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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
HATTIESBURC NEWS

This comes to let the Echo readers
know that three Masonic Lodges:
''@'oi1es of J rielo officers were in
stalled on January l, 1855 at the Ma
sonic Hall by A J. Barnett, District
Deputy Grand Master of tt 18th
District. A mammoth program was
rendered. The Hub City Deacon's
Union No. l met at Antioch M. B.
Church on January 2. 1855 with T.
full attendance After the business
session, everybody was served hot
coffee and cookies by Brother Bar
netts Secretary, Mrs. Viola Myers.
also Deaconess and chairman of re-
treshments. Hats Off to the 81
MEMBERS
A. J. Barnett,
Secretary Of the Union.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
LAUREL NEWS

Sunday, January 2, 1855 was Fam
lily Day at the Pleasant Valley Bap-
fist Churoa AT 100, the Pastor,
Rev. G. O. -nse, preached a soul
stirring sermon, subject, Take a
New Start for 1855" After service,
---l.--r YVES al-Neu ii the Church din
ing haI. Checkers died that every
one might live. Everybody ate to
.hair capacity. We served several
uase- .rm yhe assistant churches.
some Of tie guests were: Rev. M. L.
lay From the Provjdeut Baptist
Church. Pro Pringle, Deacon Of the
above church. Mrs. Rommy White
and NJ. ElIendec Johnson fro m
M7'lilieu Methodist Church, and
members of H. B. a. Lodge No. rs.
Of which Rev handy Keys is Pres
.1~~t
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
Officers. Elect Of H. B. A.
Lodua No. 80 Installed

Monday night January 10, 1865,
the olticers-elect Of H. B. A. Lodge
No. 80 we're installed BY the General
Secretary in the Assembly Room Of
the H. r. A. Home Office Building.
A large number of the me- 1ers
was present to witness he in Ia
ton.
Some months ago the memb OF
,he lodge drew names and exc. ag-
u Gifts IN this particular meetit
The following are the office e
the lodge;
Mrs. Dannie Mae Wiley, presto :, B;
Mrs. Eliza Stewart, vice president
Mrs. Virginia Sloan, recording sec,e-
,ary, ,1r5, Core Lee Curry, fina g
7c"getar5, Mr. Charlie Tn.o on. tre s.
uer aad MIS-. 1Lary lee Hinkle,
chaplain
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
PICAYUNE NEWS

Mrs. M airy Peterson visited her
daughters, Mrs. Hampton, Mrs. Jones
and Miss Bell, all of Baton Rouge,
La
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Gaines and
DAUGHTER. Sandra, visited his Mother
and Dad Xmas. Mn and Mrs. Gaines
are from Yazoo City.
The Womer's Mission Society. of
Pilgrim Bound Baptist Church rend-
cred a program Sunday. January 8.
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Mrs. Lille Pope is on the sick list,
also Mrs Ruth Trotter. We are pray
ing for them a speedy recovery.
y
Mrs. Zella Smith has returned
home from VISITING her Sister and
Brother of Baton Rouge, La.
r. Toec::a O3er, Ts--~-er.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
Mr.. W. M. TAPLIN
VISITS OFFICE

MI. w N. Taplin. the Fat Of
Rev. w. c. Taplin, pastor Of Fose
Hill Methodist Church paid visit
to the office force Of The H lbroo1
Benevolent Association T1osda,
January II. Mr. Taplin has recently
returned to mis- bonn Liberty
Miss, from CHICAGO, Illinois where
he visited with his children during
the Christmas holidays
Mrs. Alice Tap'n. wife of Mi. Tap
lin, and Mother Of Rev ". c. Taplin,
is the house guest Of Few. and Mrs.
Taplin. Mrs Alice Tapln has been
on the sick list for several weeks,
however, she seems to be improving
at this writing
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
PAULDIN,5 NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wat., save q
Christmas reception in the honor Of
MI ana Mrs. Kenneth CLAYTON, De-
eember u, 1854. The Christmas
tree YVES loaded with lovely gifts for
the couple.
TIE refreshments included cake
and drinks
Mrs. Clayton Is an agent for the
Enterprise Funeral Home in Merid-
ian, Miss.
Mr.. n d Mrs. Claytons son was
also home visiting his parents, his
wife and sons
AS vice president of H. B. A. lodge
No. 800 l am doing all that I possibly
can to add some new members in the
1909 n:2-'' ~''-''7 p'ad2e canraign.
!.tra, Canic !. Cla-.on.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
VISITS III Il. B. A.
OFFICE

