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The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-03-18
IN MEM ORIAM

In memory of my dear wife,
Mrs. Fannie L. Webster, who
passed this life on March IA,
1862 I hereby dedicate this poem
by Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
LONGING"
If one could sit with me beside
the sea today,
And whisper with me sweetest
dreamings DER and Ger;
1 think / should not find the
Clouds SO dim and gray,
And not so loud the waves
Come planning at the shore.
If you could sit with me upon
the shore today,
And hold my hand in yours
as in the days of old,
1 think 1 should not mind I'll
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-03-18
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THE ROBBINS EAGLE
Saturday, March IS, 1851

would then be put away,
And 1 could give back laugh
ter for the oceans moan!
The Webster Family
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-03-18

Cook County, Him ois, lying
within the corporate limits of
the Village of Markham, Illinois.
Polling place:
Vivian Rice
1926 Parkside Drive
Markham, Illinois
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26
YOUR MIDDLE YEARS

isn't completely out of a job.
but she is on the shelf, kicked
upstairs. :"
Creative Force
This is one way of looking
at it: A pretty dismal way,
but understandable. Woman
was made to be creative. She
must be creative. She is, in
Gods plan, the initial crea-
tive force, ordained as the
creator of new life. But when
the creativity of childbirth
and child-rearing are over,
what then?
In previous generations,
the question wasn't so impor-
tant because women didn't
live so long. Average life ex-
pectancy 100 years ago was
only 40 years. and at the
turn of the century it was
only 48. Today. average life
expectancy at birth is close
to 70 years for both sexes
and nearly "A years for the
female.
We can't just see the little
lady out of a job or Ion the
shelf" for 80 or IS years.
There's a lot of living to be
done in those decades - and
a lot more creativity.
1t can't be the same form
of creativity - certainly not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

ever it is, forget the million
dollars and start working to-
ward doing what you've
wanted to do. Your Joy and
satisfaction will come from
simply making the attempt.
And who knows? You may
even succeed without the mil
lionl
THE second question-what
makes you the happiest,
what activity, what interest.
what gives you real joy? If
you are stuck for an answer.
go back to your own child
hood and let the radiant,
happy spirit of your early
years possess you again. Find
out what makes you the hap
pieSt-and then pursue it!
Feel around in your own soul
until you've come to a little
area of joy. and then stay
there"
Copyright 1861 by Howard whitman
Distributed by The Register and
Tribune syndicate)
Tomorrow: Never stop growing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

Time Brings Women Freedom to Create

"the free sos" These are pi-
oneer women, for no previous
generation has had. by sheer
longevity. SO great an oppor-
tunity to baSk in second
creativity."
1t is understandable that
the middle-aged women of
this generation should need
a little bucking-up. We've
surrounded them with youth
worship. 1t is we men mostly.
who have fostered the ri
diculous valuation of the
package over its contents.
And we ask these women now
to rise above all this and go
out and make something of
their middle and later years.
It's a big challenge.
A woman who can't admit
how old she is to others really
can't admit it to herself.
Perhaps our ultra advanced
West could learn something
from the backward East. A
woman tourist in India, after
having afternoon tea with an
Indian woman. complimented
her upon her grace and
charm. The Indian woman
quietly replied: Il ought to
be beautiful, my dear-I am
"a years old"
Once the modern woman
gets up the courage to make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

more babies. But there are
lots of other creative wonders
in that magnificent human
being, the female, waiting to
be tapped.
What woman, during those
years when she was strapped
to homemaking and child
rearing, hasn't wished for the
gift of time? Hasn't she
wished to expand her hori-
ION. to pursue new interests,
to learn new skillS?
There we're the worlds of
art. music. literature. human
affairs and politics in which
she could be hardly more than
an onlooker while she was
busy cooking meals and
mending clothes and chauf-
Touring the youngsters to a
dozen destinations every day.
Now middle age takes her
to the brink of freedom. Isn't
that what she has always
wanted - the time and OPP
portunity to develop herself
as a person? Up to now she
has been concerned with the
nurturing and the Towering
of others; now, at last, she
can reach upward toward the
full Towering of herselfs
Women who are trying it
have already coined the
phrases the freeing 40s" and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26
Eleventh Of q Series

