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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
John A. johnson
Superintendent
For 1867 Year

The Petal Schools will officially
,egin the 1861 school session
It $50 am. on August 81, 1856,
ccording to Mr.. John A. Johnson,
Principal. All patrons and friends
# the school are invited to be
present at the opening exercises.
All Juniors and Seniors are re-
luested to register on Thursday,
August 80 at 900 am. School
1usses will not operate on Thurs
lay, and Juniors and Seniors will
le expected to provide their own
transportation for this registra-
ion.
Classification and registration
or all other students will be held
n Friday. A short devotional pro-
ram will be held in the senior
high auditorium from $3.50 to $50
IN. and all junior and senior high
jchool students are requested to
De present.
All bus drivers will cover their
cute in ample time so as to reach
he school by $40 a. m. on Friday,
August 81 and will be requested
remain on the campus until
registration has been completed
which should be about 11:00 am.
Attention is especially directed
the fact that all beginning pup
Is Chose that are enrolling in the
school for the first time) must pre-
ient birth certificate as we can
lot enroll any student who will
lot be six years of age on or be-
ore January l, 1857; and all other
;tudentS must present their old
book cards before they can be is
,ued set of books for the next
;chool session.
Continued on Page 81
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
DIR. Wimberly
Opens Offices
In Hattiesburg

DR.. M. N. Wimberly, chiroprac-
or, has opened offices for practice
N Hattiesburg at 901 West Pine
st.
DR.. Wimberly is an Army vet
,ran, having served with the Seth
Division from 1910 to 1945. He is
4 graduate of the Palmer School
If Chiropractic of Davenport,
.owa, having practiced for five
1ears in Oakdale and Alexandria,
La.
DR.. Wimberly served for two
years as president of the Louis
lana Chiropractic Association, is
former member of the First Bap-
list Church, Oakdale and Baptist
Temple Church of Alexandria,
past Worthy Patron of Eastern
Star of Golden Rule Chapter No
70, past member of Athletic Asso-
citation, Chamber of Commerce,
Lions Club, Oakdale, and is pres
emily member of all Masonic
bodies including Ell Karubah Tenn
ole A. 40. N. M. S. of Shreve-
port, La, and is member of the
International Chiropractors Asso-
citation.
DR.. Wimberly, his wife and two
children, Mike, age 8, and Patsy,
age II, reside at 901 West Pine
ST. where they have established
offices.
Continued on Page y
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30

ed next to Nelson's Shoe Store,
in the new Mathis Building, on
Main Street.
The. store is completely new IN
every respect. 1t is air-conditioned
and will have large stock of
nationally known names in the
jewelry business.
Ira Hall, the owner of the new
store, has been in the retail jew
ery business for the past ten
years. He began his experience
with Joyce Jewelry Company OF
Mobile, Ala, where he spent three
years. For the past seven years
Mr.. Hall has been with The Dia-
mond Shop in Hattiesburg.
A native of Alabama, Mr.. Hall
is married to the former IneZ
Jeter of Monroeville, Ala. They
have two sons, Larry, age 9, and
Gary, age 5. The Halls are mem
bers of the Baptist Church; Mr..
Hall is also member of the Ma
sonic Order.
'For sometime | have watched
with interest the growth of Petal,
stated Mr.. Hall, land to put in our
store here wasn't a hard decision
to make. | have great faith in the
continuing growth of he town.
''The Jewelry Shop will carry
complete line of merchandise. We
will feature such famous names
as Elgin, Bulova, Gruen- Our
stock of diamonds will be COM
plete. Also, we will have birth
stones, costumes jewelry, Sun
beam household appliances and
complete facilities for all watch
repairs, major or minor.
ut is my sincere hope that our
store will add to the growth and
prosperity of Petal. And to every
one | extend a cordial invitation
to drop in and visit with us at
1O8 Main Street" concluded Mr..
Hall.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
Soufherners
Getting Set
For Season

