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Evening star., 1961-08-11
Mrs. Mestu Sued
For $336,17O

A truck rental company is
seeking to collect $336,17O from
Washington hostess Perle Mesta.
In a suit filed yesterday in
District Court here, Ryder
Truck Rental claimed that
Mrs. Mesta is trustee for a
trust set up by her sister-and
as such owes the money.
The debt, the suit claimed,
is due from operation of the
James Canyon Ranch, a Ne
vada dairy business - now
allegedly bankrupt-which was
financed by the trust. The
truck company said it had
rented vehicles to the dairy.
Evening star., 1961-08-11

NEW YORK. Aug. IL (AP) l..
Accused of using his office
for private profit. Queens Re-
publican Leader Frank Kenna
quit the post today in the midst
Of the city's bitterest mayoralty
campaign.
He said his action was mo
admission of wrongdoing" but
that he was stepping aside be-
cause he didn't want his own
role to be an issue in the elec-
tion contest.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner,
who is seeking a third term in
the face of opposition from
his own party organization,
Tammany Hall, leveled the
charges at Mr.. Kenna, based
on reports by city and State
investigators.
Accuses Kenna
He accused Mr.. Kenna of
"sordid use of political office
for private profit" by extract
ing payments from builders for
appraisals that were never
made.
Meanwhile, the Republican
mayoralty candidate, State At
torney General Louis j. Lefko-
witz, accused Mayor Wagner of
Outrageous hypocrisy" for re-
fusing to release the text of
his investigation commission
er'S report.
Mr.. Kenna, in quitting, called
Mayor Wagner, a political
pygmy" making a desperate
gamble to save himself" from
defeat.
IT have done nothing wrong
legally, or morally, as Repub-
lican leader of Queens" he
said.
State Group Interested
His resignation came in a
letter released by State Re-
publican headquarters, which
had entered the picture, re-
Evening star., 1961-08-11
Missile Fired
Under Wuter

AzUSA, Calf, Aug. II (AP)
-Aerojet General Corp. says
it. has achieved the first sue
cessful underwater launching
of a liquid-fueled rocket.
A 15-foot-long Aerobee was
shot from a water-filled test
basin at the company's plant
in Azusa yesterday. It flew 80
feet into the air.
The company said the engine
was ignited while under water
and proved the feasibility of
launching giant rockets di-
rectly from the ocean.
Evening star., 1961-08-11
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Evening star., 1961-08-11
Walter H. GirdIer. Jr.
Son of Steel Leader

LOS ANGELES, Aug. II
(AP).-Walter H. Girdler, jr.,
48, Los Angeles industrialist
and son Of the founder of the
Girdler Steel Corp. in Louis
vile, KY, died yesterday of a
heart attack.
He was q vice president of
the Girdler company before its
memger with Chemetron Corp.
of Chicago, but resigned in 1883
and came to Los Angeles. He
was born in Louisville.
Evening star., 1961-08-11
Portugal to Improve
Mozambique Port

BEIRA, Mozambique - The
Portuguese government is
planning to spend $35.000, 900
to improve the port Of Beira
and the railroad line between
Beira and Salisbury, Southern
RhodeSia.
The principal Rhodesian
products-tobacco chromium,
copper and other ores--travel
over the railroad and are
shipped out Of Beira, now the
fourth largest port on the East
African coast. Only Durham,
Lourenco Marques, and Nom
basa are larger.
Evening star., 1961-08-11
Family Of lS Gets
Third Set of Twins

wATERvMLE, Me. Aug. II
(AP) "A third set Of twins
girls-wlas born yesterday to
Mrs. Robert L. Hamlin. So, wife
Of a truck driver.
The Hamlins have 16 other
children. The oldest is Robert,
jr., 10; the youngest are Ricky
and Randy, 2-year-old twins.
Both Of the new twins are boys,
Mack and Jack.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Wesleyan Players
Present Drama For
WSCS-WSG Meet

