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The Adak sun., 1961-04-03
A LONG WAY FROM HOME

Martin; for WNII veterans it means the steaming jungles and coral ato1ls; but for long before the two world wars it meant, for Navy men, American Samoa the only U. s. possession in the South Pacific.
 For uavo Toese TAUIA, SN, who works at Special Services, Samoa means home. 1 From the village of Ta'o in the Manu'a Island group some 67 miles from Pago Tutuila, TAUIA paid his own way to Honolulu some 2,676 miles away in order to join the Navy.
 TAUIA hasn't been home since he left in '57 and you can readily see he misses village life when you speak few words of Samoan to him. American Samoa is com4 rised of a group: of islands which l total only 7o square miles in area and l are popula ted by some 20, ,OOO pure Po1y- nesians Wf1s life today is a curious 1 mixture of American Democracy and the l ways of the south pacific islander.
 Navy life is, quite different to l TAUIA, who works: at the Bowling Alley and Skating Rink, from that of life in l Samoa. ":
 At home, heading each family is a l "Matai"- a chi6f acco rued high respe ct l who supervises the daily work of each 1 member - be it fishing, taro-planting-- l or the gathering of copra. Their har~v- est ts are giy en to him( the Matai) but in } return it is his responsibility to see that all members are fed, clothed, sheltered and protected.
 Now under the Interior Department with a Governor and Legi stature and a new Consti tuition adopted last April the Samoans are being encouraged to self- suffic ency and self-government.
 If you'r interested in what life in Samoa is really like you might talk to TAUIA or the library has just recently received a book on Samoa Wri tten by a retired Navy Captain who was the Med- ical Officer at the Station Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19

Wosh-n-weor cotton broodcloth
poiomos in O wide assortment of
colors and potterns. Sonforized.
coot style. 3. c, D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19

Wide assortment Of pleoi-
ed ploids, tweeds and
solids in slim styles. Wool
ond wool blends. 1918.
in group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19

SmortlY toiIored royon and oce-
tote flonneIs and gobordine, plain
or pIeoted fronts, lots of new COL
ors! Sizes 80 to "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-19

800 Orion ocrylic and
2p'o wool Jersey dresses
ond wool blends in full
skirt ond sheoth styles.
TO- 10; l6H7-20I7 in
group.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
Soviet Tests Throw Radioactive Dust
 Unto the Air the Winds Do the Rest

fallout problems for some time to come.
 State of Emergency
 Just this past week Chinese Nationalists said Communist radio broadcasts told of state of emergency because of high fall out levels in the Red Chinese Province of S.aliang.
 No other radio monitoring sta- tions in Asia had reported hear ing such broadcast and off cials tended to discount the Ma tionalist Chinese report.
 But Red China is undoubtedly getting some of the fallout from the Soviet tests as is Russia it. self.
 The US. Weather Bureau fig ures that by the time next springs rains begin to deposit more of the Soviet atomic debris on earth, the hardest hit areas will be the Aleutian Islands, Ice land and the North Atlantic. Next would be the United States and Japan. Third would come Europe and Russia.
 The rainiest areas would get the most radioactivity as the rain pulled radioactive dust from out of high altitude air.
 The United States, to better gauge the danger of health, will begin locking, for specific kinds of fallout-k kinds that can be ii1@ gested into the human ncdy.
 These are most notably: stron- tium 90 which finds it's way into the bone because 1t flimics call cium; cesium 137 which finds it's way into reproductive organs be- cause 1t mimics potassium: iodine 13l which is believed to lodge in the thyroid gland where iodine is required.
 Many experts feel, however, unless fallout is permanent fact of life, and unless fallout levels are very high-perhaps for as long as a lifetime-there will be no serious health danger.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
Oil May Supplant Gold as Alaska's Greatest Mineral Revenue Resource

NEW YORK R Oil may sup plant gold this year as Alaska's largest mineral revenue producing resources, the American Petro- leum Institute reported Tuesday.
 The Institute said that although there have not been any extra ordinary strikes so far, oil pro duction is increasing steadily and is becoming a major factor in the Alaskan economy.
 Three years ago Alaska had no commercial oil production. In the first five months of this year the 18th State produced more than 225 million basrr-ssiiss barrels and output for the entire year is estimated at 6 million barrels.
 All of the Alaskan production has occurred on the Kenai Penin- sula, where the first discovery was made in July 1857.
 The Institute said wildcat &C., tivity is spreading across Alaska with 13 companies sending geolo- gists along the Arctic slope at the northern extremities of the con- tinent
 Interest in Alaskan oil may De seen from the fact that during a competitive sale of leases last May the state took in more than S7 million from bids in the Tyo- nek area near Anchorage" the Institute said. Until this sale Alaska had collected $iS million from oil and gas resources"
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
Mud on Mud Rocks on Rocks :.

