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Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
Durant 10th
Century Club
Holds Meeting

The Twentieth Century Club of
Durant met in the home of Mrs. j.
l.. Longinotti, Wednesday, Sept.
9, at three o'clock.
The meeting was opened with the
Collect. Mrs. z. G. Bacon gave a
meditation on citizenship. The club
president, Mrs. P. H. Winborn, adj
dressed the club, stressing the i'm
portance of becoming more con-
scious of community Improvements.
Mrs. w. E. Howell. as chairman
of the yearbook committee, pre-
Sented the new books to the club.
The theme of the yearbook is
Progress Through Discovery"
Mrs. Fred Waldron gave a talk
entitled Gould You Pass a Citi-
zenship Test. Mrs. G.. W. Drane
gave a talk entitled Dear Mr..
Congressman. Mrs. w. H. Nc
Kenzie displayed the doll that is to
be outfitted by the club members
and givenaway in December.
A delicious dessert plate was
served by the hostess.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
Services Held
For Victor
Sanders Wed.

Services were held Wednesday at
4 P. M. for Victor Douglas San
ders, a native of Goodman. who
died Tuesday, September Is in
Jackson tier an illness of five
years.
Mr.. Sanders was born in Good
man on October Is, 1901 and was
a former employee at State High
way Department. He was a men,
Der of the Goodman Baptist Church.
Rev. P. D. Bragg officiated at
the services held at the Southern
Funeral Home Chapel. Interment
was in the Hillcrest Cemetery in
Goodman under the direction OF
Southern Funeral Home of Lex
ington.
He is survived by one sister, Miss
Mamie Sanders of Lexington.
Pallbearers we're John Kim
brough, George Mcclellan, Windred
Holder, Hudson Dodson, Irving Lam
drum and Clarence Mcdaniel.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
Chancery
Court Has
Quick Session

The September term of Chancery
Court convened Monday and by
Wednesday Chancellor c. D. VIII
lams of Yazoo City, who presided,
had disposed of all cases before
the court.
Ten divorce suits came before
the court and these divorces were
granted, two of which we're for
white people and eight for col
ored.
Several routine state cases were
settled during court.
Attending court, in addition to
Chancellor Williams, we're Miss
Anita burden, court stenographer,
of Yazoo City, Chancery Clerk P.
H. Williams, ST., and Sheriff An
drew P. Smith.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
HiEifeS . !.
Oa1RP
Holmes
BY Chester Marshall

Note to football fans in the area.
Whether you have realized it yet
or not, football teams in Holmes
county are loaded again.
The Lexington Hornets, who most
everybody thought would be ere
building" this year, after losing
most of the 1858 Mid-State Champ
ion team, but to date they have
played two games and won them
both, handing st. Aloysius of
Vicksburg their first loss since
1856 and then last Friday dumped
the Senators from North Carroll
ton 1910.
Then take a look at the Durant
Tigers. They were picked by Mid
State Coaches and we were prone
to agree, in a preseason poll, to
end the season as 1859 champions.
Well, the Togers seemingly are liv-
ing up to advanced billing. They
opened with a 400 shellacking OF
Ethel, then came to life in the 4th
quarter last Friday, racking UP
three touchdowns, breaking a &C
deadlock with the Panthers to &C
on to win 25-6.
At Tchula, the Partners will GER
tainly be at or near the top in the
Central Delta Conference when the
season ends. If they were able tt
give the top team in the Mid-State
Conference a run for their money
they certainly should hold theil
own in theid own conference. Fri
day night they go to Moorhead fol-
what will probably be their tough
est game remaining in their Sche
dule. Moorhead came close to de
feating Belzoni Friday night, los
ing by a close AT count.
The Bullpups of Holmes Ag. High
will open their season Friday nigh
at Linn. We think if they can take
this one, they will be hard to han
die this year.
And the Bulldogs at Holmes Jun
Tor College have taken care of tw1
tough opponents and will trave
to Moorhead Saturday for a tussl,
with the Sunflower Trojans.
Durant will be at home to Xii
michael in a conference showdown
and Lexington will host Walden
picked to come in second behint
Durant this season.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17

