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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
StanfieId |. Dolly
Rites Held TUESDAY,

Services were held at 1890 a.
m. Tuesday at Harland's Creek
2aptist Church for Stanfield
Lucus Doty. Rev. Wilson Ray
officiated. Burial vas in the
,hurch cemetery under the di-
rection of Southern Funeral
Home. He was 81.
Mr.. Doty, who had been i'll
1bout two years. died Monday
n Shreveport, Louisiana. His
1cme was in Fairbanks, Alaska.
he was born and reared in
Holmes County.
MI. Dotv was a member of
Iarland's Creek Baptist Church.
He leaves a brother, James L.
Doty Of Ellisville; three sisters,
Mrs. Gordon Ellison of Terry;
Mrs. Myrtle Jordan of Houston,
Texas; and Mrs. Wallace Jordan
of Jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Mid-Stute Conference
PIuy AT CorroIIton;
Durunt In Finuls

Teams from four Holmes
chools will participate in the
;ub-District tournament at Nc
ADAMS this weekend beginning
oday Thursday and continuing
through Saturday.
Coxburg girls open the tourney
With Walden girls in the first
game scheduled for 500 p. m.
Lexington boys play North
Carrollton at els p. m. in the
second game of the opener and
Goodman boys meet Coxburg
boys at 8:45 p. m.
Fridays schedule finds Good
man girls of the Holmes Agric-
cultural High School opposing
Ethel at 500 p. m. followed by
Durant boys and Walden boys at
Sis p. m.
The two top teams, boys and
girls, a total of four teams, will
represent the sub-district in the
Fourth District tournament
which will be played in Kos
ciusko next weekend. Holmes,
Attala and Carroll counties COM
prise the sub-district.
North Carrollton Play
In the Mid-State tournamen:
held at North Carrollton las!
weekend the Durant boys reach
ed the finals only to be defeated
by one point by McAdams Sat
urday night. The final score was
$3.50 in favor of the Attals
team with the winning point
scored in the last ten seconds.
The game proved to be the high
light of the three-dav affair.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Counfy-Wid School
OF Missions 1874

A countrywide school of Mis-
sions will be held during the
week of February 10 through "a
in the following Baptist Church
es: Cruger, Durant, Goodman,
Lexington, Oak Grove, and
Pickens
Services will be conducted
each night during the week and
at both services at each church
for the week-long school.
The School of Missions pro-
gram Of Southern Baptists is
planned and promoted by the
Foreign Mission Board, the Home
Mission Board, and the State
boards cooperating with the
Southern Baptist Convention.
Presenting biblical inspirations,
knowledge of world needs and
all phases of mission endeavor,
it challenges the church mem
Der to complete commitment in
carrying our Christ's great COM
mission.
Rev. p. D. Bragg, pastor Of
the First Baptist Church in Lex
lngton is director Of the school
in Holmes County.
Pictures and more details con-
corning this vital program will
appear in this newspaper next
week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09

number of visiting Jaycees and
guests.
History Given
Woods traced the history Of
the Jaycee movement dating
from a young mems dancing as
sociation organized in ST. Louis
IN 1915 for the purpose of hav-
ing fun and dancing, to a Young
Mems Progressive Civic Associa-
ton" which later became a ma
tional and international o%rganiza-
ton of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. The group celebrated
it's 40th anniversary in St. Louis.
The purpose of the Jaycee
organization is to train young
men for leadership through
community service and to de-
velop better citizens, Mr.. Woods
emphasized. The test for the
desirabilitv Of a project is to
determine whether or not it will
provide leadership training for
he members and whether or not
the community needs the pro-
ject.
"Jaycees believe that earth's
great treasure lies in human per-
5onality and that is part of our
creed" he said.
The many accomplishments OF
the State Jaycee organization
were also recounted by the
Continued On Pace Two)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Former Goodman Man
Passes In Alabama

Mrs. E. H. Shaddock received
word late Tuesday that her late
husbands nephew, Eugene Pow
ers, had passed away at his
home in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mr.. Powers was a native and
former resident of Goodman. h
was the son Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. B. Powers of Goodman
He had been a resident of Bir-
mingham for a number Of years.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Lexington c Of c
Will Name Three
Board Members

