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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
Mississippiuns
Working Hard
For Industry

Mississippians from the Ten
nessee border to the Gulf of Mex
leo are putting up their time,
their money and all the salesman
ship they can muster to indus
trialize their state.
In Brookhaven, local business
men took on the job of sending
letters to 1000 industrial pros
poets by having their secretaries
type and mail the letters.
The Winston County Chamber
of Commerce in Louisville held
II meetings with industrial pros
poets during August and figured
the members contributed 1000
man hours to the conferences.
Private citizens, on local and
regional basis, are showing much
interest in this respect
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
How Long Is Lead
In Plain Pencil?
Thir+y-Five Miles

New York a plain old
ordinary seven-inch pencil will
draw a line IS miles long before
you run out of lead and begin
scraping your knuckles.
The pencil industry turns out
112 billion pencils a year, enough
to draw line 5212 billion miles
long or two million times around
the earth.
That's just sample of some
pencil peoples statisticians have
calculated with pencil, of
course) to amaze us ordinary
users,
For instance:
There are $50 different kinds
of pencils made in the United
States in 10 different degrees Of
hardness. They come in II diff
ferent shades and colors, includ-
ing the ever popular yellow.
of the facts and figures that the
They range in design from the
large round ones for little chill
dren, who like to grasp them like
a broom handle, to the precise
hard lead jobs used by engineers
and architects.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
Fall Care
important
For Plants

Broadleaved evergreens should
be checked over carefully this
month for evidence of scale on
the underside of foliage or along
the bark. This the time to sow
seeds of hardy ANIMALS so that
there viii be cut flowers and a
colorful garden display during
the late winter and early spring,
as well as the time to gather va
rious plant materials for use in
winter arrangements.
House plants should be toned
up in preparation to bringing
them indoors for the winter. A
regular program of feeding and
watering should be resumed to
keep indoor plants at their best
all winter.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09

The presence of forests on the
earth is one of the major factors
in the rise of our civilization.
There seems to be a rather def
mite relationship between the
use any nation makes of its for
ests and the progress that nation
has made in modern culture
Wood from the forest touches eV-
erv phase of our lives. More than
po% of our wood is used for what
we regard as necessities of life
and less than 10 is used for lux
uries.
Most of the uncivilized peoples
of the world today are also oe-
pendent on forests, as were the
ancestral people of our clVlliza-
ton. but the uses made OF the
forest are different. The degree
to which they use manufactured
products of wood is striking.
Uncivilized Uses
Primitive people take their
livelihood directly from forests
and forest trees. All three of the
necessities of life, food clothing
and shelter, are found there
Most forests have variety OF
fruits such as crabapples, haW-
thornes, papaws, plums, cherries
and persimmons in temperate
climates. Berries are found IN
more or less abundance-black-
berries and their relatives, straw
berries, huckleberries and others.
Nuts are produced in profuslon-
hickory nuts, walnuts, chestnuts,
hazelnuts, acorns, beechnuts.
Herbs are available everywhere.
They produce edible parts as roots
stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits.
The forests were the sources OF
these foods
The meat of the savage is taken
from its natural habitat in the
forest, and not from cultivated
pastures and domesticated AMI
NAL lots, since he had few if any
of these.
Articles of clothing were made
from bark of trees and shrubs.
The skins of animals used Tor
food, served for clothing.
The shelter he constructed
from wood he was able to take
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
Quarantine Stops
Pink Doll Worms

Quarantine stations are main
tanned during the pink bollWorm
season at four river crossings:
Greenville, Vicksburg, Natchez,
and the Helena ferry. These sta
tons protect Mississippi cotton
growers from the pink bollworm,
a serious pest in most of the
worlds cotton growing areas.
These quarantine stations have
intercepted a number of pink
bollworms that might have start
ed centers of infestation in this
state. The finding of even one
pink bollworm IN a Mississippi
cotton field would have far-flung
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
WildIife Area
Is Enlarged

