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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21
Holds
Regular Meet

East Forrest PTA held its
March meeting in the school caf-
eteria in Petal with Mrs. Cary
Gum presiding in the absence of
Mrs. James Ware, president.
A business session was held and
the renovation of the stage in the
grammar school was discussed. A
committee was appointed to in
vestigate the sponsoring of Boy
Scout and Girl Scout troops. This
committee is composed Of Mrs. j.
D. McElhaney, chairman, Mrs. @.
H. Dickerson and Mrs Frank Car
go.
1t was announced that the pre-
school roundup of children who
will enter school next year will
be held April 10. 1t was requested
that names be sent in to Mr..
Smith of all children who will
enter school next year.
The nominating committee COM
posed of Mrs. O.. H. Dickerson,
Mrs. Preston Cross and Mrs. Ar
thur Byrd presented the follow
ing as officers for next year: Mrs.
Sam Waggener, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Earl Cross, secretary;
Mrs. Frank Cargo, treasurer; Mrs.
w. F. Ratcliff, reporter. It was
voted to accept the above men
toned as officers. The offices of
president and second vice presi-
dent will be elected at the next
meeting.
Room count was won by Mrs.
M. L. Dodds for lower elementary,
Mrs. w. w. Golden for higher ele-
mentary, Mrs. Inez Revels for jun
ior high and Coach Louis McKis-
sack for high school. A program
was presented on What If They
Don't Like School" The meeting
was dismissed after which punch
and cookies were served.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21

mendable behavior, is bound to give an inn
preston of union operations as whole that
is far removed from actuality.
The public will do we'll to keep in mind
the certain, though undesirable, fact that
the number of rotten apples in labor's barrel
is small compared with those that are sound
And to say this is not to minimize the danger
OF contamination or the necessity of roofing
out the source. 1t should also be remembered
that organized labor is fully committed to
that task on its own and to cooperation with
the Mcclellan committee. The A.FL.-CLO's
recently promulgated code of ethics and the
fortnight action it has already taken against
affiliates charged with violations give addi-
tional evidence of labors rectitude More
strength to those efforts as we'll
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21
Alice In Justiceldnd

ssWhy are those men locked up
in that awful bullpen?" asked
Alice, sympathetic tear In her
eye.
They've been guilty of free
speech" the White Knight ex-
planned.
Don't tease me-" Alice plead
ed. "You can't be charged with
free speech"
Who said they'd been charg-
ed with free speach?" demanded
the White Knight. ''They aren't
charged with anything of the
sort. Free speech is only what
they've been guilty Of"
well, them" Alice protested,
what is the charge against
Them"
They're charged with being
Migrants"
"But they aren't Migrants
Alice protested.
OF course not. But you can |
deny that they are guilty OF free
speech"
II thought tramp was the
only person who could be charg-
ed with vagrancy," Alice insist
ed.
How naive you are!' said the
White knight scornfully
'Tramps are never charged with
vagrancy" (.
what are they charged with
them" Alice inquired.
with burglary"
"But they aren't necessarily
guilty of burglary"
Perhaps not. But they are
guilty of vagrancy. And, if yol
give them the proper treatment
they'll plead guilty to anything
I've got you there said the
White Knight triumphantly.
well then, Alice resumed. at
ter she had thought a while, lam
Continued on Page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21
Piano Workshop
Set AT MISC
July 8-l2th

Rudolf CAM, eminent Swiss
American concert pianist, con-
ductor, composer and teacher, will
be guest consultant for the third
annual piano workshop at Missis-
sippi Southern College July 8-12.
The five-day workshop will be
conducted in Southern's new air.
conditioned Marsh Fine Arts
Building, and will offer under
graduate and graduate students
up to one and one-half quarter
hours credit
DIR. CAM, who has been de-
scribed as "a musician whose per-
sonal distinction permeates ev-
erything he touches, needs little
or no introduction in any part of
the musical world. A Chicago res
ident, president of the Chicago
Musical College, DR.. CAMS
awards include honorary degrees
of Doctor of Music from the Gin
cinnati Conservatory, the Univer-
sity of Rochester, De Paul Uni
versity, and Grinnell College.
During the course of the work
shop DIR. CAM will conduct daily
classes and will be available for
private piano lessons. In addition,
a piano seminar composed of
members of the piano faculty at
Mississippi Southern will be con-
Quoted for an additional twelve
hours of class study.
All interested persons are re-
uested to direct their inquiries to
Mr.. Joseph Huck, Box 1873, Station
A, Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21
It Should Be Kept In Mind Thut-
There Are Good And Bad Unionists