The following is the Proclamation
issued by the Mayor in cooperation
with Mrs. Joy M. Brooks, Regent,
Benz. G. Humphreys Chapter, D..
A. r.. Proclaming the Week of
September 1913 as Constitution
Week.
WHEREAS, September II, 1859 is
notable as marking the one humid
red seventy-second anniversary of
the adoption of the Constitution of
the United States of America by
the Constitutional Convention: and
WHEREAS. To accord official
recognition to this memorable an
~niversary, and to the patriotic
exercise which will form a note
worthy feature of the occasion,
seems fitting and proper; and
WHEREAS. Public Law No. 915
guarantees the issuing of a pro-
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
Hornets To
Host walden

The Lexington High School Hor-
nets play host to the Walden High
School Bulldogs Friday night in
one of the top games of the Mid
State Conference. Kickoff time will
be at 7:30.
The Walden Bulldogs, picked as
runner ups to Durant in the pre-
season poll, will field one of the
most powerful teams in the confer
ence. The team is led by Charlie
Dunn all conference fuIback last
year, who is one of the best full
backs in this part of the state. Lex
ington will go into the game with
two victories thus far this sea-
son. The Hornets Won their open
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
Drive In Cafe
Opens Here

The B and S Drive Inn Cafe, 10
catd just east of the city limits
of Lexington on the Durant Road.
opened for business last Friday.
Owners of the new business are
James Barton and Billy Smith.
who will be assisted by their wives
in its operation.
The new Drive-In will offer curb
service and will be open from G
A. M. for the convenience of hunt
ers and early risers and will re-
main open until IL o'clock mid
night.
The owners state that no beer
or alcoholic beverages will be
sold and that parents are invited
to pay them a visit at any time.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
Garden Club To Choose
Yard Of The Month
Photo Courtesy Mississippi Engra,

A new project of the Lexington
Garden Club is a monthly award
of a yard of the Month" plaque.
Mrs. Eric Norquist, president, an
nounced at the recent meeting that
a plaque had been presented by
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Beckman of Alex
andria, Louisiana, and upon ac-
ceptance by the club, she presented
the following rules for the yard
of the Month award
Each month on the Monday re-
ceding the regular club meeting,
the plaque will be placed in the
most attractive yard in our town
and the placement announced al
the regular meeting.
The yard will be chosen by two
secretly appointed people by the
president. No one will know who
the judges will be and they will
not be club members.
No yard will receive the plaque
over once during the club year,
September LIST to September 1st.
Any yard in the city limits Of
Lexington will be eligible. The
yard will be chosen for its neat
ness and attractiveness.
The award will be given to en-.
courage not only member of the
club, but everyone living in Lex
ington to keep their yards vel
groomed, thus leading to the beau
LITIGATION of our town.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
Upholstering
To Open


Coyier Farmer announced this
week that he has reopened the Lex
ington Mattress Company and will
service patrons in this area with
all types of upholstering and mat
tress work.
Mr.. Farmer operated the mat
tress firm from 1896 until 1852 in
Lexington, at which time he be-
came a deputy sheriff. His reliable
work is known to his many former
customers, who will be glad to
know hat the firm has been re-
opened. The shop will be located
at Mr.. Farmers home.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
CHANGE IN
AT LIBERTY CHAPEL

The Rev. Inge Halbert, minister
of the Liberty Chapel Methodist
Church, this week announced a
change in Service schedules.
Due to changes in scheduled SER
vices on the fifth Sundays, services
at the church have been changed
to the third Sunday, In the fu-
ture, there will be services each
third and first Sunday afternoon
1T 3 o'clock.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17

According to figues released by
the Board of Supervisors, the 1860
Budget for operating the county is
set at $500. OILS as compared to
$668,325 for the fiscal year just
ending
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
HOMECOMING AT OREGON
SUNDAY SEPT On

On Sunday, September 20. the
Oregon Memorial Church will have
its 21st homecoming at II a.. m.
The Rev. M. j. Peden, former
Methodist pastor, will bring the
morning message.
Everyone is asked to bring a
basket lunch which will be served
at 1890. A special program has
been planned to begin at 2 p. m.
with P. H. Williams, Jr., guest
speaker.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
SERVICES AT
FIRST BAPTIST