FTNHE NUGGET has always invited suggestions for II the improvement of the community and when something within osT reach Is suggested we try to pass it on for the bettermant of all
 Recently someone asked why we keep pouring mud on mud and rocks on rocks year after year make our streets mudder and more dusty each sea- With all the rock available in the area hasn't the time arrived to crushed rock and have more per- manent improvement OUT streets? Whether the city buys the rock cruSher or whether an enterprisng business obtains tie crsher is something to work ou but either way it makes for better place in which to live
 The time to start planning is not next spring when road work starts but between now and January If we total the cost of the money spent for mud and bouders in the last few years we may find the crush CT isn't as expensive as it seems to be.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
Texan Receives $1 Bonus Opening Can of Alaska Salmon

JUNEAU tR A Texan who opened a can of Alaska salmon recently got bonus for doing so.
 In the can, packed this year, was salmon tag worth $1. Relating the story today, the State Department of Fish and Game said the unnamed Texan returned the tag to the fish com pany whose label was on the can The fish company sent the tag along to Alaska's Fish and Game Department.
 A check of the records here showed the salmon, a pink, was tagged and released near the Inian Islands. in Icy Strait. last July 12.
 Within the next two months, the fish was caught again by a commercial fisherman, canned, labeled, wholesaled and then re- tailed by a Texas food store.
 The white tag apparently was missed during the several simes the fish was handled while being processed. The department also uses yellow and red tags.
 The Fish and Game Depart ment said the Texan apparently was not one of the states storied oil men, because he asked for the $l reward the department offers fer the return of each tag.
 The $1 was sent to the Texan.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
President Signs Bill Creating Memorial For Woodrow Wilson

WASHINGTON tR - With the widow of the World War Presi- dent by his side, President Ken nedy signed today a bill creating a commission to plan a perrna- nent memorial tc Woodrow Wil- son. ss1 Kennedy said i've have a con- tinuing commitment, iii the words of President Wilson, to the serv- ice of humanity, his life, his ac- tions and his ideals serve as an inspiration today to the achieve ment of the goals that he articu- lated so well more than 40 years ago.
 Mrs Wilson. who will be 8s Oct. IS. sat in chair to Ken nedy's left at the White House ceremony. ';4s 1='.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
DECLINE IN REQUESTS

BATTLE GREEK, Mich. R = Officials at the Office of Civil Defense ard Mobilization Nation al Headquarters have notedas de- cline in requests for information about A-Bomb shelters.
 Following President Kennedy $ speech to the nation in August in which he pointed out dangers in herent in a nuclear war, the OCDM Office received an aver age Of $500 letters day asking for information about construc- tion of bomb shelters.
 Letters slackened off to a 2,90C day this week.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
Peter Jorgensen Completes Recruit Training al Great Lakes

GREAT LAKES NHTCN = Peter O. Jorgensen, son of Try que c. Jorgensen of Kotzebue, completed recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, III.
 Military ceremonies marked the end of nine weeks of "boot camp" and included full dress parade and review before high ranking officials and civilian dig nitaries.
 In nine weeks of instruction, the "raw recruit" is developed in- to Navy Bluejacket, ready for duty with the fleet.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
By John Barbour Associated Press Science Writer

