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placed before Gov. Almond and
his Budget Advisory Commit
tee yesterday.
Highway Commissioner H. H.
Harris presented figures for the
highway department.
Gov. Almond concluded hear
ings yesterday on agency and
departmental requests for the
budget he will submit to the
General Assembly before his
term expires next January. Ex-
pectations are that his recon-
mendationS will exceed the 81 8
billion budget for the current
biennium and that additional
revenue will be required.
The highway department
budget, however. is Self-sup-
porting from special funds
derived from the gasoline tax,
license fees, Federal aid and
related sources. These special
funds are not involved in the
States general fund budget
figures.
Commissioner Harris submit
ted to the budget-makers a
report which stated, "The
greatest single expenditure by
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Willie Lee Stewart today was
granted the right to a mental
examination before mis- fourth
trial on a first-degree murder
charge.
District Court Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff ordered the
examination at the request of
Edward L. Carey and Robert
Ackerly, Stewards court-ap-
pointed attorneys, after As
Sistant United States Attorney
Alfred Hartman said the Gov
ernment could not object.
Stewart, 81, has been con-
victed three times previously
for the March, 1858, fatal
shooting of Washington Grocer
Harry Honikman during a $400
holdup in the Honikman store
in the TOO block of East Cap
itol street.
The United States Court of
Appeals here reversed the first
two convictions, but upheld
Stewards third conviction in a
5-4 decision handed down in
February, 1860.
Reversed by High Court
However, last April the Su-
preme Court reversed the con-
viction on grounds the prose-
cutor at the third trial had
posed an improper question
when he asked Stewart # this
was the first time he had testi-
fled in his own defense. 1t
was the first time Stewart had
testified in any of his trials.
The Supreme Court held that
this prejudiced Stewards de-
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Prince William Seeks
Added Water Sources

o, j. Fitzwater, board chair
man. said county acquisition
of Lake Jackson would not af.
feet the water sports there.
There are many summer homes
around the lake.
A Bull Run Mountain water
supply would take care Of resi-
dental expansion in the north
ern section of the county but
plans for that area are still
in the tentative stage, Mr.. Fitz-
water said.
The county already has
bought the Sydnor Pump &
Well Co., which supplies the
Triangle-Dumfrie area, and is
enlarging the transmission
lines.
The county also plans to
hook onto a line from the
Alexandria Water Co. to get
more water pressure into the
mains.
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near Mr.. jackson S BODY. The
papers were also barred as evil
dence in the Federal trial.
Search Ruled Proper
Judge Butzner said that the
FBI search of the Rees home,
made with the parents permis-
sion, was proper. And, he said,
the seizure of the gun also was
legal since Virginia law author
ICES issuance of search warrants
for the purpose of finding
weapons or other items used in
the commission of a crime.
The FBI search of the Mary
land home came just hours
after ReeS was arrested in West
Memphis, Ark, June "a, 1860.
The defense had contended that
even though Rees' parents gave
permission for the search, the
seizure of the sons belongings
was illegal.
The jackson family was alb
Quoted from their car on a
lonely Louisa County road as
they were returning home from
a SUNDAY visit with Mrs. Jack
sons parents.
For months there was no
trace of the family. Then the
bodies Of Mr.. Jackson and
Janet were found near an
abandoned sawmill site in
SpotSylvania County. The
bodies Of Mrs. Jackson and
Susan were found near Gam
Drills, Md.
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TWO MEN HERE
SUBPOENAED

Two Silver Spring CMd.) men
today received subpoenas in
Montgomery County Circuit
Court to appear as Govern
ment witnesses at the upcom-
ing murder trial of Melvin D.
ReeS jr. in Spotsylvania, Va.
They are Robert H. Mar
kowitz, of Ali Harding drive.
a bass fiddle player, and Rob-
ert Engle, of 2021 Eastern ave-
nue., manager of Harrigan's
Restaurant in Southwest Wash
ington.
Both men testified incon-
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TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear
and quite cool tonight, low
about 55. Sunny and cool to-
morrow.
Maryland - Fair and quite
cool tonight, low so to SIS in
,east and 38 to As in west. Sunny
and cool tomorrow, high in COS
in west and lower 70s in east.
Virginia-Fair and quite cool
tonight, low in sos in extreme
east and 40S in central and west
portions except upper 30s in
higher mountains. Sunny, cool
tomorrow, high in low and
middle 70s, except low Cos in
mountains.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small craft warn
ings are displayed. West to
northwest winds 10 to 20 knots
tonight and tomorrow. Fair
tonight and tomorrow. Visi-
bility 10 miles.
Pollen Count
The D. c. Medical Society re-
ports a pollen count for the "a
hours ending at 9 am. today of
SO grains per 3.6-centimeter
square slide area.
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lengthy defense of the COM
missions operation under his
direction. It includes comments
from 80 or more State commits
sions on how well the program
has come off.
Open Criticism
Mr.. Belts, a Washington bus
inessman. has been Stung in
recent days by open-and sharp
criticism of his stewardship.
The complaints ranged from
not keeping the 25-member
commission informed on its ac-
tiVities to not giving the South
its due.
Representative Frank E.
Smith, Democrat of Mississippi,
head of a special commission
committee charged with find
ing a new chairman, earlier
this week said there had been
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Mental Test Ordered
For Willie Lee Stewart