A joint meeting of the Wo-
mans Society of Christian
Service and the Wesleyan Ser
vice Guild was held Monday
night at 7:30 in the Lexington
Methodist Educational Build
ing.
A drama was presented by
the Wesleyan Players of the
w G sleyan Foundation OF
Holmes Junior College. Their
program was under the di-
rection Of the Rev. B. f. Lee
pastor of the Goodman MethO-
dist Church.
Mrs. Necie Povall presented
a program of music during
the fellowship hour. Cookies,
cheese straws and punch were
served to the members and
guests attending.
Committee members in
charge of arrangements were
Mrs. A. A. Jarrett, Mrs. P.
P. Lindholm, Mrs. w. A. Ram
sey, Mrs. j. H. Bowie, Mrs.
I. R. King, Mrs. A. j. Hen
rich and Mrs. w. o. Thomp-
son.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
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Girl Scout Troop
Met Wednesday


Lexington Girl Scout Troop
81 met at the hut Wednesday
for their regular meeting.
Marcella Dunn called the
meeting to order and presided
over the business session. The
girls displayed the Good
Health and Grooming Charts"
that they had made.
Refreshments were enjoyed
after the meeting had adjour-
ed and several games were
played. Becky Zemp is scout
reporter.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Vines-Higginbottom Engagement Revealed
Church Ceremony Planned For Early Fall

Mr.. and Mrs. James T.
Vines of Durant announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Mary Nell, to Mr.. John T.
Higginbottom, Jr., son of MI
and Mrs. John T. Higginbot-
tom of Lexington.
Miss Vines is a graduate of
Durant High School and is
now attending Holmes Junior
College where she is a fresh
man. She is the granddaugh-
ter of Mrs. w. A. Wigley and
the late Mr.. Wigley Of Durant
and the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Iona Vines of Evansville, Ala
bama.
Mr.. Higginbottom, q 1860
graduate of Lexington High
School, is now stationed at
Wilmington Naval Base, near
Memphis, Tennessee. He is
the grandson of Mr.. S. j. Bo-
DO and the late Mrs. Bobo and
the late Mr.. and Mrs. ]
Thomas Higginbottom, all Of
Burnville.
A fall wedding is planned
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Brooks Yates
Honored On
Fifth Birthday

Brooks Yates, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Yates, was honored
with a party Thursday, March
9th at FINLAND Kindergarten,
the occasion being the honor
ee's fifth birthday.
Drawing much attention
was the lovely Easter birth
day cake that was decorated
with multicolored candy Eas-
ter eggs and miniature bun.
MES.
Kites were presented the
guests as favors. An Easter
egg relay was enjoyed with
the winning team receiving
bubble gum as their prize.
Pink lemonade, Ice cream
and cake were served to the
twenty-folIr guests who were
present to help Brooks cele-
brate this happy event.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Mrs. Ellison Hostess
To Lucky IL Club

Mrs. Lutte Ellison was hos
tess to the Lucky Twelve Club
which met at her home on
College Street last week for
the March meeting.
Spring flowers added beauty
to the reception rooms with an
attractive arrangements OF
pink hyacinths used as a CEN
terpiece.
The business session was
presided over by the president
Mrs. Roy Gelston and Mrs. w
B. Kenna gave the treasurer's
report.
Mrs. c. l.. Downer was well
coined into the club as a new
member. Guest for the after
noon was Mrs. J. H. Walton.
Mrs. Kenna, Mrs. Howard
Terry and Mrs. Robert Autry
were prize winners in the
flower contest.
Mrs. Ellison served a tasty
salad plate with Cokes to the
guests and eleven members at
the close of the meeting.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Lexington HID Club
Holds March Meet

The Lexington Home Dem
onstration Club met March 2
In the basement of the First
Baptist Church with Mrs. J. F.
Williams and Miss Addie Vic
Bailey as hostesses.
The meeting opened with
the singing of DAY Is Dying
In The Vest. Mrs. Williams
gave the devotional.
The president, Mrs. w. P.
Temp, presided over the bust
ness session and gave the gar
den report. Mrs. Coyier Far
mer, safety leader, presented
some Information on health
and urged every member to
have regular physical check
ups.
The study topic mississippi
Women Look At Conservation"
was given by Mrs. Goldie Ro-
gers. Land Use Emphasis
Week is March 1925 and
members will engage in indi-
vidual projects instead of
group participation.
Miss Mary Harpole gave the
demonstration on Landscape
Plants" featuring the best
type plants for locations a
round the family dwelling
and their proper grouping for
the desired effect.
Announcements were made
of the District Council meet
ing March II in Greenwood
and the county dress revue
April 4th.
Sandwiches, cookies and
Cokes were served to the
twelve in attendance at the
meeting. Mrs. Sharkey Swim
ney was guest for the after
noon.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Mike ZeieIer Has
Birthday PARTY