sad dame out of a job. An
thropologist Margaret Mead
paints this portrait:
Some day, while she is still
a young woman, she will have
to face a breakfast table with
only one face across it. her
husbands, and she will be
alone, quite alone, in a home
of their own.
She is out of a job; her
main justification, the work
for which she gave up every
thing is gone, and yet there
are still two. possibly three
meals a day to get, the door
to be answered, the house to
be cleaned.
But there are only dishes
for two and floors do not
need to be polished so often
when there are no children's
feet to track them up. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

troll disease. For example,
many patients are afraid to
take digitalis because they
have heard it is a poison. So Is
aspirin If you take too much
of it. DigitaliS taken under
a doctors direction is q life
saving drug and not poison
Gus.
And so with cortisone.
True it may cause moon
face" excess hair, excess COL
lection of fluids-and even
ulcer in some people. But
you needn't worry if your
doctor sees you often enough
to keep everything under con-
troll. Here is an example of
how cortiSone can help ar
Thrills:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn:
Thanks for your recent good
word for cortisone. My pet
peeve is the bad publicity
cortiSone has received; and I
can't understand why pa
tientS refuse to take it. 1t
has been a Godsend to me.
I have been taking it nearly
II years for rheumatoid ar
Thrills. My only side effect is
fuzziness on my face which
hair-remover takes care of.
Before cortisone / could
only make it from bed to
bathroom. The second day
of cortisone I was up and
around. Now I do my house.
work and have a part-time
job. My only limitation is
from a drawn knee which
keeps me from climbing and
crawling. Two years ago I
fell and broke my hip. The
bone specialist took me off
cortiSone and the old sore
ness and stiffness came back.
I was put back on a corti-
some preparation. Immedi-
ately 1 was relieved of all
soreness. I think many peo-
pie could find wonderful re-
lief from cortisone if more
doctors would prescribe it.
Cortisone and my doctor
saved me from a life of in
validism.-Mrs. c., Indiana.
Tomorrow: Sun bathins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

that plunge through the age
barrier, she will find q whole
world of pleasant surprises.
She'll be freed from that
hopeless land Transparent
disguise of trying to appear
young. She'll come to terms
with herself.
All right, let's say you're
willing to accept your age
and to go on from there.
Which way do you turn?
What is this great creative
interest that should possess
you?
Find It Yourself
OF course you have to find
it yourself. But there may be
some help in the words of a
woman who has been creative
all her life, the great virtuoso
of the dance, Ruth st. Denis.
At SO she was still creating
imaginative danceS, still
dancing, still teaching others
to dance. And this is what
she said: There are some
people who keep on doing and
dreaming and living until
they die. and others who are
dead. spiritually dead, at 80.
To those who are debating
whether to go on really liv-
ing. or to sag into telling
endless stories about their ill
neSSeS or their Is grandchil-
dren, I would ask two queS-
tions.
"One, if you had a million
dollars given to you tomor-
row. what would you do with
it? Don't laugh. think! This
will give you some idea Of
what you've really wanted to
do all these years but really
haven't tried to do. What
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26
How to
Stop Killing
Yourself
By PETER J. STEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
have arthritis. All I take is
aspirin. My doctor has sug-
gested cortisone but I'm
afraid to take it. l have
heard that it causes many
uncomfortable side effects.
What do you think?-Mrs. c.,
New Jersey.
CORTISONE is a potent
medicine, but so are many
others in our fight to con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26
BY HOWARD WHITMAN

Glamour has been defined
as that state of affairs in
which the package is worth
more than its contents"
Middle age is the time for
women to go to work on
the contents.
Too often the middle-aged
woman is pictured as a poor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