Six men have been nominated
as directors of the Lexington
Chamber Of Commerce: Lutte Ell
lison, DR.. Frank Houston, c. M.
Mcdaniel, Nathan Schur, Joe
Stern and Jack Yates.
The nominating committee was
composed of five members Of
the organization appointed by
President w. A. Ramsey. Postal
card ballots were mailed out to
members January 27 and are to
he returned by Friday, February
10.
Three of the directors will be
elected for a three-year term,
hc~inning April l.
Chamber of Commerce mem
,ers are asked to return tn e
ord. 7s soon as possible show
ing how they voted on the board
f directors.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Gmcs
BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

The faux pas of the year was
uttered by Governor Barnett in
an address to members of the
congregation of Temple Beth
Israel in Jackson last week on
the occasion of the celebration
of their Tooth anniversary.
Governor Barnett, in what
might charitably have been re-
garded as a slip of the tongue,
referred to the $50 families
which comprise the group as his
fine Christian friends" except
that he referred not once but
several times to his Christian
friends.
Rabbi Perry Nussbaum arose
CALAMITY to the situation by say
ing it was truly a historic occa-
sion to be the Rabbi of a Christ
ism Congregation.
Since Governor Barnett is of
ten spokesman for the Citi-
ZenS Council, an organization
whose propaganda is markedly
anti-Semitic in tone, the thought
occurs that the Citizens Councils
and the Governor may have re-
written our textbooks and made
Christians out of all Mississippi
Jews.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Basketball Pee Wees
Schedule Journeys

West and Lexington play host
during the next two weeks to
the Pee Wees of the basketball
world, boys and girls.
An invitational tourney will be
held at the West Gymn next
weekend with six teams from
two counties participating: West,
Durant, Pickens, Coxburg, Car
mack and McAdams.
The Holmes County Pee Wee
tournament will be played in
Lexington's beautiful new gym
nasium February 23-23-25, pro
vided it is ready by that time.
If not the event will probably
De moved to Durant.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09

One of the few people we have
always wanted to meet is Lee
Meriwether of st. Louis, an at
torney, widely known writer and
world traveller.
We have wanted to meet Mr.
Meriwether, not because of his
many accomplishments, but be-
cause he is a kinsman of a dear
friend, Walter Scott Meriwether,
the late editor of The Mississippi
pi Sun at Charleston, from
whom we have heard a great
1eal about cousin Lee"
Walter Scott Skipper" Meri-
wether is known to many of our
readers because in his lifetime
he vas referred to often in this
column. An old time reporter on
New York newspapers before he
came home to Mississippi, Skip
per scooped the world on the
story of the sinking of the Battle
ship Maine in Havana Harbor,
the incident which spanked the
Spanish-American War.
During the past week we have
been reading a number of letters
to the editor in the State Times
at Jackson about a prayer"
Continued On Page Two)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
World Day Of Prayer
Set In TchuIa, Feb. II

A World Day Of Prayer Serv-
ice will be held at Tchula Pres
byterian Church beginning at
10 90 o'clock Friday, February
IL.
The women of the three
Tchula churches, Presbyterian,
Baptist and Methodist will come
together that day for this special
service.
The public is cordially invited
to come and share in this tine
christian program.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Senior Piano Recital
Set Friday Night
At Grammar School

The Lexington High School
Music Department will present
three seniors in a music recital
FRIDAY at 7:30 p. m. in the Gram
mar School Auditorium.
The girls are Sara Bailey, Bar
bara Cleveland and Marilyn Fin
cher.
The public is invited to come
cr't md hear the girls perform.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Four Holmes Schools Participate In Sub Dist.
Cage Tourney AT McAdams February 9-11

Durant girls reached the semi
finals Saturday morning but
were defeated by Ethel 23-14.
Lexington boys and girls were
eliminated in their first games
IN the Mid-State Conference
tournament play = the boys in
a close game 1882 by Ethel
Thursday at Ills p. m. and the
girls by Durant Friday night AZ
l8.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Bake Sole And Coffee
Breuk Saturday, 18th

A bake sale and coffee break
will be held in the Educational
Building of the Methodist
Church, Saturday, January II by
The ladies of the Daniel w. Beall
pest No. 10 of the Legion.
Homemade cakes, pies, cookies
and candies will be on sale.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Census Shows Holmes Downward Trend
Total Holmes Population 1888 Persons;
9,48S Negroes And 1885 White Citizens

