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Evening star., 1961-11-01
District

E Georgia avenue - ELM
eination of the open Streetcar
tracks from the District line
to w street NV. has been COM
pleted. Tearing out of the track
at four Spots-Eastern avenue,
Butternut street, Upshur street
and the plow pit at w street
also is finished. The remainder
Eof the track, along with these
-four points, will be paved over
next April after installation Of
ESQ mercury vapor lamps is
Pcompleted.
L street NV, Connecticut
kavenue to Twentieth street
Paving work, which follows in
Astallation of a storm water
sewer line, is under way. The
lob is expected to take three
or four months to finish. Half
fof the L street lanes will be
kept open between Connecticut
avenue and Eighteenth street
and, as the job moves ahead,
the L street section between
Eighteenth and Twentie t h
streets will be restricted to local
traffic.
North Capitol street inter-
changes-Work under way on
Two traffic underpasS projects
that will carry Rhode Island
avenue and New York avenue
over North Capitol street;
about two years to complete; a
new. one-way traffic routing
System in the area, along with
some other detours, is in effect,
Z Highway bridge connections
-The road links between the
washington Channel crossing
sand the new George Mason
Bridge are under construction;
the grading and utility work
son the Virginia end of the
southbound Potomac River
bridge also is under way; the
entire project is scheduled for
completion by mid-1962.
AnacOstia freeway inter
ehange-Work has started on
an interchange at Pennsylvania
avenue Sc; will take about Il
months to complete; traffic
detoured around the site; Sec
fions of the freeway are under
construction.
Fourth street S.E.-Work has
started on this new roadway
which will connect Atlantic
street and Mississippi avenue;
30 days to finish.
Michigan avenue Mere
surfacing work on a seven-block
stretch of Michigan avenue
from Perry street to Bunker
Hill road is under way; traffic
detoured; job to take 80 days
Inner Loop connections -
Virginia avenue between First
sand Second streets S.W. closed
to traffic for construction Of
ramps to connect the South
west freeway with the Innel
Loops center leg; until thi:
center section is built, tempo.
erary connections will be con.
tstructed to existing streets
this job includes the rebuilding
of the elevated railroad struc'
eture at Virginia avenue; the
entire project is to take about
two years to complete.
Evening star., 1961-11-01

As q convenience to orea motorists,
The Stor each month lists highways.
sewer and other construction prof.
ects which effect traffic. This cosy
guide includes q description Of
work being done and tentotiye
completion dotes where oyoilobIe.
Evening star., 1961-11-01

Capital beltway - New con-
construction; grading, drainage
and bridge construction; some
paving; no traffic affected; to
be completed in portions over
the next two years.
Route 244 columbia pike)-
New bridge and approaches
over Holmes Run and Lake
Bancroft dam; no interruption
of traffic; completion next
month.
Route 66-New construction
between Fairfax and Centre
vile; no traffic affected; no
completion date set.
Route Southern boundary
of Alexandria-Construction of
interchange with Capital belt
way; rebuilding of existing
bridge; detour around construc-
ton; portion connecting with
Woodrow Wilson bridge opens
late in November, remaining
portion, no completion date set.
Alexandra
Woodrow Wilson Bridge -
New bridge between Alexandria
and Prince Georges County; no
traffic affected; completion
late this month.
Mount Vernon M Oria
parkway-National Airport to
Memorial Circle - Installation
Of median strip: one lane of
traffic closed; modification of
traffic circle; completion next
summer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Mother OF Holmes
Woman Passes In La.

Services for Mrs. Ida McLen-
don, mother of Mrs. B. M. Wal
drup, was held at 2 Sunday in
Liberty Chapel Methodist
Church. Rev. j. c. Olandor of
Tchula officiated. Burial was in
the. church cemetery with Sou
thern Undertakers in charge of
arrangements. She was 83.
Mrs. McLendon died February
8 at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Clara Mapp of Lake
Charles, Louisiana.
She was born in Jasper Coun-
ty, but had lived for a number
Of years with the daughter at
Lake Charles.
She was a member of the
Liberty Chapel Methodist
Church.
Besides Mrs. Mapp, and Mrs.
Waldrup, she leaves a brother,
Wesley Meeks of New Orleans;
three sisters, Mrs. Johnny Royals
of New Orleans; Mrs. Lettie
Roberts of Lexington and Mrs.
Nora Hodges of Kosciusko and
two grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Tolbert De-
vine, Lois (Doc) Mayo, Paul
Hansen, Henry Pritchard, Rich
ard Roberts and James Roberts.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
7 ackett Greek Drainage
Plans Completed
$4,000 Govt Funds Will Be Expended
10 Construct A Dams And Channel Here;
$4,000 FILA Loan For Administration

