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Evening star., 1961-01-31
Angels Get Dallas
As First Form

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 81
(AP).-The Los Angeles Angels
have announced selection of
their first farm club, the Dali
las-Fort Worth Rangers of the
American Association.
General Manager Fred Haney
said the agreement has been
worked out with Ray Johnston,
general manager of the Texas
Triple-A club.
This will give us a place to
send our top prospects," Haney
said, "and give Dallas Fort
Worth a chance to get good
players, too"
Evening star., 1961-01-31

round of the tournament. The
championships are figured on
o 5-3-1 basis - that Is, five
points to the winner of the
title, three to the loser and one
point to the losers in the semi
finals. The quarter-final round,
due February 10 at Capitol, is
an important one in that 1t is
at this point that the full
strength of the teams begins to
take shape.
Welterweight Battle
There have been no bad
breaks so far to mar the team
championship race and the
Gloves committee hopes there
won't be any this year. Some
teams undergo setba c k 8
through no fault of their own
when their standardbearers lose
out via cuts, etc.
The Police Club, for in
stance. will be attempting to
qualify two of its top senior
welterweights for the quarter
See GLOVES, Page As
Evening star., 1961-01-31

NEW YORK. Jan. 81 (AP).-
The case Of Roger Maris is a
puzzler. He hits 80 homers,
drives in 112 runs. wins the
most valuable player award
and what happens? Everybody
asks, why did you slump?"
Maris, 26, was questioned
about his second-half slump
yesterday when he signed his
contract with the Yankees for
an estimated $50, 900 salary
The guesses we're that he got
$21, 900 last year.
Despite the impressive figures
on homers and runs batted in,
Maris had q bad slump. On
July 20, he had hit 81 home
runs in SO games. At the end
of the season he had hit only
eight more In SO games.
Offers No Alibis
Maris had no alibis, although
he actually could have pointed
to the rib injury that kept him
out Of the lineup from August
IA to 81, except for a pinch
hitting appearance. In 1859 an
appendectomy put him on the
shelf and resulted In another
tailspin at Kansas City.
I've got my own theory" he
said and then clammed up or
the subject except to add that
when q hitter goes sour there
is not much he can do"
Roger finished with a .28a
average after batting .320 a,
the time of the All-Star Games
break.
Maris admitted he had trou-
BILE at Yankee Stadium with it,
inviting rightfield stands "be-
cause I tried to pull too much.
A lefthanded batter, he found
himself reaching for the seats
subconsciouSly.
IF I hit straight away like
I do on the road, I would be
better off," the Yankee right.
fielder said. II hit very few
long balls to left or center last
year in the stadium"
$4,000 for DrysdaIe
A year ago the papers were
full Of talg about Casey Sten.
gels plans Of shifting Maris II
leftfield. Casey tried it in spring
training but finally changed
his mind on opening day. 81
far there has been no hint oi
q revival of this talk.
1T hasn't been mentioned,
said Maris, who wants to stay
Evening star., 1961-01-31
EQUIPMENT ON 1860 CARS

Due TO q chonee in nomenclature.
we offer this fine equipment tire O.
prices below any previously ovoiIoble
Evening star., 1961-01-31

o Some OF these tires
hove been subjected
10 lnsisni''e ont usoee
on which no Fed ToS IS
choreed
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Palmer Heads
.large.Fie|d.at
PaImSprings