The Red Creek Wildlife Man
agement area in Harrison, Jack
son, George and Stone counties
has been enlarged with the addi-
ton of many acres. Boundaries
of the new area have been. posted
with wildlife management area
signs.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
THE WORLD OF NATURE
John M. Frazier. Conservationist
Mississippi Southern COLLEGE

near his camp site. The structure
was very crude and the wood
served without benefit of saw or
other modern tools. A few up
right pieces with skins stretched
over them, or poles leaned against
a tree or log and matched roof.
Hollow trees were occasionally
the home. Some trees were burn
ed out for this purpose.
Advances
AS ancient man advanced to-
ward civilization he learned to
domesticate animals and to cook
their flesh, and the plants he
ate. He used the wood for fuel.
1t was all he had-coal, oil and
gas were not available.
The animals he domesticated
were fed from the increase of the
forests. They were grazed in the
forest and sheltered by it.
The earliest ploughs used by
man were bent branches of trees.
Other tools were fashioned from
wood.
With mans increase in knowl-
edge and increase in population,
there was greater demand for
wood in the building of houses
log houses first, then lumber,
as well as other objects. With
khe art and skill of furniture
making came a still greater de-
mand for wood.
Modern Uses
The years have been many be-
tween primitive man and our
time. Likewise, the changes in
requirements have been many.
With the development of western
civilization has come multiple
ity Of uses for wood that were
not dreamed of BY early man,
Our American way of life uses
wood in more ways and IN great
er quantities than any other peo-
pie. Many of these uses have
come about since the founding OF
this nation.
Much of our annual production
of wood goes for new uses. All
the demand for wood for rail
roads has come about in the last
100 years. Now it requires the
annual production of several mil
lions of acres to produce the re-
CURED amount of wood for rail-
roads. Crossties are needed by
the multiplied millions annually.
The poles needed for railroad
telephone and telegraph lines
numbers millions. Timbers for
bridges, culverts, viaducts, etc,
is tensiv Practically all
freight cars are constructed OF
wood.
The pulp industry is increasing
by leaps and bounds. The 1896
consumption of pulp was 22,985,-
1876 tons in the United States.
The chief use of wood is for
building and construction. The
1856 value of wood for this pur-
pose was $44,258,0O0, 100000. This
was the tenth consecutive year
for an increase.
Hundreds of chemical and 9TH
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
Watch On
The Potomac


lists would be criticiing the court
II 1t had held that the us. con-
stltution sanctioned discrimina-
ton against Negro school chill
dren. Nor would Jenner. and COM
pany belabor the court if t h e
Judges had ruled that their con-
duct in congressional investiga-
tons had been above reproach.
Nor would the oil industry be
unhappy if the court said it was
ok. for them to exploit public
resources any way they pleased.
Of course, no one will dispute
the rights of any of these special
pleaders to be displeased by high
court decisions and to do every
thing legitimate to get them re-
versed.
''Kill The Umpire"-It's one
thing, though, to get sore at the
umpire in a game and another
thing to kill him. And that ex-
actly w h t the segregationists
and their allies are trying to do.
When Orval Faubus takes it
upon himself to decide which
decisions he will obey and which
ones he will defy, he sets him
self above the court. In effect, he
also says h is bigger than the
United States government and
the people it represents.
When the Virginia legislature
says it would rather close its
schools than permit the "inter-
mingling" of white and Negro
children, it is, in effect, seeding
from the United States of Amer
lea.
X X X
The significant point, it seems
to me, in all the debate over
curling the court is that neither
Faubus nor the Virginia legisla-
tors nor anyone else of any emf
nence ever argues the points of
law Evidently this means their
legal advisers are hard put to
find any flaws in the courts rea-
soning. Certainly if there were
any deficiencies they would be
pointed out-and quickly.
When the attorney for the Lit
tie Rock school board made his
plea before the court he did not
once dispute its Interpretation OF
the Constitution. All he said was
that some people don't like the
law the way it is and would like
to be excused from obeying it,
because if they are not excused
there is going to be trouble AS
Chief Justice Warren wryly noted
this was a unique argument to
present in a court Of law.
What it all boils down to is
whether this is to be a govern
ment of laws or government
of mobs.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
RELIABLE PARTY
MALE OR FEMALS