Tomorrow: Sun bcthins.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
Reponse Given To Community Basket Program
In Duront; Claude Dodd Shows Greet Generosity

friends in collecting vegetables
to can, among these are Mrs.
Sponbereer who gave cushaws,
Mr.. Luther Perry of Attala
County brought turnip greens
to supplement the turnips given
by Mr.. Merle Tate Of West, and
Mrs. Katie Peninger OF West
drove around in her car t {
homes with a surplus, for large
or small amounts they wished
to give.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dodd, members
Of Durant Methodist CHURCH
live on North Jackson Street
they have three children, Ann
and Claudia at home and Jerry
who is First Lieutenant with
the U. S. Army with the Mis-
sic Program in Nebraska, and
to date is not certain that he
will be home for Christmas.
Mr.. Dodd operates a garage
back of Durant Auto Parts on
South Jackson Street. Mrs
Dodd is employed with Durant
Sportswear.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21

duet of "The Holy City" by
Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Mitchell.
Morning worship services will
be held at 1000 a. m. at the
usual Sunday School time.
First Methodist Church
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship uslder the leadership OF
Woodson Earle will be in
charge of the Christmas pro-
gram at the First Methodist
Church at 500 p. m. on Christ
mas Eve.
Special guest will be Miss
Rosemary Samuelson of Tchula
who will sing 20 Holy Night" !"
At the morning worship hour
the choir will present two
Christmas selection.
Firs1 Presbyterian Church
On December "a at 700 p. m.
candle light service will be
held at the First Presbyterian
Church. An inspiritional Christ
mas message will be heard at
this time. Sunday School and
Continued on Page Nine)
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
Rev. Reynolds Cheney
Ordained To Priesthood

The Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds
Cheney and little daughter, An
toinette left Monday for the
Mississippi coast where the Rev.
Mr.. Cheney was ordained TO
Priesthood at st. Peters by the
Sea in Gulfport.
Bishop coadiutor, the Right
Rev. John Allin ordained Mr..
Cheney. along with three other
deacons, in a service held on
Wednesday, December Goth at
1890 a. m.
Bishop Of Mississipp;, the
Right Rev. Duncan NJ. Gray,
was the preacher at the crdina-
ton service.
The Cheney family has made
many friends here since mid
summer when he assumed his
duties at st. Mary's Episcopal
Church.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Gillian Gwin
won first place for, tie best
overall effect in the Tchula
Christmas lighting contest Tues
day night. This event is spon-
sored by the Tchula Garden
Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gwin also re-
celved first place in the front
OF house category and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Smith received
honorable mention.
Other winners were.
Best Doorway - Mrs. Everade
Jones, first and Mr.. and Mrs.
b. B. Brannon, honorable men
ton.
Door Mr.. and Mrs. Billy
Randle, first and Mr.. and Mrs.
J 0 b n ME Roberts, honorable
mention.
Window - Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis
Harris, first; Mr.. and Mrs. N.
W Samuelson, honorable men
ton.
Outdoor Tree - Mrs. Oliver
Nixon, first. Mrs. Bertha Sprad-
icy, honorable mention.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21

test sponsored by the Lexing-
ton Garden Club. Those re-
ceiving honorable mention in
this category were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henri P. Watson, Jr. and Mr..
and Mrs. Calvin UsSery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin White,
for the third year in a row, won
first place for the most beauti-
full doorway. Other doorway
winners were Mr.. and Mrs. A.
A. Jarrett, second and MIR. and
Mrs. Joe Tingle, third.
Winning first place for hav-
ing most attractive lawn were
MIR. and Mrs. J. A. Thornton.
Receiving honorable m t o n
were Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Hol-
GngsWorth and Mr.. and Mrs
William Moses.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Smith
won first prize for the most
beautiful window decoration.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21

The Community Basket CO.
operative program committees
appreciate the response given
to a plea for cash offerings and
gifts for needy families in the
Durant area.
A number of families from
rural areas have been coded to
the list.
Claude Dodd, garage proprie-
tor in Durant, responded gen.
erously to the call. He began
work in the summer with a
plan that is unequaled in de-
votion and dedication to this
cause On Tuesday he arrived
at the Durant Methodist Church,
depository for the Community
Basket gifts, with pickup
truck filled to overflowing with
food he had prepared and can
ned himself through the sum-
mer ana fall luSn season Tor
vegetables and fruits.
The truck contained about
$50 jars Of vegetables, fruits
and a variety of pickle. (Mr.
Dodd asks that the empty jars
be returned to him at his garage
for rcfilling next summer)
cdnned meats including half
gallon cans of turkey and chic
kens, two dozen bags of she'll
ed pecans and other items. His
daughter Ann, age 10, helped
% fill the bags of pecans and
he contrived a pea-sheller in
his garage workshop to speed
up the work of shelling peas.
He received assistance from
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21