Mississippi Southern's 1856 foot
ball hopefuls will begin two-a-
day practice sessions when they
report on Sept. /, Head Coach
Thad Pie) Vann announced to-
day.
Vann, who'll begin his eighth
season at head taskmaster of the
Southerners, and his staff of
CLYDE Stuart, Roland Dale and c.
j. Taylor expect "about 75' cam
didates to report.
eve have close to 40 old men
coming back and we have invited
IS new candidates." Vann said.
"All of them have been told to
report in good physical shape be-
cause we plan to get down TO
hard work from the start"
Pre-school practice plans call
for the working day to begin at
am, with breakfast at the train
ing able. The day includes three
lecture-room sessions for squad
and staff, three separate meet
ings for the staff and two work
outs on the field.
The aspirants will report Thurs
day, August 80 and will spend
Thursday and Friday drawing
equipment and undergoing phys
icals.
Of the 1855 squad-members re-
turning, 16 are lettermen. Line
men in this group are Don Owens
of st. Louis, Mo-, and P, w. I'm
derwood of Cordova, Ala. Shifted
from guard; guards Dave Fitz-
gerald of McKeesport, Pa, Al Ire
Continued on Page 81
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
Optimist Notes -
Committee Reports On Park Site;
J. L. Jordan Discusses All Work

Members Of the Petal Optimist
Club heard a committee report
on the possible location of tn G
park at their regular meeting last
Thursday night.
Members Of the Park Location
Committee, Burrell G.. Young, r.
B Nelson, Jack w. Burks and E
M. Carter, reported on an approx
innate 20-acre tract of land owned
by o. R. Mozingo, located a half
mile from Petal on the Old Rich
ton Road.
The club members approved the
purchase of the site. Plans now
call for a complete survey of the
area, with the placement of park
equipment in mind.
In addition to the committee re-
port, Mr.. James L. Jordan, Assis-
tant County Agent of Forrest
County, spoke on the work he was
doing with All groups throughout
the county. In his talk, Mr.. Jor-
dan pointed out the fact that OPP
timist work went along with All
work, both serving boys in the
county to the best possible advan-
tage.
Club guests, in addition to Mr..
Jordan, were David Swandt and
l.. c. Guess. DR.. O. N. Ashcraft,
club president, presided at the
meeting.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
WHAT! And a Sonia Claus. Too?
\ The Open Shop

zens is wurkin' in an open shop fer tn prince
" wages of wan large iron dollar day TO
tin hours Along comes another free-barn
son-of-a-gun, an he SEE to tn boss, I think
1 could handle tn job fer ninety cints.'
sShure, seq the boss, an tn wan-dollar man
gifts tn merry jinglin' can, an goes out into
tn crool wourld t. exercise his inalienable
rights as free-barn Amerycan citizen an
Continued On Page y
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
Now Thdt School Is Near
inexpensive Eye Test Program Can
Give Many Children Better Sight


any state, or even in any local
school, for remarkably little
money.
The test is divided into three
parts: Cd A set of II cards, each
designed to show up a distinctly
different eye trouble; CD the old
fashioned Snellen test, still one.
of the best ways to detect near
sightedness; and (3) a personal
examination, by an optometrist,
to verify the "stereoscopic" find
ing and check for signs of disease
in each child's eyes.
When the test was given in the
Yates Center, Kansas, high school
gym last year, more than 800 of
the 1900 children tested showed
eye defects never previously dag
nosed; and another go showed
troubles serious enough to require
Continued on Page y
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30

"What is all this talk that's in the papers
about the open shop?" asked Mr. Hennessey.
"Why, don't you know" said Dooley.
Really, I'm surprised at yer ignorance, Hin
nessey. Whut is tn open shop? Sure, It's
shop where they kape tn door open t
accommodate tn constant stream of min COM
in in t take jobs cheaper thin tn min that
has tn jobs. IT'S like this, Hinnessey sup
pose wan of these free-barn Iamerycan citi-
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30

On March L. 1856, ran what has since been dubbed
"The Jackass Page On May 18th, because of requests
for additional copies of the page, it second time
Today for the same of May 17th am running
it for the third time both press of March 18th and
May 18th being exhausted The exact number CT states
from which requests have come for the page, don't
know, having not kept up with Them but my guess is
around forty At any rate, am indeed sorry to nflic
the page again my regular subscribers, but it IS my
hope they will understand you know, anything to
make dollar.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30

