious on
slaughts. Widely scattered com
munities throughout the natior
suffered from its Unprecedented
attacks. As of November 30,
41,000 cases had been reported
Mississippi has been hard hit,
with record high number OF
cases $40 to date.
Financial requirements for pa
tient care have been enormous.
March of Dimes funds were wiped
out, and itwas necessary to con-
duct an emergency epidemic drive
for stop-gap funds to carry on
until the regular Embarrassing
campaign in January.
'The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis sent almost
$l0,000,000 to county chapters this
year when local funds were ex-
hausted in caring for the strick-
en-. Mississippi chapters received
help in the amount of $4,000
from the National Foundations
Epidemic Aid fund.
I'VE are thankful that all our
Mississippi polio patients have
received excellent hospital and
medical care" DR.. Underwood
said. Had it not been for the
ready availability of funds dur
ing the past summer, the story
would have been tragically differ
ent for some of our Mississippi
children. Polio victims often need
treatment over long period Of
time to restore health and pre-
vent permanent crippling and in
capacitation and this treat
ment is expensive.
This unprecedented number
of polio patients has created a
financial crisis for the National
Foundation at a time when re-
ports from the research laborator-
les, seeking a means of control of
the disease, are more encourag-
ing than ever before. This i'm
portant work must not be inter
rupted.
"These conditions" DR.. Under
wood added, challenge our best
efforts in planning for the March
of Dimes campaign. The need for
funds is urgent, and i am con-
fident that all Mississippians will
give their whole hearted support
to this worthy cause.
Emmett c. Reese, chairman Of
the Holmes County Chapter of
the National Foundation, called
on all citizens to give their full
suppot to Mr.. Brown in the forth
coming drive.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Patients At The Hospitol

Mrs. E. w. Rainwater, Lexington
Mrs. A. G. Weathersby, Lexington
Miss Margaret Brumby, Goodman
John Crowder Cain, Sails
George Ellison, Tchula
Miss Sue Cade, West
Leslie Smith, Tchula
Tom Wigley, Sails
Leon Lee, Cruger
Colored
Ollie Lee Wright, Cruger
Pecola Henderson, Pickens
Melvin Roby, Lexington
Martin Holmes, Durant
Tanner Amos, Cola
Baby Jones, Cruger
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
Negro Musons Elected

Officers were elected at meet
ing of the colored Masons of the
West Grave Lodge No. 453-A on
December 81. New officers are
Arthur Sanders, VIM, Dock Rob-
ertson, J.W, Willie Blackshire,
secretary, Lenard Chislnn, treas
urer and Gunsta Williams, tyler.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET

The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet next Tuesday, January
II, at 7:30 at the Alb Taylor Me-
mortal home.
All members are urged to be
present.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
St. Mory's
Episcopal Church

Rev. Robert G. Donaldson. Rector
Sunday, January Is
Church School, 10 am.
Morning prayer and sermon,
ii am.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12

Mrs. c. S. Harrell has return
ed from a four weeks visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Rhyme at Nor
folk, Virginia.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12

tires, safeguard nydraulic
brakes and safety rim wheels are
among the ''high-priced car" fea-
lures contained in the new Ply
mouth.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12

The water shortage here does
not seem to affect the barbering
business, since most men do their
shaving at home. And speaking
of BARRIERS, I did a little research
on the subject and found that bar
bers date back to 400 BIC. The
first safety razor was used in 1875
with the naked straight edge" at
and up to that time men shaved
at their own risk. In "a hours,
learned, the normal beard grows
one-fiftieth of an inch. During
the average lifetime, we'll
groomed man spends the equiva-
lent Of more than 100 days and
nights SHAVING.
A nice note from J. Arthur
Rank, the British film magnate
whom I met in England two sum-
mers ago and afterward in this
country. OF late his huge organi-
cation has been losing money and
he, the worlds largest movie pro-
ducer, having made such hits as
Hamlet" christopher Colum-
bus" "Great Expectations" and
sThe Red Shoes" has threatened
to 60 out of business. The bulk
around $200,0o0,000 - is not
of his personal fortune, however,
tied up in films but in flour mills
which his father passed on to him,
making him today Britain's Sec
ond wealthiest man. In the re-
cent letter to me he writes: I'VE
are certainly going through ex-
tremely difficult times, and most
Of the burden is caused by govern
ment efforts outside our control.
However, / am still full of con-
fidence, and / am sure that the
British film industry will win its
way through
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-01-12
1I!lildlllgA1lll.bI !
soTHISSS
NEW YORK

Edging my way into the crowd
which had clustered in front of
the $50 5th Avenue window, |
opened my mouth in amazement
when / discovered what the at
traction was. Seated in an or
nate lounge once covered with
fine tapestry and gold but now
mostly decayed was gentleman
who was 5000 years old. To be
more specific, it was Peruvian
Paraces Indian mummy which
had been brought to New York
and mounted in this travel bureau
window in the same state in
which it was found in its South
American tomb. Although the
thing was ghastly sight, we star
ed in Mortified fascination at this
specimen of almost the other
world. A legend nearby identi-
fled the mummy as being once a
priest who had been buried with
all his finery, long before the
birth of Christ. Near the grin
ming skull was a piece of still
preserved fox pelt, said to have
been a token of distinction.