Mrs Annie Roberts, the charming
President Of H. B. A. Lodge No 478,
of Shubuta was a pleasant visitor in
the office of the H. B. A., Tuesday,
January H.
Mrs. Roberts is doing an outstand-
ing job in the growth of the member
ship of this particular lodge. She
states that she plans to do a greater
work in 55.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
MRS. MAGGIE COTTON
VISITS TIT ST. LOUIS

Mrs Maggie Cotton, the charming
wife of the General President spent
the Christmas Holidays in st. Louis,
Mo, visiting relatives and friends.
She has returned to the city of w.
Enterprise and reports lovely trip.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15

The Pastor Aid Club of tie Pleas
ant Eliley Baptist Church served its
annual Xmas Dinner in the Church
dining hail. All members brought a
guest and gifts were exchanged.
Special gifts were given Rev Inge
and his family. Mrs. Lula M. Haines
is President of The Club.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
TAYLORSVILLE NEWS

This comes to let the many read-
ers of the Echo know that Lodge Ma
3o4 has lost one of its best members
in the person of Sister Ellen Watts.
We shall all miss her very much as
she has been with us for many, many
years. Please send me death ceys
tificatc.
Mrs. ulden Barnes, presiacf
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
The c. l.. c. Club met January 2

The c. L. c. Club met January 2.
Scripture; John:l4. TEage- 11l
.hers Willie Evans and Shelby Wood
ard. Several Brothers made talks.
The President Mr. F Span, then
came forward and gave bylaws to
new members. IS members were
present. The President urged all
members to be present the Bird Sun
ny in january $500 was Given to
The sick and SIT in; Mr. Ike Reasalv,
Mr. Jessie Bo %n, Mr., Watson Sher-
man and Anthony Tclral.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
MANY PLEDGES COTE IN7O TIE OFFICE
To Install OffiCers-Elect

G. L E. T.. &c
lilo. L3l
The Gene1al Secretary has been
chosen by the members Of Lodge No.
43l at Union headed by Mrs. Matte
Spinks to install the officers-clect on
The fifth Sunday at two o'clock.
Mrs. SpiaEs. the charming presi-
dent Of the lodge, VIII be hostess to
The General Secretary and her in
Wted guests at dinner at twelve
sharp.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15

Mrs Mollie Blalock passed at To-
cal hospital, January 9th. Funeral
services were conducted at the Cal
very Baptist Church of which h e
was a faithful member. Rev. B. d.
Rushing is Pastor. The body was
carried to Lake, for hrria,
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15
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al 90 =. vi. beautiful Wedding
ceremony VS. performed Miss Al
ice Kate Orange became the bride Of
-lr. Joi"ie Hcarn. They are honey
incoming in New Orleans, La.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15

Rec. c. O. Inge is now getting
ready for his Winter Study Course.
=
Lodge No. 260 riot Monde night.
January 3, 81 ths Community Center
.'i.:i:. a re DtG - r~,acn. ~ 81
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15

AT 730, the Rev. Elmo Beane, a
student from Wilberforce University.
preached His text was The Prodi-
al That Didn't Leave Home
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15

first meeting in the year The H. B.
A. spirit is high. All annual reports
We're m a d e and good expressions
came from some of the members. At
two clc'e of the meeting, the Presi-
dent, Vice President and Secretary
were presented gifts. Then Sisters
Mary Slegall and Fibbie Tingle serv-
ed tasty sandwiches and hot coffee
The next meeting win be Monday
Night after the LIST Sunday in Febru-
airy.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1955-01-15

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Evening star., 1955-03-18
By Charles E. TroceweH

is duplicated literally millions Of times,
the utter waste of the process is seen
to be enormous.
Templeton Jones says the worst fea-
ture about it is that never once has he
received letter that interested him.
The books, devices. remedies and
whatnot they advertise have never ap-
pealed to him in the slightest, although
he is great reader of advertisements,
and spender of real money on such
things as do interest him.
Jones feels much the same way about
house-to-house canvassers. If ever one
of them came to the door with some
thing he really wanted to buy! They
never do. Jones would fall on the neck
of the man who punched the doorbell,
if the guy ever offered a really good
commodity actually wanted at the mo-
ment.
The economic waste represented by
this sort Of thing, Jones believes, must
be enormous. He does not see how it
can possibly show any real gain, other
than stroke the ego of the ones who
send out the millions of pieces of mail.
1t is pretty expensive way, Temple
ton Jones says, to make few guys
feel important. They could do 1t better,
and cheaper with q cup Of hot coffee.
Evening star., 1955-03-18
Action on RedeveIopment