that one picture is worth ten thousand words,
television and some newspapers appear to
be fighting a picture-word battle. That is,
TV shows ten thousand pictures and news
papers feel obligated to print hundred
thousand words.
To us this has all the ear marks OF high
humor. If television shows ten thousand pic
lures, it seems newspapers would do better
to print only one thousand words - the sti-
pulation being of course, one thousand
choice words.
When WDAM-TV entered business few
months ago newspaper in Jones County
did print something like thousand words
- in our opinion, no so choice.
Obviously, in the eternal pursuit of the
dollar bill, the newspaper was prompted by
ignorance or fear (And the two may well be
the same thing) to print brochure to be
given to their advertising accounts in which
they stated: Here Are THE FACTS on what
your Advertising Dollar ACTUALLY BUYS
when invested in T-V" In our opinion, with
some concrete evidence to support it, the bro
chure misrepresented the whole concept of
TV as a media for advertisers. (Here and
now let us make clear that we are not selling
TV advertising. We've got problems of our
own, which, incidentally, were not caused
by TV coming to town. But we feel that
newspaper has an obligation to present facts,
and analyze them to the best of its ability)
With reference to the newspaper printed
brochure under discussion, they presented
the number of homes, the nur Scr of televis-.
| ion households, and percentage of TV sets to
household
Two things seemed unfair about their
presentation l. The estimate was made in
June of 1855, over year ago. 2. They present
6 counties in this area, instead of the % ac-
tually served by the television station.
Now, with reference to the number of
homes in which television is present, we
have talked with dealers in Hattiesburg and
have Appropriated the additional sale of
TV sets since June of 1855. The estimate,
from the report by dealers, amounts to $500.
And remember this, Hattiesburg is only one
town in one county.
The brochure states that in the counties
presented there are 10000 TV SETS Actually,
in the "a counties served by WDAM, the fig
ure in June of 1855 was 4448O And with
the Hattiesburg sales estimate to base the
increase on, our estimate would be that in
the % county area there is somewhere near
10000 TV sets presently.
The brochure is misleading in it's pre-
sentation of program ratings. The Trendex
TV ratings are, we understand, based pri-
marily on televiewing in the East, which,
most certainly has more to offer person in
the evening" which is the time of the greatest
audiences for television. Thus with fewer,
indeed, practically none, attractions here in
Mississippi, the audience watching TV would
it seems logical to us, be greater than in the
East, not necessarily percentagewise, but
more important, in actual numbers of per-
sons.
The brochure hastens to point out that
with the presented percentages to the total
number of sets in the county area there
would be 3940 persons watching the best
rated TV rroprano And in addition RI III at
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30

The Petal Paper
CO Editor P. D. East
Petal, Mississippi
Dear Editor:
Please send us ten copies of
your August 23rd issue and en-
close the cost of same.
1t goes without saying that we
are grateful to you for this article
and the direct reference to my
father, M. MPace, who has been
in the Service Station business
only year. However he seems to
have gotten off on the right foot
by the sound of your feeling ref
erence to the treatment you re-
ceived in his station.
Articles like yours reaffirm our
faith in our fellow man.
Kindest personal regards,
Sincerely,
JACK PACE.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
Local Schools Open Tomorrow;
Faculty For This Year Is Named
TELEVISION: Not The Hand That Feeds Us =
But What Does Ii Take Away?