The public hearings of the Select Com
mittee on Labor and Management Practices,
Senator Mcclellan chairman, will be super
charged with consequence-for labor, the
public and the political future of the mem
bers of the committee themselves. The COM
mittee plans to reveal evidence of alleged
racketeering and corruption which Senate
committee investigators have been dredging
up from the deep and dark areas of union
activities for many months past. A great deal
of it is known to be sensational.
We applaud the committees determine
ton to get to the bottom of labor union
wrongdoing and we hope nothing will de-
fleet it. But aword of caution is now needed
The day-by-day display of questionable con-
duct, without comparable evidence of COM
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21
BY D.

Nine times out of ten, when
confronted with a problem which
requires little thinking, | talk
with DR.. w. w. Stout, Easton
King and then sort of take it to
the Lord in the hope that Doc
and Easton and ! have made a
sound decision.
There are times, of course, that
to consult the Lord, Doc, or Eas-
ton would be a waste of time.
The decision to turn the paper
into a tabloid size is one of those
times.
There were several factors to
take into consideration, from my
point of view. The financial view
was, in itself, sufficient. In addi-
ton, for over a year now I've
been working on an idea for
book. To date, I've accomplished
one thing: I've decided on the
title. By cutting back the amount
of copy for the paper, / hope to
have time to do little work on
the book.
Also, there was the considera-
ton of money. CTo think that |
should put it secondly But, the
fact is, advertising amt what it
used to be and / had one of two
alternatives: To reduce costs or
increase income. Why say more?
Actually, the only question
that bothered me was whether
l would be gyping those of you
who have paid three bucks for
the paper. l figured, after all, it
would be better to gyp you 500
rather than 1000 q. true, l
just may be doing you a favor,
after all.
Now, as to the question of
whether you get back half of
your money, in view of the fact
that you are getting half as much
newsprint. Well, refunds will be
made on certain conditions. Well,
really, on one condition, which
is: If you can furnish proof of
your paid membership in the
Khan, I'll refund the percentage
of money due you. My decision
to make this generous offer is
not because / love the Lord SO
much as it is because I'm scared
of the Devil.
Anyway, the decision has been
made. And that's all there is to
that.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21

Ethan Allen is usually credited
with establishing the iron in
dustry in Vermont. In truth, it
was Matthew Lyon who built the
states first iron works at Fair
Haven in 1785. Smart man. he
tried to impose a duty on iron
nails coming into the state.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21
Well. Some Do Say Thdt-
The South Needs A Press AGENT

"A A~00 xASOAAA
Those named above are few of those
Except MR. KILPATRICK) who have tried
to get across written and spoken defenses of
the South's way of life whatever that is) in
moderately non-suffocating language
But they are drowned out by other press
agents who have painted an indelible picture
of the South in the minds of American mot
Southern people, and the peoples of other
countries of the world
We will name few of these:
The governor of Georgia, HERMAN TAI
MADGE and MARVIN GRIFFIN of Georgia.
We include EUGENE. COOK and ROY HAIR
RIS of Georgia, and the Georgia Legislature,
the states newest insane asylum.
The same for Alabama, including the Mont.
gomerY Advertiser and thej city officials of
Montgomery and Birmingham
The irreconcilable political machinists in
the Virginia's legislature and GOVERNOR
THOMAS B. STANLEY, their director
The governor. of South Carolina, the
legislature, the ex-governor and all of the
law enforcement officers of the state who
can catch in three hours six kluxers who beat
up white school teacher, but can't catch
any of those who burned eleven Negro
churches in three months
The South's story is told every hour
of every day by some murderous act
against inoffensive Negroes. Crimes that
go unpublished.
It is told by the beating and shooting
of Negro women for riding on buses.
II is told by the murder of Negro min
listers las in Mississippi and the dYnamit~
ing of their churches and homes. as in
South Carolina. Georgia. Florida. Ala
bama. Mississippi and Louisiana.
It was retold few days ago when a
dynamite blast wrecked 20 homes in
Clinton. Tenn. and seriously injured
woman and child. The dynamiter (seen
and described to police in detaiD is as
free as bird and is waiting for another
assignment
That is the South's story. There is nothing
in human history that has been told so many
times and in SO many languages. But the
story does not represent all of the people
of the South. There are thousands of white
people who do not approve of what is going
on; but their names cannot be revealed now
in interest of their own safety
journal & Guide)
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-21