The Presidents interest in Southwest
Washington redevelopment is as gratifying
as the suggestion he has made for trans
lating the plans into reality His letter to
George A. Garrett, president of the Federal
City Council, suggesting an attempt by that
organization to mediate the dispute over
these plans, may produce helpful results.
For if the various elements of this dispute
are brought under the examination of a
group of citizens anxious to find reason
able basis of settlement, the obstacles will
either be removed or acceptable explanation
of their immovability made available to the
President.
There is, presumably, basic difference
in concept of redevelopment between the
National Capital Planning Commission and
those supporting the So-called Zeckendorf
plan for upgrading Southwest Washington.
Evidence of this difference appeared even
before Mr.. zeckendorf entered the picture.
The result is that while the legal difficulties
have been removed and the problems OF
financing largely overcome, redevelopment
Evening star., 1955-03-18
Marietta Tintoretto

See the last god old Venice eper had
Enter the street. tDith stride controlled
to fit
The shorter step of one apprentice lad:
Look close, it is a girl who swtngs
the kit.
Fair Marietta, child of the Thunderbolt,
Gifted disciple ,otom the prophet
loved,
Dressed in boys clothes-surely no
ortless dolt
Was she wtose talent epen he
approved.
"Voster:: more air: more light: more
drdmn-tdSter!"
She learned of his stupendous themes
residence,
Beside him al,Days whle he strained to
master
The form of Michelanoelo. Titian's
brillidnce.
For Uhat? To die in youth? To be in
death
Immortal as the hand that painted
her
For once the action muted, and the
breath
Joyless upon the canuas hot tears blur.
Alma Roberts Giordon
Evening star., 1955-03-18
Death of the Eagle

The Brooklyn Eagle was great news
paper Founded in 1841 by Henry c. Muir
ply, it served an important American COM
munity for la years and earned and kept
the respect and even the affection of five
generations of readers. Among the men
who made it decade after decade were Isaac
Van Anden, Richard Adams Locke, Walt
Whitman, Thomas Kinsella, st. Clair Nc
Kelway, Edward Box, Don Marquis, Nelson
Harding, Harris Crist, Chauncey Brainerd,
Cleveland Rodgers, Nunnally Johnson and
Emory Holloway. These writers and their
colleagues aimed high. Their audience, as
they saw it, was 1.-The home circle" In the
handling of news and opinion, they sought
to please "the Brooklyn family" The au-
thority the paper enjoyed was result Of
these standards and these efforts For at
least half century, the Eagles editorials
and feature articles were quoted and cited
on an international scale. The influence
1t exercised was, indeed, world wide. 1t Is
pity that such grand tradition must die.
Evening star., 1955-03-18
Facts on Cancer Crusade
Arden, N. c.

The purpose of this letter is to cor
rect some misapprehensions apparent
in the letter you printed March IA. from
j. c. Roberts, treasurer, Cured Cancer
Club of Washington.
The United States General Account
ing Office has not been the only Fed
eral office which has never permitted
organized solicitation for cancer funds.
Contributions have been made to past
cancer crusades by General Accounting
Office employees through the facilities
of the Office. More important, the Office
has an excellent campaign organiza-
tion set up and ready to go on April l
for the 1855 cancer drive. l am in
formed that one of the divisional chair
men is fellow member with Mr..
Roberts in the Cured Cancer Club. I
feel that the General Accounting Office
is setting proper example for all
Federal departments and agencies in
this years crusade.
hope this will acquaint all of the
splendid people throughout the Gov
ernment who are cooperating in our
1855 Cancer Crusade with the facts.
Arthur Madison,
General Chairman, 1855 Cancer
Crusade.
Evening star., 1955-03-18
This and That .

Now, at the end Of two decades. they
merely bore him. which they have
really done all the time.
He never wanted any of the products
they advertise and by now is tired Of
tearing them up and throwing them
away.
He often wonders how much money
is spent in this form of advertising that
might be better put in local advertising
where it might do some good.
just to take list of names, because
the owners have subscribed to some
thing, and send them willy-nilly
descriptive matter is. according to
Jones. taking too long chance. mostly
for nothing.
The same thing goes on, in another
form, in all large cities
Everybody who gets his name before
the public daily receives a large batch
of mail, practically all of which goes
into the discard, unopened.
X
If man received 20 such letters
day, tor 800 days. he gets 5000 pieces
of mail annually.
In 90 years, he would have to discard
10000 pieces of mail.
The amount of postage on unwanted
letters to this one receiver alone would
run into thousands of dollars.
When one stops to think that this
Evening star., 1955-03-18