watershed areas VIII be bene-
led from projects similar to
he Tachett Creek one, possibly
l. the near future the Black
treek Drainage District.
The Black Creek watershed
onsis S of approximately $4,000
cres which drains into the
,azoo River. 1t is land located
5etwecn the dividing ridge of
he west Yazoo River and the
Big Black river. Commissioners
If the district are P. A. Jones,
H. M. Brock and Nick Shelton,
II. H. Johnson is attorney for
he group.
Work of the district is to con-
troll the flooding of the water
of the creek bottoms flowing into
the Delta and the Delta area of
Holmes County. The work con-
sists of a vege, ative program in
the hill section such as plant
ing grasses and pine trees and
construction of large dams to
control the water.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Approximately $160, 600 viii

Approximately $160,O0O viii
be expended for flood contro
this summer in the Tackett
Creek drainage district in the
area around and north of Pic
kens. extending as far as Rich
land.
Four dams and a channel will
be built to control flooding of
bottom land in the district which
consists of about $500 acres.
The project moved one step
closer to reality this week when
a representative of the Farmers
Fome Administration, Charles
Hanson, Jr. of Washington, D..
c., conferred with local and state
FILA afficials, Soil Conservation
representatives and commission
ers of the Drainage District rel
alive to a loan which would help
expedite the project.
The FILA is now authorized
to make loans to drainage dis
trlcts and the Tackett Creek
Drainage District will borrow
from FILA $4,000 to be used
for administrative purposes such
as legal, clerical and other neces-
sary expenses. The loan will be
repaid by tax assessments levied
upon lands affected by the inn
provements.
Commissioners of the Tackett
Creek Drainage District are
George Day Wynne, who attend
ed the meeting Saturday morn
ing, Hoover Maxwell and F. w.
Mckay, both of Pickens. Par
ham H. Williams, Jr. is attorney
for the district.
Soil Conservation
The Soil Conservation Service,
Under the direction of A. p.
Carroll, is in control of all plan
ming and survey work on the
project and cost of construction
will be paid for by the United
States Department of Agricul-
.ure, with the exception of
rights-of-way dor the dams),
legal and other administrative
expense, which must be borne
by the drainage district.
Other District
It is anticipated that other
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Mission Revival Begins Feb. 10Th
Boptist Churches OF
Holmes Schedule
Series Of Services

Seven Baptist Churches in
Holmes County will cooperate in
a Mission Revival, February 49,
"a. All services in these churches
will be held at the same time
beginning Sunday morning at
HOO a. m. and each night Mon
day through Friday at TOO p.
m. Each Missionary will speak
one time in each church.
Members of the team to these
churches will comprise seven
missionaries as follows:
Rev. David G. Dean, Home
Missionary, First Baptist Church,
Dallas, Texas;
Rev. Sam Aucion, Home Mis-
sionary, Baptist Home Mission
Board, Evangeline, Louisiana;
Rev. and Mrs. John L. Bice,
Foreign Missionary, LongvieW,
Texas;
Rev. Thurmond Bryant, State
Missionary. Dean of Missions at
Clarke College, Newton;
Rev. H. H. Ward, State Mis-
sicnary, Superintendent OF Mis-
sions, Kosciusko;
Mr.. Lacey Hodges, State Mis-
sionary, Layman Missionary. va
zoo City.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the nearest Baptist
Church and enjoy these services
which have been scheduled as
follows:
Lexington Buptist Church
Sunday, HOO a. m. Rev.
Bice
Sunday, TOO p. m. Mr..
Hodges
Monday, ZOO p. m. Mrs.
Bice
Tuesday, TOO p. m. Rev.
CONTINUED On Page Two)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Communism on the Nap
Film Being Shown
Over Holmes County