The State, published at Columbia, S. c..
links that the South needs good press
agent to put the Souths story before the
people of the North, East and West. Said The
State:
People outside the South do not have
"a true picture of this area. Some of this
is due to ignorance but much of it is due
to deliberate Justification.
Convincing evidence that the South
needs to get its story told is found in the
fact that seldom does person from else
where visit down here that he or she isn't
surprised to find conditions entirely I'M
like what was expected. And few of
them 60 away without changed attitudes
This newspaper several years ago sug-
gested that there should be a concerted
effort to present the story of the South
as it is, not as it is distorted by unfriend-
ly, biased and selfish interests whose
main purpose in life is to stir up trouble
From time to time we have repeated
the suggestion that the South should or
ganize to show other sections the real
South and we have hopes yet that some
thing along this line may be done, though
it may not be easy to accomplish the task
Some tough barriers would have to be
broken down.
No one is distorting the true story of the
South, and the region is not without press
agents who say that they are telling the
South's story. We will name some of them.
The Charleston News and Courier. It's ed
tor-in-chief has spoken in the North and
written in magazines of national circulation
n what we call an indefatigable effort to get
over the South's story.
MR.. VIRGINIUS DABNEY, editor of the
Richmond Times Dispatch. who has done the
same in years past.
MR.. JACK FITZPATRICK, editor of the
Richmond News Leader. whose voice can be
heard from Richmond to Boston on any after
noon. He is the Godfather of "interposition
MR.. DON SHOEMAKER former editor OF
he Asheville IN. c. Citizen. now director OF
The Southern Education Reporting Service
who gave the South's story in his own words
at the University of Michigan recently, and
who gives the pro-segregationist fanatics a
board monthly in Southern School
News.
The editor of the Nashville (Tenn) Banner
MAJOR FRED SULLENS, editor of the
Jackson (Miss) Daily News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
BLAST HITS PHONE
OPERATOR FOILS


VANCOUVER R1. A
telephone operator listened.
unwittingly, to an at
tempted safe cracking yes
terday and called police be-
fore burglars could COM
plete the Job.
Police said the burglars
used too much nitroRlyc-
crime when they blew the
safe. The explosion ripped
of the outer door but
damned the inner one.
The blast also knocked q
telephone receiver of Its
hook. When the operator
made O routine check Of
the line, she heard "a num-
Der Of strange sounds"
Police said the sounds were
the burglars trying to chisel
through the inner door.
They escaped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
BY MARY McGRORY

Queen Elizabeth II received
Ia marvellous multiple curtsy al
the British Embassy this
morning where she went to re-
ceive the STATS Of the British
Commonwealth.
Ten llttle girls representing
the nations Of the Common
wealth bobbed in unison as the
Queen, In q coral wool suit
with crushed velvet turban APP
peared on the steps outside the
Embassy ballroom. with Prince
Philip.
The star Of the occasion was
s-year-old Selma Anthony. o
curly-headed representative Of
Ghana, the newest country In
the Commonwealth. Expertly
she dipped and handed the
Queen q stiff. little sheath Of
red, yellow and white roses.
She was wearing q long cotton
blouse over an ankle-length
skirt Of red and yellow, and
gold earrings.
The Queen smiled at the
little girls, who were chosen
by lot from all local Common
wealth children between the
ages Of 8 and IL. A second
drawing gave Selma the privi-
lege of presenting the bouquet.
The children, who have been
rehearsing for their great mo-
ment for the last two weeks
were: Sarah Marks, 10. Aus
tralia: Bumpi Azhiruddin, 8,
Pakistan: Marilyn Stewart, 10.
South Africa; Josephine Jatfar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
Girls Curtsy to Queen;
8-Yeor-OId. Steals Show