Wanted to service and collect
from a route of CIGARETTE ma
chimes. No selling. Route is full
Iy established for operator. Full
or part time. Up TO $500 per
month to start. S. 900 TO $4,000
cash required which is secured.
Write, giving fuIl'particulars and
phone number TO P. O. Box 6043,
houston, Texas.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
er products are used daily.

er products are used daily.
Of Mississippi's 100000 acres
of forest lands, many are loaflng
on the Job or completely idle
This is true throughout the
South. 1t is an economic crime to
allow land to stand idle when it
can be producing much needed
wood for our advancing civiliza-
ton.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-09
E3a;EAfZ:lI;s4;
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
FORREST COUNTY
TRrrCTEEEC NOTICE OF SALE

TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on March z, 1856, Wei
don G.. Morris, an unmarried person,
executed a Deed of Trust to VIM,
HARRISON, Trustee, for the benefit OF
Better Homes Savings and Loan Asso-
citation, Inc, on the hereinafter de
scribed real estate to secure an IN
debtedness therein st forth, of record
in Land Deed of Trust Book 1870, pages.
377-379, in the office of the Chancery
Clerk of Forrest County, Mississippi
and,
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the payment of said indebt-
edness, and the said beneficiary hav-
ing. declared the entire balance, due
and payabl and having directed me
to foreclose the same as trustee there
in:
NOW, THEREFORE,, on Monday, the
goth day of October, 1885, at the East
erly and main door of the Court
House of said County, during legal
hours, / will sell at public outcry to
the highest bidder for cash for the
purpose of satisfying said indebted
ness, the real estate conveyed by said
Deed of Trust in said County, to-wit:
Beginning 400 feet South and 315
feet East of the Northwest corner
of the SEA of the SW14, in Section
IL, Township North, Range ID
West, thence run North so feet,
thence run East $50 feet, thence
run South so feet, thence run West
$50 feet to the point of beginning.
Together with all improvements
and appurtenances thereto belong
ing.
/ will convey only such title as is
vested in me by said Deed of Trust
as Trustee therein.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on this
the 18th day of September, 1858.
VIM. HARRISON, Trustee.
At 9-25, 1912, 8, 16
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

signs of Carosa, Veneziani,
Marucelli, Antonelli, Mirsa,
Paoli, Avolio, Fahiani, ST.
monetta. Capucci. schuberth,
Brioni. Datti. and Bertoli.
In the Audience
Attending were the Russian
Ambassador and Mrs. Mem
shikov, a large contingent
from the italian Embassy
headed by Ambassador and
Mrs. Brosio, the Burke FL
bricks. Mrs. Charles McIner-
ney, Mrs. Robert LeBaron,
Sonora de Oreanuno, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Morris. the Wal
ter Floods, Sonora de Arias,
Sonora de Sacasa, Mrs. Prem
tiss Coonley, Miss Virginia
Warren and California de-
signer Marusia. The chair
man Of the event, Mrs. Rob-
ert Low Bacon. attended with
many of her committee MEM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
BY ELEM
star Fashion Writer

They're still talking about
the most controversial fash
ion show Washington has
seen in years.
The italian Festival of
Fashion" at the Shoreham
Hotel Saturday had everyone
from Ambassadors to hotel
walters voicing opinions on
the subject. And for WASH
ington women who saw the
show it provided converse
ton for the entire week end.
AS one onlooker said. You
may not like all Of them but
you can't ignore them" Mrs.
Robert Guggenheim called
the showing of clothes from
IL of Italy's foremost de-
signers particularly excit-
ing"
II liked it more than If /
had seen clothes that were
strictly wearable," she said.
Mrs. William MacCracken
found the clothes amusing"
The Washington Fashion
Group under the direction of
its Program Chairman. Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
FASHION NOTEBOOK
The Balloon or the Cocoon
They Are Still Controversial