"A Moon With Banners will be
the sermon topic Sunday morning
at the Lexington First Baptist
Church, with the Pastor, the Rev.
Paul B. Bragg, bringing the mes
sac.
The sermon for the evening serv-
ices will be THE Tragedy of Be
ing Too Late"
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
BROWNIE TROOP NUMBER )

Brownie Troop no. 2 will meet
every Wednesday afternoon at the
Brownie Hut.
The following officers were elect
ed at the last meeting: president,
Marcella Dunn; sec.-treas., Vir-
ginia Smith; reporter. Kathy.
Mrs. Jack Dunn is leader and Mrs.
w. K. Smith, assistant leader.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17
CLUB TO
NJ

The Lexington Country Club will
sponsor a dance Saturday night,
September 26t at the club.
Script $1.00 per person. Make
your reservations early. Call Mrs
C. c.. Richardson at 497-W.
Holmes County herald., 1959-09-17

ing game 10 over st. Aloysius of
Vicksburg and won over North
Carrollton 800 mast Friday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

proved their public appeal, and
we feel that they can be enjoy
able and instructive without
any fakery.
But we recognize that It is
F. :. our responsibility to make
sure that these programs will
be honestly conducted. so that
the public can have confidence
in all the programs 1t watches.
Opposes Gear"
We also believe that this is
a responsibility which can be
effectively discharged only by
each individual broadcaster.
In our view, the idea OF ar
industry "czar" is not q real
istic method for the exercise
OF such responsibility. The
broadcasters provide a service
consisting not only Of enter
tainment. but also Of news
public affairs and educational
programs. The concept of ar
industry "czar," we feel, is MOI
workable for such a service
any more than a car over the
newspaper industry or the mag
azine industry would be worka-
BILE.
We do not think that Gov
eminent regulatory or licensing
action is appropriate or II
would be effective. The SUBJ
ject involved is the content oil
specific programs. Federal reg
ulation in this field would IN
ject the Government into the
program process itself, which
would be inconsistent with the
whole concept of the broadcast.
ing system of this country.
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Even II 1t did not pose the
threat Of censorship, Federal
action through program regu-
lation would not effectively &C
complish the purpose being
sought.
On Legislation
We feel that II any legislation
is to be considered. it should
be legislation aimed directly
at the wrongdoer. rather than
legislation Of a blanket variety
aimed at the broadcaster-al-
though it should apply to any
broadcaster who consciously
participated in the wrongdoing,
With this in mind. we have con-
sidered penal legislation which
would make 1t a Federal crime
knowingly and wilfully to par
ticipate in scheme to control
the outcome Of a contest broad
cast over licensed facilities =. I.
I want to make the following
proposal on behalf Of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. When
the subcommittee has weighed
all the testimony and formed
its conclusions and recommef1.
dations, I believe it should have
an opportunity to give the
American people a direct report
of its findings in the most far
reaching and appropriate way
through television itself. :.
NBC will be pleased to set
aside an appropriate period
for a special broadcast Of this
kind during evening viewing
hours when tens Of millions Of
Americans are at their sets. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06
NBC ATTITUDE
IS PRESENTED

FOLLOWING Is a partial tert
OF a statement presented
yesterday BY Robert E. Kint-
ner, president OF NBC, before
the House committee:
To put the matter in perspec.
tive, I would like to go bach
to mid-August 1858. That wa:
the first time ! had any reason
to believe that any quiz show
was engaged in collision with
its contestants. On Thursday
August IA, 1858, I got a cal
from the Colgate-Palmolive Co.
asking me to meet with then
that day about a problem which
had Just arisen with the
"Dotto" program.
At the meeting with the
Colgate people, I was told they
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had evidence. stemming from
their investigation Of a COM
plant by a standby contestant
that the "Dotto" program on
CHS had been rugged.
Colgate proposed to cancel
the program both on NBC and
CHS. I agreed Immediately so
far as NBC was concerned, and
"Dotto" was removed from our
schedule at once.
Although the "Dotto" Incl
dent arose on another network,
I promptly instructed Thomas
Erwin. our general attorney, to
institute a review Of all quiz
programs on the NBC network.
|. This review, which took
about a month to complete, re-
vealed no Evidence of any i'm
proprieties in the programs.
Stempel Inquiry
On August 20, 1858, when the
Herbert Stempel charges broke
in the press, I learned for the
first time that the same claims
had arisen a year before and
had been handled by members
of our staff. In September 1857,
members of the Barry and En-
right organization, the produ-
GERS of "Twenty-O One" advised
our press department, and then
our lawyers, that the New York
Journal American was consid-
ering running a story that Mr..
Stempel, a former contestant
on the program, claimed that
he had received answers from
the producer.
At this time Barry and En-
right had an excellent reputa-
tion in the industry. Twenty
One" had been on the air for a
year without any complaint by
any other contestant. At no
time did Stempel approach NBC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