PALM SPRINGS. Calf, Jan.
81 AP).-Arnold Palmer, who
launched his great 1860 cam
paign here. leads q small army
Of golfers tomorrow into the
90-hole, $4,000 Palm Springs
classic.
A picked field of 1913 profess
sionals, each accompanied by
three amateurs, for a total of
512 players, spreads out over
the vast desert country on four
courses for the first four rounds.
The final round of the second
annual classic will be played
Sunday on a fifth course.
Bermuda Dunes, Indian
Wells, Thunderbird and Edo
RADIO are the sites of the first
four rounds of pro-amateur
competition. Tamarisk Country
Club. the official headquarters
Of the tournament, is the set
ting for the windup with the
low so professionals competing.
Palmer Won Last Year
Last year Palmer won the
five-round classic and $l2, 900.
He had scores of 67-73-67-66
and wound up with a six-under-
par IS for q total score of 338.
Second at BAL was Fred
Hawkins and veteran Johnny
Palmer, no relation to Arnold.
Bob Goalby tied for third at
342.
Palmer went on to win al
most everything in sight, in
cluding the United States Open,
the Masters and more than
$40, 900.
Much the same cast Of the
1861 tournament golf is here
again.
Hole -in-O One Listed
Invited were the winners Of
the 1861 tournament swing
thus far in California-Goalby
at Los Angeles, Bob Rosburg
at the Bing Crosby tournament,
Gary Palmer at San Francisco
Sunday and Arnold Palmer at
San Diego.
Players presence was ques-
tionable because his wife is ex-
pecting a baby in his native
Johannesburg. South Africa.
A side attraction again is a
$50.0 hole-in-one opportunity.
Last year stocky Joe Campbell
scored an ace with o 3-iron on
the 205-yard fifth hole at Ia
marisk. It created quite a stir.
But the excitement toned down
when 1t became known that
Joe. by agreement, split the
pot with a fellow professional,
Buddy Sullivan, and q sponsor
which reduced his lucky strike
to $l2,500 before taxes.
Evening star., 1961-01-31
Buckeye: Versatility Poses
Problem for Cage Rivals
Ohio State Takes
10th Straight in
Two-Yeur Period
By the Associated Press

College basketball coaches
usually can come up with ways
and means Of stopping one big
star. but what are you going to
do about q whole team Of
them?
That's the dilemma faced by
Ohio States rivals these days.
Chances are they could devise
a defense to stop tall Jerry
Lucas, just as Minnesota stalled
Indiana's big Walt Bellany
last night. But that still would
leave four teammates, plus
some subs, to be accounted for.
While Indiana. Kentucky and
Louisville, all highly regarded
teams, were going down, Lucas
and his Buckeye teammates
just went rocketing along to
their 18th victory Of the season
and their goth straight over q
two-year span. Wisconsin was
the victim, 100-68.
The measure Of Ohio States
all-around skill was reflected in
a 50.7 per cent shooting aver
age for the team-3o field
goals on II attempts. Lucas
made 10 points. Larry Siegfried
l8. John Havlicek Is and Mel
NOVEL; IA. And even when
Coach Fred Taylor benchec his
regulars late in the first half
and again with nine minutes to
go in the second, Wisconsin
couldn't gain.
Misses Free Throw
Lucas was stopped Just short
Of a Big Ten record when he
missed a free throw after hit
ting q straight.
Jerry's 1860 Olympic team
mate, Bellamy, didn't get the
same kind of help as Mime
sofa, trailing 1888 at half
time. produced q collapsing de-
fense in the second half and
won out. 66-58. Bellamy did q
great rebounding job. but the
Hoosiers couldn't get the ball
to him often enough on offense
and he scored only is points.
Minnesota's aggressive play
under the boards probably was
the deciding factor. Dick
Erickson and Sophomore Tom
McGrann and Jay Kessler SIM
ply outfought the Indiana play
ers for the rebounds in the
second half and the Gophers,
after taking the lead at 53-51,
managed to stay ahead.
AS result, Ohio State was
left as the only Big Ten team
unbeaten in conference play
while Indiana slipped to 81.
Illinois, a Big Ten team that
follows the theory Of trying to
outrun and outshoot the oppo-
sition, chalked up its second
conference victory. beating
Michigan State, 1892, on Bill
Small'S basket with 81 seconds
to go. -.
That was one of the few big
games last night that produced
a high score.
Louisville Checked -
Miami (FIa0 checke d
seventh-ranked Louisville, IL
SO. in a thriller, coming from
9 points behind to win on
See BASKETBALL, Page AS
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past several years has made an
enviable record, especially in the
last three years. In 1858, the
year the Farm Bureau began its
rural church program, it earned
first place. in 1859 Acona was
second in the county and again
won first place for 1860.
Among the numerous projects
undertaken by the church dur
ing the past year were ~increas-
ing the pastors salary one hun
dred per cent; organizing the
choir and making robes for its
members; stopping and sodding
banks at the church and the
parsonage to make a more at
tractive appearance; cleaning off
Community House property by
Teen Age boys in the communi-
ty to present a better appearance
for both Community House and
church; water installed in the
kitchen at the Community
House; furniture purchased for
one bedroom of the parsonage.
Next Year
Plans are already well under
way for two projects in 1861 =
installation of rest room facili-
ties and painting the Community
House.
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By r. w.