Associated Press science WTfter
 NEW YORK h = Mkt a Khrushchev, like a gardner burn ing autumn leaves, tends his atomic fires in Central Asia and watches the smoke drift into his neighbours laundry.
 The Soviet atomic tests are throwing radioactive dust and debris into the air. The tickle winds are doing the rest Already reports from Japan, Europe, the United States and other scattered locations, includ- ing possibly Red China, show spradic increases in radioactivity. It is unlikely that there is a real danger to health anywhere. But in nations sensitive to the fearful suggestion of atomic fall out there may be other dangers
 dangers of political aggrava- ton.
 Great sweeps of winds now pull cold air out of the Arctic and down across the continents of the northern hemisphere as the seasons change.
 And like small eggbeaters, storms swirl across the worid's s weather maps. They drag in air bearing the radioactive dust from high attitudes, mix it with rain and dump it on the earth.
 Perhaps the winds and rains of Typhoon Nancy brought in radio active debris from Soviet tests to the islands of Japan, suggested Japanese weather experts. Fallout at Scattered Points
 A fair weather mass of Polar air jabbing down across Canada may have boosted radioactivity at scattered points in the United States. Winds in long sweep out of the Arctic carried the radio active dust at high attitudes. Tur- bulence in this sweep of air as it moved over the warm Great Lakes and the e Appalachian Mountains may have created downdrafts that brought the radioactive dust to earth in un- even distributions.
 At any rate, in many US. cities, G ig counter readings of samples of dust jumped by tre- mendous levels in a single day.
 While the weather may treat some areas roughly, it can be kind to others. Weather experts in Ma lava reported little increase in radioactivity. They reasoned this was probably due to the fact that Malaga near the equator was south of the main west and east flow of winds in the northern hemisphere.
 Protected by the Himalayas as well, they did not expect serious
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04

The greatest victory of our time has been quietly won in the la boratory, not on the noisy battle field. Medical research has saved an estimated 2,223O, ,132 lives since l944, more than were lost in all the wars the United States ever fought.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
9gt. Andexson Participates Tn E,rercis. s<:seclkmsfs"
KAISER ST 4AUTERN

Tn Exexcis. ss:Aeclkmste"
 KAISERSI4AUTERN, Germany <AHTNC) Army Skt. Ethan B, Anderson, whose wife, Alice, lives in Deering, Alaska, recently par ticipated with other personnel from the 25th Signal Bn.'s Co. C in Checkmate, NATO tactical training exercise conducted in Germany.
 NATQ troops from Great Britain, France, Germany and Belgium were involved in the ex- ezcise, which was designe.Ss .> s sest joint combat operation proce- dtres.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04
Paper Towel fzs. Besring

Paper Towel Has Besring
 MEMPHIS, Tenn. IT. Before Blanche T. Williams, 76. died last week she wrote her will on a small paper towel.
 Despite its unusual appearance 1t was admitted to Probate Court. ldrs. Williams left an estate va1ned at more than $4C, 1000. r9uS 1~s. vva,,t>,,u, i qvy.~. ye.,x.,u.,s
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-04

F'ns Jeh Yrintino As IT, Muocs1
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
BOB MORROW TALKS ON
PROBLEMS ARISING
r O COMMUNISM

R. D. Morrow, one of Missis-
sippi's most widely known citi-
zens addressed members of the
Rotary Club Tuesday.
MI. Morrow said he believes
communism is a disease of mems
minds. He said it is nothing new
that it has been tried many
times before and every time it
has failed. He said he is not con-
WINGED that the majority of Rus
slams want communism and
won't be until the day they
really hold a free election.
Harden Erwin was welcomed
officially as a new member by
w. b. Kenna for the club.
w. R. Thompson, State Col
lege pasture man, and former
club member. was a guest of
"A. P. Carroll.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
THROUGH the YEARS
By Collie Y. Skinner

ing, H. C. Barrentine, D.. w.
Grimes, Durant; H. |. Cowsert,
T.. U. Donald, Howard Douglas,
A. S. Donald, Goodman; E. C..
Lucus, Ebenezer; H. w. Mason,
j. E. Hagin, West; R. A. Povall,
H. P. Watson, L. D. Pepper, Lex
ington.
Colored farmers are l. H.
Montgomery, A. G. Thomas, Rob-
ert Baker, Robert Granderson,
MI. Olive; Alt H. Green, Leba-
non.
Orchard owners who have
sprayed and pruned their trees
the past week are:
E. F. Rathell, c. T. Bailey,
Lexington: A. B. Archer, Cruger;
Mrs. w. B. Peacock, Acona; H.
C. Waterer, Thornton; c. H.
Stevens, T. ]. Brown. K. D.
Henry, Ebenezer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
Letter To Editor