Van Doren story emerged al
these hearings only last Mon
day, and that is when we learn
ed it for the first time. -.
These hearings gave the pub
lie, and also NBC, the first
established evidence Of quiz
show rigging.
Steps Taken
AS additional information
has come to light, we have
taken further steps to detect
root out and prevent any dis
honesty on our quiz shows
Since last May we have beer
requiring contestants on all
such shows to sign a form stat
ing that they will not accept
assistance on the program and
undertaking to advise NBC d.
rectly Of any offers Of help
Now we have backed up this
measure by providing for sys-
tematic Interrogation Of for
mer contestants, both on q
spot check basis and as a swift
follow-up to any charge of dis
honesty. :.
In the light Of what we have
learned since this subcommittee
began its hearings, we frankly
recognized that our procedures
over the past year have to bt
strengthened. ;.
We have therefore set up the
nucleus of a professionally
equipped. permanent unit to
carry out this work. :.
Referring specifically to quiz
and contest programs. we do
not believe that an appropriate
answer to the problems dis
closed by these hearings is to
eliminate this whole category
Of programming from the air,
Programs Of this type have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

with any charge. To top OF all
these factors in support of the
Barry and Enright version, the
New York Journal American
shortly informed our press de-
partment that 1t was abandon
ing the story. -.
Grand Jury Steps
I did not learn of the in
cident until a year later, when
the story was published.
The Barry and Enright rep
resentatives again assured our
lawyers and publicity people
that the Stempel claim was a
complete fabrication. :.
Within three weeks, a grand
jury was empaneled to pursue
the investigation. A week later
a new report of rigging on
"Twenty-One" came to light
through newspaper accounts OF
the charges of James Snod-
grass, who had just testified
before the grand jury. These
charges were denied without
qualification by Barry and En-
right.
Nevertheless, we decided on
September 80, 1958-four days
after we first heard of the
Snodgrass charges - to take
over direct production control
of all the Barry and Enright
programs. There has been
no claim of any rigging of
these Barry and Enright pro-
grams since the time NBC took
over their production. -.
Prior to the start of these
hearings, in october, we learn
ed that Howard FelSher, the
producer of "Tic Tao Dough, u
had been called to appear. We
asked him for sworn assurances
that he had not participated
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lation. However, we are con-
fident that this committee
would not recommend legisla-
ton which would invade the
areas of programming content
or result in censorship.
It must be apparent from
what I have said that we be-
lieve that legislation is no cure
all for these ills and that the
primary responsibility lies with
the broadcasting industry itself
CHS is moving forward in that
conviction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

directly or indirectly in any
rigging Of the program. Upon
his refusal to furnish such an
affidavit. we discharged him. ..
Similarly, when evidence de-
veloped by this subcommittee
raised grave questions about
Charles Van Doren's participa-
ton in the Twenty One" pro-
gram, we told him that 1t was
essential he ask to appear i'm
mediately before the subcom-
mittee and testify fully and
that If he refused to do so, he
would be suspended. :.
Van Doren Denies
On october 8 when two Of
our officers, James Stable and
David Levy, met with him to
insist that he ask to appear
before the subcommittee, Van
Doren again repeated his
denials Of any wrongdoing and
late that night sent Chairman
Harris a telegram offering to
appear. Two days later, when
he had not appeared in answer
to a request from the subcom-
mittee, we suspended him. .
Late that afternoon, October
8, Robert Sarnoff, chairman of
the board of NBC, I, and some
Of our associates, met with Van
Doren and his counsel to
advise him Of the suspension
and to confront him with GER
tain suspicious statements he
had made to Mr.. Stable during
their previous meeting. In view
of those statements, our coun-
sci, Mr.. Mckay, first asked Van
Doren to tell us the basis for
any suspicious he may have had
about "Twenty-One," but he
declined to answer on the adj
vice of his counsel. The full
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CHS Chiefs Views
Outlined to Probers