The FINLAND kindergarten
was the setting on Friday for
a lovely party honoring Mich
ael Zeigler, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Billy Zeigler. The oc-
casion was In celebration re
his sixth birthday.
Blowouts, bubble gum and
balloons were given as party
favors.
Birthday cake and ice cream
were served to the host Of
classmates and friends who
attended this happy event.
Special guests were Ricky
Zeigler and 9th Eubanks.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Accidents
In County

The Mississippi Highway
Patrol district headquarters,
Greenwood, has released the
following February traffic sta
tistics for the 10-county Patrol
district.
According to the Patrol,
nine accidents, resulting in
four injuries and no fatalities,
were investigated in Holmes
County last month. Property
damage as a result of the ac-
cidents was estimated at
So, 415.
A total of fifty-eight acct
dents were investigated by
the Patrol in the district.
which includes Montgomery,
Grenada, Holmes, Alfalfa, Car
roll, Leflore, SunfloWer, Hum
phreys, Washington, and Boil
var counties.
1t was reported that a total
of "A, 582 miles were patroled
by the enforcement division
of the Mississippi Highway
Patrol in the district during
the past month.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Mary Hammond
Potts HOnored
Saturday Night

Miss Edna Cade was hos.
tess Saturday night when she
honored her houseguest, Miss
Mary Hammond Potts OF
Jackson with an informal sup
per in the Cade home at 7:30.
A delicious spaghetti supper
was served buffet style to the
eleven guests.
Miss Cade and Miss Potts
are sophomores in the school
of nursing at the University
Hospital in Jackson.
Guests enjoying the &C.
casion with the honoree and
hostess were Claudette Arm
strong, James Tierce, Joanna
Hoff, Betty Sue Killebrew,
Don Harthcock, Frank Downs
Kit CHM, Ned Downs and
Hunt Cade.
Mrs. Effie Swittenberg and
Mrs. T. D. Lobby spent Sum-
day at Allison's Wells with
Mrs. Swittenberg's son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert SWittenberg Of Jack
SON..
Saturday guests of Miss
Katherine Mcleod were Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Stockette of
Clarksdale.
Mrs. Marion Williamson of
Memphis was a recent guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Mayo.
Miss Carol Humphrey of
Ebenezer was the weekend
guest of Miss Renee Gilliland.
Mr.. O. l.. Ellison has re-
turned from a recent trip to
Oschner's Clinic in New Or
leans for a medical checkup.
Jackson visitors Friday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Tandy
Stepp and Susan.
DR.. and Mrs. G.. D.. Russell
had as their guest the pas.
week her mother. Mrs. C. c..
Randall of Memphis.
Visiting in Jackson Satur-
day were Miss Necie Gwin,
Mrs. ANNA McRae, Mrs. L.
B. Gilliland, Renee Gilliland
and Carol Humphrey.
Miss Ethel Ingold returned
home Saturday after a weeks
visit with relatives In Jackson.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
BEN Nj. HOOK INITIATE
OF SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON

Ben McCallie Hook, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Hook of
Utica, was initiated into Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon social fra
ternity at Ole Miss during the
past week.
Mr.. Hook is the grandson of
Mrs. c. O. Povall of LeXing-
ton.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Miss Gretchen
PovalI H0nored
With Parties

Miss Gretchen Povall, bride
elect of Peyton Lamar Pas
sons, Jr., was honored with
another pre-nuptial party the
past week when Miss Evelyn
FOndren of Jackson enter
tanned with a kitchen shower
Friday afternoon. The Golden
Goose Tea Room on the cam
pus of Mississippi State Col
lege for Women in Columbus
was the setting for this happy
occasion.
The honoree was lovely in
a black and white cotton suit.
Her corsage was of pink rose
buds.
Special guests were Mrs.
George Povall and Mrs. Full
ton Fondren, mothers of the
prospective bride and hostess.
The hostess presented Miss
POvall an electric skillet.
Luncheon Held
The Magnolia Room of the
Gilmer Hotel was the setting
Wednesday afternoon when
Miss Louise Moore of Sena-
t0bia complimented Miss Po-
vail with a luncheon.
For the occasion the bride
elect wore a brown and white
trOusseau frock and a green
orchid corsage.
The luncheon table held
lovely arrangements of tulips
and iris.
Among the twenty-five
guests attending were Mrs.
Povall, Mrs. Mildred Sewer,
Mrs. Kenneth Gatchell and
Mrs. NJ. P. Moore.
The honoree's gift from the
hostess was a silver basket.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Fuquay
and children, Frank Hathcock
of Greenville and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hathcock and Debbie
were Sunday guests in the
nome of Mr.. and Mrs. C. l..
Hathcock. The occasion was in
celebration of Mrs. Hathcock's
list birthday.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16
Mrs. Parrish Hostess
Tuesday Bridge Club