To The Editor Of The
Lexington Advertiser:
Editor please allow space in
your valuable paper for this
article.
Back of a Dollar Bill provides
lesson in history of nation. If
you happen to be lucky enough
to have one of the billion and a
half dollar bills in circulation.
take a look at the back side.
The two circles on the back -
one dominated by a pyramid, the
other by an eagle = are the two
faces of the Great Seal of the
United States. If you know the
history and meaning of the Great
Seal, you're one person in more
than a hundred. If you don't
read on. The father of the nation
considered it a matter of prime
Importance.
On the afternoon of July 4,
1776, after the signing of the
Declaration of independence they
named a committee to design a
Great Seal. Thomas Jefferson,
Benjamin., Franklin and John
Adams were the committee.
Six years later, on June 90
1882 the Great Seal of the United
States was adopted by the Con-
tinental Congress at Philadel-
phia. Those six years were de-
voted to study and research so
that the symbolism of the seal
would be clear to everyone.
On the face of the seal is the
bald American eagle - symbol
of sovereignty and strength.
Above the eagle is a glory, a
ring of light in gold. This places
the spiritual welfare of the ma
ton above the material.
Denote New Nation
Inside the glory is a ~constella-
ton of thirteen stars of silver
on a blue field. The stars, the
thirteen states denote a new
nation among the sovereign
powers of the world. The bar in
blue across the top of the shield
on the eagles breast stands for
Congress by which the states are
bound together.
The thirteen stripes of red and
white are a reminder of the
underlying responsibilities of the
to each other and to the
nation. The colors of the seal
have their meanings too. The red
is for hardness and valor; the
for purity and innocence
and the blue for vigilance, per-
servance and justice. The head
of the eagle signifies the execu-
branch of government, the
nine tail feathers the judiciary.
with the shield represent
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
MISSISSIPPI All
CLUB MEMBERS

All Club Week affords a time
ly opportunity to measure the
organizations achievements of
the past year. Mississippi All
Club members enjoyed a highly
successful and busy year in 1860
through a wide variety of prof.
ects in every field including
forestry, dairying, poultry, live
stock, canning and freezing, soil
management, etc. 1861 promises
to be an even better year for
All progress and agricultural
leadership in this state faces a
bright future.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16

ice and citizenship-building as no other
organization. Leadership and creative
abilities are fostered and strengthened
and every girl grows and develops as she
enters into a program designed specifical-
ly for girls of her own age.
Each group Of Scouts has its own
uniform, program and goals = from the
Brownie, age TO, to the Intermediates,
1913, to the time they become seniors,
14-17.
The broad scope of interests held
by Girl Scouts is evidenced in the seven
days of Girl Scout Week.
The week opened Sunday with Girl
Scout Sunday. or Girl Scout Sabbath for
girls Of Jewish faith; Monday was Home
making Day and Tuesday Citizenship Day.
Wednesday was Health and Safety Day.
Thursday was International Friendship
Day and Friday will be observed as Arts
ard Crafts Day. Saturday will be Out-of-
Doors Day.
AS our own local Girl Scouts partici-
pate IN Glrl Scout Week they may do so
with the full knowledge that time thus
spent is IN investment in their future,
an investment certain to pay off in hap
pier, more useful living when they be-
come mature women.
The women who share their time and
energies today with these young girls in
performance of their duties as leaders of
Girl Scout troops, may rest assured theirs
is a responsible, worthwhile task and
their efforts are recognized and greatly
appreciated by the girls themselves, their
parents and friends and every citizen who
is interested in the future of our state
and nation.
A hearty salute to every Girl Scout
and every Girl Scout leader!
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO
GARDEN TOUR PLANNED
FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON

The Garden Club is sponsoring
a Pilgrimage on Friday after
noon when the following gardens
will be open to all flower lovers:
Mrs. w. P. Lewis, Mrs. o. D.
Hooker. Mrs. E. H. Shaddock,
Mrs. Homer Davis, Mrs. D. T.
Ruff, Mrs. D. C. Lundy, Mrs. H.
H. Johnson, Mrs. G.. C. Ash,
Mrs. Lester Barr, Mrs. G.. H. Nc
Morrough, Mrs. w. L. Ellis, ST.,
Mrs. James Gwin. Mrs. Eric Nor
quist, Mrs. H. w. Watson, and
Mrs. c. A. Moore.
The tour will be led by mem
bers of the Garden Club and
those DESTROYS of making the tour
are asked to be at the Post Of
flee at 2.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
Girl Scouts Celebrate 49h Birthday This Week
March r. IS