The Holmes Junior College
Bulldogs completed their season
Saturday night with a 1868 win
over Jones Bobcats of ElliSviEie.
The Holmes cagers turned
back a determined band of red
shirted-D Delta round-ballers Tues
day night by a single point IT
rs in the best home game of the
season. The teams alternated the
leade II times during the first
half in which the score )
knotted six times.
Holmes had a 1874 halftime
lead and remained in front until
Delta hit a basket to go ahead
at 1852 after six minutes play
in the final half. The score was
tied at 54-56-58-60-66 and SO.
Delta was ahead 1915 with 40
seconds left and attempted to
'skill-the-clock" on a squeeze
win, but Holmes had other ideas,
and Sutton rushed a man for a
deliberate foul to help Holmes
have a chance. This paid off as
Gibney missed on his first of the
one-and-one and Buddy Pedder
grabbed the outside rebound and
dribbled to mid-court and pass
ed into a teammate for the final
goal and well-earned 77-76 Hol-
mes win with two second left
Time was a factor that caught
Delta without enough to get the
ball into scoring position.
Friday night Holmes led Pear
River 1916 after four minutes
in the opening period and went
on to a ten point, 1888 halftime
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Acono Mefhodisfs Win
Farm Bureau Contest

Acona Methodist Church re-
ceived its third consecutive
award for outstanding accom-
plishmentS from the Holmes
County Farm Bureau at the Sun
day morning worship service.
The Rev. J. E. Young is pastor
of the Acona Church and Mr.
Halle S. Terry is chairman of
the Board of Stewards. Mrs. Y.
B. Bruce is church secretary
treasurer and chairman of the
committee which readied the re-
port of the church to the Farm
Bureau.
Other community churches
which placed in this annual COM
petition in rural development
sponsored by the Holmes County
Farm Bureau are Harland's
Creek and Ebenezer.
P. A. Jones, vice president of
the Farm Bureau, presented the
first place award to the Acona
church, a certificate and a check
for $500 which has gone into
the church Improvement fund.
Mrs. Bruce accepted on behalf
of the church.
Harland's Creek will be visit
ed by the FB committee Sunday
and Ebenezer on March 5.
Projects Listed
The Acona Church during the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
Welfare Workers
Meet In Lexington

Carroll, Leflore and Holmes
Department of Public Welfare
employees met in Lexington
Thursday, February 16 for their
first quarterly staff development
program for 1861.
The program on Understand
ing" was under the direction of
Mrs. Jean Mcclellan, agent for
Holmes County.
Other local people partici-
pating were the Rev. Roy Rad
din of the Tchula Baptist Church
who explored the area of the
Church and Social Workers un-
derstanding and working to-
gether to better the needs of our
people In local communities; and
Parham H. Williams, Jr., District
Attorney, who outlined better
and more effective methods of
enforcing the desertion law in
Mississippi. He pointed out ways
that social workers and the
courts can better interpret to the
public their responsibilities in
carrying out this law in rela-
ton to aid to dependent children.
The Training Division of the
State Department of Public Wei
fare provides planned material
for staff-development and on the
job training. The theme carried
Tor the past several quarters
has been on understanding and
Interpretation to the public and
the purpose of this meeting was
to continue to examine the feel
lngs and convictions of social
workers and to plan better ways
Of setting before the public what
the needs of our children are.
Attending were the casework-
ers from Greenwood. Carrollton,
Walden, and Lexington; Mrs.
Hermine Copeland, agent from
Leflore County; C. u. Cannon.
agent from Carroll County and
the district supervisors from
Greenwood, Mrs. Georgia Pitch
ford and Hugh Vaughn.
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State Will Plant
100000 Pines
During 1861