Mrs. J. D. Parrish was the
gracious hostess when the
Tuesday Bridge Club met in
her home at Acona. Beautiful
spring flowers added beauty
to the living room where the
players assembled for two ia
bles of bridge.
Mrs. Eph Cohen, Mrs. G. R,
Chennault, Mrs. Billy Stephen
son and Mrs. Jonn Hathcock
were substitute players for
the afternoon.
Mrs. Joe Stern received high
score with Mrs. Stephenson,
second high. Mrs. Parrish was
lucky at bingo.
The hostess served pie and
coffee at the close of the
games.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Willough-
by and sons, Gary and Barry
were guests in the home of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
]. Willoughby in McComb and
MI and Mrs. c.. B. Dunaway
in Tylertown over the week
end.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mrs. Allan Ramsey and
Mrs. Tom Shepherd accom-
panied Mrs. Ramsey's sister,
Mrs. George Doyle to her
home in Batesville Friday.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mrs. E. r.. Trotman and Sarah,
Virginia Hawkins and Lettie
Lou Rutledge visited in jack
son Saturday.
Edward Ellington, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Irby Ellington, was
among the students honored
on Student RECOGNITION Day at
Mississippi State University
Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Filing
ton attended the days activi-
ties.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mrs. j. T. Williams, Mrs.
Jimmy East, Mrs. Sidney
Henley, Mrs. Vernon King,
Mrs. Leon Armstrong and
Mrs. Hunter Cade attended
the Cancer Crusade Kickoff
meeting at the Heidelberg
Hotel in Jackson Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. O. Stark
attended the funeral of Mr..
Stark's uncle, William Lam
beth Stark, In Starkville last
Wednesday.
Mr.. Tom Shepherd was a
Greenwood visitor Friday.
Weekend guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Berman
were Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley
Burwell and children and Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Berman and
daughter, all Of Indianola.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mrs. Will EssWein of Para
gould, Arkansas is spending
several days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dan Pepper and fami-
1y
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Harrell Wilson
and Mrs. j. L. Wilson visited
relatives in Itta Bena and
Schlater Sunday.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mrs. C.. H. Rodgers and Mrs.
]. l.. Mayo motored to Missis-
sippi State University Friday
night to see "The Gondoliers'
by Gilbert and Sullivan. Their
niece, Mrs. Mary Frances
Stephens, as "Giulia" had one
of the leading roles.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Watt Mccain
of Orangeburg, South Caro-
lima arrived Monday for a
few days visit with Mrs. Fran
ces KERN. Mrs. KERN will
Join them for a trip to NatcheZ
and New Orleans.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mr.. Tom Shepherd was a
Greenwood visitor Friday.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hughes,
JIM, Rachel and Jeff spent
Sunday with Mrs. Hughes
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. V.
Landreth at Oakland.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Dinner guests at Allison's
Wells Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. David Miles, Betty and
Bubba.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Miss Caroline Bragg, student
at McNeeSe in Lake Charles,
Louisiana, spent the weekend
with her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. p. d. Bragg.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mrs. Will Barrett and son,
Bill spent several days last
week in Greenville visiting her
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Jackson and Mike while Mr.
Barrett was away on a Dus1-
ness trip to Franklinton, La.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Saturday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hathcock were MIR.
and Mrs. Ray Strowd of jack
son.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Kenna
Mrs. Lucille Chapman and Joe
Chapman attended the All
State Basketball game in the
City Auditorium at Jackson
Saturday night.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-16