At the February meeting of
the Legion Post Nc. 155 in
Tchula the film Communism on
the Map" was shown to a large
number of LegionnaireS and
Auxiliary members.
According to Guy Duke, COM
mander of the Tchula Post, the
film has been shown to the
following groups: The OAR
Chapter in Yazoo City, Tchula
Garden Club, the Tchula Lions
Club, the Tchula High School,
the Coxburg School and the
Preston Hudson Legion Post in
Durant.
The Tchula post has purchased
the film and it is available to
any civic group or organization
interested in showing it.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Whiskey Raids Nets
Bonded Liquor
And Moonshine

In whiskey raids in Holmes
County over the weekend one
arrest was made and a quantity
Of bonded liquor and moonshine
found.
Arrested was Paul Weems
Friday afternoon on Chicago
Street after a chase into town.
Six gallons of moonshine was
found in the pickup truck he
was driving. He was placed in
Jail and search warrants issued
for the search of the Weems'
home, also the home of Mollie
Weems.
A quantity of taxpaid liquor
was found in the Paul Weems
home and Al gallon of moonshine
found behind Mollie Weems'
house.
Weems was tried in Justice of
the Peace Court Friday after
noon by Judge T. B. Lehman.
He was charged on two counts
of possession of whiskey and one.
count of transportation of whis-
key. He pied guilty on all three
counts and was fined $125 for
possession of moonshine; $3.50 for
possession of bonded liquor, $125
for transportation of moonshine,
and his new 1860 pickup truck
was confiscated.
The raid was made by ATU
investigators G.. w. Rainier and
Fred Dunn and Holmes officials
Chief Deputy Sheriff Andrew P.
Smith and T. j. Evans.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
World Day OF Prayer AT Methodist Church Friday, Feb. II, 1890

The World Day of Prayer
will be held at the First Metho-
dist Church in Lexington. Fri
day. February II at 1880 a.
m.
A special worship program
forward Through The Ages"
will be presented jointly by
the Methodist. Presbyterian
and Episcopal churches.
Mrs. Jean Mcclellan is chair
man for the Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. "A. B. Holder is
chairman for the Episcopal
Church and the chairman for
the Methodist Church is Mrs.
Harden Erwin.
The World Day Of Prayer
program is open to everyone.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Heart Sunday Set
Feb. Is In Lexington

Mrs. Gordon Russell and Mrs.
Norman Weathersby, Heart Sun
day chairmen in Lexington, will
head an army of volunteer
women here on February 26.
That's Heart Sunday, the day
Lexington women will set aside
to ask for contributions to help
The Heart Fund.
Money collected on Heart Sun
day, as all during the month
Of February, is spent to pay for
research into the causes and
cures of heart disease, to tell
physicians and patients about
latest heart findings, and to sti-
mulate community action con-
corning the heart patient.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Services Held Monday
For Leon Armstrong
Prominent Citizen
Dies Of Heart Attack

Funeral services for a promi-
nent and we'll beloved citizen,
Leon Armstrong, 81, were held
at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the First
Presbyterian Church in Lexing-
ton. The Rev. Frederick c. FoW-
Ter officiated.
Burial was in Odd Fellows
cemetery with Southern Funeral
Home in charge of arrangement.
Mr. Armstrong suffered a sud-
den and fatal heart attack at his
home early Sunday morning and
died about 700.
Born at Walden May II, 1909,
Mr.. Armstrong had been a resi-
dent of Lexington since his mar
riage to the former Mania Ella
Farmer in 1885. He had been
with Volunteer Food Store for
a number of years and was wide
ly known throughout the entire
Lexington trade area.
He was secretary and treasurer
of the Board of Deacons at the
First Presbyterian Church of
which he was an active mem
Der.
Besides his wife who resides
in Lexington, he leaves three
daughters, Miss Evelyn Dell
Armstrong, a senior at Belhaven
College; Miss Claudett Arm
strong a student at Holmes Jun
ior College; and Marjorie Louise
Armstrong of Lexington; a bro
Their, Robert Allen Armstrong of
Walden; five sisters, Mrs. Paul
Hand of Goodman: Miss Shula
Armstrong of Walden; Mrs. Ray
Carter of Benice, Virginia; Mrs.
J. /. West of kosciuskos and Mrs.
Marvin Holt of NachitocheS,
louisiana.
Active pallbearers were the
deacons of the church and honor
airy pallbearers were the elders
of the church and Vernon King.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Mrs. ]. H. Boyette
Rites Al Goodman