tense that he was mentally i'll
at the time of the crime and
therefore not criminally re-
sponsible.
At the request of Mr.. Carey
this morning, Judge Holtzoff
ordered that Stewart should be
examined by two private pSy-
chiatrists, rather than at st.
Elizabeths Hospital in order to
speed up the trial process. Stew
art is scheduled to be tried
on October 16.
The Judge pointed out that
st. Elizabeths has a crowded
schedule.
SPEEDY Trial. Plea Denied
However, Judge Holtzoff re-
fused to grant a request by Mr..
Ackerly to dismiss the indict-
ment against Stewart.
Mr.. Ackerly said his client,
who has been before the courts
off and on for more than eight
years, is not getting a speedy
trial.
Lack of a speedy trial?" the
Judge said. He's had three
trials!" The Judge recalled that
Justic Clark, dissenting from
the majority ruling that upset
Stewards latest conviction, had
expressed the opinion that as
a result Of the Supreme Court
reversal Stewart had made a
laughing stock of the law"
Il don't want the same thing
to be said about me-" Judge
Holtzoff said in refusing to dis
miss the indictment.
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far for the coming biennium
will be on the (FederaD Inter-
state Highway system :"
Virginia was most fortunate
to have received a total of
l,053 miles, or 2.5 per cent of
the 41,000 miles designated
Throughout the Nation).
THE Interstate system In
Virginia will serve Is per
cent of all rural traffic. IS per
cent Of our tourists and so
per cent of all large CONNER
cial vehicles"
At another point in his re-
port, Mr.. Harris showed how
an interstate-type highway can
reduce traffic accidents. He
used Shirley highway, leading
south from Washington, as an
example.
The accident rate on United
States Route 1. which parallels
the Shirley highway between
Washington and Woodbridge,
is 608 per 100 million vehicle
miles. The same rate on Shir-
ley is l59, he said.
The death rate on Route /
is 10.7 per 100 million vehicle
miles while on Shirley it is rs.
Among items included in the
budget recommendation was
the re-appropriation of $751;
500 as the States share of ac-
quiring rightS-of-way for the ,
George Washington Memorial
Parkway in Fairfax County. ,
The parkway eventually will
lead from Mount Vernon to
the Cabin John Bridge to,
parallel route on the District
OF Columbia and Maryland
side of the Potomac River.
Mr.. Harris said the amount
should be re-appropriated be-
cause settlement on quite a
few parcels of land has been
delayed" and is not expected
by the time the present appro-
priation expires on June 80,
1852.
Under Federal law, Fairfax
County puts up one-fourth of
the cost, the State one-fourth
and the Federal Government,
one-half. ,
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Fairfax OKs
High-Density
Apartments

A high = density apartment
project. the first of its kind to
be favorably recommended on
Columbia pike between Annan-
dale and Bailey's Crossroads,
last night won the Endorsement
of the Fairfax County Planning
Commission.
Commissioners, however, split
At on the precedent-setting
action before transmitting the
application to the County Board
of Supervisors for final action.
The apartment project, ac-
cording to plans of Fairfax
County contractor Nicholas C.
Miller, would contain about 300
400 units on about 18 acres
located east Of Columbia pike
at the Munson road intersec-
tion.
Ihe tract abutS the Lillian
Carey Negro Elementary School.
Commissioners voting in the
minority included Mrs. Anne
wilkins. James Quackenbush,
Mrs. John Bradley and Robert
EggleSton. Their. main argu-
ment was that construction of
apartments would tend to over
crowd schools and clog Co.
lumbia pike with traffic.
Deputy Planning Director
Herbert F. Schumann urged
favorable consideration for the
apartments. He said they sat-
isfy the basic criteria for such
structures set up last year by
the County Board of Super
viSorS.
He noted that Columbia pike
was to be widened from two to
four lanes in the foreSeeable
future,
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WSSC Pushes Plant
Near Mount Vernon
By JOHN McKELWAY
Star Staff Writer