: 6, Malaga: Carolyn Bourne. II,
Great Britain: Gillian Pount-
ney, 0. New Zealand; Rekha
Khanna, 10. India.
AS the royal pair passed down
the steps, Prince Philip had q
word with each child on the
left hand side. They giggled.
British Ambassador Sir Har-
old Caccia led the Queen and
the Prince into the huge tent
where some 2,S48 persons from
the Commonwealth nations
stood ranged in close ranks TO
greet her. The Ambassador Of
each country took a position
at the head Of his flock, pre-
pared to present certain Sc
lected members to Her Ma
jesty.
The Queen spent about is
or 20 minutes chatting with
nationals Of various countries,
asking them where they came
from and how they liked their
work. She emerged, still
carrying her bouquet. her junior
honor guard reformed as she
reached the steps and curtsied
again with great aplomb.
Prince Philip, who spoke to
dozens. re-appeared Is minutes
later. leaving q great deal Of
laughter In his wake.
Sir Harold presented some
half dozen British Embassy
staff members Of long service
Among them was an American
Chester Barksdale. who has
been q messenger at the EN-
bassy for IS years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
Rocket Lights Up Sky,
Apparently Doesn't Rise

MISSILE TEST CENTER,
CAPE CANAvERAL, Fla. Oct.
10 @.-A rocket believed TO be
an Army Jupiter Lit UP the
launching area last night in an
apparent flame-out that failed
TO lift 1t OF the ground.
Another missile built to
launch an earth satellite-the
Nays Vanguard-sat inert on
itS ramp despite two surges Of
activity that were either firing
preparations or rehearsals.
Information officers at Pat
rick Air Force Base were mute
about developments. but II
usual procedure rules, firing
would be suspended during the
week end.
Diehard rocket fans - and
newsmen-still were squirting
at the closely guarded launch
ing area from four-mile range
at 1918 o'clock (EDT) last
night when someone yelled
prematurely. There It goesl"
The missile standing In the
Jupiter and Redstone rocket
firing area glowed brilliantly In
the darkness and smoke rose
around 1t. But when the light
died out, the missile still hadn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19

gone anywhere. Veteran observ-
ers said 1t appeared to have
misfired.
A fiameout. in which q mis-
sile's fuel burns out on the
launching site. is not neces-
sarily disastrous TO the rocket
and sometimes indicates some
failure Of mechanism or fuel
feed.
Two nights before, what was
believed 70 be q C-type Jupiter
was made ready for launching
but It's test was postponed.
Twice yesterday II looked as
II the test center was about TO
try the Vanguard's FIRST stage
engine In q launching attempt.
Servicing towers were moved
back from the 72-foot missile
and crash boats cruised into
the danger area adjoining Cape
Canaveral to warn of ship
ping. but each time the towers
were hauled back TO the rocket
and the crash boats came In.
Two preliminary tests of
Vanguard stages have been
held and have been described
ofiicially as successful. A trial
Of all three stages Is set for
December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
War Hero Beck,
Fails to Win Cure

FREEPORT, Maine. Oct. 10
R.-John T. Godfrey, one of
this country's foremost war
heroes. came home yesterday
after losing his fight 10 stave
on a usually fatal disease.
Mr.. Godfrey, IS. who Is cred
tied with shooting down SO
Nazi planes. had been in Ger
many in an eleventh-hour at
tempt to be cured Of amyotro-
|phic lateral sclerosis. q disease
for which there is no known
cure. 1t is the same ailment
that felled Lou Gehrig, the
baseball star.
Mr.. Godfrey's wife, Joan,
who was with him In Schwen-
ningen. Germany. said her
husband was too tired to talk
Both greeted their two sons,
John j., II and Robert, 10, and
disappeared into their 10-room
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19

cess In testing an intercon-
tinental ballistic missile. indi-
Gates the United States has
fallen dangerously behind the
Russians.
Some hours after Mr.. Nc
Elroy's memorandum to the
Secretaries Of the Army, Navy
and Air Force was made
public. Senator Russell. Demo-
crat Of Georgia. chairman Of
the Senate Armed Services
Committee, said in Blackshear.
Ca. that he planned to ny
here today TO direct q commit
tee Investigation Of the Ma
tons missile and satellite pro-
grams.
In his memorandum, Mr.. Nc
Elroy said he was greatly en-
couraged by the progress" he
said was being made at missile
centers he visited before sue
ceeding Charles e. Wilson Is
chief Of the Defense Depart
ment.
He said that during these
visits, he had watched firings
Of both operational and test
weapons (which In general met
or exceeded their design speci-
fications."
Mr.. McElroy stressed the
great Importance 70 our ma
tional security of maintaining
these programs on schedule. -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
Dr.. WEIGH Reported
In Line for IVA Post