III
town has three stations to choose from, all
presenting good reception.
They ask: Gust how can you tell WHO is
watching your TV advertising? Do they pre-
fer the top shows or canned finn"
Admittedly, those two question deserve a
small amount Of comment First let us ask
this question: "Just how can you tell WHO
is reading your ad in the newspaper" Ad-
vertising men, DR.. Gallup, psychologists, and
countless others have tried for years to ans
wer that question. Frankly, no one knows!
Too, we sort Of resent a negative question
of that sort It reminds us of sign which
might read: Dr. Bohunk's Baby Food Won't
Poison Your Baby That leaves the impress
sion that all other foods would bring i'm
mediate death.
AS to the second question about what a
person prefers, that leads person to believe
that the local TV station carries only canned
film programs. That, of course, is far from
true, as anyone who ever watched the sta
ton knows.
We conclude that the newspaper which
put out the pamphlet is suffering from rath-
strength to their argument they have just
raised their voices.
It is our opinion that there is no compe-
tition between newspaper and television. 1t
is our opinion that, generally speaking, adj
vertisers with an increased sales volumn in
creases their advertising budget Too, it is
our opinion that newspapers and television
can work together TO mutual advantage Our
opinion is that each media supplements the
other, insofar as news coverage goes True,
newspapers are out of the running insofar
as entertainment goes; however, by the same
token televsion is out of the running lnso-
far as editorial comment is concerned.
We believe, and this from experience,
that television has added to newspaper cir
culation For example, we have watched TV
newscasts and gone out Immediately and
bought daily paper to get fuller details and
to see what editorial comment was made,
if any.
1t is our opinion, too, that the brochure
printed to add a low blow to the new nv
station is the result of ignorance, which, as
we know too well shows itself whenever any
kind of change is coming about in our So
ciety.
We have PANIED TV programs numerous
times in our paper. We are likely to con-
tinue doing so when they stink. But, for Hea-
VEINS sake, those Of us in the newspaper
business should take good look at ourselves
before we condemn TV Commercial tele-
vision is only 10 years old and it is far SUI
perior to most Of the newspapers in the state,
some of which are century old!
In conclusion we have only this to say
Ignorance is the greatest enemy to progress
the world knows. We are aware Of the fact
that TV is not the hand that feeds us in the
newspaper business. At the same time we
hold firmly to the conviction that we won't
starve because of the coming Of WDAM-TV
to the community.
Well, to be sure, we just sit back and en-
10Y it practically every evening Of our life
- naturally, after we've read the newspaper
for the day.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
Ira Hall Opening
The JewelrY Shop
Saturday. Sept. |

More indication of potential
Petal progress is seen in the an
nouncement this week by Ira Il.
Hall of the opening of his new
jewelry store here on Saturday,
Sept. 1st.
The Jewelry Shop will be locat-
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
$1,000 Reward

for anyone proving any connection between me
personally, this paper and any organization whatso-
ever with the exception of the Methodist Church. to
which was at time member.
True, don't have thousand bucks, but can Of
fer it safely because there connection subsidy
no utilization in any way with any place, or thing
and myself my paper The reason for this TRADE is the
eternal accusation by of being the local mothplece
for the NAACP the Republican Party certain monied in
terests and God only knows what else In the hope of
getting across Ito few at any rate) the fact that do
not represent anything anyone except myself would
like to print exchange of letters between gentlemen
at TIME and myself.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30

Certainly seems that in the Cow Palace last week
there was lot of Bull.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30

ed next to Nelson's Shoe Store,
in the new Mathis Building, on
Main Street.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-08-30
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The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

sia, Bury the Dead.
Group will at intervals of
six and eight weeks offer
half hour readings of one-act
plays or condensations of
longer plays before the group
and invited guests. Group
meets each Wednesday eve
nings at $3.50 at the Center
with Sandy Rosenthal as direc-
tor. There will be no session
July 4.
Young Chicago Picnic
There will be a picnic July
Is at II am. at the 49er Ranch
given by members of the
Young Chicago Club. Couples
who come from the Chicago
area are invited with their
children to join in the days
activities and fun.
While it is suggested that
those attending bring picnic
baskets some e refreshments
are available at the picnic site.
Admission is nominal.
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

Malinsky, Irving Taxerman,
Rose Block, George Rosen-
baum, Anne Sherman, Ethel
Fried, Fred Winkelman, Irv-
ing Langsam. Mines. Sam Co.
hen and Hyman Epstein are
ex-officio.
City of Hope Film
End of the month several
delegates did attend the con-
vention of the City of Hope in
Los Angeles. Local chapter
has arranged for the showing
of the Susan Ball memorial
film in many of the local
theatres. 1t depicts the work
of the Medical Center in its
various phases.
Dramatic Readers Group
Change Policy
Instead of confining read
ings to one-act plays, the
script committee hereafter
will plan selections six to
eight weeks in advance. Un-
der consideration are Awake
and Sing. Winterset, Gymna-
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

suing term. One of the main
items on the agenda is pro-
noting Operation Border Set
tlement. This project will be
a primary one for the member
ship nationally. Its purpose is
to finance the activities of
Moetzer Hapoalot in the nu-
merous border settlements.
These include educational and
recreational facilities, etc.,
with women and children.
Mrs. Levinson is chairman
for this committee. Serving
with her are: Mines. Nathan
Feinstein, Abe Lipkin, Max
Dinowitz, Jack Zevin, Irving
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06
Organizations
RishOna Pioneer Women
Board