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission is still
determined to build a sewage
treatment plant across the
Potomac River from Mount
Vernon.
But it argued yesterday be-
fore a Senate Interior sub
committee that the plant will
not be visible from Mount Ver-
non.
A House-passed bill seeks to
protect this view by turning
approximately 1000 acres into
a national park at a cost of
81 million.
Yesterday, Robert j. Mcleod,
chief engineer of the commits
sion, told Senator Bible, Demo-
crat of Nevada, the commits
sion could build the plant up
river from Mount Vernon on
Piscataway Bay without de-
stroying the view.
He would not agree to post
pone construction of the plant
if the bill fails to clear the
Senate at this session of
Congress.
Fears Heavy Pollution
If the commission is kept
out Of the area it will mean
heavy pollution of the vicinity,
Mr.. Mcleod contended.
Spencer Smith, representing
the Citizens Committee on Nat
ural Resources, objected to any
plant in the area. He said that
even If it could not be seen
from Mount Vernon, which he
doubted, it would destroy the
view from Fort Washington.
1t is questionable whether
the House bill can be acted on
by the Senate before adjourn
ment.
Senator Bible, who heads the
subcommittee. had hoped to
get a promise from the COM
mission to postpone the plants
construction so that the Senate
could study and act on the
measure next year.
The bill received little oppo-
sition in the House.
Downstream Site Urged
Supporting the bill yesterday
was Robert Ware Straus, rep
resenting the National Trust
for Historic Preservation, the
Calvert Manor Citizens Asso-
citation. the Mayaone ASsocia-
ton, the Alice Ferguson Foun-
dationa and the Accokeek
Foundation.
Mr.. StrauS insisted that the
treatment plant be located fur
ther downstream in Charles
County.
Mrs. Frances Beirne, regent
Of the Mount Vernon Ladies
Association, said construction
Of the plant in full view of the
home of George Washington
would be building a bathroom
in full view of the living
room"
Representative Bolton, Re-
publican Of Ohio, brought word
that President Kennedy is IN
terested in maintaining the
present view from Mount
Vernon.
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AnnonduIe Weekly
To Sturt in October

The Free Press Publishing
Co., Inc, will begin publication
of its third Fairfax County
weekly newspaper, the AMMAN
dale Free Press, in mid -Octo-
ber.
The company, headed by
Publisher Roosevelt Der Tate
vaSion, began publication of the
Fairfax Free Press for the City
of Fairfax last week. 1t also
owns the 11-year-old Fairfax
County Sun Echo.
The new paper will have Of
fices in Annandale.
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D. c. Builder Wins
GreenbeIt Contract
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The National AeronauticS
and Space Administration has
awarded a $2.5 million contract
to Arthur Venneri Co. of Wash
ington for construction of the
eighth of 10 major buildings
authorized for the Goddard
Space Flight Center, Green
belt, Md. .....t
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City Sets Fund Goal

MARTINsBURG, w. Va,
Sept. Is (SpeciaD "A budget
OF $4,000 has been approved
for the Martinsburg and Berke-
ley County Community Fund
for the coming year.
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Belts Defends Work
On Centennial Group
By ROBERT GRUENBERG
Star Staff Writer

Karl Belts retiring executive director the National
Civil War Centennial Commission parting cannonade
at his detractors today.
Mr. Belts will his last day executive director to-
morrow. He dismissed recently by the commission
Scheduled for tomorrow it was learned is
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Road Chief Seeks
S78 Million Boost
By ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Staff Writer

RICHMOND, Sept. 15.-The State Highway Department
says needs $78 million construct maintain
gnias highways during the next two years
lowed for the current biennium
Requests totang $3906 million maintenance and cap
al outlay for the twoyear period beginning July
Evening star., 1961-09-15
Judge Excludes Rees Death Diary
From New Trial as Illegally Seized