FOLLOWING is partial tert OF the statement Frank
Stanton president OF the Columbia Broddcdstng SYSTEM
presented at the House teleuson quiz hearing today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

I was completely unaware
until August 8, 1858, of any
irregularity in the quiz shows
on our network. When gossip
about quiz shows in general
came to my attention, I was
assured by our television net
work people that these shows
were completely above criticism
Of this kind. With benefit OF
hindsight, 1t is now clear that
! should have gone further.
Late on Friday night. August
8, Of last year, I was told by
Mr.. Fisher (Thomas K. Fisher,
a vice president Of CHS Tele-
vision that he had that day
learned of explicit charges that
one Of the quiz shows on the
CHS television network was be-
ing rugged, and that he had re-
ported this to Mr.. Cowan Oouis
A. Cowan, president of CHS
Television). Mr.. Cowan had al
ready asked Mr.. Fisher to start
an immediate investigation,
with the understanding that II
evidence could be found the
CHS television network would
remove the show from the air
promptly. AS Mr.. Fisher has
told you, sufficient supporting
evidence was found within a
week. and the program was
thrown off the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-06

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Assembly Program Features Talent '.

A talent show was presented at the morning assembly in the new school auditorium, by the 7th grade. students. /
 The program consisted of the following: Piano solo by Anne Hall; Imitation duet by Joe Yacko and Larry Deityles; Solo, Nadia Ambrosia; Quartet with Connie Reft. Preston Shivley, Sharon Bsrrhaft sand Joe Yacko: Piano solo, Barbara Davis; Tumbiing act, Lillian Torgrafrsen, Janice Suender,e Virginia < King, / Ellen Sunburg. Hildur Rockstad; Quar- tst, Sonia Kopein, tTanga Kraft. Sharon Levine, ~F Connie Reft; Trumpet solo, Bob Dinwiddie;. Trio, Linda Wallin, Pat Hall, Lil- lian Torgramsen; Rock n Roll, Louise Johnson, Hildur Rockstad, Sonia Kopein. Connie Reft, Linda Wallin. Lillian Torgansen; Clari- net solo, Cheryl Babbitt; Reading, Bill Howard; Choral Reading, 7th Grade; Spanish Song and Dance. Sharon Barnhart; Piano Solo, Ma dia Ambrosia; Solo, Linda Wallin; Skit, Barbara Davis, Barbara Mol letti, Evelyn Pratt; Solo, Sharon Barnhart; concluding with the Girls Chorus.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09
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 itle At Stake tn Competition

There are just four days left for the ladies of Kodiak to enter the ''Mrs. America" contest, which is offering $5o,oo0 in prizes. The entries must be in New York by May IS, and should be airmailed from Alaska by May F
 This contest is open to all mar .ried women over q years of age and is based primarily on home making abilities Winners will be chosen at state and national lev els. At each level contestants are judged on their homemaking ability, personality and poise, sense of good grooming, and in- terest in community affairs.
 Entry blanks can be obtained at the Kodiak Chamber of Con- merce. The woman crowned Mrs. Alaska" will win an all-expense paid. twO1week trip for herself and her husband to Ft. Lauder dale, Florida, and will compete in ehe finals.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09
Aloha Dance
/ By Sue Foster

Among their many other gradu- sting activities, the Graduating class Of 1859 will be the guests of honor at farewell dance giv- en by the On Base Teen Club. The dance. scheduled for May 15. is expected to be one of the clubs biggest activities of the year. x.
 The Teen Club members have selected a Hawaiian Aloha" theme and arranged for their en- tertainment. which will feature club members. All the food enter tainment and music will follow the theme of the dance. The out fits and costumes worn by those people at the dance will also be true Hawaiian style"
 Lots of fun and enjoyment are an store for the. teen-agers who come to the senior Aloha"