Girl Scout Week is being observed
this week March 1918.
Sunday, March IL, was the birthday
anniversary OF this splendid organization
which was founded exactly 40 years ago
by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah,
Georgia.
The Girl Scouts have grown from IL
little girls in that first troop in Georgia
to 2,650.00O today and an additional
10000 additional men and women are
supporting members.
These young people from seven
through seventeen years form a group
from which many leaders of our nation
in the future will be taken because one
Of the pnrimre purposes Of Scouting is to
develop citizenship. Every Girl Scout
promises to do her duty to God and
country, to help other people at all times,
and to i've by the Girl Scout Laws"
The training Girl Scouts receive in
their troops throughout the nation helps
them to develop as happy, resourceful
girls and women, ready and eager to serve
and share their talents and abilities with
others, net only in their own homes and
communities but in our nation and the
world.
Honor the Past = Serve the Future
is the theme set for the three-year cycle
Of birthday, years which began October
81. 1860, the Tooth birthday anniversary
of the founder Of the Girl Scouts of the
q. S. A. The cycle will run through next
year, which will be the Golden Birthday
of Girl Scouts, and close in 1868.
The value of the training received in
Girl Scouts cannot be estimated. It supple
ments training in the home, school and
church. Frequently it discovers talent or
skills, unrecognized elsewhere and helps
develop them. 1t stresses unselfish serv-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
TEN YEARS AGO
LESS THAN oNE-THIRD
HOLMES QUOTA NET
IN RED CROSS DRIVE

Less than one-thlrd of the
Holmes quota in the Red Cross
drive has been raised, with only
fifteen days left to go, accord
ing to w. r. Ellis, county fund
chairman. The sum of $1,399.50
has been collected, the goal is
$4,000. Chairman Ellis asks that
the drive be completed as soon
as possible.
"The Red Cross drive in Lex
ington is progressing nicely ac-
cording to Rev. Hayes Clark,
city fund chairman. Persons who
have not contributed are asked
to stop at Peoples Drug Store
and contribute through Melvin
Wells, B. M. Lannon's or George
Patterson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
EVERYBODY INVITED TO
CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL

Just about any place in Mis-
sissippi this Spring and Summer
will find Mississippians busily
engaged in some sort of observ-
ance marking important events
of the War Between the States.
These won't be just Home
folks" affairs either. Tourists are
always welcome. In fact, North
erners from Is states have a spe-
cial invitation this year. A series
of special weeks at the National
Military Park at Vicksburg will
honor the Is Northern States
whose sons fought in the Battle
of Vicksburg in 1868. A similar
series will be held next year
honoring Southern States.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16

ing the legislative the three are
united.
In it's beak the eagle holds the
motto of letters: "E Pluribus
Unum".
The right talon of the eagle
holds an olive branch = an an
Gent symbol of peace. There are
thirteen leaves on the branch.
In the left claw are thirteen
American Indian arrows, SYM
bolizing war.
Eternally, the eagle turns its
head toward the olive leaves in
quest of peace. The pyramid on
the reverse of the Great Seal,
stands for strength and duration.
Above the pyramid is the eye
of providence, within a glory
again emphasizing the spiritual
above the material.
God Favors Understanding
The Latin words "Annuit
%LL - EM#
Coeptis" across the top mean
God has favored our undertake
ing. The unfinished pyramid
leaves something for the new
nation to build upon. The thir-
teen layers of the pyramid r
another reference to the unity Of
the original states and the sepa-
rate stones stand for local
government.
At the bottom II the words
"Novus Ordo Seclarum," mean
ing "a new order of the ages.
A new order in the lives and
freedoms Of the peoples Of the
world introduced by this new
republic in ITS. This is the date
in Roman numerals across the
base Of the pyramid.
ByP. j. jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
NEW RECORDS U
BE SET

AS winter passes and spring
approaches, farmers are looking
forward to a year of high farm
production and improved cash
returns as a large cotton acre
age will be planted. Cattlemen
start the new year with the lar
gest herds, and efforts toward
herd Improvement continues. The
states poultry industry continues
its spectacular growth, and hog
production is growing steadily.
Production of rice and soybeans,
both dependable cash crops, is
on the increase. Given favorable
weather, Mississippi farmers
could set some new records in
production and income in 1861.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-16
TWIN CALVES BORN
AT SANDY BROOKS FARM

Delbert and Marvin Williams,
sons of the County Agent T. M
Williams, and general manager
of Sandy Brooks farm, report
that they have two sets of twin
calves on their farm, all from
the registered animals of Religh
Observer breeding. These twin
calves have attracted a great
deal of attention.
The above boys have other in
terest on the farm in the flock
of SO Rhode Island baby chicks
and 1873 laying hens from which
they receive "a eggs a day.