Four million pine seedlings
will planted this year in Holmes
County by the United States
Forest Service under the direc-
tion of j. E. Bylsma of Lexing-
ION, U. S. Forester.
To dale there have been O.
10000 pine seedlings already
planted throughout the area and
planting will continue through
March.
Four contractors set out the
trees: Calvin Moore, Virgil In
gold, Sonny Diggs and George
Bailey. Each contractor employs
a crew of "a men each plant
ing day which is five O six days
a week. Vardaman Ellington is
also assisting the contractors and
he has a rev Of Is men work
ng. Thus a total of lis men are
employed each planting day
These figures do not include
he SOC, 900 seedlings which will
be planted in Holmes County
his year by Area Forester Fritz
Frizell and his men under the
supervision Of the Mississippi
tate Forestry Commission. Al
'eady $50, 900 of the trees have
been planted and the remainder
S150,000) will be planted within
a few weeks.
Federal and state agencies are
entirely separate but the two
work together in Holmes Coun-
y in close cooperation to imple-
nent their programs to the full
est extent possible. The state
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Holmes Completes Basketball Season
With Five Consecutive Conference Wins

advantage. Holmes never relin-
pushed the lead during the en-
tire game.
Bill Fugate led Holmes against
Delta with Is points while Paul
Sutton scored II. The other
Fugate, Paul led Holmes against
Pearl River with %, Bill Fugate
followed with 20. James CHM
led Pearl River College with
q points, a game high, but he
had little assistance in the scor-
ing department for Pearl River
College.
Holmes had four of the start
ers in double figures in their
final Saturday night.
Bill Fugate led with 81, Paul
Sutton, Ia, Pete Harvey, II and
Paul Fugate had IS.
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wo New Employees
At B & S Tractor;
Free Paint Job

Halton Brown and Billy
Stephenson Of the B & S Tractor
Company of Lexington, John
Deere dealers, announce the ad-
dition of two men to their staff,
W. H. Russell and William Cook
sey.
MI. Russell, known to his
friends as sonny" is employed
in the parts department and Mr..
Cooksey is on the service staff.
The Messrs. Brown and Step
henson said they were glad to
be able to add these two Holmes
County men and invite all of
their friends to come by and see
them at their new location.
A special is being run by B
& S Tractor Company this
month. Any repair job brought
in before March l amounting to
as much as 500 will receive a
free paint job. See advertisement
in the classified ad section for
additional details.
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Hundreds Visitors
Tour New Armory
In Durant Sunday

Battery B, Third Rocket Howit-
ger Battalion of the Hath Field
Artillery, Mississippi National
Guard, Dixie Division, held open
house Sunday and several hun
dred persons attended to see the
new home of the Durant unit
and to meet the officers and en-
listed men who make up its
personnel.
Built at a cost of S74,282.00
with federal and state funds, the
new armory located on Highway
81 North in Durant, is an at
tractive addition to the commu-
nifty. The City of Durant bought
the lot for the new armory.
With a monthly payroll of
around $500 and approximately
$500 per month spent with Du-
rant merchants and business
firms for supplies, utilities, ETC.,
the National Guard Unit is an
economic asset to the area as
well as a safeguard for our ma
ions future.
An all-day drill was held Sun
day by the five officers and 50
enlisted men which comprise
Battery B. This was in observ-
ance of the annual Muster Day
which has been celebrated by
the nations armed forces since
Revolutionary days when all Of
the able-bodied men assembled
on the village green for heads
to be counted. February %, the
date of George Washington's
birthday, is additionally observ-
ed as Muster Day throughout
the United States.
Training films were shown on
Sunday in the projection room
which is a part of the new
armory's facilities.
The Battery fires the eight
inch Howitzer which can shoot
an atomic warhead. The prejec-
tor weighs about 200 pounds.
Durant's City Police Depart
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)66romaE
>9azeG &mes
By Hazel BrannOn Smith

The writer will appear on
WLBT, Channel 3, at Sis Fri
day afternoon on Comment"
Our friends and readers are in
vlted to watch the program.
The American Legion of Mis-
sissippi has adopted as its Ameri-
canism project the showing of
the film, Communism On The
Map" to people of Mississippi.
A number of copies of the film
have been made and some are
being circulated throughout the
area. We recommend that our
readers view this film at the
first opportunity.
Communism On The Map"
was produced by DR.. George S.
Benson of Searcy, Arkansas,
president of the National Educa-
ton Program, whose Looking
Ahead" column of weekly COM
ment is carried in many news
papers in Mississippi, including
our oWn.
1t is the duty of every Ameri-
can to be a loyal citizen, dedi-
Gated to the preservation of our
country and the Christian prin-
cipleS upon which it was found
ed.
The best way each of us as in
dividual citizens may contribute
to our country and its way of
life is to learn more about it =
the meaning of America, its his
tory and traditions of freedom,
liberty, justice, opportunity.
In our zeal to defend Missis-
Sippi and its way of life, we
should never stoop to damn ali
those whose ideas don't exactly
coincide with our own, speci-
fically on segregation.
If we are to brand as dis
loyal" all those who d not
agree with us on legal, forced
segregation, then we will b .
compelled to put do VII the vast
majority of citizens OF the United
States outside the Deep South
area = even the distinguished
Senator from Arizona, the Hon.
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Communism On Map
Will Be Shown Here
AT Grammar School