Census figures released Thursday by Secretary of State
Heber Ladner revealed that Holmes County in the 1860
census counted a total of q, 083 people 19,488 Negroes
and 1886 whites for a ratio of more than two and one
half to one.
The figures reveal a steady downward trend in total
population for more than two decades.
In the mid-thirties there were more than 1000 Negroes
(2,00O more than the entire population today and nearly
10000 whites.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09

One of the basic concepts of
III Founding Fathers was free
dom of religion - and we re-
spect the right of every person
to his own religion. We also
recognize the right of a person
to refuse a religious belief, if he
so desires.
But there is a common morali-
ty found in the universe which
somehow must be brought to
prevail, if the world is to con-
tinue to exist, if we are to avoid
being blown to bits or worse.
The time is rapidly approach
ing if the peoples of the world
do not find a common ground
on which they can live and let
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09

300 a. m rain or shine.
The clinic will be conducted
by Mr.. Mitchell, assisted by
Duane Tucker, assistant county
agent in charge of Al Club
hsyS' work.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
On Deans List

On Deans List
MI. and Mrs. Larry Stephens
OF MSU spent the weekend at
home. Mrs. Stephens, the former
Mary Frances Waldrup, appeared
on the Deans List the first
semester at State and was recent
" initiated into Beta Sigma Phi
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
DAIRY CLINIC

A dairy clinic, sponsored by
he All Club boys and girls, will
be held at David Mitchell's farm
n west Lexington Saturday at
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Durant Spotswear Addition Shows Progress

Excellent progress is being made in the construction If a $16OA93 addition to
Durant Sputswear Inc.
The above picture shows steel frame work, 10Y largely erected. The building
faces on Front Street in Duant W0kmen at ladder mark the position Of the en-
trance to the office in the new addition which is scheduled to be completed ONE
time in April
Expansion of the present plant will more than double the present pace and
provide for a working force of w to 400 persons. About 100 persons are nw I'M
poyed by the industry.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09

i've, We will all surely perish.
A change in the hearts of men
throughout the world, including
our own country, must be eff
fected if We are to ever achieve
a civilization that will endure.
Basic integrity in individuals
and in nations is the crying need
of the day and hour = basic
ruth, honor and decency in all
of our dealings with men and
nations.
We invite your attention to
the full-page message on the sub
ject of Moral Re-Armament on
page six which may be the ans
wer to what has become a world
:mpasse.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09

Officers. and directors of the newly organized Junior
Chamber Of Commerce of Holmes County are shown fol
lowing the charter night banquet Thursday. President
Herb Knots holds the charter which was presented by
State Jaycee President Ben Woods, second from right.
Others pictured are Bob Scott, first vice president.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09

seated left, and Ross Wiloughby, second vice president,
right; standing, left to right, DR.. Charles Sinclair, treas
uIer; Billy Berberette, secretary Directors Jack Shearer,
Ed Wilburn Hooker, Oliver Leonard and George Mullen
dore; Robin Mathis of Houston, National Director.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-09
Presents Charter To Jaycees

| number Of visiting Jaycees and
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
4 UNCF Choirs
On ABC In August

College Choirs" on varying days
and at different hours. Check
local listings for airline in your
area.
Xavier University, New Or
leans, will open the months rs-
dio programs Aug 6. Sister Marie
Cecilia heads xavier's Music De-
parfment, and James Yesfsdf
directs the concert choir.
MorchouSc College of Atlanta
will present its all-male chorus
over the radio network Aug. H.
Wendell Whalum is the director.
The choir of Morris Brown
College. also in Atlanta Will he
heard Aug. 20, under the baton
of colonius S. Davis.
The ST. Paul's College Choir,
under tho direction of Roland l..
Allison. is scheduled for the Aug.
81 ABC broadcast. ST. Paul's is
in Lawrcnccvillc, Va.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
CHURCH NEWS -

tho movement.
Leaders Of the church around
he world will make major pre-.
sensations and lead discussion
roups on the theme Entrusted
With the Message of Rcconcilia'
ion"
The assembly is under the aus
pieces of the World Council of
Churches Youth Department. the
World Council of Christian Edu.
estion Youth Department, the
Committee on Young People work
Of the Canad an Council OF
'hurchcs and the United Chris
ian Youth Movement of The Ma
tional Council of Churches.
The Michigan Council has been
assigned quota of five youths
and three adults to attend the
assembly.
The Youth Work Committee
cf the Michigan Council Of
Churches has selected delegates
TO attend.
The conference will prepare
North American Youth for in
formed involvement in the World
Council of Churches which will
be held in India later this year.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
Board Of Bishops To
Meet AT St. Paul