Services for Mrs. Leila Moore
3oyette, 35 of Goodman will be
held this Thursday afternoon
at 200 at the Methodist Church
N Goodman. The Rev. B. L. Lee,
church pastor, will officiate and
De assisted by a former pastor.
the Rev. Jack Williams Of
Tupelo.
Burial will be in Hillcrest
cemetery at Goodman with
Southern Funeral Home in
charge.
Mrs. Boyette died at the Bap-
list Hospital in Memphis Tues
lay afternoon after several
months illness.
She was a native of Tupelo
but had been a resident of Good
nan for several years.
She leaves her husband, J. H.
3oyette of Goodman; two sons,
James Kenneth Boyette and
robert Earl Boyette; two daush-
,ers, Sharon La nellie and Phyl-
is Gene, all of Goodman; her
mother, Mrs. George D.. Moore
f Memphis; five brothers,
George D. Moore, Jr., James L.
Moore and Ebert L. Moore ana
Larry Moore. all of Memphis;
md Lawrence Moore Of Column
Gus; a sister. Mrs Roy AIRING
ton Of Memphis.
Palibearcrs are Bill Donald.
10Y Mcdaniel, E. O. Peterson,
Billy Muslin, Ed Caldwell, Ma
ricn Ousley, Earl Shelton and
Walter Young.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church Goes On
Full Time Service

The MI. Pleasant Baptist
Church is now on full time Serv-
ice, it is being announced by the
church pastor, Rev. James Sad
dler.
Sunday School will begin at
1900 and the morning worship
service at HOO.
Training Union will begin at
600 and the evening worship
service at ZOO.
Charles Wolfarth is Training
Union director.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
PEARL RIVER AND JONES TO
PLAY AT HUG FRI. AND SAT.

Pearl River and Jones will
play Holmes at Goodman Fri
day and Saturday, February II
and 10.
The games this weekend will
be the finals for the regular sea-
son for Holmes Junior College.
Holmes won their third
straight home game Tuesday
night defeating Delta Junior
College n to 76.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
MiIIsops Singers To
Appear At Pickens
Methodist Church

The Millsops Singers from
Jackson will be the added at
traction at the morning worship
hour at the First Methodist
Church in Pickens Sunday, Feb
ruary Is. It is being announced
by the church pastor, Rev. G. H
Ledbetter.
The public is invited to come
out and hear these talented per-
formers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
NICK HOOKE TREASURER
OLE MISS FRATERNITY

Henry Erwin (Nick) Hooke, son
of MI. and Mrs, E. M. Hooke,
Jr., of Utica and grandson of
Mrs. Necie Povall of Lexington
has been elected treasurer of the
sac fraternity at Ole Miss.
Henry E. is a sophomore. He
has a younger brother, Ben
Hooke who is a pledge of sac
md q freshman at Ole Miss.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
LEXINGTON MEN OFFICERS

At a meeting of the Mississippi
Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution held in
Greenwood last week, three
Lexington men were named as
officers.
The men were Lucien L. Nc
Neese, elected registrar and
secretary; Robert K. McNeese,
treasurer; and Parham H. Will
liams, Jr., chancellor.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
JoHNsoN REACHES QUOTA

Ray Johnson, Farm Bureau
insurance agent in Holmes
County, reached his 1860 sales
quota, it is announced by w.
H. Pickens, state sales manager,
Southern Farm Bureau Insurance
Companies.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
DIRECTORS NJ

The three Lexington Chamber
of Commerce directors named to
serve three years beginning
April l were Lutte Ellison, DR..
Frank Houston. and Jack B.
Yates.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
: throw the rascals out.