One Of the dirtiest tricks of small
portion of the American business COM
munity, Templeton Jones thinks, is
selling your name and address.
He says he has received literally
thousands upon thousands of letters,
pleas and supplications in the past 20
years, all stemming from one unwary
moment when he subscribed to a mag
azine.
His name was sold in the form he
sent it in, and has reappeared in ex-
actly the same way on all the thou
sands Of pieces of mail he has received.
Jones says he is tired of tearing his
name and address of the envelopes.
then tearing the section into small
pieces and throwing them into waste
basket. This Is standard practice
with him, as 1t is with millions of his
fellow Americans
Then comes the daily task of throw
ing away the folders, double folders
and letters themselves, often with
samples of cloth, screening, even now
and then fake diamond" ring to at
tract attention.
A penny. mounted, came in one LETT
ter.
The variety, over the 20 years, has
been enormous.
The point is that Templeton Jones
doesn't want one Of these letters.
Evening star., 1955-03-18
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE


@. Who are the colporteurs who are
associated with the American Bible So
ciety?-G. P.
A. They are full or part time sales
people who carry the Bible and the Tes-
taments all over the world. The society
has 4,500 Of them in its employ. Col
porteur is French word from "colpor-
ter" which literally means ito carry
from the neck" and originally desig!
mated haWkers or peddlers. In the mod
ern sense it refers to anyone who sells
or distributes religious books or tracts.
Q. When glazed chintz has lost its
gloss, can 1t be restored in any way?-
G. L. D.
A. Yes. the glaze can be restored pro-
fessionally. or it can be done at home by
dipping the fabric into thin solution
OF clear starch to which small amount
OF wax has been added. Use paraffin or
candle wax and stir it thoroughly into
the hot starch solution For a pair of
curtains use piece about the size of a
walnut. Iron on the right side It might
be good idea to test the starch first
on scrap of cloth or a tie-back to be
sure that it gives the desired effect.
O. How is the name "Pepys" cor
rectly pronounced?-E. j. o.
A. The diarist, Samuel Pepys, seems
to have favored Peeps" There has been
good deal of discussion about this
family name, according to Walter C.
Pepys, who compiled Pepys genealogy.
He says that male branches today pre-
fer the pronunciation "Peppis."
Evening star., 1955-03-18

Is still begged down In administrative and
other snarls. The planning commission may
be right, or Mr.. Zeckendorf may be right.
Until there is some organized effort to find
a workable compromise, however, nothing
of any great Importance will materialize in
Southwest redevelopment.
With the prestige of the Presidents
invitation behind it, the Federal City Coun-
Gil should be able to produce report that
could influence settlement.
Evening star., 1955-03-18
An Appeal for Tunisio

would like to call your attention to
the famine that has engulfed Tunisia
and the appeal to President Eisenhower
for wheat aid to keep hundreds of
thousands from inevitable starvation.
A prolonged drought has brought
hunger to most of the country, includ
ing the north, the country's bread
basket. A recent New York Times dis
patch reported: ''The gravity of the
situation is held to be such that nothing
short of massive aid can avert a dis
aster"
The drought has hit the subjected
Tunisian people as one more blow in
their struggle for human dignity and
self-governnient. But as people ruled
Evening star., 1955-03-18
Lettersto The Stor.

by colonial power they are even
powerless to appeal for help now. at the
: time of their latest cruel plight.
The United States has tradition Of
generosity to starving people in the
world. It has testified to its belief in
the credo freedom from want" by past
performances that have shown it draws
no political lines where human tragedy
is concerned. The people of India, of
Libya, of Germany and countless other
places where hunger stalks have en-
joyed the blessings of an American re-
lief ship. The Tunisian people are now
in dire need. They deserve special
sympathy not only because they fought
on the side Of their American friends
for the cause of the four freedoms, but
also because In 1943, Tunisia was the
historic scene of the first major Ameri-
can victory over the forces of evil.
Ell Abed BOuhafa,
Representative. Committee for Free
dom of North Africa.
Evening star., 1955-03-18
Prefers Squirrels to Brides

How cruel. that just at breeding pc
riod, the tame, trusting little squirrels
OF the White House lawn should be
caught in traps at night and carried
to the wild woods to starve and die or
be killed by hunters or wild animals!
To thousands of children and grown
ups this is sickening thought. For
the sake of few yards of green grass
perhaps used for an hour a day for
exercise of one mana putting green"
to roll golf balls into a little hole!
Countless hours of joy are denied to
thousands of people, children and
grownups, to be taken away by this
utter cruelty to the little squirrels!
For years they have frisked happily
and unafraid on the lawns, running to
Evening star., 1955-03-18
On coddlinq Criminals