Ine year has flown by and here
Christmas, 1861.
This year it is with the deepest feeling of appre-
citation to thousands of friends and readers that
we say warmly, MERRY CHRISTMAS and we hope
you win your hearts desire, whatever it may be.
That is Christmas wish for you.
1861 has been year that has given greater
insight and feeling for many people l have
known before people right here in Holmes County
when | may have met casually before but never had
an opportunity to know. The year has been most
rewarding in this respect.
We have made many friends and We have
re-estabished contact with some friends have not
been able to for long time. This has helped
to make the year of 1861 most pleasant one
During the New Year, we expect to have more
time to visit personally with friends throughout
the am looking forward to it.
In the meantime please permit to this
column to express my sincere thanks and appreca-
ton for the continued friendship and loyalty of every
single friend subscriber, reader and advertiser, as
well as the patrons of our commercial printing de-
partment which enlargng. More about
this later.
The Advertiser has shown an increase of about
fifteen per cent in circulation this year and is now
at the highest peak in history Twelve new sub
scribers added this week We bid you welcome.
This is being done without any kind of pressure
or special promotion 1t has been accomplished simply
because putting out the best newspaper
and we shall continue to put out the best newspaper
in Holmes County, and forevermore, as long as
the Good Lord gives us strength
In our Christmas edition last year we said and
and we repeat again this year:
The final test of a newspaper is how we'll it serves
the people of If it them WE'LL it will
survive and prosper, provided the area can support
it financially
If the newspaper itself is born out of the wrong
kind of spirit, in malice or in a spirit of revenge
and retaliation, it becomes symbol of division and
strife and handicap to the progress and welfare
of the people and the area.
The Lexington Advertiser has, for more than 124
years, served the highest and best interests of all
OF the people of Holmes County, It is the only news
paper in Holmes County that is accepted by all of
the people = because it is the only newspaper truly
and sincerely dedicated to the welfare of all our peo
pie = and by now everyone knows it.
With the continued loyalty and devotion of our
friends and readers shall continue to serve YOU
in the years ahead.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
M47pe @e@~,~~s~, S27>,a6t s III
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

The year has flown by and here we are
Christmas, 1861.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
Stores Will Be Open
Dec. 26, jan. z Here

Announcement is made by
the merchants committee of the
Lexington Chamber of Com
merce that all stores and bust
ness firms will be open on De-
cember 20 and January 2, the
days following Christmas and
New Years.
Also beginning the firs t
Thursday in January Lexington
merchants will begin the an
nual Thursday afternoon clos
ing. The stores will close each
Thursday afternoon through the
last Thursday in August.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21

A resume of activities of the
various churches in each city
and town is as follows:
LEXINGTON
First Baptist Church
A program Of special Christ
mas music will be presented by
the combined choirs Of the
First Baptist Church in Lex
ington on Sunday at 400 p. m.
Approximately Is voices make
up the combined choirS which
consists of the Adult Choir, un-
der the direction Of Mrs. Dot
Craney; the Young People and
Intermediate Choir, under t h e
direction of Mrs Geraldine
Wheeler; the Junior Choir, di-
rected by Mrs. Joy Frizell; and
the Primary Choir, directed by
Mrs. Helen Lannon's.
Accompanies will be Mrs.
Duane Tucker at the organ and
Mrs. David Mitchell at the
piano.
Special features will be a
solo, 20 Holy Night" by Joe
Chapman and an organ-piano
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
Holiday Club Dance
Set For Saturday

The Lexington Holiday Clubs
annual Christmas dance will be
held Saturday night at the Lex
irgton Armory beginning at
900 o'clock.
This event is for members
and invited guests only. All
those who have not paid their
dues are asked to do 50 prior
to this time.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
N. B. Parrish Is
Winner Of Shotgun

N. B. Parrish of Tchlla was
the winner of the Sweet Six
teen. Browning Automatic shot
gun given by the Lexington
Lions Club Saturday afternoon.
Selection Of the winner was
made at 800 p. m. and the win
ner did not have to be present
to receive the gun. Mr.. Parrish
was not present at the time but
was notified and came over dur
the afternoon to get his prize.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
Winners OF Christmas Lighting Contest
Announced For TchuIa Residential District