Hundreds OF delegates from
various sections of the country
will meet here at ST. Paul AME
Zion Church. Dexter at Lcwrence
for tile Board OF Bishops Meet.
ing and Correctional Council,
scheduled TO be held July 26 thru
July 30 with DR.. w. c. Audrey,
host pastor, greeting guests al
the opening sessions.
Bishop William Jacob Walls,
of the first district, will announce
the general theme of The New
Frontiers, and Bishop Stephen
Gill Spoitswood, of the Fourth
Episcopal District. host to the
meeting. will have charge of To-
cal activities.
Among things expected to be
discussed include resolutions on
Indignation, segregation. the Free
dom Riders and possible merger
of African Methodist Episcopal
Churches. Expansion also will be
among key discussions during the
sessions. Also reports on work
in Africa.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29

will decide both nations future and own Communism
cannot be by armed economic force alone IS an idea
Il must be mastered BY superior ideas.
You will find such In the Report OF the Presidents
Commission on National Goals is gudebook for the nation
during the critical decade ahead for action IN the
Sixties You ere nation Make your personal actions count
Make goals your personal goals by knowing inc
challenges and knowing how to meet Them -
Begin by getting . copy OF the Report. titled fN
Goals For Americs7s" at your bookstore
Choose hsrdcover 81 psperback or send for
the free digest below Both President Kennedy
and President Eisenhower urge you to read
think and oct upon II now Remember that ,e1vI.y1~
we will never become 'overhpe fruit ready 70. s...
for the pIuckns so long IS we realize that "A
FREEDOM IS NOT A GIFT BUT TASK ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
Names Torch
Drive (o-Hoirmen

James O. Wright. Ford Motor
Company Vicc-Prcsidcnt ana
1861 Torch Drive Co-Chairman
Tor Chapter Campaigns, has
named five chairmcn to com
plctc the top leadership OF the
solicitation units which are cx-
pcctcd TO raise more than w
per cent Of funds needed Tor
1862 budgets of 1875 health and
community services.
RALPH 4. McElvcnny, Prcsl.
dent of Michigan Consolidated
Gas Company, was named Chair-
man of the Major Commerce
Unit, with Joseph l.. Hudson,
Jr., President of the J. l.. Hudson
Company, as his Associate Cnalr-
man.
John S. French, General
Manager of the Motorcrait
Division of Ford Motor Com.
pany, will head the General
Manufacturing Unit.
The Trade Teams Unit VIII
again have as its chairman
James A. MacAlarncy. Director
Plant Engineering, Ford Molor
Company.
James NJ. Smith, Michigan
Rel Vicc-prcsidcnt, was again
named Chairman of the PROBES
sions Unit.
William II. McGaughcy, vice
President. American Motors Is
Chairman of the Schools ana
Government Unit, which was or
ganizcd last year under MS
leadership.
Previously announced was inc
appointment Of the chairman OF
the largest of the six chapter
units. Automotive and Supplicfs'
lie is Thomas +. Morrow, VINO
is associated with Chrysler Cor
poration as a Group Vice-Presl'
dent.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
Bible Classes
Creates Interest
For Deaf
BY Lloyd BilIingsIey

Our deaf class OF the East Side
Central went to lnkStcr Church Of
Christ and heard from Marshall
Kceble, a few weeks ago. Bro.
Keeblc is minister; Patsy Snyder
is an interpter for deaf people.
Bro. Marshall Keeblc has
preached for many years. He is
a resident of Nashville, Tcnncs.'
see. lie is really interesting in
the deaf.
James Webb is young mini
stcr and wants TO learn some Of
the sign language from Will
liam Lcaycil, teacher Of the
Sign Language Class al David
Lispcomb College, Nashville, Ten
nesscc.
Lloyd Dillingsley has been
teaching in the deaf class at East
Side Central Church Of Christ,
1911 Van Dyke and ST. Paul for
10 months.
When you see some deaf in
your neighborhood. tell them to
Come TO East Side Central
Church of Christ, ard they will
have an interpreter"
Patsy Snyder is an interpreter
and she really love all deaf people
and can hclp them.
Every Sunday: 1000 AN. Study
the Bible; 11:00 AM. Worship;
$3.50 PM. Evening Worship IN
terprcting the miniStcr).
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
BY JAMES ALFRED BUTLER