and the very tailored. "Our
ideal woman is dressed in the
manner Of the 18th century
charm and beauty but she
possesses q goth century
mentality"
Another Viewpoint
Another viewpoint-in the
evening she must dare to be a
bit eccentric" but in the day
time she must be tailored
This was the concensus Of
designer Avolio and EMO
Bertoli. who represented the
House of Franco Bertoli.
OF the IL representatives
of the Italian couture who
have toured six cities in
the United States during the
past two weeks. Luciano An
tonelli and Piero Datti are
married. His father is a de-
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signer Of fine italian mems
fashions. Such male fashion
notes as suede car coats, black
and white silk tweed over
coats. a chianti red overcoat,
and q red shantung silk
country club tuxedo captured
the attention Of both men
and women in the audience
which completely filled the
ballroom.
Julia Meade, TV PERSONAL
ity, wore a black and green
printed ballooned-skirted
dress which she described as
really short" during her
fashion commentary for the
March of Dimes benefit.sh
ing.
Before the. show started,
guests attended a cocktail
party in the Terrace Room.
In the huge crowd were many
who had been to Italy and
were familiar with the de-
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Fashion Training Courses
Start Their Third Year

she liked something, would
order it in five or six colors.
II liked that" the amusing
Laddie unused.
Next Session
This Wednesdays session
will be a discussion of Fash
ion Background" with Mrs.
E. j. Michaelson Of the Ma
tional Gallery of Art illus
trating her talk with 40 color
slides showing how to use a
museum for fashion inspira-
ton. June Wilbur, assistant
professor on textiles and
clothing from the University
Of Maryland and regional di-
rector of the Washington
Fashion Group, will be the
other speaker on the. pro-
gram.
On April 9 Fashion Re-
failing" will be discussed by
Kay Parker, merchandise
manager of accessories at
Frank r. Jelleff, and Arthur
Madison, merchandise man
ager and vice president of
Julius Garfinckel & Co.
April 16 Fashion Design"
will be the subject under fire
with Herbert Kasper Of New
York and Philip Robertson of
Washington speaking.
April 20 finds Fashion
Coordination and Promo
ton" being explained by
Edith Battles, fashion CO.
ordinator of Woodward &
Lothrop. and members Of
The Hecht Co. promotion
staff including Jessica Grice,
advertising manager; Arnold
Fine. assistant director Of
planning; B. Allen Mays. adj
vertising director; and Les
ter Melnicove. display direc-
tor.
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Laddie Northridge. the ia
nous milliner. opened the
Fashion Training Courses
sponsored by the Washington
Fashion Group at the Ma
tional Housing Center re-
Gently.
He told his delighted audi
ence that he's "Hedda Hop
per's favorite halter; that
the "trapeze" has got to be
connected to something and
that hook" is a hat; and
that on Easter Sunday in a
special rotogravure section
that will be seen throughout
the nation, his large hat for
Marilyn Monroe goes right
across the page.
you know you don't think
Of Marilyn Monroe as q wom-
an who wears hats" he told
the interested group Of people
taking the six weeks course.
shes positively beautiful in
that very large white leg
horn hat trimmed with two
American beauty roses. Her
skins transparent and so are
her eyes," he continued.
Easter BOnnets
Jon Whitcomb has painted
Mrs. Dwight d. Eisenhower
in her Easter bonnet designed
by Miss May; Lucille Ball in
a Mr.. John hat: Elsa Maxwell
in a hat by Emme: Mrs. Flea
nor Roosevelt in a Hattie
Carnegie hat. and Kathy
Grant in a Mr.. Arnold de-
sign. MY commission was
Marilyn Monroe" the charm
ing milliner told the group.
The hat that goes down
in his Disappointing career
Of millinery design is the
one that. really gave him his
start.
Into Henri Bendel's SOME
thirty odd years ago walked
Michael Arlen. who wrote
THE Green Hat" with Kath-
arine Cornell who was to
play Iris March on the stage.
The head designer was out
and Laddie Northridge was
told to make the green
hat" This he did and in
rapid succession did hats for
Gloria Swanson who, when
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Models Liked Them