Churches The Methodist
Churcn, first; Baptist Church,
honorable mention.
Out-ot-roWn Judges made the
decisions Tuesday night and re-
ocrt very difficult time select
ng the fInal winners.
Winners are asked to burn
ne,r llgnts through the Christ
mas season for the benefit of
he interested public.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
W. S. Heggie Wins
Suit Given By Lions

w. S. Heggie of Durdnt was
the lucky winner of the Curlee
suit given by the Durant Lions
Club on December 10th.
More than $3.50 was made on
this project with proceeds 60
mo to the Swimming Pool
Fund.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21

Other winners in this category
were Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Fin
cher, Jr. and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
burn Hooker.
The out-of-town judges. who
viewed the residential area of
Lexington Tuesday night, re-
ported they had a very diff
cult task to decide on the win
ners because of the large num-
Der of entries.
Lights On
Lights in the winning entries
are supposed to be on h
night now through December
30th in order that the interest
ed public may view them. The
public is given an invitation to
do so. ax!
Each entry was judged on ar
tistic merit, originality. lighting
technique and ingenuity.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
Winners Announced Today

Mr.. and Mrs. William Ellis of
Lexington won first place for
the best overall effect in the
annual Christmas lighting con-
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-12-21
Churches Preparing Christmas Programs
Religious Services Brighten YuIe Season
On December "a Throughout County

Christmas throughout Holmes County will commemo-
rate the birth Christ III special programs songs
and scripture Christmas Eve in most churches Most of
the programs been set for late afternoon evening
Some were held during the week and were held this
past Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-01-01
Spiders Spin for Her

COR HAIRLINE accuracy in sighting and
measuring devices, nature has q material
which science can't beat The finest line In
optics comes from the silky filaments secreted
by spiders Though usually spun out for making
webs, the filament can be gathered without
waiting for Mr.. Spider to build home. At an
engineering supply company In HOboken,
NJ j., Catherine Luciano has been coaxing
spiders to produce filament for over II years.
Although Miss Luciano has picked up thou
sands of spiders in her day. she is rarely bitten
and has suffered no more ill effects than those
of q mosquito bite The filaments she collects
from her captive spiders are stored for later
use as crosshairs in sighting instruments.
During q short period in late summer, q
New Jersey farmer ships few boxes Of COM
mon, non-poisonous field spiders Aranea
Sericata) into Miss Lucianos charge Several
spiders at time are let loose on a work table
and she picks them up one by one, manipulat-
ing them in her hand in such way that the
spiders start releasing liquid which hardens
instantly when exposed to air and becomes an
almost invisible SILKY thread. Carefully coax
ing the thread away from the spider, she winds
it around a metal frame, getting as much as
Is feet from a single spinner The diameter Of
some of the thread is no more than three ten.
thousands of millimeter, and Is finer lighter
and stronger than commercial silk produced
by the silkworm. Main uses for the thread are
in the eyepieces of surveying instruments
Catherine Luciano uses q tweszsv-liks
holder TO transfer fine spider thread on
10 stodio rsticls, an instrument which
will be inserted in an engineers level.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-09-22
Hierarchy
Pays b
To Pope John

WASHINGTON - (NC) -
The Hierarchy Of the United
States will participate in a
special tribute to His Holiness
Pope John XIII here in the
nations capital on November
Is.
During the annual meeting
of the US. Bishops there will
be a Solemn Pontifical Mass
in the National Shrine Of the
Immaculate Conception on
that date to mark the 80th
birthday and the third coro-
nation anniversary of Pope
John.
Francis Cardinal Spellman,
Archbishop Of New York, will
offer the Mass and Arch
bishop Karl ]. Alter Of Gin
cinnati, chairman Of the adj
ministratiVe board of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Con-
ference, will preach the SER
mon.
Invitations will be extend
ed to members Of the diplO-
matte corps, government Of
ficials and the NCWC staff.
Pope John was born on
November IS, 1881 in Sotto
il Monte, Italy, and was
crowned as pope on Novem-
Der q, 1858. He was elected
pope on October %, 1868.