The film Communism on the
Map will be shown at the Lex
ington Grammar School Audi
torium Friday night, February
"a, at 1870.
The film, which is being spon-
sored by the American Legion,
will be shown here through the
courtesy of the American Legion
Post of Tchula.
The public is invited and urged
to see this free showing of Com
munism on the Map" which con-
Germs every American Citizen.
The film has already be n
shown in Durant, YaZoo City
and before several civic groups
in Tchula, and at each showing
attracted large crowds.
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Annoy Open House Held

70 Fort Mcclellan, near Admission,
Alamaba. This year they will 60
to Camp Shelby June 11-25.
The Battery has a few open
ings at the present time for en-
listed men Gage Is to 38) and
anyone interested is asked to
contact Sgt. James c. Holeman,
who may be found at the Armory
every day, or contact one of the
other men or officers. Men with
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
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Methodists Name Prayer
Groups For Lenten
Revival March !

The Commission on Member
ship and Evangelism of the First
Methodist Church has ar
ranged for twelve neighborhood
prayer groups next Wednesday,
March / at 1880 p. m.
The prayer groups will be at
each Of the following homes:
Mrs. E. c. Albritton, Mrs. Pat
Barrett, Mrs. j. H. Beall, Mrs.
H. M. Brown, Mrs. w. H. Fin
cher, Jr., Mrs. w. H. Fincher,
ST., Mrs. v. c. Fite, Mrs. S. E..
Henry, Mrs. c. Minyard, Mrs.
G. Rogers, Mrs. Joe Jingle and
Mrs. p. H. Williams, Sr.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
Tom H~oIIingsworih
Announces For
Alderman, Ward a

S. T. (Tom) Hollingsworth,
Tuesday announced his candi-
dacy as alderman for Ward Four.
The present Board of Alder
men is composed of CALVIN
Moore, Ward One; George Pat
terson, Ward Two; Louie Beall
Nichols, Ward Three; and Eu-
gene Herman, Ward Four.
William Moses is alderman at
large.
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4 Million Pine Seedlings To Be Planted

agency uses the storage facili-
les of the u. S. on Yazoo Street
in Lexington for its pine seed
lings.
Landowners and the general
public are asked to do every
thing possible to prevent forest
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which had to be replanted.
Anyone who sees a fire at any
time, day or night, is asked 10
call the Lexington Fire Tower,
ohone Z, and report it to w. E.
Malone, who is on duty "a hours
/ day.
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A. J. Davis Joins
Volunteer Food Store

A. J. Davis joined the staff
at the Volunteer Food Store
Monday, according to Vernon
King, owner of the store.
Mr.. Davis is experience in the
grocery business having worked
along these lines for several
years.
Mr.. King invites his many
friends around to see Mr.. Davis
at his new location.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23

ment and Civil Defense Unit
went through the gas chamber.
Downing gas masks they walked
through the tent which had been
set up outside and once inside
look off their mask long enough
to Identify themselves and state
the position they hold.
Battery B drills every Monday
night from Tbs to 9:15 p. m. and
goes to camp every summer for
two weeks. In 1860 the men went
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res which cost millions of dol
as every year.
Up until the rain of the pas.
few days there have been a
number OF costly fires in Holmes
County. One in the Bowling
Green area burned 400 acres
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
Missions Day At First
Buptist Church Monday

Mrs. Lera Bowen, state mission
study chairman, will teach the
book "The Dreamer Cometh,"
Monday, February 81 at 800 p,
m. at the First Baptist Church.
The Tchula Baptist Church
will be guest