SPOTSYLvANIA, Va, Sept.
is (AP).-A snub-nosed re-
volver-a key prosecution ex-
hibit in the conviction of Mel
win Rees, jr.. for two kidnap-
slayings-will go into the evi-
dence next week when the
itinerant musician stands trial
for a third killing.
But Judge John D. Butzner,
jr., Of SpotSylvania County
Circuit Court ruled yesterday
that the State could not use a
hand-written death diary
which purportedly details the
last hours of a Virginia couple
and their two children.
Judge Butzner said the gun
had been seized properly dur
ing an FBI search of the Rees
parental home in HyattsviIle,
Md. The diary was seized lille
gally. he ruled, and tended
toward determination in
violation of both the Virginia
and United States Constitu-
tionS.
Trial Starts Monday
Rees will go on trial in the
Circuit Court Monday for the
January II, 1859. Staying Of
Carroll Vernon Jackson, jr., of
Louisa County. He was given
a double life sentence in Bal
timore Federal District Court
last winter for the kidnap-
slayings of Mr.. Jackson's wife
Mildred and their daughter
Susan, 5.
He also is under indictment
here for the Staying of the
other jackson daughter Janet,
10 months.
The defense had moved that
both the gun and the personal
papers, found in an accordian
case hidden in the Hyattsville
home, be barred from admis-
sion. After Judge Butzner's
ruling at the end of yesterdays
arguments on the defense mo-
ton, the attorneys noted an
exception to the admission of
the gun.
FBI agents testified at the
Baltimore trial that the gun,
a .38 caliber Colt Cobra,
matched a pistol grip found
!
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For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
from the above:
Annapolis, 3A hours: Bloody Point
Light, 4 "a hours; Colonial Beach, 8
hours: Deale, 4la hours: Solomons
Island, Ga hours; Point Lookout, ia
hours.
The sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, today 6:49a.m. 7:l7 pm.
Sun, tomorrow 6:5Oa.m. 7:l5 pm.
Noon, today 1855 am. 1923 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
"a hours after sunset.
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River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and slightly muddy at Great
Ferry.
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FIVE DAY FORECAST
For District and Vicinity
September 16 to 20

Temperatures will average 5
to 8 degrees below normal high
of 78 and low of 81. Cool over
week end, warmer Tuesday and
Wednesday. Little or no rain
fall.
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near Mr.. JackSon's body. The
papers were also barred as evil
dence in the Federal trial.
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Set and Mrs I,ol F,ln,is,,r
Faii. Chnrch A., annol,nnr ,hn
birth or lbrir second cbild and
r,rst dnlohtnr linda susan an
Tipsday March 2 Mrs Fdmisfon
was The former Miss Carol lean
J5ilso d3uohtrr of Mr. and Mr..
CI3udo Fikr ''' ava %
M, and Mrs Robort nan Akron
announce tLc bir,b Of their second
dauphtcr lisa Ann on Monday
March 6. Mrs. Hall is the former
Joyce Fikc, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Everett Fikc. Marklcysburg.
and granddaughter Of the late Mr.
and Mrs George Ilanft
SUNDAY supper guests OF Mir. and
Mrs. Water Rlchter and daughters
we're MI. ana MfS. emerson FRA
zee ana uauH.icrS' oakland and
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Duties of Jurors
Outlined BY Judge
Fraley In Charge

The duties Of the grand jurors
were outlined by Associate Judge
Neil G. Fralcy Monday morning as
the investigating group convened
in the Court House. The group
then retired TO the GRAND jury
room where they began their dc
liberations
The complete charge to the
jurors follows:
Ladies & Gentlemen of the Grand
Jury.
There are two jury term, Of
court each year in this County.
You have been selected TO serve
as grand Jurors for the March
1861. term of Court. TO be eligible
for service as a juror one must be
owe. twenty five but net over
seventy years of age. There is no
requirement Of property ownership
and the only religious qualilica-
ton is the belief in the existence
OF God.
II is customary for The Court
TO charge you with reference to
your duties and the procedure you
are to follow in your work
The part which the Grand jury
has in the efficient administration
Of the criminal law is extremely
important Your body has broad
powers of inquiry and may initiate
investigations as to alleged viola
tions of the criminal laws of the
State. Your action that is whether
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-03-16