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Oct.
10 up. - The Chattanooga
Times said today DR.. Frank
WEIGH. dean Of the college Of
agriculture and home economics
at the University Of Kentucky.
once again Is "a lively pros
pect" for the post Of Tennessee
Valley Authority director.
The newspaper said the S.
year-old DR.. WEIGH, q native Of
Winfield. Tex, has been con-
tacted by the White House on
the possibility Of taking the
post left vacant by the death
August 7 Of DR.. Raymond Patty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19

was wet from recent rains. The
turf itself, however, had been
protected by a tarpaulin and
was firm and dry.
Host in the Royal Box to the
British monarch and her con-
sort was Gov. Theodore Nickel
din Of Maryland, VINO has been
boning up on the fundamentals
Of football In case Queen Eliza
beth or Prince Philip has any
questions. Football is an out
growth Of the British game Of
rugby, but the halftime antics
may prove more puzzling to the
visitors than any punt, scrim-
mage or pass.
The Maryland Governor has
armed himself with some bona
fide Indian arrows to present
to the Queen at halftime. He
thought it would be appropriate
to present them as part pay
ment of an old debt required in
the charter under which Mary
land became q British colony.
Marylanders yelled for Gov.
McKeldin's scalp when they
learned he had imported two
arrows from Oklahoma for the
ceremony. He got enough
arrowheads in his mail for the
next two days to start q tribe
Of his own.
AS q personal gift, he will
present the Queen with a deli
cate ceramic statue about IL
inches high Of q drummer boy
astride q horse at Elizabeth's
coronation. 1t was made by
Miss Kathleen Wheeler Of
Bethesda.
The Governor also has for
the Queen q medallion struck
OF In 1897 In honor Of the Goth
anniversary Of Queen victoria's
accession to the throne. He
also win present q mahogany
Continued on Page AS, Col. 6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
DE. s Painting
Given 10 Queen
Gifts Exchanged
At White House
BY GARRETT d. HORNER

Queen Elizabeth II will take
back to England with her an
oil painting by President Eisen-
hover Of her young son, Prince
Charles.
The President presented the
painting to the Queen at the
White House last night during
"a general exchange Of gifts be-
tween the Eisenhowers and
their royal guests, Queen Eliz-
abeth and Prince Philip.
Another personal gift from
the Eisenhowers to the Queen
was q proclaim sculptured iig-
ure Of Prince Philip on his polo
pony.
Gifts for Children Also
The Queen and her husband
gave the EiSenhowers q pair Of
Royal Worcester porcelain birds
and q card table with an inlaid
top reproducing the battle plan
for the D-day invasion of Eu-
rope during World War II.
The British royal couples
children and the Eisenhower
Continued on Page AS, Col. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19

attraction Of Elizabeth and
Philip. the Terps and the Tar
heels and the crisp, fall
weather.
The crowd began converging
on the University Of Maryland
Stadium before noon. More
than 200 policemen were de-
ployed on Prince Georges
County approaches to the sta
dunn to handle the expected
crop Of bumper to bumper
traffic.
Although the Weather Blu
reau had promised the sun
would come and go and tenn
peratures would rise to so dur
ing the day, 1t was still blustery
and chilly several hours be-
fore game time.
The track circling the field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
WeIker Still in Danger

Former Republican Senator
Herman Welker Of Idaho con-
tinued in critical condition to-
day at the National Institutes
Of Health in Bethesda, where
he underwent surgery Thurs
day. A friend said the opera
ton was performed to relieve
brain pressure and search for
O possible tumor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
Football Game q SeIlout,
Thanks to Royal Fans
Elizabeth, Philip, Terps, Tor Heels
And Weather Bring Out Crowd
BY JERRY O'LEARY, Jr

Elizabeth II and her handsome Prince today stole the
show completely away from Betty Coed and the great
American sport of football at College Park, Md.
Thousands people who ordinarily would have stayed
at home turned out for Carolina football
game largely the royal couple going, too
The game is sellout because of the triple
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
INSIDE STORIES
ON ROYAL VISIT

British Embassy reception is most
brilliont social event Of the royal
visit. Stories and pictures on Poses
"A and AS.
Dulles dinner drows top oFfeisl-
dom. Stories and picture on Poses
"A and AS.
Schedule events for todoy and
tomorrow. Poss "A.
Queen mokes owords to citizens
Of Commonweolths and the United
Stotes. Pose A-24.
The royol visit inspires q Federal
Court judge to poetry. Pose "A.