Edith Battles staged the ex-
travaganza.
Models Liked Them
The models who wore the
balloon, Empire, chemise, CO.
coon. high-waisted and no.
wasted, ball-shaped, fitted
front and looSe-back silhou-
cites, seemed to adore them.
Wearing the "trend-setting"
short, short clothes at times
made them want to do a
Charleston.
When Schuberth's fabulous
evening dresses came on with
waistlineS in a familiar spot
the applause was strongest.
A wooden daytime dress with
its black and white checks set
OF by a wide wing Of white
fabric across the decolletage,
and a hemline below the
knees for a change, plus a f1t-
ted waist made the applause
meter 60 way up.
Baron Renato Beer. repre-
senting the house Of Simon
eta. says that Italian design
ers envision the women who
wear their clothes as being a
mixture Of the very feminine
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silk are very fresh looking"
THAT column like silhouette
with the fiounces at the hem
looking like an inverted
flower in bloom viii be fun
to wear"
1.-THE Italians show that
though they are not afraid
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to bring forth new treat
ments they basically feel that
fashion should be feminine
and fiattering."
Let's face it. fashion has
to be drastic to produce
change. And after all isn't
this true of everything?"
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bers. including Donna Julia
Brambilla, the Countess de
Rochefort. Mrs. Eric Johns
ton, Mrs. Myron Cewen, and
Mrs. Wiley Buchanan and
her daughter Dede, Mrs.
Ralph Becker. Mrs. Dennis
Chavez and Senator Clinton
Anderson.
A quick roundup Of reac-
ton following the fashion
show revealed these opinions:
THAT under the knee
cupped line Is new-looking
but when is it going into
orbit?"
IT like the short skirts
cause my legs are not bad
but what about all those
knock-kneed dames?"
sunny Italy does the best
raincoats I've ever seen."
Lady, you probably didn't
see the clothes of the
twenties. They looked as bad
then as they do now"
I'm crazy about those
little flower arrangements
they wear on their heads with
the yelling and stun on
them"
What did the many FASH
ion people at the show think
Of it?
zone Of the most exciting
fashion shows I've ever seen.
The use Of the yellows, or
anges. and pinks gives a new
color dimension. The twin
printed fabrics of chiffon
and silk is inspired. Those
dresses and coats Of printed
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Edith Battles staged the ex-
travaganza.
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24

Soviet Russia declared war on ia
pan on August 8, 1945.
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
Leslie C. GreenLy Milford
Named Outstanding
Farmer
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continued from page one)
and the heavy earth moving equip
ment of the Soil Conservation Dis
trict.
Les can be very pleased with the
drainage system he has developed
to date. Although he did suffer
some crop loss by drowning earlier
this summer, Les says he did not
have one square foot of drowning
in the fields where he has estab-
lished a complete drainage sys-
tenn, despite the abnormally heavy
rainfall. His plans call for more
drainage which he hopes to estab-
lish as soon as his improved farm
ing system will pay for it.
If you should ask Les whether
his drainage systems have paid for
themselves, he will say 81 can grow
better paying crops after draining
my low lands and am able to har-
vest my crops. The bitches more
than pay for themselves in the
first year."
AAOo 11aO kOuu0 l1lO dlu6<SS III
vestment well worth protecting. He
maintains his system with his
mower and tractor blade, using
heavy equipment every five years
to re-clean the larger bitches.
In addition to proper fertiliza-
ton and lining by soil test, Les
endeavors to protect his soil from
depletion and erosion. He discs in
crop stubble prior to seeding cover
crops, and seeds a grass-legume
winter cover wherever possible.
He also finds seeding cover crops
by airplane very satisfactory.
One of the reasons his neighbors
feel he is a good conservation farm
er is that he takes care of any
land he might rent
Les is passing on his apprecia-
tion of the soil to his son, Leonard,
who also has complete soil con-
servation plan under way on his
own farm.
The success of the farmer is not
necessarily due to how good a soil
he has, but how well he manages
and cares for that which he has.
This is what distinguishes this out
standing Soil Conservation District
farmer cOoperatOr.