Special board meeting in the
form of a luncheon will be held
July II at noon at the home of
Mrs. I. Levinson, 4738 N.
Campbell. A nominal charge
will be made.
Mrs. Sol Kamin, president,
will preside at the meeting to
be devoted to preparing a cal
endar of activities for the en-
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

FOR RENT - Attractive,
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for working or business per-
son. S35 month. 9th and Plum
err Phone 2-O769 mornings.
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06
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1853 Chevrolet coupe, hydro
maUic, power drive, good con-
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reasonable. Small down pay
ment. Phone 2-0769 mornings.
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

Listen to the Arizona Post
Radio Hour over KVOA at
new time-11 am. Sunday
St. Paul recorder., 1956-02-24
Odessa Walker
Elected President OF
MpIs, Beuuticiuns

Mrs odessa Walker, 1881 Clin'
ton Av. was elected president OF
the Minneapolis Beauticians Local
No. 21O, at its regular meeting
held at her home on Monday, af.
ternoon, February 20
Other officers elected are Mrs
Ruby Howelton, vice president
Mrs Yvonne Jones, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Helen Allen, as
sistant secretary. Mrs. Betty
Jones, treasurer; Mrs Genevieve
Jackson, parliamentarian and Mrs,
Mary Driver, reporter
The Western Central Regional
meeting Of the National Beauty
Culturist League, held February
l2-14 was reported a great sue
cess under the leadership OF Mrs.
Theresa Granger.
Following the business session,
members enjoyed a delicious lunch
served by the hostess.
Miss Catherine Norman Will be
hostess at the next meeting.
St. Paul recorder., 1956-02-24

versity Of Vienna and the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin Law school. He
is now with the Federal Land
Bank in st. Paul.
The firm senior partner. Dou-
glas Hall, is known all over the
nation as an outstanding liberal.
He was born in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, graduated from the
University of Michigan Law
School and came to Minneapolis to
join Helstein in 1889.
He has beer a member Of the
Gayor's Council on Human Rela-
ions and was instrumental along
With Robert Wishart and other
abor leaders and civic interests
n securing passage of the Mime
lpolis FEPC ordinance. The firm
as given freely Of its resources in
nelping frame and pass the state
TEPC law.
Bennett, the Negro-American
member Of the firm is a member
II the Fisk University board of
trustees. Since coming to Mime
sofa, he has become a leader in
the civic, religious and political
life Of Minneapolis and the state.
He was elected president Of the
Minneapolis Branch of the MA
ACP in December.
The firm of Hall. Smith. He'd
lund. Bennett. Juster and Fors-
berg is demonstration Of Mime
sofa progress and rather graphic
Illustration of Americans Of all
faiths and religions working to-
gether in cooperative and demo-
cratic fashion which by example
benefits the common cause Of the
state and the nation.
photo OF firm elsewhere)
St. Paul recorder., 1956-02-24

recently completed the General
Real Estate and Appraising
course at the University of Min
nesota, There he studied under
the. most ,coppatent. and sGapahAe
real estate dealers in the Twin
City area.
Former Labor Leader
Cassius is a former business
agent of Local 614 of the Hotel
and Restaurant Workers and a
former president of the Local
Joint Executive Board He at
tended four international conven-
tions while he was a member of
the labor movement.
Active In Civic Life
He is well known for his acti-
vities in civic affairs and human
relations as well as in organized
labor. He has been a member con-
tinuously for ten years of ohe Ur-
ban League board and at present
is an active member of the execu-
tive board of the NAACP. He is a
member of Palestine Lodge No.
Z, F. and AM, a member of the
North Star Consistory and Fezzan
Temple and of the Elks Lodge No.
106.
Mr.. Cassius is member of St.
Peters AME church and for the
past thirty years has been an ac-
tive member of Mechanics Arts
high school M club. A graduate
of Mechanic Arts High school, ST.
Paul, where he was an outsand-
ing student and a great athlete,
he later attended Macalester Col
lege in st. Paul.
Prep Star At Mechanics
He has taken many extension
courses at the University Of Min
nesota and at one time taught
catering at Miller Vocational High