Miss Ethel Ingold returned
home Saturday after a weeks
visit with relatives In Jackson.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-06-15

nothing" the old saying goes.
While 1 was doing some fact
gathering recently in a heavily
Catholic S 0 u h ern city the
naked truth of this was deeply
impressed on me.
During my stay I attended a
White Citizens Council meet
ing; talked to segregationists
and integrationists, clerical and
lay; had lengthy conferences
with priests and lay people who
possessed considerable b a c k :
ground information on the sit
uation; and discussed it w t h
cab drivers, clerks and profess
SorS.
One fact stood out: Because
of their silence and inaction the
majority of the people in this
city have lost control of their
community to the small minor
ity of articulate, organized
segregationists.
And m st disheartening to
me were the large numbers of
Catholics who knew better but
who were unwilling to be iden-
titled publicly as standing for
indignation. They employed all
kinds of mental gymnastics to
avoid having to commit them
selves. To rationalize their posi-
ton, they would quickly ex-
plain that they stood for inte-
grafton in principle, but that
they were "moderates."
Being moderate is a COM
Portable position. You can stand
for interracial justice in prin-
ciple, but you don't have to act
on your principles. You can
stand indecisively in the middle
condemning the "excesses' of
both extremes indignation
and segregation. And you can
find many reasons for not hav-
ing to take any action to back
up the principles you hold.
We must be prudent" "a
magic word, indispensable to
their position), the moderates
told me - ad nauseam. If only
the Supreme Court hadn't
handed down it's 1854 decision,
we could have worked this out.
We really love Negroes, they
always added, but the South
ern Negro just isn't ready yet
for indignation.
Or they would take a new
approach and attack the very
real prejudice which exists in
the North. We don't want to
rush into this like the North
and have laws on the books but
hate in our hearts as you do.
We want to accomplish integra-
ton with love. This, they ac-
knowledged, would probably
take another so years.
In the meantime, the police
patrol the two schools where
attempts are being made at In
tegration. TIL e segregationists
force a white man with two
children in one of the integra-
ted schools to ask his employers
for a transfer to an undiscloSed
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-06-15
A BOOK
REVIEW

THE Their SIDE OF
JORDAN, by Harry S. Ash
more, w. w. Norton & Com
pany, Inc, New York, 1860.
155 PIP. Cloth, $3.50.
Every day we read with in
creasing alarm and regularity
Of new outbursts in the arenas
where the fight for racial equal
ity is b cling staged. Freedom
Riders and Sit-Ins vie with
Cuba and Laos for inches-high
headlines. Bloodhounds and in
cendiary bombs, mob violence
and arrests seem the order of
the day. And strangely enough,
the datelines do not all emanate
from the South. cit is useless
for us to pirate Of the conduct Of
South Carolina SO long as we
maintain-illegally (sic) main
tain-a practice here which at
least incidentally sanctions it."
So declared an ardent foe of
segregation not today or yes
terday, but in 1845.
The prob e m is not a new
one. It has plagued us as long
as we have been a nation. In
the 1905 Toqueville, after an
extensive stay in the U n / t e d
States, observed that the Ne
groes and whites formed sep
arate communities and t h t
where laws made no racial dis
tinctions, custom and popular
prejudices were a decisive in
fluence. "Thus the N egro is
free, but he can share neither
the rights, nor the pleasuers,
nor the labor, nor the afflic-
tons, nor the t Q m b of him
whose equal he has been de-
clared to be; and he c a n n o t
meet him upon fair terms in
life or in DEATH Thus wrote
Toqueville over one hundred
years ago.
Far ON decreasing tn e
problem has increased with the
complexity of our civilization
and the growth of the big cities
and the whitening away of an
agricultural economy. That we
can begin to probe this problem
with dispassionate concern and
clinical observation is one of
the marks of hope which this
writer can discern.
Harry Ashmore is capable OF
such probing. He is an unsenti-
mental Southerner who d o e 8
not confuse the issue with a
predetermined regional attitude.
AS a distinguished newspaper
man he was appointed executive
editor of the Arkansas Gazette
in Little Rock in 1913, and it
was while he held this post and
during the crisis in Little Rock
that he wrote AN EPITAPH
FOR DIXIE which is a study of
the great forces of change which
are reshaping the South.
In THE 0 T H E r SIDE OF
JORDAN he probes the Negro
problem as it exists in the
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