us - throw the rascals out.
According to reports every
speaker who appears on the Uni
versity campus land we pre-
sumo at other state schools as
well) must be screened by a
committee.
We wonder how this commit
tee ever got up nerve enough
to pass on a U. S. Supreme Court
Justice to speak at Ole Miss?
Charles M. Hills of the Clarion
Ledger, staunch supporter of
Governor Ross Barnett, substi-
tuted this week for Erie John
ston of Forest, public relations
man for the Mississippi So
vereignty Commission, who
usually accompanies the Com
missions speakers when they go
to tell the states segregation
story to the nation, at the. ex-
pense of state taxpayers.
Erie suffered a fainting spell
at his newspaper office in Forest
Friday to the dismay of h S
many friends throughout the
state who hold him in great
personal esteem. The able Scott
County Times editor is recover
ing nicely at the hospital in
Forest and doctors say it was
not a heart attack. But he is
going to have to take better care
of himself in the future.
The strain and tensions we all
live under in this hectic day are
enough to give any of US a heart
condition = and the wonder is
we don't have more casualties.
The speaker on this weeks
trip was w. F. Goodman, chief
of the Governors staff of 1900
colonies, and Hills accompanied
him to Burlington, Wisconsin,
where Editor Johnston had set
up meetings with two civic clubs,
a high school student body, and
a press conference.
A Burlington, Wisconsin citi-
zen told Speaker Goodman this
week he understood two Burling-
ton manufacturing firms had
been thinking of moving South
when the furore over indignation
began in Dixie. This stopped the
industry's move, the citizen de-
clared.
The story illustrates what has
not been emphasized enough to
the public, Governor Barnett
and members of the State Legis-
lature.
If and when a school in
tegration controversy develops
in Mississippi. it is going to
stop industrial development in
Mis- issippi cold. No firm is
going to move into a state en-
gagged in racial strife over IFS
schools. No firm is going to
move into a state which has
closed its public schools.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
Mitchell Conducts Dairy Clinic For All Group

David Mitchell of Lexington conducted a dairy clinic at his farm Saturday morn
tg for the benefit of All Club boys and girls who are working or dairy projects
Mr.. Mitchell told the group how to judge dairy cows, what to look or in each
case, M gave pointers on talking with show judges. The fine points of caring for
lair animals were also discussed by the speaker especially grooming and fitting
nma for shows.
Pictured at thu clinic With Mr. Mitchell, front center are Mrs. Steve Neal Judy
Neal Butch Haran, John Ray, Hardy Mitchell, and Sloan Mitchell.
B. L. Haran, left amd Junior Ray right herdsman for Mr.. Mitchell, barely
got in the picture but they ween interested spectators at the clinic.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16
By Hazel BrannOn Smith

He left the world a better
place than he found it
The death of Leon Armstrong
early Sunday morning from a
sudden heart attack shocked and
Saddened the entire community
- and we mourn with his fami-
lv and relatives.
The Square in Lexington and
the people who come here to
trade will miss him., too, his
CHEEKY greeting and the pet
names he had for all of his
friends. He was always a ray
Of sunshine, even on the bleak
and sad days. He had his serious
moments, too, but he did not
inflict them on his friends.
So it is that Leon himself
would not want US to be sad
and grieved. Rather he would
have us make our plans to meet
him up there where there is no
pain or sorrow. God needed him
or He would not have called
him home.
The fine family he left in this
world, three wonderful children,
will be a monument to him as
long as they live and their chill
dren after them.
Leon will continue to live in
the memory of his friends as a
man rich in character, who en-
joyed the deep affection and
respect of all who knew him,
truly rich in everything that
really matters in this world,
things which cannot be pur-
chased at any price.
No man could ask for more.
Quite a fuss has been cooked
up about U. S. Supreme Court
Justice Tom Clark of Washing
ton being invited to speak to
law students at the University
of Mississippi this week.
MissisSippi's Governor is not at
tending the banquet and Mis-
sissippi House Speaker Walter
Sillers, virtual House dictator,
has expressed disapproval Of
Clark speaking at the Universe
ty. Fortunately five members of
Mississippi's distinguished State
Supreme Court have accepted in
vitations to attend, as well as
a number of prominent mem
bers of the State Bar Association,
including John Satterfield of
Yazoo City and Jackson who is
president-elect of the American
Bar Association. The latter will
introduce MI. Justice Clark.
The complaint issued against
this top Washington official is
that he participated in the unani-
nous school desegregation de-
cision handed down by the high
court in 1854, a decision highly
unpopular with the majority of
white Mississippians.
At the same time the Legisla-
ture and Sovereignty Commits
sion is spending the tax funds
of all Mississippi people, whites
and Negroes, to tell the states
segregation story to people in
other sections of the nation. The
speakers r being received cour-
teously, according to all reports,
and receiving close attention.
But we don't want anyone
to be allowed 10 speuk in
Mississippi who doesn't think
exactly like we think - and
we certainly don't want any
.hoIv around who differs with
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-16

It is anticipated that other
Evening star., 1961-03-21
ADVERTISEMENT
Science Shrinks Piles
New Way Without Surgery
Finds Healing Substance that Relieves Pain,
Stops Itching as it Shrinks Hemorrhoids

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This new healing substance
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all drug counters.