The Stars front-page article March
10, captioned Court Scores Police
Tendency to Arrest Without War;
rants" makes me hot, but leaves me
cold. Someday, I sincerely hope, an
aroused public will write sequel to
this story, perhaps headed "Coddling
of Criminals by Courts Condemned by
Citizenry."
How much longer are we going to
permit our courts to be mired in the
endless game of Law and Loopholes"?
No longer is the innocence or guilt
Of an accused Of any mean considera-
ton. Both criminal and civil cases
are now mere contests of. cunning,
stalling. points of order, disputed in
terpretations of law and the like. The
obvious is obscured and often lost in
the fog Of ridiculous legal entangle-
ments. We should consider what pun
ishment will be rneted out to the guilty,
but we are unable to do so. Under
present conditions we do not know
whether even the confessed criminal
will be sentenced. for clever lawyer
can often find a legal loophole and
have the case dismissed. That is what
We commonly refer to as beating the
rap"
The plain, unvarnished truth is that
many of our laws have more holes
and smell great deal stronger than
a piece Of Swiss cheese. And where
there is piece without holes. there
you will find some sharp shyster busily
gnawing away Loopholes are being
made faster than our lawmakers can
patch them UP. Limp laws are like
loose locks: they invite breaking and
provide an easy escape.
Is it caution, careleSSneSs or cor
ruption that is causing Our courts
to commit callouSed criminals to the
custody of complacent citizenry?
Whatever it is, it must hastily be
stopped. More credence must be given
to the testimony of those public serv-
ants to whom we have entrusted our
safety, and to whom we unhesitatingly
call for protection. We fully expect
our police officers to be model citizens,
to do an efficient job of protecting us;
then when they do a good job, our
courts put them-not the guilty crimi-
nal-on trial. What sort of mockery
is this?
I do not advocate unbridled law
enforcement, but I do feel that ire
mendous strides must be taken prompt
ly to protect the rights and welfare
of those who are trying to do their
duty and be good citizens. May we
someday use the good sense that our
Father endowed us with to ward off
these evils so the light of truth and
decency may shine.
C.. Leslie Walleigh.
Evening star., 1955-03-18

be fed, harmless and beautiful, taking
nuts from your hand: and to see them
in the heart of the city and their nests
of dead leaves high up in the trees
overhead gives feeling of security and
peace in these times of distress and
fear. But even this must be taken
away!
With all the resources of this great
Nation surely some means could be
found to protect this bit of green grass
when not in use! Cover it up with
wire! And leave the squirrels to build
and live and to give unspeakable joy to
the thousands of city people and chill
dren with this touch of nature and
peace!
Nature Lover.
Arden, N. C..
Evening star., 1955-03-18
'Christiuns in Hidinq'

I wish to thank you for that splendid
and pointed editorial on March 9 en-
titled Christians in Hiding" 1t tells
your readers that amid all the turmoil
of political and material matters in the
editorial rooms, you can take time
out" for the Christian spirit. And this
bespeaks the fact that The Evening
Star is truly the newspaper for the
Christian family. for it is the family
that preserves the state.
Sarah willard Howe.
On this, the anniversary of the
canonization of st. Francis Xavier,
say sincere THANK you" for the
scholarly and timely editorial, Chris
tians in Hiding" Ellen J. Roman.
Funds for Korea
The Korean people are still suffering
the aftermath of one of the most
devastating wars in history.
In the Catholic Archdiocese Of Wash
ington this week, the Bishops Welfare
and Emergency Fund Is holding its
drive for help overseas. Korea is one
of the key countries for which this
appeal is made-along with Vietnam,
Hong Kong and % other crucial areas
where 38 million refugees are crowded
today.
At least q half million homes in
South Korea were leveled to the ground.
Only few thousand of these have been
rebuilt.
South Korea must still find perma-
nent shelter for its own 2 million home
less citizens, as well as the million
anti-Communists who fled from North
Korea and cannot return to their homes
above the 38th parallel.
Today, just as much as last year, the
millions of Koreans still unresettled
need the help extended to them daily
through the II vocational programs,
the 38 feeding stations and % hospitals
and dispensaries supported by the
Bishops Welfare and Emergency Relief
Fund. All aid is distributed overseas on
the basis of need alone without refer
ence to race or religion. In Korea, for
example, more than 80 per cent help
from this program goes to refugees who
are not of the Catholic faith.
Every Catholic church will act as a
collection center for the Bishops Fund
during this week of March 13-March 20.
Rev. Joseph F. Denges,
Director of Bishops Relief Fund,
Archdiocese of Washington.
Evening star., 1955-03-18
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