Mrs. jeanette Sims, general
chairman of the host committee
20 he National Convention of
Gospel Choirs. Inc. announced
,na, the sessions will officially
open Sunday, August 8. and close
t'r'd y, Aug. IL in King Solomon
Baptist Church. with the host
pastor. DR.. I. 5. Boone. partici.
paiing
Thomas A. Dorsey, Of Chicago.
national president is scheduled
10 arrive Friday, Aug. S, and be
led by a motor parade from the
a rpo't TO the convention head
quarters.
Delegates from every state in
the union are expected to attend
IN" meeting Committee chairmen
also include Miss Mary Wilkes,
member of the Goodwill Union.
who serves as national president
of the youth department; Mrs.
Mary McNairy and Mrs. Dorothy
Jones. youth supervisors of the
Detroit Choral Union; Mrs. Min
mic Laurie, chairman of housing;
I j. Sims, courtesy and enter
ment.
The 3H0-voicc clorus, set for
Pre-Convention presentation. is
under the direction of Mrs. Luz
ellie Lemon Mrs. Elma II. Par
ham, Mrs. Mildred Smith, Muir
lei rrazIer and Arthurs Wallace.
Mrs. Sims also stated that
among guests groups and soloists
will be the Dorothy Pearson
Chantcers. of Philadelphia, the
Rev. Hugh Dent of East St Louis,
H.; the Acappcls, Paul X. Holt
dramatic reader and Russell
Smith baritone.
L~caI unions. who are a part
Of the National Convention. also
include the Michigan State Choir
FL Union and the Goodwill Union.
fommittcc mcmhcrs also in
clude Mrs. Lucille Mortcn, Eliza.
hr'Il 'neram. Be'llah Mortar. Ruth
Ann Dunncll. Kathryn Hill. Lou
Edna Davis, Mary Carter. Hattie
Miles, Doris Gordon. Thelma
Price. Sandra Little John. Sam
Ross. James Williams. and Alfred
Harrison.
81
The Rev. {. N. Cox and True
Love Baptist, will be host 10 the
Annual Meeting Of the Prospect
District Association. July 24-28.
The Rev. Major Smith will be
honorcd with installation services
at Union Grace Baptist Church
on Sunday. Aug. 6 with all-day
services.
Christine Mallard. daughter OF
the Rev. and Mrs. James Mallard
Of Otscso has plans for the cele
bration of her 10th birthday or
Auo q
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
Youth Unemployment
Called Social Dynamite

in our labor force than we do
today, it is evident that il is
not condition that is scheduled
to so away
The Secretary pointed out that
in May of this year there were
more than half of million
youths unemployed and out of
school. In June the unemploy-
mcnt rate for youths Is and II
years of age was "a percent for
boys and about 81 percent for
girls.
think II is clear that we
have 70 do better. not only in
seeing that Jobs are available
TO young people, in urban en-
vironments," Mr.. Goldberg con-
tinucd. but also in seeing TO IT
that they know about their en-
pl6yment opportunities. We have
TO do a much better counsellng
and guidance job than we have
done.
lie emphasized that juvenile
delinquency is essentially local
problem. and that this measure
is aimed at stimulating more
comprehensive and more eff
fcctivc action on the local level.
This is the approach en-
bodied in CHR. 7178)," the Sccrc-
tary said. 1T will provide the
seed money to get these opera
tions under way. II is the APP
proach of coopcration-within
and among all levels of govern
mcnt, and between public and
private agencies.
Most particularly, il is the
approach which emphasizes the
development, testing. and dis
scmination of new ideas and
new methods"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
Nigerio's Minister
On EDITORS Choice"

The Prime Minister of the Fed
Grafton of Nigeria, Alhaii Sir
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. will be
interviewed on ABC News "Edi-
tors Choice" Sunday, July 80
(ABC-TV, 10:30-1l pm. EDIT.
Prime Minister Balewa will be
questioned on his talks with Pres
idcnt Kennedy in Washington,
scheduled to begin July IS. and
on Nigcria's role in an emerging
Africa. The Prime Minister is
also scheduled to visit Chicago
and Tennessee He arrives in
New York July "a.
Editors Choice" editorial di-
rector Fendall Ycrxa and ABC
News Washington correspondent
John Robson will interview the
Prime Minister.
Producer for Editors Choice"
which will originate from New
York. is Sid Darion. Marshal Dis
kin is the director.