TO indict or dismiss a charge, can
rot be dictated By anybody The
laws of many foreign countries
penn persons suspect ed Of
crime to be put on trial at the
viii of the government or its pros
Ccuting officer The laws of most
Jurisdictions in the United States,
however Through the Grand Jury
system, require that no person
shall be tried for a felony until
4 Grand Jury shall have examined
the evidence against him and found
that there is sufficient credible
evidence to warrant a trial on the
charge.
lnc Gland jury WAS designated
70 be q body of discreet and think
iNg persons called together not
to act hastily and inadviscdly upon
an accusation against a citizen and
place him upon trial, but to pro-
tCct the public interest upon the
nigh ground OF vindiCatirg the
public law A grand Jurors ac-
tioEs should be dictated only by
4 sense Of justice and a deep seated
hAollN w I az 81 llit f7uillN diiO
protect the innocent You will,
therefore, realize that there is a
responsibility resting upon every
grand juror to prevent your body
from being used for intimidation
for revenge or for personal gain
Indeed, the oath which you have /
just taken requires that you shall /
diligently inquire and true pre- /
sentiment make Of all such matters |
which may come before you and /
that YOU shall present no person
through envy. hatred or malice |
nor leave anyone unprcsentcd I
through love, fear, favor or affcc-
ton, or for any hope or promise !
Of reward" The obligation Of the !
oath is the greater in that the !
grand juror himself is the sole |
Judge of his good faith. He cannot |
be questioned for anything that he |
may say or any vote that he may
give relative to any matter legally |
pending before the Grand Jury, |
save only for perjury committed |
in making an accusation or in |
tcstilying as a witness before his !
fellow jurors.
You will find that most of the
eases presented to you will have |
been Investigated by the States
Attorney and other law enforce
ment officers Usually YOU will
hear only the witnesses for the
prosecution and it is your duty to
decide if the charge is supported
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-03-16

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Richter and
d1uchtcrs were Sunday afternoon
visitors of Mr. and Mrs Arthur
Richter and family and Mrs Ada
Garctts. Fricndsvillc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Thomas, and
family we're Saturday shoppers in
Cumberland
Saturday supper guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Richter and
family we're Paul and Lois Droutz
Little Mark EdmiStOn. Falls
Church, Va. is spending several
weeks with his grandparents Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Fikc. They were
all Sunday supper guests of Mr..
and Mrs Frank Zchner. Somerset.
Miss Donna sue Wells. Kcyscr.
w Va. and Miss Phyllis Glass. at
tended a Luther League officers
meeting in Clarksburg, w Va, on
Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs Wayne Collier
were Sunday evening visitors of
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Richter and family Grantsvillc.
A guest Of MIR and Mrs Harry
NOl-ICI lOI several Gays IS MIS-.
leila King MckccSport
Mr.. and Mrs Mahlon Brown Wis
tied Mrs. Edward Hachman in the
Confluence hospital, Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rcichcn-
beChcr and sons and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Glass and daughter we're
Saturday supper guests of MIR. and
Mrs Clarence Glass, Accident.
Monday afternoon visitors of Mr..
and Mrs Claude Fikc and Mark
Edmiston we're MIR and Mrs. Earl
BOWser. Mill Run.
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Sunday suDpcr guests of Mr. and
Mrs Mahlon Brown we're Mr. and
Mrs Nile Wagner and children.
McHenry and Mr. and Mrs Rob
crt Brown and son
ST Johns English Lutheran La
dies Aid met on Wednesday eve
ming at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Harry Collier with 2G members
present
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Sunday supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Glass and daughter
were Mr.. and Mrs Carl Glass and
SON, Mr. and Mrs Ronald Glass
and Mrs John Wass and children.
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Two h.eA school students, in
.s. on corn. found it would grow
taller ON rock N roll music.
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She found that the telephone saved
% valuable hours and $22.54 in
expense, including the cost and
trouble of 200 miles they did not
have to travel.
But Mrs. Whitmorc says, While
the time and money our telephone
saves are important, the job it does
is often more important. For in
stance, one call was to a neighbor
across the lakc-to tell him VIC
could see what looked like a fire
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We recently asked Mrs. John
WhitmOrc to keep a two-wcck
diary of her familys telephone
calls estimating the amount of
time, money and travelling, if any,
each call saved.
Mrs. Whitmore has a teen-age
daughter, Betsy; is active in her
community PTA and serves as
president of I6O-member
women's club, the Severn Town
Club. in Annapolis.
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lCrossword PuzzIe Answer on Page sevenl
Arizona tribune., 1961-02-24
CHURCH NEWS

NEW HOME BAPTIST
CHURCH. ll35 S. Seventh Ave.,
Rev. E. A. Hunter, pastor. Sun
day School, 9:3O am. Morning
worship II am.
Visitors Sunday, Feb. lo in
clude Mrs. Vera Hackett. Tyler.
Texas, Fonce and Howard Booz-
er, Niagara Falls. New York.
An interdenominati onal mass
meeting will be held at the church
Sunday, March S to formulate
protestation against the extra
dition of Garsie Williams, who
was convicted of murder andy
escaped from Mississippi pris-
on. MIR. Williams is now resi-
dent of this city.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Mrs. Effie Gentry
Reporter